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Faith Comes from The Heavenly Scroll!
From my book Creation Cries Out! The
Mazzaroth pages 79-91
Sha’ul the Apostle asks of humanity below “did they not
hear? Of course, they did, he exclaims!” and then Sha’ul quotes David in Psalms
19 that declares the heavens are pouring forth speech, day after day,
to all mankind as David describes the Zodiac in great detail.
‘Hearing’ and ‘voice’ are used anthropomorphically as
physical to spiritual parallels by Sha’ul as he clearly teaches that the source
of “faith” comes from the message proclaimed in the stars at creation.
The very means by which Yahuah witnessed the Gospel to Adam, Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, and all the prophets. He used the Heavenly Scroll.
Romans 10
17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the
message, and the message is heard through the word about the Messiah (what "word" about Yahusha is heard throughout the
world?). 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their
(constellations) voice has gone out into
all the earth, their words (concerning Yahusha)
to the ends of the world.” (Sha’ul quotes Psalms 19)
The “message that is heard through the word about the
Messiah”, Sha’ul says is… the Zodiac, the ‘Heavenly Scroll’; the
Original Revelation to all mankind, the first and most complete Gospel of
Yahusha the Messiah! After asking the question “did they not hear”
the message of The Gospel, Paul literally quotes from Psalm 19,
the most eloquent description of the Zodiac and its message I have ever read…it
is a detailed account of the Zodiac proclaiming The Gospel Message to all
mankind.
Yahuah witnessed the Gospel of Yahusha in advance (of
Yahusha being created to fulfill it) to Abraham, and Abraham “saw Yahusha’s
Day” written in the stars!
John 8
56 Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see
My day. He saw it (written in the stars Genesis
1:15) and was glad.” 57 Then the Jews said
to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
Notice that Yahusha did NOT say that he saw
Abraham, he said Abraham saw his life story revealed in The Heavenly
Scroll. Even today false teachers abound who preach incarnation saying
that Yahusha “saw Abraham” and that is NOT what is said in this
Scripture! Yahusha is “before Abraham” in preeminence, as Yahuah had
given Yahusha “Glory” with Him at creation by writing his life in The Heavenly
Scroll foretelling that He would glorify Yahusha through resurrection and
crowning him King.
Genesis 15
5 And Yahuah brought Yahusha forth abroad (outside), and said, Look now toward (the)
heaven(nly Scroll), and (see if you can) tell (what)
the stars (proclaim), if thou be able to
(discern the) number (order of) them (the
'starry hosts' or constellation that host stars Isaiah 40:26): and
he said unto him, So shall thy seed (Yahusha)
be (they tell the story of his life Psalm 19).
Sha’ul understood this and this was the foundation of what
Sha’ul told the Galatians! In Galatians Chapter 3, Sha’ul refers to Gen.
1:15 and explains that is how Abraham was considered the “father
of our faith”. Abraham understood the message of The Heavenly Scroll,
then tried to fulfill it by killing Isaac (because the “strong man” is
foretold to die and eternal life springs from his death in The Heavenly scroll)
thinking Isaac was “the seed” that The Heavenly Scroll was speaking of! The
Heavenly Scroll declares this “seed” must die and be resurrected to earn the
right to rule as “The Lion of the Tribe of Judah”.
Plan of Salvation written in the
stars
Rav Sha’ul the Apostle made a significant statement in
Galatians 3:8:
Galatians 3:8
8 Scripture (the
eternal word in The Heavenly Scroll Psalm 199:89) foresaw that
Yahuah would justify the Gentiles by faith, and (the
stars) announced the gospel in advance (of
Yahusha being created Genesis 15:5) to Abraham: “All nations will be
blessed through you.”
You see, Yahuah authored The Heavenly Scroll, named all the
stars and gave them their meaning, gathered them together into “starry hosts”
(constellations host stars) gave the constellations “meaning” and He SUMMONS
THEM TOGETHER to proclaim The Plan of Salvation!
Isaiah 48
13 My right hand has spanned (authored) the heaven(ly
Scroll Psalm 19); when I summon them together (i.e. the stars and constellations conspire together to hold
a secret a message), they will minister together (to proclaim the Messiah/Plan of Salvation Psalm 19).
