Walk through the book of Revelation with me; post #66. Now, it must be pointed out that the Gospel has been recorded in the stars by enlightened seers who received the revelation and chose various star constellations to represent the revelation given to them. Through this manner, the twelve original signs of the Zodiac came to be. In fact, the Strong’s Exhausted Concordance of the Bible defines Massaroth (Job 38:32) as “The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” Having established the divine appointment for recognize constellations and having, further, establish the divinely introduced seven stars of Pleiades, it seems proper to seek the truth the ancients chose to represent. We have the words of Jesus as to the meaning of the “seven stars.” The seven stars, Jesus said, are the angels (presbyters) of the Seven Churches. (Accepting, that the seven stars of the Old Testament have a prophetic resemblance to the seven stars of the New Testament, we proceed along this line of interpretation.) The seven stars of Pleiades are supported on the shoulders of Taurus the bull. Taurus is the Zodiac sign for Jesus as the sacrifice. By the seven stars being located on the shoulders of Taurus, the sign shows the bull (i.e. the sacrifice) to be the support for the seven stars. Now, in that Jesus has defined for us the meaning of the seven stars as being the messages to the seven churches, and, further, in that the number seven is understood everywhere to represent completeness, or the whole, then we see that Christ, our sacrifice (1 Corinthians 5:7) is the support (succorer) for the total represented priesthood of His kingdom (i.e. his church). But wait, there’s more. The seven stars on the shoulders of Taurus are associated, and identified, as one with the bull; in like manner the seven stars, of the Revelation, which represent the total New Testament ministry, is associated with, and identified as, one with Christ—our sacrifice. That is to say, the New Testament ministry of apostle, prophet, evangelists, pastors and teachers ( Eph 4:11) are one with the sacrifice and must be prepared to be offered on Heaven’s altar, in exchange for the life of His church. Paul understood this covenant of suffering, for he wrote, “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church” (Colossians 1:24, NKJV). More will be discussed on this topic of a covenant of suffering when we look at 6:9. To be continued. Peace to your houses; ☩ Jerry Hayes
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:51:03 +0000
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