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Thursday, September 05, 2019

The Melchizedek Chronicles - Who is the mysterious Biblical person Melchizedek? What is his role in God's Plan?

Seven concentric circles - explosion of the Creator's Thought 
Seeking Out Seekers of Truth


The Melchizedek eight pointed star

Who is the mysterious Biblical person?
Never born and never dies?

Melchizedek has been around since the Beginning of Time and serves as the overseer of God's Plan for Creation.  Melchizedek calls God the Unknowable One, since only the Creator can know the Creator, the Oneness responsible for all that is. 


Every person out there should have heard of the name Melchizedek.  A most mysterious person of the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah, and Islamic Qur’an, Melchizedek is clearly one of the closest people to the Creator, the protector of the Mission of Jesus, the Overseer of all of Creation, and the best friend the Human race will ever find.


The duties of Melchizedek extend to long before the appearance of mankind on Earth.  According to Melchizedek, the Big Bang took place nearly 30 billion years ago.  It took nearly three billion years before Earth formed and became hospitable for humans.


Our record of the past is very, very limited so far.  Melchizedek speaks of a total of seven Human Life Cycles on Earth, of which this is the last.  Our known history dates back a few million years within the current seventh cycle, leaving billions and billions of years of our time on Earth unknown to us.


The point is there is incredible information from our true past we are yet to discover and it will be necessary to discover before we reach the End of Time.


In the course of being around all those billions of years, Melchizedek had to guide humanity through Christian, pagan and other forms of civilization throughout time as all humans are God's children.


In this, the Christian era, our sacred knowledge is limited to a few thousands of years yet it s critical to our understanding of all that took place before.  Since we do not view humanity as a single entity, as God intended it to function, we must rely on those sacred teachings where we find Melchizedek in various religions and this is what you would find.
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Melchizedek [N] [E] [H] [S]

Priest of "God Most High" who appeared in patriarchal times, but whose significance was remembered throughout Old Testament times and eventually explained in the Book of Hebrews.
Melchizedek and Abraham.  Melchizedek of Salem came out to pronounce a blessing on Abraham who was on his way back to Hebron after rescuing Lot from Kedorlaomer, king of the East ( Gen 14:18-24 ). Melchizedek provided food and wine for a sacral meal. As they ate, Melchizedek pronounced a blessing on Abraham in the name of God Most High.

The willingness with which Abraham acceded to Melchizedek as a priest of God Most High is a most interesting aspect of this narrative. This name apparently connoted the same meaningful theology to Abraham as the name "God Almighty" ( Exod 6:3 ). Abraham also equated God with "Creator of heaven and earth" ( Gen 14:22 ; cf. v. 19 ) in his ascription-confessional to the king of Sodom.

A Priest Forever. Psalm 110:4 reads: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.'" This is a royal psalm. Two significant points are made about the One who is to sit at God's right hand. First, the order of Melchizedek is declared to be an eternal order. Second, this announcement is sealed with God's oath. Neither of these affirmations applied to the Aaronic order of priesthood.

Jesus Christ as the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek. The Book of Hebrews presents Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, as a priest after the order of Melchizedek (4:14-7:28, esp. 5:5-11 ; 6:13-7:28). The author draws directly from Psalm 110:4 several crucial points to explain that the high priesthood of Christ has superseded and is superior to the priesthood of Aaron.

First, the priesthood of Melchizedek is an "order forever" ( 5:10 ). In contrast, the priesthood of Aaron had a history of disruptions and termination.

Second, the references to being "without father or mother" ( 7:3 ) and to being an "order forever" ( Hebrews 7:3 Hebrews 7:16 Hebrews 7:17 Hebrews 7:24 ) are to be understood as referring to the kind of priestly order rather than to the longevity of a particular priest of Abraham's time. Jesus even carries the longevity of his priesthood back to the Godhead (Hebrews 7:15 Hebrews 7:26 ; cf. 1 Peter 1:20 ).

Third, the divine guarantee for the priesthood of Melchizedek rests on God's oath.

For the writer of Hebrews to look at these Old Testament passages about Melchizedek along christological lines is in keeping with the practice of other New Testament writers. Early Christians were convinced that it was they upon whom the end of the ages had come and hence felt that the Old Testament was written in some divinely intended way to point to them.
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Melchizedek [N] [B] [H] [S]

King of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20 . He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Psalms 110:4 . The typical significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 7. The apostle there points out the superiority of his priesthood to that of Aaron in these several respects, (1) Even Abraham paid him tithes; (2) he blessed Abraham; (3) he is the type of a Priest who lives for ever; (4) Levi, yet unborn, paid him tithes in the person of Abraham; (5) the permanence of his priesthood in Christ implied the abrogation of the Levitical system; (6) he was made priest not without an oath; and (7) his priesthood can neither be transmitted nor interrupted by death: "this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."

The question as to who this mysterious personage was has given rise to a great deal of modern speculation. It is an old tradition among the Jews that he was Shem, the son of Noah, who may have survived to this time. Melchizedek was a Canaanitish prince, a worshipper of the true God, and in his peculiar history and character an instructive type of our Lord, the great High Priest ( Hebrews 5:6 Hebrews 5:7 ; 6:20 ). One of the Amarna tablets is from Ebed-Tob, king of Jerusalem, the successor of Melchizedek, in which he claims the very attributes and dignity given to Melchizedek in the Epistle to the Hebrews.
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Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [S]

King of justice
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Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [H]

(King of righteousness ), king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abram in the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings valley, brought out bread and wine, blessed him, and received tithes from him. ( Genesis 14:18-20 ) The other places in which Melchizedek is mentioned are ( Psalms 110:4 ) where Messiah is described as a priest forever, "after the order of Melchizedek," and ( Hebrews 5:1 ; Hebrews 6:1 ; Hebrews 7:1 ) ... where these two passages of the Old Testament are quoted, and the typical relation of Melchizedek to our Lord is stated at great length. There is something surprising and mysterious in the first appearance of Melchizedek, and in the subsequent reference to him. Bearing a title which Jews in after ages would recognize as designating their own sovereign, bearing gifts which recall to Christians the Lords Supper, this Canaanite crosses for a moment the path of Abram, and is unhesitatingly recognized as a person of higher spiritual rank than the friend of God. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, he is lost to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition pronounces Melchizedek to be a survivor of the deluge, the patriarch Shem. The way in which he is mentioned in Genesis would rather lead to the inference that Melchizedek was of one blood with the children of Ham, among whom he lived, chief (like the king of Sodom) of a settled Canaanitish tribe. The "order of Melchizedek," in ( Psalms 110:4 ) is explained to mean "manner" = likeness in official dignity = a king and priest. The relation between Melchizedek and Christ as type and antitype is made in the Epistle to the Hebrews to consist in the following particulars: Each was a priest, (1) not of the Levitical tribe; (2) superior to Abraham; (3) whose beginning and end are unknown; (4) who is not only a priest, but also a king of righteousness and peace. A fruitful source of discussion has been found in the site of Salem. [SALEM]
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Melchizedek

During Abram's sojourn in Canaan this priest and king met and treated him with hospitality (Genesis 14:18-20 ). Much mystery appears to hang about this distinguished personage. Various theories have been advanced concerning him. Some assert that he was God Almighty. This is not a fact, for he was "the priest of the most high God" ( Genesis 14:18 ). Others assert that he was Jesus Christ. This is not a fact, for he was "made like the Son of God" ( Hebrews 7:3 ). It is asserted in the Scriptures that he was a man ( Hebrews 7:1-4 ). If you will reflect that the Scriptures deal with him in his official capacity, the difficulties and mysteries surrounding him will immediately vanish. Let us take a closer view. The history of the world, from the Biblical standpoint, naturally divides itself into three different periods, which for want of better terms I will designate, the Patriarchal dispensation, the Jewish dispensation, and the Christian dispensation.

Each dispensation is characterized by a priesthood peculiarly its own. There was no regular priestly line from the transgression to the giving of the law of Moses. In a general way, it may be asserted that every man was his own priest ( Genesis 4:1-4 ; Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 15:8-18 ; Genesis 26:19-25 ; Genesis 31:43-55 Genesis 35:1-15 ; Genesis 46:1 ). During this age Melchizedek appeared. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God. We know nothing of his duties or prerogatives as priest or king.

