Aquarius - The Water Bearer
Their Blessings Ensured, or the Living Waters of Blessing Poured Forth for the Redeemed
The Atonement being made, the blessings have been procured, and now they can be bestowed and poured forth upon the Redeemed. This is the truth, whether we think of Abel's lamb, of patriarchal sacrifices, the offerings under the Law, or of that great Sacrifice of which they all testified. They all with one voice tell us that atonement made is the only foundation of blessing.
This was pictured and foreshown in the heavens from the beginning, by a man pouring forth water from an urn which seems to have an inexhaustible supply, and which flows forth downwards into the mouth of a fish, which receives it and drinks it all up.
There are 108 stars in this Sign, four of which are of the 3rd magnitude. Their names, as far as they have come down to us, are significant...Can we doubt what is the interpretation of this sign? The Greeks, not knowing Him of whom it testified, were, like the woman of Samaria, destitute of that living water which He alone can give. They therefore invented some story about Deucalion, the son of Prometheus; and another, saying he is Ganymede, Jove's cup-bearer! But, as an astronomer says, "We must account otherwise for the origin of this name; for it is not possible to reconcile the symbols of the eleventh sign (because everyone begins to reckon from Aries, and not as we have done from Virgo) with Grecian mythology." No! we must go further back than that, and not cramp our vision, and distort the Scriptures, by confining our thoughts to "the Church." The Church is nowhere seen in these Signs, as it is nowhere revealed in the Old Testament. This we shall enlarge on when we come to the sign Pisces. Meanwhile we must read the witness of the stars as if there had been no Church!
Christ is first. Yea, He is all in all. The Scriptures testify of Him; and the very stars in this Sign tell of His going away and His coming again. These prophetic signs have to do with Him, with the Atonement He wrought, with the conflict He endured, with the blessings He secured, with the victory He shall win, and the triumph He shall have. For it is written:
"He shall pour the water out of His buckets,
And His seed shall be in many waters,
And His king shall be higher than Agag,
And His knogdom shall be exalted."
Numbers 24:7
It tells of that glorious day when
"A King shall reign in righteousness;
And princes shall rule in judgment;
And a MAN shall be as an hiding place from the wind,
And a covert from the tempest;
As RIVERS of WATER in a dry place."
Isaiah 32:1, 2
It speaks of that glorious time when Israel shall be restored, and their "eyes shall see the King in His beauty"; when the peace of Zion shall be no more disturbed, "but there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams" (Isaiah 33:17,20,21). Then
"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them;
And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose,
For in the wilderness shall waters break out,
And streams in the desert."
Isaiah 35:1, 6"I will open rivers in high places,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water."
Isaiah 41:18"Fear not, O Jacob, My servant;
And thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen,
For I will POUR WATER upon him that is thirsty,
And floods upon the dry ground;
I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed,
And My blessing upon thy offspring.
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer the LORD of hosts."
Isaiah 44:2, 3, 6
This is the meaning of the Sign. The MAN Christ Jesus, who was humbled in death will yet be seen to be the pourer forth of every blessing. Physically pouring forth literal waters, removing the curse, and turning this world into a paradise:
"Making her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD."
Isaiah 51:3
And morally pouring forth His Spirit in such abundance as to fill the whole earth with peace, and blessing, and glory, "as the waters cover the sea."
Upon Israel restored He will pour out His blessing. They will be sprinkled with clean water, and possess a new heart and a new spirit (Eze 36:24-28; Joel 2:28-32).
Such are some of the Scriptures which tell of this glorious Water-pourer. We need not rob Christ of His glory, or Israel of her blessing, in order to see in all this Pentecost or the Church. These are quite independent of the great line of prophetic truth. They are parenthetical, and distinct, and true, quite apart from the glorious prophecies of Israel's scattering and gathering. The physical marvels referred to in the texts above can never be satisfied or exhausted by any spiritual fulfilment. We may make an application of them as far as is consistent with the teaching of the epistles; but the interpretation of them belongs to the Person of Christ, and the nation of Israel. That interpretation is pictured for us in the Sign, and in its three constellations.
| Name | Language | Meaning | Scripture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hupei Tirion | Denderah Zodiac | the Place of Him Coming Down or Poured Forth | |
| Deli | Hebrew | the Water-Urn, or Bucket | Numbers 24:7 |
| Delu | Arabic | the Water-Urn, or Bucket | |
| Aquarius | Latin | the Pourer Forth of Water |
| Star | Name | Language | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| α (alpha) | Sa'ad al Melik | Arabic | The Record of the Pouring Forth |
| β (beta) | Saad al Sund | Arabic | Who Goes and Returns, or the Pourer Out |
| δ (delta) | Scheat | Hebrew | Who Goes and Returns |
| Meon or Situla | Egyptian, Latin | an Urn, Vessel |
taken from E.W. Bullinger, The Witness of the Stars, 1893