The Wheels of the Cherubim

The Wheels of the Cherubim

Welcome everyone to the August 2026 Blog folks! We are blessed in a current class by Rev. Jon Nessle and Ren Manetti on the Book of James, where Jon has recently taught on the First Fruits of a Restored Symmetry of the Creator’s Spiritual Cosmology. The incalculable value of this view, is a central concept in light of the recent blog study on the Cherubim Constellations and the Way of the Tree of Life. [see Nov. 2017 Blog] Their teaching on the Angelic Spiritual Symmetry in the 1st Heaven & Earth, opens new vistas in reviewing Joseph’s dreams of Israel’s 12 tribes tied to the 12 Ecliptic Signs in a Restored Angelic Symmetry as God renews Israel‘s vitality, in Christ’s spiritual Body. (Eph.2:11f)

The Tabernacle’s eastern door is the Way, the truth, and the life, of John 14:6, in Christ as light of the world, door of the sheep, and the Good Shepherd in the true way that leads unto life. [Jn.10]

We find important keys to this true way in Joseph’s dreams of Gen. 37, below:

Gen. 37:3-11 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. 6 So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 9 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” 10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” 11 And his brothers envied him, but his father kept [#8104-Shamar]#1 the matter in mind.

A key to understanding this part of Genesis 37 is found as we take notice of details in the record, specifically the obeisance made by the sun, moon, and the eleven stars to Joseph’s sign of Taurus the Bull. The first dream makes no reference to Joseph’s parent’s who are represented as the Sun and Moon in the second dream. Their praise of Joseph’s star is added to that of the eleven stars of his brothers. The meaning of the Hebrew word (*H7812 shachah) to bow down, is to depress, prostrate oneself (in homage to royalty or God), to bow oneself down, to humbly beseech, worship or to do obeisance.#2  This word is used as indicated in verses 7, 9 & 10 above, in reference not only to the sheaves of the field, but also to the sun, moon & eleven stars, with Joseph being the 12th. We find an image of the Hebrew zodiac foreshadowing the prophecy of Jacob over his twelve sons in Genesis 49, as an image of the Sidereal zodiac, seen in both seeds-the sheaves (earthly seed [#2233; zera–Gen. 13:15-17] and stars (heavenly seed; Gen. 15:4-6), each relating to prophecies of innumerable seed tied to Israel. Here we can see a record where the witness of the Stars aligns with the witness of Scripture via God’s revelation to Joseph, to preserve the line of the promised seed of Israel, that the enemy attempts to wipe out in the famine that took Jacob to Egypt. We also find the two seeds mirrored in horizontal and vertical fish of the Pisces constellation in the Celestial Gospel.

Joseph’s first dream had a terrestrial interpretation which was seen in [Gen. 45: 8 & 26], where the same Hebrew word in v. 8, for “dominion” (4910–maschal),#3 has an initial relevance to Joseph’s political position as “ruler through all the land of Egypt,” that he was elevated to by the Pharaoh. This was fulfilled when Jacob brought his family to Egypt via God’s direction [Gen. 46:3-4], as Joseph became Grand Vizier of Egypt.

The second dream however, being celestial in nature, shows a clear distinction from the first dream, indicating that there’s an added aspect of these signs of the ecliptic that we, as students of Biblical Astronomy, must be aware of. The usage of (*H7812) here in Genesis 37, in relation to Joseph’s sign of Taurus, is distinctly different than in Genesis 49:8, where it states regarding Judah that: “thy Father’s children shall bow down (*H7812) before thee.”#4 Clearly, even though the same Hebrew word is used for the homage that Jacob’s children would give to both Judah and Joseph, it cannot mean for the same reason.

The homage due Judah in Genesis 49 has a distinct celestial significance since the Messiah’s ancestral roots came from this tribe [Rev. 5:5], as opposed to Joseph, who in the sign Taurus, the two horned Bull–a token of Joseph’s two sons in the tribes Ephraim & Manessah. [Deut. 33:16-17, Ezek. 37:16]

 As Patriarchal Astronomy, saw the poles, ecliptic and Equator all tied to the direction of earth’s axis, shows aspects of precession as part of the Creator’s plan to assess the geocentric view of Earth’s center position in Creation. The earth, is not a literal center of the Universe, but as the focus of the light shed by the Sun, Moon & Stars from a Godly view [Gen. 1:14-16], it is the figurative focal point of God’s Creation as man’s garden home. This aspect of the idea of the Sun’s dual year, as the Solar year depicts a heliocentric, or sun–centered solar system, noting it’s Daily/annual glow from earth’s view, as the central light of heaven, versus its cycle of precession. The key point of precession is seen, not only in the 2160 year-ages ruled by the Sun’s residence in each of 12 zodiac signs, but also tied to the Celestial Gospel of 12 signs linked to a return of the Promised seed-Jesus Christ.

This Fig. 1 graphic via Harmonica Macrocosmica [A. Cellarius, Amsterdam 1660] depicts a Sun centered Copernican view of the cosmos. #4a

harmonica macrocosmica

The view of Restored Symmetry in the Creator’s Spiritual Cosmology links to this context, in grasping of the relation between this angelic order in the first Heaven and Earth, that’s based on God’s perfect foreknowledge of Lucifer’s revolt, and His plan for Man’s Creation included the redemption of Mankind superceding Satan and his fallen angels, exemplified in the Perfect man Jesus Christ, who inherited authority over the 2/3rds of the Angels that retained their holiness, along with the redeemed of Israel with the Spiritual Body of Christ. We see a summary of an intact Angelic Godly order in Ezekiel 1.

