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FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL
THE LAST DAY MESSENGER
THE THREE EARTHLY WITNESSES
By Pastor O.E. Bogart
1984
Study # 6
The creation of the three Lights, the Sun, Moon, and Stars, was for the purpose of
transmitting light, heat, and life, to the earth, Genesis 1:15 "And let them be for lights in
the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to
rule the night: he made the stars also.
17.And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good."
The Sun is the source of all light, and without it this world would become a frozen planet.
The earth is supplied with all heat, power, and life by the Sun. The Sun is the manifestation
of the invisible God, Who dwells in the light which no man can approach unto, 1 Timothy
6:16.
Moses says in Deuteronomy 33:13 "Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that lies beneath,
14. And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things
put forth by the moon."
The Sun shows forth all the attributes of God the Father, and in some places on the earth
the Sun is worshipped as their God. The Sun truly is revealed in the Bible as a type of God.
The Bible says "God IS LIGHT and in HIM is no DARKNESS at all.”1st John 1:5
Psalms 19:1-6 "The heavens DECLARE THE GLORY of God, and the
firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge.
2.There is no speech nor language where their voice is not
heard.
4.Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In
THEM (the Sun, Moon, and Stars) hath he set a tabernacle for the sun
5. Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to
run a race.
6.His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and
there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
7. In verse 5, David refers to the Sun, Moon, and Stars, as a bridegroom (Jesus)
coming out of His chambers and is glad because of His coming wedding. There is
certainly no place on the earth, where the Sun, Moon, and Stars are not seen. They are
symbols of the three-ness of God the Father, God’s Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:20 "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being UNDERSTOOD by the things that are made, even His eternal power and
GODHEAD so that they are without excuse." The Sun, Moon, and Stars are the only
symbols that are left from the creation of the world, that are clearly seen by every living
person in the world today.
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The Sun, Moon, and Stars, are created symbols of the three-ness of the Godhead. The
God-head, cannot be seen by the natural eye (for God is a Spirit) yet Paul tells us that by
the made and created things from the beginning of the world, the Godhead is clearly seen,
and that the world is without excuse if we do not recognize this.
The Sun, Moon, and Stars are symbolic of the whole Family in heaven. What some
Christians don't understand is, that there is a complete Family in heaven.
Ephesians 3:14 "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named."
So what is each of their names? The Father's name is Lord, Isaiah 42:8 “I am the Lord
that is my name.” Jesus is the name of the Son, Matthew 1:21 “Thou shalt call his name
Jesus.” The Holy Spirit's name is CHRIST, which means “the anointing” Matthew 16:16
“Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Throughout the Ages of Time, the Prophets and People of the Lord, have been curious
about the name of the Lord, and in Judges 13: 17 when the angel of the Lord came to
Manoah's wife and told her that she would have a son, her husband Manoah asked the
angel, "What is thy name, that when these sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why asketh thou thus after my name, seeing it is
secret?"
Isaiah 42:8 "I am the Lord: that is my name.
Jeremiah 16:21 "Behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know
mine hand and my might: and they shall know that my name is the LORD."
Matthew 1:21 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his,name JESUS."
The Holy Spirit's name is CHRIST because Christ means anointing. That anointing
comes with Power from God the Father. Acts 1:8
SUN, MOON, AND STARS: A TYPE OF THE GODHEAD
THE SUN IS A TYPE OF THE FATHER
The Sun shows the glory of God the Father, because all life and power on the earth is given
through the Sun. Without the Sun nothing could live or grow. Without the Lord the
Father, nothing in heaven or earth, could exist. The Sun shows all the characteristics of
God the Father. The Sun supplies all light, power, seasons, days and years. Light is
invisible, and is composed of 3 rays, (3 is the three-ness of the Godhead).
The characteristics of the Father, are shown in the Sun, therefore we apply, the Sun to the
same dispensation of the Ages as the Father, which is the fist dispensation of the Creative
Week of the World. All light is of God the Father. There is no light but that which comes
through the Father whether it be literal light or Spiritual light. God IS light,
and
in him is no darkness at all.” 1 John 1:5.
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James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from
the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Isaiah 60:19 "The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the
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moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended."
THE MOON IS THE TYPE OF THE SON JESUS
So the Sun was a type of God the Father, and now we can see that the Moon is a type of
Jesus the Son of God. The order and government of Heaven never changes. The Father is
always God; Jesus is always the Son of God; and the Holy Spirit is always the third Person
in the Godhead. Jesus is the Central Being in the Godhead, and the Moon is always the
Central being in the Heavenly Witnesses.
The Moon receives its light from the Sun and reflects it upon the darkened side of the
earth when the Sun travels to other parts of the earth.
The supreme characteristics of the Son of God, is BLOOD. All of the blood that was shed
throughout the Ages of time by the fleshly sacrifices of bulls and goats, under the Law of
Moses, the blood that was shed in the Garden of Eden to make coats of skin for Adam and
Eve, Genesis 3:2, the blood that was shed in type when Abraham sacrificed Isaac, Genesis
22, all of these sacrifices were all typical of the blood that Jesus was to shed on the Cross
for the sins of the world.
The Moon is symbolic of Jesus. Jesus shed His blood on the Cross of Calvary for the sins of
the whole world. The Scriptures indicate that the Moon will turn to blood before the end of
this dispensation of Grace is completed, Joel 2:31, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12.
The unchristian world will recognize this sign, and the many times that the Spirit of the
Lord pleaded with them to receive Salvation. They will remember their rejection of Jesus
and how they trampled His blood which He shed for them under foot, but it will be too late
to change their lives, and they will cry for the rocks and the mountains to fall on them and
hide them from the face of God that sets on the throne, Revelation 6:16.
The Moon cannot be separated from the blood, Acts2: 20, "The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, BEFORE that great and notable day of the Lord
come." It is a sign of the coming of the Son of Man, Matthew 24:29-30.
THE STARS ARE A TYPE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Stars are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is the THIRD Person in
the Godhead. The Stars also are the THIRD created symbol in the heavens. The Holy
Spirit is the REVELATOR of the Godhead and God’s plan for the Church. It is the
Holy Spirit that creates in each of us the glory of God. It is the Holy Spirit that we are to
be baptized with for POWER in our lives, Acts 1:8.
The Stars are numberless in the heavens. The characteristics of the Holy Spirit are
NUMBERLESS. Genesis 15: 5, and God promised Abraham that his deed should be as
the stars of heaven if he could count them, numberless. A Star is symbolic of a Spirit filled
Christian, Daniel 12: 3.The Sun, Moon, and Stars are used as symbols in the Last days of
time.
Revelation 12:1 says, "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars."
The ecclesiastical world interprets this woman to be the nation of Israel, and says that this
part of Revelation has already been fulfilled. But John begins to use a language that is
filled with symbols and types that has been shown throughout the Ages of time.
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The Woman of Revelation 12, is clothed with the Sun, (the glory of God the Father). She is
standing on the Moon, (the type of Jesus) and on her head is a crown of 12 Stars (the type
of the Holy Spirit.)
Then taking our information from the Scriptures that I have used in this study, let us
apply this information to the clothing that She wore and see if this doesn't fit the
description of the Bride of Jesus Christ and not the description of the nation of Israel.
I just want to give us something to study and think upon, and at a later time I will
definitely go into this Scripture more fully and completely, and I'm sure that we shall see
that God is speaking of a Woman that will come in the End of the Age, and not One that
is already past.
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their attributes as a type of God's wonderful knowledge, and the benefits of His People
knowing and understanding the full meaning of this truth.
with them to receive Salvation. They will remember their rejection of Jesus and how
they trampled His blood which He shed for them under foot, but it will be too late to
change their lives, and they will cry for the rocks and the mountains to fall on them and
hide them from the face of God that sets on the throne, Revelation 6:16. The Moon
cannot be separated from the blood, Acts2:20, "The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, BEFORE that great and notable day of the Lord come." It is a
sign of the coming of the Son of Man, Matthew 24:29-30.
THE STARS ARE A TYPE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Stars are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is the THIRD Person in
the Godhead. The Stars also are the THIRD created symbol in the heavens. The Holy
Spirit is the REVELATOR of the Godhead and God’s plan for the Church. It is the
Holy Spirit that creates in each of us the glory of God. It is the Holy Spirit that we
are to be baptized with for POWER in our lives, Acts 1:8.
The Stars are numberless in the heavens. The characteristics of the Holy Spirit are
NUMBERLESS. Genesis 1:5, and God promised Abraham that his deed should be as
the stars of heaven if he could count them, numberless. A Star is symbolic of a Spirit
filled Christian. Daniel 12:3.
The Sun, Moon, and Stars are used as symbols in the Last days of time. I only want to
touch on them lightly at this writing, and I will come back to them at a later date.
Revelation 12:1 says, "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars."
The ecclesiastical world interprets this woman to be the nation of Israel, and says that
this part of Revelation has already been fulfilled. But John begins to use a language that
is filled with symbols and types that has been shown throughout the Ages of time. The
Woman is clothed with the Sun, (the glory of God the Father). She is standing on the
Moon, (the type of Jesus) and on her head is a crown of 12 Stars (the type of the Holy
Spirit.) Then taking our information from the Scriptures that I have used in this study,
let us apply this information to the clothing that She wore and see if this doesn't fit the
description of the Bride of Jesus Christ and not the description of the nation of Israel.
I just want to give us something to study and think upon, and at a later time I will
definitely go into this Scripture more fully and completely, and I'm sure that we shall
see that God is speaking of a Woman that will come in the End of the Age, and not
One that is already past.
The unchristian world will recognize this sign, and the many times that He pleaded