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Ethelbert William Bullinger, D.D.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class="tei tei-q" + style="text-align: center">“<span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">HE telleth the + number of the stars;</span><br /> + <span style="font-style: italic">He giveth them all their + names.</span></span>”</span> (Ps. cxlvii. 4. <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">Published by the + Author</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center">London</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em">1893</p> + </div> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Contents</span></h1> + + <ul class="tei tei-index tei-index-toc"> + <li><a href="#toc1">Preface.</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc3">Introduction.</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc5">The First Book. The Redeemer.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc7">Chapter I. The Sign + VIRGO.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc9">1. COMA (The Woman and + Child).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc11">2. CENTAURUS (The + Centaur).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc13">3. BOÖTES (The Coming + One).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc15">Chapter II. The Sign + LIBRA.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc17">1. CRUX (The + Cross).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc19">2. LUPUS or VICTIMA + (The Victim).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc21">3. CORONA (The + Crown).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc23">Chapter III. The Sign + SCORPIO.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc25">1 and 2. SERPENS and + OPHIUCHUS.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc27">3. HERCULES (The + Mighty Man).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc29">Chapter IV. The Sign + SAGITTARIUS.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc31">1. LYRA (The + Harp).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc33">2. ARA (The + Altar).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc35">3. DRACO (The + Dragon).</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc37">The Second Book. The Redeemed.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc39">Chapter I. The Sign + CAPRICORNUS (The Sea Goat).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc41">1. SAGITTA (The + Arrow).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc43">2. AQUILA (The + Eagle).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc45">3. DELPHINUS (The + Dolphin).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc47">Chapter II. The Sign + AQUARIUS (The Water Bearer).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc49">1. PISCIS AUSTRALIS + (The Southern Fish).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc51">2. PEGASUS (The + Winged Horse).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc53">3. CYGNUS (The + Swan).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc55">Chapter III. The Sign + PISCES (The Fishes).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc57">1. THE BAND.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc59">2. ANDROMEDA (The + Chained Woman).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc61">3. CEPHEUS (The + King).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc63">Chapter IV. The Sign + ARIES (The Ram or Lamb).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc65">1. CASSIOPEIA (The + Enthroned Woman).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc67">2. CETUS (The Sea + Monster).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc69">3. PERSEUS (“The + Breaker.”)</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc71">The Third Book. The Redeemer.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc73">Chapter I. The Sign + TAURUS (The Bull).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc75">1. ORION (The Coming + Prince).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc77">2. ERIDANUS (The + River of the Judge).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc79">3. AURIGA (The + Shepherd).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc81">Chapter II. The Sign + GEMINI (The Twins).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc83">1. LEPUS (the Hare), + THE ENEMY.</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc85">2. CANIS MAJOR (The + Dog), or SIRIUS (The Prince).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc87">3. CANIS MINOR (The + Second Dog).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc89">Chapter III. The Sign + CANCER (The Crab).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc91">1. URSA MINOR (The + Little Bear).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc93">2. URSA MAJOR (The + Great Bear).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc95">3. ARGO (The + Ship).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 2em"><a href="#toc97">Chapter IV. The Sign + LEO (The Lion).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc99">1. HYDRA (The + Serpent).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc101">2. CRATER (The + Cup).</a></li> + + <li style="margin-left: 4em"><a href="#toc103">3. CORVUS (The + Raven).</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc105">Summary.</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc107">“For Signs And For Seasons.”</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc109">Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA.</a></li> + + <li><a href="#toc111">Footnotes</a></li> + </ul> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-body" style= + "margin-bottom: 6.00em; margin-top: 6.00em"> + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/cover.jpg"><img src="images/cover.jpg" alt= + "Cover Art" /></a> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 5.00em; margin-bottom: 5.00em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">[Transcribers + Note: This e-book contains countless special symbols, and characters + from uncommon character sets. If you see unrenderable characters, you + may need to change to a font that has the needed Unicode blocks. It + uses these uncommon character sets: Greek (Unicode U+0370 through + U+03FF), Greek Extended (U+1F00 through U+1FFF), Hebrew (U+0590 + through U+05FF), and Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600 through U+26FF). + Hebrew pointings and Greek markings are as provided in the original + book, and some differ from the usual pointings and markings for those + words.]</p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="pageiii">[pg iii]</span><a name= + "Pgiii" id="Pgiii" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc1" id="toc1"></a> <a name="pdf2" id="pdf2"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Preface.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Some years ago it + was my privilege to enjoy the acquaintance of Miss Frances Rolleston, + of Keswick, and to carry on a correspondence with her with respect to + her work, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mazzaroth: or, the Constellations</span></span>. + She was the first to create an interest in this important subject. + Since then Dr. Seiss, of Philadelphia, has endeavoured to popularize + her work on the other side of the Atlantic; and brief references have + been made to the subject in such books as <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Moses and + Geology</span></span>, by Dr. Kinns, and in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Primeval + Man</span></span>; but it was felt, for many reasons, that it was + desirable to make another effort to set forth, in a more complete + form, the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">witness of the stars to prophetic + truth</span></span>, so necessary in these last days.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">To the late Miss + Rolleston, however, belongs the honour of collecting a mass of + information bearing on this subject; but, published as it was, + chiefly in the form of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">notes</span></em>, unarranged and unindexed, it + was suited only for, but was most valuable to, the student. She it + was who performed the drudgery of collecting the facts presented by + Albumazer, the Arab astronomer to the Caliphs of Grenada, 850 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>; and the Tables drawn + up by Ulugh Beigh, the Tartar prince and <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "pageiv">[pg iv]</span><a name="Pgiv" id="Pgiv" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> astronomer, about 1450 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, who gives the Arabian + Astronomy as it had come down from the earliest times.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Modern astronomers + have preserved, and still have in common use, the ancient names of + over a hundred of the principal stars which have been handed down; + but now these names are used merely as a convenience, and without any + reference to their significance.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This work is an + attempt to popularize this ancient information, and to use it in the + interests of truth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">For the ancient + astronomical facts and the names, with their signification, I am, + from the very nature of the case, indebted, of course, to all who + have preserved, collected, and handed them down; but for their + interpretation I am alone responsible.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is for the + readers to judge how far my conclusions are borne out by the + evidence; and how far the foundation of our hopes of coming glory are + strengthened by the prophecies which have been written in the stars + of heaven, as well as in the Scriptures of truth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">For the + illustrations I am greatly indebted to Jamieson's <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Celestial + Atlas</span></span>, 1820; Flammarion's <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">L'Étoiles</span></span>; Sir John W. Lubbock's + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Stars in + Six Maps</span></span>, 1883; and to the late Mr. Edward J. Cooper's + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Egyptian + Scenery</span></span>, 1820. For the general presentation and + arrangement of the Constellations I am responsible, while for the + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="pagev">[pg v]</span><a name="Pgv" id= + "Pgv" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> drawings my thanks are due to my + friend Miss Amy Manson.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is the + possession of <span class="tei tei-q">“that blessed hope”</span> of + Christ's speedy return from Heaven which will give true interest in + the great subject of this book.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">No one can dispute + the antiquity of the Signs of the Zodiac, or of the Constellations. + No one can question the accuracy of the ancient star-names which have + come down to us, for they are still preserved in every good celestial + atlas. And we hope that no one will be able to resist the cumulative + evidence that, apart from God's grace in Christ there is no hope for + sinners now: and apart from God's glory, as it will be manifested in + the return of Christ from Heaven, there is no hope for the Church, no + hope for Israel, no hope for the world, no hope for a groaning + creation. In spite of all the vaunted promises of a religious World, + and of a worldly Church, to remove the effects of the curse by a + Social Gospel of Sanitation, we are more and more shut up to the + prophecy of Gen. iii. 15, which we wait and long to see fulfilled in + Christ as our only hope. This is beautifully expressed by the late + Dr. William Leask:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And is there none before? No + perfect peace</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Unbroken by the storms and cares + of life,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Until the time of waiting for Him + cease,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">By His appearing to destroy the + strife?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">No, none before.</span> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="pagevi">[pg vi]</span><a name= + "Pgvi" id="Pgvi" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Do we not hear that through the + flag of grace</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">By faithful messengers of God + unfurled,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All men will be converted, and the + place</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of man's rebellion be a holy + world?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 21.60em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yes, so we hear.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Is it not true that to the Church + is given</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The holy honour of dispelling + night,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And bringing back the human race + to heaven,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">By kindling everywhere the Gospel + light?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 21.60em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">It is not true.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Is this the hope—that Christ the + Lord will come,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In all the glory of His royal + right,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Redeemer and Avenger, taking + home</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">His saints, and crushing the + usurper's might?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 21.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">This is the hope.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">May the God of all + grace accept and bless this effort to show forth His glory, and use + it to strengthen His people in waiting for His Son from Heaven, even + Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Ethelbert W. + Bullinger.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">August 31st, + 1893.</span></span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page001">[pg 001]</span><a name= + "Pg001" id="Pg001" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 5.00em; margin-bottom: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc3" id="toc3"></a> <a name="pdf4" id="pdf4"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Introduction.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">For more than two + thousand five hundred years the world was without a written + revelation from God. The question is, Did God leave Himself without a + witness? The question is answered very positively by the written Word + that He did not. In Rom. i. 19 it is declared that, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for + God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of Him from + the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the + things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that + they are without excuse.”</span> But how was God known? How were His + <span class="tei tei-q">“invisible things,”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, His + plans, His purposes, and His counsels, known since the creation of + the world? We are told by the Holy Spirit in Rom. x. 18. Having + stated in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 17 that <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word (ῥήμα, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the thing + spoken</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sayings</span></span>) of God,”</span> He asks, + <span class="tei tei-q">“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, + verily.”</span> And we may ask, How have they heard? The answer + follows—<span class="tei tei-q">“Their sound went into all the earth + (γή) and their words (ῥήματα, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">their teaching</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">message</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">instruction</span></span>) unto the ends of the + world (οἰκουμένη).”</span> What words? What instruction? Whose + message? Whose teaching? There is only one answer, and that is, THE + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page002">[pg 002]</span><a name="Pg002" + id="Pg002" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> HEAVENS! This is settled by + the fact that the passage is quoted from Ps. xix., the first part of + which is occupied with the Revelation of God written in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Heavens</span></span>, and the latter part with the Revelation of God + written in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Word</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the simple + explanation of this beautiful Psalm. This is why its two subjects are + brought together. It has often perplexed many why there should be + that abrupt departure in verse 7—<span class="tei tei-q">“The law of + the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.”</span> The fact is, there + is nothing abrupt in it, and it is no departure. It is simply the + transition to the second of the two great Revelations which are thus + placed in juxtaposition. The first is the Revelation of the Creator, + <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El</span></span>, אֵל, in His <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">works</span></em>, + while the second is the Revelation of the Covenant Jehovah, יְהוָה, + in His <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Word</span></em>. And it is noteworthy that + while in the first half of the Psalm, <span lang="he" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El</span></span> is named only once, in the + latter half <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "he"><span style="font-style: italic">Jehovah</span></span> is named + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seven</span></em> times, the last being + threefold (Jehovah, Rock, and Redeemer), concluding the Psalm.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Let us then turn + to Ps. xix., and note first—</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">The Structure</span><a id="noteref_1" + name="noteref_1" href="#note_1"><span class="tei tei-noteref" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">1</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 144%">of the Psalm as a whole.</span></h2> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A | 1-4-. The Heavens.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">B | -4-6.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In + them</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(בָּהֶם) the Sun.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A | 7-10. The Scriptures.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">B | 11-14.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In + them</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(בָּהֶם) Thy Servant.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page003">[pg 003]</span><a name= + "Pg003" id="Pg003" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Key to + the Psalms</span></span>, p. 17, it is pointed out that the terms + employed in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">B</span></span> are + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">astronomical</span></em>,<a id="noteref_2" + name="noteref_2" href="#note_2"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">2</span></span></a> while + in A and B they are <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">literary</span></em>. Thus the two parts are + significantly connected and united.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Ewald and others + imagine that this Psalm is made up of two fragments of separate + Psalms composed at different periods and brought together by a + later editor!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But this is + disproved not only by what has been said concerning the structure + of the Psalm as a whole, and the interlacing of the astronomical + and the literary terms in the two parts, but it is also shown by + more minute details.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Each half + consists of two portions which correspond the one to the other, A + answering to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span>, and B to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">B</span></span>. + Moreover, each half, as well as each corresponding member, consists + of the same number of lines; those in <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page004">[pg 004]</span><a name="Pg004" id="Pg004" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> the first half being, by the <span class= + "tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cæsura</span></span>, short, while those in + the last half are long (or double).</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A | 1-4-. Eight lines</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">B | -4-6. Six lines</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + A</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| 7-10. Eight + lines</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + B</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| 11-14. Six + lines</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If we confine + ourselves to the first half of the Psalm<a id="noteref_3" name= + "noteref_3" href="#note_3"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">3</span></span></a> (A and + B, verses 1-6), with which we are now alone concerned, we see a + still more minute proof of Divine order and perfection.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">The Structure of A and B.</span></h2> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A & B | C | 1. The + heavens.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 5.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| D | 2. Their testimony: + incessant. (Pos.)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 9.00em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| E | 3. Their words inaudible. + (Neg.)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 5.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">|</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">D</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| 4-. Their testimony: + universal. (Pos.)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">|</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">C</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| -4-6. The heavens.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we have an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">introversion</span></em>, in which the + extremes (C and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">C</span></span>) are occupied with the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">heavens</span></em>; while the means (D, E and + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">D</span></span>) are occupied with their + testimony.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The following is + the full expansion of the above, with original emendations which + preserve the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">order</span></em> of the Hebrew words and thus + indicate the nature of the structure:—</p><span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page005">[pg 005]</span><a name="Pg005" id="Pg005" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">C | a | The heavens</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">b | are telling</span><a id= + "noteref_4" name="noteref_4" href="#note_4"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">4</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 9.00em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">c | the glory</span><a id= + "noteref_5" name="noteref_5" href="#note_5"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">5</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of God:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + c</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| and the work + of his hands</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + b</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| is setting + forth</span><a id="noteref_6" name="noteref_6" href= + "#note_6"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">6</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + a</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| the + firmament.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 5.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">D | d | Day after + day</span><a id="noteref_7" name="noteref_7" href= + "#note_7"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">7</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 9.00em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">e | uttereth</span><a id= + "noteref_8" name="noteref_8" href="#note_8"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">8</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">speech,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 5.40em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + d</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| And night + after night</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + e</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| sheweth + knowledge.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 9.00em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">E | f | There is no speech (what + is articulate)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 12.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">g | and there are no words (what + is audible);</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 12.60em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + g</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| and without + being audible,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 10.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + f</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| is their voice + (what is articulate).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 5.40em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + D</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| h | Into all + the earth (as created)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 10.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">i | is their line</span><a id= + "noteref_9" name="noteref_9" href="#note_9"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">9</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">gone forth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 7.20em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + h</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| And into the + ends of the world (as inhabited)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + i</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| Their + sayings.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">C | j | For the sun He hath set + a tent (an abode) in them;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + k</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| l | and he as + a bridegroom (comparison)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">m | is going forth from his + canopy, (motion: its rising)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 5.40em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + l</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| he rejoiceth + as a mighty one (comparison)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + m</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| to run his + course. (Motion: its rapid course.)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + k</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| n | from the + end of the heavens (egress)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 10.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">o | is his going forth + (egress)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 10.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + o</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| and his + revolution (regress)</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 9.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + n</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| unto their + ends (regress):</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + j</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">| and there is + nothing hid from his heat (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + from him)</span><a id="noteref_10" name="noteref_10" href= + "#note_10"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">10</span></span></a> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page006">[pg 006]</span><a name= + "Pg006" id="Pg006" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Surely there is + something more referred to here than a mere wonder excited by the + works of the Creator! When we read the whole passage and mark its + structure, and note the words employed, we are emphatically told + that the heavens contain a revelation from God; they prophesy, they + show knowledge, they tell of God's glory, and set forth His + purposes and counsels.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a + remarkable fact that it is in the Book of Job, which is generally + allowed to be the oldest book in the <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page007">[pg 007]</span><a name="Pg007" id="Pg007" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> Bible,<a id="noteref_11" name="noteref_11" + href="#note_11"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">11</span></span></a> if not + in the world, that we have references to this Stellar Revelation. + This would be at least 2,000 years before Christ. In that book the + signs of the Zodiac and the names of several stars and + constellations are mentioned, as being ancient and well-known.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Isa. xl. 26 + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>) we read:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Lift up + your eyes on high,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And see who hath created + these,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That bringeth out their host by + number:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He calleth them all by + name;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">By the greatness of His + might,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And for that He is strong in + power,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Not one is lacking.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have the same + evidence in Psalm cxlvii. 4. (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>)</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He + telleth the number of the stars;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">He giveth them all their + names.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is a + distinct and Divine declaration that the great Creator both + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">numbered</span></em> as well as <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">named</span></em> + the stars of Heaven.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The question is, + Has he revealed any of these names? Have any of them been handed + down to us?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The answer is + Yes; and that in the Bible itself we have the names (so ancient + that their meaning is a little obscure) of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ash</span></span> + (עָשׁ, a name still connected with the Great Bear), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cesil</span></span> + (כְּסִיל), and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cimah</span></span> (כִּימָה).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">They occur in + Job ix. 9: <span class="tei tei-q">“Which maketh Arcturus + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Bear</span></span>), Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the + south.”</span> (Marg., Heb., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ash</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cesil</span></span>, + and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cimah</span></span>.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Job xxxviii. 31, + 32: <span class="tei tei-q">“Canst thou bind the sweet influences + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> cluster) of the + Pleiades (marg., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the</span> <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page008">[pg 008]</span><a name="Pg008" id="Pg008" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a><span style="font-style: italic">seven + stars</span></span>, Heb. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cimah</span></span>), or loose the bands of + Orion (marg. Heb. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cesil</span></span>)? Canst thou bring forth + Mazzaroth (marg., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the twelve signs</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-q">‘the twelve signs’</span>: and marg., <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the signs of the + Zodiac</span></span>) in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus + with his sons (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>, the Bear with her + train; and marg., Heb., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sons</span></span>).”</span><a id="noteref_12" + name="noteref_12" href="#note_12"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">12</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Isa. xiii. 10: + ... <span class="tei tei-q">“The stars of heaven and the + constellations thereof.”</span> ...</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Amos v. 8: + <span class="tei tei-q">“Seek him that maketh the seven stars + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>, the Pleiades) and + Orion.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Then we have the + term <span class="tei tei-q">“Mazzaroth,”</span> Job xxxviii. 32, + and <span class="tei tei-q">“Mazzaloth,”</span> 2 Kings xxiii. 5. + The former in both versions is referred to the Twelve Signs of the + Zodiac, while the latter is rendered <span class= + "tei tei-q">“planets,”</span> and in margin, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the twelve signs or + constellations</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Others are + referred to by name. The sign of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Gemini,”</span> or the Twins, is given as the name of + a ship: Acts xxviii. 11, Διόσκουροι, (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + Castor & Pollux).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Most + commentators agree that the constellation of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Draco,”</span> or the Dragon (between the Great and + Little Bear), is referred to in Job xxvi. 13: <span class= + "tei tei-q">“By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand + hath formed the crooked serpent (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> swift. Marg. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">fleeing</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">gliding</span></span>. See Is. xxvii. 1; + xliii. 14).”</span> This word <span class= + "tei tei-q">“garnished”</span> is peculiar. The <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> puts in the margin, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">beauty</span></span>. In Ps. xvi. 6, it is + rendered <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">goodly</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-q">“I have a goodly heritage.”</span> In Dan. iv. 2, it is + rendered, <span class="tei tei-q">“I thought <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page009">[pg 009]</span><a name="Pg009" id="Pg009" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> it good to show,”</span> referring to + <span class="tei tei-q">“the signs and wonders”</span> with which + God had visited Nebuchadnezzar. It appears from this that God + <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">thought it good to show</span></span>”</span> + by these signs written in the heavens the wonders of His purposes + and counsels, and it was by His Spirit that He made it known; it + was His hand that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coiled</span></span> (חוּל) the crooked + serpent among the stars of heaven.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus we see that + the Scriptures are not silent as to the great antiquity of the + signs and constellations.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If we turn to + history and tradition, we are at once met with the fact that the + Twelve Signs are the same, both as to the meaning of their names + and as to their order <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">in all the ancient nations of the + world</span></span>. The Chinese, Chaldean, and Egyptian records go + back to more than 2,000 years <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> Indeed, the Zodiacs + in the Temples of Denderah and Esnéh, in Egypt, are doubtless + copies of Zodiacs still more ancient, which, from internal + evidence, must be placed nearly 4,000 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, when the summer + solstice was in Leo.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Josephus hands + down to us what he gives as the traditions of his own nation, + corroborated by his reference to eight ancient Gentile authorities, + whose works are lost. He says that they all assert that + <span class="tei tei-q">“God gave the antediluvians such long life + that they might perfect those things which they had invented in + astronomy.”</span> Cassini commences his <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">History of + Astronomy</span></span> by saying <span class="tei tei-q">“It is + impossible to doubt that astronomy was invented from the beginning + of the world; history, profane as well as sacred, testifies to this + truth.”</span> Nouet, a French astronomer, infers that the Egyptian + Astronomy must have arisen 5,400 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>!</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page010">[pg 010]</span><a name="Pg010" id="Pg010" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Ancient Persian + and Arabian traditions ascribe its invention to Adam, Seth, and + Enoch. Josephus asserts that it originated in the family of Seth; + and he says that the children of Seth, and especially Adam, Seth, + and Enoch, that their revelation might not be lost as to the two + coming judgments of Water and Fire, made two pillars (one of brick, + the other of stone), describing the whole of the predictions of the + stars upon them, and in case the brick pillar should be destroyed + by the flood, the stone would preserve the revelation (Book i. chs. + 1-3).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is what is + doubtless meant by Gen. xi. 4, <span class="tei tei-q">“And they + said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower whose top + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">may + reach</span></span> unto heaven.”</span> The words <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">may reach</span></span>”</span> are in + italics. There is nothing in the verse which relates to the height + of this tower. It merely says וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">and his top with the + heavens</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> with the pictures and the + stars, just as we find them in the ancient temples of Denderah and + Esnéh in Egypt. This tower, with its planisphere and pictures of + the signs and constellations, was to be erected like those temples + were afterwards, in order to preserve the revelation, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole + earth.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + corroborated by Lieut.-Gen. Chesney, well known for his learned + researches and excavations among the ruins of Babylon, who, after + describing his various discoveries, says,<a id="noteref_13" name= + "noteref_13" href="#note_13"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">13</span></span></a> + <span class="tei tei-q">“About five miles S.W. of Hillah, the most + remarkable of all the ruins, the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Birs + Nimroud</span></span> of <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page011">[pg + 011]</span><a name="Pg011" id="Pg011" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + the Arabs, rises to a height of 153 feet above the plain from a + base covering a square of 400 feet, or almost four acres. It was + constructed of kiln-dried bricks in seven stages to correspond with + the planets to which they were dedicated: the lowermost black, the + colour of Saturn; the next orange, for Jupiter; the third red, for + Mars; and so on.<a id="noteref_14" name="noteref_14" href= + "#note_14"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">14</span></span></a> These + stages were surmounted by a lofty tower on the summit of which, we + are told, were the signs of the Zodiac and other astronomical + figures; thus having (as it should have been translated) + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + representation of the heavens</span></span>, instead of + <span class="tei tei-q">‘a top which reached unto + heaven.’</span> ”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This Biblical + evidence carries us at once right back to the Flood, or about 2,500 + years <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This tower or + temple, or both, was also called <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Seven Spheres</span></span>,”</span> + according to some; and <span class="tei tei-q">“The Seven + Lights,”</span> according to others. It is thus clear that the + popular idea of its height and purpose must be abandoned, and its + astronomical reference to revelation must be admitted. The tower + was an attempt to preserve and hand down the antediluvian + traditions; their sin was in keeping together instead of scattering + themselves over the earth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Another + important statement is made by Dr. Budge, of the British + Museum.<a id="noteref_15" name="noteref_15" href= + "#note_15"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">15</span></span></a> He + says, <span class="tei tei-q">“It must never be forgotten that the + Babylonians were a nation of star-gazers, and that they kept a body + of men to do nothing else but report eclipses, appearances of the + moon, sun-spots, etc., etc.”</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page012">[pg 012]</span><a name="Pg012" id="Pg012" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Astronomy, mixed with astrology, occupied a large + number of tablets in the Babylonian libraries, and Isaiah, xlvii. + 13, refers to this when he says to Babylon, <span class= + "tei tei-q">‘Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let + now thy astrologers (marg. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viewers of the heavens</span></span>), the + star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up.’</span> The + largest astrological work of the Babylonians contained seventy + tablets, and was compiled by the command of Sargon of Agade + thirty-eight hundred years before Christ! It was called the + <span class="tei tei-q">‘Illumination of Bel.’</span> ”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Their observations were made in towers called + <span class="tei tei-q">‘ziggurats’</span> ”</span> (p. 106).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“They built observatories in all the great cities, and + reports like the above [which Dr. Budge gives in full] were + regularly sent to the King”</span> (p. 110).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“They were able to calculate eclipses, and had long + lists of them.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“They found out that + the sun was spotted, and they knew of comets.”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q">“They were the inventors of the Zodiac”</span> (?). + There are fragments of two (ancient Babylonian) planispheres in the + British Museum with figures and calculations inscribed upon them. + <span class="tei tei-q">“The months were called after the signs of + the Zodiac”</span> (p. 109).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We may form some + idea of what this <span class="tei tei-q">“representation of the + heavens”</span> was from the fifth <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Creation Tablet,”</span> now in the British Museum. It + reads as follows:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Anu [</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the + Creator</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] made + excellent the mansions [</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the celestial + houses</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] of the great + gods [twelve] in number [</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the twelve signs or mansions + of the sun</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">].</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The stars he placed in them. The lumasi + [</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">groups of stars or + figures</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] he + fixed.</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page013">[pg + 013]</span><a name="Pg013" id="Pg013" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">He arranged the year according to the bounds + [</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the twelve + signs</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] which he + defined.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">For each of the twelve months three rows of + stars [</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">constellations</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] + he fixed.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">From the day when the + year issues forth unto the close, he marked the mansions + [</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the Zodiacal + Signs</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] of the + wandering stars [</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">planets</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] + to know their courses that they might not err or deflect at + all.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Coming down to + less ancient records: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Eudoxos</span></span>, an astronomer of + Cnidus (403 to 350 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>), wrote a work on + Astronomy which he called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phainomena</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Antigonus + Gonatas</span></span>, King of Macedonia (273-239 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>), requested the Poet + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> to put the work of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Eudoxus</span></span> into the form of a + poem, which he did about the year 270 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> called his work + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Diosemeia + (the Divine Signs)</span></span>. He was a native of Tarsus, and it + is interesting for us to note that his poem was known to, and, + indeed, must have been read by, the Apostle Paul, for he quotes it + in his address at Athens on Mars' Hill. He says (Acts xvii. 28), + <span class="tei tei-q">“For in Him we live, and move, and have our + being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also + his offspring.”</span><a id="noteref_16" name="noteref_16" href= + "#note_16"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">16</span></span></a> + Several translations of this poem have been made, both by + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Cicero</span></span> and others, into + Latin, and in recent times into English by E. Poste, J. Lamb, and + others. The following is the opening from the translation of Robert + Brown, jun.:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">From + Zeus we lead the strain; he whom mankind</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Ne'er leave unhymned: of Zeus + all public ways,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All haunts of men, are full; and + full the sea,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And harbours; and of Zeus all + stand in need.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + We are his offspring</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">:</span><a id="noteref_17" name="noteref_17" + href="#note_17"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">17</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and he, ever good and mild to + man,</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page014">[pg + 014]</span><a name="Pg014" id="Pg014" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Gives favouring signs, and + rouses us to toil.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Calling to mind life's wants: + when clods are best</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For plough and mattock: when the + time is ripe</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For planting vines and sowing + seeds, he tells,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Since he himself hath fixed in + heaven these Signs,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The stars dividing: and + throughout the year</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Stars he provides to indicate to + man</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The seasons' course, that all things duly + grow,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">etc., etc.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Then + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> proceeds to + describe and explain all the Signs and Constellations as the Greeks + in his day understood, or rather misunderstood, them, after their + true meaning and testimony had been forgotten.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Moreover, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> describes them, not + as they were seen in his day, but as they were seen some 4,000 + years before. The stars were not seen from Tarsus as he describes + them, and he must therefore have written from a then ancient + Zodiac. For notwithstanding that we speak of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“fixed stars,”</span> there is a constant, though slow, + change taking place amongst them. There is also another change + taking place owing to the slow recession of the pole of the heavens + (about 50" in the year); so that while <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Alpha</span></span> + in the constellation of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Draco</span></span> was the Polar Star when + the Zodiac was first formed, the Polar Star is now <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Alpha</span></span> + in what is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ursa Minor</span></span>. This change alone + carries us back at least 5,000 years. The same movement which has + changed the relative position of these two stars has also caused + the constellation of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Southern Cross</span></span> to become + invisible in northern latitudes. When the constellations were + formed the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Southern Cross</span></span> was visible in N. + latitude 40°, and was included in their number. But, though known + by tradition, it had not been seen in that latitude for some twenty + centuries, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page015">[pg + 015]</span><a name="Pg015" id="Pg015" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + until the Cape of Good Hope had been discovered. Then was seen + again <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Southern Cross</span></span> depicted by the Patriarchs. Here is + another indisputable proof as to the antiquity of the formation of + the Zodiac.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ptolemy</span></span> (150 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>) transmits them from + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Hïpparchus</span></span> (130 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>) <span class= + "tei tei-q">“as of unquestioned authority, unknown origin, and + unsearchable antiquity.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Sir William + Drummond says that <span class="tei tei-q">“the traditions of the + Chaldean Astronomy seem the fragments of a mighty system fallen + into ruins.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The word + <span class="tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zodiac</span></span> itself is from the Greek + Ζωδιακός, which is not from Ζάω, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + live</span></span>, but from a primitive root through the Hebrew + <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sodi</span></span>, which in Sanscrit means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + way</span></span>. Its etymology has no connection with + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">living + creatures</span></span>, but denotes <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a way</span></span>, + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">step</span></span>, and is used of the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">way</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">path</span></span> in + which the sun appears to move amongst the stars in the course of + the year.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">To an observer + on the earth the whole firmament, together with the sun, appears to + revolve in a circle once in twenty-four hours. But the time + occupied by the stars in going round, differs from the time + occupied by the sun. This difference amounts to about one-twelfth + part of the whole circle in each month, so that when the circle of + the heavens is divided up into twelve parts, the sun appears to + move each month through one of them. This path which the sun thus + makes amongst the stars is called the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ecliptic</span></span>.<a id="noteref_18" + name="noteref_18" href="#note_18"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">18</span></span></a></p><span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page016">[pg 016]</span><a name="Pg016" id="Pg016" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Each of these + twelve parts (consisting each of about 30 degrees) is + distinguished, not by numbers or by letters, but by pictures and + names, and this, as we have seen, from the very earliest times. + They are preserved to the present day in our almanacs, and we are + taught their order in the familiar rhymes:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Ram</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Bull</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the heavenly</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Twins</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And next the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Crab</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lion</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shines,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Virgin</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Scales</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Scorpion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Archer</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Sea-Goat</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Man</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">that carries the + Water-pot,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Fish</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">with glittering + scales.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These signs have + always and everywhere been preserved in this order, and have begun + with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>. They have been + known amongst all nations, and in all ages, thus proving their + common origin from one source.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page017">[pg 017]</span><a name="Pg017" id="Pg017" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The figures + themselves are perfectly arbitrary. There is nothing in the groups + of stars to even suggest the figures. This is the first thing which + is noticed by every one who looks at the constellations. Take for + example the sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, and look at the + stars. There is nothing whatever to suggest a human form; still + less is there anything to show whether that form is a man or a + woman. And so with all the others.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">picture</span></em>, therefore, is the + original, and must have been drawn around or connected with certain + stars, simply in order that it might be identified and associated + with them; and that it might thus be remembered and handed down to + posterity.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be no + doubt, as the learned Authoress of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mazzaroth</span></span> conclusively proves, + that these signs were afterwards identified with the twelve sons of + Jacob. Joseph sees the sun and moon and eleven stars bowing down to + him, he himself being the twelfth (Gen. xxxvii. 9). The blessing of + Jacob (Gen. xlix.) and the blessing of Moses (Deut. xxxiii.) both + bear witness to the existence of these signs in their day. And it + is more than probable that each of the Twelve Tribes bore one of + them on its standard. We read in Num. ii. 2, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his + own <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Standard</span></span>, with the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ensign</span></span> of their father's + house”</span> (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-q">“with the ensigns of their fathers' houses”</span>). + This <span class="tei tei-q">“Standard”</span> was the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Degel</span></span> + (דֶגֶל) on which the <span class="tei tei-q">“Sign”</span> (אוֹת, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Oth</span></span>) was depicted. Hence it was + called the <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">En-sign</span></span>.”</span> Ancient Jewish + authorities declare that each tribe had one of the signs as its + own, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page018">[pg 018]</span><a name= + "Pg018" id="Pg018" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> and it is highly + probable, even from Scripture, that four of the tribes carried its + <span class="tei tei-q">“Sign”</span>; and that these four were + placed at the four sides of the camp.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If the Lion were + appropriated to Judah, then the other three would be thus fixed, + and would be the same four that equally divide the Zodiac at its + four cardinal points. According to Num. ii. the camp was thus + formed:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the North, from North-West to + North-East:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Asher</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Sagittarius</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Dan</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, The Scorpion + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Scorpio</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Nephtali</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Capricornus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the East, from North-East to + South-East:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Issachar</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cancer</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Judah</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, The Lion + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Leo</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Zebulon</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Virgo</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the South, from South-East to + South-West:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Simeon</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Pisces</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Reuben</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, The Man + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Aquarius</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Gad</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Aries</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the West, from South-West to + North-West:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Ephraim</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">and</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Manasseh</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, The Bull + (the two horns of</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Taurus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Benjamin</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gemini</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the Center:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Levi</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, The Scales + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Libra</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If the reader + compares the above with the blessings of Israel and Moses, and + compares the meanings and descriptions given below with those + blessings, the <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page019">[pg + 019]</span><a name="Pg019" id="Pg019" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + connection will be clearly seen. Levi, for example, had no + standard, and he needed none, for he kept <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the balance of the Sanctuary,”</span> and had the + charge of that brazen altar on which the atoning blood outweighed + the nation's sins.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The four great + signs which thus marked the four sides of the camp, and the four + quarters of the Zodiac, are the same four which form the Cherubim + (the Eagle, the Scorpion's enemy, being substituted for the + Scorpion). The Cherubim thus form a compendious expression of the + hope of Creation, which, from the very first, has been bound up + with the Coming One, who alone should cause its groanings to + cease.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But this brings + us to the Signs themselves and their interpretation.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These pictures + were designed to preserve, expound, and perpetuate the one first + great promise and prophecy of Gen. iii. 15, that all hope for Man, + all hope for Creation, was bound up in <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">a coming + Redeemer</span></em>; One who should be born of a woman; who should + first suffer, and afterwards gloriously triumph; One who should + first be wounded by that great enemy who was the cause of all sin + and sorrow and death, but who should finally crush the head of + <span class="tei tei-q">“that Old Serpent the Devil.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These ancient + star-pictures reveal this Coming One. They set forth <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should + follow.”</span> Altogether there are forty-eight of them, made up + of twelve <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Signs</span></span>, each sign + containing three <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Constellations</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These may be + divided into <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">three</span></em> great books, each + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page020">[pg 020]</span><a name= + "Pg020" id="Pg020" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> book containing four + chapters (or Signs); and each chapter containing three sections (or + Constellations).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Each book (like + the four Gospels) sets forth its peculiar aspect of the Coming One; + beginning with the promise of His coming, and ending with the + destruction of the enemy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But where are we + to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">begin</span></em> to read this wondrous + Heavenly Scroll? A circle has proverbially neither beginning nor + end. In what order then are we to consider these signs? In the + heavens they form a never-ending circle. Where is the beginning and + where is the end of this circle through which the sun is constantly + moving? Where are we to break into this circle? and say, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">This is + the commencement</span></span>. It is clear that unless we can + determine this original starting point we can never read this + wondrous book aright.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">As I have said, + the popular beginning to-day is with <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the</span></em> + Ram. But comparing this Revelation with that which was afterwards + written <span class="tei tei-q">“in the Volume of the Book,”</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span> is the only point + where we can intelligently begin, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Leo</span></span> is the only point + where we can logically conclude. Is not this what is spoken of as + the unknown and insoluble mystery—<span class="tei tei-q">“The + riddle of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Sphinx</span></span>”</span>? The word + <span class="tei tei-q">“Sphinx”</span> is from σφίγγω, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to bind + closely together</span></span>. It was therefore designed to show + where the two ends of the Zodiac were to be joined together, and + where the great circle of the heavens begins and ends.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/esneh.png"><img src="images/esneh.png" alt= + "Ceiling of Portico of Temple of Esneh" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Signs of Leo and Virgo, from the ceiling of the Portico of the + Temple of Esneh, showing the Sphinx between, uniting the + beginning and end of the Zodiac. + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Sphinx</span></span> is a figure with + the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">head + of a woman</span></em> and the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">body of a + lion</span></em>! What is this but a never-ceasing monitor, telling + us to begin with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Virgo</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page022">[pg 022]</span><a name="Pg022" id="Pg022" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> to end with <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Leo</span></span>! In + the Zodiac in the Temple of Esnéh, in Egypt, a Sphinx is actually + placed between the Signs of Virgo and Leo, as shown in the + illustration on the preceding page. It is a tracing from the + drawing of Signor Bossi, executed on the spot, under the direction + of the late Mr. Edward J. Cooper, in 1820.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Beginning, then, + with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, let us now spread + out the contents of this Heavenly Volume, so that the eye can take + them in at a glance. Of course we are greatly hindered in this, in + having to use the modern Latin names which the Constellations bear + to-day.<a id="noteref_19" name="noteref_19" href= + "#note_19"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">19</span></span></a> Some + of these names are mistakes, others are gross perversions of the + truth, as proved by the pictures themselves, which are far more + ancient, and have come down to us from primitive times.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">After the + Revelation came to be written down in the Scriptures, there was not + the same need for the preservation of the Heavenly Volume. And + after the nations had lost the original meaning of the pictures, + they invented a meaning out of the vain imagination of the thoughts + of their hearts. The Greek Mythology is an interpretation of (only + some of) the signs and constellations after their true meaning had + been forgotten. It is popularly believed that Bible truth is an + evolution from, or development of, the ancient religions of the + world. But the fact is that they themselves are a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">corruption</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">perversion of + primitive truth</span></em>!</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page023">[pg 023]</span><a name="Pg023" id="Pg023" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We will now give + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the + contents</span></em> of this Heavenly Volume of Divine Revelation, + and afterwards proceed to develope it, explain it in detail, and + compare it with the same truth which was afterwards written down in + the Scriptures.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The First Book.</span><br /> + <span style="font-size: 90%">THE REDEEMER.</span><br /> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">His First + Coming.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + Sufferings of Christ.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER I.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">The Prophecy of the + Promised Seed of the Woman.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">VIRGO (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Virgin. A woman bearing a branch in her right hand and an ear of + corn in her left</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The + Promised Seed of the woman.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Coma</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Desired. The woman and + child</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Desired of + all nations.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Centaurus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Centaur with two + natures, holding a spear piercing a + victim</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The despised + sin offering.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Boötes</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a man walking bearing a + branch called</span></span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Arcturus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">meaning the + same</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). He + cometh.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER II.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">The Redeemer's Atoning + Work</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">LIBRA (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Scales</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The price + deficient balanced by the price which covers.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1. CRUX, The Cross endured.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2. LUPUS, or VICTIMA,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Victim</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">slain.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3. CORONA,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Crown</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">bestowed.</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page024">[pg 024]</span><a name="Pg024" id="Pg024" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER III.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">The Redeemer's + Conflict</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">SCORPIO (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Scorpion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) seeking to + wound, but itself trodden under foot.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Serpens</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Serpent</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">struggling with the man).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + O-phi-u-chus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The man</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">grasping the serpent). The struggle + with the enemy.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Hercules</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The mighty man. A man + kneeling on one knee, humbled in the conflict, but holding aloft + the tokens of victory, with his foot on the head of the + Dragon</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The mighty + Vanquisher seeming to sink in the conflict.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER IV.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">The Redeemer's + Triumph</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">SAGITTARIUS (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Archer</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The + Two-natured Conqueror going forth</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Conquering and to conquer.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lyra</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Harp</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Praise prepared + for the Conqueror.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Ara</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Altar</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Consuming fire + prepared for His enemies.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Draco</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Dragon</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Old + Serpent—the Devil, cast down from heaven.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The Second Book.</span><br /> + <span style="font-size: 90%">THE REDEEMED.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">The Result of the + Redeemer's Sufferings</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER I.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Their Blessings + Procured</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CAPRICORNUS (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + fish-goat</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The goat + of Atonement slain for the Redeemed.</span></p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page025">[pg 025]</span><a name="Pg025" id= + "Pg025" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Sagitta</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Arrow</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The arrow of + God sent forth.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Aquila</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Eagle</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The smitten + One falling.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Delphinus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Dolphin</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The dead One + rising again.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER II.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Their Blessings + Ensured.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">AQUARIUS (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Water-Bearer</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">): The + living waters of blessing poured forth for the + Redeemed.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Piscis Australis</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Southern + Fish</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The blessings + bestowed.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Pegasus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Winged + Horse</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The blessings + quickly coming.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Cygnus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Swan</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Blesser + surely returning.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER III.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Their Blessings in + Abeyance.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">PISCES (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Fishes</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Redeemed + blessed though bound.