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An Essay by Helena Lehman Copyright © 2004 - 2013 The Cross as a Symbol for Christ and His Creation: The Cross in a Circle as a Symbol for Christ as Creator
God Illustrations Showing Orion’s Ties to the Crucifixion
of Christ The Menorah-Star-Fish Symbol for Messianic Judaism: The Star of David as a Symbol for Judaism: The Menorah as a Symbol of Israel: Zechariah’s Vision Of The Menorah as a Symbol of
Israel: The Fish or Ichthys as a Symbol for Christianity: Graphic: Pisces and Aquarius - Sign of Jonah in the
Star Gospel An Ancient Christian Grave Marker Displaying Fish
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Introduction:It grieves my heart when well-meaning people of faith condemn various Judeo-Christian symbols like the Cross, the Fish, the Menorah, and the Star of David as Pagan or occultic symbols. I say well-meaning because they have all been swayed by the misinformation on web sites and in books that claim that most of the symbols used by Jews and Christians today have a Pagan or occultic origin. Therefore, it’s no wonder that these people often see an imaginary demon lurking behind any and every symbol. However, as proven in my Language of God Book Series, all things were created as good by Yahweh in the first place, and all the symbolic associations within the material Universe were likely originally associated with the goodness of their Creator as well. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to us that Yahweh wants to engage our hearts, minds and spirits with the righteous messages that are allegorically evident everywhere in His Creation. After all, Yahweh specifically created mankind in His image so that we can have a deeper and more rewarding relationship with God than any other creature within the Universe, including the angels. For this reason, we were given intellectual, emotional, and spiritual capacities that far exceed those of any other living thing. When the Preincarnate Yahshua (i.e. Jesus) walked in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, it would seem logical that He did so not only to enjoy their company, but to instruct them in the ways of righteousness, and to check on their intellectual and spiritual progress (Genesis 3:8). Since mankind learns faster when taught to visualize concepts and ideas, and can remember concepts better when they are associated with symbols, it makes sense that God would teach us with the allegorical symbols that He lovingly created in the world to instruct and witness to us and His holy angels. In this way, Yahshua would have encouraged Adam and Eve to use their God-given intellect and imagination to see the countless associations between God’s character and righteous laws, and the symbols that God placed in nature and mankind when they were created. Because of their divine origin, these symbols necessarily illustrated the goodness and perfection of Yahweh and His Creation. However, though Adam and Eve were initially innocent and perfect, and would not have fully understood the concept of evil, the symbols representing evil in the world were certainly already in place too. This is because God is omnipotent. He foreknew every aspect of the future, and the place that evil would play in it. Therefore, this knowledge would have been reflected in God’s material creation - especially in the Gospel in the Stars. In fact, the four most important symbols within the Judeo-Christian faith that we will explore in this essay have an amazing connection to the Star Gospel. Coming from my unique perspective as a one time Roman Catholic, turned Evangelical Christian, turned Messianic Christian and Symbologist who has been repeatedly instructed about God’s symbolic Language via visions and dreams, I have come to respect and appreciate rather than condemn the four biggest symbols of the Judeo-Christian faith: the Cross, the Fish, the Menorah, and the Shield or Star of David. Indeed, after careful study and prayer, it has become apparent to me that these images were divinely ordained to serve as Judeo-Christian symbols, and they all have a reason to be utilized and celebrated because of the incredible meaning each one of them conveys about the Author and Finisher of our faith: Yahshua the Messiah, a.k.a. Jesus the Christ. The Cross as a Symbol for Christ and His Creation:First, let me explain why the
Cross is neither Pagan, nor a uniquely Christian symbol, but has roots
connecting it to the earliest worshippers of Yahweh, who utilized and studied
Sacred Astronomy to draw closer to God before the Bible was written. As cited
by the First Century Jewish historian Josephus in His “Antiquities of the
Jews,” the antediluvians in the line of Seth were the first to understand the
science of Astronomy. In addition, they were attributed with building two
monuments in The Cross in a Circle as a Symbol for Christ as Creator God
What Josephus doesn’t say, but what is implied, is that these same Sethites preserved their enormous knowledge of God and prophecy in the same monuments, since the science of Astronomy explores the Heavenly Tablets discovered by the Sethite patriarch Enoch. The term “Heavenly Tablets,” which is found in the Book of 1 Enoch and the Book of Jubilees (See 1 Enoch 93:1-2, 103:1, 106:18-107:1; Jubilees 3:10, 31, 4:32, 5:13, 6:17,29, 35, 15:26, 16:3,9,29, etc.), most likely refers to the ancient 48-constellation Zodiac. Having said this, it is important to remember here that the Sethites did not worship the heavens, or the structures built to preserve what the heavens reveal. Instead, they built lasting monuments to serve as giant puzzles inspiring man’s imagination, and to serve as altars and temples to Yahweh. Uncannily, these monuments also announced the coming of the great Deliverer that God promised to send in Genesis 3:15, and in the Star Gospel.
