Gospel in the stars

Lawrence Narayan, Suva

Looking up at the stars and understanding its movement is much easier today due to the newest astronomy software called Stellarium. This amazing programme actually calculates and then maps out the locations in the sky of all the stars past, present, and future over thousands of years.

Some Bible teachers believe Stellarium’s projections can be utilised in the study of Eschatology, unlocking the unsolved mysteries of Bible prophecy, especially those concerning the end times signs in the sky. Modern day Bible researchers including Scott Clarke of ERF Ministries, Kade Hawkins of Prophecy News Watch, and geologist Phil Moser believe Stellarium’s insights have yet another remarkable discovery. They call it “The Great Sign of Revelation 12.”

The Magi of Matthew 2, who studied the alignment of the stars and constellations, had concluded correctly that the prophesied birth of the Messiah had finally arrived. Likewise, many of our astronomers also stare up at the constellations and believe they have discovered the story of the Messiah’s return being played out like a Gospel in the stars.

They are so excited by Stellarium’s findings that they claim God is rolling out some of the most astounding series of prophetic events in all of human history. Speculations are running wild that maybe the Great Sign pinpoints when the Church gets raptured away, or the Tribulation begins, or the War of Gog-Magog wages (Ezekiel 38).

Of all these theories, the most prominently held view theorizes the event will be the soon Rapture of the Church according to 1 Thessalonains 4:16-18.