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Adam and Eve and the Serpent
We are looking at the Zodiac where the sun passes through Libra and Virgo. There, we find our two original sinners and the talking snake. The story interprets the picture.
God formed beasts and birds, and brought them to the man to be named. - The term Zodiac means literally circle of animal figures.
9So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. (Gen. 2:9)
God took a rib from the man and used it to create a woman. - Adam's arm is raised, exposing his rib cage.
21So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; >
22and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Gen. 2:21)
The serpent asked Eve if she was told not to eat from the garden. -The serpent lies at the feet of Adam and Eve.
1Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?" (Gen. 3:1)
Eve saw the fruit was good for food, so she picked it and ate it. She gave some to Adam. - Eve has her arm outstretched as if reaching for the fruit. She is holding a chaff of wheat, but we will not quibble over whether the fruit was an apple or some other kind of fruit.
6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. (Gen. 3:6)
The serpent was cursed above all the wild animals. - There is a second serpent, one that circles around the North Pole every day without setting. That puts him above all the wild animals. In this position, he is glaring down on earth as if to be spreading evil.
14The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; (Gen. 3:14)
He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. - As Draco circles around the Pole, his head is either below or above Hercules' heel. The top position represents who is doing the bruising.
15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."(Gen. 3:15)
He drove out the man. At the east of the garden he placed a cherubim and a flaming sword. - We will pass over the cherubim for some other time. The flaming sword is represented by Perseus' sword as it circles around the Pole. We note that Perseus is close to the sun's ecliptic near Taurus and Aries. The significance is that those two constellations mark the two zero hours during the 4,000 years of biblical history, or more specifically, where the sun passes during the vernal equinox. So Perseus' sword is in a sense at the entrance to Eden.
24He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)
Salvation
What is equally significant is the fact that the foundation of the doctrine of Christian original sin rests on the credibility of the fall of Adam and Eve. (See Original Sin.) Now that we can see that the first sin was in imaginary story, there is nothing to support the doctrine of salvation.
The downfall of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, by Michalangelo.
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Cherubim
What are they? Ezekiel describes Cherubim as a composite of man, ox, lion and eagle. Opinions vary as to what they represent, or even if they are Cherubim. The According to one theory, the man is Aquarius, the ox is Taurus, the lion is Leo and the eagle is Ophiuchus in Scorpio-claiming that the eagle is an ancient form of Ophiuchus. On the surface, it seems to make sense. Each of the constellations is three months apart as if they represent the four cardinal directions. It's bothersome that the writer doesn't explain his source of the claim that Ophiuchus is the eagle. Then there is the theory that based on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, Scorpio is the man. This boundary stone below left shows a scorpion with a man's body. Below right, Wikipedia suggests Cherubim where originally statues found in pairs protecting doorways. That would apply as a statue representation.
10He rode on a cherub, and flew; he came swiftly upon the wings of the wind. (Psalm 18:10)
23The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
24The doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.
25And on the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside. (Ezek. 23-25)
I suggest that all of the above theories are false. The evidence on this page argues for Cherubim composed of Taurus the bull, Leo the lion, Orion the man and Aquila the eagle. Genesis tells us that Cherubim were stationed "to guard the way to the Tree of Life." The evidence will demonstrate that the way is the Milky Way. Each is stationed at a strategic point on the Milky Way: beginning, end and two flanks. There is a fifth constellation, Perseus with his sword, who guards the middle.
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Cherubim described
Genesis tells us Cherubim were placed in the Garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life (not the Tree of Life itself). God placed a flaming sword turning every way to guard the way to the tree of life. In other words, there is a path of some sort to the Tree of Life. We will return to the sword later.
24He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)
In chapter one, Ezekiel describes "living creatures" as having the face of a man in the front, the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle at the back. He doesn't explicitly call them Cherubim. We need more information.
The cloud describes the Milky Way. "A stormy wind out of the north" means a spirit from the north side of the Zodiac. Of course, terms like "burning coals of fire" and "flash of lightning" refer to the stars.
4As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
5And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
6but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
8Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus:
9their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went.
10As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.
11Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.
12And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went.
13In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning. (Ezek. 1:4-14)
The River of Heaven described
In the passage below, the river that interests us is the River Pishon. We recognize the Tigris and Euphrates. As for the River Gihon, the Zodiac has a second river in the southern hemisphere called the River Eridanus (not shown here).
10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
11The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
13The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.
14And the name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. (Gen. 2:10-14)
3Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the house, when the man went in; and a cloud filled the inner court.
4And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the LORD. (Ezek. 10:3-4)
Ezekiel sees Cherubim by the river Chebar. Each has four faces and four wings. The firmament (celestial sphere) was over their heads. The best that I can make of the number four is that it represents four cardinal directions as the constellations rotate. The wheels symbolise the stars turning around the pole star.
15And the cherubim mounted up. These were the living creatures that I saw by the river Chebar.
16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them.
17When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in them. (Ezek. 10:15-17)
Ezekiel identifies the living creatures by the river Chebar as Cherubim.
20These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
21Each had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings the semblance of human hands.
22And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the very faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. They went every one straight forward.
22Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads.
23And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body. (Ezek. 10:20-23)
Putting it alltogether
We have a map of the north celestial sphere below and a lot of descriptions from Genesis and Ezekiel. For the thesis to work, the descriptions should fit the map. I started with the assumption that the Milky Way is the river of heaven by coloring it blue. If it is a wrong assumption, the other pieces won't fit. The picture is inverted from the way we would see it from earth. The arc at the bottom represents the sun's ecliptic rising above us. Assume a viewing position in the middle on earth looking up towards the arc in the south.
Three descriptions fit the Milky Way. Genesis says the River Pishon flows out of Eden - so does the Milky Way in the sense that it extends beyond the Zodiac. Ezekiel tells us to look for Cherubim by the River Chebar. Genesis says the Cherubim and the flaming sword are in Eden to guard the way to the Tree of Life - the Milky Way. The flaming sword is on the east side where Genesis placed it.
From our viewer position, as Ezekiel described, we see the face of Orion in front of us, the eagle in the back, the lion to the right, and the ox to the left. Cherubim are guarding the river of heaven, or as Genesis put it, the way to the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life will be identified below.
Revelation calls the Milky Way the "water of life" that flows "from the throne of God." To see where the throne is, follow Orion from the picture above to the picture below. At the high end of the Milky Way, the sun rises over Orion's body, to where his head would be. The outline of Lepus below looks like a throne, and the outline of Gemini looks like a pharaoh's hat.
1Then he showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Rev. 22:1-2)
So then, the Milky Way is the river to the Tree of Life. In other parlance, it is the cloud of heaven from where Jesus will come to whisk believers off to heaven. It is the path that takes the souls of the dead to meet God. Perseus with his sword guards the river in the middle. The Cherubim guard the river at each end and at the sides. The lion is on the right and the ox is on the left, both watching the river. Orion, the man, guards the river by the front and Aquila the eagle guards the back. When the sun is at the summer solstice over Orion's body, God is said to be on his throne.
16"O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (Isa. 37:16)
Genesis places the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden. That would imply in the center at the pole. We can imagine the imaginary pole line as the trunk of the tree. The celestial sphere or firmament represents the branches. And, according to Revelation, the twelve constellations of the Zodiac are the fruit.
