Is Christianity a CHIMERA?

BEAST WITH MULTIPLE "HEADS" - 

DIVERSE PAGAN RELIGIONS MERGED TOGETHER AS ONE

“He who answers before listening, that is his folly and his shame.” Prov. 18:13

Pagan religious systems are described as multi-headed beasts by the prophets.

There is an untold side of history, since the history we normally hear reported is told by the conquerors.  Recorded history is far from objective.  What you are about to read will challenge you to your core, and the scales may fall from your eyes.

A CHIMERA (or chimaera) represents a mixture or blend of different creatures.  It is a metaphor; a symbolic illustration or association between two different subjects. In this case, the chimera represents an analogy of many Pagan religions BLENDED into one new form of religion.  When plants or animals are mixed-up together, it’s what biologists call a “HYBRID”. In the 4th century BCE, the Etruscans sculpted the one above, which is now in the city of Florence, Italy.  The creatures or beasts mentioned in the books of Daniel and Revelation which have multiple heads have a general similarity to a CHIMERA, if only that they exhibit a mixture of various living parts.

Christianity’s customs embrace Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman patterns that most people are unaware of.

Is Scripture warning us of this hybrid?

If our religious behavior, customs, and symbols are derived from former Pagan cultures, and are reinvented to blend into one huge pattern of deception, wouldn’t you like to know about it?  Can we actually find the religion of Christianity as we know it today in the Scriptures at all?

The inspired Words of our Creator use signs, symbols, and a variety of figures of speech to reveal and conceal His meanings.  Most Christians listen, but do not personally research Scripture.  They are unwittingly programmed by “sound-bites” or short texts that steer their beliefs about many things, but these phrases are taken out of their proper contexts.  Misdirection is used to cause misunderstanding. This short article is intended to challenge you to prove and test what you have been taught, and hopefully awaken a thirst for the Truth, so that you can discern and expose lies. Even translators are not perfect, as you will discover. Light and darkness must not be mixed.

Those who are perishing are doing so because they have refused to receive a love for the TRUTH, and thus be saved. There are two general categories of people described by the inspired Words: the saved and the unsaved. These are described metaphorically as “sheep” and “wolves”, “wheat” and “weeds”, “Israel” and “dogs”.

The religion known as Catholicism is literally a fusion of various Pagan religions, primarily the Roman Empire’s worship of MITHRAS. Constantine’s hybrid, Catholicism (Latin, universalism), blended elements of Mithraism and the true faith in the Torah of Yahuah together.

The Word: "Easter" Centuries before the Mashiach of Israel was born, the pagan tribes of Europe worshipped a beautiful goddess of spring named Eostre. Festivals celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of spring were held in her honor at the end of March, the time of the vernal equinox. Historians tell us the word Easter is a variation of her name. “Asteroth” is the Babylonian female deity we see in Scripture, also known as Ishtar and Asherah. These are the original words from which we get the prefix “Astro” and “Estro”, seen in Astrology and estrogen, a female hormone. She is also known as Semiramis, the mother/wife of Nimrod, tyrant king of Babylon. The “rites of spring” involve the Pagan idea that the Earth Mother is “impregnated” on “Easter” Sun-day by the rays of the rising sun, and nine months later gives birth to the sun at the winter solstice, known today as
“Christmas”. The “Mother of the gods” is represented as the statue of “Libertas” (a Roman goddess version of the same Babylonian harlot deity) the image of the Earth Mother, known to the Greeks as Artemis.

This image stands in New York harbor, facing EAST. The word east comes from her name, and her image is highly esteemed.

The Egg: To Pagans, eggs are a symbol of spring, the time of the impregnation of Easter, Mother Earth. Ishtar is said to have come from the skies in a large EGG, landing in the Euphrates river, and drifting into reeds (basket materials) at the shore.

Rabbits:- Rabbits are an Egyptian symbol of fertility. They were the favorite animal of the spring goddess Eastre.

The Easter Lily:- The white “Easter Lily” is used in many Easter services. It was the symbol of Gaia, Athena, Ishtar, Isis, Maia, Asherah, Minerva, etc.,. The Easter Seals Society, whose emblem is the lily, uses this symbol of Artemis (Diana). They claim to have no “religious” affiliations.

Sunday (Sun Day) The “Day-of-the-Sun”, in Latin Dies Solis. The Babylonians worshipped the sun as Shamash, and some of the proper names used for it have been Baal, Moloch, Ahura-Mazda, Dagon, Ra, Sol, Marduk, Mithras, Krishna, Aton, Woden, Zeus, Deus, and GOTT. Constantine changed the Sabbath, making “Sun-day” the official day of rest, 321 CE.

This is what the Encylopedia Americana (1945 Edition) says under the topic “GOD”:

GOD (god) Common Teutonic word for personal object of religious worship, formerly applicable to super-human beings of heathen myth; on conversion of Teutonic races to Christianity, term was applied to Supreme Being.” We derive the pronoun “GOD” from “GOTT”, a Pagan deity.

