Finding the "True God"

There are some things in human history that have been lost to us forever. For example, imagine what we might have access to if the great library in Alexandria had not been destroyed. Even sadder than this is the history that is still accessible to us but being “lost” to humanity because the vast majority of people nowadays just can’t be bothered to investigate it.

Existing in plain sight, if we can be bothered to look, is something so important that it shakes our spiritual foundations to the core. It reveals what we have come to accept as “God”, and it shows that we need to re-examine our belief system.

In my book Transcendence, I write about the emergence of “God” in antiquity and how humans (especially of the Judaeo-Christian belief system) came to label or syncretise “God” from multiple deities in the Sumerian pantheon of gods.

From the Sumerian pantheon of gods, one in particular – Marduk – came to be dominant. He is the son of the god Enki (aka Ea), nephew of the god Enlil (aka El), and grandson of the chief god Anu (aka An). Marduk is proclaimed by the council of Sumerian gods to be “the god” – he assumes the role of chief god and takes on all the names of the major gods as “fifty epithets”. In so doing, Marduk becomes “God”. To seal this with his human subjects, Marduk proclaims himself as “God”, and expresses that in the the “Ten Commandments” when he says: “You shall have no gods except me” (Exodus 20:3). Later in Exodus, Marduk says: “You shall bow down to no other god, for Yahweh’s name is the Jealous One; he is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14).
 
Now, according to Judaeo-Christian belief and interpretation of the Old Testament of the Bible, most people say that the words I quote in the preceding paragraph come from God – or Yahweh. This is where the problem arises. The fundamental question is this: is Yahweh really the ONE true God?

Once again, in my book Transcendence I carefully explain how the name Yahweh arises from the god Ea. Initially, Ea is Yahweh (a merciful side of “God”), but when Marduk is appointed chief god, he inherits the epithet of Yahweh.

However, there is more to shock us. From ancient Sumerian texts that pre-date the Bible, Marduk is also known as Bel, or Baal. The problem is that in the Bible, Baal is not looked upon favourably by Yahweh. So if Marduk is Yahweh, how can he look upon himself (as Baal) in an unfavourable way?

It is entirely possible for Marduk to behave in such a way for he is evil and insane, and he could also do it to cause confusion and torment amongst his human subjects. However, in my opinion, Ea retains the name of Yahweh – he is the original Yahweh. When Marduk (Ea’s son) – worshipped as Bel / Baal – acts in malevolent ways against humanity (the Canaanites / Israelites), Ea (as Yahweh) reacts to warn humanity against worshipping Bel / Baal. Ea does this because he is the original creator / genetic engineer of humans.
 
How does Marduk (as Bel / Baal) treat humans in malevolent ways? This is where things become complex, and where we have to investigate ancient history (which is in front of our faces, and not actually lost to us).

Marduk is a member of the Fallen angels who were expelled from heaven and who came to earth to create humans. In fact, Marduk was born on earth. The Fallen (including Marduk, with his father Ea) created humans, but they also abused humans, including having sexual intercourse with them to create a hybrid-human race known as the Nephilim. Evidence of this can be found in Genesis 6, and the First Book of Enoch.

In the extra-biblical Book of Enoch we are told that the Fallen race and their giant Nephilim “consumed all the work and toil of humans. And when humans could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devoured humankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s flesh, and drink blood” (1 Enoch 7: 4-5). This tells us that the Fallen consumed (cannibalised) humans.

While this seems bizarre, let’s delve into what the Bible says about “gods” consuming humans. 

We begin in the Biblical book of Genesis when “God” (as Elohim or El) says to Abraham “Take your son, your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a burnt offering, on a mountain I will point out to you” (Genesis 22:2). Basically “God” tells a human to slaughter and offer his first-born son as a “cooked sacrifice” to the gods, who, as we learned in the Book of Enoch, consumed human flesh. For further corroborating evidence on this practice of gods eating humans, see the Biblical book of Ezekiel 11: 11, where Yahweh says: “This city will be no cooking pot for you, and you will never be the meat inside…”.

At this juncture I must point out that El is the vengeful side of “God”. In essence, El held great disdain towards humans and saw them as very inferior to the Fallen angelic race, and nothing more than expendable minions to perform hard labour for and on behalf of the Fallen on earth. I explain this in my book Transcendence.

Let me separate the three Sumerian gods into the different manifestations of what humans came to see as a single “God”, and show some Biblical references for how these gods (as “God”) interacted with humans.

Enlil (El)

Punisher

Indifferent side of “God”

Enki (Ea / Yahweh)

Creator

Benevolent side of “God”

Marduk (Bel; Baal / Yahweh)

(aka Merodach; Molech; Moloch)

Tormentor

Malevolent side of “God”

Genesis 22: 2

 

 

 

 

Exodus 13: 2

Exodus 13: 15

Exodus 22: 28-29

 

Leviticus 18: 21

Leviticus 20: 1-5

 

 

Deuteronomy 12: 29-31

Deuteronomy 18: 9-12

 

 

2 Kings 16: 2-3

2 Kings 21: 1-6

2 Kings 23: 4-10

 

 

2 Chronicles 28: 1-3

2 Chronicles 33: 1-6

 

 

Isaiah 57: 1-5

 

 

Jeremiah 7: 30-31

Jeremiah 19: 1-5

Jeremiah 32: 30-35

 

 

Ezekiel 16: 20-22

Ezekiel 20: 18-31

Ezekiel 23: 35-37

Ezekiel 20: 25-26

In the book of Exodus “God” (in my opinion as Marduk) tells his followers that they must sacrifice their first-born (particularly males), human and animal alike, to him.

So we see from the books of Genesis and Exodus that El and Marduk instructed humans to slaughter and offer their first-born males (as cooked sacrifices) to “God” as thanks for the assistance “God” gave them.

The story then progresses, and we find evidence (in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Kings and Chronicles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) that humans – even kings and priests of Israel – practiced slaughter, sacrifice and cooking of their children (as food – see Ezekiel) to / for Marduk / Baal / Molech / Moloch. Essentially, humans had been instructed by their “God” to do this, and they complied for fear that if they did not obey, “God” would punish / kill them.

Ea – who became known as Yahweh – tried to put a stop to this practice, but it seems that he tried in vain, for the people (kings, nobles, priests, prophets, and common-folk) of Israel (Northern kingdom of ancient Israel) and Judah (Southern kingdom of ancient Israel) ignored Yahweh’s pleas and threats and continued (probably in compliance with instructions from El and Marduk) to cook their children and offer them as sacrifices to “God”. This continued right up to the time of the prophet Ezekiel (which is estimated to have been around 600 BCE). Eventually, Yahweh (probably out of frustration and disappointment towards the constant disobedience from his human subjects) departed from the earth (see Ezekiel 11: 22-23).

So, what does all of this mean?

The “God” that we humans established in ancient times, and recorded in the ancient texts which remain in the Old Testament of the Bible, is not the ONE true God of pure goodness. Jesus Christ came to correct our erroneous beliefs by teaching us the true nature of the ONE – which is pure love for all souls. Unfortunately, many people opposed and ignored the teachings of Jesus Christ (when he lived), and many continue to do so to this day. That is unfortunate, because as long as people do not understand the true nature of the ONE they will not find enlightenment and integration of their souls with the ONE.


Image: Statue of Guardian Angel, Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Paris, France. Copyright - Michael Beaton

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