Asshur, the chief god of the Assyrians, is portrayed on this ancient seal as having three heads Religious triads began in Babylon. A stone tablet portrays a shrine of the Babylonian sun-god Shamash, along with symbols of one such triad: the moon (for the god Sin), the sun (for Shamash), and a star (for Ishtar) The serpent was featured in worship. Egyptian art shows two crossed snakes being held by the god at the left, a large snake dominating the picture, and a snake-headed goddess toward the right. The Greek statue of Asclepius also features the serpent. Interestingly, the Bible shows that Satan used a serpent as his mouthpiece (Ge 3:1-15; Re 12:9) Ten plagues on Egypt exposed the impotence of its idol gods. The first plague—turning the Nile to blood—disgraced Hapi ( the god of the Nile). The goddess Heqt, to whom the frog was sacred, was unable to help the Egyptians when the second plague covered the land with frogs. The death of the firstborn in the tenth plague proved to be the most devastating of all, as Pharaoh’s son was considered to be the son of Amon-Ra, represented by a ram Much like Christendom’s Madonna and child, Egypt’s mother-son image (Isis and the infant Horus) was venerated The Egyptians worshiped triads such as these. Horus, Osiris, and Isis. Isis, Horus, Nephthys Long before Christianity, the crux ansata, the Egyptian cross, was viewed as sacred
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