In August pf 2024 the planet Jupiter will meet the planet Mars between the Horns of the constellation Taurus which could be a very bad time for the tiny nation of Israel. After all, that date will be the 9th of Av, a time on the Jewish calendar that has always proven to be bad news for the Jews. It is the date when both the former Temples of the Lord were destroyed. But this date also has meaning for the rest of the world as well. The constellation Taurus is named the constellation Shur in Hebrew. And Shur means ‘the coming judge’ in Hebrew. The fulfillment of the constellation Taurus will thus bring God’s Judgement to the earth! Just to fill out the meaning, the Hebrew name for the planet Mars is ‘Ma Adim’ which means ‘the red one’ or ‘the son of man’. Taurus also carries the star cluster known as the Pleiades on its shoulder, which means ‘the congregation’. So, in August of 2024, the meaning of Taurus will be – “The Son of Man comes with His Congregation to Judge the earth!” Also, one the Deacons of Taurus (accompanying constellations that help explain its meaning) is Orion, known as the mighty hunter who comes forth as light. Orion holds a club in his right hand with which to destroy his enemies and in his left hand the skin of a lion, showing that He has destroyed the devil who walks about roaring as a lion. Orion has a star belt known as Jacob’s Rod and Job asks “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?” According to Isaiah, this belt signifies the righteous judgement of Orion.

“Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His waist.” – Isa. 11:5

Now we know that God created the heavens and the stars (thus the constellations) several days before He created man. And God also created time as He assigned the Sun, the Moon, and the stars their rates of motion. Time is for man for God is timeless. Therefore, this constellation of Taurus has significant meaning for us, kind of like God’s star map for our trip through our history. 

How does its message fit with what we can see in the world now? The regathering of Israel to the land is almost complete and they are near to rebuilding their Temple. The nations around them are once again threatening them with annihilation and war may well start any time. Europe is bound up with the EU which is threatening absolute control over its people. (15-Minute Cities are ‘Enslavement of All the People,’ EU Lawmaker Says), China is threatening the world with its buildup of its military and it’s buying up of farmlands and resources around the world, and the United States has left its once solid foundation of In God We Trust! Every pilar of its society is now corrupted: the Church, the Government, the educational system, the financial system, the News Media, its moral concept of family, and its entertainment system. 

There is only one hope left for the United States, and that is for Remnant to rise up, filled with the Holy Spirit, and return to the word of God. Only a church like the one who began at Pentecost some 2000 years ago can weather the assault the devil is now leveling against us. Man’s ideas and plans will not meet the need. Christians trying to drive out the demons from today’s Americans infected with the ‘woke’ culture using the humanistic platitudes of yesterday’s church will have as much results as the 7 sons of Sceva did (Acts 19:14). The Church needs to relearn “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts.” 

God has promised He will send Elijah before the coming of the Lord (Mal. 4:5). When Jesus came the first time, God sent John the Baptist in the Spirit and power of Elijah, perhaps God will again send some who come in the spirit and power of Elijah? Remember, John came “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” In this day of broken families, and the indoctrination of our children into transgenderism, we need men and women to be turned back to their children, to raise them in the fear and admonition of the Lord like never before! They need to once again turn to the ‘wisdom of the just’, that is to turn back to the Ten Commandments!

“Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.” – Mal. 4:4-5

Pastor Charles Cooley, retired but still here.