Astro-Theology 
Jordan Maxwell 

The Christian religion is a parody on the
worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they
call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the
same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun. 

-- Thomas Paine 

In the New Testament, a provocative and most
serious challenge is laid on the whole of
Christianity. Since it bears directly on our subject,
we will quote it: "...if Christ be not risen, then our
preaching is in vain, and your faith is also in vain.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God...And if
Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet
in your sins." (I Cor. 15:13117) 

Let's closely examine the original, conceptual
foundations of the faith, and then decide. But in
order to do that, we must go back not 2000 years to
the birth of Christ, but 10 to 15,000 years to the
birth of modern man. For 
when one seeks to establish foundations, one must
begin at the beginning. Many thousands of years ago,
in what we refer to as the "primordial world" of the
ancients, human life was a far different experience
from that 
which we enjoy today. While it is true that we have
less documentation on that prehistoric world than we
have on our own picture of our remote ancestry. If we
have learned anything at all, it is this: "That the
more we change, the more we stay the same." And
nowhere is this more clearly demonstrated than in the
history of man's quest for "God", and the ancient
religion we still keep holy. According to the best
understanding we have gleaned from the available
records, life for our ancient forefathers was a
mixture of wonder and fear. Each day, just finding
food for one's family without becoming a meal oneself
was a life-and-death struggle. It was from these
meager, distressful conditions of the human race that
our long history of the search for God and meaning of
life has come. Any evolution, at its most accelerated
rate, is always agonizingly slow. But from the
beginning, man's profound questions demanded answers.
When no clear answers were forthcoming from the
universe, man turned inward and developed his own. The
study of this subject is termed "Astro-Theology" or
the worship of the heavens. It did not take ancient
man very long to decide that in this world the single
greatest enemy to be feared was the darkness of night.
Simply stated, man's first enemy was darkness. 

With this one fact alone, one can readily
understand why the greatest and most trustworthy
friend the human race would ever have was heaven's
greatest gift to the world ... the Glorious Rising Orb
of Day ... THE SUN. With this simple truth understood,
we can now begin to unravel an ancient and wonderful
story. Today, as in all of mankind’s history, it has
once again been told anew. This is the story of
Christianity: "The Greatest Story Ever Told." We shall
see that the parallels between Christian metaphors and
the natural reality of sun and sky are so striking
that they constitute - the whole story. Modern-day
Christianity has often belittled our ancient ancestors
who are not here to defend themselves. They accuse
them of being nothing more than ignorant worshippers
of miscellaneous gods. Therefore we can, with
assurance, summarily dismiss 14,000 years of human
spirituality as ignominious myth believed by
well-meaning but gullible primitives. Too much of this
kind of spiritual arrogance and religious pride has
continued without challenge ... until now! The time
has come to set matters straight. The "Greatest Story"
went something like this ... 

The ancient peoples reasoned that no one on
Earth could ever lay claim of ownership to the Great
Orb of Day. It must belong to the unseen Creator of
the universe. It became, figuratively speaking, not
man's but "God's Sun." Truly, "God's Sun" was ... "The
Light of the World." 

As stated before, in the dark cold of night man
realized his utter vulnerability to the elements. Each
night, mankind was forced to wait for the "Rising of
The Sun" to chase away the physical and mental
insecurity 
brought on by the darkness. Therefore, the morning Sun
focused man's attention on heavenly dependence for his
frail, short existence on Earth, Doing so, it became
an appropriate symbol of divine benevolence from
heaven. 

So just as a small fire brought limited light
into man's own little world of darkness, likewise, the
"Great Fire of Day" served the whole Earth with its
heavenly presence. For this reason, it was said at
Deut. 4:24 and Heb. 12:29 that the God of the Bible
was a "Consuming Fire" in heaven. And so He was! It
was accepted by all that man was bound to a life on
Earth, but the sky was the abode of God's Sun. He
resides "up there" in ... "Heaven." 

