January 9, 2013

• Pending PanSTARRS

  PReFaCe:  Several days ago, I posted a blog called ‘He Who will Pour Out’, and it was about the end of the Age of Pices.  Pices being the two fish (or two harbors, if you follow Biblical Astronomy based on the Genesis 49 prophecy… or two millinnea/denari of the Good Samaritan, if you prefer NT prophecy).  Basically, the article said that the Age of Pices ended at the autumnal equinox of 2012, and that the Age of Aquarius begins at the spring equinox of 2013.  Ironically, the Mayan ‘reset’ date is in the middle of the period of change… did anyone else catch that?

  Regardless, it means that the spring feasts – when things kick off with Pesach – will be fun to watch.  Because it is very possible that this will begin the Wrath – the time of the Pouring out of wrath upon the earth.  Aquarius is ‘He that Poureth Out’… and that sounds like a Messianic reference to me, if ever there were a one.  So watching for things that might occur around the feasts is the next thing I need to do.  So I have to consider this article, that came out about a week ago:

  http://earthsky.org/space/comet-panstarrs-2013
  

  There is a lot of excitement about Comet ISON, which might become a very bright comet, visible across the globe, by the end of 2013. But, before that happens, a second comet might become visible to the eye alone around the time it is closest to the sun in March of 2013.

  The Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii discovered this comet in June 2011. …Only the largest telescopes on Earth could glimpse Comet PANSTARRS when it was first discovered, but amateurs telescopes began to pick it up by May 2012. By October 2012, its surrounding coma was seen to be large and fine at an estimated 75,000 miles wide. In March 2013, by some estimates, this comet should get as bright as Venus, but do remember that comets are notoriously difficult to predict.

  March 10, 2013. The comet passes closest to the sun – as close as our sun’s innermost planet, Mercury – at… about 28 million miles.  Comets are typically brightest and most active around the time they are closest to the sun when solar heating vaporizes ice and dust from the comet’s outer crust. Not only will the comet quickly brighten, but it should also develop the long classic comet dust tail.   The comet should be visible in the Northern Hemisphere evening sky low in the west after sunset. It will higher each night …as it moves from being in front of the constellation Pisces to being in front of the constellations Pegasus and Andromeda. At this time, the comet should have its bright dust tail, and be visible to the unaided eye. It should, at least, if it lives up to expectations.  …it’ll be an awesome photo opportunity!

  By the way, Comet PANSTARRS is considered a non-periodic comet. It probably took millions of years to come from the great Oort comet cloud surrounding our solar system. Once it rounds the sun, experts say, its orbit will shorten to only 110,000 years. It is, for sure, a once-in-a-lifetime comet.

  aNNa’S CoMMeNTaRy:  Comets in Biblical Astronomy are a ‘heads up’ sign.  Whenever there’s a comet, it means something is going to happen that we should be paying attention to.  This comet hits its brightest point three days before the New Moon that kicks off the spring feasts – three being a very biblically significant number.  The comet is to get as bright as Venus (the Bright Morning Star)… which is also a significant comparison.  And as if that wasn’t enough, it’s going to move right thru Pices as it hits its brightest point.  Sounds like a definite heads-up to me!  A signal that the ending of the Age of Pices has reached its completion?  Completely possible.  And note that this is NOT a reoccuring comet that passes us every so many years, like others.  This is a one-time event.

  Could it do anything to us?  Well, I don’t see it as one of the falling objects of Revelation 8, if that’s what you’re wondering – it doesn’t get close enough to us for that.  But here’s what one commentor at EarthSky had to say about the possibilities:

  Large sun-grazing comets could bring on the sort of global electronics meltdown usually associated with electromagnetic pulse weapons or a full-scale nuclear exchange. Or so says David Eichler, lead author of a forthcoming Astrophysical Journal Letters paper.

  So there’s always that possibility.  Although I personally think this is more of an ‘age marker’ than an event bringer.  Still, even with that – it’s enormously significant, and very important in the life of a watching believer in Messiah!!

  PoSTSCRiPT:  I should add that today an asteroid named Aphophis is going to have a close pass to earth TODAY, which is always fun (and might result in a larger earthquake or two).  LINK is here.  And there’s another coming February 15th – the day after Valentine’s Day… and that one will come close enough to knock satellites out of orbit.  LINK is here.  In case you like knowing about this stuff.  ((grins!))
  

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