The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

heavenly. B) Symbolic of the initiation of that process which is toward spiritual transformation. Genesis 28:13; Amos 9:6. 1444. Star and Crescent—A popular and enduring sacred symbol for fertility religions, primarily those ruled by goddesses. Tied to the waxing and waning of the moon, such religions take their power from the night and enjoy what they believe to be increased power when the moon is at different stages. Religions of this type tend to be very fluid, emotionally charged, and somewhat high-strung, being influenced by watery pulls and tugs of the moon. This is the universal sacred symbol for Islam. See Lunar Goddesses. 1445. Star Clusters—Constellations and generations. 1446. Stargazers—The biblical term for the ancient arts and practices of astrology. Ancient seers were sometimes seen as stargazers. Isaiah 47:13. 1447. Stars—Since time began, the stars and planets have held earth dwellers captive. According to the word of the Lord God, when creating the heavens and the earth, stars and other cosmic luminaries served an important function in the life of humanity. That of marking and announcing the times and seasons of its Creator embedded calendar. The word the Bible uses for star literally means “strew,” identifying the celestial luminaries in the skies. B) Natural objects created in the heavens to mark the seasons and times of the earth. C) Stars were often worshipped as gods and prayed to for aid, intervention, and protection. D) Stars were synonymously dubbed destiny because their timing was seen as coinciding with world events and so igniting destinies. E) Symbolically, stars refer to angels who are rulers of God’s spheres of life. F) The celestial hosts. G) Stars are synonymously applied to the Creator’s spiritual leaders and rulers of creation, being linked to divine government. In some early minds, they were viewed as the interpreters of God’s law, particularly creation laws. See Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2. That our natural creation is governed by specially assigned angels may be seen in Numbers 24:17; Acts 12:23; Judges 2:1–5; Daniel 4:13, 23. H) Stars also refer to generations of humans born from a single source. God likened Abraham’s seed as the stars of the heavens, thus equating the power of his offspring on earth with that of the stars, messengers, in the sky. I) Joseph saw his parents and brothers as part of the heavenly host. The father was the sun, the mother the moon, and the brothers (all eleven of them) as the stars as Jehovah God saw with Abraham years earlier. Genesis 11:4; Job 38:7; Isaiah 13:10 and 14:13; Amos 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Jude 1:13; Revelation 1:20, 2:1, and 12:1, 4. See Constellations and Star Clusters.