OPPOSITION IN ALL THINGS
By: Jan Griffith/August 2004/Edited September 2006
“For
it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so,
my
first born in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to
pass;
neither wickedness; neither holiness nor misery; neither good nor bad.
Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one” (2 Ne 1:81-83).
A friend of mine, realizing the gravity of this subject matter I’m about to attempt, advised that I try to write this paper so that even a child could understand. But as I already told her, this is not a subject for babes, who are still on the breast in their understanding of God. We all learn precept upon precept, and children are innocent, and expected to be in the milk. We adults are another matter. We are admonished to grow spiritually in knowledge and understanding, and so as we grow, we are held accountable. If we lack understanding, let us ask of God (James 1).
This is not a paper for those who lack understanding of sin, which can only be understood through God’s law. When we sin (or break the rules), it can be fun for awhile, or at least at first. But given enough time, the payback is suffering and bondage. Individuals who sin reap the consequences of individual suffering and bondage. When groups or organizations engage in sin, suffering and bondage becomes a collective matter through tyrannical political governments and spiritual institutions. History bears out these facts. Every time we sin, we become servants to that sin.
“For
by the law is the knowledge of sin; therefore by the deeds of
the law
shall no flesh be justified in his sight. But now the righteousness of
God
without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the
prophets;
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto
all and
upon all them that believe; for there is no difference; For all have
sinned,
and come short of the glory of God”
(Rom 3:20-23).
How can I express how important I believe it is that we get understanding of the principalities and powers in our midst, and the forces that reside behind those powers.
“Put
on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of
the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph 6:11-12).
To understand what is happening today, whether politically, economically, or socially, we first have to know that it is a spiritual battle that we face; not a political one, not an economic one, not even a social one. Satan exists, and his greatest power lies in his ability to convince the world that he is not as powerful as they think, or that there is no devil at all (see 2 Ne 12:27). Where non-Christians will often flat out deny a Satan, Christians tend not to understand him very well or tend to think that they are somehow exempt from his power of deception because of their belief in Jesus Christ. Yet Satan has quite an arsenal and those with some familiarity of guns and weapons may appreciate the following metaphor.
In his arsenal are BB Guns that pelt terror into people’s hearts, to create murderers, cheaters, robbers, and liars. This weapon doesn’t have to be all that powerful because it is so easy to make people mad, or jealous, or vindictive. I call this a weapon of “obvious evil” because no deceit is involved. Anger, abuse, murder; these are all actions that speak for themselves.
He uses AK-47 Rifles when he wants to convince us that just a “little” sin won’t hurt anything. Pretty soon, a “little” sin becomes a “lot” of sin, and in the end, he has convinced us that wrong looks right and right looks wrong and we can’t figure out the difference. These types of weapons deliver whole nations into slavery.
Satan uses Howitzers (Canons) when he appears as an angel of light. Time and again, many have been deceived by what they thought were true revelations, true visions, true dreams, true miracles, and true angel visitations from the Lord. Prophets have forewarned that these Howitzers will come out in full force in the last days.
But Satan’s ultimate weapon, the one he uses to finish off kingdoms, peoples, and nations, are his Weapons of Mass Destruction. These are pride and vanity. Our ego –- our defenses of our “rightness” – this is what truly destroys. I once heard it said that people will run out of a burning building to preserve their physical body, but they will run in to a burning building to preserve their rightness. Is that a bad thing; that people will actually die for their beliefs? It is certainly not a bad thing to die for Christ’s name’s sake. On the other hand, if our pride sends us into that burning building, Satan’s nuclear device has detonated and our death has been in vain. Herein lies our first glance at something the Lord termed, “an opposition in all things.” Perhaps we need to know when to defend our rightness and when to recognize that our pride may be interfering with that rightness. Wow. What an assignment.
What is
an “Opposition in All Things?”
God’s Word tells us that there is an opposition in all things, which is almost impossible to comprehend. It’s easy to think of obvious examples, like heaven and hell, black and white, good and evil. But are even these as obvious as they seem? The prophet Isaiah warned against calling evil good, and good evil. That prophecy would sound absurd to most people, but to the spiritually discerning, it should not be so absurd. Two-thousand years ago, the Jews killed Christ believing he was “evil.” A few decades ago, Hitler said it was “good” to kill Jews. Those are extreme examples, but many things are not so obvious. For example, are guns good or evil? It depends upon how they are used, even if “killing” is the result. Does the rainbow represent something good or evil? It depends if one embraces the Lord’s covenant or if one is an advocate of Gay pride. What about equality, having no rich or poor in the world? It depends if we are talking about the law of consecration or political socialism. Oppositions are rarely easy to distinguish because they look alike yet are attached to opposing understandings, hence Isaiah’s warning. We are told that Satan is a deceiver; he is in opposition to righteousness. Satan does not dress in obvious garb so that we might recognize him (no red devil with tail and horns). Paul said that he appears as an angel of light. The Lord’s angels also appear as light. How can we tell the difference? The purpose of this paper is to explore oppositions, and hopefully we will begin by appreciating how difficult these oppositions can be to distinguish.
Few Christians have heard of Gnostic Dualism, an esoteric term rightly defined in the Book of Mormon. Gnostic Dualism is, in fact, a concept of polarized oppositions, the difference being that “Dualists” worship a different “light bearer” or christ. Their Christ is Lucifer. Their oppositions are backward. Dualists see two angels side by side, and they pick the wrong angel. Gnostic Dualists believe that God and Lucifer (both gods) are on equal footing, locked in an eternal struggle over the dominance of the universe. Most also believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers (Jesus is the younger). Such beliefs originate from a supposed ancient struggle in the heavens where the most intelligent beings were kicked out. Where do these Dualists get their beliefs? They get some of them from scripture. Ezekiel, for example, speaks of the King of Tyrus (Satan’s seat) where Satan is described as once having been in the garden, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty (Ezek 28).
Dualists (believers in oppositions) believe in only one God. Like Christians, they are monotheists; the difference is that their god of choice is Lucifer. To them, Lucifer is the one who is all beautiful, all perfect, all wise, and full of light.
Christians are told to walk in the light, as Christ is the light within them. Unfortunately, Luciferians also believe that a special kind of “light” is within them. It is the light of their Son of the Morning (Isa 14:12).
This might sound like a lot of mumbo jumbo, but the subject of oppositions is far more serious than we realize. Two “Christians” can be conversing about “Christ,” “light,” and “truth,” and be describing opposite entities.
Whose
Kingdom is Coming?
“And
the Spirit taketh him up into a high mountain, and he beheld all the
kingdoms
of the world, in a moment of time. And the devil came unto him, and
said unto
him, All this power will I give unto thee, and the glory of them; for they
are delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give them” (Luke 4:5-6).
While Jesus was fasting 40 days on the high mountain, Satan approached him and proceeded to offer him all the kingdoms (governments) of this world. How could Satan offer Jesus the kingdoms of this world? Because the kingdoms of this world belong to him.
“…it is the kingdom of the devil which shall be built up” (1 Nephi 7:49).