Ancient man saw in his male offspring his own
image and likeness, and his own existence as a father
was proved by the person of his son. It was assumed
that "God's Sun" was but a visible representative of
the unseen Creator in heaven. So it was said, "When
you have seen the Son, you have seen the Father." Said
another way, "The Father is glorified in His Son." 

Ancient man had no problem understanding that
all life on Earth depended directly on life-giving
energy from the Sun. Consequently, all life was lost
without the Sun. It followed that "God's Sun" was
nothing less than "Our very Savior." 

Logically, even if man himself dies, as long as
the Sun comes up each day, life on Earth will continue
forever. Therefore, it was said in the ancient texts
that everlasting life was "the gift" that the Father
gives through his Sun. Not for you personally - but
for the Earth ... everlasting life! 

Since evil and harm lurked at every turn in the
fearful dark of night, all evil or harmful deeds were
naturally the ... Works of Darkness." 

And of course the evil of night was ruled over
by none other than ... "The Prince of Darkness."
Hence, evil is of the Dark or Devil. 

We now have before us two cosmic brothers - one
very good, and one very bad. One brings the "truth to
light" with the "light of truth." The other is the
opposite, or in opposition to the light - "The
Opposer" ... Prince of the World of Darkness. 

At this point we come to Egypt. More than three
thousand years before Christianity began, the early
morning "Sun/Savior" was pictured in Egypt as the "
New Born Babe." The infant savior's name was "Horus." 
At day break, this wonderful, newborn child is of
course "Born Again" (halleluhaj). Horus is risen on
the Horizon.

"God's Sun, The Light of the World, with Crown of
Thorns" 

"If people simply realized that most major
religions (including Christianity) are based on
astrology and sun worship - mankind would be a lot
better off ... 

the editor 

And of course "God's Sun" goes to His death
wearing a "crown of thorns' or "corona." Remember the
Statue of Liberty? To this day, kings still wear a
round crown of spikes, symbolizing the rays of the
Sun! 

The Egyptians knew that the Sun was at its
highest point in the sky (or high noon) when no shadow
was cast by the pyramid. At that point, all Egypt
offered prayers to the "Most High" God! As stated
before, to the ancients, the sky was the abode, or
heavenly temple, of the "Most High." Therefore, "God's
Sun" was doing His heavenly Father's work in the
temple at 12 noon!

The world of ancient man kept track of times and
seasons by the movement of the Sun - daily, monthly,
yearly. For this, the sundial was devised. Not only
the daily movement of the Sun was tracked on the round
dial, but the whole year was charted on a round
calendar dial. Examples: Ancient Mexican, Mayan, Inca,
Aztec, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian,
Celtic, Aryan, etc. With this method, certain new
concepts emerged in the mind of ancient man. 

Since the Earth experiences four different
seasons, all the same and equal (in time) each year,
the round calendar was divided into four equal parts.
This represented the complete story of the life of
"God's Sun." The famous painting of "The Last Supper"
pictures the 12 followers of the Son in four groups
(of 3) ... the four seasons of the year! 

On the round surface of the yearly calendar, you
draw a vertical line directly across the middle,
cutting the circle in half - one end being the point
of the winter solstice; the other end being the point
of the summer solstice. Then draw another straight
line (crossing the first one). One end of the new line
is the spring equinox; the other end is the autumn
equinox. 

