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Don't get bent out of shape while reading my post. No one really knows what happened before and after the great deluge. We only have historical documents to give us a picture. We also have megalithic sites and temples all over the world. I don't know what did or did not happen. I am only showing you my research and I'm trying to connect dots like so many other great scholars whom I admire. In my Fallen Race trilogy, these ancient pre-flood gods are trying to return to earth. Here is what I've found about temples and sacrifice.
Ancient antediluvian temples hold a fascination for me due to their mysterious origins, unbelievable construction, and most of all their spiritual significance. These temples, which are believed to have been built before the biblical flood, are scattered across several different continents and have captured the imagination of historians, archaeologists, and scholarly research alike. From the Templo Mayor in the capital city of Tenochtitlan to the Ziggurat of Ur, a massive temple complex dedicated to the moon god Nanna, these ancient structures stand as testaments to the mystery of the world of our ancestors.
Several antediluvian temples and deities in ancient civilizations were associated with the practice of human sacrifice. One of the most well-known examples is the Aztec civilization in Mesoamerica, where temples such as the Templo Mayor in the capital city of Tenochtitlan were dedicated to gods that required human offerings. The Aztecs believed that sacrificing humans, often captured warriors from rival tribes, was necessary to appease their gods and ensure the continued prosperity of their civilization. Deities like Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the sun, and Tezcatlipoca, the god of destiny and sorcery, were among those who were believed to demand human sacrifices. (These gods are also described in the book of Enoch, as Watchers)
Similarly, in the Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica, temples like the Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza were associated with rituals that included human sacrifices to venerate gods like Kukulcan (also known as Quetzalcoatl) and Chaac, the rain god. The Maya believed that bloodletting and human sacrifices were essential for communicating with the gods and maintaining the balance of the universe.
In ancient Mesopotamia, the city of Ur, one of the oldest cities in the world, was home to the Ziggurat of Ur, a massive temple complex dedicated to the moon god Nanna (or Sin). The Sumerians, who built the ziggurat, practiced rituals that included human sacrifices to honor their deities and seek knowledge and power. The idea of offering human lives to appease or honor gods was a common practice in many ancient cultures, reflecting the belief that such sacrifices were necessary for maintaining cosmic order and ensuring the well-being of the community.
If the Gods Were Real What Would It Have Been Like During Antediluvian Times
In a hypothetical scenario where gods ruled from antediluvian temples and demanded human sacrifice, life in those times would be characterized by fear, obedience, and religious fervor. The temples would serve as centers of power and authority, with priests acting as intermediaries between the gods and the people. The rulers and elite of society would be closely tied to the temples, using religion to legitimize their authority and maintain control over the populace. The Golden Age might not have been so golden.
The requirement for human sacrifice would cast a dark shadow over everyday life, as individuals would live in constant dread of angering the gods and facing their wrath. The sacrifices, often of captured enemies or members of the lower classes, would be carried out in elaborate rituals to appease the deities and ensure the favor of the divine. But these divine entities would have been controlling the prosperity, destiny, pharmacy, weather, rotation of the earth, mapping the skies, weapons, food, and more.
Social hierarchies and power structures would be reinforced by the religious beliefs and practices surrounding human sacrifice, with those in positions of authority wielding influence over the religious ceremonies and determining who would be offered up to the gods. The fear and reverence for the gods ruling from the temples would shape every aspect of society, from governance to personal relationships, creating a society steeped in superstition and submission to divine will.
Why Would The Ancient's Want These Gods Again?
After the flood, the people in biblical texts wanted their gods back. This begs the question, why? Why would they want to be oppressed and murdered again in these horrific rituals? The only answer I can come up with is that the gods/rulers had knowledge of the universe that they desired. They wanted to know when a cataclysm would hit. They wanted to know how to plant the food during the right times and seasons and when the threat of cataclysm would take their crops from them. They wanted to control their own prosperity, destiny, pharmacy, weather, rotation of the earth, mapping the skies, weapons, food, I guess. That's the only answer I can come up with for wanting the atrocious narcissistic gods to re-enter their world.
The Tower of Babel, a monumental structure built as a symbol of human unity and ambition, became a focal point for the rekindling of religious practices and rituals. As communities gathered around the tower, they brought with them human sacrifices, prayers, and songs of praise to invoke the favor of the gods and seek guidance in their post-flood world. They were trying to reconnect in a way that would never happen again post-flood. That tells me something supernatural and extraordinary (not necessarily in a good way) was going on before the flood.
Priests and priestesses, serving as intermediaries between the people and the divine, conducted elaborate ceremonies and rites at the Tower of Babel, invoking the ancient gods and seeking their knowledge, power for knowledge, prosperity, protection, pharmaceutical, future telling, and wisdom. The rituals were steeped in human sacrifice, drawing upon the memories of the antediluvian temples and the practices of their ancestors.
Through these temple rituals at the Tower of Babel, humans endeavored to bridge the gap between the earthly realm and the divine, seeking to restore the relationship that had been fractured by the flood. The collective effort to reconnect with their gods through worship and sacrifice reflected a deep longing for spiritual guidance and divine intervention in their post-apocalyptic world. But the God of the Israelites destroyed the Tower of Babel and scattered the people.
Why Was The God of Israel Different from the Other Gods
Biblical text tells us he protected the Israelites from the other (now absent/invisible after the flood) deities and their spirits. In the biblical text they were called Molech, Ba'al, etc. After the flood, these gods were no longer IN THE HOUSE so to speak. Molech had been the god of fire, child sacrifice by fire, and fertility. Ba'al had been the Canaanite and Phoenician god of fertility, agriculture, and cycle of seasons. The Israelites were commanded not to worship those gods. Yahweh the god of the Israelites, (biblical text calls him the Highest God) promised to bring them prosperity in the agriculture and that they would be fertile and their land would prosper if they would not follow and sacrifice to those gods who had been on earth pre-flood and were now plaguing them spiritually post-flood.
The god of Israel, Yahweh, had the people destroy completely cultures that promoted human sacrifice. I understand it better within this context. But still difficult to fathom.
The Jewish God established a temple routine where animals were sacrificed instead of humans. That is found in the Old Testament. I still do not understand this but there it is in the text.
The Jewish God sacrificed himself, through (think "Son's of God") i.e. his son, in the New Testament as a one time final sacrifice for all. Ahhhh finally, no more animal sacrifice. Weird, but there it is.
The Jewish God said that the temple is now within the people. Okay. I'm good with that. It is more relational. I know my soul is a kind of temple.
Access to God was inside the human mind and heart. Oh this reminds me of Adam and Eve and their connection with God in paradise. So paradise is now again accessible in the heart and mind and we are told in biblical text paradise will one day again be a reality. It would seem that Yahweh wants to get man back to the place in the beginning when the Garden of Eden was available in all it's beauty. I hope it's true. That would explain so much weirdness in ancient texts.
A New Temple for Relationship and Connection
Acts 17:23-25
"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of Heaven and Earth and does not live in temples built by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else."
Okay, I can't lie. Much of this has always been so strange to me. The only problem is that there are so many ancient texts referring to gods, sacrifice, religion etc., and there are so many megalithic temple sites that are simply unexplainable. And science is pointing to some really incredible studies regarding matter, dimensions and how the universe(s)/galaxies were created. I don't know. It's bizarre. I'm just showing you what I study.
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