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Chapter 5 The Book of Enoch - Chapter 60 1 Samuel 16 The Great Isaiah Scroll 2 Corinthians 3 John 1 John 3 Take a break listen to Train, "Calling All Angels" and think about what is written above. Acts 7 Imagine if Stephen or any members the the early church rebelled that day. What if Saul had been killed? No one would know of the power of Jesus forgiveness for such a great transgression. But, Saul lived on to realize his actions and received the power Holy Spirit. He changed his name to Paul and became one of the most famous Christians who later wrote 13 books in the New Testament (Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon). I believe he wrote or had great influence in Hebrews as well. Persecution of Christians is happening today in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, China, North Korea, and other parts of the world. It is possible that one or many of those oppressors will through the power of the Holy Spirit receive Jesus and become great Saints like Paul in the future. Sometimes it hard to hold back, especially if you or a loved one is on the receiving end of being persecuted for your faith. Keep the love of G-d and your fellow neighbor close to your heart and your reward will be great in Heaven. Sophia Ariel wrote to me that the Shekinah is not separate from the Father. I could not agree more. The Shekinah Glory is the Lord of Spirits. The Holy Spirit is Love. Praise Hashem! Praise Jesus! Praise the Holy Advocate! 1 John 4 Hillsong Live - Our God Is Love http://www.jesuslovers.net/id257.html

Chapter 5 Was Areimanios mentioned in the Book of Daniel? Daniel 7 According to Plutarch, Zoroaster named Areimanios as one of the two rivals who were the artificers of good and evil. In terms of sense perception, Oromazes was to be compared with light, and Areimanios to darkness and ignorance; between these was Mithras the Mediator. Areimanios received offerings that pertained to apotropaism and mourning. Below is a Babylonian boundary-stone and memorial tablet photo taken by L. W. King. The tablet can be found in the British Museum Kudurru of Adad-eṭir, mentioning a certain Marduk-balāssu-iqbi; a ninth century BC era monument. (Line 4--en:Marduk-balassu-iqbi's name:)...Inscribed ("Male"(Individual, 1.),God),...md, as:...mDINGIR-AMAR.UTU.TI-su-iq-bi meaning “Marduk has promised his life,” 205 ca. 819 – 813 BC, was the 8th king of the Dynasty of E of Babylon; he was the successor of his father Marduk-zākir-šumi I, and was the 4th and final generation of Nabû-šuma-ukin I's family to reign. He was contemporary with his father’s former ally, Šamši-Adad V of Assyria, who may have been his brother-in-law, married to who was possibly his sister Šammur-amat, the legendary Semiramis, and who was to become his nemesis. Notice Faravahar on the top left of the tablet. The Assyrians under, Šamši-Adad V (ca. 823-811 BC), led two successive campaigns against him, the first of which was his fourth since coming to power. The motivation for these assaults is uncertain, however, Šamši-Adad may have harbored some resentment to the inferior position he had been placed into, in a treaty with Marduk-balāssu-iqbi's immediate predecessor, Marduk-zâkir-šumi and a diplomatic marriage of Babylonian king's daughter, Shammuramat, the inspiration for the legend of Semiramis, to him. Šamši-Adad broke the treaty during the reign of Marduk-zâkir-šumi's son and heir, Marduk-balāssu-iqbi. The Political History and Historical Geography of the Aramean, Chaldean, and Arab Tribes in Babylonia in the Neo-Assyrian Period* Grant Frame – University of Pennsylvania After two defeats Marduk-balāssu-iqbi fled to the Diyāla region where he sought refuge initially in Nimitti-šarri (Aḫišānu) but was cornered following the capture of Dēr and led away in chains to Assyria. Šamši-Adad boasted thirty thousand captives were deported from Dēr in his Gottesbrief (God's letter), a diviner's literary text recording an address to the king from the god Aššur, from the city of Aššur. In Neo-Assyrian times some Assyrian kings wrote letters to the god Ashur , where they presented their deeds. The most famous is the God letter Sargon of 714 on his eighth campaign and the looting of Musaṣir. This is the period of Jehu's reign as King of Israel. He drove out Baal worship, which pleased Hashem. But, he did not remove the Golden Calves in Bethel and Dan that King Jeroboam installed. http://www.templeilluminatus.com/group/the-triple-goddess/forum/topics/tiamat King Solomon is believed to have died around 930 BC. The Jewish historian Eupolemus, who wrote about 157 BC, included copies of apocryphal letters exchanged between Solomon and the kings of Egypt and Tyre. According to the most widely used chronology, based on that by Edwin R. Thiele, the death of Solomon and the division of his kingdom occurred in the spring of 931 BC. Ardavan, It appears from scholars that both Abraham and Zarathustra were around 1800 - 2000 BC. Of course no one knows that for sure. But, their stories are quite similar. Both reject the idea of a pantheon of Gods and the Lord speaks to them that he is the one and only. Do you think it is possible they are one in the same? What are your thoughts? Following a straight line it is approximately 1100 miles between Choresmia and Ur. 1200 miles between Bactra and Ur. 1300 miles between Sognia and Ur. We do know that there was trade between Babylon and Bactra using the Northern route of the Silk Road. There is no doubt in my mind that merchants shared legends, religious beliefs, and creation stories. http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/aryans/religion2.htm The Great Isaiah Scroll Translation: Professor Peter Flint (Western Trinity University, Canada) and Professor Eugene Ulrich (University of Notre Dame) From my understanding, Zoroastrian faith believes in opposites of light (good, creation, life) and darkness (evil, destruction, death). Hashem claims not to be those conditions, but to create everything, and thus to overcome the inherent dualism in his sovereign rule over them.” In accordance with his sovereign will, He can cause wars to cease and peace to predominate, or he can bring disaster and judgment on nations. Hashem allows bad things to happen to His creation as well as good things, but He does not cause people to make morally evil decisions. Like Zoroastrianism, the Lord has given us liberty to choose light ( from darkness. Hashem blesses the righteous that live their life following his laws and curses those that do not follow his commands. Like Angra Mainyu, Satan lives to seduce people to rebel against the Creator. Hashem's holy Word became flesh and took up residence among as an example on how to be holy (righteous), because our Creator is holy (righteous). For the law and commands were given through the prophets, but grace and truth of how to be holy came about through the sinless life of Jesus Christ. At the the end of Jesus mortal life he was glorified through his holy words and actions witnessed by those that knew Him. Hashem gave Jesus the gift of everything for choosing to suffer mortal death for the love of his Father and mankind. If we truly love Hashem we will honor the life of Jesus and love our fellow neighbor, then we will become holy and receive his glory (Shekinah). James 1 Job 38 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Apep (/ˈæˌpɛp/ or /ˈɑːˌpɛp/) or Apophis (/ˈæpəfɨs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις; also spelled Apepi or Aapep) was an evil god in ancient Egyptian religion depicted as a snake/serpent and a dragon, the deification of darkness and chaos (ı͗zft in Egyptian), and thus opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth), whose existence was believed from the 8th Dynasty (mentioned at Moalla) onwards. His name is reconstructed by Egyptologists as *ʻAʼpāpī, and survived in later Coptic as Aphōph. ''Marduk destroying Tiâmat, who is here represented in the form of a huge serpent. From a seal-cylinder in the British Museum. http://www.pinterest.com/jensenrachel/cylinder-seals/ Job 42 I find it interesting how some theists point to the book of Job as proof that Hashem does not exist. Theists look at the Behemoth or Leviathan as imaginary tales, yet believe it is possible for man to bring Dinosaurs back to life. And embrace the idea the idea of monsters terrorizing the planet. These same theists believe that Hashem could not possibly have the power to create the universe or creatures that are more powerful than the folly of men. Rather they believe that we exist thanks to matter created at the exit of a Black Hole. They want us to believe everything just exists without a god. There is no catalyst to life, but our imagination. Yet it is these same theist believe that our imagination allows us to shape the future and eventually travel to the past. They desire to be Lords of the Alpha and Omega and have the power over the forces of nature. Listen to Godzilla by the Blue Oyster Cult. We know there is something greater than us and we fear it. A creator allowing Himself to be created and destroyed by his creation is a far greater feat than a force of nature. Today, I heard on the radio a need for donor kidneys to save human lives. I thought to myself that I have two kidneys. I could spare one, but I was to afraid to commit to the action. The righteous can. We want to recreate the past when the here and now is going extinct. We think we can play as gods and adjust the gift of creation as a resource commodity. The physics of Hashem's love is constant and encompasses the dynamics of all creation. It is His creation that changes. Hashem knows all the variables to make something from nothing and is not bound by our laws of nature. He is the author of all natural and moral laws. Yet some of His creation refuse to recognize and/or acknowledge Him as their author. Hashem will always be unprovable and improbable proposition for theists to quantify unless He alone wills it. But, history shows that gives us liberty to find him or live in our own desires.

Hi Robert, Thanks for taking the time to share with our community. I believe that Hashem alone is the only one that can peer into our soul and judge our actions. So, through the power of the Holy Spirit I pray to Jesus to ask Hashem to forgive Cameron actions during his life. Can you tell me who are the mediums that channeled your conversation with Jesus? Are they Christian? Jew? Muslim? Hindu? Buddhist? Zoroastrian? Do you believe that trust and obedience are what everyone owes God in view of future judgment? Ecclesiastes 12 Jesus said to his Apostles if you believe in the Gospel and you are baptized, then you are saved from damnation. Did Cameron believe in the Gospel? Was Cameron baptized? Mark 16 Despair is something I can understand. Was Cameron sacrificing his life for the sake of others? Or was Cameron's suicide a selfish act? Or was his capacity for judging his actions significantly diminished? Job 6 You wrote: Are you stating that God does not know the future outcome of each one of us before it happens? Psalms 139 How was Cameron's fruitful with the life he had been given from God? Genesis 1 You wrote: You state something that is goes against the teaching of the Gospel of Jesus. There are many acts of rebellion against God and mankind. These can be forgiven if one asks for forgiveness. But, Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable. Matthew 22

Chapter 5 I have discovered that the Jewish people were intimate with the Zoroastrian courts of Xerxes I and Cyrus the Great. What influence did each religion have on the other during 600 BC to 465 BC? Both believed in one God. Does Ashura mean spirit or truth or both? Also is Angra Mainyu considered a god? Ardavan Ashkan was kind enough to reply. Here is a part of our dialogue: It appears that Angra Mainyu is eternal and is able to create like Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian faith. In addition, Angra Mainyu is able to manipulate. Not sure if Angra Mainyu can possess an individual. Hashem is considered in my faith as the Supreme Being that created Satan, an evil being that has no power to create, but only to advocate, manipulate, and possess individuals. Am I correct in my assumption of this difference? The earliest reference to Ahura Mazdā in western Iran appears to be in an Assyrian text, probably of the 8th century B. C., in which as-sa-ra ma-za-aš is named in a list of gods. This would presumably be the Old Iranian divinity, rather than Zoroaster’s God. There is now evidence to show that Cyrus the Great was a Zoroastrian (Achaemenid religion); and there are many references to “Ahuramazda” (his name and title being thus fused in Old Persian) in the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, and especially in those of Darius the Great, which duly celebrated him as Creator The Behistun Inscription (also Bistun or Bisutun), (Persian: بیستون, Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the place of god") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. Authored by Darius the Great sometime between his coronation as king of the Persian Empire in the summer of 522 BC and his death in autumn of 486 BC, the inscription begins with a brief autobiography of Darius, including his ancestry and lineage. Later in the inscription The inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian (a later form of Akkadian). In effect, then, the inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script. Column 1 The order of as-sa-ra ma-za-aš corresponds to Ahúrá Mazdá of the Younger Avesta, but in the poetic gathas the order is reversed, that is Mazdá, Ahúrá instead of the later Avestan sequence as it appears in the Assyrian document. This only proves that Younger Avestan Zoroastrianism must have spread to Western Iran before 8th century BCE and its spread among Indo-European Medes was well known to the Semitic Assyrians at the time. "Ahura" was originally an adjective meaning ahuric, characterizing a specific Indo-Iranian entity named Asura. Although traces of this figure are still evident in the oldest texts of both India and Iran, in both cultures the word eventually appears as the epithet of other divinities. As-sa-ra ma-za-aš = Assyrian Assara Zarathushtra (Zara = golden, thush = shining, stra = star = Golden Shining Star) presented his religion as rival to the religion of the daevas, that is Demon (Daeva) Worship (Yasna). Here is a video dedicated to Zarathushtra. Balkh, the Birth place of world's first monastic religion Zoroastrianism, Religion of Persians Balkh (Persian/Pashto: بلخ Balkh; Bactrian: βαχλο ẞaxlə) was an ancient city and centre of Zoroastrianism in what is now northern Afghanistan. Today it is a small town in the province of Balkh, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya. It was one of the major cities of Khorasan (previously known as Parthia) since the latter's earliest history. Marco Polo described Balkh as a "noble and great city". Bactria. Situated between the Hindu Kush mountain range in the south and the river Oxus (Amudar'ya) in the north, it is essentially an east-west zone that consists of extremely fertile alluvial plains, a hot desert, and cold mountains. Susa (/ˈsuːsə/; Persian: شوش‎ Shush [ʃuʃ]; Greek: Σοῦσα [ˈsuːsa]; Syriac: ܫܘܫ Shush; Old Persian Çūšā-; Biblical Hebrew שׁוּשָׁן Shushān) was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian and Parthian empires of Iran. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris River, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers. The modern Iranian town of Shush is located at the site of ancient Susa. Shush is the administrative capital of the Shush County of Iran's Khuzestan province. It had a population of 64,960 in 2005. Susa is also mentioned in the Ketuvim of the Hebrew Bible by the name Shushan, mainly in Esther, who became queen became and saved the Jewish people from from genocide. Esther 6 The Tomb of Esther and Mordechai is located in Hamadan, Iran. Widely believed to house the remains of the biblical Queen Esther, wife of Xerxes I, and her cousin Mordechai, it is the most important pilgrimage site for Persian Jews. Susa is also once mentioned once in Nehemiah and Daniel. BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (Susa) 10 It is in Susa that Daniel had is Apocalyptic dream of the end of times. The large horn on the goat is the first king of Greece, namely, Alexander the Great. http://youtu.be/CIoMWLybew0 The four kingdoms that arose to replace Alexander when he died were Macedonia and Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor, Egypt and Palestine, and Syria and Persia. Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. His original name was Mithradates; he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne. Antiochus Epiphanes was bold and deceptive. He was powerful because God allowed him to be so. He did much damage, especially to Jerusalem and the temple. He became prosperous and carried out his objectives. He destroyed powerful people, including the Jewish high priest, as well as many Jews. He fooled many people with his shrewdness, some of whom were unsuspecting. He exalted himself even to the extent of minting coins that bore his image and the inscription “God manifest” (Gr. theos epiphanes). He also opposed God, the “Prince of princes.” Daniel 8 A tomb presumed to be that of Daniel is located in the area, known as Shush-Daniel. The tomb is marked by an unusual white stone cone, which is neither regular nor symmetric. Many scholars believe it was at one point a Star of David. Susa is further mentioned in the Book of Jubilees (8:21 & 9:2) as one of the places within the inheritance of Shem and his eldest son Elam; and in 8:1, "Susan" is also named as the son (or daughter, in some translations) of Elam. Both Daniel and Nehemiah lived in Susa during the Babylonian captivity of the 6th century BCE. The Parni (/ˈpɑrnaɪ/; Ancient Greek: Πάρνοι, Parnoi) or Aparni (/əˈpɑrnaɪ/; Ἄπαρνοι, Aparnoi) were an east Iranian people of the Ochus (Ancient Greek: Ὧχος Okhos) (Tejen) River valley, southeast of the Caspian Sea. The Parni were one of the three tribes of the Dahae confederacy. In the middle of the 3rd century BCE, the Parni invaded Parthia, "drove away the Greek satraps, who had then only just acquired independence, and founded a new dynasty", i.e. that of the Arsacids. The Peshawar branch of the Silk Road begins in Balkh http://www.routeyou.com/en-us/route/view/198855/other-routes/balkh-peshawar-branch-of-the-silk-road.en Being among the most ancient cities of the region between Central, South and West Asia, Peshawar has for centuries been a center of trade between Afghanistan, South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. As an ancient center of learning, the 2nd century BC. Bakhshali Manuscript used in the Bakhshali approximation was found nearby. The Kushans spread from the Kabul River Valley to defeat other Central Asian tribes that had previously conquered parts of the northern central Iranian Plateau, and reached their peak under the Buddhist emperor Kanishka. The Kabul River (Persian/Urdu: دریای کابل‎; Pashto: کابل سیند‎, Sanskrit: कुभा ), the classical Cophes /ˈkoʊfiːz/, is a 700-kilometre (430 mi) long river that starts in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and ends in the Indus River near Attock, Pakistan. It is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and is separated from the watershed of the Helmand by the Unai Pass. The Kabul River passes through the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad in Afghanistan before flowing into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan some 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Durand Line border crossing at Torkham. The major tributaries of the Kabul River are the Logar, Panjshir, Kunar, Alingar, Bara and Swat rivers. Vedic mythology refers to an ancient settlement called Pushkalavati in the area, after Pushkala, the son of King Bharata in the epic Ramayana. In recorded history, the earliest major city established in the general area of Peshawar was called Purushapura (Sanskrit for City of Men), from which the current name "Peshawar" is likely derived; the city was invaded and made capital of the Kushans, a Central Asian tribe of Tocharian origin, during their brief rule of 2 decades in the 2nd century AD. The Tocharians or Tokharians (/təˈkɛəriənz/ or /təˈkɑriənz/) were inhabitants of medieval oasis city-states on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin (modern Xinjiang, China). Their Tocharian languages (a branch of the Indo-European family) are known from manuscripts from the 6th to 8th centuries AD, after which they were supplanted by the Turkic languages of the Uyghur tribes. These people were called "Tocharian" by late-19th century scholars who identified them with the Tókharoi described by ancient Greek sources as inhabiting Bactria. Although this identification is now generally considered mistaken, the name has become customary. Some scholars have linked the Tocharians with the Afanasevo culture of eastern Siberia (c. 3500 – 2500 BC), the Tarim mummies (c. 1800 BC) and the Yuezhi of Chinese records, most of whom migrated from western Gansu to Bactria in the 2nd century BC and then later to northwestern Indian subcontinent where they founded the Kushan Empire. Around the time of Jesus Christ on Earth, Kujula Kadphises (ca. 30 – ca. 80) of Guishuang, stablished himself as king, and his dynasty was called that of the Guishuang [Kushan] King. He invaded Anxi [indo-Parthia], and took the Gaofu [Kabul] region. He also defeated the whole of the kingdoms of Puda [Paktiya] and Jibin [Kapisha and Gandhara]. Qiujiuque [Kujula Kadphises] was more than eighty years old when he died." Vedi is the term for "sacrificial altar" in the Hindu Vedic religion. Such altars were an elevated enclosure, generally strewed with Kusha grass, and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire; it was of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle. Although the term "fire-worshippers" is primarily associated with Zoroastrians, the idea that Zoroastrians worship fire is originally from anti-Zoroastrian polemic. Instead, fire — even in a Fire temple (the Zoroastrian terms are more prosaic and simply mean "house of fire") — is considered to be an agent of purity and as a symbol of righteousness and truth. In the present day this is explained to be because fire burns ever-upwards and cannot itself be polluted. Nonetheless, Sadeh and Chaharshanbe Suri are both fire-related festivals celebrated throughout Greater Iran and date back to when Zoroastrianism was still the predominant religion of the region. In Vedic disciplines of Hinduism, fire is a central element in the Yajna ceremony, with Agni, "fire", playing the role as mediator between the worshiper and the other gods. Related concepts are the Agnihotra ritual, the invocation of the healing properties of fire; the Agnicayana ritual, which is the building of a fire altar to Agni; and Agnistoma, which is one of the seven Somayajnas. In the Vaishnav branch of Hinduism, Agni or Fire is considered the tongue of the Supreme Lord Narayana, hence all the sacrifices done even to any demigod ultimately is a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord Narayana. There are three forms of Agni - God of fire, lightning and the Sun. Zoroastrian Yasna is an ancient ritual of offering and sublimating the parahaoma (haoma plant) in water. Hindu Yajna is an ancient ritual of offering and sublimating the havana sámagri (a complex mixture of odoriferous and medicinal herbs) in the fire. It is interesting to note that the word Hindu is derived (through Persian) from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, the historic local name for the Indus River in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (modern day Pakistan and Northern India). According to Gavin Flood, "The actual term Hindu first occurs as a Persian geographical term for the people who lived beyond the river Indus (Sanskrit: Sindhu)". The term Hindu then was a geographical term and did not refer to a religion. By about 2nd - 1st century BCE, the term "Hein-tu" was used by Chinese, for referring to North Indian people. The Persian term was loaned into Arabic as al-Hind referring to the land of the people who live across river Indus, and into Greek as Indos, whence ultimately English India. The Indus River Delta (Sindhi: سنڌو ٽِڪور), forms where the Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea in Pakistan. The delta covers an area of about 41,440 km² (16,000 square miles), and is approximately 210 km across where it meets the sea. The active part of the delta is 6,000 km² in area. The climate is arid, the region only receives between 25 and 50 cm of rainfall in a normal year. The delta is home to the largest arid mangrove forests in the world, as well as many birds, fish and the Indus Dolphin. The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India (see map). Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World, and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River, one of the major rivers of Asia, and the Ghaggar-Hakra River, which once coursed through northwest India and eastern Pakistan. At its peak, the Indus Civilization may have had a population of over five million. Inhabitants of the ancient Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin). The Indus cities are noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings. The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as the Harappan Civilization, after Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated in the 1920s, in what was then the Punjab province of British India, and is now in Pakistan. The discovery of Harappa, and soon afterwards, Mohenjo-Daro, was the culmination of work beginning in 1861 with the founding of the Archaeological Survey of India in the British Raj. Excavation of Harappan sites has been ongoing since 1920, with important breakthroughs occurring as recently as 1999. There were earlier and later cultures, often called Early Harappan and Late Harappan, in the same area of the Harappan Civilization. The Harappan civilization is sometimes called the Mature Harappan culture to distinguish it from these cultures. By 1999, over 1,056 cities and settlements had been found, of which 96 have been excavated, mainly in the general region of the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra Rivers and their tributaries. Among the settlements were the major urban centres of Harappa, Mohenjo-daro (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Dholavira, Ganeriwala in Cholistan and Rakhigarhi. The Harappan language is not directly attested and its affiliation is uncertain since the Indus script is still undeciphered. Notice the deity Anzud (bird man) fighting off two tigers. This is similar to Anzud fighting two lions. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_500back/indusvalley/tablet/tablet.html AThe so-called Pashupati (Lord of Animals, Sanskrit paśupati) seal seated "yogi" (National Museum, New Delhi). The Rigveda has the related pashupa "protector of animals" as a name of Pushan, a Vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas. Ten hymns in the Rigveda are dedicated to Pūṣan (including one jointly to Soma and Pūṣan and another to Indra and Pūṣan).[2] Some of these hymns appeal to him to guard livestock and find lost livestock. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_500back/indusvalley/indusvalley.html

