The Roman God
Apollo
The Roman worship of Apollo was adopted
from the
Greeks.
In the
time of Augustus, who considered
himself under the special protection of Apollo
and was even said to be his son, his worship
developed and he became one of the chief gods
of Rome. After the battle of Actium, Augustus
enlarged his old temple, dedicated a portion
of the spoils to him, and instituted quinquennial
games in his honour. He also erected a new
temple on the Palatine hill.
The Story of Atia – Mother
of Augustus
“
When Atia had come in the middle of the night
to the solemn service of Apollo, she had her
litter set down in the temple and fell asleep,
while the rest of the matrons also slept. On
a sudden a serpent glided up to her and shortly
went away. When she awoke, she purified herself,
as if after the embraces of her husband, and
at once there appeared on her body a mark in
colours like a serpent, and she could never
get rid of it; so that presently she ceased
ever to go to the public baths. In the tenth
month after that Augustus was born and was
therefore regarded as the son of Apollo. Atia
too, before she gave him birth, dreamed that
her vitals were borne up to the stars and spread
over the whole extent of land and sea, while
Octavius dreamed that the sun rose from Atia's
womb.”
Suetonius – Augustus 94 – Lives
of the Twelve Caesars.
The King of Tyre - Satan
Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation
upon the King of Tyre
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God. The
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes
was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast
created. Thou art the anointed Angel. Thou
was perfect in thy ways from the day that thou
was created, till iniquity was found in thee.
"He planned but two foreign tours, to
Alexandria and Achaia; and he gave up the former
on the
very day when he was to have started, disturbed
by a threatening portent. For as he was making
the round of the temples and had sat down in
the shrine of Vesta, first the fringe of his
garment caught when he attempted to get up,
and then a dark mist covered
his eyes that he could see nothing"
Seutonius – Nero 19 – Lives of
the Twelve Caesars
“
Nero demanded the return of the rewards which
he had given in recognition of the prizes conferred
on him by any city in competition. Having forbidden
the use of amethystine or Tyrian
purple dyes,
he secretly sent a man to sell a few ounces
on a market day and then closed the shops of
all the dealers”
Seutonius – Nero 32 – Lives of
the Twelve Caesars
Returning from Greece, since it was at Naples
that he had made his first appearance, he entered
that city with white horses through a part
of the wall which had been thrown down, as
is customary with victors in the sacred games.
In like manner he entered Antium, then Albanum,
and finally Rome; but at Rome he rode in the
chariot which Augustus had used in his triumphs
in days gone by, and wore
a purple robe and
a Greek cloak adorned with stars of gold, bearing
on his head the Olympic crown and in his right
hand the Pythian.
Then through the arch of the
Circus Maximus, which was thrown down, he made
his
way across the Velabrum and the Forum to the
Palatine and the temple of
Apollo. All along
the route victims were slain, the streets were
sprinkled from time to time with perfume, while
birds,ribbons, and sweetmeats were showered
upon him. He placed the sacred crowns in his
bed-chambers around the couches, as well as
statues representing him in the
guise of a lyre-player; and he had a coin too struck with
the same device. So far from neglecting or
relaxing his practice of the art after this,
he never addressed the soldiers except by letter
or in a speech delivered by another, to save
his voice; and he never did anything for amusement
or in earnest without an elocutionist by his
side, to warn him to spare
his vocal organs and hold a handkerchief to his mouth.
Seutonius – Nero 25 – Lives of
the Twelve Caesars
The God of the Romans Apollo
His name is defined as:
“God of Light”
2Corinthians 11:14 Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
“God of Music”
Ezekiel 28 The workmanship of Satan’s tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared
in thee in the day that thou wast created. – King of Tyre
“Bringer of Death”
1 Peter 5:8 The devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may
devour.
Revelation 2:24 But unto you I say, and unto
the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this
doctrine, and which have not known the depths
of Satan
The Harlot of Revelation
and The Origins of Rome
Scriptures
2 Timothy 4:22 From Rome, when Paul was brought
before Nero |