Who do we exalt in Christmas the Lord Jesus of Semiramis?

Apostle Dr. Gabriel Sanchez Velazquez,
preaching in Emporia Kansas

 "But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN and pour our drink offerings to       her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and saw no trouble."

  Jeremiah 44:17

Among the pagan people, in the Roman Empire in the days that Jesus was born there was the "mother goddess with a child in her arms", but how did this goddess arrive to all people?

THE GODDESS MOTHER OF BABYLONIA.

Since the days of the dispersion of mankind at Babel, the people jealously guarded the image of Semiramis with Tammuz in her arms. Genesis 10:8-9 says: "Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord, therefore it is said, 'Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord'."

Here the words mighty one is translated from the Hebrew term GIBOR, which means TIRANT. The name Nimrod means REBELLION, and the expression "mighty hunter before the Lord", in the original Hebrew really means "MIGHTY HUNTER AGAINST THE LORD".

Semiramis was the wife of Nimrod. History tells us that Nimrod started the Babylonian religious system in which he was the object of worship and power.

At Nimrod's death, his wife Semiramis extended this worship to her husband at the same time that she gave herself over to a licentious and depraved life. When Semiramis realized that she was pregnant (without really knowing who the father was) with the baby who she named Tammuz, she began to propagate that her son was the incarnation of his father Nimrod now that he was the sun god.

The previous shows us that Semiramis was an instrument in the hands of Satan, since she claimed for her son Tammuz a place of honor as the "god incarnate". Soon in Babylonia appeared an idol represented by a woman with a child in her arms.

Therefore, at the dispersion of mankind the central idol of Babylonian paganism was also dispersed: the goddess mother, queen of heaven with the incarnate baby in her arms.

Among the Chinese this goddess is called Shingmoo, or "holy mother," and is very important to observe that this goddess is represented with a child in her arms and rays of glory around her head, the same as the virgins of the Roman Catholic religion. Among the Germans this goddess is called Hertha, among the Scandinavians this goddess with a child in her arms is called Disa, among the Etruscans, Nutria, among the Hindus, Indrani, among the Greeks Aphrodite or Ceres, among the Sumerians Nammu, among the Romans, Venus or Fortuna and her son Jupiter, among the Aztecs of Mexico Tonantzin, the "Virgo Paritura" as the mother of God. For some time in India the goddess Isi, which means "great goddess" and her son Iswara were worshipped with great temples. In Asia the goddess was known as Cibeles and her son as Deoius.

In the book Strange Sects and Religious Cults on page 12, also mentioned in the book Babylonian Religious Mystery on page 21, says: “But not taking into account the name or place, she was the wife of Baal, the virgin-queen of heaven who gave fruit without having conceived”.

Even the people of Israel were not liberated from the Babylonian religious influence of the mother goddess. Judges 2:23 says: “They forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.” This Ashtoreth goddess was called by the Israelites, QUEEN OF HEAVEN.   Jeremiah 44:17-19 describes how the people of God worshipped this goddess, which was followed by a strong reprimand of this apostasy which was the reason that destruction came on Jerusalem.

That admonition says:  “But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and saw no trouble. But since we have stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring our drink offerings to her, we have lacked every thing and have been consumed by the sword and by famine. The women also said,  And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes for her, to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her without our husbands’ permission?”

As the Israelites in the days of Jeremiah, the Roman-Catholics attribute to the queen of heaven all the favors of abundance and prosperity. These famous cakes which the Bible talks about here are the very popular hosts (wafers) that they give in the Roman mass, and are round as the sun is round and white as light because these cakes represent the god Tammuz. Where did the idol come from that is most used in the Roman-Catholic religion, consisting of a virgin lady with a child in her arms? Unquestionably from the ancient pagan religions where the QUEEN OF HEAVEN, was the principle goddess.

The ancient Rosary in Latin has a litany: “Mater inmaculata, ora pro novis, regina coelum, or pro novis” (Immaculate Mother pray for us, queen of heaven, pray for us).