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + The Band</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">—bound, but + binding their great enemy Cetus, the sea monster.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Andromeda</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Chained + Woman</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Redeemed + in their bondage and affliction.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Cepheus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + King</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Their Redeemer + coming to rule.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER IV.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Their Blessings + Consummated and Enjoyed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">ARIES (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Ram or Lamb</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Lamb + that was slain, prepared for the victory.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Cassiopeia</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Enthroned + Woman</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The captive + delivered, and preparing for her husband, the + Redeemer.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Cetus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Sea + Monster</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The great + enemy bound.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Perseus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Breaker</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Delivering + His redeemed.</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page026">[pg + 026]</span><a name="Pg026" id="Pg026" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The Third Book.</span><br /> + <span style="font-size: 90%">THE REDEEMER.</span><br /> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">His Second + Coming</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.)</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The glory + that should follow.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER I.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Messiah, the coming + Judge of all the Earth</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">TAURUS (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Bull</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Messiah coming + to rule.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Orion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Light breaking + forth</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">in the person of + the Redeemer.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Eridanus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The River of the + Judge</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Wrath breaking + forth for His enemies.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Auriga</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Shepherd</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Safety for + the Redeemed in the day of that wrath.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER II.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Messiah's Reign as + Prince of Peace</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">GEMINI (The Twins). The twofold nature of the + King.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lepus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Hare</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), or</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">THE + ENEMY</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">trodden under + foot.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Canis Major</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Dog</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), or</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Sirius</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the coming glorious Prince of Princes.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Canis Minor</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Second + Dog</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), or</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Procyon</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the exalted Redeemer.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER III.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Messiah's Redeemed + Possessions</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CANCER (The Crab). The possessions held + fast.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Ursa Minor</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Lesser + Bear</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The lesser + sheepfold.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Ursa Major</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Great + Bear</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The fold and + the flock.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Argo</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Ship</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The redeemed + pilgrims safe at home.</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page027">[pg 027]</span><a name="Pg027" id="Pg027" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHAPTER IV.</span><br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Messiah's Consummated + Triumph</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">LEO (</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Lion</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The Lion of the + Tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of the Enemy.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 1.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Hydra</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Serpent</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). That old + Serpent—the Devil, destroyed.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 2.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Crater</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The + Cup</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). The cup of + Divine wrath poured out upon him.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">§ 3.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Corvus</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">The Crow, or + Raven</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">). Birds of prey + devouring him.</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Such are the + contents of this wondrous book that is written in the heavens. Thus + has God been speaking and emphasizing and developing His first + great prophetic promise of Gen. iii. 15.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Though for more + than 2,500 years His people had not this Revelation written in a + book as we now have it in the Bible, they were not left in + ignorance and darkness as to God's purposes and counsels; nor were + they without hope as to ultimate deliverance from all evil and from + the Evil One.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Adam, who first + heard that wondrous promise, repeated it, and gave it to his + posterity as a most precious heritage—the ground of all their + faith, the substance of all their hope, the object of all their + desire. Seth and Enoch took it up. Enoch, we know, prophesied of + the Lord's coming, saying, <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold the Lord + cometh with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgment upon + all”</span> (Jude 14). How could these <span class= + "tei tei-q">“holy prophets, since the world began,”</span> have + recorded their prophecies better, or more effectually, <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page028">[pg 028]</span><a name="Pg028" id="Pg028" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> or more truthfully and powerfully, than + in these star-pictures and their interpretation? This becomes a + certainty when we remember the words of the Holy Spirit by + Zacharias (Luke i. 67-70):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Blessed + be the Lord God of Israel;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For He hath visited and redeemed + His people,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And hath raised up a horn of + salvation for us</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the house of His servant + David;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">As He spake by the mouth of HIS + HOLY PROPHETS</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">WHICH HAVE BEEN SINCE THE WORLD + BEGAN.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The same truth + is revealed through Peter, in Acts iii. 20, 21:—<span class= + "tei tei-q">“He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached + unto you; whom the heaven must receive until the times of + restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of + all HIS HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These words have + new meaning for us, if we see the things which were spoken + <span class="tei tei-q">“since the world began,”</span> thus + written in the heavens, which utter speech (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + prophecy), and show forth this knowledge day after day and night + after night, the heritage of all the earth, and their words + reaching unto the ends of the world.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This Revelation, + coinciding as it does in all its facts and truths with that + afterwards recorded <span class="tei tei-q">“in the Volume of the + Book,”</span> must have had the same Divine origin, must have been + made known by the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We now proceed + to compare the two, and we shall see how they agree at every point, + proving that the source and origin of this Divine Revelation is one + and the same.</p> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page029">[pg 029]</span><a name= + "Pg029" id="Pg029" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 5.00em; margin-bottom: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc5" id="toc5"></a> <a name="pdf6" id="pdf6"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">The First Book. The + Redeemer.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center">(<span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">His First + Coming</span></span>.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class="tei tei-q" + style="text-align: center">“The Sufferings of Christ.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The First Book is + occupied with the PERSON of the Coming One. It covers the whole + ground, and includes the conflict and the victory of the Promised + Seed, but with special emphasis on His Coming. The book opens with + the promise of His coming, and it closes with the Dragon cast down + from heaven.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc7" id="toc7"></a> <a name="pdf8" id="pdf8"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter I. The Sign + VIRGO.</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Promised Seed of the + Woman</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-01.png"><img src="images/plate-01.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 1: Virgo (the Virgin) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is the + commencement of all prophecy in Gen. iii. 15, spoken to the + serpent:—<span class="tei tei-q">“I will put enmity between thee + and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise + thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.”</span> This is the + prophetic announcement which the Revelation in the heavens and in + the Book is designed to unfold and develope. It lies at the root of + all the ancient traditions and mythologies, which are simply the + perversion and corruption of primitive truth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span> is represented as a + woman with a <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">branch</span></em> in her right hand, and some + ears of corn in her left hand. Thus giving a two-fold testimony of + the Coming One.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page030">[pg + 030]</span><a name="Pg030" id="Pg030" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of this + sign in the Hebrew is <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" + xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bethulah</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + virgin</span></span>, and in the Arabic <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + branch</span></span>. The two words are connected, as in + Latin—<span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "la"><span style="font-style: italic">Virgo</span></span>, which + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + virgin</span></span>; and <span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" + xml:lang="la"><span style="font-style: italic">virga</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a branch</span></span> (Vulg. Isa. xi. 1). + Another name is <span lang="ar" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "ar"><span style="font-style: italic">Sunbul</span></span>, Arabic, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an ear of + corn</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Gen. iii. 15 + she is presented only as a woman; but in later prophecies her + nationality is defined as being of the stock of Israel, the seed of + Abraham, the line of David; and, further, she is to be a virgin. + There are two prominent prophecies of her and her seed: one is + connected with the first coming in incarnation, Isa. vii. 14 + (quoted in Matt. i. 23.)</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + a virgin shall conceive and bear a son,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And shall call his name + Immanuel.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The other is + connected with His second coming, leaping over the sufferings and + this present interval of His rejection, and looking forward to His + coming in glory and judgment, Isa. ix. 6, 7 (quoted in Luke ii. 11 + and i. 32, 33)—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + unto us a child is born,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Unto us a son is + given;</span><a id="noteref_20" name="noteref_20" href= + "#note_20"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">20</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the government shall be upon + His shoulder;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His name shall be called + Wonderful, Counsellor,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The Mighty God, The Everlasting + Father, The Prince of Peace.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of the increase of His + government there shall be no end.</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page031">[pg + 031]</span><a name="Pg031" id="Pg031" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Upon the throne of David, and + upon His kingdom,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To order it, and to establish + it</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With judgment and with + justice</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">From henceforth even for + ever.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform + this.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is difficult + to separate the Virgin and her Seed in the prophecy, and so, here, + we have first the sign <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, where the name + points to her as the prominent subject; while in the first of the + three constellations of this sign, where the woman appears again, + the name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Coma</span></span> points to the child + as the great subject.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Virgo</span></span> + contains 110 stars, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, one of the 1st magnitude, + six of the 3rd, ten of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> thus sings of + them:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Beneath + Boötes feet the Virgin seek,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Who carries in her hand a + glittering spike....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Over her shoulder there revolves + a star</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the right wing, superlatively + bright;</span><a id="noteref_21" name="noteref_21" href= + "#note_21"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">21</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">It rolls beneath the tail, and + may compare</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With the bright stars that deck + the Greater Bear.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Upon her shoulder one bright + star is borne,</span><a id="noteref_22" name="noteref_22" + href="#note_22"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">22</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">One clasps the circling girdle + of her loins,</span><a id="noteref_23" name="noteref_23" + href="#note_23"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">23</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">One at her bending + knee;</span><a id="noteref_24" name="noteref_24" href= + "#note_24"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">24</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and in her hand</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Glitters that bright and golden + Ear of Corn.</span><a id="noteref_25" name="noteref_25" href= + "#note_25"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">25</span></span></a> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus the + brightest star in Virgo (α)<a id="noteref_26" name="noteref_26" + href="#note_26"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">26</span></span></a> has an + ancient name, handed down to us in all the star-maps, in which the + Hebrew word (צֶמֶח) <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" + xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tsemech</span></span> is preserved. It is + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page032">[pg 032]</span><a name= + "Pg032" id="Pg032" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> called in Arabic + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Zimach</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + branch</span></span>. This star is in the ear of corn which she + holds in her left hand. Hence the star has a modern Latin name, + which has almost superseded the ancient one, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Spica</span></span>, + which means, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">an ear of corn</span></span>. But this hides + the great truth revealed by its name <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Zimach</span></span>. It foretold the coming of Him who should bear + this name. The same Divine inspiration has, in the written Word, + four times connected it with Him. There are twenty Hebrew words + translated <span class="tei tei-q">“Branch,”</span> but only one of + them (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tsemech</span></span>) is used exclusively of + the Messiah, and this word only four times.<a id="noteref_27" name= + "noteref_27" href="#note_27"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">27</span></span></a>Each of + these further connects Him with one special account of Him, given + in the Gospels.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(1.) Jer. xxiii. + 5, 6—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + the days come, saith the LORD,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That I will raise unto David a + righteous BRANCH</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + a Son),</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And a KING shall reign and + prosper.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The account of + His coming as King is written in the Gospel according to Matthew, + where Jehovah says to Israel, <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold thy + KING.”</span> (Zech. ix. 9; Matt. xxi. 9.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(2.) Zech. iii. + 8.—<span class="tei tei-q">“Behold I will bring forth my SERVANT + the BRANCH.”</span> In the Gospel according to Mark we find the + record of Jehovah's servant and His service, and we hear Jehovah's + voice saying, <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold my SERVANT.”</span> + (Isa. xlii. 1.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(3.) Zech. vi. + 12.—<span class="tei tei-q">“Thus speaketh the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> of hosts, saying, + Behold the MAN whose name is the <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page033">[pg 033]</span><a name="Pg033" id="Pg033" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> BRANCH.”</span> In the Gospel according to + Luke we behold Him, presented in <span class="tei tei-q">“the MAN + Christ Jesus.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(4.) Isa. iv. + 2.—<span class="tei tei-q">“In that day shall the BRANCH of JEHOVAH + be beautiful and glorious.”</span> So that this Branch, this Son, + is Jehovah Himself; and as we read the record of John we hear the + voice from heaven saying, <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold your + GOD.”</span> (Isa. xl. 9.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + Branch foretold by the star <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Zimach</span></span> in the ear of + corn.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star β is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zavijaveh</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + gloriously beautiful</span></span>, as in Isa. iv. 2. The star ε, + in the arm bearing the branch, is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Mureddin</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who shall come + down</span></span> (as in Ps. lxxii. 8), or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who shall have + dominion</span></span>. It is also known as <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Vindemiatrix</span></span>, a Chaldee word + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the son</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">branch</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other names of + stars in the sign, not identified, are—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Subilah, who + carries</span></span>. (Isa. xlvi. 4.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al Azal, the + Branch</span></span>. (As in Isa. xviii. 5.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Subilon, a spike of + corn</span></span>. (As in Isa. xvii. 5.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Greeks, + ignorant of the Divine origin and teaching of the sign, represented + Virgo as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ceres</span></span>, with ears of corn in her + hand.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac in + the Temple of Denderah, in Egypt, about 2000 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> (now in Paris), she + is likewise represented with a branch in her hand, but ignorantly + explained by a false religion to represent <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Isis</span></span>! + Her name is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aspolia</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ears of + corn</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the seed</span></span>, which shows that + though the woman is seen, it is her Seed who is the great subject + of the prophecy.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page034">[pg + 034]</span><a name="Pg034" id="Pg034" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Passing to the + three constellations anciently assigned to the sign Virgo, we come + to what may be compared to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">three sections</span></em> of the chapter, + each giving some further detail as to the interpretation of its + teaching.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc9" id="toc9"></a> <a name="pdf10" id="pdf10"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. COMA (The Woman and + Child).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Desired of all + Nations.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The first + constellation in Virgo explains that this coming <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Branch”</span> will be a child, and that He should + be the <span class="tei tei-q">“Desire of all + nations.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + name of this constellation is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Comah</span></span>,<a id="noteref_28" name= + "noteref_28" href="#note_28"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">28</span></span></a> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + desired</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the longed for</span></span>. We have the + word used by the Holy Spirit in this very connection, in Hag. ii. + 7: <span class="tei tei-q">“The DESIRE of all nations shall + come.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-02.png"><img src="images/plate-02.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 2: Coma (the Desired) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + Zodiacs pictured this constellation as a woman with a child in + her arms. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Albumazar</span></span><a id= + "noteref_29" name="noteref_29" href="#note_29"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">29</span></span></a> (or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Abu Masher</span></span>), an Arabian + astronomer of the eighth century, says, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“There arises in the first Decan,<a id="noteref_30" + name="noteref_30" href="#note_30"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">30</span></span></a> as + the Persians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians, and the two <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Hermes</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ascalius</span></span> teach, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a young + woman</span></span>, whose Persian name denotes a pure virgin, + sitting on a throne, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">nourishing an infant boy</span></span> (the + boy, I say), having a Hebrew name, by some nations called + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page035">[pg 035]</span><a name= + "Pg035" id="Pg035" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> IHESU, with the + signification IEZA, which in Greek is called + CHRISTOS.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But this + picture is not found in any of the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">modern</span></em> maps of the stars. There + we find to-day a woman's wig! It appears that <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Berenice</span></span>, the wife of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Euergetes</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ptolemy</span></span> III.), king of + Egypt in the third century <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, when her husband + once went on a dangerous expedition, vowed to consecrate her fine + head of hair to Venus if he returned in safety. Her hair, which + was hung up in the Temple of Venus, was subsequently stolen, and + to comfort <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Berenice</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Conon</span></span>, an astronomer of + Alexandria (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 283-222), gave it + out that Jupiter had taken it and made it a constellation!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is a good + example of how the meaning of other constellations have been + perverted (ignorantly or intentionally). In this case, as in + others, the transition from ancient to more modern languages + helped to hide the meaning. The Hebrew name was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Coma</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">desired</span></span>). But the Greeks had a + word for hair, <span lang="el" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "el"><span style="font-style: italic">Có-me</span></span>. This + again is transferred to the Latin <span lang="la" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="la"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coma</span></span>, and thus <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Coma Berenicæ</span></span>”</span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + hair of Berenice</span></span>) comes down to us to-day as the + name of this constellation, and gives us a woman's wig instead of + that Blessed One, <span class="tei tei-q">“the Desire of all + Nations.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In this case, + however, we are able to give absolute proof that this is a + perversion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + Egyptian name for this constellation was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Shes-nu, the + desired son</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Zodiac in + the Temple of Denderah, in Egypt, going back at least 2,000 years + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, has no trace of + any hair, but it has the figure of a woman and child. + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page036">[pg 036]</span><a name= + "Pg036" id="Pg036" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> In our + illustration we have given a copy of this very ancient picture, + and not the wig of hair!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have been + permitted to trace it from a work on <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Egyptian + Scenery</span></span> by the late eminent astronomer, Edward J. + Cooper, of Markree Castle, co. Sligo, who visited that Temple in + the year 1820 with an Italian artist, Signor Bossi. The original + drawing from which our tracing is made (and enlarged) was drawn + by Signor Bossi on the spot, before it was taken to Paris in + 1821.<a id="noteref_31" name="noteref_31" href= + "#note_31"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">31</span></span></a> We + thus have before us the exact representations of one of these + star-pictures at least 4,000 years old.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Even + Shakespeare understood the truth about this constellation + picture, which has been so long covered by modern inventions. In + his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Titus Andronicus</span></span><a id= + "noteref_32" name="noteref_32" href="#note_32"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">32</span></span></a> he + speaks of an arrow being shot up to heaven to the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Good boy in Virgo's + lap.</span></span>”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation itself is very remarkable. Others contain one or + two stars of the first or second magnitude, and then a greater or + less variety of lesser stars; but this is peculiar from having no + one very bright star, but contains so many stars of the 4th and + 5th magnitudes. It contains 43 stars altogether, ten being of the + 4th magnitude, and the remainder of the 5th, 6th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It was in all + probability the constellation of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Coma</span></span> + in which <span class="tei tei-q">“the Star of Bethlehem”</span> + appeared. There was a traditional prophecy, well-known in the + East, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page037">[pg + 037]</span><a name="Pg037" id="Pg037" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + carefully preserved and handed down, that a new star would appear + in this sign when He whom it foretold should be born.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This was, + doubtless, referred to in the prophecy of Balaam, which would + thus receive a double fulfilment, first of the literal + <span class="tei tei-q">“Star,”</span> and also of the person to + whom it referred. The Lord said by Balaam (Num. xxiv. 17),</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There + shall come</span><a id="noteref_33" name="noteref_33" href= + "#note_33"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">33</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">a star out of + Jacob,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And a + sceptre shall rise out of Israel.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thomas Hyde, + an eminent Orientalist (1636-1703), writing on the ancient + religion of the Persians, quotes from <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Abulfaragius</span></span> (an Arab + Christian Historian, 1226-1286), who says that <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Zoroaster</span></span>, or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Zerdusht</span></span>, the Persian, + was a pupil of Daniel the Prophet, and that he predicted to the + Magians (who were the astronomers of Persia), that when they + should see <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a new star</span></em> appear it would + notify the birth of a mysterious child, whom they were to adore. + It is further stated in the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zend Avesta</span></span> that this new star + was to appear in the sign of the Virgin. Some have supposed that + this passage is not genuine. But whether it was interpolated + before or after the event, it is equally good evidence for our + purpose here. For if it was written <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">before</span></em> the event, it is evidence + of the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">prophetic announcement</span></em>; and if + it was interpolated <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">after</span></em> the event it is evidence + of the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">historic fact</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Book of + Job shows us how Astronomy flourished <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page038">[pg 038]</span><a name="Pg038" id="Pg038" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> in Idumea; and the Gospel according to + Matthew shows that the Persian Magi, as well as others, were + looking for <span class="tei tei-q">“the Desire of all + nations.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">New stars have + appeared again and again. It was in 125 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> that a star, so + bright as to be seen in the day-time, suddenly appeared. It was + this that caused <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Hipparchus</span></span> to draw up + his catalogue of stars, which has been handed down to us by + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ptolemy</span></span> (150 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This new star + would show the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">latitude</span></em>, passing at that time + immediately overhead at midnight, every twenty-four hours; while + the prophecy would give the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">longitude</span></em> as the land of Jacob. + Having these two factors, it would be only a matter of + observation, and easy for the Magi to find the place where it + would be vertical, and thus to locate the very spot of the birth + of Him of whom it was the sign, for they emphatically called it + <span class="tei tei-q">“His Star.”</span> There is a beautiful + tradition which relates how, in their difficulty, on their way + from Jerusalem to find the actual spot under the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zenith</span></em> of this star, these Magi + sat down beside David's <span class="tei tei-q">“Well of + Bethlehem”</span> to refresh themselves. There they saw the star + reflected in the clear water of the well. Hence it is written + that <span class="tei tei-q">“when they saw the star they + rejoiced with exceeding joy,”</span> for they knew they were at + the very spot and place of His appearing whence He was to + <span class="tei tei-q">“come forth.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be + little doubt that it was <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a new star</span></em>. In the first place a + new star is no unusual phenomenon. In the second place the + tradition is well supported by <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page039">[pg 039]</span><a name="Pg039" id="Pg039" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> ancient Christian writers. One speaks of + its <span class="tei tei-q">“surpassing brightness.”</span> + Another (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ignatius</span></span>, Bp. of + Antioch, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 69) says, + <span class="tei tei-q">“At the appearance of the Lord a star + shone forth brighter than all the other stars.”</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ignatius</span></span>, doubtless, had + this from those who had actually seen it! <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Prudentius</span></span> (4th cent. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>) says that not even + the morning star was so fair. Archbishop Trench, who quotes these + authorities, says <span class="tei tei-q">“This star, I conceive, + as so many ancients and moderns have done, to have been a new + star in the heavens.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">One step more + places this new star in the constellation of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Coma</span></span>, and with new force + makes it indeed <span class="tei tei-q">“His star”</span>—the + <span class="tei tei-q">“Sign”</span> of His <span class= + "tei tei-q">“coming forth from Bethlehem.”</span> Will it be + <span class="tei tei-q">“the sign of the Son of Man in + heaven”</span> (Matt. xxiv. 30) when He shall <span class= + "tei tei-q">“come unto”</span> this world again to complete the + wondrous prophecies written of Him in the heavenly and earthly + Revelations?<a id="noteref_34" name="noteref_34" href= + "#note_34"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">34</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus does the + constellation of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Coma</span></span> reveal that the + coming <span class="tei tei-q">“Seed of the woman”</span> was to + be a child born, a son given.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But He was to + be more: He was to be God and <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page040">[pg 040]</span><a name="Pg040" id="Pg040" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> man—two natures in one person! This is the + lesson of the next picture.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc11" id="toc11"></a> <a name="pdf12" id="pdf12"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. CENTAURUS (The + Centaur).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Despised Sin-offering</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is the + figure of a being with two natures. Jamieson, in his <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Celestial + Atlas</span></span>, 1822, says, <span class="tei tei-q">“On the + authority of the most accomplished Orientalist of our own times, + the Arabic and Chaldaic name of this constellation is + בזה.”</span> Now this Hebrew word <span lang="he" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bezeh</span></span> (and the Arabic + <span lang="ar" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "ar"><span style="font-style: italic">Al Beze</span></span>) + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the despised</span></span>. It is the very + word used of this Divine sufferer in Isa. liii. 3, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“He is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">despised</span></span> (נִבְזֶה) and + rejected of men.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-03.png"><img src="images/plate-03.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 3: Centaurus (the Centaur) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation contains thirty-five stars. Two of the 1st + magnitude, one of the 2nd, six of the 3rd, nine of the 4th, etc., + which, together with the four bright stars in the Cross make a + brilliant show in southern latitudes.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the horse's fore-foot), has come down to us with the + ancient name of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Toliman</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + heretofore and hereafter</span></span>, marking Him as the one + <span class="tei tei-q">“which is, and which was, and which is to + come—the Almighty”</span> (Rev. i. 8). Sir John Herschell + observed this star to be growing rapidly brighter. It may be, + therefore, one of the changeable stars, and its name may be taken + as an indication of the fact that it was known to the + ancients.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Another name + for the constellation was in Hebrew, <span lang="he" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Asmeath</span></span>, which means a + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sin-offering</span></span> (as in Isa. liii. + 10).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page041">[pg + 041]</span><a name="Pg041" id="Pg041" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Greek name + was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cheiron</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + pierced</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">who pierces</span></span>. In the Greek + fables <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cheiron</span></span> was renowned for his + skill in hunting, medicine, music, athletics, and prophecy. All + the most distinguished heroes of Greece are described as his + pupils. He was supposed to be immortal, but he voluntarily agreed + to die; and, wounded by a poisoned arrow (not intended for him) + while in conflict with a wild boar, he transferred his + immortality to Prometheus; whereupon he was placed amongst the + stars.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We can easily + see how this fable is the ignorant perversion of the primitive + Revelation. The true tradition can be seen dimly through it, and + we can discern Him of whom it spoke,—the all-wise, all-powerful + Teacher and Prophet, who <span class="tei tei-q">“went about + doing good,”</span> yet <span class="tei tei-q">“despised and + rejected of men,”</span> laying down His life that others might + live.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is one of + the lowest of the constellations, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + the farthest south from the northern centre. It is situated + immediately over the Cross, which bespeaks His own death; He is + seen in the act of destroying the enemy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus these + star-pictures tell us that it would be as a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">child</span></em> + that the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Promised Seed</span></em> should come forth + and grow and wax strong in spirit and be filled with wisdom (Luke + ii. 40); and that as a man having two natures He should suffer + and die. Then the third and last section in this first chapter of + this First Book goes on to tell of His second coming in + glory.</p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page042">[pg 042]</span><a name= + "Pg042" id="Pg042" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc13" id="toc13"></a> <a name="pdf14" id="pdf14"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. BOÖTES (The Coming + One).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">He cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This + constellation still further develops this wondrous personage.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He is pictured + as a man walking rapidly, with a spear in his right hand and a + sickle in his left hand.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-04.png"><img src="images/plate-04.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 4: Boötes (the Coming One) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Greeks + called him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bo-ö-tes</span></span>, which is from the + Hebrew root <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "he"><span style="font-style: italic">Bo</span></span> (בּוֹא, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + come</span></span>), meaning <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + coming</span></span>. It is referred to in Ps. xcvi. 13:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + He cometh,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For He cometh to judge the + earth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall judge the world in + righteousness,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + people with His truth.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It it probable + that his ancient name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arcturus</span></span><a id="noteref_35" + name="noteref_35" href="#note_35"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">35</span></span></a> (as + referred to in Job ix. 9), for this is the name of the brightest + star, α (in the left knee). <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arcturus</span></span> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He + cometh</span></span>.<a id="noteref_36" name="noteref_36" href= + "#note_36"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">36</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + Egyptians called him <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Smat</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">one who + rules</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">subdues</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">governs</span></span>. They also called him + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bau</span></span> (a reminiscence of the + more ancient <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bo</span></span>), which means also + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + coming one</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page043">[pg 043]</span><a name="Pg043" id="Pg043" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star μ (in + the spear-head) is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Katurops</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + branch</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">treading under foot</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star ε + (just below the waist on his right side) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirac</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mizar</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Izar</span></span>. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirac</span></span> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the coming forth as + an arrow</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mizar</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Izar</span></span>, + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the preserver</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">guarding</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star η is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Muphride</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + separates</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star β (in + the head) is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nekkar</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + pierced</span></span> (Zech. xii. 10), which tells us that this + coming judge is the One who was pierced. Another Hebrew name is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Merga</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + bruises</span></span>.<a id="noteref_37" name="noteref_37" href= + "#note_37"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">37</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + back again to Gen. iii. 15, and closes up this first chapter of + the First Book (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>). It shows us the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Person</span></em> of the Promised Seed from + the beginning to the end, from the first promise of the birth of + the Child in Bethlehem, to the final coming <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page044">[pg 044]</span><a name="Pg044" id= + "Pg044" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> of the great Judge and + Harvester to reap the harvest of the earth. This was the vision + which was afterwards shown to John (Rev. xiv. 15, 16), when he + says, <span class="tei tei-q">“I looked; and behold a white + cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of Man, + having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp + sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a + loud voice to Him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle and + reap; for the time is come for Thee to reap; for the harvest of + the earth is ripe. And He that sat on the cloud thrust in His + sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + conclusion of the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">first chapter</span></em> of this First + Book. Here we see the woman whose Seed is to bruise the serpent's + head, the Virgin-Born, the Branch of Jehovah, perfect man and + perfect God, Immanuel, <span class="tei tei-q">“God with + us,”</span> yet despised and rejected of men, and yielding up His + life that others may have life for evermore. But we see Him + coming afterwards in triumphant power to judge the earth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is only + one chapter of this First Book, but it contains the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">outline</span></em> of the whole volume, + complete in itself, so far as it regards the Person of the Coming + One. Like the Book of Genesis, it is the seed-plot which contains + the whole, all the rest being merely the development of the many + grand details which are included and shut up within it. It is + only one chapter out of twelve, but it distinctly foreshadows the + end—even <span class="tei tei-q">“the sufferings of Christ and + the glory which should follow.”</span></p> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page045">[pg 045]</span><a name= + "Pg045" id="Pg045" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc15" id="toc15"></a> <a name="pdf16" id="pdf16"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter II. The Sign + LIBRA.</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Redeemer's Atoning Work; or The Price + deficient balanced by the Price which covers</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the first + chapter of this book we saw that this Coming Seed of the woman was, + among other things, to give up His life for others.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">second</span></em> + chapter is going to define and develope the manner and object of + this death.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of the + Sign, together with its three constellations and the names of the + stars composing them, give the complete picture of this + Redemption.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-05.png"><img src="images/plate-05.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 5: Libra (the Scales) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Sign + contains 51 stars, two of which are of the 2nd magnitude, one of + the 3rd, eight of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mozanaim</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Scales</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">weighing</span></span>. Its name in Arabic is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Zubena</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">purchase</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">redemption</span></span>. In Coptic, it is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lambadia</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">station of + propitiation</span></span> (from <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lam</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">graciousness</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">badia</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">branch</span></span>). The name by which it + has come down to us is the Latin, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Libra</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">weighing</span></span>, as used in the Vulgate + (Isa. xl. 12).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Libra contains + three bright stars whose names supply us with the whole matter. The + brightest, α (in the lower scale), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Zuben al + Genubi</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + purchase</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">price which is deficient</span></span>. This + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page046">[pg 046]</span><a name= + "Pg046" id="Pg046" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> points to the fact + that man has been utterly ruined. He is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“weighed in the balances and found wanting.”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">None of + them can by any means redeem his brother,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor give to God a ransom for + him;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the redemption of their soul + is costly,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And must be let alone for + ever.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xlix. 7,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Surely + men of low degree are vanity (Heb.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a + breath</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">),</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And men of high degree are a + lie;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the balances they go + up;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">They are altogether lighter than + vanity</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(Heb.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a + breath</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. lxii. 9,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + verdict pronounced and recorded by this star <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Zuben al + Genubi</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Is there then no + hope? Is there no one who can pay the price?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Yes; there is + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Seed of the woman.”</span> He is not + merely coming as a child, but He is coming as an atoning + sacrifice.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He is coming for + the purpose of Redemption! He can pay <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the price which + covers</span></em>! Hence in the upper scale we have another bright + star with this very name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zuben al Chemali</span></span>—THE PRICE WHICH + COVERS! Praised be God! <span class="tei tei-q">“They sang a new + song, saying, Thou art worthy ... for Thou wast slain, and hast + redeemed us to God by thy blood.”</span> (Rev. v. 9.) This is the + testimony of β, the second brightest star! It has another name, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">al + Gubi</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">heaped up</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">high</span></span>, + telling of the infinite value of this redemption price. But there + is a third star, γ, below, towards <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Centaurus</span></span> and the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Victim</span></span> + slain, telling, by that and by its name, of the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">conflict</span></span> by which that + redemption would be <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page047">[pg + 047]</span><a name="Pg047" id="Pg047" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + accomplished. It is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zuben Akrabi</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Zuben al + Akrab</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the price of the + conflict</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is, + however, some reason to suppose that Libra is a very ancient + Egyptian corruption, bringing in human merit instead of Divine + righteousness; <span class="tei tei-q">“the way of Cain”</span> + instead of the way of God. In the more ancient Akkadian the months + were called after the names of the signs,<a id="noteref_38" name= + "noteref_38" href="#note_38"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">38</span></span></a> and + the sign of the seventh month is the sign that we now call Libra. + The Akkadian name for it was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tulku</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tul</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">mound</span></span> (like <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dhul</span></span> + and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">dul</span></span>), and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ku</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sacred;</span></span> hence, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tulku</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + sacred mound</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the holy + altar</span></span>.<a id="noteref_39" name="noteref_39" href= + "#note_39"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">39</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Not only is the + name and its meaning different, but the teaching is infinitely + greater and more important, if we may believe that the original + picture of this sign was not a pair of scales, but the + representation of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a holy altar</span></em>. This would agree + still better with the three constellations which follow.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of the + stars would also be more appropriate, for it is the Sacrifice of + Christ which they foreshadowed, and here it was that the price + which covered was paid, and outweighed the price which was + deficient. What that price was to be, and how it was to be paid, + and what was to be the result in the Person of the Redeemer, is set + forth in detail in the three sections of this chapter by the + constellations of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Cross</span></span> endured, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Victim</span></span> slain, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Crown</span></span> bestowed.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page048">[pg 048]</span><a name="Pg048" id="Pg048" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc17" id="toc17"></a> <a name="pdf18" id="pdf18"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. CRUX (The Cross).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Cross Endured</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew + name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Adom</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cutting + off</span></span>, as in Dan. ix. 26:—<span class= + "tei tei-q">“After threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut + off.”</span> The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet was called + <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "he"><span style="font-style: italic">Tau</span></span>, which + was anciently made in the form of a cross. The ancient + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phœnician</span></span> was [Symbol: + right-tilted cross]; the ancient <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hebrew</span></span>, as found on coins, was + [Symbol: right-tilted cross] and [Symbol: vertical cross]; the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aramaic</span></span>, as found on Egyptian + monuments, was a transition [Symbol: tilted cross] or [Symbol: + stretched cross], which passed into the present square Hebrew + character ת. This letter is called <span lang="he" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tau</span></span>, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + mark</span></span>; especially <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a boundary-mark, a + limit or finish</span></span>. And it is the last letter, which + finishes the Hebrew alphabet to this day.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-06.png"><img src="images/plate-06.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 6: Crux (the Cross) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Southern + Cross was just visible in the latitude of Jerusalem at the time + of the first coming of our Lord to die. Since then, through the + gradual recession of the Polar Star, it has not been seen in + northern latitudes. It gradually disappeared and became invisible + at Jerusalem when the Real Sacrifice was offered there; and + tradition, which preserved its memory, assured travellers that if + they could go far enough south it would be again seen. Dante sang + of <span class="tei tei-q">“the four stars never beheld but by + the early race of men.”</span> It was not until the sixteenth + century had dawned that missionaries and voyagers, doubling the + Cape for the first time, and visiting the tropics and southern + seas, brought back the news of <span class="tei tei-q">“a + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page049">[pg 049]</span><a name= + "Pg049" id="Pg049" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> wonderful cross + more glorious than all the constellations of the + heavens.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a small + asterism, containing only about five stars, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, + one of the 1st magnitude, two of the 2nd, one of the 3rd, and one + of the 4th. Four of these are in the form of a cross.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Long before + the Christian Era this sign of the Cross had lost its true + meaning, and had been perverted in Babylon and Egypt as it has + since been desecrated by Rome. The Persians and Egyptians + worshipped it. The cakes made and eaten in honour of the Queen of + Heaven were marked with it. This heathen custom Rome has adopted + and adapted in her Good Friday cakes, which are thus stamped. But + all are alike ignorant of what it means, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-q">“IT IS FINISHED.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Egypt, and + in the earliest times, it was the sign and symbol of <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></em>. + To-day, Romanists use it as the symbol of <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">death</span></em>! But it means <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">life</span></em>! + Natural life given up, and eternal life procured. Atonement, + finished, perfect, and complete; never to be repeated, or added + to. All who partake of its benefits in Christ now, in grace, by + faith <span class="tei tei-q">“ARE made nigh by the blood of + Christ”</span> (Eph. ii. 13), and of them Jesus says, + <span class="tei tei-q">“He that heareth my voice, and believeth + on Him that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come + into judgment; but IS PASSED from death unto life”</span> (John + v. 24). So perfect and complete is the work which Jesus finished + on the Cross that we cannot seek to add even our repentance, + faith, tears, or prayers, without practically asserting + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page050">[pg 050]</span><a name= + "Pg050" id="Pg050" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> that the work of + Christ is not finished, and is not sufficient!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew + names of this constellation—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Adom</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tau</span></span>—rebuke our Pharisaic + spirit, which is the relic and essence of all false religions, + and points to the blessed fact that the Sacrifice was offered + <span class="tei tei-q">“once for all,”</span> and the atoning + work of Redemption completely finished on Calvary.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">'Tis + finished! the Messiah dies!</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Cut off for sins, but not His + own;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Accomplished is the + sacrifice,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The great + redeeming work is done.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the ancient + Egyptian Zodiac of Denderah this first Decan of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span> is represented as + a lion with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, as if in thirst, + and a female figure holding a cup out to him. Under his fore feet + is the hieroglyphic symbol of running water. What is all this but + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lion of the tribe of Judah”</span> + brought down <span class="tei tei-q">“into the dust of + death,”</span> and saying <span class="tei tei-q">“I am poured + out like water ... my strength is dried up”</span> (Ps. xxii. + 13-18): <span class="tei tei-q">“I thirst”</span> (John xix. 28): + <span class="tei tei-q">“and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to + drink”</span> (Ps. lxix. 21)?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Egyptian + name of this Lion, however, points to his ultimate triumph, for + it is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sera</span></span>, that is, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">victory</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc19" id="toc19"></a> <a name="pdf20" id="pdf20"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. LUPUS or VICTIMA (The + Victim).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Victim Slain.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its modern + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lupus</span></span> (a wolf), because it + looks like one. It may be any animal. The great point + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page051">[pg 051]</span><a name= + "Pg051" id="Pg051" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> of this ancient + constellation is that the animal has been <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">slain</span></em>, and is in the act of + falling down dead.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-07.png"><img src="images/plate-07.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 7: Lupus or Victima the VICTIM Slain + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its Greek name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Thera</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + beast</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lycos</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + wolf</span></span>. Its Latin name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Victima</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bestia</span></span> (Vulg. Gen. viii. 17), + which sufficiently indicates the great lesson. This is confirmed + by its ancient Hebrew name, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Asedah</span></span>, and Arabic + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Asedaton</span></span>, which both mean + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to be + slain</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">More than 22 + of its stars have been catalogued. None of them are higher than + the 4th magnitude; most of them are of the 5th or 6th.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">True, He was + <span class="tei tei-q">“by wicked hands crucified and + slain,”</span> but He is slain here by the Centaur, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + by Himself! To make it perfectly clear that it was His own act + (without which His death would lose all merit), He uttered those + solemn words: <span class="tei tei-q">“I lay down my life for the + sheep.... No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. + I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it + again”</span> (John x. 15-18). He <span class= + "tei tei-q">“offered Himself without spot to God.”</span> + <span class="tei tei-q">“He put away sin by the sacrifice of + Himself”</span> (Heb. ix. 11, 26).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the ancient + Zodiac of Denderah He is pictured as a little child with its + finger on its lips, and He is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sura</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + lamb</span></span>! In other pictures He has, besides, the horn + of a goat on one side of His head. All this pointed to one and + the same great fact, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, the development and + explanation of what was meant by <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the bruising of His + heel</span></span>! It meant that this Promised <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page052">[pg 052]</span><a name="Pg052" id= + "Pg052" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> Seed of the woman should come + as a child, that He should suffer, and die upon the Cross, + for</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He + was brought as a lamb to the slaughter;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And as a sheep before her + shearers is dumb;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">SO HE + opened not his mouth.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. liii. 7.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hence, the + constellation prefigures a silent, willing sacrifice—Christ + Jesus, who, <span class="tei tei-q">“being found in fashion as a + man, humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the + death of the Cross”</span> (Phil. ii. 5-8).</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc21" id="toc21"></a> <a name="pdf22" id="pdf22"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. CORONA (The Crown).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Crown Bestowed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and + given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of + Jesus every knee should bow.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is what + is foreshown by this concluding section of the second chapter. + Each chapter ends with glory. As in the written Word of God, we + frequently have the glory of the Second Coming mentioned without + any allusions to the sufferings of the First Coming, but we never + have the First Coming in humiliation mentioned without an + immediate reference to the glory of the Second Coming.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So here, the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Cross</span></span> is closely + followed by the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Crown</span></span>! True, + <span class="tei tei-q">“we see not yet all things put under Him, + but we see Jesus ... for the suffering of death crowned with + glory and honour”</span> (Heb. ii. 9).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Yes, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the crowning day is coming,”</span> and + all heaven shall soon resound with the triumphant song, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Thou <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page053">[pg 053]</span><a name="Pg053" id="Pg053" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> art worthy, ... for Thou wast slain and + hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood”</span> (Rev. v. 9).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The shameful + Cross will be followed by a glorious crown, and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“every tongue shall confess that Jesus. Christ is + Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Mighty Victor, reign for + ever,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Wear the crown so dearly + won;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Never shall Thy people, + never</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Cease to sing what Thou hast + done.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou hast fought Thy people's + foes;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou wilt + heal Thy people's woes!</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew + name for the constellation is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Atarah</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a royal + crown</span></span>, and its stars are known to-day in the East + by the plural, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ataroth!</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its Arabic + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Iclil</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an + ornament</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">jewel</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-08.png"><img src="images/plate-08.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 8: CORONA (the Crown) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It has 21 + stars: one of the 2nd magnitude and six of the 4th. It is easily + known by the stars θ, β, α, γ, δ, and ε, which form a + crescent.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its brightest + star, α, has the Arabic name of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Phecca</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the shining</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus ends this + solemn chapter of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span>, which describes + the great work of Redemption, beginning with the Cross and ending + with the Crown. The Redeemer's work of Atonement is most + blessedly set forth, and He alone is seen as the substitute for + lost sinners.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">What + wondrous love, what mysteries</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In this appointment + shine!</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">My breaches of the law are + His,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And His + obedience mine.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page054">[pg 054]</span><a name= + "Pg054" id="Pg054" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 4.00em; margin-bottom: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc23" id="toc23"></a> <a name="pdf24" id="pdf24"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter III. The Sign + SCORPIO.</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Redeemer's Conflict</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We come now + right into the heart of the conflict. The star-picture brings + before us a gigantic scorpion endeavouring to sting in the heel a + mighty man who is struggling with a serpent, but is crushed by the + man, who has his foot placed right on the scorpion's heart.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Akrab</span></span>, which is the name of a + scorpion, but also means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the conflict</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">war</span></span>. It + is this that is referred to in Ps. xci. 13:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + shalt tread upon the lion and adder.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The young lion and the dragon shalt thou + trample under feet.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">David uses the + very word in Ps. cxliv. 1, where he blesses God for teaching his + hands <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">to + war</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Coptic name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Isidis</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the attack of the + enemy</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">oppression</span></span>; referring to + <span class="tei tei-q">“the wicked that oppress me, my deadly + enemies who compass me about”</span> (Ps. xvii. 9).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Arabic name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Akrab</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounding him that + cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-09.png"><img src="images/plate-09.