"THE COSMIC CLOCK God's Timepiece"

By: J. David Davis Introduction: From the beginning of recorded history man has been intrigued and enchanted with the universe. He has spent countless hours pondering the depths and ramifications of the influences of the stars and planets. An untold number of songs and poems have been written describing the awesome beauty and majesty of the stars. My purpose in presenting this material is to show the development of man's ideas and concepts about the universe and the involvement of the Creator. KJV Genesis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons (mo-ade), and for days, and years" KJV Genesis 2:4 "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens". THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE: The Bible and science do not contradict each other when it comes to the age of the universe and earth. The major obstacle that has to be overcome is how do we determine when to begin the counting process? SCIENCE - COSMOLOGY "In the Beginning" Biblical Creation and Science by Nathan Aviezer describes the cosmologist approach to the creation of the universe. In 1946, George Gamor and his colleagues proposed a new theory about the creation of the universe. This theory became known as the "big-bang". According to this theory, some 15 billion years ago there was an energy expansion referred to as the "fireball". This does not mean that something was actually burning but rather it was a concentration of pure energy. This energy concentration produced electromagnetic radiation. Two American scientists,

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Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson of the Bell Telephone Research Laboratories, were conducting a test when to their surprise they detected a very weak, unexplained electromagnetic force that seemed to be coming from all directions in outer space. This was exactly what George Gamor and company in their big-bang theory predicted. The research by Penzias and Wilson resulted in the abandonment of all other theories and their receiving a Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in this area. One shortcoming in this theory is that the cosmologists have no idea where this sudden unexplained burst of pure energy originated. SCRIPTURE - COSMOLOGY The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (S. W. Hawking and G. F. R. Ellis) states: "The actual point of creation lies outside the scope of presently known laws of physics". Augustine said, "miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only in contradiction to that which is known to us in nature". When men like Stephen Hawking started writing and speaking about "creation" the term soon left the purely religious confines and soon the physicist had to use this term when discussing the role of creation. Perhaps we can discover from the Scriptures the source of the concentration of pure energy. KJV Genesis 1:1,3 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. and God said let there be light and there was light". Could this be the appearance of the primeval fireball that is thought to be the very origin of the universe? All matter and energy in the universe emanates from this very source. This energy consists of plasma and the concentrated pure energy. The effect of the plasma resulted in the appearance of darkness. This is why it is said that "God divided the light from (beyn, !yIB lit. out of) the darkness" (Gen. 1:4). Professor Aviezer, In The Beginning, (p.16) said, "The sudden transformation of the plasma into atoms shortly after the creation caused the electromagnetic radiation ('light') of the primeval fireball to 'separate' from the previously dark universe and shine freely throughout space. This separation is called decoupling in scientific terminology. This decoupled radiation ('light') was eventually detected 15 billion years later by Penzias and Wilson".

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It now appears that we do not have a contradiction between science and Scripture but rather a complementing. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan in two of his works; Immortality, Resurrection and the Age of the Universe and his translation of the Sefer Yetzirah, the Book of Creation describe another item relating to the 15 billion-year existence. Both of these books deal with the Sabbatical cycles, not merely the 49 (50) year cycle of the jubilee, the year of release, but also to the concept of the Sabbaticals of creation. The rabbis teach, based on some of their classics such as Sefer ha-Temunah, reshit Hokhmah, and the Zohar, that each of the Sabbaticals of creation must be reckoned as divine years. The earthly solar years only can be counted from the creation of Adam in Genesis 2:7. Quoting from "Immortality, Resurrection and the Age of the Universe" (p.9): "The 'Sefer ha-Temunah' is speaking of divine years when it states that the world is forty-two thousand years old. This has some startling consequences, for according to many Midrashic sources, a divine day is 1,000 earthly years long, and a divine year consisting of 365 1/4 days is equal to 365,250 earthly years. Thus, according to Rabbi Isaac of Akka, the universe would be 42,000 x 355,250 years old. This comes out to be 15,340,500,000 years, a highly significant figure. From calculations based on the expanding universe and other cosmological observations, modern science has concluded that the Big Bang occurred approximately 15 billion years ago. But here we see the same figure presented in a Torah source written over seven hundred years ago!" Summary: Science and Scripture both agree that the universe is over 15 billions years old. This carries us to the next point of discussion - The Appearance of the Constellations. THE APPEARANCE OF THE CONSTALLATIONS: KJV Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". KJV Genesis 1:6 "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day". The Big Bang resulted in the plasmatic state; then subtle changes began to take place in a very short period of time. The sun and planets were formed from the primordial nebula resulting in a cloud of gas and dust. The force of

