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But the story of Adam and Eve is only a fable, I hear you say. What about prehistoric man and the dinosaurs and fossils and the billions of years the Earth has existed? I can assure the reader that there is absolutely no contradiction between prehistoric man and prehistory and the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis, but that is a debate for another day. For now, let us continue with our exposition of this angelic spirit being so full of splendour and wisdom and knowledge – this most highly-exalted and mightiest supernatural being ever created by Yaweh, the Most High God. Never was the serpent's wisdom more craftily utilised than in securing universal acceptance of the traditional story of a “
snake
” and an “
apple
,” thus blinding us to the true identity of the nature of that wise and subtle serpent, Satan. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world that he does not exist.
STARGATE
T
he Great Pyramid of Giza, the temples of Egypt and the great monuments of Mexico, Peru and Cambodia all have one thing in common: they are aligned with the stars.
From whence did their builders receive this astronomical information? And why were their architects seemingly obsessed with the celestial bodies and their positions? It is widely held that the ancient Egyptians and other cultures possessed this knowledge and constructed these great monuments. But to suggest that the technology and mathematical knowledge plus the physical ability to construct these edifices came out of the heads of simple people living somewhere in a desert is beyond logic and probability. To give credence to such a notion is to believe that if you give a screwdriver to a chimpanzee he could construct a television set. Yet these ancient structures seem to have just popped up out of nowhere at a time when man was supposedly somewhere between the stone age and the iron age. Most experts state that the Great Pyramid was built by Khufu, known to the Greeks as Cheops. But if it was built in Khufu's reign, which spanned 23 years, and over two million blocks were used, one block would have had to be moved into place every five minutes to complete the work.
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We have briefly touched on the astronomical associations of the men referred to in the old Hebrew texts as “agents” or “messengers” and whom we call “angels.” Let us now examine more closely many of the Scriptures relating to stars and their relationship with these spirit-men.
We have already seen that, in the King James Version, Isaiah 14:12 translates as:
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning
.
But in the New International Version this same verse is rendered thus:
How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!
We see in this that a clear connection is drawn between this person spoken of (Lucifer), and the morning star, which is Venus. This is the bright star which can be seen in the east at dawn when the other stars have vanished from the sky. So this being is named after, and associated with, the morning star.
This distinction is again made in Job 38:4-7, where all the celestial beings are coupled with stars:
“Where were you when I laid the Earth's foundations? Tell me, if you have understanding
.
Who marked off its dimension? Surely you know.
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone?
When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy.”
In the New International Version this last phrase “sons of God” is rendered “all the angels shouted for joy.” Again we see that these “sons of God” are the angels and are referred to as “stars.” This is illustrated in many places throughout the entirety of the Scriptures. For instance, we are informed in the Book of Revelation that when Satan was cast out of Heaven he took one-third of the “stars” with him.
And there appeared another wonder in Heaven; and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And his tail drew a third part of the stars of Heaven, and did cast them to the Earth . . .
Book of Revelation 12:3,4
As if we were in any doubt as to who the dragon and the stars are, we are told in verse seven:
And there was war in Heaven:
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the Earth and his angels were cast out with him.
Book of Revelation 12:7,9
We glean from this that when the “morning star,” that most highly-exalted of supernatural beings, decided to mutiny, he convinced one-third of the other “stars of heaven” to rebel with him. Thus one-third of the “sons of God,” created spirit-men, made an eternal, binding decision to side with Lucifer in his bid to usurp the throne of Yaweh, the Most High. But their coup was unsuccessful and they were cast out of Heaven. Now, as a result, these once holy servants of Yaweh became diabolically opposed to Yaweh.
In chapter one of the Book of Revelation we are given a description of the Son of Man, and he is seen here with seven stars in his right hand. Later on, in verse 20, we are told:
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches
.
In chapter nine of the same book, we are told of another “star” in action:
And the fifth angel sounded and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the Earth: and to him (i.e. to this “star,” “angel”) was given the key to the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit . . .
Book of Revelation 9:12
Because they are spirit, they can be invisible. For one cannot see spirit beings unless they take form and substance, which they of course do in many places throughout the Scriptures. But just because one cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist.
It is evident from the above that the original “sons of God” were created before the foundation of the world. It is also clear that these entities were party to the creation of the universe, for we are told that, on completion of the construction of the world, the “morning stars sang together and all the ‘sons of God' shouted for joy.”
Job 38:7
Apparently these “sons of God” are associated with the actual stars, for they are called “stars” and Lucifer means “morning star.” Perhaps each of the angels has a star and is thus named, for we are told that Yaweh both numbered and named the stars:
He determines the number of the stars, and calls them each by name.
