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His star in the east, and have come to worship Him.”

The magi announced that they had seen “His star!” This was a specific star. It was a prophetic star
declaring a message of divine importance. It was appointed to shine forth at a specific year and month
and day and hour. The magi understood the language of the heavens. They were educated in the
meaning of the constellations. If Yahweh were not the author of these symbols, how would they have
discerned correctly the heavenly prophecy?

Yahweh IS the author of the constellations and the significations that they bear. He testified on day
four of creation “let them be for signs, and for appointed times.” If they are to be used as signs,
Yahweh must not only arrange the stars and lead them forth in perfect coordination upon their courses
through the heavens, but He must communicate to man an understanding of the symbolic language
of the heavens.

In a remarkable passage in the book of Job, Yahweh mentions that it is He who directs the motion of
the constellations.

Job 38:31-33
“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion? Can you bring out Mazzaroth
(literally, “the constellations”) in its season? Or can you guide Arcturus with his sons? Do you know
the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?”

Yahweh gives names to several of the constellations of the heavens in this passage. Although there
is some dispute among Bible scholars as to what constellations these Hebrew words refer to, we can
deduce from the passage that they were well known to Job. Job lived 4,000 years ago, approximately
2,000 years after Adam was created. The manner in which Yahweh specifically names constellations,
and speaks of being the One who has established their courses through the heavens, serves as
compelling evidence that He is the originator of these starry symbols.

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16 Century Woodcut of the Zodiacal Signs

What is meant by the question “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?” The word “ordinance”
is translated from the Hebrew word “chuqqah” which means an ordinance or statute. It speaks of that
which has been established by God as law. What is being communicated by Yahweh is that there is