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 9: SCORPIO (the Scorpion) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 44 + stars altogether in this sign. One is of the 1st magnitude, one of + the 2nd, eleven of the 3rd, eight of the 4th, etc.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page055">[pg 055]</span><a name="Pg055" id="Pg055" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the heart), bears the ancient Arabic name of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Antares</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + wounding</span></span>. It is called by the Latins <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cor + Scorpii</span></span>, because it marks the scorpion's heart. It + shines ominously with a deep red light. The sting is called in + Hebrew <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lesath</span></span> (Chaldee, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lesha</span></span>), + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the perverse</span></span>. The stars in the + tail are also known as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leshaa</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leshat</span></span>.<a id="noteref_40" name= + "noteref_40" href="#note_40"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">40</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The scorpion is + a deadly enemy (as we learn from Rev. ix), with poison in its + sting, and all the names associated with the sign combine to set + forth the malignant enmity which is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“set”</span> between the serpent and the woman's + Seed.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">That enmity is + shown more fully in the written Word, where we see the attempt of + the enemy (in Exod. i.) to destroy every male of the seed of + Abraham, and how it was defeated.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We see his + effort repeated when he used Athaliah to destroy <span class= + "tei tei-q">“all the seed royal”</span> (2 Kings xi.), and how + <span class="tei tei-q">“the king's son”</span> was rescued + <span class="tei tei-q">“from among”</span> the slain.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We see his hand + again instigating Haman, <span class="tei tei-q">“the Jews' + enemy,”</span> to compass the destruction of the whole nation, but + defeated in his designs.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When the woman's + Seed, the virgin's Son, was born, we are shown the same great enemy + inciting Herod to slay all the babes in Bethlehem (Matt. ii.), but + again he is defeated.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page056">[pg + 056]</span><a name="Pg056" id="Pg056" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + wilderness of Judæa, and in the Garden of Gethsemane the great + conflict is renewed. <span class="tei tei-q">“This is your hour and + the power of darkness,”</span><a id="noteref_41" name="noteref_41" + href="#note_41"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">41</span></span></a> He + said to His enemies.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The real + wounding in the heel was received at the Cross. It was there the + scorpion struck the woman's seed. He died, but was raised again + from the dead <span class="tei tei-q">“to destroy the works of the + devil.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">To show us this; + to prevent any mistake; to set forth the fact that this conflict + only <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">apparently</span></em> ended in defeat, and + that it did not really so end, we have the first two constellations + belonging to this sign presented <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in one + picture</span></em>! Indeed, the picture is threefold, for it + includes the sign itself (as shown on the cover)!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If these + pictures had been separated, then the conflict would have been + separated from the victory; the deadly wound of the serpent's head + from the temporary wound in the Victor's heel. Hence, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">three</span></em> + pictures are required, in which the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">scorpion</span></em>, the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">serpent</span></em>, and the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">man</span></em>, + are all involved, in order to present at the same time the + triumphant issue of the conflict.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hence, we must + present, and consider together, the first two sections of this + mysterious chapter.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc25" id="toc25"></a> <a name="pdf26" id="pdf26"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1 and 2. SERPENS and + OPHIUCHUS.</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Struggle with the + Enemy.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Serpens</span></span>, the serpent, is seen + struggling vainly in the powerful grasp of the man who is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">O-phi-u-chus</span></span>. In Latin he is + called Serpentarius. <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page057">[pg + 057]</span><a name="Pg057" id="Pg057" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + He is at one and the same moment shown to be seizing the serpent + with his two hands, and treading on the very heart of the + scorpion, marked by the deep red star <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Antares</span></span> (wounding).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Just as we + read the first constellation of the woman and child <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Coma</span></span>, + as expounding the first sign <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, + so we have to read this first constellation as expounding the + second sign <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span>. Hence, we have + here a further picture, showing the object of this conflict on + the part of the scorpion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Scorpio we + see merely the effort to wound <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ophiuchus</span></span> in the heel; but + here we see the effort of the serpent to seize <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">the + Crown</span></span>, which is situated immediately over the + serpent's head, and to which he is looking up and reaching + forth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The contest is + for Dominion! It was the Devil, in the form of a serpent, that + robbed the first man of his crown; but in vain he struggled to + wrest it from the sure possession of the Second Man. Not only + does he fail in the attempt, but is himself utterly defeated and + trodden under foot.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-10.png"><img src="images/plate-10.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 10: SERPENS (the Serpent) and OPHIUCHUS (the Serpent + Holder) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are no + less than 134 stars in these two constellations. Two are of the + 2nd magnitude, fourteen of the 3rd, thirteen of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star in the Serpent, α (in the neck), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Unuk</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">encompassing</span></span>. Another Hebrew + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Alyah</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + accursed</span></span>. From this is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Hay</span></span> (Arabic), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the reptile</span></span>. The next + brightest star is β (in the jaw), named, in Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cheleb</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Chelbalrai, the + serpent enfolding</span></span>. The Greek name, <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page058">[pg 058]</span><a name="Pg058" id= + "Pg058" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ophiuchus</span></span>, is itself from the + Hebrew and Arabic name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Afeichus</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + serpent held</span></span>. The brightest star in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ophiuchus</span></span>, α (in the head), is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ras al Hagus</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + head of him who holds</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other Hebrew + names of stars, not identified, are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Triophas</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">treading under + foot</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saiph</span></span> (in the foot<a id= + "noteref_42" name="noteref_42" href="#note_42"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">42</span></span></a> of + Ophiuchus), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bruised</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Carnebus</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + wounding</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Megeros</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">contending</span></span>.<a id="noteref_43" + name="noteref_43" href="#note_43"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">43</span></span></a> In + the Zodiac of Denderah we have a throned human figure, called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Api-bau</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the chief who + cometh</span></span>. He has a hawk's head to show that he is the + enemy of the serpent, which is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Khu</span></span>, + and means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ruled</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">enemy</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">All these + combine to set before us in detail the nature of the conflict and + its final issue. That final issue is, however, exhibited by the + last of the three constellations of this chapter. The Victor + Himself requires a whole picture to fully set forth the glorious + victory. This brings us to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc27" id="toc27"></a> <a name="pdf28" id="pdf28"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. HERCULES (The Mighty + Man).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Mighty Vanquisher.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here the + mighty one, who occupies a large portion of the heavens, is seen + bending on one knee, with his right heel lifted up as if it had + been wounded, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page059">[pg + 059]</span><a name="Pg059" id="Pg059" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + while his left foot is set directly over the head of the great + dragon. In his right hand he wields a great club, and in his left + hand he grasps a triple-headed monster (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cerberus</span></span>). And he has the skin + of a lion, which he has slain, thrown around him.<a id= + "noteref_44" name="noteref_44" href="#note_44"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">44</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac + of Denderah we have a human figure, likewise with a club. His + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bau</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + cometh</span></span>, and is evidently intended for Him who + cometh to crush the serpent's head, and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“destroy the works of the devil.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Arabic he + is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Giscale, the strong + one</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-11.png"><img src="images/plate-11.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 11: HERCULES (the Mighty One) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 113 + stars in this constellation. Seven are of the 3rd magnitude, + seventeen of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in his head), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ras al + Gethi</span></span>, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the head of him who + bruises</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next, β + (in the right arm-pit), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Kornephorus</span></span>, and means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + branch, kneeling</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star κ (in + the right elbow) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Marsic</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + wounding</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star λ (in + the upper part of the left arm) is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ma'asyn</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + sin-offering</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">While ω (in + the lower part of the right arm) is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Caiam</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Guiam</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">punishing</span></span>; and in Arabic, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">treading under + foot</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page060">[pg + 060]</span><a name="Pg060" id="Pg060" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus does + everything in the picture combine to set forth the mighty works + of this stronger than the strong man armed!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We can easily + see how the perversion of the truth by the Greeks came about, and + how, when the true foreshadowings of this Mighty One had been + lost, the many fables were invented to supply their place. The + wiser sort of Greeks knew this perfectly well. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aristotle</span></span> (in his + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Metaphysics</span></span>, x. 8) admits, + with regard to Greek mythology, that religion and philosophy had + been lost, and that much had been <span class="tei tei-q">“added + after the mythical style,”</span> while much had come down, and + <span class="tei tei-q">“may have been preserved to our times as + the remains of ancient wisdom.”</span> Religion, such as it was + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Polybius</span></span> confesses), was + recognised as a <span class="tei tei-q">“necessary means to + political ends.”</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Neander</span></span> says that it was + <span class="tei tei-q">“the fragments of a tradition, which + transmitted the knowledge of divine things possessed in the + earliest times.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> shews the same + uncertainty as to the meaning of this Constellation of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hercules</span></span>. He says:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Near + this, and like a toiling man, revolves</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A form. Of it can no one + clearly speak,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor what he labours at. They + call him simply</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + man upon his knees</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">’</span></span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">: In desperate struggle</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Like one who sinks, he seems. + From both his shoulders</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">His arms are high-uplifted and + out-stretched</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">As far as he can reach; and + his right foot</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is planted + on the coiléd Dragon's head.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Ancient + authorities differ as to the personality of Hercules, and they + disagree as to the number, nature, and order of what are + sometimes called <span class="tei tei-q">“the twelve <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page061">[pg 061]</span><a name="Pg061" id= + "Pg061" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> labours of Hercules.”</span> + But there is no doubt as to the mighty foretold works which the + woman's Seed should perform.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">From first to + last Hercules is seen engaged in destroying some malignant foe: + now it is the Nemean lion; then it is the slaying of the boar of + Erymanthus; again, it is the conquest of the bull of Crete; then + the killing of the three-headed hydra, by whose venom Hercules + afterwards died. In the belly of the sea monster he is said to + have remained <span class="tei tei-q">“three days and three + nights.”</span> This was, doubtless, a perversion of the type of + Jonah, introduced by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lycophron</span></span>, who (living + at the court of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ptolemy Philadelphus</span></span>, + under whose auspices the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into + Greek) would have known of that Divine miracle, and of its + application to the Coming One. Bishop Horsley believed that the + fables of the Greek mythology could be traced back to the + prophecies of the Messiah, of which they were a perversion from + ignorance or design. This is specially true of Hercules. In his + apparently impossible tasks of overthrowing gigantic enemies and + delivering captives, we can see through the shadow, and discern + the pure light of the truth. We can understand how the original + star-picture must have been a prophetic representation of Him who + shall destroy the Old Serpent and open the way again, not to + fabled <span class="tei tei-q">“apples of gold,”</span> but to + the <span class="tei tei-q">“tree of life”</span> itself. He it + is who though suffering in the mighty conflict, and brought to + His knee, going down even to <span class="tei tei-q">“the dust of + death,”</span> shall yet, in resurrection and advent glory, wield + His <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page062">[pg 062]</span><a name= + "Pg062" id="Pg062" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> victorious club, + subdue all His enemies, and plant His foot on the Dragon's head. + For of Him it is written:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + shalt tread upon the lion and adder;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The young + lion and the dragon shalt Thou trample under + foot.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xci. 13.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + Lord, and burst the captives' chains,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And set the prisoners + free;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, cleanse this earth from + all its stains,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And make it meet for + Thee!</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Oh, come and end Creation's + groans—</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Its sighs, its tears, its + blood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And make this blighted world + again</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The + dwelling-place of God.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc29" id="toc29"></a> <a name="pdf30" id="pdf30"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter IV. The Sign + SAGITTARIUS.</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Redeemer's Triumph.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + concluding chapter of the first great book of this Heavenly + Revelation; and it is occupied wholly with the triumph of the + Coming One, who is represented as going forth <span class= + "tei tei-q">“conquering and to conquer.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The subject is + beautifully set forth in the written Word (Ps. xlv. 3-5):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Gird + Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O most mighty,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">[</span><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Gird + Thyself</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] with Thy + glory and Thy majesty,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And in Thy majesty ride + prosperously,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Because of truth, and meekness, + and righteousness;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And Thy right hand shall teach + Thee terrible things.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thine arrows are sharp in the + heart of the King's enemies;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Whereby the people fall under + Thee.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page063">[pg 063]</span><a name= + "Pg063" id="Pg063" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">John, in his + apocalyptic vision, sees the same mighty Conqueror going forth. + <span class="tei tei-q">“I saw (he says) a white horse, and He that + sat on him had a bow, ... and He went forth conquering and to + conquer”</span> (Rev. vi. 2).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + precisely what is foreshadowed in the star-pictured sign now called + by the modern Latin name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sagittarius</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Archer</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew and + Syriac name of the sign is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Kesith</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Archer</span></span> (as in Gen. xxi. 20). The Arabic name is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Kaus</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the arrow</span></span>. In Coptic it is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pimacre</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + graciousness</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">beauty of the coming + forth</span></span>. In Greek it is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Toxotes</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + archer</span></span>, and in Latin <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sagittarius</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-12.png"><img src="images/plate-12.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 12: SAGITTARIUS (the Archer) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 69 + stars in the sign, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, five of the 3rd magnitude + (all in the bow), nine of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of the + brightest stars are significant:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hebrew, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Naim</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the gracious + one</span></span>. This is exactly what is said of this Victor in + the same Psalm (xlv.), in the words immediately preceding the + quotation above (verse 2):</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">GRACE + is poured into Thy lips;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Therefore God hath blessed Thee for + ever.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hebrew, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nehushta</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + going</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sending forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We see the same + in the Arabic names which have come down to us: <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Naim</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the gracious one</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Shaula</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the dart</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Warida</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">who comes forth</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ruchba er + rami</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the riding of the bowman</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">An ancient + Akkadian name in the sign is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nun-ki</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Prince of the + Earth</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page064">[pg + 064]</span><a name="Pg064" id="Pg064" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Again we have + the picture of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a Centaur</span></span> as to his outward + form, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> a being with two natures. + Not now far down in the south, or connected with His sufferings and + sacrifice as man; but high up, as a sign of the Zodiac itself, on + the ecliptic, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> in the very path in which + the sun <span class="tei tei-q">“rejoiceth in his going forth as a + strong man.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">According to + Grecian fable, this Sagittarius is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cheiron</span></span>, the chief Centaur; + noble in character, righteous in his dealings, divine in his + power.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Such will be the + coming Seed of the woman in His power and glory:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + sceptre of Thy kingdom is a right sceptre.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou lovest righteousness, and + hatest wickedness;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee + with the oil of gladness above thy + fellows.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xlv. 6, 7.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the ancient + Zodiac of Denderah he is called (as in Coptic) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pi-macre</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">graciousness, beauty of the + appearing</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coming forth</span></span>. The characters + under the hind foot read <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Knem</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He + conquers</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is He who + shall come forth like as an arrow from the bow, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“full of grace,”</span> but <span class= + "tei tei-q">“conquering and to conquer.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In all the + pictures he is similarly represented, and the arrow in his bow is + aimed directly at the heart of the Scorpion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> sang of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cheiron</span></span>:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">'Midst + golden stars he stands refulgent now,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And thrusts the scorpion with his bended + bow.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page065">[pg 065]</span><a name= + "Pg065" id="Pg065" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In this Archer + we see a faint reflection of Him who shall presently come forth, + all gracious, all wise, all powerful; whose arrows shall be + <span class="tei tei-q">“sharp in the heart of the King's + enemies.”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God + shall shoot at them with an arrow;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Suddenly shall they be + wounded.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">So they shall make their own + tongue to fall upon themselves;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All that see them shall flee + away.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And all men shall fear, and + shall declare the work of God;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For they shall wisely consider + of His doing.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The righteous shall be glad in + the Lord, and shall trust in Him;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And all the upright in heart shall + glory.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. lxiv. 7-10.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Christ + is coming! let Creation</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">From her groans and travail + cease;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Let the glorious + proclamation</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Hope restore, and faith + increase.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Christ is coming,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Come, thou blessed Prince of + peace.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to the first of the three constellations or sections of this + chapter, which takes up this subject of praise to the + Conqueror.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc31" id="toc31"></a> <a name="pdf32" id="pdf32"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. LYRA (The Harp).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Praise prepared for the + Conqueror.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion”</span> (Ps. + lxv. 1). And when the waiting time is over, and the Redeemer + comes forth, then the praise shall be given. <span class= + "tei tei-q">“We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, which + art, and which wast, because thou <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page066">[pg 066]</span><a name="Pg066" id="Pg066" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and + didst reign”</span> (Rev. xi. 17, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>). <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour unto + Him”</span> (Rev. xix. 7). The Twenty-first Psalm should be read + here, as it tells of the bursting forth of praise on the going + forth of this all-gracious Conqueror.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + King shall rejoice in Thy strength, O</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And in Thy salvation how + greatly shall He rejoice!...</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thine hand shall find out all + Thine enemies;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thy right hand shall find out + all that hate thee....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Their fruit shalt Thou destroy + from the earth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And their seed from among the + children of men.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For they intended evil against + Thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">They imagined a mischievous + device which they are not able to perform,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore shalt thou make them + turn their back (Heb.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Margin,</span> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">set them as a + butt</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">),</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">When Thou shalt make ready + Thine arrows upon Thy strings</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">[</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">And shoot + them</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] against + the face of them.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Be thou exalted,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + in thine own strength;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">SO WILL WE + SING AND PRAISE THY POWER.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xxi. 1, 8, 10-13.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Beautifully, + then, does <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the harp</span></em> come in here, following + upon the going forth of this victorious Horseman. This Song of + the Lamb follows as naturally as does the Song of Moses in Ex. + xv. 1: <span class="tei tei-q">“I will sing unto the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>, for He hath + triumphed gloriously.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-13.png"><img src="images/plate-13.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 13: LYRA (the Harp) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its brightest + star, α, is one of the most glorious in the heavens, and by it + this constellation may be easily known. It shines with a splendid + white lustre. It is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Vega</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He shall be + exalted</span></span>. Its root occurs in the opening of the Song + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page067">[pg 067]</span><a name= + "Pg067" id="Pg067" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> of Moses, quoted + above. Is not this wonderfully expressive?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its other + stars, β and γ, are also conspicuous stars, of the 2nd and 4th + magnitude. β is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Shelyuk</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an + eagle</span></span> (as does the Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Nesr</span></span>); γ is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sulaphat</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">springing + up</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ascending</span></span>, as praise.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac + of Denderah, this constellation is figured as a hawk or an eagle + (the enemy of the serpent) in triumph. Its name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Fent-kar</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + serpent ruled</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There may be + some confusion between the Hebrew נֶשֶׁר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nesher</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an + eagle</span></span>, and עָשׂוֹר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Gnasor</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + harp</span></span>;<a id="noteref_45" name="noteref_45" href= + "#note_45"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">45</span></span></a> but + there can be no doubt about the grand central truth, that praise + shall ascend up <span class="tei tei-q">“as an eagle toward + heaven,”</span> when <span class="tei tei-q">“every creature + which is in heaven, and on the earth, and such as are in the sea, + and all that is in them,”</span> shall send up their universal + song of praise: <span class="tei tei-q">“Blessing, and honour, + and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne + and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen”</span> (Rev. v. 13, + 14).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And for what + is all this wondrous anthem of Praise? Listen once again. + <span class="tei tei-q">“Alleluia:<a id="noteref_46" name= + "noteref_46" href="#note_46"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">46</span></span></a> + Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page068">[pg 068]</span><a name= + "Pg068" id="Pg068" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> God; for TRUE AND + RIGHTEOUS ARE HIS JUDGMENTS.... And again they said + Alleluia”</span> (Rev. xix. 1-3).</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">that + blessed hope</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">before us,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Let no</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">harp</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">remain unstrung,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Let the coming advent + chorus</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Onward roll from tongue to + tongue, Hallelujah,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + Lord Jesus,</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">quickly come.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc33" id="toc33"></a> <a name="pdf34" id="pdf34"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. ARA (The Altar).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Consuming Fire Prepared for His + Enemies.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we have + an altar or burning pyre, placed significantly and ominously + upside down! with its fires burning and pointing downwards + towards the lower regions, called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tartarus</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + abyss</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-q">“outer-darkness.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><a name="Plate-xiv" + id="Plate-xiv" class="tei tei-anchor" style= + "text-align: center"></a></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-14.png"><img src="images/plate-14.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 14: ARA (the Altar) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is an + asterism with nine stars, of which three are of the 3rd + magnitude, four of the 4th, etc. It is south of the Scorpion's + tail, and when these constellations were first formed it was + visible only on the very lowest horizon of the south, pointing to + the completion of all judgment in the lake of fire.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac + of Denderah we have a different picture, giving us another aspect + of the same judgment. It is a man enthroned, with a flail in his + hand. His name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bau</span></span>, the same name as + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hercules</span></span> has, and means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He + cometh</span></span>. It is from the Hebrew בּוֹא (<span lang= + "he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bōh</span></span>), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + come</span></span>, as in Isa. lxiii. 1:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Who + is this that cometh from Edom,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">With dyed + garments from Bozrah.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page069">[pg + 069]</span><a name="Pg069" id="Pg069" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is a + coming in judgment, as is clear from reason given in verse 4:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + the day of vengeance is in Mine heart,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the year of My redeemed is + come.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I looked, and there was + none to help;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I wondered that there was + none to uphold;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore Mine own arm brought + salvation,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And My + fury, it upheld Me.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxiii. 4, 5.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The completion + of judgment, therefore, is what is pictured both by the burning + pyre and the Coming One enthroned, with his threshing + instrument.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Arabic it + is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Mugamra</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + completing</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">finishing</span></span>. + The Greeks used the word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ara</span></span> sometimes in the sense of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">praying</span></span>, but more frequently + in the sense of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">imprecation</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cursing</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + curse pronounced against the great enemy. This is the burning + fire, pointing to the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">completion</span></em> of that curse, when + he shall be cast into that everlasting fire <span class= + "tei tei-q">“prepared for the devil and his angels.”</span> This + is the allusion to it written in the midst of the very Scripture + from which we have already quoted (p. <a href="#Pg066" class= + "tei tei-ref">66</a>), Ps. xxi., where we read in verse 9 (which + we then omitted):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine + anger:</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The Lord shall swallow them up + in His wrath;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + fire shall devour them.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to the final scene, closing up this first great book of the + Heavens.</p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page070">[pg 070]</span><a name= + "Pg070" id="Pg070" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc35" id="toc35"></a> <a name="pdf36" id="pdf36"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. DRACO (The Dragon).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Old Serpent, or the Devil, cast down + from Heaven.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Each of the + three great books concludes with this same foreshowing of + Apocalyptic truth. The same great enemy is referred to in all + these pictures. He is the Serpent; he is the Dragon; <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil + and Satan”</span> (Rev. xii. 9). The Serpent represents him as + the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Deceiver</span></span>; the Dragon, as the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Destroyer</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">First</span></em> Book concludes with the + Dragon being cast down from heaven.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Second</span></em> Book concludes with + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>, the Sea Monster, + Leviathan, bound.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Third</span></em> + Book concludes with Hydra, the Old Serpent, destroyed.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here, at the + close of the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">First</span></em> Book, we see not merely a + dragon, but the Dragon <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cast down</span></em>! That is the point of + this great star-picture.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">No one has + ever seen a dragon; but among all nations (especially in China + and Japan), and in all ages, we find it described and depicted in + legend and in art. Both Old and New Testaments refer to it, and + all unite in connecting with it one and the same great enemy of + God and man.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is against + him that the God-Man—<span class="tei tei-q">“the Son of God—goes + forth to war.”</span> It is for him that the <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page071">[pg 071]</span><a name="Pg071" id= + "Pg071" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> eternal fires are prepared. + It is he who shall shortly be cast down from the heavens + preparatory to his completed judgment. It is of him we read, + <span class="tei tei-q">“The great dragon was cast out, that old + serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole + world: he was cast out and his angels with him. And I heard a + loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, + and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ; for the + accuser of our brethren is cast down”</span> (Rev. xii. 9, + 10).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is of him + that David sings:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God + is my king of old,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Working salvation in the midst + of the earth ...</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou brakest the heads of the + dragons in the waters.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + brakest the heads of leviathan in + pieces.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. lxxiv. 12-14.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Of him also + the Spirit causes Isaiah to say, <span class="tei tei-q">“In that + day, shall this song be sung in the land of Judah”</span>;—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In + that day the Lord, with his sore, and great, and strong + sword,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shall punish leviathan the + piercing (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">swift) serpent,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Even leviathan that crooked + serpent;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And he + shall slay the dragon that is in the + sea.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxvi. 1; xxvii. 1.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + exactly what is foreshadowed by this constellation of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Draco</span></span>. Its name is from the + Greek, and means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">trodden on</span></span>, as in the + Septuagint of Ps. xci. 13: <span class="tei tei-q">“The dragon + shalt thou trample under feet,”</span> from the Hebrew דָּרַךְ, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dahrach</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + tread</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page072">[pg + 072]</span><a name="Pg072" id="Pg072" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-15.png"><img src="images/plate-15.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 15: DRACO (the Dragon Cast down) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac + of Denderah it is shown as a serpent under the fore-feet of + Sagittarius, and is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Her-fent</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + serpent accursed</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 80 + stars in the constellation; four of the 2nd magnitude, seven of + the 3rd magnitude, ten of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in one of the latter coils), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Thuban</span></span> (Heb.), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + subtle</span></span>. Some 4,620 years ago it was the Polar Star. + It is manifest, therefore, that the Greeks could not have + invented this constellation, as is confessed by all modern + astronomers. It is still a very important star in nautical + reckonings, guiding the commerce of the seas, and thus + <span class="tei tei-q">“the god of this world”</span> is + represented as winding in his contortions round the pole of the + world, as if to indicate his subtle influence in all worldly + affairs.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + β (in the head), is called by the Hebrew name <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rastaban</span></span>, and means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + head of the subtle</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">serpent</span></span>). In the Arabic it is + still called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Waid</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who is + to be destroyed</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + γ (also in the head), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ethanin</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + long serpent</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">dragon</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew + names of other stars, not identified, are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Grumian</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + subtle</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Giansar</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the punished + enemy</span></span>. Other (Arabic) names are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Dib</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the reptile</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Athik</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the fraudful</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Asieh</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the bowed down</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And thus the + combined testimony of every star (without a single exception) of + each constellation, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page073">[pg + 073]</span><a name="Pg073" id="Pg073" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + and the constellations of each sign, accords with the testimony + of the Word of God concerning the coming Seed of the woman, the + bruising of His heel, the crushing of the serpent's head, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the sufferings of Christ, and the glory + which should follow.”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">From + far I see the glorious day,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">When He who bore our sins + away,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Will all His majesty + display.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A Man of Sorrows once He + was,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">No friend was found to plead + His cause,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">As all preferred the world's + applause.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He groaned beneath sin's awful + load,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For in the sinner's place He + stood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And died to bring him back to + God.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But now He waits, with glory + crowned.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">While angel hosts His throne + surround,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And still His lofty praises + sound.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To few on earth His name is + dear,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And they who in His cause + appear,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The world's reproach and scorn + must bear</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Jesus, Thy name is all my + boast,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And though by waves of trouble + tossed,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou wilt not let my soul be + lost.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come then, come quickly from + above,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">My soul impatient longs to + prove,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The depths + of everlasting love.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page074">[pg 074]</span><a name= + "Pg074" id="Pg074" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc37" id="toc37"></a> <a name="pdf38" id="pdf38"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">The Second Book. The + Redeemed.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Result of the Redeemer's Sufferings.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">First</span></em> + Book we have had before us the work of the Redeemer set forth as it + concerned His own glorious person. In this <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Second</span></em> + Book it is presented to us as it affects others. Here we see the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">results</span></em> of His humiliation, and + conflict, and victory—<span class="tei tei-q">“The sufferings of + Christ”</span> and the blessings they procured for His redeemed + people.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Chapter I. we + have the Blessings procured.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Chapter II. + their Blessings ensured.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Chapter III. + their Blessings in abeyance.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Chapter IV. + their Blessings enjoyed.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc39" id="toc39"></a> <a name="pdf40" id="pdf40"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em; margin-top: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter I. The Sign CAPRICORNUS (The + Sea Goat).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Goat of Atonement Slain for the + Redeemed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is most + noteworthy that this Second Book opens with the Goat, and closes + with the Ram: two animals of sacrifice; while the two middle + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page075">[pg 075]</span><a name= + "Pg075" id="Pg075" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> chapters are both + connected with fishes.<a id="noteref_47" name="noteref_47" href= + "#note_47"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">47</span></span></a> The + reason for this we shall see as we proceed.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Both are + combined in the first chapter, or <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Sign”</span> of Capricornus.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In all the + ancient Zodiacs, or Planispheres, we find a goat with a fish's + tail. In the Zodiacs of Denderah and Esneh, in Egypt, it is + half-goat and half-fish, and it is there called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hu-penius</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the place + of the sacrifice</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Indian + Zodiac it is a goat <span class="tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">passant</span></span> traversed by a fish.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be no + doubt as to the significance of this sign.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Goat we + have the Atoning Sacrifice, in the Fish we have the people for whom + the atonement is made. When we come to the sign <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span>”</span> we shall + see more clearly that it points to the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">multitudes</span></em> of the redeemed + host.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Goat is + bowing its head as though falling down in death. The right leg is + folded underneath the body, and he seems unable to rise with the + left. The tail of the fish, on the other hand, seems to be full of + vigour and life.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + of the sign is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Gedi</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kid</span></span> + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">cut + off</span></span>, the same as the Arabic <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gedi</span></span>. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Capricornus</span></span> is merely the + modern (Latin) name of the sign, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">goat</span></span>.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page076">[pg 076]</span><a name="Pg076" id="Pg076" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-16.png"><img src="images/plate-16.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 16: CAPRICORNUS (the Goat) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 51 + stars in the sign, three of which are of the 3rd magnitude, three + of the 4th, etc. Five are remarkable stars, α and β in the horn and + head, and the remaining three, γ, δ, and ε, in the fishy tail. The + star α is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Gedi</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the kid</span></span> + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">goat</span></span>, while the star δ is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deneb Al + Gedi</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sacrifice cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other star-names + in the sign, not identified, are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Dabih</span></span> + (Syriac), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sacrifice slain</span></span>; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Dabik</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Dehabeh</span></span> (Arabic) have the + same meaning; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ma'asad</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + slaying</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sa'ad al Naschira</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the record of the + cutting off</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Is not this + exactly in accord with the Scriptures of truth? There were two + goats! Of <span class="tei tei-q">“the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">goat</span></em> of + the sin-offering”</span> it is written, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“God hath given it to you to bear the iniquity of the + congregation, to make atonement for them before the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>”</span> (Lev. x. 16, + 17): of the other goat, which was not slain, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“he shall let it go into the wilderness”</span> (Lev. + xvi. 22). Here is death and resurrection. Christ was <span class= + "tei tei-q">“wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our + iniquities.”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“For the transgression + of MY PEOPLE was He stricken”</span> (Isa. liii.). He laid down His + life for the sheep.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the first + chapter of the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">First</span></em> Book we had the same Blessed + One presented as <span class="tei tei-q">“a corn of wheat.”</span> + Here we see Him come to <span class="tei tei-q">“die,”</span> and + hence not abiding alone, but bringing forth <span class= + "tei tei-q">“much fruit”</span> (John xii. 24). The living fish + proceeds from the dying goat, and yet they form only one body. + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page077">[pg 077]</span><a name= + "Pg077" id="Pg077" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> That picture, which + has no parallel in nature, has a perfectly true counterpart in + grace; and <span class="tei tei-q">“a great multitude, which no man + can number,”</span> have been redeemed and shall obtain eternal + life through the death of their Redeemer.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is, however, + not merely the actual death which is set before us here. The + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">first</span></em> chapter <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in each + book</span></em> has for its great subject <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Person</span></em> of the Redeemer in <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">prophecy</span></em> and promise. The + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">last</span></em> chapter in each book has for + its subject the fulfilment of that prophecy in victory and triumph, + in the Person of the Redeemer: while the two <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">central</span></em> + chapters <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">in each</span></em> book are occupied with + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the + work</span></em> which is the accomplishment of the promise, + presented in two aspects—the former connected with <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">grace</span></em>, + the latter with <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">conflict</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">structure</span></em> of each of the three + books is an <span class="tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">epanodos</span></span>, having for its first + and last members the Person of the Redeemer (in <span class= + "tei tei-q">“A”</span> in <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Prophecy</span></em>; in <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span>”</span> in <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Fulfilment</span></em>), while in the two + central members we have the work and its accomplishment (in + <span class="tei tei-q">“B”</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in + grace</span></em>; and in <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">B</span></span>”</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in + conflict</span></em>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It may be thus + presented to the eye:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The First Book.</span></span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + A | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo.</span></span> The Prophecy of + the Bruised Seed. + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 4.00em; text-align: left"> + B | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra.</span></span> The work + accomplished (in <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">grace</span></em>). + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 4.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">B</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Scorpio.</span></span> The work + accomplished (in <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">conflict</span></em>.) + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Sagittarius.</span></span> The + fulfillment of the promised victory. + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page078">[pg 078]</span><a name= + "Pg078" id="Pg078" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Second Book.</span></span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + C | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Capricornus.</span></span> The + Prophecy of the Promised Deliverance. + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 4.00em"> + D | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aquarius.</span></span> Results of + the work bestowed (in grace). + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 4.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">D</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces.</span></span> Results of the + work enjoyed (in conflict). + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">C</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries.</span></span> The Fulfilment + of the Promised Deliverance. + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Third Book.</span></span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + E | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Taurus.</span></span> The Prophecy + of the coming Judge of all the earth. + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 4.00em; text-align: left"> + F | <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Gemini.</span></span> The Redeemer's + reign. (Grace and Glory). + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 4.00em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">F</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Cancer.</span></span> The Redeemer's + possession (safe from all conflict). + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-style: italic">E</span></span> | <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Leo.</span></span> The fulfilment of + the promised Triumph. + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hence in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Capricornus</span></span> we must look + for the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">prophecy</span></em> of this Coming Sacrifice. + As a matter of fact it did actually point out the time when the Sun + of Righteousness should arise, and <span class="tei tei-q">“the + Light of the World”</span> appear. For when this Promised Seed was + born the Sun <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">was actually in this sign of + Capricornus</span></em>! <span class="tei tei-q">“The fulness of + time was come,”</span> and <span class="tei tei-q">“God sent forth + His Son TO REDEEM them that were under the Law”</span> (Gal. iv. + 4). The Sun was really amongst those very stars—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gedi</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the kid</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deneb Al + Gedi</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sacrifice cometh</span></span>—when this + willing Sacrifice said, <span class="tei tei-q">“Lo I come to do + Thy will, O God.”</span> The nights were at their darkest and + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page079">[pg 079]</span><a name= + "Pg079" id="Pg079" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> their longest when + Jesus was born. The days began immediately to lengthen when He, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the true light,”</span> had come into the + world.<a id="noteref_48" name="noteref_48" href= + "#note_48"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">48</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Astronomers + confess that the perverted legends of the Greeks give but + <span class="tei tei-q">“a lame account”</span> of this sign, + <span class="tei tei-q">“and it offers no illustration of + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">its + ancient origin</span></em>.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its ancient + origin reveals a prophetic knowledge, which only He possessed who + knew that in <span class="tei tei-q">“the fulness of time”</span> + He would send forth His Son.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We now come to + the three constellations which give us three pictures setting forth + the death of this Sacrifice and of His living again.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc41" id="toc41"></a> <a name="pdf42" id="pdf42"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. SAGITTA (The Arrow).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Arrow of God sent + forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is not the + Arrow of Sagittarius, for that has not left his bow. That arrow + is for the enemies of God. This is for the Son of God. It was of + this that He spoke when He said, in Ps. xxxviii. 2:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thine + arrows stick fast in me,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And Thy + hand presseth me sore.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He was + <span class="tei tei-q">“stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted, + He was wounded for our transgressions”</span> (Isa. liii. 4, 5). + He was <span class="tei tei-q">“pierced,”</span> when He could + say with Job, <span class="tei tei-q">“The arrows of the Almighty + are within me”</span> (vi. 4).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page080">[pg 080]</span><a name="Pg080" id="Pg080" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-17.png"><img src="images/plate-17.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 17: SAGITTA (the Arrow), AQUILA (the Eagle), DELPHINUS + (the Dolphin) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here the arrow + is pictured to us in mid-heaven, alone, as having been shot forth + by an invisible hand. It is seen in its flight through the + heavens. It is the arrow of God, showing that Redemption is all + of God. It was <span class="tei tei-q">“the will of God”</span> + which Jesus came to do. Not a mere work of mercy for miserable + sinners, but a work ordained in eternity past, for the glory of + God in eternity future.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + record of the Word, and this is what is pictured for us here. The + work which the arrow accomplishes is seen in the dying Goat, and + in the falling Eagle.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are many + other stars in the heavens in a straighter line, which would + better serve for an arrow. Why are these stars chosen? Why is the + arrow placed here? What explanation can be given, except that the + Revelation in the stars and in the Book are both from the + inspiration of the same Spirit?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are + about 18 stars, of which four are of the 4th magnitude. Only γ + and δ are in the same line, while the shaft passes between α and + β.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sham</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">destroying</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">desolate</span></span>.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc43" id="toc43"></a> <a name="pdf44" id="pdf44"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. AQUILA (The Eagle).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Smitten One Falling.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we have + an additional picture of the effect of this arrow, in the + pierced, wounded, and falling Eagle, gasping in its dying + struggle. And that <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page081">[pg + 081]</span><a name="Pg081" id="Pg081" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + pierced, wounded, and dying Saviour whom it represents, after + saying, in Ps. xxxviii. 2, <span class="tei tei-q">“Thine arrows + stick fast in Me,”</span> added, in verse 10:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">My + heart panteth, My strength faileth Me,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">As for the + light of Mine eyes it is gone from Me.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(See also Zech. xiii. 6.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + the stars, all of them, bear out this representation. The + constellation contains 74 stars. The brightest of them, α (in the + Eagle's neck), is a notable star of the 1st magnitude, called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Tair</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + wounding</span></span>. The star β (in the throat) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Shain</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bright</span></span>, from a Hebrew root meaning <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">scarlet + coloured</span></span>, as in Josh. ii. 18. The star γ (in the + back) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tarared</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">torn</span></span>. + δ (in the lower wing) is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Alcair</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + piercing</span></span>, and ε (in the tail), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Okal</span></span>, has the significant meaning <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">wounded in the + heel</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">How can the + united testimony of these names be explained except by + acknowledging a Divine origin? even that of Him who afterwards + foretold of the bruising of the Virgin's Son in the written Word; + yea, of Him <span class="tei tei-q">“who telleth the number of + the stars and giveth them all their names.”</span></p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc45" id="toc45"></a> <a name="pdf46" id="pdf46"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. DELPHINUS (The + Dolphin).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Dead One Rising again.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is a + bright cluster of 18 stars, five of which are of the 3rd + magnitude. It is easily distinguished by the four brightest, + which are in the head.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page082">[pg 082]</span><a name="Pg082" id="Pg082" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is always + figured as a fish full of life, and always with the head upwards, + just as the eagle is always with the head downwards. The great + peculiar characteristic of the dolphin is its rising up, leaping, + and springing out of the sea.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When we + compare this with the dying goat and falling eagle, what + conclusion can we come to but that we have here the filling in of + the picture, and the completion of the whole truth set forth in + Capricornus?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Jesus + <span class="tei tei-q">“died and rose again.”</span> Apart from + His resurrection His death is without result. In His conflict + with the enemy it is only His coming again in glory which is + shown forth. But here, in connection with His people, with the + multitudes of His redeemed, Resurrection is the great and + important truth. He is <span class="tei tei-q">“the first-fruits + of them that slept”</span>; then He, too, is here represented as + a fish. He who went down into the waters of death for His people; + He who could say <span class="tei tei-q">“All thy waves and thy + billows are gone over me”</span> (Ps. xlii. 7), He it is who + rises up again from the dead, having died on account of the sins + of His redeemed, and risen again on account of their + justification (Rom. iv. 25).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + picture here. In the Persian planisphere there seems to be a fish + and a stream of water. The Egyptian has a vessel pouring out + water.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + names connected with this constellation are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dalaph</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">pouring out of + water</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page083">[pg + 083]</span><a name="Pg083" id="Pg083" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dalaph</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + quickly;</span></span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Scalooin</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">swift + (as the flow of water); Rotaneb</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rotaneu</span></span> (Syriac and Chaldee), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">swiftly + running</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus, in this + first chapter of the Second Book we see the great truth of + Revelation set forth; and we learn how the great Blessings of + Redemption were procured. This truth cannot be more eloquently or + powerfully presented than in the language of Dr. Seiss:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">This strange goat-fish, dying in its head, but + living in its afterpart—falling as an eagle pierced and wounded + by the arrow of death, but springing up from the dark waves with + the matchless vigour and beauty of the dolphin—sinking under + sin's condemnation, but rising again as sin's + conqueror—developing new life out of death, and heralding a new + springtime out of December's long drear nights—was framed by no + blind chance of man. The story which it tells is the old, old + story on which hangs the only availing hope that ever came, or + ever can come, to Adam's race. To what it signifies we are for + ever shut up as the only saving faith. In that dying Seed of the + woman we must see our sin-bearer and the atonement for our guilt, + or die ourselves unpardoned and unsanctified. Through His death + and bloodshedding we must find our life, or the true life, which + alone is life, we never can have.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Complete atonement Thou hast + made,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And to the utmost farthing + paid</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Whate'er Thy people + owed:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor can His wrath on me take + place,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">If sheltered in His + righteousness,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And sprinkled with the + blood.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">If my discharge Thou hast + procured,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And freely in my room + endured</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The whole of wrath + divine,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Payment God cannot twice + demand,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">First at my bleeding Surety's + hand,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And then again at mine.</span> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page084">[pg + 084]</span><a name="Pg084" id="Pg084" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Turn, then, my soul, unto Thy + rest;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The merits of Thy great High + Priest</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Have bought thy + liberty;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Trust in His efficacious + blood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor fear thy banishment from + God,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Since Jesus + died for thee.