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	The Golden Calf		=The Golden Calf=

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	When Moses was up on the mountain waiting to receive the Law from Messiah, as the presence of God, an activity took place in the camp of Israel that had profound significance for the religious structure of Israel. The story of Moses and the Law is found in the Book of Exodus. The calf sequence commences in chapter 32.		When Moses was up on the mountain waiting to receive the Law from Messiah, as the presence of God, an activity took place in the camp of Israel that had profound significance for the religious structure of Israel. The story of Moses and the Law is found in the Book of Exodus. The calf sequence commences in chapter 32.
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	Here there are a number of propositions. The first is that, in the absence of Moses, the people grew restless. Without their leader they were left to their own devices and did not really comprehend that their relationship was direct to the Laws of God and with God. This is the type of Christ being away on the Mountain of God. The High Priest acted at the behest of the people, who went back to a system of worship that they understood or that had penetrated their society from earlier days. The making of the molten calf was from the symbols of the earrings that they wore in their ears. These were referred to as gods. They were the gods that brought them up out of Egypt. This text is rendered in the singular by the scribes in Nehemiah (viz. This is your god), as it refers to a single calf (cf. Neh. 9:16f.). However, it was in the plural as the gods were represented in the earrings and also in the calf.		Here there are a number of propositions. The first is that, in the absence of Moses, the people grew restless. Without their leader they were left to their own devices and did not really comprehend that their relationship was direct to the Laws of God and with God. This is the type of Christ being away on the Mountain of God. The High Priest acted at the behest of the people, who went back to a system of worship that they understood or that had penetrated their society from earlier days. The making of the molten calf was from the symbols of the earrings that they wore in their ears. These were referred to as gods. They were the gods that brought them up out of Egypt. This text is rendered in the singular by the scribes in Nehemiah (viz. This is your god), as it refers to a single calf (cf. Neh. 9:16f.). However, it was in the plural as the gods were represented in the earrings and also in the calf.

	Why did they make a calf? Why not a lion or bear or an antelope? Why was it a calf and not a bull or a cow? The answers are to be found in the religious symbolism of the deities worshipped. We are dealing with the symbolism of the moon god that was symbolised by the upturned horns of the calf. These upturned horns of the calf are not found, as a rule, in the well-bred mature animals because they are culled. They are found in the calf and represented the crescent moon on the horizon, as it appears some period after the true phasis of the conjunction. This crescent was also carried in the ears as was the full round circle, which represented both the sun and moon and the Morning Star in their splendour, as part of the triune system worshipped in Egypt and in the northern Mesopotamian (or what was later understood as the Babylonian) system. They rose up early to greet the rising sun and offered sacrifice also.		Why did they make a calf? Why not a lion or bear or an antelope? Why was it a calf and not a bull or a cow? The answers are to be found in the religious symbolism of the deities worshipped. We are dealing with the symbolism of the moon god that was symbolised by the upturned horns of the calf. These upturned horns of the calf are not found, as a rule, in the well-bred mature animals because they are culled. They are found in the calf and represented the crescent moon on the horizon, as it appears some period after the true phasis of the conjunction. This crescent was also carried in the ears as was the full round circle, which represented both the sun and moon and the Morning Star in their splendour, as part of the [[w:Triple deity\|triune system]] worshipped in Egypt and in the northern Mesopotamian (or what was later understood as the Babylonian) system. They rose up early to greet the rising sun and offered sacrifice also.

	They sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. The words denote the cultic feasts of the pagan systems. Moses had stayed up on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. This was to symbolise the forty Jubilees that Christ was to be away from the first to the second Advent. This long period is symbolised in this figure. Messiah also prefigured his departure along these lines (cf. 1Kgs. 19:8; Mat. 4:2).		They sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. The words denote the cultic feasts of the pagan systems. Moses had stayed up on the mountain for forty days and forty nights. This was to symbolise the forty Jubilees that Christ was to be away from the first to the second Advent. This long period is symbolised in this figure. Messiah also prefigured his departure along these lines (cf. 1Kgs. 19:8; Mat. 4:2).
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	There were a number of ceremonies at the New Moon, and Frazer records that the New Moon is represented by a cow among the Minoans and this, seemingly, represents the symbolic marriage of sun and moon (Golden Bough, iv, 71 et seqq). It was also viewed as the husband of the sun by ancient agricultural societies in both the eastern and the western hemisphere. The Japanese hold the moon as male, but as the brother of the sun-goddess, not as consort. The Babylonians originally held the moon took precedence over the sun and was reckoned its father (Frazer, ibid., vi, 139 n.). Thus the early morning sacrifices we find in the Bible at the Exodus. This view is borne out in the sequence of the levels in the ziggurat at Babylon. This is not the tower associated with Nimrod and Abraham. Budge observes that the levels for the sun and Venus were gold (fourth) and yellow (fifth) respectively. The moon was at the highest (seventh) level. The colours were associated with the gold-yellow and perhaps silver (or white gold) which we also see in the calf system. The seven levels relate back to the Shamanic ascents to the heavens and appear again in Kabbalistic Judaism as the ascent of the chariot in Merkabah mysticism through the seven halls of the Hekkalot or Hekhaloth (cf. Kaplan, Meditation and Kabbalah, 1982, pp. 35-37; 294-295; Drury, Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult, 1985, pp. 104, 113, 177 et seqq).		There were a number of ceremonies at the New Moon, and Frazer records that the New Moon is represented by a cow among the Minoans and this, seemingly, represents the symbolic marriage of sun and moon (Golden Bough, iv, 71 et seqq). It was also viewed as the husband of the sun by ancient agricultural societies in both the eastern and the western hemisphere. The Japanese hold the moon as male, but as the brother of the sun-goddess, not as consort. The Babylonians originally held the moon took precedence over the sun and was reckoned its father (Frazer, ibid., vi, 139 n.). Thus the early morning sacrifices we find in the Bible at the Exodus. This view is borne out in the sequence of the levels in the ziggurat at Babylon. This is not the tower associated with Nimrod and Abraham. Budge observes that the levels for the sun and Venus were gold (fourth) and yellow (fifth) respectively. The moon was at the highest (seventh) level. The colours were associated with the gold-yellow and perhaps silver (or white gold) which we also see in the calf system. The seven levels relate back to the Shamanic ascents to the heavens and appear again in Kabbalistic Judaism as the ascent of the chariot in Merkabah mysticism through the seven halls of the Hekkalot or Hekhaloth (cf. Kaplan, Meditation and Kabbalah, 1982, pp. 35-37; 294-295; Drury, Dictionary of Mysticism and the Occult, 1985, pp. 104, 113, 177 et seqq).