Psalm 147:4
We have established that there is a clear link between stars and the created spirit-men called angels. But why this obsession with Zodiacal constellations? To find out why these astronomical pictures appear in so many of the ancient monuments and temples, we must go back once again to the most ancient of the Hebrew texts and piece together the stellar information provided.
STAR WITNESS
M
oses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament, known as the Pentateuch, circa 1490 BC. So for 2,500 years prior to this (see Appendix), there was no written record of the story of man's fall, his plight in the interim and his ultimate redemption. Did Yaweh leave no clue or witness to His plans for mankind in these intervening years or did He use some other means to communicate His blueprint for the generations?
The answer is given in the very first chapter of Genesis.
And God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
And let them be for lights in the firmament to give light upon the Earth.”
And it was so.
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
Genesis 1:14-16
The word signs comes from the Hebrew root
aveh
, meaning “to mark.” So the stars are to mark or to signify someone or something to come. Thus at the first mention of the celestial bodies we are informed that one of their functions is to mark out or signify someone or something special to come.
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We have already seen that all the stars are named and numbered by Yaweh (Psalm 147:4). Most of these names are lost, but over 100 of them have been preserved down through the centuries in the Semitic languages. Originally, all these names and their meanings would have been known to the patriarchs of old and handed down by word of mouth. Josephus assures us that Biblical astronomy came down via Adam, Seth and Enoch and was passed on in this manner.
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Psalm 19:1-6 provides more information on the stars:
The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
Day after day, they pour forth speech.
Night after night, they display knowledge.
There is no speech or language,
Where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the Earth,
Their words to the end of the world.
In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming forth from His pavilion, Like a champion rejoicing to run His course.
It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other.
Nothing is hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19: 1-6
A careful study of this passage shows that the stars in their courses do four things: they prophesy, they give knowledge, they illustrate the glory of Yaweh and they show forth His purposes.
It is the positioning and naming of the stars which gives us this knowledge and prophecy concerning the “one” to come and special events which are to occur. These groupings of stars are known as the Zodiac. The word Zodiac means
degrees or steps
which mark the stages of the sun's path through the heavens, corresponding with the 12 months of the year. We can only give a brief explanation here of Biblical astronomy and its meaning. (For further study, I would refer the reader to the sources listed at the end of this volume).
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So what is the special event or the special one that these signs were to point to in the stellar revelation? We have already spoken of this in a previous chapter, but now we need to look at it once more. Confronting the serpent and Adam and Eve, Yaweh said:
“And I will put enmity between thee (
serpent
) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed:
It shall crush your head and you shalt bruise his heel.”
Genesis 3:15
This is the first prophecy and promise of the Messiah, the seed of the woman. The heel of the Messiah would be bruised by the serpent. But the Messiah would ultimately crush the head of that same serpent. As has already been stated, this verse embraces all of the history of man's fall and ultimate redemption. In this one verse we are told that the coming seed of the woman would receive a temporary and non-fatal wound in his heel from the seed of the serpent, but that the Messiah would claim the final victory by crushing the head of the serpent under his heel, inflicting a fatal wound.
We are also given three of the main players in the saga, whose signs are to be found in all of the ancient Zodiacs. The woman is Virgo, the virgin from whose womb would come the Messiah. His star is
Leo (the lion
), which can be seen in the planisphere of the heavens waiting to pounce and deal a fatal crushing blow to the serpent (
Scorpio
).
In Genesis chapter 49, we are given a prophecy which relates clearly to one of the constellations,
Leo
. In this passage, Jacob is on his death-bed and is speaking to his son Judah concerning his 12 sons and their offspring.
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up; he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as an old lion.
Who shall rouse him up?
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet (Hebrew:
regal
) until Shiloh come.
Unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Genesis 49: 9,10
Here Jacob identifies Judah with a lion. This is a clear indication that Shiloh (another name for the Messiah) would come out of the lineage of Judah. But in astronomical terms he would come out of the sign of
Leo
. We are also told that “
the sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet
.” In the Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic this word is
regal,
meaning “foot.” In the constellation of
Leo
the brightest star is
Regulus
. So in this one passage of Scripture we have the brightest star,
Regulus
, associated with the Messiah, the lawgiver, in the constellation of
Leo,
the lion. Furthermore,
Regulus
is associated with the future king (Messiah) and is strategically placed between the feet of
Leo
, the lion, ready to pounce and crush the head of the serpent,
Scorpio
.
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Further proof that the Messiah would come from the line of Judah is found in the Book of Revelation, whose prophecies are yet to be fulfilled.
And one of the elders said to me: “Weep not, behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.”