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

In Ezekiel’s vision the Cherubim each had four faces & four wings. As angels work between God and men, we see Cherubim traits, first with four wings and faces at the four corners of heaven. They also have four hands of a man under each of their wings, showing a 4-fold symmetry of service to God in heaven for men on Earth.

Figure 2. The Four Faces, Wings and Hands of the Cherubim

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We find added elements of dominion in these four Cherubim faces. as Man is created in God’s image, has earthly dominion, so the Lion–king is over the wild animal kingdom. As the Bull-king of domesticated animals, the Eagle is king of the air fowl, [Gen. 1:26-28]. In Fig. 2 Cherubim embody 4 cornerstone signs of the Hebrew Mazzaroth at 4 Compass points & Cardinal Directions. As the Cherubim’s 4 faces embody 4 royal stars/ constellations on the Sun’s ecliptic path, so 4 Cherubim are ever tied to four faces of Man/Aquarius, the Bull/Taurus, the Lion-king/Leo and the Eagle/Aquila, in Fig. 2 above.

Exodus 36 shows points of color in the Tabernacle’s veil of Cherubim, as we consider the color symbolism of services in the Temple and Tabernacle.

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

It is key to recall the Cherubim’s origin in the angelic Choir’s of Ezek. 28:8-18 in the 1st Heavens & Earth, seen in the Great Pyramid’s Stellar alignments thru the Pyramid’s Apex. There are 3 of these Apex alignments that we have noted in previous studies, the first is with the star Al Nitak-the [wounded one] and lead star of Orion’s Belt, on Rosh Hashanah of 2017. This was a prophecy of the sacrifice the “wounded one” endured for all mankind, showed on the date
of Christ’ birth on 9-11-3 BC. Also, the “Scored lines“ carved on the Descending
Passage of the Great Pyramid, aligned to the star Alcyone of the Star cluster-
Pleiades- 
as the foundation star, and 2nd Great Pyramid apex alignment, as
a stellar link between Al Nitak and the central star of the Pleiades–Alcyone. There is also a 3rd type of Pyramid alignment on Al Nitak, featured below in Figure 6, from the King’s Chamber star shaft. In this study, we focus on the Biblical Astronomy of the Great Pyramid, Al Nitak on Orion’s Belt, with the
Pleiades star cluster.

We concluded Part 1 of this study last month by noting key apex alignments, of the Great Pyramid first with

Four pillars held a veil, symbolizing Earth’s number, oriented to four Cardinal Directions. The 4th digit rules this imagery, not just as 4 pillars held the veil of the Tabernacle, but also in its colors. The colors are Blue, in the peace of God‘s presence, and His Son-the Prince of Peace. Purple shows Christ’s royalty, as King of Kings. The Man Jesus Christ offered his perfect blood, as high priest– the sin offering to redeem us. White linen is his righteous purity as perfect Servant of God. Thus, 4 Tabernacle colors-a 4D collective–as Christ’s 4-fold service- Chief corner of 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John, in 4 uses of the zemach branch in Scripture–God’s Word, made flesh. The 4 pillars are 4 Cardinal Points, as Solstices & Equinoxes–Cherubim Wheels in the ecliptic  & Equator, at 4-corners of the sky, to square the ecliptic circle.

These four compass points correspond to the four tribes, zodiacal signs and Tabernacle colors as follows:

Eagle/Aquila [replacing Scorpius below, a substitute North]
North/Scorpion/Scorpius/Dan/Red (omitted in Num. 24, Ps. 75:3ff)
East/Lion/Leo/Judah/Purple. (Numbers 24:9)
South/Man/Aquarius/Reuben/Blue. (Numbers 24:7)
West/Bull/Taurus/Ephraim & Manasseh/White(Numbers 24:8)

As symbolic references to the four quarters of heaven, the 4 unified faces of the Cherubim represent a composite of the celestial narrative, witnessing to the return of the promised redeemer, and his judgment on the assembly of the wicked.

The truths of Jesus as our Shepherd are vividly seen in 3 Psalms 22, 23 and 24, depict the sufferings and glory of the Lord. As Prophet, the Good Shepherd who gave his life not only for the sheep, but for the safe-keeping of all people who come unto him [John 10:11]. As the High Priest and the Great Shepherd, he is the first, last and only door, for the sheep, the Alpha and Omega, which provides the way of access through his blood and resurrection, [Heb. 13:20] unto life, into the true spiritual fellowship with our Heavenly Father. As the King and Chief Shepherd, his return exhibits his final glory, coming as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, [I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 19:16].

Thus, like the eastern Shepherd, Jesus Christ embodies Jehovah-Nissi: the redemptive name for God protecting His people, [Ps. 23:1]. The Door, or gate gives access to the holiest of all was covered by a veil in both the Temple and the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle veil, hung on four pillars, separated the holy of the holies, the central point of God’s presence among His people, from the holy place. Woven into the fabric of this linen veil, the Cherubim were depicted, as a special class of angels who are prominent in God’s throne-room. They are uniquely seen with four faces corresponding to “four royal signs” of the zodiac, ruling four-corners of celestial pillars in heaven, also seen in the four constellation signs of Num. 24:4-9, above.

This Celestial depiction of the circuit and Way that God set before the Lord Jesus Christ is found in the 19th Psalm.

Ps. 19:1-3 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament[a] [7540-Gen. 1:6-8] shows [b]His handiwork. #5 2 Day unto day utters speech, [#562-Num. 24:4] And night unto night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard–[#8065].

