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Ancient 'moon god' monument unearthed in Israel

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Ancient 'moon god' monument unearthed in Israel

A structure once believed to form part of an ancient town is identified as a 5,000 year old monument believed to have been used to honour the Mesopotamian moon god 'Sin'

By Inna Lazareva, Tel Aviv12:55PM BST 17 Sep 2014

A stone monument in the shape of a crescent moon found in northern Israel is more than 5,000 years old, archaeologists have said.

The structure, known as Rujum en-Nabi Shua'ayb or Jethro Cairn, is located near the Sea of Galilee and predates the construction of Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid in Egypt, as well as the writing of the Bible.

It was initially discovered in the early part of the 20th century, and was thought to form part of an anciant city's defensive walls.
Butt doctoral student Ido Wachtel from Hebrew University in Jerusalem recently made a convincing case that the construction served as a monument in its own right.

“The proposed interpretation for the site is that it constituted a prominent landmark in its natural landscape, serving to mark possession and to assert authority and rights over natural resources by a local rural or pastoral population”, Mr Wachtel wrote in a paper submitted to an archaeology conference in Switzerland.

Presenting his findings ad the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Mr Wachtel said the structure may have been erected to honour the ancient Mesopotamian moon god, ‘Sin’.

One of the most important gods in Mesopotamian mythology, Sin is symbolised as a crescent moon and often depicted riding on a winged bull.

The structure was found close to the ancient Israeli town of Bet Yerah, which translates as "house of the moon god", and is believed to have been linked to the town's religious community.

The vast structure, which is 150 metres long with a volume of 14,000 cubic metres. is thought to have taken more than five months to build.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... srael.html


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Is not this the god Islam worships????


My late Pastor ministered with Morris Cerullo and Dr.Alex Ness in many Countries.He said the oppression was immense and thick in these pagan Nations.



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branham1965 wrote:Reverend

Is not this the god Islam worships????


My late Pastor ministered with Morris Cerullo and Dr.Alex Ness in many Countries.He said the oppression was immense and thick in these pagan Nations.
No, the name "Allah" does not refer to the moon god in Islam. Islam prohibits the worship of the moon and planets; "Allah" is the Arabic name for "God", just as "El" is the Hebrew name for God. We Christians need to be careful about some of our claims about Islam if we want to have credibility for witnessing to the truth about Jesus as the Messiah.



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Thank you for sharing that with me.
I read this supposed moon god thing in a extreme right gospel booklet or gospel tract.i never heard of it until i came to Columbus.
i remember when Saint Pope John Paul II wrote that Muslims worship the One God of Abraham and many have great piety...are devout in prayer ,almsgiving to the poor and fasting and self denial....
He was attacked by right wing fundamentalists Bible thumpers because of this so called "moon god" nonsense.
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branham1965 wrote:Reverend

Is not this the god Islam worships????


My late Pastor ministered with Morris Cerullo and Dr.Alex Ness in many Countries.He said the oppression was immense and thick in these pagan Nations.
No, the name "Allah" does not refer to the moon god in Islam. Islam prohibits the worship of the moon and planets; "Allah" is the Arabic name for "God", just as "El" is the Hebrew name for God. We Christians need to be careful about some of our claims about Islam if we want to have credibility for witnessing to the truth about Jesus as the Messiah.



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I consider myself to be a "right wing fundamentalists Bible thumper" who also vehemntly disagree with that pope that the Muslims worship the one true God. They worship a warped distorted version who murders, subject their women to a lower class, and rejects Jesus as the true Messiah.

Jesus was plain that He is the only way to God (John 14:6). If they reject Jesus then they have rejected God.



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victoryword wrote:I consider myself to be a "right wing fundamentalists Bible thumper" who also vehemntly disagree with that pope that the Muslims worship the one true God. They worship a warped distorted version who murders, subject their women to a lower class, and rejects Jesus as the true Messiah.

Jesus was plain that He is the only way to God (John 14:6). If they reject Jesus then they have rejected God.
Very true!

The only God Muslims worship is the "god of this world" Satan who disguises himself as "allah" !


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