I've decided to split my "Saturn: The Demon Deity Unveiled" post into separate posts, mainly due to the weird fact that I cannot seem to edit that post anymore. Maybe I added too much stuff to that post? Either way, I hope that splitting that massive post up will be easier for people to read.
"Polytheist in appearance it was essentially monotheist, says Pierret," (Dunlap, 1894 [1898 edition], p. 208).
-V2:
Chronos (close-up) by Ignaz Gunther (1765/1770) (Bayerisches National Museum):As the three quotes above state, every deity, both god and goddess, are in fact one individual under different names. Polytheism is actually monotheism, just with multiple personas of the same deity. However, this deity is no god or goddess at all. It is actually a demon. This post, or series perhaps, will expose the history of this demon and why we shouldn't worship it. This post was initially about the God of the Bible possibly being an angel, but the more I investigated this guy the more problematic he became for me to accept him as a benevolent entity at all. Now, I've come to the inescapable conclusion that the God of the Bible is evil! He is not "the only god." He is the same demon that masquerades as other gods in other pantheons. ALL the gods of every religion are one-and-the-same.
Chronos (close-up) by Ignaz Gunther (1765/1770) (Bayerisches National Museum):
https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/en/collection/highlights/00057847
Part 1: The Shining God:
I have been pondering over how to structure this... series? Post? There's a lot to talk about, and a lot of gods and goddesses to cover. However, I think I'll make one long post here and then make shorter posts of this later on. I'll start this off by talking about the sun, moon, and the planets. These are the gods, or as I'll call them, different personas of the demonic deity.
1.1. The Planets are the Gods:
The sun and the planets (NASA, Sun: Facts):
If you told me about a year ago that the God I worshipped was a planet or a star, I would've thought you were crazy. In fact, a part of me still thinks that this is nuts. However, I've come to this conclusion because the evidence just kept pilling up on me over time, and I couldn't ignore it anymore. How can a planet, or a star, be a deity? How could it be a conscious entity at all? In order to get my answers, I've had to go outside my comfort zone.
Most of my answers to this particular question come from Theosophy, which means "'god'" or theos and "'wisdom'" or sophia. It also means "'wisdom about the divine'," (Ellwood, 2014, p. 3). According to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Jehovah, the god of the Bible, "is one of the Planetary Elohim of the Regent Group of Saturn." His name is also "the generic name of that Group or Hierarchy of Creative Planetary Angels, under whose Star their nation has evolved," (Blavatsky, 1893, Vol. 2 p. 134). Blavatsky also stated that "Ildabaoth-Jehovah" was "the Genius of Saturn, according to Origen and the Egyptian Gnostics," (p. 567). To the Jews, Jehovah was symbolized by the moon and Saturn. To the "early Christians," he was the sun and Jupiter. The Trinity consisted of the Father being the sun, the Son being Mercury, and the Holy Ghost (or Spirit) being Venus. Sophia, Lucifer, and Christ, are Venus as well (pp. 569-570). The "Planetary Angels," or "Planetary Gods," which are the stars and planets, can incarnate as people. There are seven of these angels/gods, with the sun being the top one because the others "'gravitate' (astronomically and allegorically), and whom they worship," (pp. 377-378).
We get another, yet somewhat similar, view from Rudolf Steiner. According to Steiner, "Beings who are now above humanity reached their human state on earlier planets." An "Egyptian sage" said that the gods were once human beings that reached "exalted heights." The proper way to achieve this is through "deification [theosis]," according to Dionysus the Areopagite. Steiner later stated that, "in Christian esotericism," the Archangels and Angels of Christianity were humans originally. They "passed through their human stage," and became the Archangels or Angels. The Angels passed "through their human stage" on the Moon, while the "Archangels went through their human evolution on the Sun." The Archai, the "Spirits of Personality, Primeval Beings," are said to have "went through their human evolution on ancient Saturn." The moon, sun, and Saturn, acted as the home world for these entities like Earth is the human world (Steiner, 1909; in Steiner, 2008, Part One Lecture 3 [pp. 3-4]). Steiner (1923) also said that the planets and stars effect our universe, Earth, and us. There are also spirits on the stars and planets as well, such as Saturn, the moon, and Jupiter (in Steiner, 2016, Part One Lecture 1 pp. 7-15).
