Pouring Out; Aquarius; the Southern Fish; the Holy Spirit

The story of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit goes deeper than we recognize. It is not just the story of a special day that came, people started speaking in tongues, and all of a sudden the Holy Spirit that was now dwelling inside of the disciples gave them miracle working power. While that is truly a good portion of the story, there are a few more important details. Peter recited Joel’s prophecy regarding the last days when the ruling religious leaders wanted to know what was going on in Jerusalem. But the story of the constellation of Aquarius is the basis of this gospel message and goes deeper than just the outpouring itself. Yahweh says he gave us the prophets to shake us to attention and cut us to the quick. There will be more prophets in the last days. And Yahweh is after love that lasts not more religion as we will see. 

Initially, when Peter quoted Joel, he was speaking in context to the many, many people speaking in tongues at that time. As we have previously studied, the Essenes spoke of and used tongues along with their spirit filled worship. The city of Jerusalem was not accustom to this as they were of that sect, the Pharisees, which compromised on the Holy Spirit by staying in the temple rather than leaving when the priesthood was defiled. Those people who compromised were the religious leaders of the nation, at least in their minds, and yet they clearly were the lost sheep Jesus had come to help. What made this day unusual is that the holiness of the Essenes was not a lifestyle in Jerusalem, especially among these common people. The Essenes/Nazarenes/Therapeutaes and prophets all lived outside of Jerusalem. What made Pentecost so spectacular was that common people who believed on Jesus as Messiah, as the scriptures said, now had a personal out flow of living water.

John 7:38 He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. AMP

While we can understand that holiness was the foundation to receiving the Holy Spirit before the day of Pentecost, it was the belief on Jesus as Messiah that now allowed people the same indwelling of the Holy Spirit that he Essenes/Nazarenes/Therapeutaes and prophets had. There were no prophets among the Pharisees or Sadducees, the Prophets were of the Essenes, Nazarenes, and Therapeutaes; so what Peter is doing is pointing out, just like Jesus did, the things that the prophets had said would take place. While the Pharisees believed in the prophets, they did not always agree with the prophets’ messages.

Now if we consider the six thousand year lease that the devil stole from Adam, the last days are the last two days of six total days (1 day=1000 years in this context). The Theos/Elohim will pour out away from my spirit. Literally this reads “The Theos pour out away my spirit superimposed upon all fleshy forms”. This is not just a spiritual dynamic that happens to one’s spirit it happens to flesh.

Acts 2:17G2532And G1510.8.3it will be G1722in G3588the G2078last G2250days, G3004says G3588 G2316God, G1632I will pour out G575from G3588 G4151my spirit G1473 G1909upon G3956all G4561flesh; G2532and G4395[⁴shall prophesy G3588 G5207¹your sons G1473 G2532²and G3588 G2364³your daughters]; G1473 G2532and G3588 G3495your young men G1473 G3706[²visions G3708¹shall see], G2532and G3588 G4245your old men G1473 G1798[²dreams G1797¹shall dream].

 18G2532And G1065indeedG1909uponG3588 G1401my manservants G1473 G2532and G1909upon G3588 G1399my maidservants G1473 G1722in G3588 G2250those days G1565 G1632I will pour out G575from G3588 G4151my spirit; G1473 G2532and G4395they shall prophesy.

 19G2532And G1325I will execute G5059miracles G1722in G3588the G3772heaven G507upward, G2532and G4592signs G1909upon G3588the G1093earth G2736below; G129blood, G2532and G4442fire, G2532and G822vapor G2586of smoke.

 20G3588The G2246sun G3344shall be converted G1519into G4655darkness, G2532and G3588the G4582moon G1519into G129blood, G4250before G2228the G2064coming --G3588the G2250[⁴day G2962⁵ of the Lord G3588 G3173¹great G2532²and G2016³apparent].

 21G2532And G1510.8.3it shall be G3956all G3739who G302ever G1941should call upon G3588the G3686name G2962of the Lord G4982shall be delivered

1632 LSJ Gloss: ἐκχέωto pour out

Dodson: ἐκχέω I pour out, shed I pour out (liquid or solid); I shed, bestow liberally.

