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| '''[[w:Ziggurat|Ziggurat]]: a multi-storied temple tower from ancient Mesopotamia.'''
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| Ziggurats are, architecturally, the Mesopotamian equivalent of the Egyptian pyramids: large artificial square mountains of stone. They are equally ancient. But there are two differences: '''a ziggurat was not a tomb but a temple, and ziggurats were built well into the [[w:Seleucid|Seleucid]] age, whereas the building of pyramids came to an end after c.1640 BCE. Ziggurats are, briefly, temple towers. See ''[[911:Occult_symbolism#Step_pyramid|Step pyramids]]''
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| Our word ziggurat is derived from ziqqurratu, which can be translated as "rising building" (Akkadian ''zaqâru'', "to rise high"). Some of them rose very high indeed. The temple tower known as [[w:Etemenanki|Etemenanki]] (the ''House of the foundation of heaven on earth'') in Babylon was 92 meters high. Even larger was the shrine of the god [[w:Anu|Anu]] at [[w:Uruk|Uruk]], built in the third or second century BCE. The best preserved temple tower is at [[w:Chogha Zanbil|Choga Zanbil]] in Elam, modern Khuzestan in Iran.
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| Ziggurats played a role in the cults of many cities in ancient Mesopotamia. Archaeologists have discovered nineteen of these buildings in sixteen cities; the existence of another ten is known from literary sources.
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| They were always built by kings. In third millennium BCE Mesopotamia, there was a conflict between the two great organizations, the temple and the palace. '''By building ziggurats, the king showed that he could perform more impressive religious deeds than the priesthood'''.
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| * List of Other Ziggurats
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| ** Monte d’Accoddi [http://www.philipcoppens.com/nap_art13.html A Sardinian step pyramid]
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| * List all 48? 32?
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| ** Notable ziggurats include the Great Ziggurat of Ur near Nasiriyah, Iraq; the Ziggurat of Aqar Quf near Baghdad, Iraq; Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān, Iran; Sialk near Kashan, Iran.
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| ** The Sialk Ziggurat [http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000283]
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| *** There are 32 known ziggurats near Mesopotamia. Four of them are in Iran, and the rest are mostly in Iraq. The most recent to be discovered was Sialk, in central Iran. The Sialk, in Kashan, Iran, is the oldest known zigurrat, dating to the early 3rd millennium BCE [http://www.wayfaring.info/2006/12/05/ziggurats-and-the-greatest-of-them-sumerian-ziggurat-of-ur/]
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| ** list of ziggurats [][http://askville.amazon.com/ziggurat-differ-pyramid/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=60131986][http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/pyramids.htm][http://crystalinks.com/pyramidiraq.html][http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/architec/AncientArchitectural/Mesopotamian/NeoSumerianPeriod/Ziggurats/Function/Function.htm]
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| ** [http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/architec/AncientArchitectural/Mesopotamian/NeoSumerianPeriod/Ziggurats/Function/Function.htm Function of the Ziggurats]
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| ==The Tower of Babel==
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| '''The most famous ziggurat is, of course, the "tower of Babel" mentioned in the Biblical book Genesis: a description of the [[w:Etemenanki|Etemenanki]] of Babylon.''' According to the Babylonian creation epic [[w:Enûma Eliš|Enûma êliš]] the god [[w:Marduk|Marduk]] defended the other gods against the diabolical monster [[w:Tiamat|Tiamat]]. After he had killed her, he brought order to the cosmos, built the Esagila sanctuary, which was the center of the new world, and created humankind. The Etemenanki was next to the [[w:Esagila|Esagila]], and this means that the temple tower was erected at the center of the world, as the axis of the universe. Here, a straight line connected earth and heaven. This aspect of Babylonian cosmology is echoed in the Biblical story, where the builders say "let us build a tower whose top may reach unto heaven". [http://www.livius.org/za-zn/ziggurat/ziggurat.html]
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| * [http://www.historyofscience.com/G2I/timeline/index.php?id=154 Construction of the Etemenanki Ziggurat, Later Known as The Tower of Babel (604 BCE – 562 BCE)]
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| ** Under [[w:King Nebuchadnezzar II|King Nebuchadnezzar II]], the king who is named more than 90 times in the Old Testament, the restoration and enlargement of the [[w:Etemenanki|Etemenanki]] ziggurat in Babylon was completed after 43 years of labor. The ziggurat was originally built around the time of [[w:Etemenanki|Hammurabi]] (also see [[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Nimrod|Nimrod]]). It has been calculated that for its construction at least 17 million bricks had to be made and fired.
