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The Story of Hiram Abiff

THE STORY OF HIRAM ABIFF

BY WILLIAM HARVEY, J.P., F.S.A. (Scot.)
Provincial Grand Master of Forfarshire;
Author of "The Complete Manual of Freemasonry "; "The Story of the
Royal Arch "; "Robert Burns as a Freemason." Etc.

DUNDEE:
T.M. SPARKS & SON
Croswell Printing Works
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1944

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First Edition ... ... 1919
Second Edition ... ... 1935
Third Edition ... ... 1944

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PREFACE

The story or legend of Hiram Abiff is one of great interest to members
of the Craft. Following upon the publication of my "Emblems of
Freemasonry" in which there are various references to the principal
architect, I received a number of requests for a booklet that would
clearly and succinctly set forth the facts as these could be gleaned
from the voluminous literature of Freemasonry. This I did to the best
of my ability, and the fact that the booklet has enjoyed a wide
circulation may be regarded as evidence that I did not fail. I hope
this new edition will also meet with favour from the brethren.

WILLIAM HARVEY.

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THE STORY OF HIRAM ABIFF

THE outstanding figure in modern Freemasonry is undoubtedly the
widow's son who is known to members of the Fraternity under the
somewhat obscure name of Hiram Abiff. He dominates Craft Masonry. and
that in spite of the fact that neither the Entered Apprentice nor the
Fellow-Craft knows anything at all about him. It is true that, when
the Master Mason recites what is called "the first part of the
traditional history." to the Fellow-Craft who is on his way to the
secrets of the third degree, he pays the Fellow-Craft the compliment
of saying, "As you are doubtless aware," Hiram was the principal
architect at the building of King Soloman's Temple.. But if the
Fellow-Craft is so informed, he must have acquired the knowledge apart
altogether from Freemasonry as, up to that particular moment, no
glimpse of the widow's son has been obtained in all the ceremonial of
the First arid Second Degrees. From that point onwards, however, he is
chief actor in the drama, and the legend of Hiram is the most
characteristic part in the ritual of the Order.

Hiram, like many other notable men in the history of the world, was
distinguished in the manner of his death as that is set forth in the
legend, and the dramatic circumstances attending the tragedy are what
give amplitude to his biography. Beyond the time, place, and means of
his murder, Freemasonry knows little about the man, nor, apart from
Freemasonry, are many particulars to be gleaned. All that is known of
him is contained in the Volume of the Sacred Law, and even there there
is confusion, and one statement that in the opinion of Bro. Robert
Freke Gould stamps the Masonic legend as a myth.

According to the author of the Second Book of Chronicles (Chap. ii.)
Solomon sent messengers to Hiram, King of Tyre, to acquaint that
friendly sovereign with the fact that he contemplated erecting a
Temple, and inviting him to furnish men and materials for the
prosecution of the work. Solomon's first demand was for a specially
gifted craftsman.

"Send me now," he says, "a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in
Judah, and in Jerusalem:"

The King of Tyre received the embassy with cordiality, and returned a.
favourable answer to Solomon.

"I have sent a cunning man," he says, "endued with understanding. . .
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was ''a man
of Tyre."

The account given. in the First Book of the Kings (Chap. VII.) differs
somewhat so far as the parentage of the man is concerned. There it is
stated that he was "a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali." The
author or editor of Kings agrees with the Chronicler that Hiram's
father was a Tyrian, adding that he was "a worker in brass." Josephus
describes him as of Naphtali on his mother's side, his father being Ur
of the stock of Israel. It is not easy to reconcile these differences.
One Biblical student - Giesebrecht - suggests that the dislike felt by
the editor of Kings to the idea of the Temple being built by a
half-Phoenician caused him to insert the words "a widow of the tribe
of Naphtali," the alteration of the phrase "of the daughters of Dan"
into "of the tribe of Naphtali," being the more permissible, since Dan
lay in the territory of Naphtali.

The clear points that emerge are that Hiram was of mixed race, the son
of a brassworker, and a man so high in his profession as to have
secured the patronage of his King, and to have been deemed worthy to
uphold the reputation of his country. His exalted position is inferred
from the description given by the author of the Chronicles who alludes
to him as "Hiram Abi," and the word "Abi," meaning "my father," is
usually taken in the sense of "master," a title of respect and
distinction.

The name is undoubtedly Phoenician, but there is some confusion, as to
its actual form. "Hiram" is the more common rendering, but the author
of the Chronicles adheres to the spelling "Huram," and other writers
adopt the variant "Hirom." Mr J. F. Stenning says that it is
equivalent to "Ahiram," and means "the exalted one." According to
Movers, Hiram or Huram. is the name of a diety, and means "the coiled
or twisted one," but other scholars regard this derivation as very
improbable.

Whatever his real parentage, and whatever the exact meaning of his
name, the widow's son of Freemasonry reached Jerusalem and was
thereafter intimately identified with the building of the Temple. What
exact share did he have in that great work ?

The editors of "The Jewish Encyclopaedia " point out that there is an
essential difference as regards the nature of his technical specialty
between the account preserved in the First Book of Kings and that in
the Second Book of Chronicles. According to the former, Hiram was an
artificer only in brass, and the pieces which he executed for the
Temple were the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the molten sea with its
twelve oxen, the ten layers with their bases, the shovels and basins,
all of brass. But in the Second Book of the Chronicles he is depicted
as a man of many parts, and the impression is conveyed that he
superintended all the work of the Temple. Josephus seeks to reconcile
the two accounts by saying that Hiram was expert in all sorts of work,
but that his chief skill lay in working in gold, silver and brass.

And there our exact knowledge of Hiram ends. History knows nothing of
him. The volume of the Sacred Law is silent as to his fate. Brother
Robert Freke Gould, founding on the eleventh verse of the fourth
chapter of the Second Book of the Chronicles, says he "was certainly
alive at the completion of the Temple."

Out of this slender basis of fact Freemasonry has created a
wonderfully vivid character. The Order maintains that he was the chief
architect at the construction of the Temple and associates him with
Hiram, King of Tyre, and Solomon, King of Israel, on a footing of
Masonic equality. It suggests that these three were the most exalted
personages in the Masonic world and that the secrets of a Master Mason
had either descended to them, or been invented by them, and could not
be communicated to anyone else without the consent of all three. There
were Master Masons in abundance at the Temple, but apparently none of
them had been admitted to a knowledge of the secrets and mysteries of
the High and Sublime Degree. Consequently, when certain curious
Fellow-Crafts sought to obtain the hidden knowledge they were
compelled to approach one or another of the three grand masters. They
selected Hiram and when he refused their request they murdered him in
the manner described in Masonic ritual.

"Taken literally," says Charles William Heckethorn in "The Secret
Societies of all Ages and Countries," "the story of Hiram offers
nothing so extraordinary as to deserve to be commemorated after three
thousand years throughout the world by solemn rites and ceremonies.
The death of an architect is not so important a matter to have more
honour paid to it than is shewn the memorv of so many philosophers and
learned men who have lost their lives in the cause of human progress .
. . . The legend is purely allegorical. . . . The dramatic portion of
the mysteries of antiquity is always sustained by a pity or man who
perishes as the victim of an evil power, and rises again into a more
glorious existence. In the ancient mysteries, we constantly meet with
the record of a sad event, a crime which plunges nations into strife
and grief, succeeded by joy and exultation."

Leaving for the moment the question as to the meaning of the allegory
and whence it was borrowed, let us consider at what date the legend of
Hiram was engrafted upon Craft Masonry.

It is generally admitted by students that the elaborate ceremonial,
and multiplicity of degrees which flourish to-day under the general
terms of Freemasonry, are of comparatively modern growth, and that
before the era of Grand Lodges not more than one, or at most, two
degrees were in existence. The Freemasonry of to-day appears to owe a
good deal to the enthusiasm and imagination of two brethren who were
active in the first half of the eighteenth century. These were Dr,
James Anderson, an Aberdonian, who was a Presbyterian minister in
London, and Dr John Theophilus Desaguliers, a native of La Rochelle,
an Episcopalian clergyman, who also laboured in the Metropolis. Dr
George Aliver, another parson who, was keenly interested in the Craft,
and contributed much to masonic literature, says that "the name of the
individual who attached the aphanism of H.A.B. to Freemasonry has
never been clearly ascertained; although it may be fairly presumed
that Brothers Desaguliers and Anderson were prominent parties to it,"
adding that when "these two Brothers were publicly accused by their
seceding contemporaries of manufacturing the degree " they "never
denied " it. Brother Robert Freke Gould, noticing the statement of
Oliver, says that Anderson and Desaguliers had been many years in
their graves when the accusation was made, and that, consequently,
their silence "is not to be wondered at." But if Gould himself does
not lay the blame or credit of the Third Degree at the door of these
Brethren he favours the view that Hiram became a prominent character
in Masonic ritual during the years of their activity.

"When the legend of Hiram's death was first incorporated with our
older traditions, it is not easy to decide," he says, "but in my
judgement it must have taken place between 1723 and 1729, and,." he
adds, "I should be inclined to name 1725 as the most likely year for
its introduction."

Gould is led to this view from two considerations: first, the
remarkable paucity of references to Hiram in the Old Charges and early
catechisms of Freemasonry, and, secondly, the prominence given to him
in the edition of Dr Anderson's "Constitutions," published in 1738. He
thinks, wisely most people will agree, that if the murder of Hiram
Abiff had been a tradition of the Craft in early days, not only would
allusions to him be found in the literature of the Order, but he would
have appeared in the earlier degrees, and not been thrust without any
sort of warning into the third degree, much to the surprise of all who
regard Craft Masonry as a gradually developing spectacle. As Palgrave
says, "It is not well for the personages of the historical drama to
rise on the stage through the trap-doors. They should first appear
entering in between the side scenes. Their play will be better
understood then. We are puzzled when a king, or count, suddenly lands
upon our historical ground, like a collier winched. up through a
shaft."

It is not improbable, that just about the time mentioned by Gould -
the close of the first quarter of the eighteenth century - the
traditionary history was enlarged, the ceremonial rearranged, and what
was formerly the second degree expanded and then divided so as to form
the degrees of Fellow-Craft and Master Mason. Countenance to this view
by a comparison of the first and second editions of Anderson's
"Constitutions." In the earliest editions, issued in 1723, the author
dwells at some length upon the magnificence of King Solomon's Temple.
This is repeated in the later edition, published in 1738, but a
number, of details as to the manner of its erection are given which
suggests that it had grown in Masonic ceremonial importance during the
intervening years. For example, Anderson states that after "the
Cape-stone was celebrated by the Fraternity, their joy was soon
interrupted by the sudden death of their dear master, Hiram Abiff,
whom they decently interred in the Lodge near the Temple, according to
ancient Usage.

If it be assumed that the third degree was invented about 1725, and
that the invention involved the introduction of the Hiramic legend the
next point for consideration is, to what source did the founders turn
for material? Beyond casual references to him, the Old Charges are
silent concerning Hiram, and there is nothing to indicate that he was
commemorated in any way. He is simply referred to as a "Master of
Geometry, " and the chief of all the various classes of workmen
engaged in the building of the Temple. He appears to have been
slightly more prominent in the ceremonial of the Rosicrucians with
whom Freemasons are sometimes identified. Professor Buhle, in his
"Historico-Critical Enquiry into the Origin of the Rosicrucians and
Freemasons, says: - -

"The building of Solomon's Temple had an obvious meaning as a
prefiguration of Christianity. Hiram, simply the architect of this
temple to the real professors of the art of building, was to the
English Rosicrucians a type of Christ: and the legend of Masons, which
represented this Hiram as having been murdered by his fellow-workmen,
made the type still more striking."
In a footnote to his Essay, Buhle explains that "Hiram " was
understood by the older Freemasons as an anagram H.I.R.A.M. derived
from two Latin phrases: the one, "Homo Jesus Redemptor AnimaruM," and
the other, "Homo :us Rex Altissimus Mundi." By "older Freemasons,"
Ruble probably means Rosicrucians as phrases relating to Jesus seem
singularly out of place in the plan of Craft Masonry.
If the inventors of the third degree got the suggestion from the
Rosicrucians to make Hiram the central figure in their new scheme, it
is very obvious that they found their details as to his murder in "The
Legend of the Temple," and turned that story to suit the purpose they
had in view. The Legend is given. at length in Charles William
Heckethorn's singularly attractive work, "The Secret Societies of all
Ages and Countries," from which it may be summarised as follows:

"Hiram, the descendent of Tubal-Cain, who first constructed a furnace
and worked in metals, erected a marvellous building, the Temple of
Solomon, raised the golden throne of Solomon, and built many glorious
edifices. But, melancholy amidst all his greatness, he lived alone,
understood and loved by few, hated by many, including Solomon, who was
envious of his genius and glory. When Balkis, the Queen of Sheba,
carne to Jerusalem, Solomon led her to behold the Temple, and the
Queen was lost in admiration. The King, captivated by her beauty,
offered his hand, which she accepted. On again visiting the Temple she
repeatedly desired to see the architect. Solomon delayed as long as
possible, but at last was forced to present Hiram Abiff to the Queen.
When she wished to see the countless host of workmen that wrought at
the Temple, Solomon protested the impossibility of assembling them all
at once; but, Hiram, leaping on a stone to be better seen, with his
right hand described in the air the symbolical Tau, and immediately
the men hastened from all parts of the work into the presence of their
master. At this the Queen wondered greatly, and secretly repented of
the promise she had given the King, for she felt herself in love with
the mighty architect. Solomon set himself to destroy this affection,
and to prepare his rival's humiliation and ruin. For this purpose he
employed three fellow-crafts, envious of Hiram, because he had refused
to raise them to the degree of masters on account of their want of
knowledge and their idleness. The black envy these three projected
that the casting of the brazen sea, which was to raise the glory of
Hiram its utmost height, should turn out a failure. The day for the
casting arrived and the Queen Sheba was present. The doors that
restrained the molten metal were opened, and torrents of liquid fire
poured into the cast mould wherein the brazen sea was to assume its
form. But the burning mass flowed like lava over the adjacent aces.
The terrified crowd fled from the advancing stream of fire, while
Hiram, calm, like a god, endeavoured to arrest its advance with
ponderous columns of water, but without success.
"The dishonoured artificer could not with draw himself from the scene
of his discomforture. Suddenly he heard a strange voice coming from
above and crying, 'Hiram, Hiram, Hiram;' He raised his eyes and beheld
a gigantic human figure. The apparition continued, `Come, my son, be
without fear, I have rendered thee incombustible, cast thyself into
the flames.' Hiram threw himself into the furnace, and where others
would have found death, he tasted ineffable delights nor could he,
drawn by an irresistible force, leave it, and asked him that drew him
into the abyss, `Who art thou?' `I am the father of thy fathers,' was
the answer, `I am Tubal-Cain.'

"Tubal-Cain introduced Hiram into the sanctuary of fire, and into the
presence of Cain, to author of his race. When Hiram was about to be
restored to earth, Tubal-Cain gave him the hammer with which he
himself had wrought great things, and said to him,`Thanks to this
hammer and the help of the genii of fire, thou shalt speedily
accomplish the work left unfinished through man's stupidity and
malignity.' Hiram did not hesitate to test the wonderful efficacy of
the precious instrument, and the dawn saw the great mass of bronze
cast. The artist felt the most lively joy. The Queen exulted.

"One day after this the Queen accompanied by her maids, went beyond
Jerusalem, and there encountered Hiram, alone and thoughtful. . They
mutually confessed their love. Solomon now hinted to the fellow-crafts
that the removal of his rival, who refused to give them the master's
word, would be acceptable unto himself; so when the architect came
into the temple he was assailed and slain by them. They wrapped up his
body, carried it to a solitary hill and buried it, planting over the
grave a sprig of acacia.

"Hiram, not having made his appearance for seven days, Solomon, to
satisfy the clamour of the people, was forced to have him searched
for. The body was found by three masters, and they, suspecting that he
had been slain by the three fellow-crafts for refusing them the
master's word, determined nevertheless for greater security to change
the word. The three fellow-crafts were traced, but rather than fall
into the hands of their pursuers, they committed suicide, and their
heads were brought to Solomon."

Based as it obviously was on this legend of the Temple, the question
still remains, why was the story of the death of Hiram engrafted with
so much detail upon Freemasonry? The postulant is taught that the
peculiar object of the Third Degree is to teach the heart to seek for
happiness in the consciousness of a life well-spent, and invited to
reflect upon death and to realise that to the just and virtuous man
death has no terrors equal to the stain of falsehood and dishonour.
All excellent moral teaching, but not illustrated in any way by the
career of Hiram Abiff concerning whose life and conduct we know
absolutely nothing. And it seems that we must look for an explanation
in some other direction.
Many writers - chiefly non-Masons - have sought to throw light upon
the subject, and with one voice they agree that the story of the death
of Hiram is simply the Masonic way of serving up an ancient mystery.
Mr John Fellows, who brings a mass of knowledge to a study of the
subject, says that "the story of Hiram is only another version, like
those of Adonis and Astarte, and of Ceres and Prosperine, of the fable
of Osiris and Isis. The likeness throughout," he adds, "is so exact as
not to admit of doubt. The search for the body of Hiram; the enquiries
made of a wayfaring man, and the intelligence received; the sitting
down of one of the party to rest and refresh himself, and the hint
conveyed by the sprig over the grave; the body of Hiram remaining
fourteen days in the grave prepared by the assassins before it was
discovered, all have allusion to, and comport with, the allegory of
Osiris and Isis. The condition even in which the grave of Hiram is
found, covered with green moss and turf, corresponds very much with
that in which Isis found the coffin of Osiris."

Assuming that Mr Fellows and those who agree with him are correct what
is the reason why the. inventors of the Third Degree in the first
quarter of the eighteenth century gave a Biblical turn to an old-world
fable and introduced it into Freemasonry to teach the doctrine of the
resurrection of the dead? The question is not easy to answer, and at
most one can but hazard a guess.

May it not be that those who were anxious to build up the degree found
their starting point in the anagram familiar to the Rosicrucians
which, by a very striking coincidence, agreed with the name of the
principal architect of the Temple? Thus directed to Hiram they,
decided to turn that craftsman to account and found much material
ready to their hands in the Legend of the Temple. But the love story
of the Queen of Sheba and the jealousy of Solomon were of no dramatic
value to them in developing the degree, and consequently they had to
adapt the story to their particular needs. What the ultimate origin of
Freemasonry was may never be discovered, but much of the elaborate
ceremonial his a close affinity to early sun-worship and where,
therefore, would the Authors more readily turn than to one of the
solar myths. In the legend of Osiris they found something that fitted
in exactly with their scheme, and just as the H.I.R.A.M. of the
Rosicrucians referred to that Son of God who is the Light of the
World, so their Hiram was made to represent Osiris, or the sun, the
glorious luminary of the day. The three fellow-crafts, as the
ceremonial of the degree takes form, are stationed at the west, south
and east entrances, and these are regions illuminated by the Sun.
Twelve persons play an important part in the tragedy; the number, no
doubt, alludes to the twelve signs of the Zodiac, and it has been
suggested that the three assassins symbolise the three inferior signs
of winter, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. The Sun descends in the
west, and it is at the west door that Hiram is slain. The acacia which
typifies the new vegetation that will come as "a result of the Sun's
resurrection, and is found in many ancient solar allegories, and is
therefore quite naturally introduced into the Masonic story. According
to one statement, Hiram's body is found in a state of decay, having
lain fourteen days; the body of Osiris was cut into fourteen pieces.
Another statement insists that the body was found on the seventh day,
and this again may allude to the resurrection of the Sun, "which
actually takes place in the seventh month after his passage through
the inferior signs, that passage which is called his descent into
hell." Other details in the Masonic tragedy are related to the solar
myth. It is through the instrumentality of Leo - the Lion - that
Osiris is raised, for when he re-enters that sign, he regains his
former strength. Hiram was raised by the Lion's grip, and it is by
that grip that the Freemason is raised from a figurative death to a
reunion with the companions of his former toil. The parallel is
wonderfully complete.

An early catechism of the Craft says that Masonry is "a system of
morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols." To-day it
is something more. The first degree accords with the definition; but
the second degree is largely concerned with the erection of a Temple
to the Lord, and, the Third Degree points the Craftsman to the Grand
Lodge above to which he may hope to ascend after he has passed through
the valley of the shadow of death. All this is religion - not morals;
and it is as part of our common faith in immortality that Hiram's
death is used as an illustration in the high and sublime degree. Just.
as, in early pagan belief, the Sun was supposed to lose his strength
in the dark days of winter, and rise again to glory in the height of
summertide; and just as, in the ceremonial of the Rosicrucians, the
Son of Man, who was slain had a glorious resurrection to eternal life,
so, throughout all the world, wherever Craft Masonry is practised, the
postulant typifies our Master Hiram, not alone to show that death is
preferable to dishonour, but to impress upon the Fraternity that the
just and virtuous man may hope to be received as a worthy brother into
the Grand Lodge above, where the world's Great Architect rules and
reigns forever.

Resource: One More Time Please

The broken column denotes the untimely death of our Grand Master Hiram
Abiff; the beautiful Virgin, weeping, denotes the Temple, unfinished;
the book open before her, that his virtues there lie on perpetual
record; the sprig of acacia in her right hand, the timely discovery of
his body; the urn in her left, that his ashes were there safely
deposited to perpetuate the remembrance of so distinguished a
character; and Time standing behind her unfolding the ringlets of her
hair denotes that time, patience and perseverance will accomplish all
things...

Master Mason Initiation Lecture

Masonry still retains among its emblems one of a woman weeping over a
broken column, holding in her hand a branch of acacia, myrtle, or
tamarisk, while Time, we are told, stands behind her combing out the
ringlets of her hair. We need not repeat the vapid and trivial
explanation... given, of this representation of Isis, weeping at
Byblos, over the column torn from the palace of the King, that
contained the body of Osiris, while Horus, the God of Time, pours
ambrosia on her hair.

Illustrious Albert Pike 33°
Morals and Dogma, page 379

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FREEMASONRY PROVEN TO WORSHIP SATAN, AS ITS SYMBOLS VENERATE THE SEX
ACT -- STUDY OF SYMBOLS PART 5

Good Resources on Freemasonry

Subtitle: Masonry depicts and glorifies the sex act in many of their
symbols, just like you would expect any occult group to do. A study
of the "deeper meaning" of many symbols proves Freemasonry is Satanic.

Most of the article on Freemasonry below has been taken from Masonic
books that have been published by Masonic Publishing Companies, and
most of them were formerly very, very secret. We further have taken
the Biblical admonition carefully, comparing Masonic teachings to the
Holy Bible. In 1 John 4:1, we see this command to all Christians:
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try (test) the spirits whether
they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the
world." Thus we see that any religious teaching that does not conform
to Scripture is from a "false prophet".

This exercise is not an empty one, for your eternal, precious soul is
at stake. Finally, remember two things about Masonry: 1) Superior
Masons deliberately lie to their fellow Masons, as those Masons
"deserve to be mislead"; 2) Explanations given to 95% of all Masons
are wrong. Listen to this quote from a Masonic author, Carl Claudy:
"Cut through the outer shell and find a meaning; cut through that
meaning and find another; under it, if you dig deep enough, you may
find a third, a fourth -- who shall say how many teachings?" You have
been lied to, as we demonstrate in our many articles. Finally,
remember Albert Pike's bold assertion in Morals & Dogma, that "Masonry
is identical to the ancient Mysteries ", which means that all their
teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the Ancient,
Pagan, Satanic Mysteries!

Please, we implore you, take the time to read our articles so you may
finally know the Truth of Jesus Christ, the God of the Universe which
Masons contemptuously call an "inferior god", and Whom they never,
ever mention in their teachings or their rituals. We fervently pray
that the Holy Spirit will illumine your mind, heart, and soul with the
knowledge of the true God, and only the true God, of the Holy Bible.

Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul gave mankind
the perfect definition of the word, pagan. In Romans 1:25, the
Apostle Paul said a pagan is someone "who changed the truth of God
into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator , who is blessed for ever. Amen." I have been amazed, over
these many years, how accurate this simple statement has been. Truly,
the paganist worships the creature rather than the wonderful, wise,
and infinitely good Creator God. Pagans have worshipped animals,
insects, birds, rivers, forests, trees, and many other things, but
they all share one type of worship in common: they worship the sex
act between man and woman, and they worship both the male penis and
the woman's vulva. In fact, as I read their explanations for these
symbols, I am amazed at the creativity they demonstrate in assigning
sexual connotations to many of their symbols.

Freemasons do this very thing; however, they differ from the Satanist
in that they hide much of the sexual content in many of their symbols.
We quoted Carl Claudy, above, as he says that Masonry has layers upon
layers of meanings for the very same symbol, and you have to just keep
digging until you get them all. You will be shocked to know that
sexual connotations have been assigned to many of the symbols that are
most commonly used in the Fraternity, and for which other, meanings
[completely non-sexual] have been taught to the lower level Mason.
Please be prepared to be shocked.

SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS TO MASONIC SYMBOLS

SEX IN THE "G"

The letter "G" figures prominently in Freemasonry. In the lower
degrees, the initiate is told that this letter stands for "God" and
for "Geometry", which the Supreme Architect of the Universe used to
design this wonderful Cosmos. However, occultist, and 33rd Degree
Mason, Arthur Waite, quotes Eliphas Levi [also 33rd Degree], telling
us that the letter "G" stands for Venus, and that Venus' symbol is a
lingam, a stylized phallis. [Masonic author, Arthur Edward Waite, The
Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi ,
Chicago, , DeLaurence, Scott, and Company, 1909, p. 217]

The greatest Masonic author of all time, Albert Pike, agrees. He
states [page 631-32 in Morals and Dogma ] that the Monad [#1] is male,
and the Duad [#2] is female. Their sexual union produces the Triad
[#3], which is "represented by the letter 'G', the generative
principle". This term, "generative principle", is code for the sex
act.

SEX ACT IN COLUMNS -- BROKEN AND UNBROKEN

Both Freemasonry and the Eastern Star utilize the broken column, a
symbol which contains many levels of meanings. The initiate is told
that the broken column signifies an early death. Later on, the Mason
learns that columns represent gods [Joseph Fort Newton, The Builders:
A Story and Study of Masonry , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press,
1914, p. 9].

However, later on, the Mason learns a different, hidden meaning for
the broken column. "In Egyptian Mythology, Isis is sometimes pictured
weeping over the broken column, which conceals the body of her
husband, Osiris, while behind her stands Horus, or Time, pouring
ambrosia over her hair." Isis was both virgin and mother, so the
'beautiful virgin is Isis weeping. The broken column is the missing
member of Osiris, the Phallus. [Short Talk Bulletin, "The Broken
Column", Feb, 1956, p. 6-7; also Edmond Ronayne, The Master's Carpet
(Mah-Hah-Bone), 1879, p. 387-88, and several other Masonic authors]

You can see Isis weeping over the broken column, while Horus, or Time,
is standing behind her. Horus is proven to be another name for Satan,
and Isis is the consort of Lucifer. What is Isis weeping over? She
has just lost her husband, Osiris, whose body was dismembered,
including his penis, which had been cut into many sections. Albert
Pike wrote about Isis and Osiris, saying they were "the Active and
Passive Principles of the Universe ... commonly symbolized by the
generative parts of man and woman ..." [Morals and Dogma , p. 401]

In seeing how a broken column could represent both the male and female
part, you must focus on the bottom, not the top. The bottom of the
column shows the phallic upright column inserted into the circular
base, which is the symbol of the female vulva. The column is broken,
of course, to symbolize the belief that Osiris' penis had been cut
into many sections.

But Albert Mackey, 33 Degree Masonic author, states that the regular
column is a phallus symbol. "The Phallus was an imitation of the male
generative organ. It was represented usually by a column, was was
surrounded by a circle at the base. [Mackey, A Manual of the Lodge,
1870, p. 56. Mackey also stated this in The Symbolism of Freemasonry
, p. 60] A little later on, we show you the obelisk within the
circle, but for right now, let us go to the female symbol, the circle.

SEX IN THE POINT WITHIN A CIRCLE

The point and the circle carries a sexual connotation. How can this
be, you might ask? If you have to ask that question, you do not have
the mind and heart of a pagan. One Masonic author states that this
symbol is used in Sun Worship, and then says: "The female principle,
symbolized by the moon, assumed the form of a lunette [small circular
opening], or crescent, while the male principle, symbolized by the
sun, assumed the form of the lingam [Phallus] and placed himself erect
in the center of the lunette, like the mast of a ship." ["Point Within
A Circle", Short Talk Bulletin , August, 1931, Masonic Bulletin
designed to read within the Lodges, p. 4]

SEX IN THE OBELISK WITHIN A CIRCLE

When the Satanist wants to depict the female sexual organ, he commonly
uses the circle. In this case, we are showing a type of circle that
Satanists really love to use, called the "8-Step Path of
Enlightenment". Satanists believe that a person needs to go through 8
separate steps to become fully enlightened spiritually. The eighth
and final step is the Sex Act. Notice that the very center of this
symbol is a very small circle. This symbol is the ultimate female
sexual representation.

Now consider the obelisk, depicted here by the Washington Monument ,
probably the most famous of all the obelisks in the world. Satanists
believe that the spirit of the Egyptian Sun God, Ra, resides within
the obelisk, and they pray to it daily three times daily, if possible,
and facing East. The obelisk is the most recognized of all phallic
symbols.

When the obelisk is depicted within a circle, the Satanists are
depicting the sex act between male and female. In Washington, D.C.,
the Washington Monument is sitting within a circle. Freemasonry
planned, designed, and created the Washington Monument. The obelisk
is greatly revered in Masonry, as a quick tour of any cemetery in New
England will tell you. You can immediately tell which graves are
Masonic by the obelisks as their headstone; now, not all Masons choose
the obelisk as their headstone, but I have never seen a person who was
not a Mason choose an obelisk as their headstone.

You are looking at the most famous of the great public depictions of
the sex act in the world. This obelisk sitting in a Satanic 8-Fold
Path Of Enlightenment Circle is in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the
Vatican. I have always been amazed that the institution which so
ardently and consistently preaches celibacy for its priests is the one
that has the world's most famous Satanic depiction of the sex act.
You should immediately recognize that the reason this situation exists
is because, right under the glitter of all the Christian names and
words, is a Satanism just as deep and just a pervasive as any other in
history. You can see this Satanism also by the Satanic Crucifix of
Antichrist that Pope John Paul II holds in front of the devoted Roman
Catholics every day. You can see a write-up on this crucifix by
clicking to "What Saith Rome?" section off our home page.

SEX IN THE TRIANGLE AND HEXAGRAM

Masonic author, R.H. MacKenzie, states that "among Egyptians, the base
[of the triangle] represented Osiris, or the Male Principle; the
perpendicular, Isis, or the Female Principle; and the hypotenuse,
Horus, their son ..." [Kenneth R.H. MacKenzie, The Royal Masonic
Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism, and Biography , New York,
J.W. Bouton, 1877, p. 743] Thus, you can see that the hypotenuse was
conceived as a result of the sexual union of the base and the
perpendicular. Within Masonic symbolism, the sex act is portrayed as
the union of the perpendicular and the base.

We have pictured the triangle, above, with the symbol of the Tau
within. Masonic author, R. Swinburne Clymer typifies Masonic
symbolism of the Tau when he states, "The Phallus, or Lingam, and the
Yoni, the male and female emblems of generation, are found in the
triangle and the tau." [Clymer, The Mysteries of Osiris or Ancient
Egyptian Initiation, Quakertown, PA, The Philosophical Publishing
Company, 1951, p. 131]

Masonic author, Albert Mackey, tells us of the sexual connotation of
this hexagram. "The triangle pointing downward "is a female symbol
corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the
male, the lingam ... When the two triangles are interlaced, it
represents the union of the active and passive forces in nature; it
represents the male and female elements." [Mackey, The Symbolism of
Freemasonry, 1869, p. 195, 219, 361; also Albert Pike, Morals and
Dogma, 1871, p. 13; also Wes Cook, Editor, Did You Know? Vignettes in
Masonry from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine , Missouri Lodge For
Research, 1965, p. 132]

To the Mason, the interlacing triangles of the hexagram depict sexual
intercourse. This symbolism is pure, Ancient Satanism, period, end of
paragraph.

THE YIN/YANG SYMBOL

Yin and Yang is one of the most commonly used symbols today, including
logos of many organizations and companies. "Yin and yang are
considered to be opposites. Yin represents eternity, dark, feminine,
left side of the body, etc. Yang is its opposite, and represents
history, light, masculine, right side of the body, etc." [Philip G.
Zimbardo and Floyd L. Ruch, Psychology and Life , 1977, Ninth Edition,
p. 317]

"Yang is male, positive, and represented by the Sun. Yin is female,
negative, and represented by the moon." {Paul E. Desautels, The Gem
Kingdom , p. 237.]

The symbol itself dates back at least to the fourth century, B.C., and
has been identified with the Eastern philosophical religions of
Confucianism, Buddhim, and Taoism. In the Western world, it has long
been adopted into the symbolism of myth, magic, astrology and
witchcraft." [Claire Chambers, The SIECUS Circle: A Humanist
Revolution , 1977, p. v]

"Another ancient magical sign called the yin-and-yang first appeared
sometime before the 3rd century, B.C., in China. This emblem became
the favorite of SORCERERS and mystics throughout the Orient because
it, too, embodies so many possible meanings." [Gary Jennings, Black
Magic, White Magic , The Dial Press, 1964, p. 50; Emphasis in
original]

Does Freemasonry adopt and use the symbolism of Yin/Yang? Indeed,
they do, but in a way as to hide the meaning form the "profane".
Listen to Albert Pike. The black and white pavement symbolizes "the
Good and Evil, principles of the Egyptian and Persian creed. It is
the warfare of Michael and Satan ... light and shadow, which is
darkness; Day and Night, Freedom and Despotism ... [Morals and Dogma ,
p. 14]

"Masons also use the two triangles to represent this idea of
opposites. In Short Talk Bulletin, a pamphlet which is to be read in
the Lodges, we are told that the triangles are symbolic of good and
evil, day and night, the Chinese Yang and Yin ..." [Dr. C. Burns,
Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, quoting Masonic publication,
Short Talk Bulletin, "The Significant Numbers", September, 1956, Vol.
34, No. 9, p. 5; also Wes Cook, Did You Know? Vignettes In Masonry
from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine, Missouri Lodge of Research, 1965,
p. 34]

I had always wondered about the distinctive black and white squares on
Masonic floors, as depicted on Washington's apron, above. Now we know
they represent the extremely Satanic concept of Yin and Yang, the
"favorite of sorcerers". Masons also use two triangles joined
together to represent Yin and Yang. Therefore, their depiction of the
Hexagram also depicts Yin and Yang. We have described the sexual
connotation to the Mason of the Hexagram, above.

However, Masonry also teaches standard Satanic lore about the Yin and
Yang symbol. Listen: "Thus the monad [#1] and the duad [#2] were the
phallus and kteis of the Greeks, the lingam and yoni of the Hindoos
(sic) ... and the Yang and Yin of the Chinese ..." [George Oliver, The
Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Freemasonry , New York,
John W. Leonard and Company, 1855, p. 118]

The Yin and Yang symbol is also used to represent bisexuality and
homosexuality within today's New Age Movement. It is also used to
depict Divination. [Dr. C. Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols
Illustrated, p. 19-22] Do not be deceived: Freemasonry depicts Yin
and Yang a little differently than a traditional New Age, or
occultist, or Satanist. They use the hexagram and the black and white
tile floors; but, their belief in Yin and Yang is identical to the
Satanist Mysteries. But, why should we be surprised, for Albert Pike
told us that Freemasonry is "identical to the Mysteries."

MASONIC EMBLEM OF SQUARE AND COMPASS DEPICTING SEX

Masonic authors boldly state that the symbolism of the traditional
square and compass of Freemasonry represents the heterosexual sex act.
Listen to Albert Pike explaining this fact to members of the 32nd
Degree. "The Compass, therefore, is the Hermetic Symbol of the
Creative Deity, and the Square of the productive Earth or Universe."
[Morals and Dogma , p. 850-1]. Therefore, the Masons look at the
compass as the male phallus and the square as the female vulva. As
you look at the Masonic Emblem here, you can see the obvious
penetration of the female square point by the points of the Compass.
One point of difference here is that the Satanist generally reverses
the sex roles of the Compass and the Square. However, whichever way
you look at it, the Compass and the Square are thought of as depicting
the heterosexual sex act.

A MOST EVIL SYMBOL

Before we leave the subject of the Masonic Emblem of the Square and
Compass, I want to show you a particularly evil symbol depicting the
Square and Compass.

This scene depicts several unmistakable Satanic images, tied in with
the Masonic Emblem, also known as the Square and Compass. First, note
the hexagram to the far left of the picture. Remember, the hexagram
is the most evil of all Black Magick symbols. Witches have used it
for years to cast curses on people; many people in the past few
thousand years have died by having a hex placed on them. Second,
notice the Sun over head in this picture. Just as the Egyptians did
in the days when God cursed them and their religion, Freemasons
worship the Sun in general and the Egyptian Sun God, Ra, particularly.
Finally, note that the sharp end of the square is driving deeply into
the Holy Bible beneath. As Christian author, Ralph Epperson proves in
his book, Masonry: Conspiracy Against Christianity , the #1 top
secret of Masonry is not that they worship Satan/Lucifer; rather, the
#1 secret of Freemasonry is that they plan to eradicate Christianity
in complete fulfillment of End Time prophecies! This symbol captures
this goal perfectly. [This symbol was found on a Freemason Web Site,
http://167.217.91.135/graphics/page17.htm]

SEX IN MASONIC TEMPLE -- AND THE POMEGRANATE

"The lodge is a representation of King Solomon's Temple and the Temple
was calculated to symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the
candidate must enter to be born again . The uterus and vagina
represent the porch of the Temple, the pillars of the porch represent
the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its
accompanying blood vessels ... and the pomegranate, the ovary and its
exuberant seeds, the ova cells." [Rollin C. Blackmer, The Lodge and
the Craft: A Practical Explanation of the Work of Freemasonry, St.
Louis, The Standard Masonic Publishing Company, 1923, p. 249; Emphasis
added]

First, this reference to being "Born Again" is not only NOT Biblical,
it is blasphemous AND Satanic. Satanists have always tried to teach a
counterfeit Born Again experience. As an occult initiate goes through
his Initiation Ritual, when he is pulled back to his feet, usually out
of a coffin, he is said to now be Born Again . Notice that Freemasons
teach that a person is born again through the Masonic Temple, with no
mention ever being made of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

Secondly, the Masonic depiction of the pomegranate is sexually
explicit in the extreme. In order to convince you of the paganism of
Freemasonry, I am going to depict it, below. You can see the way they
have split the pomegranate, they have depicted a woman's sexual organ
and both her legs. [We will have the occult symbol of the pomegranate
up here soon, so you can see how they have twisted something so simple
as a pomegranate into depicting sex]

I find it highly pagan to realize the obsession Masons have about sex,
when they depict it in so many of their symbols and even in their own
Lodge. Can you imagine a Mason thinking about entering a woman's
vagina as he goes through the porch of the Masonic Temple?
Unbelievable!

THE TORCH AND STATUE OF LIBERTY

Satanists have always equated the flaming torch as a symbol of
Lucifer. "Lucifer, having regained his star and his diadem, will
assemble his legions for new works of creation. Attracted by his
flaming torch, celestial spirits will descend ... and he will send
these messengers from unknown spheres to earth. Then, the torch of
Lucifer will signal 'From Heaven to Earth!' -- and the (New Age)
Christ will answer, 'From Earth to Heaven'." [Occultist Edourd Schure,
quoted by Texe Marrs, Mystery Mark of the New Age , p. 240]

This explanation of the symbolism of the torch is the Luciferian
belief that, at the Battle of Armageddon, Lucifer and his forces will
defeat Jesus Christ and then conquer Heaven. Thus, the Torch
signifies the belief that Lucifer will ultimately defeat Jesus Christ.

Masonic author, Manley P. Hall, 33 Degree Mason, states that "the
torches represent the occult arts and sciences, the doctrines and
dogmas by the light of which Truth is made visible." [Hall,
Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians to Which Is Added an
Interpretation of the Crata Repoa Initiation Rite , Los Angeles, The
Philosophers Press, 1937, p. 122; Emphasis added]

We also find it highly interesting that one of the Masonic publishing
houses is called The Torch Press .

We also know from history that the Statue of Liberty was given to us
by Illuminist French Freemasons in 1876. "Towering above the
shimmering but polluted waters, she holds in her outreached arm and
hand a torch of fire and light. A gift of the Masonic Order, the
modern inheritors of the Illuminati heritage, the Statue of Liberty
was sculptured by Frederic Bartholdi, a member of the Masonic Lodge of
Alsace-Lorraine in Paris, France. The statue is significant to the
secret societies plotting the New World order." [Texe Marrs, Dark
Majesty: The Secret Brotherhood and the Magic of a Thousand Points of
Light , p. 212]

Please note that our symbol of the Statue of Liberty was the actual
terra cota model constructed in 1870 by the Masonic sculptor.

In Satanism, virtually any perpendicular symbol is the phallus , so
the torch certainly qualifies; indeed, one might wonder, from the
explanation given, above, that the torch is Lucifer's phallus, if the
occultist really believes the torch is a symbol of the god. The
goddess holding the torch would provide a good female symbol. Thus,
the Freemason depicts the sex act every single day of every year, in
New York harbor.

SEX AND THE MASONIC GAVEL

"The gavel is an important Masonic and Eastern Star symbol." [Dr. C.
Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols , p326]

The first thing I noticed about the symbol of the gavels is that they
were always depicted upside down. I would have thought they would
have been depicted with the head of the gavel at the top. However, we
are not thinking like a pagan, who worships sex in all forms, and
never lets an opportunity slip by him to depict the great sex act.

Masonic author, George Oliver, says that in ancient times, the gavel
referred to the hammer of the God Thor. [Oliver, Signs and Symbols,
Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., 1906, p. 14]. We know that
Thor is an ancient pagan god, one whom Freemasons worship. In fact,
Thor is part of the pagan Trinity in Scandinavia [Pike, Morals and
Dogma, p. 552; also W.L. Wilmshurst, The Masonic Initiation ,
Trismegistus Press, 1980, p. 92]

However, Albert Pike makes identification of Thor very easy for us, as
he states, on page 15 of Morals and Dogma, that Thor is another name
for Sirius, the Blazing Star or the Pentagram. Now you can see why
this Masonic Web Site depicted three different types of gavels in the
familiar pentagram, above right. However, on page 381, Pike also
tells us that Thor WAS the Sun, the Egyptian Osiris, and Kneph, the
Phoenician Bel or Baal. The Bible tells us that worshipping Baal is
identical to worshipping the Devil [1 Kings 16:30-33, 22:53; 2 Kings
17:16] God condemned Baal worship, slaughtered the priests of Baal ,
and finally abolished it altogether in Israel. Yet, here, Freemasonry
boldly states that they revere him.

But, let us get back to the subject at hand, i.e., sexual connotations
of Masonic symbols. Masonic author, J.S.M. Ward states, "Thus we see
that the hammer or gavel, and the Tau, were originally the same, and
this is a natural evolution of symbols, for the Tau Cross is evolved
from the Phallus, and that is the symbol of God the Creator ..."
[Ward, Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods , 1921, p. 238]

I find it highly interesting to see the Masonic authors admit they
worship the creature rather than the Creator [Romans 1:25] because it
shreds their flimsy claim to be Christian into a billion bits. In
this sentence, we see utter blasphemy against God. Here, Masonic
author, Ward, states that the Phallus is a symbol of God the Creator !
In His 10 Commandments, God made it very plain that He did not want
man representing him by any created means in the entire world. In
Exodus 20, we see God going through quite a list of the symbols by
which He did not want man representing Him. Even though He did not
list the Phallus, I am absolutely certain God would not want man
thinking of Him as a Phallus!

However, Ward is not finished with this subject yet, and in going on,
he answered my question, above, as to why the gavel is always
represented upside down, not up. "But this is not the only place
where the tau cross occurs. The ... gavels are all T-crosses, and
combine in one symbol the hammer, the sign of the rule, and the
T-cross, the symbol of the male or creative side of the Deity; and,
lest there should be any mistake, the T is placed on the apron of the
Master of the Lodge, though placed upside down so as to give the
symbol of the square, and also to emphasize its phallic meaning."
[Ibid.; Emphasis added]

When we were discussing the Triangle and the Hexagram, above, we
displayed a Tau Cross [T-Cross] within a triangle and circle. We
encourage you to refer to it now. The Tau-Cross was originally
created to worship the Babylonian god, Tammuz , a worship highly
condemned in the Bible. Thus, once again, we can see that Freemasonry
is always lining up against God of the Bible, and for Satan of
Paganism, even though their propaganda machine continues to churn out
the opposite claim that they are Christian.

SEX AT THE END OF THE MASONIC RAINBOW

Masonic author, George Oliver states, "It is remarkable that in all
the ancient systems of mythology, the Great Father, or the Male
Generative Principle [Phallus] was uniformly symbolized by a point
within a circle. This emblem was placed by the Scandinavian priests
and poets on the central summit of a rainbow, which was fabled to be a
bridge leading from earth [Female Vulva] to heaven [Great Father's
Phallus]." [Oliver, Signs and Symbols , Macoy Publishing and Masonic
Supply Co., p. 14; also R. Swinburne, The Mysteries of Osiris or
Ancient Egyptian Initiation, p. 185]

A Christian author explains this somewhat obscure statement, above, on
the sexual symbology of the Rainbow. "In the ancient Jewish Kabbala
... mystical rabbis taught that the rainbow symbolized a sexual rite.
The bow of the rainbow was supposedly the phallus of the male god
which descended into the kingdom of the womb, the queen or goddess.
The union was said to create immense divine powers." [Texe Marrs,
Mystery Mark of the New Age , p. 97]

SEX IN THE CROSS AND THE CROWN

Most Christians would have no trouble accepting the Cross and the
Crown symbol here. After all, our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ
received His Crown in Heaven after He suffered the agony of the Cross.
However, Freemasons have just a little bit more on their minds than
this; they have a whole lot of sex on their brains.

In the Masonic Report, we make this discovery: Question: What does
Masonry's emblem of the 'Cross and Crown' actually symbolize?"
Answer: "The 'Cross' of Freemasonry is a philosophical cross,
according to Albert Pike, 'Morals and Dogma', p. 771. It is
philosophical in the sense that it represents the generating
fecundating principle by the perpendicular shaft [Phallus], and the
matrix of womb of nature, the female producing principle[Female
Vulva], by the horizontal shaft. The philosophy of the Masonic cross
is totally phallic. The 'Crown' of this Masonic emblem is also
phallic, it being the first emanation of the Cabalistic Sephiroth ..."
[C.F. McQuaig, The Masonic Report , Norcross, Georgia, Answer Books
and Tapes, 1976, p. 34]

Look what they have done to the precious Cross of Jesus Christ! How
dare they take it and turn it into a phallic symbol. Furthermore, how
dare they take the precious Crown of Jesus Christ and turn it into a
phallic symbol? Actually, the Cross was made to be representative of
the entire Sex Act -- heterosexual intercourse -- by pretending the
perpendicular staff to be the phallus and the horizontal bar be the
female sex organ!

One side issue that this quote settles is that this official Masonic
publication, printed in contemporary times, 1976, quotes Albert Pike
as an authority. We have had many emails from Masons claiming that
Albert Pike had been discredited by contemporary Masonry, and even
some email suggesting that a "rogue" Albert Pike wrote Morals and
Dogma and Magnum Opus . We can now see that this is simply a lie
designed to try to confuse.

Surely, you can now see that Freemasonry is most definitely NOT
Christian. Secondly, you can see that Masonry is truly "identical to
the Mysteries". In fact, one Masonic author had the boldness to state
that Freemasonry was, indeed, a Mystery Religion. Listen: "In fact,
the respect paid by Freemasons to this number [#3] goes far to suggest
that our mysteries have affinities not only with the Egyptian rites
and ceremonies, but with those of a good many other nations." [John T.
Lawrence, The Perfect Ashlar, London, England, 1912, p. 196; Boldness
added]

Thank you, Mr. Lawrence, for clearing this matter up with us, and with
all people everywhere who are interested in the Truth. By their own
admission, Freemasonry IS a Mysteries Religion. Every Mystery
Religions in all of past history have had several things in common:

1) They serve Lord Satan, most of them openly

2) They reject the One True God of the Holy Bible

3) God has brought every one of these Mystery Religions into physical
judgment. Freemasonry will be no different, but will get its judgment
in conjunction with Antichrist.

The sexual perversions of these Masonic symbols should go far to
persuading everyone that Freemasonry is not Christian.

Truly the End of the Age is bearing down upon us. If you have
accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very
lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask
Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you,
and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to
begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to
realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to
accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the
privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are
spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were
already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of
Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page
now.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate
and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order --
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Freemasonry: a.k.a. "Masonry", a.k.a. "The Brotherhood", a.k.a. "The
Lodge", a.k.a. "The Craft", a.k.a. "On The Square", a.k.a. "On The
Level", a.k.a. "The Travelling Men", a.k.a. "The Temple".

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Freemasonry:

A secret fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, spread by the
British Empire, with actually 5 million members; 3 million in the USA,
with 250,00 on the black "Prince Hall" Masonry (rejected by many white
lodges).

- Some Masons define it as "a beautiful system of morality veiled in
allegory and illustrated by symbols"... also as "the realization of
God by the practice of Brotherhood": To reach God by doing good works
to your neighbor...