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 4.00em; margin-bottom: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc47" id="toc47"></a> <a name="pdf48" id="pdf48"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter II. The Sign AQUARIUS (The + Water Bearer).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Their Blessings Ensured, or the Living Waters + of Blessing Poured Forth for the Redeemed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Atonement + being made, the blessings have been procured, and now they can be + bestowed and poured forth upon the Redeemed. This is the truth, + whether we think of Abel's lamb, of patriarchal sacrifices, the + offerings under the Law, or of that great Sacrifice of which they + all testified. They all with one voice tell us that atonement made + is the only foundation of blessing.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This was + pictured and foreshown in the heavens from the beginning, by a man + pouring forth water from an urn which seems to have an + inexhaustible supply, and which flows forth downwards into the + mouth of a fish, which receives it and drinks it all up.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the ancient + Zodiac of Denderah it is the same idea, though the man holds two + urns, and the fish below seems to have come out of the urn. The + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page085">[pg 085]</span><a name= + "Pg085" id="Pg085" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> man is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hupei + Tirion</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the place of him + coming down</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">poured forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In some eastern + Zodiacs the Urn alone appears.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><a name="Plate-18" id= + "Plate-18" class="tei tei-anchor" style= + "text-align: center"></a></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-18.png"><img src="images/plate-18.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 18: AQUARIUS (the Water Bearer) & PISCIS AUSTRALIS + (the Southern Fish) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This agrees with + its other names—Hebrew, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Deli</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + water-urn</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bucket</span></span> (as in Num. xxiv. 7); the + Arabic <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Delu</span></span> is the same.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 108 + stars in this Sign, four of which are of the 3rd magnitude. Their + names, as far as they have come down to us, are significant.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star α (in + the right shoulder) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sa'ad al Melik</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + record of the pouring forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star β (in + the other shoulder) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saad al Sund</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who goeth and + returneth</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the pourer out</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The bright star + δ (in the lower part of the right leg) is well-known to-day by its + Hebrew name <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Scheat</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who goeth and + returneth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The bright star + in the urn has an Egyptian name—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Mon</span></span> or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Meon</span></span>, which means simply + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">an + urn</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Aquarius is the + modern Latin name by which the sign is known. It has the same + meaning, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the pourer forth of water</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Can we doubt + what is the interpretation of this sign? The Greeks, not knowing + Him of whom it testified, were, like the woman of Samaria, + destitute of that living water which He alone can give. They + therefore invented some story about <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Deucalion</span></span>, the son of + Prometheus; and another, saying he is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ganymede</span></span>, Jove's cup-bearer! + But, as an astronomer says, <span class="tei tei-q">“We must + account otherwise for the origin of this name; for it is not + possible to reconcile the <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page086">[pg + 086]</span><a name="Pg086" id="Pg086" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + symbols of the eleventh<a id="noteref_49" name="noteref_49" href= + "#note_49"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">49</span></span></a> sign + with Grecian mythology.”</span> No! we must go further back than + that, and not cramp our vision, and distort the Scriptures, by + confining our thoughts to <span class="tei tei-q">“the + Church.”</span> The Church is nowhere seen in these Signs, as she + is nowhere revealed in the Old Testament. This we shall enlarge on + when we come to the sign Pisces. Meanwhile we must read the witness + of the stars as if there had been no Church!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Christ is first. + Yea, He is all in all. The Scriptures testify of Him; and the very + stars in this Sign tell of His going away and His coming again. + These prophetic signs have to do with Him, with the Atonement He + wrought, with the conflict He endured, with the blessings He + secured, with the victory He shall win, and the triumph He shall + have. For it is written:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He + shall pour the water out of His buckets,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His seed shall be in many + waters,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His king shall be higher + than Agag,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And His kingdom shall be + exalted.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Num. xxiv. 7.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It tells of that + glorious day when</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">A King + shall reign in righteousness;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And princes shall rule in + judgment;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And a MAN shall be as an hiding + place</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">from the wind,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And a covert from the + tempest;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">As RIVERS of WATER in a dry + place.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxxii. 1, 2).</span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page087">[pg 087]</span><a name= + "Pg087" id="Pg087" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It speaks of + that glorious time when Israel shall be restored, and their + <span class="tei tei-q">“eyes shall see the King in His + beauty”</span>; when the peace of Zion shall be no more disturbed, + <span class="tei tei-q">“but there the glorious <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> will be unto us a + place of broad rivers and streams”</span> (Isa. xxxiii. 17, 20, + 21). Then</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for + them;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the desert shall rejoice, + and blossom as the rose,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For in the wilderness shall + waters break out,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And streams in the + desert.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxxv. 1, 6.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I will + open rivers in high places,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And fountains in the midst of + the valleys;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will make the wilderness a + pool of water,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And the dry land springs of + water.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xli. 18.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Fear + not, O Jacob, My servant;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thou, Jesurun, whom I have + chosen,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For I will</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">POUR + WATER</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">upon him + that is thirsty,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And floods upon the dry + ground;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will pour My Spirit upon thy + seed,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And My blessing upon thy + offspring.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thus saith the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lord</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">the King of + Israel,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And his Redeemer the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of hosts.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xliv. 2, 3, 6.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + meaning of the Sign. The MAN Christ Jesus, who was humbled in death + will yet be seen to be the pourer forth of every blessing. + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Physically</span></em> pouring forth literal + waters, removing the curse, and turning this world into a + paradise:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Making + her wilderness like Eden,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And her desert like the garden of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lord</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. li. 3.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">morally</span></em> + pouring forth His Spirit in such abundance as to fill the whole + earth with peace, and blessing, and glory, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“as the waters cover the sea.”</span></p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page088">[pg 088]</span><a name="Pg088" id="Pg088" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Upon Israel + restored He will pour out His blessing. They will be sprinkled with + clean water, and possess a new heart and a new spirit (Ezek. xxxvi. + 24-28; Joel ii. 28-32).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Such are some of + the Scriptures which tell of this glorious Water-pourer. We need + not rob Christ of His glory, or Israel of her blessing, in order to + see in all this Pentecost or the Church. These are quite + independent of the great line of prophetic truth. They are + parenthetical, and distinct, and true, quite apart from the + glorious prophecies of Israel's scattering and gathering. The + physical marvels referred to in the texts above can never be + satisfied or exhausted by any spiritual fulfilment. We may make an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">application</span></em> of them as far as is + consistent with the teaching of the epistles; but the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">interpretation</span></em> of them belongs to + the Person of Christ, and the nation of Israel. That interpretation + is pictured for us in the Sign, and in its three + constellations.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc49" id="toc49"></a> <a name="pdf50" id="pdf50"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. PISCIS AUSTRALIS (The Southern + Fish).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Blessings Bestowed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This first + constellation is one of high antiquity,<a id="noteref_50" name= + "noteref_50" href="#note_50"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">50</span></span></a> and + its brilliant star of the first magnitude was a subject of great + study by the Egyptians and Ethiopians. It is named in Arabic + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Fom al + Haut</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the mouth of the fish</span></span>. There + are 22 other stars.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page089">[pg + 089]</span><a name="Pg089" id="Pg089" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation is inseparable from Aquarius, in connection with + which we have shown it in Plate <a href="#Plate-18" class= + "tei tei-ref">XVIII</a>. In the Denderah Zodiac it is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aar</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + stream</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It sets forth + the simple truth that the blessings procured by the MAN—the + coming Seed of the woman, will be surely bestowed and received by + those for whom they are intended. There will be no failure in + their communication, or in their reception. What has been + purchased shall be secured and possessed.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc51" id="toc51"></a> <a name="pdf52" id="pdf52"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. PEGASUS (The Winged + Horse).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Blessings Quickly + Coming.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Not only shall + they be received, but they shall be brought near. They will not + have to be fetched, but they will be caused to come to those for + whom they are procured, and will yet be <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">brought</span></em> by Him who has procured + them.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-19.png"><img src="images/plate-19.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 19: PEGASUS (the Winged Horse) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac there are two characters immediately below the + horse, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pe</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ka</span></span>. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Peka</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pega</span></span>, + is in Hebrew <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the chief</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sus</span></span> + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">horse</span></span>. So that the very word + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pegasus</span></span>) has come down to us + and has been preserved through all the languages.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + the stars in this constellation declare to us its meaning. There + are 89 altogether; one of the 1st magnitude, two of the 2nd, + three of the 3rd, nine of the 4th, etc. And, as astronomers + testify, <span class="tei tei-q">“they render Pegasus peculiarly + remarkable.”</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page090">[pg + 090]</span><a name="Pg090" id="Pg090" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest, + α (on the neck of the horse at the junction of the wing), comes + down to us with the ancient Hebrew name of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Markab</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">returning from afar</span></span>. The star + β (in the near shoulder) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Scheat</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + goeth and returneth</span></span>. The star γ (at the tip of the + wing) bears an Arabic name—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Genib</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + carries</span></span>. The star ε (in the nostril) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Enif</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + water</span></span>. The star η (in the near leg) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Matar</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who causes to + overflow</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These names + show us that we have to do with no mere horse. A winged horse is + unknown to nature. It must therefore be used as a figure; and it + can be a figure only of a person, even of Him who is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Branch</span></span>,”</span> as the + star <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Enif</span></span> shows, who said, + <span class="tei tei-q">“If I go away I will come again,”</span> + as the star <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Scheat</span></span> testifies.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He who + procured these blessings for the redeemed by His Atonement, is + quickly coming to bring them; and is soon returning to pour them + forth upon a groaning creation. This is the lesson of + Pegasus.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + blessed Lord, bid every shore</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And answering island + sing</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The praises of Thy royal + Name,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And own Thee as their + King.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Lord, Lord! Thy fair creation + groans—</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The earth, the air, the + sea—</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In unison with all our + hearts,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And calls aloud for + Thee.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thine was the Cross with all + its fruits</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of grace and peace + divine:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Be Thine the Crown of glory + now,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The palm of + victory Thine.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page091">[pg 091]</span><a name= + "Pg091" id="Pg091" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc53" id="toc53"></a> <a name="pdf54" id="pdf54"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. CYGNUS (The Swan).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Blesser surely + Returning.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This + constellation repeats, emphasises, and affirms this glorious + truth. It has to do with the Great Blesser and His speedy return, + as is testified by all the ancient names connected with it.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac it is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tes-ark</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this + from afar</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-20.png"><img src="images/plate-20.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 20: CYGNUS (the Swan) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a most + brilliant and gorgeous asterism of 81 stars; one of the 1st or + 2nd, six of the 3rd, twelve of the 4th magnitude, etc. It + contains variable stars, five double stars, and one quadruple. + The star marked <span class="tei tei-q">“61 Cygni”</span> is + known as one of the most wonderful in the whole heavens. It + consists of two stars which revolve about each other, and yet + have a progressive motion common to each!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This mighty + bird is not falling dead, like Aquila, but it is flying swiftly + in mid-heaven. It is coming to the earth, for it is not so much a + bird of the air, but a bird peculiarly belonging to both the + earth and the waters.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its brightest + star, α (between the body and the tail), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deneb</span></span> + (like another in Capricornus), and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + judge</span></span>. It is also called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Adige</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">flying + swiftly</span></span>, and thus at once it is connected with Him + who cometh to judge the earth in righteousness.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star β (in + the beak) is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Bireo</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">flying + quickly</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star γ (in + the body) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sadr</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who returns as in a + circle</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page092">[pg 092]</span><a name="Pg092" id="Pg092" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The two stars + in the tail, now marked in the maps as π 1 and π 2, are named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Azel</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who goes and + returns quickly</span></span>; and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Fafage</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gloriously shining + forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The teaching, + then, of the whole sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aquarius</span></span> is clear and + complete. The names of the stars explain the constellations, and + the names of the constellations explain the sign, so that we are + left in no doubt.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">By His atoning + death (as set forth in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Capricornus</span></span>) He has + purchased and procured unspeakable blessings for His redeemed. + This sign (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aquarius</span></span>) tells of those + blessings being poured forth, and of the speedy return of Him who + is to bring <span class="tei tei-q">“rivers of blessing,”</span> + and to fill this earth with blessing and glory <span class= + "tei tei-q">“as the waters cover the sea.”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Then + take,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + thy kingdom, and come in Thy glory;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Make the scene of Thy sorrows + the place of Thy throne,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Complete all the blessing + which ages in story</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Have told + of the triumphs so justly Thine own.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 4.00em; margin-bottom: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc55" id="toc55"></a> <a name="pdf56" id="pdf56"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter III. The Sign PISCES (The + Fishes).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Blessings of the Redeemed in + abeyance.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In this third + chapter of the Second Book we come to the results of the Redeemer's + work enjoyed, but in connection with conflict, as is seen in the + last <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page093">[pg 093]</span><a name= + "Pg093" id="Pg093" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> of the three + sections (the constellation of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Andromeda</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + chained woman</span></span>), which leads up to the last chapter of + the book, and ends it in triumph over every enemy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-21.png"><img src="images/plate-21.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 21: PISCES (the Fish) and the Band + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Sign is + pictured as two large fishes bound together by a <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Band</span></span>, + the ends of which are fastened separately to their tails. One fish + is represented with its head pointing upwards towards the North + Polar Star, the other is shown at right angles, swimming along the + line of the ecliptic, or path of the sun.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + Egyptian name, as shown on the Denderah Zodiac, is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Pi-cot + Orion</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pisces Hori</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + fishes of Him that cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dagim</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Fishes</span></span>, which is closely connected with <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">multitudes</span></span>, as in Gen. xlviii. + 26, where Jacob blesses Joseph's sons, and says, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the + earth.”</span> The margin says, <span class="tei tei-q">“Let them + grow <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">as + fishes do increase</span></span>.”</span> It refers to the + fulfilment of Gen. i. 28, <span class="tei tei-q">“Be fruitful and + multiply.”</span> The <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">multitude</span></span> of Abraham's seed is + prominent in the pronouncement of the blessings, where God compared + his future posterity to the stars of the sky, and the sand upon the + sea shore. <span class="tei tei-q">“A very great multitude of + fish,”</span> as in Ezek. xlvii. 9.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Syriac name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nuno</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + fish</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">lengthened out (as in + posterity)</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The sign, then, + speaks of the multitudes who should enjoy the blessings of the + Redeemer's work.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page094">[pg + 094]</span><a name="Pg094" id="Pg094" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And here we must + maintain that <span class="tei tei-q">“the Church,”</span> which is + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Body of Christ,”</span> was a subject + that was never revealed to man until it was made known to the + Apostle Paul by a special revelation. The Holy Spirit declares + (Rom. xvi. 25) that it <span class="tei tei-q">“was kept secret + since the world began.”</span> In Eph. iii. 9 he declares that it + <span class="tei tei-q">“from the beginning of the world hath been + hid in God”</span>; and in Col. i. 26, that it <span class= + "tei tei-q">“hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now + is made manifest to His saints.”</span> In each scripture which + speaks of it as <span class="tei tei-q">“now made manifest,”</span> + or <span class="tei tei-q">“now made known,”</span> it is + distinctly stated that it was <span class="tei tei-q">“a + mystery,”</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">secret</span></em>, + and had, up to that moment, been hidden from mankind, hidden + <span class="tei tei-q">“in God.”</span> How, then, we ask, can + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Church,”</span> which was <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">a + subsequent</span></em> revelation, be read into the previous + prophecies, whether written in the Old Testament Scriptures, or + made known in the Heavens? If the Church was revealed in prophecy, + then it could not have been said to be hidden or kept secret. If + the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">first</span></em> revelation of it was made + known to Paul, as he distinctly affirms it was, then it could not + have been revealed before. Unless we see this very clearly, we + cannot <span class="tei tei-q">“rightly divide the word of + truth”</span> (2 Tim. ii. 15). And if we do not rightly divide the + word of truth, in its subjects, and times, and dispensations, we + must inevitably be landed in confusion and darkness, interpreting + of the Church, scriptures which belong only to Israel.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Church, or + Body of Christ, is totally distinct from every class of persons who + are made the <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page095">[pg + 095]</span><a name="Pg095" id="Pg095" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + subject of prophecy. Not that the Church of God was an + after-thought. No, it was a Divine secret, kept as only God Himself + could keep it. The Bible therefore would have been complete (so far + as the Old Testament prophecies are concerned) if the Epistles + (which belong only to the Church) were taken out. The Old Testament + would then give us the kingdom prophesied; the Gospels and Acts, + the King and the kingdom offered and rejected; then the Apocalypse + would follow, showing how that promised kingdom will yet be set up + with Divine judgment, power, and glory.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If these Signs + and these star-pictures be the results of inspired patriarchs, then + this Sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span> can refer to + <span class="tei tei-q">“His seed,”</span> prophesied of in Isa. + liii.: <span class="tei tei-q">“He shall see His seed.”</span> It + must refer to</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + nation whose God is the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And the people whom He hath chosen for His + own inheritance.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xxxiii. 12.)</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Such as be blessed of Him shall inherit the + earth.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xxxvii. 22.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall increase you more and + more,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">You and your children,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Ye are blessed of the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. cxv. 14, 15.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Their + seed shall be known among the Gentiles.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And their offspring among the + people;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All that see them shall + acknowledge them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">That they are the seed which the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lord</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">hath + blessed.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxi. 9.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">They + are the seed of the blessed of the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And their offspring with + them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxv. 23.)</span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page096">[pg 096]</span><a name= + "Pg096" id="Pg096" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The prophecy of + this Sign was afterwards written in the words of Isa. xxvi. 15—the + song which shall yet be sung in the land of Judah:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + hast increased the nation, O</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Thou hast increased the + nation.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And in Isa. ix. + 3 (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>), speaking of the + glorious time when the government shall be upon the shoulder of the + coming King:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + hast multiplied the nation,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Thou hast increased their + joy.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Of that + longed-for day Jeremiah sings (xxx. 19):</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I will + multiply them</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And they shall not be + few;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will also glorify them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And they shall not be + small.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Ezekiel also is + inspired to say:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I will + multiply men upon you,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All the house of Israel, even + all of it:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the cities shall be + inhabited,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the wastes shall be + builded;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will multiply upon you man + and beast,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And they shall increase and bring + fruit.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ezek. xxxvi. 10, 11.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Moreover I will make a covenant of peace + with them;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">It shall be an everlasting + covenant with them!</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will place them, and + multiply them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And will set My sanctuary in the midst of + them for evermore.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ezek. xxxvii. 26.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Indeed, this + Sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span> has always been + interpreted of Israel. Both Jews and Gentiles have agreed in this. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Abarbanel</span></span>, a Jewish + commentator, writing on Daniel, affirms that the Sign <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span> always refers to + the people of Israel. He gives five reasons <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page097">[pg 097]</span><a name="Pg097" id="Pg097" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> for this belief, and also affirms that + a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn always betokens a + crisis in the affairs of Israel. Because such a conjunction took + place in his day (about 1480 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>) he looked for the + coming of Messiah.<a id="noteref_51" name="noteref_51" href= + "#note_51"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">51</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Certain it is, + that when the sun is in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span> all the + constellations which are considered <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">noxious</span></em>, are seen above the + horizon. What is true in astronomical observation is true also in + historical fact. When God's favour is shown to Israel, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Jew's enemy”</span> puts forth his malignant + powers. When they increased and multiplied in Egypt, he endeavoured + to compass the destruction of the nation by destroying the male + children; but their great Deliverer remembered His covenant, + defeated the designs of the enemy, and brought the counsel of the + heathen to nought. So it was in Persia; and so it will yet be again + when the hour of Israel's final deliverance has come.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be no + doubt that we have in this Sign the foreshowing of the + multiplication and blessing of the children of promise, and a token + of their coming deliverance from all the power of the enemy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But why + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">two</span></em> fishes? and why is one + horizontal and the other perpendicular? The answer is, that not + only in Israel, but in the seed of Seth and Shem there were always + those who looked for a heavenly portion, and were <span class= + "tei tei-q">“partakers of a heavenly calling.”</span> In Heb. xi. + we are distinctly told that Abraham <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page098">[pg 098]</span><a name="Pg098" id="Pg098" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> <span class="tei tei-q">“looked for a city + which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God”</span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 10). They were <span class= + "tei tei-q">“strangers and pilgrims on the earth”</span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 13). <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Strangers</span></em> are those without a + home, and <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">pilgrims</span></em> are those who are + journeying home: <span class="tei tei-q">“they seek a + country”</span> (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 14). They desired + <span class="tei tei-q">“a better country, that is, an HEAVENLY: + wherefore God is not ashamed<a id="noteref_52" name="noteref_52" + href="#note_52"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">52</span></span></a> to be + called their God; for He hath prepared for them a city”</span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 16). It is clear, therefore, + that what are called the <span class="tei tei-q">“Old Testament + Saints”</span> were <span class="tei tei-q">“partakers of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">THE + HEAVENLY CALLING</span></span>”</span> (Heb. iii. 1), which + included a heavenly portion and a heavenly home; and all through + the ages there have been <span class="tei tei-q">“partakers of the + heavenly calling.”</span> This is quite distinct from the calling + of the Church, which is from both Jews and Gentiles to form + <span class="tei tei-q">“one body,”</span> a <span class= + "tei tei-q">“new man”</span> in Christ (Eph. ii. 15). It must be + distinct, for it is expressly stated at the end of that chapter + (Heb. xi. 40) that God has <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">provided</span></span> (marg. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">forseen</span></span>) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">some better + thing for us</span></span>.”</span> How can this be a <span class= + "tei tei-q">“better thing,”</span> if it is the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">same + thing</span></em>? There must be two separate things if one is + <span class="tei tei-q">“better”</span> than the other! Our calling + in Christ is the <span class="tei tei-q">“better thing.”</span> The + Old Testament saints had, and will have, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">a good + thing</span></em>. They will have a heavenly blessing, and a + heavenly portion, for God has <span class="tei tei-q">“prepared for + them a city,”</span> and we see that prepared city, even + <span class="tei tei-q">“the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down + from God out of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Heaven</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page099">[pg 099]</span><a name="Pg099" id="Pg099" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> prepared as a bride adorned for her + husband”</span> (Rev. xxi. 2). This is the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“heavenly”</span> portion of the Old Testament saints, + the Bride of Christ. The Church will have a still <span class= + "tei tei-q">“better”</span> portion, for <span class= + "tei tei-q">“they without us should not be made perfect”</span> + (Heb. xi. 40).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The fish, + shooting upwards to the Polar Star, exquisitely pictures this + <span class="tei tei-q">“heavenly calling”</span>; while the other + fish, keeping on the horizontal line, answers to those who were + content with an earthly portion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But both alike + were divinely called, and chosen, and upheld. The names of two of + the stars in the sign (not identified) are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Okda</span></span> + (Hebrew), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the united</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Samaca</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + upheld</span></span>.<a id="noteref_53" name="noteref_53" href= + "#note_53"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">53</span></span></a> These + again speak of the redeemed seed, of whom, and to whom, Jehovah + speaks in that coming day of glory in Isa. xli. 8-10 (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">But + thou, Israel, My servant,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Jacob, whom I have + chosen,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The seed of Abraham My + friend;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou whom I have taken hold of + from the ends of the earth,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And called thee from the corners + thereof,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And said unto thee, Thou art My + servant;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I have chosen thee, and not cast + thee away;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Fear thou not, for I am with + thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Be not dismayed, for I am thy + God!</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will strengthen thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yea, I will help thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Yea, I will UPHOLD thee with the right hand + of My righteousness.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + teaching of the Sign; and the first constellation takes up this + thought and emphasises it.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page100">[pg 100]</span><a name="Pg100" id="Pg100" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc57" id="toc57"></a> <a name="pdf58" id="pdf58"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. THE BAND.</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Redeemed Bound, but binding their + Enemy.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The band that + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">unites</span></em> these two fishes has + always formed a separate constellation. It is shown in Plate XXI. + The Arabian poems of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Antarah</span></span> frequently + mention it as distinct from the Sign with which it is so closely + connected. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Antarah</span></span> was an Arabian + poet of the sixth century.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its ancient + Egyptian name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">U-or</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He + cometh</span></span>. Its Arabic name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Risha</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the band</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bridle</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It speaks of + the Coming One, not in His relation to Himself, or to His + enemies, but in His relation to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Redeemed</span></span>. It speaks of Him who says:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I + drew them with cords of a man,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With bands of love;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And I was + to them as they that take off the yoke on their + jaws.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Hosea xi. 4,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But it speaks + also of His unloosing the bands with which they have been so long + bound.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the picture + these fishes are bound. One end of the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">band</span></em> + is fastened securely round the tail of one fish, and it is the + same with the other. Moreover, this <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">band</span></em> + is fastened to the neck of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>, the sea monster, while + immediately above is seen a woman chained as a captive. These + both tell the same story, and, indeed, all are required to set + forth the whole truth. The fishes are <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">bound</span></em> + to <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>; the woman (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Andromeda</span></span>) is chained; but the + Deliverer of <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page101">[pg + 101]</span><a name="Pg101" id="Pg101" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + both is near. Cepheus, the Crowned King, the Redeemer, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Breaker,”</span> the Branch, is seen + coming quickly for the deliverance of His redeemed. These are the + three constellations of this sign, and all three are required to + set forth the story.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Israel now is + bound. The great enemy still oppresses, but deliverance is sure. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Ram</span></span>, is seen with his paws on this band, as though + about to loosen the bands and set the captives free, and to fast + bind their great oppressor.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc59" id="toc59"></a> <a name="pdf60" id="pdf60"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. ANDROMEDA (The Chained + Woman).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Redeemed in their Bondage and + Affliction.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is a + peculiar picture to set in the heavens. A woman with chains + fastened to her feet and arms, in misery and trouble; and bound, + helpless, to the sky. Yet this is the ancient foreshowing of the + truth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac her name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Set</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set up + as a queen</span></span>. In Hebrew it is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sirra</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + chained</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Persea</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the stretched + out</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-22.png"><img src="images/plate-22.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 22: ANDROMEDA (the Chained Woman) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 63 + stars in this constellation, three of which are of the 2nd + magnitude, two of the 3rd, twelve of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the head), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Phiratz</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the broken + down</span></span>. The star β (in the body) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirach</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + weak</span></span>. The star γ (in the left foot) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Maach</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Amak</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">struck + down</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page102">[pg + 102]</span><a name="Pg102" id="Pg102" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + other stars, not identified, are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Adhil</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + afflicted</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mizar</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + weak</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Mara</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + afflicted</span></span>. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> speaks of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Desma</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bound</span></span>, and says—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Her + feet point to her bridegroom</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Perseus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + on whose shoulder they rest.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus, with one + voice, the stars of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Andromeda</span></span> speak to us of the + captive daughter of Zion. And her coming Deliverer thus addresses + her:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">O + thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not + comforted,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, ... in righteousness + shalt thou be established:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt be far from + oppression; for thou shalt not fear:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And from + terror; for it shall not come nigh thee.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. liv. 11-14.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Hear + now this, thou afflicted....</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Awake, awake; put on thy + strength, O Zion;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Put on thy beautiful garments, + O Jerusalem....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shake thyself from the + dust;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Arise, and sit down, O + Jerusalem:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Loose thyself from the bands + of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For thus saith the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + Ye have sold yourselves for nought;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And ye + shall be redeemed without money.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. li. 21-lii. 3.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“The virgin daughter of My people is broken with a + great breach, with a very grievous blow”</span> (Jer. xiv. + 17).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The picture + which sets forth her deliverance is reserved for the next chapter + (or Sign), where it comes in its proper place and order. We are + first shown her glorious Deliverer; for we never, in the heavens + or in the Word, have a reference to the sufferings without an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">immediate</span></em> reference to the + glory.</p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page103">[pg 103]</span><a name= + "Pg103" id="Pg103" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc61" id="toc61"></a> <a name="pdf62" id="pdf62"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. CEPHEUS (The King).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Their Redeemer Coming to + Rule.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we have + the presentation of a glorious king, crowned, and enthroned in + the highest heaven, with a sceptre in his hand, and his foot + planted on the very Polar Star itself.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">His name in + the Denderah Zodiac is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pe-ku-hor</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this + one cometh to rule</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-23.png"><img src="images/plate-23.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 23: CEPHEUS (the Crowned King) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Greek name + by which he is now known, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span>, is from the Hebrew, + and means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the branch</span></span>, and is called by + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Euripides</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + king</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">An old + Ethiopian name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hyk</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + king</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 35 + stars, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, three of the 3rd + magnitude, seven of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the left shoulder), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Deramin</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + quickly</span></span>. The next, β (in the girdle), is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Phirk</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Redeemer</span></span>. The next, γ (in the left knee), is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Rai</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + bruises</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">breaks</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is + impossible to mistake the truth which these names teach. The + Greeks, though they had lost it, yet preserved a trace of it, + even in their perversion of it; for they held that <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span> was the father of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Andromeda</span></span>, and that + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Perseus</span></span> was her husband.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Yes; this is + the glorious King of Israel, the <span class="tei tei-q">“King of + kings, and Lord of lords.”</span> It is He who calls Israel His + <span class="tei tei-q">“son,”</span> and will yet manifest it to + all the world.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page104">[pg + 104]</span><a name="Pg104" id="Pg104" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Jer. xxxi., + after speaking of Israel's restoration, Jehovah says + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 1):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">At + the same time, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + will I be the God of all the families of + Israel,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And they shall be My + people....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For I am a father to + Israel,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And Ephraim + is My firstborn</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">v.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">9).</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">As He said to + Moses: <span class="tei tei-q">“Thus saith the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>, Israel is my son, + even my firstborn”</span> (Exod. iv. 22).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is the + foundation of Israel's blessing. True, it is now in abeyance, but + <span class="tei tei-q">“the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + reigneth,”</span> and will in due time make good His Word, + for</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + counsel of the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">standeth for + ever.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The + thoughts of His heart to all + generations.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xxxiii. 11.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This leads us + up to the last chapter of the Second Book, which shows us the + fulfilment of all the prophecies concerning the Redeemed and the + sure foundation on which their great hope of glory is based.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc63" id="toc63"></a> <a name="pdf64" id="pdf64"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter IV. The Sign ARIES (The Ram + or Lamb).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Blessings of the Redeemed Consummated and + Enjoyed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This Second Book + began with <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Goat</span></span> dying in sacrifice, and + it ends with the Lamb living again, <span class="tei tei-q">“as it + had been slain.”</span> The goat had the tail of a fish, indicating + that his death was for a <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">multitude</span></em> of <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page105">[pg 105]</span><a name="Pg105" id="Pg105" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> the redeemed. In the two middle Signs + we have had these fishes presented to us in grace, and in their + conflict. We come now to the last chapter of the book: and, as we + have seen, like each of the other books, it ends up with victory + and triumph. Here we are first shown the foundation on which that + victory rests, namely, Atonement. Hence we are taken back and + reminded of the <span class="tei tei-q">“blood of the + Lamb.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is pictured + by a ram, or lamb, full of vigour and life; not falling in death as + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Capricornus</span></span> is.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-24.png"><img src="images/plate-24.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 24: ARIES (the Ram) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Denderah + Zodiac its name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tametouris Ammon</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + reign</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">dominion</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">government of + Ammon</span></span>. The lamb's head is without horns, and is + crowned with a circle.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Taleh</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + lamb</span></span>. The Arabic name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Hamal</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sheep</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">gentle</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">merciful</span></span>. This name has been + mistakenly given by some to the principal star, α. The Syriac name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Amroo</span></span>, as in the Syriac New + Testament in John i. 29: <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold the Lamb + of God which taketh away the sin of the world.”</span> The ancient + Akkadian name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bara-ziggar</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bar</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">altar</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sacrifice</span></span>; and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ziggar</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">right making</span></span>; so that the full + name would be <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sacrifice of + righteousness</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 66 + stars in this sign, one being of the 2nd magnitude, two of the 4th, + etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its chief star, + α (in the forehead), is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El Nath</span></span>,<a id="noteref_54" name= + "noteref_54" href="#note_54"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">54</span></span></a> or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Natik</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slain</span></span>. + The next, β (in the left horn), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Sheratan</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page106">[pg + 106]</span><a name="Pg106" id="Pg106" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bruised</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the wounded</span></span>. The next, γ (near + to β), is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mesartim</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bound</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">How is it there + is no conflicting voice? How is it that all the stars unite in one + harmonious voice in testifying of the Lamb of God, slain, and + bruised, but yet living for evermore, singing together, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to + receive power and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and + glory, and blessing”</span> (Rev. v. 12)?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This rejoicing + connected with the Lamb shines faintly through the heathen + perversions and myths: for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Herodotus</span></span> tells us how the + ancient Egyptians, once a year, when it opened by the entrance of + the sun into <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>,<a id="noteref_55" + name="noteref_55" href="#note_55"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">55</span></span></a> slew a + Ram, at the festival of Jupiter Ammon; branches were placed over + the doors, the Ram was garlanded with wreaths of flowers and + carried in procession. Now the sun entered <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span> on the 14th of the + Jewish month Nisan, and <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">another lamb</span></em> was then ordered to + be slain, even <span class="tei tei-q">“the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord's</span></span> + passover”</span>—the type of that Lamb that should in the fulness + of time be offered without blemish and without spot. Owing to the + precession of the equinoxes, the sun, at the time of the Exodus, + had receded into this sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>, which then marked + the Spring Equinox. But by the time that the antitype—the Lamb of + God, was slain, the sun had still further receded, and on the 14th + of Nisan, in the year of the Crucifixion, stood at the very spot + marked by the stars α, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El Nath</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + pierced</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the wounded</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slain</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page107">[pg 107]</span><a name= + "Pg107" id="Pg107" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> and β, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Sheratan</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the bruised</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">or + wounded</span></span>! God so ordained <span class="tei tei-q">“the + times and seasons”</span> that during that noon-day darkness the + sun was seen near those stars which had spoken for so many + centuries of this bruising of the woman's Seed—the Lamb of God.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Was this design? + or was it chance? It is far easier to believe the former. It makes + a smaller demand upon our faith; yes, we are compelled to believe + that He who created the sun and the stars <span class= + "tei tei-q">“for signs and for cycles,”</span> ordained also the + times and the seasons, and it is He who tells us that <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">when the fulness of time was + come</span></span>, God sent forth His Son”</span> (Gal. iv. 4), + and that <span class="tei tei-q">“in due time Christ died for the + ungodly”</span> (Rom. v. 6).</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc65" id="toc65"></a> <a name="pdf66" id="pdf66"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. CASSIOPEIA (The Enthroned + Woman).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Captive Delivered, and Preparing for her + Husband, the Redeemer.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the last + chapter we saw the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">woman bound</span></span>; here we see the + same woman freed, delivered, and enthroned.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Ulugh + Bey</span></span> says its Arabic name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Seder</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + freed</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac her name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Set</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set up + as Queen</span></span>. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Albumazer</span></span> says this + constellation was anciently called <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the daughter of + splendour</span></span>.”</span> This appears to be the meaning + of the word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cassiopeia</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + enthroned</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the beautiful</span></span>. The Arabic name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ruchba</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + enthroned</span></span>. This is also the meaning of its Chaldee + name, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dat al cursa</span></span>.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page108">[pg 108]</span><a name="Pg108" id= + "Pg108" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 55 + stars in this constellation, of which five are of the 3rd + magnitude, five of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This beautiful + constellation passes vertically over Great Britain every day, and + is easily distinguished by its five brightest stars, forming an + irregular W.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/w-shape.png"><img src="images/w-shape.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Illustration showing the W of Cassiopeia + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brilliant + constellation contains one binary star, a triple star, a double + star, a quadruple star, and a large number of nebulæ.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-25.png"><img src="images/plate-25.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 25: CASSIOPEIA (the Enthroned Woman) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the year + 1572 Tycho Brahe discovered in this constellation, and very near + the star κ (under the arm of the chair), a new star, which shone + more brightly than Venus. It was observed for nearly two years, + and disappeared entirely in 1574.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the left breast), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Schedir</span></span> (Hebrew), which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + freed</span></span>. The next, β (in the top of the chair), + likewise bears a Hebrew name—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Caph</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the branch</span></span>; it is evidently + given on account of the branch of victory which she bears in her + hand.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">She is indeed + highly exalted, and making herself ready. Her hands, no longer + bound, are engaged in this happy work. With her right hand she is + arranging her robes, while with her left she is adorning her + hair. She is seated upon the Arctic circle, and close by the side + of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span>, the King.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the heavenly + city, the new Jerusalem,”</span> the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“partakers of the heavenly + calling.”</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page109">[pg + 109]</span><a name="Pg109" id="Pg109" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He who has + redeemed her is <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lamb that was + slain,”</span> and He addresses her thus:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy + Maker is thine husband;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of Hosts is His name;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the Holy One of Israel is + thy Redeemer;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The God of the whole earth + shall He be called.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath called thee as a woman + forsaken and grieved in spirit,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Even a wife of youth when she + is cast off, saith thy God.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For a small moment have I + forsaken thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But with great mercies will I + gather thee.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In overflowing wrath I hid my + face from thee for a moment;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But with + everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">thy + Redeemer.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. liv. 5-8.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And a royal diadem in the hand + of thy God,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt no more be termed + Forsaken;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Neither shall thy land any + more be termed Desolate;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But thou shalt be called + Hephzi-bah (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">my delight is in + her</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">),</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thy land Beulah + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">married</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">);</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">delighteth in thee,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thy land shall be + married.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For as a young man marrieth a + virgin,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">So shall thy sons + (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Heb.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">thy Restorer) marry + thee:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And as the bridegroom + rejoiceth over the bride,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">So + shall thy God rejoice over thee.</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxii. 3-5,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath appeared of old (or from + afar) unto me,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">saying</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yea, I have loved thee with an + everlasting love;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore with loving kindness + have I drawn thee.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Again will I build thee, and + thou shalt be built, O Virgin of Israel....</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page110">[pg + 110]</span><a name="Pg110" id="Pg110" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He that scattered Israel will + gather him,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And keep him as a shepherd + doth his flock,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath ransomed Jacob,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And + redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than + he.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxxi. 3-12,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Can we close + our eyes to the testimony of these scriptures—that Israel is the + Bride of the Lamb? When we have all these, and more, why should + we read <span class="tei tei-q">“the Church”</span> into these + ancient prophecies, which was the subject of a long-subsequent + revelation, merely because (in Eph. v. 25) Christ's love to His + Church is <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">compared</span></em> to a husband's love for + his wife? <span class="tei tei-q">“Husbands, love your wives, + even AS Christ also loved the Church.”</span> There is not a word + here about the Church being His wife. On the contrary, it reveals + the secret that the Church of Christ is to be the mystical + <span class="tei tei-q">“Body of Christ,”</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">part of the + Husband</span></em> in fact, <span class="tei tei-q">“One new + man”</span> (Eph. ii. 15)! whereas restored Israel is to be the + Bride of this <span class="tei tei-q">“New Man,”</span> the Bride + of Christ, the Lamb's wife! Blessed indeed it is to be united to + Christ as a wife to a husband, but glorious beyond all + description to be <span class="tei tei-q">“one”</span> with + Christ Himself, part of His mystical Body.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If men had + only realised the wondrous glory of this mystery, they would + never have so <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wrongly</span></em> divided the Word of + Truth by <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">interpreting</span></em> Psalm xlv. of this + Mystical Christ. If we <span class="tei tei-q">“rightly + divide”</span> it, we see at once that this Psalm is in harmony + with all the Old Testament scriptures, which must be interpreted + alike, and can be interpreted only of Israel however they may be + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">applied</span></em>.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page111">[pg 111]</span><a name="Pg111" id= + "Pg111" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Having spoken + of the Godhead and glory of this King (faintly and in part + foreshown by <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span>), the Holy Spirit goes + on in the latter part of the Psalm to speak of the Bride—the + Queen:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">At + Thy right hand doth stand the Queen in gold of + Ophir,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Hearken, O daughter, and + consider, incline thine ear;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Forget also thine own people, + and thy father's house;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">So shall the King desire thy + beauty;</span><a id="noteref_56" name="noteref_56" href= + "#note_56"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">56</span></span></a> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For He is thy Lord; and + worship thou Him....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The King's daughter + within</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the + palace</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">is all + glorious;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Her clothing is inwrought with + gold,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">She shall be led unto the King + in broidered work;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The virgins + her companions</span><a id="noteref_57" name="noteref_57" + href="#note_57"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">57</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">that follow her shall be + brought unto thee,</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">etc.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xlv. 9-17,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Then shall she + sing her Magnificat:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I + will greatly rejoice in the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">My soul shall be joyful in my + God;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For He hath clothed me with + the garments of salvation,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He hath covered me with the + robe of righteousness,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">As a bridegroom decketh</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">himself</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">with ornaments,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And as a bride adorneth</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">herself</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">with her jewels.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For as the earth bringeth + forth her bud,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And as the garden causeth the + things that are sown in it to spring forth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">So the + Lord</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">God</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">[Adonai Jehovah] will cause + righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the + nations.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxi. 10, 11.)</span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page112">[pg + 112]</span><a name="Pg112" id="Pg112" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This, then, is + the truth set forth by this enthroned woman. The blessing founded + on Atonement, and the Redemption wrought by the Lamb that was + slain, result in a glorious answer to Israel's prayer, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Turn our captivity, O <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>”</span> (Ps. cxxvi. + 4): when they that have <span class="tei tei-q">“sown in tears + shall reap in joy,”</span> and the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> shall loosen her + bonds, and place her enthroned by His side.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This, however, + involves the destruction of her enemy, and this is what we see in + the next section.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc67" id="toc67"></a> <a name="pdf68" id="pdf68"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. CETUS (The Sea + Monster).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Great Enemy Bound.