Chapter 5 I want to restate that Semitic does not just mean those of the Jewish faith. The term is used to represent the West Asian people of the Biblical "Shem". This ancient race includes the Ahlamu, Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian), Amharic, Ammonite, Amorite, Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, Canaanite (Phoenician/Carthaginian/Hebrew), Chaldean, Eblaite, Edomite, Ge'ez, Maltese, Mandaic, Moabite, Sutean, Tigre and Tigrinya, and Ugaritic, among others. As I have demonstrated the Semitic race branched in all directions. The bible tells us that the entire human race are descended from Noah. The descendants of Shem's brothers turned their back on Hashem's covenant and choose to branch out and create their own beliefs by incorporating animal and elemental spirits. Then some of Shem's descendants choose to branch out and become false prophets, and others choose to proclaim themselves to gods and putting fear into the weak to follow vain fantasies. Apostasy branched from Abraham, Israel, and even Christianity. In the spirit of Elijah, John the Baptist preached masterfully to common Jews, Pharisees and Sadducees that once again Israel was in serious apostasy. It was not just blood that made Hashem's people special, Israel was blessed to be an His living example to the entire people of the world. Israel made a pact to follow Hahem's every command. But, Israel did not listen and Hashem punished His chosen people hard for following worthless idols.. Now Hashem was once again fulfilling a prophecy he made of a coming Messiah. The leader of Hashem's new kingdom was in His promised land with a new covenant and a greater reward to the righteous that choose to follow it. Hashem's plan for mankind is in both the old and new testament to understand. Proverbs 17 2 Kings 22 Matthew 3 Matthew 4 I am beginning to believe that Zoroastrian started as a faith of two gods, but evolved to a faith of one god and two opposing spirits. Or could it be the other way around? I posed the following question to practicing Zoroastrians: Did Ahura Mazda create Angra Mainyu? Ardavan Ashkan was kind to answer my question. The Gatha Hymns are believed to be composed by Zarathustra, between 6000 BC to 600 BC. Recent We know that in 330 BC, Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. We also know that inn 549 BCE, the Persians, led by Cyrus the Great of the Archaemenian family, overthrew the Median court of Western Iran. Zoroaster's ideas led to a formal religion bearing his name by about the 6th century BC and have influenced other later religions including Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity and Islam. Ahura Mazda was the transcendent entity which actually existed above the opposed forces of Asha and Druj; in Zoroaster's formulation these antipodes were personified by two spirits who represented creative good (Spenta Mainyu) and destructive evil (Angra Mainyu). Below the destructive spirit, Angra Mainyu convinces Jeh (Jahi - Lion) the primeval whore to kill the primordial bull (One of Ahura Mazda’s six primordial material creations and the mythological progenitor of all beneficent animal life) This depiction was seen at the ancient throne room of Darius in his palace at Persepolis, the seat of his vast Achaemenid Empire. In Mesopotamian mythology, Gugalanna (lit. "The Great Bull of Heaven" < Sumerian gu "bull", gal "great", an "heaven", -a "of") was a Sumerian deity as well as the constellation known today as Taurus, one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Gugalanna was sent by the gods to take retribution upon Gilgamesh for rejecting the sexual advances of the goddess Inanna. Gugalanna, whose feet made the earth shake, was slain and dismembered by Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Inanna, from the heights of the city walls looked down, and Enkidu took the haunches of the bull shaking them at the goddess, threatening he would do the same to her if he could catch her too. For this impiety, Enkidu later dies. Gugalanna was the first husband of the Goddess Ereshkigal, the Goddess of the Realm of the Dead, a gloomy place devoid of light. It was to share the sorrow with her sister that Inanna later descends to the Underworld. lion-headed eagle (Anzud, Anzu) and human-headed bull (Gugalanna). Like Angra Mainyu, Anzud goes against the will the gods. The difference is mother of the gods. Angra Mainyu is a pure destroyer. http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/StandardUr.html Sumerian Early Dynastic III, c. 2600-2400 BCE. From the royal cemetery, Ur (Iraq). Lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, with restored bitumen and red material on restored wood box Width 49.5 cm, height 21.6 cm. Possibly soundbox of a musical instrument. British Museum ME 121201 The Metropolitan Museum of Art The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Golden ox figurine found in the Maykop kurgan (mid-3rd millennium BC.), Hermitage Museum Ox, middle of III milenium BC. Gold. Height 6 cm. Founded in Northern Caucasus, Maykop kurgan The Indo-Europeans. This virile race, white in color and fair of complexion, called itself Aryan or noble. It was the parent of the Indo-European peoples of recorded history, These members of the Aryan family lived long as a homogeneous people speaking the same language with dialectic differences and shared many beliefs and practices in common. Pressure of growing population, thirst for adventure, sharp divisions caused by the fermentation going on in the minds of thinking persons over religious beliefs and practices continued to disintegrate them. During the early part of the second millennium B.C., nomad tribes left their home and turned westwards and reached the Aegean lands or turned southwards in successive waves from the steppes of the Caspian Sea. Scattered tribes passed by the chain of Caucasus, entered Armenia and spread southwards. Some of the more virile tribes succeeded in founding small Aryan kingdoms. They have left traces of their Aryan beliefs and practices. The Kassites were an ancient Near Eastern people who controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire ca. 1531 BC and until ca. 1155 BC (short chronology). The horse, which the Kassites worshipped, first came into use in Babylonia at this time. The original homeland of the Kassites is not well known, but appears to have been located in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan in what is now modern Iran. The transformation of southern Mesopotamia into a territorial state, rather than a network of allied or combative city states, made Babylonia an international power, although it was often overshadowed by its northern neighbor, Assyria and by Elam to the east. Kassite kings established trade and diplomacy with Assyria. (Puzur-Ashur III of Assyria and Burna-Buriash I signed a treaty agreeing the border between the two states in the mid 16th Century BC), Egypt, Elam, and the Hittites, and the Kassite royal house intermarried with their royal families. There were foreign merchants in Babylon and other cities, and Babylonian merchants were active from Egypt (a major source of Nubian gold) to Assyria and Anatolia. Kassite weights and seals, the packet-identifying and measuring tools of commerce, have been found in as far afield as Thebes in Greece, in southern Armenia, and even in the Uluburun shipwreck off the southern coast of today's Turkey. The Kassite kings maintained control of their realm through a network of provinces administered by governors. Almost equal with the royal cities of Babylon and Dur-Kurigalzu, the revived city of Nippur was the most important provincial center. Nippur, the formerly great city, which had been virtually abandoned ca. 1730 BC, was rebuilt in the Kassite period, with temples meticulously re-built on their old foundations. In fact, under the Kassite government, the governor of Nippur, who took the Sumerian-derived title of Guennakku, ruled as a sort of secondary and lesser king. The prestige of Nippur was enough for a series of 13th century BC Kassite kings to reassume the title 'governor of Nippur' for themselves. Jahi (Jaini) is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism's demoness of "lasciviousness." As a hypostatic entity, Jahi is variously interpreted as "hussy," "rake," "libertine," "courtesan" and "one who leads a licentious life." Her standard epithet is "the Whore." Buriaš, Ubriaš, or Burariaš was the storm or weather god, the Slavic word buria (“storm”), Lord of Lands. Burias was the equivalent to Adad. Ḫarbe was the Lord of the pantheon, also venerated in Hurrian areas. Harbe is similar to Anu, Enil, and Bel Kamulla (Akmul) is simular to Ea. Miriaš, Mirizir 8 pointed star The planet Venus, evening star, earth goddess Bêlet, Beltis, i.e. dIštar[ Yasna Chapter 10 Zoroastrianism priests go by different names, depending upon the tasks they perform. To the highest category of priests belonged matharans, who like Zoroaster, were endowed with poetic ability and composed the verses of the sacred scriptures There were atharwans, who like the vedic atharvan priests, were associated with fire and haoma rituals. A zaotar, like the hotr of the vedic religion, was an officiating or presiding priest of Yasna, who poured libations into the sacred fire to the accompaniment of ritual chants. Magi or magu were a special class of priests endowed with occult knowledge, magical powers and power of divination. They also interpreted dreams and performed divinatory rituals to portend future. Other classes of priests mentioned in the Zoroasrian texts were mowbeds, herbeds and kirdars The Achaemenid Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: Pārsa; New Persian: شاهنشاهی هخامنشی c. 550–330 BC), or First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia, founded in the 6th century BC by Cyrus the Great. The dynasty draws its name from king Achaemenes, who ruled Persis between 705 BC and 675 BC. The empire expanded to eventually rule over significant portions of the ancient world, which at around 500 BC stretched from parts of the Balkans (Bulgaria-Pannonia) and Thrace-Macedonia in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east, making it the largest empire the world had yet seen. After the conquest of Egypt, the Achaemenid empire encompassed approximately 8 million square kilometers spanning three continents: Asia, Europe and Africa. At its greatest extent, the empire included the modern territories of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, all significant population centers of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya, Turkey, Thrace and Macedonia, much of the Black Sea coastal regions, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, much of Central Asia, Afghanistan, northern Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and parts of Oman and the UAE. According to Guinness World Records, the empire at its peak ruled over 44% of the world's population, the highest such figure for any empire in history In the Achaemenid period, there are no representations of Ahura Mazda other than the custom for every emperor to have an empty chariot drawn by white horses, to invite Ahura Mazda to accompany the Persian army on battles. It was during the Achaemenid period that Zoroastrianism reached South-Western Iran, where it came to be accepted by the rulers and through them became a defining element of Persian culture. The religion was not only accompanied by a formalization of the concepts and divinities of the traditional Iranian pantheon but also introduced several novel ideas, including that of free will. Under the patronage of the Achaemenid kings, and by the 5th century BC as the de facto religion of the state, Zoroastrianism reached all corners of the empire. The Bible claims that Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews to return to their homeland after decades of captivity by the Assyrian and Babylonian empires. During the reign of Artaxerxes I and Darius II, Herodotus wrote "[the Perses] have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as the Greeks imagine." He claims the Persians offer sacrifice to: "the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they began the worship of Urania, which they borrowed from the Arabians and Assyrians. Mylitta is the name by which the Assyrians know this goddess, to whom the Persians referred as Anahita." (The original name here is Mithra, which has since been explained to be a confusion of Anahita with Mithra, understandable since they were commonly worshipped together in one temple). From the Babylonian scholar-priest Berosus, who—although writing over seventy years after the reign of Artaxerxes II Mnemon—records that the emperor had been the first to make cult statues of divinities and have them placed in temples in many of the major cities of the empire (Berosus, III.65). Berosus also substantiates Herodotus when he says the Persians knew of no images of gods until Artaxerxes II erected those images. On the means of sacrifice, Herodotus adds "they raise no altar, light no fire, pour no libations." This sentence has been interpreted to identify a critical (but later) accretion to Zoroastrianism. An altar with a wood-burning fire and the Yasna service at which libations are poured are all clearly identifiable with modern Zoroastrianism, but apparently, were practices that had not yet developed in the mid-5th century. Boyce also assigns that development to the reign of Artaxerxes II (4th century BC), as an orthodox response to the innovation of the shrine cults. Herodotus also observed that "no prayer or offering can be made without a magus present" but this should not be confused with what is today understood by the term magus, that is a magupat (modern Persian: mobed), a Zoroastrian priest. Nor does Herodotus' description of the term as one of the tribes or castes of the Medes necessarily imply that these magi were Medians. They simply were a hereditary priesthood to be found all over Western Iran and although (originally) not associated with any one specific religion, they were traditionally responsible for all ritual and religious services. Although the unequivocal identification of the magus with Zoroastrianism came later (Sassanid era, 3rd–7th century CE), it is from Herodotus' magus of the mid-5th century that Zoroastrianism was subject to doctrinal modifications that are today considered to be revocations of the original teachings of the prophet. Also, many of the ritual practices described in the Avesta's Vendidad (such as exposure of the dead) were already practiced by the magu of Herodotus ' time. Mithridates or Mithradates I (Parthian: Mihrdat, Persian: مهرداديکم‎, Mehrdād), (ca. 195 BC – 138 BC) was king of the Parthian Empire from 171 BC to 138 BC, succeeding his brother Phraates I. His father was King Phriapatius of Parthia, who died ca. 176 BC). Mithridates I made Parthia into a major political power by expanding the empire to the east, south, and west. During his reign the Parthians took Herat (in 167 BC), Babylonia (in 144 BC), Media (in 141 BC) and Persia (in 139 BC). Because of his many conquests and religious tolerance, he has been compared to other Iranian kings such Cyrus the Great (d. 530 BC), founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Magi (/ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/; Latin plural of magus; Ancient Greek: μάγος magos; Old Persian: maguš, Persian: مُغ‎ mogh; English singular magian, mage, magus, magusian, magusaean; Kurdish: manji) is a term, used since at least the 6th century BC, to denote followers of Zoroastrianism or Zoroaster. The earliest known usage of the word Magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription, which can be dated to about 520 BC. In this trilingual text, certain rebels have 'magian' as an attribute; in the Old Persian portion as maγu- (generally assumed to be a loan word from Median). The meaning of the term in this context is uncertain. The Avestan word 'magâunô', i.e. the religious caste of the Medes into which Zoroaster was born, (see Yasna 33.7:' ýâ sruyê parê magâunô ' = ' so I can be heard beyond Magi '), seems to be the origin of the term. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːnɪən/ or /səˈseɪnɪən/; also known as Sassanian, Sasanid, Sassanid or Neo-Persian Empire), known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian,[a] was the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam, ruled by the Sasanian dynasty from 224 CE to 651 CE. The Sassanid Empire, which succeeded the Parthian Empire, was recognized as one of the main powers in Western and Central Asia, alongside the Roman–Byzantine Empire, for a period of more than 400 years. The relationship between priests and warriors was important, because the concept of Ērānshahr had been revived by the priests. Without this relationship, the Sassanid Empire would not have survived in its beginning stages. Because of this relationship between the warriors and the priests, religion and state were considered inseparable in the Zoroastrian religion. However, it is this same relationship that caused the weakening of the Empire, when each group tried to impose their power onto the other. Disagreements between the priests and the warriors led to fragmentation within the empire, which led to its downfall. Mani (216–276 AD), the founding prophet of Manichaeism, did not proclaim his first religious revelation until 228/229 AD, Bivar asserts that his new faith contained "elements of Mandaean belief, Iranian cosmogony, and even echoes of Christianity ... [it] may be regarded as a typical reflection of the mixed religious doctrines of the late Arsacid period, which the Zoroastrian orthodoxy of the Sasanians was soon to sweep away. Mani (in Middle Persian Māni and Syriac Mānī, Greek Μάνης, Latin Manes; also Μανιχαίος, Latin Manichaeus, from Syriac ܡܐܢܝ ܚܝܐ Mānī ḥayyā "Living Mani", c. 216–274 AD), of Iranian origin, was the prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a gnostic religion of Late Antiquity which was once widespread but is now extinct. Mani was born in or near Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Parthian Babylonia (Iraq), at the time still part of the Parthian Empire. Six of his major works were written in Syriac Aramaic, and the seventh, dedicated to the king of the empire, Shapur I, was written in Middle Persian, his native language. He died in Gundeshapur, under the Sassanid Empire. Mani was born near Seleucia-Ctesiphon, perhaps in the town Mardinu in the Babylonian district of Nahr Kutha, according to other accounts in the town Abrumya. Mani's father Pātik (Middle Persian Pattūg; Greek Παττικιος, Arabic Futtuq), a native of Ecbatana (modern Hamadan, Iran), was a member of the Jewish-Christian sect of the Elcesaites (a subgroup of the Gnostic Ebionites). His mother was of Parthian descent (from "the Armenian Arsacid family of Kamsarakan"); her name is reported variously, among others Mariam. At ages 12 and 24, Mani had visionary experiences of a heavenly twin of his, calling him to leave his father's sect and teach the true message of Christ. In 240–41, Mani travelled to "India" (i.e. to the Sakhas in modern-day Afghanistan), where he studied Hinduism and was probably influenced by Greco-Buddhism. Al-Biruni says Mani traveled to India after being banished from Persia.[15] Returning in 242, he joined the court of Shapur I, to whom he dedicated his only work written in Persian, known as the Shabuhragan. Shapur was not converted to Manichaeanism and remained Zoroastrian. The Shabuhragan (Persian: شاپورگان‎ Shāpuragān), which means "[the] book of Shapur", was a sacred book of the Manichaean religion, written by the founder Mani (c. 210–276 CE) himself, originally in Middle Persian, and dedicated to Shapur I (c. 215-272 CE), the contemporary king of the Sassanid Persian Empire. The book was designed to present to Shapur an outline of Mani's new religion, which united elements from Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism - the three dominant (and competing) religions in the newly expanded Persian Empire. Original Middle Persian fragments were discovered at Turpan, and quotations were brought in Arabic by Biruni. In 341 AD, the Zoroastrian Shapur II ordered the massacre of all Christians in the Persian Empire, most of whom were Assyrians. During the persecution, about 1,150 Christians were martyred under Shapur II. http://www.mindserpent.com/American_History/religion/zoroaster/dhalla/history4.htm https://aratta.wordpress.com/2014/02/ Many of the world religions started in Babylon. It was once the population center of the world. During this period in history it assimilated cults and religions into its belief system of divinity schools and sent them back to their places of origin and other parts of the various empires that ruled over it altered with idols and new tales. Zurvanism is a now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan[pronunciation?] as its First Principle (primordial creator deity). Zurvanism is also known as Zurvanite Zoroastrianism. The earliest evidence of the cult of Zurvan is found in the History of Theology, attributed to Eudemus of Rhodes (c. 370-300 BCE). In Zurvanism, Zurvan is the god of infinite time (and space) and is aka (“one", "alone”) deity of matter. Zurvan is the parent of the two opposites representing the good god Ahura Mazda and the evil Angra Mainyu. Zurvan is regarded as a neutral god, being without gender (neuter), without passion, and one for whom there is no distinction between good or evil. Zurvan is also the god of destiny, light and darkness. Zurvan is a normalized rendition of the word, which in Middle Persian appears as either Zurvān, Zruvān or Zarvān. The Middle Persian name derives from Avestan zruvan-, "time" or "old age". Zurvanites considered Ahura Mazda and Spenta Mainyu one of two equal-but-separate divinities under the primacy of Zurvan (later known as Cronos, the Keeper of Time). The central Zurvanite belief made Ahura Mazda the middle god and Angra Mainyu the fallen twin brother. Mazdeans consider the divinity of Ahura Mazda the transcendental creator. Ašōqar, Frašōqar and Zarōqar are Syriac deities coexistent and co-eternal with Zurvan. Boyce postulated (1957:308-309) that Mazdaism and Zurvanism were divided regionally, that is, with Mazdaism being the predominant tendency in the regions to the north and east (Bactria, Margiana, and other satrapies closest to Zoroaster's homeland), while Zurvanism was prominent in regions to the south and west (closer to Babylonian and Greek influence). This is supported by Manichaean evidence that indicates that 3rd-century Mazdean Zoroastrianism had its stronghold in Parthia, to the northeast. Following the fall of the Persian Empire, the south and west were relatively quickly assimilated under the banner of Islam, while the north and east remained independent for some time before these regions too were absorbed. (Boyce, 1957:308-309). This could also explain why Armenian/Syriac observations reveal a distinctly Zurvanite Zoroastrianism, and inversely, could explain the strong Greek and Babylonian influence on Zurvanism Christian martyrs of the Sasanian empire. The Assyrians gave their god Assur the combined powers of the Sumerian Triad; Anu, Enlil, Enki/Ea

