The Heavens Declare... Christ's Coming Judgment

From the HuffPost:

Venus, Jupiter and the moon will gather together in the early morning sky Sunday (July 15)… the slender crescent moon, just 13-percent illuminated, appears in close proximity to the two brightest planets in our sky… As a bonus, this arrangement of the moon together with Venus and Jupiter will be positioned below the famous Pleiades star cluster, and will also be set against a fine V-shaped cluster of stars known as the Hyades. Note the bright orange star at the end of the lower arm of the V, which represents the angry, fiery eye of the constellation of Taurus, the Bull. This colorful star is Aldebaran…

From NASA (H/T: CR) (Note where they mention that Aldebaran is 153 light-years from earth. Remind you of anything? Recall that God is light and in Him there is no darkness…) –

JOHN 21:1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” 6 He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. 8 The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. 9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

E.W. Bullinger writes as follows regarding Taurus and Aldebaran in ‘Witness of the Stars‘:

The Sign Taurus (The Bull) — Messiah, the coming Judge of all the earth

The picture is that of a Bull rushing forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, his horns set so as to push his enemies, and pierce them through and destroy them.

It is a prophecy of Christ, the coming Judge, and Ruler, and “Lord of all the earth.” … The brightest star, a (in the bull’s eye), has a Chaldee name–Al Debaran, and means the leader or governor.
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Another group of stars (on the face of the Bull) is known as The Hyades, which has the similar meaning of the congregated. The Hyades were [the] sisters [of the Pleiades']. Together they tell us that the saints will be secure with this mighty Lord when he comes to rule. The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are integral parts of Taurus.
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Every thing points to the important truth, and all turns on the fact that the Lord is COMING TO RULE! This is the central truth of all prophecy. “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” All hope for Creation, all hope for the world, all hope for Israel, all hope for the Church, turns on this, that “Jesus is coming again,” and that when He comes His saints, “the daughters of the King” (like the Pleiades and Hyades), will be with Him.

There is nothing of “the Church” revealed here. The Church will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, to be for ever with the Lord (1 Thess 4:17) before He thus comes unto the world in judgment. He will come forth to receive the members of His Body unto Himself, before He thus comes with them to destroy all His enemies and “judge (or rule) the world in righteousness.” When we read this Sign of Taurus, therefore, we are to understand that His Church will be with Him, safe from all judgment.
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At a very early period these signs were appropriated to the Twelve Tribes of Israel… Taurus was assigned to Joseph, or rather to his two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, like the two powerful horns: Deuteronomy 33:17, Psalm 44:5, Isaiah 13:11-15, Isaiah 34:2-8, [and] Isaiah 26:21.

This is the united testimony of the two Revelations. It is pictured in the heavens, and it is written in the Book. It is the prophecy of a coming Judge, and of a coming judgment. It is, however, no mere Bull that is coming, It is a man, a glorious man, even “the Son of Man.”

Oh, and just in case we weren’t paying attention, or were imagining He doesn’t control everything that is, was and will be, a massive CME at 18:09 UTC today (Saturday); likely auroras tonight.

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