Signs In The Heavens



Signs In The Heavens

Mark 13:22 For false christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
 
In the book Witness of the Stars, by EW Bullinger
 
Ethelbert William Bullinger was born on December 15 in Canterbury, England. He was a direct descendent of the great Swiss Reformer Johann Heinrich Bullinger, a covenant theologian, who succeeded Zwingli in Zurich in December of 1531. He was a recognized scholar in the field of biblical languages.
 
Through the "precession of the Equinoxes" the sun gradually shifts its position a little each year, till in about every 2,000 years it begins the year in a different sign.
 
This was foreseen; and it was also foreseen that succeeding generations would not know when and where the sun began its course, and where the teaching of this Heavenly Book commenced, and where we were to open its first page.
 
Hence the "Sphinx" was invented as a memorial. It had the head of a woman and the body and tail of a lion, to tell us that this Book, written in the Heavens, began with the sign "Virgo", and will end with the sign "Leo".
 
The word "sphinx" is from the Greek sphingo, to join; because it binds together the two ends of this circle of the heavens.
 
Christ Our Passover, Christ Our Sabbath, Christ Our Rest !!

When do we celebrate Passover?

March 19, 2020 = Spring Equinox (that evening)

Count 14 days past Spring Equinox, and that evening is the 3th day, that is when Passover begins.

Passover this year is April 3, 2020

Count 50 days to Pentecost Day May 22 2020

The number of the Signs is twelve, the number of governmental perfection or "rule":

They are divided into three books of four chapters (or signs) each: twelve being the product of 3x4, of Divine truth working in the heavens and in the earth (see Appendix 10).

Each book, therefore, consists of four signs; and these are all arranged, by structure, in exactly the same way. Each is an introversion.

IV. LEO (E)
Messiah's consummated triumph.

  1. HYDRA. The old serpent destroyed.
  2. CRATER. The cup of wrath poured out.
  3. CORVUS. The birds of prey devouring.
Leo = The Lion =  Messiah's consummated triumph.

In the Zodiac of Denderah it is Pi Mentikeon = the pouting out (of Divine wrath).

The tree constellations crystallize the truth:

The Denderah picture exhibits all four in one.

The Syr. name is Aryo = the rending lion.

Arab. Al Asad = the lion leaping forth as a flame.

The brightest star is Regulus = treading under foot

The next is Denebola = the Judge or Lord Who cometh.

The next is Al Giebha = the exaltation.

Another is Zosma = shining forth. All the others are cognate.
  • HYDRA. The Old Serpent. Hydra = he is abhorred.
  • The brightest star is Cor Hydra = the heart of Hydra.
  • Its ancient name is Al phard = the put away.
  • Another is Al Drian = the abhorred.
  • Another is Minchar al Sugia = the piercing of the deceiver.
  • CRATER. The Cup (of wrath poured out) The constellation has thirteen stars
  • CORVUS. The Raven. The birds of prey devouring.
  • The name in the Zodiac of Denderah, Her-na = the enemy breaking up. there are nine stars.
  • The brightest star is Chiba = accursed.
  • Another is Minchar al Gorab = the raven tearing to pieces.
Thus end the Scriptures of the Heavens. This is the story they tell forth. This is the "speech" they "utter". This is the "knowledge" they "shew forth". There is no articulate speech or voice; and no words are heard; but, their sayings have gone out into all the world.

They are "for SEASONS".

Not only are the stars made for signs ('othoth, from the root 'athah = to come), but for Seasons.
These are not the four seasons of the year, but Cycles of time.
The figure Polysyndeton emphasizes this: "and for seasons, and for days, and years".
The word means appointed times. Thus the sun, moon, and stars are for "signs" (things to come), and for "seasons" (appointed times).

There are no less that ten of these cycles, all of them different; not concentric, but yet all of them coinciding at creation, but never since: like a number of hoops of different sizes hanging from a nail. This shows that they must have had a given simultaneous start.

  1. They cycle of 24 hours for the day, an evening and morning.
  2. The revolution of the Moon round the earth.
  3. The lunar cycle, which began at the same moment as the solar cycle.
  4. The daily revolution of the Sun, which places him on the meridian at noon each day.
  5. The Solar Cycle, coinciding with the first of the seven years of lunar motion and repeating itself every 365 days.
  6. The beginning of a Week of seven days on the first day of the week, of the first month of the first year of the first solar cycle.
  7. The first Eclipse of a cycle of eighteen years and eleven days, to which the ancient astronomers gave the name of Saros; each Saros containing an average of seventy eclipses, divided into two portions of 594 years and 666 years, making together 1,260 years.
  8. Besides these, there is the period of the Heliacal rising of Sirius, in a cycle of 162 years.
  9. The Transits of Venus.
  10. And the grand cycle known as the Precession of the Equinoxes.

