Everlasting Kingdom: Unraveling the Bible’s Secrets

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Part 2 Preview: Elohim (God) condemns astrology but did you know that He created the Zodiac? Yep, the translators usually just use the Hebrew word “mazzarah” rather than risk offending people by using the English equivalent—“zodiac”. Strong’s 04216, as seen in Job 38:32, is defined as “the 12 signs of the Zodiac and their 36 associated constellations”. “The heavens declare the splendor of Elohim”—if you know where to look! Start looking in Lambert Dolphin’s excellent overview of this amazing topic.

7. Modern Names

Wheel of the zodiac: 6th century mosaic pavement adapting Greek-Byzantine elements from a synagogue, Beit Alpha, Israel

There were efforts in the 17th century to give names to groups of stars not within the known constellations. The banality of such names as the Air Pump, the Telescope, the Indian, the Balloon etc. only served to highlight the more significant and meaningful names that the ancient constellations possessed. Of all the many aspects of life that could have been portrayed in the names of the constellations and stars, it is significant how many. refer to “judgment”, “strong saviour”, “weighed in the balance” etc.

As the true meaning of the names was lost, nations such as the Greeks gave some of them spurious names which they acknowledged. However, the original names can be obtained from older cultures. Bullinger points out that if the names were given to enable astronomers to identify the stars, then all the stars would have been included. In fact, the reverse is the case for certain stars are used to identify the pictures—the more important consideration.

8. Did Abram “tell out” the gospel story?

In Genesis 15:5, in the Authorised Version, we read that God told Abram to “tell” (Hebrew “sephar”) the stars, if thou be able to number (sephar) them: and he said unto him ‘so shall thy seed be’”. This is usually translated in more modern versions as “count the stars” and the NKJV adds “so shall your descendants (zera, seed) be.” (NIV - “offspring”).

It is noticeable that the word “sephar” is used for both “tell” and “number” and to translate it as referring to “counting the number of the stars” is perfectly acceptable, but should it be used in this passage?

The Hebrew word “sephar” can also mean “recount, commune, account, declare, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.” All these imply more than just counting a number of objects but can allude to recounting a story.

Furthermore, Paul examines this passage in detail in Galatians 3:16 where he says “He saith not, ‘And to Seeds’, as of many; but as of one, ‘And to thy seed, which is Christ’”. He is at pains to point out that the word “seed” was singular in the Hebrew and referred to Christ (as the Coming One). Now if the word “seed” is singular, it does not fit with the translation of this passage as referring to counting innumerable stars and saying “this is how many descendants you will have”.

There is therefore an alternative, or additional, view of this passage as Paul considered it. It could refer to the future advent of one person - the Saviour. God may have told Abraham to “read out” the story in the stars of the gospel record of future events that was apparently also known by ancient peoples.

Accordingly, this passage could therefore be loosely paraphrased:

“Go outside your tent and recount to yourself [and to future generations?] the story that is in names given to the stars and constellations. They will tell you of one person, descended from you, who will come - Christ - who will save His people.”

9. Job’s witness.

The oldest book in the Bible was written by Job who lived about 2150 BC, not long after the Flood. Already the names of the stars and constellations are fixed for he refers to Orion (38:31), Mazzaroth (the zodiac) and Arcturus (3 8:32). His reference to “binding the Pleiades” (38:31) is interesting as this group of stars are unaccountably stationary in their relative positions and not moving away from each other as expected. How did Job know this? This particular question struck Barry Setterfield forcibly before he became a Christian and made him rethink his life.

In Job 26:13 we read:

By His spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

The first reference is the to the heavens but it is not clear whether the second reference is to living serpents or the “fleeing serpent” in the sky (Hydra). If the latter is intended, as suggested by the first statement, then it is God Himself who shaped the constellations, and then gave them the spiritual message that they contain.

10. The Tower of Babel?

Before continuing, we will examine one doubtful reference by Bullinger. In the Authorized Version, the incident of the Tower of Babel refers to men “building a tower whose top may reach unto heaven”. In the original the “may reach” is not there and has been added to make sense. It literally reads “a top unto heaven” and could indicate that the top of the tower would be dedicated to heaven, i.e. the worship of heavenly bodies. It is this that would have angered God more than just the building a high tower.

