GODDESS ASHERAH

What if I told you that the God of the old testament may have not been one singular God but in fact may have been a compilation of the character and description of many ancient gods.
Would you even consider such a thing?
Well it happens to be well known that the god of the old testement was one of many gods, and (aparently according to scriptures) was infact at one point even married to another god called Asherah.
The goddess Asherah, was worshipped in ancient Israel and Judah as the wife of Yahweh and Queen of Heaven (the Hebrews baked small cakes for her festival)
Jeremiah 44
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Jeremiah 7
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
"In the earliest stage, Yahweh was one of the seventy children of El, each of whom was the patron deity of one of the seventy nations. This is illustrated by the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint texts of Deuteronomy 32:8-9
In the Masoretic Text (the authoritative Hebrew text of the Bible); Most high is translated from El Elyon, whereas "the LORD" is translated from Yahweh
Deuteronomy 32
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Here El, as the head of the divine assembly, gives each member of the divine family a nation of his own, "according to the number of the divine sons"
Israel is the portion of Yahweh.
The later Masoretic text, evidently uncomfortable with the polytheism in the scripture, altered it to "according to the number of the children of Israel".
Yahweh is a lesser deity who became more popular than El and was later combined with el. Between the eighth to the sixth centuries El became identified with Yahweh, Yahweh-El became the husband of the goddess Asherah, and the other gods and the divine messengers gradually became mere expressions of Yahweh's power. Yahweh is cast in the role of the Divine King ruling over all the other deities, as in Psalm 29
Psalm 29
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Here the "sons of God" are called upon to worship Yahweh; and as Ezekiel 8-10 suggests, the Temple itself became Yahweh's palace, populated by those in his retinue.
Psalm 86
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Who are the other God's
Numbers 33
4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Which Gods? You certainly don't execute judgment on myths!!
Psalm 82
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Elohim is a plural noun. It's trnslation in the Old Testament to the singular has brought about much discussion, and maybe a lack of common sense.
Almost all translators and biblical commentators for nearly 2,000 years have mistakenly (or intentionally) chosen, in just about every instance, to convert them into a singular “God” or combination of so-called “divine names” that implies that biblical peoples only believed in one god.
*But just a little bit of reasearch proves otherwise*
I encourge you all to research all things. Peace!!!
BY: Kurt
What if I told you that the God of the old testament may have not been one singular God but in fact may have been a compilation of the character and description of many ancient gods.
Would you even consider such a thing?
Well it happens to be well known that the god of the old testement was one of many gods, and (aparently according to scriptures) was infact at one point even married to another god called Asherah.
The goddess Asherah, was worshipped in ancient Israel and Judah as the wife of Yahweh and Queen of Heaven (the Hebrews baked small cakes for her festival)
Jeremiah 44
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Jeremiah 7
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
"In the earliest stage, Yahweh was one of the seventy children of El, each of whom was the patron deity of one of the seventy nations. This is illustrated by the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint texts of Deuteronomy 32:8-9
In the Masoretic Text (the authoritative Hebrew text of the Bible); Most high is translated from El Elyon, whereas "the LORD" is translated from Yahweh
Deuteronomy 32
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Here El, as the head of the divine assembly, gives each member of the divine family a nation of his own, "according to the number of the divine sons"
Israel is the portion of Yahweh.
The later Masoretic text, evidently uncomfortable with the polytheism in the scripture, altered it to "according to the number of the children of Israel".
Yahweh is a lesser deity who became more popular than El and was later combined with el. Between the eighth to the sixth centuries El became identified with Yahweh, Yahweh-El became the husband of the goddess Asherah, and the other gods and the divine messengers gradually became mere expressions of Yahweh's power. Yahweh is cast in the role of the Divine King ruling over all the other deities, as in Psalm 29
Psalm 29
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Here the "sons of God" are called upon to worship Yahweh; and as Ezekiel 8-10 suggests, the Temple itself became Yahweh's palace, populated by those in his retinue.
Psalm 86
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Who are the other God's
Numbers 33
4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Which Gods? You certainly don't execute judgment on myths!!
Psalm 82
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Elohim is a plural noun. It's trnslation in the Old Testament to the singular has brought about much discussion, and maybe a lack of common sense.
Almost all translators and biblical commentators for nearly 2,000 years have mistakenly (or intentionally) chosen, in just about every instance, to convert them into a singular “God” or combination of so-called “divine names” that implies that biblical peoples only believed in one god.
*But just a little bit of reasearch proves otherwise*
I encourge you all to research all things. Peace!!!
BY: Kurt
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