Babylonian Chronology and the Birth of Christ.

 

Birth of Jesus Christ
Biblical Astronomy of the Birth of Christ

Happy Thanksgiving and Welcome to the November 2024 blog! In this month’s study as we approach the traditional holiday Season, I have usually reserved this period for material pertaining to the Birth of Christ. Since this has always been a primary reason for the existence of this research blog and a major source of inspiration for its subject matter and contents. When key info presents itself, I want to add it to what we have. Upon finding an article by Dwight Hutchison, of which I’ve included a good portion as a framework of a Babylonian chronology, for comparison with Bible truths, and a timeline in agreement with what we find in “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed.“#1 As a primary source advocating  Christ’s birth in 3-2 BC, from a Biblical basis and perspective, added value of material from Babylonian sources adds a unique and independent perspective to existing sources, allowing us to dig deeper into the history of this key period.

As key background, after the rise of ancient Babylonking Nebuchadnezzar’s forces conquered Judah; the southern kingdom of Israel in 604 BCdeporting most of its key peopleAmong the exiles was a group of gifted and intelligent young men with their leader named Daniel. After distinguishing himself by first accurately revealing king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, and interpreting it for him, he was rewarded with a high position in Babylon’s royal court, that included key governmental authority, where he was made chief over all the magicianssoothsayersand wise men of BabylonThis is a central aspect of the narrative as it placed Daniel and his friends in key positions to influence many of the royal decrees that came down, not only from Nebuchadnezzar, but many of the subsequent kings including Cyrus, during their lifetimes. As we have recently seen, the Babylonians were already renown in history for their study of the stars both from the perspective of science and symbolism. But with the rise of Daniel and his team of gifted geeks, they were able to bring a positive spiritual perspective to these studies in light of the prophecies of the coming Christ. Having the Babylonian Star Diaries, the cuneiform clay tablets at his disposal, provided valuable resources in his work identifying and accurately teaching the Magi, the celestial signs to look forleading to the birth of Christ.

Daniel’s knowledge of the Gospel in the Stars not only enlightened his view of the OT Prophecies of Christ, but also provided key insight needed to teach the critical keys to the Zoroastrian Magi, whose monotheistic religion influenced King Cyrus, as one of the most enlightened leaders in history. As seen in the principles of the Cyrus Cylinder– his example of leadership was the first true model of diversity, that included successful rule over nations with different languages, belief systems and religions. Since a number of Persian Kings were of Zoroastrian Faith including Cyrus, this likely provided a source of religious tolerance exhibited in his rulership. Cyrus’ influence in ruling conquered nations impacted other kingdoms in history including the Roman Empire, who applied similar principles in their rule of conquered nations.

Daniel’s knowledge of the Gospel in the Stars was closer to the original, since  the initial revelation originally given, in OT Scripture was perverted in the practices of astrology and divination, much of which was rooted and further defrauded in Babylon. As in modern times, astrologers cast their horoscopes, while many believe that the stars fatalistically control one’s destinyDaniel, however, preserved the Tanakh, and developed his own order of scholar-disciples committed to his teaching, based on the truth of Scripturenot to include astrology or other kinds of divination, that were strictly forbidden in the Hebrew ScripturesDaniel spent all his adult life in Babylon and later in Persia as a high official of the kings he served, while never wavering from his true service for the One true God. When Daniel was carried off in captivity to Babylon, it was a result of one of 27 sieges of Jerusalem and its Temple, the first destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, who burnt the Temple in 587-586 BC, [2 Chron. 36:17-20], the 2nd in 69-70 AD, by Titus and his Roman Legions who also burnt the Temple. In both cases Jerusalem lay desolate for the next 50 years on the Jubilee CalendarDaniel had the occasion to interpret the dream of Nebuchadnezzar of the large statue of four beasts in Daniel 7, where king Nebuchadnezzar was the first king of the first golden kingdom of Babylon, the golden head of this statue. It was Daniel’s privilege to also serve the King of the 2nd kingdom of Persia in this statue, of four kings who embodied the four beasts of the king’s dream. 

Daniel 7:17
These great beasts, which are four, {are} four kings, {which} shall arise out of the earth.

This was where the co-regent king Belshazzar hosted a big banquetduring which a hand appeared and wrote on the wall the words, “Mene, menetekel, upharsin.” Daniel was called to provide the interpretation that was, “God has numbered your days; you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting; and your kingdom has been given over to the Medes and the Persians.”

That night the Medo-Persian army conquered the city, but Daniel was kept as a government minister. He also had several dreams, described in chapt. 8 – 12 of the book of Danielone of these dealt with the coming of Christ: “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in ever-lasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moateven in times of distress. Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.” [Dan. 9:24-26, Zech. 9:9] We have a detailed study on this important prophecy in Daniel 9 in the preceding link that you can refer to for further analysis.

The above prophesy indicated that the Messiah would be “cut off” and “the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.” This was fulfilled in the crucifixion of Jesus and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by armies of Roman General Titus in 70 AD, In addition to writing his account in the book named after him, Daniel had occasion to teach this information to his inner circle of adherents. Their descendants centuries later-the Magi, based on Daniel’s teachings, were enlightened of the General time when Jesus was to be born. A set of celestial signs were given to them described in the Bible as a “star,” in the OT Biblical prophecy: “I see him, but not nowI behold him, but not nearA star shall come forth from Jacob…”  Numbers 24:17

As Hutchison points out; “The only usage of the wordMagi” in the Greek Septuagint text of the Hebrew Scriptures is in the book of Daniel.#3/7 The Magi in Daniel’s context were almost certainly Mesopotamians,”#4 along with Daniel’s Jewish friends- captive with him in the Babylonian captivity.

Hutchison lists 7 points in hisStar Proposal to which we are in general agreement. However, when we extend the signs of Jupiter during this key historical period to include its series of Planetary conjunctions, massings and other related celestial signs, that the King Planet took part in, we find a broader frame of eventsspecific signs with detailed Messianic narratives emerging from this astronomical contextHutchison goes on;

“In the early centuries of the Christian era, almost all of the Church Fathers believed that Jesus was born sometime during 3 or 2 BC, in the 41st or 42nd year of the reign of Augustus Caesar. A small minority of modern scholars believe that Jesus was born during 3-2 BC and that Herod the Great died in early 1 BC. [Count me among this minorityThis article adopts more or less the dates of the Church Fathers, [as No Christian Church Father dates the birth of Christ before 4 BC . p. 28 JCPS]#5  In addition, the oldest church traditions indicate that Jesus was conceived at or near Passover and was born in December or January. The ancient “Feast of the Annunciation” (Gabriel’s announcement to Mary) is still celebrated at Easter (Passover).”#[Gabriel’s announcement to to Mary was preceded by his announcement to Zacharias the father of John the Baptist, and Hebrew Priest who served in the Temple’s Course of Abia, in MayJune of 4 BC, [Lk. 1:5, 19-25]. John was conceived in Elizabeth’s womb, Zacharias’ wife who were both descendants of Aaron the brother of Moses. ppg. 133-146, JCPS].#7 Since Elisabeth conceived in June of 4 BC, Gabriel’s announcement to Mary came in the 6th month of Elisabeth’s term [Lk. 1:2638], in Dec. 4, BC, which puts the birth of Christ in Sept. 3 BC.

However, it may be that the skies hold keys for establishing more reliable general dates both for Jesus’s birth and Herod’s death.

The Star in the East-Identifiable Celestial Kingship Events in 3/2 BC. A key element in the star story involves the star in the “east.” It has become popular in recent decades to equate the phrase “saw the star in the east,” with an early morning first visibility of a planet, star, or comet as it emerges from the solar glare (a heliacal rising).#8

The “heliacal rising interpretation of the passage was first suggested by various northern European scholars about one hundred years ago. 22 Franz Boll (1867–1924), a philologist, was once regarded as the world’s foremost expert on ancient astrology. He rejected the “heliacal rising” translation. In reality, Matthew gives us a non-technical message; he was not an astronomer. Even though a heliacal rising may have been important to the Magi, the famous phrase probably means that “the men saw something while they were in the East.” 9/23 The Prophet Daniel was strategically placed by God as a top official under the rule and administrations of multiple kings, along with his friends and fellow Magi, as agents to ensure God’s plan would be enacted. The subject of this blog adopts a greater portion from research done by Dwight Hutchison, in comparison with the research found in “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed,“#10 to uncover certain specifics and key missing details, not only on the history of the Magi, but also pertaining to the Prophet Daniel’s relations with King Cyrus, once Daniel was placed as head over the Magi in Babylon. I’ve included Mr. Hutchison’s research because, first I respect his work, and believe it provides key details filling gaps from the astronomy of the Babylonians and their celestial signs surrounding the Birth of our Lord and Savior-Jesus Christ. My comparison to the narrative found in “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed,” should provide a more detailed outline, on the celestial signs leading to and marking the birth of Christ that has been in dispute up to the present time. In Babylonian terms, there were two main royal stars. The first royal star of importance was the king planet, the so-called white star” (Jupiter) MUL.BABBAR. MUL.BABBAR, the planet/star of Marduk, who was head of the Babylonian pantheon, associated with messages concerning the king of Akkad in the omen texts used throughout Babylonian history.#11/24

The second royal star was LUGAL, also called Sharru (both words mean king”), which is Regulus in the constellation Leo. The constellation of the lion was also seen as being royal. Several constellations and planets are mentioned repeatedly in Assyrian royal correspondence with Mesopotamian astronomers in the seventh century BC. However, LUGAL (Reguluswas the only individual fixed star that seems to have had central importance to the astronomers who corresponded with the king.#12/25 Parthian rulers, who dominated Mesopotamia in the first century BC, issued coins containing a star with the crescent Moon (fg. 1).#13/26 The image on all the coins almost certainly stands for Regulus. It is probable that all of Matthew’s Magi carried with them coins with the images of Phraates IV and/or his son Phrataaces.

Figure 1. Coins containing a Star with the Crescent Moon issued by the Parthian rulers, who dominated Mesopotamia in the first century BC. Used by permission from www.cngcoins.com.#14

The symbol next emerges in the Parthian Empire, beginning with the coins of Phraates V (r. 2 BC – 4 AD). Here the star represented either the Zoroastrian divinity Mithra or the divinity Tishtrya. The case for Mithra is supported by the pseudo-Zoroastrian Pontus use of the star. The crescent likely corresponds with the goddess Anahita. The star and crescent became an emblem of the Parthian kings, adopted by the rulers of the Sassanian Empire as a sign of legitimacy. In the Sassanian period the star and crescent is shown with explicitly Zoroastrian elements.#15/27

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Matthew’s Magi Never Visually Followed a Star Anywhere, But …In general Jupiter is a harbinger of plenty and peace, except in close connection with the Moon (except when eclipsed) when it portends the death of a king and strife in the land, unless it is identified with Mul.LUGAL (Regulus) in which case it brings long days to the king (SAA 8 283).#16/28

MUL.BABBAR and LUGAL in 3 and 2 BC

Were there any events involving the royal stars MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) and LUGAL (Regulus) that might have impressed ancient astronomers in 3 and 2 BC? What happened at the key moments of MUL.BABBAR’s 399-day synodic cycle?

Synodic Cycle Sign 1– MUL.BABBAR (Heliacal Rising of Jupiter)—Late July      3 BCIn the summer of 3 BC, when MUL.BABBAR first visibly rose out of the solar eastern glare with the Sun in its annual conjunction with LUGAL-[Regulus]. Babylonian Astronomers had ephemerides tables & procedure texts which could have indicated the position of the Sun in relation to LUGAL (fg. 3).#17/29 This union of  Jupiter and Regulus with the Sun, would have occurred between the June 12th, 3 BC Venus-Saturn conjunction in Taurus, and the Aug. 12th, 3 BC JupiterVenus union in Leo., a subsequent royal Bright and Morning Star solar conjunction in the Lion. [CS]

The coincidence of the two events was unique. MUL.BABBAR was more or less in this exact position only every 83 years. Because of MUL.BABBAR’s orbit, the mornings of July 28 or 29 in 3 BC were the optimum times in all of Babylonian astronomical history for the coincidence of MUL.BABBAR/ Jupiter’s rising and the solar conjunction with LUGAL/Regulus (see statistics in the notes).#18/30 The Danish expert in ancient Mesopotamian astrology, Ulla Koch-Westenholz, gives some indication of the meaning of the presence of Jupiter and Regulus in relation to the Moon. This may explain why Parthian rulers had placed Regulus with the Crescent Moon on their coins. The presence of Jupiter was also a positive link of the Moon with Regulus. We have noted this in a brief history of Lunar occultations of Regulus.

Figure 2. A   portrays the constellation Leo with the Crescent Moon just beside Regulus.

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In the summer of 3 BC, when MUL.BABBAR (Jupiterfirst visibly rose out of the solar glare in the east, the sun was in its annual conjunction with LUGAL (Regulus). A monument, called the Lion Horoscope, found in funeral statuary at Mount Nemrut in southeast Turkey, is very similar to the coins (fig. 1).#19 [https:// https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Lion-horoscope-A-complete-copy-of-the-original-stele-as-found-donated-by-the_fig6_342235096] The monument portrays the constellation Leo with the Crescent Moon just beside Regulus. The royal house of Commagene, commanded the Monument, had historical links to all major royal dynasties in the region. Culturally, the biblical Magi would have directly associating LUGAL and the Moon with kingship. #20/ 169 Volume 71, Number 3, September 2019 Dwight Hutchison

In Babylonian documents, the ideal rising time for MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) has been described. For example, on Nov. 8, 142 BC, the astronomical diary entry reads: “The 22nd of the month, MUL.BABBAR’s first appearance in Scorpius; it was small, the rising of MUL.BABBAR to sunrise: 11°30’” (11.5 uš =46 minutes).#21/31“Ideal first appearance on the 21st.” (at 10.5 uš = 42 minutes). On August 21, 109 BC, we read: “MUL.BABBAR’s first appearance in Month V, Day 18, in Leo, rising of Jupiter to sunrise: 11 uš. Ideal first appearance on the 17th.” (The previous day, it would appear that the ideal timing was about 10 uš.)#22/32The Almanac for the Seleucid Era year 150 in Month XII (see above) has MUL.BABBAR rising on March 24, 161 BC. From the sighting of the planet Jupiter to sunrise there were about 10 uš. The ideal rising in Leo seems to have been either 10 or 11 uš from the actual visual sighting of the planet to sunrise. #23/33

  1. The planet would not normally have been visible for the first minutes after its rising above the horizon. However, a very bright planet like Jupiter should surely have been visible within two lunar diameters or less from the horizon (within 1° of the horizon). See Babylonian historical statistics in the notes.#24/34Below are relevant facts for Jupiter’s 3 BC risingJuly 28-29th, 3 BC, at Babylon#25/35Rising of MUL.BABBAR: 04:22:49 LMT (Local Mean Time) Sunrise: 05:07:23 LMT

    Sun center from Regulus at sunrise: 0°31′ Rounding to the nearest minute, there were 44 minutes from JupiterMUL.BABBAR’s rising above the horizon to sunrise. If one removes one degree to take into account MUL.BABBAR’s invisibility toward the horizon, this leaves 40 minutes=10 uš. On this day the Sun was closer to Regulus than on July 29th.#26/36

    July 29, 3 BC, at Babylon-Rising of JupiterMUL.BABBAR: 04:19:55 LMT. Sunrise: 05:08:06 LMT Sun center from Regulus at sunrise: 0°40′

    Rounding to the nearest minute, there were 48 minutes from MUL.BABBAR’s rising above the horizon to sunrise. If one removes one degree to account for MUL.BABBAR’s invisibility toward the horizon, this leaves 44 minutes = 11The two dates fall within the optimum dates for Jupiter’s appearing according to Babylonian standards (statistics in the notes).#27/37

    The Babylonian astronomical data above denotes an emphasis on the King planet-Jupiter’s rising with the Sun in Leo, the lion [of Judah’s Hebrew tribe in [Gen. 49;8-10, Rev. 5:5] near the heart of the Lion-Regulus the King Star. This was celestial foreshadowing to the upcoming triple union of Jupiter and Regulus, starting on Sept. 14th, 3 BC, three days after the Birth of Christ on Sept. 11th 3, BC, or Tishri 1 on the Hebrew Calendar, New Years Day when all Hebrew kings counted the start of their kingly reigns, regardless of when they actually began.

    Fig. 3. The First Jupiter-Regulus Conjunction marking Christ’s Birth.#28

     

    The union of Jupiter and Regulus, starting on Sept. 14th, 3 BC, @ 4AM, three days after the Birth of Christ on Sept. 11th 3, BC, or Tishri 1 on the Hebrew Calendar [JCPS. p. 45] This is also a sign of what I’ve referred to as the Celestial Sphinx; with the head of Virgo just above the horizon, linked to the lion body of Leo, as the Alpha-Omega signs of the Hebrew Mazzaroth/Zodiac, [Job 19: 23-25].

    Ancient pagan astronomers in Babylonia would have understood that something symbolic had happened involving the king star and the king planet without any other data. The sun, known as Shamash in Babylon, was linked to justice and truth. The sun appears to have been a positive celestial object except when eclipsed. With the Bible’s first recorded appearance of “his star” in Matt. 2:2, it was “in the rising,” in late July-early Aug. of 3 BC. This is what the Magi referred to in Matt. 2:2 we have seen his star in the east.” Ancient astronomers in the course of their regular observations always noted date the star or planet first appeared above the eastern horizon at dawn, called heliacal rising.”#29

  2.  Ibid p.59 This was their signal that the Messiah was born, at the 1st Jupiter-Regulus union, when they activated their plan for a Caravan to Jerusalem.So between July 29 and November 3rd, 3 BC there were astounding celestial signs and portents starting on Sept. 9-12, 3 BC Eta-Draconid Meteor Showers in Draco the Dragon. Sept. 11th actually marked the Birth of Christ itself that was then followed by the Sept. 14th, 3 BC JupiterRegulus conjunction in Leo. This was the first of three JupiterRegulus unions in Leo, which triple union of the King Star symbolized the crowning of Regulus with the King Planet Jupiter, in Fig. 4 below. The Feb. 17th, 2 BC JupiterRegulus union in Leo, was the 2nd conjunction of this triple union, while the May 8th, 2BC conjunction of this royal JupiterRegulus pair in Leo was the third. This signified the king planet Jupiter’s triple crowning of the King star Regulus, in the near 9 months following the Birth of the Christ.Fig. 4. Jupiter’s Triple Crowning of Regulus from Aug. 3 BC to Nov. 2 BC.#30

    Synodic Cycle Sign 2 MUL.BABBAR’s First Stationary Point

    End of November 3 BC On the day when MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) had reached its first stationary point in Leo, the Moon passed directly in front of LUGAL-(Regulus) in an Occultation (fig. 4). The royal symbolism is evident in that the Moon was directly linked with theking star LUGALat the same moment of the king planet’s stationary point,#31/38 or first turning point seen on Nov. 29th in Figure 4 above, as Jupiter paused to change course in retrograde motion. Babylonian astronomers counted forward about four months from heliacal rising to determine the second stationary point date of March 29th. They did not “eyeball” the stationHutchison says,#32/39 but as we synchronize the dates of Jupiter’s motion from data in “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed,” we have a verification of the data from the records of ancient Babylon!

    Counting about four months from July 28 or 29 one arrives in late November. The Babylonian dates were usually written with the first stationary point aroundcertain date in both their records and almanacs. The actual station was on the night of November 27/28. In one rough estimation, the coincidence of MUL.BABBAR/ Jupiter’s first station being in Leo at the same moment as a lunar occultation of LUGAL/ Regulus could only happen about once in about 2,750 years.#33/40 Other estimations are longer.

    On Nov. 26/27 in 3 BCthe Moon occulted Regulus. The coordination of Jupiter standing still in retrograde with this Regulus’ lunar occultation together is very rare, occurring only once about every 5,000+ years. The blocking of the light from the king star Regulus by the Moon, while Jupiterthe scepter of the righteous branch stood still in the heavens, foreshadows a link seen in Psalm 89:1-37,  and Genesis 49.

    Genesis 49:8-10.
    Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praiseYour hand shall be on the neck of your enemiesYour father’s children shall bow down before youJudah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lionAnd as a lion, who shall rouse him? 10 The scepter shall not depart from JudahNor a lawgiver from between his feetUntil Shiloh comesAnd to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

    Figure 5. Total Solar Eclipse on August 21st 2017.#34/Stellarium

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    On January 20 in 2 BC, Jupiter rose just after sunset (Acronycal rising). During this key phase of Jupiter’s cycle, the full Moon occulted Regulus. This was a facsimile of the event previously in Nov. 3 BC. The king star Regulus was occulted by the Moon while Jupiter is standing still at sunset in the heavens. This event took place in the Hebrew month of Shevat, a name which is taken from the Hebrew word for the ruler’s staff/scepter, [shebet], found in Gen. 49: 1[scepter] above. The “lawgiver from between his feet directly references to the king star Regulus in Leo.#35/41

    The second conjunction of Jupiter and Regulus occurred on February 17, 2 BC. Amazingly, the Moon was positioned during the exact time between the JupiterRegulus union. “At about 5 a.m., looking at the western horizon, an observer would have seen the Moon directly between Jupiter & Regulus. The Moon would have been occulting the star Regulus with the lower fifth of the Moon’s diameter. Then, on May 8/9, 2 B.C. (82 days later) the same conjunction occurred again. This time however, the Moon occulted Regulus by the top 1/5th of its diameter. The last conjunction would not have been seen in Palestine as the Moon was already below the horizon in the west, yet astronomers such as the Magi would have known what was happening.” #36/9 [[Askelm.com] Dr. Earnest Martin]

    After the planet’s three separate conjunctions with Regulus, Jupiter then continued its westward journey, as viewed by the Magi. On June 17, 2 BC. it had its spectacularly rare reunion with Venus. The two planets were then a mere .01 degree from one another and they would have appeared to people on earth as a unified double-star” which only the sharpest eyes would have been able to separate.

    As Dr. Martin points out; “These celestial signs including Jupiter’s path lead the Magi toward Jerusalem in their expectations of the arrival of the Messianic king. This dazzling JupiterVenus union, heralded an entrance of this foretold king when they were both morning stars about ten months prior, completed this introduction with an impressively rare evening star re-union.” 12 This eye-opening reunion also provided the celestial brackets surrounding the triple coronation of the new born King by Jupiter and Venus. Could the heavenly Father have done any more to announce the arrival of His only begotten Son?

    Figure 4. MUL.BABBAR’s first station in Leo at the same moment as a lunar occultation of LUGAL.