Christ’s Kingdom is a spiritual place, and those who seek His truths “press into it” (Luke 16:18). Note the phrase: “press into it.” By our continual seeking for truth, we press into Christ’s Kingdom. Christ’s Kingdom does not press into us; we press into it.
A common Christian teaching, prior to the advent of the Book of Mormon, was the simplicity of heaven versus hell. Cynically put, it was taught that when we die, we all go to one of two places; floating in the clouds of heaven, or forever roasting in hellfire. But those teachings began to change in the mid to late 19th century. Christianity took a different turn toward a “kingdom on earth;” even a “restoration.” We Restorationists need to understand that there are countless other Christians out there who are also calling themselves “Restorationists,” and their beliefs concerning a future restoration are speedily infiltrating Christendom. We are no longer alone. We are not the only people with the belief of a coming kingdom on earth. The
Rapture is now debated, rather
than embraced. When did these changes
occur? They began to be noticeable
about the same time many other changes became noticeable—around 1984. But that’s not when the deception
started. The deception started in 1834,
“the very hour” according to Joseph Smith, Jr., “that the kingdoms of
this
world would begin to have power over the Church” (see D&C Section
100). From those earliest years,
sinister influences like Adam Weishaupt (Illuminati) and Albert Pike
(Freemasonry) had already begun to formulate plans for the destruction
of our
liberties. By 1836, Mayer Amschel
(known as Rothschild) was already scheming to purchase the lands of
Let us return to D&C Section 100. Which portion of the prophecy occurred? From that very hour (1834), did the Church begin to conquer the kingdoms of this world, or did the kingdoms of this world begin to conquer the Church? And where does that prophecy end?
“But inasmuch as they keep not my commandments, and hearken not
to
observe all my words, the kingdoms of
the world shall prevail against them, for they were set to be a
light unto
the world, and to be the saviors of men; and inasmuch
as they are not the saviors of men, they are as salt that
has lost its savor, and is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast
out and
trodden under foot of men” (Section 100:2c-d).
Now maybe we (whom Joseph Smith identified as Gentiles) can better understand why the Book of Mormon keeps warning us to repent. The time is coming when the Gentiles, as unsavory salt, will be trodden under foot of man – read 3 Nephi, chapter 7.
In the same way that we have
long desired
Christ’s prophets foretold these days. Lucifer’s prophets (through spirit guides) have also foretold these days. In many ways, Lucifer’s servants have been more vigilant in their wisdom and obedience than Christ’s servants. Were it not so, Satan’s kingdom would not be prevailing over the Church. Jesus warned:
“….the
children of this world are wiser in their generation, than the children
of
light” (Luke 16:8).
The holy prophets foretold a
great apostasy that would include false christs and/or prophets prior
to the
Gentile Times being fulfilled (2 Th 2:3).
Have the Gentile Times been fulfilled?
No, they have NOT, for
As a Book of Mormon Restorationist, I understand that the Lord will perform a strange and marvelous work upon the land. I understand that Christ will ultimately have his Kingdom upon this earth, and that there will be a millennium of peace. I believe with all my heart that the true Church will be restored in the process and that the time is coming when people will say “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.”
We all yearn for that Kingdom, but maybe we have neglected a lot of pertinent scripture that speaks of things we must first endure, that is, if we are the generation in which those things will come to pass; and I believe that we could be. I fear that in some ways we have become like the Protestants with their idea of Rapture. They do not concern themselves with the difficult prophecies of Isaiah, Daniel, and John because they are certain to be worthy of escape prior to judgment upon the earth. How have we historically responded to our Protestant brethren? Haven’t we suggested to them that, by excluding themselves from tribulation, they might be inadequately prepared for what is coming upon the earth? The question is, are we prepared for what is coming upon the earth?
Would it be a big surprise if I
said that the Lord’s people in all generations have possessed
this aura
of exclusivity? Unfortunately it is
true, and one of the most sadly entertaining examples can be found in
the book
of
“….the
Zoramites had built synagogues, and they did gather themselves together
on one
day of the week, which day they did call the day of the Lord; And they
did
worship after a manner which Alma and his brethren had never beheld;
for they
had a place built up in the center of their synagogue, a place for
standing,
which was high above the head; and the top thereof would only admit one
person.
Therefore, whosoever desired to worship, must go forth and stand upon
the top
thereof, and stretch forth his hands towards heaven; and cry with a
loud voice,
saying: Holy, holy, God; we believe that thou art God, and we believe
that thou
art holy, and that thou wast a spirit, and that thou art a spirit, and
that
thou wilt be a spirit for ever. Holy God, we believe that thou hast separated us from our
brethren; and we
do not believe in the tradition of our brethren, which was handed down
to them
by the childishness of their fathers; but we believe that thou hast
elected
us to be thy holy children…. and thou hast elected us, that we shall be
saved,
whilst all around us are elected to be cast by thy wrath down to hell;
for the
which holiness, O God, we thank thee; And we also thank thee, that
thou
hast elected us, that we may not be led away after the foolish
traditions of
our brethren, which doth bind them down to a belief of Christ, which
doth lead
their hearts to wander far from thee, our God. And again we thank
thee, O
God, that we are a chosen and a holy people. Amen” (Alma 16).
We are a chosen and a holy people. Thank you, Lord, for saving us while the rest of the world will cast down by thy wrath into hell.
What goes around, comes
around. Dear reader, do we dare think
of ourselves as a chosen and holy people?
Even the best of the ancient children of
God wants us to be like the publican, not the Pharisee.
“The Pharisee
stood and
prayed thus with himself; God, I thank thee that I am not as
other men,
extortioners, unjust, adulterers; or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of
all that I possess. But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift
up so
much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God,
be
merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified,
rather than the other; for every one who exalteth himself, shall be
abased; and
he who humbleth himself, shall be exalted” (Luke 18:11-14).
To repeat, pride is Satan’s weapon of mass destruction.
“When
pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom” (Prov 11:2).
A
The word “gnosis” (where Gnostic gets its name) means “knowledge” and often refers to a select group of people who have obtained a “higher knowledge” and who therefore consider themselves the only “fit” ones to rule the world.
God has always commanded his
people to get knowledge. The entire
fourth chapter of Proverbs is only one example of how desperately God
wishes us
to be informed. Hosea even declared
that the Lord’s people would be destroyed for lack of
knowledge.
But there is another, besides the Holy Spirit, who offers a different kind of wisdom. What, an opposition in wisdom? Yes, indeed. Paul spoke of that particular opposition often in his writings, for example:
“…
we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not the wisdom of
this
world, nor of the princes of this world…
but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory which none of the
princes of
this world knew…” (1 Cor 2).
James also spoke of it:
“But
if ye have bitter envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above,
but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is,
there is
confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is
first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and
good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace” (James 3:14-18).
Christians know that the Lord brings light and wisdom to their understanding. Isaiah said “to the law and the to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word then there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8). Yet there is another, besides the Holy Spirit, who brings his own version of light to mankind.
Freemasonry’s “bible,” written
by Albert Pike, which resides in the George Washington Masonic Memorial
in
“Lucifer,
the Light-bearer! Strange and
mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness!
Lucifer, the Son of the Morning!
Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors
intolerable
blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish Souls?
