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The meteor shower of January 3, 2011 is expected to be the best meteor show of 2011. One interesting fact according to my research, before a great awakening there were incredible meteor showers. This show is expected to be about 120 meteors per hour (aka ‘shooting stars’). The normal is 6-10 per hour on a typical night. 

The meteor shower of November 13, 1833, before a spiritual awakening was recorded so thick, as extensive, so long lasting, that thousands feared the planet was doomed, ‘the whole firmament, over all the United States, being then, for [eight] hours in fiery commotion’… Meteor showers of 60,000 per hour Astronomers predict that the Quadrantids will peak around 8 p.m. EST January 3. That time works best for Europe, but North American meteor-watchers should also keep an eye out because predicting meteor showers isn’t an exact science yet. New Moon occurs at 4:03 a.m. EST January 4, so no distracting moonlight will pollute the sky.

REVIEW

Meteoroid is a rock in space from an asteroid or comet orbiting the sun.

A meteor is what the rock becomes when it hits the atmosphere (It is often called a ‘shooting star’ or ‘falling star’)

A meteorite is what remains of it, should it survive the journey and hit earth

2011 will be nothing to compare to that, but will be fun to see. Those in the southern areas need only to recline in their lawn chairs and watch the show (if you are away from city lights). No binoculars or telescope are needed and you won’t have to wait up for it. Peak Central time should be 7pm.

Today was the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah and Day 2 of the Days of Awe.

Tonight right after sundown the New Moon (moon born again, The Holy) was on the bottom, Venus (Brilliance, symbol of the Bride of Christ), was up to the left in the bowl of the Cresent Moon and Saturn (Shabbatai, Lord of the Sabbath) and Mars (Ma’adim, the Adam) were to their right.

Tonight is also the end of Ramadan, month of fasting. The Cresent moon and star symbol is with the star on the right side and the moon turning the other way. Sign that God is turning things around? Selah.

The Hebrew word for Jupiter is Tzedek (Tsade, Dalet, Kaf) and means ‘righteousness‘. This is known as the King David Planet, known for the Messiah and also represents Israel.  It is the largest of all planets. Right now we are in the Season of Teshuvah, when the King is in the field. How wonderful that the King planet is drawing near to confirm the season! 

Melchizedek, which means King of Righteousness, (Genesis 14:18) comes from the root word Tzedek. Since this planet represents Kings, it is seen in unusual ways when a leader of God’s covenant people is to be born.

• Three years before the birth of Moses, Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction in the constellation Pisces. Josephus, Abarbanel, Eliazar and other historians affirm that Egyptian astronomers interpreted this sign as an indicator that a great man would be born among the Jews. Perhaps this is why Pharaoh placed heavier workloads on the Hebrews. (Unleashing the Beast, Perry Stone, page 218)  
• In 3 BC Jupiter, the planet representing King David, was in conjunction with Regulus, the star of kingship, in the constellation Leo the lion, considered to represent the tribe of Judah. This conjunction in the lion would be served as a sign of the birth of a leader. Biblical astronomers put this as the timing of the birth of Jesus because of the signs in the heavens.

According to Jewish tradition and their historical sightings of the heavenlies, when Jupiter is hit from heavenly bodies (comets) it is a sign of trouble coming to Israel. 

Remember where we are on the calendar. The Jewish season of Teshuvah began the 11th and also Ramadan. Hmmm

We are at the beginning of the lunar month so the moon will be new, what is called in Hebrew, “The Holy”. It will be very small. When our children were small they called it a ‘toe nail’. Because the moon is still small we should have a good viewing of the stars. When the moon is full it is harder to see the constellations (fixed stars) and planets (wandering stars).

Let’s pray for a clear sky so we can see all that is happening in the sky Thursday and Friday nights.

First of all, we will have a meteor shower showing with as many as 60-100 meteors an hour looking northeast. This should happen when the sky is really dark, closer to midnight and after. It is called the Perseid Meteor Showers and promise to be a great show. Meteor showers are also known as ‘shooting stars’.

