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1 | "queen of heaven"? | Gen 1:1 | Makarios | 23754 | ||
Hello There! Jeremiah 7:18 and 44:17-19,25 mention a "queen of heaven." This is a Babylonian title for Ishtar, an important goddess in the Babylonian and Assyrian pantheon. This goddess was also known as Astoreth and Astarte, the wife of Baal or Molech. Because these deities symbolized generative power, their worship involved prostitution. - Nolan |
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2 | "queen of heaven"? | Gen 1:1 | There | 23767 | ||
Thanks to both you Nolan and Jlpangilinan. I wondered about her since Ishtar/Inanna was known as the "queen of heaven and earth". (Inanna was the name the Sumerians used for this goddess.) | ||||||
3 | "queen of heaven"? | Gen 1:1 | Makarios | 23799 | ||
Greetings There! You are very welcome! The "Inanna" reference is quite interesting.. Happy Thanksgiving! - Nolan |
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4 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | There | 23808 | ||
Do you think the appartition (spirit) that claims to be the "queen of heaven" today, is the same false god as mentioned in Jeremiah? Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving too! :) |
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5 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | jlpangilinan | 23816 | ||
This is the queen of heaven that was mentioned in Jeremiah. Queen of heaven (Jer 7:18; 44:17,25), the moon, worshipped by the Assyrians as the receptive power in nature. Your question: "Do you think the appartition (spirit) that claims to be the "queen of heaven" today, is the same false god as mentioned in Jeremiah?" I dont know if you are referring to the "Queen of Heaven of Chatholic which is "Virgin Mary"? if your answer is yes, what can I say is they are different. Infairness to our Catholic brothers and sisters, I respect Mary (as a mother of Jesus Christ when Jesus Christ still in a human form.) But I dont believed in apiration or if there is really an apiration that was mentioned many times of our Catholic brother and sisters. Because what I believed for dead people: Ec 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ec 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. If there is aspiration, it could be satan, becuase Satan can be transfomed or can pretend that He is good: 2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. I hope it would helps God bless, Johnny |
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6 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | There | 23834 | ||
Hello Johnny, I was raised Catholic. And as an adult, one of the things I began wondering about after reading the Bible was this "queen of heaven" mentioned in Jeremiah. I know that Ishtar evolved from a moon goddess to a goddess that had many other attributes over the centuries. And I wondered if she (demonic spirit) had continued to evolve (change her modus operandi or goddess image) as was needed to infiltrate the church. I do NOT think the apparition is the real Mary who gave birth to the true Messiah. But this appartition does claim to be her -- even though she is very different than the real Mary. The apparition claims to be sinless (her claim to her Immaculate Conception Feb. 11, 1858), but the real Mary knew she was a sinner and in need of a Savior. Luke 1:46-47 "And Mary said: 'My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior...". She (apparition) also makes claims of having a son who she refers to as Jesus, except that her Jesus is not the only means to salvation. She said on May 13, 1917 "...my Immaculate Heart which will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God." And on December 26, 1957 "God's last means of salvation is through me. And if you despise and repulse this means, there won't be any forgiveness of sin which the Gospel calls the sin against the Holy Spirit." And on October 13, 1973 she stated "Those who place their confidence in me will be saved." And in 1984 "Even in the Second Coming, the son will come to you through his mother." And in 1986 "God has sent me to earth to save you." In August 1987 her son said "He who honors her honors me. He who denies her denies me." In 1958 he said "Everyone should have a picture of Jesus as Divine Mercy. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish." And in 1991 when he again "appeared" with his mother, he said, "Fortunate is he who lives in the brilliance of the image of Jesus of Mercy, for the just hand of God will never reach him. For I am your Jesus of Mercy." I cannot name the book that those quotes came from, because I read it years ago. I do remember the book was authorized for Catholics though, and I was given it by a Catholic friend. At the time I copied many of the quotes and also the scriptures that contradicted the appartitions' statements. And I think they (both apparitions) are satanic beings, attempting to lead people away from the salvation that only comes through God's real Son. http://www.fatima.org/plan.html: "Our Lady's Peace Plan is founded on three simple, but