Doubt it not!” (Morals & Dogma, p. 321)
Satan would like the world to think that wisdom, or light, comes only from one source—himself.
It is usually difficult to obtain the personal writings of Satan’s servants; however, the occasion will sometimes unwittingly present itself. Besides the writings of Albert Pike, which were not so long ago hidden from the general populace, one of the most revealing examples I’ve found comes from the experience of a former Roman Catholic Cardinal by the name of Roncalli. Born in 1904, Roncalli recorded a dream he was given around the year 1935. In his dream, he heard an old man ask, “Do you recognize me?” Not knowing what prompted him, Roncalli replied in the affirmative. The visitor went on. “I came because you called me. You are on the way, though you still have much to learn. Are you ready?” Roncalli said that he was ready. The old man smiled and asked three times if Roncalli would recognize him again, and three times, Roncalli said that he would. The time came soon thereafter when the old man made a real live guest appearance to Roncalli and Roncalli did recognize him immediately. The entire experience is recorded in a book called The Broken Cross by Piers Compton, who was the literary editor of the Catholic Weekly, The Universe. That book is nearly impossible to obtain today. Allow me to share a tidbit of Roncalli’s physical visititation from the old man he had seen in his dream.
The old man brought Roncalli to
a short staircase, and then to another.
There was no light, yet in the total darkness there were voices
from
above, directing Roncalli to go on. He was
brought to a door, slightly ajar, and when he pushed the door open, he
found
himself in a wide room, pentagonal in shape, with bare walls and two
large
windows that were closed. Against the
walls were three chairs. On a table was
a silver-hilted sword. There was a
candelabra. Some of its candles were
lit and others were not. And there were
colored ribbons tied to a censer, and three artificial roses with their
stalks
crossing each other. Near the
sword
and the censer was an open bible, opened at
This was not the end of the vision and I have left out many details, but I record pieces of it here in order for the reader to hopefully grasp the magnitude of these principalities and powers that we cannot see. First, please remember that Cardinal Roncalli assumed this messenger to be from the Lord. And why not, given that he was first seen in Roncalli’s dream, then later in physical form? Notice how the messenger spoke of “doing good” and notice also the comment that other spiritual beings were present, even if they were not seen. Roncalli no doubt considered them angels from God. But whether Roncalli knew it or not, he had made a secret oath to Lucifer, not to the Lord. In that oath, he had vowed to help Satan carry out his plan for a new world order. Cardinal Roncalli was promised great things for his dedication and obedience, and on November 4, 1958, he was coronated the 262nd pope of the Catholic church. Roncalli is now better known as Pope John XXIII (remember, he said his name would be “Johannes”).
The Catholic Church is no stranger to secret oaths; their leadership thinks nothing of uttering them. Restorationists, on the other hand, would [hopefully] know better if such an experience were to happen to them and were a secret oath to be required of them. But maybe we need to further consider Satan’s intelligence (which is light-years ahead of our own). Would Satan request an oath outright, if communicating with a Restorationist, or would his methods be more in accordance with Restorationist expectations? The study group called “Ephraim’s Camp” provides one of the best examples for this scenario. They, too, were afforded an elite status (instead of “John,” they were called “Ephraim’s Camp”). They, too, received visions and dreams from messengers from heaven. They, too, were told that messengers were present among them when they met together. They, too, were given great promises of a special work that would be carried out over time. Perhaps that group did have a special purpose, and perhaps it still does – not like the special purpose of a Cardinal or Pope – nevertheless a purpose being fulfilled. Do the members of Ephraim’s Camp sincerely believe they were serving the Lord in their study group? No doubt. Did Cardinal Roncalli sincerely believe he was serving the Lord? No doubt.
It may be hard for us to imagine that Satan has flesh and blood “servants” who are strictly obedient to him while here in the flesh; not all or even most of them realizing who they are subservient to. Reciting a genealogy of names, places, and dates is too ominous a task for this writing, however, Lucifer’s organizational titles fall under many names. The Chaldeans and Gadianton Robbers come first to mind, as do Aryans, Illuminati, Rosicrucian’s, Freemasons, Jesuits, Opus Dei, Knights Templar, Knights of the Round Table, Priory of Sion, Black Nobility, and much more. A study of these various groups can be revealing. First of all, not everyone in these secret orders are Satan’s direct servants; in fact, most are not, and are instead simply unwitting servants to the higher initiates. But perhaps the most important discovery I’ve made concerning these groups is the common thread that is to be found among those who have “ascended” to the higher wisdom of the ancients; and that common thread is that they believe they are a chosen people. They can quote our scriptures better than most of us can quote them, and prove with their perverted wisdom that they are, indeed, the only ones fit to rule the world.
When we expend the time and effort to do the hard homework, not relying upon everything we are fed in school and in the media, we will soon discover that a certain “group of people” are, in fact, in control of this world’s progress. They are a “chosen people,” but who chose them? Yes, once we begin to understand these things, we then subject ourselves to ridicule and persecution from those who are ignorant of Satan’s devices. The world that mocks and ridicules does not realize that they, themselves, are feasting off of Satan’s lure. From the press, to the educational system, to the political, social, and economic systems, yes, even our religious system moves to Satan’s rhythm. This is his time, and his kingdom, and he has but a short time left to complete his desire to rule with a chosen elite.
God declared
Luciferianism
through Judiasm
There are many outstanding books that can enlighten us on the subject of principalities and powers such as Lucifer’s Children by Milan Martin, and The New World Religion by Gary Kah. If I had to recommend only one book, it would be, hands down, One World by Tal Brooke. Nothing, of course, compares to the Scriptures, themselves.
“Then
shall their watchmen lift up their voices; and with the voice together
shall
they sing; for they shall see eye to eye. Then will the Father
gather
them together again, and give unto them
According to these passages in
third Nephi and
“For
in those days there shall also
arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and
wonders; insomuch, that if possible, they shall deceive the very elect,
who are
the elect according to the covenant” (Mark 13:25).
Since the foundation of the great and abominable church of which Nephi spoke (John called her the mother of harlots), a Pagan or Gnostic or Occult people have been working in, around, and through that great church. This people brought with them the astrology, magic, and power of the
Chaldeans which we read about in the Old Testament.
When Jesus walked the earth, he rebuked his people for their corrupted pagan doctrines. In due time, we are told, Christ’s teachings began to split apart. One direction went the way of the Roman Catholic Church, and the other went the way of Gnosticism. On the surface, it would seem to Christians that the Roman church went the right way and that Gnosticism went the wrong way, but the truth is not so simple. Both groups were pagan, and each used the other in order to accomplish its wicked agendas, all the while appearing to be enemies. <Side note: It would seem that Satan has always operated in this very manner. He pits against each other what looks like enemies, and then devours both in the process. In modern times, this process was named after a social psychologist from the late 1700s, and is now commonly known as the Hegelian Dialectic. Consider that tidbit of information when you hear the Republicans and Democrats duke it out during the upcoming election processes.>
The book of Revelation speaks of
a woman who rides a beast, yet regards them as enemies.