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gravity began to exert its forces. The primordial nebula collapsed into itself. As it collapsed, it heated up to form the sun. Some have suggested that these events occurred in a very short period, perhaps within a three-earth day period. ADAM AND THE CONSTALLATIONS: There are two things to consider when we begin to investigate man and his relationship to the stars. When do we start marking time and what is the source by which we measure the marking of time? The answers can be deducted from the text of the Scriptures and science. WHEN DO WE START MARKING TIME? KJV Genesis 1:14 "And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years". We could translate the latter part of this verse in the following manner: "let them be for a banner and for appointed times and for days and years". The constellations were planted in the heavens for the purpose of marking specific epochs of time. These time frames are both solar and astronomical in nature. When do we start marking time? Our calendar today begins marking time from the time of the birth of Jesus. According to accepted dating we are now in the year 1998. However let us take a closer look. We are approaching a time that is viewed by many as very mystical, the new millenium. Is this upcoming year 2,001 a myth or is it based upon an actual ancient cycle of time? A study of the ancient star maps will clear up something that has baffled scholars for centuries. If we follow the star map, the actual Star Globe program used by NASA, we discover some very interesting patterns in the heavens. There have been several suggestions as to when Jesus was actually born. The most likely have been either 3,5 or 7 BCE. If we view the Star Globe Map 1, toward the East in the city of Bethlehem at 51.2 degrees of the horizon in 5 BC we would witness what appears to be a double star, Regulus aligned with Venus descending in the heavens giving the appearance of a very large star that came from nowhere. In reality, this

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alignment took place on September 15, 5 BC at 3:00 AM. This pattern has not occurred again since that time. This information clearly reveals that if we use the commonly accepted dating system, which is supposedly based on the birth of Jesus, we should adjust it to accommodate the actual time and positioning of the stars. This is the only astronomical phenomenon that occurred during that period that could explain the sign in the sky associated with the birth narrative. Therefore the actual date today is 2003. If there is to be any consistency, the New Year should begin on September 15 rather than on January 1. Another interesting astronomical event occurred on March 28, 28AD at 2:15 PM. The Star Globe Map 2 shows the same pattern of alignment of Venus and Regulas that was seen on September 15, 5 BC with this major difference. This time Venus is not in decline but rather it is ascending. This event occurs within the time frame that many scholars say that Jesus ascended into heaven based on the chronology sequence of the New Testament. There is an ancient saying that I have not been able to track to its origins that says; "and you leave when the heavens are in the same pattern, meaning that you leave upon your star". Even with this adjusted calendar, how do we know that this is actually 2003? The answer is that when considering the Star Globe map 1 we are sure that the astronomical phenomenon that occurred during this period could explain the sign in the sky associated with the birth narrative of Jesus. However, we do not know EXACTLY what year we are in when considering the astronomical calendar, i.e. the age of the universe. Scholars and religious leaders, particularly the Catholic Church, have given us the Gregorian year that we are currently using. The ancients were not charter members of "The Flat Earth Society". The idea of the earth being the center of the universe and the earth being flat was contrived by the Catholic Church to control the masses. This is reflected in their dating system that is based on the sun rather than the constellations. 1. The answer to when we start marking time is again revealed to us in the Scriptures. Genesis 1:14 begins the marking of time from the earthly vantage. However, we need to consider additional information. KJV Genesis 2:4 "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and

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the heavens". This text says that these are the "generations". How do we mark the generation that we are currently experiencing? This is accomplished in two ways. We mark the time based on the generations of humanity. Simply, we count the generations of humanity beginning with the creation of "the Adam" of Genesis 2:7. Counting from that reference point we deduct that from the creation of Adam to the present is about 6,000 years. The Jewish Calendar, based on Seder Olam, reckons this year's date to be 5759 from the creation of the Adam. Earthly time is spelled out in years, the time it takes the earth to make one circle around the sun. This is linear time. The Cosmic clock is not counted in this manner. 2. The second method used to mark time is an observation of the heavenly bodies. This method of observation is commonly know by three terms: "The Great Year"; "The Platonic Year"; "The Progression of the Equinoxes". The Greek philosopher Plato was the first to record that the earth did not always remain in a fixed position in the universe. He noticed that the Earth's axis wobbled in clockwise motion (the rotation of the earth is counter clockwise, not to be confused with the axis) that would ultimately make a complete circle. Later astronomers validated the claims of Plato. The ancients were not charter members of the flat earth society. The following explanation is not intended for the scholar but rather the layman. The Big Bang sent out an electromagnetic field that fills the universe. The electromagnetic field causes, in varying degree, gravity. Gravity is everywhere in the universe, but its effect is different in various places. The gravitational force on the moon is less than on earth. The earth spins through the universe much like a top. The gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun and the rotating motion causes the earth to wobble much like a top's axis. This wobble or axis traces a circle in the sky while maintaining a tilt of 23.5 degrees to the perpendicular. This wobble is called progression. This is a very slow process. In fact it takes 25,800 years to make one. "If you watch the sky over a period of time, say several months, you will discover that new constellations appear in the eastern sky and old ones disappear from the western sky. For example, on an early July evening across most of North America, Europe, and Asia the constellation Scorpius will be visible on the southern half of the sky. On December evenings Scorpius is not visible. Instead you will see the brilliant constellation Orion, the hunter.

