Category: Witness of the Stars
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Witness of the Stars: Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA
Appendix. Note on the Sign LIBRA. In Chapter II. The Sign LIBRA, we called attention to the point that in all probability the Sign Libra was a very ancient corruption. The ancient Akkadian name for the seventh month, which was the month when the sun was in the Sign now called Libra, was Tul-ku, which means the sacred mound, or altar. The Akkadian name…
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Witness of the Stars: “For Signs and For Seasons”
“For Signs and For Seasons” 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 motions. When God created them and set them in the firmament of heaven, He said, in Gen. i. 14— “Let them…
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Witness of the Stars: Summary
Summary 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 “saw no beauty in…
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Witness of the Stars: Hydra (the Serpent), Crater (the cup), & CORVUS (The Raven)
The time has at length come for the fulfilment of the many prophecies pictured in the heavens: and 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. It is the special work of the Messiah, as…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter IV. The Sign Leo (the Lion) Messiah’s Consummated Triumph
Chapter IV. The Sign LEO (The Lion)Messiah’s Consummated Triumph 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 Head is Virgo and its…
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Witness of the Stars: ARGO (The Ship)The Pilgrims safe at Home
This is the celebrated ship of the Argonauts, which Homer sung nearly ten centuries before Christ. Sir Isaac Newton puts the expedition of the Argonauts shortly after the death of Solomon (about 975 b.c.). While Dr. Blair’s chronology puts it 1236 b.c. Whatever fables have gathered round the story there can be no doubt as…
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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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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,…