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Jun 14 2011

The Sabbath Day

By admin | Filled under: Bible Questions, Religion

(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:1-3

“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:10, 11

“See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” Exodus 16:29

“Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.” Exodus 35:3

When the Lord God made this universe and everything in it, He established the pattern of a day of rest, which He later called, the Sabbath Day. Now God didn’t rest because He was tired. The whole point of these things was to be a picture of salvation obtained by good works. God shows us throughout the Bible and in particular the Old Testament that salvation by good works is impossible.

“Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:21-26

When one studies the law and what would make us acceptable to the Lord (i.e., complete sinlessness) we should be immediately struck by the fact that it is impossible to do that. So, we then would see that the Lord has provided us a better way. He came and lived a sinless life for us and by His blood atonement paying for all of our sins, we can have salvation by trusting in Him.

No one can keep the laws of God. The purpose of the law was to show us that the only way to Heaven is by faith in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. There is no salvation by human means or so called “good works”.

“The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” Psalms 14:2, 3

“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6

Now, there are those that try to argue that from Adam until now there were those who were keeping the Sabbath, that it was not hidden from the people. They say that because Noah released birds on a certain day that he kept the Sabbath and so forth.

When Noah and his family stepped from the ark he built an altar to the Lord and gave thanks. That precedent had been established long ago. The sacrifice of a lamb picturing the Messiah who would come went as far back as Adam and Eve with their son Abel. That has never changed. They looked forward while we look backward to Jesus’ sacrifice fulfilling the type.

God then made a covenant with Noah. He promised to never destroy the Earth with a flood again. He established the death penalty. And he set some other rules about diet and things but there is no mention of a Sabbath Day.

“And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Genesis 8:18-22 (Also see Genesis 9:1-17)

There is absolutely no evidence that anyone kept the Sabbath until it was revealed to Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness. There was no command by God to keep a Sabbath Day of rest. Sabbath breaking is never mentioned as a sin by anyone until Mount Sinai.

People and many scholars, like to make the argument that Moses had to already know about the Sabbath before God told him to tell the people to keep it. They say the people seemed to be familiar with it already.

I would make the reverse argument. If they were already used to keeping a Sabbath, why did God have to tell them to gather extra manna the sixth day and not work or leave their habitations on the Sabbath Day? Wouldn’t that have already been a part of their normal routine for many generations? It had been over 400 years from Abraham until the Exodus from Egypt. It had probably been over 2000 years from Adam and Eve until that time.

“Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:” Nehemiah 9:13,14

In that scripture, the Bible states clearly that the Sabbath was first made known at Mount Sinai. God also makes it quite clear who the Sabbath is for.

“It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you (i.e., the Jews), and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.” Leviticus 16:31

“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.” Exodus 31:15,16

The Sabbath was given as a covenant between God and the Israelites, the Jews, from Mount Sinai forward, forever. To make it apply to anyone or anything else is a perversion of the scriptures. There is no record the Jews kept a Sabbath during their Egyptian bondage either. There were no travel restrictions when they left Egypt or no mention of any of them being executed by the Egyptians for not working on a Sabbath or by the Jewish leaders for working on a Sabbath Day.

Therefore, we can conclude a few things. Who was the first Jew? Abraham. Were Adam and Eve Jews? Noah and his family? No, they were Gentiles. They were not bound by this covenant so God never mentioned it to them. It didn’t apply to anyone except, “…the children of Israel…” who were not given a Sabbath command until it was given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

That doesn’t stop many people though from trying to apply the Sabbath to all of our lives. But none of them I’ve found even observe the Sabbath the way God said to observe it. Many Sabbath celebrations of today would have gotten them killed in ancient Israel.

Adventists even try to equate worshipping on Sunday as the “mark of the beast” in Revelation and that the Roman popes started it all. That is silly as we show below. The mark to come will be a tatoo or injection into the skin keyed by the number of the Beast, not a day of worship. (See our paper on the Antichrist, the Tribulation etc.)

Yes, Sunday is named after the Sun and Saturday is named after Saturn. So what? None of the days were called by these names when these things first happened. But the first day of the week, the seventh and all the others were still the same as they are now.

“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.” Numbers 15:32-36

You see the Sabbath was to be a day of rest, not of worship. Now God took this pretty seriously and had to set an example. Here’s another one.

“Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.” Exodus 35:3

Do you think that just means for cooking? When you allow your electric or gas hot water tanks and furnaces to light a fire in your house, or turning on a light, do you really think that does not apply here? God said kindle no fire in your habitation on the Sabbath Day.

But you say it’s cold where you live. That’s right, God put no such ordinance on us. Israel in general has a milder climate but even if it didn’t it is a perpetual covenant with the Jews.

And where does it tell us to go to church or synagogue on the Sabbath Day? Not in the word of God. On the contrary, the Jews were commanded to stay at home. The practice of going to a synagogue grew up between Malachi and the New Testament. Synagogues themselves were unheard of among the Israelites. Their priests ministered at the tabernacle and later at the Temple.

Just because some Rabbis got together and said it was okay to go so many paces this way or that, or build a synagogue to “worship” in, doesn’t make it right. God said don’t leave your place on the Sabbath. If you’re going to observe the Sabbath, then do it right, like the Lord commanded.

The Jews were to be a nation of priests, just as believers of the Church Age are priests. They were to bring the word of God and His salvation to unbelievers, again, just as the saints of the Church Age are to do. They were to be an example, just as we should be, to a lost and dying world.

So the law was established to lead them as well as the rest of us to the Messiah and His redemption plan. To know what right is you have to know what wrong is. To know what sin is we have to know what perfection is. We deal with dichotomies like this in our daily lives, hot and cold, night and day etc. Somethings like beauty and ugly don’t apply because that is relative to our tastes.

God never set parameters for those things. I’m sure to Him we are all beautiful in some way. But God did set the boundaries of what constitutes sin and obedience to Him. There is no doubt about that. He established what the law is and what perfection should be when it comes to obeying His precepts.

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5,6

I once debated a co-worker about the keeping of the Sabbath. He was a Seventh-Day Adventist and said he kept all of the law, including the Sabbath. When I questioned him I found that he left his home and had a furnace fire on the Sabbath days etc. So I told him he did not keep the Sabbath like God commanded. He became somewhat agitated. I showed him from the Bible that the Sabbath Day was ceremonial law and given to the Jews only.

I showed him where all of the ten commandments were either restated or alluded to in the New Testament (some of them many times) except for the keeping of the Sabbath Day. It is not commanded for Christians. We meet on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, the first day of the week, which pictures salvation by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ and then we “work” throughout the week out of service to Him.

At least that’s what we’re supposed to do. That’s the picture we should have. John says in Revelation 1:10a that, “…I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day,…”. That is the Christian day of worship. It was established long before the Roman church. Ironically, some Catholics claim they did change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday, which is foolish.

“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.” Acts 20:7

Christians met on the first day of the week since Jesus’ ascension. Many of them even took the Lord’s Supper every week (“… the disciples came together to break bread…”).

My co-worker tried to say Paul kept the Sabbath but I showed him Paul simply went to where the people were at to preach to them a better way, the gospel of Christ. The fulfillment of the law. Those Jews, by the way, were also breaking the Sabbath by leaving their homes anyway.

But the final straw came when he said Jesus kept the Sabbath and then I showed him the truth. Jesus had just healed a man on the Sabbath. He and His disciples constantly gathered grain for eating and other things contrary to Jewish ceremonial law to which the Rabbis and others had even added many more restrictions through man-made doctrine.

“Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.” John 5:18

The Adventist tried to argue that the Pharisees “thought” Jesus broke the Sabbath. No, I told him that Jesus had clearly broken the Sabbath like the scriptures said by healing a man, that is, doing work. God the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible. Being the narrator of this story He says, “…he (Jesus) not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath and knew that they were all hypocrites, because they had left their homes in the first place which was against the commandment of God concerning the Sabbath.

It’s amusing and yet sad to see how people love their religion and have such a high opinion of themselves. They have wires strung in Jerusalem where some Rabbis have determined how far a person may travel on the Sabbath. They have elevators that run continuously so you don’t have to do any “work” and many other religious laws.

It’s all quite silly because all of these things are still in complete opposition to the original commandment of God about the Sabbath Day. No matter how many preachers or rabbis or anyone else try to change or justify their version of the Sabbath, God’s word is still clear.

As to which day is the Sabbath, there is no argument. It is from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday. The seventh day of the week. And so has it always been. If some Christians or Catholics or anyone else think it’s Sunday or it’s somehow been changed by some papal decree, that is their ignorance and lack of knowledge of their own Bibles.

I’ve been in churches where the preacher said”Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy!” The only problem is that he was referring to Sunday. God has never changed the Sabbath from the seventh day of the week and never will.

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Colossians 2:14-17

The Sabbath days, holy days, dietary laws etc., were all nailed to the cross with Christ and done away with here in the Church Age because they were ceremonial law not moral law. Of all the sins mentioned in the New Testament not once is Sabbath breaking mentioned in relation to Christians. That’s because it was never commanded nor meant for Christians but for the Jews as the scriptures clearly show.

Would you like to know you are saved and have an eternal home with the Lord? You can pray this prayer and sincerely mean it and by the authority of the Word of God be saved forever regardless of what may befall you in this life.

“Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner deserving of Hell. I cannot be good enough to save myself. I believe that you died in my place to pay the price for my sins and rose from the dead to offer sinners a full pardon. I am placing my complete trust in You to save me from my sins and give me eternal life as You promised in the Bible. I trust you to take me to Heaven to be with You when and however that time comes. Amen.”

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12-13

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May 16 2011

Inerrancy And Scientific Accuracy of Scriptures

By admin | Filled under: Bible Questions, Religion

(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

When Christians say they believe the Bible to be inerrant or verbally inspired, what they usually mean is that we believe the original manuscripts, that our translations are taken from, were, in their original languages, given by God Himself, literally “God breathed”. (Different Bible versions are covered on another page.)

We believe, since God the Holy Spirit moved men to write it, that it contains no errors or fallacies that would be produced by sinful men. We may not always understand the meanings of certain things but we know since it came from God that we can trust what He says to be true. God is able to let the personalities of those who wrote it down come through and yet still be His inspired words.

Over many centuries now the Holy Bible has never proven to be anything but accurate and wise above all the so-called wisdom of man. The few examples given as mistakes or errors are easily explained by further study and investigation. Any honest person who truly seeks to find answers, can find them there. In these scriptures we find salvation and light that no mere mortal could provide.

Prophecies made hundreds and even thousands of years in the past have been fulfilled to the letter. Writers who lived hundreds of years apart wrote down things that later were found to fit together like a glove. No humans could have possibly been that smart or accurate. Likewise, coincidence cannot explain how the pieces of these puzzles fit together so well.

Of course, there are those who claim it is historically inaccurate and filled with errors but any honest person, who examines these charges finds the exact opposite to be true. The charges themselves are dishonest and inaccurate to begin with. Here are but a few examples of “errors” in the scriptures.

Prejudiced scientists for years claimed that Abraham could never have been educated enough to read and write and that the city the Bible says he came from never existed. Then one day some archaeologists dug up Ur of the Chaldees where Abraham was born. Not only did it exist but apparently the largest building in the city was a library where students wrote on clay tablets in cuneiform letters.

The same thing happened at Jericho which other scientists said never existed. They were wrong again. It too was found and is considered to be one of the oldest cities on Earth. There are literally dozens of examples of Biblical cities they said were fiction which proved later to be true.

Many of the ancient peoples mentioned in the Bible have only recently been found to have existed after years of scientific doubt. The Hittites, Gergashites, Hivites, Jebusites and many, many others were all there in Canaan just like the word of God said thousands of years ago.

Another charge is that the Bible says the Earth has four corners and those people back then believed in a flat Earth and not a round one. Well, my land has four corners but it isn’t flat at all. In fact it’s quite varied in it’s terrain. As far as the Earth being round, God was way ahead of man in that revelation. Remember that He made it in the first place so He knows it quite well.

“It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:” Isaiah 40:22

Now how could Isaiah have possibly known that there was a “…circle of the Earth…”? The answer is, of course, he couldn’t have known. He had never flown in a plane to an altitude where you literally do see the “circle of the Earth” and how small we all look from above. No one had that concept for thousands of years. He couldn’t have climbed a tree to find it and the mountains in Israel were not tall enough to see it. But God knew about it long before we did.

In fact, God did and does know many things we don’t. Only by His mercy has He allowed us to learn what we have so far.

Look at Job 26:7,
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”

Nowadays we know that the Earth indeed is, hung upon “nothing” in the emptiness of outer space but no one knew this for thousands of years of human history. But here it is neatly tucked away in the inspired word of God long before mankind gained this knowledge. Again no human could have possibly had this knowledge without the leading of the Spirit of God.

