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Venus and Jupiter with Constellations March 15

Posted: March 13, 2012 in Signs In The Heavens

The main ‘fixed stars’ form constellations and have been there since recorded history. Each constellation has 3 smaller constellations. The cluster formation of stars from brightest to least bright tell the story of Jesus from birth to His glorious return.

From left to right:

ANDROMEDA, ‘the chained woman’

Symbol of the persecuted church- the redeemed in their bondage and affliction
Her wrists and ankles are chained, but the chains are broken
Shows the Israel & the Church as unpopular with the world and does not realize the power in being redeemed of the Lord
Her chains are seen as broken because she will be in extreme power during the end times
Shown as broken loose- even though the devil tried to chain her and weaken her, he cannot keep her in bonds

ARIES, ‘the ram or lamb’

The sign of Aries is the picture of Jesus as our sacrificial Lamb
There are 66 stars in this constellation and all the stars in Aries sing the same song, “worthy is the Lamb, slain, bruised and yet living forevermore!
The chief star (in the forehead) is named El Nath, or El Natik, which means ‘wounded’, ‘slain’.
The next star (in the left horn) is Al Sharatan, ‘the bruised’, ‘the wounded’
The next is called Mesartim (Hebrew) ‘the bound’
E. W. Bullinger writes in Witness of the Stars: On the 14^th of Nisan, in the year of the Crucifixion, stood at the very spot marked by the stars, El Nath, the pierced, the wounded or slain, and Al Sharaton, the bruised or wounded! God so ordained “the times and the seasons” that during that noon-day darkness the sun was seen near those stars which has spoken for so many centuries of this bruising of the woman’s Seed- the Lamb of God”

PERSEUS, ‘the breaker’

‘The King, breaker’, delivering the redeemed
He is seen walking in the brilliant path of the Milky Way
Jesus is the only one worthy to break the seals of Revelation 5:2-9
The Hebrew name is Parats, where the Greek form Peres or Perseus
Micah 2:13, “The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.”
In His right hand he has 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 the left hand He carries the head of the enemy that has been slain! YEAH!! In Hebrew it is called Rosh Satan or ‘the head of adversary’
ALGOL is the brightest star in the head. Al Gol is continually changing.
In about 69 hours Algol changes from the 4^th magnitude to the 2^nd. During four hours of this period it gradually diminishes in brightness, which it recovers in the succeeding four hours; and in the remaining part of the time invariably preserves its greatest luster. After the expiration of this time its brightness begins to decrease again. Fit emblem of our great enemy, who, “like a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour” (I Peter 5:8); then changing into a subtle serpent (Genesis 3:8); then changing again into “an angel of light”( 2 Corinthians 11:14). “Transforming himself” continually, to devour, deceive, and destroy.

TAURUS, ‘the bull’

Messiah the Judge, coming to rule the whole earth
The picture is of the bull with his head down, rushing to pierce and destroy his enemies with his sharp horns
Taurus is assigned to the sons of Joseph as prophesied by Moses. Deuteronomy 33:7, “His glory is like a firstborn bull, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox“
Just like Capricorn, (sea goat) where the fish is coming out alive from the dying goat, Taurus the bull is coming out of Aries, the lamb
Jesus may have come meek as a Lamb the first time, but now when He comes the second time He will be fierce
ALDEBARAN is the name of the Bull’s Eye and means ‘leader‘ or ‘governor’
PLEIADES is the cluster of the stars in the neck of the bull and means ‘congregation of the judge or ruler’. This is also called the Seven Sisters. This comes from the Greek Septuagint as the translation of the Hebrew Kimah which means the ‘heap, or accumulation’. The Syriac name for the Pleiades is Succoth, which means ‘booth’. (Note: The 7 Churches of Revelation 3 are at the base of the Taurus Moutains)

ERIDANUS, ‘the river of the judge’

The river of wrath breaking forth for His enemies
I Thessalonians 5:9, “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ“
This river is coming forth from Orion, the Coming Prince, to judge. It runs down out of sight of all the constellations
Cetus, the great sea monster is seen trying to stop the flow, but cannot because it is the ‘fiery river of the judge’ and cannot be stopped
Daniel 7:9, “”I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; (10) A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him….”
Psalm 97:3, “A fire goes before Him, and burns up His enemies round about.”
Psalm 50:3, “Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.”
Isaiah 30:27, “Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, Burning with His anger, …….and His tongue like a devouring fire. (28) His breath is like an overflowing stream, ….. (33) ……….the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.”
Nahum 1:5, “The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, …(6) Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, ……...”

Venus Joins Jupiter March 15, 2012

Posted: March 13, 2012 in Signs In The Heavens

This week we will have a beautiful view of two of the ‘wandering stars’. Tonight they came closer together but the best show will be March 15.

Some of the stars are stationary, such as constellations, but others move in a rythmn. The original seven ‘wandering stars’ we call planets and are part of the original purpose of God as found in Genesis 1:14-19, “and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years“.

The first question in the New Testament is found in Matthew 2:2, “Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” The question is asked by Magi from the East and history records that they were students of Daniel’s teachings. The prophet Daniel never left Babylon and was able to convey the purpose of God’s original purpose for signs in the heavens. There are going to be more signs in the heavens of Jesus’ Second Coming than His birth. Are you looking up?

This joining of Venus and Jupiter is causing me to get back into the Song of Songs, the best of the best of all Solomon’s writings. He wrote 3 books and I liken them to the Temple he was famous for: Proverbs (Outer court) Ecclesiates (Inner Court) and Song of Songs (Holy of Holies). In the Holy of Holies you get in by permission only and you go alone. Selah.

