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The Star of Bethlehem as a Recurrent Supernova

The contents of this December 2025 blog I first presented as part of the class by Jon Nessle and Ren Manetti on “The Witness of the Four Gospels“, to provide a Synopsis of the Celestial Prelude, and some of its more recent developments, related to the idea of the Bethlehem Star as a Recurrent Supernova. These are the updated teaching notes of the presentation for 12-5-23.

I want to introduce a subsequent aspect of Biblical Astronomy teachings, built upon the foundation of the Celestial Prelude of the last 23+ years. As we have referenced in the recent Timeline, where we began documenting the history of Celestial signs that led to the General Sign of the Coma Supernova starting in the post 200 BC era. Part of my thesis states that this pattern of Celestial signs marking Christ’s first appearance, forms a blueprint for his Return, his long-awaited Second Coming. A central aspect of living in the end-times is to be prepared for the Return of Christ–mankind’s Great and only Hope! Since the inception of this ongoing research project, the pattern of these celestial signs has come into sharper focus, as multiple historical accounts say, the General Sign of the Coma Supernova was visible to the naked eye for about 275 years. The Supernova explosion in the head of the woman’s child, in Virgo’s Coma Decan, amounts to a celestial prophecy of Christ’s first coming to remake all history forever, for mankind. The appearance of this Coma Supernova sign opened the sacred celestial count-down, unto the Specific signs ticking down to the birth of Christ! It is only fitting that the Heavenly Father’s sacred clockworks set in the sky also included the keys to the general timing & re-appearance in the Return of Christ. Just as there was a general expectation in various cultural populations for his appearance at the Messiah’s birth, so in modern times, with the fulfilling of many Messianic Prophecies, we expect also his soon Return.

Frances Rolleston was perhaps the first in more modern times to recognize the signs surrounding the birth of Christ in her; “The Mazzaroth.” text, that included a section “Rolleston (1865, pt. 2, pp. 104–106)#1 on The Bethlehem Star, stating  that in about 125 BC a bright star appeared, so radiant to be naked eye visible in  daytime hours. Rolleston’s chronicle of this event noted Hipparchus writing his star catalog simultaneously. In his work–The Almagest, Ptolemy credited Hipparchus’ tracking the precession of the equinoxes that provided him the impetus to write up his Star Catalogue.”#2

To realize their seismic influence on ancient Astronomy, embracing both these historical giants; Hipparchus and Ptolemy, speaks volumes in the legitimacy of the Coma Supernova. As both science stalwarts eye-witnessed the Coma Supernova, no two ancient astronomers could legitimize the impact of this key event, except the Angels of Heaven [Lk. 1:27-38, 46-59, 2:8-20], but these two all-Stars of science can’t hold a candle God’s Angelic host. A most underrated among astronomers, Hipparchus of Rhodes, was active at least from 147–127BC, was a living eyewitness to the apparent Coma Supernova explosion, circa 134 BC, “Hipparchus is considered the greatest astronomical observer, and by some the greatest astronomer of classical antiquity.

Hipparchus of Nicea

Most textbooks laud the feats of Aristotle and Ptolemy, yet Hipparchus likely did more for astronomy than any other Greek. Much of Ptolemy’s works are based on Hipparchus’ ideas, yet Ptolemy is generally credited as he perfected many of Hipparchus‘ concepts. Over 200 years pass in Greek astronomy from the era of Hipparchus to the time of Alexandria’s Claudius Ptolemy, who took all of Greek Astronomy and summarized it in his great work – The Almagest– ie; The Greatest), which in 13 volumes, grew into the “astronomical Bible” for that period of centuries. In it, he expands on all the great works of early celestial science and added some “finishing touches” to the “geocentric model.” #3

Needless to say, these two stalwarts of ancient astronomy had incalculable influence on the science of astronomy, thus the idea that both these pillars of science were leading influencers in bracketing the recognition of the Coma Supernova, during the time and in light of Christ’s birth, speaks volumes in history.

A Church father named Ignatius, the apostolic father closest in time to the New Testament writers (died 107 A.D.) wrote of the star as follows: “(It was) a star which shone in heaven beyond all the stars, its newness caused excitement.”#4

Rolleston’s reference to Ignatius, one of the Church Fathers and the Bishop of Antioch, in about 69 AD, records that, “At the appearance of the Lord a star shone forth brighter than all other stars.”5 If we are careful not to confuse this Coma supernova reference with the planet Jupiter, we find evidence of visibility of a supernova still seen over 200 years after it was first seen framing a general period of Jesus’ birth. Seiss has more detailed history on this point:

“Hipparchus about 125 years before the birth of Christ, [circa. 128 BC] saw the Coma supernova as a new star, that prompts him to draw up his star registry. Ptolemy, near 150 years after Christ, refers to it as  having been observed by Hipparchus, but as having become so faint [c. 147 AD] as hardly to be any more discernible.”#6 

Pliny the Elder wrote in 79 AD that Hipparchus suspected the fixed stars were not as fixed as most people thought, since Hipparchus had just seen a new star in Coma appear from nowhere. His initial observation of the precession of the equinoxes was close to one [1] degree per century, with an actual rate of 72 years. #7

“She [Rolleston] was first modern not only to recognize the role these giants played in the history of astronomy with the Coma Supernova, but she also realized the role of the Zoroastrian Magi in the annals of the star, credited to Zoroaster.

Rolleston cited Arabian astronomer Albumazar describing the signs and “decans of Virgo with Virgo having two parts and 3 forms, saying in the 1st decan as the Persians and Egyptians teach-a young maiden arose, a pure and immaculate virgin in Arabic named Adrenedefa, holding in her hand two ears of corn, seated on a throne, nourishing an infant, whose Hebrew name was Ihesus, meaning to save, that the Greeks called Christos, or Christ, rising with the virgin. These figures, found in the Egyptian Planisphere [Dendera Zodiac-Plate 3] with the Virgin holding the ear of corn as Virgo, while Koma may be the original name seen in Coma, marking the Head of the infant, the Desired seed of the Woman. It was said Zoroaster predicted this star would appear in the figures [decans] of the Virgin.” #8

Since the Coma Supernova was preceded and followed by other notable star signs leading to Christ’s birth, it may behoove us to check for other celestial signs in the Celestial Encore that fit the blueprints we have uncovered in the Celestial Prelude. A key we might look for in this end-time pattern of celestial signs that fit the Celestial Prelude, logically would be signs according to an inverse order where they took place the first time around. One example of this would involve the Coma Supernova being the first sign marking the opening of a series of increasing celestial signs leading to Christ’s birth–as a Prelude. The complement of a Celestial Encore may include a supernova type sign taking  place, not as a prelude, but as more of a sign leading to a Celestial finale, to mirror a series of concluding celestial signs reflecting in juxtaposition the birth of Christ.

As the Creator and God of Heaven & Earth, our Heavenly Father saw fit to mark mankind’s long awaited deliverance, written in the circle of the stars, by the celestial transition at Spring equinox/vernal point, to open the Age of Pisces in the precession of the equinoxes. He also marked the celestial signs around the birth of the Christ, with a unique series of triple planetary unions, holding the Jupiter-Saturn triple conjunctions of 7 BC. This was the last Jupiter triple conjunction to mark the actual signs of Christ’s birth four years later in 3-2 BC.