Another scholar, philosopher, and lecturer, that I've come to appreciate a lot is Manly Palmer Hall. He is also the founder of the Philosophical Research Society (The Philosophical Research Society, Manly Palmer Hall, para. 1). In lecture 3 of his Astro-theology seminar series, Hall said that the planets were the deities of our religions (Manly P. Hall Seminar Series, Astro-theology, 3: The planets and the ancient gods). Hall also said that Pythagoras taught that the planets were "merely bodies encasing souls, minds, and spirits in the same manner that the visible human form is" for us. Pythagoras also said that the planets and stars were "magnificent deities," yet they were "subservient to the One First Cause" he calls "the Monad, the permanent atom of the Pythagoreans." There was also "constant interplay between the Grand Man (the universe) and man (the little universe)," (Hall, 1928 [2010 edition], p. 152).
As we can see, the gods of our religions have been equated to the stars and planets of our solar system. There are seven major planetary angels or gods, with the sun being the leader. The planets and stars either incarnate as men, or there are humans/spirits on these planets and stars that eventually become/became deities, or the planets are the physical bodies containing deities inside of them. Either way, the planets and stars can also effect the universe, Earth, and mankind.
Links:
NASA. Sun: Facts:
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/
-Pic:
https://images.app.goo.gl/shbBnXz3nkRguh4D6
Blavatsky (1893) (Vol. 2):
https://books.google.com/books?id=zCcVAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Steiner (1909; in Steiner, 2008) (Part One Lecture 3):
https://books.google.com/books?id=6CztauLMObkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=THE+SPIRITUAL+HIERARCHIES+AND+THE+PHYSICAL+WORLD&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLo_3cyaOKAxVzkokEHS8bJBQQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=THE%20SPIRITUAL%20HIERARCHIES%20AND%20THE%20PHYSICAL%20WORLD&f=false
Steiner (1923; in Steiner, 2016) (Part One Lecture 1 pp. 7-15):
https://books.google.com/books?id=OWkLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR3&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Ellwood (2014) (P. 3):
https://books.google.com/books?id=bl9bBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Religion+Theosophy%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj27dmj25KLAxVtEFkFHXCPCuYQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Philosophical Research Society. Manly Palmer Hall:
https://www.prs.org/manly-p-hall.html
Manly P. Hall Seminar Series. Astro-theology. 3: The planets and the ancient gods. YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWyMIY4sHNE&t=699s
Hall (1928 [2010 edition]) (P. 152):
https://books.google.com/books?id=-ffW5P6NW1kC&pg=PA152&dq=manly+p+hall+planets+deities&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ2r6K3pKLAxWqD1kFHT25GsgQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=manly%20p%20hall%20planets%20deities&f=false
1.2. The Shining God and the Sun:
Sun blasting a flare (Turgeon and Morse, 2024):
Links:
Turgeon and Morse (2024):
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/sun/
-Pic:
https://images.app.goo.gl/11uc3ri5CoyXAVoo7
-V2:
https://books.google.com/books?id=OJVMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=dyeus+pater&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimuMmzrJuGAxXOMlkFHZxLDrMQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=dyeus%20pater&f=false
Briggs (2003) (Chapter D):
Jordan (2004 [2014 edition]) (PP. 83-84, and 359):
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Zeus:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zeus
Smith (1884) (P. 148):
https://books.google.com/books?id=us3Y7a9AhOYC&pg=PA155-IA3&dq=el+elu+deity&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9q66_0J-CAxVSFlkFHaBfAesQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=el%20elu%20deity&f=false
Frazer (1926) (PP. 66-67):
Krul (2018):
https://www.academia.edu/36775866
