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 Welcome to the February 2026 Blog, and God Bless everyone! The banner above for this teaching denotes the Plant, Animal, Human & Spirit Kingdoms of Life as four main Life categories where the Creator orders life on Earth. A theme of the topic reviews how varieties of four-fold Bible categories reflect a depth of truths in a rich comparison. We begin with the four Royal Tribes of the 12 Tribes of Israel, on a fitting night as we wrap up our Class on the Book of Hebrews.

Jacob’s Prophecy in Gen. 49 over his 12 sons is an initial instance where the 12 tribes of Israel are disclosed in greater detail than in Gen. 13:15 & 15:3-18, with Abram. Gen. 49:3-4 identifies Reuben-unstable as water-with Aquarius, Judah with Leo and the lion’s ruling Sceptre, [Gen. 49:8-10], Dan as a judge of his people, as a serpent [Gen. 49:16-17], and Joseph’s bow abode in Strength, Gen. 49:22-26 [H386-permanence, strong H6338-9 solidify & refine–the best gold] with Taurus the Bull.   

In Balaam’s Prophecy, the same imagery was repeated in a Num. 24 prophecy of Balaam on Israel’s destiny. He mentions that Israel “shall pour water out of his buckets” (Reuben/Water Bearer), “he lay down as a lion” (Judah/ Lion), he has “the strength of an unicorn” (Joseph/Bull), and shall “break their bones” as Eagle’s do as their claws crush their prey, or constrictor serpents (Dan; Num. 24:7-9). The fact that all four figures link to 4 Royal Tribes as corner-stones shows that this prophecy refers to constellations linked with these four main tribes of Israel at the four corners of the ecliptic, in Balaam’s prophecy below.

Numbers 24:5-9-tells us here of Balaam’s Celestial Messianic prophecy;
⁵ How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! ⁶ As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. ⁷ He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. ⁸ God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. ⁹ He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

In verse 8 above the Hebrew word for “unicorn” is [H7214–reem] #1 also found in the Song of Moses, where it refers not only to a single horn but two horns of a bull. The root of Reem is Ra’am [7213] #2 meaning to rise, to be high or lifted up. The Strength [H8443–toapoth]#3 of a unicorn, is found here and Num. 23:22 & Ps. 22:11-21 refers figuratively to strong bulls that compassed the Lord on the cross, with ravening and roaring lions-an assembly of wicked inclosed him, piercing his hands and feet. When Jesus was poured out like water in Ps. 22:14 even as Aquarius the water bearer, Jesus bared his soul in sacrifice for us. 

Job 39:9-10; ⁹ Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
 ¹⁰ Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? ¹² Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Figure 2. Taurus the Bull from Bayer’s Star Atlas [1603] #4.

Deut. 33:16-17

13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Here in Moses’ Song, he uses the same language found in Numbers 24 in the horns of the “reem” or “Unicorn,” as the KJV renders it. It is common knowledge that the popularly imagined unicorn, the mythical beast, is not pictured with more than one horn, like the Bull is. These Bull horns are identified with the sons of Joseph in verse 17. The Bull’s head is also one of the four heads of the Cherubim. The visions of Ezekiel tell us more;

 [Ezek. 1:5-6] ⁵ Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. ⁶ And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 

According to Ezekiel the Cherubim each had four faces and four wings. Since angels operate as intermediaries between God and men, we find their traits in the Cherubim, first with four wings and faces at the four corners of heaven. They also had four hands of a man under each of their wings, depicting their service to God in heaven for men on Earth.

Figure 3. The Four Faces, Wings and Hands of the Cherubim

There is another element of dominion seen in the Cherubim in its four faces. In Man who is created after God’s image, with earthly dominion, the Lion as king of the wild animal kingdom. With the Bull as the king of domesticated animals, the Eagle is the king of the fowl of the air, [Gen. 1:26-28]. As we see in the graphic above, the Cherubim embody these four cornerstone signs of the Hebrew Mazzaroth at it’s four compass points and Cardinal Directions.

Exodus 36 gives us details of the colors utilized in the veil of the Tabernacle depicting the Cherubim, as we consider some of this color symbolism in the services of the Tabernacle and Temple.

Exodus 36:35-36 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with Cherubims made he it of cunning work. And he made there-unto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

The veil hung from four pillars, representing the terrestrial number, and the earth’s orientation to the four Cardinal Directions and points of the compass. The symbolism of the number four is prominent in the imagery above, not only in the four pillars holding the Tabernacle’s veil, but also in the four colors of the Tabernacle shown in the veil. The four colors are blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. Blue represents peace, showing us the presence of God and is seen in the Son of God as the Prince of Peace. Purple represents royalty, and is seen in Christ the King of Kings. Scarlet or Red represents blood, and is seen in the Man Jesus Christ, the high priest offering the perfect sacrifice and sin offering of his own life for our redemption. The linen was White, a symbol of the purity and righteousness of the Servant of God. Thus the four colors of the Tabernacle collectively embody the four-fold ministry of Christ as the chief cornerstone in the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, showing his dominion over all Creation. As we can seen, these four pillars link to the four Cardinal Directions, known as the equinox & Solstices on the ecliptic  and Equator as these four-corners of the heavens, square the circle of the ecliptic.

This Celestial depiction of the course that God set before the Lord Jesus Christ is seen in Ps. 19:4-6.
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 bride-groom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. ⁶ His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

In Fig. 4 below we find a rendition of the Son/Sun of God running his course consisting of the four Cherubim at the Cardinal points of the Sun’s course on the Ecliptic, [Mal. 4:2-3].

Figure 4. The Four Celestial Signs at the four points of the Compass; Man, Eagle, Bull and Lion, with Christ in the center running his course.

Ps. 19:7-8 ⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect, converting [7725] the soul: [5315] the testimony [5715] of the Lord is sure, [539] making wise [2449] the simple.
⁸ The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: [3820]#5 the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. 19:7-8 shows us a pairing of the Heart and Soul, so in the trials of our race,  we recover ourselves as we return in fellowship, in repentance to God in response to the daily challenges we face.

Ps. 19:14 ¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, [3820]#6 be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, [6697] and my redeemer.

