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Inside the Dark World of the Old Gods — Baal, Moloch and Asherah
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- Jun 16, 2026
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Inside the Dark World of the Old Gods — Baal, Moloch and Asherah 🔥 BEFORE YAHWEH. BEFORE CHRIST. BEFORE THE CROSS. THERE WERE OLDER GODS. AND THEY ARE NOT AS DEAD AS HISTORY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE. Their names echo through scripture as villains. Baal. Moloch. Asherah. Worshipped for millennia across Canaan, Phoenicia, Carthage, and Babylon. Their rituals involved fire, blood, and something far darker: the belief that human sacrifice opened doors between worlds. In this unflinching episode, we enter the dark world of the Old Gods – not as mythology, but as a living current that some say never truly disappeared. 🔥 WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER: BAAL – The Storm God Who Demanded Everything: Lord of rain, thunder, and fertility – but also of child sacrifice Worshipped at high places called bamot – hilltop altars stained with blood The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), where Baal offerings burned, became the biblical inspiration for "hell" Why Old Testament prophets waged a genocidal war against his priests – not just theology, but survival MOLOCH – The One Who Devours: Depicted as a bronze bull-headed statue, hollow and heated until red-hot Children placed into his outstretched arms – drums drowned out their screams Worshipped by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and some Israelites who turned away from Yahweh Tophet burial grounds have been excavated – containing thousands of infant and animal remains ASHEKAH – The Forgotten Queen of Heaven: Consort of El and Baal – goddess of fertility, sacred trees, and sexual ritual Worshipped alongside Yahweh in ancient Israel (the Bible admits this with fury) Her sacred poles (asherim) stood in the Temple of Jerusalem itself Erased from history by Deuteronomist reformers who smashed her images and rewrote the texts 💡 WHAT THE EXCAVATIONS REVEAL:"We fou…