In Depth Analysis
The Long-Awaited Messiah and the Modern Meddlings
Would it surprise you to learn that nearly all writings of ancient peoples worldwide tell the same story of a fall from the original paradise state, a departure from unity with the Creator? Art and literature have recorded this "Fall" as it became known and it has been present within human culture from time in memorial throughout the world.
Egypt, Babylonia, Sumeria, China, India and even the Americas and the Pacific. Indeed, among all peoples, this tragedy is present in the oldest racial memory. The loss of immortality caused by man's disobedience to divine law was keenly felt by more than one ancient writer. (For example, the Mesopotamian Temptation Seal -- now in British Museum. Also, Adapa Myth and the Gilgamesh Epic. A translation of the Adapa Myth made by E.A. Speiser is found in J.B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near East Texts Relating to the Old Testament, 3rd ed. Princeton, N.J., 1969, pp. 101-103.
A translation of the Gilgamesh Epic made by Speiser is found in Ancient Near East Texts Relating to the Old Testament, pp. 72-79. See especially, pp. 88,90,96. Alfred Jeremias, Das Alte Testament im Lichte des Alten Orients, 4th ed. Leipzig 1930, p.99. W. H. Prescott, Conquest of Mexico, vol. 1. London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1948, p.380)
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