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CHAPTER 1: HEAVENLY SIGNS

God’s truth is revealed through His heavenly wonders of creation as well as His Word which has been given to

mankind. Are there signs for judgment in the heavens? Is there judgment for a nation which has turned away
from God in its government? The U.S. Courts have declared it lawful to do things which are considered an
abomination by God. Does this government call upon God in prayer for wisdom in solving its serious problems
such as its debt crisis? The United States has been extremely blessed in the past. What has gone wrong?

2 Chronicles 7:14 “and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My
face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal
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their land.”
Is it because the people will not “humble themselves” before God? Could it be as simple as humbling before the
Almighty God, the Creator of this visible world? But, the people must turn from their wicked ways. There are
numerous cases of the nation of Israel not turning from their wicked ways. The outcome has been war which
ultimately resulted in being conquered and taken into captivity. It has been an ever gradual decline in values that
has occurred over the last fifty years that brought this nation to not fear God anymore. Now, we have at least
two generations of children that have not been taught to pray. This is because the Supreme Court of this mighty
nation declared it illegal to pray in the public schools. How could the most powerful nation with its eagle emblem
fail? History repeats itself for empire upon empire has failed. The Babylonian, Persian, Grecian and Roman
Empires have all failed due to corruption. They still remain as small and insignificant countries; but they are no
longer empires with mighty powers. What happens to a people who will not humble themselves before God? We
shall look into the heavens to see if there is a sign of judgment coming to this mighty nation. In the End Times,
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there is no western empire prophesied by Daniel to come to the rescue of Israel during the Great Tribulation.
God created the heavens for greater significance than separating the day from the night. It was created to display
“Heavenly Signs.” Before there was the Word of God given to man, the heavens were used to declare the Glory of
the Creator. God had given a clear interpretation of the star constellations to Adam and Enoch, who handed it
down generation after generation. Many scholars state that God defined the star motion through the skies at the
time of creation and science has confirmed this with mathematical laws. The constellations are a set of pictures in
the sky that convey a message about creation and the plan of salvation for this world. The Constellation of Virgo
represents Christ born of a virgin. Virgo has a branch or stem in her hand which is mentioned in Isaiah 11:1. The
Virgin Mary gave birth to Christ the male child, who was from the stem of Jesse, the father of King David. The
“head and eye” of the dragon in the Constellation of Draco is over Virgo ready to devour her. This is mentioned in
Revelation 12:4. The dragon is described as the Serpent of Old, the Devil and Satan in Revelation 12:9. The
Constellation of Crater is a bowl? In Revelation 16:1, it says “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of
God.” Crater symbolizes God’s Wrath being poured out. His Judgment and Wrath of God are also symbolized by
the Constellation of Leo, the Lion. The Messiah is symbolized by the planet of Jupiter and the Constellation of
Taurus, the bull, represents a priestly sacrifice. The scales of justice are represented by the Constellation of Libra
and it symbolizes God’s righteous judgment. The Word was with God from the beginning before the creation of
this visible universe and world. The truth is the Prophetic Word is divinely-given and inspired by God to the
Prophets and Apostles. Interpretation of these heavenly signs will be validated through independent sources. The
heavenly signs will be used to look at events of over the past fifty years in America. The Bible makes a number of
surprising references to “signs” in the heavens from the Book of Genesis on creation to the Last Book of the
Bible in Revelation about the End Times. The word “sign” occurs 855 times in 806 verses of the Bible. It is key
to understanding the signifiance of the word “sign.” The first usage is in Genesis in the context of God’s creation
and establishment of the ordinances of the heavens.

2 New American Standard Bible: 1995 update. 1995 (2 Ch 7:14, Da 11-12). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.