You now have the starting points for each of the
four seasons. This is referred to by all major
encyclopedias and reference works, both ancient and
modern, as "The Cross of the Zodiac." Thus, the life
of God's "Sun" is on 
"the Cross." This is why we see the round circle of
the Sun on the crosses of Christian churches. The next
time you pass a Christian church, look for the circle
(Sun) on the cross.
On December 21 or 22, the Sun, going south,
reaches its lowest point in the sky (our winter
solstice). By December 25th, it is clear that the Sun
is returning northward. Therefore, on Dec. 25th the
sun is "Born Again." Christians stole Dec. 25 from the
Roman celebration of Sol invictus - the Sun
Unconquered. And to this day, His worshippers still
celebrate His birthday - Merry Christmas, and Happy
New Year. 
As noted before, the year was divided into 12
equal parts, or months. And to each month was
appointed a heavenly symbol or astrological "Sign."
Each of the 12 monthly signs was called a "House" of
the heavenly 
Zodiac. 
We are told in Matthew 14:17 & 19 that God's Son
tends to His people's needs with "Two Fishes." The two
fishes represent the astrological sign all astrologers
know as "Pisces." Thus, we have had for almost 2000 
years God's Sun ruling in His "Kingdom" in the sign of
Pisces/Two Fishes. As stated before, these signs are
called houses. Therefore, Pisces is the "Lord's House"
at this time. Truly the Greatest "Fish Story Ever
Told! According to astrology, sometime after
the year 2000, the Sun will enter His new Sign, or His
new Kingdom, as it was called by the ancients. This
next coming Sign/Kingdom, soon to be upon us, will be,
according to the Zodiac, the House or Sign of
Aquarius. So when we read in Luke 22:10, we now
understand why God's Son states that He and His
followers, at the last Passover, are to go into "the
house of the man with the water pitcher." So we see
that in the coming millennium, God's Sun will bring us
into His new Kingdom or House of Aquarius (the man
with the water pitcher). 

Once we realize that in Astrology, each month is
assigned one of the so-called "Houses" of the Zodiac
and in heaven are 12 houses (12 monthly signs), then
the words we read of God's Son saying "In my Father's 
House are many mansions, " makes sense (when
translated correctly). The proper translation is as
follows: 

Father's House = Heavenly Abode 

Mansions = Houses 

So, correctly read in the original text, we
read: "In my Father's heavenly abode are many houses."
Yes, 12 to be exact. "The Pisces of the Zodiac is
still prominent on church windows of all
denominations."

Anyone familiar with modern-day Christianity
must surely know we are said to be living in the "Last
Days." This teaching is, in part, based on the idea
expressed in Matthew 28:20 of the King James Bible,
where God's Son 
says, "I am with you always, even unto the end of the
world." End of the World??!! Yet another simple
mistranslation to clarify with a proper understanding
of the actual words used. This "end of the world" is
translated differently in various Bibles. Some say
"End of Time," "End of the Days," and still others say
"Conclusion of this system of things." So what does
all this talk of the "End Times/Last Days" really
mean?

Here is the simple answer. When the scriptures
speak of "the end of the world," the actual word used
is not, I repeat, not end of the world. The actual
word in Greek is "Aeon," which, when correctly
translated, means "Age," that's spelled "A G E"! Any
library will have Bible Concordances. Strong's Bible
concordance is a good reference work to use here. Look
up the word "age" in any secular dictionary or Bible
Concordance. There you will find the word for "age" is
from the Greek "Aeon." Remembering that in astrology
each of the 12 houses (or signs) of the Zodiac
corresponds to a 2000-year period of time, called an
"ag," we now know we are nearly 2000 years into the
House or Age of Pisces. Now, correctly understood, it
can rightly be said that we today, in fact, are living
in the "Last Days." 

Yes, we are in the last days of the old "Age of
Pisces." Soon, God's Sun will come again into His New
Kingdom or "New Age" of Aquarius (man with the water
pitcher). That's right, "The New Aeon" ... "The New
Age." 

This is the theme in the New Testament - God's Sun and
his coming Kingdom/Age. "The New Age of Aquarius." 

It was well understood by ancient man that our
weather was caused and controlled by the Sun. It was a
simple fact that God's Sun had the power to control
storms at will. The ancient Egyptians taught that He 
did this as He rested in His heavenly boat while
crossing the sky. The story of Jesus calming the storm
(Matt. U:23-27) echoes this. 