Ps. 19:4-6.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bride-groom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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

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

The Four Cardinal Points

Ps. 19:7-8 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting [7725] the soul: [5315] the testimony [5715] of the Lord is sure, [539] making wise [2449] the simple.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: [3820]#6 the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. 19:7-8 depicts a pairing of the Heart and Soul, in the trials of our race, as we recover ourselves so we confess our sins to repent and return in fellowship, with God in response to our daily challenges.

Ps. 19:14 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, [3820]#7 be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, [6697] and my redeemer.

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

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

Figure 5. Aquila the Eagle above the Serpent-Serpens.#8

Antique constellation map of Sagitta, Aquila and Delphinus. Celestial star chart illustration published in London, 1893. Antique constellation map of Sagitta, Aquila and Delphinus. Celestial star chart illustration published in London, 1893. aquila constellation stock illustrations

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

Up North we see the Eagle decan face of Aquila [Ezek. 1:10], replacing his born enemy, Dan’s Serpent/Scorpion, the one triple sign-man/ Ophiuchus, wrestling a Serpent-Serpens, stamping out-Antares‘ Starlight, at the scorpion’s core. The vision of Ezekiel is recorded below.

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

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first of all commandments? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And you shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and all thy mind, and all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like it, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other 
commandment greater than these.

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

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

Several ancient cultures designated four bright stars in the zodiac as the “four corners of the earth” or the “four royal stars.” At the time the constellations were drawn by Shem, these four stars were near the sun’s location in the sky on the 1st  day of autumn, winter, spring & summer, regarded as four Cardinal Points of the heavens.

These 4 stars were well known at the ecliptic 4 corners, the first was a bright red star, Antares that anciently marked the autumnal equinox, in the heart of Scorpius, as the sun appeared the first day of autumn. 

The next bright star Fomalhaut, marked winter, trailed by Aldebaran, a very bright red star-180.0° opposite on the ecliptic from Antares, marked Spring Equinox, as Antares marked the Autumn. Finally, the bright star Regulus, located almost exactly on the ecliptic, marked Summer. Regulus, as “the Prince,” and traditional leader of these four royal stars. #9 [n]

We see four royal stars in their own Ecliptic sign of 12 Mazzaroth signs. Antares the heart of the Scorpion, as in Aquarius–the royal star Fomalhaut, the Southern Fish–eye at the end–stream of waters poured out in Aquarius, [Isa. 44:2-4]. We also see Aldebaran–the Bull’s-eye in (Taurus–reem), and lastly, Regulus in the Lion’s heart (Leo), king of royal stars. These 4 are cornerstone signs not only as the Great Pyramid’s Square base, as 4 tribes/apostles reflect in the sky, as chief corners on the ecliptic’s Great Square, form the basis of ‘squaring the circle,’ or ‘cubing the sphere’ in geometry. These truths work as added handles to grasp the Gospel in the Stars.

Gen. 3:22-24 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed Cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

As Rev. Nessle taught Guarding the Way to the Tree of life was essential in preventing the Serpent from gaining access to this tree which would have corrupted Adam & Eve in their fallen state, and cancelled God’s plan for human salvation.

This first Cherubim mention in Scripture sets a precedent for the other four Cherubim at the ecliptic’ 4 corners as the four royal stars on the Way holding the Celestial Gospel in the 12 ecliptic signs. The Lord put this Cherubim east of the garden of Eden, with a flaming sword that turned every way, to guard the way to the Tree of life. This is a 1st usage of “Cherubim” from Cherub [#3742]-winged order of angel who stood over the Mercy seat in the holiest of all. [Ex. 37:7-9] They are said to rank under the Seraphim,[Isa. 6] which likely accounts for the Seraphim having six wings while Cherubs have four. [Rev. 4:6-8] #10

Adam
was charged to dress [5647] & keep [8104-shamar]#11 guard as a watch-man, to keep safe, preserve, protect [1Sam. 26:15-16, Job 2:6 Satan is warned not to harm Job’s life] Abner was worthy of death as he did not keep his Lord the king, the Lord’s anointed [#4899], we must keep our mouth’s [Prov. 13:3]. Gen. 18:19, 28:15-20 keep the Lord’s way, [Jacob’s ladder v. 17 “Gate“ #8179 of Heaven] Gen. 37:11 Jacob kept Joseph’s dream narrative, Deut. 4:9 keep our Souls in God’s Word. Ps. 16:1, 25:20, Josh. 6:18 abstain from idols, Ps. 17:4 avoid the destroyer’s paths. Keep the Covenant [Gen. 17:9] God is keeper of Israel, [Ps. 121:4, Ex. 13:18, 21-22, Num. 22:23, 31-32, Deut. 6:7, 10:12, 26:17-19, Ps. 91:11, 103:7, Isa. 55:8-9,]

The Cherubim are prominent in the Holy of Holies where we find God’s Presence for Israel in the Temple and Tabernacle.

Ex. 25:17-22
17 
“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub at one end,[7098] and the other cherub at the other end;[7098] you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it in one piece with the Mercy Seat. 20 And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, [5526];
covering the Mercy Seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the Mercy Seat. 21 You shall put the Mercy
Seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. 22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the Mercy Seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

These Cherubim not only inhabit God’s Throne-room, and the Holy of Holies, where the Heavenly Father talks to men in the temple between the Cherubim above the Mercy Seat. But their angelic link in God’s presence is seen in the throne’s wheels with the Personal presence of the Almighty on Earth. The Vision of the Ancient of Days recorded in Dan. 7:9–10, relates to this;

9 “I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The [e]court was seated,
And the books were opened.