In what part of the Bible does it affirm that Mary is the queen of heaven? In no verse of the Bible. Therefore, from where did the Roman-Catholic religion take such aberrant doctrine? FROM BABYLONIAN PAGANISM. Therefore the Roman-Catholic religion is Babylonian and not Christian.

THE MOTHER GODDESS IN THE APOSTASY

Therefore, when Christianity appeared, the worship of the queen of heaven was at its height. Four centuries later the apostate leaders would come to supplant the true worship in spirit and truth that God demanded, for a coarse mixing of the Babylonian religion with some Christian elements. This is Roman Catholicism, a religious mixture.  It took the figure of the mother goddess with a child in her arms, and substituted the different names that different peoples had, and put the figure of Mary, with all the characteristics of the false goddess:

          1. It has to do with the mother of heaven.

          2. She is a mother goddess with a child in her arms.

          3. She has a crown with rays of glory on her head.

          4. She is always a virgin.

          5. Her son was born on December 25th and the anniversary of    this nativity must be celebrated.

          6. It must be celebrated as it always has been, with an evergreen tree,           presents, much liquor and abundant food.

          7. It must be the most important holiday of the year.

Back in the days of CONSTANTINE THE GREAT hundreds of thousands of pagans joined the church without an experience of conversion to Christ and a renouncing of false gods. It was only for convenience, since Constantine decreed tolerance towards Christianity and later prebends and privileges to the leadership of the Christians and the churches; therefore those pagans entered the church carrying their idols. And there was Semiramis with the baby in her arms.

But...THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM! Does not the Bible say that the Virgin Mary gave birth to her firstborn son? There it is. We confuse Semiramis with Mary and we exalt Mary as if she were Semiramis. We substitute Tammuz and celebrate Jesus. And so, little by little with the passing of time Mary was accepted by the pagans in substitution for Semiramis. Anyway, in the end it was the same image, with the same attributes and the same holidays,  and quickly the apostate leaders saw the celebration of Christmas as a great opportunity to exalt Semiramis. The central figure of Christmas is the Virgin, the "god child" is secondary.

GUADALUPE THE BABYLONIAN GODDESS

By decree of Pope John Paul II given in 2002 in Mexico during the canonization of the mythological character (who never existed) called Juan Diego and who now has become a bearded Indian, with a refined nose and wavy hair; the myth of the Virgin of Guadalupe should become the most distinguished name under which Semiramis is known and venerated in Latin America.

Not until the beginning of 17th century in Mexico had anyone heard about the apparition of Guadalupe.  In 1810 when Priest Hidalgo took the banner of Guadalupe as his flag in the Battle of Independence of Mexico, what is not said is that the Spanish took the image of the Our Lady of Remedies who at that time was more known, powerful and venerated by the Mexican population.

With the passage of time, until recent decades, Guadalupe was the religious myth most popular in Mexico, but now there is a constant infiltration of religions of Guadalupe in all the Latin-American countries. Before the end of this century, if Christ does not come first, the 12th of December will be a religious day that is obligatory to observe in all Latin America. We submit ourselves to the tests. It is one of the thousand strategies of the Roman clergy to halt the advance of the Christian Evangelical Churches.

But, how did this myth of Guadalupe appear? Although this question should be answered in a separate book, I should note here that several centuries before the Spanish conquest of Mexico, in the hill of Tepeyac, the place where later it was said that Guadalupe appeared, was situated one of the most important religious centers in all Mesoamerica. There they gave homage to Semiramis in the name of TONANTZIN, which in the Náhuatl language of the Aztecs, means: OUR MOTHER, mother of all, and had the connotation of being the mother of God.  She was a virgin and a mother. I underline, virgin and mother, because it is a perfect copy of the Babylonian Semiramis. We remember what was established in the previous chapter, which due to its importance, I transcribe again. In the book Strange Sects and Religious Cults on page 12, also mentioned in the book Babylonian Religious Mystery on page 21, it says: “But not taking into account the name or place, she was the wife of Baal, the virgin-queen of heaven who gave fruit without having conceived”.

Tepeyac was one of the most well known places of prehispanic worship in all America. There is historical evidence that there were pilgrimages from Peru and all Central America to the hill of Tepeyac, in addition to the inhabitants of Mexico, to worship Tonantzin on the 12 of December.

