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Did Zarathustra
(Zoroaster) Prophecy
the Coming of Christ?
Zarathustra was an Iranian Prophet who correctly
foretold the coming of Jesus Christ. He taught that there
exist two eternal forces, one good and the other evil, and that
the good will eventually win the war between the two, but it
has not won yet. Both God and Satan the Devil, whom he
called Angra Mainyu, i.e. "Evil Spirit," were together in the
beginning, and they are diametrically opposed to each other
even to the point of absolute hatred.[1] Moreover, there are
a group of gods that have taken sides with the Devil, and
there is an alliance of gods that have taken sides with the
Good God we humans having free will to choose between
the two and if the good alliance gains more gods and
humans to its side then "we can defeat evil by this increase in
numbers."[2] Thus, God is not in complete control, because
the Devil is in the same league with him. This explains why
evil and suffering exist God does not allow it, he just can't
overpower it.
Why should we care about what Zarathustra said? We
should care because Zarathustra was a Prophet who foretold
the physical incarnation of Jesus Christ hundreds of years
before it happened. He said, "May Asha attain a body."[3]
This passage is from the Gathas, which are the part of the
Zoroastrian holy texts that scholars believe are the real
words of the ancient Prophet Zarathustra himself.
Duchesne-Guillemin says about this verse, "He (Zarathustra)
desires that righteousness may become incarnate and
strengthened by the action of mankind."[4] In a later
Zoroastrian text, a comment is made, apparently about this
THIS SECTION: verse, that in the Gathas it says there is a wise man called
"the Word incarnate."[5]

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The word Asha means "Righteousness," but it also carries

a deeper meaning, because Asha is the second member of the
divine triad of the Gathas. Zarathustra believed in a Trinity
of sorts, the first member being Ahura Mazda (Lord of
Wisdom), the second member being Asha (Righteousness),
and the third member being Vohu Mainyu (Good Spirit).
These three, which are the three most frequently mentioned
spiritual entities of the Gathas, roughly correlate to Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit. The fact that the second member of
this Trinity, Asha, is the divine manifestation to become
incarnate, thereby being analogous to Christ, coupled with
the fact that Zarathustra elsewhere repeatedly speaks about

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the coming of multiple Messiahs,[6] provides a case that

Zarathustra was indeed a Prophet of Christ, on par with
Isaiah, David, Jeremiah, Zechariah, and the other Hebrew
Prophets who also foretold his coming. Zarathustra even
swears allegiance specifically to Asha, the second person of
the Trinity, as his Prophet.[7]
Zarathustra also implies that a certain figure he called
"the man of insight" would accomplish some kind of
atonement on behalf of all others:
We present offerings of service to you, Ahura, and to
Asha, asking that you accomplish the destiny of all
living things in the kingdom through Vohu Mainyu. For
the salvation of the Man of Insight, who is among you,
O Mazda, will hold good for all.[8]

This man of insight is identified as Mazda acting in the

capacity of Asha, with the fruits of Vohu Mainyu,[9] that is,
divine Wisdom acting in the capacity of the Logos with the
fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Another Zoroastrian scripture strikes a chord with
evolution in a rather remarkable way, converging with the
scientific belief that DNA arose only once on this planet:

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Ahura Mazda created all living things from a single

species.[10]

Certain ancient Christians were very fond of

Zarathustra. One of the texts found at Nag Hammadi bears
the title Zostrianos, which is an Egyptian form of the name
Zarathustra. The Christian text states, "Zostrianos, the gods
have told you these things."[11] It thus affirms the reality of
Zarathustra's divine revelations. Another ancient Christian
authority, Mani of Mesopotamia, who taught in the 200's AD,
formed a Christian denomination based on both Jesus
Christ's teaching and on Zarathustra's teaching, asserting
that the message of Christ and of Zarathustra are from the
same God.

