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SECRETS ARE OUT
By Jan Griffith, July, 2007

           

 

“Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man who built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock, and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock.” (Luke 6:47-48)

 

A few days ago, I received a letter from a friend in Germany who commented that the German media was now revealing information about an age-old conspiracy.  She wrote:

 

"It was around the beginning of this year when I listened to a man of science on TV.  I couldn't believe it.  He was talking about the Illuminati which was founded in 1776.  The man mentioned several mysterious numbers.  One of those was the number 23 (9+11+2001).  Another number is 666, and of course as we know if the number 13 falls on a Friday for a high percentage of people it means bad luck -- there are more car accidents than on any other day of the year -- also the Wall Street crash happened on 13 May.  What was mentioned as well was the eye which sees everything.  It used to be or still is on the one dollar note.  That's a symbol of the masons." (HJ)

 

Earlier in the year, I heard from cousins in England.  They knew I had studied “conspiracies” for a number of years, and because they were starting to hear about them in their [London] media, they asked if I had more information to share.  Around that same time, I received a call from a sister in the Church who lives in Pennsylvania.  She couldn’t wait to tell me what she had just seen on the History Channel – a program about secret societies.  U.S. News and World Report just published something called Mysteries of History, Secret Societies. It reveals the “dark” history of secret societies including Knights Templar, Rosicrucian, Illuminati, Opus Dei, Freemasonry, and more.  For most people, these types of publications and television shows are their first introduction to the “hidden hand” that steers world events.  

 

I was first introduced to secret societies about seven or eight years ago, and even then, obtaining information about them was next to impossible.  It didn’t take long to realize that only a few knew very much at all concerning these societies, about how they were spiritually linked to one another, and especially about how they were influencing Christianity, including the church I grew up in.

 

But things are a-changing.  Information on secret societies is seeping into the mainstream.  What once was known only among a few and was often too dangerous to discuss publicly, has now become a conversation piece, and even Hollywood-style entertainment.  What happened?  Are people hearing the truth about these societies or are they receiving a biased report?  The short answer is, “they are receiving a biased report.”  Add that biased report to this generation’s scriptural ignorance, and the combination is potentially lethal. 

 

 

A Conspiracy

 

God’s Word reveals that an invisible, multi-generational conspiracy would exist.  She goes by the name of Babylon.  Aside from scripture, however, there are many documents which also reveal the conspiracy including the actual “agenda” we see unfolding before us.  For example, we have a 200+ year old writing that is tried and true, even if not very well understood.

 

Our power will be more invisible than any other...it will remain invisible until it has gained such strength that no cunning can any longer undermine it.  A plan which is laid...which we cannot deviate without running the risk of seeing the labor of many centuries brought to naught. (Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion, #1).

 

In other words, there was a conspiracy laid centuries ago, and that conspiracy is now reaching the latter end of its purpose.  Power that was once in secret chambers is no longer invisible.  The adversary has surfaced to make his deceptive case in broad daylight.  

 

It requires spiritual eyes to see a multi-generational conspiracy.  The world has long mocked conspiracy “theorists” because the world lacks spiritual vision.  The world is an enemy to God (James 4:4).  Why is the world an enemy to God?  For the same reason that immature children secretly hate their parents when they lay down the law.  Admit it.  We want to speak ugly about our neighbor because he is different than we are.  We are jealous of those who have more than we do.  We’ll often lie to get our way.  We’d rather play with our toys instead of doing homework, and eat and drink the wrong things until we vomit.  We, by nature, are disobedient to all that is right and good, which explains why there have always been wars and discontent on this earth.  Yes, there are reasons why the world is an enemy to God, and even hates God (John 15:18).  The “world” would profess otherwise, of course, since the majority of its inhabitants are not atheist, per se, but are in some form “spiritual.”  The social message Jesus preached has even resonated among Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and Islam.  Babylon, also known as the Great and Abominable Church, is recruiting in mass numbers.  No matter the religious affiliation, she is still “of the world,” and she is still an enemy to God.  She mocks the idea of a multi-generational conspiracy because she does not know God’s Word, nor does she know his law which is the knowledge of her own sin.  While she scoffs at the mention of conspiracy, little does she realize her own involvement in it, or what its ultimate purpose will be for her.

 

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“For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people” (Isaiah 60:2).

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One of the reasons conspiracy theorists are ridiculed is that in many cases they, too, have spiritual blindness.  Writings like the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion have caused many to stumble and to believe that “Jews” are the enemy.  It was this manner of thinking that brought Hitler to power, and interesting enough, Anti-Semitism was a prearranged part of the equation.  The Protocols authors, themselves, wrote that “Anti-Semitism is indispensable to us for the management of our lesser brethren.” (Protocol of the Learned Elders of Sion, #9)

 

How could Anti-Semitism be indispensable to a conspiring group of Jews?  The world is in spiritual darkness because it doesn’t know God’s Word which explains what it means that not all Jews are Jews, and that Jews, themselves, are identified as the children of promise, not the children of the flesh. 

 

Bloodlines aside, the Protocol authors and our spiritual enemies are not Jews by the Lord’s definition.  They are the hierarchy of Mystery Babylon the Great, and also her followers, a cabalist people of all religions and beliefs.  The Whore is being prepared for her bastard bridegroom.

