the stars part 2 (patriarchs to abraham)

The Stars: Signs to PatriarchsPart 2

© Lynn Heusinkveld

2010

The Way

The Hebrew word Zodi from which Zodiac comes means the way.

To the student of Astronomy it is the way of the sun.

Luk 21:25 “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;”

Rom 1:20 “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”

We are charged to know and understand his creation.

Psa 19:1-4 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.”

Psa 19:4-5 “In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,”

“[and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.”

(This bridegroom is rejoicing in a race towards eternity.)

(And so should we.)

Psa 19:6 “His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it:”

We are not talking about the rising and setting of the sun each day.

We are talking about the movement of our sun through our galaxy.

The sun is about 26,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which is about 80,000 to 120,000 light-years across (and less than 7,000 light-years thick). We are located on on one of its spiral arms, out towards the edge. It takes the sun (and our solar system) roughly 200-250 million years to orbit once around the Milky Way. In this orbit, we (and the rest of the Solar System) are traveling at a velocity of about 155 miles/sec (250 km/sec).

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml

“and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.”

Psalm 19: 1-6

http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Psa&c=19&v=1&t=KJV#top

Here I see a dual meaning.

The Ecliptic

From the earth, the sun appears to make a circuit through the heavens of-360 degrees known as the ecliptic. The ecliptic is divided into 12 sections or houses. (See Psalm 19: 4-5) In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,

Within each of the houses there are 3 major constellations or decans and within each division are major stars.

God asked Job this question:

Job 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

If you have a circle of 360 degrees, which sign is the first? Adam Rutherford who has written a series of books on pyramidology believes that the pyramids are astronomically accurate and contain truths about the Zodiac. http://www.artisanpublishers.com/four-volume-pyramidology-adam-rutherford-volumes-p-25655.html

See also http://watch.pair.com/zodiac.html

The sphinx has the head of a woman and the body of a Lion.

Perhaps the ancients have suggested we start the story with Virgo, the woman, and end with Leo, the lion.

Astronomers still use chart maps drawn from the ancient zodiac.

They know their star placements by name because they have the reference of these arbitrary drawings that someone has prepared to teach a lesson or tell a fable.

Psa 147:4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

Neue the French astronomer says that the first Zodiac with which he is familiar comes from 5400 BC.

Wilhelm Gundel, Neue astrologische Texte des Hermes  Trismegistos, München, Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der  Wissenschaften, 1936

Josephus the Jewish historian says that the Zodiac is pre flood.

The Persians and the Iranians say that Adam, Seth and Enoch originated the Zodiac.

An interesting product of the patriarch’s longevity is the overlap of their lives.

The Generations of Adam

Adam to Noah

Years Coexisted with AdamBC Adam 800 695 605 535 470 308 243 56

-3975 0 Adam Seth-3845 100 130 Enos-3740 200 105 235 Cainan-3650 300 90 325 Mahalaleel-3580 400 70 395 Jared-3515 500 65 460 Enoch-3353 600 162 622 Methuselah-3288 700 65 687

800 Lamech-3101 900 930 912 365 187 874

1000 1042 905 987 Noah-2919 1100 1140 910 182 1056

1200 1235 8951300 1290 9621400 1422

-2419 1500 969 777 500-2319 1600 The Flood 1656 1651-2319 1700-2284 1800-2029 1900 950-1869 2000 2006

Lamech and Adam were contemporaries.

Lamech, Noah's father, lived simultaneously with Adam for 56 years. Perhaps they knew and went over the star maps together.

Noah to Jacob

Noah1056

Shem500 1556

Arphaxad Salah Eber Peleg Reu Serug Nahor100 1656 1691 1721 1755 1785 1815 1847 Terah Abram

35 30 30 30 32 29 1876 1946 Isaac950 403 303 34 239 239 230 148 70 100 2046 Jacob

2006 600 2059 1994 1994 2024 2045 1995 205 175 60 21062156 464 2081 2121 180 147

2185 2226 2253

Years Coexisted with Noah450 350 303 285 239 221 191 148 130 60

Noah survived the flood by 350 years and coexisted with Abraham for 60 years.

Perhaps Abraham had a grounding in the star maps even before God took him out under the stars.

Gen 15:5 “And he brought him (Abraham) forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,

So shall thy seed be.”

Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Gal 3:6 “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”

Abraham was saved before he was circumcised and before the law was given.

Gal 3:8 “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

Hbr 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hbr 11:2 “For by it the elders obtained a good report.”

Hbr 11:13 “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”

Hbr 11:6 “But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

“Abraham knew the gospel and believed and thus was saved.”

Gal 3:16 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”

Rom 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

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