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Baal Worship and the Christmas Tree GENESIS 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. GENESIS 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; GENESIS 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Mat 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, MATTHEW 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. MATTHEW 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. GENESIS 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. GENESIS 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; GENESIS 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Herein, is a key difference between how God shares knowledge vs Satan. God gives knowledge to uplift and strengthen but there are restrictions (to protect you), he may limit your access, consequences and responsibility and accountability connected with it. Satan gives knowledge gives you knowledge to uplift without limits to uplift yourself at the detriment to spiritual responsibilities, he allows these blessings to corrupt, divert your focus and attention, also no responsibilities. As a consequence of the fall, it was a struggle to cultivate crops since the ground was cursed and thorns and thistles arose. 7 stars of the Big Dipper that are aligned horizontally with Polaris which is the North Star and the North Star is fixed. The Big Dipper was also called "The Plough." the position of the Big Dipper in the sky was used to determine AGRICULTURAL planting and harvesting seasons. Baal is the sun god and how the earth is in relation to it… Now this is tied with Baal in the sense that winter, spring, summer and fall depends on the position… Knowing that, they used that as a way of telling the seasons that are to come. The Swastika was long considered a symbol of good luck, balance and harmony in the universe before it was vilified because of its adoption by the Nazi flag and their actions. It is probably Sanskrit in origin. Swastika, or Svastika, comes from the Sanskrit word "Svasta" which means "May All Be Well," or "Good Health," indicating balance and harmony in nature and the human body. That sign belonged to the ancient Baal worshippers and it was a sign of good luck and prosperity. In the time of winter when there is no food, nothing would grow, no crops, it meant life or death. So they had to wait for the Big Dipper to move into spring because spring meant hope, it brought back life to the seed and fruits came back into rotation, then it moved into summer, the harvest. So they began to look in relation to where these 7 Stars were because according to where they were meant how they would be blessed. Jer 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. Serpent worship The Ouroboros The ouroboros is a snake eating its own tail in the shape of a circle. The symbol was used frequently in religious texts and art inside places of worship. The ouroboros represents eternity and the cycle of life and rebirth. Because the snake eats its own tail to be born again, it is also used as a symbol of renewal or purification. Some representations of the ouroboros, such as those linked with the god Horus, also included letters and symbols on the snake to create additional layers of meaning. Circle and Dot A simple circle was often used as a symbol for the sun in Egyptian religious art and texts. A circle with a dot in the center, also called a circle with bindu, was more closely aligned with the sun by representing its orbit around the earth and the passage of time, seasons and cycles. The circle with bindu was also used to represent the sun god Ra, though it could be used as a symbol of the power of the sun itself. The Aten The Aten is another symbol that was closely aligned with the sun. The Aten included a circle over a row of lines pointing down and out in a fan shape - like the rays shooting out below the sun. In some representations, the rays end in human hands. The Aten was also a symbol of the power of the sun and of the sun god Ra. "The serpent entwined around the egg, was a symbol common to the Indians, the Egyptians, and the Druids. It referred to the creation of the Universe." 1) "The Phoenicians represented the God Nomu (Kneph or Amun-Kneph) by a serpent" 2) "In Egypt, a Sun supported by two asps was the emblem of Horhat the good genius; the serpent with the winged globe was placed over the doors and windows of the Temples as a tutelary God." [The word, "tutelary" means "guardian"] 3) In ancient Tyre, and India, "a serpent was ... coiled around the trunk of a tree. Python, the Serpent Deity, was esteemed oracular; and the tripod at Delphi was a triple-headed serpent of gold." 4) "The portals of the Egyptian Temples are decorated with the hierogram of the Circle and the Serpent" 5) The serpent, "is found upon the Temple of Naki-Rustan in Persia, on the triumphal arch at Pechin, in China, over the gates of the great Temple of Chaundi Teeva, in Java; upon the walls of Athens ... The Mexican hierogram was formed by the intersecting of two great Serpents, which described the circle with their bodies, and each a human head in its mouth." 188-2 PERGAMEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CAB CPT.5 Not only was ancestor worship originated in Babylon but so also was the worship of nature. It was in Babylon the gods were identified with the sun and moon, etc. The chief object in nature was the sun which has light giving and heat giving properties and appears to man as a ball of fire in the heavens. Thus the chief god would be the sun god whom they called Baal. Often the sun was depicted as a circle of flame and soon around that flame there appeared a serpent. It wasn't long until the serpent became a symbol of the sun and consequently worshipped. 188-2 PERGAMEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CAB CPT.5 Thus the desire of Satan's heart became full-fledged. He was worshipped as God. His throne was established. His slaves bowed to him. There in Pergamos in the form of a living serpent he was worshipped. The tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, now symbolized in the form of a living serpent had not only seduced Eve but the majority of mankind. Baal worship Nimrod It was shortly after the Flood, when a very evil pagan named Nimrod decided to create a false pagan sun-god religion in which he worshipped himself and went about to erect the Tower of Babel. We all know what happened to that tower and those first pagans. But did you know, according to ancient history, that Shem, the son of Noah, captured Nimrod and hacked Nimrod's body into many pieces? Shem, filled with righteous rage at Nimrod's blasphemous paganism, destroyed Nimrod. However, Nimrod's wife – Semiramis/Isis, decided to continue the pagan religion by saying her dead husband had ascended to the sky and become the sun. When Semiramis had her child, she claimed Nimrod had impregnated her as the rays of the sun had fallen upon her womb. This "sun god child" was named Tammuz. Every 12/25, Semiramis convinced peoples across the earth to worship Nimrod, the sun-god on this pagan feast. The Egyptians called Nimrod Ra. You will find IDENTICAL statues of this unholy trinity - sometimes Semiramis with her baby boy Tammuz, sometimes a grown Tammuz fighting a bull, sometimes Nimrod (Ra/Jupiter/Zues) which the pagan Catholics claim is Saint Peter in Rome. Well we got to go all the way back to the book of Kings to see what happened. Now one thing that we know is that the problem with Israel was that Israel was always plagued with the false worship of Baal and Baal is the confusion god of Babylon. The prophet said that Babylon is identified with 2 things 1.
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