Chapter 5 I am coming to realize that historians believe that Hashem originated from the gods of other cultures. This does not take account that Our Creator existed long before us and goes by many names in different languages. What is not taken into account is the pure understanding of Hashem was corrupted by undisciplined human pride. It is my belief that the some of descendants of Noah were given at first titles a vice-regents representing god. Later through vanity the idea of one Lord with vice-vice regents got replaced with leaders proclaiming they were demigods or gods of various kingdoms and empires. I believe the same occurred with the evil one. He has many names, but his pride and destruction remains his signature. The phrase “our shield” refers metaphorically to the Davidic king, who, as God’s vice-regent (acting on behalf of God), was the human protector of the people. Psalms 84 Malachi, Malachias, Malache or Mal'achi (/ˈmæləkaɪ/; Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי, Modern Mal'akhi Tiberian Malʼāḵî ; "Messenger", see malakh) was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim (prophets) section in the Jewish Tanakh. In the Christian Old Testament, the Prophetic Books are placed last, making Book of Malachi the last protocanonical book before the Deuterocanonical books or The New Testament. No allusion is made to him by Ezra, however, and he does not directly mention the restoration of the temple. Malachi 4 There is no Malachi Chapter 4 in the Hebrew Bible. The above verses can be found in Malachi Chapter 3. Malachi 3 Aramean Flag In the flag design, the sun is replaced by a flame or torch, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. The red background was chosen because of all blood that was spilled in the Syriac genocide. The yellow color is symbolizing the hope for a country of their own, since Syriacs are a people living without their own state. The Arameans, or Aramaeans, (Aramaic: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ‎, ארמיא ; ʼaramáyé) were a Northwest Semitic people who originated in what is now modern Syria (Biblical Aram, son of Shem, grandson of Noah) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age.Large groups migrated to Mesopotamia, where they intermingled with the native Akkadian (Assyrian and Babylonian) population. Some Syriac Christians in modern Syria still espouse an Aramean identity to this day and speak the Aramaic language. Bit Bahiani was an independent Aramaean city-state kingdom (ca. 1200 - 808 BC) and an Assyrian province (ca. ~810 - 706 BC) with its capital at Guzana (Gozan, modern day Tell Halaf) at the upper reaches of the Khabur. Bit Bahiani was ruled by King Kapara. After becoming a tributary to Assyria an alliance with Izalla to revolt was formed. There were at least five kings and four governors of Bit Bahiani before losing its name in usage. With the city reaching its peak under Kapara, the king builds a palace at Guzana in neo-Hittite style from which 187 reliefs would later be discovered by archaeologists and which at this time decorate the base of the palace's south wall. The reliefs alternate between red ochre-tinted limestone and black basalt slabs. In close proximity to the Guzana lay Sikani (Tell Fekheriye) that some of the old Mitanni capital Waššukanni is identified. Mitanni (Hittite cuneiform KUR URUMi-ta-an-ni, also Mittani Mi-it-ta-ni) or Hanigalbat (Assyrian Hanigalbat, Khanigalbat cuneiform Ḫa-ni-gal-bat) or Naharin in ancient Egyptian texts was an Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC. Founded by an Indo-Aryan ruling class governing a predominantly Hurrian population, Mitanni came to be a regional power after the Hittite destruction of Amorite Babylon and a series of ineffectual Assyrian kings created a power vacuum in Mesopotamia. At the beginning of its history, Mitanni's major rival was Egypt under the Thutmosids. However, with the ascent of the Hittite empire, Mitanni and Egypt made an alliance to protect their mutual interests from the threat of Hittite domination. At the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, Mitanni had outposts centered around its capital, Washukanni, whose location has been determined by archaeologists to be on the headwaters of the Khabur River. Eventually, Mitanni succumbed to Hittite and later Assyrian attacks, and was reduced to the status of a province of the Middle Assyrian Empire. Palistin was one of the Syro-Hittite states that emerged in Syria after the Late Bronze Age collapse, it dates to at least the 11th century BC and is known primarily through the inscriptions of its king Taita and his wife. the kingdom wasn't established immediately after the collapse of the Hittite Empire, and it encompassed a relatively extensive area, stretching at least from the Amouq Valley in the west to Aleppo in the east down to Mhardeh and Shaizar in the south.Prof. Itamar Singer propose that it was the predecessor state that disintegrated and gave birth to the kingdoms of Hamath, Bit Agusi and Pattin (shortened form of Palistin). The symbol of a Winged disc or cross represents Kassite sun god, Saḫ (Suriash, Šamaš, possibly Sanskrit Sahi). The winged sun is a symbol associated with divinity, royalty and power in the Ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia). Suriash sounds very similar to the Sanskrit Surya meaning the sun. Surya is the chief of the Navagraha, the nine Indian Classical planets and important elements of Hindu astrology. He is often depicted riding a chariot harnessed by seven horses which might represent the seven colors of the rainbow or the seven chakras in the body. He is also the presiding deity of Sunday. Surya is regarded as the Supreme Deity by Saura sect and Smartas worship him as one of the five primary forms of God. The temple in India was built in the form of a giant ornamented chariot of the Sun god, Surya. It has twelve pairs of elaborately carved stone wheels some of which are 3 meters wide and is pulled by seven pairs of horses. The temple follows the traditional style of Kalinga architecture. It is carefully oriented towards the east so that the first rays of sunrise strikes the principal entrance. Impression taken from an Old Babylonian period goethite cylinder seal featuring Aya and Šamaš. Aya functions primarily as a goddess of light and as the wife of the sun god Šamaš. Aya's role as Šamaš's wife is exemplified by her presentation in the Standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgameš, where Aya is called "the great bride" (Tablet III, obv. iii 6). http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/aya/ Sun God Shamash; Assyrian Relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud (room B, panel 23); 865–860 BC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamash#mediaviewer/File:Shamash.jpg Faravahar (Fravashi = guardian angel) is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, the state religion of ancient Iran. This religious-cultural symbol was adapted by the Pahlavi dynasty to represent the Iranian nation. The Faravahar is also thought to represent the 'Divine Royal Glory' (khvarenah), or the Fravashi of the king, or represented the divine mandate that was the foundation of a king's authority. The winged disc has a long history in the art and culture of the ancient Near and Middle East. Historically, the symbol is influenced by the "winged sun" hieroglyph appearing on Bronze Age royal seals (Luwian SOL SUUS, symbolizing royal power in particular). In Neo-Assyrian times, a human bust is added to the disk, the "feather-robed archer" interpreted as symbolizing Ashur, continued to be worshiped by Assyrians until 300 - 400 AD. While the symbol is currently thought to represent a Fravashi (approximately a guardian angel) and from which it derives its name (see below), what it represented in the minds of those who adapted it from earlier Mesopotamian and Egyptian reliefs is unclear. Because the symbol first appears on royal inscriptions, it is also thought to represent the 'Divine Royal Glory' (Khvarenah), or the Fravashi of the king, or represented the divine mandate that was the foundation of a king's authority. This relationship between the name of the symbol and the class of divine entities it represents, reflects the current belief that the symbol represents a Fravashi. However, there is no physical description of the Fravashis in the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, and in Avestan the entities are grammatically feminine. In present-day Zoroastrianism, the faravahar is said to be a reminder of one's purpose in life, which is to live in such a way that the soul progresses towards frasho-kereti, or union with Ahura Mazda, the supreme divinity in Zoroastrianism. Although there are a number of interpretations of the individual elements of the symbol, none of them are older than the 20th century. The Tablet of Shamash Relief image on the Tablet of Shamash, British Library room 55. Found in Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah), in Ancient Babylonia ; it dates from the 9th century BC and shows the sun god Shamash on the throne, in front of the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina (888-855 BC) between two interceding deities. The text tells how the king made a new cultic statue for the god and gave privileges to his temple. The Tablet of Shamash was recovered from the ancient Babylonian city of Sippar in southern Iraq in 1881; it is now a major piece in the British Museum's ancient Middle East collection. . Kubaba (in the Weidner or Esagila Chronicle; Sumerian: Kug-Bau) is the only queen on the Sumerian King List, which states she reigned for 100 years – roughly in the Early Dynastic III period (ca. 2500-2330 BC) of Sumerian history. She is one of very few women to have ever ruled in their own right in Iraqi history. Most versions of the king list place her alone in her own dynasty, the 3rd Dynasty of Kish, following the defeat of Sharrumiter of Mari, but other versions combine her with the 4th dynasty, that followed the primacy of the king of Akshak. Before becoming monarch, the king list says she was an alewife. Basalt stela showing the goddess Kubaba Kubaba became the tutelary goddess who protected the ancient city of Carchemish on the upper Euphrates, in the late Hurrian – Early Hittite period. Relief carvings, now at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi), Ankara, show her seated, wearing a cylindrical headdress like the polos and holding probably a tympanum (hand drum) or possibly a mirror in one hand and a poppy capsule (or perhaps pomegranate) in the other. She plays a role in Luwian texts and a minor role in Hittite texts, mainly in Hurrian rituals. Shrines in honour of Kubaba spread throughout Mesopotamia. In the Hurrian area she may be identified with Kebat, or Hepat, one title of the Hurrian Mother goddess Hannahannah (from Hurrian hannah, "mother"). Abdi-Heba was the palace mayor, ruling Jerusalem at the time of the Amarna letters (1350 BC). In Aramaean times she appears to have become identified with the Goddess Hawwah. Eve in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live". The name derives from the Semitic root ḥyw. According to Mark Munn (Munn 2004), her cult later spread and her name was adapted for the main goddess of the Hittite successor-kingdoms in Anatolia, which later developed into the Phrygian matar (mother) or matar kubileya whose image with inscriptions appear in rock-cut sculptures. The Goddess Asherah, wife of El, mother of the Elohim from the first millennium BCE was given the title Chawat, from which the name Hawwah in Aramaic was derived, Eve in English. ancient Jews would have been very familiar that Asherah was often depicted unclothed with a snake. In fact, not only was Asherah symbolized by a stylized tree and worshipped in sacred groves, she was also referred to as "Lady of the Serpent. From the site of Kuntillet ‘Ajrud, in the eastern Sinai, come three 900 - 800 BC inscriptions that mention YHWH and “his Asherah” (meaning YHWH’s consort), the goddess Asherah or “his asherah” (meaning YHWH’s sacred pole that represents the goddess Asherah and that sits in his temple or beside his altar. An eighth-century b.c.e. inscription from Khirbet el-Qom, about twenty-five miles southwest of Jerusalem, contains similar language in 1 Kgs 15:13 and 2 Kgs 18:4, 21:7, and 23:6 (with parallels in 2 Chronicles) indicate that at least during certain points in the 900 - 700 DC., Asherah’s sacred pole was perceived as an appropriate icon to erect in Jerusalem, even in YHWH’s temple. Asherah as Tree, pithos from Kuntillet 'Ajrud. The inscriptions and drawings were on the remnants of two large clay storing jars and on some broken plaster. Kuntillet Ajrud ostracon http://andrewstehlik.blogspot.com/2012/03/did-yhwh-have-wife.html http://www.sourcememory.net/veleda/?p=278 Abdi-Heba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Hepat, or Abdi-Hebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Some scholars believe the correct reading is Ebed-Nob. Whether Abdi-Heba was himself of Hurrian descent is unknown, as is the relationship between the general populace of pre-Israelite Jerusalem (called, several centuries later, Jebusites in the Bible) and the Hurrians. Egyptian documents have him deny he was a ḫazānu and assert he is a soldier (we'w), the implication being he was the son of a local chief sent to Egypt to receive military training there. I need to investigate these two queens further. Queen Kug-Bau of Sumeria 2500 BC Queen Sammu-rama of Assyria 800 BC The Amorites (Sumerian MAR.TU, Akkadian Tidnum or Amurrūm, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew אמורי ʼĔmōrī, Ancient Greek Αμορίτες) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people from ancient Syria who also occupied large parts of Mesopotamia from the 21st century BC. The term Amurru in Akkadian and Sumerian texts refers to them, as well as to their principal deity. In the earliest Sumerian sources, beginning about 2400 BC, the land of the Amorites ("the Mar.tu land") is associated not with Mesopotamia but with the lands to the west of the Euphrates, including Canaan and Syria. They appear as a nomadic people in Mesopotamian sources, especially connected with the mountainous region of Jebel Bishri in Syria called the "mountain of the Amorites". The ethnic terms Amurru and Amar were used for them in Akkadian and Ancient Egyptian respectively. From the 21st century BC, possibly triggered by a long major drought starting about 2200 BC, a large-scale migration of Amorite tribes infiltrated southern Mesopotamia. They were one of the instruments of the downfall of the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, and Amorite dynasts established independent city-states that next vied for power, particularly Isin, Larsa and Kish among others, culminating in the triumph under Hammurabi of one of them, Babylon. Known Amorites wrote in a dialect of Akkadian found on tablets at Mari dating from 1800–1750 BC. Since the language shows northwest Semitic forms and constructions, the Amorite language was presumably a northwest Semitic dialect, as opposed to the east Semitic Akkadian language. The main sources for the extremely limited knowledge about Amorite are the proper names, not Akkadian in style, that are preserved in such texts. According to the Hebrew scriptures, Amalek is distinct from the Amorites. "The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan." (1769 Oxford King James Bible "Authorized Version", Numbers 13:29) Amurru and Martu are names given in Akkadian and Sumerian texts to the god of the Amorite/Amurru people, often forming part of personal names. He is sometimes called Ilu Amurru (DMAR.TU). He was the patron god of the Mesopotamian city of Ninab, whose exact location is unknown. Amurru/Martu was probably a western Semitic god originally. He is sometimes described as a 'shepherd' or as a storm god, and as a son of the sky-god Anu. He is sometimes called bêlu šadī or bêl šadê, 'lord of the mountain'; dúr-hur-sag-gá sikil-a-ke, 'He who dwells on the pure mountain'; and kur-za-gan ti-[la], 'who inhabits the shining mountain'. In Cappadocian Zinčirli inscriptions he is called ì-li a-bi-a, 'the god of my father'. It has been suggested by L. R. Bailey (1968) and Jean Ouelette (1969), that this Bêl Šadê might be the same as the Biblical ’Ēl Šaddāi who is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the "Priestly source" of narrative, according to the documentary hypothesis. Bêl Šadê could have been the fertility-god 'Ba'al', possibly adopted by the Canaanites, a rival and enemy of the Hebrew God YHWH, and famously combatted by the Hebrew prophet Elijah. Amurru's wife is sometimes the goddess Ašratum (Ashratu) who in northwest Semitic tradition and Hittite tradition appears as wife of the god Ēl which suggests that Amurru may indeed have been a variation of that god. If Amurru was identical with Ēl, it would explain why so few Amorite names are compounded with the name Amurru, but so many are compounded with Il; that is, with Ēl. In the earliest Sumerian texts, all western lands beyond the Euphrates, including Syria and Canaan, were known as "the land of the MAR.TU (Amorites)". This term appears in Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, which describes it in the time of Enmerkar as one of the regions inhabited by speakers of a different language. Another text known as Lugalbanda and the Anzud bird describes how, fifty years into Enmerkar's reign, the Martu people arose in Sumer and Akkad, necessitating the building of a wall to protect Uruk. There are also sparse mentions in tablets from Ebla, dating from 2500 BC to the destruction of the city ca. 2250 BC: from the perspective of Ebla, the Amorites were a rural group living in the narrow basin of the middle and upper Euphrates. For the Akkadian kings of central Mesopotamia Mar.tu was one of the "Four Quarters" surrounding Akkad, along with Subartu/Assyria, Sumer, and Elam. The Akkadian king Naram-Sin records successful campaigns against them in northern Syria ca. 2240 BC, and his successor Shar-Kali-Sharri followed suit. By the time of the last days of the Sumerian Ur III empire, immigrating Amorites had become such a force that kings such as Shu-Sin were obliged to construct a 170 miles (270 km) long wall from the Tigris to the Euphrates to hold them off. These Amorites appear as nomadic clans ruled by fierce tribal chiefs, who forced themselves into lands they needed to graze their herds. Some of the Akkadian literature of this era speaks disparagingly of the Amorites, and implies that the Akkadians and Sumerians viewed their nomadic way of life with disgust and contempt. There are very little videos done on the Amorites to watch. Here is one that suggest Amorites fled to North America and began shipping Michigan Copper across the Atlantic. The Phoenicians were known to travel great distances, but nothing recorded as North America when kingdoms could get it directly from Cyprus. Cyprus was famous in antiquity for its copper resources. In fact the very word copper is derived from the Greek name for the island, Kupros. Cypriots first worked copper in the Chalcolithic Age from 4000BC to 2500BC, which has has since been known for its copper resources. The discovery of rich copper-bearing ores on the north slope of the Troodos mountains led to the mining of Cyprus' rich mineral resources in the Bronze Age at sites such as Ambelikou-Aletri." In the 1900 B.C., the island is mentioned for the first time in Near Eastern records as a copper-producing country, under the name "Alasia," and it continued to be an important source of copper for the Near East and Egypt throughout most of the second millennium B.C. Scholars, however, are in disagreement as to the exact meaning of "Alasia": whether it refers to a specific site on Cyprus, such Enkomi or Alassa, or to the island itself. https://www.tripmondo.com/cyprus/nicosia/ambelikou/ 750-480 BC Cyprus was under subjugation to the Assyrians. During this period, the Cypriot city- kingdoms of Salamis, Kition, Amathous, Kourion, Idalion, Palaipafos, Marion, Soloi and Tamassos remained independent for as long as they were in a position to pay a subjugation tax to the Assyrian ruler. Persian rule came to an end during the Hellenistic period (310-30 BC) during Alexander the Great’s campaign to the East. After Alexander’s death, Ptolemy, one of his successors, became ruler of the island. After the rule of the Assyrian hegemony, the Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis took over Cyprus. The Romans, who conquered Cyprus after the Ptolemies, mainly exploited its copper mines. Cyprus was conquered by Romans for their copper mines and became officially subjected from 30 BC - 330 AD, the name of Cyprus became synonymous with the Latin equivalent name for copper (cuprum). Under Roman rule, as a result of trade Cyprus enjoyed a three hundred year period of economic growth. In 45 AD people of Cyprus were converted to Christianity by the Apostles Paul and Barnabas. Here is are interesting Amorite theories. http://endofwesternciv.blogspot.com/2012/02/ancient-origin-of-conspiracy-amorites.html http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Canaan_1a.htm http://gnosticwarrior.com/amorites.html Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory that spans modern western and north-western Syria, Canaan and Egypt.between 1400 BC - 1200 BC. The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire. His son Aziru made contact with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and eventually defected to the Hittites. Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten. The dealings of Aziru are well-known from the Amarna letters. While being a formal vassal of Egypt, he tried to expand his kingdom towards the Mediterranean coast and captured the city of Sumur (Simyrra). This was seen with alarm by his neighbouring states, particularly Rib-Hadda, the king of Gubla, (Byblos), who pleaded for Egyptian troops to be sent for their protection. Rib-Hadda was ultimately exiled—and probably not long afterwards—killed at the behest of Aziru. Rib-Hadda had left his city of Byblos for 4 months to conclude a treaty with the king of Beirut, Ammunira, but when he returned home, he learned that a palace coup led by his brother Ilirabih had unseated him from power. He temporarily sought refuge with Ammunira and unsuccessfully appealed for support from Egypt to restore him to the throne. (EA 136-138; EA 141 & EA 142) When this failed, Rib-Hadda was forced to ignominiously appeal to his sworn enemy, Aziru, to place him back on the throne of his city. Aziru promptly betrayed him and dispatched Rib-Hadda into the hands of the rulers of Sidon where Rib-Hadda almost certainly met his death. This event is mentioned in Amarna letter EA 162 by Akhenaten to Aziru when the pharaoh demanded that Aziru travel to Egypt to explain his actions.Aziru was detained in Egypt for at least a year before being released when the advancing Hittites conquered the important city of Amki thereby threatening Amurru (EA 170). Aziru was allowed to leave Egypt and return to his kingdom. Aziru had, however, made secret contacts with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and sometime upon his return to Amurru, he permanently switched his allegiance to the Hittites to whom he remained loyal until his death.[5] Henceforth, Amurru remained firmly in Hittite hands until the reign of the 19th dynasty Pharaohs Seti I and Ramesses II. Amorites invaded Byblos around 2150 B.C., setting fire to the city and destroying the Temple of Ba'alat Gebal. Much of the temple's original structure got buried under a deep layer of ash. Job 9 “Rahab” is not to be confused with the harlot of the same name from Jericho. “Rahab” is identified with Tiamat of the Babylonian creation epic, or Leviathan of the Canaanite myths. Iryana-Vaejah, 'the stem-land of the Aryans,' is spoken of as the first of the good lands created by Ahura Mazda. Angra Mainyu, the enemy of God and men, contemplated invasion of Airyana-vaejah. He would cause evil winter to fall that would bring fierce, deadly frost. Such dense desolation would follow the icy deluge that every vestige of human habitation would disappear and it would be a wonder if even a footprint of a sheep could be seen. Angra Mainyu did invade the happy home of the Aryans and plagued it with a deluge of snow and ice. Forewarned by Ahura Mazda, the mighty king took timely measures, and before Angra Mainyu cause destruction and death, through deadly deluge, or, in the language of geology, before the glacial cataclysm rendered the primeval Aryan home unfit for habitation, he led a further successful migration towards the hospitable south.

