Secrets in the Stars

Job 38:31

Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion?

This was one of the questions God posed to Job when He finally broke the silence and confronted the latter out of a whirlwind. The heavens above are vast and infinite; earth by comparison is but a mere speck, much less mortal man who inhabits this terrestrial terrain. Incredibly, God pointed Job to the stars, or rather two clusters of stars known as the Pleiades and Orion constellations, and challenged his ability to make adjustment to the movements of these heavenly bodies—something that is both unthinkable and absurd to the human mind.

Reason dictates that only God the Creator is capable of such a feat of cosmic proportion—and this was precisely what He had done. The ancients knew this fact—that the stars in the night skies tell a story:

Psalm 19:1-2
The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day utters speech and night to night shows forth knowledge.

So what am I driving at, you ask. It may surprise you to know that the geographical locations of the seven churches actually mirrored the pattern of the Pleiades, the seven sister stars cluster found on the back of the Taurus constellation! Is it just a coincidence, or is there something more to it than meets the eye? As we progress further into our study of Revelation, I will bring up more of such examples to show that whatever counsel God had predetermined in the heavens will happen on the earth, according to the time and seasons appointed.

Isaiah 46:9-10
Remember the former things of old: for I am God and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.