We know that he did not belong to any special priestly order. His priestly office was independent of all other men. In the priestly office he was without father, and without mother, and without descent. No record was kept of his installation as priest, his official acts, or his death, hence, so far as the record is concerned, he was without beginning of days or end of life. At the inauguration of the second dispensation an entire family was set apart to the priestly office, and the priestly office remained in that family, and was transmitted from father to son and from generation to generation to the death of Christ ( Exodus 29:1 Exodus 29:29 ; Numbers 17:1-13 ; Numbers 18:1-7 Hebrews 7:11 Hebrews 7:23-28 ). David predicted that a priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek ( Psalms 110:4 ).

This is repeatedly affirmed by the author of Hebrews. The priesthood of the Christian dispensation is after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron. Jesus became a priest when he entered heaven by his own blood ( Hebrews 8:1-4 ; Hebrews 10:11-12 ). His priesthood is independent. He had no predecessor, and he will have no successor. He will remain in heaven and officiate as priest until the work of redemption is done.
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Gib Kocherhans wrote an article titled "The Name “Melchizedek”: Some Thoughts on Its Meaning and the Priesthood It Represents."  He wrote this for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as Mormons.  There is a Priesthood of Melchizedek within the Mormon Church.  In these article excerpts he says;

Why, then, does that sacred priesthood, which was titled the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God, bear Melchizedek’s name rather than that of some other prophet and patriarch (see D and C 107:3). After much study, I have concluded that the name Melchizedek is a name of deep significance, and that we can know, at least in part, why the Lord selected this particular name to identify his holy priesthood.

Too often a search to understand such things ends before it begins. Old Testament matters, we often conclude, are so peculiar and unusual that few can expect to understand them. So we give no further thought to any relationship between the name and ourselves.

But what of the name Melchizedek? Here is a term even stranger to our experience than Aaron. Yet the name is so significant that it is used to identify the order of priesthood by which the Savior atoned for the sins of the world (see Heb. 5–8). Why is Melchizedek given the singular honor of having the higher priesthood bear his name when we wish to avoid too frequent use of the Lord’s name (see D and C 107:3–4).

“Melchizedek was a man of faith, … And his people … obtained heaven” (JST, Gen. 14:26, 34). But this criteria would suggest that the priesthood could just as well bear the name of Enoch (see Moses 7:13, 21)—by virtue of the compelling impact of his similar accomplishments.

In fact, this miracle of both Melchizedek and Enoch preparing and then seeing translated an entire city into the presence of God is indeed a feat so powerful upon the imagination that none should misunderstand the allusion to either a Melchizedek or an “Enochian” priesthood as being the priesthood powerful enough to take us to heaven. Perhaps at last we have found the reason.

Yet, why is it that only Melchizedek has his name used to designate the “Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God”?

We turn again to the scriptures and see that they explain that it “is because Melchizedek was such a great high priest” (D and C 107:2), and that “there were many before him, and … many afterwards, but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention” (Alma 13:19; italics added).
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In truth, there are many names and responsibilities related to the Creator given to Melchizedek and there is no one else in the sacred texts garnering so much attention and evoking so much mystery.

Clearly, this is a person of high privilege to have direct access to the Creator and Jesus Christ among many others in the world outside of time.

My intention is to let you decide for yourself.

_________________________


In an article titled THE GREEN MAN AND THE KING OF SALEM, published October 7, 2013 by Philip Jenkins, the following excerpts reflect the Qur’an and Melchizedek.
One very popular Qur’anic hero is al-Khidr, “The Green One,” who appears in Sura 18, al-Kahf, verses 60-82. Seeking Wisdom, Moses travels to meet “One of [God’s] servants”, whom commentators universally identify as al-Khidr (18.65). Moses, in unexpectedly meek mode, begs to follow the Servant as a disciple, despite al-Khidr’s constant warnings that Moses could not stand the pace.

Through Islamic history, al-Khidr has fascinated scholars and ordinary believers alike. They note that Moses treated him so respectfully, suggesting that he was very important, and perhaps a prophet, or at least a saint, a wali, a friend of God. In tradition, also, he never died, placing him in a select category limited to Idris, Ilyas and Isa (Enoch, Elijah and Jesus). In some versions, he owes this immortality to having found and drunk the Water of Life. Sufis rank him very highly as one who attained the highest levels of mystical insight.

The most important thing we know about al-Khidr is who he is not. He cannot be a Biblical figure who is named elsewhere in the Qur’an, or he would have been identified accordingly. That immediately rules out Moses (obviously), Enoch, Elijah, Jesus, and many other obvious names. Subject to that limitation, he must be a figure known in Jewish and Christian memory as a mysterious being of extreme supernatural power, one of mysterious origins, without known circumstances of birth or death.

Unless I am missing something obvious, that really leaves only one candidate, and that is Melchizedek, King of Salem. (I am certainly not the first to make that point). As I wrote in a recent post, “In the canonical Bible, Melchizedek appears briefly as a king and priest who meets Abraham, and blesses him with bread and wine (Gen. 14). Throughout Christian history, Melchizedek has fascinated readers as a forerunner of Christ, and of the priesthood.” He features frequently in European art, usually in a Eucharistic context.
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If you have not had the opportunity to meet and communicate with one having the mystical and spiritual status of Melchizedek you should try, because his perspective is with The Creator and Jesus and he has spent since the Beginning of Time trying to help guide us to eternal salvation.


For years I have been influenced by the teaching of Melchizedek and this and the other articles I write under the The Melchizedek Chronicles and previously Conversations with Melchizedek title are my attempt to share with you the enormous wisdom and teachings of this immortal being who has been to Earth many times in many forms working to keep us all on the Road to Kingdom Come.


However, it is up to you, as you travel the Road to Kingdom Come, to discover the remaining truths we must find.  No one can tell you what to think.  You and you alone, must seek out, find the answers to our salvation, and then help lead all others to salvation and reunion with the Creator.  


There is only one frequency of Truth in God's Creation as told by Melchizedek.  It has been consistent since long before humans were placed on Earth by God, and Truth has been unchanged since the Beginning of Time.

Seek it out and you will find eternal salvation.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Conversations with Melchizedek – Melchizedek? Who is this mysterious Biblical person?



Seeking Out Seekers of Truth


Who is the mysterious Biblical person?
Never born and never dies?

Every person out there should have heard of the name Melchizedek.  A most mysterious person of the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah, and Islamic Qur’an, Melchizedek is clearly one of the closest people to the Creator, the protector of the Mission of Jesus, the Overseer of all of Creation, and the best friend the Human race will ever find.


If you were to look up Melchizedek in various religious resources this is what you would find.
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Melchizedek [N] [E] [H] [S]

Priest of "God Most High" who appeared in patriarchal times, but whose significance was remembered throughout Old Testament times and eventually explained in the Book of Hebrews.
Melchizedek and Abraham.  Melchizedek of Salem came out to pronounce a blessing on Abraham who was on his way back to Hebron after rescuing Lot from Kedorlaomer, king of the East ( Gen 14:18-24 ). Melchizedek provided food and wine for a sacral meal. As they ate, Melchizedek pronounced a blessing on Abraham in the name of God Most High.

The willingness with which Abraham acceded to Melchizedek as a priest of God Most High is a most interesting aspect of this narrative. This name apparently connoted the same meaningful theology to Abraham as the name "God Almighty" ( Exod 6:3 ). Abraham also equated God with "Creator of heaven and earth" ( Gen 14:22 ; cf. v. 19 ) in his ascription-confessional to the king of Sodom.

A Priest Forever. Psalm 110:4 reads: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.'" This is a royal psalm. Two significant points are made about the One who is to sit at God's right hand. First, the order of Melchizedek is declared to be an eternal order. Second, this announcement is sealed with God's oath. Neither of these affirmations applied to the Aaronic order of priesthood.