... It has been described as "the biggest, richest, most secret and
most powerful private force in the world"... and certainly, "the most
deceptive", both for the general public, and for the first 3 degrees
of "initiates": Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason
(the basic "Blue Lodge")... These Initiates are purposely deceived!,
in believing they know every thing, while they don't know anything
about the true Masonry... in the words of Albert Pike, whose book
"Morals and Dogma" is the standard monitor of Masonry, and copies are
often presented to the members, "the first three degrees are but the
outer court of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to
the Initiate, but he is intentionally mislead by false
interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but
it is intended that he shall imagine he understand them... it is well
enough for the mass of those called Masons to imagine that all is
contained in the Blue Degrees" ("Morals and Dogma", p.819).

Masonry: (form the french "mason", "stone masons"), started in the
13th century as a "Union of Workers" of the cathedral builders to help
each other; it was the "working" or "operative masonry", meeting in
"lodges".

Freemasonry: With the decline of cathedral building, some lodges of
operative masons begun to accept honorary members to bolster their
declining membership... and from here, "Freemasonry" was born, not to
build "cathedrals", but to build "cathedrals of men", and "the
cathedral of the whole world"... it is the "speculative masonry",
adopting the rites and trappings of ancient religions, orders, sects,
the occult, and chivalric brotherhoods.

-Officially, Freemasonry was born in 1717, when 4 Craft Lodges
gathered at the Apple Tree Tavern in London, and set up a constitution
for Free and Accepted Masons, written by Anderson... but they claim
their roots can be traced to Egypt, Syria, Babylon... and the
stonecutters of the Solomon Temple, specially "Hiram Abiff" (1R.7,
2Cr.2,4), a celebrated figure because of his death-defying refusal to
reveal trade secrets to intruders... the "Jesus Christ" for many
Masons... though it is "an irony", because the Temple of Solomon was
not built with stones, but with wood, brought by another "Hiram", the
King of Tyre (1R.5,9).

MASONIC SYMBOLS
Emblem

- Compass and square forming the triangle of God, with the letter "G"
in the center, or the "eye" of God... or on top of an open Bible.

- They are the 3 indispensable jewels of a Lodge, representing
"equality, liberty, and fraternity".

- The "compass" is the male element, represents solidarity, by making
a circle; the "square", the female element, represents righteousness.

The 5 points of "fellowship":

- "Foot to foot": To go to help your brother.

- "Knee to knee": Pray for your brother.

- "Breast to breast": Keep the secrets.

- "Hand to back": Assist your fallen brother, and vindicate his
character behind his back, as well as before his face.

- "Mouth to ear": Whisper good council.

***

LODGES... RITES:

There are mainly "3 Rites", with up to 1,000 degrees, superimposed on
the 3 major divisions, varying from country to country, with no
central authority (Encyclopedia Britannica).

-They meet in "Lodges",

of at least 7 members; each Lodge is the basic unit of Masonry, like a
"parish", and supposedly no one outranks the Master of his Lodge, not
even the Grand Master. A "Grand Lodge" in each state, with at least 4
Lodges, is like the "diocese". A "Grand Master" supposedly outranks
any 33-degree Mason. In most countries, Grand Lodges are national
bodies, but that has failed in the USA.

The basic "Blue Lodge":

Blue Lodges are those in which the first 3 degrees are conferred:
Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. The 3 Degrees ware
"blue" aprons, the official color of Freemasonry, and the only proper
form to address the Master of the Lodge is "Worshipful Master".

1- The "Scottish Rite":

It has 33 degrees, they can talk about politics and religion in the
Lodge, and the Lodges have a general organization, to act as a whole.
Atheists are not admitted, as they were not admitted blacks, women,
children, and poor people.

- Degree 18, of the "Rose Croix",

is "anti-Christian: The candidate has to pass a cross without Christ,
through Calvary, Ascension, and Hell, and the INRI of the cross means
"the whole nature renewed by fire".

- Only Christians can take degrees 18 to 33, and degree 30, "Knight of
Kadosh" is the most anti-Catholic; "vengeance" is the motif of this
degree.

- The first 3 degrees ware "blue aprons"; 4 to 18 "red aprons"; 19 to
30 "black aprons"; and 31 to 33 "white aprons".

- There are 2 Jurisdictions in the US:

... 1- The "Northern", north of Ohio, with headquarters in Lexington,
Mass.;

... 2- The "Southern", with 35 states, and headquarters in Washington,
D.C., the most openly anti-Catholic, founder of the Ku-Klux-Klan, and
publisher of the "New Age" magazine.

2- The "York Rite" or "American Rite":

With 10 degrees, here they are not allowed to talk about politics and
religion in the Lodges. The atheists are not admitted, and refuses
admission to any but Christian Masons... women, children, blacks, and
poor people are not admitted.

- In the 7th degree, the Royal Arch,

the name of the God of the Masons is discovered: "Jah-Bul-On", which
stands for "Yahweh", the God of the Bible; "Baal", the god of the
Assyrians, the false god of the Bible; and "On", the sun-god of the
Egyptians, Osiris.

3- The "Grand Orient of France":

Here, the Atheists are admitted. It started when Napoleon tried to
unite and control the different Lodges and Rites through his brother
Joseph. He failed, but a brand new Rite was born to accommodate the
Positivists and Atheists.

- The "Blacks",

were not allowed into Masonry, but later the "Prince Hall" for blacks
was created, with 250,000 members. But even now U.S. Lodges reject the
legitimacy of Black Masonic Lodges (Encyclopedia Britannica).

- "Allied organizations",

also were created to take care of the female relatives of Master
Masons in the "Order of the Eastern Star"; for boys, the "Order of
DeMolay" and the "Order of Builders". For girls, the "Order of the
Job's Daughters" and the "Order of Rainbow"... plus the "Shriners",
known for their charitable work...

***

"MASONS"... "CHRISTIANITY"...

Most Christian and Muslim leaders forbid Freemasonry... because it is
a most deceptive secret society, as we shall see next:

-"Catholics":

Freemasons have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church by 8
Popes: In 1738 by Clement XII "In Eminenti", the first of 20 bulls
against Freemasonry. Pius IX issued 6 bulls attacking Masonry. Leo
XIII, in 1884, in "Humanum Genus", and endorsed the view that the
Freemasons' "real supreme aim" is "to persecute Christianity with
untamed hatred, and they will never rest until they see cast to the
ground all religious institutions established by the Pope"... and the
last one, John Paul II in 1983... you can not be a Catholic and a
Mason!... if you want to be a Mason, you are automatically out of the
Catholic Church, excommunicated!... these are the words issued by
Cardinal Ratzinger, approved and ordered by John Paul II in Nov. 1983:
"The Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic associations
remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered
irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore
membership in them remains forbidden. Catholics who enrol in Masonic
associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy
Communion. Local Ecclesiastical authorities do not have the faculty to
pronounce a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which may
include a diminution of the above-mentioned judgment".

- "Baptist" leaders,

have referred to it as "an ungodly brotherhood of satanic darkness";
"there is an inherent incompatibility between Masonry and the
Christian faith"; "there is a great danger that the Christian Mason
may find himself compromising his allegiance to Jesus" (The Baptist
Union of Scotland, 1965).

-"Lutherans",

say "Masonry amounts to idolatry" (Missouri Synod, 1959).

-"Presbyterians":

"Masonry is a religious institution and as such is definitely
anti-Christian (General Assembly, Rochester, 1942).

-"The Church of England":

"A number of very fundamental reasons to question the compatibility of
Freemasonry with Christianity (General Synod, London, 1987... and
several members of the committee were Masons!).

-"Russian Orthodox Church":

"Any Orthodox who joins Masonry losses all the right and privileges of
his membership in the Church (Acker, "Strange Altars", pag.60).

"Methodists":

"There is a great danger that the Christian who becomes a Freemason
will find himself comprising his Christian beliefs. Methodists should
not become Masons (General Assembly, London, 1985).

... However, most Masons are white Protestants, and some Catholics and
Orthodox!.

***

BEAUTIFUL "TENETS"... "DECEPTION":

The apparent "tenets" of Masonry are beautiful, and many Masons are
good, honest people, deceived in the surface of Brotherhood, specially
the first three degrees Masons, most of them!... who, in the words of
Pike, already quoted, "they are intentionally misled by false
interpretations" (p.129)

- To be accepted as a Mason,

you have to believe in "the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of men,
and the immortality of the soul"... and this is beautiful, but like a
chocolate with deadly poison inside, because it will end up robbing
your Christian or Muslim or Jewish believes...

- The "3 tenets" of Masonry are:

1- "Brotherly love to the whole human species,

2- Relieve the distressed,

3- And truth as a divine attribute".

... this 3 tenets, plus "trust in God" are just beautiful... but many
high degree Masons are guided by greed and self-interest, either
social, political, or economic, making Masonry nothing less than the
England's Mafia, in the words of Knight and Short ("The Brotherhood",
"Inside the Brotherhood).

The "4 perfect points of entrance" are: "Gutta" (throat), "pectora"
(chest), "manus" (hand), and "pedes" (feet), to teach care and
circumspection of what you eat and drink, what you say and think in
your heart, what you do, and where you go... beautiful!... but while
many lodges are like clubs of brothers dedicated to do charity, some
big high degree members are obstinate in destroying religions and
entire economical and social structures of even entire nations...

The "4 cardinal virtues",

are also beautiful: Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice"...
but while many lodges breathe a spirit of general philanthropy, some
high degree Masons have fed up the public, and the Grand Lodge biggest
task today is to convince an increasingly cynic public that the Craft
is neither a standing conspiracy nor a secret society, nor even a
"society with secrets", but a harmless private club which benefits the
entire community by inculcating lofty moral and spiritual values in
its members"... but it is not that!...

... because Freemasonry can spiritually enrich a lifetime, but it can
rob you of your Christian values... it can be conservative, but also a
reactionaary force in politics, religion, or economics, a cover for a
revolution, from left or right.

Symbolisms of Masonry:

Masonic candidate: Prepared for the oath.

- "blindfold" as a sign of "spiritual darkness".

- "cable tow" around his neck as a sign of slavery, submission, to the
Master and the Lodge.

Grand hailing "sign of distress".

"Grips: Apprentice, Master Mason...

Deception on the "Initiation": (See picture, just before this)

A "blindfold", called "hoodwink" is always placed on the candidate, to
mean "he is living in spiritual darkness", be it a Christian, or a
Jew, heis living "in darkness, helplessness and ignorance. Having been
wandering amid the errors and covered over with the pollutions of the
outer and profane world"... so, a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim
candidate for Mason "is living in spiritual darkness"!... and
Christianity or Judaism or Islam are full of errors!... and a "profane
world"!...

... And the candidate has to ware the "Cable Tow" around his neck as a
sign of slavery, of submission, not Christ nor to the Church, but to
the Master Mason and the Lodge... and he will be told and swear that
"only the Lodge leads men into spiritual light"... because "he is
iniquity coming to our door, seeking the new birth".

- And most initiates to Masonry do all of this without really knowing
what they are doing or saying... but it is the first big step to strip
a Christian from the "iniquity of Christianity"!.

Deception "on the Bible":

One of the 3 jewels of a Lodge is the "Sacred Book": It may be the
Bible, the Koran, the Vedas, or the Gita... depending on the religion
of the candidates... all of them are good!... but good for nothing!,
because neither one is the "word of God" for Masonry... But they are
good and useful for Masonry, because the candidate has to do the oath
with his right hand on the Bible, for example, a book that means
nothing for Masonry, but for the Christian candidate it is a very
important oath made on the Bible!...

- Masonry says beautiful things about the "Bible", like, "the Holy
Bible is given us the rule and guide for our faith and practice... the
Bible is supreme... its truth is inwrought in the fiver of our
being"...

... But this is the actual attitude of Masonry: "the Blue Lodge
Masonry has nothing whatever to do with the Bible. It is not founded
on the Bible. If it were, it would not be Masonry. The Jews, the
Chinese, the Turks, each reject either the Old or New Testament, or
both, and yet we see no good reason why they should not be made
Masons" (Digest of Masonic Law, Pp.207-208).

The "god" of the Masons,

is not the "God" of the Bible or the Koran:

"To believe in God" is one of the greatest deceptions of Masonry...
because for a Mason, the only "acting God" is the "Lodge" and the
"Worshipful Master", like for Communists the real acting "god" is the
State and the Premier...

... The primary allegiance and obedience of the Mason is to the
"Worshipful Master", the only proper form to address him!... and
through the Master to any other secret "higher Mason authority"... In
the Lodge, the "Master" is "Worshiped", not God!... you can not even
mention your God!.

... This is why Masonry is incompatible with Christianity, Judaism,
and Islam, because their primary allegiance is to "God"... and even
many local authorities are debating whether membership to the Craft is
compatible with local government.

The "God" of the first 3 Degrees,

is "deistic", in the sense that he is a creator but can not be
known... and this is why Pike can claim that "all specific conceptions
of God are idolatrous, except Masonry's" ("Morals and Dogma",
p.516)... so, the God of the Bible, or Koran, are "idolatrous".

... This "deistic God" is a boundless, eternal, universal,
undenominational and international Divine Spirit... but
"unapproachable"!... the only approachable "acting god" is the
Worshipful Master. So, a Mason may believe in only one God, but
Freemasonry welcomes all Masons Gods in the same Pantheon, as far as
the allegiance in the Lodge is to the Worshipful Master, and any other
God can not even be mentioned.

... In fact, any Lodge is a "federation of Gods and Religions"... and
the greatest deception is that the individual Mason is "trusting in
God", but not in his God, but in the Worshipful Master!... and the
secret Mason authorities behind him!, because it is another deception
to make believe that the local Lodge has the supreme authority,
outranked by nobody, not even by the Grand Lodge.

- After the 3rd Degree,

Masonry accepts a particular form of pantheism, "Panentheism", where
"all is god, and god is all", a pantheistic conception of deity which
has passed from India through the secret doctrines of the Kabbalah
into Freemasonry and the actual New Age Movement. The so called "Grand
Architect of the Universe" (G.A.O.T.U.), after the 3rd degree is not
"a person"... "it" is "nature", a "force", "energy"... a "stone", a
"star", "you", "I"... it is "it", not "he"... a most cunning way to
deceive the first 3 Degrees, most of the Masons!...

... And this is why Masonry claims that God is in every Mason... but
it is in the same sense that God is in any dog or any stone...

- The Craft wants people to belive that it opens the door to a
universal brotherhood of all faiths, but any knowledgeable believer
will recognize that Masonry denies his God and beliefs.

... Here, Masonry links cults and religions from all ages: Egypt,
Kabbalah, the Occult, Spiritism, Alchemy (the founder, Hermes, is
suppossed to be one of the founders of Freemasonry)... and even
Satanism: Albert Pike is a high regarded Mason and a Satanist, who
claims that "Masonic religion should be maintained in the purity of
the Luciferian Doctrine... the true religion is Satanism... Lucifer is
the God of Light and the God of Good, strugling for humanity against
Adonay, the God of the Jews and Christians, the God of Darkness and
Evil".

- A great problem,

for the honest Masons of the first 3 Degrees, for most Masons, is that
they participaate in rituals with occult significance, whose symbolism
is undisclosed to them.

- As a whole,

the god of the Masons is "relativistic", because it can't be known,
but it is good to use as it fits!, and only the Masonic symbolism,
which is ambiguous and left to the interpretation of the individual,
is adapted to the truth of what god is.

-The "God" of the Bible,

is not the "god" of Masonry:

For the Craft, Jesus Christ is not God,

or he is god as much as you and I are gods, or a stone is god. Masonry
completely excludes all particular biblical teachings about Christ
such as His incarnation, redemptive mission, death, and resurrection.
In fact, no biblical truth about Jesus Christ is affirmed by Masonry.

- "God the Father",

of the Bible, is not the "Almighty Father of the Universe" of the
Masonry prayers: God the Father is a "person", the Almighty of the
Masons "is not a person" after the third degree, it is "energy",
"nature"... it is not "he", it is "it"...

... So, "the oaths",

on the Bible, or on the Koran, or on the Vedas, are mockery and
profanation of these scriptures, because men swear upon their sacred
scriptures to obey Masonic religious beliefs that deny and distort
what their sacred scriptures really teach.

- The capital "G",

of the emblem, stands for "God" or "Grand Architect of the
Universe"... but also stands for "Geometry, Gnosis, Generation", the
real divine trinity of the Masons.

- The "Hell",

of the Bible and Koran is never ever mentioned in the doctrines or
rituals of Masonry.

- "Heaven",

is mentioned as "the perfect and glorious Lodge above where the
Supreme Architect of the Universe presides"... but that "Lodge above"
is not the Heaven of the Bible or Koran, because for Masonry "god" is
not a person, and the "Lodge above" is neither a place nor a estate,
it is to be "in god" like a stone is... it is just a deception to face
death!... because "after death", every soul becomes god, like a drop
of water in the ocean, "without being a person"...

- So, the 2 tenets of Masonry, "believe in God, and in the immortality
of the soul", are the greatest deceptions of Masonry, because "God" is
not a person, and the "soul" is not what we think, but it is like the
"soul" of a star, or a bird... and this is why the third great Rite of
Masonry, the "Grand Orient of France" admits atheists as Masons, and
they are perfect Masons, without believing in God or in the
immortality of the soul.

Deception "on religion"...

... the "aim of Masonry":

A great false and deceptive claim of Masonry is to say that "it is not
a religion nor a substitute for religion".

- Masonry is a religion,

a "naturalistic religion"... and still more, Masonry teaches in the
higher degrees, that "it alone is the only one true religion of all
mankind", aiming to unite all religions and will eventually unite the
world in brotherhood... it is the same aim that the one of the New Age
Movement... a new "World Order"!.

... Its real aim is to become Christianity without Christ, Judaism
without the Law, Islam without the Prophet, Buddhism without Buddha...

- It is a "Religion of Naturalism",

where "human reason" becomes the only guide to religious belief. God
can not teach anything, He can not reveal Himself... the Bible is good
as far as the moral doctrines is concern, but it is nothing as far as
the revelations that God has made of Himself... Masonry denies that
anything has been taught by God... the real God!...

... And this is why Masonry claims, "Creeds arise, have their day and
pass, but Masonry remains, because it is built on the rock of reason,
not on the shifting sands of superstition"... all religions are
"superstition", including Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus,
Buddhists... all except Masonry, the only one true religion!...

- Masonry inculcates the practice of virtue, but supplies no scheme of
redemption of sin!... - Masonry, without "revelation" of God, with
only "reason", knows very little about the real "God", and about the
real eternal "soul", and about the real eternal "Heaven" or "Hell"...

Get out of Masonry!...

it may ruin your only life on earth, and it may bring you to the
eternal Hell, forgotten by Masonry... but it is there!...

"To unite",

all mankind into its doctrines is the main aim of Masonry... but
Masonry can not even unite itself!... because power and honor and
riches are the main goals of many Massons... there is a huge rivalry
among their high level members to be the most honored, the most
powerful... in the words of Pike, the most eminent American Freemason
philosopher, he wrote an entire article on "The Evil Consequences of
Schisms and Disputes for Power in Masonry, and of Jealousies and
Dissensions Between Masonic Rites", where he talks about "the angry
disputes which rend the bosom of the Order, accompanied with bitter
words, harsh epithets and loud denunciations, that give the lie to the
combatants' claim of brotherhood"... no, the brotherhood of Masonry is
not a peaceful lake!... ("Little Masonic Library", 5:102-103)...

... Masons in today's Lodge seem unable to agree even on major issues,
such as "who God is", and weather or not He is relevant... and, in
fact, among the most rancorous disputes the world has ever witnessed
are those that raged among Masons during the last 200 years over
questions of minor or no importance... just for the sake of power and
honor and riches!... the principal aims of many Masons.

... A huge problem of "Masonic Religion" is that it is an amalgam of
many religions from Egypt, Persia, Babylon, Jews, Christians, Hindus,
Spiritism, Occultism, Witchcraft, Kabbalah... and anything can be
added or argued...

Deception "on the oaths"... the "secrecy":

"Signs" of the "First 3 Degrees"

1- Entered Apprentice: Cut my throat and tongue.

2- Fellow Craft: Cut open my chest, and put my heart and lungs on my
left shoulder.

3- Master Mason: Put my bowels out.

The "oaths" are most deceptive, ridiculous, disproportionate, and,
especially, they make the Mason to violate and deny his Christian or
Muslim faith.

We already commented on how the "oaths" on the Bible or Koran are a
mockery and profanation of these scriptures, because men swear upon
their sacred scriptures to obey Masonic religious beliefs that deny
and distort what their sacred scriptures teach (see ""Deception on the
Initiation").

In the First Degree of "Apprentice",

he swears, with his hand on the Bible, "I (name), in the presence of
Almighty God, most solemnly promise and swear that I will always hail,
ever conceal, and never reveal any of the arts, parts of points of the
hidden mysteries of Freemasonry... binding myself under the penalty
than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out, and my
body buried in the rough sands of the see..." (Duncan's Ritual, pp.
34-35).

The Second Degree, "Fellow Craft",

swears on the Bible, in the presence of Almighty God, "under the
penalty than of having my breast open... and my heart and lungs thrown
over my left shoulder... so help me God".

The Third Degree, of "Master Mason", swears "under the penalty than
that of having my body severed in two, my bowels taken from thence and
burn to ashes... so help me God".

- All these "penalties" are exaggerated... just for revealing a secret
grip, or a lodge rite, or a password like "Boaz" or "Tubal Cain"...
what will you do to anyone who commits murder, or rape?... they argue
that they are only "symbolic", and consequently a "sacrilege" to swear
solemnly under God something symbolic... but many Masons take them
literally and fear the consequences of them...

... and the fact is that many Masons have been found with their
throats cut, their tongue out, their chest open... because, they say,
it is up to God to inflict the penalties, but apparently there are men
who do it for God!.

- The main deception is that with these oaths you swear to God to
uphold Masonry, and that can only be done by sacrificing your
Christian or Jewish or Muslim commitment.

- Candidate, takes the oath of a Master Mason.

- The Apron: A badge of innocence, the bond of friendship, a symbol of
profound change of attitude towards work and society, an emblem of
very great significance for a Mason.

"BROTHERHOOD"... "FRUITS":

Most men are lured into Masonry by promises of brotherhood, charity,
and advancement in employment or public life... but this is another
big deception!:

- Brotherhood and employment are nice tools used to enslave Masons
into Masonry... when you don't follow the rules of the Master, even
your throat is going to be cut!... and that's part of brotherhood and
a better job!.

- Some Masons feel at home in the Lodge, as a club where old men are
treated with a respect they no longer receive from the world at large,
and where younger men can make friends from all ways of life, even
wearing "an apron" in the lodge, when they would not be seen dead in
one at home!... for others, it is a staggeringly boring waste of time
with so many weird rituals and bloodcurdling oaths, and quit as soon
as they find a diplomatic excuse...

- For some it is a rich spiritual life, for most it is a place to find
a job, or a cover for revolutionary work in their selfish political,
social, economic, or religious ambitions, either in their local
confines or at the national or world level...

Some of the fruits of Masonry are:

- The famous "Masonic Charities":

They claim about \\$300 millions a year to hospitals and other
institutions, which is good but not that much, considering that if
every Mason contributes just \\$5 per week, they can collect $1,300
millions per year... they are a good way to deceive the outsiders,
like its secrecy, it is often a cloak to hide its real teachings and
goals, and a good way to obtain propaganda... and even the so called
"charity" is a way to get money for the Order: In 1985, "Circuses" of
the Shriners generated \\$23 million, and only 2% went to medical care
of children. In 1984, out of \\$17 million only 1% went to charity,
the rest for the Order! (Orlando Sentinel, June 29, 1986).

- "Famous Masons",

have made important contributions to the world in all fields of life:
Politics, soldiers, writers, actors, composers, painters,
scientists... as we comment in "Famous Masons"

- The "Ku-Klux-Klan",

was founded by a Mason, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and revitalized in
1915 by another Mason, William Simmons (see "Ku Klux Klan").

- Influence in the "French Revolution",

with the triple motto of Masonry, "liberty, equality, and fraternity",
and a Mason, Joseph Guillotine, invented the "guillotine" to cut the
throat of thousands for the crime of just being Christians...

- "Prejudice":

Blacks, women, and the poor, are not admitted to the Lodge... U.S.
lodges even now reject the legitimacy of Negro Masonic Lodges, the
Prince Hall lodges (Encyclopedia Britannica).

- The "New Age Movement",

prefigured in the "New Age Magazine" of the Southern Jurisdiction of
the US, and used by Masonry to destroy religions.

- "Against Catholics":

This Southern Jurisdiction of the US has fought for years all the
goals of Catholics, including their right to have private Catholic
Schools.

- The "Vatican Scandal",

of 1976, when 3 Masons, Sindona, Calvi, and Gelli, infiltrated the
Vatican and almost bankrupted it, influencing in the Vatican Treasure
through the Cardinals Casaroli (Vatican foreign minister), Poletti
(Vicar of Rome), Villot (Secretary of State), and Marcinkus (head of
IOR).

- Equality, liberty, and fraternity",

is the triple motto of Masonry that is not even uphold in the Lodge,
where there are many "degrees" with different honors and powers, no
equality. Each member has to use the color of the apron of his degree,
there is not liberty. And fraternity, you can have it as far as you
are a slave of the Master and of the Lodge, but forget it if you fail
one the rules or commands!.

- "Several Books",

well documented, report incredible acts of Masonry to destroy private
citizens, and entire cities and nations, infiltrating the Police, the
Judiciary, the Politics, the Economy, the Religions... I recommend
"The Brotherhood" by Stephen Knight, and "Inside The Brotherhood" by
Martin Short.

- The "Occult" and even "Satanism",

is practiced by many Masons: Pike and Waite were leading Masons and
both leading occultists... many rites of the Craft are taking from the
Occult, but hiding its significance to the first three Degrees...
Albert Pike served as sovereign grand inspector of the Southern
Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for many years, is considered
American Freemasonry's most eminent philosopher, and he is a
"Satanist"! (see "The God of the Masons")

- "Morality":

Masonry has a beautiful code of morality good enough to deceive the
most intelligent... it is like a chocolate with deathly poison
inside... I agree with Wagner, that the ethics of Masonry, when the
veil is removed, is decidedly immoral and subversive of the divine
order. If the principles of Masonry were to animate mankind today,
society again would wallow in the styles of paganism (Wagner,
Freemasonry, pp.482-483)...

... And I am not talking about some Masons who are good, honest,
deceived people, but about Masonry with so bad morality that most of
its open claims are "false claims": It is a religion, a substitute for
religion; it dishonors the Bible and the Koran; it is not a merely
fraternal brotherhood; it has many rites of the occult...

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MEDIEVAL HISTORIAN CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT FREEMASONRY CAME FROM
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, NOT FROM CHRISTIANITY!

John J, Robinson, Historian, proves Freemasonry derived from Knights
Templar, and states "basic tenet of Freemasonry not derived from
Christian ethic". Robinson's work commended by Masonic Lodges!

John J. Robinson is an historian, with special interest in the history
of Medieval Britain and Europe generally and the Crusades
specifically. He is an ex-marine and so brings a discipline to his
work. He is a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the
Organization of American Historians, and the Royal Overseas League of
London. His book, "Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets Of Freemasonry",
traces the origins of Freemasonry back to the French Knights Templar,
not to Scotland! Furthermore, this book is highly recommended by
several Masonic Lodges, whose recommendations we have reprinted below.

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"If there is only one book you read concerning the beginnings of
Freemasonry, I would highly recommend this one. It is a fascinating
account of the Knights Templar after the death of DeMolay in 1313, to
the establishment of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717." The Montana
Masonic News
"This is not a good book: it's excellent. But it will be hated by
many, including the Roman Catholic church, religious bigots, some
Masonic ritualists, and some Masonic 'historians'." The Philalethes
"This is a fascinating book. It is the best that I have ever read
about Freemasonry that was written by a non-Mason. It is exceptionally
well researched ... I recommend it wholeheartedly." The Maine Mason
To this group of Masonic recommendations, the prestigious Publishers
Weekly adds its voice of approval for this historic detective work of
Robinson in this book. " Historian Robinson persuasively links
Freemasonry's origins and goals to the once powerful and wealthy
Knights Templar order ... The author combines scholarly research and
entertaining storytelling in tracing Freemasonry as a worldwide
political, religious, economic and social body dedicated to
self-improvement and charity while governed by secret rituals and
symbols." Publishers Weekly
Robinson writes this scholarly work in a style not seen in most
historic works. You can easily read and comprehend what he is saying,
and you will enjoy reading this book. Robinson's style is almost that
of a novelist, thus making a very entertaining, as well as a very
informative, book. I have been a history buff all my life, and made
History a Minor in college, a very strong Minor. Therefore, I was
impressed by the scholarly approach to a very important subject in
history, i.e., true origins of Freemasonry. Masonic writers cannot
agree amongst themselves as to the true origins of their fraternity,
so it is refreshing to see a Medieval Historian write such a work that
can be approved by Masonic authorities. The Philalethes is especially
an important Masonic organization. They have a Web Site,
http://freemasonry.org/psoc/

One of the enduring debates within Christian circles is whether
Freemasonry is compatible with Christianity generally and the Holy
Bible specifically. Masonic writers have always maintained that they
are compatible with Christian doctrine, and they point with pride to
the fact that American and British Freemasonry quotes extensively from
the Holy Bible. They point to their famous Hiram Abiff allegory that
seemingly traces the origin of Freemasonry back to the Biblical king,
King Solomon, when he was building the Temple. However, when we
compare their religious teachings against the doctrines of the Bible,
we discover that Freemasonry cannot be Christian, as they teach
Salvation by Works [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma, page 399], and
believe Jesus Christ to have been an Illusion and His death an
Illusion [Ibid., page 567], teachings which form the very basis for
the Biblical definition of Antichrist. [1 John 4:1-9]

We shall be writing much from Robinson's historic book, but the focus
of our discourse here will be on two of his findings. First, we shall
look briefly at his conclusions that Freemasonry originated from the
repressed Knights Templar secret society, a conclusion strongly
supported by the fact that Freemasonry today has orders of Templar. In
fact, Masonic author Albert Pike supports Robinson's conclusions that
Freemasonry goes back to the French Knights of Templar. In his book,
"Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite", Pike
states, "Therefore, it was that the Sword and the Trowel were the
insignia of the Templars, who subsequently, as will be seen, concealed
themselves under the name of Brethren Masons. This name, Freres Macons
in the French, adopted by way of secret reference to the Builders of
the Second Temple, was corrupted in English into Free-Masons ..."
[Page 816]

Robinson reaches this same conclusion by carefully examining Masonic
teachings, their rituals, and their language origins. His conclusion
was that, when Pope Clement V conspired with King Phillip of France in
1313 to arrest, try, and annihilate the Knights Templar, some French
Templars did escape. Furthermore, Templars in other countries, most
notably Britain, were able to escape the dragnet. They gravitated to
Scotland, where the Scottish King refused to enforce the Papal Bull
against the Templars. Accepting other Templars into their new secret
order, and very fearful of betrayal, did evolve into the Freemasonry
we know today. The traditional secret society emphasis on signs and
handshakes, and the keeping of secrets makes much sense, as lives were
literally at stake. [Page 150-1] Finally, in 1717, Freemasons felt
secure enough to come out into the open and establish public Lodges.

Thus, the revered Masonic leader and author, Albert Pike, and this
historian, John J. Robinson, are totally in agreement with the fact
that Freemasonry can be traced directly back to the French Knights
Templars.

Now, let us go immediately to the core subject matter of this article:
Is Freemasonry Christian? Was it founded upon Christian principles? On
page 169, Robinson reaches his conclusion. "... the basic fraternity
of Freemasonry is not structured on the Christian ethic, per se, but
welcomes any man who believes in any perception of a monotheistic
Supreme Being." Of course, this is a damning statement to anyone who
knows their Holy Bible. Biblical doctrine totally rejects this type of
inclusive belief, as we see below.

Belief in God is not enough to save anyone from Hell -- " Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also
believe, and tremble." [James 2:19] The only Saving Faith that will
guarantee a person eternal life in Heaven is a belief in Jesus Christ
and His Atoning Work, alone. Believing in God alone will not save you.
Certainly, believing in the validity of any belief in a " monotheistic
Supreme Being" will not save you. A person is saved only by totally
trusting in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice, alone.
Christianity is the most EXCLUSIVE religion in world history! Jesus
Christ is the only true God, He is the only way to Heaven, and He
alone will judge all men on the Final Day. Listen to His own Words: "
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me." [John 14:6]
Thus, Freemasonry is dead wrong when it allows any belief in any
concept of a monotheistic Supreme Being. In fact, Freemasonry goes one
step further; they totally exclude Jesus Christ from their teachings
and rituals. Listen to Robinson: "Freemasonry, however, admits any
believer in a monotheistic God. The ritual makes no mention of Jesus
Christ ..." [Page 198] From the lips of a Medieval Historian, whose
book is recommended by Masonic authorities, you have another bold
statement that Freemasonry is not based upon the precepts of
Christianity. Masonry may look like, feel like, and act like
Christianity, but a close examination of its teachings reveal that it
is a counterfeit Christianity. The Bible clearly teaches that the
world will always have a large number of false and/or counterfeit
religions, a fact which demands that Christians always be discerning,
and always comparing Masonry with the Bible. Listen to the Apostle
John again. "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits

whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into

the world." [1 John 4:1; we encourage you to read this full context,
as John tells us much about the type of false spirits which are always
in the world. Note that John ties all of the signs for which we are to
look into Jesus Christ, Whom Freemasons never mention in their
teaching or rituals]

John Robinson returns to this theme of the non-Christian foundation of
Freemasonry on page 189. Listen closely. "... Freemasonry does not
require that a member be a Christian, but only that he believe in God
and the immortality of the soul ..." The Apostle James states that
even the demons believe in these facts, and they certainly are not
saved, nor are they Christian! [James 2:19] When you examine Masonic
rituals carefully, as we have done in previous articles, you will
discover that this statement is absolutely true, with no exceptions.
Listen again to the Introduction to a Masonic Bible printed in 1927 --
"Thus, by the very honor which Masonry pays to the Bible it teaches us
to revere every book of faith in which men find help for today and
hope for the morrow, joining hands with the man of Islam as he takes
an oath on the Koran, and with the Hindu as he makes covenant with God
upon the book that he loves best."

From the very lips of Freemasonry, we get the undiluted truth that
confirms Robinson's statement, above. Freemasonry rejects the strict,
absolute claim by Jesus Christ, for Himself and His Church, that
Christianity is the only valid religion on earth. No organization, or
individual, can hope to be considered by Jesus Christ to be a
Christian if they reject this doctrine of Christianity being the only
valid religion on Earth. Remember, also, that no one will be able to
claim his way into Heaven; rather, the only people who will be in
Heaven are the ones whom Jesus God declares to be His.

We hope you have seen the light over this false claim of Freemasonry
to be Christian. If you are a member of Freemasonry, we urge you to
get out and immediately repent of your sins through Jesus Christ. The
End of the Age is truly upon us, and you need to get spiritually ready
to meet it, on Jesus' conditions. Are you spiritually ready? Is your
family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the
reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril
facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect
your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also
use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an
unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen
people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also
a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an
eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have
been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to
immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly
forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible
Study.

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THE INCREDIBLE SATANIC VISION By Albert Pike A Freemason To The Bone

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We have spoken a great deal about Albert Pike in the past few weeks,
as we have examined, in some detail, his monumental Freemasonry
teaching guide entitled, "Morals And Dogma of the Ancient And Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry". Pike was the Grand Commander of North
American Freemasonry from 1859-1891. During his tenure, Pike caught a
global vision of what Freemasonry could achieve, and so he turned his
immense intellect toward achieving this vision. Consequently, Albert
Pike was considered to be the foremost Freemason leader of the world
at that time, and perhaps, the greatest of all time.

Before we move any further into our study, let us learn a few
biographical facts about Albert Pike. Albert Pike, former Confederate
War hero, became the leader of North American Freemasonry after the
Civil War. Pike is considered to be the greatest leader ever of
Freemasonry, because:

He was a certified genius
He spoke 16 languages fluently
He graduated from Harvard University
He achieved rank of Brigadier General of Confederate Army in Civil War
He was thoroughly familiar with the Jewish occult system, the Cabala,
the stone system of the New World Order
After Pike assumed leadership of Northern Freemasonry, he took up his
headquarters in the "Temple of Understanding" in Washington, D.C.,
just 13 blocks north of the White House and in direct line of that
great Freemasonry obelisk, the Washington Monument (Study the
Freemasonry Connection article this week). When Andrew Johnson
succeeded President Abraham Lincoln, Pike had unreserved access to the
White House, because Johnson was a Freemason.<1>

At this time, Albert Pike's tremendous vision as to what the future of
global Freemasonry might be like, plus the fact that he had the ear of
the President of the United States, propelled American Freemasonry
into the forefront of leadership in the drive to the New World Order.
During the period from President Johnson to Harry S. Truman, many of
the Presidents were Freemasons at the very time when real, substantive
progress was being made to advance the global aims of the New World
Order. Consider the Presidents in this time frame:

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
James A. Garfield 1881
William McKinley 1897-1901
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
William Howard Taft 1909-1913
Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953<2>
Thus, in the pivotal period of time from the Civil War to the
beginning of the Cold War, many of those years had a Freemason
President in office. To be exact, in the very pivotal time period from
1865-1953, a period of 88 years, Presidents who were Freemason
occupied the White House for 44 of those years! If you will read
Seminar #2, you will see that occultists place great faith in numbers.
Eleven is one of their most sacred numbers, and multiplications of 11
are also sacred. This is one of the reasons that Freemasons revere the
number 33, because it is sacred number 11 times 3, the number of their
trinity. (For a more thorough treatise on the subject of the Occult
Belief In The Power Of Numbers, download CE1024 & CE1070).

Simply remember this about the power and ability of occultists to
achieve their goals:

1. Their power is supernatural, but it is Luciferian

Turn to Job 1:6, for a unique look at the ability of that supernatural
being, Satan, to cause havoc in this world. "Now there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest
thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'

Satan's to God answer was, "I was on the earth, going to and fro in
it, and walking up and down in it." Now, this is incredible, because
we conceive of the earth as being a pretty big place, even by today's
modern standards. But, it is not a big place to Satan, for he can just
going to and fro and walk up and down in the earth. The picture here
is that of you and your garden; you certainly can going to and fro and
walk up and down in it, can't you? To you, a garden is not a terribly
big place, and you are its undisputed master. The earth is the same
type of thing with Satan. For this supernatural demon, the earth is a
mighty small place, and its human inhabitants are easy pickings. We
humans have no concept of the power of Satan and his demonic host, for
not only are they more than a match for any human, they hate all
mankind with a vengeance, because we are all "made in the image of
God". This brings me to point 2 in my discussion of the power and
ability of occultists to achieve their goals.

2. God is in control, even of the demonic host and their leader,
Satan/Lucifer

God is in such control of world events that Satan and his demonic host
cannot do anything that is not allowed by God. When God forces Satan
to manipulate his human hosts to accomplish something that fulfills
Bible prophecy, God gets the glory. This is why God so emphatically
stated, concerning His prophecies coming true, "Seek ye out of the
book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall
want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath
gathered them." In other words, every one of God's prophecies shall
have "her mate" in fulfillment. The greatest example of God's
omnipotence prevailing over Satan's rebellion is the rebirth of the
nation, Israel, just as God had foretold. Satan hated Israel with a
vengeance because he hated God, and Israel was God's Chosen People. If
Satan had any degree of latitude whatsoever, he would have moved
heaven and earth to prevent Israel from coming back to the land as a
nation in 1948. In fact, Satan tried to prevent this from happening
when he mightily used Adolf Hitler to attempt to execute every single
Jew in the world. But, he failed, and Israel did come back, just as
God foretold!

But, now let us return to one of the greatest occultists in history,
Albert Pike. As do most occultists, Albert Pike had supernatural
spirit guides, who dispensed "Divine Wisdom" as to how to achieve the
New World Order. A "spirit guide" is a "being" who meets someone who
has given themselves over to the practice of the occult; however,
please understand that many people who are practitioners of the New
Age Religion do not view this as a bad thing. In fact, they would
argue vociferously that they are filled with happiness and joy by
interacting with their "spirit guides", not realizing that they have
been temporarily deceived by Satan who, along with his demons, can
appear as an Angel of Light in order to deceive ("And no marvel; for
Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is
no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers
of righteousness ..." 2 Corinthians 11:14-15).

So, Albert Pike received a demonic vision, described below. On January
22, 1870, Pike and one of his international co-conspirators, Guiseppe
Mazzini, published the Plan which would establish the New World Order.
This Plan was kept very secret, only within Freemasonry circles since
the time of its inception, known only to fellow occult Illuminist
conspirators. (This information is taken from a book from a former
Luciferian Illuminist, Doc Marquis. His book is "Secrets of the
Illuminati" and reveals much formerly hidden detail known only to
Illuminists).

The secret Pike plan to control the world foresaw the need for three
world wars. Stop here for a moment to remember the date of this
prediction: January 22, 1870. This date is 44 years before the
beginning of World War I. Once you understand the facts we are about
to share with you and realize the length of time between this
prediction and the beginning of its fulfillment, you can understand
how supernatural forces were truly in command. Further, January 22,
1870, is occulticly significant also. The number 22 is one of the
three important occultic primary numbers (11, 22, and 33).

The Pike Plan to overthrow the Judeo-Christian Old World Order, and
establish the Satanic New World Order foresaw the need for war.
However, this war was not the type of warfare the world had seen
historically. This war was to be on a much larger scale than history
had ever recorded. This war was to be global, or world-wide.

The details of this Pike Plan {January 22, 1870} for three (3) World
Wars to establish the New World Order is as follows: (As you are
reading this demonic prophecy, remember the occult concept of Thesis
battling Antithesis to produce the new system, Synthesis. World Wars I
& II were fought to establish Antithesis, to set up the Cold War, that
"controlled conflict or threat of conflict" that would produce the new
system, Synthesis).

I. The First World War was designed to enable the Czarist Government
in Russia to be finally and completely overthrown. The new Russian
government was foreseen to be atheistic and militaristic. Further,
Pike specified that this new Russian Government was to be Communistic.
Karl Marx had published his Communist Manifesto in 1848, exactly 22
years before this occultic prophecy through Albert Pike. Isn't it
interesting that the occultic number 22 keeps popping up? The
multiplier numbers, 44 and 66 also keep appearing, as you will see in
a few moments.

History records that this First World War did, indeed, occur just as
listed, above. The Western powers in Europe, in conjunction with the
United States, financed Lenin's expedition into Russia<3>, they
financed his government consistently, and we have financed Russian
Communism at least once per decade since then.

II. The Second World War was foreseen to originate between Great
Britain and Germany. However, one of the planned results of this war
was to strengthen the new Communist Russian government, so that it
could weaken and destroy other governments and religions.

History again records that the Second World War did, indeed,
accomplish this objective. The war started when Germany invaded
Poland, causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. Very soon,
the troika (3's) of powers were set up to wage this war. The Black
Magic occultists allied themselves when Germany linked with Italy and
Japan; the White Magic occultists allied themselves together as Great
Britain linked with the United States and Russia. Do not be deceived.
This war was fought between two (2) New World Order forces, the "evil"
alliance of the Axis Powers or the "good" alliance of the Allied
Powers; the war was between the Black Magic forces against the White
Magic forces. But, we shall return to this subject in more depth at a
later time.

Certainly, the Pike vision of the Second World War building Russian
Communism into a super power was fulfilled to a startling degree.
Historians have always been mystified as to how Churchill and
Roosevelt could have given away all of Eastern Europe to the Soviets,
when the preponderance of power was clearly against the Soviets.
Clearly, when Roosevelt and Churchill ceded all of Eastern Europe to
Russia, the Communist Government of Russia, now known as the U.S.S.R.
{Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) completed its transition to a
super power, exactly as Pike's vision had foretold. And, let us not
forget that the Second World War had given Russia capabilities it had
not possessed before the War. Not only did we build up the Russian
military to a frightful degree, but we had also built entire factories
East of Moscow that gave Russia an instant manufacturing base. Even
though Russia had paid dearly in human lives during the War, they came
out of the conflict a superpower. Thanks to Roosevelt, Russia now had
a kingdom to go along with its new military and industrial base.

Now, you know that Freemason President Roosevelt gave this territory
to Russia simply and only because he was being true to Pike's vision
of 1870!! You will never read this true history in any of your books!!

III. The Third World War was foreseen to be between Judaism and Islam.
This prophecy is incredible in many ways, beginning with the
understanding that this prophecy of a third world war occurred in
1870, a time when Israel did not exist as a nation, and when no one
except Fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians believed it would
ever exist again.

Watch the events in Israel very carefully, because the final chapter
is being written there. The demonic 'guiding spirits' of Freemasonry,
of the leaders of the New World Order Plan, are planning a final,
definitive Third World War, which will begin between Israel and her
Arab neighbors and spread to the entire world. Literally, out of the
smoke and destruction of this Third World War, Antichrist will come
striding!

Now, here is the most interesting aspect of this demonic plan; it fits
with Scripture!! God foretold Last Day's Judgment on the Arabs in
several places, listed below!!

In Obadiah, God foretells the destruction of the House of Esau,
particularly the people of Edom, in the Last Days. God is promising
this deliverance for the way in which these Arabs treated His chosen
People. While severe judgment did fall upon the nation of Edom in 70
A.D., they were not wiped out as a people, nor was the destruction at
the hands of Israel, as Verse 18 foretells, nor was it the fulfillment
of the final days' judgment, which the Bible consistently labels the
"Day Of The Lord" {Verse 15}
Joel 2:18-3:21, God foretells tremendous judgment of all nations in
the world, starting with the Arabs, beginning when God "reverses the
captivity" and "restores the fortunes" of Israel, a date we know as
May 14, 1948. Read this passage carefully, and you will see the hand
of God foretelling judgment swirling all around Israel after she is
restored to her land. Joel 2:30-31 seem to foretell nuclear war at
this time.
While Israel will escape physical destruction by the miraculous power
of God, she will be in so much danger that God Himself will
supernaturally protect her. In Daniel 12:1, we see that, in the time
of the End, Israel will be in such danger that "Michael shall arise to
defend your [Daniel's] people [Israel]."
Therefore, we can place great emphasis and credibility in this demonic
vision of the Third World War. Out of the smoke and destruction of
this War, Antichrist will stride triumphantly, to put an end to the
War, to finally give the embattled world "Peace and Safety". But, as 1
Thessalonians 5:1-4 foretells, when people are saying this, the world
will explode in destruction.

The current events in Israel, where she is giving up "land for peace"
makes no sense any other way. Israel's leaders, some of whom are
former generals in the Army, have lent their support to this idiotic
plan. Militarily, this plan is a disaster, for it allows the Arabs a
permanent home so deep within Israel that the military might not be
able to successfully defend Israel if the attack comes from within the
Palestinian State. The Jewish Orthodox community is overwhelmingly of
the opinion that this "Peace Plan" is a recipe for war, not peace.
They are right; that is the Plan.

Why, you ask, are so many Israeli leaders, who should know better,
creating and supporting this Plan of giving the Palestinians a state,
and giving up the Golan Heights? I believe it is for two reasons:

They are Humanists, and therefore, are capable of being deceived by
Satan
They have been given "concrete" assurances by the Western Powers that
their security will be "guaranteed" if they agree to this Plan.
For whatever reason, Israeli liberal leaders have created this
unworkable Plan, and have carried out many of its provisions. Now,
with the new Conservative Prime Minister in place, the scene may be
set for a real explosion, because of his unwillingness to proceed any
further with the Plan. And, if he were to attempt to roll back any of
the concessions already carried out, the result will be war!!

Watch Israel and the events of the Middle East. Antichrist is going to
appear during this planned World War Three. The stage is finally set.
Albert Pike's demonic vision of three world wars being necessary to
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<1>"Masonic Holy Bible", Master Reference Edition, Heirloom Bible
Publishers, 1964, 'Masonic Presidents Of Our Country'.

<2>Ibid.

<3>"Chart Of The World Revolution", by Nesta Webster, Constable & Co.,
London, 1921.

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Tell Me More About Albert Pike
Albert Pike and Three World Wars
Very few outsiders know about the intimate plans of Albert Pike and
the architects of the New World Order. In the 19th Century Albert
Pike established a framework for bringing about the One World Order.
Based on a vision revealed to him, Albert Pike wrote a blueprint of
events that would play themselves out in the 20th century, with even
more of these events yet to come. It is this blueprint which we
believe unseen leaders are following today, knowingly or not, to
engineer the planned Third and Final World War.

About Albert Pike
Albert Pike was born on December 29, 1809, in Boston, and was the
oldest of six children born to Benjamin and Sarah Andrews Pike. He
studied at Harvard, and later served as a Brigadier-General in the
Confederate Army. After the Civil War, Pike was found guilty of
treason and jailed, only to be pardoned by fellow Freemason President
Andrew Johnson on April 22, 1866, who met with him the next day at the
White House. On June 20, 1867, Scottish Rite officials conferred upon
Johnson the 4th to 32nd Freemasonry degrees, and he later went to
Boston to dedicate a Masonic Temple.

