Come, and make all things new, Build up this ruined earth; Restore our faded paradise, Creation’s second birth. Come, and begin Thy reign Of everlasting peace; Come, take the kingdom to Thyself, Great King of Righteousness.” _Dr. Horatius Bonar._ THE THIRD BOOK. THE REDEEMER. HIS SECOND COMING. In this Third and Last Book we come to the concluding portion of this Heavenly Revelation. Its subject is Redemption completed, and consummated in triumph. No more sorrow, suffering, or conflict; no more the bruising of the heel of the Redeemer. We have now done with the prophecies of “the sufferings of Christ,” and have come to those that relate to “the glory that should follow.” No more reference now to His _first_ coming in humiliation. No more coming “forth” to suffer and die, a sacrifice for sins; the reference now is only to His second coming in glory; His coming “unto” this earth is not to suffer for sin (Heb. ix. 28.), but it will be a coming in power to judge the earth in righteousness, and to subdue all enemies under His feet. Like the other two books, it consists of four chapters. The _first_ chapter is the prophecy of the coming Judge of all the earth. The _second_ sets before us the two‐fold nature of the coming Ruler. The _third_ shows us Messiah’s redeemed possessions—the Redeemed brought safely home, all conflict over. The _fourth_ describes Messiah’s consummated triumph. Chapter I. The Sign TAURUS (The Bull). _Messiah, the coming Judge of all the Earth._ The picture is that of a Bull rushing forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, his horns set so as to push his enemies, and pierce them through and destroy them. It is a prophecy of Christ, the coming Judge, and Ruler, and “Lord of all the earth.” [Illustration] Plate 28: TAURUS (the Bull) The Egyptian Zodiac of Denderah already, 4,000 years ago, had forgotten the truth to which the prophecy had referred, and called him _Isis_, _i.e._, _who saves or delivers_, and _Apis_, _i.e._, _the head or chief_. The Bull is clearly represented, and in all the zodiacs which have come down to us is always in the _act of pushing_, or _rushing_. The name of the sign in Chaldee is תּוֹר, _Tor_. Hence, Arabic, _Al Thaur_; Greek, _Tauros_; Latin, _Taurus_, etc. The more common Hebrew name was שׁוּר, _Shur_, which is from a root which means both _coming_ and _ruling_. There are several Hebrew words for bulls and oxen, etc. But the common poetical term for all is ראם, _Reem_, conveying the idea of loftiness, exaltation, power, and pre‐eminence. We find the root in other kindred languages (Etruscan, Sanscrit, etc.), and it can be traced in the name of Abram, which means _pre‐eminent_ or _high father_; _Ramah_, _high place_, etc.