The war between the false Gods begins to escalate when Baal makes a move on the Israelites independent of Ashtaroth, which ends their 2,000-year partnership. Baal allies with another false God in the region, named Dagon, to take advantage of Dagon’s heavenly kingdom and “six earthly oracle-houses”.

Together, Baal and Dagon inspired the Babylonians to conquer and occupy the last remaining Israelite kingdom, the southern kingdom of Judah, highlighted below in Table 3. This enabled Baal, who was known as the “God of the Idolators”, to take advantage of the Israelites’ increased idolatry, assume the position of their “Lord and God”, inspire them to war, and turn the casualties into his “spiritual slaves” in his heavenly kingdom.

Eskra, Ebeneezer, & Jerub save mortals: When the war between the false Gods began to escalate, the true God, Eskra, put a plan into place to take advantage of the time in which “Baal and Ashtaroth are in conflict and neglectful of their temples and oracles”. Eskra employed the aforementioned “angel captain”, Ebeneezer, the “protecting host” of the mortal Israelites, for his plan. Eskra also sent a high-raised angel named Jerub, who had 20,000 “assistant angel strategists”, to help Ebeneezer. Their angel strategists possessed the very temples and oracles that the false Gods neglected, which saved many mortals from the false Gods. They also guarded the colleges of prophecy, run by the few remaining The Oralites

Although the majority of Israelites at this time had been mislead into idolatry, were “worshipers of the Lord and God, believing the Great Spirit was only a large man in heaven, after the manner of Baal, or Dagon, or Ashtaroth, or any other God”, and became “consulters of the oracles (spirits), the same as the heathens”, a small minority of “Oralites”, “Faithists Proper”, still existed within the region. They spent their time with “books of learning” within “colleges of prophecy.” They remained “steadfast in their secret oral rights”, and remained “true to the secret name and Person, Jehovih (E-Oh-Ih)”. Oralites, “against the emissaries of these false Gods” so that even in a time of darkness, many prophets were born.

Mainstream history:
This occupation of the southern kingdom of Judah is called the “Babylonian Captivity”, which lasted between 48 and 70 years and included the destruction of the first temple, Solomon’s Temple, in Jerusalem. Several deportations of Israelites occurred, some Israelites remained, and some eventually returned.
Interestingly, while Oahspe states that the attacks on the northern and southern Israelite kingdoms were inspired by the false Gods, Baal and Ashtaroth, biblical history simply states: “God sent the Assyrians to the House of Israel and the Babylonians to the House of Judah¹⁴“.







Interestingly, the biblical scriptures also mention a “Jerub-baal” and an “Ebenezer” and both stories are about discouraging the increasing level of idolatry within the Israelites. The overlay, Gideon is renamed Jerub-baal

The “Book of Judges” says that during the time when “Israel was rife with idolatry” and “Baal and Ashtaroth worship was rampant”, Israel cried out for help. In response, the Lord sent a prophet that reminded the Israelites of God’s commandment against honoring false Gods. God also sent an “Angel of the Lord” to a man named Gideon. The angel told Gideon that the Lord was with him, he was a mighty warrior, commissioned him to save Israel, and displayed a miracle to prove that God was indeed with him. Per the angel’s instructions, Gideon and 10 servants tore down an alter to Baal, cut down an Ashtaroth pole, built a proper alter to God, and sacrificed a bull to the Lord. Gideon’s peers were ready to punish him, but eventually concluded that if Baal was a real God, he would punish Gideon himself. From that point forward, they called Gideon, “Jerub-baal”. Scripture says that “Jerub-baal” means “Let Baal contend with him”¹⁵; maybe “Jerub” was the name of the “Angel of the Lord”? Jerub-baal in the Bible, describes how a man named Gideon was renamed “Jerub-Baal” after he was visited by an angel that instructed him to tear down alters to both Baal and Ashteroth¹⁶. The overlay, Simple stone alter is named Ebenezer

In “1 Samuel”, Ebenezer started out as the name of the location whereby the Israelites camped before 2 unsuccessful battles with the Philistines. Before their third battle, Samuel sets a simple stone upright, names it Ebenezer, and it is a “stone of remembrance” to remind the Israelites that “The Lord has helped us to this point.” Afterward, “The Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines that day and threw them into such confusion that they were defeated by the Israelites”. “Ebenezer becomes the name of an alter” whereby Samuel regularly prayed “for his people to let go of idols and immoral ways¹⁷.” Ebenezer in the Bible, describes how Samuel set a simple stone upright, named it “Ebenezer”, and it was to remind the Israelites about their Lord and to let go of idols and immoral ways¹⁸.