    MUL.BABBAR’s Acronychal RisingJanuary 2 BC 170 Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith-Synodic Cycle Sign 3-#37/39

    An acronychal rising of a planet or star is its last visible rising in the east just after sunset. Afterwards the object is already visible above the horizon in the eastern sky after sunset. The last visible acronychal rising was always several days before the true planetary opposition. It is impossible to actually see the planet rise above the horizon precisely at sunset. In another segment of the zodiac away from Leo, the Babylonians added 58 days to the date of the first stationary point to get the acronychal rising date for MUL.BABBAR (fg. 5).#38/40

    The planet’s actual opposition was on January 26 in 2 BC. But January 24/25,
    2 BC, was 58 days after Nov27/28, 3 BC
    (First Station). The acronychal rising was often listed at about the time of true opposition (see Late Babylonian TextLBAT 1409).#39/41

    However, according to Swerdlow, Babylonian procedural methods indicate acronychal risings at either 5°, 6° or 2° from true opposition, depending on the method which was employed.#40/42

    The Babylonians usually listed the date of the acronychal rising as “around”
    a certain date
    . The Alcyone archaeo-astronomy application
    , using an “arcus visionisapproach, gives the acronychal rising date as January 20, 2 BC.#41/43

    January 20, 2 BC, could have been a possible candidate for MUL.BABBAR’s visible acronychal rising. Again, there was a clear connection to royalty throughsimultaneous occultation and a possible Acronychal rising.

    Synodic Cycle Sign 4 MUL.BABBAR—Second Stationary Point

    Late March [29th] 2 BC MUL.BABBAR’s second stationary phase was about four months after the first station. During its first and second stationary phase, the planet Jupiter is visually stationary for about two weeks. The Babylonians called the midpoint of that period the stationary point (fg. 6). Technically, Jupiter’s 2nd station was on March 29 in the Spring of 2 BC, [Fig. 4] The station was calculated from the acronychal rising or the first station. In this case, the planet stopped its motion about 2.4° west of Regulus.#42/44

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    Matthew’s Magi Never Visually Followed a Star Anywhere, But … In the early evening on January 20, 2 BC, when seen from Babylon, the full Moon passed in front of LUGAL/Regulus again, making a second occultation in two months. [Figure 5. MUL.BABBAR’s/Jupiter’s visible acronychal rising.]

    On March 31st, MUL.BABBAR/Jupiter set in the west just moments before the
    Moon rose in the east
    . Minutes later, Regulus set as the Moon roseCould this have been symbolically royal for Babylonian astronomers? Similar incidents involving simultaneous risings and settings of objects were occasionally mentioned in Babylonian astronomical records. They often spoke of “one god seeing another” when referring to similar incidents with the Sun and Moon. On March 31, 2 BC, the Moon could feasibly have been linked with Jupiter’s stationary phase.#43/45

    Figure 6. The stationary point of MUL.BABBAR.

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    MUL.BABBAR–Heliacal SettingLate July, 2 BC When MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter)
    finally made its heliacal setting in the west at the end of the planetary cycle,
    the sun was again in conjunction with LUGAL (Regulus) in the constellation Leo (fg. 7). This would have been about four months from the second station event. The optimum last visibility of MUL.BABBAR seems to have been about 10 or 11 uš after sunset, (40 to 44 minutes after sunset).#42/44  If MUL.BABBAR was last visible at 1° above the horizonit set six minutes later (47 – 6 = 41 minutes or 10.25 uš).

    Messianic Implications

    The events surrounding MUL.BABBAR’s setting in 2 BC give a near mirror image of the planet’s rising one year earlier. The Alcyone archaeo-astronomy application gives MUL.BABBAR’s last visibility on July 28, if arcus visionis altitudes are the following:

    (MUL.BABBAR: +1° / Sun: -7°16′).

    July 28, 2 BC, at Babylon. #43/45

    Sunset: 07:03:09 LMT #44/46
    Setting of MUL.BABBAR: 07:52:50 LMT
    Sun center from Regulus at sunset: 0°21′
    Sunset to MUL.BABBAR’s setting = 50 minutes
    If MUL.BABBAR was last visible at 1° above the horizon, it set six minutes later (50 – 6 = 44 minutes or 
    11 uš). July 29, 2 BC, at Babylon #45/47

    Sunset: 07:02:33 LMT #46/48

    Setting of MUL.BABBAR: 07:49:34 LMT
    Sun center from Regulus at sunset: 0°57′
    Sunset to MUL.BABBAR’s setting = 47 minutes

    Figure 7. MUL.BABBAR made its heliacal setting in the west at the end of the planetary cycle, while the Sun was in conjunction with LUGAL/Regulus in the constellation Leo.

     All the above incidents involved the Sun or Moon as well as MUL.BABBAR and LUGAL. From a Babylonian perspective, there were royal implications to the extended series of unique celestial signs. These events could have been easily associated with the arrival of a truly great king. But such a series of events, all centered on MUL.BABBAR’s synodic cycle, was unknown in their omen catalog. The Magi may have been surprised and questioning. But, from a Jewish viewthese incidents could have also called to mind the Messiah. It would not have been impossible for pagan Babylonians to become familiar with Jewish concepts. The Jewish community was a large one in Mesopotamia in the first century BC. Aramaic was the common language in the region. Also, scholars and many others would have spoken Greek. The Greek Septuagint text of the Hebrew Scriptures was available for any who had questions about Jewish beliefs. At some point in Jewish history, the planet Jupiter came to be called “Sedeq(Tzedek) meaning “righteousness. The planet Jupiter probably was commonly referred to by this name by about AD 200.#47/49

    It may have even carried this name in much earlier generations. The Jewish Messiah was spoken of as the “Righteous One” by early Christians (Acts 3:14; 7:52; and 22:14, Ps. 89:35-37). This referred to the prophesied son of David, the righteous king of Jeremiah 23:5–6 and 33:14–17. Associating “Sedeq” with the king of the Jews would not have been difficult. The Jewish equivalent of LUGAL was the word Melech” meaning “king.” One can see Messianic implications by linking two names Melech and Sedeq (the king of righteousnessMelchizedek). #48/50

    But in addition, LUGAL/Regulus in the lion constellation, evoking memories of Genesis 49:8–10 concerning the young lion of Judah [Rev. 5:5] and the rule of the Shiloh, [Jesus’ 7 Gen. titles] The Messianic text of Psalm 89 also mentions the heavens several times. In the later part of this Psalm we read;

    I will not lie to David. His descendants shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

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    p. 172 Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith

    It shall be established forever like the Moon, and the witness in the sky is faithful. (Ps. 89:35–37) 50 Here the enduring nature of the throne of David is associated directly with both the Sun and the Moon.

    Each of the five synodic events in 3 and 2 BC were linked with the sun and moon. In addition, remarkably, during two of the three conjunctions of MUL.BABBAR and LUGAL during this same cycle, the Moon was positioned just beside the two “stars” on February 17, 2 BC, and May 8, 2 BC (fig. 8).

    Article

    Matthew’s Magi Never Visually Followed a Star Anywhere,
    But …p. 172 #51

    In addition, during the relatively spectacular conjunction which visually united MUL.BABBAR (Sedeq/Jupiter) and Dilbat (Venus) on June 17, 2 BC, the full Moon appeared in the east. The Jewish name of Dilbat is “Nogah,” meaning “brightness.” Sedeq and Nogah together evoke the “bright Righteous One” in the lion constellation beside the king star LUGAL Regulus (fg. 9).

    By themselves the five signs connected to MUL.BABBAR’s synodic cycle would have been enough to alert any Babylonian astronomer to the probability that something was happening concerning royalty. However, this series of events could have been supplemented by other celestial phenomena and symbolic associations.  [Figure 8. Moon positioned beside the two “stars.Top: February 17, 2 BC; Bottom: May 9, 2 BC.] It may have been many months
    before the astronomers came to the conclusion that the unfolding series of celestial events had something to do with the Jewish Messiah. Before the Prophet Daniel’s arrival, the Babylonian Magi may have been complete pagans. However, the repeated and unique celestial signs, with Jewish prophecies and royal symbolism, apparently convinced them. A series of royal celestial signs all connected directly with the synodic cycle of MUL.BABBAR would have been completely unknown. Such a series is not found in the omen texts, but the royal nature of at least three or four of the synodic events is beyond dispute. Based on this series of unique events, one can affirm MUL.BABBAR (Sedeq/ Jupiter), during this unique planetary cycle in 3 and 2 BC became the Messiah’s Star.

    The Star in the West— Rethinking the Key Text

    Explanations of the Star of Bethlehem rise and fall based on the text of

    Matthew 2:9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. (NKJV)

    Figure 9. During the relatively spectacular conjunction which visually united MUL.BABBAR (Sedeq/Jupiter) and Dilbat (Venus) on June 17, 2 BC in the west, the full moon appeared in the east.

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    In recent times, this passage has been interpreted to mean that the star went visually in front of the wise men from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. The eastern church fathers thought that the wise men had visually followed the star all the way from where they had been in the East to Judea and then on to Bethlehem. However, these ideas may not be what Matthew had in mind. In fact, the traditional interpretation of the text of the star as a visual guide may be profoundly in error. There may be an alternate literal reading of the text which can avoid the intellectual, scientific, and mystical puzzles of the traditional reading. One way of understanding Matthew’s text would be to look at other passages in Matthew, which use the same keywords. Matthew uses the Greek verb, προάγω (proago), with the specific meaning of “to precede” or “to go ahead of,” in other passages in his gospel. 51 In Matthew 14:22, we read: “[Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead (προάγειν) of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.” Jesus then goes up on a mountain to pray and later meets the disciples on the sea. Jesus was not visually following the disciples at any moment, but he had simply sent them on ahead of him.

    During the last supper, Jesus made the following statement: “But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you (προάξω) to Galilee” (Matt. 26:32, see also Mark 14:28). After Jesus was raised from the dead, an angel appeared to some of his followers and said to them: “Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you (προάγει) into Galilee, there you will see Him …” (Matt. 28:7, see also Mark 16:7).

    It is clear that the disciples did not follow Jesus visually to Galilee after the resurrection in the same sense that one usually thinks about the wise men following the star. The disciples arrived chronologically in Galilee after Jesus already had arrived there. Jesus had “preceded” them there. In like manner, the star was waiting for the wise men upon their arrival in Bethlehem, just as Jesus later was waiting for the disciples. The star preceded the Magi to Bethlehem, but not as a visual guide. Matthew 2:9 simply sends the reader back to the East before describing the event in the West.

    Bethlehem: A Possible Scenario

    While the wise men were in their homeland, the star MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter), in association with other celestial objects, gave several symbolic indications that a great king was certainly arising. The Magi took this as an announcement about the king’s birth. After having received the star’s message, the wise men went to Judea. At every moment during their expedition, the men journeyed during the daytime like normal travelers. The way to Judea was well known. They were not looking to the star for visual guidance because the star’s purpose had been to give a message. The star was a sign concerning the Messiah. It was not a guide. Over a period of months, MUL.BABBAR came to be positioned well above the men’s heads during a good portion of each night. In the days before the Magi arrived in Bethlehem, the star was near to the zenith in the night-time skies. The Magi thought that the star had delivered its royal message while the men had been in the East. They were not expecting any other sign in the West. But after their arrival in Bethlehem itself, the men suddenly realized that the star was again in a symbolically significant position “above the place where the child was” (fg. 10). Dwight Hutchison

    On the timeline presented here, the Magi would have unexpectedly arrived in Bethlehem in late December 2 BC. There would have been no reason that the men should have expected any other celestial signs. They never expected to arrive in Bethlehem. But considering their previous experience in the East, it’s not hard to imagine that Jupiter’s stationary point on December 28, 2 BC, could have been symbolically meaningful to them. Volume 71, Number 3, September 2019, end of p. 173#

    [Ppg. 229-235, JCPS]
    “The Magi’s journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem [after their meeting with Herod], had to occur between Sept. 11th 3, BC, and Herod’s death some time prior to Passover in April of 1 BC. Furthermore, Herod chose to execute the children two years and under, based on the time of the star’s first rising, the time of which he had learned from the Magi when he privately conferred with them. Since the Star’s initial conjunction was Aug. 12th 3 BC, what is recorded in Matt. 2:9 occurred between Sept. of 2 BC, and April of 1 BC, a
    7-month period
    .”
    According to astronomical calculations Jupiter was not visible crossing the Meridian, the high point,” over Bethlehem from Septthrough November of 2 BC. During this time Jupiter was too close to the Sun to be visible when it reached Meridian. However, by Dec4th of 2 BC, Jupiter became visible at the Meridian shortly before dawn. From Dec. 4th till Herod’s death before Pass-over on April 8thJupiter continued to visibly cross the meridian each night at a progressively earlier time. However, the eclipse that shortly preceded Herod’s death occurred Jan. 9, 1 BC. It was sometime during this five-week period, from Dec. 4th, 2 BC, to Jan. 9, 1 BC that the Magi journeyed from Jerusalem to Bethlehem and saw the star of Matt. 2:9. # p. 235, JCPS

    The sky picture that the Magi beheld in their approach to Bethlehem is found in the blog banner for this month as the header for this teaching. Since the star picture of Rev. 12 provides a stellar image that marked the birth of Christ on the eve of Sept. 11th, 3 BC, was visible in the pre-dawn sky of Sept. 12th, 3 BC. The Magi would have departed for Bethlehem from Jerusalem some time after Dec. 4th, 2 BC, as Jupiter was not visible crossing the Meridian over Bethlehem before then for at least the previous three months, so what is recorded in Matt. 2:9 occurred between Sept. of 2 BC and April of 1 BC.

    Figure 10. The star was in a symbolically significant position

    above the place where the child was.”
    According to the text of “Jesus Christ our Promised Seed” the phrase “came and stood over” in Matt. 2:9 is notable. “Astronomically stars and planets are similar to the Sun in that they rise in the east and set in the west. They are also similar in that they will reach a high point in the sky relative to the observer. At this point it is on the Meridian [longitude] of the observer. During the day, the Sun reaches this point at noon. So the stars and planets in their courses rise in the east, at some point during the night they reach their highest point at Meridian. Since the Magi were travelling South from Jerusalem on their short 5 mile trip towards Bethlehem, Jupiter would appear to stand over Bethlehem. This is not a reference to Jupiter’s station or standstill, it merely reaches its apex at the Meridian of the observer, where it then appears to descend in the western sky. In Matt. 2:9, the word “stood” is “histemi” in the Greek meaning to stand as opposed to rise or fall. Since Jupiter was not visible crossing the Meridian over the high point in Bethlehem from Sept.-Nov. 2 BC, it did not become visible until Dec. 4th of 2 BC, shortly before dawn. From Dec. 4th till Herod’s death before Passover on April 8th, Jupiter continued to visibly cross this Meridian nightly 4 minutes earlier each day. By Dec. 24th Jupiter crossed & stood at the highest point on Meridian, directly over Bethlehem @ 4:44AM, counted from [Paul Neugebauer-Sterntafeln, Leipsic, 1912] [p. 235-7 JCPS]

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    Matthew’s terminology about the star “standing over the place where the child was” is simply affirming that the star was present in the sky while the men were in the town, it having “preceded” them there. Matthew’s terminology about MUL.BABBAR’s “standing over” the town (and indeed all Judea in the latter part of the night) was not specifically an astronomical reference to the planet’s first station. 52

    However, in the context, MUL.BABBAR’s first station may have been symbolically significant celestial event for the Magi while the
    planet was located over Bethlehem. While a relatively unspectacular planetary station is not at all impressive for modern skeptics or believers, symbolically it would have recalled the Magi’s experience in the East. If MUL.BABBAR’s first station took place at the moment of their unexpected arrival in Bethlehem, the Magi certainly would have rejoiced, in that the planet’s station was a heavenly sign.

    Conclusion
    The Messianic Star seems to have been connected to symbolic royal celestial events at the heart of Babylonian planetary science. The star was not discovered through the Babylonian omen catalog or their normal astrology. The star over Bethlehem was not spectacular. It was not necessary for the star to be overly luminous or visually remarkable. However, the star was symbolically significant. The wise men never followed the star anywhere visually, but the star was waiting for them upon their arrival in Bethlehem. David’s throne will indeed be established for ages to come, even as the sun and the moon have endured for ages past. The witness in the sky is faithful (Ps. 89:34–37, Ps. 19). ☼ [The Celestial Gospel]

    Every 12 years the planet Jupiter travels through the constellation Leo. Some incidents in Leo during the years 3 and 2 BC seem to be unique, notably the probable heliacal rising and setting of MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) during that year. The tabular measurements are for Hillah, Iraq (near ancient Babylon / Borsippa). The Babylonians understood that every 83 years Jupiter is basically positioned in the same location among the background stars. The solar conjunctions with Regulus are often spread over two days. A Babylonian measuring unit, the UŠ, was used to measure time/distances. It corresponds to about one degree/four minutes of time in modern terms.  the optimum times for the heliacal rising of MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) while the Sun was in conjunction with LUGAL (Regulus). In ancient Babylonia, it would have taken about six minutes for the planet Jupiter to arrive at one degree above the horizon (Columns J + K ) because of the angle its rising. Over the centuries, MUL.BABBAR (Jupiter) rose higher and higher in the morning sky during its 83 year cycle until the planet became visible when the sun was in conjunction with the “king star” LUGAL (Regulus) in 3 BC. A similar pattern played out with the heliacal settings. This seems to be a celestial marker for Jupiter-the King Star & Star of Bethlehem, that only became visible in union with Regulus at the birth of Christ, in 3 BC!!

     

    Notes

    1

    Webpage https://buff.ly/2HNdDys provides an annotated bibliography of many star interpretations.

    2

    Colin R. Nicholl, The Great Christ Comet: Revealing the True

    Star of Bethlehem (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015).

    3

    St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew,

    Homily 7: Matt. 2:4, 5, sections 3 and 4, http://www

    .documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0345-0407,_Iohannes

    _Chrysostomus,_Homilies_on_The_Gospel_Of_Matthew,

    _EN.pdf, 89–92.

    4

    Concerning the “father god and mother goddess”

    theme see Ernest L. Martin, The Star That Astonished the

    World, www.askelm.com/star/, chap. 4, paragraph six,
    “About the Real Star of Bethlehem”; F. A. Larson, The

    Star of Bethlehem, www.bethlehemstar.net/starry-dance

    /westward-leading/, first paragraph. I have no personal

    animus against either man. Martin has died; I wish Larson

    the best.

    5

    Erica Reiner and David Pingree, Babylonian Planetary

    Omens (Groningen, Netherlands: Styx, 1998), 45. Akkad

    was a kingdom in the third millennium BC in Mesopota-

    mia more or less equivalent to Babylonia.

    6

    David Pingree, “Astronomy and Astrology in India and

    Iran,” Iris 54, no. 2 (1963): 241.

    7

    Daniel 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27; 4:7; 5:7, 11, 15.

    8

    Acts 13:6: “… they came upon a certain magician, a Jew-

    ish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.” ἄνδρα τινὰ μάγον

    ψευδοπροφήτην Ἰουδαῖον.

    9

    It is almost certain that Matthew would not have been

    looking to Herodotus for any information about magi

    (Herodotus, Histories 1.101).

    10

    Kenell J. Touryan, “Dating the Birth of Jesus from the Star

    of the Nativity,” PSCF 65, no. 1 (2013): 71.

    11

    Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, eds., Astronomi-

    cal Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, vols. 1, 2, 3, 5,

    6, and 7 (Wien, Austria: Austrian Academy of Sciences

    Press, 1988–2014). One can access much of this material

    through: http://www.attalus.org/docs/diaries.html.

    12

    Hermann Hunger, ed., and including materials by Abra-

    ham J. Sachs, Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from

    Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs

    (Wien, Austria: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press,

    2014), 61–63. The original published text has been some-

    what modifed for brevity and clarity. A cubit is a distance

    of about two degrees. Cubits were divided into 24 fingers.

    An astronomical finger was five minutes of arc in modern

    terms.

    13

    For a limited time, the author is making a few pages of

    Sachs and Hunger’s almanac for SE 150 (162/161 BC)

    available at https://buff.ly/2qiMf30. To translate the

    dates into Julian terms use the Babylonian calendar

    converter: www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/babylon

    /babycal.htm.

    14

    Mathieu Ossendrijver et al., “Ancient Babylonian Astron-

    omers Calculated Jupiter’s Position from the Area under

    a Time-Velocity Graph,” Science 351, no. 6272 (January 29,

    2016): 482–84.

    15

    1. M. Swerdlow, The Babylonian Theory of the Planets

    (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998), 35.

    16

    Mathieu Ossendrijver, Babylonian Mathematical Astron

    omy: Procedure Texts (New York: Springer, 2012), 55–109,

    207–333.

    17

    uš is pronounced ‘ush.’

    18

    Swerdlow, The Babylonian Theory of the Planets, 52.

    19

    Frederick M. Strickert, Philip’s City: From Bethsaida to Julias

    (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011), chap. 12.

    20

    1. E. Filmer, “The Chronology of the Reign of Herod the

    Great,” The Journal of Theological Studies 17, no. 2 (1966):

    283–98; Jack Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, rev.

    1. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2015), 279–

    369—the entire section contains relevant material; Dwight

    Hutchison, The Lion Led the Way, 3rd ed. and expanded

    (St. Paul-Trois-Chateaux, France: Association Signes

    Célestes, 2015), 78–104, 298–332; James A. Nollet, “Astro-

    nomical and Historical Evidence for Dating the Nativity in

    2 BC,” PSCF 64, no. 4 (2012): 211–19—I do not agree with

    all of Nollet’s ideas concerning the dating of the Roman
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    governors; Andrew E. Steinmann, From Abraham to Paul:

    A Biblical Chronology (St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publish-

    ing House, 2011), 219–56; and

    ———

    , “When Did Herod the Great Reign?,” Novum Testamentum 51, no. 1 (2009): 1–29.

    21

    Emil Schürer, A History of the Jewish People in the Time of

    Jesus Christ (Charleston, SC: BiblioLife, 2017), 399–427.

    22

    Aaron Adair, “The Star of Christ in the Light of Astron

    omy,” Zygon 47, no. 1 (2012): 16.

    23

    Ibid.; and Courtney Roberts, The Star of the Magi: The Mys-

    tery That Heralded the Coming of Christ (Franklin Lakes, NJ:

    The Career Press, 2007) 120–21. There is at least one clear

    example from the end of the first century AD of “in the

    east” (Greek dative, singular) as a geographical area, not

    a heliacal rising, in the book of 1 Clement 5:5–6.

    24

    See the example from Reiner and Pingree, Babylonian Plan

    etary Omens.

    25

    Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings

    Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, Part II: Commentary and

    Appendices (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2007),

    420–22.

    26

    Mithradates III and Orodes II ruled about 50 years before

    the birth of Christ. But Phraates IV (38–2 BC) and his son

    Phrataaces (2 BC–AD 4) ruled at the time of Jesus’s birth.

    27

    See also the Coins section of the website www.parthia

    .com.

    28

    Ulla Koch-Westenholz, Mesopotamian Astrology: An Intro-

    duction to Babylonian and Assyrian Celestial Divination

    (København, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press,

    1995), 121.

    29

    Otto Neugebauer, The Exact Sciences in Antiquity (Mineola,

    NY: Dover, 1969), 121; Ossendrijver, Babylonian Mathemat

    ical Astronomy, 145; and Michael R. Molnar, The Star of

    Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers

    University Press, 2013). It should be noted as well that

    Molnar’s entire star theory is built on invisible incidents

    which took place in the solar glare.

    30

    See a table which demonstrates the relative uniqueness of

    these heliacal rising dates at https://buff.ly/2tzHYd0.

    31

    Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, Astronomical Dia-

    ries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III: Diaries from

    164 BC to 61 BC: Texts and Plates (Wien, Germany: Ver-

    lag der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften,

    1996), 127. The eighth time is as follows: Jupiter rises (JR):

    5:37:21; Sun rises (SR): 6:26:48. Difference = 50 minutes.

