THE
WITNESS OF THE WOMAN
SIGN
OF VIRGO
A
Case for Biblical Astronomy
by Luis
B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
www.PostScripts.org for
online PDF illustration in Chart section
The
purpose of this segment is to dispel any notion that such
a study centered on astronomical alignments of the Sun,
Moon and the Stars is not Biblical. There is
Astrology and there is Astronomy. There is
a difference and even so, the Church of Christ is either
willfully ignorance or apathetic to such knowledge that
the Bible begins with, the creation of such. Astronomy is
a science based on the
Scientific Method of direct physical observation
and repeatable investigations to prove a theory. The
patterns of the eclipses, comets, frequency of planets,
their colors and resonances are all a factor of mathematic
and harmonics. For example NASA can predict scientifically
down to the seconds when eclipses, both solar and lunar
occurred 1000s of year back in time and I the future.
Astronomy is the study of the ‘astros’ or stars. On the
other hand,
Astrology is the interpretation of the Astronomy.
This
is where many in the
Body of Christ infer as divination and cast out all
such knowledge and science, out the preverbal window.
There is some truth in that
Astrology is definitely used by the Luciferians to
also descry times and season. In some cases with the
incorporation of magic, such knowledge delves into the
forbidden domain of the occult and demonic realms. However
there is an
Astrology that is even prescribed in the Bible that
YHVH”s People are admonished to take heed. It begins in
Genesis where YHVH told Adam and Eve that the Sun, Moon
and the Stars were created to take time, in essence a
‘celestial clock’. One would and could tell what time
‘prophetically it was by looking at the pattern and
sequences of the Sun, Moon and the Stars. Here lies the
test if the
Astrology one is receiving is sound, reliable and
Biblical. If the Astrology does not lead you to
Jesus Christ, it is not of the Holy Spirit.
If
the
Astrology leads one closer to Jesus Christ, it is
of the working of the divine protocols. In Psalm 19, YHVH
declares that the Heavens to include the Sun, Moon and the
Stars ‘declare the glory of YHVH’. It speaks about the
circuit or the Ecliptic and how the Sun is like a Groom
chasing the Stars and Moon as a Bride. Such are part of
the tapestry of the divine revelation as far as the
Plan of Redemption is laid out in the Story of the
Stars. This was first discovered and expounded by the
great theologian E.W. Bullinger. His book entitled,
The Witness of the Stars was ground-breaking and
ahead of his time, conventionally that is. Most if not all
the ancient civilizations know about his ‘storyline’ of
the King of the Universe and the Son that was to die on a
cross. It spoke without a word to testify of the redeeming
work of the Hero over the Villain the
Dragon Serpent Lucifer that seeks to take domain over all
creation, not just over Humanity but YHVH’s Throne as
well.
Many
Christians are downright stupid when it comes to unfounded
critique of those that appear in their eyes to be
‘star-gazers’ and that YHVH’s People are not to bother
with such knowledge for being Satanic. One would have to
suspect that either such people are downright ignorant of
such revelation or they are being used, if knowingly or
not by the Luciferins to obscure and keep the Sheep of
Jesus Christ in total oblivion as to what time
‘prophetically’ it is. Why is this an issue? Well, the
LORD admonishes His People to be like the
Sons of Issachar that ‘know the times in which they
lived in’ and acted accordingly.
Why YHVH’s People ‘parish’ and/or run wild as other
translations state it is that there is no knowledge of
what ‘time’ it is prophetically, thus it does not know
what to do and how to be the most effective in that
generation for Christ and the Kingdom to come. Jesus
became very angry at the religious rulers of the Jews in
that they did know how to read the signs of the weather
and they interpreted them correctly yet they missed the
Messiah’s 1st visitation to their ‘vineyard’
because they could not tell what time it was prophetically
all the while it was written in the Stars that the Wise
Men did discern and interpret correctly. Perhaps in the
Last Days, the
Sign of Virgo of Revelation 12 is one such Celestial
Sign to be seen, headed, interpreted and understood.
