Christ in Egypt: Truth, Light, Good Shepherd
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:43 am
Christ in Egypt: The Truth, The Light and The Good Shepherd
We are used to thinking of Jesus Christ as the name of a person. However, as Murdock explains in this chapter, Jesus Christ is a title. Jesus means Savior, while Christ means Anointed, so Jesus Christ means Anointed Savior. This is a mythical idea with clear roots in Egyptian belief from thousands of years before Christ.
WR Cooper says that the Egyptians called Horus the 'Beloved Son of the Father' and 'Word of the Father Osiris' (p309). Perhaps this will give a shiver of deja vu for anyone familiar with the Christmas Carol O Come All Ye Faithful, whose concepts almost all seem to have been written in stone in Egypt long before the Gospel era, as Murdock observes in long lists of titles for Horus and other Gods (p320 and 329).
As Murdock states, "many people remain unaware of these facts regarding the worship and religiosity of prior so called Pagan cultures, which ignorance creates a needless amount of disparagement and divisiveness... such an attitude has allowed for the massive and tragic destruction of cultures around the world." (p309-10)
Horus, Osiris and Ra were routinely understood as good shepherd and saviour. Murdock notes the interesting comment from Egyptologist Gerald Massey that the Egyptian term for mummy is krst, so "Christ the anointed is none other than the Osiris-karast" (p313). (Incidentally this illustrates Stuart Mason's point about how the Christ myth derives from both Osiris and Horus). Murdock checked Massey's assertion in Dictionaries of Hieroglyphics, since it is taboo for Christian theologians, and found that "Massey is correct in his contentions and did not innovate his transliteration and definition of the Egyptian words karas ... krst etc..." (p316). Such findings are routinely passed over in embarrassed silence by mainstream academia, due to their cowardly fear of the church.
Further, we find that the Egyptian krst links to the Christian idea of embalming or anointing with oil, as in the Christian motif of the 23rd Psalm, which is redolent with Egyptian resonance, as are the gifts of the three kings to the baby Jesus.
In fact, Murdock points out that the title 'Christos' is used 40 times in the Greek Old Testament, applied to David, Solomon and Samuel, signifying God's anointed one. The Egyptian link appears again, with Murdock noting that this 'Christing' or anointing, also appears with the term 'masu', equivalent to messiah, so that "Osiris and Horus were Christs and Messiahs" (p319).
Budge notes that Horus and Thoth are equated to the Word (p321) in ancient Egypt, an idea that carried over into early Christian belief, before the origins of Christian myth in Egypt was banned from discussion. So it is unsurprising that early Christian amulets showed belief in both the old Egyptian deities and the new faith of Christ (p321).
We are used to thinking of Jesus Christ as the name of a person. However, as Murdock explains in this chapter, Jesus Christ is a title. Jesus means Savior, while Christ means Anointed, so Jesus Christ means Anointed Savior. This is a mythical idea with clear roots in Egyptian belief from thousands of years before Christ.
WR Cooper says that the Egyptians called Horus the 'Beloved Son of the Father' and 'Word of the Father Osiris' (p309). Perhaps this will give a shiver of deja vu for anyone familiar with the Christmas Carol O Come All Ye Faithful, whose concepts almost all seem to have been written in stone in Egypt long before the Gospel era, as Murdock observes in long lists of titles for Horus and other Gods (p320 and 329).
As Murdock states, "many people remain unaware of these facts regarding the worship and religiosity of prior so called Pagan cultures, which ignorance creates a needless amount of disparagement and divisiveness... such an attitude has allowed for the massive and tragic destruction of cultures around the world." (p309-10)
Horus, Osiris and Ra were routinely understood as good shepherd and saviour. Murdock notes the interesting comment from Egyptologist Gerald Massey that the Egyptian term for mummy is krst, so "Christ the anointed is none other than the Osiris-karast" (p313). (Incidentally this illustrates Stuart Mason's point about how the Christ myth derives from both Osiris and Horus). Murdock checked Massey's assertion in Dictionaries of Hieroglyphics, since it is taboo for Christian theologians, and found that "Massey is correct in his contentions and did not innovate his transliteration and definition of the Egyptian words karas ... krst etc..." (p316). Such findings are routinely passed over in embarrassed silence by mainstream academia, due to their cowardly fear of the church.
Further, we find that the Egyptian krst links to the Christian idea of embalming or anointing with oil, as in the Christian motif of the 23rd Psalm, which is redolent with Egyptian resonance, as are the gifts of the three kings to the baby Jesus.
In fact, Murdock points out that the title 'Christos' is used 40 times in the Greek Old Testament, applied to David, Solomon and Samuel, signifying God's anointed one. The Egyptian link appears again, with Murdock noting that this 'Christing' or anointing, also appears with the term 'masu', equivalent to messiah, so that "Osiris and Horus were Christs and Messiahs" (p319).
Budge notes that Horus and Thoth are equated to the Word (p321) in ancient Egypt, an idea that carried over into early Christian belief, before the origins of Christian myth in Egypt was banned from discussion. So it is unsurprising that early Christian amulets showed belief in both the old Egyptian deities and the new faith of Christ (p321).