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The discovery that different stars are visible at different times of the year is extremely important to early people because it provided a means to measure the passage of time other than by simply counting days. Moreover, the stars demonstrated that many celestial events are predictable and that they may be used to order our lives on earth. For example, using the constellations mentioned above, if evening sky shows Leo, it will soon be time to plant. If the sky shows Scorpius, it must be summer, and if it shows Orion, it must be winter. Determining the season by using the stars may sound strange to people living in climates with strong temperature differences between summer and winter. But for the ancient civilizations that were based in semitropical climates, such temperature differences are much smaller" (Prehistoric Astronomy p. 23). The ancients plotted out the course of the stars. They gave names to the 12 constellations. These names are called the signs of the Zodiac. No one can look into the stars and see "signs" associated with the constellations. These signs Taurus, Aries, Libra etc., are mere figments of their imaginations. Each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac is called an age. Each of the 12 ages covers a period of 2,150 solar years each resulting in 25,800 solar years in a complete progression. As the earth wobbles in this progression the sun moves slowly backwards to the apparent position of the Zodiac. The sun's position in the Zodiac when viewed on successive Vernal Equinoxes reveals the movement of the constellations. Summary: To reckon time we must consider the two views presented. There is time from the creation of the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1 and time from the creation of Adam in Genesis 2. The universe is over 15.2 billion years old, Genesis 1, while the generations from Adam (Genesis 2) record only about 6,000 years. This is how science and Scripture are reconciled. Solar years measure the time from the Adam of Genesis 2:7. The cosmic dating is from the beginning of the creation (Genesis 1:1). God placed the stars and planets to determine appointed time and seasons. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY: There must not be any confusion as to the differences in these two disciplines. Astronomy is the study of the heavenly bodies as they move

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through the vastness of space. Astrology is the study of the influences of the heavenly bodies upon the lives of the inhabitants of earth. ASTRONOMY: I think our pervious discussions are sufficient in the areas of the beginning of the universe and the science of observation. However, I would like to make an additional comment about the position of the constellations. Since there is no exact way of determining the ending of one epoch of time and the beginning of the next, the best we can do is give the approximate time of the Cosmic Clock. The dawning of the Age of Aquarius is upon us. This is a term used to explain that on the first day of spring (Vernal Equinox) we are entering this Age of Aquarius. The big question is which spring? It will take approximately 2,150 solar years for the spring sun to travel through the constellation of Aquarius to the constellation of Capricorn. Since there is a gradual shift of the ages there is no exact date that can be noted as the actual date of the beginning of Aquarius. All we can say is, "Welcome to the dawning of the Age of Aquarius". We would have to live 25,800 years to witness one Great Year. The Zodiac is the master calendar or the face of the Platonic year, the Cosmic Clock! How would you like to be a time traveler? If you desire, come with me on this time machine. All we have to do is set the year and move the controls to forward or reverse. We can travel in any direction in this fabulous machine. As we move back in time we can see the constellations move through there progression. The faster we go the greater the movement of the constellations. In a matter of seconds we go back 25,800 years, one great year. Moving faster, we can go back 50, 100, or 1,000 great years and to our amazement the constellations remain constant. Now, we must return to the present and reenter the real world. ASTROLOGY: Zodiac comes from a Greek word that is derived from a primitive root traced back to the Hebrew word sodi, which means a way. It is used for the way or path of the sun. The sun appears to move among the stars in the course of the year.