9And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:9)
 The brightest stars in these constellations are fairly bright. With #1 ranking as the brightest:
Aldebaran, 0.85 pale red, #14
Altair, 0.77, white, #12,
Betelgeuse 0.5 red, #10
Mirfak, 1.8, brilliant yellow, #33
Regulus 1.4 blue-white, #21
Perhaps they serve to light the way up
the River of Life.
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¿EN EL TERMINO CRISTO/CRISTI ESTA EN CLAVE EL 17 DE TISRI EN CONTEXTO AL ARCA DE NOE Y EL MONTE DE ARARAT? (GENESIS 8:4)
CRISTO/CRISTI
C=LUNA CRECIENTE
RISTI (ANAGRAMA DE TISRI)
HECHOS 2 EN CONTEXTO A PENTECOSTES
59. Hechos 2:30: Pero siendo profeta, y sabiendo que con juramento Dios le había jurado que de su descendencia, en cuanto a la carne, levantaría al CRISTO para que se sentase en su trono,
60. Hechos 2:31: viéndolo antes, habló de la resurrección de CRISTO, que su alma no fue dejada en el Hades, ni su carne vio corrupción.
61. Hechos 2:36: Sepa, pues, ciertísimamente toda la casa de Israel, que a este Jesús a quien vosotros crucificasteis, Dios le ha hecho Señor y CRISTO.
ISRAEL=ISIS/RA/ELOHIM
HAY UN NEXO DE ISRAEL CON LA LUNA CRECIENTE Y EL SOL
62. Hechos 2:38: Pedro les dijo: Arrepentíos, y bautícese cada uno de vosotros en el nombre de Jesu CRISTO para perdón de los pecados; y recibiréis el don del Espíritu Santo.
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CUANDO LOS CATOLICOS SE PERSIGNAN EN REALIDAD ELLOS HACEN REFERENCIA, EN CONTEXTO A MATEO 28:19,20 A LA CRUZ GALACTICA-CONCRETAMENTE LA REFERENCIA, ESOTERICAMENTE HABLANDO POR SUPUESTO, ES AL SANTO GRIAL.
Thus, Polaris will not always be the Pole Star or North Star. The Earth's rotation axis happens to be pointing almost exactly at Polaris now, but in 12,960 years the precession of the rotation axis will mean that the bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra will be approximately at the North Celestial Pole, while in 25,920 more years Polaris will once again be the Pole Star.
Figure 4.
Astrologers call the 25,920 year cycle a Great Year and divide it into twelve Ages according to the constellations. When the sun enters the spring equinox, the constellation in the background determines the zodiacal Age. Figure 5 shows the sun entering the Age of Pisces at 6 BCE. 2160 years before, the sun was in the Age of Aries. 2160 years after Pisces, about 2012 CE, Aquarius will be in the background and it will be the Age of Aquarius. Because of the direction of precession, the Great Year cycle progresses in the reverse direction of the solar cycle.
Figure 5.
To summarize, the Age of Aries was marked in the Old Testament by the Passover lamb.
21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. (Ex. 12:21)
The Age of Pisces began when the sun entered Pisces at the spring equinox (Figure 5).
18As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
19And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." (Matt. 4:18-19)
So when Jesus told his disciples he will be with them until the age, he meant the Age of Pisces. His time is almost over. There will be no end of the world, only the end of an Age.
20teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matt. 28:20 NIV)
End
Take a tour of the Garden of Eden and see the stars of the Bible and where they fit in the Zodiac.
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Part Five - Greek: Aion (Age)
This is the last of five articles on the Greek words. We are going to study the Preterist's view on the Greek word "aion" which means "age (dispensation, or indefinite time), era, or a period of time." When you see the phase the "age" in the NT, ask yourself, which age? Or the end of which age? In Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the NT we read, "As the Jews distinguished the time before the Messiah, and the time after the advent of the Messiah" (p. 19). It describes human history as divided up into two ages. The NT writers considered themselves to have been living at a terminal point of these ages. This did not mean that history was to end in their generation but they were anticipating an age to come.
Some English Bible translations use the word "world" instead of "age." We need to be careful to examine how the English word is used like "world" because there are three different Greek words with one English word that are "kosmos," "oikoumene," and "aion." We ought to check the meaning of the Greek word to get a correct interpretation of the Bible. It is very significant to understand eschatology because in this area many Futurist views have stumbled.
A critical error for many Futurists is made when the Mosaic Age is considered as being consummated at the cross. They believe the Church Age will end at the parousia of Christ or the cataclysmic and final end of the world. But what age do we call the age after the Church age? Nothing. Many of the Futurist's believe we are living in the last days. I don't think so and I will show you.
In these passages in the NT, we have two ages in contrast: "This age" and the "age to come." The expression "age to come" implies that "this age" must come to end. Will the "age to come" also have an end? If not, then the expression "last days" must apply to the closing period of "this age." So, in the end of "this age" (the Old Covenant) is when God's eschatological program will be completed or consummated. In other words, time was divided by the Jews into two great periods, the Mosaic Age and the Messianic Age. The Mosaic Age is done away and we have been in the age of the Messianic administration of the new covenant since 70 AD. Hence, from from 30-70 AD (40 years = a generation), the church was in the period of transition, changing from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. It is the period of the bondwoman (Hagar is Mt. Sinai) and the free woman (Sarah is the Jerusalem above). Read Gal. 4:21-31. The bondwoman (Israel) was cast out (70 AD) and we are children of the free woman (Church).
Before we go further, I think we can look into the rabbinical writings from the early second century. It is interesting that many Rabbis believed that the period of the Messiah was to be only a transition stage between this age and the Age to Come, and opinions differed on the time of its duration. 'How long will the days of Messiah last?' R. Akiba [c. 120-140 AD] said, Forty years, as long as the Israelites were in the wilderness. ... R. Eliezer (b. Hyrcanus) [c. 80-120 AD] said, A thousand years. ... Other versions read: 'R. Eliezer [c. 80-120 AD] said, The days of the Messiah will be forty years. ...[quoted from Everyman's Talmud, by Abraham Cohen, pub. by E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. Page 356]. They debate how long will this period would be. Many believe it would be a generation of about 40 years, like the wilderness wandering or the reigns of David and Solomon, even though others thought of it as a thousand years.
Also read in Luke 19:11-27 from the parable of Jesus Christ. Verse 11 says that some Jews supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. Jesus told them a parable of the nobleman. Notice in verse 12 that the nobleman is getting ready to leave to a far country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. We know from the rest of the story that the nobleman is Jesus, the slaves are the servants of God, and the citizens that hate Jesus are the Jews. The nobleman returns in their lifetime. The point is, before Jesus went up into heaven He told the disciples to do their duty before He came back. Jesus went up to a far place (heaven) to receive a kingdom for Himself (Dan. 7:13-14). We know what happened to His disciples and what the Jews did to them. Finally, Jesus returned and slew His enemies in 70 AD. He brought His kingdom of which the saints took possession (Dan. 7:22-27; Matt. 21:43-45). Also read in Luke 19:41-44. I Hope this will give you a better idea.
