As we see in the story Damuzi was to spend 6 months of the year in the underworld. Alexander Hislop creates this story himself a story that is never told or known by anyone before him.A story unheard or untold in the ancient world. This is obviously some sort of pagan sunrise service, in which they honor the sun more highly than God, to whom they contemptuously show their backsides. Ishtar was an Akkadian goddess that PRECEDED the kingdom of Babylon. [iii] She promoted deification of Nimrod and herself after his death. Nimrod became "god-the-father", Tammuz became "god-the-son", and Semramis became the "dove" or "spirit" that held this holy union together. Unable to execute JavaScript. She is also known as Shammuramat or Sammuramat. Gilgamesh states that she had decreed weeping for Tammuz. Neither Ninus nor Semiramis are attested to by any of the kings lists which the Assyrians themselves compiled. Hence it may be concluded that Thamus and Osiris are the same. The pagan concept of the trinity began most likely in the days of the Tower of Babel. (St. Bernard, ibid.). People of antiquity recorded a statement Janus reportedly made about himself: The ancients. Hislops claims are fanciful and catch the attention of those with itchy ears. Semiramis and Ninus emerge as monarchs of Assyria only in Greek versions of Assyrian history and never in the history of the Assyrians themselves It was for many centuries that most of the information regarding Mesopotamia came from these classical Greek writers. If you have been watching and reading through our blogs about the history and occult pagan roots of Christmas you now have heard the names Nimrod, Semiramis, and Tammuz. Sammu-Ramat, more famously known as Semiramis, was the queen regent of the Assyrian Empire (reigned 811-806 BCE) who held the throne for her young son Adad Nirari III until he reached maturity. People of ancient civilizations worshipped deified Nimrod in conjunction with snakes, serpents, and dragons. When the woman (Israel Mary) bore the child, the fiery serpent finally had an opportunity to devour her Seed. Ishtar, (Semiramis, widow of Nimrod, mother of Tammuz) came to be represented as the bare breasted pagan fertility goddess of the east. The aims and drives of its kings were, as a whole, of a lower nature than Babylon's, though the latter's were certainly misguided as well. Medo-Persia controlled a larger territory than did Babylon, so it was certainly not inferior in political or military might. Hence the first trinity was born - there in Babylon - and has spread its tentacles around the world - when the Babylonians were scattered abroad. [xiv] Zoroastrianism rests on this foundational doctrine. . (linking seemingly unrelated people, gods or things together plays a major part of Hislop's theory). Literally changing both the verse and its meaning to fit his claims. Here Alexander Hislop uses comparative mythology to claim that seeing Osiris is simply the retelling of the story of Nimrod and that Osiris is Nimrod, by knowing how Osiris died we can inturn know how Nimrod died. Marduk was also the Roman god Kronos, whose name means, 'the horned one.' Ancient artists often depicted Nimrod wearing a crown of bullhorns. Listen! The rule of Sammu-rammat is debated and is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. Mercury was another name for the god Hermes. The answer to this question is indeed much simpler than the way in which Alexander Hislop went about drawing his conclusion. Why did God instruct stoning as a punishment. King Ninus after finishing the city that bore his name,Ninevah, undertook a campaign against the Bactrians. Ninus returned again to Bactria to complete what he had started. There are many other myths from Grecian to Egyptian to Babylonian and Assyrian that Hislop simply glues together to form his story. Ishtar is then reinstated with all the things that were removed. She was later a goddess of Babylon also however she was incorporated into babylonian culture she didn't originate there. Worship of this goddess became a roadblock in the apostle Pauls early mission to the city of Ephesus, as mentioned in the book of Acts 19:23-41. Babel means the gate of god, but it can also mean son of Bel. Perhaps Nimrod named the city of Babel after himself, as the son of Bel (Cush). Study Materials to help with your Bible study. In his Fasti Hellenici he makes his age to have been BC 2182. The Babylonians wept for him on "Good Friday." They worshipped a cross-the initial letter of his name. [xx] The Canaanites clearly understood the connection between sun god, Molech, and serpent worship. In the proceding writing of Diodorus he tells the story of Semiramis how she was found as a baby after her mother