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37 Tauri is a super-giant or red giant star in the Taurus constellation. It doesn’t have a given name, except for
the number 37. In Biblical numerology it has the meaning of God given (3=God willed or Divine) and the
completion of the earth before day seven, which represents completeness (7=Completeness). It appears in the
sky, when there seems to be authority willed by God to the heavenly sign of Divine Completeness. It is displayed
as a red circle/red plus sign in the sky maps used throughout this book. This star seems to be insignificant
without a name given by man. Nevertheless, it seems to be significant to God and His signs that are given to the
heavenly event. It can be a confirmation that this is an important Divine Event.

Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac, located between Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east. Its
name is Latin for ram, and its symbol is representing a ram's horns.

Constellation of Aries:

Ancient Greek astronomers visualized
Aries as a ram lying down with its head
turned to the right. The stars α, β and γ
Arietis mark the ram’s head and horns,
according to Ptolemy's Almagest. In
Hellenistic astrology, the constellation
of Aries is associated with the golden
ram of Greek mythology . Phrixos
sacrificed the ram to the gods and
hung its skin in a temple, where it was
known as the Golden Fleece. "Ram"
via association with the legendary
figure of Dumuzi the Shepherd.

Aries depicted as a Ram (Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825)

It seems marvelous to find in the sky the sign of the “True Shepherd,” which is Christ, “The Lamb of God,” followed
by a goat for sacrifice and then, finally followed by a ram with a Golden Fleece. This is a sign of continuing faith
in Christ as Savior, during the difficult times of the Tribulation. For, Abram was a man of faith that God blessed
him greatly. The ram was part of the sacrifice to the Lord as well as a three year old heifer and a three year of
female goat, a male lamb or ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon. It appears the order is important.

Genesis 15:7-9 “And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
to give you this land to possess it.”

8 He said, “O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?”
9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three
year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
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Faith is a response to God’s Word

Faith was not Abram working up, in himself, some confidence that God was going to bless him. Regrettably, that is how faith is
often portrayed in our day—a quality worked up in an individual who is “believing God” for a windfall of his or her own
imagination. That is not what we see in the account of Abram (ch. 15). He didn’t decide that, if he would just believe enough, God
would give him a son. On the contrary, the whole thing was God’s idea. Abram simply responded to the promise of God. Abram
simply took God at his word. The lesson is? If we desire more faith, we ought to get ourselves more familiar with God’s Word! Faith
is a response to God’s Word!
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124 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Ge 15:7–9). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

125 Strassner, K. (2009). Opening up Genesis (75). Leominster: Day One Publications.