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*'''Anubis''': God of funerals and death, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. The [[ANUBIS-class Mjolnir]] helmet is a reference to Anubis's appearance as a man with a canine head. | *'''Anubis''': God of funerals and death, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. The [[ANUBIS-class Mjolnir]] helmet is a reference to Anubis's appearance as a man with a canine head. | ||
*'''Osiris''': God of the afterlife, death, life, and resurrection, and Anubis' possible father. [[Fireteam Osiris]] is named after this. | *'''Osiris''': God of the afterlife, death, life, and resurrection, and Anubis' possible father. [[Fireteam Osiris]] is named after this. | ||
*'''Nephthys''': Goddess of death, service, lamentation, nighttime and rivers, and Anubis' mother. One of the Anubis armor skins is named after her. | *'''Nephthys''': Goddess of death, service, lamentation, nighttime and rivers, and Anubis' mother. One of the Anubis armor skins is named after her. | ||
*'''Set''': God of storms, desert, chaos and war, and Anubis' possible father. One of the Anubis armor skins is named after him. | *'''Set''': God of storms, desert, chaos and war, and Anubis' possible father. One of the Anubis armor skins is named after him. | ||
*'''Anhur''': God of war and sky bearer. One of the [[WRATH-class Mjolnir]] skins is named after him. | *'''Anhur''': God of war and sky bearer. One of the [[WRATH-class Mjolnir]] skins is named after him. | ||
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The "days of their prophecy" are the [[Ages of Reclamation|9th Age of Reclamation]], the final Age in Halo. The "beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit" is the [[Gravemind]]. The "great city" is [[High Charity]]. The Arbiter and John both fall into "bottomless pits" (although John's was a lake) and were taken by the [[Gravemind]], which can be said to then reside in this "pit", which is presumably located in the Delta Halo Library. | The "days of their prophecy" are the [[Ages of Reclamation|9th Age of Reclamation]], the final Age in Halo. The "beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit" is the [[Gravemind]]. The "great city" is [[High Charity]]. The Arbiter and John both fall into "bottomless pits" (although John's was a lake) and were taken by the [[Gravemind]], which can be said to then reside in this "pit", which is presumably located in the Delta Halo Library. | ||
The "people and kindreds and tongues and nations" are the Covenant, while "they that dwell upon the earth" are the human race. The two prophets that die are [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], although it is important to note that the Bible only mentions two prophets in this selection instead of the multiple prophets of Halo. Also note that one of the first "Covenants" between the human race and God is that "Never again shall a flood destroy all," and the Covenant are determined on activating the Halo's which, even if the Covenant don't know it, would destroy all of the Flood, thus having the Covenant stop the Flood. | The "people and kindreds and tongues and nations" are the Covenant, while "they that dwell upon the earth" are the [[UNSC]] and the human race. The two prophets that die are [[Prophet of Mercy|Mercy]] and [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], although it is important to note that the Bible only mentions two prophets in this selection instead of the multiple prophets of Halo. Also note that one of the first "Covenants" between the human race and God is that "Never again shall a flood destroy all," and the Covenant are determined on activating the Halo's which, even if the Covenant don't know it, would destroy all of the Flood, thus having the Covenant stop the Flood. | ||
The Arbiter's ritual humiliation, ordered by the Hierarchs and carried out by Tartarus, is visually evocative of the crucifixion of Jesus. It culminates with the Tartarus stabbing the Arbiter with a brand of the Mark of Shame, similar to how Jesus was stabbed with the Lance of Longinus. His old life effectively "dead", he is then figuratively resurrected as "the Arbiter". Later he is betrayed by his own people (again) when Tartarus knocks him into the pit of the Library (as Jesus was betrayed). As Jesus then passed through Hell, the Arbiter passes through the Gravemind's lair in the pit underneath the Library. The Arbiter then returns and saves the other Elites, having learned the Truth that the Prophets are false, similar to how Christ brought a new message about religious truth. When the Arbiter arrives in the control room of Delta Halo to stop Tartarus from activating it, Tartarus exclaims "impossible!", just as it is frequently said of Christ that "with Him, all things are possible". | The Arbiter's ritual humiliation, ordered by the Hierarchs and carried out by Tartarus, is visually evocative of the crucifixion of Jesus. It culminates with the Tartarus stabbing the Arbiter with a brand of the Mark of Shame, similar to how Jesus was stabbed with the Lance of Longinus. His old life effectively "dead", he is then figuratively resurrected as "the Arbiter". Later he is betrayed by his own people (again) when Tartarus knocks him into the pit of the Library (as Jesus was betrayed). As Jesus then passed through Hell, the Arbiter passes through the Gravemind's lair in the pit underneath the Library. The Arbiter then returns and saves the other Elites, having learned the Truth that the Prophets are false, similar to how Christ brought a new message about religious truth. When the Arbiter arrives in the control room of Delta Halo to stop Tartarus from activating it, Tartarus exclaims "impossible!", just as it is frequently said of Christ that "with Him, all things are possible". | ||
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His cryotube may be compared to the tomb in which Christ was buried. | His cryotube may be compared to the tomb in which Christ was buried. | ||
==Covenant Vehicles== | ==Covenant Vehicles== | ||
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== The Flood, the Arbiter, the Covenant, and 343 Guilty Spark == | == The Flood, the Arbiter, the Covenant, and 343 Guilty Spark == | ||
'''The Flood''' | '''The Flood''' | ||
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At the end of the level [[Floodgate]], the Gravemind will [[Character interludes|speak to the Master Chief]]. The first thing the Gravemind says is ''"Do not be afraid, I am peace, I am salvation"''. In the Bible and the Qur'an, whenever an Angel appears to a human, he always starts off by saying ''"Do not be afraid"''. | At the end of the level [[Floodgate]], the Gravemind will [[Character interludes|speak to the Master Chief]]. The first thing the Gravemind says is ''"Do not be afraid, I am peace, I am salvation"''. In the Bible and the Qur'an, whenever an Angel appears to a human, he always starts off by saying ''"Do not be afraid"''. | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
===Internal=== | ===Internal=== | ||
*[[Seven|List of "seven" references in the Halo series]] | *[[Seven|List of "seven" references in the Halo series]] | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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{{Halo References}} | {{Halo References}} | ||
[[Category:Lists | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] |