Sunday, September 21, 2008

Pegagus Rider

PEGASUS (The Winged Horse)

The blessings quickly coming


Decan constellation of the Sign Aquarius (Deli).

Ancient Names for this Constellation

There is not much on this except for what is written by E.W.Bullinger on page 89 of The Witness of the Stars.
“In the Denderah Zodiac there are two characters immediately below the horse, Pe and ka. Peka or Pega, is in Hebrew the chief, and Sus is horse. So that the very word (Pegasus) has come down to us and has been preserved through all the languages.” In Hebrew Pegasus means the chief horse.

Complementing scriptures to this constellation picture

Revelation 19:11-21 (NKJV) – Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.”

And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Stars in Pegasus and the meaning of their names

Markab (Heb.) – returning from afar.

Scheat (Heb.) – who goeth and returneth.

Al Genib (Arab.) – who carries.

Enif (Arab.) – the water. Enif in Hebrew means the branch.

Matar (Arab.) – who causes to overflow.

In Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus belongs of Perseus. Perseus is a decan constellation of the Sign Aries. The constellation Perseus, or as I prefer by its Hebrew name Peretz , portrays Messiah defeating the beast and his armies. He is holding a sword above his head in a striking position with one hand and holding the severed head of Satan (Rosh Satan) in his other hand. This portrayal was foreshadowed when David defeated another beast and his armies that came up against Israel by striking Goliath in the forehead with a stone from a sling and then taking the giant’s sword and cutting his head off with it. Later, David held the head of the beast up before King Saul. The army of the Philistines was also defeated and the birds had their fill that day as well. It is not written if the Messiah will cut the head off the beast before the beast is thrown in the lake of fire but this severed head is symbolic of Messiah defeating the beast and his armies.

Pegasus is the chief horse that belongs to Messiah. And this is the horse of Revelation 19:11.

The following is an excerpt from Joseph A. Seiss’ The Gospel in the Stars, who shows an additional or different portrayal of Pegusus.

“In the first chapter of Zechariah the appearance of such horses are the symbols of those whom ‘God hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth,’ not simply to see and report the condition of affairs, but to shake and disturb nations, so as to restore liberty, peace, and blessing to God’s people. Pegasus is not precisely one of those horses, or all of them combined in one, but still a somewhat corresponding ambassador of God. Pegasus is winged; he moves with heavenly speed. The first part of his or his rider’s name, Pega, peka, or Pacha, in the Noetic dialects means the chief; and the latter part, sus, means not only a horse, but swiftly coming or returning, with the idea of joy-bringing; hence the chief, coming forth again in great victory, and with good tidings and blessing to those to whom he comes.”

E.W. Bullinger also agrees to this in his comment on the star names. “These names show us that we have to do with no mere horse. A winged horse is unknown to nature. It must therefore be used as a figure; and it can be a figure only of a person, even of Him who is “the Branch,” as the star Enif shows, who said, “If I go away I will come again,” as the star Scheat testifies.

He who procured these blessings for the redeemed by His Atonement, is quickly coming to bring them; and is soon returning to pour them forth upon a groaning creation. This is the lesson of Pegasus.”