Okay. Greetings, friends and new listeners, and welcome to The Sound of Faith. I'm Sharon Knotts, thanking you for joining us today because we know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Today's message is part two of a three-part series I did on Genesis, the recreation of heaven and earth. In part two, we discuss days two, three, and four.
In this exciting account, we discover the greenhouse effect the earth once enjoyed due to a canopy of waters that protected it. We will also learn about the zodiac, how it declares the gospel. And how it has been corrupted in the Genesis series, part two. Before I discuss the twelve signs of the zodiac, I would like you to turn with me to Psalm 19. I said a moment ago that God has written.
the story of the gospel in the stars. And that's what Psalm 19 tells us. Psalm 19. The heavens declare The glory of God. And the firmament shows his handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night shows knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their line is going out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them Has he set a tabernacle for the sun? Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strongman to run a race.
His going forth, this is still speaking of the sun. His going forth is from the end of the heaven. And his circuit. onto the ends of it and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
So, what we have here is a very poetic description. The heavens.
So we see the heavens declare the glory of God. And the firmament shows forth his handiwork. The heavens there is the common Hebrew word for heavens, shemaim. And it's plural. Shows forth his handiwork.
So where it says declare. It means to recount, to relate, it basically means to tell a story. The heavens tell a story, and the story they're telling is about the glory, about the honor, and the majesty of God. And the firmament shows forth And that word shows forth there means to announce, to publish. It is being published across the heavens for every person on the earth to see.
For the entire population of the earth can read this story in the heavens. Publishes his handiwork. It means his deeds, his acts, and his labors.
So anyone that wants to look up The constellation Of the twelve zodiac signs will be able to see the story that God is. declaring and publishing about his works. Day on the day utters speech, and night on the night shows knowledge. There is a continual testimony, 24-7. There is a continual testimony of God's creative power.
And the heavens are saying, they're declaring, look at us. There's a creator. Look at us, there's a designer. Look at us. We're telling you the story of man's redemption.
Psalm 148:5 says, He commanded, and they were created. And he put them in the night sky. Because Without the darkness of night, we would not be able to see the stars. I mean, how many stores do you see in the daytime? But in the darkness of night.
That's when you can see the stars. And that's when you realize the earth now has a lot of smog, okay? And so we don't see them like they would have back then in this time, amen. But nevertheless, those who do study Astronomy. I didn't say astrology.
I said astronomy. They study and they take pictures, and we can go online and see them. We can read them in books. Amen.
So, without the night sky, we would never see the stars in the constellation. But day under day and night under night, they're out there telling the story. Amen.
There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. They're telling a story. And it doesn't matter. What culture you're from? where you live on the earth, what language you speak.
Amen.
It doesn't matter. It doesn't have to be translated into a language. You look at the constellations, and you can read the story of God's plan of redemption. Because it's the language of the stars. And you know, Paul brought this out in Romans 1 when he was talking about those who, the wrath of God, was against them, because he said they held down the truth of God's word.
They held it down. It's not like they didn't know it. In Romans 1, they knew it and they held it down. They stifled it. Amen.
And he says: So that which may be known of God is manifest in creation. In other words, God was saying, even if nobody came to you with a Bible, if you lived somewhere where there was no Bible, or you couldn't read. He was saying, God manifests the fact that there is a Creator. When you look at the creation. He said, For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.
even his eternal power. and Godhead so that they are without excuse. In other words, they are without excuse if they say there is no God. Because You look at the earth and how finely tuned it is for life. And that would be a whole nother message.
Amen.
And it cannot just be random and accidental. Here's the word, there's too much complexity. and design. And design requires a designer. the human body with its sixty plus trillion cells.
Is so intricately made, it requires a designer. And so God says, just look at the creation. I'll never forget. I read a story and it's got a little rusty. I hope I can remember it correctly.
But it was about a man who lived in an area where they didn't read, they didn't write, they knew nothing about God. It would be a place of paganism and heathenism. But there was something stirring in him. He had no satisfaction from bowing down to the sun or bowing down to whatever gods they were bowing down to. And one day, He knelt down and Cried out and said, I don't know who you are or where you are.
