"NOW WE CONSIDER AGAIN THE IMAGE OF JOHN in Revelations 12,
We note an attack of the egyptians upon the person of the Holy Spirit, of the
Persians, now what of this woman's child? Well consider..."
Consider that John in his writitngs presents an issue of a woman with a name
written upon her forehead. In the days of John there was a rising popularity
of an obsucre religion, one which was a very secretive society, much like the
Masons of today.
Mithras cult...a Mystery Cult
"Roman Mithraism was a mystery-religion that had a unique development
that was quite separate from its earlier history in Iran, India, and Upper Mesopotamia.
It gained a widespread following in the Roman Empire during the first four centuries
of the present era, especially in the Roman army. " (11)
Constantine who sought to create a "universal" religion, (the word
Catholic means "universal") after his conversion to Christianity,
came from the Cult of Mithros. Consider now many scholars
note that Christ was likely born near Fall or Spring, and many note
the possibility of September. Such was pointed out to myself and
an entire class of preacher boys by Jack Schaap at Hyles-Anderson
Bible college, and such was the first time I ever heard anything
of that likes.
I later would learn that Mithros was supposedly born of a Virgin
and walked the earth about 300 B.C....this is not too far from the
time frame of the fall of Babylon. Likewise, Mithros has a Birthday
which to no dispute of any present finding on my part, is reported
to be DECEMBER 25th.
Now whether that December is the 12th month we now observe
or the 10th month (Deca=ten) it orginally observed which falls in
line with our current month of October (octa=eight) which
was the noted time span of the fall of Babylon to Cyrus,
we can not delve into here at this time.
What we can do is further note the events of Daniel's time span
as they related to John's, that we may observe John's as it relates
to ours and we lead into our next focus on the Untimely Figs of
Revelations chapter 6, and the appearance of "stars falling from
Heaven" in conjunction with the annual Perseids meteor shower.
"Magus or magi were a member of the Zoroastrian priestly caste of the Medes and
Persians, after the rise of Zoroaster (Greek name), whose real name was
Zarathustra (Persian) and he founded Zoroastrianism in 500 B.C. The ancient
Greeks and Hebrews knew them as astrologers, interpreters of dreams, and givers
of omens. These Magi or wise men (sages) from the East traveled to Bethlehem
to pay homage to the infant Jesus. Whatever it may have been, as you know it
resulted in the story of the Wise Men (Magi), who selected one particular star and
followed it to the place where the baby Jesus lay. " (12)
Now here having noted the possible spiritial implications of such references
in light of the historical, we now add the PHYSICAL and recall the event of
this past week, the annual Persieds Metoer shower, an annual event which
unites us to John, John to Daniel, Daniel to Moses and all to one another,
as all would have been able to observe such. We look now at a more
Practical application, noting that Science, did not start with the Babylonians,
as ALL truth flows from YHWH.
A WOMAN WITH CHILD TRAVAILING TO GIVE BIRTH
The prophecy of Yeshua
2000 years ago, a Star appeared in the East,
COMA. Now, what was the constellation of Coma sits
in the Lap of what is now
Virgo. The constellation of stars that make up VIRGO, was not known by that name in the days of John in 90 C.E., but the same group of stars, or some of that group was on several occaisions before
the Roman Empire which had their own names for those regions of the night sky, those same stars had in ages prior to the Roman Empire been named as a Female Constellation. This is a truth, that JOHN being educated, would have known, that in his day, there was in the Stars no female symbol for a group of stars which had been referenced in prior ages by a feminine symbol,
but in the Roman Empire was a symbolic
Sheaf of Wheat in a Bulls Tail drawn upon the image of those stars image in 90 C.E.
As to the Star that appeared prior to the Birth of Christ Yeheshua, Many try to say it is Polaris. Others specualte COMA.
"It is difficult to separate the Virgin and her Seed in the prophecy; and so, here, we
have first the sign VIRGO, where the name points to her as the prominent subject;
while in the first of the three constellations of this sign, where the woman appears
again, the name COMA points to the child as the great subject. "(1)
"It was in all probability the constellation of Coma in which
"the Star of Bethlehem" appeared. There was a traditional
prophecy, well-known in the East, carefully preserved and
handed down, that a new star would appear in this sign when
He whom it foretold should be born. "....
"Thomas Hyde, an eminent Orientalist (1636-1703), writing on the
ancient religion of the Persians, quotes from ABULFARAGIUS
(an Arab Christian Historian, 1126-1286),
who says that ZOROASTER, or ZERDUSHT, the Persian,
was a pupil of Daniel the Prophet, and that he predicted to
the Magians (who were the astronomers of Persia), that when
they should see a new star appear it would notify the birth of a
mysterious child, whom they were to adore. It is further stated
in the Zend Avesta that this new star was to appear in the sign
of the Virgin. Some have supposed that this passage is not genuine.
But whether it was interpolated before or after the event, it is equally
good evidence for our purpose here. For if it was written before the
event, it is evidence of the prophetic announcement;
and if it was interpolated after the event it is evidence
of the historic fact "(1)
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