The pairing of Heart and Strength [Ps. 18:1-2] shows The Lord as our Rock-one of the 7 Genesis titles of Christ in the OT. As we rely on the Lord’s Strength there is nothing we cannot overcome in our race.

Thus, the placement of all four of the royal stars in the cornerstone signs is consistent with the symbolism of emotional, spiritual, mental and physical aspects of all living souls.

Figure 5. Aquila the Eagle above the Serpent-Serpens.

Ezekiel’s vision at the river Chebar describes these living creatures, specifically their four faces, matching the signs at the four Cardinal Directions of the ecliptic. As noted regarding the North, it was omitted for various reasons, the main likely due to the idolatry of Dan’s tribe (Judges 18:30-31). Manasseh was added to replace Dan to maintain 12 tribes, but omitting Dan was not only due to their idolatry, but also because this tribe led the other ten northern tribes into idolatry. This is why in the four faces of the Cherubim, the serpent was replaced with the Eagle-Aquila the serpent’s natural enemy. As we see this in Fig. 5 graphic above with the decan Aquila pictured directly over the tail of the serpent-Serpens, held by Ophiuchus.

In the North we find the face of the decan Aquila the Eagle [Ezek. 1:10], in place of his natural born enemy, the Serpent/Scorpion, seen as the only triple sign of the man-Ophiuchus, as he wrestles Serpens the Serpent, while stamping out the light of the star Antares, in the heart of Scorpius the scorpion. Ezekiel’s vision is also recorded below.

This analysis of the Four Royal Stars is not only at the basis of the Celestial Gospel, but also in light of the First and Great Commandment in Mark 12:28-34, as we have just seen in Ps. 19. 

²⁸ And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first of all commandments? ²⁹ And Jesus answered him, The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: ³⁰ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, it namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

³² And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but He: ³³ And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴ And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

For Mankind to be unified in his Love for His God, he must utilize ALL his Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength. The sooner we realize this four fold unity of man, the sooner we can reap the benefits of a unified life in our humble  service to God. All who answer God’s Call, to serve with our All, in these 4 categories elevate ourselves into a maximum loading zone of God’s Miracle Abundance. 

Several ancient cultures designated four bright stars in the zodiac as the “four corners of the earth” or the “four royal stars.” At the time the constellations were drawn by Shem, these four stars were near the sun’s location in the sky on the 1st day of autumn, winter, spring and summer, regarded as the 4 most important locations in the sky. These four stars were well known at the four corners of the ecliptic, the first was a bright red star, Antares that anciently marked the autumnal equinox, in the heart of Scorpius, as the sun appeared the first day of autumn. 

The next bright star Fomalhaut, marked winter, followed by Aldebaran, a very bright red star set 180.0° opposite on the ecliptic from Antares, marked the Spring Equinox, as Antares marked the Autumn. Finally, the bright star Regulus, located almost exactly on the ecliptic, marked Summer. Regulus, was “the Prince,” and traditional leader of these four royal stars. #7^[n]

Each of these four royal stars are in a single sign of the Mazzaroth’s 12 signs on the ecliptic. Antares in Fig. 5a, in the heart of the Scorpion (Scorpius). In Aquarius–Fomalhaut the Southern Fish-eye is seen at the end-stream of water poured out by Aquarius, in Fig. 6a below. We find Aldebaran-the Bull’s-eye in (Taurus–reem) in Fig. 8 below. Lastly, Regulus is located in the Lion’s heart of (Leo), in Fig. 7 below, the king of the royal stars. These four are the corner-stone constellations not only forming the square base of the Great Pyramid, with 4 tribes/apostles mirrored skyward as the chief corners of the ecliptic’s Great Square, also as a basis of the idea of ‘squaring the circle,’ or ‘cubing the sphere’ in geometry. These truths provide a handle to grasp the Gospel in the Stars.

Fig. 5a. Ophiuchus’ Foot crushing the Scorpion’s Heart. #8

One of these ‘royal stars’ intersects in two of these constellations. Antares is not only the heart of the Scorpion, but also is found under heel of the Serpent–holder (Ophiuchus), #9^[o] who treads on the Scorpion’s heart, encircled by the serpent (Serpens), while crushing the head and heart of Scorpius-Antares. This pairing of the Serpent-Serpens with Scorpius-Antares points to different aspects of the enemy, as the Scorpion embodies the serpent’s seed -the main opposition to Christ, or anti-christ as Jesus himself related to the Pharisee’s  in John 8:13-59, in his 3 uses of “father” [G3962-pater or parent] #10 in v. 44;

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, [way of Cain] and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

We see a 2nd pairing in a bright star in the Southern fish-eye; Fomalhaut–in Aquarius’ stream, in the Head of the Southern Fish (Piscis Australis), a symbol of the mind and mental aspect of Man.#11^[p] This great fish is pictured drinking in the “stream of living waters” from Aquarius, but these are not the only stars sharing common themes in these signs. We see too a star named “Saiph,” #12 meaning “bruised” [Gen. 3:15] in Ophiuchus‘ heel opening a Planisphere Axis, [figure 8 below] matched at the other end by a star in Orion’s foot, of the same name [Fig. 6]-crushing the serpent near the end of this Axis. Here the Man–Ophiuchus wrestles the serpent for a Crown of dominion, that it stole from the 1st Adam in the temptation of Eden’s Garden. This crown is found in the stars above the serpent’s head, that he gained from the 1st Adam temporarily, but has already lost to the 2nd Adam-Jesus Christ, as Jesus initially conquered death at his Ressurection and Ascension, and defeated the serpent with his sacrifice. [Fig. 8]

Figure 6. The decan of Orion, with his foot over the Hare-Lepus opening the River of Judgement. We also find the Bull goring the Shepherd–Auriga’s heel.
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This case of the Scorpion/Serpent pair, presents a 3rd Cherubim constellation tied to them in Fig. 5a above-the Eagle (Aquila), seen above the serpent’s tail. The Eagle typifies the enemy of the serpent and is often shown in flight with the Serpent in its claws, mirrors the Serpent Holder crushing Scorpius under-foot. What follows is evidence of 6 Bible categories where four fold symbolism is apparent.

i. Four Faces of the Cherubim. Both Ezekiel & John the Revelator teach us on the Cherubim in agreement with the four cornerstone constellations. Ezekiel describes creatures with four faces: the face of a lion, of an Ox, of a Man and  an Eagle, later reveals them as a special class of angel-Cherubim (Ezek. 1:10, 10:14, 20-22). The first three of those forms correspond to the Lion, the Bull, and the Water Bearer constellations. The 4th corresponds to the Eagle, the decan often substituted for the serpent/scorpion when symbolizing the celestial aspect of the fourth sign. [Prov. 30:19] This relates to the same substitution for Dan-a Tribe called a serpent by the way, [Gen. 49:17] & adder in the path and 1st tribe presenting idolatry to Israel’s other 11 tribes.