Strong's: ἐκχέω, or (by variation) ἐκχύνω to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow
Derivation: from G1537 and χέω (to pour);KJV Usage: gush (pour) out, run greedily (out), shed (abroad, forth), spill.

ἐκχέω, ἐκχύνω  ekcheō ekchunō  ek-kheh'-o, ek-khoo'-no
From G1537 and χέω cheō (to pour); to pourforth; figuratively to bestow KJV Usage: gush (pour) out, run greedily (out), shed (abroad, forth), spill.

575 LSJ Gloss: ἀπό from, away from. c. gen.

Dodson: ἀπό from, away from.

ἀπό  apo  apo'  A primary particle; “off” , that is, away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literally or figuratively) KJV Usage: (X here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure,cessation, completion, reversal, etc. Pouring shedding discharging

1909 ἐπί  epi  ep-ee' A primary preposition properly meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution [with the genitive case], that is, over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc. KJV Usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, [where-]) fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-) on (behalf of) over, (by, for) the space of, through (-out), (un-) to (-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).

4561 LSJ Gloss: σάρξ flesh

Dodson: σάρξ flesh, body flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

σάρξ  sarx  sarx  Probably from the base of G4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), that is, (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred, or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specifically) a human being (as such) KJV Usage: carnal (-ly, + -ly minded), flesh ([-ly]).

If we think about this idea of pouring out away spirit on all flesh we have to realize that even though we cannot see it with our eyes, it is a spiritual covering of our flesh. Again, this is only to those who believe. We have always taught that this changes the nature of the spirit of man within, but literally it changes the flesh not the spirit of man. It is a leap to associate this verse with the spirit of man, as it is prophesied as being shed off my spirit upon all flesh. This is why the manifestation of tongues is a fleshy manifestation as opposed to a bigger or holier spirit inside. Once the flesh receives this outpouring, the evidences are listed; visions, dreams, and prophecies. Then also Yahweh Elohim/ Kurios Theos will bring about miracles in heaven and signs on earth. Then, then, then, all who call on the name of the Lord (his name is Jesus) shall be saved.

In the last two days of the six thousand year days that humankind has been allotted under the rule of Adam/the devil, people who believe Jesus is Messiah, as scripture says, will be superimposed with an outpouring of spirit on their flesh. This outpouring will continue until the “Great and Notable Day of the Lord”. When is the Day of the Lord? When Jesus returns with his armies. Up to that time people who call upon His (Jesus’s) name, shall be saved from hades for one thousand years, during the millennial reign of Christ. Here is what Joel said.

Joel 2:28G2532And G1510.8.3it will be G3326after G3778these things, G1632I will pour out G575from G3588 G4151my spirit G1473 G1909upon G3956all G4561flesh; G2532and G4395[⁴shall prophesy G5207¹your sons G1473 G2532²and G3588 G2364³your daughters], G1473 G2532and G3588 G4245your older men G1473 G1798[²dreams G1797¹shall dream], G2532and G3588 G3495your young men G1473 G3706[²visions G3708¹shall see].

 29G2532And G1065even G1909upon G3588the G1401manservants, G2532and G1909upon G3588the G1399maidservants, G1722in G3588 G2250those days G1565 G1632I will pour out G575from G3588 G4151my spirit. G1473 

 30G2532And G1325I shall execute G5059miracles G1722in G3588the G3772heaven, G2532and G1909upon G3588the G1093earth -- G129blood, G2532and G4442fire, G2532and G822vapor G2586of smoke.

 31G3588The G2246sun G3344shall convert G1519into G4655darkness, G2532and G3588the G4582moon G1519into G129blood, G4250before G2064the coming G3588of the G2250[⁴day G2962⁵ of the lord G3588 G3173¹great G2532²and G2016³apparent]

Long before Joel prophesied this we have the somewhat sarcastic words of Hosea before the two kingdoms went into captivity. Hosea prophesied regarding how they would respond in captivity. In this section we see some interesting ideas. The people claim they were harpazo’d, they claim on the third day they would rise up and live before him, they claim that at that time they will seek to know the Lord and he will be like early and late rains to the earth.