But I believe that there must be Someone who created all these things.
Someone had to create all these things, so whoever you are, and wherever you are. I want you to be my God. And I want to serve you on the basis of that. That man was born again. Born again.
Of course, he went on to know the Bible and all of that, but I'm saying the creation spoke to his spirit and said there has to be a creator. And that's why God says they're without excuse.
Some people say, How is God going to judge certain people?
Well, some of them He's going to judge by the creation. Amen.
And what about all those ones that are Saying there is no creator. What kind of judgment are they going to get? Because they know when they've studied. Amen? Verse four says their line, and that means their words, their speech is going out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world.
And in them he has set a tabernacle for the sun.
Now this is very poetic. A tabernacle really In Hebrew means a tent.
So it's like God has a celestial tent. For the sun. to go into. At night, the sun goes into that celestial tent, but every morning it comes out of its tent. and moves across.
The circuit. of the heavens. Amen.
The sun makes its course through the sky, and it says the sun goes through its circuit. like a bridegroom coming out of his tent. With strength and joy.
Now, how many know a bridegroom is a very happy man? He's very happy. Life is wonderful. He's strong and he's got joy. And that's what The writer is saying the son is like a happy bridegroom coming out of his tent to say, Good morning, everybody.
It's a beautiful world. Amen.
You know, Benny and I were In Snyder's the other day having dinner. And They were playing music and they were Playing that song, and I think to myself. It's a wonderful world. You know, the one who made it famous was Louis Armstrong. Nobody sings it like him.
What a wonderful world. And the sun comes out every morning and says, What a wonderful world. Let's get on with the day. There's a lot of good things ready to happen. Amen.
It rises from one end of heaven and moves in its circuit, and then it sets. And there is absolutely nothing hidden from its heat. And that's a good thing. Amen.
But it is Satan who has perverted. The story of the zodiac. And he's caused pagan empires to rise up and create alternative stories about the stars and its message. And he's conditioned us To be afraid of the zodiac and stay away from the zodiac. And now I must say, you should stay away from astrologers.
Who try to use the signs of the zodiac? What's your sign? When were you born? Oh, you're under this sign.
Well, let me tell you your horoscope. Let me tell you your fortune. You don't want to do that, God forbids it. There are verses in the Bible where he says it is an abomination unto him. He forbids it for a reason.
He says, You shall not go to those who observe times. and tell fortunes. You can find in Leviticus 19, 26 and Deuteronomy 18:10. He says, It is an abomination unto the Lord.
So you don't want to do that, and not only that, you can open the door to a spirit of fear. Because the devil would be glad to get a Christian to come get a reading, whatever way it gets read, your palm, the tarot cards, or the zodiac. He would love to get a reading because he's going to tell you something bad that's going to happen so fear can jump on you. Don't do it. Even in your newspaper, don't think it's just fun.
They put it with the comics. They always put it next to the comics in the crosswords, like it's some benign thing. Don't open the door to that suggestion. Amen.
That's what Satan has done to pervert it. But the constellations of the zodiac were created by God to declare his plan of redemption. Amen.
It says in Psalm 147:4, He appoints the number of the stars, and He gives names to all of them.
Now very quickly, I'm going to go through some things in the time that I have left. Here are a few examples. I'm going to go right to the signs.
So each one of these Twelve zodiac signs within their constellation, there's a lot of other stars. They're called decons. And we can't discuss them all, but I'm going to hit on some major ones.
Okay, the zodiac starts with Virgo. and goes around and ends with Leo. Number one is Virgo. We go around and we end with number 12, Leo.
So, very quickly, let me give you some information. Virgo is a picture of a virgin woman with a branch in her hand. This represents the seed of the woman, the virgin, that Isaiah said, Behold, this shall be a sign to you, a virgin shall conceive and bring forth a son, and he shall be called Emmanuel, which means God with us.