We will look into the eschatological passages of the Bible with the Greek word "aion." I am using the NASB.
1. Matt. 12:32 - "And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or the age [about] to come." Why did the Lord say it shall not be forgiven, either this age OR the age about to come? Because these two ages will always have the sin of men.
2. Matt. 13:39, 40 - "And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. Therefore just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age." Read Matt. 13:38-43. This is significant in light of Rev. 14. (C.f. Rev. 20) and the imminence of the harvest. Jesus said the harvest was to occur at the end of the age in His generation. This is CRITICAL because you will see the phase "end of the age" in the NT. Read Matt. 24:3 and 34 which is very helpful to understand the timeline in the eschatology study. This is a real dilemma for the Futurist's views.
3. Matt. 13:49, 50 - "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Read Matt. 13:47-50. The same idea as previously mentioned (#2). Jesus spoke another parable about the kingdom of heaven. This is important in light of Matt. 25:31-46 (c.f. Mark 8:38 - 9:1) where Jesus was speaking of the first-century generation. Specifically, Jesus was speaking to His disciples of when He would come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels at the end of the age.
4. Matt. 24:3 - "And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, 'Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age." Most Bible interpreters think that the disciples wanted to know about the end of the planet. However, the disciples did not ask about the end of the "world" (Gk: kosmos or oikoumene). So, they asked about the end of the aion (age). As Jesus' disciples had just heard His prediction of "desolation" for the temple and city, they no doubt felt bewildered and wondered, "Lord, you cannot mean this temple!" Read Matt. 23:31-38. They must have been astonished when Jesus told them that the temple was going to be destroyed, with not one stone left upon another (Matt. 24:1-2). According to the eyewitness, Josephus, after the temple was destroyed, "Caesar [Titus] gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and temple, ...which the Roman valor had subdued; but for all the rest of the wall, it was so thoroughly laid even with the ground by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited" (Wars of the Jews; VII.I.1).
Compare two parallel passages in Mark 13:4, 'Tell us (disciples), when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?' and in Luke 21:7, 'And they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, when therefore will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are [about] to take place?" In Matt. 24, the Lord answered to the disciples' questions that all of these events will be upon "this generation" (v. 34; Mark 13:30; Luke 21:31). No argument and case closed.
I want to emphasize that anytime you see the term "the end," it does not mean the end of the physical universe or the end of our earthly life. It means the end of the Mosaic Covenant. In this context of Matt. 24, you will notice "the end" three times in verses 6, 13, 14. The question is, when would "the end" be? Clearly Jesus answered that question with the phrase, "this generation" in verse 34. It means within 40 years, which would fall sometime between 30-70 AD. Check the other passages with the term "the end" in Matt. 10:22; 13:39, 40, 49; 28:20; Mark 13:7, 13; Luke 21:9; 1 Cor. 1:8; 10:11; 15:24; Heb. 3:6, 14; 6:11; 9:26; 1 Peter 4:7; Rev. 2:26. Hopefully this will make sense to you.
5. Matt. 28:20 - "Teaching them to observe all that I command you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Read Matt. 28:18-20. Jesus told His disciples He will always be with them even to the end of the (Old Covenant) age. Our Lord did not mean to teach or imply that after the age ended, He would no longer be with them. The end of that age was a goal in eschatology or the scheme of redemption. Jesus was assuring His disciples that He would be with them without fail and of course, continue after 70 AD.
6. Mark 10:30 (Luke 18:30) - "But that he shall receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life." Read Mark 10:28-31. This one may not be clear but I think Matt. 19:28 would be helpful. It says, "Truly I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." What a statement! Jesus was saying they will judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Luke 22:28-30; Rev. 20:4-15) during the destruction of Jerusalem in 66-70 AD. That was the end of the Jewish age and we are in the age to come, the eternal life.
7. Luke 20:34-36 - "And Jesus said to them, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, not are given in marriage; for neither can they die anymore, for they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection." Jesus knew the Sadducees were testing Him. He was talking about the age to come in the first century when the resurrection would occur and the people would not marry or die anymore. They would be like angels. This is what Paul explains in 1 Cor. 15:35-50. At death the elect shed their physical bodies, and continue living in their spiritual immortal bodies with God in heaven forever. It is not raised a physical body and then changed. Those of us who are in Christ have passed out of death and judgment into life and resurrection in the presence of God. That is why the Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection. But the Pharisees believed in the physical, fleshly resurrection as many Futurists do.
8. 1 Cor. 2:6-8 - "Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." Paul was saying that if the rulers of this age (those who crucified Christ) had understood, they would not have killed Jesus. But God already predestined from the ages past that that would occur. At that time of writing, THIS (Old Covenant) AGE IS PASSING AWAY!
9. 1 Cor. 10:11 - "Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come." Read 1 Cor. 10:1-11. Paul admonished the Corinthians church to avoid the same mistakes as Israel did while they were in the wilderness with Moses. They were written for their instruction because the ENDS OF THE AGES HAVE COME in their generation.
10. 2 Cor. 4:4 - "In whose case the god of this world [age] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." This seems to me that Satan had blinded many unbelievers in that age (before 70 AD). In Rom. 16:20 Paul says that shortly Satan would be crushed (Gen. 3:15). His power to oppose the consummation of redemption is over.
11. Eph. 1:21 - "Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one [age] to come." Notice how Paul's anticipation can seen in his recognition of the supremacy of Jesus Christ - far above all things, every name that is named, not only in THIS AGE, BUT ALSO THE ONE (AGE) TO COME. Every name that is named in all generations, ages without end. Phil. 2:9-11 says, 'Therefore also God highly exalted (past tense) Him, and bestowed (past tense) on Him, the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father' (emphasis mine - DWH).
12. Eph 2:7 - "In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." Paul was saying after the consummation of all things (the scheme of redemption, not of the creation) Jesus Christ would show the surpassing riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness toward us. In other words, we can see in the Bible from the Fall of Man, God clothed Adam and Eve with the garments of skin, a type of Christ and He made a promise. We can see that the meaning of the sacrifice and the atonement was progressively given by OT revelation. Then, finally at the end of the age God delivered us from sin, death, Hades, and Satan through His Son. We can see the grace of God throughout history. The scheme of redemption is completed. So is the Bible.
13. Heb. 1:1-2 - "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world [ages]." Since God spoke in the OT in many parts and in many ways, finally in the LAST DAYS He had spoken in the first century generation through His Son. Jesus was in the last days of the Old Covenant period. The New Covenant age is "the eternal covenant" (Heb. 13:20) and an everlasting age has no "last days." So, the Old Covenant age has become obsolete and it passed away in the 70 AD judgment and destruction of Jerusalem (Heb. 8:13). The "world" is not the correct term in the English translation and it might cause some confusion or misunderstanding. The word should be "ages." God made two "ages," the Old Covenant and the New Covenant.
14. Heb. 6:5 - "And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age [about] to come." Clearly, the writer knew that the age was about to come when Jesus returns.
15. Heb. 9:26 - "Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Read carefully because it is CRITICAL. Notice it says, "But now once at the consummation of the ages He has put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Obviously Jesus was in the last days of the Old Covenant or Mosaic Age when He died on the cross.
