The Queen of Heaven EXPOSED - Part 4 (Asherah worship)

 

ASHERA WORSHIP: 

Most readers will be very familiar with the grave idolatry of Asherah and Baal worship which is decried all throughout the Old Testament.

There are numerous texts in the Old Testament dealing with the worship of Asherah, the groves and the Asherah poles.   There are also many studies already available  on the internet which deal with this , and so I do not want to go into detail about this but rather try to show how Asherah, Catholic Mary and Shekinah are all the same worship of the Harlot or the Queen of heaven,  which is called Mystery Babylon the Great, the mother of Harlots in Revelation 17.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

 And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.  (Rev 17:3-5)

One of the best evidences I have seen that Asherah is the same as  Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of harlots and abominations  is an inscription found on an ancient  clay tablet pictured below:

(It is important also to know that the name Asherah had different forms, for example she is also - among many other names,  Ashtoreth, Astarte and Ishtar-   they are all the same but different people groups pronounced   and spelled the name differently.) 

In this inscription Asherah is called a GREAT Lady and  MOTHER  of the 70 gods.  These 70 sons refer to the gods of the nations.   She was an ancient manifestation of what is identified by Jesus Christ as this  Harlot Woman who sits on the scarlet coloured beast.    And she caused great and grave apostasy during the times of the Old Testament saints.

(Side note:    It is significant that Mary is called "our Lady" and "mother of god".  Could  Catholic Mary be this very Queen of heaven and mother of a false god, another Jesus?     Or  alternatively could the Catholic Mary be the visible image of  one of the harlot daughters of the great Harlot, who has herself become GREAT, the Catholic church?  And is this Great Harlot Catholic church perhaps in our day bringing forth her very  own harlot daughter in the form of the New Apostolic Reformation, begotten through the  ecumenical and charismatic movement,  whose poster girl is Paula White?

Here is more archaeological evidence of Asherah as being Queen of Heaven:

There are many archaeological finds which reveal to us that this Asherah matches the Whore of Babylon.

Here are some epithets found in ancient text for the goddess Asherah which match the description of the Great Harlot:

"Great Mother Goddess”
"Queen of Heaven”
"Lady who Treads on the Sea”
"Mother of the Gods”
"Lion Lady”
"the One of the Serpent.”

Asherah is linked to lions, she is often  depicted riding upon a lion and holding serpents:

The goddess Asherah (Qudshu) standing on a lion and holding two serpents.

 This plaque was carved by Syrians living in Egypt in the 7th century B.C.

 (Drawn from original photo)

In scripture Israel is rebuked for their mother being a lioness who raises destructive  lions who go into captivity. 

Ezekiel 19 KJV

This is because Israel was an unfaithful wife and was worshipping the Queen of Heaven, Asherah, the woman who rides the beast.  We know from Revelation also that the scarlet beast she is associated with is Satan, and we know that the lion is the symbol of Satan in scripture:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Pet 5:8)

The worship of Asherah was also very prominent in the days of Ahab and Jezebel. 

 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. (1 Kings 18:19)

The groves are associated with Asherah worship, and so we see there were  in total 950 false prophets versus ONE TRUE prophet, Elijah for the showdown at Mount Carmel.   All these false prophets were paid by the king and queen of Israel, while Elijah had to be fed by ravens and was in constant peril of his life.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

(Matt 5:11-12)

Since Jezebel is a type of the Queen of Heaven, we can learn more about Asherah worship by reading about Queen Jezebel in the Old Testament and  the false prophetess Jezebel in the book of Revelation. 

Here are a few of the most  prominent  aspects  of Asherah worship we can deduce from scripture itself:

- Involved witchcraft and whoring

- Involved nature worship (done outside in "groves")

- Involved gross idolatry

- Involved sacrifice rituals

- Lead to fornication among the people. 

- Lead to destruction of godly male headship

- Involved false self appointed prophets and prophetesses who served the state.

- Involved tolerance of evil for the sake of keeping peace and false unity

- Lead to embracing of the Babilonian mystery religions including Satanism and  brought about spiritual death

 

 

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MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A LION  in the forest; IT CRIETH OUT AGAINST ME  therefore have I hated it. 

 (Jer 12:8)

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