But when you ride an animal, you go where
the animal goes. The woman (the
It is unfortunate that so much of history has been either forgotten or rewritten. An example would be the Crusades, a time when the Roman church had a huge army that slaughtered millions of people, yet that same army was so infiltrated with Gnosticism that it ultimately turned on its master, the church. Hence, history affirms the “Inquisition;” yet more bloodshed among so-called “enemies.”
The Crusaders were an army of “knights.” Today, the subject of “knights” is a popular one, and can be found in everything from children’s books to cereal boxes to adult movies. The British royal family still knights certain chosen people, which honor sets them apart as a special elite. While all of this fascination for knights and knighthood was born out of an evil time, we have been taught to think of knights as something honorable; as defenders of the faith. Rick Joyner, a popular charismatic among Restorationists, has written extensively about the “honor of knighthood,” presumably because he, himself, is a knight after the Order of Malta (a secret Catholic Order). How captivating that influential Christians from all denominations are today being “knighted” into various secret orders. How revealing it is that our memory of history has failed us to the point where we would believe that such a title deserves honor and respect. Yet the subject of knights does have a kind of magnetic appeal (right along with wizards and witchcraft). Nations, governments, and militaries conduct the majority of their high-powered meetings in something they call “round table” discussions, a spin-off from the old knights of the round table, a subject reeking in Occult symbolism.
There is a family by the name of
Rothschild who surely qualify as devout members of Satan’s
priesthood. It has been suggested that
Lord Rothschild organized the secret order called the Illuminati in
1776. The word “Illuminati” represents an
“illumined” or “chosen people” who have received great light, and of
course,
are the only ones fit to rule the world.
The purpose of the Illuminati, like all of its secret cohorts,
has been
to subvert the Christian basis of Western Civilization.
Freemasonry was the tool it used to
infiltrate virtually all social institutions here in the
“For
the Lord worketh not in secret combinations” (Eth 3:93).
Lucifer has chosen Judaism
as his base from which to do his dirty work.
Why Judaism? Could it be because
all religions can identify themselves, at least in part, with Judaism? Could it be because so much of biblical
history, past, present, and future, revolves around what God calls “the
Jews?” Could it be because the whole
world anticipates an Armageddon scenario in the
“And
for this cause God shall send them a
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” (2 Th 2:11).
Whoever thinks that being a disciple for the Lord is supposed to be easy, and that the spirit of prophecy is a natural phenomenon afforded to anyone who reads the Bible does not know the Lord very well. Just ask the Pharisees and Jews of yesteryear. They thought they were keeping all the commandments of God. They thought they knew who the Messiah was supposed to be and what he was supposed to do. They were the experts on God in their day. Who else would have had any understanding of Jesus when he came? That is why he came to them. Now it is our turn to be the experts. Are we the experts?
The goal of the Gnostics/pagans is to attain self-awareness as a spiritual being (God in us). Gnostics believe that all human beings possess a divine spark of inner light, and that it is knowledge that awakens that divine spark.
The verbiage might sound a bit bazaar, but Christianity can surely relate to those beliefs. Christ is supposed to be in us, and he is that inner light that radiates from all believers. As we gain knowledge of our Lord, our light shines brighter and brighter. Can we see then how, if given the right doses of doctrine, we could find ourselves in the Gnostic camp without realizing it?
What else do Gnostics believe? They believe in an “androgynous” or bi-sexual God, one who is both male and female (like Adam and Eve). They believe that blood is actually congealed light which became blood as the result of Adam’s fall. They believe that their blood must once again become pure light if they are to return to their former state of godhood, a status that must return in order to be fit for the kingdom. Would Christians find these teachings a bit odd? Not necessarily. I attended a Catholic Mass a couple of years ago where the priest spoke of “our mother and our father God.” A number of charismatic leaders today describe spiritual experiences wherein their blood occasionally returns to its original state of divine light, which they identify as an “anointing.” Can the reader see where Gnosticism and Christianity could tend to blend? Elevating women to a status of “godhood” (like the Virgin Mary) is another example of Gnosticism. Holidays and feast days have long been a blurring of Gnosticism and Christianity. However, if one wants to find the origins of Gnosticism, then one need look no further than the ancient Kabbalah, the religion of apostate Judaism beginning with the 6th century B.C.
Christians never much concerned themselves with Jewish writings like those found in the Kabbalah, Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, until only the last century or so when the concept of a “Jewish restoration” became a source of interest and study. We Book of Mormon believers have long been lovers of the Old Testament because we recognize not only its historic value, but also its ability to teach us about ourselves. It points us toward Jesus Christ. But there is a huge difference between Old Testament writings, and Jewish theological writings which are oral traditions of Midrash, Talmud, and Kabbalah. Only one [the Old Testament] is categorized as the Word of God; where the rest is a blurring of truth and lie.
Christians, Restorationists included, have taken to exploring Hebrew traditions. Whether they actually read through the Kabbalah or the Talmud makes little difference. The writings of Jewish traditions are often quoted and referenced by religious scholars, and of those seeking to have a better understanding of God. Restorationists have been divided in recent years over issues of Hebrew customs and poetry; debating whether or not the Law of Moses was fulfilled and what exactly that Law represents.
I am not suggesting we ignore Hebrew literature. I am merely suggesting that we remain guarded about what we accept as “fact” in relation to ancient Judaism and Hebraism, as those traditional writings are virtually saturated with Gnosticism, albeit in many cases, the saturation is subtle. The Restoration movement of 1830 was infiltrated right from the start with those indoctrinated in the Occult/Gnostic/Kabbalah/Luciferian mindset. One need only compare a few Gnostic beliefs to that of the LDS/Mormon church. Little wonder all Book of Mormon believers have been thrust into the category of “cult.” Sadly other organizations within the Restoration have not gone uninfluenced.
Israeli Supreme Court
The
modern Israeli Supreme Court building rests on a plot of land
opposite
the Knesset, and next to the Foreign Ministry and the Central bank of
The engineer of the Court’s
design was the grandson of Ben-Zion Guini, who was also the engineer
for Lord
Baron Rothschild. The Rothschild
names (including his five sons, who established the five central banks
of
After passing through security
the first noticeable thing on the left wall is a large picture of the
Rothschilds, Shimon Peres, and Yhzhak Rabin.
Upon entering, the lighting is very dim, but as you look up the
stairs,
there is a bright light radiating from a very large window that
overlooks
What diabolical nature could the
Israeli Supreme Court possibly have?
Well, aside from scripture, which points to
“And
he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out
the saints
of the Most High, and think to change times and laws; and they shall be
given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time” (Dan 7:25).
On
March 20, 1991, President Bush signed into law a Congressional Joint
Resolution
titled, A Joint Resolution To Designate March 26, 1991 as Education
Day,
Noahide laws often go by other, more recognizable names such as Moral Law, Natural Law, and Universal Law. Such a law has been unwittingly advanced for years, even and sometimes especially in the Christian community. Dr. James Dobson, for example, aired an address to the Council for National Policy expressing his determination to do whatever was necessary to restore observance of “Moral Law.”
The demand for Noahide Law has also been emanating for many years from the worldwide Lubavitch movement (a Kabbalist movement awaiting a Messiah to come from among their own membership), as well as the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon (who was recently crowned the Messiah in the halls of Congress), and also numerous groups represented within the Council on National Policy such as Christian Reconstructionists, Moral Re-Armament, Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, and the list goes on.