As a genuine “mandate from heaven,” these celestial signs ordained from the Hand of the Creator, mark the long awaited fulcrum of all history, and decisive epoch of the coming of the promised seed, near the inception point of the Age of Pisces, in 7 BC. As the heavenly signs of the birth of Christ unfold in a true extent of their scope and structure, we can only stand in humble awe and reverence as they testify to God’s omniscient Power and Love. The Power and Glory of His creation reveals His three-fold light as He shed it forth for all the faithful, in the heavens, in the Scriptures, and in Christ– God’s Word made flesh, to enlighten the Earth. Some persistent questions in this field include: How did the Magi’s trip to Jerusalem come about? The impetus for this question seems to first arise with the Prophet Daniel, and the actions he took to convey these keys to the Zoroastrian Magi, especially with the arrival of the Coma Supernova, followed by the aforementioned Jupiter-Saturn triple union in 7 BC. This led to the recognition of the actual signs of Christ’s birth, with the Triple union of Jupiter-Regulus in 3-2BC. The science of our method is not based on corrupt divinations of astrology, but agrees with our study precepts to guide us in our Biblical Astronomy Research Principles.

Let’s take a brief overview of both General and Specific signs of the Celestial  Prelude. Its General sign, was visible to the naked eye for over 200 years, while the celestial signs from 7-5 BC, focus on the triple Conjunction of Jupiter–Saturn during this time.

The General Sign

The premise of a Celestial Prelude is based on the simple truth that God would not ordain the long-awaited birth of His only begotten son, the eternal purpose of the ages, without a little advanced notice. This prelude has two parts, the first general the 2nd specific. The confusion of these two separate aspects of the Celestial Prelude has perplexed many in their search for truth surrounding the “Star of Bethlehem.” A good question to approach this topic of the first part of the Celestial Prelude is;

Where did the popular idea of a single bright star, obvious to everyone, marking the birth of Christ originate? The answer to this question is found in what I call the General Sign of the Celestial Prelude, which alerted the Magi to the broad period of time when the promised seed would appear. The first decan, or subordinate sign of Virgo was first called “Coma,” meaning; the desired or longed for, as seen in the Book of Haggai.

Haggai 2:7

7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 9

In his book Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger documents the perversion of the meaning of the sign Coma, by the Greeks, into the hair or wig of Berenice. Coma was originally pictured as a woman holding her child, in the Dendera zodiac, who embodied the desired one of the nations. It was in this decan of Virgo that around 132-125 BC, a new star, so bright that it was visible in daytime, suddenly appeared in the head of the holy child seated in the lap of the woman, in the sign Coma. 10

This idea of a supernova as part of the celestial markers of the birth of Christ, is not without precedent. We find supporting evidence in Johannes Kepler’s link he made with the conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, and a supernova. In October of 1604 the great German astronomer Johannes Kepler, as he noted Jupiter and Saturn in triangular union with Mars, beside Ophiuchus’ head. He saw simultaneously a supernova visible over the next two years in the heel of Ophiuchus. This brilliant new star later became known as “Kepler’s Nova,” and he wondered if the Magi may have seen a similar event, when he recalled elements of an old rabbinical commentary by Abrabanel on the Book of Daniel, that referenced a significance for Israel, of Jupiter-Saturn Conjunctions in the sign of Pisces. We find evidence of this from Richard H. Allen concerning these planetary Conjunctions of 7 BC in this reference:

“Within their boundaries (of Pisces) took place three distinct unions of Jupiter and Saturn in the year 747 of Rome, – the year to which for a long time was assigned Christ’s birth; these phenomena strikingly agreeing in some of their details with Saint Matthew’s account of the Star of Bethlehem. The view that these planetary appearances guided the Magi in their visit to Judea was first advanced by the celebrated Kepler… It was the Rabbis that held the tradition, recorded by Abrabanel in the 15th Century, that a similar Conjunction occurred in Pisces three years previous to the birth of Moses, and they anticipated another at their Messiah’s advent.”11  

Following the triple Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the specific signs of the Celestial Prelude was a unique triangular massing of planets. Kepler refers to the Feb. 25th, 6BC triangular massing of planets; Jupiter, Saturn and Mars, as the “decisive Conjunction of 7 BC that opened our precessional age of Pisces.” As we noted, Kepler also boosted the idea of the impetus for the Magi trip to Judea was initiated at the arrival of this series of Conjunctions. This could make him a larger presence in the history of Astronomy, even more than what he is already accredited with, because of the spiritual nature of this insight. As we will see regarding the birth of Moses, Jupiter-Saturn unions in general and especially a triple Conjunction, held a special signification for Israel, but they were not limited to Pisces. This misconception has led to confusion in marking the signs of Moses’ birth, but once this is realized we find great unity in the signs prior to the births of Abraham, Moses and Christ. Kepler was also intrigued by the idea that there might be an affinity between this series of planetary unions, marked by the appearance of the 1603 supernova. At the same time, Kepler doubted these signs would have marked the actual birth of the Messiah, since another Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction akin to this occurred a few months later, as part of a triple union. Although Kepler recognized some of the potential critical nature of these signs in relation to the coming of the Messiah, he did not discern between what I am terming as the general and Specific signs leading up to the birth of Christ. This contributed to his confusion regarding how these general signs could mark the birth of Christ, as it will for anyone who fails to make this key distinction. It is important to notice that Kepler was not only the first I am aware of, to suggest a planetary Conjunction scenario to explain the “Star of Bethlehem,” but he was also the first to connect a supernova with these unions and relate it to what the Magi had seen.

E.W. Bullinger uncovers below, the popular belief regarding this general sign that was prevalent in and before the first century BC: “a traditional prophecy well known in the East, carefully preserved and handed down, that a new star would appear in this sign [Coma] when he whom it foretold, would be born.” ¹²
This tradition was at least partially based on Balaam’s declaration in Numbers 24, meaning that Balaam’s prophecy holds, for our purposes, minimally a twofold import.

Numbers 24:17

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.¹³

  First, Balaam’s revelation refers to the advent of Christ the King, the ascendant bright and Morning Star, who came forth out of Jacob’s genealogical line. This genealogical or “Christ-line“ was marked astronomically by common cases of Jupiter-Saturn triple conjunctions seen at both the birth’s of Abraham and Christ, both marked by the king planet. Secondly, there is a celestial double meaning in the phrase: Star out of Jacob, with links for both the general and specific aspects of our Celestial Prelude. The new star–supernova in the head of the toddler in Coma’s lap; visible for over 250 years, was the general sign, the Star out of Jacob, that prepared the Magi to watch for the specific aspects of the second part of the Celestial Prelude, which included the Jupiter-Saturn triple union of 7 BC in Pisces. We find this second aspect of Balaam’s prophecy relating to the scepter, symbolic of the reign of the king planet-Jupiter. As we progress in our study, it’s evident that Jupiter was the planet the Magi called “his Star” in Matthew 2:2. The Magi had noted the triple union of signs in 7 BC, involving Jupiter and Saturn, that gave them a blueprint for the actual signs marking Christ’s birth, that also involved a triple conjunction of Jupiter starting in 3 BC. An early sign in August of 3 BC motivated them to begin their caravan to Jerusalem. The study on “The Stars Over Bethlehem,” shows more detail on the Magi’s observations at the Messiah’s birth, both in Virgo and Coma. As the verse in Haggai 2:7, teaches specifically in the 2nd part of the verse that states: “And I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.” Haggai’s prophecy here refers directly to not only the future glorified Temple, as we find later in the context of Haggai 2, but also with NT hindsight to the spiritual body of Christ as the temple of the Lord. [I Cor. 3:9-17, Eph. 2:18-22]

Haggai 2:9
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former, saith the Lord of Hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts. 14

Eusebius, a scholarly church historian of the early fourth century, evidently made a considerable study of literature available from the centuries before him, and came to this conclusion about the star.”15 He references a quote on what eyewitnesses saw during the time of Christ’s birth as follows: “We saw how an indescribably great star shone among these stars and dimmed them so that they no longer shone, and so we knew that a King was born for Israel.

