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From: Wilhelm J Wolfaardt

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Subject: The story of Nimrod





THE STORY OF NIMROD

AS IT RELATES TO CHRISTMAS AND EASTER





Nimrod, the grandson of Noah, became the first king known as

Sargon I. He built Babylon and Nineveh. Being warlike, he wore a type

of helmet with a horn in the front; a trait inherited by the druid

Vikings of the Celts, descendants of the Assyrian line.

Nimrod means "tyrant". He led the Sumerians of Babylon to pay tribute

to the skies (sun, moon, stars, planets) with the sacrifice of their

children. The Tower of Babel was built for this purpose, echoed in

other cultures such as the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. Since the head

of this government was such an idolatrous tyrant, Shem (Nimrod's

uncle) killed him. Nimrod's mother, Semiramis, consoled the people by

making them believe the child she carried was Nimrod "reincarnated"

-- and named him "Duzu" (Tammuz), Babylonian for the son who rises.

This Duzu went into the groves (forests) and placed a gift on a tree

to honor Nimrod each year at the winter solstice. It has been said

that Duzu was the offspring of Nimrod, who mated with his mother.

Nimrod became known as Baal, meaning LORD, and was worshipped by the

Babylonians as the sun in the sky -- thus the origin of "going to the

heavens" at death.

Trees and branches became symbols of Nimrod. Because Nimrod was "cut

down" by Shem, a tree stump became a place of honoring him. Thus, the

Hebrew Scriptures speak of the pagans going into the "groves", and

bringing a "branch to the nose", and going into the forest and

cutting down a tree, decorating it, and propping it up a so that it

will not totter. The winter solstice was the time when the sun was

thought to be "reborn", so December 25th was celebrated as Baal's

(Nimrod's) birthday. By tradition, the artificial idea of a New Year

following this birthday celebration became an integral part of every

human culture, based on this pagan idolatry. Generally, all mankind

is fast asleep, dreaming this old Babylonian dream.

Christmas is an attempt by Catholicism to revise and adopt this

paganism. In the year 525, a Scythian monk named Dionysius Exiguus

visited Rome. He witnessed the ancient pagan celebration of the

winter solstice (then called Paganalia or Saturnalia), and this

offended his devout sensibilities. Scripture itself demands that we

observe the Messiah's death, not His birth. But, since the

pagan mind was so oriented around fertility and birth, it developed

the way we see it today, blending the most important features of

pagan interpretation. "Babel, the Great Mother of Harlots and of the

Abominations of the Earth" -- has intoxicated the masses, and she

herself is drunk with the blood of the set-apart ones.

What is her name? It's Easter! Semiramis, Nimrod's mother, became

known as "Magna Mater", the "Great Mother", and was worship-ped as

Mother Earth. The Sun "mated" with the Earth each spring, and the

"Rites of Spring" symbolized by the "May Pole" and "Easter" came 9

moons/months before the December 25th "birth" of the winter Sun. Her

Assyrian name, Ishtar, gives us the word "Easter". The Romans called

her Astarte, and the Phoenicians used Asherah. The Hebrews called her

Astoroth, the consort of Baal. Her emblem is the flower of the lily.

She is the "goddess of the dawn", and her statue stands on a bridge

in France. The French made a colossus of this image, and it now

stands in New York Harbor, facing "East" -- in itself a word

referring to the rising son/sun -- from which her name springs!

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