Jesus Christ as the Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek. The Book of Hebrews presents Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, as a priest after the order of Melchizedek (4:14-7:28, esp. 5:5-11 ; 6:13-7:28). The author draws directly from Psalm 110:4 several crucial points to explain that the high priesthood of Christ has superseded and is superior to the priesthood of Aaron.

First, the priesthood of Melchizedek is an "order forever" ( 5:10 ). In contrast, the priesthood of Aaron had a history of disruptions and termination.

Second, the references to being "without father or mother" ( 7:3 ) and to being an "order forever" ( Hebrews 7:3 Hebrews 7:16 Hebrews 7:17 Hebrews 7:24 ) are to be understood as referring to the kind of priestly order rather than to the longevity of a particular priest of Abraham's time. Jesus even carries the longevity of his priesthood back to the Godhead (Hebrews 7:15 Hebrews 7:26 ; cf. 1 Peter 1:20 ).

Third, the divine guarantee for the priesthood of Melchizedek rests on God's oath.

For the writer of Hebrews to look at these Old Testament passages about Melchizedek along christological lines is in keeping with the practice of other New Testament writers. Early Christians were convinced that it was they upon whom the end of the ages had come and hence felt that the Old Testament was written in some divinely intended way to point to them.
_________________________


Melchizedek [N] [B] [H] [S]

King of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20 . He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Psalms 110:4 . The typical significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 7. The apostle there points out the superiority of his priesthood to that of Aaron in these several respects, (1) Even Abraham paid him tithes; (2) he blessed Abraham; (3) he is the type of a Priest who lives for ever; (4) Levi, yet unborn, paid him tithes in the person of Abraham; (5) the permanence of his priesthood in Christ implied the abrogation of the Levitical system; (6) he was made priest not without an oath; and (7) his priesthood can neither be transmitted nor interrupted by death: "this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."

The question as to who this mysterious personage was has given rise to a great deal of modern speculation. It is an old tradition among the Jews that he was Shem, the son of Noah, who may have survived to this time. Melchizedek was a Canaanitish prince, a worshipper of the true God, and in his peculiar history and character an instructive type of our Lord, the great High Priest ( Hebrews 5:6 Hebrews 5:7 ; 6:20 ). One of the Amarna tablets is from Ebed-Tob, king of Jerusalem, the successor of Melchizedek, in which he claims the very attributes and dignity given to Melchizedek in the Epistle to the Hebrews.
_________________________


Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [S]

King of justice
_________________________


Melchizedek [N] [B] [E] [H]

(King of righteousness ), king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abram in the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings valley, brought out bread and wine, blessed him, and received tithes from him. ( Genesis 14:18-20 ) The other places in which Melchizedek is mentioned are ( Psalms 110:4 ) where Messiah is described as a priest forever, "after the order of Melchizedek," and ( Hebrews 5:1 ; Hebrews 6:1 ; Hebrews 7:1 ) ... where these two passages of the Old Testament are quoted, and the typical relation of Melchizedek to our Lord is stated at great length. There is something surprising and mysterious in the first appearance of Melchizedek, and in the subsequent reference to him. Bearing a title which Jews in after ages would recognize as designating their own sovereign, bearing gifts which recall to Christians the Lords Supper, this Canaanite crosses for a moment the path of Abram, and is unhesitatingly recognized as a person of higher spiritual rank than the friend of God. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, he is lost to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition pronounces Melchizedek to be a survivor of the deluge, the patriarch Shem. The way in which he is mentioned in Genesis would rather lead to the inference that Melchizedek was of one blood with the children of Ham, among whom he lived, chief (like the king of Sodom) of a settled Canaanitish tribe. The "order of Melchizedek," in ( Psalms 110:4 ) is explained to mean "manner" = likeness in official dignity = a king and priest. The relation between Melchizedek and Christ as type and antitype is made in the Epistle to the Hebrews to consist in the following particulars: Each was a priest, (1) not of the Levitical tribe; (2) superior to Abraham; (3) whose beginning and end are unknown; (4) who is not only a priest, but also a king of righteousness and peace. A fruitful source of discussion has been found in the site of Salem. [SALEM]
_________________________


Melchizedek

During Abram's sojourn in Canaan this priest and king met and treated him with hospitality (Genesis 14:18-20 ). Much mystery appears to hang about this distinguished personage. Various theories have been advanced concerning him. Some assert that he was God Almighty. This is not a fact, for he was "the priest of the most high God" ( Genesis 14:18 ). Others assert that he was Jesus Christ. This is not a fact, for he was "made like the Son of God" ( Hebrews 7:3 ). It is asserted in the Scriptures that he was a man ( Hebrews 7:1-4 ). If you will reflect that the Scriptures deal with him in his official capacity, the difficulties and mysteries surrounding him will immediately vanish. Let us take a closer view. The history of the world, from the Biblical standpoint, naturally divides itself into three different periods, which for want of better terms I will designate, the Patriarchal dispensation, the Jewish dispensation, and the Christian dispensation.

Each dispensation is characterized by a priesthood peculiarly its own. There was no regular priestly line from the transgression to the giving of the law of Moses. In a general way, it may be asserted that every man was his own priest ( Genesis 4:1-4 ; Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 ; Genesis 15:8-18 ; Genesis 26:19-25 ; Genesis 31:43-55 Genesis 35:1-15 ; Genesis 46:1 ). During this age Melchizedek appeared. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God. We know nothing of his duties or prerogatives as priest or king.

We know that he did not belong to any special priestly order. His priestly office was independent of all other men. In the priestly office he was without father, and without mother, and without descent. No record was kept of his installation as priest, his official acts, or his death, hence, so far as the record is concerned, he was without beginning of days or end of life. At the inauguration of the second dispensation an entire family was set apart to the priestly office, and the priestly office remained in that family, and was transmitted from father to son and from generation to generation to the death of Christ ( Exodus 29:1 Exodus 29:29 ; Numbers 17:1-13 ; Numbers 18:1-7 Hebrews 7:11 Hebrews 7:23-28 ). David predicted that a priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek ( Psalms 110:4 ).

This is repeatedly affirmed by the author of Hebrews. The priesthood of the Christian dispensation is after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron. Jesus became a priest when he entered heaven by his own blood ( Hebrews 8:1-4 ; Hebrews 10:11-12 ). His priesthood is independent. He had no predecessor, and he will have no successor. He will remain in heaven and officiate as priest until the work of redemption is done.
_________________________


Gib Kocherhans wrote an article titled "The Name “Melchizedek”: Some Thoughts on Its Meaning and the Priesthood It Represents."  He wrote this for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as Mormons.  There is a Priesthood of Melchizedek within the Mormon Church.  In these article excerpts he says;

Why, then, does that sacred priesthood, which was titled the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God, bear Melchizedek’s name rather than that of some other prophet and patriarch (see D and C 107:3). After much study, I have concluded that the name Melchizedek is a name of deep significance, and that we can know, at least in part, why the Lord selected this particular name to identify his holy priesthood.

Too often a search to understand such things ends before it begins. Old Testament matters, we often conclude, are so peculiar and unusual that few can expect to understand them. So we give no further thought to any relationship between the name and ourselves.

But what of the name Melchizedek? Here is a term even stranger to our experience than Aaron. Yet the name is so significant that it is used to identify the order of priesthood by which the Savior atoned for the sins of the world (see Heb. 5–8). Why is Melchizedek given the singular honor of having the higher priesthood bear his name when we wish to avoid too frequent use of the Lord’s name (see D and C 107:3–4).

“Melchizedek was a man of faith, … And his people … obtained heaven” (JST, Gen. 14:26, 34). But this criteria would suggest that the priesthood could just as well bear the name of Enoch (see Moses 7:13, 21)—by virtue of the compelling impact of his similar accomplishments.

In fact, this miracle of both Melchizedek and Enoch preparing and then seeing translated an entire city into the presence of God is indeed a feat so powerful upon the imagination that none should misunderstand the allusion to either a Melchizedek or an “Enochian” priesthood as being the priesthood powerful enough to take us to heaven. Perhaps at last we have found the reason.

