How come you make no mention that the Magi were a class of priests in the Zoroastrian religion? I think that your readers deserve to understand where this terms originated from and how the Zoroastrian religion influenced many Abrahamic religions. I’m happy to provide you more information on this topic but in the meantime I wanted to make sure that you are made aware of this oversight which is think is an important one. Thank you.
I think a key can be found concerning the identity of the Magi when we consider Daniel, chapter 1:
The Choice Young Men - Daniel 1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the ]royal family and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service. 6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego.
Thus, the three wise men of the East in following the Star were looking for their king from their former incarnations, as described above. They had been taught by the Chaldean Mystery Teacher, Ashpenaz, who had formerly been incarnated as Zarathustra. So, indeed, the Zoroastrian roots are there.
Much of my ability to participate in this conversation on Christianity and its Reordering is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophical Christology, which describes two different Jesus boys in Luke and Matthew. The Matthew Jesus child is the reincarnated Zarathustra, who appeared again as Ashpenaz, c. 586 BC, at the 28th generation of Abraham (the Babylonian Deportation).
Steiner made a major effort in the reordering of Christianity. I like it because it is thorough and very convincing to me. Others, who adhere to conventional Christianity, despise him.
How come you make no mention that the Magi were a class of priests in the Zoroastrian religion? I think that your readers deserve to understand where this terms originated from and how the Zoroastrian religion influenced many Abrahamic religions. I’m happy to provide you more information on this topic but in the meantime I wanted to make sure that you are made aware of this oversight which is think is an important one. Thank you.
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I think a key can be found concerning the identity of the Magi when we consider Daniel, chapter 1:
The Choice Young Men - Daniel 1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the ]royal family and of the nobles, 4 youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service. 6 Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+1&version=NASB1995
Thus, the three wise men of the East in following the Star were looking for their king from their former incarnations, as described above. They had been taught by the Chaldean Mystery Teacher, Ashpenaz, who had formerly been incarnated as Zarathustra. So, indeed, the Zoroastrian roots are there.
Much of my ability to participate in this conversation on Christianity and its Reordering is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophical Christology, which describes two different Jesus boys in Luke and Matthew. The Matthew Jesus child is the reincarnated Zarathustra, who appeared again as Ashpenaz, c. 586 BC, at the 28th generation of Abraham (the Babylonian Deportation).
Steiner made a major effort in the reordering of Christianity. I like it because it is thorough and very convincing to me. Others, who adhere to conventional Christianity, despise him.