The next point to be made requires first a
little background. Christians have always referred to
God as “The Father." But viewing God as a father
didn't start here - it goes back far into the ancient
world. The reason is: Our planet was always viewed as
our "Mother Earth or Mother Nature." And since rain
(the life-bringing fluid), falling from heaven,
impregnated and brought life to Mother Earth, it was
therefore believed that our Father was in Heaven. 

"LUKE 22:10 - Jesus tells his followers that
they are to enter the house of the man with a water
pitcher. This is the house of Aquarius, marking the
beginning of a new age. It is one of the 122 ages or
houses of the zodiac 
in the "Heavens." 

All this life-bringing intercourse between God
the Father and Mother Earth would be after a proper
marriage ceremony at a spring wedding. In the area
today called Israel, called by the ancients "The Land
of Canaan," the 
(sexual/fertility) rites of spring were celebrated
each year in what was called "The Marriage Feast of
Canaan." 

And so the New Testament story was ... Mother
Earth asked God's Sun to draw water (from the sea) for
the grapes to make fine wine for the wedding feast.
This marriage feast story is over 55000 years old --
3000 years 
before the New Testament story. 

It is at this point we need to go back to the
ancient Egyptians to further understand "The Greatest
Story Ever Told." Though all of the essential pieces
of the Christian story were long in existence before
Egypt, it was with the coming of the Pharaohs that the
story was finally codified and became religious dogma.
Though the story varied in some details from place to
place in Egypt, the essence was always the same: God's
Sun was the 
"Light of the World," who gave His life for us.

In ancient Egypt it was said that if you wanted
to follow the life of God's Sun and thereby: "live in
the light of God's Word," one would first have to
leave his old ways of life to "Follow the Sun." But
before beginning this new life in "The Word," one must
die to the old way of life and be "Born Again." Your
first birth was "out of the water" your mother formed
you in. Because her water broke and your new life
began, rebirth is symbolized by coming out of total
immersion in water - baptism - or being born again. 

These points here mentioned are a few of
hundreds, if not thousands, of direct connections that
can be made between the Judaeo-Christian Bible Story
and the far more ancient, original Story. My purpose
for drawing your 
attention to this literary plagiarism is best stated
by Alfred North Whitehead who said, "No lie can live
forever," and Egyptologist Gerald Massey, "They must
find it difficult, those who have taken authority as
the truth, rather than truth as the authority."

First Pharaoh holds the shepherd's crook as the
Good Shepherd; again later, Jesus carries the same
crook. ... though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me -- thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Ps.
23:4" 

Now for a few thoughts on the "Old Testament"
Word of God 

In Mal. 4:2, the God of Heaven is described as
the "Sun of Righteousness with healing in His wings."
The Sun with healing in His wings?? Then in the New
Testament in Matt. 23:37 and Luke 13:34, we see God's
Son wanting to gather all under "His wings." This is
most appropriate for, in Egypt, the Sun was always
pictured with His wings. 

In the ancient Egyptian understanding of things,
mankind was called "the sheep of God." And the great
Orb of Day, God's Sun, was the overseer or, in the
exact words from the ancient Egyptian manuscript, "The
Good Shepherd" -- and we are his flock. All ancient
kings thought of their people as sheep to be pastured,
with themselves as "the shepherd," Sheep are ideal
followers, for they do not think for themselves but
will blindly follow anyone without question. Truly
admirable behavior for animals, but unwise for humans.


With foregoing in mind, we read again from the
Old Testament Book of Psalms. At Psalms 23:4 we read
that old, dog-eared, tired, exhausted and equally
misunderstood chestnut, used by every "man of the
cloth" to put the sheep to sleep, we quote it here:
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
The Rod and thy Staff, they comfort me." Thy Rod and
thy Staff!! 

Here in the Book of Psalms, the Old Testament
God is pictured with His Rod and Staff. 

