Gilgamesh states that she had decreed weeping for Tammuz. [xiv] ibid, pp. Alexander Hislop used an Egyptian myth that was associated with Osiris, Isis and Horus and because as he claimed they are Egyptian versions of the earlier gods he proceeded to input those beliefs back into history even though this story is not told of anywhere by anyone that included Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz. Matthew 6:33, Search for articles on: (e.g. Ishtar was a goddess of many different things including love and war. But how did Hislop from these writings where Tammuz was never the son conclude that Tammuz was the son of Nimrod and Semiramis. Each abomination is described as being greater in wickedness than the one before. [iii] She promoted deification of Nimrod and herself after his death. The trinity of god, son, and holy spirit (semiramis) has Ishtar being yet another name and another retelling of Semiramis. Hislop takes bits from different myths and stories and mashes them together, sometimes like in the case of Tammuz it is done to fill a gap in his own theory, to form the story that is told today which is of Hislop's own creation. The name Sammur-amat is translated Gift of the Sea. The first part of this name, Sammur, becomes Shinar when translated into Hebrew. He is not stated as being the son of Nimrod or Semiramis. I'm sure many modern Assyriologists would not be able to claim this so emphatically. Class I was determined to be alphabetic and consisting of 44 characters, and was written in Old Persian. First Hislop rather than seeing an error in one of both of the understandings of who the most ancient of Assyrian kings may be as surely having conflating accounts would incline a person to deduce, Hislop concludes that one must in fact simply be the other. He has not been mourning for her so she allows them to take him in her place, Damuzi cries out to his brother in law Utu for help. Semiramis has been worship under the names Ishtar, Astarte, Rhea and Isis to name just a few while Nimrod has been Ninus, Osiris and Baal. Hislop claims that Ninus is clearly Identified with Nimrod. The language was at first called Babylonian and/or Assyrian, but has now come to be known as Akkadian.From 1850 onwards, there was a growing suspicion that the Semite inhabitants of Babylon and Assyria were not the inventors of cuneiform system of writing, and that they had instead borrowed it from some other language and culture. So Inanna is synonymous with Ishtar and Dumuzi becomes Tammuz. Yet separating fact from fiction is of fundamental importance in order to obtain true history. The pagan concept of the trinity began most likely in the days of the Tower of Babel. [ix] Semiramis deified Nimrod after his death.[x]. Semiramis is not stated as being Nimrods wife, they are are not described as the King and Queen of Babylon and never described as having a son. We know this because the poem is actually a replica of an older Sumerian Poem called Inanna's descent into the netherworld/underworld.The Sumerian poem of Inanna is much longer and more detailed than the Akkadians Ishtar version. The answer to this question is indeed much simpler than the way in which Alexander Hislop went about drawing his conclusion. She tells the gatekeeper to allow Ishtar in.She must go through the 7 gates. Tammuz, the son of Semiramis and Nimrod, falsely calling himself the sun god, was born on the Winter Solstice, which on the ancient pagan calendar is December 25th. Fortunately, mostly strong and capable rulers won these struggles, especially during its first century, and kept the empire whole for over two hundred years. Especially since the evidence available today would seem to negate the claim. It is said that tempests of wind sent by God against the Tower of Babel overthrew it, and that Nimrod perished in its ruins. Neither can we simply take just one version of the story when various myths and stories were believed. People of antiquity recorded a statement Janus reportedly made about himself: The ancients. The Persians had a general policy to honor the gods of all their defeated enemies by repairing or rebuilding temples and giving offerings to them. Tammuz was the son of Queen Semiramis, born after the death of his father Nimrod who built both Babel and Nineveh (Genesis 10:8-12). The truth This story of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz in any form regardless of the details or variation is found nowhere in the Bible. The answer to this question is indeed much simpler than the way in which Alexander Hislop went about drawing his conclusion. The history of the Assyrians as told by Ctesias and portrayed by Didious begins by detailing the reign of the Assyrian king named Ninus. Nimrod, the great-grandson of Noah through the line of Cush (Genesis 10:8). 1 chronicles 1-10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. Also refer to Jer 49:1 and Jer 32:33-35. This new information shed new light upon the true history of the Assyrians. [xix] Artists generally painted dragons and serpents a fiery red color to suggest their association with the sun. The official publication of "The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima," boasting 22 million members, claims: Mary is so perfectly united with the Holy Spirit that He acts only through His spouse. Further to Genesis 10: 8 and 9 we Genesis 10-10 and 11 where we are told that he had a kingdom. There are literally thousands of counsellors today each being counsellor to more than one person that doesn't make each person the same person that's just a ridiculous conclusion. She would later marry her son called Tammuz who was Nimrod reincarnated, which is why some people incorrectly say that the story has Nimrod marrying his mother. This Comes from a writing The Reckoning of Time, from an 8th Century Monk named Bede.Bede states that during osturmna, pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in ostre's honor, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.However Bede is the only source of such a goddess. In his assertion that Semiramis is Nimrod's wife Hislop even goes against those who deciphered the cuneiform tablets.Hislop stated Sir H. Rawlinson having found evidence at Nineveh of the existence of a Semiramis about six or seven centuries before the Christian era, seems inclined to regard her as the only Semiramis that ever existed. However