Orion The Reaper Constellation
By admin On December 8th, 2010.
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ORION, THE REAPER
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” And I looked, and behold a white cloud,
and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man,
having on his head a golden crown,
and in his hand a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out of the temple,
crying…to him that sat on the cloud,
Thrust in your sickle, and reap:
for the time is come for you to reap;
for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Revelation 14:14, 15
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We often hear the expression, “The grim reaper”.
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This old saying has often been said jokingly…“You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.”
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Well, perhaps, that one is not so funny.
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The above picture to the right does not help matters.
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“Death on a Pale Horse” – by Gustave Dore’ – Wikipedia – Public Dom.
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FINDING ORION ‘THE REAPER’…
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And yet, in the night-heavens, there is a reaper who is not so grim.
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He is known as, “Orion, the Reaper Constellation”!
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This constellation is the 3rd member of the ‘Orion Constellation’ Phenomena.
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This particular version of Orion is easily seen (if you know what to look for).
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First you must locate Orion.
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And then try to find the stars which comprise his sickle.
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The two brightest stars of his sickle are at the blade.
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These two stars are Castor and Pollux. Castor and Pollux are known commonly as being in the Gemini Constellation.
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Of course, Orion is seen in the colder months, but can even be seen starting in late summer, in the eastern skies in the pre-dawn hours of morning.
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At first, he is lying down.
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But gradually through the night and through the winter, he more and more stands upright.
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CLOUD OF WITNESSES…
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Also take note of the cloud on Orion’s backside.
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If you go out into the country on a dark, clear night, you can easily see the Milky Way running along Orion’s back side.
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This works very nicely with Orion the Reaper.
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Because the Milky Way is a heavenly cloud containing a myriad of stars.
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Thus, the white cloud mentioned in Revelation 14:14, 15, just might be referring to the Milky Way.
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“And I looked, and behold a white cloud,
and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man,
having on his head a golden crown,
and in his hand a sharp sickle.”
Revelation 14:14.
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But another verse about clouds likewise supports this conclusion…
…”Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses…
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.”
Hebrews 12:1
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CONCLUSION… the Milky Way, which is the cloud that the Orion the Reaper is sitting upon, symbolizes the myriad of stars which represents the myriad of those who serve God, throughout the heavens, as well as those whom the Lord seeks to save.
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This is a great and marvelous sign from heaven, and speaks of the infinite mercy of our Savior which transcends knowledge and gives us a glimpse of things… “which are not lawful for a man to speak” 2nd Corinthians 12:4
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TWO STARS ON ORION’S SHOULDERS…
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“And thou shalt take two onyx stones,
and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Six of their names on one stone,
and the other six names of the rest on the other stone…
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod
for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel:
and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD
upon his two shoulders for a memorial.”
Exodus 28:9-12 (condensed)
Notice that there is a star on each of Orion’s shoulders.
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This would seem to represent the onyx stones, one on each shoulder of the high priest in the Old Testament temple service.
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One stone represented 6 tribes, and the other stone represented the other 6 tribes.
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This would seem to represent God’s faithful followers throughout time.
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On Orion’s right shoulder is a red star.
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This would seem to represent those Christians who were martyred throughout the New Testament era.
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High-Priest – www.thebiblerevival.com – Public-Domain
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THE DRAGON’S “SWEET-TOOTH”
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If you look carefully, you will notice the Dragon’s lower front tooth is also red, somewhat matching the star, Betelgeuse, on Orion’s right shoulder.
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These two red stars both seem to symbolize the martyrs who have died by the hand of Satan (the Dragon).
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So to use a popular phrase, this lower red tooth of the Dragon seems to appear as his “sweet tooth” for the blood of the martyrs for Jesus.
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“BUT HIS HAND IS STRETCHED OUT STILL”
Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21
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“For God so loved the world,
that He gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:16
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PASSIONATE REAPER…
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Now during the winter and through the night, Orion begins to stand upright, as seen in the sketch on the right.
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Notice the 3 stars just inside His sickle in the left sketch.
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Also notice that Orion is seen here looking like a baseball player diving backward in a desperate attempt to make a catch.
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This Reaper is not complacent in his attempt to harvest these 3 stars.
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That should tell us something about our Savior.
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God is not just sitting up there in Heaven with His arms folded, as He sternly looks down upon us.
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No, Jesus still walks through the dusty highways and byways of this world, via His Spirit: comforting the sick, saving the lost, and freeing those who cry out to Him for deliverance from their bondage to sin and Satan, just as He did 2,000 years ago.
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WHEAT HARVEST AND THE BIBLE
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The Bible is very closely aligned with wheat and with harvesting.
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God has compared His people to wheat, and He has compared the end of the world to a great harvest.
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So, it should be no surprise, that God is just now revealing Orion, not only as Orion the Soldier, and as Orion the Archer , and as The Cross of Orion, and as Orion, The Good Shepherd…but also as Orion the Reaper.
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And it is a great privilege for Signs Of Heaven to reveal this constellation of Orion The Reaper.
