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      Since the end of the XIII century BC, a new time begins for Egypt. The Pharaohs, and above all the famous Ramses II, who ruled for 67 years, moved their residence to Lower Egypt to facilitate their protection from the invasions that threatened the country primarily from the Hittites, then from the "sea peoples" and the Philistines. They sought to organize the defense of Egypt not at the very remote Thebes, but at the Nile Delta, directly at the gates of Egypt. The god Amon with a ram's head (with twisted horns) is also gradually losing its former dominant place. Ramses II creates a cemetery of sacred bulls (with horns) in Memphis. Far to the south, near the border with modern Sudan, at Abu Simbel, he builds a sanctuary deep in the rock. German author Erich Tseren in the book "Biblical Hills" writes: "There, in Susa (the capital of ancient Elam, modern southern Iran. – ed.), as a result of excavations in 1901-1902, the French found … the "code of laws" of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, written on a huge diorite stone. They also found parts of a wall bas – relief of the XII century BC . E., on which a bearded bull-man with a crown in the form of a horn and bull hooves is depicted next to a palm tree. It is quite obvious that the most ancient image of the bull is now becoming more and more a humanoid image of the moon god, who in the end retained only as a sign of divinity the sacred horns on his forehead, the same as those of the leaders of the Semites, Indo-Europeans, Germans and other peoples."

      Israel will prosper under the aegis of the king, the anointed of God, the descendant of David, and then the Jews will rule over their enemies, will appropriate the wealth of those who are now robbing them. This was the general concept, however, the Jews were under the rule of many peoples, now under the occupation of Rome, therefore it is necessary to fight with Rome, and the priests of Parthia took advantage of this to overthrow the pro-Roman dynasty of Herods by means of a coup d'etat, with the help of Christ and his apostles in the Jewish environment, and put their pro-Parthian in a voice with Jesus.

      And one more feature was added to the idea of God in the religious consciousness of Israel. Yahweh was seen not only as a formidable, stern and jealous of his glory god, but also as a god of justice and goodness. The image of Yahweh becomes the supreme judge, just and impartial, punishing the bearer of evil regardless of his position in society. Like Amon among the ancient Egyptians, Yahweh became the "vizier of the poor" among the Israelites. This idea was formed in the religious consciousness of the masses of the people because they wanted to see in God what the earthly rulers lacked and what the common man who experienced oppression, oppression and injustice needed so much – justice and kindness to the offended and unhappy.

      Why are only 4 Gospels included in the canon? And because by the time of their official admission to the biblical canon, the 4 most influential Christian communities from Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem dominated the Christian ideology, their versions formed the basis of the New Testament. The rest of the Gospels, and there were dozens of them, were recognized as apocrypha.