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zodiac part two
By: alphaomega Date: July 8, 2012, 5:13 pm
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The next four signs depicts the Redeemer's future work and
mediatorship. This foretells the formation and work of
Christians.
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5. CAPRICORN (the Horned Goat)
The picture of Capricorn is shown as a fallen or dying goat with
the tail of a fish. Hence, Capricorn is half-goat, half-fish.
One leg of the goat is under the body and the other leg is
powerless to lift the body up. The tail of the fish seems to be
healthy and full of life.
Capricornus is also called the Sea-goat or the Horned-goat.
Capricornus in Latin means, "goat" and "atonement".
The definition of the word scapegoat is: a goat upon whose head
is symbolically placed the sins of the people after which the
goat
is sent into the wilderness in the ceremony for Yom Kippur.
Ever been a scapegoat?
Ever been hit with the blame for something you didn't do?
That's what Jesus was. He took the blame or judgement for us all
and died for it.
Hebrews 9: 11-15
11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,
with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation.
12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own
blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having
obtained eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a
heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the
flesh,
14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God,
cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God?
15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant,
by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions
under the first covenant, that those who are called may
receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
John 3: 36
"He who believes in the Son has everlasting lifel and he
who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the
wrath of God abides on him".
6. AQUARIUS (the water-bearer)
Aquarius is depicted as the figure of a man, holding a urn in
his left hand, and a inexhaustible stream of water is pouring
out
of the urn.
The Babylonians also saw in Aquarius the figure of a man,
pouring water from a jar.
Aquarius in Latin means, "the pourer forth of water".
Water is essential for life.
When we are thirsty, a water-bearer is a thankful sight.
Jesus is the bearer of the "living water", a spiritual well
for our soul, and He is there to provide it whenever
WE ASK HIM FOR IT.
John 4: 7-14
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her,
"Give Me a drink."
8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You,
being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?"
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God,
and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would
have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living
water?
12 "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well,
and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and
livestock?"
13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water
will thirst again,
14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will
never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become
in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting
life".
7. PISCES (the fishes)
Pisces is a constellation representing two fishes sometimes tied
by their tails. One fish is headed toward the North Polar Star,
and the other is parallel with the path of the Sun.
The Hebrew name for Pisces is, "Dagim" which means, "the
fishes".
Jesus Christ is a "fisher of men" if we allow Him
to fish us out of the vast, dark, ocean through faith"ing" in
Him.
Just as He fed five thousand people with two fishes and
five loaves of bread, He feeds us providing what we need if we
spend time with Him.
Matthew 4: 18-20
18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net
into the sea; for they were fishermen.
19 Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you
fishers
of men."
20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
Matthew 14: 14-21
14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was
moved with compassion for them, and healed the sick.
15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying,
"This
is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the
multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy
themselves food."
16 But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away, You
give them something to eat."
17 And they said to Him, "We have here only five loaves of
bread
and two fish.
18 He said, "Bring them here to Me."
19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass.
And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up
to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the
disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve
baskets full of the fragments that remained.
21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men,
besides
women and children.
8. ARIES (the Ram)
The figure depicted in Aries is that of a vigorous ram or lamb.
In Hebrew, Aries is called, "Taleh" and means, "the Lamb".
Aries identifies the "Lamb of God". In the Old Testament if the
Law was broken, a worthy "lamb" sacrafice had to be presented to
God.
If we break a law and are convicted, we pay the consequences of
our
actions. The same rule applies when we sin. But this is not how
it
is with God, who provides for us a substitute to take the rap.
In the Old Testament, The Lord provided a ram for Abraham to
offer
as a sacrifice. Later God provided His son, Jesus the Christ,
who
paid with His own life so that - if we accept Him and "the
terms"
we don't have to pay for our own sin.
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
"Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world!"
Genesis 22: 9-14
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And
Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order;
and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon
the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay
his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said,
"Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am."
12 And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything
to him; for now I know tha you fear God, since you have not
withheld your son, your only son, from Me."
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him
was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of the place,
The-LORD-Will-Provide;
as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the LORD it shall
be provided."
John 3: 16-21
16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not
beleive is condemned already, because he has not beleived
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.
20 "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not
come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds
may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
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