    Sighting took place at 1 US (50 minutes – 46 minutes = 4

    minutes = 1 US). 46 minutes = 11.5 US. The seventh JR:

    5:40:13/SR: 6:25:51. Difference 46 minutes = 11.5 US. Ideal

    at 10.5 US or 42 minutes.

    32

    Ibid., 359. There is an error in the text. The dates should

    be the seventeenth and eighteenth of the fifth month, not

    the seventh and eighth. Earlier Jupiter was invisible, being

    only about 3 degrees from the sun.

    33

    This seems to vary according to the planet’s position in

    the zodiac, the angle of the rising, etc.

    34

    The sun and moon are typically about 30 minutes of

    arc in diameter. The planet could be seen at about 1 US

    above the horizon. One can download a table with several

    recorded and estimated ideal risings of Jupiter at the fol-

    lowing address: https://buff.ly/2XjTxTk.

    35

    The numbers in Babylonian “time/degrees” (uš) are for

    Al-Hillah, Iraq (near ancient Babylon).

    36

    Sunrise is here defined as the lip of the sun crossing the

    horizon.

    37

    See a table which demonstrates the relative uniqueness

    of these heliacal rising dates at https://buff.ly/2tzHYd0.

    The Alcyone archaeoastronomy program, using “arcus

    visionis” concepts, gives similar results although MUL.

    BABBAR (Jupiter) would probably be visible one day

    later (the 30th) if one allows exactly one degree of alti-

    tude before sighting (default variable setting). At 0.99° of

    altitude, the planet should have been visible on the 29th,

    but visibility was unlikely on the 28th (default variable

    setting).

    38

    Ossendrijver, Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy, 251, 257.

    In one part of the zodiac, not including Leo, Jupiter’s sta

    tion was calculated as 123 days from the heliacal rising.

    We no longer have the exact formula for the station in Leo.

    39

    This rough statistical result is the least common multiple

    of the synodic period of Jupiter (11.86 years) and the lunar

    nodal period (18.6 years) = 11,029.8. But, also, the moon

    passes the ecliptic twice near Regulus in 18.6 years. Two

    stationary phases of Jupiter should fall in Leo every 11.86

    years.

    40

    Ossendrijver, Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy, 257. In

    their procedure texts, the Babylonians calculated syn-

    odic events differently according to Jupiter’s place in the

    zodiac.

    41

    Swerdlow, The Babylonian Theory of the Planets, 200–201.

    42

    1. M. Swerdlow, “Acronychal Risings in Babylonian

    Planetary Theory,” Archive for History of Exact Sciences 54,

    1. 1 (1999): 61.

    43

    Result of using the “default variable” settings assuming

    the planet was visible at 1° above the horizon. The planet

    was 4°18′ below the horizon when the sun was completely

    set. It was one degree above the horizon 30 minutes after

    sunset.

    44

    For example, MUL.BABBAR’s settings in the cuneiform

    document LBAT 1409 in 147, 146, 144, and 143 BC indicate

    settings from about 9 uš or less to 11 uš (sunset to the set-

    ting of MUL.BABBAR). The setting dates are often much

    less precise than the rising dates. The word “about” a cer-

    tain date is often used in Babylonian documents.

    45

    The numbers in Babylonian “time/degrees” (uš) are for

    Al-Hillah, Iraq (near ancient Babylon).

    46

    Sunset is here defined as the top lip of the sun crossing

    below the horizon (sun completely hidden).

    47

    The numbers in Babylonian “time/degrees” (uš) are for

    Al-Hillah, Iraq (near ancient Babylon).

    48

    Sunset is here defned as the top lip of the sun crossing

    below the horizon (sun completely hidden).

    49

    Sedeq was the name used by Abba Arikka (AD 175–247),

    also called Rav or Rab. See “Babylonian Talmud, Tractate

    Shabbat,” www.come-and-hear.com/shabbath/shabbath

    _156.html#PARTa. (The reader should see Folio 156a and

    Shabbath 156b.)

    50

    All Bible references unless otherwise indicated are from

    the New American Standard Bible (La Habra, CA: Lockman

    Foundation, 1995).

    51

    In judicial contexts, the verb προάγω (proago) can also

    mean “to lead” individuals before authorities. It is used

    repeatedly in this sense in the book of Acts (12:6; 16:30;

    and 25:26).

    52

    Babylonian documents often mention planets “standing”

    in particular locations during lunar and solar eclipses,

    meaning that the planet was present, it was located, or

    positioned in the sky during the event.

    ASA Members: Submit comments and questions  union of Jupiter and Regulus planet d above the eastern horizon at dawn, called heliacal rising. # As they realized this, the began Magi’s first arrival in would have occurred between the June 12th, 3 BC Venus-Saturn union in Taurus and the Aug. 31st, 3 BC Jupiter-Venus union in Leo.

The Rev. 12 sign, Virgo’s Crown and the Birth and Return of Christ

The Rev. 12 sign, Virgo’s Crown and the Birth and Return of Christ

Welcome to the October 2024 Blog! A premise of this study centers on the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ, that occurred from April 28th to June 10th, including the first Pentecost and birth of the Church of the body of Christ, on June 20th of 28 ADChrist’s birth acentral point in all history is even recognized by the secular world, when time reckoning changed shortly after Christ’s birth, from BC to AD. Knowing the position of the Planet Jupiter in Biblical Astronomy is usually a good indicator of what’s going on as the King planet–Jupiter plays a key role. During this time in 28 AD, Jupiter was found in Capricornus, at the time when our Lord finished the work of his earthly ministry. On April 24th, 28 AD, Jupiter was in conjunction with a star in the fish-tail of CapricornusDeneb Al Gedi, seen below.

Figure 1Jupiter-Deneb Algedi union seen from Jerusalem on April 24, 28 AD. #1

A key related point is our April 24th on the calendar of the Hebrews was Aviv 10, also the day the Passover Lambs were selected, [Ex. 12:3]. The meaning of the star Deneb Al Gedi is “the sacrifice cometh,” which fits since that same day, on Aviv 10-Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey as the perfect sacrifice to redeem all mankind, [Matt. 21:1-11, Zech. 9:9]. #2

This provides key context for the planetary motion of some of our planets like Mars, Venus & Mercury. The narrative of the Planisphere Axis of Gen. 3:15 is a theme of this blog, shown in very powerful ways in the Gospel in the Stars, as seen in the truths shedding light on this stellar axis as it intersects decan’s, constellations and Stars across the heavens in Fig. 2 below. The Planisphere Axis of Gen. 3:15 enlightens our understanding of the Celestial Gospel in new ways as we find below.

Gen. 3:15
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Figure 2. Genesis 3:15 Planisphere Axis. #3

This “Genesis 3:15 axisextends across the sky via North pole and intersects numerous stars relating aspects of the theme of Genesis 3:15from various views. For starters at the bottom of the planisphere, we find the Scorpion sign Scorpius, whose prominent tail stringer we find under the heel of Ophiuchus the Serpent-bearer signengaged in a struggle with the Serpent –Serpens. The Axis intersects the heel star of the Serpent-bearerOphiuchus, called Saiph, in the LXX Greek meaningbruised,” or wounded, in Gen. 3:15. #4

Fig. 2a. Scorpius stinging Ophiuchus’ heel, as he battles Serpens

the serpent scorpion

This same Greek word is found in Gen. 3:15 for “bruised,” as the other leg of Ophiuchus is poised over the Scorpion’s headstriking his fatal blow, crushing the enemy. We find added evidence in the Wednesday night lunar signs of April 28th, 28 AD, after Christ was crucified. During this evening the 1st Full Moon after the Spring Equinox, in 28 AD, as the traditional Moon for Easter, passed over Ophiuchus’ heel-embodying the Man who had just laid down his life, as he shed his sinless blood to redeem all mankind, fulfilling an aspect of the Gen3:15 Messianic Prophecy. This Paschal Moon seen from Jerusalemrose about 7:16 pm, and set about 6:15 am Jerusalem standard time, on the eve of April 28th and morning of April 29th, 28 AD. #5

In the next graphic of Plate 1, we will begin to document the planetary motion of Mars, and later Mercury and Venus, to illustrate some key dates in spiritual history from a Bible Astronomy viewpointWe will also note key relationships with these planets, and what we can learn from their symbolism, in various contexts, starting with their links to the Gen. 3:15 Planisphere Axis

Plate 1. Path of Mars from March 1 to June 10, 28 A.D. #6

One aspect of this Gen. 3:15 prophecy is established in the motion of the Red Planet-Mars during the time, from March 1st to June 10th, 28 AD. The motion of Mars was set initially at Ophiuchus’ wounded heelbut Mars halts to start a retrograde motion before arriving at his heel. Once in retrograde, Mar’s path shifted to the Scorpion’s head, reaching the center of it’s head when it ceased on June 10th, 28 AD, to resume its normal motion. The green dots on Mars’ path in Plate 1, above show 5-day steps, in the near 100 days from March 1st to June 10th, 28 AD. As Mars veered away from Ophiuchus’ wounded Heel to his other foot, that actively crushed the Scorpion’s head, this other leg is shown in the green stars; Phi, Chi, & Psi Ophiuchi, it appears MarsMichael, the Warrior-Archangel was motivated to partake in some of this action of pounding the enemy, into submission,crushing his head in violent grinding motions. This was key since June 10th was also the day of Christ’s Ascension, the Day of THE Decisive blow- the knockout punch to the Scorpion‘s head in the spiritual War of the Ages, as Jesus our Lord and Kingput his enemies to rest under his feet, seen below [Fig. 7 & 8], in Cepheus the Crowned King; [Ps. 110:1, Heb. 10:12-13]. #7

The Red Planet Mars also embodies the atoning blood of Christ, halted for 10 days waiting until the day of Pentecost, for the birth of the Church, the Body of Christ, when the Comforter, the gift of holy spirit was poured out, and the Apostles first spoke in tongues, and rivers of living waters flowed from their bellies, with millions more sharing in this New Birth over the last 2000+ years, [Acts 2:1ff.]. Can you imagine what the enemy’s head looks like after getting his due from MarsMichael, who ground in our Lord’s victory message for 10 days between Ascension and Pentecost? Talk about ugly, WOW!! Finally, ourAlmighty God, and Heavenly Father disclosed the Great Mystery ambush He pulled on the Adversary, as our Lord & Christ, revealed the role of the angels led by Michael, showing us his example of what we should do to the enemies of God who dare to stand against us– in Christ, as our victorious exploits will shine on our victory stand in a brilliant display of spiritual riches in Pentecost, and the Age of Grace.

There were key celestial signs with our solar system planets during the period of Christ’s birth. The 3 Jupiter-Venus unions in the birth of Christ from 3-2 BC, forecast 3 Jupiter-Venus Conjunctions that occurred in 2015, with added heavenly signs of JupiterVenus marking his birth. On Aug. 27th-28th of 3 BC, a massing of planets with Jupiter-Venus, was part of an alignment of Jupiter, Venus, and Marswith the king star Regulus in Leo, forming the 12 star Crown above Virgo’s head. This Rev. 12 sign and alignment of planets in Leo; during Christ’s birth[Sun clothing Virgo with the Moon at her feet] was repeated also on Sept. 23rd, 2017!

As we saw the 2015 triple union of Jupiter and Venus mirrored in the triple conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in 3-2 BC during Christ’s birth, we also saw Venus united with Regulus and Mercury in 2016. As Mercury the Arch-angel, Gabriel heralded the position of Regulusthe King star-Brightest star in Leo, with Venus in the Lion of Judah, on the ecliptic, forming Virgo’s Crown. [Rev. 5:5].

There was a 1 degree Triangular massing of Jupiter-Venus, and Mars in Leo on Oct28th2015, preceded earlier in the month by a planetary alignment in Leo with Regulus, [see Figure 3 below]. This is significant first, because it refers to the planetary massing-th5th trait of the Celestial Prelude, but also due to its resemblance with the Rev. 12 signVirgo crowned with 12 stars, consisting of the 9 fixed stars in Leo, combined with the planets Jupiter, Venus and Mars, forming the Crown of 12 stars over Virgo’s head. This alignment set the stage for the Feast of Tabernacles week, marked by the Super Blood Moon of Sept. 28th. A like planetary alignment qued up in Sept. 2017, with these planets, except Mercury replaced Jupiter in Leo, as Jupiter was birthed in Virgo. This was key celestial foreshadowing 2 years before Jupiter’s birth in Virgo, a rewind of the Rev. 12:1-2 wonder in heaven.

Figure 3. Planetary Alignment in Leo, October 3rd, 2015. #8

As there were 3 Jupiter-Venus Conjunctions marking the Rev. 12 birth signs of Christ in 3-2 BCso this triple alignment of Jupiter-Mars, & Venus in Leo with Regulus, reflecting like spiritual light in the context of the Blood Moon Tetrad of 20142015.

Jupiter-Venus Conjunctions of the Celestial Sphinx.

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The following dates witnessed Jupiter-Venus conjunctions in Leo in the Hebrew Jubilee year of 2015-2016:

June 30th, 2015
August 25th, 2015
October 26th, 2015 

The following dates saw Jupiter-Venus conjunctions in Virgo in 2016:

July 27th, 2016
Feb. 26th, 2017
Nov. 13th, 2017

Comparing these heavenly signs near the birth of Christ, with the modern signs of the Blood Moon Tetrad before 2017, as Jupiter’s annual retrograde motion enters Virgo in Aug. 26-27th 2016, for a total of 294 days, into 2017, it only spends 40 days in Virgo’s mid-section, foreshadowing the birthing of the Messiah’s KingdomJupiter marks its entrance into Virgo with a second Jupiter-Venus union of 2016. This is worthy of our attention indicating a key event with the King PlanetJupiter relating to his virgin BrideVirgo/Israel in   Virgo’s Crowning of the 9 stars of Leo plus 3 added planets of Mercury, Venus and Mars aligned with the king star Regulus in Leo, totaling 12 stars of Virgo’s Crown. This not only alerted us to be watchful of the Sun Clothing Virgo leading directly to these signs of 9-23-2017, but it also shows the Great Pyramid’s Christ angle alignment of Venus and Regulus in Leo, during this period on 9-20-2017! [Rev. 1:8, 11-17, 20- Jesus as the Alpha & Omega] [Rev. 21: 3-7, 22:12-13, 16]

Figure 4The Celestial Sphinx. The Head of the Woman and the Body of the Lion seen as a Birth Sign of Christ on Sept. 14th, 3 BC, on the eastern horizon from Jerusalem forming the elements of the Great Sphinx, and marking the first Jupiter-Regulus Conjunction in Leo. #9

head of a woman and body of a lion

We find these landmarks at the head and tail of the zodiac, that adds light to Dr. Martin’s observation that: “the woman Virgo is the Constellation of Headship for all 12 signsVirgo’s head position is found in the last 10 degrees of Leo.”10

Virgo’s head is seen in Fig. 4, just below and adjacent to the star Denebola in the tail of the Lion, unifies the circle of the zodiac. The Sphinx also unifies the Biblical canon, establishing the canonical order of God’s written revelation, in Genesis to Revelation, in the Bible’s earliest book of Job, [Job 19:23-25]. Even as Christ embodies the Alpha- Omega [Rev. 1:9-20] not only in the Celestial Gospel, but in the Signs of the ecliptic, and in the Scripture’s also. Thus, we have all the keys needed to prepare for his Return.

 We find both Mars-Michael the Warrior Archangel and Mercury-Gabriel the Messenger Archangel in close vicinity with Regulus, in Leo for Jupiter’s birth in Virgo. With Jupiter’s birthing on Sept. 9th, a MercuryRegulus union also occurs on 9/9/2017. This is a Celestial Sphinx Sign since the MercuryRegulus union is part of another triple conjunction based on the retrograde motion of Mercury in Leo, concurrent with Jupiter’s retrodance in Virgo. This added link unifies two aspects of the Celestial Sphinx, in the 2nd matched set-triple crowning that leads to a replay of the Rev. 12 sign on 9/23/17.

Figure 5. The 3 Planets in Leo near Regulus from 9-9-17 to 9-17-17. #11

Dance of the morning planets
Stellarium 2 from Bobmoler.wordpress.com

Next on Sept. 16th 2017, a MercuryMars union follows. Here we see MercuryGabriel heralding the King star Regulus, followed by a union of Gabriel with Mars-Michael, showing their solidarity with the Lord Jesus Christ, in their stance against the red dragon of Rev. 12:3-4. After this on Sept. 20th was an alignment of VenusRegulus related to the Great Pyramid, in Figs. 7-8 below. [Rev. 22:16]

The Great Pyramid and Sphinx, the two monumental witnesses in stone on the Giza Plateau, tell a coordinated story forming the Astronomical tenets of the Bible Patriarchs. These ancient watchers of Giza, the Great Sphinx seen in Virgo the head of the woman with Leo the Lion’s body, facing the eastern Fall equinox, the Sphinx leads to the Pyramid’s Sunset horizon view of Virgo. The example of the Great Sphinx forms a dual testimony with the Pyramid set in the Dendera Temple’s Hieroglyph of Figure 6. below. With the Sun-crown on the horizon over the female head of the hybrid Virgo-Lion, so the Ascending passage Christ angle of Fig. 7 aligns VenusRegulus in Leo. Usually, the Sun’s annual visits to Virgo for 20 days, go with the Moon at Virgo’s feet, only one day each year, to fulfill the elements of the Rev. 12:1-2 sign. In these times we must pay close heed to Virgo’s celestial activity, as the Magi did, this we’ve documented in the 12 Traits of the Celestial Prelude. In this way, the Great Pyramid & Sphinx publish both astronomical and Scriptural witnesses of Sept. 11th3BC date for the birth of Christ with monumentally unique evidence.

Figure 6. The Great Sphinx pictured in the Sun over the Lion’s female-head, between Virgo holding her wheat stalk [Spica] and Leo the lion’s body. #12

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The union of the ends of the ecliptic in the Great Sphinx, the Alpha-Omega sign with the Sun in Virgo, as seen in the ancient Egyptian Temple of Esneh.

The heiroglyph for the Sun in Virgo is pictured above in Fig. 6 the relief in the Temple of Esnehremoves any doubt in the nature or gender of the female-headed Lion, not male Pharaoh! As the Great Pyramid aligns to the horizon Sun in Virgo, crossing a first layer of truth based in the Great Sphinx and the Pyramid’s combined testimony of the Rev. 12 sign, as seen in Fig. 7 below, but doesn’t stop there. As the Pyramid’s horizon view extends beyond Virgo, we see  its focus on Coma, a main Decan of Virgo, as the Coma Supernova exploded in the child’s head, in Figs. 6a. & 7, later corrupted into the image of Berenice’s Wig in Greek Myth.

Fig. 6a. The Decan of Virgo-Coma [from the Dendera Zodiac]

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Figure 7. Virgo “clothed with the Sun with the Moon at her feet” on 9-11-3 BC, with the decan Coma “Berenices” pictured according to Greek Myth as a woman’s wig.#13

The Almighty has provided many examples from History and Nature, not to mention numerous Biblical miracles that confirm His Prophetic Word, as the combined witness of Biblical Archaeo-Astronomy in the Great Pyramid, gives us some excellent depictions of; [2 Peter 1:19-21], in the Morning Star [Venus] aligned with the King Star Regulus at dawn on Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 23rd, 2017, via the measures of the Great Pyramid’s Ascending/and Descending passages, in Fig. 7 above. If these heavenly signs are pointing to a future sun-rise and Dawning of The Day of the Lord’s Return FOR his Saints, prescient in these Sept. 2017 signswe will hold to our faith and Hope in Christ’s Return opening to our Everlasting Righteousness in the Lord Jesus Christ.

With an interval of 1260 days in Fig. 7, between the 9-28-15 Passover Blood Moon, and this Rev. 12 sign from Sept. 20th to the 23rd, 2017, we also find the  Feast of Trumpets on Sept. 21st, in 2017. This day is found between the sign that touches the Great Pyramid and the Great Wonder of Rev. 12. We have seen the Great Pyramid’s witness to Christ during this time, but there are other astronomical alignments linked to this last remaining Wonder of the
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Figure 8The Great Pyramid’s Ascending Passage alignment with the VenusRegulus union in Leo, 9-20-2017 on Rosh Hashanah, as the Coming Prince in Orion, is found at the Meridian alignment of Al-Nitak at dawn. #14 

Added to the Great Pyramid’s Sunset alignments opening to New Years Day on Rosh Hashanah in Sept. 2017 of the Hebrew Calendar, there were also Sunrise alignments related to the Great Pyramid’s Ascending Passage union of VenusRegulus in [Fig. 7.] in LeoThus on Sept. 20, 2017this key alignment built into the Ascending Passage Christ angle in the Great Khufu Pyramid, on Rosh Hashanah, when Venus aligned with Regulus, some added alignments occurred with the 1st Star Al-Nitak in Orion’s Belt, via the missing Apex of the Great Pyramid.

We must realize the multiple horizon alignments of the Great Pyramid with the rising and setting Sun on this pivotal day in history, and the narratives of truth they each carry. As the Apex alignment of the Great Pyramid goes thru the star Al-Nitak, the next two Giza Pyramid’s are also aligned in Kaphre/Al- Nilam, and Menkaure/ Mintaka, in Fig. 9, with the next two stars of Orion’s Belt. Not only is the planet Venus aligned with Regulus, but Mars & Mercury were also aligned with Venus and Regulus in Leo, and these three Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. The key aspect of the Rev. 12 sign of 3 planets in Virgo’s Crown was their Sept. 23rd, 2017 alignment with Orion’s three Belt Stars-as a prophecy of Orion-Christ’s return. As the Celestial Prelude prophesied of the birth of Christ-in his first Advent, so these key Celestial Signs prophesy of our Lord’s Return also.

We find in Figure 8, the Apex or Chief-cornerstone, of the Great Pyramid is aligned with the Coming Prince,” Orion, specifically with the main star of Orion’s Belt; Al-Nitakthe wounded one. This Great Pyramid alignment with the star Al Nitak in Orion, bears witness to the birth of Christ, as seen over Bethlehem at 51.51 degreeson Rosh Hashanahthe day of Christ’s birthon Sept. 11th, 3 BC. As we see the Apex, or the Great Pyramid’s Chief Cornerstone aligned with the star Al Nitak at meridian or zenith, on Rosh Hashanah again in 2017, tie these two key dates together for all time. For doubters of our thesis on 9/11 3 BCbirth of Christ, here is more evidence supporting our case. The archaeo-astronomical concepts support the pattern of the 3 main Pyramids on Giza’s Plateau mirroring Orion’s 3 belt starsconveyed to Earth, matches Al-Nitak’s first aligned position with the Great Pyramid. The links here take the reader to added studies on the site, covering more Great Pyramid links tied to Bethlehem and the birth of Christ.

Our references to Egyptian Pharaoh’s linked to the 3 Pyramids of Giza, above does NOT mean that we agree with the idea that these Pharaohs actually built these Pyramids. We will refer to evidence supporting this presently. Until then, here is added research regarding potential links with the Giza Pyramid’s and the 3 Belt Stars of Orion.

