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 brilliant and gorgeous asterism of 81 stars; one of the 1st or 2nd, six of the 3rd, twelve of the 4th magnitude, etc. It contains variable stars, five double stars, and one quadruple.

 

The star marekd "61 Cygni" is known as one of the most wonderful in the whole heavens. It consists of two stars which revolve about each other, and yet have a progressive motion common to each!

This mighty bird is not falling dead, like Aquila, but it is flying swiftly in mid-heaven. It is coming to the earth, for it is not so much a bird of the air, but a bird peculiarly belonging to both the earth and the waters.

Its brightest star a (between the body and the tail), is called Deneb (like another in CAPRICORNUS), and means the judge. It is also called Adige, flying swiftly, and thus at once it is connected with Him who cometh to judge the earth in righteousness.

The star b (in the beak) is named Al Bireo (Arabic), flying quickly.

The star g (in the body) is called Sadr (Hebrew), who returns as in a circle.

The two stars in the tail, now marked in the maps as p I and p II, are named Azel, who goes and returns quickly; and Fafage, gloriously shining forth.

 

 

The teaching, then, of the whole sign of AQUARIUS is clear and complete. The names of the stars explain the constellations, and the names of the constellations explain the sign, so that we are left in no doubt.

By His atoning death (as set forth in CAPRICORNUS) He has purchased and procured unspeakable blessings for His redeemed.

 

This sign (AQUARIUS) tells of those blessings being poured forth, and of the speedy return of Him who is to bring "rivers of blessing," and to fill this earth with blessing and glory "as the waters cover the sea."

"Then take, LORD, thy kingdom, and come in Thy glory; Make the scene of Thy sorrows the place of Thy throne,
Complete all the blessing which ages in story Have told of the triumphs so justly Thine own."
(from The Witness of the Stars, by E. W. Bullinger)

 

Cygnus The Swan

 

Consists of 81 stars: one of the 2nd magnitude approaching the1st: six of the 3rd: twelve of the 4th, etc.

 

This constellation lies in and parallel to the path of the Milky Way. It is the figure of a swan, the lordly king-bird of the waters. The principal stars, marking its wings and length of body, forming a large and beautiful cross, the most perfect of all crosses formed by the constellations. Viewed as a bird, it is flying south, In classic writings the swan was considered the emblem of poetic dignity, purity and grace.

 

Various legends relate to this sign, which is also called the Northern Cross. It is associated with t he swan into which Zeus transformed himself when he was wooing Leda, the wife of the king of Sparta.

 

In the Zodiac of Denderah, the name of this figure is "Tes-ark", meaning "this from afar". The meaning of this
constellation is reflected in its star-names. Its brightest star, Deneb (in the tail) means "the Lord" or "Judge to come".

Three of its other more important stars are, in Hebrew, Sadr (in the body) meaning "who returns as in a circle"; Azel (in the tail) meaning "who goes and returns quickly", and Fafage (in the tail) meaning "gloriously shining forth". These star-names continue to picture a risen and glorified Redeemer.

 

As the white dove is the emblem of the Holy Spirit, so the elegantly pure and graceful swan, bearing the cross, is a fitting emblem of Him who, dying, sends forth the glad river of living waters. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink" (John7:37).

 

In the total zodiacal constellation of Aquarius we have, pictured in the stars, the heavenly waters of life and salvation - the source being the "Seed" of the woman. He, who because of His great love for us, gave His life for our atonement. Resurrected after death, He assumed a new form of brightness and glory in the heavens, assuring us that He will return quickly to bring the waters of everlasting life.

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25