Yet, why is it that only Melchizedek has his name used to designate the “Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God”?

We turn again to the scriptures and see that they explain that it “is because Melchizedek was such a great high priest” (D and C 107:2), and that “there were many before him, and … many afterwards, but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention” (Alma 13:19; italics added).
_________________________


In truth, there are many names and responsibilities related to the Creator given to Melchizedek and there is no one else in the sacred texts garnering so much attention and evoking so much mystery.

Clearly, this is a person of high privilege to have direct access to the Creator and Jesus Christ among many others in the world outside of time.

My intention is to let you decide for yourself.

_________________________


In an article titled THE GREEN MAN AND THE KING OF SALEM, published October 7, 2013 by Philip Jenkins, the following excerpts reflect the Qur’an and Melchizedek.
One very popular Qur’anic hero is al-Khidr, “The Green One,” who appears in Sura 18, al-Kahf, verses 60-82. Seeking Wisdom, Moses travels to meet “One of [God’s] servants”, whom commentators universally identify as al-Khidr (18.65). Moses, in unexpectedly meek mode, begs to follow the Servant as a disciple, despite al-Khidr’s constant warnings that Moses could not stand the pace.

Through Islamic history, al-Khidr has fascinated scholars and ordinary believers alike. They note that Moses treated him so respectfully, suggesting that he was very important, and perhaps a prophet, or at least a saint, a wali, a friend of God. In tradition, also, he never died, placing him in a select category limited to Idris, Ilyas and Isa (Enoch, Elijah and Jesus). In some versions, he owes this immortality to having found and drunk the Water of Life. Sufis rank him very highly as one who attained the highest levels of mystical insight.

The most important thing we know about al-Khidr is who he is not. He cannot be a Biblical figure who is named elsewhere in the Qur’an, or he would have been identified accordingly. That immediately rules out Moses (obviously), Enoch, Elijah, Jesus, and many other obvious names. Subject to that limitation, he must be a figure known in Jewish and Christian memory as a mysterious being of extreme supernatural power, one of mysterious origins, without known circumstances of birth or death.

Unless I am missing something obvious, that really leaves only one candidate, and that is Melchizedek, King of Salem. (I am certainly not the first to make that point). As I wrote in a recent post, “In the canonical Bible, Melchizedek appears briefly as a king and priest who meets Abraham, and blesses him with bread and wine (Gen. 14). Throughout Christian history, Melchizedek has fascinated readers as a forerunner of Christ, and of the priesthood.” He features frequently in European art, usually in a Eucharistic context.
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If you have not had the opportunity to meet and communicate with one having the mystical and spiritual status of Melchizedek you should try, because his perspective is with The Creator and Jesus and he has spent since the Beginning of Time trying to help guide us to eternal salvation.


This and the other articles I write under the Conversations with Melchizedek title are my attempt to share with you the enormous wisdom and teachings of this immortal being who has been to Earth many times in many forms working to keep us all on the Road to Kingdom Come.



However, it is up to you, as you travel the Road to Kingdom Come, to discover the remaining truths we must find.  No one can tell you what to think.  You and you alone, must seek out, find the answers to our salvation, and then help lead all others to salvation and reunion with the Creator..

Monday, July 10, 2017

The August 21 Solar Eclipse - A Wake up call or hysterical paranoia - What others are saying!

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The Divine Message Of The August Eclipse


On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will cross the entire contiguous United States, beginning in Oregon and ending in South Carolina.  Incredibly, the eclipse will actually begin as soon as the sun rises on the West Coast (the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west, but eclipses travel in the opposite direction - see here).  In other words, people will witness a black sun rising over the United States.  It has also been noted that another total solar eclipse will cross the United States at an opposite angle seven years later in 2024.

The amount of prophetic meaning behind these eclipses is simply overwhelming and I dare not attempt to interpret it all.  I'll simply share with you a few of the discoveries I and others have made and you can interpret it for yourself:
1. The August eclipse occurs exactly 33 days before the Revelation 12 Sign, beginning in the 33rd state(Oregon), and ending in South Carolina at the 33rd parallel.  I've personally verified each of these details (see herehere, and here).  Can you really chalk up the significance of this to pure coincidence or confirmation bias?  It's been noted that an eclipse like this hasn't happened in 99 years.  That would be 3 x 33 years.  What might God be communicating?  One of our readers noticed Ezekiel 33:

The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head. Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’ "


2. The eclipse is also exactly 40 days from Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement).  "40" represents a period of testing in the Bible as can been seen in the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness and the 40 days Jesus was tested in the wilderness.  This 40 day period leading up to Yom Kippur is more than random.  In fact, this period of time beginning on August 21st is called the Season of Teshuvah, which in the Jewish faith is a time to get right with God before judgment falls on the Day of Atonement.  In other words, repent before time is up.


3. While eclipses are not that uncommon, total solar eclipses only occur about every year and a half and often occur over the ocean rather than land.  Don't let anyone fool you into thinking this eclipse is nothing out of the ordinary.  Day will be turned to night all across the middle United States.  It's been 99 years since a total solar eclipse crossed the entire United States and having another total solar eclipse cross the entire United States again, forming an 'X', just a few years later is perhaps unprecedented.


4. It's been noted that the United States is the wealthiest, most powerful, and most influential Gentile nation.  It is also the world's ethnic melting pot and hosts a proto-world government in the form of the United Nations.  Lunar eclipses (blood moons) are omens for Israel whereas solar eclipses are omens for the Gentiles.  The 7 year Tribulation is also known as the Day of the LORD when God enters into judgment with the Gentile nations.  The fact that two total solar eclipses, spaced seven years apart, cross the entirety of the contiguous United States, and form an 'x' over the chief Gentile nation on earth should give you pause.


5. The Tribulation (also called Daniel's 70th Week or The Time of Jacob's Trouble) is understood to be a worldwide version of the Exodus from Egypt.  The plagues and Exodus were a sort of microcosm of the future Day of the LORD.  The ruthless Pharaoh was a type of the antichrist, the plagues were a type of the coming worldwide trumpet and vial judgments, the Exodus was a type of both the rapture and the future Israelite remnant that will escape into the wilderness, and so forth.  Even some of the minute details were types and shadows.  Moses was a type of the future "male child" (Christ and the Church) that was and will be delivered from harm's way.  He escaped the tribulation that his people endured when he was placed in a basket and ended up as a prince in palaces of splendor.  Yet his people continued to endure tribulation and suffering until he later returned to deliver them from Egypt.  Even some of the specific plagues in Egypt will be replicated on a worldwide scale during the Tribulation.  As a matter of fact, there is a direct parallel in the book of Revelation to seven of the ten plagues in Egypt (see here).  You could say the Tribulation is almost a "do-over" of the Exodus because the Israelites were not faithful to the end in the first instance, but at the end of the Tribulation will be faithful, saved, and delivered.

With this in mind, consider that the 'x' that will be formed over the United States rests right over a region in southern Illinois called "Little Egypt".  Even more - the exact point where the two paths cross is in the town of Makanda, which used to be called the "Star of Egypt".


6. The eclipse occurs in conjunction with Regulus, the "King Star".  Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and Leo is one of the two constellations involved in the Revelation 12 Sign.  The fact that this eclipse occurs in Leo, which will be part of the Great Sign the month after, is astonishing.  It's like God's trying to fix our attention on the King and on the following month's Great Sign.

Also, a reader noticed that the eclipse crosses exactly 12 states and I verified the count to make sure.  An eclipse across 
12 states just one month before the Revelation 12 Sign that features a woman with a crown of 12 stars.


7. The first major city that will witness the eclipse is Oregon's state capital, Salem.  Salem is of course the shortened version of "Jerusalem", which is the most prophetically significant city in the entire Bible.  Jerusalem was originally called "Salem" in the days of Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18) who was a foreshadowing of Christ or possibly even a Christophany.  If that isn't interesting enough, the closest road to the exact point where the two eclipses cross is Salem Road in Makanda, Illinois.  What are the chances of that?


