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| zodiac part two | |
| By: alphaomega Date: July 8, 2012, 5:13 pm | |
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| The next four signs depicts the Redeemer's future work and | |
| mediatorship. This foretells the formation and work of | |
| Christians. | |
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| 5. CAPRICORN (the Horned Goat) | |
| The picture of Capricorn is shown as a fallen or dying goat with | |
| the tail of a fish. Hence, Capricorn is half-goat, half-fish. | |
| One leg of the goat is under the body and the other leg is | |
| powerless to lift the body up. The tail of the fish seems to be | |
| healthy and full of life. | |
| Capricornus is also called the Sea-goat or the Horned-goat. | |
| Capricornus in Latin means, "goat" and "atonement". | |
| The definition of the word scapegoat is: a goat upon whose head | |
| is symbolically placed the sins of the people after which the | |
| goat | |
| is sent into the wilderness in the ceremony for Yom Kippur. | |
| Ever been a scapegoat? | |
| Ever been hit with the blame for something you didn't do? | |
| That's what Jesus was. He took the blame or judgement for us all | |
| and died for it. | |
| Hebrews 9: 11-15 | |
| 11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, | |
| with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with | |
| hands, that is, not of this creation. | |
| 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own | |
| blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having | |
| obtained eternal redemption. | |
| 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a | |
| heifer | |
| sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the | |
| flesh, | |
| 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the | |
| eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, | |
| cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living | |
| God? | |
| 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, | |
| by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions | |
| under the first covenant, that those who are called may | |
| receive the promise of eternal inheritance. | |
| John 3: 36 | |
| "He who believes in the Son has everlasting lifel and he | |
| who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the | |
| wrath of God abides on him". | |
| 6. AQUARIUS (the water-bearer) | |
| Aquarius is depicted as the figure of a man, holding a urn in | |
| his left hand, and a inexhaustible stream of water is pouring | |
| out | |
| of the urn. | |
| The Babylonians also saw in Aquarius the figure of a man, | |
| pouring water from a jar. | |
| Aquarius in Latin means, "the pourer forth of water". | |
| Water is essential for life. | |
| When we are thirsty, a water-bearer is a thankful sight. | |
| Jesus is the bearer of the "living water", a spiritual well | |
| for our soul, and He is there to provide it whenever | |
| WE ASK HIM FOR IT. | |
| John 4: 7-14 | |
| 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, | |
| "Give Me a drink." | |
| 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. | |
| 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, | |
| being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" | |
| For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. | |
| 10 Jesus answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, | |
| and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would | |
| have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." | |
| 11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, | |
| and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living | |
| water? | |
| 12 "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, | |
| and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and | |
| livestock?" | |
| 13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water | |
| will thirst again, | |
| 14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will | |
| never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become | |
| in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting | |
| life". | |
| 7. PISCES (the fishes) | |
| Pisces is a constellation representing two fishes sometimes tied | |
| by their tails. One fish is headed toward the North Polar Star, | |
| and the other is parallel with the path of the Sun. | |
| The Hebrew name for Pisces is, "Dagim" which means, "the | |
| fishes". | |
| Jesus Christ is a "fisher of men" if we allow Him | |
| to fish us out of the vast, dark, ocean through faith"ing" in | |
| Him. | |
| Just as He fed five thousand people with two fishes and | |
| five loaves of bread, He feeds us providing what we need if we | |
| spend time with Him. | |
| Matthew 4: 18-20 | |
| 18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, | |
| Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net | |
| into the sea; for they were fishermen. | |
| 19 Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you | |
| fishers | |
| of men." | |
| 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. | |
| Matthew 14: 14-21 | |
| 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was | |
| moved with compassion for them, and healed the sick. | |
| 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, | |
| "This | |
| is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the | |
| multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy | |
| themselves food." | |
| 16 But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away, You | |
| give them something to eat." | |
| 17 And they said to Him, "We have here only five loaves of | |
| bread | |
| and two fish. | |
| 18 He said, "Bring them here to Me." | |
| 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. | |
| And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up | |
| to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the | |
| disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. | |
| 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve | |
| baskets full of the fragments that remained. | |
| 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, | |
| besides | |
| women and children. | |
| 8. ARIES (the Ram) | |
| The figure depicted in Aries is that of a vigorous ram or lamb. | |
| In Hebrew, Aries is called, "Taleh" and means, "the Lamb". | |
| Aries identifies the "Lamb of God". In the Old Testament if the | |
| Law was broken, a worthy "lamb" sacrafice had to be presented to | |
| God. | |
| If we break a law and are convicted, we pay the consequences of | |
| our | |
| actions. The same rule applies when we sin. But this is not how | |
| it | |
| is with God, who provides for us a substitute to take the rap. | |
| In the Old Testament, The Lord provided a ram for Abraham to | |
| offer | |
| as a sacrifice. Later God provided His son, Jesus the Christ, | |
| who | |
| paid with His own life so that - if we accept Him and "the | |
| terms" | |
| we don't have to pay for our own sin. | |
| John 1:29 | |
| The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, | |
| "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the | |
| world!" | |
| Genesis 22: 9-14 | |
| 9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And | |
| Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; | |
| and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon | |
| the wood. | |
| 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay | |
| his son. | |
| 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, | |
| "Abraham, Abraham!" So he said, "Here I am." | |
| 12 And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything | |
| to him; for now I know tha you fear God, since you have not | |
| withheld your son, your only son, from Me." | |
| 13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him | |
| was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went | |
| and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering | |
| instead of his son. | |
| 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, | |
| The-LORD-Will-Provide; | |
| as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the LORD it shall | |
| be provided." | |
| John 3: 16-21 | |
| 16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten | |
| Son, | |
| that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have | |
| everlasting life. | |
| 17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the | |
| world, but that the world through Him might be saved. | |
| 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not | |
| beleive is condemned already, because he has not beleived | |
| in the name of the only begotten Son of God. | |
| 19 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into | |
| the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because | |
| their deeds were evil. | |
| 20 "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not | |
| come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. | |
| 21 "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds | |
| may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." | |
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