Here we find the Throne of the Almighty–Ancient of Days was fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; as “He rode upon a Cherub“ in 2 Sam. 22:11 below.

2Chron. 5:7-8 7 Then the priests bore the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the Temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the Cherubim.  8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed [3680] the ark and its poles.
[3680–kacah-to cover, clothe, conceal, hide, keep secret, as the pillar of cloud covered the Tabernacle, Num. 9:16, Js. 5:14-20, cover or hiding sins is forgive-ness, Ps. 32:1, 85:2, 103:3, 11-12, cp. Prov. 17:9, 28:13, Neh. 4:5, #3722-kaphar]. #12

Note the similarity and repetitions between 2 Sam. 22 and Ps. 18:10-19 below;

2Sam. 22:7-20 7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry entered His ears. 8 “Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. 9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness [6205] under His feet. 11 He rode upon a cherub,[3742] and flew; [#5774–Isa. 6:1-6] And He [d]was seen upon the wings of the wind. [#7307] 12 He made darkness [2822] canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds [5645] of the skies. 13 From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. 14“The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. 15 He sent out arrows & scattered them; Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them. 16 Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world [8398] were uncovered, At the rebuke of the Lord, the blast of breath [#7307] of His nostrils. 17 “He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From they who hated me; For they were too strong for me. 19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, [343] But the Lord was my support. 20 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. [Job 22:11-17]

These 2 sections of Scripture in 2 Samuel & Ps. 18 are nearly identical in their witness of God who rides on cherubs or chariots they embody, vanquishing His foes. These wheels of God’s Throne move with the Cherubim’ wheels.

Ps. 18:9-19 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness [6205] under His feet. 10 And He rode [7392] upon a cherub, and flew;[#5774] He flew upon the wings of the wind. [7307] 11 He made darkness [2822] His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies. [#7834]
12 From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, [d]Hailstones & coals of fire. 14 He sent out His arrows & scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them. 15 Then channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world [8398] were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath [#7307] of Your nostrils. 16 He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support. 19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

A notable dual repetition opens in Ps. 18:10 with; “And He rode [7392] upon a cherub, and flew;[#5774] He flew upon the wings of the wind. [7307] In v. 10 we see the first repetition of Flew/fly [5774] sets a stage for “wind“ [7307-ruwach;
breath, life] Ezek. 37:12-14; as Israel restored today] repeated in Ps. 18:15. 
The 5 verses in Ps. 18:10-15 are bracketed in a dual repeat of “flew” [#5774-to cover with wings, or obscurity] as Cherubim’ wings cover over the presence of the Almighty, in the “wings of the wind“ [7307]. The emphasis of the text between “wings of the wind“ is God’s Spoken Word to defeat His enemies. This is also stressed in Ezek. 37:4-6 in “hearing the Word of the Lord” where He enlivens the valley of dry bones to put breath [7307] in them so they shall live. Ezek. 37:9-10 established this as Ezekiel prophesied unto the wind [7307] ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great
army.” As the text focused both on God flying upon the wings of the wind and His Word to put breath [7307] in them, thus in summary in verse14 “I will put My Spirit [7307] in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it.“

Generally in Scripture, the Four Winds of Heaven symbolize the comprehensive and sovereign reach of God’s power and judgment across the earth. This idea  also aligns with the four Cherubim angels as the four royal stars at the Ecliptic Points and four corners of the path of the Sun. We find it used in Daniel 7:1-3 below.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling [b]the main facts. 2 Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. 

This phrase “the four winds of heaven;“ refers to the totality of the earth’s expanse, encompassing all directions; North, South, East, and West-the four Compass points and Cardinal directions. Many times its linked with divine intervention and the unfolding of God’s plans. Daniel’s usage suggests divine orchestration behind historical events that shape nations. God’s vast dominion is also seen in a comprehensive scope of His redemptive work throughout history, culminating in Matt. 24:31 “And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” In the New Testament, the four winds tie to a gathering of God’s chosen Saints. [Ex. 25:18-19]

Ps. 99:1 The Lord reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be [a]moved! 2 The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all peoples. 3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name,
He is holy.

Our God is the only One Who dwells Between the Cherubim as seen with the original Ark of the Covenant resting directly under the center of the Cherub’s outstreched wings, God reigns above the place for atonement between the Cherubim unified in the holiest of all, on the Mercy Seat. His abundant Grace and Mercy to us is based on His Covenant Love for Israel, as seen in the 10 Commandments contained in the Ark of the Covenant. We don’t deserve any thing God has given us, but by His Grace and Mercy we are saved in Christ’s perfect sacrifice for us. 

Ex. 37:6-9 6 He also made the Mercy Seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width. 7 He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends [7098] of the Mercy Seat:[3727-kapporeth-ark lid, from 3725–kippur, atonement] #13 8 One cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the Mercy Seat.
9 The Cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the Mercy Seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

The Cherubim covering the ends of Square/Rectangular Mercy Seat over the Ark of the Covenant, in the holiest of all embody the ends of the Earth in like way as the square High Priest’s Breastplate of 12 precious stones was Holy to the Lord.

Ezekiel 1 is where we find a treasure of truth on the Cherubim. In v. 4 we read; 4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. 6 Each one had four faces,
and each one had four wings. 7 Their [c]legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like color of burnished bronze. 8 The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings. 9 Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, they appeared
like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire  went lightning. 14And the living creatures ran back and forth, as lightning flashes.