8. After crossing Salem, Oregon, the path of totality then crosses Madras, which means "Mother of God" (reminiscent of the Revelation 12 Woman).  Then it crosses the city of John Day, which of course reminds us of the Apostle John who recorded the Book of Revelation and described to us the Day of the LORD.

After that it crosses Weiser, Idaho, which is German for "wise man".  The wise men from the east were those who were watching the signs in the heavens when Jesus Christ was born.  They followed His star and found the exact place where He was born.  Likewise we see another sign in the heavens pointing to the nearness of Jesus' return.

The path then points us to John again as it passes over Grandjean, which is French for "Big" or "Tall" John.  It then crosses Stanley, which means "stone clearing" (see Psalm 118:221 Peter 2:4-7) and Mackay, which means "Son of fire" (see 1 John 4:15Revelation 1:1419:12Daniel 10:6).

Then it goes through Rexburg ("City of the King") and Victor (Matthew 12:201 Corinthians 15:54-571 John 5:4) and then again points us to the Apostle John as it goes through Jackson ("Son of John").  The amazing message continues as it goes right through Casper, Wyoming.  "Casper" is a Chaldean name and is the traditional name assigned to the wise men/magi (see here).

The eclipse then moves through Alliance, Nebraska.  An alliance is a union of multiple parties.  The Church is soon to be brought into an eternal alliance with Christ when the Body is joined to the Head.  Likewise, down on earth a satanic alliance will soon be forming in the form of ten horns (Revelation 17:12) and a "covenant with many" (Daniel 9:27).

Next up is Ravenna, which means "raven" and points us to the days of Noah.  Noah sent forth a raven from the Ark before he sent a dove (Genesis 8:7).  Also, Ravenna, Italy was where Julius Caesar gathered his forces before crossing the Rubicon.  The term "crossing the Rubicon" is an idiom for saying "the die has been cast" or "past the point of no return".  In other words, there's no turning back.


The meaning goes on and on and that's just a small sampling.

What have you discovered?

Maranatha!


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The following are many interesting and some not so interesting comments on the article.

The Divine Message Of The August Eclipse

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Hey Gary! Add on that it's 40 days until Yom Kippur from the Eclipse.
-Beloved
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Nice catch! Just added it in: #2.
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I apologize for this being off-topic, but I did not know where to post it.

Has anyone seen the news about the Russian Mayak cubesat to be launched July 14th, and intended to be the brightest 'star' in the night sky?
Is it relevant?
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That is Extremely interesting. Russia is launching a reflective PYRAMID into space. Even the logo itself has occult symbology in it:
http://cosmomayak.ru/

(use a translator)
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And it is called MARK backwards R
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Gary dear brother, I love your remarks on the city names! Very, very interesting! How can there be any "coincidence" now? :D

I'd like to share a video link in addition to the topic of "33rd parallel" (and what its meaning is for the Freemasons that founded the US nation after all!):

https://youtu.be/FPZG9XIb4rY

MARANATHA, love you guys! ;-)
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Thanks, I will check it out!
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Any significance - August 21 2017 all adds up to the number 3. The Trinity. Also, I live in Oregon and Salem is one of the worst heathen cities in our State.
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Also the year that we last had an eclipse of this magnitude was in 1918 and in that year was the battle of Haifa which paved the way for the victory of the British army and then to the creation of Israel 30 years later. The battle of Haifa was on...Sept 23,1918!
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Creation of Israel ? I keep saying this is NOT holy land and ppl.think I'm nuts
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Not the creation of Israel. The re-birth of Israel.
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If you are not familiar with it Google the Christmas "Truce" of 1918. VERY interesting that this all happened that year, the Spirit was on the move among men and what happened along the front in the 1st Great War is amazing and rather forgotten unfortunately.
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"The virgin of Israel is fallen...there is none to raise her up...she shall no more rise" Amos 5:2 God didn't restore Israel, so who did? Why would God use the Six Pointed Star of Moloch/Saturn on Israel's Flag? Why would it be in Tekhelet Blue when the dye for the priestly attire is no longer known? Why would Jesus call Jerusalem "Spiritually, Sodom and Egypt" (Rev 11:8KJV) if He gathered Israel?
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The day of 21 August of this year is the 232rd day of the year in our calendar, by the way.
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Also, Charleston SC is it not the home of the most important Masonic lodge in America, or the oldest? Di Rome reportedly do that Satanic 'ritual' back in the 60's via telephone to the Vatican from Charleston?
As someone has already posted, perhaps this in this link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxmUnhJqcEI

has something to do with Rev 12 sign in September.
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Starts right over my head here in Salem... If we reach that day before the Lord comes, should be quite the sight.
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Isn't where the paths of the solar eclipses cross the New Madrid Faultline?
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yes, or very near it.
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Yes indeed... Though I don't plan to be here for the second one. :D
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Mormons call the spot Adam Ondi-ahman, the land where Adam and Eve were ejected from Eden; its untenable as they also teach the Mississippi River is really the Euphrates. The RLDS Church will rise as America falls from Jackson MS
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Gary - the following statement you made in this article is absolutely true - "It's been 99 years since a total solar eclipse crossed the entire United States and having another total solar eclipse cross the entire United States again, forming an 'X', just a few years later is perhaps unprecedented." I researched all of the total solar eclipses across the USA since 1776 and there is nothing like this. We had a couple of total solar eclipses 9 years apart, one on Aug 7, 1869, and one on Jul 29, 1878, but they didn't cross each other.

I appreciate all of your research and the integrity of your work. This is another awesome article!
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I've been wondering about this Islamic prophecy. I know very little about Islam but there is something in their books that talk about the end coming after "the sun rises in the west."

"Important Islamic commentators have all interpreted this verse as above-the Sun rising in the west. In the same way they interpret the verse 9 of Surat al-Qiyama “and the sun and moon are fused together” as proof of the Sun rising in the west."

"The sun and moon are fused together"....could that be this kind of eclipse, where the sun is eclipsed when it rises? I do not ask from a sense of giving credence to their religion or prophecies, but think this is intriguing, and that perhaps they will see this as a sign.

THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR WHEN THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE WEST

One of the signs given by our Prophet (saas) in the Hadiths concerning the The Last Day is that the Sun will rise in the west. The Hadiths say that the end of the world will not come before this sign occurs.

It [the Day of Judgment] will not come until you see ten signs," and [in this connection] he mentioned the smoke, the Dajjal, the Beast, the rising of the SUN FROM THE WEST, the descent of Jesus son of Mary…(Sahih Muslim)

”THE LAST DAY WILL NOT COME UNTIL THE SUN RISES FROM WHERE IT SETS. When people see it, people on earth have faith." (Sunan Ibn Majah, volume 9, p. 4362)

Important Islamic commentators have all interpreted this verse as above-the Sun rising in the west. In the same way they interpret the verse 9 of Surat al-Qiyama “and the sun and moon are fused together” as proof of the Sun rising in the west.

http://harunyahya.com/en/Articles/8533/one-of-the-signs-of
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Get Islam out of your mind, not even for one second. It is false and it has nothing to offer anyone about anything. It is simply a means to an end, and will be finally destroyed at Gog and Magog's War. 

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Anonymous..i don't think the OP was giving credit to Islam, merely pointing out they may see it as a sign on their end, even though it is false that they will interpret it to further their cause. It is clear the devil tries to mimic God and he is doing it here maybe. The person agrees it is a false religion
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Obama's 1st term logo depicts a sun rising...in the west. Obama (a muslim since his birth father was muslim so by birth he himself is one (patriarchical), unless he converted...unlikely). Thus, he was telling the muslim world that a sun (himself) will be/was rising to power in the west (i.e. western world or US). His claim or statement of being a born-again is false, everyone knows that for him to be elected he would have to say such things. Like many logos and symbols, it's there hiding in plain sight. Obama has a part in unifying the muslim caliphate against Israel/ maybe even the beast system...TBD
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@Anonymous June 30, 2017 at 8:58 PM ...Precisely. Thank you so much.
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Hillary, Anonymous,

He might as well have quoted some Hindu Rig Veda scripture, that was my point. Again, Islam has nothing to do with anything, even if he agrees it is false. Its scripture has no bearing on anything, most of all on a website that proclaims the on true God. How can anything from that religion be used to help us validate or strengthen what we already know?

