This does, indeed, complete and perfect the presentation of this chapter: Messiah’s reign as Prince of Peace; the enemy trodden under foot by the glorious “Prince of princes,” who is none other than the glorified Redeemer. This is also what is written in the Book: “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the lawful captives(68) be delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: For I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, And I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour, And thy REDEEMER—the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Isa. xlix. 24‐26, R.V.) “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him, And the REDEEMER shall come to Zion.” (Isa. lix, 19, 20.) “And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He hath poured out His soul unto death.” (Isa. liii. 12.) Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab). _Messiah’s Redeemed Possessions held fast._ With regard to the sign of CANCER, one thing is certain, that we have not got the original picture, or anything like it. It does not agree with the names either of its three constellations which have come down to us, or of its stars. In the ancient Denderah Zodiac it is represented as a _Scarabæus_, or sacred beetle.(69) In the Zodiac of Esneh and in a Hindu Zodiac (400 B.C.) it is the same. [Illustration] Plate 35: CANCER (the Crab) According to the Greeks, Jupiter placed this Crab amongst the signs of the Zodiac. In Sir William Jones’s Oriental Zodiac we meet with a crab, and an Egyptian Zodiac found at Rome bears also the crab in this sign. The more ancient Egyptians placed _Hermanubis_, or _Hermes_, with the head of an ibis or hawk, as the symbol of the sign now allotted to Cancer. The Denderah name is _Klaria_, or _the cattle‐folds_, and in this name we have the key to the meaning of the sign, and to the subject of this chapter. The Arabic name is _Al Sartan_, which means _who holds_ or _binds_, and may be from the Hebrew אָסַר, _to bind together_ (Gen. xlix. 11). There is no ancient Hebrew word known for the crab. It was classed with many other unclean creatures, and would be included in the general term “vermin.” The Syriac, _Sartano_, means the same. The Greek name is _Karkinos_, which means _holding_ or _encircling_, as does the Latin, _Cancer_, and hence is applied to the crab. In the word _Khan_, we have the traveller’s rest or _inn_; while _Ker_ or _Cer_ is the Arabic for _encircling_. The ancient Akkadian name of the month is _Su‐kul‐na_, _the seizer_ or _possessor of seed_.