Christ like figures -who pre-dates Jesus

Christ- likes figures

I grew up as a Christian, Catholic to be precise. I never bother to trace the origins of the religion that was introduced to me by my parents, especially my Mother neither did i ever question the beliefs and all associated rituals of the Catholic church.

My fascination with African History

At Secondary School in Africa i took African History as a subject. The history curriculum main focus projected a negative picture of black African history. The negative projection made me drop the subject but set me on a lifetime self-directed trajectory to learn more about my Ancestors and what they had contributed to humanity.

Decision to self-educate on African History.

Took a conscious decision in my late 30s to self-educate on African History especially from black historian researchers. My fortunate encounter with a book by Dr Cheikh Anta Diop -The Origin of Civilisation: Myth or Reality opened the flood gates to a lot of well-grounded literature research of Black African history. I encountered some historical facts that shocked me and fundamental changed the way i viewed our African Ancestors. Slowly i started buying books to read more and understand the History of my Ancestors whom i had been led to believe never contributed anything to humanity.

My journey back into Ancient Kemet -took a twist that startled me

The story of Christ like figures who predates Jesus.

My journey through African History took me back thousands of years BCE into Ancient Kemet. I was startled to come across mythical stories that are similar to the story of Christ like figures but pre-dates Jesus Christ story. I could not reconcile how a similar parallel story of Christ that pre-dates Jesus Christ himself existed. People who are curious to seek the truth with an open mind and in the process learn can follow the argument but for those who are satisfied with what religion teach them and accept it as the truth without question you may as well not waste their time in reading the summary below.

Celebration of Christmas

1. The main event in the celebration of Christmas is the celebration of the birth and life of Jesus Christ.
2. Most people including me have believed the story of Jesus, his birth, death and resurrection as unique and that there is no other like him.

 I believed it myself, since I grew up as a Catholic and never bothered to ask or research outside about my religion.

Story of Jesus Christ is NOT UNIQUE

1. One of the things I discovered which took me long to reconcile in my mind was that the story of Jesus Christ is not unique.
2. Moreover they are similar Christ like figures stories about dying and resurrection in ancient pagan religion which predates Jesus Christ story.

Could Jesus story have been copied from these older accounts or not ?

1. There are more than a dozen pagan gods whose stories seem to parallel Jesus’ life and death, although they pre-dates Jesus Christ by hundreds, or even thousands, of years- remember Pagan by definition is person holding religious beliefs other than those of the mainstream World religions – but again how did these main world religions come into existence? Can a Muslim call a Christian a Pagan?

The Myths

At the heart of these teachings or stories were myths concerning a dying and resurrecting god-man or demigod, who was known by many different names.

Ancient Egypt –In Egypt he was Osiris , In Greece- was Dionysus, In Asia Minor Attis, In Persia – Mithras, others Buddha, Krishna, Heracles, Zoroaster etc

Let us take a closer look at the parallelisms‘

After reading the stories below I assume some people may claim it to false and some might say it could be true. But the truth is difficult to know for sure.

We start with the oldest mythology before common era, or some say before Christ up and until the time of Jesus Christ

A brief overview of the Egyptian Mythology – World Oldest Trinity ASAR, ASET & HERU.

HERU known in Ancient Kemet (Egypt) religion was a God represented in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the Sun and left eye the moon- symbolic known today by the Greek name HORUS.

ASET known in Ancient Kemet ( Egypt ) religion beliefs as the Great Mother , goddess of healing known today by her Greek name ISIS .

ASAR known in Ancient Kemet (Egypt) religion beliefs as the revered God of Life or Spiritual realms known today by the Greek name OSIRIS.

These three forms the World’s Oldest Trinity Asar, Aset and Heru in the spiritual tradition of black people of Ancient Kemet present day Egypt.

OSIRIS -ASAR (2500 B.C.E )

1. Osiris – Asar (2,500 B.C.) was the most important God of ancient Egypt.
2. His father was God and his mother a mortal virgin.
3. He was born in a cave on Dec. 25, before three shepherds.
4. He died at Easter time for the sins of the world.
5. He descended into the underworld, and on the third day rose from the dead.
6. His followers await his return as judge during the Last Days.

According to noted Egyptologist E.A. Wallis Budge in “Osiris -Asar and the Egyptian Resurrection”: “The central figure of the ancient Egyptian religion was Osiris, and the chief fundamental of his cult is the belief in his divinity, death, resurrection and absolute control of the bodies and souls of men.”

HORUS–HERU -2500 BC -Ancient Kemet / Egypt

1. Born of a virgin.
2. Star in the East.
3. Walked on Water.
4. Healed the Sick.
5. Restored sight.
6. Crucified.
7. Dead for 3 days.
8. Resurrected.