Chapter 5 Jesus said to his Apostles if you believe in the Gospel and you are baptized, then you are saved from damnation.. Mark 16 Buddhist Holy man, Jigdal Dagchen Sakya draws a line with a vajra into the Hevajra sand mandala closing the glowing deity palace, on a circular table, monks and students attending, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal. The birthplace of Vajrayana Buddhism was located in the Swāt Valley region of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the State of Swat called it "the Switzerland of the East". Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava (Lotus-Born), also known as the Second Buddha, was a sage guru from Oddiyana, northwestern Classical India (in the modern-day Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). Padmasambhava is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet, Bhutan and neighboring countries in the 8th century AD. The Swāt Valley is also believed to be the homeland of the great Buddhist masters, such as Garab Dorji, Vairotsana and Tilopa. In 750, Amoghavajra joined the military governorship of Geshu Han, for whom he conducted large-scale tantric initiations at field headquarters. In 754, he translated the first portion of the Tattvasaṃgraha (T. 865), the central yoga tantra of Esoteric Buddhism, which became one of his most significant accomplishments. He regarded its teachings as the most effective method for attaining enlightenment yet devised, and incorporated its basic schema in a number of writings. Amoghavajra was captured in general An Lushan's rebellion but in 757 was freed by loyalist forces, whereupon he performed rites to purify the capital and consolidate the security of the Tang state. Two years later, he initiated the emperor Suzong as a cakravartin. In 765, Amoghavajra used his new rendition of the Scripture for Humane Kings in an elaborate ritual to counter the advance of a 200,000-strong army of Tibetans and Uyghurs which was poised to invade Changan. Its leader, Pugu Huaien, dropped dead in camp and his forces dispersed. Amoghavajra died in 774, a greatly honored personage. Among his most prominent successors were Hui Guo and Hui Lin. Hui Guo would later accompany the Japanese monk Kukai (空海), also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師) to Japan. The three monks would establish Shingon, the Japanese form of Vajrayana Buddhism. Kūkai is famous as a calligrapher (see Japanese calligraphy) and engineer. Among the many achievements attributed to him is the invention of the kana, the syllabary with which, in combination with Chinese characters (kanji), the Japanese language is written to this day. Japanese Emperor Saga supported Kūkai and exchanged poems and other gifts. In 810 Kūkai emerged as a public figure when he was appointed administrative head of Tōdai-ji, the central temple in Nara, and head of the Sōgō (僧綱, Office of Priestly Affairs). In 813 Kūkai outlined his aims and practices in the document called The admonishments of Konin. It was also during this period at Takaosan that he completed many of the seminal works of the Shingon School. Kūkai (空海), founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan is often portrayed holding a Vajra, the weapon of Indra, the god of heaven and the chief deity of the Rigvedic pantheon. Indra is described as using the vajra to kill sinners and ignorant persons In Buddhist mythology, Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas ("Hells" or "Purgatories") and the cycle of rebirth. Although ultimately based on the god Yama of the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Yama has developed different myths and different functions from the Hindu deity. He has also spread far more widely and is known in every country where Buddhism is practiced, including China and Japan. Prince Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) founded Buddhism as an alternative to Hinduism. There was much about Hinduism he didn't like; the "caste" system for example. Huston Smith, author of the acclaimed book "The Religions of Man" describes Buddhism as a form of "Protestant Hinduism". A link can be found between the Persian Yima and the Hindi Yuma.Yima Kshaeta (King Yima) son of Vivanghat, is the ancient king of the Aryans in the ancient homeland Airyanam Vaejahi (the seedland of the Aryans) was the first mortal man to converse with the great god Ahura Mazda. Yama, the first mortal in Rigvedic mythology. who, after his death, became the ruler of the underworld. Derinkuyu Underground City is an ancient multi-level underground city of the Median Empire in the Derinkuyu district in Nevşehir Province, Turkey. Extending to a depth of approximately 60 m, it was large enough to shelter approximately 20,000 people together with their livestock and food stores. It is the largest excavated underground city in Turkey and is one of several underground complexes found across Cappadocia. The city could accommodate up to 20,000 people and had all the usual amenities found in other underground complexes[citation needed] across Cappadocia, such as wine and oil presses, stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, and chapels. Unique to the Derinkuyu complex and located on the second floor is a spacious room with a barrel vaulted ceiling. It has been reported that this room was used as a religious school and the rooms to the left were studies. Between the third and fourth levels is a vertical staircase. This passage way leads to a cruciform church on the lowest (fifth) level. The large 55 m ventilation shaft appears to have been used as a well. The shaft also provided water to both the villagers above and, if the outside world was not accessible, to those in hiding. There are references to underground refugee settlements built by the Persian king Yima in the second chapter of the Zoroastrian book Vendidad. Therefore many scholars believe that the city may have been built by the Persians. The city was connected with other underground cities through miles of tunnels. A 8 km tunnel was found between Derinkuyu to Kaymakli. Kaymaklı Underground City is contained within the citadel of Kaymaklı in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. First opened to tourists in 1964, the village is about 19 km from Nevşehir, on the Nevşehir-Niğde road. The ancient name was Enegup. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, stables, and cellars. The underground city at Kaymaklı differs from Derinkuyu in terms of its structure and layout. The tunnels are lower, narrower, and more steeply inclined. Of the four floors open to tourists, each space is organized around ventilation shafts. This makes the design of each room or open space dependent on the availability of ventilation. Is it possible that King Yima is King Yama? Is it possible that these Hindu Buddhist kings of the underworld were actually Kings of underground cities built to protect their people from an ice age? Watch the video 'Derinkuyu, Kurdish Underground City.' Yama and his sister Yami, the first human pair, are identical with the Persian Yima and Yimeh of Avestan literature; they are the primeval "twins", the children of Vivasvat, or Vivasvant, in the Rigveda and of Vivahvant in the Avesta. Vivasvant is the Sun God. He is identified with Surya, but in some stories, appears distinct from him. According to the Rig Veda, he married to Saranyu, the daughter of Tvashta. He is the father of Manu, who is also known as Vaivasvatha Manu. Manu is the progenitor of the solar dynasty. Ahunuvaiti Gatha Yasna 32 In the second chapter of the Vendidad of the Avesta, the omniscient Creator Ahura Mazda asks Yima, a good shepherd, to receive his law and bring it to men. However, Yima refuses, and so Ahura Mazda charges him with a different mission: to rule over and nourish the earth, to see that the living things prosper. This Yima accepts, and Ahura Mazda presents him with a golden seal and a dagger inlaid with gold. Yima rules as king for three hundred years, and soon the earth was full of men, flocks of birds and herds of animals. He deprived the daevas, who were demonic servants of the evil Ahriman, of wealth, herds and reputation during his reign. Good men, however, lived lives of plenty, and were neither sick nor aged. Father and son walked together, each appearing no older than fifteen. Ahura Mazda visits him once more, warning him of this overpopulation. Yima, shining with light, faced southwards and pressed the golden seal against the earth and boring into it with the poniard, says "O Spenta Armaiti, kindly open asunder and stretch thyself afar, to bear flocks and herds and men." The earth swells and Yima rules for another six hundred years before the same problem occurred once more. Once again he pressed the seal and dagger to the earth and asked the ground to swell up to bear more men and beasts, and the earth swells again. Nine hundred years later, the earth was full again. The same solution is employed, the earth swelling again. The next part of the story tells of a meeting of Ahura Mazda and the Yazatas in Airyanem Vaejah, the first of the "perfect lands". Yima attends with a group of "the best of mortals", where Ahura Mazda warns him of an upcoming catastrophe: "O fair Yima, son of Vivaŋhat! Upon the material world the evil winters are about to fall, that shall bring the fierce, deadly frost; upon the material world the evil winters are about to fall, that shall make snow-flakes fall thick, even an arədvi deep on the highest tops of mountains." http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html Ahura is an Avestan language designation for a particular class of Zoroastrian spirits derived from Indo-Iranian *asura, also attested in an Indian context as RigVedic asura. In Hinduism, the asuras (Sanskrit: असुर) are a group of power-seeking deities different from the benign deities known as devas (which are also known as suras). Deva (देव in Devanagari script) is the Sanskrit word for deity. Its related feminine term is devi. In modern Hinduism, it can be loosely interpreted as any benevolent supernatural being. The devas in Hinduism, also called Suras, are often juxtaposed to the Asuras, their half brothers.. Asuras are sometimes considered naturalists, or nature-beings, in constant battle with the devas. Amesha Spentas translates as 'Holy Immortals' in Avestan. It is interesting to note that there was a city of Sura in the southern part of ancient Babylonia, located west of the Euphrates River. It was well known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes, wheat, and barley. It was also a major center of Torah scholarship, and home of an important yeshiva, which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea, gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud. A depiction of Rabbi Ashi teaching a the Yeshiva Academy of Sura established in 225 A.D. It was at the Academy of Sura that the Babylonian Talmud (Oral Law), the basis for Jewish law (halacha), philosophy and the Jewish way of life and was created. The Talmud was completed in the year 499 CE. It has been rightly maintained that no book, with the exception of the Bible, has played such an essential part in the history of the Jewish people as the Talmud in both its versions, but the Babylonian Talmud is considered superior to the Palestinian or Jerusalem Talmud. The front page of the Brachot section of the Babylonian Talmud. In late-Vedic and post-Vedic literature the Vedic asuras became lesser beings while in the Avesta, the Persian counterpart of the Vedas, the devas began to be considered lesser beings. Later, in the Puranas, the son of Marichi, Kashyap (Sanskrit कश्यप kaśyapa) is portrayed as the father of the devas, asuras, nāgas and all of humanity. Rishi Marichi or Mareechi or Marishi (ṛṣi Marīci, ऋषि मरीचि) (meaning a ray of light) is the son of Brahma, the cosmic creator, and also one of the Saptarshi (Seven Great Sages Rishi), in the First Manvantara, with others being Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha. Zoroastrians worship fire is seen a representation of the spirit of God, not as a deity in itself. It is called a symbol of "Asha," which translates as "original light of God" and consecrated flames are kept burning in major temples as a sign of esteem for the Asha. Asha Vahishta is closely associated with fire. Fire is "grandly conceived as a force informing all the other Amesha Spentas, giving them warmth and the spark of life. Amesha Spenta (see below) is a restrictive use of the term to refer to the great six "divine sparks" of Ahura Mazda. In Zoroastrian tradition, these are the first six emanations of the noncreated Creator, through whom all subsequent creation was accomplished. The "divine sparks" that appear in the Gathic Yasna 47.1 are: [Vohu] Manah, approximately meaning "[Good] Purpose" Aša [Vahištā] "[best] Truth/Righteousness" Xšaθra [Vairya], "[Desirable] Dominion" Sp''ə''nta Armaiti, "[Holy] Devotion" Haurvatāt, "Wholeness" Amərətāt, "Immortality" Yasna Chapter 30 The idea of "divine sparks" is found in Gnosticism but also present in most Western Mystical Traditions such as Kabbalah and Sufism that all of mankind contains within itself the Divine Spark of God which is contained or imprisoned in the body. In these cosmologies the purpose of life is to enable the Divine Spark to be released from its captivity in matter and reestablish its connection with or simply return to God who is perceived as being the source of the Divine Light. In the Gnostic Christian tradition (e.g. the Valentinian Church, the Cathars, the modern Lectorium Rosicrucianum etc.) Christ is seen as an Avatar of the Light which has taken human form in order to lead humanity back to the Light. The Cathars in particular saw this idea expressed most powerfully in the opening words of the Gospel of St John. because the prophet Zoroaster was, in a vision, conducted into the presence of Ahura Mazdā by Vohu Manah, any individual who seeks to know the Wise Lord must approach him through this immortal. How did the benevolent Avestian Spenta Armanti turn into the Armenian demon Spandaramet? Spandaramet was an Armenian earth goddess whose name comes from the Iranian spenta aemaita, the seven bounteous immortals of the Zoroastrian tradition. She represented both fertility (the fruit of the vine), and the resting place of the dead. She typified the fertility of the ground. Spandaramet was invisible, but her visible symbol was the earth itself. She thus corresponds to the Greek Demeter or Mother Earth. Because She was also seen as the goddess of the dead, with the coming of Christianity, the word Spandaramet took on the meaning of hell. The Pahlavi name is, most probably, merely a corrupt transliteration of the Avesta form, and may be read Ganrâk-maînôk, as the Avesta Spenta-mainyu, the spirit who causes prosperity, has become Spênâk-maînôk in Pahlavi. This latter spirit is represented by Aûharmazd himself in the Bundahis. The Pahlavi word for 'spirit,' which is read madônad by the Parsis, and has been pronounced mînavad by some scholars and mînôî by others, is probably a corruption of maînôk, as its Sasanian form was minô. If it were not for the extra medial letter in ganrâk, and for the obvious partial transliteration of spênâk, it would be preferable to read ganâk, 'smiting,' and to derive it from a supposed verb gandan, 'to smite' (Av. ghna), as proposed by most Zendists. A Parsi would probably suggest gandan, 'to stink.' Pahlavi or Pahlevi denotes a particular and exclusively written form of various Middle Iranian languages. Pahlavi compositions have been found for the dialects/ethnolects of Parthia, Parsa, Sogdiana, Scythia, and Khotan. The term Pahlavi is said to be derived from the Parthian language word parthav or parthau, meaning Parthia, a region just east of the Caspian Sea, with the -i suffix denoting the language and people of that region. If this etymology is correct, Parthav presumably became pahlaw through a semivowel glide rt (or in other cases rd) change to l, a common occurrence in language evolution (e.g. Arsacid sard became sal, zard>zal, vard>gol, sardar>salar etc.). The term has been traced back further to Avestan pərəthu- "broad [as the earth]", also evident in Sanskrit pŗthvi- "earth" and parthivi "[lord] of the earth". Common to all Indo-Iranian languages is a connotation of "mighty." The earliest attested use of Pahlavi dates to the reign of Arsaces I of Parthia (250 BC) in early Parthian coins with Pahlavi scipts. There are also several Pahlavi texts written during the reign of Mithridates I (r. 171–138 BC). It appears that Old Persian, Parthian Pahlavi, Sogdian and Avestan scripts were based Aramaic language. Zorastrianism in the beginning Avestan period evolves into something different in the Pahlavi. After the downfall of the Achaemenian empire, the Avestan language began to decay. Zoroastrian priests undertook translations and explanations of the Avestan texts into Pahlav. The Parthian Empire (/ˈpɑrθiən/; 247 BC – 224 AD), also known as the Arsacid Empire /ˈɑrsəsɪd/, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran, also known as ancient Persia. Its latter name comes from Arsaces I of Parthia who, as leader of the Parni tribe, founded it in the mid-3rd century BC when he conquered the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy (province) in rebellion against the Seleucid Empire. Mithridates I of Parthia (r. c. 171–138 BC) greatly expanded the empire by seizing Media and Mesopotamia from the Seleucids. At its height, the Parthian Empire stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now central-eastern Turkey, to eastern Iran. The empire, located on the Silk Road trade route between the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean Basin and the Han Empire of China, became a center of trade and commerce. Arsaces I (/ˈɑrsəsiːz/; Persian: ارشک‎ Arshak, Greek: Ἀρσάκης,) was the founder of the Arsacid dynasty, and after whom all 30+ monarchs of the Arsacid empire officially named themselves. A celebrated descent from antiquity (the Bagratid "line") begins with Arsaces. Arsaces or Ashk has also given name to the city of Ashkabad. The Parthian Empire, being culturally and politically heterogeneous, had a variety of religious systems and beliefs, the most widespread being those dedicated to Greek and Iranian cults. Aside from a minority of Jews and early Christians,most Parthians were polytheistic. Greek and Iranian deities were often blended together as one. For example, Zeus was often equated with Ahura Mazda, Hades with Angra Mainyu, Aphrodite and Hera with Anahita, Apollo with Mithra, and Hermes with Shamash. Aside from the main gods and goddesses, each ethnic group and city had their own designated deities. As with Seleucid rulers, Parthian art indicates that the Arsacid kings viewed themselves as gods; this cult of the ruler was perhaps the most widespread. The extent of Arsacid patronism of Zoroastrianism is debated in modern scholarship.[220] The followers of Zoroaster would have found the bloody sacrifices of some Parthian-era Iranian cults to be unacceptable. However, there is evidence that Vologeses I encouraged the presence of Zoroastrian magi priests at court and sponsored the compilation of sacred Zoroastrian texts which later formed the Avesta. The Sassanid court would later adopt Zoroastrianism as the official state religion of the empire. Vologases I of Parthia (Persian: ولاش يکم‎) sometimes called Vologaeses or Vologeses or following Parthian usage, Walagash (Persian: بلاش‎ Balāsh) was king of the Parthian Empire from about until his death in 78. Vologases I was a Prince of Iranian and Greek ancestry. He was one of the sons born to Vonones II from a Greek concubine, he succeeded his father in 51. When he ascended the Parthian throne, he appointed his brother Pacorus II as king of Atropatene. His reign is marked by a decided reaction against Hellenism. He was influential in reverting the Hellenization by going back to Iranian customs and traditions of Achaemenid times. He replaced the Greek alphabet with the Pahlavi script, and on some coins the initials of his name appear in Pahlavi letters. He also reverted the Greek names of Iranian cities to Iranian names. According to Zoroastrian texts, Vologases I ordered the collection of the ancient Avestan texts. On some of his coins a fire temple appears for the first time, starting a tradition which continued for several hundred years to the end of Sasanians. Vonones II of Parthia (Persian: ونن دوم‎, Greek: Ονωνης, flourished second half of 1st century BC – 51 AD) was a Prince of Iranian and Greek ancestry who served as a King of Media Atropatene and briefly as King of Parthia. Tiridates I (Armenian: Տրդատ Ա Trdat A; Parthian: Tīridāt; Greek: Τιριδάτης Tiridátes) was King of Armenia beginning in 53 and the founder of the Arsacid Dynasty, the Armenian line of the Arsacid Dynasty. The dates of his birth and death are unknown. His early reign was marked by a brief interruption towards the end of the year 54 and a much longer one from 58 to 63. In an agreement to resolve the Roman-Parthian conflict in and over Armenia, Tiridates I (one of the brothers of Vologases I of Parthia) was crowned king of Armenia by the Roman emperor Nero in 66. In addition to being a king, Tiridates I was also a Zoroastrian priest and was accompanied by other magi on his journey to Rome in 66. A History of Armenia by Vahan M. Kurkjian published by: The Armenian General Benevolent Union of America 1958 In the early 20th century, Franz Cumont speculated that Tiridates was instrumental in the development of Mithraism, which was considered Romanized Zoroastrianism. It is worth noting Cumont's theory has been disputed. Iranian "Mithra" and Sanskrit "Mitra" are believed to come from an Indo-Iranian word mitra meaning "contract, agreement, covenant." According to Plutarch, Zoroaster named Areimanios as one of the two rivals who were the artificers of good and evil. In terms of sense perception, Oromazes was to be compared with light, and Areimanios to darkness and ignorance; between these was Mithras the Mediator. Areimanios received offerings that pertained to apotropaism and mourning. Areimanios unclothed body is entwined six times by a serpent, the head of which rests on the skull of the god. Angra Mainyu (Aŋra Mainiiu) is the Avestan-language name of Zoroastrianism's hypostasis of the "destructive spirit" from which later conceptions was passed onto Judeo-Christian beliefs through the concept of Satan, the chief agent of evil. Prior to Babylonian captivity (586-538 BC), Judaism held the belief that Satan was an agent of God and that he tested man's loyalty to God. After Cyrus the Great permitted the Jews to return to Jerusalem Satan became God's rival and the lord of evil. Cyrus did not allow the restoration of the Judean monarchy, which left the Judean priests as the dominant authority. Without the constraining power of the monarchy, the authority of the Temple in civic life was amplified. It was around this time that the Sadducee party emerged as the party of priests and allied elites. The Second Temple (completed 515 BCE) had been constructed under the auspices of Cyrus, and there were lingering questions about its legitimacy. This provided the condition for the development of various sects or "schools of thought", each of which claimed exclusive authority to represent "Judaism", and which typically shunned social intercourse, especially marriage, with members of other sects. According to one theory, in the same period, the council of sages known as the Sanhedrin codified and canonized the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and, following the return from Babylon, the Torah was read publicly on market-days. Modern literary analysis suggests that it was at this time that older oral and written sources were revised to account for the exile as God's punishment for the sin of worshiping other gods. In describing a ritual to Areimanios, Plutarch says the god was invoked as Hades ("The Hidden One") and Darkness. (In Greek religion, Hades was the ruler of the dead or shades, and not a god of evil, except in the sense that death might be considered kakon, a bad thing.) The ritual required a plant that Plutarch calls omomi, which was to be pounded in a mortar and mixed with the blood of a sacrificed wolf. The substance was then carried to a place "where the sun never shines," and cast therein. He adds that "water-rats" belong to this god, and therefore proficient rat-killers are fortunate men.