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Wheat Stacks with Reaper – 1888 – Vincent van Gogh – Wikipedia – US public domain
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END OF THE WORLD HARVEST…
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WHEAT AND TARES (WEEDS)… There is coming a day when the world will come to an end.
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There will be a great harvest of all the people who ever lived. Jesus said…
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“The harvest is the end of the world;
and the reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world.
The Son of man shall send forth his angels,
and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend,
and them which do iniquity;
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire:
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:40-43
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Just as the chaff are burned at the end of the growing season, God compares this burning of chaff to destruction of the wicked at the end of the world.
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Burning_a_field_of_sugar_cane_vicinity_of_Guanica_LOC_fsac_1a34033public-domain-Wikipedia
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THE GOLDEN RULE
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“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31
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How would we want Christians to seek us out, if we were the lost ones.
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Wouldn’t we want them to seek us out…to pray fervently for us?
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Sure we would! Then let’s go do the same!
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The Bible says that the world will know us by our love.
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Do they know you by your love? Do they know me by my love?
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Okay. We’ve messed up.
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But it’s not too late. Let’s start today.
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Let’s get rid of our harsh and flippant words, and replace them with tender and sincere words in our agape desire for their lost souls…
“…behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.”
John 4:35
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Leopold Karl Walter Graf von Kalckreuth wikimedia commons public domain
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MY OWN HEART WHITE FOR HARVEST!
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Perhaps the greatest harvest we can engage in is the harvesting of God’s Word in our hearts.
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It is by hiding God’s Word in our hearts, that others may begin to see Christ in us.
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This is the evangelism in its truest form!
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There are those who travel over land and sea to win souls for Christ, and yet their own heart has never been evangelized…
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?…
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
Matthew 7:3, 5
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“GO YE”…INTO ALL YOUR HEART & PREACH THE GOSPEL
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Well, shouldn’t we get out there and win souls for Christ?
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Yes, of course we should!
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But maybe we should get busy in ways that we don’t usually think about.
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True, we certainly want to get the word out, “that people need to repent”.
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But have I repented yet?
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We can tell others about Jesus.
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But can others see Jesus in me?
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Am I consistently honest in the smallest matters of life?
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Do I unfailingly treat others with love and compassion? Do I?
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Or do I merely see people as though they are “trees walking”? (read: Mark 8:23-25).
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In other words, do I really see the people all around me as souls in need of Salvation?
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Or do I shut up my brotherly love when I shut up my Bible in the morning after study?
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Just like that old TV ad says… “Don’t leave home without it”, I should be so prayerful, that when I walk out my front door, I take my spirituality with me throughout my day!
(read: 1st Thessalonians 5:17).
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Do I smile a heavenly smile as I tell another shopper about Jesus, but then angrily retaliate when a store clerk is rude?
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Do I obsess on politics, instead of meditating on God’s Word?
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Do I look with disgust on “those perverts over there”, instead of praying for their Salvation?
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A LIFE OF SERVICE
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And so, once we really comprehend the totality of our devotion to Christ, which God requires of His sons and daughters, we can then begin to really enjoy our abundant fellowship with the Father and with His Son.
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And day-by-day, we will absorb God’s Word, by studying, by listening to audio Scripture, and by contemplating how that Word applies to our everyday life.
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And then, we can go out each with the assurance that we are a living epistle of Christ, known and read of all men!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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THE END
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A HEAVENLY HOBBY
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“Lift up your eyes on high,
and behold Who hath created these things;
that brings out their host by number:
He calls them all by names by the greatness of His might,
for that He is strong in power;
not one faileth.”
Isaiah 40:26
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The above verse is a plea from God to look up at the Heavens and behold Who has created these 
things.
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In this busy work-a-day world, there are many very interesting things which can occupy one’s time and energy: hobbies, and careers, and entertainments and 
worries, and habits, to name just a few.
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But as the child of God devotes his or her life to God, there should be a jealous guarding of one’s own heart… “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23.
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The Christian wants nothing to get in the way of running that Christian Race.
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New York Times Square – terabass – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License
Shoppers in Toronto – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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“AND WHEN YE SEE THESE THINGS…
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LOOK UP, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD”
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But having said this, there is one hobby which every ‘Noble Berean’ may take up, which only compliments the pursuit of the heavenly Prize.
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Yes, Signs Of Heaven becomes a wonderfully rewarding hobby which, unlike many less meaningful hobbies, pays off with rich, heavenly rewards. Everlasting rewards!
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And unlike the person in this photo with equipment, all you need is fairly good vision, and a dark, starry night.
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And once a person really gets to know these heavenly messengers, it will become very apparent that the message connected with these signs is truly a message to be heeded.
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Thus will the Christian be able to share this message with others. And there are perhaps many nuances and hidden biblical truths to these signs which have yet to be discovered.
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Astronomy Amateur – cropped image – Wikipedia – share-alike license
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“And 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;”
Luke 21:25
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ABOVE CHART: Summer Constellations with Doves (Sagittarius) & Woman (Ursa Major)
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FIRST FIND ORION & 7 STARS
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