Chapter II: Testimony of the Heavens and the Earth to the Subject of

PROPHECY.

1. Object of the Disposition of the Cherubim at Eden—Its
disappearance from the earth—The remembrance of its glory
transmitted to the Postdiluvians—Its occasional
re-appearance to Abraham, to Moses, to Israel, to Elijah,
and to Isaiah—Identity of the visions of Isaiah, Ezekiel,
and John—Similarity of the visions of Daniel, John, the
Three Disciples, and Paul—Object of these glorious
representations in heaven and on earth—Known among the
Heathen, and grafted on their religious worship—Origin of
Zabaism, and its spread over the world 146

2. The Sun worshipped by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and
Chaldeans, under the names of Baal, or Beelsamen—By the
Egyptians, under the names of Orus and Osiris—Connection
between the Sun and Sirius—The Sun and his Satellite
worshipped by the Israelites, under the names of Molech and
Remphan, Baal, and Ashtaroth, during the Critarchal age—The
Zabian idolatry set up at Jerusalem in the Monarchal age—The
partial Reformation of Josiah—The ancient Persians, Sun and
Fire worshippers—Origin of Mithras—The gods of Phenicia,
Elioun, and Adonis or Tammuz 152

3. The gods of the Hindoos, Vishnu, Buddha, Brahma, and Seeva,
form no Trinity—The theft of their names and attributes from
the Hebrew evinced by their meaning—Buddha an avatar of
Vishnu—Origin of Fohi, the god of the Chinese—Druidical,
Peruvian, Mexican, and Parsee worship—Origin of Surya,
Suras, and Asuras—Russell’s citation of Macrobius on the
worship of the Solar god—The concentration of Paganism 158

4. Origin of the Greek and Latin names of the Supreme
God—Ingenious derivation by Dr. Hales—Confutation of that
given by Francoeur in his “Uranographie”—Origin of the New
Testament titles of Christ—Citation of Theophilus on this
subject—Irrefragable proof of the Divinity of our
Lord—Original temple of the Sun—Connection of Religious
worship and Astronomical observation—Antiquity of the
Hindoos and Chinese 163