Lyle (2012) (PP. 105-106):
Griswold (1910) (P. 31):
Rusten (1985; in Bailey, 1985) (Vol. 89 pp. 130, 135-136):
Durham University. Department of Physics. User's Guide to the Night Sky. The Ecliptic: The Sun's Annual Path on the celestial Sphere:
https://astro.dur.ac.uk/~ams/users/solar_year.html
Mushet (1837) (PP. 62-63):
Brown (1898) (PP. 119-120):
Rhyn (1895) (P. 7):
The Christian Remembrancer. Volume 56. Article 8:
Rawlinson (1885) (PP. 74-75):
Ridpaph (1890) (P. 133):
Inman (1868) (PP. 243-244):
Dunlap (1856) (P. 22):
Toorn et al., (1999) (P. 73):
https://books.google.com/books?id=yCkRz5pfxz0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dictionary+of+Deities+and+Demons+in+the+Bible+(2nd+ed.)&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj36PPTp5aFAxVOFVkFHc_NApQQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=Oannes&f=false
Kilmer (1985; in Conrad and Newig, 1985):
https://books.google.com/books?id=URe3ugEQB00C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Cudworth (1845) (Vol. 2 p. 212):
Claus (1972) (Vol. 4 p. 46):
https://archive.org/details/historyofoldtest0004sche/page/46/mode/1up?q=Asherah
-V2 (Snippet):
MacKenzie (1907) (Ch. 20):
https://sacred-texts.com/egy/eml/eml31.htm
-Index:
https://sacred-texts.com/egy/eml/index.htm
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Melqart:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Melqart
Bowden and Rawlings (in Bowden and Rawlings, 2005) (P. vii):
1.3. The Shining God and the Planet Saturn:
Saturn (NASA, Saturn: Facts):
Saturn is represented by the six-pointed star, also called the hexagram. It is "formed by uniting the Water Triangle with the Fire Triangle, which is called the Six-pointed Star, Star of David, Solomon's Seal, etc." The hexagram is also called the "'talisman of Saturn'," (Burns, 1998, p. 40). This is the same star that the Israelites are using. The star also represents the gods Moloch, Chiun, "Baal-Saturn-Siva (Shiva)," and Kivan. All of these gods are identical. In fact, "one of the names of Saturn is Israel," (Blavatsky, 1910, p. 236). Kiyyun, or Rephan/Rhemphan, is Saturn (Bible Hub, Strong's Greek, 4481. Rhemphan, Strong's Lexicon). The Israelites worshipped Moloch, and Rompha (Rhemphan) (Acts 7:43), also called Sikkuth and Kiyyun (Amos 5:26). The star/hexagram belongs to Kiyyun/Rhemphan (Amos 5:26) (Acts 7:43). The hexagram is on the flag of Israel still to this day (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Israel).
Hexagram (Burns, 1998, p. 40):
Flag of Israel (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Israel):Rhemphan is Saturn, and Kiyyun (Bible Hub, Strong's Greek, 4481. Rhemphan, Strong's Lexicon):Bade (2023) said that the hexagram is the "Seal of Solomon," and is "symbolic of Saturn." It also "represents '666'." On the "Talisman of Saturn," the pentagram is on the obverse side while the hexagram is on the reverse side. The hexagram is also on the planet Saturn itself. Both the pentagram, and hexagram, "are associated with the 7 'old' planets in astrology," (Vol. 3 pp. 443-444).Talisman of Saturn (top), the hexagram (middle), and Saturn (bottom) (Bade, 2023, Vol. 3 p. 443):
P. 444:
Another shot of the hexagon (hexagram) on the planet Saturn (Edwards, 2020):The "Pythagorean pentacle" is also a hexagram. Above it, the name "Adonai," one of the names of the god of the Bible (Bible Hub, Strong's Hebrew, 136. Adonay, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance) appears (Blavatsky, 1910, Vol. 2 pp. 451-452).The Pythagorean pentacle with "Adonai" above it (Blavatsky, 1910, Vol. 2 p. 452):
Adonay (Bible Hub, Strong's Hebrew, 136. Adonay, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance):