Here is the Hebraic understanding of these planets and the constellation where they are located this week:

VENUS (Hebrew- Nogah, means ‘brightness‘)

Represents the Bride of Messiah
According to early Biblical views, Jupiter represented the Messiah and Venus represented His Bride
According to Greek & Roman mythologies Venus is known as the goddess of love
Known as the ‘morning star’ because it can be seen just before sunrise and closer to the sun than earth. The day of the Lord, like the dawning of any calendar day, does not burst forth abruptly. It is not pitch back at 5:59am and then bright morning the at 6am. The night gradually recedes as dawn comes. In that transition, before dawn breaks, the morning star begins to shine on the eastern horizon. This is actually the planet Venus. This portrays what God intends for the Bride of Christ in these last days before our Beloved Bridegroom comes for us.(Isaiah 60:1-3, arise shine)

JUPITER (Hebrew- Tzedek, means ‘righteousness‘)

Largest of all planets
Called the Star of David
Represents kingship, coronations and birth of kings
Also represents the Messiah, the Coming King
Also represents Israel
According to Jewish tradition, when Jupiter is hit from heavenly bodies it is a sign of the end of the world

This week terrorists are firing rockets and missiles into Israel and are even nearing Tel Aviv. This is the time for us to draw near to God in prayer and use our authority in prayer as we stand in the gap for Israel and the 200,000 Israeli’s that are in bomb shelters.

Tomorrow I plan to share the constellations and their main stars that will be seen around Venus and Jupiter Thursday night.

Russia- 20 Years Later

Posted: March 1, 2012 in Last Day Helps
Tags: Judgment is coming, Mercy before Judgment, Russia, Russia Election 2001

I went to Russia May of 1991 and saw first hand the hunger in the hearts of the people for the Truth that only the Word of God can bring. At that time they were 70 years in the Communist oppression, wtih no freedom of worshipping the One True God. When we saw a crowd in the streets someone was either selling meat or preaching the Truth. Shortly after my visit were the incredible riots and Communism fell.

I have heard prophesies for many years that there would be a short open door. This morning I was reading a book called Contact with God by Brent Ollson, prophetic teachings by Jeanne Wilkerson. The Foreward was written by Dr Billye Brim in which she writes, “Another one of Sister Wilkerson’s Holy Spirit inspired statements comes to mind. Once we were praying with her before a trip into Communist Russia and she prophesied, “Shortly before the coming of the Lord there will be a relative freedom to preach the gospel behind the Iron Curtain. It is mercy before judgment. Work quickly while you can. The door will close again. Judgment is coming.”

This Sunday will be the election of Russia’s president. Joel Rosenberg wrote a great blog on the facts behind this campaign. Please pray as the Holy Spirit leads you to pray following the Word of God.

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/

Shevat 5772 Begins at Sundown 1/24/12

Posted: January 23, 2012 in Hebrew Months

Every Hebrew month has a Tribe, Constellation and Hebrew letter associated with it. These hold keys to our promises for that month and help us to pray in line with God’s timing and to get our lives into time with His specific appointed times.

Shevat is known as the ‘eleventh month” according to the sacred calendar and is the ‘fifth month’on the civil calendar.

The only mention of Shevat is found in Zachariah 1:7, “On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat (Shevat), in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechaih, the son of Iddo the prophet.” This month is mentioned with reference to the angels ‘walking to and fro throughout the earth’ (Vs 11) so this month is associated with our awareness and cooperation with heavenly messengers. The significance of this vision was God’s message that He will again be merciful to Jerusalem. (Vs 14, 16, 17)

The word Shevat is not a Jewish word, but a word coming most likely from Babylon. The word means ‘rod’. Which is a symbol of judgment to God’s enemies. For us, we find the rod and the staff of our Shepherd as a comfort (Ps 23:4). As we walk through these dark last days we find comfort that the Lord, Jehovah Rohi, is protecting us with His rod and staff.

For 37 days Moses gave his last message to Israel. He began the message on the 1^st day of the 11^th month (Shevat) and ended on the 7^th day of the 12^th month of Adar. Deuteronomy 1:3 reads, “And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them.” Note: “Now it came to pass” means behind the phrase- ‘begins in turmoil and ends in a blessing’. (Genesis 22:1; Ruth 1:1)

The 15^th of Shevat is called Tu B’Shvat, the “New Year of Trees”,which is the Jewish Arbor Day. This is technically the day when trees stop absorbing water from the ground, and instead draw nourishment from their sap. No fruit is eaten from a tree under three years old. Tu B’ Shevat is celebrated by eating some of the varieties of fruit found in Israel (dates, pomegranates, figs, grapes). Food is made from dried fruit and gifts of fruit are often given and received. This is also a celebration for the Tree of life, which symbolizes the Messiah who give true life. The first blooming in Israel is the almond. Nehemiah 10:35 reads, “And me made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the Lord.”

In History, this is the month that 2 Space Shuttles were destroyed in Space, both carrying Israeli astronauts- 1986 & 2003. (see historical dates below)

TRIBE- Asher, the 8^th son of Jacob and the 2^nd son of Zilpah, the handmaiden of Leah. His name means ‘happy’. Genesis 30:13, “Then Leah said, ‘I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed.’ So she called his name Asher.”

Asher’s symbol was a fruitful olive tree.This symbol was given to Asher because of the abundance of joy that comes from the Holy Spirit. It is not that Asher never had problems, but he was able to overcome all of the problems with his optimistic attitude. Asher is fearless, optimistic and has the strength to go to hard and dangerous places.

Asher’s weaknesses were that he did not like to fight and compromised. Judges 1:31, “The tribe of Asher also failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob (32) In fact, because they did not drive them out, the Canaanites dominated the land where the people of Asher lived.” As a result Jezebel was able to introduce Baal worship to God’s chosen people in this area.