From the earliest times, a cross
within a circle represented the Sun, which is a metaphorical symbol of the goodness
and light of Yahweh and His Son Yahshua, Who is described as shining like the
Sun in Matthew
17:2 and Revelation
1:16. He is also called “the Sun of Righteousness” in Malachi
4:2. Indeed, this is certainly the meaning behind using the Celtic Cross
as a symbol of Christianity for Millennia in the The association of pyramidions with stars, with the Sun (as the closest star to the Earth), with Astronomy, with God, and with theological concepts is especially evident in the Pyramid Complex at Giza, which features three enormous stone pyramids that exactly mimic the size and alignment of the three central stars in the middle of the hourglass-shaped constellation Orion. These stars are seen as the symbolic belt of the mythological Greek hero Orion, who was the satanic substitute for Yahshua - the true Messiah that the Orion constellation actually represents. As shown in the Language of God
Book Series, Orion has a special place within the forty-eight constellations
of the ancient Zodiac, which was known as the Mazzaroth to the biblical
patriarchs. Orion is one of the three decan signs of Taurus the Bull, and it
was associated with the Tribe of Joseph in the death-bed prophecies of both
Jacob and Moses. Since Joseph married a Gentile, Taurus also represents the
countless Gentiles of every people group that are being adopted into Amazingly, there are three belt
stars in Orion’s belt, just as there were three crosses on In addition to the three big pyramids at Giza representing the crosses connected to Christ’s sacrifice, the Great Sphinx with its leonine posterior and woman’s face represents Leo and Virgo, which are the beginning and ending signs of the ancient Mazzaroth, just as Christ is the Beginning and the End of all Creation (See Rev. 1:8, Rev. 21:6, and Rev. 22:13, and illustrations). Illustrations Showing Orion’s Ties to the Crucifixion of Christ
Together with the pyramids connected to Orion and Taurus, the Great Sphinx also marks two signs in the celestial cross formed by the four fixed signs of the Zodiac representing north (Scorpio), south (Taurus), east (Virgo) and west (Leo). In this way, all of God’s Creation is marked by this giant celestial cross that signifies the totality of God’s creative acts, as well as the greatness of its Creator, who was born as a man, and died upon a cross signifying an altar in the shape of His Creation! Because of these incredible associations between Christ and the crosses in the Mazzaroth, there is no doubt in my mind that the symbol of the Cross was, is now, and always will be associated with Yahshua as the Creator and Savior of the World. Now that I have deciphered the meaning of the Cross for you, let me show you the godly messages hidden within the other three symbols mentioned in the title of this essay: the Fish, the Menorah, and the Star of David. The Menorah-Star-Fish Symbol for Messianic Judaism:Remarkably, all three of these
symbols were associated with the very first Christians in As the book explains, the Church
in
The Star of David as a Symbol for Judaism:Because this Messianic symbol
containing a Star of David in its center was clearly associated with the
earliest branch of Messianic Judaism and Christianity in First Century
Jerusalem, it absolutely disproves the claim that the Star of David was a
Pagan symbol with no record of use in ancient
“Then God turned and gave them
up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the
Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty
years in the wilderness, O house of This Scripture, and its associated Old Testament verses in Amos 5:25-27 are often cited when condemning the use of the Star of David as a symbol for Judaism, since it is this star that is supposedly connected to the gods Moloch (i.e. Baal), and Chiun or Saturn - whose mythological aspects were often seen as malevolent. However, there is absolutely no documented evidence that the Star of David was ever ascribed to the worship of Saturn, or that any hexagram or six-pointed star graced a temple or object dedicated to Saturn or Moloch at any time or place in history. On the contrary, the cosmological view of the Universe found in Jewish mysticism counted the planet Saturn as the seventh and final symbol of importance in their seven-object understanding of the Solar System surrounding our Earth, which consisted of the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. As such, Saturn became associated with the Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, which was called Saturn’s Day, or Saturday by the Romans. Unlike pious Jews, however, the Greeks and Romans also saw the seventh day as sacred to the false god Saturn, whom they erroneously worshipped. In Jewish mysticism, the planet Saturn is not seen as a god, but has always been connected to the Sabbath rest of Yahweh, and with ceasing work to contemplate God’s greatness, and to praise God for His goodness. In regard to its placement in the night sky, Saturn also became associated with redemption and blessing among the Jews, which is the exact opposite of how Pagan astrologers viewed it. In addition, though the seven-part Star of David is not mentioned by name in the Bible, Menorahs, almond blossoms, and stars are. In fact, stars are often mentioned as holy symbols, and Yahshua the Messiah is called the Morning Star (Holy stars: Genesis 15:5; Job 38:6-7; Psalm 147:4; Daniel 12:3; 1 Cor. 15:41-42; Philip. 2:15 - Morning Star: 2 Peter 1:19; Rev. 2:26-28, Rev. 22:16). This is interesting because, throughout history, the planet Venus has been called the Morning Star when it rises before the Sun, and all the planets can be viewed as wandering stars.
It is also interesting to note that, with the enormous
modern resurgence of Anti-Semitism that is forcefully being promulgated by
Muslims and Neo-Nazis everywhere, the attacks being made on the Star of David
- which has undeniably become the modern symbol for the nation of Interestingly, the Star of David contains a total of twenty-four points or sides if the sides or points of all six triangles, plus the six sides or points of the center hexagon are counted (6 X 3) + 6 = 24. If all those would-be hate and fear mongers out there who view the Star of David as evil were being honest, they would and should count all twenty-four of its sides. Even more interestingly, in Revelation’s vision of God’s throne in Heaven, it is surrounded by twenty-four elders and four six-winged Cherubim representing six ages of time (Rev. 4:4-8). Could it therefore be that the Star of David is also an allegorical emblem for God’s throne? Now, there’s something to think about! The Star of David can also be constructed from two opposite-facing triangles overlapping each other, or from twelve interlocking triangles in a hexagram shape, as shown in the illustration at the beginning of this section. This connects the Star of David with the calendar and Astronomy again, as each of the twelve triangles can be connected to one of the twelve Zodiac signs, and the three decan constellations associated with each sign can be connected to the three sides of each triangle, thereby totaling the forty-eight celestial signs envisioned in the ancient Zodiac. Though Pagan astrologers taught otherwise to their eternal damnation, the Twelve Signs of the Ancient Zodiac, or Mazzaroth were connected as symbolic banners for the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and it is also likely that they represented the first twelve patriarchs descended from Adam in the lines of Seth and Shem. The Menorah as a
Symbol of
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as shown in this illustration. The book contains photographs of archeological
artifacts that have been found marked with this fascinating symbol. It is
also filled with findings indicating that both Jewish Orthodox and Roman
Catholic leaders ruthlessly began to suppress the connection between Judaism
and Christianity, severing Gentile Christianity’s early ties with the 
The
book also makes the claim that this symbol of early Judeo-Christianity was
reduced to just the Fish in the wake of 
Because
the Star of David can be viewed as six triangles surrounding a hexagon, it
has been associated with the number seven, and can be connected to both the
Sabbath, and a circular (as opposed to linear) Menorah. As shown repeatedly
in my books, the Menorah serves as a light-bearing symbol that can illuminate
many hidden meanings in Scripture. One such example can be seen when the
seven original Feasts of Israel are connected to the lamps in a
seven-branched Menorah. When this is done, the Servant Lamp at the center -
which lights all the other lamps and also represents Christ - is connected to
the fourth Feast of Israel called Pentecost, a.k.a. Shavuot, or the Feast of
Weeks.
My
book “The Language of God in Humanity” also explores the representation of
the Fish, or Ichthys as a Judeo-Christian symbol.
