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Romans 1:20-23
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have
been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For
even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile
in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools,
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of
birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

Some in seeking an explanation for this passage declare that the complexity, vastness, and wisdom
manifested in the creation all point back to a divine Creator. While this is true, there is much more
intimated through these words of the apostle. The creation shows forth the glory of the Creator in very
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specific ways. In this same book Paul quotes from the 19 Psalm.
Romans 10:16-18
However, they did not all heed the glad tidings; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. But I say, surely they have never
heard, have they? Indeed they have; “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to
the ends of the world.”

Whose voice has gone out into all the earth? It is the voice of the stars!

Psalms 19:1-4
The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there
words; Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their utterances to
the end of the world.

Is there not a parallel between the words “The heavens are telling of the glory of God,” and “For since
the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been
clearly seen”? Accepting that Paul included the stars and heavens as part of the creation that he said
was displaying the knowledge of God, we can make some correlation between his succeeding
statements and the constellations of the heavens.

Paul stated that mankind “exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of
corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.” The constellations
display the conflict between Satan and the Son of God. Satan is observed in many images. He is
Draco the dragon, Serpens in the hands of Ophiuchus, Cetus seeking to destroy the virgin Andromeda,
Hydra, the seven headed dragon, Scorpio with the sting in its tail wounding the heel of Orion, etc..
Yahshua, the only begotten Son of God is depicted in constellations that bear the names of various
men of myth: Hercules, Orion, Ophiuchus, Perseus, Bootes, etc., as well as some animals; Leo the
lion, Aries the ram.

Truly it can be said that men became vain in their imaginations and their foolish hearts were
darkened. They exchanged the glory of God for images “in the form of corruptible man and of birds
and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.” These images became the objects of man’s worship.