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Isaiah 61:1-2
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings
to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the
day of vengeance of our God...
Why did not Yahshua read the phrase “and the day of vengeance of our God”? It was because this part
of the prophecy would not be fulfilled until His second appearing upon the earth.
II Thessalonians 1:7-10
When the Lord Yahshua shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Yahshua. And these will pay the penalty of aionian destruction, away from the presence of the
Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and
to be marveled at among all who have believed...
The gospel in the stars includes this event, for it encompasses the work Christ will accomplish at His
first and second appearing. For this reason, it is fitting that each of the three books in the heavens
should all end with the message of Satan being cast down and his authority destroyed.
Bullinger has identified additional patterns within each of the three heavenly books.
The first chapter in each book has for its great subject the Person of the Redeemer in prophecy and
promise. The last chapter in each book has for its subject the fulfillment of that prophecy in victory
and triumph, in the Person of the Redeemer: while the two central chapters in each book are
occupied with the work which is the accomplishment of the promise, presented in two aspects - the
former connected with grace, the latter with conflict.
Taking Bullinger’s divisions, we can view the zodiac as three books consisting of four chapters each.
These would be as follows:
Book One
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Book Two
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Aries
Book Three
Taurus
