(3.) Zech. vi. 12.—“Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the MAN whose name is the BRANCH.” In the Gospel according to Luke we behold Him, presented in “the MAN Christ Jesus.” (4.) Isa. iv. 2.—“In that day shall the BRANCH of JEHOVAH be beautiful and glorious.” So that this Branch, this Son, is Jehovah Himself; and as we read the record of John we hear the voice from heaven saying, “Behold your GOD.” (Isa. xl. 9.) This is the Branch foretold by the star _Al Zimach_ in the ear of corn. The star β is called _Zavijaveh_, which means _the gloriously beautiful_, as in Isa. iv. 2. The star ε, in the arm bearing the branch, is called _Al Mureddin_, which means _who shall come down_ (as in Ps. lxxii. 8), or _who shall have dominion_. It is also known as _Vindemiatrix_, a Chaldee word which means _the son_, or _branch_, _who cometh_. Other names of stars in the sign, not identified, are— _Subilah, who carries_. (Isa. xlvi. 4.) _Al Azal, the Branch_. (As in Isa. xviii. 5.) _Subilon, a spike of corn_. (As in Isa. xvii. 5.) The Greeks, ignorant of the Divine origin and teaching of the sign, represented Virgo as _Ceres_, with ears of corn in her hand. In the Zodiac in the Temple of Denderah, in Egypt, about 2000 B.C. (now in Paris), she is likewise represented with a branch in her hand, but ignorantly explained by a false religion to represent _Isis_! Her name is called _Aspolia_, which means _ears of corn_, or _the seed_, which shows that though the woman is seen, it is her Seed who is the great subject of the prophecy. Passing to the three constellations anciently assigned to the sign Virgo, we come to what may be compared to _three sections_ of the chapter, each giving some further detail as to the interpretation of its teaching. 1. COMA (The Woman and Child). _The Desired of all Nations._ The first constellation in Virgo explains that this coming “Branch” will be a child, and that He should be the “Desire of all nations.” The ancient name of this constellation is _Comah_,(28) _the desired_, or _the longed for_. We have the word used by the Holy Spirit in this very connection, in Hag. ii. 7: “The DESIRE of all nations shall come.” [Illustration] Plate 2: Coma (the Desired) The ancient Zodiacs pictured this constellation as a woman with a child in her arms. ALBUMAZAR(29) (or ABU MASHER), an Arabian astronomer of the eighth century, says, “There arises in the first Decan,(30) as the Persians, Chaldeans, and Egyptians, and the two HERMES and ASCALIUS teach, _a young woman_, whose Persian name denotes a pure virgin, sitting on a throne, _nourishing an infant boy_ (the boy, I say), having a Hebrew name, by some nations called IHESU, with the signification IEZA, which in Greek is called CHRISTOS.”