This is revealing in a historical light, when we consider that in the years after the Magi’s visit to Jerusalem, shekels from Judea struck during the period of the second revolt, [132 AD.] bore the design of a bright star over Jerusalem’s Temple, called Bar Kaukab, or Son of the Star. Historically, this was a reference to the Jewish leader of an uprising against Rome at the time, but the truth cut into these coins remains the bright star in the sky over the temple!#16 This supports and commemorates the arrival of the Coma supernova appearing in the head of the infant son in Coma’s lap, the desired of the nations, circa 132-134 BC aligning with Hipparchus‘ sighting of Coma’s Supernova. It is Christ as the chief corner-stone who glorifies the New Jerusalem as the light of the world, and these coins engraved images honors the traditional prophecy of a general sign pertaining to this new star, shining in the head of the glorified Christ–child. These proofs show a fresh start in the study the “Star of Bethlehem,” revealing great hidden truths. Once we distinguish between the general and specific signs marking the birth of Christ, most of the confusion that plagues this topic will be removed.

Modern Science has also progressed notably of late, to fill our grasp of Nova’s and Supernova’s. Traditional supernova’s experience a very bright and powerful explosion, which has been thought of as a singular event, but this overlooks the likelihood of a Recurrent Novae. Recurrent novae – are “defined as systems with more than one recorded nova outburst. There are few members of this new Recurrent novae subclass: at this point in research, just ten,” one of which [RS Oph] has a documented history of at least 8 multiple outbursts, from 1898 to 2021, a 123-year period.#17  Recurrent novae repeat the Nova process over a much shorter period-about every 10 to 150 years, while Nova outbursts are thought to repeat on much longer timescales of potentially over 1000+ years.

Figure 1. The Recurrent Nova RS Oph. 18

RS Oph-short for Ophichius is about 5,000 light-years away in the sign or Constellation Ophiuchus. In its quiet phase it has an apparent magnitude of near 12.5. It has been observed to erupt in 1898, 1933, 1958′, 67′, 1985, 2006 and 2021, reaching a magnitude of about 5 on average. 14/38 Thus, in the six eruptions of RS Oph over the last 125 years, this Recurrent Supernova in Ophiuchus has exploded on average nearly every 21 years.

If the Coma Supernova recurred for a period of about 250+ years, from c. 132 BC to about 147 AD, it can explain the sequence of events described in history according to modern scientific evidence, via the reputable references cited here. Ancient records merely tally naked eye-visibility of the Coma Supernova, not potential fluctuations due to multiple eruptions of a Recurrent Supernova, as this was not part of the “new stars” concept at the time. As we find in Figure 1 above, the effect of the supernova eruption described by Eusebius above in extra-biblical sources refers to “a great star that shone among these stars and dimmed them so that they no longer shone…” is indeed evident resulting from recurrent eruptions of the Recurrent Supernova Oph, seen above– in Figure 1, that adds weight to this hypothesis.

In Isa. 9:6, one of the great birth prophecies of the promised seed-Jesus Christ, used of the Messiah was Sar-Shalom; the Prince of Peace, the one who brings true and genuine Peace to all Creation [Eph. 2:11-22]. It is also used of Prince Moses in Ex. 2:16. According to Hislop, the Chaldean version of this word; “Zer,” means “to encompass,” gives us not only the English basis for: “Zero signified by a circle among the Chaldeans,” but also Zero; “the seed.” Thus, it relates to the Hebrew word; zera [*H2233] #19 used in prophetic and Messianic references to Jesus Christ’s birth–promised seed in Gen. 3:15, to the end the Chaldean word for the “woman’s promised seed” was “Zero-ashta,” also forming the basis of the name Zoroaster.

We should note that in the prophecies of Zoroastrianism in the Zend-Avesta, the predicted return of Zoroaster was a savior who would renew all existence in preparation for the Last Judgment. These references to the woman’s promised seed point directly to the general sign of the Celestial Prelude. Hislop also notes:
“In almost all nations, not only was a great god known under the name of Zero or Zer; the seed, and a great goddess under the name of Ashta or Ishta; the woman, but the great god Zero is frequently characterized by some epithet which implies that he is The only One.” #20 This evidence provides a strong basis for a direct correlation to the decan Coma, the seed who was the desired of the nations, especially in view of the Supernova in this child’s [Christos] head of Coma as seen in the Dendera Zodiac, marked as the promised seed, in the General Sign of the Celestial Prelude. The implication that the promised seed of the woman would be the only one, speaks to the truth that Christ is the Alpha & Omega, or the first and last way God made available for the redemption of Mankind.

Coma, “the desired of all nations,” occupies the first one-third portion of Virgo’s ecliptic arc. Even though the modern name associated with this decan is Coma Berenices, shown as a woman’s hank of hair, the true picture (according to star names and history) is a woman holding a child on her lap. Shakespeare even refers to her as such. She too is depicted on Egypt’s Denderah zodiac, circa 2300 BC. Coma validates Virgo’s message about the promised child. From it’s first position on the ecliptic, God displays His Son in a portrayal of His birth—and virgin conception. #21

Coma Berenices: NGC 4414

The ancient star names in Coma identify the seated woman as “a pure and immaculate virgin,” “the virgin who carries,” and “who bears.” Another star name identifies the child as “the Branch.” Clearly, Coma represents the virgin; and her child, “the desired of all nations,” is the highly favored and exceedingly blessed coming One (the offspring of Virgo’s womb). There is evidence that Coma possibly housed the star of Bethlehem. Several astronomers from different countries recorded that a new star, or supernova, ignited about the time of Jesus of Nazareth’s birth—and this star was visible into His earthly life.[i] This is more compelling testimony that He is Messiah. Others hold that a supernova reportedly appeared in the constellation of Coma in the child’s head. #22b

Figure 2. The Decan of Virgo-Coma. #23

The decan of Coma appears as the three bright stars forming the inverted “L” shape, that significantly contains the North Galactic Pole, located 5 degrees west of Beta Coma. This is interesting in light of the original star picture linked with this decan, as seen in the Dendera Zodiac, of a mother holding her Son in her lap, “the Desired of the Nations,” [Figure 2, above]. The close proximity of the North Galatic Pole, recalls the image of Cepheus “the crowned  king” who regally sits above the Celestial Pole star–Polaris, embodies Christ the king seated in heaven at God’s right hand of the Heavenly Father, [Eph. 1:20-23].

Plate 3. The Stars of the “L” shaped Decan Coma. #24

The roots of their knowledge of the Promised Seed trace to the monotheistic teachings of Zoroaster. A second man of the same name was said to have coexisted with Daniel in the reign of “Darius the Mede” in 5th – 6th Centuries BC. We find a reason for their joy, in Rolleston’s quoting of Abulfaragius below:

“Zeradusht {Zoroaster} taught the Persians that in the latter times a virgin should bring forth a son, and that when he should be born a star should appear, and should shine and be conspicuous in the midst of the figure of the virgin. It is then said that he commanded his disciples, the Magi, when they should see the star, that they should go forth where it directed them, and offer gifts to him that should be born.”#25 (emphasis mine)

This confirms what we have already seen in Zoroastrian writings concerning the coming of the promised seed. The Magi would certainly have been joyfully awestruck when they realized the dual witness of the supernova in Virgo’s 1st decan of Coma, along with “his star,” the king planet Jupiter at rest in the mid-section of Virgo, on their way to Bethlehem, fulfilling the prophecy written in the stars, and established by their teachers, Zoroaster and the prophet Daniel.

