Course XXVIII - Teaching 10: The Sargonides

Usually, the second great era Assyrian Semite, of this Iranian people, is called Assyrian; but there is a significant difference between these two eras, and between these two peoples.
We have seen that the Assyrians were descendants of the Aryan-Semites, who had assimilated early black peoples that they had subdued.
They grew up and became powerful and wise, but later they had their time of decadence.
Then they did not worship the Unique God and were not messengers between the Most High and men; those powerful temples, reservoirs of warlike energy were only galleries with statues of gods, of any form and dimension; and kings stopped being righteous descendants of the mythological king Nino, and were dissolute and lazy.
Meanwhile, Semitic provinces, under the Assyrians, became strong, abhorred pagan customs and wished to come back to the worship of the unique and true God.
God created a warlike and indomitable man, very courageous and strong, of Semitic origin, whose name was Sargon.
He made rebel his brothers of race against the kings, declared war, gradually defeated those who were in control, and was lord and king of the entire Assyrian territory.
That is why he is called “Sargon the Usurper”; the era of the Assyrian Sargonides, of Semitic origin, begins with him.
This man renewed people and cities, founded new towns, crushed rebellious provinces, destroyed idols and re-established the worship of God, revered in spirit and truth.
Until his assassination, his entire lifetime was of war and reformation. He destroyed the barrier of Egypt and Elman against Assyria, and made his kingdom thrive immensely.
After conquering Chaldea and after plundering Babylon for the second time, he built temples with seven stairs where the holy tree was revered, which was image of the seven eternal manifestations, and that has been copied from mysteries of the goddess Ishtar and of the Babylonian god Belos.
Ancient pieces of clay represented the king Sargon standing before the holy tree, his head inclined, as if he were sleeping.
This holy tree was image of the manifested God, according to Sargon’s priests.
Its first part, composed of three branches, represented the lower or animal manifestation; the second part, with red branches, represented the life of man; and other light blue branches represented the existence of intermediate worlds, where precedent warriors stayed.
Other higher branches, of yellow color, represented the abode of angels or superior spirits. Fifth, sixth and seventh branches were image of the Trine and Invisible God.
Later this strong race would hand on its teachings, symbols and writings to Moabites and Hebrews.