 

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“And now it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that there were robbers among them, they were exceeding sorrowful; and they did use every means in their power, to destroy them off the face of the earth. But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts of the more part of the Nephites, insomuch that they did unite with those bands of robbers, and did enter into their covenants, and their oaths, that they would protect and preserve one another, in whatsoever difficult circumstances they should be placed, that they should not suffer for their murders, and their plunderings, and their stealings. And it came to pass that they did have their signs, yea, their secret signs, and their secret words; and this that they might distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant, that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do, he should not be injured by his brother, nor by those who did belong to his band, who had taken this covenant; And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal, and commit whoredoms, and all manner of wickedness, contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God; And whosoever of those who belonged to their band, should reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations, should be tried, not according to the laws of their country, but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had been given by Gadianton and Kishkumen. Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants, which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction. Now behold, those secret oaths and

 

covenants did not come forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto Helaman; But behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton, by that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit; yea, the same being who did plot with Cain, that if he would murder his brother Abel, it should not be known unto the world. And he did plot with Cain and his followers, from that time forth. And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of the people, to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get to heaven. And it was that same being who led on the people who came from that tower into this land; who spread the works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land, until he dragged the people down to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell; Yea, it is that same being who put it into the heart of Gadianton, to still carry on the work of darkness, and of secret murder;  and he has brought it forth from the beginning of man, even down to this time. And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin. And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness from generation to generation, according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the children of men.”  (Helaman 2:144-156)

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For Book of Mormon believers, the above verses should clearly reveal that the Gadianton Robbers are the thieves of this world.  They want to steal our souls.  These verses should also reveal that a multi-generational conspiracy has indeed occurred, from generation to generation.  The Bible speaks also of these robbers:

 

“And Leah said, A troop cometh; and she called his name Gad(Genesis 30:11).

 

“When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without” (Hosea 7:1).

 

“Who among them will give ear unto thee, or hearken and hear thee for the time to come? and who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom they have sinned?” (Isaiah 42:24)

 

Please read verses Alma 17:59-61 and Helaman 2:149 and keep them in mind as I share what the “Noahides” are now teaching behind their pulpits.  (“Noahides” is the term I use to identify a people who seek to establish “Noahide” or “Moral” or “Universal” Law.)  

 

They say:

 

The Jewish people were once enslaved in Egypt under Pharaoh.  During that time, there existed something called the "pagan priesthoods."  These priesthoods ruled over every ancient society and they were "internationally linked" among all religions.  They came to power because they were a "chosen people" who had come in contact with truth -- especially the true teachings of Noah.  Noah had received the "eternal universal covenant" of the Law directly from God, and these internationally linked pagan priesthoods were entrusted with the job of teaching the truth of this covenant.  However, this did not happen.  The “truth” was never taught openly.  Instead, the pagan priesthood became greedy in their knowledge, and decided to retain their "hidden wisdom" among themselves, which would be passed down from generation to generation -- but only among themselves.  Instead of teaching people truth, they taught them falsehoods about God.  For example, they invented stories about trinities (three gods), and that God had a "son." They convinced the world that they were authority figures from God, and that people should listen to, and trust in them.  They taught people to bring their tithes and sacrifices, and in exchange, they gave blessings, prayed for miracles, and issued absolution from sin.  Because they knew the “truth,” these priesthoods knew how to "tap into" the power of God.  Even if they didn’t always “tap into” it correctly, they possessed enough power to convince their subjects of their authority. They were like Pharaoh's magicians who could turn the Nile River into blood.  They deceived the people, and as a result, their followers became weak, easily manipulated, impoverished, superstitious, and basically under the rule of these priesthoods. They formed secret societies.  They had "gnosis" (knowledge), and they took on many names, like Templars and Freemasons.  Each society was the same; each advanced their subjects through a series of steps or grades or degrees as their knowledge progressed toward the Truth.  These priesthoods have TEMPORARILY RETURNED TO SHOW THEMSELVES in our day.  They are BRINGING THEMSELVES OUT INTO THE OPEN in preparation for a final cleansing of the world.  The time is coming when all things previously taught by these pagan priesthoods (including everything from UFOs to a Holy Trinity) will be exposed for what they truly are -- all lies.  Even the so-called "tolerance movement" will be exposed for what it really is.  When "the messiah" comes, all of these forms of paganism will be eliminated with one sweep of the brush.  The whole world will then learn the Truth, and all knees will bow to that Truth.  Of course, that is when the world will abide by the true Law of the Universe – the Noahide laws.  (The War of Gog and Magog is Already Beginning, Dr. B. Ellison, 2001)

 

Allow me to summarize what we just read above, only I will use slightly different terminology. 