The other prophetic Sign is that of the
Days of Noah.
One might say, where in the Bible did YHVH specifically
instruct His People to be stargazers? As noted, it began
in Genesis 1:1. Then subsequently throughout the dealings
with YHVH’s People. He even interpreted the dream of
Joseph of how his brothers nod parents were like the Stars
and the Sun and Moon. Thus, is YHVH then a
‘stargazer? When YHVH called out Abraham to the
Promised Land and it got to the point that his
flocks were mixing with the flocks of Lot, YHVH told
Abraham to ‘gaze-up at the stars’ and attempt to count
them.
Imagine
that, YVHH instructing his ‘Friend’ to be a ‘stargazer’
and interpret the Sign? Then there is Daniel who was
called the
Chief Astrologer of the Court. How can this be and
allowed of the most prolific Prophet of all time? Daniel’s
astronomical and astrological influence was such that the
future
Wise Men of Persia ‘gazed’ upon an astrological
star, the Astronomy part and determined by divine
interpretation that it signaled the
Christ Star of where and when the Messiah was to be
born, this is the Astrology part. Each star was
given a name that reflected directly the specific
attributes of the Sign it was in. It meaning added, as a
piece to the overall storyline of the Messiah and His
mission.
Virgo is
represented as a woman with a branch in her right hand,
and some ears of corn in her left hand. Thus giving a
two-fold testimony of the Coming One, Jesus the Manchild
or Messiah. Astrologically, as it pertains to the
interpretation of the
Sign of Virgo, the name of this Sign in Hebrew is Bethulah,
which means
a Virgin, and in the Arabic a Branch. The 2
words are connected, as in Latin—Virgo means a virgin; and
virga, means a branch or shaft.
Virgo, astronomically and astrologically begin the
celestial tapestry of the Mazzaroth or the Zodiac as a
‘Genesis’ and it is reminiscent of how it began in the
Garden of Eden with Eve.
THE SIGN VIRGO
The
Promised Seed of the woman
The following sections are taken from the book by E.W.
Bullinger as it pertains to the meaning of Virgo.
Bullinger not only researched the specific name and
meaning of each Star in the constellation but offers a
Biblical and perhaps divinely inspired ‘astrological’
interpretation of its divine purpose and meaning. As the
copyright for the book has expired long ago; the portion
of Bullinger’s work will also serve to highlight and honor
his scholarship. The chapter will be entirely italicized
and given in abbreviated form and paraphrased form at
times. With such a foundation and understanding perhaps
the study of the
Virgo Sign will be more significant and pressing.
Here
is the commencement of all prophecy in Genesis 3:15,
spoken to the serpent: ‘I will put enmity between thee
and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.’
This is the prophetic announcement which the revelation
in the heavens is designed to unfold and develop. It
lies at the root of all the ancient traditions and
mythologies, which are simply the perversion and
corruption of primitive truth. Virgo is represented as a
woman with a branch in her right hand, and some ears of
corn in her left hand. Thus giving a 2-fold testimony of
the Coming One.
In
Genesis 3:15 she is presented only as a woman; but in
later prophecies her nationality is defined as being of
the stock of Israel, the seed of Abraham, the line of
David; and further, she is to be a virgin. There are two
prominent prophecies of her and her seed: one is
connected with the 1st coming in incarnation,
Isaiah 7:14 which is quoted in Matthew 1:23.
‘Behold,
a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel.’
The
other is connected with His 2nd coming,
leaping over the sufferings and this present interval of
His rejection, and looking forward to His coming in
glory and judgment as foretold in Isaiah 9:6-7 and
quoted in Luke 1 :32-33 and 2:11.
‘For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the
government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the
increase of His government there shall be no end. Upon
the throne of David, and upon His kingdom, to order it,
and to establish it with judgment and with justice from
henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will perform this.’
