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Sed Festival may have been inaugurated by Den-Djoser

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  by Damien F. Mackey     “The Sed Festival’s earliest documented celebrations date back to the First Dynasty, during the reign of King Den. Evidence such as inscriptions and objects indicate that Den partook in this festival to symbolize his continued dominion over Egypt. These early iterations of the festival focused on the pharaoh’s physical endurance and ability to perform ritualistic acts, reflecting his divine fitness to rule ”.   World History Edu     Introduction   When we recognise that Den (or Udimu) - whose beginning of reign is conventionally dated to c . 2970 BC - was the biblical patriarch, Joseph of Egypt (closer to 1770 BC), then we have an illuminating context in ancient Egypt (Years of Plenty, then Famine) for the Heb (Festival) Sed that may first have taken place during his time of great fame.   The names of Den spell out precisely who he was . I set these out in e.g. my article:   Jacob and ...
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Finding that the Genesis Flood was not global

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  “ And so to another question: where did the dove find a thriving olive tree if “every hill” was covered? If the flood was local, the olive trees on the slopes of Ararat may have been left undrowned. But if it were global, would that have been possible? ”.   Retired Baptist minister and Cambridge scholar, Rev Dr David Instone-Brewer , tells of his awakening to the likelihood that the Genesis Flood could not have been a global phenomenon: Why Noah's flood may not have been global | Regular Columnists | Premier Christianity   Why Noah's flood may not have been global By  Rev Dr David Instone-Brewer 26 November 2021 ….   Was it a global flood, or local flood? David Instone-Brewer explains why he (reluctantly) changed his mind   I’ve been getting a lot of heat online for saying something that I used to dismiss as heresy. Years ago, I rejected theories questioning a global flood, and then I became less certain. Lately, as I’ve lo...
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Isaiah fleeing from God and kings

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  by   Damien F. Mackey     “Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them”.   Amos 9:3       Introduction   Charles Boutfllower, in his 1930 classic, The Book of Isaiah, Chapters [I-XXXIX] in the light of the Assyrian monuments , would liken the prophet Isaiah, in his care of Immanuel, to the “Everlasting Father” (Chapter V: Immanuel): “Both Isaiah and his son Immanuel were types of Christ. Isaiah typifies Christ as the “Everlasting Father” of His people. Compare Isa. viii. 18 with Heb. ii. 13”.   Similarly, Saint Joseph in the New Testament, typifies God the Father, while Jesus is God the Son, and Mary, the created Immaculate Conception, mirrors the Holy Spirit, the un-created Immaculate Conception (St. Maximilian Kolbe): Maximilian Kolbe and the Immaculate Conception — School of Faith   St Maximilian was captivated by the fact that at Lourdes...
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