 

From the beginning was a “chosen priesthood” who was given by God to know the mysteries of his Kingdom.  This priesthood was given the keys that unlocked these mysteries.  “He [Jesus] answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given” (Matthew 13:9).  So, from the beginning, or at least since the days of Noah, and in every religion including Christianity, these priesthoods have long taught lies to the people [enter Roman Catholicism].  But little did the people understand that those lies were for their own good.  “And the mysteries of the kingdom ye shall keep within yourselves; for it is not meet to give that which is holy unto the dogs; neither cast ye your pearls unto swine, lest they trample them under their feet” (Matthew 7:10).  Had these priesthoods taught the truth, the world could not have handled the truth, and would have been brought down to destruction.  “Now behold, it is these secret oaths and covenants, which Alma commanded his son should not go forth unto the world, lest they should be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction” (Helaman 2:159).  But now is the time for this chosen priesthood -- long disguised as an evil pagan priesthood -- to be brought into the open.  Its former lies must soon be revealed so that the world can finally receive God’s hidden mysteries and long awaited Kingdom on earth.  Those who refuse to bow to the “True God” will be trodden underfoot.  God’s justice and law will prevail under the leadership of the chosen priesthood in the Kingdom of God on earth.

 

I think we are going to learn that there is no difference between what the Noahides call the “pagan priesthoods” and God’s true “chosen priesthood.”  In other words, I think that a supposed “true priesthood” claiming to hold the keys to these mysteries of the kingdom will come forth, declaring the “falsehoods” as well as the “truth” to the world, interpreting scripture as they go.  At such time, they will teach that God’s “true priesthood” was commanded to keep the mysteries to themselves “in secret” for the world’s sake – and that “latter day revelations” were God’s plan all along.  Perhaps they will also tell us that “as we exercise faith like the brother of Jared” (Ether 1:101), “everything hid will be made known” (Matthew 10:23).

 

I still envision a great delusion in progress; a counterfeit of all things God promised for the last days.  Will it culminate in the apostasy Paul warned us about which would precede Christ’s return?  Given that these lies will be wrapped in Bible and Book of Mormon verses, the likelihood of deceiving the covenant elect may be greater than we think.  If a Melchizedek priesthood comes forth in possession of a key to the mysteries of heaven, they may be quite persuasive in their scriptural interpretation of those mysteries.  For example, they might teach that the reason Alma commanded his son not to bring forth those secret oaths and covenants was “for the good of the people.”  After all, those living in Alma’s day were not yet prepared to receive those mysteries; therefore, Alma would have commanded they be held back “so as not to destroy the people.”  This erroneous interpretation would fall seriously short, however, to the student who trusts the Rod of Iron over the words of men, as the very next two verses of this scripture reveal clearly why Alma commanded his son not to bring those secret oaths and covenants forth.  It was because they contained the same forbidden fruit that our first parents ate in the Garden; the same fruit that is being eaten today, and will probably be eaten in abundance when these lies finally do go forth by a seemingly authoritative priesthood:

 

“Now behold, those secret oaths and covenants did not come forth unto Gadianton from the records which were delivered unto Helaman; But behold, they were put into the heart of Gadianton, by that same being who did entice our first parents to partake of the forbidden fruit; yea, the same being who did plot with Cain, that if he would murder his brother Abel, it should not be known unto the world” (Helaman 2:150-151).

 

Another related Book of Mormon verse could also be used to deceive:

 

“Wherefore the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you, that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you, or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who build it up. For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up, seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations and countries” (Ether 3:98-99).

 

It says that we are to awaken when we see “these things” come among us.  What things?  Secret combinations!  What are we seeing “come forth among us” today?  Secret societies!  Secret combinations!  Remember what the Noahides said?  They said that all of the lies of this pagan priesthood will be exposed, to include the tolerance movement, global warming – yes, virtually every aspect of the “New World Order” will be revealed for what it truly is – a plot hatched to “overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries.”  See?  I can just hear them now, pointing to the Department of Homeland Security, National ID cards, even the United Nations, and saying, “These pagan priesthoods are trying to remove your freedoms and your liberties!”

 

But why would this “priesthood” want to expose all these bad things if, in fact, they also desired to use them to their own advantage?  It is for the same reason that the “pagan priesthood” is really the “chosen priesthood.”  The fear of the former has been required in order to bring to pass the fear and honor of the latter. 

 

“Out of the temporary evil we're now compelled to commit will emerge the good of an unshakeable rule, which will restore the regular course of the machinery of national life, brought to naught by liberalism.”  (Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion, #1)

 

It would seem that the evil this “priesthood” has been compelled to commit is going to become even more evil in the coming days.  Albert Pike defined this time as “unleashing the nihilists and atheists so that a formidable (strong; impressive) social cataclysm (catastrophe; sudden, violent change) in all its horror will demonstrate the origin of savagery.”  It would seem to me that the recent emergence of secret societies may be in preparation to accomplish this very thing.  “Then everywhere,” said Albert Pike, “citizens will feel pressed to defend themselves, exterminating their destroyers.”  Was he describing a people who would turn against their current system of government?  Pike then went on to say that such a cataclysm would cause the multitudes to become disillusioned with Christianity, and anxious for a spiritual ideal – thus, I would have to suppose, they would be ready to embrace a “true priesthood” and a “true church.”

 

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That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled by letter, except ye receive it from us; neither by spirit, nor by word, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 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 Thessalonians 2:2-3).

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I think even Isaiah tried to warn us of this unleashing of nihilists and atheists:

 

“For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid” (Isaiah 8:11-12).