A graphic rendition of this is found in our banner atop this blog study. It shows both the General sign of the Celestial Prelude next to specific sign of Jupiter in Virgo, standing still @ zenith over Bethlehem, on winter Solstice as too the Sun stood still, as the Magi testified to the Creator’s precision, with the Rhythm of His sun, moon and star cycles in perfect harmony, bringing the Magi to their appointed rendezvous and destiny as witnesses of His purpose of the ages, the foretold Messianic arrival of the redeemer of Mankind.

The Coma supernova set the stage for the triple union of Jupiter-Saturn in 7BC leading to the birth of Christ. This union in Pisces also marked a transition in the ages of the precession of the equinoxes, from the Age of Aries to the Age of Pisces. This was not only the case in ancient Israel but the world-views of many ancient cultures including, Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, Persia & Meso-Americas, all held similar views. According to this pattern, Jupiter-Saturn triple unions occur in Pisces only once every 800 years, showing how this series subdivides the precession, totaling a period of about 25,000+ years. Since every 30 cycles of Jupiter-Saturn triple unions in Pisces totals a period of 24,000 years, this period is near enough to the full cycle of precession, to warrant our focused attention. The new Precessional Age was highlighted because for the prior 2160 years, Aries was the sign wherein the Sunrise took place on Spring equinox.

The Triple union of Jupiter-Saturn in 7BC marked the first time that the Sun arose in the Sign of Pisces, on the Spring equinox, signifying a new Precessional Age, the Age of Pisces. Over 2000 years has already passed since this opening of the Piscean Age, and the Birth of Christ that occurred 4 years later. The Sign of Pisces contains 2 fish, one swims to the North Pole, vertically and the other on the horizon along the ecliptic. The fish representing the houses of Judah and Israel, showing the Promised Seed coming out of the Royal House of Judah. Jesus Christ would be a Son of Adam, Abraham and David to fulfill all righteousness.

The fullness of the gap between the sufferings of the Lord, seen during his first coming, and his glorious return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords continues to take place now in the Piscean Age. Finally, this triple Conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn in Pisces gave the Magi all they needed to identify the signs marking the birth of Christ when the triple union of Jupiter-Regulus took place in Leo, starting on Sept. 14th, in the Lion of the tribe of Judah. This overview of Bible and Celestial History, beautifully encapsulates how God utilized the Natural Law witness in the heavens, coordinated with Divine Scripture, conclusively, to reveal in increasing detail, the identity of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.

As Hebrews 11:3 tells us;
Heb 11:3 Through faith [G4102] we understand [G3539] that the [G3588] worlds [G165] were framed [G2675] by the word [G4487] of God, [G2316] so that things which are seen [G991] were not [G3361] made [G1096] of [G1537] things which do appear. [G5316]

”worlds” [G165 aion] ages of time were repaired, or set back in order by the individual spoken Words [G4487 rhema] of God. #26

According to Jon Nessle’s teachings, we can trace the Audible Spoken Words of God in Scripture at the inception of each Spiritual Administration, “framed” [G2675–katartizo] means; to establish, set up, arrange, complete, perfect, finish, refit, repair, mend. #27 [I Cor. 1:10, Gal. 6:1, I Thess. 3:10]

Each of the seven Biblical administrations represents a step closer in the progression towards the total reparation of temporal ages, thrown into chaos by Lucifer’s revolt in the 1st Heaven and Earth. As Entropy Law was instituted, resulting from the disobedience of Adam and Eve, the enemy became a “Time Lord” in the kingdoms of this world. Entropy Law, also known as the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, or “Time’s Arrow,” dictates a degradation of all matter in Creation, inexorably moving from higher degrees of order to lesser states of order. Thus, the palpable effect of the release of sin nature on Creation, was realized [Rom. 8:19-23]. The Creator-Almighty is the only One Who to reclaim the rule of the Temporal World, from Eternity past, He set His plan in motion to be carried out in Jesus Christ. Each Spiritual Administration/ Age, brings Man closer to the Return to Paradise perfected in Christ, when God’s order is restored forever. In this way Christ is seen as consummation of the ages, the center and embodiment of God’s plan to repair the damage done by the enemy and his revolt, with the fall of man. As all history turns upon the Messiah– the axis of temporal order [BC/AD], so the faithful look to the Messianic prophecies of his appearing in believing for the restoration of the Ages.  

With this in mind, the faithful continue to keep our heads to the sky in the Great Hope of Christ’s Return, as we document the heavenly and historical signs of the End-times.

God Bless and Merry Christmas!

Rene’

Footnotes

1. The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston (1865, pt. 2, pp. 104–106)
2. IBID.
3. IBID.
4. IBID.
5. The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston
6. Gospel in the Stars, Joseph Seiss
7. IDID
8. The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston
9. KJV. Haggai 2:7
10. Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger
1. Star Names, their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen
12. Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger
13. KJV. Numbers 24:17
14. KJV. Haggai 2:9
15. Men of Science, Men of God, Dr. Henry Morris.
16. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/coins-from-the-second-revolt
17. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/recurrent-nova-rs-ophiuchi-just-blew-its-top/
18. IBID
19. Strong’s Concordance–zera [*H2233], James Strong.
20. The Two Babylons, Alexander Hislop
21. [https://lmci.org/constellations.cfm?subdir=LMCI_Sky_Culture]
22a. IBID
22b. Picture credit; Coma Berenices: NGC 4414
23. IBID, Figure 1. Picture credit
24. https://atam.org/virgo-coma-speaks-part-2/
25. The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston
26. Strong’s Concordance-[G165 aion], [G4487 rhema], James Strong.
27. IBID-[G2675–katartizo]

Biblical Figures of Symbolism and the Hebrew Mysteries

Greetings and God Bless everyone on Tune-in-Tuesday tonite! I’m blessed to teach on a topic I was asked to look into by Rev. Nessle on Biblical Symbols. I’d like to thank Jon for his invitation to teach, and In honor of Veteran’s Day, its suitable to open this teaching with a Military themed incident from the history modern of Israel.

As we will consider June 5th (& 6th), 1967 on the regular Jewish calendar as the anniversary of when Jesus left Jerusalem for the Mount of Olives where he ascended up to heaven on Iyar 27. Jesus said that He would soon return from heaven back to the Mount of Olives “in like manner”, (Acts 1:11-12; Zech 14:2-4), on the third day”, which is Iyar 28th.

On Iyar 28th, 1967, or June 7th, 1967, the following key events took place from the top of the Mt. of Olives, on the 3rd day of Israel’s Six-day war, in view of Jerusalem’s old city…

Colonel Mordechai (Motta) Gur, Commander of the 55^th Paratroopers Brigade, issued a historic order over his wireless communicator to the intrepid Israeli Defense Forces’:

“All company commanders, as his voice resounded thru the air; “we’re sitting right now on the ridge in view of the Old City. Shortly, we’re going to go into the Old City of Jerusalem, that all generations have dreamed about. We will be the first to enter the Old City. Commander Eitan’s tanks will advance on the left and will enter in at the Lion’s Gate…#1

Having given his historic order, Col. Motta Gur descended the Mount of Olives and approached the Lion’s Gate, with his forces instructing, a tank to blow a breach through the portal. Once achieved, Alpha Company poured in.

