The stars in Taurus present a brilliant sight. There are at least 141 stars, besides two important groups of stars, which both form integral parts of the sign. The brightest star, α (in the bull’s eye), has a Chaldee name—_Al Debaran_, and means _the leader_ or _governor_. The star β (at the tip of the left horn) has an Arabic name—_El Nath_, meaning _wounded_ or _slain_. Another prophetic intimation that this coming Lord should be first slain as a sacrifice. Then there is the cluster of stars known as the _Pleiades_. This word, which means _the congregation of the judge_ or _ruler_, comes to us through the Greek Septuagint as the translation of the Hebrew כִּימָה, _Chima_, which means _the heap_ or _accumulation_, and occurs in Job ix. 9; xxxviii. 31, 32, and Amos v. 8. It consists of a number of stars (in the neck of Taurus) which appear to be near together. The brightest of them, marked η in all the maps,(59) has come down to us with an Arabic name—_Al Cyone_, which means _the centre_, and has given the idea to some astronomers that it is the centre of the whole universe. The Syriac name for the Pleiades is _Succoth_, which means _booths_. Another group of stars (on the face of the Bull) is known as _The Hyades_,(60) which has the similar meaning of _the congregated_. Other stars, not identified, are named _Palilicium_ (Hebrew), _belonging to the judge_; _Wasat_ (Arabic), _centre_ or _foundation_; _Al Thuraiya_ (Arabic), _the abundance_; _Vergiliæ_ (Latin), _the centre_ (Arabic, _vertex_) _turned on_, _rolled round_. Every thing points to the important truth, and all _turns_ on the fact that the Lord is COMING TO RULE! This is the central truth of all prophecy. “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” All hope for Creation, all hope for the world, all hope for Israel, all hope for the Church, turns on this, that “Jesus is coming again,” and that when He comes His saints, “the daughters of the King” (like the Pleiades and Hyades), will be with Him. There is nothing of “the Church” revealed here. The Church will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, to be for ever with the Lord (1 Thess. iv. 17) _before_ He thus _comes unto_ the world in judgment. He will _come forth_ to receive the members of His Body unto Himself, before He thus comes with them to destroy all His enemies and “judge (or rule) the world in righteousness.” When we read this Sign of Taurus, therefore, we are to understand that His Church will be _with_ Him, safe from all judgment. There is very much in the Scripture of the Book, (as there is in the prophecies in the heavens) about the coming of the Lord in judgment; and about this time of His indignation. For Enoch, who doubtless was used in arranging these prophetic _signs_, uttered the prophetic _words_, “Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints to execute judgment upon all and to convict all that are ungodly” (Jude 14, 15).