His strengths were that the tribe is optimistic and gets things right in the end. Judges 7:23, “Then Gideon sent for the warriors of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, who joined in the chase after the fleeing army of Midian”. They became part of Gideon’s mighty men and proved to loyal, faithful and committed to the end. They were part of Solomon’s soldiers as recorded in I Chronicles 7:40, part of Hezekiah’s revival as recorded in 2 Chronicles 13:10-11. Anna, the prophetess, was a true example of a loyal, faithful and committed servant of God in the House of the Lord as recorded in Luke 2.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- AQUARIUS, ‘THE WATER BEARER’. This represents the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The symbol is shown of a man, symbolizing Jesus Christ, who physically poured forth literal waters from an inexhaustible source, removing the curse and turning the world into a paradise.

LETTER- Tzadik- (pronounced tsadee) is the 18th letter in the Hebrew Aleph Bet and has the numerical value of 90. The number 90 represents the fullness of life: Psalm 90:10, Sarah was 90 when she became pregnant with Isaac. In the classic Hebrew script this letter looks like a tree. The word tzadik means ‘righteousness or righteous one’. Tzadik is the pictograph of a man lying down and represents need.

HISTORICAL EVENTS IN SHEVAT:

1-Moses began his farewell address after 40 years in the Wilderness as recorded in Deuteronomy 1:3
3-In 1933, Adolph Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany
6-In 1393, following a massacre of Jews at Majorca, an edict was issued guaranteeing the Jews protection. (Majorca is one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.) In just a few short years the protective decree was forgotten; persecution of the Jews began again in 1413. By 1435, the Jewish community had been completely destroyed, with many Jews forcibly converted to Christianity. These forced converts retained Jewish practice in private, but they publicly boiled pork lard in large pots, as a way to appear non-Jewish. (Hence these Jews were nicknamed Chuetas — “pork lard.”)
7- In 1943, plans were finalized to deport the Jews of Athens, Greece. From 1941-1943, Greece was under control of the Italians, who by and large protected the Jews against the Germans. In the Holocaust, 77 percent of Greek Jewry were murdered — 60,000 Jews
8-On this date in 1960, Jonas E. Salk finalized a proposal to build the Salk Institute for Biological Studies near San Diego. Salk (1914-1995) had achieved fame as the physician who discovered the first polio vaccine while working at the University of Pittsburgh. Polio was a widely-feared disease that caused paralysis and oftentimes death.
11-On this day in 1601, Hebrew books that had been confiscated by Church authorities were burned in Rome.
12-In 1945, the Russian army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. The gas chambers of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) were blown up by German troops in November 1944 in an attempt to hide their crimes. In January 1945 the Nazis began to evacuate the facility; most of the prisoners were ordered on a death march, which lasted for weeks in the cold and snow. In the end, some7,000 people survived Auschwitz; over one million perished.
13-In 1790, France granted full and equal citizenship to Sefardi Jews. (Ashkenazi Jews gained citizenship a year and a half later.) In the 1940’s the French turned over 61,000 Jews to the Nazis.
15- Tu B’ Shevat, New Year for the Trees, the Jewish Arbor Day
15- In 1925, the Technion opened in Haifa, becoming Israel’s first modern university. Albert Einstein served as president of the first Technion Society.
18- In 1980, following its peace treaty with Israel, the Egyptian parliament voted to end its economic boycott of Israel, which began in 1945.
18-1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after the launch of its mission, when an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster failed. All seven crew members were killed, including Judith Resnik, 36-year-old Jewish American. Challenger was one of two space shuttles destroyed during a mission, the other being Columbia in 2003 which included Israeli Ilan Ramon.
19- In 1349, Jews in Basle, Switzerland were burned alive in a wooden house, erected specifically for that purpose.The Jewish community of Basel had flourished until 1348, when they were accused of poisoning wells during the Black Plague. This triggered a variety of persecutions: Jewish children were forcibly baptized, 600 Jews were burned at the stake, and the remainder were burned alive in the wooden house. In modern history, Basel became better known as the host of the first Zionist Congress in 1897. Ironically, on this date in 1949 — exactly 600 years after the massacre in Basle — the State of Israel elected its first president, Chaim Weizman
21-In 1948, a car bomb exploded in front of the Palestine Post (later the Jerusalem Post) on Havatzelet Street in Jerusalem.
23-On this date in 1918, the Jewish Legion left England to join the Allies in liberating Palestine from the Turks. This would be remembered as the first organized Jewish fighting force since Roman times, and a precursor to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).
24-In 354 BC, the prophet Zechariah predicted the rebuilding of Zion, as recorded in Zechariah (1:7). King Darius of Persia had given permission to rebuild the second Holy Temple, and Zechariah rebuked the people for not quickly taking the opportunity to do so
27-In 1583, a convert to Judaism named Joseph Sanalbo was burned at the stake in Rome. In the second half of the 16th century, Jews were subject to grave Church-sponsored persecutions: Pope Julius III and Pope Clement VIII condemned the Talmud and other Hebrew writings as “obscene,” “blasphemous” and “abominable” — and ordered them all seized and burned.
28- 163 BC, King Antiochus V lifted the siege of Jerusalem. The day was observed in subsequent years as a holiday. Antiochus V was only nine years old when he became head of the Seleucid dynasty, following the death of his father Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the oppressor of the Jews who provoked the Maccabees’ revolt.
29- On this date in 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members aboard, including Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. During his 16 days in space, Ramon defied gravity by lifting his country from the morass of terror, by making Jews feel connected and proud. Ramon’s space luggage included a small Torah scroll that had survived Bergen-Belsen. He also brought along a mezuzah adorned with barbed wire — symbolizing the Nazi concentration camps — in tribute to his mother who survived Auschwitz and his grandfather who was murdered there. On board the Shuttle, Ramon ate kosher food and welcomed Shabbat with the first intergalactic Kiddush. And as he passed over Jerusalem, he recited “Shema Yisrael,” the age-old declaration of Jewish faith.
30-In 1667, the Jews of Rome ran the humiliating “Carnival race” for the last time. Every year, during Rome’s annual carnival, scantily-clad Jews had been forced to race along the main street, while the crowd mocked them, threw trash, and reigned heavy blows. (The event often proved fatal.) As further indignity, Jews were forced to contribute financially to the operation of the Carnival. During this time, Jews were confined to living in the Roman Ghetto, a walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night. The Jews were subjected to other degradations, including having to attend compulsory Catholic sermons on Shabbat. Outside the ghetto, Jews were required to wear identifying yellow clothing.

