“Red star, that from his flaming hair. Shakes down diseases, pestilence and war.”- Homer
In ancient history, the sign of a comet was an evil omen, and a sign of death. It often meant the death of a king or Pope, such as in 858 A.D. when there was a comet seen before the death of Pope Benedict III; or in 859 a comet announced the death of Lotharius the Younger; and in 875, another for Louis II. There was “Charlemagne’s Comet “; in which a torch-shaped comet was seen above Germany in 814 A.D., foretelling the king of the Franks death.
Also, the infamous Halley’s Comet that would blaze in the European heavens once a century; foretelling the death of a king like that of Richard I, “the Lion Heart,” and another with that of James II, King of Scotland, in 1460.(1) Also, in 1910 it was widely anticipated and coincided with the death of King Edward VII of England (Burnham, 2000).
Let us not forget “Caesar’s Comet” of 44 B.C., during the reign of Augustus, that instead of being a sign of death, it was a sign of Caesar’s soul ascending to heaven after his death. The Comet was part of the political propaganda that changed the mythology of the comet being an omen that had meant death of a king, to meaning the assencison of the soul of the king. As part of this tool, his son Augustus in the year 42 B.C. had built “The Temple of Divus Iulius (Temple of the Deified Julius or Temple of the Comet Star) and was dedicated in 29 B.C. by Augustus for the “cult of the comet”. In the temple there was a large image of Julius Caesar, who according to Ovid, had a flaming comet affixed to its forehead:
To make that soul a star that burns forever
Above the Forum and the gates of Rome.(Wikipedia)
A comet was visible for 40 days and 40 nights at the time of the Emperor Constantine’s birth in 904 A.D., and another upon his death in 959. In 1208 A.D., the Jews thought the comet seen that year was a sign of the coming of their long-expected Messiah. (1)
Homer had written almost 3,000 years ago about comets and death in the Iliad; Warm’ din the brain the smoking weapon lift- The purple death comet floating over his eye.
Ironically, just like Homer had described the purple death comet floating over his eye, today, the purple comet known as Ison is currently located just inside the orbit of Jupiter. A planet that has as a massive eye, and a planet known as the King of the Gods…
Homer had further written in the Iliad; “As when high Jove (Jupiter) denouncing future woe, Over the dark clouds extend his purple bow; And as the purple bow Jove (Jupiter) bends at mortals, when of war he will the signal show – (In sign of tempests from the troubled air, Or from the rage of man, destructive war)
According to the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca, shortly before the war of Achaia, B.C. 146, there was a comet as large as the sun, and dissipated the darkness of the nights: its disk was red and fiery. In 83 B.C., a comet signaled the war between Caesar and Pompey. Three Comets appeared before the War between Ludo- 841 and his Sons, that arose about the division of the Kingdom. In 1043, the War in Hungary succeeded a Comet. In 1472, two Comets appeared, which were succeeded by several Wars and violent Plague; at this time Charles Duke of Burgundy made War upon his Neighbours, which War lasted many years, and was ended by his death. Two Comets were seen, the one in the East, the other in the West, after which the Turks invaded Armenia. The appearance of Donati’s comet, in 1858, was quickly followed by the Italian war of 1859.(2)
The 17th century English poet, Milton said this in regards to comets, Satan, and war in his day; “Satan stood and like a comet burned, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.”(3)
Does this have any relation to Wormwood?
Revelation 8:11- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
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