The Examiner published a story, "Vatican Announces Jesus Is Not Coming Back" by William Bell Mr. Bell cites a story, "“Jesus Not Coming Back By The Looks Of It” Admits Vatican" published by Waterford Whispers News Mr. Williams needs to read this disclaimer:

Chapter 5 TEHILIM (Book of Psalms) Chapter 81 A shofar is an instrument made from the horn of a ram or other kosher animal. It was used in ancient Israel to announce the New Moon (Rosh Chodesh) and call people together. Saint Paul has a different opinion of Rosh Chodesh, Sabbath Days, circumcision, and the worship of angels and elementals.. Colossians 2 We need to separate the wheat from the chaff. Meaning focusing on the commands of Hashem and letting go of human traditions and false teachers not rooted in divine revelation. Paul's words were no different than Hashem's revelations to the Prophet Isaiah. Observing Sabbaths is not bad, but what is truly important is removing evil from our lives and focusing on doing good works and putting Hashem first. We need to atone for our sins before coming into presence of Hashem. The Great Isaiah Scroll Chapter 1 Philippians 2 Hashem knew that other religious cults were practicing new moon festivals. In my opinion that is why He did not put as much ritual importance to them. But, Hashem also knew that it was important for his people to know the season and date they were living in. For me the strength of the flood and creation story repeated in similar cultures shows me that Judaism has a genealogical, cultural and linguistic relationship with Akkadian Semitic speakers from the family of Noah. Their concepts of Hashem became corrupted by cultural concepts of forces of nature. Zoroastrian and Judaism culture of one God survived, the other Polytheist religions with the exception of Hinduism lost their popularity are now considered satanic cults. These pagan spirits are still very much alive in our time and twisting into new media truths of whether they are good or bad. Without the power of discernment they may eventually evolve back into their former selves with a new community of believers. This is why I have taken the time to understand the spirits of the past. I apologize to the reader if my writing seems to go off on various tangents, but one understanding builds a bridge to another. God willing I will finish this section of understanding idolatry soon and come to a profound simple truth. The main Sumerian deities are: Anu: god of heaven, the firmament Enlil: god of the air (from Lil = Air); patron deity of Nippur Enki: god of freshwater, male fertility, and knowledge; patron deity of Eridu Ereshkigal: goddess of the underworld, Kigal or Irkalla Inanna: goddess of warfare, female fertility, and sexual love; matron deity of Uruk Nammu was the primeval sea (Engur), who gave birth to An (heaven) and Ki (earth) and the first deities; eventually became known as the goddess Tiamat Ninhursag: goddess of the earth Nanna: god of the moon; one of the patron deities of Ur Ningal: wife of Nanna Ninlil: an air goddess and wife of Enlil; one of the matron deities of Nippur; she was believed to reside in the same temple as Enlil Ninurta: god of war, agriculture, one of the Sumerian wind gods; patron deity of Girsu, and one of the patron deities of Lagash Utu: god of the sun at the E-babbar temple of Sippar Anzud was the villain of the Sumerian assembly of gods. Is it possible that the Sumerian god Anzud over time evolved to the Assyrian Ashur and then became the symbol of Faravahar of the Zoroastrian religion? National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad. Description: Pendant of a lion-headed eagle, thought to represent the Anzud bird from the Sumerian myth. Daniel 7 Anzud (Anzû is Akkadian, before misread as Zû, also known as Imdugud in Sumerian) means (from An "heaven" and Zu "to know." Anzud is a lesser divinity or monster of Akkadian mythology, and the son of the bird goddess Siris. He was conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu and the wide Earth. Both Anzud and Siris are seen as massive birds who can breathe fire and water, although Anzudis alternately seen as a lion-headed eagle (like a reverse griffin). Imdugud (Sumerian) or Anzû (Akkadian). Anzud was a servant of the chief sky god Enlil, guard of the throne in Enlil's sanctuary, (possibly previously a symbol of Anu), from whom Anzud stole the Tablet of Destinies, so hoping to determine the fate of all things. In one version of the legend, the gods sent Lugalbanda to retrieve the tablets, who killed Anzu. In another, Ea and Belet-Ili conceived Ninurta for the purpose of retrieving the tablets. In a third legend, found in The Hymn of Ashurbanipal, Marduk is said to have killed Anzu. Ham is the Chaldean Anzu, and both are cursed for the same allegorically described crime," which parallels the mutilation of Uranos by Kronos and of Set by Horus. Hammurabi might actually mean "Ham the Great Anzu and the Tablet of Destinies From the Sumerian Gal = great, Lu = man, in Sumerian and Akkadian (Babylonian and Assyrian) mythology, the Gallus (also called gallu demons or gallas [Akkadian: gallû) were great demons/devils of the underworld. Gallu demons hauled unfortunate victims off to the underworld. They were one of seven devils (or "the offspring of hell") of Babylonian theology that could be appeased by the sacrifice of a lamb at their altars. Lilitu (Hebrew "Lilith," "Lillith," or "Lilit") was a Mesopotamian night demon with a penchant for destroying children. In Akkadian mythology, Antu or Antum was the first consort of Anu, and the pair were the parents of the Anunnaki and the Utukki. Aya (or Aja) in Akkadian mythology was a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash. Aya developed from the Sumerian goddess Šherida, consort of Utu. TABLET 1 In Sumerian mythology, Anu (also An; from Sumerian *An = sky, heaven) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly regions. It was believed that he had the power to judge those who had committed crimes, and that he had created the stars as soldiers to destroy the wicked. His attribute was the royal tiara. His attendant and minister of state was the god Ilabrat. http://firstlegend.info/van.html Igigi was a term used to refer to the gods of heaven in Sumerian mythology. Though sometimes synonymous with the term "Annunaki," in one myth the Igigi were the younger gods who were servants of the Annunaki, until they rebelled and were replaced by the creation of humans. Enki is a god in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology. He was originally patron god of the city of Eridu, but later the influence of his cult spread throughout Mesopotamia and to the Canaanites, Hittites and Hurrians. He was the deity of crafts (gašam); mischief; water, seawater, lakewater (a, aba, ab), intelligence (gestú, literally "ear") and creation (Nudimmud: nu, likeness, dim mud, make beer). He was associated with the southern band of constellations called stars of Ea, but also with the constellation AŠ-IKU, the Field (Square of Pegasus). Beginning around the second millennium BCE, he was sometimes referred to in writing by the numeric ideogram for "40," occasionally referred to as his "sacred number." The planet Mercury, associated with Babylonian Nabu (the son of Marduk) was in Sumerian times, identified with Enki. Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was involved in the creation of humankind from clay and blood. As Nintu legends states she pinched off fourteen pieces of primordial clay which she formed into womb deities, seven on the left and seven on the right with a brick between them, who produced the first seven pairs of human embryos. She may have become Belet Ili ("Mistress of the Gods") when, at Enki's suggestion, the gods slew one amongst themselves and used that god's blood and flesh, mixed with clay, to create humankind. Also known as Belet-ili, or Nintu. Alternative forms of her name include Mama and Mammitum. Belet-ili is Sumerian goddess of the womb. The gods asked her to create mankind for them. She created men, so they could till the soils and dig canals, and she created women so that they could continue to bear men. Seven of each she created, so that after 600 years the people were already too numerous. The land became so noisy that Ellil could not sleep. The people were also sinful, eating their own children, so Ellil decided to wash them away with a great flood. He meant to keep the plan a secret from the people but the god Ea (Enki) told his protege Atrahasis what would happen and how he could save himself by means of a boat. The flood lasted seven days. In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (Ninḫursag) or Ninkharsag was a mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility goddess. Temple hymn sources identify her as the 'true and great lady of heaven' (possibly in relation to her standing on the mountain) and kings of Sumer were 'nourished by Ninhursag's milk'. Her hair is sometimes depicted in an omega shape, and she at times wears a horned head-dress and tiered skirt, often with bow cases at her shoulders, and not infrequently carries a mace or baton surmounted by an omega motif or a derivation, sometimes accompanied by a lion cub on a leash. She is the tutelary deity to several Sumerian leaders. Copper Bull from the Temple of Ninhursag TABLET II ZINI (spirit of the wind) The shades or spirits of the deceased were known as gidim (GIDIM) in Sumerian, and as eṭemmu in Akkadian. The Sumerian word is analyzed as a compound of either gig "to be sick" and dim "a demon", or gi "black" + dim "to approach". Evil Spirit = Gidim Xul = Evil Ghost = Idimmu Lilu is a male demon while Lilitu and Ardat Lili are females. Hebrew: לילית; Arabic: ليليث; Akkadian: Līlītu, are female or male nisba adjectives from the proto-Semitic root L-Y-L meaning "Night," literally translating to nocturnal "female night being/demon", although cuneiform inscriptions where Lilit and Lilitu refers to disease-bearing wind spirits exist. http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/horror/demon/necro-12.html The Magan Text In Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, Pazuzu (sometimes Fazuzu or Pazuza) was the king of the demons of the wind, and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought. In the 1971 novel The Exorcist and the movie based on the novel, Pazuzu is supposedly the evil spirit that possesses the young girl Regan MacNeil. He reappears in the 1977 sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic. In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology Hanbi or Hanpa (more commonly known in western text) was the father of Pazuzu, Enki and Humbaba. Hanbi is known as by some as the Lord of all evil spirits and was postulated to antagonize the entity Lamaştu in ancient Akkadian vignettes. In Japanese Oni Hanabi means demon flowers of fire (fireworks). The Oni are Japanese demons, often depicted as red ogre-like creatures with red, blue, brown or black skin, two horns on its head, a wide mouth filled with fangs, and wearing nothing but a tigerskin loincloth. It often carries an iron kanabo or a giant sword. Oni are depicted as evil. Yukijin’ demons carry spark-throwing columns of fire along the Demon footpath. Just above the town of Noboribetsu Onsen is an area called Jigokudani (Hell's Valley). In Shinto belief there lives a hot water oni demons named Yukijin, who watch over countless hot water springs and geysers throughout a Jigokudani gorge carved out by an ancient volcanic eruption of Mt. Hyoriyama around 10,000 years ago. In Japanese Jigoku (Mandarin Diyu) means "earth prison", realm of the dead, very similar to Christian, Chinese, and Judaism belief in Hell. When I visited Jigokundani my most vivid impression was the beauty of the place and getting startled by the The Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata). I also visited the Shinto Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社) located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, during my Semester at Sea trip in 1993. At the time I never fully grasped its importance of the Yoshida Shrine to Japanese culture. The Shrine was founded in 859 AD by the Fujiwara clan, a powerful Japanese family founded by founder, Nakatomi no Kamatari statesman, courtier and politician during the Asuka period (538 – 710). Nakatomi no Kamatari fought against the was a supporter of the Shinto religion founded in in Japan approximately 660 BC and fought the introduction of Buddhism into his country. I did not realize the Yoshida Shrine is the birthplace of hand tube fireworks until I read some articles on this topic. Noboribetsu Hell Festival begins with the Hell Parade with taiko drums and 1-ton mikoshi (miniature shrines), followed by the Yama (Lord of Death) Float and the massive Demon Dance. In Buddhist mythology, Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas ("Hells" or "Purgatories") and the cycle of rebirth. In Chinese mythology, Yan (Chinese: t: 閻, s: 阎, p: Yán) is the god of death and the ruler of Diyu. From Vedic Sanskrit Yama Rājā (यम राज, "King Yama"), he is also known as Yanluowang (Yan). Chinese beliefs Yan subsequently spread to Korea and Japan. In Japan, he is called Enma (閻魔, prev. "Yenma"), King Enma (閻魔王, Enma-ō), and Great King Enma (閻魔大王, Enma Dai-Ō). King Enma and His Attendants (Hoshaku-ji Temple) The Jū-ō (lit. = 10 kings) concept is based on Chinese Taoism and was introduced to Japan during the Heian Period (794-1185 AD). The "Ten Kings" of Buddhist hell, venerated mainly by followers of the Shingon-shū sect. The Ten Kings - Byodo-o, Emma-o, Gokan-jo, Gotoenrin-o, Hensei-o, Shinko-o, Shoko-o, Gototenrin-o, Hensei-o, Shinko-o, Shoko-o, Sotei-o, Taizan-o, and Toshi-o are led by Emma-o Shingon Buddhism (真言宗 Shingon-shū) is one of the mainstream major schools of Japanese Buddhism and one of the few surviving Esoteric Buddhist lineages that started in the 3rd to 4th century AD that originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. The esoteric teachings would later flourish in Japan under the auspices of a Buddhist monk named Kūkai (空海), who traveled to Tang Dynasty China to acquire and request transmission of the esoteric teachings. For that reason, it is often called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Orthodox Esoteric Buddhism. The word "Shingon" is the Japanese reading of the Kanji for the Chinese word Zhēnyán (真言), literally meaning "True Words", which in turn is the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word mantra (मन्त्र). Vajrabodhi was the second of three Vajrayana missionaries to eighth-century China. He was born of a South Indian brahmin family, and his father was a priest for the royal house. Vajrabodhi probably converted to Buddhism at the age of sixteen, although some accounts place him at the Buddhist institution of Nālandā at the age of ten. He studied all varieties of Buddhism and was said to have studied for a time under the famous Buddhist logician Dharmakīrti. Under Santijnana, Vajrabodhi studied Vajrayāna teachings and was duly initiated into yoga. Vajrayāna (Devanagari: वज्रयान) is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Way or Thunderbolt Way. Vajrayāna is a complex and multifaceted system of Buddhist thought and practice which evolved over several centuries. Leaving India, Vajrabodhi traveled to Sri Lanka and Srivijaya (present-day Sumatra), where he apparently was taught a Vajrayāna tradition distinct from that taught at Nālandā. From Srivijaya he sailed to China via the escort of thirty-five Persian merchant-vessels, and by AD 720 was ensconced in the Jianfu Temple at the Chinese capital, Chang'an (present-day Xian). Accompanying him was his soon-to-be-famous disciple, Amoghavajra (Sanskrit: अमोघवज्र amoghavajra; Chinese: 不空, pīnyīn: Bùkōng, Japanese: Fukū; Vietnamese: Bất Không, Korean: 불공) (705–774). Vajrabodhi taught his disciple the Indian Buddhist Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra (Sanskrit) text that was very important for the development of the Vajrayana Yoga tantra traditions in India, Tibet, China, Japan and Sumatra, amongst others. The Tattvasaṃgraha is extant in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese. Hevajra (Tibetan: ཀྱེའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ kye'i rdo rje / kye rdo rje; Chinese: 喜金刚 Xǐ jīngāng;) is one of the main yidams (enlightened beings) in Tantric, or Vajrayana Buddhism. Hevajra's consort is Nairātmyā (Tibetan: bdag med ma).

Interesting tidbit of information that I will have to research The Book of Jubilees From "The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament" R.H. Charles Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913

Chapter 5 The fourth beast fighting the Holy Ones in the vision of the prophet Daniel is similar to Humbaba, Tiamat, and Anzud fighting against the assembly of Gods. Daniel 7 https://www.academia.edu/3984334/_The_Monsters_Gaze_Vision_as_Mediator_Between_Time_and_Space_in_the_Art_of_Mesopotamia._In_L._Feliu_et_al_Time_and_History_in_the_Ancient_Near_East_Proceedings_of_the_56th_Rencontre_Assyriologique_Internationale_at_Barcelona_26-30_July_10_285-300._Winona_Lake_Eisenbrauns_2013 One can imagine how the forth beast would look like. Star Wars ten horned Sith Lord, Darth Maul is described by George Lucas as "a figure from your worst nightmare." In Ancient Mesopotamian religion, Humbaba (Assyrian spelling) or Huwawa (Sumerian spelling), also Humbaba the Terrible, was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun. Utu (Akkadian rendition of Sumerian UD "Sun", Assyro-Babylonian Shamash "Sun") is the Sun god in Sumerian mythology, the son of the moon god Nanna and the goddess Ningal. His brother and sisters are Ishkur and the twins Inanna and Ereshkigal. Utu is the god of the sun, justice, application of law, and the lord of truth. He is usually depicted as wearing a horned helmet and carrying a saw-edged weapon not unlike a pruning saw. It is thought that every day, Utu emerges from a mountain in the east, symbolizing dawn, and travels either via chariot or boat across the Earth, returning to a hole in a mountain in the west, symbolizing sunset. Every night, Utu descends into the underworld to decide the fate of the dead. He is also depicted as carrying a mace, and standing with one foot on a mountain. Its symbol is "sun rays from the shoulders, and or sun disk or a saw". Stele of Utu Clay mask of the demon Huwawa From Sippar, southern Iraq, about 1800-1600 BC There is a George Burckhardt's translation of Gilgamesh describes Humbaba, "he had the paws of a lion and a body covered in horny scales; his feet had the claws of a vulture, and on his head were the horns of a wild bull; his tail and phallus each ended in a snake's head." Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north. From the earliest times, the bull was lunar in Mesopotamia its horns representing the crescent moon. Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दी, Tamil: நந்தி, Telugu: న౦ది) is the name for the bull which serves as the mount (Sanskrit: Vahana) of the god Shiva and as the gate keeper of Shiva and Parvati. In Hindu Religion, he is the chief guru of eighteen masters (18 siddhas) including Patanjali and Thirumular.emples venerating Shiva display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine. There are also a number of temples dedicated solely to Nandi. Nandi Hills or Nandidurg (Anglicised forms include Nandidrug and Nandydroog) is an ancient hill fortress of southern India, in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state. It is located just 10 km from Chickballapur town and approximately 60 km from the city of Bangalore. The hill gets its name from an ancient, 1300 year old Dravidian style Nandi temple situated on this hill. The temple was originally constructed during the 9th century AD by Bana Queen Ratnavali, in the Dravidian style of architecture. Nandi as a separate god can be traced back to Indus Valley Civilization, where dairy farming was the most important occupation, thus explaining the appearance of various artifacts, such as the 'Pashupati Seal,' steatite seal (dating from 2600–1900 BCE) discovered at Mohenjo-daro. The seal depicts a seated, possibly ithyphallic and tricephalic, figure with a horned headdress surrounded by animals.Pashupati and is believed to have been worshiped as the keeper of herds. Other belive the Pashupati stele to be one of the earliest depictions of the Hindu god Shiva (The seal is named after "Pashupati", an epithet of Shiva) or Rudra, who is associated with asceticism, yoga, and linga; regarded as a lord of animal; and often depicted as having three heads. Is there a connection between the Indus Pashupati and the Sumerian Nanna? The Pashupati stele and first First Dynasty of Ur is estimated 2600 BC. Nandini (Kamadhenu (Sanskrit: कामधेनु [kaːməˈd̪ʱeːnʊ] Kāmadhenu, also known as Surabhi, सुरभि Surabhī) is the female aspect of Shiva's bull and mother of all cows. She is a miraculous "cow of plenty" who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle as well as the eleven Rudras. In iconography, she is generally depicted as a white cow with a female head and breasts or as a white cow containing various deities within her body. All cows are venerated in Hinduism as the earthly embodiment of the Kamadhenu. As such, Kamadhenu is not worshipped independently as a goddess, and temples are not dedicated to her honor alone; rather, she is honored by the veneration of cows in general throughout the observant Hindu population. Sabaean Incense Burner Attar (Aramaic); Athtar (South Arabia); Astar (Abyssinia); Ashtar (Moab); Ashtar(t) (Canaan); Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian) is the morning star and thunderstorm god, dispensing natural irrigation in the form of rain. In more southerly regions Attar is known as Dhu-Samani. Men from the village, wearing grass skirts and headdresses fashioned from cattle horns, perform the Kambala dance. Expedition across Africa - Kambala dance in Kadugli in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan Ezekiel 43 TEHILIM (Book of Psalms) Chapter 75 TEHILIM (Book of Psalms) Chapter 118

Chapter 5 The Akitu Festival: Religious Continuity and Royal Legitimation in Mesopotamia By Julye Bidmead Page 98 Knights of Babylon 2012 Mardi Gras Parade New Orleans The Knights of Babylon king waves to the crowd I visited Hampi, India during their New Year celebration in 1993. I remember Indians putting orange dots on celebrants heads from a giant wooden temple cart. Assyrian New Year 6759 - Nohadra, Iraq - Crowd singing with Ashur Bet Sargis There are Annual Hare Krisha parades throughout the world. Hashem's Chariot in Ezekiel's vision would have put awe in Babylon's parade. When Hashem was living within the Ark he did not want to be placed on a cart with wheels. Unfortunately David did not take heed and move the Ark according to the specifications of the Mosaic Law but according to customary practice of other nations like Babylon. 2 Samuel 6 The one parade I would have like to have seen is Jesus entering His Father's city. Hashem allowed the Philistines to bring back the Ark in a cart pulled by oxen. They did not understand Mosaic law or make a covenant with Hashem. Therefore they were not bound by it. They also made an offering to Hashem of gold that was placed in the cart. 1 Samuel 6 Priests were to carry the Ark by hand gripping poles made of acacia wood. Only the Kohathites were allowed to transport the Ark. But, even they were not allowed to see or touch it.This differs from pagan idols that people touched. Numbers 4 Although we like festivals and parades and seasonal festivals. Hashem detests any celebration of false idols, moon, stars, animals, and the material world. Isaiah 1 The Parade for Jesus was just. He was the lamb to be sacrificed for atonement of our sins. People were allowed the opportunity to glimpse and touch the greatest prophet of mankind. Although, those in power did not want to believe what they saw and heard. They wanted to control the voice of Hashem. Matthew 21 In addition to the earth and the heavens, even the weakest human beings bring praise to their Creator. David’s point was that even small children acknowledge and honor God whereas older, more sophisticated adults often deny Him. Psalm 8 1 Corinthians 1

The Didache Chapter 5 During Shammuramat's reign Hazael (/ˈheɪziəl/; Hebrew: חֲזָהאֵל or חזאל[1]ḤaZa'eL‎; Aramaic, from the triliteral Semitic root h-z-y, "to see"; his full name meaning, "God has seen") was King of the Aram-Damascus empire that ruled over large parts of Syria and Palestine. During his approximately 46-year reign (c. 842 BC-796 BC), King Hazael led the Arameans in battle against the forces of King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah. After defeating them at Ramoth-Gilead, Hazael repelled two attacks by the Assyrians, seized Israelite territory east of the Jordan, the Philistine city of Gath, and sought to take Jerusalem as well. In 842 BC God tells the prophet Elijah to anoint Hazael king over Syria. 1 Kings 19 2 Kings 8 2 Kings 10 2 Kings 13 2 Kings 17 Hoshea (Hebrew: הושע, Modern Hoshea Tiberian Hôšēăʻ ; "salvation"; Latin: Osee) was the last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (who may or may not be the Israelite king Elah). William F. Albright dated reign to 732–721 BC, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BC. Ezekiel (622 - 570 BC) at the age of 25, was amongst 3,000 upper class Jews who were exiled to Babylon. Ezekiel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512, fresco, restored. Ezekiel 24 Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, Modern Daniyyel Tiberian Dāniyyêl ; Arabic: دانيال) is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible (628 - 537 BC). In the narrative, Daniel was one of several children taken into Babylonian captivity where they were educated in Chaldean thought. Daniel was then taken into the court of the king of Babylon and had become his prime minister. Daniel 1 Ezekiel knew of Daniel and considered him to be righteous. He dwelled with the captives who had been brought down to the rivers of Babylon. Ezekiel 14 Did winged spirits and the Tree of Life originate in Assyria? Image Title : Winged females standing before the sacred tree. (Nimroud) [Calah] Additional Name(s) : Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 -- Author New York Public Library The above stele reminds me of a Christmas tree with an angel on the top. Did Ezekiel’s vision of Hashem on a throne chariot come from a Babylon temple float? Knights of Babylon The Knights of Babylon pay homage to the splendor of this fabled ancient city by annually presenting a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. http://www.knightsofbabylon.com/home.html http://www.bibleorigins.net/EzekielsCherubim.html Akitu (or Akītum; Sumerian ezen á-ki-tum, akiti-šekinku (á-ki-ti-še-gur10-ku5) "cutting of barley", akiti-šununum "sowing of barley", Babylonian akitu, also rêš-šattim "head of the year") was a spring festival in ancient Mesopotamia. In Babylonian religion it came to be dedicated to Marduk's victory over Tiamat.

