Did Jesus Teach the “Age of Aquarius”?

If you twist anyone’s arm long enough they will tell you what you want to hear. Unfortunately, we have treated the Bible the same way. I was listening to the radio last Tuesday to the Dave Glover Show, a weird and rather miscellaneous show that comes on 97.1 here in Saint Louis. Every Tuesday he has on a Dr. Lench (sp?) who explains paranormal what-nots. This particular segment landed upon Christianity and Christ and he made the following observation: Jesus taught the Age of Aquarius was approaching. How on earth would you get this from the Christian Scriptures, you might ask? Simple…let’s see if we cannot “twist some arms” here:

Luke 22:10: He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a water jar will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters…”

For those of you playing the home edition, there is a reason you get no more context than this. If you read before this or after this the context of the passage sends the good Dr’s theory going the way of the Dodo. If you simply look at this small piece, however, this is where you arrive: Christ is telling His disciples that the Age of Aquarius is coming. How do we know this? Look at the person they are supposed to follow: A man with a water jar! Jesus’ disciples are to follow into the Age of Aquarius! Awesome…unless you look at the rest of the passage, and see that the Good Dr. is nothing more than a “hidden reef” (Jude 12), though he claims to be a believer:

Luke 22:7-12Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.” 9 They said to him, “Where will you have us prepare it?” 10 He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters 11 and tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there.” 13 And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

But who needs a silly thing like context anyway, right? In fact, let’s have a contest to see who can twist the Bible’s arm better?…Maybe not.