John the Revelator also describes four creatures, each of which is found on one side of the throne of God. One was like a lion, one like a Bull, one like a Man, and one like a flying Eagle (Rev. 4:7). Here we see the same 4 animal life–forms linked to the 4 Royal Signs, but in reverse order seen near the ecliptic. This not only keeps the leader first, but also has implications for the reverse order of ecliptic signs related to Pecessional Ages, seen below in the 12 oxen of the Temple supporting the Brasen Sea on their backs.

ii. Four Principal Tribes of Israel. Jacob (Israel) had 12 sons, and each is linked in God’s Word with one of the 12 zodiac signs. #14 ^[q] Hebrew scholars exhibit some uncertainty in a correspondence of all twelve, but the four links to the royal constellations are clear from Scripture. They are the four main  tribes: Reuben, Judah, Dan, and Joseph.

Figure 6a. Aquarius and the Southern Fish. [#15.] 

The Water Bearer pours out rivers of living waters into the Southern Fish.

Each of those four tribes is associated with one of the royal constellations in the blessing given them by Jacob or Moses. Reuben was told he is “unstable as water,” alluding to the Water Bearer. The name Reuben, means “Behold a son,” also ties him to Aquarius, among the zodiac signs, having the figure of a man. He is also said as being over the “excellency of power” (Gen. 49:3-4), perhaps a reference to his pouring out the Holy Spirit symbolized in the everlasting waters of Life.

Figure 7. Leo the Lion #16

“Judah is a lion’s whelp” (Gen. 49:9) ties him to the Lion. Moreover, John calls Christ as “the lion of the tribe of Judah” (Rev. 5:5), establishing the linkage of Judah to the lion. The Lion embodies a King, and Judah began a royal lineage through that the Davidic line of Kings came. The name Judah means “praised,” linked to this line of kings in the Christ-Line via him (especially Christ) who is to be praised by all.

Figure 8. Ophiuchus wrestling the Serpent [Serpens] being stung in one heel by [Gen. 3:15] Scorpius, as his other foot crushes Scorpio’s heart. #17

“Dan shall be a serpent…that bites the horse heels” (Gen. 49:17), which parallels the symbolism of the Scorpion/Serpent, depicted stinging the Serpent Bearer in the heel. The name Dan means “judge” and the serpent symbolizes the wisdom of a judge. The serpent in Eden was acknowledged as  being one of the wisest of His creatures. For example, the Lord has admonished his servants to be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” The kind of wisdom referred to especially cites that of being a good judge. Antares; the bright star in the Scorpion, found in it’s heart, is acknowledged as the seat of wisdom. For example, the Lord put wisdom into the heart of King Solomon and he judged his people wisely. #18 (2 Chron. 1:11-12, 1 Kings 10:24; cp, Exo. 26:2, Ecc. 8:5, Job 38:36). [See Heart Chart in the Summary below]

Figure 9. Taurus the Bull with the Pleiades star cluster and Orion. #19

Finally, Joseph embodies a wild ox, as Joseph’s son’s; Ephraim & Manasseh are compared to its two horns; (Deut. 33:17). The Hebrew word refers to an extinct species of pre-flood wild ox-much bigger than its modern cousin, with 2 long forward pointing horns, evident in the sign of Taurus the Bull. The bright star Aldebaran in the Bull’s eye; is the symbol of a seer (one who “sees”). Joseph was a great seer, so a Bull is appropriate for his sign. The name Joseph means “Jehovah has added,” perhaps referring to his multitude of descendants in his sons. Thus, each of the four main tribes of Israel are explicitly cited in Jacob’s blessings in one of these 4 Cornerstone Constellations. #20

iv. Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength. The four cornerstone constellations also reflect 4D mankind in the symbolic four aspects of living souls: the emotional, spiritual, mental and physical. An example where the Lord acknowledges the four traits of life is when he tells us to serve him in All our “heart, soul, mind and strength” (Mk. 12:28-31). These four aspects of life refer to the complete & perfect 4D expression of loving God in ALL our human mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical traits. This 1st and Great Commandment helps perfect our serve not only in Loving God, but also our neighbors. Loving God fully in all 4 categories, naturally overflows into loving our neighbors unconditionally. God called us to be superconquerors for Him, and we can’t fulfill our calling until all 4 areas are fully committed in God’s Love. As Caleb [Num. 14:24, 32:11-12] chased “God fully“ entered the Promised Land with Joshua as only 2 Israeli spies of the 12 returning with a good scouting report. So we gain [Deut. 32:30] a “one that Chases a 1000” mind-set, required to finish our race vertically and horizontally. The “All or nothing Mentality” is the only proper response to what Jesus Christ has already laid down, in his life-for us! As we serve God with our All-we will see miraculous leaps forward running with God in Christ.

v. Four Hebrew Tabernacle Colors. The Lord commanded Moses to use four colors of cloth repeated throughout the Tabernacle, especially to embroider the images of the Cherubim. They were blue, purple, scarlet, and linen, or (white), nearly always stated in that order (Ex. 26:31, 36; 27:16; 28:5-15). Those are reflected in same four colors of the Cherubim, since the Cherubim and the Tabernacle both play roles related to the Ark of the Covenant.  

 vi. The four elements are also represented by four colors. Red seen in fire, blood, and emotions, White represents the spiritual, just as white clothing embodies purity used in baptisms and sacred ceremonies. Purple represents royalty seen in Leo the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and the Christ-line via King David. The water is blue symbolizing Peace and holy spirit. These colors are also found in the Hebrew Tabernacle repeated throughout, especially embodied in the Cherubim as a special class of angel. [Ex. 26:31, 36, 27:16, 28:5-15]

A strong sign of these four aspects in the stars is their placement in each of the royal star signs. Regulus is located in the heart of the Lion and the color linked with Judah/East/Lion is red. The heart is considered the center of the emotions and red is the color of blood/fire, the element linked to emotions. Red is linked to Adam the first man/servant of God in the Gospel of Mark embodies the emotional aspect of mankind.

