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When Time Began, by Zecharia Sitchin /\ "The Sumerian Atra Hasis Text." "The god made clear the instructions to Gudea,assuring him of constant divine help: "My commands will teach thee the sign by the divine heavenly planet :In accordance with the holy rites my House, the Eninnu, shall bind Earth with Heaven. /\ The god then lists for Gudea all the inner requirements of the new temple, expanding at the same time on his great powers, the awesomeness of his weapons, his memorable deeds (such as the damning of the waters) and the status he was granted by Anu, "the fifty names of lordship, by those ordained." The connstruction, he tells Gudea, should begin on "the day of the new Moon," when the god will give him the proper omen--a signal: on the evening of the New Year the god's hand shall appear holding a flame, giving off a light "that shall make the night as light as day."
Ninurta/Ningirsu also assures Gudea that he will receive from the very beginning of the planning of the new Eninnu divine help: the god whose epithet bwas "The Bright Serpent" shall come to help build the Eninnu and its new precinct--"build it to be like the House of the Serpent, as a strong place it shall be built." Ninurta then promises Gudea that the construction of the temple will bringthe land abundance: "When my temple is completed," rains will come on time, the irrigation canals will fill up with water, even the desert" where water has not flowed" shall bloom; there will be abundant crops, and plenty of oil for cooking, and "wool in abundance shall be weighed ." Caucasias must be destroyed and not rule Earth.