The Two Babylons - Chapter II Objects of Worship V. The Deification of the Child - Alexander Hislop - 1858

Alexander Hislop

If there was one who was more deeply concerned in the tragic death of Nimrod than another, it was his wife Semiramis, who, from an originally humble position, had been raised to share with him the throne of Babylon. What, in this emergency shall she do? Shall she quietly forego the pomp and pride to which she has been raised! No. Though the death of her husband has given a rude shock to her power, yet her resolution and unbounded ambition were in nowise checked. On the contrary, her ambition took a still higher flight. In life her husband had been honoured as a hero; in death she will have him worshipped as a god, yea, as the woman's promised Seed, "Zero-ashta," who was destined to bruise the serpent's head, and who, in doing so, was to have his own heel bruised. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library