14 All of you, gather yourselves together and hear (what
the stars proclaim day after day, night after night Psalm 19)! Who
among them has foretold these things (understood
The Heavenly Scroll)? Yahuah has loved him (spoken of in The Heavenly Scroll; Yahusha); He
will do His pleasure on Babylon, and His arm will be on the Chaldeans. 15 I,
even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him (Yahusha
Luke 4:18). I have brought him (forth as
The Branch as My Eternal High Priest see Zechariah Chapter 3), and
his way (example of Mikveh, Circumcision, and
Offering) will succeed (in producing
perfection and resurrection, called The Way).
Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to
his seed (by the stars...Genesis 1:15).
Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but
"and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Yahusha the Messiah (the stars were speaking of Yahusha!).
Again in Galatians 3, Sha’ul declares that “before
their very eyes Yahusha the Messiah was portrayed as crucified”. What
does that mean?
The members of the church in Galatia (who once were
pagans) were not present at the crucifixion some 50 years earlier. So, in
what way was the messiah “portrayed as crucified before their very eyes?”
It was written in the stars! The same way it was preached to Abraham. We
see Sha’ul make the point that “the seed” proclaimed in “the heavens” to
Abraham was in fact Yahusha the Messiah not Isaac (so Abraham had
misunderstood it that is why the Angel of Yahuah stopped that sacrifice).
The same Messiah was “portrayed as crucified/A Lamb that was slaughtered
before the world was” right before the very eyes of the Galatians as
well… in The Zodiac as I will prove:
Galatians 3
3 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched
you? Before your very eyes (in the stars)
Yahusha the Messiah was clearly portrayed as crucified (A lamb that was slaughtered before the foundation of the
world written into the stars at creation).
Sha’ul then goes on to point the Galatians back to Abraham
making the point that “the seed” or The Messiah was prophesied by the stars of
heaven…
Galatians 3
5 So again I ask, does Yahuah give you his
Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law (alone James 2:14-26), or by your believing what
you heard (the stars proclaim day after day Palms
19)? 6 So also Abraham “believed Yahuah (when
he read The Heavenly Scroll Genesis 1:15), and it was credited to
him as righteousness (when he tried to fulfill the
message in the stars by sacrificing Isaac).” 7 Understand, then,
that those who have faith (in the Plan of Salvation
proclaimed in the stars) are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture (The Heavenly Scroll, the 'word' eternally preserved in the
stars Psalms 199:89) foresaw that Yahuah would justify the Gentiles
by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham (through the stars Genesis 15:5): “All nations
will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith (in The Heavenly Scroll) are blessed along with
Abraham, the man of faith (in the message he
witnessed in The Heavenly Scroll)…16 The promises (of eternal life and a mediator) were spoken to
Abraham (via The Heavenly Scroll Genesis 15:5)
and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people,
but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is the Messiah (is what the Stars proclaimed to Abraham, all the prophets,
the Galatians, the Romans, and you and I today… Psalms 19!).
How Yahuah preached the Gospel to Abraham
by Barry Setterfield
Star names and languages by Barry
Sutterfield
“One important fact emerges here. Many
star and constellation names in a variety of languages around the world have a
similar meaning. For example, one constellation was known as Virgo to the
Romans, Bethulah to the Hebrews, Parthenos to the Greeks, and Kanya to the
Indians, but all mean “VIRGIN”. Linguistically, this strongly implies there was
a common origin for the names. It is accepted theory that the three main
linguistic branches from which most languages diverged had a common origin in
Anatolia (see Gamkrelidze and Ivanov in Scientific American March 1990,
or Colin Renfrew in Scientific American October 1989). Scripturally,
this division of languages occurred at Babel, which was near Anatolia. This
would imply an origin of star and constellation names prior to the Babel event
which suggests that they may have been known as far back as Noah and the Flood.
Linguistically, that is as far back as we can go. However, the Isaiah 40:26
statement takes us right back to the Creation and Adam.
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls
forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not
one of them is missing.
In the mid to late 19th century, star
names became fixed by astronomical convention. The name chosen for a given star
was sometimes the Latin, or Hebrew, or Chaldean, or Arabic version of the
original name. As a result of this process, some names have been lost. However,
those who studied this topic in detail, namely Frances Rolleston, Joseph A.