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| ** Some of these bricks were stamped with inscriptions in [[w:cuneiform|cuneiform]]. Eventually the ziggurat became known as the [[w:Tower of Babel|Tower of Babel]], and the few bricks from this that survive are known as "[http://www.schoyencollection.com/pre1450.html#1815-1 Tower of Babel bricks]" or Nebuchadnezzar II bricks. In his [http://books.google.com/books?id=oQTpLZ4xsQcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=hansard+typographia&source=bl&ots=IzXxm69pcS&sig=UR5NepTN Typographia: an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the Art of Printing] (1825) p.2 printer and historian of printing [[w:Thomas Curson Hansard|Thomas Curson Hansard]] called these bricks "the first step toward the art of printing."
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| ** “Babylon with the ziggurat was captured by Kyros 538 BC, Dareios I 519 BC, Xerxes ca. 483 BC, and entirely destroyed by Alexander I the Great in 331 BC. It is this tall stepped temple tower which is referred to in Genesis 11:1-9, and became known as ’The Tower of Babel’. The bricks are specifically mentioned in Genesis 11:3: ’Come, let us make bricks and bake them in the fire. — For stone they used bricks and for mortar they used bitumen’. The black bitumen is still visible on the back of the present baked brick. These bricks are considered so important and interesting that British Museum had their copy on exhibit with special handout descriptions, from where parts of the present information is taken. For a [http://www.historyofscience.com/G2I/timeline/index.php?id=1659 stele illustrating The Tower of Babel, see MS 2063]. Nebuchadnezzar II was the founder of the New Babylonian empire. He captured Jerusalem in 596 and 586 BC, burnt down the temple and all of Jerusalem, carried its treasures off to Babylon, and took the Jews into captivity (2 kings 24-25). Nebuchadnezzar II is the king who is named more than 90 times in the Old Testament. Daniel 1-4 is almost entirely devoted to the description of his greatness and reign, his rise and fall, and submission to God” (Schøyen Collection MS 1815/1).
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| Budge estimates the existance of Babylon as approximately fifth or fourth millennium before Christ and it's final decay in the time of the persian king, 538-331 BC. Excluding references in religious text, no one seems to know who built or named Babylon, or exactly who initiated or when the ziggurat was erected. Babylonian Life and History, E.A. [[w:E. A. Wallis Budge|Wallis Budge]] [http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000283]
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| * '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011:4&version=KJV Genesis 11:4], in speaking of ''"a tower and his top with the heavens (literal translation),"'' is not referring to the height of the tower, but instead to the inscriptions of the stars on the walls of the shrine. The [[w:Constellation#Babylonian|constellations]] (<u>Babylonian Zodiac</u>)''' were there, but with outlines of the 'sky gods' on them in order to cause people to associate the 'pictures in the sky' that they had known about from childhood, with the images [[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Nimrod|Nimrod]] wanted them to worship. This is indicative of the occult deception which reigned in Babylon.''''''[http://philologos.org/__eb-tws/ The Witness of the Stars] by E. W. Bullinger reveals the true meaning of what we call 'the signs of the [[911:New_Age_Terminology#Zodiac|zodiac]]'. They were meant to be pictures in the sky representing God’s promise of a coming Deliverer,''' who, being the Seed of the Woman, would bruise the serpent’s head ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.%203:15&version=KJV Gen. 3:15])
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| ==Planetary Spheres==
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| :: '''At Borsippa, close to Babylon, there was a very ancient terraced temple or Ziggurat; it was restored by Nebuchadnezzar, and an inscription of his is preserved, which says: 'I have repaired and perfected the marvel of Borsippa, the temple of the seven spheres of the world. I have erected it in bricks which I have covered with copper. I have covered with zones, alternately of marble and other precious stones, the sanctuary of God.'''' Rawlinson writes: 'The ornamentation of the edifice was chiefly by means of colour. The seven stages represented the seven spheres, in which moved, according to ancient Chaldean astronomy, the seven planets. To each planet fancy, partly grounding itself upon fact, had from of old assigned a peculiar tint or hue. The sun was golden; the moon, silver; the distant Saturn, almost beyond the region of light, was black; Jupiter was orange (the foundation for this colour, as for that of Mars and Venus, was probably the actual hue of the planet); the fiery Mars was red; Venus was a pale Naples yellow; Mercury, a deep blue. The seven stages of the tower-like walls of Ecbatana gave a visible embodiment to these fancies. The basement stage, assigned to Saturn, was blackened by means of a coating of bitumen spread over the face of the masonry; the second stage, assigned to Jupiter, obtained the appropriate orange colour by means of a facing of burned bricks of that hue; the third stage, that of Mars, was made blood-red by the use of half-burned bricks formed of a red clay; the fourth stage, assigned to the Sun, appears to have been actually covered with thin plates of gold; the fifth, the stage of Venus, received a pale yellow tint from the employment of bricks of that colour; the sixth, the sphere of Mercury, was given an azure tint by vitrifaction, the whole stage having been subjected to an intense heat after it was erected, whereby the bricks composing it were converted into a mass of blue slag; the seventh stage, that of the Moon, was probably, like the fourth, coated with actual plates of metal. Thus the building rose up in stripes of varied colour, arranged almost as Nature's cunning arranges the hues of the rainbow—tones of red coming first, succeeded by a broad stripe of yellow, the yellow