 

A “confederacy” means a “conspiracy.”  This passage of Isaiah has long intrigued me, and is making more sense all the time.  Secret societies are manifesting themselves openly to the world for the purpose of bringing terror, and fear, to the world’s population.  This fear [of an unseen power] will be necessary in order to bring the people to a state of crisis, so that the revealing of true priesthood authority will be a very welcomed sight. 

 

“Terror tends to produce blind submission” (Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion, #1).

 

We are already being terrorized with the “War on Terror;” however, I am sure that these “pagan priesthoods” intend to bring the world further to its knees in fear of what secret societies may still have up its sleeve for them – Armageddon, maybe even a chip in the hand.  It seems their plan is to simultaneously frighten the entire world so that a “savior” or “saviors” would be a very welcomed sight. 

 

In the same lecture where the Noahides foretold the emergence of these “pagan priesthoods,” they also spoke somewhat confidently that their “messiah” would soon follow and destroy those pagan priesthoods – perhaps even within the next ten or so years.  They obviously believed that the time was close for not only the pagan priesthoods to surface, but also to be destroyed.  Not long after that lecture (dated 2001), these so-called pagan priesthoods did, in fact, surface.  Ever so gradually, we are seeing more and more of them.

 

I do not place my trust in prophetic utterances of the enemy, as they can only make educated guesses as to when their “kingdom on earth” will be established.  But I do know that God has placed it in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree to his will, and to give their kingdom “unto the beast” until his words have been fulfilled (Revelation 17:17).  Therefore, it is and it has been their kingdom to plan, and to establish.  Guided by principalities from on high (or perhaps rather from the abyss), they have organized their kingdom ever so carefully lo these many generations, and what they have designed is in fact coming to pass in this generation.  “It is the kingdom of the devil which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh” (1 Nephi 7:49).

 

Enter author Dan Brown, who has presumably met privately with the Roman Pope and the Mormon Prophet, and who has been leading the entire world on a massive treasure hunt with the help of his fictitious character named Robert Langdon.  Langdon is a professor of “Symbology;” an expert in all things hidden and mysterious.  Langdon informs his students that every part of their lives have been veiled in symbols, from the obvious things like sacred rituals and ordinances, to the not so obvious things like numbers, letters, characters, objects, literature, and architecture.  What do all these symbols mean?  What have they meant?  Has the entire world really been walking around in darkness at noonday?  Have we really been surrounded for generations by objects that are something other than what they profess to be?  Actually, Langdon is correct.  We have, in fact, been under a veil of symbols.  Symbols are visible things that by association or convention represent something else that is invisible.  We are, in fact, under a veil, both earthly and heavenly.  It is the earthly veil that Satan controls.

 

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“…that old serpent called the devil, and also called Satan, which deceiveth the whole world” (Revelation 12:8).

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The pagan priesthoods who created these earthly symbols, thereby keeping us “under their veil,” have apparently concluded that the time is right to remove their symbolic veils and thus reveal their meanings.  This, after all, is an enlightened and scientifically educated generation – we must be ripened enough to be brought the rest of the way “out of the darkness” and “into the light.”  Dan Brown is obviously one among many who has been chosen to set us on the path to this buried treasure of illumination.

 

In Brown's first world-wide phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, we learned that a secret society had long retained the secrets of a holy bloodline that traced back to Jesus Christ.  We were also told that this society had to remain "in secret" because Christianity (Catholicism) had suppressed these people, and even killed many of them. What made this bloodline so special is that they possessed the source of God's power on earth.  But there is more to the story.  Dan Brown reveals to us later that the true purpose of this secret society was really to protect the Church's source of God's power on earth.  In other words, the society was secretly required to protect a church and its hidden power or true priesthood in possession of the true mysteries and powers of God’s kingdom on earth.

 

Through Robert Langdon’s character, we have all been sent on a vast treasure hunt to find this People, this Church, and this Light.  Once found, the Lord’s True Church will teach us the truth about ourselves, and that to be human is to be divine, with Jesus as our example who grew from grace to grace until he had received the fullness of God (see Section 90:2a).  As Jared Edson recently wrote, the battlefield is being prepared.  The “ground troops” won’t show their faces until their fields have been made ready.  See Jared’s short essay at the end of this paper.

 

Those who watched the movie, The Da Vinci Code may recall that Sophie (the possessor of the royal bloodline) was able to heal Robert Langdon's physical and emotional distress, simply by the touch of her hands.  She had learned this ancient practice from her mother.  Today, the whole world is turned on to magic in one way or another.  Children everywhere want to be like Harry Potter, the wizard.  Adults who dabble in various forms of “spirituality” do it seeking a form of immortal perfection in the flesh (not for the glory of God).  Meanwhile, today’s Christians are promised spiritual awakenings, participation in Joel’s Army, and endowments that will return the gifts of the Spirit in full.  It would seem that the inhabitants of this world are more desirous of self-divinity than they are godly wisdom and understanding.