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Zarathustra also has certain commonalities with the

Hebrew Prophets. Like Moses, he prays with his arms
outstretched.[12] Like Isaiah, he "declares anathema all
predatory animals" on account of their wicked violence,
which is of the Devil and unfit for the kingdom of God.[13]
Like Revelation, Zarathustra saw an apocalypse at the end of
the age,[14] and also a day of judgment at the time of the end.
[15] Like Jesus and John, he foresaw a major makeover of
the universe after the end of the age.[16] Like Jeremiah,
Amos, Hosea, and David, Zarathustra despised those who

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killed animals merely to sacrifice them.[17]

In another Zoroastrian writing, which may have been
written too late to be a prophecy, it states that the Savior will
be born of a fifteen year old virgin.[18] This is intriguing
because some manuscripts of the nativity story in
Protevangelion say that Mary was 14 years old when she
conceived Jesus,[19] which would most likely mean she was
15 when she gave birth to him. Hence the early Christian
nativity story lines up with the nativity story of the
Zoroastrian Messiah. In another late prophecy it speaks of
humankind being in the grave for three days and three nights
before passing over into the afterlife.[20] This explains why
Clopas the uncle of Jesus said, "They crucified him and
what's more, this is the third day," as if everyone knew the
third day was significant.[21]
Then there is the matter of how certain Zoroastrian kings
of Persia paid homage to both their own Zoroastrian God
and also to the God of Israel. King Darius called Yahweh
"God of Heaven."[22] It is known from archaeology that
Darius worshipped Zarathustras God, Ahura Mazda, as
evidenced by Darius' inscription on an ancient monument,
wherein he repeatedly states "Ahura Mazda helped me" to
conquer other nations and "by the grace of Ahura Mazda"
the empire was founded. In one place he briefly mentions
that other gods helped him too, which can only mean that
Zoroastrianism was originally no more monotheistic than
was Judaism or Christianity.[23] It was Henotheistic. Yet it
was not polytheistic, because Darius far and away
worshipped Ahura Mazda above other gods. Cyrus, who was
also possibly a Zoroastrian, says, "Yahweh God of Israel he
is God."[24] In turn, the Bible asserts that Cyrus is
Yahweh's anointed one.[25] Xerxes, the Zoroastrian king
who followed Darius, was the husband of the Biblical Esther,
who supposedly saved the Jews from Haman. The festival of
Purim which commemorates this event might actually be a
Jewish adaptation to the older Zoroastrian festival of No
Ruz.
All this data tends to confirm that Zoroastrians,
Hebrews, and Christians share a common source of divine
inspiration, that they all originally were Henotheists, and
that they believed God was not yet all powerful.
To read more on the esoteric prophecies of Jesus Christ, click
seven words behind this period.
The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by
many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty
Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the
universe is born from blind arrogance and stupidity.
The angels caused evolution to occur from species to
species. There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the
Christian God is just one among them. Satan the Devil
writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with
Genesis 1. Archaeology and modern scholarship

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demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted.

Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric
prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal
the dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the
ancient Christian writings.
Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often
happens too fast for Darwins theory. Gaps in the fossil
record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts
together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that
intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil
record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and
transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse
lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently,
aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the
worlds religions.
This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly documented
in the links above.

[1]

Yasna 45:2, 30:3, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

Yasna 30:6, 32:3-5, 30:9, 31:3-4, 31:11, 51:1, from the

Gathas of Zarathustra

[2]

[3]

Yasna 43:16, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques. Translated by Henning, M.

The Hymns of Zarathustra: Being a Translation of the Gathas
Together with Introduction and Commentary. 1992, Charles
E. Tuttle Company Inc, Rutland, Vermont, p 138
[4]

[5]

The Vendidad of the Zend Avesta, Fargard 18.51

[6] Yasna 48:9, 48:12, 34:13, 46:3, 45:11, from the Gathas of
Zarathustra
[7]

Yasna 50:5-6, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

[8]

Yasna 34:3, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

[9]

Yasna 50:9, 48:12, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

[10]

Denkard 3:246

[11]

Zostrianos, Nag Hammadi 8:128

Yasna 29:5, 50:8, from the Gathas of Zarathustra; Exodus

17:11
[12]

[13]

Yasna 34:5, from the Gathas of Zarathustra; Isaiah 11

[14]

Yasna 48:4, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

[15]

Yasna 43:5, 43:12, from the Gathas of Zarathustra

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Yasna 34:6, 30:9, from the Gathas of Zarathustra;

Matthew 19:28, Revelation 21:1
[16]

[17] Yasna 48:10, 32:14-15, 51:14, from the Gathas of

Zarathustra
[18]

Denkard 7.10.15-18

[19]

Protevangelion 9:23, 12:9

[20]

Bundahis 30:12

[21]

Luke 24:20-21

[22]

Ezra 6:10

[23]

Darius' Inscription at Behistun

[24]

Ezra 1:3

[25]

Isaiah 45:1

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