Hello, I hope everyone is doing well. We are at the start of
autumn in the northern hemisphere of our planet. Although, the closer to the
equator one is, it still feels more like summer. Trust me on that one! Anyhow,
I hope you are enjoying your version of autumn. As you read the title to this
post, you may have wondered, what the heck is this? As I wrote the title, I
think I wondered where I am going with this. I suppose questioning is always
good. I often heard George Carlin (may he rest in peace) say: “question
everything.” So a question here, and a question there is always good in my
book. Since at this point neither of us know where we are going with this,
although I will know before you since I am writing this piece, let us see how
many questions we end up asking, and if we can get any answers from them. I
think I will break up each idea in the title and discuss them individually, or
else this might turn out way too messy. Well,
let’s get started.
The Watchers from Daniel Chapter 4 and the Book of Enoch
The Watchers! They appear in both of these Hebrew Books.
Question: who are they, and who are they watching if they are indeed watchers?
We find out about the Watchers in Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Dream. The Book of
Daniel chapter 4 reads:
13 “I saw in the visions of my head
as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven...
17 The sentence is by the decree of
the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones...(RSV).
The Book of Daniel mentions the Watchers, but the Book of
Enoch goes into great detail about them. I am not going to write much on the
subject, but I highly recommend reading the Book of Enoch, and also the
following article titled: Enoch & the Watchers: The Real Story of Angels
& Demons, written by Michael Howard and found at the link below.
Enoch
300 Igigu or Igigi
What? This is Ancient Near Eastern stuff, I studied it, but
I am nowhere near an expert on it. I will tell you that there is a lot of
mystery around the whole thing. Here is what some have said below:
“Igigi/Igigu (a group of gods)
This Semitic term describes a group
of possibly seven or eight gods. It is likely that the god Marduk was one of
them, but the total membership in this group is unclear and likely changed over
time....
Like the term Anunna, the term
Igigu is equally complicated and in need of a comprehensive new study. Igigu,
which is likely of Semitic origin, indicates a group of gods in the
Mesopotamian pantheon. It is, however, not entirely clear what distinguishes
the Igigu from the Anunna (oracc.museum.upenn.edu/).”
“Igigi was a term used to refer to
the gods of heaven in Sumerian mythology. Though sometimes synonymous with the
term "Annunaki," in one myth the Igigi were the younger gods who were
servants of the Annunaki, until they rebelled and were replaced by the creation
of humans (A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology, p. 85).”
Why 300?
“The name Igigi instead is less
used, and it almost always describes a portion of the Anunnaki (300 of them, as
we read in the Enuma Elish) residing in Heaven and who occasionally went down
to Earth (KI), as in the tale about Marduk marrying Sarpanit (www.bibliotecapleyades.net)”
The reason why I wrote about this is because some experts on
the subject would tell you all sorts of interestingly mysterious things they
interpret or translate from the Sumerian texts. For example, some believe the Igigi
were astronauts from the planet Nibiru who remained in orbit around the Earth
on platforms and assisted in the transfer of gold back to their home planet.
Some believe that man was created by the inhabitants of Nibiru in order to
assist in the mining of gold on Earth to take back to use to repair the
atmosphere on Nibiru. I am no expert, but the whole thing sounds fascinating. You
should read up on it, if you are interested in this whole subject.
The Age of Leo and
The Sphinx is 36,000 Years old?
Huh? I am not sure that huh qualifies as a question;
however, in a conversation in combination with the right body language it can
be a huge question. If you read up on it, you will probably find out that some
scientist, specifically geologist; believe the Sphinx in Egypt is possibly 800,
000 years old. Of course, this age does not line up with any current
understanding of Earth history. The age of 36, 000 does not line up with
Dynastic Egyptology, but it does line up with Egyptian history generationally.
I won’t go into much detail about it, but here is a theory below that is only
based on Astronomy, and has no mention of the water erosion on the Sphinx,
which is also a way of dating it:
“The Sky above
Giza at Vernal Equinox in the year 36,400 BC: my proposal on Historical Golden
Age of the Zep Tepi (processing by Armando Mei)
At the dawn of the vernal equinox.
The Lion constellation and Sphinx
are closely connected to the East. The Orion constellation is on the Celestial
Meridian, exactly above the Pyramids. Most importantly, it’s a perfect
connection between Al Nitak – the largest Star of the Belt of Orion – and the
Great Pyramid, the biggest monument in the Giza Plateau. The connection
occurred only in this astronomical configuration and in no one astronomical
alignment ever proposed by experts, from 2,000 AD to 100,000 BC
(www.ancient-origins.net).”
Atlantis 70, 000
years ago?
When? Okay, I have to admit that I randomly wrote 70,000 years
to get your attention. We know about Atlantis from the Greek philosopher Plato
from the dialogues of "Timaeus" and "Critias." Now, was Atlantis fact or fiction (mythology)?
Atlantis was a highly advanced civilization that existed way before the Greeks.
Whether it existed 12,000 years ago or 70,000, it doesn’t matter because if it
was a real place, which based on Plato’s detail it probably was, then it is amazing
that perhaps a civilization that existed thousands of years before us was
probably just as or more technologically advanced as we are today. I will let
you do research on it, but the whole idea sounds pretty amazing. The Vedas
(Ancient texts from India) mention flying machines thousands of years ago. We
know that humans have great imagination, but could our writings also be
describing eye witness accounts. Even the Hebrew Scriptures mention “Chariots
of Fire” thousands of years ago. For instance, in 2 Kings 2:11 Elijah was taken
up to heaven in a whirlwind when a chariot of fire appeared. My point is that the fact that such advanced technology is mentioned in writings from many years ago is almost incredible, whether it was written by Plato, or found in the Vedas, or the Hebrew texts.
Conclusion
Did we ask every question? Did we answer every question? I
imagine the response to both of these questions is no. Hopefully, we will never
stop asking questions until we have all the answers. However, if we are not
asking questions, shouldn’t we get started doing so because we should know what
we don’t know? Knowledge is power, but research wisely and manage your time
wisely, also. Tend to the important and don’t be tyrannized by the urgent. I
hope you enjoyed reading! Blessings!
References and Sources:
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/36400-bc-historical-time-zep-tepi-theory-002617
Leick, Gwendolyn: A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern
Mythology (NY: Routledge, 1998).
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1 comment:
Just a quick comment: one sort of has to wonder when you study theology and one of your text books on Sumerian texts is considered a primary source for Old Testament studies. Obviously, there is something there when the Creation, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel are referenced in similar ways to Genesis. I am not saying that Sitchin has the story right; however, he also isn't completely wrong.
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