“Hezekiah was not the lineal, but the titular son of Ahaz. Isaiah, the prophet, belonged to the royal family, and Hezekiah was reputed his son-in-law. Ahaz refused to ally himself with the prophet and his party, saying: “I will not tempt (depend on) the Lord”, (Isaiah 7:12). The prophet had declared: “If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established” – foreshadowing the deposition of his direct language. “Ye weary my God”, replied the prophet and predicted the birth of a child by an alma, or temple-woman, and that before it should attain full age (Hebrews 5:14; Isaiah 7:16 and 8:4), the king of Assyria should overcome Syria and Israel. This is the prophecy which Irenaeus took such pains to connect with Mary and Jesus and made the reason why the mother of the Nazarene prophet is represented as belonging to the temple and consecrated to God from her infancy.
In a second song, Isaiah celebrated the new chief, to sit on the throne of David, (9:6, 7; 11:1), who should restore to their homes the Jews whom the confederacy had led captive, (Isaiah 8:2-12; Joel 3:1-7; Obadiah 7, 11, 14). Micah – his contemporary – also announced the same event, (4:7-13; 5:1-7). The Redeemer was to come out of Bethlehem; in other words, was of the house of David; and was to resist Assyria to whom Ahaz had sworn allegiance, and also to reform religion (2 Kings 18:4-8). This Hezekiah did. He was the grandson of Zechariah the seer, (2 Chronicles 29:1; 26:5), the counsellor of Uzziah; and as soon as he ascended the throne he restored the religion of David, and destroyed the last vestiges of that of Moses, i.e., the esoteric doctrine, declaring “our fathers have trespassed”, (2 Chronicles 29:6-9).
He next attempted a reunion with the northern monarchy, there being an interregnum in Israel, (2 Chronicles 30:1, 2, 6; 31:1, 6, 7). It was successful but resulted in an invasion by the king of Assyria. But it was a new regime; and all this shows the course of two parallel streams in the religious worship of the Israelites; one belonging to the state religion and adopted to fit political exigencies; the other pure idolatry, resulting from ignorance of the true esoteric doctrine preached by Moses. For the first time since Solomon built them “the high places were taken away.”
It was Hezekiah who was the expected Messiah of the exoteric state-religion. He was the scion from the stem of Jesse, who should recall the Jews from a deplorable captivity, about which the Hebrew historians seem to be very silent, carefully avoiding all mention of this particular fact, but which the irascible prophets imprudently disclose. If Hezekiah crushed the exoteric Baal-worship, he also tore violently away the people of Israel from the religion of their fathers, and the secret rites instituted by Moses.
It was Darius Hystaspes who was the first to establish a Persian colony in Judea, Zoro-Babel was perhaps the leader. “The name Zoro-babel means ‘the seed or son of Babylon’ – as Zoro-aster is the seed, son, or prince of Ishtar.” The new colonists were doubtless Judaei. This is a designation from the East. Even Siam is called Judia, and there was an Ayodia in India. The temples of Solom or Peace were numerous. Throughout Persia and Afghanistan, the names of Saul and David are very common. The “Law” is ascribed in turn to Hezekiah, Ezra, Simon the Just, and the Asmonean period. Nothing definite; everywhere contradictions. When the Asmonean period began, the chief supporters of the Law were called Asideans or Khasdim (Chaldeans), and afterward Pharisees or Pharsi (Parsis). This indicates that Persian colonies were established in Judea and ruled the country; while all the people that are mentioned in the books of Genesis and Joshua lived there as a commonality, (see Ezra 9:1).”
H. P. Blavatsky
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