Figure 9. The 3 Belt stars of Orion reflecting the 3 Pyramids of Giza. #15

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 As Scripture teaches in Isaiah 19, the Great Pyramid has much to say as one of the most ancient monumental witnesses of Jesus Christ on planet Earth. The Fig. 8 graphic above shows the Great Pyramid’s geographical position mirroring the 1st star Al-Nitak in Orion’s Belt. Somebody at Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth looking up at this first belt star of Orion (Al Nitakthe wounded one) the meridian angle of this star above the horizon matches the slope angle of the Great Pyramid itself51 degrees & 51 mins.#16 This gives confirming evidence of the Pyramid’s existing geographicBethlehem linemarking the birthplace of Christ, with the same measure of the Christ Angle [26 degrees .18′ 9.7″…] #17 marking the union of Venus and Regulus in Leo on Sept. 20, 2017.

As we find a reflection of the stars of Orion’s belt, mirrored in this 3-Pyramid Masterplan of the Giza complexthe highway marked by the Great Pyramid’s Bethlehem Line also marks the way traveled through the desert wilderness when Israel was led by Moses in their Exodus, to finally cross over into the Promised Land. This Bethlehem Line originated from the 26. degree angle of the Pyramid’s Ascending and Descending passageslaid out geographically on the earth’s surface, leading to Bethlehem, and then Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. The Bethlehem line extends through Israel via the Jordan Riverwhere Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist, matching the location of the Israelites crossing this river with the Ark of the Covenant, that parted the waters of this river, marking Israel’s entrance into the Promised Land. I have referred to the Great Pyramid as the primary boundary stone monument marking the Land God Promised to Israel, the touchstone of the Astronomy of Bible Patriarchs, that embodies God’s Covenants of the Scriptures, the Starswritten in Stone and Incarnate in the Man Jesus Christ.

Figure 10. The Bethlehem Line of the Great Pyramid. #18.

The view of the prophetic aspects of the Great Pyramid in light of its Ascending and Descending Passage angles supports what the Scriptures say about the witness of Christ in the Great Pyramid in Isaiah 19:19-20. Its evident from this graphic [Fig. 8] there is a central importance to the planets Jupiter and Venus in marking the Birth and Second Coming of the Lord. As we have reviewed 3 MercuryVenus unions of 2016, the planetary activity leading to the heavenly signs of 2017, are noteworthy in light of the Great Pyramid.

The masterplan idea for Giza’s Plateau appears to be based on certain keys apparent in the design elements of Giza, including the “Christ angle” of 26 degrees 18′ 9.7, that not only matches the slope angle of the Great Pyramid’s Ascending and Descending Passage’s, but also was an alignment key for the entire Giza Plateau itself. #19  Another design feature of this masterplan is the Causeways from each Pyramid, and their orientation. Hancock & Bauval tell us; “the causeway of the 3rd pyramid, like the gaze of the Sphinx, is targeted due East. The causeway of the 2nd Pyramid points 14 degrees south of due East. The Causeway of the Great Pyramid is 14 degrees North of due East. The arrangement is precise, geometrical, obviously deliberate, with each significant structure bearing a designed relationship to every other structure-and the whole contained within a large circular artificial ‘horizon‘ that is apparently centered on the Apex of the 2nd Pyramid with its rim lying just to the west of the rump of the Sphinx.“#20  

This is noteworthy since only the Great Pyramid, of all Egypt’s pyramids, was built with ascending and descending passages, which becomes more interesting as we note the related Venus planetary alignment with Regulus on New Year’s Day of Rosh Hashanah in 2017.

According to Daniel Matson, he noted the importance of viewing the Autumn equinox instead of the Spring equinox in this contexton his now defunct website, resulting from his untimely and unfortunate passing;

Robert Bauval first suggested the Orion Theory in his 1994 book, “The Orion Mystery.His theory holds that the Pyramids he designated as Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, were based on the idea that these pyramids were built during the reigns of these Egyptian Pharaoh’s, are aligned depicting the belt stars of Orionmeaning, if one looks south, the Great Pyramid (Khufu) is embodied in the lower left belt star known as Al Nitak, as the northeast pyramid. This is logical since viewing Orion at the Meridian means, one must look South. But with, a Pyramid building date circa 10,500 BC, in the “Orion Correlation Theory, holding to a Vernal equinox scenario, opposes to our findings in Fig. 8, with Orion at Meridian during dawn at the onset of spring.” 21

Figure 11. The Great Sphinx facing due east with Orion & Sirius rising at its lowest point closest to the Horizon, [in agreement with Fig. 8 above.] #22

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From The Message of the Sphinx by Bauval and Hancock.

As Matson stated; “The prophetic view taken here, is that the Giza pyramids were built looking forward down the corridors of timeThis requires a view towards the other equinoxat the beginning of autumn when Orion will be at Meridian during dawn.”23 This is supported also by the orientation of the Great Sphinx looking due east to the junction of Virgo/Leo at sunrise of the autumnal equinox. About 2000 years ago Orion (Al Nitak) hit the dawn-meridian in its heliacal rising, also the target of the Southern star shaft of the King’s Chamber, on Aug. 26th, coinciding with the meridian passage of Kochab of Ursa Minor, aligned with the Northern star shaft of the Queen’s Chamber. Matson says; “Presently this alignment is on September 20th due to the precession of the equinoxes, makes it quite close to the Fall Equinox on Sept. of 2017 when the signs similar to Christ’s birth were seen again. #24

This coordination of star alignments were specifically marked by the Great Pyramid star shafts, carries a notable narrative that has gone unnoticed for millennia, that [Matson] revealed for the first time. A key to revealing this narrative was uncovered as we noticed the original meaning of ancient star names marked by the Great PyramidAl Nitak of Orion means the “wounded one,referring to Christ’s sacrifice laying down his life in his first advent, as we find in the Gen. 3:15 axis. The heliacal rising of Al Nitak, not only agrees with the star Kochab’s meridian passage in Ursa Minor, meaning-“waiting for him who comes,” referring to the Second Coming of Christ, that occurred also with the Sunrise in Leo, as seen in Fig. 7 above. Even as these Rev. 12 sky signs were replayed in 2017, we will find like signs replaying again the years 2028, and 2047.

This prophecy of the Sonrise of the Ages forecasts the victorious return of Christ when he defeats and crushes the dragon enemy with a fatal head blow seen also in the star pictures of the Gen. 3:15 axis.

Certainly, the theme of this Sonrise is not unfamiliar, having revolved in the sky  for eons, as seen in the Gen3:15 axis. However, the witness of the star shafts of the Great Pyramid added to this theme is decidedly news to modern ears. The names in this celestial showcase were changed to the idol gods of Egypt, due to an ancient corruption in the astrology of their star religion, but this darkness only shaded the truth for so long, before the Light of Almighty GOD ultimately prevails. This ancient Egyptian Sonrise marked by the Great Sphinx, embodied in the Great Pyramid, resounds from the Giza Plateau foreshadowing the Son-set marking Christ’s birth seen from Jerusalem in 3 BC, in Figure 12 below.

The signs marking Jesus’ birth took place near the intersection of the ecliptic & the Meridian in VirgoFigure 12 below shows the moments of Christ’s birth, marked by the setting of the star Spica, between the setting Sun with the Moon at Virgo’s feet, [Rev. 12:1-2] and the supernova in the Coma Decan, witnessed by the naked eye, shining in the child’s head at this time. This graphic provides a close up view of the Figure 7 celestial setting in the Rev. 12 Sign marking the Birth of Christ, with the Sun clothing Virgo and the Moon at her feet. It shows the Sun setting on the Horizon with the Bright star of Virgo’s wheat sheaves called Spica, whose setting time marked the actual moments of Christ’s birth between Sunset and Moonset on Sept. 11th in 3 BC.

Figure 12. Sunset Horizon view from Jerusalem at Christ’s birth on 9-11-3 BC.

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Malachi 4:2 
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

The word arise” in Mal. 4:2, is used of the Sun and light in general, but it and two of its usages also occur in [Isa. 60:1-3, Jer. 23:5]. As we’ve stated before, Jer. 23:5, the planet Jupiterthe sedeq planet links with the Messiah, Jesus Christ the righteous Zemach-branch, as one of 5 primary OT titles and Branch prophecies pertaining to the coming promised seed.

According to Matson, the basic idea is that the Pyramid complex is a map of the heavens at a time near the return of Christ. The pyramids show what is to be at meridian (Al Nitak in Orion), while the causeways and the Great Sphinx are aligned east from the pyramids, showing the importance of the rising Sun and other stars rising in the east. #25 The Figure 11 graphic above shows the Sun in Leo, with Orion on the meridian at dawn while, Sirius is at its lowest point just above the horizon. As we’ll see, the role of Sirius; brightest star in the heavens, tells key aspects of the narrative regarding the fallen Prince and 1st Star of the Morning.

Matson’s Key, was finding candidate for a Rosh Hashanah alignment that linked with Orion’s meridian dawn alignment. As Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset and signs precede events, the harmony for Rosh Hashanah to start at sunset on September 20th of 2017then puts Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 21st, on the Hebrew Calendar. #26 This also fits the astronomical scene, a precedent of these events, on Rosh Hashanah at Christ’s birth on Sept. 11th, 3 BC.

With Sept. 21st as the Autumn Equinoxin accord with Rosh Hashanah and the meridian alignment of Al Nitak at dawn, could Rosh Hashanah be the key?  The answer to Matson’s question here is found not only in the heavenly signs of the birth of Christ, but also the historical meaning of the holy day- Rosh Hashanah. This Hebrew Holiday recognizes God’s Creation of the World, and initiates a 10-day period called the Days of Awe, a time of repentance ending in Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement. The Days of AweRosh Hashanah began as an OT royal enthronement ritual, while the “Day of Judgmentelements of the holiday surfaced later. In spite of Rosh Hashanah being the 7th month, it came to designate the New Year. A further significance of Tishri as the seventh month, is found in its function as the Sabbath of the year. Blasts on the shofar horn, are the most potent symbol of this holiday. The weight of shofar blasts alludes to recalling the Binding of Isaac in [Gen. 22]. The story and the shofar serve as reminders of God’s Covenant with His people-Israel, carrying the message of hope, looking forward to the sacrifice and return of Christ.

We have pointed out in previous blogs, how the dual significance of the Rev. 12:1-2 prophecy, applies not only to the birth of Christ, but to the victory of his Return also! Even as heavenly signs specifically marked the birth of Jesus Christ, supporting the witness of God’s Word, so we have seen similar sky signs marking the Lord’s Return. Even as these Rev. 12 heavenly signs were replayed in 2017, we will find similar signs in the next 4 years, in 2028, and 2047.

As we return now to the Gen. 3:15 axis theme extending to the next sign, we find it intersecting the decan of Scorpius called Hercules, whose foot is put over the Head of Draco the Serpentdragon at the North pole. The axis runs between the two heads of Hercules and Ophiuchus, who are inverted but in alignment to each other. The star in Hercules head is called Ras Al Gethi, that means the head of him who bruises, keeping with the Gen. 3:15 theme. #27 As this axis extends down to Hercules’ left foot, it shows the result of Ophiuchusbattle with the Serpent, as Hercules left foot crushes the Dragon’s head, seen in Fig. 13destroying the devil’s works. As Hercules kneels, his right heel is lifted up as if wounded, seen in some star maps with a spear through his heel. [Rev. 12:9-10, Ps. 74:12-14]

Figure 13Hercules’ foot over the Dragon crushing it’s Head. #28

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As a result of Draco the Dragon’s head being crushed with a fatal blow to the star Rastaban-meaning the head of the subtle, from the descending foot of Hercules, the Dragon’s former position as the Covering Archangel over all the angelic choirs of heaven [Ezek. 28:12-19] was stripped from him forever, and his position embodied in the ancient North Pole is superseded by Jesus Christ, the Risen Morning Star in place of the fallen Morning Star, [Isa. 14:12]. In Figure #13 above the star Thubanthe subtle as the former Northern Pole star, the central star in the heavens around which all other denizens of the universe revolve. A detailed graphic of Draco at the North Pole including the location of the pole star today in Ursa Minor is found in Figure 14 below.

Figure 14. Draco and Cepheus above Ursa Minor at the North Pole.

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The 3rd Saggittarius decan above is Draco the dragon, with Hercules’ Foot over its headinside the top circle of the Northern Polar Venn Diagram. Astronomically we find the dynamic equatorial pole, gradually encircling the static pole of the ecliptic, at the center of the upper circle. The common area between these overlapping polar wheels is called a vesica of the Venn Diagram. This shows us the precession of the poles, as the equatorial pole shifted from Thubanthe star in Draco’s tail, to Polaris of Ursa Minor over the past 5000 years. This fulfills the promise of the Coming redeemer, as our Gen. 3:15 axis passes through the current pole star Polaris, seen under-foot of Cepheus, the Crowned King, [Eph. 1:20-22]. This celestial image of the King of kings is fulfilled in Christ Jesus, who presides over the central star of the heavens, formerly under Draco’s dominion. Inside the Polar circlevesica we see a triangle enclosing the Little Bear of Ursa Minor. This polar triangle forms the Ecliptic pole at the center of this upper circle, along with two pole stars, one Thuban the former pole star in the Dragon’s tail at the circle’s perimeter and Apex of this triangle above the head of the bear. The other is the current pole star-Polaris, at the lower-left corner, of the triangle’s base. As we can see in Figure 16 below, the Pole star marked Al Ruccabais underfoot of Cepheus, the King decan seated at God’s right Hand. The closest star to the tip of Ursa Minor’s tail, in Fig. 14 means the Branch,” who exerts his four-fold authority in the four Messianic Titles; of Servant, King, Son of Man, & Son of God, over all Creation. The serpent’s destruction, is thus not only seen in the crushing fatal blow to the serpent’s head, but also is witnessed in the outcome of Ophiuchus’ struggle, with the Serpent, denied the Crown [Corona in Fig. 2a] of Dominion.

Zech. 6:12-13 “Thus speaks the Lord of Hosts, saying behold the man whose name is the Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the Temple of the Lord.” v. 13 “Even he shall build the Temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”

We see the woman’s promised seedclothed in the celestial royalty of absolute Dominion over all Creation, corresponding to the “Branch;” the holy scion of God in light of the branch prophecies in God’s Word. As the only Crowned star picture in the heavens, the name Cepheus” in the Dendera Zodiac, is known in ancient Egypt as Pe-Ku-hor; meaning one coming to rule” a consistent theme of the star names below. The three primary stars of Cepheus are as follows; [seen in Fig. 15 below]

1Al Deramin-he who comes quickly from the right Arm or Hand of the Father-The Hand of Blessing.
2Al Phirk-signifying the Redeemer of the stars of his flocks [Ursa Minor and Major].
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Al RaiThe Shepherd who bruises or breaks. [Ps. 23; and the 7 Redemptive Names of God embodied in the Shepherd.]

Figure 15. Cepheus Decan. #29

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Thus, we have the Redeeming Shepherd coming quickly from the right hand of God, who bruises or breaks, to redeem his flocks. A unique feature of the primary stars here at the North Celestial Pole, as the Pole star recedes via the Precession of the Poleseach of these 3 brightest stars in Cepheus will inherit the title and function of Pole star, currently occupied by Polaris[Al Ruccaba] of Usra Minor. Starting about 4000 AD in 1500-year intervals, these 3 primary stars of Cepheus will occupy the coveted Northern Pole Position;”

1st  Al Deramin
2nd Al Phirk
3rd Al Rai

Cepheus as the crowned and bearded King decked in his royal robesseated on his polar throne, the 3rd and final decan of the sign, “Pisces,” holding His scepter raised in his left hand stretched out to Cassiopeia, the decan of the sign, as part of the next primary constellation group of “Aries, the Ram.” Rev. Jon Nessle has taught this record in his 8/15/23 Chapt5, Session 1b, of the OT History Class, as King of Persia-Darius I, points his golden scepter to Queen Esther, [Esth. 5:1-3] who entered the royal court- uninvitedsaving the Jews in his kingdom, from Haman’s evil genocidal plot against Israel. In a futurist viewCassiopeia can also embody the bride of Christ, delivered by him. Even as King Darius Isaved all Israel with the action of his extended scepter, so King Jesus has saved all his church. With Cepheus’ foot over the North Pole Star; “Al Ruccaba” is depicted in a time-lapse photo below, showing how all the stars revolve around the King of Kings. [I Cor. 15: 24-28].

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The signs and constellations at the North Pole, or circumpolar stars reflect the “Royal Family since they never set. They were known in ancient times as the imperishables. The celestial images of Ursa Major and Minor seen as Bears is a corruption of more contemporary Astronomy, as no bear ever had a tail as long as that of Ursa Minor, in Fig. 14. The image in Fig. 16 below is much more accurate, with the King’s right foot seated over penned and guarded sheep of Ursa Minor, we can see Jesus the Shepherd protecting his flock of the “little dipper,” from his enemies that will be trodden underfoot. This theme of Jesus as the Shepherd protecting his sheep, is extended in this Gen. 3:15 axis, seen below in Fig. 17, in the constellation Auriga the Shepherd.

Figure 16. The Cepheus Decan. #30

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Even in this veiled mythology we can see the light of the story of the returning Good Shepherd-redeemer shining through to deliver his flocks, whom he laid down his life forBullinger refers to this precession of the North pole and Al Ruccaba specifically as follows:

Although the star does not revolve like the others, the central point in the heavens is very slowly but steadily moving. When these constellations were formed the Dragon possessed this important point, and the star alpha, in Draco, marked this central point. But by its gradual recession, that point is sufficiently near the star Al Ruccaba, in the Lesser Sheepfold, (Ursa Minor) for it to be what is called “the Polar Star.” But how was it known five or 6,000 years agoHow could it have been known when it received its name, which means the turned or ridden on? That it was known is clear: so likewise was it made known in the written Word that the original blessing included not only the multiplication of the seed of the faithful Abraham, but it was then added, “And thy seed shall possess the gate of thy enemies,” [Gen. 22:17]. #31

Again the Royal Red Thread of truth runs through the Gen. 3:15 Axis, because in the knee of Cepheus’ leg over Polaris/Al Ruccaba, holds the starAl Rai, meaning “he who bruises or breaks,” #32  Since the man-King Jesus/Cepheus, is crowned with the crown of Dominion who ultimately breaks and destroys the serpent, this name Al Rai mirrors the star Rigel in Orion, matching with Cepheus, just as the star Saiph pairs Orion with Ophiuchus at both ends of this axis! In the Creator’s design, Who named and aligned the stars, in their courses, tells the divine narrative of Christ’s CrucifixionResurrection and Ascension, that we witness in the Celestial Gospel! Our Father in Heaven has watermarked His narrative both in Scripture and Written in the Stars, with the same divine inspiration that proves the Star Gospel emerged from this One Source of undeniable truth. The Creator’s signature on His handiwork is all the proof required to depict the genuine validity of His Almighty Hand to underwrite the Celestial Gospel. As the divine words of Scripture perfectly agree in their witness of the stellar narrative of the Ages, so the Star Gospel agrees with God’s Written Word in all their key details.

Here we see the promised seed of the woman clothed in the celestial royalty of absolute dominion over all Creation. The name “Cepheus” has likely Egyptian linguistic roots in “Cheops” or Khufu, the Pharoah linked with the 1st Pyramid in Orion’s Belt, the Great Pyramid. [Isa. 19:19-20]

This is a good time bring up the previous point on the Egyptian Pharaoh’s link to the three Pyramids of Giza. The sticking point here is the orthodox Egyptian chronologies tie the 4th Dynasty under Khufu [2700-2600 BC], to the building period of the Great Pyramid, in Khufu’s reign. Fortunately, there exists strong  archaeological & historical evidence to the contrary, in agreement with highly accurate Great Pyramid astronomy.

Since this astronomical evidence involving the Great Pyramid from Herschel, Smyth and Lowell is incompatible with orthodox Egyptian chronologies, we can see an alternative chronology more in line with archaeological & historical evidenceSome of this evidence we find in the Great Sphinx, which was built as a key part of the Giza master-plan including the Pyramids, and causeways of the Giza Plateau, linked to the Great Sphinx. This is part of an evolving concept of the historical narrative of these famed monuments of ancient Egypt, framing a Giza Masterplan. The Inventory Stela provides some strong evidence, from Pharaoh Khufu himself, that he was not the Great Pyramid’s builder, and that the Great Pyramid and Great Sphinxalready existed during his reign. Other Egyptologists like James H. Breasted, includes the Inventory Stela in his official Fourth Dynasty list of artifacts, stating it “bore all the marks of authenticity.” #33

Also, the French Egyptologist Gaston Maspero; whose popular work, “The Dawn of Civilization,” stated that this Stela was indeed a factual record of the life and deeds of Khufu. #34

With the exception of a few die-hards, most Egyptologists consent to the accumulating body of archaeological and geological evidence, indicating that the Great Sphinx dates much older than the 4th Dynasty, and the Sphinx was only restored by Chephrennot built during his reign. Added evidence from the 19th century Inventory Steleuncovered near the Sphinx says Chephren’s predecessor-Khufu/Pharaoh Cheops; ordered a temple built beside the Great Sphinx, meaning the Sphinx already existed at this earlier time, and was not built by Chephren. As the astronomical elements of the Dendera Zodiac that inspired the Great Sphinx must predate it, we can see how the antiquity of the the Dendera Zodiac and the Great Sphinx are inseparably joined, giving us a truer idea for the ages of these monumentally intertwined ancient artifacts.

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In building the Great Sphinx’s adjoining temple, quarried stone blocks of 200+ tons were used, with some Sphinx temple masonry matching building stones of the Pyramids, including causeways linking the Pyramids to the Great Sphinx. This reflects strong links between these uniquely historic monuments on a number of design and construction levels, even in support of a Giza master-plan.  It is logical that some of the quarried blocks were used to construct the temple, as the Sphinx was carved out of existing nearby rock. It may suggest a master-plan for construction blueprints in building and design elements of the Giza Plateau including the Great Sphinx, its temples & the Great Pyramid complex. [Job 19:23-25]

Let’s look at with the next decan highlighted in our Gen. 3:15 Planisphere Axis, which is Auriga, as seen below in Figure 17. Our axis touches the point where the large horn of Taurus, the charging Bull pierces the heel of our Shepherd-Auriga. Keeping with our Gen. 3:15 theme, we find the signs and decans of our Axis marking the Bull’s horn, that strikes the heel of Auriga’s right foot, at the star named Al Nath, meaning the wounded or slain. The unmistakable nature of this repeating theme as seen in this alignment of heels across the heavens, is breathtaking in scope as it integrates the witness of the stars on the ecliptic with those of the celestial equator, in the unified message of the polar and ecliptic stars, seen in The Celestial Gospels for all time.

