The Sphinx. This is about an ancient as it comes:
"Typology"is the study of prophetic foreshadowing -- the use of metaphor, allusion, and symbol that goes beyond the literal interpretation of words, phrases,and the mere physical expression of an object. By studying the typologyof the anomalous structures on Cydonia -- the geometry and the numbers encoded therein -- one can gain insight into the identity of the builders. These anomalies resemble monumental structures : a sphinx-like face, a huge five sided pyramid, a complex of over 12 smaller pyramids resembling a city,and a strange mile wide, 500 foot high seemingly artificially mound or"tholus", complete with a peripheral ditch and central spiral groove.
Precisely to the East of the city another significant monument looms into view. It is a majestic landmark made of "earth", the soil of the planet from which it rises rises 500 feet above the desert plane. (Ibid., Illustration.# 11) This artificial hill and its terrestrial counterpart have a typological precedent in scripture.
Joshua details the tribes of Israel after they had entered the promised land. God designated the areas where each tribe of Israel would settle. The troops of Rueben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manassah left the army of Israel in Canaan and crossed the Jordan River to their own homeland of Gilead. Before they went across, while still in Canaan, they built a huge earthenmonument for everyone to see, "an altar of grand appearance". Joshua 22:10. This altar was designed after the specifications commanded by God in Exodus 20: 24
Exodus 20: 24
You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and
you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and
your peace offerings on it, your sheep and your
cattle. In every place in which I cause My name
to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall
not build them of cut stones. When you swing your
tool on it, you defile it.
The giant hill on Cydonia is an altar to Yehovah. This gigantic martian earthen mound is built to the exact instructions God gave to Moses while on Mount Sinai. The altars of both the tabernacle and the temple in Jerusalem were placed precisely to the East of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. They were situated immediately behind the entrance of the courts. The altar was the first object encountered by anyone entering the house of God (S.Ridout, Lectures on the Tabernacle p. 411). Though the temple or tabernacle demonstrated the provision given by God enabling manto dwell with Him, it was only by sacrifice that this provision could be achieved. The altar typified the absolute judgment of the Almighty, which He would lay on His only begotten son, Jesus the Messiah. East of the Cydonia city, the great mound of martian "earth" demonstrates the same message.
Because other tribes suspected building the altar was an idolatrous act, the constructors had to provide an explanation:
Joshua 22:22
If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the LORD, do not spare us this day. If we have built our own altar to turn away from the LORD ... may the LORD himself call us to account. We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, `What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you... That is why we said, `Let us get ready and build an altar--but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.' On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow... `If they ever say this to us,or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the LORD'saltar, which our fathers built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,but as a witness between us and you.'
A closer look at the altar builder's names reveals typology and a link to the mound on Cydonia.
The sons of Rueben = “behold a son", Gad = "distributing fortune",and Menasseh = "forgetfulness" built the altar in accordance to God's specifications to "remember His name" (Exodus 20: 24) across from the land of Canaan = "vanquished" in the regions of the Jordan= "place of the descent".
The martian mound, the altar of Mars soil, is built on a planet that is both a "placeof descent" of pre- rebellion Cherubim [the builders of Cydonia who were at the time giving glory to God] and across from the planets which were"vanquished" after their rebellion [the exploded planet Rahab among them]. The builders constructed the martian altar as a witness precisely because they beheld a son who would distribute fortune and the forgetfulness of sin -- the messiah.
The martian mound has another peculiar characteristic -- a trench encompasses the perimeter. Once again, there is a scriptural correspondence to a feature built at Cydonia. Elijah built an altar to God during his challenge to the priests of Baal:
I Kings 18: 32
And (Elijah) made a trench around the altar ...
Elijah instructed the Israelites to pour four jars of water over the sacrifice three times. The water covered the sacrifice and spilled down off of the altar into the trench around it. When Elijah called to God, fire came down from heaven and burnt up the offering, the altar and all the water which was in the trench (I Kings 18: 38).
The trench around Elijah's altar prevented the water, a type of "the spirit", from escaping the all consuming fire of God's judgment. The Messiah would receive the full measure of God's righteous judgment on man's behalf as he poured out His spirit in death. The weight of evidence, consistant typology, seems to verify the contention that the Cydonian mound is an altar / monument to God.
There is yet another feature of the martian mound, illuminating the purpose of the structure and having a scriptural precedent. Winding upwards from the base of the monument is an apparent "pathway" which leads to the top (RichardC. Hoagland, The Monuments of Mars, Illustration. # 11).This unlikely detail confirms that the mound of martian soil at Cydonia must have been an altar built to God. The pathway up the altar would necessarily be a spiral inclined plane, to ascend the altar in a manner conforming to God's scriptural specifications. Why not just create a path straight up the mound, or ascend a set of stairs?
