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Christianity: A 6000-year History?
by Steven Mahone
| Outside of academic circles, the name Gerald Massey probably means very little to most people. He was, by all accounts, an extraordinary man with an unparalleled ability to piece together historical connections between cultures. But what truly set Massey apart from his contemporaries was a complete reluctance to compromise any of the evidence he uncovered based upon its theological implications -- an ethic that eventually led to his becoming one of the most preeminent Egyptologists of the late 1800's. |
What Massey realized after years of diligent and dedicated research was that his own understanding of the basic underpinnings of Christianity had to be revised -- namely, that it wasn't original nor was it unique! Even the second century Christian historian Justin Martyr conceded as much when he wrote, "Whatever things were rightly said among the ancients are [now] the property of Christians." But why would Martyr find it necessary to stake such a claim? Massey eventually discovered precisely why: much of the Judeo/Christian tradition had borrowed its roots from the prevailing culture of the region -- the Egyptians. |
Years of original research and scholarship convinced Massey that the historical nature of Christianity could not be separated from the Egyptian mythology that was its predecessor. In his book, "Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World," Massey found astounding similarities between Egyptian doctrine and what was later to become its Christian counterpart. Here are a few (out of hundreds) of the "coincidences": |
EGYPTIAN: Osiris the father, Horus (Iu) the Son, and Ra the Holy Spirit CHRISTIAN: God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit |
E: The ever-coming Messu (child) as Egyptian C: The messianic child as Hebrew |
E: Isis, the virgin mother of Horus (Iu) C: Mary, the virgin mother of Jesus |
E: Seb, the foster father to the child Horus C: Joseph, the foster father to the child Jesus |
E: Sut (evil) and Horus, the twin opponents C: Satan and Jesus, the twin opponents |
E: Horus carried off by Sut to the summit of Mount Hetep C: Jesus spirited away by Satan onto an exceeding high mountain |
E: Anup, the precursor of Horus C: John, the forerunner of Jesus the Christ |
E: The mummy Asar bidden to come forth by Horus C: The mummy Lazarus bidden to come forth by Jesus |
E: Horus the Krst C: Jesus the Christ |
E Horus, the bearer of Ankh (life) and Unscepter (resurrection) C Jesus, the resurrection and the life personified |
E: Horus ascending to heaven from Bakhu C: Jesus ascending to heaven from the Mount of Olives |
E: The revelation written down by Aan (the scribe of divine words) C: The revelation written down by John the divine |
The parallels are rather obvious and undeniable! Massey had his critics, of course, but NONE of these detractors ever produced a similar body of documented evidence to refute Massey's findings. Dr. Alvin Kuhn (professor of religion) commented, "We are faced with the inescapable realization that if Jesus had been able to read the documents of old Egypt, he would have been amazed to find his own biography already substantially written some four or five thousand years previously." Gerald Massey was a man of integrity who reminded us that the only true Devil (Sut) is ignorance. |
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