Book of Revelation 5:5
It is evident here that the Messiah was to come through the line of Judah, which is linked to the constellation of Leo. There are many references in the Scriptures to show that the groupings of the stars and their names were given to communicate to mankind the plan and blueprint of Yaweh. These star names and their groupings were well-known and rehearsed by the patriarchs and were handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation. When Moses finally wrote down the first five books, and these were followed by other Psalmists and prophets, there was no more need for the celestial writing. So, as time went on, their meanings were forgotten and lost. What we have today is astrology, which is a bastardisation of the original truths and a counterfeit of the true astronomy as originally given.
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Furthermore, astrology and other so-called prognostications are to be strictly avoided, according to Isaiah and other prophets.
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Not all of this astronomical knowledge was lost all at once. The prophet Daniel was well versed in true astronomy and was charged with imparting this knowledge to the Magoi, who were in his care. It is most probable that this cult of Magoi were the predecessors of the Magi, who saw the star of the promised Messiah in the heavens and who came to Bethlehem seeking the “King of the Jews.”
These wise men were Zoroastrians from Persia, which is present-day Iran. Down through the years from the time of Daniel (circa 500 BC), these Magi were initiated into the true meaning of the constellations and their stars. When they observed the various movements portending the birth of the promised “seed of the woman,” they knew this to be the coming Messiah.
What exactly they saw and when it occurred is still a matter of much conjecture. In August of 3 BC Jupiter, known as the king planet, came into conjunction with Venus in the constellation of
Leo
. On September 11th 3 BC, the sun was directly in the midst of
Virgo
while at the same time the new moon was directly under the feet of
Virgo.
This is exactly as described in Revelation 12:12:
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
And she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Then, on September 14th 3 BC, there was a conjunction between the king planet Jupiter and Regulus in the constellation of
Leo
(which is the sign for Judah). This conjunction occurred a few times more over the coming months. So the most likely date for the birth of the Messiah, as prophesied in Genesis 3:15, was September 11th 3 BC. It is an established fact that he was not born on December 25th in the year zero.
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The Magi observed all of these unusual stellar displays and, because they were well aware of the prophecies concerning the coming seed of the virgin, they knew this to be the promised Messiah, the King of the Jews. On June 17th 2 BC, Jupiter was in conjunction with Venus, which formed a brilliant light in the western night sky in the constellation of
Leo
. This was the “star” which stood over Bethlehem and which guided these Persian astronomers there to pay homage.
It was over one year and three months (December 2nd 2 BC), by the time the Magi reached Bethlehem and found the child Messiah, who was a year old by then. This would have given the Magi enough time to observe the first movements of the relevant stars in their constellations, which convinced them that their calculations were accurate. Also, they had time to prepare for their journey to Jerusalem, the capital of Judah and the location of the throne of the promised king. This also explains why Herod, on learning from the Magi that a king was to be born, had all the children of two years old and under slaughtered. If the newly-born king was but hours old, why kill all children up to the age of two? Herod was taking no chances. He knew from the Magi that the child was over one year old; so, to be sure, he ordered his men to murder all children up to two years of age.
So the child was about one year and three months old when the Magi from the East finally found him and presented him with gifts. By the way, we are not told that there were three Wise Men. There may have been five or eight or ten. But these Zoroastrian astronomers, who were expert in the study of true Biblical astronomy, were watching out for the signs in the sky which would herald the birth of the seed of the woman, the promised Messiah. It was only a small few who knew of these prophecies. So, too, it will only be those who are aware of the prophecies concerning the second advent of the Messiah who will read the signs and discern what they portend.
There are other passages throughout the Scriptures which provide us with the names of various stars and refer to the Zodiac and the planets. But too much technical information can overburden the reader and lead to confusion. The above study is enough to show that the original story of the fall and redemption of man, from Genesis to Revelation, is recorded in the twelve signs of the Zodiac. These truths are written in the stars, where no man can touch or corrupt them. The twelve signs of the Zodiac are divided into three books of four chapters each. These twelve signs form a circle in the sky corresponding with the twelve months of the year. But where do we begin to read this book and where do we finish? Perhaps we may get a clue from the riddle of the sphinx. The Biblical scholar and author E.W. Bullinger suggests that the sphinx bears the head of a woman (
Virgo)
and the body and tail of a lion (
Leo
). So our story begins with the virgin and the promised seed and goes on through the whole Zodiacal story to end in the future with the king (
Leo
) in triumph over the arch-enemy (Scorpio:
the serpent
), just as Yaweh had predicted way back in Genesis 3:15.
Now here is the rub. Besides all those spiritual beings we have spoken of in this chapter who knew of these astronomical prophecies, there was another group of entities who also were extremely well-informed in this area. Lucifer, the original bright morning star, was keenly aware of these prognostications. Remember, he was the “anointed cherub who covereth.” He was fully instructed and full of wisdom and splendour and knowledge. Furthermore, he and his host were all present when the Earth was founded.

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