All Things Are Created and Made to Bear Record of Me
by Borson M. Hugilhoff
The Lord tells us, within the scriptures that were restored for the final dispensation, that; "all things are created and made to bear record of me" (Moses 6:63). If we honestly look at the creation of this earth and the sidereal heavens that surround it. One can see the types in creation that truly do bear record of Jesus Christ. The "creator of heaven and earth and all things therein" (Acts 14:15; 3 Nephi 9:15).
In doing so, one must be careful to separate the false system known as astrology from the types found within the sidereal heavens that bear witness of Christ. When the ancients catalogued the celestial groups found within the celestial sphere, that surrounds the earth, they named them constellations. From that, counterfeit religious systems then anthropomorphize these constellations, personifying them as figures or animals. Those that adhere to astrology and the zodiac then use that system to nullify the mission of Jesus Christ and in turn blaspheme their Creator. One way in which they do this is to teach that the New Testament and the mission of Christ is a mythologized story based upon ancient pagan sun cults. The New Testament story, they assert, was commissioned by the Roman government to garner greater control over the subjects of the Roman Empire.
Interestingly, not one of these man-made astrological names found within the zodiac are ever mentioned within the bible. The names of the zodiac are: Gemini, Taurus, Libra, Virgo, Sagittarius, Leo, Pisces, Aquarius, Cancer, Aries, Capricorn and Scorpio. I challenge anyone to get a copy of Strong's Concordance of the King James Version of the bible and look up all twelve of these zodiac names and you will not find one of them. None of them are mentioned within the bible. Strong's Concordance of the bible "indexes every word of the King James Version...not one word has been left out" and not one name from the zodiac can be found there.
The bible does have something to say about astrology though. Astrology and astrologers are simply, the study and the people that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the stars upon humanity. They are stargazers and observers of times. In fact the bible states, that those that follow the true and living God are not to follow the abominations of those that practice astrological observing of times. "When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do" (Deut. 18:9-14).
In fact, the prophet Isaiah warned that Babylon and Chaldea would be destroyed because of these abominations. "Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame" (Isaiah 47:13-14).
With that in mind, we can now look at the types as found within the sidereal heavens that are a type of Christ by separating out the astrological influence. The sun is the greatest type that bears record of Christ. For each morning the sunrise brings vision, warmth and security as a saving power that saves creation from the cold, predator filled darkness of night. Without it crops would not grow and life upon earth would not survive. The sun, with its life saving qualities then becomes the personification of the unseen Creator, God's son, the Christ, the light of the world, the savior of humankind.
It must be stated that the Lord has revealed that in the month of April he entered into this world and took upon himself flesh. In fact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in April 1830 in connection with his birth (D&C 20:1). Any dates provided based upon the movement of the stars are dates that correspond with the biblical types that are symbolic to the mission of Christ.
When it comes to the ancient Egyptians, the book of Abraham tells us, that the land of Egypt was first discovered by one of the daughters of Ham. This daughter of Ham settled her sons in it, and thus from Ham sprang the ancient Egyptians. Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, her eldest son Pharaoh, established the first government in Egypt. Abraham tells us that this son of Ham was a righteous man who did not have right to the patriarchal priesthood of God, but he sought earnestly to imitate that order established by the fathers of the first patriarchal reign, even the reign of Adam, and also of Noah.
This is important to take into consideration when speaking about the religious belief system of the ancient Egyptians. Not only did the founders of ancient Egypt imitate the priesthood of God in belief and practice, they also knew of the beliefs of Adam and Noah. Even from the pre-mortal council of heaven a knowledge of a savior was known and that knowledge was known by father Adam and was earnestly taught to his posterity. Noah taught the same gospel knowledge that Adam possessed. Thus, the Pharaoh of Egypt knew of these doctrines which explains why the ancient Egyptians possessed aspects of eternal truth that are represented within their religious beliefs that foreshadow the mission of Jesus Christ within this world.
The astrologers of today, would have people believe that the ancient Egyptians made up these beliefs based upon their fascination and observation with the sky. Which then turned into the pagan sun cults of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. The truth is that the founders of ancient Egypt knew gospel truths from the patriarchs of old and preserved that knowledge to the best of their ability. These modern day astrologers are actually following the ancient Egyptian god Thoth, Thoth as a form of Set, was responsible for turning the knowledge given by God into distorted truths, to mock, to simulate and even to deceive. This concept can be found in other ancient cultures as the god of illusion, counterfeiting the real. This is why Thoth is shown followed by an ape the cynocephalus.
If we understand who founded ancient Egypt and that they earnestly imitated the Seth line of the knowledge of God, then it puts the solar deities of ancient Egypt into their proper light. For example Horus is a solar deity and messiah of the ancient Egyptians. He is the sun anthropomorphized. His life is allegorized based upon the suns movement in the sky. The ancient hieroglyphs of Egypt record these beliefs. Horus as the sun had an enemy known as Set. Set was the personification of darkness and night. Every morning Horus would conquer Set as the sun would rise and during the evening Set would send Horus into the underworld. Light versus dark or good versus evil are theological motifs or contrasts.