How did they do it? With small drums, dances, and with flowers and birds with bright plumage. Furthermore the natives had to do it because Tonantzin, apart from being “our mother”, was the mother of all gods. When the Franciscan monks wanted to oppose the worship of Tonantzin by putting in its place the original Virgin of Guadalupe that is in Extramadura, Spain, and to whom Hernán Cortés the conqueror of Mexico was devout, because he was originally from there, THEY DID NOT SUCCEED. Guadalupe was the goddess of the oppressor. The Indians despised her. (At the entrance of the old Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico, on the right side, today is the original Spanish Virgin of Guadalupe, and her head is inclined in the opposite direction of the “Indian” Guadalupe who was depicted later.)

Therefore an Indian named Valeriano painted two images with the same indigenous features. One is in the dome of the convent in Huejotzingo, Puebla and the other is wrapped in a peasant’s cloak (but not in cloth of maguey fiber as they have said) and placed on the hill of Tepeyac in a modest chapel forgotten for decades. Even though some monks tell the Indians it is Tonantzin, her name is Guadalupe.

The image of Guadalupe, identical to the one in Tepeyac, remained covered with lime in the dome of the abandoned convent of Huejotzingo until the remodeling of this colonial building was ordered at the end of last century.

Little by little, the Indians were identifying Guadalupe with there old goddess, which had been lost in  the conquest battle, and she became the psychological consolation of the pressure of the Spanish power over the Indian.

Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico during the time which priests say Guadalupe appeared and left her image in the maguey cloth of Juan Diego who at once took it to the bishop in Tlatelolco, wrote to King Fernando many letters and reports; even with details of a fire on the altarpiece of the Franciscan church on Madero Avenue next to the current Latin American Tower in the city of Mexico, but says nothing of the  apparitions of Guadalupe. Besides, on the date that the apparitionist priests say that Guadalupe appeared and her image was taken to Juan de Zumárraga, he was in Spain to give an important report. How was he in Spain and also received an audience with the mythological Indian Juan Diego?

Guadalupe is not an Náhuatl term, but Arabic. It means WOLF RIVER. Guadalupe is the Virgin of the River of Wolf River. As was already said, the original is found in Extremadura. And it reflects the cultural influence of the Moors (as were called the Muslims that dominated Spain).

Currently the party for the “Most Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of Mexico and Empress of America, is for the mother of God. She is the most miraculous virgin and has been crowned as an empress, since the beginning of last century, in a crude way. Since it is a painting and not a sculptured idol as the Babylonians and Roman-Catholic virgins commonly are, they hung a beautiful gold crown with a knot in front of the peasant’s cloak that came up to her head.

So each time more emphasis is being placed on this special religious time of the year that is from December 12th, when the Virgin appeared, until December 25th when the Virgin gave birth.

With this complex process and curious religious crossing of races, are added “the nativities” that in all the Catholic world and now also in the Episcopal and Lutheran world they put up. The nativities are an invention of Francis of Assisi.  Did you know that in the first thousand years of Christianity a nativity was never put up for the 25th of December?

Therefore the Christmas celebration exalts more Semiramis than any other goddess. In the nativities the small figure of the “God child” has come to be another element which is overshadowed by the Virgin.

But under the revelation of the Holy Spirit, the born again Christians hear the voice that says: “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues” (Rev. 18:4).

Another important contrast should be made: An unbeliever, the more Catholic they are the more Marian; but for those born again, we are Christians that have the living Christ as the center of our faith and our worship.

CONSTRUYENDO LA ARMONÍA CON PADRES SOLTEROS

Apóstol Dr. Gabriel Sánchez Velázquez predicando
en la Comunidad Cristiana Filadelfia GAM

Finalmente, sed todos de un mismo sentir, compasivos, amándoos fraternalmente, misericordiosos, amigables; no devolviendo mal por mal, ni maldición por maldición, sino por el contrario, bendiciendo, sabiendo que fuisteis llamados para que heredaseis bendición”.      I Pedro 3:8-9

INTRODUCCIÓN

Paideia (paideía) se traduce del griego como disciplina. Denota la formación dada a un niño, incluyendo la instrucción, de allí el término disciplina, y el concepto de corrección. La disciplina es vital en la formación de un  adolescente como lo fue durante su infancia. 