The ancient Greeks described Taurus as a snow-white bull. Aldebaran, the 1st magnitude red star is located in the eye of the Bull. The eye is symbolic of a Seer, as was Joseph of Egypt, linked with the Bull. Thus, the Bull is symbolic of spiritual strength, especially the gift ministry of being a Prophet/Seer. The Bull-Taurus, is a wild ox described by the Greeks as having a hide as white as snow and two long forward pointing horns like polished bronze or gold. The red bright star in the Bull’s eye, represents a seer, as our Lord and Savior is the best and greatest prophet and seer.

Fig. 10 Taurus the prominent Charging wild Ox with his red-eye Aldebaran.#21

Blue is symbolic of peaceful tranquility, that goes with the wisdom of a good judge. When applied with a gift ministry it is the wisdom that is from above, which is first pure, peaceable and gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits [Gal. 5:22] as part of the fruits of righteousness, sown in Peace of them that make peace. This is how we can emulate the Prince of Peace, to promote true and genuine peace and Justice.

Fomalhaut-the fish’s-eye, is the star located in the head of the Southern Fish. This aligns with the mental ability.#22 The color tied with this direction may vary: it can be blue, representing water. As we utilize Tabernacle colors, their Scriptural basis provides a solid foundation of God’s Word from which we  draw our conclusions, to avoid speculation, to allow God’s Word speak for itself. This is the best approach to God’s Word to let its wisdom come to the surface, allowing all Hermuentical contextual keys their proper voice in revealing God’s truth.

Antares is found in the heart of the Scorpion. The heart is the seat of wisdom, and the scorpion/serpent symbolizes wisdom. The heart/chest too symbolizes physical/emotional strength. There are several heroes in the constellations with one foot on the head of a serpent with the other foot having been wounded. For example, the Leo’s Paws are over the head of the Fleeing Serpent (Hydra), and Hercules’ foot is firmly planted on the head of the Dragon (Draco), at the North Pole. #23 We find this imagery also as Ophiuchus’ Foot crushes the Scorpion’s heart.

The Scorpion with his Red heart–Antares. #24

Thus, the placement of all four of the royal stars in their cornerstone signs is consistent with the symbolism of emotional, spiritual, mental and physical aspects of all living souls.

It is Christ as the Crown and Apex, firstborn of all Creation, the Second Adam, who embodies the fullness of the Great Pyramid [Isa. 28:16], who crowns the superstructure of both the physical [in Jerusalem] and spiritual Temples–in the New Jerusalem [spiritual body] of his churches in the Bride of Israel and the NT Church of the Body of believer’s in Christ, [Eph. 2:18-22]. In this way, the light of heaven is shed on the earth in Christ, the Son/Sun of righteousness, [Ps. 19, Mal. 4:2] ruling over all Creation as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

[Gen. 1:14-17]. We also find this pattern of four corners of the ecliptic in star & planet signs surrounding Christ’s Birth.

The Tabernacle’s eastern door embodies the way,  the truth, and the life, of John 14:6, in Jesus Christ as the light of the world, and the door of the sheep, the Good Shepherd as the [Jn. 10], true way that leads unto life. [I Cor. 15:41] denotes 3 levels of glory in celestial cycles of the Sun, Moon and Stars, that order our temporal world. As these ecliptic signs at the four corners reflect temporal and spiritual truths, the signs found at the North Pole embody angels of light in heaven, but those at the South Pole tell tales of the underworld, unto destruction. Thus, the Cherubim’s 4 faces, include human and angelic elements tell a composite tale of both darkness [Ps. 22] and light, at the four cornerstones of the ecliptic & equator. The Gen. 3:15 Planishere Axis in the Promised Seed of the woman–Christ, the (eagle), of the Messiah’s holy line and natural enemy vs. Seed of the Serpent–as Scorpius embodies the serpent’s seed unto perdition, in the spiritual conflict of the ages.

Figure 11. Auriga The Shepherd. #25

The truths of Jesus as the Shepherd are vividly seen in 3 Psalms; 22, 23 and 24, showing the sufferings and glory of the Lord. As Prophet, the Good Shepherd gave his life not only for the sheep, but for the safe-keeping of all people who would come unto him; [John 10:11]. As the High Priest and the Great Shepherd, he is the first, last and only door, the alpha and omega, providing the way of access via his Crucifixion, & Resurrection [Heb. 13:20] into life, and a genuine spiritual fellowship with our Heavenly Father. As King and Chief Shepherd, his return shows us his final glory, coming as King of Kings & Lord of Lords, [I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 19:16]. As Auriga’ eastern shepherd, Jesus Christ embodies the name Jehovah-Nissi: a redemptive name for God protecting His people, [Ps. 23:1].

The Door, or gate opening to the holiest of all was covered by a veil in both the Temple and Tabernacle. The veil of the Tabernacle, which hung on four pillars, separated the holy of the holies, the central point of God’s presence among His people, from the holy place. Woven into the fabric of this linen veil, Cherubim were depicted, as a special class of angels who are always prominent in God’s throne-room. They are uniquely pictured with 4 faces  that correspond to the “four royal signs” of the zodiac, ruling these four-corners or celestial pillars of heaven, as seen in Balaam’s Prophecies in Numbers 24:7-9, that opened this teaching.