Bullinger quotes a Lt. Gen. Chesney who excavated the ruins of Babylon and who described the mound known to the Arabs as Birs Nimroud. This is 153 ft. high and the square base has 400 ft. long sides. He claimed that there were seven stages made of bricks in different colours each representative of one of the planets. On the top was a tower on the summit of which were the signs of the Zodiac.

This sounds very interesting but Bullinger obtained the information in a very roundabout way; from the sermon of a preacher who said he had copied it from Chesney’s private notes. One would have thought that this very specific archeological evidence, that considerably alters our understanding of this important event in the Bible, would have been corroborated by other excavators and become more widely known. As this seems to be the only reference it should be treated with considerable reservation.

11. The days of the week.

For the reader’s interest, this might be the best point to give the origin of the names for the days of the week. They are all based upon the names of the planets that were those of Saxon gods and Seiss gives the following:

Sun-day, Mun (moon) - day, Tue (Tuisco - Anglo-Saxon name for Mars) -day, Wed (Woden - A. Sax. for Mercury) - day, Thurs (Thor - AS. for Jupiter) - day, Fri (Friga or Freiya = AS. for Venus) - day, Satur (Saturn) -day.

That a seven day week has been known from the earliest days of antiquity and have been followed in most civilisations is evidence that they were based upon the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest as we read in Genesis

THE ZODIAC

With that introduction, we will only briefly refer to the various Christian aspects of the names etc. We would mention that for each main constellation in the Zodiac on the path through which the sun passes, there are generally three other constellations, associated with it, called “decans”. These are listed A, B, and C under each constellation. In what follows we will be brief and use only a “note” form.

In both books, each author gave the name of many stars and then would say how this was relevant to some aspect of the Christian faith. At times, these connections were somewhat forced and one had the impression that virtually every star name had to be fitted into the system somewhere. There is sufficient evidence of the spiritual nature of the Zodiac names without forcing every name to comply.

Those given below are only a selection of the best of those where the relevance is clear. The Christian allusion will be obvious to most, but we give some of the biblical references. There are a number of “strong men”, such as Hercules, Ophiuchus, Centaur etc. who are symbolic of the coming Christ and the various names and roles relative to the Gospel hardly need explanation. Surprisingly, I could find no star chart that gave both the lines joining selected stars used in astronomical charts and the figures of the zodiac. The zodiac chart illustrated on pages 420-1 was compiled with some difficulty by carefully combining these two sources.

The start of the Zodiac

Although Rolleston said that the constellations start with Aries, Bullinger and Seiss start with Virgo, the woman, and the last one is Leo, the lion. Bullinger contends that this is indicated as the starting point in the Egyptian pantheon of gods by the Sphinx, which has the head of a woman and the body of a lion. Thus the two ends are joined to complete the circle.

1. VIRGO

This is the first constellation of the circuit which the Greeks wrongly renamed Ceres. A virgin (Is. 7:14) holding a branch (Jer. 23:5-6) and an ear of corn. Corn = seed (Latin Spica, the modern name of this bright star. Old name was Arabic Al Zimach seed). Star Zavijaveh means “gloriously beautiful” (Is. 4:2).

(A) Coma. Woman with a child on her lap - Name means Desire of all nations"

Albumazer, an Arabic astronomer of the 8th century, said that the Persians, Chaldeans and Egyptians said this was a young woman (Persian = virgin) on a throne nourishing an infant boy, having a Hebrew name Ihesu which in Greek is called Christos. Shakespeare referred to this as “the good boy in Virgo’s lap” (Titus Andronicus Act 4 Sc. 5).

Original Egyptian name Shes-nu = the desired son. Renamed by the Egyptians as Coma Berenice = The hair or wig of Berenice.

The possible connection of this decan with the Star of Bethlehem will be discussed at the end of this section.

(B) Centaur. Half man - half horse. Said to indicate the two natures of Christ (?). Hebrew name is Beza or Al Beze (Arabic) = the despised (Is. 53:3)

(C) Bootes. A man with a spear and sickle (Rev. 14:15-16). Name The Coming One (Ps. 96:13). Arcturus, the name of the bright star in the left knee= the keeper (of those) going up on the heights. Star Nekkar the pierced (Zec. 12:10).

2. LIBRA

Latin = Libra (scales). A pair of scales (Heb. Mozanaim). Arabic - Al Zubena (= purchase or redemption).