Figure 17. Auriga The Shepherd. 35

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Bullinger says; “He is the Good Shepherd who gave his life for the Sheep, [Jn. 10:11], the Great Shepherd who was resurrected from the dead, [Heb. 13:20] and now the Chief Shepherd, [I Pet. 5:4] seen in the day of his coming glory.”36 Auriga depicts the exalted, mighty Saviorexercising his loving mercy and salvation in the midst of the scenes of judgment, as the Scriptures tell us, that in the midst of wrath he remembers mercy. (Hab. 3:2)

Auriga holds the 6th brightest star in the skyCapellathe goat star; chief star in this decan meaning “She-goat,“#37 marking the heart of the mother goatShe and her kids are safe in the arms of the Shepherd. Here we find the Shepherd ruling in his authorityrescuing his own from evil, to gather and and protect his sheep. As our Gen. 3:15 Axis closely by-passes Capella before reaching the star Al Nath at the tip of the bull’s horn piercing his heelAuriga sits astride the Milky Waysymbolic of Jesus Christ, not only as the lamb of God, but judging as a Lionreturning to execute judgment against evil-doers. Here the 3-fold witness of the Jupiter-Regulus triple unionstarting at Christ’s birth seen in the 3 stages of the maturation of Leo the Lion mirrors Christ this 3-fold Shepherd on the Planisphere Axis. My Gen. 49 video below, depicts truths of the Great Sphinx signs marking the birth of Christ

If we now look at the other end of the Gen. 3:15 Planisphere Axiswe find amazingly it intersects Orion, right at the star in Orion’s foot named Rigel,#38 meaning the foot that crushes,” which fits as it’s pictured crushing the enemy. The main star in Orion’s other leg incredibly is “Saiph” the same star name for “bruised we saw in Ophiuchus, found in Gen. 3:15! Not only do we find both ends of this amazing Planisphere axis agreeing with the same star name tied to Gen. 3:15, but before the axis reaches Orion’s foot, it intersects the bright star in Orion’s shoulder called Bellatrix, meaningswiftly destroying,” in reference to the swift demise of the enemy at the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. #39

The name Orion appears three times in the Bible (Job 9:938:31Amos 5:8). Rolleston rightly noted that Kesil is the Hebrew word translated as “Orion” in all three uses (Rolleston 1865, part 2, p. 30).#40 “Rolleston viewed Orion as a type of ChristPart of this came from the name Orion.

The meaning and source of this name is obscure, but, as R.A. Allen says (1963, p. 304), 41 it is rooted in the Akkadian, and means “Light of Heaven,” an apparent appeal to Matthew 4:16 on Rolleston’s part.” We are more drawn to Star lore from a biblical and Hebraic view, than astrology, though ancient Egyptian myth proves to hold many of the Celestial Gospel themes in their original star names and decans. Many of these themes survived the corruption of idol myths linked to the Egyptian Solar cult of RAand Pharaoh’s links to it, so that some ancient truths of the Celestial Gospel survived, in the Dendera Zodiac, for example with its Coma decan Greek corruption in Coma Berniece’s, wig as seen in Fig. 6a above, and the Hare underfoot of Orion, noted in Fig. 18 below.

Figure 18. The decan of Orion, with Rigel-his foot star opening the River of Judgement; Eridanus, as his other leg crushes the Hare-Lepuswhile the Bull gores the heel star of AurigaAl Nath. #42

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The original meaning of Orion is “coming forth as light.”#43 The same word is used in Genesis. 1:17 and Isa. 60:1, referring to the light of the celestial sky & its luminaries.

Job 38:31-33
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the Earth?

Francis Rolleston was an early adopter that the Celestial Gospel narrating the path of Christ on the ecliptic-or the Sun’s path, as the 12 signs of the Mazzaroth in Job 38 above, and Psalm 19. The pattern of Christ between, the alpha/omega signs of the Great SphinxVirgo & Leo the Lion, both Ophiuchus and Orion at each end of the Gen. 3:15 Planisphere Axis. We see obvious parallels in Gen. 3 :15’s stellar map, and Christ is identified with both Ophiuchus and Orion in the Celestial Gospel, as the ancient meanings of the stars are allowed their voice.

Their witness of truth shines through any confusion resulting from the darkness of corrupt astrology. God is the One Who named and numbered the stars and we have already seen how these ancient Star names match Greek and Hebrew Bible words, like those used in Gen. 3:15 to accomplish the task God sent them to do. An example of this kind of corruption of ancient constellations is found regarding the image being crushed below Orion’s foot.

Figure 19. Dendera Zodiac with Decans. #44

Ancient Kemet’s Dendera Zodiac: The World's First Zodiac

 

Rolleston observed that although in most charts Orion’s foot rests on a hare, in at least one ancient Indian star chart there is snake in place of the hare. Presumably, this snake has bittenor bruised, Orion’s heel, as he is crushing the serpent’s head to fulfill the first Messianic prophecy (Genesis 3:15).”#45 Of course, this depiction of a serpent instead of a Hare is not limited to Indian zodiacs, but was also the case in the Dendera zodiac; [see the Bull in the upper right of the zodiac, over the Man under Taurus with his foot atopsnake], along with Persian zodiacs also. #46

 As we have seen in the square Dendera Zodiac it’s not only one of the oldest planispheres around, as found with its depiction of the Great Sphinx, but it is also a uniquely great source to identify ancient decans, like one describing Lepus the “hare,” as a serpent. According to SeissPersian & Egyptian zodiacs also include the image of the serpent under Orion’s foot, caught in the claws of a hawk or eagle, as seen in Fig. 19 above. #47

The Pyramid’s southern Star shaft in the Queen’s Chamber points to Sirius the Dog Star and brightest star in the sky, as the Queen’s Chamber North shaft is aligned on the star Kochab of Ursa Minorholding the same polar sign found on our Gen. 3:15 Axis in Fig. 14. Ursa Minor is the pole star’s location today- underfoot of Cepheusthe Crowned KingThis image of the King of Kings is fulfilled in Christ Jesus, who rules over this central star of the sky, formerly Thuban under the dominion of the DragonLucifer in his first estate. This records a transition in spiritual power from Lucifer the fallen Morning Star, who previously was the leading archangel over all angels of heaven, until iniquity was found in him. The treachery of this failed coup vsthe Heavenly Father, removed him from his seat-assumed by Christ the ascendant Morning Star, who is now seated at the right hand of the Almighty, [Eph. 1: 1923]. This story of the fallen Morning Star is also related in the Star Siriusthe Prince.

The dual alignment of Thuban below the pole with the Pleiades above the pole in 2170 BC, calculated by Piazzi Smyth, not only supports the key application of the autumnal equinox related to Rosh Hashanah, as we will see below, but also reveals a key point about how the Pleiades saw the fall of the 1st Morning Star- Lucifer. [Isa. 14:12]

 In China’s astronomical records, the Pleiades star cluster was among the earliest of Lunar houses on record, dating to 2357 BC, when the star Alcyone in the Pleiades near the vernal equinox. #48 The 7 stars of the famed cluster were identified by Job [9:9, 38:31] and referred to collectively as a “heap or accumulation and the congregation of the judge or ruler,” said also to be referenced in Rev.as a mystery.” Since the Great Mystery inot revealed before the Day of Pentecost in 28 AD, it does not disclose truths relating to the spiritual body of Christ or the congregation of his Church. But what about relationships between of the angelic realmsRev. 1:20 refers to the angelic order in relation to Christ and the 7 churches in his right hand.

Rev. 1:20
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right handand the seven golden candlesticksThe seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candle-sticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Figure 20. The Pleiades Star Cluster #49

Now that the ascended Christ has supplanted the fallen Morning Star, he inherited rulership over the remaining choirs and cohorts of the angelic hosts previously under Lucifer. This is part of the mystery of the seven stars, of angels held in Christ’s right handreminding us of the divine 7-fold pattern of the Cherubim according to a regular distribution around the structure of the four colored curtains of Tabernacle walls of both the Holy Placeand the Holiest of all. As this pattern is in the earthly Tabernacle, so we find it in the Heavenly Tabernacle, as Rev. 15:5-8 reveals,  seen in Part 1 . [cp. Rev. 89]

Since the Celestial Gospel is a pictorial skyscapeparalleling God’s Word, at times it tells a composite story of the truth of Christ. This axis is a good example of a composite pictorial depiction of Gospel truth, supported by the meanings of individual star names in these constellations and decans of the star signs, along with planetary motions and unions, as we have seen in this record with Mars, and Virgo’s Crown. The combined images of the Gen. 3:15 Axis shows not only 3 heavenly giants in combat with Serpentine foes, but also a fourth decan on this axis taking the central star in the heavens away from Draco the dragon’s control. Once the serpent-crushed by Orion, replaces the Hare from later zodiacs the Gen. 3:15 Axis becomes powerful unified image in multiple signs along the axis, all centered on the Genesis 3:15 theme.

Figure 21. Paths of Venus and Mercury from April 28 to June 10, 28 A.D.#50

The Fig. 21 image above shows the motion of planets Venus the bright and Morning Star, with MercuryGabriel, from April 28thto June 10th, 28 AD. Both planets first moved towards Gemini, when they each went into retro-grade motions, setting them on course for Orion’s club.#44 We have seen how Orionon this side of the Gen. 3:15 axis embodies Christas Ophiuchus does-180 degrees away, on the other side of this axis. As the two planets arrive in a coordinated attack to energize Orion’s raised club, on June 10th, 28 AD, they are joined by the Moonon the same day Mars reached the center of the head of the Scorpiongrinding the message home of its inevitable defeat in a Battle of the AgesOrion beholding the Bull’s horns of Taurus in his upward view, he finds the planet Saturn placed between the horns of dilemma to unleash its doom in Fig. 21

We must also recall from Fig. 18 above, a tip of one of the Bull horns pierces the heel of Auriga the Shepherd, at a star with the same name in both signs & ConstellationsAl Nath in [Aries & Auriga]; that means the wounded or Slain. With SaturnSatan placed between the horns of Taurus, as the main spiritual power behind the bruising of Auriga’s heel, drawing the fury of Orion’s Club empowered by the bright & Morning Star-Venusheralded by MercuryGabriel the Messenger Archangel, while Mars delivers a massive Passover punch to Scorpio’s head, being crushed underfoot of OphiuchusWhen you anger the Almighty, there’s hell-fire and judgment to pay…from all angles, & archangel’s.

The Rev. 12 heavenly sign: the [Sun clothing Virgo with the Crescent Moon at her feet] on September 17th, 2015 is announced by MercuryGabriel located beside Virgo’s wombunited with Spica/Al Zimach on this day, 2 years before the rewind of the Great Wonder in Heaven, on Sept. 23rd 2017, seen below.

Figure 22. Rev. 12 Sign [Sun clothing Virgo with the Moon at her feet].#51

With Regulus the King Star and heart of the lion-Leo, the brightest star on the ecliptic setting the stage for the alignment of 3 planets in LeoVenus, Mars and Mercury, forming this alignment reflecting the 3 Pyramids seen also in Orion’s belt stars, Crowning Virgoas seen Fig. 22’s 9 Leo stars plus these 3 planets, found between Regulus and the Sun at her shoulder, clothing Virgo. This combination of 3 planets in mirroring the 3 Pyramids, with Orion’s Belt, also agreed with an Aug. 27th, 2BC massing of Planets; Venus, Mercury, Mars & Jupiter, that followed the Jupiter-Regulus triple union of 3-2 BC, marking the birth of Christ. This unique testimony of Planets delivered the victory message of the Passover punch to the enemy, depicting a singularly powerful account displayed in the Celestial Gospel.

As we have seen with both sets of heavenly signs surrounding the Birth of Christ, while alluding to his victorious Return, the King Planet Jupiter was the Star of the Messiah, and Venus-the Bright and Morning Star are prominent in marking and bracketing these key signs in the dual-purpose of Revelation 12, for both the birth and Return of Christ.

Figure 23. Cetus the Sea-Monster tries to alter the course of Eridanus with its forelegs. #52

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With the conclusion of our Gen. 3:15 axis running down through Orion, we find issuing out of Orion’s foot-star Rigel, the River of the JudgeEridanus, [Hab. 3:5]. This last heel alignment across the sky shows Jesus‘ righteous judgment against all the evil of the enemy. Over the river banks of Eridanus, the futile attempts of the SerpentCetus, [Fig. 23 above] to alter or stop the inexorable flow of this river into its undying judgment fires with its forelegs. But, there is no escape for the evil, from their doom, residing in the Lake of fire, due to their callous revolt against the Almighty God. So, their doom awaits where hellfireof judgment pool, in the Second Death, [2 Thess. 1:7-8].

Added keys found in Figure. 23, include the shackles that bond the fish of Piscesbinding bands that tie them to Cetus the Sea-monster. These bonds were broken by Aries the Ram, with matching star name-Al Nath shared the sky over our Lord at his crucifixion, in Auriga’s heel, as darkness obscured the light of the Sun in Aries. The King Planet Jupiter we too find in retrograde motion in Aries, as seen in other planets during this period from March 1st-June 10th, 28 AD. With Jupiter’s retrograde motion focused on the binding bands of the fish of Piscesbroken as a result of the Lamb’s perfect sacrifice, Jesus Christ; [Jn. 1:29] in Figure 23, as the forelegs of the lamb stretch across these bands. The brightest star in Aries in some charts is Al Hamal, in others Al Nath, with the same name meaning- “wounded” already seen in Auriga’s heel, being gored by the Taurus the Bull’s hornfitting once again with the Gen. 3:15 Axis theme of the CrucifixionResurrection and Ascension.

The alignment of the Ascending Passage in the Great Pyramid to this union of RegulusVenus in Leo, on Rosh Hashanah 2017, the morning dawn light of the King Star Regulus unifies with Venus the Bright and Morning Star in Leo the Lion (Rev. 2:28, 22:161 Pet. 1:19). With Regulus & Venus rising together, “as a morning star” in the east at a 26.3-degree Christ angle, resolved by the direction of the Great Pyramid’s Ascending passage, reminds us of 2 Peter;

2 Peter 1:19
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed,[a] which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

We began this study with Rev. 5:5 & 22:16 with a focus on Venus the bright and Morning star and the king star Regulus, and here we see 2 Peter 1:19 bringing into focus to the recent signs on Rosh Hashanah 2017, as the dawn of a new day sheds its resplendent light in our hearts. It is the hope of the return of Jesus Christ that we are anticipating which anchors our soul in this dark and perverse world, keeping us moving forward on the path of the light of His Word with our God and Heavenly Father.

It is a genuine pleasure to bring these truths to a body of wonderful believers like yourselves, who appreciate and enjoy them as we share in our one body fellowship with each other. As we enjoy the Love and blessings of the Lord this month, let me know how God has abundantly blessed you!

God Bless!

Rene’


Footnotes

1. Biblical Astronomy Newsletter, Picture credit, Bob Wadsworth.
2
. IBID
3
. Witness of the Stars, Planisphere, picture credit, E.W. Bullinger.
4
Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger, p. 58
5Biblical Astronomy Newsletter, Bob Wadsworth
6Ibid, Plate 1-Picture Credit.
7Biblical Astronomy Newsletter, Bob Wadsworth
8. Figure 3. picture creditSky and Telescope Magazine, 2015.
9Figure 4. picture credit, Jesus Christ our Promised Seed, p. 45, VP Wierwille, The Celestial Sphinx.
10. The Star that Astonished the World, p. 186, Dr. Ernest L. Martin.
11. Figure 5. video credit, Stellarium 2 from Bobmoler.wordpress.com
12. Figure 6. Picture creditWitness of the Stars, EW. Bullinger, p. 21.
13. Figure 7. Picture credit, Tetrad and the Signs of 2017,[https://earthsky.org/human-world/biblical-signs-in-the-sky-september-23-2017/]
14. Figure 8The Great Pyramid’s Ascending Passage alignment with the Venus-Regulus union in Leo, 9-20-2017.
15. Figure 9The 3 Belt stars of Orion reflect the 3 Pyramids of Giza,
The Orion Mystery, p. 134, Robert Bauval.
16. Decoding the Great Pyramid, p. 41, P. Lemesurier.
17. IBID, p. 45, P. Lemesurier.
18Fig. 10 Picture credit; Pillar of Enoch Ministries, Lehman.
19Decoding the Great Pyramid, P. Lemesurier.
20. Message of the Sphinx, p. 34, Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval.
21. Daniel Matson website [watchfortheday.com].
22Fig. 11, picture credit; Message of the Sphinx, G. Hancock & R. Bauval.
23Daniel Matson website [watchfortheday.com].
24. IBID
25
. IBID
26
. IBID
27
Witness of the Stars
, EW. Bullinger, p. 59.
28. Fig. 13 pix credit; [http://godsamazingstarsecret.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-fourth-star-family-part-3.html]
29
. Figure 14, pix credit, for Cepheus decan. [https://emmausroadministries.international/2020/06/05/the-real-story-in-the-stars-part-22-cepheus-the-king/]
30. Fig. 16 pix credit, [https://emmausroadministries.international/2020/06/05/the-real-story-in-the-stars-part-22-cepheus-the-king/]
31Witness of the Stars, EW. Bullinger,
32. IBID, p. 103.
33. Official Fourth Dynasty list of artifactsJames H. Breasted,
34The Dawn of Civilization, Gaston Maspero
35Witness of the Stars, EW. Bullinger, p. 133.
36. Fig. 17.-Picture credit; IBID, Bullinger, p. 135.
37. IBID, p. 134.
38. IBID, p. 126.
39. IBID. p. 127.
40. The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston 1865, part 2, p. 30)
41. “Star Names their Lore and Meaning,” R.A. Allen says (1963, p. 304)
42. Picture credit for Figure 18. [www.Alamy.com]
43Witness of the Stars, EW. Bullinger, p. 125.
44Fig. 19, https://www.afrikaiswoke.com/ancient-kemets-dendera-zodiac-the-worlds-first-zodiac/
45The Mazzaroth, Frances Rolleston, 1865.
46IBID, #44.
47. The Gospel in the Stars, p. Joseph Seiss
48Star Lore Myths Legends and Facts, p. 409 William Tyler Olcott
49. Fig. 20 Picture credit; Pleiades/Orion [Pinterest.com]
50. Fig. 21 Picture CreditBiblical Astronomy Newsletter, Bob Wadsworth
51. Fig. 22 Picture credit; Stellarium 2
52Fig. 23 Picture creditWitness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger, p. 112.

 

 

A Deeper Perspective on the Precession of the Equinoxes

A Deeper Perspective on the Precession of the Equinoxes

Welcome to the Sept. 2024 blog! With the change of Seasons from Summer to Fall it reminds us of how the Heavenly Father has placed us in a temporal world, where change is the ever-present standard of the Ages of our World. Those who seek to honor God in our lives and follow the example of His only begotten Son; Jesus Christ, will take this opportunity to put off the old man, and put on the New, so we can participate in transforming ourselves into more Christlike people. In this process, it’s certainly great to have the spiritual body of Christ’s Church to grow into, as we daily approach the Return of the Lord. This month’s study provides the temporal context of this lifetime journey… God tells us in Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 [Amp. Bible]

What profit remains for the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages [the world related to time], which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor-it is the gift of God14 I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere & worship Him, knowing that He is]. 15 That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by, [so that history repeats itself]. [Prov. 3:11-23]

If only we humbly reach out to Almighty God on His terms, can we gain a deeply valued perspective in understanding the works of His hands in His Creation. In this Biblical sense and context we resume our search for a deeper meaning behind the Astronomical Phenomena that rules over the ages of the world, known as the Precession of the Equinoxes.

The history of Biblical Astronomy gains new insights as we view the Biblical context of the Patriarchal astronomers, starting with Adam regarding their view of the heavens. God’s revelation of His Intelligent design of the cosmos, was taught to Adam-the 1st Man initially, and passed on to Biblical Patriarchs and others, during Adam’s 930-year life span. During the transmission of this revelation, it retained its accuracy since it was transferred from God to Adam in the same generations it was received, before Adam taught it to others. The Revelatory Astronomy of God depicting the poles, ecliptic and Equator, all arising from the direction of the Earth’s axis, exhibit critical aspects of the Precession of the Equinoxes as a key part of God’s plan of a figurative geocentric position of Earth’s central location in the heavens. Since Earth was the only celestial body inside the firmament in the 1st Heaven and Earth, with Mankind not yet created, only Angels lived to serve the Almighty. This  speaks not only to the Precession of the Equinoxes, but also the Precession of the Pole star related to the shifting Ages, as seen on top of Figure 1 below. As we view the Creator’s original plan of Creation, in 3 Heavens and Earth’s, a benefit of this study affords readers an updated view of the Precession of the Equinoxes; that lays out a precessional timing of the Ages and events opening the Second Heavens and Earth. As a result, new light is shed on these events and temporal periods, in the context of the 1st Heavens and Earth, not only from a Biblical view, but also a historical vantage point.

In the Figure 1 graphic of Precession provided below, we find eight of the 12 signs of the Mazzarothor Constellations of the ecliptic labelled. Following the sign Cancer in the blue rectangle of the ecliptic band, is a blank yellow rectangle where the sign for Gemini-the so-called Twins” belong. The next brown box keeps space forTaurus the Bull. After Taurus we find an orange rectangle for Aries the Ram. In the long march of 12 2,160 year-Precessional Ages, this Age of the Ram directly preceded the Age of Pisces the Fishes. This is our current Age of Precession, as we have already seen 2000+ years of the 2,160 years of the Piscean Age, that opened with a 7 BC triple conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn, as part of the Celestial Prelude that set the stage 3 years later for the Jupiter-Regulus triple union in Leo marking the 3BC birth of Christ.

Figure 1. Precession of the Equinoxes. #1

As we proceed in this study, we will see how the 12 signs of the Mazzaroth or Zodiac are represented in the ancient Egyptian Dendera Zodiac, that itself prophesied of the birth of Christ. This also depicts one way that the Great Sphinx prophecy of the birth of Christ, not only relates to Dendera’s witness of Christ, but also of how Precession is the ultimate Zeitgeist, or Spirit of the Times-as each of the 12 constellations or signs carry their own symbolic weight, in relating the message of the Celestial Gospelas we find in greater detail below. 

Looking at the Creation record in Genesis 1-2, we do not find reference to the Creation of Angels, during the Creation Week, because God already created the angels, who pre-existed this Age with Lucifer as his morning stars,” seen in [Job 38:4-7, Jude 6, 9, Rev. 12:3-4], in the first Heaven and Earth. We know of 3 Heavens & Earths since the Apostle Paul was caught up” [2 Cor. 12:2-4to a  3rd Heaven, [G3772ouranos; used in both singular & plural interchangeably, referring to tiers of space above earth’s surface, where fowls of the air fly; (Mt. 6: 26), and clouds form rain (Mt. 24:30, Js. 5:18), under the celestial motion of the Sun, Moon and Stars; [Mk. 13:25].#2 Above temporal limits is a restricted dwelling of Holy Angels & God, outside of and separate not only from our own Age-time, in a Second Heavens and Earth, but detached from a previous Age, before man was createdThese 3 Heavens & Earths occur in a time sequence, starting “in the Beginning in Gen. 1:1, and 2 Pet. 3:6, as the world [G2889-kosmos: sum total of a material universe with all inhabitants, people or space, #3, versus [G165aion: Mt.12:32, 13:39-40, end of distinct world-ages].#4 The world that was then,that became formless & void” in Gen. 1:1-2, when an unknown length of time between the destruction of the 1st Heavens and Earth, and the events of the Creation Week in the 2nd Heavens and Earth occurred2 Pet. 3:7 says “the Heavens and Earth which are now,takes us into the present Age in the 2nd Heavens and Earth, while 2 Pet. 3:13; links us to a 3rd Heavens and Earth-still future, [Isa. 65:17, 66:22-24] that God exposed to the Apostle Paul-[2 Cor. 12:2-4], wherein dwells righteousness.

