Gospel in the Stars

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

THE GOSPEL IN THE STARS: LIBRA

The next constellation we get to in the Gospel in the Stars is Libra, which are the scales and refer to Daniel 5:27 “You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.”

The three brightest stars are Zuben al genubi meaning “the purchase or price that is deficient”, Zuben al Chemali meaning “the price which covers” and Zuben Akrabi or Zuben Al Akrab which mean “the price of the conflict” and so in this sign we see that although we were weighed on the scales and found wanting that Jesus paid the price that covered that we might be redeemed.

Crux – The Southern Cross

The next decan in this constellation is that of Crux, or the Southern Cross, the interesting thing about this sign is that it has gradually been moving South and the last time it was seen in the Northern Hemisphere was at the time of Jesus’ death on the cross. The cross is the image of the last Hebrew letter that means ‘it is finished’ and this is what Jesus said when He died on the cross, ‘it is He finished’, He has accomplished our salvation. The Hebrew name for this constellation is Adom meaning ‘to cut off’ and means that Jesus’ sacrifice was made once for all.

In the Denderah zodiac crux is shown not as a cross but as a thirsty lion being given something to drink by a woman. This refers to the verse Ps 22:13-18 “I am poured out like water…my strength is dried up” and Ps 69:21 which says “in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink”. The Egyptian name of this sign is Sera meaning victory and what a great victory was accomplished at the cross!

Lupus or Victima

The second decan in this sign is Lupus or Victima. It’s name in ancient Hebrew was Asedah and in Arabic Asedaton, both of these words meaning “to be slain”. Another ancient name for this sign was Sura meaning a sheep or lamb and so in this sign we see Is 53:7 “He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb; so He opened not His mouth.” This sign represents Jesus laying down His life for our sins so that He could pay the price that covers.

Corona

The last decan in this sign is Corona or the Crown, it is the crown for which Jesus endured the cross. In Greek it’s name was Ariadne meaning “who comes to reign”.

So in this sign we see Jesus, first slain as the victim on the cross, but coming again to receive the crown and rule and reign forever. We see that although we were weighed on the scales and found wanting that He paid the price to cover our sins so that one day we may live for eternity with Him.

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

THE GOSPEL IN THE STARS: VIRGO

“Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and will call Him Immanuel.” Is 7:14 (NIV)

In this first sign of the Gospel in the Stars we see the prophecy of the Virgin mentioned in Isaiah 7:14, and the coming of the Desired Branch and Seed of Woman.

The sign of Virgo itself is a picture of a young woman holding a branch in one hand and a sheaf of wheat in the other. The brightest star is found in the sheaf of wheat and is called either Al Zimach meaning “the Branch” or Spica meaning “an ear of corn” or “the seed”. Both of these are prophetic pictures of Jesus who is called both the Branch in Zech 3:8, 6:12 and Jer 23:5,6 as well as the Seed such as in Gen 3:15.

Coma: The Desired One

The next decan in the sign of Virgo is that of Coma and once again the picture is that of a young woman holding a baby. This baby is The Desired of All Nations i.e. Jesus Christ and the ancient people knew this, here is a quotation from Albumazar, an ancient Arabian Astronomer of the 8^th century, “There arises in the first decan, as the Persians, Chaldeans and Egyptians and the two Hermes and Ascalius teach, a young woman whose Persian name denotes a pure virgin sitting on a throne, nourishing an infant boy (the boy, I say) having a Hebrew name , by some nations called IHESU with the signification IEZA, which in Greek is called CHRISTOS”. A latin translation of this work can be found in the British Museum and in it he explains that the Persians understood the meanings of these signs and it was Persian priests (the magi) who followed the star that arose in this constellation to find the baby Jesus when He was born.

Centaurus

Often when we see a combination of two different things in the Bible it is to symbolize Jesus’ dual nature as fully God and fully man and so the same is found in Centaurus. The Arabic and Chaldaic name for this sign was Al Beze which means “the despised” and refers to Jesus as in Is 53:3 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” The Hebrew name for this constellation was Asmeath meaning “a sin offering” and in Greek it was Cheiron meaning “the pierced” and so in this sign we see Jesus as the suffering servant, despised and rejected of men and dying for our sins so that we may be forgiven.

Bootes

The last decan we come to in the constellation of Virgo is Bootes which comes from the root word Bo which means ‘to come’ in Hebrew and refers to Jesus as ‘The Coming One’ as in Ps 96:13 “Before the Lord: for He cometh, he cometh to judge the earth, he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth.”