had abandoned her. Unlike the cuneiform tablets the kings list attested to by Eusebius is not factual. Thereafter, Satan realized his time was short, for the sons destiny is to terminate Satans reign over the world of mankind. Before she then set off in a war against India having heard of their great wealth. [41] These claims are still circulated among some groups of evangelical Protestants, [41] in the form of Jack Chick tracts, [42] comic books, and related media. What the Bible says about And the once non gods had become gods. . Tammuz is spoken of just once in relation to the women weeping for him, which will be looked at and explained later in this writing. Class I was determined to be alphabetic and consisting of 44 characters, and was written in Old Persian. However nowhere in ancient Akkadian writings is Ishtar ever described as having a husband who dies and then her claiming he became the sun god. Of course, this argument proceeds on the supposition of the correctness of the Hebrew chronology. Cyrus, regaled in the Bible as God's "shepherd" and "His anointed" (Isaiah 44:28-45:13), was not the same caliber of man as Nebuchadnezzar. Taylorsville, NC 28618, Phone : 828-228-4140 These works were published under the permission of Sir Henry Rawlinson between 1870 and 1884. She threatens to breakdown the gates if she is refused entry and even threatens to raise the dead. It was believed that it was the tears shed by the vegetation god that brought the rains and so during the wetter months the god was in the heavens however during the hotter summer months when the rain stopped this was when the vegetation god was in the underworld. However it does not deter him from giving us the explanation of how Nimrod died. Lenoir, NC 28645, What the Bible says about Orphans and Widows. [8]The second inscription, Class II, proved more difficult to translate. She would later marry her son called Tammuz who was Nimrod reincarnated, which is why some people incorrectly say that the story has Nimrod marrying his mother. In an effort to retain power and to hide her misdeeds, Semiramis makes a most audacious claim. We know this because the poem is actually a replica of an older Sumerian Poem called Inanna's descent into the netherworld/underworld.The Sumerian poem of Inanna is much longer and more detailed than the Akkadians Ishtar version. Yes thats right the 1850s AD. No matter how many people believe or retell this story it will remain the concoction of Alexander Hislop and nothing more. Moreover Ishtar is actually the Akkadian name for the older Sumerian goddess Inanna. On the other hand, it must be injected here that Cyrus was the instrument that God used to reestablish the Temple in Jerusalem (II Chronicles 36:22-23). He was a Greek who lived mainly in the 5th century BC. We must first know that this story had changed continuously throughout the many Egyptian dynasties evolving itself over the centuries as Plutarch was fully aware. [ix] Henry Morris; The Genesis Record; p. 265. . Ereskiga curses him. All of which are attested to by the kings list of the Assyrians. She was adopted by Simmas and he looked after her as his own naming her Semiramis.When she was come of age she married Onnes, an officer of the kings cout. As perfectly shown by his Inclusion of Ninus and Semiramis . A look at the evidence. There is nothing in the Apocrypha writings that can be used to link them together. It was first deciphered by Georg Friedrich Grotefend and Henry Creswicke Rawlinson between 1802 and 1848. Whereas Ninus is the founder of Nineveh, she is said to have founded the even greater city of Babylon. Syncellus we must note drew upon the works of Eusebius and Justinus. Ishtar was a goddess of many different things including love and war. Whenever you see a claim regarding these 3 people you can guarantee that the source is either The Two Babylons or a work that used it as a source. Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz How Nimrod died, Scripture is entirely silent.. Most anthropologists credit the Sumerians with the beginning of human civilization. Semiramis became Queen of Assyria. Ezekiel 8-14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which wastoward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) Both the Sumerians and their land of Shinar (Sumer) were likely named after this notorious woman! Plutarch explains that those who do not hold those views regarding the divinity of Isis have better judgement. 