being followed by blue. Above this the glowing silvery summit melted into the bright sheen of the sky' (Ancient Monarchies). '''The order in which the stages encircled one another spreading outwards to the base, represented in correct sequence the orbits of the planets,''' as was supposed, around the earth (''' ''or did they also knew/assumed that we live in a geocentric world opposed to the heliocentric model theory'' '''). The small orbit of the moon at the top; the sun taking the place of the earth, as it appears to journey through the twelve signs of the year; and Saturn last of all. Generally, however, as in the walls of Ecbatana, the sun and moon lead the planets in the order of the days of the week. The order in which the days of the week are named after the planets, Mr Proctor says, is obtained in the following manner. If all the hours throughout the week are dedicated to the planets in the sequence of their observed distances—Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon—then beginning with Saturday the planet which rules the first hour of the next day will be the Sun, and of the next the Moon, and so on for all the days of the week. This explanation takes for granted that the days were divided into twenty-four parts before the seven days were named after the planets. - [http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/amm/amm09.htm Planetary Spheres CHAPTER VI, Architecture, Mysticism and Myth, by W.R. Lethaby, [1892]]
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| Rawlinson states, the ziggurat was likely built during the same time period as the Tower Of Babel, and while the tower had 8 stages, the ziggurat was in 7 stages where each stage was dedicated to a planet and had a different color thusly:
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| ::: Stage 1: Height: 26feet Color: Black Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Saturn|Saturn]]
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| ::: Stage 2: Height: 26feet Color: Red-Brown Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Jupiter|Jupiter]]
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| ::: Stage 3: Height: 26feet Color: Red Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Mars|Mars]]
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| ::: Stage 4: Height: 26feet Color: Gold Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Sun|Sun]]
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| ::: Stage 5: Height: 15feet Color: Yellow Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Venus|Venus]]
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| ::: Stage 6: Height: 15feet Color: Blue Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Mercury|Mercury]]
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| ::: Stage 7: Height: 15feet Color: Silver Planet: '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Earth_moon|Moon]]
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| ::: Total height: ~150 feet
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| * Also see:
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| ** '''[[w:Musica universalis|Musica universalis]]
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| File:Ziggurat of ur.jpg|Ziggurat of Ur
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| File:ZigguratUrreconsdwg.jpg|Ziggurat of Ur before reconstruction
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| File:ZigguratUrreconstr.jpg|Ziggurat Ur reconstructed
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| File:Zigguratstair.jpg|Ziggurat detail of staircase
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| File:Ancient ziggurat at Ali Air Base Iraq 2005.jpg|Ancient ziggurat at Ali Air Base Iraq
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| File:Marduktemple.jpg|Marduk's Temple in Babylon: Also called the Esagila, the temple of Marduk was, after the Ziggurat and the royal Palace, the greatest of the architectural complexes of Babylon. [http://www.maquettes-historiques.net/P110.html]
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| =False Worship of the Heavens=
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| :''Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets'' - [http://bible.cc/acts/7-42.htm Acts 7:42]
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| :''And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.'' - [http://bible.cc/jeremiah/8-2.htm Jeremiah 8:2]
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| "Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you
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| in Horeb out of the midst of the fire . . . And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the '''sun,
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| and the moon, and the stars,''' even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which
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| the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven" [http://bible.cc/deuteronomy/4-19.htm Deuteronomy 4:19 KJV]
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| "If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath
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| wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other
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| gods, and worshipped them, either the '''sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven,''' which I have not commanded; And it be
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| told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain,
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| that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed
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| that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2017:2-5&version=KJV Deuteronomy 17:2-5, KJV]
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| "And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a
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| grove, and '''worshipped all the host of heaven''', and served Baal." [http://bible.cc/2_kings/17-16.htm 2 Kings 17:16, KJV]
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| "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast
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| out before the children of Israel. For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he
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| reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; '''and worshipped all the host of heaven''', and
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| served them. And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. '''And he built altars for all the host of heaven''' in the two courts of the house of the LORD." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2021:2-5&version=KJV 2 Kings 21:2-5, KJV]
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| "And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to
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| bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for '''all the host of heaven''': and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
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| And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the
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| cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; '''them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.'''" [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2023:4-5&version=KJV 2 Kings 23:4-5, KJV]
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| "And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, '''and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.'''" [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+8:16&version=KJV Ezekiel 8:16]
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| "At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes,
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| and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their
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| graves: '''And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped:''' they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%208:1-2,%20KJV&version=KJV Jeremiah 8:1-2, KJV]
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| "And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs '''they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.'''" [http://bible.cc/jeremiah/19-13.htm Jeremiah 19:13, KJV]
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| "I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and '''I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,''' and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; '''And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;"''' [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zephaniah%201:4-5,%20KJV&version=KJV Zephaniah 1:4-5, KJV]
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| "'''Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets,''' O ye
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| house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
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| Yea, '''ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan,''' figures which ye made to worship them: and
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| I will carry you away beyond Babylon." [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%207:42-43,%20KJV&version=KJV Acts 7:42-43, KJV]
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| [http://www.endtimeprophecy.net/Bible-Study-Tools/VerseLists/verse219.html Source]
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| * Occult Symbology Linked to the false Worship of the Heavens
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| ** '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Sun|Occult symbolism II: Sun]]
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| ** '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Moons|Occult symbolism II: Moons]]
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| ** '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Planets|Occult symbolism II: Planets]]
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| =[[w:Zodiac|Zodiac]]=
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| :''' ''"The Zodiac appears to announce the coming of the False Messiah, the Antichrist, just as the Bible announced the coming of the Real Messiah, Jesus! The Zodiac is used to “herd the goats”, while the Bible is used to “shepherd the sheep”! Remember, only goats read horoscopes, as they need to find out what their father the Devil has planned for their lives! “Sheep” read the Bible, then talk to their Father about his plans for their life."'' ''' [http://watchman33.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-lucifer-project-raising-antichrist-part-vi/] [http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Wicca%20&%20Witchcraft/astrology.htm]
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| :''Canst thou bring forth '''[[w:Biblical_cosmology#Mazzaroth|Mazzaroth]]''' in his season? or canst thou guide [[w:Arcturus|Arcturus]] with his sons?'' - [http://bible.cc/job/38-32.htm Job 38:32]
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| :''He put away the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in Judah's cities and round about Jerusalem--also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [or twelve signs of the zodiac], and to all the hosts of the heavens. [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2023:5&version=AMP 2 Kings 23:5] (Amplified Bible)
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| celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "'''[[911:Occult_symbolism_V#As_above.2C_so_below|as above, so below]]'''", so hat
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| the '''[[911:Numerology#12|twelve]]''' signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression. [http://sunkingzmusicgeometry.blogspot.com/2010/01/mystery-of-number-12-and-its-relation_9324.html]
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| The band of twelve constellations along the plane of the ecliptic through which pass the sun, moon, and planets across the sky. Each constellation, or sign, is attributed symbolic significance and associations that affect various aspects of life on Earth.