The Noahide Law is a blending of Judaism and Christianity (and ultimately all religions, as the very word “Noahide” means Gentile). It is Gentiles who are to follow the seven Noahide laws, which according to the Encyclopedia of Judaism are (1) Civil justice, (2) Prohibition of blasphemy; (3) Abandonment of idolatry, (4) Prohibition of incest, (5) Prohibition of murder, (6) Prohibition of theft, and (7) Prohibition of eating flesh, or a limb cut from a living animal meaning cruelty in any shape or form.
Perhaps
the day is coming when these Noahide Laws will be administered by a
restored Sanhedrin
(yes, of the same Sanhedrin mindset who crucified Christ for blasphemy
– see #2
above). If we wonder why John spoke of
a time of beheadings (Rev 20:4), then we can wonder no more. While it is not yet in force, violation of
any one of the seven laws subjects the Noahide (Gentile) to capital
punishment
by decapitation (Sanh. 57A). There is
no biblical basis, of course, for the Noahide Laws, although many have
been
deceived into believing that there is.
These laws are revived from Jewish “oral traditions” as
previously
mentioned, and will ultimately take both Jew and Gentile back to “
In
an extraordinary deceptive maneuver, Noahide Law advocates will decry
Gnosticism as its enemy. Recall what I
wrote earlier about the woman who rides the beast, and also the way
Satan pits
enemies together (the Hegelian Dialectic).
The Kabbalah is the source book of Jewish
mysticism or
Gnosticism. A well known Occultist,
H.P. Blavatsky, once traced the Kabbalah to the ancient mysteries of
There is certainly nothing wrong with reading Jewish literature even to include the Illuminati’s Kabbalah, or the Talmud, which teaches that Jesus Christ is boiling in his own hot excrement, or Midrash, which offers a most distorted view of the Tree of Life in relationship to the fig tree (John 1:48). I am a student of both sides of the opposition, and therefore all studies count toward learning. But, for discernment’s sake, should we not read those Hebrew writings for what they are, remembering from whence they came? Jesus was likely speaking of these Babylonian traditions when he said this:
“Judge
not according to your traditions, but judge
righteous judgment” (John
7:24).
Recall how Jesus was continually plagued by the religious leaders of his day, because what he taught was not in accordance with their traditions. Righteous judgment can only be found where truth resides. “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth” (John 17:17). Which WORD are we told will confound ALL false doctrine?
“Wherefore,
the fruit of thy [JOSEPH] loins shall
write; and the fruit of the loins of JUDAH shall write; And that which
shall be
written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written
by the
fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, Unto the confounding
of false
doctrines, and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among
the
fruit of thy loins” (2 Nephi 2:19-21).
A
Counterfeit Restoration?
Luciferians have been obedient seekers of higher wisdom for a long while, and it should be obvious by now that Satan is granting them their desires. Their one-world government is nearing completion and I feel as if I’m trying to beat the clock even as I write.
Christians who anticipate a Rapture were long ago prepared for anything but tribulation. Here again, we witness a “chosen” mentality that has been carefully nourished in order to further the strong delusion as it progresses. Some of our Restoration ideas are not much different than those of the rapture-minded Protestants. We, too, believe we will share a place of refuge for a given period of time while the rest of the world faces terrible tribulation. Yet scriptures speak often of a time when Christians will face a tremendous trial of their faith; even a time when great deception will sweep the earth (which has the possibility of deceiving even the elect):
“For
in those days, there shall also arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and
shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if possible, they
shall
deceive the very elect, who are the elect according to the covenant. Behold, I speak these things unto you for
the elect's sake” (Mat
24:23-24).
Jesus gave this admonition for the elect’s sake, not for the rest of the world. In other words, he must have thought we needed to remain vigilant during that coming timeframe.
“Yea,
the Lord, even Jesus, whose coming is not until after there cometh a
falling
away, by 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” (2 Th 2:9-10).
The above plainly tells us that Jesus will not return until there first comes a falling away. And what are we told will happen as that falling away occurs?
“Let
no man deceive you by any means; for there shall come a falling away
first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition” (2 Th 2:3).
I realize that we have long interpreted this “falling away” prophecy as having begun in the Dark Ages, but that interpretation needs a second look. If we are going to view it from that perspective, then we must admit that there has always been an apostasy. Over the last 6,000 years, whenever God moved, Satan always moved, and the Lord’s people almost immediately would begin falling sway to false doctrines and traditions. The prophets spoke repeatedly about the basic apostate “condition” of man, however, in this particular prophecy, Paul is giving a specific warning about two things: a falling away and the revealing of a false teacher. Scriptures are clear enough that most Christians will be deceived by that false teacher, so in conjunction with that understanding, consider again this prophetic falling away. While Christians are collectively in a chaotic condition at present, a good majority of them would still not fall for a guy claiming to be “Christ;” not even now, in our present “apostate” condition. Something of cataclysmic proportions will still have to occur in order for a false messiah and/or false prophets to deceive so many people.
Yes,
we have longed for
“And he
exerciseth all
the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them
which
dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed. And he
doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the
earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of
the
beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image
to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live” (Rev 13:12-14).
I know the story of Pentecost, and that Jesus and the apostles performed numerous signs and wonders and healings. I also know that God does not change. He promised that signs would manifest themselves to them who believe. I also know what the Book of Mormon says about such gifts – that if they cease, it will be because of unbelief. Perhaps we should define belief, for Jesus did not say that such gifts would NOT be done away, but rather that if they ARE done away, it would be because of unbelief.
Jesus also said this: “…when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8)
What an odd thing for Jesus to say when we know that “signs and wonders” will be in abundance in the last days. Was Jesus contradicting himself or was he trying to reveal to us the author of those latter day signs and wonders?
Remember, it would be a wicked time when the Lord would return. Besides a collective Christian “falling away” prior to his return, he said:
“…As
I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness
and
vengeance,” (Gen 7:67).
Surely not us, right? We are believers. We are chosen people.
Around the time the Book of Mormon came forth, a new pentacostalism or neo-charismatic movement was born. Our Restoration history records a return of the “signs and wonders” that were given in accordance with belief. The Book of Mormon, itself, is a sign and a wonder. But as mentioned before, something strange began to occur even in those early years, a delusion of immense proportions was birthed. Today, while miracles still occur in the Restoration as well as anywhere else, most would admit that the greater “signs and wonders” gifts have largely dissipated, while at the same time, many Christian groups are experiencing a sudden outpouring of signs and wonders, visions and dreams, and speaking in tongues; Catholics and Protestants alike.
Why do so many speak of
“spiritual gifts” as if there are only three or four – like speaking in
tongues, miracle healings, and visions and dreams?
What about the other spiritual gifts mentioned by both Paul and
What is the greatest of all gifts?
“Wherefore,
the wicked are rejected from the righteous and also from that tree of
life,
whose fruit is most precious and most desirable above all other
fruits:
Yea, and it is the greatest of all the gifts of God” (1 Ne 4:62-63).