So it's a picture of a woman. She would be the seed that God said in Genesis 3:15, it's going to crush the head of the serpent. Her three decons under Virgo We have coma that represents the woman with her desired son. We have a centaurus that represents the dual nature. Of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, her Son.
And we have Bootis, which represents a shepherd, the coming of a shepherd to guard over his sheep. And it's also very important the word branch. I don't have time to go to these verses, but let me tell you what they are if you want to look them up. Isaiah 11:1. Jeremiah twenty three, five and six Zechariah Three eight.
And Zechariah 6:12. They talk about the coming Messiah, and he shall be called the branch. And it will be spelled in all caps in your King James Bible because it's talking about Messiah. 11:1 of Isaiah says, And there shall come a root out of Jesse. And Jesse was the father of David.
They're of the tribe of Judah, and Messiah has to come from Judah. Amen.
And he shall be called the branch.
So that's what the sign Virgo is. Moving on to the sign two Libra. Libra is a picture of scales, the old kind of scales. With the chains and the The little cups down the bottom, the way they used to weigh things back then. And that represents the price.
what will be the price that is going to have to be paid? We were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold. But God put the soul of mankind, all the souls of men, on one side of the scales. And the only way he could balance it Is to put the blood, but the precious blood of the Lamb of God. Of Christ without spot and without blemish.
The three decons of Libra, Cruz is the mark of the cross. and refers to The Messiah on the cross. Lupus is a slain victim, showing Messiah will die and be the sacrifice for sin. Corona. Is a crown.
That same Messiah is going to be crowned. Amen.
Number three, Scorpion. It's called Scorpio. It's a picture of a scorpion. It represents. How that the evil one Is going to try to come and wound.
The Messiah, the Son of the Woman. The three decons of Scorpio, serpents, represents the serpent struggling with the woman. But remember, Genesis 3:15. The seed of the woman is going to crush the head of the serpent. Um Ophik Julkis Represents the mighty one holding the serpent.
So that The serpent cannot. Take the crown. and Hercules is the mighty man, the mighty one victorious. And we're told in Scripture Jesus said, I give you authority over all the power of the enemy, you'll tread. on the serpent and the scorpion.
Under your feet. Amen.
We are like Hercules. Number four, Sagittarius. The picture is half man, half goat, but the man is an archer and he's got a drawn bow in his hand. And this represents the victorious Redeemer. The three decons of Sagittarius, Lyra.
Yeah, that's the only thing that's a very important thing. A harp means we're going to praise the victorious Redeemer. Era is a burning pier, which is when they burn dead bodies like they do in India and some other nations. And so it's showing the judgment that's being prepared for the evil serpent Satan and his angels. And the last one is Draco.
It's the dragon, and he's cast down. Amen? Because we read in Revelations 12, and there's war in heaven, and that old serpent, that dragon Satan, is cast out of heaven. Amen.
and eventually into the pit. And then into the lake of fire. Number five, Capricorn is the picture of the goat. This is Representative of Jesus, who is the scapegoat. If you read in the Old Testament, he not only had to be the lamb, but in addition to that sacrifice that day, They had to take a scapegoat.
Put their hands on him and pronounce all the sins of Israel. On the scapegoat, and then send him out in the wilderness so he could die there and never bring the sin back into the camp of Israel. Messiah was the scapegoat. The three decons of Capricorn, Sejita is an arrow. Again, it's showing God's judgment against sin.
That judgment is going to come against his Messiah. On the cross, Aquila, the falling eagle, the pierced one. is falling. But Delphinus, the The dolphin springs out of water because that represents his resurrection. And Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life.
He said, I am he that was dead and am alive, and behold, I'm alive forevermore. Number six Aquarius is a water barrier. Carrying water. And that Is an obvious picture of Messiah. He said in John the 7th chapter that he is the living water.
Amen.
The living water that if we drink this water, he told the one woman at the well in John 4: drink this water, you'll never thirst again. The three decons of Aquarius, Pisces, It's a picture of the fish. And it means receiving that living water in its fullness. Pegasus is the winged horse. And he represents the soon return of the Redeemer.
