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Philologos The Woman as Virgo
From Signs in the Heavens - Biblical Prophecy and Astronomy by John Abent, © 1995 The Woman as Virgo The fact that the woman in Revelation 12:1-2 is clothed with the sun indicates that she is hidden - exactly what happens when the sun is in the constellation Virgo. When the sun is in Virgo you cannot see the stars that make up the constellation. Furthermore, that the sun and moon are together clearly indicates that John is describing a new moon. The only time the sun and the moon can be together is when there is a new moon, just as the only time a lunar eclipse can take place is with a full moon. A new moon always marks the beginning of a new month on the Jewish calendar. Because the sun is in Virgo, the month must be Tishri/ Marchesvan, which is our September/October. When the full moon is at the head of Virgo, without the sun, it is Nisan and Passover. Therefore, John is being very specific with his descriptions of the signs. The Lord has given us a sign that indicates that Israel's trouble (pain of labor) is about to begin somewhere around the month of some future September/October when the sun and moon are in the constellation Virgo. The precise location of the solar eclipse is at Virgo's feet in the ecliptic path of the sun and moon in the "Tail of the Dragon."
The sun moves along an ecliptic through the zodiac. An eclipse repeats itself roughly about every 18 years, 10 and 1/3 days, but "never" at exactly the same time and the same place. Are all these astronomical inferences pointing to a very specific series of eclipses? I believe they are.
John and Isaiah both describe a sunrise solar eclipse being associated with the beginning of the "Day of the Lord"... The Bible is the Word of God. John's description of the wonders that appeared in the heavens are too detailed for us to just dismiss as coincidence. Coupling John's description to the collaborative passages of Isaiah 13:10, Joel 2:1-2, Malachi 4:1-2, and Revelation 12 warrants careful deliberation. What do these prophecies mean?...
When the sun is in Virgo with the new moon it is always late September or October. This fact is absolutely reliable. When we look up at the stars at night and if we were able to see the constellation Virgo in the early morning hours (in Israel) we would note how the constellation Hydra (dragon or serpent) stands before it in the heavens in late September and October. Hydra and Virgo always appear together with the sun in the months of late September through October. During these months they always appear in the "morning hours" with Virgo standing straight up and Hydra standing before her.
Please continue this study by reading The Woman as Virgo - Part II
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