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To: pastorbillrandles

[[Having said all of that, we are forbidden to try to divine events by the position of the stars, even if it seems to fulfill scripture.]]

It isn’t divining when God gives us verses telling us that He is going to create this sign spoken of in revelations in the sky for us to behold-

Where do you draw the line between observign clear signs that God states He is goign to give us, and someone who looks to hte stars to try to predict future? Clearly on one Hand God is telling us He will send us a celestial sign that will usher in future events, and on the other we’re told not to look to the stars to try to predict future events-
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I think the answer might lie in the fact that divining is predicting while the signs God states will happen are fulfillment of prophecy


3 posted on 08/25/2017 10:42:29 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

“It isn’t divining when God gives us verses telling us that He is going to create this sign spoken of in revelations in the sky for us to behold-”

Read the chapter again. God never says “I am going to give you a sign in the heavens, look out for it”. JOHN sees a “wonder in heaven” during his visions, and writes down his description of it. There is never any instruction for us to look for a “sign in the heavens” ourselves or try to make the astrological contrivances of the pagans fit this supposed sign.


6 posted on 08/25/2017 11:07:20 AM PDT by Boogieman
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