BIBLICAL ASTRONOMY – AS IN HEAVEN SO ON EARTH – THE NUMBER 50 AND MORE

Continuing with notes from “Wheel of Stars” by Andrew Gabriel Roth. See the previous two posts.

In order to establish an ancient Scriptural mindset we need to understand and embrace the idea of the heavens ruling over the earth. This is a common refrain throughout the Bible. It is also the patterns of heaven being repeated on the earth below; “As in heaven, so on earth.”

¶Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such a high priest who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it is also necessary that this one have something to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not even be a priest, being present still the other priests that offer gifts according to the law, (who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed unto thee in the mount)…Hebrews 8.1-5

¶You, therefore, are to pray like this: Our Father who art in the heavens, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matt 6.9-10

Note that heavens come first, and Yeshua told us to watch the heavens for signs of our salvation coming to earth: Then there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near. Luke 21.25-28

NUMBERS HAVE MEANING

We need to allow the Bible to interpret itself and teach us! In scripture there is no such thing as a meaningless detail. This is for certain! Let’s follow this idea with the number 50: If a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof; one homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. Leviticus 27.14

So what? The 50 shekels for land is part of the valuation for the Jubilee which is a set interval from heaven of 50 years. This is not coincidence. Here is another set of 50 in construction of the Tabernacle in the wilderness: And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the border in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain in the coupling of the second. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the border of the curtain that is in the second coupling; that the loops may take hold one of another. And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold and couple the curtains together with the hooks; and it shall be one tabernacle. Exodus 26.4-6

The word for “tabernacle” in Hebrew also means “to dwell” and the Israelites dwelt 50 days when counting the omer between Passover and Pentecost. Wherever people dwell they need to eat. We saw 50 shekels is the fixed price of a homer of barley from which bread is baked. Now we will find bread/barley and 50 again: And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed; send them away that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat. He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said unto him, Shall we go and buy bread for two hundred denarius and give them to eat? He said unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. Mark 6.35-40

The men sat in groups of 50’s and 100’s. Fifty divides perfectly into 100. Then we see 50 x100 = 5000, the people fed. This is no coincidence. We began with a heavenly pattern of 50 years for a Jubilee, then go to the earthly pattern of the land involved in the Jubilee having a value of 50 shekels. Two Jubilees = 100 years.

Then we see the tabernacle having 50 holes for loops and hooks, one for each day of counting the omer. We see in Mark 6 where people are fed bread in groups of 50 and 100 equaling 5000 people being fed.

The point is these patterns are countless throughout the scriptures. They are not just coincidence. It points to a Master Architectural design. It majestically and elegantly repeats over and over throughout scripture. It all has meaning that is hidden in plain sight. Yahweh, the Great Mathematician is speaking to us through numbers!

We have twelve constellations in the heavenly story in the stars known by the Greeks as Zodiac. See this chart that explains the Witness of the Stars to the Gospel story of Yeshua. https://nebula.wsimg.com/e85e386438ff74405d24afaf55c86984?AccessKeyId=D40106E1331C24ABD7C3&disposition=0&alloworigin=1

We are not into Astrology...we are into Heavenly Astronomy. It is the Witness of the Stars as in Ps 19. In Hebrew the word for constellations is “Mazzaroth.” Yahweh is speaking to us through the heavens.

12 Tribes, 12 Apostles, 12 Major constellations in the Heavenly Stars witness to Yeshua’s birth, ministry, and death. In the book of Revelation we see 24 elders before the throne of the Eternal worshipping Him.

In 1 Chronicles 24 King David establishes 24 Courses of Priestly service for the Temple Solomon is going to build. 12 x 2=24 each course served for one week in rotation twice a year (48 courses). During the Feasts of the Lord (Lev 23) they all served. This filled the yearly Biblical calendar service in the Temple. As in Heaven so on earth.

Each of the twelve constellations contain 3 lesser Constellations for a total of 36 + 12 = 48.

The number 48 relates to the 24 courses of priestly service which King David Established in 1 Chronicles 24. Each course of priests served two one week periods of service in the Temple during the year—equaling 48 weeks. During the Feasts of the Lord all the priests served at the same time. This covered the full 52 weeks of a solar year.

In the heavenly tabernacle we see 24 elders worshipping at the throne. As in heaven so on earth! Yahweh is speaking to us in the stars.

Using the information in 1 Chronicle 24 and these courses of service we are able to determine Yeshua’s birth as Zechariah served in the 8th course in Luke 1:5. Ahhh, once again the calendar contains the hidden information!