Hosea 6:1G1722In G3588 G2347their affliction G3719they will rise early G4314to G1473me, G3004saying, G4198We should go G2532and G1994return G4314to G2962the lord G3588 G2316our God, G1473 G3754for G1473he G726snatched us away, G2532and G2390he will heal G1473us. G3960He shall strike, G2532and G3448.1he shall dress our wounds. G1473 

 2G5197.2He will heal G1473us G3326after G1417two G2250days, G1722on G3588the G2250[²day G3588 G5154¹third] G450we shall rise up, G2532and G2198we shall live G1799before G1473him.

 3G2532And G1097we shall know, G2532and G1377shall pursue G3588 G1097to know G3588the G2962lord . G5613As G3722dawn G2092readied, G2147we shall find G1473him; G2532and G2240he shall come G1473to us G5613as G5205rain G4406early G2532and G3797late G3588to the G1093earth.

726 LSJ Gloss: ἁρπάζωnto snatch away, carry off

Dodson: ἁρπάζω I seize, snatch, obtain by robbery.

Strong's: ἁρπάζω to seize (in various applications) Derivation: from a derivative of G138; KJV Usage: catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).

ἁρπάζω  harpazō  har-pad'-zo  From a derivative of G138; to seize (in various applications) KJV Usage: catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).

1097 Dodson: γινώσκω I come to know, learn, realize I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.

Strong's: γινώσκω to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed) Derivation: a prolonged form of a primary verb; KJV Usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

Thayer: 1) to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel  1a) to become known
2) to know, understand, perceive, have knowledge of  2a) to understand
2b) to know  3) Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse between a man and a woman  4) to become acquainted with, to know For Synonyms see entry G5825

γινώσκω  ginōskō  ghin-oce'-ko  A prolonged form of a primary verb; to “know” (absolutely), in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as shown at left, with others not thus clearly expressed) KJV Usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) known (-ledge), perceive, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.

So at a time when both kingdoms were not in captivity, when the priests were leading people astray with all the defilements in the temple and in the north, Hosea was saying something interesting. He writes that they say they were snatched (harpazo) and yet they would be healed and rise on the third day. Then, then, then, these people will pursue the knowledge of Yahweh. After Yahweh punishes them he will heal them and then they will pursue a knowledge of Yahweh. That is not accurate. Furthermore, shouldn’t they pursue the knowledge of Yahweh now, instead of later? It seems as if they want to play in the mud a little longer, then they will clean up. We should read this in context, and The Message bible does a good job here.  Notice Hosea 5:15, when they hit rock bottom, maybe they will come looking for me.

Hos 5:14-15

14 "I'm a grizzly charging Ephraim, a grizzly with cubs charging Judah. I'll rip them to pieces — yes, I will! No one can stop me now. I'll drag them off. No one can help them.

15 Then I'll go back to where I came from until they come to their senses. When they finally hit rock bottom, maybe they'll come looking for me."  (from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Wherever the Lord was, he is going back until they call on Him. God says he is after love that lasts, he is not after religion. In the future they called on him in captivity, but forgot Him once back in their land. Now let’s go on, the people will decide once they have been thrown out of Israel to go back to Elohim/Theos.

Hos 6:1-6 Gangs of Priests Assaulting Worshipers

6:1 "Come on, let's go back to God. He hurt us, but he'll heal us. He hit us hard, but he'll put us right again.

2 In a couple of days we'll feel better. By the third day he'll have made us brand-new, Alive and on our feet, fit to face him.

3 We're ready to study God, eager for God-knowledge. As sure as dawn breaks, so sure is his daily arrival. He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground."

4 "What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What do I make of you, Judah? Your declarations of love last no longer than morning mist and predawn dew.

5 That's why I use prophets to shake you to attention, why my words cut you to the quick: To wake you up to my judgment blazing like light.

