Post by Διαμονδ on Jun 23, 2018 13:52:36 GMT
The Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God) is a symbol showing an eye often surrounded by rays of light or a glory and usually enclosed by a triangle. It represents the eye of God watching over humanity (or divine providence)!
This is a very ancient sign that symbolizes that God is watching us.. As it is known the enemy of God is posing as him so sometimes he can take the symbols of God and pass them off as his symbols! "Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy" (PS. 32: 18.)
In any case, in Orthodoxy, this sign is considered to be non-canonical and was very popular in the 17-18 centuries because at that time mankind imagined God on the basis of this Psalm. Masons(17-19 century) known to recruit people from Christianity, and the Freemasons posing as Christians so they took this sign as his. Also the churches that built masons or visited them can have this symbol. But as mentioned above, this can be treated in different ways!
The most typical Masonic symbol:
For masons eye characteristic also with a pyramid or with a compass!
About masons!
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, and therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers also be transformed as the Ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 2 Cor. 11:14.
Also a symbol of a cross does not always mean Christianity! For example:
Scientology Cross!
Teutonic Cross
Masonic cross!
As we see even anti (pseudo)Christian organizations use this symbol..but that's no reason to ban this symbol!
There's also the sign of the Swastika that many associate with Nazism..
In North America, the swastika is found in archaeological materials of Mississippi culture and dates back to 1000-1550 years ad. the Proof of the antiquity of the symbol there are finds in the mountains of Hopwell (Ross County, Ohio) and Toko (Monroe County, Tennessee): thin copper swastikas with a hole in the middle, cast at least 2000 years ago.
In the colonial and modern period, the symbol of the swastika is known in most Indian peoples of North America. The exceptions are the Pacific, Alaska and Northern Canada.
In South America, there is a swastika ornament in the decorative arts presumably VII-IX century of the Nazca period in Peru.
The swastika was considered to be an ancient symbol of the Central American Gong Indians and used it on the flag when creating the Republic of Tula.
In pre-Columbian America, the swastika was considered the emblem of The sun God, so the image of a bird with a swastika on its chest, like a bird with a cross, was interpreted in the bronze age as a symbol of the solar deity or as a "thunder bird". According to A. Golan, in the aspect of beliefs of the early agricultural religion, this image and swastika should be interpreted as the God of the underworld, who rose into the sky.
The swastika in the ethnographic zone of Lielvarde, Latvia
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This is a very ancient sign that symbolizes that God is watching us.. As it is known the enemy of God is posing as him so sometimes he can take the symbols of God and pass them off as his symbols! "Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy" (PS. 32: 18.)
In any case, in Orthodoxy, this sign is considered to be non-canonical and was very popular in the 17-18 centuries because at that time mankind imagined God on the basis of this Psalm. Masons(17-19 century) known to recruit people from Christianity, and the Freemasons posing as Christians so they took this sign as his. Also the churches that built masons or visited them can have this symbol. But as mentioned above, this can be treated in different ways!
The most typical Masonic symbol:
For masons eye characteristic also with a pyramid or with a compass!
About masons!
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, and therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers also be transformed as the Ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 2 Cor. 11:14.
Also a symbol of a cross does not always mean Christianity! For example:
Scientology Cross!
Teutonic Cross
Masonic cross!
As we see even anti (pseudo)Christian organizations use this symbol..but that's no reason to ban this symbol!
There's also the sign of the Swastika that many associate with Nazism..
In North America, the swastika is found in archaeological materials of Mississippi culture and dates back to 1000-1550 years ad. the Proof of the antiquity of the symbol there are finds in the mountains of Hopwell (Ross County, Ohio) and Toko (Monroe County, Tennessee): thin copper swastikas with a hole in the middle, cast at least 2000 years ago.
In the colonial and modern period, the symbol of the swastika is known in most Indian peoples of North America. The exceptions are the Pacific, Alaska and Northern Canada.
In South America, there is a swastika ornament in the decorative arts presumably VII-IX century of the Nazca period in Peru.
The swastika was considered to be an ancient symbol of the Central American Gong Indians and used it on the flag when creating the Republic of Tula.
In pre-Columbian America, the swastika was considered the emblem of The sun God, so the image of a bird with a swastika on its chest, like a bird with a cross, was interpreted in the bronze age as a symbol of the solar deity or as a "thunder bird". According to A. Golan, in the aspect of beliefs of the early agricultural religion, this image and swastika should be interpreted as the God of the underworld, who rose into the sky.
The swastika in the ethnographic zone of Lielvarde, Latvia
...you can argue for a long time but the Scriptures include this! 