Cygnus is a swan and represents the sure return of the Redeemer. Number seven, Pisces. Two fish. And they represent the in-gathering. of the souls The remnant that will come to Messiah.
Jesus said to his disciples, Follow me, and I will make you fisher of men. Amen.
And We know one time when they were out fishing, the twelve disciples fished all night and caught no fish. And Jesus showed up and said, Throw your net on the right side. And they brought in so many fish. It broke the net.
So it's showing the harvest for the gospel. Amen.
The three decons, the band, it's a chord. meaning the Redeemer will be bound. Andromeda represents the chained woman. She's in chains because Israel, who is the woman, is still chained by unbelief. Amen.
By and large, the Jewish people are in chains of unbelief. And Cepheus is the crowned king, the deliverer coming to rule. Number eight. The Ram We know that the Ram is Messiah. It represents The Messiah, the Lamb of God.
John said in John 1:29, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Then in Revelation, John saw him even then. Even then, in heaven, in glory, he saw somebody sitting on the throne, and he said, He looks like a lamb. Who was just slain? Amen.
Okay, so the three decons of Aries the Ram is Cassupia. An enthroned woman preparing to get married. Seatus The sea monster, the great enemy, has been subdued and bound. Perseus, the breaker, the mighty deliverer. Number nine is Taurus the Bull.
represents the Messiah coming to judge. to judge and to rule. And the three decons of Taurus are Orion, It represents the Prince of Glory coming in the brightness of his coming. Uh Eridanus represents a river of fire. God's wrath will be poured out on Satan and his enemies.
Ariga. is a shepherd. God's people will be protected. In the day of wrath. The shepherd protects and lays down his life for his sheep.
Number ten, Gemini, the twins. Represents the dual nature of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Son of Man. He is both King of kings, and yet He is our Savior. The three decons of Gemini. Lepas, an enemy being trodden underfoot.
Canis major serious. Represents the prince. Coming in glory. Candace Minor Prosin represents the Redeemer, the Redeemer coming. Number eleven is the crab.
represents The Messiah as a protector in a secure resting place. The three decons of cancer are URSA minor The sheepfold. Also the great bear. protecting the sheep are protected Ursa Major, it's the flock assembled, protected by the shepherd. Argo.
is the ship in a safe harbor. The travelers finally are coming home. to safe harbor. And number 12. Leo the Lion King of the jungle.
Messiah is king of kings? And Lord of Lords. He is the victor who destroys all of his enemies. Let me tell you the three decons. Hydra is a serpent.
The old serpent is destroyed. trampled underfoot. Crater A cup. The cup of God's wrath is poured out on the kingdom of the serpent and the dragon. And last.
Porvis. The Raven. The raven represents the devouring of the old serpent because the ravens are carnivorous. Amen? They're eaters of meat.
And one more, I want to tell you: I want to give you a fourth one in this last one. Um. Not sure if I'm saying it right, but Denny Bola. And it means The Lord who comes.
So you see that redemption in the gospel was written in the stars. And yet, Satan is the one who has corrupted it. Amen.
Amen.
I hope you are following us in this comprehensive study from my Genesis series, Part 2, The Recreation Days 2 through 4. In this eye opening account we discuss the greenhouse effect of the firmament that once covered the earth, making it a virtual paradise with universal warm temperatures and lush vegetation before there was rain. What happened to the firmament that altered this canopy of waters? You may be surprised to learn that day two is the only day God did not speak of his handiwork, saying, It is good. Why?
Find out who is entrenched in the heavens and why God did not bless this day. The Bible forbids astrology and consulting the signs of the zodiac because they are corrupted by Satan. Yet Scripture says the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows forth his handiwork. Discover what each of the twelve signs of the zodiac relate in the story of Messiah, the serpent's demise, and man's redemption. If you'd like more of this teaching, the entire three part series is available on three C D's for your love gift of only twenty dollars or more for the Radio Ministry.
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