	The Finger of Ashirat		=The Finger of Ashirat=

	We know from the archaeological record that the crescent moon was associated with the Triune system, as it was termed the finger of Ashirat and was used as a specific time indicator not only in Palestine, but also in the Egyptian army. The crescent was seen as the fingernail of the beckoning goddess.		We know from the archaeological record that the crescent moon was associated with the Triune system, as it was termed the finger of [[w:Ashirat\|Ashirat]] (read: '''"the witchcraft of Asherah",''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=J_JLYvixeDAC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=finger+of+Ashirat&source=bl&ots=nMek0lnYyU&sig=DRpV-ky92COAami7jT66w9lKYRo&hl=en&ei=EftjTOvRN9O74gaus6XHCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=finger%20of%20Ashirat&f=false The 'finger of God' and pneumatology in Luke-Acts] By Edward J. Woods p.73)and was used as a specific time indicator not only in Palestine, but also in the Egyptian army. The crescent was seen as the fingernail of the beckoning goddess.

	The fortified city of Taanak in Canaan lay on the ancient Egyptian military road through Canaan to Syria. The name is in Egyptian, Assyrian and OT sources. It was discovered not surprisingly at Tel Ta’anek. Ernst Sellin’s excavation of 1901 discovered cuneiform inscriptions, which “rarely come to light in Palestine.” The tablets were letters to the king of Taanak Ishtarjasher whose name is associated with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar or Easter in the Anglo-Saxon. One of the letters was written by an Egyptian general. It was an instruction for a report form Ishtarjasher. It said:		The fortified city of Taanak in Canaan lay on the ancient Egyptian military road through Canaan to Syria. The name is in Egyptian, Assyrian and OT sources. It was discovered not surprisingly at Tel Ta’anek. Ernst Sellin’s excavation of 1901 discovered cuneiform inscriptions, which “rarely come to light in Palestine.” The tablets were letters to the king of Taanak Ishtarjasher whose name is associated with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar or Easter in the Anglo-Saxon. One of the letters was written by an Egyptian general. It was an instruction for a report form Ishtarjasher. It said:
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	Zehren identifies Ashirat as being the star goddess of Canaan and analogous to Ishtar and Inanna. He identifies the text as referring to the crescent moon as the finger, which is visible in the shape of the crescent moon towards the end of the month (ibid.). Thus the Egyptian general indicates a specific date. When the finger of Ashirat, that is, the crescent moon, appears and approaches Venus (Ashirat) he will expect a report. This mention of the finger of the great star goddess was used to indicate just before or just after the New Moon (ibid., p. 191) which was the conjunction.		Zehren identifies Ashirat as being the star goddess of Canaan and analogous to Ishtar and Inanna. He identifies the text as referring to the crescent moon as the finger, which is visible in the shape of the crescent moon towards the end of the month (ibid.). Thus the Egyptian general indicates a specific date. When the finger of Ashirat, that is, the crescent moon, appears and approaches Venus (Ashirat) he will expect a report. This mention of the finger of the great star goddess was used to indicate just before or just after the New Moon (ibid., p. 191) which was the conjunction.

	The Bull		=The Bull=

	The transfer of the bull symbolism to Osirus, who was anciently a god of corn and produce, is held by Frazer to stem from the influence of Mesopotamia. Frazer holds that the sacred bull Mnevis of Heliopolis was deemed an incarnation of the Sun god (ibid., iv, p. 72) which was the same concept found among the Cretans. The eight-year periods of the Cretan cycles appear to relate more to the lunar cycles, as a double Olympiad in an ancient form of the nineteen-year system (see the paper God’s Calendar (No. 156)). A title of the Pharaohs for thousands of years was mighty bull (ibid.).		The transfer of the bull symbolism to Osirus, who was anciently a god of corn and produce, is held by Frazer to stem from the influence of Mesopotamia. Frazer holds that the sacred bull Mnevis of Heliopolis was deemed an incarnation of the Sun god (ibid., iv, p. 72) which was the same concept found among the Cretans. The eight-year periods of the Cretan cycles appear to relate more to the lunar cycles, as a double Olympiad in an ancient form of the nineteen-year system (see the paper God’s Calendar (No. 156)). A title of the Pharaohs for thousands of years was mighty bull (ibid.).

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