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CRAZY, DELUSIONAL GERMAN BELIEFS

CHAPTER 2

ASSYRIANS AND ABRAHAM

ASSYRIAN CONQUESTS

Not only did innovations in pagan religion increase and flourish under Satan’s guidance through Semiramis, but the religion also began to be imposed on other people by force. The main instrument to accomplish this after Nimrod’s death was Asshur, the son of Shem, and his descendants. After Nimrod’s death, the Babylonians who were mainly Japhethites (descendants of Japheth the son of Noah) mixed with other peoples and the Chaldeans who were descendants of the white Arphaxad the son of Shem and younger brother of Asshur were active in Babylon whereas the Assyrians [whose modern-day descendants are the Germans] became active in consolidating power north of them in the cities they had built.

Much of the world population was still living around the Middle East and coasts of the Mediterranean and had not moved too far away. After Nimrod had been executed, Asshur, the ancestor of the Assyrians then under the generalship of his son Ninus II began conquests of the nations around to impose tribute on them. And they had also begun heavily fortifying their capital city, Nineveh, with very high and thick walls to protect themselves. The conquests took 17 years enabling the Assyrians to put many peoples under tribute.

The Assyrians were extremely brutal in their conquests. Ninus II had some rulers murdered with all their children to leave no heir. Here is what Diodorus of Sicily the ancient historian writes in his “Historical Library”Book II, chapter 1, p.100 about Ninus II:

“Ninus therefore, the Assyrian king, with the prince of Arabia, his assistant, with a numerous army invaded the Babylonians then next bordering upon him: for the Babylon that is now [that is, in the time of Diodorus] was not built at that time; but the province of Babylon had in it then many other considerable cities, whose inhabitants he easily subdued (being rude and unexpert in matters of war), and imposed upon them a yearly tribute; but carried away the king with all his children prisoners, and soon after put them to death…

“Being thus strengthened, he invaded Media [i.e. the Medes, the descendants of Japheth], whose king Pharnus coming out against him with a mighty army was utterly routed, and lost most of his men, and was taken prisoner with his wife and seven children, and afterwards crucified.”

Their ancient history shows that the Assyrians have used brutality and utmost cruelty in dealing with other people, which stems from their Gnostic beliefs that they are a special creation and the rest of humanity is mere animal life, created to serve them. As animals are controlled by punishment and brutality as needed, they believed they must treat other human beings the same way, like cattle, to subdue them under their rule. Threat of cruel punishment would keep them subservient.

After 17 years of conquests when the Assyrians had become masters of that part of the world, they lived in their well-fortified cities with Nineveh as their capital. Tribute was brought to them on a yearly basis by all the subject nations. Nineveh was considered impregnable as its walls were about 15 meters (49 feet) thick and a stone retaining wall up to 6 meters (20 ft) high, topped by a mudbrick wall reaching 10 meters (33 ft) high on which 4-5 chariots could run abreast. The outer wall system was approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in perimeter and was supplemented by a great, unfinished outer rampart and a moat.

The only way people could get away from Assyrian oppression was to move away from them. And they did move away, led by God in their migrations to the places He had allotted them in His colonization plan given to Noah. Josephus records in Antiquities I,V,1: “After this [destruction of the Tower of Babel] they were dispersed abroad, on account of their languages, and went out by colonies everywhere; and each colony took possession of that land which they light upon, and unto which God led them...”

But the brutal treatment of other rulers by the Assyrians was not forgotten. They planned and plotted against the life of Ninus II. As mentioned earlier, Ninus II had a son named Horus with Semiramis. The year Ninus II finished his conquests, Semiramis left Egypt permanently and came and settled in Babylon. She continued to develop and spread her Babylonian Mystery religion from there. She literally committed fornication with the kings of nations around, which included most nations still living close by, which became a means also to spread her religion. That is why myths of all peoples have so much in common because all peoples followed Semiramis’ religion.

Ninus II could not be brought to justice by conquest because of Nineveh, the well-fortified city he lived in. So, the kings around hatched a plot with Semiramis. Remember Semiramis herself was a Japhethite, and most of the kings brutally treated by Ninus II were Japhethites. Semiramis now renewed her relationship with Ninus II and could easily move in and out of Nineveh. Ninus II again became very fond of her and probably married her this time.

Then Semiramis probably played a prank on Ninus II and asked him to give her royal authority for 5 days. She held a sumptuous banquet for the army commanders and the nobility so that all her subjects could observe that she ruled. These commanders and the nobility included many from among the provinces that Ninus II had conquered and were now allied with the Assyrians. She then secretly committed Ninus II to jail. Then she carried out Ninus II’s plans and invaded Armenia in which she was successful. She then had Ninus II assassinated and ruled in his place. Thus, though Ninus II could not be conquered because of his highly fortified capital city, he was brought down by intrigue.

This brought Horus, the illegitimate son of Ninus II and Semiramis back from Europe and a struggle followed between him and his mother for the throne of Assyria. After many years of Horus’s growing influence with the commanders in Assyria, Semiramis fled to Armenia. She and her ally the king of Armenia were defeated by her son Horus and she was slain.

Even after the death of Semiramis, the Babylonian Mystery religion she had developed had taken deep hold over the people. As mentioned earlier, the pure white descendants of Arphaxad the son of Shem had been lured through financial incentives to become priests of the pagan religion and forsake spreading Noah’s pure religion. They settled among the ancestors of the Indian Cushites, or Kassites or Kshatriyas, where they were known as the Brahmins [who were later subsumed into the Pathans of Iranian origin masquerading as Brahmins today], and among the Egyptians, Babylonians and in Italy. They propagated the pagan religion of Semiramis as enforced by the Assyrians, or through cunning craftiness in Italy and Europe where enforcement was not possible. In Italy where Noah had settled, after his death these priests convinced the people that they were honoring Noah, but cunningly taught the counterfeit Babylonian Mystery religion, telling the people that Noah himself had preached that way.

Besides the priests who had dispersed among different peoples, there were other descendants of Arphaxad living in Mesopotamia. The Assyrians began to bring them into subjection. Because of the treacherous ways of the Assyrians, all these peoples were forced into living the way of lying, deceit, trickery and intrigue. They were forced to abandon the way of truth and began to serve other gods.

Joshua 24:2 records: “And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.” This shows that Abraham’s father served other gods and idols and not the true God. Later we have the example of Jacob learning the ways of trickery from his mother Rebecca who came from that area and tricked his brother Esau and his father Isaac out of Esau’s birthright and blessing. We learn of the trickery of Laban the brother of Rebecca in his dealings with his nephew Jacob. We see the competitive dealings between the two wives of Jacob, the sisters Leah and Rachel. It was the treacherous influence of the Assyrians that had turned away these descendants of Arphaxad from the pure ways of God. They are the only ones who had retained the knowledge of the true God. But through financial incentives to become priests of the pagan religion and from pressure from the Assyrians, all descendants of Arphaxad had also turned away from the true God.

So, after the Flood, a great struggle was waged between the pagans and those loyal to Noah and Shem to impose their religion over all of humanity. Paganism won out and all of humanity was corrupted and began to follow pagan worship practices. The Assyrians began to impose the pagan religion by force on the descendants of Shem. In about 400 years after the Flood, all of humanity once again turned away from worship of the true God.

ASSYRIANS AND ABRAHAM IN CONFLICT

This is the world into which the 3 sons of Terah, Haran, Abraham and Nahor were born.  Terah and Nahor had turned away from the true God to serve other gods. By this time Noah had passed away. But Shem was still alive. There can be no doubt that Haran and Abraham went and visited Shem in the Valley of the Danube where he lived in his old age and learnt about the true God from him. In the early years of Abraham, they had respite from Assyrian oppression because Horus and his mother Semiramis were engaged in a struggle to gain or maintain control of the Assyrian Empire. But after gaining control of the Empire, Horus began imposing the pagan religion on all peoples.  Haran and Abraham were bound to come into conflict with Horus and his governors and lesser Assyrian rulers. Jewish and Arab traditions tell us that Horus persecuted Abraham.

The Bible records that Haran and Abraham lived in Ur of the Chaldees. This was also the place where the Chaldean priests, the descendants of Arphaxad lived. The Chaldean priests had knowledge of the eclipses of the sun and moon and had learnt astronomy from Noah. Therefore, they could predict movement of the celestial bodies.  To gain hold over the people they falsely taught that they could communicate with the Sun and Moon gods who would tell them about their movements.