In the ancient Middle East, the Divine was often represented as the sun or a circle, thus its likely that the mathematical concept of Pi was thought to be a “Divine signature“ considered sacred and holy. In an analysis to document the numerical structure of the Psalms, it was discovered that the design of the Psalms contain several ratios of Pi, many to higher degrees of accuracy. As  the Hebrews were not likely to have knowledge of the accurate ratios of pi, they provide evidence of the Divine inspiration of Scripture. There is strong evidence that these ratios of Pi directly refer to 3 points; i. as sacred numbers three and seven, ii. the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, & iii. God’s sacred names in Hebrew Scripture. The transcendental number Pi–symbolized by an infinite number series, is a well suited number to embody the Infinite Divine. #26

In the roots of Sacred Geometry, a relation of the Diameter and Circumference, found in Pi, symbolize the names of God; El in Elohim and Jehovah, as Creator -God, symbolizing the Circumference, of a curved line perimeter, equal to the circumference of a circle around His Creation, with Jehovah, a straight line Diameter; as God in relation to His Creation. A Pi radius equal to the Height of the Pyramid’s Apex & Chief Cornerstone in Fig. 12 below, shows geometric concepts of God in Christ, whose perfect sacrifice not only saved mankind, but all Creation too, from corrupting bondage, into a glorious liberty of the Children of God. [Rom. 8:9-23]

We find basic elements of the concept of “squaring the circle” as the Circle’s diameter is equal to the circumference around a Sphere inside a Cube. This is expanded in I Kgs 7:23-30, inside a square base of oxen holding the Laver of the circular brasen sea. This idea has survived centuries in the sacred domed architecture of many temples and churches, with a circular dome inside the square Temples, where heaven and earth meet. We also note that the Holy of the Holies, holding the Ark of the Covenant- a perfect cube, inside a double- square ground-plan of the Hebrew Tabernacle, follows this idea. In Plate 2 below we also find four examples of this “squared circle ground plan” in New Jerusalem, Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid [expanded in Fig. 12 below], and the Temple’s Molten Sea, expounded upon below.

Figure 12. The Pi Structure of the Great Pyramid. #27

This provided a divine foundation of many practices in the “sacred geometry” of the ancient world. The practical approximation of Pi in the ancient world of sacred architecture, has preserved this concept of the Creator God in relation to His Creation, in a systematic application of the principles of sacred geometry, based on septenary units of measure. According to Livio Stechini, in this system the; “circumference was the ratio of 22/7 of the diameter; this approximation of Pi rendered (3. 1/7, or 3.142857) is still in use today as an adequate substitute in many problems of engineering.” ^8/28 As Beckmann says, “Archimedes started with a hexagon and progressively doubling the number of sides-arrived at a polygon of 96 sides, which yielded Pi as 3 1/7, or 3.142857.” ^9/29

IKgs. 7 is the only direct reference to a measurement of Pi in Scripture, that uses an approximate value of 3 for Pi. This is key as 3 [spiritually complete] &    7 [spiritually perfect] are sacred numbers throughout Scripture. If a cubit represents the diameter of a circle, then 3 cubits are viewed as a perfect representation of its circumference. An exact measure of 3 cubits specifies  the altar of Moses’ Tabernacle: since the altar of burnt offering was 5 cubits wide, 5 cubits long & 3 cubits high (see Ex. 27:1, 38:1). This altar is linked to a “circle“ in Psalms 26:1-11, called the Integrity Psalm; [H8537 repeated in v. 1 & 11] I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will compass Your altar, Jehovah (Ps. 26:6).

Rev. Nessle discusses “1st Century Paragraphs” found in the Hebrew Scriptural Text, that become apparent as a type of figure that utilizes repitition to control the context. These ruling figures govern how the Hebrew text opens itself to us. He calls this type of figure a “bookend,” as the repeated words mark limits or boundaries written in the original inspired text, bracketed between repeated two words. This section sandwiched between the repetition also discloses the practical side of “walking in mine integrity” repeated in Ps. 26:1&11.#30 Here the Psalmist opens his heart to the Lord’s examination to prove the reins of his heart [3820] in the truth of His lovingkindness in 7 aspects of “compassing the Altar of the Lord.” 

The Hebrew word for “compass“ is the same as the word for “circle.” Withs a 5 cubit square altar- it’s diagonal or circle’s diameter is near 7 cubits. Thus, the circumference of this circle circumscribing the altar is 22 cubits, representing the convergent ratio 22/7 for Pi. 31#

Ps. 26:6 tells us when the Word keeps our Heart in the 7 aspects of compassing his altar, then our acts will be pure. Ps. 26:8 says he has loved the habitation of His House, as a result of compassing His Altar, that leads to a residence of God’s honor. As v. 9 tells us he gathers not his soul [5315] with sinners. Thus we see Psalm 26 pairing the Heart and Soul of the believer in compassing the altar of the Lord. Another detail Jon pointed out in these bookend phrases is their tense; in Ps. 26:1 seen in “I have walked,“ referring to past tense, while v. 11 says; “I will walk” in the future tense. This exhibits an enduring cycle of faithfulness leading to a lifestyle of spiritual growth #32 as to the Phi Ratio, we find in the Geometric Growth of the Church in the Book of Acts, as God’s people-the believers abode in fellowship of the Apostles’ doctrine in the 1st summary statement of [Acts 2:42-47], in one accord in the Temple, sharing meals house to house with gladness and singleness of Heart. Ren Manetti did a masterful job of laying out the growth stages of the “structural staircase“ in the Book of Acts that blessed us all so much! This Phi ratio geometric growth spiral where the Plant, Animal, Human and spiritual growth geometry in the Church of believer’s in the body of Christ thrive, allows an expansion into greater vistas in our heart, soul, mind and strength, in vertical & horizontal committment levels, to not err therein, as this Way of Holiness is covered in  a protective Canopy under the Hand of God, and the Cherubim’s flaming sword. 

Isa. 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [7686] therein.

