In Loving Memory
April 29, 1947 - September 5, 2020
Update: On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, the founder, administrator, and head moderator of this forum, Valerie S., went Home to be with the Lord. Her obituary can be found on https://memorials.demarcofuneralhomes.com/valerie-skrzyniak/4321619/index.php.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing .
...Luke 13
...6 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his
...vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
...7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For THREE
...YEARS now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and
...haven't found any. CUT IT DOWN! Why should it use up the soil?'
...8 " 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for ONE MORE YEAR,
...and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.
A year ago, these planets were in a group in Pisces, the fishes, while
the Sun was just to the left of them in Aries, the lamb or ram.
...Sun - "God"
...Venus - the Bright and Morning Star, Jesus
...Jupiter - the "king" planet ( Israel is the "king" / "chief" nation )
...Mars - Michael, the warring archangel
...Mercury - Gabriel, the messenger ( "trumpet blowing" ) archangel
This Week's Sky at a Glance - 2011
Some daily events in the changing sky for April 29 – May 7
by Alan M. MacRobert
Sky & Telescope diagrams
Before sunrise as April ends, the waning crescent Moon guides the way to four planets on the down-low. One should be easy to spot; the other three are a real challenge. (The visibility of the fainter objects in bright twilight is exaggerated here. These scenes are drawn for the middle of North America. European observers: move each Moon symbol a quarter of the way toward the one for the previous date.)
Friday, May 6
From Saturday morning until May 15th, binoculars show Mercury less than 1½° lower right of Venus with Jupiter fitting into the same 5° field of view. Track their changes each clear morning!
Four planets bunch up low in the dawn for more than a week to come. This is the arrangement on Sunday morning May 8th. Bring binoculars; their visibility in the brightening sky is exaggerated here.
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Picture of Pisces:
***From: E. W. Bullinger's, The Gospel in the Stars
Pisces (the Fishes) and The Band
***To me, this "lower limb" (of Pisces) represents Israel [the Jews
who are still VERY "secular" (unbelieving) at this point] and the
144,000 Jewish servants of God (Revelation 7) while the upper
limb represents those with a more "heavenly" bent!!!
..."The Sign is pictured as two large fishes bound together by a Band,
the ends of which are fastened separately to their tails. One fish is
represented with its head pointing upwards towards the North Polar
Star, the other is shown at right angles, swimming along the line of
the ecliptic, or path of the sun."
..."The fish, shooting upwards to the Polar Star, exquisitely pictures
this "heavenly calling"; while the other fish, keeping on the
horizontal line, answers to those who were content with an earthly
portion."