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The following article was taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica CD version: "Astrology is a type of divination that consists in interpreting the influence of planets and stars on earthly affairs in order to predict or affect the destinies of individuals, groups, or nations. At times regarded as a science, astrology has exerted an extensive or a peripheral influence in many civilizations, both ancient and modern. Astrology has also been defined as a pseudoscience and considered to be diametrically opposed to the theories and findings of modern science. A brief treatment of astrology follows. Astrology originated in Mesopotamia, perhaps in the 3rd millennium BC, but attained its full development in the Western world much later, within the orbit of Greek civilization of the Hellenistic period. It spread to India in its older Mesopotamian form. Islamic culture absorbed it as part of the Greek heritage; and in the Middle Ages, when western Europe was strongly affected by Islamic science, European astrology also felt the influence of the Orient. The Egyptians also contributed, though less directly, to the rise of astrology. They constructed a calendar, containing 12 months of 30 days each with five days added at the end of the year, that was subsequently taken over by the Greeks as a standard of reference for astronomical observations. In order that the starry sky might serve them as a clock, the Egyptians selected a succession of 36 bright stars whose risings were separated from each other by intervals of 10 days. Each of these stars, called decans by Latin writers, was conceived of as a spirit with power over the period of time for which it served; they later entered the zodiac as subdivisions of its 12 signs. In pre-Imperial China, the belief in an intelligible cosmic order, comprehended aspects of which would permit inferences on correlated uncomprehended aspects, found expression in correlation charts that juxtaposed natural phenomena with the activities and the fate of man. The transition from this belief to a truly astrological belief in the direct influence of the stars on human affairs was slow, and numerous systems of observation and strains of lore developed. When Western astronomy and astrology became known in China through Arabic influences in Mongol times, their data was also integrated into the Chinese astrological corpus. In the later centuries of Imperial China it was universal practice to have a horoscope cast for each newborn child and at all decisive junctures in life.

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Once established in the Classical world, the astrological conception of causation invaded all the sciences, particularly medicine and its allied disciplines. The Stoics, espousing the doctrine of a universal 'sympathy' linking the microcosm of man with the macrocosm of nature, found in astrology a virtual map of such a universe. Greek astrology was slow to be absorbed by the Romans, who had their own native methods of divination, but by the time of Augustus, the art had resumed its original role as a royal prerogative. Attempts to stem its influence on the populace met repeatedly with failure. Throughout pagan antiquity the words astronomy and astrology had been synonymous; in the first Christian centuries the modern distinction between astronomy, the science of stars, and astrology, the art of divination by the stars, began to appear. As against the omnipotence of the stars, Christianity taught the omnipotence of their Creator. To the determinism of astrology Christianity opposed the freedom of the will. But within these limits the astrological worldview was accepted. To reject it would have been to reject the whole heritage of classical culture, which had assumed an astrological complexion. Even at the centre of Christian history, Persian magi were reported to have followed a celestial omen to the scene of the Nativity. Although various Christian councils condemned astrology, the belief in the worldview it implies was not seriously shaken. In the late European Middle Ages, a number of universities, among them Paris, Padua, Bologna, and Florence, had chairs of astrology. The revival of ancient studies by the humanists only encouraged this interest, which persisted into the Renaissance and even into the Reformation. It was the Copernican revolution of the 16th century that dealt the geocentric worldview of astrology its shattering blow. As a popular pastime or superstition, however, astrology continued into modern times to engage the attention of millions of people, this interest being catered to in the 20th century by articles in the daily press, by special almanacs, and by astrology manuals". (Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica) ASTROMONY AND ASTROLOGY: THE CORRUPTION OF THE SYSTEM There are 12 signs of the zodiac in the great year and also in the solar year. The solar zodiac is considered in relation to the position of earth, the

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constellations and the movement of the planets within the constellations. The positions of the constellations and movement of the planets determine the influences projected upon the person born under any given sign. Astrology is viewed by many as primitive superstition; however, the Bible is filled with references to the position of the stars and perhaps their influence, both positive and negative. The references reveal the positive and negative nature of the occult and astrology. God does not tell us to refrain from these activities. God clearly said, do not do what the nations do! It was not the use of astronomy and astrology that is condemned in the Bible is the abuse of the systems. Perhaps the corruption began when the ancient Israelites directed their worship toward the sun and not the heavens that declare the works of Yahovah. KJV Ezekiel 8:16 "And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east". KJV Psalm 19:1 "{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 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". For the past several years I have been involved in a study that I have not made public. The study is in the area of magnetic resonation. Simply, everything in the universe resonates. I remember when my children were taking piano, someone told me the story of a tuning fork. If two tuning forks of the same pitch are placed beside each other and one fork is struck so that it emits its pitch the other fork will begin resonating also. This is referred to as sympathetic resonation. Could this be what the write of Psalms 19 had in mind when he said "There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard"? Perhaps those who are tuned in to the cosmos resonate with the stars and planets. KJV Deuteronomy 18:9 "When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh

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his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee". KJV Jeremiah 10:2 "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them". KJV Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Job is thought to be the oldest written record in the Tanach. Notice the importance that Job places on the stars. I will also list a number of others references that clearly reveal the importance that the stars hold in the lives of the ancients. "In the Hebrew Scriptures, there are 23,144 verse. Of these verses, 886, or 3.74 percent, refer to one or more of the following: Heavens, Sun, Moon, Stars, lights, constellations (the word), constellations (by name), Host of Heaven, Stars by name, planets by name. Of these verses, only 222 refer to these heavenly phenomena as natural phenomena in their natural setting. Fully 74 percent of these verses, 644 in all, refer to these heavenly bodies as being directly involved in making manifest the will of God either as omens, as witness, or as active agents." (The Astrological Secrets of the Hebrew Sages, p. 91). KJV Job 9:9 "Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south". KJV Job 38:31 "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth (H4216 h'rZ"m; mazzarah {maz-zaw-raw'} apparently from 05144 in the sense of distinction; the 12 signs of the Zodiac and their 36 associated constellations) in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?"

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KJV Psalm 147:4 "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names". KJV Isaiah 13:10 "For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger". KJV Amos 5:8 "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name". As with almost everything in the creation, men soon corrupted the system of star observation. I will show later that the ancients knew of the influence of the stars. KJV Deuteronomy 18:9 "When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee". KJV Deuteronomy 13:1 "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him".

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KJV 2 Kings 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets mazzalah {maz-zaw-law} (tAlZM;l;w>),, H4208 lZm; apparently from 05140 in the sense of raining; TWOT - 1173; n f AV planet 1; 1 1) constellations 1a) signs of zodiac (maybe), and to all the host of heaven. KJV Isaiah 47:13 "Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee". Enoch, the non-canonical book, reveals more information than do the writers of the Tanach. Enoch provides the names of the stars and goes as far as giving them specific characteristics. If Abraham, Jacob and others were ignorant of Astrology, why did they react as they did when given promises and visions associated with the heavenlies? Yahovah told Abraham that his seed would be as the stars of the heavens. KJV Genesis 22:17 "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore." KJV Genesis 37:9 "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 to me". When Jacob heard Joseph's second dream he moved swiftly in response to it. Moses and the prophets go to great links to make a distinction between the practice of the ungodly and Torah Astrology. I think it ironic that even those in the Jewish community who reject any aspects of Astrology are affected by it. Mazal Tov is a congratulation given on special occasions. What does mazal tov mean? The shocker is that the term is literally "good stars"! The Creator never condemns Astrology, only as it is practiced by the nations. God called their practice an abomination! The rabbis say that the stars do have an affect on the non-Jew but the Jews are not impacted by any of the astrological influences (Talmud Bavil - Shabbath 156a). The scientific world is not immune to the subtle influences of the stars. A person who has lost control of their emotions is called a lunatic. The doctors have seen how the behavioral patterns change with the phases of the moon.

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Genesis 11 records the story of the building of the tower unto the heavens. This story has been misunderstood by most. They take it as a totally negative story. Let us examine the content closely. KJV Genesis 11:4 "And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth". The tower unto the heavens was an astronomical observation point. The purpose was to determine specific geographical locations on earth. They were using the stars as navigational points hence the phase "lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth". The elohim saw what the people were doing and decided that it was not in their best interest, resulting in the confusion of language and the scattering of the people. There is an interesting possibility revealed to us in Genesis 11:9. "Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth". Babel could be understood in the following manner. "Bab" could mean empire or kingdom. It could mean gate also. "El" is the name of God. Could this be the first reference to "the star gate" to the kingdom of God? The elohim knew that by using the stars as navigational reference points here on earth could result in something far greater, the gate to the kingdom of the elohim! The Astrological Secrets of the Hebrew Sages and Above the Zodiac conclude that the 12 sons of Jacob actually reflect the working of the constellations on earth: "I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore" Genesis 22:17. Each of the tribes has as its ensign one of the signs of the Zodiac. The Scriptures do not provide the date of the births of the sons of Jacob. The only source that I have located that ascribe the signs of the Zodiac to the 12 tribes is Yalkut Shimoni - Lev. 418. The blessing of Jacob on his sons, Genesis 48-49, is said to reflect the influence of the stars in the lives of each. If you are interested in pursuing a full discourse on this subject, I suggest the reading of the two books mentioned at the head of this paragraph. WHAT TIME IS IT ON THE COMIC CLOCK? I stated previously that we are leaving Pisces and are entering Aquarius. Aquarius represents the Water Bearer. The sign of this constellation is a woman pouring water from a container. If we reverse the Cosmic Clock and