And now the obligatory reference to the Clown Prince Obama? What does he have to do with an eclipse or end of days scenarios? Islam is not any beast system. This is a fashion, a trend, the current rage.

I too see Mary and Joseph on my toast this morning.
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Why couldn't islam be the beast system? It's beheading the saints, it's got a false prophet, and the inshallah is worn on the forehead and the right arm, and the jizya tax prevents buying or selling.
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Mecca sits on seven Mountains. Rome sits on seven hills. It was wounded when the Ottoman Empire fell, but has spread like locusts since then. 

Truth is ever revealing as the time comes nearer. Lots of people missed their Messiah because they thought he was born in Nazareth, not realizing he was born in Bethlehem

Rico Cortes has a great series on this. 

Shalom
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Don't overlook that the X is right on the New Madrid fault. Cannot help but wonder if our nation will one day, after we are harpazoed, be split in two by a massive quake for our role in dividing Jerusalem. Just "blogging" out loud.
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Not only for dividing that land, but for every other horror this country is guilty of lately....beginning with that quisling who painted our White House in 'rainbow' colors two years ago.
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Great article Gary! It is interesting that in Jewish tradition, solar eclipses portend judgment on the nations......certainly America will not escape the coming judgment, and is lining up to play a major role in a potential agreement to divide the Land....not good!

It is also interesting that the second eclipse in April 2024 is one month prior to the potential sign of the 7 angels and plagues, and right before the 5 months of torment of Revelation...
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How is it connected to the sign of the 7 angels?
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A couple things about this Eclipse:
At one point it will look like a Wedding Ring.
As someone posted above the two make an X above the New Madrid fault line.

Weather permitting, I will be able to see it right above my head in Sparta, TN at 1:31pm Central time.
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Interesting article, thank you for posting. I think there is more to this than just a "coincidence," but why are Christians so up in arms fighting about whether these are true signs or not? Wish others would be wanting to know this too! Oh well, all too soon we will know what it all means.
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Forgive me if I missed this above but the eclipse will be right next to Regulus in Leo. Everyone looking at the eclipse will see Regulus immediately adjacent. It's as if God is saying look at my Son.
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Nice catch! I'll add it in.
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Yes, this is an important observation. The eclipse occurring right next to the major star in Leo [the Lion of the tribe of Judah]. A foreshadowing of the brightest Star to outshine them all on the day He is unveiled to the world [the Bright Morning Star - Rev. 2:2822:16 and The Sign of the Son of Man - Matt. 24:30].
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I apologise that observation was for Nashville, I'm not in front of Stellarium can someone see if this holds true for other cities during the eclipse.
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Pastor R A Coombes wrote the book "America the Babylon", and without going into detail there is a country that receives double judgment from the Lord during the Tribulation period.The First Judgment is by Fire and the Second is by Water. I have read lately that a Solar eclipse happened around the time that Jonah went to Nineveh, and the people received the message, and the Lord spared them. I find it interesting that there is the "40" Day count from August 21 to Yom Kippur. The Lord sitting on His Throne and doling out Judgment. Pastor Coombes believed that the Lord will judge Mystery Babylon around this time. America is being warned everyday by Russia and Iran if we pursue in Syria they will nuke us. Yellowstone has recorded over a 1,000 earthquakes in the last week. The First Judgment by Fire at the start of the Tribulation, and approximately 7 years later approaching the end of the Tribulation, Mystery Babylon comes up in remembrance before the Lord for Double Judgment. Isn't interesting that the "X" marking the spot for the crossing Solar eclipses is literally right at the New Madrid Fault Line. Where the worse earthquakes in American history have been recorded. The Second Judgment is by Water as she sinks under the Waters. Food for Thought...Regardless, Your only hope is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
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It will be a bittersweet 4th of July this year...the real fireworks are yet to come.
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WOW!,...tony/vt. blessings, peace...Shalom*
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Some other interesting "coincidences":

A) The "crossing" of the two eclipse occurs in Illinois, the state where BHO starts his political career....
B) If you go to google maps and zoom around the crossing point, you see some lakes surrounding the crossing point near Cedar Lake.
All surrounding lakes appear sort of stylized dragons looking or running to the crossing point.

Blessings in Yeshua

Stephan
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Regarding Your interest in coincidences, I have leaned to observe them "As GOD incidences". FYI
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In the Isaiah's prophecy about Babylon (Isaiah 13) he mentions about "the sun darkened in its going forth", that is the same as this solar eclipse. I believe that USA is the "materialistic" Babylon (wealth and towers) and the number 13 is the prophetic number of the US (13 colonies, etc.)

There is also interesting verse 13 or this chapter. The LORD said "I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of her place..." This shaking and moving clearly point outs to the major earthquake.
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What do you think is going to happen? Financial ruin, the end of the western world? Massive depopulation as a result?

The things I have found suggest that this is a possibility.
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The large earthquake of the past on the New Madrid caused the Mississippi River to run backwards 2 times I believe. This next possible quake could divide the USA in half and knock out all bridges crossing the river. We are already a nation divided politically and racially. Jesus said a nation divided against itself cannot stand. If we divide Israel guess what!
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The seven days between the Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur are known as the "Days of Awe" (Yomin Noraim) or the terrible days. These seven days represent the seven year tribulation. The rapture occurs on the Feast of Trumpets, then begins the seven year tribulation, and then the second coming, seven years later on Yom Kippur!
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Wow.....!
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The Great American Eclipse August 21, 2017,a warning? 33 days later The Revelation 12 Sign.

Perhaps another warning from Ezekiel 33? 

‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.' Ezekiel 33:6
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Now that is interesting! Very interesting!
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Nice catch. Added that in to #1.
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Traditionally, a great solar eclipse means of of two things: a great war, or a powerful earthquake.
Who knows? 
What of this eclipse traversing 12 states? The 12th chapter of Revelation and 12 disciples.
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Awesome that you spotted that. Just added it to #6.
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I've felt for a while that August will be significant but I haven't been able to find anything besides the eclipse. I wonder if something will happen to the US between the eclipse and the rapture that we'll be here for. Maybe it's time to stock up on water and food just in case and if we're not here for it then hopefully someone else will find it and be able to use it.
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I found it interesting that the width of the eclipse path is 70 miles wide. Especially considering it's been 70 years since the UN resolution in 1947 that allowed for the formation of the Jewish state of Israel.
Regarding the above:

"For the 2017 eclipse, there is a strip of land about 70 miles wide or so (called the 'path of totality') that stretches from central Oregon through South Carolina." (Found on www.eclipse2017.org)
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"About 220 million folks live within one day's drive of the totality path. That 70-mile-wide (113 kilometers) path extends from the coast of Oregon through Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina." (Found on: www.heavenlysign2017.com)
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Also interesting since this eclipse seems to be a forewarning of the upcoming tribulation (also called Daniel's 70th Week).
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Scripture does not describe a 7 Yr Tribulation; only a 1260 Day 3 1/2 Yr Great Tribulation. It's a Private Interpretation of Daniel 9:27 to arrive at this conclusion.
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Eclipse expert Jay Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College in Massachusetts writes:

"In addition, the Aug. 21 event will be the first-ever solar eclipse whose path of totality hits no country other than the United States. (The last one to meet this geographical standard occurred before the nation gained its independence in 1776.)" [found at www.heavenlysign2017.com]