Inside the Lion’s Gate is a small court. On the left and slightly uphill Col. Gur saw the Gate of the Tribes, leading to the Temple Mount. Straight ahead lies the Via Dolorosa; the 600 meter processional route through Jerusalem’s Old City representing the path Jesus took to his crucifixion as perfect sacrifice for humanity. This route marks key moments in Jesus’ final journey, as he was condemned by Pontius Pilate that ended in the offering of his sinless life for all mankind. Col. Motta Gur was ordered to secure this lane, that winds its way into the center of the Old City, with the troops final rendezvous to be on the open square above. As the Six-day war began on the anniversary of “40 days” after Jesus’ resurrection and before his Ascension, it aligns with the counting of the Omer- the 50 days between Firstfruits and Passover to Pentecost. This 1967 Six-Day War ended before the Festival of Pentecost [Shavuot], that fell on June 12-13, which all serves to foreshadow the Return of Christ. 

According to the lunar calendar of Israel, the Six-Day War for Jerusalem began on Pentecost, an anniversary of Moses’ “6 days” on Mount Sinai. Shavuot also mark the wheat harvest in Israel and God’s revealing of 10 Commandments to Moses and Israel at Mt. Sinai. #2

Ex. 24:15-18 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain-peak and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud… Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Both May 15, 1948, at reformed statehood of Israel and June 7, 1967, seizure of Jerusalem overlap the anniversary of the “seven days” of Israel overwhelmed at the glory of God on Mt. Sinai also mirror the “seven days” Ezekiel was overwhelmed at God’s glory,  (Ex. 24; Ezek. 3:14-16).

Overwhelmed “seven days” by God’s glory (Ezek. 3:15-16, 4:1-17), Ezekiel was then commanded to lay on his side ‘390 + 40 = 430 days’, “a day for each year”, (Ezek. 4). He made a model of Jerusalem and symbolically besieged it.

Exactly seven years later — a year for every day that he sat overwhelmed — the city did indeed fall. The people went into exile to Babylon (and Egypt) for 70 years.

Thus, from the symbolic and literal siege, were 77 and 70 years until the temple was rebuilt, (Zech. 1), (593/586 to 516 BC). God had Ezekiel bear their sin, to forgive them, if they repented. (Ezek. 4). Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem as our subject was a Biblical Symbol for the literal seige that followed.

When it comes to Biblical Figures of Speech our “go to” expert is ever E.W. Bullinger, who says that generally Symbols are some type of material object substituted for a moral or spiritual truth. #3 This by itself is a voluminous topic, and has been the subject of many separate works. Thus only a concise summary of Biblical Symbols is given here, relative to our current application.

Symbols in language, are the use of one thing to represent another. The nearest word to symbol is Mystery… which means secret. Later it came to mean a secret sign. Speaking of Isa. 7:14 “Behold a virgin shall concieve and bear a son,” since this refers to the house of David, Isaiah explains how that which was spoken by God to David, in a mystery actually came to pass.” Perhaps, Justin Martyr adds; “you are not aware my friends, there are many sayings written obscurely; or in parables or in secret signs, or symbols, which the prophets who lived after the persons who said or did them-expounded.” Thus, we will see that Symbols are practically synonymous with the latter use of mystery- meaning a secret sign. Bible examples where it is used in this sense include [Rev. 1:20] where the stars seen by John were a mystery, and in Rev. 17:5-7; Babylon is said to be a mysterion [or symbol] i.e. a secret sign of something spiritual or moral that it represents. #4 In its New Testament; Eph. 5:32 use, refers to symbols or secret signs of spiritual truths and events used to commemorate them.” #5 These NT references must be distinguished from Old Testament mysteries that were addressed to Israel, since the Almighty Himself hid the “Great Mystery about Christ and the Church” in Eph. 5:32, till He revealed it to the Apostle Paul in his Church Epistles.

The Greek word Musterion [G3466] derives from “mustes” one initiated into sacred mysteries which in turn derives from “muo“- to close or shut the lips or eyes, denoted in general something hidden or not fully manifest. It also denotes a sacred thing hidden, naturally unknown to human reason and is only known by revelation from God, [Rom. 16:25, Eph. 1:9, 3:9, 6:19, I Tim. 3:9-16, I Cor. 2:7]. In this sense it denotes spiritual truth couched under an external representation, or similitude, and concealed or hidden thereby unless an explanation is given.” #6

  All Metonymies are in a certain sense Symbols. when for example “cup” is used by metonomy for “blessing” [Ps. 16:5, 116:13] or “clay” for “man” Isa. 64:7-8; or “gate” for entrance, one is practically a symbol for the other. By repeated and constant use, one is more tightly linked to the other, and is used as a symbol of it and substituted for it. The transition stage is hypocatastasis or implication. The 3 stages by which a symbol is reached then are: 1. Either by Metonomy or Metaphor, one thing is used to represent another; 2. One is used to imply the other, then 3. It becomes permanently substituted for it as symbol of it. #7

The example of “leaven” causing fermentation was therefore forbidden to use with any sacrifice to the Lord in OT Law. Then its used by Metonomy for that which is corrupt, [I Cor. 5:6-8]. Then by implication its used for corrupt or evil doctrine; [Matt. 16:6]. Finally, its used as a permanent symbol of it [Matt. 13:33], which is why leaven is always used in a bad sense, for that which is corrupt. #8

The Heavenly Father always protected the integrity of His sacrifices in the OT Temple and Tabernacle, which is why he punished Israel whenever they did not follow His laws. God called the Israelites a “rebellious nation that rebelled against Me.” He called them impudent children & stiffhearted, to whom He sent His prophet Ezekiel to warn them of the consequences of their actions, [Ezek. 2:3-5]. God knew the Israelites would not listen to His words via Ezekiel, but by His justice, He desired to give them an opportunity to hear God’s Word in their situation, and repent. [Ezek. 3:17]

Israel’s key military victory over Antiochus IV and his professional Greek army serves as a historical precedent for another key military victory that aligns with the Abomination Desolation timeline in Chart #2 on 12/6/166* BC, and the defeat of the End times Anti-Christ who rises in the next Jubilee after Israel’s six-day War of 1967 started, and Jerusalem is retaken. Both dates of Israeli control in 1948 & 1967 fell on Pentecost, which was the Anniversary when God gave Moses the OT Law on Mt. Sinai, along with the birth of the Church-the Spiritual body of Christ- 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension initiated the New Testament.

A Key record of Biblical symbolism regarding Israel’s sovereignty in their city-state-includes Jerusalem. The prophecies of Ezekiel link to the treading down of Jerusalem and it’s Temple, especially by Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. Thus, the key dates of Israel’s 1948 statehood, and Jerusalem’s 1967 seizure fell also both on the anniversary of Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BC that occured  seven years after Ezekiel’s call (from 593 BC–586 BC). This preceded the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his side in the symbolic Jerusalem siege, to bear Israel’s sin, (Ezekiel 4:1-17, 430=390+40). [390=13 x 30], as 390 years signified not only Israel’s years of apostasy, but also 390 days of Jerusalem’s symbolic siege for Ezekiel, [1`3 months =13 x 30 days]. The Prophet Ezekiel was thus designated by God to bear Israel’s iniquity as seen in Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem in Ezek. 4, below. #15

Both dates of Israeli control in 1948 and 1967 fell on Pentecost, which was the anniversary when God gave Moses the OT Law on Mt. Sinai, with the birth of the Church-the Spiritual body of Christ- 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension opened the New Covenant.

Ezek. 4:4-17 [4:1–5 show the 7 steps of Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem.