Isn’t it interesting, in light of prophecy which speaks of coming “signs and wonders,” that Jesus spoke the following words?
“An
evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign” (Mat 12).
And that a latter day revelation was similarly given:
“And
he that seeketh signs shall see
signs, but not unto salvation”
(Sec
63:2c).
What kind of signs was Jesus speaking of? The Pharisees were always asking for signs, and Jesus revealed many signs, but apparently they were never satisfied with them. At one point, Jesus sadly said:
“Except
ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” (John 4:50).
Paul said to “covet earnestly the best gifts.” Joseph Smith, Jr. said to “seek the best gifts” (in the same passage where he warned of doctrines of devils). Neither Paul nor Joseph said to covet or seek all gifts. Both spoke of the best gifts! Perhaps more than the gifts of healings, signs and wonders, we as a people need to be praying for the gifts of discernment, and knowledge, and wisdom.
(Please
request the paper later written
called, “Restoration of All Things.”)
For a long time, there has been a character on the loose called “Lord Matreiya” who is supposed to be out in the world performing all kinds of miracles and signs and wonders and healings. The last thing I read about him is that he is the coming “Lion of Judah.” Does that sound familiar? This Matreiya considers himself to be an Ascended Master of the Light, something Kabbalists will be able to relate to. Of course, he also claims to be the “one god” that all people anticipate. I suspect he is a U.N. phony on a number of levels, but the point is that people are embracing these kinds of signs and wonders…and teachers. They are hungry for spiritual fulfillment, and are being “fed” with all the wrong food.
Meantime, sightings of the
Virgin Mary are on the increase, and people are traveling to her
visionary
spectacles by the thousands hoping to catch a glimpse of her, and also
to be
healed (many have reportedly been healed by her to include a man who
recently
had terminal cancer with just months to live).
Pope John Paul recently traveled to a popular “Marian” site in
· “When everyone is converted to my immaculate heart, then I will be able to usher in global peace on earth.”
· “Pray the rosary every day for the world to be consecrated to my immaculate heart, and it will triumph.”
· “I call upon you and you must obey me. The time is coming when the world must obey me, or face great persecution and tribulation.”
· “The reconciliation between nations is the only thing that can save us from death.”
· “Those who place their confidence in me will be saved.”
· “I am the mediator between you and God.”
· “I am the ark.”
· “I am the new Eve.”
· “I will crush the serpent.”
· “I am the door to heaven.”
· “Venerate my statues, and erect shrines and temples in my honor.”
· “I am Mary, Queen of Heaven.” (Note: read Jeremiah)
· “I am no longer Mary; I am the lady of all nations who will usher in an era of peace.”
· “The Mother wants all churches united so there will be one church for all my people.”
Get the idea? “Mary” is delivering all of these messages and more to millions of people who see her face and hear her voice somewhere on this planet almost daily. Pope John Paul II said that “if victory comes, it will come by Mary.” I have said before that The Da Vinci Code (first in book form, and soon to be a movie) is obviously going to help pave the way for a “Gnostic” agenda to proceed. And not only The Da Vinci Code, but numerous movies and history channel specials are revealing a similar agenda.
Didn’t the Lord speak of a judgment wherein many will say “Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophecy in your name, and cast out demons, etc.?” Casting out demons is a miraculous healing, yet the Lord is going to respond to these people, “You never knew me” or “I never knew you” depending upon your preferred interpretation, neither of which are good (Mat 7:32-33). Modern day visionaries, many who now refer to themselves as “restorationists” even though they do not believe the Book of Mormon, have said repeatedly that we are already at the beginning of a great revival (because they are already in the process of receiving great signs and wonders). Yet much of what they receive is Gnostic-oriented. For example, they often report visionary progressions to higher and higher revelations and wisdom (these are outward symbols used often in Freemasonry). And while crying, “A Bible, A Bible,” they refer to the Gnostic Book of Enoch as though it is the Word of God.
Why are we looking to non-Book of Mormon believing restorationists and their visions for answers about what is coming upon the earth? Why, when we have the Book of Mormon filling in all the missing blanks would we look to the visions of Catholic and Protestant ministers, many of whom are members of secret societies?
What is more disturbing about these modern day visionaries is their constant mantra that Christians will rise up like mighty men to defeat their enemies. They claim that we who oppose their miracles have a semblance of godliness yet deny the power thereof – what a profound misquote of scripture to stir pride and bring fellow initiates in line. Many of their visions are drumming up support for a kind of “civil war” where they, in their “anointed” mode, will mete out God’s justice which, they say, will first begin at His house. Remember the Jews who meted out justice upon Jesus?
This is not unlike the mentality
and propaganda of the early Crusaders, nor is it unlike something
called
Liberation Theology (a Jesuit instituted war) which is still alive and
well
today in places like Africa and
The following are additional agendas these modern day visionaries predict that they will fulfill:
· restore the Church and equip it to rule
· come to perfection and complete visible unity
· purge the earth of all wickedness and rebellion (Joel’s army)
· judge the apostate church (Joel’s army)
Do any of the above sound like Restoration beliefs? Do the scriptures tell us that Gentile Christianity is supposed to “purge the earth” of wickedness? As I understand it, God’s “battle axe” will come by way of the Jews (or Lamanites) who are the remnant of Jacob:
“And my
people who are a remnant of Jacob (God
was speaking of the Jews/Lamanites), shall be among the Gentiles, yea,
in the
midst of them, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young
lion among
the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and
teareth in
pieces, and none can deliver”
(3 Ne
9:99).
Speaking of oppositions! The above prophecy has no resemblance to Gentile Christianity’s version of the end times. So-called Christian visionaries are describing nothing less than an end-time revival of the Crusades. Did Nephi say anything particularly enlightening on this subject?
“And it came
to pass
that he said unto me, Look and behold that great and abominable church,
which
is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil. And he said unto me, Behold, there are save
two churches only: The one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the
other is
the church of the devil; Wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church
of the
Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of
abominations; And she is the whore of all the earth. And it came to
pass that I
looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many
waters; And
she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds,
tongues and
people. And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of
God, and
its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the
whore
who sat upon many waters; Nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the
Lamb,
who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth;
And their
dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the
wickedness of
the great whore whom I saw. And it came to pass that I beheld that the
great mother of abominations did gather together in multitudes upon
the
face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to
fight
against the Lamb of God” (1
Ne 3:219-229).
The
mother of abominations, who is surely that same “mother” spoken by John
in Rev
17:5, will fight against the Lord’s people.
This means that the “whore church” will go to war against the
Lamb’s Church. The same exact thing
happened
in
“And it came
to pass
that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended
upon the
saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the
Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the
earth; And they were armed with righteousness and with the power of
God in
great glory” (1 Ne 3:230-231).
Notice that a gathering has not yet taken place in this scenario, or if it has, Nephi did not see a people “in one place, in safety.” Instead he saw them (whose numbers were few) scattered upon all the face of the earth. Nephi did say that the power of God came down upon these people, and that God armed them with righteousness and power (not with knives and swords). So what have we here? We have a great church that goes to war against a scattered remnant who become armed with God’s glory, not with guns. Does this sound anything like the New Testament apostles? Were they not armed with God’s glory and righteousness? Did they not speak all the right words at all the right times? That is the power of heaven coming down.
