Biblical Patriarchs Were Astronomers

Joseph: Man of God and Genius of the Old World

If you enjoyed yesterdays Vlog (video blog), you may be blessed by a brief review today of the information about Joseph. I think it bears repeating. And I pray that you are blessed.

One of the greatest architects of the ancient world, and the first recorded designer in the history of Egyptian architecture, the Egyptian designer, physician and Grand Vizier Imhotep served as chief minister to the Third Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser (ruled c.2670-2648 BCE). 

He is believed to have been the architect of the first temple of Edfu, on the Upper Nile. More importantly, he was responsible for the first monumental stone building, Djoser's Step Pyramid at Sakkara, which rises to a height of 200 feet in six steps, and is the earliest example of this particular form of religious art in Ancient Egypt. 

A theorist as well as a builder, Imhotep wrote an encyclopedia of architecture that continued to influence Egyptian architects for millennia. In addition to his pioneering work on Egyptian pyramids, he was also revered as a physician, and may have been the original author of a medical treatise (the Edwin Smith papyrus) now in the Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York. Supposedly born a commoner... Imhotep rose to become one of the most powerful officials in Egypt, and his influence lived on until long after his death. His impact on Egyptian art is incalculable. (Architecture of Ancient Egypt Series: Imhotep http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/imhotep.htm)

It was Imhotep who designed and built the first pyramid of Egypt. And he is credited with being the inspiration for the other pyramids as well. Imhotep's teaching and influence affected not only the architecture of Egypt, but its layout as well.

And it is through Imhotep's architecture and influence upon Egypt's structures and layout that we find a deep understanding of Biblical astronomy and the heavenly wonders of the one true God. What did Imhotep know of the one true God? As Biblical archaeologist, Ron Wyatt, discovered and explained, Egypt's Imhotep was the Joseph of the Bible!

The Bible tells us that Joseph spent his time in Egypt teaching the Egyptians of Yahweh and leading them in worshiping Him. 

Psalm 81:3-5  "Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn Feast Day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt..."

Since Joseph lived before Moses (who wrote the books of Genesis to Deuteronomy), his Bible was the stars. We know that Joseph taught the Egyptians about the true God because stone monuments from ancient Egypt list "high priest of Heliopolis" among Imhotep's titles. This title means that Imhotep (Joseph) was not only second in command to Pharaoh, he was also the high priest who lead all of Egypt's worship. And the faithful Joseph only led all of Egypt in the worship of Yahweh.

Thus, during the time of Joseph, all of Egypt worshiped the one true God, putting aside their former idolatry. No wonder Egypt prospered and arose from a small civilization to a wonder of the ancient world! And it is also no surprise to see how mightily Yahweh judged Egypt, when 430 years later, in the time of Moses and the enslaved Children of Israel, the Egyptians had returned to their false gods. Each of the ten terrible plagues God sent upon Egypt were a direct exposure of their false gods impotence.

But while Joseph was alive, and for quite a long period after his death, Egypt became a mecca of godly wisdom. And since the only Bible of the day was the stars and constellations, Egypt's art and architecture is saturated with depictions and references to the Mazzaroth.

The Great pyramids, constructed after Joseph's time, but carrying on the stellar knowledge brought to Egypt by him, were built to portray Orion's belt.

The star Sirius was aligned to Abu Ruwash, which is 8 km to the North of Giza,  the site of Egypt’s most northerly pyramid, also known as the lost pyramid — the mostly ruined “Pyramid of Djedefre". 

At Zawyet el’Aryan there are the remains of two pyramids, the first one is The Layer Pyramid and the second is an unfinished Pyramid, all that stands now is a square base on which the core of the pyramid would have been constructed. When we look for a correlation, we find that Zawyet el’Aryan is in correlation to Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri which is a red giant star located about 68 light years away in the  constellation of Re'eym (now called Taurus).

"Dendera Zodiac" from the Temple ceiling in Dendera, Egypt

The "Dendera Zodiac", as it is wrongly called, is an ancient Egyptian portrayal of the original 48 constellations, found on a temple ceiling in Dendera. This ancient planisphere is yet another evidence that the ancient Egyptians not only know the constellations, but considered them to be deeply significant in worship.

The name Aldebaran is Arabic and translates literally as “the follower”, presumably because this bright star appears to follow the Pleiades, or “Seven Sisters” star cluster in the night sky. This takes us further south and so we finally reach Abusir which an extensive necropolis of the Old Kingdom period, together with later additions – in the vicinity of the modern capital Cairo. This Necropolis has a total of 14 pyramids at the site, which served as the main royal necropolis during the Fifth dynasty.

There are three mayor pyramids at Abusir. Abusir correlates to the Pleiades star-cluster, located in the "neck" of the great bull (Re'eym, now called Taurus). 

Image from “The Hidden Records.”

Saqqara was designed and built by Imhotep (Joseph) and covers an area of around seven by 1.5 km. This region also shows correlation with the Milky Way and these structures are placed with an incredible alignment of the stars.

Also in lower Egypt following the Milky Way, we will find the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid in perfect correlation. 

Image from "The Hidden Records"

The Pyramid complex at Saqqara also reflects the Andromeda galaxy. The correlation is amazing, and so many similar attributes cannot be a coincidence. The builders and ancient engineers in ancient Egypt obviously had incredible knowledge in Astronomy - thanks to Joseph!

They knew exactly how to place the monuments so that they reassembled what was in the “sky.” 

(Article is based upon and adapted frmo the work of Wayne Herschel: Herschel Pleiades Correlation Origin Theory EST 2002.) 

Additional source, which does not give credit to Yahweh or Joseph, but admits the amazing connection:  

https://www.ancient-code.com/egyptian-star-map/

Joseph was not an exception in his understanding of the heavens. All the ancient Biblical patriarchs studied the heavens and recognized that the Creator was using them to convey His Heavenly Message. Thus, the study of the stars was an integral part of following Yahweh. How tragic that this practice has been so paganized that the Message has largely been lost and Christians even fear to consider the sky-messages today! 

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