Seiss, and E. W. Bullinger wrote at a time when the star names in other
languages were still extant. Some important information on these matters can
also be found in Jamieson’s Celestial Atlas of 1822 which appeared well before
astronomical convention fixed the names.
Rolleston’s work of 1862 comprised 221
pages of small typeface in four parts. The author died just prior to the
completion of Part 4. In Part 2 there is an extensive study of star names in a
variety of languages, and their primitive roots. Most give a concordant
testimony. However, as noted by a number of recent commentators on the topic,
modern Arabic interpretations are often discordant with the overall picture
that emerges. However, Rolleston did point out the source of this problem on
page 5 of Part 1. The difficulty arises because modern Arabic use of the basic
roots of words gives meanings that are divergent from ancient Arabic. By
reference to the ancient Arabic use of roots, corroboration of the story given
by the other star names is usually obtained.”
Seasons and constellations by Barry
Sutterfield
“The time or season of the year used to be
known by the constellations passing overhead or the one that the Sun was in. In
Job 38:32 Yahuah said to His upright servant “Can you bring forth Mazzaroth
(the 12 signs) in their season?” These 12 signs form the path that the Sun
appears to take in the heavens, namely the Zodiac. The word ZODIAC comes
from the Greek word ZOAD meaning “a way, a step, a circuit, a circle”. In
Chaldean the word has similar associated meanings. Psalm 19:6 actually uses the
Hebrew equivalent of this word where it states that “(the Sun) goes from one
end of heaven, and his CIRCUIT (or path i.e. Zodiac) is unto the other end of
it:”
There is evidence that the constellation
patterns making up the Zodiac, and indeed the rest of the night sky, were
formed and named by Yahuah. In Job 26:13 we find the statement “By His Spirit
He has garnished and decorated the heavens; His hand has formed the FLEEING
SERPENT.” Note that in Hebrew poetic style the heavens and the fleeing
serpent are connected. So we ask “Is there a fleeing serpent in the heavens?”
The answer is YES! The constellation of HYDRA. It is a particularly apt constellation
to remark upon as it is the longest constellation in the sky. It takes 7 hours
to pass overhead. This comment in Job implies that the Spirit of Yahuah Himself
formed and decorated the heavens with the constellation patterns, and, as shown
above, He gave them their names as well. Obviously, Abraham was familiar with
the constellation patterns and star names because Yahuah used the message
therein to instruct him. What is this message?”
The stars carry a gospel message by
Barry Sutterfield
“In Romans 10, Rabbi Sha’ul gives us some
key verses to help with this. Verse 15 states “and how shall they preach except
they be sent? As it is written ‘How beautiful are the feet of them that preach
the GOSPEL OF PEACE, and bring GLAD TIDINGS of good things’.” So the bringing
of the GOOD NEWS, the GOSPEL OF PEACE is what Sha’ul is talking about here in
this context.
In verse 18, Sha’ul then goes on to say:
“But have they (the heathen) not heard? YES! Truly they have heard! For ‘their
sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world’.”
What a fascinating statement! Sha’ul says here that the heathen have
heard the Gospel of Peace, because “THEIR sound went into all the earth and
THEIR words unto the ends of the world.” The question is who are the “THEY”
that are doing the preaching? Well, if you have a marginal reference, you find
that Sha’ul is quoting directly from Psalm 19:4 where the stars are being
spoken of. Indeed, Psalm 19:3 gives the additional information that “there is
no speech or language where (the stars) voice is not heard.” Therefore, the
“THEY” in Psalm 19 and Romans 10:18 are the stars in the heavens. As a
consequence, it can only be concluded that it is the stars that are preaching
the Gospel – in a particular way by their names and the arrangement of the
constellation patterns.”
The importance of the Sun by Barry
Sutterfield
“The next point to note comes from Psalm
19:4-6. Dr. D. E. Spencer paraphrases verse 4 as “In amongst these starry
witnesses, Yahuah has established a dwelling place for the Sun.” The next verse
goes on to describe the SUN as the Heavenly Bridegroom, who comes forth to run
his race and returns to his place of origin. But in the Bible, John the
baptizer speaks of the Messiah as coming down from heaven, and calls Him the
“Bridegroom” (John 3:25-31). The beloved disciple John also refers to the
relationship of the Messiah to His Called Out Ones (saints) as that of a
heavenly bridegroom with an earthly bride, while Rabbi Sha’ul echoes the idea
in Ephesians 5.
