The Star of Remphan comes straight from the wicked King Solomon who rejected the almighty creator, and summoned demons with his 666 hex engraved signet ring in effort to build his temple.
King solomon was a wicked demonologist that literally summoned 72 demons!
(1) The link shows that the real, original "star of Remphan" was the 8th-century BC "star of Chiun" (which is a pun BTW) and the most likely referent for that was the bronze Nehushtan serpent/seraph. It's possible that Solomon in his other idolatries edged Nehushtan toward its later idolatrous status, but that's quite a bit different from the legends around the star-being that, much later, associated it with hexagrams. (2) The hexagram, not seen in Israel until about 300 AD, was not associated with 666 until very recently; 666 most likely refers first to Caesar Nero and then to the Roman beast system. (3) The idea that Solomon had supernatural help in building the temple is present in the Bible and in tradition, but this would only be under Yahweh's control because it is unmistakable that the temple was designed to have no infiltration from spirits contrary to Yahweh. Solomon, for instance, calls on Sophia under the name of Hochma, but this is not the much later gnostic Sophia but only the wisdom of Yahweh as personified. (4) Solomon would have had a signet ring (perhaps passed down to Jehoiachin as the prophets suggest), but the association of this ring with the hexagram or a particular seal is much later in Arabic tradition. (5) Solomon would presumably have known about the 72 names taken to be encoded in Exodus at the Red Sea crossing; these were also taken as names of attributes of God, and only later associated with independent or malevolent spirits.
So these strands have become tied together in modern narrative, but the original case would've been quite a bit different. Without judging Solomon's character as good or bad in the whole, what would I conclude? Solomon may have promoted Nehushtan and permitted it to be associated with the name of Chiun and of Rephaim; he may have been associated with patterns of sixes (speculative), and the Holiest was certainly a golden cube; he called on Hochma and on supernatural assistance in building the temple, and may have known the 72 names regarded as spiritual conduits of such assistance; and he had a signet ring that may have taken on divine energy. Obviously he is known to have bowed down in syncretistic houses of worship constructed for idolatrous names, which is regarded as idolatry and a conflict of character taken from our distant perspective. The historical data don't give us the right to make dogmatic insistences or judgments on much more than that.
You affirm the Almighty Creator of the Garden of Eden. How can one find him without reliance upon the record kept by the covenant people of his Being?
Good review. John Gill is correct that Remphan comes from Rephaim and Remphis and not other places. However, there's not evidence that the hexagram was introduced in Israel until around 300 AD.
The Star of Remphan comes straight from the wicked King Solomon who rejected the almighty creator, and summoned demons with his 666 hex engraved signet ring in effort to build his temple.
King solomon was a wicked demonologist that literally summoned 72 demons!
(1) The link shows that the real, original "star of Remphan" was the 8th-century BC "star of Chiun" (which is a pun BTW) and the most likely referent for that was the bronze Nehushtan serpent/seraph. It's possible that Solomon in his other idolatries edged Nehushtan toward its later idolatrous status, but that's quite a bit different from the legends around the star-being that, much later, associated it with hexagrams. (2) The hexagram, not seen in Israel until about 300 AD, was not associated with 666 until very recently; 666 most likely refers first to Caesar Nero and then to the Roman beast system. (3) The idea that Solomon had supernatural help in building the temple is present in the Bible and in tradition, but this would only be under Yahweh's control because it is unmistakable that the temple was designed to have no infiltration from spirits contrary to Yahweh. Solomon, for instance, calls on Sophia under the name of Hochma, but this is not the much later gnostic Sophia but only the wisdom of Yahweh as personified. (4) Solomon would have had a signet ring (perhaps passed down to Jehoiachin as the prophets suggest), but the association of this ring with the hexagram or a particular seal is much later in Arabic tradition. (5) Solomon would presumably have known about the 72 names taken to be encoded in Exodus at the Red Sea crossing; these were also taken as names of attributes of God, and only later associated with independent or malevolent spirits.
So these strands have become tied together in modern narrative, but the original case would've been quite a bit different. Without judging Solomon's character as good or bad in the whole, what would I conclude? Solomon may have promoted Nehushtan and permitted it to be associated with the name of Chiun and of Rephaim; he may have been associated with patterns of sixes (speculative), and the Holiest was certainly a golden cube; he called on Hochma and on supernatural assistance in building the temple, and may have known the 72 names regarded as spiritual conduits of such assistance; and he had a signet ring that may have taken on divine energy. Obviously he is known to have bowed down in syncretistic houses of worship constructed for idolatrous names, which is regarded as idolatry and a conflict of character taken from our distant perspective. The historical data don't give us the right to make dogmatic insistences or judgments on much more than that.
You affirm the Almighty Creator of the Garden of Eden. How can one find him without reliance upon the record kept by the covenant people of his Being?