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When John sees + the New Jerusalem, the Bride, the Lamb's wife (Rev. xxi. 10, 2), + Satan has been bound already: for we read, a few verses before + (xx. 1-3): <span class="tei tei-q">“I saw an angel come down from + heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in + his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, that Old Serpent, which + is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him [<em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">and kept him + bound</span></em>] a thousand years, and cast him into the + bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he + should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years + should be fulfilled.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is what + we see in the second section of this chapter—the second + constellation in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-26.png"><img src="images/plate-26.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 26: CETUS (the Sea Monster) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The picture is + that of a great Sea-monster, the largest of all the + constellations. It is the natural <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page113">[pg 113]</span><a name="Pg113" id="Pg113" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> enemy of fishes, hence it is placed here in + connection with this last chapter, in which fishes are so + prominent.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is situated + very low down among the constellations—far away towards the south + or lower regions of the sky.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its name in + the Denderah Zodiac is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Knem</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">subdued</span></span>. It is pictured as a + monstrous head, trodden under foot by the swine, the natural + enemy of the serpent. The hawk also (another enemy of the + serpent) is over this figure, crowned with a mortar, denoting + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bruising</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It consists of + 97 stars, of which two are of the 2nd magnitude, eight of the + 3rd, nine of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + the stars interpret for us infallibly the meaning of the + picture.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the upper mandible), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Menkar</span></span>, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bound</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">chained enemy</span></span>. The next, β (in + the tail), is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Diphda</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deneb + Kaitos</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">overthrown</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thrust + down</span></span>. The star ο (in the neck) is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mira</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">THE + REBEL</span></span>. Its name is ominous, for the star is one of + the most remarkable. It is very bright, but it was not till 1596 + that it was discovered to be <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">variable</span></em>. + It disappears periodically <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seven</span></em> times in <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">six</span></em> + years! It continues at its brightest for fifteen days together. + M. Bade says that during 334 days it shines with its greatest + light, then it diminishes, till it entirely disappears for some + time (to the naked eye). In fact, during that period it passes + through several degrees <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page114">[pg + 114]</span><a name="Pg114" id="Pg114" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + of magnitude, both increasing and diminishing. Indeed its + variableness is so great as to make it appear <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">unsteady</span></em>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here, then, is + the picture of the Great Rebel as shown in the heavens. What is + it, as written in the Word?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Almighty + asks man:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Canst + thou draw out Leviathan with a fish hook?</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Or press down his tongue with + a cord?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Canst thou put a rope into his + nose?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Or pierce his jaw through with + a hook?...</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shall not one be cast down + even at the sight of him?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">None is so + fierce that he dare stir him up.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Job xli. 1-10,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But he whom + man cannot bind can be bound by the Lamb, and He is seen with + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Band”</span> that has bound the + fishes, now in His hands, which he has fastened with a bright + star to his neck, saying,—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the + cup of trembling,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Even the dregs of the cup of + My fury;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou shalt no more drink it + again,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But I will + put it into the hand of them that afflict + thee.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. li. 22, 23.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">cometh forth out of His + place</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To punish the inhabitants of + the earth for their iniquity....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In that day the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + with His sore, and great, and strong sword,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shall punish Leviathan, the + piercing serpent,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And Leviathan, the crooked + serpent;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And He + shall slay the dragon that is in the + sea.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxvi. 21-xxvii. + 1.)</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page115">[pg + 115]</span><a name="Pg115" id="Pg115" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + God is my king of old,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Working salvation in the midst + of the earth.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou didst divide + (marg.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Heb.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">break</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) + the sea by Thy strength,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou brakest the heads of the + dragons (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">marg.,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">sea + monsters</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) in the + waters.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + brakest the heads of Leviathan in + pieces.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. lxxiv. 12-14.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And this + Second Book closes by revealing to us this glorious <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Breaker.”</span></p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc69" id="toc69"></a> <a name="pdf70" id="pdf70"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. PERSEUS (</span><span class= + "tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 120%">“</span><span style="font-size: 120%">The + Breaker.</span><span style= + "font-size: 120%">”</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 120%">)</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span class="tei tei-q" + style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">“</span><span style="font-style: italic">The + Breaker</span><span style="font-style: italic">”</span></span> + <span style="font-style: italic">delivering His + Redeemed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we have + set before us a mighty man, called in the Hebrew <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Peretz</span></span>, from which we have the + Greek form <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Perses</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Perseus</span></span> (Rom. xvi. 13). It is + the same word which is used of Christ in Micah ii. 13. When He + shall surely <span class="tei tei-q">“gather the remnant of + Israel”</span> (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">v.</span></span> 12), it is written—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">THE + BREAKER is gone up before them....</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Their King is passed on before + them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">at the head of + them.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is what + is pictured to us here. We see a glorious <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Breaker”</span> taking His place before His + redeemed, breaking forth at their head, breaking down all + barriers, and breaking the heads of Leviathan and all his hosts. + In His right hand He has His <span class="tei tei-q">“sore, and + great, and strong sword”</span> lifted up to smite and break down + the enemy. He has wings on His feet, which tell us that He is + coming very swiftly. In His left hand He carries the head of the + enemy, whom he has slain.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page116">[pg 116]</span><a name="Pg116" id="Pg116" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac His name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Kar Knem</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">he who fights and + subdues</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-27.png"><img src="images/plate-27.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 27: PERSEUS (the Breaker) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a + beautiful constellation of 59 stars, two of which are of the 2nd + magnitude, four of the 3rd, twelve of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Their names + supply us with the key to the interpretation of the picture.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star α (in + the waist) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirfak</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + helps</span></span>. The next, γ (in the right shoulder), is + named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Genib</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + carries away</span></span>. The bright star in the left foot is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Athik</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + breaks</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In his left + hand he carries a head, which, by perversion, the Greeks called + the head of Medusa, being ignorant that its Hebrew root meant + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + trodden under foot</span></span>.<a id="noteref_58" name= + "noteref_58" href="#note_58"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">58</span></span></a> It + is also called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rosh Satan</span></span> (Hebrew), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + head of the adversary</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Oneh</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + subdued</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Ghoul</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the evil + spirit</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The bright + star, β (in this head), has come down to us with the name + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gol</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rolling + round</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a most + remarkable phenomenon that so many of these enemies should be + characterised by variable stars! But this head of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Medusa</span></span>, like the neck of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>, has one. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gol</span></span> is continually changing. In about 69 hours it + changes from the 4th magnitude to the 2nd. During four hours of + this period it gradually diminishes in brightness, which it + recovers in the succeeding four hours; and in the remaining part + of the time invariably preserves its greatest lustre. After + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page117">[pg 117]</span><a name= + "Pg117" id="Pg117" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> the expiration of + this time its brightness begins to decrease again. Fit emblem of + our great enemy, who, <span class="tei tei-q">“like a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">roaring + lion</span></em>, goeth about seeking whom he may devour”</span> + (1 Pet. v. 8.); then changing into a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">subtle + serpent</span></em> (Gen. iii. 8.); then changing again into + <span class="tei tei-q">“an angel of light”</span> (2 Cor. xi. + 14.). <span class="tei tei-q">“Transforming himself”</span> + continually, to devour, deceive, and destroy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to the conclusion of the Second Book, in which we have seen the + Redeemed blessed with all blessings, delivered out of all + conflict, saved from all enemies. We have seen their Redeemer, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lamb slain from the foundation of + the world,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“the + Conqueror,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“the King of Kings and + Lord of Lords.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + Revelation recorded in the heavens. This is the prophetic + testimony inspired in the Book. And this is the heart-cry + prompted by both:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + Lord, and tarry not,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Bring the long-looked-for + day;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Oh, why these years of waiting + here,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">These ages of delay?</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, for Thy saints still + wait;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Daily ascends their + cry:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + Spirit and the Bride say, Come</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">’</span></span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Dost Thou not hear their + cry?</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, for creation + groans,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Impatient of Thy stay;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Worn out with these long years + of ill,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">These ages of delay.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, for Thine Israel + pines,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">An exile from Thy fold;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Oh, call to mind Thy faithful + word,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And bless them as of + old.</span> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page118">[pg + 118]</span><a name="Pg118" id="Pg118" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, for Thy foes are + strong;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With taunting lips they + say,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">‘</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Where + is the promised advent now,</span></span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And where + the dreaded day?</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">’</span></span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, for the good are + few;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">They lift the voice in + vain;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Faith waxes fainter on the + earth,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And love is on the + wane.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, in Thy glorious + might;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, with Thine iron + rod;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Disperse Thy foes before Thy + face,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Most mighty Son of God.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, and make all things + new,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Build up this ruined + earth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Restore our faded + paradise,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Creation's second + birth.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, and begin Thy + reign</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of everlasting peace;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, take the kingdom to + Thyself,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Great King + of Righteousness.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Dr. Horatius + Bonar.</span></span></p> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page119">[pg 119]</span><a name= + "Pg119" id="Pg119" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 5.00em; margin-bottom: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc71" id="toc71"></a> <a name="pdf72" id="pdf72"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 3.46em; margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">The Third Book. The + Redeemer.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">His + Second Coming.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In this Third and + Last Book we come to the concluding portion of this Heavenly + Revelation. Its subject is Redemption completed, and consummated in + triumph. No more sorrow, suffering, or conflict; no more the bruising + of the heel of the Redeemer. We have now done with the prophecies of + <span class="tei tei-q">“the sufferings of Christ,”</span> and have + come to those that relate to <span class="tei tei-q">“the glory that + should follow.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">No more reference + now to His <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">first</span></em> coming in humiliation. No more + coming <span class="tei tei-q">“forth”</span> to suffer and die, a + sacrifice for sins; the reference now is only to His second coming in + glory; His coming <span class="tei tei-q">“unto”</span> this earth is + not to suffer for sin (Heb. ix. 28.), but it will be a coming in + power to judge the earth in righteousness, and to subdue all enemies + under His feet.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Like the other two + books, it consists of four chapters.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></em> + chapter is the prophecy of the coming Judge of all the earth.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">second</span></em> + sets before us the two-fold nature of the coming Ruler.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">third</span></em> + shows us Messiah's redeemed possessions—the Redeemed brought safely + home, all conflict over.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">fourth</span></em> + describes Messiah's consummated triumph.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page120">[pg 120]</span><a name="Pg120" id="Pg120" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 4.00em; margin-bottom: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc73" id="toc73"></a> <a name="pdf74" id="pdf74"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter I. The Sign TAURUS (The + Bull).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Messiah, the coming Judge of all the + Earth.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The picture is + that of a Bull rushing forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, + his horns set so as to push his enemies, and pierce them through + and destroy them.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a prophecy + of Christ, the coming Judge, and Ruler, and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Lord of all the earth.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-28.png"><img src="images/plate-28.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 28: TAURUS (the Bull) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Egyptian + Zodiac of Denderah already, 4,000 years ago, had forgotten the + truth to which the prophecy had referred, and called him + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Isis</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who saves + or delivers</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Apis</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the head or + chief</span></span>. The Bull is clearly represented, and in all + the zodiacs which have come down to us is always in the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">act of + pushing</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">rushing</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of the + sign in Chaldee is תּוֹר, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tor</span></span>. Hence, Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Thaur</span></span>; Greek, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tauros</span></span>; Latin, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Taurus</span></span>, + etc. The more common Hebrew name was שׁוּר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Shur</span></span>, + which is from a root which means both <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming</span></span> + and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ruling</span></span>. There are several Hebrew + words for bulls and oxen, etc. But the common poetical term for all + is ראם, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Reem</span></span>, conveying the idea of + loftiness, exaltation, power, and pre-eminence. We find the root in + other kindred languages (Etruscan, Sanscrit, etc.), and it can be + traced in the name of Abram, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">pre-eminent</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">high + father</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ramah</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">high + place</span></span>, etc.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page121">[pg 121]</span><a name="Pg121" id="Pg121" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The stars in + Taurus present a brilliant sight. There are at least 141 stars, + besides two important groups of stars, which both form integral + parts of the sign.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the bull's eye), has a Chaldee name—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Debaran</span></span>, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + leader</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">governor</span></span>. The star β (at the tip + of the left horn) has an Arabic name—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Nath</span></span>, meaning <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">slain</span></span>. + Another prophetic intimation that this coming Lord should be first + slain as a sacrifice.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Then there is + the cluster of stars known as the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pleiades</span></span>. This word, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + congregation of the judge</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">ruler</span></span>, + comes to us through the Greek Septuagint as the translation of the + Hebrew כִּימָה, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Chima</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + heap</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">accumulation</span></span>, and occurs in Job + ix. 9; xxxviii. 31, 32, and Amos v. 8.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It consists of a + number of stars (in the neck of Taurus) which appear to be near + together. The brightest of them, marked η in all the maps,<a id= + "noteref_59" name="noteref_59" href="#note_59"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">59</span></span></a> has + come down to us with an Arabic name—<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Cyone</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + centre</span></span>, and has given the idea to some astronomers + that it is the centre of the whole universe. The Syriac name for + the Pleiades is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Succoth</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">booths</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Another group of + stars (on the face of the Bull) is known as <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Hyades</span></span>,<a id="noteref_60" name="noteref_60" href= + "#note_60"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">60</span></span></a> which + has the similar meaning of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the congregated</span></span>.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page122">[pg 122]</span><a name="Pg122" id="Pg122" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other stars, not + identified, are named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Palilicium</span></span> (Hebrew), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">belonging + to the judge</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Wasat</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">centre</span></span> + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">foundation</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Thuraiya</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + abundance</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Vergiliæ</span></span> (Latin), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + centre</span></span> (Arabic, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">vertex</span></span>) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">turned + on</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">rolled round</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Every thing + points to the important truth, and all <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">turns</span></em> + on the fact that the Lord is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">coming to rule</span></span>! This is + the central truth of all prophecy. <span class="tei tei-q">“The + testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”</span> All hope for + Creation, all hope for the world, all hope for Israel, all hope for + the Church, turns on this, that <span class="tei tei-q">“Jesus is + coming again,”</span> and that when He comes His saints, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the daughters of the King”</span> (like + the Pleiades and Hyades), will be with Him.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is nothing + of <span class="tei tei-q">“the Church”</span> revealed here. The + Church will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, to be for + ever with the Lord (1 Thess. iv. 17) <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">before</span></em> + He thus <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">comes unto</span></em> the world in judgment. + He will <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">come forth</span></em> to receive the members + of His Body unto Himself, before He thus comes with them to destroy + all His enemies and <span class="tei tei-q">“judge (or rule) the + world in righteousness.”</span> When we read this Sign of Taurus, + therefore, we are to understand that His Church will be <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">with</span></em> + Him, safe from all judgment.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is very + much in the Scripture of the Book, (as there is in the prophecies + in the heavens) about the coming of the Lord in judgment; and about + this time of His indignation. For Enoch, who doubtless was used in + arranging these prophetic <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">signs</span></em>, uttered <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page123">[pg 123]</span><a name="Pg123" id="Pg123" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> the prophetic <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">words</span></em>, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands + of His saints to execute judgment upon all and to convict all that + are ungodly”</span> (Jude 14, 15).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have said + (pages <a href="#Pg017" class="tei tei-ref">17</a>, etc.) that at a + very early period these signs were appropriated to the Twelve + Tribes of Israel, and borne upon their <span class= + "tei tei-q">“standards.”</span> This may be traced in the Blessing + of Jacob (Gen. xlix.), and in the Blessing of Moses (Deut. + xxxiii.). Taurus was assigned to Joseph, or rather to his two + tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, like the two powerful horns:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + firstling of his bullock (marg.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">his firstling + bullock</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)—majesty + is his,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And his horns are the horns of + the wild-ox (</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Reem</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">With them he shall</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + push</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">(marg.</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic"> + gore</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">) the peoples, + all of them, even the ends of the earth.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And they are the ten thousands + of Ephraim,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And they are the thousands of + Manasseh.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Deut. xxxiii, 17,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is not, + however, merely by men alone that this will be done, for David + sings:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thou + art my King, O</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">God</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">....</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Through Thee will we</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + push</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">down our + enemies;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Through Thy Name will we tread them under + that rise up against us.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xliv. 5.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I will + punish the world for their evil,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the wicked for their + iniquity;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will cause the arrogancy of + the proud to cease,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And will lay low the haughtiness + of the terrible....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Every one that is found shall be</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + thrust through</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xiii. 11-15.)</span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page124">[pg 124]</span><a name= + "Pg124" id="Pg124" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Speaking of that + day, the Holy Spirit says by Isaiah:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">For the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath indignation against all the + nations,</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And fury against all their + host:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He hath utterly destroyed + them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He hath delivered them to the + slaughter....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath a sacrifice in + Bozrah,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And a great slaughter in the + land of Edom,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the wild oxen + [</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Reem</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] + shall come down with them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the bullocks with the + bulls;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And their land shall be drunken + with blood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And their dust made fat with + fatness.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For it is the day of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps"> + Lord's</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">vengeance,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The year of recompense in the controversy of + Zion.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxxiv. 2-8,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">cometh forth out of His + place</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To punish the inhabitants of the + earth for their iniquity:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The earth also shall disclose + her blood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And shall no more cover her + slain.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxvi. 21.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + united testimony of the two Revelations. It is pictured in the + heavens, and it is written in the Book. It is the prophecy of a + coming Judge, and of a coming judgment.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is, however, + no mere <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bull</span></em> that is coming. It is a man, + a glorious man, even <span class="tei tei-q">“the Son of + Man.”</span> This is the first development, shown in the first of + the three constellations belonging to the sign.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc75" id="toc75"></a> <a name="pdf76" id="pdf76"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. ORION (The Coming + Prince).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Light Breaking Forth in the + Redeemer.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 60%"> + <a href="images/plate-29.png"><img src="images/plate-29.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Plate 29: ORION (the Glorious One) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This picture + is to show that the coming one is no mere animal, but a man: a + mighty, triumphant, glorious prince.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page125">[pg 125]</span><a name="Pg125" id="Pg125" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He is so + pictured in the ancient Denderah Zodiac, where we see a man + coming forth pointing to the three bright stars (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rigel</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bellatrix</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Betelguez</span></span>) as his. His name is + given as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ha-ga-t</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">this is + he who triumphs</span></span>. The hieroglyphic characters below + read <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Oar</span></span>. Orion was anciently spelt + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Oarion</span></span>, from the Hebrew root, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">light</span></span>. So that Orion means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + forth as light</span></span>. The ancient Akkadian was + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ur-ana</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the light of + heaven</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Orion is the + most brilliant of all the constellations, and when he comes to + the meridian he is accompanied by several adjacent constellations + of great splendour. There is then above the horizon the most + glorious view of the celestial bodies that the starry firmament + affords; and this magnificent view is visible to all the + habitable world, because the equinoctial line (or solstitial + colure) passes nearly through the middle of Orion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> thus sings of + him:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Eastward, beyond the region of the + Bull,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Stands great Orion. And who, + when night is clear,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Beholds him gleaming bright, + shall cast his eyes in vain</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">To find a + Sign more glorious in all heaven.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation is mentioned by name, as being perfectly well known + both by name and appearance, in the time of Job; and as being an + object of familiar knowledge at that early period of the world's + history. See Job ix. 9; xxxviii. 31, and Amos v. 8 (Heb. כְּסִיל, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Chesil</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + strong one</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a hero</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">giant</span></span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It contains 78 + stars, two being of the 1st magnitude, four of the 2nd, four of + the 3rd, sixteen of the 4th, etc.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page126">[pg 126]</span><a name="Pg126" id="Pg126" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">A little way + below ι (in the sword) is a very remarkable nebulous star. A + common telescope will show that it is a beautiful nebula. A + powerful telescope reveals it as consisting of collections of + nebulous stars, these again being surrounded by faint luminous + points, which still more powerful telescopes would resolve into + separate stars.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus + beautifully is set forth the brilliancy and glory of that + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Light</span></span> which shall break forth + when the moment comes for it to be said, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Arise, shine, for thy light is come.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The picture + presents us with <span class="tei tei-q">“the Light of the + world.”</span> His left foot is significantly placed upon the + head of the enemy. He is girded with a glorious girdle, studded + with three brilliant stars; and upon this girdle is hung a sharp + sword. Its handle proves that this mighty Prince is come forth in + a new character. He is again proved to be <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Lamb that was slain,”</span> for the hilt of + this sword is in the form of the head and body of a lamb. In his + right hand he lifts on high his mighty club; while in his left he + holds forth the token of his victory—the head and skin of the + <span class="tei tei-q">“roaring lion.”</span> We ask in wonder, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Who is this?”</span><a id="noteref_61" + name="noteref_61" href="#note_61"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">61</span></span></a> and + the names of the stars give us the answer.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest, + α (in the right shoulder), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Betelgeuz</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + coming</span></span> (Mal. iii. 2) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of the + branch</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next, β + (in the left foot), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Rigel</span></span>, + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rigol</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + foot that crusheth</span></span>. The foot <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page127">[pg 127]</span><a name="Pg127" id= + "Pg127" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> is lifted up, and placed + immediately over the head of the enemy, as though in the very act + of crushing it. Thus, the name of the star bespeaks the act.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + γ (in the left shoulder), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bellatrix</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">quickly + coming</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">swiftly destroying</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of + the fourth star, δ (one of the three in the belt), carries us + back to the old, old story, that this glorious One was once + humbled; that His heel was once bruised. Its name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Nitak</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the wounded One</span></span>.<a id= + "noteref_62" name="noteref_62" href="#note_62"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">62</span></span></a> + Similarly the star κ (in the right leg) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saiph</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bruised</span></span>, which is the very + word used in Gen. iii. 15, thus connecting Orion with the + primeval prophecy. Like Ophiuchus, he has one leg <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">bruised</span></em>; while, with the other, + he is <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">crushing</span></em> the enemy under + foot.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + betokened by other stars, not identified, named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Rai</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">who bruises</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + breaks</span></span> (as in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span>); and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Thabit</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">treading + on</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other (Arabic) + names relate to His Person: <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Giauzâ</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + branch</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Gebor</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + mighty</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Mirzam</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + ruler</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Nagjed</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + prince</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Niphla</span></span> (Chaldee), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + mighty</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nux</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + strong</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Some names + relate to His coming, as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Betelgeuse</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bellatrix</span></span>, as above; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Heka</span></span> (Chaldee), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coming</span></span>; and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Meissa</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Such is the + cumulative testimony of Orion's stars, which, day after day, and + night after night, show forth this knowledge. That testimony was + afterwards <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page128">[pg + 128]</span><a name="Pg128" id="Pg128" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + written in the Book. The Prince of Glory, who was once wounded + for the sins of His redeemed, is about to rise up and shine forth + for their deliverance. Their redemption draweth nigh; for—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall go forth as a mighty + man,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall stir up jealousy like + a man of war;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall cry, yea, + roar;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall prevail against His + enemies.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I have [</span><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">He + says</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] long time + holden my peace;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I have been still, and + refrained myself:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Now will I cry like a + travailing woman;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will + destroy and devour at once.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xlii. 13, 14.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Then it will + be said to His people (and the setting of the prophecy in its + beautiful introverted structure shows us the beauty and glory of + the truth it reveals):<a id="noteref_63" name="noteref_63" href= + "#note_63"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">63</span></span></a></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">a |</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Arise</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">b | Shine; for</span> + <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">thy light</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">is come,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 7.20em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">c | And</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the glory of + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">is risen upon thee.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 10.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">d | For, behold, the</span> + <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">darkness</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall cover the earth,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 10.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">d</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| And gross</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">darkness</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">the people;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 7.20em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">c</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| But</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall arise upon thee, + and</span> <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">His + glory</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">shall be seen + upon thee.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">b</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| And the Gentiles shall come + to</span> <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">thy + light</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">a</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">| And kings to the brightness + of thy</span> <em class="tei tei-emph" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">rising</span></em><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lx. 1-3.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + <span class="tei tei-q">“the glory of God”</span> which the + heavens constantly declare (Ps. xix. 1). They tell of that + blessed time when the whole earth shall be filled with His glory + (Num. xiv. 21; Isa. xi. 9); when <span class="tei tei-q">“the + glory of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> shall be revealed, + and all <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page129">[pg + 129]</span><a name="Pg129" id="Pg129" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + flesh shall see it together”</span> (Isa. xl. 5), as all see now + the beauty of Orion's glory.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But side by + side with the glory which the coming Light of the world shall + bring for His people, there is <span class="tei tei-q">“that + wicked,”</span> whom the Lord <span class="tei tei-q">“shall + destroy with the brightness of His coming.”</span> Hence, as in + the concluding chapter (IV.) of the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">First</span></em> + Book (of which this <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Third</span></em> Book is the expansion) we + had in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lyra</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + harp</span></span>), as § 1, Praise prepared for the Conqueror; + and in ARA (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the burning pyre</span></span>), as § 2, + Consuming fire prepared for His enemies: so in the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">first</span></em> + chapter of this book, we have in ORION, as § 1, Glory prepared + for the Conqueror; and in ERIDANUS, as § 2, the River of wrath + prepared for His enemies. This brings us to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc77" id="toc77"></a> <a name="pdf78" id="pdf78"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. ERIDANUS (The River of the + Judge).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The River of Wrath Breaking Forth for His + Enemies.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It issues + forth, in all the pictures, from the down-coming foot of Orion. + While others see in it, from the ignorance of fabled story, only + <span class="tei tei-q">“the River Po,”</span> or the + <span class="tei tei-q">“River Euphrates,”</span> we see in it, + from the meaning of its name, and from the significance of its + position, <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the river of the Judge</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-30.png"><img src="images/plate-30.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 30: ERIDANUS (the River) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac it is a river under the feet of Orion. It is + named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Peh-ta-t</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + mouth of the river</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is an + immense constellation, and our diagram is on a smaller scale than + the others (which are all in relative proportion, except where + otherwise noted).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page130">[pg + 130]</span><a name="Pg130" id="Pg130" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">According to + the Britannic catalogue, it consists of 84 stars; one of the 1st + magnitude, one of the 2nd, eight of the 3rd, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (at the mouth of the river), bears the ancient name of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Achernar</span></span>, which is in, as its + name means, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the after part of the + river</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + β (at the source of the river), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cursa</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bent + down</span></span>. The next, γ (at the second bend in the + river), is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zourac</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">flowing</span></span>. Other stars, not + identified, are <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pheat</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">mouth</span></span> + (of the river); and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ozha</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the going + forth</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here, then, we + have a river flowing forth from before the glorious <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Orion</span></span>. It runs in a serpentine + course towards the lower regions, down, down, out of sight. In + vain the sea monster, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>, strives to stop its + flow. It is <span class="tei tei-q">“the river of the + Judge,”</span> and speaks of that final judgment in which the + wicked will be cast into the lake of fire. It was evidently + originally associated with <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">fire</span></em>; for the Greek myths, + though gross perversions, still so connect it. According to their + fables, something went wrong with the chariot of the sun, and a + universal conflagration was threatened. In the trouble, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phaeton</span></span> (probably a reference + to the star <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pheat</span></span>) was killed and hurled + into this river, in which he was consumed with its fire. The + whole earth suffered from such a burning heat that great + disasters ensued. We see from this myth two great facts preserved + in the perverted tradition, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">judgment</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">fire</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> also preserves + the connection,—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + yonder, trod by heavenly feet,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Wind the scorched waters of + Eridanus' tear-swollen flood,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Welling + beneath Orion's uplifted foot.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page131">[pg + 131]</span><a name="Pg131" id="Pg131" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Is not this + the testimony afterwards written in <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Book</span></em>? Daniel sees this very river in his vision of + that coming day, when the true Orion shall come forth in His + glory. He says, <span class="tei tei-q">“I beheld till the + thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit:... + His throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire. + A <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">fiery stream issued and came forth + from before Him</span></span>.”</span> This is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the River of the + Judge</span></span>; for he goes on to say, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the judgment was set, and the books were + opened”</span> (Dan. vii. 9-11, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have the + same in Ps. xcvii. 3-5 (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>), which describes + the scene when the Lord shall reign:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">A</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">fire goeth + before Him</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And burneth up His adversaries + round about.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">His lightnings lightened the + world:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The earth saw and + trembled,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The hills melted like wax at + the presence of the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">At the + presence of the Lord of the whole earth.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So again in + Ps. l. 3, we read:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Our + God shall come, and shall not keep silence,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">A fire shall + devour before Him</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And it + shall be very tempestuous round about + Him.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">By Habakkuk + the coming of the Lord is described; and it is written:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">His + brightness was as the light, ...</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Before Him went the + pestilence,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And burning + coals went forth at His feet.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Hab. iii. 5.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">What is this + but <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Orion</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Eridanus</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Again, it is + written in Isaiah xxx. 27-33 (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>):</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, the name of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">cometh from far,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Burning with His anger, and in + thick rising smoke:</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page132">[pg + 132]</span><a name="Pg132" id="Pg132" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">His lips are full of + indignation,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His tongue is as a</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">devouring + fire</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His breath is as</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">an overflowing + stream</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">[</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">of + fire</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">]....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For a Topheth is prepared of + old;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yea, for the king + [</span><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Moloch</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">] + it is made ready;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He hath made it deep and + large;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The pile thereof is</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">fire</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and much wood;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The breath + of the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">like a stream of + brimstone</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, doth + kindle it.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So, again, we + read in Nahum i. 5, 6:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + mountains quake at Him,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the hills melt;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the earth is burned up at + His presence,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yea, the world and all that + dwell therein.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Who can stand before His + indignation?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And who can abide in the + fierceness of His anger?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">His fury + is</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">poured out like + fire</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Isa. lxvi. + 15, 16, we read:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For, + behold, the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">will come with + fire,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And with His chariots like a + whirlwind,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To render His anger with + fury,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His rebuke with</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">flames of + fire</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">by + fire</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and by His + sword, will the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">plead with all + flesh.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">With this + agree the New Testament scriptures, which speak of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Day of the Lord,”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q">“when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven + with His mighty angels, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">in flaming fire</span></span> taking + vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel + of our Lord Jesus Christ”</span> (2 Thess. i. 7, 8).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + true Eridanus. It is no mere <span class= + "tei tei-q">“picture.”</span> It is a dread reality! It is + written in stars of fire, and words of truth, that men may heed + the solemn warning and <span class="tei tei-q">“flee from the + wrath to come”</span>!</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page133">[pg 133]</span><a name="Pg133" id="Pg133" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But we ask, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Who may abide the day of His coming? and + who shall stand when He appeareth”</span> (Mal. iii. 2)? + <span class="tei tei-q">“Who can stand before His + indignation,”</span> when <span class="tei tei-q">“His fury is + poured out like fire”</span> (Nah. i. 6)?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The answer is + given in the next picture!</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc79" id="toc79"></a> <a name="pdf80" id="pdf80"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. AURIGA (The + Shepherd).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Safety for the Redeemed in the Day of + Wrath.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is + presented to us the answer to the question, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Who may abide the day of His coming?”</span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, the Lord</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">God</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(Adonai Jehovah) will come as + a mighty one,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His arm shall rule for + Him:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, His reward is with + Him,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And His recompense before + Him.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall feed His flock like a + shepherd,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall gather the lambs in + His arm,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And carry them in His + bosom,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And shall + gently lead those that give suck.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xl. 10, 11.</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + exactly what is presented before us in this last section of the + chapter, which tells of the coming judgment. We have had the + picture of a mighty <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bull</span></em> rushing forth; then the + fiery river of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Judge</span></em>; and now we see + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">a Great + Shepherd</span></em>. He is seated upon <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the milky way,”</span> holding up on his left + shoulder a she goat. She clings to his neck, and is looking down + affrighted at the terrible on-rushing Bull. In his left hand he + supports two <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page134">[pg + 134]</span><a name="Pg134" id="Pg134" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + little kids, apparently just born, and bleating, and trembling + with fear.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> says,—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">She + is both large and bright, but they—the kids—</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shine + somewhat feebly on</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Auriga's</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">wrist.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Is not this + the Great Shepherd gathering the lambs in His arm? and carrying + them in His bosom? Is He not saying:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I + will save My flock,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And they + shall no more be a prey.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ezek. xxxiv. 22.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And + David my servant shall be king over them,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And they + shall have one shepherd.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">ib.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">xxxvii. 24.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And + they shall fear no more,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor be dismayed,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Neither + shall they be lacking, saith the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxiii. 4.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-31.png"><img src="images/plate-31.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 31: AURIGA (the Shepherd) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Auriga</span></span> is from a Hebrew + root which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a shepherd</span></span>. It is a beautiful + constellation of 66 stars; one of the 1st magnitude, two of the + 2nd, nine of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the body of the goat), points her out as the + prominent feature of the constellation, for its name <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Alioth</span></span> (Hebrew) means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a she + goat</span></span>. It is known by the modern Latin name + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Capella</span></span>, which has the same + meaning.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + β (in the shepherd's right arm), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Menkilinon</span></span>, and means the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">band</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">chain of the + goats</span></span>, and points out the truth that they are never + more to be lost again, but to be bound, with the bands of love, + to the Shepherd for evermore.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page135">[pg 135]</span><a name="Pg135" id="Pg135" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of + another star is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Maaz</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a flock of + goats</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Can there be + any mistake as to who this Shepherd is? for the bright star in + his right foot is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El Nath</span></span><a id="noteref_64" + name="noteref_64" href="#note_64"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">64</span></span></a> + (like another in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>), which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">slain</span></span>. This is He, then, who + was once bruised or wounded in the heel. He is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the GOOD Shepherd,”</span> who gave His life for the + sheep (John x. 11), but He was <span class="tei tei-q">“the GREAT + Shepherd”</span> brought again from the dead (Heb. xiii. 20); and + is now the CHIEF Shepherd (1 Pet. v. 4) seen in the day of His + coming glory. Another star emphasises this truth, for it is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aiyuk</span></span>, which also means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span> in the foot.<a id= + "noteref_65" name="noteref_65" href="#note_65"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">65</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star + marking the kids is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Gedi</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">kids</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Latin, the + word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Auriga</span></span> means a <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coachman</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">charioteer</span></span>, the band in his + right hand being taken as his <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">reins</span></span>. But the incongruity of + a <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">charioteer</span></span> carrying a + she-goat, and nursing two little kids, never struck them; nor did + the fact that he has no chariot and no horses! When man blunders + in the things of God, he does it thoroughly!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Zodiac + of Denderah the same truth was revealed more than 4,000 years + ago; but the Man, instead of carrying the sheep, is carrying a + sceptre, and is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Trun</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sceptre</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">power</span></span>. But this is a strange + sceptre, for at the top it has the head of a goat, and at the + bottom, below <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page136">[pg + 136]</span><a name="Pg136" id="Pg136" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + the hand that holds it, it ends in a cross! With the Egyptians + the cross was a sign of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">life</span></em>. They knew nothing of + <span class="tei tei-q">“the death of the cross.”</span> Here, + then, we see <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">life</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">salvation</span></em> for the sheep of His + flock when He comes to reign and rule in judgment. The truth is + precisely the same, though the presentation of it is somewhat + varied.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The connected + teaching of the two constellations, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Eridanus</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Auriga</span></span>, is solemnly set forth + in Mal. iv. 1-3 (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>):</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, the day cometh,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">It burneth as a + furnace;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And all the proud, and all + that work wickedness, shall be stubble:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the day that cometh shall + burn them up, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of hosts,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That it shall leave them + neither root nor branch.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">BUT UNTO YOU that fear My name + shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His + wings;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And ye shall go forth and + gambol as calves of the stall.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And ye shall tread down the + wicked;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For they shall be ashes under + the soles of your feet</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">In the day + that I do make (marg.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">do + this</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">), saith + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of hosts.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Psalm + xxxvii. this day is repeatedly referred to, the day when + <span class="tei tei-q">“the wicked shall be cut off”</span>; and + it concludes by summarizing the same great truth (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">vv.</span></span> + 38-40, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>):</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As + for transgressors, they shall be destroyed + together;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The latter end of the wicked + shall be cut off,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But the salvation of the + righteous is of the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He is their stronghold in the + time of trouble,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">helpeth them, and rescueth + them;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He rescueth them from the + wicked and saveth them,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because + they have taken refuge in Him.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page137">[pg + 137]</span><a name="Pg137" id="Pg137" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Oh, that all + who read these pages may heed the solemn warning, and flee for + refuge to Him who now, in this day of grace, is crying, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Look unto me, and be ye saved, O all ye + ends of the earth”</span> (Isa. xlv. 22).</p> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 4.00em; margin-bottom: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc81" id="toc81"></a> <a name="pdf82" id="pdf82"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The + Twins).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Messiah's Reign as Prince of + Peace.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">All the pictures + of this sign are confused. The Greeks claimed to have invented + them, and they called them Apollo and Hercules. They are given in + our illustration. The Latins called the Castor and Pollux; and the + name of a vessel in which Paul sailed is so called in Acts xxviii. + 11, Διοσκούροι.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name in the + ancient Denderah Zodiac is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Clusus</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Claustrum + Hori</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the place of Him who + cometh</span></span>. It is represented by two human figures + walking, or coming. The second appears to be a woman. The other + appears to be a man. It is a tailed figure, the tail signifying + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">He + cometh</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-32.png"><img src="images/plate-32.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 32: GEMINI (the Twins) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The old Coptic + name was <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pi-Mahi</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + united</span></span>, as in brotherhood. Not necessarily united by + being born at the same time, but <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">united</span></em> + in one fellowship or brotherhood. The Hebrew name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Thaumim</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">united</span></span>. The root is used in + Exod. xxvi. 24: <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page138">[pg + 138]</span><a name="Pg138" id="Pg138" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <span class="tei tei-q">“They (the two boards) shall be coupled + together beneath.”</span> In the margin we read, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Heb. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">twinned</span></span>”</span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span> double). The Arabic + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Tauman</span></span> means the same.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We need not + trouble ourselves with the Grecian myths, even though we can see + through them the original and ancient truth. The two were both + heroes of peculiar and extraordinary birth—sons of Jupiter. They + were supposed to appear at the head of armies; and as they had + cleared the seas of pirates, they were looked upon as the patron + saints of navigation. (Hence the name of the ship in Acts xxviii. + 11.) They were held in high esteem both by Greeks and Romans; and + the common practice of taking oaths and of swearing by their names + has descended even to our own day in the still surviving vulgar + habit of swearing <span class="tei tei-q">“By Gemini!”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The more ancient + star-names help us to see through all these and many other myths, + and to discern Him of whom they testify; even Him in His twofold + nature—God and Man—and His twofold work of suffering and glory, and + His twofold coming in humiliation and in triumph.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are 85 + stars in the sign: two of the 2nd magnitude, four of the 3rd, six + of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The name of α + (in the head of the one at our right hand) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Apollo</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ruler</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">judge</span></span>; + while β (in the head of the other) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hercules</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who cometh to + labour</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">suffer</span></span>. Another star, γ (in his + left foot), is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Henah</span></span>, which <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page139">[pg 139]</span><a name="Pg139" id="Pg139" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">hurt</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">afflicted</span></span>. Can we have a doubt + as to what is the meaning of this double presentation? In + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ophiuchus</span></span> we have the two in one + person: the crushed enemy, and the wounded heel. But here the two + great primeval truths are presented in two persons; for He was + <span class="tei tei-q">“two persons in one God,”</span> + <span class="tei tei-q">“God and man in one Christ.”