Fig. 2. The Layers of Earth’s Atmosphere inside a 2nd Heavens and Earth.#5

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In Gen. 1:6, we find the initial usage of “tavek” in God’s Word. The first occurrence of this word refers to God’s order in the firmament, as He Divided the waters of the great deep, above the expanse of heavens or the waters outside the firmament, from waters inside this expanse, below the firmament. This paints a picture of a heavenly firmament akin to a cosmic bubble, bordered by an immense reservoir bordering the Universe’s edges.  Today’s firmament contains all the celestial bodies in Creation, but in the First Heaven and Earth, before the Creation of Man, only God’s Angels served the Almighty Creator. The Chief Archangel Lucifer was the first in command next to God, who led all the Angelic choirs, offering and Praising the Almighty for His Goodness and Grace, [Job 38:7]. God Created Angels with freedom of will, so they all had a choice to obey God’s Will or notGen. 1:1-2 tells us more about God’s Creation:

Gen. 1:1-2

In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earthThe earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of the Almighty God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the watersGod being the Perfect, Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent Creator, He did not create the Heavens and Earth as it was found in verse 2, “without form and an empty waste,” and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep.

Gen. 1:1 is the beginning of the First Heaven and Earth.
Gen. 1:2 says; “Earth was without form” means it Became a formless Void, in the destruction resulting from the rebellion and unsuccessful coup‘ of Lucifer. This is why Darkness [H2822-choshek: misery, death, destruction, wickedness, sorrow, ignorance], #was introduced with these calling cards of the evil one, moving upon the faces of the Deep. In 2 Pet. 3:6, referred to above; the world that was then, being over-flowed with water, perished. This flood does not refer to Noah’s flood in the 2nd Heavens and Earth, but to the destruction of the 1st Heaven and Earth in Gen. 1:2, flooded by LuciferThen the Almighty Spirit of God moved upon and inspected the faces of the waters, His Presence being the precursor to calling Light back into unified existence over the faces of the waters

Gen. 1:3-6  And God said, Let there be light; and there was lightAnd God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darknessAnd God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, One day.

Since the Sun, Moon and Stars were not created till the 4th day, the presence of God Himself, His presence was the Source of light [Rev. 22:5] that was Good [H2896; towbmorally goodbeautiful, excellent, joyful, fruitful, lovely, cheerful, virtuous, kind]#7 all Godly traits, in the first 3 days of Creation Week. Since Lucifer, the head of the fallen angels separated himself from God’s light in declaring war and rebellion against God Almighty, God divided [H914-badal; disjoined, distinguish diverse things, shut out, banned, severed],#the darkness from the light.

God is light and in Him is no darkness at all, so the absence of light depicts the presence of someone besides the Almighty who caused the Creation to become a formless and empty wasteland. This was caused by the rebel angel Lucifer who deceived 1/3 of these angels into following him in a revolt against the Almighty [Rev. 12:3-4], declaring war against Him; [Rev. 12:7-9]. The fallen angels now constitute the devil spirit realm under the dragon, [Isa. 14:12-29]. This act of rebellion by Lucifer was the act of “Original Sin” which activated spiritual Entropy,” since corruption was introduced in the angelic realm of spirits, when Lucifer tempted the Morning Stars to follow him in a revolt against the Almighty, resulting in Satan taking 1/3 of the angels down with him, when he was kicked out of heaven, and cast down to Earth. We then find Lucifer on Earth after his failed coup’-as the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, [Ezek. 28:12-19, Gen. 3:1-7] after the Creation record of the 2nd Heavens and Earthtempting Eve to steal Adam’s dominion over the Earth. This record of temptation shows Adam’s dominion was delivered into Satan’s hands, to do with or dispose of as he likedOne of these options was choosing to tempt the Lord Jesus Christ with this dominion, that of course, he rejected. [Luke 4:6]. This also introduced the corruption of physical Entropy into the idyllic state of the world of the Second Heavens and Earth in the Garden of Eden, [Gen. 3:6ff, Rom. 1:18-32, 8:21-22]. Below is a summary of Thermodynamic Laws of nature currently in force, a result of the Fall of Adam & Eve from the perfect state God made for them in Eden

Figure 3. Laws of Thermodynamics [Pinterest.com]#9

This contains: Laws of Thermodynamics, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, First Law of Thermodynamics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Third Law of Thermodynamics

The record of this terrestrial paradigm of the Genesis 1 Creation record on the Second day tells us in verses 6-8;

And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].  7 And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a Second day.

Since God did not create the Sun, Moon, and Stars till the 4th day of Creation Week, in the Second Heavens and Earth, all the waters below the expanse of the firmament were concentrated on Earth. In context of the Creation of the First Heavens and Earththe use oftavekin light of God’s ordering of all Creation, extends to include the entirety of our planet Earth. But the Earth of the First Heaven and Earth was not the same as the Earth we inhabit today, since man had not yet been created, nor had the Earth been appointed as the Garden home for Man or the Plant and Animal kingdomsAlso the Sun, Moon and Stars were not created until the fourth Day of Creation week in the 2nd Heavens and Earth. Thus, contrary to human Astronomical Science, the Earth preexisted the Sun, Moon and Stars in the firmament, and held all the water under the firmament of the heavens. Earth also remained the focus of God’s Presence with these waters under the Firmament, concentrated on Earth.

As we keep the Temple of Jerusalem, as the terrestrial paradigm of the North Pole in mind, the word “midst” above in [II Chron. 6:13], is “tavek” [H8432- the center, or bisection, so called from its being divided].10 As a terrestrial reflection of the celestial structure of the firmament, an important aspect of the Temple ground-plan is thus revealed, as we will see below.

The Sun’s Cycle of Precession

Starting with clear Biblical evidence of precession in Psalm 19, showing the Sun’s dual year;” its precessional and annual cyclesthe two prime standards for astronomical time. This differentiates the Sun’s dual year, first seen in it’s annual cycle, spending one month in each sign of the 12 Mazzaroth signs, as opposed to the retrograde precessional cycle, where it spends a “great monthor 2,160 solar years in each of the ecliptic 12 signs. As the Sun moves through all 12 signs of the tropical zodiac, the Sun completes its cycle of a “great year,” in about 25,920 solar yearsPsalm 19:6 briefly refers to the Sun’s retrograde motion.

Psalm 19:4-6

Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end [H7097-qatseh]#11 of the world [H8398-tebel]. #12 Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sunWhich as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man to run his courseHis is from the end [H7097] #13 of the heaven, and his circuit [H8622tequphah]#14 unto the ends [H7098-Isa. 40:28, 41:5, 45:21-22; Jer. 49:36 Creator of the ends of the earth]#15 of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven… a reference to the Sun’s path through the ecliptic, so called because all the solar and lunar eclipses occur on it’s course. The words “going forth” in Hebrew are mowtsa [*H4161], meaning the dawn, the east, a gate, the rising of the sun. #16

Thus it refers to the place or gate of the rising of the Sun, also known as the vernal point of the Spring Equinox, the sign of the zodiac where the sun rises,  indicating the sun’s retrograde precessional movement, because the sun rises in a different gate,” or successive zodiacal house on avgevery 2,160 years.

The sun’s annual cycle, or solar year is seen in “his circuit” above, which in the Hebrew is [H8622tequphah]: or, “at the end of the year” [2 Chron24:23], #17 an obvious reference to this annual solar cycle. Thus we have a basic Biblical contrast between the two solar cycles. We find Joseph’s dreams in Genesis 37, revealing a greater depth on a Biblical testimony of precession.

Joseph’s 2nd dream in Gen. 37: 9-11 reveals a precessional context, with its use of stellar terms, like “eleven stars making obeisance” to his star or sign of the Bull, Taurus. These 12 stars” of Joseph’s dream correlate with Jacob’s 12 sons in [Gen. 49, Deut. 33] forming the Sidereal zodiac. We also find that the Sun’s retrograde motion as the precession of the Vernal equinoxagainst a fixed background of the sidereal zodiac of the 12 signs on on the ecliptic. Thus Joseph’s 2nd dream reveals astronomical truth that his 1st dream with an agricultural theme, does not.

Genesis 37:5-11 
And Joseph dreamed dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. [6] And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: [7] For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance [H7812]#18 to my sheaf. [8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign [H4427]#19 over us? Or shalt thou have dominion [H4910] #20  over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. [9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance [H7812]#21 to me. [10] And he told it to his father and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down [H7812]#22 ourselves to thee to the earth? [11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. [dream-5x, dreams-1x, dreamed-5x=11x]

Taurus the Bull Constellation of Joseph.

Astrological zodiac sign - Taurus. Vintage astrological drawing. Galaxy sky on the background. Can be used for horoscopes. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

On the Hebrew zodiac, Taurus the Bull, was Joseph’s sign, split into 2 horns, for Ephraim and Mannasseh[Num2:18-20, Deut. 33:17], his two sons. This allowed a substitution the rebellious tribe of Dan, in a circle of 12 tribes of Israel. This allowed for the Levitical 13th tribe to be placed in the center of the zodiac’s circle, with the pattern of the stars mirrored in Israel’s seed, as they camped around their Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai during their forty years of wandering. The Sun’s relation to the 13th tribe of Levites, may be an Intercalation allusion to a 13th month, aligning solar & lunar cycles in the Hebrew Calendar. The Levites, being the priestly tribe, had the charge of affairs for the Tabernacle, housing the Ark of the Covenant. An aspect of the Tabernacle’s celestial plan can be found in the edifice of the wooden framework that provided a foundation upon which the Tabernacle’s curtains [H3407]#23 (Ps. 104:2-3, Isa. 40:22, Ex26:26-36), hung. Their assembly was 48 units, each ten cubits high, and 1.5 cubits wide…#24 This implies a structure to these 12 zodiacal signs including their 36 decans, (12+36=48) divided into ten degree decans, showing not only God’s celestial order in the Tabernacle of the Sun [Ps. 19:4], but also marking the earthly Tabernacle as the focal point reflecting the spiritual light of God’s presence among His people during the Old Testament. This was established in the priestly order of service instituted in the Temple by King David, with 24 courses of priests, each serving twice during Israel’s calendar year, totaling 48 weeks. When the 3 weeks of Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles are included, wherein all the priests served, we have the 51 weeks of Israel’s luni-solar year, divided according to sacred and civil standards. The sacred year began in Nisan, the month of the spring Passover, while the civil year in the fall started in the seventh monthTishri 1the Day of Trumpets signaling the onset of Israel’s holiest month. This depicts the Creator’s light reflected in the celestial structure of Creation, ruling over the Hebrew’s timekeeping, manifest in the sacred priestly service and architecture of the Old Testament Tabernacle and Temple, fulfilled in Jesus Christ as King and High Priest, after Melchizedek’s order.

As stated above, the Hebrew words for “going forth” are mowtsa [*H4161], meaning the dawn, the east, a gate, the rising of the sunUpon closer viewthe root of mowtsa” [H4161], is [H3318yatsahto gogo forth, bring out in a great variety of applications]. #25 To Germinate or expand as a plant; [Gen. 8:19, Job 29:4-25, God knows the goings out and comings in of Leviathan;
Num
. 33:2, Job 41:20-21, Isa. 13:10-13, 37:28-9, in reference to the serpentine constellations, or Dragon Decans like Draco, Hydra, Cetus, & Serpens
]. The various serpent constellations mentioned here represent different areas of power in manifestation in the adversary’s Kingdom, and their part in the Celestial GospelGod knows all that the enemy is up to, and by His perfect Omniscient Wisdom and foreknowledge, He knew He would need a special warrior class of Archangel, like Michael & his Angels, even before Lucifer’s failed heavenly revolt in the First Heaven and Earth. A Messianic Prophecy in Micah 5 sheds added light here.

Micah 5:1-2 

5:1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; a state of siege has been placed against us. They shall smite the ruler of Israel with a rod (a scepter) on the cheek. But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old; [H6924-Qedem: positioned to the east, Gen. 2:8-eastward in Eden- is a positive connotation for East, as Gen. 11:2 is negative in reference to Babylon’s Astrology & the tower of Babel. #26 It also means Antiquity;” [Ps. 74:12-15, 77:5-6, 11-1223:7-9]This Hebrew noun is unusual in that it has both a geographical and temporal meaning, as does Precessionthat refers to the four points of the compass, and the ages of the Precession of the Equinoxes. It occurs 61x in the Heb. OT, having a definite flavor of an idyllic state. #27 One Heb. synonym is [H5769owlam, a word for ancient Days, or everlasting] that also means (eternity). Owlam- is what is hidden or concealed, to the vanishing point, time immemorial, from the most ancient times. [Gen. 6:4, 1 Sam. 27:8, Isa. 63:16, 64:4-5, Ps. 25:6, distant future-past, without endperpetuity, everlasting time, in plural it means multiple ages], #28 as in the context of Precessional ages compared to Biblical dispensations, or Ages. This also carries with it the tone or spirit of an Age [zeitgeist] as seen in the signs and Constellation symbols tied to specific Ages of Precession. [see Plate 3 Chart below]

Micah 5:3-6 

Therefore shall He give them up until the time that she who travails has brought forth; then what is left of His brethren shall return to the children of IsraelAnd He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; and they shall dwell [secure], for then shall He be great [even] to the ends of the earthAnd this [One] shall be our peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads upon our soil and in our palaces, then will we raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes among men. And they shall rule and waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod within her [Assyria’s own] gates. Thus shall He [the Messiah] deliver us from the Assyrian [representing the opposing powers] when he comes into our land and when he treads on our borders.

The Plate 2 graphic of the Dendera Zodiac below shows the Pegasus Square, as a square scroll laid between the two Fishes of Pisces, with “Axis E” of this famed Egyptian Zodiac, running through the corner of it. As we stated in our website study on the Stars of the Dendera Zodiac: the main Taurus-Scorpius Axis of this zodiac, with the Leo-Aquarius axis, match the main axes that identify the Age of Taurus in the Bible, in Numbers 24:7-9. The context of Numbers 2 shows us the order of 12 tribes of Israel in their wilderness encampment, matching the zodiacal order of the 12 signs/constellations on the ecliptic. In this way, the Dendera Zodiac not only provides key evidence of Archaeology how the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians both utilized a practical knowledge of the precession of the equinoxes, but in the Hebrew’s case, they applied it directly to their belief in a prophecy of their coming redeemer, with Nature’s verification of the Celestial Gospel, in support of the Holy Writ of the Old Testament Scriptures, as the Creator spun the Sun, Moon and Stars in synch with His prefect Precessional timing in the Celestial Gospel.

Thus, the Zodiac of Dendera also provides strong supporting evidence from the history of Biblical Astronomy as to the belief in a coming redeemer, since this ancient Egyptian zodiac prophesies in very specific ways not only concerning the time he would appear, but also concerning his unique sacrifice via the very same celestial imagery utilized in the Bible. This important theme is set forth in John Lash’s realization of the presence of a 5th Axis on this Zodiac, from Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. #29 The Hebrew name for Spica [Al Zemach]-the Branch/offspring of God, [Jer. 23:5-6] is embodied in God’s only begotten Son– Jesus ChristSpica is only one of just two stars specifically marked on the Dendera Zodiac, the other being Sirius, the central star linked to the flood stages of the Nile, and the Sothic Calendar, logging one of it’s oldest historical Calendar dates4241 BC. The 1461-year Sothic calendar also conforms to the 260-day pattern of the Mayan Tzolkin Calendar [260 x 1461] that equals 365.25 x 1040 days, adhering to the pattern of Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions, as they break down the windows of the precession of the equinoxes through the ages.

Plate II. Axis “E” on the Dendera Zodiac #

John Lash’s comments concerning this 5th Dendera Axis are enlightening when viewed in context of the history of the Hebrew’s in ancient Egypt with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses, as a forerunner of Christ, and Lawgiver of Israel, who led them through the wilderness unto the Promised Land. As Lash states in his unpublished book, The Skies in Memory:

“The Dendera Zodiac’s inventor was looking ahead to our time in the Piscean Age, when the spring equinox occurs under the tail of the western fish, since this is the time that the entire cycle culminated. With the spring equinox at this position in Pisces, the axial cross locks in unique alignment with the Galaxy.” Lash goes on to say that he considers the star Spicato be the master key to the Dendera Zodiac#29

The Dendera Zodiac marks our Piscean Age with the first appearance of the Branch and offspring of God, seen in how “Axis E referenced above, coincides with the star Spica and the opening of the Age of the Fishes, that later marked the moments of his birth in 3 BC.  In the Plate 2, chart above marking Axis E as the 5th axis of the Dendera Zodiac, extending from Spica, in the Virgin’s hand, via the North Pole in the Jackal’s paw, across the 2 fishes of Pisces to the Ram-headed altar on the periphery of the Dendera Zodiac, that neatly bisects this altar. The altar shows 4 Ram heads of the Egyptian idol Banebdjedet, of Mendessailing on his solar barque across the heavens, as pictured on the astronomical ceiling in the outer Hypostyle hall of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. In the design of the famed circular Zodiac at Dendera, the internal [precessional time] & external [lunar-decans design] depicted a coordinated solar-lunar circuit. When Axis E [line unifying Virgo/ Leo, of the Great Sphinx] intersects Pisces the Fishes, it depicts the alignment with the Spring/Vernal Equinox a precessional prophecy of Christ’s birth. As Axis E extends to the Zodiac’s periphery crossing the lunar decan of a 4-headed Ram god of Egypt, whose 4 faces orient to the four directions of the Compass.

Figure 4. The Four headed Ram god of EgyptBanebdjedet.#30

Banebdjedet as a four-headed ram, surmounted by Nekhbet

Like the positive aspects of the Cherubim were depicted, as a special class of Angels who are always prominent in God’s throne-room, so the four-headed Ram god of Egypt, whose four faces are a shadow of these “four royal signs” on the zodiac, as the Cherubim ruling the four-corners or celestial pillars of heaven, previously seen in Numbers 24. This collective pairing of 8 idol gods the Ogdoad spirits [four Diamon pairs], held the Cardinal direction positions in the 1st Heavens and Earth. Were they the key actors in its flooding, under Lucifer? [2 Pet. 2:4 “hell=[G5020-tartarus; confined in a special place for judgment due to their unique sin; Jude 6. #31  In Greek Myth, Tartarus was the deepest area in the underworld, a prison and place of torment and suffering for the wicked, akin to the lake of fire, and the second death in Scripture or a place of destruction. The Satanic angel condemned to the bottomless pit called Apollyon in Greek, [G630], [Abaddon-H11in Hebrew, [Rev. 9:11]. It was also the name of the god who symbolized the pit; with Sheol in Job 26:6-7, Ps. 88:10-12.]

As the mythology of the Great Sphinx preserved some truths of Gen. 49:8-10, and the Jupiter-Regulus triple union starting Sept 14th 3 BC, with the birth of Christ, so also we find correlations to the flood of 2 Pet. 3:6, that destroyed the 1st Heavens and Earth, in Dendera’s extension of Axis E. The Almighty-Creator God used the 10 Plagues over Egypt to prove His supreme, Omnipotent power over the false idols of Egypt. Each plague was directed at the impotent gods of the Egyptian pantheon, so that Egypt would witness first-hand, the identity and power of Jehovah. As the Lord Jehovah is the only Self-existent and Eternal GodMoses relayed the message God told him on the holy Mount, (Exo 7:5). Jehovah showed He was the Almighty SovereignCreator in these 10 plagues, and that He controls all that exists on the Earth. The Lord used Moses as an apostle by whom the plagues would be brought to bear over the Pharaoh and Egypt, with a primary goal that the plagues would cause Pharaoh to free the nation of Israel from slavery.

The List of 10 Plagues over Egypt

  1. Aaron’s staff turned the Nile waters to Blood: Exodus7:14-25. The idols judged: Hapi: the God of annual flooding; Osiris: The Nile River was his bloodstream.
  2. Aaron’s staff again brought the plague of Frogs: Exodus 8:1-15. The gods judged: Hapi and Hegt the goddess seen with a frog’s head related to fertility.
  3. Lice: These were tiny, stinging, blood sucking gnats from the dust. Exodus 8:16 -18. The god judged: Seb: the earth god.
  4. Flies that came in swarms: Exodus 8:20-32. The gods judged: Hathor: the goddess of protection; Vatchi: fly God.
  5. Livestock die: Exodus 9:1-7. The god judged: Apis: the bull god.
  6. Boils on the body: Exodus 9:8-12. The god judged: Sekhmet: goddess of epidemics.
  7. Hail and Fire: Exodus 9:13-15. The gods judged: Nut; the sky goddess; Seth: God of storms; Shu: God of the atmosphere/wind.
  8. Locusts: Exodus 10:1-20. The gods judged: Sirius: crop god; Serapia: protector of crops.
  9. Darkness: Exodus 10:21-29. The gods judged: Ra: the sun god who was most worshipped God in Egypt.
    10Death of the First Born: Exodus 11:1-12:36. The gods judged: Heget: goddess of birth; Min; the God of reproduction. Deliverance from death was only thru the offering of the Passover lamb. As a result of the plagues; both Pharaoh and the Egyptians beg Moses and Israel to leave Egypt. God fulfilled His promise to free Israel. #32

The ancient iconography of the Egyptian 4 headed Ram god was part of a pantheon of 8 idol godsthe Ogdoad, or 9 Ennead idols with Atum/Khnum, the Nile waters Supreme male guardian, in four pairs of idol consorts in ancient varied Myths, in On-Heliopolis, & Thebes. Their first reference is a primeval-first Earth mound, arising out of the Chaotic waters of Egyptian Creation Mythall sharing a common source in the demiurge-Nun & Naunet’s watery ChaosKek & Kauketwas darkness innate in the waters. The denizens of the Deep; opposite the Material world of the living, mirrored a Concealed and invisible-Amun & Amaunet-air goddess. While Heh & Hauhetwere the undirected watery chaos extending to infinityThese 8 gods of the Ogdoad, ruling the 1st cosmosconceived as a collective in Four pair, of Ram-Headed man-wife couples, forming the idol-god Banebdjedet. Can Egyptian Creation Myth, shed light on the destruction of the 1st Heavens and Earth in Genesis 1:1-2

 Atum gave rise to the male Wind god Shu and his wife-sister, Tefnut; whose union made an empty void between the Earth god Geb-tied to the Lice plague and the Sky goddess Nut, linked to the Hail plagueIn comparing the Hebrew and Egyptian texts, where the union of these spirits of the god and goddess of Earth and Sky, caused an empty void to form, similar to the Bible’s formless void– tohu va bohu,What intrigues me; in Gen. 1:2 is the seeming symbiotic relation in the Chaos and Darkness of the formless void, where the confusion powers the darkness, in the heart of this Chaos. This darkness is opposed to the light, but its symbiotic nature brings to mind the structure of the 4 pairs of man-wife couples seen above. Since the enemy is parasitic, having no good original thoughts of his own, he knows he can’t top the Creator’s perfection, so as the Adversary can’t top a symbiotic symmetry that the Almighty-Creator must have first installed in the Angelic cohorts of the 1st Heaven & Earth, the serpent corrupted God’s first plan for Angels, to maximize his control over the counterfeit order of his spirit realm.

