Posted on 09/13/2002 8:26:16 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
I ask because of the "Remnant of giants" in one of the paragraphs.
I read that pagan idols and celebration days were brought into the early Catholic church.
I read in a completely different book that Nimrod was born on December 25th. I think it's widely accepted that Jesus was born sometime around September.
My understanding of Nimrod is that he would be to satan what Christ is to God. Not meaning son , but representitive as far as Nimrod.
It may not mean anything to a lot of people , but to me it seems an insult to celebrate our Lords birth on such an evil day. Almost as much as abortion , destroying Gods' greatest gift to us.
I hope You can help.
I'm not sure if Syria is part of the map-sphinx. It may very well represent the wing of a sphinx, but it isn't all that obvious. A territory of the giants - Biblical Bashan - is included in modern Syria, east of the sea of Galilee. In one of my Bible atlases Mt. Bashan is labeled also with the modern name Jebel Druse, Jabal ad Duruz on the NG map.
In any case, it appears that there is a long-necked sphinx image carved by the modern borders, and there is also a modern-day long-necked 'king' of Bashan.
Eons ago - I forget in which book - I came across a word study concerning Og's sarcophagus (Deut 3:11). The Hebrew word means a couch or bed, apparantly not the usual word for coffin. The other uses of the word in the Hebrew scriptures refer to a bed, or something like a divan. Instead of pondering if or why the Scriptures are 'in error', it seems more plausible that the idea conveyed, is that Og was merely resting... and will revive, at least in Spirit form, at a future date from the original writing.
I don't know how far back the region near Mecca was populated, but no matter. The modern map of the Middle East didn't exist when the Sphinx was constructed. Thank you for your contribution.
You must have missed that post. Florida is a large bird dropping about to land on Castro. ;-)
Nimrod was the founder of Babel, and also called a mighty hunter. Esau is described similary. Orion is called the mighty or great hunter, and there have been some interesting observations/theories re the alignment of the constellation [Orion] and the layout of the pyramids in Giza. There is a lot of chaff mixed in with those theories, so I really don't follow them too closely. The Hebrew word translated as Orion is kesil, which means fool or foolish. It is related to the word for the [winter] month of Kislev ("his confidence"), which falls in the November/December time frame. The meanings appear to be related in that the fool is obstinant, making wrong choices, having confidence in that which is folly. This would certainly describe Nimrod and Esau.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.html#strongs
Re: Deut 3:11
Companion Bible (which I just dug out of a trunk) suggests that is probably a tomb. That may very well be true, but the potential symbolism [of a resting Og] is not noted. I keep these books for their interesting factoids or maps, but I am skeptical of anything else.
Here is the note:
bedstead = bed or couch, but not the usual word which is mishkab. It is 'eres, and is exactly the same measurement as the tomb of Marduk in Babylon. The mythological significance of 'eres (Bab. irsu) is nuptial bed, or funeral couch. Probably = tomb.<
Easton's:
gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deut. 1:4), and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh (Num. 21:32-35; Deut. 3:1-13). His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length and 4 cubits in breadth. His overthrow was afterwards celebrated in song (Ps. 135:11; 136:20). (See SIHON)
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