 

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“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters; they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken anymore? ye will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.” (Isaiah 1:4-5)

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Dan Brown's next theatrical installment, already advertised in the recently released DVD of The Da Vinci Code, is Angels and Demons.  In this so-called work of fiction, the destroyer of Catholicism thought that he was doing the work of the Illuminati.  But as it turned out, he had worked for Catholicism all along.  The Illuminati, as it also turned out, was just a myth – a necessary creation for the protection of the Church.  Here is a quote from the book:

 

"Listen to the singing," the camerlengo said, smiling, his own heart rejoicing.  "Nothing unites hearts like the presence of evil.  Burn a church and the community rises up, holding hands, singing hymns of defiance as they rebuild.  Look how they flock tonight.  Fear has brought them home.  Force modern demons for modern man.  Apathy is dead.  Show them the face of evil -- Satanists lurking among us -- running our governments, our banks, our schools, threatening to obliterate the very House of God with their misguided science.  Depravity runs deep.  Man must be vigilant.  Seek the goodness.  BECOME the goodness.

 

The book Angels and Demons subtly informs us that Catholicism decides to expose her creation (the Illuminati) for a purpose.  To quote from pages 536-537, “the ancient demons had been resurrected to awaken an indifferent world.”  In other words, the world having become apathetic and amoral required that the fear of God be put into them so that the Church could once again become relevant; the Church, of course, meaning the Great and Abominable Church.  This is surely what the Noahides mean when they teach that the “pagan priesthoods have temporarily returned, bringing themselves out into the open in preparation for a final cleansing.  When they speak of a “final cleansing,” they are speaking of a worldly condition of apathy and amorality that must be put to an end.  Is this the plan – a resurrected Church, or previously wounded head finally healed that will be given a mouth to speak great blasphemies for a period of forty-two months (Revelation 13:5)?  The question is, “who” or “what” is this resurrected church? 

 

An interesting metaphor is found in a book titled, The Union Jack, by Helen Peters, which states that “it is like the man who wanted a fur coat and volunteered to let a bear eat him.  The man in this riddle is the Catholic Church.  It was the Vatican in Angels and Demons, who brought her secret society Illuminati out into the open, so that the whole world would be united in fear – and all of this for the purpose of making the Church relevant again.  But again, which church?

The church did not need to change, it simply needed to remind the world it was relevant!  Evil lives!  God will overcome!  (Angels & Demons, pg. 549)

 

Remember the Noahides’ prediction that the pagan priesthoods were bringing themselves into the open for a final cleansing?  Remember Albert Pike’s prediction that the nihilists and atheists would be unleashed to produce a formidable social cataclysm?  In the book, Angels and Demons, the savagery produced by a secret society involved the near annihilation of Vatican Citythe supposed authoritative representative of Christianity.  What might we deduce from that?

 

Assuming that Dan Brown is being used to reveal Satan’s end-time events (and he is), we can  see that the way in which the Great and Abominable Church intends to make herself “relevant,” is to expose her own creation – the terror of secret societies.  And sure enough, people are starting to wake up to these societies because they are being shoved in our faces.  More and more, I am hearing from Protestant and Christian friends alike that “things are getting bad,” and that “they worry for their children’s and their grandchildren’s sake.”  The more they learn about the “veil” they’ve been kept under (via symbols), and the more they learn about secret societies that have been controlling their world, the more frightened they will become, and the more they will cry out “Conspiracy” in fear, and the more ready they will be for the relevance of a “true Church.”

           

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“Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid” (Isaiah 8:12).

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Dan Brown reveals the same agenda that the Noahides teach, and that the Luciferian hierarchy foretold – those like Freemason’s Albert Pike, Theosophist’s Madame Blavatsky, and the authors of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion.  What all these and other luminaries reveal is that behind the face of Christianity lurks a Great and Abominable Church – an Apostate or Whore who has long ridden a Beast of her own creation.  We know, of course, that the secret societies mentioned in Dan Brown’s books (Illuminati, Priori of Sion, and soon to be Freemasonry) are only three in a long line of this Whore’s secret societies and combinations.   Dan Brown’s books are still fiction, even if superimposed in truth.

 

The following prophecies may be of interest while pondering these things:

 

1)       The woman rides the beast.  (Revelation 17:3)

 

2)       The BEAST has seven heads, one of which will be healed.  That “healed” head will war against the Lord’s people (Revelation 13:3-7).

 

3)       The BEAST also has ten horns.  All ten horns will war against the Lord’s people (Revelation 17:12-14).

 

4)       The WOMAN who rides this beast represents a great and abominable church.  That church will war against the Lord’s people (Revelation 17:5; 1 Nephi 3:229).

 

It would seem that both the Woman and the Beast have much in common with each other.  But this is not the end of the story.  John also saw a second Beast.

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“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 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. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” (Revelation 13:11-15)

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Dan Brown has one final novel yet to publish on Robert Langdon’s life.  From his previous two novels, the world has been left hanging with the following information:

 

-          Somewhere “hidden” is a chosen people with true authority from God, whose authority has been passed down by a royal bloodline.

 

-          Those chosen people possess the knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God on earth, which includes the knowledge of who we really are, and what we are miraculously capable of achieving.

 

-          Those chosen people have been carefully guarded by a “hidden hand” (i.e., secret societies) which “hand” was created for the world’s sake, and which “hand” is now coming forth to make itself known.

 

-          The purpose for this “hidden hand” was not only to foment a spiritual condition among the people, but also to produce a world government through scientific achievement – one  where a World Church could rise to power and thrive, taking both spiritual and temporal control over the people.