As we follow Axis Ethe unity line between Virgo and Leo of the Great Sphinx, at the one end of Dendera’s Zodiac, this unity line embodies other marriages between the four pair of Ogdoad couples, with one uniting the Divine twins Shu (at left) and Tefnut (at right, lioness-headed); or Adam and Eve, that the Tempting Serpent used to divide them, causing the fall of mankind in Eden. The Egyptian rendition of Adam and Eve is seen on the astronomical ceiling of the Temple of Hathor below, at Niteyóre (Dendera) 

Figure 5. Gemini the Divine twins Shu (left) and Tefnut (right) on Dendera Zodiac.#33

the Gemini Zodiac sign... - Ancient EGYPT - مصر القديمة ...

The root of the original Hebrew-Syriac word for “Gemini” according to Seiss; “does not run so much on the idea of two brought forth at the same birth as “twins,” but more on the idea of something completed, as a year come to the full, or a long betrothal period brought to consummation in perfected marriage.” #34  This lends to our grasp, not of a short period in Original Paradise, but a longer period closer to a 2,160 yrPrecessional Age.

The following Chart shows how Precessional Ages correlate with the Biblical Administrations, revealing a consistent progression of spiritual themes as God’s Plan of the Ages to deliver mankind via the Messiah unfolds. This provides the overarching context for God’s redemption and restoration plan for Mankind and Creation, in the redeeming work of Christ-a Centerpiece of the Ages. The ancient Egyptian, version of Gemini’s Zodiac Sign seen in the Divine twins Shu and Tefnut, would thus match the Precessional Age of Gemini with dates from 6480-4320 BC, seen below corresponding to Adam and Eve in Original Paradise.

Plate III. Precessional Ages Aligned with Biblical Administrations

Precessional Ages Aligned with Biblical Administrations
Zodiacal Sign/Age Biblical Admins Heavens  & Earth              Precession Age
Start Dates BC 
Scripture
 Cancer Angels 1st Estate 1st H & E 8640-6480   Gen1:1-2
 Gemini


Taurus

Aries

Pisces

Pisces


Aquarius

 

Original Paradise

Patriarch’s 

O.T. Law

Christ-Rev.

Millennial Age  

Final Paradise

2nd H&E


2nd H&E

2nd H&E

2nd H&E

2nd H&E


3rd H&E

 

6480-4320 


4320-2160 

2160-7 BC

7BC-2153 AD

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2153 AD-ever

Gen. 3:8ff


Gen
3:23ff

Ex. 19:16ff

Matt3:11ff
Acts 2:1
ff
1Thes
4:13


Rev
. 21

This march of the Precessional Ages is recorded in ancient star maps like the Dendera zodiac, in a recognition of the axes built into its structure. As noted, the concept of this progression of Bible History based on the Ages of Precession, is a general introduction, where the apparent links to the Age of Geminito the Bible Age or Administration of Original Paradise, when God made, formed and Created Adam and Eve, as the first man and wife, are detailed. The dates of the Precessional Age of Gemini fall in line with general parameters of dating a Young Earth Creation,but with added supporting legitimacy seen in the Biblical evidence of Precession of the Equinoxes, going back to Joseph through Abraham and Adam. The solid Biblical evidence of Precession proven in Scripture, was first presented on my [Try-God.com] website in early 2003.

In his classic book “The Gospel in the Stars,” Dr. Joseph Seiss says: “Regarding the sign Gemini, “the Twins were said to be initiated into all the Mysteries, and were invited guests at a great Marriage, where a severe conflict occurred.”#35   In Greek Myth they were considered invincible warriors and specifically seen as friends and protectors of navigation, as on the ship from Alexandria that Paul sailed on from Malta, on his journey to Rome; named Castor and Pollux, [Acts 28:11]. In myth, as patrons of great powers over the four winds & good fortune over-seas, [Jer. 49:36] they were in company too with Jason and his crew of Argonauts contending for the Golden Fleece; the sacrificial hide of the Lamb. Seiss notes that in ancient stellar pictures of the Denderah Zodiac, the twin figures were not of one sex, as seen below where a man is seen hand-in-hand walking with a woman, and have been referred to as Adam & Eve. #36

 In the Prophecies of the Celestial Gospel in the 12 constellation-signs, the Man is the 1st Adam, while 2nd Adam-Jesus Christ, is with his foreshadowed Bride-the Messiah-Prince, in the 1st Adam with Eve; the 2nd Adamdestined for a glorious union with his Bride in everlasting dominion, with the Church of his spiritual body.

Figure 6. The Quadrangular Zodiac at Dendera. #37

dendera

In the upper left corner of this Quadrangular Zodiac of Dendera we find the sign Gemini, as a man-wife couple sailing together in their barque, similar to the image below from the circular Dendera zodiac.

Egyptian GEMINI Zodiac (Horoscope)

For our purposes here, it appears plausible that Gemini’s zodiacal position  prior to the Age of Taurus, depicted as the first couple; Adam & Eve certainly fits the chronology of Precessional Ages, according to our understanding of the Biblical Administrations. The Age of Gemini would have been the Age of Innocence in the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve, made in God’s image and likeness, in Eden, with dominion over all the earth, [Gen. 1:26].

Figure 7. Gemini on the classic Circular Dendera Zodiac.

In these above renditions of the circular Dendera Zodiac we can see Gemini as the man-wife couple circled in red above, and below, between Taurus the Bull, and Cancer the Crab, or in ancient Egypt-the Scarabaeus.

Figure 8. Enlarged Man-Wife color image of Gemini in Figure 7.#38

On the possible meaning and origins of the Zodiacal sign Gemini: Shu and Tefnut and the Zodiac of Dendera – ayinyhvh

The Figure 9 graphic below provides a summary of the complete cycle of the Ages of Precession as a Sine Wave, with significant Biblical Patriarchs from Adam leading to Christ-the 2nd Adam. Here the Age of Gemini matches with Adam, omitting the attempt to justify 13 Billion years of “evolution” in an effort to exclude the Almighty Creator from His Creation

Figure 9. Sine Wave/Menorah graph of Long Term History [pinterest.com] #39.

This contains an image of: SINE-WAVE DIAGRAM: precession equinoxes

I trust you enjoyed this expanded view of Precession and I look forward to your comments and questions.

God’s Abundant Blessings to you All!!

Rene’

Footnotes

1. Figure 1 picture credit [https://humanoriginproject.com/precession-equinoxes/]
2. Strong’s Concordance, [G3772ouranos] James Strong.
3
. IBID, [G2889-kosmos].
4
. IBID, [G165aion].
5
. Figure 2. picture credit [VectorStock/30349471]
6
Strong’s Concordance, [H2822-choshek:], James Strong
7
. IBID, [H2896; towb].
8
. IBID, [H914-badal].
9
. Figure 3 picture credit, Laws of Thermodynamics [Pinterest.com]
10
Strong’s Concordance, [H8432-tavek“], James Strong
11. IBID, [H7097-qatseh].
12. IBID, [H8398-tebel].
13. IBID, [H7097-qatseh].
14. IBID, [H8622-tequphah].
15. IBID, [H8398-tebel].
16. IBID, [*H4161-mowtsa].
17. IBID, [H8622tequphah].
18. IBID, [H7812-shachah].
19. IBID, [H4427-malak].
20. IBID, [H4910-mashal].
21. IBID, [H7812-shachah].
22. IBID, [H7812-shachah].
23. IBID, [H3407-yeriyah].
24. KJV Bible, Exodus 26:26-36
25Strong’s Concordance, [H3318yatsah], James Strong
26. IBID, [H4161-mowtsa].
27. IBID, [H6924-Qedem].
28. The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, in Lexical Aides to the OT. [H5769owlam]
29. IBID, [H5769owlam].
30. The Atlantis Blueprint, Colin Wilson & Rand Flem-Ath, ppg. 171-172.
31. Figure 4 picture credit;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banebdjedet#/media/File:Mendeswidder.jpg]
32Strong’s Concordance, [G5020-tartarus], James Strong
33. Dr. Gary Baker-independent columnist for The Atascadero News and Paso Robles Press; email him at pastor@gracebaptistpaso.org.
34. Figure 5 picture credit; [Amentet Neferet – Religion and Traditions of Ancient Egypt]
35. The Gospel in the Stars; Joseph Seiss, p.113.
36. IBID, p. 112
37. [https://ayinyhvh.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/on-the-possible-meaning-and-origins-of-the-zodiacal-sign-gemini-shu-and-tefnut-and-the-zodiac-of-dendera/]
38. IBID, The Quadrangular Zodiac at Dendera.
39. IBID, Figure 8 picture credit; [
https://ayinyhvh.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/on-the-possible-meaning-and-origins-of-the-zodiacal-sign-gemini-shu-and-tefnut-and-the-zodiac-of-dendera/]

Creator’s Deliberate Design in the Pi and Phi Ratios.

 

Creator’s Deliberate Design in the Pi and Phi Ratios.

We have shared a good portion of material on on the geometric keys of the Phi ratio in God’s Word, in the last 22 years, both on this blog and the [try-god.com] website. We have made a strong case on the science of the sacred geometry of both the Pi and Phi ratios during this time, that shows the evidence of how our Almighty Creator employed these geometric principles in His Creation of the Universe, and the Four kingdoms of Life. But we are presenting key evidence today, that we have not previously shown, regarding the importance of the Phi Ratio in this study, which makes our case even stronger. First, lets review the context of the application of the Phi and Pi ratios in the Hebrew Tabernacle and Temple, as the Ark of the Covenant was first transferred to Israel’s Temple, from the Tabernacle. We also are taking a special interest in how the Heavenly Father has emphasized the role of His only Begotten Son as the Chief CornerStone and the head of the spiritual body of his Church.

II Chron 5:1-14
 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.  3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month4And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark5And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the Cherubims8For the Cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the Cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music and praised the LORD saying, For He is good; for His mercy endures forever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

We have shown in past research that the ground-plans for the Tabernacle and the Temple were closely related to the same sacred geometric principles of the Pi and Phi RatiosThe terrestrial blueprint mirrors Venn Diagram at the astronomical North pole, [Fig. B.]. These two altars depict the bipolar structure of the heavens, seen both in the galactic poles of two great celestial circles of the ecliptic and the Equator in northern skies, as a reflection of the Earth’s Magnetic and Geographic bipolar system. The interplay between these galactic poles exhibits precession of the poles, as the pole star had receded from the archaic poleThuban of Draco, to the star Polaris of Ursa Minor. Within the common space shared between the poles of the two circles moving in opposite directions, lies the Venn Diagram or the astronomical vesica of the North Pole. The quote below from Nigel Pennick shows us how original principles of “sacred geometry” are preserved in the dimensions and measures of the Tabernacle & Temple in the elements of their walls, furniture, columns, clothing, altars, architecture & orientation. This divine celestial plan modeled in the Hebrew Temple and Tabernacle, is the basis of the “sacred geometry” adopted by Freemasons and others before them, who tainted these concepts in the defiled context of their mysticism and astrology, cut from their authentic roots in the Astronomy of the Biblical Patriarchs. This study endeavors to return this Astronomy to its genuine roots, dispensing with corrupt astrological influences and pagan mythology of various ancient cultures and occult secret societies.

Figure A illustrates the double square rectangle, geometry based on the phi ratio, providing key aspects of both the “pattern of the Temple and Tabernacle” of Israel. [Heb. 8:5, Exod. 25:9, 40]

Figure AThe Plans of the Hebrew Temple and Tabernacle. #1

King Solomon obeyed the will of God by having the Ark of the Covenant brought into the Temple to dedicate it, during the Feast of Tabernacles, in the most sacred seventh month of Tishri. During this time: the trumpeters and 120 priests and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD…Like the fallen angels in the choral units of their first estate [Job 38:7], the priests as trumpeters and singers were in one accord, in making one sound in worship and praise to God the Creator. This O.T. account foreshadows a time in the future, when the body of Christ fully supersedes Lucifer and his fallen angels in their original ministry of worshipful songs in praise to Almighty God. This record of the transfer of the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle to the Temple is important because the Ark represented the presence of God among His people. The God-given architectural blueprints for both the Tabernacle and Temple were designed to embody the framework of the celestial structure of Creation in miniature, on the terrestrial level, as a reflection of heaven on the earth.

This view is supported in the following quote from Nigel Pinnock, who details some key elements in the pattern given by God to David: “The Tabernacle stood inside a court whose geometry was a double square [1 x 2 rectangle], 100 cubits long by 50 cubits wide. Inside the double square enclosure was a triple square 30 cubits long and 10 cubits wide. Its walls were built of wood planks 1.5 cubits wide and 10 cubits high, held in line by strong horizontal bars of wood. The whole structure was covered with skins sewn together in strips 30 cubits long by 4 cubits wide. The Tabernacle was placed in the court towards the west, with its entrance oriented east-wards, so that according to Josephus: “when the Sun arose it might send its first rays upon it.” The Tabernacle’s interior was divided into two compartments, a scheme which was copied later in the Temple…..The outer compartment called the Holy Place, was a double square 20 by 10 cubits, whilst the inner compartment, the Holy of Holies, comprised a single square. As the height of the Tabernacle’s ceiling was also 10 cubits, the Holy of Holies enclosure was a perfect cube that held the Ark of the Covenant. The Altar of Sacrifice was the outer equivalent of the Ark of the Covenant. It stood at the center of the outer of the two squares of the enclosure. The altar represented one of the two poles at the center of two squareseach upon its own center of polarity...” 2 “The Temple measures, like the Tabernacle before it, were precisely detailed: [I Chronicles 28, II Chronicles 3]. A triple square double the size of the Tabernacle, and the walls of the Temple were hewn stone lined inside with wood overlaid with gold. The interior comprised a double square rectangular holy place, and a single square Holy of Holies. The interior was 20 cubits high, making the Holy of Holies again, a cubic enclosure. At the very center of the Holy of Holies stood the Ark of the Covenant, which formerly had occupied the central point of the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle… The entrance to the Temple was 5 cubits in width, and opened from a porch which comprised two squares of 10 x 10 cubits. It was this porch which supported the two pillarsJachin & Boaz.” The Tabernacle/Temple ground plans of Israel show a heavenly image of eastward access to God’s presence, via the High Priest’s annual ministry inside the holiest of all. As Pinnock says, the brazen altar of burnt offering: “represented one of two poles at the center of two squareseach on its own center of polarity.”3# This bipolar system of two poles-the ecliptic and Equator reflected iearthly counterparts of the altars, in both the holy of holies and the holy place.

The geometric basis of the foundation underlying the structure of the Hebrew Tabernacle and Temple is called a Vesica Piscis. The sacred geometry of the Vesica Piscis is rich in symbolism as we will see in the graphics below. In Plate 1, we have 4 illustrations that show varying symbolic key references that we will explore to extract their wisdom.

The Geometric Nature of the Vesica Piscis

“The straight lines and angles of geometry symbolize the limitations of our physical world, while the curves and circles symbolize infinite possibilities of the spiritual realm.” — Hasidic teaching.

In geometry, the Vesica Piscis is not just a visually appealing shape, but a lens-shaped figure that embodies mathematical precision. It includes key proportions and ratios, like the square root of 3 and the ratio of the width to its height, that is the square root of 3 divided by 2. These precise ratios give the Vesica Piscis a sense of harmony and balance, based in the study of sacred geometry. As our gaze explores the deeper meanings of the Hasidic quote above, when applied to the vesica piscis, below we find the symbolism of the product of two infinite realms. This is a metaphor of the universe, known in Hebrew as “Olam”, whose etymology is from “hidden”, the implication being that the universe is the place where God is “hidden. That is to say, the infinite God is hidden in the finite universe, the two intersecting circles representing this idea. #4


The mathematical roots and ratios found in the Vesica Piscis
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The mathematical roots √2, √3 and √5 are found in the Vesica as seen above. These square roots continue infinitely beyond the decimal point, without a repeating pattern. These numbers are found not only in sacred structures like the Hebrew Temple, and other ancient cultures, but also throughout nature.


Plate 1
. The Sacred Geometry of the North Pole and the Vesica Piscis. #5

 The Energy Field of Vesica Piscis

In Illust. 1 above; the quotient of any Fibonacci number and its predecessor approaches Phi (34/21 = 1.618) equal to the golden ratio, 1:1.618. A rectangle unevenly divided will result in one square and one rectangle, with sides @ 1:1, with a new rectangle in exact proportions to the 1st rectangle 1:1.618. The Phi rectangle in Illust. 1 – Golden Rectangle, matches the 2 rectangles in Illust2 above, show both the “measure of the fish,” from Archimedes and Pythagoras, as Christ is reflected in the sacred geometry of the North Astronomical Vesica, below in Fig. B. First, we see Christ in an Illust2; Measure of the Fish, amidst the Golden Rectangles, as the circles overlap in the North Pole Vesica, in Plate 2 and Figure B below, with Christ as Cepheus-the enthroned King, at the right hand of the Almighty, in the north skies.

Plate 2. The North Polar Vesica
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Between his feet is our current Pole Star-Polaris, of Ursa Minor, which has overtaken the archaic pole star of Thuban, in Draco’s tail, at the apex of a right Equilateral triangle holding Ursa Minor from 5,000 years ago. At first look, an analysis of this image shows two interlocked Vesica Circles containing 3 decans of Draco the dragon, Cepheus the Crowned king, and the little bear of Ursa Minor between them. Inside this Vesica at the North pole we find the same geometric image in Illustration 4, divided by a red center line forming the common base of two equilateral triangles, one on the right containing most of Ursa Minor, while the other on the left holds a large part of Cepheus the crowned king. This is critical because it depicts the transition of the North Pole star from Thuban of Draco, to Polaris at the tail end of Ursa Minor, the little bear, located between the feet of King Cepheus. This relates a dialogue and celestial chronicle of the fall of the Dragon and the rise of King Jesus, the Morning Star. Since the dragon was expelled from his rulership over angelic cohorts, he was supplanted by Jesus Christ, whose rule over Creation with a rod of iron is everlasting. The 2 upper lines of the right Equilateral triangle tell a story as their bases form the bipolar structure of the North pole, with the stationary pole of the ecliptic, around which the equatorial pole moves, accounts for the precession of the pole star from Thuban to Polaris. With Christ’s perfect Sacrifice, Resurrection and Ascension he took dominion from the dragon as seen in the pole star underfoot of King Cepheus.

As the Cornerstone prophecy in Luke 20:17b-18 tells us; “The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Stone of the corner18 Everyone who falls on that Stone will be broken  [in pieces]; but upon whomever It falls, It will crush him [to be winnowed by him and [k]scatter him as dust].” [Ps.118:22 [rosh-H7218; head, Job 22:12, Zech. 4:7] Here we see Jesus Chief Cornerstone at the peak of the Heavens, as the Astronomical Northern Pole Star and apex of the Great Pyramid the King ruling from his exclusive roost not only over all those who opposed and rejected him, but also as Head [highest & supreme] of his spiritual body-God’s unified People! [Eph. 5:23]

The 3rd Illustration from Plate 1, above called the “Cosmic Egg,’ can embody the idea of a “union of opposites,” in varied contexts. As the Vesica Piscis itself is a union of Heaven and Earth, we can also see how the Ecliptic and the Equator overlay one another, both in the plans of the Hebrew Temple and Tabernacle, and also on celestial maps. But, from a spiritual view, we see Christ unifying his spiritual body of the Church, that includes both Jews and Gentiles, who shared very little in common in the OT, as we find in Ephesians 2:11-16; [Ampl. Bible]

Ephesians 2:11-16, 20-22
11 Therefore, remember that at one time you were Gentiles (heathens) in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by those who called themselves Circumcision, [itself a [e]mere mark] in the flesh made by human hands. 12 [Remember] that you were at that time separated (living apart) from Christ [excluded from all part in Him], utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the [Messianic] promise [with no knowledge of or right in God’s agreements, His covenants]. And you had no hope (no promise); you were in the world without God13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near14 For he is [himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us15 By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]; that he from the two might create in himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace16 And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of his cross, thereby killed the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.

The amazing spiritual unity that is now shared in the body of Christ between Jews and Gentiles is only due to the singular love of Christ, who sacrificed himself the on the cross, for our salvation. Finally, in the 4th Illustration of the Golden Rectangle of Plate 1 above, we see not only Equilateral Triangles of the North pole, that can embody the triangular sides of the Great Pyramid, but also 2 triangles in the center Vesica at the Pyramid’s apex of the Chief Cornerstone. This Plate 1 graphic shows a line that could separate two of the triangular sides of the Great Pyramid, [Eph. 2:11-12] now bound together in Christ’s unity of love, [Eph. 2:13-16].

Ephesians 2:20-22 20 You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone21 In him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (increase, grow) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. 22 In him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.

As we spiritually grow together in the Church of the Body of Christ, we grow in a Golden Symphony, increasing in our capacity to love according to the perfect standard and pattern of the Tabernacle that Christ himself laid down and abides by. It is the same perfect standard that the Heavenly Father employed in Creation, [Rom. 1:19-20]. As we follow the dictates of this perfect standard, we embody the Christ in us, and on this path to gloryChrist indeed will be fully formed in us as we stay faithful to this standard, [Gal. 2:20].

Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Plate 3. The 8 Sides of the Great Pyramid. #6
 

“One very unusual feature of the Great Pyramid is the concavity of its four faces, which makes the monument an 8-sided figure, rather than 4-sided like most of the pyramids. In other words, the four sides are hollowed to the inside. This concavity is executed to such an extraordinary degree of precision as to complement the mystery of the structure. From any ground position, it is invisible to the naked eye and only noticed from the air; indeed it was discovered by accident by a British air force pilot flying over the Giza Plateau in 1940, who didn’t miss the chance at this photograph. during the Spring Equinox (21 March). Flinders Petrie voiced a similar observation already, when he noted a hollowing in the core masonry in the center of each face that the courses of the core had dips of as much as 1®.” The concavity was presumed to prevent the casing stones from sliding, i.e. to better bond the nucleus to the casing.” Another theory-a more aesthetic one was: concave faces are more pleasing to the eye, when the value of Phi, is equal to the secant of the face angle of the inner triangle, is also equal toratio of the Pyramid slant height and 1/2 its base-length, that applies to every one of the 8 right-angle triangular faces. Each of the 8-sided faces confirms the Golden Ratio so that it is inscribed into a Golden Rectangle in which the height/base = PhiIt is beyond any doubt that the dimensions of the Great Pyramid are not a coincidence conforming to Pi or Phi.”#7 It is more & more obvious the Giza Plateau in general and specifically the Great Pyramid, were designed to encode sophisticated scientific knowledge.

Plate 4. Airborne photo of the Great Pyramid showing its 8 sides. #8

r/interestingasfuck - a pyramids in the desert

A pyramid based on Phi varies by only 0.025% from the Great Pyramid’s estimated dimensionsPhi is the only number that has the mathematical property of its square being one more than itself:

Φ + 1 = Φ²   or   1.618… + 1 = 2.618

By applying the above Pythagorean equation to this, we can construct a right triangle, of sides a, b and c, or in this case a Golden Triangle of sides √Φ, 1 and Φ, which looks like this:

Golden Ratio Triangle of Great Pyramid of Egypt

This creates a pyramid with a base width of 2 (i.e., two triangles above placed back-to-back on each side of the pyramid) and a height of the square root of Phi, 1.272. This ratio of the height to the base is 0.636.