Pike was said to be a genius, able to read and write in 16 different
languages, although I cannot find a record anywhere of what those
languages were. In addition, he is widely accused of plagiarism, so
take with a pinch of salt. At various stages of his life we was a
poet, philosopher, frontiersman, soldier, humanitarian and
philanthropist. A 33rd degree Mason, he was one of the founding
fathers, and head of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, being the Grand Commander of North American Freemasonry
from 1859 and retained that position until his death in 1891. In 1869,
he was a top leader in the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Pike was said to be a Satanist, who indulged in the occult, and he
apparently possessed a bracelet which he used to summon Lucifer, with
whom he had constant communication. He was the Grand Master of a
Luciferian group known as the Order of the Palladium (or Sovereign
Council of Wisdom), which had been founded in Paris in 1737. Palladism
had been brought to Greece from Egypt by Pythagoras in the fifth
century, and it was this cult of Satan that was introduced to the
inner circle of the Masonic lodges. It was aligned with the Palladium
of the Templars. In 1801, Issac Long, a Jew, brought a statue of
Baphomet (Satan) to Charleston, South Carolina, where he helped to
establish the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Long apparently
chose Charleston because it was geographically located on the 33rd
parallel of latitude (incidentally, so is Baghdad), and this council
is considered to be the Mother Supreme Council of all Masonic Lodges
of the World.

Pike was Long's successor, and he changed the name of the Order to the
New and Reformed Palladian Rite (or Reformed Palladium). The Order
contained two degrees:

Adelph (or Brother), and

Companion of Ulysses (or Companion of Penelope).

Pike's right-hand man was Phileas Walder, from Switzerland, who was a
former Lutheran minister, a Masonic leader, occultist, and
spiritualist. Pike also worked closely with Giusseppe Mazzini of Italy
(1805-1872) who was a 33rd degree Mason, who became head of the
Illuminati in 1834, and who founded the Mafia in 1860. Together with
Mazzini, Lord Henry Palmerston of England (1784-1865, 33rd degree
Mason), and Otto von Bismarck from Germany (1815-1898, 33rd degree
Mason), Albert Pike intended to use the Palladian Rite to create a
Satanic umbrella group that would tie all Masonic groups together.

Albert Pike died on April 2, 1891, and was buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery, although the corpse of Pike currently lies in the
headquarters of the Council of the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry in Washington, D.C. (see The Deadly Deception, by Jim
Shaw - former 33rd degree Mason and Past Master of all Scottish Rite
bodies.)

The Albert Pike Monument
Albert Pike made his mark before the war in Arkansas as a lawyer and
writer, but as a Confederate Brigadier General, he was, according to
the Arkansas Democrat of July 31, 1978, a complete "WASH-OUT," not a
hero. Yet, Gen. Albert Pike is the only Confederate general with a
statue on federal property in Washington, DC. He was honoured, not as
a commander or even as a lawyer, but as Southern regional leader of
the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. The statue stands on a pedestal near
the foot of Capitol Hill, between the Department of Labor building and
the Municipal Building, between 3rd and 4th Streets, on D Street, NW.
More detail about the monument, including a photo and map can be found
here. Further background on the colorful history of the statue can be
found at the Masonic Info website. During the 1992 presidential
campaign, Lyndon H. LaRouche and his vice presidential running mate,
the Reverend James Bevel, launched a mobilization to remove the statue
of General Albert Pike from Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square. On
February 1, the campaign drew an angry attack from freemasonic leader
C. Fred Kleinknecht, who attempted to defend both Pike and the Ku Klux
Klan from LaRouche and Bevel's attack. A speech given by LaRouche
defending his actions can be found here (March 20, 1992). And a
speech by Anton Chaitkin entitled 'Why Albert Pike's Statue Must Fall'
can be found here (September 21, 1992).

The Illuminati and Albert Pike
Adam Weishaupt (1748 - 1811) formed the Order of Perfectibilists on
May 1, 1776 (to this day celebrated as May Day throughout many western
countries), which later became known as the Illuminati, a secret
society whose name means "Enlightened Ones". Although the Order was
founded to provide an opportunity for the free exchange of ideas,
Weishaupt's background as a Jesuit seems to have influenced the actual
character of the society, such that the express aim of this Order
became to abolish Christianity, and overturn all civil government.

An Italian revolutionary leader, Giusseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), a 33rd
degree Mason, was selected by the Illuminati to head their worldwide
operations in 1834. (Mazzini also founded the Mafia in 1860).
Because of Mazzini's revolutionary activities in Europe, the Bavarian
government cracked down on the Illuminati and other secret societies
for allegedly plotting a massive overthrow of Europe's monarchies. As
the secrets of the Illuminati were revealed, they were persecuted and
eventually disbanded, only to re-establish themselves in the depths of
other organizations, of which Freemasonry was one.

During his leadership, Mazzini enticed Albert Pike into the (now
formally disbanded, but still operating) Illuminati. Pike was
fascinated by the idea of a one world government, and when asked by
Mazzini, readily agreed to write a ritual tome that guided the
transition from average high-ranking mason into a top-ranking
Illuminati mason (33rd degree). Since Mazzini also wanted Pike to head
the Illuminati's American chapter, he clearly felt Pike was worthy of
such a task. Mazzini's intention was that once a mason had made his
way up the Freemason ladder and proven himself worthy, the highest
ranking members would offer membership to the secret 'society within a
society'.

It is for this reason that most Freemasons vehemently deny the evil
intentions of their fraternity. Since the vast majority never reach
the 30th degree, they would not be aware of the real purpose behind
Masonry. When instructing Pike how the tome should be developed,
Mazzini wrote the following to Pike in a letter dated January 22,
1870. Remember that Freemasonry wasn't started by Pike - rather it
was infiltrated by the Illuminati who were looking for a respectable
forum in which to hide their clandestine activities:

"We must allow all the federations to continue just as they are, with
their systems, their central authorities and their diverse modes of
correspondence between high grades of the same rite, organized as they
are at the present, but we must create a super rite, which will remain
unknown, to which we will call those Masons of high degree whom we
shall select. With regard to our brothers in Masonry, these men must
be pledges to the strictest secrecy. Through this supreme rite, we
will govern all Freemasonry which will become the one international
center, the more powerful because its direction will be unknown." 1

In 1871, Pike published the 861 page Masonic handbook known as the
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.

After Mazzini's death on March 11, 1872, Pike appointed Adriano Lemmi
(1822-1896, 33rd degree Mason), a banker from Florence, Italy, to run
their subversive activities in Europe. Lemmi was a supporter of
patriot and revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, and may have been active
in the Luciferian Society founded by Pike. Lemmi, in turn, was
succeeded by Lenin and Trotsky, then by Stalin. The revolutionary
activities of all these men were financed by British, French, German,
and American international bankers; all of them dominated by the House
of Rothschild.

Between 1859 and 1871, Pike worked out a military blueprint for three
world wars and various revolutions throughout the world which he
considered would forward the conspiracy to its final stage in the 20th
Century.

In addition to the Supreme Council in Charleston, South Carolina, Pike
established Supreme Councils in Rome, Italy (led by Mazzini); London,
England (led by Palmerston); and Berlin, Germany (led by Bismarck). He
set up 23 subordinate councils in strategic places throughout the
world, including five Grand Central Directories in Washington, DC
(North America), Montevideo (South America), Naples (Europe), Calcutta
(Asia), and Mauritius (Africa), which were used to gather information.
All of these branches have been the secret headquarters for the
Illuminati's activities ever since.

Albert Pike and Three World Wars
As do most occultists, Albert Pike had a "spirit guide," who dispensed
"Divine Wisdom" and enlightened him regarding how to achieve the New

World Order. A spirit guide is a being who meets someone who has given

themselves over to the practice of the occult; however, people who are

practitioners of the New Age Religion do not view this as a bad thing.

In fact, they would strongly argue that they are filled with happiness
and joy by interacting with their spirit guides.

One message that Albert Pike received from his spirit guide, and which
in reality we know to be a demonic vision, he described in a letter
that he wrote to Mazzini, dated August 15, 1871. This letter
graphically outlined plans for three world wars that were seen as
necessary to bring about the One World Order, and we can marvel at how
accurately it has predicted events that have already taken place. This
is not because the devil has powers of prophecy, but because his
agents have undertaken to manipulate political events to closely
follow his designs.

It is a commonly believed fallacy that for a short time, the Pike
letter to Mazzini was on display in the British Museum Library in
London, and it was copied by William Guy Carr, former Intelligence
Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. The British Library has confirmed
to me that such a document has never been in their possession.
Furthermore, in Carr's book, Satan, Prince of this World, Carr
includes the following footnote:

"The Keeper of Manuscripts recently informed the author that this
letter is NOT catalogued in the British Museum Library. It seems
strange that a man of Cardinal Rodriguez's knowledge should have said
that it WAS in 1925".

It appears that Carr learned about this letter from Cardinal Caro y
Rodriguez of Santiago, Chile, who wrote The Mystery of Freemasonry
Unveiled. To date, no conclusive proof exists to show that this
letter was ever written.

Following are apparently extracts of the letter, showing how Three
World Wars have been planned for many generations.

"The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the
Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making
that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused
by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and
Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the
war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other
governments and in order to weaken the religions." 2

Students of history will recognize that the political alliances of
England on one side and Germany on the other, forged between 1871 and
1898 by Otto von Bismarck, co-conspirator of Albert Pike, were
instrumental in bringing about the First World War.

"The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the
differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war
must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the
political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of
Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International
Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom,
which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when
we would need it for the final social cataclysm." 3

After this Second World War, Communism was made strong enough to begin
taking over weaker governments. In 1945, at the Potsdam Conference
between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin, a large portion of Europe was
simply handed over to Russia, and on the other side of the world, the
aftermath of the war with Japan helped to sweep the tide of Communism
into China.

"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 Israel) mutually destroy each other.
Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be
constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral,
spiritual and economical exhaustion…We shall unleash the Nihilists and
the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which
in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of
absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil.
Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against
the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those
destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with
Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without
compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where
to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the
universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought
finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from
the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of
Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same
time." 4

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, world events, and in
particular in the Middle East, show a growing unrest and instability
between Jews and Arabs. This is completely in line with the call for a
Third World War to be fought between the two, and their allies on both
sides. This Third World War is still to come, and recent events show
us that it is not far off.

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1. Lady Queensborough: Occult Theocracy, pp. 208-209.

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An Open Letter to a Christian Mason

You claim to be a Christian
In our hearts, we want to believe you. However, you have placed a
stumbling block in our path that is impossible for us to overlook. You
see, while you claim to be a Christian, we know that you are a Mason
and we have come to know something about Masonry.

The basics of the Gospel are well documented. Paul summed it up well
in his first letter to the Corinthians:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached
unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which
also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the scriptures:

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Christians take the Gospel of Jesus very seriously because it is the
only way of salvation. There simply is no one else who can pay the
price for our sin. Jesus said:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man

cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:6

Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, he gave his disciples clear
instructions:

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.

Matthew 28:18-20

Jesus instructed us to share the Gospel with all nations. He
specifically stated that we are to teach obedience to all of his
commands. Christians are compelled to share the Gospel with the lost.
They do so because they are under the conviction of the Holy Spirit
and they care about those who do not know Jesus. A Christian would
never embrace another savior and he would never participate in
teaching a false gospel based on another savior.

Our research has allowed us to know that Freemasonry has a plan of
salvation
In order to make certain that we properly understood Masonry, we
studied Masonic Monitors published by several Grand Lodges. As you
know, Grand Lodges are the highest authorities of Freemasonry. We
found that Masons include members of many religions. There are
Buddhist Masons, Moslem Masons, Jewish Masons and men who claim to be
Christians. When we examined portions of Masonic ritual which are
found in Grand Lodge monitors, we became convinced that you, as a
"Christian" Mason, have embraced another savior. We know that you have
participated in the teaching of a false gospel based on a false
savior. On page 68 of the 1993 edition of the Indiana Monitor and
Freemason's Guide, in the section on the Entered Apprentice Degree, a
portion of ritual discussing the covering of a Lodge is found:

The covering of a Lodge is a clouded canopy, or star-decked heaven,
where all good Masons hope at last to arrive. . .

There is no doubt that Masonic ritual encourages lost men to hope that
they will enter heaven. The fact that some Master Masons are Moslems
and Buddhists proves that Masonry offers false hope to unsaved men.

On page 109 of the Indiana monitor and Freemason's Guide, under the
heading The Three Steps, we found the following:

. . .as Fellow Crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the discharge
of our respective duties, to God, our neighbors and ourselves, so that
in age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflections
consequent on a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious
immortality.

Again, Masonic ritual teaches that Master Masons will go to heaven by
stating that they may die looking forward to a glorious immortality.
In the Indiana monitor we found a portion of ritual which includes a
prayer asking for salvation! It ends with these words:

Yet, O Lord! have compassion on the children of Thy creation,
administer them comfort in time of trouble, and save them with an
everlasting salvation. Amen.

(pages 103-104)

The prayer is offered by the Worshipful Master during the ritual of
the Master Mason Degree in that portion known as the Legend of the
Third Degree. The prayer occurs just before Hiram Abiff is raised from
the grave. You portrayed Hiram in the ritual when you were raised to
Master Mason. You, as Hiram Abiff, were killed, buried and then raised
from the grave. At the conclusion of the Legend of the Third Degree,
the Senior Warden offered the following conclusion to the ritual:

Then, finally my brethren, let us imitate our Grand Master, Hiram
Abiff, in his virtuous conduct, his unfeigned piety to God, and his
inflexible fidelity to his trust; that, like him, we may welcome the
grim tyrant, Death, and receive him as a kind messenger sent by our
Supreme Grand Master, to translate us from this imperfect to that
all-perfect, glorious, and celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme

Architect of the Universe presides.

We found that portion of the ritual cleverly paraphrased on page 67 of
the 1979 edition of the North Carolina Lodge Manual. The Lodge Manual
didn't directly mention Hiram Abiff, what they printed is "Let us
imitate the example of * * whom you have this evening represented. .
." We know they are referring to Hiram Abiff. However, if there were
any doubt, the text on page 152 of the 1946 edition of the Kentucky
Monitor settles the matter by stating, "Then let us imitate our G. M.
H. A. . . ."

Who is Hiram Abiff?
Why are Masons admonished to imitate Hiram Abiff? The ritual directly
states: Masons are to imitate Hiram Abiff that they may welcome death
and be translated into heaven. No where in Masonic ritual is Jesus
Christ even mentioned! We found out why in the 1946 edition of the
Kentucky Monitor. The Kentucky Monitor reveals the identity of Hiram
Abiff in a discussion of various religions:

All believed in a future life, to be attained by purification and
trials; in a state or successive states of reward and punishment; and
in a Mediator or Redeemer, by whom the Evil Principle was to be
overcome and the Supreme Deity reconciled to His creatures. The belief
was general that He was to be born of a virgin and suffer a painful
death. The Hindus called him Krishna; the Chinese, Kioun-tse; the
Persians, Sosiosch; the Chaldeans, Dhouvanai; the Egyptians, Horus;
Plato, Love; the Scandinavians, Balder; the Christians, Jesus; Masons,
Hiram.

(pages XIV-XV, Kentucky Monitor)

Notice the parallel sentence structure in the last line. It clearly
states that: Hiram is to Masons as Jesus is to Christians

The meaning of Masonic ritual is perfectly clear.
Masonry teaches that Jesus is not unique.
Jesus is a savior for Christians, while Hiram Abiff is a savior for
Masons.
Can a man have two saviors?
Some of the Masonic monitors we examined encourage Masons to read
Masonic books in order to gain further understanding of Masonry. The
Indiana Monitor and Freemason's Guide left no doubt about the
authenticity of Masonic books:

In the ceremonies of making a Mason, we do not attempt to do more than
to indicate the pathway to Masonic knowledge, to lay the foundation
for the Masonic edifice. The brother must pursue the journey or
complete the structure for himself by reading and reflection.

(Indiana Monitor, page 132)

The Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company distributes The
Meaning of Masonry, by Lynn Perkins. The book clarifies Masonic
teaching concerning Hiram Abiff:

Therefore Masonry teaches that redemption and salvation are both the
power and the responsibility of the individual Mason. Saviors like
Hiram Abiff can and do show the way, but men must always follow and
demonstrate, each for himself, his power to save himself, to build his
own spiritual fabric in his own time and way. Every man in essence is
his own savior and redeemer; for if he does not save himself, he will
not be saved. The reader who succeeds in getting back to the real
teachings of the masters, including Jesus of Nazareth, will find
unanimity of thinking on this matter.

(page 95)

The fact that Masonry teaches redemption and salvation is documented
in Mackey's [1862] Manual of the Lodge, currently reproduced within
the monitor of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, the Ahiman Rezon. It
states:

It was the single object of all the ancient rites and mysteries
practiced in the very bosom of pagan darkness. . .to teach the
immortality of the Soul. This is still the great design of the third
degree of Masonry. This is the scope and aim of its ritual. The Master
Mason represents man, when youth, manhood, old age, and life itself
have passed away as fleeting shadows, yet raised from the grave of
iniquity, and quickened into another and better existence. By its
legend and all its ritual, it is implied that we have been redeemed
from the death of sin and the sepulchre of pollution. . . .and the
conclusion we arrive at is, that youth, properly directed, leads [us
to the honorable and virtuous maturity, and that] the life of man,
regulated by morality, faith, and justice, will be rewarded at its
closing hour by the prospect of eternal bliss. . . The important
design of the degree is to symbolize the great doctrines of the
resurrection of the body and the immortality of the soul; and hence it
has been remarked by a learned writer of our order, that the Master
Mason represents a man saved from the grave of iniquity, and raised to
the faith of salvation.

(1947 Ed. Ahiman Rezon, pages 141-2)

Those words, or most of them, are reproduced in the monitors of
several states. The 1993 edition of the Indiana Monitor and
Freemason's Guide contains most of the passage explaining the meaning
of the Legend of the Third Degree on page 154. The Indiana Monitor
confirms the universality of the Hiramic Legend in Masonry:

The Legend of the Third Degree. This is the most important and
significant of the legendary symbols of Freemasonry. It has descended
from age to age by oral tradition and has been preserved in every
Masonic rite, practiced in any country or language, with no essential
alteration.

(page 41)

The Hiramic Legend is the glory of Freemasonry. . .

(page 158)

Freemasonry has a savior named Hiram Abiff. Freemasonry teaches that
Master Masons have been redeemed from the death of sin and represent
those raised to the faith of salvation. We know that every Masonic
Lodge in the world includes the death, burial and resurrection of
Hiram Abiff in their ritual. We also know that you assumed the role of
Hiram Abiff when you went through the Master Mason degree. The ritual
of the third degree directly states that by imitating Hiram Abiff,
Master Masons may get into heaven. As a Christian, you should have
"smelled a rat" when you, as Hiram Abiff, were killed, buried and
raised from the grave. That ritual mocks the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ. The clincher would have been when the Senior Warden told you
that you could get into heaven by imitating Hiram Abiff.

Can we know what you believe?
You may think that it is impossible for us to know what you believe.
To a large degree, you are correct. You may think that we cannot know
that you have accepted the teachings of Freemasonry, simply because
you are a member of the Lodge. What we do know is that any man who
remains a Mason after being confronted with the teachings of
Freemasonry has not rejected those teachings, as would a Christian. As
long as you remain a Mason and continue to claim to be a Christian, we
have to choose whether to believe your claims, as you participate in a
pagan religion, or to believe the words of John which are found in the
Holy Bible:

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say
that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do
not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the
sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we
keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby
know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought
himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John 1:5-2:6

You have chosen to walk in darkness
You are not walking in the light. Because you are not walking in the
light, you are not in fellowship with Jesus Christ. Since you are not
in fellowship with Jesus, it is impossible for us to have fellowship
with you. Don't ask us to believe that you can continue to be both a
Christian and a Mason or that, as a Mason, you can have fellowship
with Jesus. Before we could believe that, we would have to stop
believing the Bible.

Scripture does not lead us to believe that you will fare well on
judgement day. Participation in teaching a false gospel leads to
condemnation:

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:8

God offered His Son, Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for your sins. He
offered Jesus as your covering before Him. The lodge gave you a
lambskin apron to wear as your covering before God. Jesus warned that
there would be those who would claim to be following Him, whom he
would turn away on judgement day:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in
thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 7:21-23

We have spoken quite directly to you because we don't want you to
stand before God with your lambskin apron as your covering. All of
those who do not have the covering of the Blood of the Jesus, the Lamb
of God, will be thrown into the lake of fire. As a Mason you are not
following the teachings of Jesus, but rather are standing in agreement
with a false gospel which leads men to hell.

John warned us:

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son.

2 John:9

Jesus still wants to forgive you
Jesus is willing to forgive you. In fact, he wants to forgive you.
But, His forgiveness is dependent on your repentance. Repent before it
is too late.

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[Larry W. Chavis]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
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> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason
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Thank you for your concern, however misplaced it may be.

I am a Christian, I've been one for almost 45 years now. I became one when
I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior.

I am also a Mason. I've been one for19 years. This is how I know your
concern is misplaced. I'm not going to try to argue with you where it is
obvious your mind is closed to truth. One thing in your letter prompted my
response, one thing only, and it's this:

"You claim to be a Christian In our hearts, we want to believe you.
However, you have placed a stumbling block in our path that is impossible

for us to overlook..."

You see, it isn't necessary that I justify my faith to you. I suggest that
you give a close look to Rom. 14:4. Here it is (in the KJV, so there's no
question for you), to save you the trouble of looking it up ---

KJV Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able
to make him stand.

You see, there's only One to Whom I must report.

Thanks again for your concern.
--
Larry W. Chavis, W. M., New Hebron No. 508
G.L. of Mississippi, F. & A. M.
Correspondent Member, Lodge Journeymen Online 2002
G.L. of New South Wales & the Australian Capital Territory

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[Steve]

You can't serve two masters, Freemasonry is not Christian, it serves
Satan.

Jesus will say to you that he never knew you.

Steve

[Steve]

http://www.bibleprobe.com/WWWBoard/messages/362.html

Christians Beware - of Freemasonry
we think it is diabolically in league with satan

Masons practice the virtues of brotherly love, forgiveness, and
charity--on the surface. They do this to make their satanic religion
acceptable to the community. Belief in God (by whatever name he is
known to them) is a condition of membership. To receive the benefits
of Freemasonry every candidate has to confess his belief in one,
eternal and true God, creator and ruler of the universe, and in the
immortality of the soul. No candidate for Masonry, however, is to be
asked for the particular opinion of his religious belief. Its members
are taught it's precepts by a series of ritual dramas, which follow
ancient forms and use stonemasons' customs and tools as allegorical
guides. Freemasonry is deep into the occult, and it is connected with
the cult known as Rosicrucian. Shriners are a pagan Islamic branch of
masonry who have reached higher "levels" in Freemasonry. Islamic
symbols, including of world conquest are everywhere in Shriner
Temples. Men who join the Masonic orders undergo several initiations
-- as many as thirty-three -- of which the third is most commonly
attained. Initiates of this degree undergo a mock death and
resurrection that simulates the death and resurrection of a legendary
character, Hiram Abiff. From the very beginning initiates are lied to
as to what the symbols mean and who they are really serving (Lucifer).
Like New Agers, Masons are working towards a one world government and
a one world religion at the top. Yet the initiates haven't got a clue
what is happening.
At the levels above the highest in masonry, masons toy with demon
possession and spirit channelling. Many satanists are also drawn into
freemasonry. They lie to initiates that a Masonic Temple is set up
like Solomon's Temple. The Holy of Holies in Solomon's Temple faced
west. In the Mason Temple it faces east -- satan's direction. Also,
in a Mason Temple the north is considered a place of ignorance. Yet
in the BIble, north is where God abides.
In their 32nd degree, Masons are told that the name for god is
composed of 3 Hindu gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. Siva (Shiva) is a
synonym for Satan. Satanist Anton LaVey shows Shiva as a synonym for
Satan in his satanic bible.
Almost in symbolic defiance to God, new Masons are given aprons and
told it is the most precious symbol of Masonry. Remember, in the
Garden of Eden once they realized they were naked Adam and Eve sewed
together an apron of fig leaves. God was displeased with this and
gave them coats made from skin. In the 3rd degree a Mason gets a
silver serpent emblem for his apron.

"The heart of Freemasonry is the Blue Lodge with its three degrees.
The climactic degree (and the final one for most Masons) in the Blue
Lodge is the Third, or Master Mason Degree. The heart of the Master
Mason Degree, the thing that gives it both meaning and substance, is
without any doubt the reenactment of the Legend of Hiram Abiff. It is
this central figure in the legend, this Hiram the 'Widow's Son,' the
'Tyrian Architect,' this 'First Grand Master' who is impersonated by
every man who is initiated as a Master Mason. It is Hiram who is at
the very heart of the foundation of all of Masonry…"

According to the Masonic legend, Hiram Abiff was the chief architect
of the Temple built by King Solomon. Hiram was the only one on Earth
who knew the secrets of a Master Mason, including the Grand Masonic
Word, the name of God (the 'ineffable name'). Knowing the secrets of a
Master Mason would enable the masons working on the Temple to become
Master Masons and to earn higher wages. Hiram had promised to reveal
the secrets of a Master Mason upon completion of the Temple.

One day Hiram went into the unfinished Holy of Holies to worship and
to draw up plans for the workmen to follow the next day. As Hiram was
leaving the Temple he was accosted by three fellow Masons in
succession, who demanded that they be given the secrets before the
Temple was completed. These three "ruffians" threatened and finally
murdered Hiram Abiff. King Solomon sent a search team which found the
body of Hiram, but was unable to raise him from the dead. Solomon
himself raised and restored Hiram to life with the grip of a Master
Mason. The first word which Hiram spoke was the replacement for the
Grand Masonic Word, which is traditionally given to a Master Mason
during his initiation.

"It is generally believed, in spite of the fact that the Masonic
authorities and writers of doctrine agree that it is not only a myth,
unsupported by facts, but acknowledge that it is but a retelling of
Isis and Osiris…"

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God." Leviticus
19:31. Again, "A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or
that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death." Leviticus 20:27
Revelation 16:14 the prophet describes "spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole
world."

Don't forget that the devil can work miracles (Revelation 16:14). He
can do things that we never will understand. Now we can begin to
understand why people have been so shaken up by the apparent
appearance of dead friends. After 6,000 years of observing human
behavior, Satan is able to counterfeit their forms and voices
cleverly. At psychological moments he takes advantage of heartbroken,
bereaved relatives to perpetuate his fraud.

Masons "pander" to all religions
depending on their location/makeup

Masonry is called by themselves "The Craft". The "Craft" is precisely
what it says it is. A Craft for building a moral structure centered
upon those who seek to participate in its activities - or is it? Some
will say that Masonry cannot and does not diminish the Lordship of
Christ, or replace His Redeeming and Saving Power. But wait - Witches
also call their religion "The Craft".

Bible Probe feels that Freemasonry is a "religious organization"; it
has its own masonic creed. Freemasonry officially established itself
in 1717. But traces of Speculative Masonry go back to the sixteenth
century and, in a lesser form to Ancient Egypt. Freemasons do not
worship God the Father of the Hebrew Scriptures. Rather, they worship
all the gods of the Ancient Mysteries. Freemasons do not venerate the
Jesus Christ of the Bible; rather, they believe Jesus was created by
an inferior god, Ialdaboth, and that He was a human in appearance
only. According to Freemasonry, the "Christ consciousness" fell on the
human Jesus at the Jordan River Baptism, and left Jesus at the Cross,
where He suffered and died in appearance only.
As far as Bible Probe can see, the only redeeming qualities of Masonry
is that it is a place where Christians can come in contact with
Muslims, Jews and Hindus. And they do practice and teach the virtues
of brotherly love, forgiveness, and charity. Yet, Masonry does not
offer a 'system' of Redemption, it does not seek to enhance or provide
a means by which the Mason is expected or encouraged to see his
Masonic activities as being acts of worship. Masonry does not put
Jesus Christ at the center! Masonry claims to not be a religion, yet
in the Masonic "Bible" there appears a masonic creed. Freemasonry has
primacy, superseding other religions if there is a conflict regarding
doctrine or practice. In many lodges the name of Jesus is not
allowed to be spoken. Praying to Jesus, or ending a prayer in the
name of Jesus is an "offense" big enough to get a lodge closed.

Is Freemasonry Honest? Can you trust a Mason?

Freemasonry is not as "moral" as it first appears. They are taught to
lie, which certainly is not in keeping with the Christian Bible. As
Masons take the oath for the 3rd degree, they promise to conceal all
crimes (except treason & murder) committed by a fellow Mason. By the
13th degree Masons are made to understand that all crimes by fellow
Masons are to be concealed, even treason & murder.
Did you know that a great Masonic lie is that there is no restriction
to entrance, except "a good character who believes in s Supreme Being
(certainly this means Satan also)". However, no women, children,
blind, deaf, lame, retarded, slaves or Negroes are allowed to join.

Freemasonry is not a Christian religion. Rather, the Masons espouse
beliefs that are incompatible with the teachings of Christ and his
apostles. The Masons ask their members to keep to themselves all
beliefs concerning Jesus Christ, the Bible and the authority of the
Church. Masonry is all about occult and "Wizardry", which is
expressively forbidden in the Judao-Christian Bible. Masonry can
really not be called a Secret Cult, because it is open to almost the
entire public to join. It can best be called a Cult with Secrets.
The rank and file never learn the "highest secrets". If they
did--they may flee in a hurry when they realize "Lucifer, the
Light-bearer!" is "directing the show". This reference is on page
321, of one of Freemasonry's greatest books entitled "Morals And
Dogma" by Albert Pike.

The oldest sources of Freemasonry refer to the fact that basic
Freemasonry was openly established on the Christian heritage during
the times of its birth in England, but from the beginning of the 18th
century onwards the basic Freemasonry was stripped of the direct
Christian elements so that men practicing other religions, mainly Jews
at that time, could also participate in Masonic work. For instance in
Finland the degree system called the Ancient and Accepted Rite shows a
Christian nature openly and the candidate is expected to believe in
the Trinity. The first question put to him is whether he professes
"the triune Christian Faith and is willing to give his obligation in
the name of the Sacred and Undivided Trinity". In a Lodge consisting
of Christians, Jews and Muslims - no such "Christian nature" or
Christian preference is allowed. The great Victorian Age novelist,
Rudyard Kipling (Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King), in passing
through the 3 'degrees' to become a Master Mason in his home Lodge of
Lahore, was 'Initiated' by a Hindu, 'Passed' by a Muslim and 'Raised'
by a Christian....all of whom used the Bible each time, as the Volume
of Sacred Law, because Kipling was a Christian. That Lodge would have
needed the Bhagad Vita (for the Hindu), the Koran (for the Muslim) and
the Bible for the Christian.

Some think the greatest Freemason who ever lived was Albert Pike. In
his most famous book, "Morals and Dogma". Albert Pike said that "...
Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries ..." (On Page 624,
28th Degree). As you read this Masonic book and others, you will be
amazed at how many stories of the gods and goddesses from the many
Ancient Religions are written in full detail, as instructions to
Freemasons!

Masons who have reached a certain "degree" will tell you that they do
not worship an object in Nature, such as the Sun. Rather, they say
they worship God through the Sun. In short, the Mason worships God
through the created object; not the object itself. New Agers have a
lot in common with this Mason form of "2nd hand" worship. On Page
624, 28th Degree Pike says; "... Masonry is identical with the Ancient
Mysteries ..." . On Page 329 Pike wrote "... we reproduce the
speculations of the Philosophers, the Kabalists, the Mystagogues, and
the Gnostics." In other words, whatever the Ancients believed,
Freemasonry embraces too.
Also we read from Pike about "Sun and Moon ... Divine sexes"!! This is
old fashioned witchcraft, dating back 5,000 years to the Egyptian
Mysteries. This is the concept of Luciferianism, that the Divine
Father mated with Mother Earth. It is Witchcraft. Witches make no
bones about calling their religion "The Craft"; it is no wonder the
Masons also call their organization the "Craft", as well as their
Second Degree, the Fellow-Craft. The head of a Masonic Lodge is
called; "Right Worshipful Grand Master". Only God is to be
worshiped....

The Rosicrucian Connection
(another Satanic ploy away from Jesus and Salvation)
In I John 4:1-3, Christians are enjoined to "believe not every spirit,

but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world."

The Rosicrucians is one of the planet's leading occult schools. It is
a secret cult steep in mysticism, "magick", tarot card reading,
claimed astral journeys, and attempts to talk with the dead - all of
which is strictly forbidden in the Bible. It is also linked today with
the New Age Movement. New Agers think in the terms of "mother earth"
and the "spirit in the sky" - another great satanic "Christless" ploy.
Rosicrucian students continue to practice their chosen religion, or
none at all. The Rosicrucian Fellowship, had been an organization
known as The Great White Brotherhood of Man, and out of this came the
Rosicrucians, and out of the Rosicrucians came the Masonic Order.
Rosicrucians by admission is a secret society. It flourished in a day
when secret societies were in vogue, and a century after its origin,
Rosicrucianism underwent a recrudescence in connection with
Freemasonry, which not only deemed Rosicrucianism genuine, but even
borrowed usages and customs from the writings of those who had
satirized the fraternity. The substance of the Rosicrucian claim, or
mythos is that there is a "Hidden Church" which is a repository of
great secrets learned in the East, and transmitted by various
luminaries, sages and adepts down to our own time.

The name 'Rosicrucian' is said to be derived from the Latin words:
'ros' and 'crucis', or rose cross. But their symbolism of the cross
has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. This "Invisible Order" was
founded in Germany, several centuries earlier, by an individual known
as Christian Rosenkrutz. It is said that in order to perpetuate an
ancient tradition he had initiated a few brothers into the mysteries
of the Rose Cross. The successors to these brothers brought to light
the existence of the Order in 1614, with the publication of the first
Rosicrucian manifesto Fama Fraternitatis. However, the actual
foundation of the Order is believed to have taken place on the
occasion of the opening of the allegorical crypt of Christian
Rosenkrutz, ten years prior to the publication of Fama Fraternitatis.
Fama Fraternitatis was first published in 1614 in German and in 1615
in Latin, though there are some manuscript copies in existence dating
from about 1611. In 1620 Descartes wrote a mathematical treatise
dedicated to the Rosicrucians entitled "Polybiicosmopolitani Thesaurus
Mathematicus." All that survives today is the title.

The founder of Witches Against Religious Discrimination (WARD), Joyce
Siegrist, is also the founder of the Rosarian Tradition. Joyce is a
student of the Rosicrucian teachings, and The Rosarian Tradition bears
their influence. The New Age witches group known as the Aglaian Triad
of Wicca says; "We believe the Rosicrucian Order has gotten occult
training to more "regular" people than any other mystical order."

Satanist leader Anton LaVey declares "Satanic ritual is a blend of
Gnostic, Cabalistic, Hermetic, and Masonic elements" and that that
Masonry contains "numerous manifestations of Satanism, namely the
goat, the coffin, the death's-head."

The "Illuminati", Masons & Rosicrucians

The Illuminati are the top echelon of a vast network of organizations
which make up a Secret Brotherhood covering the globe. Within this
network are found 6 major divisions: Banking & Money, Secret
Societies, Political, Intelligence, Religions, and Education. The
Secret Societies encompass the elite Prieuré de Sion, the
Rosicrucians, the Orders of Freemasonry, Skull & Bones, the Grand
Orient Lodge, the Grand Alpina Lodge, the Knights Templar, the Royal
Order of the Garter. According to one Rosicrucian book Holy Blood,
Holy Grail, although the Prieuré de Sion is the elite society that
created the Knights Templar, the order from which the other societies
originated, this august body has maintained a low profile from its
inception and remains behind the scenes orchestrating critical events
in Western history.

"The Prieuré de Sion is thought to exist today, and is believed by
many to be still operative. If so, it may be influential and playing
a role in high-level international affairs as well as in the domestic
affairs of certain European countries... The avowed and declared
objective of the Prieuré de Sion is the restoration of the Merovingian
dynasty and bloodline - not only to the throne of France, but to the
thrones of other European nations as well."

According to Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the infamous Protocols of the
Elders of Sion have been slanderously misrepresented and are, instead
of an evil conspiracy, a humanitarian proposal authored by the elite
Prieuré de Sion. In other words, the proposed new world order of the
Prieuré will be a benevolent "Masonic kingdom" led by a new king of
"the holy seed of David."

Can Masonry Offer a Christian more than Jesus?

Does Freemasonry go too far by declaring all religions equal? See
Islam's root history here.

Satan has an "End Plan"!
In addition to Satan's never ending plan to annihilate Israel, Satan
does deceive people - and wishes to lead them away from the truth -
often through . In the case of Masons, Satan would prefer one believe
that good character and good works will get them to heaven. He is also
using Muslim hatred against Christians and Jews around the world right
now to accomplish his wishes. Muslims are slaves to the prince of
darkness - as are occultist sects like Masons, Rosicrucians and New
Agers.

Coat of arms for FREEMASONS....

Note figures have red fur and cloven hooves along with wings. The
overall picture would appear at first to represent angels but then
what angels have you ever seen with cloven hooves and red fur. Also
very important to note... most depictions of angels include arms and
hands. These creatures do not possess arms or hands so we can only
conclude that they are some form of lesser angel or more probably
devils.

Jesus emphatically declared in John 3: 18-19 that the basis for
deciding one's eternal destiny is whether they accept Jesus, the Light
of the world. Good character and good works can exist in a person who
is not saved. Jesus said; "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Freemasonry has "missed" or
replaced entirely the most important part of the above statements.

Catholics are NOT free to become Freemasons

Catholics are not free to become Masons. Catholic membership in the
Freemasons has been condemned by eight popes. The 1917 Code of Canon
Law applied the censure of excommunication to Catholics who became
Freemasons. The most recent statement issued by the Vatican dates back
to November 26, 1983. The 1983 Code did not explicitly mention
excommunication. In part it declared: "The Church's negative position
on Masonic associations remains unaltered since their principles have
always been regarded as irreconcilable with the Church's doctrine."
That document adds: "Catholics enrolled in Masonic associations are
involved in serious sin and may not approach holy Communion."

Will Freemasonry unite with other "Societies with Secrets" to be the
building block which will usher in the New World Order - which the
Anti-Christ will gain control if? Has Masonry substituted Masonry for
a real relationship with the living God of the universe through His
Son!
“Alice Bailey, Foundress of the Lucifer Trust, the Theosophical and
Satanist organization which lies behind UNESCO, predicted in 1919, the
appearance of ‘a Universal Church’ of which ‘the definitive outline
will appear toward the end of the century’ and which shall keep ‘the
outward appearance amid the mission to strike out at the many vehicles
of colloquial ecclesiastical usage.’...:

“‘There will not be any dissociation between the Universal Church,
the Sacred Lodge of all true Masons and the inner circles of the
esoteric societies... In this way, the goals and work of the United
Nations shall be solidified and a new Church of God, led by all the
religions and by all of the spiritual groups, shall put an end to the
great heresy of separateness.’

L’Eglise Eclipsée (The Church in Eclipse) by Les Amis de Christ-Roi
(by The Friends of Christ the King), Editions Delacroix, 1997 Paris,
from Chapter 1, titled: Toward the Marriage of the Cross and the
Triangle, quoting Alice Bailey, Esteriorizzazione della gerarchia,
Ediziones Nuova Era, Rome, 1985, p. 476.) [Externalization of the
Hierarchy],, 1985, pp. 476, 478 and Il destino delle Nazioni,
Ediziones Nuova Era, Rome, 1988, p. 155 (quoted by Professor Carlo
Alberto Agnoli, op. cit.).

"Among the ancient nations, not only were statues of the gods and
goddesses in human form made, other objects with a hidden or mystery
meaning such as obelisks, were a part of heathen worship. There
appears to be an active interest in obelisks on the part of the
Masonic Order. A book published by the Freemasons titled Obelisks
provides detailed information on the Babylonian origins of Masonry and
many ancient obelisks around the world. Two of these were removed from
Egypt a few years prior to the completion of the Washington Monument
-- one was placed in London in 1878 and the other in New York in 1880.

The National Park Service conducts the National Historic Landmarks
Program which provides on the Internet a history of the Washington
Monument. On the sidebar of the Home Page, the category "Masonic
Stones" yields an interesting page detailing the involvement of the
Masonic Order in raising funds for the monument, laying the
cornerstone and performing official Masonic ceremonies for the laying
of the cornerstone and final dedication of the monument.
"Interestingly enough, there is also an obelisk at the entrance of St.
Peter's Basilica in Rome… It is not a mere copy of an Egyptian
obelisk, it is the very same obelisk that stood in Egypt in ancient
times!

"Diodorus spoke of an obelisk 130 feet high that was erected by queen
Semiramis in Babylon. The Bible mentions an obelisk-type image
approximately nine feet in breadth and ninety feet high: 'The
people…fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
had set up' in Babylon (Dan. 3:1-7) But it was in Egypt (an early
stronghold of the mystery religion) that the use of the obelisk was
best known.

Books of Freemasonry, Theosophy and other mystery religions state that
it is not intended that the "uninitiated" or lower orders understand
occult symbols, but it is important that they ignorantly venerate and
even worship them. It is further believed by esotericists that the
obelisks and other monoliths hold the sacred mysteries which were
known to the ancient religions. Throughout the ages, these mysteries
or secret doctrines have been entrusted only to the adepts -- the
sages or "elect" -- nevertheless, they will be revealed to the world
at the end of the age.

Read more at these links:
Freemasonry Exposed By Their Own Writings

The Root of the New World Order is the Lodge
"I asked if I could talk about Jesus Christ in the lodge. Their
answer was a definite no."

Kenneth Copeland a 33rd Degree Mason?

The Rule and Guide of Speculative Masonry
Masons call all religions equal
"The Holy Bible is the Greatest Light of Speculative Masonry First
mentioned in 1760, it was Accepted as such in 1790.

Thus, in a Lodge consisting entirely of Jews, the Old Testament alone
may be placed upon the Altar; and Turkish Freemasons may make use of
the Koran. Whether it be the Gospel of the Christian, the Pentateuch
of the Israelite, the Koran of the Mussulmen or the Vedas of the
Brahman, it conveys the same idea - that of symbolism of the divine
will revealed to man.

Reference: The Louisiana Freemason

The Religiosity of Freemasons

Testimony of Duane Washum - Past Worshipful Master

At first I did not notice that none of the prayers are in the name of
Jesus Christ. "Great Architect of the Universe," "Almighty Father of
the Universe," "Judge Supreme," "God," and "Lord," yes, but never in
the name of "Jesus Christ." I then became aware that there is no
mention of Jesus Christ in any of the prayers or in the ritual book. I
resigned. Besides, to stay in Masonry would mean to deny Jesus Christ
as my Lord and Savior in my prayers.

Testimony of Jack Harris, Past Worshipful Master

I had not realized that those who were members of anti-Christian
religions could become Masons. He advised me that as Grand Master he
had the authority to disband my Lodge and remove its Charter as a
Lodge, if I persisted in using the name of Jesus with members present
who objected. I now had an irresistible force meeting an immovable
object, namely the God of the Universe, Jesus Christ, and the god of
Freemasonry, Satan. After reading and studying various Masonic
authors, I realized that Freemasonry considers Jesus Christ as no
greater than Moses, Elijah, Mohammed, or Buddha. I renounced all of
the branches of Freemasonry that I was a member of, including the Blue
Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, Knights Templar, and the Shrine
(A.A.O.N.M.S.). They all teach doctrines contrary to God’s word, and
lead men to Hell, instead of to Heaven.

See more testimonies at the site ex-Masons for Jesus here



Witnessing to Freemasons

An unsaved Mason has no reason to follow Jesus; and he would need to
be approached like any lost soul: with much prayer and with the
understanding of two factors:

1) the man is ignorant of the Bible, even though it is part of the
"furniture" of the Lodge and is to be his "rule and guide."

2) that however happy he may appear to be in his Masonry; he
nevertheless is in need because he is lost and lacks Jesus. He has
substituted Masonry for a real relationship with the living God of the
universe through His Son!

Most Christian Masons, on the other hand, have no idea of what they
are involved in, but have joined because of family obligations, or
business connections. Unfortunately, these men may also lack an
appreciation of the holiness and majesty of the Lord Whom they profess
to follow; and may not know a great deal about either the Lodge they
serve or the Bible.(Hos.4:6)

Good books Christians should real on Freemasonry:

(Amazon is linked for reference only--we make no money from these)

about $12.00


about $5.00
This book reveals Masonry's concealed secrets--secrets that are
disguised, and hidden from most Blue Lodge Masons.

See at Amazon.com
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Rare and Expensive ($50 or so)
"Egypt the Cradle of Ancient Masonry - 1902"

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[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
>
> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason

<snippage>

Yes, there it is, ladies and gentlemen; as fine an example of "Trollus
Patheticus Useneticus" as you are ever likely to find. Living a life
typically devoid of any normal human interaction, Trolli are
inextricably drawn to the places where they can annoy others from the
safety of their anonymity. Paradoxically, they derive a deluded sense of
self-importance, directly proportional to the amount of annoyance they
think they've created. See how it exults in what it thinks is some kind
of special accomplishment in having someone, anyone, respond to their
childish cries for attention. Not unlike the "Jammerus Citizensbandus",
or the seldom spotted "Taggerus Krylonus", these social outcasts thrive
on the self-induced delusion that their ability to provoke an annoyed
response is somehow an indicator of their intellectual superiority.
Another body of research holds that these traits are more like that of
"territory marking" behavior observed in adolescent males of many lower
species of mammal.

Careful now! Watch your fingers. They are especially dangerous when
cornered, and have been known to try to defend themselves with a mix of
verbal nonsense, circular logic, and other equally noxious substitutes
for genuine reason. Self-control of such excretory functions is a
hallmark of the breed, and has led some researchers to conclude that it
is that very lack of control that results in the peculiar development of
the species in the first place.

Most of the creatures that share the habitat with the lowly Trollus,
have developed one of two defenses. One group has evolved a markedly
thick skin and the uncanny ability to render the very sight of the
wretched Trollus almost invisible. For these creatures, its as if the
Trollus and his cries were hidden by some great natural screen or
filter. The second group has actually developed an affinity for Trollus.
There is much debate about what the exact attraction is, but to the
casual observer, it would appear to a sport or game, wherein the
dominant animals take delight in manipulating the Trollus into its
various self-degrading behaviors.

And we're walking...

[Chinuk Ktikamuk]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

news:siusf0lr1ke6jrtde...@4ax.com...

> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/hiramabiff.html
>
> The Story of Hiram Abiff
>

The story of Hiram Abiff is a mason myth. The story of Solomon is ao a myth,
a sage. King Hiram did not build Jewish temples, he built Canaanite temples.
If a temple was built in Salem, at the time of Hiram, it could only have
been a Canaanite temple. He didn't build a Milo, he built a causeway,
joining the mainland to the island of Tyre on which he had built a temple,
to Melkarth and Astarte, a temple similar to the symbolic temple, a myth,
the Bible calls Solomon's temple. Solomon's temple never existed. You are so
full of shit. You haven't got a clue what Masonry is about. Get a life.

[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1015.html
>
> THE INCREDIBLE SATANIC VISION By Albert Pike A Freemason To The Bone
>
>
>
>
>
> The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what

<snippage>

[Steve]

Prove what I posted is false, if you can since nobody else can,
because it is all true, and watch your language Mr.

Steve

[Chinuk Ktikamuk]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

news:t35tf0df9r7otidj5...@4ax.com...

> Prove what I posted is false, if you can since nobody else can,
> because it is all true, and watch your language Mr.
>

The idiocies you write are false. Will let you in on a little Mason secret.
When a Mason scratches his ass it's because the ground on which he stands is
not level. How is your mother?

[Steve]

You see folks how Masons react when they get mad because someone
exposed their boy's club.

Can we all just get along...LOL

Freemasonry is a dying group, thank God, soon many will wake up.

Steve

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:34:39 -0400, "Chinuk Ktikamuk"

[Steve]

http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/sufi.html

Qabalah, Freemasonry, the Tijaniyah Order, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al
Qaeda, and Sufism

The Secret Doctrine of the Assassins

An Occult Religion behind an Islamist fascade

The Shrine's Ritual is taken from an Arabic Sufi Secret Sect
Freemasonry & Qaballah Occultism owe much to Sufism
The Muslim Brotherhood is a Sufi Secret Society
A.A.O.N.M.S. - A MASON

The Eight Petalled Lotus Symbol of Sufism
The Buddist Doctrine of Shambalaism uses a similar one
It is said to represent the Eight Regioned Underground World
That lies beneath Tibet and the Hindu Kush, where lives the 'King of
the World'...

The Al Qaeda Organization's #1 & 2 Leaders:
The Saudi Millionaire cum Muhajadeen-Mystic Osama bin Laden
The Egyptian Intellectual cum Muslim Brotherhood Adept-Leader Dr.
Ayman al-Zawahiri

INTRODUCTION

The Sufis are the main 'mystical' manifestation of Islam. Although its
acceptability to orthodox Muslims has always been essential to the
function of Sufism as an 'Inner Tradition' within Islam, there remains
speculation that its origins lie in much older near-eastern mystical
traditions, perahps even dating back to ancient Egypt. According to
Sufi tradition, the descriptive term 'Sufi' was decided at a council
of 45 mystics in 623 c.e., the second year of the Islamic calendar,
and the first documentary evidence of Sufis arrives with the founding
of the first Sufi Order in 657 ce.. This gives some historical
credence to the tradition that the Prophet Mohammed was himself a
Sufi. Like many of the important Sufi terms, the word 'Sufi' is itself
a complex pun on Arabic words of similar sound and meaning. Two of
these are 'suf', meaning 'wool' (a reference to the cloth from which
the cloaks worn by Sufis are made), and 'sufiy', meaning 'pious'.