powerful requests. The first is a request for prayer, most particularly the Holy Rosary and the devotion of the Brown Scapular. The second calls for us to make reparation for the sins and outrages perpetrated against God's Grace and blasphemies against the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The third request is for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, both on a personal basis and, publicly, that of Russia by the Pope and all the world's bishops." The apparition waited until the 1300's before she made the claim to her listeners to be the "queen of heaven", and it was later incorporated into church teaching. Oh by the way, something else both Ishtar and the appartition have in common is their claim that they were virgins at the time of the conception of their offspring, and were perpetual virgins thereafter. And below is something from a Catholic website http://www.udayton.edu/maryslash. Below is a partial "answer" to the question "What is the meaning of the crescent moon that Mary is sometimes pictured standing upon?" "A: The so called Luna, half moon, ...is a sign of fertility, related to life and death, and thus a popular symbol in many religions. It pinpoints changing seasons, ebb and tide (and related inundations as harbingers of fertility), and the feminine menstrual cycle. The half moon was the attribute of Luna and more specifically of Selene. It was later transferred to Diana (Artemis), offspring of the earth mother, and known not only as virgin but also as protectress of the newborn and symbol of fertility in her own right. ... There exists, beginning around 1348, a type of Marian sculpture called Madonna standing on the crescent moon ... It sometimes opposes -- in representations of the Platytera -- the sun born from Mary and the human race in need of salvation (moon) (1312). The crescent moon is used in representations of Mary's miraculous conception and birth. The crescent appears under Mary's feet in paintings of the Assumption (Meister of the Luzien-Legende, 1485) and signifies her glory and victory over time and space. The most important application of the moon symbol occurred in representations of the Immaculate Conception." I think there are many similarities between the two. God bless. |
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7 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | jlpangilinan | 23853 | ||
I have also cousins that raised catholic, and until now they still in that religion. It is very hard for them to change thier believed. What I did is sharing to them the word of God and pray for them and hope God will justify them becuase they are good in personality they not cause harm to anyone. The problem is reading bible is not important to them but the tradition. They are not also face discussion or a simple debate because they dont know how to depend thier faith in a biblical type of discussion they simply rely in what they heard or what they taught to them. You mentioned that they are claiming that Mary is still virgin if they read the bible they will know that it is not true. I dont believed that any woman after giving birth is still virgin. Mr 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. It is very clear that mary has other childrens. So how come that He is still a virgin. But I respect her as a mother of Christ when the Lord is in His human form. God bless, Johnny |
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8 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | There | 23887 | ||
Hi Johnny, I too have much respect for Mary, the mother of God's real Son. I think she was correct when she said that "all generations shall call me blessed". She is "blessed among women." But in my opinion, she is not the same person as the apparition. She (the Mary in the apparitions) is considered to still be a virgin because she identified herself as such. Almost every ounce of Catholic doctrine about "Mary" has come from the apparition herself. If her words disagreed with the Bible, then they go with her words and discard the Biblical truth. I was very upset years ago after finding out the many "differences" between what I was taught and what the Bible says. I had trouble believing that a Church that originally based it's beliefs on the truth of God's Word had moved so far as to include in its doctrine -- teaching that totally contradicted His Word. I have family members still in that denomination, and most are a loving group of people. Most have been encouraged to read the Bible for themselves, so they can sort out the truth from the lie. And yes, it is very hard to change. Not just because many things have become "habits" or "traditional", but also because it is very hard to digest the fact that people we thought cared about us... had taught us non-truths. It's very hard to accept. For me, I had to come to the realization that they too had been duped... |
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9 | Are they the same spirit? | Gen 1:1 | jlpangilinan | 24035 | ||
Agree, We just pray for them. God bless, Johnny |
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