The Witness of the Stars

by E. W. Bullinger

“Upon the wicked he shall rain snares,

Fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest:

This shall be the portion of their cup.”

(Ps. xi. 6.)

This is no fabled wine-cup of Bacchus; but it is “The cup of His indignation” (Rev. xiv. 10); “The cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath” (Rev. xvi. 19). This is what we see set forth in this constellation. The Cup is wide and deep, and fastened on by the stars to the very body of the writhing serpent. The same stars which are in the foot of the Cup form part of the body of Hydra, and are reckoned as belonging to both constellations.

This Cup has the significant number of thirteen stars (the number of Apostacy). The two—Al Ches (α), which means the Cup, and (β)—determine the bottom of the Cup.

3. CORVUS (The Raven).

The Birds of Prey devouring the Serpent.

Here is the final scene of judgment. We have had Zeeb; the Wolf; now we have Oreb, the Raven. Her-na is its name in the Denderah Zodiac. Her, means the enemy; and Na, means breaking up or failing. That is to say, this scene represents the breaking up of the enemy.