16. Heb. 11:3 - "By faith we understand that the worlds [age] were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible." Again, the word "worlds" is not the correct term in Greek and it should be "ages" that were prepared by the Word of God.
In conclusion, we have studied five articles with the Greek words with some historical background, and let the Scripture interpret the Scripture. In my opinion, the Preterist view is the most simple and straightforward of all the eschatology views, if we let the Scripture speak for itself. Otherwise we will face out the hermeneutic gymnastics or dividing the Word of God that can confuse us.
The Preterist's perspective only seems strange to many Christians today because they have not done any serious study or "homework" on their own. Most of time they receive their instruction from "Christian" preachers, books, or television. Many people in the churches, and the pastors alike, would rather read the footnotes from the Bible (like Ryrie or Scofield or any "Study Bible") than study the scriptures for themselves. Some of them are very ignorant in the history of the Church, the Greek words, or the sound biblical interpretation. That is a shame!
I urge you in the presence of God, study to show yourself approved to God by handling accurately the word of truth (2 Tim. 2:15) as the Bereans did (Acts 17:11). Examine everything carefully; hold fast what is good (1 Thes. 5:21). If you do that, be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you with gentleness and reverence (1 Peter 3:15). If some of you are teachers or want to become a teacher, we shall incur a stricter judgment (James 3:1). We are accountable before our Lord. This is our duty.
The Bible is concerned with redemption history, not world history or the destruction of the creation world. I like the way Ed Stevens wrote, "Bible prophecy can be understood, but Futurist views have fallen far short for many reasons: their extreme physical/literalizing approach, their seeming inability to distinguish between figurative and literal language, and their failure to properly take into account the historical-grammatical-cultural context of the prophecies (specifically what they meant to their original audience). Even the most difficult prophetic passage comes alive when approached properly. It is time to look at some alternatives, and the Preterist view is a great place to start."
I pray that these five articles I wrote will help you to understand the Scripture better and cause you to reexamine your eschatology view.
In the Beloved (Christ), we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, Amen (Eph. 1:7).
Donald Hochner
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Well said, Hannah. And we shall see the truth of that in what follows. Arapahoe, you have posed a very tough question, brother! This is the subject of much debate in theological circles. Some say it means "eternity" ... and others say it means "age" or "ages". All sides seem to be predisposed to their interpretation by their theological presuppositions. For example, depending on one's theological position you can translate εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος ( eis hemeran aionos [please note that it is aionos—the masculine genitive form of the noun—not [I]aion ios—the masculine nominative form of the adjective]) which occurs in 2 Peter 3:18 as: "the day of the age" (Williams Literal Translation) which does not make a lot of sense to us; or "the day of eternity" (the NASB and the Darby translations) or "that eternal day" (the ISV translation) ... both of which latter two wordings at least make sense to us; or simply as "forever" (the KJV translation) which totally ignores the actual Greek wording and substitutes an interpretation of what the translators think was what was really meant by the idiom. The Greek words at the heart of this debate are αἰών ( aion - the noun) and αἰώνιος ( aionios - the adjective). Because the noun and the adjective are from the same root, it is argued that their meaning is essentially the same. And since the only way an adjective such as aionios can be used grammatically is to modify a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, it cannot mean "age". For example, αἰώνιος ζωὴ ( aionios zoe) clearly has to mean "eternal life" because it would make no sense to say "age life". So, goes one argument, if the adjective ainios has to be translated "eternal", then the noun aion from which it comes has to be translated "eternity". Are you following me thus far? This is the fulcrum on which the argument of whether the Greek word aion means "eternity" or "age" swings. I have consulted some ancient Greek word studies to see if I can clarify any further but most of them do not even include this word! However, perhaps I can add just a little more background to help us move toward a correct understanding. But the argument that "if the adjective ainios has to be translated "eternal", then the noun aion from which it comes has to be translated "eternity" does not hold water. Adjectives typically stem from nouns (ie: the noun is conceived first and the adjectival form develops through later usage.) So since the adjective αἰώνιος ( aionios) stems from the noun αἰών ( aion), the fact that aionios means eternal cannot be used to deduce that aion means "eternity". However, we do have another place to look. The root of the noun aion is an obsolete primary Greek noun ἀεὶ ( aei) meaning "perpetually", "incessantly", "always", "ever". (Obsolete though it may be, it appears more than a half dozen times in the New Testament.) Now, if these be the meanings of the root aei, then it would not make sense for the noun derivative aion to necessarily mean "age". It is more likely to mean "eternity" or "forever" or some other expression of the concept of "always". Much credibility can be given to this argument from the fact that the adjective drawn from it means "eternal" or "everlasting". So, linguistically hammocked between aei and aionios, we apparently have a reasonably solid foundation for believing that the majority of verses that speak of the future and use the noun αἰών ( aion) are making a reference to "eternity". Note that I said "apparently" and "reasonably" solid foundation. The reason for my equivocation is that there are some places in the NT in which the noun aion is used in the plural. One occurence is in Ephesians 2:7— "That in the ages [αἰῶσιν - dative masculine plural noun] to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." The linguistic argument is that since "eternities" makes no sense "ages" has to be the correct translation. After all, by our definition of the word "eternity" there can only be one of them. Further, Colossians 1:26 says "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages [αἰώνων - genitive masculine plural noun] and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints." Again, using the logic above, it would make no sense to translate the noun aion as "eternities". Only "ages" would fit. Therefore, we are almost back where we started— lacking some firm rule by which to translate the word with certainty. After all, since there are places in the NT where the noun [I]aion[/] is used in the plural and therefore can NOT mean "eternity" (at least not according to the way we would understand the meaning of "eternity") it could only otherwise mean "age" or "ages". Now we need, at this point, to consider that perhaps we may be wrong in our conception of eternity. To us "eternity" is one endless time or space and therefore a plural "eternities" indeed makes no sense? But maybe it did to the Greeks. And when Paul wrote Ephesians 3:21, in the final phrase τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων ( tou ainos ton ainon) was he thinking and meaning the "age of the ages" ... or "the eternity of the eternities"? That is something we have to at least consider. (BTW, the KJV does a terrible job here, as they have in other places, not even translating the words but substituting a paraphrase: "world without end" which wording in no way appears in any Greek manuscript.) Anyway, to the point, I do not think this line of pursuit would be productive because we have no corroborative literature that would indicate that the Greek culture conceived of "eternities" or, indeed, has a differing conception of eternity than do we. So, now you see why I said yours was a complicated question with a complicated answer. We appear to be back where we started. But now let me proceed to a conclusion. (I could have started with this, but I thought it important to allow you to see the various possible arguments.) I will now give a simple and accurate way to determine the meaning of the words. No, this is not Matt's wisdom. This is not my solution, it comes from Dr. Lawrence O. Richards. He is an eminent American theologian and a Greek scholar. And I love the way he explains it all! He takes a grammatical approach to this problem rather than an etymological one. And his method results in accurate translation and exposition. He writes: "The NT word aion retains the flavor of the OT Hebrew olam but has additional import. The noun aion, found some one hundred and two times in the NT, indicates a time of unspecified duration."OK, so that permits both the meaning of "ages" and "eternity". So which is correct? According to Richards both are. And he then gives us a means to determine which meaning belongs to the word in any given verse. In Greek, prepositions are extremely important in determining the proper meaning of words. So Richards goes on to give us the clue we need. He writes: "With a preposition like 'from' aion means 'from the beginning' or 'since the world began' (Acts 3:21; 5:18; John 9:32). With the preposition 'to' it is understood as 'forever' (Luke 1:33,55; Romans 1:25; 2 Corinthians 9:9)." What could be more elementary than that? That is the absolute simplest (indeed the only logical) way of determining the meaning of the word ... from its grammatical context. So, if you are studying and are confused on a given verse as to the proper meaning of aion simply go to a textual analysis reference for that verse and determine whether aion is in the genitive case following the preposition apo—in which case it means "from the beginning"; or whether it is in the accusative case following the preposition eis—in which case it means "eternity" or "forever". Outside of those two constructions it most likely means "age" or "ages". Anyway, bro, I know this has been tedious; but it is a worthwhile study in order to develop some confidence in the proper interpretation and meaning of Scripture and in order to be able to intelligently discuss it with others (as I have no doubt it will come up at some point in your future ministry). God bless. |
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THE AGES
The ages of time and the Prehistoric Angelic Conflict are skillfully defined by a dual meaning of the zodiac. The clock of ages in the heavens defines the ages of human history and pertinent ages before time began. The definition of the ages is necessary for a complete understanding of the mystery doctrine of the Church Age.
