In the upper part of this constellation picture of Taurus, the Bull of Judgement, is a picture of one of Taurus’ Deacons, Orion. He is the mighty Hunter with his club raised on high and the skin of a lion on his other hand. In the Book of Job, Orion is eternally linked to the 7 Stars of the Pleiades, which are riding on the shoulder of Taurus –

“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
Or loose the belt of Orion?” – Job 38:31

Of course, the 7 stars of the Pleiades refer to the 7 Churches of Revelation –

“The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.” – Rev. 1:20

Orion is a picture God placed in the heavens to reveal Jesus, who has defeated the lion, Satan (he walks about as a roaring lion), and is standing ready to destroy all his kingdom and protect His Flock, the 7 Stars held in His right hand.

But I also want you to see the long winding series of stars known as Eridanus which proceed from under Orion’s foot down into the depths below the Ecliptic, down into Hell. Eridanus is called ‘The River of the Judge and the River of Fire’. It represents the final destination of all those who resist God and who refuse to repent and receive His forgiveness, which is given in Christ Jesus. Even though the modern church does not like to preach about it, God has not failed to give this warning, both in the heavens and in Scripture. The Apostle Paul writes in 2 Thessalonians –

“. . . since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.” – 2 Thes. 1:6-10

Paul reveals that those who reject Jesus will become candidates for tribulation and finally hell. But, to those who receive Jesus and walk in the fear of the Lord, Jesus will appear with all His glory to rescue them from the wrath that is coming. This is a very serious word because God has only granted each of us a relative short time on this earth to choose. Paul also reveals that if people willingly reject the truth of God, God will send them a spirit of delusion so they will no longer be able to know the truth!

“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – 2 Thes. 2:9-12

Friends, the Lawless One is already here! Our present government is mostly operating under his influence and most of the media is as well. Truth and Justice are foreign ideas to them, and they only care for what advances their agenda. Our education system has been taken over by non-Christian forces and is training our children against our foundational beliefs. They no longer teach the principles America was founded on, such as John Adams thoughts –

“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.

Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell.

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.” – John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

Heavenly signs, earthly signs, as well as societal signs all point to the lateness of the hour so, please take this message seriously and begin fulfilling your Christian duty.

Pastor Charles Cooley, retired