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| * The [[w:Zodiac_signs#Zodiac_symbolism|Western zodiac]] has twelve signs, as does the [[w:Zodiac_signs#The_twelve_signs|Chinese zodiac]]. In astronomy, the zodiac is the ring of constellations that lines the ecliptic, which is the apparent path of the Sun across the sky over the course of the year. The Moon and planets also lie within the ecliptic, and so are also within the constellations of the zodiac. In astrology, the zodiac denotes those signs which divide the ecliptic into twelve equal zones of celestial longitude. As such, the zodiac is a celestial coordinate system, more precisely an ecliptic coordinate system, taking the ecliptic as the origin of latitude, and the position of the sun at vernal equinox as the origin of longitude. The term zodiac derives from Latin zōdiacus, in turn from the Greek ζωδιακός κύκλος (zōdiakos kuklos), meaning "circle of animals", derived from ζώδιον (zōdion), the diminutive of ζῶον (zōon) "animal". The name is motivated by the fact that many of the signs of the classical Greek zodiac are represented as animals (six out of twelve, plus two mythological hybrids). the term and the names of the twelve signs are today mostly associated with horoscopic astrology. [...] The name of the twelve signs are equivalent to the names in use today, except that the name of the Eagle seems to have been usually substituted for Scorpio. [http://sunkingzmusicgeometry.blogspot.com/2010/01/mystery-of-number-12-and-its-relation_9324.html]
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| ** The twelve signs of the zodiac are divided into the four elements: Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, and Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Most modern astrologers still view the four classical elements as a critical part of interpreting the astrological chart. [http://sunkingzmusicgeometry.blogspot.com/2010/01/mystery-of-number-12-and-its-relation_9324.html]
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| * '''[[911:The_Birth_of_Idolatry#The_Tower_of_Babel|The Tower of Babel]]
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| ** '''[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2011:4&version=KJV Genesis 11:4], in speaking of ''"a tower and his top with the heavens (literal translation),"'' is not referring to the height of the tower, but instead to the inscriptions of the stars on the walls of the shrine. The [[w:Constellation#Babylonian|constellations]] (Babylonian Zodiac)''' were there, but with outlines of the 'sky gods' on them in order to cause people to associate the 'pictures in the sky' that they had known about from childhood, with the images [[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Nimrod|Nimrod]] wanted them to worship. This is indicative of the occult deception which reigned in Babylon.''''''[http://philologos.org/__eb-tws/ The Witness of the Stars] by E. W. Bullinger reveals the true meaning of what we call 'the signs of the [[911:New_Age_Terminology#Zodiac|zodiac]]'. They were meant to be pictures in the sky representing God’s promise of a coming Deliverer,''' who, being the Seed of the Woman, would bruise the serpent’s head ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.%203:15&version=KJV Gen. 3:15])
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| ** In recent years, new research has suggested that the Lascaux paintings may incorporate prehistoric star charts. Dr Michael Rappenglueck of the University of Munich argues that some of the non-figurative dot clusters and dots within some of the figurative images correlate with the constellations of Taurus, The Pleiades and the grouping known as the "Summer Triangle". Based on her own study of the astronomical significance of Bronze Age petroglyphs in the Vallée des Merveilles and her extensive survey of other prehistoric cave painting sites in the region — most of which appear to have been specifically selected because the interiors are illuminated by the setting sun on the day of the winter solstice — ''' French researcher Chantal Jègues-Wolkiewiez '''([http://www.archeociel.com/ oficial website])''' has further proposed that the gallery of figurative images in the Great Hall represents an extensive star map and that key points on major figures in the group correspond to stars in the main constellations as they appeared in the Paleolithic.''' (Wikipedia)
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| *** video: [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lascaux.The+Prehistory+Of+Art&aq=f Lascaux.The Prehistory Of Art]
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| * '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Lucifer|Lucifer]] and the Zodiac
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| ** Zodiac as a Worship System / Astrological system of Divination - And occult prophecy about a coming "savior" (Anti-Christ / Men of perdition, lawless one)
