Hi, Doves!

This weekend's featured article is entitled "The Signs of the Zodiac Foretell the Plan of God" by William F. Dankenbring. Scroll down my main page, past the Scriptures, for a link. I pray you enjoy it as much as I did!

Below is an excerpt from this fascinating article:

“In his Commentary on Daniel, that Rabbi laid it down, that the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation of Pisces betokened not only the most important events, but referred especially to Israel (for which he gives five mystic reasons). He further argues that, as that conjunction had taken place three years before the birth of Moses, which heralded the first deliverance of Israel, so it would also precede the birth of the Messiah, and the final deliverance of Israel” (p.211).

Edersheim points out that one of the smaller Midrashim, called the “Messiah Haggadah” (Aggadoth Mashiach) begins as follows:

“A star shall come out of Jacob. There is a Boraita in the name of the Rabbis: The heptad in which the Son of David cometh -- in the first year there shall not be sufficient nourishment; in the second year the arrows of famine are launched; in the third, a great famine; in the fourth, neither famine nor plenty; in the fifth, great abundance, and the Star shall rise forth from the East, and this is the Star of the Messiah. And it will shine from the East for fifteen days, and if it be prolonged, it will be for the good of Israel; in the sixth, sayings (voices), and announcements (hearings); in the seventh wars, and at the close of the seventh Messiah is to be expected” (quoted by Edersheim, p.211-212).

YSIY!

Peggy