The picture of Bootes is a picture of a man walking with a sickle in one hand and a spear in the other. His Greek name was Arcturus which also means ‘He cometh’ and in Egypt he was Smat which means “One who rules, subdues and governs”.

Jesus came as a suffering servant to forgive us our sins but He is also coming again one day to rule and reign. This is the meaning of this sign as a whole, He who was born of a virgin, was fully God and fully man, but he was despised of men and died as a sin-offering for our sins but one day He will return to rule and reign. For more information about this sign you can watch our YouTube video at https://youtu.be/5EH3mmms4Sc?si=U01T_JzRsvljYdF7

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

HOW DID THE WISE MEN KNOW TO FOLLOW THAT STAR?

In Matthew we are taught that some wise men (usually supposed to be three although this is actually probably incorrect) followed a star to find the baby Jesus when He was born. Have you ever asked yourself how the wise men knew to follow that particular star? In this post we will discuss this topic.

The Gospel in the Stars

In the previous post we looked at how God has written the gospels not only in the Bible but also in the stars and back in ancient times people had a much better understanding of what this gospel read. One part of this gospel is the gospel written in the decan of coma, a decan of the constellation of virgo which shows a young woman holding a child. Albumazar, an Arabic astronomer of the 8^th century, tells us what this means:

“There arises in the first decan, as the Persians, Chaldeans and Egyptians and the two Hermes and Ascalius teach, a young woman whose Persian name denotes a pure virgin sitting on a throne, nourishing an infant boy (the boy, I say) having a Hebrew name , by some nations called IHESU with the signification IEZA, which in Greek is called CHRISTOS”

So we see here that the ancient Persians, Chaldeans and Egyptians knew that the sign of coma was a virgin who had given birth to Jesus Christ.

Thomas Hyde, an Orientalist, tells us in his book that the Persians were taught by Zoroaster that “a virgin should bring forth a son, and that when he should be born a star should appear, and should shine and be conspicuous in the midst of the figure of the virgin. It is then said he commanded his disciples, the Magi, when they should see the star that they should go forth where it directed them and offer gifts to him that should be born.” The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston.

So here we see that the Persians, of whom the magi were a part, were given this prophecy to follow a new star that appeared in the constellation of Virgo to the baby who they were to worship. As seen earlier, we know that they understood this baby to be Jesus and in the prophecy were probably given the land of Jacob as the place to find this infant and then the star would direct them to the exact point to find Jesus as EW Bullinger explains:

“This new star would show the latitude, passing at that time immediately overhead at midnight, every twenty-four hours, while the prophecy would give the longitude as the land of Jacob. Having these two factors it would be only a matter of observation, and easy for the Magi to find the place where it would be vertical, and thus to locate the very spot of the birth of Him of whom it was the sign, for they emphatically called it ‘His Star’.”

So here we see how the wise men knew to follow that particular star and how they found Jesus based on following the star. In the next post we will look at more prophecies in the constellation of Virgo.

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD

Over the next few posts we are going to be looking at the gospel in the stars, how the stars tell us more about Jesus and prophecy. We are told in Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork.” And in Psalm 147:4 it says, “He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.” When we know what God calls the stars we get a fuller picture of what He has to say about His plans and purposes for mankind, the world and prophecy in general.

God created the stars and He set them in their place, He created the zodiac to paint a picture but unfortunately satan has distorted this picture and created the lies of horoscopes. Satan tells us that the zodiac is all about us (typical in his pride) but the zodiac when read correctly is actually a picture of Jesus, the Son of God, being born of a virgin, suffering on the cross and then later coming to rule and reign.

Much of this prophetic picture has been lost as satan’s lies have creeped in but if we search we can still find this information and once again glorify God the way He should be glorified.

Over the course of the next few posts in this series we are going to be having a look at the different constellations, their decans and stars and the picture that they paint about Christ. Please note that this in no way means I am promoting horoscopes or the distortions that have entered the zodiac – these are lies of satan and need to be avoided at all costs. Do NOT read ‘your’ horoscope! The true story behind the zodiac is actually all about Christ and the best place to read it is in the Bible.

We will be providing plenty of Biblical evidence for the pictures we present in the zodiac and we encourage you to dig further to find out more of the truth as it is truly wonderful! Before people had the Bible, and remember that in terms of God’s history with man the Bible is a relatively new creation, people had creation to teach them about God and so it makes perfect sense that God spoke to people through the stars.

We see in Matthew that the wise men knew how to find Jesus and that He would be the King of the Jews because they followed the stars. We will be looking at this in more depth in the next post but it serves as proof that people used the stars to learn about God and that it did lead them to Jesus.

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We look forward to sharing more about the gospel in the stars with you over the next few weeks.