The pentagram is interesting. The planet Jupiter is represented by "a blazing pentagram in the beak of an eagle," (Curtiss and Curtiss, 1917, p. 222) (Levi, 2017, p. 87). The pentagram also represents the planet Venus, Mercury, Mars, as well as Jupiter and Saturn (Farrel, 2013, p. 128) (Hodapp, 2006, p. 166). According to Weor (2012), "The Pentagram is the sign of the Word made flesh, and according to the direction of its rays, it can represent God or the Devil, the Immolated Lamb or the male goat of Mendes." When the Pentagram is "aiming up towards the sky, it represents Christ." When the pentagram is "aiming downwards, it represents Satan." Finally, the pentagram represents the "fallen Angel" when "aiming down," (Ch. 30 [p. 2]):This means that Jesus and Satan are the same individual. They're two sides of the same coin.NASA. Saturn: Facts:
https://science.nasa.gov/saturn/facts/
-Pic:
https://images.app.goo.gl/Rfg8heko4g8UkUcBA
https://archive.org/details/TalbottDavidTheSaturnMyth1980/page/n13/mode/2up?q=anu&view=theater
Jensen (1890) (PP. 136-138 [German]):
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005721090&seq=157
Burns (1998) (P. 40):
https://archive.org/details/masonic-occult-symbols-illustrate/page/n39/mode/1up?q=Saturn
Blavatsky (1910) (Vol. 2 p. 236):
Bade (2023) (Vol. 3 p. 443):
Bible Hub. Strong's Hebrew. 136. Adonay. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance:
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/136.htm
Weor (2012) (Ch. 30):
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Israel:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Israel
-Pic of Hexagram:
https://images.app.goo.gl/9evYXYxGxJeqAEn9A
Edwards (2020):
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11819043/saturn-hexagon-storm-mystery/
-Pic:
https://images.app.goo.gl/1Ha1fGTUCcsu1NG39
Bible Hub. Strong's Greek. 4481. Rhemphan. Strong's Lexicon:
https://biblehub.com/greek/4481.htm
Amos 5:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/amos/5.htm
Acts 7:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/7.htm
Archangels and Angels. Archangel Michael-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences:
http://www.archangels-and-angels.com/aa_pages/correspondences/angel_planet/archangel_michael.html
Part 2: Demon:
2.1. Daimon vs. Demon:
I'm pretty sure that everybody, religious or not, knows what a demon is. The word "demon," also spelled as "daemon" and "daimon," seems to have originated in Greek (Encyclopaedia Britannica. Demon). The word "is derived from the Greek word daimon, which means 'supernatural being' or 'spirit'." The name was reserved for "a spiritual being that influenced a person's character," and later became denoted for a malevolent entity (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Angel and demon, Nature and significance: Demons, para. 1). A demon was "a supernatural power." Homer used the word "almost interchangeably with theos for a god." Theos represents "the personality of the god, and demon his activity," (Encyclopaedia Britannica. Demon). In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, angels are benevolent entities while the malevolent entities are called demons (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Angel and demon, para. 2). According to the "New Testament Scholar Dale Basil Martin," the word daimon was used by the Greeks "to refer to gods, especially minor gods or intermediate supernatural beings, as well as the souls of the dead." They could also "be a supernatural entity that causes diseases, or the disease itself." They could also "possess humans, causing madness." Interestingly, "philosophers generally saw daimons as exclusively good." However, they were also seen "as capricious creatures who needed sacrifices to mollify them," (Gershon, 2021, para. 2). This is supposedly a positive thing, but I have my doubts. The "Assyrian Christian theologian Tatian fully identified demons as the 'arch-rebel' Satan and the fellow angels who followed him into banishment." This happened in the "second half of the second century CE (A.D.)," (para. 17).
It should be noted that demons were angels! Even though I grew up Catholic, that never seemed to hit me until now. Homer also used the word to emphasize a deity's "activity." As we will see below, the activity of this entity fits perfectly with our modern interpretation of the word demon, which is evil. Hence, I call it the demon deity.
