The Transaction of
Propitiation - The Law of the LORD is
Perfect
In eternity before
time, God, the one Being of Deity, the only God planned a creation of sons of
God in His image - a kingdom of royal priests of sons of God. This is God’s covenant with Himself - a legal
binding agreement.
The transaction or contract
of the eternal covenant for sons of God in His image is pictured in the sign of
Libra. Beginning with Libra and
following the path of the sun, the revelation in the stars tells what God
is doing; it shows His plan of a holy calling of sons of God before the eternal
ages.
The message in the
stars is obedience to the truth; sin is not the issue. The issue is that man needs a forever-living
body. Man must be born again (John
3:3).
In the gospel in the
stars, God teaches man that the Law of the Lord is perfect – and He invites or
“calls to” man giving him the opportunity to be a son of God.
The Stellar sign Libra has several meanings: “The Scale or Weighing,” “Purchase
or Redemption,” “The Mediator,” “House of Propitiation or
Station of Propitiation,” and “Yoke,
Cross Bar or Balance
Beam.”
While the function of
scales is for weighing, the primary purpose is to negotiate a transaction
for possession. The cross of Christ Jesus,
the “Yoke,
Cross Bar or Balance Beam” was “the Scale” - “the Mediator’s” instrument
for the transaction.
Two root words of the
word propitiation mean literally “the Grace of the Branch,” a fitting synopsis of the simple but
deeply profound message of Libra. Grace
is God’s great favor for man in the Son of His covenant, Jesus Christ, who is
known by the title, “the Branch” (Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15;
Zechariah 3:8; 6:12).
The three star names
of Libra are (1) “The Price Deficient,” (2) “The Price Which Covers” - “Swept Away and Covers” – “Heaped Up High” and (3) “The
Price of Conflict,” along with the decans of Libra, “The
Cross,” “The Victim Slain” (“Lupus”) and “The Crown” accurately tell forth the details of the great
favor of God in “the Branch.”
God’s
plan to have man in His image requires two bodies. Men born in mortal bodies of the earth, bodies
of flesh, are deficient of the image of a son of God. The body of flesh falls short of the glory of
the image of a son of God (Romans 3:23). Man in the flesh needs a covering that is
sufficient.
Before God entered
time, a contract or transaction took place in the counsels of the eternal God. In order to accomplish His purpose to have
sons of God in His image, God must have an image. God’s life must be put in a mortal body of
the earth; therefore, one of the beings of Deity must take a body of
flesh. One of the three personal beings
of Deity must take a body for a material physical image of God, a body where
God can be seen. God is not a creation;
God has no beginning or end – He is eternal.
A body must be brought forth so that God can be led forth
to be seen. One of the three personal beings
of Deity must bear the same image as the man they purposed to create; one must
be birthed in a body of human flesh but not birthed of the seed of man. The seed of man will reproduce a “body that
is dead because of sin” (Romans 8:10) – a body consigned to return to the dust
of the ground. One of the three personal
beings of Deity must become a birthed Son of God birthed of a virgin in a
mortal body of humanity of the earth earthy.
God offers man propitiation
(a meeting place) – “The Price Which Covers”
for “The Price Which is Deficient”
(a body of flesh). “The Price Which Covers” is the
resurrected body of the Son of God. The
resurrected body has “Swept Away” that which is deficient “and
Covers”; “Heaped Up High” is the glory of the resurrected body.
Man needs a “Mediator.”
A Mediator is an arbitrator for legal counsel.
God would send the Mediator, the man
Christ Jesus in the likeness of man, in a flesh body of humanity so that man
might unite himself to God. Deity unites
Himself to His creation of man in a body.
God the Father would prepare
a body and enlife it for His birthed Son. The body prepared for the birthed Son is a seed
coat that covers the eternal life within. In order for man to have a deathless body
raised from the dead, it is imperative that he choose to unite himself with the
incorruptible seed, the covenant Son, the begotten Son.
The Word of God is
the only incorruptible seed with the power of life eternal to raise a body out
from the dead, deathless to die no more. “The Mediator,” the meeting place – “the
House of Propitiation” are the same.
