Tag: Witness of the Stars
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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 Stars: PEGASUS (The Winged Horse)
PEGASUS (The Winged Horse) The Blessings Quickly Coming. 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 brought by Him who has procured them. In the Denderah Zodiac there…
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Witness of the Stars: CYGNUS (The Swan)
3. CYGNUS (The Swan) The Blesser surely Returning. 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. In the Denderah Zodiac it is named Tes-ark, which means this from afar. It is a most…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter II. The Sign AQUARIUS (The Water Bearer) & PISCIS AUSTRALIS (The Southern Fish)
Chapter II. The Sign AQUARIUS (The Water Bearer) Their Blessings Ensured, or the Living Waters of Blessing Poured Forth for the Redeemed. 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…
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Witness of the Stars: Aquila (the Eagle) and DELPHINUS (The Dolphin)
2. AQUILA (The Eagle) The Smitten One Falling. 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 pierced, wounded, and dying Saviour whom it represents, after saying, in Ps. xxxviii. 2, “Thine arrows stick fast in Me,” added, in verse 10:…
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Witness of the Stars: SAGITTA (The Arrow)
1. SAGITTA (The Arrow) The Arrow of God sent forth. 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: “Thine arrows…
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The Witness of the Stars book 2 Chapter 1: The Sign CAPRICORNUS (The Sea Goat)
The Second Book. The Redeemed The Result of the Redeemer’s Sufferings. In the First Book we have had before us the work of the Redeemer set forth as it concerned His own glorious person. In this Second Book it is presented to us as it affects others. Here we see the results of His humiliation, and conflict, and victory—“The sufferings of…
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Witness of the Stars: Draco (the Dragon)
3. DRACO (The Dragon) The Old Serpent, or the Devil, cast down from Heaven. 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; “the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil…