"Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?"
(Job 38: 32, KJV)
In the last blog, I dealt with the Mayan prophecy about the
end of the world happening on Friday December 21, 2012. There was included in
the Mayan Long-Count Calendar the zodiac. Since the Mayans were pagan. It
follows that their use of the zodiac would be also pagan. However, what a lot
of people are not aware of is the true origin of the Zodiac. Most people think
the Zodiac and its twelve signs originated from pagan sources, but this is not
at all true.
As you can see from today's text, the term
"Zodiac" is called the "Mazzaroth" in the oldest book in
the Bible, Job. The name Mazzaroth in the above text refers to the twelve
signs. The Zodiac signs and their true meaning has on the most part been lost.
The Zodiac we see in books and magazines and other sources today is the corrupt
pagan versions. Nevertheless what is interesting is that such authors as Henry
M. Morris and Ken Fleming as well as others were still able to decipher and
reconstruct from the twelve signs of the paganized Zodiac the true and original
meaning of the Mazzaroth.
So there are two primary versions of the Zodiac, the pagan
zodiac and the Zodiac that originated from God. According to Genesis 1: 14,
which reads, "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." (KJV). Does
this not sound familiar? This is exactly what the zodiac was used for by the
ancient Mayans in their calendars. To measure time, such as "signs,
seasons, days, and years." It is important to note that there are two
other terms that the zodiac goes by. Astrology and Horoscopes. Christian
Apologists, Robert Morey defines the term "Astrology" as follows:
"Astrology is the belief that the
destinies of nations and individuals are determined by relative positions of
the stars. These destinies can be discovered by a detailed examination of
horoscopes which have been drawn by professional astrologers."
In other words, the pagan form of the zodiac was used for
divination purposes which the Bible condemns (see Deut. 18: 9-10; 2 Kings 17: 17).
For it is known among the ancients that many pagans worship the stars and planets
in the heavens, even naming them their gods such as Astarte, Moloch, and Baal
and all the starry hosts. For example, Mr. Morey makes this comment:
"King Rehoboam of Judah
not only erected images of Taurus but also of Aries the goat (2 Chron. 11:15;
Lev. 17:7). The god Molech (Milchom, Moloch, Malcham) to whom human sacrifices
were made was another astrological god who was worshipped (Lev. 18:21; 20:1-6).
It represented the sun and was worshipped by casting live children into the
fire in its belly.
The worship of Moloch and
"Rephan" or Saturn is condemned in Acts
7:43: "You have
lifted up the shrine of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you
made to worship. Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Babylon." When godly kings such as
Josiah arose in Israel,
they cleansed the nation of the elements of astrology. Several astrological
deities are mentioned in the following account:
"The
king [Josiah] ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the
doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry
hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in
the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. He did away with the pagan priests
appointed by the kings of Judah
and on those around Jerusalem
those who burned incense to Baal, to
the sun and moon, to the constellations
and to all the starry hosts. He took the Asherah
pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron
Valley outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it
to powder and scattered the dust over the graves of the common people. He also
tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes, which were in the temple
of the Lord and where women did weaving for Asherah (2 Kings 23:4-7)."
The Old Testament refers to
Israel's
frequent involvement in Baal worship nearly one hundred times. Baal was the
Phoenician sun-god. Apostate Israel went so far as to build houses dedicated to
the worship of the sun (Baal) and even to install horses and chariots dedicated
to sun worship (2 Kings 23:11)."
Mr. Morey then goes on in more detail about these pagan gods
in the starry heavens. Indeed, not only does Israel
have a sad history of worshipping false gods, but North
America has its own sad commentary both historically and at
present in also worshipping false gods. Oh, that the people in my country
(myself included) would make it a point to warn others against worshipping the
false gods of materialism, hedonism, false religions, and many other things
that become idols in our lives. Oh that we would be wise like righteous Josiah
who removed the false images and false gods from his land.
“With appropriate reservations, therefore, a narrative such
as the following might be inferred from the 12 main signs and their respective
decans.
Virgo.
“A Deliverer will come into the human family someday, born as a man, yet
supernaturally conceived of a virgin, seed of a woman, yet Son of God.”
Libra.
“Since man is a sinner and under the curse, an adequate price must be paid
to redeem him and balance the scales of divine justice.”
Scorpio.
“The price of redemption must be the death of the Deliverer, since man is
under the condemnation of death, and yet, in dying, He must also destroy the
Serpent who led man into sin.”
Sagittarius.
“To prevent the coming of the Deliverer in the human family, the great
dragon will seek to corrupt mankind into a race of demon-possessed monsters and
murderers.”
Capricornus.
“Man will finally become so sinful as to leave no remedy but complete
inundation in his entire world.”
Aquarius.
“The floodgates of heaven will pour forth waters to cleanse an evil world,
but representatives of the land animals will survive to fill the earth again.”
Pisces.
“From the waters will emerge the true people of God, as God retains His
kingly throne despite all the attacks of Satan.”
Aries.
“In the fullness of time, the seed of the woman will come, ready to die as
the sacrifice for man’s sins, paying the great price to redeem His bride and
destroy the works of the dragon.”
Taurus.
“Having paid the price, the slain Ram will rise as the mighty Bull, to
execute judgment on all ungodliness and to rule supreme.”
Gemini.
“As both Son of God and Son of Man, the second Adam will claim His bride as
did the first Adam, taking her to himself forever.”
Cancer.
“All the redeemed will come to Him from all times and places, secure
eternally in His presence, enjoying His love and fellowship.”
Leo.
“As eternal king and Lord of lords, He will utterly vanquish and destroy
the serpent and all his followers, reigning forever and ever.”
This suggested original message of
Mazzaroth is only a suggestion, of course, but in view of all the unkown
factors involved, seems to be a reasonable reconstruction, consistent both with
what is known of primeval revelation and with later Scripture. In any case,
there seems to be sufficient correlation to indicate the primeval divine origin
of this “gospel in the stars,” but later corrupted into the pagan tales and
symbols of astrology.”