The Didache Chapter 5 Genesis 14 There is a theory that tectonic shifting along the Jordan-Gihon rift may have caused this valley's further submersion under the Dead Sea, and that the "divine fire and brimstone" was an explosion of natural gas released by a ground movement. The Book of Jasher (Book of the Just Man) mentions that the subjects and princes of Nimrod called him by the name Amraphel. Published in November 1751, the title page of the book says: "translated into English by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, of Britain, Abbot of Canterbury, who went on a pilgrimage into the Holy Land and Persia, where he discovered this volume in the city of Gazna." The book claims to be written by Jasher, son of Caleb, one of Moses' lieutenants, who later judged Israel at Shiloh. Jasher covers Biblical history from the creation down to Jasher's own day and was represented as being the Lost Book of Jasher mentioned in the Bible. Jasher [sefer ha-yashar] Chapter 11 Translation of: Sefer ha-yashar Reprint. Previously published: Salt Lake City : J.H. Parry, 1887 Book from the collections of: Harvard University Collection: americana The Sefer haYashar (first edition 1552) is a Hebrew midrash also known as the Toledot Adam and Dibre ha-Yamim be-'Aruk. The Hebrew title may be translated Sefer haYashar - "Book of the Upright Man" - but it is known in English translation mostly as The Book of Jasher following English tradition. The book is named after the Book of Jasher mentioned in Joshua and 2 Samuel. The earliest extant version of this Hebrew midrash was printed in Venice in 1625, and the introduction refers to an earlier 1552 "edition" in Naples, of which neither trace nor other mention has been found. The printer Joseph ben Samuel claimed the work was copied by a scribe named Jacob the son of Atyah, from an ancient manuscript whose letters could hardly be made out. This work is also not to be confused with an ethical text by the same name, which, according to the Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume 14, p. 1099, was "probably written in the 13th century." Scholars have proposed various dates between the 9th century and 16th century. The Venice 1625 text was heavily criticised as a forgery by Leon Modena, as part of his criticisms of the Zohar as a forgery, and of Kabbalah in general. Modena was a member of the Venetian rabbinate that supervised the Hebrew press in Venice, and Modena prevented the printers from identifying Sefer ha-Yashar with the Biblical lost book. Despite Modena's intervention, the preface to the 1625 version still claims that its original source book came from the ruins of Jerusalem in AD 70, where a Roman officer named Sidrus allegedly discovered a Hebrew scholar hiding in a hidden library. The officer Sidrus reportedly took the scholar and all the books safely back to his estates in Seville, Spain (in Roman known as Hispalis, the provincial capital of Hispania Baetica). The 1625 edition then claims that at some uncertain point in the history of Islamic Spain, the manuscript was transferred or sold to the Jewish college in Cordova. The 1625 edition further claims that scholars preserved the book until its printings in Naples in 1552 and in Venice in 1625. Apart from the preface to the 1625 work, there is no evidence to support any of this story. The work was used extensively, but not especially more than many other sources, in Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. Although there remains doubt about whether the 1552 "edition" in Naples was ever truly printed, the study of Joseph Dan, professor of Kabbalah at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the preface to his 1986 critical edition of the 1625 text concludes, from the Hebrew used and other indicators, that the work was in fact written in Naples in the early sixteenth century. The Arabic connections suggest that if the preface to the 1625 version is an "exaggeration", it was then probably written by a Jew who lived in Spain or southern Italy. Chapter 10 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia YASHAR, SEFER HA Babylonian Talmud: Tractate ‘Abodah Zarah Folio 53b Babylonian Talmud: Tractate ‘Abodah Zarah Folio 3a The Talmud reveals that it was Nimrod who created false idols. And Nimrod witnessed Abraham rejecting them for one true God. http://youtu.be/dXcZYAtGg7o I find this video disturbing. It claims it was Semiramis (Greek: Σεμίραμις, Armenian: Շամիրամ Shamiram), wife of Nimrod and queen of Babylon that started the ideas of reincarnation, sun worship, and mother and child worship. The idea of this video originated with Protestant minister Alexander Hislop who wrote the "The Two Babylons" (1853) claimed that Semiramis was an actual person in ancient Mesopotamia who invented polytheism and, with it, goddess worship. Hislop believed that Semiramis was a consort of Nimrod, builder of the Bible's Tower of Babel, though Biblical mention of consorts to Nimrod is lacking. According to Hislop, Semiramis invented polytheism in an effort to corrupt her subjects' original faith in the God of Genesis. She deified herself as Ishtar and her son as Gilgamesh, as well as various members of her court and her then deceased husband. In support of his claim, Hislop talked about legends of Semiramis being raised by doves. He referred to the writings by the church's Ante-Nicene Fathers to suggest that these stories began as propaganda invented and circulated by Semiramis herself, so her subjects would ascribe to her the status of Queen of Heaven and view her child as divine. Hislop believed Semiramis' child to be the Akkadian deity Tammuz, a god of vegetation as well as a life-death-rebirth deity. He maintained that all divine pairings in religions e.g. Isis/Osiris, Aphrodite/Cupid, and others, are retellings of the tale of Semiramis and Tammuz, and that this was then applied to Mary/Jesus in Catholicism, even though Christianity does not support a special divinity of Mary rather the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The figure of Semiramis was later developed into the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to Hislop's book. Hislop used this in support of his claim that Roman Catholicism is in fact paganism. Hislop took literary references to Osiris and Orion as "seed of woman" as evidence in support of his thesis. The legends already existing in his day about Semiramis, he claimed, were distortions of history. Hislop's claims continue to be circulated among some fundamentalist Christians today, in the form of Jack Chick tracts, comic books, and related media. Author and conspiracy theorist David Icke also incorporates Hislop's claims about Semiramis into his book The Biggest Secret, claiming that Semiramis also had a key role in the Reptilian alien conspiracy that he asserts is secretly controlling humanity. However, Ralph Woodrow, Evangelical Christian minister, speaker and presently the author of sixteen books believes that Alexander Hislop was an exceptionally poor researcher who "picked, chose and mixed" portions of various unrelated myths from many different cultures. Woodrow formerly supported Hishop's thesis that Roman Catholicism is a syncretistic pagan religion in his book Babylon Mystery Religion and gained a certain notoriety when he changed his view and pulled the work from circulation. His new viewpoint is documented in The Babylon Connection. Statue of Semiramis displayed at the Dallas Museum of Art. The statue was designed and sculpted by William Wetmore Story, (February 12, 1819 – October 7, 1895) an American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor. The name of Semiramis came to be applied to various monuments in Western Asia and Asia Minor, the origin of which was forgotten or unknown. Nearly every stupendous work of antiquity by the Euphrates or in Iran seems to have ultimately been ascribed to her, even the Behistun Inscription of Darius. Herodotus ascribes to her the artificial banks that confined the Euphrates and knows her name as borne by a gate of Babylon. However, Diodorus stresses that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built long after Semiramis had reigned and not in her time. According to the legend as related by Diodorus, Semiramis was of noble parents, the daughter of the fish-goddess Derketo of Ascalon in Syria and a mortal. Derketo abandoned her at birth and drowned herself. Doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found and raised her. She then married Onnes or Menones, one of Ninus' generals. Ninus was so struck by her bravery at the capture of Bactra that he married her, forcing Onnes to commit suicide. She and Ninus had a son named Ninyas. After King Ninus conquered Asia, including the Bactrians, he was fatally wounded by an arrow. Semiramis then masqueraded as her son and tricked her late husband's army into following her instructions because they thought these came from their new ruler. After Ninus's death she reigned as queen regnant for 42 years, conquering much of Asia. She restored ancient Babylon and protected it with a high brick wall that completely surrounded the city. Then she built several palaces in Persia, including Ecbatana. Diodorus also attributes the Behistun inscription to her, now known to have been done under Darius I of Persia. She not only reigned Asia effectively but also added Libya and Aethiopia to the empire. She then went to war with king Stabrobates of India, having her artisans create an army of false elephants to deceive the Indians into thinking she had acquired real elephants. This succeeded at first, but then she was wounded in the counterattack and her army again retreated west of the Indus. She is also credited with inventing the chastity belt. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus credits her as the first person to castrate a male youth into eunuch-hood: "Semiramis, that ancient queen who was the first person to castrate male youths of tender age" (Lib. XIV). The association of the fish and dove is found at Hierapolis Bambyce (Mabbog), the great temple at which, according to one legend, was founded by Semiramis, where her statue was shown with a golden dove on her head. Armenian tradition portrays her as a homewrecker and a harlot. These facts are partly to be explained by observing that, according to the legends, in her birth as well as in her disappearance from earth, Semiramis appears as a goddess, the daughter of the fish-goddess Atargatis, and herself connected with the doves of Ishtar or Astartë. One of the most popular legends in Armenian tradition involves Semiramis and an Armenian king, Ara the Beautiful. In the 20th century, the poet Nairi Zarian retold the story of Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram, in a work considered to be a masterpiece of Armenian literary drama. According to the legend, Semiramis had heard about the fame of the handsome Armenian king Ara, and she lusted after his image. She asked Ara to marry her, but he refused; upon hearing this, she gathered the armies of Assyria and marched against Armenia. During the battle, which may have taken place in the Ararat valley, Ara was slain. To avoid continuous warfare with the Armenians, Semiramis, reputed to be a sorceress, took his body and prayed to the gods to raise Ara from the dead. When the Armenians advanced to avenge their leader, she disguised one of her lovers as Ara and spread the rumor that the gods had brought Ara back to life, ending the war. Although many different versions of the legend exist, they agree that Ara never came back to life. While the achievements of Semiramis are clearly in the realm of mythical Greek historiography, the historical Assyrian queen Shammuramat (Shamiram, Semiramis), wife of Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria, certainly existed. After her husband's death, she served as regent from 810 - 806 BC for her son, Adad-nirari III. Shammuramat's stela (memorial stone) has been found at Assur, while an inscription at Nimrud indicates that she was dominant there after the death of her husband and before the rule of her son. Below is Shammuramat's husband, Shamshi-Adad V, King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. He was named after god Adad, who is also known as Hadad Below is Shammuramat's son, Adad-nirari III, King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Like his father, he was named after god Adad, who is also known as Hadad. the first five years of his reign his mother Shammuramat was highly influential, which may have given rise to the legend of Semiramis. Shammuramat would have thus been briefly in control of the vast Neo Assyrian Empire, which 150 years later stretched from the Caucasus Mountains in the north to the Arabian Peninsula in the south, and western Iran in the east to Cyprus in the west. In Shammuramat's time, however, Assyria only ruled over parts of neighboring areas in Mesopotamia, Syria, Asia Minor and Iran. Georges Roux speculated that the later Greek and Indo-Iranian (Persian and Median) flavored myths surrounding Semiramis stem from successful campaigns she waged against these peoples, and the novelty of a woman ruling such an empire. She built such an inuring reputation that queen Margaret of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (1353-1412 A.D.) And Catherine II the Great of Russia (1729-1796) were both labeled as the Semiramis of the North. In The Divine Comedy, Dante sees Semiramis among the souls of the lustful in the Second Circle of Hell: She married her son after Ninus' death and lived with him. Semiramis appears in many plays and operas, for example Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis and operas with the title Semiramide by Domenico Cimarosa, Marcos Portugal, Josef Mysliveček, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Gioachino Rossini. Arthur Honegger composed music for Paul Valéry's eponymous 'ballet-pantomime' in 1934 that was only revived in 1992 after many years of neglect. In Eugène Ionesco's play The Chairs, the Old Woman is referred to as Semiramis. In 1910 Camille de Morlhon directed a film about Semiramis for Pathé, starring Yvonne Mirval. She has also appeared in several sword and sandal films, including the 1954 film Queen of Babylon in which she was played by Rhonda Fleming, and the 1963 film I am Semiramis in which she was played by Yvonne Furneaux. An Italian progressive rock group named Semiramis released one album in 1973. In John Myers Myers's novel Silverlock (chaps.17-18), Semiramis appears as a lustful, commanding queen, who stops her procession to try to seduce young Lucius (who has been transformed into a donkey). In William Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, Eula Varner is her modern incarnation. Faulkner quite likely[citation needed] got the name from Inferno V, where she appears in the same list as Helen of Troy as those punished for uncontrolled passion. One level of Resident Evil Revelations is set aboard an ocean liner named the Queen Semiramis. In 2008 the Italian company Menoventi created Semiramis, a play about the Assyrian queen. The Assyrian people indigenous to Iraq, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey and northwest Iran still retain Semiramis or Shammuramat as a given name for female children to this day. Semiramis of the North was a designation given to powerful female monarchs Margaret I of Denmark and Catherine the Great. Good Assyria and Babylonia resources http://rbedrosian.com/Classic/Mobaa.htm http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17328/17328-h/17328-h.htm

The Didache Chapter 5 Genesis 10 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre Genesis / Chapter 10 / New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) Catholics and Jews believe that Asshur built Niveneh. Later descendants of Asshur angered Hashem for not following His commands. He forced the prophet Jonah to deliver his message to repent before it was too late. Jonah 1 Luke 11 If you believe the Book of Luke is true, then the Assyrians will judge and condemn the generation of Israel that rebuked the Wisdom of Jesus and His Message from Hashem. What about Cush and his descendants? Was building Babylon within his offspring Nimrod's rights? Ezekiel reveals that the Babylonians native land was Chaldea. Ezekiel 23 Jubilees states that Arpachshad (Arphaxad, Arphacsad, Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַדֿ / אַרְפַּכְשָדֿ, Modern Arpakhshad Tiberian ʾArpaḵšaḏ / ʾArpaḵšāḏ, Arabic: 'أرفخشذ', Ārfakhshad‎) was given the land of Chaldees. Jubilees 9 Genesis 10 Arphaxad son of Shem was given the land of Chaldea, which included Babylon. What was Nimrod doing in Chaldea? Nimrod is the son of Cush and his land should be around the Gihon river which no longer exists. Genesis 2 Genesis 10 In human genetics, Y-chromosomal Adam (Y-MRCA) is a hypothetical name given to the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) from whom all currently living people are descended patrilineally (tracing back only along the paternal or male lines of their family tree). The hypothetical "Y-chromosomal Adam" can be considered its founder. Haplogroup A and Haplogroup BT represented the lineages of the two male descendants of Y-chromosomal Adam. Haplogroup A is believed to have arisen in Asia some 30,000–50,000 years before present. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N. Its highest frequencies are among Indigenous peoples of the Americas, its largest overall population is in East Asia, and its greatest variety (which suggests its origin point) is in East Asia. Thus, it might have originated in and spread from the Far East. Torroni et al. 2006 state that Haplogroups M, N and R occurred somewhere between East Africa and the Persian Gulf.

The Didache Chapter 5 THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS BY GEORGE SMITH Sixth Fragment Akkadian Myths and Epics Here is a more complete translation of the Enuma Elish TRANSLATOR: E. A. SPEISER A connection to Tiamat has been suggested with parallels to her description as "Ummu-Hubur". Hubur is also referred to in the Enuma Elish as "mother sea Hubur, who fashions all things". The river Euphrates has been identified with Hubur as the source of fertility in Sumer. This Babylonian "river of creation" has been linked to the later Hebrew "river of paradise". From conservative estimates the Enuma Elish and Genesis were written approximately the same time. At some point the creation story became corrupted. Here we see what God thinks of Marduk. Jeremiah 50 Was Ashur the son of Shem, grandson of Noah considered to be the same Ashur who was head of the Assyrian pantheon of gods in Mesopotamian religion? If so, this could be the origin of the corruption of Genesis. The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus (Written 93-94 A.D.) BOOK I. Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirty-Three Years. — From The Creation To The Death Of Isaac. CHAPTER 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants. Over time the image of Ashur became the symbol of Faravahar of the Zoroastrian religion. Aša "cannot be precisely rendered by some single word in another tongue,"but may be summarized as follows: It is, first of all, 'true statement'. This 'true statement', because it is true, corresponds to an objective, material reality. This reality embraces all of existence. Recognized in it is a great cosmic principle since all things happen according to it. "This cosmic [...] force is imbued also with morality, as verbal Truth, 'la parole conforme', and Righteousness, action conforming with the moral order." Asha Vahishta is closely associated with fire. Fire is "grandly conceived as a force informing all the other Amesha Spentas, giving them warmth and the spark of life. Asa in Sanskrit means hope There was a prophecy against Asshur made by Balaam. Numbers 24 Kittim was a settlement in present-day Larnaca on the west coast of Cyprus, known in ancient times as Kition, or (in Latin) Citium. On this basis, the whole island became known as "Kittim" in Hebrew, including the Hebrew Bible. 1 Maccabees 1 Cethimus possessed the island Cethima: it is now called Cyprus; and from that it is that all islands, and the greatest part of the sea-coasts, are named Cethim by the Hebrews: and one city there is in Cyprus that has been able to preserve its denomination; it has been called Citius by those who use the language of the Greeks, and has not, by the use of that dialect, escaped the name of Cethim. http://youtu.be/524NsuNR-l0 Then comes Nimrod. Genesis 10 Genesis 11 Babylon (Arabic: بابل‎, Bābil; Akkadian: Bābili(m); Hebrew: בָּבֶל, Bāḇel;Ancient Greek: Βαβυλών Babylṓn; Old Persian: Bābiru) was originally a Semitic Akkadian city dating from the period of the Akkadian Empire c. 2300 BC. In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", Hebrew: שם‎, translated as "name") was first used to refer to a language family of West Asian origin, now called Semitic, which includes: the ancient and modern forms of Ahlamu, Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian), Amharic, Ammonite, Amorite, Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, Canaanite/Phoenician/Carthaginian, Chaldean, Eblaite, Edomite, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Mandaic, Moabite, Sutean, Tigre and Tigrinya, and Ugaritic, and others. Here is a Wikipedia map that shows approximate historical distribution of Semitic languages. Book of Jubilees Chapter 7 We know that Asshur was the son of Shem. Asshur lived at the city Nineveh that Genesis states he (or depending on biblical translation his cousin Cush or Nimrod) built, Nevertheless, Nineveh was rightfully given to Asshur by his father Shem who given the land by Noah in Book of Jubilees. Nineve is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Nineve was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria itself, it was sacked by an unusual coalition of former subject peoples, the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Chaldeans, Scythians and Cimmerians in 612 BC. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq. Ushpia was an early Assyrian king who ruled circa 2030 BC, according to the Assyrian King List (AKL). Like most other of the "kings who lived in tents", his name is not regarded as Semitic, but more likely Hurrian. The Hurrians were a people of the Bronze Age Near East. They spoke a Hurro-Urartian language called Hurrian, and lived in Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia. The Hurrians are known in the Bible as the Horites. Ushpia is also alleged to have founded the temple of Ashur at the city of Assur, according to the much later inscriptions of Shalmaneser I (13th century BC) and Esarhaddon (8th century BC). However, he has yet to be confirmed by contemporary artifacts and nothing else of him is known. In the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish, Anshar (also spelled Anshur), which means "sky pivot" or "sky axle", is a sky god. He is the husband of his sister Kishar. They might both represent heaven (an) and earth (ki). Both are the second generation of gods; their parents being the serpents Lahmu and Lahamu and grandparents Tiamat and Abzu. They, in turn, are the parents of Anu, another sky god.During the reign of Sargon II, Assyrians started to identify Anshar with their Assur in order to let him star in their version of Enuma Elish. Temple of Ashur (right) was founded by the king of Assyrian, Ushpia. Asshur was also city capital of Assyria U.S. Soldiers from Crazy Horse Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment provide security for the Provincial Reconstruction Team and representatives of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization visiting the ancient city of Ashur, the site is now known as Qalat Shergat, Iraq, Nov. 21. Ashur is one of three areas in Iraq that is a World Heritage site.