Pero hay variantes. La diferencia es que en la medida en que el adolescente crece,  cuestiona cada vez más los límites y  las normas que sus padres le imponen. Y con frecuencia los padres temen disciplinarlo.  

Sin embargo la disciplina es una herramienta básica en la formación de un adulto responsable y estable. Por eso, en los hogares funcionales, hay límites y normas bien definidos, que tanto padres como hijos observan de manera escrupulosa.  

UNA REALIDAD INNEGABLE.

La periodista Lilinana Alcántara en un trabajo publicado en el diario El Universal con fecha domingo 19 de junio de 2005, afirma que los padres solteros existen aunque nadie los vea o nadie los quiera ver. Y esta es una cruda realidad en la que se debate la sociedad contemporánea.

En casos que dicho trabajo enuncia, se anota a padres que después del divorcio y de la pelea por la patria potestad sobre los hijos, un buen día, una madre por ejemplo, viene y le deja los hijos a su ex esposo porque ya no puede con la responsabilidad y a partir de ese momento el varón toma la responsabilidad. Tiene que enfrentar el hecho de que no tiene permiso del trabajo para asistir a las juntas de padres de familia en las escuelas, que tiene que enfrentar la primera menstruación de su hija adolescente y tiene pánico de pensar que pronto vendrá alguna de sus hijas a decirle,: “Papá, tengo novio”

La American Psichological Association, en un trabajo intitulado: Single parenting and today’s familiy, asienta que: “Durante los últimos 20 años las familias de padres solteros se han vuelto más comunes que las denominadas "familias convencionales" compuestas por la madre, el padre y los hijos. En la actualidad, vemos toda clase de familias de padres solteros: encabezadas por las madres, encabezadas por los padres, encabezadas por los abuelos que crían a sus nietos.

“La vida en un hogar de padres solteros, si bien es común, puede resultar bastante estresante para el adulto y los niños. Los miembros pueden esperar de manera poco realista que la familia funcione como una familia compuesta por los dos padres y pueden sentir que algo está mal cuando esto no sucede. La madre o el padre puede sentirse abrumado por la responsabilidad de hacer malabares para cuidar a los niños, mantener su trabajo y las cuentas al día y hacer los quehaceres de la casa. Además, las finanzas y los recursos de la familia suelen verse drásticamente reducidos después de la separación de los padres.

“Las familias de padres solteros afrontan muchas otras presiones y posibles áreas problemáticas que las familias convencionales no afrontan”

LA COMUNICACIÓN INELUDIBLE

Cuando llega el momento de la ruptura, Lo más delicado e importante es comunicarlo a los hijos que son los directamente afectados.  

Hay que encontrar las palabras y el momento oportuno para hacerlo. Si los hijos son muy pequeños, lo importante es ofrecerles protección, seguridad, tranquilidad. Pero cuando los niños han crecido o son adolescentes, se les debe compartir la verdad.

Hablar con los hijos del divorcio es difícil. Pero hay que hacerlo con cuidado pero con honestidad. Ser padre también es tener cuidado para proteger a los hijos. Ellos deben saber que tanto tú como tu cónyuge atraviesan tiempos de tristeza.  No hay que minimizar la importancia de este trastorno familiar. No le dejes alimentar esperanzas falsas si tu  decisión es irrevocable. No le hagas creer, pensando en cuidarle, que tu separación es momentánea y que podríais volver a estar juntos. 

En los niños surge la idea de que ellos tienen alguna culpa de esta separación, hay que aclararles que no. Que esta es una decisión de los padres.

Cuando un niño sabe del divorcio de sus padres, puede sentir que su mundo se acabó. Pero asegúrale que en
lo posible su vida seguirá como siempre. Los hijos deben saber que habrá mudanza de casa, si así fuera.