All these combine and unite in showing that the chronology of Archbishop Usher was substantially correct. And this proves that the inflated chronology of modern historians and theologians is entirely un-scientific, being the hypothesis of men who dabbled in things outside their own sphere, and of which they were incompetent to form a correct judgment.

(Stars=  Appendix 10)

Eclipse  2014 & 2015 & 2016
 
1st Solar - April 29, 2014
2nd Solar - October 23, 2014
3rd Solar - Total Eclipse - March 20, 2015
4th Solar - September 13, 2015
 
1st Lunar - October 23, 2014
2nd Lunar October 8, 2014
3rd Lunar - April 4, 2015
4th Lunar - September 27, 2015
 
Friday March 20, 2015 - Total Solar Eclipse - Pisces - The moon, mar, versus, (Fish, ram. dragon)
September 13, 2015 Solar Eclipse - In Pisces - The Moon, The sun, Jupiter  (scales, the woman, dragon)
 
April 4, 2015 Lunar Eclipse - Blood Moon - In Virgo, Saturn, The moon (Scales, Woman, upright)
 
And September 27, 2015 -  Lunar Eclipse - Blood Moon - In Pisces, The moon, (two fish)
 
Solar Mar 9 2016  1:54 am Pisces
Lunar Mar 23 2016 12:01 pm Libra
Solar Sep 1 2016 9:03 am Virgo
Lunar Sep 16 2016 7:05 pm Pisces
 
Lunar        Feb 11 2017 12:33 am Leo
Solar        Feb 26 2017 2:58 pm Pisces
Lunar        Aug 7 2017 6:11 pm Aquarius
Solar        Aug 21 2017 6:30 pm Leo
 
 
 A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon but the 3 celestial bodies do not form a perfectly straight line in space. When that happens, a small part of the Moon's surface is covered by the darkest, central part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra. The rest of the Moon is covered by the outer part of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra.
 
An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon covers the Sun's center, leaving the Sun's visible outer edges to form a "ring of fire" or annulus around the Moon.
 
In an annular eclipse of the Sun, the Moon casts its antumbra - the outer part of the Moon's umbra - on the Earth.

Like total solar eclipses, annular solar eclipses can also be seen as partial eclipses from locations outside the Moon's antumbra but inside its penumbra.

Annular solar eclipses take place only when:

    The Moon is a new Moon.

    The Moon is at or near a lunar node.

    The Earth, Moon and Sun are perfectly aligned in a straight line.

    The Moon is at its apogee.

Not Every New Moon Night

Even though a new Moon is necessary for an annular solar eclipse to take place, we don't see an eclipse every new Moon night. This is because the plane of the Moon's orbital path around the Earth is inclined at an angle of 5 to the Earth's orbital plane (ecliptic) around the Sun. The points where the two orbital planes meet are called lunar nodes. Solar eclipses occur only when a new Moon takes place near a lunar node.

Lunar apogee & annular solar eclipses

The Moon's path around the Earth is elliptical, with one side of the orbit closer to Earth than the other. The side closest to the Earth is called the perigee and the side farthest from the Earth is known as the apogee.

The Earth's orbit around the Sun is also elliptical, with the Sun closer to one end (perihelion) of the orbit than the other (aphelion).

The Earth's and the Moon's elliptical orbits mean that the Earth’s distance from the Sun and the Moon's distance from the Earth vary throughout the year. It also means that from Earth, the apparent size of the Sun and Moon changes over the year.

When the Moon is farthest from the Earth, its apparent size is much smaller than the Sun's apparent size. Because of this, annular eclipses of the Sun can only occur when the Moon is at apogee – it is the only time when the entire disc of the Moon can block the central part the Sun's disc, while leaving the outer parts of the Sun visible.

Phases of an Annular Solar Eclipse

Annular solar eclipses can last for a couple of hours from start to end. Annularity, the phase where the “ring of fire” is visible, can range from a few seconds up to 12 and a half minutes.

