Well being a Roman Catholic, I was astounded to hear an arceologist (sorry spelling) say that something had been found in egypt that dated back to 7000 BC that made him believe if any religion to be true it would be the Roman Catholic Faith. He didnt go into details
New to this Game, a couple of days in fact!
I have been doing a little investigation and I have found many Christian and Jewish themes running through these ancient religions. For example Ra is considered to be the Creator and the God of Gods and Father of the universe.
You have Isis who is representive of the "Eternal Mother"
Orisis who died because of the evil of Set and was ressurected by Ra,
who becomes horis who was concieved by the spirit in the womb of ISIS (the eternal mother)
Set represents Satan, he is the god of disorder and evil, Set is still worshipped today by devil worshippers.
the story also highlights the battle in the spirit world between the "gods" which is much the same as the rebelion led by Satan, it is the evil of Set that creates this battle.
Horis the Son of Ra Finally defetes Set to reclaim the kingship of the earth but lets him live, eventually Horis will do a final battle where Set will be banished into the darkness.
The Ankh Cross also interested me, it was the major religious symbol of ancient Egypt, it represents water which is believed to regenerate life (same as baptism) and Air or wind wich is closely related to the Holy Spirit. It is often held against the lips of the kings, it confired the "breath of life" on them, as God breathed the breath of life into mankind through Adam.
Just as Orisis died at the hands of Set so to the Child of God, Adam died at the hands of Satan, Just as Horis was the ressurection of Orisis So to through Jesus Christ the children of Adam are ressurected. Horis was taken away by Isis into a different land to protect him from being killed
The "T" or Tau of the ankh is representive of Life and a human being with arms outstreached and the loop represents Eternity and divinity, eternal life through the outstreached arms of a divine human being. In Egyptian art the ankh is often found being "carried" by all of the Gods, but is most strongly linked to Orisis, Isis and Horis
The loop is also considered to represent a sterile or virgin womb
The Chosen people, Isreal, were held captive in egypt, moses was brought up an egyptian, but when he found out he was Jewish, God commanded he lead his people out of egypt and he did where God then Gave him the Commandments and the law or the torah, through these people came many prophets who testified to the comming of the Son of God etc, then Jesus was concieved In the womb and Born to the Blessed virgin Mary, he was taken into egypt to protect him from being killed, his kingship was bestowed upon him by a cross which he "Carried" and was crucified with his arms outstreached, he is the divine human being that was ressurected by The Creator, the Father, through him Eternal Life came to be, it is a historical fact that a man claiming to be the son of God and done many "wonders" Named Jesus Of Nazareth was crucified. I propose that it is that same divine human being that the ancient religions of both Egypt, Isreal and Africa fortold.
God Bless