</span> As man, + suffering for our redemption; as God, glorified for our complete + salvation and final triumph. A star, ε (in the centre of his body), + is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Waset</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">set</span></span>, + and tells of Him who <span class="tei tei-q">“set His face like a + flint”</span> to accomplish this mighty Herculean work; and, when + the time was come, <span class="tei tei-q">“steadfastly set His + face to go”</span> to complete it.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">He bears in his + right hand (in some pictures) a palm branch. In the one from which + our illustration is taken, it is a club; but both the club of this + one and the bow of the other are <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in + repose</span></em>! These united ones are neither in action nor are + they preparing for action, but they are <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">at rest</span></em> + and <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">in + peace</span></em> after victory won. The star ε (in the knee of the + other, <span class="tei tei-q">“Apollo”</span>) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mebsuta</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">treading + under feet</span></span>. The names of other stars, which are not + identified, have come down to us with the same testimony. One is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Propus</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + branch</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">spreading</span></span>; another is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Giauzâ</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the palm + branch</span></span>; another is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al Dirâ</span></span> + (Arabic), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the seed</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">branch</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The day has here + come to fulfil the prophecies concerning Him who is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Branch,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“the + Branch of Jehovah,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“the man whose + name is the Branch.”</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page140">[pg 140]</span><a name="Pg140" id="Pg140" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">In that + day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and + glorious;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the fruit of the earth shall + be excellent and comely</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">For them that are escaped of + Israel.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. iv. 2.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + a king shall reign in righteousness,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And princes shall rule in + judgment;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And a man shall be as an hiding place from + the wind.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxxii. 1, 2.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + the days come, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That I will raise unto David a + righteous Branch,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And He shall reign as King and + deal wisely,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And shall execute judgment and + justice in the land.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In His days Judah shall be + saved,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And Israel shall dwell + safely:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And this is His name whereby He + shall be called,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">is our + Righteousness.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxiii. 5, 6,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, + the days come, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That I will perform that good + word which I have spoken</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Concerning the house of Israel + and concerning the house of Judah.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In those days, and at that + time.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Will I cause a Branch of + Righteousness to grow up unto David;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And He shall execute judgment and + righteousness in the land.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxxiii. 14, 15,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is what we + see in this sign—Messiah's peaceful reign. All is rest and repose. + We see <span class="tei tei-q">“His days,”</span> in which + <span class="tei tei-q">“the righteous shall flourish; and + abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth”</span> (Ps. + lxxii.).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But, for this + blessed time to come, there must be no enemy! All enemies must be + subdued.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to the first section of this book.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page141">[pg 141]</span><a name="Pg141" id="Pg141" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc83" id="toc83"></a> <a name="pdf84" id="pdf84"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. LEPUS (the Hare), THE + ENEMY.</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Enemy Trodden under + Foot.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + the three constellations of this Sign, as well as the pictures, + are all more or less modern, as is manifest from the names being + in <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Latin</span></em>, and having no relation to + the ancient names of their stars. To learn their real meaning, + therefore, we must have recourse to the ancient Zodiacs. In the + Persian planisphere the first constellation was pictured by a + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">serpent</span></em>. In the Denderah + (Egyptian) Zodiac it is an unclean bird standing on the serpent, + which is under the feet of Orion. Its name there is given as + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bashti-beki</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Bashti</span></span> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">confounded</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Beki</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">failing</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-33.png"><img src="images/plate-33.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 33: LEPUS (the Hare) or ENEMY + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> says,—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Below + Orion's feet, the Hare</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Is chased + eternally.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a small + constellation of 19 stars (all small), three of which are of the + 3rd magnitude, seven of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest, + α (in the body), has a Hebrew name, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arnebo</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + enemy of Him that cometh</span></span>. The Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arnebeth</span></span>, means the same. + Other stars, not identified, are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Nibal</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + mad</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Rakis</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bound</span></span> (Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">with a + chain</span></span>); <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sugia</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + deceiver</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be + no mistaking the voice of this united testimony. For this enemy + is under the down-coming foot of Orion, and it tells of the + blessed fact that when the true Orion, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Sun of <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page142">[pg + 142]</span><a name="Pg142" id="Pg142" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + Righteousness, shall arise,”</span> and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the true light”</span> shall shine over all the + earth, He <span class="tei tei-q">“shall tread down the + wicked”</span> (Mal. iv.), and every enemy will be subdued under + His feet. <span class="tei tei-q">“It is He that shall tread down + our enemies”</span> (Ps. lx. 12), as He has said:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">I + will tread them in Mine anger,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And trample them in My fury + ...</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the day of vengeance is in + Mine heart,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + year of My redeemed is come.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lxiii. 3, 4.)</span></p> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc85" id="toc85"></a> <a name="pdf86" id="pdf86"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. CANIS MAJOR (The Dog), or SIRIUS + (The Prince).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The coming Glorious Prince of Princes + (Sirius).</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This second + constellation carries on the teaching, and tells of the glorious + Prince who will thus subdue and reign.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the + Denderah Zodiac he is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Apes</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the head</span></span>. He is pictured as a + hawk (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Naz</span></span>, נַץ, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">caused to come + forth</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">coming swiftly down</span></span>). The hawk + is the natural enemy of the serpent, and here it has on its head + a pestle and mortar, indicating the fact that he shall crush the + head of the enemy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Persian + planisphere it is pictured as <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + wolf</span></span>, and is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Zeeb</span></span>, + which in Hebrew (זְאֵב) has the same meaning. Plutarch translates + it Προόπτης, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leader</span></span>. In Arabic it means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + quickly</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-34.png"><img src="images/plate-34.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 34: CANIS MAJOR (the Dog) and CANIS MINOR (the Second + Dog) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its ancient + name and meaning must be obtained from the names of its stars + which have come down <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page143">[pg + 143]</span><a name="Pg143" id="Pg143" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + to us. There are 64 altogether. Two are of the 1st magnitude, two + of the 2nd, four of the 3rd, four of the 4th, etc. Of these α (in + the head) is the brightest in the whole heavens! It is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sirius</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Prince</span></span> (שַׂר, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sar</span></span>), as in Isa. ix. 6.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sirius</span></span><a id="noteref_66" name= + "noteref_66" href="#note_66"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">66</span></span></a> was, + by the ancients, always associated with great heat. And the + hottest part of the year we still call <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the dog days,”</span> though, through the variation + as observed in different latitudes, and the precession of the + equinoxes, its rising has long ceased to have any relation to + those days. Virgil says that Sirius</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">With + pestilential heat infects the sky.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Homer spoke of + it as a star</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Whose + burning breath</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Taints the + red air with fevers, plagues, and death.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is not, + however, of its heat that its name speaks, but of the fact that + it is the brightest of all the stars, as He of whom it witnesses + is the <span class="tei tei-q">“Prince of princes,”</span> + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Prince of the Kings of the + earth.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Though this + <span class="tei tei-q">“Dog-Star”</span> came to have an + ill-omened association, it was not so in more ancient times. In + the ancient Akkadian it is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Kaṡiṡta</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Leader</span></span> and Prince of the heavenly host. While (as + Mr. Robert Brown, Junr., points out) <span class="tei tei-q">“the + Sacred Books of Persia contain many praises of the star + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tistrya</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tistar</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sirius</span></span>), <span class= + "tei tei-q">‘the chieftain of the East.’</span> ”</span><a id= + "noteref_67" name="noteref_67" href="#note_67"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">67</span></span></a></p><span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page144">[pg 144]</span><a name="Pg144" id="Pg144" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next star, + β (in the left fore foot), speaks the same truth. It is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirzam</span></span>, and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + prince</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ruler</span></span>. The star δ (in the + body) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Wesen</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + bright</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the shining</span></span>. The star ε (in + the right hind leg) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Adhara</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + glorious</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other stars, + not identified, bear their witness to the same fact. Their names + are—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aschere</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who shall + come</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Shira Al Jemeniya</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Prince or chief of the right hand</span></span>! <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Seir</span></span> + (Egyptian), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Prince</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Abur</span></span> + (Hebrew), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the mighty</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Habor</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + mighty</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Muliphen</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + leader</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the chief</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here there is + no conflicting voice; no discord in the harmonious testimony to + Him whose name is called <span class="tei tei-q">“Wonderful, + Counsellor, the Mighty God ... the Prince of Peace”</span> (Isa. + ix. 6).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + the stars have no meaning whatever as applied to an Egyptian + Hawk, or a Greek Dog. But they are full of significance when we + apply them to Him of whom Jehovah says:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Behold, I have given Him for a witness to + the people,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">A</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Leader</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and commander to the + people.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lv. 4.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Prince of princes”</span> (Dan. + viii. 23, 25) against whom, <span class="tei tei-q">“when + transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance + ... shall stand up,”</span> <span class="tei tei-q">“but he shall + be broken without hand,”</span> for he shall be destroyed + <span class="tei tei-q">“with the brightness of His + coming”</span> (2 Thess. ii. 8). This is He who shall come forth + <span class="tei tei-q">“King of kings and Lord of Lords”</span> + (Rev. xix. 16).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page145">[pg + 145]</span><a name="Pg145" id="Pg145" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But Sirius has + a companion, and this brings us to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc87" id="toc87"></a> <a name="pdf88" id="pdf88"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. CANIS MINOR (The Second + Dog).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Exalted Redeemer + (Procyon).</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The same facts + are to be remembered concerning the Greek picture, and Latin name + of this constellation.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Egyptian + name in the Denderah Zodiac is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sebak</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">conquering</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">victorious</span></span>. It is represented + as a human figure with a hawk's head and the appendage of a + tail.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This small + constellation has only 14 stars according to the Britannic + catalogue. One of the 1st magnitude, one of the 2nd, one of the + 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the body), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Procyon</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Redeemer</span></span>, and it tells + us that this glorious Prince is none other than the one who was + slain. Just as this chapter begins with <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">two</span></em> + persons in one in the Sign (Gemini), one <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">victorious</span></em>, the other <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wounded</span></em>; so it ends with a + representation of two princes, one of whom is seen triumphant and + the other as the Redeemer. This is confirmed by the next star, β + (in the neck), which is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gomeisa</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + burthened</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">loaded</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">bearing for + others</span></span>. The names of the other stars, not + identified, still further confirm the great truth; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Shira</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Shemeliya</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + prince</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">chief of the left hand</span></span>, + answering to the star in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sirius</span></span>. One <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">right</span></span>, the other <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">left</span></span>, + as the two united youths are placed. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page146">[pg 146]</span><a name= + "Pg146" id="Pg146" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mirzam</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + prince</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ruler</span></span>; and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gomeyra</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">who completes</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">perfects</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This does, + indeed, complete and perfect the presentation of this chapter: + Messiah's reign as Prince of Peace; the enemy trodden under foot + by the glorious <span class="tei tei-q">“Prince of + princes,”</span> who is none other than the glorified + Redeemer.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is also + what is written in the Book:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall + the prey be taken from the mighty,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Or the lawful + captives</span><a id="noteref_68" name="noteref_68" href= + "#note_68"><span class="tei tei-noteref" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">68</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">be delivered?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But thus saith the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Even the captives of the + mighty shall be taken away,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the prey of the terrible + shall be delivered:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For I will contend with him + that contendeth with thee,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will save thy + children.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will feed them that + oppress thee with their own flesh;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And they shall be drunken with + their own blood as with sweet wine;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And all flesh shall know that + I the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">am thy Saviour,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And thy + REDEEMER—the Mighty One of Jacob.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xlix. 24-26,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">When + the enemy shall come in like a flood,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The Spirit of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall lift up a standard + against him,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + REDEEMER shall come to Zion.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lix, 19, 20.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">And + He shall divide the spoil with the strong,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Because He + hath poured out His soul unto death.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. liii. 12.)</span></p> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page147">[pg 147]</span><a name= + "Pg147" id="Pg147" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc89" id="toc89"></a> <a name="pdf90" id="pdf90"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.88em; margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The + Crab).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Messiah's Redeemed Possessions held + fast.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">With regard to + the sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Cancer</span></span>, one thing is + certain, that we have not got the original picture, or anything + like it.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It does not + agree with the names either of its three constellations which have + come down to us, or of its stars.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the ancient + Denderah Zodiac it is represented as a <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Scarabæus</span></span>, or sacred + beetle.<a id="noteref_69" name="noteref_69" href= + "#note_69"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">69</span></span></a> In the + Zodiac of Esneh and in a Hindu Zodiac (400 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>) it is the same.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-35.png"><img src="images/plate-35.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 35: CANCER (the Crab) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">According to the + Greeks, Jupiter placed this Crab amongst the signs of the + Zodiac.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Sir William + Jones's Oriental Zodiac we meet with a crab, and an Egyptian Zodiac + found at Rome bears also the crab in this sign.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The more ancient + Egyptians placed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hermanubis</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Hermes</span></span>, + with the head of an ibis or hawk, as the symbol of the sign now + allotted to Cancer.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Denderah + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Klaria</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + cattle-folds</span></span>, and in this name we have the key to the + meaning of the sign, and to the subject of this + chapter.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page148">[pg + 148]</span><a name="Pg148" id="Pg148" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Arabic name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Sartan</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + holds</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">binds</span></span>, and may be from the + Hebrew אָסַר, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">to bind together</span></span> (Gen. xlix. + 11). There is no ancient Hebrew word known for the crab. It was + classed with many other unclean creatures, and would be included in + the general term <span class="tei tei-q">“vermin.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Syriac, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sartano</span></span>, means the same. The + Greek name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Karkinos</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">holding</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">encircling</span></span>, as does the Latin, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cancer</span></span>, and hence is applied to + the crab. In the word <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Khan</span></span>, we have the traveller's + rest or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">inn</span></span>; while <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ker</span></span> or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cer</span></span> is the Arabic for + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">encircling</span></span>. The ancient Akkadian + name of the month is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Su-kul-na</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + seizer</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">possessor of seed</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The sign + contains 83 stars, one of which is of the 3rd magnitude, and seven + are of the 4th magnitude, and the remainder of inferior + magnitudes.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the centre of + the Sign there is a remarkably bright cluster of stars, so bright + that they can be sometimes seen with the naked eye. It looks like a + comet, and is made up of a great multitude of stars. Modern + astronomers have called it the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Beehive</span></span>. + But its ancient name has come down to us as Praesepe, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + multitude</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">offspring</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, ζ (in the head), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tegmine</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">holding</span></span>. The star α (or + α<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "vertical-align: super">1</span></span> and α<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="vertical-align: super">2</span></span>), + in the lower large claw, is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Acubene</span></span>, which, in Hebrew and + Arabic, means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sheltering</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">hiding-place</span></span>. Another is named + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ma'alaph</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">assembled + thousands</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Himarein</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + kids</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">lambs</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">North and south + of the nebula <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Praesepe</span></span> are two stars, which + Orientalists speak of by a name evidently <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page149">[pg 149]</span><a name="Pg149" id="Pg149" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> of some antiquity. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Asellus</span></span> + means an <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ass</span></span>, and one was called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Asellus + Boreas</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the northern Ass</span></span>; while the + other, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Asellus Australis</span></span>, is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + southern Ass</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The sign was + afterwards known by the symbol ♋, which stands for these two + asses.<a id="noteref_70" name="noteref_70" href= + "#note_70"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">70</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This connects it + with the Tribe of Issachar, who is said to have borne upon the + Tribal standard the sign of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">two asses</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + doubtless the reference in Jacob's blessing (Gen. xlix. 11, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>):—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Issachar is a strong ass,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Couching down between the + sheepfolds;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And he saw a resting-place that + it was good;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the land that it was + pleasant;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And he bowed his shoulder to + bear,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And became a servant under task + work.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Have we not here + the gathering up of the teaching of this sign—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Messiah's redeemed possessions held + fast.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we come to + the completion of His work. In <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Cancer</span></span> + we see it with reference to His <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">redeemed</span></em>, and in the next (the + last) Sign, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Leo</span></span>, with reference to His + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">enemies</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The three + constellations develope the truth. What is now called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ursa + Minor</span></span> is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Lesser Flock</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ursa + Major</span></span> gives us <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Sheepfold and the Sheep</span></span>; + while <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Argo</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Ship</span></span>, shows the travellers and the pilgrims brought + safely home—all conflict over.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">To accomplish + this, we see the true Issachar bowing his shoulder to bear. He + could say, <span class="tei tei-q">“My <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page150">[pg 150]</span><a name="Pg150" id="Pg150" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> soul is bowed down”</span> (Ps. lvii. 6). + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">He</span></span> became a servant, and + humbled Himself to death. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">He</span></span> undertook the mighty + task of saving His people from their sins. <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Their Redeemer is strong”</span> (Jer. l. 34); for + help was laid on <span class="tei tei-q">“One that was + mighty”</span> (Ps. lxxxix. 19). And His redeemed shall come to a + resting-place that is good, and to a land that is pleasant. No + earthly Khan on earth affords them a home. They look for a heavenly + home, and in the many mansions of the Father's house they shall + find eternal rest.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we see that + sheltering home to which the names of these stars point; where the + assembled thousands (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ma'alaph</span></span>) shall be received into + the true <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Klaria</span></span>, even the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“everlasting habitations.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These are now to + be shown to us.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc91" id="toc91"></a> <a name="pdf92" id="pdf92"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. URSA MINOR (The Little + Bear).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Lesser Sheepfold.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we come + to another grievous mistake, or ignorant perversion of primitive + truth, as shown in the ancient names of these two + constellations.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is + sufficient to point to the fact that no Bear is found in any + Chaldean, Egyptian, Persian, or Indian Zodiacs, and that no bear + was ever seen with such a tail! No one who had ever seen a bear + would have called attention to a tail, such as no bear ever had, + by placing in its very tip the most important, wondrous, and + mysterious Polar Star, the central star of the heavens, round + which all others revolve. The patriarchal astronomers, we may be + sure, committed no such folly as this.</p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page151">[pg 151]</span><a name="Pg151" id= + "Pg151" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The primitive + truth that there were <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">two</span></em>, or a pair of constellations + is preserved; and that of these two, one is larger, and the other + smaller. But what were they? We have the clue to the answer in + the name of the brightest star of the larger constellation, which + is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dubheh</span></span>. Now <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dubheh</span></span> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a herd of + animals</span></span>. In Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Dubah</span></span> + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cattle</span></span>. In Hebrew, דֹּבֶר, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dōhver</span></span>, is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + fold</span></span>; and hence in Chaldee it meant <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">wealth</span></span>. The Hebrew דֹּבֶא, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dōhveh</span></span>, means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">rest</span></span> + or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">security</span></span>; and certainly there + is not much of either to be found or enjoyed with bears! The word + occurs in Deut. xxxiii. 25: <span class="tei tei-q">“As thy days + so shall thy strength be.”</span> The Revised Version gives in + the margin, <span class="tei tei-q">“So shall <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">thy + rest</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">security</span></span> be.”</span> This + accords with what we have already seen under <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Cancer</span></span>”</span>: + <span class="tei tei-q">“Couching down between the + sheepfolds,<a id="noteref_71" name="noteref_71" href= + "#note_71"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">71</span></span></a> he + saw a resting-place that it was good.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here are the + two Sheepfolds, then; the Greater fold, and Lesser; and here is + the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">rest</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">security</span></em> which the flocks will + find therein.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But in Hebrew + there is a word very similar in sound, though not in + spelling—דֹּב or דּוֹב, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">dōhv</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + bear</span></span>! So we find in Arabic <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dub</span></span>; + Persian, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">deeb</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">dob</span></span>. + We can see, therefore, how the Hebrew <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dōhver</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + fold</span></span>, and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dōhv</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + bear</span></span>, were confused; and how the Arabic + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dubah</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cattle</span></span>, might easily have been + mistaken by the Greeks, and understood as a bear.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-36.png"><img src="images/plate-36.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Plate 36: URSA MINOR + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation, which we must therefore call <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">the lesser + sheepfold</span></span>, contains 24 stars, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, + one of the 2nd magnitude, two of the 3rd, four of the 4th, + etc.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page152">[pg + 152]</span><a name="Pg152" id="Pg152" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (at the point of the tail), is the most important in the + whole heavens. It is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Ruccaba</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + turned</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ridden on</span></span>, and is to-day the + Polar or central star, which does not revolve in a circle as does + every other star, but remains, apparently, fixed in its position. + But though the star does not revolve like the others, the central + point in the heavens is very slowly but steadily moving. When + these constellations were formed the Dragon possessed this + important point, and the star α, in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Draco</span></span>, marked this central + point. But, by its gradual recession, that point is sufficiently + near this star <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ruccaba</span></span>, in the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lesser + Sheepfold</span></span>, for it to be what is called <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Polar Star.”</span> But, how could this have + been known five or six thousand years ago? How could it have been + known when it received its name, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + turned</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ridden on</span></span>? That it was known + is clear: so likewise was it made known in the written Word that + the original blessing included not merely the multiplication of + the seed of faithful Abraham, but it was then added, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“And thy seed shall possess the gate of his + enemies”</span> (Gen. xxii. 17).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This star was + called by the Greeks Κυνόσουρα, the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cynosure</span></span>.”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> seems to apply + this term to the whole of the seven stars of the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Lesser + Bear</span></span>. Mr. Robert Brown, Junr., shows<a id= + "noteref_72" name="noteref_72" href="#note_72"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">72</span></span></a> that + Κυνόσουρα, once supposed to be Hellenic, is non-Hellenic, and + possibly Euphratean in origin, from a word which he + transliterates <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">An-nas-sur-ra</span></span>, and renders it, + <span class="tei tei-q">“as it literally means, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">high + in</span></span> rising, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, in heavenly + position.”</span> Is <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page153">[pg + 153]</span><a name="Pg153" id="Pg153" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + not this the primitive truth of the Revelation? Will not this + Lesser Fold be high, yea, the highest in heavenly position?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Polar Star + has been removed from the Dragon, and is now in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Lesser + Fold</span></span>; and when the Dragon shall be cast down from + the heavens, the heavenly seed will be safely folded there. But + this is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Lesser Sheepfold</span></span>. These + are they who all through the ages have been <span class= + "tei tei-q">“partakers of the heavenly calling,”</span> who + desired a better country, that is, a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">heavenly</span></em>; wherefore God + <span class="tei tei-q">“hath prepared for them a city,”</span> + the city for which Abraham himself <span class= + "tei tei-q">“looked.”</span> This was no earthly city, but a city + <span class="tei tei-q">“whose builder and maker is God”</span> + (Heb. xi. 10-16). These have always been a smaller company, a + <span class="tei tei-q">“little flock,”</span> but the kingdom + shall be theirs, even the kingdom of God, for which they now look + and wait. They have not yet <span class="tei tei-q">“received the + promises; but, having seen them afar off”</span> by faith, they + <span class="tei tei-q">“were persuaded of them, and embraced + them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the + earth”</span> (Heb. xi. 13). Their Messiah has accomplished + <span class="tei tei-q">“the redemption of the purchased + possession,”</span> and in due time the redeemed will inherit it, + <span class="tei tei-q">“unto the praise of His glory”</span> + (Eph. i. 13).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The bright + star β is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Kochab</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">waiting + Him who cometh</span></span>. Other stars, not identified, are + named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Pherkadain</span></span> (Arabic), which + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the calves</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + young</span></span> (as in Deut. xxii. 6), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the redeemed + assembly</span></span>. Another, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Gedi</span></span>, means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the kid</span></span>. Another is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Kaid</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the assembled</span></span>; while + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arcas</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arctos</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page154">[pg 154]</span><a name="Pg154" id= + "Pg154" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> (from which we derive the + term <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arctic</span></span> regions), means, + according to one interpreter, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a travelling + company</span></span>; or, according to another, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the stronghold of + the saved</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But there is + not only the heavenly seed, which is compared <span class= + "tei tei-q">“to the stars of heaven,”</span> but there is the + seed that is compared to <span class="tei tei-q">“the sand of the + sea”</span>—the larger flock or company, who will enjoy the + earthly blessing.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to—</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc93" id="toc93"></a> <a name="pdf94" id="pdf94"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. URSA MAJOR (The Great + Bear).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Fold and the Flock.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Of these it is + written:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">But + in Mount Zion there shall be those that + escape,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And it shall be holy:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + house of Jacob shall possess their + possessions.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Obad. 17-19,</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a large + and important constellation, containing 87 stars, of which one is + of the 1st magnitude, four of the 2nd, three of the 3rd, ten of + the 4th, etc. It always presents a splendid appearance, and is + perhaps, therefore, the best known of all the constellations.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Book of + Job (ix. 9, and xxxviii. 31, 32) it is mentioned under the name + of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ash</span></span>. <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Canst thou guide <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ash</span></span> + and her offspring?”</span> which is rendered in the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.v.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Arcturus and his sons,”</span> and in the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“The Bear with her train”</span> (marg., <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sons</span></span>”</span>). <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page155">[pg 155]</span><a name="Pg155" id= + "Pg155" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> The Arabs still call it + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Naish</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Annaish</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the assembled + together</span></span>, as sheep in a fold. The ancient Jewish + commentators interpreted <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ash</span></span> as the seven stars of this + constellation. They are called by others <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Septentriones</span></span>, which thus + became the Latin word for <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">North</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-37.png"><img src="images/plate-37.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 37: URSA MAJOR + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the back), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dubhe</span></span>, which, as we have seen, + means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + herd of animals</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + flock</span></span>, and gives its name to the whole + constellation.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star β + (below it) is named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Merach</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + flock</span></span> (Arabic, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">purchased</span></span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star γ (on + the left of [Greek: beta]) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phaeda</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phacda</span></span>, meaning <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">visited</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">guarded</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">numbered</span></span>, as a flock; for His + sheep, like the stars, are both <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">numbered</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">named</span></em>. (See Psalm cxlvii. + 4.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star ε is + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Alioth</span></span>, a name we have had in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Auriga</span></span>, meaning <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a she + goat</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star ζ (in + the middle of the tail) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mizar</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">separate</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">small</span></span>, and close to it + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Cor</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Lamb</span></span> (known as + <span class="tei tei-q">“g”</span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star η (at + the end of the so-called tail) is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Benet + Naish</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the daughters of + the assembly</span></span>. It is also called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Kaid</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the assembled</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The star ι (in + its right foot) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Talitha</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The names of + other stars, not identified, all give the same testimony: + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">El + Alcola</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + sheep-fold</span></span> (as in Ps. xcv. 7; and c. 3); + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cab'd + al Asad</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">multitude</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">many + assembled</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Annaish</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + assembled</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Megrez</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">separated</span></span>, as the flock in the + fold; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">El Kaphrah</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page156">[pg 156]</span><a name="Pg156" id= + "Pg156" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">protected</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">covered</span></span> (Heb. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">redeemed</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ransomed</span></span>); <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Dubheh + Lachar</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the latter + herd</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">flock</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Helike</span></span> (so called by + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Homer</span></span> in the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Iliad</span></span>), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">company of + travellers</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Amaza</span></span> (Greek), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">coming and + going</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Calisto</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the sheepfold + set</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">appointed</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is not + one discordant voice in the rich abundance of this testimony. We + have nothing to do here with the Grecian myths about bears or + wild boars. We see only the innumerable seed <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">gathered</span></em> by Him who <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">scattered</span></em> (Jer. xxxi. 10).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Many are the + Scriptures we might quote which speak of this gathering and + assembling of the long-scattered flock. It is written as plainly + in the Book, as it is in the heavens. The prophecies of this + gathering are as conspicuous in the Word of God as the + <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Seven Stars</span></span>”</span> are in the + sky. It is difficult even to make a selection from the wealth of + such promises; but few are more beautiful than that in Ezek. + xxxiv. 12-16:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">As a + shepherd seeketh out his flock</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In the day that he is among + his sheep that are scattered;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">So will I seek out my + sheep,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And will deliver them out of + all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and + dark day.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will bring them out from + the people,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And gather them from the + countries,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And will bring them to their + own land,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And feed them upon the + mountains of Israel by the rivers</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And in all the inhabited + places of the country.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will feed them in a good + pasture,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And upon the high mountains of + Israel shall their fold be:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">There shall they lie in a good + fold,</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page157">[pg + 157]</span><a name="Pg157" id="Pg157" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And in a fat pasture shall + they feed upon the mountains of Israel.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will feed my flock,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And I will cause them to lie + down, saith the Lord</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">God</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">. + (Adonai Jehovah).</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">I will seek that which was + lost,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And bring again that which was + driven away,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And will bind up that which + was broken,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And will strengthen that which + was sick:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But I will destroy the fat and + the strong;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">I will feed + them with judgment.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is of this + judgment with which this book, and indeed the whole Revelation, + ends, in the next and final chapter.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But before we + come to that we have one more picture in the third constellation + of this Sign, which combines the first two in one.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-top: 3.00em; margin-bottom: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc95" id="toc95"></a> <a name="pdf96" id="pdf96"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. ARGO (The Ship).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Pilgrims safe at Home.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + celebrated ship of the Argonauts, which <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Homer</span></span> sung nearly ten + centuries before Christ. Sir Isaac Newton puts the expedition of + the Argonauts shortly after the death of Solomon (about 975 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>). While Dr. Blair's + chronology puts it 1236 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Whatever + fables have gathered round the story there can be no doubt as to + its great antiquity. Some think that the story had its origin in + name, as well as in fact, from the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ark</span></span> + of Noah and its mysterious journey. All that is clear, when + divested of mythic details, is that the sailors in that ship, + after all their dangers, and toils, and battles were <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page158">[pg 158]</span><a name="Pg158" id= + "Pg158" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> over, came back victorious to + their own shores. The <span class="tei tei-q">“golden + fleece,”</span> for which the Argonauts went in search, tells of + a treasure that had been <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">lost</span></em>. <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Jason,”</span> the great captain, tells of Him who + recovered it from the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Serpent</span></em>, which guarded it with + ever-watchful eye, when none else was able to approach it. And + thus, through the fables and myths of the Greeks, we can see the + light primeval shine; and this light, once seen, lights up this + Sign and its constellations, so that their teaching cannot be + misunderstood.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> sings of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Argo</span></span>:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Stern-foremost hauled; no mark of + onward-speeding ship.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Sternward she comes, as + vessels do</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">When sailors turn the + helm</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">On entering harbour: all the + oars back-water,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And gliding + backward, to an anchor comes.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It tells of + that blessed home-coming, when—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + ransomed of the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall return</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And come to Zion with + songs,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And everlasting joy upon their + heads;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">They shall obtain joy and + gladness,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And sorrow + and sighing shall flee away.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. xxxv. 10.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It tells of + the glorious Jason,<a id="noteref_73" name="noteref_73" href= + "#note_73"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">73</span></span></a> of + whom it is asked:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Art + thou not it which hath cut Rahab,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And wounded the dragon?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Art thou not it which hath + dried the sea, the waters of the great deep;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That hath made the depths of + the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore the redeemed of + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall return,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And come + with singing unto Zion,</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">etc.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. li. 9-11.)</span></p><span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page159">[pg 159]</span><a name="Pg159" id= + "Pg159" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">For + the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath redeemed + Jacob,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And ransomed him from the hand + of him that was stronger than he.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Therefore they shall come and + sing in the height of Zion</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And shall + flow together to the goodness of the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxxi. 11, 12.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + return of the great emigrant-ship (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Argo</span></span>) + and all its <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">company of travellers</span></span> (for + this is the meaning of the word <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Argo</span></span>).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-38.png"><img src="images/plate-38.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 38: ARGO (the Ship) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Kircher's + Egyptian Planisphere <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Argo</span></span> is represented by two + galleys (as we have two sheepfolds), whose prows are surmounted + by rams' heads; and the stern of one of them ends in a fish's + tail. One of the two occupies <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">four + segments</span></em> of the sphere (from Taurus to Virgo), while + the other occupies the four from Leo to Capricorn. <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">One + half</span></em> of the southern meridians is occupied with these + galleys and their construction and decorations. Astronomers tell + us that they carry us back, the one to the period when the Bull + opened the year (to which time <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgil</span></span> refers); and the + other to the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">same</span></em> epoch, when the summer + solstice was in Leo—<span class="tei tei-q">“an era greatly + antecedent to the Argonautic expedition. How else, they ask, do + we account for the one ship having her prow in the first Decan of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Taurus</span></span>, and her poop in the + last Decan of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leo</span></span>? or for one galley being + freighted with the installed <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bull</span></span>, + and the other with the solstitial <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lion</span></span>?”</span><a id= + "noteref_74" name="noteref_74" href="#note_74"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">74</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These are the + words of an astronomer who knows nothing whatever of our + interpretation of the heavens which is set forth in this + work.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page160">[pg + 160]</span><a name="Pg160" id="Pg160" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It will indeed + be a large vessel, the true <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Argo</span></span>, with its <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">company of + travellers</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-q">“a great + multitude which no man can number.”</span> All this is indicated + by the immense size of the Constellation, as well as by the large + number of its stars. There are 64 stars in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Argo</span></span> + (reckoning by the Britannic catalogue); one of the 1st magnitude, + six of the 2nd, nine of the 3rd, nine of the 4th, etc. Only a + small part of the ship's poop is visible in Britain.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its brightest + star, α (near the keel), is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Canopus</span></span> or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Canobus</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + possession of Him who cometh</span></span>. Other star-names, not + identified, are—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sephina</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + multitude</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">abundance</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tureis</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + possession</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Asmidiska</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the released who + travel</span></span>; <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Soheil</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + desired</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Subilon</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Branch</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Is not all + this exactly in harmony with the rest of this sign? And is not + this what is written in the Book?</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Therefore, fear thou not, O My servant + Jacob, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Neither be dismayed, O + Israel:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For, lo, I will save thee from + afar,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thy seed from the land of + their captivity;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And Jacob shall return and be + in rest,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And be quiet, and none shall + make him afraid,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">For I am + with thee, saith the</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + to save thee.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Jer. xxx. 10, 11.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Lift + up thine eyes round about, and see;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All they gather themselves + together, they come to thee;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thy sons shall come from + far,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thy daughters shall be + nursed at thy side,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Then thou shalt see, and flow + together,</span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page161">[pg + 161]</span><a name="Pg161" id="Pg161" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And thine heart shall fear and + be enlarged;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Because the abundance of the + sea shall be converted unto thee....</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Who are these that fly as a + cloud?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And as doves to their + windows?</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Surely the isles shall wait + for me,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And the + SHIPS of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from + far.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Isa. lx. 4, 5, 8, 9.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The whole + chapter (Isa. lx.) should be read if we wish to understand the + great teaching of this Sign, which tells of Messiah's secured + possessions, the safe folding of His blood-bought flock, the + blessed return of His pilgrims, and their abundant entrance into + everlasting rest.</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">There + is a blessed home</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Beyond this land of + woe,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Where trials never + come,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor tears of sorrow + flow;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Where faith is lost in + sight,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And patient love is + crowned,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And everlasting light</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Its glory throws + around.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">O joy, all joys beyond,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To see the Lamb who + died,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And count each sacred + wound</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In hands, and feet, and + side;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">To give to Him the + praise</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of every triumph won,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And sing through endless + days</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The great things He hath + done.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Look up, ye saints of + God,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Nor fear to tread below</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The path your Saviour + trod</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of daily toil and woe;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Wait but a little while</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">In uncomplaining love,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">His own most gracious + smile</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">Shall + welcome you above.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page162">[pg 162]</span><a name= + "Pg162" id="Pg162" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 4.00em; margin-top: 4.00em"> + <a name="toc97" id="toc97"></a> <a name="pdf98" id="pdf98"></a> + + <h2 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.88em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.88em"> + <span style="font-size: 144%">Chapter IV. The Sign LEO (The + Lion).</span></h2> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Messiah's Consummated + Triumph.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here we come to + the end of the circle. We began with Virgo, and we end with Leo. No + one who has followed our interpretation can doubt that we have here + the solving of the Riddle of the Sphinx. For its <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Head</span></em> is + Virgo and its <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tail</span></em> is Leo!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Leo we reach + the end of the Revelation as inspired in the Word of God; and it is + the end as written in the heavens.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Bailly</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Astronomy</span></span>) says, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Zodiac must have been first divided when the sun + at the summer solstice was in 1° Virgo, where the woman's head + joins the Lion's tail.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">As to its + antiquity there can be no doubt. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Jamieson</span></span> says, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lion does not seem to have been placed + among the Zodiacal symbols, because Hercules was fabled to have + slain the Nemean Lion. It would seem, on the contrary, that + Hercules, who represented the Sun, was said to have slain the + Nemean Lion, because <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leo</span></span> was already a Zodiacal sign. + Hercules flourished 3,000 years ago, and consequently posterior to + the period when the summer solstice accorded with <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Leo</span></span>.”</span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Celestial + Atlas</span></span>, p. 40).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is no + confusion about <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">this</span></em> sign. In the ancient Zodiacs + of Egypt (Denderah, Esneh) and India we find the Lion. The same + occurs on the <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page163">[pg + 163]</span><a name="Pg163" id="Pg163" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + Mithraic monuments, where Leo is <span class= + "tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">passant</span></span>, as he is in Moor's + Hindu, and Sir William Jones's Oriental Zodiacs. In Kircher's + Zodiacs he is <span class="tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">courrant</span></span>; in the Egyptian + Zodiacs he is <span class="tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">couchant</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the Denderah + Zodiac he is treading upon a serpent, as shown in Mr. Edward + Cooper's <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Egyptian Scenery</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/plate-39.png"><img src="images/plate-39.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 39: LEO (the Lion) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its Egyptian + name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pi Mentekeon</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + pouring out</span></span>. This is no pouring out or inundation of + the Nile, but it is the pouring out of the cup of Divine wrath on + that Old Serpent.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the one + great truth of the closing chapter of this last Book. It is</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">The Lion of the Tribe of Judah aroused + for the rending of the prey.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">His feet are + over the head of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hydra</span></span>, the great Serpent, and + just about to descend upon it and crush it.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The three + constellations of the Sign complete this final picture:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">1.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Hydra</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the old Serpent destroyed.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">2.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Crater</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">the Cup</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of Divine wrath poured out upon + him.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">3.</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Corvus</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + the Bird of prey devouring him.</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Denderah + picture exhibits all four in one. The Lion is presented treading + down the Serpent. The Bird of prey is also perched upon it, while + below is a plumed female figure holding out <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">two + cups</span></span>, answering to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Crater</span></span>, + the cup of wrath.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page164">[pg + 164]</span><a name="Pg164" id="Pg164" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + hieroglyphics read <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Knem</span></span>, and are placed underneath. + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Knem</span></span> means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + conquers</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">is conquered</span></span>, referring to the + victory over the serpent. The woman's name is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Her-ua</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">great + enemy</span></span>, referring to the great enemy for which her two + cups are prepared and intended.