Category: bible
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Witness of the Stars: URSA MAJOR (The Great Bear)
2. URSA MAJOR (The Great Bear) The Fold and the Flock. Of these it is written:— “But in Mount Zion there shall be those that escape, And it shall be holy: And the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” (Obad. 17-19, r.v.) It is a large and important constellation, containing 87 stars, of which one…
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Witness of the Stars: URSA MINOR (The Little Bear)
1. URSA MINOR (The Little Bear) The Lesser Sheepfold. Here we come to another grievous mistake, or ignorant perversion of primitive truth, as shown in the ancient names of these two constellations. It is sufficient to point to the fact that no Bear is found in any Chaldean, Egyptian, Persian, or Indian Zodiacs, and that…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab)
Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab) Messiah’s Redeemed Possessions held fast. With regard to the sign of Cancer, one thing is certain, that we have not got the original picture, or anything like it. It does not agree with the names either of its three constellations which have come down to us, or of its…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The Most Beautiful Thing in the World
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD The most beautiful thing in the world! Now what is it? If you will lift your eyes just a little you will see the flowers on the table, but lift them higher than the flowers, higher than this pulpit, higher than the pipes of the organ, above the…
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Witness of the Stars: CANIS MAJOR (The Dog), or SIRIUS (The Prince) & CANIS MINOR (The Second Dog)
This second constellation carries on the teaching, and tells of the glorious Prince who will thus subdue and reign. In the Denderah Zodiac he is called Apes, which means the head. He is pictured as a hawk (Naz, נַץ, caused to come forth, coming swiftly down). The hawk is the natural enemy of the serpent,…
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The Witness of the Stars: LEPUS (the Hare), THE ENEMY
1. LEPUS (the Hare), THE ENEMY The Enemy Trodden under Foot. 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 Latin, and having no relation to the ancient names of their stars. To learn their real meaning,…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The Twins)
Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The Twins) Messiah’s Reign as Prince of Peace. 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…
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The Witness of the Stars: AURIGA (The Shepherd)
3. AURIGA (The Shepherd) Safety for the Redeemed in the Day of Wrath. Here is presented to us the answer to the question (from the last section), “Who may abide the day of His coming?” “Behold, the Lord God (Adonai Jehovah) will come as a mighty one, And His arm shall rule for Him: Behold, His reward is…
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Witness of the Stars: ERIDANUS (The River of the Judge)
2. ERIDANUS (The River of the Judge) The River of Wrath Breaking Forth for His Enemies. 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 “the River Po,” or the “River Euphrates,” we see in it, from the meaning of its name, and…
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Witness of the Star: ORION (The Coming Prince)
1. ORION (The Coming Prince) Light Breaking Forth in the Redeemer. This picture is to show that the coming one is no mere animal, but a man: a mighty, triumphant, glorious prince. He is so pictured in the ancient Denderah Zodiac, where we see a man coming forth pointing to the three bright stars (Rigel, Bellatrix,…