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| Antichrist and the legend of Osiris |
Nimrod, Obama, and the Antichrist
The contemporary Wiccans of the western Europe and America have
strong ties to goddess worship and are sometimes referred to as the “Goddess movement,” “Goddess Spirituality,” or (as with the Masons) “the Craft.”
According to Miriam Simos (or Starhawk her name de plume), who wrote the book THE SPIRAL DANCE: A REBIRTH OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION OF THE GREAT GODDESS(1979), the Wiccan form of goddess worship is "perhaps the oldest religion extant in the West.” Within the body of the book, she explains her religious outlook to the novice.
She acknowledges two deities, one male and one female, "the Mother Goddess, the birthgiver, who brings into existence all life,” and the "Horned God,” who is reminiscent of Nimrod because he is depicted as a hunter who dies and is resurrected every year afresh.
Male shamans are "dressed in skins and horns in identification with the god and the herds,” while the priestesses embody “the fertility of the Goddess.”
Miriam Simos' goddess was also known as a “triple goddess” and may tie
to the well known “virtues” of faith, hope and charity in the form of
maiden, mother and crone although she is fundamentally one entity.
According to Ms. Simos, the religion is tied to seasonal cycles which
yearly practice the "eight feasts of the Wheel": the solstices, the
equinoxes, and four other festivals namely Imbolc (February 2,), Beltane
(May Day), Lammas or Lughnasad (in early August), and Samhain (Halloween).
The Egyptian god Osiris
was an ancient god of Egypt, who predated most of the gods of the land
including Ra or Re. Though his exact origin is unclear because of the
many myths and legends about him, Osiris seems to have been known all
around the Mediterranean with his own handiwork attesting to his
presence.
In one version of the story of Osiris, Greek historian Plutarch
recounts that Osiris' brother Set sealed Osiris in a box, which he then
threw into the Nile; Osiris' wife, Isis, then found him embedded in a
tree trunk, which was used as a support for the roof of a palace in
Byblos on the Phoenician coast. Osiris being dead, was revived by Isis
so he could impregnate her after which he died again, and Isis buried
his body. Coming across Osiris' body, Set cut the body into fourteen
pieces and scattered them. In the opinion of this author, the author
David Hatcher Childress correctly theorizes the identity of Osiris:
“Suddenly, in view of the advanced and ancient
civilization in the Mediterranean, the mystery of some of the awesome
and inexplicable sites around the Mediterranean, such as Ba'albek [in
Lebanon], does not seem quite so mysterious after all.... This theory of
Ba'albek being some remnant of the Osirian Empire, along with some of
the other megalithic sites in the Mediterranean, fits in well with the
Arab legend that the massive stone blocks were built a short time after
the Flood, at the order of the legendary King Nimrod, by a "tribe of
giants." King Nimrod, and Poseidon, are just other names for Osiris of
Egyptian mythology.” —David Hatcher Childress, LOST CITIES AND ANCIENT
MYSTERIES OF AFRICA & ARABIA (1997)
This is the same Nimrod who made himself a ruler of men, and who
shook his fist at the Almighty wherein he vowed to avenge himself upon
God. This discovery by Childress makes a compelling case as to where the
giants known as Nephilim
came from after the flood. Given his motivation, perhaps Nimrod had
figured out how to conjure the spirits of the giants or to reanimate
them and pollute the seed of mankind once more in an attempt to
re-initiate that “Golden Age” or “First Time” of mankind when the
“thoughts of men were continually evil.”
The idea that the Antichrist could be a reiteration of Nimrod is
reasonable enough, but who today has any personal characteristics which
are shared with Nimrod?
If one looks to the Bible for Nimrod's historical lineage, one finds
that his father was a man by the name of Cush. Cush was the father of
the Kushites, who resided in what is now Ethiopia. Misraim, was Cush's
brother and of greater interest, miz rai'm is the Hebrew name for
Egypt—literally, "the two lands,” referring to upper and lower Egypt.
The Bible confirms that Nimrod was a product of Cush and that he built
many cities.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty
one in the earth. 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore
it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10:10 And
the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
The most persuasive evidence that all of the most ancient
megalithic sites in and around the Mediterranean were all built by the
followers of one man—Nimrod, was their consistent relationship with the
stars—particularly the constellation of Orion, and only one nation
—Egypt, could have preserved such knowledge over all those years through
its secret society of the priests of Heliopolis. The constellation of
Orion even portrays a mighty hunter—‘before' the Lord. Nimrod as the
first king, set the example which other kings have followed.
THE "LEGEND" OF NIMROD
The universal sentiment of the Masons of the
present day is to confer upon Solomon, King of Israel, the honor of
being their "first Grand Master." But the Legend of the Craft had long
before, though there was a tradition of the temple extant, bestowed, at
least by implication, that title upon Nimrod, the King of Babylonia and
Assyria. It had attributed the first organization of a fraternity of
craftsmen to him, in saying that he gave a charge to the workmen whom he
sent to asist the King of Nineveh in building his cities. That is to
say, he framed for them a Constitution, and, in the words of the Legend,
"this was the first tyme that ever Masons had any charge of his
science." It was the first time that the Craft were organized into a
fraternity working under a Constitution or body of laws; and as Nimrod
was the autocratic maker of these laws, it results as a necessary
consequence, that their first legislator, legislating with dictatorial
and unrestricted sovereign power, was also their first Grand Master. ”
THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY (1898) Albert G. Mackey ch. xii.
From what is recorded about Nimrod by Flavius Josephus, one can
surmise that Nimrod lived to antagonize God. Yet, he was the inspiration
for many civilizations in and around the Mediterranean, built solely to
glorify the Adversary of God.
Being the grandson of Ham and the Son of Cush, Nimrod was of dark
complexion or as we say today, black. We do have one black world leader
in place: United States President Barack Obama. If the soon anticipated
Antichrist does indeed make an abrupt appearance in a world in crisis,
will he be more suited to that role than is Barack Obama?
In the alternative, Barack Obama shows none of the leadership
qualities one would expect to see from a Nimrod, or an Antichrist. He
has been presented with a number of opportunities to show himself to be a
leader.
When a oil drilling platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April
2010, he spent more time playing golf than playing president.
In early 2010, after having received word that seven American
staffers had been killed in an attack in Afghanistan, he went on a
Hawaiian vacation and played golf, basketball, went snorkeling and to
the gym.
When it was alleged that an attempted “terrorist attack” took place
on an American airlines, he spent 11 days enjoying a vacation.
Likewise, after being begged by the people of Libya to protect them
from merciless attacks by Muammar Gaddafi, rather than take any
leadership role, he began fumbling about, first making “tough”
statements about imposing a no fly zone, then backing off of his
previous statement. Even after European governments came out in passing a
resolution to do just that, Obama continued to issue weak statements
instead of strong leadership.
While The Libyan situation began to escalate, a huge earthquake and
tsunami devastated Japan. Adding to the disaster, was the explosion and
meltdown of at least three Japanese nuclear reactors. Obama’s response?
He issued a statement and then announced that he would be leaving for
Rio de Janeiro - for yet another vacation.
It is this authors personal assessment that Obama is certainly no
Nimrod. A pathetic false antichrist perhaps, but he has so far failed to
demonstrate any sort of leadership skill which would be required to
lead the United States, much less the kind of ability one would need to
head up a global government.
The author does not attempt to engage in the parlor game of “predict
the event” nor endeavors to sow wild speculation, but merely strives to
point out how the events of the past and the circumstances of the
present, may well be portents of the future.
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