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What is the Morning Star?

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28And I will give him the morning star.
http://biblehub.com/kjv/revelation/2.htm

Astronomy
Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise
Morning star, a name for the star Sirius, which appears in the sky just before sunrise during the Dog Days
Morning star, a (less common) name for the planet Mercury when it appears in the east before sunrise

Christianity
Lucifer, a name based on the Latin name for the Morning Star
Jesus, self-described as "the bright Morning Star" in the Christian Bible
John the Baptist, called a "bright morning star" in Eastern Orthodox Church hymnology
Mary the mother of Jesus, called "morning star" in the Litany of Loreto
John Wycliffe, the English theologian, sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"

Other mythologies and theologies
Phosphorus (morning star), the Morning Star in Greek mythology
Morning Star, one of the Zorya (gods in Slavic mythology)
Morningstar or Red Horn, a culture hero in Siouan oral traditions
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, god of the morning star (Venus) Aztec mythology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star

  1. Surah At-Tariq (The Morning Star)

Sūrat aṭ-Ṭāriq (Arabic: الطارق‎, “The Piercing Star”, “The Nightcomer”, literally “The Knocker”)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-Tariq

By the sky and the night comer -
And what can make you know what is the night comer?

It is the piercing star -
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
https://quran.com/86

Ask, Seek, Knock

9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
http://biblehub.com/kjv/luke/11.htm

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