6 I'm after love that lasts, not more religion. (from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Yahweh says that their declarations don’t last, that’s why he uses prophets to shake their attention. Yahweh Elohim/Kurios Theos uses prophets to cut through to people’s hearts. To wake people up. In the last days, the Spirit poured out upon all flesh will prophesy. The prophets came from Shem and Eber, and stayed separate from the general population and temple. The prophets came from outside regions, to give a heads up to people. Hosea says that the people will feel the pressure then cry out to God but all their proclaimed love for God won’t last. This is why there is a need for the prophets; and in the last days there will be prophets. But remember that the prophets were not part of the temple. Even though David merged them, they still remained separate from the temple, and were not afraid to be separated from the temple. The prophets are not prophesying from within the temple because of the defilement within the temple.  

The outpouring of the spirit is one outpouring on humans; Zechariah tells us that grace and compassion are poured out upon the house of David.

Zech 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.

Zech 12:10G2532And G1632I will pour out G1909uponG3588the G3624house G*of David, G2532and G1909upon G3588the ones G2730dwelling G*Jerusalem G4151a spirit G5484of favor G2532and G3628compassion. G2532And G1914they shall look G4314to G1473me, G446.2because G2735.3they treated me despitefully; G2532and G2875they shall beat G1909over G1473him G2870with a beating of the breast, G5613as G1909overG27a beloved one; G2532and G3600they shall grieve G3601with grief G5613as G1909over G3588the G4416first-born.

This is a prophecy that was for the future, the time when Jesus was crucified and those people who believed he was the Messiah received a spirit of favor and compassion. They mourned for him on the cross. They will mourn for him again in the last days before the Great and Notable Day of the Lord. Isaiah says that Yahweh Elohim/Kurios Theos will put His spirit upon the seed of Jacob and on their children.

Isaiah 44:1 But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children: 4 and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on the banks of running water. 5 One shall say, I am God’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God’s, and shall call himself by the name of Israel.

6 Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God. 7 Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man forever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive. 8 Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have ye not heard from the beginning, and have not I told you? ye are witnesses if there is a God beside me.

The living water for the thirsty is the picture of Aquarius. Here in Isaiah we see the declaration of Yahweh Elohim/Kurios Theos is the first and the last, the Alpha and Omega, the Aleph Tav, and the Israelites were supposed to be witnesses of Him. Notice the adamant tone of “besides me there is no Elohim/Theos, who is like me, let him tell you about how I made man, let him tell you the future”. Again a need for the prophets to cut through the hard hearts of the people. There are no other Creators of mankind. Those who believe are the children of Abraham, the seed of Jacob. That is who the spirit is poured out on. It is not genealogy, it is faith that makes one seed.

The picture of Aquarius is of a person pouring water out of an urn into a river with a fish. That is not a “connect the dots” picture, the constellations are a word picture with the ancient names of the stars within the constellation. Early pictures were simply of an urn pouring out water. The name of the constellation in its respective ancient language is as follows: Hebrew, Deli, the water urn; Arabic and Syriac, Delu, the water urn; Coptic, Hupei Tirion, the station of pouring out; Greek, Hydrokoeus, the pourer forth of water; Latin, Aquarius, the rising up and pouring forth of water. There are 108 stars in the Sign of Aquarius some of the names are as follows: In the right shoulder, Sa’ad al Melik which means the record of the pouring forth. In the left shoulder, Saad al Sund, meaning who goeth and returneth, or pourer out. In the lower right leg, Scheat, meaning who goeth and returneth. In the urn, Mon or Meon, meaning an urn. This is where the picture of an urn pouring water out comes from and when Joel prophesied regarding the pouring out of the spirit we have a similar pattern here.

The urn is pouring onto a fish. Technically, fish don’t drink water, they live in water. Have you ever seen a fish out of water? They seem like they are choking just as a human without air. The sustenance and sustainability of the fish is water just as the sustenance and sustainability of humans is air. The urn is pouring out water onto the fish. Yahweh Elohim/Kurios Theos pours out spirit on all flesh. But what Peter was saying was that this is only the beginning. It is the beginning of the pouring out. Tongues was not the end of the story, it was the beginning; there would be other benefits from the pouring out, just as there are other benefits from fish receiving water.