-It would appear that whatever the message God is giving with this solar eclipse - it is strongly intended for us here in the U.S.
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Brilliant post. Two months ago, God revealed to me the interpretation of the Aug. 21 eclipse: The "handwriting is on the wall." Judgment is coming for America, who has become "Mystery Babylon,.
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How did He reveal this to you?
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By revelation from the Holy Spirit. Does not the New Testament say that when you receive the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit will tell you of "things to come and will lead you (believers in the Lord Jesus Christ) into all truth"? The Holy Spirit is our teacher, counselor and revealer of truth. DId not the Holy Spirit reveal to Anna and Simeon that the child brought into the temple by Mary and Joseph was the Messiah and that before they died they would see this promise come to pass? Part of the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to reveal certain events of the future to a believer who believes this truth. Does not The Word of God say that He will do nothing before He reveals it to His servants the Prophets? The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, both to Old Testament believers and New Testament as well. So, why would it be so incredible for me to say that the interpretation of the Great American Eclipse was revealed to me by the Holy Spirit as "the handwriting is on the wall, your kingdom is divided", which are the same words spoken by God in the book of Daniel to Nebuchanezzar's Grandson for their brazenness in drinking from the Holy vessels of God of Israel without having any regard for their celebration of their wickedness or any fear of the God they were offending as imposters standing as worthy recipients of these Holy vessels devoted to the worship of the One True God. America has done the same thing today, reaping all the benefits of the blessings of God bestowed on a nation that at one time owed all to the God who made them that nation and now who want to throw God out of every aspect of life in America. When God says time is up, then it remains for us, as believers, to be in agreement with Him, for He is perfectly just and fair, not willing that any should perish, but at the same time, we are admonished to remember the goodness and the severity of God. I bow before Him, leaning not to my own understanding, in all my ways acknowledging Him, knowing He will direct my path. Maranatha.
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Ok, Carol. I thought that you would have answered how He told you in conversation or appeared to you in a vision. Too much of that today.

Bless ya
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Witchcraft is Babylon; Initiated Secret Societies the Tower of Babel. Babel means Gate of El; El is the Phoenician version of Saturn/Satan, seen in Babylon "Bate of On" where Osiris is also Saturn. America is only the Scapegoat for Babylon much like the Catholic church is the Scapegoat for MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT; MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS UPON THE EARTH This is so the world will accept the rule of Antichrist (Alternative Messiah), the Scapegoats for Rev 17, 18 and 19 are all in place
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20 days prior to the eclipse is the 9th of AV Hebrew month-known to be a bad omen for Israel-always judgement(book of Lamentations)and is a month prior to Feast of Trumpets-followed by Rev 12 sign.
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33 = 'Thirty-three is the number of a Sign'
www.gods-kingdom-ministries.net/teachings/books/the-biblical-meaning-of-numbers/chapter-5-numbers-31-40
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Whilst forty (40) is associated with testing, it is also linked with change & transition, and change of the scale that the number 40 is linked to is rarely smooth and calm, but with great resistance, frequently and sadly with violence. Change is coming.
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Does the "X" that the two eclipses form have anything to do with what is being called Planet X?
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Maybe x marks the spot where the mountain that is carved without hands strikes the feet of the statue and cracks the crust of the earth????????
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I had a dream last night, I saw small fires popping up over some hills as I was looking back, I saw smoke rising in several places. I became somewhat alarmed and wanted to leave. I was telling people we need to leave but there was no urgency from others. The fires began to explode and people began panicking and trying to leave. It seemed to me I was somewhere with only one exit as the road was packed with vehicles trying to get away.

Suddenly a river of water came rushing toward us destroying everything in its path, literally ripping roads apart like they were make of paper. It destroyed everything leaving a rushing gorge of water moving in every direction. I felt total peace as I saw a wall of water overtaking my car. It was like being a surfer looking at a monstrous wave approaching. I remember vividly saying "Jesus forgive me, Jesus I love you and Jesus protect my children." 8 immediately woke up. 

I have never had a prophetic dream...that I know of... i do not know if this was one but I have been feeling for some time that things are rapidly accelerating and we are moving toward a point of no return. 

I feel an urgency to warn people and am amazed that people seem so complacent including Christians, most seem cluless and do not want to acknowledge something is coming! It breaks my heart. I pray the Lord will shake this country so people WAKE UP before He pours out his judgement! 

P.S. I live in Missouri and wonder if my dream was a picture of what will happen if the New Madrid splits this country in two! Maranantha!
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I am a born again christain. I backslid terribly but buy the mercy and grace of God he pulled me and my wife back to him.When I felt the holy spirit fill me I also saw a vision of fire meteors whatever falling from the sky on America. I also saw or heard a voice poining me to ACTS 2:17-22 and Revelations 12. Understand this was about 3 months ago at that time God placed on my heart a urgency to tell about these 2 scriptures. So this is what I have been doing but like you most don't seem to care or think I am crazy. After reading and doing research I realize that God was telling me to go out and spread the good word if Jesus before its too late to go reap the fields there are still some that want the Lord in their life. I also know that end is coming. I don't know exact dates or times but I do know that Jesus is coming to collect his bride (rapture). This is not the judgement coming which is to occure after Jacobs trouble. This is what I know by the Holy Spirit. Amen
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The most important part to note with all these signs in the heavens is the fact that they are aligned to Biblical High-Sabbaths.

Biblical high-Sabbaths that the christian world state are done away with, fulfilled, for the Jews, nailed to the cross etc etc etc

The fact that YHVH, our God aligns events to His (eternally commanded) High Sabbaths yet christians (wrongly) believe they no longer are valid, should raise concern in all christian churches as to why they should return to His "Law of Moses" to walk by

The same "Law of Moses" our Messiah walked in.

The same "Law of Moses" we will be judged by

All christians should commit to repentance & consider walking the way that our example walked. As a Law abiding Jewish Messiah.

Salvation is from the Jews (John 04:22) so please consider doing it the Jewish way & walk in His "Law of Moses" as Jews have done for thousands of years....
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The Jews do not walk in the LAW of Moses. They walk in Talmudic Judaism which is adding to Torah...
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You are partly correct & partly incorrect. Just like Christians have the commentary & creeds of the 'Church fathers' & many others since, some of it complimentary & some of it antagonistic, the Jews also have their own commentary (complimentary & antagonistically), theirs going back (arguably) 3,500 years. Modern Christian theology & doctrine draws from this pool of commentary to produce the various sects (denominations) of Christendom, which whilst there are some agreement, there is also much disagreement, esp. between Roman Catholicism & Protestantism, the latter having its own subset of sects. Talmudic Judaism draws from the Tanakh, just like Christendom also draws from both the Tanakh (Old Testament) & the New Testament. One only has to go to any Christian bookshop to see Christians equivalent of the Talmud. Each has its fair share of commentary, principally focused on interpreting scripture based on each commentators perspective, learning & (perceived) insight. This is little different from the Talmud, which is also rich & deep, but like Christian commentary, is open for discussion & contention, using succinct & concise arguments to support or rebuffing of a matter. Just like not all Christians agree with a particular theology or doctrine, the same applies to Jews, hence the variations of denominations.
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As an example, Jeff Black (below) has selected a passage from Lev 12 to formulate his perspective, interpretation & possible application to pending events. There is nothing wrong with this & it may be valid, where it's validity may be argued &/or supported by readers/commentators, whether Jew or Gentile. Of course in regards to the matters of this solar eclipse, we can consider & ponder what this means & what our response should be, but we will all in short thrift find out in due course what if any of this discussion has been correctly interpreted & applied. In the interim, let's continue to reason & consider the various interpretations of current events in light of scripture, keeping in mind that, over the course of human (& religious) history, the majority of us have an extremely poor record of foresight using scripture, & wonderful 20/20 hindsight. 2,000 years ago, Jesus noted that the Jews should have foreseen His coming (& some did). Perhaps, just perhaps, the same will occur outcome will occur at His second coming, in this case, applied to Christians & Jews alike. Josiah couldn't possibly believe his God would talk to a pagan king (Neco) & it cost him his life. God even used a donkey. Perhaps a totally apparent left field comment that results in disparaging comments may very well be the pointer we all miss. Something to ponder & consider.
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Attempting to walk in the Law of the Old Covenant is an eternal death sentence; Jesus profits nothing to those who attempt this. There are no Legitimate Levite Priests, no Temple, no Ark of the Covenant, no Urim and Thummim and no Temple Veil.
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In Leviticus 12 is the law concerning a woman who gives birth to a male child. After birth she shall be impure 7 days. On the 8th day the child is Circumcised. Of the shedding of unneeded flesh. Then she shall remain impure for an additional 33 days. This is the law concerning a natural physical birth. Revelation 12 sign is about a Spiritual Birth. Spiritual and Physical are opposites so the days of impurity should also be reversed. Thus the 33 days of impurity come first. The eclipse happens then 33 days to September 23. At sundown on the 23 at the moment of a twinkling of an eye the day changes to the 8th day...the shedding of unneeded flesh. Then 7 more days till Yom Kipper, the day of Atonement. Those 7 days as noted above are symbolic of the 7 years of testing.
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GOD SAYS HE WILL NEVER LEAVE OR FORSAKE ME EVEN THO THIS IS SCARY....I WILL NOT BE MOVED HE IS MY ROCK MY METHSUDA AND ELROI
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There is an anonymous comment earlier about a dream. I had a similar dream this past year but it was an avalanche of snow. I was running around telling everyone to call on the Lord Jesus to save them but the people could not understand my words. I recall the children in my dream knew what I was saying. I was intially afraid by then more excited in a good way but frustrated about the people around me not believing me. A friend of mine had a similar dream of a wall of snow cascading down filling up our valley. She knew what was happening. The wall of snow was hot like fire...isn't this all interesting? -barbiosheepgirl
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Fascinating new article about the eclipse in the NY Times. Pretty incredible how huge this has become; I wouldn’t be surprised if more than an eclipse happened on that day. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/science/total-solar-eclipse-2017-carbondale-illinois.html
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And this article talks about some of the stars and planets that should be visible during this eclipse...

