“For unto us a child is born, Unto us a son is given;(20) 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 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 henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” It is difficult to separate the Virgin and her Seed in the prophecy, and so, here, we have first the sign VIRGO, where the name points to her as the prominent subject; while in the first of the three constellations of this sign, where the woman appears again, the name COMA points to the child as the great subject. _Virgo_ contains 110 stars, _viz._, one of the 1st magnitude, six of the 3rd, ten of the 4th, etc. ARATUS thus sings of them:— “Beneath Boötes feet the Virgin seek, Who carries in her hand a glittering spike.... Over her shoulder there revolves a star In the right wing, superlatively bright;(21) It rolls beneath the tail, and may compare With the bright stars that deck the Greater Bear. Upon her shoulder one bright star is borne,(22) One clasps the circling girdle of her loins,(23) One at her bending knee;(24) and in her hand Glitters that bright and golden Ear of Corn.(25) Thus the brightest star in Virgo (α)(26) has an ancient name, handed down to us in all the star‐maps, in which the Hebrew word (צֶמֶח) _Tsemech_ is preserved. It is called in Arabic _Al Zimach_, which means _the branch_. This star is in the ear of corn which she holds in her left hand. Hence the star has a modern Latin name, which has almost superseded the ancient one, _Spica_, which means, _an ear of corn_. But this hides the great truth revealed by its name _Al Zimach_. It foretold the coming of Him who should bear this name. The same Divine inspiration has, in the written Word, four times connected it with Him. There are twenty Hebrew words translated “Branch,” but only one of them (_Tsemech_) is used exclusively of the Messiah, and this word only four times.(27)Each of these further connects Him with one special account of Him, given in the Gospels. (1.) Jer. xxiii. 5, 6— “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, That I will raise unto David a righteous BRANCH (_i.e._, a Son), And a KING shall reign and prosper.” The account of His coming as King is written in the Gospel according to Matthew, where Jehovah says to Israel, “Behold thy KING.” (Zech. ix. 9; Matt. xxi. 9.) (2.) Zech. iii. 8.—“Behold I will bring forth my SERVANT the BRANCH.” In the Gospel according to Mark we find the record of Jehovah’s servant and His service, and we hear Jehovah’s voice saying, “Behold my SERVANT.” (Isa. xlii. 1.)