Links:
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Demon:
https://www.britannica.com/
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Angel and demon:
https://www.britannica.com/
Gershon (2021):
https://daily.jstor.org/where-
2.2. What do demons do?
Now, what do demons do? Well, using the Bible, we learn that demons/unclean spirits possess people and other animals (Mark 5:1-13) (Matthew 12:22) (Luke 4:33-35) (John 10:19-21), cause blindness and make you mute (Matthew 12:22), and drive you insane (John 10:19-21). The Devil himself is a liar, and a murderer "from the beginning," (John 8:44).
Does the God of the Bible do any of these things? God lied to Adam about the Tree of Knowledge, saying that he would die if he ate the fruit from that tree. The serpent told Adam and Eve that they wouldn't die, and they didn't (especially Adam) after eating the fruit. As a result, God cursed Adam and the serpent, and caused Eve to have painful childbirths and to be "ruled over" by Adam (Genesis 2:15-17) (Genesis 3). God killed the entire human population, and every other animal on the Earth, with a flood. Only Noah and his family, and the creatures on the Ark, survived (Genesis 7:17-24). God hardened Pharaoh's heart, and the hearts of his servants, to perform his "'signs'" amongst the Egyptians. These signs were the plagues, like the plague of locusts (Exodus 10:1-20). Sounds like possession to me. God killed all of the firstborn of the Egyptians, their slaves, and their cattle (Exodus 12:29). God demands human sacrifice (Exodus 34:19) (Judges 11:29-40) (Nehemiah 10:34-36) (Matthew 26:26-28) (Hebrews 9:11-15) (Hebrews 10:10 [NASB] [NIV]) (Romans 3:21-26 [NASB] [NIV]) (Ephesians 2:11-16). God "opened the mouth" of Balaam's donkey, making it TALK to Balaam (Numbers 22:28-30). That definitely sounds like possession, and is one of the freakiest parts of the Bible. If God doesn't possess or kill something himself, he sends an angel or another spirit to do so for him. God sends a "tormenting spirit" to possess King Saul (1 Samuel 16:14), and an angel to kill Herod (Acts 12:23). The angel of the LORD was about to kill Balaam. The LORD (God) also "opened Balaam's eyes" in order to see the angel (Numbers 22:31-35). Sounds like possession by God, and attempted murder by his angel. Finally, God and one of his "'deceiving'" spirits conspire to possess the prophets of Ahab by putting the spirit "'in the mouths of all his prophets'," (1 Kings 22:19-23).
If God or one of his supernatural followers don't kill people, God commands his human followers to kill. In Numbers 31, God told Moses to kill the Midianites because they deceived the Israelites through Balaam. The Israelite soldiers spared the women though. Moses told them to kill all of the non-virgin women, but keep the virgin girls for themselves. He also commanded the soldiers to kill the young boys (Numbers 31:1-18). In 1 Samuel 15, Samuel tells King Saul that God commands him to kill the Amalekites, "both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey." The Israelites and Amalekites have been enemies since the Exodus. The Amalekites "obstructed" the Israelites' path during their journey (1 Samuel 15:1-3). Now, God is telling King Saul not to just kill the Amalekite soldiers. He wants Saul to kill children and infants! Saul spared the Kenites who were living with the Amalekites because they were benefactors to Israel during the Exodus (1 Samuel 15:6). Saul captured, but didn't kill, Agag the king of the Amalekites. He also saved the best of the livestock (1 Samuel 15:7-9). God was mad at Saul for this, and told Samuel to tell Saul that Saul was no longer king. Samuel then killed Agag himself (1 Samuel 15:10-end). As if that wasn't bad enough, God sent a spirit to torture Saul (1 Samuel 16:14). Isaiah said that God will have Babylonian children killed, and the wives raped, on the "day of the LORD," (Isaiah 13:6 and 16). Hosea said that the children of Samaria will be killed, and "their pregnant women will be ripped open," because they "rebelled against their God," (Hosea 13:16). God doesn't just kill his enemies. He tortures his own people. Religious people will tell you that the God of the Bible is pro-life. How can this God be pro-life if he kills unborn babies, children, and commands rape and human sacrifice? This God isn't pro-life. He committed abortions without remorse. Heck, God killed his own Son as a human sacrifice (Matthew 26:26-28) (Hebrews 9:11-15) (Hebrews 10:10 [NASB] [NIV]) (Romans 3:21-26 [NASB] [NIV]) (Ephesians 2:11-16).