ORION – ‘The Coming Prince’

Posted: January 8, 2012 in Constellations, Signs In The Heavens
Tags: dark as night, face of the earth, glorious one, jesus as the light of the world, prince of peace

Orion is called ‘the Glorious One’ ‘the Hunter’ ‘the Prince’. The heavens declare the glory of the Lord (Ps 19:1) and this January constellation shows that the coming One is not a beast, but a triumphant, glorious Son of Man & Prince of Peace.

Amos 5:8, “He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The LORD is His name.” (See Job 9:9 & 38:31 above)

Each winter night when I am out my eyes are automatically directed to this star group and I felt compelled tonight to study it again. I can always spot this star grouping by Orion’s belt, ‘the three kings’ and I connect the timing to right after Christmas and Hanukkah. Orion is the most brilliant of all the constellations and I hope you enjoy Orion as much as I do!! [ In 2012 it can be seen January 1-15 SE at 8pm; Jan 16-31 S at 9pm, Feb 1-14 S at 8pm; Feb 14-18 SW at 9pm; March 1-31 SW at 7-8pm & April 1-15 W at 9pm]

Orion is a decan constellation of Taurus. Below are 2 pictures of Orion.

This constellation is brilliant, bright and shows forth Jesus as “The Light of the World”.

John 8:12, “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 1:4, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (5) And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” (NLT reads, ‘and the darkness can never extinquish it.’; the NIV reads, ‘but the darkness has never understood it’)
John 9:5, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.“
Matthew 5:14, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” (Isaiah 60:1-3, arise shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you)

Different Names

In Hebrew the word is Chiseil, meaning ‘a strong one’, ‘a hero’.
Orion was originally spelled Oarian, from the Hebrew root word, ohr, meaning light
In Egyptian it is Hagat, which means ‘this is he who triumphs’
The ancient Akkadian is Ur-ana, the ‘light of heavens’

Interesting facts about Orion

There are 78 stars that make up this constellation, many of such brilliance and brightness that they are specifically named.
brightest in the shoulder is named Betelgeus, which means ‘the coming of the branch ’(Malachi 3:2) This is a star of great size- 700 million miles in diameter, while the earth’s diameter is almost 8,000 miles.
Betelgeus is a red star and Rigel is a blue star and is hotter than Betelgeus
The next in brightness is in the foot and called Rigel or Rigol which means ‘the foot that crushes’. The foot is lifted up, and placed immediately over the head of the enemy, as though in the very act of crushing it.
The next star in the left shoulder is called Bellatrix, which means ‘quickly coming’ or ‘swiftly destroying’
The three in the belt are called ‘the three kings’
Job 38:31, “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?”
One of the three in the belt is Al Nitak, the ‘wounded One’
Another star in the belt is Minaka, ‘dividing’ as a ‘sacrifice’
From his belt hangs a sharp sword. The handle is inthe form of a head and body of a lamb. In the belt is a very fuzzy looking star, but it is a Nebula (cloud of gas). At the end of this article I will put a photo from the Hubble Telescope of the Orion Nebula.
In his right hand Orion lifts up a mighty club
In his left hand he lifts up the token of his victory, just as David did of Goliath. The head looks much like a ‘roaring lion’ who has been slain.
In the right leg is called Saiph, ‘bruised’ (connecting to Gen 3:15) with the other leg He is crushing the enemy
Other stars Al Rai, ‘who bruises’, ‘who breaks’; and Thabit (Hebrew) ‘treading on’; Al Giauza, ‘the branch’; Al Gebor, ‘the mighty’; Al Mirzam, ‘the ruler’; Al Nagjed, ‘the prince’; Niphla, ‘the mighty’; Nux, ‘the strong’; Heka, ‘coming’; Meissa, ‘coming forth’
The Equator of the Heavens passes nearly through the middle or Orion
Even though the stars in Orion appear together, they actually are at different distances from us. Betelgeuse is about 430 light-years away, while Rigel is about 800 light-years away. That means the light you see from Betelgeuse started out 430 years ago, but the light from Rigel started out 800 years ago–before Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic Ocean.

You may wonder how each constellation is named. Psalm 147:4 tells us “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.”. As you follow the name of the brightest star in each constellation and go down according to their brightness you will see the entire story apear. The entire set of 12 constellations and their decans all tell the story of Jesus Christ from His First Coming to His glorious Second Coming.

We add our voice to John the Apostle and say, “He who is the faithful witness to all these things says,”Yes, I am coming soon!”Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev 22:20)

Tevet 5772 Begins at Sundown 12/26/11

Posted: December 26, 2011 in Hebrew Months

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 tells us ‘to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven’. Ecclesiastes 3:15 reads, ‘That which is has already been, and what is to be has already been; and God requires an account of what is past.’ From these verses we get an understanding of cycles and how history repeats itself. Just as our ‘seasons’ repeat themselves naturally (ie, Gulf experiencing hurricane season), things spiritually repeat themselves and we can learn from history. Not superstitiously, but seeking God in specific times.

Tevet is known as the ‘tenth month” according to the sacred calendar and is the ‘fourth month’on the civil calendar. This month one of the four fast-days which commemorate the destruction of the Temple of 587 BC is held on the 10th day of Tevet. Zechariah 8:19, “”Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth [month], The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, ..”

