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From the dawn of humanity ancient idolatry has held a popular place in the hearts of many. Some of the forms and objects of ancient worship were ancestor nature and celestial objects. (See Jeremiah 10:2; 32:34-35 Leviticus 10:1-2 and Deuteronomy 17:2- 5) It is plausible that continual sun worship started back during the last Ice Age when humanity stranded in a very cold dark world looked to the sun for warmth light and life. We see from research especially that sun and fire worship became a primary symbol of the supreme pagan deity. Fire or a burning flame was seen as a symbol or manifestation of the sun god upon the earth. This is why even today candles are lit when prayers and worship begins in many Churches or at pagan rituals. John foretells the end of this pagan practice “And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee;...for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”-Rev. 18:23. Historically speaking we find that the ancients seen the sun god as one yet at the same time he also had a triadic nature. From the ancient Sumerians (Babylonians); Indus Valley culture; Persian Empire; Egyptian Empire; Syrian Empire; the Greek Hellenistic Empire to the Roman Empire solar worship was the long standing pagan heritage.
Above a display at a museum found at the Indian Mounds at Spiro Oklahoma we see that the cross circle and fire were all ancient symbols for the sun and solar worship. The local archeologist talked in detail to me and Sister Gail about the beliefs of ancient peoples.
During the middle of the second century, Mithric sun worship was very popular among the influential and dominating Romans. Antoninus Pius (emperor from A.D. 138 to 161) erected a temple to Mithra at Ostai, a seaport town a few miles from the city of Rome.
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