Ellos tendrán muchas preguntas que hacerte. Escúchalos con paciencia y atención. Por ejemplo te dirán:

"¿Mamá tiene un novio nuevo?"
"¿Seguiré viendo a papi y a mami?" 

ASPECTOS IMPORTANTES QUE CUIDAR.

Es oportuno tratar de enunciar aquí, algunos de esas áreas problemáticas que impiden que los hijos crezcan en armonía. Y que debe ser motivo de una seria reflexión en el caso de padres solteros.

 Algunos de estos son:

·        Problemas de visitas y custodia.

Debe procurarse un buen arreglo con la asesoría de gente experta en la materia, de tal manera que los hijos puedan sentir cierta estabilidad en medio de su nueva situación inestable. Las visitas deben estar definidas, calenda rizadas y aceptarse de buena gana de ser posible.

·        Los efectos de conflictos continuos entre los padres.
No te extrañe que después de la separación, tus hijos no quieran ir a la escuela, reprueben o tengan conflictos con sus compañeros. Debes tener comprensión y paciencia con ellos. Ya que están en un re acomodo después del trauma que les ocasiona el divorcio.

·        Menos oportunidad para que padres e hijos compartan tiempo juntos.

Desde que decides un divorcio, sabes que la comunión y ese compartir tiempos de familia ya serán casi imposibles. Los hijos deben saberlo.

·        Problemas causados por las citas de los padres y sus nuevas relaciones. En este punto debe haber mucha prudencia. Ya que una nueva pareja será vista por los hijos  cuando menos al principio como la causa de la separación de sus padres.

·        Relación alterada con la familia extendida. Aquí es perfectamente aplicable el consejo bíblico: “Si es posible, en cuanto dependa de vosotros, estad en PAZ con todos los hombres”. Romanos 12:18.

Porque lo más seguro es que tus ex suegros no quieran verte, y eso afectará a tus hijos. Sin embargo, tú debes facilitar que ellos cultiven ese vínculo con sus abuelos tanto paternos como maternos.  

DEBE ACEPTARSE LA AYUDA DE GENTE CERCANA.

La madre o el padre pueden ayudar a los miembros de la familia a enfrentar estas dificultades hablando entre todos de sus sentimientos y trabajando juntos para tratar de resolver los problemas. El apoyo de amigos y otros miembros de la familia también puede ayudar. No obstante, si los miembros de la familia aún están muy abrumados y tienen problemas, puede ser momento de consultar a un experto.

Y es aquí en donde la iglesia cristiana evangélica debe aprovechar al máximo la oportunidad de servir y ser canal de bendición. En casi todas las iglesias hay grupos de señoras, profesionistas, jóvenes, etc. Pero todavía no surgen las iglesias que tengan un trabajo pastoral especializado tanto para padres solteros como para madres solteras.
Confío en que no pasará mucho tiempo en que los pastores sientan que ha llegado el tiempo de abrir los ojos a la realidad de los padres solteros y que los pastores debemos cubrir una cuota de responsabilidad ante estos discípulos, que lejos de ser marginados o ignorados, deben ser amados y ministrados.

CONCLUSIÓN.

En esta obra, quiero dejar sentado un mensaje de esperanza para los padres que han tenido que separarse por la cusa que haya sido. No todo está perdido. Hay esperanza de seguir adelante con la bendición de Dios y con la determinación férrea de construir la armonía con los hijos.

Siempre será para este tu servidor, una bella inspiración el pasaje del Evangelio de Juan capítulo 4, cuando el Señor Jesús viene al pozo de Sicar para entrevistarse con la mujer samaritana que había tenido cinco divorcios y vivía en amor libre con un sexto hombre.

No estoy diciendo que LA BIBLIA CARECE DE UN  IDEAL DE MONOGAMIA como ya se expresó en un capítulo anterior. Pero hay lugar en el Evangelio y en la Iglesia de Jesucristo para padres de que han tenido que separarse. Si es tu caso, cobra ánimo, levántate y tómate de la mano de Dios. Cosas bellas para ti y tus hijos vienes pronto. Miguel de Unamuno escribió: “Miremos más padres de nuestro porvenir que hijos de nuestro pasado”