According to Wikipedia, the Great Pyramid has a base of 230.4 meters (755.9 feet) and an estimated original height of 146.5 meters (480.6 feet). This also creates a height to  base ratio of 0.636, which indicates it is indeed a Golden Triangle, at least to within three significant decimal places of accuracy. If the base is indeed exactly 230.4 meters then a perfect golden ratio would have a height of 146.5367. This varies from the estimated actual dimensions of the Great Pyramid by only 0.0367 meters (1.4 inches) or 0.025%, which could be just a measurement or rounding difference. #9

A pyramid based on golden triangles would have other interesting properties.  The surface area of the four sides would be a golden ratio of the surface area of the base. The area of each triangular side is the base x height/2, or 2 x Φ/2 or Φ. The surface area of the base is 2 x 2, or 4. So four sides is 4 x Φ / 4, or Φ for the ratio of sides to base. #10

The Fibonacci sequence ties directly to the Golden ratio because if you take any of two successive Fibonacci numbers, their ratio is very close to the Golden ratio. As the numbers get higher, the ratio increases to closer Phi values of 1.618. For example the ratio of 3/5 1.666. But the ratio of 13/21= 1.625. With even higher, numbers the ratio of 21/34 = 1.618. These numbers are all successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, as these numbers are applied to the proportions of a rectangle, called a Golden rectangle, known as one of the most beautiful and visually satisfying of all geometric forms – hence, the Golden ratio is pervasive in artistic expression. The golden rectangle also ties to the Golden spiral, as it generates the adjacent squares of Fibonacci dimensions. This Golden Spiral is defined as a logarithmic spiral, seen in nature affirming the basis of growth life in the plant, animal, human and spirit kingdoms of life. It is also built-into the structure of the universe, as the logarithmic spiral appears in spiral arms of galaxies. #11

The purity of artistic expression mentioned above in connection with the Golden Rectangle was seen in the early 20th century when archaeologists opened the tomb at Saqqara of the Egyptian architect Khesi-Ra, (an Imhotep contemporary), who was the chief of doctors in the 27th century BC, the main writer and architect of the king and above all a carver. There were 11 boards in his tomb. At first, Egyptologists accepted these panels as false doors, but later it was noticed that there was the proportion 1 : root (5) on the panel [Phi = (1+root(5))/2]. When the height of Khesi-Ra is divided into 18 even segments the navel [of the ideal man] is exactly where one expects to find it according to the classic canon 11:18. The numbers 11 and 18 are close to the ratio of Phi; and they belong to a sequence very much like Fibonacci– (Lucas) sequence composed of the numbers: 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, etc., where the ratio between two successive elements tends similarly to Phi. #12

Vesica Piscis 265 153

The graphic below shows another view of the precession of the poles as the  interlocking wheels of the ecliptic and Equator, with the fish shaped lens of the vesica between them. This “vessel of the fish” is formed from the lozenge of these two interlocking circlescentered o each other’s perimeter. We see the import of Archimedes’ formula of the “Measure of the fish,” to geometry and mathematics in the ratio of its height to its length [153:265], as it represented the nearest whole number approximation of the square root of three, with the controlling ratio of equilateral triangles.#13  In ancient Greece, Pythagoras endorsed 153 as the denominator of the closest fraction to the square root of 3 [265/153], known to the “ratio of the fish” drawn between the two interlocking vesica circles, on each other’s circumference. This provides a basis where we can explore the genuine aspects of the Creator’s application of mathematics and geometry in His order of Creation.

Figure B. The Northern Astronomical Vesica

celestial design of the heavens

This view powerfully depicts how the Temple and Tabernacle symbolized God’s celestial design of the heavens, seen in their two altars, mirroring the 2 poles of the ecliptic and the Celestial Equator. This agrees with many principles seen in the pattern of God’s Intelligent Design in His Creation. Since the “pattern of the Tabernacle” contains the phi ratio also known as the “divine proportion” or golden section we can see definitive Biblical evidence that this universally recognized standard of measure is truly divine in origin, since the dimensions of these sacred architectural structures were given by revelation from God to Moses and King David.

A goal of Biblical Archaeo-Astronomy is to adopt a fresh view of archaeology of Biblical artifacts like the Hebrew Temple and Tabernacle, viewed through the lens of principles of Biblical Astronomy. This allows us to catch new glimpses of glories long hidden from the astrologers and empiricists, whose practices for too long have clouded the inherent grandeur of the Creator’s sacred architecture. By liberating the divine blueprint of the Temple and Tabernacle from a profane orientation that has served to distort its original pattern, perhaps a new light can be shed upon the true Godly design and purposes hidden in the divine blueprints and architecture. By allowing God’s Word to speak for itself in this key  area, we can introduce a fresh perspective to the field of Archaeo-Astronomy, emphasizing the liberating power of adopting a genuine Biblical perspective in this meaningful area of research. We should keep in mind here that this double-square, (1x 2 rectangle) ground-plan configuration of the Tabernacle’s court containing the phi ratio, we find not only in the dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant [Ex. 25:10], but also in the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid. The dynamic celestial equator, the second circle secular in nature, ties to both the civil calendar year and earthly Equator as it is mirrored above into the heavens. The movement of this equatorial pole around the static pole of the ecliptic is what is known as the precession of the poles. The intersection points of the ecliptic and the Celestial Equator known as equinoctial points, which we call the Spring and Fall equinox, days when the length of daylight is equal to the dark of night. The altar in the Holy of Holies, holding the Ark of the Covenant is mirrored in the pole of the ecliptic, around which the equatorial pole movesboth wheels, interlocked in form of a Venn Diagram, depicting God’s personal presence among His people. In the OT, God’s presence was only accessed annually as the people obeyed the tenets of the Law carried out by the High Priest, to cover for their sins. The pattern of eastern access seen above, holds true not only for Solomon’s Temple of the OT, but also remains in the later Temple in Ezekiel 43. Let’s take a detailed look at how the return of Christ integrates this theme of eastern access in the Temple and Tabernacle.

[Ezek. 43:1-5]

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east: [2] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. [3] And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. [4] And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. [5] So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, beholdthe glory of the Lord filled the house.

God’s people are no longer dependent upon sacrifices of bulls & goats, by a High Priest that only enter God’s presence once a year, but have continual access to the Heavenly Father in Jesus Christ, the High Priest after Melchisedek’s order. As seen in other studies on this site, the planet Jupiter was known by the Hebrew name Sedeq, showing the link with Jupiter and Melchisedek the High Priest. The Jews saw the Messiah as the royal offspring of David “the Sedeq Branch” (Jer. 23:5 JehovahTsidkenu). Moreso, the word Sedeq is tied to Melek-(King) and combined to form Melchisedek, the Righteous King.12

Hebrews 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? [Heb 10:19 -20Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his fleshIf Jesus was not a man of flesh and bone as he called himself in his resurrected body, then he could not have been the perfect sacrifice required-the death of a sinless man, to redeem humanity, and we would remain unsaved!  This is completed in a final Paradise Administration referred to in Rev. 21-22. We find this in the reference to Jesus Christ as the “no more curse” in Rev. 22:3, who healed the curse that was put upon man resulting in Adam’s fall in  Gen. 3:17Rev. 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: In Heb. 7:13 above, Solomon set the brazen scaffold in the midst of the court, between the altars of the holy place, and the holiest of all. The configuration of these two altars mirror the basic structure of the alignment of Earth’s polar axis, depicted in the graphic below, [Figure C.]. We can see how the geographic and magnetic poles on Earth are reflected in the North Poles of the ecliptic and the Equator, in the heavens in view of Figure C below.

As we keep the Temple of Jerusalem, the terrestrial paradigm of the North Pole in mind, the word “midst” above in II Chron. 6:13, is “tavek” [H8432]#14 meaning the center, or bisection, so called from its being divided.16 As a terrestrial reflection of the celestial structure of the firmament, a key aspect of the Temple plan is revealed as we consider some other places in God’s Word where this Hebrew word “tavek” occurs. The first use of tavek is in Gen. 1:6 referring to the order of the firmamentdividing the midst of internal great deep waters from out-side waters of the firmament, of the heavens. This depicts the firmament as a vast cosmic bubble, containing all the celestial bodies in the created Universe, bordered by an immense reservoir. This terrestrial paradigm is not limited to a figure of speech like the Temple or Tabernacle of Israel, but by the use oftavek” in this context of God’s ordering of all Creation, it naturally includes the entirety of planet Earth.

Genesis 1 tells us that the waters inside the firmament are linked to Earth, whose continents are bisected at their geographical center by the Great Pyramid on the Giza Plateau. This memorial type of altar bisected the Delta of Egypt, [tavek] as this part of the Nile, was anciently called “the sea.” We find the details of this with the usage of “tavek” in Isa. 19;18-20. This is handled in detail, in the section of our web-site on the Biblical Astronomy of the Great Pyramid. The material we have been studying shows us direct Biblical links, and a celestial reflection of the two altars of the Temple and Tabernacle, as illustrations of the bipolar structure of the Earth, mirroring the galactic poles of the two great celestial circles the ecliptic and the Equator in northern skies. The symbolism of the circle is heavenly, while the symbolism of the square is Earthly. When we overlay the celestial double circle of the galactic North Pole over the terrestrial double square of the Tabernacle’s groundplan, the 1 x 2 rectangle formed in the midst of the Tabernacle’s court, conforms to the common area of the North polar Vesica, between these overlapping celestial circles. This depicts the Creator’s original plan of His Creation reflected on both the macro and micro levels of heaven and earth, as seen in the Temple blueprints, and “pattern of the Tabernacle,” [Heb. 8:5, Exod. 25:9, 40] Only a true Creator could give the details of this Intelligently Designed Plan with such accuracy. Only the Almighty God is able to account for the work of His Hands with precision in such a sweeping vista, encompassing everything from the vast to the smallest scale. All of this is preserved in the fullness of its inherent glory in God’s Holy Word, so that it is undeniable even for fools, because even the fool knows this cannot originate by Chance, but only in the deliberate Intelligent Design and foreknowledge of the Almighty Creator-God.

On the micro level, this structure is intended to symbolize God’s chosen dwelling place in the hearts and minds of the Church in Christ, with man as the reason for Creation, and the container and reflector of the Creator’s gift of holy spirit. In this sense Christ is the ideal man and an emblem of all Creation. All the symbols, like “Vitruvian man,” are based on this original ideal which has been corrupted in the idols of the ages. We as believers will either align our thinking with the poles of the flesh or spirit by the freedom of our will, determining our fellowship with the Heavenly Father through His only mediator, the promised seed-Jesus Christ, the Chief Cornerstone who crowns his Temple, the Church, that unites both Jews and Gentiles.

As King Solomon, son of David, told his prayer to God from the central scaffold between the altars, he practically unified the secular (dynamic) office of the King, with a sacred (static) office of the Priest, from a location taking in  both spheres of activity for the nation of Israel. This is pictured astronomically as the dynamic equatorial pole slowly encircles the static pole of the ecliptic, with the common area between these overlapping polar wheels seen as a vesica or Venn Diagram. This adds to our insight of the precession of the poles, as the equatorial pole shifted from Thuban of Draco to Polaris of Ursa Minor. This fulfills the promise of the coming redeemer as the current pole starPolaris resides under-foot of the Crowned KingCepheus [Eph. 1:20-22]. This celestial image of the King of kings is thus fulfilled in Christ Jesus.

As II Chronicles 6:16 tells us; There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. It is Jesus Christ as the High Priest after the order of Melchisedek, who ultimately fills this position as both king and priest, signifying Christ the fish, giving the true meaning for the vesica as a fish shaped icthus, that is also a Greek word for “fish.” This sign or cipher of the fish was popular in the early days of Christianity, notably with its Piscean links, and has come into vogue again, towards the end of the age. These truths first put  forth in the astronomical context of the fish shaped icthus, at the North Pole, were divorced from these former affiliations as their use was degraded in occult astrological practices. We need only return to the first truths of the Celestial Gospel to recover some hidden secrets of the ages, that only God’s Word can reveal. By forsaking the pagan astrological idols, the wisdom and Symmetry  contained in the Creator’s Order will be revealed as never before. The starry host provides the faithful heavenly witness of these everlasting spiritual truths, as witnessed in the Hourglass Nebula below. God, the Author of life has truly made new life available to all who believe through His Son, the agent of our new and everlasting life. Because the Phi ratio is pervasive in the kingdoms of life, it represents more than just a geometric pattern ruling life. The Ethic built into the Phi ratio not only lays down a geometric pattern of life, but it also lays a pattern that life follows, ever reaching a closer fellowship with the Creator, as Life Source and its First Cause. Thus it not only assumes the existence of the Almighty as the origin and Initiator, Who laid down these patterns, but it cries out to lay hold on our union with its Source. As the Nautilus living in its perfect shell based on the numbers of an algorithmic spiral provide the ideal environs for the Nautilus at each stage of growth in its life, so humanity is pressed to find the Source behind the architecture of the perfect linear geometric expansion of the chambers not only in the Nautilus Shell, but also of the ideal spiritual environs of the Temple and Tabernacle of Israel, and the great statements of the book of Acts.

Figure D. The Growth stages of the Nautilus Shell. #15

Nautilus shell showing Golden Ratio proportions

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” — Isaac Newton

The diagram below illustrates the increasingly higher dimensional geometry found naturally within the Vesica Piscis. The simple unit movement of the point and circle from centre A to B generates the mathematics for the square roots of one through to five.

Figure E. Vesica Piscis Geometry roots 1-5. #16

The Soul and Sacred Geometry — The Spiritual Meaning of Two Circles, The Vesica Piscis | by NJ Solomon | Medium

Obviously the incidence of Pi and Phi in this sacred history of art and architecture is pervasive, and it demands our attention. If it entailed only a few casual incidents of phi, it could be written off to coincidence, but as we can see this is clearly not the case, as Johannes Kepler shows us in his Harmony of the Spheres, also seen in the Solar System structure of the musical scale.

Figure F. Harmony of the Spheres

Geometry in space / Sacred Geometry <3:

We also find relationships of the Fibonacci Series and the phi ratio in the mean sidereal and mean synodic planetary cycles, with their revolutionary periods of and mean orbital speeds, to include inverse velocity relationships, all based on the ubiquitous phi ratio. Again these multiple phi relationships on their own, might not be enough evidence to convince us of the Creator’s Intelligent Design, but once we see that all these individual planetary relationships fit together themselves in a phi spiral, or logarithmic spiral operating as an exponential constant, organizing the entire order of our solar system, God’s Symmetry is much more difficult to deny. This is especially the case when we find the beauty of this celestial phi symphony of our solar system is only a smaller version of the same phi spiral highlighting the rotational Symmetry of our spiral Galaxy in the Milky Way, seen too in spiral galaxies all through the Universe. Please go to the following link, that details these truths in greater detail than I have space for here. (www.spirasolaris.ca), 17#

Figure 4. The Golden Ratio Rectangle

Here is a simple way to draw and understand a rectangle using the Golden Ratio:  Draw a square (of size “1”) Place a dot half way along one side, Draw a line from that point to an opposite corner (it will be √5/2 in length). Turn that line so that it runs along the square’s side. Then you can extend the square to be a rectangle with the Golden Ratio. This rectangle above shows us a simple formula for the Golden Ratio. When one side is 1, the other side is:

The square root of 5 is approximately 2.236068, so the Golden Ratio is approximately (1+2.236068)/2 = 3.236068/2 = 1.618034. This is an easy way to calculate phi and related geometry we find in our next example, as a key in our study of Biblical Astronomy principles, evident in other topics on our website, like The Calendar of the Biblical Patriarchs. This study points out among many other things, that the cycles of the Sun and Moon are linked via the phi ratio of [1.618] in the 50-year Jubilee cycle, since there are 618 full moons every 50 solar years. This not only exhibits another phi ratio relation in our solar system, but also ties the divine knowledge to the Hebrew calendar as commanded in Levit. 25. Thus, God has designed the phi ratio into the structure of our solar system, even as He has all the other phi/ Fibonacci/ Lucas relations, in all Creation. So, God has designed the phi ratio in our solar system, even as He has all other phi/  Fibonacci/ Lucas relations, throughout the Natural World, depicting His the  symmetry of His Intelligent Design across multi-levels of His Creation. The preponderance of the phi ratio through the Four Kingdoms of Life, is an awesome testimony to the Creator’s Temporal Order. This phi ratio, is arrived at by a scale invariant comparison. The relationship that becomes evident in this comparison is divine, because it is found throughout all levels of the Natural World, from the micro to the macro. In this contrast of the divine proportion, the whole is to the larger as the larger is to the smaller. We find this divine ratio as seen in Plate 1 above in the Phi ratio’s linear expression divided into the square root of 5/2 and 1/2. As we observe the Phi ratio in the Temple and Tabernacle, we also find the examples of the two altars within the courts of the Temple/ Tabernacle pattern depicting a heavenly image of eastern access into God’s presence, via the High Priest’s annual ministry behind the veil, in the holiest of all. The pattern of access from the east mentioned above, holds true not only for Solomon’s Temple of the Old Testament, but also remained for the later Temple referred to in Ezekiel 43:1-5.

The two celestial poles of the ecliptic / Equator are mirrored terrestrially in the physical counterparts of their altars, in both the holy of holies and the holy place. As Pinnock states, regarding the brazen altar of burnt offering:” An added version of this altar is represented below as one of the two poles at the center of two squares -each upon its own center of polarity….”18#

Image result for phi ratio temple/tabernacle of israel

We find Scriptural evidence of this is in Jeremiah 31.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, Which giveth the Sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the Moon and of the stars for a light by night, Which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; the Lord of Hosts is His name: The Hebrew word for “ordinance” here, is also used in Job 38:33, in reference to the “ordinances of Heaven” in an astronomical context [Job 38:31-32]. This Hebrew word for “ordinance” is also used referring to Natural Law as seen in Job 28:26, in the context of the Laws of Nature, as prescribed by God concerning for example the “rain, lightning and thunder.”

Since God revealed the dimensions of these sacred enclosures to Moses and King David by divine revelation, we have undeniable proof that the principles of the golden section and phi ratio are utilized as an aspect of the Creator’s Omniscient wisdom and Intelligent Design throughout all levels of Creation [Prov. 3:19]. The Divine power and energy of the Omnipotent Creator resonates in, and through every level of the Works of His Hand, and as we give Him His due credit for His awesome Works, we can join the harmonious chorus of Nature that sings His praises. This illustrates the dynamic growth pattern found in the largest spiral Galaxy, to the smallest of human embryos. Below we find added examples of the geometry of the Golden Ratio Rectangle applied to Sun-Earth-Venus orbits.

Ö Period of Venus * Phi = Distance of the Earth
Ö 2.5490 * 1.6180339 = 1.5966 * 1.6180339 = 2.5833

In addition, Venus orbits the Sun in 224.695 days while Earth orbits the Sun in 365.242 days, conforming to an 8/13 ratio that are successive Fibonacci numbers. Thus 5 conjunctions of Earth and Venus occur every 8 orbits of the Earth around the Sun and every 13 orbits of Venus. 

Along with the planets of our solar system, the starry host shimmers with faithful heavenly witness of these Celestial truths, as seen in the Hourglass Nebula below. This aptly named Nebula counts the sands of time running out on the serpent’s dominion. This fascinating Nebula closely resembles the vesica pattern, with the heart of the Nebula itself inside the fish’s vessel. Intriguingly, this symbol also favors the number 8, having the spiritual significance of a new beginning, while resembling the division of a cell and the birth of new life. God, the Author of life has truly marked this new life with an explosion of light, both at their physical and spiritual conception to all born male and female, and who believe in His Son, the agent of our new and everlasting life.

Figure 5. The Hourglass Nebula

celestial indicator

The Hourglass Nebula appears as another celestial indicator of the importance of the symbolic vessel of the fish,” representing the Age of Pisces as a foretold  precessional age that would reveal the long awaited and prophesied promised seed, and the final victory over the serpent. We have seen the critical nature of the advent of this age is in the chronology of the ages of the precession of the equinoxes. The details of how the opening of this Piscean Age was marked during the Celestial Prelude, and on my website. This accounts for most of the  “Piscean symbolism” in the Christian mysteries. Many of these “mysteries” were based on an emphasis of the purely geometric aspects of this knowledge, but as we view the signs of the Birth of Christ in 7 and 3 BC in their true celestial roots, we can avoid the labyrinth of mythic and occult admixtures, that corrupt their true meaning. We should note how the pagan cultures of Babylon and ancient Egypt took elements of this “mighty system” of Patriarchal Astronomy in to idolatrous applications of their individual star religions. Yet we still discern the original pattern of truth hidden under these idolatrous facades of ancient astrology.

The Chaldeans and Egyptians, as the Pythagoreans after them, present a clear case where this cloaking of the original truths in the celestial gospel resulted in its corruption. To remove the insidious influence of Astrology, we must recognize the original celestial symbols before they were corrupted and return to the solid ground of their Scriptural underpinnings upon which these truths can be re-set in their original purity. The association of the earthly twelve tribes of Israel with the twelve signs of the zodiac, give us a view wherein we see a way in which the “ordinances of heavens have their dominion in the earth,” [Job 38:33]. This is a primary goal of Biblical Archaeo-Astronomy utilizing the tools of the God-Breathed Word in concert with the witness of the stars.

 It great to have wonderful believers like yourselves to stand and share with, and I very much appreciate the notes and feedback that you send. As always you are welcome to respond via the Biblical Astronomy Fellowship forum.

 

God Bless!

Rene’

Footnotes

1. Sacred Geometry, Nigel Pennick ppg. 61.
2. IBID, ppg. 58-62
3. IBID
4. IBID
5. Plate 1 picture credit. [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/22799541853311479/]
[https://saraswatiniki.wixsite.com/themandalaresearch/single-post/2016/07/08/vesica-piscis]
6. Plate 4 Picture credit. [http://www.catchpenny.org/concave.html]
7. Quote from Assem Deif, Professor of mathematics at Cairo University and Misr University for Science and Technology.
8. Plate 4 picture credit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/174ou8r/the_great_pyramid_of_cheops_has_eight_sides_not/]
9. https://www.goldennumber.net/phi-pi-great-pyramid-egypt/
10. [https://www.goldennumber.net/phi-pi-great-pyramid-egypt/]
11. [https://saraswatiniki.wixsite.com/themandalaresearch/single-ost/2016/07/08/vesica-piscis]
12. [https://www.biblegematria.com/pi-and-the-bible.html]
13. Figure C. picture credit, [https://humanoriginproject.com/precession-equinoxes/]
14. Strong’s Concordance, [H8432-tavek], James Strong.
15. Figure D, picture Credit. [https://www.goldennumber.net/nautilus-spiral-golden-ratio/]
16. Figure E, Picture credit. [https://eyeofheaven.medium.com/the-soul-and-sacred-geometry-the-spiritual-meaning-of-two-circles-the-vesica-piscis-e8887d5254a5]
17. www.spirasolaris.ca
18. Sacred Geometry, Nigel Pennick