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Jackson relates that the four beasts also represent Noah and his three sons, i.e., the various races. In this scenario, the lion is the lion of Judah, or Shem, "father" of the Semites; the bull symbolizes the Hamites of Egypt; the eagle is Japheth, progenitor of the Aryans; and the man is Noah, who is of the "Adamic" or "Atlantean" race. is
The Four Horsemen
Concerning the frightening "four horsemen" endlessly interpreted and expected for almost two millennia, Jackson says:
In the Apocalypse we read about the four beasts, and the four horsemen; the beasts were the zodiacal constellations and the horsemen were the planets....
1. The first horseman was a conqueror armed with a bow, wearing a crown, and riding a white horse. This was the planet Venus.
2. The second horse was red, ridden by a warrior with a sword. This was the planet Mars.
3. The third horse was black with the rider holding aloft a pair of balances. This was the planet Saturn.
4. The fourth horse was of pale-green or blue-green color, and his rider was death. This was the planet Mercury. 16
Thus, the four horsemen, awaited for so many centuries, like the Second Coming, have been here all along, as has Jesus, the sun of God.
The Woman Clothed with the Sun
The "woman clothed with the sun" is both the moon, which reflects or "wears" the sun, and the constellation of the Virgin, who has the moon under her feet and the stars above her head. As Graves explains:
. . . St. John's marvelous figure of "a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars upon her head" (Rev. xii), is easily understood when viewed through an astronomical mirror. More appropriately may the astronomical virgin woman be said to be clothed with the sun, than could be said of any other of the twelve signs of the zodiac, judging from her situation among the signs and her relative position to the sun. There she stands, right in the focus of the sun's rays in August, the hottest month of the year, and thus is clothed with the sun more brilliantly than that of any other sign. Of course the moon is under her feet, while the twelve months of the year, or the twelve signs of the zodiac form her crown of twelve stars. 17
This motif is found in Persia, India and Egypt, among other places. In fact, in the Berlin museum is an engraving of the Goddess (possibly Ishtar) in nearly the same posture, clothed with the sun, with the moon and stars above and the twelve signs of the zodiac surrounding her. 18 At the Temple of Isis at Denderah was an image of a woman "seated at the center of a blazing sun crowned by twelve stars and with her feet resting on the moon. The woman was the symbol of Mother Nature; the sun represented creative strength; the twelve stars stood for the twelve signs of the Zodiac, and the Moon signified Matter and its domination by Spirit.""`) Walker relates the eastern custom regarding the woman:
According to Tantric tradition, the Goddess concealed herself behind the sun's brightness; it was "the mayik vesture of Her who is clothed with the sun." This image reappeared in the New Testament as "the woman clothed with the sun." (Revelation 12:1).20
As to the antiquity of this motif, it should be noted that the temple at Denderah has been averred to be possibly 10,000 years old, based on the astrology it depicts.
The Seven Seals
Regarding the mysterious "seven seals" opened by "the Lamb," i.e., the sun in Aries, Graham says:
This part of the revelation is not from God but from Ezekiel, who got it from the Babylonians, the Assyrians and the Sumerians. The seven seals are identical with the seven decrees of Ishtar and Innana.21
These "seven decrees" are the same as those of the Seven Hathors mentioned above, which are also the seven gates through which the Prince of Light must pass, representing hours of the night and months of the year.
The "Sweet" Scrolls
Both Ezekiel and the Revelator are given "sweet scrolls" to eat prior to their visions. These scrolls evidently represent magical