Today’s Topic: Signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars
Scripture: Genesis 1:14,15; Matthew 24:17,30; Numbers 24:17; Matthew 2:1,2
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now in the past few messages we talked about the shaking of the heavens and the demonic kingdom falling out of the eternal heavens into the realm of time and space on Earth. But the question is when will this happen and what are the signs? Now we talked about the signs in the heavens, do we believe that there will be signs in the Earth to let us know when these things will happen? Absolutely! One thing that is consistent about God, when dealing with mankind, there is always a warning of an event or consequence that will come about either by sin or just by mere sequence of events in time. Now, what do you think would have happen if God did not warn mankind about the flood? Then mankind would cease to exist and the program of God to have sons, fails. God knows our pattern of thinking and reasoning and He knows if He did not give us a sign or warning then we would not be able to stand when events in our lives happen that will challenge our very existence. The Return of the Lord is no different. So what are the signs in the earthly heavens (those we can see) that will tells us of eternal events impacting time? Well let’s start with the statement of Jesus in Matthew 24:30:
“And then shall appear a sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory”
Now Jesus is telling you a sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven. Well what type of sign? Before we answer this we need to understand which heaven Jesus is talking about. Jesus is talking about the earthly heaven, the stars, sun and planets we can see. So we will receive a sign prior to the Lord returning. Has there ever been a time where this has happen such as a sign in the earthly heavens? Yes and you will find this to be unique when I explain this. Let’s look at Numbers 24:17. Here in this scripture we see a prophecy of Jesus but in the same scripture we see these words: “There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre will rise out of Jacob.” Now if the prophecy is talking about Christ then in this scripture there is a star that is associated with the coming of the Lord. Well there are thousands of stars, how will you know the difference between those and this one star. Let’s jump to Matthew 2:1,2. Here we see the story of the wise men and they are inquiring about the King of the Jews that was born. Now I know at Christmas time we read this all the time but we miss the subtle things in this very scripture that is crucial. How did the wise men know to look for the Newborn King of the Jews at that exact time? Well look at their answer in verse 2: “We have seen HIS STAR in the east and are come to worship him”. So the wise men knew that there was one particular star that when it was visible to them they knew that the King of the Jews had been born.
Now what that means is that the world was given a sign to know that Christ had been born. But unless you know and understand what to look for as signs of the return of the Lord, you will be lost. Now I need to stop here and in the next message we will look at this particular star that the wise men saw and understand that we will be given signs in the heavens to know something from the eternal is now impacting time. But we need to understand how these wise men know this star from all the others.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