Here
is the fact of His humiliation, together with this long
period of His rejection, is leaped over, and the
prophecy passes on at once--over at least a period
of 1984 years--to this ‘glory which should follow.’ It
is difficult to separate the Virgin and her Seed in the
prophecy; and so here, we have first the Sign, Virgo,
where the name points to her as the prominent subject;
while in the first of the three constellations of this
Sign, where the woman appears again, the name Coma
points to the child as the great subject. Virgo contains
110 stars, 1 of the 1st magnitude, 6 of the 3rd, 10 of
the 4th, etc.
Thus
the brightest star in Virgo has an ancient name, handed
down to us in all the star-maps, in which the Hebrew
word Tsemech is preserved. It is called in Arabic Al
Zimach, which means The Branch. This star is in the ear
of corn which she holds in her left hand. Hence the star
has a modern Latin name, which has almost superseded the
ancient one, Spica, which means, an Ear of Corn. But
this hides the great truth revealed by its name Al
Zimach. It foretold the coming of Him who should bear
this name. The same divine inspiration has, in the
written Word, four times connected it with Him.
There are 20 Hebrew words translated ‘Branch’ but only 1
of them Tsemech is used exclusively of the Messiah, and
this word only 4 times is found in Jeremiah 33:15.
Each
of these further connects Him with one special account
of Him, given in the Gospels. The stars are known by
Greek letters and sometimes by numbers. Alpha denotes a
star of the 1st magnitude; Beta, the 2nd, and so on.
This plan was originated by Bayer in his Uranometria,
1603. The star Alpha in Virgo was discovered to be
really a double star, though it had hitherto always
appeared to be one. The following are the prophetic
verses pertaining to the coming of the Messiah through
the Virgin, ‘Virgo’.
(1)
Jeremiah 23:5
‘Behold,
the days come, says the LORD, That I will raise unto
David a righteous Branch i.e., a Son and a King shall
reign and prosper.’ The account of His coming as King is
written in the Gospel according to Matthew, where
Jehovah says to Israel, ‘Behold thy KING.’ (Zech 9:9;
Matt 21:9)
(2)
Zechariah 3:8
‘Behold
I will bring forth my Servant the Branch.’ In the Gospel
according to Mark we find the record of Jehovah's
servant and His service, and we hear Jehovah's voice
saying, ‘Behold my SERVANT.’ (Isa 42:1)
(3)
Zechariah 6:12
‘Thus
speaks the LORD of Hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose
name is the Branch.’ In the Gospel according to Luke we
behold Him, presented in ‘the Man, Christ Jesus.’
(4)
Isaiah 4:2
‘In
that day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and
glorious." So that this Branch, this Son, is Jehovah
Himself; and as we read the record of John we hear the
voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold your GOD.’ (Isa 40:9)
This
is The Branch foretold by the star Al Zimach in The Ear
of Corn. The star is called Zavijaveh, which means The
Gloriously Beautiful, as in Isaiah 4:2. The star in the
arm bearing The Branch, is called Al Mureddin, which
means ‘Who Shall Come Down’ as in Psalm 72:8, or Who
Shall Have Dominion. It is also known as Vindemiatrix, a
Chaldean word which means The Son, or Branch, Who
Cometh. Other names of stars in the sign, are Subilah,
which means Who Carries. (Isa 46:4) Then there is the
Star Al Azal, which also means The Branch as in Isaiah
18:5. There is also Subilon, which means A Spike of Corn
as in Isaiah 17:5. The Greeks, ignorant of the Divine
origin and teaching of the Sign, represented Virgo as
Ceres, with ears of corn in her hand.
COMA
(The Woman and Child)
The
desired of all nations
In the Zodiac in the Temple of Denderah, in Egypt, about
2000 BC (now in Paris), VIrgo is likewise represented
with a branch in her hand, but ignorantly explained by a
false religion to represent Isis. Her name is called
Aspolia, which means Ears of Corn, or The Seed, which
shows that though the woman is seen, it is her Seed who
is the great subject of the prophecy. Passing to the 3
constellations anciently assigned to the sign Virgo, we
come to what may be compared to 3 sections of the
chapter, each giving some further detail as to the
interpretation of its teaching.
The
first constellation in Virgo explains that this coming
‘Branch’ will be a child and that He should be the
‘Desire of all nations.’ The ancient name of this
constellation is Comah, the desired, or the longed for.
We have the word used by the Holy Spirit in this very
connection, in Haggai 2:7 it states, ‘The Desire of all
nations shall come.’ The ancient Zodiacs pictured this
constellation as a woman with a child in her arms.
Albumazar or Abu Masher, an Arabian Astronomer of the
8th century, says, There arises in the first Decan as
the Persians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians, and the 2 Hermes
and Ascalius teach; a young woman whose Persian name
denotes a pure virgin, sitting on a throne.
She
is nourishing an infant boy having a Hebrew name, by
some nations called Ihesu, with the signification Ieza,
which in Greek is called Christos. A Latin translation
of his work is in the British Museum Library. He says
the Persians understood these Signs, but that the
Indians perverted them with inventions. The
constellations are called Decans. The word means ‘a
part’ and is used of the 3 parts into which each Sign is
divided, each of which is occupied by a constellation.
But this picture is not found in any of the modern maps
of the stars.
This
is a good example of how the meaning of other
constellations have been perverted ignorantly or
intentionally. In this case, as in others, the
transition from ancient to more modern languages helped
to hide the meaning. The Hebrew name was Coma (desired).
But the Greeks had a word for hair, Co-me. This again is
transferred to the Latin coma, and thus ‘Coma Berenice’
(The hair of Berenice) comes down to us today as the
name of this constellation and gives us a woman's wig
instead of That Blessed One, the Desire of all Nations.
In
this case, however we are able to give absolute proof
that this is a perversion. The ancient Egyptian name for
this constellation was Shes-nu, The Desired Son! The
Zodiac in the Temple of Denderah, in Egypt, going back
at least 2000 years BC, has no trace of any hair, but it
has the figure of a woman and child. Even Shakespeare
understood the truth about this constellation picture,
which has been so long covered by modern inventions. In
his Titus Andronicus he speaks of an arrow being shot up
to heaven to the ‘Good boy in Virgo's lap.’
The
constellation itself is very remarkable. Others contain
one or two stars of the 1st or 2nd magnitude, and then a
greater or less variety of lesser stars; but this is
peculiar from having no one very bright star, but
contains so many stars of the 4th and 5th magnitudes. It
contains 43 stars altogether, 10 being of the 4th
magnitude, and the remainder of the 5th, 6th, etc. It
was in all probability the constellation of Coma in
which ‘the Star of Bethlehem’ appeared. There was a
traditional prophecy, well-known in the East, carefully
preserved and handed down, that a new star would appear
in this Sign when He whom it foretold should be born.
This was, doubtless, referred to in the Prophecy of
Balaam, which would thus receive a double fulfilment,
first of the literal ‘Star’ and also of the Person to
whom it referred. The Lord said by Balaam in Numbers
24:17,
‘There
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise
out of Israel.’
This
Star is also rendered in Genesis 3:24 ‘There shall come
forth a Star at or over the inheritance or possessions
of Jacob,’ thus indicating the locality which would be
on the meridian of this Star.
Thomas
Hyde, an eminent Orientalist (1636-1703), writing on the
ancient religion of the Persians, quotes from
Abulfaragius an Arab Christian Historian, 1126-1286, who
says that Zoroaster the Persian, was a pupil of Daniel
the Prophet, and that he predicted to the Magians who
were the astronomers of Persia, that when they should
see a new Star appear it would notify the birth of a
mysterious child, whom they were to adore. It is further
stated in the Zend Avesta that this new Star was to
appear in the Sign of the Virgin. Some have supposed
that this passage is not genuine. But whether it was
interpolated before or after the event, it is equally
good evidence for our purpose here.