The message of the gospel has always been that we take up our cross, and be prepared to die for our Savior’s name’s sake. This does not mean that all of that remnant will die. The Lord promised that he would return quickly (or else there would be no flesh saved- Mark 13:22) and that he would “quicken” those who remain. Perhaps we should look at it this way. God already knows how many will face death and how many will be spared in that scenario. If we must be on the side of the martyrs (and some of us will take that role, making believers out of non-believers – Dan 11:33-35), a resurrection will not be far behind. If it turns out that we are chosen to be martyrs, how difficult can it be if we are armed with righteousness and power? The apostles practically rejoiced during the times of their temporal demise.
“And blessed
are ye when
men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of
evil
against you falsely, for my sake. For ye shall have great joy, and be
exceeding
glad; for great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they
the
prophets which were before you”
(Mat
5:13-14).
I realize that the scripture just quoted is hard to hear, but we need to hear it. We need to hear less talk about how chosen and special we are, and to be reminded that we, as servants, are not greater than our Lord. If they persecuted him, they will persecute us.
“Remember
the word that I said unto you. The servant
is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
also
persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also” (John 15:20).
There will be martyrs, else the scriptures are a lie.
… the time
cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service” (John 16:2).
“…and I saw
the souls of
them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of
God, and
which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had
received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and
reigned with
Christ a thousand years” (Rev 20:4).
Did Christ give any instruction as to whether we should wield swords in the days ahead? Yes:
“If any man
have an ear,
let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity;
he that
killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the
patience and
the faith of the saints” (Rev
13:9-10).
Could all these verses have anything to do with Amos’ warning not to desire the day of the Lord?
“Woe unto you
that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of
the Lord
is darkness, and not light” (Amos 5:18).
And also Isaiah who warned not to wish for the hastening of Christ’s return?
“Woe
unto them that draw iniquity with cords of
vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope; That say, Let him make
speed, and
hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy
One of
Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!” (Isa 5:18-19)
If we rely on scripture to reveal the manner, and timing of the Lord’s Kingdom, the “opposition counterfeit” should not come as a surprise.
Comparing
Kingdoms
What does scripture tell us about the Kingdom of Jesus Christ? Is it already in progress conquering the world’s kingdoms, or is this current “revival” an ecumenical one being engineered by the Assyrian?
“And
for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given, and he
lieth not,
but fulfilleth all his words; and no unclean thing can enter into
his
kingdom; Therefore nothing entereth into his rest, save it be those
who
have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the
repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end” (3 Ne 12:31-32).
Paul told us to seek immortality (Rom 2:7). Why?
“Now this
I say,
brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
What about the prophecy that the Book of Mormon and the Bible will “grow together?” Might that have already started? Could these visionaries be receiving “restoration” visions because of the influence the Book of Mormon has had on the world since 1830? The answer, I believe, is “no,” because the two books will not begin to grow together until another “Moses” has been raised up to perform a mighty work.
“And Moses
will I raise
up, to deliver thy people out of the
Surely it is obvious that peace has not
been established and that false doctrines have not
been confounded by these
sticks of Judah (Bible) and Joseph (Book of Mormon), even if the time
will come
when both sets of records will be used to do just that.
Given the condition of the Restoration
movement since 1830, would we not be deceiving ourselves to think that
we have
been laying down contentions, establishing peace, and confounding all
false
doctrine? The
The adversary is preparing whomever will follow
him for a
special anointing of “light,” that via his light, we can enter into his
“
“At
the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the
greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?” (Mat 18:1)
I know that we all long for the Kingdom, and with great anticipation await the time when evil is wiped from the face of this earth. I also know that “endowment” and being a “chosen people” is a common theme among Restorationists. So common, in fact, that such a state of mind has divided the brethren. How many churches now exist who make the claim that “I, I am the Lord’s.” Are we ready for Satan’s weapons of mass destruction?
The counterfeit restoration movements of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries convinced many of our people that they should seek after signs, to exercise their faith in such a way as to even expect such signs, or be accused of lack of faith. The holy prophets of scripture who were given signs from God never went seeking for them; in fact, they were usually startled and humbled by them. It is the Lord’s will, not ours, that grants a sign, or heals the sick. Not today, but someday, the Lord will heal an entire nation.
“I
will heal their (
Are we seeking miracles, or are we seeking what God asked us to seek – a knowledge of him, that which affords us wisdom?
“O how
marvelous are the
works of the Lord, and how long doth he suffer with his people; Yea,
and how
blind and impenetrable are the understandings of the children of men:
for they
will not seek wisdom…” (Mos
5:84-85).
Are
we seeking first to build up the kingdom and establish his righteousness (Mat 6:38),
and to establish the cause of
“…every
man who seeketh truth presseth into the
Luciferians and their congregation of the deceived are awaiting a kingdom which will press into them; a kingdom that will empower them through an anointing (endowment) and a form of revival that will transform the world. They desire a kingdom in which their flesh can dwell. As “chosen people,” they seek recruitment into Joel’s army, waiting for the command to destroy every evil thing that gets in their way, and then finally reigning as kings and priests upon the earth. Yes, I know it sounds familiar. It is so close to the truth that it looks like the truth; two angels of light sitting side by side. One is the light of Christ; the other, the light of the adversary. It is called OPPOSITION.
Recall
my earlier mention of Albert Pike, the father of Freemasonry in
Albert
Pike’s inspiration for three world wars was dictated in order to bring
to pass
Lucifer’s finally established kingdom on earth. The
first two wars accomplished their intended mission.
The first war was fought to remove the power
of the Czars in
"The
Third World War must be fomented by
taking advantage of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the
"Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the leaders of
Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the
Moslem
Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of
In a
200 year old document titled, “Original Writings
of the Order and Sect
of the Illuminati, the last
protocol (#24) speaks of a king who will ultimately reign over the
earth:
“…The King of the Jews
must not be at the mercy of his passions, and especially of sensuality;
on no
side of his character must he give brute instinct power over his mind… The prop of humanity in the person of the
supreme
lord of all the world of the holy seed of David must sacrifice to his
people
all personal inclinations. Our supreme
lord must be of an exemplary irreproachability.”
It would seem that Lucifer has plans for a kingdom in which his son will rule for a time. But we know that this kingdom will fail, and then the beauty of true restoration prophecy will prosper.
Summary
If you were Satan (God forbid),
what kind of deception would you invent to fool as many Christians as
possible over
the 2,000+ year time span that is afforded you? I
would say Satan has a pretty clever plan. After
Pentecost, when Christians had the
greatest truths and were most on fire for Jesus Christ, Satan
persecuted the
majority of them to their deaths. Once
enough time had lapsed and the majority of the elect were destroyed, he
could
then initiate his next agenda, which was to institute a universal
“church” that
would convince Christians world-wide that certain men were infallible
and that
salvation must come through their authority.
This is how Satan removed the Word of God from their lives, and
gave
them collective membership into the Great and
I hope we proceed with great caution before we embrace various points of view about a coming “restoration” or a coming kingdom on earth. The truth can be found only in the Word of God, the two sticks that is said will confound all false doctrine.
