Tammuz, the fourth month on the Hebrew calendar, is associated with a number of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout history. Human sacrifices to the sun god were offered on this initial letter made of wood, known as the cross "T" and this "T" for Tammuz is also the true origin of Catholics crossing themselves. When the cult of Tammuz spread to Assyria in the 2nd and 1st millennia bce, the character of the god seems to have changed from that of a pastoral to that of an agricultural deity. Yet these hypocritical leaders dared to return to God's Temple, retiring furtively to its inner rooms to practice their pagan rites "in the dark" (verse 12). The death and raising of Tammuz occurs every year and corresponds with the natural cycle of vegetation. Of the following (semi) deities, legends went around that they were born of a virgin: Augustus (his father was the god Apollo) in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring" (Vol. A Litany of ancient Roman paganism was introduced to the theology was introduced to this new Roman Christianity. Semirammis the Babylonian queen,(the queen of heaven). Jesus was a shepherd of men. Who was Tammuz and why (and when) were the women weeping for him? Ez 8 The Incredible Odyssey of Mankind: Ape to Human in a Million Years (Video), The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend Part I, Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera Part I, Two Sides to Every Story: The North American Martyrs Shrines and Indigenous/ Roman Catholic Relations, The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures Part I, Curse of the Buried Pearl: The Hunt for Ancient Treasures Part I, The Enigma of the Shugborough Inscription, Love is a Battlefield: The Legend of Ishtar, First Goddess of Love and War, The 4,000-Year-Old Sumerian Love Poem and the Sacred Ritual of Marriage, Reconstructing Jesus: Using Science to Flesh out the Face of Religion, The Roman god Bacchus as a Christian icon, Set of 70 Metal Tablets May Have the Earliest Written Account and Depiction of Jesus, http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/tammuz.php, The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: The Green Man and the Legend of Jesus Part II. Beyond these similarities, however, the story of Tammuz and Jesus are rather different. Pagan parallels of Jesus Christ | Lifestyle.INQ Yet it is taught, and accepted, to be scripture. was a Mesopotamian god of fertility. What the Bible says about Let us begin when it was the life story of the ancient Green Man and work forward to the time of 'Bridegroom, dear to my heart; goodly is your beauty, honeysweet; lion, dear to my heart'. Well, here she is. Tammuz offered material prosperity in the present life, healthy flocks and plentifully crops. The resurrection of Jesus was met with joy, shouting, shrieks, and partaking of the Easter lamb (Frazer, 416). What the Bible says about Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz A snake would rather avoid you than confront you. Osiris entered the womb of Nut and Nimrod became the sunhence, Apollo. They copied the bible from the Alexandrian copies of the Textus-receptus and not the original Antioch texts which they stole from Antioch, and altered (intellectualized) its texts. Tammuz was associated with vegetation and fertility. Tammuz was always called Adon, meaning Lord. In verse 16, the prophet sees a fourth vision in the inner court of the Temple"about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple and their faces toward the east, and they were worshipping the sun toward the east."
