Excerpt From Creation Cries Out! Rav Sha'ul The Solar Messiah by Rav Sha'ul   To the ancients, the signs of The Zodiac correspond to what they called “The Grand Man” that we know as the Messiah.  This image of a man is still pictured in modern almanacs with each sign corresponding to a part of his body; We see this Messiah figure at the center of The Zodiac Chart illustrating the Sun is a metaphor for him; it is the basis for Leonardo Da Vinci’s medicine man and our universal medical symbol: It is this Messiah or Grand Man pictured within The Zodiac that is pointed to by the 12 signs of The Zodiac.  As we have demonstrated, this “solar messiah” or Grand Man is Yahusha, the Messiah of Israel, the son of YHVH. The “symbol” of the Grand Man or Solar Messiah came to be the center of The Zodiac because the Sun is a metaphor for him.  A cutout of the center of The Zodiac became the universal symbol of all the mythical figures and false messiahs humanity created across cultures. The ancient didn’t understand its message and the Cross became the symbol of all the myths made up around this message.  It remains today the symbol of Jesus H. Christ adorning the tops of churches world-wide. I will cover this symbol in greater detail throughout this book series.  Let us look now at “why” Sun worship became so prevalent in ancient cultures. The Sun foretells the crucifixion and resurrection Many of the world's mythical sacrificed godmen have their traditional birthday on December 25 which is where we get Christmas. This represents the ancient recognition that (from a perspective in the northern hemisphere) the sun makes a yearly descent southward until December 21 or 22, the winter solstice, when it stops moving southerly for three days and it “hangs” on the North Cross in the sky.  After 3 days of appearing to stand still very low on the horizon, the sun then starts to move northward again or is “resurrected”. During this time, people back then believed that "God's sun" had "died" for three days and was "born again" on December 25. After December 25, the Sun moves 1 degree, this time north, foreshadowing longer days. And thus it was said, the Sun died on the cross, was dead for 3 days, only to be resurrected or born again. The Sun is a physical metaphor of the Son In the Gospel of Luke below, The Messiah’s very advent is depicted as a visitation from the "dayspring on high": "Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us..." The word for "dayspring" or "day" in the original Greek is ἀνατολή or anatole, which means "sunrise, east." We see a clear picture that the sun in the sky was created by YHVH as a metaphor of The Messiah.  The sun of God is metaphorically in the heavens a picture of The Son of God. Luke 1 67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Spirit of YHVH and prophesied: 68 “Praise be to YHVH, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. 69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before YHVH to prepare the way for Him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” We see this metaphor used many times tying the role of the sun in the sky to the role of the Messiah on Earth: Matthew 17 The Transfiguration 17 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Revelation 1 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. Malachi 4 2"...the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings." In these verses Yahusha is symbolized as sunlight: ·       A red sunset, signifying Yahusha’s bleeding. "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many." - Mark 14:24 ·       "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." - John 12:46 ·       "In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light." - John 1:4-8 ·       "The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world." - John 1:9 ·       "...the Messiah will shine on you." - Ephesians 5:14 ·       "I am the light of the world that every eye will see." - Revelations 1:7 If every eye can see this "light of the world," it is understandable that many people in ancient times believed the Messiah to be the sun itself, as they had with numerous gods preceding Yahusha’s first coming. It is not only natural but logical that thousands of people in the earliest days of Christianity would have believed Yahusha to be the same as the gods they were already worshipping, the bulk of which possessed attributes of the solar messiah and were often considered to be sun gods to a significant extent. At lower angles the sun has more atmosphere to punch through, so red sunrises and sunsets appear with increasing frequency. Ancients saw these natural events as their sun god weakening as it was falling and bleeding.  We see the sun’s metaphor clearly below: The sun is the "Light of the World." - John 8:12 The sun is “anointed” when its rays dip into the sea. The sun rising in the morning is the "Savior of mankind," as well as the "healer" or "savior" during the day. The sun wears a corona, "crown of thorns" or halo. The sun "walks on water," describing its reflection. - John 6:19 The sun's "followers," "helpers" or "disciples" are the 12 months and the 12 signs of the zodiac or constellations, through which the sun travels about annually. The sun at 12 noon is "Most High" in the sky; thus, "he" begins "his Father's work" at "age" 12. The sun enters into each sign of the zodiac at 30°; hence, the "Sun of God" begins his ministry at "age" 30. The sun's warmth turns water into wine through ripening grapes. The Messiah as the son of man The Son of Man in the Gospels can be linked to the constellation Orion. Revelation’s description of the Son of Man fits the pattern of stars in the constellation Orion. The star on his right shoulder is bright red (upper left star). The three stars at his waist were later seen as the three wise men who announced the birth of the Messiah. The Son of man has a cluster of stars in the background that look like the clouds upon which the Son of Man rides. Astronomical maps show the Milky Way behind the constellation Orion. From earth, they look like clouds. Rev. 1:12-20 "Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his breast; his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters; in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth issued a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength." Rev. 14:14-20 "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle." Orion, as seen in human form, has his right hand holding a sickle or a club or a sword. His left hand could be holding an animal skin, a shield or a bow. The Milky Way is behind him. The arc above him represents the Sun’s path. The line going through his waist is the celestial equator which runs parallel to earth’s equator. Matt 17:22-23. "As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 'The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.' And they were greatly distressed." When the sun goes below the equator into the dark days, it is said to be delivered to the enemy. While the earth rotates, the stars appear to be moving westerly until they dip below the horizon. Three days later they reappear in the eastern horizon. Matt. 26:63-64 ..."'tell us if you are the Messaiah, the Son of God.' Yahusha said to him, 'You have said so. But I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.'" When facing North, Orion’s rising in the East can be seen as rising from the right. Orion appears at the right hand of the Sun. The Messiah as the Bread of Heaven The constellation Virgo is associated with the heavenly bread.  We see Yahusha the Messiah declare he is the living bread that came down from heaven, the one whom YHVH has given his “seal of approval”.  Could that “seal of approval” be the Original Revelation found in the Gospel message of The Zodiac by the constellation Virgo?  Yahusha encourages the Jews below to “believe in the one whom YHVH has sent” that as I have demonstrated in this book was revealed by The Zodiac in the heavens.  Below in this one passage of scripture Yahusha references the living bread (Virgo/Manna) in heaven and the Son of Man (Orion: John 6 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” … 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven (manna), but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”   Next: Epoch and Ages

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