I used to volunteer at a Christian para-ministry in the mid 1990’s. Between tasks I had the opportunity of telling someone about what Christians who were creation scientists were saying about the vibratory patterns of the stars in the universe. By vibrations the stars actually do sing, and that they actually do declare the glory of God. This was exciting to me as back in the early 1980’s I had read EW Bullinger’s book Witness of the Stars. When the founder of the ministry came in we included him in the conversation but instead of excitement, he decided that that was all just distortions of the bible. Even when I showed him Psalm 19 his opinion was the same. He had never heard of Bullinger’s works which also include Figures of Speech and Numbers in the Scripture all written around the 1890’s. I didn’t respect him after that because instead of learning about what he didn’t know he decided he already knew it all and he didn’t have to learn anything else. It is said the greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.
The big news of recent weeks is that there is a problem with Astrology as the calculation dates of the constellations are off. This is not news to Astronomers, it has been known for a very long time. Astronomers and Astrologers don’t travel in the same circles and sadly they don’t compare notes. The problem is that Astronomy is a celestial science of physical celestial elements while Astrology is social engineering. As I read recent articles on CNN, Yahoo, and my local on line news papers, I was amused to see that some people got extremely angry about their astrological sign being wrong. One person said it didn’t matter she was a Leo and she even had a tattoo so she wasn’t changing her sign. The social engineering aspect of Astrology is that by telling people they were born under a particular zodiac sign that they then have a particular set of personality traits and that certain things will happen on certain days to everyone born in that time frame. It’s a money making opportunity for some and many have earned a good living telling others of vague happenings. So that no one thinks I am being flippant, this was an area of study for me back in the 70’s. (I am that old) I even had a battery operated “computer” that told me where the sun and moon were on the day of someone’s birth. I was fascinated by this knowledge and studied all the top Astrologers of the day but I felt like there was still something missing. Astrology either wasn’t accurate enough in personality areas or too vague about the future. I also studied the course of the Moon in those days, gaining understanding on the cycle of the moon and what was affected by it, such as plants, the tide, and nature. I remember checking out a book from my local library about the 13th constellation. The conjecture was that one constellation was missing and that all Astrology was off. Needless to say that book wasn’t a New York Times best seller in 1979. Today the speculation is that there should be 13 constellations, not 12, having left out Ophiuchus. This constellation boundary is between Scorpio and Sagittarius. The sun and planets travel through Ophiuchus’ boundaries which is why some would say the 12 Zodiac signs are incorrect. We see the number thirteen show up in other calendars as well but truly it is an area of ongoing study.
God wrote his plan of redemption in the heavens. He also holds us accountable to know his plan. So far we’ve seen his plan spoken of to the serpent, Adam and Eve, and in the names of Seth’s linage. But God’s redemptive plan was declared in the heavens as well. So much speculation surrounds our oldest known records. Most of the ideas of the constellation names come from the Sumerian, Arabic, Egyptian, and Hebraic remnants of those cultures. The Sumerian culture was the oldest of these civilizations existing somewhere near Iraq, the area of the Garden of Eden.
Ps 19:1-5
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.
KJV
Rom 1:17-20
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
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:
KJV
It would seem that there was someone in history who got information first hand, who made it known in the area of Sumer. That man was Enoch. We have to look at our timing again. I have a tendency to think once one person died in the Bible, then another one came along. That thinking is erroneous. In the days of Jared’s death Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah all mourned together. We should recognize that these people lived around 900 years, therefore if there are only about 1600 to 1700 yrs from the creation of Adam to the flood of Noah, there must have been plenty of people who knew each other. One problem that arises is when we don’t realize that there were a few people with the same name. There was an Enoch from the line of Cain as well as a Lamech. A city was named Enoch but Lamech was the first person we see who had a physical disease. He was born with poor vision and eventually went blind. Later Lamech went into a field hunting with one of his young son’s and accidently killed Cain.