59, 61-67, 71, 120-121, 170, 180, et al). After victories in central Iran and in Phoenicia, he conquered Babylon in 539 BC, and his son Cambyses overthrew Egypt and Libya in 525 BC. Tammuz was killed by a wild boar when he was age 40; so 40 days of Lent were set aside to honor his death. Nimrod is the sun god, his wife was Semiramis and their son was Tammuz. Scholars are still divided over whether Cyrus actually meant that the God of Israel was indeed the true God and thus his sovereign Lord. Marduk was also the Roman god Kronos, whose name means, the horned one. Ancient artists often depicted Nimrod wearing a crown of bullhorns. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. This Comes from a writing The Reckoning of Time, from an 8th Century Monk named Bede.Bede states that during osturmna, pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in ostre's honor, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.However Bede is the only source of such a goddess. Each religion's central characters can be traced back to Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz. Persia was literally more "earthly" or "worldly" than Babylon in God's eyes. Through assumption, comparative theology, the use of incorrect and inaccurate historical information, association, misrepresentation and a whole heap of amalgamating together numerous and unrelated ancient myths and stories based on similarities ,cherry picking pieces of information while simply ignoring others or imposing any one or any combination of the aforementioned. He may very well have thought that the way in which he connected the dots was correct. Hislop claims that Ninus is clearly Identified with Nimrod. (Soul Magazine, NovemberDecember 1984, p.4.). The prophet, Jeremiah, prophesied about the worship of this goddess: The women added, When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes like her image and pouring out drink offerings to her? Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, Did not the Lord remember and think about the incense burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your fathers, your kings and your officials and the people of the land? Nimrods followers assigned him many mythical names that implicate works achieved only by the true Son of God, Jesus Christ. Itt would seem that Hislop simply chooses which parts of a story and from which version of the story to take and make up the correct story. But we have more evidence. In this video we take a look at the identities, the biblical historical stories, and the actions of whom these deities actually are Nimrod, Semiramis, and Ta. To be honest that would be bad enough but its made even worse by the fact Hislop was trying to make the Bible fit a demonstrably erroneous history in the first place. The mystery religion of Babylon probably originated in the evil mind of Semiramis. Semiramis demanded worship for both her husband and her son as well as herself. People adored her, especially in her home city of Uruk. There is no one, O most holy Mary . He then took Semiramis as his own wife. The religion went underground hidden. If she has these powers and characteristics, then Mary must be God! The identity of Nimrod, however, and the Egyptian Osiris, having been established, we have thereby light as to Nimrod's death. These leaders displayed no social responsibility whatsoever. Tammuz, the son of Semiramis and Nimrod, falsely calling himself the sun god, was born on the Winter Solstice, which on the ancient pagan calendar is December 25th. It is therefore no surprise that the story told about Ishtar by many people today mirrors that of Semiramis. Hence, the name mystery religion of Babylon refers to its secretive nature. The city and mountain of Nimrud in Turkey. Seeing that Semiramis is not attested to in the Bible alongside Nimrod the first thing that Hislop did was prove that Semiramis lived at the same time as Nimrod. Anytime it is said, written or placed into a meme, yes we all know those notoriously truthful facebook memes that the poster believes is actually counted as evidence for the claim in the meme but proves absolutely nothing, that Semiramis was the wife of Nimrod, the source of the information in that claim will undoubtedly be direct from or based on the information and claims made inside the pages of this book. Prior to the discovery of the Assyrian king lists on the cuneiform tablets, scholars only had access to the full kings list of Eusebius and a list found in the the Excerpta Latina Barbari. However we now know that he never actually dies he is simply taken to the underworld for half the year and he never actually resurrects he is simply released from the underworld. Another false statement regarding the name Easter is that it comes from a Germanic goddess ostre or Ostara who again is simply another version of Ishtar and so another version of Semiramis although this actually isnt a claim made by Hislop. [viii], Nimrod forced his subjects to worship him as a military