Category: Witness of the Stars
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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,…
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Witness of the Stars: The Third Book – The Redeemer: Chapter I. The Sign TAURUS (The Bull)
The Third Book. The Redeemer His Second Coming. 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…
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The Witness of the Stars: CETUS (The Sea Monster) & PERSEUS (“The Breaker.”)
CETUS (The Sea Monster) The Great Enemy Bound. 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): “I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain…
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Witness of the Star: CASSIOPEIA (The Enthroned Woman)
1. CASSIOPEIA (The Enthroned Woman) The Captive Delivered, and Preparing for her Husband, the Redeemer. In the last chapter we saw the woman bound; here we see the same woman freed, delivered, and enthroned. Ulugh Bey says its Arabic name is El Seder, which means the freed. In the Denderah Zodiac her name is Set, which means set, set up as Queen. Albumazer says…
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Witness of the Star: Chapter IV. The Sign ARIES (The Ram or Lamb)
Chapter IV. The Sign ARIES (The Ram or Lamb) The Blessings of the Redeemed Consummated and Enjoyed. This Second Book began with the Goat dying in sacrifice, and it ends with the Lamb living again, “as it had been slain.” The goat had the tail of a fish, indicating that his death was for a multitude of the redeemed. In the two…
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Witness of the Stars: CEPHEUS (The King)
3. CEPHEUS (The King) Their Redeemer Coming to Rule. 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. His name in the Denderah Zodiac is Pe-ku-hor, which means this one cometh to rule. The…