Biblical Astronomy

Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Psalms 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Next slide is a Hubble deep space photograph multiple (~800) time exposures

taken over 11.3 days into a small, black portion of space in 2004. Peering into this ultra deep field, is roughly equivalent to

looking through an 8 foot long soda straw. 10,000 galaxies billions of light years away.

From several sources there are an estimated 10E22 to 10E24 stars in the

observable universe

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars_____________________________________

14,000,000,000 years

=71,400,000,000,000 stars/year

So, this many stars would have had to form EVERY year for 14 billion years…..

20 Billion years = 50,000,000,000,000 stars/year

50 billion years = 20,000,000,000,000 stars/year

100 Billion years = 10,000,000,000,000 stars/year

13.8 Billion years IS NOT ENOUGH TIME!!!!!!

1.4 x 10E9 years

# sec = 60 s/1m x 1440 m/d x 365.24d/yr x 1.4x10E9yrs

=441,794,304,000,000,000 seconds in 14 billion years

or 4.4x10E17 seconds

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars _____________________________________

440,000,000,000,000,000 seconds

=2,272,727.3 stars/second

EVERY second for 14 billion years…REALLY

20 Billion years = 1,584,447.77 stars/second

50 billion years = 633,779.11 stars/second

100 Billion years = 316,669.64 stars/second

13.798 +/- 0.037 Billion years (as of 2013) is NOT enough time to solve the deep time

problem for evolution or astronomy

A quarter placed within the United States is a close comparison to our Solar System within the Milky Way

Galaxy. The tip of a pin would completely cover the earth. Our God is an awesome God…

Psalms 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psalms 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. Psalms 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Psalms 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Psalms 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. Psalms 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Declare…H5608ספרsapharsaw-far'A primitive root; properly to score with a mark as a tally or record, that is, (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively to recount, that is, celebrate: - commune, (ac-) count, declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

Gen 1:14-16 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: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so and God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,

and the lesser light to rule the night: he

made the stars also.

Signs…H226אות'othothProbably from H225 (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.: - mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.

Seasons…H4150מועדה מעד מועדmo‛ed mo‛ed mo‛adah mo-ade', mo-ade', mo-aw-daw'From H3259; properly an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): - appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed).

Feasts of the LORD…of Leviticus 23H4150מועדה מעד מועדmo‛ed mo‛ed mo‛adahmo-ade', mo-ade', mo-aw-daw'From H3259; properly an appointment, that is, a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand): - appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn (-ity), synagogue, (set) time (appointed).

The Creator’s appointed times or moedim are on His calendar…So lets take a brief look at the

Biblical descriptions of the Creator’s astronomical calendar.

The Creator’s Calendar

Exodus 12:2-6 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an

house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according

to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it

up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in

the evening.

Abib (or Aviv) is the first month of the year on the Creator’s calendar. In the spring, determined by the ripening of the

barley in Israel.

אביב'abı[ ybaw-beeb'From an unused root (meaning to be tender); green, that is a young ear of grain; hence the name of the month Abib or Nisan: - Abib, ear, green ears of corn.

Exodus 13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Exodus 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed (moed) of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:

Exodus 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

Deut.16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

On the Creator’s Calendar, each month (Hodesh) begins at the beginning of the lunar cycle; at the first confirmed

sighting of the new (or renewed) moon.

חדשchodeshkho'-deshFrom H2318; the new moon; by implication a month: - month (-ly), new moon.

THE MOON WAS NOT CREATED TO BE WORSHIPPED! The Middle Eastern people recognized a moon god and

called him "Allah". That should be a hint that the purpose of the moon would be counterfeited by a people group who

hate Israel, and that phases of the moon would be emphasized rather than just using the sighting of the New

Moon for the purposes of establishing God’s moedim.

There can be no doubt that the biblical Holy days are dependent on the moon. The strongest proof of this is the

passage in Psalm 104:19 (CJB) which declares:

"You made the moon to mark the seasons [Mo'edim]"

"Hodesh" (New Moon), is derived from the root spelled het, dalet, shin meaning "new" or rather "to make new/renew".

The Crescent New Moon is called Hodesh because it is the first time the moon is seen anew after being concealed for

several days at the end of the lunar cycle.

Leviticus 23 – The Feasts (seasons, moedim or appointed times) of the LORD

1. Passover (Pesach) 14th day of Abib2. Unleavened Bread (Hag Matza) 15th day of Abib 7 days3. First Fruits Feast Concludes4. Pentecost (Shavuot) 50 days later (7 weeks)5. Trumpets (Yom Teruah) 1st day of 7th month6. Atonement (Yom Kippur) 10th day of 7th month7. Tabernacles (Sukkot) 15th day of 7th month

Sabbath days (Shabbat) and New Moons (Hodesh) are also included as appointed times (or moedim). ALL include high Sabbath days and are Holy Convocations to the LORD.