The closest thing to this heavenly image of lightning flashes mingled with fire, I can recall is a recent eruption of a volcano, since its is the only natural image I can compare it to. On Sunday, Jan. 12th the Taal volcano roared to life, and this eruption on the volcanic island sent “steaming, ash and rock up 6 to 9 miles into the sky.” On Monday hot lava spewed from the Philippine volcano after it’s eruption of ash, steam and Lightning caused villagers to flee, closing down Manila’s International airport. #14

The image of the Cherubim are first linked to God’s presence in his Heavenly throne-room in 2 Sam. 22:11, Ps. 18:10 where He rode on the Cherub and flew on the wings of the wind. As we have already noted the celestial link between the Cherubim keeping the Way of the Tree of life, and its association with the other four Cherubim at the four corners of the Ecliptic-its enlightening to see the image below of the wheels of the Precession of the Poles, where 2 wheels of the Ecliptic and the Celestial Equator overlap to depict the Precession of the Northern Pole star, or the fall of the Dragon [Rev. 12:1-13, Isa. 14:12-22] from his first estate. This wheel of the Ecliptic and Equator certainly fits the description in Ezek. 1:15-17 below of a wheel upon the Earth. In this case we see the one Wheel upon the Earth, accurately since 2 Earthly poles in their Geographic and Magnetic poles on Earth’s surface reflect the poles of the Ecliptic and the Equator, fill an image of God’s celestial structure of stars
in the sky
[Gen. 1:14-17].

Figure 6. The Hebrew “wheel within a wheel” from Ezekiel’s vision. #15

As symbolic references to the four quarters of heaven, the 4 unified faces of the living creatures [Rev. 4:6] embody a composite of the celestial narrative, of the four winds from the four quarters of Heaven witnessing to the return of the promised redeemer, and his judgment on the wicked assembly, [Jer. 49:32-39].

The tie to 4 Cardinal Directions on the horizon seems a direct celestial link, endorsed by the celestial wheels within wheels tied to Cherubim, [Ezek. 1:16, 20-22, 10:1-22]. The wheels tie to a celestial structure of the ecliptic and the Equator, as one wheel is seen within the other, and their crossover points are equinoxes. A Hebrew word for “wheel” in Ezekiel 10:2, [v. 10] galgal is [H1534], #16 variant of “Gilgal“ [H1536], #17 the “Hill of God,” [I Sam. 10:5] as Joshua set up an altar of twelve stones [Josh. 4], one for each of 12 tribes of Israel. Galgal is rooted in our word for “Galaxy,” in a N.T. celestial context of these wheels in 2 Pet. 2:4-9 as priests & living stones chosen of God, in Christ as chief Cornerstone in his spiritual Temple-body wherein Christ is Head. As stellar allusions [Gen. 15:5-7] to the 12 stones in the O.T. High Priest’s breast-plate, symbolize 12 signs of the zodiac, Joshua’s altar marked his entry into the promised land, first deeded to Abraham, [Gen. 13:14-15]. As God marked the end of Israel’s wilderness suffering like He marked their exit from Egypt, with miracles parting waters, both of the Red Sea and the Jordan River, so He opened Israel’s reign of kings by anointing Saul, and with a first Passover in the Promised Land at Gilgal. Josh. 5:9-10 as a new shift to their initial freedom Passover, as Israel trusted in the Lord, commited [1556] to Him, so He always carried it out, as the “wheels of God’s justice” rolled over the heathen standing in Israel’s way. 

The celestial application of this word in the “Ecliptic“ path around Earth we find in Ezek. 1:15-28 below: 

Figure 7. Earth’s Axis related to the Ecliptic and Equator in Precession

precession of the poles

The Cherubim are a mainstay of God’s Throne-room in Ezek. 1:15-28;

Ezek. 1:15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on earth beside each living creature with its four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like color of beryl, and all four had a same likeness. The
appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
17When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went. 18 As for their rims, they 
were so high they were awe
-some; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them. 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Where-
ever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the 
living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted  up together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.  22 The likeness of the [f]firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads. 23 And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two that covered the other side of the body. 24 When they went, I heard noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings.

 25 A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; when-ever they stood, they let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were,
the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it.
This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

This is the spiritual message the heavenly Father intended to be told over the face of the Earth, a far cry from idols of “astrological ages” promoted in various cultural myths throughout history. Only in a Bible view of precession of the equinoxes in its true context, can we gain wisdom that God has stored for us in the temporal cycles of Creation. Though at times we see glimmers of true light, shining through myth’s of broken symmetry, we gain an unobstructed view when we take heed to both shares of a 2-part harmony of God’s Written Word, & His Celestial Gospel. This approach truly supplies a proper context for the Science aspect that archaeo–astronomy alone is not adequately equipped to answer.

As part of the Creator’s grand design, the 25,920-year precessional cycle of the sun’s apparent retrograde motion against the backdrop of the tropical zodiac, depicts the Sun’s dwelling in successive zodiacal signs, dictated by earth’s shifting axis and equatorial pole. Thus, with the precession of the vernal point/vernal
equinox in mind, Earth’s central position, showing it’s figurative geocentric view, as referred to above, is not only observed with respect to the solar system, but the Earth’s centrality involves a much larger cosmic district than our community roundabout of the planets and asteroid belt. As Gen. 1:16-17 says, not only in the Sun and Moon, but also the Stars were created to shed their light upon the Earth. This includes the entire zodiacal structure, the great celestial wheels of
stars of the ecliptic, the Equator and the historical motion of their poles.