The actions of the God of the Bible matches those of any other demon/unclean spirit. He even controls the demons/unclean spirits, making them do his bidding. Wouldn't this make the God of the Bible a demon himself? Or, wouldn't this make the actions of the God of the Bible demonic? Doesn't this mean that God is the Devil!? In fact, God said he creates "darkness" and "disaster" (Isaiah 45:7 [NASB]). In the King James Version, "disaster" is "evil" (Isaiah 45:7 [KJV]). God causes darkness, and disaster/evil. The Devil barely does anything evil in the whole Bible. God commits the evil through most of the book. God lied to Adam in the beginning, not the serpent. Usually, we think of the serpent as Satan/the Devil. The true Evil One is God himself, and his actions and words prove this!
Links:
John 8:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/8.htm
John 10:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/10.htm
Luke 4:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/luke/4.htm
Matthew 12:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/12.htm
Mark 5:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/mark/5.htm
Genesis 2:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/2.htm
Genesis 3:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/3.htm
Genesis 7:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/7.htm
Exodus 10:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/exodus/10.htm
Exodus 12:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/exodus/12.htm
Exodus 34:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/exodus/34.htm
Numbers 22:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/numbers/22.htm
Judges 11:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/judges/11.htm
Nehemiah 10:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/nehemiah/10.htm
1 Samuel 16:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_samuel/16.htm
Acts 12:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/12.htm
Isaiah 45:
-NASB:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/12.htm
-KJV:
https://biblehub.com/kjv/isaiah/45.htm
1 Kings 22:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_kings/22.htm
Numbers 31:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/numbers/31.htm
1 Samuel 15:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/1_samuel/15.htm
Isaiah 13:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm
Hosea 13:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/hosea/13.htm
Matthew 26:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/26.htm
Hebrews 9:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/hebrews/9.htm
Hebrews 10:
-NASB:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/hebrews/10.htm
-NIV:
https://biblehub.com/niv/hebrews/10.htm
Romans 3:
-NASB
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/romans/3.htm
-NIV:
https://biblehub.com/niv/romans/3.htm
Ephesians 2:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/ephesians/2.htm
Part 3: Cronus-Saturn:
Chronos by Ignaz Gunther (1765-1770) from the Bayerisches National Museum:
As we have seen, the shining god is equated with the sun, and the planet Saturn. Saturn is also the name of a god, who is also called Cronus (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cronus, para. 1). The best representation of Cronus-Saturn is in the Greek religion. In the Greek religion, Cronus, also called Saturn in the Roman religion, is the son of Uranus and Gaea. At the behest of his mother Gaea, Cronus castrated Uranus and took his position as king. The weapon Cronus used to do this is the scythe, or harpe. This was to symbolize "separating heaven from earth" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cronus) (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Uranus, para. 2). However, as stated above, Uranus is Saturn as well. Anu, another name for Uranus, betrayed the god Alalu (the first god and "a god of the earth") to take over the throne (Bachvarova, 2013 [in Chavalas, 2013], p. 274) (Livinstone, 2002, p. 89) (The Melammu Project, Kumarbi myth and Hesiod (1)). In the Kumarbi myth, Anu is castrated by Kumarbi (The Melammu Project, Kumarbi myth and Hesiod (1)) (Coulter and Turner, 2000 [2020 edition], p. 58). In the Phoenician religion, Ouranus ("heaven") is the son of Elion and Beruth. He was later castrated by his son Elus-Ilus-Cronus (Sanchoniatho, Phoenician History [Rev. Cumberland, 1720, translation], pp. 28-29, and 34). In the Greek religion, Cronus is later defeated by his son Zeus (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cronus, para. 2). Uranus-Cronus-Zeus are the same deity, as mentioned previously. Saturn's name means "time," (Franklin, 1788; in Franklin, 1788, Vol. 7 p. 228) (Walshe, 1878; in Watts and Foote, 1878, Vol. 1-2 p. 59).