Star names; - lower scale - Zuben al Genubi - Arabic (the price which is deficient) (Ps. 62:9) - upper scale - Zuben al Chemali - Arabic (the price that covers). Alternative name - al Gubi heaped up (the value of the redemption). Zuben al Akrab - The price of the conflict.

(A) Crux = the cross

(B) Lupus or Victima (Beast slain or victim)

(C) Corona = A crown

3. SCORPIO A Scorpion.

Cqptic = Isidis (the attack of the enemy)

(A) and (B) Ophiuchus and Serpens. The “strong man” Ophiuchus (serpent-holder) wrestles with the serpent who is reaching for the crown.

The scorpion is stinging the heel of Ophiuchus, who is treading on the scorpion (Gen. 3:15). In his heel is the star Antares (= wounding).

(C) Hercules - the mighty vanquisher. Foot is placed on the coiled dragons neck. Star Ras al Gethi = the head of him who bruises (Gen. 3:15).

4. SAGITTARIUS - The Archer

Same meaning in several languages (Rev. 6:2). Star Naim = The gracious one.

(A) Lyra - The harp. The name indicates the praise of God. Brightest star is Vega = He shall be exalted. (Ps. 2 1:13)

(B) Ara - the Altar. The burning fire prepared for His enemies.

(C) Draco - The Dragon. The name comes from the Greek = Trodden on (Ps. 91:13). Brightest star Thuban = The subtle. Names of other stars all refer to similar aspects of the dragon.

5. CAPRICORNUS - The Sea Goat

Ancient pictures are half goat, half fish; i.e. the sacrifice and those who it is sacrificed for (Christians use of the fish as a symbol). Second brightest star Deneb al Gedi = the sacrifice cometh. Others have similar meanings.

(A) Sagitta = The Arrow that pierces (Ps. 38:2).

(B) Aquila = Eagle. This has been wounded by the arrow. Names of stars are "wounding piercing" etc.

(C) Delphinus - The Dolphin. The one who rises.

6. AQUARIUS= The Water Bearer (Is. 44:3)

(A) Piscis Australis = The Southern Fish. Star Fom al Haut = the mouth of the fish

(B) Pegasus = The Winged Horse

(C) Cygnus = The Swan. Brightest star Deneb = The Judge or Adige = flying swiftly.

7. PISCES = The Fish.

Star names indicate “the fish (multitudes) of those who will follow”-i.e. The church (Ps. 115:14).

(A)The Band - (that unites the two fish) (Hos. 11:4)

(B) Andromeda - The Chained Woman (who will be delivered).

(C) Cepheus - The Crowned King.

8. Aries - The Ram or Lamb (John 1:29)

Brightest star El Nath = wounded, slain; (others similar).

(A) Cassiopeia - The Beautiful Enthroned Woman. The captive woman now delivered. Brightest star Schedir (Hebrew) = freed. 2nd star Caph = The Branch (of victory). (Is. 54:1-8, 62:3-5).

(B) Cetus - the sea monster. The enemy bound.

(C) Perseus - The Breaker. Hebrew = Peretz. Greek = Perses (Micah 2:13). Winged feet = coming swiftly. Head he carries wrongly called Medusa by Greeks; Hebrew Rosh Satan = Head of the Adversary.

9. Taurus - The Bull

The Pleiades = The congregation of the judge.

(A) Orion - The coming Prince. Hebrew Oarion = light. He holds a club and the head of “the roaring lion” (1 Pet. 5:8). Betelgeuz = The coming of the branch. Rigol = the foot that crushes. Al Nitak = the wounded one.

(B) Eridanus - The River of the Judge. Star names refer to “flowing” etc. (Dan. 7:10; Nahum 1:8).

(C) Auriga - The Shepherd (Is. 40:10-11). Hebrew root = shepherd. Star

p Capella (Latin) = she goat.

10. Gemini - The Twins

There is some confusion of the pictures for this constellation in the different languages, but they generally refer to two people. Probably referring to the two natures of Christ and his eventual victory.

(A) Lepus - The Hare (the enemy); trodden under Orion’s foot. Star names refer to “the deceiver” etc.

(B) Canis Major (The Dog) or Sirius (The Prince). Sirius is the brightest of all stars. (Is. 9:6).

(C) Canis Minor - The Second Dog. Star Procyon Redeemer.

11. Cancer - The Crab

There are a variety of pictures for this constellation. The meaning is uncertain.

(A) Ursa Minor - The Little Bear. No bears found in any ancient Zodiacs. Confusion may be from Hebrew Dohver Sheepfold, Dovh Bear.

(B) Ursa Major - The Great Bear. Possibly “Sheepfold” as Ursa Minor as Al Naish “assembled together”; Dubhe = “Herd of animals or a flock” etc. Many stars similarly named.

(C) Argo - The Ship. Became part of Greek Argonaut story. Meaning is the “Return of the travellers”.

12. Leo - The Lion

The Lion of the tribe of Judah (Rev. 5:5). Hebrew name means “Lion hunting down its prey”. Name in other languages similar. Denebola Judge who cometh.

(A) Hydra - The Serpent. Hydra means “He is abhorred”. Star names similar.

(B) Crater - The Cup. The pouring out of wrath on the wicked (Ps. 75:8).

(C) Corvus - The Raven. Birds of prey devouring the Serpent.

Truly, “Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world’.” Mankind is left with no excuses.

(from Reference 6 above, with permission of the author)

Ancient Israel, the Zodiac, and the Sun God - By Thomas Horn RNU News Sr. Reporter

A recent edition of Biblical Archeology Review asks an interesting question: Did some ancient Jews observe the Zodiac and worship Helios, the Greek sun god? Raiders News Update believes 2 Kings 23:11 and similar verses prove this to be true– but what does this mean?

RNU.com ­ (Raiders News Update) - Archeologist Zeev Weiss describes a mosaic recently uncovered in an ancient Jewish synagogue in Sepphoris in which a zodiac surrounds a striking portrayal of the Greek sun god Helios. Evidently similar artwork has been discovered in synagogues at Tiberias, Khirbet Susiya, Na’aran, Husifa, Yafia, Beit Alpha and Sephoris.

Lucille Roussin, writing for the March-April edition of BAR believes she knows why the mosaics were made, and her explanation might bother some people.

“The Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 156b) records a debate about the validity of astrology for Jews,” she says. “Rabbi Hanina, a Babylonian who came to Palestine to study with the great Judah ha Nasi, compiler of the Mishna, said, ‘The planetary influence gives wisdom, the planetary influence gives wealth and Israel stands under planetary influence.’ In contrast, Rabbi Yohanan, who lived in about 250 C.E., declared, ‘There are no constellations for Israel.’”

According to Roussin the rest of Shabbat 156b “is devoted to arguments in support of Rabbi Yohanan’s position against planetary influence.” Roussin points out that this very argument proves that some Jews did indeed believe “that Israel stood under planetary influence” and that Helios was probably a related minor deity to whom they offered prayer.

Either way, Roussin cannot help but ask, “What in the world is a Greek god doing in a synagogue?” The same questions provided fodder in the RNU book, The Gods Who Walk Among Us.

While Roussin’s assumptions are correct in that “Synagogue mosaics from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods in Palestine offer evidence that Jews did indeed believe that Israel stood under planetary influence,” she fails to address the bigger issues of 1) where did the ancient Hebrews derive such a notion; 2) did similar religious concepts exist in divergent cultures simultaneously around the world; and 3) does this weaken or support the fundamentalist biblical view of a single Creator.

“What in the world is a Greek god doing in a synagogue?”

Can zodiacs and dedications to a Greek god in an ancient Jewish synagogue actually provide support for the notion that Yahweh is the one true God and Creator? Probably, and the somewhat unorthodox conclusion begins with a simple idea called Original Revelation.

The basic premise is that a perfect revelation existed between God and man “in the beginning.” The first man Adam was one with God and perceived divine knowledge from the mind of God. The human was “in tune” with the mental processes of God, and understood, therefore, what God knew about science, astronomy, cosmology, eschatology, and so on.

After the fall, Adam was “detached” from the mind of God, but retained an imperfect memory of the Original Revelation including a knowledge of God’s plan of redemption. This point of view seems reasonable when one considers that the earliest historical and archeological records from civilizations around the world consistently point back to and repeat portions of a similar Creation story.