It is therefore apparent from Psalm 19 and
the other passages that the Sun represents Yahusha, the heavenly Bridegroom.
This idea is accentuated by the prophet
Malachi. He calls Israel’s Messiah the SUN of Righteousness who will blaze
forth for the sake of His people in the Last Day (Malachi 4:2). So the Sun
represents the Messiah, the light of the world (John 8:12), who came from
heaven, ran His race on earth, and returned to Heaven. The race that the Sun
runs is given by the Zodiac constellations or star patterns, so all the
strong-man figures along the Zodiac represent the Messiah, the SUN of
Righteousness, and the work He was to do. Note further that Psalm 19 is in two
parts: In Part 1 we have the message of the stars – In Part 2 we have the
message of Yahuah’s word, the Bible being discussed. One is set against the
other in such a way that David, who wrote this Psalm about 1000 BC, is implying
that the message in the stars and the message in the Scriptures are one
and the same.”
The strong man constellation figures by
Barry Sutterfield
“The story told by the strong man figures
of the sky has been corrupted by Greek and Roman mythology. This was recognized
by Jamieson in his Celestial Atlas published in 1822. On page 40 he states that
“The Lion does not seem to have been placed among the zodiacal symbols because
Hercules was fabled to have slain the Nemean Lion. It would seem, to the
contrary, that Hercules, who represented the Sun, was said to have slain the
Nemean Lion, because Leo was ALREADY a zodiacal sign.” Notice here that this
nineteenth century astronomer actually states that the Sun (the light of the
world) is symbolized by the strong man Hercules. This is in agreement with the
Biblical interpretation which identifies the strong man who runs his race along
the path of the Sun as Messiah Yahusha the victor.
Another point is also pertinent. The
Greeks thought of each of these “strong man” figures as being a different
deity. In the Biblical interpretation they represent different works of the
same person, namely Messiah Yahusha. Even though it will pre-empt the
discussion later, an example may be appropriate. To the Greeks, the Zodiac sign
of Gemini the Twins represented Apollo and Hercules, the twin sons of Zeus, the
chief deity. The Roman equivalent was Castor and Pollux which star names are
retained today. It is shown later that these two pictures are of the same
anointed one… the Messiah Yahusha in His twin role as the Son of Yahuah and
also the Son of Man.”
The origin of mythology and tradition
by Barry Sutterfield
“Interestingly enough, the skeptic Volney
is recorded by Rolleston as saying that “Everywhere in antiquity is the
existence of the tradition of the expected conqueror of the serpent, a divine
person, born of a woman, who was to come.” Rolleston noted that Volney “sees
this tradition reflected in the constellations, but why it should be there he
does not say.”(Part 1 page 19). A very similar statement is made by Depuis in
L’Origine des Cultes who admits that this tradition was prevalent in all
nations. Greek, Roman and other pagan mythologies have been built around this
message from the stars and as a result must be considered as a perversion of
the original. Nevertheless as Dr. D. E. Spencer concluded “Pagan mythology
still retains sufficient of the truth for you to recognize it.” (Word Key
“Mazzaroth,” broadcast over radio HCJB 1972).
Rolleston (Part 1 p.23) elaborates on
this: “Should the tradition of the Divine yet woman-born Conqueror of the serpent,
crushing His foe, but suffering from its venom, be met with among all nations,
it is only what might have been anticipated among the descendants of one common
father. From the Grecian Hercules, half human and half divine, subduing the
hydra and dying from its poison; from the Indian incarnation of the Divinity,
the virgin-born Krishna, slaying a serpent and wounded by it in the heel; to
the serpent-worship of Mexico, and that of the woman-born and unfathered deity
Mexitli; this image is everywhere present, pointing to one origin of the
tradition and the race.”