It should come as no surprise that Satan’s servants can recite God’s Word by memory. While Jesus fasted on the mount for forty days, Satan came tempting him. In one of those encounters, Satan quoted the Old Testament to Jesus.
“Then
the devil came unto him and said, If thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down,
for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee, and
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
foot
against a stone” (Mat 4:6).
Satan was quoting Psalms 91:12: “They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
If the devil has always worked in counterfeits, why wouldn’t his final act be the counterfeit to end all counterfeits? Once again, Paul passionately warned:
“Let no man deceive you by any means; for
there
shall 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 worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
showing
himself that he is God” (2 Th
2:3-4).
The Luciferian elite, who have long dazzled the masses with their methods of polarization (pitting peoples and governments against each other) have anticipated the day when they can finally usher in their “ordo ab chao,” which simply means, out of chaos, order. They created the chaos, and they will create the “order.” They have created our bondage, and they will offer to lift us out of it. That is the whole purpose behind all of this temporal and spiritual warfare in our midst, to pit people against people, and governments against governments, and I might add, peoples against governments. When things finally get bad enough, we will be ready for a Savior or saviors and these Occult/Pagan/Gnostic/Luciferians are anxiously waiting to give us what we desire.
Occult writings speak of a false “Christ” who will rise from the ashes, like the mythological phoenix rose from the ashes. This is in harmony with their scheme that out of chaos will come order. I suspect that it could be from the ashes of cataclysmic war that their king may finally reign. Can there be any doubt at all that this war has already begun?
A popular interpretation concerning the white horse of the apocalypse, is that it represents a revival or an endowment. I am going to suggest that the rider of that white horse actually represents the very opposite of that interpretation; perhaps a false anointing. John said that the white horse rider would go forth “conquering.” In the Strong’s Concordance, the word “conquer” means to overcome (#3528). There is a prophecy about being overcome which says this:
“And it was given unto him to make war
with the
saints, and to overcome
them; and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations” (Rev 13:7).
What
a pearl of great price to know that there is an “opposition in all
things.” There is no better explanation
for why mankind was given the choice in the garden.
There is no better explanation for why God, himself, atoned for
our sins. There is no better
explanation for the meaning of life.
Even
The more understanding we have of this opposition in all things, the better we can also appreciate our role in this world, and why this day of probation was never meant to be “easy.” Little wonder the Gnostics are so fascinated by their understanding of “dualism” (oppositions), for it sets them apart with knowledge for how to control a less-informed world. Having an understanding of oppositions (and how they mimic each other) gives one a kind of spiritual power over one’s enemy, not to mention it helps us discern the words of the prophets:
“Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good
evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put
bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter” (Isa 5:20).
“…a city
reserved until a day of righteousness shall come: a day which was
sought for by
all holy men, and they found it not, because of wickedness and
abominations,
and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the earth, but obtained a promise that they should
find it,
and see it in their flesh” (Sec 45:2).
“And blessed
are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute, and shall say all
manner
of evil against you falsely, for my sake, For ye shall
have great joy and be exceeding glad, for great shall be
your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were
before you”
(3 Nephi 5:58-59).
“Take, my
brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and
of patience. Behold, we count them happy
which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen
the end of
the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy” (James
5:10-11).
The Lord calls us to be joyful and happy, but what does that mean? To the world, happiness is defined in the “here and now;” taking the best this life can offer – fame, money, luxury, and prestige. To the true Christian, happiness is inner peace due to the assurance and blessed hope of an eternally better day. The world does not understand that kind of happiness, but we should. Not only will it make us wise in the Lord to have that understanding, but it will help us cope with the battles we face and will face in the coming days. May God grant us with ever-increasing understanding of these “oppositions” so that we might withstand the adversary’s counterfeits.
ENDNOTE
The
following comment was posted to the chofjclist on 8 July 2006, and is
relative
to the above topic. It
really bothers me when people talk about the sifting as being of the
Lord...When people leave a group or church , I have heard that" Christ
must be doing the sifting! " Luke 22:31
"And the Lord said, Simon,
Simon, behold satan hath
desired you, that he may sift the
children of the kingdom as wheat!"
Jan
responds: I have moments where I think, "What are
we doing?" "We," as in Christians in general who believe
in Christ. "We," as in Restorationists who believe in
Christ. Why are "we" so hard on each other, and why do we allow
Satan to sift us, as you quoted above.
But then I remember that there is an opposition
in all things. As you like to say, Satan scatters and Christ
gathers;
and yet, God also scatters and Satan also gathers. It all depends
upon
the circumstances. For example, Isaiah speaks of the Lord
"sifting" the nations:
"Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning
with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy; his lips are full of
indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire; And his breath, as an
overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, *to sift the
nations*
with the sieve of vanity; and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of
the
people, causing them to err." (Isaiah 30:27-28)
The
prophet
Amos said that the Lord will "sift" the House of Israel, like corn is
sifted in a sieve (Amos 9:9).
And
although we know that the Lord's promises to gather his people are
sure,
scripture also tells us in many places that Satan also gathers.
There is
a prophecy in Isaiah that speaks of the enemy gathering against the
holy
people, where the Lord specifically says that they (the enemy) will
gather...but not by Him:
"Behold, *they shall surely gather together against thee, but not by
me;*
whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake." (Isaiah 54:15)
In
relation
to Isaiah's prophecy above, Nephi spoke specifically of that future
gathering:
"And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of
abominations
*did gather together in multitudes* upon the face of all the earth,
among all
the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God." (1 Nephi 3:229)
So
it looks
to me like it just depends upon the interpretation as to who's doing
the
scattering and who's doing the gathering, which is why the sifting in
Christianity could be interpreted more than one way (opposition
in all things). Yes, Satan is certainly busy scattering
the power of the holy people, yet the Lord is also calling his people
out of
When
I
ponder the events of 2000 years ago, when the holy people (the elect
people)
killed their Messiah, and then I compare that to a future event
described by
Nephi who envisioned a great church who will war against the Lamb's
people
(history repeating itself), then I can better appreciate what Jesus
meant when
he said that he came not to bring peace, but a sword (His Word) and
division
(sifting). I can also appreciate what Jesus meant when he spoke
of
false leaders who would preach "another Jesus," meaning that
there would be gospels preached of Jesus Christ that would be contrary
to the
Truth.
It may
seem right that all Christians should unite against what is
obviously evil
in the world (the heathen), yet what is evil isn't always so
obvious. If
it were, the Jews would not have killed their Christ all those years
ago, nor
would they continue to reject him to this day.
It
wasn't
the heathen in those days (Roman Gentiles) who wanted Christ
dead. It was
the House of Israel. It's sobering, and Jesus tells us very
plainly in 3
Nephi that Isaiah's words both *have been* and *shall be.* Nephi
didn't
say that Christians would be at war with the atheist world in the last
days. He said that a "church" people would be at war with
another "church" people. So although all church people proclaim
a love for Jesus Christ, somebody (a great and abominable many) will
have it
wrong. Pretty sobering, and humbling. Just my thoughts, for
what they're
worth.