as already shown we now know that the language of the Akkadians was not Chaldean but Sumerian and so this assertion by Hislop although may well have been the understanding at his time of writing has since been shown to have been false, Professor Bruce writes. She demands that the bull of heaven be given unto her and threatens to goto the underworld and cause mayhem if her demands are not met. . The rule of Sammu-rammat is debated and is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. contact@findinghopeministries.org Ishtar was an Akkadian goddess that PRECEDED the kingdom of Babylon. Listen! Hislops claims are fanciful and catch the attention of those with itchy ears. The Apostle Paul wrote in the Epistle of the Romans 1:21-23: For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God, nor gave thanks to Him; but their thinking became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Many believe this ziggurat was the Tower of Babel. Only the superior might of Alexander's Macedonian army spelled its downfall. The Egyptians commemorated Cush as the god Hermes, which means son of Ham. Hermes was recognized as the author of religious rites and the interpreter of the gods. So the question must be asked, a question that is vitally important to the understanding of this theory. It is interesting to note though that rather early on in his work, Plutarch makes the point that the Egyptians did not take these stories as being that of fact rather they were actually just stories that were allegorically constructed and symbolic. If every pagan religion is simply the retelling of the same story then the story should in essence stay the same or at least be similar. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. The simple fact is the story has no historical basis and when studied is shown completely fictional. In fact Semiramis is NEVER mentioned in the Bible, not even once. There is no historical evidence for the claim beyond the writings of the Greek historians. Mythology portrays Semiramis as world civilizations worshipped her in that way. He wrote that gods and their associated legends arose from the deification of dead human heroes.[i]. The Seed of God lives today, and one day He will deliver the mortal blow to the dragon. Osiris met with a violent death, and that violent death of Osiris was the central theme of the whole idolatry of Egypt. There is also no mention of them having a son called Tammuz or having any children for that matter which shouldnt be a total surprise seeing in fact there is NO mention whatsoever of Nimrod and Semiramis together by ANYONE, ANYWHERE until the 1850s..AD. His history of the Assyrians is found in books 1-6 of his Persika called the Assyriaka which were written in opposition to Herodotus. Video Credit Source: Catholicism - Which Queen of Heaven Are They Worshiping by Joseph "Doc" Marquis. Here Alexander Hislop uses comparative mythology to claim that seeing Osiris is simply the retelling of the story of Nimrod and that Osiris is Nimrod, by knowing how Osiris died we can inturn know how Nimrod died. Read thus, the whole passage is natural and easy. The gatekeeper says he will go and speak to Ereskiga the queen who is also Ishtar's sister. After this, as had already been predicted, her son conspired against her to take the throne. . However, the trajectory of this factor in all these kingdoms is, according to the prophecy, downward, and it sinks further with each new empire. Ishtar has her mind set on the underworld. Thus, then, Nimrod, or Ninus, was the builder of Nineveh; and the origin of the name of that city, as "the habitation of Ninus," is accounted for, * and light is thereby, at the same time, cast on the fact, that the name of the chief part of the ruins of Nineveh is Nimroud at this day. This day was celebrated as the day Nimrod was reborn as Tammuz. There is no mention of them in ANY Hebraic/Jewish writings, including the Talmud. Cyrus, a Persian, initiated the growth of the empire by usurping the Median throne with the help of the Median nobility. Onnes then hung himself with a rope. All of which seem, by its silence on the matter, to be irrelevant to the Biblical narrative. We believe as you learn how they impacted history and how they continue to infiltrate the world today you will begin to understand satans agenda to deceive Gods children. Dicho hombre se uni con su madre que se llamaba Semramis, de esta unin naci un hijo que se llam Tamuz. Ctesias was thought to have been the best available source. All 3 have had many more names accredited to them. Both the Sumerians and their land of Shinar (Sumer) were likely named after this notorious woman! This literally makes no sense at all, talk about clutching at straws. Why did God instruct stoning to death as a punishment under the Old Covenant law system? . He then took Semiramis as his own wife. Eusebius own works were summaries of Greek writers who drew upon Ctesias. Ninus first conquered Babylonia then Armenia and Media. See what over 150,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. When Inanna arrives in the underworld she tells the chief doorman it is because the husband of her eldest sister has died. She then sits on her sisters throne. In fact, one of her titles, as used by the present Pope, a devoted Marian, is "Queen of Heaven" (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19, 25)! That name, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. But we have more evidence. The views and opinions expressed in the blogs and video posts are exclusive of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and ideas specifically of Moms of Miracles. Is God omnipresent? (Soul Magazine, NovemberDecember 1984, p.4.). Nimrod, who was born on December 25th, the High Sabbath of Babylon, was the founder of Babylon and the city of Nineveh. Box 1705 Indeed we know for a fact, using Hislop's own reasoning that we cannot do this. The prophet, Jeremiah, prophesied about the worship of this goddess: The women added, When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes like her image and pouring out drink offerings to her? Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, Did not the Lord remember and think about the incense burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your fathers, your kings and your officials and the people of the land? The land of Shinar is the Biblical name for the region of southern Mesopotamia. The original pagan festival of "Easter" was a sex orgy that celebrated the return of life via the fertility of Ishtar's conception of Tammuz. Canaanites worshipped him as Bel or Baal, and he was their most important God. The dragon is none other that Satan, himself. Their son, Tammuz, is Bacus, meaning Suffering Son. If you use these historians literally and as factually accurate, who themselves conflated fact and fiction together and then use those works as a pure historically accurate source then you will inevitably and unavoidably draw upon a conclusion yourself that itself is in fact not historically accurate. By the time she reaches her sister she is totally naked. Before she then set off in a war against India having heard of their great wealth. This could not be true, for we have sufficient evidence that the Tower of Babel stood long after Nimrod's day. However that cannot be said about much of his claims, that we will later see, that are nothing more than fantastical.Deciphering fact from fiction is indeed very complicated due to the complete entanglement that has occurred between the 2 in many ancient writings that are still being confused by historians and theologists today, those historians and theologians who still rely on historians who did not or could not not differentiate between these 2 ideas anyway. Though he was a humane and conciliatory ruler for his time, he neither lived long enough to stamp his character on his realm (d. 529 BC), nor did he acknowledge God's sovereignty as did his predecessor (Daniel 4:28-37). The trinity got its start in Ancient Babylon with Nimrod - Tammuz - and Semiramis. It is known that Nimrod and Semiramis (i.e. (linking seemingly unrelated people, gods or things together plays a major part of Hislop's theory). So this story regarding Nimrod and his wife is not in fact a biblical story. Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) You end up with nothing more than false history. After human dispersion at the Tower of Babel, worship of the fertility goddess and mother/son duo continued across the ancient world, but the names changed in different locations due, of course to the different languages. Address : P.O. Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found. However Gilgamesh rejects her advances reminding her of her past and her former lover of her youth Tammuz. ), ? Tammuz is spoken of just once in relation to the women weeping for him, which will be looked at and explained later in this writing. Birth of Tammuz From Nimrod and Semiramus in Bablyon - Tower of Babel Tammuz was the illegitimate son of Semiramus, which led to Nimrod's death and battle for control of Babylon and the tower of Babel by Tammuz Christianity Beliefs The Fuel Project - Exploring the New World Order from a Christian Perspective. So it cannot be stated that the story is a biblical one. This is another pagan practice, a very sexual one involving ritual prostitution. Many people claim that Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz are the pagan trinity. Opening Two More Childrens Homes in 2019! She was later a goddess of Babylon also however she was incorporated into babylonian culture she didn't originate there. She is also known as Shammuramat or Sammuramat. [ii] http:www.onesimus @ix.netcom; author Bryce Self, [iii] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; pp 5, 20-21, 30-31, 74-75, 141). Kronos was also the Roman god Saturn, who devoured his own sons as soon as they were born. However the works of Ctesias of Cnidus no longer remain in full today, they are found only in citations and epitomies of other writers such as Diodorus Siculus, Pompeius Trogus who are both cited as sources for his information by Hislop in his book and also Nicolaus, who all published writings between 36 BC and 9 AD and all of which based their chapters on Assyrian history from the writings of Ctesias in his Persika. Further to that there is not one single historical writing, including the talmud orthe writings of Josephus, that places these 3 together before Alexander Hislops book, which was written in the 1850s..AD.Hislops claims are fanciful and catch the attention of those with itchy ears. (SYNCELLUS) Consequently, on this view, the reign of Ninus must have terminated, according to the usual chronology, about BC 1987. Leviticus 20:2 Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. Also, each time an emperor died, severe struggles erupted over succession to the throne. Semiramis is the amalgamation of fact and fiction. He built his empire through the means of conquest. Now I am almost as certain, almost is the correct word, that Hislop believed what he wrote, that he was passionate and meant no harm by his deception, I highly doubt he was aware of the fact he was wrong. She was worshipped as Venus in Rome (counterpart Cupid), and Aphrodite in Greece. [xx] The Canaanites clearly understood the connection between sun god, Molech, and serpent worship. The aims and drives of its kings were, as a whole, of a lower nature than Babylon's, though the latter's were certainly misguided as well. A look at the evidence. This religion has since remained and integrated itself into every major culture of the earth. . Many of those said people have done little to no research at all themselves into the claim.They simply take it as if it were true. Nimrod is mentioned just 4 times, Tammuz once and Semiramis not even once. Although it was less bloody, warlike, idolatrous, and superstitious than other polytheistic religions of the region, it retained vestiges of ancient beliefs that eventually supplanted it. This story of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz in any form regardless of the details or variation is found nowhere in the Bible. All of which are attested to by the kings list of the Assyrians. Through assumption, comparative theology, the use of incorrect and inaccurate historical information, association, misrepresentation and a whole heap of amalgamating together numerous and unrelated ancient myths and stories based on similarities ,cherry picking pieces of information while simply ignoring others or imposing any one or any combination of the aforementioned. Likely named after this, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar great-grandson. 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