The Fulness of Time
Introduction
The Lord Jesus Christ came in the "fulness of time" (Galatians 4:4). That means the high point of human history, or so we think. We can't possibly know because we don't know the time of the end of human history. So how can we say that Jesus Christ came at the high point, or middle, of human history. We obviously don't know as much about the simple phrase, "fulness of time" as we think. So what does it mean?
To answer the question requires understanding time, which had a definite beginning, and understanding the plan of the ages. An age might be defined as a long period of time, but some of the ages include time and some do not. In order to understand the "fulness of time," we must understand the ages. But it will obviously be impossible to start from the beginning of eternity, which has no beginning; so we will just dive right into the middle and use an inductive approach to fan out fore and aft. In other words, we will start with the "fulness of time" and then go back and forward into eternity.
It turns out that the Bible contains the clock of the ages, which can be easily learned. Once the clock is understood, the panorama of not only human history, but the ages before and after can be understood. Although this might appear to be a magnanimous task, the subject is not all that complicated to explain in general terms. And the result will greatly enhance our understanding of who we are. We will achieve a systemic perspective that covers both time and eternity. Further, a new outline of the Bible will emerge, which will enable us to understand the mystery doctrine of the Church Age on a much grander scale.
Clock of Ages
First, to understand the ages, we need a clock. God already thought of that. On the fourth day of Creation (actually re-creation), he put the clock of the ages in the heavens (Genesis 1:14-19). The tick marks on the clock are the constellations. There are twelve constellations that are separated by about 30 degrees each that form the 360 degrees of the clock. The clock is the zodiac, which was fully understood by Adam. The knowledge about it was passed down in the form of the Star Gospel. However, along the way astrologers became more inclined to listen to the devil's lies than pay attention to Bible Doctrine. So astrology got a bad name. This is not about astrology as it is used today. The constellations are in the heavens, and they beg to be understood. Anyone who wants to understand the Plan of God, need merely look up. After that he is without excuse.  The zodiac begins with Virgo, the virgin, and goes counterclockwise to Leo, the lion of the tribe of Judah. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin in the First Advent, and He will return as the lion of the tribe of Judah at the Second Advent to conquer the enemies of Israel. The meanings of all the constellations are defined in the Star Gospel. Those definitions are all for time, however. It turns out that the constellations are also useful for measuring ages. They have been used for that ever since Adam.
Every year at the Spring Equinox (Vernal Equinox) throughout human history people have looked up to see what constellation they are under. They discovered that about every 2150 years the constellation overhead slipped backward (clockwise) to the next one. The tilt of the earth on its axis results in the cycle of the precession of the equinoxes where one complete cycle is 25,800 years. The Equinox point moves backward along the zodiac clock at a rate of about one degree in 72 years, or one 30 degree sign in about 2150 years. When a new constellation is overhead it is time to reset the clocks and calendars; otherwise, over time, Christmas would come in July. When the age of Pisces appeared, the calendars were reset to 1 AD. Granted, the calendars weren't corrected until 525 AD when they were corrected to begin counting at the birth of Christ, but the birth of Christ was also the beginning of Pisces.2
Now, since the beginning of time, there have only been four ages, and there is only one additional one scheduled in the Bible, which will be the Millennium. After the Millennium, time, which started with re-creation, will cease. The Millennium is the millennial reign of the Lord Jesus Christ, not the beginning of 2001. Furthermore, no one, not even the Son of God, knows when the Millennium will start. So, don't bother to get out the calculators.
Fulness of Time
Now, Jesus Christ came in the "fulness of time." What does that mean? We know that Jesus was born of a virgin about 3 BC.2 Whereas, our calendar begins in 1 AD, according to the best evidence, the star of Bethlehem did not appear that year. What made the event so important to the Magi, who were astrologers, was that it coincided with the beginning of a new age, the Age of Pisces. The birth of Jesus Christ coincided with the beginning of the Age of Pisces, the two fish, one pointing toward heaven and the other toward earth, which symbolized the propitiation of God and reconciliation of mankind to God through the offering of Jesus Christ on the Cross.
So, we know where Jesus Christ was born on the clock of time. And we also know that the zodiac begins with Virgo. It turns out that Pisces is directly opposite Virgo, which makes it half way round the zodiac. The dashed line drawn on the zodiac from Virgo to Pisces points to the middle of the clock, or the fulness of time. Now that is what the "fulness of time" means. It means not just the fulness of time in human history, but the fulness of time on the zodiac, which includes the section from Virgo to Cancer when time had not yet begun.
The "fulness of time" not only refers to human history, but it also refers to the ages before time began. What happened before time began? For one thing, the earth was packed in ice during the last ice age, which was about 8000 BC. Since there was no time, the date of the ice age cannot be stated with certainty. We also know that there was an Eternal Life Conference in which God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit planned the details and schedule of human history. God the Father was the author of the Plan. God the Son was announced as the Savior. And God the Holy Spirit would be the source of energy. Everything decided was compatible with the Decree of God whereby He knew all the knowable simultaneously. During the Eternal Life Conference, the theological outline of Infralapsarianism (which will be explained later) emerged.
How long the Eternal Life Conference took is not known, since time did not exist. However, the major topics that were covered are known because they occurred under the signs along the zodiac. First, there was Virgo. It was decided that the Messiah would be born of a virgin.
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14, NAS)
Next there was Leo. Messiah would rule the world as King, the lion of the tribe of Judah.