The man Christ Jesus, God’s birthed son, is “the Mediator” between
God and man; He is the negotiator. His
body of flesh prepared in the womb of the virgin enlifed by the Father is the
meeting place, “the House of Propitiation.”
God desires to build
a household of sons of God, a royal priesthood. The birthed Son is the incorruptible seed, the
power of God unto salvation to whosoever will believe and receive the gift of life
(Romans 1:16). The body of Jesus is the
tent of meeting. The transaction for a
possession, man in God’s image is accomplished in the eternal God before time
began.
The scale of Libra is
perfectly balanced, although not identical, as indicated in the star names – “The
Price Which is Deficient” and “The Price Which Covers.” How can they be perfectly balanced when the
star names are “The Price Which is Deficient” and “The Price Which Covers”?
The pictorial is
clear. Having no power to be raised from
the dead, man’s body of flesh is lifeless. However, the birthed body of Jesus has the
power of an endless life. The
birthed body of Jesus is the only body of humanity brought forth from the womb
that holds immortality. The birthed body
of the child born is in the likeness
of man, “the Price Deficient” for a son of God. Jesus, the Son begotten from the dead, is “the
Price Which Covers” – man in the image of God.
Enlifed
by the Father, the incorruptible seed has the power of life to be raised from
the dead a Son of God, the Son given, “the Price Which Covers.” Only the Son given, the begotten Son of God,
the first-born from the dead provides “Redemption” for God’s creation of
humanity. Therefore, the balance of the scale
of Libra is equal because of the Life of the incorruptible seed. Held in the seed coat is Life everlasting (“the
Price Deficient”) and the Seed is
Life everlasting (“the Price Which Covers”) making the weight the same.
The last price in the
sign is the third star, “The Price of Conflict.” For God the Son to step willingly out of
eternity and into time and take upon Himself the likeness of the man He
fashioned – a body that He retains forever and ever is an act of infinite
condescension.
God is other than His
creation. He is Spirit Being of Deity. His choice was a voluntary service of supreme love.
There are three personal beings of one essence
of Deity. Deity is a being of
spirit. The three personal beings are
one in essence, one spirit of life, love and light, having the same mind, the
same will and the same emotions. In
every way, the three persons are equal in the essence of Deity, the essence of
God. A being of spirit – immaterial and
invisible, does not have an image. God
does not have a visible, corporeal image.
Choosing to cover His
essence of Deity with a mortal body of flesh and blood and lay it down as a
propitiation (meeting place) for mankind to be raised up in a body of Spirit is
truly the act of love beyond understanding.
“The Price of Conflict” agreed upon in
eternity past was lived out in time in the Garden of Gethsemane and finished at
the cross of Calvary. It is one thing to
weigh in the balance “the Price of Conflict” and another
to go through that trial and live it!
The
first decan
of Libra is known as Crux or the “Cross.” In the luminaires are four bright stars in a
reasonably shaped cross. Its ancient
Hebrew name was Adom, which means “cutting off – it is finished.”
Thus, “the
Price of Conflict” in both the offering of the sacrifice; i.e., the
flesh body – the seed grain of Jesus – and the offering of Himself, the
troubling of His soul, was finished once for all. God accomplished the work of redemption. The shed blood of Jesus “cut off” the sin and
death passed upon all men, and the resurrection of His glorified body finished
the reign of that power. “It is
finished” (John 19:30).
The
second decan
is most commonly known by its Latin name “Lupus” or “Victima,” “the Victim or the Slain.” The contemporary Greek name is “Wolf
or the Beast,” implying an enemy.
The Hebrew name means, “To Be Slain” and in ancient times was referred to as “Sura,” a sheep or lamb. Thus,
the star names in this sign give a detailed message of that which is slain: a victim - a Lamb, and an enemy - the wolf or
beast.
The victim slain (the
lamb) and the enemy (the wolf or beast) are put to death by the Conqueror “Centaurus,” the second decan of Virgo,
coupling the two constellations Libra and Virgo. Obviously, a lamb and a wolf are not the same
animal any more than a victim and enemy are the same. So what is the picture? In the sign Virgo, “Centaurus” is portrayed as a conqueror, a mighty warrior, although
the star names signify the “Despised One,” “the Pierced” and “He
Who Pierces.” The star names and
the title conqueror are clearly at odds with one another.