This Cycle of Faithfulness in The Way [1870-derek] of holiness in [Isa. 35:8, #33
3:12, 28:7, 55:7-9, 63:17, Ps. 1:6, 95:10, 119:118] the way of life [Gen. 3:24, 18:19, 38:21, 45:23-24, Num. 20:17, 22:21 King’s Highway, 1Kgs. 2:3, Job 26:13-14, 40:19, Prov. 8:22, 22:6, Jer. 3:10-13, Mt. 22:29, Heb. 3:10, Js. 5:19-20]

As we find in Isa. 28′ refers to Jesus Christ as the precious cornerstone, [1 Pet. 2:4-8, Rom. 9:32, Matt. 16:18] Jesus-the Rock upon which he builds his church, and the chief cornerstone, with the apostles and prophets, framed together into the holy spiritual temple in the Lord, [Eph. 2:20-22, Rev. 21:14-27]. We also find reference to the measuring line of the foundations of this cornerstone in Isa. 28:16-17;

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. ¹⁷ Judgment also will I lay to the line, [qav] and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

This is a primary reason why the Great Pyramid embodies so many added geometric dimensions of the Earth, like the Earth’s mean solar orbit radius, and the Sun’s mean radius, which are only two of a longer list, seen in the notes below. #34

In v. 17; Judgment also will I lay to the “line“= [H6957–qav or kav] and 35#
righteousness to the plummet, so that the Lord’s righteous standard of judgment is upheld in all circumstances in the architecture of His spiritual temple, [I Cor. 3:9-17]. Even with the Great Pyramid’s apex- as chief corner-stone, establishes the perfect standard of measure for all the edifice, in the four cornerstones at its base, so Jesus Christ sets a perfect right standard of Judgment, in God’s Temple. The graghic of the Great Pyramid in Fig. 12 above depict how it embodies the geometric “squaring of the circle,” and how this concept seen at the basis of the idea of the Temple as God’s meeting place with Man on Earth reflected in Heaven.

Plate 2.The Molten Sea of the OT Jerusalem Temple. #36

The lower 2 images in this Plate 2 graphic depict a perimeter of 792 inches of the Molten Sea, squared above, by the 12 oxen at the 4 points of the Compass-forming the Laver’s Square base. This compares to the Diameter of 7,920,000 miles of New Jerusalem’s 12 Gates, around its square base, encircled by the 12 Signs of the Hebrew Mazzaroth.

Bullinger says the a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about, in I Kgs. 7:23 reveals the Pi ratio of the “diameter to the circumference“ while human wisdom was still searching it out.” 37#

The reason why the Pi ratio is considered “infinite“ in a practical sense is that Pi to 50 Decimals shows us an atom’s position at the edge of the “observable universe.” Only the most esoteric applications need to go much beyond that! For our finite brain’s, Pi is a geometric means to grasp our Infinite Creator that can only approach unto the mathematical infinitude of His Spiritual reality.

Ezekiel records his prophetic visions in 22 years of his Babylonian Captivity from 593-571BC. The record in Ezek. 40:3-5 gives evidence in support of the sacred geometry above; As an angel appeared to Ezekiel to measure the future temple:

Ezek. 40:3-5 ³ And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. ⁴ And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. ⁵ And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. 

The angel’s cord and rod is representative of a circle and its diameter, as a measuring line was coiled in a rope that was a multiple of the length of the measuring rod. If the rod was a standard of measurement that matched the measure of the cubit, typically determined by measuring the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, it linked that cubit to the diameter of a circle, as seen with the Egyptian cubit, that was divided into seven equal portions known as “palms.” This cubit as the diameter of a circle, could then represent a convergent ratio of 22/7 for Pi, when measured in palms, with the circumference measured as 3 cubits+one palm, [Isa. 40:12, 48:13]. Three cubits is reckoned as an approximate symbol of the Eternal Divine, just as Pi equals 3.14159… to infinity [3 followed by infinite digits converging on Pi accuracy with each increasing digit]. We find this in Pi as represented in the molten sea of Solomon’s Temple, with a circumference of 30 cubits, (and the height of Solomon’s Temple, and Noah’s ark), an exact multiple of 3: 38#

 In I Kings 7:23-25, the Laver’s design record or Sea are linked to the Cherubim at the four Cardinal Directions. This Sea held 12K gallons of water, supported by 12 bronze oxen in 4 x 3 sets facing the four points of the compass. This 4 x 3=12 fold order is linked not only in the capacity and dimensions of this Sea or Laver, but is also on the backs of the 12 Oxen supporting the Bath, as a picture of [Gen. 1:6-8] the 2nd day of Creation Week, a border state of Creation. The 7 uses of “cherubim-plural of cherub” in Ex. 25:18-22 show the structure of the Mercy Seat, covering the Ark of Testimony. As Rev. Jon Nessle taught on some of the impacts and limits in Job 26 and Prov. 8 in a recent session of our class on Hebrews, we can see another likely application of this idea in the Laver of water on backs of these 12 oxen, oriented to the Ecliptic Cardinal Points. The 12 Oxen embody Taurus an ecliptic sign of the Bull, as one of the four faces of the Cherubim, helping to bear the waters over the firmament on their backs, dividing the waters below the firmament [H7549-raqiya; the visible arch of the sky, an expanse, or-space, as an open vault of Heaven] over Earth. There is support for the idea of the heavens resembling  an ocean in Ezek. 1:22-23, in this case overhead of the Cherubim [Gen. 1:20] in Ps. 148:4-Praise Him ye Heaven of Heavens [God’s Dwelling-throne] and ye waters that be above the Heavens, symbolizing a border between Almighty God in Heaven, and the Earth.

The links to the 12 Oxen can refer to the precessional Age of Taurus in a retro-ecliptic orbit seen with three Bulls at each ecliptic Compass point facing out-ward. There appears to be added support for this view in Ex. 25:17-22 where the structure of the Cherubim as part of the Mercy Seat covering the Ark of the Covenant is revealed.

¹⁷ “You shall make a mercy seat^[c] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ¹⁸ And you will make 2 Cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. ²⁰ The Cherubim shall spread out their wings above, over-shadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the Cherubim be. ²¹ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
²² There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

Ex. 28:23-24 
²³ And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. All gold that was used for the work, in all construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, by a shekel of the sanctuary. (Ex. 38:24)

Ex. 28:23-24 delineates again the four colors of the Tabernacle along with some added celestial symbolism, in its design and structure. As we are taught in God’s Word, no words or numbers appear haphazardly or by chance, they are all in Scripture by Divine Design. The number 29 is 22 + 7 which are the two numbers for the convergent ratio 22/7 for pi. The number 730 is 2 x 365, where 365 is the number of days in the solar year. The number 355-a close approximation for the number of 354.37 days for the lunar year. Thus, the gold embodies the Sun as silver represents the Moon, and the cycle of a year relates to the circle’s circumference. Also, for a circle with a circumference of 365, the diameter is 116 which is 4 x 29, [29 is also a lunar cycle number] a multiple of the number of talents of gold. [This depicts how the solar and lunar cycles fit together in their annual courses and how they are symbolized]. #39

THE CONVERGENT RATIO OF PI AND THE HEBREW ALPHABET

A more obvious link is found between the 22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet and the convergent ratio 22/7 for pi. The denominator is seven, and thus the number 7 is considered holy throughout Scripture, especially the Sabbath of the seven-day Creation Week. As the 22 letters are consonants, the number 7 can represent Hebrew vowels, the resulting 22/7 ratio that we saw above with the angel’s rod and cord, and the “circumference’ relation with the diameter.

