Libra - The Scales

THE FOURTH DAY PROPHESY III

Following the sign of Virgo is Libra, the Scales.

Libra signifies the scales of Justice and Balance. This is the only sign of the Zodiac which does not depict a living creature. Libra has in antiquity been viewed as part of Scorpio's claws and also is sometimes depicted as being held by Virgo.

The scales of Libra has one side lower than the other. The Per­sian image in­cludes a human figure which holds in one hand the scales, and in the other a lamb, as the thing to be weighed.

The brightest star of Libra is in the outer scale, and called Zuben al Genubi which means "the price which is deficient". Psalms 49:7-9 says “No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him- the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough - that he should live on forever and not see decay." Psalms 62:9 says that “Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath." Even the most powerful of men, Belshazzar, Emperor of Persia was, according to the writing on the wall, “weighed on the scales, and found want­ing.” (Daniel 5:27) The price is deficient, because nothing man can do will ever earn favour with God or salvation from sin. Even the sin offerings of the Old Testament were simply a precursor to Christ.

The next bright­est star is in the in­ner, lower scale called Zuben al Chemali which means "the price which cov­ers". The price which is sufficient for salvation is the Blood Price payed at Calvary. The price of Jesus' own Blood. Romans 9 speaks of God's sovereign choice in relation to salvation and verse 16 in particular echoes the imagry of Libra's unbalanced scales. "It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.” The Hebrews denot­ed this star with the letter Tau, last of the alphabet and shaped like a cross, signify­ing a comple­tion.

While all the effort and desire of man comes to "only a breath" and measure the price deficient, The Mercy, Grace and Blood of Jesus poured out is the price that covers and provides salvation.

Along with Libra are its three deacons the Crux, Lupus and Corona Borealis.

Crux or the Southern Cross features on the Australin Flag and is a five star constellation in the shape of a Cross. Its Hebrew name, appropri­ate­ly, was Adom roughly meaning "cut­ting off" a clear reference of the Cross to Daniel 9:26, where the Annointed One or Messiah is "cut off”. The ancient Dendera zodiac of Egypt de­picted this sign as a lion panting with thirst as a cup is held out to him; beneath his feet is the hiero­glyph for pouring water. This helps the representation of Jesus, who is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. At the cross, the Lion of Judah uttered the words, “I am thirsty” (John 19:28) as He was “poured out like water” (Psalm 22:14). The name of this Egyp­tian image was Sera "victory"; the Persian name for the Cross was Arbedi, having the sense of "covering".

Lupis, Latin for wolf (as it is most commonly depicted) is also known as the victim. Lupis depicts an beast, most commonly a wolf, fall­ing down dead. Killed by the spear of Centaurus from Virgo. The Egyptian image is not a beast but a naked child hold­ing a finger to his lips; the name is Sura, meaning "a lamb". This image of 'a lamb', silent in death, is found in Isaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.” The stripped child is the mythological Harpocrates, victim of justice, god of silence and acquiescence. Notice that it is the Centaur, a type of Jesus Christ, which slays the sacrificial Victim, another type of Christ: and Jesus said (John 10:15-18), “I lay down my life for the sheep. . . . No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord...”

Corona Borealis or the Northern Crown depicts a crown of glory. The Greeks associate this crown with Ariadne, who died because of her great love, (either pierced by Artemis, or abandoned on the island of Naxos and laying down her own life) only to be raised among the gods and reward­ed with a crown after death. This is a carnalised version of what the image atually represents. Not a woman but rather the Seed of the woman, Jesus is the subject. It was because of His divine love for man that He cam to grief, persecution and death. That death which was the exact price for Salvation. After which He was raised to life again to reign, crowned in righteous glory. From below, the Serpent almost reaches the Crown, illustrating the danger to the Church of Philadelphia in Revelation 3:11 “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown."

In Libra we have the Scales of Justice, which finds one price de­ficient but another, the price which covers. Showing that the balance of Salvation cannot be met by "man's desire or effort, but [only by] God's mercy."

We have Crux, the Lion on the cross.

We have Lupis or Sura, the Lamb who "was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth".

We have Corona Borealis the glorious crown of reward.

In looking at Libra, as with Virgo,“The heavens tell of the glory of God.”