In this article, I will be discussing what I have found in my research regarding this subject, and it is lengthy, because the subject is vast in scope, and very important, and you will inevitably catch me repeating myself - - sorry. But then again, a little redundancy helps emphasize important points, and reinforces new material. I try not to shy away from speaking the truth - and even though I like to debate a topic, I don't relish being argumentative, or confrontational for the sake of being in someone's face. My intent is to bring others to the knowledge of the truth, based upon Scripture and other people's research I've come across that has proven to be relevant and true.
Amazingly, it seems a lot of important information is purposely being suppressed by pastors in many churches. Why? Perhaps to keep their pews filled with fat sheep for sheering and devouring, or perhaps to have a following and ministry with their name on it, or they themselves may be well intended, but still completely deluded - - take your pick. I don't ever claim to know it all, and it is never my intent to pass along bad information. That being said, it is my hope that you, dear reader, will consider what I have to say, and search to see if what I say is so. Therefore, any material you read here that you think may be false, or even incomplete, please feel free to correct me. If you are offended by what I have shared, well then- - I really can't help that, since the truth is offensive to those who love lies. Now then, let me start here with just a few of the many images regarding the "Cosmic Christ" as he seems to be the modern interpretation of the Jesus of the Bible. Let me just cut to the chase here...this is the impostor the world will soon embrace, who Scripture calls - another Jesus, or the Anti-Christ. Do an image search on this subject and see what you pull up. I had to laugh at the silliness of this "cosmic-Christ" concept, but my momentary and smug mirth was quickly replaced by sadness and tears, because according to Scripture, these people, the ones who propagate and embrace this false Christ are L-O-S-T - LOST! And they seem to be at peace and happy about it! So that brings me to wonder - how many people believe we all have the same God? |
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I suppose another way to put this important question is: Do we all worship the same God? That depends on many criteria. First, I would like to point out that throughout our human history, religion - the worship of a god, or many gods, was and is at the heart, or center of cultures both past, and present. The lives of ancient peoples revolved around the worship and appeasement of their deity, or deities, and many still do. Only in recent human history, have we seen an unnatural denial of the existence of any deity, and that movement was brought into being within the scientific community, due to an apparent back lash from being held under religious censor for millenia.
As if that wasn't bad enough (the idea of there being no God due to religious censor by the Scientific community) now there is another movement that is becoming more evident in the today's religious world, and that movement is called Interfaithism. Interfaithism is a newly evolved form of ecumenism, which started around 1962 with Pope John XXIII [23]. This was his official call to bring all the daughter "Christian" faiths back under the mother Catholic Church's skirt -so to speak. |
Due to ecumenism's natural tendency to cause the decay of Biblical orthodoxy (sound doctrine), it has decayed further into the belief that all religious roads, not just Fundamental Biblical Christianity, lead to heaven and God. That is what Interfaithism means - all faiths: Buddhism, Catholicism, Druidism, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Judaism, Krishna’s, Mormonism, Moonies, Paganism, and various Christian sects etc., all have the same basic principles and goals. These goals are to live as holy a life as possible through good works, in order to maybe reach heaven (or what ever it is they call their blissful afterlife), that is if they even have an afterlife. The religions that don't have an afterlife per se, however do purse the divine avenue of obtaining godhood.
What people don't seem to consider (concerning Interfaithism), is that all non-biblical religious roads that the masses travel, all have a single origin, as well as a single end. I'm sure you've heard the saying that goes : "All roads lead to Rome” right? Well this means Rome is the end destination, but it can also imply that it is the beginning of a journey. For a Christian, that can't be good, since Rome was and still is an idolatrous cesspool. The supporters of Interfaithism make their broad and easy religious road appear to be a good road to travel. On the surface it appears to bring unity, since all roads lead to "Rome". But every destination begins with a point of origin, so what is the origin of this religious road one must wonder? Let us remember that Rome wasn't built in a day, and it wasn't the first world superpower either. So I must contend that the idolatrous Roman road was laid much earlier, and at a different location, but where? The oldest recorded civilization is the Sumerian culture in the fertile crescent, so really, 'Idolatry Road' has its origins in the heart of the Babylonian empire. Yes, this Interfaith Mix- Master of idolatrous highways and byways was first paved at the Fertile Crescent many millenia ago, and will indeed lead its travelers to one destination, right past Rome, and then on down through the gates leading to the lake of fire - according to Scripture. That is unless the people on this idolatrous road repent and take a spiritual "U-E" . More about this down the road...
The Beginning of Idolatry
Satan contemplates the weaker vessle.
I am by no means an expert on pagan, or idolatrous religions. I only know what I have read and studied, and since there are so many denominations with in paganism itself, even what I have come to know as facts, can be debated. First of all, let us define the word "pagan." This word started out to mean "of the country", or "of the village", denoting the rural peoples who were more connected to the land, than city dwellers. Because of this, they were seen as less educated, and less refined by the city slickers. Not much has changed dear reader, for we have a similar modern stereotype known as the "country bumpkin." This word ( pagan), only got its association with pantheism and polytheism fairly recently, back in Roman days. Before that, people didn't call themselves "pagans," and neither did God, he called them "idolators," because they worshiped a myriad of other gods, and even nature itself as being god, via chunks of carved stone, wood, or cast metal, a.k.a. idols. And so, even in this day and age, it is more biblically accurate to call anyone who doesn't worship The Almighty God in spirit and truth-"idolators" rather than pagans. So I will be using the Biblical wording and perspective on answering this question: When did idolatry begin? Wait, I'll try to use the biblical word "idolater", but I might slip up and revert to the word "pagan," it's a hard habit to break!
Anyway, according to Scripture, idolatry started the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command to not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. After Adam's and Eve's disobedience [sin]; their son Cain was the next casualty of sin. It is recorded that he committed the first physical murder, despite God's warnings against it. Nevertheless, he let sin get the upper hand in his life, and the rest is history. The effects of sin snowballed after that, producing more sin and death. Just before the flood, God gives us a glimpse of what the world was like on earth, and I can only imagine that it was a living nightmare for the righteous person. Every sin was committed with gusto, under God's newly minted sun. We read in Gen 4:26:
"And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh [Enos= “mortal
man”]. Then men began[chalal] to call [qara] on the name of the LORD."
This kinda seemed like an odd statement to me - even a little pointless, because one would think Adam was still around at this time, so wasn't he calling on the name of the Lord, wasn't he at least walking in righteousness? Since nothing in Scripture is pointless, I wondered why that statement would be made after Seth had a child. So, I looked up the verse and its meaning on an online concordance and was rather surprised by what I found. The English word for “began” in the verse is “chalal” in Hebrew, and it means: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, or call other things LORD [Yahweh]. The English word for the verb phrase“to call” in this verse is “qara” in Hebrew, which means: to call out, commission, recite, proclaim, name, or summon. So the portion of this verse is saying that after Enosh [meaning: mortal man] was born, men cursed and profaned God's name by calling other things “LORD!" People still do this to this day, they call all sorts of created things "god," and some even go so far as to fashion for themselves a false "sugar daddy" god from the very pages of Scripture, and call him "Lord."
Hmmm ....if my calculations are correct (math isn't my best subject), then Adam was around 235 years old when Enosh was born and the profaning of God's name and the idolatrous practices really gained momentum. So, after some 1300 years, from the day God created Adam, he had finally had enough of humanity's idolatrous ways, and brought them their just desserts – the world wide flood. But not before he called to righteous Noah [meaning: “rest”] and told him that he was going to spare Noah and his family from the coming judgement. Noah faithfully worked on this task for 120 years; while he was building the ark, he no doubt suffered a great deal of taunting, and ridicule dished out by the soon to be doomed unrepentant idolaters. He silently "preached" their doom while building the great ark. So God, being just and righteous, kept his word and finally caused the earth's resources to wipe out the vast majority of the earth's population off the face of his earth, saving only eight souls. I'm sure that modern prosperity pastors would not see this as a successful ministry, right?
Not long after those eight souls were released from the ark, Ham [meaning: “hot”]started the next line of wickedness, and his actions earned him a curse from his father Noah. Eventually, Ham begot Cush [meaning: “black”]who either outright begot Nimrod [meaning:“rebel”], or he might have been Nimrod's grandpappy. Apparently, Nimrod was someone to be reckoned with, because the Bible teaches that he began [there's that word again]to be a mighty one on the earth. Nimrod started the Babylonian empire for sure, and then it is disputed whether or not he moved to Shem's son, Asshur's neck of the woods, and started the Assyrian empire, or if the Bible is talking about Asshur being the sole founder of Assyria. Anyway, who ever founded the Assyrian empire did it after the earth was divided in the days of Peleg, and some how Nimrod is connected to it by name. So, why does the Bible make a point to say he [Nimrod] was a mighty hunter before the LORD? That phrase could possibly mean that Nimrod was a tyrannical hunter of man's souls, who then turned them against God, because he was a profane, or idolatrous man himself. That's plausible, since the Babylonian empire is referred to as being the Mother of all harlots [idolatry] and the Anti-Christ is called The Assyrian. So both kingdoms are rooted in evil from the word “go” and are in one way or another, connected to this wicked man - Nimrod. Or hey, it could just mean that he was an awesome hunter of wild game type animals, like the pastor's say he was, which again, seems like a pointless statement for God to make. I'm more inclined to believe he was a wicked man who hunted souls to turn them away from God, it just makes more sense, doesn't it? Don't you just love lexicons?
Anyway, according to Scripture, idolatry started the moment Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command to not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. After Adam's and Eve's disobedience [sin]; their son Cain was the next casualty of sin. It is recorded that he committed the first physical murder, despite God's warnings against it. Nevertheless, he let sin get the upper hand in his life, and the rest is history. The effects of sin snowballed after that, producing more sin and death. Just before the flood, God gives us a glimpse of what the world was like on earth, and I can only imagine that it was a living nightmare for the righteous person. Every sin was committed with gusto, under God's newly minted sun. We read in Gen 4:26:
"And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh [Enos= “mortal
man”]. Then men began[chalal] to call [qara] on the name of the LORD."
This kinda seemed like an odd statement to me - even a little pointless, because one would think Adam was still around at this time, so wasn't he calling on the name of the Lord, wasn't he at least walking in righteousness? Since nothing in Scripture is pointless, I wondered why that statement would be made after Seth had a child. So, I looked up the verse and its meaning on an online concordance and was rather surprised by what I found. The English word for “began” in the verse is “chalal” in Hebrew, and it means: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, or call other things LORD [Yahweh]. The English word for the verb phrase“to call” in this verse is “qara” in Hebrew, which means: to call out, commission, recite, proclaim, name, or summon. So the portion of this verse is saying that after Enosh [meaning: mortal man] was born, men cursed and profaned God's name by calling other things “LORD!" People still do this to this day, they call all sorts of created things "god," and some even go so far as to fashion for themselves a false "sugar daddy" god from the very pages of Scripture, and call him "Lord."
Hmmm ....if my calculations are correct (math isn't my best subject), then Adam was around 235 years old when Enosh was born and the profaning of God's name and the idolatrous practices really gained momentum. So, after some 1300 years, from the day God created Adam, he had finally had enough of humanity's idolatrous ways, and brought them their just desserts – the world wide flood. But not before he called to righteous Noah [meaning: “rest”] and told him that he was going to spare Noah and his family from the coming judgement. Noah faithfully worked on this task for 120 years; while he was building the ark, he no doubt suffered a great deal of taunting, and ridicule dished out by the soon to be doomed unrepentant idolaters. He silently "preached" their doom while building the great ark. So God, being just and righteous, kept his word and finally caused the earth's resources to wipe out the vast majority of the earth's population off the face of his earth, saving only eight souls. I'm sure that modern prosperity pastors would not see this as a successful ministry, right?
Not long after those eight souls were released from the ark, Ham [meaning: “hot”]started the next line of wickedness, and his actions earned him a curse from his father Noah. Eventually, Ham begot Cush [meaning: “black”]who either outright begot Nimrod [meaning:“rebel”], or he might have been Nimrod's grandpappy. Apparently, Nimrod was someone to be reckoned with, because the Bible teaches that he began [there's that word again]to be a mighty one on the earth. Nimrod started the Babylonian empire for sure, and then it is disputed whether or not he moved to Shem's son, Asshur's neck of the woods, and started the Assyrian empire, or if the Bible is talking about Asshur being the sole founder of Assyria. Anyway, who ever founded the Assyrian empire did it after the earth was divided in the days of Peleg, and some how Nimrod is connected to it by name. So, why does the Bible make a point to say he [Nimrod] was a mighty hunter before the LORD? That phrase could possibly mean that Nimrod was a tyrannical hunter of man's souls, who then turned them against God, because he was a profane, or idolatrous man himself. That's plausible, since the Babylonian empire is referred to as being the Mother of all harlots [idolatry] and the Anti-Christ is called The Assyrian. So both kingdoms are rooted in evil from the word “go” and are in one way or another, connected to this wicked man - Nimrod. Or hey, it could just mean that he was an awesome hunter of wild game type animals, like the pastor's say he was, which again, seems like a pointless statement for God to make. I'm more inclined to believe he was a wicked man who hunted souls to turn them away from God, it just makes more sense, doesn't it? Don't you just love lexicons?
Idolatry At The Tower of Babel
Babel comes from the Akkadian word, babilu meaning, "gate of god ." It is a play on the Hebrew word 'balal ' which means "mixed, jumble, or confused." Certainly idolatrous worship that is mixed, or confused with God's holy worship will get you into deep water with the Almighty. God doesn't respect other faiths. And so, here at the tower, we see the justice God dishes out as being fit for their crime. Their unity of speech helped them along in their idolatry- so God mixed, or confused their languages to disperse them.
As a result, the rebellious people of the plain were more apt to do what God had told them to do (to spread out and fill all the earth) instead of staying in one spot to make a name for themselves. This is why all peoples have a similar story of a world wide flood, and why all peoples seem to worship similar gods, and goddesses. Through the sands of time, these nations have laid their own idolatrous roads, fashioned from the bricks and mortar of their rebellion at the Tower of Babel. Yes, over time, they added gods and goddesses of their own to the original two, namely Nimrod and his queen, Semiramis. That is why all of these roads lead from and to cities of |
idolatry. They have been named and re-
named in each nation's own language, that they were given by the Almighty. Within all forms of idolatry, worship is geared toward creation with some sort of sun god, and moon goddess, or vice-versa. This pseudo divine duo was later expanded to include a man-child, making their godhead a "trinity." This of course points back to Nimrod, Semiramis, and her illegitimate offspring, Tam-muz [more on that sordid state of affairs a little later]. It is also interesting to note that the Tower of Babel itself is believed to be a ziggurat in shape. It looks like an unfinished step-pyramid, or a trapezoid. These structures are found in nearly every idolatrous nation on the earth. A mere coincidence? I don't think so. In Satanism, it is said that their god, Satan, lives or resides at the top of the stairs. If you will so kindly observe the back of your one dollar bill, you will see that infamous 13 step unfinished
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pyramid or ziggurat or trapezoid, with the all-seeing-eye god at the top, who is none other than Satan or a.k.a. Lucifer, to his devoted and delusional followers. Knowing this, one begins to wonder if the phrase: In God We Trust is really referring to the God of the Bible, or the god Mammon. By the way, you can actually sniff out a false prophet by how he refers to Satan. If he calls Satan, - “Lucifer” without explaining why his name changed to Satan, this is a giveaway that “the prophet” who claims to be of God, really venerates Lucifer, or as Christians know him to be - Satan – the Adversary. Lance Wallnau of the Seven Mountains of Influence false teaching, is one such undercover New Age Luciferian, masquerading as a messenger of the Almighty God of the Bible.
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The World Religions
World religions fall into one, or more of these categories: monotheistic, deistic, pantheistic, polytheistic, and atheistic. I know, supposedly atheism isn't a "religion", but please keep reading, and I'll explain myself. Most religions usually have at least one, or more gods to worship, a holy book, rites and rituals, some sort of code of ethics, and some have teachings of an afterlife. Oh yeah, I recently ran into a new one I've never heard of before, panantheistic. As if idolatrous ways aren't confusing enough, but I will try to expound upon the differences below.
Monotheism
Monotheism is supposed to be the belief in only one supreme God, not many gods. However, I would contend that the Catholic concept of monotheism is corrupted by the polytheism of Babylon, thus we have the concept of a "Triune" God, one that is being masqueraded as being monotheistic. A true monotheistic religion, like authentic Christianity, has Almighty God as being the sole creator of the universe and he is completely autonomous from it, even though it gives evidence of his existence. The religions of monotheism are excepted to be: Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, and Islam. Each of these religions have their own version of the Bible, or other divinely inspired book, version of who their monotheistic God is, rites of worship, and teach of an after life.
Deism
Deists believe there is a creator god of sorts, but believe he is aloof and unconcerned with his creation, while they acknowledge his existence, and may even admire him for his handwork, they are not inclined to worship him on his terms. Some famous deists were among the Founding Fathers of the United States. Again, deists may site biblical passages, and admire the wisdom in its pages, but at the same time, they hold a feeling of contempt for its gospel message, and for the work and purpose of Jesus as being the Divine Savior of the world. They tend to worship the mind and the god of reason, which actually turns out to be Lucifer, or as the Bible calls him, Satan.
Atheism
Atheists don't believe in any god at all, or so they say. Even though atheists don't acknowledge that their teaching, or “belief” is a type of religious faith in and of itself; in reality it is. Why? That is because the god they worship is really humanity, or man's mind and abilities, rather than a spiritual deity. Even so, they do have a mysterious force they refer to as: Evolution. Many times, this mysterious force is attributed with a conscience of sorts, and with creative decision making abilities. Words like,"Evolution created fish with gills and then when they started to crawl up on land, evolution helped their gills to move from the sides of their heads, and down into their chests, where they became lungs." What is amazing to me is that all of the complex changes that have to be made in order to accomplish these amazing feats, aren't possible using applied knowledge by very smart scientists. Yet Evolution did it in a matter of millions of years by accidental trial and error. Anyway, Atheists also have many temples, we know them as Universities, where their doctrine of Evolution is taught and jealously guarded against heresies, like creation. They even have a holy book - Darwin's 'On The Origin of Species' and sacred shrines like the Galapagos Islands, too. One would think that if they really believed in Evolution's ability to bring order out of chaos, then shouldn't they be glad oil companies spilled their petroleum based cargo in the oceans? I mean what an opportunity to see Evolution at work. All such abrupt cataclysmic events (like the big bang) according to their teachings, should bring about more evolution, right? But instead they act as if their holy shrine has been vandalized by infidels, and lament over the utter destruction and nearly irrevocable damage oil spills have on the environment. This is some what hypocritical really. And what many of the evolutionary faithful don't consider is the end destination of their belief system, that being that lower life forms evolve into high life forms through change brought on by adversity. If that is true, then according to them, humans will evolve into gods, because there is no higher life form than a god, right? Does anyone else see the tragic irony here, or at least the incredible hypocrisy? So, just because they say their "philosophy" isn't a religion, that doesn't mean it's true, it just means they are deluded, or in denial of the truth.
Polytheistic and Pantheistic Religions
Polytheistic religions believe in a plethora of greater, and lesser gods, while pantheism teaches all things contain gods, or are gods. Polytheistic religions, or faiths, seem to be relegated to ancient history, such as the religion of the Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. Most of us in this modern time scoff at the notion of worshiping Zeus (Jupiter), and Hera (Juno). However, I would like to point out that this type of religion is not as dead as one might suppose. There are many who still carry out this type of worship even in this 'modern' day and age. There are also religions that combine aspects of polytheism with elements of pantheism, such as the ancient religion of Hinduism. These religions have many volumes dedicated to their religion. They tell of how and why they worship all their gods and goddesses. They usually have one greater god with many lesser gods who vie for power and control, or form alliances from time to time, usually to get vengeance over another god, demigod, or mortal that dared to cross them. These gods are nature gods that rule forces of nature, the seasons, emotions, and elements. These gods are always in need of physical appeasement via animal, or human sacrifices, or even ritualistic sex acts performed on a cyclical basis. There is no real salvation from sin, other than works. If you're a good person, you may earn your way to a good afterlife. If not, then perhaps you can come back and try it again.
Panantheism (or Panentheism)
This one is completely confusing to most pagans, and is therefore especially confusing to a simple Christian woman like me. So forgive me, but I will be quoting from a pagan site. I had to read it through several times before it remotely made sense to me, and to be honest, it sounds like the definition of "The Force" from Star Wars.
Monotheism
Monotheism is supposed to be the belief in only one supreme God, not many gods. However, I would contend that the Catholic concept of monotheism is corrupted by the polytheism of Babylon, thus we have the concept of a "Triune" God, one that is being masqueraded as being monotheistic. A true monotheistic religion, like authentic Christianity, has Almighty God as being the sole creator of the universe and he is completely autonomous from it, even though it gives evidence of his existence. The religions of monotheism are excepted to be: Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, and Islam. Each of these religions have their own version of the Bible, or other divinely inspired book, version of who their monotheistic God is, rites of worship, and teach of an after life.
Deism
Deists believe there is a creator god of sorts, but believe he is aloof and unconcerned with his creation, while they acknowledge his existence, and may even admire him for his handwork, they are not inclined to worship him on his terms. Some famous deists were among the Founding Fathers of the United States. Again, deists may site biblical passages, and admire the wisdom in its pages, but at the same time, they hold a feeling of contempt for its gospel message, and for the work and purpose of Jesus as being the Divine Savior of the world. They tend to worship the mind and the god of reason, which actually turns out to be Lucifer, or as the Bible calls him, Satan.
Atheism
Atheists don't believe in any god at all, or so they say. Even though atheists don't acknowledge that their teaching, or “belief” is a type of religious faith in and of itself; in reality it is. Why? That is because the god they worship is really humanity, or man's mind and abilities, rather than a spiritual deity. Even so, they do have a mysterious force they refer to as: Evolution. Many times, this mysterious force is attributed with a conscience of sorts, and with creative decision making abilities. Words like,"Evolution created fish with gills and then when they started to crawl up on land, evolution helped their gills to move from the sides of their heads, and down into their chests, where they became lungs." What is amazing to me is that all of the complex changes that have to be made in order to accomplish these amazing feats, aren't possible using applied knowledge by very smart scientists. Yet Evolution did it in a matter of millions of years by accidental trial and error. Anyway, Atheists also have many temples, we know them as Universities, where their doctrine of Evolution is taught and jealously guarded against heresies, like creation. They even have a holy book - Darwin's 'On The Origin of Species' and sacred shrines like the Galapagos Islands, too. One would think that if they really believed in Evolution's ability to bring order out of chaos, then shouldn't they be glad oil companies spilled their petroleum based cargo in the oceans? I mean what an opportunity to see Evolution at work. All such abrupt cataclysmic events (like the big bang) according to their teachings, should bring about more evolution, right? But instead they act as if their holy shrine has been vandalized by infidels, and lament over the utter destruction and nearly irrevocable damage oil spills have on the environment. This is some what hypocritical really. And what many of the evolutionary faithful don't consider is the end destination of their belief system, that being that lower life forms evolve into high life forms through change brought on by adversity. If that is true, then according to them, humans will evolve into gods, because there is no higher life form than a god, right? Does anyone else see the tragic irony here, or at least the incredible hypocrisy? So, just because they say their "philosophy" isn't a religion, that doesn't mean it's true, it just means they are deluded, or in denial of the truth.
Polytheistic and Pantheistic Religions
Polytheistic religions believe in a plethora of greater, and lesser gods, while pantheism teaches all things contain gods, or are gods. Polytheistic religions, or faiths, seem to be relegated to ancient history, such as the religion of the Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. Most of us in this modern time scoff at the notion of worshiping Zeus (Jupiter), and Hera (Juno). However, I would like to point out that this type of religion is not as dead as one might suppose. There are many who still carry out this type of worship even in this 'modern' day and age. There are also religions that combine aspects of polytheism with elements of pantheism, such as the ancient religion of Hinduism. These religions have many volumes dedicated to their religion. They tell of how and why they worship all their gods and goddesses. They usually have one greater god with many lesser gods who vie for power and control, or form alliances from time to time, usually to get vengeance over another god, demigod, or mortal that dared to cross them. These gods are nature gods that rule forces of nature, the seasons, emotions, and elements. These gods are always in need of physical appeasement via animal, or human sacrifices, or even ritualistic sex acts performed on a cyclical basis. There is no real salvation from sin, other than works. If you're a good person, you may earn your way to a good afterlife. If not, then perhaps you can come back and try it again.
Panantheism (or Panentheism)
This one is completely confusing to most pagans, and is therefore especially confusing to a simple Christian woman like me. So forgive me, but I will be quoting from a pagan site. I had to read it through several times before it remotely made sense to me, and to be honest, it sounds like the definition of "The Force" from Star Wars.
In panentheism, the God/dess is not viewed as the creator or autonomous power, but the eternal animating force behind the universe, with the universe as nothing more than the manifest part of the God/dess. The cosmos exists within the God/dess, who in turn “pervades” or is “in” the cosmos, is in us. While pantheism asserts that the God/dess and the universe share the same area, panentheism believes the God/dess is greater than the universe and that the universe is contained within the God/dess." - A Bunch of Pan and Polys April 27, 2013 (The Dream Faire)
Well there you have it, I guess Obi Won might as well have said"May panentheism be with you."
Religions' Holy Books
Every religion has some sort of holy book, or manual that guides it. So, it stands to reason then, that if certain religions claim to worship the same "God", then their holy books should say the same things, right? Amazingly, they don't - despite what many pastors and preachers are now trying to sell their followers. The holy books of the monotheistic religions such as the Bible, Koran, Mishna, Talmud, Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon, etc. don't all agree with one another, so they can't have the same author, or come from the same source of inspiration - namely The Almighty. Someone is lying. The monotheistic religions, or faiths (for those of you who have an aversion to the word – “religion”), such as Judaism, Islam, Catholicism, and Christianity all claim that their God, or "G-d", is the one true God, and no other god exists. Then, surely this claim means they are worshiping the same God then, right? For this to be true, there has to be a common ground, a consensus, or a unity of faith for them to claim we are worshiping the same "God", right? Well there isn't, not within the Big Three [Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam]. Judaism and Islam don't believe in a "Triune" God, but Catholicism and many other sects of what is loosely called Christianity, do teach it. So, the answer of whether or not these religions have the same God is both yes, and no. What I mean by that is, according to Scripture, there are only two spiritual kingdoms, God's and Satan's. If you aren't worshiping the God of the Bible, then by default, you are unified in worshiping Satan. That means, the religions that don't fully embrace the word of God, as he has revealed it to his holy prophets and by his own Spirit, then their god is Satan, even if they claim they are "Christians."
Every religion has some sort of holy book, or manual that guides it. So, it stands to reason then, that if certain religions claim to worship the same "God", then their holy books should say the same things, right? Amazingly, they don't - despite what many pastors and preachers are now trying to sell their followers. The holy books of the monotheistic religions such as the Bible, Koran, Mishna, Talmud, Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon, etc. don't all agree with one another, so they can't have the same author, or come from the same source of inspiration - namely The Almighty. Someone is lying. The monotheistic religions, or faiths (for those of you who have an aversion to the word – “religion”), such as Judaism, Islam, Catholicism, and Christianity all claim that their God, or "G-d", is the one true God, and no other god exists. Then, surely this claim means they are worshiping the same God then, right? For this to be true, there has to be a common ground, a consensus, or a unity of faith for them to claim we are worshiping the same "God", right? Well there isn't, not within the Big Three [Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam]. Judaism and Islam don't believe in a "Triune" God, but Catholicism and many other sects of what is loosely called Christianity, do teach it. So, the answer of whether or not these religions have the same God is both yes, and no. What I mean by that is, according to Scripture, there are only two spiritual kingdoms, God's and Satan's. If you aren't worshiping the God of the Bible, then by default, you are unified in worshiping Satan. That means, the religions that don't fully embrace the word of God, as he has revealed it to his holy prophets and by his own Spirit, then their god is Satan, even if they claim they are "Christians."
The Big Three
Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam are what I call "The Big Three", and they make up the majority of the world's religious faiths. I won't include biblical Christianity with Catholicism, because it simply is not true Christianity. These religions gain their followers either by birth, or by receiving converts, some at the point of sword. Judaism's Torah, the Karaite's Tanak, and Islam's Koran, reject the notion of a triune God (three separate co-equal, co-eternal beings), as being one God, while Catholicism and other so-called "Christian" sects claim their Bible reveals "God" is triune. The God of Judaism and Christianity should be the same one, since it is claimed that Judaism is the root of Christianity, but they are not. Stranger still, when one really studies Judaism's religious books, one finds evidence of strange gods that Abraham didn't know, god's that Judaism doesn't talk about much, unless you are" in-the-know", or are brought up in their false religion of superstition and man-made traditions. One such false goddess is known as “Shekinah” - more on her in another article. The assumption that Judaism is a righteous faith is a false assumption, and is dealt with in depth in my article “Messianic Jews: Friends,or Foes of Christ”. The religion of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was not Judaism.
The gods of Islam and Catholicism are not the God of the Bible either. While Islam correctly refuses the “Trinity” concept (as Judaism does), Islam denies Jesus is the Son of God, or God in the flesh. According to Jesus, if you don't have the Son, then you don't have the Father. Why? Because they are one in the same being, expressed through different titles of office! So, when a religion that claims the Almighty is their God, but denies that God became a man (something Scripture teaches), then they are denying the very book they claim to revere. What's more, religions that teach God is so far above mankind, humans can't relate to him (and he really can't relate to us either), then these religions need "mediators" in the form of prophets, saints, or self proclaimed holy men such as popes, or gurus to bridge the gap between earth dwellers and their God. The Jewish, Muslim and Catholic religions have developed works based salvation and a stunning plethora of mediators. They work hard to appease their G-d, Allah, or God the Father, and even then there is no guaranty they will make it to Gan Eden, Jannah, or heaven, respectively. The Bible, in total, reveals God as being Jesus from Genesis to Revelation. So, how a religion treats Jesus, will reveal what they are really about, and who the really serve. Jews ridicule Jesus as a false prophet, and a false Messiah. Muslims claim Jesus is just one of many lesser prophets under Mohammed, and Catholics have demoted Jesus as being merely the fruit of sinless Mary's blessed immaculate womb, and also claim he is only one of three gods, in a supposed co-equal and eternal triad, and they also keep him on the cross. Some so-called "Christian" sects even claim Jesus was just a man, and not God in the flesh. This just amazes me: that they all insist they are Christians, but they do.
Yes, the God of what many consider to be Orthodox Christianity has been tainted by Catholicism, because they have adopted their idolatrous concept of a trinity, instead of believing in the one and only eternal blessed God and Savior. See my article “Is Our God A Trinity?” for a full explanation of this phenomenon. So, just by using the basis of a religion's holy book and what the faithful glean and teach from it, one can go a long way in unraveling which "God/god(s)" each faith really worships. As far as holy books are concerned, there are some religions that require supplemental books, other than the Bible, such as Judaism's Mishnah and Talmud, Mormonism's 'Pearl of Great Price' and the Jehovah Witnesses' book 'The Divine Plan of the Ages'. The Jehovah's also use their own 'New World' translation of the Bible. All that is missing from that title is the word - 'Order' at the end of it! Scripture is a closed canon, meaning God has revealed everything he wants to reveal to us within its pages, he didn't forget to say something, so there is no need for supplemental texts. Any so called "inspired" words after the fact are not inspired by God, but by demons, or natural men's contriving. So the god of Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, and other so-called 'Christian' Sects don't have the Almighty as their god, since they hold other books in their esteem. If they all did have the divinely inspired book, then they would all agree and worship him accordingly. In unity. In spirit. In truth.
The gods of Islam and Catholicism are not the God of the Bible either. While Islam correctly refuses the “Trinity” concept (as Judaism does), Islam denies Jesus is the Son of God, or God in the flesh. According to Jesus, if you don't have the Son, then you don't have the Father. Why? Because they are one in the same being, expressed through different titles of office! So, when a religion that claims the Almighty is their God, but denies that God became a man (something Scripture teaches), then they are denying the very book they claim to revere. What's more, religions that teach God is so far above mankind, humans can't relate to him (and he really can't relate to us either), then these religions need "mediators" in the form of prophets, saints, or self proclaimed holy men such as popes, or gurus to bridge the gap between earth dwellers and their God. The Jewish, Muslim and Catholic religions have developed works based salvation and a stunning plethora of mediators. They work hard to appease their G-d, Allah, or God the Father, and even then there is no guaranty they will make it to Gan Eden, Jannah, or heaven, respectively. The Bible, in total, reveals God as being Jesus from Genesis to Revelation. So, how a religion treats Jesus, will reveal what they are really about, and who the really serve. Jews ridicule Jesus as a false prophet, and a false Messiah. Muslims claim Jesus is just one of many lesser prophets under Mohammed, and Catholics have demoted Jesus as being merely the fruit of sinless Mary's blessed immaculate womb, and also claim he is only one of three gods, in a supposed co-equal and eternal triad, and they also keep him on the cross. Some so-called "Christian" sects even claim Jesus was just a man, and not God in the flesh. This just amazes me: that they all insist they are Christians, but they do.
Yes, the God of what many consider to be Orthodox Christianity has been tainted by Catholicism, because they have adopted their idolatrous concept of a trinity, instead of believing in the one and only eternal blessed God and Savior. See my article “Is Our God A Trinity?” for a full explanation of this phenomenon. So, just by using the basis of a religion's holy book and what the faithful glean and teach from it, one can go a long way in unraveling which "God/god(s)" each faith really worships. As far as holy books are concerned, there are some religions that require supplemental books, other than the Bible, such as Judaism's Mishnah and Talmud, Mormonism's 'Pearl of Great Price' and the Jehovah Witnesses' book 'The Divine Plan of the Ages'. The Jehovah's also use their own 'New World' translation of the Bible. All that is missing from that title is the word - 'Order' at the end of it! Scripture is a closed canon, meaning God has revealed everything he wants to reveal to us within its pages, he didn't forget to say something, so there is no need for supplemental texts. Any so called "inspired" words after the fact are not inspired by God, but by demons, or natural men's contriving. So the god of Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, and other so-called 'Christian' Sects don't have the Almighty as their god, since they hold other books in their esteem. If they all did have the divinely inspired book, then they would all agree and worship him accordingly. In unity. In spirit. In truth.
The Afterlife
Most religions seem to have a promise of some sort of an afterlife – a place of reward and also a place of punishment. The variation on this theme occurs due to their regional teachings of what their afterlife consists of, and how an adherent gets there – usually through their own merit, and whether or not there is a savior, or champion that leads the dearly departed to the place of reward, or torment. |
There may even be a guardian that defends the gates against the wrong soul from entering the place of reward, or leaving the place of punishment. Jews, Catholics, Muslims, and some so-called "Christians" have this concept to an extent. Catholics and some "Christian" sects have St. Peter guarding the pearly gates, while they have Satan, or some other diabolical angel as the guardian of the fiery gates of hell. Seriously, God is well able to determine who goes where, and they all stay where they are assigned, and there isn't any heaven/hell visitation programs for the dearly departed, or any jail breaks either.
Most of us are familiar with the purgatory teaching in Catholicism; that is where the not so good Catholics go to burn off their sins, and they hopefully won't be there too long, thanks to loved ones on this side of the veil who make prayers, and pay off the priest by burning candles. This is all done to help release the tormented soul from this dreaded"soul prison". Even though this concept is not mentioned once in Holy Writ, that doesn't stop it from being taught to the masses of the Scriptural ignorant by men in various colored robes, who all claim it to be an infallible and orthodox tradition. But what about Judaism and Islam?
Amazingly, in Judaism there is a teaching that says if a Jew goes to Gehenna[hell], then they only stay there for a little while. After they burn off their sins, they go to Gan Eden, or the Garden of Eden. One Midrash says, “Why has G-d created Gan Eden and Gehenna? That one might deliver from the other. [Pasikta de-Rav Kahana 30, 19b]. Judaism even has a concept that there is an angel that guards Gehenna and even asks G-d for the souls of evil Romans and naughty Jews, and they also teach there are three types of people: those who are righteous (they go to Gan EDen immediately upon death), those who are out right wicked (they go straight to Gehenna - never to leave its fiery torments), and those who try their best to be good, but still sin; they are the ones who burn off their sins for about 12 months. I am curious as to how they came up with that information. Anyway, it is the latter that is then released from Gehenna into Gan Eden. If this is true, then why doesn't Scripture (The Torah, Tanak, and New Testament) teach this outright?
Even in the denomination of Islam, called Ahl al-Sunnah, there is a notion of purgatory that states no Muslim shall abide in Hellfire forever, but only so they be cleansed of their faults (according to Muslims) as Allah knows best. Amazingly, even cults like Mormonism have something called “spirit prison”, but the Jehovah's Witnesses don't have a purgatory teaching – they mostly rely on works salvation and being baptized into and staying in their religion as a means to acquire a seat in heaven. But even then, there is no guarantee they will get there, they might just live on "paradise earth" – all of these similar false teachings from different faiths are just amazing to me!
Amazingly, in Judaism there is a teaching that says if a Jew goes to Gehenna[hell], then they only stay there for a little while. After they burn off their sins, they go to Gan Eden, or the Garden of Eden. One Midrash says, “Why has G-d created Gan Eden and Gehenna? That one might deliver from the other. [Pasikta de-Rav Kahana 30, 19b]. Judaism even has a concept that there is an angel that guards Gehenna and even asks G-d for the souls of evil Romans and naughty Jews, and they also teach there are three types of people: those who are righteous (they go to Gan EDen immediately upon death), those who are out right wicked (they go straight to Gehenna - never to leave its fiery torments), and those who try their best to be good, but still sin; they are the ones who burn off their sins for about 12 months. I am curious as to how they came up with that information. Anyway, it is the latter that is then released from Gehenna into Gan Eden. If this is true, then why doesn't Scripture (The Torah, Tanak, and New Testament) teach this outright?
Even in the denomination of Islam, called Ahl al-Sunnah, there is a notion of purgatory that states no Muslim shall abide in Hellfire forever, but only so they be cleansed of their faults (according to Muslims) as Allah knows best. Amazingly, even cults like Mormonism have something called “spirit prison”, but the Jehovah's Witnesses don't have a purgatory teaching – they mostly rely on works salvation and being baptized into and staying in their religion as a means to acquire a seat in heaven. But even then, there is no guarantee they will get there, they might just live on "paradise earth" – all of these similar false teachings from different faiths are just amazing to me!
Salvation With In World Religions
Salvation from sin is a huge hinge upon which the door of the Christian faith swings. Salvation is a broad subject that encompasses the aspects of redemption, justification, repentance, and sanctification and finally, consummation, which is when we are finally adopted and given our new bodies. Therefore it is the cross of Jesus Christ, that is the linchpin that separates the Christian faith from all others, and is what most people who are perishing in their sins, find to be extremely offensive. A lot can be discerned by learning how other religions treat sin (if at all), and their solution to it.
Religions that worship nature directly, don't really have a savior that takes on, or ransoms their followers from the penalty of their sins. Thanks to bad theology and mixed messages, modern idolaters don't have a good grasp on what the Bible teaches about the way to heaven and salvation. From a "pagan" perspective, as I understand it, they believe that Christian salvation and condemnation is forced upon the believer, or unbeliever regardless of their actions, it is only a matter of belief. To this I would say: yes, and no. Christian salvation is not as cut and dried as that.
Initial salvation starts with the measure of faith that God instilled in all humans. Then when the gospel of Jesus preached and redemption is offered, that is when repentance, or the confession of sin, and the acceptance of his blood sacrifice as the only means of atonement or ransom from God's wrath. Forgiveness from sin is not forced upon the penitent, it is freely given when asked for, because God is faithful and just to forgive all sin. This redemption came by way of Jesus' voluntary sinless sacrifice to appease God's wrath directed toward the offender, that is why he is our Redeemer. However, no one asks for forgiveness, unless they know, or have been told, that they have offended someone. So, this knowledge of the offence of sin is made known through the ten commandments, and once more, by the preaching of the gospel. This is either believed by faith and accepted, or denied by the individual and rejected- no "force" or emotional trickery is to be used either way. This is where Catholicism and Islam go awry, they physically force conversions upon pain of death. Once forgiveness is accepted and the newly redeemed person starts learning the way of Christ, then they must indeed prove their conversion through good deeds, or more accurately, by behaving like Christ. Even in this we are freely afforded God's grace, which is his power given to us, to help us will to do what the truth demands of us, and that is to live a holy life. This shows they are not hypocrites, but actual followers of Christ, and are experiencing a living faith that they are expected to grow up in, as their knowledge of their Lord increases. The Bible does indeed teach that we will be judged based on our deeds in this life. Why? Because our word and deed must match in order to prove our faith - and our deeds prove our words in regards to our faith.
Quest's, not salvation
Other polytheistic religions have gods and goddesses, demi-gods, or champions, that traverse to the underworld, but they don't pay for, or ransom the sinners of the world with their own lives. Usually, their journey is performed as a rite of passage to prove bravery, retrieve a lost lover, or to gain knowledge and wisdom from the underworld ruler, or to steal something that belongs to them, or another god – for which they are actually rewarded. In short, these people go on quests. I can't really find any pagan lore that tells a tale of a god becoming human, or any demi-god willingly going to their doom, for the sole purpose of paying for their worshipers' sins, much less being a sinless individual in their own right. In some myths that tell of an individual who trekked into the nether regions, they did indeed rise from the dead after three days or so, but not triumphant over sin. Instead, they revived nature from death to life as illustrated by the seasons of winter turning to spring, or they became reincarnated as a god. Is this really the same idea as mankind being saved from sin and the resulting death penalty, by a sinless Savior? Not really, especially since the idol worshiper doesn't consider themselves “lost in sin” and estranged from God, the way the Bible teaches we are. Some religions consider their life a spiritual journey, but not as a means of obtaining salvation, but toward realizing their own inner power, and godhood.
Others are more concerned with this life, and its carnal pleasures, and worshiping nature, through seasons that celebrate regeneration, or sex, than they are about their need of a sin redeeming Savior. Now then, there are tales of peoples offering human sacrifices, usually virgins, to appease angry gods, but this isn't the same thing as Christian salvation. The victim is more often than not, completely unwilling to die, being that they are usually bound with rope, or chains to an alter, or forcefully held in place by priests, or even drugged into submission, all done to keep them from escaping. And these virgin sacrifices, that humans suppose to be "innocent," are not considered to be so by the Almighty.
So basically, the form of salvation, I guess you can call it that, in which some polytheists and pantheists believe in, is one in which they can become enlightened, achieve spiritual awareness, and even “Christ-consciousness" (or godhood) through works ranging from giving alms to the poor to performing yoga. The strange business of obtaining Christ "consciousness" is done in part by leaving the physical plain for the spiritual, or astral plain, with the help of secret magical knowledge obtained by spiritual quests, or through spirit guides (demons), this theme seems consistent with in these false religions. Some even believe they can choose which life form they will take on in their next life, if they so choose to exercise that power, and they are in essence, exploring their own so-called "divinity." Others teach their reincarnate form is chosen for them, based on what they learned and did, or didn't learn and didn't do, while on earth. These teachings reflect the ages old lie Satan sold Adam and Eve in the Garden - "...you won't surely die...you will be like God...."
On the other hand, the gospel of true Christianity teaches that God, out of love for his creation, humbled himself, and became a man, for the sole purpose of living a sinless life among his creation that was marred by sin. By taking on human flesh, he was then able to be tempted without sinning, because no one can actually make God commit a sin. By taking on mortal flesh, he was then able to die for the sins of all humanity, satisfying the blood guilt and offence of sin [blood ransom paid to God by himself], so that anyone who has faith in him and his merciful and gracious work, could then be saved from the coming final wrath of God. This impending wrath will be unleashed on all those who reject Jesus' sacrifice. God initiated the process of salvation by grace through faith, so we don't have to do anything to earn our ransom, or his forgiveness, other than asking for it and believing in his - once and for all sacrifice. The proof of our faith is then displayed by living a holy, or sanctified existence - living a life as free from the influences of this world and sin as possible, but with the help of God's grace, so as not to become hypocrites. How many times have you seen, or heard of someone who lived like a hellion, and then did a 180, and was a completely different person? I don't mean someone who is now all inclusive of all religions, or is non-discerning of spirits, but someone who rejects any form of sin. For those of you who have been transformed into what can only be described as a new creature, what other explanation can there be for this miraculous metamorphosis, other than God's power? What more proof does anyone need that there is a God when this type of event occurs?
Where as Christians, after their conversion, notice a curious disdain for the sin they once enjoyed; idolaters continually revel in sinful activities that the Bible condemns. Idolatrous ritual worship can include taking drugs, illicit sexual practices, worship of the sun and moon as deities, and the learning and recitation of magical incantations, or engage in yoga to make themselves better people, and to earn their way to a higher life form in order to one day hopefully reincarnate into a god. While many idolatrous myths appear to intertwine, and mingle with that of Biblical accounts – such as creation, and I must say they do a very good job in muddying the spiritual waters, but they still don't have the Bible's end result – the covenant promise of a soul's salvation from sin and death via a living faith in the living God – Jesus, whom I might add, doesn't change the rules of salvation. A Christian is to live like Christ at all times, not just on Sunday, or what ever Sabbath day they choose to worship. Idolaters worship creation and themselves, where as Christians worship Jesus, or at least they should, and not with hypocritical lip service, but in spirit and in truth. Sadly, I have found idolaters to be more loyal to their gods than so-called "Christians" are to Jesus.
Salvation from sin is a huge hinge upon which the door of the Christian faith swings. Salvation is a broad subject that encompasses the aspects of redemption, justification, repentance, and sanctification and finally, consummation, which is when we are finally adopted and given our new bodies. Therefore it is the cross of Jesus Christ, that is the linchpin that separates the Christian faith from all others, and is what most people who are perishing in their sins, find to be extremely offensive. A lot can be discerned by learning how other religions treat sin (if at all), and their solution to it.
Religions that worship nature directly, don't really have a savior that takes on, or ransoms their followers from the penalty of their sins. Thanks to bad theology and mixed messages, modern idolaters don't have a good grasp on what the Bible teaches about the way to heaven and salvation. From a "pagan" perspective, as I understand it, they believe that Christian salvation and condemnation is forced upon the believer, or unbeliever regardless of their actions, it is only a matter of belief. To this I would say: yes, and no. Christian salvation is not as cut and dried as that.
Initial salvation starts with the measure of faith that God instilled in all humans. Then when the gospel of Jesus preached and redemption is offered, that is when repentance, or the confession of sin, and the acceptance of his blood sacrifice as the only means of atonement or ransom from God's wrath. Forgiveness from sin is not forced upon the penitent, it is freely given when asked for, because God is faithful and just to forgive all sin. This redemption came by way of Jesus' voluntary sinless sacrifice to appease God's wrath directed toward the offender, that is why he is our Redeemer. However, no one asks for forgiveness, unless they know, or have been told, that they have offended someone. So, this knowledge of the offence of sin is made known through the ten commandments, and once more, by the preaching of the gospel. This is either believed by faith and accepted, or denied by the individual and rejected- no "force" or emotional trickery is to be used either way. This is where Catholicism and Islam go awry, they physically force conversions upon pain of death. Once forgiveness is accepted and the newly redeemed person starts learning the way of Christ, then they must indeed prove their conversion through good deeds, or more accurately, by behaving like Christ. Even in this we are freely afforded God's grace, which is his power given to us, to help us will to do what the truth demands of us, and that is to live a holy life. This shows they are not hypocrites, but actual followers of Christ, and are experiencing a living faith that they are expected to grow up in, as their knowledge of their Lord increases. The Bible does indeed teach that we will be judged based on our deeds in this life. Why? Because our word and deed must match in order to prove our faith - and our deeds prove our words in regards to our faith.
Quest's, not salvation
Other polytheistic religions have gods and goddesses, demi-gods, or champions, that traverse to the underworld, but they don't pay for, or ransom the sinners of the world with their own lives. Usually, their journey is performed as a rite of passage to prove bravery, retrieve a lost lover, or to gain knowledge and wisdom from the underworld ruler, or to steal something that belongs to them, or another god – for which they are actually rewarded. In short, these people go on quests. I can't really find any pagan lore that tells a tale of a god becoming human, or any demi-god willingly going to their doom, for the sole purpose of paying for their worshipers' sins, much less being a sinless individual in their own right. In some myths that tell of an individual who trekked into the nether regions, they did indeed rise from the dead after three days or so, but not triumphant over sin. Instead, they revived nature from death to life as illustrated by the seasons of winter turning to spring, or they became reincarnated as a god. Is this really the same idea as mankind being saved from sin and the resulting death penalty, by a sinless Savior? Not really, especially since the idol worshiper doesn't consider themselves “lost in sin” and estranged from God, the way the Bible teaches we are. Some religions consider their life a spiritual journey, but not as a means of obtaining salvation, but toward realizing their own inner power, and godhood.
Others are more concerned with this life, and its carnal pleasures, and worshiping nature, through seasons that celebrate regeneration, or sex, than they are about their need of a sin redeeming Savior. Now then, there are tales of peoples offering human sacrifices, usually virgins, to appease angry gods, but this isn't the same thing as Christian salvation. The victim is more often than not, completely unwilling to die, being that they are usually bound with rope, or chains to an alter, or forcefully held in place by priests, or even drugged into submission, all done to keep them from escaping. And these virgin sacrifices, that humans suppose to be "innocent," are not considered to be so by the Almighty.
So basically, the form of salvation, I guess you can call it that, in which some polytheists and pantheists believe in, is one in which they can become enlightened, achieve spiritual awareness, and even “Christ-consciousness" (or godhood) through works ranging from giving alms to the poor to performing yoga. The strange business of obtaining Christ "consciousness" is done in part by leaving the physical plain for the spiritual, or astral plain, with the help of secret magical knowledge obtained by spiritual quests, or through spirit guides (demons), this theme seems consistent with in these false religions. Some even believe they can choose which life form they will take on in their next life, if they so choose to exercise that power, and they are in essence, exploring their own so-called "divinity." Others teach their reincarnate form is chosen for them, based on what they learned and did, or didn't learn and didn't do, while on earth. These teachings reflect the ages old lie Satan sold Adam and Eve in the Garden - "...you won't surely die...you will be like God...."
On the other hand, the gospel of true Christianity teaches that God, out of love for his creation, humbled himself, and became a man, for the sole purpose of living a sinless life among his creation that was marred by sin. By taking on human flesh, he was then able to be tempted without sinning, because no one can actually make God commit a sin. By taking on mortal flesh, he was then able to die for the sins of all humanity, satisfying the blood guilt and offence of sin [blood ransom paid to God by himself], so that anyone who has faith in him and his merciful and gracious work, could then be saved from the coming final wrath of God. This impending wrath will be unleashed on all those who reject Jesus' sacrifice. God initiated the process of salvation by grace through faith, so we don't have to do anything to earn our ransom, or his forgiveness, other than asking for it and believing in his - once and for all sacrifice. The proof of our faith is then displayed by living a holy, or sanctified existence - living a life as free from the influences of this world and sin as possible, but with the help of God's grace, so as not to become hypocrites. How many times have you seen, or heard of someone who lived like a hellion, and then did a 180, and was a completely different person? I don't mean someone who is now all inclusive of all religions, or is non-discerning of spirits, but someone who rejects any form of sin. For those of you who have been transformed into what can only be described as a new creature, what other explanation can there be for this miraculous metamorphosis, other than God's power? What more proof does anyone need that there is a God when this type of event occurs?
Where as Christians, after their conversion, notice a curious disdain for the sin they once enjoyed; idolaters continually revel in sinful activities that the Bible condemns. Idolatrous ritual worship can include taking drugs, illicit sexual practices, worship of the sun and moon as deities, and the learning and recitation of magical incantations, or engage in yoga to make themselves better people, and to earn their way to a higher life form in order to one day hopefully reincarnate into a god. While many idolatrous myths appear to intertwine, and mingle with that of Biblical accounts – such as creation, and I must say they do a very good job in muddying the spiritual waters, but they still don't have the Bible's end result – the covenant promise of a soul's salvation from sin and death via a living faith in the living God – Jesus, whom I might add, doesn't change the rules of salvation. A Christian is to live like Christ at all times, not just on Sunday, or what ever Sabbath day they choose to worship. Idolaters worship creation and themselves, where as Christians worship Jesus, or at least they should, and not with hypocritical lip service, but in spirit and in truth. Sadly, I have found idolaters to be more loyal to their gods than so-called "Christians" are to Jesus.
The Royal Family of Idolatry
There is indeed a royal family of Idolatry. This royal family hailed from a land that is far far away from the U.S. of A. They were from Babylon (modern day Iraq), well the land of Shinar to be exact, or it even goes by the land of Sumer. The many religious practices of: mother/son worship, prayer beads, repetitive and contemplative prayers, burning incense, human sacrifices, ritual cannibalism [transubstantiation] and ritual sex acts, zodiac gospels, karma and reincarnation, forced and prolonged fasts, bodily abuse like cutting oneself and tattoos all stem from one place under God's sun – Nimrod's Babylon. Queen Semiramis, Nimrod's supposed prostitute wife - commanded that Nimrod be worshiped as the incarnation of the sun, which was, and still is, represented in symbolism as fire, crosses of all kinds, and multi-pointed stars. There are many stories and lore surrounding this royal family of idolatry, but basically, it goes something like this - When Semiramis had Nimrod murdered (so she could rule the roost), she was afterward found to be pregnant. So she claimed that she conceived the child via divine intervention, she claimed Nimrod was reincarnated in her womb, and when she gave birth to her illegitimate son, whom she named Tammuz. When his name is broken down, it means “perfect” [tam] “by burning” [muz]. This is where the sick notion of child sacrifices and the non-biblical teaching of purgatory is rooted.
Historically speaking, no one can find the actual existence of this wicked queen. Her name is not literally found in the annuls of antiquity. Semiramis seems to be an amalgamation of many rotten idolatrous women of influence. At any rate, a lot of civilizations worship a mother and her illegitimate, oh I mean, her pagan god spawned son. This is where many scoffers claim all religions, including biblical Christianity are all the same myth. Thus proving they know nothing. God gave a hint of what was to come, the seed of a woman would crush Satan's head. Satan is no moron, his wisdom is perverted, but he is definitely evil genius material. So he was smart enough to know that a champion was coming through a human birth. He just didn't know how to make this happen other than through sexual intercourse. Deny it if you want, but angels were having sex with human women (Gen.6) and spawning monstrous offspring. Many myths that are used to "prove" all religions copy one another were actually changed or modified after the gospel of Jesus went out into all the world.
On The Road Again
Regarding religious roads....again, we have all heard the saying - “All roads lead to Rome”, making an inference to actual roads that were built connecting the conquered lands and peoples of that era to their conquerer-Rome. However, Jesus made a reference to the authentic types of religious roads we can choose to travel on, in Matthew 7:13-14:
Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
In Luke 13:23 someone asked Jesus if there are few who are saved, and in the next verse we read Jesus' response:
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
Why Jesus?
“When once the Master of the house [Jesus] has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and he will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from?,' then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' “But he [Jesus] will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' "
These people are claiming that they ate and drank in his presence, and they heard his teachings implying they were his followers, they even called him "Lord", but Jesus says to them that he doesn't know them, and that they are workers of iniquity, or those who perform lawless deeds. They are seeking to enter, but because they don't belong to Jesus, he will deny their entrance into his kingdom. Just because you say you are Jesus' disciple doesn't make you one, any more than claiming you are a horse makes you one. Jesus is the one and only door leading to eternal life, not Cosmic Christ, not Maitreya, and not the Pope, not the Virgin Mary. Only Jesus knows his own sheep. And in turn, his sheep know his voice and they follow only him, no one else. His way is narrow and hard to find, it is not broad and easy, it is for the few, not the many. Yes, it is true that God, our Savior, desires that all come to salvation, but the reality is, not many will. The many will prefer the wide and easy Babylonian/Roman road that promises and supplies physical ease and comfort, rather than the narrow and difficult Jerusalem road where one must travel while carrying their own cross.
There is indeed a royal family of Idolatry. This royal family hailed from a land that is far far away from the U.S. of A. They were from Babylon (modern day Iraq), well the land of Shinar to be exact, or it even goes by the land of Sumer. The many religious practices of: mother/son worship, prayer beads, repetitive and contemplative prayers, burning incense, human sacrifices, ritual cannibalism [transubstantiation] and ritual sex acts, zodiac gospels, karma and reincarnation, forced and prolonged fasts, bodily abuse like cutting oneself and tattoos all stem from one place under God's sun – Nimrod's Babylon. Queen Semiramis, Nimrod's supposed prostitute wife - commanded that Nimrod be worshiped as the incarnation of the sun, which was, and still is, represented in symbolism as fire, crosses of all kinds, and multi-pointed stars. There are many stories and lore surrounding this royal family of idolatry, but basically, it goes something like this - When Semiramis had Nimrod murdered (so she could rule the roost), she was afterward found to be pregnant. So she claimed that she conceived the child via divine intervention, she claimed Nimrod was reincarnated in her womb, and when she gave birth to her illegitimate son, whom she named Tammuz. When his name is broken down, it means “perfect” [tam] “by burning” [muz]. This is where the sick notion of child sacrifices and the non-biblical teaching of purgatory is rooted.
Historically speaking, no one can find the actual existence of this wicked queen. Her name is not literally found in the annuls of antiquity. Semiramis seems to be an amalgamation of many rotten idolatrous women of influence. At any rate, a lot of civilizations worship a mother and her illegitimate, oh I mean, her pagan god spawned son. This is where many scoffers claim all religions, including biblical Christianity are all the same myth. Thus proving they know nothing. God gave a hint of what was to come, the seed of a woman would crush Satan's head. Satan is no moron, his wisdom is perverted, but he is definitely evil genius material. So he was smart enough to know that a champion was coming through a human birth. He just didn't know how to make this happen other than through sexual intercourse. Deny it if you want, but angels were having sex with human women (Gen.6) and spawning monstrous offspring. Many myths that are used to "prove" all religions copy one another were actually changed or modified after the gospel of Jesus went out into all the world.
On The Road Again
Regarding religious roads....again, we have all heard the saying - “All roads lead to Rome”, making an inference to actual roads that were built connecting the conquered lands and peoples of that era to their conquerer-Rome. However, Jesus made a reference to the authentic types of religious roads we can choose to travel on, in Matthew 7:13-14:
Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
In Luke 13:23 someone asked Jesus if there are few who are saved, and in the next verse we read Jesus' response:
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
Why Jesus?
“When once the Master of the house [Jesus] has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and he will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from?,' then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' “But he [Jesus] will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' "
These people are claiming that they ate and drank in his presence, and they heard his teachings implying they were his followers, they even called him "Lord", but Jesus says to them that he doesn't know them, and that they are workers of iniquity, or those who perform lawless deeds. They are seeking to enter, but because they don't belong to Jesus, he will deny their entrance into his kingdom. Just because you say you are Jesus' disciple doesn't make you one, any more than claiming you are a horse makes you one. Jesus is the one and only door leading to eternal life, not Cosmic Christ, not Maitreya, and not the Pope, not the Virgin Mary. Only Jesus knows his own sheep. And in turn, his sheep know his voice and they follow only him, no one else. His way is narrow and hard to find, it is not broad and easy, it is for the few, not the many. Yes, it is true that God, our Savior, desires that all come to salvation, but the reality is, not many will. The many will prefer the wide and easy Babylonian/Roman road that promises and supplies physical ease and comfort, rather than the narrow and difficult Jerusalem road where one must travel while carrying their own cross.
Unity At The Expense of The Truth
Jesus is not against the "unity" of his Church, and we are commanded to get along with everyone as much as it depends on us. That means when push comes to shove regarding our loyalty to Jesus, it is to be understood that a follower of Christ will not compromise, meaning our worship of him will not be given to another for the sake of peace, even if that means our physical death. I will share with you, dear reader, a quote regarding the dangerous “Unity Movement", yet another term used for "Interfaithism", currently assaulting the body of Christ, and undermining the importance of truth, spoken in love, for the sake of a false unity, and a false peace.
“You say, 'We want unity! ' Oh, really? What kind of unity? 'We want all the churches
to get together!' Oh, really? You mean in error, in confusion, in heresy? That is, dear
friends, the ecumenical movement of our hour, in which all the great denominations
and all the great church leaders are becoming more and more unified. In what? In
compromise and theological error, and this is the ultimate horror.''
- John Whitcome Jr.
Read that over a few times and let it sink in. Jesus and the apostles did indeed speak of being united in the obedience of the faith [Rom.16:26], the unity of believers [Phip. 1:27], and being united in love and the truth of the gospel [Jn. 17/Eph. 4]. But why have these people, who desire unity so desperately, forgotten that it was Jesus who said he didn't come to bring peace, but a sword and division[Matt.10:34]? Is this a contradiction? No. Jesus basically said that because of him and his gospel, whole families would be torn apart, and its members would be set against one another. So what gives? Is Jesus for unity, or division? We need to understand that while the process of division is occurring, at the same time, the process of unification is also underway. When Jesus' gospel is dividing the sheep from the goats, it is simultaneously unifying sheep with sheep [the faithful], and goats with goats [the unfaithful]. The truth of the gospel has this effect when it is preached– those who love the truth will come together, and those who love a lie will come together, thus creating unity and division simultaneously. This process is simple cause and effect, or can even be considered as related to Newtonian Physics - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, yet some reactions take longer than others to occur. This is where "Karma" is to be considered as a dangerous lie. This fallacy assumes you get what you deserve in this life or in the next, but that is not the case due to the fact that injustice is still in effect. In this life, good things happen to bad people, and it seems many bad people don't suffer like "good" people do. That is until the end of all things, when God will right many wrongs. Karma also teaches if you don't get your just desserts in this life, then you will be doomed to come back as another lower life form. This teaches that earth is a prison for the life form on it, and that flesh is an evil to be completely rid of. This is not what the Bible teaches. Our flesh will one day be glorified and perfected, not entirely dispensed with.
What about lukewarm milquetoast, or even carnal “Christians”? One must consider the realm of half-truths to understand this phenomenon. A half-truth is really a whole lie. Why? Because, a half-truth consists of some truth mixed with a lie for the purpose, or intent of compromise and deception. Let us consider that some viruses operate much in the same way. All viruses have an outer protective protein shell, they use it to "feel' for their target cell, but in some viruses this protein superficially mimics a protein the cell needs - to trick the cell into accepting it. Once the cell accepts the “lie in disguise”, it is compromised, and it is too late for the immune system to stop it. Now all it can do is engage in the long process of damage control, and depending on the virus – possibly bring about a full recovery. Perhaps another analogy is in order. Jesus hates lukewarmness, like I hate lukewarm soup. Depending on the soup, it has to be burn my tongue hot, or tooth ringing cold, for me to enjoy it. How do you make nauseating lukewarm soup? You mix, or unify hot soup with cold soup. This is the recipe for Laodacian Spew Stew, when you unify those that are hot for the truth and sound doctrine with those who are cold for truth and sound doctrine. A lukewarm, or carnal Christian is useless in the kingdom of God. They embrace and breed compromise and divisions from the pure gospel. Paul refers to carnal Christians as babes, because they are selfish, cry a lot, can only drink milk, and need someone else to change their soiled diapers - they are immature.
There is a very real and deliberate move by religious leaders to combine lies with the truth within Jesus' church. It's a kind of religious virus that has been created in a sinister lab, and is dispensed through evil spiritual soup kitchens on every corner. It's a sickening stew designed to unite the viral false faiths of Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism, with fundamental Christianity - under one spew stew religion. The false front churches are being used to trick the body of Christ into getting in line and holding out bowls for their poisoned lukewarm stew, using the cry for unity, and laying claim to a commonality regarding Abraham, Mary, and even Jesus himself – have they no shame? Prior to being chosen by God to become the father of a holy nation unto Adonay Yahwey exclusively, Abraham was believed to be a moon worshiper. He came from the land of Ur in Chaldea. He is indeed a connection of sorts between the false monotheistic religions of Judaism and Islam, but Abraham's blessing of the promised “Seed” was through Isaac, not Ishmael, or even Abraham's other sons from Ketura, all of whom now make up the Arab nations. Jesus the promised Messiah came from Sarah and Abraham, who brought us the child of promise - Isaac and ultimately Jesus. Any other faith or religion that comes from any source other than Jesus, is a false religion and should not be honored or respected, but exposed as being a lie, and rejected.
A Catholic Islam Connection - Really?
Now then, I have been made aware of a possible Catholic/Islam connection - that baffled me, and seemed ludicrous at first, but one must look into, and consider this Catholic/Islam connection before denying it exists, and this is what I found. So, please consider this -the Catholic church was in control of most of the known world before Islam came into power. Catholicism is really Babylonian Mystery religion, not Christianity. Also, not many people know that Mohammed's first wife who was a devout Roman Catholic, and her cousin, were very influential in Mohammed's early life. Mohammed was in his twenties and his first wife was in her forties when they married - this kinda reminds me of Tammuz and Semiramis. And because Mohammed's wife and her cousin were influential people, and because of their affluence, and the fact that they were devout Catholics, it stands to reason they had a vested interest in seeing true Christianity subdued, and even snuffed out entirely. Some believe that these two saboteurs were directly in cahoots with the Pope to formulate another religion that would undermine and undo Christianity on one side of the religious political field, while Catholicism battled them from the other side, a squeeze play or ambush of sorts.
As the story of Islam's origin goes, Mohammed subjected himself to hours of meditation and breathing techniques in a cave, while having fasted for as long as 40 days at a time, all of which put him into altered states of consciousness. Basically, he tortured himself. It is while he is in this tortured state, when he experienced visitations from "angelic beings" who taught him Islam. Concerned about what he was learning through these abnormal experiences, he confided with his wife that he was afraid he was talking to demons, but she assured and encouraged him that he was doing just fine. Really lady - just fine huh? So it would appear that even Mohammed suspected he was dabbling with evil, but because he heeded the voice of his wife instead of "manning up", we now have Islam.
One Alberto Rivera (ex-Jesuit), claimed that Cardinal Bea (the Jesuit General or black pope) personally instructed him in the origin of Islam. According to Riviera, the Roman Catholic Church started Islam on purpose to take the Arabs under their control, and to secure Jerusalem. If this is true, then this diabolical plan appeared to work beautifully for the Catholics (for a while), because Islam did exactly what it was supposed to do, bring Arabs under the control, or submission of a false religion and away from Christianity, that is until Islam (the monster) got away from its master. Honestly, don't these mad scientists ever learn? This account is ridiculed in Islamic literature as being false, they claim it never happened, no surprise there. Please understand that while Muslims were forcing the Non-Catholic Arab world into submission through Islam's sword, they also ruled Spain and Portugal for a time. They took it from the Visigoths who were supposedly Saturday, not Sunday Sabbath keepers. Why is that so important? Well, not to give Judaizers, and Seventh Day Adventists any fuel for their strange fire, but a Saturday Sabbath keeping denoted obedience of God's law regarding the seventh day, or Saturday Sabbath.
The "Catholic" Sunday Sabbath, was in defiance and violated God's Old Testament law according to any, and all Judaizers. In other words, it was very "Jewish" to go to church on Saturday. So apparently, anyone who celebrated a Saturday Sabbath was on the Catholic hit list. Catholics are infamous for their Inquisition in which they tortured and murdered many Jews who refused to convert to the Catholic religion. Even though Catholics meet on Sunday and take credit for changing the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday, this doesn't mean they did. It is recorded in Scripture that the New Testament apostles and saints did in fact meet on Sunday - the first day of the week, to worship, and this was before Constantine's, and the Catholic Church's support of the Sunday Sabbath [Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Heb. 10:24-25]. Paul went to synagogues on Saturday because that where and when his quarry were located. He also worshiped with the Gentiles on Sunday, the day of the Lord's Resurrection. Acts 15 should put the nail in the Judaizers Saturday Sabbath law, but it doesn't, they still try to convert Gentiles to Judaism, rather than join Christianity.
Getting back to Islam being started by the Catholic Jesuits....we need to consider that the city of Fatima in Portugal, which was named after one of Mohammed's favorite daughters in this scenario. In Fatima there was a famous apparition of the "Virgin Mary" where it declared to three little girls for three days, that among other things, that she - "Mary" was the co-redemptrix with Christ. Here is a quote from The Prophetic Observer, August 1995 pg. 1, regarding a vision that Pope John Paul had that includes Fatima, Catholicism and Islam -
' Vatican insider, Dr. Malachi Martin has said that, based on a message of Mary in a personal visitation, John Paul believes,
“There will come a day, when the heart of Islam – already attuned to the figures [idols] of Christ and of Christ's mother,
Mary [Tammuz/Semiramis]– will receive the illumination it needs ...a second Fatima...in which they will recognize him
[Pope John Paul] as God's vicar on earth ...Then with fellow travelers [Freemasons refer to themselves in code as “travelers”]
like the Church of England, the Episcopal Church, and others of like mind, the pope could be worshiped as the infallible
holy father [God] by over half of the worlds population.” ' [My added notations]
My God in heaven ...did you catch that?! Dr. Martin just admitted that the Pope was told by a lying spirit disguised as "Mary", that the Pope (not Jesus) was being positioned to be worshiped by billions of people! He has pretty much declared that the Pope will be the Anti-Christ. Dear reader, when a mere man tries to be both king and priest of his own nation, much less the whole world [two roles that belong to Jesus alone], there is going to be trouble. Just read the accounts of King Saul and King Uzziah to see what happened to them. The only man given both titles of king and priest was Melchizedek, and he was a type and shadow of Jesus. Melchizedek was not a Hebrew, he was a Gentile, like Abraham was prior to his circumcision and covenant with God to be the father of many nations, via his child of promise – Isaac, and ultimately, Jesus. On a side-note: there is another religious relic movement that I have recently become aware of, which claims to teach about - the seal of Melchizedek – which is an eight pointed star - honestly, is nothing sacred? I have yet to investigate this red herring, but just at a glance, it appears the Mormons are trying to link Melchizedek with the eight pointed star of Catholicism and Islam, which is another form, or representation of a solar deity. I'm sure I'll find Kabbalah in there somewhere – because the Mormon religion was started by a Freemason who was into Kabbalah. What a tangled web of deceit - moving on...
We are told that instead of remaining a faithful Catholic, supposedly Mohammed's wife converted to Islam, which really is not much different from Catholicism. Consider the following: both use prayer beads, their prayers are repetitive mournful cadences, and the use of sacred, or holy water [known as Zam Zam in Islam], and veneration of Mary are similar. Islam started out as a peaceful religion for the entire time Mohammed was a "nobody", meaning he had little military power and monetary wealth and therefore no real influence. That all changed as he acquired converts and more and more material wealth and military might, then Mohammed's Islam showed its true colors as being a violent and ruthless religion, much like its implied parent root: Catholicism. That is why we see two ideologies within the Koran, a supposed peaceful religion in the early writings, and a hateful one in the later writings. Catholicism shares Islam's personality disorder in that they too have a conversation by sword policy. Even though these two “convert or die” religions crossed swords from time to time, it is amazing how close in proximity these two religion's temples of worship are to each other. Rarely does one see a Catholic Cathedral more than one-hundred yards away from a Muslim Mosque. Is this because they adhere to the age ol' adage of “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”, or is there another tie that binds them?
The ties that seem to bind these two deadly world religions on the surface are Abraham, Mary and even Jesus, but what really binds them are the many symbols these religions share with Babylonian Mystery Religion. The sun, or a star cradled by the crescent moon, the octagonal and hexagonal stars, the cross and swastika [sun symbols], the all-seeing-eye of Osiris, and even the costume of Orthodox Muslim women and Catholic nuns are nearly identical. On a side note: there is a ritzy Mosque in Damascus that contains a shrine where Muslim men can pray to the relic of John the Baptist's severed head, while just a stones throw away, the Catholic Cathedral in Damascus, has a shrine containing John's arm – oh yeah, that's ghoulish. All they need are a couple more parts and they can make “Franken-John”. Where in the Bible does it say we are to pray at shrines dedicated to dead people and their body parts? Anybody? Can anybody – please tell me where? No? I didn't think so. That's because God strictly forbids this morbid and idolatrous behavior - these religions are not biblical, therefore they don't have the Almighty as their god, but they do ultimately share the same god - Satan.
Jesus is not against the "unity" of his Church, and we are commanded to get along with everyone as much as it depends on us. That means when push comes to shove regarding our loyalty to Jesus, it is to be understood that a follower of Christ will not compromise, meaning our worship of him will not be given to another for the sake of peace, even if that means our physical death. I will share with you, dear reader, a quote regarding the dangerous “Unity Movement", yet another term used for "Interfaithism", currently assaulting the body of Christ, and undermining the importance of truth, spoken in love, for the sake of a false unity, and a false peace.
“You say, 'We want unity! ' Oh, really? What kind of unity? 'We want all the churches
to get together!' Oh, really? You mean in error, in confusion, in heresy? That is, dear
friends, the ecumenical movement of our hour, in which all the great denominations
and all the great church leaders are becoming more and more unified. In what? In
compromise and theological error, and this is the ultimate horror.''
- John Whitcome Jr.
Read that over a few times and let it sink in. Jesus and the apostles did indeed speak of being united in the obedience of the faith [Rom.16:26], the unity of believers [Phip. 1:27], and being united in love and the truth of the gospel [Jn. 17/Eph. 4]. But why have these people, who desire unity so desperately, forgotten that it was Jesus who said he didn't come to bring peace, but a sword and division[Matt.10:34]? Is this a contradiction? No. Jesus basically said that because of him and his gospel, whole families would be torn apart, and its members would be set against one another. So what gives? Is Jesus for unity, or division? We need to understand that while the process of division is occurring, at the same time, the process of unification is also underway. When Jesus' gospel is dividing the sheep from the goats, it is simultaneously unifying sheep with sheep [the faithful], and goats with goats [the unfaithful]. The truth of the gospel has this effect when it is preached– those who love the truth will come together, and those who love a lie will come together, thus creating unity and division simultaneously. This process is simple cause and effect, or can even be considered as related to Newtonian Physics - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, yet some reactions take longer than others to occur. This is where "Karma" is to be considered as a dangerous lie. This fallacy assumes you get what you deserve in this life or in the next, but that is not the case due to the fact that injustice is still in effect. In this life, good things happen to bad people, and it seems many bad people don't suffer like "good" people do. That is until the end of all things, when God will right many wrongs. Karma also teaches if you don't get your just desserts in this life, then you will be doomed to come back as another lower life form. This teaches that earth is a prison for the life form on it, and that flesh is an evil to be completely rid of. This is not what the Bible teaches. Our flesh will one day be glorified and perfected, not entirely dispensed with.
What about lukewarm milquetoast, or even carnal “Christians”? One must consider the realm of half-truths to understand this phenomenon. A half-truth is really a whole lie. Why? Because, a half-truth consists of some truth mixed with a lie for the purpose, or intent of compromise and deception. Let us consider that some viruses operate much in the same way. All viruses have an outer protective protein shell, they use it to "feel' for their target cell, but in some viruses this protein superficially mimics a protein the cell needs - to trick the cell into accepting it. Once the cell accepts the “lie in disguise”, it is compromised, and it is too late for the immune system to stop it. Now all it can do is engage in the long process of damage control, and depending on the virus – possibly bring about a full recovery. Perhaps another analogy is in order. Jesus hates lukewarmness, like I hate lukewarm soup. Depending on the soup, it has to be burn my tongue hot, or tooth ringing cold, for me to enjoy it. How do you make nauseating lukewarm soup? You mix, or unify hot soup with cold soup. This is the recipe for Laodacian Spew Stew, when you unify those that are hot for the truth and sound doctrine with those who are cold for truth and sound doctrine. A lukewarm, or carnal Christian is useless in the kingdom of God. They embrace and breed compromise and divisions from the pure gospel. Paul refers to carnal Christians as babes, because they are selfish, cry a lot, can only drink milk, and need someone else to change their soiled diapers - they are immature.
There is a very real and deliberate move by religious leaders to combine lies with the truth within Jesus' church. It's a kind of religious virus that has been created in a sinister lab, and is dispensed through evil spiritual soup kitchens on every corner. It's a sickening stew designed to unite the viral false faiths of Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism, with fundamental Christianity - under one spew stew religion. The false front churches are being used to trick the body of Christ into getting in line and holding out bowls for their poisoned lukewarm stew, using the cry for unity, and laying claim to a commonality regarding Abraham, Mary, and even Jesus himself – have they no shame? Prior to being chosen by God to become the father of a holy nation unto Adonay Yahwey exclusively, Abraham was believed to be a moon worshiper. He came from the land of Ur in Chaldea. He is indeed a connection of sorts between the false monotheistic religions of Judaism and Islam, but Abraham's blessing of the promised “Seed” was through Isaac, not Ishmael, or even Abraham's other sons from Ketura, all of whom now make up the Arab nations. Jesus the promised Messiah came from Sarah and Abraham, who brought us the child of promise - Isaac and ultimately Jesus. Any other faith or religion that comes from any source other than Jesus, is a false religion and should not be honored or respected, but exposed as being a lie, and rejected.
A Catholic Islam Connection - Really?
Now then, I have been made aware of a possible Catholic/Islam connection - that baffled me, and seemed ludicrous at first, but one must look into, and consider this Catholic/Islam connection before denying it exists, and this is what I found. So, please consider this -the Catholic church was in control of most of the known world before Islam came into power. Catholicism is really Babylonian Mystery religion, not Christianity. Also, not many people know that Mohammed's first wife who was a devout Roman Catholic, and her cousin, were very influential in Mohammed's early life. Mohammed was in his twenties and his first wife was in her forties when they married - this kinda reminds me of Tammuz and Semiramis. And because Mohammed's wife and her cousin were influential people, and because of their affluence, and the fact that they were devout Catholics, it stands to reason they had a vested interest in seeing true Christianity subdued, and even snuffed out entirely. Some believe that these two saboteurs were directly in cahoots with the Pope to formulate another religion that would undermine and undo Christianity on one side of the religious political field, while Catholicism battled them from the other side, a squeeze play or ambush of sorts.
As the story of Islam's origin goes, Mohammed subjected himself to hours of meditation and breathing techniques in a cave, while having fasted for as long as 40 days at a time, all of which put him into altered states of consciousness. Basically, he tortured himself. It is while he is in this tortured state, when he experienced visitations from "angelic beings" who taught him Islam. Concerned about what he was learning through these abnormal experiences, he confided with his wife that he was afraid he was talking to demons, but she assured and encouraged him that he was doing just fine. Really lady - just fine huh? So it would appear that even Mohammed suspected he was dabbling with evil, but because he heeded the voice of his wife instead of "manning up", we now have Islam.
One Alberto Rivera (ex-Jesuit), claimed that Cardinal Bea (the Jesuit General or black pope) personally instructed him in the origin of Islam. According to Riviera, the Roman Catholic Church started Islam on purpose to take the Arabs under their control, and to secure Jerusalem. If this is true, then this diabolical plan appeared to work beautifully for the Catholics (for a while), because Islam did exactly what it was supposed to do, bring Arabs under the control, or submission of a false religion and away from Christianity, that is until Islam (the monster) got away from its master. Honestly, don't these mad scientists ever learn? This account is ridiculed in Islamic literature as being false, they claim it never happened, no surprise there. Please understand that while Muslims were forcing the Non-Catholic Arab world into submission through Islam's sword, they also ruled Spain and Portugal for a time. They took it from the Visigoths who were supposedly Saturday, not Sunday Sabbath keepers. Why is that so important? Well, not to give Judaizers, and Seventh Day Adventists any fuel for their strange fire, but a Saturday Sabbath keeping denoted obedience of God's law regarding the seventh day, or Saturday Sabbath.
The "Catholic" Sunday Sabbath, was in defiance and violated God's Old Testament law according to any, and all Judaizers. In other words, it was very "Jewish" to go to church on Saturday. So apparently, anyone who celebrated a Saturday Sabbath was on the Catholic hit list. Catholics are infamous for their Inquisition in which they tortured and murdered many Jews who refused to convert to the Catholic religion. Even though Catholics meet on Sunday and take credit for changing the Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday, this doesn't mean they did. It is recorded in Scripture that the New Testament apostles and saints did in fact meet on Sunday - the first day of the week, to worship, and this was before Constantine's, and the Catholic Church's support of the Sunday Sabbath [Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Heb. 10:24-25]. Paul went to synagogues on Saturday because that where and when his quarry were located. He also worshiped with the Gentiles on Sunday, the day of the Lord's Resurrection. Acts 15 should put the nail in the Judaizers Saturday Sabbath law, but it doesn't, they still try to convert Gentiles to Judaism, rather than join Christianity.
Getting back to Islam being started by the Catholic Jesuits....we need to consider that the city of Fatima in Portugal, which was named after one of Mohammed's favorite daughters in this scenario. In Fatima there was a famous apparition of the "Virgin Mary" where it declared to three little girls for three days, that among other things, that she - "Mary" was the co-redemptrix with Christ. Here is a quote from The Prophetic Observer, August 1995 pg. 1, regarding a vision that Pope John Paul had that includes Fatima, Catholicism and Islam -
' Vatican insider, Dr. Malachi Martin has said that, based on a message of Mary in a personal visitation, John Paul believes,
“There will come a day, when the heart of Islam – already attuned to the figures [idols] of Christ and of Christ's mother,
Mary [Tammuz/Semiramis]– will receive the illumination it needs ...a second Fatima...in which they will recognize him
[Pope John Paul] as God's vicar on earth ...Then with fellow travelers [Freemasons refer to themselves in code as “travelers”]
like the Church of England, the Episcopal Church, and others of like mind, the pope could be worshiped as the infallible
holy father [God] by over half of the worlds population.” ' [My added notations]
My God in heaven ...did you catch that?! Dr. Martin just admitted that the Pope was told by a lying spirit disguised as "Mary", that the Pope (not Jesus) was being positioned to be worshiped by billions of people! He has pretty much declared that the Pope will be the Anti-Christ. Dear reader, when a mere man tries to be both king and priest of his own nation, much less the whole world [two roles that belong to Jesus alone], there is going to be trouble. Just read the accounts of King Saul and King Uzziah to see what happened to them. The only man given both titles of king and priest was Melchizedek, and he was a type and shadow of Jesus. Melchizedek was not a Hebrew, he was a Gentile, like Abraham was prior to his circumcision and covenant with God to be the father of many nations, via his child of promise – Isaac, and ultimately, Jesus. On a side-note: there is another religious relic movement that I have recently become aware of, which claims to teach about - the seal of Melchizedek – which is an eight pointed star - honestly, is nothing sacred? I have yet to investigate this red herring, but just at a glance, it appears the Mormons are trying to link Melchizedek with the eight pointed star of Catholicism and Islam, which is another form, or representation of a solar deity. I'm sure I'll find Kabbalah in there somewhere – because the Mormon religion was started by a Freemason who was into Kabbalah. What a tangled web of deceit - moving on...
We are told that instead of remaining a faithful Catholic, supposedly Mohammed's wife converted to Islam, which really is not much different from Catholicism. Consider the following: both use prayer beads, their prayers are repetitive mournful cadences, and the use of sacred, or holy water [known as Zam Zam in Islam], and veneration of Mary are similar. Islam started out as a peaceful religion for the entire time Mohammed was a "nobody", meaning he had little military power and monetary wealth and therefore no real influence. That all changed as he acquired converts and more and more material wealth and military might, then Mohammed's Islam showed its true colors as being a violent and ruthless religion, much like its implied parent root: Catholicism. That is why we see two ideologies within the Koran, a supposed peaceful religion in the early writings, and a hateful one in the later writings. Catholicism shares Islam's personality disorder in that they too have a conversation by sword policy. Even though these two “convert or die” religions crossed swords from time to time, it is amazing how close in proximity these two religion's temples of worship are to each other. Rarely does one see a Catholic Cathedral more than one-hundred yards away from a Muslim Mosque. Is this because they adhere to the age ol' adage of “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”, or is there another tie that binds them?
The ties that seem to bind these two deadly world religions on the surface are Abraham, Mary and even Jesus, but what really binds them are the many symbols these religions share with Babylonian Mystery Religion. The sun, or a star cradled by the crescent moon, the octagonal and hexagonal stars, the cross and swastika [sun symbols], the all-seeing-eye of Osiris, and even the costume of Orthodox Muslim women and Catholic nuns are nearly identical. On a side note: there is a ritzy Mosque in Damascus that contains a shrine where Muslim men can pray to the relic of John the Baptist's severed head, while just a stones throw away, the Catholic Cathedral in Damascus, has a shrine containing John's arm – oh yeah, that's ghoulish. All they need are a couple more parts and they can make “Franken-John”. Where in the Bible does it say we are to pray at shrines dedicated to dead people and their body parts? Anybody? Can anybody – please tell me where? No? I didn't think so. That's because God strictly forbids this morbid and idolatrous behavior - these religions are not biblical, therefore they don't have the Almighty as their god, but they do ultimately share the same god - Satan.
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The Roman Catholic Church does indeed embody the ancient Babylonian Harlot religious system. The popes have been for years calling for ecumenical unity, with the Pope (the Anti-Christ) as the leader of a one world religion. So, the possibility of the Catholic Church starting Islam is reasonably plausible, as far as I'm concerned.
"Symbols rule the world, not words, nor laws."
This declaration is from none other than Confucius. Confucius was not a Christian, he was a Chinese philosopher who taught good conduct, and he apparently knew a thing or two about the power of symbolism. As we have heard many times - " A picture is worth a thousand words". Power hungry occultists the world over have a little secret they don't want you to know. They not only believe Confucius' axiom, but also embrace the one that states, "knowledge is power." These are combined into a core belief that secret forbidden knowledge contained and concealed in symbols is the most powerful knowledge, and can be used to rule the world. Symbols lend themselves well to what is called “duality." They are a subtle tie that binds things together using dual meanings. The concept of duality is nothing new, but they use it as a means of control through deception by giving the masses of inept or uninitiated people a 'false-front' meaning in order to hide the true dark meaning and nature of their words, symbols, and front organizations they use openly.
For instance, the pyramid symbol that Freemasons use, they say it means men's efforts to build a better society, but it really means something else, its real meaning is a mystery to the uninitiated. From what little I've gleaned from the vast amount of occult sources, the unfinished pyramid is actually a trapezoid with their one eyed sun god at the top of the 13 stairs - this means Satan[Lucifer] is their god of light and knowledge, and it is his new world order they desire to build. I'm only guessing here, since I don't know for sure the full meaning, or all the other nuance meanings, because I'm not "initiated" into the upper echelons of their religion. Another example is the symbol of the sun. We are sold the idea that companies use this symbol, because it tells us that the sun is partly responsible for growing our food, and indeed this is true. So it gives us a surface sense of wholesome goodness, and that is what we are told to think. However, the real meaning behind it is to honor their sun god and worship nature – same symbol, but different meaning to different people. By doing this, they believe they are conditioning you to worship the sun, or even making you unwittingly participate in the worship of god that it represents. Does this mean we should never buy anything with a sun on it? Let's not be too melodramatic here, just knowing what they are up to diminishes their perceived power over you. That is why it benefits them to keep us in the dark by giving us a false light.
Getting back to the duality concept, it works in many arenas of life, especially in religion. And so we are subtly being spiritually indoctrinated with the notion that all religions are the same, including Christianity. Nothing displays this concept better than the “COEXIST” bumper sticker. How does that little, seemingly harmless bumper sticker, that just wants us all to get along, embody the concept of the one world religion? Well, what would happen if all those religious symbols were found in all the temples, cathedrals, churches, mosques, sacred shrines, and other religious ruins all over the world? Why it would make it seem like all these religions have a common link, even a common god wouldn't it? Yes it would. When it is time, God will allow Satan to reveal to humanity that they have had the same god the whole time, and all their religious squabbles can then cease. All they have to do is accept this doctrine and everything will be all right, they will at last achieve world peace through apostasy- well, for a little while anyway.
Soon enough, Satan will finally be allowed to reveal himself as the god of this world through his earthly agent, the Pope, and make himself to be as God, but in reality he is not the God of the Bible, but he will fool many into thinking he is. At some point, the man of sin, the son of perdition [destruction], will come on to the world scene to restore order as a peace maker after some engineered world wide catastrophe occurs, and be the leader of the regime of the new world order, and its world wide apostate religion. He will have a religious leader demand total allegiance, and the proof of this allegiance will be the use of a SYMBOL located on the devotees right hand, or forehead. What will that symbol be? I can only guess that it will be the Star of Remphan, the Sigel of Solomon, or better known as The Star of David – or some other from of hex mark. This symbol is seen in almost all the pagan temples the world over and is said to directly represent Satan himself. Interestingly enough, this symbol is also a "sex-symbol", it is often depicted with a white "male" triangle intertwined with a black "female" triangle. And if you will care to notice, it is the center symbol in most of the "coexist" logos.
Why this symbol over other symbols? The astute magician uses this symbol to call up demons and even Satan, to do his/her bidding. The infamous number associated with this symbol is 666, and is believed to be a symbol of protection against evil within the Kabbalahist teachings, as well as in magician, and occultist teachings– how interesting, no? Gloria Copeland is already teaching W.O.F. disciples that this symbol was David's symbol of God's protection. She teaches that this symbol represents protection from harm that would come from any direction - left[north], right[south] front[east ] back [west], and of course the occult phrase "as above so below" can also be employed here. This is a lie. David never used this ancient idolatrous symbol, but his son Solomon and his foreign wives did. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see her appear on BVOV with a hex mark on her right hand soon, saying Jesus came and told her to do so in a vision - sadly it could happen.
Only a small fraction of humanity will resist the Anti-Christ, because the deception will be so great, and people will choose their bellies over suffering hunger and dying. Even the elect of Jesus Christ of Nazareth will have a hard time discerning the truth, and many will fall prey to this clever and subtle ruse, thanks to the use of symbols, duality, and carnality, and spiritual blindness. Those who are able to resist may be sequestered for “re-education” somewhere. If they submit, then they will be set free, but if they still refuse the mark, then their heads might end up separated from their shoulders. I don't believe this will happen to all of God's faithful sheep, mostly those who are on the fence will be put through this time of trouble for purification and quality decision making purposes. As seen in Revelation concerning the church of Smyrna, some faithful Christians will go through this time of testing as well, even though they are faithful to Jesus, but I believe it will be for the purpose of being true and faithful witnesses of Jesus to others, much like the three Hebrews with Nebuchadnezzar, and Paul and Silus were in the Philippian jail [Acts 16].
Anyway, this "coexist" mantra is very alluring to humanity, because we all just want to get along and live in peace, right? Well, not everything is as it seems, and this call to "coexist" is not what they say it is - a call to just get along, it is visual propaganda to show you all religions are one in the same. This mantra can take on many different forms, and meanings - just take a look see:
For instance, the pyramid symbol that Freemasons use, they say it means men's efforts to build a better society, but it really means something else, its real meaning is a mystery to the uninitiated. From what little I've gleaned from the vast amount of occult sources, the unfinished pyramid is actually a trapezoid with their one eyed sun god at the top of the 13 stairs - this means Satan[Lucifer] is their god of light and knowledge, and it is his new world order they desire to build. I'm only guessing here, since I don't know for sure the full meaning, or all the other nuance meanings, because I'm not "initiated" into the upper echelons of their religion. Another example is the symbol of the sun. We are sold the idea that companies use this symbol, because it tells us that the sun is partly responsible for growing our food, and indeed this is true. So it gives us a surface sense of wholesome goodness, and that is what we are told to think. However, the real meaning behind it is to honor their sun god and worship nature – same symbol, but different meaning to different people. By doing this, they believe they are conditioning you to worship the sun, or even making you unwittingly participate in the worship of god that it represents. Does this mean we should never buy anything with a sun on it? Let's not be too melodramatic here, just knowing what they are up to diminishes their perceived power over you. That is why it benefits them to keep us in the dark by giving us a false light.
Getting back to the duality concept, it works in many arenas of life, especially in religion. And so we are subtly being spiritually indoctrinated with the notion that all religions are the same, including Christianity. Nothing displays this concept better than the “COEXIST” bumper sticker. How does that little, seemingly harmless bumper sticker, that just wants us all to get along, embody the concept of the one world religion? Well, what would happen if all those religious symbols were found in all the temples, cathedrals, churches, mosques, sacred shrines, and other religious ruins all over the world? Why it would make it seem like all these religions have a common link, even a common god wouldn't it? Yes it would. When it is time, God will allow Satan to reveal to humanity that they have had the same god the whole time, and all their religious squabbles can then cease. All they have to do is accept this doctrine and everything will be all right, they will at last achieve world peace through apostasy- well, for a little while anyway.
Soon enough, Satan will finally be allowed to reveal himself as the god of this world through his earthly agent, the Pope, and make himself to be as God, but in reality he is not the God of the Bible, but he will fool many into thinking he is. At some point, the man of sin, the son of perdition [destruction], will come on to the world scene to restore order as a peace maker after some engineered world wide catastrophe occurs, and be the leader of the regime of the new world order, and its world wide apostate religion. He will have a religious leader demand total allegiance, and the proof of this allegiance will be the use of a SYMBOL located on the devotees right hand, or forehead. What will that symbol be? I can only guess that it will be the Star of Remphan, the Sigel of Solomon, or better known as The Star of David – or some other from of hex mark. This symbol is seen in almost all the pagan temples the world over and is said to directly represent Satan himself. Interestingly enough, this symbol is also a "sex-symbol", it is often depicted with a white "male" triangle intertwined with a black "female" triangle. And if you will care to notice, it is the center symbol in most of the "coexist" logos.
Why this symbol over other symbols? The astute magician uses this symbol to call up demons and even Satan, to do his/her bidding. The infamous number associated with this symbol is 666, and is believed to be a symbol of protection against evil within the Kabbalahist teachings, as well as in magician, and occultist teachings– how interesting, no? Gloria Copeland is already teaching W.O.F. disciples that this symbol was David's symbol of God's protection. She teaches that this symbol represents protection from harm that would come from any direction - left[north], right[south] front[east ] back [west], and of course the occult phrase "as above so below" can also be employed here. This is a lie. David never used this ancient idolatrous symbol, but his son Solomon and his foreign wives did. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see her appear on BVOV with a hex mark on her right hand soon, saying Jesus came and told her to do so in a vision - sadly it could happen.
Only a small fraction of humanity will resist the Anti-Christ, because the deception will be so great, and people will choose their bellies over suffering hunger and dying. Even the elect of Jesus Christ of Nazareth will have a hard time discerning the truth, and many will fall prey to this clever and subtle ruse, thanks to the use of symbols, duality, and carnality, and spiritual blindness. Those who are able to resist may be sequestered for “re-education” somewhere. If they submit, then they will be set free, but if they still refuse the mark, then their heads might end up separated from their shoulders. I don't believe this will happen to all of God's faithful sheep, mostly those who are on the fence will be put through this time of trouble for purification and quality decision making purposes. As seen in Revelation concerning the church of Smyrna, some faithful Christians will go through this time of testing as well, even though they are faithful to Jesus, but I believe it will be for the purpose of being true and faithful witnesses of Jesus to others, much like the three Hebrews with Nebuchadnezzar, and Paul and Silus were in the Philippian jail [Acts 16].
Anyway, this "coexist" mantra is very alluring to humanity, because we all just want to get along and live in peace, right? Well, not everything is as it seems, and this call to "coexist" is not what they say it is - a call to just get along, it is visual propaganda to show you all religions are one in the same. This mantra can take on many different forms, and meanings - just take a look see:
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Notice that the so-called "Star of David", (or other star like symbol) is still at the center, or is the fourth symbol in many of these coexist visuals. That is important to know, because a certain four sided black cube is set in many strategic locations around the globe. Let us not forget that Satan is often referred to as a star, or lightening, as falling from heaven, in Scripture. The star of Remphan is said to have fallen from the sky, as well as the star of Zeus was said to have fallen from the sky, and was therefore worshiped. I found a really good short video, (by my standard) on the "Star of David." Just click on the icon and watch it, I highly recommend you view it in full screen mode.
False Teachers And Their Fables
Jesus and his apostles warned us many times that there would come false teachers and false Christs, and they would sell us their false fruit – or teachings. They would claim that Jesus is over there – no wait, he's over here – no, he's in the mountains - no, he's in the desert - etc. Jesus told us not to believe them, that he would come in the clouds with great power and glory, he will not come to us a second time from the earth - the sea (or see - wink, wink), the mountains, or desert, but like lightening - in the clouds.
The meaning of “Christ” is anointed, or chosen one, so those who claim they have “the anointing”, or they are “chosen” to bring a healing “anointing”, or secret hidden revelation, knowledge, and so forth, fall into this same category that Jesus told us to avoid, these are the false "Christs." That pretty much means all of the so-called “apostles”, from Simon the sorcerer to the newest self-proclaimed "apostle", and all their subsequent “healing revivals”, from Azusa St. to Todd Bentley's recent Florida fiasco, are all Satanic in nature. Even the Pope claims he is God's chosen vessel of representation of earth. Many will click off right about now in pure disgust, if they haven't already, and consider me a heretic. Well, I am a heretic of sorts, a heretic of false signs and wonders, false teachers, prophets and religions. Not one of the poor souls who left this page in disgust will dare to dig past the positive press that covers these so-called “men and women of God”, or “moves of God”, if they did, then they would uncover the truth.
Can anyone find what goes on in these holy-roller meetings in the Bible - i.e. falling backward when killed or "slain" by God's Holy Spirit, and acting like barn yard animals? I can. They are displayed in the form of judgment against evil [1 Sam.4:17-18/Jn. 18:6], and are evidence of demon possession. In Scripture, every man of God, when visited by God, or a holy angel, falls face down in worship, but every evil man who is about to be judged for his evil deeds falls backward. As for the crazy antics of the Charismatics, Christians are instructed to be sober minded, and have complete control of themselves and conduct their meetings with order - not with animalistic wild abandon. Much of what happened at Azusa St. and what happens in other revivals, was and is Satanic in nature. I will cover this subject at a later date – if you desire to further research this subject, there are many good articles out on the web – I recommend www.seekgod.ca and www.redeemedhippiesplace.wordpress.com.
As for false prophets and apostles - I will now name some names of false prophets, and teachers, names that may seem to be more obscure to you, like: Madame Guillon, Emanuel Swedenborg, Mary Baker Eddy, Maria Woodworth Etter, Amiee Semple McPherson, C.I. Scholfield and many more. Some you will immediately recognize are: Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Norman Vincent Peale, Robert Schuller, Rick Warren, C. Peter Wagner, Kenneth Copeland and all the Word of Faith Bunch, C.S. Lewis...well, there are just too many to name here. All of these people mix paganism, mysticism, worldliness, and ecumenicism with the Gospel. They are false teachers, wolves among the sheep, and are to be exposed and avoided at all costs according to Ephesians 5:11, Romans 16:17, and Colossians 2:1-10. Yes there are many other verses warning us of these people, but who is listening? These hirelings preach another Jesus for prophet – get it? I used the word “prophet” instead of “profit”. Anyway, they are accursed – and anyone who follows them will share in their impending doom – that is what Scripture says – so if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus, not me.
So where does that leave all the other world religions? Are all the Indian [eastern and western], Asian, African, Indonesian, Wiccan, Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman pantheon all one in the same too? Yes they are. How can that be? Because they too, are rooted in Nimrod's Babylonian mystery religion. Think about it, all nations migrated away from the fertile crescent thousands of years ago, not due to lack of food, or for their need for 'elbow room', but because God divided them by confusing their languages because they were being naughty. All false religions have built their religious roads using similar elements. I'll give you an example – in Native American religions, they use a bundle of sticks, or reeds they decorate with colored feathers. They speak, or sing their prayers into this bundle, and then they either bury it in the ground, wave it in the air, burn it with fire, or wash it in a stream, or other water source. Why? Because this is how they get their prayers to their god "The Great Spirit" through these elements. In Ezekiel 8, God mentions that the priests are “putting the branch to the nose.” I looked that up, and it is called a barsom bundle, and it consists of a certain number of sacred tree, or bush branches, where prayers are spoken, breathed, or sung into. How did theses cultures get the same religious traditions, when they are separated by time, river and dale, if they didn't originate from the same source?
The Zoroastrian religion uses this same practice to evoke Ahura Mazda, their winged disk sun god. The barsom bundle is also a precursor, or allusion to magic wands, staffs, and swords. Anyone remember Gandalf blowing on his staff to light his crystal in the caves of Mordor in the movie "Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers"? This is the idolatrous barsom practice, it was being done in relation to idolatrous worship in the book of Ezekiel. Since Catholics [like J.R.R. Tolkin] don't like to think of themselves as idolaters who follow an idolatrous religion, some have sought to distance this practice from the Ezekiel passage from their ritual, by saying it isn't the same thing. They have concluded that in verse 17, God is just saying that the idolatrous practices revealed to Ezekiel in the previous verses (performed by the Israelite priests), were a noxious, or offensive odor to him. They say that the Hebrew word "branch" in the text [zemowrah] means "stench." No it doesn't. Well, not in my concordance anyway, and whenever the same word is used in other passages, it means branch, twig, stick, slip etc. - not stench. However, interestingly enough, according to the idolatrous ritual, proper sacred branches chosen for this prayer bundle are in fact, aromatic.
Jesus and his apostles warned us many times that there would come false teachers and false Christs, and they would sell us their false fruit – or teachings. They would claim that Jesus is over there – no wait, he's over here – no, he's in the mountains - no, he's in the desert - etc. Jesus told us not to believe them, that he would come in the clouds with great power and glory, he will not come to us a second time from the earth - the sea (or see - wink, wink), the mountains, or desert, but like lightening - in the clouds.
The meaning of “Christ” is anointed, or chosen one, so those who claim they have “the anointing”, or they are “chosen” to bring a healing “anointing”, or secret hidden revelation, knowledge, and so forth, fall into this same category that Jesus told us to avoid, these are the false "Christs." That pretty much means all of the so-called “apostles”, from Simon the sorcerer to the newest self-proclaimed "apostle", and all their subsequent “healing revivals”, from Azusa St. to Todd Bentley's recent Florida fiasco, are all Satanic in nature. Even the Pope claims he is God's chosen vessel of representation of earth. Many will click off right about now in pure disgust, if they haven't already, and consider me a heretic. Well, I am a heretic of sorts, a heretic of false signs and wonders, false teachers, prophets and religions. Not one of the poor souls who left this page in disgust will dare to dig past the positive press that covers these so-called “men and women of God”, or “moves of God”, if they did, then they would uncover the truth.
Can anyone find what goes on in these holy-roller meetings in the Bible - i.e. falling backward when killed or "slain" by God's Holy Spirit, and acting like barn yard animals? I can. They are displayed in the form of judgment against evil [1 Sam.4:17-18/Jn. 18:6], and are evidence of demon possession. In Scripture, every man of God, when visited by God, or a holy angel, falls face down in worship, but every evil man who is about to be judged for his evil deeds falls backward. As for the crazy antics of the Charismatics, Christians are instructed to be sober minded, and have complete control of themselves and conduct their meetings with order - not with animalistic wild abandon. Much of what happened at Azusa St. and what happens in other revivals, was and is Satanic in nature. I will cover this subject at a later date – if you desire to further research this subject, there are many good articles out on the web – I recommend www.seekgod.ca and www.redeemedhippiesplace.wordpress.com.
As for false prophets and apostles - I will now name some names of false prophets, and teachers, names that may seem to be more obscure to you, like: Madame Guillon, Emanuel Swedenborg, Mary Baker Eddy, Maria Woodworth Etter, Amiee Semple McPherson, C.I. Scholfield and many more. Some you will immediately recognize are: Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Norman Vincent Peale, Robert Schuller, Rick Warren, C. Peter Wagner, Kenneth Copeland and all the Word of Faith Bunch, C.S. Lewis...well, there are just too many to name here. All of these people mix paganism, mysticism, worldliness, and ecumenicism with the Gospel. They are false teachers, wolves among the sheep, and are to be exposed and avoided at all costs according to Ephesians 5:11, Romans 16:17, and Colossians 2:1-10. Yes there are many other verses warning us of these people, but who is listening? These hirelings preach another Jesus for prophet – get it? I used the word “prophet” instead of “profit”. Anyway, they are accursed – and anyone who follows them will share in their impending doom – that is what Scripture says – so if you don't like it, then take it up with Jesus, not me.
So where does that leave all the other world religions? Are all the Indian [eastern and western], Asian, African, Indonesian, Wiccan, Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman pantheon all one in the same too? Yes they are. How can that be? Because they too, are rooted in Nimrod's Babylonian mystery religion. Think about it, all nations migrated away from the fertile crescent thousands of years ago, not due to lack of food, or for their need for 'elbow room', but because God divided them by confusing their languages because they were being naughty. All false religions have built their religious roads using similar elements. I'll give you an example – in Native American religions, they use a bundle of sticks, or reeds they decorate with colored feathers. They speak, or sing their prayers into this bundle, and then they either bury it in the ground, wave it in the air, burn it with fire, or wash it in a stream, or other water source. Why? Because this is how they get their prayers to their god "The Great Spirit" through these elements. In Ezekiel 8, God mentions that the priests are “putting the branch to the nose.” I looked that up, and it is called a barsom bundle, and it consists of a certain number of sacred tree, or bush branches, where prayers are spoken, breathed, or sung into. How did theses cultures get the same religious traditions, when they are separated by time, river and dale, if they didn't originate from the same source?
The Zoroastrian religion uses this same practice to evoke Ahura Mazda, their winged disk sun god. The barsom bundle is also a precursor, or allusion to magic wands, staffs, and swords. Anyone remember Gandalf blowing on his staff to light his crystal in the caves of Mordor in the movie "Lord of the Rings-The Two Towers"? This is the idolatrous barsom practice, it was being done in relation to idolatrous worship in the book of Ezekiel. Since Catholics [like J.R.R. Tolkin] don't like to think of themselves as idolaters who follow an idolatrous religion, some have sought to distance this practice from the Ezekiel passage from their ritual, by saying it isn't the same thing. They have concluded that in verse 17, God is just saying that the idolatrous practices revealed to Ezekiel in the previous verses (performed by the Israelite priests), were a noxious, or offensive odor to him. They say that the Hebrew word "branch" in the text [zemowrah] means "stench." No it doesn't. Well, not in my concordance anyway, and whenever the same word is used in other passages, it means branch, twig, stick, slip etc. - not stench. However, interestingly enough, according to the idolatrous ritual, proper sacred branches chosen for this prayer bundle are in fact, aromatic.
So as you can see, all the nation's false gods and goddesses that came from Babylon are all one in the same, even though they have different names. Lucifer who is Satan, the fallen angel who embodies both aspects of light and dark, white and black, male and female, yin/yang, good and evil, life and death, knowledge bearer and deceiver – it is him they are really worshiping. All this can be proven in pagan and occult literature, because they are the best sources of their own beliefs.
"Now, we have but to remember that Siva, and the Palentinian Baal, or Moloch, and
Saturn are identical..." "Isis Unveiled", Helena P. Blavatsky. pg. 578
"...Hermes, the god of wisdom, called also Thoth, Tat, Seth, Set, and Sat-an; and that he
was, furthermore, when viewed under his bad aspect, Typhon, the Egyptian Satan, who
was also Set." "Isis Unveiled", Helena P. Blavatsky. pg. 554
I read a few pages of Blavatsky's book, and it's gross how God's word is twisted throughout it. For instance, in the last quote here, Helena Blavatsky does equate all these names as belonging one being. However, in the next sentence she ascribes them to belong to Seth, Adam's son. Is that really the case? Was Adam's son, Seth, worshiped as a god? What I would ask is this: "Did he himself demand worship as a god?" Just because names are repeated, or are similar doesn't make them the same person, unless otherwise noted. Helena is mistaken, Seth - Adam's son in not Satan. If there are those from antiquity who wanted to worship him as a god, then it seems to be something out of his control, much like real biblical Mary being worshiped by Catholics. I don't believe for one minute that Mary would approve of this sort of thing anymore than Seth would. When you read books like these, dear reader, it is important to remember that Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible - the Torah, under the influence of God himself. Moses was not an "eye-witness" to the many of the events he wrote, but God was. That being said, there are older tales that were written before Moses wrote the Torah, so does that mean his account is inaccurate because it wasn't first? No, it doesn't. Proverbs 18: 17 states:
"The first to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him."
I could be wrong, but even in court cases, the prosecution attorney gets the first opening statement followed by the defense attorney. Like in a court of law, the person who speaks first is not always the one with the correct information, so just because there are written accounts that are older and similar to biblical accounts, doesn't make them more accurate, it only proves that these things actually happened. Now it is up to the hearer to decided who he will, or will not believe, based on the reliability and faithfulness of the witnesses and even the physical evidence, if there is any. It is common knowledge that written Egyptian historical accounts are "fudged" in their favor, meaning that they don't tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This is true for many national histories. God's word however, tells the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and it is highly candid about the human faults within its hallowed pages. Because God can't lie - Scripture doesn't lie, after all, he is its author. If you don't believe that, then you are at a great disadvantage already.
"Now, we have but to remember that Siva, and the Palentinian Baal, or Moloch, and
Saturn are identical..." "Isis Unveiled", Helena P. Blavatsky. pg. 578
"...Hermes, the god of wisdom, called also Thoth, Tat, Seth, Set, and Sat-an; and that he
was, furthermore, when viewed under his bad aspect, Typhon, the Egyptian Satan, who
was also Set." "Isis Unveiled", Helena P. Blavatsky. pg. 554
I read a few pages of Blavatsky's book, and it's gross how God's word is twisted throughout it. For instance, in the last quote here, Helena Blavatsky does equate all these names as belonging one being. However, in the next sentence she ascribes them to belong to Seth, Adam's son. Is that really the case? Was Adam's son, Seth, worshiped as a god? What I would ask is this: "Did he himself demand worship as a god?" Just because names are repeated, or are similar doesn't make them the same person, unless otherwise noted. Helena is mistaken, Seth - Adam's son in not Satan. If there are those from antiquity who wanted to worship him as a god, then it seems to be something out of his control, much like real biblical Mary being worshiped by Catholics. I don't believe for one minute that Mary would approve of this sort of thing anymore than Seth would. When you read books like these, dear reader, it is important to remember that Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible - the Torah, under the influence of God himself. Moses was not an "eye-witness" to the many of the events he wrote, but God was. That being said, there are older tales that were written before Moses wrote the Torah, so does that mean his account is inaccurate because it wasn't first? No, it doesn't. Proverbs 18: 17 states:
"The first to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him."
I could be wrong, but even in court cases, the prosecution attorney gets the first opening statement followed by the defense attorney. Like in a court of law, the person who speaks first is not always the one with the correct information, so just because there are written accounts that are older and similar to biblical accounts, doesn't make them more accurate, it only proves that these things actually happened. Now it is up to the hearer to decided who he will, or will not believe, based on the reliability and faithfulness of the witnesses and even the physical evidence, if there is any. It is common knowledge that written Egyptian historical accounts are "fudged" in their favor, meaning that they don't tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This is true for many national histories. God's word however, tells the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and it is highly candid about the human faults within its hallowed pages. Because God can't lie - Scripture doesn't lie, after all, he is its author. If you don't believe that, then you are at a great disadvantage already.
Faiths That Share the Same God
So - is the god of Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism - "The Big 3" the same? Yes they are! What? How? They are all off shoots of their parent root – the Babylon mystery religion of Nimrod. How do I know that? I know that because they all use many of the same symbols, symbols God told us not to use, symbols that point to their god, who they claim under different names, but is know to them as Lucifer, their hermaphrodite light bearer, the fallen angel we now known as Satan. As an example, many idolatrous nations revere and use the snake as a symbol of wisdom, healing, and even the sun. Study this out for yourself, dear reader, don't just take my word for it. God refers to Satan as being the serpent, or snake in the garden of Eden, right? The Hebrew word for "serpent" is nachash, the verb form of the noun is the same word and means to practice divination, observe signs, practice fortunetelling, and it carries the connotation of hissing, or whispering along with it. Curiously, the Hebrew word saraph means serpent, or fiery serpent, or refers to the type of angels known as Seraphim, who blaze as if on fire. Now who do you know that is a high ranking fallen winged angel that is referred to as the serpent, or dragon? And so, Satan is also revealed in the symbol of the caduceus, and any other winged serpent, or dragon symbol.
I touched on this before, but a truly surprising link between Catholicism, and Islam is their veneration or worship of Mary. Go figure. As far as "Christianity" goes, in recent years, the milk-toast lukewarm "Christians" who love a false peace and fickle unity, have formulated a new mongrel religion called – wait for it - -“Chrislam”! Why not "Islamianity," or even better - "Allah-mary-cosmo-christ-ism" – - now that sounds magical doesn't it? The outward connection between Judaism and Islam will be Abraham and their belief that Jesus is only a minor prophet at best, and not the foretold Messiah. They too share many common signs and symbols thanks to the Kabballa link, which is quickly gaining ground in Judaism and so-called Christian sects. This is thanks, in part, to the tireless efforts of Maddona (an ex-Catholic), who is a fervent disciple of Kabbalah, and even preached a 12 min. Kabbalah sermon to millions, during her Super Bowl half-time extravaganza. Any one can research this information on their own.
So - is the god of Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism - "The Big 3" the same? Yes they are! What? How? They are all off shoots of their parent root – the Babylon mystery religion of Nimrod. How do I know that? I know that because they all use many of the same symbols, symbols God told us not to use, symbols that point to their god, who they claim under different names, but is know to them as Lucifer, their hermaphrodite light bearer, the fallen angel we now known as Satan. As an example, many idolatrous nations revere and use the snake as a symbol of wisdom, healing, and even the sun. Study this out for yourself, dear reader, don't just take my word for it. God refers to Satan as being the serpent, or snake in the garden of Eden, right? The Hebrew word for "serpent" is nachash, the verb form of the noun is the same word and means to practice divination, observe signs, practice fortunetelling, and it carries the connotation of hissing, or whispering along with it. Curiously, the Hebrew word saraph means serpent, or fiery serpent, or refers to the type of angels known as Seraphim, who blaze as if on fire. Now who do you know that is a high ranking fallen winged angel that is referred to as the serpent, or dragon? And so, Satan is also revealed in the symbol of the caduceus, and any other winged serpent, or dragon symbol.
I touched on this before, but a truly surprising link between Catholicism, and Islam is their veneration or worship of Mary. Go figure. As far as "Christianity" goes, in recent years, the milk-toast lukewarm "Christians" who love a false peace and fickle unity, have formulated a new mongrel religion called – wait for it - -“Chrislam”! Why not "Islamianity," or even better - "Allah-mary-cosmo-christ-ism" – - now that sounds magical doesn't it? The outward connection between Judaism and Islam will be Abraham and their belief that Jesus is only a minor prophet at best, and not the foretold Messiah. They too share many common signs and symbols thanks to the Kabballa link, which is quickly gaining ground in Judaism and so-called Christian sects. This is thanks, in part, to the tireless efforts of Maddona (an ex-Catholic), who is a fervent disciple of Kabbalah, and even preached a 12 min. Kabbalah sermon to millions, during her Super Bowl half-time extravaganza. Any one can research this information on their own.
The Coming Apostasy
Apostasy is the abandonment of a religious, or political belief system entirely, or in favor of another. For example, I am an apostate from the Word of Faith religion. I no longer believe in their 'prosperity gospel', and as an apostate Republican, I now see the political parties are working opposite sides of the political scene to accomplish the same end: Martial Law and the one world government. That is why nothing changes in this country. Just because politicians claim to love their country doesn't mean they do; their actions "speak" the truth. W.O.F. preachers who hold the Bible in their greedy little hands, only read enough scripture to wrest it and take it out of context for their financial gain. They say they don't love money, yet their actions say they do.
Much of the Church has been conditioned by their overlords – hired shepherds, to look for a last great revival before Christ's return, yet the Bible says nothing of this kind will happen before his return, at least not a holy revival anyway. So what is the great revival that they are really talking about? Is it the falling away into apostasy? Well it must be, because Paul speaks of a “falling away” that will happen before the revelation of the Anti-Christ, which happens before Jesus arrives to set up his kingdom on earth. In Revelation, we learn that the Anti-Christ will persecute and be allowed to overcome the Church for a time. What will the people in every nation on earth, who renounce fundamental Christianity fall into? They will fall into the amalgamation of all the world's religions - Interfaithism, which will claim a false Jesus, or Cosmic Christ as their Lord - this is the ultimate "whorer."
I would like for you, dear reader, to consider a quote from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, and New Age [Age of Aquarius] guru, who advocates the coming Cosmic Christ:
"...surely the solution for which modern mankind is seeking must essentially be exactly the
solution which I have come upon. I believe that this is so, and it is in this vision that my
hopes are fulfilled. A general convergence of religions upon a universal Christ who funda-
mentally satisfies them all: that seems to me the only possible conversion of the world,
and the only form in which a religion of the future can be conceived."
- "Christianity and Evolution" by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, pg. 130. Collins 1971
Look around you dear reader, the Fundamentalist Christian is a rare breed, and many denominational so-called "Christians" disdain them and their biblical orthodoxy, claiming it is so cold, unloving and passe. Fundamentalist Christians are even labeled "Christofasciasts" (that one made me laugh). The people l like to refer to as: Milk-toast "Christians", prefer to be "modern" and "relevant", over being doctrinally sound. What they mean when they say they are striving to be modern and relevant, is that they prefer to be worldly and lukewarm, rather than to be true to Jesus' gospel. Even so, many people are becoming disillusioned with any form of "Christianity" altogether; the milk-toast false gospels are proving themselves to be empty and vain. These poor searching souls seem to lack the ability to see and understand the nature of hypocrisy, so rather than seek the genuine faith Christ preached, they assume all "Christians" are shallow, and greedy Bible thumpers. So, to fill their spiritual void, many are leaving so-called Christian churches in droves and become atheists. Some are flocking to mystical "Christian" churches that embrace new spiritual revelations and practices, like labyrinth walking and contemplative praying in dark sanctuaries, and seek sensual experiences like hearing audible voices from "God," rather than reading his word. So, when will this apostasy, or falling away that Paul speaks of in 2 Thessalonians finally occur in totality? I don't know, but it has already started and the final migration seems to be extremely close at hand, only God knows for sure.
Yes, a thinking person has to wonder how will it be possible to get all these faiths (which seem so different on the surface) onto the same religious page and willing to worship one person - the Anti-Christ. What on earth will have to happen to make the psychopathic elitist dream of a one world religion, that rules over a one world government a reality? Well, like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin pointed out, most of these faiths have some sort of prophet, or coming messiah, or soon to return deliverer, that will be their Messiah, Maitreya or “Cosmic Christ”, who promises them godhood via some sort of initiation, or incantation, or spiritual evolution. According to the religious philosophy of evolution, some sort of cataclysm must take place to bring about a change, where only the strong survive and evolve into higher life forms. That cataclysm can take the form of a threat upon all humanity, be it "aliens" from outer space, a meteor set to collide with earth, or a world wide biological epidemic, or even a nuclear war. In their twisted theology, this will effectively weed out the "strong" elite from the "weak" riffraff. They all are harping on reducing the earth's population as a means of human survival. As far as I'm concerned, Word of Faithers are already high-minded bigots, who look down their long snooty noses just long enough, to scorn those of “lesser faith” with their haughty eyes - so this will not be a stretch for them. They have been indoctrinated with the false teaching that Jesus said they are “little gods”, so all they need are a few more strategic pushes to get them to accept the mark of the beast, and murder faithful Christians, as a favor to their god, Mammon.
It has taken several millenia, but Satan is remarkably patient and cunning considering his time is short, and like a dog [God spelled backwards], he will finally have his day, where he will be openly worshiped as a god once again, like he was at Babel. But once again, his revelry will be short lived, and will come to a screeching halt, when Jesus comes back the same way he left, in the air, and crashes his "little god" party! Yay Jesus!
The Broad All-Inclusive Ecumenical Road
So all the false gods that claim to be the 'all inclusive" true God, or as being “the collective consciousness”, or the “Cosmic Christ”, are all one in the same. So-called "Christian" false religions even claim you are a "little god”, because they take Ps. 82:6 and John 10:31-39 out of context – two of the most infamous being the World Wide Church of God and The Word of Faith or prosperity preachers. Amazingly, New Age teachings, and other false religions show a person how to become divine too - same lie from the serpent in the Garden, but through seemingly different religions. I have found that all of the false gods in human history represent a male/female, or androgynous duality. There's Baal/Ashtoreth, Osiris/Isis, Tammuz/Ishtar, Adonis/Diana, and even the Roman Catholic Jesus and Mary are indeed one in the same god, because they all represent the duality of Lucifer [light bearer]and Satan [prince of darkness/Advesary]- or the Devil [Slanderer].
A true follower of Jesus will not pursue the broad ecumenical interfaith super highway, they will follow the straight and narrow path he laid out for them. This narrow path is difficult to traverse, it takes determination, perseverance, grace and faith, strength of will, a hatred of the things of this world, and a love for, and strict adherence to, the gospel. For them, only the absolute truth - not a generic or relative truth will satisfy. According to Scripture, many will find the wide gate and follow the broad and easy road that slowly winds its way down to destruction, but few will find the narrow gate opening up to a straight path ascending upward to a blissful eternal life with Jesus - scary to think about.
Scripture is never wrong concerning these matters, so according to Scripture the vast majority of people were, are, and will be, under Satan's influence and will share his fate – the Lake of Fire. Even those who claim to worship the God of the Bible – many of them don't – they worship a god they have fashioned, one that wants everyone to be rich and never sick, which falls into the category of idolatry. Word of Faith followers are a prime example, I oughta know, I was once of their ilk - that will be covered in my “Confessions of a former Word of Faith Minion” article.
So I urge us all, dear reader, with all that is in me – I humbly ask that we stop, take a look around, and get our bearings and consider the road we are on, and take inventory of what emblems, logos and other signs we carry with us as identification, relating to the 'god' we worship. We must determine if the road we are on is easy, broad and comfortable even though it is crowded with people, who are enjoying all the world's sensual amenities. Or is the path we are on difficult to stay on due to its narrow width, a path that goes the opposite direction of the world's road of ease and luxury? Are we on a road littered with blasphemous billboards covered in symbols of false gods, or does our path have no signs or symbols to speak of, other than a solitary man with nail scared hands gently beckoning, and calling us with his still small voice, biding us to come and follow him?
Yes - and what about our God and Savior? Does he have nail scared hands and feet, and spear pierced side, or are the wounds of our God and Savior curiously missing, or even still bleeding? Is our God and Savior an effeminate looking man with long hair who bears a remarkable resemblance to ol' “Sacred Heart Mary?” I've even seen pictures of "Mary" with nail scared hands - such blasphemy! Or is our God and Savior a carpenter from Galilee that has no physical description, or comeliness to speak of? All the artist renditions we have depicting Jesus are not what he looks like, I assure you. Even if the artist swears they saw Jesus and painted him from memory, don't believe them for a minute. Paul saw Jesus, but didn't give any physical description of him in Scripture, so why would his physical features be given to us now? I wouldn't go by John the Reveler's vision of Jesus either. [Read my article about why artists depict Jesus as a hippie.]
False Christs and hireling shepherds abound, but there is only one Good Shepherd, only one Jesus of Nazareth, thus only one Son (not sun) of the Living God. So we need to make sure we are one of his faithful sheep, and that we know only his voice, because he knows which sheep belong in his fold- we can't fool him. All his sheep enter his fold one way, by going through him, as he is the only door and way in to heaven – where no sacred relics, idolatrous religious symbols, or false Christs will be allowed! So dear reader, not all of us have the same God, but most people do, whether they know it or not. The god of this world, or age, is Satan, and many people are deceived into worshiping him without even knowing it - not such great news is it?
Is There Any Good News?
Yes dear reader, there is hope and very good news! The historical, and biblical Jesus is indeed real, and indeed coming again, but he won't be coming from the earth, but from the air (minus the UFO of course), and he has a name, but it's not "The Christ" [Christ is his title], or any other name. Currently his name is Jesus, but soon it is to change to Immanuel. He has assured us that he has overcome the world, and we are not to fear, but to put our faith and trust in him. At the end of The Good Book, it says Jesus wins, and all those who are, and remain faithful to him alone, will win too - Amen!
Apostasy is the abandonment of a religious, or political belief system entirely, or in favor of another. For example, I am an apostate from the Word of Faith religion. I no longer believe in their 'prosperity gospel', and as an apostate Republican, I now see the political parties are working opposite sides of the political scene to accomplish the same end: Martial Law and the one world government. That is why nothing changes in this country. Just because politicians claim to love their country doesn't mean they do; their actions "speak" the truth. W.O.F. preachers who hold the Bible in their greedy little hands, only read enough scripture to wrest it and take it out of context for their financial gain. They say they don't love money, yet their actions say they do.
Much of the Church has been conditioned by their overlords – hired shepherds, to look for a last great revival before Christ's return, yet the Bible says nothing of this kind will happen before his return, at least not a holy revival anyway. So what is the great revival that they are really talking about? Is it the falling away into apostasy? Well it must be, because Paul speaks of a “falling away” that will happen before the revelation of the Anti-Christ, which happens before Jesus arrives to set up his kingdom on earth. In Revelation, we learn that the Anti-Christ will persecute and be allowed to overcome the Church for a time. What will the people in every nation on earth, who renounce fundamental Christianity fall into? They will fall into the amalgamation of all the world's religions - Interfaithism, which will claim a false Jesus, or Cosmic Christ as their Lord - this is the ultimate "whorer."
I would like for you, dear reader, to consider a quote from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, and New Age [Age of Aquarius] guru, who advocates the coming Cosmic Christ:
"...surely the solution for which modern mankind is seeking must essentially be exactly the
solution which I have come upon. I believe that this is so, and it is in this vision that my
hopes are fulfilled. A general convergence of religions upon a universal Christ who funda-
mentally satisfies them all: that seems to me the only possible conversion of the world,
and the only form in which a religion of the future can be conceived."
- "Christianity and Evolution" by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, pg. 130. Collins 1971
Look around you dear reader, the Fundamentalist Christian is a rare breed, and many denominational so-called "Christians" disdain them and their biblical orthodoxy, claiming it is so cold, unloving and passe. Fundamentalist Christians are even labeled "Christofasciasts" (that one made me laugh). The people l like to refer to as: Milk-toast "Christians", prefer to be "modern" and "relevant", over being doctrinally sound. What they mean when they say they are striving to be modern and relevant, is that they prefer to be worldly and lukewarm, rather than to be true to Jesus' gospel. Even so, many people are becoming disillusioned with any form of "Christianity" altogether; the milk-toast false gospels are proving themselves to be empty and vain. These poor searching souls seem to lack the ability to see and understand the nature of hypocrisy, so rather than seek the genuine faith Christ preached, they assume all "Christians" are shallow, and greedy Bible thumpers. So, to fill their spiritual void, many are leaving so-called Christian churches in droves and become atheists. Some are flocking to mystical "Christian" churches that embrace new spiritual revelations and practices, like labyrinth walking and contemplative praying in dark sanctuaries, and seek sensual experiences like hearing audible voices from "God," rather than reading his word. So, when will this apostasy, or falling away that Paul speaks of in 2 Thessalonians finally occur in totality? I don't know, but it has already started and the final migration seems to be extremely close at hand, only God knows for sure.
Yes, a thinking person has to wonder how will it be possible to get all these faiths (which seem so different on the surface) onto the same religious page and willing to worship one person - the Anti-Christ. What on earth will have to happen to make the psychopathic elitist dream of a one world religion, that rules over a one world government a reality? Well, like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin pointed out, most of these faiths have some sort of prophet, or coming messiah, or soon to return deliverer, that will be their Messiah, Maitreya or “Cosmic Christ”, who promises them godhood via some sort of initiation, or incantation, or spiritual evolution. According to the religious philosophy of evolution, some sort of cataclysm must take place to bring about a change, where only the strong survive and evolve into higher life forms. That cataclysm can take the form of a threat upon all humanity, be it "aliens" from outer space, a meteor set to collide with earth, or a world wide biological epidemic, or even a nuclear war. In their twisted theology, this will effectively weed out the "strong" elite from the "weak" riffraff. They all are harping on reducing the earth's population as a means of human survival. As far as I'm concerned, Word of Faithers are already high-minded bigots, who look down their long snooty noses just long enough, to scorn those of “lesser faith” with their haughty eyes - so this will not be a stretch for them. They have been indoctrinated with the false teaching that Jesus said they are “little gods”, so all they need are a few more strategic pushes to get them to accept the mark of the beast, and murder faithful Christians, as a favor to their god, Mammon.
It has taken several millenia, but Satan is remarkably patient and cunning considering his time is short, and like a dog [God spelled backwards], he will finally have his day, where he will be openly worshiped as a god once again, like he was at Babel. But once again, his revelry will be short lived, and will come to a screeching halt, when Jesus comes back the same way he left, in the air, and crashes his "little god" party! Yay Jesus!
The Broad All-Inclusive Ecumenical Road
So all the false gods that claim to be the 'all inclusive" true God, or as being “the collective consciousness”, or the “Cosmic Christ”, are all one in the same. So-called "Christian" false religions even claim you are a "little god”, because they take Ps. 82:6 and John 10:31-39 out of context – two of the most infamous being the World Wide Church of God and The Word of Faith or prosperity preachers. Amazingly, New Age teachings, and other false religions show a person how to become divine too - same lie from the serpent in the Garden, but through seemingly different religions. I have found that all of the false gods in human history represent a male/female, or androgynous duality. There's Baal/Ashtoreth, Osiris/Isis, Tammuz/Ishtar, Adonis/Diana, and even the Roman Catholic Jesus and Mary are indeed one in the same god, because they all represent the duality of Lucifer [light bearer]and Satan [prince of darkness/Advesary]- or the Devil [Slanderer].
A true follower of Jesus will not pursue the broad ecumenical interfaith super highway, they will follow the straight and narrow path he laid out for them. This narrow path is difficult to traverse, it takes determination, perseverance, grace and faith, strength of will, a hatred of the things of this world, and a love for, and strict adherence to, the gospel. For them, only the absolute truth - not a generic or relative truth will satisfy. According to Scripture, many will find the wide gate and follow the broad and easy road that slowly winds its way down to destruction, but few will find the narrow gate opening up to a straight path ascending upward to a blissful eternal life with Jesus - scary to think about.
Scripture is never wrong concerning these matters, so according to Scripture the vast majority of people were, are, and will be, under Satan's influence and will share his fate – the Lake of Fire. Even those who claim to worship the God of the Bible – many of them don't – they worship a god they have fashioned, one that wants everyone to be rich and never sick, which falls into the category of idolatry. Word of Faith followers are a prime example, I oughta know, I was once of their ilk - that will be covered in my “Confessions of a former Word of Faith Minion” article.
So I urge us all, dear reader, with all that is in me – I humbly ask that we stop, take a look around, and get our bearings and consider the road we are on, and take inventory of what emblems, logos and other signs we carry with us as identification, relating to the 'god' we worship. We must determine if the road we are on is easy, broad and comfortable even though it is crowded with people, who are enjoying all the world's sensual amenities. Or is the path we are on difficult to stay on due to its narrow width, a path that goes the opposite direction of the world's road of ease and luxury? Are we on a road littered with blasphemous billboards covered in symbols of false gods, or does our path have no signs or symbols to speak of, other than a solitary man with nail scared hands gently beckoning, and calling us with his still small voice, biding us to come and follow him?
Yes - and what about our God and Savior? Does he have nail scared hands and feet, and spear pierced side, or are the wounds of our God and Savior curiously missing, or even still bleeding? Is our God and Savior an effeminate looking man with long hair who bears a remarkable resemblance to ol' “Sacred Heart Mary?” I've even seen pictures of "Mary" with nail scared hands - such blasphemy! Or is our God and Savior a carpenter from Galilee that has no physical description, or comeliness to speak of? All the artist renditions we have depicting Jesus are not what he looks like, I assure you. Even if the artist swears they saw Jesus and painted him from memory, don't believe them for a minute. Paul saw Jesus, but didn't give any physical description of him in Scripture, so why would his physical features be given to us now? I wouldn't go by John the Reveler's vision of Jesus either. [Read my article about why artists depict Jesus as a hippie.]
False Christs and hireling shepherds abound, but there is only one Good Shepherd, only one Jesus of Nazareth, thus only one Son (not sun) of the Living God. So we need to make sure we are one of his faithful sheep, and that we know only his voice, because he knows which sheep belong in his fold- we can't fool him. All his sheep enter his fold one way, by going through him, as he is the only door and way in to heaven – where no sacred relics, idolatrous religious symbols, or false Christs will be allowed! So dear reader, not all of us have the same God, but most people do, whether they know it or not. The god of this world, or age, is Satan, and many people are deceived into worshiping him without even knowing it - not such great news is it?
Is There Any Good News?
Yes dear reader, there is hope and very good news! The historical, and biblical Jesus is indeed real, and indeed coming again, but he won't be coming from the earth, but from the air (minus the UFO of course), and he has a name, but it's not "The Christ" [Christ is his title], or any other name. Currently his name is Jesus, but soon it is to change to Immanuel. He has assured us that he has overcome the world, and we are not to fear, but to put our faith and trust in him. At the end of The Good Book, it says Jesus wins, and all those who are, and remain faithful to him alone, will win too - Amen!
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