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6, NAS)
Jesus Christ would be the Savior. Peace on earth means the doctrine of Reconciliation whereby there is peace with God when man is reconciled to God and God is propitiated. Then there was Cancer, the crab, which symbolizes eternal security.
and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. (John 10:28, NAS)
Prehistoric Angelic Conflict
But why was the Eternal Life Conference necessary in the first place? Was it simply because God wanted to bring sons into glory? That was obviously part of the answer.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10, NAS)
However, the other reason is that Satan had fallen when he sinned with arrogant ambition and tried to be like the Most High. Satan had led a third of the angels in Heaven to rebel with him. There had been a prehistoric angelic conflict followed by a trial in which Satan was judged and sentenced to the Lake of Fire. Satan had appealed the decision, and God had accepted the appeal. Human history was created to provide witnesses for the appeal trial.
That's how Adam and Eve wound up under Gemini. Gemini refers to two of a kind, which symbolizes a witness, as in court. The two people were Adam and 'Ishah, who weren't twins, but were two homo sapiens. They were the first two witnesses in the appeal trial.
Now, Satan's fall is symbolized by Capricorn, the goat. The goat was used for the sin offering for a leader. Thus, the goat represented the guilt of Satan. Satan was also symbolized by the satyr, a demon depicted as half-man/half-goat (Isaiah 13:21, 34:14; Leviticus 17:7; 2 Chronicles 11:15). The satyr is sometimes translated shaggy goat.
The Prehistoric Angelic Conflict was represented by Sagittarius, the archer, and Scorpio, the scorpion. Scorpio is the symbol of Satan, and Sagittarius represents a warrior, such as an Elect Angel. There was fighting in the heavens as Satan rebelled against God. The rebels had to be rounded up and put on trial. After Satan's fall the angels had a chance to choose where they would spend eternity. They already had Eternal Life, but they could choose for God or reject God and receive the Lake of Fire. When the decision making was over, Satan had convinced a third of the angels to follow him.
A trial was held in Heaven. Satan lost, and the Lord sentenced him to the Lake of Fire.
“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; (Matthew 25:41, NAS)
The trial was symbolized by Libra, the scales, for the Justice of God. However, Satan appealed the decision. His argument was something like, "How can a God of love sentence us to the Lake of Fire?" The Lord accepted Satan's appeal. The planning for the appeal was the Eternal Life Conference, and the appeal trial is human history.
The Mystery Revealed
If God did not want man to know about the ages before time, why did He put the signs in the heavens? Obviously, the signs in the heavens were bold explanations of events before time began. God obviously wanted us to know about these things. Not only are they written in the heavens, they are recorded in the scripture. And the two are in perfect agreement when Bible Doctrine is accurately interpreted. Satan has invested enormous amounts of effort in propaganda to discredit the truth of the zodiac. He invented an entire system of mythology (lies) to explain away the simple truth of God's redemptive Plan written in the stars.
The LORD told Job about the zodiac.
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion? (Job 38:31)
The LORD described the Pleiades as bound with chains like a bracelet with jewels or a bouquet of jewels. The word for chains is the Hebrew, tond^u^m^ (ma`adanoth), means chains, bindings or twistings, and was used for the knots at the end of a mat by which loosing, it comes to pieces. It was also used for the bands for fastening willow branches to make a booth (hut), and it was used for a bouquet of myrtle. Pleiades is the Hebrew hm*yK! (kimah). Pleiades is in Taurus. The chords of Orion refer to the bands or chords by which the constellation is symbolically dragged along in the heavens. The word for chords is the Hebrew tokv=om (mosheshkoth), and Orion is the Hebrew lys!K= (kesil).
"Can you bring forth the signs of the zodiac at the right time,
And guide the Bier with its children? (Job 38:32)
"The signs of the zodiac" is the Hebrew torZ*m^ (mazzaroth). Mazzaroth refers to the twelve signs of the zodiac, which were regarded by the Arabs as menazil, i.e. station-houses in which the sun took up its abode in succession during the year. The word is equivalent to the Hebrew tolZ*M^ (mazzaloth) (2 Kings 23:5). It is sometimes translated, constellations. Thus, the LORD referred to the signs of the zodiac for telling time, i.e. a clock.
The Bier is the Hebrew vy!u^ ('ajish), which the astronomers call Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. The Hebrew word, however, is and aphaeresis of a similar word, vu^n^ (na`ash), which comes from an Arabic word that means bier and is a pun for bear.13 The story that goes with the paronomasia is that the children were the attendants in the funeral procession of the bier of their father slain by Gedi, the pole star.6 The procession of children following the bier of their slain father was a common folk tale in Syria. When the Lord brought this up, He was chiding Job as a child. Furthermore, the Great Bier symbolizes the first Adam, and the Little Bier symbolizes the Second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Do you know the laws of Heaven,
Or do you define its control on the earth? (Job 38:33)
The LORD reminded Job of the laws of Heaven, which is the word, heavens, but should be taken as singular. The laws of Heaven govern the physical laws of the Universe, including the laws of Newtonian mechanics that govern the interaction of heavenly bodies, but there is more implied. There are not only definitions like mass, distance, and velocity, but also laws that influence, or control, plant and animal life. Birds migrate and plants perform photosynthesis in the day. Animals sleep at night. The word that is translated, "control," is the Hebrew rf*v=m! (mishe tar), which means control, influence, authority, or rule. The root of the word is shoter, which was an official and came from scribe or secretary from the original meaning of an arranger or organizer. The laws of Heaven that have control over the earth go beyond Newtonian mechanics. The laws are part of God's overall Plan. Thus, the signs of the zodiac have meaning for the earth that goes beyond the physical. The signs have meaning because they are part of a bigger system, namely, the Plan of God.
Jesus Christ also spoke of the ages.
“And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come. (Matthew 12:32, NAS)
The Greek word for age is aion, which refers to an age of time or eternity. It is sometimes translated, eon. This verse explains the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which is rejection of the gospel after it is clearly understood through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. A person who rejects the gospel message of the Holy Spirit cannot be saved and, therefore, cannot be forgiven of his sins. Although the sins were paid for on the Cross, they cannot be forgiven until a person accepts Christ as his Savior. The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit would not be forgiven in the current age of Jesus, the Age of Pisces, or in the age to come, the Age of Aquarius (the Millennium).
The phrase about this age and the age to come is repeated in Mark 10:29-30; Luke 20:34-35; Ephesians 1:21. And the Church Age under the Age of Pisces is described as the completion, or end, of the activities that were begun in the previous ages.
Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. (1 Corinthians 10:11, NAS)
Note that the word, "ends," is the literal translation of the Greek, telos, which is plural. It is good Greek to use a plural to modify multiple ages, but in English we would probably just say end of the ages. The conclusion of the stories that began under Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses as well as the ages before time, is occurring in the Church Age under Pisces.
The mystery doctrine of the Church Age was not revealed during the previous ages. The word, mystery, is the translation of the Greek, musterion, which means private knowledge only for the initiated.
Ephesians 3:8-9, NAS
8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
Believers of the Church Age are the recipients of the knowledge about the Plan of God that has been hidden through all the other ages (Romans 16:25; Colossians 1:26). Although God knew everything in eternity past, His Plan for dealing with Satan's rebellion was formulated during the Eternal Life Conference. Some of the Plan was revealed to angels, but other parts of the Plan were not announced until they happened in time. The Church Age and the calling out of the Royal Family of God was not announced beforehand. There are no signs on the zodiac for the Church, although we now know that it is occurring in the Age of Pisces. Similarly, we don't know the end date of the Church Age.
