Bible Question: Can anyone cite Scripture forbidding consulting astrology or horoscopes? |
Bible Answer: I can only come up with the following scriptures which seem to imply God is not pleased when we pursue this area for guidance. Luke 21:25 "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." 1 Cor 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 2 Thes 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. I don't think you'll find the specific words astrology, horoscopes or the zodiac in the Bible but it seems pretty clear to me from the scriptures and I noticed the previous posts on this subject. My solid conclusion is that God wants us to come to one single place for guidance in the metaphysical world of any kind. You know what single source I'm referring to...God's Word. We all know about the Apostles instructions in general to do things in the name of the Lord and if we can't have complete faith in any one thing we do, we should avoid it. There's no way anyone could convince me (or any other serious Bible student, in my opinion) that we follow any other source of guidance in a metaphysical sense. I'm hoping, from studying your other Bible based posts to this Forum, that you're not saying you put any belief or any serious study into these questionable areas, please confirm for me that you don't. Don't get me wrong; I'm not a fanatic about this. For example I know my zodiac sign as being Taurus the Bull but that's the extent of my knowledge of the zodiac. I might even be just a little stubborn as suggested by the personality of the bull but I don't do anything else along these lines. God bless. |