Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Mrs. Don-o

What purpose would such a vision serve prophetically given that believers are admonished to watch and prepare, that the exact time will not be known but the season will be? How was the progression of seasons tracked? Astrologically.


50 posted on 07/23/2017 8:03:00 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies ]


To: RegulatorCountry
That's an interesting thing about calculating the progression of the seasons. Is it possible to distinguish astronomy from astrology at that point in scientific/cultural history? I don't know.

Nevertheless, as far as I can see, the Hebrew Scriptures do not pore over sky-phenomena astrologically. The toss-away line "And He made the stars also" in Genesis is a delicious bit of Jewish irony --- in the face of the Babylonia/Egyptian obsession over stars, a cultural trait the Jews did not share but with which, I am sure, they were quite familiar.

I remain skeptical that the stars were expected to yield any "gnosis" for Jews and Christians. I think the "watch and prepare" admonition in the Gospel means that we should look to our our spiritual state and our walk with the Lord: look to our souls, and not to the stars.

51 posted on 07/23/2017 8:37:45 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don't even know Me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson