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suggest that God taught the forebears of our race the precepts of the stars. Others suggest that Adam
and his progeny developed the science on their own, denying a divine origin. I would argue for a
divine origination of the constellations and their symbols, and in doing so I would look to the
Scriptures themselves for proof of the matter.

II Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training
in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

I believe there is sufficient evidence contained in the Scriptures to demonstrate that Yahweh is the
originator of the twelve constellations of the zodiac in their original form and significations, and that
He taught this knowledge to the earliest men. Let us begin by revisiting the first chapter of Genesis.

Genesis 1:14-18
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night,
and let them be for signs, and for appointed times, and for days and years; and let them be for lights
in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. And God made the two great
lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; the stars also. And
God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and
the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

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These words describe the work of God on the 4 day of the re-creation of the earth. As previously
shared, the work of day four was NOT the creation of the heavenly lights, but rather their
arrangement. On day one of creation Yahweh said “Let there be light” and there was light. We are
told from day one God separated the light from the darkness and there was evening and morning.
There had to have been lights in the heavens, especially the light of the sun, in order for their to be
day and night, light and darkness.

What we find occurring on day four of the creation is the ordering of the lights in the heavens.
Although the English word “made” appears in the text, the Hebrew word from which it is translated
bears a wide range of meanings. Following is Strong’s Definition of this Hebrew word.

asah (aw-saw'); a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as
follows):
KJV - accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy,
certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress (-ed), (put in)
execute (-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, [fighting-] man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather,
get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold ([a feast]), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep,
labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass,
perform, practice, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend,
surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be [war-] rior, work (-man), yield, use.

The translators of the KJV Bible have rendered this single Hebrew word in dozens of ways. In
speaking of day four of the re-creation of the earth, they could have used the words “furnished,”
“provided,” “fitted,” or “arranged” in place of the word “made.” This would have been in keeping