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| *** '''"The Zodiac appears to announce the coming of the False Messiah, the Antichrist, just as the Bible announced the coming of the Real Messiah, Jesus! The Zodiac is used to “herd the goats”, while the Bible is used to “shepherd the sheep”! Remember, only goats read horoscopes, as they need to find out what their father the Devil has planned for their lives! “Sheep” read the Bible, then talk to their Father about his plans for their life."'' ''' [http://watchman33.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-lucifer-project-raising-antichrist-part-vi/] [http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Wicca%20&%20Witchcraft/astrology.htm]
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| **** '''The [[w:Babylonian_zodiac#MUL.APIN|Babylonian Zodiac]] (MUL.APIN) is a worshipping system of Lucifer. His main 4 attributes being
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| ***** [[911:Occult_symbolism_X#Bull|Calf]] (Winged Bull) and its constelation [[w:Taurus (constellation)|Taurus ]]
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| ***** [[911:Occult_symbolism_X#Lion|Lion]] and its constelation [[w:Leo (constellation)|Leo]]
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| ***** [[911:Occult_symbolism_X#Eagle|Eagle]] (or [[911:Occult_symbolism_X#Phoenix|Phoenix]]) and its constelation [[w:Ophiuchus|Ophiuchus]] (snake holder)
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| ***** Human form of fallen angel and its constelation [[w:Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]] (the water bearer)
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| * '''[[w:Antikythera|Antikythera Device]]
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| ** Main Antikythera mechanism fragment. The mechanism consists of a complex system of 32 wheels and plates with inscriptions relating to the signs of the zodiac and the months. Image: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, No. 15987. [http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-ancient-greek-device-reveal-secrets.html Antikythera Device]
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| * '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:H8MABvj_7BQJ:www.biblestudying.net/Chaldeans_outline.doc+chaldeans+were+astrologers&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk The Chaldeans – Babylonian Mystery Religions]''' (Biblical reference to Chaldeans by Brian K. McPherson and Scott McPherson)
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| ** [[w:Chaldeans|Chaldeans]]: Chaldeans, or Kasdim. At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the savants, the magians of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners [http://www.experiencefestival.com/kasdim] [http://www.truthcontrol.com/node/chaldeans]
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| *** Astrology attributed to the Chaldean priests, based on the finding of cuneiform tablets dated C670 BC which reported astrological information in the court of King Ashurbanipal. They regarded the world as eternal, with no beginning or end, and the Sun, Moon, and planets as interpreters by which human beings might know and execute the will of God. Upon considering the regularity of the motions of the celestial bodies, they inferred that such objects were either intelligent beings or were controlled by some guiding intelligence. This belief led to [[w:Sabaean|Sabianism]], the worship of the host of heaven ('''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Sun|Sun]], [[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Moons|Moon]], and [[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Stars|Stars]]'''). [http://www.gotohoroscope.com/dictionary/astrological/79.html]
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| File:Vatican floor-crab.png.jpg|Symbols of the Zodiac are found on the floor of the Vatican. [http://amazingdiscoveries.org/albums/p/5602900279412007569/vatican+floor-crab.png.jpg]
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| File:Vaticanfloor-archer.png.jpg|Symbols of the Zodiac are found on the floor of the Vatican. This originates from the culture of the Chaldeans. [http://amazingdiscoveries.org/albums/p/5602900279412007569/vaticanfloor-archer.png.jpg]
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| </gallery>
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| * [[w:Zodiac|Zodiac]] gallery
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| File:StPeterZodiac.jpg|“St. Peter’s Chair” from Roman Cathedral, dated to around 800’s A.D. Images on the chair portray Labors of Hercules and pagan Zodiac signs [http://lost-history.com/mysteries5.php]<br><br> '''Note:''' 3 rows of 6 (666) & [http://scorpio-sign.blogspot.com/2008/09/hercules-twelve-labors-connected-to.html Hercules’ Twelve Labors Connected to the Zodiac] [http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/HeraclesLabours.html] (see picture "St. Peter’s Chair")
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| File:1PopZod.jpg|The Pope enthroned under a [[w:Umbraculum|canopy]] displaying the astrological figures of the Zodiak, Vatican Museum. [http://historical.benabraham.com/html/papal_zodiac.html]<br><br>