Holy…H6944קדשqodeshko'-deshFrom H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstractly sanctity: - consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

Convocation…H4744מקראmiqra'mik-raw'From H7121; something called out, that is, a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal: - assembly, calling, convocation, reading.

The Messiah (the Passover Lamb) was executed on Pesach, He IS the unleavened bread (without sin) and He

IS the first fruit of the resurrection. Fifty days later the disciples received the promised gift of the Holy Spirit at

Pentecost.

PROPHETIC IMPLICATIONS

Our Messiah fulfilled the Spring Feasts of the LORD in His first coming…..Prophetically speaking, He should (I believe

WILL) fulfill the Fall Feasts in His second coming (the feasts, holy convocations, are like dress rehearsals). That our Heavenly Father instituted for his people to rehearse

for centuries before the coming of the Messiah.

Psalms 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by

number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

We see the mazzeroth (zodiac) identified in the book of Job

1. ORION – called Kesiel (9:9, 38:31)2. SCORPIO – “Chambers of the South” (9:9)3. HYDRA – “the crooked serpent” (26:13)4. URSA MAJOR – “Arcturus with his sons” (38:32)5. TAURUS – referred to by its most prominent feature, the Pleaides, Kimah or the seven stars (38:31)6. PLEIADES AND ORION – Amos 5:8

Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Job 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Mazzeroth…H4216מזרהmazzarahmaz-zaw-raw'Apparently from H5144 in the sense of distinction; some noted constellation (only in the plural), perhaps collectively the zodiac: - Mazzoroth. Compare H4208.

The Gospel of the Kingdom is written in the Heavens.

The Star of Bethlehem was a planetary conjunction that was prophesied long before by the prophet Daniel. The

Magi (or the wise men) that came bearing gifts to the young child Yeshua were following that prophecy from over 4

centuries in the past during the Babylonian exile.

Rev 12:1,2 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

There is much Depth on the Gospel written in the HeavensFor more info:

The Heavens Declare-Jesus Christ Prophesied in the Stars By William D. Banks

The Witness of the Stars By E.W. Bullinger

More on Heavenly signs…

Eclipses, comets, alignments and planetary retrogrades

Comets…are considered “strange” light in the mazzeroth

-Were not part of the mazzeroth

-Were not part of the annual cycle

-Considered as a warning or a bad omen

Mat 16:1-3 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the

sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the

times?

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Eclipses on God’s calendar

Solar eclipses can only occur near the end of the conjunction at the Hodesh or new moon, or the first day of

the Biblical month.

Lunar eclipses can only occur in the full moon portion of the cycle in the middle of the Biblical month

Eclipses Of Prophetic Significance

-When an eclipse (sign) occurs on a Biblical Feast day (season) according to God’s calendar. These have proven historically to have prophetic significant.

-When a series of eclipses (solar and lunar) occur on a series of Feast days, there is a much higher statistical improbability for their occurrence.

-a tetrad is the occurrence of four simultaneous eclipses, considered here, the tetrads ONLY occur on feast days.

These Astronomical Events Surrounded 30-33 AD in Israel in the sun and the moon:

Solar Eclipse 32AD Aviv 1Total Lunar Eclipse 32AD PassoverSolar Eclipse 32AD TrumpetsTotal Lunar Eclipse 32AD TabernaclesTotal Solar Eclipse 33AD Aviv 1Partial Lunar Eclipse 33AD PassoverSolar Eclipse 33AD TrumpetsPartial Lunar Eclipse 33AD Tabernacles

These Astronomical Events Surrounded 70 AD in Israel

Partial Lunar Eclipse 69AD TabernaclesTotal Solar Eclipse 70AD Aviv 1Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 70AD Passover

Temple Destroyed 9th AVAnnular Solar Eclipse 70AD TrumpetsPenumbral Lunar Eclipse 70AD TabernaclesPartial Lunar Eclipse 71AD PurimSolar Eclipse 71AD Aviv 1Solar Eclipse 71AD Trumpets

Historical Events Surrounding the 9th of AV (Judgment)

-the destruction of both Temples in Israel-Jews kicked out of England in 1290-Jews expelled from France 1306-Jews kicked out of Spain in 1492-WW1 began -Hitler’s proclamation to exterminate the Jews-2005 Jews removed from the Gaza strip-Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments impacted Jupiter

Without God’s calendar we would miss all of these events!