4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: ² And lay siege against it, [1] and build a fort against it, [2] and cast a mount against it; [3] set the camp also against it, [4] and set thy battering rams against it round about. [5] ³ Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city:[6] and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. [7]

In the last sentence of Ez. 4:5 Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem was to be a “sign” [H226-owth] to the house of Israel. H226 as Gen. 1:14 refers to lights of heaven as signs of the times, this includes the cyclic nature of the stars and planets like the Solar and Lunar Eclipse Cycle is a basis of the Calendar of Israel. It can be a sign of something past, as we have seen in many of these events taking place on an anniversary of historic events recalled in Jewish history. “These events are signs and miracles of divine power; [Deut. 4:34, 6:22, 7:19, 29:2, 34:11]. The fulfillment of these foretold events serves as proof of the future fulfillment of their entire prophecy.” #15a

Bullinger notes here regarding Ezek. 4:1-3 that; “As this has to do with the city of Jerusalem, the periods must neccesarily be coterminous with something that affects the ending of its punishment. This was effected solely by the decree for the restoration and rebuilding of Jerusalem…” #16  This of course, is what we find as we put together the elements and time periods of the restoration of Jerusalem in the new State of Israel.

⁴ Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. ⁵ For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

⁶ And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. ⁷ Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it. [390+40=430 days=years]

⁸ And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. ⁹ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days [390] shalt thou eat thereof. ¹⁰ And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. ¹¹ Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

¹² And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. ¹³ And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. ¹⁴ Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

¹⁵ Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. ¹⁶ Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: ¹⁷ That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

The prophecies of Ezekiel relate to the treading down of Jerusalem and it’s Temple, especially by Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. This means that 1948 and 1967 fell also both on the anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC occuring 7 years after Ezekiel’s call (from 593 BC to 586 BC). This preceded the  430 days that Ezekiel lay on his side in a symbolic siege of Jerusalem also, to bear Israel’s sin, (Ezek. 4:1-17, 430=390+40). As 390 years embody [390=13 x 30] not only Israel’s years of apostasy, but 390 days of Jerusalem’s siege also for Ezekiel, [1`3 months =13 x 30 days].#17 This mirrors too, 7 days that Ezekiel sat astonished after the revelation God showed him regarding the corrupt and rebellious state of Israel, [Ezek. 3:15-16]

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

What has escaped the sight of many in Luke 21:24-33, is Jesus’ Jerusalem prophecy of being over-run by Gentiles, in verse 24 sets an immediate context of celestial signs in the Sun, Moon & Stars, and distress of nations in vs. 11-25. This textual que shifts our focus to heavenly signs as eclipses bracketing 168-166 Blood Moon Tetrad, before Rome’s destruction of  the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, in a key era as Jerusalem’s Temple was over-run, by Necuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. As we’ve noted numerical patterns linked to 1260 and 2520 years and days, we have revealed not only an alignment with Ezekiel’s prophecies  above, but also the The Beast Kingdom’s of Necuchadnezzar’s dream as they align with the Eclipse cycles linked to Blood Moon Tetrads and Jubilee cycles, in a convergence of Bible history, Prophecy with Astronomical history, in a mutual basis of collaboration and verification, revealing the Hand of God though history, relative to His judgment and restoration of Jerusalem and Israel, with the Gentile nations involved in this saga.

With Israel’s recapture of Jerusalem in 1967, and events pertaining to the Temple Mount, we can see the early restoration stages of Israel by God over His city and State. 

Figure 2. Blood Moon Eclipses visible over Jerusalem.

For example, the final Super Blood Moon of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad took place after an opening of the Hebrew 50-year Jubilee on Atonement Day, Sept. 23rd, 2015, exactly 2 years before the Rev. 12 sign on 9/23/2017. This is notable since the 9/28/15 Super Blood Moon was the 1st Blood Moon in this Tetrad, visible in Jerusalem, as the city of God was liberated by Israel for the first time in near 2000 years in a preceding Jubilee year-1967 marked too, by the previous Blood Moon Tetrad of 1967-68.

The lunar triples framing the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad not only recall the Jerusalem Temple razing on 2 key dates in Israel’s history, in the Hebrew Sabbath years of 586-587 BC by Nebuchadnezzar and by Titus in 69-70 AD, that also tie to the Rev. 12 sign and a Jupiter–Regulus triple union of Christ’s birth but the Jubilee Calendar also marks 27-28 AD as a Jubilee year, when Jesus opened his ministry to Israel, seen in [Isa. 61:1ff and Lk. 4:18-19]. This reveals ‘s Daniel’s prediction of a Third Jerusalem Temple prophecy [9:27], and the Apostle Paul; [2 Thess. 2:3-4].

In Ezekiel’s history of Jerusalem’s fall, he wrote as God’s Spirit exited in stages, (c. 592 BC) #19 to return 19 years later– 573 BC in stages, (Ezek. 8, 40). Likewise, in Israel’s restoration–these stages align to the day, in prophecy and eclipse cycles via 19-year Metonic cycles, in Israel’s 1948 statehood reform: and a 1967, Six-Day War. This six-day restoration, & Temple Mount seizure, with East Jerusalem made history. The June 5-10, 1967, week recalls a June 7, 167 BC Total Solar Eclipse- in the 168-166 BC Blood Moon Tetrad, in Part. 1 of a 3 part study just concluded over the last 3 blogs. June 5th 1967, was also Pentecost. A 19- year Metonic cycle fits Ezekiel’s (573 BC) temple–vision-of a reformed Israel over 1260 + 1260 yrs.= 2520 yrs. (2520 days are also a 7-year match– of the week of God’s call to Ezekiel, [Ezek. 3:15-18] {360 x 7= 2520 days.} #20

This should direct our focus towards the heavenly signs around the eclipses framing Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, by Titus as a key period when the Jerusalem Temple was down-trodden by the Gentiles. As these 70 AD signs hold not only a Rev. 12 sign of a triple union of Jupiter and Regulus, not to mention the Jupiter–Venus union in Leo as at Christ’s birth, it points to relevant Celestial signs of Christ’s First Advent in light of his Return.

 Also, as Israel seized Jerusalem in 1967, followed by events around the control of the Temple Mount, we find the first stages of God’s restoration of Israel. As Luni-solar eclipse cycles are part of the heavenly signs of Sun, Moon & Stars, including modern Blood Moon Tetrads, there is much we can learn from this study.

Jerusalem fell starting the week of Tammuz 9, matching the middle of the same week & month of God’s Call to Ezekiel exactly 1260 + 1260 days [7 years] earlier, [Dan. 9:24-27]. Israel spent exactly 430 years in Egypt (Ex. 12:41), and Ex. 2:11-15, (w/Acts 7:23-29), we find that Moses thought to deliver the nation 40 years earlier, but was forced to flee instead for his life. Thus, we have a like break-down of 430 here as Ezekiel 4:4-6 (i.e., 390 + 40 = 430 years). #22 This also relates to the Hebrew Alphabet Acrostic in Lamentations, mourning Jerusalem’s fall. Here the Jerusalem Temple burned on 7th & 10th of Av, [Jer. 52:12, 2 Kgs. 25:8] as it did under Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC and Titus in 70 AD. In the 9th yr. of Nebuchadnezzar as the Temple burnt on the 9th day of the 4th month, that was made a fast day. [Jer. 39:2, 52:12-14].

