Psalm 19
“19 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
2 Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world.”
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For 2,500 years, from creation to Moses, there was no written word of God. Nevertheless, the wonderful story of the Gospel, of the Champion He would send to us, was passed down from father to son. Was it simply oral tradition, as some maintain? Yes and no. You see, though it was not recorded on paper or writing tablets, God “wrote” the Gospel story in the night sky. That’s what David was talking about in the opening verses from Psalm 19. He and people of ancient times not only how to read it; they knew what it meant. Now you can, too!
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Jesus Preached The Gospel To Abram.
In Genesis 15, God addressed Abram saying to him, “I Am your shield and great reward.” He then took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them. So shall your SEED be. 6 Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.”
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Jesus Himself is speaking to Abraham here. This is one of His many epiphanies before He came to earth as a baby. He “recounted,” or told, the story as written in the night sky to Abraham: The story of the Champion, the Dragon Slayer, his own DESCENDANT: (SINGULAR), Who would come in the fullness of time. Abram saw in the stars irrefutable proof of the veracity of His words. He believed God and THAT belief was credited to him as righteousness.”
Paul refers to this meeting between Abraham and Jesus in Galatians 3 below.
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Abram Believed God.
Galatians 3:5-9
“Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—6 just as ABRAHAM “BELIEVED GOD, and it was ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO ABRAHAM beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with (along with) believing Abraham.”
See? It says God “PREACHED THE GOSPEL” to him. Jesus told Abraham the story by showing him and “saphar–recounting” the story blasted all over the night sky. It was the very same gospel that you and I believe today. The only difference is that he lived long before the cross.
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Psalm 19.
This same word, “saphar,” that is used here in Genesis 15 is the same word translated, “Declare,” in Psalm 19:
“The heavens “declare (saphar)” the glory of God…..”
So what is the REAL story in the stars? Let’s begin at the beginning by going back to the oldest book of all: Job.
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The first time the LORD spoke directly to Job is recorded in chapter 38 where He mentions that the morning stars sang together in vs. 7.
Then, in verses 31-32, God asked him, “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?”
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The real story does not begin with the constellation of Aries the ram as the astrology of today would have you believe. It begins with Virgo, the Virgin. Look back into the history of the constellations you’ll find that ancient depictions of Virgo have her sitting down with a small male child on her lap, as pictured above. She also held a stalk of both wheat and corn in one hand.
Jesus is that small child on her lap. He is the bread of life. He is the grain of wheat which, when it falls into the earth, it dies, typifying His death which would bring salvation to the world.
A Clue To Jesus’ Actual Birthday?
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How very interesting! John 1:14 it says, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling (TABERNACLE) among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The word “tabernacle” refers to Jesus’ physical body. Our own tabernacles, for example, are temples of the Holy Spirit.
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(For more on the story of His birth and some little known, but fascinating history about the Inn, you may follow the link below:
https://emmausroadministries.international/2019/11/09/chimhams-inn-christmas-series-part-3-of-7/)
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The Night Sky.
Let’s now dial back the night sky to the time of Jesus’ birth. The feast of tabernacles of the year in question occurred on Sept. 20th. Hmmm……do you think that could be Jesus’ real birthdate? Yes, as a matter of fact, I do! We’ll be discussing the real date of His birth in part 9 of this series.
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This article is merely the first in a series of 44. The whole story is like a 3-act play with 48 scenes. At the end of each article is a link to the next one if you’re interested in the following along and learning the whole story. It is filled with such detail about God’s Champion that even the ancient names of individual stars that have come down to us line up perfectly!
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Why 12 Constellations?
12 us an interesting number. There are 12 constellations for the 12 sons of Jacob. Each tribe in ancient Israel was represented by one of these 12 star signs. The tribe of Levi, for example, was charged with the “balances of the sanctuary,” hence “Libra” typifies them. Judah, no surprise, is represented by “Leo,” the Lion of the tribe of Judah, since Jesus, THE LION of the tribe of Judah, came from that tribe.
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Why Did God Confuse The Language Of Men?
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