For
if it was written before the event, it is evidence of
the prophetic announcement; and if it was interpolated
after the event it is evidence of the historic fact. The
Book of Job shows us how Astronomy flourished in Idumea;
and the Gospel according to Matthew shows that the
Persian Magi, as well as others, were looking for ‘the
Desire of all nations.’ New Stars have appeared again
and again. It was in 125 BC that a star, so bright as to
be seen in the day-time, suddenly appeared. It was this
that caused Hipparchus to draw up his catalogue of
Stars, which has been handed down to us by Ptolemy
around 150 AD.
This
new Star would show the latitude, passing at that time
immediately overhead at midnight, every twenty-four
hours; while the prophecy would give the longitude as
the land of Jacob. Having these 2 factors, it would be
only a matter of observation, and easy for the Magi to
find the place where it would be vertical, and thus to
locate the very spot of the birth of Him of whom it was
the Sign, for they emphatically called it ‘His Star.’
There is a beautiful tradition which relates how, in
their difficulty, on their way from Jerusalem to find
the actual spot under the Zenith of this Star, these
Magi sat down beside David's ‘Well of Bethlehem’ to
refresh themselves. There they saw the Star reflected in
the clear water of the well.
Hence
it is written that ‘when they saw the Star they rejoiced
with exceeding joy,’ for they knew they were at the very
spot and place of His appearing whence He was to ‘come
forth.’ There can be little doubt that it was a new
star. In the first place a new star is no unusual
phenomenon. In the second place the tradition is well
supported by ancient Christian writers. One speaks of
its ‘surpassing brightness.’ Another, Ignatius, Bishop
of Antioch, AD 69 says, ‘At the appearance of the Lord a
Star shone forth brighter than all the other stars.’
Ignatius, doubtless, had this from those who had
actually seen it! Prudentius (4th century AD) says that
not even the Morning Star [Venus] was so fair.
One step more places this new Star in the constellation
of Coma, and with new force makes it indeed His
Star--the ‘Sign’ of His coming forth from Bethlehem. It
be ‘the Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven’ (Matt 24:30)
when He shall come into this world again to complete the
wondrous prophecies written of Him in the Heavenly and
Earthly Revelations? The conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn, they hold, always marked the occurrence of some
even favorable to Israel. Kepler, calculating backwards,
found that this astronomical phenomenon always coincided
with some great historical crisis. Such an occurrence
could have been related to the Revelation being given to
Adam, the birth of Enoch, the Revelation to Noah, the
birth of Moses, the birth of Cyrus, the birth of Christ,
the birth of Charlemagne, and the birth of Luther.
Thus
does the constellation of Coma reveal that the coming
‘Seed of the woman’ was to be a child born, a Son given.
But He was to be more: He was to be God and man--2
natures in 1 person! This is another important proof of
the truth of our whole argument. This brings us back
again to Genesis 3:15 with Eve as a type of Virgo. It
shows us the Person of the Promised Seed from the
beginning to the end, from the first promise of the
birth of the Child in Bethlehem, to the final coming of
the great Judge and Harvester to reap the harvest of the
Earth. This was the vision which was afterwards shown to
John (Rev 14:15,16), when he says, I looked; and behold
a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the
Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in
His hand a sharp sickle.
Here
we see the woman whose Seed is to bruise the serpent's
head, the Virgin-Born, the Branch of Jehovah, perfect
man and perfect God, Immanuel, ‘God with us,’ yet
despised and rejected of men, and yielding up His life
that others may have life for evermore. But we see Him
coming afterwards in triumphant power to judge the
Earth. The start of the cosmic storyline with Virgo
contains the outline of the whole Mazzaroth, complete in
itself, so far as it regards the Person of the Coming
One. Like the Book of Genesis, it is the seed-plot which
contains the whole, all the rest being merely the
development of the many grand details which are included
and shut up within it. It is only one chapter out of
twelve, but it distinctly foreshadows the end--even the
sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow.
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Source
The Witness of the Stars, E.W. Bullinger 1893