The month begins with the ending of Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights or the Festival of Dedication. The eight-day celebration commemorates the miracle of one day’s supply of holy Temple oil lasting eight days until more pure Temple oil could be prepared. This year Hanukkah begins at sundown December 20 and ends at sundown December 28.

The first mention of this month is found in Esther 2:16, “ So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tevet in the seventh year of his reign.”

TRIBE- Dan, “Genesis 30:6, And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.” He is the 5th son of Jacob and his name means ‘judge, discern, divine judgment’. Dan was gifted (graced) to ‘judge righteously’. His symbol is of a scale with a serpent wrapped around it. This is showing that the satanic influences will dominate if they did not turn to the Lord for help. The serpent is very beguiling and you will need divine discernment to judge every circumstance this month. Samson was from the lineage of Dan and one of the first workers to be filled with the Spirit to build the Tabernacle was from the Tribe of Dan. But in order to be mightily used of God, we need to judge ourselves and overcome our carnal nature. Remember, Dan was almost wiped out entirely out of the Bible but shows up in the millennium as first mentioned.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- Capricorn, ‘The Sea Goat’. It appears to be dying with its head bowed down, the right leg folded under the body and seems unable to rise with the left. The other part of the body is as a fish, full of life. The fish has always been a symbol of Christians. This represents the death of Jesus (scapegoat) so we cold live. In the goat we have an atoning sacrifice, in the fish we have the people for whom the atonement was made. The entire part of this heavenly Bible story is telling of our benefits because of the death of Jesus Christ.

LETTER- Ayin, the 16th letter in the Hebrew Aleph-Bet with the numerical value of 70. The ancient pictograph is an eye and means ‘eye, look, appearance, see, understand’. The letter Ayin combined with the Tribe of Dan show us that we are going to need divine understanding and discernment in this month of Tevet.

SPECIAL DATES IN TEVET:

1- In 355 BC, Esther becomes Queen (Esther 2:16)
2- On this date in 1947, the Arab Legion surrounded Jerusalem and isolated its 100,000 Jews from the rest of the Israeli population. By March 1948 the city was under full siege, and in May, Jordan invaded and occupied east Jerusalem, dividing the city for the first time in its history, and driving thousands of Jews into exile. The Arabs proceeded to destroy all 58 synagogues in the Jewish Quarter, and used Jewish gravestones on the Mount of Olives to build roads and latrines. The Western Wall would be off-limits to Jews (in spite of the cease-fire agreement granting freedom of access to holy places), restored again with Israel’s victory in the 1967 war.
5- In 422 BC, the prophet Ezekiel heard the news of Jerusalem’s conquest by a foreign power, as recorded in the biblical Book of Ezekiel (33:21).
6- In 1949, six British RAF warplanes enforcing a UN ceasefire were shot down by Israeli forces over the Israel-Egypt border.
8- This date marks the completion of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible in the third century BC — the oldest Bible translation. The Septuagint derives its name from the Latin word for ‘ seventy,’ alluding to the 72 Jewish scholars drafted by Egyptian King Ptolemy to translate the Bible for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria.
9- Believed to be the death of Ezra. Ezra was the founder of the Great Assembly, a body of 120 prophets and sages who established important matters like the standard text found in Jewish prayer books today.
10- In 424 BC, Babylonia King Nebuchadnezzar began his siege of Jerusalem. There was little damage on that first day and no Jews were killed, yet it began a chain of disasters which ended with the destruction of the Holy Temple. The 10th of Tevet is still observed today by Jews as a public fast day, as mentioned by the prophet Zechariah (8:19).
11- In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln pledged to amend a federal law granting only Christian clergy the right to serve as military chaplains. It is regarded historically as the first case of American Jews successfully challenging federal legislation.
11- In 1688, Jews were expelled from Austria
16- In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant was instructed to revoke Order No. 11, which had called for the expulsion of all Jews from Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. Grant wrote: “No Jews are to be permitted to travel on the railroad southward from any point… The [region] must be purged of them.” Based on Grant’s orders, Jews were expelled from their homes, including 20 families from the town of Paducah alone. Jewish community leaders immediately arranged a meeting at the White House with President Lincoln, who cancelled the expulsion order. Grant, who would later become U.S. president, never offered any explanation or apology.
19- In 1901, the Jewish National Fund was founded for the purpose of purchasing settlement land in Israel.
20- In 1496, the Talmud was first printed
22- In 1798, mobs attempted to torch the Jewish ghetto of Rome, but rains put out the fire. The day was then designated as a holiday by Roman Jews. The Roman Ghetto had been in existence since 1555, when the Pope segregated the Jews in a walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night.
24- In 1837, Galilee Earthquake in northern Israel killed 4,000 Jews in Safed and between 700-1000 in Tiberius
26- In 1826, Maryland adopted a law which allowed Jews to hold public office, on condition that they accept the concept of reward and punishment in the afterlife.
28- In 81 BC Sadducees were ejected from the Sanhedrin
29- In 1808, Ezekiel Hart, the first Jew elected to Canadian Parliament, was denied his seat when he swore the oath of inauguration on a Jewish Bible

December 10th – 2nd Lunar Eclipse of 2011

Posted: December 2, 2011 in Eclipses

December 10, 2011 will see the 2nd full lunar eclipse of 2011, a blood red moon. This will be visible from Alaska, northern Canada, Australia, New Zealand, central Asia and eastern Asia. Viewers in most of North America and Hawaii will view the moon set still in eclipse, while those along the west coast of the United States and Canada will see the beginning of totality just as the moon disappears below the western horizon. The best view of the total lunar eclipse will be from central and eastern Asia. The eclipse will find the moon set between the horns of Taurus the Bull. (see notes on Tauras at the end of this message)

At sundown (during the actual eclipse) it will be Kislev 15:
- (163 BC) “Now the fifteenth day of the month Kislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side.” I Macabees 1:54
- The above incident is what led to the Jewish revolt to take back the Temple- a memorial celebration now known as Hanukkah
- December 7, 1976- That bastion of impartiality- The UN Security Counsil, endorsed by Nazi Kurt Walkheim, Secretary-General for his 2nd 5 yr term

The Constellations tell the entire story of Jesus from His first coming as a baby to His Second Coming. Taurus– The Bull – tells the story of “Messiah – the Judge, coming to rule the whole earth”.