But Abraham countered their teaching, having possibly learnt astronomy directly from Shem. He began to argue and teach that the sun and moon could not control their own motions but were subject to the laws of the supreme God. Their movements could be predicted. So, the sun and moon were not gods, but that there was a Supreme God who governed their motions. He proved that the creation was proof of the existence of the true Supreme God. This brought Abraham into conflict with the Chaldean priests as described by Josephus. The Chaldean priests envisioned their lofty status in society slipping away. Josephus records that they raised a tumult against Abraham.

At this time probably Haran and Abraham refused to pay tribute to the Assyrians. One of their lesser rulers Count Sattan came against them to enforce tribute. In this battle Haran the older brother of Abraham died. Abraham had to flee for his life to the Danube Valley with his wife Sarah. But he had to leave his Assyrian wife Susanna and their son Achim behind as the Assyrians would not harm one of their own.

After a few years when Count Sattan died, Abraham decided to return to his former home in Ur of the Chaldees to be with his wife Susanna and their son Achim. But God changed Abraham’s plans. He appeared to Abraham for the first time, called him and gave him a command and a new plan for his life. This is recorded in Genesis 12:1-5 (NKJV):

“1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." 4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him.  And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So, they came to the land of Canaan.”

When the Assyrians are first mentioned in the Bible, we find them practicing the “Way of Cain” which brought them again into conflict with Abraham. The account is mentioned in Genesis 14:1-11.

Genesis 14:1 “And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.”

Though the Bible in these verses does not identify them as Assyrian generals, king lists of the areas of Shinar, Ellasar and nations they ruled show Amraphel, Arioch and Tidal to be Assyrian generals and Chedorlaomer to be a Persian king because Elam was Persia. Elam and Asshur were the twin sons of Shem and grandsons of Noah. Here we see three Assyrian kings in collaboration with a Persian king warring against the five kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah. Zeboiim and Bela. The reason was that the five kings served the Elamites and Assyrians for 12 years, but rebelled in the thirteenth year, leading to an attack by the Assyrians and Persians.

Serving the Assyrians meant bringing the appointed annual tribute to their capital cities. This means that the Assyrians and Persians had conquered these five city states and put them to tribute. The five kings did so for 12 years, but brought no tribute in the thirteenth year, inviting the Assyrian and Persian attack in the fourteenth year.

Once the one Persian and three Assyrian kings started on their rampage to punish the five kings, they did not stop with them. They attacked all neighboring kingdoms as well, as verses 5-7 state: “[They] smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.”

Again, the Assyrians and Persians were practicing what the Bible describes as the “Way of Cain” in Jude 1:11 which says, “11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain...”

But what brought the Assyrians and the Persians again into conflict with Abraham was that they took his nephew Lot as a captive. That is described in verses 12-17: “12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.”

Assyrian and Persian king lists show that Abraham and his forces killed all four kings that night. This was a great blow to the rising power of the Assyrians. It would be centuries before they would become a great empire again which allowed Abraham’s descendants to become the nation of ancient Israel.

For about 2,000 years since the creation of Adam and Eve, God worked with all of humanity in general. But twice all of humanity had turned its back on Him: once before the Flood and now in about 400 years after the Flood. All except Abraham, his nephew Lot the son of Haran, Abraham’s wife Sarah and Shem, who was still alive, had turned away to worship other gods. God then decided to no longer work with all of humanity.  He decided to create a model nation as mentioned in His promise to Abraham, with which He would work, bless that nation for obeying His laws for the entire world to see as an example and learn that obedience to God’s laws brings blessings and prosperity and disobedience brings curses. Just as before the Flood God found Noah to be completely loyal to His way of life and worked with him to save humanity through the Flood, He now chose to work with one man, Abraham, who remained loyal to Him after the Flood when the rest of humanity had succumbed to paganism. Knowledge of God’s way for the benefit of humanity would be preserved through the descendants of Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel, the grandson of Abraham.

With this background of Gnosticism, we are ready to discuss German beliefs.