Adam tells us in the book of Moses that an angel instructed him that the sacrifices that Adam was performing, "is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth. Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son, and thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore" (Moses 5:6-8). The knowledge of a savior who was known to be the "Son" of God was known to the ancient Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians believed that Horus would be born of the virgin Isis, the son of Osiris, that his birth would be accompanied by a star in the east, and that on his birth he would be adored by three kings. Horus was known to the ancient Egyptians as the truth, the light, God's mighty son. After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was killed, buried for three days and then resurrected.
The Lord tells us that "all things are created and made to bear record of me...things which are in the heavens above" (Moses 6:63). We are to find types from the sidereal heavens that bear record of the birth, life and death of Christ. The star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky which on December 24th allies with the three stars in Orion's belt, known to the ancients as the three kings, all of these stars point to the rising sun on December 25th. The three kings follow the star of the East at the birth of Christ.
From the summer solstice to the winter solstice the days become shorter and colder. The sun becomes more scarce as the days shorten. The wilting of the crops and autumn leaves symbolize the process of death. The ancient Egyptians depicted this as Horus being stung by a scorpion. The heat of summer being chilled by the cold of winter. Which is the sun being weakened. Judas was considered the backbiter and betrayer of Jesus. His words lead to the Roman's piercing the side of Christ. It was the death of the sun. The sun reaches its lowest point in the sky on December 22nd. On December 22nd the sun stops moving south. At least as the observer sees it for three days from December 22nd to December 24th the sun sets at the same point. This point aligns with the Southern Cross of the night sky. Thus Horus or Christ dies upon the cross and rests for three days. On December 25th the sun moves forward one degree foreshadowing longer days, warmth and spring. This is the suns transition period before it shifts its direction into the northern hemisphere bringing spring and salvation. Symbolizing Christ resurrecting and his ascension from the cross. The sun moving north from the point of the Southern Cross.
For Christ is the sun, the son of God. The light of the world. The risen savior. Who will come again as the sun does every morning. The glory of God that defends against the works of darkness as he is born again every morning and can be seen coming in the clouds up in heaven with his crown of thorns or sunrays.
At the spring equinox the sun officially over powers the darkness as day time becomes longer in duration than the night. This is the time of the revitalization of life from spring emerge.
Just as the Lord tells us that the things in the "heavens above" bear witness of him, he also tells us that, things which are under the earth...bear record of me."
Some early philosophers have assumed that the earth is ever at rest and a dead weight planted in the center of the universe at equal distance everywhere in the heavens or space.
The reality is that the earth takes its fixed direction by its terminal points. If the earth were to vary from its natural direction and from her position in the universe or if the poles of the earth were pulled to point directly at the sun the earth would self correct back to its magnetic position of north and south.
The causes of the precession of the equinoxes and of the progression of the fixed stars, as well as of change in the declinations of the sun and the tropics, are traceable to magnetic forces.
The earth and its magnetic intricacies are a witness of its creation. A witness of its Creator. "And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me" (Moses 6:63).
Interestingly, not one of these man-made astrological names found within the zodiac are ever mentioned within the bible. The names of the zodiac are: Gemini, Taurus, Libra, Virgo, Sagittarius, Leo, Pisces, Aquarius, Cancer, Aries, Capricorn and Scorpio. I challenge anyone to get a copy of Strong's Concordance of the King James Version of the bible and look up all twelve of these zodiac names and you will not find one of them. None of them are mentioned within the bible. Strong's Concordance of the bible "indexes every word of the King James Version...not one word has been left out" and not one name from the zodiac can be found there.
The bible does have something to say about astrology though. Astrology and astrologers are simply, the study and the people that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the stars upon humanity. They are stargazers and observers of times. In fact the bible states, that those that follow the true and living God are not to follow the abominations of those that practice astrological observing of times. "When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do" (Deut. 18:9-14).
In fact, the prophet Isaiah warned that Babylon and Chaldea would be destroyed because of these abominations. "Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame" (Isaiah 47:13-14).
With that in mind, we can now look at the types as found within the sidereal heavens that are a type of Christ by separating out the astrological influence. The sun is the greatest type that bears record of Christ. For each morning the sunrise brings vision, warmth and security as a saving power that saves creation from the cold, predator filled darkness of night. Without it crops would not grow and life upon earth would not survive. The sun, with its life saving qualities then becomes the personification of the unseen Creator, God's son, the Christ, the light of the world, the savior of humankind.
It must be stated that the Lord has revealed that in the month of April he entered into this world and took upon himself flesh. In fact The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in April 1830 in connection with his birth (D&C 20:1). Any dates provided based upon the movement of the stars are dates that correspond with the biblical types that are symbolic to the mission of Christ.
When it comes to the ancient Egyptians, the book of Abraham tells us, that the land of Egypt was first discovered by one of the daughters of Ham. This daughter of Ham settled her sons in it, and thus from Ham sprang the ancient Egyptians. Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, her eldest son Pharaoh, established the first government in Egypt. Abraham tells us that this son of Ham was a righteous man who did not have right to the patriarchal priesthood of God, but he sought earnestly to imitate that order established by the fathers of the first patriarchal reign, even the reign of Adam, and also of Noah.
This is important to take into consideration when speaking about the religious belief system of the ancient Egyptians. Not only did the founders of ancient Egypt imitate the priesthood of God in belief and practice, they also knew of the beliefs of Adam and Noah. Even from the pre-mortal council of heaven a knowledge of a savior was known and that knowledge was known by father Adam and was earnestly taught to his posterity. Noah taught the same gospel knowledge that Adam possessed. Thus, the Pharaoh of Egypt knew of these doctrines which explains why the ancient Egyptians possessed aspects of eternal truth that are represented within their religious beliefs that foreshadow the mission of Jesus Christ within this world.
The astrologers of today, would have people believe that the ancient Egyptians made up these beliefs based upon their fascination and observation with the sky. Which then turned into the pagan sun cults of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Egyptians. The truth is that the founders of ancient Egypt knew gospel truths from the patriarchs of old and preserved that knowledge to the best of their ability. These modern day astrologers are actually following the ancient Egyptian god Thoth, Thoth as a form of Set, was responsible for turning the knowledge given by God into distorted truths, to mock, to simulate and even to deceive. This concept can be found in other ancient cultures as the god of illusion, counterfeiting the real. This is why Thoth is shown followed by an ape the cynocephalus.
If we understand who founded ancient Egypt and that they earnestly imitated the Seth line of the knowledge of God, then it puts the solar deities of ancient Egypt into their proper light. For example Horus is a solar deity and messiah of the ancient Egyptians. He is the sun anthropomorphized. His life is allegorized based upon the suns movement in the sky. The ancient hieroglyphs of Egypt record these beliefs. Horus as the sun had an enemy known as Set. Set was the personification of darkness and night. Every morning Horus would conquer Set as the sun would rise and during the evening Set would send Horus into the underworld. Light versus dark or good versus evil are theological motifs or contrasts.
Adam tells us in the book of Moses that an angel instructed him that the sacrifices that Adam was performing, "is a similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth. Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the Son, and thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore" (Moses 5:6-8). The knowledge of a savior who was known to be the "Son" of God was known to the ancient Egyptians.
The ancient Egyptians believed that Horus would be born of the virgin Isis, the son of Osiris, that his birth would be accompanied by a star in the east, and that on his birth he would be adored by three kings. Horus was known to the ancient Egyptians as the truth, the light, God's mighty son. After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was killed, buried for three days and then resurrected.
The Lord tells us that "all things are created and made to bear record of me...things which are in the heavens above" (Moses 6:63). We are to find types from the sidereal heavens that bear record of the birth, life and death of Christ. The star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky which on December 24th allies with the three stars in Orion's belt, known to the ancients as the three kings, all of these stars point to the rising sun on December 25th. The three kings follow the star of the East at the birth of Christ.
From the summer solstice to the winter solstice the days become shorter and colder. The sun becomes more scarce as the days shorten. The wilting of the crops and autumn leaves symbolize the process of death. The ancient Egyptians depicted this as Horus being stung by a scorpion. The heat of summer being chilled by the cold of winter. Which is the sun being weakened. Judas was considered the backbiter and betrayer of Jesus. His words lead to the Roman's piercing the side of Christ. It was the death of the sun. The sun reaches its lowest point in the sky on December 22nd. On December 22nd the sun stops moving south. At least as the observer sees it for three days from December 22nd to December 24th the sun sets at the same point. This point aligns with the Southern Cross of the night sky. Thus Horus or Christ dies upon the cross and rests for three days. On December 25th the sun moves forward one degree foreshadowing longer days, warmth and spring. This is the suns transition period before it shifts its direction into the northern hemisphere bringing spring and salvation. Symbolizing Christ resurrecting and his ascension from the cross. The sun moving north from the point of the Southern Cross.
For Christ is the sun, the son of God. The light of the world. The risen savior. Who will come again as the sun does every morning. The glory of God that defends against the works of darkness as he is born again every morning and can be seen coming in the clouds up in heaven with his crown of thorns or sunrays.
At the spring equinox the sun officially over powers the darkness as day time becomes longer in duration than the night. This is the time of the revitalization of life from spring emerge.
Just as the Lord tells us that the things in the "heavens above" bear witness of him, he also tells us that, things which are under the earth...bear record of me."
Some early philosophers have assumed that the earth is ever at rest and a dead weight planted in the center of the universe at equal distance everywhere in the heavens or space.
The reality is that the earth takes its fixed direction by its terminal points. If the earth were to vary from its natural direction and from her position in the universe or if the poles of the earth were pulled to point directly at the sun the earth would self correct back to its magnetic position of north and south.
The causes of the precession of the equinoxes and of the progression of the fixed stars, as well as of change in the declinations of the sun and the tropics, are traceable to magnetic forces.
The earth and its magnetic intricacies are a witness of its creation. A witness of its Creator. "And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and things which are spiritual; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me" (Moses 6:63).