Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Akhenaton (Beloved of Aton) the Pharaoh that believed in One God

Amenhotep was a young Pharaoh who was married at the age of 12.  When he turned 13 he became the new ruler of Egypt.  In his first year of becoming Pharaoh, he became disgusted with the many gods of the Egyptians.  He began to form his own understanding of GOD.  Amenhotep noticed that there was only one sun and that it did not only give life and warmth to Egypt but to the whole world!!  He then decided that there was only one GOD and that GOD was not only for Egypt but for the whole world to share and love! Amenhotep decided to call his beloved GOD Aton. Then he changed his name to Akhenaton which means "beloved of ATON"!!  While Akhenaton studied his new GOD he wrote many psalms much like this one:

O living Aton, Beginning of Life!
Thy dawning is beautiful on th ehorizon of heaven.
Thou fillest every land with thy beauty; thou bindest them
With Thy love, How manifold are Thy works!
O thou sole God, whose power no other possesseth.
Thou didst create the earth according to thy desire.
Men and all cattle, large and small.
All that go upon their feet--- all that fly with wings.
The foreign countries of Syria and Kush (as well as)
This land of Egypt.
Thou settest every man in his place.  Thou suppliest their needs
(Though) their tongues differ in speech, their forms likewise
And the color of their skins (thou art)
Lord of them all.
How excellent are Thy designs, O Lord of Eternity!
Thou art in my heart, for Thou art the duration of Life
By Thee men live.
 
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