Exodus 20: 26
And you shall not go up by steps to My altar,
that your nakedness may not be uncovered on it.
God did not forbid ascending the altar, but he specifically said an alternative to steps was needed. A very large and steep structure is easily ascended via a spiraling path. The spiral of the Cydonia mound seems to originate at its outside, northern edge winding clockwise 360 degrees to its summit. The typology of even this minor detail underlines the altar's prophetic meaning. Nearly everyone is familiar with the concept of "clockwise", and"counter clockwise", rotation. Finding the same paradigm displayed on Mars as well as on Earth is more than a coincidence. The greatest example of clockwise rotation in nature is the seasonal progression of the celestial zodiac in the skies above the earth. The right spiraling path up the altar mound imitates the narrative of the Messiah and His work, in the stars.
Known as the D & M pyramid -- after discoverers Vincent Dipietro and Gregory Molenaar-- this structure looms above the martian terrain half a mile. Roughly 1.6 by 2 miles across, the pentagonal pyramid appears to be composed of at least one cubic mile of martian terrain. This pyramid is oriented over the southern point of Cydonia's implied equilateral triangle.(RichardC. Hoagland, The Monuments of Mars)
The sheer vastness of the D & M Pyramid implies that it is an integral component in understanding the Cydonia message. The pyramidal monument is oriented in such a manner as to direct the "line of sight" from space towards the Cydonia sphinx - face, elaborating on that enigmatic structure's meaning as well. What then does a two mile long half a mile high five sided pyramid symbolize?
Messianic and prophetic types have been noted in the Great Pyramid of Giza, leading many pyramidologists to conclude its divine authorship, or at least the intention of the builders to reflect the Divine Author of the universe. Great pioneers in the field of pyramidology such as John Greaves, Robert Menzies, Pro. Piazzi Smith, James Rutherford, W.M. Flinders Petri, were obsessed with the unique geometrical symbolism of the pyramid that seemed to transcend human ingenuity(E. Raymond Capt, The Great Pyramid Decoded p. 95).
To put the acheivment of the Egyptian Great Pyramid into perspective, keep in mind that modern man does not possess the structural genius required to build the Great Pyramid even today. Volumes of research have been compiled debating how the structure may have been built, yet the answers to this puzzle remain elusive as does the identity of it's builders (Ibid.,p. 8). Even if man today could arrange limestone blocks weighing the equivalent of modern locomotives, polish them to an exactnessof 1/100th of an inch, (equaling contemporary optical standards) and place them within 1/50th of an inch together without damaging them, as the casing stones were placed, the symbolic significance of the pyramid could never be duplicated. The Great pyramid is set on the geographical center of all the land mass of the whole world (Ibid., pp. 11, 49-51).
According to a theory by Robert Bauval, the positions of the Giza pyramids on the ground are a reflection of the positions of the stars in the constellation Orion circa 10,500 B.C.(Graham Hancock, Keeper Of Genesis pp.354-355 ) Five of the 7 brightest stars have pyramid equivalents:The 3 great pyramids of Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaura for the belt of Orion,the pyramid of Nebka at Abu Rawash corresponds to the star Saiph and the pyramid at Zawat al Aryan corresponds to the star Bellatrix. The Nile river corresponds to the Milky Way. The principal Giza monuments formed an accurate terrestrial map of the stars of Orion and Sirius as these constellations appeared in 10,500 BC.
Who could have been observing the skies over Giza in 10,500 BC and who, at that date,would have had the technical capacity to realize such monumental works as the Sphinx and the pyramids? Egyptologists assert there was no civilization on Earth at that time, let alone one capable of planning and building such immense, well engineered structures. If they are right, why do the alignments of Giza so plainly and repetitively mirror the skies of the 11th millennium BC? There is an answer in Scripture:
Jer.32:20:
God has set signs and wonders
in the landof Egypt, even to this day.
Josephus writes in The Antiquities of the Jews 1.2.3:
They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars; the one of brick, the other of stone: they inscribed their discoveries on them both, that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind; and also inform them that there was another pillar of brick erected by them. Now this remains in the land of Siriad to this day.
The Bible mentions the constellation Orion specifically: twice in Job (Job 9:9;38:31)and once in Amos (Amos 5:8). The Hebrew name for Orion is Chesil which means “a strong one, a hero”. The Egyptian name for Orion is Oar meaning “brightness” and also Hagat, “this is he who triumphs”.The Akkadian’s name for Orion is Urana which means “light of heaven”.The original spelling of Orion, Oarion, shows the Egyptian and Akkadian roots -- both denote a God of resurrection coming to the earth. (God’sVoice in the Stars., Kenneth C. Fleming., p.105 ) Jesus is the one who was slain, who will come as the Prince of Light and Glory to judge the world. The constellation of Orion is a type of Jesus.
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