Interestingly, Plato gave an opposing account for the origin of Saturn. According to him, Saturn wasn't the son of Heaven (Uranus) and Earth (Gaia). Saturn, and his wife Cybele, were born "'from the waters of the great deep.'" The deep was also called "Ocean/Oceanus and Thetis," (Franklin, 1784; in Franklin, 1788, Vol. 7 p. 228) (Walshe, 1878; in Watts and Foote, 1878, Vol. 1-2 p. 58), which personified "the Ocean and Rivers," (Walshe, 1878; in Watts and Foote, 1878, Vol. 1-2 p. 58). So, Saturn is either the son of Uranus or he was born out of the ocean. Franklin (1784) also said that Saturn was the oldest god (in Franklin, 1788, Vol. 7 p. 228), which matches him being the supreme god. Uranus, who is Saturn's father, is also Saturn, as we have seen previously. Therefore, it would make sense that Saturn is the oldest god.
Saturn also foretold that so much rain would fall that a "vessel," or an "ark," would be needed to survive the rainfall. The boat would be needed to save "men, beasts, birds, and reptiles," (Franklin, 1788; in Franklin, 1788, Vol. 7 p. 228) (Walshe, 1878; in Watts and Foote, 1878, Vol. 1-2 p. 58-59).
Cronus was also the god Zeus. He was called Zeus Laphystios, Zeus Lycaeus, and Baal (Brown, 1898, pp. 118, 146-147) (Brown, 1902, p. 127) (Frazer, 1913, Vol. 9 p. 353) (Hutchinson, 1901, p. 13). It is said that human sacrifices were offered to Zeus Laphystios (Stoll, 1852, pp. 22-23) (Brown, 1899, p. 197), and Zeus Lycaeus (Frazer, 1913, Vol. 9 p. 353). Zeus Laphystios also seems to have been associated with the ram, which was a solar symbol (Brown, 1899, pp. 197-198). Both Saturn and Jupiter were called Deus. Saturn was called Deus Latius or Latens ("'hiding god'"), while Jupiter was Deus Latiaris. Both gods were the "God of Latium," (Robertson, 1900, p. 246) (Cudworth, 1845, Vol. 2 p. 212). St. Austin, also called St. Austin of Canterbury, said "that according to this Varronian notion of Saturn likewise, the Pagan Jupiter and Saturn were really but one and the same Numen," (Cudworth, 1845, Vol. 2 p. 213) (St. Austin Catholic Church and School, Who is St. Austin? And Why is Our Parish Named in His Honor?, para. 2). In the Middle Eastern pantheon, the gods Enlil (Cronus) and Marduk (Zeus) are equated by the number 50. Another god named Ninurta was equated to the numbers 40, the number of the gods Ea and Nabu, and 50 the number of Enlil and Marduk (Rollig, 1971, p. 500 [German]) (Parpola, 1993, p. 182 notes 87-88) (Toorn, 1999; in Toorn et al., 1999, p. 842). Ninurta was also Kronos (Cronus) (Long, 1987 [2015 edition], p. 151 note 43). This cements Cronus and Zeus as being the same individual.