In modern astronomy we imagine a “Celestial Sphere” as reference to conceive of a rotating sphere around the Earth, on which we fix the Stars & Planets, but we understand it’s not the Celestial sphere that turns on its axis, but Earth that turns around this axis, generating the illusion that the sky revolves ‘round us, as the Day/night cycle advances. As the source of Earth as a Universal center of Creation, opposed by Galileo who favored a Copernican heliocentric view held by the Roman Catholic Church who summoned him before the 1615 Roman Inquisition, which concluded that his opinions contradicted accepted Biblical interpretations.[14][15][16] #17a

Figure 7a. The Celestial Sphere

Celestial sphere | Night Sky, Celestial Bodies & Constellations | Britannica

Today, we know that it is not the celestial sphere that turns as night and day
advance, but rather the planet on which we live. So we post an imaginary rod through Earth’s North and South Poles, to represent our planetary axis. It is because the Earth turns on this axis every 24 hours that we see the Sun, Moon, and Stars rise and set with atomic clock accuracy. Today, we know that these celestial objects are not set on a dome, but at greatly varying distances from us  in space. Nevertheless, it serves as a convenient tool to talk about the celestial  sphere to help us track Celestial objects in the sky.

The Graphic in Figure 8 below depicts the equatorial north/south poles extended through the Earth. This depicts the Earth’s axes, reflecting the dual motion of the daily/annual solar cycle, versus the Sun’s retrograde Precessional cycle at the poles. As Earth’s axes generates Northern/Southern polar cycles, we not only view a “wheel within the wheel,“ Bible perspective of this cycle, but we find the role of Earth’s axes in the celestial motion of the wheels on this axle, in synch with the timing of the Almighty Who spun the planets in their cycles at Creation. As we envision this in a Figure 8 graphic below, the great celestial
wheels rotating round the Ecliptic North & South poles, so we track the motion of signs, seasons, days and years; [Gen. 1:14-18]. 

Ps. 103:18-22 18 To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them. 19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And His kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. 21 Bless the Lord, all
you His hosts, You [c]ministers of His, who do His pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!

Ps. 104:1-6 Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 Who cover [5844–attah: wrap, veil, array, clothe, roll, clad] Yourself with light [#216–owr: light, lightning, daylight, bright,  luminary, sunlight, dawn as indicator of time, Gen. 44:3, Isa. 60:1-3, Ps. 104:19-22, 19:8, 137:6-9, Jer. 31:35] as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, [7307] 4 Who makes
His angels spirits, [7307]#18 His ministers a flame of fire. [784] 5 You Who laid the foundations of the earth, so that it should not be moved forever,

6 
You covered it with the Deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. 8 They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place that You founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary
[#1366-gebuwl, bound, a twisted line]#19 that they may not pass over, that they may not return to cover the earth.

The Flaming Sword [#2719] wielded by the Cherubim of Genesis 3:22-24 can refer also to a figurative sword of Lightning above, in Ps. 104:3-4 tied to God’s Holiness and Judgment, to guard the way to the Tree of Life. We also see the “Sword of the Lord” [Ezek. 21:3-16] to guard the Land of Israel, warring against her enemies. #20  

In 2 Sam. 22:11 & Ps. 18:10, we saw the Almighty as He: 10 And He rode [7392] upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind. [7307] We find the essence of this truth repeated in Ps. 104:3b-4 above as the Lord rides on His cherubs in His chariots of the clouds, on the wings of the wind. As the Earth’s axis/axle rotates according to God’s timing via its poles, so the great wheels fly on the wings of the wind. Below, in Fig. 8 we see how the Earth is depicted central in God’s Creation, as its axes embody the “wheel within the wheels,” rotating around the axes poles of the Celestial Ecliptic and Equator. 

With Earth as the figurative center of Creation and the object of the three-fold celestial light shed from the heavens, the purpose and beauty of the cosmos is to shed its threefold light upon the earth, as God began with the dual year of the Sun, as seen in Psalm 19 and in Joseph’s two dreams in Genesis 37. We see the dual Solar year, in the Sun’s annual and retrograde precessional cycles, with the Celestial vs. agricultural themes implied in the tree of life, referenced in Joseph’s two dreams, to open this study.

We can see how the geographic and magnetic Earthly poles are reflected in the North/South Poles of the ecliptic and the Equator, in the sky map seen in Figure 8. below.

magnetic poles

The Sun’s Cycle of Precession

The initial Biblical evidence of precession in Psalm 19, introduces the role of the Solar “dual year,” or its annual and precessional cycles, the 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 Zodiacal signs, versus the retrograde precessional cycle, where it spends a “great month;”
2,160 solar years in each of 12 signs on the ecliptic. As the Sun moves through all 12 signs of the tropical zodiac, the Sun completes a cycle of the “great year,”  in about 25,920 solar years. The sixth verse of Psalm 19 briefly refers to this apparent retrograde motion of the Sun:

Psalm 19:6 
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

“His going forth is from the end of the heaven…is a reference to the Sun’s path through the ecliptic, so called because all the solar and lunar eclipses occur on this course. The words “going forth” in Hebrew are mowtsa [*H4161], meaning the dawn, the east, a gate, the rising of the sun. 55

