The Queen of Heaven is a heathen goddess (Asherah).
Assyrian cult practices invaded Yah's own precincts and by Jeremiah’s time became a flood. Even within the temple area the worship of heavenly bodies—sun, moon, planets and constellations—had been established. Ishtar, the planet Venus, appeared as the queen of heaven, who as morning star was goddess of war and as evening star was goddess of love and harlotry. This supposed queen was worshiped on the housetops of the city, and the whole family in every household was employed in the ritual of her worship—children would gather fuel, fathers would kindle the fires, and the women would knead the dough and make cakes to her honor.
The so-called “queen of heaven” was the chief goddess of the pagan pantheon, known by various names in the various nations, notably Ishtar in Babylon, but also Astarte, Ashtoreth, Venus and others. There has been a modern revival of worship of the “goddess” among the feminists of the New Age movement, and even some evangelicals have begun to argue that God is our universal “mother” as well as heavenly Father. Even Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been exalted to the status of deity.
After Nimrod’s death, Semiramis his mother/wife/queen had to maintain her grip and power over the people. In order to solidify her power she invented a religion for the people that would keep Nimrod’s control over them even after his death.
She then gave birth to a son named Tammuz whom she claimed was the reincarnation of Nimrod or the son of the sun god, the incarnation of God, God in the flesh. So Tammuz was “Nimrod in the flesh” and “one” with his father who was “one” with his wife/mother through marriage. Semiramis was the mother of god… the Trinity is born.
- Baal's female counterpart was the goddess Asherah
- Asherah was Ishtar of Babylon, (Queen Semiramis of Babylon deified)
- Ishtar was the mother goddess, the Queen of Heaven...
- Mary has been elevated by the Roman Catholic Church to 'mother of god' including Queen of Heaven status...
Jeremiah 7:18
The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven ....
Jeremiah 44:17
We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her ....
Jeremiah 44:18
But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword ....
Jeremiah 44:19
The women added, "When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes ...
This 'queen of heaven' theme carries through
to the end times prophecies.