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go back 6,000 plus years we would be in the age of Gemini, the twins. Genesis two records the creator of Adam, both male and female twins. Some 2,000 years later we enter the age of Taurus, the bull. The ancient Babylonians worshipped the bull. Moving forward to the time of the Exodus we enter the age of Aries, the Ram. God said that Nissan was the beginning of days from the sons of Jacob. They killed and ate the Ram, Aries, denoting the entrance into the age of Aries, the Ram. Could this be the reason that the ancient Israelites built the Golden Calf, which is definitely associated with Taurus? They did not realize what the Creator was trying to teach them. The next stop on our cosmic journey would be Pisces, two fish swimming in both directions. The fish is the symbol of the Christian church. Christianity is primarily a religion of faith. Did the ancient prophets see the dawning of this great day of Aquarius? Could this be the reason for their constant reference to the sprinkling of water that results in purification? If Pisces was the age of the fish swimming in opposite directions then Aquarius is age of purification and reason. Aquarius is the age of knowledge not faith. As man increases in knowledge there will be a universal unification, truly the Age of Aquarius when all live in peace and harmony. Perhaps Daniel understood the meaning of "seasons" as recorded in Genesis 1:14. He was looking for the appointed time for the redemption and restoration, The Age of Aquarius (mo-ade "appointed time" Dan. 8:19; 11:27,29,35). Jeremiah 17:13 "O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters". KJV Ezekiel 36:19 "And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from

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among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them". KJV Joel 2:28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call". KJV Isaiah 44:3 "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring". KJV Isaiah 45:8 "Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it". KJV Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn". Conclusion: Did the ancients know that the Cosmic Clock was moving ever so slowly and that the events upon the earth were merely the reflection of what was taking place in the cosmos? The heavens and earth are operating in sequence like a great symphony. There is a cosmic drama being played out, the

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heavenly messengers, the stars, and the human actors each playing their parts. Science and Scripture, Astronomy and Astrology are all working together in the unfolding master plan of the Creator. Those who are not afraid to look beyond the bounds of earth to the Cosmic Clock of the Creator can see its hands as they move through the annals of time. Reference sources: Reality Revisited by Solomon Sasson (Feldheim 1989) The Astrological Secrets of the Hebrew Sages by Rabbi Joel C. Dobin (Inner Traditions International, LTD. 1983) The Witness of the Stars by Ethelbert W. Bullinger (Kregel Publications 1967) Above The Zodiac by Matutyahu Glazerson (Jerusalem 1985) In The Beginning by Nathan Aviezer (KTAV Publishing House, Inc. 1990) Immortality, Resurrection and the Age of the Universe: A Kabbalistic View by Aryeh Kaplan (KTAV Publishing House, Inc. 1993) Sefer Yetzirah - The Book of Creation by Aryeh Kaplan (Samuel Weister, Inc, 1990) The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols by Ellen Frankel and Betsy Platkin Teutsch (Jason Aronson Inc. 1992) Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans by Theony Condos (Phanes Press 1997) The Real Meaning of the Zodiac by James Kennedy (CRM Publishing 1993) The Cosmic Voyage Through Time and Space by William K. Hartman (Wadsworth Publishing) Discovering The Universe - Second Edition by William J. Kaufman III (W.H. Freeman and Company) Discovering The Universe - Third Edition by R. Robert Robbins, William H. Jefferys, Stephen J. Shawl (John Wiley and Sons Inc.) Planets and Life by H. A. Sneath (Funk and Wagnalls 1970) The Great Year by Nicholas Campion (Penquin Group 1994) The Equinox of the Gods by Aleister Crowley (New Falcon Publication 1991) The Worlds Great Year by Gerald Massey (Sure Fire Press 1998) Nostradamus The Millennium and Beyond by Peter Lorie (Simon and Schuster 1991) The Riddle of the Zodiac by The Learning Channel (1998)

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