THE INNER TRADITION

Although Sufis always aimed at the heart of Islam, it wasn't until the
'Golden Age' of the Abbasid Empire 750-1258 c.e.) that Sufism rose to
prominence. Whilst the early Islamic Empire was characterized more by
the petty tribal bickering of th Arab armies who created it, the
Abbasid dynasty (based in Baghdad) saw a shift of power to the more
ancient Persian culture. The greater influence of music, poetry and
intellectual pursuits suited the Sufis, many of whom began to make
important cultural contributions to Islam. Perhaps most significant of
these was Mohammed El-Ghazali, a great poet but also an influential
theologian, who is still often referred to as 'the Authority of Islam'
even by the most orthodox Sunni Moslems. Although a controversial
figure in his own times, Ghazali's work offered acceptable solutions
to some of the most pressing Theological questions of the era (the
early 12th century). This effectively guarunteed the acceptability of
the Sufis doctrines around which these solutions were based, thereby
securing the future of the Sufi cults. The writer Idries Shah has
often put foward the argument that Ghazali was also a major influence
on St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi, who may have been a
Sufi initiate himself.

POLITICAL INFLUENCE

It is not uncommon for esoteric traditions to exist fairly comfortably
within an exoteric doctrine for long periods of time, with various
sects occasionally wielding enormous power. Many Sufi Orders continue
to be very influential within orthodox Sunni Islam. For example the
Tijaniyah Order is strongly associated with the Muslim Brotherhood,
which began as an anti-British movement in Egypt in the 1920s, later
playing an important role in the revolution which deposed King Faroukh
in 1952. Today the Brotherhood is effectively acting as an
intermediary between the oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Egypt, where it is
still technically illegal. Many of the features which made Sufism so
succesfull as an occult underground (for example the secret
recognistion codes and 'cell' structure) helped the Muslim Brotherhood
function effectively as a terrorist organisation and spy network As
with western Freemasonry, however, it seems likely that in many cases
any esoteric aims have long sonce been submeregd by political
objectives.

SUFI RITUAL

Unlike Christianity, ceremonial magic has a legitimate place in Islam.
According to Islamic law, sihr-al-halal or pemitted magick may be used
as a vehicle for religious discovery. This has given Sufis room to
preserve magickal practices from the ancient world which were
systematically supressed in Europe, which had to wait for the
Renaissiance for their re-introduction. Like Qabalah, Sufi ideas
played an important part in the European Rennaissance, in particular
being hugely influential on the Rosicrucian movement. In terms of
esoteric practice, there is also a large overlap between Qabalistic
and Sufic magickal practice, hardly surprising when one considers the
related languages, geographical proximity, and common religious
heritage. Like Qabalists, Sufis have alway sought to maintain their
legitimacy within mainstream religion. Like Qabalists, they maintained
an intellectual tradition in continuity from the Hellenistic culture
of the last few cenuries b.c.e.. There are also some similarities
which both refuse to acknowledge. The practice of demonic magic
(summoning and binding demons) has a central role in the magick of
both traditions. This doesn't sit easily with modern Sufis, who like
to stress the more image-friendly "spiritual development" side of
their tradition. Nevertheless, demonic magick is probably one of the
most ancient threads in the Sufi tapestry, dating back to the ancient
Canaanite/Babylonian/Egyptian cultures. Many medieval grimoires (which
mark the point at which demonology entered Western Europe) contain
lists of demons with names directly traceable to these traditions.
When [ref]Aleister Crowley 'restored' the Invocation of the Bornless
One, he found good correlations between the nonsense-names contained
in the Graeco-Coptic original and Egyptian godforms, correspondances
born out by the context of the ritual.

SUFIS AND SOCIETY

As well as similarities, there are also important differences between
Sufism and Qabalah. One is of scale. While the educated Jewish
population was, for many hundreds of years, tiny, Islam has been the
official religion of some of the largest Empires the world has seen.
As a result of this, there is a much greater diversity within
traditional Sufi thought and practice than in the Qabalah. In many
ways, Qabalah as a force within Judaism has declined since its heyday
in the 17th century. Partly to counter accusations of heresy, Jewish
Qabalists adopted a conservative, traditional, aescetic image. This
has resulted in a tradition which has become so divorced from
mainstream culture, it is all but irrelevant. In many ways the bastard
forms of Qabalah adopted by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and
their contemporaries are truer to the original aims of the Qabalah
than the fossilized versions being practiced amongst the ageing
bearded orthodoxy. Whilst some forms of Sufism have undoubtedly
suffered this fate, and others have been subverted by politics, there
are many Sufis still actively working within their communities. This
is another disctinctive feature of Sufism. Withdrawal from the world
is only a temporary phaze of a cycle which must inevitably lead the
Sufi back into society. This concept has countered the anal
autoconsumptive tendencies implicit in many 'spiritual' paths, which
often fall into the trap of defining themselves as an alternative to
ordinay human experience instead of as an extension of it.

THE INVISIBLE INFLUENCE

Thanks to the Golden Dawn's adoption of the Tree of Life, the
influence of Qabalah on western ceremonial magick is highly visible.
However, the no less significant influence of Sufism has been all but
ignored. Scholars are only now starting to admit the enormous
influence on the Rennaissance exerted not only of Sufism but Islam in
general. This is doubtless partly due to the endemic racist and
Eurocentric tendencies of western scholars, but there are other
mitigating circumstances. Whereas Qabalah is quite tightly described
by the ritual practices it uses, Sufism has always been more of a
free-form affair, stressing the importance of the 'internal'
individual experience, rather than the means by which it is produced
(the latter, according to Sufis, being a poor guide to the former).
Where Qabalah can be recognised, for example, by schemes such as the
tree of life, the name of an angel, or by some clever use of numerical
equivalents of words, Sufi ideas are much harder to spot. Many authors
trying to demonstrate the Sufi influence on Rennaisance art, literure,
and music, such as the great Idries Shah, have found themselves foiled
by need to explain the end-point of Sufi initiation in order to
describe how one may move towards it.

WAS CROWLEY A SUFI?

As well as the invisible influence on the Rosicrucians, it seems
likely that Crowley was also heavily influenced by Sufi ideas. He
spoke Arabic and travelled extensively in many areas where Sufis
practiced. And he was also fond of that least tangible means of Sufi
teaching, the self-as-paradox. Crowley, like many Sufis before him,
was not scared to contradict himself regularly, to cheat his pupils of
their savings whilst lecturing them on the importance of honesty, to
marry his friend's sister to save her from choosing between two
lovers. The regressive nature of modern Thelema may be judged by the
fact that this important, even central aspect of Crowley's teaching is
still widely ignored, in favour of his boring and often inaccurate
pronouncements on magick in books with impressive sounding titles. For
God's sake, Wake Up!

Resource: The Ritual Magick Homepage

THE SECRET DOCTRINES OF THE ASSASSINS
compiled by Richard Shand

ORIGINS OF THE NIZARI ISMA'ILIS

(1) The Schism in Islam
(2) Old Man of the Mountains
(3) Fate of the Isma'ilis

THE SECRET DOCTRINES OF THE ASSASSINS

(1)Schools of Thought
(2) Haqa'iq - The Esoteric Truths
(3) The Nine Degrees
(4) The Occult Tradition

Origins of the Nizari Isma'ilis

(1) The Schism in Islam

"...in the year the Christian calendar calls AD 632, a schism even
greater than the Reformation was to produce engulfed Islam. Its two
great forces, the Sunnis and the Shi'ites, became irrevocably divided.
The Shi'ites insisted that the leadership of Islam should have
remained in the Prophet's family and, upon his death, they had pledged
their support to Mohammed's cousin, Ali, who became Caliph or
successor to the Prophet."

- Gordon Thomas, Journey into Madness
"...Legend has it that Mohammed's son-in-law Sidina 'Ali, the ideal
warrior, once became so caught up in the frenzy of killing that he
began to kill his own people after finishing off the enemy. His frenzy
had to be cooled down before he could stop."
- An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism
"Ali was murdered in AD 661. But, in the Shi'ite theology, Ali and his
descendants were Imams - divinely guided leaders and mediators between
God and Man, Christ-like figures on earth. There were twelve Imams
before the last disappeared in AD 940. It is a fundamental Shi'ite
belief that he is hiding in one of the vast Arabian deserts, awaiting
the right moment to re-emerge and establish a purified Islamic
government of justice...The Imam, on his return, would launch a jihad,
a holy war, more violent than any before fought over the centuries by
his Shi'ite disciples."
- Gordon Thomas, Journey into Madness
"One of the most successful secret societies which the Shi'as founded
was centered around the Abode of Learning in Cairo, which was the
training-ground for fanatics who were conditioned by the most cunning
methods to believe in a special divine mission. In order to do this,
the original democratic Islamic ideas had to be overcome by skilled
teachers, acting under the orders of the Caliph of the Fatimites, who
ruled Egypt at that time."
- Arkon Daraul, Secret Societies
"The fundamental doctrine of the Shi'a is based upon the ta'lim, or
authorized teaching. The imam was responsible for this teaching, from
which no deviation at all was possible. This is the basis of the
authority of the Shi'ite imams, and informs their role as descendants
of Ali..." "The essential division between Shi'a and Sunni is based
upon the dispute between the mutually exclusive notions that authority
may be explained by ta'lim or that it may be explained by means of
reason and analogy."
- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
"Much of the well-known mystical symbolism of Sufism, often best known
through the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, was taken over by the Isma'ilis.
They joined Sufism and Shiism in a peculiar and unique blend, often
appearing as a particular group of Sufis with their own Shaykh....It
would not..be surprising if the use of hashish and other drugs for
achieving mystical ecstasy was also carried over from the Sufis."
- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
(2) Old Man of the Mountains
In 1074 "the Armenian general Badr al-Jamali traveled with his army
from Syria to Cairo and took effective control. From that moment, the
power of the caliph was extremely limited and the real ruler of the
state was the commander-in-chief of the army. the last caliphs were
little more than figureheads." "On the death of the Caliph
al-Mustansir in 1094, the new commander opposed the Caliph's own
designation of his son Nizar as caliph and placed Nizar's brother
al-Musta'li on the throne... The Isma'ilis in the East [Persia]
refused to acknowledge al-Musta'li and broke off relations with the
dynasty in Cairo."

"The dissenting group proclaimed their allegiance to the by-passed
Caliph Nizar, and it is for this reason that members of the sect which
became known to history as The Assassins were first known as the
Nizari Isma'ilis."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
"'Assasseen' in Arabic signifies 'guardians', and some commentators
have considered this to be the true origin of the word: 'guardians of
the secrets'."
- Arkon Daraul, Secret Societies
"Hasan-i Sabbah was a revolutionary of genius who devised and put into
practice the 'new' preaching or da'wa of the Nizari Isma'ilis, which
was to replace the 'old' da'wa of the Fatimid Isma'ilis at Cairo... It
is likely that he was born around 1060 in Qom, one-hundred-and-fifty
kilometers south of modern Tehran."
"He had a fine mind, an excellent knowledge of theology, and evidently
possessed the phenomenal strength of will necessary to pursue his
ideal for so many years... We can imagine him converting the people of
Daylam just as he had himself been converted, by patiently digging
away at a potential proselyte's religious doubts until they were
strong enough to admit the possibility of an alternative."

"Hasan-i Sabbah had managed through careful theological argument and
relentless logic applied to the Shi'a doctrines, to create a powerful
sectarian sense of community based on the traditional secrecy and
conspiratorial nature of Isma'ilism."

"The Alborz Mountains, which rise to a maximum height of over
six-thousand meters in the volcanic Mount Damavand, constitute a
natural barrier between the Caspian and the vast gently tilting
plateau which constitutes Central Iran. Although not distant as the
crow field from Tehran, this mountainous area has always been and
still is remote. It was presumably for this reason that many shi-ite
sects and fleeing Isma'ilis and other Moslem heretics had... for many
centuries taken refuge in the mountain kingdom of ancient Daylam."

Within a high mountain valley stands "the castle of Alamut, the
fortress retreat of Hasan-i Sabbah, which became almost legendary
after the supposed 1273 visit of Marco Polo and his description of the
'Old Man of the mountains' and the 'Ashishin'..."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
"The Old Man kept at his court such boys of twelve years old as seemed
to him destined to become courageous men. When the Old Man sent them
into the garden in groups of four, ten or twenty, he gave them hashish
to drink. They slept for three days, then they were carried sleeping
into the garden where he had them awakened."
"When these young men woke, and found themselves in the garden with
all these marvelous things, they truly believed themselves to be in
paradise. And these damsels were always with them in songs and great
entertainments; they; received everything they asked for, so that they
would never have left that garden of their own will."

"And when the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take him and
say: 'Go and do this thing. I do this because I want to make you
return to paradise'. And the assassins go and perform the deed
willingly."

- Marco Polo - on his visit to Alamut in 1273
"That Hasan-i Sabbah and other early Assassin Masters had gardens
seems likely since the garden is such an important part of Persian
noble life and of mysticism. The water channels and meticulous care to
ensure regular water supplies at Assassin castles echo the care which
Persian and Arab villages and country houses today give to the
presence of running water. So the legend of the garden in which
Assassins were taken probably has its origins in fact."
"Many scholars have argued, and demonstrated convincingly, that the
attribution of the epithet 'hashish eaters' or 'hashish takers' is a
misnomer derived from enemies the Isma'ilis and was never used by
Moslem chroniclers or sources. It was therefore used in a pejorative
sense of 'enemies' or 'disreputable people'. This sense of the term
survived into modern times with the common Egyptian usage of the term
Hashasheen in the 1930s to mean simply 'noisy or riotous'. It is
unlikely that the austere Hasan-i Sabbah indulged personally in drug
taking."

"There is no mention of that drug [hashish] in connection with the
Persian Assassins - especially in the library of Alamut ('the secret
archives')."

"Once established in a secure and permanent base, Hasan sent da'is
[missionaries] out from Alamut in all directions, At the same time he
pursued a policy of territorial expansion, taking castles either by
means of propaganda or by force, and building others... Life at
Alamut, and we may suppose in the other fortresses at this time, was
characterized by extreme asceticism and severity."

"Political assassination was not unknown in Islam before Hasan-i
Sabbah. Earlier sects had used murder as a political technique, and
there is evidence that Mohammed himself disposed of his enemies by
suggesting that they did not deserve to live - and hoping that
faithful followers would take the hint. There had even been an
extremist Shi'ite group known as the 'stranglers' after their
preferred method of assassination."

The word assassin "definitely entered the literary vocabulary when it
was used by Dante." In The Divine Comedy: Hell, Book XIX, "Dante
describes himself as 'like a friar who is confessing the wicked
assassin':

'Io stava come il frate che confessa Lo perfido assassin...'

"Here the strongest possible noun is required since the criminal being
confessed is being buried alive head down, thus denoting a sin of
particular horror. The connection of assassin with wickedness
reinforces the clarity and precision with which Dante used the word,
and it was in this sense that 'assassin' then passed into other
European languages."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
(3) Fate of the Isma'ilis
"After the destruction of Alamut by Hulegu in 1256, many members of
the Nizari Isma'ili sect are thought to have fled to Afghanistan, the
Himalayas and above all Sind... Several of them had traveled to India
as early as the eleventh century, but the founder of the branch of the
sect known as the Bohras was probably a certain Abdullah who traveled
from the Yemen and arrived in Cambay in about 1067. He traveled and
teached extensively in the province of Gujerat, where still today the
Bohras are a powerful and secretive presence."

"The other major branch of the Isma'ilis in the East today are known
as the Khojas, who are particularly strong in what was once the Punjab
but is now part of Pakistan. Their tradition relates that a missionary
known as Nu(r) Satagut, which means literally 'teacher of true light',
was the first to arrive in India. He is thought to have traveled to
north-western India some time between 1160 and 1242. It was the Khoja
sect which descended directly from the Nizari Isma'ilis or Assassins,
and on whose support the Aga Khan's leadership of the Isma'ilis today
is based."

"The present Aga Khan, correctly known as Prince Karim El Husseni, Aga
Khan IV, is recognized as the forty-ninth hereditary imam of the
Isma'ilis and claims direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed. He is
recognized as head of the world-wide Isma'ili sect, today estimated at
between four and twenty million in number. His income from voluntary
contributions was estimated by Mihir Bose [The Agha Khans] in 1985 to
be seventy-five million pounds a year."

"The theology and politics of the revolutionary of genius Hasan-i
Sabbah can in fact be seen as the first original creation - both
religious and political - of a specifically Persian ethos after the
conquest of the country of the Arabs and consequent conversion to
Islam. In this wider sense the thought and doctrines of the inventor
of the 'Assassins' may be said to have an enduring influence in the
religious and political life of the Middle East. This legacy is shared
both the Aga Khans and by contemporary revolutionary groups in Lebanon
and Persia."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
The Secret Doctrines of the Assassins
(1) Schools of Thought

"The real problem of the Isma'ilis in general, and the Nizari
Isma'ilis or Assassins in particular, is that they were always
considered heretical and persecuted by official Islam, except for the
period in which Isma'ilism was the official religion under the Fatimid
caliphs of Egypt. The consequence of this is that no comprehensive
formula of the Assassins' creed was ever generally recognized. Their
doctrines were maintained in secrecy by the Assassins themselves,
while their enemies were content to dismiss them as heretical without
studying or reporting them."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
Hasan-i Sabbah "prevented ordinary persons from delving into
knowledge; and likewise the elite from investigating former books,
except those who knew the circumstances of each book and the rank of
the authors in every field. With his partisans, in theology he did not
go beyond saying, our god is the god of Mohammed."
- Shaharastani
"Islam is not a messianic religion and has no room for a
saviour-messiah. Nevertheless, there gradually developed--probably
under Christian influence--the notion of an eschatological restorer of
the faith, identified as a descendant of the Prophet or as the
returning 'Isa (i.e., Jesus). He is usually referred to as the mahdi;
i.e., the '[divinely] guided one'. After the appearance of 'Isa, the
last judgment will begin: the good will enter paradise; the evil will
fall into hell. Heaven and hell possess various goals and steps of
recompense for good and evil. The time before the end is viewed
pessimistically: God himself will abandon the godless world. Ka'bah
(the great pilgrimage sanctuary of the Muslim world) will vanish, the
copies of the Qur'an will become empty paper, and its words will
disappear from memory. Then the end will draw near."
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
"In the Koran Jesus is mentioned no less than thirty-five times, under
a number of impressive appellations - including 'Messenger of God' and
'Messiah'. At no point, however, is he regarded as anything other than
a mortal prophet, a forerunner of Mohammed and a spokesman for the
single supreme God. And like Basilides and Mani, the Koran maintains
that Jesus did not die on the cross, 'they did not kill him, nor did
they crucify him, but they thought that did.' The Koran itself does
not elaborate on this ambiguous statement, but Islamic commentators
do. According to most of them, there was a substitute - generally,
though not always, supposed to have been Simon of Cyrene. Certain
Muslim writers speak of Jesus hiding in a niche of a wall and watching
the Crucifixion of a surrogate as is described in the Nag Hammadi
Scrolls."
- Baigent, Leigh & Lincoln, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
The doctrine of rebirth, or more correctly transmigration was "widely
accepted in Persia, and evolved in the particular Moslem form of
belief in the Mahdi, the 'one guided by God to the truth'. The
Isma'ili version of these ideas consisted of two schools of thought:
first, a belief in Ismail himself as immortal, and consequently that
he is the Mahdi; second, some believed that Mohammed, son of Ismail,
was the Mahdi who would not die until he had conquered the world."
"The Druzes accept reincarnation as one of the chief distinguishing
principles of their religion: their founder and apostle Hakim is held
to have possessed the soul of the twelfth imam, and it is from this
fact that his authority derives. Druzes, about whom we have more
information than the Assassins and whose doctrines are usually almost
identical, believe that all human souls were created together and that
their number is fixed... Souls progress though a series of
transmigrations to a higher degree of excellence."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
(2) Haqa'iq - The Esoteric Truths
"The religious revolution of man was considered to have taken place in
seven years under seven Messenger Prophets, the first six of whom were
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed. Each of these
messengers revealed a religious law in esoteric form, which was
readily interpreted even by the uninitiated: this is the zahir or
external aspect. But each of these messages also contained an inner,
esoteric truth which required interpretation by the small number of
initiates capable of receiving them: this the batin, or esoteric
truth."

"The esoteric truths themselves, haqa'iq, were explained by a
successor of each of the Messenger Prophets known as the wasi
(Legates) or by the sami (Silent One) whose task was to explain the
batin of the Scriptures and Law. Each Legate was in turn followed by a
series of seven imams, the seventh of whom became the next messenger
Prophet in the series. The last era would be marked by the Mahdi, who
would make the inner doctrine public and inaugurate an era of pure
spiritual knowledge."

"Isma'ili theology was thus revelationary in character. The haqa'iq
transcended human reason and ultimately derived from gnostic
doctrines, considering the principles of spiritual and physical worlds
in Neoplatonic terms. The Gnostics held that the physical world had
been created by an inferior deity, the Yahweh of the Old Testament,
who was allowed a certain lassitude until God decided to send His son
to inhabit the body of Jesus and free the world from false teachings.
Certain Gnostic notions passed into Islam when Mohammed adopted the
gnostic idea that the body which was crucified was only a phantom
which the Jews and Romans could not harm."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
"The heart of the Isma'ili haqa'iq, which consists in their denial of
rationalism and forms the basis of their 'heresy', lies in the denial
that God is the first cause. For them, the first cause is the Order or
Word of God, which became united with the Universal Intellect. Hence
the idea of the Order is at the heart of their esoteric doctrines, and
achieves their synthesis of Neoplatonic philosophy and Islam."
"The power of Hasan-i Sabbah himself, and the fanatical devotion of
the fida'i, ultimately derived from this categorical insistence on the
transcendental nature of God. Such an absolute God, and absolute imam,
demands absolute faith and obedience."

Group A: descended from Ali and Nizar

1 Imam

Group B: fully initiated

2 Da'i 'd-Du'at (Chief Da'i)
3 Du'i 'l-Kabir (Superior Da'i)
4 Du'i (ordinary Da'i)

Group C: partly initiated

5 Rafiq (comrade) Group D: uninitiated

6 Lasiq (adherent)
7 Fida'i (self-sacrificer, the destroying angels)

"Although the details of the stages of initiation... derive from a
historian writing around 1332 about the Druzes... the major difference
is that the degrees have... been increased from seven to nine, perhaps
to agree with the nine celestial spheres."

- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
(3) The Nine Degrees
"Members were enrolled, on the understanding that they were to receive
hidden power and timeless wisdom which would enable them to become as
important in life as some of the teachers."

"Students had to pass through nine degrees of initiation."

First Degree

"In the first, the teachers threw their pupils into a state of doubt
about all conventional ideas, religious and political. They used false
analogy and every other device of argument to make the aspirant
believe that what he had been taught by his previous mentors was
prejudiced and capable of being challenged. The effect of this,
according to the Arab historian, Makrizi, was to cause him to lean
upon the personality of the teachers, as the only possible source of
the proper interpretation of facts. At the same time, the teachers
hinted continually that formal knowledge was merely the cloak for
hidden, inner and powerful truth, whose secret would be imparted when
the youth was ready to receive it. This 'confusion technique' was
carried out until the student reached the stage where he was prepared
to swear a vow of blind allegiance to one or other of his teachers."

Second Degree

"The neophyte is taught to believe that God's approval cannot be won
by observing the prescriptions of Islam, unless the inner Doctrine, of
which they are mere symbols, be received from the Imam to whom its
guardianship has been entrusted."

Third Degree

"The neophyte is instructed as to the nature and number of the Imams,
and is taught to recognize the significance in the spiritual and
material worlds of the number Seven which they also represent. He is
thus definitely detached from the Imamiyya of the Sect of the Twelve,
and is taught to regard the last six of their imams as persons devoid
of spiritual knowledge and unworthy of reverence."

Fourth Degree

"The neophyte is now taught the doctrine of the Seven Prophetic
Periods, of the nature of the Natiq, the Sus or Asas and the remaining
six Samits ('Silent' imams) who succeed the latter, and of the
abrogation by each Natiq of the religion of his predecessor. This
teaching involves the admission (which definitely places the proselyte
outside the pale of Islam) that Mohammed was not the last of the
Prophets, and that the Qur'an is not God's final revelation to man.
With Mohammed b. Isma'ili, the Seventh and Last Natiq, the Qu'im ('He
who ariseth'), the Sahibu 'i-Amr ('Master of the Matter'), an end is
put to the 'Sciences of the Ancients' (Ulumu 'l-awwalin), and the
Esoteric (Batini) Doctrine, the Science of Allegorical Interpretation
(Ta'wil), is inaugurated."

Fifth Degree

"Here the proselyte is further instructed in the Science of Numbers
and in the application of the ta'wil, so that he discards many of the
traditions, learns to speak contemptuously of the state of Religion,
pays less and less heed to the letter of Scripture, and looks forward
to the abolition of all outward observances of Islam. He is also
taught the significance of the number Twelve, and the recognition of
the twelve Hujjas or 'Proofs', who primarily conduct the propaganda of
each Imam. These are typified in man's body by the twelve dorsal
vertebrae, while the seven cervical vertebrae represent the Seven
Prophets and the Seven Imams of each."

Sixth Degree

"Here the proselyte is taught the allegorical meaning of the rites and
obligations of Islam, such as prayer, alms, pilgrimage, fasting, and
the like, and is then persuaded that their outward observance is a
matter of no importance, and may be abandoned, since they were only
instituted by wise and philosophical lawgivers as a check to restrain
the vulgar and unenlightened herd."

Seventh Degree

"To this and the following degrees only the leading da'is, who fully
comprehend the real nature and aim of their doctrine, were initiated.
At this point is introduced the dualistic doctrine of the Pre-existent
and the Subsequent, which is destined ultimately to undermine the
proselyte's belief in the Doctrine of the Divine Unity."

Eight Degree

"Here the doctrine last mentioned is developed and applied, and the
proselyte is taught that above the Pre-existent and the Subsequent is
a Being who has neither name, nor attribute, of whom nothing can be
predicted, and to whom no worship can be rendered. This Nameless Being
seems to represent the Zerwan Akanana ('Boundless Time') of the
Zoroastrian system, but...some confusion exists here, and different
teachings were current amongst the Isma'ilis, which, however, agreed
in this, that, to quote Nuwayri's expression, 'those who adopted them
could no longer be reckoned otherwise than amongst the Dualists and
Materialists'. The proselyte is also taught that a Prophet is known as
such not by miracles, but by his ability to construct and impose in a
kind of system at once political, social, religious, and
philosophical...He is further taught to understand allegorically the
end of the world, the Resurrection, Future Rewards and Punishments,
and other eschatological doctrines."

- Arkon Daraul, Secret Societies
Ninth Degree
"In this, the last degree of initiation, every vestige of dogmatic
religion has been practically cast aside, and the initiate is become a
philosopher pure and simple, free to adopt such system or admixture as
may be most to his taste."

- Edward Granville Brown, in St Bart's Hospital Journal (March 1897)
"The seventh degree brought revelation of the Great secret: that all
humanity and all creation were one and every single thing was a part
of the whole, which included the creative and destructive power. But,
as an Isma'ili, the individual could make use of the power which was
ready to be awakened within him, and overcome those who knew nothing
of the immense potential of the rest of humanity. This power came
through the aid of the mysterious power called the Lord of the Time."
"To qualify for the eighth degree, the aspirant had to believe that
all religion, philosophy and the like were fraudulent. All that
mattered was the individual, who could attain fulfillment only through
servitude to the greatest developed power - the Imam. The ninth and
last degree brought the revelation of the secret that there was no
such thing as belief: all that mattered was action. And the only
possessor of the reasons for carrying out any action was the chief of
the sect."

- Arkon Daraul, Secret Societies
The basis of these steps of graded knowledge was derived from the
"Brethren of Sincerity".
(4) The Occult Tradition

"Khadhulu is the Arabic word meaning 'abandoner' or 'forsaker'...
Khadhulu is a type of spiritual force that powers the practices of
Tafrid and Tajrid. These are exercises that are used to transcend
(abandon) normal cultural programming. The idea is that by
transcending (abandoning) Dogma and fixed beliefs a person can see
reality as it is. Khadhulu is stimulated by the Nafs (breath or soul).
The stimulated 'abandoner' then causes the Hal or spiritual state.
Khadhulu appears in the Quran (25:29)... The verse translates as
'Mankind, Shaitan is al khadhulu'. They have explained two orthodox
interpretations of this verse to me the first is that Shaitan will
abandon man. The other is that Shaitan causes men to forsake Islam and
its culture. You'll note that this second interpretation is fairly
consistent with the spiritual meaning the ancient Muqarribun give
Khadhulu . (Obviously an orthodox Muslim would think Muqarribun
practices Sinful.) This verse in the Quran is important because it
links the 'abandoner' Khadhulu with Shaitan the Old Dragon, Lord of
the Abyss."

- Parker Ryan, The Necronomicon and Ancient Arab Magick
"At least part of the veneration of Sinan was based on his
well-attested powers of telepathy and clairvoyance, such as the cases
reported by Abu Firas of him answering questions thought outside his
window. Hasan-i Sabbah himself was renowned in his own day as an
alchemist. That the Assassins engaged in what would now be described
as occult practices seems therefore to be beyond doubt. The 'sciences'
of alchemy and astrology were then part of philosophical studies."
- Edward Burman, The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam
"From the Isma'ilis the Crusaders borrowed the conception which led to
the formation of all the secret societies, religious and secular, of
Europe. The institutions of Templars and Hospitallers; the Society of
Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola, composed by a body of men whose
devotion to their cause can hardly be surpassed in our time; the
ferocious Dominicans. the milder Franciscans - may all be traced
either to Cairo or to Alamut. The Knights Templar especially, with
their system of grand masters, grand priors and religious devotees,
and their degrees of initiation, bear the strongest analogy to the
Eastern Isma'ilis."
- S. Ameer Ali
URL original document:
http://home.fireplug.net/~rshand/streams/masons/assassins.html
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Freemasonry's History of Racism

Klan and Black Legion meetings were usually held inside Masonic
Temples and Halls in the Midwest during the 1930's. The Klan recruited
almost exclusively from within Masonic ranks and often the membership
of both organizations was indistinguishable. All of the Leadership of
the old and new Klan were high degree Freemasons. The Ku Klux Klan was
in fact a Masonic movement.

The Brotherhood and Racism
The book "Christianity and American Freemasonry" by William J. Whalen
(Our Sunday Visitor:1987, pgs 23-25) discusses the racism of
Freemasonry at some length;

An organization dedicated to brotherhood, Masonry ironically remains a
bulwark of racial segregation in the United States. By 1987, decades
after most American institutions had accepted racial integration, only
four of the forty-nine Grand Lodges could count even one black member
in their jurisdictions. As the author of a recent scholarly study of
black Freemasonry observes, "The legitimation of social intermingling
between black and white Masons has remained anathema in mainstream
Freemasonry."' (Handbook of Secret Organizations by Whalen)

A lodge within the British military forces initiated Prince Hall with
fourteen free black men in 1775 after the men had been rebuffed in
their attempt to join St. John's lodge in Boston. Eventually the black
Masons received a charter from the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
England for African Lodge No. 459 (1784). Regular Masonry has
continued to deny recognition to Prince Hall lodges, and individual
lodges have barred black candidates by the simple method of the black
cube.

Except for one curious exception, Alpha Lodge No. 1 16 in New Jersey,
and a handful of blacks reported to be initiated by lodges in New York
and Massachusetts, regular Freemasonry remains ninety-nine and
forty-four hundredths percent white. A Prince Hall Mason may not visit
a white lodge, nor a white Mason visit a Prince Hall lodge, without
risking Masonic punishment. Albert Pike, no friend of blacks, admitted
in 1875 "Prince Hall lodge was as regular a lodge as any lodge created
by competent authority. It had a perfect right to establish other
lodges and make itself a Mother Lodge."

When the Grand Lodge of New Jersey accepted several blacks into
membership, other Grand Lodges decried the action and some severed
fraternal relations with New Jersey. Mississippi was one. The Grand
Master of that state wrote in 1908 "Masonry never contemplated that
her privileges should be extended to a race, totally, morally and
intellectually incapacitated to discharge the obligations which they
assume or have conferred upon them in a Masonic lodge. It is no answer
that there are exceptions to this general character of the race. We
legislate for the race and not for the exceptions. We hold that
affiliation with negroes is contrary to the teachings of Masonry, and
is dangerous to the interest of the Fraternity of Free and Accepted
Masons."

The Prince Hall lodges include a number of distinguished gentlemen on
their rosters such as Supreme Court Justice Marshall, Mayor Tom
Bradley of Los Angeles, Dr. Benjamin Hooks of the NAACP, Mayor Andrew
Young of Atlanta, and Mayor Coleman Young of Detroit. Of course, none
of these black Masons would be allowed to visit a white Masonic lodge.

Whether Masonry influenced Southern mores or was simply influenced
itself is hard to determine. Even during the civil-rights battles of
the 1960s, knowledgeable blacks discovered that many of the leaders of
the segregationist movement, such as Governors George Wallace of
Alabama, Orval Faubus of Arkansas, and Ross Barnett of Mississippi,
were also active Masons.

Resource:Acacia Press

The Daughters of Freemasons are recruited into 'Rainbow for Girls'

In 1976 , the Masonic afflliate organization for girls, the
International Order of the Rainbow, suspended all Iowa chapters of the
group because one local chapter endorsed membership of a 12-year-old
black girl.

According to press reports, Michelle Palmer, whose father is white and
mother is black, had been invited to join the Rainbow chapter in
Indianola, Iowa, and was approved by the local assembly in October of
that year. However, officials at the Rainbow's international
headquarters at McAlester, Oklahoma ruled that all 136 Rainbow
assemblies in Iowa must disband by the end of the year because they
did not follow "rules and regulations."

It was explained that the organization took disciplinary action on the
basis of an unwritten law which excludes blacks from membership.

Freemasonry has many unwritten laws it seems.

I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for
president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the
country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems
over all these years, either.

'Illustrious' Trent Lott 33°
December 6, 2002

Racism in Masonry Today as described by a recently
demitted 32 degree Scottish Rite Freemason

The Truth About Freemasonry, by Chuck Easttom 32

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 15, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY

I was not going to do this but, I feel I need to make this posting.

For a time I was an avid defender of masonry in this newsgroup ( I
still have nothing against it per se). My masonic credentials are
numerous and lengthy. I was Senior Warden of Durant Lodge #45 Durant
Oklahoma, "C" certificate lecturer from the Oklahoma Grand Lodge, 32d
Scottish Rite Mason McAlester Valley (and active in performing
Scottish Rite degrees), Past Patron of OES Chapter #17,Sr. DeMolay,
and Shriner. About 2 months ago I resigned from all of this.

I see too extremes in this newsgroup: 1. Anti masons who , in their
paranoid delusions, blame masonry for every evil in the world.

2. Staunch apologists who refuse to acknowledge real problems.

I would Like to set the record straight and tell the truth:

First of all to the anti masons - despite my deep involvement in
masonry I never saw one single shred of anything even remotely
resembling satanism. I never met one single mason who I would have
even suspected of satanism. I was quite active in doing scottish rite
degrees, and saw absolutely nothing that would conflict with any of
the mainstream monotheistic religions. I also never saw any evidence
of any conspiracy to cover up any crimes committed by masons, or any
conspiracy to influence politics. These conspiracy theories and
satanism theories that anti-s come up with are pure delusion.

Now for the other side, or put another way: why did I resign? Well I
can only speak for Oklahoma Masonry (and I travelled extensively in
Oklahoma):

1. Racism is rampant here. Over half the members I have met openly
announce that they will resign the day that a "nigger" sets in an
Oklahoma Lodge. Racist jokes are common place just before or after a
masonic function. One of our past grand masters even made racists
jokes at a District meeting.

2. We are not even a little bit selective about the white people we
let into lodge. In Oklahoma if you are white and are not on America's
Most Wanted, then some lodge will let you in. I personally know of A
lodge Jr. Warden who was renown in his town as an alcoholic and wife
beater. He was widely known as such when initiated, passed, raised,
and when elected to office. And this is not at all an exception in
Oklahoma. In fact the bulk of attending masons (those that show up)
are usually from the lower end of society. They are the poorly
educated , bigoted,and often ignorant. I know of past masters that
won't keep a job, past masters that are renown for their beligerant
attitude,etc. They seeem perplexed that the few members in the lodge
that have some community standing (be they a teacher, doctor, etc.)
don't show up for meetings. Well its because they are embarressed to
be seen with their lodge brothers. I am also not talking about 1 or 2
incidents. In my entire district their are maybe 6 to 8 masons that I
would not be ashamed to have show up at my job. I had one past master
show up at my office on one occaision having worn the same clothes for
several days. When I joined not one person that signed my petition
even knew me at all. I asked friends and coworkers, none had ever had
any inquiries about my character. Frankly noone in the lodge cared as
long as I was willing to pay the dues. But maybe its different
elsewhere.

3. We lead a man to believe that he will learn great philosophical
truths. This is what originally attracted me to masonry as I have
always been a student of philosophy. Yet the "teachings" of masonry
are the most mundane and common place lessons that virtually all men
have already heard elsewhere. When we charge a man for degrees in
which he learns "lessons" that he already knows, we are in effect
defrauding him.

4. Few Oklahoman masons take it seriously. Even those who memorize the
degree work frequently don't even know the meanings of the words they
memorize much less the meanings (you would be amazed how many think
the word "alllusion" is "illusion".

Franklly masonry is not evil, its not a conspiracy, etc. It is simply
(at least in Oklahoma) a club for old men and rednecks to go to and
give each other important sounding titles.

Now I am donning my asbestos suit...

-- Chuck Easttom
http://www.geocities.com/~chuckeasttom/

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Chuck Easttom 32 vs Ted Berry 32

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 15, 1999 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY
> In article 7rol1q\$nsc$1...@nnrp1.deja.com,
> Ted Berry tedbe...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Note from TB-The following original article has been truncated to make
> it easier for discussion. See the orignal post for the full detail.
> In article 7rohnv\$lep$1...@nnrp1.deja.com,
> Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com wrote:

[Ted Berry]
> I am indeed surprised to see this post. You had been involved in this
> NG and Freemasonry for a long time

> > I see too extremes in this newsgroup:
> > 1. Anti masons who , in their paranoid delusions, blame masonry
> > for every evil in the world.
> >
> > 2. Staunch apologists who refuse to acknowledge real problems.
> >
> > I would Like to set the record straight and tell the truth:

[T.B]
> Truth is made up of those things we experience and choose to accept as
> reality. Everyone (including me) approaches the world looking through
> a filter. And so therefore, we can each only speak for and from our
> experiences.
>
> And I think anyone knows, that to show this NG even the slightest
> dissatisfaction with one's membership is to give fodder to those who
> would use it. This makes it difficult for anyone to stay in the middle
> ground and have discussion on the "issues."

Truth is not nearly so nebulous as you assert. Truth is that which is
real, or true. For example: It is true that I am setting at a PC right
now, it is not true that I am on the moon. Truth is much simpler than
you suggest.

> > Now for the other side, or put another way: why did I resign? Well
> > I can only speak for Oklahoma Masonry (and I travelled extensively in
> > Oklahoma):
> >
> > 1. Racism is rampant here.
> >
> > 2. We are not even a little bit selective about the white people
> > we let into lodge
> >
> > 4. Few Oklahoman masons take it seriously.

[T.B.]
> I thought these fit together, so I have separated them from #3. Your
> #4 comment says it all. If it is not taken seriously, then it will
> fall apart, and rightfully so.
>
> Local Masonic lodges will be made up of the people from its community.
> It is not my intent to insult the folks from the area of Durant
> Oklahoma. But you will likely find that the lodge will take on the
> character of its locals.

I don't doubt that one bit. However even in the small town of Durant
we have dozens of men of character, education, etc. None of whom will
join the lodge.

[T.B.]
> When I was in a rural town in Massachusetts, my lodge was made up of
> farmers, machinists, etc. These folks were predominantly white,
> because the town was predominanlty white. I am now involved in a lodge
> in Washington DC and it is made up of the type of people you would
> expect to find here; lawyers, accountants, World Bank, IMF, etc. The
> racial mix here is quite diverse as you expect within DC.
>
> The lodge will represent the community.

I have found a far higher concentration of racism in lodge than in the
general Oklahoma population and a generally lower level of education
than census stats show for our state. But again , I am not saying this
is masonry's fault, I am saying that in Oklahoma masonry's only
standard is that you be white.

> > 3. We lead a man to believe that he will learn great philosophical
> > truths. This is what originally attracted me to masonry as I have
> > always been a student of philosophy. Yet the "teachings" of masonry
> > are the most mundane and common place lessons that virtually all men
> > have already heard elsewhere. When we charge a man for degrees in
> > which he learns "lessons" that he already knows, we are in effect
> > defrauding him.

[T.B.]
> This is an interesting point of contention. But let me ask you a
> question. While I do not have the reference at hand, Jesus says his
> commandment is that "You love one another, as I have loved you."
>
> Do you think this is an obvious approach to life? Do we need thousand
> of pages in the Bible to learn this? Do we really need dozens and
> dozens of Christian denominations to teach us this? Do we need a
> bureaucracy the size and scale of the Roman Catholic Church (no offense
> intended) to teach that we should "love one another"? Do we defraud a
> Church member by asking for donations to make this information
> available to the congregation?

To answer your questions: No an extensive ecclesiastical bureaucracy
is not required to teach this lesson. You also note that a church
requests donations, you can get the teachings for free. Masonry
demands payment.
[T.B.]
> The lessons of Freemasonry may be simple, common sense truths, but
> when I look around this world (and when you looked around your lodge room)
> I see the application of these truths to be quite lacking.

That simply makes another point (one that I failed to make in my
original posting). Trying to teach a lesson by veiling it in allegory
is an incredibly bad way of teaching. And from what I see in Oklahoma
MAsonry its efficacy is definately questionable.

[T.B.]
> I am truly sorry that your experience has been such. And I wish it
> were different. My experience has been quite different.
>
> --
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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Eugene Goldman 32*

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 15, 1999 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY

> In article 37dfcde2...@news.swbell.net
> br_...@pacbell.net (Eugene Goldman.?) wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:33:03 GMT, Chuck Easttom
> chucke...@yahoo.com wrote:

[Eugene Goldman]
> *But maybe its different elsewhere.
>
> Based on the fact that my personal experiences in Tennessee,
> Louisiana, Nevada and particularly California Masonry has been the
> antithesis of yours in Oklahoma...
>
> Based on the fact that (for the most part - issues of nontraditional
> forms of Masonry aside) my experiences in venues such as this - open
> to Masons all over the world - has been universally opposite of what
> you describe...
>
> Based on the fact that certain areas of this country are fairly
> well-documented to host a disproportinate share of individuals such as
> you describe...
>
> I can't help but wonder if your experiences aren't more indicative of
> the demographics and culture in which your Lodge is located than it is
> of the fraternity.

I have no doubt that demographics plays a part. However I have seen
local college clubs (made up mostly of Oklahomans) run by 18 year old
kids that displayed more maturity and enlightenment than the average
Oklahoma lodge.

[E.G.]
> Has there been any support of the sort of attitudes you describe on
> the part of the fraternity, as matters of policy, official positions
> or public statements? Has your jurisdiction promoted, in any way,
> these sorts of feelings on the part of the membership? If so, then
> perhaps other jurisdictions might want to revisit the issue of
> fraternal relations with them. If not, why do you associate these
> things with Masonry?

Oh our Grand Lodge officers will say the correct things in public. Get
them to a private function however, and the racist talk is more
reminiscent of a klan meeting. It is also interesting how many men,not
just members but lodge officers, in Oklahoma masonry of men of low
repute. I am not blaming the teachings of masonry for this, I am
frankly saying that in least in Oklahoma masonry has lowered its
standards to such a point as to no longer have any substance or
character at all.

[E.G.]
> Granted, our investigation procedures are a lot more haphasard than I
> would like to see. far too much varyance. At the same time, I do
> know Masons who do take their job as investigators or sponsors very
> seriously. It just seems to me that the make up of a community plays
> a far greater role in contributing to the overall state of affairs
> than you might be considering. I know Scout Troops, right here in San
> Diego, that could be described exactly as you did this Lodge. Is
> Scouting, therefore, tainted? No. Tarnished perhaps. A lot worse
> for wear, sure. But it will recover. So will the fraternity. The
> bigots will, sooner or later, die off and rational men will replace
> them. In the mean time, you were probably right to disassociate
> yourself with the bigots in your community - be they Masons, Scouts,
> PTA members, congregants or co-workers.

I knew this would be the standard answer. I am well aware that all
groups have "bad apples". I became disenchanted with Oklahoma Masonry
when I realized that a rather large portion of our OFFICERS where men
who I would frankly be ashamed to associate with in public.

> |O| Be well. Travel with a light heart.
> Who said that?
>
> Brother Gene .*.
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> And in case I don't see ya' - Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night!

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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Manny Blanco M.M.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 19, 1999 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: WHAT IS A GOOD MAN( was:Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY

In article 19990919124148...@ng-cd1.aol.com,
mason...@aol.com (MasonTruth) wrote:
> >Subject: WHAT IS A GOOD MAN( was:Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY
> >From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
> >Date: Sun, 19 September 1999 12:46 AM EDT
> >Message-id: 7s1pqf\$3g5$1...@nnrp1.deja.com
>
> >
> >Here is the problem: how we define good men. I doubt very seriously,
> >since these men live in a different state than you do, that you know
> >them well enough to decide whether or not they are good men. But since
> >they came out for a few hours, acted friendly, and shared a meal they
> >must be good. Throughout masonry, masons seem convinced of other
> >masons good character based solely on a few friendly tidbits of
> >conversation exchanged of an after-degree meal.

[Manny Blanco]
> Dear Bro. Chuck, you are assuming that they are not..All the above mentioned
> ways of inrteracting are part of what makes up Masonic Fellowship. I base
> things on a gut feeling when I meet someone. These men have displayed in and
> out of Lodge that they are sincere.

No I am not assuming that they are not. I simply reserve judgement
until more data is available.

> >I have seen members of biker gangs and ex cons that can be quite
> >cordial over a meal, especially with their comrades. This does not
> >make them good men. Now I am NOT saying that masons and bikers have
> >any commonality at all. I am merely pointing out that deciding that a
> >man is of good character because he was cordial at a single function is
> >really premature.

[M.B.]
> To assume he is not a good man is wrong as well , wuldn't you agree. Heck I
> have met Bikers that I would trust.. I don't care what they are wearing for me
> it is the heart condition and their works that count. I am not going to count a
> man out simply because he is part of a group or a Mason from a certain State.
> Please Bro. chuck understand that I know Masonry is not perfect nor do I hide
> her faults under the carpet. It is the best thing going though and even with
> our faults we strive to do what is right and good .

My point is simple: No masonry is not evil, however it is not the
"best thing going" either. I have seen several college clubs made up
of 19 year old students where there was less bickering and more
character. Due to certain jurisdictions desire for more numbers
masonry is no longer the fraternity it once was.

> >This is where Oklahoma's problem is. If a man is not black and does
> >not have a known felony record then he must be good. If he actually
> >does any memory work at all, learns any part of any degree then attends
> >even occaisional functions then he is deemed to be an "outstanding"
> >mason. We want so bad to believe that the fraternity is made up
> >predominatly good men that we need next to no evidence at all to decide
> >that a man is of good character.

[M.B.]
> I am not from there but have met many Masons that are. I cannot imagine that
> being "White" would be the only requirement to be a Mason. The men I met
> traveled many miles to share Masonry with others. None showed a "Dark Side" and
> all were loving and kind.

Then please explain the brief list I put at the end of this message. I
have personal and direct knowledge of a number of OFFICERS who are men
of very low character, but they where white. I have sit in lodge on
many occaisions and listened to the discussion before a vote.

> >Let me give you a few examples:
> >
> >1. I know of one lodge Jr. Warden who showed up for meetings and was
> >quite cordial yet he was renown as a wife beater (now on his third
> >wife) and a drunk.
> >
>
> >2. A past master and current lodge secretary who is nothing but
> >friendly to any mason he meets and who attends most local functions-
> >yet he is a dead beat and has defrauded our Grand Lodges Masonic
> >Charity Foundation.
> >
> >3. A past master and Past District Deputy Master who always has a
> >ready smile for any mason, but is known throughout the community as an
> >incredibly belligerant and hostile man. His own brother denounces him
> >and his belligerence eventually drove his oldest son to suicide.
> >
> >4. A past master who will drop everything for any mason, but who
> >abused all three of his children (all now grown and all have had to
> >undergoe therapy for his extreme abuse).
> >
> >5. A past Grand Master who is nothing but cordial with fellow masons,
> >but is known to co workers as the most "self serving sob" any of them
> >have met and is a renown womanizer routinely cheating on his wife.
> >
> >6. A Past Grand Master who is at many lodge functions and is very
> >cordial with any mason.... also on his third wife and an overt racist
> >renown for his "nigger" jokes.
> >
> >7. A past master well known for his attendence, also well known for
> >heavy drinking and infidelity.
> >
> >8. A junior warden and 32d scottish rite mason who has actualy been
> >clinically diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and is an alcoholic.
> >
> >9. A past master with several DUI's one of which he got while a
> >sitting master.
> >
> >
> >I am not stating that these men are what they are because of masonry.
> >Their activities fly in the face of masonic teaching. But something is
> >very wrong when such men populate not just the membership of Oklahoma
> >masonry, but hold our highest offices. It is clear that , at least in
> >this jurisidction, character does not matter at all.
> >
> >I could go on literally for hours listing nothing but lodge officers
> >and Grand Lodge officers who are as friendly as they can be at lodge
> >functions yet who are men of deplorable character. And yes their
> >actions are well known to their lodges. For thoses that are from my
> >own lodge, I did complain to my current master, immediate past master,
> >and sent complaints to the Grand Lodge.