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Hebrew name + of the sign is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arieh</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Lion</span></span>. There are six Hebrew words for Lion,<a id= + "noteref_75" name="noteref_75" href="#note_75"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">75</span></span></a> and + this one is used of the Lion <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">hunting down his prey</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Syriac name + is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Aryo</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the rending + Lion</span></span>, and the Arabic is <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Asad</span></span>; both mean <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a lion coming vehemently</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">leaping + forth as a flame</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is a + beautiful constellation of 95 stars, two of which are of the 1st + magnitude, two of the 2nd, six of the 3rd, thirteen of the 4th.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (on the Ecliptic), marks the heart of the Lion (hence + sometimes called by the moderns, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cor + Leonis</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the heart of the Lion</span></span>). Its + ancient name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Regulus</span></span>, which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">treading + under foot</span></span>. The next star, β, also of the 1st + magnitude (in the tip of the tail), is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Denebola</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Judge</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lord who cometh</span></span>. The star γ (in + the mane) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Giebha</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + exaltation</span></span>. The star δ (on the hinder part of the + back) is called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zosma</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">shining + forth</span></span>.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page165">[pg + 165]</span><a name="Pg165" id="Pg165" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Other stars, not + identified, are named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sarcam</span></span> (Hebrew), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + joining</span></span>; intimating that here is the point where the + two ends of the Zodiacal circle have their <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">joining</span></span>. Another star has the + name of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Minchir al Asad</span></span> (Arabic), + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + punishing</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">tearing of the Lion</span></span>. Another is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Deneb + Aleced</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the judge cometh who seizes</span></span>. And + another is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Dafera</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the enemy put + down</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">What can be more + expressive? What can be more eloquent? All is harmony, and all the + names unite in pointing us to what is written of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And why is + Messiah thus called? Because it is applied to Him in Rev. v. 5 in + connection with His rising up for judgment: and because the Lion is + known to have been always borne upon the standard of Judah, whether + in the wilderness (Num. ii.) or in aftertimes.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Israel's + dying blessing the prophetic words foretold of Judah:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Thy + hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; ...</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Judah is a lion's whelp;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">From the prey, my son, thou art + gone up.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He stooped down, he couched as a + lion,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And as an old lion; who shall rouse him + up?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Gen. xlix. 8, 9.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the prophecy + of Balaam (Num. xxiv. 8, 9), we read:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">He + shall eat up the nations his enemies,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And shall break their + bones,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And pierce them through with his + arrows,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He couched, he lay down as a + lion,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And as a great lion; who shall stir him + up?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page166">[pg 166]</span><a name= + "Pg166" id="Pg166" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The same + testimony is borne by the Prophet Amos:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Will a + lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey?</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Will a young lion cry out of his + den, if he hath taken nothing?...</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The lion hath roared, who will not + fear?</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Amos iii. 4, 8.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lion of the tribe of Judah”</span> is + roused up for the rending, the Spirit describes the scene in Isa. + xlii. 13:</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall go forth as a mighty + man,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall stir up jealousy like a + man of war;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall cry, yea, roar;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">He shall prevail against His + enemies.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And this is what + is meant and included when the Elder says for John's comfort, + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lion of the Tribe of Judah <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">hath + prevailed</span></em>,”</span> and hence, is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“worthy ... to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, + and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing”</span> (Rev. + v.).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Whether we look, + therefore, at the primeval Revelation in the heavens, or at the + later Revelation in the Word, the story is one and the same.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And what we see + of Leo and his work in both, we find developed and described in the + three constellations of the Sign.</p> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc99" id="toc99"></a> <a name="pdf100" id="pdf100"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">1. HYDRA (The Serpent).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Old Serpent Destroyed.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The time has + at length come for the fulfilment of the many prophecies pictured + in the heavens: and <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page167">[pg + 167]</span><a name="Pg167" id="Pg167" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + in its three final constellations we see the consummation of them + all in the complete destruction of the Old Serpent, and all his + seed, and all his works.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style= + "width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/plate-40.png"><img src="images/plate-40.png" + alt="Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Plate 40: HYDRA (the Serpent), CRATER (the Cup), CORVUS (the + Raven) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is the + special work of the Messiah, as <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lion + of the tribe of Judah,”</span> to trample it under foot.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is pictured + as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + female serpent (Hydra)</span></span>, the mother and author of + all evil. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hydra</span></span> has the significant + meaning, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">he is abhorred</span></span>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It is an + immense constellation extending for above 100 degrees from east + to west, beneath the Virgin, the Lion, and the Crab. It is + composed of 60 stars; one of the 2nd magnitude, three of the 3rd, + twelve of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The brightest + star, α (in the heart of the Serpent), is sometimes called by the + moderns <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cor Hydræ</span></span> on that account. Its + ancient name is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Phard</span></span> (Arabic), which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + separated</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">put away</span></span>. Another is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Drian</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the abhorred</span></span>. Another star is + named <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Minchar al Sugia</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the piercing of the + deceiver</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be + no doubt as to what is taught by the constellation of Hydra, nor + is it necessary to quote the Scriptures concerning the + destruction of the Serpent. We pass on to consider the + second.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc101" id="toc101"></a> <a name="pdf102" id= + "pdf102"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 2.40em; margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">2. CRATER (The Cup).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Cup of Divine wrath Poured out upon + Him.</span></span></p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">God + is the Judge.</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He putteth down one, and + setteth up another,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">For in the hand + of the Lord there is a cup,</span></span> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page168">[pg + 168]</span><a name="Pg168" id="Pg168" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the wine is red; it is + full of mixture,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And He poureth out of the + same:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">But the + dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them + out and drink them.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. lxxv. 8.)</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Upon + the wicked he shall rain snares,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Fire and brimstone, and a + horrible tempest:</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">This shall be + the portion of their cup.</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Ps. xi. 6.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is no + fabled wine-cup of Bacchus; but it is <span class= + "tei tei-q">“The cup of His indignation”</span> (Rev. xiv. 10); + <span class="tei tei-q">“The cup of the wine of the fierceness of + his wrath”</span> (Rev. xvi. 19). This is what we see set forth + in this constellation. The Cup is wide and deep, and fastened on + by the stars to the very body of the writhing serpent. The same + stars which are in the foot of the Cup form part of the body of + Hydra, and are reckoned as belonging to both constellations.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This Cup has + the significant number of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">thirteen</span></em> stars (the number of + Apostacy). The two—<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Al Ches</span></span> (α), which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Cup</span></span>, and (β)—determine the bottom of the Cup.</p> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.00em; margin-top: 3.00em"> + <a name="toc103" id="toc103"></a> <a name="pdf104" id= + "pdf104"></a> + + <h3 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.40em; text-align: left; margin-top: 2.40em"> + <span style="font-size: 120%">3. CORVUS (The Raven).</span></h3> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Birds of Prey devouring the + Serpent.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is the + final scene of judgment. We have had <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Zeeb</span></span>; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Wolf</span></span>; now we have <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Oreb</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Raven</span></span>. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Her-na</span></span> is its name in the + Denderah Zodiac. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Her</span></span>, means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + enemy</span></span>; and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Na</span></span>, means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">breaking + up</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">failing</span></span>. That is to say, this + scene represents <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the breaking up</span></span> of the + enemy.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page169">[pg + 169]</span><a name="Pg169" id="Pg169" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There are nine + stars (the number of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">judgment</span></em>) in this constellation. + The bright star α (in the eye) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Chibar</span></span> (Arabic), <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">joining + together</span></span>, from the Hebrew <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Chiba</span></span> + (Num. xxiii. 8), which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">accursed</span></span>. + This star, then, tells of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the curse inflicted</span></span>. The star + β (in the right wing) is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Goreb</span></span> (Arabic), from Hebrew <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Oreb</span></span>, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Raven</span></span>. A third star is named <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Minchar al + Gorab</span></span> (Arabic), and means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Raven tearing + to pieces</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This brings us + to the end. There is nothing beyond this. Nothing remains to be + told. We know from the Word of God that—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The + eye that mocketh at his father,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And despiseth to obey his + mother,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">The ravens + of the valley shall pick it out.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(Prov. xxx. 17.)</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We remember + how David said to the Giant Goliah—a type of this enemy of God's + people—<span class="tei tei-q">“I will smite thee, and take thy + head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the + Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild + beasts of the earth”</span> (1 Sam. xvii. 46).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When the great + day of this judgment comes, an angel standing in the sun will cry + <span class="tei tei-q">“to all the fowls that fly in the midst + of heaven, Come, and gather yourselves together unto the supper + of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the + flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of + horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, + both free and bond, both small and great”</span> (Rev. xix. 17, + 18).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page170">[pg + 170]</span><a name="Pg170" id="Pg170" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">And after + these awful words shall be fulfilled, in the closing words of the + prophecy of Isaiah, Jehovah foretells us how—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">They + shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that + have transgressed against Me;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For their worm shall not + die,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Neither shall their fire be + quenched;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And they + shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + teaching of the whole Sign of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Leo</span></span>! It is all summed up + in Jer. xxv. 30-33:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Therefore prophesy against them all these + words, and say unto them,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall roar from on + high,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And utter His voice from His + holy habitation;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall mightily roar upon + His habitation;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He shall give a shout, as they + that tread the grapes,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Against all the inhabitants of + the earth.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">A noise shall come even to the + ends of the earth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">For the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">hath a controversy with the + nations,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He will plead with all + flesh;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">He will give them that are + wicked to the sword, saith the</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thus saith the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of hosts,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Behold, evil shall go forth + from nation to nation,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And a great whirlwind shall be + raised up from the coasts of the earth.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the slain of the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">shall be at that day from one + end of the earth</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Even to the other end of the + earth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">They shall not be lamented, + neither gathered, nor buried;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">They shall + be dung upon the ground.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here is the + conclusion of the whole matter! Here is the final triumph of the + Son of Man in the consummated victory of the Seed of the woman: + <span class="tei tei-q">“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to + receive <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page171">[pg + 171]</span><a name="Pg171" id="Pg171" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and + glory, and blessing”</span> (Rev. v. 12).</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">O + what a bright and blessed world</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">This groaning earth of ours + will be,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">When from its throne the + tempter hurled,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shall leave it all, O Lord, to + Thee!</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">But brighter far that world + above,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Where we, as we are known, + shall know;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And, in the sweet embrace of + love,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Reign o'er this ransomed earth + below.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">O blessed Lord! with longing + eyes</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">That blissful hour we wait to + see;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">While every worm or leaf that + dies</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Tells of the curse, and calls + for Thee.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Come, Saviour! Then o'er all + below</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Shine brightly from Thy throne + above,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Bid heaven and earth Thy glory + know,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style= + "text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 90%">And all + creation feel Thy love.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc105" id="toc105"></a> <a name="pdf106" id="pdf106"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Summary.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Man has ever + sought to rob Christ of His glory. He has long since done his best to + obliterate His name and His work from the Revelation which had been + written in the stars of light. When He humbled Himself, and came as + the promised Seed of the woman, men <span class="tei tei-q">“saw no + beauty in Him that they should desire Him.”</span> And these were + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">religious</span></em> men. It was religious men, + not the common rabble, whom the Old Serpent made use of to wound Him + in the heel. The Devil could not touch Him himself; he must use them + as his instruments; and it was only <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">religious</span></em> + men that could be so used.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It was the + <span class="tei tei-q">“chief priests and scribes,”</span> men + learned in the Scriptures, whose very knowledge of the Word was used + to compass His death amongst the babes at Bethlehem (Matt. ii. + 4-6).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page172">[pg + 172]</span><a name="Pg172" id="Pg172" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">It was the same + priests and scribes who were used to put Him to death, and give the + long-prophesied wound in the heel.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Religion without + Christ is enmity against God! Knowledge of the Scriptures where the + heart is not subject to Christ, and where Christ is not seen in them, + is powerless and lifeless. It is true of the Scriptures, as it will + be of the heavenly Jerusalem—<span class="tei tei-q">“<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">the Lamb is the + light thereof</span></span>”</span> (Rev. xxi. 23).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The Church of Rome + has been used of the great enemy to rob the Lamb of God of His + promised glory. <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Jerome</span></span>, in his Latin + translation of the Bible (405 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>), wrote <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "la"><span style="font-style: italic">ipse</span></span>,”</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">He</span></span>, in Gen. iii. 15, as the + <span class="tei tei-q">“bruiser of the serpent's head.”</span> And, + in spite of the fact that <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Jerome</span></span> himself so quotes it + in his commentary, and that it is <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">masculine</span></em> + in all the other ancient translations of the Bible, Rome has first + corrupted <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Jerome's</span></span> Vulgate by changing + the <span class="tei tei-q">“e”</span> into <span class= + "tei tei-q">“a,”</span> and putting <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span lang="la" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang= + "la"><span style="font-style: italic">ipsa</span></span>”</span> + (she) instead of <span class="tei tei-q">“<span lang="la" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="la"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ipse</span></span>”</span> (He); then she has so + translated this corruption and perpetuated this perversion in various + languages! So that in all her versions, in her pictures and statues, + in the decree of Pope Pius IX., which promulgated the dogma of the + <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">immaculate conception of the Virgin + Mary</span></span>,”</span> this lie of the Old Serpent has been + foisted on unnumbered thousands of deluded souls, who have thereby + been deceived into putting Mary in the place of Jesus; the + <span class="tei tei-q">“co-Redemptress”</span> in the place of the + Redeemer; the creature in the place of the Creator; the woman in the + place of the woman's Seed;—until the outcome is reached by + emblazoning, in huge gilt <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page173">[pg + 173]</span><a name="Pg173" id="Pg173" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + letters, on the outside of a large church in Rathmines, Dublin, + <span class="tei tei-q">“MARIÆ PECCATORUM REFUGIUM,”</span> to Mary + the Refuge of Sinners!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So complete has + been the success of the subtlety of the Serpent, that he has beguiled + thousands of Protestants to unite in circulating these <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">corrupted versions as + the Word of God</span></span>, thus giving currency to the Devil's + lie. This is done on the plea of expediency, in order that these + versions might come to many as Protestant truth instead of Popish + error; but thus misleading those who were seeking for light, while + confirming Papists in their darkness.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But through all + the <span class="tei tei-q">“wisdom of the Serpent”</span> we can + detect his lie. It is very thinly veiled, and the Old Serpent has not + succeeded in blinding the eyes which the Spirit of God has opened. + True, we see in all Rome's pictures and statues the foot of Mary, on + the Serpent's head, but the foot is not <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">coming + down</span></em>, nor is the head <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">crushed</span></em>! + Rather is the woman's foot resting on its head; and the woman herself + supported by the Serpent.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The whole system + of Mary-anity is thus seen to be the outcome of the Serpent's wisdom + in opposition to the true Christ-ianity.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">How different are + the primeval star-pictures of the heavens. There, the club is lifted + up, the foot is coming down, yea, the foot is actually planted upon + the enemy, treading the Scorpion under foot.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Rome may corrupt + the words of the Book, but she cannot touch the stars of heaven! The + Devil <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page174">[pg 174]</span><a name= + "Pg174" id="Pg174" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> himself cannot move + them from their places. He may choose and use his servants and agents + for corrupting the Scriptures written in the Book, but he cannot + change the Revelation of the stars.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There,—no woman's + foot is seen upon the Serpent's head! There,—no woman usurps the + place of the all-glorious Redeemer!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ophiuchus</span></span> + we see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span> in dread conflict with + the Serpent, and we see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">His</span></span> foot upon the Scorpion's + heart (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Scorpio</span></span>). We see + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span>, the Risen Lamb + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>), binding <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cetus</span></span>, + the great Monster of the Deep; we see <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span> + in the glorious <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Orion</span></span>, whose foot is coming down + on the enemy's head (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lepus</span></span>); we see <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span> + in the Lion of the Tribe of Judah (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Leo</span></span>), about to tread down + that Old Serpent (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hydra</span></span>) the Devil; we see + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span> in the mighty + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hercules</span></span>, who has his foot on the + head of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Dragon</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Draco</span></span>), + and his up-lifted club about to inflict the long-threatened blow; we + see <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Him</span></span> crowned in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Cepheus</span></span>, + with all His enemies subdued, and His right foot planted upon the + Polar Star!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">True, we do see a + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">woman</span></span> in this heavenly and + Divine revelation; for there are four women. Two are connected with + the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Redeemer</span></span>, and two with the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Redeemed</span></span>. The Redeemer is + seen in the one (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>) as the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“promised Seed”</span>; in the other (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Coma</span></span>), He + is seen as the child born, the Son given. The Redeemed are + represented in one as a captive <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">chained</span></em> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Andromeda</span></span>), with no power to wage + conflict with an enemy, but a prey to every foe; in the other + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cassiopeia</span></span>), <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page175">[pg 175]</span><a name="Pg175" id="Pg175" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> she is <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">enthroned</span></em>, with no necessity for + conflict. For with one hand she waves the palm of a victory which + another (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Perseus</span></span>) has wrought on her + behalf, while with her right hand she is preparing and making herself + ready for <span class="tei tei-q">“the marriage of the + Lamb.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus pure and + undefiled is this primeval fountain of Divine truth. Thus harmonious + is it with the written Word of God. And He who gave them both to + enlighten a dark world which lieth in the power of this wicked one, + has filled both with one subject—<span class="tei tei-q">“The + sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These are set + forth by the Holy Spirit in a double sevenfold expansion of the + prophetic promise of Gen. iii. 15, giving seven steps in His + humiliation and seven in His glorification (Phil. ii. 5-11<a id= + "noteref_76" name="noteref_76" href="#note_76"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">76</span></span></a>).</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">CHRIST JESUS,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">1. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not + robbery (a thing to be grasped at and held) to be equal with + God;</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">2. But made Himself of no reputation (Gr.</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">emptied + Himself</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">),</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">3. And took upon Him the form of a + servant,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">4. And was made in the likeness of men:</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">5. And being found in fashion as a man. He humbled + Himself.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">6. And became obedient unto death,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">7. Even the death of the + cross.</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page176">[pg + 176]</span><a name="Pg176" id="Pg176" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">WHEREFORE</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">1. God also hath highly exalted Him,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">2. And given Him a name which is above every + name:</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">3. That at the name of Jesus every knee should + bow,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">4. Of things in heaven,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">5. And things on earth,</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">6. And things under the earth;</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">7. And that every tongue shall confess that Jesus + Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Amen.</span></p> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + then, and, added to Thy many crowns,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Receive yet one, the crown of all + the earth,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thou who alone art worthy! It was + thine</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">By ancient covenant, ere Nature's + birth;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And Thou hast made it Thine by + purchase since,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And overpaid its value with Thy + blood.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thy saints proclaim Thee king; and + in their hearts</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thy title is engraven with a + pen</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Dipp'd in the fountain of eternal + love.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Thy saints proclaim Thee king; and + Thy delay</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Gives courage to their foes, who, + could they see</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The dawn of Thy last advent, long + desired,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Would creep into the bowels of the + hills,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">And flee for safety to the falling + rocks.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Come, + then, and, added to Thy many crowns,</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Receive yet one, as radiant as the + rest,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Due to Thy last and most effectual + work,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Thy Word fulfilled, the conquest of a + world.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(</span><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Cowper.</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">)</span></p> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page177">[pg 177]</span><a name= + "Pg177" id="Pg177" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc107" id="toc107"></a> <a name="pdf108" id="pdf108"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 3.46em; margin-bottom: 3.46em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 173%">“</span><span style="font-size: 173%">For Signs And + For Seasons.</span><span style="font-size: 173%">”</span></span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have seen the + great truths which are taught from the position, and forms, and names + of the heavenly bodies. There are also truths to be learnt from their + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">motions</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When God created + them and set them in the firmament of heaven, He said, in Gen. i. + 14—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">Let them + be for signs and for seasons.</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here the word + <span class="tei tei-q">“signs”</span> is <span lang="he" class= + "tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">othoth</span></span> (אֹתֹת, plural of אוֹת, + <span lang="he" class="tei tei-foreign" xml:lang="he"><span style= + "font-style: italic">oth</span></span>, from the root אֳתֳת, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + come</span></span>). Hence, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a sign of something</span></span> or + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">some One to + come</span></span>. In Jer. x. 2 Jehovah says, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“And be not dismayed <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">at the + signs</span></em> (וּמֵאתוֹת) of the heavens, for the heathen are + dismayed at them.”</span> The word <span class= + "tei tei-q">“seasons”</span> does not denote merely what we call the + four seasons of the year, but <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">cycles</span></em> of time. It is מוֹעֵד, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">appointed + time</span></span> (from the verb יָעַד, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to point + out</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">appoint</span></span>). It occurs three more + times in Genesis, each time in connection with the promised Seed—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Gen. xvii. 21, + <span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">At</span></em> this <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">set time</span></em> + in the next year”</span>;</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Gen. xviii. 14, + <span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">At the time appointed</span></em> I will + return”</span>; and</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Gen. xxi. 2, + <span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">At the set time</span></em> of which God had + spoken.”</span></p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page178">[pg + 178]</span><a name="Pg178" id="Pg178" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Gen. i. 14 is + therefore, <span class="tei tei-q">“They (the sun, moon, and stars) + shall be for signs (things to come) and for cycles (appointed + times).”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Here, then, we + have a distinct declaration from God, that the heavens contain not + only a Revelation concerning <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">things to come</span></em> in the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Signs,”</span> but also concerning <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">appointed + times</span></em> in the wondrous movements of the sun, and moon, and + stars.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The motions of the + sun and moon are so arranged that at the end of a given interval of + time they return into almost precisely the same position, with regard + to each other and to the earth, as they held at the beginning of that + interval. <span class="tei tei-q">“Almost precisely,”</span> but not + quite precisely. There will be a slight outstanding difference, which + will gradually increase in successive intervals, and finally destroy + the possibility of the combination recurring, or else lead to + combinations of a different character.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus the daily + difference between the movement of the sun and of the stars leads the + sun back very nearly to conjunction with the same star as it was + twelve months earlier, and gives us the cycle of the year. The slight + difference in the sun's position relative to the stars at the end of + the year, finally leads the sun back to the same star at the same + time of the year, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, at the spring equinox, and + gives us the great precessional cycle of 25,800 years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So, too, with + eclipses. Since the circumstances of any given eclipse are reproduced + almost exactly 18 years and 11 days later, this period is called an + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Eclipse + Cycle</span></span>, to which the ancient astronomers gave + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page179">[pg 179]</span><a name="Pg179" + id="Pg179" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> the name of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span>;<a id="noteref_77" name= + "noteref_77" href="#note_77"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">77</span></span></a> and + eclipses separated from each other by an exact cycle, and, therefore, + corresponding closely in their conditions, are spoken of as being one + and the same eclipse. Each <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> contains, on the average, + about 70 ± eclipses. Of these, on the average, 42 ± are solar and 28 + ± are lunar. Since the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> is 11 days (or, more + correctly, 10.96 days) longer than 18 years, the successive + recurrences of each eclipse fall 11 days later in the year each time, + and in 33 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span> will have travelled on + through the year and come round very nearly to the original date.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But as the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> does not reproduce the + conditions of an eclipse with absolute exactness, and as the + difference increases with every successive return, a time comes when + the return of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> fails to bring about an + eclipse at all. If the eclipse be a solar one before this takes + place, a new eclipse begins to form a month later in the year than + the old one, and becomes the first eclipse of a new series.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + history of one such eclipse: On May 15 (Julian), 850 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, there was a (new) + eclipse of the sun, and it occurred as a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">partial</span></em> + eclipse. On August 20 (Julian), 1012 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, this new eclipse + became <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">total</span></em>. From that time it has been an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">annular</span></em> eclipse, the latitude of the + central shadow gradually shifting southward from the north, until on + December 17 (Julian), 1210, it had reached N. Lat. 24°. It turned + northward again after 1210, until March 14 (Julian), 1355, when it + fell in N. Lat. 43°. Then it turned south, <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page180">[pg 180]</span><a name="Pg180" id="Pg180" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> and has moved steadily in that direction, until + on March 18 (Greg.), 1950, its last appearance as an annular eclipse + will take place. On May 22 (Greg.), 2058, it will fall so far from + the node that a new eclipse will follow it on June 21. It will make + three more appearances as an ever-diminishing partial eclipse, and be + last seen on June 24 (Greg.), 2112. Its total life-history, + therefore, will have been 1,262 years and 36 days, and will have + occupied 70 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the above + life-history of an eclipse<a id="noteref_78" name="noteref_78" href= + "#note_78"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">78</span></span></a> there is + not the slightest difficulty as to its identification. The + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> shows no break, and no + interruption; nor does the character of the eclipse suffer any abrupt + change. The district over which it is visible moves in a slow and + orderly fashion from occurrence to occurrence over the earth's + surface.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Now the important + point is this, that if we take the prophetic reckoning of 360 days to + the year, we have the following significant Biblical numbers:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In the first + place, we already have the 70 ± <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span> divided into two portions of + 33 + 37.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">A perfect cycle is + accomplished in 33 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span>, or 595 years, when the + eclipse, by a series of unbroken <span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page181">[pg 181]</span><a name="Pg181" id="Pg181" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span>, has accomplished a passage + through the year of 360 days; or, if we reckon only the whole + numbers, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, the 18 completed years, we + have for the 33 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span> the period of 594 years, + while the remaining portion of 37 <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sari</span></span> + makes 666 years (37 x 18) ; and the whole 70 ± <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Sari</span></span> + makes 1,260 years (594 + 666).<a id="noteref_79" name="noteref_79" + href="#note_79"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">79</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have then the + following figures:—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-top: 1.80em; margin-left: 3.60em; margin-right: 3.60em; margin-bottom: 1.80em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">18 x 33 = 594 years.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">18 x 37 = 666 years.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">18 x 70 = 1260 years.</span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Independently of + this, we also know that 1,260 years is a soli-lunar cycle, so exact + that its epact, or difference, is only 6 hours!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There must, + therefore, be something significant in these numbers, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">e.g.</span></span>, 70; + in the number 1,260, with its divisions, not into two equal parts, + but into 594 and 666; as also in its double, 2,520.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There must be + something to be learned in the occurrence and repetition of these + heavenly cycles, which for nearly 6,000 years have been constantly + repeated in the heavens, especially when we find these same numbers + very prominently presented in the Word of God in connection with the + fulfilment of prophecy.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have the great + <span class="tei tei-q">“seven times”</span> (2,520) connected with + the duration of Israel's punishment, and of the Gentiles' power. We + have in Daniel and the <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page182">[pg + 182]</span><a name="Pg182" id="Pg182" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + Apocalypse the half of this great period presented as <span class= + "tei tei-q">“days”</span> (1,260), as <span class= + "tei tei-q">“months”</span> (42), and as <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times,”</span> or years (3-½).</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Futurists believe + that these <span class="tei tei-q">“days”</span> and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“months,”</span> etc., <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">interpret for + us</span></em> the purposes and counsels of God as connected with + <span class="tei tei-q">“the time of the end,”</span> and as meaning + literal <span class="tei tei-q">“days”</span> and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“months,”</span> etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Historicists take + these terms and themselves <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">interpret the numbers</span></em>, in the sense + of a <span class="tei tei-q">“day”</span> being put for a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">year</span></em>, and + they believe that these <span class="tei tei-q">“1,260 days”</span> + will be fulfilled as 1,260 <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">years</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">One party boldly + and ungraciously charges the other with teaching <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Fallacies of Futurism</span></span>”</span>; + while the other might well retort with a reference to the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Heresies of + Historicism</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But is there any + necessity for the existence of two hostile camps? Is it not possible + that there may be what we may call a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">long</span></em> + fulfilment in years? And is it not more than probable that in the + time of the end, the crisis, there will also be a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">short</span></em> and + literal fulfilment in days?</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We firmly believe + that there will be this literal and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">short</span></em> + fulfilment. We believe that when God says <span class= + "tei tei-q">“days,”</span> He means <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">days</span></em>; and + that when He says <span class="tei tei-q">“42 months,”</span> He + means <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">months</span></em>, and not 1,260 years. In all + of the passages referred to by historicists in support of what is + called <span class="tei tei-q">“the year-day theory,”</span> the Holy + Spirit uses these words <span class="tei tei-q">“days”</span> and + <span class="tei tei-q">“years”</span> in the sense of days and + years. In the two particular instances of Israel's wanderings (Num. + xiv. 34), and Ezekiel's prophesying (Ezek. iv. 6), He chooses to + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page183">[pg 183]</span><a name="Pg183" + id="Pg183" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> take the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">number</span></em> of + days as denoting the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">same number</span></em> of years; but He does + not tell us that we are to do the same in other cases! He only + asserts His sovereignty by thus acting, while we only show our + presumption in taking His sovereign act as a general principle.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But while fully + believing in the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">short</span></em> fulfilment, we are quite + prepared to admit that there may be a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">long</span></em> + fulfilment <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">as well</span></em>; and that, owing to the + wondrous harmony, and marvellous correspondence, and infinite wisdom + of all the works and ways of God, there may be a fulfilment, or + rather a <span class="tei tei-q">“filment,”</span> if we may coin the + word, in years, which will be only a foreshadowing of the literal + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">ful</span></em>-filment afterwards to take place + in <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">days</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If historicists + will allow us this liberty as to <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">interpretation</span></em>, + and permit us to believe that God means what He says, we will give + them some remarkable evidence in support of their views, by way of + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">application</span></em>. In other words, if they + will allow us to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">interpret</span></em> <span class= + "tei tei-q">“days”</span> as meaning days, we will gladly allow them, + and be at one with them, in <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">applying</span></em> them to years. So that + while we believe the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">interpretation</span></em> to mean <span class= + "tei tei-q">“days,”</span> and to teach a <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">short</span></em> + fulfilment at the time of the end, we will thankfully admit an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">application</span></em> which shall take these + days as foreshowing a <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">long</span></em> fulfilment in years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">applying</span></em>, + then, these significant numbers (42, 70, 594, 666, 1,260, and 2,520) + to years, from what point or date shall we begin to reckon the + <span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">times of the Gentiles</span></em>”</span> (Luke + xxi. 24)? That there are such definite <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times”</span> the words of the Lord Jesus show, + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page184">[pg 184]</span><a name="Pg184" + id="Pg184" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> when He says, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until + the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”</span> (Luke xxi. 24). That + there are <span class="tei tei-q">“seven times”</span> of Gentile + dominion is more than intimated by the symbolic episode in the life + of Nebuchadnezzar as recorded in Dan. iv.; and that there are + <span class="tei tei-q">“seven times”</span> of Israel's punishment + is clearly stated in Lev. xxvi. 18. <span class="tei tei-q">“Seven + times,”</span> according to the Historicist school of interpreters, + are equal to 2,520 years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Instead of asking + where they begin, let us first note the fact that it is <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">duration</span></em> + which is emphasised in the Scriptures rather than <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">chronology</span></em>; and look at the duration + of these years independently of, and before we attempt to fix, their + beginning and ending.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In Daniel ii. and + vii. it is shown first to Nebuchadnezzar in a <span class= + "tei tei-q">“dream,”</span> and afterwards to God's servant the + prophet in a <span class="tei tei-q">“vision,”</span> that Israel was + to be put on one side and become <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Lo-Ammi”</span> (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">not My people</span></span>), while government + was to be put into the hands of the Gentiles. Jerusalem was the + central point of both these great and solemn facts. That is to say, + during 2,520 years, while Jerusalem should remain in the power of the + Gentiles, Israel could be <span class="tei tei-q">“no more a + nation”</span> in possession of their land and city.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We know, as a + matter of fact, that to-day Jerusalem is in the hands of the Turks, + and that it is still <span class="tei tei-q">“trodden down of the + Gentiles.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">If we ask how long + it shall continue to be <span class="tei tei-q">“trodden + down”</span>? how long it will be before Israel shall again possess + their city and their land?—the answer brings us at once to the heart + of our subject.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page185">[pg + 185]</span><a name="Pg185" id="Pg185" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In seeking to + determine both duration and chronology, it is necessary to plant our + feet on sure ground. To do this, let us take a point on which all are + agreed.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">one</span></em> date which is universally + accepted; and concerning which the evidence is unquestioned.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Abu + Obeida</span></span>, the Mahommedan General, laid siege to Jerusalem + towards the close of 636 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> The city was then + occupied by the Romans, who held out for four months. When they + capitulated, the Patriarch <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Sophronius</span></span> obtained a clause + in the treaty giving security to the inhabitants, and requiring the + ratification of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Omar</span></span> himself. <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Omar</span></span>, who had therefore to + be sent for, arrived some six months afterwards, and the delay caused + the actual delivering up of the city to take place early in the + autumn of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 637.<a id="noteref_80" + name="noteref_80" href="#note_80"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">80</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The year + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 636-7 is therefore the + accepted date of the passing over of Jerusalem from the Romans to the + Turks.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Omar</span></span> seems to have stayed in + the city only about ten days, during which he must have given his + instructions for the erection of the Mosque on the site of the + Temple. This Mosque, therefore, stands as the sign and the symbol of + the treading down of Jerusalem, and while it remains, those times of + treading down cannot be considered as fulfilled.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">How steady was + Israel's decadence from Nebuchadnezzar to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Omar</span></span>! Nothing would exceed + that darkest moment in Israel's history, when Israel was <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page186">[pg 186]</span><a name="Pg186" id="Pg186" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> well nigh obliterated in the mighty + struggles of her enemies who fought over her inheritance. Thus + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Omar</span></span> becomes the great + central point of the 2,520 years, whether reckoned as <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Lunar</span></em>, + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zodiacal</span></em>, or <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Solar</span></em>, + dividing them equally into two portions of 1,260 years.<a id= + "noteref_81" name="noteref_81" href="#note_81"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">81</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Having thus fixed + the central date, which already points forward to the end, let us go + back and find the starting point, that we may the better understand + the end.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When Daniel was + explaining to Nebuchadnezzar his mysterious dream, he said, + <span class="tei tei-q">“Thou art this head <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page187">[pg 187]</span><a name="Pg187" id="Pg187" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> of gold”</span>! (Dan. ii. 38). This moment is + popularly, but erroneously, supposed to mark the commencement of the + Babylonian kingdom—the first of these four great Gentile powers.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">But Daniel spoke + of what <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">already</span></span> existed, and was + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">explaining + the then</span></em> condition of things. He said, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“God <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">hath</span></em> given thee a kingdom, power, + and strength, and glory”</span> (Dan. ii. 37). The kingdom of Babylon + had already been in existence for more than thirty years, for its + king had destroyed Jerusalem and burnt the Temple with fire, and + brought away many captives, amongst whom was Daniel and his + companions. The opening words of the book make this very clear.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The monumental + history of Babylon, as now dug up, shows that before this it had been + sometimes tributary to, and sometimes almost independent of, Assyria. + In <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3352, after a severe + struggle with Assurbanipal, the Assyrian king, Babylon was once more + subdued, and its king setting fire to his palace perished in the + flames. After that there was peace for twenty-two years, during which + time Kandalanu governed Babylon in succession to Sumas-sum-ukin, a + son of Assurbanipal.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3375 (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 627),<a id="noteref_82" + name="noteref_82" href="#note_82"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">82</span></span></a> another + revolt broke out, and the Assyrian king sent a general of great + ability to quell it. His name was Nabu-pal-user (which means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Nebo + protects his son</span></span>). He put down <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page188">[pg 188]</span><a name="Pg188" id="Pg188" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> the rebellion with so much skill that + Assurbanipal made him governor of Babylon. He shortly afterwards, in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3376, himself rebelled, + and made himself King of Babylon. Associating with him his son + Nebuchadnezzar, they commenced a campaign against Assurbanipal, which + ended in the fall of Nineveh and the complete subjugation of Assyria. + The kingdom of Babylon, thus commencing in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 625,<a id="noteref_83" + name="noteref_83" href="#note_83"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">83</span></span></a> became + the first great Gentile kingdom as foretold in Daniel.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There is + practically no question, now, as to this date.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The actual + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">duration</span></em> of the three kingdoms that + followed—Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece, may not perhaps be so + accurately determined. Their total duration is known, because it is + fixed by a known date at the other end, but it might introduce + controversial matter if we attempted to assign to them their exact + relative duration. Probably they were, roughly:—Babylon about 90 + years; Medo-Persia about 200 years; Greece about 304 years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We believe these + to be fairly proportionate,<a id="noteref_84" name="noteref_84" href= + "#note_84"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">84</span></span></a> but + whether they are or not, their total amount must have been 594 years, + because the undisputed date of the battle of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Actium</span></span> by which Augustus + became the head of the Roman Empire, was September <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 31. <span class= + "tei tei-pb" id="page189">[pg 189]</span><a name="Pg189" id="Pg189" + class="tei tei-anchor"></a> From this date Jerusalem passed + permanently under the power of Rome until the Mahommedan conquest in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 636-7.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We have, + therefore, <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">three fixed dates</span></em>, and these decide + for us the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">duration</span></em> of the intervening periods; + dividing them into the two great Eclipse Cycles of 594 years and 666 + years!</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; text-align: center"><span class="tei tei-hi" + style="text-align: center"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Jerusalem under the + Gentiles.</span></span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Babylon (the 1st Kingdom) commenced</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">625.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Battle of Actium, ending the possession of the 3rd + Kingdom,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">31.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Duration</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of the three Kingdoms, Babylon, + Medo-Persia, and Greece, together (1st Eclipse Cycle), 594 + years.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Rome (the 4th Kingdom) became the possessor of + Jerusalem,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">31.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Mahommedan conquest of Jerusalem, ending the + possession of Rome,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">636.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Duration</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of Rome's possession of Jerusalem (2nd + Eclipse Cycle), 666</span><a id="noteref_85" name="noteref_85" + href="#note_85"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">85</span></span></a> + <span style="font-size: 90%">years.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">First half of</span> + <span class="tei tei-q"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">the times of the + gentiles</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, + 1260 years.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Date of Mahommedan conquest of Jerusalem,</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">636-7.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">Second half of</span> + <span class="tei tei-q"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">the times of the + gentiles</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">”</span></span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">and</span> <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Duration</span></em> + <span style="font-size: 90%">of Mahommedan possession of + Jerusalem,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">1260, and 1260 years.</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">End and</span> <span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">fulness</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">of</span> <span class="tei tei-q"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">the times of + the Gentiles</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">,</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">1896-7, and 2520 years.</span></p> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page190">[pg 190]</span><a name= + "Pg190" id="Pg190" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">From this it + appears that 1896-7 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> would mark the + fulfilment, and complete the duration, of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times of the Gentiles.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The above + reckoning has the following advantages over all previous historicist + interpretations:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">1. <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Controverted</span></em> dates are excluded.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">2. The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">whole</span></em> + period of 2520 years is dealt with, instead of only the latter half + (1260), as is usually the case.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">3. It confines + these <span class="tei tei-q">“times”</span> to the one place where + the Lord Himself put them, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“JERUSALEM.”</span> He said, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, till + the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times,”</span> therefore, are confined to Jerusalem. + This <span class="tei tei-q">“treading down”</span> is confined to + Jerusalem. It is not the city of Rome that is to be trodden down for + 1260 years. Why, then, should these <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times”</span> be separated from what is characteristic + of their <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">duration</span></em>, and applied to Rome, papal + or imperial? Why should historicists search for some act of emperors + or popes in the early part of the seventh century in order to add it + to 1260, so as to find some terminal date in or near our own + times!<a id="noteref_86" name="noteref_86" href= + "#note_86"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">86</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We claim that the + Lord Himself has joined these <span class="tei tei-q">“times of the + Gentiles”</span> with the city of <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Jerusalem,”</span> and we say, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man + put asunder”</span> (Matt. xix. 6).</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id= + "page191">[pg 191]</span><a name="Pg191" id="Pg191" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When Jesus spoke + of this <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">treading down</span></em>, it looks as though it + were then still future; for He said, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Jerusalem <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">shall be</span></em> trodden down,”</span> etc., + The occupation of Jerusalem by Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and + Rome, was for purposes of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">government</span></em> rather than for a wanton + treading down. Government on the earth was committed unto them. But + when Jerusalem passed from the government of the Roman Empire into + the hands of the Turks, it could then be said, in a very special + sense, to be <span class="tei tei-q">“trodden down.”</span> For of + any government worthy of the name there has been none; and of + desolation and desecration the city has been full. Under the feeble + rule of the Turks, all the Gentiles seem to have combined in laying + waste the holy city.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Though Jews are + returning thither in ever-increasing numbers, they are only strangers + there. They have as yet no independent position, nor can they make + any treaties. But when these <span class="tei tei-q">“times”</span> + shall end, it means that they will have a position of sufficient + independence to be able to make a treaty or league with the coming + Prince (Dan. ix. 27); and then the course of events will bring on + another treading down of 1260 literal <span class= + "tei tei-q">“days”</span> which will thus have had a fore-shadowing + fulfilment in years! This is written in Rev. xi. 2. And to save us + from any misunderstanding, the time is given, not in days, but in + <span class="tei tei-q">“<em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">months</span></em>.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The angel, after + directing John to measure the Temple of God and the altar, adds, + <span class="tei tei-q">“but the court which is without the Temple + leave out, and measure <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page192">[pg + 192]</span><a name="Pg192" id="Pg192" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> it + not; for it is given unto the Gentiles; and the holy city shall they + tread under foot forty and two months.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This refers to a + future treading down, which will be limited to the brief period of + <span class="tei tei-q">“forty two”</span> literal <span class= + "tei tei-q">“months,”</span> during the time of the coming Prince; + and <span class="tei tei-q">“in the midst”</span> of the last week, + when he shall break His covenant with the Jews,<a id="noteref_87" + name="noteref_87" href="#note_87"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">87</span></span></a> set up + the <span class="tei tei-q">“abomination of desolation”</span> (Dan + ix. 27; which is still future in Matt. xxiv. 15), and <span class= + "tei tei-q">“tread down the holy city.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">We now desire to + specially emphasize the fact that all these dates, and their + termination in a rapidly approaching fulfilment, refer <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">only to + Jerusalem, and the Gentiles, and the Jews</span></span>! They refer + only to the end of the Gentile possession of Jerusalem, and to the + settlement of the Jews in their own city and land.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These <span class= + "tei tei-q">“times and seasons”</span> have nothing whatever to do + with <span class="tei tei-q">“the Church of God”</span> (1 Thess. v. + 1). The mystical Body of Christ, whenever its members are complete, + <span class="tei tei-q">“will be taken up to meet the Lord—the Head + of the Body—in the air, so to be ever with the Lord”</span> (1 Thess. + iv. 15-17). This glorious event has nothing to do with any earthly + sign or circumstance, so far as the members of this mystical Body are + concerned.</p><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page193">[pg + 193]</span><a name="Pg193" id="Pg193" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Therefore we are + not dealing here with the coming of the Lord; either for His saints, + or with them. We are not referring to what is commonly and + erroneously called <span class="tei tei-q">“the end of the + world.”</span> We are merely pointing out that the end of Gentile + dominion <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">over Jerusalem</span></em> is drawing near! And + we cannot close our eyes to the marvellous manner in which the veil + is being removed from Jewish hearts: to the change which has come + over the Jewish nation in its attitude towards Christ and + Christianity, chiefly, under God, through the unparalleled + circulation of more than a quarter of a million copies of a new + translation of the New Testament into Hebrew, by the late Isaac + Salkinson, published by the Trinitarian Bible Society, and freely + distributed by the Mildmay Mission to the Jews: to the Palestine + literature which has sprung up amongst the Jews in recent years: to + the persecutions in various countries which are stirring their nest, + and setting the nation in motion: to the organized emigration to + Argentina, which its promoters avowedly speak of as <span class= + "tei tei-q">“a nursery ground for Palestine”</span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Daily + Graphic</span></span>, March 10th, 1892): to the railways completed + and in course of construction in the Holy Land: to the numerous + Societies and their branches which have permeated the whole nation, + which, while having various names, have only one object—<span class= + "tei tei-q">“the colonisation of Palestine.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">When we put these + events side by side with the teaching of the heavens as to the + <span class="tei tei-q">“cycles”</span> or appointed times, we are + merely showing how <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page194">[pg + 194]</span><a name="Pg194" id="Pg194" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + wonderfully they agree with what is written in the Book, and + witnessed to by great and uncontested historic dates.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Nor are we + absolutely naming a definite year or day even for these Palestine + events. After all, they can be only approximate, for man has so + misused every gift that God has ever given him, that even with such + wondrous heavenly time-keepers he cannot really tell you what year it + is! And, besides this loss of reckoning, there is confusion as to the + commencement of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> era, which makes + absolute accuracy between the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> dates impossible.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Added to this, + there is another point to be borne in mind, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, + that when the <span class="tei tei-q">“times of the Gentiles”</span> + shall end, Jewish independence need <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">not be either + immediate or complete</span></em>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">For when + Nebuchadnezzar began his kingdom of Babylon in <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3376 (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 625), the Jews, though + in their land and city, were not independent. Nebuchadnezzar went to + and fro to Jerusalem, and put down and set up whom he would; and it + was not till some thirty years afterwards that he destroyed the City + and Temple and made the people captives.