 

-          Once the world is successfully united in fear by the “hidden hand,” the Church will again become relevant, a spiritual awakening will begin, and it will be the dawning of a new age – a kingdom of God on earth.

 

The third of Dan Brown’s books in the series of Robert Langdon’s life, will be titled The Solomon Key.  At this point, we can only speculate what it may contain, but already there are clues.  We know that America will enter into the final story, as will Freemasonry and Mormonism.  A royal bloodline will surely still factor into the equation, and thanks to British-Israel publications like Judah’s Sceptre and Joseph’s Birthright (1917), and Latter Day Saint publications like Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale (1929), the royal bloodline of Joseph Smith, Jr. can be traced all the way back through King Solomon and King David, even to Judah. 

 

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“Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers, for ye are lawful heirs, according to the flesh, and have been hid from the world with Christ in God: therefore your life and the priesthood hath remained, and must needs remain, through you and your lineage, until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.” (Section 84:3)

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Given Dan Brown’s title for his third book in the series, we can also anticipate that King Solomon plays an important role in solving the mystery.  Of course, the Masonic lodge is a representation of King Solomon’s Temple, which temple it is said, calculates to symbolize the maternal human body wherein the candidate must enter in order to be born again.  Where is this leading us?  Obviously it is leading us in the direction of immortality, which is represented by various interpretations of baptism, reincarnation being one, baptism for the dead being another.  It remains to be seen to what extent Dan Brown will educate us about Solomon’s Temple, a temple which included a three-tiered bronze alter and great bronze basin (the laver or font, or sea) used for ritual washing http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=464. Might he reveal from the Dead Sea Scrolls that this laver was for the purpose of baptizing for the dead, or will he just lay the ground work for that revelation?  LDS scholar, Hugh Nibley, is also helping to prepare the battlefield with such papers as Baptism for the Dead in Ancient Times; see

http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?id=67&table=transcripts. Should it matter that Hugh Nibley’s great grandfather was Alexander Neibaur, the first known Cabalist Jew to embrace the restored gospel, and who is said to have been a person “of considerable importance” in the last days of Nauvoo and the early colonization of the Great Salt Lake?  Among other important scripture, how might 2 Nephi 4:22-25 be used by our adversary in the coming days?

 

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“And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon, save it were not built of so many precious things: For they were not to be found upon the land; Wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceeding fine.” (2 Nephi 4:22-25)

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Another assumption we can make from the title of Brown’s next book, The Solomon Key, is that someone will possess the “key” to unlock the mysteries of God’s Kingdom.

 

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“And the Lord confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and abideth forever, with the priesthood which is after the holiest order of God. And this greater priesthood administereth the gospel and holdeth the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God.” (Section 83:3)

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Except for the seemingly obvious roles to be played by the Vatican, thus far I can find only one other religion that fits every description in Dan Brown’s novels; a religion whose “chosen priesthood” is being secretly preserved by a Beast system, and who can rightfully claim to represent a “true” priesthood.  The following is an excerpt from a paper written by members of the Restored Church:

 

Many church leaders at Nauvoo joined Masonry, Joseph Smith being one of them. Already representing the church of Jesus Christ restored in these last days and teaching the Savior's doctrine in its apostolic purity, some hoped to return Masonry to its original, presumably pristine, form. Heber Kimball wrote Parley Pratt, "Brother Joseph says Masonry was taken from the Priesthood, but has become degenerated." Joseph Fielding recorded in his diary, "Many have joined the Masonic Institution. This seems to have been a stepping stone for preparation for something else, the true origin of Masonry. . . I have seen him [Joseph] after giving, as he said before, the origin of Masonry, the Kingdom of God on earth, and am a member of it." Jesse C. Little reported, "The Angel of the Lord brought to Mr. Joseph Smith the lost key words of several degrees, which caused him, when he appeared among the brotherhood of Illinois, to work right ahead of the highest and to show them their ignorance of the greatest truth and benefits of Masonry."Kimball added, "We have the true Masonry. The Masonry of today is received from the apostasy which took place in the days of Solomon and David. They have now and then a thing that is correct, but we have the real thing." (Was Joseph Influenced by Masonry? Tim Canfield and Bob Moore)

 

The world is progressively being indoctrinated with two ideas.  The first idea is that Catholicism’s version of Christianity has been a lie.  The second idea is that secret societies have served a purpose; namely to guard the “real truth” of Christianity.  Consider these two ideas while reading an excerpt about the Latter Day Saint Temple Endowments:

 

“The Church has proclaimed many times in recent years that the temple endowment is not secret, but sacred. It is sacred because it contains some of the deepest teachings available to man. However, the truths themselves are actually very secret because they are hidden by the symbolism through which they are revealed. The secrecy of the symbols and allegorical instruction has not been successfully guarded by the Church, but God has kept the truths very effectively concealed. These deep lessons of life are hidden from those who are not ready for them and would trample them under their feet.”  (The Temple Book, Max Skousen)

 

In the recent U.S. News and World Report publication mentioned at the beginning of this paper, titled Mysteries of History, Secret Societies, the Mormons are listed on the front cover, right along with societies like Illuminati and Freemasonry.  Yet within the book itself, there is no mention of Mormonism except for a brief article on the fundamentalist “polygamous” sects of Mormonism.  U.S. News and World Report apparently felt compelled to clear the air concerning the misrepresentation, for in their July 16, 2007 issue, the editor wrote that they had made an “inadvertent reference to the Mormon faith on the cover that does not properly reflect that edition’s contents.”  It went on to say the following:

 

“While the article makes a distinction between that polygamous sect and mainstream Mormonism’s rejection of polygamy, the reference to Mormons on the cover does not make this distinction.  It was not our intention to imply that mainstream Mormonism is a secret society, sect, or cult, and we regret any offense that the reference to Mormons on the cover may have caused.” – The Editors.

