Taursus begins our tour through the heavens which describes the return of our Redeemer. Orion may be one of the most famous signs in the heavens. It is the picture of our coming Prince of Peace. Oarion is the ancient name coming from the Hebrew root for Light. The ancient Akkadian name was Ur-ana which means the light of heaven. The biblical name is Chesil which means a strong one, a hero or giant.
The brightest star in this constellation of Light is Betelgeuz, this star is so large it is twice the size of the orbit of the earth around the sun. If the earth were the size of a golf ball, the sun would be fifteen feet in diameter, Betelgeuz would be the size of six Empire State Buildings on top of each other. Betelgeuz name means the coming of the branch.
The Beta star Rigel is one of the brightest in the heavens. It name means the foot that crushes. While the third brightest star is Bellatrix which means quickly coming or swiftly destroying. Al Nitak is the fourth brightest star and is found in the belt of Orion and it means the wounded One.
Eridanus is the second companion constellation of Taurus and it is the River of the Judge or the River of Wrath that breaks forth on His enemies.
The last of the three constellation is Auriga the Shepherd who provides safety for the redeemed in the day of wrath. Reminding us of the what Isaiah penned so long ago, "Behold, the LORD God will come as a mighty one, and His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the lambs in His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck" (Isaiah 40:10-11).
Auriga is from the Hebrew root which means shepherd. The brightest star in the body of the goat being head by the shepherd is Alioth which means a she goat. The Beta star which can go by the Maaz means a flock of goats.
Malachi gives us great insight into what we see in the heavens and the coming day of the Lord. "Behold, the day cometh, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble: And the day that comes shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall, and you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do this, says the Lord of hosts" (Malachi 4:1-3).
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