One can find certain allegorical place names such as "Jerusalem" and "Israel" in the New Testament Book of Revelation. Gerald Massey has stated that Revelation, rather than having been written by any apostle called John during the 1st century AD/CE, represents a very ancient text that dates to the beginning of this era of history, i.e. possibly as early as 4,000 years
ago.204 Massey also asserts that Revelation relates the Mithraic legend of Zarathustra/Zoroaster.205 Dr. Hilton Hotema says of this mysterious book, which has baffled mankind for centuries: "It is expressed in terms
of creative phenomena; its hero is not Jesus but the Sun of the Universe, its heroine is the Moon; and all its other characters are Planets, Stars and Constellations; while its stage-setting comprises the Sky, the Earth, the Rivers and the Sea."206
The word Israel itself, far from being a Jewish appellation, may come from the combination of three different reigning deities: Isis, the Earth Mother Goddess revered throughout the ancient world; Ra, the Egyptian sun god; and El, the Semitic deity passed down in form as Saturn.207
El was one of the earliest names for the god of the ancient Hebrews (whence Emmanu-El, Micha-El, Gabri-El, Samu-El, etc.) and his worship is reflected in the fact that the Jews still consider Saturday as "God's Day."208
Indeed, that the Christians worship on Sunday betrays the genuine origins of their god and godman. Their "savior" is actually the sun, which is the "Light of the world that every eye can see." The sun has been viewed consistently throughout history as the savior of mankind for reasons that are obvious.
Without the sun, the planet would scarcely last one day. So important was the sun to the ancients that they composed a "Sun Book," or "Helio Biblia," which became the "Holy Bible."209
The "Patriarchs" and "Saints" are the Gods of Other Cultures
When one studies mythmaking, one can readily discern and delineate a pattern that is repeated throughout history. Often when an invading culture takes over its predecessors, it either vilifies the preceding deities or makes them into lesser gods, "patriarchs" or, in the case of Christianity, "saints."
This process may be exemplified in the apparent adoption of the Hindu god Brahma as the Hebrew patriarch Abraham.210 Another school of thought proposes that the patriarch Joshua was based on Horus as "Iusa," since the cult of Horus had migrated by this period to the
Levant.211 In this theory, the cult of Joshua, which was situated in exactly the area where the Christ drama allegedly took place, then mutated into the Christian story, with Joshua becoming Jesus.212
The legend of Moses, rather than being that of a historical Hebrew character, is found in germ around the ancient Middle and Far East, with the character having different names and races,
depending on the locale: "Menu" is the Indian legislator
213; "Mises" appears in Syria and Egypt,214 where also the first king, "Menes, the lawgiver" takes the stage215; "Minos" is the Cretan reformer216; "Mannus" the German lawgiver217; and the Ten Commandments are simply a repetition of the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, among others.218
Like Moses, in the Mahabharata the Indian son of the Sun God named Karna was placed by his mother in a reed boat and set adrift in a river to be discovered by another woman.219
A century ago, Massey outlined that even the Exodus itself is not a historical event, an opinion now shared by many archaeologists and scholars. That the historicity of the Exodus has been questioned is echoed by the lack of any archaeological record, as is reported in
Biblical Archaeology Review ("BAR"), September/October 1994.220
Like many biblical characters, Noah is also a myth,221 long ago appropriated from the Egyptians, the Sumerians and others, as any sophisticated scholar could demonstrate.
There have been floods and deluge stories in many different parts of the world, including but not limited to the Middle East. The so-called Flood of Noah may refer to the annual flooding of the Nile—an event that was incorporated in Egyptian mythology. However, it is also yet another part of ancient mythology.
Additionally, the "Esther" of the Old Testament Book of Esther appears to be a remake of the Goddess Ishtar, Astarte, Astoreth or Isis, from whom evidently comes "Easter"222 and about whose long and ubiquitous reign little is said in "God's infallible Word." Per Harwood, "Esther" is best transliterated "Ishtar" and "Mordechai" is "Mardukay."223
The Virgin Mother/Goddess/Queen of Heaven motif is found around the globe, long before the Christian era, with Isis, for instance, also being called "Meri" or "Mery."224
Even the Hebraic name of God, "Yahweh," was possibly taken from the Egyptian "IAO."225
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