MITHRA 1400 BCE

1. Born of a virgin.
2. Born on Dec 25.
3. Stars in the East.
4. Had 12 disciples.
5. Performed miracles.
6. Dead for 3 days.
7. Resurrected.

ATTIS OF PHRYGIA ( 1250 BCE )

1. Attis was born on December 25 of the Virgin Nana.
2. He was considered the saviour who was slain for the salvation of mankind.
3. His body as bread was eaten by his worshippers.
4. He was both the Divine Son and the Father.
5. On “Black Friday,” he was crucified on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth.
6. He descended into the underworld.
7. After three days, Attis was resurrected.

KRISHNA (AROUND 1000 BCE )

1. According to Bhagavata Purana some believe that Krishna was born without a sexual union, by “mental transmission” from the mind of Vasudeva into the womb of Devaki, his mother.
2. Christ and Krishna were called both God and the Son of God.
3. Both were sent from heaven to earth in the form of a man.
4. Both were called Saviour, and the second person of the Trinity.

Krishna’s adoptive human father was also a carpenter. A spirit or ghost was their actual father. Krishna and Jesus were of royal descent.

Both were visited by wise man.

1. Both were visited at birth by wise men and shepherds, guided by a star.
2. Angels in both cases issued a warning that the local dictator planned to kill the baby and had issued a decree for his assassination.

The parents fled

1. Mary and Joseph stayed in Muturea;
2. Krishna’s parents stayed in Mathura. Both Christ and Krishna withdrew to the wilderness as adults and fasted.
3. Both were identified as “the seed of the woman bruising the serpent’s head.”

Jesus was called “the lion of the tribe of Judah.” Krishna was called “the lion of the tribe of Saki.” Both claimed: “I am the Resurrection.” Both were “without sin.” Both were god-men: being considered both human and divine.

Miracles and cure diseases

1. Both performed many miracles, including the healing of disease.
2. One of the first miracles that both performed was to make a leper whole.
3. Each cured “all manner of diseases.”
4. Both cast out indwelling demons and raised the dead.
5. Both selected disciples to spread his teachings. Both were meek, and merciful.
6. Both were criticized for associating with sinners.
7. Both celebrated a last supper. Both forgave his enemies.
8. Both were crucified and both were resurrected.

Zoroaster / Zarathustra Around 1000 BCE)

1. Zoroaster was born of a virgin and “immaculate conception by a ray of divine reason.”
2. He was baptized in a river.
3. In his youth he astounded wise men with his wisdom.
4. He was tempted in the wilderness by the devil.
5. He began his ministry at age 30. Zoroaster baptized with water, fire and “holy wind.”
6. He cast out demons and restored the sight to a blind man.
7. He taught about heaven and hell, and revealed mysteries, including resurrection, judgment, salvation and the apocalypse.
8. He had a sacred cup or grail.

He was slain. His religion had a eucharist. He was the “Word made flesh.” Zoroaster’s followers expected a “second coming” in the virgin born Saoshyant or Saviour, who is to come in 2341 AD and begin his ministry at age 30, ushering in a golden age.

Dionysus around 600BCE Greek God of Fertility and Wine -Greek Mythology.

1. Dionysus was born of a virgin on December 25 and, as the Holy Child, was placed in a manger. He was a traveling teacher who performed miracles. He “rode in a triumphal procession on an ass.”
2. He was a sacred king killed and eaten in an eucharistic ritual for fecundity and purification.
3. Dionysus rose from the dead-on March 25. He was the God of the Vine and turned water into wine. He was called “King of Kings” and “God of Gods.”
4. He was considered the “Only Begotten Son,” Saviour,” “Redeemer,” “Sin Bearer,” Anointed One,” and the “Alpha and Omega.”
5. He was identified with the Ram or Lamb. His sacrificial title of “Dendrites” or “Young Man of the Tree” intimates he was hung on a tree or crucified.

Bhudha around 500BCE

1. Jesus and Buddha went to their temples at the age of twelve, where they are said to have astonished all with their wisdom.
2. Both supposedly fasted in solitude for a long time: Buddha for forty–seven days and Jesus for forty.
3. Both wandered to a fig tree at the conclusion of their fasts
4. Both were about the same age when they began their public ministry.
5. “When he [Buddha] went again to the garden he saw a monk who was calm, tranquil, self–possessed, serene, and dignified. The prince, determined to become such a monk, was led to make the great renunciation. At the time he was twenty–nine years of age…
6.  “Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age.” (Luke 3:23).

Both were tempted by the “devil” at the beginning of their ministry: To Buddha, he said: “Go not forth to adopt a religious life but return to your kingdom, and in seven days you shall become emperor of the world, riding over the four continents.”

