Chapter 10.9
Unicorn
New Age Symbolism – Supernatural Powers - Leviathan
Known Sightings – Singleness of Purpose –
Behemoth
First
Word
Unicorn
is mentioned only six times in scripture and only in the King James
Version of the Bible. Other Bible
versions translate “re’em” as; Wild Ox. Strong’s Concordance translates it; Wild Bull.
In European folklore, the unicorn is
often depicted as a white “Horse like” or “Goat like” animal with a long horn
and cloven hooves and sometimes with a goat's beard.
The unicorn is a legendary
animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a
large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn
was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was
mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural
history by various writers. Wikipedia
Marco Polo described the Unicorns
as "scarcely smaller than elephants and have the hair of a buffalo and
feet like an elephant's. They have a
single large black horn in the middle of the forehead... They have a head like
a wild boar's… They spend their time by preference wallowing
in mud and slime. They are very ugly brutes to look at.”
In Germany, since the 16th century, Einhorn ("one-horn") is a descriptor of the various
species of RHINOCEROS. It is clear that Marco Polo was describing a rhinoceros.
Myths Gnostics and New age
In
a book on “Unicorn Symbolism”, the unicorn appears a) as a symbol of strength; b) to
destroy, to tear down and renew, c) to purify &
transform to a better world. d) A rebirth and
transformation. e) It
is drawn to the virgin for its death, destruction and simultaneously creation; f) unicorns can never die.
The myths of the Unicorn refer to a beast with one horn that can only be tamed by a virgin;
subsequently, some writers translated this into an allegory for Christ's
relationship with the Virgin Mary.
In the encyclopedias the horn itself and the substance
it was made of was called alicorn,
and it is believed that the horn holds supernatural magical
power and medicinal properties to heal
sickness and to render poisoned water potable; with a single dip of his horn it can purify
water..
Medieval knowledge of this mythical beast stemmed from
biblical and ancient sources, and the creature was variously represented
as a kind of wild ass, goat, or horse.
In the Middle Ages and Renaissance,
it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature and was a SYMBOL of purity and grace.
Symbols play a vital role to those
involved in the New Age Movement; the rainbow
and the unicorn
are two of the best known.
Here’s where we are
No one has actually seen a Unicorn, this notion has
been around since antiquity. There are
various descriptions on what it looked like such as an Elephant,
Goat, Boar, Wild Ass, Horse, and Rhinoceros.
a)
It had a Long White spiral horn, or maybe a short
Black large horn
b)
It has cloven hooves and could have a beard like
a goat
c)
It’s powerful and cannot be captured except by a
virgin
d)
It has supernatural powers for healing in its
horn and can make poisoned waters drinkable.
The
unicorn has been hi-jacked along with the rainbow by “The New Age
Movement”. Thirty years ago,
I had the privilege of being head of a Christian television station and we were
exhibiting items created by a Sunday school class and one of the items was a Unicorn. I ask that the unicorn not be presented and
the teacher with tears in her eyes wanted to know why. She had made it so full of beautiful colors
and flowers. I ask what she knew about
the Unicorn and she said, “Well, it’s in the Bible” and that’s all she
knew.
The
New Age Movement was very
prevalent at that time and I could not in clear conscious support anything that
would validate or give acceptability to this Godless corrupt movement.
The Zodiac end time judgment, destruction
The Zodiac is found in
almost every culture and with the same names of the constellations. The stars of the Zodiac have been recorded
from one end of the earth to the other by all ages and nations. None of their forms from their first
inventions have varied in being passed down to us, nor at any point has their
names being changed; added to or removed.
Taurus the
Bull in
the Zodiac
is pictured as a powerful bull charging forth
bringing destruction.[1] The Chief star is Al Debaran which means “The Captain”
or “The
Leader” or “Governor”.
This is a picture of Christ as the captain
charging forth like the “Unicorn” or bull that cannot be harnessed in
fierce anger, to destroy sinners; with the land flowing with blood. The picture I want to paint is that like the
Zodiac, the concept of a unicorn, an
animal with one horn has been around since before the days of Moses. It may have actually existed and might not;
but it’s metaphor of unbridled strength lives on.
The Take Away
Thousands of years have passed since some of
these animals have walked the earth and both language and the distribution of
animals have undergone changes; many animals no longer exist. If you think identifying a “Unicorn” is hard; try to identify the “behemoth”; is it an elephant or hippopotamus and is the “Leviathan” a crocodile, whale or a giant
snake?
The Tahash animal of the temple was thought to
be a kosher unicorn with a coat of many colors that existed only in biblical
times; however the classical Jewish understanding of the Re'em
DID NOT identify this animal as a unicorn. The allusions to the unicorn points to
a wild, un-tamable animal of great strength and agility, and with a mighty horn
or horns.
In the Bible; the Hebrew
word Re’em, is always mentioned as a METAPHOR representing strength.[2]
The
King James Version of the Bible is the only version that translates the word “Re’em” with the mythical word Unicorn;
all the rest translate it; Wild Ox.[3]
The Unicorn was
a name given to a now extinct Wild Ox. It was a wild, untamable, fierce, ferocious
animal about the size of an elephant and it had TWO HORNS, not one; however
it was of SINGLENESS of purpose, to destroy any
living thing. It is a hyperbole of Judgment.
[1] Isaiah 34:7 – The
unicorns shall come down and the land will be soaked in blood
[2] Numbers 23:22 – God
brought them out of Egypt with the strength of an unicorn
-- Numbers 24:8 – The unicorn has Strength and
power -- Psalm 92:10 – The unicorn horn is
powerfully exalted -- Job 39:9-12 – A unicorn cannot
be tamed to serve
[3] Deuteronomy 33:17 – The Wild Ox; Spoken of in judgment -- Psalm 22:21 – The
horn of the Wild Ox is ferocious. -- Psalm 92:10 – The horn of the Wild Ox is raised
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