 

Based on this confession from the editors of U.S. News and World Report, it would seem that the time is close, yet not quite right for Satan to reveal his “true priesthood” to the world.

 

As we continue being prepared for a conclusive “illusionary” event, it would seem that the role of secret societies must continue to become more visible, and more terrifying – until the time finally comes when the terror produced will be sufficient for the producing of “saviors.”  Then the long awaited orations can begin.

 

“When we come into our kingdom our orators will expound great problems which have turned humanity upside down in order to bring it at the end under our beneficient rule.”

(Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, #13)

 

Brigham Young foretold this time of oration:

 

"By-and-by Zion will be built up; temples are going to be reared, and the holy Priesthood is going to take effect and rule… About the time that the Temples of the Lord will be built and Zion is established—pretty nigh this time, you will see, those who are faithful enough, the first you know, there will be strangers in your midst, walking with you, talking with you; they will enter into your houses and eat and drink with you, go to meeting with you, and begin to open your minds… About the time the Temples are ready, the strangers will be along and will converse with you, and will inquire of you, probably, if you understand the resurrection of the dead."

(Journal of Discourses, Vol  6, pgs 294-295)

 

Protocol #17 has long been a mystery.  Is it now starting to make sense?

 

When the time comes finally to destroy the papal court, the finger of an invisible hand will point the nations towards this court.  When, however, the nations fling themselves upon it, we shall come forward in the guise of its defenders as if to save excessive bloodshed.  By this diversion we shall penetrate to its very bowels and be sure we shall never come out again until we have gnawed through the entire strength of this place.  The King of the Jews will be the real Pope of the Universe, the patriarch of an international Church.  

(The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Sion, #17)

 

The woman rides a beast of her own creation; apparently having no understanding that her beloved beast will ultimately make her naked and destroy her with fire (Revelation 17:16).  Remember the movie Frankenstein?  In the end, the creation turned upon its creator.

 

How ironic that the cry from the dust to “awaken to our awful situation” is in the very hands of the ones who may turn out to trust the lies of the Gadianton Robbers.  Even more, how ironic that the church once given the keys of the kingdom may turn out to be the Gadianton’s “protected” source of God’s power on earth.  The stick of Joseph is in the hand of Ephraim (Ezekiel 37:19), yet woe is coming to the crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim (Isaiah 28:1).  Dear Gentiles, how is this any different from our forefathers, the Jews, who were in possession of God’s law, yet were the very killers of Jesus Christ?  Does history, in fact, repeat itself?

 

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“And then understood they the parable which he spake unto them, that the Gentiles should be destroyed also, when the Lord should descend out of heaven to reign in his vineyard, which is the earth and the inhabitants thereof” (Matthew 21:56).

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Just as the Protocols (and other esoteric writings) foretold, the time for secrets is apparently over.  The supposed “enemy” is revealing himself in plain sight, right on cue.  Unfortunately, the enemy who is revealing himself is deceiving us.  This is truly a wicked and mischievous plot.  Imagine if we had a friend who knew the truth about Santa Clause, yet kept this truth from us for many years, only later to reveal “the truth” that Santa Clause was really…….the Easter Bunny.  Of course, the matter at hand is far more serious than fictional characters.  This is a matter of recognizing Satan’s counterfeit kingdom versus the true Kingdom yet to come.

 

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“Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves”

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A gal from my e-mail list sent me a link to a new book called Forbidden Religion; Suppressed Heresies of the West, which is said to contain 42 essays by 22 “key investigators of heresies and suppressed spiritual traditions.”  This book claims to tell the true story of religious faith – a story we have not heard until now.  The following is a preview of the book: 

 

Following the model of his bestselling Forbidden History, J. Douglas Kenyon has assembled from his bi-monthly journal Atlantis Rising some of the best material that explores the hidden path of the religions banned by the orthodox Church—from the time before Christ when the foundations of Christianity were being laid to the tumultuous times of the Cathars and Templars and the Masons of the New World. Revealed in this investigation of the roots of Western faith are the intimate ties of ancient Egyptian religion to Christianity, the true identities of the three magi, the link forged by the Templars between early Christianity and the Masons, and how these hidden religious currents still influence the modern world. This book serves as a compelling introduction to the true history of the heretical religious traditions that played as vital a role in society as the established faiths that continuously tried to suppress them. Born in the same religious ferment that gave birth to Christianity, these spiritual paths survived in the “heresies” of the Middle Ages and in the theories of the great Renaissance thinkers and their successors, such as Isaac Newton and Giordano Bruno. Brought to the New World by the Masons who inspired the American Revolution, the influence of these forbidden religions can be still found today in “The Star Spangled Banner” and on the back of the one dollar bill. 

