UNICORN
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.
Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: 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.
- 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.
Known sighting
- 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
New Age
- Symbols play a vital role to
those involved in the New Age
Movement; the rainbow and the unicorn are two of the best known.
- In a book on “Unicorn Symbolism”, the
unicorn appears as a symbol of strength to destroy, – To tear down and
renew - To purify and transform to a better world – A rebirth and
transformation – It is drawn to the virgin for its death, destruction and
simultaneously, creation – The unicorn 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
its horn was said to have the supernatural power to heal
sickness and to render poisoned water potable – With a single
dip of his horn it can purify water.
- The
horn
itself and the substance it was made of is called alicorn, and
it is believed that the horn holds magical and medicinal properties.
- 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.
- The
Gnostics wrote; “Wrapped in a cloud came he, by a
bright whirlwind borne
along. He descended gently from the heavens to the infant fields of Earth, even before the
fires of its forming were yet”. – Jesus said “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Heaven”.
- Ezekiel writes that Satan was
perfect in his ways till iniquity
was found in him.
Luke 10:18-19 – Satan fell
from Heaven
18 He replied, "I saw Satan fall like
lightning from heaven. NIV
Ezek 28:12-15 Iniquity was
found in him
12 "You were the seal of perfection, Full of
wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden garden of God
Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and
emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14 "You were the anointed cherub who covers; I
established you; You were on the holy mountain of God
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you
were created, till iniquity was found in you. NKJV
Here’s where we are
- No
one has actually seen a Unicorn – The notion has been around since antiquity
– There are various descriptions or what it looked like such as an
Elephant, Goat, Boar, Wild Ass, Horse, and Rhinoceros. – It had a Long White spiral horn, or
maybe a short Black large horn
- It has cloven hooves
and could have a beard like a goat
- It’s powerful and
cannot be captured except by a virgin
- 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”.
v 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.
v 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.
v 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.
v Satan can not create; but he can corrupt. NYOBS 7 Eschatology &
NYOBS 14 Another Gospel
The Zodiac
- 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 NYOBS 19
- 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
Isa 34:7 – The land will
be soaked in blood
7 And the unicorns shall come down with
them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked
with blood, KJV
Summation
- 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; - 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.
- 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.
- 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 SINGLENESS
of purpose – To destroy any living thing.
Num 23:22 – Strength of an unicorn
22 God brought them out of Egypt
Num 24:8 – Strength of a
unicorn
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt
Ps 92:10 – His horn is
powerfully exalted
10 But my horn shall thou exalt like the horn
of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
KJV
Job 39:9-12 – A unicorn
cannot be tamed to serve
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve
thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his
band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is
great? Or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home
thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
KJV
Deut 33:17 – Wild Ox -
Spoken of in judgment
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his
horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even
those at the ends of the earth. NIV
Ps 22:21 – The horn of the Wild Ox is ferocious.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me
from the horns of the wild oxen. NIV
Ps 92:10 – The horn of the
Wild Ox is raised
10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild
ox; NIV
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
A commentary – Critical, Experimental and
Practical – Eerdmans
A Planned Deception – Constance E. Cumbey
All the parables of the Bible – Herbert Lockyer
Annotated
reference Bible - Dake
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the Jews; The – Josephus
Baker Commentary on the Bible – Walter A. Elwell
Bible Almanac; The – Packer, Tenney, White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Book of Bible Lists – H. L. Willmington
Encountering the Old Testament – Bill T. Arnold, Bryan E. Beyer
Expositors Bible Commentary; The – Frank E. Gaebelein
Gospel of Luke; The – J. Vernon
Harper’s Bible Dictionary – Harper & Row
Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow; The – Constance E. Cumbey
Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale
Illustrated Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Bible Facts – Packer, Tenney, White
Matthew Henry’s Commentary – Zondervan
Naves Topical Bible - Nelson
New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas, Tenney
Parables of Jesus; The – J. Dwight Pentecost
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Zondervan
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible – Nelson
Vincent’s Word Studies of the NT – Mac Donald
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
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