 THE HEBREW LETTER CIRCLE AND THE NAMES OF GOD

In ancient Hebrew Tradition the Hebrew letter circle of had 22 letters of their alphabet on the circle’s edge, with 231 lines drawn between each possible letter combination, described as follows:

“These twenty-two letters, the foundations, He arranged as on a sphere, with two hundred and thirty-one modes of entrance. For He showed a combination mode of the letters, each with every one, Aleph with all, and all with Aleph. Thus, in combining all together in pairs are produced these two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge. #40

The of ancient Hebrew tradition says how the Creator Spoke all Creation into existence as recorded in the Genesis Creation Week.

Figure 13. The Alpha [Alef] and the Omega #41

Reading right to left,  “I am Alpha [Alef] and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” –Rev. 22:13

Of the 231 lines between the letters, one of most interest is the one between the first letter aleph (א) and the letter lamed (ל) which bisects the circle. These 2 letters form the word “God” (Heb. El-from Elohim). The name “God” is thus represented by the diameter of a circle. The letter aleph (א) is derived from a Hebrew character that depicts the head of an ox, and the name of the letter comes from a western Semitic word that means “ox.” Thus, the molten sea of the Temple of Solomon was placed on top of 12 oxen: seen in (1 Kings 7:25). Each opposing pair of oxen bisect the circle. In the convergent Pi ratio 333/
106, the number 106 represents the length of the diameter of a circle that divides the Sea of the Temple of Solomon into two halves. #42

 Scriptural support for arranging the letters in a circle is found not only in Rev. 22:13 where the Lord declares Himself to be the Alpha and Omega, as the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, [and the zodiac circle]. In Hebrew the letters aleph and tav, they are next to each other on the circle:

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty (Rev. 1:8) I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. (Rev. 1:11)

In the Old Testament, it is Jehovah who declares Himself to be the first and the last: I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last; I am He. (Isa. 41:4, Isa. 44:6)

Isa. 48:12-13 ¹² Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am He; I am the first, I also am the last. ¹³ Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

 It is interesting that the 12 oxen under the Bath are listed separate from the Cherubim, Lions and palm trees, on the panels. Since the Cherubim above are part of the Mercy Seat facing each other, but the Oxen under the firmament are facing out. In the Heaven of Heavens the holy Cherubim unified with the Mercy Seat in the presence of God, face each other to cover the Mercy Seat, where the atoning Blood is sprinkled on it, just as the blood upon their door-posts saved the Jews in Egypt from death’s angel, by the blood of the Passover Lamb. [Heb. 9:20-27] The Cherubim as Guardians of The Way ensured Messianic hope of Christ, in their Lite saber focus & protection of the redeemer’s Blood sprinkled over the Mercy Seat.

This structure embodies all God’s Creation under the Heaven of Heavens, is what I refer to as the “Bubble Universe,” with the Cherubim embodying the boundary between the waters above their heads to the waters under them  on Earth, [Gen. 1:6-8]. Like any Bubble, it is a spherical structure contained inside the confines of a liquid membrane, but the limits of this bubble are obviously not within the bounds of what modern astronomers are calling  the “Observable Universe.” [Ezek. 10:1-22]

Exodus 36:35-36 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with Cherubims made he it of cunning work. And he made there-unto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

The veil hung from four pillars, representing the terrestrial number, and the Earth’s orientation to the four Cardinal Directions of the horizon. The symbol of the number four is prominent in this blog, not only in the four pillars holding the Tabernacle’s veil, but also in four Tabernacle colors in the veil, Scarlet or Red represents blood, and is seen in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the high priest offering his perfect sin offering of his life to redeem us. The linen was white, symbols of purity and righteousness of the Servant of God. Thus, the four colors of the Tabernacle all embody four-fold ministry of Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone and the the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, show his dominion over all Creation. We also find reference to Four- fold Zemach branches of Christ as he embodies the way of the Tree of Life. As we’ve seen, these four pillars embody the four Cardinal Directions, we know as equinox and Solstice seen on the ecliptic and Equator at it’s four-corners. The Cherubim always appear at God’s Throne serving Him. [Ezek. 1:3-28, 10:1-22, 41:18-20, 25-26, Rev. 4:6-11, 5:8, 11-14]

The Cherubim first appear in Genesis 3:22-24 New KJV

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed Cherubim [3724-Cherubim] at the east
of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword [2719-Chereb– the flaming sword may refer to lightning; Ps. 104:3-4 as a symbol of God’s Holiness & Judgment] that turned every way, [2015] to guard [8104] the way [1870] to the tree of life.

Four fold Summary– We have seen the 4 key dimensions of mankind that unify us in the symbolic four aspects of living souls: the emotional, spiritual, mental and physical. An example where the Lord acknowledges these four traits of life as he says to serve him in All our “heart, soul, mind & strength.” (Mk. 12:28-31). These four aspects of life express a complete and perfect 4D form of loving God in ALL our human mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical traits, reflecting Christ’s Four-fold Zemach branches as he embodies the way back to the Tree of Life, in restored fellowship with God the Father. To get to the Heart of the matter our focus on the Heart’s role, relating to the other key dimensions of Mankind as presented in Scripture. Keeping this in mind, I present for your edification the “Heart Chart” to cross-reference the heart with the other 3 dimensions of Unified Mankind in our service to God.