Since Yeshua’s time on earth, we have seen 8 tetrads that occurred on feast days that have had some prophetic

significance regarding Israel.

1.  162-163 AD Occurred on Passover and Feast of Tabernacles; coincided at the height of the worst persecution of Jews and Christians in the history of the Roman Empire.  Thousands were martyred in Rome's arenas.  Rome was suddenly flooded by the Tiberas River in the spring of 162 AD, leading to severe famine and a plague that killed 1/3 of the Roman Empire's population.  Prophetic significance:  Jews remain scattered.

2. 795-796 AD Occurred on Passover and Tabernacles; coincided with King Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire establishing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) between France and Spain which halted Islamic invasions into Western Europe.

This was a key turning point in spread of Christianity in Europe and stability of Jews in the region.  Prophetic significance:  Jews remain scattered.

3.  842-843 AD Occurred on Passover and Tabernacles; coincided with the break-up of the Carolingian Empire in Europe, weakening the position of Jews in Europe and setting the stage for their future persecution. This also led to Rome being sacked and the Vatican being looted by Islamic armies.  Prophetic significance:  Jews remain scattered.

4. 860-861 AD Occurred on Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles; coincided with the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire defeated the Arab armies at the Battle of Lalakaon in Turkey and stopped the Islamic invasion of Eastern Europe. This kept Islam confined to Asia Minor and the Middle East, allowing the continued spread of Christianity in Europe, thus allowing Jewish people to live in relatively security.   Prophetic significance:  Jews remain scattered.

5. 1428-1429 AD In 1418, there was a successful lobbying effort by Jewish people to win back their old privileges. A gathering, convoked by the Jewish people in Forli, sent a deputation with costly gifts to Pope Martin V. In their argument, the Jews of Forli asked the Pope to abolish the oppressive laws promulgated by Benedict XIII, and they also asked the Pope to grant the Jews those privileges which had been accorded them under previous Popes. The deputation succeeded in its mission. The Jews were seeking protection from Martin V. Prophetic significance, Jews found some favor under this pope, but remained scattered.

6.  1493-1494 ADOccurred on Passover and the Feast of Trumpets; coincided with the Spanish Inquisition when the King of Spain ordered all Jews to leave the country.   The Jews had settled in the region about 200 AD and thus Spain became a second Jewish homeland.  In 1492, the Jewish people were expelled from Spain via the “Edict of Expulsion” by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. The Jewish people were given 14 days to leave the country. Christopher Columbus, took three ships to the “New World” loaded with Jews leaving Spain. Many gave their children to Spanish gentiles, sold what they could at a huge loss. Columbus given money and maps for his voyage East toward the Americas. Prophetic significance:  Jews remain scattered.

Five hundred years later…

7.  1949-1950 ADOccurred on Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles; coincided with (1) the rebirth of Israel as an independent nation on May 14, 1948, (2) the winning of the Israeli War for Independence and the first official permanent government on January 25th, 1949, and (3) the Knesset passing the "Law of Return" on July 5, 1950 which gave Jews the right to settle in Israel and obtain citizenship .   Prophetic significance:  Jews regathered, Israel a nation.

8. 1967-1968 ADOccurred on Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles; coincided with the "6-Day War" of June 5-10, 1967 with Israel retaking of Jerusalem and capturing critical portions of land including  Judea, Samaria, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank and the Golan Heights.  Prophetic significance:  Jews regathered, Israel a nation, Jerusalem regained.

9. 2014-2015 AD Began on Passover of this year ???

The odds of a Full Moon 1 in 29The odds of a Lunar Eclipse 1 in 110The odds of a Lunar Super moon eclipse 1 in 6570

So the odds of this umbral lunar eclipse happening with the moon in perigee on an appointed Feast day are beyond Astronomical…………

BUT…this is what is happening on the last blood moon of this current Tetrad on September 28, 2015at Tabernacles.

1Thess. 5:1-4 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the

night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a

woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should

overtake you as a thief. (emphasis mine)

Sources:

The Heavens Declare-Jesus Christ Prophesied in the Stars: By William D. Banks

The Witness of the Stars: By E.W. Bullinger

Wheel of Stars – The Ancient Biblical Calendar of the Future: By Andrew Gabriel Roth

Blood Moons – Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs: By Mark Biltz

The Chronological Gospels – The Life and Seventy Week Ministry of the Messiah: By Michael Rood

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LEcatalog.html “Eclipse Prediction by Fred Espenak (NASA’s GSFC),”

www.lmci.org/MazLMCI.pdf and www.lmci.org/Significance-of-Winter-Solstice-2012.pdf Dr. Dale Sides