Exodus 12:40-51

⁴⁰ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴² It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

⁴³ And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: ⁴⁴ But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 

⁴⁵ A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. ⁴⁶ In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. ⁴⁷ All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸ And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

⁴⁹ One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you. ⁵⁰ Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ⁵¹ And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

God’s original Covenant with Abraham/Israel was unconditional, [Gal. 3:17-20]. It was 400 years till the birth of Isaac-Abraham’s seed, and 430 years from The Promise made here, by His Godly Covenant with Abraham and his seed. The same 400 years from Isaac’s birth. [Acts 7:6]

Gen. 15:12-21

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

¹³ And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; ¹⁴ And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
¹⁸ In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ¹⁹ The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, ²⁰ And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, ²¹ And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

In this last section we will reference how the USA was trisected by eclipses in seven eclipse years from 2017-2024, as prelude to another seven year Eclipse cycle in 2027-2034. As we inspect Earth’s geography of North America and the Middle East that the Almighty Creator marked with exactitude of His eclipse cycles, we find future eclipses of 8/2/2027 and 3/20/2034 cross over the middle-east boundaries of the Promised Land that God marked for Abraham’s Seed in His Everlasting Covenant that He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It’s hard to find any nation in history so perfectly geographically trisected with Solar Eclipses as the USA is by eclipses on 8-21-2017, 10-14-2023 and 4-8-2024…over a 2422 day span. “A“ is for Alpha, (Hebrew) Alef , This “A” is comprised  of three shadow lines: two X’s. The 8-21-2017 and 4-8-2024 are Hepton Total Eclipses, both falling on Monday’s.

 

 Paleo-Hebrew was the script in which the Old Testament was written, not the modern script that is currently used (being standardized around 200 B.C.)

On the left is a Tav–the last letter (22nd) of the Hebrew alphabet– essentially a cross or X in the above illustration.

On the right is the Paleo-Hebrew “Aleph“–the first letter of the alphabet. The Tav is being written by the shadow of the Moon on both locations. The Aleph-(where we get Alpha and our letter A) is written by shadows of the 2017, 2023 and 2024 eclipses over the USA. #24

The Alpha and the Omega

Reading right to left,  “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” –Rev. 22:13… A look back at the Aleph (A) over the USA in the last section depicts the Tav and “X” over the heartland of the USA.

Total Solar Tav over America-2017 and 2024

 

As the Tav, forms the cross, the 22nd, and last letter of the original Hebrew alphabet- it means truth. In the Greek alphabet, X is the symbol for the letter ‘chi. ‘ Chi (or X) is the first letter in the Greek word for “Christ” and can stand in for the word “Christ“, which is why people can write “Happy Xmas.” In the early days of the Christian church, Christians used the letter ‘X’ as a secret symbol to indicate their fellowship in the Christian Church to others.

The above map illustrates the Total Solar Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 over America, both on Mondays, separated by a 2422 day (7-eclipse year) span.

The coming Middle-east Eclipse crossing in 2027 and 2034 also shows an X.

[map from 1260d.com] 25

As the author points out this eclipse crossing in view of the Giza Plateau, embodies a southern border of the land God promised to Abraham in Gen. 15:8 [Ex. 6:1-8]. As we recently finished 120 hours of teaching in our OT History class over 1.5 years, showing how the Jews dwelt in the land of Israel starting with Abraham for 1900+ years! This evident unchanging truth of Bible history will never be erased by holocaust denying terrorists, as God’s Word forever stands. On Aug 2nd, 2027 and March 20, 2034 Total Eclipses intersect near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt…are also divided by a 2422-day span (seven Eclipse Years). Like the American Total Eclipses, both Hepton Cycle eclipses occur on Mondays, with all 4 crossing eclipses are members of the same Hepton Cycle.

We have supplied the Matching Comparison Charts for both 2027 and 2034, where the Aug 2nd, 2027 and March 20, 2034 Total Eclipses crossover the Middle-East above. An intriguing element here is the time from 27 AD to 34    AD 2000 years prior to the Matching-Repeating Eclipses of modern times to those of Queen Esther and Mordecai in ancient Persia, contain all feasible dates of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but our research shows Christ was Crucified April 28th, 28 AD.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2027 AD with 477 BC #26
Eclipse Date AD	Source	Saros	Sun/Moon	Eclipse Date BC	Source	Saros
2/06/27	T&D	131	Ann. Solar	2/06/477	LBAT
2/20/27	NASA	143	Pen. Lunar	2/21/477	NASA	64
8/02/27	T&D	136	Near Lunar	8/02/477	LBAT
8/17/27	NASA	148	Pen. Solar	8/16/477	NASA	69

The Aug. 2^nd, 2027 eclipse over east Saudi Arabia, and the Nile river valley, projects into the rest of the 21^st Century as the longest eclipse,      visible in Israel forming an “X” over middle eastern boundaries, of the original lands Promised to Abraham and his seed.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2034 AD with 469 BC  #27
Eclipse Date AD	Source	Saros	Sun/Moon	Eclipse Date BC	Source	Saros
3/20/34	Nasa	130	Tot. Solar	3/20/469	LBAT	51
4/03/34	NASA	142	Pen. Lunar	4/03/469	NASA	63
9/12/34	Nasa	135	Ann. Solar	9/12/469	LBAT	56
9/28/34	NASA	147	Part. Lunar	9/28/469	NASA	68

These eclipses occur on the 19-year Metonic just as Spring Solar Equinox eclipses match calendar days of 3-20-2015 and 3-20-2034. A lunar tetrad occurred in 2023 and will in 2033, while a High Holy day Tetrad occurs in 2033 and 2034 (though the eclipses are not total in 2034). In each case, a key solar eclipse on the Spring Equinox occurs between lunar eclipses on High holy days of Judaism. #28

AMERICAN OMEGA–THE TOTAL ECLIPSES 

Monday August 21st, 2017

 

The USA divided in half on Aug, 2017, 7 months and 1 day after Trump’s first inauguration as the 45th US President, first day of the month of Elul, Hebrew year 5777. #29 This was verifed in a 2024 Fall re-election as 47th US President. In Jewish tradition, the month of Elul is a time of repentance to prepare for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

With these examples of Bible Prophecy that fit for both days and years, we have seen an underlying number pattern of Scriptural structure as identified by E.W. Bullinger and others. These cases of Biblical Symbols as they relate to the Hebrew Mysteries, give us prime examples of the depth & beauty of how God loves and works with His people, and I’m so blessed and thankful to be named and counted among His Chidren. As we have noted the Hand of God’s judgment over Israel and mankind in the brief but mighty instances in the history of God’s Word, we should thankfully respond to the authority of the Almighty with humility, for His ultimate Grace and gifts of Love to us for   our blessings, and give our utmost for His Highest, as the only proper response to His calling on each of our lives.

God’s Abundant Blessings,

Rene’

Footnotes

1. From the Archives of the Avi Yaffe Recording Studio in Jerusalem.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot
3. Companion Bible, Appendix 6, p. 8, E.W. Bullinger.
4. Figures of Speech used in the Bible. p. 769, E.W. Bullinger.
5. IBID, p. 770.
6. [Lexicon to the OT & NT edited by Spiros Zodhiates in Greek Hebrew Key Study  Bible, p. 1712 on Strong’s #[G3466].
7. Figures of Speech used in the Bible. p. 770, E.W. Bullinger.
8. Ibid p. 770
9. [360calender.com]
10. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
11. Companion Bible marginal note on [Ezek. 4:4-6] E.W. Bullinger
12. [360calender.com]
13. “Witness of the Stars,” ppg. 188-190 , E.W. Bullinger.
Dates for Solar and Total Lunar Eclipse data are From NASA [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199–0100.html]
14. Witness of the Stars, ppg. 177-184, E.W. Bullinger.
15. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
15a. Gesenius Hebrew Chaldee Lexicon to the OT. p. 24 #[226-owth]
16. Companion Bible marginal note on 390 days of Ezek. 4:5 [Ezek. 4:1-3] E.W. Bullinger
17. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
18. Comparison Chart #4 Saros Matching 1949-67 & 1950-68 Eclipse Tetrads, [Supernatural by Design Youtube video-“This Purim Eclipse Changes Everything. Pt. 1.”]
19. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/bible_prophecy-Israel-nation-1260-years-x2-b-details.htm#Seven-years
20. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
21. IBID
22. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/1290-days-years-equals_dates-bible-prophecy.htm
23. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
24. IBID
25. IBID
26. LBAT-Late Babylonian Astronomical Tablets-Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon available via Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001).
T&D; [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/]
27. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
28. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
29. IBID

Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ, [Part 3.]