and political hero. 2:12; 3:7, 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 21:7). Many of those said people have done little to no research at all themselves into the claim.They simply take it as if it were true. Indeed, he named his son Nimrod, which means, to rebel. The mythological names of Cush suggest his sin was an inciting cause for Gods worldwide judgment the confusion of languages. The name Sammur-amat is translated Gift of the Sea. The first part of this name, Sammur, becomes Shinar when translated into Hebrew. Gilgamesh kills the bull under the instructions of his friend Enkidu. Genesis 10-10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Of course if Nnus is really Nimrod then the city would not have been named after Ninus but Nimrod, but Ninus may simply have been one of the many names Nimrod has apparently been known by. The fact that there was a Semiramis in the primeval ages of the world is beyond all doubtHislops assertion that the fact that there was a Semiramis in the primeval ages of the world, is beyond all doubt.Its subversive of all history and beyond all doubtand the clear evidence that attests to this and would leave us beyond all doubt is yes thats right the kings list of Eusebius and the cited writings of Ctesias.Subversive of all history and beyond all doubt. Even the Greek writers in their stories did not include anything regarding sun worship, a reincarnated son or the marriage of a mother and son. but the assertions regarding Ishtar are simply false. I'm sure many modern Assyriologists would not be able to claim this so emphatically. It must be stated that there is no historical evidence that Semiramis lived at all, let alone at the time of Nimrod. In 1778 Carsten Niebuhr a Danish mathematician published accurate copies of three trilingual inscriptions from the ruins at Persepolis. It is now applied to virtually every deity that has existed. The last book of the Bible, chapters 17 and 18, describes Gods utter destruction of Babylon in the last days. So it cannot be stated that the story is a biblical one. The statement of Plato amounts to this, that the famous Thoth was a counsellor of Thamus, king of Egypt. must watch antichrist nimrod semiramis tammuz ancient babylon witchcraft by doc marquis So began the arduous task of decipherment. This simply has no factual historical basis. Ea conceives apla and creates Asusu- namir (a male cultic prostitute) He is sent into the underworld. The two arms of the image symbolize this division. His theory continued. Greeks deified Nimrod as the god, Adonis. The Sumerian name Sammur-amat was the original name of this woman. In 1850, Edward Hincks published a paper showing that the Class II was not alphabetical, but was in fact both syllabic and ideographic, which led to its translation between 1850 and 1859. He stated Semiramis lived five generations before Nitocris. Many learned individuals have taught polytheism was the evolutionary forerunner of monotheism. However Gilgamesh rejects her advances reminding her of her past and her former lover of her youth Tammuz. Just to be clear, the concept that God is a Trinity is nowhere in the Bible. Having subdued, therefore, his neighbours, when, by an accession of forces, being still further strengthened, he went forth against other tribes, and every new victory paved the way for another, he subdued all the peoples of the East." who can be saved or redeemed but through thee. She tells the gatekeeper to allow Ishtar in.She must go through the 7 gates. The story of Semiramis comes to us primarily from Diodorus Siculus who is cited by Hislop in the Book. Isis then according to Plutarch had not always been seen as one of the main gods and in later traditions had this bestowed upon her. However, Semiramis commanded total authority over her subjects and clandestinely indoctrinated the priesthood with this mystery religion. This is another pagan practice, a very sexual one involving ritual prostitution. The story of Osiris is nothing like that of Ninus. This day was celebrated as the day Nimrod was reborn as Tammuz. Should people of this present age be concerned God might judge a world of people who have murdered millions of their children on the altar of abortion? Hislop asserts that Semiramis was instrumental in Nimrod's plan to rebel against God, and he speaks of the woman's unusual ability to manipulate the will of men. The land of Shinar is the Biblical name for the region of southern Mesopotamia. Nimrod had a plan to weld together and strengthen this evil religious system and so he married his own mother who was Semiramis. Answer to this, that the story of Osiris is nothing like that of Ninus,! 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