Perry Stone wrote in Unleashing the Beast: History reveals that the seven churches mentioned in Revelation 2 and 3 were all located in Asia Minor, or what is today modern Turkey. All were located at the base of the Taurus Mountains. The parallel is this: In the heavens, there is a constellation called Taurus, the bull; in the ancient Jewish Temple, a bull offering was designated for the high priest (Leviticus 3:6-14). Within the constellation Taurus is a star cluster called the Pleiades. It consists of a main star surrounded by seven other stars. The word Pleiades means “congregation of the ruler.” The Aramaic name is al-Cyclone, meaning the center, because ancient Jews and Arabs considered the Pleiades the center of the universe. How significant it is that the Pleiades, with one star surrounded by seven others, is in the constellation Taurus, and the seven churches were located at the base of the Taurus Mountains.

Kislev 5762 Begins at Sundown 11/26/11

Posted: November 26, 2011 in Hebrew Months

Kislev is known as the ‘ninth month” according to the sacred calendar and is the ‘third month’on the civil calendar. Cheshvan and Kislev are either 29 or 30 days in length, and this year Kislev has 30.

Kislev is a Babylonian name means ‘ his confidence, trust, security’. The theme of the month has become to be known as ‘Restful Sleep’ and a ‘Month of Dreams’.

“Month of Dreams” is what is has become known for because the days are shorter and the nights are longer. Also, there are 10 dreams listed in Genesis. Every Shabbat has a Torah reading and 9 of the 10 dreams of Genesis are read in the month of Kislev through the Shabbat Torah readings.

The first mention of this month is found in Nehemiah 1:1, “ The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu (Kislev) , in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace”. No specific date is mentioned.

The Hebrew month of Kislev begins this year November 26, 2011 at sundown and ends December 26, 2011 at sundown on our solar calendar. December 26 will be the 7th day of the 9 days of Hanukkah. Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication, begins this year on December 20th. We read that Jesus celebrated this holy day in John 10:22, “It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.” This holiday is 9 days in length to commemorate when the Second Temple was rededicated in 165BC.

TRIBE- BENJAMIN, Genesis 36:16-20. Benjamin is the last son of Jacob and the second son of Rachel. Rachel died after Benjamin was born and called him Benoni, ‘son of my sorrows’, but Jacob changed the name to ‘son of my right hand’. This is the only son Jacob named and the only son born after he left Laban. He was born at Beth-el (House of God) where Jacob had the night vision of the ladder 22 years before (Gen 28:12).

Benjamin’s symbol is a ‘Wolf’. Genesis 49:27, “Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.” This shows the 2 stages of Benjamin. The first is shown in King Saul: Early stages of his life, he shall devour his prey, savagely and not share- he will turn on you if you try to take his prey- spirit of wanting for himself at all costs. The second stage is shown in Saul who became Apostle Paul: An older, more mature wolf will be willing to make sacrifices and give out good things which God has given him; whole nature has changed.

Watch for the weakness of Benjamin this month: He was spoiled by everyone. (1) His brothers never treated him as they treated Joseph (2) Reuben was willing to promise his 2 sons as promise to protect Benjamin (3) Judah offered to go to prison instead of Benjamin (4) Daddy’s boy (5) Given 5 times or food and 5 times more clothing (raiment) than his brothers (6) Tried for the first time at age 33 when he was taken to Egypt and was accused by Joseph of stealing his cup (Gen 44:12) (7) Judges 19-21 show the sexual weakness of Benjamin when they fell into homosexuality

Benjamin can be a picture of the Grace given to the Church. The Church was born outside the Law, very spoiled not having to ‘earn’ what has been given them, and weakness of the flesh has been a problem. Queen Esther was from the lineage of Benjamin and we see her as the interceding one for such a time as this.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- SAGGITTARIUS, ‘The Archer’, telling the story of Jesus in His dual nature of Son of God and Son of Man, ‘Conquering and to conquer’ (Revelation 6:2) Sagittarius is a Latin name, the Hebrew name for this constellation is Kesith, which means ‘the Archer’. Hale Bopp Comet was first discovered in the bow of Sagittarius.

LETTER- SAMACH, the 15th letter in the Hebrew Aleph-Bet with the numerical value of 60. The pictograph is a prop and symbolizes (1) support (2) a slow twisting (like a plant being changed by a prop) (3) turning aside (like the plant). It is also a letter meaning shield and reveals to us God’s encompassing support since this letter is a closed letter. In Hebrew cursive it looks like an ‘O’. In Psalm 119:113-120, the 8 verses tell us of how God supports and upholds those who lean completely, not double minded (113) on His law.

