10-31 Matrix: Worship of gods

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Hello. My name is Paul, and I am the voiceover for a ministry provided to you by Jim Pugh at God Is Government called Your Daily Bread, taken from Christ’s teaching of the Lord’s Prayer, in Matthew 6, verse 11. This is a daily devotion ministry focused not only on uplifting Scripture, but Scripture that will grow your spiritual connection with Christ. We hope that you receive these devotions to uplift you, encourage you, but most importantly, advance your knowledge base of the Holy Scriptures. Today’s focus discussion will be on the worship of gods. Dictionary.com gives us the current day definition of star constellation as a group of stars forming a recognisable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.

Modern astronomers divide the sky into 88 constellations with defined boundaries. Stars have been named by the Luciferic system. God did not give the name of what we have become to know as planets, the star entities of God. Merriam-Webster dictionary tells us that planet goes back to ancient Greek planet, literally wanderer, which is derived from planastai, a Greek verb which means to wander. The word was originally applied to any of seven visible celestial bodies which appeared to move independently of the fixed stars, the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

In line with astronomical discovery and advancement, planets began to be used specifically of the rocky or gaseous bodies that orbit around the Sun, a definition which excluded the Moon and the Sun, but included the Earth and, as they were discovered, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union developed a narrower definition of planet, effectively demoting Pluto to the status of a dwarf planet, a celestial body that is spherical and orbits the Sun, but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit. Etymology.com tells us that planet, late old English planet, in old astronomy, star other than a fixed star, star revolving in an orbit, from old French planet, modern French planet, and directly from late Latin planeta, from Greek planetes, from asplanetai, wandering stars, from planastai to wander, a word of uncertain etymology.

Perhaps it is from a nasalised form of pae root, pele, flat, to spread, on the notion of spread out, but the semantics are highly problematic, according to Beaks, who notes the similarity of meaning to Greek plasian, to make devious, repel, dissuade from the right path, bewilder, but adds, it is hard to think of a formal connection, so-called because they have apparent motion, unlike the fixed stars. Originally including the Moon and Sun but not the Earth, the modern scientific sense of world that orbits a star is from the 1630s in English.

The Greek word is an enlarged form of plains, planetos, who wanders around wanderer, also wandering star, planet, in medicine, unstable temperature. All the names of the planets from the Luciferic system, the matrix, are names of gods and goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology. The earliest zodiac found in Egypt dates to the first century BC, the Dendora zodiac. Particularly important in the development of horoscopic astrology was the Greco-Roman astrologer and astronomer Ptolemy, who lived in Alexandria during Roman Egypt. Astrology is becoming popular, with many people regarding it to be a source of wise counsel.

What does the Bible say about those who consult with astrologers and use astrology as guidance for their lives? It’s in the Bible, Isaiah 47 verse 13 through 15, NIV. All the counsel you have received has only worn you out. Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. Surely they are like stubble, the fire will burn them up, they cannot even save themselves from the flame. Each of them goes on in his error. There is not one that can save you.

Astrology in the Bible. In this first mention of astrology in the Bible, God is speaking to the people of ancient pagan Babylon. Middle East archaeology has confirmed that astrology did indeed originate in the nation of Babylon, now called the country of Iraq. Cuneiform tablets have been excavated, depicting horoscope charts, dating from the 5th century BC and earlier. Astrology is a divination art which teaches that the relative positioning in the sky of the sun, moon and planets has an influence upon individuals and upon the course of human affairs. In our modern times, just like in ancient Babylon, a growing number of people are utilising the services of astrology consultants.

In the book of Daniel, there is narrated a profound event in the life of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. The king had a very disturbing dream and he wanted to understand its meaning. Daniel 2 verse 2 NIV informs us, so the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. What is astrology? The astrologers, also known as Chaldeans, were part of the king’s circle of so-called wise men who practiced divination. The actual word for astrology in the Hebrew language literally means divining the heavens. Divination is the act of foretelling future events, or of revealing secret knowledge by means of signs and omens or another supernatural agency.

The practice of pagan divination is prohibited by God. It’s in the Bible, Leviticus 19 verse 26 NIV, do not practice divination or sorcery. Divination was common among the pagan peoples of the Bible lands. When the Israelites were about to enter the promised land of Canaan, God warned them not to practice astrology. Says Deuteronomy 18 verses 9, 12 and 14 NIV, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination, but as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.

Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. Divination is regarded to be a grave sin. Declares 1 Samuel 15 verse 23 NIV, rebellion is like the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. For curiosity and amusement, millions of ordinary citizens read the daily horoscopes published in mass circulation newspapers. Is it okay to have this kind of casual fun interest in astrology? What counsel does the Bible give on this type of issue? In 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 22 KJV, God emphatically states that we should abstain from all appearance of evil.

Is astrology real? King Nebuchadnezzar had asked his astrologers and other wizards to tell him his dream and interpret its meaning. How did they respond? Daniel 2 verse 10 NIV informs us, the astrologers answered the king, there is not a man on earth who can do what the king asks. No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. The astrologers of Babylon were unable to help the king with his troublesome dream. However, God had blessed his prayerful prophet Daniel with the true gifts of the Holy Spirit, and he was brought before the king to interpret the dream.

The Bible says in Daniel 2 verses 27 and 28 NKJV, Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, the secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he is made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed were these. With God’s anointing, Daniel was able to then describe and explain the king’s great prophetic dream.

If there is a need to understand perplexing situations in our lives, we are wise to shun the error and evil of astrology divination, but rather let us know that there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. Like Daniel, in prayer we can turn to God for help, and in the Bible, we have the assured counsel of his truth. Astrology Bible verses Leviticus 19 verse 26, ye shall not eat anything with the blood, neither shall ye use enchantment nor observe times. Leviticus 19 verse 31, regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them.

I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 20 verse 6, and the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 20 verse 27, a man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death. They shall stone them with stones, their blood shall be upon them. Deuteronomy 18 verses 9 through 14, when thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulta with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God, for these nations which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners.

But as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. Second Kings 21 verse 6, and he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards. He wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger. Daniel 2 verse 27, Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded, cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king. Daniel 4 verse 7 and 19, then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the caldians, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them, but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

Then Daniel, whose name was Beltershazzar, was a stonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake and said, Beltershazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Beltershazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. What is the zodiac? A belt of the heavens within about eight degrees either side of the ecliptic, including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and most familiar planets. It is divided into twelve equal divisions or signs, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Verbra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

In Genesis 1 verse 14, and God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. In Daniel he speaks of a ram and a goat, but these were representative of nations and not stars. God created all the heavens, including the zodiac stars for his glory, but he absolutely does not like the idea of telling the future of anyone’s life. Thank you for joining us in this exploration of the worship of gods.

Until next time, remember to keep the faith, stay strong, and continue to shine your light in the world. To hear these daily devotions of your daily bread, please log on to goddessgovernment.com. Goodbye, and may your faith always lead the way. [tr:trw].