Star of David: Origins, Religious Symbolism and the Star of Remphan

The Star of David, where does that symbol come from?

It's never written explicitly in the Bible itself.

Is it in the Talmud? Perhaps. Is there a passage in the Bible about that or no?

No. Okay. So you're not really sure exactly where that comes from?

No. You got me. 'Cause nobody knows, huh?

I don't know. I don't know. I'm not ... Yeah.

'Cause I know it's called the Star of David.

Yeah. Does it have anything to do with David?

No, I don't think so. There must be somewhere on the ... I, uh, do not remember exactly what the association was.

Okay. The history of the Star of David itself, nobody's really quite sure where it org- where it originated or how it became, like, such a prominent, identifiable symbol with, with Judaism.

I believe that what they call the Star of David is actually the Star of Remphan.

Because when you study the Bible, you'll see that when they worshiped other gods, the Bible talks about them carrying the banner of the star of their god, Remphan.

You rejected the God of the Bible. You took up for yourself the star, that's the six-pointed star, of your god, called Remphan or Chiun. All these were names for Moloch, the great Baal, the great fire god, who was the devil.

Beelzebub. That's right, Beelzebub. And they were shocked about this.

Now, who is this star god? If they only read their Old, the Old Testament, they would know this. In Amos, God said, "You have taken up the star, and you've made me furious by doing that.

And you have actually sacrificed your own children to the star god through the fires." They sacrificed their own children, the Jews did, to the star god.

When they worshiped a false god, they had the Star of Remphan as a icon and as a symbol. We never see a Star of David in scripture, but the star of the false god, Remphan.

Yeah. And so we know today that they are not worshiping the true God.

Proving the origins of the Star of David is quite difficult.

Some of the earliest usage found in Jewish context is from the third or fourth century in a synagogue in Galilee.

However, unlike the menorah, Lion of Judah, or the shofar, which are biblical examples of Jewish symbolism, the hexagram is shared in other historical contexts as well.

Hinduism and Buddhism are some of the other ancient examples of this star being used in a religious setting.

Some of the oldest usages of the Hindu hexagram is dated to be hundreds of years before our Messiah.

The hexagram is also a prominent symbol in the occult and ceremonial magic.

The six-pointed star is commonly used both as a talisman and for conjuring spirits and spiritual forces in numerous forms of occult magic.

In the book The History and Practice of Magic, Volume 2, the six-pointed star is called the Talisman of Saturn and is also referred to as the Seal of Solomon.

The symbol also presents itself in Freemasonry.

The interlacing triangles or deltas symbolize the union of two principles or forces, the active and passive, male and female, pervading the universe. The two triangles, one white and the other black, interlacing, typify the mingling of apparent opposites in nature, darkness and light, error

and truth, ignorance and wisdom, evil and good throughout human life.

The Talmud, the Gemara in Gittin, says that King Solomon had a seal that was used to control demons.

Now, although the Talmud says that this seal was a name of God, various oral traditions teach that it was either a five- or six-pointed star.