From Seth’s line Jared had Enoch at 162 yrs old, then he lived another 800 yrs. Enoch had Methuselah at 65 yrs old and then lived another 300 yrs and then the bible says he walked with God.
Sirach or Ecclesiasticus 44:16 Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of repentance to all generations. KJV
Jude 14-15 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. KJV
Enoch had been translated and then came back to tell his sons and daughters what God wanted them to know. He then left again and never came back. It is speculated that one of the two witnesses in the tribulation period will be Enoch as he never saw death. Attempts at hiding Enoch’s visions and revelations over the years have failed. And now we can see a few more pieces of the Bible puzzle fit together. From the book of Enoch we read:
Enoch 1:1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. 2 And he took up his parable and said – Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the Heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come. 3 Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling, 4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, even on Mount Sinai, and appear from His camp and appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
V 9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousand of His holy ones to execute judgment upon all, and to destroy all the ungodly: and to convict all flesh of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
The book of Enoch is quoted in Jude, so we see that at the time of Jude it was used as a resource. Enoch writes to those living in the day of tribulation, a remote generation. He was not writing to the current generation at the time he was alive. They already knew the flood was coming and that there would be survivors, Noah’s family. Noah kept the writings of Enoch on the ark and further used that knowledge after his family settled the land after flood. It is interesting that the book of Enoch was rediscovered in this generation and has become popular once again. The Ethiopians have always had the book of Enoch as part of their sacred and holy books. This was one region Constantine did not influence when he burned the works that did not support his new religion.
The knowledge of the constellation names were give to the son’s of Enoch. The constellations themselves don’t look like their names; however it was a way to tell the story. Creation science tells us that in the days before the flood the firmament, which was a bubble of water above our atmosphere, did two things regarding the stars. Firstly it magnified the stars so that they looked closer. Secondly there would have been a pinkish hue to our sky, so that we could see that the constellations were all color coded. Today we can see the colors of the stars but only slightly. Some stars with the naked eye look a bit red, some look a bit blue and some look silver/white. I have been able to see these star colors when backpacking at higher altitudes at night. Because Noah was alive and planning the ark adventure during the time Enoch was back giving this knowledge to his family, Noah would have carried this knowledge through the flood and proclaimed it to his children and grandchildren. Even though the firmament was pierced the constellation knowledge carried on to the future civilizations.
Today we have Astronomy programs that tell us the exact map of all the planets, constellations and their movements. Computers have given us a whole new look at Astronomy. We have the technology to show the date and time Jesus was born using Astronomy Programs. We find this to be quite accurate balancing prophecy and recorded dates and times in the gospels. We can identify that every Old Testament prophecy regarding Jesus is accurate according to the map of the heavens. What does that mean? On each day the Sun Moon and Planets are in a particular place in the heavens according to our view point from earth. The meanings of the constellations from ancient texts actually proclaim his ministry and the future redemption of mankind. I always muse over the date of Immaculate Conception, where the feast of the Immaculate Conception is on December 8th according to Catholic tradition. This means Mary’s pregnancy is either the longest pregnancy in history or the shortest if we use the date of December 25th as Jesus’ birth. We know Constantine combined and rearranged holy days so that everyone in the Roman Empire could celebrate dates that were important to the particular religious groups in the empire. A more in depth look at Jesus’ birth would take you to the month of September. In his book The Star of Bethlehem-The Star That Astonished the World, Ernest L Martin gives a date of September 11th 3 BC. Many other people have written books concerning this date of Jesus’ birth that match pretty closely to this. The works of Joseph Seiss and EW Bullinger are very good resources to read regarding the constellations. I also encourage the reading of The Language of God in the Universe by Helena Lehman which gives a messianic look at the stars. This is not exhaustive but a good direction to start researching.
There was something else going on in the days of Jared that we will soon cover. In the days of Jared there was a lot of defilement going on. It would seem some Watchers came and took wives of the daughters of Adam. Until next time….
