In the Gospel of Luke is written:
“And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew , ‘This is the King of the Jews.’” – Luke 23:38
The Hebrew language is derived from Aramaic. This is why when we go into the explanation of the Prayer of the Lord we have to go into the many languages that were spoken two thousand years ago when Jesus was teaching publicly.
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt [Het-Ka-Ptah].”- Hosea 11:1
The graphic above is of the Egpytian symbol Ptah, who is also called Ftha or Patah, which as an archetype was very active in Egypt. We find Ptah in the Bible as Tso-Phtah Paneach צפתה פענח [Genesis 41:45]. Thus, we are also going to explain what Ptah symbolizes. That is why at the bottom of this powerful symbol or archetype we wrote the quotation of Hosea chapter 11, verse 1.
With this we want to point out that Tso-Phtah Paneach פענח צפתה came with Moses out of Egypt.
“And Moses took the bones of Joseph [צפתה פענח] with him: for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.” – Exodus 13: 19
Likewise, Jesus came out of Egypt.
“And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.” – Matthew 2: 13-15
Thus, all of these prayers and wisdom that we find in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism emerge from the same land: Egypt. When we study the Egyptian archetypes, which are very profound, we Gnostics do not fall into the mistake of thinking like the ignoramuses who think that these are “idols.” We know what idols are, and what archetypes are.
Ptah
By looking at this archetype Ptah, we find very profound symbols, especially those that he is holding in his hands.
We find on the first graphic that he his holding a staff called Was; on top of this scepter we also see a symbol, a kind of bird head, which is the cynocephali Seth. He is also holding the Djed, another scepter, which is the symbol of stability. In his hands he holds two Ankh crosses, which are the symbol of two keys. Remember that in Christian symbolism we find the same symbol with Peter the Apostle holding the keys to heaven in his hands. It is the same symbol. The Ankh cross is a very sexual and profound symbol related with creation.
Ptah was very famous in ancient Egypt, and is still shown in many ways, but in esoteric societies, groups that know and understand what Ptah symbolizes.