Virgo, The Prophecy of The Promised Seed.

 

 

Virgo is pictured as a woman with a branch in her right hand and some ears of corn in her left hand.

 

The name of this sign in Hebrew is "Bethulah", which means "a virgin": in Greek, "Parthenos", "the maid of virgin pureness": in Arabic, "Adarah", "the pure virgin".

 

All the traditions, names and mythologies, connected with this sign, recognize and emphasize the virginity of the woman. But, the greater wonder is that motherhood attends the virginity.

 

About one hundred years before Christ, an altar was found in Gaul with this inscription: "To the virgin who is to bring forth". This woman in the sign is the holder and bringer of an illustrious Seed.

 

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In the Zodiac of Denderah, in Egypt, Virgo is also represented with a branch in her hand. To the Egyptians the woman was represented as Isis, the wife of Osirus and was called "Aspolia", which means "ears of corn" or "the seed". The Greeks, likewise ignorant of the Divine origin and teaching of this sign, represented Virgo as "Ceres" with ears of corn in her hand.

 

The corn and the branch denote a two-fold nature of the Coming Seed. The first coming as the incarnate fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14, as quoted in Matt. 1:23, "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us ".

 

The bright star in the ear of corn in her left hand is called in Arabic, "AI Zimach", meaning "the branch". Zechariah writes of this branch: "For behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch" (Zech. 3:8), described in the words of God, "Behold my servant" (Isaiah 42:1). It is significant that Christ referred to Himself as the corn, or seed of wheat, which needed to fall and die in order to attain its proper fruitfulness (John 12:23-24). One of the stars in the branch is called "AI Mureddin" which means, "Who shall come down" or "who shall have dominion".

 

Psalms 72:8 states: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea". This star is also known by the Chaldee word, "Vindermiatrix" which means" the son " or "branch who cometh". An emblem of Christ, much employed by the prophets, was the branch, root, bough or sprout of a plant. Thus we find Christ described as the Rod from the stem of Jesse and a Branch out of his roots (Isaiah 11:1). He is the Branch of Righteousness, the Branch of the Lord, God's servant the Branch (Jer. 23:5; Isaiah 4:2; Zech. 3:8; 6:12).

The language of the prophecies is thus identical with the symbols in this sign. The doctrine of the Christian religion is that without Christ, and the redemption wrought by Him, all humanity is fallen and helpless in sin. There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

Even Mary, herself, needed the mediatorial achievements of her glorious Seed to gain access to God, the Father. This too is symbolized in the Sign of Virgo, as the woman lies prostrate, helpless to stand upright. She holds forth the illustrious Branch, the Seed in whom is the only hope for a prostrate and fallen humanity.

The second coming (in glory and judgment) in the future, will be in fulfillment of Isaiah 9:6-7 (quoted in Luke 2:11 and 1:32-33),

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government an peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from hence forth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this". It should be pointed out that Virgo, in a broader prophetic sense, represented "the Virgin, the daughter of Zion"(Isaiah 37:22) which is another name for the nation of Israel (the whole 12 tribes).

Throughout the Old and New Testament, Israel is often spoken of as the figures of a woman, the "wife" of Yahveh; the "virgin" of Zion (Jeremiah 14:17; 18:13; Amos 5:2, 2 John 1:1). The significant points in this constellation are furthur expressed and defined in the three accompanying minor constellations. In Virgo, the name points to the woman as the prominent subject. Although the woman appears again, in the first of the three companion constellations, the name, "Coma", points to the child as the great subject.

1. COMA (= The desired). The woman and child the desired of all nations (in the most ancient Zodiacs).
2. CENTAURUS (with two natures). The despised sin-offering.
3. BOOTES. The coming One with branch.

Virgo, the Virgin: the figure of a young woman, lying prostrate, with an ear of corn in one hand and a branch
in the other.

 

Virgo (the Virgin). Here we have the star Al Zimach. Hebrew Zemach, the branch. Isaiah 4:2. Jeremiah 23:5,6. Zechariah 3:8; 6:12. All the other stars have cognate meanings.

 

Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

 

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

 

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

 

Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.

 

Zechariah 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

• COMA. The Desired (Haggai 2:7). Numbers 24:17. (Egyptian Shes-nu = the desired son.)
• Haggai 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
• CENTAURUS, Al Beze, the despised (Isaiah 53:3).
• Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
• BOOTES (Hebrew bo', to come), Psalms 96:13. Hebrew Arcturus (Job 9:9 = He cometh). Egyptian = Smat, one who rules.
• Psalms 96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

• 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

 

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.