There are 5 distinct stages of an annular solar eclipse:

  • Partial eclipse begins (first contact): The Moon's shadow starts becoming visible over the Sun's disc. The sun looks as if a bite has been taken from it. For a few seconds before the full eclipse begins, Baily's beads, which look like beads of light, are seen towards the Moon's trailing edge.

  • Full eclipse begins (second contact): The “ring of fire” appears.

  • Maximum eclipse or annularity: The Moon completely blocks the center of the Sun's disc. Only the Sun's outer atmosphere or photosphere is seen in the form of a bright ring of rays around the dark disc of the Moon.

  • Full eclipse ends (third contact): The Moon starts moving away from the disc of the Sun. Once again, Baily's bead are visible along the Moon's leading edge.

  • Partial eclipse ends (fourth contact): The Moon stops overlapping the Sun's disc. The eclipse ends at this stage.

Viewing an Annular Solar Eclipse

To see an annular solar eclipse, you must be in the path of the Moon's antumbra. The maximum zone of visibility for an annular solar eclipse is about 230 miles (270 kms). If you're at the center of this zone, you can see a perfect ring of fire. If you're at the edge of this zone, you may see a broken ring of fire and Baily's beads throughout the duration of the eclipse.

 
13 Tribes of Israel - Numbers 2 - The Witness of the Stars - By, E.W. Bullinger
 
Psalms 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver.

Centre - Levi
East Side - Judah, Issachar, Zebulon,
South Side - Reuben, Simeon, Gad
West Side - Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin
 
North Side - Dan, Asher, Naphtali

Numbers 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

  • Ensign, each standard is said to have had as its "sign" one of the twelve constellations.
  • One standard, with its sign on it for each tribe. Hence called "ensign".
Centre - Levi, the scales of balance, their sign Libra in Zodiac, or more anciently the "altar". Centre the tabernacle of the congregation
 
Libra The Scales. The price deficient balanced by the price which covers.
 
The tent of the chief of the tribes to this day. Levites Priests: Moses and Aaron
 
Joshua 13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
  • The tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance, The Lord God of Israel was their inheritance
  • Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
  • Ezekiel 44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
  • The Levities and the 144,000 that have went astray, and because of this iniquity they are given charge of the Lord's house and shall minister to the people, but they may not come near to the Lord.
East Side  - Numbers 2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
 
Judah, Jews = The Nation Israel, the sign a lion, Leo in Zodiac
 
The standard, the colours of the three stones of the second row, Exodus 28:18.
 
Genesis 49:8 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
 
Revelation 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
 
Exodus 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their in closings.

21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
 
Issachar, brother of Judah (same mother, Leah) Sign on standard = their sign Cancer in Zodiac
 
Zebulon, Holland or Netherlands', Western Europe,  brother of Judah, (same mother, Leah) Sign on standard = their sign Virgo in Zodiac
 
Virgo means the virgin, A woman bearing a branch in her right hand ad ear of corn in her left. The promise seed of the woman.
 
Virgo in  Hebrew Bethulah means Virgin, In Arabic means a branch and another name sunbul in Arabic an ear and corn
 
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
 
South Side
 
Reuben, The centre of the south side, with standard in the colours of stones of the first row of Exodus 28:17, and sign of a man = Aquarius in Zodiac.
 
Aquarius The Water-Bearer. The living waters of blessing poured forth for the Redeemed.
 
Genesis 30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
 
Simeon, the brother of Reuben (same mother, Leah) Sign on standard = Pisces in Zodiac
 
Pisces The Fishes and the band. The blessings of the Redeemed in abeyance.
 
The sign of Pisces can refer to "His seed", prophesied of in Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
 
The sign of Pisces has always been interpreted  to the people of Israel.
 
It must refer to:
 
Psalms 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
 
Psalms 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
 
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
 
Gad, the brother of Reuben (same mother, Leah) Sign on standard = Aries in Zodiac
 
Aries The Ram or Lamb. The Lamb that was slain, prepared for the victory
 
West Side
 
In the Zodiac, Ephraim and Manasseh are the two horns of Taurus, the bull. Ephraim, the younger, bears the standard, according to the blessing in Genesis 48:14-28
 
Ephraim, Great Britain, their sign of Ox, Taurus in Zodiac, the colours of the stones in fourth row.
 
Deut 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
 
The colours of the stones in fourth row of Exodus 28:20.
 
