Category: Friday’s Factoid

Friday’s Factoid 29

April 26, 2013 · 3 Comments ·

Here is the last installment of our Zodiac rhyme. Once again it’s just me, the teacher, as the boys were far too busy SOCIALIZING this morning to get any school-work done (Hmmm, that might be worthy of it’s own post). To see the previous 2 installments click here and here.

Next comes charging the TAURUS bull,
Breathing wrath and powerful,
Vengeful gaze from horned head,
He comes to judge the quick and dead.

Two twins united in starry form,
GEMINI breeds the perfect storm,
Of Princely Judge come to rule,
And suffering servant with warrior’s tool.

CANCER represents a fold,
A circling-in, a safe stronghold,
When all God’s people shall be gathered in,
To rest securely in our shepherds pen.

As written in the Good Book’s end,
The Lion of Judah returns again.
LEO destroys the dreaded snake,
Then ascends on high His throne to take.

Friday’s Factoid 28 (by Mom)

April 18, 2013 · 3 Comments ·

We had standardized testing all this week (as required by the state of Hawaii), plus 2 birthdays, and some late nights (will post on the Starlight Snorkel outing later!) so our week was a little off. I read the material aloud to the boys but decided to give them a break from the whole typing routine. Sorry to disappoint some of our followers (you know who you are, Omas and Opas), but today’s post is only from the teacher. So here are the next 4 stanzas of our homemade rhyme about the Zodiac signs as the ancient Hebrews would have understood them.

As a sacrifice Christ’s flesh was scourged,
but from His death New Life emerged.
CAPRICORN shows the goat now slain,
and the fish, His church, the Living Gain.

From the stricken Rock fresh water burst,
to quench the desert wanderers’ thirst.
AQUARIUS shows the stricken Man,
Those who drink of Him shall not thirst again.

Two fish by cord are captive bound,
just as the Israelites were found.
Like PISCES all God’s children yearn
for their Redeemer’s quick return.

ARIES represents the Lamb,
Worthily called The Great I Am.
Slain for us but exalted high,
A faithful witness in the sky.

(An interesting note on Aries taken from Fleming’s book, “God’s Voice in the Stars”):
“About the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, the sun entered Aries on the fourteenth day of the Jewish month of Nissan. This was the day on which the Israelites were ordered to slay a lamb and sprinkle its blood on the lintel and doorposts of their houses. In the course of almost fifteen hundred years, and due to the precession of the equinoxes, the sun receded further into the sign of Aries. By the fourteenth day of Nissan in the year AD 30 (the probable date of Christ’s crucifixion), the sun stood in the head of Aries near the stars Elnath (The Wounded) and Sheretan (The Bruised).”
The author points out that due to the darkening of the sky at the time of Christ’s death those who looked for the sun would have seen these two stars instead which had been stood as prophetic witness to this very hour for millennia. Here are some more star meanings from Fleming’s book.

Friday’s Factoid 27 (by all of us!)

April 12, 2013 · 13 Comments ·

Here are the first 4 signs of the Zodiac as the ancient Hebrews saw them and their 3 deacons (smaller,corresponding signs). The illustrations are from Ken Flemming’s “God’s Voice in the Stars.”

Virgo is Mary and Coma is Mary holding the baby Jesus. Centaurus is a man-horse just like Jesus was a God-man. Bootes is the Lord our Shepherd (Sam, almost 4, with Nate’s help, and maybe a little of Mom’s, too).

Libra is a scale that weighs our sins. Crux is a cross because our sins weighed too much so Jesus had to die on the cross. Lupus is an animal that had to be killed like Jesus. Corona is a crown for Jesus because he died for us (Joel, 7 1/2.)

Scorpio is a giant scorpion trying to sting the hero who is stomping on his head and wrestling a giant snake called Serpens. Hercules is a hero killing a snake too (Nate, 6).

Sagittarius is another man-horse and the man part is an archer. Lyra is a harp to praise the hero with. Ara is a fire for Satan to burn in and Draco is Satan getting killed (Titus, 9).

Teacher’s Two-Cents (by Mom)
To help us remember the order and meaning of the 12 signs I am making up a little rhyme as we go along. Here are the first 4 stanzas:

Just like the Gospel writ of old,
The Story in the Stars is told,
Beginning with the Virgin Birth,
VIRGO shows God come to Earth.

Our sins in balance had been weighed,
And God required a Price be paid,
LIBRA shows the Scales, fair,
and the Price that God, Himself would bare.

Mortal conflict would ensue,
Our Hero’s heel would be bruised,
But He would crush SCORPIO‘s head,
And the serpent, too, is trodden, dead.

Now SAGITTARIUS doth come forth,
His double nature, being double worth,
An archer He, both man and beast,
Like our Mighty God who became The Least.