Two things began to occur in the decades after the Fall: 1) information from the original revelation became distant and distorted as it was dispersed among the nations and as it was passed from generation to generation; and 2) (for those who believe in a real Devil) the realm of Satan seized upon this opportunity to receive worship, and to turn people away from Yahweh, by distorting and counterfeiting the original revelation with pagan ideas and “gods”. Instead of viewing the galaxy and stars as a heavenly map laid out by God, men began celebrating the stars and worshiping the ‘deities’ believed represented by them. “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God ...” (Rom. 1:22-23).

In his book, The Real Meaning Of The Zodiac, Dr. James Kennedy echoes such ideas, pointing out that the ancient signs of the Zodiac record a singular and original revelation–a kind of Gospel in the stars–and that the message of the stars, although converted into astrology after the fall of man, originally recorded the Gospel of God. He writes:

There exists in the writings of virtually all civilized nations a description of the major stars in the heavens– something which might be called their “Constellations of the Zodiac” or the “Signs of the Zodiac,” of which there are twelve. If you go back in time to Rome, or beyond that to Greece, or before that to Egypt, Persia, Assyria, or Babylonia– regardless of how far back you go, there is a remarkable phenomenon: Nearly all nations had the same twelve signs, representing the same twelve things, placed in the same order...The book of Job, which is thought by many to be the oldest book of the Bible, goes back to approximately 2150 B.C., which is 650 years before Moses came upon the scene to write the Pentateuch; over 1,100 years before Homer wrote the Odyssey and the Illiad; and 1,500 years before Thales, the first of the philosophers, was born. In chapter 38, God finally breaks in and speaks to Job and to his false comforters. As He is questioning Job, showing him and his companions their ignorance, God says to them: “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” (Job 38:31,32).

We see here reference to the constellations of Orion and Pleiades, and the star Arcturus. Also in the book of Job there is reference to Cetus, the Sea Monster, and to Draco, the Great Dragon. I would call your attention to Job 38:32a: “Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?” Mazzaroth is a Hebrew word which means “The Constellations of the Zodiac.” In what may be the oldest book in all of human history, we find that the constellations of the zodiac were already clearly known and understood...Having made it clear that the Bible expressly, explicitly, and repeatedly condemns what is now known as astrology, the fact remains that there was a God-given Gospel [universally acknowledged original revelation] in the stars which lays beyond and behind that which has now been corrupted.

In his book Dr. Kennedy strongly condemns the practice of astrology, while asserting his view that the constellations of the zodiac were likely given by God to the first man as “record-keepers” of the original revelation of God.

The original prophetic significance of the zodiac is summarized by Kennedy thus:

VIRGO: Seed of the Woman, Desire of nations, Man of humiliation, becomes exalted Shepherd and Harvester.

LIBRA: The scales demand a price to be paid, Cross to endure, the Victim slain, a Crown purchased.

SCORPIO: A Conflict, Serpent’s coils, Struggle with the Enemy, the Evil Vanquisher.

SAGITTARIUS: The double-natured One triumphs as a Warrior, Pleases the Heavens, Builds fires of punishment, Casts down the Dragon.

CAPRICORNUS: Life comes from death, He’s the Arrow of God, Pierced, Springs up again in abundant life.

AQUARIUS: Life-waters from on High, Drinking the heavenly river, Delivering the Good News, Carrying the Cross over the earth.

PISCES: The Redeemer’s People multiplied, Supported and led by the Lamb, The Bride is exposed on earth, the Bridegroom is exalted.

ARIES: The Lamb is found worthy, the Bride is made ready, Satan is bound, the Breaker triumphs.

TAURUS: The conquering Ruler comes, the sublime Vanquisher, the great Judgment, the ruling Shepherd.

GEMINI: The Marriage of the Lamb, the Enemy is trodden down, the Prince comes in great Glory.

CANCER: The great Bride, the Church and Israel, are brought safely into the kingdom.

LEO: The Lion King is aroused for rending, the Serpent flees, the Bowl of Wrath is upon him, his Carcass is devoured.

Whatever one makes of Kennedy and other people’s zodiac conclusions, one cannot help but be amazed by the Gospel similarities.

If similar assumptions made in The Gods Who Walk Among Us can be accepted– that an original revelation was corrupted after the fall of man and subsequently degenerated into the mythologies of the pagan gods– one would expect to find numerous examples of such corruption from as far back as the beginning of history and within various civilizations around the world. Since the myths behind the gods would thus be “borrowed” ideas, the corrupted texts would be similar to the original truth, and, in that sense, evidence of a particular and original revelation.

In this case a representation of the Greek sun god Helios in an ancient Jewish synagogue might be perceived as pointing back in time to an Original Revelation that was distorted as a result of the Fall of man.

Furthermore, If the distortions of the original revelation were in fact energized by an evil supernaturalism, the goal of the alterations would have been to draw people away from the worship of Yahweh through a close but distorted association with an original truth. According to researchers like Kennedy and Horn we thus find a zodiac in an ancient Jewish synagogue. In Spiritual Warfare– The Invisible Invasion a similar example of original revelation plagiarized by Satan in order to draw men away from the worship of Yahweh is given. Concerning Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, we read:

At the base of Pergamum’s hill stood the shrine of Asclepius, equipped with its own library, theater, sleeping chambers used in healing rituals, and long underground tunnels joining various other shrines to which pagans journeyed to receive the healing powers of Apollo’s favorite son. The Christian Church considered these mystical powers as demonic, for the worship of Asclepius focused on the image of a serpent, sometimes called Glycon, a figure some historians see as the origin for the modern symbol of healing-a serpent winding about a pole. Asclepius carried the lofty title, the hero god of healing.

In Numbers 21, Moses designed the brazen serpent on a pole that was used of God as an oracle of healing. 743 years later, in 2 Kings 18:4, we find that Israel had began to worship the brazen serpent with offerings and incense. From here the image was adopted into Greek mythology where it became the symbol of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing.

Asclepius was reported to have cured untold numbers from every conceivable disease– even raising a man from the dead. This caused Apollo through his Oracle at Delphi to declare, “Oh Asclepius!, thou who art born a great joy to all mortals, whom lovely Coronis bare to me, the child of love, at rocky Epidaurus.” Such a healer was he reported to be, that Pluto, god of Hades, complained to Zeus that hardly anyone was dying anymore, and so Zeus destroyed Asclepius with a thunderbolt. Afterward, Apollo pleaded with Zeus to restore his son and this intercession so moved Zeus that he not only brought Asclepius back to life, but immortalized him as the god of medicine. First at Thessaly, and finally throughout the Greek and Roman world, Asclepius was worshiped as the saviour god of healing.

Greek mythology stated that Asclepius had the power to heal the sick and to bring the dead back to life by drawing blood out from the side of the goddess of justice. Asclepius was symbolized by a serpent winding about a pole, and he was called the great “Physician.” The obvious intention of the serpent on a pole in Numbers 21 was to focus mankind on the coming Messiah, the true Great Physician, who would hang upon a pole and would deliver His followers from sickness and from death by the blood that ran out from His side.

Thus we find glaring examples of God’s “revelations” plagiarized for demonic purposes. RNU’s research eventually uncovered dozens of such examples and summarized them in The Gods Who Walk Among Us.

The worship of the Greek god Helios by ancient Jews refers back to a time when Original Revelation was splintered and truth was fractured and men “changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen” (Romans 1:25) (July 9, 2004)

From Lambert Dolphin’s Library

Psalm 147 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names. Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man; but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you. He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes. He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold? He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.

He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!

The End
 
By Lambert Dolphin, Malcolm Bowden,
Barry Setterfield and Helen Fryman

Here are two additional scientific articles that I found linked on Lambert Dolphin’s web sites that are excellent reading:

You were taught in school that the universe is expanding at nearly light speed. See how both evolutionists and creation scientists can be blinded by their own presuppositions in this regard. Also, see what God has to say about it in:

Is the Universe Static or Expanding? by Barry Setterfield (8/23/02)

Upheaval in Physics: History of the Light-Speed Debate, Helen Setterfield

A fascinating article timing the birth of the Messiah to the hour is found here. The article starts out a little bothersome, but then it gets really interesting in connection with the crescent New Moon described in Revelation!

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Hi Lambert,

I really enjoyed your article: Signs in the Stars. I would like to add it to my own web list of favorite articles from various sources. I could either put the article there in its entirety with a live link or just link to it if you prefer. I plan to read more of your articles as time permits. My web site is everlastingkingdom.info

Hi Lon,

Help yourself to the article. I had a short visit to your interesting web site today. I am very fascinated by your beliefs and I imagine we could spend many hours discussing what we believe and why.

God bless you.
Lambert

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