Comments on: FOUNDATIONS – Prophecy in the Heavens https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: 7 Raptures Robert https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-711 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:12:26 +0000 #comment-711 Shalom brother Joseph, it extremely interesting to note that our brother, the late Ernest L. Martin, (a noted scholar, researcher and author) also believed in the message communicated by the Mazzaroth and as a result his research resulted in the publication of “The Star That Astonished The World”. Today, hundreds of planetariums all over the world use his research to reveal The Star of Bethlehem to excited audiences every winter season.

In regards to Mark’s comment, Dr Martin discusses the Mazzaroth in relationship to the design of the tabernacle of witness and the temples of Jerusalem in his book, “The Secrets of Gologtha” – an absolute masterpiece which I am reading for the third time in my life. My educated guess would be that the reason why other nations have the Mazzaroth signs incorporated into the designs of their sovereign’s houses, is because the One True Sovereign incorporated it into His! The enemy is ALWAYS counterfeiting the original. He has NEVER had one original idea. He can only pervert the original thought.
One day believers will awaken to the simplistic truth that you can only counterfeit truth. You cannot counterfeit a lie. E.g. You CAN counterfeit a one hundred dollar bill. You CANNOT counterfeit a three hundred dollar bill. When we all awaken to this simple premise, all reality will become amazing clear and mythology will become obsolete.

Thanks again brother Joseph for your service to the kingdom and for sharing your thoughts via this blog.

Shabbat shalom, Robert M.

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By: Joseph Herrin https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-710 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:38:21 +0000 #comment-710 Hello RainAgain,

(I hope you like rain. It was considered a blessing in the Bible since society was largely agrarian.)

Regarding the missing letter "ghayin," I don't have any insight to share with you on this subject. I am not an expert in the Hebrew language. I do not read, write, or speak Hebrew. When I do word studies in the Old Testament I look to the computer based resources I have available to do so. I use PC Study Bible. You can read more about the available resources in the article posted that is titled "Yahweh's Book – Knowledge Will Increase." Just type the name into the search field and you will find it.

Regarding the numbers 22 and 23, I would agree with you that there is a great significance to them. Yahweh does everything by design. Every number that appears in the Bible and in the creation is part of Yahweh's divine design. There is no such thing as a random, or insignificant number.

There are some excellent resources to comprehend the meaning of numbers as God uses them. One that I often recommend is E.W. Bullinger's book "Number in Scripture." I think you will particularly find the introduction to the book interesting as it touches on how God has used certain numerical patterns in nature. You can find the book freely available to be read online, or it can be purchased through Amazon.

May you be blessed with peace and understanding in these days.

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By: Unknown https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-709 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:52:58 +0000 #comment-709 Hi Joseph,
Great article!
I enjoyed your comments regarding the origins of the Hebrew alephbet, and the relationship of sounds to their respective concepts.
Have you any thoughts regarding the missing letter "ghayin"?
I've often wondered at the idea that there might have originally been 23 letters, or, 23 root concepts from which all thought is perceived and conceived. The 23 marbles of the human mind. Is it only coincidence that our bodies are comprised of 23 chromosome pairs?
It also seems to me that both the number of marbles, and the number of chromosomes are short by one.

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By: Joseph Herrin https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-708 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 20:47:26 +0000 #comment-708 Hello Mark,

Thank you for your further query. If you will look at my reply to your first comment I began by stating that the book Hamlet's Mill "could be a good resource to link together the star mythologies that exist across the world." Anyone who looks into the antiquity of this subject will necessarily find that much of the information that reveals how the ancient peoples viewed the constellations is contained in secular, or extra-Biblical sources.

Some examples of this would be the Dendera Zodiac of the Egyptians, or the star lore passed down by the Greek Ptolemy, or the Arabic Albumazar. There is also the historical information preserved from ancient civilizations whether they were the Incas, Chaldeans, Sumerians, Egyptian, Hebrews, or others.

There are certainly many sources we can glean information from. My caution about the book you mentioned is not based upon the data the authors have compiled and share in their writing, but their conclusions which are deeply flawed. Coming from a worldview that does not factor in the reality of Yahweh as Creator of the heavens, the authors of Hamlet's Mill are chasing theories that are doomed from the start.

If you would like to discuss particulars of this subject, please contact me via e-mail as it is a much better medium for communicating.

May you be blessed with peace and understanding in these days,

Joseph

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By: Mark T. https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-707 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 20:28:57 +0000 #comment-707 Bro Herrin, is that to say you would not use ANY source from the secular research that has been done on all this? Even the Apostles quoted from their secular contemporaries. As a discerning Christian, one should be able to conclude as you have that most writers in the world are proceeding from a false foundation, but does that negate the work entirely? Sometimes they get it quite right and their work compliments and even proves the Biblical case at times, without them even knowing they've done so.
Mark

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By: Joseph Herrin https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-706 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:23:07 +0000 #comment-706 Hello Mark,

Thank you for your comment. I did some research into the book "Hamlet's Mill" and it looks like it could be a good resource to link together the star mythologies that exist across the world. However, the authors are quite obviously approaching the subject from a flawed perspective. Consequently, their conclusions are largely wrong. Failing to give credit to Yahweh as the one who established the ordinances of the heavens, and that the order He established was by design to show forth a specific message to mankind, the authors are unable to discover the truth. They are essentially approaching the issue backwards by suggesting that the mythology of the heavens was designed to convey astronomical information about the precession of the equinoxes. The opposite approach should have been tried. The progress of the constellations in the sky are part of a heavenly script to declare the message of the great struggle present in this fallen creation and Yahweh's plan of redemption and deliverance.

May you be blessed with peace and understanding in these days.

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By: Mark T. https://parables.blog/foundations-prophecy-in-heavens/#comment-705 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 19:58:13 +0000 #comment-705 Bro Herrin, you said…An example of the type of things Dr. Faulkner suggests that the stars may legitimately express is the presence and greatness of God. A person may look at the heavens, consider their vastness, and the order that is present, and infer from this witness that there is a Creator and He possesses wisdom and power of a magnitude that far surpasses that of mankind. Dr. Faulkner does not allow for the possibility that the heavens could convey specific data, or information. Would not the revelation that the King of the Jews had been born be an example of the heavens conveying precise and specific information? There are temple complexes in the world that are laid out according to specific constellations, the constellations themselves are literally laid out on the ground in stone. Three examples are Angkor Wat in Cambodia, The Way of the Dead in Mexico and possibly the pyramids at Giza. All convey specific information about a previous era and calamity that overcame this world. If this is a little off topic I apologize, but there is a book you may have read before called 'Hamlet's Mill' by Hertha Von Dechend and Georgio Santillana. In it they describe how the stars have been used by cultures all over the world to transmit information forward to future epochs of men to forewarn them of global upheavals etc. if you are interested in it let me know, I'd be glad to send it to you.

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