I believe that most of us are spiritually aware enough to be able to make the connections once we have the knowledge. So, here goes! Let's look at some of the specific idols and false gods worshipped by our spiritual ancestors and why Yahweh warned against giving our hearts over to them.
This is by no means a comprehensive list, and only superficial descriptions are recorded here. But I believe there is enough information to get us started!
- Molech (MO-leck; aka Moloch, Milcom, Tophet): A derivation of the Canaanite word for "King." Some say the term only refers to the pagan kings, but since most pagan kings considered themselves to be the incarnation of their gods in the flesh, this is still consistent.
- A demon god worshipped to bring Power, victory, and knowledge. To worship Molech/Moloch is to worship POWER.
- Sometimes symbolized by an Owl but primarily symbolized by a man with a bull's head and horns. His worship required living sacrifices, usually of first born babies, children, and virgins because of their purity. Parents were forbidden to weep over their sacrificed children.
- Is referenced in Leviticus 18 & 20, 2 Kings 23 and Jeremiah 32:35.
- Ashtoreth (aka: Ishtar, Astarte,"the Evening Star", Aphrodite, Venus, Juno, Tanet, Tophet): known as the "Queen of Heaven" she embodies "Mother Nature:"
- Some controversy arises with a small gnostic sect who consider Mary, the Mother of Jesus, to be a deity and refer to her as the Queen of Heaven, and "Sophia" (the female "wisdom" trait of God) who is also equated with the goddess Athena, goddess of wisdom. Mary, Mary Magdalene and Sophia are considered to be the female goddess trinity equal to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- King Solomon worshipped "Sophia" at the "high place" of Ashtoreth
- To worship Ashtoreth is to worship reproduction, womanhood, nature, and wisdom.
- A female warrior goddess closely associated with the worship of the Ba'al's who was worshipped to bring victory as well as fertility to people, livestock, and crops. Her symbols were the lion, the dove, the horse, the sphinx and the star.
- Her temples were usually filled with "temple prostitutes" both men and women, and worshippers were required to have sex with them in order to be blessed. Orgies were not uncommon during festival seasons and to have intercourse with a temple prostitute was required and considered the same as achieving union with the goddess herself.
- She also was often symbolized by an Owl but most of the time by a big breasted, very curvaceous female statue which people kept in their homes.
- On her "high places" were phallic poles inscribed with incantations and praises to the goddess. She is still worshipped today in occultic circles.
- Referenced in 1 Sam 5:2 among others.
- Baal (aka: Merodach, Bel, Bael Zebub, Hadad ): means "the Lord, Owner, or Master" in ancient semitic tongues;
- considered to be a "King of Hell"; a demon god who was worshipped by pagans as the god of Rain & Thunder, agriculture, and is sometimes also equated with Satan or "Lord of the Flies."
- His cult symbol was the Bull or the Goat or a Fly.
- He was son of Dagon, the god of grain in ancient Semitic cultures. Dagon is referenced in 1 Sam 5:2.
- The "Ba'al's" are referenced in Judges 2 & 10, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, and Hosea among other places in the holy scriptures.
- Often depicted by either a bull, a cat, a frog, or a crowned being with the legs of a spider. (all these "familiars" are also associated with witchcraft today.)
- Ba'al worship was supposed to bring prosperity and provision
Next time: present day equivalents
Tess
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