The rod here mentioned is the king's "Rod of
Discipline" and the staff is the "Shepherd's Staff,"
or crook. Now for the correct understanding of this
old verse. Any good library book on the Egyptian
religion will tell you that the ancient Pharaohs were
said to be ruling for God's Sun on Earth. The Pharaoh
was called "King of the Kingdom" and " The Great
Shepherd of His Sheep." In the hands of the
Pharaoh/God (whose arms form the "Sign of the cross"
on his chest), were placed the royal symbols of
heavenly power, the Rod and Staff. 

Incidentally, Jesus is pictured not only with
His shepherd's staff but, in Rev. 12:5 & Rev. 19:15,
is also said to " rule with a rod of iron." 

Jordan Maxwell is an author, teacher and
lecturer on ancient religions and Astro-mythology. 

The New Testament Jesus is based on three historical figures, all of who lived prior to the Roman era in Palestine. From their lives was cobbled the tale of Jesus, supposedly crucified by the Roman governor (of which event no historical record exists):

(1) First Teacher of Righteousness
He lived in the reign of antiochus Epiphanes, the Seleucid (Greco-Macedonian) ruler of Greater Syria. The Teacher’s name was “James theJust”, brother of one Jesus. He was murdered in 175 B.C. on the instigation of the “Wicked High priest” in Jerusalem.

(Sources: Dead Sea Qumram; Vision of Enoch; Jubilees; Testament of Levi; Book of Noah; Apocalypse of Lamech; Words of Moses; Lost Book of James the Just).

The Maccabee Revolt of Judeans established a shaky Jewish dynasty in Jerusalem in ca. 164 B.C. In 120 B.C., the semi-independent Jewish priest-king John Hyrcannus conquered the northern land of Galilee (“circle of the heathen”, or “Gentiles”) and forcibly converted the populace to Judaism. Hyrcannus ruled by the force of his Pisidian and Cilician mercenaries from Anatolia. He was succeeded in 105 B.C. by his brother Alexander Janaeus, who with Thracian mercenaries crushed a Judean revolt with mass crucifixions.

2) Second Teacher of Righteousness
He lived in the time of the Jewish king Alexander Jannaeus, the “Lion of Wrath” who “hangs men up alive.. in Israel.. a man crucified on a tree.”

3) Third Teacher of Righteousness
Jesus ben pandera (Jesus, son of Pandera) was born in 90 B.C. in Galilee, during the reign of Alexander Jannaeus. He was hanged in 70 B.C. in Jerusalem by the Jewish Queen Regent Salome Alexandra, widow of Jannaeus (died 76 B.C.)

Sources: Celsus (fl. A.D. 14); Talmud; Toledot Yeshu; Sepher Toldus Jeshu.

CELSUS; Aulos Cornelius Celsus (fl. AD 14), Latin encyclopedist. Quoted by Origen (AD 185-254) in Contra Celsum.

Jesus was the bastard son of a lower-class Galilean Jewess by a soldier named Pandera (Pantheras; Doric Greek personal name, meaning “hunter” – as in “panther”. common name among Macedonians).

Note: possibly a Macedonian with the Seleucid forces, or one of the Thracian mercenaries serving Alexander Jannaeus. See Toledoth Yeshu and Sepher Todus Jeshu below for further account of Jesus ben Pandera, as recounted by Celsus.

TOLEDOT YESHU and variant SEPHER TOLDUS JESHU:

Yashua be Pandera (Jesus son of Pandera) was the son of Miriam (Hebrew/Aramaic for Maria or Mary) by one Joseph Pandera (or Pandara), a libertine who cuckolded Maria’s husband, John. The latter took his wife and the baby to Egypt to escape the scandal.

