Matthew, Chapter 4

A fuller explanation of the Jesus Story is here:
Another letter explaining the Story of Jesus as an Allegory for the Sun passing through the Zodiac each year

Here is a brief explanation: The Bible story then says, "After John was put in prison,..." (Mat. 4:12, Mk 1:14, Lk 3:20, Jn 3:24) Suddenly John the Baptist is "put in prison." There is no further explanation, which seems quite strange if John were a real person. We want to know why he was "put in prison." What crime was he accused of? Who threw him in prison? Was there a trial? Did Jesus attend the trial and speak on his behalf? No. Nothing more is said. Jesus just continues on his journey.

This is all very strange and hard to understand as a story of real life events, but it all makes perfect sense when understood as an astronomical allegory. The Sun, personified as Jesus, is in Aquarius, personified as John the Baptist. As the month progresses, and the earth continues it annual revolution around the Sun, the Sun appears to move out of Aquarius and into Pisces, the two fishes, and Aquarius at sunset ends up below the horizon. John the Baptist being put in prison is merely an allegory for the constellation Aquarius at sunset moving lower and lower until it is below the horizon at the end of the month and can no longer be seen. It requires no further explanation because it is a natural phenomenon. It is simply what naturally happens each year and therefore requires no further explanation.

The Players
Jesus - The Sun. Comparative Religion shows that all the ancient religions were forms of sun worship. The story of Jesus is just another allegorical personification of the sun as will be shown here.

Galilee - The Ecliptic path the Sun follows. The Greek word γαλιλαιαν literally means "Circuit".

Nazareth = "the guarded one"
Capernaum = "village of comfort"
Zebulun meaning "a habitation"
Naphtali = "wrestling"
Jordan = "the descender"
The Gentiles [ethnos {eth'-nos}] = a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together
the kingdom of heaven = Harvest Time


The temptation of the Sun to be lazy is a common motif in ancient religions. The story of the temptation comes early in the year, when the days are still short. The sun needs to do a lot of work to rise up higher and higher, making the days longer and longer, so the harvest can grow, so we can have food to eat.

Mat. 4:12 John the Baptist is "cast into prison."
As the days go by the Sun moves along the ecliptic on its annual journey it moves out of Aquarius [John the Baptist], leaving Aquarius below the horizon. Figuratively John the Baptist [Aquarius] has been cast into prison, that is, that constellation at sunset is now below the horizon. The constellation will reappear again six months later in the story, when it rises in the East, and gets its head cut off by the horizon. (See Mat. 14:2)

"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Harvest time is coming, so get to work planting and working those fields.

Mat. 4:18 Jesus visits two fishermen, Simon and Andrew his brother. The sun moves along the ecliptic passing out of Aquarius [John the Baptist] and into Pisces, the two fish. Hence we have the theme of the Sun visiting two fish, or fishermen.

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