Footnotes

1. Strong’s Concordance [H7214–reem], James Strong.
2. IBID, root of Reem is Ra’am [7213].
3. IBID, [H8443–toapoth].
4. Picture credit; Figure 2. Taurus the Bull from Bayer’s Star Atlas [1603]
5. Strong’s Concordance, [3820], James Strong.
6. IBID.
7. https://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2001/4corners.html#fn1
8. IBID.
9. IBID.
10. Strong’s Concordance [G3962-pater or parent], James Strong.
11. https://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2001/4corners.html#fn1
12. Witness of the Stars, p. E.W. Bullinger-Saiph
13. Picture credit for Figure 6. www.Alamy.com
14. https://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2001/4corners.html#fn4
15. Fig. 6a Picture credit-Aquarius
16. Fig. 7 Picture credit-Leo
17. Fig. 8 Picture credit-Ophiuchus triple-Bulliger cover
18. https://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2001/4corners.html#fn4
19. Fig. 9 Picture credit, [https://arabiannightsrum.com/stars/winter-constellations/taurus/]
20. https://johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2001/4corners.html#fn4
21. IBID, Fig. 10 Picture credit for Taurus the Bull
22. IBID. Head of the Southern Fish.
23. IBID.
24. IBID, #8
25. Fig. 11 Picture credit- Auriga Witstars
26. Spirituality, Dreams and Prophecy: The Divine Signature of Pi in the Bible (dream-prophecy.blogspot.com)
27. Pi Pyramid Graphic
28. Levio Stechini in “Secrets of the Great Pyramid, by Thompson
29. IBID-Archimedes
30. “Working the Word Syllabus“-Rev. Jon Nessle
31. IBID #26
32. “Working the Word Syllabus“-Rev. Jon Nessle
33. Strong’s Concordance [1870-derek], James Strong.
34. *See below [http://www.thegreatpyramidofgiza.ca/content/index.html]
35. Strong’s Concordance [H6957–qav or kav], James Strong.
36. https://truthseekersministries.org/the-mystery-of-stonehenge-revealed/
37. E.W. Bullinger’s Companion Bible notes on I Kgs 7:23.
38. IBID #26
39. IBID
40. IBID
41. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
42. IBID #26
43.
44.

 

 

34. The measurements of the exterior geometry, interior passages and chambers of the Great Pyramid that were designed to impart geodetic, astronomical and astrophysical knowledge.

It is suggested that the Great Pyramid is a repository of ancient knowledge in which it is demonstrable that an advanced level of mathematics was known including Newtonian Mechanics. The following is a list of conclusions drawn from analysis of the relationship of dimensions found within and without the Great Pyramid :

• A precise definition of the Royal Cubit as it relates to the Earth
• The size and shape of the Earth
• The Mass and Density of the Earth
• The Gravitational Constant
• The Escape Velocity from the Earth to obtain an Open Orbit
• The Escape Velocity from the Earth to obtain escape from the combined Earth’s and Sun’s gravitational field
• The significance of the location of the Great Pyramid
• The Golden Ratio
• The Mass of the Sun
• The Mass of the Moon
• The Mean distance to the Sun and the Circumference of the Earth’s Orbit
• Neutral Points of Gravity between the Earth and the Sun
• The Mean distance to the Moon
• The Orbital Velocity of the Earth
• The Orbital Velocity of the Moon
• The Metonic 19 year cycle of the Moon’s orbit of the Earth
• The Lagrange Point (L1) between the Earth and the Moon
• The Speed of Light
• The Orbital Velocity of the Solar System relative to the Center of the Milkyway Galaxy
• The Velocity of the Local Group of Galaxies which includes the Milky Way Galaxy relative to the Universe

 

 

 

 

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 marked the actual birth of Christ, as another Jupiter-Saturn union 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 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 any who fails to make this key distinction. A major point to note is Kepler was not only the first I know of, to link a planetary Conjunction series to explain the “Star of Bethlehem,” but he too was first to tie a supernova to this series and relate it to what the Magi saw.

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 supernova as a new star in the head of the toddler in Coma’s lap; visible for 250+ years, was the general sign, the Star out of Jacob, that prepared the Magi to watch for the specific aspects of the 2nd part of the Celestial Prelude, that 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. A key aspect of our study is realizing the planet the Magi called “his Star” in Matthew 2:2 was Jupiter. 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 observations of the Magi at the Messiah’s birth, both in Virgo and Coma. As Haggai 2:7 says, 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 advanced recently, to expand our grasp of Supernova’s and Nova’s. Traditional supernova’s experience a powerful, very bright explosion, thought of as a singular event, but this misses the reality of Recurrent Novae.  Recurrent novae –are “defined as systems with multiple recorded nova out-bursts. There are only a few members of a new Recurrent Novae subclass: at this point, just ten,” one of which [RS Oph] has a documented history of minimally 8 multiple outbursts, from 1898 to 2021, a 123-year period. #17 Recurrent novae repeat the Nova process in a much shorter period of near  10 to 150 years, while Nova outbursts repeat on a much longer timescale 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. #18a 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 scientific references cited here. Ancient records only documented the naked eye-visibility of Supernovae, and did not include any potential fluctuations caused by multiple eruptions of Recurrent Supernovae, as this was not part of the “new stars” concept at that time. As we find in Figure 1 above, the supernova eruption effect described by Eusebius above in extra-biblical sources refers to “a great star shining among the stars that 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, adding 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 Messianic prophecies referencing  Christ’s birth-the 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 firm basis for a direct link to the Coma decan, as the seed who was the desired of the nations, in light 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. [Rev. 1:8]

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 preceded the triple union of Jupiter-Saturn in 7BC by nearly 120 years, leading to the Christ’s birth. This planetary union in Pisces also marked the transition in ages of the precession of the equinoxes, from the Age of Aries to the Age of Pisces. This held not only in ancient Israel but also in world-views of many ancient cultures including, Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, Persia and Meso–America, who all held similar views. This pattern of Jupiter-Saturn triple unions took place in Pisces only once every 800 years, showing how this series subdivides the precession, totaling a period near 25,000+ years. As 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 attention. The focus of 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, with 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, shows 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 Lord’s sufferings, seen in the sacrifice of his first coming, and in the glory of his triumphant return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, remains now in the modern Piscean Age. Finally, the triple Conjunction of Jupiter– Saturn in Pisces gave the Magi all they would ever need to identify the signs marking Christ’s birth as a triple union of Jupiter-Regulus occured in Leo, starting 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, in concert 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

In 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, or 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, we 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, and our ultimate unalterable victory.

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
18a. 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]