 

(344 pages, 6 x 9, Includes 8-page color insert and # black-and-white illustrations)

 

We are being bombarded with lies, and all the while, the illuminated key holders are working feverishly to make relevant a World Church.

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

For over ten years, I have tried to stay on Babylon’s trail, but her ways are slippery and moveable (see Proverbs 5).  For that reason, we are forced to remain permanently vigilant. 

 

I do know that we are drawing ever closer to the time of great and marvelous events.  Satan’s kingdom will not stand for long, even if it may stand long enough to delude the multitudes into ripening for destruction.

 

The Lord has promised, and I believe it, that when the already weakened dam finally gives way, and the floods begin to overtake us, he will lift up a standard against our enemies (Isaiah 59:19).  Let’s pray we can tell the true standard from the false one that may be raised ahead of it. 

 

When the great and abominable church has finished preparing the battlefield and begins to send in her ground troops, waging her full scale war against the Lamb, the power of God will descend upon the Lord’s people who are scattered upon all the face of the earth (1 Nephi 3:230).  

 

Until then, I believe the best thing we can do is to obey the Lord’s commandments – to turn to him with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength; to repent and be born again; to watch; to be sober, to seek wisdom, and to hold tightly to the rod of iron while pressing forward toward the tree of life.  If we do these things, the Lord promises that we will not be deceived.  (Sounds simple, doesn’t it?)  Really, it is.

 

“And whoso treasureth up my word shall not be deceived” (Mark 13:43).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Preparing the Battlefield:  by Jared Edson

General Schwartzkopf was in an interview and was describing the actions he took during the formative hours of the first gulf war under George Bush, Sr.  You may recall that the U.S. exercised a lot of air power during the first 40 or 50 days, essentially pounding away at the Iraqi forces and the specialized Republican Guard.  After all this, our ground troops were sent in to “mop up” as the media called it – to take military ground control of the remaining Iraqi military units.  During the interview, General Schwartzkopf described this type of operation prior to when the ground troops were sent in as “preparing the field.”  He explained that military strategists use this method to make the field of battle ready to receive the troops that will be sent in – to change the environment so that it favors the invading military.

The military is not the only body that utilizes this strategic approach – we see it all around us.  For years there have been hints and suggestions about spiritual secrets, spiritual or historical truths, or even occultic power, that has been exercised to achieve enlightenment and control.  It has been subtle, unlike a military strike, but it is no less effective.  Even in just the space of the last three or four years the strategy has been escalated by the introduction of concepts and background to prepare the general population to receive the otherwise ground-shaking and obvious blasphemy as plausible or even probable truth.  This is no accident.  With the general populace being “prepared” – in the very same sense as “preparing the field” described by General Schwartzkopf, the “ground troops” are in preparation to be “sent in” to take control of the spiritual “units” that have up to this time resisted such falsehoods.  The environment is increasingly favorable for the overthrow of those bastions of fundamental Christianity until they offer up their spiritual swords so that they may take up their ploughshares and cultivate blasphemy in their own backyards.  It is a spiritual battle for the truth and the battlefield is our lives.  Even five years ago it would have been inconceivable that jewish mysticism would take root in American pop culture, but here it is staring us in the face.  From pop icons to government agencies and lawmakers, the strategy can be as well known as if tanks were rolling into our streets firing their cannonades into our homes, our schools, our churches, and our local government.  Jewish mysticism is only one outward face of this, and it has many faces.  But behind each face is the same set of eyes, the same mouth, and its heads ride upon the glory of mystery and human ascension into a god-like existence.

For a period of decades the United States and Russia were involved in what was popularly called the “cold war” – cold in the sense that it did not involve military forces confronting each other in hostile combat on a clearly defined battlefield.  That cold war may be finished, but there is another cold war that is raging on, which most people do not seem to be aware of.  It is not taking place in the streets of Iraq, or in the houses of Parliament, or in the halls of Congress, and it is not being fought by men or women in uniform.  It is being fought in the media outlets, and in schools, churches, and in private government subsidized industry.  What cannot be dictated by law can be dictated by popular opinion, if it is guided by men with wisdom that has been dutifully studied in secret chambers.  This war is a fixed battle between those that hold fast to the doctrine of Christ, and those that seek wizards, consult with the dead, converse with angels, and have a particular penchant for leaning on the little-known and long-lasting plans that have been handed down from generation to generation.  It is a cold war now, but the ground troops are beginning to move in, and it is about to get a little bit warmer.  Did you know that you are in the field of battle, and that unless you hold fast to the doctrine and gospel of Christ, you may find yourself fighting the enemy’s battle for them?

Just as those Iraqi military units surrendered themselves to our military before any face-to-face confrontation took place, it seems that many are already showing that they are willing to surrender to the new cold war invasion force without putting up a fight.  But the question we must each ultimately answer by the actions we take, is will we stand in holy places?  Will we stand for the truth?

Isaiah 59

1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear;

2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth; they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever.