The wings identify John as a divine messenger, the “Evangelos” or Angelic being who proclaimed Messiah's appearance in the flesh.
Dr. Alice C. Linsley
The biblical Hebrew recognized three types of authority: derived, attributed, and achieved.
Derived authority was based on close connection to the ruler. The closer the individual’s blood relation to the high king, the more prestige the person derived. In the time of Solomon, when genealogical archives were kept in the Temple, some Israelites became obsessed with records of their ancestors. They hoped to gain status and privilege by proving that they were close blood relations with the king.
For the Hebrew ruler-priest caste derived authority came by divine overshadowing and was indicated by a name with a solar symbol or a solar crown.
Attributed authority came with the offices of king, priest, judge, and prophet. Only men served as priests in the various ranks, each with its unique and limited authority. Each priestly rank and position was inherited. The greatest authority rested with the chief priest known as the “High Priest” in the time of the Second Temple (c. 560 B.C. - 70 A.D.). Consecration was done in a ceremony not unlike the sacramental ordination found in some churches today. Most of the junior priests served at smaller, less prestigious temples and shrines until the time of King Josiah who wanted the Temple in Jerusalem to be the only temple. He ordered the destruction of other temples, even some that were dedicated to the High God (Deut. 12:1–5).
Achieved authority came from societal recognition of a person's righteousness, or holy living. John the Forerunner is an example. His strict asceticism and denial of all worldly pleasures was widely recognized by the Judean population. His divine appointment is shown in his Hebrew name, Yohanan. His spiritual authority was such that many traveled into the wilderness to consult him or be baptized by him. John is unique among the prophets because he embodied all three types of authority: derived, attributed, and achieved. No wonder Jesus claimed that he was the greatest of the prophets.
Divine appointment for the early Hebrew was indicated by the initial Y in the names of many Hebrew men. This was a sun cradle that meant the person was overshadowed by the High God. The symbol appears in the Hebrew names Yitzak, Yaqtan, Yishbak, Yishmael, Yacob, Yosef, Yishai (Jesse), Yonah and Yohanan.
As with the Hebrew men listed above, Hathor’s authority was indicated by the sun resting in her Y shape crown. The Hebrew veneration of Hathor testifies to their recognition of female authority. Some Hebrew women in the service of Hathor held positions of authority as shrine officials and temple dancers.
Hathor is usually shown with the sun resting over her head in the horns of the celestial bull calf. This was a sign of divine appointment by the High God.
Attributed authority came with the offices of king, priest, judge, and prophet. Only men served as priests in the various ranks, each with its unique and limited authority. Each priestly rank and position was inherited. The greatest authority rested with the chief priest known as the “High Priest” in the time of the Second Temple (c. 560 B.C. - 70 A.D.). Consecration was done in a ceremony not unlike the sacramental ordination found in some churches today. Most of the junior priests served at smaller, less prestigious temples and shrines until the time of King Josiah who wanted the Temple in Jerusalem to be the only temple. He ordered the destruction of other temples, even some that were dedicated to the High God (Deut. 12:1–5).
Achieved authority came from societal recognition of a person's righteousness, or holy living. John the Forerunner is an example. His strict asceticism and denial of all worldly pleasures was widely recognized by the Judean population. His divine appointment is shown in his Hebrew name, Yohanan. His spiritual authority was such that many traveled into the wilderness to consult him or be baptized by him. John is unique among the prophets because he embodied all three types of authority: derived, attributed, and achieved. No wonder Jesus claimed that he was the greatest of the prophets.
Authority is linked to Divine Appointment
Divine appointment for the early Hebrew was indicated by the initial Y in the names of many Hebrew men. This was a sun cradle that meant the person was overshadowed by the High God. The symbol appears in the Hebrew names Yitzak, Yaqtan, Yishbak, Yishmael, Yacob, Yosef, Yishai (Jesse), Yonah and Yohanan.
As with the Hebrew men listed above, Hathor’s authority was indicated by the sun resting in her Y shape crown. The Hebrew veneration of Hathor testifies to their recognition of female authority. Some Hebrew women in the service of Hathor held positions of authority as shrine officials and temple dancers.
Hathor is usually shown with the sun resting over her head in the horns of the celestial bull calf. This was a sign of divine appointment by the High God.
Hathor overshadowed.
Hathor is the archetype of the Woman of Genesis 3:15 who would bring forth the Son of God, conceived by divine overshadowing (Luke 1:35).
The Hebrew priest Aaron fabricated an image of the celestial bull calf with the sun resting in its horns, but thousands of years later Judaism posed this image of the High God’s son as an idol to be destroyed.
Related reading: Solar Symbolism of the Ancient Near East; The Hebrew were a Caste
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