Monday (Moon Day) Latin, Dies Lunae; The Day-of-the-Moon. Mona Lisa means “moon lily”. Artemis (Diana) is depicted with the crescent moon beneath her feet.

Tuesday (Tiw's Day) Mardi = Day-of-Mars (if you speak French, think MARdi = MARS-di), Mars is the Roman god of war. The Roman calendar is also Pagan, and this deity names the third month, March. The Teutonic / Celtic folk called this day “Tiu Daeg”. Tiu was the name of a son of Woden and Frigga, Druid idols.

Wednesday (Wodin's Day), ODIN or Woden, the chief deity of the Norse, who commanded the Valkries and rode an eight-legged steed called Sleipnir, a horse born to LOKI. Woden was believed to be the husband of Frigga, and father of Thor.

Thursday (Thor's Day) The Norse deity of thunder and son of Woden, also known as Taranus, or the Dutch Donner (a name bestowed on one of Santa’s reindeer). Corresponding to the Romans’ day of Jupiter (in French, "JEUdi" is pretty close to "Jove-day", and Jove is another name for the Roman god Jupiter -- as in the exclamation, "By Jove!").

Friday (Freya's Day) Also known as Frigga, the wife of Woden, her emblem was the fish (fertility again). The young fish are called “fry”, from her name. Catholics could tell you about how and when a “fish fry” occurs, but they adopted it from the Pagans. The Romans called her Astarte, or Venus. By whatever name, she is the Earth Mother, Asherah, Astaroth, Ishtar, Easter, Nanna, and so on. The Greeks honored Aphrodite on this day.

Saturday (Saturn Day) Saturn was the Romans’ deity of agriculture, and this day was dedicated to him. The 6th planet was named in honor of this Roman deity. The festival of Saturnalia was transformed into “Christmas” is 525 CE. Turn over every stone, and see if any filth is lurking beneath it. This day is really the “SABBATH”.

CHRISTIAN : A Greek term, originally used as a title by Pagans:

CHRESTOS MITHRAS pure, sacred, good, holy. (Roman meaning was inter-changable: "good Mithras", or "holy Mithras").

CHRIST HELIOS (Mandaean); CHREISTOS OSIRIS (Alexandrian) 

Worshippers of Serapis were called “Christians”.

The question that begs to be asked is the following:

Are we to search out the Greco-Roman roots, or the Hebrew origins of our faith? One approach hinders and clouds our understanding, and the other is essential to it!

Christianity - a word not found in the Scriptures, nor any concordance; yet, it is used as a label for a religion supposedly founded by the Hebrew Messiah. Tradition has given the Hebrew Messiah a Greek name, yet He was only known as “Yahusha” to His pupils. The sect He founded was really called “Natsarim” (Acts 24:5), and it is a special first fruits group within ISRAEL, the wife of Yahuah. The true way is the Torah of Yahuah.

Sacraments 7 Rituals or rites inherited from Mithraism. There are no “sacraments” known to Scripture. Martin Luther brought 3 of these out of Catholicism with him. The division of the believers into “priesthood” and “laity” (common people) enabled the sacraments to become the means to control those who believe the sacraments are real. Not believing in any sacrament would eliminate the control of the “priesthood”, so those doubting were killed by the millions. The “sacraments” are the core of the operating system of the Catholic institution. Without the sacraments, Catholicism would cease to exist. The “sacraments” are believed to be: Baptism, Penance/Confession, Holy Eucharist (what Yahusha was really doing at the “last supper” was observing Passover, and He told us to remember His death whenever we observe Passover, once each year), Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Extreme Unction.

”He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah (Law-Torah-Instructions), Even his prayer is an abomination.” PROVERBS 28: 9

If you are ready to go to the next level, and are interested in learning the pure, simple, clean Truth, you will find it if you study your Scriptures—but remember the translations are slightly skewed by Greco-Latinisms. Pray for the Truth, and Yahusha will give it to you. Shaul (called Paul) referred to all those who obey the Covenant of Yahuah as “ISRAEL”, and he said that we become “fellow citizens” of ISRAEL through the Covenant. He said those outside the Covenant were foreigners to the promises. Eph. 2-13 clearly states that we are no longer “Gentiles”, but “formerly Gentiles in the flesh”. We are ISRAEL, of the sect of the Natsarim, and we have received a love for the Covenant by the workmanship of the Messiah, Yahusha of Natsarith, our High Priest, Who circumcised our hearts.

WHAT MUST WE DO?

“Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the Name of (Yahusha ha’Mashiach) for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the (Ruach ha’Qodesh). The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-for all whom (Yahuah) our (Alahim) will call.’" Acts 2:38-39

We are Messianic, a sect called Natsarim Yisrael - the first fruits of a great harvest.  The only people to be "harvested" will be those within a Covenant relationship with Yahuah:   ISRAEL, His wife.  You become "born" as a citizen of ISRAEL at your immersion into the Name of Yahusha.    READ EPHESIANS CHAPTERS 2 & 3

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