[M.B.]
> Chuck some of these things could be dealt with by Good Counsel in a brother's
> Ear.. Some are un-Masonic and grounds for a Masonic Trial or at least an investigation.
> Bottom line is the only way to change wrong is by working from within in my way
> of thinking. I am not there nor do I know the circumstances. I am not knocking
> you for your decision as it might have been too much too handle. I might have
> done the same thing in your shoes and almost did once..I just know in my heart
> that Masonry will never let a person down in the long run.

No sir , the bottom line is how can I expect to change anything when
this kind of behavior is seen in MASTERS and GRAND MASTERS? Not simply
a few bad apples in the barrel, but our highest offices!

[M.B.]
> I also disagree that all of any one State can be that way.There are reasons
> that we became Masons in the first place and those reasons are Lodged in our
> hearts. I hope that you someday decide to join a Lodge again. You are a good
> man and not having you in the Fraternity is a great loss. I hope also that you
> stay and continue to change what you feel is wrong.

When I first began to have serious concerns about masonry in Oklahoma
I developed a habit of inquiring with OK masons why the became masons.
IN many cases it was simply because their father/uncle/etc had been
one. In others it was frankly so they could become shriners. And in a
few cases it was in hopes of obtaining business favortism. The
overwhelming majority sited social functions. ONly 4 men ever told me
that they had joined in search of truth and understanding. Masonry has
become simply a social club with standards lower than many other
social clubs.

[M.B.]
> I am sure there are others that think as you do and are good in heart.
>God Bless
>
> Sincerely & Fraternally
> MasonTruth
> Bro. Manny Blanco (Junior Warden)
> Moreno Valley Lodge # 804
> Moreno Valley, CA

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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Joe 'Schmuckatelli'

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 16, 1999 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY

In article 37dfd416...@nntp.cts.com,
joeschmu...@KILL.SPAMFORD.WALLACE.NOW wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:04:18 GMT, br_...@pacbell.net
> (Eugene Goldman.?) wrote:
>
> >Based on the fact that my personal experiences in Tennessee,
> >Louisiana, Nevada and particularly California Masonry has been the
> >antithesis of yours in Oklahoma...
>
> >Based on the fact that certain areas of this country are fairly
> >well-documented to host a disproportinate share of individuals such
> > as you describe...

[J.S.]
> Perhaps a long, lengthy, detailed description of what's been
> happening, the state of current events, and the reiteration that this caused him to
> demit should be submitted not only to the lodge of which he was a member,
> but to the state's Grand Lodge, and whatever national body has jurisdiction over
> Oklahoma.

[C.E.]
I sent such a letter to my lodges secretary, my grand lodge, and the
Scottish Rite valley I was a member of. One Mr. Jim Tresner responded
on behalf of both the Grand Lodge and the Scottish Rite. He tried to
down play the racism and the officers of low character. In response I
started naming names and incidents. When I did that all correspondence
from him, the Grand Lodge, and the Scottish Rite ceased. They frankly
did not want to examine their own dirty laundry. They simply want to
keep packing in plenty of dues paying members.

[J.S.]
> Perhaps it should also be submitted to whatever nationwide Masonic > publications exist. Am I suggesting they be publicly humiliated? Absolutely.
>
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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Dr. Roger Firestone 32*

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 16, 1999 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: More Masonic disinformation on African Americans

In article Q08E3.88\$JS.11...@newsie.cais.net,
rf...@chele.cais.net (Dr. Roger M. Firestone) wrote:

[C.E.]
> >Our grand lodge has 1 goal: getting more people paying dues..

[R.F.] > Is it just the money? Or is it that more members means:

[C.E.] No its just money. Of our 1 day conferrels fewer then 10% ever
even visit a lodge again. Even of our regularly initiated bretheren
the average Oklahoma Lodge is running about 10 to 15% of the members
that ever attend at all and about 5% that actually work. So more
members does not mean more people to know the ritual nor does it mean
more participants in charitable work. It only means more money.

BTW Dr. Firestone, you where one of the people I was talking about
when I spoke of the "die - hard apologists who refuse to see any
problem with masonry". I could actually publically name the names and
misdeeds of lodge officers, I could give evidence from now to kingdom
come and it would change nothing.

In my own lodge there are 160 people on the books, 8 of whom went to 1
day conferrels. Usually a meeting might get 10 or 12 guys (none of
whom where 1 day conferrels, those guys never even bothered to show
up), and maybe 3 or 4 of those actually do any work.

BTW on that 1 day conferral issue, this year our grand lodge even went
so far as to have the attendees sign a peel off label that was sent to
the lodges to be placed in the by laws in lieu of the 1 day conferal
recipient having to ever attend his lodge even to sign the by laws.

[R.F.]
> * More people to know the ritual and perform it
>
> * More participants in charitable work and more people helped
>
> * More members to do work around the Lodge and keep it in good shape,
> so that just a few do not bear the burden of the task
>
> * More people at social occasions, making them more fun
>
> * More members with specific interests, so that the old bowling leagues,
> bridge tournaments, fishing clubs, and such of thirty and more years
> back can be organized again
>
> * More money coming in means more opportunity for quality
> communication with members and funding for all the things that
> Grand Lodges used to do
>
> From the one goal of getting more people paying dues comes many other
> benefits.
>
> Roger M. Firestone, 32 KCCH

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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Eric Diamond M.M.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 17, 1999 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: THE TRUTH ABOUT MASONRY

In article ru39c1...@corp.supernews.com,
"Eric Diamond" xxedi...@xxinteraccess.com wrote:
>
> Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com wrote in message
> news:7rrc27\$na7$1...@nnrp1.deja.com....

[C.E.]
> > Consider this:
> >
> > 1. If a man wishes to learn morality can he not freely attend any
> > number of churches, read treatise on philosophy,etc. This information
> > is now freely available to all (it wasn't when the first Grand Lodge
> > was formed in 1717).

[E.D.]
> It was freely available in 1717, if he was freeborn. Treastises and
> pamphlets on philosophy were cheaply printed and widely available. It
> is how Ben Franklin made his living for many years.. Many became bestsellers
> in England and in the Colonies.

[C.E.]
The literacy rate was quite low and one could not just run down to
Barns & Noble or go online to Amazon.com and get books an any idea you
wished.

[C.E.]
> >2. If a man wishes to give to charity there are countless charities
> > that would love to accomodate him.

[E.D.]
> That's reeeeally cynical of you, Chuck. What if all charities took the same > attitude?

[C.E.]
I think you misunderstand my point. I am stating that if one feels
that masonry is a vehicle for charity (as some have stated) and that
is ones primary reason for masonic membership, then why not simply
give to charity and skip the masonry?

[C.E.]
> > 3. If a man seeks socializing, there are plenty of social organizations.

[E.D.]
> But none that are as deep or as useful to men as Masonry. Believe me I've
> looked for them. I did not come to Masonry by way of legacy. No one in my
> immediate family were masons. I was looking to hang with a bunch of guys who
> had a purpose in life, and I found it in masonry.

[C.E.]
But that is not what I have found in Oklahoma masonry. I have found a
group of uneducated rednecks that sit around lodge rooms and bicker
about everything and share racist jokes.

> > Essentially no matter what you expect to get out of masonry, you can
> > get it without memorizing arcane language, performing outdated rituals,
> > and exchanging secret handshakes.

[E.D.]
> Yeah, but doing all that stuff is fun and it helps me connect with the deep
> history of my predecessors in Masonry. Is it easy? No, but then again, it
> ain't coal mining either.

[C.E.]
To be honest the "secrets" and ritual are reminiscent of a group of
small boys in a tree house club.

[C.E.]
> > Unfortunately I have met many masons who, in an effort to exaggerate
> > their own importance, imply that masonry has "deep secrets" . I
> > frankly expected to find some deep an enlightening truth, that simply
> > was not there.

[E.D.]
> Wasn't there or you did not find it? The path of mysticism is not for
> everybody and it's not easy. Those who delve shallowly will discover shallow
> truths, while those who delve deeply will find deep truths. The cool thing
> about Masonry is that it provides a link for the profundity of mystical
> experience and the here and now. It allows us to put our great truths into
> practice. If you ever a mason in good standing again, I urge you to visit
> our lodge. You may leave with a different impression of Masonry. Especially
> after you talk with Jean-Pierre.

[C.E.]
I dug into masonic history and philosophy as few masons do. I also
have had some formal education in philosophy, rhetoric, etc. And what
masonry offers is so commonplace as to be useless. The great
culminating "teaching" of the Scottish Rite, is "the anser is in
yourself", a teaching that every self help book, wanna be guru, and
pop psychologist has already shared.

[C.E.]
> > If brothers actually keep their oaths. But when you do, as Oklahoma
> > has done, and allow any man (who is white) to join then you will , of
> > course, get men who will not honor their oaths.
> > I have seen in 1 lodge alone a past master defraud our masonic charity
> > foundation (with the consent of the sitting master), another past
> > master freely broadcast the secrets of another mason (personal secrets,
> > nothing criminal). When I first was raised one past master (and past
> > district deputy grand master) gave me a brief lesson on how to sidestep
> > the letter of many of my obligations.

[E.D.]
> I am so sorry. That is awful. I understand why you did what you did. But I
> don't think it is typical of Masonry around the world. If it is, I'm sure
> I'll be right behind you.

[C.E.]
I freely admit that it may be different elsewhere

> --
> Eric Diamond, MM
> Oriental Lodge No.33
> AF&AM
> Chicago, Illinois USA
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Chuck Easttom 32* vs Sam Schwarzman 32*

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Easttom chucke...@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: alt.freemasonry
Sent: September 22, 1999 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: The secrets of Freemasonry

[S.C.]
>In article 19990921171449...@ng-fi1.aol.com>
> sclar...@aol.com (SClarke505) wrote:
> Chuck:
> I had a long talk with your former Lodge's Secretary about you and
>why you changed your positions. Ray T.(I will omit his last name for privacy)
>is a real fine guy and the man that taught you the ritual.

[C.E.]
First of all he taught me only the memorization needed for
advancement. I attended a weekly class nearby to learn the degree
work.

Secondly I was not going to name names but since you think old Ray is
such a "fine guy" try this:

Ray is a dead beat who refuses to get a job and work. Other lodge
members tried to disuade me from hosting a fundraising dinner for him
when his step son died. They told me that it was his own fault he was
in financial trouble. After the dinner where I personally cooked the
meal and helped count the money, we had a little over \$300. Ray and
our then master Chadd reported 1200 to the masonic charity foundation.
I repeatedly complained that this was fraud, and clearly violated the
tenents of our charity foundation.

You may also want to know that this "fine" gentleman is on his third
wife, is a very strong racist, and an 8th grade drop out. But I have
long since realized that all one mason needs to judge another to be a
"fine man" is a single polite conversation.

[S.C.]
>You have only been a Mason a couple of years (I think he said since 1997)
> but you talk as though you have great experience in the craft.

[C.E.]
I grew up in a home with my father a mason, my mother a star and
myself a demolay, the few years I have been in I was very imersed. I
also have read a tremendous amount of masonic history and philosophy,
all of these are facts ray is well aware of.

[S.C.]
>You talk about Masons not being able to hold down jobs but you seem
> to have more problem keeping your own and although you have been down
> on your luck from time to time, brothers have helped you.

[C.E.]
That is a bald faced lie. When I first joined the lodge and Ray met me
I was a software engineer with a consulting firm. I left that job and
took one at a local university, after almost two years I left that job
last month to take a job with a software firm. At no time during my
masonic membership have I required or recieved ANY financial help from
any mason or masonic order. But Ray does tend to stretch the truth.

[S.C.]
> Remember how a brother installed an alternator in your car without
>charge?

[C.E.]
No charge my asss. BTW ask Ray who took the computer he uses and
personally paid for the parts and the upgrades to it.

[S.C.]
> I still look forward to you coming back to Masonry but you have to get
>your own house in order. Chuck, please read your past posts earlier this year
>and compare them to the present, think before you type.
>
> Which is the REAL Chuch Easttom. You are a good hearted guy and I
>still like you but you seem to be lashing out at people that have befriended and
>helped you.

[C.E.]
I am a good hearted guy , but seeing that my former lodge secretary is
now a liar as well as thief convinces me that I did the right thing
demitting.

[S.C.]
>You cannot fight bigotry from afar and I know that is eating you up but
>that only alienates you and sets you up as an enemy. A few short
>years ago, no one would have thought that mainstream Masonry would
> have relations with Prince Hall, this has changed, not because of
> outsiders but because of good men on the inside. There are a lot of good
> men and Masons in Oaklahoma but as the old saw goes, "your having problems
> seeing the forest because all them dang trees keep get'n in the way".
>
>Think about what I'm saying to you Chuck, please.
>
>
>V.'.W.'.Sam Schwarzman, PM
> Guiding Light/Olympia F&AM #808
> South Bay F&AM #1145
> Freeport LI Chapter # 302 RAM
> Holy Land Chapter #8 RAM (Israel)
> Mort Weitman Post # 50 Masonic War Vets
> 1st Nassau Dist., AGL
> GLNY

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[Marcel Duchamp]

Steve wrote:
> You can't serve two masters, Freemasonry is not Christian, it serves
> Satan.
>
> Jesus will say to you that he never knew you.
>
> Steve

I doubt Jesus ever knew anyone named Steve either.

[Ed King]

In article <cggtf059ikih6ov0h...@4ax.com>, Steve wrote:
> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/racism.html
>
> Freemasonry's History of Racism

We ALWAYS found it so funny when "Watchy" (or - as we knew him
- "St. John the Sublime Reformer" ) would talk about racism in
Freemasonry as he would simultaneously be posting all sorts of
racist messages in Canadian newsgroups.

You can read all about it at
http://www.masonicinfo.com/savecanada.htm

It's really quite a hoot. Oh, and you should read what Chuch Easttom
whom you've quoted there had to say about him.

When are you going to come up with something even marginally credible,
Steve?

(Oh, and I've left the several cross-posts in to show folks what a
winner you are!)

Ed King

http://www.masonicinfo.com -- Anti-Masonry: Points of View

Internet newsgroup posting. Copyright 2004. All rights reserved.

[Ed King]

In article <6susf05fivj8hevqv...@4ax.com>, Steve wrote:
> http://www.threeworldwars.com/albert-pike.htm

Well, Steve, I see you've reposted that foolishness yet again.

Do you hate Jews like the two reference folks referred to therein?

[Pastor Dave]

While skydiving off of the Empire State Building on

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:21:48 -0500, "Larry W. Chavis"

<lwch...@bellsouth.net> screamed out:

>
>"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message
>news:ksusf0l2u5qqglr18...@4ax.com...
>> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
>>
>> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason
>>
><snipped for space considerations>
>
>Thank you for your concern, however misplaced it may be.
>
>I am a Christian, I've been one for almost 45 years now. I became one when
>I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior.
>
>I am also a Mason. I've been one for19 years. This is how I know your
>concern is misplaced. I'm not going to try to argue with you where it is
>obvious your mind is closed to truth. One thing in your letter prompted my
>response, one thing only, and it's this:
>
> "You claim to be a Christian In our hearts, we want to believe you.
>However, you have placed a stumbling block in our path that is impossible
>for us to overlook..."
>
>You see, it isn't necessary that I justify my faith to you. I suggest that
>you give a close look to Rom. 14:4. Here it is (in the KJV, so there's no
>question for you), to save you the trouble of looking it up ---
>
>KJV Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
>master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able
>to make him stand.
>
>You see, there's only One to Whom I must report.
>
>Thanks again for your concern.

The problem is, if your Mason beliefs contradict your
Christian beliefs (and they do), then you are trying to
serve two masters. That won't fly.

--

ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

"As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor
to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day;
thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right
before thee." - Jeremiah 17:16

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:" - Ephesians 6:17

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The Bible says that death came by sin and sin came
by Adam (Rom 5:12; 1 Cor 15:21-22).

Evolution says lots of things lived and died before
Adam and Eve got here and therefore attempts to rule
out what the Bible says.

One or the other is right, but they can't both
be right.

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[Pastor Dave]

While skydiving off of the Empire State Building on

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:49:09 GMT, Steve
<stev...@mailsnare.net> screamed out:

>
>
>http://www.bibleprobe.com/WWWBoard/messages/362.html
>
>Christians Beware - of Freemasonry
>we think it is diabolically in league with satan
>
>Masons practice the virtues of brotherly love, forgiveness, and
>charity--on the surface.

They practice banning their members from speaking about
Jesus Christ. Obviously, you know it and I know it.
Now they have a choice to make, just as the Apostles
did...

Acts 5:27-32

27) And when they had brought them, they set them
before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28) Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye
should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have
filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to
bring this man's blood upon us.
29) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and
said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew and hanged on a tree.
31) Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.
32) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is
also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that
obey him.

--

ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

"As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor
to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day;
thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right
before thee." - Jeremiah 17:16

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:" - Ephesians 6:17

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"The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology
and biology is thus in the peculiar position of
being a science founded on an unproved theory.
Is it then science, or faith? Belief in the
theory of evolution is thus exactly parallel to
belief in special creation. Both are concepts
which believers know to be true, but neither,
up to the present, has been capable of proof.
- L. Harrison Matthews, FRS, Introduction to
the 1971 edition of Charles Darwin's Origin
of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or
the Preservation of Favored Races in the
Struggle for Life

[Hammond of Texas]

Pastor Dave wrote:
> They practice banning their members from speaking about
> Jesus Christ.

False.

[Steve]

You Freemasons always try to discredit the messenger, but the facts
spoken in the posts are true.

Renounce Freemasonry or prepare for an eternal Hell.

Steve

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:41:53 GMT, Ed King <webm...@masonicinfo.com>
wrote:

[Peter Dettmann]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:17:51 GMT, Steve <stev...@mailsnare.net>
wrote:
>http://www.cuttingedge.org/free16.htm
>
>FREEMASONRY PROVEN TO WORSHIP SATAN, AS ITS SYMBOLS VENERATE THE SEX
>ACT -- STUDY OF SYMBOLS PART 5

Steve, what a lot of completlely inconsequential inconsistent ramble
thinly disguised as "research" and "proof". It is nothing but a
fanciful lot of twaddle and contains so many assumptions and
inaccuracies, and just plain untruths that I can only conclude that if
you really believe this stuff you have published, you should really
get a life .... I mean one which deals with truth,the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, and give away the science fiction fantacies.
If on the other hand this was neant to be humerous, then it fails
badly.

Peter Dettmann

>
>
>Good Resources on Freemasonry
>
>
>
>Subtitle: Masonry depicts and glorifies the sex act in many of their
>symbols, just like you would expect any occult group to do. A study
>of the "deeper meaning" of many symbols proves Freemasonry is Satanic.
>
>Most of the article on Freemasonry below has been taken from Masonic
>books that have been published by Masonic Publishing Companies, and
>most of them were formerly very, very secret. We further have taken
>the Biblical admonition carefully, comparing Masonic teachings to the
>Holy Bible. In 1 John 4:1, we see this command to all Christians:
>"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try (test) the spirits whether

>they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the

>world." Thus we see that any religious teaching that does not conform
>to Scripture is from a "false prophet".
>
>This exercise is not an empty one, for your eternal, precious soul is
>at stake. Finally, remember two things about Masonry: 1) Superior
>Masons deliberately lie to their fellow Masons, as those Masons
>"deserve to be mislead"; 2) Explanations given to 95% of all Masons
>are wrong. Listen to this quote from a Masonic author, Carl Claudy:
>"Cut through the outer shell and find a meaning; cut through that
>meaning and find another; under it, if you dig deep enough, you may
>find a third, a fourth -- who shall say how many teachings?" You have
>been lied to, as we demonstrate in our many articles. Finally,
>remember Albert Pike's bold assertion in Morals & Dogma, that "Masonry
>is identical to the ancient Mysteries ", which means that all their
>teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the Ancient,
>Pagan, Satanic Mysteries!
>
>Please, we implore you, take the time to read our articles so you may
>finally know the Truth of Jesus Christ, the God of the Universe which
>Masons contemptuously call an "inferior god", and Whom they never,
>ever mention in their teachings or their rituals. We fervently pray
>that the Holy Spirit will illumine your mind, heart, and soul with the
>knowledge of the true God, and only the true God, of the Holy Bible.
>
>Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul gave mankind
>the perfect definition of the word, pagan. In Romans 1:25, the
>Apostle Paul said a pagan is someone "who changed the truth of God
>into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
>Creator , who is blessed for ever. Amen." I have been amazed, over
>these many years, how accurate this simple statement has been. Truly,
>the paganist worships the creature rather than the wonderful, wise,
>and infinitely good Creator God. Pagans have worshipped animals,
>insects, birds, rivers, forests, trees, and many other things, but
>they all share one type of worship in common: they worship the sex
>act between man and woman, and they worship both the male penis and
>the woman's vulva. In fact, as I read their explanations for these
>symbols, I am amazed at the creativity they demonstrate in assigning
>sexual connotations to many of their symbols.
>
>Freemasons do this very thing; however, they differ from the Satanist
>in that they hide much of the sexual content in many of their symbols.
>We quoted Carl Claudy, above, as he says that Masonry has layers upon
>layers of meanings for the very same symbol, and you have to just keep
>digging until you get them all. You will be shocked to know that
>sexual connotations have been assigned to many of the symbols that are
>most commonly used in the Fraternity, and for which other, meanings
>[completely non-sexual] have been taught to the lower level Mason.
>Please be prepared to be shocked.
>
>SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS TO MASONIC SYMBOLS
>
>SEX IN THE "G"
>
>
>The letter "G" figures prominently in Freemasonry. In the lower
>degrees, the initiate is told that this letter stands for "God" and
>for "Geometry", which the Supreme Architect of the Universe used to
>design this wonderful Cosmos. However, occultist, and 33rd Degree
>Mason, Arthur Waite, quotes Eliphas Levi [also 33rd Degree], telling
>us that the letter "G" stands for Venus, and that Venus' symbol is a
>lingam, a stylized phallis. [Masonic author, Arthur Edward Waite, The
>Mysteries of Magic: A Digest of the Writings of Eliphas Levi ,
>Chicago, , DeLaurence, Scott, and Company, 1909, p. 217]
>
>The greatest Masonic author of all time, Albert Pike, agrees. He
>states [page 631-32 in Morals and Dogma ] that the Monad [#1] is male,
>and the Duad [#2] is female. Their sexual union produces the Triad
>[#3], which is "represented by the letter 'G', the generative
>principle". This term, "generative principle", is code for the sex
>act.
>
>SEX ACT IN COLUMNS -- BROKEN AND UNBROKEN
>
>
>Both Freemasonry and the Eastern Star utilize the broken column, a
>symbol which contains many levels of meanings. The initiate is told
>that the broken column signifies an early death. Later on, the Mason
>learns that columns represent gods [Joseph Fort Newton, The Builders:
>A Story and Study of Masonry , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch Press,
>1914, p. 9].
>
>However, later on, the Mason learns a different, hidden meaning for
>the broken column. "In Egyptian Mythology, Isis is sometimes pictured
>weeping over the broken column, which conceals the body of her
>husband, Osiris, while behind her stands Horus, or Time, pouring
>ambrosia over her hair." Isis was both virgin and mother, so the
>'beautiful virgin is Isis weeping. The broken column is the missing
>member of Osiris, the Phallus. [Short Talk Bulletin, "The Broken
>Column", Feb, 1956, p. 6-7; also Edmond Ronayne, The Master's Carpet
>(Mah-Hah-Bone), 1879, p. 387-88, and several other Masonic authors]
>
>You can see Isis weeping over the broken column, while Horus, or Time,
>is standing behind her. Horus is proven to be another name for Satan,
>and Isis is the consort of Lucifer. What is Isis weeping over? She
>has just lost her husband, Osiris, whose body was dismembered,
>including his penis, which had been cut into many sections. Albert
>Pike wrote about Isis and Osiris, saying they were "the Active and
>Passive Principles of the Universe ... commonly symbolized by the
>generative parts of man and woman ..." [Morals and Dogma , p. 401]
>
>In seeing how a broken column could represent both the male and female
>part, you must focus on the bottom, not the top. The bottom of the
>column shows the phallic upright column inserted into the circular
>base, which is the symbol of the female vulva. The column is broken,
>of course, to symbolize the belief that Osiris' penis had been cut
>into many sections.
>
>But Albert Mackey, 33 Degree Masonic author, states that the regular
>column is a phallus symbol. "The Phallus was an imitation of the male
>generative organ. It was represented usually by a column, was was
>surrounded by a circle at the base. [Mackey, A Manual of the Lodge,
>1870, p. 56. Mackey also stated this in The Symbolism of Freemasonry
>, p. 60] A little later on, we show you the obelisk within the
>circle, but for right now, let us go to the female symbol, the circle.
>
>SEX IN THE POINT WITHIN A CIRCLE
>
>
>The point and the circle carries a sexual connotation. How can this
>be, you might ask? If you have to ask that question, you do not have
>the mind and heart of a pagan. One Masonic author states that this
>symbol is used in Sun Worship, and then says: "The female principle,
>symbolized by the moon, assumed the form of a lunette [small circular
>opening], or crescent, while the male principle, symbolized by the
>sun, assumed the form of the lingam [Phallus] and placed himself erect
>in the center of the lunette, like the mast of a ship." ["Point Within
>A Circle", Short Talk Bulletin , August, 1931, Masonic Bulletin
>designed to read within the Lodges, p. 4]
>
>SEX IN THE OBELISK WITHIN A CIRCLE
>
>
>
>
>
>
>When the Satanist wants to depict the female sexual organ, he commonly
>uses the circle. In this case, we are showing a type of circle that
>Satanists really love to use, called the "8-Step Path of
>Enlightenment". Satanists believe that a person needs to go through 8
>separate steps to become fully enlightened spiritually. The eighth
>and final step is the Sex Act. Notice that the very center of this
>symbol is a very small circle. This symbol is the ultimate female
>sexual representation.
>
>Now consider the obelisk, depicted here by the Washington Monument ,
>probably the most famous of all the obelisks in the world. Satanists
>believe that the spirit of the Egyptian Sun God, Ra, resides within
>the obelisk, and they pray to it daily three times daily, if possible,
>and facing East. The obelisk is the most recognized of all phallic
>symbols.
>
>When the obelisk is depicted within a circle, the Satanists are
>depicting the sex act between male and female. In Washington, D.C.,
>the Washington Monument is sitting within a circle. Freemasonry
>planned, designed, and created the Washington Monument. The obelisk
>is greatly revered in Masonry, as a quick tour of any cemetery in New
>England will tell you. You can immediately tell which graves are
>Masonic by the obelisks as their headstone; now, not all Masons choose
>the obelisk as their headstone, but I have never seen a person who was
>not a Mason choose an obelisk as their headstone.
>
>
>You are looking at the most famous of the great public depictions of
>the sex act in the world. This obelisk sitting in a Satanic 8-Fold
>Path Of Enlightenment Circle is in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the
>Vatican. I have always been amazed that the institution which so
>ardently and consistently preaches celibacy for its priests is the one
>that has the world's most famous Satanic depiction of the sex act.
>You should immediately recognize that the reason this situation exists
>is because, right under the glitter of all the Christian names and
>words, is a Satanism just as deep and just a pervasive as any other in
>history. You can see this Satanism also by the Satanic Crucifix of
>Antichrist that Pope John Paul II holds in front of the devoted Roman
>Catholics every day. You can see a write-up on this crucifix by
>clicking to "What Saith Rome?" section off our home page.
>
>SEX IN THE TRIANGLE AND HEXAGRAM
>
>
>Masonic author, R.H. MacKenzie, states that "among Egyptians, the base
>[of the triangle] represented Osiris, or the Male Principle; the
>perpendicular, Isis, or the Female Principle; and the hypotenuse,
>Horus, their son ..." [Kenneth R.H. MacKenzie, The Royal Masonic
>Cyclopaedia of History, Rites, Symbolism, and Biography , New York,
>J.W. Bouton, 1877, p. 743] Thus, you can see that the hypotenuse was
>conceived as a result of the sexual union of the base and the
>perpendicular. Within Masonic symbolism, the sex act is portrayed as
>the union of the perpendicular and the base.
>
>We have pictured the triangle, above, with the symbol of the Tau
>within. Masonic author, R. Swinburne Clymer typifies Masonic
>symbolism of the Tau when he states, "The Phallus, or Lingam, and the
>Yoni, the male and female emblems of generation, are found in the
>triangle and the tau." [Clymer, The Mysteries of Osiris or Ancient
>Egyptian Initiation, Quakertown, PA, The Philosophical Publishing
>Company, 1951, p. 131]
>
>
>Masonic author, Albert Mackey, tells us of the sexual connotation of
>this hexagram. "The triangle pointing downward "is a female symbol
>corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the
>male, the lingam ... When the two triangles are interlaced, it
>represents the union of the active and passive forces in nature; it
>represents the male and female elements." [Mackey, The Symbolism of
>Freemasonry, 1869, p. 195, 219, 361; also Albert Pike, Morals and
>Dogma, 1871, p. 13; also Wes Cook, Editor, Did You Know? Vignettes in
>Masonry from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine , Missouri Lodge For
>Research, 1965, p. 132]
>
>To the Mason, the interlacing triangles of the hexagram depict sexual
>intercourse. This symbolism is pure, Ancient Satanism, period, end of
>paragraph.
>
>THE YIN/YANG SYMBOL
>
>
>Yin and Yang is one of the most commonly used symbols today, including
>logos of many organizations and companies. "Yin and yang are
>considered to be opposites. Yin represents eternity, dark, feminine,
>left side of the body, etc. Yang is its opposite, and represents
>history, light, masculine, right side of the body, etc." [Philip G.
>Zimbardo and Floyd L. Ruch, Psychology and Life , 1977, Ninth Edition,
>p. 317]
>
>
>"Yang is male, positive, and represented by the Sun. Yin is female,
>negative, and represented by the moon." {Paul E. Desautels, The Gem
>Kingdom , p. 237.]
>
>The symbol itself dates back at least to the fourth century, B.C., and
>has been identified with the Eastern philosophical religions of
>Confucianism, Buddhim, and Taoism. In the Western world, it has long
>been adopted into the symbolism of myth, magic, astrology and
>witchcraft." [Claire Chambers, The SIECUS Circle: A Humanist
>Revolution , 1977, p. v]
>
>"Another ancient magical sign called the yin-and-yang first appeared
>sometime before the 3rd century, B.C., in China. This emblem became
>the favorite of SORCERERS and mystics throughout the Orient because
>it, too, embodies so many possible meanings." [Gary Jennings, Black
>Magic, White Magic , The Dial Press, 1964, p. 50; Emphasis in
>original]
>
>Does Freemasonry adopt and use the symbolism of Yin/Yang? Indeed,
>they do, but in a way as to hide the meaning form the "profane".
>Listen to Albert Pike. The black and white pavement symbolizes "the
>Good and Evil, principles of the Egyptian and Persian creed. It is
>the warfare of Michael and Satan ... light and shadow, which is
>darkness; Day and Night, Freedom and Despotism ... [Morals and Dogma ,
>p. 14]
>
>"Masons also use the two triangles to represent this idea of
>opposites. In Short Talk Bulletin, a pamphlet which is to be read in
>the Lodges, we are told that the triangles are symbolic of good and
>evil, day and night, the Chinese Yang and Yin ..." [Dr. C. Burns,
>Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, quoting Masonic publication,
>Short Talk Bulletin, "The Significant Numbers", September, 1956, Vol.
>34, No. 9, p. 5; also Wes Cook, Did You Know? Vignettes In Masonry
>from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine, Missouri Lodge of Research, 1965,
>p. 34]
>
>I had always wondered about the distinctive black and white squares on
>Masonic floors, as depicted on Washington's apron, above. Now we know
>they represent the extremely Satanic concept of Yin and Yang, the
>"favorite of sorcerers". Masons also use two triangles joined
>together to represent Yin and Yang. Therefore, their depiction of the
>Hexagram also depicts Yin and Yang. We have described the sexual
>connotation to the Mason of the Hexagram, above.
>
>However, Masonry also teaches standard Satanic lore about the Yin and
>Yang symbol. Listen: "Thus the monad [#1] and the duad [#2] were the
>phallus and kteis of the Greeks, the lingam and yoni of the Hindoos
>(sic) ... and the Yang and Yin of the Chinese ..." [George Oliver, The
>Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Freemasonry , New York,
>John W. Leonard and Company, 1855, p. 118]
>
>The Yin and Yang symbol is also used to represent bisexuality and
>homosexuality within today's New Age Movement. It is also used to
>depict Divination. [Dr. C. Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols
>Illustrated, p. 19-22] Do not be deceived: Freemasonry depicts Yin
>and Yang a little differently than a traditional New Age, or
>occultist, or Satanist. They use the hexagram and the black and white
>tile floors; but, their belief in Yin and Yang is identical to the
>Satanist Mysteries. But, why should we be surprised, for Albert Pike
>told us that Freemasonry is "identical to the Mysteries."
>
>MASONIC EMBLEM OF SQUARE AND COMPASS DEPICTING SEX
>
>Masonic authors boldly state that the symbolism of the traditional
>square and compass of Freemasonry represents the heterosexual sex act.
>Listen to Albert Pike explaining this fact to members of the 32nd
>Degree. "The Compass, therefore, is the Hermetic Symbol of the
>Creative Deity, and the Square of the productive Earth or Universe."
>[Morals and Dogma , p. 850-1]. Therefore, the Masons look at the
>compass as the male phallus and the square as the female vulva. As
>you look at the Masonic Emblem here, you can see the obvious
>penetration of the female square point by the points of the Compass.
>One point of difference here is that the Satanist generally reverses
>the sex roles of the Compass and the Square. However, whichever way
>you look at it, the Compass and the Square are thought of as depicting
>the heterosexual sex act.
>
>A MOST EVIL SYMBOL
>
>Before we leave the subject of the Masonic Emblem of the Square and
>Compass, I want to show you a particularly evil symbol depicting the
>Square and Compass.
>
>This scene depicts several unmistakable Satanic images, tied in with
>the Masonic Emblem, also known as the Square and Compass. First, note
>the hexagram to the far left of the picture. Remember, the hexagram
>is the most evil of all Black Magick symbols. Witches have used it
>for years to cast curses on people; many people in the past few
>thousand years have died by having a hex placed on them. Second,
>notice the Sun over head in this picture. Just as the Egyptians did
>in the days when God cursed them and their religion, Freemasons
>worship the Sun in general and the Egyptian Sun God, Ra, particularly.
>Finally, note that the sharp end of the square is driving deeply into
>the Holy Bible beneath. As Christian author, Ralph Epperson proves in
>his book, Masonry: Conspiracy Against Christianity , the #1 top
>secret of Masonry is not that they worship Satan/Lucifer; rather, the
>#1 secret of Freemasonry is that they plan to eradicate Christianity
>in complete fulfillment of End Time prophecies! This symbol captures
>this goal perfectly. [This symbol was found on a Freemason Web Site,
>http://167.217.91.135/graphics/page17.htm]
>
>SEX IN MASONIC TEMPLE -- AND THE POMEGRANATE
>
>"The lodge is a representation of King Solomon's Temple and the Temple
>was calculated to symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the
>candidate must enter to be born again . The uterus and vagina
>represent the porch of the Temple, the pillars of the porch represent
>the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its
>accompanying blood vessels ... and the pomegranate, the ovary and its
>exuberant seeds, the ova cells." [Rollin C. Blackmer, The Lodge and
>the Craft: A Practical Explanation of the Work of Freemasonry, St.
>Louis, The Standard Masonic Publishing Company, 1923, p. 249; Emphasis
>added]
>
>First, this reference to being "Born Again" is not only NOT Biblical,
>it is blasphemous AND Satanic. Satanists have always tried to teach a
>counterfeit Born Again experience. As an occult initiate goes through
>his Initiation Ritual, when he is pulled back to his feet, usually out
>of a coffin, he is said to now be Born Again . Notice that Freemasons
>teach that a person is born again through the Masonic Temple, with no
>mention ever being made of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
>
>Secondly, the Masonic depiction of the pomegranate is sexually
>explicit in the extreme. In order to convince you of the paganism of
>Freemasonry, I am going to depict it, below. You can see the way they
>have split the pomegranate, they have depicted a woman's sexual organ
>and both her legs. [We will have the occult symbol of the pomegranate
>up here soon, so you can see how they have twisted something so simple
>as a pomegranate into depicting sex]
>
>I find it highly pagan to realize the obsession Masons have about sex,
>when they depict it in so many of their symbols and even in their own
>Lodge. Can you imagine a Mason thinking about entering a woman's
>vagina as he goes through the porch of the Masonic Temple?
>Unbelievable!
>
>THE TORCH AND STATUE OF LIBERTY
>
>
>
>Satanists have always equated the flaming torch as a symbol of
>Lucifer. "Lucifer, having regained his star and his diadem, will
>assemble his legions for new works of creation. Attracted by his
>flaming torch, celestial spirits will descend ... and he will send
>these messengers from unknown spheres to earth. Then, the torch of
>Lucifer will signal 'From Heaven to Earth!' -- and the (New Age)
>Christ will answer, 'From Earth to Heaven'." [Occultist Edourd Schure,
>quoted by Texe Marrs, Mystery Mark of the New Age , p. 240]
>
>This explanation of the symbolism of the torch is the Luciferian
>belief that, at the Battle of Armageddon, Lucifer and his forces will
>defeat Jesus Christ and then conquer Heaven. Thus, the Torch
>signifies the belief that Lucifer will ultimately defeat Jesus Christ.
>
>Masonic author, Manley P. Hall, 33 Degree Mason, states that "the
>torches represent the occult arts and sciences, the doctrines and
>dogmas by the light of which Truth is made visible." [Hall,
>Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians to Which Is Added an
>Interpretation of the Crata Repoa Initiation Rite , Los Angeles, The
>Philosophers Press, 1937, p. 122; Emphasis added]
>
>We also find it highly interesting that one of the Masonic publishing
>houses is called The Torch Press .
>
>We also know from history that the Statue of Liberty was given to us
>by Illuminist French Freemasons in 1876. "Towering above the
>shimmering but polluted waters, she holds in her outreached arm and
>hand a torch of fire and light. A gift of the Masonic Order, the
>modern inheritors of the Illuminati heritage, the Statue of Liberty
>was sculptured by Frederic Bartholdi, a member of the Masonic Lodge of
>Alsace-Lorraine in Paris, France. The statue is significant to the
>secret societies plotting the New World order." [Texe Marrs, Dark
>Majesty: The Secret Brotherhood and the Magic of a Thousand Points of
>Light , p. 212]
>
>Please note that our symbol of the Statue of Liberty was the actual
>terra cota model constructed in 1870 by the Masonic sculptor.
>
>In Satanism, virtually any perpendicular symbol is the phallus , so
>the torch certainly qualifies; indeed, one might wonder, from the
>explanation given, above, that the torch is Lucifer's phallus, if the
>occultist really believes the torch is a symbol of the god. The
>goddess holding the torch would provide a good female symbol. Thus,
>the Freemason depicts the sex act every single day of every year, in
>New York harbor.
>
>SEX AND THE MASONIC GAVEL
>
>
>"The gavel is an important Masonic and Eastern Star symbol." [Dr. C.
>Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols , p326]
>
>The first thing I noticed about the symbol of the gavels is that they
>were always depicted upside down. I would have thought they would
>have been depicted with the head of the gavel at the top. However, we
>are not thinking like a pagan, who worships sex in all forms, and
>never lets an opportunity slip by him to depict the great sex act.
>
>Masonic author, George Oliver, says that in ancient times, the gavel
>referred to the hammer of the God Thor. [Oliver, Signs and Symbols,
>Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., 1906, p. 14]. We know that
>Thor is an ancient pagan god, one whom Freemasons worship. In fact,
>Thor is part of the pagan Trinity in Scandinavia [Pike, Morals and
>Dogma, p. 552; also W.L. Wilmshurst, The Masonic Initiation ,
>Trismegistus Press, 1980, p. 92]
>
>However, Albert Pike makes identification of Thor very easy for us, as
>he states, on page 15 of Morals and Dogma, that Thor is another name
>for Sirius, the Blazing Star or the Pentagram. Now you can see why
>this Masonic Web Site depicted three different types of gavels in the
>familiar pentagram, above right. However, on page 381, Pike also
>tells us that Thor WAS the Sun, the Egyptian Osiris, and Kneph, the
>Phoenician Bel or Baal. The Bible tells us that worshipping Baal is
>identical to worshipping the Devil [1 Kings 16:30-33, 22:53; 2 Kings
>17:16] God condemned Baal worship, slaughtered the priests of Baal ,
>and finally abolished it altogether in Israel. Yet, here, Freemasonry
>boldly states that they revere him.
>
>But, let us get back to the subject at hand, i.e., sexual connotations
>of Masonic symbols. Masonic author, J.S.M. Ward states, "Thus we see
>that the hammer or gavel, and the Tau, were originally the same, and
>this is a natural evolution of symbols, for the Tau Cross is evolved
>from the Phallus, and that is the symbol of God the Creator ..."
>[Ward, Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods , 1921, p. 238]
>
>I find it highly interesting to see the Masonic authors admit they
>worship the creature rather than the Creator [Romans 1:25] because it
>shreds their flimsy claim to be Christian into a billion bits. In
>this sentence, we see utter blasphemy against God. Here, Masonic
>author, Ward, states that the Phallus is a symbol of God the Creator !
>In His 10 Commandments, God made it very plain that He did not want
>man representing him by any created means in the entire world. In
>Exodus 20, we see God going through quite a list of the symbols by
>which He did not want man representing Him. Even though He did not
>list the Phallus, I am absolutely certain God would not want man
>thinking of Him as a Phallus!
>
>However, Ward is not finished with this subject yet, and in going on,
>he answered my question, above, as to why the gavel is always
>represented upside down, not up. "But this is not the only place
>where the tau cross occurs. The ... gavels are all T-crosses, and
>combine in one symbol the hammer, the sign of the rule, and the
>T-cross, the symbol of the male or creative side of the Deity; and,
>lest there should be any mistake, the T is placed on the apron of the
>Master of the Lodge, though placed upside down so as to give the
>symbol of the square, and also to emphasize its phallic meaning."
>[Ibid.; Emphasis added]
>
>When we were discussing the Triangle and the Hexagram, above, we
>displayed a Tau Cross [T-Cross] within a triangle and circle. We
>encourage you to refer to it now. The Tau-Cross was originally
>created to worship the Babylonian god, Tammuz , a worship highly
>condemned in the Bible. Thus, once again, we can see that Freemasonry
>is always lining up against God of the Bible, and for Satan of
>Paganism, even though their propaganda machine continues to churn out
>the opposite claim that they are Christian.
>
>SEX AT THE END OF THE MASONIC RAINBOW
>
>
>Masonic author, George Oliver states, "It is remarkable that in all
>the ancient systems of mythology, the Great Father, or the Male
>Generative Principle [Phallus] was uniformly symbolized by a point
>within a circle. This emblem was placed by the Scandinavian priests
>and poets on the central summit of a rainbow, which was fabled to be a
>bridge leading from earth [Female Vulva] to heaven [Great Father's
>Phallus]." [Oliver, Signs and Symbols , Macoy Publishing and Masonic
>Supply Co., p. 14; also R. Swinburne, The Mysteries of Osiris or
>Ancient Egyptian Initiation, p. 185]
>
>A Christian author explains this somewhat obscure statement, above, on
>the sexual symbology of the Rainbow. "In the ancient Jewish Kabbala
>... mystical rabbis taught that the rainbow symbolized a sexual rite.
>The bow of the rainbow was supposedly the phallus of the male god
>which descended into the kingdom of the womb, the queen or goddess.
>The union was said to create immense divine powers." [Texe Marrs,
>Mystery Mark of the New Age , p. 97]
>
>SEX IN THE CROSS AND THE CROWN
>
>
>Most Christians would have no trouble accepting the Cross and the
>Crown symbol here. After all, our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ
>received His Crown in Heaven after He suffered the agony of the Cross.
>However, Freemasons have just a little bit more on their minds than
>this; they have a whole lot of sex on their brains.
>
>In the Masonic Report, we make this discovery: Question: What does
>Masonry's emblem of the 'Cross and Crown' actually symbolize?"
>Answer: "The 'Cross' of Freemasonry is a philosophical cross,
>according to Albert Pike, 'Morals and Dogma', p. 771. It is
>philosophical in the sense that it represents the generating
>fecundating principle by the perpendicular shaft [Phallus], and the
>matrix of womb of nature, the female producing principle[Female
>Vulva], by the horizontal shaft. The philosophy of the Masonic cross
>is totally phallic. The 'Crown' of this Masonic emblem is also
>phallic, it being the first emanation of the Cabalistic Sephiroth ..."
>[C.F. McQuaig, The Masonic Report , Norcross, Georgia, Answer Books
>and Tapes, 1976, p. 34]
>
>Look what they have done to the precious Cross of Jesus Christ! How
>dare they take it and turn it into a phallic symbol. Furthermore, how
>dare they take the precious Crown of Jesus Christ and turn it into a
>phallic symbol? Actually, the Cross was made to be representative of
>the entire Sex Act -- heterosexual intercourse -- by pretending the
>perpendicular staff to be the phallus and the horizontal bar be the
>female sex organ!
>
>One side issue that this quote settles is that this official Masonic
>publication, printed in contemporary times, 1976, quotes Albert Pike
>as an authority. We have had many emails from Masons claiming that
>Albert Pike had been discredited by contemporary Masonry, and even
>some email suggesting that a "rogue" Albert Pike wrote Morals and
>Dogma and Magnum Opus . We can now see that this is simply a lie
>designed to try to confuse.
>
>Surely, you can now see that Freemasonry is most definitely NOT
>Christian. Secondly, you can see that Masonry is truly "identical to
>the Mysteries". In fact, one Masonic author had the boldness to state
>that Freemasonry was, indeed, a Mystery Religion. Listen: "In fact,
>the respect paid by Freemasons to this number [#3] goes far to suggest
>that our mysteries have affinities not only with the Egyptian rites
>and ceremonies, but with those of a good many other nations." [John T.
>Lawrence, The Perfect Ashlar, London, England, 1912, p. 196; Boldness
>added]
>
>Thank you, Mr. Lawrence, for clearing this matter up with us, and with
>all people everywhere who are interested in the Truth. By their own
>admission, Freemasonry IS a Mysteries Religion. Every Mystery
>Religions in all of past history have had several things in common:
>
>1) They serve Lord Satan, most of them openly
>
>2) They reject the One True God of the Holy Bible
>
>3) God has brought every one of these Mystery Religions into physical
>judgment. Freemasonry will be no different, but will get its judgment
>in conjunction with Antichrist.
>
>The sexual perversions of these Masonic symbols should go far to
>persuading everyone that Freemasonry is not Christian.
>
>Truly the End of the Age is bearing down upon us. If you have

>accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very
>lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask
>Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you,
>and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to
>begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
>
>If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to
>realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to
>accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the
>privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are
>spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were
>already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of
>Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.
>
>If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page
>now.
>

>We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate

>and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order --

>Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

>
>Finally, we would love to hear from you.
>
>You can contact us by mail or email.
>

>God bless you.

[Peter Dettmann]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:47:44 GMT, Steve <stev...@mailsnare.net>
wrote:

>You can't serve two masters, Freemasonry is not Christian, it serves
>Satan.

No this is untrue (a lie?) as the fact is that Freemasonry does not
serve Satan. Certainly some members may do so, but that would be
their own personal decision, and no more reflects on the organisation
any more than Satanists within the Church system.

>Jesus will say to you that he never knew you.
>Steve

And there I thought the last Judgement would be made by God, but you
seem to take upon your self this authority ....

Peter Dettmann

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/hiramabiff.html
>
> The Story of Hiram Abiff

Wasn't John the Baptist a Free Mason?

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> Prove what I posted is false, if you can since nobody else can,
> because it is all true, and watch your language Mr.
>
> Steve

Yeah Steve, you are full of shit!

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> You see folks how Masons react when they get mad because someone
> exposed their boy's club.
>
> Can we all just get along...LOL
>
> Freemasonry is a dying group, thank God, soon many will wake up.
>
> Steve

So are Baptists!

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.cuttingedge.org/free16.htm
>
> FREEMASONRY PROVEN TO WORSHIP SATAN, AS ITS SYMBOLS VENERATE THE SEX
> ACT -- STUDY OF SYMBOLS PART 5
>
>

> Good Resources on Freemasonry
>
>
>
> Subtitle: Masonry depicts and glorifies the sex act in many of their
> symbols, just like you would expect any occult group to do. A study
> of the "deeper meaning" of many symbols proves Freemasonry is Satanic.

Sex good, Baptist bad!

John the Baptist was a Mason!

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/deceptions.html
>
> Freemasonry's Tenets of Deception
>
> Freemasonry: a.k.a. "Masonry", a.k.a. "The Brotherhood", a.k.a. "The
> Lodge", a.k.a. "The Craft", a.k.a. "On The Square", a.k.a. "On The
> Level", a.k.a. "The Travelling Men", a.k.a. "The Temple".

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1164.cfm
>
> MEDIEVAL HISTORIAN CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT FREEMASONRY CAME FROM
> KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, NOT FROM CHRISTIANITY!
>
> John J, Robinson, Historian, proves Freemasonry derived from Knights
> Templar, and states "basic tenet of Freemasonry not derived from
> Christian ethic". Robinson's work commended by Masonic Lodges!

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1015.html
>
> THE INCREDIBLE SATANIC VISION By Albert Pike A Freemason To The Bone
>
> The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what

> this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually
> implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily
> news!!

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
>
> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason
>

> You claim to be a Christian
> In our hearts, we want to believe you. However, you have placed a

> stumbling block in our path that is impossible for us to overlook. You
> see, while you claim to be a Christian, we know that you are a Mason
> and we have come to know something about Masonry.
>
I am a Baptist and Mason!

John the Baptist

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> You can't serve two masters, Freemasonry is not Christian, it serves
> Satan.
>

> Jesus will say to you that he never knew you.
>
> Steve

Your mother has done very well serving many masters! :)

I am a Mason,

John the Baptist

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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>
>
> http://www.bibleprobe.com/WWWBoard/messages/362.html
>
> Christians Beware - of Freemasonry
> we think it is diabolically in league with satan
>

[Larry W. Chavis]

"Pastor Dave" <nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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<snip>

The problem is, if your Mason beliefs contradict your
> Christian beliefs (and they do), then you are trying to
> serve two masters. That won't fly.
>
>
> --
>
> ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

Thank you for your kind offer to serve as Infallible Interpreter of the
Faith and Intermediary Between God and Man. Fortunately, that position in
my heart has been long filled by Another. Please see again --

> >You see, it isn't necessary that I justify my faith to you. I suggest
that
> >you give a close look to Rom. 14:4. Here it is (in the KJV, so there's
no
> >question for you), to save you the trouble of looking it up ---
> >
> >KJV Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his
own
> >master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is
able
> >to make him stand.
> >
> >You see, there's only One to Whom I must report.
> >

--along with I Tim. 2:5.

BTW, there is no contradiction at all, but then you'll never believe that,
so I'll not mention it again.

> >Thanks again for your concern.

--
Larry W. Chavis, W. M., New Hebron No. 508
G.L. of Mississippi, F. & A. M.
Correspondent Member, Lodge Journeymen Online 2002
G.L. of New South Wales & the Australian Capital Territory

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[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.threeworldwars.com/albert-pike.htm
>
> Tell Me More About Albert Pike
> Albert Pike and Three World Wars
> Very few outsiders know about the intimate plans of Albert Pike and
> the architects of the New World Order. In the 19th Century Albert
> Pike established a framework for bringing about the One World Order.
> Based on a vision revealed to him, Albert Pike wrote a blueprint of
> events that would play themselves out in the 20th century, with even
> more of these events yet to come. It is this blueprint which we
> believe unseen leaders are following today, knowingly or not, to
> engineer the planned Third and Final World War.
>
I bet that your mother serviced him also! ;)

[Larry W. Chavis]

"Pastor Dave" <nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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<snip>

> They practice banning their members from speaking about
> Jesus Christ. Obviously, you know it and I know it.
> Now they have a choice to make, just as the Apostles
> did...
>
> Acts 5:27-32
>
> 27) And when they had brought them, they set them
> before the council: and the high priest asked them,
> 28) Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye
> should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have
> filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to
> bring this man's blood upon us.
> 29) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and
> said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
> 30) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
> slew and hanged on a tree.
> 31) Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a
> Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,
> and forgiveness of sins.
> 32) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is
> also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that
> obey him.
>
>
> --
>
> ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

<snip?

"[Ban] their members from speaking about Jesus Christ..."? You DID read my
previous post in this thread, did you not? (At least you responded to it).
You should ask the churches to whom I've preached over the last 31 years if
I am shy about speaking of Jesus Christ. One really should try to make sure
of the factual basis (or lack thereof) of blanket statements one makes.

But, of course, you won't, will you?

[Steve]

Absolutely not!

[Steve]

So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
join with other religions.

Jesus said that his way was the narrow way, and there are few that
find it:

GEN Matthew 7:14 Because the gate is strait, and the way narrow that
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Freemasonry is clearly not compatible with True Christianity, the
Ecumenical disease the Roman Catholic Cult is pushing is not what
Jesus would be for, the last days Apostasy of the Church is moving
fast.

Come out of the Beast System, renounce Freemasonry, and accept Jesus
as Lord and savior, the way God wants us to be is:

1) God

2) Family

3) Country

And in that order, Masonry sees it different as Satan does.

Steve

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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:01:19 GMT, "Tom Accuosti"
<taccu...@VIRUSearthlink.net> wrote:

>In news:r7rtf095oqnlb8svp...@4ax.com,
>Steve <stev...@mailsnare.net> informed us:
>| This message is sent for all to see the truth.
>|
>| True will conquer all.
>|
>| Steve
>|
>
>Then hopefully more people will see the truth that you choose not to
>represent: that Freemasonry is simply an organization that allows, if
>not encourages, people of all religions to band together in an
>atmosphere of harmony and brotherhood.

[Steve]

Which Church do you preach at, we need to warn the members there of
the Black Sheep amongst them trying to teach them.

Steve

[Echo2Drs]

>John the Baptist was a Mason!
>

I don't think John was that kind of Mason!

[Echo2Drs]

> MEDIEVAL HISTORIAN CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT FREEMASONRY CAME FROM
>> KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, NOT FROM CHRISTIANITY!
>>
>> John J, Robinson, Historian, proves Freemasonry derived from Knights
>> Templar, and states "basic tenet of Freemasonry not derived from
>> Christian ethic". Robinson's work commended by Masonic Lodges

I know the kind of Mason's you're talking about, but I don't think John fits
into that catagory!

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/sufi.html
>
> Qabalah, Freemasonry, the Tijaniyah Order, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al
> Qaeda, and Sufism
>
> The Secret Doctrine of the Assassins
>
> An Occult Religion behind an Islamist fascade

Wasn't you mother the founder of this group?

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/racism.html
>
> Freemasonry's History of Racism
>

> Klan and Black Legion meetings were usually held inside Masonic
> Temples and Halls in the Midwest during the 1930's. The Klan recruited
> almost exclusively from within Masonic ranks and often the membership
> of both organizations was indistinguishable. All of the Leadership of
> the old and new Klan were high degree Freemasons. The Ku Klux Klan was
> in fact a Masonic movement.
>

Wasn't your mother a Ku Klux Klan member?

[John]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> You Freemasons always try to discredit the messenger, but the facts
> spoken in the posts are true.
>
> Renounce Freemasonry or prepare for an eternal Hell.
>

But your mother loves Freemasonry!

[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
> join with other religions.
>
> Jesus said that his way was the narrow way, and there are few that
> find it:
>

We follow your mother!

[Pangur Ban]

Steve wrote:
> So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
> join with other religions.
>
> Jesus said that his way was the narrow way, and there are few that
> find it:
>
> GEN Matthew 7:14 Because the gate is strait, and the way narrow that
> leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
>
> Freemasonry is clearly not compatible with True Christianity, the
> Ecumenical disease the Roman Catholic Cult is pushing is not what
> Jesus would be for, the last days Apostasy of the Church is moving
> fast.
>
> Come out of the Beast System, renounce Freemasonry, and accept Jesus
> as Lord and savior, the way God wants us to be is:
>
> 1) God
>
> 2) Family
>
> 3) Country
>

One of the most hilarious posts I have read on
this ng.......and what is even funnier - you seem
to believe this inane drivel!

[Steve]

It is the truth, mr funny guy... :)

[Tom Accuosti]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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| http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1164.cfm

|
| MEDIEVAL HISTORIAN CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT FREEMASONRY CAME FROM
| KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, NOT FROM CHRISTIANITY!
|
| John J, Robinson, Historian, proves Freemasonry derived from Knights
| Templar, and states "basic tenet of Freemasonry not derived from

| Christian ethic". Robinson's work commended by Masonic Lodges!
|
| John J. Robinson is an historian, with special interest in the history
| of Medieval Britain and Europe generally and the Crusades
| specifically. He is an ex-marine and so brings a discipline to his
| work. He is a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the
| Organization of American Historians, and the Royal Overseas League of
| London. His book, "Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets Of Freemasonry",
| traces the origins of Freemasonry back to the French Knights Templar,
| not to Scotland! Furthermore, this book is highly recommended by
| several Masonic Lodges, whose recommendations we have reprinted below.

Oh, and he also stated that his work did not *prove* anything; that it
was still speculation on his part based on a combination of research and
guesswork.

Nice to see that there are some authors who don't claim to be right wehn
they know that they don't have all the facts.

--
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"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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| So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
| join with other religions.

Did I say "join with"? No. I said that it encourages men of different
religions to sit down with each other and put aside religious and
political differences.

If that's what you think of as "joining with" other religions, then I
suggest that you:
Stop sending your children to public schools - too many children of
other religions who might infect your own children with the virus of
free-thinking.
Stop shopping at the local markets - don't want to accidentally be
tempted by someone sellign non-Christian wares.
Find another place to work, preferably farming so you won't need to
mingle with the other heathens.
Don't vote, because it just sends your representatives to mingle with
other heathens in the halls of the Senate and Congress.
Don't get sick, either, so you won't have to mingle with them at the
hospital.
And while you're at it, how about turning off the dang TV, radio and
computers, since none of them were made by good Christians.

|
| Jesus said that his way was the narrow way, and there are few that
| find it:
|
| GEN Matthew 7:14 Because the gate is strait, and the way narrow that
| leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
|
| Freemasonry is clearly not compatible with True Christianity, the
| Ecumenical disease the Roman Catholic Cult is pushing is not what
| Jesus would be for, the last days Apostasy of the Church is moving
| fast.
|
| Come out of the Beast System, renounce Freemasonry, and accept Jesus
| as Lord and savior, the way God wants us to be is:
|
| 1) God
|
| 2) Family
|
| 3) Country
|
| And in that order, Masonry sees it different as Satan does.

Interestingly, Masonry suggests that one should view things in exactly
that order.

[Steve]

Home Schooling is the way to go, no Public Homo-Friendly education.

Steve

[Gene Goldman]

Steve wrote:

> Home Schooling is the way to go, no Public Homo-Friendly education.

Do Public Schools scare you? Or are you just afraid of homosexuals?

--
|O| Be well. Travel with a light heart. - Goldman 3:16

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It is not fear at all, just disgust of both.

[Steve]

http://mtc.org/eucharst.html

The Mystery of the Eucharist
Bartholomew f. Brewer, Ph.D.

Of all the ancient dogmas of the Roman Catholic religion, the dogma of
transubstantiation is the most wicked and satanic. It is the very
heart of Romanism and the key to the so-called "sacrifice of the
mass." Transubstantiation is Rome's most lucrative, powerful and fixed
dogma. Certainly it is her most effective control device for the
perpetuation of her gigantic corporation whose existence is maintained
by sacraments administered by a supposedly divinely empowered
priesthood.

PAGAN ORIGIN

The doctrine of transubstantiation does not date back to the Last
Supper as is supposed. It was a controverted topic for many centuries
before officially becoming an article of faith, which means that it is
essential to salvation according to the Roman Catholic Church. The
idea of a corporal presence was vaguely held by some, such as Ambrose,
but it was not until 831 A.D. that Paschasius Radbertus, a Benedictine
monk, published a treatise openly advocating the doctrine of
transubstantiation. Even then, for almost another four hundred years,
theological war was waged over this teaching by bishops and people
alike until at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 A.D., it was
officially defined and canonized as a dogma.

Like many of the beliefs and rites of Romanism, transubstantiation was
first practiced by pagan religions. The noted historian Durant said
that belief in transubstantiation as practiced by the priests of the
Roman Catholic system is "one of the oldest ceremonies of primitive
religion." The Story Of Civilization, p. 741. The syncretism and
mysticism of the Middle East were great factors in influencing the
West, particularly Italy. Roman Society From Nero To Marcus Aurelius,
Dill. In Egypt priests would consecrate mest cakes which were supposed
to be come the flesh of Osiris. Encyclopedia Of Religions, Vol. 2, p.
76. The idea of transubstantiation was also characteristic of the
religion of Mithra whose sacraments of cakes and Haoma drink closely
parallel the Catholic Eucharistic rite. Ibid. The idea of eating the
flesh of deity was most popular among the people of Mexico and Central
America long before they ever heard of Christ; and when Spanish
missionaries first landed in those countries "their surprise was
heightened, when they witnessed a religious rite which reminded them
of communion...an image made of flour...and after consecration by
priests, was distributed among the people who ate it...declaring it
was the flesh of deity..." Prescott's Mexico, Vol. 3.

The Christian Church for the first three hundred years remained
somewhat pure and faithful to the Word of God, but after the
pseudo-conversion of Constantine, who for political expedience
declared Christianity the state religion, thousands of pagans were
admitted to the church by baptism alone with out true conversion. They
brought with them pagan rites which they boldly introduced into the
church with Christian terminology, thus corrupting the primitive
faith. Even the noted Catholic prelate and theologian, Cardinal
Newman, tells us that Constantine introduced many things of pagan
origin: "We are told in various ways by Eusebius, that Constantine, in
order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into
it the outward ornaments to which they had been accustomed in their
own...The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints,
and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps,
and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water;
asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions,
blessings on fields, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in
marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the
ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin,
and sanctified by their adoption into the Church." An Essay On The
Development Of Christian Doctrine, pp. 359, 360. This unholy alliance
also allowed the continuance of the pagan custom of eating and
drinking the literal flesh and literal blood of their god. This is
actually how transubstantiation entered the professing church.

The TESTIMONY of SCRIPTURE

True born again Christians who correctly interpret the Word of God see
without any difficulty whatsoever that our Lord's reference to His
body and blood was symbolic. When Jesus spoke of Himself as being the
bread, He was not teaching the fictitious transubstantiation of the
Papal church. It is preposterous to hold that the Son of God turned a
piece of bread into Himself. When Jesus said "this is my body" or
"blood," He did not change the substance, but was explaining that He
is the one "represented" by the passover bread and wine. Jesus did not
say touto gignetai, this has become or is turned into, but touto esti,
which can only mean this represents or stands for. It is perfectly
clear in the Gospels that Christ spoke in figurative terms, referring
to Himself as "the door," "the vine'', "the light," "the root," "the
rock," "the bright and morning star," et cetera. In Luke 22:22, Jesus
said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood." In First Corinthians
11:25, 26, He said, "This is the new covenant in my blood...For as oft
as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death
till he come." "In these words He used a double figure of speech...The
cup was not literally the new covenant, although it is declared to be
so as definitely as the bread is declared to be His body. They did not
literally drink the cup, nor did they literally drink the new
covenant...Nor was the bread literally His body, or the wine His
blood. After giving the wine to the disciples Jesus said, 'I shall not
drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of
God shall come' (Luke 22:18). So the wine, even as He gave it to them,
and after He had given it to them, remained 'the fruit of the vine'!
Paul too says that the bread remains bread;...'but let each man prove
himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup' (First
Corinthians 11:28). No change had taken place in the element. This was
after the prayer of consecration, when the Church of Rome supposes the
change took place, and Jesus and Paul both declare that the elements
still are bread and wine." Roman Catholicism, Boettner.

Our beloved Saviour and His apostles repeatedly warned that there
would be a great departure from Biblical truth, and that increasing
apostasy would be manifest through the centuries until there would be
a complete turning away from the historic faith. Any Christian, his
mind illumined by the Holy Spirit, can see that these predictions have
been fulfilled. He can see that Paul's prophecy of Acts 20:29, 30 came
true in less than a hundred years. He can see how "the mystery of
iniquity" expressed itself in vain, unscriptural teaching through the
Dark Ages when unregenerate popes, cardinals, bishops and priests
"changed the truth of God into a lie," substituting the authority of
their religion for the authority of the Holy Scriptures.

TRANSUBSTANTIATION

ACCORDING to the COUNCIL of TRENT

When Europe was electrified by the eloquent preaching of the sixteenth
century Reformation, the Roman Catholic hierarchy gathered her ablest
theologians who worked for three decades in the preparation of a
statement of faith concerning transubstantiation. This document
remains, to this day, the standard of Catholic doctrine. As the Second
Vatican Council commenced, Pope John XXIII declared, "I do accept
entirely all that has been decided and declared at the Council of
Trent." What did the Council of Trent decide and declare? The first
sections are as follows:

Canon I: "If any one shall deny that the body and blood, together with
the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore entire
Christ, are truly, really, and substantially contained in the
sacrament of the most holy Eucharist; and shall say that He is only in
it as a sign, or in a figure, or virtually, — let him be accursed."

Canon II: "If any one shall say that the substance of the bread and
wine remains in the sacrament of the most holy Eucharist, together
with the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and shall deny that
wonderful and singular conversion of the whole substance of the bread
into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood,
the outward forms of the bread and wine still remaining, which
conversion the Catholic church most aptly calls transubstantiation, —
let him be accursed."

Canon III: "If any one shall deny, that in the venerated sacrament of
the Eucharist, entire Christ is contained in each kind, and in each
several particle of either kind when separated, — let him be
accursed."

Canon IV: "If any one shall say that, after consecration, the body and
blood of our Lord Jesus Christ is only in the wonderful sacrament of
the Eucharist in use whilst it is taken, and not either before or
after, and that the true body of the Lord does not remain in the hosts
or particles which have been consecrated, and which are reserved, or
remain after the communion, — let him be accursed."

Canon V: "If any one says that the principal fruit of the most holy
Eucharist is the remission of sins or that other effects do not result
from it, — let him be accursed."

Canon VI: "If any one shall say that Christ, the only begotten Son of
God, is not to be adored in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist, even
with the open worship of latria, and therefore not to be venerated
with any peculiar festal celebrity, nor to be solemnly carried about
in processions according to the praiseworthy and universal rites and
customs of the holy Church, and that He is not to be publicly set
before the people to be adored, and that His adorers are idolaters, —
let him be accursed."

How frequently we hear Catholics and liberal Protestants exclaim,
"Rome is changing!" What optimism prevails among religionists that
Rome is heading toward a new reformation. Even professing evangelicals
are convinced that Roman Catholicism is changing, changing, changing.
However, true believers are not impressed by Vatican window-dressing.
The Romish mass, that wicked counterfeit of the Lord's Supper, has
been modernized but not renounced. The renowned Hislop states that
"the doctrine of transubstantiation is clearly of the very essence of
Magic, which pretended, on the pronunciation of a few potent words, to
change one substance into another, or by a dexterous juggle, wholly to
remove one substance, and to substitute another in its place." The Two
Babylons, p. 259. The God of flour and water, produced by priestly
sorcery, is still worshipped and adored to this day as it was defined
in the dark years of medieval religion (bowing, genuflecting, praying
to the "Blessed Sacrament" may be seen daily in any Catholic church).
Modern Catholicism has produced no change in doctrine, but only a
change of position.

VATICAN II UPHOLDS TRENT

Vatican II began in 1962 and ended in 1965. Some two thousand, five
hundred bishops, and each with his committee of theologians, worked
the greater part of four years, and spent between forty and sixty
million dollars. Dozens of resolutions, called "Schemae," were passed,
hundreds of similar ones were rejected, and thousands were proposed,
most of which were reported in newspapers around the world. At the
third session, the Council produced Sacrosanctum Concilium (The Holy
Liturgy). One of its articles entitled "The Mystery of the Eucharist''
completely reaffirmed its belief and practice in the changing of the
bread and wine at the mass into the very body and blood, soul and
divinity of Jesus Christ. It was not long thereafter that Pope Paul VI
issued an encyclical, Mysterium Fidei, which reads in part: "During
the Second Vatican Council the Church has made a new and most solemn
profession of her faith in and worship of this mystery...For if the
sacred liturgy holds the first place in the life of the Church, the
mystery of the Eucharist stands as the heart and center...Those who
partake of this sacrament in Holy Communion eat the Flesh of Christ
and drink the Blood of Christ, receiving both grace, the beginning of
eternal life, and the 'medicine of immortality,'...Indeed, we are
aware of the fact that, among those who deal with this Most Holy
Mystery in written or spoken word, there are some who...spread abroad
such opinions as disturb the faithful and fill their minds with no
little confusion about matters of faith as if every one were permitted
to consign to oblivion doctrine already defined by the Church, or to
interpret it in such a way as to weaken the genuine meaning of the
words or the approved import of the concepts involved...the spread of
these and similar opinions does great harm to the faith and devotion
to the Divine Eucharist... we cannot approve the opinions which they
express...We must therefore approach this mystery especially with
humble obedience, not following human arguments, which ought to be
silent...It is a logical conclusion, then, that we should follow as a
guiding star in our investigations of this mystery the agisterium of
the Church, to which the Divine Redeemer entrusted for protection and
for explanation the revelation which He has communicated to us through
Scripture or tradition having this from conviction that 'what since
the days of antiquity was preached and believed throughout the whole
Church with true Catholic Faith is true, even if it is not
comprehended by reason, even if it is not explained by means of
words'...we are not to tolerate anyone who on his own authority wishes
to modify the formulae in which the Council of Trent sets forth the
Mystery of the Eucharist for our belief...It is the teaching of the
First Vatican Council: 'that meaning of the sacred dogmas must forever
be retained which Holy Mother Church has once defined and we may never
depart from that meaning under the pretext and in the name of deeper
understanding.'...the Catholic Church has held to this faith in the
presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist, not only in
her teaching but also in her practice, since she has at all times
given to this great Sacrament the worship which is known as latria and
which may be given to God alone. As St. Augustine says: 'It was in His
flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has
given us to eat for our salvation. No one, however, eats of this flesh
without having first adored it...and not only do we not sin in thus
adoring it, but we would sin if we did not do so.'...The Catholic
Church has always offered and still offers the cult of latria to the
Sacrament of the Eucharist...We therefore beseech you, venerable
brothers...Tirelessly promote the cult of the Eucharist, the focus
where all other forms of piety must ultimately meet and converge...May
all those not yet in perfect communion with the Catholic Church, who
though separated from her are honored by and glory in the name of
Christian, share with us as soon as possible with the help of divine
grace that unity of faith and communion which Christ wanted to be the
distinctive mark of His disciples...May the Most Blessed Virgin Mary
from whom Christ Our Lord took the flesh which under the appearances
of bread and wine 'is contained, offered, and received in this
Sacrament,' and all the saints of God, especially those who had a more
ardent devotion to the Divine Eucharist, intercede with the Father of
mercies so that from this same faith in and devotion to the Eucharist
may come forth and flourish a perfect unity among all who bear the
name Christian." Thus Pope Paul VI reaffirmed his loyalty to those
canons of Trent which belched curses for those who deny them. Every
Roman Catholic, under pain of mortal sin and excommunication is
obliged to render religious worship to the host. Is it not then
"double-talk" for Rome to consider non-Catholics as Christians or
"separated brethren" when indeed at the same time they are considered
accursed or damned?

Because of her ecumenical move toward the one world church, statues
may have disappeared, rosary beads may be unpopular, limbo and
purgatory may be de-emphasized, even the term transubstantiation may
be unfashionable, but the doctrine of transubstantiation is here to
stay.

The POSITION of the TRUE BELIEVER

Our hearts are heavy for the millions of Roman Catholics who, not
knowing the Scriptures, greatly err in believing the fable of
transubstantiation, undoubtedly the greatest lever of the Roman
Church. How little these sincere, but spiritually lost people realize
that "the worship of what is called the Blessed Sacrament is as vile
an idolatry as the worship by the Egyptians of onions and other
pot-herbs which grew in their own gardens," Charles Spurgeon. Any
Roman Catholic who comes to a personal knowledge and faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, who has sincerely repented and is truly born again of
the Holy Spirit of God, is no longer a Roman Catholic, doctrinally,
whether he knows it or not. However, as he feeds upon the Holy Word of
God and begins to grow spiritually, he will not only abjure the
hideous dogma of transubstantiation, but all Romish teachings...the
whole idolatrous circus! Those who truly understand what it means to
have Jesus as Lord and Saviour immediately distinguish the teachings
of God's Word from the teachings of man (John 10:27) painful though it
may be, the Word of God, "Come out of her my people." (Revelation
18:4, also see First Thessalonians 5:22).

May God's Spirit convict the hearts of false shepherds of the Roman
Church who feed "the faithful" the old Roman recipes, much to their
own eternal destruction and that of their misled flocks. May God's
Spirit have mercy upon the simple people who so unreservedly trust
their eternal destiny to a sacramental priesthood that uses the host
as a charm. May God's Spirit open the eyes of evangelicals to know
that Rome is not a part of the Christian Church. The Roman Church has
never had God's blessing. May God's Spirit bend the wicked arm of
apostate Protestant churches who are more excited about "union" than
Biblical truth. Finally, may God's Spirit raise up a faithful army of
bold witnesses whose weapons "are not carnal but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strong holds; casting down imaginations and every
high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
(Second Corinthians 10:4, 5).

[Steve]

http://www.harpazo.net/Eucharist.html

The Eucharist - A Biblical Review
<http://www.harpazo.net/images/Euch.jpg>

:: The Eucharist Holds Center Stage

The Eucharist is the focus of Roman Catholic faith. It is the central
component of the Mass. It is the sacrament of sacraments. Without
debate,
the Church of Rome regards the doctrine of the Eucharist and Christ's
real
presence to be of utmost importance. Failure to acknowledge this truth
is
considered grave sacrilege by Rome. The official Catechism of the
Catholic
Church leaves no doubt on this point.

The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
The
other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works
of the
apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and oriented toward it.
(1)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#1>

The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all
Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to
participate
in the Eucharist. (2) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#2>

Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the
Eucharist, for in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made
substantially present for us. (3)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#3>

_____

:: Catholic Doctrine

The Catholic Church teaches that once a Catholic priest has
consecrated the
wafer of bread during Communion, that the wafer turns into the literal
and
real body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ. (4)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#4> Therefore, the communion host
is no
longer bread, but Jesus, under the appearance of bread, and is
therefore
worthy of adoration and worship. The Catholic Catechism states
succinctly;

In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist "the body and
blood,
together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and,
therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially
contained."
(5) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#5>

The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic
worship.
Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time
to go
to meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to
making
amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our
adoration
never cease. (6) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#6>

Because Christ himself is present in the sacrament of the altar,
he
is to be honored with the worship of adoration. (7)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#7>

_____

:: What Does the Bible Teach?

We have documented what the Roman Catholic Church teaches concerning
the
Eucharist. But what does the Bible teach? The Bible encourages
believers to
study the "whole counsel" (8) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#8>
of
God's Word and to "test all things; hold fast what is good." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Th/1Th005.html#21> 1
Thessalonians
5:21). Every believer is to "be diligent to present yourself approved
to
God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word of
truth." ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/2Ti/2Ti002.html#15> 2
Timothy
2:15). To obey God's command to test all things, we will search the
Scriptures to determine what the Bible teaches concerning the Lord's
Supper.

The Last Supper was celebrated by first century Christians in
obedience to
Jesus' words "do this in remembrance of Me." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#19> Luke 22:19).
This
observance was established by the Lord at the Last Supper when He
symbolically offered Himself as the Paschal Lamb of atonement. His
actual
death the next day fulfilled the prophecy. Only Paul uses the phrase
"Lord's
Supper" (9) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#9> although it is
alluded
to in <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rev/Rev019.html#9>
Revelation
19:9, where we are told that believers will celebrate the "marriage
supper
of the Lamb." Church fathers began to call the occasion the
"Eucharist"
meaning "thanksgiving" from the blessing pronounced over the bread and
wine
after about A.D. 100. Christians have celebrated the Lord's Supper
regularly
as a sign of the new covenant sealed by Christ's death and
resurrection.
(10) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#10> Today, the Eucharist
means far
more than simply thanksgiving.

_____

:: This is My Body

So what exactly did Jesus ordain during the Last Supper? Here is the
Bible's
description of the events surrounding the Lord's Supper. At the Last
Supper
"[Jesus] took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them,
saying,
'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of
Me.'
Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the
new
covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.'" (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#19> Luke 22: 19,
20).

This is strong language indeed and not to be taken lightly for "all
Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/2Ti/2Ti003.html#16> 2 Timothy
3:16).

And if Jesus wasn't clear enough about His body and blood at the Last
Supper, (11) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#11> He certainly
left no
room for doubt when He spoke about His flesh and blood, recorded in
the
sixth chapter of John's Gospel:

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone
eats
of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give
is My
flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." The Jews
therefore
quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His
flesh to
eat?" Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless
you eat
the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in
you.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will
raise
him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is
drink
indeed." ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn006.html#51>
John
6:51-55).

Repeatedly Jesus stated that His flesh is food and His blood drink.
Taken
together, these verses certainly seem to affirm that Jesus is truly
present
in the consecrated host. But, before putting the matter to rest, we
must
investigate the whole counsel of God.

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:: Metaphors and Similes

Throughout the Bible, context determines meaning. Bible-believing
Christians
know to take the Bible literally unless the context demands a symbolic
interpretation. Before exploring Jesus' words in John chapter 6 and
elsewhere, let's review a few examples of symbolism in the Scriptures.
All
scholars would agree that the following verses are metaphorical. An
explanation follows each verse.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Psa/Psa034.html#8> Ps 34:8).

(Try and experience God's promises to find if they are true.)

"Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never
thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a
fountain of
water springing up into everlasting life" (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn004.html#14> John 4:14).

(For those who receive the gift of salvation, Christ's Spirit
shall
dwell in their souls assuring them of everlasting life.)

Moreover He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this
scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." So I opened my mouth,
and He
caused me to eat that scroll (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eze/Eze003.html#top> Ezekiel 3:1,
2).

(Receive into your heart, internalize, and obey God's Word.)

It is apparent from searching the entire council of God that the Lord
often
uses metaphors and symbolic language to paint images for the reader.
When
the Bible says God hides us under His wings, we know that God is not a
bird
with feathers. However, the Bible should always be interpreted
literally
unless the context demands a symbolic explanation. So what does the
context
of John's Gospel and the other Gospels demand?

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:: John Chapter 6

If we read the entire sixth chapter of John's Gospel, we not only get
the
context, but also some startling insights into what Jesus meant when
He said
we must eat His flesh and drink His blood.
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn006.html#top> John chapter
6,
begins with the account of Jesus feeding five thousand, followed by
the
account of Jesus walking on water. Starting in verse 22, we find that
on the
following day, people were seeking Jesus for the wrong reasons, which
we
understand from Jesus' words in verses 26 and 27: "you seek Me, not
because
you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
Do not
labor for food which perishes, but for food which endures to
everlasting
life."

These verses begin to frame the context of the verses that follow,
specifically, that Jesus emphasized the need for them to seek eternal
life.
Jesus goes on to explain to them how to obtain eternal life, and in
verse
28, when the people ask Jesus "What shall we do, that we may work the
works
of God?" Jesus replies (verse 29) "This is the work of God, that you
believe
in Him whom He sent."

Here Jesus specifies that there is only one work that pleases God,
namely,
belief in Jesus. Jesus re-emphasizes this in verse 35 "I am the bread
of
life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me
shall
never thirst." Notice the imperative is to "come to Me" and "believe
in Me."
Jesus repeats the thrust of His message in verse 40 where He states -
"And
this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son
and
believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at
the
last day."

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:: The Bread of Life

Jesus could not be more clear - by coming to Him and trusting in Him
we will
receive eternal life. At this point in the chapter, the Jews
complained
about Him because He said: "I am the bread which came down from
heaven."
(verse 41). Jesus responds to their murmuring in verses 42 through 58,
where
he states that He is indeed the "living bread" and that they must eat
His
flesh and drink His blood to obtain eternal life. However, let's
remember
the context of this statement. First, Jesus contrasts Himself with the
manna
that rained down on their fathers and sustained them for their
journey, but
their fathers are now dead. While Jesus offers Himself as the living
bread,
which, if they eat, will cause them to live forever.

Jesus is not the perishable manna that their descendants ate in the
wilderness, He is the eternal bread of life that lives forever. Only
by
partaking in His everlasting life can we hope to live with Him
forever. This
contrast strengthens His main message, which is recorded in verse 47
where
Jesus says, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has
everlasting life." Notice, Jesus said that as soon as we believe in
Him we
have, present tense, eternal life. It is not something we aim at or
hope we
might attain in the future, but rather, something we receive
immediately
upon believing.

When Jesus said these words, He was in the synagogue in Capernaum
(verse
59), and He had neither bread nor wine. Therefore Jesus was either
commanding cannibalism or He was speaking figuratively. If He was
speaking
literally, then He would be directly contradicting God the Father:
"you
shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Gen/Gen009.html#4> Genesis 9:4).
Therefore, because Jesus Himself said, "the Scripture cannot be
broken." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn010.html#35> John 10:35),
He must
be speaking metaphorically. And that is exactly how He explains His
own
words in the subsequent verses.

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:: The Flesh Profits Nothing

After this, in verse 60, we find that many of His disciples said -
"This is
a hard saying; who can understand it?" Jesus was aware of their
complaints
and He responded in verses 61 through 64 saying - "Does this offend
you?
What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?
It is
the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I
speak
to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do
not
believe." Wait a minute, the flesh profits nothing! I thought Jesus
said we
must eat His flesh? Yet, if the flesh profits nothing, Jesus must be
speaking in spiritual terms. And that is exactly what He says - "The
words
that I speak to you are spirit."

Jesus uses the exact same Greek word for flesh ("sarx") as He did in
the
preceding verses. Therefore we must conclude that eating His literal
flesh
profits nothing! If the Lord Himself sets the context of the dialogue,
we
would do well to hear Him. He said that the words that He speaks are
spirit
and that the flesh profits nothing.

If that isn't clear enough, Peter's words allow no room for doubt.
Immediately following the dialogue with the Jews, in which some
disciples
went away, Jesus said to the twelve apostles - "Do you also want to go
away?" (verse 67). Peter's response is profound. His reply to Jesus is
recorded in verse 68 - "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words
of
eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the
Christ,
the Son of the living God." Amazing! Peter did not say we have come to
believe that we must eat Your flesh to live. He said that we know You
are
the Christ, and we have come to believe in You as the Christ.

This is the confession of faith that leads to eternal life, not eating
Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood. It also agrees with the totality
of
Scripture. Here is a brief sampling:

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your
heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rom/Rom010.html#9> Romans 10: 9).

What must I do to be saved?.Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and
you will be saved (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act016.html#30>
Acts 16: 30, 31).

He who believes in the Son has everlasting life (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn003.html#36> John 3:36).

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:: Spiritual Sense

In John chapter 6, Jesus clearly contrasted the temporary benefits of
the
physical manna with the eternal benefits of life in the Spirit. This
theme
is repeated throughout the Word of God. All through the Bible, the
limited
and temporary benefits of the flesh are contrasted with the infinite
and
eternal benefits of the spirit. Consuming manna, even manna from
heaven, has
limited value. However, receiving Christ's life, by placing our trust
and
hope in Him, has infinite value. Romans chapter 8 explains this truth:

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in
Christ
Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the
Spirit.
.For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the
things of
the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of
the
Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually
minded is
life and peace. .So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please
God. But
you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of
God
dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is
not
His ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rom/Rom008.html#top> Romans
8:1,
5, 6, 8, 9).

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:: Jesus' Seven "I AM" Statements

In addition to Jesus' teaching in John chapter 6, we get additional
insight
into His message by reading John's entire Gospel, and we begin to
fully
understand what Jesus meant when He said "I am the bread of life." In
John's
Gospel, Jesus makes seven "I am" statements. These seven are listed
below.

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn006.html#35> John
6:35
... I am the bread of life

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn008.html#12> John
8:12
... I am the light of the world

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn010.html#9> John
10:9
... I am the door

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn010.html#11> John
10:11
... I am the good shepherd

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn011.html#25> John
11:25
... I am the resurrection and the life

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn014.html#6> John
14:6
... I am the way, the truth, and the life

* <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn015.html#5> John
15:5
... I am the vine

Believers should love these seven "I am" statements. Not only is Jesus
claiming to be God, but He is defining who God is. Back in the Book of
Exodus, Moses asks God what His name is. (12)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#12> God responds to Moses by
saying,
"My name is I AM". God is the self-existent One. This I AM in the
Hebrew is
the name of God, the YHWH where we get "Yahweh" and "Jehovah."

And in John's Gospel, Jesus expounds and explains who God is. If your
soul
is hungering, Jesus would say: I am the bread of life. If you're
seeking
illumination and understanding, Jesus would say: I am the light of the
world. Are you looking for the entrance into abundant life? Jesus
would say:
I am the door. Do you need guidance and protection? Jesus would say: I
am
the good shepherd. Are you seeking eternal life? Jesus would say: I am
the
resurrection and the life. Jesus knows your needs better than you do.
Whatever your need, Jesus would say: I am the way, the truth, and the
life.
I am the vine. If you abide in Me, I will supply all your needs.

What Jesus is saying in John chapter 6 and throughout the Gospel of
John is:
I am all you need. I created you and I know and understand what you
need to
be fully satisfied and it is Me. Jesus is our all in all. No matter
what we
think we need, Jesus, alone can supply our true need. By studying the
entire
Gospel of John, we see clearly that Jesus is not proclaiming Himself
to be
literal bread, any more than He is proclaiming Himself to be a literal
vine
or gate. Rather, He is affirming that as our God and Creator, He, and
He
alone, is all we need. Understanding the whole counsel of God is
crucial.

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:: John Chapter 6: Unrelated to the Last Supper

Before leaving chapter 6 of John's Gospel, we must realize that this
chapter
does not deal directly with the Last Supper, or with the doctrine of
the
Eucharist. That's worth repeating, John chapter 6 has nothing to do
with the
Last Supper! And while proponents of transubstantiation often refer to
these
verses to support their doctrine, nowhere in this chapter does Jesus
give
the disciples instruction on how to celebrate Communion, nor is the
Last
Supper described here.

John deals with the Last Supper starting in chapter 13, but chapter 6
is a
separate subject. So even if Jesus meant that we need to literally eat
the
meat of His body to obtain eternal life, He does not ordain a
procedure to
follow concerning the Communion meal, and He certainly does not tell
His
disciples to institute a priesthood that will consecrate bread and
turn it
into His literal flesh. Nor does He teach here, or anywhere in
Scripture, to
worship His body and blood under the appearance of bread. The Gospel
accounts do record Jesus' words at the Last Supper, so let's
investigate
them.

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:: John Chapter 13

In the thirteenth chapter of John's Gospel, the events of the Last
Supper
are given. In verses 2 and 4 we read - "And supper being ended.[Jesus]
rose
from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded
Himself."
So we see that by this time in John's account, the Last Supper was
complete,
which means that Jesus had already blessed the bread, broke it and
said
"This is My body which is given for you." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#19> Luke 22:19).

What is interesting in John's account of the Last Supper, is that
after
Jesus blessed the bread and said "This is My body," He referred to the
blessed and consecrated bread as mere bread (in verse 18 and verse
26).
Verse 26 states: "Jesus answered, 'It is he whom I shall give a piece
of
bread when I have dipped it.' And having dipped the bread, He gave it
to
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon." Did Jesus lose track of what He was
doing? Did He misspeak? No! According to Jesus' own words, the bread
remained bread even after being blessed.

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:: Matthew, Mark, and Luke

<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Mat/Mat026.html#17> Matthew
26:17-29,
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Mar/Mar014.html#12> Mark 14:12-25,
and
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#7> Luke 22:7-23
give
parallel accounts of what took place on the night before Jesus was
crucified. In <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#15>
Luke
22:15-19 Jesus said to His disciples -

"With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with
you
before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it
is
fulfilled in the kingdom of God." Then He took the cup, and gave
thanks, and
said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I say to you, I
will
not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
And He
took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying,
"This is
My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

What is notable is what Jesus didn't say. Never did He say that the
blessed
bread became His literal body, blood, soul, and divinity. This is
worth
repeating - never in any of the Gospel narratives, or for that matter,
nowhere in the entire Bible does Jesus teach that the blessed bread
changes
into His literal body, blood, soul and divinity. What He does say is -
"do
this in remembrance of Me." For we know that on the very next day,
Jesus was
crucified, died, and was buried. He then ascended to the Father.

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:: Jesus' One Body is in Heaven

We are told in
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Mar/Mar016.html#19> Mark
16:19 that "[Jesus] was received up into heaven, and sat down at the
right
hand of God." Jesus ascended bodily to be at the right hand of the
Father.
Peter says it this way:"[Jesus] has gone into heaven and is at the
right
hand of God." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Pe/1Pe003.html#22> 1
Peter 3:22). Jesus' one and only body is in heaven. This makes sense
when we
remember that He said "do this in remembrance of Me." If Jesus' body,
blood,
soul and divinity is with us in the Eucharist, the words "do this in
remembrance of Me" would make no sense. A memorial service is not held
for
someone who is in attendance, but rather for someone who has departed.

Now, of course, Jesus is God and "God is Spirit, and those who worship
Him
must worship in spirit and truth." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn004.html#24> John 4:24).
Jesus is
with us spiritually and He is omnipresent (present everywhere), so He
is
with all of us right now - wherever we may be. But His body is in
heaven.
"After He [Jesus] had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down
at
the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are
made His
footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are
being
sanctified." ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr010.html#12>
Hebrews 10:12-14). It is clear that Jesus' body is in heaven and we
are to
remember what He did for us on the cross by celebrating Communion.

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:: The Acts of the Early Church

The early church celebrated Communion frequently and their actions are
recorded in the Book of Acts. Let's look at how the apostles and
disciples
celebrated Communion after Jesus' ascension. In the Book of Acts we
read:

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and breaking of bread, and in prayers (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act002.html#42> Acts 2:42).

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking
bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act002.html#46> Acts 2:46).

And when he [Paul] had said these things, he took bread and gave
thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it
he
began to eat. Then they were all encouraged, and also took food
themselves (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act027.html#35> Acts 27:35,
36).

The Lord's apostles, the very same ones that were present at the Last
Supper, broke bread daily, celebrating Communion, and not once did
they
refer to the bread as the literal body, blood, soul and divinity of
Jesus.
Even on Sunday, which is the day that the Lord rose, they referred to
Communion as mere bread. In a key verse in the Book of Acts, we read:
"Now
on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to
break
bread." ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act020.html#7> Acts
20:7).

Notice that the disciples broke bread on Sunday in remembrance of
Jesus'
death and resurrection. Search as we might, there is no hint in the
entire
Book of Acts that the disciples considered the Communion service as
anything
but a memorial service. This does not lessen its importance, rather it
emphasizes that the reason for the Communion celebration is to
remember the
completed work of the cross and that Jesus is now in heaven as our
triumphant King!

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:: God Does Not Dwell in Temples Made with Hands

What is interesting in the Book of Acts is the repeated, emphatic
statement
made by the disciples that God does not dwell in temples! "However,
the Most
High does not dwell in temples made with hands." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act007.html#48> Acts 7:48).

[Paul said] Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very
religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of
your
worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN
GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to
you:
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of
heaven and
earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped
with
men's hands, as though He needed anything (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act017.html#22> Acts
17:22-25).

This truth is also echoed in the Book of Hebrews: "For Christ has not
entered the holy places made with hands.but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr009.html#24> Hebrews 9:24).

Amazing! The Eucharistic Tabernacle is a "holy place" made with human
hands!
Yet, the Bible states that Christ is not there but in heaven. In
addition,
the Greek word for "temple" is "naos", which can also be translated as
"shrine" or a place of worship. God says He doesn't dwell there, yet
the
Catholic Church insists that Jesus is present in all the tabernacles
of the
world. The communion host is made with men's hands, yet, the Bible
states
that God is NOT worshipped with men's hands (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act017.html#25> Acts 17:25).
The
Scriptures clearly teach us that Jesus' body is in heaven and that
Communion
is meant as a memorial of the finished work of the cross.

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:: Abstain From Blood

Furthermore, the apostles also commanded believers to abstain from
blood. In
the Book of Acts, we find that the apostles and elders came together
to
consider certain Jewish customs that had crept into the early church.
Their
decision, stated by James, is as follows:

Therefore, I judge that we should not trouble those from among the
Gentiles
who are turning to God, but that we write to them to abstain from
things
polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and
from
blood ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act015.html#19> Acts
15:19,
20).

If the original apostles and disciples repeatedly commanded new
believers to
abstain from blood (see also
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act015.html#29> Acts 15:29;
21:25),
why does the Roman Catholic Church encourage followers to eat Jesus'
body
and blood? If the consecrated communion host becomes Jesus literal
body,
BLOOD, soul, and divinity, then partaking in Communion goes against
the Holy
Spirit's command to abstain from blood. This is a direct
contradiction.

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:: 1 Corinthians 11

Some proponents of the Eucharist argue that
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Cr/1Cr011.html#top> 1 Corinthians
11
supports transubstantiation. They refer to verse 29 that states - "For
he
who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body." A thorough read of 1
Corinthians
11, reveals that the Corinthians were not making the proper
distinction
between Communion and common meals. Not discerning the Lord's body
meant not
discerning in the bread and wine the symbols of Christ's body and
blood, but
partaking of them irreverently, as if it were a common feast.

It is evident that this was the leading offense of the Corinthians.
Those
who were eating and drinking in an unworthy manner, were getting drunk
and
selfishly eating before others in the body of Christ. Paul states this
as
the problem in verses 20 and 21. There is no indication in chapter 11
of 1
Corinthians that Paul believed in or taught transubstantiation.

What is very provocative, in verses 26 and 28 of chapter 11, is that
Paul
refers to the blessed bread as mere bread after it had been blessed.
Paul
states in verse 26 - "For as often as you eat this bread and drink
this cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes."

Additionally, if Jesus is really physically present in the Eucharist,
why
would Paul state that we are to celebrate the Lord's Supper "till He
comes"?
This would only make sense if the Lord's Supper is in memory of the
finished
work of Calvary. And that is exactly what Jesus ordained when He said
"do
this in remembrance of Me." (Luke 22:19). Jesus is the Lamb of God who
takes
away the sins of the world. Of course, Jesus did not become a literal
lamb
when He died for the sins of the world, anymore than a wafer turns
into the
literal body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus during Communion.

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:: Finished Work

Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this Catholic doctrine is that
Christ
is being re-sacrificed daily by thousands of Catholic priests. And
that by
receiving the Eucharist a Catholic can obtain forgiveness of sins. In
other
words, the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is a sacrificial
offering able to atone for sins. Therefore, Christ is ever suffering
and
dying each time a priest consecrates the wafer. Here is how the
Catechism
explains it:

As sacrifice, the Eucharist is also offered in reparation for the sins
of
the living and the dead and to obtain spiritual or temporal benefits
from
God. (13) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#13>

Every time this mystery is celebrated, "the work of our redemption is
carried on." (14) <http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#14>

The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it "re-presents" (makes
present)
the sacrifice of the cross. (15)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#15>

This teaching directly contradicts the Word of God. When Jesus died on
the
cross He proclaimed - "It is finished!" (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn019.html#30> John 19:30).
The
Greek word used is "tetelestai". It was a Greek accounting term that
meant
paid in full. The work for our salvation is complete! Christ purchased
our
redemption once and for all on the cross. Jesus is not being
perpetually
sacrificed in the Eucharist as the Catholic Church teaches. Partaking
in the
Eucharist does not appease God, nor does it atone for sin. If you are
a
Catholic, then the following verses can be transforming and
revolutionary if
you will simply take God at His Word.

For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are
copies
of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of
God
for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest
enters
the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another - He then would
have
had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once
at the
end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this
the
judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To
those who
eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for
salvation ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr009.html#24>
Hebrews
9:24-28).

And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the
same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had
offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of
God,
from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by
one
offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. .
there is
no longer an offering for sin (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr010.html#11> Hebrews
10:11-14,
18).

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life
that
He lives, He lives to God (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rom/Rom006.html#10> Romans 6:10).

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that
He
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive
by the
Spirit ( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Pe/1Pe003.html#18> 1
Peter
3:18).

Clearly, the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist is contrary to God's
Word.
It is therefore rebellion to partake in the Catholic Mass. Worse, it
is an
abomination to worship and adore a piece a bread. This directly
violates the
second commandment (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Exd/Exd020.html#4>
Exodus 20:4, 5).

_____

:: Summary

If transubstantiation is true, then Jesus' body must be in hundreds of
thousands of tabernacles simultaneously. Yet, the Word of God states
unequivocally that Jesus has only one body: "and that He [Jesus] might
reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eph/Eph002.html#16> Ephesians
2:16), and
"a body you have prepared for Me [Jesus]." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr010.html#5> Hebrews 10:5).

Finally, at the risk of being redundant, it must be pointed out that
nowhere
in the Bible does the Holy Spirit teach that the blessed bread becomes
the
literal body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. Proponents of
transubstantiation cannot show a single, clear, biblical teaching to
support
their doctrine.

One final quote, taken from "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" recounts how Mrs.
Prest
of Cornwall was accused of denying transubstantiation. Her final words
to
the Catholic bishop prior to being burned at the stake are very
illuminating.

[Can you] deny your creed which says that Christ doth
perpetually
sit at the right hand of His Father, both body and soul, until He
comes
again; or whether He be there in heaven our Advocate, and to make
prayer for
us unto God His Father? If He be so, He is not here on earth in a
piece of
bread. If He be not here, and if He do not dwell in temples made with
hands,
but in heaven, what! Shall we seek Him here? If He did not offer His
body
once for all, why make you a new offering? If with one offering He
made all
perfect, why do you with a false offering make all imperfect? If He be
to be
worshipped in spirit and in truth, why do you worship a piece of
bread? If
He be eaten and drunken in faith and truth, if His flesh is not
profitable
to be among us, why do you say you make His flesh and blood, and say
it is
profitable for body and soul? Alas! I am a poor woman, but rather than
to do
as you do, I would live no longer. (16)
<http://www.harpazo.net/Notes2.html#16>

Scripture Summary of the Lord's Supper

Scripture Reference
Significance
" For indeed Christ, our Passover was sacrificed for us. " (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Cr/1Cr005.html#7> 1 Corinthians
5:7).
At the Last Supper Jesus said: "With fervent desire I have desired to
eat
this Passover with you before I suffer." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#15> Luke 22:15).
See
also: <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Exd/Exd012.html#top> Exodus
12:1-4; <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Exd/Exd013.html#6>
13:6-10.
As the Jews celebrated Passover in remembrance of their deliverance
from the
bondage of slavery, we celebrate the Lord's Supper in remembrance of
our
deliverance from the bondage of sin. Jesus is our Passover Lamb.
Jesus said: "He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against
Me." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn013.html#18> John 13:18).
Jesus referred to the Communion elements as mere bread after being
blessed.

" When [Jesus] had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'Take, eat;
this is
my body'. For as often as you eat this bread "(
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Cr/1Cr011.html#24> 1 Corinthians
11:24-26). Paul refers to the bread as mere bread after it was
blessed.

"This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of
Me." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk022.html#19> Luke 22:19).
The
Communion celebration is in remembrance of the finished work of the
cross.

"For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
the
Lord's death till He comes." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Cr/1Cr011.html#26> 1 Corinthians
11:26). The words "till He comes" pre-supposes that the Lord has
ascended
on high.
"Jesus Christ.has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Pe/1Pe003.html#21> 1 Peter 3:21,
22).
See also: <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Mat/Mat026.html#64>
Matthew
26:64; <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Rom/Rom008.html#34> Romans
8:34;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eph/Eph001.html#20> Ephesians
1:20;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Col/Col003.html#top> Colossians
3:1;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr001.html#3> Hebrews 1:3;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr009.html#24> 9:24,
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr009.html#25> 9:25;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr012.html#2> 12:2.
Many
Scripture verses state that Jesus' one and only body is in heaven.
"a body you have prepared for Me." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr010.html#5> Hebrews 10:5).
"[Jesus] who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the
heavens."
( <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eph/Eph004.html#10> Ephesians
4:10).
See also: <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eph/Eph002.html#16>
Ephesians
2:16. Transubstantiation contradicts the biblical doctrine of
the
incarnation and ascension. Jesus has only one body, and it is in
heaven.
Jesus' body is not in thousands of tabernacles around the world.

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words
that
I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn006.html#63> John 6:63).

In John 6, where Jesus says that He is the bread of life and that we
must
eat His flesh, He frames the context with this illuminating statement:
"the
flesh profits nothing.the words that I speak to you are spirit"
"I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jhn/Jhn010.html#9> John 10:9).
No
one believes that Jesus is a literal wooden door, when He is obviously
speaking figuratively. Why should His words "I am the bread of life"
be any
different?

"the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands.." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act007.html#48> Acts 7:48).
See
also: <http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1Ki/1Ki008.html#27> 1 Kings
8:27;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act017.html#24> Acts 17:24.

Jesus, who is God, does not dwell in a temple, shrine, or tabernacle.
He is
in heaven.
"abstain from.blood." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act015.html#20> Acts 15:20,
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act015.html#29> 29;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Act/Act021.html#25> 21:25). See
also:
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Lev/Lev003.html#17> Leviticus
3:17;
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Lev/Lev007.html#26> 7:26, 27.
The
apostles commanded believers to abstain from blood. If the Eucharist
becomes
Jesus' body and blood, we have a contradiction.

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image - any likeness of
anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath.you shall not
bow
down to them nor serve [worship] them." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Exd/Exd020.html#4> Exodus 20:4,
5).

Eucharistic adoration violates the second commandment. We are never to
worship or bow before anything but God Himself.
"And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the
same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But [Jesus], after He had
offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of
God..For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being
sanctified.there is no longer an offering for sin." (
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Hbr/Hbr010.html#11> Hebrews
10:11-18).
The Eucharist is not a perpetual sacrifice, nor does it atone for or
make
reparation for sins. Jesus' one sacrifice on the cross atoned for all
sin.
As Jesus said on the cross "It is finished" which, in the Greek, means
"paid
in full."

<http://www.harpazo.net/EternalProductions/ApparitionsofMary> Messages
From
Heaven
This above article "The Eucharist - A Biblical Review" is 'Appendix B'
from
the book "Messages from Heaven" by Jim Tetlow. Highly recommended for
further study!

Also read Appendix A of the book which examines the inseparable link
between
the Queen of Heaven and the Eucharistic Jesus.

You can read the book online or order a copy
<http://www.harpazo.net/EternalProductions/ApparitionsofMary> here!

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> <http://www.reachingcatholics.org/> Reaching Catholics for
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... an association of ministries & individuals having a zeal to share
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> <http://www.pro-gospel.org/> Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries
... mike gendron

> <http://www.catholicconcerns.com/> Catholic Concerns
... former nun, mary ann collins

> <http://www.understandthetimes.org/> Understand the Times
... roger oakland

> <http://www.thebereancall.org/> The Berean Call
... dave hunt & tom mcmahon

> <http://www.calvarychapel.com/library/foxe-john/text/bom.htm>
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Mohammad The Pedophile
PEDOPHILIA : [NL] (1906): sexual perversion in which children are the
preferred sexual object.
[Scriptural Evidence] Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64: Sahih Bukhari [the
most venerated and authentic Islamic source]
Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years
old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and
then she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).

Mongomerry Watts states: "Muhammed seemed to have felt a SPECIAL
TENDERNESS towards children."

The Moral Standard Muslims look upto, Prophet Mohammad : " ...
Sounds like child molestation to me. It does not appear to me that the
founder of Islam was a man of peace or good moral character. " -
Anonymous.

Muslims Practising Islam :

Compilation of Ishaq b. Mansur al-Kasaj, ... found in Chapters on
Marriage and Divorce, translated by Spectorsky, in the ruling that a
woman "IS OF AGE WHEN SHE HAS REACHED HER NINTH YEAR !"

" Two iraqi men, aged 28 amd 34, who live in lincoln, nebraska,
married two iraqi girls, aged 13 and 14, in a private Islamic ceremony
attended by family and friends. The two men have been arrested,
charged with the sexual assault of a child and could be sentenced to
50 years of prison because the marriage age in nebraska is at least 17
years of age. Their attorney argued that the men didn't know about the
law and that they were merely following their religious custom of
courtship and marriage. Do they really do such things in today's Iraq?
" - Abdul Abdi

" The point I would like to make is that The Muslim world has been
exploiting younger girls a quite sometime now in the name of Islam.
These are child abuse and it does occurred in a daily basis throughout
Islamic world, including your birth place, Somalia. Rich Arab Muslims
have been caught on the exit ports of India and Malaysia leaving with
clueless, helpless girls clutching onto their dolls and other meager
belongings. " -Faisal Hassan.

"Now you want to clebrate American man made system while ignoring one
of the things islamic shariah APPROVES. What a shameful statement?!!.
Please note: Islamically, there is NOTHING wrong of marrying fifteen
OR LESS as long as they have period and full feminhood signs. Any
women reach the age of period can be married if and when she decided
to ratify the contract of marraige.. That was the way our Prophet
peace upon him got marry Caasha [ Ayesha ] . And that was the way our
great Somali women delivered the majority of us. I DON'T THINK YOU
WILL DARE TO SAY OUR PROPHET (PBUH) EXPLOITED ON CAASHA. [ Ayesha /
Aisha ]" - da...@aol.com (Daud7)

Inspired By Islam (What the most famous cleric has to say):

From Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh", fourth volume, Darol Elm,
Gom, Iran, 1990 :

A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby.
However he should not penetrate, sodomising the child is OK. If the
man penetrates and damages the child then he should be responsible for
her subsistence all her life. This girl, however does not count as
one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to marry
the girls sister.
[...]
It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin
menstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's home. Any
father marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in
heaven.

How it all began ( a long time ago in the isolated deserts of Arabia)
:

Already, when Aisha (the daughter of Abu Bakr, Mohammad's closest
friend and unquestioning ally) was about 4-5 years old Muhammad
started dreaming of a union with her [Ref: SAHIH BUKHARI, 5:235] and
he wasted no time in realizing his dreams, inspite of the fact that
object of his dreams was a mere child.Perhaps you want to assume that
it is "normal" for a 50+ year old man to dream of marrying a 4-5 old
child, and then ACTUALLY ask for her hand at 6?

Is it normal for an oversexed old man (Muhammad had over 9 wives and
concubines) to dream of a union with a 4-5 year old girl?

Muhammad ( SAW ) was basically oversexed, his sexual relationship with
Aisha is a special case, which fits his strong need for a larger
latitude to satisfy his sexual urge, as is witnessed by:
"The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day
and night and they were eleven in number." I asked Anas, "Had the
Prophet the strength for it?" Anas replied, "We used to say that the
Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)." And Sa'id said on the
authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not
eleven)." [Bukhari.1:268]

When she was 6, Muhammad asked Abu Bakr, Aisha's father, for her hand.
Abu Bakr thought it was improper, because, as he said "I am your
brother"; Muhammad brushed aside Abu Bakr's reservation by saying that
it was perfectly lawful for him to marry Aisha [ Ref: SAHIH BUKHAR
I7:18].

What happened to " there is no compulsion in matters of religion ?"
Anyway what compulsion did Muhhammad need being a prophet his word was
law, he restricted men to only four wives when he himself had more
than four, that was a convenient exemption for Muhhammad.

So, Aisha was betrothed to Muhammad, and 3 years later, i.e. when
Aisha was 9, the marriage was consumed. And Muhammad was 53 then
[SAHIH BUKHARI 5:236,7:64,7:65,7:88] .

The 3 year waiting period probably had to do with the fact that at
that time Aisha had contracted some disease, whereby she, temporarily
lost her hair. Aisha was then socially and psychologically still a
child as is evidenced by the fact that she was still given to her
toys, she was unaware of what was happening around her, and her
playmates behave as would the children at present times [Sahih Bukhari
8:151,5:234].

Aisha became Muhammad's favourite wife. And the sexuality in the
relationship was predominant [ SAHIH BUKHARI .1.270, 3:36, 7:6, 3:148,
3:149, 3:150, 7:142, IbnSa'd 1pg165 ]. Later, Aisha was to be called
the "mother of believers".

If you are wandering, yes, the relationship was pedophilic.

When did the sexual relations between Prophet Mohammad and his child
bride begin?

Unfortunately we do not have any video recordings of such events.
Neither can we expect that there would be any explicit statements
regarding this. In any case it is certain that she had NOT reached
puberty when she moved into Muhammad's house, which in itself,
contrary to the prevailing social norms, is a tacit implication that
he may indulge in whatever fantasies he may have had when he asked for
Aisha's hand. And Muhammad did have fantasies.

Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151:

Narrated 'Aisha: I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the
Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's
Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide
themselves, BUT the Prophet would call them to join and play with me.
(The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it
was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet
reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)

It is, however, very unlikely that Muhammad would have waited for the
onset of the menses; or at most it could have been just after the 1st
drops. The evidence is necessarily indirect.

# His strong desire to "graze of the (tree) of which nothing has been
eaten before", as his other wives had not been virgins.

# Menses or fasting do not reduce Muhammad's desire and potency for
sex. His nightly rounds to his wives(lastly 12-13) did require more
than average potency.

# New additions to his harem lead to intensive sexual activity, e.g.
arrival of Maria lead to increased, initial spurt of sexual activity
to the neglect of others .

# The intervals between prayers are used for quick stands "I used to
wash the traces of Janaba (semen) from the clothes of the Prophet and
he used to go for prayers while traces of water were still on it."

# Other wives try to please Muhammad by sacrificing their turns in
favor of Aisha.

# During his last fatal illness he cries: "Where will I be tomorrow?
Where will I be tomorrow?", seeking Aisha's turn.

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Prophet Say: Marry Young Virgins

Volume 7, Book 62, Number 17:

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

When I got married, Allah's Apostle said to me, "What type of lady
have you married?" I replied, "I have married a matron' He said, "Why,
don't you have a liking for the young virgins and for fondling them?"
Jabir also said: Allah's Apostle said, "Why didn't you marry a young
girl so that you might play with her and she with you?'

Silent Children :

Volume 7, Book 62, Number 67:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "A matron should not be given in marriage except
after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage
except after her permission." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle!
How can we know her permission?" He said, "Her silence (indicates her
permission)."

Where sex is akin to a crime, silence is admission of your guilt. What
a corruption of "fitrah" ( human nature).

What religion condones the destruction of childhood? What are we who
daily avow our undying love for Allah to do against a system that
ruthlessly oppresses its youngest and brightest ?

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What was Aisha's age? I have heard other figures ... (A question also
known as: How many of your own sources will you deny ? )
All the relevant sources (Bukhari, Ibn Hisham, Tabari, Ibn al-Athir,
Ibn Sa'd, Ibn Hanbal, etc.) maintain that Aisha was bethroted to
Mohammed when she was 6, and the marraige was consummated 3 years
later.
'Mahommad - The Word of Allah' written by Anne-Marie Delcambre.
(Anne-Marie Delcambre has a doctorate in 'Islamology', and taught
Islamic Civilisation at the Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth in
Lebanon). On page 69, it says that he was married to her when she was
9 years old.

Dates commonly accepted by scholars: Birth Muhammad(570), birth
Aisha(614 or 615). Bethrothal(620 or 621), Consummation of
marriage(623 or 624). In particular the "consummation" of marriage is
said to have taken place after the hidjra in Shawwal 1 or 2. Between
621 and 623 Asiha is said to have contracted a disease whereby she
temporarily lost her hair. (Ref 1)

She could not have been more than 10 years when she went to live in
Muhammad's house. The fact that she took her toys with her to her new
home indicates that she was psychologically and socially still a
child. And the fact that she was allowed to play with DOLLS indicates
that she had NOT reached puberty by this time. ("The playing with the
dolls and similar images was(is) forbidden, but it was allowed for
Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age
of puberty."Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13). Besides, there is also
Aisha's own statement which implies that she had NOT reached puberty
when she moved into Muhammad's house[Sahih Bukhari 7.163]. I am sure
she would have been able to recount accurately as to when and where
she got her first menses. Most girls do remember such events rather
accurately. (Refs 2)

What is "sick" is that Muhammad had started to dream of a union with
Aisha already when she was 4-5 years old: "You were shown to me twice
(in my dream) before I married you...(and) I said (to myself), 'If
this is from Allah, then it must happen." He was to use a similar
tactic when he wanted to marry his step son's wife. A tactic which
Aisha later came to understand as fraud, as in: "Aisha said: O Allah's
Apostle! I do not see, but, that your Lord hurries in pleasing you."
(Refs 2)

Muhammad wasted no time in realizing what he had been dreaming.
Already when Aisha was 6 "The Prophet asked Abu Bakr for 'Aisha's hand
in marriage. Abu Bakr said "But I am your brother." The Prophet said,
"You are my brother in Allah's religion and His Book, but she (Aisha)
is lawful for me to marry." Here it does not seem that Abu Bakr
consented to the marriage wholeheartedly.

REFERENCES (1) Les femmes du Prophete Prof.Magali Morsi, Professor of
History, University of Muhammed V, Rabat, Morocco.

(2) Shahih Bukhari: [1.229] [1.230] [1.231] [1.232] [1.233] [1.258]
[1.263] [1.267] [1.270] [1.294] [1.296] [1.298] [1.299] [3.148]
[3.149] [3.150] [3.853] [4.736] [5.235] [5.236] [5.731] [7.14] [7.15]
[7.57] [7.48] [7.57] [7.64] [7.65] [7.86] [7.88] [7.90] [7.144]
[7.163] [8.151] [9.139] [9.140]

* "And if a woman is sexually mature I see nothing wrong with her
marriage in general, with a man of any age... "- A muslim.

For those Muslims who approve of the above statement ( and hold
similar views ): Would you let your daughters go through this ?

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Pedophile ?
What are the essential features of pedophilia.?

Professors of psychiatry, Harold I.Kaplan MD and Benjamin J.Sadock MD.
of New York University Medical School states the essential features to
diagnose pedophilia are:

1.Identification with and narcissistic investment in immature sexual
objects.

Muhammad's infatuation and relationship with Aisha fits this
criterion. And Mohammad was vain too - he liked to use perfume and dye
his hair (even as an old man).

2. Control, domination and seduction of children.

A slight recalcitrance on the part of his wives was met by intolerant
threats like: "if he (Muhammad) divorce you, (Allah) will give him in
your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient,
penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins." [K 66.5]

3. Sexual activity with children is preferential and occur repeatedly.

Aisha was ever present, right up to his last fatal breath and he
preferred spending his nights with her. Aisha became Muhammad's
favorites wife. And the sexuality in the relationship was predominant.
[Sahih Bukhari 1.270,3:36,7:6,3:148,3:149,3:150,7:142,IbnSa'd 1pg165]

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Is menses necessary indicator of sexual maturity ?
Sexual maturity is NOT PURELY RELATED TO MENSES as for some peculiar
reasons many Muslims have tried to say.

In the first place having or not having menses is not the criterion
for sexual maturity, and thus of pedophilic behaviour. We have cases
here, of abducted girls, 12, 13, 14, well past their mens, and yet
preferred by pedophiles as sexual objects.

Besides when Aisha was about 4-5 years old Muhammad started dreaming
of a union with her [Sahih Bukhari 5:235]- I am sure Ayesha was not
menstruating then . Or do Arab girls menstruate at the age of 4-5 ?

Steve

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Steve <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in
news:bgluf0p0vo1ks4dg7...@4ax.com:

> --------- Pedophile ?

> What are the essential features of pedophilia.?
>
> Professors of psychiatry, Harold I.Kaplan MD and Benjamin J.Sadock MD.
> of New York University Medical School states the essential features to
> diagnose pedophilia are:
>
> 1.Identification with and narcissistic investment in immature sexual
> objects.
>
> Muhammad's infatuation and relationship with Aisha fits this
> criterion. And Mohammad was vain too - he liked to use perfume and dye
> his hair (even as an old man).
>
> 2. Control, domination and seduction of children.
>
> A slight recalcitrance on the part of his wives was met by intolerant
> threats like: "if he (Muhammad) divorce you, (Allah) will give him in
> your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient,
> penitent, adorers, fasters, widows and virgins." [K 66.5]
>
> 3. Sexual activity with children is preferential and occur repeatedly.
>
> Aisha was ever present, right up to his last fatal breath and he
> preferred spending his nights with her. Aisha became Muhammad's
> favorites wife. And the sexuality in the relationship was predominant.
> [Sahih Bukhari 1.270,3:36,7:6,3:148,3:149,3:150,7:142,IbnSa'd 1pg165]
>
>
>
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> --------- Is menses necessary indicator of sexual maturity ?

> Sexual maturity is NOT PURELY RELATED TO MENSES as for some peculiar
> reasons many Muslims have tried to say.
>
> In the first place having or not having menses is not the criterion
> for sexual maturity, and thus of pedophilic behaviour. We have cases
> here, of abducted girls, 12, 13, 14, well past their mens, and yet
> preferred by pedophiles as sexual objects.
>
> Besides when Aisha was about 4-5 years old Muhammad started dreaming
> of a union with her [Sahih Bukhari 5:235]- I am sure Ayesha was not
> menstruating then . Or do Arab girls menstruate at the age of 4-5 ?
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[Cindy]

"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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> It is not fear at all, just disgust of both.
>

Steve got caught in the cloak room with his head in another boys pants, that
why he was home schooled but that didn't work either.

[Misty]

Steve wrote:
> You see folks how Masons react when they get mad because someone
> exposed their boy's club.

The higher echelons of the Masons is the Scull and Cross bones,
Much like what the US president is a follower of.

>
> Can we all just get along...LOL
>
> Freemasonry is a dying group, thank God, soon many will wake up.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:34:39 -0400, "Chinuk Ktikamuk"
> <chinu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>

>>
>>The idiocies you write are false. Will let you in on a little Mason secret.
>>When a Mason scratches his ass it's because the ground on which he stands is
>>not level. How is your mother?
>>
>>

[Misty]

Steve wrote:
> http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/deceptions.html
>
> Freemasonry's Tenets of Deception
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Freemasonry: a.k.a. "Masonry", a.k.a. "The Brotherhood", a.k.a. "The
> Lodge", a.k.a. "The Craft", a.k.a. "On The Square", a.k.a. "On The
> Level", a.k.a. "The Travelling Men", a.k.a. "The Temple".
>
>
> Freemasonry, Masonry The "God" of the Masons
> Emblem, 5 Points of Fellowship Deception on Religion
> Lodges, Rites Deception on the Oaths
> "Masons" and "Christianity" Candidate, the Apron
> Beautiful "Tenets"... "Deception" Signs of the First Three Degrees
> Symbolisms of Masonry Brotherhood, Fruits
> Deception on the Initiation New World Order
> Deception on the Bible Famous Masons
> Art Gallery Membership
>
> Freemasonry:
>
> A secret fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, spread by the
> British Empire, with actually 5 million members; 3 million in the USA,
> with 250,00 on the black "Prince Hall" Masonry (rejected by many white
> lodges).
>
> - Some Masons define it as "a beautiful system of morality veiled in
> allegory and illustrated by symbols"... also as "the realization of
> God by the practice of Brotherhood": To reach God by doing good works
> to your neighbor...
>
> ... It has been described as "the biggest, richest, most secret and
> most powerful private force in the world"... and certainly, "the most
> deceptive", both for the general public, and for the first 3 degrees
> of "initiates": Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason
> (the basic "Blue Lodge")... These Initiates are purposely deceived!,
> in believing they know every thing, while they don't know anything
> about the true Masonry... in the words of Albert Pike, whose book
> "Morals and Dogma" is the standard monitor of Masonry, and copies are
> often presented to the members, "the first three degrees are but the
> outer court of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to
> the Initiate, but he is intentionally mislead by false
> interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but
> it is intended that he shall imagine he understand them... it is well
> enough for the mass of those called Masons to imagine that all is
> contained in the Blue Degrees" ("Morals and Dogma", p.819).
>
> Masonry: (form the french "mason", "stone masons"), started in the
> 13th century as a "Union of Workers" of the cathedral builders to help
> each other; it was the "working" or "operative masonry", meeting in
> "lodges".
>
> Freemasonry: With the decline of cathedral building, some lodges of
> operative masons begun to accept honorary members to bolster their
> declining membership... and from here, "Freemasonry" was born, not to
> build "cathedrals", but to build "cathedrals of men", and "the
> cathedral of the whole world"... it is the "speculative masonry",
> adopting the rites and trappings of ancient religions, orders, sects,
> the occult, and chivalric brotherhoods.
>
> -Officially, Freemasonry was born in 1717, when 4 Craft Lodges
> gathered at the Apple Tree Tavern in London, and set up a constitution
> for Free and Accepted Masons, written by Anderson... but they claim
> their roots can be traced to Egypt, Syria, Babylon... and the
> stonecutters of the Solomon Temple, specially "Hiram Abiff" (1R.7,
> 2Cr.2,4), a celebrated figure because of his death-defying refusal to
> reveal trade secrets to intruders... the "Jesus Christ" for many
> Masons... though it is "an irony", because the Temple of Solomon was
> not built with stones, but with wood, brought by another "Hiram", the
> King of Tyre (1R.5,9).
>
>
> MASONIC SYMBOLS
> Emblem
>
> - Compass and square forming the triangle of God, with the letter "G"
> in the center, or the "eye" of God... or on top of an open Bible.
>
> - They are the 3 indispensable jewels of a Lodge, representing
> "equality, liberty, and fraternity".
>
> - The "compass" is the male element, represents solidarity, by making
> a circle; the "square", the female element, represents righteousness.
>
> The 5 points of "fellowship":
>
> - "Foot to foot": To go to help your brother.
>
> - "Knee to knee": Pray for your brother.
>
> - "Breast to breast": Keep the secrets.
>
> - "Hand to back": Assist your fallen brother, and vindicate his
> character behind his back, as well as before his face.
>
> - "Mouth to ear": Whisper good council.
>
> ***
>
>
>
> LODGES... RITES:
>
> There are mainly "3 Rites", with up to 1,000 degrees, superimposed on
> the 3 major divisions, varying from country to country, with no
> central authority (Encyclopedia Britannica).
>
> -They meet in "Lodges",
>
> of at least 7 members; each Lodge is the basic unit of Masonry, like a
> "parish", and supposedly no one outranks the Master of his Lodge, not
> even the Grand Master. A "Grand Lodge" in each state, with at least 4
> Lodges, is like the "diocese". A "Grand Master" supposedly outranks
> any 33-degree Mason. In most countries, Grand Lodges are national
> bodies, but that has failed in the USA.
>
> The basic "Blue Lodge":
>
> Blue Lodges are those in which the first 3 degrees are conferred:
> Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. The 3 Degrees ware
> "blue" aprons, the official color of Freemasonry, and the only proper
> form to address the Master of the Lodge is "Worshipful Master".
>
> 1- The "Scottish Rite":
>
> It has 33 degrees, they can talk about politics and religion in the
> Lodge, and the Lodges have a general organization, to act as a whole.
> Atheists are not admitted, as they were not admitted blacks, women,
> children, and poor people.
>
> - Degree 18, of the "Rose Croix",
>
> is "anti-Christian: The candidate has to pass a cross without Christ,
> through Calvary, Ascension, and Hell, and the INRI of the cross means
> "the whole nature renewed by fire".
>
> - Only Christians can take degrees 18 to 33, and degree 30, "Knight of
> Kadosh" is the most anti-Catholic; "vengeance" is the motif of this
> degree.
>
> - The first 3 degrees ware "blue aprons"; 4 to 18 "red aprons"; 19 to
> 30 "black aprons"; and 31 to 33 "white aprons".
>
> - There are 2 Jurisdictions in the US:
>
> ... 1- The "Northern", north of Ohio, with headquarters in Lexington,
> Mass.;
>
> ... 2- The "Southern", with 35 states, and headquarters in Washington,
> D.C., the most openly anti-Catholic, founder of the Ku-Klux-Klan, and
> publisher of the "New Age" magazine.
>
> 2- The "York Rite" or "American Rite":
>
> With 10 degrees, here they are not allowed to talk about politics and
> religion in the Lodges. The atheists are not admitted, and refuses
> admission to any but Christian Masons... women, children, blacks, and
> poor people are not admitted.
>
> - In the 7th degree, the Royal Arch,
>
> the name of the God of the Masons is discovered: "Jah-Bul-On", which
> stands for "Yahweh", the God of the Bible; "Baal", the god of the
> Assyrians, the false god of the Bible; and "On", the sun-god of the
> Egyptians, Osiris.
>
> 3- The "Grand Orient of France":
>
> Here, the Atheists are admitted. It started when Napoleon tried to
> unite and control the different Lodges and Rites through his brother
> Joseph. He failed, but a brand new Rite was born to accommodate the
> Positivists and Atheists.
>
> - The "Blacks",
>
> were not allowed into Masonry, but later the "Prince Hall" for blacks
> was created, with 250,000 members. But even now U.S. Lodges reject the
> legitimacy of Black Masonic Lodges (Encyclopedia Britannica).
>
> - "Allied organizations",
>
> also were created to take care of the female relatives of Master
> Masons in the "Order of the Eastern Star"; for boys, the "Order of
> DeMolay" and the "Order of Builders". For girls, the "Order of the
> Job's Daughters" and the "Order of Rainbow"... plus the "Shriners",
> known for their charitable work...
>
> ***
>
> "MASONS"... "CHRISTIANITY"...
>
> Most Christian and Muslim leaders forbid Freemasonry... because it is
> a most deceptive secret society, as we shall see next:
>
> -"Catholics":
>
> Freemasons have been excommunicated from the Catholic Church by 8
> Popes: In 1738 by Clement XII "In Eminenti", the first of 20 bulls
> against Freemasonry. Pius IX issued 6 bulls attacking Masonry. Leo
> XIII, in 1884, in "Humanum Genus", and endorsed the view that the
> Freemasons' "real supreme aim" is "to persecute Christianity with
> untamed hatred, and they will never rest until they see cast to the
> ground all religious institutions established by the Pope"... and the
> last one, John Paul II in 1983... you can not be a Catholic and a
> Mason!... if you want to be a Mason, you are automatically out of the
> Catholic Church, excommunicated!... these are the words issued by
> Cardinal Ratzinger, approved and ordered by John Paul II in Nov. 1983:
> "The Church's negative judgment in regard to Masonic associations
> remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered
> irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore
> membership in them remains forbidden. Catholics who enrol in Masonic
> associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy
> Communion. Local Ecclesiastical authorities do not have the faculty to
> pronounce a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which may
> include a diminution of the above-mentioned judgment".
>
> - "Baptist" leaders,
>
> have referred to it as "an ungodly brotherhood of satanic darkness";
> "there is an inherent incompatibility between Masonry and the
> Christian faith"; "there is a great danger that the Christian Mason
> may find himself compromising his allegiance to Jesus" (The Baptist
> Union of Scotland, 1965).
>
> -"Lutherans",
>
> say "Masonry amounts to idolatry" (Missouri Synod, 1959).
>
> -"Presbyterians":
>
> "Masonry is a religious institution and as such is definitely
> anti-Christian (General Assembly, Rochester, 1942).
>
> -"The Church of England":
>
> "A number of very fundamental reasons to question the compatibility of
> Freemasonry with Christianity (General Synod, London, 1987... and
> several members of the committee were Masons!).
>
> -"Russian Orthodox Church":
>
> "Any Orthodox who joins Masonry losses all the right and privileges of
> his membership in the Church (Acker, "Strange Altars", pag.60).
>
> "Methodists":
>
> "There is a great danger that the Christian who becomes a Freemason
> will find himself comprising his Christian beliefs. Methodists should
> not become Masons (General Assembly, London, 1985).
>
> ... However, most Masons are white Protestants, and some Catholics and
> Orthodox!.
>
> ***
>
> BEAUTIFUL "TENETS"... "DECEPTION":
>
> The apparent "tenets" of Masonry are beautiful, and many Masons are
> good, honest people, deceived in the surface of Brotherhood, specially
> the first three degrees Masons, most of them!... who, in the words of
> Pike, already quoted, "they are intentionally misled by false
> interpretations" (p.129)
>
> - To be accepted as a Mason,
>
> you have to believe in "the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of men,
> and the immortality of the soul"... and this is beautiful, but like a
> chocolate with deadly poison inside, because it will end up robbing
> your Christian or Muslim or Jewish believes...
>
> - The "3 tenets" of Masonry are:
>
> 1- "Brotherly love to the whole human species,
>
> 2- Relieve the distressed,
>
> 3- And truth as a divine attribute".
>
> ... this 3 tenets, plus "trust in God" are just beautiful... but many
> high degree Masons are guided by greed and self-interest, either
> social, political, or economic, making Masonry nothing less than the
> England's Mafia, in the words of Knight and Short ("The Brotherhood",
> "Inside the Brotherhood).
>
> The "4 perfect points of entrance" are: "Gutta" (throat), "pectora"
> (chest), "manus" (hand), and "pedes" (feet), to teach care and
> circumspection of what you eat and drink, what you say and think in
> your heart, what you do, and where you go... beautiful!... but while
> many lodges are like clubs of brothers dedicated to do charity, some
> big high degree members are obstinate in destroying religions and
> entire economical and social structures of even entire nations...
>
> The "4 cardinal virtues",
>
> are also beautiful: Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice"...
> but while many lodges breathe a spirit of general philanthropy, some
> high degree Masons have fed up the public, and the Grand Lodge biggest
> task today is to convince an increasingly cynic public that the Craft
> is neither a standing conspiracy nor a secret society, nor even a
> "society with secrets", but a harmless private club which benefits the
> entire community by inculcating lofty moral and spiritual values in
> its members"... but it is not that!...
>
> ... because Freemasonry can spiritually enrich a lifetime, but it can
> rob you of your Christian values... it can be conservative, but also a
> reactionaary force in politics, religion, or economics, a cover for a
> revolution, from left or right.
>
>
>
> Symbolisms of Masonry:
>
> Masonic candidate: Prepared for the oath.
>
> - "blindfold" as a sign of "spiritual darkness".
>
> - "cable tow" around his neck as a sign of slavery, submission, to the
> Master and the Lodge.
>
> Grand hailing "sign of distress".
>
> "Grips: Apprentice, Master Mason...
>
>
>
> Deception on the "Initiation": (See picture, just before this)
>
> A "blindfold", called "hoodwink" is always placed on the candidate, to
> mean "he is living in spiritual darkness", be it a Christian, or a
> Jew, heis living "in darkness, helplessness and ignorance. Having been
> wandering amid the errors and covered over with the pollutions of the
> outer and profane world"... so, a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim
> candidate for Mason "is living in spiritual darkness"!... and
> Christianity or Judaism or Islam are full of errors!... and a "profane
> world"!...
>
> ... And the candidate has to ware the "Cable Tow" around his neck as a
> sign of slavery, of submission, not Christ nor to the Church, but to
> the Master Mason and the Lodge... and he will be told and swear that
> "only the Lodge leads men into spiritual light"... because "he is
> iniquity coming to our door, seeking the new birth".
>
> - And most initiates to Masonry do all of this without really knowing
> what they are doing or saying... but it is the first big step to strip
> a Christian from the "iniquity of Christianity"!.
>
>
>
> Deception "on the Bible":
>
> One of the 3 jewels of a Lodge is the "Sacred Book": It may be the
> Bible, the Koran, the Vedas, or the Gita... depending on the religion
> of the candidates... all of them are good!... but good for nothing!,
> because neither one is the "word of God" for Masonry... But they are
> good and useful for Masonry, because the candidate has to do the oath
> with his right hand on the Bible, for example, a book that means
> nothing for Masonry, but for the Christian candidate it is a very
> important oath made on the Bible!...
>
> - Masonry says beautiful things about the "Bible", like, "the Holy
> Bible is given us the rule and guide for our faith and practice... the
> Bible is supreme... its truth is inwrought in the fiver of our
> being"...
>
> ... But this is the actual attitude of Masonry: "the Blue Lodge
> Masonry has nothing whatever to do with the Bible. It is not founded
> on the Bible. If it were, it would not be Masonry. The Jews, the
> Chinese, the Turks, each reject either the Old or New Testament, or
> both, and yet we see no good reason why they should not be made
> Masons" (Digest of Masonic Law, Pp.207-208).
>
>
>
> The "god" of the Masons,
>
> is not the "God" of the Bible or the Koran:
>
> "To believe in God" is one of the greatest deceptions of Masonry...
> because for a Mason, the only "acting God" is the "Lodge" and the
> "Worshipful Master", like for Communists the real acting "god" is the
> State and the Premier...
>
> ... The primary allegiance and obedience of the Mason is to the
> "Worshipful Master", the only proper form to address him!... and
> through the Master to any other secret "higher Mason authority"... In
> the Lodge, the "Master" is "Worshiped", not God!... you can not even
> mention your God!.
>
> ... This is why Masonry is incompatible with Christianity, Judaism,
> and Islam, because their primary allegiance is to "God"... and even
> many local authorities are debating whether membership to the Craft is
> compatible with local government.
>
> The "God" of the first 3 Degrees,
>
> is "deistic", in the sense that he is a creator but can not be
> known... and this is why Pike can claim that "all specific conceptions
> of God are idolatrous, except Masonry's" ("Morals and Dogma",
> p.516)... so, the God of the Bible, or Koran, are "idolatrous".
>
> ... This "deistic God" is a boundless, eternal, universal,
> undenominational and international Divine Spirit... but
> "unapproachable"!... the only approachable "acting god" is the
> Worshipful Master. So, a Mason may believe in only one God, but
> Freemasonry welcomes all Masons Gods in the same Pantheon, as far as
> the allegiance in the Lodge is to the Worshipful Master, and any other
> God can not even be mentioned.
>
> ... In fact, any Lodge is a "federation of Gods and Religions"... and
> the greatest deception is that the individual Mason is "trusting in
> God", but not in his God, but in the Worshipful Master!... and the
> secret Mason authorities behind him!, because it is another deception
> to make believe that the local Lodge has the supreme authority,
> outranked by nobody, not even by the Grand Lodge.
>
> - After the 3rd Degree,
>
> Masonry accepts a particular form of pantheism, "Panentheism", where
> "all is god, and god is all", a pantheistic conception of deity which
> has passed from India through the secret doctrines of the Kabbalah
> into Freemasonry and the actual New Age Movement. The so called "Grand
> Architect of the Universe" (G.A.O.T.U.), after the 3rd degree is not
> "a person"... "it" is "nature", a "force", "energy"... a "stone", a
> "star", "you", "I"... it is "it", not "he"... a most cunning way to
> deceive the first 3 Degrees, most of the Masons!...
>
> ... And this is why Masonry claims that God is in every Mason... but
> it is in the same sense that God is in any dog or any stone...
>
> - The Craft wants people to belive that it opens the door to a
> universal brotherhood of all faiths, but any knowledgeable believer
> will recognize that Masonry denies his God and beliefs.
>
> ... Here, Masonry links cults and religions from all ages: Egypt,
> Kabbalah, the Occult, Spiritism, Alchemy (the founder, Hermes, is
> suppossed to be one of the founders of Freemasonry)... and even
> Satanism: Albert Pike is a high regarded Mason and a Satanist, who
> claims that "Masonic religion should be maintained in the purity of
> the Luciferian Doctrine... the true religion is Satanism... Lucifer is
> the God of Light and the God of Good, strugling for humanity against
> Adonay, the God of the Jews and Christians, the God of Darkness and
> Evil".
>
> - A great problem,
>
> for the honest Masons of the first 3 Degrees, for most Masons, is that
> they participaate in rituals with occult significance, whose symbolism
> is undisclosed to them.
>
> - As a whole,
>
> the god of the Masons is "relativistic", because it can't be known,
> but it is good to use as it fits!, and only the Masonic symbolism,
> which is ambiguous and left to the interpretation of the individual,
> is adapted to the truth of what god is.
>
> -The "God" of the Bible,
>
> is not the "god" of Masonry:
>
> For the Craft, Jesus Christ is not God,
>
> or he is god as much as you and I are gods, or a stone is god. Masonry
> completely excludes all particular biblical teachings about Christ
> such as His incarnation, redemptive mission, death, and resurrection.
> In fact, no biblical truth about Jesus Christ is affirmed by Masonry.
>
> - "God the Father",
>
> of the Bible, is not the "Almighty Father of the Universe" of the
> Masonry prayers: God the Father is a "person", the Almighty of the
> Masons "is not a person" after the third degree, it is "energy",
> "nature"... it is not "he", it is "it"...
>
> ... So, "the oaths",
>
> on the Bible, or on the Koran, or on the Vedas, are mockery and
> profanation of these scriptures, because men swear upon their sacred
> scriptures to obey Masonic religious beliefs that deny and distort
> what their sacred scriptures really teach.
>
> - The capital "G",
>
> of the emblem, stands for "God" or "Grand Architect of the
> Universe"... but also stands for "Geometry, Gnosis, Generation", the
> real divine trinity of the Masons.
>
> - The "Hell",
>
> of the Bible and Koran is never ever mentioned in the doctrines or
> rituals of Masonry.
>
> - "Heaven",
>
> is mentioned as "the perfect and glorious Lodge above where the
> Supreme Architect of the Universe presides"... but that "Lodge above"
> is not the Heaven of the Bible or Koran, because for Masonry "god" is
> not a person, and the "Lodge above" is neither a place nor a estate,
> it is to be "in god" like a stone is... it is just a deception to face
> death!... because "after death", every soul becomes god, like a drop
> of water in the ocean, "without being a person"...
>
> - So, the 2 tenets of Masonry, "believe in God, and in the immortality
> of the soul", are the greatest deceptions of Masonry, because "God" is
> not a person, and the "soul" is not what we think, but it is like the
> "soul" of a star, or a bird... and this is why the third great Rite of
> Masonry, the "Grand Orient of France" admits atheists as Masons, and
> they are perfect Masons, without believing in God or in the
> immortality of the soul.
>
>
>
> Deception "on religion"...
>
> ... the "aim of Masonry":
>
> A great false and deceptive claim of Masonry is to say that "it is not
> a religion nor a substitute for religion".
>
> - Masonry is a religion,
>
> a "naturalistic religion"... and still more, Masonry teaches in the
> higher degrees, that "it alone is the only one true religion of all
> mankind", aiming to unite all religions and will eventually unite the
> world in brotherhood... it is the same aim that the one of the New Age
> Movement... a new "World Order"!.
>
> ... Its real aim is to become Christianity without Christ, Judaism
> without the Law, Islam without the Prophet, Buddhism without Buddha...
>
> - It is a "Religion of Naturalism",
>
> where "human reason" becomes the only guide to religious belief. God
> can not teach anything, He can not reveal Himself... the Bible is good
> as far as the moral doctrines is concern, but it is nothing as far as
> the revelations that God has made of Himself... Masonry denies that
> anything has been taught by God... the real God!...
>
> ... And this is why Masonry claims, "Creeds arise, have their day and
> pass, but Masonry remains, because it is built on the rock of reason,
> not on the shifting sands of superstition"... all religions are
> "superstition", including Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus,
> Buddhists... all except Masonry, the only one true religion!...
>
> - Masonry inculcates the practice of virtue, but supplies no scheme of
> redemption of sin!... - Masonry, without "revelation" of God, with
> only "reason", knows very little about the real "God", and about the
> real eternal "soul", and about the real eternal "Heaven" or "Hell"...
>
> Get out of Masonry!...
>
> it may ruin your only life on earth, and it may bring you to the
> eternal Hell, forgotten by Masonry... but it is there!...
>
> "To unite",
>
> all mankind into its doctrines is the main aim of Masonry... but
> Masonry can not even unite itself!... because power and honor and
> riches are the main goals of many Massons... there is a huge rivalry
> among their high level members to be the most honored, the most
> powerful... in the words of Pike, the most eminent American Freemason
> philosopher, he wrote an entire article on "The Evil Consequences of
> Schisms and Disputes for Power in Masonry, and of Jealousies and
> Dissensions Between Masonic Rites", where he talks about "the angry
> disputes which rend the bosom of the Order, accompanied with bitter
> words, harsh epithets and loud denunciations, that give the lie to the
> combatants' claim of brotherhood"... no, the brotherhood of Masonry is
> not a peaceful lake!... ("Little Masonic Library", 5:102-103)...
>
> ... Masons in today's Lodge seem unable to agree even on major issues,
> such as "who God is", and weather or not He is relevant... and, in
> fact, among the most rancorous disputes the world has ever witnessed
> are those that raged among Masons during the last 200 years over
> questions of minor or no importance... just for the sake of power and
> honor and riches!... the principal aims of many Masons.
>
> ... A huge problem of "Masonic Religion" is that it is an amalgam of
> many religions from Egypt, Persia, Babylon, Jews, Christians, Hindus,
> Spiritism, Occultism, Witchcraft, Kabbalah... and anything can be
> added or argued...
>
>
>
> Deception "on the oaths"... the "secrecy":
>
> "Signs" of the "First 3 Degrees"
>
> 1- Entered Apprentice: Cut my throat and tongue.
>
> 2- Fellow Craft: Cut open my chest, and put my heart and lungs on my
> left shoulder.
>
> 3- Master Mason: Put my bowels out.
>
> The "oaths" are most deceptive, ridiculous, disproportionate, and,
> especially, they make the Mason to violate and deny his Christian or
> Muslim faith.
>
> We already commented on how the "oaths" on the Bible or Koran are a
> mockery and profanation of these scriptures, because men swear upon
> their sacred scriptures to obey Masonic religious beliefs that deny
> and distort what their sacred scriptures teach (see ""Deception on the
> Initiation").
>
> In the First Degree of "Apprentice",
>
> he swears, with his hand on the Bible, "I (name), in the presence of
> Almighty God, most solemnly promise and swear that I will always hail,
> ever conceal, and never reveal any of the arts, parts of points of the
> hidden mysteries of Freemasonry... binding myself under the penalty
> than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out, and my
> body buried in the rough sands of the see..." (Duncan's Ritual, pp.
> 34-35).
>
> The Second Degree, "Fellow Craft",
>
> swears on the Bible, in the presence of Almighty God, "under the
> penalty than of having my breast open... and my heart and lungs thrown
> over my left shoulder... so help me God".
>
> The Third Degree, of "Master Mason", swears "under the penalty than
> that of having my body severed in two, my bowels taken from thence and
> burn to ashes... so help me God".
>
> - All these "penalties" are exaggerated... just for revealing a secret
> grip, or a lodge rite, or a password like "Boaz" or "Tubal Cain"...
> what will you do to anyone who commits murder, or rape?... they argue
> that they are only "symbolic", and consequently a "sacrilege" to swear
> solemnly under God something symbolic... but many Masons take them
> literally and fear the consequences of them...
>
> ... and the fact is that many Masons have been found with their
> throats cut, their tongue out, their chest open... because, they say,
> it is up to God to inflict the penalties, but apparently there are men
> who do it for God!.
>
> - The main deception is that with these oaths you swear to God to
> uphold Masonry, and that can only be done by sacrificing your
> Christian or Jewish or Muslim commitment.
>
> - Candidate, takes the oath of a Master Mason.
>
> - The Apron: A badge of innocence, the bond of friendship, a symbol of
> profound change of attitude towards work and society, an emblem of
> very great significance for a Mason.
>
>
>
>
>
> "BROTHERHOOD"... "FRUITS":
>
> Most men are lured into Masonry by promises of brotherhood, charity,
> and advancement in employment or public life... but this is another
> big deception!:
>
> - Brotherhood and employment are nice tools used to enslave Masons
> into Masonry... when you don't follow the rules of the Master, even
> your throat is going to be cut!... and that's part of brotherhood and
> a better job!.
>
> - Some Masons feel at home in the Lodge, as a club where old men are
> treated with a respect they no longer receive from the world at large,
> and where younger men can make friends from all ways of life, even
> wearing "an apron" in the lodge, when they would not be seen dead in
> one at home!... for others, it is a staggeringly boring waste of time
> with so many weird rituals and bloodcurdling oaths, and quit as soon
> as they find a diplomatic excuse...
>
> - For some it is a rich spiritual life, for most it is a place to find
> a job, or a cover for revolutionary work in their selfish political,
> social, economic, or religious ambitions, either in their local
> confines or at the national or world level...
>
> Some of the fruits of Masonry are:
>
> - The famous "Masonic Charities":
>
> They claim about \\$300 millions a year to hospitals and other
> institutions, which is good but not that much, considering that if
> every Mason contributes just \\$5 per week, they can collect $1,300
> millions per year... they are a good way to deceive the outsiders,
> like its secrecy, it is often a cloak to hide its real teachings and
> goals, and a good way to obtain propaganda... and even the so called
> "charity" is a way to get money for the Order: In 1985, "Circuses" of
> the Shriners generated \\$23 million, and only 2% went to medical care
> of children. In 1984, out of \\$17 million only 1% went to charity,
> the rest for the Order! (Orlando Sentinel, June 29, 1986).
>
> - "Famous Masons",
>
> have made important contributions to the world in all fields of life:
> Politics, soldiers, writers, actors, composers, painters,
> scientists... as we comment in "Famous Masons"
>
> - The "Ku-Klux-Klan",
>
> was founded by a Mason, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and revitalized in
> 1915 by another Mason, William Simmons (see "Ku Klux Klan").
>
> - Influence in the "French Revolution",
>
> with the triple motto of Masonry, "liberty, equality, and fraternity",
> and a Mason, Joseph Guillotine, invented the "guillotine" to cut the
> throat of thousands for the crime of just being Christians...
>
> - "Prejudice":
>
> Blacks, women, and the poor, are not admitted to the Lodge... U.S.
> lodges even now reject the legitimacy of Negro Masonic Lodges, the
> Prince Hall lodges (Encyclopedia Britannica).
>
> - The "New Age Movement",
>
> prefigured in the "New Age Magazine" of the Southern Jurisdiction of
> the US, and used by Masonry to destroy religions.
>
> - "Against Catholics":
>
> This Southern Jurisdiction of the US has fought for years all the
> goals of Catholics, including their right to have private Catholic
> Schools.
>
> - The "Vatican Scandal",
>
> of 1976, when 3 Masons, Sindona, Calvi, and Gelli, infiltrated the
> Vatican and almost bankrupted it, influencing in the Vatican Treasure
> through the Cardinals Casaroli (Vatican foreign minister), Poletti
> (Vicar of Rome), Villot (Secretary of State), and Marcinkus (head of
> IOR).
>
> - Equality, liberty, and fraternity",
>
> is the triple motto of Masonry that is not even uphold in the Lodge,
> where there are many "degrees" with different honors and powers, no
> equality. Each member has to use the color of the apron of his degree,
> there is not liberty. And fraternity, you can have it as far as you
> are a slave of the Master and of the Lodge, but forget it if you fail
> one the rules or commands!.
>
> - "Several Books",
>
> well documented, report incredible acts of Masonry to destroy private
> citizens, and entire cities and nations, infiltrating the Police, the
> Judiciary, the Politics, the Economy, the Religions... I recommend
> "The Brotherhood" by Stephen Knight, and "Inside The Brotherhood" by
> Martin Short.
>
> - The "Occult" and even "Satanism",
>
> is practiced by many Masons: Pike and Waite were leading Masons and
> both leading occultists... many rites of the Craft are taking from the
> Occult, but hiding its significance to the first three Degrees...
> Albert Pike served as sovereign grand inspector of the Southern
> Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite for many years, is considered
> American Freemasonry's most eminent philosopher, and he is a
> "Satanist"! (see "The God of the Masons")
>
> - "Morality":
>
> Masonry has a beautiful code of morality good enough to deceive the
> most intelligent... it is like a chocolate with deathly poison
> inside... I agree with Wagner, that the ethics of Masonry, when the
> veil is removed, is decidedly immoral and subversive of the divine
> order. If the principles of Masonry were to animate mankind today,
> society again would wallow in the styles of paganism (Wagner,
> Freemasonry, pp.482-483)...
>
> ... And I am not talking about some Masons who are good, honest,
> deceived people, but about Masonry with so bad morality that most of
> its open claims are "false claims": It is a religion, a substitute for
> religion; it dishonors the Bible and the Koran; it is not a merely
> fraternal brotherhood; it has many rites of the occult...
>
>
> Resource: 101 Cults and Secrets Societies
>
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> "Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

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>
>>http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/deceptions.html
>>
>>Freemasonry's Tenets of Deception
>>
>>Freemasonry: a.k.a. "Masonry", a.k.a. "The Brotherhood", a.k.a. "The
>>Lodge", a.k.a. "The Craft", a.k.a. "On The Square", a.k.a. "On The
>>Level", a.k.a. "The Travelling Men", a.k.a. "The Temple".
>
>

> John the Baptist was a Mason!
>
>

Who said so?