Welcome to Part 3 of our study on the 3 Types and forerunners of the End-Times AntiChrist. This study summarizes our November Blog in a composite view of these three historical forerunners of the End-times Anti-Christ. As the Messiah is the dominant person and Red Thread in each Bible book, the idea of a Biblical Type as rooted in past examples to be embodied in a future man, who fills traits of Messiah’s imprint. We find Examples in [1Cor. 10:6, 11, I Tim. 4:12] and in John 20:25, where the word for “print” is [tupos– G5179] to model, as a statue or figure in: [Rom. 5:14, Acts 7:43-idol], or form of doctrine; [Rom. 6:3-7] and a pattern of good works, [Tit. 2:7].#28c As the 1st Adam was antitype–for the 2nd Adam, a tupos of Jesus Christ, so our three Bible-Historical-types, are examples or Types of the End Times Antichrist.

These 3 historical conqueror’s of the earthly city of God-Jerusalem, are Types & forerunner’s of an End-times Anti-Christ in his 4th Beast kingdom, with 10 horns as the “little horn” who displaces 3 of these 10 future kings, in [Dan. 7:8-22, Rev. 13:1-2]. As the Beast Kingdom in Revelation is a composite Kingdom of the Beast and its Kings, in Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian dream, so the three King’s; Antiochus IV, Roman Titus with Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon unite to form a composite image of the Beast/Anti-Christ himself.

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

1948 The Nation of Israel & 1967 The Liberation of Jerusalem

They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Luke 21:24

May 15, 1948 was Israel’s first full day as a nation, marking a key transition away from the “times of the Gentiles” The Arab-Israeli war opened near 3 am on May 15 with Egypt’s attack. In 1948, Israel’s national rebirth, was perfectly timed on the prophetic clock of the Almighty, as was 1967, with Jerusalem’s liberation. Both 1948 and 1967 are major stages in the transition from “the times of the Gentiles” back to Israel’s dominion in their City and State.

The “times of the Gentiles” began in the days of Daniel, Ezekiel, & Jeremiah [47] when Jerusalem was taken by the Babylonians. After that, there was self-rule only on a partial basis from time to time, but in AD 70 Jerusalem fell to Titus and the Romans as predicted by Jesus. All control was lost until 1948. The Jerusalem Temple–the heart and soul of Israel—was retaken in 1967 to fulfill Jesus’ Prophecy in Luke 21:24.

In Ezekiel’s symbolic bearing Israel’s iniquity emphasized 430 days & years. In a most remarkable history, control of Israel transitioned back to the Jews in 2 stages: First from Ottoman Turks control after “400 years” then from British control after another 30 years,  for a total of “430 years”! So, God reminded Israel of His Covenant with Abraham — Israel was “430 years” in Egypt from 1876 to 1446 BC. [Gen. 17:19-27].

  Due to a leap month effect, both 1948 & 1967 fall on the anniversary of 7 days of God’s call to Ezekiel that preceded the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his side for Jerusalem’s siege symbolically, (Ezek. 4:4-6). This means 1948 & 1967 were also both on the anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC that took place 7 years after Ezekiel’s call (593 to 586 BC). We know the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his left-side symbolized 430 years. We know too that the seven days before Ezekiel’s 430 days also embodied seven years, because precisely seven years elapsed from his seven days unto Jerusalem’s fall, from a seven year cycle of  593 to 586 BC. (Ezek. 4:4-6; Dan. 9; Num. 14:34). #28d

In the 400 years from 1517 to 1917 AD, what is today Israel, along with much of the Middle East, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire… As we correlate with two previous Jubilees in 1917 and 1967, we find an interesting history where in 1917, Jerusalem was liberated from the Ottoman Turks under General Allenby, just a few weeks after the Balfour Declaration promised Israel a homeland. Since this Dec. 1917 date embodies a prophetic time-span of Shemitah cycles, [360 x 7] totaling 2,520 years going back to 604 BC when King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, his first time-leading Israel away into the Babylonian Captivity. During this campaign, General Allenby’s planes buzzed Jerusalem with numerous fly-overs, dropping surrender leaflets on the Ottoman forces, causing the Turks to “wave the white flag” without casualty.

When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the Ottoman Empire 400-year rule ended, and the British took control for 30 years over what was  known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).#29

The prophetic impact of the Hebrew Jubilee system was established in the OT and later adopted in Juda Ben Samuel’s Jubilee Prophecies. This serves as added proof of God’s exquisite timing of the events of 1948 and 1967, as was revealed in the timing of these events according to the precision of Jubilee & Eclipse cycles. A synopsis of the Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel’s prophecies follows below-

“When the Ottoman (Turks) – who were already a power to be reckoned with on the Bosporus in Judah Ben Samuel’s time  – conquer Jerusalem they will rule over Jerusalem for 8 Jubilees, [8 x 50=400]. Afterwards, Jerusalem will become no-man’s land for one Jubilee, and then in the 9th Jubilee it will once again return into the authority of the Jewish nation – to signify an opening of the Messianic end time.”#30 Leviticus 25, tells us every 50 year Jubilee, each person regains ownership of their lands. As Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel fore-told, his predictions today seem very accurate. It was 3+ centuries following his death however, before his first prediction came to pass. The recent Jubilee of 5776/2016 is a special hybrid of Shemitah/Jubilee cycles coinciding with the conclusion of Judah Ben Samuel’s 10th Jubilee marking Messianic End Times.”

As June 5th (to 6th), 1967 on the regular Jewish (and Islamic Calendars) is the anniversary of when Jesus left Jerusalem for the Mount of Olives and there ascended up to heaven on Iyar 27. Jesus as first fruits of a heavenly harvest said that He would soon return from heaven back to the Mount of Olives “in like manner,” to gather an added harvest. (Acts 1:11-12; Zech 14:2-4).

This study has focused on certain key destructions of the Jerusalem Temple by clear Historical Types of an End-times Anti-Christ figure, seen in Antiochus IV, Titus, and Nebuchadnezzar. As a follow-up on Christ’s Matt. 24 prophecy regarding the Temple at Jerusalem, Jesus’ statement to Destroy this Temple in John 2:18-19 affords us a unique opportunity to apply some Biblical Research Principles to reveal key truths that allow God’s Word to Speak for itself.

Destroy this Temple [John 2:18-19]

A focus of this study relates Bible research keys we can employ, to unlock some fascinating truths that have remained hidden for centuries, to verify many of the foundational truths of Biblical Astronomy on the Try-God web-site and blog. As Rev. Jon Nessle tells it in his Vol. IV; The Path into Eternity,

“the key to understand this prophecy is to realize that it is an Introversion.” This is a type of Biblical structure which orders Scripture like poetry, except that Hebrew Scripture rhymes in concept, not in sounds. “Daniel 9:24 contains six items which form a symmetric structure. Therefore, the opposite categories can be used to explain their counterparts.“ #31

Daniel 9:24-27
²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Jon continues: “There are six infinitives and phrases which are separated by “and’s.” This Figure of Speech is a Polysyndeton telling us that each of these items is important and merits consideration. As the A’s, B’s and C’s correspond, we can compare and contrast them to gain further insight.”32 The following is the structure of Introversion as seen in Dan. 9:24: