
DavidRivesMinistries.com Orion: The Great Hunter According to Greek mythology, Orion, the son of Poseidon, was blinded by Oenopion, afterwards seeking Helios the sun god to be healed. During the course of his hunting expeditions, he threatened to kill all the living animals, and was subsequently killed himself by a giant scorpion. After his death we're told that he was placed in the sky as a constellation by Zeus -- Thus becoming enshrined in the sky as the great hunter. In ancient literature, Homer and Hesiod refer to Orion as an important constellation which along with the sun was used to determine the years. The constellation Orion was known by the Syrians as Al Jabar, or the Giant, and by the Chaldeans as Tammuz which the book of Ezekiel associates with the idolatry that plagued the nation of Israel. As the belt stars of the constellation Orion rose above the horizon just before sunrise in the morning sky, the Chaldeans began their month of Tammuz. Today Tammuz is the 4th month on the Jewish calendar. The English word Orion as found in our Bibles comes from the Hebrew word kesiyl. The book of Job speaks of Arcturus, Orion, the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. In chapter 38 the LORD asked Job: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Job realized very quickly that he could not contend with the Almighty. Within the constellation Orion lies the most notable nebula in the sky, The Great Orion Nebula. Under dark skies the <b>...</b>
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