Jesus was initiated into the secret doctrine by priests in Egypt. He returned to Palestine, smuggling a sacred talisman concealed beneath an incision in his skin. He gave himself up to magic; for a time he was favored by the Queen Regent, Alexandra Helena. Expelled from Galilee for the shame of being the illegitimate son of a whore, he took revenge by entering the Temple in Jerusalem and profanely copying down the sacred, unspeakable name of the lord (YHWH), hiding the scrap in an incision in his skin. With it he wielded great powers and became a miracle-worker. Jesus returned to Galilee and stirred up the populace. With 300 followers he returned to Jerusalem on the Eve of the Passover. He entered disguised and riding on an ass. Intent on revolt, he was betrayed by a Judean disciple, Iudah Is-Kariot. Jesus was condemned as a Thief of the Temple by the sages of the synagogue, the Great and Little Sanhedrins. Jesus ben Pandera was hanged. The corpse was taken down and disappeared, stolen by his followers. The disciples of Jesus claimed he had ascended to Heaven, but would return in glory.

TALMUD: CODIFIED JEWISH LAWS, A.D 200-500. Variant Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds. Concerning Jeshua Hanotsri (Jesus of Nazarene), the “son of Pandera”, a “fool” and a “leper” who was first stoned, then hanged on the Eve of the Passover: IV Nezikin, IV Sanhedrin” “son of a whore in Lud”. “This whore-born was the son of Pandera”. “His mother was the whore Miriam of Magdala, a ladies hairdresser.. who deceived her husband.” “Jesus seduced and corrupted and destroyed Israel.” He was caught in a ruse and they “hanged him on the eve of the Passover.”

II MOED, I Schaboath 104b: The “whore son practiced Egyptian magic by cutting into his flesh”. “ this wore-born son of Pandera.”

III NASHIM, IV Gittin 57a: “Jesus is in hell and is being punished by being boiled in hot semen. Notrim (Nazarenes=Christians) are boiled in shit.”

BOOK OF JOHN (sidrad ‘Yahya): holy book of the Mandaean Jews of Mesopotamia; the Nasonians, Sabaens, Subbi, or Johanits who practice water-baptism and venerate John the Baptist.

Jesus was the disciple of the Devil, who fooled John the Baptist. The “liar” Jesus tricked John into baptizing him by use of a satanic ruse that seemed to come from heaven. “Yahya (John) baptized the liar in the Jordan”, he baptized “the false prophet Yishu Meshiha (Jesus the Messiah), son of the devil Ruha Kadishta.”

Mandaean Book of Adam : Jesus was the son of a devil, a perverter of the true doctrine, who disseminated iniquity and perfidy over the whole world.

The Mandaean Book of John was incorporated into a so-called “Gospel of St. John” used by the Knights Templar and Johanite Masonry. The Templars held that Jesus was the Thief on the Cross pardoned by God; after his side was pierced, he repented of claiming he was the “King of the Jews” and God forgave him.

GOSPEL OF THE HEBREWS: earliest known Gospel, possibly source of the Gospel , possibly source of the Gospel of Matthew. Condemned as heretical by Church. Major book of the Ebionites, a Jewish Gnostic sect. They rejected the miracul9ous conception, the three wise men, the miracles of Jesus, the divinity of Christ. Believed Jesus was a prophet – possibly possessed by the Holy Spirit on his baptism in the Jordan. The Gospel of the Hebrews was also used by the Jewish Gnostic Cerinthus, who some exegetists claimed wrote the Revelations of St. John the Divine. Cerinthus believed YHWH (Jehovah) was one of a lower order of inferior spirits, an aeon, possessing some elements of divinity. Jesus was not the Son of God, but an aeon called Christ united with Jesus at the time of his baptism, abandoned him on the day of execution.

KORAN: Sura IV: 156-159 Mohammed (died AD 632)

In the vision of Mohammed, Allah (God) condemned the Jews:

156 - “because of their belief and their speaking against Mary in terrible calumny.”

157 - “And because of saying: We slew the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, Allah’s messenger – They slew him not nor crucified him, but will believe in him before his death and on the Day of the Resurrection he will be a witness against them.”