This 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 rise occurs, indicating the sun’s retrograde precessional movement, because the sun rises in a different “gate,” or successive zodiacal house on average each 2,160 years.
The sun’s annual cycle, or solar year is seen in “his circuit” above, that in the Hebrew is (*H8622) tequphah: rendered, “at the end of the year” [2 Chron. 24:
23],#21 an obvious reference to the annual solar cycle. Thus we have in brief,
a Bible contrast between these two solar cycles. The Genesis 37 record of the dreams of Joseph takes us into greater depth on the Biblical testimony of precession. Joseph’s 2nd dream in Gen. 37:9-11 reveals the precessional context, with its use of stellar terms, in particular the “eleven stars making Obeisance” to his star or sign of the Bull, Taurus. The “12 stars” of Joseph’s dream correlate with Jacob’s 12 sons in Gen. 49 forming the Sidereal zodiac. One can also view the precession of the Vernal equinox as Solar retrograde motion against a fixed background of the sidereal Stellar zodiac in the stars. Thus, Joseph’s second dream reveals astronomical truth that his first dream
with an agricultural theme, does not. This perspective of the Genesis records in chapter’s 37 & 49 can help us differentiate between the various temporal cycles of solar/lunar time, galactic time, supplying elevated views of cosmic time in the motion of the Milky Way Galaxy. The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of
the Milky Way Galaxy.#22[1] A galactic year is near 225 million Earth years. [2]
The Solar System is moving at average speed of 230 km/s (828,000 km/h) or 143 mi/s (514,000 mph) within its trajectory around the [3] Galactic Center.

Figure 9. The Axes of the Dendera Zodiac. #23

denderazodiac2

The axes marked on the Zodiac show the movement of Solstices & Equinoxes through the constellations between the foundation of Egypt and the building of the Denderah Temple. Sirius appears twice -once on the true North-South axis, of Denderah’s Zodiac above the horns of the “cow of Isis“, and too on the axis of the temple, as Horus on a papyrus stem. The star’s light shines in the inner temple on New Year’s Day, at Sirius‘ heliacal rising, as the temple was built. In that era, it coincided with the summer solstice in Cancer, which is why Sirius also appears aligned to Cancer on the North-South axis.

John Lash points out another axis on the Dendera Zodiac, which goes from the four rams’ heads, through Pisces, across the pole to the star Spica, being held by Virgo. This, he says, points out the vernal equinox today. As the line extends through the Square of Pegasus, at exactly 90 degrees to this axis, an
other line drawn through the tip of Sagittarius’ arrow, points to the Galactic Centre, where the solstice alignment occured in 2012. John Lash summed up his Dendera theory in Colin Wilson’s book, Atlantis Blueprint,#24 seen in the Dendera Zodiac link opening this paragraph.

We must recall that the Rules of the Celestial Gospel tell us that God named & numbered the stars in Ps. 147:4, which is why a History of Biblical Astronomy takes priority over human astronomical history. A goal of Biblical Astronomy records the original star names God gave, to define the truth of the Celestial Gospel, not the idolatry of mankind who corrupted these first truths in their astrologies, that remain forbidden by God, [Deut. 4:15-28, Isa. 47:9-15]. 

Tying the Cherubim to the four royal stars of the ecliptic [Leo, Taurus, Aquila, & Aquarius] linked the four Royal faces anciently tracked as seasonal transition points of the year, on the ecliptic goes back to when the king star Regulus was identified in Summer’s solstice in bygone ages. These celestial turnstiles tracked the four gates or annual divisions marked by the Cherubim’s four faces. Just as the first Cherubim protected the integrity of the Ecliptic Sign/Star Names, in Gen. 3:22-24, we too are charged in this solemn duty to protect the integrity of the Celestial Gospel, with their God given Star names.

Regulus sits near exactly on the ecliptic, the path the Sun, Moon, & planets all travel across our sky, making it a key fixed star point that ancient astronomers had for tracking our Earthly temporal seasons. Historians, or astronomers did not choose the name Regulus, prince of Leo the Lion of Judah, the Almighty as the Creator did, told us of His only begotten Son-the Lord Jesus Christ, who as
distinct from The Father, being born in the flesh, thus not being Omnipresent.

This is an important key in keeping the identity of the Lord Jesus Christ distinct from His Heavenly Father whose commandments Jesus kept as the first-born from the dead. He is our commander whom we will follow in victory on white horses to conquer, defeat and utterly vanquish our spiritual enemies.

Rev. 19:13-16 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a [g]sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

As we obey God’s commands and serve Him and our fellow mankind we will ride with Christ in this future victory over our enemies…

Bless the Lord!

Rene’

 

