SHFR
SHFR
Southern Hebrew Family Remnants
REMPHAN'S STAR:
TEMPLE OF THE ANCIENT SAMARITANS
Written By: Yarden
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Amos 5:26
You also carried Sikkuth your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
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Acts 7:43
You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
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Within the Torah Observant community, these verses have been used many times to describe not just a star, but any star. However, the verse is intensely vague in the shape and manner of that star.
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Artistically, a star is described as, a shape that is typically a geometric figure with points radiating from a central core.
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Therefore one must learn from the studios of design, a star can have a multitude of points, and we are left without detail in the books of Amos and Acts what that star looked like.
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It has been suggested by folks, this star is the star of David, or even suggested by some this star is the inverted star of Satan, however all this speculation is nothing more than heavy suspicion. While the truth has already been written, come and see, the matter is easily resolved.
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First, let us begin with Amos, and the year 760BC.
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Amos, was in the land preaching to the northern kingdom of Israel. He spoke up against the rule of King Jeroboam and the Samarian idolatry. And in that time Samaria was the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel
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Later with the book of Acts quoting directly from the book of Amos, scholars credit Luke for writing Acts, and keeping the message clear, it was the star of Remphan.
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So from there we learn, the Samaritans in Samaria would have in all probability worshiped the star of Remphan.​ And the truth of the matter just might lay in the ancient rubble of the Samaratin temple.
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From there we go to the Samaritan temple, Delubrum Samaritanum in Latin. And the year 1652 for the most fresh knowledge on the subject.
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The book Oedipus Aegyptiacus has just been written by Athanasius Kircher, and is the first references on Egyptology. He was basically the first person to attempt decoding the hieroglyphs of Egypt, and in the process of failing at deciphering hieroglyphs he sketched in many depictions of the idols in the ancient world.
Even Moloch is recorded in the works of Kircher, and from there he performed a greater historic task, he solidified the words of Amos and Luke.
Oedipus Aegyptiacus (p.367)​
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The top of the page reads: PANTHEON HEBREORVM or All the gods of the Hebrews
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Then a banner reads: Delubrum Samaritanum or Temple of the Samaritans
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Under the drawn images of the 10 idols of Samaria, there is a text inscription and then a listing of the 10 idols with their correlating number. And I must admit, Kircher did the most meticulous job of drawing the images, numbering them, and naming them.
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Being a novice at translating Latin, I was able to decode the beginning of that paragraph under the image.
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The paragraph starts: Numina, que Samaria colat or Divinity and Samarian worship
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Then, listed under that paragraph are the 10 idols of that time. And before we jump to Remphan, I find it interesting what names appear here such as known idols like Anubis, Pan, and others mentioned in 2 Kings 17:30.
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But before we get lost on those other rabbit trails, let us return to Remphan.
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Idol #6 is listed as "Rephan" also known as Saturnus, also known as Ciun.
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And there the star of Remphan is revealed. A simple five pointed star encapsulated in a circle. The same star mentioned in the book of Amos in reference to Chiun, as well as the same star worshiped in the book of Acts in reference to Remphan. Because they were all speaking about the same Samaratins. Even down to the book of Kircher and his writings of Aegyptiacus are part of the lacework of the Torah. For we were brought up out of the "Aegypt" and not some strange island that sunk into the ocean. It is a tangible tie, to every granular part of the desert wilderness and its old dusty ruins.
