понеделник, 10 януари 2011 г.

Angels-AZAZEL

Azazel was one of the chieftains of the two hundred fallen angels who,
according to the Book of Enoch, came to earth to mate with mortal
women (Gen. 6:2–4). Azazel, it is said, taught men how to fashion
weapons and introduced women to such things as cosmetics (thus
encouraging vanity). He is mentioned by name in the book of Leviticus
(16:8–10), where he appears to have been some sort of a desert
creature to whom the ancient Israelites dedicated their scapegoats
containing the sins of the nation:
Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord
and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall present the
goat on which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer it as a sin
offering; but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be
presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it,
that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.
The early Israelites had no totally evil demonic beings. It was only
later, after the Hebrews encountered the Zoroastrian religion, that they
developed an evil anti-god opposed to Yahweh. Interpreting Lev.
16:8–10 from the perspective of a later time, the rabbis seem to have
identified Azazel as the Devil, or as one of the Devil’s infernal chieftans.

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