DEFEAT OR VICTORY?

IOPNA looks at the 4th constellation in the Mazzaroth (Zodiac):

 

The next constellation is Sagittarius – he’s sort of an archer on horseback isn’t he?

Yes, that’s the Latin word for an archer and look where his arrow is pointing… straight at Scorpio!



Align top to north-west

His stars don’t look exceptionally bright.

No, but notice his dual nature like Centaur, just as the Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man.

So is there a son of Jacob identified as an archer?

Sure! Jacob said about Joseph facing enemy archers: “his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob.” (Genesis 49:24)                                                      

So which other constellations have been associated with Sagittarius?

Apparently they were: Draco the dragon, Lyra representing praise, and Ara representing fire.

I know Revelation 12 tells us of ‘the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan’ who will finish up ‘cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.’(ch19v10)

…and the Lord Jesus Christ will be praised as ‘the Lamb that was slain’. (ch5)

Let me see if I can retell the biblical story of the Sacrificial Saviour, using some constellations in the night-sky…….

The virgin (Virgo) gives birth (Coma) to The Branch or corn of wheat. Being both God and man (Centaur) He will grow up to be the Good Shepherd (Bootes). Wearing a crown of thorns (Corona Borealis), He will be the slain victim (Lupus) on the cross (Crux) where He will meet the demands of God’s justice (Libra) by paying in blood the price of redemption.                  
In wrestling the serpent (Serpens) His heel (Ophichus) will be bitten (by Scorpio) but the enemy will be pierced (by Sagittarius). Eventually the strong Man (Hercules) will crush the head of the dragon (Draco) and cast it into the fire (Ara), earning praise (Lyra).

Well that’s how it seems. The message of redemption in the Bible may not be illustrated there by the stars but you and I can see it for ourselves in the night-sky.

So let’s move on to the next episode of this magnificent slide-show. 
 
NEXT: Capricornus…in the Achievement
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Image credits: Stellarium     

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