https://www.space.com/36721-stars-planets-visible-during-solar-eclipse.html
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Did anyone realize that the eclipse passes the Georgia Guide stones?

https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/georgia/
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Thats interesting. The Satanic elites know something is up, they probably know more than Christians. Beyonce and her Grammy performance of a pregnant woman clothed with the sun, then they tilted her chair back to the birthing position. Why would Satan bother to mock something that was meaningless? 
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blessings for all these very interesting items about 2017 eclipse.

the peak duration occurs in southern Illinois, a small area, near Makanda and Carbondale. this area has always been called Little Egypt or just Egypt. has towns called Cairo, etc.. a park is called Pyramid State Rec. Area. another is Egyptian Hills. Devil's Kitchen Lake.

this is where the best ancient Mounds have been found. Cherokees used to live here, Cherokees are Assyrian descent, and are actually Israeli Jews. the eclipse peak occurs ~1,000' from Mt Hebron Road.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE 2024 ECLIPSE CROSSES 10.1 MILES FROM THE 2017 PEAK SPOT.

this is a trillion x trillion chance.

2017 eclipse max time is 2 min 42 sec

2024 eclipse max time is 4 min 28 seconds

total time is.......... 7 min 0 seconds!!!!!!!

both eclipses occur at almost the same time of day, both on Monday!

2017 eclipse peak duration time latitude is 37 deg 34' 04.3N (corrected for lunar limb profile)

2024 eclipse peak duration time latitude is 25 deg 17' 12.4N

average is 31 deg 24' 08.4N

this is the latitude of 7 miles (11.2km) south of Hebron, Israel. the 2017 eclipse max duration is at Mt Hebron Road!

the 2024 eclipse peak duration is near the Lazas River and town of Lazas (as in Lazaras), Mexico. exactly straight north is Alliance, Nebraska, where Carhenge is.

both 2017 and 2024 eclipses cover Hawaii. both start and end at about the same longitude--amazing!

waiting for God's blessed trip to Heaven.
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The pile of crap itself. And no one politician attempts to take it down!
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"Cherokees are Assyrian descent, and are actually Israeli Jews"
I stopped reading right there.
Why people like you come here???
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Assyrians are not Jewish or Israeli.
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I agree Anonymous (July 2, 2017 at 10:40 AM) 

We need a cleanup on aisle http://www.unsealed.org/2017/06/the-divine-message-of-august-eclipse.html#comment-form to have these kinds of cpmments removed.

As this site gets more popular, more and more people with wildly divergent/questionable views will show up and post nonsense. I'm surprised we haven't been visited yet by those street corner preacher guys who insist they are the real Hebrew Israelites

I don't mind having my views challenged, but if it's not overwhelmingly convincing and scripturally supported, I don't even want to see it. I'm always reminded that Christ warned us foremost to "not be deceived". For Christ to remind us often of that says much about the level of deception in the last days. 

And unfortunately it doesn't take much to deceive people. When you consider how many people in the world already follow cults and false religions, it's easy to see how many more would be deceived into following a false version of Christianity, which we know will happen with the soon arrival of the antiChrist.
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regarding weiser, in German 'weise' means wise, wise man, aus dem Morgenland the (three) Magi... 'Weiser' means pointer, indicator, which seems could possibly make it even more significance...
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It's of interest that Zedek, or Jupiter, re-enters the stick figure of Virgo by crossing the line between Theta Virginis and Spica on 21 August, as can be seen in the following link, plug in August 21st for the date, daytime, and find Virgo:

https://in-the-sky.org/skymap.php

Maybe this will have something to do with the "peace process" which the US is helping to mediate...
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There's more!

http://tinyurl.com/ybwmmbwt
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I am still wondering how Noah's last 7 days works into this, unless that is some type of tribulation or grace period before the door shut.
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All a bunch of false teaching . Hello and when it happened 80 years ago Eclipse oh my ... Just more junk someone using to sell a book and make money .Just like the leis of the blood moons a few years back .
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All a bunch of false teaching . Hello and when it happened 80 years ago Eclipse oh my ... Just more junk someone using to sell a book and make money .Just like the lies of the blood moons a few years back .
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Here is a shot of Zedek as it reenters Virgo crossing the line from Theta Virginis to Spica, on 21 August:

http://www.starrynighteducation.com/skychart/index.php#Req=4&LatD=31&LatM=4.7400000000000375&LatRG=N&LonD=97&LonM=28.37999999999994&LonRG=W&HH=02&Min=00&AmPm=2&MM=8&DD=21&YY=2017&DST=Yes&SD=Yes&LocMMA=&LabStar=Yes&Lab=Yes&Cons=Yes&Hor=Yes&SG=&PW=410&PH=358&Az=120&FOV=57.6&Alt=25&Elev=3&LocN=Earth&Explore=No&
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Some pieces I’m putting together that feel significant, even if a little scattered at the moment...

When Jesus was talking to his disciples about the 2nd Coming, he told them: Mark 13:24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.”

According to the way things are lining up, this August 21, 2017 solar eclipse seems to be lining up with a possible soon catching-away of the church and also matches up with this verse: "For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.” (Is. 13:10)...Interestingly, most moons during solar eclipses are at least in a low percentage of illumination. However the 8/21/17 moon is a 0% light....a perfect New Moon.

http://www.moongiant.com/phase/8/21/2017

7 years later...on the April 8, 2017 solar eclipse...once again we have a 0% illumination New Moon!
http://www.moongiant.com/phase/4/8/2024 ....which could be a perfect fulfillment for the 2nd Coming.
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A friend shared this today and shows also why the blood moons have always been relevant and still are:

https://youtu.be/xxCAMOcq6eE
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There is 2423 days from one eclipse to other one the mark the big X. 2423 in Hebrew means "Beast"
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stupid, the sun never moves from west to east.
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No one says it does. Read the article again my friend.

" Incredibly, the eclipse will actually begin as soon as the sun rises on the West Coast (the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west, but eclipses travel in the opposite direction - see here)."
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What would be "stupid" is to believe people on the West Coast don't experience a rising sun.
From the vantage point of someone on the West Coast the sun still appears to rise in the east (just like everywhere else). I never said anything different. I even made that clear in parenthesis. However, the shadow of solar eclipses does travel in the opposite direction (west to east).
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I find it very interesting that Space X is sending an unmanned capsule called the Dragon around the moon as a test flight for the very first consumer flight to the moon scheduled for next year. This test flight is planning to launch sometime later this year, at one point they said it would be this fall. I don't know if there are any other signs of the Dragon in the stars or planets, but it would be interesting if anyone knows.
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There are speculations on the dragon thing, there is one that google sky has covered up.
https://youtu.be/9L9Yyi9VpS4




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