The Church Age, which was initiated with Christ's arrival in the fulness of time, is the high point of human history. There has never been an age in time like the Church Age, and there will never be an age in time after it that rises to its level. The Church Age believer, chosen to be royalty, has the greatest opportunity of human history. With the divine operating assets such as the Filling of the Holy Spirit and with the inheritance of the Escrow Blessings, the Church Age believer has equal opportunity to fulfill the greatest opportunities of the Spiritual Life of all the ages of time.
The Eternal Life Conference
Perspective
The Eternal Life Conference came about for two reasons: To bring many sons into glory and as an extension of the Prehistoric Angelic Conflict.
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to complete (bring to maturity) the author of their salvation through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)
Satan had been judged and sentenced to the Lake of Fire (Matthew 25:41). Then Satan appealed the decision, and God accepted the appeal. Human history would be created to provide witnesses for the appeal trial.
As with any trial, there had to be rules of procedure and schedules. In the Eternal Life Conference, the members of the Trinity assumed their roles related to the trial. God the Father was the author of the Plan, which heretofore, had never been communicated to anyone. Charts were made to reveal certain aspects of the trial, such as procedures and schedules, to angels for the prosecution (God's side) and angels for the defense (Satan and the fallen angels). The Lord Jesus Christ was chosen as the presiding Judge. The Holy Spirit was chosen to perform the work of creation.
The planning and training to cover the thousands of years of human history and the billions of witnesses was extensive. The angels who would assist the Lord in the daily operations of human history had to receive extensive training. Boundaries were established for security and limitations of power were documented. The rules of the game were clearly published and explained to both the prosecution and the defense. For example, during the trial the angels would be allowed to come to earth, walk around and examine the evidence.
All these activities were accomplished during the Eternal Life Conference. We don't know how long it took, because there were no clocks. Time had not yet begun. The clock of time had not yet started ticking. But we do know the activities occurred because the signs of the zodiac and the scriptures record them.
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Salvation
At the Eternal Life Conference, mankind was given a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. God knew that mankind would be given the opportunity to sin and would need a Savior; so Jesus Christ was given the role of Savior. God the Father, the author of the Plan promised Salvation to all mankind as a demonstration of His Love, and the Lord Jesus Christ was named the Savior.
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, (Titus 1:2, NAS)
The hope of Eternal Life is more appropriately translated, the confidence of Eternal Life. Eternal Life was promised long ages ago, i.e. during the ages of the Eternal Life Conference.
The sign of Virgo designates the beginning of the Eternal Life Conference when it was decided the the Messiah would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14). Jesus Christ would also be the King from the tribe of Judah as represented by the sign of Leo, the lion of the Tribe of Judah. And Jesus Christ would be the Savior as represented by the sign of Cancer, the crab.
and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. (John 10:28, NAS)
When God decided to create witnesses for the appeal trial, He also decided to allow them to sin, and He decided to provide a Redeemer to pay for their sin. He decided to grant them Eternal Life and to exalt them to the highest level of any created beings. The least would be the greatest. Jesus Christ was to be the Savior to pay for the sins of the world.
Hebrews 9:25-26, NAS
25 nor was it that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own. 26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
The "consummation of the ages" means that Jesus Christ fulfilled His purpose specified in the Eternal Life Conference to be the Savior of the world.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all mankind, (Titus 2:11)
The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled His purpose and provided Salvation for all mankind.
but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; (1 Corinthians 2:7, NAS)
The mystery doctrine of the Church Age came from the Eternal Life Conference. God the Father planned to reveal the mystery doctrine at the Eternal Life Conference, which is called "before the ages." The preposition translated "before" in the Greek is pro, which means before or in front of. It does not have to be related to time. The ages of the Eternal Life Conference were before, or in front of, the ages of time on the zodiac, and the sign of Virgo was opposite (or in front of ) the sign of Pisces of the Church Age. Thus, "God predestined before the ages" means that the mystery doctrine which would be revealed in the Church Age was decided upon during the ages of the Eternal Life Conference.
The signs of Virgo, Leo, and Cancer were placed in the heavens to designate the major provisions of the Eternal Life Conference before time began. The Lord Jesus Christ accepted the role of Savior for the redemption of mankind to be accomplished at the fulness of time.
who gave Himself as a ransom, a substitute for all, the testimony to be given at the proper time to that person. (1 Timothy 2:6)
The Lord Jesus Christ became the Redeemer, "a ransom," for all mankind when He paid for the sins of the world on the Cross. Consequently, everyone in time will have the opportunity to receive the testimony of Christ's payment for sins. Those who are positive at God consciousness will be given the gospel at the proper time in life, and God the Holy Spirit will make the gospel real so that the person has a legitimate opportunity to choose Eternal Life.
The Book of Life
One of the products of the Eternal Life Conference was the Book of Life, which contained the names of every person who would be born in the human race. It did not include the names of aborted fetuses that were never born because human life does not exist in the womb. Human life is the human soul life that is given at the moment of birth outside the womb.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship him (the beast), everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. (Revelation 13:8)
The "foundation of the world" was the beginning of the re-creation of the earth to prepare it for human history. That was Genesis 1:3. The Book of Life was written before the foundation of the world, which means that it was written during the Eternal Life Conference. The Book of Life was written during the Eternal Life Conference in accordance with the Plan of God. This means that a person's name has special significance. In the Old Testament, people's names always came true. Even though, parents name children, the Plan of God works through them to fulfill his Plan. God not only knows all in His foreknowledge, He fulfills the child's name in life. The person's name in the Book of Life is his own unique identification code; so there is obviously something more than just the name there, since many people have the same name. Among the other things recorded somewhere in Heaven are even the number of hairs on the head (Matthew 10:30).
If a person dies without receiving Eternal Life, that person's name is blotted out of the Book of Life.
May they be blotted out of the book of life,
And may they not be recorded with the righteous. (Psalm 69:28, NAS)
This verse is part of an imprecatory prayer in Psalm 69 for destruction of enemies, which we should not pray. But in that prayer the author of the Psalm is praying for the names of his enemies to be blotted out of the Book of Life, which means that they would die and go to hell. The author is literally praying for them to go to hell. The decision to end a person's life is God's Sovereign decision alone, and we should not try to influence it.
Believers will not have their names blotted out of the Book of Life.
‘He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. (Revelation 3:5, NAS)
The Prehistoric Angelic Conflict
Satan's Fall
Satan was the keeper of the Throne Room, the highest ranking angel of God until he sinned with arrogant ambition and rebelled. Satan's fall is portrayed by the fall of the king of Babylon, which is described in Isaiah. Although the description is not of Satan, it corresponds precisely to Satan.
Isaiah 14:12-14
12 "How you have fallen from heaven,
You star of light (morning star), sun of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have laid low the nations!
13 "But you said in your heart,
'I will ascend into heaven (throne room);
I will raise my throne above the stars (Elect Angels) of God,
And I will sit in the summit assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.'