If we take a step backward, the Essenes/Nazarenes/Therapeutaes and prophets had already received this outpouring because they lived a circumspect life. They had already known the benefits of the Holy Spirit, which is why they followed the Holy Spirit out of Jerusalem around 200BCE. Those who stayed are those who became the Pharisees, and they were like fish out of water, they were choking. They kept making up new laws, and revising old ones and continued to do god-awful things in the temple. They were dying spiritually and didn’t even know it. Jesus came to help, but they rejected him. They should have known who he was but they didn’t. Remember Hosea, God says he is looking for a love that lasts, not religion.

The urn is filling up the watering hole because there are going to be more fish in the pond. Not just a few Essenes, or Nazarenes, or Therapeutaes, there were going to be a whole lot more people swimming in the water after the Messiah leaves and sends the Spirit of the Living God. Pentecost was the day that the Holy Spirit could be poured out on a whole lot of fish, and all the fish had to do was believe on Jesus as Messiah, as scripture said.

Matt 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. KJV

Jesus told his disciples to become fishers of men. Fish represent the redeemed. The Southern Fish, Piscis Australis, is the first decan of Aquarius. The word in Arabic is Fom al Haut, mouth of the fish. Fish are the redeemed, and as Jesus explained the Kingdom of Heaven to his disciples, the bad fish are thrown away. Abraham’s seed are fish, they are redeemed because they believe.

Matt 13:47-50 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. KJV   

What would it be like for a fish if the pond was intentionally drained? That would be the way the devil inspired the Pharisees to live. The devil slowly started drying up the pond; at first the Pharisees didn’t notice, that was at the time of the compromise in 200 BCE. Then as time went on, the water went down so far that it was uncomfortable and more rules and laws had to be made. Then pretty soon, the pond was so polluted they couldn’t remember a time when it was full of fresh clean water. That is what Jesus did for us by his death, resurrection, and ascension, he sent the Holy Spirit, pouring out fresh water into the putrid pond. Imagine what it would be like to have so many spirit filled believers in the world that we could not remember a time when scummy evil dominated our pond. That is the goal of Christianity. The ancient redeemed saw ahead to the time of the Messiah, they saw ahead to the pouring out of the spirit upon all flesh. They saw from the gospel written in the stars the age to come. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all read the news of the gospel message in the stars, but there was a mystery which they and the angels wished to look into, it was the actual indwelling of the Holy Spirit for all who believe.

Think about it, it was there all along in the picture. The Holy Spirit is the water being poured out. The fish is not drinking the water, it is breathing the oxygen in the water. Water goes into the fish’s mouth and goes out the gills, converting oxygen from the water into the bloodstream and into the fish’s cells. That is one complicated way to get oxygen. And with humans, the Holy Spirit is poured out away on all flesh, it is poured on us to help us breath, to sustain our lives. Grace and compassion were poured out on those who mourned and will mourn the death of the Messiah. The Spirit is poured out on the seed of Jacob. The Spirit is superimposed on all flesh. But there is more to the story.

The Spirit of Theos comes upon Balaam. Remember, this is before the kingdom split, when Israel was trying to get into the Promised Land. They were all one nation. In Balaam’s prophecy we see that a man will come out from Jacob and establish a kingdom over many nations. The Masoretic text has alterations here, but clearly we can see that this is a prophecy regarding Jesus.

Numbers  24:7G1831[²came forth G444¹A man] G1537from out of G3588 G4690his seed, G1473 G2532and G2961he shall dominate G1484[²nations G4183¹many]. G2532And G5312[³shall be raised up high G3588 G*¹Gog G932²his kingdom], G1473 G2532and G837[²shall be increased G932¹his kingdom].G1473

An Anthropos came forth out of sperma, lording over many ethnos. His kingdom lifted up and his kingdom increase. More on this prophecy and the story of Aquarius next time.