“There can be but
little doubt, therefore, that the first Sign of the Zodiac was Virgo, the
second was the Altar, and the third was the Scorpion. The lesson which they
teach is clear: The Seed of the woman (Virgo), who was to come as a child,
should be a sacrifice (the Altar) for the sins of His people; endure a great
conflict with the enemy (Scorpio), in which He should be wounded in the heel;
but should in the end crush and tread the enemy under foot.”
--E.W.
Bullinger, The Witness of the Stars, 1893
In
Job, the oldest book in the Bible, the Lord talks to Job about what he knows
about creation and asks him in Job 38, ‘[31] Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose
the bands of Orion?
[32] Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst
thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
[33] Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
[33] Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
“Pleiades
is one of the constellations in the zodiac and is called ‘the seven stars,’ ”
explains Jordan. “In fact, if you look at Amos 5, you see it referred to in
just that way. In Amos 5:6, he says, ‘Seek the LORD,
and ye shall live,’ and in verse 8, you see he says the same thing in a
different way: ‘Seek him that maketh the seven stars
and Orion.’
“These
guys have some intimate knowledge of the constellations in the heavens. That’s
fascinating to me because the question then is, where in the world did they get
that understanding from?
“One
night after a TV taping, I was standing in a parking lot in Detroit with Brother
Bruscha and there was one star that was real bright. Tom says, ‘Well, that’s
not a star; that’s a planet.’ But which planet is it? I didn’t know; it looked
like a star to me. How do you figure that’s a planet and not a star? Well, we
know it is because we have telescopes and the technology of our day.
“From
Job 38, we know they understood not only that there were constellations out
there, but that those constellations had impacts on what’s going on. They had INFLUENCES
on what’s going on upon the earth.
“They
understand there were laws and ordinances and powers in the heavens. They even
know some of their names. Job 9:9 says, [9] Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the
chambers of the south.
“He’s
describing the physical structures of the heavens. They have some understanding
about the stars and where they are.
******
“E.W.
Bullinger has a book from 1893 called ‘The
Witness of the Stars.’ It takes you two to three years to get through it it’s
so complicated. It’s slow reading. It’s like cold molasses on a bad winter day
but it’s fascinating and what The Witness
of the Stars is, when it talks about Mazzaroth, that’s the 12 signs of the
zodiac. There’s a witness from God in the stars.
“You
remember in Genesis 1 it says that the stars, the sun, were for signs and
seasons? Not just for the seasons but for signs. There’s a message in them.
Romans 1 says that ‘the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen.’ The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmaments show
His handiwork.
“Psalm
19 reads, [1] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament
sheweth his handywork.
[2] Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
[3] There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
[4] Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
[5] Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
[6] His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
[7] The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
“In verse 4, that word ‘line’ there, you remember that TV show, ‘What’s your line?’ It’s talking about the things that you say. That’s the way that word’s used there. It’s not a kite string kind of a line. These are W-O-R-D-S that are describing articulation.
[2] Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
[3] There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
[4] Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
[5] Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
[6] His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
[7] The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
“In verse 4, that word ‘line’ there, you remember that TV show, ‘What’s your line?’ It’s talking about the things that you say. That’s the way that word’s used there. It’s not a kite string kind of a line. These are W-O-R-D-S that are describing articulation.
“You
could spend an hour-and-a-half taking each one of those phrases in Psalm 19 and go back with
almost all of them to the Book of Job and see that what he’s doing is
describing a message from God written and communicated in the heavens.
“ 'The
heavens declare,' meaning they send out a word. They have a voice. Genesis 3
says ‘they heard the voice of the Lord God in the garden.’ The same is
described in creation.
“Verse
7 says ‘the law of the Lord is perfect.’ Now what’s he talking about? He’s not
talking about creation anymore. Now he’s talking about the Word of God given
Israel. The law. That’s the written message. He told Moses, ‘Write this down.’
*****
“The
contrast is between a message written in the heavens and then a message written
in a Book. Bullinger makes the point that God began by writing a message in
creation that the angelic world and then man could read.
“In
Job 38, God is challenging Job, 'Who can read that message and understand that
message, like a man is supposed to?' But then there came a time when God
abandoned that method of communicating and began to write down on a piece of
paper the message.
“By
the way, in studying history, the first written language is said to have
originated with some people called the Sumerians in about 3,500 B.C. The Sumerians
were supposed to have had understanding, by the way, of the heavens. They did
have understanding of earth science, metallurgy, all that kind of stuff; stuff that
was way advanced and they just pop on the scene out of nowhere.
“You
know how they talk about how the Aztecs just disappear out of nowhere. The Sumerians,
basically, APPEAR out of nowhere. You say, ‘Who are they and where’d they come
from? What is that?’
“You
scratch your head and say, ‘Is there some kind of explanation for all that kind
of stuff?’ Well, there is.
“If
God wrote a message in the heavens and then He quit using that because He
started writing it down, what do you think must have happened? Well, if He
abandoned it, wouldn’t it become corrupt? It having become corrupt would be a
reason to abandon it, would it not?
“Someone
says, ‘Well, what is that message in the heavens?’ What’s the message of the
zodiac? Psalm 19:6 says, [6] His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
“It
starts at a place and goes all the way around; the whole story has a beginning
and an ending. The best way to understand the zodiac is it’s sort of like the
Rosetta stone for hieroglyphics. In interpreting the zodiac is the Great Sphinx
in Egypt. The Sphinx is a woman on a lion’s body and that’s the way with the
zodiac.
“It
begins with Virgo and runs the course all the way around to Leo. Virgo is the
virgin and Leo is the lion. When Christ comes at the end, He comes as a lion
from the tribe of Judah. The zodiac traces the whole history of redemption.
Now, if you know the Bible story, as it’s written, you can read it back into
that. But evidently it was there to start with.”
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