The Didache Chapter 5 Abraham was a decendant of Noah, who was father of Shem, who was father of Eber, who was father of Peleg, who was father of Reu, who was father of Serug, who was father of Nahor, who was father of Serug, who was father of Abraham. At some point between Shem and Serug Abraham's ancestor's stopped believing in Hashem as the one and only God. Joshua 23 Shem does not fit the mold of a rebel. He was Noah's most beloved son. Genesis 9 With Noah's blessing stating Lord was the God of Shem eliminates him from corruption. So it was between Eber and Serug that Abraham's ancestor's stopped believing in Hashem as the one and only God. Numbers 24 It is generally assumed that the word Hebrew is derived from his name. In 93 AD, Josephus wrote that the Hebrews were called after Eber (Antiquities of the Jews I, 6:4). Genesis 10 Manetho, The Book of Sothis, Harvard Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 239. (Loeb Classical Library 350). Manetho was the victim of many Egyptian fairy tales in constructing his chronology of Egypt. The Egyptians would place the Flood and Peleg’s birth much earlier than the Bible, but still they linked the Babel incident with Peleg's birth. Book of Jubilees Chapter 8 Chapter 9 We now know UR was real and where it was located. U.S. Soldiers from the 17th Fires Brigade make their way up the reconstructed stairs of the Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq, near Contingency Operating Base Adder, May 18, 2010. Josephus Flavious was correct. Photo taken by Spc. Samantha Ciaramitaro It interesting to view origins from DNA. Haplogroup K1a http://youtu.be/Q6epLexw404 George Smith (Chelsea, London March 26, 1840 – August 19, 1876), was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one the oldest-known written works of literature. The Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from Mesopotamia, is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent Sumerian poems about 'Bilgamesh' (Sumerian for Gilgamesh), king of Uruk. Four of these were used as source material for a combined epic in Akkadian. This first combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Shūtur eli sharrī ("Surpassing All Other Kings"). Only a few fragments of it have survived. The later "Standard Babylonian" version dates from the 13th to the 10th centuries BC and bears the incipit Sha naqba īmuru ("He who Saw the Deep", in modern terms: 'He who Sees the Unknown). Fragments of approximately two thirds of this longer, twelve-tablet version have been recovered. Some of the best copies were discovered in the library ruins of the 7th-century BC Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. The first half of the story relates a friendship between Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu. Enkidu is a wild man created by the gods as Gilgamesh's peer to distract him from oppressing the people of Uruk. Together, they journey to the Cedar Mountain to defeat Humbaba, its monstrous guardian. Later they kill the Bull of Heaven, which the goddess Ishtar sends to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances. As a punishment for these actions, the gods sentence Enkidu to death. In the second half of the epic, Gilgamesh's distress at Enkidu's death causes him to undertake a long and perilous journey to discover the secret of eternal life. He eventually learns that "Life, which you look for, you will never find. For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands".However, because of his great building projects, his account of Siduri's advice, and what the immortal man Utnapishtim told him about the great flood, Gilgamesh's fame survived his death. His story has been translated into many languages, and in recent years has featured in works of popular fiction. In 1872, Smith achieved worldwide fame by his translation of the Chaldaean account of the Great Flood, which he read before the Society of Biblical Archaeology on December 3 and whose audience included the Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS CONTAINING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CREATION, THE DELUGE, THE TOWER OF BABEL, THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM, THE TIMES OF THE PATRIARCHS, AND NIMROD ; BABYLONIAN FABLES, AND LEGENDS OP THE GODS; FROM THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS. BY GEORGE SMITH, FORMERLY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES, BRITISH MUSEUM, ASSURBANIPAL OF " HISTORY OF ASSURBANIPAL," "ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES," ETC. ETC. A NEW EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED AND CORRECTED (WITH ADDITIONS), BY A. H. SAYCE, DEPUTY-PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. March 1881 recieved by University of Princeton (exact publication date unknown) Extract I. From Alexander Polyhistor (Cor. 56 Bel (/ˈbeɪl/; from Akkadian bēlu), signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in the Mesopotamian religion of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. The feminine form is Belit 'Lady, Mistress'. Bel is represented in Greek as Belos and in Latin as Belus. Linguistically Bel is an East Semitic form cognate (common parent language) with Northwest Semitic Ba‘al with the same meaning. Here are examples: Judges 2 2:11 The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals. Jeremiah 9 9:14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do. Thalatth or Tiamat of Mesopotamian Religion (Sumerian, Assyrian, Akkadian and Babylonian), is a chaos monster, a primordial goddess of the ocean, mating with Abzû (the god of fresh water) to produce younger gods. The Enûma Elish specifically states that Tiamat did give birth to dragons and serpents. The Enûma Eliš (also spelled "Enuma Elish"), is the Babylonian creation mythos (named after its opening words). It was recovered by Austen Henry Layard in 1849 (in fragmentary form) in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), and published by George Smith in 1876. The Enûma Eliš exists in various copies from Babylon and Assyria. The version from Ashurbanipal's library dates to the 7th century BCE. The composition of the text probably dates to the Bronze Age, to the time of Hammurabi or perhaps the early Kassite era (roughly 18th to 16th centuries BCE), although some scholars favour a later date of c. 1100 BCE. The epic names two primeval gods: Apsû (or Abzu) who represents fresh water and Tiamat representing oceanic waters. The Abzu ( Sumerian: abzu; Akkadian: apsû) also called engur, (Sumerian: engur; Akkadian: engurru) literally, ab='water' (or 'semen') zu='to know' or 'deep' was the name for fresh water from underground aquifers that was given a religious fertilizing quality in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the Abzu the abode of Enki (Akkadian Ea), god of wisdom and incantations. Several other gods are created (Ea and his brothers) who reside in Tiamat's vast body. They make so much noise that the babel or noise annoys Tiamat and Apsû greatly. Apsû wishes to kill the young gods, but Tiamat disagrees. The vizier, Mummu, agrees with Apsû's plan to destroy them. Tiamat, in order to stop this from occurring, warns Ea (Nudimmud), the most powerful of the gods. Enki is a god in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology. He was originally patron god of the city of Eridu, but later the influence of his cult spread throughout Mesopotamia and to the Canaanites, Hittites and Hurrians. He was the deity of crafts (gašam); mischief; water, seawater, lakewater (a, aba, ab), intelligence (gestú, literally "ear") and creation (Nudimmud: nu, likeness, dim mud, make beer). He was associated with the southern band of constellations called stars of Ea, but also with the constellation AŠ-IKU, the Field (Square of Pegasus). Beginning around the second millennium BCE, he was sometimes referred to in writing by the numeric ideogram for "40," occasionally referred to as his "sacred number." The planet Mercury was in Sumerian times, identified with Enki. Ea uses magic to put Apsû into a coma, then kills him, and shuts Mummu out. Ea then becomes the chief god. With his consort Damkina, he has a son, Marduk, greater still than himself. Marduk is given wind to play with and he uses the wind to make dust storms and tornadoes. This disrupts Tiamat's great body and causes the gods still residing inside her to be unable to sleep. They persuade Tiamat to take revenge for the death of her husband, Apsû. Her power grows, and some of the gods join her. She creates 11 monsters (Bašmu, Ušumgallu, Mušmaḫḫū, Ugallu, Umū dabrūtu, Kulullû, Kusarikku, Scorpion man, ?, ?, ?) to help her win the battle and elevates Kingu, her new husband, to "supreme dominion." A lengthy description of the other gods' inability to deal with the threat follows. Merodach and the Dragon Above black and white crop of full plate scan, from Austen Henry Layard's 'Monuments of Nineveh, Second Series' plate 19/83, London, J. Murray, 1853 Marduk offers to save the gods if he is appointed as their leader and allowed to remain so even after the threat passes. When the gods agree to Marduk's conditions he is selected as their champion against Tiamat, and becomes very powerful. Marduk challenges Tiamat to combat and destroys her. He then rips her corpse into two halves with which he fashions the earth and the skies. The gods who had pledged their allegiance to Tiamat are initially forced into labor in the service of the gods who sided with Marduk. But they are freed from these labors when Marduk then destroys Tiamat's husband, Kingu, and uses his blood to create humankind to do the work for the gods. Most noteworthy is Marduk's symbolic elevation over Enlil, who was seen by earlier Mesopotamian civilizations as the king of the gods. Job's image of Hashem fighting Rehab is similar to Marduk fighting Tiamat. Job 26 THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS BY GEORGE SMITH

The Didache Chapter 5 Ezekiel prophecy is pretty on mark. Not too many know of Phoenicia great history and its intimate relationship with Israel. Ezekiel 26 It appears Phoenicians and Canaanites were the descendants of Noah's son Ham. Genesis 10 If Ham just put the cloak on Noah the descendants of Canaan would never had been cursed. Genesis 9 Joshua 19 If the Tribe of Asher had been able to defeat the Phoenicians the world would indeed have been different. Judges 1 Matthew 11 Matthew 15 Mark 3 Mark 7

The Didache Chapter 5 Receiving the spark of the Spirit of Drunkenness and Laughter. 1 Kings 19 2 Kings 8 2 Kings 8 Jezebel may be dead, but her spirit is making a comeback in modern culture. Revelation 2 There were at least 33 other places of Artemis worship in the ancient world, but the temple in Ephesus was the chief worship center. Pausanias, who wrote in the middle of the second century A.D., claimed that the Artemis cult was the most widely followed one in the ancient world. The temple of Diana in Ephesus was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and many historians believe it was one of the most beautiful buildings ever built. It stood on the side of Mount Pion about a mile northeast of the city and served as a bank as well as a place of worship and cultic immorality. It could accommodate about 25,000 people and was probably the largest Greek temple ever built. Its centerpiece was evidently a meteorite that resembled a woman with many breasts. Other meteorites that became sacred cult objects were at Troy, Pessinus, Enna, and Emeas. Acts 19 2 Kings 21 Joel 2 Amos 1 Isreal killed the Phoenician Princess Jezabel. Phoenicia retaliated and sided with the Assyrians. The used their merchant skills to sell Isrealites into slavery. Later Hashem punished Sidonia for their transgressions. Without this context, it is difficult to imagine Sidon attacking their brothers in genealogy, trade, and most importantly helping build Hashem's sanctuary.

I wonder if the The Ancient and Sovereign Order of Melchizedek follows the beliefs of Horus.

Is Ur-Shalem (Jerusalem) is a Canaanite word meaning, the house of Salem, the chieftain of the clan of Jebusites Here is an interesting factoid from the Jewish Chronicle. If that is true then, Melchizedek was a Jebusite priest. Joshua 14 Is it possible that Melchizedek was a priest of Horus?

The Didache Chapter 5 The Hebrew prophets frequently compared the sin of idolatry to the sin of adultery. Ezekiel's rhetoric directed against these two allegorical figures is more vivid than most: Ezekiel 23 The Lord allows the spirit of deception to enter the minds of the rebellious. I Kings 21 http://youtu.be/tbVYalAE5-8 Toronto Blessing from the Holy Ghost Bartender. 2 Thessalonians 2 Could the Jezebel spirit be misunderstood to be the Shekinah, Sophia, Shakti, and the Holy Spirit? Sophia99 wrote me the following: Ithobaal I (Hebrew Ethbaal) was a king of Tyre who founded a new dynasty. During his reign, Tyre expanded its power on the mainland, making all of Phoenicia its territory as far north as Beirut, including Sidon, and even a part of the island of Cyprus. At the same time, Tyre also built new overseas colonies: Botrys (now Batrun) near Byblos, and Auza in Libya. Ithobaal held close diplomatic contacts with king Ahab of Israel and Phoenician influence in Samaria and the other Israelite cities was extensive. In the 1 Kings passage, Ithobaal is labeled king of the Sidonians. At this time Tyre and Sidon were consolidated into one kingdom. 1 Kings 16 Baal with thunderbolt. Limestone stele, 15th-13th century BC. Found at the acropolis in Ras Shamra (ancient city of Ugarit). Baal of Tyre (Melqart) is the son of El in the Phoenician triad of worship. In the Phoenician religion, or Levantine religion El was the Father of humanity and all creatures. El was the husband of the goddess Asherah (Also known in other cultures as Astarte. King Ithobaal had been a priest of Asherah before becoming king explains why his daughter Jezebel was so zealous in the promotion of idolatry, thus leading to the conflicts between Elijah and Jezebel’s forces. King Ithobaalr was a murderer sheds some light on his daughter's choice to 1 Kings 18 1 Kings 21 Here is some good videos of the mountain where God lived.

It sure looks that way. How the 'Jesus' Wife' Hoax Fell Apart The media loved the 2012 tale from Harvard Divinity School. Jerry Pattengale May 1, 2014 7:17 p.m. ET Lycopolitan (also known as Subakhmimic and Assiutic) is a closely related dialect to Akhmimic in terms of when and where it was attested, though manuscripts written in it tend to be from the area of Asyut. The main differences between the two dialects seem to be only graphic in nature, though Lycopolitan was used extensively for translations of gnostic and Manichaean works, including the Nag Hammadi library texts. The forgery of the Lycopolitan gospel of John by Christian Askeland New clues cast doubt on 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Opinion by Joel S. Baden and Candida R. Moss, special to CNN Former Tyndale House resident Christian Askeland finds the 'smoking gun' in the Case of the Coptic Fragment. How to Make Black Ink From Ancient Times By Patti Perry, eHow Contributor Is it possible to burn a piece of another fragment from the same papyrus and use the soot ink then just dilute it with water to the ink to make it look light and faded then design and use a brush or reed pen that is likely to be used in the past? “Jesus’ Wife” Articles in HTR: Initial Thoughts

The Didache Chapter 5 2 Kings 16 The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III The obelisk features twenty reliefs, five on each side. They depict five different subdued kings, bringing tribute and prostrating before the Assyrian king. From top to bottom they are: (1) Sua of Gilzanu (in north-west Iran), (2) "Hoshea of Bit Omri" (3) an unnamed ruler of Musri (probably Egypt), (4) Marduk-apil-usur of Suhi (middle Euphrates, Syria and Iraq), and (5) Qalparunda of Patin (Antakya region of Turkey). Each scene occupies four panels around the monument and is described by a cuneiform script above them. Depiction of Hoshea King of Israel giving tribute to King Shalmaneser III of Assyria (2 Kings 17:3), on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III from Nimrud (circa 827 BC) in the British Museum (London). To understand what led Israel being conquered and the tribes deported background context is needed. 1 Chronicles 5 Isaiah 28 1 Kings 16 Shemer is decended from Merari and Levi 1 Chronicles 6 Joshua 21 Genesis 48 1 Chronicles In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah (אהלה) and Oholibah (אהליבה) (or: Aholah and Aholibah) are pejorative names given by the prophet Ezekiel to the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and Judah.. Ezekial 23 There is a pun in these names in the Hebrew. Oholah means "her tent", and Oholibah means "my tent is in her". Ezekiel's rhetoric portrays Oholah and Oholibah, or Samaria and Jerusalem, as the daughters of one mother. Both are said to be "brides of God", and both are guilty of idolatry and of religious and political alliances with Gentile nations. These kingdoms are described as prostitutes and adulteresses, given up to the abominations and idolatries of the Egyptians and Assyrians. Because of Oholah's crimes, she was carried away captive, and ceased to be a kingdom. (Comp. Psalm 78:67-69; 1 Kings 12:25-33; 2 Chr 11:13-16.) Samaria (green) within Palestine, under Persian rule Samaria is a mountainous region in the northern part of the geographical area to the west of the Jordan River, roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank. It was the only name used for this area from ancient times until the Jordanian conquest of 1948, at which point the Jordanians coined the term West Bank.

I was listening to the radio and heard Tom Brokaw make an "American Moment" statement to get the German Chancellor to get her business leaders to shut up about negotiating with Russia on the Ukraine. Did anyone else hear this? I believe I was listening to 100.3 FM.