Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
The mystery behind the stars.
Friday, October 26, 2001
The stars illustrate that God has the ability to solve Abram’s problems.
JOH 20:31 “but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.”
HEB 11:5 “By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death;”
There were 12 doctrinal messages in the stars with sub-points as well.
Turn to GEN 15:5
count = Qal imperfect caphar = to score with a mark, record, inscribe, list intensively, number with a penknife, to scribe.
2,500 years ago God revealed the Gospel before there was a written scripture.
Turn to ISA 13:9
PSA 119:130 “The unfolding of Thy words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.”
Constellations or Keciyl = a formation of stars perceived as a figure or design.
GEN 1:16 “The Lord made the stars, REV 4:11 all things were created for His glory.”
Turn to REV 3:1
The pastor-teacher is called a competent minister of the NT, 2CO 3:5-6, but their sufficiency and adequacy is not from themselves but from the Mentorship ministry of the Spirit.
Turn to ROM 1:19-20
How were His “invisible things,” His plans, His purposes, and His counsels, known since the creation of the world?
Turn to ROM 10:11
ROM 10:18 – a gnome = a citation of an Old Testament passage accommodating it to a New Testament passage.
PSA 19:4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
Heavens = shamayim = abode of the stars, place where the celestial bodies revolve. is declaring = nagad = to tell, make known, announce, report, inform, publish, declare, proclaim, confess, praise.
ROM 10:18 “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”
From the virgin birth of Christ to His subjugation of the nations, cross, death, resurrection, glorification, defeat of the dragon, stepping on the head of the serpent, and many more.
God judged humanity because they turned the image of the incorruptible God, what God put in the stars, the message of His Son, and turned it into the worship of man.
ROM 10:17 “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
LIBRA, the Scales = the Redeemer’s atoning work or the price deficient balanced by the price which covers. It reveals the the cross and the Crown bestowed.
SCORPIO = the Scorpion and the conflict with Satan as the serpent.
SAGITTARIUS, the Archer = the Two-natured Conqueror going forth “Conquering and to conquer.”
CAPRICORNUS, the Sea goat = the goat of Atonement slain for the Redeemed.
AQUARIUS, the Water-Bearer = the living waters of blessing poured forth for the Redeemed.
PISCES, the Fishes = the Redeemed blessed though bound; he was redeemed in their bondage and affliction.
ARIES, the Ram or Lamb = the Lamb that was slain, prepared for the victory.
TAURUS, the Bull = Messiah coming to rule.
GEMINI, the Twins = the twofold nature of the King.
CANCER, the Crab = the possessions held fast.
LEO, the Lion = the Lion of the Tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of the enemy.