SPECIAL DATES IN KISLEV:

Kislev 4, Zechariah 7:1 – And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev [they asked the Lord if they should fast and weep this month, and the Lord showed them it was better to obey than to fast, since they ended up fasting for themselves and not God]
Kislev 6, In 1958, Jerusalem inaugurated a new water reservoir, thus assuring the holy city of an adequate water supply for the first time in its 3,000-year history. Jerusalem’s shortage of water was long its weakness in time of military siege. Back in the days of King David, a tunnel had been dug from the Old City to a neighboring valley, to channel water inside the Old City Walls. In modern times, the problem was exacerbated in 1948 when the Arab blockade of Jerusalem left its residents without a water supply.
Kislev 7, In 440 BCE, 18 years prior to the destruction of the First Temple, King Yehoyakim burned a scroll containing the biblical Book of Lamentations, as recorded in the Book of Jeremiah (ch. 36). The idea of a Jewish king taking such an un-Jewish approach was viewed by the community as a great tragedy, and this date was proclaimed as a fast day. The prophet Jeremiah later re-wrote the scroll
Kislev 14, Traditional birthday of Reuben, first son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29:32)
Kislev 19, In the fall of 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman was arrested on charges that his teachings and activities threatened the imperial authority of the Czar, and was imprisoned in an island fortress in the Neva River in Petersburg. In his interrogations, he was compelled to present to the Czar’s ministers the basic tenets of Judaism and explain various points of Chassidic philosophy and practice. After 53 days, he was exonerated of all charges and released on Kislev 19. The 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev is celebrated as the “Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.”
Kislev 24 at sundown (12/27/11) Chanukah Day 1 begins (Kislev 25) & ends Tevet 2 (12/28/11)
Kislev 29, In 1914, Jews of Tel Aviv were expelled by the Turkish authorities and sent to Egypt. Just three years later, the Turks would order the remaining 9,000 Jews out of Jaffa, in advance of the British military offensive. The Jews fled north, where they suffered from disease and starvation. They were allowed to return with the British ousting of the Turks in 1917

Partial Solar Eclipse November 25, 2011

Posted: November 23, 2011 in Eclipses, Signs In The Heavens

November 25, 2011 will see the 4th eclipse of 2011 and will be a partial solar eclipse. This will be seen in Antarctica, southern New Zealand and South Africa.

This is Cheshvan 28 on the Hebrew calendar. On this day in 1949 Israel reached a population of 1 million. In 1882 the population of Israel (size of New Jersey) was 289,000. Today the population is 7,746,000. Look what the Lord has done.

Three of the 2011 eclipses occured within 30 Days.

June 1 (midnight-solar eclipse) This eclipse was extremely unusual because it occured at midnight most northern nations that were having 24 hours of daylight. It began after midnight on June 2 and ended on before midnight on June 1.
June 14-15 (full lunar eclipse- from blood red to total black) This eclipse caused quite a stir in the Middle East since Blood Moons and Black Lunar Eclipses have a meaning in different religious traditions. That day my blog nits were 1,541- an all time high for this fairly new site. This eclipse began on June 14 and ended on June 15.
July 1 (partial solar eclipse) This was in the South Pole region, seen in the very southern nations.

This is Kislev 14 on the Hebrew calendar and is considered to be Reuben’s birth date, the first son of Jacob.

On my blog site of 5/13/11, Solar and Lunar Eclipses of 2011 carries a full study of each eclipse and the Hebrew traditional teachings of the meanings of an eclipse to their nation.

All the blogs regarding solar or lunar eclipses can be found under the categories of Signs in the Heavens, Eclipses on the left side of my blog site. I encourge you to read about the June 2011 Midnight Eclipses . I have just reread that article myself and am in awe of the incredible times we live in. May you worship the Creator as you look into the heavenlies, instead of worshiping the creation.

Hebrew Month of Cheshvan Begins Sundown, October 27, 2011

Posted: October 26, 2011 in Hebrew Months

Cheshvan is the eighth of the twelve months on the Jewish “lunar” sacred calendar and second in the civil calendar. This month has 30 days, sometimes 29. This year it begins at sundown October 27th to sundown November 26, 2011.

Cheshvan (hesvan) is call the month of bool, a name that stems from the word for “flood”. The flood began on the 17^th of Cheshvan, and ended the following year on the 27^th of Cheshvan. On the following day, the 28^th of Cheshvan, Noah brought his sacrifice to God and God swore never again to bring a flood upon the earth to destroy all mankind, and then revealed the sign of His covenant with the world, the rainbow. For this reason, it is called “MarCheshvan” or ‘bitter Cheshvan’.

I Kings 6:38 calls this month Bul. “And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month” Bul means ‘increase, produce’ from the root meaning ‘rain, showers’, referring to this being a month of showers.

Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass of 1938, falls on the 15^th of Cheshvan (11/11/11). This commemorates when the Nazis youth gangs roamed through Jewish neighborhoods breaking windows of business and homes and burning synagogues. The began the violence against the Jewish people in Germany. 75,000 businesses were destroyed, 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps for defending themselves & property. 91 Jews died and this began the Holocaust.

Cheshvan is the only month which has no holidays or special mitzvot. It is taught that it is “reserved” for the time of the Messiah, who will inaugurate the third Temple in Cheshvan. This is known as the most drab and colorless month of the year. This month falls after Tishri, with the Feasts of Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles. Cheshvan cannot compare to the brilliance of the Falls Feasts. This is another reason it is called ‘bitter Cheshvan’.

Letter- nun, (noon) the 14^th letter in the Aleph-Bet and has a numerical value of 50 (representing freedom and fullness of life). The pictograph of this letter is a fish and in ancient symbols it is seen as a fish darting through water. Nun is also seen as a sprout of vegetation. Both of these pictographs denote action and life. The word “please” is made up of the letter aleph & nun, aleph representing an ox and nun representing action. Asking please is an “sign of strength”.

Mazal : “Akrav” (Scorpio- the Scorpion) The Hebrew root for Scorpio means “a deadly foe” or “to cleave in conflict“. In the story of Jesus in the heavenly constellations, the stars from brightest first tell the story of “The serpent seeking to wound, but itself trodden under foot.”

Tribe: Manasseh, first born son of Joseph when he was in rulership under Pharaoh in Egypt. Manasseh’s name means “one who makes me forget”. Manasseh’s weakness was he wanted everything ‘right now’. His strength was the ability to forget and not hold grudges, loyal and would not bend under pressure.