Satan fell because he sinned and rebelled against God. He portrayed himself as the Morning Star, even though the Morning Star symbolizes the Lord Jesus Christ. When Satan was sent from Heaven, he was banished to the earth. Satan's ambition was to ascend to the Throne of God in the Throne Room where he worked. He was full of arrogant ambition and wanted to raise his throne (i.e. ascend the throne) above the other angels. He wanted to preside over the summit assembly, the convocation of angels over which the Lord presides. The throne of God is in the north. Satan's ambition was to make himself like the Most High God. He appealed to the woman in the Garden with the same argument. He told her that if she ate of the forbidden fruit that she would be as smart as God.
Satan's fall is also described in Revelation. When Satan rebelled he carried a third of the angels with him.
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (Revelation 12:9, NAS)
The fall of Satan is represented as Capricorn, the Goat, on the zodiac.
The Prehistoric Angelic Conflict
When Satan rebelled, there was war in Heaven between the Elect Angels of God and Satan and the fallen angels.
Revelation 12:7-8
7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels waged war, 8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
Satan and his angels were thrown out of Heaven down to the earth. They had their wings clipped.
The war in Heaven was the Prehistoric Angelic Conflict, which is depicted in the signs of the zodiac as Sagittarius, the Archer, fighting Scorpio, the Scorpion. Scorpio represents the devil while Sagittarius represents the Elect Angels of God.
Satan's Trial
Satan and the fallen angels were given an opportunity similar to the opportunity for Salvation, which they rejected. They already had Eternal Life. The only issue was where they would spend eternity, in Heaven or in the Lake of Fire. After the angels were given an opportunity to choose, Satan convinced a third of them to reject God's offer. The question has been asked, "Did they know they were going to the Lake of Fire if they rejected the offer?" The answer is obviously yes. They were no different than people today who know they are going to hell and yet continue to refuse the free gift of Salvation.
After God's offer was rejected, a trial was held for Satan and the fallen angels. They were prosecuted and sentenced to the Lake of Fire (Matthew 25:41). The trial is symbolized by the sign of Libra, the Scales, on the zodiac. After the sentence was passed, Satan appealed the decision, and God accepted the appeal. The human race was created to provide witnesses for the appeal trial.
The Creation
The Order of Creation
There was an order to creation. First, God always existed (John 1:1). Time does not exist with God. Then God created the Universe.
In a beginning God created (from something that never existed) the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)
The word, created, is the Hebrew ar*B* (bara'), which means to create from something which never existed. This was the original creation of the Universe. It occurred sometime in eternity past. God's creation was perfect. It was not a wasteland.
For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens
(He is the God who formed the earth and made it,
He established it and did not create it a waste place,
But formed it to be inhabited), "I am the Lord, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:18)
The Lord created (bara') the heavens per Genesis 1:1. He did not create it a waste place. It was created complete with an environment to sustain life in the original creation. The earth was the garden of God during the Prehistoric Angelic Conflict. There were dinosaurs on the earth as well as prehistoric man (caveman) - not modern man. Then Satan fell and he was cast down to the earth. Satan soon destroyed the environment, and it had to be totally renovated for the appeal trial of human history.
Then God packed the earth in ice, which was the last Ice Age around 8000 BC, which is impossible to measure accurately since time did not exist. All life on the earth was destroyed. The earth was void and without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep (Genesis 1:2). Then the Spirit of God incubated the ice. The Hebrew word, [j^r* (rachaph), means to incubate as a hen brooding over eggs. The Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) incubated the waters (the ice pack).
However, Isaiah stresses that God did not create the earth a waste place as it was in Genesis 1:2. Isaiah also says parenthetically that God formed the earth. The word, "formed," is the Hebrew rx^y* (jatsar), which means to fashion, form, or shape as a potter shapes clay. That refers to the reshaping of the earth during the seven days of re-creation - not the original creation of the Universe. God also made the earth, which is the Hebrew hc*U* (`asah), that means to manufacture something out of something. That is also referring to the re-creation and not the original creation of the Universe.
The Lord spoke the Universe into existence.
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. (Hebrews 11:3, NAS)
After He created the Universe, He created the Angels.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And by the breath of His mouth all their host. (Psalm 33:6, NAS)
Here the Lord made the Universe, where the word, `asah, (to make) is used in the general sense to describe the creation of the Universe and the re-creation.
After Satan's fall the Lord prepared the earth during seven days for the habitation of man. That was not the original creation but a total renovation, or re-creation, for man. The Lord created man on the sixth day.
Beginning of Time
Time did not always exist. It was created. It had a beginning, and it will have an end. Even Einstein proved in his Theory of Relativity that time is a variable. Time did not exist for the angels in the Prehistoric Angelic Conflict. The angels had Eternal Life. They shared God's Life, which always existed independent of time. Time was created for human history. Satan's appeal trial was given a time limit.
"Then God commanded, "Light come into being, and light was in existence" (Genesis 1:3)
The word for God is 'Elohim, which is plural and refers to all the members of the Godhead, the Trinity. Here it refers to the Father as the author of the Plan and the Son, who is the speaking member of the Godhead. What the Father decreed, the Son executed. The phrase, "God commanded," contains the normal word, 'amar, for saying or speaking, but it is used as an imperative. Whereas, it is a Qal imperfect tense in the Hebrew, it is used in the statement as an imperative of command.
God commanded light to come into being. Light was obviously the visible light that we know because it will be used for day and night. However, the light had no apparent source. The Sun and Moon are not mentioned until the fourth day, verse 14. The light came from God Himself, and its origin was the Heavenly Control Room. The face of God is light.
You have placed our lawless deeds before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your face. (Psalm 90:8)
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| the golden mean, PHI & Fibonacci numbers |
 Fibonacci numbers starts 0,1,1,2,3,5... Each term is the sum of the previous two. The Fibonacci sequence is most intimately related to the golden mean, 1.6180... and the inverse golden mean, .6180... The dividend of any two sequential Fibonacci numbers approximates the inverse golden mean, while the dividend of any two reverse sequential Fibonacci numbers approximates the golden mean. The fraction is simply inverted to yield its inverse. The larger the Fibonacci numbers, the more exact the approximation of the golden mean:
Thus 1/2 = .5 2/3 = .666... 3/5 = .6 5/8 = .625
But 8/13 = .615... 13/21 = .619... 21/34 = .6176... 34/55 = .6181818... |
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The dimensional properties that adhere to the ratio of 1.618 occur repeatedly in nature. Examples are as various as mollusk shells and the shapes of gallaxies containing billions of stars. When u sed in technical analysis, the golden ratio is most often translated into three percentages: – 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8%. However, other multiples can be used, such as 23.6%, 161.8%, 423%, and so on. The Fibonacci sequence is applied to finance to predict market movements.
Leonardo Pisano, better known by his nickname, Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician born in Pisa in the 12th century introduced to Europe and popularized the Hindu-Arabic number system (also called the decimal system). He contributed greatly to number theory, and during his life published many important texts. He is also known for the Fibonacci Series, a numerical series found frequently in the natural world.
It is said that he first produced his discovery based upon observations of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh in Egypt.
The Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two numbers in the list together to form the next and so on and so on.(1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55...). Divide any number in the Fibonacci sequence by the one before it, for example 55/34, or 21/13, and the answer is always close to 1.61803. This is known as the Golden Ratio.Starting with 5, every second Fibonacci number is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with integer sides, or in other words, the largest number in a Pythagorean triple.
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