November 13th: Venus-Jupiter Conjunction

Hey yardstick - this post is for you! I have been meditating on a lot lately and feel I am seeing things of interest. Yet I hesitated to post because I have already said much more than I usually do. You asked if I could flesh these ideas out, and out of respect for you, I will try. What I have been trying to do is simply get a good idea of what is happening both in heaven and on earth. That sounds pretty ridiculous doesn't it! And yet I am a child of God who cares about His business and so in my small way will keep looking and watching. If these thoughts are off base, please help me see better.

Just about the time I think all the pieces of the puzzle are on the table, someone offers even more things to think about. I just heard about the January 6th conjunction of Jupiter and Mars. First thought was its just too far away to make a difference to me now. And yet loose ends are unsettling. So I dutifully did a day count and found out there are 55 days from the 12th of November till this next conjunction. So, 55 being a significant number, I believe it can't be put off as not relating to this grand drama in the heavens. But how to see it?

First of all, let me re-cap my main thought from previous posts. The conjunctions of Sept.19, Oct.5, and Nov.12 are within the time frame of the sign and represent the three most important events in human history. 1. Venus/Regulus. Jesus coming from heaven and taking on the form of a man, and presenting Himself first as the King of the Jews. 2.Venus/Mars. The climax of His purpose in being here- to die for the sins of people and rise from the dead, thus thwarting the plans of the devil and giving life to those who believe . 3. Venus/Jupiter.Jesus calling His people home to Himself at the Rapture. What then can a later Jupiter/Mars conjunction mean? I think the answer might be in Revelation 12.

It has been a challenge to make a distinction from what is depicted in the sky and when the focus turns back to earth. I used to feel that the border was likely between verse 5 and verse 6. But maybe there is a better bigger view. Verse 6 says the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God. Look back at my stage analogy. The spotlight of the sun is now focused on Libra. Mercury has passed through and is beyond the sign. Venus and Jupiter have just entered Libra. And Virgo is not the focus. The only actor left near her is Mars. and then war occurs in heaven. How the war plays out I can not say. How the fighting goes with Michael and his angels and the dragon and his angels we cannot know. But what if, as a final part of this battle, the final stage is in Libra - the court room. I think this heavenly battle is not a bloody battle anyway. I think it is a legal battle. Satan still has access to heaven and is still the accuser of the brethren. So now we have a huge court scene. Finally Jesus can present a vast number of new witnesses. And they will testify that they have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, not through force or fear but out of an agreement with God about our sin and need for a Saviour. Satan's lie that God is a tyrant and that the rebellion against Him is justified is shredded into nothing. We stand together as witnesses that we belong to Jesus and are so very very glad we do. Satan's "case" is thrown out and he and his minions are cast down to earth.

So the first three conjunctions pointed to things that have manifestations   both on earth and in heaven. For instance when Jesus came to dwell among us, heaven was missing its king. So now, with the body of Christ removed from earth, satan directs much of his efforts toward the woman and this is seen in Mars still lurking near Virgo. And after the court scene in Libra, on earth Israel will feel the wrath of the dragon because he knows he has a short time. I need to continue to look at the last verses of the chapter but time is so short. I feel it is important to take it this far and see what you think. At least it is a way to see how the later conjunction between Mars and Jupiter could relate to all the rest.

gkp very interested analysis, the stage view helps me compartmentalize what happened over the last few months and I like the idea of this as a courtroom deliberation. Hopefully the Almighty Judge soon drops the gavel!

Side note - If you werent aware when tagging someone use the @ sign ahead of their name. For example you show yardstick in the post above but in order for it to show in his notification using the @ sign before a name will help the person know you are speaking to them. Otherwise a busy guy like yardstick may not see your post

Thanks for the advice, mike . I am testing your suggestion right now. I also appreciate the comments you and MikeTaft made. We are in this together for sure and I truly value your friendship.

Ps- it worked!   let's try it again.  press the magic button....yardstick   I am thinking about you this morning, brother!

I woke up this morning very frustrated. I talked with the Father before I got out of bed, but I was still frustrated. My wife asked what was wrong. "We're still here". Her reply was, "The day isn't over yet." Then I read of three big earthquakes when I got to work this morning. Wow! And maybe Abbas will sign the peace treaty today? heh!
We wait. Even so, Come Lord Jesus!

I laughed out loud when I read this post and mike 's follow up answer. My husband was wondering what was so funny. It really shows the differences between different personalities. Yardstick (notice I didn't tag him)- likes organization and order and doesn't care for the redundancy of double tagging. He has improved greatly in his conversing and tone since he first started on the boards and I always look forward to his comments. I don't know if he is trying to be particularly funny but I do find underlying humor in posts like this one that I quoted.
mike has great things to say. You can mess mike up with Miketaft, but you can't mess Yardstick up with Metrestick. Although if Yardstick lived in Canada, it would be incorrect to use the name Yardstick and so he would have a different name. Anyways, I am just trying to point out that I like mike 's peacekeeping and his tinfoil hat wasn't too shabby either.
Thanks for the laugh this morning, guys, even if you didn't intend on it being funny.

And then there are bumkins like me out there who just discovered that little "a" with the ring around it. Big breakthrough for me! I will try very hard not to abuse this new source of power.