Notable Dates in Cheshvan

3- In the year 1290, the last of the 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I left England. King Edward had banned usury and forced Jews over the age of seven to wear an identifying badge.
4-In 1483, Tomas de Torquemada was appointed as “Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.” Jews of Spain had been forced to convert to Christianity, and the Inquisition was designed to uncover those who were continuing to practice their Judaism in secret (called Conversos or Marranos). Those who never confessed were burned at the stake; those who did confess were strangled first. Torquemada believed that as long as the Jews remained in Spain, they might influence the tens of thousands of Jews who had converted to Christianity. It was on his recommendation that the remainder of the Jewish community — 200,000 people — was expelled from Spain in 1492. An estimated 32,000 were burned at the stake, and Torquemada’s name became a byword for cruelty and fanaticism in the service of religion. The order of expulsion was not officially voided by the government of Spain until 1968.
5– In 1975, Israel signed the Sinai disengagement pact with Egypt. The agreement called for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai passes captured in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
7- “Deliver Dew and Rain” prayers are added for rain in Israel
10-On this date in 2105 BC, Noah and family entered the Ark. It wasn’t until seven days later, however, that the intense rains began for 40 days and 40 nights. The delay was to allow a proper mourning period for Methuselah, the righteous grandfather of Noah who had just died at the age of 969 years, history’s oldest human being.
11– Jewish Mother’s Day commemorating the death of Rachel, wife of Jacob (Israel). Rachel’s Tomb, located by Bethlehem, is regarded as Judaism third-holiest site.
12– Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (1955), not a national memorial day
12- In 1975, the United Nations passed a resolution declaring that “Zionism is racism.” Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Chaim Herzog, noted the irony of the vote coming (on the English calendar) exactly 37 years after Kristallnacht. The UN Secretary General at the time was Kurt Waldheim, later accused of war crimes while serving as a Nazi officer. The “Zionism is racism” canard is easily refuted by Israel’s open and democratic character — with Arabs serving in parliament, as well as Israelis of all skin colors. Upon the airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, William Safire noted: “For the first time in history, thousands of black people are being brought to a country — not in chains but in dignity, not as slaves but as citizens.” The UN General Assembly voted to repeal the resolution in 1991.
13– In 1938, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers narrowly missed breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home-run record of 60 home runs. Greenberg hit his 58th homer with two weeks remaining in the season, but several pitchers then intentionally walked him rather than give a Jewish man a chance to break Babe Ruth’s record. (He led the league that year with 119 walks.) Though Greenberg disputes this motive, he did acknowledge being subject to the most vicious ethnic taunting seen in the sport since the days of Jackie Robinson in 1947. Greenberg testified: “During my first year in the big leagues, the remarks from the stands and the opposing bench about my Jewish faith made life for me a living hell.” Greenberg grew up in an observant Jewish household, and did not play on Yom Kippur. In 1954, he became the first Jewish player to be elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
14- In 1917, the British government gave final approval for the Balfour Declaration, calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in historic Israel
15- Kristallnacht, Night of the Broken Glass 1938. The Nazis destroyed almost all of the 1,600 synagogues in Germany, as well as thousands of Jewish businesses and homes.
17– If no rain has fallen yet in the month, special prayers are prayed this day for rain
17– Great flood began 1656 (2105 BC) and Noah and his family were the only survivors
17– 960 BC Solomon’s Temple completed, but dedicated the following year in Tishri, the month of Isaac’s birth. This month is believed to be the future dedication of the Third Temple
17– On this date in 1919, a New York Times headline declared “Einstein Theory Triumphs.” In 1952 he turned down an offer to become President of the State of Israel. Einstein has been called one of the most influential figures in history, and Time magazine named him “Person of the Century.” Einstein was Jewish and born in Germany.
18- In 1938, Nazi leader Hermann Goering announced that in order to “solve the problem of the Jews,” the African island of Madagascar was being considered as a giant ghetto for 4 million European Jews. The Madagascar Plan was cancelled due to a British blockade. One year later, it was decided that the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” would mean extermination.
18– 1990, Assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane, Jewish leader, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and former Knesset member, was assassinated in New York by an Egyptian terrorist
22- The deportation of Budapest Jews was resumed on this date in 1944. During this time, 20,000 Budapest Jews were shot by the banks of the Danube by Hungarian forces. Another 70,000 Jews were forced on a death march to Austria, of which the majority were either shot or died of starvation and exposure. Raoul Wallenberg was involved in saving some of Hungary’s Jews. Out of 750,000 Jews that lived in Hungary before the war, only 30 percent survived.
23- In 164 BC, following the victory of the Maccabees, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was purified and rededicated. The stones of the Temple’s altar which had been defiled by the Greeks were removed and placed in a storage chamber on the Temple Mount. In Talmudic times, this day was celebrated as a holiday
23– 127 BC, according to Talmudic tradition, this was the date the stone of the altar was defiled by the Greeks and removed from the Holy Temple
27– 2104 BC, in the Jewish year 1657 the ‘earth dried’ (Genesis 8:14) after the great flood of Noah’s family 365 days on the Ark. On this day, God is said to have commanded Noah to “Come out of the ark” and repopulate, settle and civilize the earth.
30- In 1783, American forces recaptured New York City, clearing the way for the return of Jews who had been forced to flee when the British captured New York City in 1776. Jewish leaders were in danger due to their public support of the American Revolution. Perhaps the best-known was Haym Salomon, an immigrant from Poland, who worked as an undercover agent for George Washington. Salomon was arrested in 1778, accused of plotting to destroy British property in New York. Salomon was condemned to death for sabotage, but bribed his guard while awaiting execution, and escaped to Philadelphia. Salomon was an astute merchant and banker, and succeeded in accumulating a huge fortune which he used to finance the Revolution and later to save the new nation from financial collapse. When Salomon died at age 45 of tuberculosis, he was bankrupt and the U.S. government owed him $700,000 in unpaid loans.