Nevertheless, Jesus
as the “Despised One” – the despised
sin offering rejected by men was the “Victim Slain” – the Lamb of God. “Pierced” by wicked hands, crucified
and put to death is the conqueror for it is “He Who Pierces” the
enemy the “Wolf or the Beast.” “Centaurus” the executioner, “He Who Pierces,” puts the enemy to
death.
Within this decan are
multiple revelations. The wicked hands
that put to death the Lamb of God belonged to the false prophets (the chief
priests), which “appeared” as shepherds but were dressed in sheep’s clothing;
inwardly, they are ravening wolves – beasts, enemies of God (Matthew 7:15; John
10:7-13). While God permitted these
wicked hands to put to death the Lamb of God, it must be understood that the
Lamb of God willingly took upon Himself the sting of death – no man took His
life from Him; Jesus laid it down voluntarily (John 10:18). Jesus took the sins of all humanity on His
body and destroyed the last enemy, death, by His resurrection. Victory swallows up death. But much more was accomplished by the grace
of God. At His second coming, the wolves,
the false prophets and the beast will be put to death.
Only the covenant Son
has the power of righteousness required to slay the enemy death and provide the
gift of everlasting life in a body of glory.
The
third and last decan
of Libra is “Corona,” “the Crown.” In Old Testament times, the victor of the race
run was given a crown of woven vines. The
Hebrew name for “Corona” means “Royal
Crown” and the brightest star in the decan means “the Shining.”
“The Crown” follows “the
Price of Conflict,” which is the “Cross” and the “Victim Slain.” The decan of “the Crown” is a lovely
semicircle of a half dozen stars and is one of the few decans that looks like
the object for which it is named.
Having
run the race set before Him by His Father, Jesus finished the course and
received not a woven crown that withers and perishes but a body of glory. For suffering death, He was crowned with a
body of glory and a kingdom of glory fitting the worthy Redeemer. Jerusalem, the city of the king, will be the
capital of the world; the king of glory will set his throne in her city and all
the nations of the world will come and worship the LORD of hosts – Jesus, King
of kings and LORD of Lords, the crowned victor – the King of glory, The LORD of
hosts!
In the
end God will be all and in all. He will
have His kingdom of sons of God; He will have His royal priesthood. He will have His sons of God.
God’s
perfect plan is in the stars and God’s perfect plan is in His written Word –
“For the Law of the LORD is perfect” (Psalm 19:7). The Hebrew word for perfect means entire –
whether literal, figurative or moral. It
means without blemish, complete, full, perfect, undefiled, upright, and whole.
Libra is
an overview of God’s entire story.
Indeed, “the law of the LORD is perfect.”
Glossary for Libra
Names of the Stellar sign of Libra:
“The Scale or
Weighing”
“Purchase or
Redemption”
“The Mediator”
“House of
Propitiation or Station of Propitiation”
“Yoke, Cross Bar or
Balance Beam”
Star
Names in Stellar sign Libra:
“The Price Deficient”
“The Price Which
Covers – Swept Away and Covers – Heaped Up High”
“The Price of
Conflict”
Names
of Decans in Libra:
“The Cross” – Adom - cutting off – it is finished; no
star names preserved.
“The Victim or the Slain” (“Lupus”) - Hebrew name means, “To Be Slain” and in ancient times was referred to as “Sura,” a sheep or lamb.
Contemporary Greek name means “Wolf
or the Beast” – the name implies an enemy; no star names preserved.
“Corona” -“The Crown” – “Royal Crown” Ornament or Jewel
Star name: “The Shining”
House
of Propitiation – means
a meeting place.
Incorruptible Seed – is the first begotten Son of God from
the dead.
Mediator – is an
arbitrator or negotiator – the Man Christ Jesus – the meeting place – the house
of propitiation – redemption between God and man.
Price Deficient equals the Price Which Covers – because the birthed
body of Jesus has the power of an endless life – the child born is in the
likeness of man (seed coat), the Price Deficient for a son of God. Jesus, the Son begotten from the dead
(Incorruptible Seed), is the Price Which Covers – man in the image of God.
Lesson 008 Libra Stars
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