Tag: Witness of the Stars
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Witness of the Stars: Ara (The Altar)
ARA (The Altar) Consuming Fire Prepared for His Enemies. 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 Tartarus, or the abyss, or “outer-darkness.” It is an asterism with nine stars, of which three are of the 3rd magnitude, four of…
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Witness of the Stars: Lyra (the Harp)
1. LYRA (The Harp) Praise prepared for the Conqueror. “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion” (Ps. lxv. 1). And when the waiting time is over, and the Redeemer comes forth, then the praise shall be given. “We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, which art, and which wast, because thou hast taken to Thee…
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Chapter IV. The Sign SAGITTARIUS
Chapter IV. The Sign SAGITTARIUS The Redeemer’s Triumph. 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 “conquering and to conquer.” The subject is beautifully set forth in the written Word (Ps. xlv.…
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Witness of the Stars: HERCULES (The Mighty Man)
HERCULES (The Mighty Man) The Mighty Vanquisher 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, while his left foot is set directly over the head of the great dragon. In his right hand he…
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Witness of the Stars: SERPENS and OPHIUCHUS
The Struggle with the Enemy Here, Serpens, the serpent, is seen struggling vainly in the powerful grasp of the man who is named O-phi-u-chus. In Latin he is called Serpentarius. 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…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter III. The Sign SCORPIO
Chapter III. The Sign SCORPIO The Redeemer’s Conflict. 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…
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Witness of the Stars: CORONA (The Crown)
CORONA (The Crown) The Crown Bestowed “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.” This is what is foreshown by this concluding section of the second chapter. Each chapter ends with glory. As in the written…
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Witness of the Stars: Lupus or Victima (the Victim)
LUPUS or VICTIMA (The Victim). The Victim Slain Its modern name is Lupus (a wolf), because it looks like one. It may be any animal. The great point of this ancient constellation is that the animal has been slain, and is in the act of falling down dead. Its Greek name is Thera, a beast, and Lycos, a wolf. Its Latin name is Victima,…
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Witness of the Stars: Crux (the Cross)
CRUX (The Cross) The Cross Endured The Hebrew name was Adom, which means cutting off, as in Dan. ix. 26:—“After threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off.” The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet was called Tau, which was anciently made in the form of a cross. The ancient Phœnician was [Symbol: right-tilted cross]; the ancient Hebrew, as found on…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter II. The Sign LIBRA
Chapter II. The Sign LIBRA The Redeemer’s Atoning Work; or The Price deficient balanced by the Price which covers. 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. The second chapter is going to define and develope the manner…