2019 Sky Event #2

Nogah (Venus) Elongation and a Partial Solar Eclipse

Today, Venus will reach its greatest eastern elongation, at 47° from the sun. This is the best time to view Nogah (the Hebrew name for the planet which is now called Venus), as it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the bright planet in the eastern sky just before sunrise tomorrow morning. 

Venus is the second planet from the sun and is the second brightest object in the night sky, next to the moon. It is close to the same size as our earth, but its atmosphere is inhospitable to carbon-based life-forms, as we have on earth.

Nogah (Venus) is one of seven heavenly bodies, which was given a Hebrew name in ancient times. We now have nine planets (as Pluto is back in planetary status), but anciently there were five planets which were named. Additionally our sun and moon were named. But for this sky event, let's just focus on Nogah itself.

• Nogah נוגה, Venus
• Meanings: "the bright one," or "the bright planet," respectively. This is a title of Christ, Who is known as the "bright and Morning Star" (Revelation 22:16).

Nogah (Venus) will be located in the base of the scales of Mozanaim (Libra) at its greatest elongation point.

Nogah's placement in the heavens is also important to its overall message. It will be located within the constellation Mozanaim (Libra), which is the scales of justice located in the second star family. I haven't addressed this star family yet in this blog. But it is coming soon. Or you can find the information about this constellation in my book God's Amazing Star Secret (see the information at the bottom of this blog page).

Additionally, today (January 6) will also showcase a partial solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon only covers part of the sun. Visually it looks a bit like a bite has been taken out of a cookie, when you look at the sun. 

Of course, you cannot view a solar eclipse with the naked eye. Even a partial solar eclipse can only be safely observed with a special solar filter or by looking at the sun's reflection. 

Today's solar eclipse will be visible in parts of eastern Asia and the northern Pacific Ocean. The best place to view it will be from northeastern Russia, which will see it at 62% coverage.

Solar and lunar eclipses are among the "great signs" that Scripture tells us are prophetic signs of the times:

Luke 21:11"And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."

What are these "fearful signs" in the heavens? "Fearful" means "awesome", "noteworthy", "they-are-calling-you-to-reverence-God", and they warn of "impending Judgment". The reference to "signs" means they have prophetic value. In other words, our Heavenly Father is giving End-time prophecies in the sky. This is a subject which I have studied a great deal and find very fascinating. So, I'd like to share a few of these heavenly signs.

God, Creator of all, is the One Who created the heavenly bodies. He is also the One Who shaped the constellations, assigned them their original meanings, and named the stars.

Isaiah 40:25-26  "To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His Might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth."

Job 26:13  "By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His Hand hath formed the crooked serpent (this is the name of one of the constellations)." 

The prophet Joel foretold that God would be using sky events to alert the world that the Second Coming was near. 

Specifically the Bible says that the Creator will show wonders in the sun being turned to darkness and the moon being turned into blood. 

What does it mean that Yahweh will show wonders in the heavens? The word "show" is translated from the Hebrew word "nathan" meaning "appoint", "ascribe", "assign", and "make". The word "wonders" means that these appointed signs will be "conspicuous omens", which are "miraculously" done by God Himself.

Solar and lunar eclipses are in direct fulfillment of Joel 2:30-31. But to begin to see the impact of the solar eclipse, prophetically speaking, we need to go back a few years to get some perspective.

During 2014, the moon was "turned to blood" (which is a total lunar eclipse) twice. Then it was turned to blood two times in 2015 as well. Interspersed between these conspicuous blood moon events were solar eclipses.

But if all a person saw of these events was that there were four blood moons over the spring and fall of two years in a row with a couple of solar eclipses thrown in for good measure, the miraculous Hand of God would be overlooked. To see the miracle in these event, one must notice the timing in which they took place. 

First, these blood moons took place on God's Holy Appointed times - His Feast Days (Passover and Sukkot - also known as the Feast of Tabernacles - two years in a row) listed in Leviticus Chapter 23. But that's not all... there is more...  The sky events took place at precise intervals, which indicate a pattern created by design, rather than an accident.

Mankind is familiar with the concept the rhythm and interval can be used to spell words. After all, consider Morse Code. And, if any scientist should hear a Morse Code message, whether he could understand Morse Code or not, he would recognize the mathematical rhythm and know that he was hearing a message being given by an intelligent communicator. No one, hearing a Morse Code signal would mistake it for an accident, a meaningless Hodge-podge of sounds, which just happened by some random coincidence.

In these incredible sky events of 2014 and 2015, God was resounding three powerful messages – given in Morse-Code style – spelling out Hebrew words in numeric intervals!

In English, letters don't usually have stand-alone meaning. Letters gain meaning by adding them together to form words. It is different in Hebrew however. Hebrew letters all have tremendous meaning. You could write many pages explaining the spiritual meaning of each Hebrew letter. And the meaning of Hebrew words is gained by adding up the individual meanings of the letter which form that word. Additionally, in Hebrew, letters have numerical value. And numerical value is also to be understood to have great spiritual meaning, which goes with the meaning of the Hebrew letters.

With these concepts in mind, let's look a bit more closely at the exciting sky events in 2014 and 2015.

First, on April 14, 2014, there was a blood moon, which is called a total lunar eclipse. 
Then, on April 29, 2014, there was a partial solar eclipse.
On October 8, 2014, there was another blood moon event.
And the last of the eclipses for this year took place on October 23, 2014, with a partial solar eclipse.

The amazing pattern reversed in 2015, with solar eclipses starting off instead of blood moons. The blood moons still fell on Passover and Sukkot this year as well.

First, on March 20, 2015, there was a total solar eclipse.

On April 4, 2015, there was a partial blood moon. 
On September 13, 2015, there was another partial solar eclipse. 
And finally, on September 28, 2015, we saw the fourth blood moon of the spectacular tetrad.

Now as if the fact that these events occurred on God's Holy Days both years wasn't enough to show that this was the Hand of God - a miracle, done by His Design - God added an amazing "Morse-code-style" Message, spelled out in the precise intervals between events. There were three number messages given. The first number message was 15.

In 2014 the first two events took place 15 days apart.

In 2014 the second two events took place 15 days apart.
In 2015 the first two events took place 15 days apart.
In 2015 the second two events will take place 15 days apart.

Fifteen is a sacred number in the Hebrew language (remember letters double as numbers, similar to Roman numerals).  The Jews are careful not to write the number 15 in its traditional form, which would be a yod and a heh (written in black panel above) making 15. The Number 15 is the word YAH. Jews don't write a fifteen this way because they don’t want to write God's Sacred Name in common math! To prevent this, the purposely change the rule for how numbers are written and write 15 with a tet (9) and vav (6), which add to make 15. 

The use of these letters together are a call, which we can more fully understand by looking at the individual meanings of the yod and heh – It is a call for mankind to return to Yahweh and honor Him, to be cleansed of sin, and filled with His Spirit – represented in the Heh. It is a call to return to the Ten Commandments and to stand among the faithful – represented in the yod.

So the number and message of 15 is proclaimed 4x – pronouncing the Name of Yah from the Heavens with the same clarity and precision of Morse Code. And there’s more…

In 2014 there was 177 days between Blood Moons.

In 2014 there was 177 days between Solar Eclipses.
In 2015 there was 177 days between Solar Eclipses.
In 2015 there was 177 days between Blood Moons.

In Hebrew, the letter Qof is the number 100. Two letters, a resh and a zayin, combine to form the letter Qof. The zayin, to the left, descends below the line, while the resh, to the right, hovers above it. The paradoxical union symbolized by the two components of the Qof  is the secret of “There is none holy as God.” In general, the Qof stands for kedushah, “holiness.”

To make one hundred and seventy-seven – two numbers sevens follow the Qof…  Seven is the Hebrew Letter zayin. Zayin is the letter of effective Spiritual Warfare – which is the way to maintain holiness, in Yah’s Power. Zayin means “weapon” and its form represents the SWORD of the SPIRIT. 

It is also a strong call to honor Yahweh’s Sabbaths! By being doubled in this number, the message of the zayin is only increased and magnified – having two witnesses, we see this message is established by God in Heaven and will surely come to pass.

The Creator is not only calling people unto Holiness and Sabbath keeping, but also to effective Spiritual Warfare that all sins be conquered in our lives! He is, at the same time, warning that for those who reject this calling – the Sword of Judgment is coming…

The third heavenly Message that God has proclaimed in this Morse-code-like style is 162.

In 2014 there was 162 days between the cluster of events (April 29, 2014 - October 8, 2014)

In 2015 there is 162 days between the cluster of events (April 4, 2015 – September 13, 2015)

162 also starts with the letter Qof, which is the number 100, as I said before. Again, it reminds that “There is none holy as God” and stands for “holiness.”

To make one hundred and sixty-two – the numbers 6 and 2 follow the Qof…  Six is the number of man and two is the number of Messiah – Yah manifested, or Tabernacling, in the Flesh. It is a call unto man to be holy! We should experience the in-dwelling Presence of Yah in our lives now – that we will be prepared to Tabernacle with Him in Person – soon.

These Heavenly signs, which started in 2014, concluded September of 2015. 

God has given His three Messages with tremendous and notable precision. They were designed to be spectacular signs to get the whole world’s attention. And they are a powerful demonstration of what our Saviour meant in Luke 21:11,

"And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."

Certainly, today's heavenly events of the Nogah (Venus) elongation - making it a best viewing opportunity - and the partial solar eclipse are not of the same magnitude as the solar and lunar eclipses of 2014 and 2015, but according to Scripture, they are still signs. The Bible also makes it plain that they are signs foreshadowing the soon coming of Yahshua, Who is the Bright and Morning Star.

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