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 Why was there a Pentagram clearly displayed on the front of the Branham Tabernacle?  What does the Pentagram mean?  '''Why was the Pentagram on display and not the cross?'''
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 [[File:Branham tabernacle.jpg|600px|thumb|right|Can you spot the Sacred Pentagram?]]
+The pentagram (also referred to as a pentacle, pentalpha, pentangle or star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes.
-The pentagram is one of the most ancient symbols in human history.  The earliest images of pentagrams have been found scratched into stone age caves and in Babylonian drawings.  The Pentagram is believed to be from the star shaped pattern formed by the the planet Venus in its journey through the sky as watched by ancient astronomers.
+The pentagram is one of the most ancient symbols in human history and dates back to Babylon.  The Pentagram is believed to have originated from the star shaped pattern formed by the the planet Venus in its journey through the sky as watched by ancient astronomers.
+==The meaning of the Pentagram==
+The pentagram was used in ancient times as a Christian symbol for the five senses, or of the five wounds of Christ.
+The five-pointed star is a symbol of the Bahá'í Faith.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began using both upright and inverted five-pointed stars in Temple architecture, dating from the Nauvoo Illinois Temple dedicated on 30 April 1846.
 In many contemporary Wiccan traditions (witchcraft), the elements are associated with the points of the Pentagram in the following way: Spirit (top), Air (left), Water (right), Earth (bottom left), Fire (bottom right).