To Jesus, he said: “All these [kingdoms of the world] I will give you, if you fall down and worship me” (Matthew 4:9). Buddha answered the “devil”: “Get you away from me.” Jesus responded: “…begone, Satan!” (Matthew 4:10).

 Both strove to establish a kingdom of heaven on earth. According to the Somadeva (a Buddhist holy book), a Buddhist ascetic’s eye once offended him, so he plucked it out and cast it away. Jesus said: “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and throw it away;” (Matthew 5:29).

Jesus Christ (Born 7 & 2 BCE Died 30-36A.D)

1. An angel tells Jesus’ father to: “Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt.”
2. Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 & 30.
3. Age at baptism: 30. Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded -John the Baptist.
4. Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind.
5. Was crucified, descended into Hell; resurrected after three days.

Jesus Christ 325A.

1. Jesus Christ (325 A.D) the date of the First Council of Nicaea, where the Christian church declared him to be both God and man).
2. Jesus’ father was God and his mother a mortal virgin.
3. He was born (no actually date is known) but birth celebrated on Dec. 25 born in a cowshed before three shepherds.
4. He performed miracles and was crucified, and then descended into the underworld.
5. On the third day he rose from the dead.
6. His death and resurrection are celebrated by bread and wine.
7. His followers await his promised return.

The reaction of early Fathers when they learned about similar stories to Jesus.

1. When the early Church fathers learned of the much earlier stories of the pagan dying and resurrecting gods, which were similar to that of Jesus Christ, they blamed the devil for the “deception.”
2. Tertullian, a prominent Christian historian and apologist, declared that “the devil had plagiarized Christianity by anticipation in order to lead people astray.”
3. The devil simply copied his life in advance and created the myth of Osiris, Mithras, etc.

How do you reconcile the story and parallels?

1. Present-day Christians argue that the similarities between the story of Jesus Christ and the pagan gods are superficial.
2. They maintain the uniqueness of the story of the Christ, so the controversy continues to this day.

No mention of Jesus existence outside the Canonical Gospels.

1. These parallels will always revive the old question of whether Jesus really lived on earth, or was merely a myth, because there is hardly any mention of his existence outside the four canonical gospels.

 Another view is that Jesus was really just a creation of the Flavian Emperors Titus Vespasian and Domitian to counter Jewish militarism. Could such a man of miracles be ignored by ancient contemporary historians it is question probably we will never get a definitive answer to?

In contrast, Buddha, who lived some 500 years before Jesus, had a complete personal biography attested to by historians.

Was Jesus just a myth created by early Christian gospel writers, or was he a real historical individual who lived among us 2,000 years ago?

These stories make you wonder how to explain the parallels which predates Jesus Christ.

The Leyden Papyrus– manuscripts -stolen from Africa Ancient Kemet- Now in the Leyden Museum in Holland

The Original meaning of Amen

AMEN – The Hidden One

Amen in Ancient Kemet meant – acknowledging the presence of the unseen God.

1. His name has been repeated by many millions, for thousands of years in Ancient Egypt and throughout the rest of the World.
2. His name is still being repeated nowadays by the people of all faiths, without realising it.
3. For the faithful of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam end their prayers saying AMEN.

There is no written vowels in the Ancient Egyptian Language

1. His name may be written and pronounced as Amen, Amon or Amun- All three are one and the same.

AMEN’s– name means ‘ Hidden ‘ For he is everywhere but you cannot see him.

1. Amen is the delicate breath of the living.
2. He provides the spirit which animates the living earth and all creatures.

THE LEYDEN PAPYRUS- – Stolen from Africa Ancient Egypt -now in the Leyden Museum in Holland dated to ca 300 B.C describe Amen in the section called STANZA 600 as follows

1. Sia (Knowledge) is his Heart.
2. Hu (The Word) is his Lips.
3. His Ka is everything that exist by virtue of his tongue.
4. His Ba (Soul) is Shu, the air, his heart is Tefnut, the fire
5. He is Horus of double horizon who is in the sky.
6. His right Eye is the day, his left eye is the night.
7. He is everybody’s guide in all directions.
8. He gives birth to everything that is and causes all that exists to live.

Egyptian book of the Dead

” All things are possible. Who you are is limited by who you think you are “.

African Proverb ” Those who know must teach “

Eve Gene

1. Scientifically, the BLACK Women is the only organism that possesses the Mitochondrial DNA that has all the variations possible for every different kind of human being on this earth.
2. When the DNA mutates all other types of human beings come about- You can research this topic and its true – this is called the ” EVE gene “. and is only found in Black Women.

Before Europeans taught you that black cats were bad luck, she was a goddess in ancient Kemet by the name of Bastet, black cats were known for keeping evil spirits away, i think we need them back in our life lol.

The Letter J is no more than 600 years Old – How can a man who lived over 2000 years ago be named ” Jesus “.

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