In the Jewish and Christian religions, Cronus-Saturn is the Archangel Cassiel, who is associated with the planet Saturn (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Cassiel-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences). Archangel Cassiel's astrological, and geomantic, signs are Capricorn and Aquarius (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Cassiel-Angelic and Planetary Symbols). Capricorn is an astrological sign that is represented by a half goat, and half fish. As for the design of the creature, "One explanation of the fishtail with which the goat is often represented is found in the Greek myth of Pan," who turned into the creature in order "to avoid the monster Typhon," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Capricorn, para. 1). According to Woolfolk (2011), the goat is the symbol of Capricorn (p. 28), but "The older symbol" was "the mythical Sea-Goat," (p. 79). The Archangel Uriel, who is the god Uranus, is also represented by Aquarius for his geomantic sign, and his special day is Saturday (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Uriel-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences) (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Uriel-Angelic and Planetary Symbols). Cassiel's special day is Saturday as well (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Cassiel-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences). Uranus and Cronus are the same deity.
Saturn-Cassiel rules the Seventh Heaven (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Cassiel-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences). Uranus isn't listed as any of the Heavens, but since Uranus and Saturn are the same entity, I'll put it in the Seventh Heaven.
Links:
Chronos by Ignaz Gunther (1765-1770) from the Bayerisches National Museum:
https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/en/collection/highlights/00057847
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Cronus:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cronus
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Uranus:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uranus-mythology
Bachvarova (2013) (in Chavalas, 2013) (P. 274):
Livingstone (2002) (P. 89):
https://books.google.com/books?id=1nhO28Gm0sAC&pg=PA89&dq=anu+ouranos&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjk-deSkP39AhWXEVkFHQZzBwAQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=anu%20ouranos&f=false
The Melammu Project. Kumarbi myth and Hesiod (1):
http://www.melammu-project.eu/database/gen_html/a0001230.html
Sanchoniatho. Phoenician History (Rev. Cumberland, 1720, translation):
https://books.google.com/books?id=g94TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
-V2:
https://archive.org/details/SanchoniathosPhonicianHistory/page/n47/mode/1up
Coulter and Turner (2000 [2013 edition]) (PP. 13 and 168):
-2020 edition (P. 168):
https://books.google.com/books?id=62hnEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gb_mobile_entity&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&hl=en&gl=US&focus=searchwithinvolume#v=onepage&q&f=false
-2021 edition (P. 348):
-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences:
-Angelic and Planetary Symbols:
http://www.archangels-and-angels.com/aa_pages/correspondences/angelic_symbols/symbolsl_cassiel.html
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Capricorn:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Capricorn
Woolfolk (2011) (PP. 28 and 79):
Brown (1898):
Brown (1899) (PP. 197-198):
Brown (1902) (P. 127):
Stoll (1852) (PP. 22-23):
Robertson (1900) (P. 246):
Cudworth (1845) (Vol. 2 pp. 212-213):
St. Austin Catholic Church and School. Who is St. Austin? And Why is Our Parish Named in His Honor?:
Franklin (1784; in Franklin, 1788, Vol. 7):
-V2:
Walshe (1878; in Watts and Foote, 1878) (Vol. 1-2 p. 58):
https://books.google.com/books?id=UnsIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA353&dq=Kronos%C2%A0Lycaeus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXweDipeCJAxViEVkFHSc-KzQQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=Kronos%C2%A0Lycaeus&f=false
Hutchinson (1901) (P. 13):
Rollig (1971) (P. 500):
-Name and date of book (Bauer, 2013, p. 3 note 2):
Parpola (1993):
https://archive.org/details/theassyriantreeoflife/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater
Toorn (1999; in Toorn et al., 1999) (P. 842):
Long (1987 [2015 edition], p. 151 note 43):
Archangels and Angels. Archangel Uriel:
-Angelic and Planetary Correspondences:
http://www.archangels-and-angels.com/aa_pages/correspondences/angel_planet/archangel_uriel.html
-Angelic and Planetary Symbols:
http://www.archangels-and-angels.com/aa_pages/correspondences/angelic_symbols/symbolsl_uriel.html
Part 4: Conclusions:
Saturn is the supreme god. He was the shining god, equated to the sun and planet Saturn. Although he has a demonic aspect, Saturn personified both good and evil. He was both God, and Satan/Devil. He had a trinity, and was represented as the old man (father) and the young man (son).
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