Sumaji
One particular thing among many has bothered about the birth of Jesus, the mysterious appearance of the magi. I mean, what the heck?!
Until now I had no idea what to think. Out of no where these magician/astrologer types show up and start worshipping a Godly incarnation which they had foretold. I was assured along the way by pastors and preachers alike that the Jews had the keys only. Everyone else was just dead wrong.
Well, I did a little digging and it turns out that the magi were thought to be last remnants of a created caste of Sumerians desperate to preserve their identity. This makes sense, since much of the Genesis account resembles that of the preceding Sumerian accounts of creation. Abraham came out of Sumeria so we can assume that he, too, knew of these ancient beliefs.
So if the Sumerians were the forebearers of the faith can we not conclude that their prophecies are also correct and given that they got a relatively large prophecy correct, namely the birth of JC, then we can also assume that they SHOULD be correct.
So what did they have to say?
Here we find ourselves amoung the stargazers, searching the skies for the past to speak to us of the future and what do we find...2012 and a return to the cradle of cizilization: Babylon or what is now considered Iraq.
The slings and arrows are conspiring against us. Who then can we turn to, for if history can only reveal preordained events, then prevention is not possible. What good is foreknowledge if we lack the power to do anything about it?
Even it the future is ours to know, then it still remains out of our control. The question is: does ignorance or knowledge of events favor man?
Until now I had no idea what to think. Out of no where these magician/astrologer types show up and start worshipping a Godly incarnation which they had foretold. I was assured along the way by pastors and preachers alike that the Jews had the keys only. Everyone else was just dead wrong.
Well, I did a little digging and it turns out that the magi were thought to be last remnants of a created caste of Sumerians desperate to preserve their identity. This makes sense, since much of the Genesis account resembles that of the preceding Sumerian accounts of creation. Abraham came out of Sumeria so we can assume that he, too, knew of these ancient beliefs.
So if the Sumerians were the forebearers of the faith can we not conclude that their prophecies are also correct and given that they got a relatively large prophecy correct, namely the birth of JC, then we can also assume that they SHOULD be correct.
So what did they have to say?
Here we find ourselves amoung the stargazers, searching the skies for the past to speak to us of the future and what do we find...2012 and a return to the cradle of cizilization: Babylon or what is now considered Iraq.
The slings and arrows are conspiring against us. Who then can we turn to, for if history can only reveal preordained events, then prevention is not possible. What good is foreknowledge if we lack the power to do anything about it?
Even it the future is ours to know, then it still remains out of our control. The question is: does ignorance or knowledge of events favor man?
posted by RC @ 9:51 PM
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