Jesus said that when He comes back to take His church (all true believers) to be with Him that it would be at different times across the Earth. We take that for granted now, but up until pretty recently in history, people thought it was the same time everywhere.

Luke 17:34-36 says,
“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”

Clearly any reasonable person can see these scriptures indicate that at the moment Jesus returns in the air at the Rapture, it would be night (the men in bed), morning (women grinding out the days ration of food), and afternoon or mid-day (men in the field), all at the same time. He said the night when the Son of Man comes, somewhere women would be grinding meal and other men would be working in the field.

Now obviously those people at that time wouldn’t have been doing their work at night. They didn’t have lights to work as well at night as we now do. Jesus told the story relevant to the time He was here but it is still contemporary for us as well because He was simply stating that when He comes it would be daytime in one part of the world and nighttime in another and so forth.

But how could Jesus know that it would be different times over the Earth? Because He is God that’s how and the Holy Spirit of God inspired and moved these men to write these things down, even if they didn’t understand what they were writing.

Up until very recently (less that 200 years ago), the most modern and scientific doctors practiced the art of bleeding patients. If you were sick, they theorized, you must have bad blood. Many thousands have died from this practice including, I have read, our first president, George Washington. At least he was greatly weakened by the practice and it may have hastened his death. What did the Bible say thousands of years ago about such a “medical procedure”?

“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.” Leviticus 17:11

The life of the flesh is in the blood. It’s very simple, no blood, no life. Lose part of your blood or a good portion and you’re not going to be well. Lose enough and you will die. Warriors for centuries knew “how” to kill people but they were mostly ignorant of the technical reasons of “why” people died. However,they did know if they made someone bleed enough, they would die. But doctors became so smart that they thought people could live without much of their blood.

As medicinal techniques progressed people found they could live without limbs or various organs but no one has ever been able to live without blood of some type.

Most all diseases are diagnosed from testing blood samples and many of the diseases that kill us attack the blood. For hundreds of years these doctors could have probably saved many patients simply by heeding the words of God. Life is in the blood.

The same is true about evolution. All the evidence contradicts the foolish theory of evolution. There is much proof of the Great Flood. In fact, it is the only thing that explains many scientific anomalies today. Data shows a relatively young Earth (10,000 years or less) but they will still cling to their own will and way regardless of the proofs. (Evolution and dating methods are covered on another page.) Even if the material that makes up our planet was somehow very old, it doesn’t mean that life on this planet is equally as old. The yellow pine wood in my home, that frames our roof, is probably over a hundred years old but my home is less than thirty years old.

The Bible is not a science book but it is scientifically accurate. It can’t help but be correct because it is written by the Lord Himself. He doesn’t make mistakes. God simply states things as they are because the facts are obvious and true to Him. So-called science is still trying to catch up but they never will. They will always lag well behind the knowledge of God.

There are many foolish charges made against the Bible. One of my favorites is the “Red Sea” really being the “Reed Sea”.

“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.” Exodus 14:21-22

“And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.” Exodus 14:27-29

“Educated” critics have claimed that at a certain time of the year the Red Sea became a swampy marsh that could be waded across. They say this was called the Reed Sea and there is the mistake the writer of Exodus made.

First, there is no evidence for such a claim. Second, the Bible says they went across on “…dry ground”. Third, the water was a wall on either side, not ankle deep. And lastly, Pharoahs army could not have been drowned in ankle deep water.

The same type of argument was used to say that the waters had not been turned to blood, during one of the ten plagues, but some kind of plant had dyed the water red. These people were not stupid. We all know that blood has a very distinctive texture and odor. These Egyptians knew blood when they saw it. They dealt with death all the time (a good portion of it they inflicted on others).

Some type of Kool-Aid colored water would have put no fear into anyone. It’s one thing to disbelieve something but when you twist it and deceptively pass that off as scientific or scholarly study, that is wicked and dishonest. It also flies in the face of common sense, both ours and people of antiquity. Look at what these people built. They were not stupid.

Some people try to prove that people were ignorant who wrote the Bible because of some language that is used which is common to all people but not technically correct. But we do the same thing today. We all say the Sun goes down or the Moon came up etc. Now we all know the Earth revolves around the Sun. Are we ignorant and stupid because we use a figure of speech that we all understand, to communicate with one another even though we know that what we’re saying is maybe not “technically” correct? I think that question answers itself.

Finally, if a person really wanted proof that the Bible was true and written by God, Himself, study the Jewish people. No other people in history have been totally and completely defeated and carried into captivity and then nearly 2000 years later they become a nation again with basically the same language, religion and customs. None.

All tribes that were conquered so completely were assimilated into various populations and disappeared as a distinct people or at the very least lost their distinct identities. And the most startling part of all is that it was all predicted thousands of years before it happened.

In the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, God goes into great detail about what would happen to the Israelites. He names some of the blessings they would receive if they observed His statutes and then He names the curses that would befall them if they didn’t, which the Bible records in time they did rebel against God and were so judged.

“And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.” Deuteronomy 28:64

Then Moses tells them details of their plight over a long period of time and then how God will return them to their land.

“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.” Deuteronomy 30:1-5

Moses then goes on to speak of spiritual rebirth that will follow the physical regathering which is the time we are living in now. They have begun to be physically regathered in their homeland. The prophet Ezekiel had similar prophecies.

“Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.” Ezekiel 37:11-14

That spiritual rebirth will occur during the Tribulation period. It is still in the future. Read Romans 11:26 and Zechariah 13:8,9 (See also our page on the Tribulation) There are some Christians who argue that Israel becoming a nation again doesn’t fulfill any Bible prophecy. Some people apparently can’t understand what they read.

Do you realize the odds of someone predicting or just guessing that such a scenario would play out for Israel? They would be truly astronomical, so high as to be considered infinite or basically impossible.

There are literally hundreds of examples that any honest person would be convinced could only have come from supernaturally inspired writers. But the Bible even discussed those who won’t examine and prove the word of the Lord. Those who blindly and wickedly listen to every criticism without even seeing if it has merit or if there is possibly another side to look at and explanations for their questions. They’re afraid they might have to admit that the Bible they hate so much might actually be true. The Bible says they are “willingly ignorant” or conveniently ignorant to suit their own agendas.

“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.” 2 Peter 3:3-7

Wicked people have tried to destroy the Holy Bible above all other books ever written but God has supernaturally preserved it to this day. It is at the same time the most revered and hated book in the world. That’s because it is a thorn in Satan’s side. Remember, he is the prince and power of this world. (Read Ephesians 2:2 and John 12:31)

Satan doesn’t try to destroy, with such fervor, Hinduism, Buddhism or even Islam’s writings for that matter. He doesn’t mind hundreds of other publications that contradict the word of God but it is the Holy Bible he hates and slanders and so he tries to destroy people’s faith in it, any way he can.

Half-truths, disinformation and out and out lies fill the world to this day about the Bible and what it says. I have not seen one question or criticism of the Bible, in over 40 years of being a believer, that cannot satisfactorily be answered by a qualified Bible student, if the person with a question, has an open mind and a willingness to learn.

Satan will fail in the end and have his part in the lake of fire with all unbelievers. (Revelation 20:10-15) I would encourage you not to join him in his futile endeavors. If you do so, you shall be eternally doomed along with him.

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May 12 2011

The Tribulation

By admin | Filled under: Bible Questions, Religion

(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

In the Old Testament portion of the Holy Bible the prophet Daniel received an interesting time line (by way of the angel Gabriel) about Daniel’s people, the Jews. Gabriel tells Daniel,

“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.” Daniel 9:24

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.” Daniel 9: 24-26

I have one quick comment before we look at this in detail. I just read a website where it said all of these prophecies have already been fulfilled and anyone who believes these prophecies are to happen in the future is stupid and misinformed. These people try to take scriptures out of context and say that Jesus was anointed here on Earth and His atonement put an end to sin etc.

No, His atonement was for our salvation. Sin is still in the world.

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” 1 John 2:2

That expiates the sins of the whole world if they will but receive it.

Now it’s quite clear that the Messiah has not been crowned King of this world (as He will be at the end of the Tribulation) and He hasn’t been ruling for the past 2000 years. Messiah has not put an end to sin and brought in everlasting righteousness. Obviously, Jesus was “anointed” before the foundation of this world. This scripture, in particular, refers to the cleansing and anointing of the next Jewish Temple after the Tribulation and especially to the Holy of Holies (the “Kodesh ha Kodeshim”, the Holiest of Holy places).

One only need look around in this world to see that sin has not been done away with. It is simply foolish or dishonest to suggest otherwise. If someone has a closed mind to actually studying what the Bible is teaching (instead of what man is teaching), then they will be wasting their time reading any further. I will cast my lot with the Lord Jesus Christ who believed these things, (especially concerning the 70th week below) were to happen in the future.

“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:15-22

Now are we to truly believe that the greatest tribulation the world has seen, or ever will see again, occurred when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, as we stand today on the brink of possible nuclear world war?

Some try to equate the “…abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place…” with the slaughter of a pig in the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in about 185 B.C. That is incorrect because Jesus spoke of this event as being in the future at a time of great tribulation that the world has never seen nor will see again. It hasn’t happened yet.

These things are done to try and belittle Bible prophecy and dishonor the words of God Himself. These people are either intentionally twisting scripture for their own purposes or they are very, very poor Bible students.

To believe such foolishness is to be truly ignorant of many plain scriptural teachings to the contrary. There is no need to comment any further on such foolish thinking. No matter how plain God makes something, there will always be those who argue black is white or vice versa. Look at the many versions of salvation people have culled from their own minds (not the word of God), when God said it was clearly by faith in Jesus Christ alone that gets you to Heaven. If somebody can’t rightly divide the word of truth any better than that, it is quite pointless and a waste of time to argue with them.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.” 2Timothy 2: 15,16

Now the word for “seven” in Biblical Hebrew is “shibaw” (with other variant spellings). Now the word used for “weeks” in the Hebrew is “shabua” (also with other variant spellings), which means literally a period of seven, which according to Strong’s Concordance, means specifically a week of years. So we have “seven periods of seven”.

This was not an uncommon thing in Judaic customs. The Jews were commanded to keep, for some time, the Jubilee year which followed seven sevens or seven weeks of years (49 years plus the Jubilee year in which all debts were wiped out, slaves freed etc.)

Leviticus 25:8-12 “And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.”

So Gabriel tells Daniel that within these seventy weeks of years time frame (490 years), Messiah would come, finish the transgression, i.e., end sin, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness and anoint the most Holy (or the Messiah and His earthly kingdom, headquartered in Jerusalem, and the rebuilt sanctuary among other things). In other words, set up the Messianic Kingdom so long promised to the Jews.

He also shows there would be three distinct time periods, with a 490 year total or “seventy weeks” when it was all finished. One of the time periods consisted of seven weeks (49 years, or 7 times 7 years), the other consisted of 62 weeks of years (434 years or 62 times 7). The last would obviously be what was left which is one week or seven years.

There is still much debate about these time frames. Some argue they started in a certain year with a certain amount of days. I’m sure they did but I think God only knows the exact time. I have seen no definitive explanation that agrees with the scriptures.

Some count solar years and prophetical years. I’m sure the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem by Nehemiah and others figured into the time line. (Daniel 9:25) Some say the time ended at Jesus’ earthly conception or others when He rode into Jerusalem on the donkey before His crucifixion etc.

Without going into detail here, we just know that the 69 weeks of years would be 483 years, regardless of how we count it now. If it comes out to 476 solar years, then fine. Our frame of reference is irrelevant because this is a Jewish prophecy given about the Jewish people.

Notice that God stops his time count at the end of the 483 years (69 weeks). That takes us from about 444 B.C. when the proclamation was given to rebuild Jerusalem to the rejection of Jesus by the Jewish nation in about 32 or 33 A.D.

The actual date is really unimportant, other than for deeper Bible study, because we know that somewhere in that time frame Messiah had to appear and suffer these things prophesied about Him because “after the 62 weeks”, or the second phase of the 70 week period, (i.e., the 69 weeks), Messiah would be “cut off” or killed and we know the Temple and Jerusalem were to be destroyed sometime after that, as Daniel was told.

“And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off (killed), but not for himself (Jesus was sinless): and the people (the Romans) of the prince (the Antichrist) that shall come shall destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary (the Temple); and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined (still future I think, compare with Revelation 12:15,16).” Daniel 9:26

Looking back in history, we know Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead in approximately 32 or 33 A.D. Some years later the Romans destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem. This occurred according to historical records in 70 A.D. There is still one week of years or seven years to finish the original prophecy given to Daniel by the angel Gabriel concerning the Jews. This final week of seven years is called the Tribulation period by Bible believing Christians.

