Part 5. In this episode, Deacon Seraphim Rohlin and I continue the Syriac text of the Cave of Treasures into the fourth age of the world. The text traces the origins of idolatry back to a lack of hope in the resurrection. It tells of a “flood of wind” that buried the idols in mounds, and it puts the origin of sorcery in a child sacrifice to a golden image. We also look at how the text explains Persian fire worship and why it makes Nimrod the same person as Zoroaster. Along the way we talk about the difference between an icon and an idol.

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Timestamps: 0:00 Coming up 1:26 Intro 1:40 Preamble 3:42 The Cave of Treasures & the Seven Ages of the World 5:30 Tolkien's Middle-earth as Universal History 6:11 The Oxford Summit & Tolkien's Grave 8:41 King Arthur, Dragon Hill & the Blood Spot 12:09 The Fourth Age: Egypt, Sheba, Ophir & India 14:43 How Idolatry Began 15:17 No Hope of Resurrection: Images on the Grave 17:02 The Flood of Wind & the Burial Mounds 18:55 Satan Enters the Golden Image 21:01 Child Sacrifice, Moloch & Carthage 22:41 What's the Difference Between an Icon and an Idol? 25:58 Opening the Mouth of the Idol 27:25 Idols as a tool 28:38 Same Rituals, Different Direction 29:38 Idolatry vs. the Hope of Resurrection 30:31 A Mound Full of Devils 32:57 Nimrod Worships the Fire from the Earth 33:43 Nimrod & the Wisdom of Noah's Son 34:47 Abraham the True Astrologer 35:10 Divination in the Old Testament: Urim, Thummim & the Ephod 37:37 The Fire Priest's Dark Initiation 40:34 How Paganism Emerges 41:17 The Origins of Astrology 42:56 Nimrod Is Zoroaster? 44:11 Zoroaster, the Magi & the Star of Christ 45:05 Nimrod, Zoroaster & Balaam: The Same Person? 48:21 The Legend of Balaam's Talking Donkey 49:06 Hidden Monotheism in the Ancient World 51:21 Universal History as a Lens on the Present 52:12 Why Zoroastrians Don't Bury Their Dead 53:29 Armenia's Hayk & the Death of Nimrod

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