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The Assyrian Symbol of Asshur
Asshur was the father of the Assyrians and the country was named after him. He was regarded as "the great god, king of all the gods." It was Asshur who gave power and life to every priestly king, and this was his symbol. A winged circle or globe with the human figure of a warrior god armed with a bow in its center.
"And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and
Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and
Calah, And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city."
"And He will stretch out His hand against the north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness." "He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart."
"Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword" Hosea 14:3 - Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. The Bible mentions a lot regarding "Idolatry"
1 Samuel
15:23 - For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because
thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee
from [being] king. |
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