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So, likewise, in + the time of the end, there may be an <span class= + "tei tei-foreign"><span style= + "font-style: italic">epanodos</span></span>. There may be a similar + period of possession without independence, a quasi-independence + guaranteed by the Great Powers; and, for ought we know, it may be + that, in order to gain <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">complete</span></em> <span class="tei tei-pb" + id="page195">[pg 195]</span><a name="Pg195" id="Pg195" class= + "tei tei-anchor"></a> independence, they may ultimately make that + fatal league with the coming Prince.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">So that while we + name the dates 1896-7 as being significant, we are not <span class= + "tei tei-q">“fixing dates”</span> in the ordinary sense of the term, + but merely pointing out some of <span class="tei tei-q">“the signs of + the times,”</span> concerning which we ought not to be ignorant.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">true + interpretation</span></em> will in any case still remain, and will + surely be literally fulfilled in its own time. The Word of God will + be vindicated; its prophetic truth will be verified; God Himself will + be glorified; and His people saved with an everlasting salvation.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Meanwhile the + members of His Body will <span class="tei tei-q">“wait for His Son + from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which + delivered us from the wrath to come”</span> (1 Thess. i. 10). They + will live <span class="tei tei-q">“looking for that blessed hope, and + the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, + who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, + and purify unto Himself a peculiar people (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>, a people for His own + possession) zealous of good works”</span> (Titus ii. 13, 14). They + will <span class="tei tei-q">“look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus + Christ,”</span> from heaven, believing that there is no hope either + for <span class="tei tei-q">“the Jew, the Gentile, or the Church of + God,”</span> or for a groaning creation, until <span class= + "tei tei-q">“the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of + the Lord; and He shall send Jesus Christ, whom the heaven must + receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page196">[pg 196]</span><a name="Pg196" + id="Pg196" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> hath spoken by the mouth of + ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN”</span> (Acts iii. + 19-21).</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">“</span><span style="font-size: 90%">The world + is sick, and yet not unto death;</span></span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">There is for it a day of health in + store;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">From lips of love there comes the + healing breath,—</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The breath of Him who all its + sickness bore,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And bids it rise to strength and + beauty evermore.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Evil still reigns; and deep within + we feel</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The fever, and the palsy, and the + pain</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Of life's perpetual heartaches, + that reveal</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The rooted poison, which, from + heart and brain,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">We labour to extract, but labour + all in vain.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Our skill avails not; ages come + and go,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Yet bring with them no respite and + no cure;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The hidden wound, the sigh of + pent-up woe,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The sting we smother, but must + still endure,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The worthless remedies which no + relief procure,—</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-bottom: 0.90em; margin-top: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">All these cry out for something + more divine,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Which the worst woes of earth may + not withstand;</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Medicine that cannot fail—the oil + and wine,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">The balm and myrrh, growth of no + earthly land,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "text-align: left; margin-left: 1.80em"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And the all-skilful touch of the + great Healer's hand.</span> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-lg" style= + "margin-top: 0.90em; margin-bottom: 0.90em"> + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Man needs a prophet: Heavenly + Prophet, speak,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And teach him what he is too proud + to hear.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style="text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">Man needs a priest: True Priest, + Thy silence break,</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span style="font-size: 90%">And speak the words of pardon in + his ear.</span> + </div> + + <div class="tei tei-l" style= + "margin-left: 1.80em; text-align: left"> + <span class="tei tei-q" style="text-align: left"><span style= + "font-size: 90%">Man needs a king: O King, at length in peace + appear.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page199">[pg 199]</span><a name= + "Pg199" id="Pg199" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + <hr class="page" /> + + <div class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc109" id="toc109"></a> <a name="pdf110" id="pdf110"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Appendix. Note on the Sign + LIBRA.</span></h1> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">On page <a href= + "#Pg047" class="tei tei-ref">47</a> we called attention to the point + that in all probability the Sign <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span> + was a very ancient corruption.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The ancient + Akkadian name for the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seventh</span></em> month, which was the month + when the sun was in the Sign now called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span>, was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tul-ku</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the sacred mound</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">altar</span></span>. + The Akkadian name for this Sign was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Bir</span></span>, + which means <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Light</span></span>, hence, the Lamp with + its light, or the Altar with its fire.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="text-align: center; width: 80%"> + <a href="images/fig-01.png"><img src="images/fig-01.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"> + Fig. 1—The Circular Altar, in the Sign now called Libra. + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page200">[pg 200]</span><a name= + "Pg200" id="Pg200" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Its most ancient + form was a circular altar.<a id="noteref_88" name="noteref_88" href= + "#note_88"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">88</span></span></a> In + Figure 1 we have reproduced this,<a id="noteref_89" name="noteref_89" + href="#note_89"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">89</span></span></a> and it + will be at once seen that we have the original of the disc now + preserved in the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">two circular scales</span></em> which form the + Sign of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The next stage of + the corruption is shown in the Akkadian name of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Scorpio</span></span> + (the Scorpion)—the Sign immediately to the left of the Altar. It was + called <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Gir-tab</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the Seizer and + Stinger</span></span>, and the next Figure (2), taken from an + Euphratean boundary stone,<a id="noteref_90" name="noteref_90" href= + "#note_90"><span class="tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">90</span></span></a> shows + the two Signs combined, for the Scorpion is stretching out its claws + in order to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seize</span></em> the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Lamp</span></em> or + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Altar</span></em>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/fig-02.png"><img src="images/fig-02.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-top: 1.00em; margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"> + Fig. 2—The Scorpion and the Lamp. (From a Euphratean Boundary + Stone.) + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page201">[pg 201]</span><a name= + "Pg201" id="Pg201" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Thus the meaning + of its name is exemplified. It is called the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Seizer and + Stinger</span></span>. And just as in the constellation above it, the + Serpent is struggling with the man, while at the same time it is + stretching out its neck to seize the crown,<a id="noteref_91" name= + "noteref_91" href="#note_91"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">91</span></span></a> so here + the Scorpion, while trying to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sting</span></em> the same man in the heel, is + stretching out its claws to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seize</span></em> the altar.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">A seal on a + contract, nearly 700 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, shows this Circular + Altar actually in the grasp of the Scorpion.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1.00em"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 80%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/fig-03.png"><img src="images/fig-03.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Fig. 3—Scorpion and Lamp. (From an Euphratean Seal.) + </div> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Figure 3 is a + picture of this Euphratean Seal, preserved on a contract made on the + 8th day of the month <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tisri</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + this same <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seventh</span></em> month!<a id="noteref_92" + name="noteref_92" href="#note_92"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">92</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This then is the + next stage. But Mr. Robert Brown, junr., observes, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“The <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Circle</span></em> or other representation of an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Altar</span></em> not unnaturally disappeared as + <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page202">[pg 202]</span><a name="Pg202" + id="Pg202" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> the use of the Sign advanced + westward; whether by sea, or across Asia Minor, or both, and the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Chelai</span></span> alone remained when the + shores of the Ægean were reached.”</span><a id="noteref_93" name= + "noteref_93" href="#note_93"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">93</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is quite + true, for the Greek name for the Sign was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Chelai</span></span>, + which means simply <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the Claws</span></span>. And thus the Scorpion + monopolised two Signs; its body one, and its claws the other. This + led to the mistake of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Servius</span></span>, the intelligent + commentator on <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgil</span></span>,<a id="noteref_94" + name="noteref_94" href="#note_94"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">94</span></span></a> that + <span class="tei tei-q">“the Chaldean Zodiac consisted of but eleven + constellations.”</span> We now know that there were twelve Signs, and + the mistake is thus explained.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center"></p> + + <div class="tei tei-figure" style="width: 60%; text-align: center"> + <a href="images/fig-04.png"><img src="images/fig-04.png" alt= + "Illustration" /></a> + + <div class="tei tei-head" style= + "margin-bottom: 1.00em; text-align: center; margin-top: 1.00em"> + Fig. 4—The Constellation of "the Claws." Formerly the Circular + Altar, now Libra. + </div> + </div><span class="tei tei-pb" id="page203">[pg 203]</span><a name= + "Pg203" id="Pg203" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Mr. Brown quotes + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Achilles Tatius</span></span>, about 475 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, in a Fragment on the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Phainomena</span></span>, who says, τὰς χηλὰς + τὰς καλόυμένας ὑπ Ἀιγυπτίων Ζυγὸν.<a id="noteref_95" name= + "noteref_95" href="#note_95"><span class= + "tei tei-noteref"><span style= + "font-size: 60%; vertical-align: super">95</span></span></a></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> says that + <span class="tei tei-q">“some few stars of the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Claws</span></span> are + in the (Celestial) Equator.”</span> And <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ptolemy</span></span> describes the stars, + now reckoned in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span>, as being in what he + calls <span class="tei tei-q">“The Constellation of the + Claws.”</span> We have reproduced them so that his description of + them may be readily traced. He speaks of—</p> + + <div class="block tei tei-quote" style= + "margin-left: 3.60em; margin-top: 1.80em; margin-bottom: 1.80em; margin-right: 3.60em"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The bright one of those at the end of the + southern</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claw</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">.</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(It is named</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Zuben + el Genubi</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">and now marked + α).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The one more northerly than it, and + dimmer</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(now marked μ).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The bright one of those at the end of the + northern</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claw</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(named</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Zuben + el Chemali</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">, and now + marked β).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The one in front of it and dim</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(δ).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The one in the middle of the southern</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claw</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">(1 + i).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The one in the middle of the northern</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claw</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style="font-size: 90%">(now + marked γ).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The one behind it in the same</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claw</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(η).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The foremost of the three more northerly than the + northern</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claws</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(1 f).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The southern one of the two + hindmost</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(ε).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The hindmost of the three between the</span> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-size: 90%; font-style: italic">Claws</span></span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span> + <span style="font-size: 90%">(one of the stars now marked κ or + λ).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The northern of the two remaining and preceding + ones</span><span style="font-size: 90%">”</span></span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">(ζ).</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 0.90em"><span class= + "tei tei-q"><span style="font-size: 90%">“</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">The southern one of them</span><span style= + "font-size: 90%">”</span></span> <span style= + "font-size: 90%">(n).</span></p> + </div> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is how the + stars formerly in the Sign of the (Circular) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Altar</span></span>, came to be reckoned + in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Claws</span></span> <span class="tei tei-pb" id="page204">[pg + 204]</span><a name="Pg204" id="Pg204" class="tei tei-anchor"></a> of + the Scorpion; and this is how the circular scales of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Libra</span></span> came to be substituted + for the ancient <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Circular</span></span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Altar</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This corruption of + the primitive teaching of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Altar</span></span>, shows how the enemy + attempted to <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">seize</span></em> on the Atonement, bring in + <span class="tei tei-q">“the way of Cain,”</span> and substitute + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">human + merit</span></em> for the atoning sacrifice of Christ; thus + perverting the truth at its fountain head. Just as in Gen. iii. we + have the woman's promised Seed in conflict with the Enemy, so in Gen. + iv. we see the Scorpion's claws—<span class="tei tei-q">“the way of + Cain”</span> in conflict with <span class="tei tei-q">“the way of + God.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">There can be but + little doubt, therefore, that the first Sign of the Zodiac was + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, the second was the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Altar</span></span>, and the third was the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Scorpion</span></span>. The lesson which + they teach is clear: The Seed of the woman (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>), who was to come as a + child, should be a sacrifice (the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Altar</span></span>) for the sins of His + people; endure a great conflict with the enemy (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Scorpio</span></span>), in which He should + be wounded in the heel; but should in the end crush and tread the + enemy under foot.</p> + </div> + </div> + <hr class="doublepage" /> + + <div class="tei tei-back" style= + "margin-bottom: 2.00em; margin-top: 6.00em"> + <div id="footnotes" class="tei tei-div" style= + "margin-bottom: 5.00em; margin-top: 5.00em"> + <a name="toc111" id="toc111"></a> <a name="pdf112" id="pdf112"></a> + + <h1 class="tei tei-head" style= + "text-align: left; margin-bottom: 3.46em; margin-top: 3.46em"> + <span style="font-size: 173%">Footnotes</span></h1> + + <dl class="tei tei-list-footnotes"> + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_1" name="note_1" href= + "#noteref_1">1.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">For what is meant by <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Structure,”</span> see <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">A Key to the + Psalms</span></span>, by the late Rev. Thos. Boys, edited by the + present author, 7, St. Paul's Churchyard. Price Five + shillings.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_2" name="note_2" href= + "#noteref_2">2.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Viz.</span></span>, + in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span> (verses 7, 8),—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Converting,”</span> from שׁוּב, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + return</span></span>, as the sun in the heavens.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Testimony,”</span> from עוּד, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + repeat</span></span>, hence, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + witness</span></span>, spoken of the sun in Ps. lxxxix. 37.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Sure,”</span> אָמַן, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">faithful</span></span>, as the sun. (Ps. + lxxxix. 37.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Enlightening,”</span> from אוֹר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to give + light</span></span>, as the sun. (Gen. i. 15, 17, 18; Isa. lx. + 19; Ezek. xxxii. 7.)</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">B</span></span> (verses 11, 12, 13),—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Warned,”</span> from זָהַר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to make + light</span></span>, hence, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">to teach</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">admonish</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Keeping,”</span> from שָׁמַר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + keep</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">observe</span></span>, as the heavens. (Ps. + cxxx. 6; Isa. xxi. 11.) Or as the heavenly bodies <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">observe</span></em> God's ordinances.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Errors,”</span> from שָׁנַה, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + wander</span></span>, as the planets.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Keep back,”</span> חָשַׂךְ, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to hold + back</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">restrain</span></span>.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Have dominion over,”</span> from מָשַׁל, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + rule</span></span>. Spoken of the sun and moon in Gen. i. 18. + <span class="tei tei-q">“The sun to rule the day,”</span> &c. + (Ps. cxxxvi. 8, 9.)</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_3" name="note_3" href= + "#noteref_3">3.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The other half + of the Psalm is just as perfectly arranged. For example, there + are six words used (verses 7-9) to describe the fulness of the + Word of God, and they are thus placed, alternately:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">F | <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Two</span></em> + feminine singulars. (Law and Testimony.)<br /> + G | <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">One</span></em> masculine plural. + (Statutes.)<br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">F</span></span> | <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Two</span></em> + feminine singulars. (Commandment and Fear.)<br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">G</span></span> | <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">One</span></em> + masculine plural. (Judgments.)</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_4" name="note_4" href= + "#noteref_4">4.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">From סָפֹר, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to cut + into</span></span>, or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">grave</span></span>, hence, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + write</span></span>. It has the two senses of our English verb + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">tell</span></span>, which means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + count</span></span>, and also <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">to narrate</span></span>. The first occurrence + is Gen. xv. 5, <span class="tei tei-q">“<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Tell</span></span> + (סְפֹר) the stars, if thou be able to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">number</span></span> + (לסֵפֹּר) them.”</span> Gen. xxiv. 66, <span class="tei tei-q">“The + servant <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">told</span></span> Isaac all things that he + had done.”</span> Ps. lxxi. 15, <span class="tei tei-q">“My mouth + shall <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">show forth</span></span> (יְסַפֵּר, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">tell + of</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>) thy righteousness + and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">numbers</span></span> + (סְפֹרוֹת, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + accounts</span></span>) of them,”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + all the particulars.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_5" name="note_5" href= + "#noteref_5">5.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">From כָּבַד, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to be heavy, + weight</span></span>, the context determining whether the weight + spoken of is advantageous or not. The first occurrence is Gen. xii. + 10, <span class="tei tei-q">“The famine was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">grievous</span></span> (כָּבֵד) in the + land.”</span> The next, xiii. 2, <span class="tei tei-q">“Abram was + very <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">rich</span></span> (כָּבֵד).”</span> It is + often applied to persons who are <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">of + weight</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">importance</span></span>, hence, glorious and + honourable. It is used of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">glory</span></span> of the Lord, and of God + Himself, as we use Majesty of a person. See Isa. iii. 8; iv. 2; xi. + 10; xliii. 20; Hag. ii. 8; Ex. xvi. 7; xxiv. 17; 1 Sam. iv. 21; + Pss. xxvi. 8 (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">honour</span></span>); lxiii. 3.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_6" name="note_6" href= + "#noteref_6">6.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">From נָגַד, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to set + before</span></span>, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">to set forth</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + shew</span></span>. First occurrence, Gen. iii. 11, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Who <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">told</span></span> thee that thou wast + naked.”</span> Ps. xcvii. 6, <span class="tei tei-q">“The heavens + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">declare</span></span> His + righteousness”</span>; cxi. 6, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">He hath shewed</span></span> his people the + power of his works.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_7" name="note_7" href= + "#noteref_7">7.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">This is the English idiom for the + Hebrew <span class="tei tei-q">“Day to day.”</span> The ל is used + in its sense of <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">adding</span></em> or superadding to, as in + Isa. xxviii. 10, צַו לָצָו, <span class="tei tei-q">“precept to + precept;”</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, precept after precept, + line after line. Gen. xlvi. 26, <span class="tei tei-q">“All the + souls that came with Jacob”</span> (לְיַעֲקֹב, to Jacob; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, in addition to Jacob. So + here, <span class="tei tei-q">“Day to day;”</span> <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + Day in addition to day, or, as we say, Day after day).</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_8" name="note_8" href= + "#noteref_8">8.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">From נָבַע, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to tell + forth</span></span>, akin to נָבַא, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + prophesy</span></span>, from root <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to pour + forth</span></span>. Lit., here, poureth forth discourse. Ps. cxlv. + 9, <span class="tei tei-q">“abundantly utter.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_9" name="note_9" href= + "#noteref_9">9.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Their line, קָו, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + their measuring line. By the figure of metonymy the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">line</span></em> + which measures is put for the portion or heritage which is + measured, as in many other places. See Ps. xvi. 6, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, + I have a goodly heritage.”</span> (See also Ps. lxxviii. 55, + &c.) Here, it means that <span class="tei tei-q">“Their + measuring line has gone forth unto all the earth (אֶרֶץ)”</span>; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, All the earth inherits + this their testimony (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, has this testimony for its + heritage), and to the ends of the world (תֵבֵל, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the inhabited + world</span></span>) their instruction has gone forth. With this + agrees, in sense, the LXX. here, and Rom. x. 16, which each has + φθόγγος, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a sound</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">voice</span></span>; + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, a sound in relation to the + hearer, rather than to that which causes it. The meaning of the + passage is, <span class="tei tei-q">“All the earth has their + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">sound</span></em> or testimony as its + heritage, and the ends of the world hear their words.”</span> + Symmachus has ἦχος, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a sound</span></span>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">report</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_10" name="note_10" href= + "#noteref_10">10.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">חֵמָה means <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">that which is + hot</span></span>, and is a poetical name of the sun itself.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_11" name="note_11" href= + "#noteref_11">11.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Job is thought by some to be the Jobab + mentioned in Gen. x. 29, the third in descent from Eber.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_12" name="note_12" href= + "#noteref_12">12.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Note the + structure of this verse:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">A | The seven + stars,<br /> + B | Orion,<br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">A</span></span> | The twelve signs,<br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">B</span></span> | Arcturus.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_13" name="note_13" href= + "#noteref_13">13.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">General Chesney allowed the late Dean + Goode to copy the passage, among other matters, from his private + MS. The Dean quotes it in his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Warburtonian Lectures</span></span> (2nd Ed., + Note I. to Sermon IV., p. 170-1.)</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_14" name="note_14" href= + "#noteref_14">14.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Fragments of these coloured glazed + bricks are to be seen in the British Museum.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_15" name="note_15" href= + "#noteref_15">15.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Babylonian Life and History</span></span>, p. + 36.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_16" name="note_16" href= + "#noteref_16">16.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">τοῦ γαρ καὶ γένος ἐσμεν.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_17" name="note_17" href= + "#noteref_17">17.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">τοῦ γαρ καὶ γένος ἐσμεν.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_18" name="note_18" href= + "#noteref_18">18.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Besides this + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">monthly</span></em> difference, there is an + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">annual</span></em> difference; for at the + end of twelve months the sun does not come back to exactly the + same point in the sign which commenced the year, but is a little + behind it. But this difference, though it occurs every year, is + so small that it will take 25,579 years for the sun to complete + this vast cycle, which is called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The precession of + the Equinoxes</span></span>; <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + about one degree in every 71 years. If the sun came back to the + precise point at which it began the year, each <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">sign</span></em> + would correspond, always and regularly, exactly with a particular + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">month</span></em>; but, owing to this + constant regression, the sun (while it goes through the whole + twelve signs every year) commences the year in one sign for only + about 2,131 years. In point of fact, since the Creation the + commencement of the year has changed to the extent of nearly + three of the signs. When Virgil sings—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The White Bull with golden horns opens the + year</span></span>,”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">he does not + record what took place in his own day. This is another proof of + the antiquity of these signs.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ecliptic</span></span>, or path of the sun, + if it could be viewed from immediately beneath the Polar Star, + would form a complete and perfect circle, would be concentric + with the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Equator</span></span>, and all the stars and + the sun would appear to move in this circle, never rising or + setting. To a person north or south of the Equator the stars + therefore rise and set obliquely; while to a person on the + Equator they rise and set perpendicularly, each star being twelve + hours above and twelve below the horizon.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The points + where the two circles (the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ecliptic</span></span> and the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Equator</span></span>) intersect each other + are called the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Equinoctial points</span></span>. It is the + movement of these points (which are now moving from Aries to + Pisces) which gives rise to the term, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the precession of the + Equinoxes</span></span>.”</span></p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_19" name="note_19" href= + "#noteref_19">19.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">It is exactly the same with the books + of the Bible. Their order and their names, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">as we have + them</span></em> in the English Bible, are those which <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">man</span></em> has + given them, copied from the Septuagint and Vulgate, and in many + cases are not the Divine names according to the Hebrew Canon.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_20" name="note_20" href= + "#noteref_20">20.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Here, the fact of His humiliation, + together with this long period of His rejection, is leaped over, + and the prophecy passes on at once—over at least a period of 1893 + years—to this <span class="tei tei-q">“glory which should + follow.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_21" name="note_21" href= + "#noteref_21">21.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">ε, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Mureddin</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_22" name="note_22" href= + "#noteref_22">22.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">β, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zavijavah</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_23" name="note_23" href= + "#noteref_23">23.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The star now marked δ.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_24" name="note_24" href= + "#noteref_24">24.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The star ζ.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_25" name="note_25" href= + "#noteref_25">25.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The star α, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Al + Zimach</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_26" name="note_26" href= + "#noteref_26">26.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The stars are known by Greek letters + and sometimes by numbers, &c. Alpha (α) denotes a star of the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">first</span></em> magnitude; Beta (β), the + second, and so on. This plan was originated by Bayer in his + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Uranometria</span></span>, 1603. The star + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Alpha</span></span>, as seen in the New Great + Equatorial Telescope recently set up at Greenwich, is now + discovered to be really a <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">double</span></em> star, though it had + hitherto always appeared to be <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">one</span></em>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_27" name="note_27" href= + "#noteref_27">27.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Jer. xxxiii. 15 being only a + repetition of Jer. xxiii. 5.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_28" name="note_28" href= + "#noteref_28">28.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">From כָּמַה which occurs only in Ps. + lxiii. 1, <span class="tei tei-q">“my flesh <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">longeth</span></em> + for thee.”</span> It is akin to חָמַד, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">to + desire</span></span>. Ps. xix. 10; Is. liii. 2; Hag. ii. 7; + etc.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_29" name="note_29" href= + "#noteref_29">29.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">A Latin translation of his work is in + the British Museum Library. He says the Persians understood these + signs, but that the Indians perverted them with inventions.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_30" name="note_30" href= + "#noteref_30">30.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The constellations are called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Decans</span></span>. The word means + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">a + part</span></span>, and is used of the three parts into which each + sign is divided, each of which is occupied by a constellation.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_31" name="note_31" href= + "#noteref_31">31.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">It appears that MM. Saulnier, fils, + and Lelorrain arrived while Signor Bossi was engaged in copying it, + but concealed their design to remove it. The King of France paid + £6,250 sterling for it. It has since been copied, and lithographs + have been published.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_32" name="note_32" href= + "#noteref_32">32.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Act IV., Scene 3.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_33" name="note_33" href= + "#noteref_33">33.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">I.e.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">come + forth</span></span> (as in the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">r.v.</span></span>). + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">At</span></span>, as the preposition מ is + rendered in Gen. iii. 24. <span class="tei tei-q">“There shall come + forth a star at or over the inheritance or possessions of + Jacob,”</span> thus indicating the locality which would be on the + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">meridian</span></em> of this star.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_34" name="note_34" href= + "#noteref_34">34.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">It ought also to be noted that in the + preceding year there were three conjunctions of the planets Jupiter + and Saturn, at the end of May and October, and at the beginning of + December. Kepler (1571-1631) was the first to point this out, and + his calculations have been confirmed by the highest authorities. + These conjunctions occurred in the sign of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span>: and this sign, + according to all the ancient Jewish authorities (Josephus, + Abarbanel, Eliezer, and others), has special reference to + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Israel</span></span>. The conjunction of + Jupiter and Saturn, they hold, always marked the occurrence of some + event <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">favourable to Israel</span></em>; while + Kepler, calculating backwards, found that this astronomical + phenomenon always coincided with some great historical crisis, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>: the Revelation to Adam, + the birth of Enoch, the Revelation to Noah, the birth of Moses, the + birth of Cyrus, the birth of Christ, the birth of Charlemagne, and + the birth of Luther.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_35" name="note_35" href= + "#noteref_35">35.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The ancient name could not have been + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Boötes</span></span>! though it is derived + from, and may be a reminiscence of the Hebrew.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_36" name="note_36" href= + "#noteref_36">36.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratus</span></span> calls him + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arctophylax</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, + the guardian of Arctos, the flock of the greater fold, called + to-day the Great Bear:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Behind, and seeming to urge on the Bear,<br /> + Arctophylax, on earth Boötes named,<br /> + Sheds o'er the Arctic car his silver light.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">By some + moderns he is mistakenly called <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">The + Waggoner</span></span>. Hence the allusion of Thompson:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Wide o'er the spacious regions of the North,<br /> + Boötes urges on his tardy wain.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This + perversion scarcely does justice even to human common sense, as + waggoners do not use a sickle for a whip!</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_37" name="note_37" href= + "#noteref_37">37.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation is a very brilliant one, having 54 stars, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, one of the 1st + magnitude, six of the 3rd, eleven of the 4th, etc.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The + constellation of the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Canes Venatici</span></span> (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Greyhounds</span></span>), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, the two dogs (Asterion + and Chara), which Boötes holds by a leash, is quite a modern + invention, being added by Hevelius (1611-1687). The bright star + of the 3rd magnitude in the neck of Chara, was named <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cor Caroli</span></span>”</span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + heart of Charles</span></span>) by Sir Charles Scarborough, + physician to Charles II., in honour of Charles I., in 1649. This + is a good example of the almost infinite distance between the + ancient and modern names. The former are full of mysterious + significance and grandeur, while the latter are puerile in the + extreme, almost approaching to the comic! <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">e.g.</span></span>, + the Air Pump, the Painter's Easel, the Telescope, the Triangle, + the Fly, the Microscope, the Indian, the Fox and Goose, the + Balloon, the Toucan (or American Goose), the Compasses, Charles's + Oak, the Cat, the Clock, the Unicorn, &c. The vast difference + can be at once seen between those designed by the ancients and + those added by astronomers in more recent times.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These new + constellations were added, 22 by Hevelius (1611-1687); and 15 by + Halley (1656-1742). They were formed for the purpose of embracing + those stars which were not included in the ancient + constellations. This shows that the old constellations were not + designed, like the modern ones, merely for the sake of enabling + astronomers to identify the positions of particular stars. In + this case <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">all</span></em> the stars would have been + included. <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The object was exactly the + opposite</span></em>! Instead of the pictures being designed to + serve to identify the stars, only certain stars were used for the + purpose of helping <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">to identify the pictures</span></em>!</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is + another important proof of the truth of our whole argument.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_38" name="note_38" href= + "#noteref_38">38.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">See quotation from Dr. Budge, on page + <a href="#Pg012" class="tei tei-ref">12</a>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_39" name="note_39" href= + "#noteref_39">39.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">And certainly the symbol by which it + is still known ♎ is more like the top of an altar (See <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ara</span></span>, + Plate <a href="#Plate-xiv" class="tei tei-ref">XIV</a>.) than a + pair of balances, to which we can trace no resemblance whatever. + See Note in the Appendix.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_40" name="note_40" href= + "#noteref_40">40.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Antares</span></span> seems also to have been + known as <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lesath</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_41" name="note_41" href= + "#noteref_41">41.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Luke xxii. 53: comp. Col. i. 13 and + Eph. vi. 12.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_42" name="note_42" href= + "#noteref_42">42.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">In 1604 a new star appeared in the + eastern foot of Ophiuchus, but disappeared again in 1605.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_43" name="note_43" href= + "#noteref_43">43.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">There is an ancient Greek fable which + calls Ophiuchus Æsculapius, the son of Apollo. Having restored + Hippolytus to life, he was everywhere worshipped as the god of + health, and hence the serpent entwined around him is, to this day, + the symbol of the medical art! This, however, is, doubtless, + another perversion of the primitive truth that the Coming One in + overcoming the serpent, should become the great healer of all the + sorrows of the world, and cause all its groanings to cease.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_44" name="note_44" href= + "#noteref_44">44.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Cerberus</span></span>, or the serpent with + three heads, was placed by Hevelius (1611-1687) by the side of + Hercules. Bayer had previously placed the apple branch in his hand. + This was symbolical of the golden apples of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Hesperides</span></span>, which he obtained by + killing the three-headed <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">hydra</span></span>, by whom they were + guarded. In our picture these are combined, and a bow and quiver + added from other ancient authorities.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_45" name="note_45" href= + "#noteref_45">45.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">In our picture we have combined the + two great thoughts, taking the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">harp</span></em> + from a picture dug up at Herculaneum, and adding an eagle soaring + up with it.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_46" name="note_46" href= + "#noteref_46">46.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This is the + first time that the word <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Alleluia”</span> occurs in the New Testament, and it + is praise for judgment executed.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Where is its + first occurrence in the Old Testament? In Ps. civ. 35, where we + have the very same solemn and significant connection:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em"><span class= + "tei tei-q">“Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth,<br /> + And let the wicked be no more.<br /> + Bless thou the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>, O my soul,<br /> + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Hallelujah</span></span> (Praise ye + the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>).”</span></p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_47" name="note_47" href= + "#noteref_47">47.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">There is a fish tail here. The third + Decan of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Capricornus</span></span> is a fish + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Delphinus</span></span>). There is again a + fish (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Piscis Australis</span></span>) in the next + sign (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aquarius</span></span>), and then the + following sign is <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span>, or the Fishes. So + that the Redeemed Multitudes are presented throughout this Second + Book.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_48" name="note_48" href= + "#noteref_48">48.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">When we come to the last chapter of + this book we shall see that the Sun was in the sign of the other + sacrificial animal, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>, at the very hour of + the Crucifixion. And <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span> sets before us the + victory of <span class="tei tei-q">“the Lamb that was + slain.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_49" name="note_49" href= + "#noteref_49">49.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The eleventh, because everyone begins + to reckon from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aries</span></span>, and not as we have + done from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Virgo</span></span>, as shown by the + riddle of the Sphinx. See page <a href="#Pg020" class= + "tei tei-ref">20</a>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_50" name="note_50" href= + "#noteref_50">50.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">And in great contrast with several + modern ones near it, <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">e.g.</span></span>, the Balloon, the + Sculptor's Apparatus, the Microscope, Euclid's Square, the + Telescope, etc., etc.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_51" name="note_51" href= + "#noteref_51">51.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">How inconsistent when there were three + such conjunctions in one year, all in the same sign of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Pisces</span></span>, immediately + preceding the birth of the woman's Seed; and in addition to this + the new star which had been foretold. See under <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Coma</span></span>, + Pages <a href="#Pg036" class="tei tei-ref">36</a>, <a href="#Pg037" + class="tei tei-ref">37</a>, <a href="#Pg038" class= + "tei tei-ref">38</a>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_52" name="note_52" href= + "#noteref_52">52.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The figure of <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Tapeinosis</span></span>, which calls our + attention to that fact that He was delighted thus to be + called.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_53" name="note_53" href= + "#noteref_53">53.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">There are 113 stars in this sign, none + of any great importance; only one of the 3rd magnitude, five of the + 4th, etc.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_54" name="note_54" href= + "#noteref_54">54.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-q">“El + Nath”</span> is used by Chaucer as the name of a spring star.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_55" name="note_55" href= + "#noteref_55">55.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Taurus</span></span> then marked the + Spring Equinox.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_56" name="note_56" href= + "#noteref_56">56.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-q">“Thy beauty; + for it was perfect through My comeliness, which I put upon thee + (Jerusalem), saith the <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>”</span> (Ezek. xvi. + 14).</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_57" name="note_57" href= + "#noteref_57">57.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Those who interpret the Queen here of + the Church as the Bride, interpret the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Virgins”</span> in Matt. xxv. of the Bride also. But + how inconsistent! If the <span class="tei tei-q">“Virgins”</span> + be the Church in Matt. xxv., then where is the Bride? If the Queen + is the Bride (the Church) in Ps. xlv., then who are the + <span class="tei tei-q">“virgins her companions”</span>? Both + cannot be the correct interpretation. In fact, both are wrong, and + hence the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">confusion</span></em>. The Bride must be + interpreted by the Old Testament scriptures, and the Prophecies + which belong to Israel must not be robbed and given to the Church. + They cannot be thus diverted without bringing confusion into the + Scripture, and causing loss to our souls.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_58" name="note_58" href= + "#noteref_58">58.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">See Job xxxix. 14, 15, where it is + said, the ostrich <span class="tei tei-q">“leaveth her eggs in the + dust, forgetting that the foot may crush them, or that the wild + beast may break them.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_59" name="note_59" href= + "#noteref_59">59.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The others have names, but they were + given by the Greeks from the names of the seven daughters of + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Atlas</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Pleione</span></span>. The Hyades were their + sisters. Together they tell us that the saints will be secure with + this mighty Lord when he comes to rule.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_60" name="note_60" href= + "#noteref_60">60.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes + spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are + integral parts of Taurus.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_61" name="note_61" href= + "#noteref_61">61.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">See Jer. xxx. 21; and Matt. xxi. + 10.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_62" name="note_62" href= + "#noteref_62">62.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The star ζ (in the belt) is called + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Mintaka</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">dividing</span></span>, as a sacrifice. (Lev. + viii. 2.)</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_63" name="note_63" href= + "#noteref_63">63.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Note, + that—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In a and + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">a</span></span>, we have the rising of + Israel;<br /> + In b and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">b</span></span>, the light that is come upon + her;<br /> + In c and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">c</span></span>, the glory of the + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Lord</span></span>; and<br /> + In d and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">d</span></span>, the darkness of the + world.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_64" name="note_64" href= + "#noteref_64">64.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">It is also reckoned in the horn of + Taurus.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_65" name="note_65" href= + "#noteref_65">65.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The same as in 2 Sam. iv. 1.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_66" name="note_66" href= + "#noteref_66">66.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Our English <span class= + "tei tei-q">“Sir”</span> is derived from this word.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_67" name="note_67" href= + "#noteref_67">67.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Euphratean Stellar + Researches</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_68" name="note_68" href= + "#noteref_68">68.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Marg., <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the captives of the + just</span></span>,”</span> or, as read by <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + Vulg.</span></span> and <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Syr.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">the captives of the + terrible</span></span>.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_69" name="note_69" href= + "#noteref_69">69.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The Scarabæus, passing its early + existence as a worm of the earth, and thence issuing as a winged + denizen of heaven, was held sacred by the Egyptians as an emblem of + the resurrection of the body.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_70" name="note_70" href= + "#noteref_70">70.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Ass</span></span> was + the emblem of <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Typhon</span></span>, the king <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">who + smites</span></span> or <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">is smitten</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_71" name="note_71" href= + "#noteref_71">71.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The word is so rendered in Judges v. + 16, in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.v.</span></span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_72" name="note_72" href= + "#noteref_72">72.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Euphratean Stellar Researches</span></span>, + pp. 8, 9.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_73" name="note_73" href= + "#noteref_73">73.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The Græco-Judean equivalent of Joshua + or Jesus.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_74" name="note_74" href= + "#noteref_74">74.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Jamieson's <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Scientific + Display</span></span>, &c., p. 58.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_75" name="note_75" href= + "#noteref_75">75.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">(1) <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Gor</span></span>, a + lion's whelp. (2) <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Ciphir</span></span>, a young lion when first + hunting for himself. (3) <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sachal</span></span>, a mature lion in full + strength. (4) <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Laish</span></span>, a fierce lion. (5) + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Labia</span></span>, a lioness; and (6) + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Arieh</span></span>, an adult lion, having + paired, in search of his prey (Nah. ii. 12; 2 Sam. xvii. 10; Num. + xxiii. 24).</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_76" name="note_76" href= + "#noteref_76">76.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The passage consists really of two + members, each of which is arranged as an introversion, where the + subject of 1 corresponds to 7; 2 corresponds to 6; etc.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_77" name="note_77" href= + "#noteref_77">77.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">General Vallancey spells <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> + שׂערוֹץ, which amounts to 666 by Gematria! <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Viz.</span></span>, ש + = 300 + ע = 70 + ר = 200 + ו = 6 + ץ = 90 = 666.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_78" name="note_78" href= + "#noteref_78">78.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These facts + are kindly supplied by Mr. E. W. Maunder, of the Royal + Observatory, Greenwich, who gives another example, as + follows:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 586 there were two + solar eclipses: on June 22 (Julian) the old and dying eclipse, + and on July 22 (Julian) another (the new one). A <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Saros</span></span> + (<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">viz.</span></span>, 18 years and 11 days) + earlier <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">there was only one</span></em>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">viz.</span></span> + on June 11 (Julian), <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 568, there being no + eclipse on July 11 of that year.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The last + appearance of this new eclipse, which first appeared on July 22, + 586, was on August 28 (Greg.), 1848, so that it had a life + history of 70 <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Sari</span></span>, amounting to 1,262 years + 36 days (after the Julian dates have been corrected to correspond + to the Gregorian). Thus the eclipse that died, so to speak, on + August 28 (Greg.), 1848, first appeared on July 22 (Julian) in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 586. See an + important article on Eclipses by Mr. E. W. Maunder in + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Knowledge</span></span>, for October 1893, + where other <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">life-histories</span></span> of eclipses are + given, and the whole subject of eclipses clearly explained.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_79" name="note_79" href= + "#noteref_79">79.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">The relations between 595 years and + 1,262 years 36 days, are the same as the relations between 594 + years and 1,260 years. The difference of the 2 years 36 days is due + to the excess of 10.96 days over the 18 completed years in each + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Saros.</span></span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_80" name="note_80" href= + "#noteref_80">80.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">This is the date which concerns only + the <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">City + of Jerusalem</span></em>. The Romans were not completely driven out + from <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">the + land</span></em> until Cæsarea had fallen in 638, when the conquest + was finally completed. See Gibbon's <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Decline and + Fall</span></span>.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_81" name="note_81" href= + "#noteref_81">81.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">This date + 636-7 is a great and important central date, whether we reckon + backwards or forwards; whether we reckon them as <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lunar</span></em>, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zodiacal</span></em> (360 days), or + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Solar</span></em> (365 days) years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(1.) If we + take <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Lunar years</span></em> (= 1222-1/2 + Solar)—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(a.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">backward</span></em>, we get to 587 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, the very date of + the destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(b.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">forward</span></em>, we get to 1860 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, the very date of + the European intervention in the Lebanon, which has brought the + Eastern Question into its present prominent position.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(2.) If we + take <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zodiacal years</span></em> (= 1242 + Solar)—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(a.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">backward</span></em> we get to 608 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span>, the date of the + battle of Carchemish (2 Chron. xxxv. 20), when Babylon completed + the conquest of Assyria, and became supreme; utterly shattering + all the hope which Israel had in Egypt.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(b.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">forward</span></em> brings us to 1879 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, when, by the + Treaty of Berlin, Ottoman power received a blow from which it has + never recovered, and which has prepared the way for its + extinction.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(3.) If we + take <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Solar years</span></em>, then—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(a.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">backward</span></em>, we get to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 624 (<span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3376), the + beginning of the Babylonian kingdom, the <span class= + "tei tei-q">“head of gold.”</span></p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">(b.) reckoning + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">forward</span></em> we get to 1896-7 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span>, which is yet + future.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These + reckonings in their <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">beginnings</span></em> and <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">endings</span></em> form an <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">introversion</span></em>, or <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Epanodos</span></span>, thus:—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">587 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> ... 606 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> ... 624 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> ... dates + increasing.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">1860 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> ... 1879 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> ... 1896-7 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> ... dates + increasing.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">The <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Solar</span></em> + reckonings are the more important dates; the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">Lunar</span></em> + are next in significance; while <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Zodiacal</span></em> reckonings furnish us + with dates which, to say the least, fit neatly into their + places.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_82" name="note_82" href= + "#noteref_82">82.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">These dates are those furnished by the + Monuments, as given by Dr. Budge, of the British Museum, in his + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Babylonian Life and History</span></span>, + R.T.S., 1885. They also agree with the dates dug up by Sir Henry + Rawlinson in 1862, consisting of fragments of seven copies of the + famous <span class="tei tei-q">“Eponym Canon of Assyria,”</span> by + which the Assyrian chronology has been definitely settled. Before + this, historians had to be content with inferences and + conjectures.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_83" name="note_83" href= + "#noteref_83">83.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">In adjusting the <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> dates, the latter are + always apparently one year in advance of the former, because + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 4000 was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 1, and <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 3999 was <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 2. Hence <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3376 is not + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 624, but it is + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 625.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_84" name="note_84" href= + "#noteref_84">84.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Cyrus took Babylon, according to the + Monuments, in the 17th year of Nabonidus, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 539. 1 Maccabees i. + begins the first of Alexander from the death of Darius Codomannus + in <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.m.</span></span> 3672. This would + slightly vary the above distribution of the years of separate + duration.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_85" name="note_85" href= + "#noteref_85">85.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"> + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">In passing + from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> dates to + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> dates, <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style="font-style: italic">one year must + always be deducted</span></em>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">e.g.</span></span>, + from <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 2 to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 2 is only + <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">three</span></em> years, not four! Thus—</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">From Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 2 to Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 1 is one year.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">From Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 1 to Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 1 is one year.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">From Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 1 to Jan. 1 + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 2 is one year.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">These make + only <em class="tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">three</span></em> years.</p> + + <p class="tei tei-p" style="margin-bottom: 1.00em">Hence, + <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">b.c.</span></span> 31 to <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">a.d.</span></span> 636 is 666 years, + not 667.</p> + </dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_86" name="note_86" href= + "#noteref_86">86.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">While the <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">premisses</span></em> of the Historicist + school are thus strengthened, their <em class= + "tei tei-emph"><span style= + "font-style: italic">conclusions</span></em> are shown to be + erroneous.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_87" name="note_87" href= + "#noteref_87">87.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">And cause sacrifice and oblation to + cease (Dan. ix. 27). We know that is referred, by historicists, to + the Messiah. But they are not entitled to so interpret this passage + unless they take with it viii. 11, xi. 31, and xii. 11, where the + same event is distinctly referred to, and is spoken, not of Christ, + but of Antichrist.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_88" name="note_88" href= + "#noteref_88">88.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">See <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Aratos</span></span>, line 440.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_89" name="note_89" href= + "#noteref_89">89.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">As proved by Mr. Robt. Brown, junr., + in his <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Remarks on the Euphratean Astronomical Names + of the Signs of the Zodiac</span></span> (p. 16).</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_90" name="note_90" href= + "#noteref_90">90.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">By the kind permission of Mr. Robt. + Brown, junr., <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The Celestial Equator of Aratos</span></span>, + p. 466.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_91" name="note_91" href= + "#noteref_91">91.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">See this shown on the cover of this + book.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_92" name="note_92" href= + "#noteref_92">92.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">Menant, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">Empreintes de Cachets + Assyro-Chaldéens</span></span>, 9. <span class="tei tei-q">“Sur un + contrat daté du 8 Tisri, de l'année de Bin-takkil-ani, 690 ou 645 + avant J.C.”</span></dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_93" name="note_93" href= + "#noteref_93">93.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Researches on the Euphratean Astronomical + Names of the Signs of the Zodiac</span></span>, p. 17.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_94" name="note_94" href= + "#noteref_94">94.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext">In <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Georgica</span></span>, i. 33.</dd> + + <dt class="tei tei-notelabel"><a id="note_95" name="note_95" href= + "#noteref_95">95.</a></dt> + + <dd class="tei tei-notetext"><span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-variant: small-caps">Ap Petavius</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">Uranologion</span></span>, 168, <span class= + "tei tei-q">“<span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">The claws, called by the Egyptians + Zugon</span></span>,”</span> <span class="tei tei-hi"><span style= + "font-style: italic">i.e.</span></span>, <span class= + "tei tei-hi"><span style="font-style: italic">the + yoke</span></span> that joins any two things together.</dd> + </dl> + </div> + </div> + </div> + <div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 49018 ***</div> +</body> +</html> |