Manasseh, United States of America, brother of Ephraim by same mother Genesis 41:51-52, their sign Taurus in Zodiac
 
Taurus, the bull. Messiah coming to rule.
 
Benjamin, Ireland, sons of Rachel, all on west side, their sign Gemini in Zodiac
 
North Side
 
Dan, Demark, Colours of standard same as those of the third row of stones in Exodus 28:19, their sign the Scorpio, Eagle in Zodiac 
 
Scorpio The Scorpion seeking to wound, but itself trodden under foot.
 
Asher, the son of the other handmaid Zilpah, put with Dan and Naphtali, the sons of Bilhah, His sign was Sagittarius in Zodiac , the Archer.
 
Naphtali, His sign was Capricorns in Zodiac, the goat.
 
The Stars Also

The one great central truth of all prophecy - the coming of the One, Who, though He should suffer, should in the end crush the head of the old serpent, the Devil. But, where are we to open this book? Where are we to break into this circle of the Zodiacal signs?

Through the "precession of the Equinoxes" the sun gradually shifts its position a little each year, till in about every 2,000 years it begins the year in a different sign.
 
This was foreseen; and it was also foreseen that succeeding generations would not know when and where the sun began its course, and where the teaching of this Heavenly Book commenced, and where we were to open its first page.
 
Hence the "Sphinx" was invented as a memorial. It had the head of a woman and the body and tail of a lion, to tell us that this Book, written in the Heavens, began with the sign "Virgo", and will end with the sign "Leo".
 
The word "sphinx" is from the Greek sphingo, to join; because it binds together the two ends of this circle of the heavens.

The number of the Signs is twelve, the number of governmental perfection or "rule".
 
They are divided into three books of four chapters (or signs) each: twelve being the product of 3 of Divine truth working in the heavens and in the earth.

Each book, therefore, consists of four signs; and these are all arranged, by structure, in exactly the same way. Each is an introversion. Thus we have the three books:
 
First Book. The Redeemer. (His first coming)
 
 A | VIRGO. The prophecy of the promised seed.
 
B | LIBRA. The Redeemer's work (grace).
 
B | SCORPIO. The Redeemer's conflict.
 
 A | SAGITTARIUS. The prophecy fulfilled.

Second Book. The Redeemed. (His work and its results)
 
C | CAPRICORNUS. The prophecy of deliverance.
 
D | AQUARIUS. Results of work bestowed.
 
D | PISCES. Results of work enjoyed.
 
C | ARIES. The prophesied deliverance fulfilled.

Third Book. The Redeemer. (His Second Coming)
 
E | TAURUS. The prophecy of coming judgment.
 
F | GEMINI. The Redeemer's reign in glory.
 
F | CANCER. The Redeemer's position safe.
 
E | LEO. The prophecy of triumph fulfilled.

Each of the four chapters in each of these three Books consists of three sections; and each section is represented by a Constellation.
 
There are thus thirty-six (3 x12) Constellations, which, with the twelve Signs, make forty-eight (4 x12) in all.

They may thus be set forth:

The First Book. The Redeemer. "The sufferings of Christ."
 
I. VIRGO (A) The prophecy of the promised seed.

1. COMA = (The desired). The woman and child the desired of all nations (in the most ancient Zodiacs).

2. CENTAURUS (with two natures). The despised sin-offering.

3. BOOTES. The coming One with branch.

II. LIBRA (B). The Redeemer's atoning work.

1. CRUX. The Cross endured.

2. LUPUS. The Victim slain.

3. CORONA. The Crown bestowed.

III. SCORPIO (B). The Redeemer's conflict.

1. SERPENS. Assaulting the man's heel.

2. OPHIUCHUS. The man grasping the serpent.

3. HERCULES. The mighty man victorious.

IV. SAGITTARIUS (A). The Redeemer's triumph.

1. LYRA. Praise prepared for the Conqueror.

2. ARA. Fire prepared for His enemies.

3. DRACO. The dragon cast down.

The Second Book. The Redeemed.

