Orient, the Hebrews referred to the orient as kedem ; they understood it in relation to Judea; magi ab oriente venerunt, Mathew ij. 1; the Mages came from Arabia or Chaldea, countries located in the orient of Judea. They also understood the term orient in relation to the city of Jerusalem; qui mons est contra Jerusaiem ad orientem . Zacharia xiv. 4; the mountain of olive trees is to the orient of Jerusalem. They also understood it in terms of its relation to the tabernacle, asperget digito septies ad orientem , Leviticus xvj, 14. They even used word literally, sicut fulgur exit ab oriente , Mark xxiv, 27. Orient sometimes indicates a distant country, qui suscitavit ab oriente justum , Is. xlj, 2; who brought justice from the orient . Finally, it is taken to signify Jesus Christ as the sun of justice, visitavit nos oriens ex alto , Luke j, 78. Jesus Christ visited us from above.