The Lion of the Tribe of Judah is identified as the King of kings so I
guess that’s it for now – the end of the show.
Not quite. There’s still some unfinished business to attend to…a bit of unpleasant
housekeeping… How did all the trouble begin, back in the Garden of Eden?
I guess it was with the serpent sneakily questioning Eve about God’s generosity.
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| Align top to north |
Here is Hydra, apparently referred to by Job as ‘the crooked serpent’
(26:13). He is the largest constellation in the night-sky taking up more than
100 degrees, all the way from Pollux
in Gemini to Spica in Virgo. The only prominent star is Alphard, ‘the solitary one’ from Arabic al-fard.
So who could this
serpent represent really?
‘The serpent’ is finally identified in Revelation 12 being thrown out of
heaven half-way through the coming Tribulation period:
“…the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceived the whole world…”
Right, so the same
serpent who deceived Eve, is the devil who tempted Jesus, is Satan…’transformed
into an angel of light’……now reinvented as the dragon who attacks Israel, who inspires the revival of the Roman Empire with its leader in league with the antichrist and who instigates the battle of Armageddon.
So what happens to
the serpent in the end?
After one last attempt at destroying the peace of Christ’s 1000 year reign:
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone…” Revelation 20:10
What’s with the
raven or crow? |
| Gruesome reality! |
That’s Corvus moving in to feast on the dead just as the birds of prey
will be gathered to feast after the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19.
And the cup?...does
that connect with this?
That’s Crater the wine cup. Anybody who worships the Beast or accepts
his mark will…
“drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation” (Revelation 14:10)
Who else has to
experience this?
“Great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to
give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.”
Many believe that refers to the ecumenical ‘world church’ that is forming now.
Who else gets to taste this wrath of God?Many believe that refers to the ecumenical ‘world church’ that is forming now.
Asaph the psalmist
warned about 3000 years ago:
“…in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,
and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but
the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink
them…” Psalm 75
Whoa!...this is
heavy stuff - all the wicked; it looks like God might be just a tad angry
towards the end…still, there’s plenty of warning there.
Our God is unbelievably gracious: “…longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9
FINALLY: Around the
campfire with the grandkids…on Discoveryiopna.blogspot.com
Acknowledgement: Stellarium
Photo credit: ShadOwer.tumblr.com
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