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This must be where we find Canopus, the second brightest star.
Hang on. Isn’t Argo the ship that Jason and the
Argonauts sailed in to capture the Golden Fleece?....that’s Greek mythology
again.
So let’s check the star positions and meanings in Argo’s constellations:Argo Navis: Latin for ‘swift ship’
Canopus (keel): Latin from
Greek Kanobos, possibly meaning
‘golden earth’, from an ancient Egyptian city named in honour of a famous sea
captain.
Naos
(foc’sle): Greek for ‘ship’
Suhail (mainsail): handsome, brilliant
Aspidiske
(quarter deck): ‘little shield’ or Tureis: ‘possession’
Avior
(amidships): from Latin avis for ‘bird’
Regor (mainsheet):
named in honour of astronaut Roger Chafee killed in the Apollo 1 tragedy on 27
January, 1967
Miaplacidus
(stern): ‘gentle waters’
…and in Columba, the dove –
Wazn: ‘weight’ (an olive leaf plucked off?)
Phact: ‘ring dove’
Well that all sounds nautical, even aeronautical too with an astronaut
honoured. In fact it reminds me of Noah’s ark but he didn’t need sails or
compass - all he needed was a dove. What about ships carrying Israel home?
Jacob said Zebulon would be “for an haven for
ships” in Genesis 49.
In the
1940’s the clandestine Aliyah Bet operation
assisted Jews in sailing to Palestine
but many lives were lost on the way.
On 24 February, 1942, the
Russians torpedoed M.V. Struma, helplessly
drifting while filled with Jewish refugees.
Here
we can see British ‘protection’ as they violently intercept the Jewish refugee
ship Chaim Arlossorof on 27 February
1947.
How would that be…survive
the German concentration camps only to die at sea at the hands of the Allies. It makes you wonder whether politicians will ever learn from history that God makes you pay for treating Jews rough.
…and now the U.S.S.R.
and the British Empire are just faded memories.
Well, it looks like it could be the Brits who will have to provide the Jews
with both sea and air transport next time around - Isaiah 60 verses 8 and 9
tell us:
“Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the
doves to their windows? Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of
Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with
them…”
Okay, does ‘Welcome aboard!’ mean anything for Christians?
Here’s what the apostle Peter had to say:
“…the longsuffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were
saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us…by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven…” 1 Peter 3:20-22
Ah, so the Lord Jesus Christ is our ‘Ark’ to take us home. You know, I
think Argo might link with Cancer after all…
You’ve got to be aboard to get home safe!
NEXT: The King of kings and Lord of lords
Acknowledgements: Stellarium
Photo
credit: cjhsla.org
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