Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-23

| Instead or the review II Is my put"
pose to present another subject
( which has been Of such interest and
help to me that I believe it will
this column.
The earliest books in the Bible
the book of Job and the Pentateuch
were written by Moses about 27OO
B. C. But Zacharias, the father "f
+ ing His people, ETC., las He spake by
the mouth of His holy prophets
which have been since the world be
gam" etc. duke 1870, etc.. And
Peter in the temple (Acts 3:2D
speaks of the return of Christ
whom the heavens must receive I'M
til the times of restitution of all
things, which God hath spoken by
the mouth of all His holy prophets
since the world began" What
prophets were there before Moses,
and did they leave any record which
would justify Zacharias and Peter
in speaking as they did?
| God gave to Adam the first Cos
pei message which Moses has re
corded for us in Gen. 3:15: The seed
| Of the woman shall bruise the SER
| pents head while the serpent
should bruise the heel of the seed
Of the woman. Adams son, Seth,
and his descenda nts, Enos, Cainan,
Mahe 'aleel, Jared, Enoch and Me-
| thusaleh, and Methusalehs son,
Lameck, were all living when Adam
died. Each one could have told
l. ech all that Adam knew, includ-
ing that first gospel message. La
mech could have told his son, Noah,
and his grandson Shem. Sheen liv-
ed fifty years after Isaac was born,
and Isaac forty-five years after Levi
was born. Levi died only forty-five
| years before Moses was born and
could have told it all to Moses faith
er, Amram, Adam to Lamech, to
| Shem, to Isaac, to Levi, to Amram,
to Moses-only five between Adam
and Moses. The Masons have trans
mitted their secrets unchanged
| through many generations.
Written Testimony
There is, however, better testi-
mony than this, written by these
prophets. Judge IA speaks of a
| prophecy of Enoch's, the Enoch who
walked with God. And more re-
mdrkable still is the testimony writ
| ten in the heavens that declare the
glory OF God, and in the armament
that shoWeth His handiwork. Day
ur.to day it uttereth speech and
night unto night it showeth knowI-
edge. There is no speech nor Ian
| guage-its voice is not heard, but
ITS testimony has gone out through
all the earth and it's words unto the
end of the world. Psa. 19. What
is this speech? What are these
words? 1t is the story of Gods
plan of redemption which is writ
ten IN the stars, so that every man
| is without eXcuse-the invisible
thlngs OF God being understood by
20). >-''1A'o - i %
Josephus, quoting from eight ear.
Her Gentle historians whose works
are now lost, says that God gave
the antediluvians such long life
that they might perfect the things
lhat had been learned in astronO-
| my. And Persian authorities say
| that Adam. Seth and Enoch pre-
served the revelation made to them
IN Two pillars Zone of brick and the
otner OF stone describing the proph-
estes or the stars upon them. 1t is
remarkable fact that the twelve
signs of the Zodiac are the same,
poth as to their names and as to
thelr order. in all the ancient ma
ions OF the world. 1t is probable
that Egyptian astronomy must have
arisen about $500 B. c.. In ancient
Egyptian temples copies of the 70
dlac as we have it today were found
dating back. at least 1000 B. c.; and
these copies have the pictures of the
virgin, the scales, the scorpion, and
SO on down to the lion, just as we
| nave them now. Get an almanac
with these pictures in it.
If you look at the stars you will
have great difficulty in discovering
any resemblance in them to these
pictures. What, then. was the OBJ
Ject that Adam, Seth and Enoch had
in mind Gf the supposition that they
drew them is true) in drawing them?
1t was not primarily to locate these
stars, but by means of them to
make known the revelation God had
given to them through the names of
the stars Of His plan and purpose
in fulfilling the promise in Gen.
3:15.
God-Given Names
For God has given to the stars
their names. lisa. 40:26 and Psa.
147:4 tell Us, "He calleth them all
by name,' ''He counteth the num-
Der of the stars, He giveth them
all their names" Some of these
names-Orion, the Pleides, Arcturus,
the Dragon, the Gemini-are men
toned in the Bible (Amos SIS; Job
go; 1881, 32); and all of them speak
Of the seed Of the woman who is to
bruise the serpent's head and to be
bruised by him. Let us examine
them as space will permit.
There are twelve signs and each
has three consultations or Oceans.
In circle we might have difficult
! ty in knowing where to begin; but
the sphinx has solved it's own riddle
for us, for it is the head Of a wom-
an with the body of lion, and in
| the Zodiac found in the Egyptian
| temple at Denderah a sphinx is &C
! tually placed between the signs
Verge and Leon.
Beginning, then, with the virgin,
! which is pictured as woman carry
ing a branch in her right hand and
an ear of corn in her left, we have
a prophecy recalled of the promised
| seed Of the woman. Next is Libra,
the scales in which the Redeemer's
atoning work is foretold; for as we
shall see the names of the stars set
forth the price which is deficient
balanced by the price which covers;
and the three consultations Of this
sign are the cross, the victim slain,
and the crown.
The Redeemer's conflict is set
forth by the next sign-the scorpion,
seeking to wound, but itself trodden
under foot In this sign the three
consultations are the serpent strug-
Cling with a man, the man grasping
the serpent, and Hercules, the
mighty man, kneeling on one knee,