In ancient Babylon, at a place called the Tower of Babel, a man by the name of Nimrod was King, and the people there worshipped him as god. But Nimrod died.
Nimrod, however, had no sons and daughters; therefore, he had no heir to succeed him on his throne. His mother, Semirami, became Queen Semirami to rule in her son's stead. And the people there worshipped the queen as the "queen of heaven" as well as the "mother of god" just as they had worshipped King Nimrod.
Later, Queen Semirami said she was impregnated by Nimrod's ghost and she gave birth to a baby, Tammuz, who became known as the "son of god". And once a year at Babel the women there wept for Tammuz for forty days.
In Bethlehem just over 2000 years ago, Jesus was born. Years later, he said he was "King of the Jews", for which he was crucified. And the King died.
Having no sons or daughters to inherit the throne of King Jesus, a religious sect in Rome coronated Mary, the mother of the King, to be the "queen of heaven" and "mother of god" to reign in place of her dead son. And once a year the people there were required to make personal sacrifices for forty days, but not forty days of weeping for the son.
Mary was one of the most humble women to ever live and she became a disciple of Christ, serving the Lord all the days of her life.
Knowing this, do you honestly believe that Mary would have desired to be coronated to the position of "queen of heaven" and "mother of god"---to be worshipped and adored just as Semirami was worshipped and adored?
Do you believe that Mary would have wanted forty days of weeping for Jesus as the Babylonians wept for Tammuz?
And do you honestly believe that Mary thought of Jesus as no more than a baby in her arms?
Easter is the time when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus---not only as the King of the Jews, but as the King of kings and Lord of lords.
The resurrection of Christ, however, is the primary reason for Christianity. Without the resurrection of Jesus, the New Testament of the Bible would have never been written, the life of Jesus would have never been known, the life of Mary would have not been known outside Nazareth, the Day of Pentecost would have never happened, and the apostles and disciples of Christ would have never taken the message of Jesus to the uttermost parts of the world, and there would not have been any Christian martyrs over the past 2000 years. After all, who would want to hear another story about another dead man? And without the resurrection, Jesus would be no more than any god in all of man's religions.
But because the resurrection of Christ is true, people have worked to diminish the resurrection, to hide it under a rug, and to get the focus of people on matters of lesser importance: in other words, to make the knowledge of Christ's resurrection disappear, or vanish, and to make it appear that the resurrection of Christ never happened: by keeping an image of Him on a crucifix and by keeping Him in a tomb.
Above all else, what person would want to become a Christian just to worship a dead man?
Do we not have people committed to institutions for the insane when they admit they talk to dead people?
Nimrod, however, had no sons and daughters; therefore, he had no heir to succeed him on his throne. His mother, Semirami, became Queen Semirami to rule in her son's stead. And the people there worshipped the queen as the "queen of heaven" as well as the "mother of god" just as they had worshipped King Nimrod.
Later, Queen Semirami said she was impregnated by Nimrod's ghost and she gave birth to a baby, Tammuz, who became known as the "son of god". And once a year at Babel the women there wept for Tammuz for forty days.
In Bethlehem just over 2000 years ago, Jesus was born. Years later, he said he was "King of the Jews", for which he was crucified. And the King died.
Having no sons or daughters to inherit the throne of King Jesus, a religious sect in Rome coronated Mary, the mother of the King, to be the "queen of heaven" and "mother of god" to reign in place of her dead son. And once a year the people there were required to make personal sacrifices for forty days, but not forty days of weeping for the son.
Mary was one of the most humble women to ever live and she became a disciple of Christ, serving the Lord all the days of her life.
Knowing this, do you honestly believe that Mary would have desired to be coronated to the position of "queen of heaven" and "mother of god"---to be worshipped and adored just as Semirami was worshipped and adored?
Do you believe that Mary would have wanted forty days of weeping for Jesus as the Babylonians wept for Tammuz?
And do you honestly believe that Mary thought of Jesus as no more than a baby in her arms?
Easter is the time when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus---not only as the King of the Jews, but as the King of kings and Lord of lords.
The resurrection of Christ, however, is the primary reason for Christianity. Without the resurrection of Jesus, the New Testament of the Bible would have never been written, the life of Jesus would have never been known, the life of Mary would have not been known outside Nazareth, the Day of Pentecost would have never happened, and the apostles and disciples of Christ would have never taken the message of Jesus to the uttermost parts of the world, and there would not have been any Christian martyrs over the past 2000 years. After all, who would want to hear another story about another dead man? And without the resurrection, Jesus would be no more than any god in all of man's religions.
But because the resurrection of Christ is true, people have worked to diminish the resurrection, to hide it under a rug, and to get the focus of people on matters of lesser importance: in other words, to make the knowledge of Christ's resurrection disappear, or vanish, and to make it appear that the resurrection of Christ never happened: by keeping an image of Him on a crucifix and by keeping Him in a tomb.
Above all else, what person would want to become a Christian just to worship a dead man?
Do we not have people committed to institutions for the insane when they admit they talk to dead people?
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