is abundant with carvings and writings reflecting peoples respect and admiration for the sun. It is simple to understand why as every morning the sun rises bringing vision, warmth, and security saving man from the cold, blind, predator filled darkness of night. Without it the cultures understood that crops would not grow and life on the planet would not survive. These realities made the sun the most adorned object of all time. Likewise, early cultures were also very aware of the stars. The tracking of the stars allowed them to recognize and anticipate events which occurred over long periods of time such as eclipses and full moons. They in turn cataloged celestial groups into what we know as constellations. The cross of the zodiac is one of the oldest conceptual images in human history. It reflects the sun as it passes figuratively through the twelve major constellations over the course of the year. It also reflects the twelve months of the year, the four seasons, solstices, and equinoxes. The term zodiac relates to the fact that the constellations were anthropomorphized or personified as figures or animals. In other words, the early civilizations did not just follow the sun and stars; they personified them with elaborate myths involving their movements and relationships. The sun with its life giving and saving qualities was personified as a representative of the unseen Creator or God, "God Sun", "the light of the world", "the savior of human kind." Likewise, the twelve constellations represented places of travel for God's Sun, and were identified by names usually representing elements of nature that happened during that period of time. For example, Aquarius, the water bearer who brings the spring rains.
Horace
was the sun god of Egypt of around 3000 BC. He is the Sun
anthropomorphized, and his life is a series of allegorical myths
involving the sun's movement in the sky. From the ancient hieroglyphics
in Egypt, we know much about the solar messiah. He was born Dec. 25th
of a virgin, accompanied by an eastern star, and followed by three
kings, and had twelve disciples with whom he traveled. After being
betrayed, he was crucified, buried for three days, and then resurrected.
At around 1200bc the Greeks worshiped Attis who was born Dec 25 of a
virgin, eventually crucified, dead for three days and resurrected on the
third day. At around 900BC, those in India worshiped Krishna who was
born of a virgin, accompanied by a star in the east, performed miracles,
and upon his death was resurrected. Mithra of Persia at around 1200BC
was born of a virgin on Dec 25, had twelve disciples, performed
miracles, was dead for three days, and resurrected on the third.
All of these different religions share the same basic characteristics because they are based on astrological symbolism. The
star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky which
on Dec 24 aligns with the three brightest stars in Orion's belt. These
three bright stars in Orion's belt are called today what they were
called in ancient times, the three kings. And the three kings and the
brightest star, Sirius, all point to the place of the sunrise or sun's
birth on Dec 25. The
constellation Virgo is also known as Virgo the virgin. Virgo in Latin
means virgin. The ancient glyph for Virgo is the altered "M." This is
why the virgin mothers of previous sun god's begin with "M."From
the summer solstice to the winter solstice the days become shorter and
colder. And from the perspective of the northern hemisphere the sun
appears to move south and get smaller and scarcer. The shortening of
the days and the expiration of the crops when approaching the winter
solstice symbolize the process of death to the ancients. It was the
death of the sun. And by December 22 the sun's demise is fully realized
for the sun having moved south continually for six months reaches its
lowest point in the sky. Here a curious thing occurs, the sun stops
moving south, at least perceptibly, for three days. And during this
three day pause, the sun resides in the vicinity of the Southern Cross,
or crux constellation. And after this time on December 25, the sun
moves one degree, this time north, foreshadowing longer days, warmth,
and spring. And thus it was said, the sun died on the cross, was dead
for three days, only to be resurrected or born again. It
is the sun's transition period before it shifts its direction back into
the northern hemisphere bringing spring and thus salvation. However,
the ancients do not celebrate the resurrection of the sun until the
spring equinox or "Easter." This is because at the spring equinox the
sun officially overpowers the evil darkness as daytime thereafter
becomes longer in duration than the night and the revitalizing
conditions of the spring emerge.
Unlike
Horace, Attis, Mithra, and Krishna, Jesus Christ was actually a real
flesh and blood person, and so you can now understand why events in the
life of Jesus Christ seemed to be just rehashed from previous religions. The
stars were actually pointing towards the coming of Jesus Christ! It is a great testament to the power and wisdom of our Creator when
one realizes that the stars and sun mirrored the events in the life of
His Son whom He sent to Earth as a messenger and Savior for us.
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