Footnotes

1. Strong’s Concordance [#8104-Shamar], James Strong
2
. IBID-(*H7812 shachah)
3. IBID- (H4910–maschal)
4. IBID-(*H7812)
4a. Fig. 1 Picture credit #4a from Harmonica Macrocosmica [A. Cellarius, Amsterdam 1660] depicts a Sun-centered Copernican view of the cosmos.
5.  Strong’s Concordance [7725] the soul: [5315] the testimony [5715]  the Lord is sure, [539] making wise [2449] the simple. 8 statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: [3820], James Strong
6. Strongs Concordance #7549 Raqiya–Gen. 1:6-8,20, 2:6, Job 26:7, Ps. 104:3, 148:4, Ezek. 1:22-26, James Strong 
7. IBID #3820
7a
. Picture credit in Figure 7a. The Celestial Sphere, 2010 Encyclopedia Brittanica Inc.
8. Figure 5 Picture credit Witness of the Stars, p. 80, E.W. Bullinger
9. Johnpratt.com
10. Strongs Concordance, Cherub [#3742]-winged order of angel, James Strong
11
. IBID, [8104-shamar] guard as watchman, to keep safe, preserve, protect [1Sam. 26:15-16, Job 2:6… James Strong 
12. IBID, [3680–kacah-to cover, clothe, conceal, hide, keep secret, as the pillar of
cloud covered the Tabernacle
, Num. 9:16, Js. 5:14-20, covering or hiding sins
is forgiveness
, Ps. 32:1, 85:2, 103:3, 11-12, cp. Prov. 17:9, 28:13, Neh. 4:5, see #3722-Kaphar
].
13. IBID-[3727-kapporeth– ark lid, from 3725–kippur, atonement]
14. https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jan/13/lava-gushes-from-taal-volcano-in-philippines-in-pictures [Picture credit]
15. Figure 6 picture credit, [Jewishenclopedia.com]
16. Strongs Concordance, A Hebrew word for “wheel” in Ezekiel, [10:2, 10] is galgal [*H1534-wheel, waterwheel, whirlwind, Isa. 5:28, Chariot wheel-Ezek. 26:10], James Strong
17. IBID, a variant of “Gilgal” Isa. 28:28 [*H1536], James Strong
17a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei  [14][15][16]
18. IBID, Repetition of [#H7307-ruwach; air for breathing from H7306] in Ps. 103:3-4, refers to His ministers a flame of fire [H784]. Ex. 3:2,13:21, 14:24, 19:17-18, Num. 11:
1-3, 16:30-40, Deut. 1:33, 4:24, 33, Judg. 6:19-24, 1Kg. 18:23,24, 38-40, 19:12, 2Kgs. 1:10-12, 2:11, 6:17, 1Chr. 21:26, Neh. 9:12, Job 1:16, Ps. 105:39, Prov. 25:22, Isa. 43:2, Jer. 23: 29, Ezek. 10:2, 6-7, Dan. 5:20, 7:9-10, 10:6]
19. IBID, 1366-gebuwl, bound, a twisted line], James Strong
20. IBID, [#2719]-katesthio-to devour
21. IBID, (*H8622) tequphah, James Strong
22a. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/galacticyear
22b. IBID
22c. IBID
23. https://www.try-god.com/biblical-archaeo-astronomy-of-the-ancient-egyptian-star-names-of-the-dendera-zodiac.php
24. The Skies in Memory John Lash as quoted in The Atlantis Blueprint p. 169-172.

 

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]

9 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 themselves. 11 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 end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live; 13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor-it is the gift of God. 14 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 Mazzaroth, or 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 for–Taurus 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 Gospel, as 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. 12:2-4] to a  3rd Heaven, [G3772–ouranos; 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 created. These 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 [G165–aion: 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 occurred. 2 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 not. Gen. 1:1-2 tells us more about God’s Creation:

Gen. 1:1-2

1 In the beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. 2 The 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 waters. God 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], #6 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 Lucifer. Then 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 light. 4 And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 And 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; towb–morally good, beautiful, 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],#8 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 Earth, tempting 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 liked. One 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;

6 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. 8 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 Earth, the use of “tavek” in 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 kingdoms. Also 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 cycles–the 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 month” or 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 years. Psalm 19:6 briefly refers to the Sun’s retrograde motion.

Psalm 19:4-6

4 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 sun, 5 Which as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man to run his course. 6 His is from the end [H7097] #13 of the heaven, and his circuit [H8622–tequphah]#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 avg. every 2,160 years.

The sun’s annual cycle, or solar year is seen in “his circuit” above, which in the Hebrew is [H8622–tequphah]: or, “at the end of the year” [2 Chron. 24:23], #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 equinox, against 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 a 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 a 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; [Num. 2:18-20, 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, Ex. 26:26-36), 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 month–Tishri 1, the 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 sun. Upon closer view,  the root of “mowtsa” [H4161], is [H3318–yatsah–to go, go 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 Gospel. God 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. 2 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, 11-12, 23:7-9]. This Hebrew noun is unusual in that it has both a geographical and temporal meaning, as does Precession, that 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 [H5769–owlam, 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 end, perpetuity, 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 

3 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 Israel. 4 And 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 earth. 5 And 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. 6 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 Christ. Spica 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 dates, 4241 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 “Spica… to 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 Mendes–sailing 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 Egypt; Banebdjedet.#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-H11] in 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 God, Moses relayed the message God told him on the holy Mount, (Exo 7:5). Jehovah showed He was the Almighty Sovereign–Creator 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.
    10. Death 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 gods–the 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 Myth, all sharing a common source in the demiurge-Nun & Naunet’s watery Chaos. Kek & Kauket–was 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 & Hauhet–were the undirected watery chaos extending to infinity. These 8 gods of the Ogdoad, ruling the 1st cosmos, conceived 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 plague. In 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 E–the 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 yr. Precessional 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   Gen. 1:1-2
 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

?


2153 AD-ever

Gen. 3:8ff


Gen
. 3:23ff

Ex. 19:16ff

Matt. 3:11ff
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 Gemini, to 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 Adam; destined 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, [G3772–ouranos] James Strong.
3
. IBID, [G2889-kosmos].
4
. IBID, [G165–aion].
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, [H8622–tequphah].
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
25. Strong’s Concordance, [H3318–yatsah], James Strong
26. IBID, [H4161-mowtsa].
27. IBID, [H6924-Qedem].
28. The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, in Lexical Aides to the OT. [H5769–owlam]
29. IBID, [H5769–owlam].
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]
32. Strong’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/]