RESTORING A PEOPLE, REBUILDING A NATION
Semiramis
Semiramis also known as Ishtar (the Babylonian goddess) also over time referred to as Ashtoreth in scriptures Judges 2:13, was worshipped as the moon goddess, known as the goddess of spring and fertility, and the Queen of Heaven. The Babylonians celebrated the day of Ishtar (which is pronounced as Easter) as the return of the goddess of spring - the re-birth or reincarnation of Nature and the goddess of Nature. She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day cycle and ovulated when full and that she had come down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River at sunrise at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox, on a Sunday. Her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg." She soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal (the ascended Nimrod) that caused her to conceive. The son that she conceived was named Tammuz. Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god, Baal (Nimrod). Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter. The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig. Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshipers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit. Ishtar, continued to build her mystery religion. She also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow for each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz. During this time, no meat was to be eaten - this is what became known as Lent" in Roman Catholic tradition. Worshipers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz, and to make the sign of the "Tau" (a cross) in front of their hearts as they worshiped. They also ate sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or a cross, on the top. Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made.
Symbolism
EAT A PIG - It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs. Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.
First Sunday - Worshipers of the Babylonian religion celebrated the conception of Tammuz on the first Sunday after the Full Moon that followed the Spring Equinox. They celebrated it by baking cakes to Ishtar, getting drunk, engaging in sex orgies and prostitution in the temple of Ishtar. Women were required to celebrate the conception of Tammuz by lying down in the temple and having sex with whoever entered. The man was required to leave her money. Babies were sacrificed in the honor of these pagan gods and their blood was consumed by the worshipers.
Easter Eggs - The priest of Easter would sacrifice infants (human babies) and take the eggs of Easter/Ishtar, as symbols of fertility, and die them in the blood of the sacrificed infants (human babies). The Easter eggs would hatch on December 25th (nine months later), the same day her son Tammuz the reincarnate sun-god would be born. This is where the practice of coloring "easter eggs" came from. Many babies would be born around Dec 25 from the sex orgies that began on the feast of Ishtar in the Spring and many of these babies would be sacrificed the following Easter/Ishtar feast .
It was also common for pagans to bake cakes to offer to her (the Queen of heaven) on the Friday before the Easter festival. This is where we gained the custom of 'hot cross buns', with the “cross” symbol indicating the female (the Babylonian symbol for the “female” was, and is, a circle with a crux/cross beneath). The cross also indicated the Equinox, when the Earth’s orbit “crossed” the celestial equator. Jeremiah spoke against this practice and pronounced God's judgment against them for these practices (Jeremiah 7:17-19; 44:19-29). Ezekiel also speaks against the celebration of the rites of Ishtar which were taking place in the temple and the weeping for Tammuz (Ezek. 8:14) refers to the mourning process of the death/resurrection symbolism of Easter, Ishtar weeping for the death of her son Tammuz which the women were obliged to emulate.
Easter is one of the oldest celebrations observed worldwide as a Christian holiday. This tradition is so well established that it is believed to have begun with the resurrection J.C. and instituted by His apostles in the first century in commemoration of that event. However, there are no verses in the Bible that command this day must be observed. There is nowhere in the Bible where it says anything about Easter eggs, Easter baskets, Easter bunnies or Easter hunting. Yet, there is evidence to show that this holiday and its customs come from parts of pagan traditions from ancient Babylon, this would mean, this holiday originally originated many years before the birth, death and resurrection of J.C. The original Easter festival was part of the false religion, Mystery Babylon, and was originally started by Nimrod and his wife Semiramis. Ham, the grandson of Noah had a son named Cush who married a woman named Semiramis. Cush and Semiramis then had a son and named him "Nimrod." After the death of his father Cush, Nimrod married his own mother and became a powerful King. Nimrod and Semiramis established themselves as a god and goddess to be worshipped by the people of Babylon. In Genesis 10:8-10 it explain Nimrod as a mighty man upon the earth and a mighty hunter before The Creator. Nimrod was eventually killed by an enemy, and his body was cut in pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom. Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found. That missing part was his reproductive organ. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal", the sun god.
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