Here, then, is the picture of the Great Rebel as shown in the heavens. What is it, as written in the Word? The Almighty asks man:— “Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a fish hook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?... Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that he dare stir him up.” (Job xli. 1‐10, R.V.) But he whom man cannot bind can be bound by the Lamb, and He is seen with “the Band” that has bound the fishes, now in His hands, which he has fastened with a bright star to his neck, saying,— “Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, Even the dregs of the cup of My fury; Thou shalt no more drink it again, But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee.” (Isa. li. 22, 23.) “Behold, the LORD cometh forth out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.... In that day the LORD, with His sore, and great, and strong sword, Shall punish Leviathan, the piercing serpent, And Leviathan, the crooked serpent; And He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.” (Isa. xxvi. 21‐xxvii. 1.) “For God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide (marg. _Heb._, _break_) the sea by Thy strength, Thou brakest the heads of the dragons (R.V. marg., _sea monsters_) in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of Leviathan in pieces.” (Ps. lxxiv. 12‐14.) And this Second Book closes by revealing to us this glorious “Breaker.” 3. PERSEUS (“The Breaker.”) _“__The Breaker__”__ delivering His Redeemed._ Here we have set before us a mighty man, called in the Hebrew _Peretz_, from which we have the Greek form _Perses_, or _Perseus_ (Rom. xvi. 13). It is the same word which is used of Christ in Micah ii. 13. When He shall surely “gather the remnant of Israel” (_v._ 12), it is written— “THE BREAKER is gone up before them.... Their King is passed on before them, And the LORD at the head of them.” This is what is pictured to us here. We see a glorious “Breaker” taking His place before His redeemed, breaking forth at their head, breaking down all barriers, and breaking the heads of Leviathan and all his hosts. In His right hand He has His “sore, and great, and strong sword” lifted up to smite and break down the enemy. He has wings on His feet, which tell us that He is coming very swiftly. In His left hand He carries the head of the enemy, whom he has slain. In the Denderah Zodiac His name is _Kar Knem_, _he who fights and subdues_. [Illustration] Plate 27: PERSEUS (the Breaker) It is a beautiful constellation of 59 stars, two of which are of the 2nd magnitude, four of the 3rd, twelve of the 4th, etc.