• Meteoroid is a rock in space from an asteroid or comet orbiting the sun
• Meteors are when they are in our atmosphere
• Meteorite is what they are called if they land on earth

The shower is caused by the earth going through  Perseus

• Perseus is The Breaker (the King, delivering the Redeemed seen walking on the path of the Milky Way) Micah 2:13. In his right hand he has a mighty ‘sword of the Spirit’, lifted up to strike the enemy. He has wings on his feet, showing He will come ‘quickly’ and ‘swiftly’. In his left hand he carries the head of the enemy that has been slain! YEAH!!!
• Perseus is a decan of  the constellation Aries, The Ram or Lamb (the Lamb that was slain, prepared for victory)

BUT WAIT!!!! THERE’S MORE!!!  TONIGHT!!!

Four planets come into view shortly after sunset in the west , approximately 8:45pm.  Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn gather low in the west at dusk and set within 2 hours of the Sun. Brilliant Venus stands out far more than the others. They will connect with the Porrima, also called Kaphar, The Atonement Star, at the heart of Virgo the Virgin. That gives us 5 lights stacked closely together in the constellation Virgo!   Let’s review them:

• At the bottom, New Moon, Hebrew Chodesh, the emblem of the Holy Spirit
• Right above it, Venus, Hebrew Nogah, The Splendor, representing the Splendor of the Lord- the brightest light
•  Above and to the right of Venus, Saturn, Hebrew Shabbatai, representing Lord of the Sabbath
• Above Venus to the left is Mars, Hebrew Ma’Adim, The Adam, representing the Son of Man
• Right above Mars is the Atonement Star, at the heart of Virgo

These 5 glowing stars clustered together reflect the heart of the Virgin. The Hebrew month we are now in is Elul, the accronym of the Hebrew wording  ‘I am my beloved and my beloved’s is mine’, found in the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). This month is all about getting back to your first love. (Revelation 2:4)

BUT WAIT!!! THERE’S MORE!!! IN THE EAST!!! WOW!!!

Jupiter, Hebrew Tzedek, the Righteous joins the sky and is seen rising shortly after 10pm, best seen after midnight. The planet Jupiter represents the Messiah and often Israel because it is the King David planet. The Moon and Venus are the brightest ‘wandering stars’, but this month Jupiter will be the 3rd brightest star in the heavens. September 2010, when the Fall Feasts of the Lord begin, Jupiter will rule the night. (Selah)

If we have a cloudless night, Ken and I plan to spray the yard and lay in the pool and star watch- giving glory to God.

This is looking to be a better show than the Saturday nights during summer in Echo, Minnesota when they showed Ma & Pa Kettle movies free by the Grain Elevator. Yee Hah!!! Free shows are back again, this time starring Genesis 1:14, signs and for seasons.

One of the things the Lord Jesus and the writers of the Epistles commanded us to do is watch, to be on guard, alert and watching, awake and not asleep.

Mark 13:33, “Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. (34) [It is] like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. (35) Watch for you do not know when the master of the house is coming–in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning– (36) lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. (37) And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” therefore,

The watchers reporting the signs on the earth are many, but there are few watchers reporting on the signs in the heavens. Why? Because there is so much warfare involved. The devil has had the heavenlies for too long.  Lack of knowledge of the heavenlies. God’s people are ignorant.

Luke 21:11, “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilence; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (fearful is Greek phobetron, where we get the word phobia & great is the Greek word megas, where we get the word mega, referring to something very large)

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” (seasons- moedim, God’s fixed, appointed times)

When the signs are in the heavenlies over God’s appointed festivals (Feasts of the Lord) it is calling us to attention, watch. Luke 2:25, “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; (28) Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (Also Daniel 6:26-27; Joel 2:31; Isaiah 34:2-5)[my comment- look up, WATCH the heavenly signs]

 Stars: Wandering and Fixed (remember in Basics, part 1  we covered that God ‘named’ the stars)

The wandering stars are the planets that move in a pattern.  According to rabbinical teachings, there were originally  7 heavenly lights God used to teach His people, the same number of the lights on a menorah.

