It\u2019s been going around on Facebook — the chart comparing a cartoon and goofy-looking Jesus to the Egyptian God Horus.\u00a0 They both were supposedly born of a virgin, baptized at 30, had 12 disciples, and rose from the dead.\u00a0 The Christian culture,\u00a0 the author says, obviously was built on an older one.<\/p>\n
True?\u00a0 If not, how do you explain the similarities?\u00a0 No problem.<\/p>\n
When light shines into darkness, there is always a shadow.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been studying about Moses, and seeing the prophecies of the Messiah, Jesus, in the book of Exodus.\u00a0 The Egyptians had no trouble seeing the true God who, by the plagues, thoroughly showed up their false ones.\u00a0 They probably never felt much like worshipping their frog goddess, Heqet, after being forced to endure hordes of living frogs and smelling mountains of decaying frogs after the plague ended.\u00a0 Even their sun god, Re, was shown to be no match for the true God as the plague of thick darkness covered the land. They also couldn\u2019t help but see that the Israelites, in the part of Egypt called Goshen, escaped the plagues.\u00a0 It took a while for Pharaoh to let them go, but the Egyptian people were ready and willing for them to leave. They saw the power of the Israelite God and willingly gave them their jewelry and supplies for the trip.<\/p>\n
No doubt those common Egyptian folks saw the shadow of the true God. Perhaps they even heard a bit of the prophesies of the Messiah.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t have the light, but had the shadow and incorporated some of the truths into their religion.<\/p>\n
True, Egyptologists say that Horus was around before Moses, but a quick Internet study shows that stories about Horus changed and evolved over the years.\u00a0 Similarities could easily have been worked into the Horus myths later. That is true with most mythologies. They adapt and combine other religions into their own.<\/p>\n
We see similar situations around the world.\u00a0 Many different cultures have elements of the truth which they probably added into their mythology because at some point in the past someone had the light.\u00a0 Nearly every culture has a story of a great flood.\u00a0 Many have a story of the virgin birth.\u00a0 Pieces of glorious truth are mixed in with falseness.\u00a0 When you consider that for thousands of years there was no written language, but the stories were transmitted orally, you can see how they became warped over the years.<\/p>\n
But if there is an Almighty God who is ruling the universe, He can keep His truth for His people with no problem.\u00a0 We believe we have that truth in the Bible.\u00a0 Seeing the prophecies throughout the Bible and how they are fulfilled exactly in Jesus leaves no room for doubt — He is the true God!\u00a0 Believing that they are coincidences would take too much faith for me.<\/p>\n
Besides that — who worships Horus today?\u00a0 Who has said, \u201cI was lost and miserable and wretched, and Horus rescued me and gave me life?\u201d\u00a0 I haven\u2019t heard anyone say that lately, but any Christian will say it.\u00a0 I certainly will!<\/p>\n
He is not a copy of a dead god, but the true and living God.\u00a0 And He is not mocked!\u00a0 The whole chart was arranged to blaspheme God and to cast doubt on Him. The stupid-looking cartoon is clear evidence of that.\u00a0 Won\u2019t work.\u00a0 The Christians know Him and see the error of the reasoning.\u00a0 The atheists who long to make God go away, will find that they have not succeeded in diminishing Him when they meet Him at the judgement seat one day.<\/p>\n
What does this have to do with Living Beyond Gorgeous?\u00a0 Our whole blog is about life — fulfilling, abundant, vibrant life.\u00a0 We spend a lot of time on the physical side, but without spiritual health, there is no point to life — vibrant or otherwise.<\/p>\n
But with Him — there is overflowing life.\u00a0 And it is just starting.\u00a0 It will last forever!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
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