14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
The above verse refers to the oracle of Amen.
Amen is beyond essence, it is the principle of essence of being. Amen is beyond intelligence, it is the principle of intelligence.
The Greeks called Amen, Ammon, and associated it with Zeus and with the Roman Jupiter.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
The name Ammon is hidden in the word Mammon.
The Ammonites and Moabites were antagonistic towards the Hebrews. The Hebrews bible depicts them as being engendered from a incestuous relationship between Lot and his daughters.
Genesis 19:37-38 (King James Version)
37And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
The father of the Moabites is called Moab, however the father of the children of Ammon which should be called Ammon is called Benammi.
The land of the children of Ammon is Jordan.
Judges 11:13 (King James Version)
13And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
In Egypt Ammon/Amen is connected in a triad with Ra and Phta/Ptah.
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Lexicon Results
Strong's H528 - 'Amown
Outline of Biblical Usage
Amon or Amun = "to nourish: to be faithful"
1) an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 2
Concordance Results Using NIV
Strong's H528 - 'Amown
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Jer 46:25 |
The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. |
Nah 3:8 |
Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall. |
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