The 7 original planets are:

1.  Jupiter [Hebrew Tzeked meaning ‘righteous’] This is the King David Planet, also known as the Messiah.
2.  Saturn [Hebrew Shabbtai meaning ‘Sabbath’, representing the Lord of the Sabbath, rest] This is the most beautiful planet and is made of gas.
3. Venus [Hebrew Nogah meaning ‘Splendor’, The Splendor of the Lord] This represents the Bride (for Israel being God’s bride or the Bride of Christ) This is also known as ‘the Morning Star’ and is seen before dawn or right after sundown.  This is the brightest celestial object nest to the sun or moon.
4. Mars [Hebrew Ma’adim, The Red One, representing The Adam]
5. Mercury [Hebrew Kochav, The Sun Star] Mercury is only visible a few weeks of the year.
6. Sun [Hebrew Chamah] representing Holy Fire
7. Moon [Hebrew Lavanah] This represents the Holy Spirit of God

The Fixed Stars are constellations and together tell the story of from Jesus’ first coming to His second coming. Job, known as the oldest book in the Bible, speaks of the Bear, Orion, Pleiades, Cetus, the Sea Monster, Draco adn the Great Dragon. All of those are either constellations or part of the main constellations.

The fixed stars we are going to concentrate on are the constellations. There are 12 constellations, each with 3 decans making up 48 fixed signs. 12 is the number representing government, ruling (12 Tribes of Israel, 12 Apostles of Jesus, 12 months, etc). The story told comes from the names of the brightest stars to the lesser and put together tell the story. These names have not changed meanings throughout history- from Adam to now. In different languages the name is changed, but not the meaning.

Today we will only focus on Virgo because we will be looking at the wonder in the heavenlies in Virgo August 12th.

VIRGO– The Virgin, the promised seed of a woman (Gen 3:15)  (woman with a branch in her right hand and some ears of corn in her left hand)

• Coma, the Desired– the Desire of all nations (woman holding a baby)
• Centaurus, the Centaur– the despised sin offering (half man, half horse- 2 natures of Jesus, being the Son of Man & the Son of God)
• Bootes, The Coming One– He Cometh- The Coming One (picture of a man, shepherd or harvester,  walking rapidly with a spear in his right hand and a sickle in the left hand)

The first constellation group of Virgo tells the story of Jesus, being born of a virgin (Is 7:14), being the desire of all nations (Haggai 2:7), to be the despised sin offering (Isaiah 53), and the promised Coming One (John 1:26-27). The brightest star that leads the constellation is the ‘branch‘, Hebrew Tsemech. This is used exclusively as representing “the Messiah” and begins the story of Jesus. (Jer 23:5; Zech 3:8 & 6:12; Is 4:2)

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

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:

Signs– H226, owth, meaning a sign or signal; token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof

Seasons– H4150, mow’ed (moed) meaning appointed place, appointed time, meeting (this is the same word as the Feasts (moedim) of the Lord (Lev 23))

When God created the lights in the heavens He had a purpose, and had a purpose for everything He created. (Ecc 3:1) If I was taking a car trip to New York and I had never been there before, I would have to rely on ‘signs’ along the road. As I got closer to New York the signs would be closer in distance and bigger.

I will show you throughout this study that there has never been a Biblical prophetic happening regarding God’s plan without signs in the heavens before and during that prophetic happening. The one that stands out the most would be the first coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The WISE men from the East saw HIS star in the heavens and came to worship the One called the King of the Jews. There was not just one, but several Eastern astronomers that saw that sign the God had ordained for a specific time.

My intention for this blog teaching is to bring as many people back to the truth of God’s purpose for the heavens. I am not scientific minded but God has opened up to me some truths regarding the signs in the heavens for the purpose of teaching the truth.

There is a ditch on both sides of each main road. If you look at God’s intentions, as found in the Bible, for the signs in the heavens as the main road, there are two ditches on each side. One ditch is to totally ignore the heavens as demonic horoscope and the other ditch is to look at the heavens to direct your life and your focus is off Jesus, looking for a sign. We are told to WATCH, Pray, not be ignorant.

Luke 21:11, And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great (mega)  signs shall there be from heaven.

Here are a few scriptures that speak about the firmament of the heavens:

Psalm 19:1, To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 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 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, (notice the verbs- they are declaring, showing, uttering,  revealing and have words everyone can understand)

Isaiah 40:26, (NLT) Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And he counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away. (Who does all these things with the stars? Creator God)

Psalm 147:4, He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

Shalom,

Mary Bostrom

Ken Bostrom Ministries, Inc

http://www.kenbostromministries.org/