I. CAPRICORNUS (C). The result of the Redeemer's sufferings.

1. SAGITTA. The arrow of God sent forth.

2. AQUILLA. The smitten one falling.

3. DELPHINUS. The dead One rising again.

II. AQUARIUS (D). The Blessings assured.

1. PISCIS AUSTRALIS. The blessings bestowed.

2. PEGASUS. The blessings quickly coming.

3. CYGNUS. The Blesser surely returning.
 
III. PISCES (D). The Blessings in abeyance.

1. THE BAND. The great enemy, "Cetus."

2. ANDROMEDA. The redeemed in bondage.

3. CEPHEUS. The Deliverer coming to loosen.

IV. ARIES (C). The Blessings consummated.

1. CASSIOPEIA. The captive delivered.

2. CETUS. The great enemy bound.

3. PERSEUS. The "Breaker" delivering.

The Third Book. The Redeemer. "The glory that should follow."

I. TAURUS (E). Messiah coming to rule.

1. ORION. The redeemer breaking forth as Light.

2. ERIDANUS. Wrath breaking forth as a flood.

3. AURIGA. Safety for His redeemed in the day of wrath.

II. GEMINI (F). Messiah as Prince of princes.

1. LEPUS. The enemy trodden under foot.

2. CANIS MAJOR. The coming glorious prince.

3. CANIS MINOR. The exalted Redeemer.

III. CANCER (F). Messiah's redeemed possessions.
 
1. URSA MINOR. The lesser sheepfold.

2. URSA MAJOR. The fold and the flock.

3. ARGO. The pilgrim's arrival at home.

IV. LEO (E). Messiah's consummated triumph.

1. HYDRA. The old serpent destroyed.

2. CRATER. The cup of wrath poured out.

3. CORVUS. The birds of prey devouring.
 

Who Are The Four Beast In Revelation 4:6?  What does the four beast have to do with the end times?

Revelation 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Ezekiel 1:10  As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

1. The lion is Judah, which is always on the east
2. Reuben is on the south, is the man
3. Ephraim, on the west, is the calf or ox
4. Dan, on the north, is the eagle
 
So here is the throne of God in the midst of Israel

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

  • John is actually right there on the threshold of heaven.
  • We know when the last trumpet sounds, this is The Lord Day
  • We know John was taken to that day
  • John is going to be shown, not only what will happen, but what does happen until that time

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

  • The one that sat on the throne was the Living God
  • Psalms 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
  • Psalms 9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works

3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

  • The sight which John saw of the precious stones and the rainbow, no doubt, was the Shekinah Glory.
  • It is difficult for us to imagine at this time, just what His appearance is, but we know from John's description it is spectacular.

4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

  • Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

  • What are theses thundering and voices?
  • Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
  • Revelation 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
  • Seven Lamps = Seven Spirits of God

6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

  • The word crystal means absolute purity
  • The Greek word used here for "beast" is "zoon" - meaning living ones or creatures
  • They are not angels or men
  • Their sole task is to love God and guard the throne
  • They are always present when the throne is mentioned
  • They cannot be swayed away from their master by choice, even their own
  • They have been set there as protectors of the throne
  • This beast (zoon) is different from the satanic or serpentine beast (there on, meaning venomous beast) which is used through out the rest of Revelation
  • Look and see how many times the definition of ''a living creatures'' has been translated into the English word ''beast'' when it only means a living creature.
  • These four ''beast'' were with God from the beginning.
  • They are referred to in Genesis as cherubim (Hebrew word Kerub).
  • They were part of the cherubim that were placed in the garden to protect the tree of life (Christ) and to keep man from partaking of it at that particular time
  • Which would have given man eternal life in the state of sin even in the garden
  • Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

  • Beast = living ones or living creatures "verse 6"
  • Where the encampment of Israel is set forth
  • Numbers 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
  • Numbers 2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
    9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
    10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
    11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
  • The lion is Judah, which is always on the east
  • Reuben is on the south, is the man
  • Ephraim, on the west, is the calf or ox
  • Dan, on the north, is the eagle
  • So here is the throne of God in the midst of Israel
  • He is talking about the house of Israel and Judah

8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  • They were all knowing and all seeing
  • They were sensitive to all things that went on around the throne
  • Ezekiel 1:8 speaks of the same creatures
  • Ezekiel 1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
  • They were on the flying wheels described by Ezekiel
  • To whom do the creatures refer when calling "holy, holy, holy"?
  • Our Living God
  • We continually see these four creatures in His presence, paying homage day and night to our Father.

9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

  • They cast their crowns before the throne, because the power which comes from the throne allows them to wear the crowns.

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

  • All things ever created were created specifically for God's pleasure.
  • He alone is counted worthy to receive honor, glory and power, because in Him alone resides the power to create.
 
Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
 
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25

 
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