Several things in the prophecy have yet to be fulfilled. God would “… finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy”.

All of these have been left unfulfilled at this time. They are clearly future events. Logically, these will be taken care of in the final “week” that is left for God’s dealing with the Jewish people. God has never failed to completely fulfill every prophecy made in the Bible, literally, so I think the odds that these will be fulfilled as well are extremely good.

The only candidate for Messiah to come (anytime really, but especially within the given weeks of years and before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, this unique time frame mentioned earlier) was Jesus of Nazareth, born in Bethlehem. He fulfilled literally hundreds of prophecies concerning the Messiah but especially His resurrection from the dead was the greatest proof of all. He fulfilled, literally, every prophesy about the Messiah up to that time. And I trust He will totally fulfill the rest of the prophecies shortly.

After Messiah was rejected by most of Israel, God seemed to push a metaphorical stop watch. God never said the time would run concurrent, in fact, He went to great lengths to show that it wouldn’t be concurrent. It would be in three sections. First, seven weeks of years, then sixty-two weeks and then there would finally be one week left over. All three periods separated by an indeterminate amount of time.

The Church Age (though 3000 souls were added to a church that already existed that day) began officially on the Day of Pentecost and will run until the Rapture of the Bride of Christ. Then, sometime after that, the world will soon be living in the last seven years of Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy. God will restart His stop watch.

The last three and one half years of that is called the Time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), or the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21, Revelation 7:14). There has never been such a terrible time on Earth nor ever will be again. Life will be very difficult and tenuous but even in such terrible times salvation is still possible. All is not lost.

Now whoever signs a seven year peace treaty accommodation, or more literally, confirms “the covenant” of some kind with Israel, (probably a leader from the European Union as the United States is in intentional decline at this time) which will probably allow the Jews to rebuild their temple on the temple mount and probably create a homeland for the so-called “Palestinian people”, this man will be the Antichrist. That will begin the final week of seven years.

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” Daniel 9:27

There will be “peace” for 3 1/2 years but in the middle of the Tribulation the Antichrist will go into the newly built Jewish Temple, (probably about the time it is completed) into the Holy of Holies (where only the High Priest is allowed once a year) and declare that he (the Antichrist) is God the Creator.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2Thessalonians 2:3-4

This is the abomination of desolation spoken of in Daniel 9:27 and will be a sign not only to believing Jews but Gentiles as well. All Hell will literally break loose on Earth. God’s judgments shall fall. God tells what He thinks of Israel’s compromise with the Antichrist.

“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with Hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.” Isaiah 28:18

2Thessalonians 2:7-12 “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he (the Holy Spirit) who now letteth (prevents) will let (prevent) , until he (the Holy Spirit) be taken out of the way (at the Rapture of believers) . And then shall that Wicked (the Antichrist) be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him (Antichrist), whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

The Antichrist would have come into power with Satan’s help long ago had it not been for the restraining influence of the Holy Spirit of God who indwells every believer. At the Rapture, for a short time, that influence is now removed as the bodies of believers have been snatched away from the Earth. The Holy Spirit will continue His work as He did in Old Testament times. He will not indwell believers bodies during the Tribulation period but He will still convict of sin, point people to salvation in Messiah etc. It’s hard to imagine that there will be much of a gap betweeen the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation, though the Bible doesn’t specifically say how long a time that will be.

This will be a time of miracles, both Heavenly and Satanic. People seek their own version of a savior; one fashioned after their own wicked ideas. One that appeals to the flesh. That is why God allows their wickedness to come to fruition. They rejected His offering of love and forgiveness. We reap what we sow. God made humans in His image but now we fallen humans make false gods in our image; with our sinful nature.

You must know the Bible and be discerning of all these things that will come upon the Earth. Where you will spend eternity will likely depend on how well you see through these lies and find true salvation in the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ.

The Church Age included both saved Jews and Gentiles. The Tribulation, like in Old Testament times, will also include saved Jews and Gentiles. But God’s main focus is once again on the nation of Israel, the city of Jerusalem, the Jewish people in particular and the promises made to them by the Lord in the Old Testament. The way of salvation has never changed and never will. It is putting your faith in God’s plan of salvation, not the works of humankind.

Acts 10:38-43 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him (Jesus Christ) give all the prophets (Old Testament in particular) witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.”

So the Tribulation will roughly consist of 3 1/2 years of relative peace and then 3 1/2 years of horrible catastrophe culminating with the return of Jesus Christ at the battle of Armageddon, so the scriptures teach.

“But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.” 2 Timothy 2:23

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May 12 2011

Baptism

By admin | Filled under: Bible Questions, Religion

(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

Some have wondered why certain Christians don’t sprinkle infants for baptism and why they sometimes “re-baptize” adults who come to their congregations. The simple answer, as to why some Christians don’t sprinkle, is because that is not the way baptism was commanded or practiced in the Bible by the first Christians.

Here are a couple of definitions to look at first. From Strong’s Concordance; “baptizo, bap-tid-zo, to make fully wet”.

From the New Catholic Dictionary we find,”Baptism (Greek: baptizo , wash or immerse) The act of immersing or washing. And from the Catholic Encyclopedia,”II Etymology-The word Baptism is derived from the Greek word, bapto , or baptizo , to wash or to immerse.” Now we need to define “immerse”.

From dictionary.com, for “immersion” we find, “1. a The act or an instance of immersing. b The condition of being immersed. 2.Baptism performed by totally submerging a person in water.”

“1.The placing of a body under water or other liquid. n 1: sinking until covered completely with water…”

And finally Merriam-Webster online, ” Main Entry: im·mer·sion
: the act of immersing or the state of being immersed : as a : baptism by complete submersion of the person in water…”

We find that even among those who practice sprinkling (Catholics, Methodists etc.), true baptism is known to be total immersion under water. Over the years they have changed that to include sprinkling and other man-made rituals but the scriptural way has always been immersion.

Let’s go to the word of God and see for ourselves. Matthew 3:16 describes the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ,

“And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:” Matthew 3:16

Notice that Jesus came up “out of the water”. John the Baptist did not throw water in Jesus’ face or pour some water over His head. They were down in the river Jordan because immersion, to “make fully wet” is what baptism means. Now we won’t discuss here why Jesus allowed Himself to be baptized because He obviously had no need for salvation, baptism or anything else believers practice, but just notice the method that was used.

We find in the Book of Acts the definitive example of under what circumstances and how baptism is to be performed. This is the story of how the great deacon, Phillip, witnessed to the Ethiopian eunuch who had been reading the 53rd chapter of the Book of Isaiah and yet lacked understanding of what he read. Phillip showed him that the prophet spoke of the Jewish Messiah, Jesus Christ and led him to the Lord.

“And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.” Acts 8:36-39

First prerequisite for baptism is believing or trusting in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as your Savior. Tiny babies can’t do that. Secondly, again, they went down into the water and came up out of the water. Phillip did not run and get a handful of water and throw it in this man’s face. He clearly took him into the water and immersed him or made him “fully wet”.

The Bible could not be more clear about how to baptize a convert. This eunuch was rich enough to have servants carrying him and he had a copy of the scriptures which was rare in those times. So, he wouldn’t have been a man to dirty his feet if it wasn’t absolutely necessary. But he was glad to do it and Phillip was glad to baptize him as long as he was a true believer in Jesus Christ.

As far as how important it is to properly baptize someone, let’s see what the Lord Jesus Himself said about it.

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:19-20

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost (or Holy Spirit) and clearly by immersion. That is scriptural baptism. Anything else is pointless and without merit. Nowhere in scripture is anyone, including children, commanded to be sprinkled as a substitute for true baptism. And believer’s baptism must fit closely that of the Ethiopian eunuch. Some people just join a church, turn over a new leaf or other such promises or rituals but that is not what the Bible says justifies baptism. You must have made a conscious decision to trust Jesus Christ as your Savior or your baptism is worthless.

Over the years when the Catholic church and others gained political power they made Anabaptists and others, (who required a true believer’s testimony before baptism), into “radicals” when the Bible clearly shows they (the “re-baptizers” as they were often called) were following the scriptures while the members of the Roman Church were the ones who had become the radicals, by practicing something foreign to Christianity, i.e., sprinkling, which was never commanded or condoned by the Lord.

Not only is sprinkling worthless, it sometimes gives people the idea they are saved because they were sprinkled as infants. They think they are alright, just like they are, not realizing they are lost sinners headed for Hell.

Now what exactly is baptism? What does it represent?

Romans 6:3-5
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:”

Baptism is to “picture” the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Again it says, “…we are buried with him…into death…” and “planted..in the likeness of his death..”, that is now. Then it says “…we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection”, that is future for believers. So baptism pictures or emulates the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.

It is not being born again as some denominations claim. It is a death, a burial and our future resurrection by way of Christ’s resurrection and power that is pictured. It has nothing to do with one’s salvation. That is a totally separate matter.

Colossians 2:12
“Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”

Some have said that it is nit-picking when some Baptists and others re-baptize someone if part of them was sticking out of the water when they were baptized. There’s an old saying, if something is worth doing then it’s worth doing right. Shouldn’t we do baptism the right way, the way the Bible says to do it or should any old method do?

If you literally buried a body, would you leave a hand or an ear or part of the person’s clothes sticking out of the ground. Of course you wouldn’t and we should be just as precise and careful with someone’s baptism which pictures a burial among other things. It should be done properly and meeting the right condition. Candidates should only be believer’s in Jesus Christ as their Savior (who know what that means regardless of age) and they should be fully immersed in water as the scriptures indicate.

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May 10 2011

Gog and Magog Update

By admin | Filled under: Bible Questions, Religion

May 9, 2011

(This is a companion article to The Battle of Gog and Magog found on this website. Please read it first to be familiar with what nation descended from who and what peoples are involved with the future invasion of the nation of Israel.)

As the current unrest in the Middle East unfolds, the conflicts may be giving us a clearer picture of some ancient Bible prophecies that have been a mystery until now. First it was Mubarak in Egypt now chaos reigns from Libya to Tunisia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and now Syria, it’s almost as if the powers that be pushed a button to literally set the Middle East on fire.

The media would have us believe it is a battle for freedom over tyrants but that is a complete lie.It has been proven that the so called insurgents are being funded by the globalist elite around the world and their actions carefully choreographed by the same shadowy governments. The excuse is given that these tyrants are killing their own people. That type of behavior goes on around the world, including the United States so that excuse rings hollow.

Assad of Syria is in the process of having men, women and children shot dead on almost a daily basis but there is no cry to suddenly overthrow him. Look at the videos on Youtube alone. They are quite disturbing regardless of your political or religious beliefs. These are the last desperate acts of a dying regime.

Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi (spelling may change at any moment)has been in power since March 2, 1979. There is even admission that he has done some very good things for his people, contrary to many other dictators in the region. But Libya does not play ball with the financial powers such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Libya is rumored to be the only country in the world without a central bank. That is unacceptable to the world banking globalists who are in the process of ruling the world by any means necessary.

I won’t go into who’s funding these groups, especially in Libya, or the fact that it is not a civil war but outside forces that are mainly doing the attacking. This time I am more interested in the aftermath of all of this and where it fits in Bible prophecy. If we are indeed in the last days then the Russian led invasion of Israel is approaching along with the Tribulation and of course the Rapture of the Church, which precedes them both.

It always interested me why in the future invasion of Israel, Iran, Libya and Ethiopia are involved and yet none of Israel’s classic enemies of today are listed. There is no mention of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia. It is almost inconceivable that if some of these Arabic/Islamic states attack Israel, the rest of these like minded states wouldn’t jump in. That has been the case in the past.

Prophecy students have always assumed that all the Arab nations and other Islamic nations would join this coalition but I think they are wrong. God has very accurately named who is coming. “Our troops” unfortunately are going to be in Iraq and Afghanistan for some time so I think you can easily omit these countries in any future invasion of Israel. And Israel’s neighbors are not included by name. Always in the Bible when God meant Egypt he called them by name.

I’m not saying that it’s good guys against bad guys either. It may be more a case of bad guys versus other bad guys.

But whatever it is something will be different this time. Some other power seems to be in control of these governments holding them back. Now, at last, the picture may be getting clearer.

My theory is something like this. The globalists who have control of most of the world (including the United States) are in the process of trying to destroy the Libyan regime of Gaddafi. It is also being reported that these same forces are fomenting overthrows of both the Saudi and the Syrian governments.

Now if this is the time it appears to be in Bible prophecy, look for the governments of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan to either fall or come under a much stronger New World Order influence. Jordan and Saudi Arabia may already be under their control enough to satisfy the globalists but there is some rioting in both of these countries that could lead to something more serious.

But if what I believe is true, Libya will either not fall or if they do they will quickly regain some degree of independence from the banking elite. I don’t see any other scenario that fits the Bible. All of the countries that attack Israel will be one country or more removed from her borders, not her immediate neighbors. They are also countries which at this time, are not wholly under the influence of the New World Order, including the attack leader Russia (Gog of the land of Magog).

I believe sometime in the near future the globalists will have their hand picked people in charge of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, possibly Tunisia and Yemen and of course they have already toppled Egypt and installed the “Muslim Brotherhood” which they control. But they will not have their complete control over Russia, Iran, Libya, Ethiopia, Turkey, possibly Sudan and the Central Asian Islamic nations bordering Russia. These will come with possibly some other smaller coalitions against Israel when she becomes a very rich nation dwelling at peace to take a spoil. (See the articles, “The Battle of Gog and Magog”, and “The Rapture” on this website.)

“But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.” 2 Timothy 2:23

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May 09 2011

The Battle of Gog and Magog

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(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

“And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.” Ezekiel 38:1-8

The first three things to notice in these verses are:

1. Who is coming? – Gog (of the land of Magog), Meschech, Tubal, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer (and all his bands) and the house of Togarmah.

2. When are they coming? – “…in the latter years…”

3. Where are they coming? – “…the mountains of Israel…” Invaders would come from the North, South, East and West.

The “where” is easy to identify; it’s Israel, which became a nation again in 1948 (This prophecy was not fulfilled before Israel’s dispersion in A.D. 70 because of the time frame given). God calls it “Israel”, not Palestine or any other inaccurate or convenient political term of these times in which we live. The “when” is also easy to identify by studying other portions of the Bible.

“Latter” is a translation of the Hebrew word ‘achariyth’ (various spellings) which means last or end referring to the future.The word is so used throughout the Hebrew scriptures in Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, Ezekiel, Hosea and elsewhere. In context it always refers to the time of the end of the present human kingdoms on Earth and near the time of the coming of the Messiah to set up His kingdom on Earth.

Technically we have been in the “last days” since Christ ascended back to Heaven but this invasion is obviously near the “…time of the end…” (Daniel 12:9) or “…latter years…” This invasion will occur in the last years of the general time of the end. Since it’s in the future and we’ve come almost 2000 years into the “last days” and Messiah has not yet set up His kingdom, then we can be sure the prophecy is indeed in the “latter years” and probably very soon.

Any attempt to say that these things happened in the past with ancient peoples long gone is foolish because it is clearly to happen in “the latter days” around the time of Messiah’s return, with the descendants of these ancient tribes mentioned here. It is simply poor Bible study to suggest otherwise. The context is quite clear. Israel has not and is not currently, extremely wealthy and dwelling securely as we will see later. It has not been so for 2500 years.

Israel was just recently “…brought back from the sword…”, in 1948, so this prophecy could not have been fulfilled sooner than now. Now there is a slight chance that Israel could face devestation in a current war and be brought again “…back from the sword…” some years in the future. I think that is highly unlikely but it is an extremely small possibility.

So the players in this drama, (who are clearly armies by their desription) are coming to invade Israel in the last days of human government before the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Jesus Christ) to establish His kingdom on Earth.

Just an interesting sidenote here concerning the sons of Noah from whom we are all descended. “Ham” means hot. For the most part Ham’s descendants originally settled in the hotter climates of the Earth, such as Africa and the Middle East. “Japheth” means expansion. His descendants have settled in the most far flung corners of the globe, such as Europe and Asia. If the “bridge” theory is true even the American Indian tribes came to North, Central and South America from Asia or “Japheth”. “Shem” means name and it is through his descendants we obtained the Word of God, the name of God and finally God Himself through Jesus Christ whose name means salvation (Yeshua in Hebrew).

Now, as to identifying who these invading armies are, we have to revert to ancient texts and ancient descriptions of the tribes these people are descended from. We sometimes forget in these modern times that we are all, regardless of our ancestry, descended from tribes or several tribes of one sort or another. Of course, if you could trace your “tribes” back far enough you would arrive at one or more of Noah’s sons whom we all descend from regardless of our race, religion or whatever, after the Great Flood. (See Genesis 10:1, 32)

Many of these tribes and their founders are mentioned for the first time in what is frequently referred to as the “Table of Nations” in the 10th chapter of the Book of Genesis. Much of modern day associations of these peoples come from ancient historians such as Josephus, Herodotus and Hesiod (who was a contemporary of the prophet Ezekiel.)

In general, Persia stands out first as the easiest to identify of these invaders. Everyone knows (or should know) that Persia is modern day Iran. In fact, Iranians never called themselves Persians. That was a name put upon them by the West. They officially requested in 1935 for other nations to refer to them by their native name, Iran.

They are descended from Elam, the eldest son of Shem, the son of Noah. The province of Khuzestan (as formerly referred to by Iranians and where ancient Susa is located) is called the birthplace of Iran and is where the foundation for the Persian, Median and Parthian empires began.

Now there are Persian or Iranian language groups (which doesn’t always mean direct connections) and their biological descendants found in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Uzbekistan, and many other countries including the Kurds and other groups reaching as far away as India.

How many of these peoples or their countries will be involved in this battle is unknown because the Bible does not say. Some think Iraq will be involved as well. That’s possible of course, but at this time that seems unlikely. We can only say with assuredness that the country of Iran or “Persia” will be one of several countries to invade Israel in the “latter days.”

Libya, translated here from ‘Put’, who was a son of Ham, covers the people of that tribe and their descendants regardless of what current country they may live in. Their descendants spread across Northern Africa. Some may live in other Arabic countries that may also be involved in this invasion.

It would be quite likely that other Arabic-Muslim countries who share political and religious beliefs with Libya would also support or even participate in an invasion of the nation they hate so much, i.e., Israel. But God calls all these people by their tribal bloodlines and not by modern day political borders. He knows their true genealogy much better than we do. Egypt is not mentioned and God usually calls them by name but again we can’t say they will or won’t join in this invasion because the Bible doesn’t specifically say so but usually when Egypt is involved in something God calls them by name.

Cush, another son of Ham is Ethiopia, or originally, the territory South of Egypt which includes modern Sudan. Again this may spill over into other black African countries. That area was once known as the Nubian empire. They have also been referenced to Yemen and other Arabic peoples as well. Again, politically, this would fit right in with an alliance of these nations.

God is looking at the tribes and their descendants here while we tend to look at countries and their current political borders. Again other countries in Africa of common ancestry and political motives would probably be involved along with Ethiopia. Sudan is currently an Islamic republic and would probably be quite comfortable in attacking Israel.

Gomer was a son of Japheth. His descendants are identified with everyone from Galatians to Gauls, Franks, and even later, the Celts. They were also apparently mixed at times with the Cimmerians. Some identify Gomer with Germany (such as the Babylonian Talmud).

It just might be simplest to start and say these are some people who originally dwelt in Southeastern Turkey and their descendants have spread into Europe as well as parts of Asia (“, Gomer and all his bands;”). Most all of Europe today is descended from a Germanic tribe of one sort or another. These folks really got around.

To try and name current nations to some of these ancient tribes becomes speculative at best. God knows for sure who they are and when they begin their invasion the rest of the world will know who they are. Let’s just say Gomer could mean Germany and/or some other European countries who descended from him and some ancient tribes that descend from him throughout Central Asia.

Togarmah is traditionally said to be the father of the Turkic speaking peoples. He is also tied by other sources to the Armenians, Georgians, Cimmerians and even modern day Bulgarians are said to descend from these tribes. Togarmah was the son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth so he is closely tied to these tribes and their descendants.

Turkey would clearly be the main country involved here as well as other descending tribes to the North such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. There are several subdivisions of the Russian Federation as well that are related to these people and all have ties to the Scythians as well as the Cimmerians, Sarmatians, Huns and other “steppe populations”. They are also today predominantly Islamic republics which, again, makes them good candidates for attacking Israel.

The “north quarters” in the Hebrew is literally a “dark, unknown north section” and “extreme rear flank” of that section, hence farthest reaches of the North sector, i.e., where people inhabit the land on some measurable scale. Some sources translate this as “uttermost North” which is probably quite accurate.
Remember also that when directions are given in the Bible, unless otherwise instructed, you always use Israel and in particular, Jerusalem as your starting point.

Look at a globe of the Earth to the “uttermost North” of Jerusalem and you find the city of Moscow and at the very least the Southern portion of modern day Russia. I think because of this designation of the “…north quarters…” and the “extreme rear flank” translation, this prophecy extends even farther North, beyond the Islamic states of the former Soviet Union mentioned above all the way deep into the northern sections of modern day Russia.

The land of Magog is strongly tied to the ancient Scythians. Branches of the Scythians even stretched into India and China. The Assyrians mention the Scythians as far back as 700 B.C. Herodotus puts them even farther back in history saying they terrorized the southern steppes of Russia all the way from the 10th to the 3rd Century B.C. Those who try to say that these are myths or guesses of some kind, are simply ignorant of ancient history.

The Magogians and Scythians are the ancestors of much of modern Russia. They dwelt between the Black and Caspian Seas and spread from there. There is so much evidence of this in ancient history I can’t believe honest people would debate such a fact. Because of the similarity of names, Meshech and Tubal are said to be Moscow and Tobolsk in Russia. There is some argument to be made for that I suppose but that is inconclusive by itself.

Whether Gog is a man, a nation or a demonic angel behind the scenes is unknown. What is clear is that Gog is the “head” or “chief, exalted one” or “king, prince” of Meshech and Tubal and also the leader of the invading forces. Apparently they are the most powerful of the nations involved. Gog could be Russia proper who is “king” over other ethnic peoples in Russia.

Russia is closely tied politically and even by treaty to many of these Islamic nations who will be involved in this invasion. If this is the general time of such an invasion, Russia would clearly be the leader or “chief prince” of these countries because of their military power. Their many treaties with Iran are most significant to these prophecies I believe.

So we have tribes from all three of Noah’s sons (some of them having “cross pollinated if you will, especially the Japhethites with the Shemites) coming against the chosen people of Israel (even though the vast majority of Jews in Israel are unbelievers at this time). It will be quite a coalition that on paper should easily overwhelm Israel in a short time. But according to the Word of God, the outcome for the invaders is rather grim.

The motive for the attack is described in Ezekiel 38, “Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” Ezekiel 38:10-13

Israel is soon to become, if not the richest, one of the richest countries on Earth. The unmined wealth under the Dead Sea alone is estimated in value anywhere from 2 to 8 trillion dollars (depending on whose source you follow). Massive natural gas supplies have recently been discovered.They also have untapped oil reserves that may rival or surpass Saudi Arabia. This is the main motive for the attack from Gog’s perspective, greed.

Of course, the Arab and Islamic countries involved have stated a very public desire to destroy Israel and the Jewish people and “push them into the sea”. All that is left is for Israel to start tapping their great wealth and to become a land that is “..at rest..” and dwelling “..safely..”. That will only happen when the Antichrist guarantees their security and confirms a covenant, possibly a peace treaty of some kind, for seven years. (See Daniel 9:27)

The outcome of the war is dealt with in detail in verses 18 through 23 of the 38th chapter. First in verse 19, God says “…in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,…”. Admittedly this could be a figure of speech but later in verse 22 we have, “…I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.”

Ezekiel 38:19-20
“For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”

There are two main opinions on this judgment. It is either a nuclear response or direct judgment from God that befalls these armies. The Lord frequently uses people to do His bidding. (See Jeremiah 25:9, Nebuchadnezzar was not a believer at this time and yet God calls him “…my servant…”, to execute judgment against Israel)

Nuclear war is elsewhere described in the Bible in similar details; melting flesh, giant hailstones, fire and brimstone, which are all by-products of nuclear detonations in the atmosphere. (Isaiah 24, Zechariah 14:12, Revelation 6:12-14 etc.)

Obviously, one would think that Israel would not stand still and be slaughtered. It’s a well known fact that Israel does have nuclear weapons. Some sources put the amount at 400 or more.They would use their stockpile of nuclear weapons to repel Gog and the other invading forces if some other power didn’t save them first.

But there are also some interesting things to be considered that indicate God Himself may destroy these invading armies without man-made intervention. God says that He will magnify His name. If Israel and the United States (or the Antichrist) use their weapons alone to defeat Gog and these invaders, possibly there would not be as much credit given to the Lord.

However, nothing tends to make people call upon Almighty God and give Him glory as much as a catastrophic, life-threatening event. When I was a child it was a popular saying after World War II to say “praying like an atheist in a foxhole”. The same thing applies today. Among enlightened people, even if nations fight each other, one need not look very far to find the hand of God in the outcome. Spiritual warfare rages constantly all around us.(See Daniel 10:12,13 and Ephesians 6:12)

But again, we can’t make the assumption that it is only God who personally does the destroying. You can make a good argument both ways or a combination of both (God and nuclear weapons). As shown before He frequently uses people to do His bidding. He thinks we should be smart enough to know that all power (and nations) come about with God’s permission and that in the end it is He who wields all power (Romans 13:1), either directly or indirectly by allowing things to happen that fit His will. Regardless of how these invaders are destroyed, it is clearly miraculous in the fact that tiny Israel survives so, in the end, it is most assuredly God who has delivered them, by one fashion or another.

The argument that some type of nuclear exchange will occur, (at least on a good portion of these invading armies) is found in a description of the aftermath of the battle.

“And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.” Ezekiel 39:12-16

Now I used to wonder why, in these passages, when a person found a bone, they didn’t just pick it up. I know some people who would even keep such a gruesome thing as a souvenir. These people however, see a bone and set a “sign” by it, so that particular employed people can pick it up and bury them all in a specific place.

After the great shaking and the fire and brimstone mentioned earlier, it’s most likely that these bones are radioactive (as a result of a nuclear exchange of some kind) and would do harm to those who touch them unless they’re in protective clothing. All of these polluted bones must be buried in a common spot to “cleanse the land”. It doesn’t seem to indicate a spiritual cleansing but a physical or necessary cleansing for the land of some kind.

Now as far as burning the weapons, they either aren’t radioactive or they are able to use that to their advantage for fuel. When God says He strikes their weapons from their hands and confusion reigns, brother against brother etc., maybe these weapons haven’t been involved in this possible nuclear-type judgment of God. The Bible doesn’t say for sure.

An interesting note however is that many of these very nations, especially Russia and those they supply, use lignostone to make their guns. Made from a wood composite (their main factory is in the Netherlands), it is said to be stronger than steel though more flexible. Lignostone is said to burn better than coal.

One final note on these scriptures. Some place this invasion before the Tribulation period or immediately at the beginning of the Tribulation but I feel that is incorrect. Just because Israel burns these weapons for fuel for seven years does not confirm these opinions.

Remember there will still be Winter and Summer and cold and hot weather after Jesus returns.

Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

Zechariah 14:8,9
“And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.”

We must remember not to confuse the Millennial Kingdom with the Eternal Kingdom after the thousand year reign of Messiah on Earth. So Israel may indeed still be burning weapons some years into the Millennial Kingdom. The Bible doesn’t specify.

Now while it’s possible that the battle of Gog and Magog could occur soon or immediately after the Tribulation begins, the most logical time appears to be in the middle or close to the middle of the Tribulation. Remember Gog leads his armies to “the land of unwalled villages…to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, …To take a spoil, and to take a prey… upon the people that have gotten cattle and goods,…”.

These invaders come to a land that is extremely wealthy, having relative peace and security. That is not the Israel of today nor for the foreseeable immediate future. That will not happen until the Antichrist comes on the scene and signs a pact with them to guarantee their security, probably in exchange for rebuilding their Temple and a “Palestinian” state will no doubt be established as a bargaining chip for the Arabs. And it will take a little time to accomplish that even under his (the Antichrist’s) protection.

Remember also that the Dome of the Rock does not necessarily have to be removed to rebuild the Temple of the Jews. Speaking of that future temple we find this in Ezekiel,

“In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.” Ezekiel 43:8

This could be referring to the future Temple being built near the Dome of the Rock. No one knows for sure the exact spot at this time where the Temple must be built. Of course, the Dome of the Rock could be destroyed in the battle mentioned above. Only God knows for sure.

I’m just saying, keep an open mind. The main thing to remember is that this invasion is doomed to fail and Israel shall be preserved, by the Lord Himself with or without human intervention.

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The Rockefeller Family

Fortunes

—A Trail of Conspiracy, Bloodshed, and Evil

Rome, Rockefeller, the U.S. and Standard Oil The Monarchy of Money!!!

The House of Rockefeller is, first and foremost, THE Invisible Government of the United States. Invisible Government is described as “predatory capital controlling the wheels of government behind a smoke screen.” (Bealle, The House of Rockefeller, p. 69). Rockefeller Presidential Power Grab Revealed at Last!!
From Russia with Love —GRAND Duke Alexander warns the U.S. about the Rockefeller Empire!! Quick preview of this exposé— the BIG picture!!

Rockefeller Bribery!!

John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study by Ida Tarbell.

Colonel E. L. Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859. Oil Creek, Pennsylvania.

The first U.S. oil discovery was in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, by Colonel Edwin L. Drake in the year 1859. Subsequently , oil was discovered in Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, California and the last great find was in Alaska. The industry grew rapidly until by 1900 it was one of the largest in the country. The invention of the automobile with the gasoline engine made oil the one indispensable commodity.

In 1870, the Standard Oil Company was incorporated in Ohio by John D. Rockefeller. It was illegal under Ohio law (and almost every other State) to control a company in another State. Rockefeller managed to secretly buy up and control the independent oil producers and refiners.

In 1883, he moved the seat of empire to the Empire State and set up headquarters in the Metropolis of Mammon at 26 Broadway in New York City. There he set up a TRUST or HOLDING company and began to ruthlessly devour all the independent oil producers and refiners both nationally and internationally:

No. 26 Broadway, former home of Standard Oil. Notice the step pyramid on top!!
“At the lower end of the greatest thoroughfare in the greatest city of the New World is a huge structure of plain gray stone. Solid as a prison, towering as a steeple, its cold and forbidding façade seems to rebuke the heedless levity of the passing crowds, and frown on the frivolity of the stray sunbeams which in the late afternoon play around its impressive cornices. Men point to its stern portals, glance quickly up at the rows of unwinking windows, nudge each other, and hurry onward, as the Spaniards used to do when going by the offices of the Inquisition. The building is No. 26 Broadway” (Lawson, Frenzied Finance, p. 5).

Rockefeller in 1888.

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)The world’s first billionaire!!

Rockefeller in 1904.

When the Jesuits were expelled from every Catholic country in Europe, their only refuge was Russia, Great Britain and the United States. Thousands of them flocked to this country to carry on their war against the Reformation under the banner of American tolerance and freedom of religion for all. Among them were the Morgans, Roosevelts and German Roggenfelders. Roggenfelder was later changed to Rockefeller to make the name sound less German and more American!!

Roggenfelder Mill in Arinheller, Germany, operated by Johann Roggenfeder. Johann was the great-grandfather of Rockefeller and he came to America in 1722.

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John D. Rockefeller’s birthplace at Richford, New York, about 150 miles from New York City.

By this time the horrible 30 Years’ War in Germany was over but the Jesuits were not about to give up. There next attach would be from within and would be aimed at political and financial penetration in order to destroy the Protestant and freedom-loving nations who had escaped Rome’s grasp. The Rothschild Bank (founded 1742), which worked so closely with the Rockefellers in later years, was part of this conspiracy.

Rockefeller was 22 when the Civil War began. He refused to fight for the Union.
Rockefeller was 22 and already wealthy when the Civil War began. He refused to enlist when President Lincoln asked for 75,000 volunteers. Like J. P. Morgan and the father of Teddy Roosevelt, he paid for a substitute to fight for him. He even refused his younger brother the measly sum of $75.00 to meet enlistment expenses. The Rothschild controlled National City Bank of Cleveland gave him his first loan.

Rockefeller Billions Began with BOOZE!!!

Rockefeller had a partner by the name of William M. Flagler. Flagler married the niece of a man named Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a WHISKEY DISTILLERY. Rockefeller made a fortune by selling WHISKEY to the Union army:

“Rockefeller had been watching Flagler, his neighbor in the Case Block. He had shrewdly appraised the talents of that gentleman. But he had also perceived something else. Flagler had married the niece of a man who had lately made a great fortune. This man was Stephen V. Harkness. Harkness owned a distillery near Monroeville, Ohio. Toward the end of the war when the government was raking the land with a fine-tooth comb for values to tax, it fell naturally upon whiskey. John Sherman knew the government was going to put a heavy excise upon whiskey and he mentioned the fact to his friend, S. V. Harkness. Harkness needed nothing more than this tip. He proceeded to buy up with all the funds he could collect every barrel of whiskey he could lay hold of. When the tax was levied, Harkness found himself with an enormous amount of untaxed whiskeys which he could sell at the high prices exacted because of the tax. He promptly turned his investment into cash. This provided him with one of the amplest fortunes in Cleveland. Rockefeller knew of this adventure. And here was Flagler, Harkness’ nephew by marriage, at Rockefeller’s very door. Here was an entree to Harkness’ treasure chest” (God’s Gold, p, 134).

Rockefellers control U.S. oil industry

The first giant trusts or monopolies were formed by the Morgans and Rockefellers. The Rockefellers set about to created a huge oil monopoly which would completely dominate the industry. The invention of the automobile and the gasoline engine gave them a virtual stranglehold on the country. Instead of conserving oil and finding an alternative to the wasteful gasoline engine they encouraged waste and consumption of a non-renewable resource.

“As a member of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, William Rockefeller had long ago struck up a warm friendship with James Stillman, the president of the National City Bank. The latter, stirred at all he learned of the efficiency of the Standard Oil management, and of its hierarchic and centralized government, so much like that of the Roman Catholic Church, modeled his own bank after it. He bought Standard Oil stock and became one of the family. Sphinx like, autocratic, silent, he came closer always to the Rockefellers whom he so much resembled” (The Robber Barons, p. 399).

Rockefellers issue “U.S.” Money!!!

The U.S. government does NOT issue the U.S. “paper” money. The Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Rockefeller founded and controlled Federal Reserve Bank. It is a PRIVATE Bank and is not part of the U.S. government. The Federal Reserve Bank has the power to create money out of nothing and with access to unlimited credit has financed ALL the wars of the 20th century and will finance the coming aggression against Iraq.

Former home of William Rockefeller on Jekyll Island, Georgia, This was where the 3rd Bank was secretly chartered leading to the greatest theft of the people’s money in all the long history of crime.

Federal Reserve Note. This is Rockefeller “money” even though it says “United States of America.”

Article I, Section 10, U.S. Constitution:

No State shall coin Money, emit Bills of Credit, make any
Thing but gold and silver Coin as Tender in Payment of Debts.

Rockefellers control U.S. “medical” profession

Around the turn of the century, when the alien force was hijacking the American Government, the Rockefeller Institute also created a sinister monopoly of the American medical profession. It’s director was Simon Flexner a German Jew/Jesuit “doctor.”

Here is a quote from one of their propagandists named Abraham Flexner who was part of the Rockefeller Institute:

“…The curse of medical education is the excessive number of schools. The situation can improve only as weaker and superfluous schools are extinguished.” (Abraham Flexner 1910).

There you have it . . . . too many medical schools producing too many doctors. In those days, medical students attended college for 2 years and then learned the healing arts from other doctors. To the monopolists however, this great system did not allow for 8 years of brainwashing in Jesuit controlled universities and colleges.

Rockefeller used the same tactics with the medical schools as he did with his business rivals: sell out or be forced to close. From about 160 medical schools the number was reduced by half.

Rockefeller buys Encyclopedia Britannica!!!

Yes! the Rockefeller Syndicate owns the venerable old Encyclopedia Britannica that so many people consider the “final authority.” In 1890, Rockefeller took over a Baptist Seminary called Morgan Park Theological Seminary and renamed it the University of Chicago.

In 1900 the Encyclopedia was bought from the publishers in Scotland. The University of Cambridge now did the editing for the new owners across the pond.

We don’t know how much he paid as he always used proxies or front men . . . but you can be sure that it was the lowest possible price… Roman Catholic editors were soon put to work expunging all derogatory references to Rome:

“The revision of the Encyclopedia Britannica was undertaken with a view to eliminate matter which was objectionable from a Catholic point of view and to insert what was accurate and unbiased. The whole of the 28 volumes were examined, objectionable parts noted, and the reasons for their deletion or amendment given. There is every reason to hope that the new edition of the Britannica will be found very much more accurate and impartial than its predecessors (Lies and Fallacies of the Encyclopedia Britannica., p. 4).”

And they did exactly that… All the true history of the Papacy, the Jesuits, and the infernal Inquisition were removed along with all derogatory references to vaccination.

Rockefeller “buys” U.S. Government!!!

Rockefeller and 1911.

On May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Standard Oil Cartel was a menace to the Republic and ordered it to be broken up:

“For the safety of the Republic we (U.S. Supreme Court) now decree that the dangerous conspiracy must be ended by Nov. 15, 1911 “(John D. A Portrait in Oils, p. 154).

Rockefeller vowed revenge against the U.S. and used his vast fortune to BUY the U.S. government.

The breakup of the Standard Oil monolith resulted in about 37 new companies. Rockefeller still secretly controlled them all by owning a voting majority of stock in the new corporation. Thus Standard Oil would be known as Standard Oil New Jersey (Exxon), Standard Oil New York (Mobil), Standard Oil Indiana (Amoco), Standard Oil California (Chevron), Atlantic Refining (Arco) etc., etc. It was business as usual at 26 Broadway — the headquarters of the giant.

3 years later they ordered the Kaiser to invade Belgium and start W. W. I. Their plan was to keep Germany and England fighting until the U. S. intervened. Herbert Hoover (another Standard Oil employee) was put in charge of the Belgium Relief Commission.

Rockefeller control over U.S. “Education.”

Rockefeller “Education” Board in 1915.
Trustees of the General Education Board, the first Rockefeller foundation, at a retreat in Rockland, Maine, in July 1915. Front row, from left: Edwin A. Alderman, Frederick T. Gates, Charles W. Eliot (former president of Harvard University), Harry Pratt Judson (president of University of Chicago), Wallace Buttrick (executive officer of the Board). Second row, from left: Wickliffe Rose (head of the Rockefeller public health programs), Hollis B. Frissell, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., E. C. Sage, Albert Shaw, Abraham Flexner. Third row, from left: George E. Vincent (president of the Rockefeller Foundation), Anson Phelps Stokes, Starr J. Murphy, Jerome D. Greene.

Rockefeller the “Christian”

“Baptist” Rockefeller with bodyguard marching in the Easter parade in 1907.
Rockefeller had the perfect disguise. He was a devout Baptist “Christian” and attended church regularly. He even led a Sunday school class in the Fifth Avenue Baptist church in New York City. However, by the turn of the century he was also the most hated man in America. His “handlers” recommended an image change. It was then that he started giving millions to charity. Now in the Bible that Rockefeller read there is a verse that says: “Therefore when thou doest thine arms (charity), do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand is doing” (Matthew 5:2-3).

By owning all the newspapers in the country he was able to sound the trumpet loud and clear about his charitable contributions. Rockefeller Junior even built a church in New York City called the Riverside Church. It was there that Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous anti-war speech!!

Rockefeller did not let his left hand know what his right hand was doing!!!

When Jesus told the people in His Sermon on the Mount not to let your left hand know what your right is doing, He was talking about giving to charity or doing good deeds. Ultra secretive Rockefeller took that verse and applied it to his business instead!!

A flyer that was distributed in the oil regions about the predatory practices of the South Improvement Co.

The South Improvement Co. was the forerunner of the Standard Oil Company. Everybody involved with the company was sworn to the strictest secrecy. Men were warned not even to tell their wives of their activities. J. P. Morgan and the Rothschild Bank already owned the railroads and they were giving illegal rebates to the S. I. Co. This had the effect of ruining the independent refiners and forcing them to sell out at a tremendous loss or face financial ruin!!

The South Improvement Company was the forerunner of Standard Oil. It was chartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a front for the counter-Reformation Rothschild Bank. It’s sphere of activity was virtually limitless. (See History of the Standard Oil Co., Vol. I, by Ida Tarbell, pages 56 and 75).

The Twin Towers were called David and Nelson Rockefeller!!!

Governor Nelson Rockefeller (left) with Mayor John Lindsay inspect model of Twin Towers.

David and Nelson on Wall St. during Nelson’s 1970 race for Governor of New York State.

David Rockefeller was Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and provided the finances for the Twin Towers.

“The country, then, or New York State, therefore possesses two architectural monstrosities single-handedly produced by rivalrous Rockefeller brothers at taxpayers’ expense. For at the end of the line the taxpayer in both these cases foots the bill, as he does for everything else financial politicos devise. The two structures therefore represent a double screwing.

The two oppressive structures stand, one in New York City, the other in Albany, like giant bookends of the gods, with Rockefellerland-on-the-Hudson stretching in between, the home domain. In the meantime, ordinary citizens crawl along in the overpowering structural shadows like bugs, reduced in physical proportion to their true spiritual proportions in the established scheme of things: nothings, serfs. Neither structure is anything the psyche can humanly absorb. Each repels” (The Rockefeller Syndrome by Ferdinand Lundberg, p. 24).

The Twin Towers were affectionately named David and Nelson Rockefeller because they were the driving force behind their construction. Immediately after their demolition on 9-11-01, the Rockefeller Syndicate controlled Pentagon invaded Afghanistan and set up bases by the Caspian sea. Caspian sea oil, controlled by Russia, was the main competition to Standard Oil since 1890!!

“Russian competition was the subject of many top-level conferences at the headquarters of the Trust at 26 Broadway in New York. One of the methods of meeting the threat was price-cutting” (The Rockefeller Billions, p.165).

Rockefeller’s father was a con-man

William Rockefeller, father of John D. was also known as “devil Bill.”

The tombstone of William Avery Rockefeller —a.k.a. Dr. William Levingston — in Freeport, Illinois.

William Rockefeller, father of John D. was also known as “devil Bill.”

William Avery Rockefeller was the father of John D. His neighbors called him “devil Bill.” He was a horse thief, a rapist and a bigamist. He had 2 families and 2 wives at the SAME time. He was a medicine man and ran a traveling medical road show which dispensed cancer cures to the ladies. He was known in some towns as “Doc” Rockefeller and in other towns as “Doc” Levingson. It was from his father that the son got his interest in “medicine.”

Rockefeller and the Russian Revolution

Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953). A Rockefeller Syndicate employee!!!

By 1880, the Vatican-Rockefeller-Standard Oil cartel completely dominated the domestic and foreign markets for kerosene. All competition was ruthlessly crushed by this juggernaut. Then a rival appeared in the form of Russian oil. A Swede named Robert Nobel built a refinery in BAKU on the Caspian sea. He began to produce cheaper and better oil but was shut out of European and world markets by Standard Oil.

Rapid growth in Russian oil production had been achieved despite political upheaval that had enveloped the country since the turn of the century, much of which had been centered in the country’s oil capital, BAKU. Strikes by oil workers had been a regular feature of the protests against the Tsar in 1903 and 1904, and were a major factor in the 1905 revolution, in which the former Josef Dzhugashvili played a significant, anti-Tsarist role. As a result of his revolutionary activity he fostered in BAKU at that time, Dzhugashvili was exiled to Siberia. Later, he would become better known as Josef Stalin.

Rockefeller and the U.N.

United Nations building in New York City.

John D. Rockefeller, III, (right) presents a check in the amount of $8,5000,000 to Trygve Lie, First Secretary General of the United Nations. The money is to purchase the land on Manhattan Island which will house the U.N. building.

Rockefeller the Tightwad

Rockefeller golfing in Florida.

“Moneybags” Rockefeller got “teed off” when he lost a golf ball in a water hole. He was such a tightwad, skinflint and miser even thought he was the world’s first billionaire. He was an avid golfer and:

“Around water holes, Rockefeller insisted that they switch to old golf balls and marveled at profligate players who used new balls in these treacherous places. “They must be very rich!” he told Ames” (Titan: the Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., p. 611).

The Creature from Jekyll Island (the evil Federal Reserve Bank)

Vital Links:

John D. Rockefeller: a character study by Ida M. Tarbell

Standard Oil and the Rise of Hitler

The Bush Family and the Rockefellers

Rockefellers massacred striking mine workers in Colorado.

Rockefeller and Standard Oil are the Founders of the State of “Israel.”

Murder by Injection: the Rockefeller Syndicate, by Eustace Mullins.

From Russia with Love — GRAND Duke Alexander warns Americans about the Rockefeller Empire!!

References

Abels, Jules, The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World’s Most Stupendous Fortune, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1965.

Allen, William H., Rockefeller, Giant Dwarf Symbol, Institute for Public Service, New York, 1930.

Bealle, Morris A., The House of Rockefeller, All America House, Washington D.C., 1959.

Brown, Richard E., Rockefeller Medicine Men, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1979.

Chernow, Ron, Titan: the Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Random House, New York, 1998.

Denny, Ludwell, We Fight for Oil, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1928.

Flynn, John T, God’s Gold: The Story of Rockefeller and His Times, Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1932.

Griffin, Edward E., World Without Cancer, American Media, Westlake Village, CA. (Exposes the Rockefeller Institute suppression of the cure for cancer).

Higham, Charles, Trading with the Enemy: An Exposé of the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949, Delacorte Press, New York, 1985. (Documents the fact that Standard Oil of New Jersey supplied Hitler with gasoline all during W W II).

Hoffman, William, David: Report on a Rockefeller, Lyle Stuart, New York, 1971.

Josephson, Emanuel M., The Truth About Rockefeller “Public Enemy #1″ Studies in Criminal Psychopathy, Chedney Press, New York, 1964.

Josephson, Emanuel M., The Federal Reserve Conspiracy & Rockefellers: Their Gold Corner, Chedney Press, New York, 1968.

Josephson, Matthew, The Robber Barons, Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1934.

Klein, Henry H., Standard Oil or The People, Published by the author at the Tribune Building, New York City, 1914.

Klein, Henry, H., Dynastic America and Those Who Own It., Published by the author in New York City, 1921. (Henry H. Klein was First Deputy Commissioner of Accounts of the City of New York).

Lawson, Thomas, W., Frenzied Finance, The Crime of Amalgamated, Ridgway-Thayer Co, Boston, 1905. Reprinted by Greenwood Press Publishers, New York, 1968.

Lionni, Paola, The Liepzig Connection: The Systematic Destruction of American Education, Delphian Press, Sheridan, Oregon, 1988. (Great expose of Rockefeller’s destruction of our schools).

Lloyd, Henry Demarest, Wealth Against Commonwealth, Harper and Brothers, New York, 1894.

Lundberg, Ferdinand, The Rockefeller Syndrome, Lyle Stuart Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, 1975.

Lundberg, Ferdinand, America’s 60 Families. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1937.

Mc Cabe, Joseph, The Lies and Fallacies of the Encyclopedia Britannica: How Powerful and Shameless Clerical Forces Castrated a Famous Work of Reference, Borderland Sciences, Garberville, CA. (not dated).

Manchester, William, A Rockefeller Family Portrait, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, Toronto, 1959.

Nevins, Allan, John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise, (in 2 volumes), Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1941.

Rogers, William, Rockefeller Follies, An Unauthorized View of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Stein & Day, New York, 1966.

Sinclair, Upton, King Coal, Bantam Books, New York, 1917. (This book is about the horrible massacre of striking mine workers in Colorado called The Ludlow Massacre).

Solberg, Carl, Oil Power: The Making of a Monopoly, Mason/Charter Publishing Co., New York, 1976.

Tarbell, Ida M., History of the Standard Oil Company, in 2 volumes, Mc Clure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1904.

Winkler, John K., John D. A Portrait in Oils, Vanguard Press, New York, 1929.

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As is often the case, some of the most remarkable patriotic and religious speeches are made by the most hideous, disloyal and sinful of men. Adolf Hitler professed to be a Christian and gave some very convincing speeches to the German public, but history reveals a much, much darker side of Hitler. The following quotation is permanently inscribed in New York at the Rockefeller Center, which gives a very false impression of the man John D. Rockefeller.

Here is the entire John D. Rockefeller, Jr. quotation as inscribed at Rockefeller Center:

“I believe in the supreme with of the individual and in his right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe that every right
implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation; every
possession a duty.

I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that
government is the servant of the people and not their master.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that he
world owes no man a living but it owes every man an opportunity to
make a living.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that
economy is a prime request of a sound financial structure, whether in
government, business or personal affairs.

I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man’s word should be
as good as his bond; that character-not wealth or power or position-
is of supreme worth.

I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of
mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross
(waste matter) of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human
soul set free.

I believe in all-wise-and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and
that the individuals highest fulfillment, greatest happiness, and
widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will.

I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone
can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.”

Ronald Reagan is still praised by many Americans, especially naive Christians, as a great man of faith and integrity, but Reagan was no hero, neither was Oliver North, nor the Bush Family. The Bible says we can know men by their fruits (Matthew 7:16,20), whether they be good or evil. Don’t judge a man by his fair speeches, but by his actions and accomplishments. Jesus said the Devil would send his messengers and servants as wolves in sheep’s clothing.

Romans 16:18, “For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”

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Sep 16 2009

Freemasonry: Part 2

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(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D.)

Questions and Qualifications

There are two primary beliefs you must profess before becoming a Mason. One must believe in a supreme being and the immortality of the soul. This brings us to some important points to consider.

There are four main questions that Freemasons, who profess to be Christians, should address if they are to be faithful to the Lord that saved them.

The first question is who is God? The second question is what authority does the Holy Bible have? The third question is what exactly is salvation? The fourth question, and perhaps the most important of all, would be who is Jesus Christ?

1. Who is God? – Masons sometimes refer to God as “the Great Architect of the Universe”, or “Grand Master of the Lodge Above”. However, those and other flowery terms used are irrelevant if the “god” you’re referring to is the not the God of the Bible. Masons actually claim at certain degrees that God’s name has been lost, so they give you a substitute name, Mahabone. Then at a higher degree it’s found as Jahbulun and other such foolishness. (Jahbulun, by the way, is a contraction of YHWH [Yahweh, or God the Father], from the Bible and Baal and Osiris, which has been slanged to On, who are Babylonian and Egyptian false gods .)

They use certain titles taken from scripture such as “I am that I am”, “rabboni” and other such blatant references to the God of the Bible or Jesus in particular but these terms are applied to mortal men. Any Christian with even a modest amount of Bible knowledge should recognize such usurpation as blasphemy.

Noted Masonic authority, Albert Mackey says, “Be assured, that God is equally present with the pious Hindu in the temple, the Jew in the synagogue, the Mohammedan in the mosque, and the Christian in the church.”

Now is that what Jesus taught?

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name (Jesus’ name), there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 All religions do not worship the same God. Jesus speaking said,

“I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he (i.e., the Messiah), ye shall die in your sins.” John 8:24

“Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.” 1John 2:23

You see piety has nothing to do with fellowship with Almighty God. Do you think the Hindu, Buddhist, Jew, Moslem or anyone else really has God with them if they deny the Son of God, Jesus Christ? Is Vishnu of the Hindus or Allah of the Moslems the God of the Bible? If you believe they are you are either not saved or extremely ignorant of who you claim to worship. IF you are a born-again believer who is a Freemason, do you not see that you are unequally yoked together with unbelievers?

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” 1John 2:22

“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” 1John 4:3

“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” 2John 1:7

The Koran says Allah has no son. Allah is not the God of Bible, he is the ancient moon god of nomadic tribes of the Middle East. Neither is Vishnu or any host of other false gods that people believe in. Is it right for a Christian to stand next to a man who is praying to a demon or to a non-existent god while you pray to your God and call such a man “brother”?

The Bible says that many prayers to false gods or idols are to demons or devils themselves.

“But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.” 1Corinthians 10:20, 21

You can love him, pray for him or witness to him (though not in the lodge, it’s forbidden to mention the name of Jesus in prayer) but you can never consider him a brother until he professes his faith in Jesus Christ’ atonement for his sins. That is what the scriptures teach.

Even if everyone in your lodge is a professing Christian, your lodge is still linked with other Freemasons worldwide who deny Jesus Christ. Your lodge teaches the same blasphemies as theirs. They are your “brother” Masons and yet they deny your Savior. All Christian Freemasons have a choice to make, serve the true and living God or serve man.

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2John 1:9-11

But who is the god of Freemasonry? At the lower levels there is a generic god that doesn’t offend anyone. He is G.A.O.T.U. (Grand Architect of the Universe). But that no more describes who he is than such euphemisms people use for God or a higher power such as, “the man upstairs”, the Fates, Mother Earth or Providence etc. That simply brings all religions under one umbrella.

It just goes on and on at every level. There is not enough room here to go into more detail of the Luciferian teachings of Freemasonry but there is overwhelming evidence that their god is not the God of the Bible.

Statue of Albert Pike in Washington D.C.

The overwhelming evidence is that they do share beliefs. Where and who set down these beliefs if not people like Pike, Mackey, Hall, Coil and others. Why are they still held in such high esteem if their writings are all antiquated and without merit? (Find out more about the god of Freemasonry here, http://www.ephesians5-11.org/glasses.htm)

2. What authority does the Holy Bible have in the Freemasons’ lodge? It is considered part of the “furniture of the lodge” just as the compass and square. It is placed alongside other religious books and given no special authority whatsoever. Is that how we Christians are taught to view our holy book, the word of God?

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2Peter 1:19-21

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Revelation 22:18, 19

If Masonry doesn’t teach some kind of religion, why do they have holy books at all? Why do they have stories about resurrection and their version of god and teach that if a man is just he will obtain “heaven” where G.A.O.T.U. dwells. That is salvation by works, again, not taught in the Bible.

“Man is never closer to God than when he kneels, spiritually naked, at the altar of Freemasonry.”
Masonic Services Association
M.S.A. Magazine
Volume 19, page 14

From the Grand Lodge of British Columbia’s web page, (http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/). I believe this was taken from the Masonic Information Agency. It’s funny, they all claim to not have a set of beliefs or writings that they go by but the same answers and even the same printed material by the same authors comes up on almost every website that claims a connection to Freemasonry. Somebody’s laying down the laws and the rules and regulations aren’t they?

“Ironically some people complain about the Bible used in lodge being referred to as the “furniture” of the lodge. No disrespect is intended. Indeed, just the opposite is true. Freemasons use the word “furniture” in its original meaning of essential equipment. Since no lodge can meet without an open Volume of Sacred Law, (Which in North America is almost always the Bible) the Bible is essential and given a special place of honour as the “furniture” for every regular lodge.”

Notice they say “…almost always…” the Bible is supposedly used as their volume of sacred law. But not always is it? If the lodge is predominantly non-Christian then the Bible is pushed aside to accommodate another religion. And saying that it is an honor for the Bible to be called furniture is condescending and disrespectful. They leave the impression they can’t meet without a Bible but when you read more carefully you find, “…no lodge can meet without an open Volume of Sacred Law…Which…is almost always the Bible”. More subtle and creative deception.

3. What is salvation?

Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

The Bible says we are born into this world at odds with God. We are sinners without hope of redeeming ourselves. We cannot make ourselves acceptable to God who requires perfection. That is why Jesus offered Himself as an acceptable sacrifice for sin. Remember, the law was our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, the only way of salvation.

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2Corinthians 5:21

By placing our trust in Jesus and what He did for us, we have salvation and a promised eternity in Heaven with Him. We cannot save ourselves and there are no so-called good works we can do to earn Heaven. (See the page called Salvation on this site.)

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8, 9

But Freemasonry teaches precepts not found in the Bible. They claim they don’t teach a plan of salvation but much of their material points towards man being able to live a moral and good life to obtain fellowship with the Grand Architect and go where this generic god lives.

They are taught to follow the example of Hiram Abiff. The entire “fraternity” is based on not offending anyone (by witnessing to them about Jesus in particular) and living according to man-made precepts that will form a life worth of admiration and emulation by others. That is a classic formula for a salvation based on works.

(More information on Masonic “salvation” can be found here, http://www.ephesians5-11.org/index.html and here, http://www.emfj.org)

4. Finally, there is the question of who is Jesus Christ? Christians know from their Bibles who Jesus is. He is the Word of God in the flesh, the second person of the holy triune godhead.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1-3

But Jesus is also the Lamb of God.

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29

He is our Savior and He is also the conquering King who will come back to this Earth to rule and reign for a thousand years. He came first as the Lamb of God, He will return shortly as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. (See Revelation 5:5, 6 to see that the two comings of the Lord are the same person at different times for different reasons.)

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.” Revelation 19:11

“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:16

But who does Freemasonry say Jesus is?

From Albert Mackey’s, History of Freemasonry, (by way of the Kentucky Monitor) we read the Masonic view of many world saviors among whom Jesus is just another good guy.

“All believed in a future life, to be attained by purification and trials; in a state or successive states of reward and punishment; and in a Mediator or Redeemer, by whom the Evil Principle was to be overcome and the Supreme Deity reconciled to His creatures. The belief was general that He was to be born of a virgin and suffer a painful death. The Hindus called him Krishna; the Chinese, Kioun-tse; the Persians, Sosiosch; the Chaldeans, Dhouvanai; the Egyptians, Horus; Plato, Love; the Scandinavians, Balder; the Christians, Jesus; Masons, Hiram.” (i.e., Hiram Abiff, the false messiah of Freemasonry who was murdered and “raised from the dead” etc. (Find out more about Hiram Abiff here, http://www.ephesians5-11.org/hiram.htm)

[The tired excuse that these are just Mackey's opinions is ridiculous when his name comes up again and again in lodge materials all over North America and the world as a man to be heard and agreed with. The same is true of Pike, Hall, Coil and others as stated before.]

Jesus Christ is put on an equal plane with false gods and false prophets from all over the world. His name is left out of lodge prayers even when the Bible is used and He is not to be mentioned in witnessing in the Masonic lodges, ever. Remember, they mustn’t offend their non-Christian members. For a professing born-again believer in Jesus to participate in such rituals and refrain from following the commands of the Lord ranks as a most grievous sin before the Lord that bought and paid for them with His own precious blood. What blasphemy!

“But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:33

“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” John 14:13

Mackey also uses the foolish argument that all religions had a promised messiah, born of a virgin, rising from the dead. First of all, that is not true. But in the religions that have some sort of similar story, understand that Satan is the great counterfeiter. He knows prophecy. He tries beforehand to counterfeit the fulfillment of the prophecies of God and when that doesn’t work he tries to kill the messenger.

That is a popular lie now, to say Christianity had pagan origins. All of the so-called evidence traces back to these Freemasons, Blavatsky and others. (See a scholarly study of the subject at these sites:

http://thedevineevidence.com/jesus_similarities.html

http://kingdavid8.com/Copycat/Home.html

http://www.tektonics.org/copycathub.html

Do you not think that Satan knew the Messiah would be virgin born and be crucified and rise from the dead? Would he not be expected to try and create all sorts of false religions before and after the fact to try and discredit the truth? He got Herod to try and kill all the babies so the Messiah would be destroyed.

He tried his best to kill Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane so that He couldn’t go to the cross as the Passover lamb the following day. And Jesus’ prayer was heard and He was able to fulfill all the prophecies concerning Him. (See Hebrews 5:7)

Satan tried to get Jesus to throw Himself from the pinnacle of the Temple. He tried to keep Jesus in the grave to no avail. He has tried to destroy the Jewish people on several occasions to thwart God’s prophecies concerning them. The Holocaust of World War II was a recent attempt at this.

There is much evidence presented and documented of Freemasonry’s attachment to the occult and other wicked practices. But if none of these things were true, should a born-again believer in Jesus Christ still be associated with the Freemasons and other like-minded lodges such as the Shriners, Woodmen of the World or Oddfellows etc.?

It is clear that a Christian, who wishes to follow the commands of the Savior, cannot be a practicing Mason, unless they are willing to be out of fellowship with their God and in complete conflict with the Holy Scriptures. The bottom line is still that secrecy and the swearing of bloody oaths are extensively condemned in the Bible by our Savior Himself. What should a Christian do with a man or woman who is caught up in these things? Well, if they are truly saved and believers in Jesus Christ we are to treat them accordingly,

“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.” 2Thessalonians 3:6

“Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” 2Thessalonians 3:15

“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2John 1:7-11

Most people seem to join the Freemasons for political stature and connections in a community, not from a love for the brotherhood of man. Many Masons are highly connected in politics, religion, economics and social standing that people feel they can benefit from in some way.

From a Christian and Biblical perspective, Masons are wrong on secrecy. They are wrong in swearing bloody oaths. They are wrong about Jesus, what constitutes salvation, what type of prayer is allowed in the lodge, not witnessing and offending others, the place of the Holy Bible, the “god” they pray to (or their other brother Masons pray to), They are wrong about being unequally yoked together with unbelievers and infidels and numerous other things we don’t have the space here to address.

There are many good websites that go into great detail about the true religion (yes, it is a religion) of Freemasons, who they worship at the highest levels and much of their symbology. There are scholarly dissertations provided by those who have studied freemasons and by former masons themselves. Since they voluntarily joined and voluntarily left, they cannot be considered “disgruntled employee” types who have vengeance on their minds. Their testimonies are sometimes quite striking.

Be careful of some of the Bible teachings on these pages. There are some errors concerning doctrine to be found, but much information can be gathered and cross checked from these sites and others.

(See websites such as http://freemasonrywatch.org,

http://contenderministries.org/freemason

http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com

http://www.conspiracyarchive.com

http://www.cuttingedge.org

http://www.emfj.org (Ex-masons for Jesus)

This website deals with many false doctrines,

http://jesus-is-savior.com

(Also, an excellent book depicting in detail occult symbology and meanings is Codex Magica, by Texe Marrs.)

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Sep 16 2009

Freemasonry: Part 1

By admin | Filled under: Religion

(Additional text, emphasis and comments are mine. J.D. [and no difference is made between Scottish or York Rite Freemasonry and other branches])

Modern Origins Freemasonry, in modern usage, refers to the institutions, principles and practices of the fraternal order of the Free and Accepted Masons. It is an organization of men, who are at least 21 years old, who believe in the “…fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man,” They claim their organization pre-dates the building of the pyramids. Of course, there is no proof of this to be found anywhere but even if there was proof, that doesn’t mean they are an organization to which Christians should belong. Satan pre-dates the creation of this world and everything in it but he is hardly held up in the Bible as someone we should emulate. There is good evidence that modern Masonry dates back to the building of Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1440. There is a traceable paper trail of all lodges back to London, England in 1717, so most use this date as the beginning of modern Freemasonry. At the website freemasonry.org, a man named Nelson King seems to be a good example of the low esteem Masons place on the Bible. He writes a letter to an “anti-Mason Christian” and shows his contempt for the word of God. Most of what he quotes as taking the Bible literally comes from the Old Testament when Israel was under the law. Of course, he fails to mention that Christians are not commanded to keep the ceremonial laws of the Jews but trust in Christ for salvation. All of the 10 commandments are found (in one form or another) and repeated in the New Testament except for the Sabbath day command because it was ceremonial law. The ceremonial law of the Jews is not commanded for Christians. Examples concerning the law are given in the Bible, by the Holy Spirit who wrote it, to bring us to Christ and salvation by faith. “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.” Galatians 3:24, 25 Mr. King goes on to imply that anyone who believes the Bible literally is intolerant or even somewhat foolish because it is not meant to be taken that way. He asks a series of questions, that I suppose, are supposed to show this Christian how narrow minded and foolish he is to take the Bible literally. He goes on to suggest that if you believe unrepentant Jews, Moslems or Buddhists are doomed for Hell then you are wrong. He completely denies the basic doctrines of Christianity. I have found Mr. King’s positions to be quite representative of most of Freemasonry, especially among the hierarchy. Other pages representing freemasonry beliefs (such as web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/) simply deny every criticism leveled against it as being “ignorant” “untruthful” and so on. But at the very core they still admit that they are totally dedicated to the brotherhood of man and fatherhood of a generic god, principles not found in the Holy Bible. They admit that no Christian who prays like a Christian is welcomed or allowed in the lodge for membership because they are intolerant of other religions. Our Motives We do not seek nor do we accept any donations here on these pages and we have no motive but to tell the truth of what the word of God says about every question we address. So if the Freemasons and Mr. King’s charge in particular that anyone who criticizes Masons is in competition for their money or their members for that matter, they are wrong. We are to be watchmen. “For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.” Isaiah 21:6 “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 1:3, 4 We will both watch and contend for the faith in this ongoing spiritual battle that rages throughout God’s creation. To answer one of their deceptive points about how we find out about the high level secret worship that goes on in Freemasonry; there are many former members, with no ax to grind, who have gotten saved and come out of the lodge to tell exactly what goes on behind closed doors. Also, numerous Masonic documents have been leaked to the public and then there are the writings of the Masons themselves that are a great source of seeing exactly how unscriptural these people are in their beliefs and practices. Most of these men have no motive but to tell the truth. They freely joined the lodge and freely left it. Many have been threatened and have literally put their lives on the line to preach the gospel to every creature as commanded by the Lord Himself. “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” 2Corinthians 6:17, 18 “Good Works”? They like to mention their charitable causes, like that justifies everything else they do. They pretend that “true love” toward one’s fellow man is to allow every other religion to practice their deceived version of salvation. The Bible says the greatest love in this world is to tell someone the truth about their eternal souls, even when telling that truth can cause you to be hated or even killed. That is what Christians are commanded to do by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Secrecy The main thing one notices, from a Biblical perspective, is the secrecy of the lodges, and Freemasonry in particular. It is interesting to contrast this type of behavior with that commanded by our Savior in the scriptures as an example to His disciples. “Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.” John 18:20 “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.” Ephesians 5:11, 12 Jesus shows here that we, as his followers are to keep nothing from the world of what has been delivered to us. We are to preach the gospel (good news) to every creature, that Jesus died for all of us, who are sinners and rose from the dead, the third day, according to the scriptures. (Mark 16:15, 1Corinthians 15:3, 4) But idolatry and so many other sins that are done in secret are shameful. Secrecy has a bad reputation. Swearing Oaths As one pushes ahead in Freemasonry to obtain higher degrees, there are certain bloody oaths that are sworn. Some of them are quite gruesome in their detail of what should happen to a Mason who reveals their secrets. People argue that these are not to be taken seriously but somewhat with a sense of humor. Having your throat cut or heart torn out or being disemboweled seems a rather odd sense of humor for a Christian to have. But let’s suppose these oaths aren’t really to be taken seriously, should a Christian make such a vow even in jest? “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” Ephesians 5:3, 4 “But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.” Matthew 5:34-37 “But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.” James 5:12 Almost every place in the Bible where a person swore an oath or a vow, something bad happened. Peter swore three times he didn’t know Jesus, Paul hindered the work of Christ by swearing a vow, when God warned him not to and returned to Jerusalem. In the Old Testament, Jeptha had to sacrifice his own daughter because he spoke a foolish vow to God etc. There was a time in this country when Christians took their Bibles and what their Savior said very seriously as well. There was a provision made in our laws to allow people to “…solemnly affirm…” that they would tell the truth, instead of saying they would “swear” to tell the truth, in a court of law. They did that because of the scriptures quoted above. Some Christians tried to follow what the Lord said and would not swear any oath at all. Times have certainly changed the behavior and dedication of many Christians. Jesus As Just Another Man These two things alone, the secrecy and the swearing of bloody oaths, would be more that enough to exclude any Christian from being a Freemason, assuming that they truly wanted to be in fellowship with God and follow His commandments. Even if lower level Masons have little or no knowledge of the Luciferian worship that goes on at the higher levels of their organization, they are without excuse on these two points. But unfortunately there are many more problems with Freemasonry that Christians should definitely consider before giving their allegiance to such a scripturally unsound man-made organization. “Masonry, around whose altars the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucius and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above ALL the Baalim, must needs leave it to each of its initiates to look for the foundation of his faith and hope to the written scriptures of his own religion.” (Morals and Dogma, Albert Pike, 1956, page 226) “The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as a Mason his religion must be universal: Christ, Buddha, or Mohammed, the name means little, for he recognizes only the light and not the bearer. He worships at every shrine, bows before every altar, whether in temple, mosque or cathedral, realizing with his truer understanding the oneness of all spiritual truth.” ( The Lost Keys of Freemasonry , Manly P. Hall, 33o, p.65, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., Richmond, VA., 1976.) But what does God say about “bowing before every altar” and all “gods” and having fellowship with those who blaspheme the name of Jesus or reject Him as the Son of God? “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them (other gods), nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;” Exodus 20:5 “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” 2Corinthians 6:14 “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light (Jesus Christ), that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” John 1:6-9 Jesus is not a “light bearer”. That’s a title Masons at higher degrees give to Lucifer. Jesus Christ is the Light. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 Candidates for Masonry are said to come forward stating they are in darkness and seeking light. If they are born-again Christians they should have already found that true light, Jesus Christ.

Who Determines Masonic Doctrine?

(See here for more on Albert Pike, http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/albertpikeandkkk.html)

Most Masons now try to distance themselves from Pike but they still follow his writings. He is the most influential person they ever honored. Even though he was an avowed racist, Satanist and Confederate general, his statue still stands in Washington, D.C.

No one ever clamors for its removal. That’s because many of our most prominent political leaders are Masons or associated with them or like-minded organizations in some fashion. Even civil rights “leaders” like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson (who is said to be a 33rd degree Freemason) doesn’t say a word about Albert Pike, or demand that his blasphemous statue be removed.

Ironically, many (though not all) lodges won’t even accept African-American candidates for their “brotherhood”. Most black Freemasons trace themselves back to Prince Hall Freemasons. We will have a future article about them and their ties to many famous Black Americans especially in the entertainment field.

What About “Christian” Lodges?

Some Masons I have known argue that their lodge is “Christian” with many Baptists and others belonging. That doesn’t change the fact that they call all other Masons, whether Jew, Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu or anything else “brothers”. They all kneel at the same pagan altar. That is the Hindu type of Universalism, plain and simple. And it stands in complete contradiction to the word of God. (For more on the Masonic belief system and their plan of salvation go here, http://www.ephesians5-11.org)

They say they swore on the Bible when they joined. But the Bible is given no pre-eminence over the Vedas, the Koran or any other “sacred” book. It is your choice which book you want to swear on. And in the first place, as a Christian you’re not supposed to swear at all, remember? What a disgrace for a born-again believer to call another man brother who tries to spit in the face of Jesus Christ and on the Bible and denies all the basic tenets of fundamental Christianity. The Bible is very clear we are not all brothers and sisters like the world teaches and would have you to believe.

Speaking to the Pharisees, Jesus had this to say,

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” John 8:44

“For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Matthew 12:50 The will of God is that all should come to repentance and be washed in the blood of the Lamb. Whosoever does this and accepts God’s plan of salvation they are brothers and sisters in Christ. Lost, unrepentant sinners do not have God as their father.

End of Part 1

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Sep 14 2009

Jordan Maxwell and His Flawed Research

By admin | Filled under: Miscellaneous

Photo by Farah Yurdozu

Jordan Maxwell is a researcher of many things. He first came to my knowledge by being heavily promoted by Alex Jones. From Maxwell’s website we read, “Jordan Maxwell continues as a preeminent researcher and speaker in the fields of secret societies, occult philosophies, and ufology since 1959.” Just because somebody supposedly does 50 years of research doesn’t mean they’re credible. They might be pushing the same lies for 50 years.

I also noticed another interesting introduction on Maxwell’s page. “Welcome to the esoteric world of Jordan Maxwell.” The Free Dictionary has this on esoteric,

“understood by only a small number of people, esp. because they have special knowledge” So Mr. Maxwell comes right out and says he has special knowledge that we don’t have because of his extensive research. That’s okay, as long as you can back up your claim.

Now I have done a bit of research myself over the past forty years. I decided to do a little research on Mr. Maxwell. The first thing I found was that his real name is Russell Pine. Now there’s nothing wrong with using a nom de plume, I use one myself. The name he chose for himself is interesting and we will get to that later.

Russell Pine it appears got into a bit of trouble a few years back with the Federal Trade Commission. They won a default judgment against him and a co-defendant in federal court for over 444, 000 dollars for selling phony identification documents. The defendants never answered the charges. You can read the court record here:

http://www.ftc.gov

Mr. Maxwell quickly establishes himself as an antichrist. He discounts the Bible, the God of the Bible, Jesus Christ, miracles etc. He does it all under the banner of research so weak minded and lazy people who don’t like to read for themselves, blindly accept everything he says verbatim. They make no challenge to his statements and ridicule as mentally ill anyone who does. It’s very childish and poor “research”.

Jordan Maxwell is very adept at taking words from other languages and explaining their meanings, according to him, in modern English. In interviews he has shown himself to be a great follower of Madame Blavatsky, the Theosophist and mystic of the nineteenth century. He also quotes without giving credit to one of the Freemason’s major authorities, Manly P. Hall.

It was from Blavatsky’s 1877 book, “Isis Unveiled”, that Russell Pine found his new name. From Blavatsky’s Nazarene System, “The third is Lord Jordan (Jordanus Maximus), the Water of Life. He is the one through whom alone we can be saved;” But Maxwell/Pine claims he never knew of the name until a Rabbi told him about an e-mail he received. It was on his web page like it’s some kind of mystery (though I can’t find the reference now).

Yet in an interview in the movie listed below he tells that the book where the name is happens to be his favorite Blavatsky work. He is very deceptive. But he’s been proven in federal court to be a con man, so what should we expect?

This fabulous researcher tells the same old tired lies that Jesus is the “sun god” and all of Christianity springs from ancient pagan religions. These stories are mostly traceable back to Pike and other Masons. The few that do go farther back still post date Jesus Christ. And this guy sees sex in everything.

And remember when these “truth researchers” say Christians killed these people or that, such as the Crusades, they don’t tell you that it was The Roman Church that instigated these things for political and greedy purposes. Different Popes called them out and the Crusaders themselves planned to take a spoil. All of these things totally foreign to the teaching of Jesus Christ who said His kingdom is not of this Earth.

True Christians over the years were busy being thrown to lions, crucified and murdered in other brutal ways by many people, also including the Roman Catholic Church. So that information is also misleading.

Anyway, I don’t have time to go into more detail here. I’m just amazed at how many people will sheepishly follow someone like this without checking them out first. I’m afraid most of the time they have a built in prejudice against Christianity and like what Maxwell says so they defend him to the end no matter how much proof comes out that he is a phony. Like my mother always said, birds of a feather flock together. And that is true.

http://www.youtube.com

http://thedevineevidence.com

http://kingdavid8.com

http://zeitgeistchallenge.com/

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