Christians, Who was Quezaquatal?

Question

In early Mexican and South American History, there is a story of "The Great Law Giver" He is decribed as a White man, of "curious" abilities and he decended from the sky and gave the people the law.

This story is told in stone, on the walls of the Mayan Pyramids in Guatamala. (A PROVEN ARCHEOLOGICAL FACT Discovered more than 60 years after the Book of Mormon was published.)

It is noted from Montezuma himself, that his people were waiting for Quezaquatal to return (as he said he would)

Unfortunately the white man they welcomed in with open arms was "Cortez".

If the Book of Mormon is false and you believe Jesus never visited the America's, then you must know who this Quezaquatal is. I would love to hear your explainations.

Spelling may be incorrect. Try Quetzacoatl.

The figure of the Serpent has reference to Moses (The Law Giver) holding the staff with the Brazen Serpent.

Not a "Humanoid"

In ancient languages the Serpent or anything with Scaled skin means "Carries the Law"

Much like the Christian FISH symbol

Here is a good Internet Link

http://www.crystalinks.com/quetzalcoatl.html

Answer 1

He was "feathered" because he descended from the sky, later ascended back into the sky, and before he left, promised that he'd return again. In other words, to fly, you have to be feathered. Not that he HAD feathers, but that was how he was represented to them.

In my opinion (not doctrine, and not in the Bible), the serpent was originally a symbol of Christ. Satan, trying to deceive Eve, appeared as a Serpent, or as a symbol of Christ.

Moses put a serpent on a cross and said "look to the serpent to live". Pretty strong symbolism. I think they maintained this belief and this symboling, making the "feathered serpent" the perfect name for Christ. In Tulum (Quintana Roo, Mexico) they have 3 temples: The temple of the High God, the temple of the Descending God, and the temple of the Invisible God. (Father, Son, Holy Ghost).

So, Quetzacoatl is Jesus Christ......with about 1000 years of added mysticism, paganism, and fable added. Truth always gets distorted, the further from the source it gets.

Answer 2

He was called the feathered serpent, not because he was a humanoid but because it had to do with symbolism. The feathers because he descended from heaven and a serpent because he was low to the ground meaning he went with the poor. You pretty much answered your own question, an did a good job, thats what I believe as well.

If you are into archaelogical facts of the Book of Mormon look up the tree of life stone, and see what you can find, I thought that was pretty cool when I studied that.

Answer 3

Non-Christian answering here.

Quetzalcoatl was an Aztec god in the form of a feathered serpent. He was believed to leave Mexico at the Gulf, but promised to return one day.

Let me make an unexpected turn in this story.

God is unknowable. He is Infinite, All-Powerful, Almighty, enormous, awesome beyond awesome, etc etc. He is beyond the scope and capacity of the human mind to conceptualize. Also, God's language is far different from our own. Since we can't have dialogue with Him in His language, He sends Messengers to us to reveal His Revelation in our own languages. He has sent His Messengers since the beginning of all mankind. He has never abandoned us, His children, and has always provided a Messenger for us.

With each Messenger comes a new Religion of God. God gives us His Revelation in a holy book, and a new religious dispensation is born. Moses brought the OT and Judaism, Jesus brought the NT and Christianity, Muhammad brought the Qur'an and Islam, El Bab brought the Bayan and Babism, and Baha'u'llah brought the Baha'i Faith and many many volumes of Baha'i scriptures.

For most of these Messengers, we no longer have record of their being on Earth. We do have record of some, such as:
Adam, Abraham, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, El Bab, and now, Baha'u'llah. This illustrates what is called Progressive Revelation - that God didn't give us ALL of His Revelation in one shot, but in "doses" over the span of eons and eons. He's always done this, and always will. He never abandons us.

I know I know, you think I'm . That's what I thought too when I first heard this stuff.

Joseph Smith brought Mormonism, a sect of Christianity, but he did not bring Revelation from God that brought about a new religious dispensation. He only started a sect, because Mormons still consider themselves to be Christians.

Now, af for Quetzalcoatl, it be that he was a Messenger from God for the Mesoamericans. However, we have no way of knowing that, at least not anymore, if he were a Messenger. Btw, if he was, Quetzalcoatl didn't appear in the form of a feathered serpent, he would have been a human being, just like the rest of the Messengers.

Answer 4

Elder Bruce R. McConkie, in his "Mormon Doctrine," used almost a full page describing the attributes and origins of Questzacoatl, quoting from President John Taylor, "The story of the life of the Mexican divinity, Quetzalcoatl, closely resembles that of the Savior; so closely, indeed, that we can come to no other conclusion than that Quetzalcoatl and Christ are the same being."

McConkie further says, "But the history of the former has been handed down to us through an impure Lamanitish source, which has sadly disfigured and perverted the original incidents and teachings of the Savior's life and ministry."

Answer 5

Quetzalcoatl literally means "feathered serpent."

I don't see how you can arrive at the conclusion that Jesus was a feathered serpent.

My guess is Quetzalcoatl was a benevolent extraterrestrial being.

And yes, I do believe in extraterrestrial life. Two professional colleagues and I together saw a UFO in 1996. But that is a whole different story.

Answer 6

I've never heard of this guy. but the Bible says ALL will see Christ's return. Plus when Christ was first on this Earth He came as a child and grew into a man, then ascended into Heaven. His 2nd coming ALL will see and He will return in all of His glory.

haha, i do know about Cortez though. not the person you want to "open arms" to.

Answer 7

I'm not Christian, but I know a little bit about this. Quetzacoatl was also described as reptilian-humanoid, with a plume on his head. He was called 'The Plumed Serpent'. Cortez exploited this by wearing a plume on his helmet. There might well have been someone, but this doesn't sound like Jesus to me.

Answer 8

Quetzalcoatl was nothing like Jesus. Another lie fed to you by Christians. The only similarity is that Quetzalcoatl had a virgin birth, but hundreds of mythical figures had virgin births way before Jesus was even born.

Answer 9

Why does the "great law giver" have to be Jesus. Couldn't it be someone else since there have been millions upon millions of white people. I wouldn't really call Jesus "white" anyway.

Answer 10

Is the spelling correct?
I tried to Goggle to verify your information and came up with zip.