Dr. Spencer gave a further example of
interest. In mythology “Zeus, the supreme deity of the Greeks reigned on Mount
Olympus ‘in the midst’ of the twelve lesser gods of the Greeks.” He then points
to the pre-existent truth that has been corrupted by this mythology and makes
an important observation. “Is it not more than chance that just as the blazing
fire of the Sun dwells in the midst of the twelve constellations of Mazzaroth,
so the blazing pillar of fire was the dwelling place of Yahuah in the midst of
the twelve tribes of Israel? Furthermore, can it be mere chance that Messiah
Yahusha, ‘the Light of the world’, is the One who dwelt in a tabernacle of
flesh in the midst of the twelve disciples?” (The Gospel in the Stars,
pp. 20, 53).”
God’s promise to Abraham by Barry
Sutterfield
“As noted at the beginning, Galatians 3:8
says that Yahuah preached the Gospel unto Abraham. It is important that we know
when He did this as the stars were mentioned by Yahuah to Abraham on two
distinct occasions, once in Genesis 15, then again in Genesis 22. We must not
confuse these two separate incidents. Galatians 3:6 gives us the answer to this
question. Rabbi Sha’ul states that it was on the occasion when “Abraham
believed Yahuah and it was counted to him for righteousness.” Importantly as we
search both Genesis passages, it becomes apparent that this quote comes
directly from Genesis 15:6. The context was given by Genesis 15:5. Abraham was
childless and had no heir. Then Yahuah “brought him forth abroad, and said,
‘Look now towards heaven, and TELL the stars if you be able to list them’; and
He said unto him, ‘So shall your seed be’.”
Several important points emerge from this
interview that Abraham had with the Almighty. In the first place, the word
“TELL” is the same census-taking word as used in Psalm 147:4 so the star names
are in view here. The second point is vital. The Almighty made a key comment
when Abraham had finished listing off the star names. He said: “So shall your
seed be.” Does this mean that Abraham was to have many children? We have Rabbi
Sha’ul’s exegesis of the original Hebrew on this. In Galatians 3:16, Sha’ul
says: “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He said not, And to
seeds (plural) as of many; but as of one, ‘And to your seed (singular) WHICH IS
THE MESSIAH!”
Here is an amazing statement! Abraham
lists the star names in sequence from constellation to constellation telling
the story of the stars from their names, and Yahuah says to him “So will your
seed, the Messiah, be.” Here was the promise to Abraham that the Messiah would
come from his lineage. Furthermore, the Gospel was obviously associated with
these star names as Galatians 3:8 states that Yahuah preached the Gospel to Abraham
on that occasion – a Gospel associated with the coming of the Messiah, Yahusha.
It is important not to confuse this
incident in Abraham’s life with a later one. On the second occasion in Genesis
22:17, Abraham was promised seed like “the stars of heaven and the sand of the
sea shore for multitude.” This is a different interview with Yahuah when the
Patriarch received a different promise. According to Sha’ul in Galatians 3, it
was specifically on the first occasion in Genesis 15 that Messiah was promised
from Abraham’s lineage and Abraham believed Yahuah. Finally note that Yahuah
preached the Gospel of Christ to Abraham by this method, and by faith Abraham
accepted the message. The stars must therefore be preaching the same message in
every language around the world, because Psalm 19 states that there is no
speech or language where their voice is not heard.”
The significance of the Sphinx by Barry
Sutterfield
“Well, if there is a message in the stars,
where does the story begin since the Zodiac is a circle. An important clue is
obtained from the Sphinx in Egypt. The word SPHINX comes from the Greek word
SPHIGGO which means to “bind closely together”. The significance of this meaning
becomes apparent when ancient Egyptian Zodiacs are inspected. In those zodiacs
such as one in the tombs of the kings at Karnak, the sphinx curiously linked the
12 signs together. Its woman-like face gazed upon the sign of Virgo, while its
lion-like body and tail pointed to Leo. Dr Spencer notes that several other
places in the Near East have similar inscriptions. Dr Spencer writes: “The
sphinx is the key symbol which shows where the story in the stars begins and
ends. It begins with Virgo the Virgin and the first coming of Yahusha as
Messiah; and closes with Leo the Lion, marking the Return of Messiah as the King
of Glory. It begins with the story of His coming in humility and seeming defeat,
and climaxes with the story of His coming again in power and overwhelming
victory.
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