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| File:Phpcostume1al8.jpg|The breastplate consists of twelve blocks this represents the zodiac (Maybe for apostatic jewish priests). [http://z13.invisionfree.com/THE_UNHIVED_MIND/index.php?showtopic=14789&st=45]<br><br> The 12 stones as per [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2028&version=KJV Exodus 28:17-20] represent the 12 tribes of Israel. See article of the comaprison of [[911:Lucifer_Breastplate|Lucifer Breastplate]] againts the High Priest's <br><br>video: [http://wn.com/the_breastplate_for_the_high_priest__the_war_for_jerusalem_has_begun__prophecy_today_video_update The Breastplate for the High Priest - The War for Jerusalem has Begun]
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| File:Kohen Gadol vestments.jpg|(see previous) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kohen_Gadol_vestments.jpg]
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| File:Paulviwithjewishplatekohenborstplaatsv1.jpg|[[w:Paul vi|Paul VI]] with jewish breastplate (breastplate of cohen or breastplate of judgment) See: [http://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/Paul6photogallery.html] & [http://holywar.org/txt/032.htm]
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| Image:Prometheus_rockefaller_center.jpg|[[w:Prometheus|Prometheus]] statue at the [[w:Rockefeller Center|Rockefeller Center]]. Behind the statue is an inscription saying: ''“Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends.”'' <br/><br/> '''Note:''' The ring with the [[911:Numerology#12|12]] signs of the [[911:New_Age_Terminology#Zodiac|zodiac]]
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| File:Cherubim-Zodiac.jpg|Zodiac along with the constellations, and '''the 4 attributes of [[911:Occult_symbolism_VII#Lucifer|Lucifer]] represented by the 4 cardinal points.'''
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| File:Prague Apr04 015.jpg|[[w:Astronomical clock|Astronomical clock]] in Prague [http://sunkingzmusicgeometry.blogspot.com/] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_clock]
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| Image:Black_Sun_3.jpg|A '''[[911:Occult_symbolism_II#Black_Sun|Black Sun]]''' [[w:Sundial|Sundial]] appears on the [http://www.sundials.co.uk/~london.htm Bracken House], London, UK.<br/><br/>"<small>This building (1955-1959) is named after [[w:Bernard Bracken|Bernard Bracken]], former chairman of the [[w:Financial Times|Financial Times]], which was published here until the 1980s. The building was among the first post-war buildings in [[w:City of London|the City]] to be listed and its redevelopment retained the entire outside facade, including the elegant astronomical clock approximately 1 metre in diameter bearing at its centre a face of [[w:Winston Churchill|Winston Churchill]], who was a personal friend of Bracken's.</small>"
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| File:P020 1 01.jpg|A winged Mithras wrapped in a Serpent encircled with the Zodiac [http://www.ambrosiasociety.org/mithra__avesta.html]
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| File:Turning1.jpg|Monument showing Mithras turning the zodiac [http://www.ambrosiasociety.org/mithra__avesta.html]
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| File:Z15.2Aion.jpg|Aion, the god of time, stands turning the wheel of heaven inscribed with the signs of the zodiac. The god was identified with both Khronos (Time) and Ouranos (Heaven). Beneath him reclines Gaia (Mother Earth) attended by the four Karpoi (Fruits) of the seasons - from left to right: Eiar (Spring), Theron (Summer), Phthinoporon (Autumn) and Kheimon (Winter). [http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z15.2.html]
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| File:Z15.2BAion.jpg|Aion, the god of time, stands turning the wheel of heaven inscribed with the signs of the zodiac. The signs visible on the portion here depicted are Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and Leo. (see previous) [http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z15.2B.html]
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| File:StainedglassMissouri.jpg|The sun and the zodiac symbols. The sun of course is depicted as the Pagan see it with the Phallic and Yonic symbols as rays of light. This is the ultimate stained glass window for the catholic or the Pagan is this! And it's right there in the Rotunda of the Missouri state capital building! [http://www.remnantofgod.org/usa.htm]
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| </gallery>
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| * [[w:Zodiac|Zodiac]] based logo
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| Image:Sun_Sign.jpg|The Sun and the 12 signs of the [[w:Zodiac|Zodiac]]<br/><br/>''' Note:''' The red bullseye, which is the [[w:Alchemical|Alchemical]] symbol for [[911:Occult_symbolism_XIII#Gold|gold]] [http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements//pages/alchemist/alc_gold.html]
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| Image:NSF.png|[[w:National Science Foundation|National Science Foundation]] logo with 12 rays as the 12 Zodiac signs.
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| </gallery>
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| =Links=
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| * [http://www.crystalinks.com/ziggurat.html]
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