[Misty]

Imagine that

Steve wrote:
> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1164.cfm
>
> MEDIEVAL HISTORIAN CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT FREEMASONRY CAME FROM
> KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, NOT FROM CHRISTIANITY!
>
> John J, Robinson, Historian, proves Freemasonry derived from Knights
> Templar, and states "basic tenet of Freemasonry not derived from
> Christian ethic". Robinson's work commended by Masonic Lodges!
>
> John J. Robinson is an historian, with special interest in the history
> of Medieval Britain and Europe generally and the Crusades
> specifically. He is an ex-marine and so brings a discipline to his
> work. He is a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the
> Organization of American Historians, and the Royal Overseas League of
> London. His book, "Born In Blood: The Lost Secrets Of Freemasonry",
> traces the origins of Freemasonry back to the French Knights Templar,
> not to Scotland! Furthermore, this book is highly recommended by
> several Masonic Lodges, whose recommendations we have reprinted below.
>

> The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what
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> "If there is only one book you read concerning the beginnings of
> Freemasonry, I would highly recommend this one. It is a fascinating
> account of the Knights Templar after the death of DeMolay in 1313, to
> the establishment of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717." The Montana
> Masonic News
> "This is not a good book: it's excellent. But it will be hated by
> many, including the Roman Catholic church, religious bigots, some
> Masonic ritualists, and some Masonic 'historians'." The Philalethes
> "This is a fascinating book. It is the best that I have ever read
> about Freemasonry that was written by a non-Mason. It is exceptionally
> well researched ... I recommend it wholeheartedly." The Maine Mason
> To this group of Masonic recommendations, the prestigious Publishers
> Weekly adds its voice of approval for this historic detective work of
> Robinson in this book. " Historian Robinson persuasively links
> Freemasonry's origins and goals to the once powerful and wealthy
> Knights Templar order ... The author combines scholarly research and
> entertaining storytelling in tracing Freemasonry as a worldwide
> political, religious, economic and social body dedicated to
> self-improvement and charity while governed by secret rituals and
> symbols." Publishers Weekly
> Robinson writes this scholarly work in a style not seen in most
> historic works. You can easily read and comprehend what he is saying,
> and you will enjoy reading this book. Robinson's style is almost that
> of a novelist, thus making a very entertaining, as well as a very
> informative, book. I have been a history buff all my life, and made
> History a Minor in college, a very strong Minor. Therefore, I was
> impressed by the scholarly approach to a very important subject in
> history, i.e., true origins of Freemasonry. Masonic writers cannot
> agree amongst themselves as to the true origins of their fraternity,
> so it is refreshing to see a Medieval Historian write such a work that
> can be approved by Masonic authorities. The Philalethes is especially
> an important Masonic organization. They have a Web Site,
> http://freemasonry.org/psoc/
>
> One of the enduring debates within Christian circles is whether
> Freemasonry is compatible with Christianity generally and the Holy
> Bible specifically. Masonic writers have always maintained that they
> are compatible with Christian doctrine, and they point with pride to
> the fact that American and British Freemasonry quotes extensively from
> the Holy Bible. They point to their famous Hiram Abiff allegory that
> seemingly traces the origin of Freemasonry back to the Biblical king,
> King Solomon, when he was building the Temple. However, when we
> compare their religious teachings against the doctrines of the Bible,
> we discover that Freemasonry cannot be Christian, as they teach
> Salvation by Works [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma, page 399], and
> believe Jesus Christ to have been an Illusion and His death an
> Illusion [Ibid., page 567], teachings which form the very basis for
> the Biblical definition of Antichrist. [1 John 4:1-9]
>
> We shall be writing much from Robinson's historic book, but the focus
> of our discourse here will be on two of his findings. First, we shall
> look briefly at his conclusions that Freemasonry originated from the
> repressed Knights Templar secret society, a conclusion strongly
> supported by the fact that Freemasonry today has orders of Templar. In
> fact, Masonic author Albert Pike supports Robinson's conclusions that
> Freemasonry goes back to the French Knights of Templar. In his book,
> "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite", Pike
> states, "Therefore, it was that the Sword and the Trowel were the
> insignia of the Templars, who subsequently, as will be seen, concealed
> themselves under the name of Brethren Masons. This name, Freres Macons
> in the French, adopted by way of secret reference to the Builders of
> the Second Temple, was corrupted in English into Free-Masons ..."
> [Page 816]
>
> Robinson reaches this same conclusion by carefully examining Masonic
> teachings, their rituals, and their language origins. His conclusion
> was that, when Pope Clement V conspired with King Phillip of France in
> 1313 to arrest, try, and annihilate the Knights Templar, some French
> Templars did escape. Furthermore, Templars in other countries, most
> notably Britain, were able to escape the dragnet. They gravitated to
> Scotland, where the Scottish King refused to enforce the Papal Bull
> against the Templars. Accepting other Templars into their new secret
> order, and very fearful of betrayal, did evolve into the Freemasonry
> we know today. The traditional secret society emphasis on signs and
> handshakes, and the keeping of secrets makes much sense, as lives were
> literally at stake. [Page 150-1] Finally, in 1717, Freemasons felt
> secure enough to come out into the open and establish public Lodges.
>
> Thus, the revered Masonic leader and author, Albert Pike, and this
> historian, John J. Robinson, are totally in agreement with the fact
> that Freemasonry can be traced directly back to the French Knights
> Templars.
>
> Now, let us go immediately to the core subject matter of this article:
> Is Freemasonry Christian? Was it founded upon Christian principles? On
> page 169, Robinson reaches his conclusion. "... the basic fraternity
> of Freemasonry is not structured on the Christian ethic, per se, but
> welcomes any man who believes in any perception of a monotheistic
> Supreme Being." Of course, this is a damning statement to anyone who
> knows their Holy Bible. Biblical doctrine totally rejects this type of
> inclusive belief, as we see below.
>
> Belief in God is not enough to save anyone from Hell -- " Thou
> believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also
> believe, and tremble." [James 2:19] The only Saving Faith that will
> guarantee a person eternal life in Heaven is a belief in Jesus Christ
> and His Atoning Work, alone. Believing in God alone will not save you.
> Certainly, believing in the validity of any belief in a " monotheistic
> Supreme Being" will not save you. A person is saved only by totally
> trusting in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice, alone.
> Christianity is the most EXCLUSIVE religion in world history! Jesus
> Christ is the only true God, He is the only way to Heaven, and He
> alone will judge all men on the Final Day. Listen to His own Words: "
> I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
> but by me." [John 14:6]
> Thus, Freemasonry is dead wrong when it allows any belief in any
> concept of a monotheistic Supreme Being. In fact, Freemasonry goes one
> step further; they totally exclude Jesus Christ from their teachings
> and rituals. Listen to Robinson: "Freemasonry, however, admits any
> believer in a monotheistic God. The ritual makes no mention of Jesus
> Christ ..." [Page 198] From the lips of a Medieval Historian, whose
> book is recommended by Masonic authorities, you have another bold
> statement that Freemasonry is not based upon the precepts of
> Christianity. Masonry may look like, feel like, and act like
> Christianity, but a close examination of its teachings reveal that it
> is a counterfeit Christianity. The Bible clearly teaches that the
> world will always have a large number of false and/or counterfeit
> religions, a fact which demands that Christians always be discerning,
> and always comparing Masonry with the Bible. Listen to the Apostle
> John again. "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
> whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
> the world." [1 John 4:1; we encourage you to read this full context,
> as John tells us much about the type of false spirits which are always
> in the world. Note that John ties all of the signs for which we are to
> look into Jesus Christ, Whom Freemasons never mention in their
> teaching or rituals]
>
> John Robinson returns to this theme of the non-Christian foundation of
> Freemasonry on page 189. Listen closely. "... Freemasonry does not
> require that a member be a Christian, but only that he believe in God
> and the immortality of the soul ..." The Apostle James states that
> even the demons believe in these facts, and they certainly are not
> saved, nor are they Christian! [James 2:19] When you examine Masonic
> rituals carefully, as we have done in previous articles, you will
> discover that this statement is absolutely true, with no exceptions.
> Listen again to the Introduction to a Masonic Bible printed in 1927 --
> "Thus, by the very honor which Masonry pays to the Bible it teaches us
> to revere every book of faith in which men find help for today and
> hope for the morrow, joining hands with the man of Islam as he takes
> an oath on the Koran, and with the Hindu as he makes covenant with God
> upon the book that he loves best."
>
>
>
> From the very lips of Freemasonry, we get the undiluted truth that
> confirms Robinson's statement, above. Freemasonry rejects the strict,
> absolute claim by Jesus Christ, for Himself and His Church, that
> Christianity is the only valid religion on earth. No organization, or
> individual, can hope to be considered by Jesus Christ to be a
> Christian if they reject this doctrine of Christianity being the only
> valid religion on Earth. Remember, also, that no one will be able to
> claim his way into Heaven; rather, the only people who will be in
> Heaven are the ones whom Jesus God declares to be His.
>
> We hope you have seen the light over this false claim of Freemasonry
> to be Christian. If you are a member of Freemasonry, we urge you to
> get out and immediately repent of your sins through Jesus Christ. The
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>
>
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[Misty]

Much adieu about nothing too.

Steve wrote:
> http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1015.html
>
> THE INCREDIBLE SATANIC VISION By Albert Pike A Freemason To The Bone

>
>
>
>
>
> The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what
> this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually
> implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily
> news!!
>
> Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!
> Stand by for insights so startling
> you will never look at the news the same way again.
> YOU ARE NOW ON
>
>
> THE CUTTING EDGE
>

> We have spoken a great deal about Albert Pike in the past few weeks,
> as we have examined, in some detail, his monumental Freemasonry
> teaching guide entitled, "Morals And Dogma of the Ancient And Accepted
> Scottish Rite of Freemasonry". Pike was the Grand Commander of North
> American Freemasonry from 1859-1891. During his tenure, Pike caught a
> global vision of what Freemasonry could achieve, and so he turned his
> immense intellect toward achieving this vision. Consequently, Albert
> Pike was considered to be the foremost Freemason leader of the world
> at that time, and perhaps, the greatest of all time.
>
> Before we move any further into our study, let us learn a few
> biographical facts about Albert Pike. Albert Pike, former Confederate
> War hero, became the leader of North American Freemasonry after the
> Civil War. Pike is considered to be the greatest leader ever of
> Freemasonry, because:
>
> He was a certified genius
> He spoke 16 languages fluently
> He graduated from Harvard University
> He achieved rank of Brigadier General of Confederate Army in Civil War
> He was thoroughly familiar with the Jewish occult system, the Cabala,
> the stone system of the New World Order
> After Pike assumed leadership of Northern Freemasonry, he took up his
> headquarters in the "Temple of Understanding" in Washington, D.C.,
> just 13 blocks north of the White House and in direct line of that
> great Freemasonry obelisk, the Washington Monument (Study the
> Freemasonry Connection article this week). When Andrew Johnson
> succeeded President Abraham Lincoln, Pike had unreserved access to the
> White House, because Johnson was a Freemason.<1>
>
> At this time, Albert Pike's tremendous vision as to what the future of
> global Freemasonry might be like, plus the fact that he had the ear of
> the President of the United States, propelled American Freemasonry
> into the forefront of leadership in the drive to the New World Order.
> During the period from President Johnson to Harry S. Truman, many of
> the Presidents were Freemasons at the very time when real, substantive
> progress was being made to advance the global aims of the New World
> Order. Consider the Presidents in this time frame:
>
> Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
> James A. Garfield 1881
> William McKinley 1897-1901
> Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
> William Howard Taft 1909-1913
> Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
> Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
> Harry S. Truman 1945-1953<2>
> Thus, in the pivotal period of time from the Civil War to the
> beginning of the Cold War, many of those years had a Freemason
> President in office. To be exact, in the very pivotal time period from
> 1865-1953, a period of 88 years, Presidents who were Freemason
> occupied the White House for 44 of those years! If you will read
> Seminar #2, you will see that occultists place great faith in numbers.
> Eleven is one of their most sacred numbers, and multiplications of 11
> are also sacred. This is one of the reasons that Freemasons revere the
> number 33, because it is sacred number 11 times 3, the number of their
> trinity. (For a more thorough treatise on the subject of the Occult
> Belief In The Power Of Numbers, download CE1024 & CE1070).
>
> Simply remember this about the power and ability of occultists to
> achieve their goals:
>
> 1. Their power is supernatural, but it is Luciferian
>
> Turn to Job 1:6, for a unique look at the ability of that supernatural
> being, Satan, to cause havoc in this world. "Now there was a day when
> the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
> came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest
> thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in
> the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'
>
> Satan's to God answer was, "I was on the earth, going to and fro in
> it, and walking up and down in it." Now, this is incredible, because
> we conceive of the earth as being a pretty big place, even by today's
> modern standards. But, it is not a big place to Satan, for he can just
> going to and fro and walk up and down in the earth. The picture here
> is that of you and your garden; you certainly can going to and fro and
> walk up and down in it, can't you? To you, a garden is not a terribly
> big place, and you are its undisputed master. The earth is the same
> type of thing with Satan. For this supernatural demon, the earth is a
> mighty small place, and its human inhabitants are easy pickings. We
> humans have no concept of the power of Satan and his demonic host, for
> not only are they more than a match for any human, they hate all
> mankind with a vengeance, because we are all "made in the image of
> God". This brings me to point 2 in my discussion of the power and
> ability of occultists to achieve their goals.
>
> 2. God is in control, even of the demonic host and their leader,
> Satan/Lucifer
>
> God is in such control of world events that Satan and his demonic host
> cannot do anything that is not allowed by God. When God forces Satan
> to manipulate his human hosts to accomplish something that fulfills
> Bible prophecy, God gets the glory. This is why God so emphatically
> stated, concerning His prophecies coming true, "Seek ye out of the
> book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall
> want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath
> gathered them." In other words, every one of God's prophecies shall
> have "her mate" in fulfillment. The greatest example of God's
> omnipotence prevailing over Satan's rebellion is the rebirth of the
> nation, Israel, just as God had foretold. Satan hated Israel with a
> vengeance because he hated God, and Israel was God's Chosen People. If
> Satan had any degree of latitude whatsoever, he would have moved
> heaven and earth to prevent Israel from coming back to the land as a
> nation in 1948. In fact, Satan tried to prevent this from happening
> when he mightily used Adolf Hitler to attempt to execute every single
> Jew in the world. But, he failed, and Israel did come back, just as
> God foretold!
>
> But, now let us return to one of the greatest occultists in history,
> Albert Pike. As do most occultists, Albert Pike had supernatural
> spirit guides, who dispensed "Divine Wisdom" as to how to achieve the
> New World Order. A "spirit guide" is a "being" who meets someone who
> has given themselves over to the practice of the occult; however,
> please understand that many people who are practitioners of the New
> Age Religion do not view this as a bad thing. In fact, they would
> argue vociferously that they are filled with happiness and joy by
> interacting with their "spirit guides", not realizing that they have
> been temporarily deceived by Satan who, along with his demons, can
> appear as an Angel of Light in order to deceive ("And no marvel; for
> Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is
> no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers
> of righteousness ..." 2 Corinthians 11:14-15).
>
> So, Albert Pike received a demonic vision, described below. On January
> 22, 1870, Pike and one of his international co-conspirators, Guiseppe
> Mazzini, published the Plan which would establish the New World Order.
> This Plan was kept very secret, only within Freemasonry circles since
> the time of its inception, known only to fellow occult Illuminist
> conspirators. (This information is taken from a book from a former
> Luciferian Illuminist, Doc Marquis. His book is "Secrets of the
> Illuminati" and reveals much formerly hidden detail known only to
> Illuminists).
>
> The secret Pike plan to control the world foresaw the need for three
> world wars. Stop here for a moment to remember the date of this
> prediction: January 22, 1870. This date is 44 years before the
> beginning of World War I. Once you understand the facts we are about
> to share with you and realize the length of time between this
> prediction and the beginning of its fulfillment, you can understand
> how supernatural forces were truly in command. Further, January 22,
> 1870, is occulticly significant also. The number 22 is one of the
> three important occultic primary numbers (11, 22, and 33).
>
> The Pike Plan to overthrow the Judeo-Christian Old World Order, and
> establish the Satanic New World Order foresaw the need for war.
> However, this war was not the type of warfare the world had seen
> historically. This war was to be on a much larger scale than history
> had ever recorded. This war was to be global, or world-wide.
>
> The details of this Pike Plan {January 22, 1870} for three (3) World
> Wars to establish the New World Order is as follows: (As you are
> reading this demonic prophecy, remember the occult concept of Thesis
> battling Antithesis to produce the new system, Synthesis. World Wars I
> & II were fought to establish Antithesis, to set up the Cold War, that
> "controlled conflict or threat of conflict" that would produce the new
> system, Synthesis).
>
> I. The First World War was designed to enable the Czarist Government
> in Russia to be finally and completely overthrown. The new Russian
> government was foreseen to be atheistic and militaristic. Further,
> Pike specified that this new Russian Government was to be Communistic.
> Karl Marx had published his Communist Manifesto in 1848, exactly 22
> years before this occultic prophecy through Albert Pike. Isn't it
> interesting that the occultic number 22 keeps popping up? The
> multiplier numbers, 44 and 66 also keep appearing, as you will see in
> a few moments.
>
> History records that this First World War did, indeed, occur just as
> listed, above. The Western powers in Europe, in conjunction with the
> United States, financed Lenin's expedition into Russia<3>, they
> financed his government consistently, and we have financed Russian
> Communism at least once per decade since then.
>
> II. The Second World War was foreseen to originate between Great
> Britain and Germany. However, one of the planned results of this war
> was to strengthen the new Communist Russian government, so that it
> could weaken and destroy other governments and religions.
>
> History again records that the Second World War did, indeed,
> accomplish this objective. The war started when Germany invaded
> Poland, causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. Very soon,
> the troika (3's) of powers were set up to wage this war. The Black
> Magic occultists allied themselves when Germany linked with Italy and
> Japan; the White Magic occultists allied themselves together as Great
> Britain linked with the United States and Russia. Do not be deceived.
> This war was fought between two (2) New World Order forces, the "evil"
> alliance of the Axis Powers or the "good" alliance of the Allied
> Powers; the war was between the Black Magic forces against the White
> Magic forces. But, we shall return to this subject in more depth at a
> later time.
>
> Certainly, the Pike vision of the Second World War building Russian
> Communism into a super power was fulfilled to a startling degree.
> Historians have always been mystified as to how Churchill and
> Roosevelt could have given away all of Eastern Europe to the Soviets,
> when the preponderance of power was clearly against the Soviets.
> Clearly, when Roosevelt and Churchill ceded all of Eastern Europe to
> Russia, the Communist Government of Russia, now known as the U.S.S.R.
> {Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) completed its transition to a
> super power, exactly as Pike's vision had foretold. And, let us not
> forget that the Second World War had given Russia capabilities it had
> not possessed before the War. Not only did we build up the Russian
> military to a frightful degree, but we had also built entire factories
> East of Moscow that gave Russia an instant manufacturing base. Even
> though Russia had paid dearly in human lives during the War, they came
> out of the conflict a superpower. Thanks to Roosevelt, Russia now had
> a kingdom to go along with its new military and industrial base.
>
> Now, you know that Freemason President Roosevelt gave this territory
> to Russia simply and only because he was being true to Pike's vision
> of 1870!! You will never read this true history in any of your books!!
>
> III. The Third World War was foreseen to be between Judaism and Islam.
> This prophecy is incredible in many ways, beginning with the
> understanding that this prophecy of a third world war occurred in
> 1870, a time when Israel did not exist as a nation, and when no one
> except Fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians believed it would
> ever exist again.
>
> Watch the events in Israel very carefully, because the final chapter
> is being written there. The demonic 'guiding spirits' of Freemasonry,
> of the leaders of the New World Order Plan, are planning a final,
> definitive Third World War, which will begin between Israel and her
> Arab neighbors and spread to the entire world. Literally, out of the
> smoke and destruction of this Third World War, Antichrist will come
> striding!
>
> Now, here is the most interesting aspect of this demonic plan; it fits
> with Scripture!! God foretold Last Day's Judgment on the Arabs in
> several places, listed below!!
>
> In Obadiah, God foretells the destruction of the House of Esau,
> particularly the people of Edom, in the Last Days. God is promising
> this deliverance for the way in which these Arabs treated His chosen
> People. While severe judgment did fall upon the nation of Edom in 70
> A.D., they were not wiped out as a people, nor was the destruction at
> the hands of Israel, as Verse 18 foretells, nor was it the fulfillment
> of the final days' judgment, which the Bible consistently labels the
> "Day Of The Lord" {Verse 15}
> Joel 2:18-3:21, God foretells tremendous judgment of all nations in
> the world, starting with the Arabs, beginning when God "reverses the
> captivity" and "restores the fortunes" of Israel, a date we know as
> May 14, 1948. Read this passage carefully, and you will see the hand
> of God foretelling judgment swirling all around Israel after she is
> restored to her land. Joel 2:30-31 seem to foretell nuclear war at
> this time.
> While Israel will escape physical destruction by the miraculous power
> of God, she will be in so much danger that God Himself will
> supernaturally protect her. In Daniel 12:1, we see that, in the time
> of the End, Israel will be in such danger that "Michael shall arise to
> defend your [Daniel's] people [Israel]."
> Therefore, we can place great emphasis and credibility in this demonic
> vision of the Third World War. Out of the smoke and destruction of
> this War, Antichrist will stride triumphantly, to put an end to the
> War, to finally give the embattled world "Peace and Safety". But, as 1
> Thessalonians 5:1-4 foretells, when people are saying this, the world
> will explode in destruction.
>
> The current events in Israel, where she is giving up "land for peace"
> makes no sense any other way. Israel's leaders, some of whom are
> former generals in the Army, have lent their support to this idiotic
> plan. Militarily, this plan is a disaster, for it allows the Arabs a
> permanent home so deep within Israel that the military might not be
> able to successfully defend Israel if the attack comes from within the
> Palestinian State. The Jewish Orthodox community is overwhelmingly of
> the opinion that this "Peace Plan" is a recipe for war, not peace.
> They are right; that is the Plan.
>
> Why, you ask, are so many Israeli leaders, who should know better,
> creating and supporting this Plan of giving the Palestinians a state,
> and giving up the Golan Heights? I believe it is for two reasons:
>
> They are Humanists, and therefore, are capable of being deceived by
> Satan
> They have been given "concrete" assurances by the Western Powers that
> their security will be "guaranteed" if they agree to this Plan.
> For whatever reason, Israeli liberal leaders have created this
> unworkable Plan, and have carried out many of its provisions. Now,
> with the new Conservative Prime Minister in place, the scene may be
> set for a real explosion, because of his unwillingness to proceed any
> further with the Plan. And, if he were to attempt to roll back any of
> the concessions already carried out, the result will be war!!
>
> Watch Israel and the events of the Middle East. Antichrist is going to
> appear during this planned World War Three. The stage is finally set.
> Albert Pike's demonic vision of three world wars being necessary to
> achieve the New World Order is nearly at the end. Now, you know why we
> have had unparalleled war and threat of war during this Twentieth
> Century! Truly, Jesus was entirely correct when He foretold, in
> Matthew 24:6 that unparalleled war would characterize the Last Days of
> Time before Antichrist arose!!
>
> Also remember Revelation 17:17, "For God has put it into their hearts
> to carryout His own purpose by acting in harmony in surrendering their
> royal power and authority to the Beast, until the prophetic words...of
> God shall be fulfilled."

>
> Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately
> protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to
> enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you
> develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have
> been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to
> open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able

> to use this knowledge many times, and have seen people come to Jesus

> Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can
> reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
>

> If you are not born again, I encourage you to either E-Mail me so we
> can talk, or go to a Fundamental Bible-believing church in your area
> (we can help you find one), where someone can show you the blessed,
> and easy, Biblical way in which you are born again. Remember Jesus'
> Words, "You must be born again ..." (John 3:3-7).
>
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> But, most people, including most Christians, do not see it coming.
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> most solemn warning)

>
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>
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>
>
> <1>"Masonic Holy Bible", Master Reference Edition, Heirloom Bible
> Publishers, 1964, 'Masonic Presidents Of Our Country'.
>
> <2>Ibid.
>
> <3>"Chart Of The World Revolution", by Nesta Webster, Constable & Co.,
> London, 1921.
>
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[Misty]

There is not such a person as a Christian Mason, other then some mud slingers may
be Christian.

Steve wrote:
> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
>
> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason
>
> You claim to be a Christian
> In our hearts, we want to believe you. However, you have placed a
> stumbling block in our path that is impossible for us to overlook. You
> see, while you claim to be a Christian, we know that you are a Mason
> and we have come to know something about Masonry.
>
> The basics of the Gospel are well documented. Paul summed it up well
> in his first letter to the Corinthians:
>
> Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached
> unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which
> also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,
> unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all
> that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
> according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose
> again the third day according to the scriptures:
>
> 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
>
> Christians take the Gospel of Jesus very seriously because it is the
> only way of salvation. There simply is no one else who can pay the
> price for our sin. Jesus said:
>
> Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man

> cometh unto the Father, but by me.
>
> John 14:6
>

> Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, he gave his disciples clear
> instructions:
>
> And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me
> in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
> baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
> Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
> commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
> world. Amen.
>
> Matthew 28:18-20
>
> Jesus instructed us to share the Gospel with all nations. He
> specifically stated that we are to teach obedience to all of his
> commands. Christians are compelled to share the Gospel with the lost.
> They do so because they are under the conviction of the Holy Spirit
> and they care about those who do not know Jesus. A Christian would
> never embrace another savior and he would never participate in
> teaching a false gospel based on another savior.
>
>
> Our research has allowed us to know that Freemasonry has a plan of
> salvation
> In order to make certain that we properly understood Masonry, we
> studied Masonic Monitors published by several Grand Lodges. As you
> know, Grand Lodges are the highest authorities of Freemasonry. We
> found that Masons include members of many religions. There are
> Buddhist Masons, Moslem Masons, Jewish Masons and men who claim to be
> Christians. When we examined portions of Masonic ritual which are
> found in Grand Lodge monitors, we became convinced that you, as a
> "Christian" Mason, have embraced another savior. We know that you have
> participated in the teaching of a false gospel based on a false
> savior. On page 68 of the 1993 edition of the Indiana Monitor and
> Freemason's Guide, in the section on the Entered Apprentice Degree, a
> portion of ritual discussing the covering of a Lodge is found:
>
> The covering of a Lodge is a clouded canopy, or star-decked heaven,
> where all good Masons hope at last to arrive. . .
>
> There is no doubt that Masonic ritual encourages lost men to hope that
> they will enter heaven. The fact that some Master Masons are Moslems
> and Buddhists proves that Masonry offers false hope to unsaved men.
>
> On page 109 of the Indiana monitor and Freemason's Guide, under the
> heading The Three Steps, we found the following:
>
> . . .as Fellow Crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the discharge
> of our respective duties, to God, our neighbors and ourselves, so that
> in age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflections
> consequent on a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious
> immortality.
>
> Again, Masonic ritual teaches that Master Masons will go to heaven by
> stating that they may die looking forward to a glorious immortality.
> In the Indiana monitor we found a portion of ritual which includes a
> prayer asking for salvation! It ends with these words:
>
> Yet, O Lord! have compassion on the children of Thy creation,
> administer them comfort in time of trouble, and save them with an
> everlasting salvation. Amen.
>
> (pages 103-104)
>
> The prayer is offered by the Worshipful Master during the ritual of
> the Master Mason Degree in that portion known as the Legend of the
> Third Degree. The prayer occurs just before Hiram Abiff is raised from
> the grave. You portrayed Hiram in the ritual when you were raised to
> Master Mason. You, as Hiram Abiff, were killed, buried and then raised
> from the grave. At the conclusion of the Legend of the Third Degree,
> the Senior Warden offered the following conclusion to the ritual:
>
> Then, finally my brethren, let us imitate our Grand Master, Hiram
> Abiff, in his virtuous conduct, his unfeigned piety to God, and his
> inflexible fidelity to his trust; that, like him, we may welcome the
> grim tyrant, Death, and receive him as a kind messenger sent by our
> Supreme Grand Master, to translate us from this imperfect to that
> all-perfect, glorious, and celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme

> Architect of the Universe presides.
>

> We found that portion of the ritual cleverly paraphrased on page 67 of
> the 1979 edition of the North Carolina Lodge Manual. The Lodge Manual
> didn't directly mention Hiram Abiff, what they printed is "Let us
> imitate the example of * * whom you have this evening represented. .
> ." We know they are referring to Hiram Abiff. However, if there were
> any doubt, the text on page 152 of the 1946 edition of the Kentucky
> Monitor settles the matter by stating, "Then let us imitate our G. M.
> H. A. . . ."
>
>
>
> Who is Hiram Abiff?
> Why are Masons admonished to imitate Hiram Abiff? The ritual directly
> states: Masons are to imitate Hiram Abiff that they may welcome death
> and be translated into heaven. No where in Masonic ritual is Jesus
> Christ even mentioned! We found out why in the 1946 edition of the
> Kentucky Monitor. The Kentucky Monitor reveals the identity of Hiram
> Abiff in a discussion of various religions:
>
> All believed in a future life, to be attained by purification and
> trials; in a state or successive states of reward and punishment; and
> in a Mediator or Redeemer, by whom the Evil Principle was to be
> overcome and the Supreme Deity reconciled to His creatures. The belief
> was general that He was to be born of a virgin and suffer a painful
> death. The Hindus called him Krishna; the Chinese, Kioun-tse; the
> Persians, Sosiosch; the Chaldeans, Dhouvanai; the Egyptians, Horus;
> Plato, Love; the Scandinavians, Balder; the Christians, Jesus; Masons,
> Hiram.
>
> (pages XIV-XV, Kentucky Monitor)
>
> Notice the parallel sentence structure in the last line. It clearly
> states that: Hiram is to Masons as Jesus is to Christians
>
> The meaning of Masonic ritual is perfectly clear.
> Masonry teaches that Jesus is not unique.
> Jesus is a savior for Christians, while Hiram Abiff is a savior for
> Masons.
> Can a man have two saviors?
> Some of the Masonic monitors we examined encourage Masons to read
> Masonic books in order to gain further understanding of Masonry. The
> Indiana Monitor and Freemason's Guide left no doubt about the
> authenticity of Masonic books:
>
> In the ceremonies of making a Mason, we do not attempt to do more than
> to indicate the pathway to Masonic knowledge, to lay the foundation
> for the Masonic edifice. The brother must pursue the journey or
> complete the structure for himself by reading and reflection.
>
> (Indiana Monitor, page 132)
>
> The Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company distributes The
> Meaning of Masonry, by Lynn Perkins. The book clarifies Masonic
> teaching concerning Hiram Abiff:
>
> Therefore Masonry teaches that redemption and salvation are both the
> power and the responsibility of the individual Mason. Saviors like
> Hiram Abiff can and do show the way, but men must always follow and
> demonstrate, each for himself, his power to save himself, to build his
> own spiritual fabric in his own time and way. Every man in essence is
> his own savior and redeemer; for if he does not save himself, he will
> not be saved. The reader who succeeds in getting back to the real
> teachings of the masters, including Jesus of Nazareth, will find
> unanimity of thinking on this matter.
>
> (page 95)
>
> The fact that Masonry teaches redemption and salvation is documented
> in Mackey's [1862] Manual of the Lodge, currently reproduced within
> the monitor of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, the Ahiman Rezon. It
> states:
>
> It was the single object of all the ancient rites and mysteries
> practiced in the very bosom of pagan darkness. . .to teach the
> immortality of the Soul. This is still the great design of the third
> degree of Masonry. This is the scope and aim of its ritual. The Master
> Mason represents man, when youth, manhood, old age, and life itself
> have passed away as fleeting shadows, yet raised from the grave of
> iniquity, and quickened into another and better existence. By its
> legend and all its ritual, it is implied that we have been redeemed
> from the death of sin and the sepulchre of pollution. . . .and the
> conclusion we arrive at is, that youth, properly directed, leads [us
> to the honorable and virtuous maturity, and that] the life of man,
> regulated by morality, faith, and justice, will be rewarded at its
> closing hour by the prospect of eternal bliss. . . The important
> design of the degree is to symbolize the great doctrines of the
> resurrection of the body and the immortality of the soul; and hence it
> has been remarked by a learned writer of our order, that the Master
> Mason represents a man saved from the grave of iniquity, and raised to
> the faith of salvation.
>
> (1947 Ed. Ahiman Rezon, pages 141-2)
>
> Those words, or most of them, are reproduced in the monitors of
> several states. The 1993 edition of the Indiana Monitor and
> Freemason's Guide contains most of the passage explaining the meaning
> of the Legend of the Third Degree on page 154. The Indiana Monitor
> confirms the universality of the Hiramic Legend in Masonry:
>
> The Legend of the Third Degree. This is the most important and
> significant of the legendary symbols of Freemasonry. It has descended
> from age to age by oral tradition and has been preserved in every
> Masonic rite, practiced in any country or language, with no essential
> alteration.
>
> (page 41)
>
> The Hiramic Legend is the glory of Freemasonry. . .
>
> (page 158)
>
> Freemasonry has a savior named Hiram Abiff. Freemasonry teaches that
> Master Masons have been redeemed from the death of sin and represent
> those raised to the faith of salvation. We know that every Masonic
> Lodge in the world includes the death, burial and resurrection of
> Hiram Abiff in their ritual. We also know that you assumed the role of
> Hiram Abiff when you went through the Master Mason degree. The ritual
> of the third degree directly states that by imitating Hiram Abiff,
> Master Masons may get into heaven. As a Christian, you should have
> "smelled a rat" when you, as Hiram Abiff, were killed, buried and
> raised from the grave. That ritual mocks the sacrifice of Jesus
> Christ. The clincher would have been when the Senior Warden told you
> that you could get into heaven by imitating Hiram Abiff.
>
>
> Can we know what you believe?
> You may think that it is impossible for us to know what you believe.
> To a large degree, you are correct. You may think that we cannot know
> that you have accepted the teachings of Freemasonry, simply because
> you are a member of the Lodge. What we do know is that any man who
> remains a Mason after being confronted with the teachings of
> Freemasonry has not rejected those teachings, as would a Christian. As
> long as you remain a Mason and continue to claim to be a Christian, we
> have to choose whether to believe your claims, as you participate in a
> pagan religion, or to believe the words of John which are found in the
> Holy Bible:
>
> This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
> you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say
> that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do
> not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
> have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
> Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we
> deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
> he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
> all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a
> liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, these things
> write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
> advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the
> propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the
> sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we
> keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
> commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso
> keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby
> know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought
> himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
>
> 1 John 1:5-2:6
>
>
> You have chosen to walk in darkness
> You are not walking in the light. Because you are not walking in the
> light, you are not in fellowship with Jesus Christ. Since you are not
> in fellowship with Jesus, it is impossible for us to have fellowship
> with you. Don't ask us to believe that you can continue to be both a
> Christian and a Mason or that, as a Mason, you can have fellowship
> with Jesus. Before we could believe that, we would have to stop
> believing the Bible.
>
> Scripture does not lead us to believe that you will fare well on
> judgement day. Participation in teaching a false gospel leads to
> condemnation:
>
> But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto
> you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
>
> Galatians 1:8
>
> God offered His Son, Jesus Christ as a sacrifice for your sins. He
> offered Jesus as your covering before Him. The lodge gave you a
> lambskin apron to wear as your covering before God. Jesus warned that
> there would be those who would claim to be following Him, whom he
> would turn away on judgement day:
>
> Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
> kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
> heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
> prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in
> thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them,
> I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
>
> Matthew 7:21-23
>
> We have spoken quite directly to you because we don't want you to
> stand before God with your lambskin apron as your covering. All of
> those who do not have the covering of the Blood of the Jesus, the Lamb
> of God, will be thrown into the lake of fire. As a Mason you are not
> following the teachings of Jesus, but rather are standing in agreement
> with a false gospel which leads men to hell.
>
> John warned us:
>
> Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
> hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
> the Father and the Son.
>
> 2 John:9
>
> Jesus still wants to forgive you
> Jesus is willing to forgive you. In fact, he wants to forgive you.
> But, His forgiveness is dependent on your repentance. Repent before it
> is too late.
>
>
>
> Documentation is available
> The source documents for each and every quote in this essay are
> available for download in a PDF file. The documentation may be viewed
> and printed using the Adobe Reader.
>
> To obtain a copy of this essay in the form of a tract
> Order a free copy of this tract on-line,
> which will be sent by U.S. Mail.
> Or, write to the address below and ask for
> the "Open Letter" tract.
> Ephesians 5:11, Inc.
> Box 291
> Fishers, IN 46038
>

[Misty]

More bunk,

[Pastor Dave]

While skydiving off of the Empire State Building on
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:00:12 -0500, "Larry W. Chavis"
<lwch...@bellsouth.net> screamed out:

>
>"Pastor Dave" <nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:dhptf01s5973jq41q...@4ax.com...
>
><snip>
> The problem is, if your Mason beliefs contradict your
>> Christian beliefs (and they do), then you are trying to
>> serve two masters. That won't fly.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą
>
>Thank you for your kind offer to serve as Infallible Interpreter of the
>Faith and Intermediary Between God and Man. Fortunately, that position in
>my heart has been long filled by Another. Please see again --

Smart remarks won't solve your problem.

--

ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

"As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor
to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day;
thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right
before thee." - Jeremiah 17:16

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:" - Ephesians 6:17

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[Pastor Dave]

While skydiving off of the Empire State Building on

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:07:16 -0500, "Larry W. Chavis"
<lwch...@bellsouth.net> screamed out:

>
>"Pastor Dave" <nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>news:0jptf0pbuno58ildc...@4ax.com...
>
><snip>
>
>> They practice banning their members from speaking about
>> Jesus Christ. Obviously, you know it and I know it.
>> Now they have a choice to make, just as the Apostles
>> did...
>>
>> Acts 5:27-32
>>
>> 27) And when they had brought them, they set them
>> before the council: and the high priest asked them,
>> 28) Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye
>> should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have
>> filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to
>> bring this man's blood upon us.
>> 29) Then Peter and the other apostles answered and
>> said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
>> 30) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
>> slew and hanged on a tree.
>> 31) Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a
>> Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,
>> and forgiveness of sins.
>> 32) And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is
>> also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that
>> obey him.

>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

> <snip?
>
>"[Ban] their members from speaking about Jesus Christ..."? You DID read my
>previous post in this thread, did you not? (At least you responded to it).
>You should ask the churches to whom I've preached over the last 31 years if
>I am shy about speaking of Jesus Christ. One really should try to make sure
>of the factual basis (or lack thereof) of blanket statements one makes.
>
>But, of course, you won't, will you?

Is it relevant? Does that mean that you are allowed to
discuss Jesus at a Masonic Lodge? No, it doesn't. You
are forbidden to and that simply makes you a hypocrite.
I'm sorry, but it does. Since I grew up around it, you
and I both know that there is much that goes on in
Freemasonry that you are not revealing here. You
belong to a group that accepts any version of a god to
worship, including any pagan deity that one might call
their god. In fact, paganism is rooted into
Freemasonry (note some of the rituals). Or one can
claim Buddha as their god and so on. This is not the
way that the Lord Jesus Christ showed us (Mat 28:19-20;
Luke 9:5). It's time for you to do what He told you
to. And should we go over some of the rituals for all
to read? I'm not trying to sound arrogant, but do
yourself a favor and stop pretending that only you know
what goes on in Freemasonry. Or, if you don't know
these things, then stop being ignorant of something
that you've committed your life to and start doing some
research. Freemasonry has been exposed. The members
aren't so quiet any more.

--

ą Pastor Dave Raymond ą

"As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor
to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day;
thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right
before thee." - Jeremiah 17:16

"And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:" - Ephesians 6:17

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[Steve]

Kerry is a Skul and Bonesman too.

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It is well documented that the two prime candidates for U.S. President
in 2004, John Kerry and Geroge W. Bush, share a dark secret . . . they
both belong to a secret society that, over many years, has shaped the
character of a significant number of America's power elite (i.e.,
ruling class). The links below will provide you with the details of
this exclusive group of powerful, white men and their few token women.
Inform yourself with the facts and then draw your own conclusions as
to whether or not you want anyone associated with this organization to
be your leader.

Skull and Bones . . . a capsule history and an intimate peek at one
section of the US Ruling Class

Do you recognize these names? . . . A Quick Start Peak into the Rogues
Gallery

Documentary: Skull and Bones, Brotherhood of death!

Kerry Admints Skull and Bones Membership on Meet the Press but
stonewalls questions about the secret group.

‘Secrets of the Tomb’ . . . Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the
Hidden Paths of Power

Kerry and Bush are Skull and Bones. What, if not the madness of elite
leadership, is Skull and Bones dedicated to? . . . Recently, Kerry has
been asked about Skull and Bones, and his staff has made it clear that
he does not intend to make any comment, now or in the future. . . .
After all, he has taken an oath of secrecy.
— Jon Rappoport

Books About Skull and Bones

Fleshing Out Skull & Bones by Kris Millegan

This chronicle of espionage, drug smuggling, and elitism in Yale
University's Skull & Bones society offers rare glimpses into this
secret world with previously unpublished documents, photographs, and
articles that delve into issues such as racism, financial ties to the
Nazi party, and illegal corporate dealings.

Contributors include Antony Sutton, author of America's Secret
Establishment; Dr. Ralph Bunch, professor emeritus of political
science at Portland State University; Webster Griffin Tarpley and
Anton Chaitkin, authors and historians; and Howard Altman, editor of
the Philadelphia City Paper. A complete list of known members,
including George Bush and George W. Bush, and reprints of rare
magazine articles on the Order of Skull and Bones are included.

For an excellent book on this subject, see Alexandra Robbins' Secrets
of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of
Power

Excerpts from the
CBS 60 Minutes Program with
Alexandra Robbins

There are secrets that George W. Bush guards at least as carefully as
any entrusted to a president. He's forbidden to share these secrets
even with the vice president -- secrets he has held ever since his
days as an undergraduate at Yale. . . . Skull and Bones, with all its
ritual and macabre relics, was founded in 1832 as a new world version
of secret student societies that were common in Germany at the time.
Since then, it has chosen or "tapped" only 15 senior students a year
who become patriarchs when they graduate -- lifetime members of the
ultimate old boys' club. . . . “Skull and Bones is so tiny. That's
what makes this staggering,” says Robbins. “There are only 15 people a
year, which means there are about 800 living members at any one time.”
. . . But a lot of Bonesmen have gone on to positions of great power,
which Robbins says is the main purpose of this secret society: to get
as many members as possible into positions of power. . . . “They do
have many individuals in influential positions,” says Robbins. “And
that's why this is something that we need to know about.” . . .
President Bush has tapped five fellow Bonesmen to join his
administration. Most recently, he selected William Donaldson, Skull
and Bones 1953, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Like the President, he's taken the Bones oath of silence. . . . Ron
Rosenbaum, author and columnist for the New York Observer, has become
obsessed with cracking that code of secrecy. . . . “I think there is a
deep and legitimate distrust in America for power and privilege that
are cloaked in secrecy. It's not supposed to be the way we do things,”
says Rosenbaum. “We're supposed to do things out in the open in
America. And so that any society or institution that hints that there
is something hidden is, I think, a legitimate subject for
investigation.” . . . Robbins says the cast of the initiation ritual
is right out of Harry Potter meets Dracula: “There is a devil, a Don
Quixote and a Pope who has one foot sheathed in a white monogrammed
slipper resting on a stone skull. The initiates are led into the room
one at a time. And once an initiate is inside, the Bonesmen shriek at
him. Finally, the Bonesman is shoved to his knees in front of Don
Quixote as the shrieking crowd falls silent. And Don Quixote lifts his
sword and taps the Bonesman on his left shoulder and says, ‘By order
of our order, I dub thee knight of Euloga.’" . . . It’s a lot of
mumbo-jumbo, says Robbins, but it means a lot to the people who are in
it. . . . Prescott Bush, George W's grandfather, and a band of
Bonesmen, robbed the grave of Geronimo, took the skull and some
personal relics of the Apache Chief and brought them back to the
tomb,” says Robbins. “There is still a glass case, Bonesmen tell me,
within the tomb that displays a skull that they all refer to as
Geronimo.” . . . One can't help but make certain comparisons with the
mafia, for example. Secret society, bonding, stakes may be a little
higher in one than the other. But everybody knows everything about
everybody, which is a form of protection. . . . “I think Skull and
Bones has had slightly more success than the mafia in the sense that
the leaders of the five families are all doing 100 years in jail, and
the leaders of the Skull and Bones families are doing four and eight
years in the White House,” says Rosenbaum. . . . Bones is not
restricted to the Republican Party. Yet another Bonesman has his eye
on the Oval Office: Senator John Kerry, Democrat, Skull & Bones 1966.

View the full 60 Minutes program online

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A SACRED ASSEMBLY

On October 4, 1997, the Promise Keepers Organization hosted a Sacred
Assembly on Independence Mall in Washington, D.C. Promise Keepers
invited men of all faiths, including Roman Catholics, Mormons and even
Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam to attend this ecumenical worship
service. It is estimated that 500,000 to one million men were in
attendance for prayer, worship, repentance and reconciliation in the
great mall which surrounds the Washington Monument. The cherished
monument, before which the multitude often knelt, is a 555-ft/169-m
obelisk acclaimed as "one of the world's tallest masonry structures
and Washington's foremost landmark." Few of the Christian men
attending the Sacred Assembly would understand the religious
significance of the obelisk, which historically was an object of
heathen worship.

The history of the Washington Monument, according to the Smithsonian
magazine, reveals that the project was from its inception the focus of
intense controversy. Although the monument was authorized by Congress
in 1833, the cornerstone was not laid until 1848 and the obelisk was
not completed until 1884. During this period of fifty years, the
project was disrupted by the Civil War and delayed by congressional
debates and public protest. The Smithsonian states that the
undertaking was eventually financed by a private society rather than
the federal government. 1.
The National Park Service conducts the National Historic Landmarks
Program which provides on the Internet a history of the Washington
Monument. On the sidebar of the Home Page, the category "Masonic
Stones" yields an interesting page detailing the involvement of the
Masonic Order in raising funds for the monument, laying the
cornerstone and performing official Masonic ceremonies for the laying
of the cornerstone and final dedication of the monument.

There appears to be an active interest in obelisks on the part of the
Masonic Order. A book published by the Freemasons titled Obelisks
provides detailed information on the Babylonian origins of Masonry and
many ancient obelisks around the world. Two of these were removed from
Egypt a few years prior to the completion of the Washington Monument
-- one was placed in London in 1878 and the other in New York in 1880.
2.

The Smithsonian article alludes to the fact that "monument building
runs against America's democratic and puritanical grain" and vilifies
the Know-Nothing Party which intensely sought to contravene the
building of the Washington Monument. It may be that this opposition
was generated by Christian "extremists" who understood the symbolism
of the obelisk and the occult character of the secret society which
financed its construction. There also seems to have been considerable
opposition to a block of marble donated by the Pope. A Catholic
predilection for obelisks is documented in Ralph Woodrow's Babylon
Mystery Religion, Ancient and Modern, which explains the origin and
also the significance of obelisks as follows:

Babylon Mystery Religion
"Among the ancient nations, not only were statues of the gods and
goddesses in human form made, other objects with a hidden or mystery
meaning such as obelisks, were a part of heathen worship.
"Diodorus spoke of an obelisk 130 feet high that was erected by queen
Semiramis in Babylon. The Bible mentions an obelisk-type image
approximately nine feet in breadth and ninety feet high: 'The
peopleůfell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
had set up' in Babylon (Dan. 3:1-7) But it was in Egypt (an early
stronghold of the mystery religion) that the use of the obelisk was
best known. Many of these obelisks are still in Egypt, but some have
been removed to other nations -- one is in Central Park in New York,
another in London, while others were transported to Romeů
"Placing an obelisk at the entrance of a heathen temple was,
apparently, not an uncommon practice at the time. One stood at the
entrance of the temple of and another in front of the temple of
Hathor, the 'abode of Horus' (Tammuz).
"Interestingly enough, there is also an obelisk at the entrance of St.
Peter's Basilica in Romeů It is not a mere copy of an Egyptian
obelisk, it is the very same obelisk that stood in Egypt in ancient
times! When the mystery religion came to Rome in pagan days, not only
were obelisks made and erected at Rome, but obelisks of Egypt -- at
great expense -- were hauled there and erected by the emperors.
Caligula, in 37-41 A.D., had the obelisk now at the Vatican brought
from Heliopolis, Egypt, to the circus on the Vatican Hill, where now
stands St. Peter's. Heliopolis is but the Greek name of Bethshemesh,
which was the center of Egyptian sun worship in olden days. In the Old
Testament, these obelisks that stood there are mentioned as the
'images of Bethshemesh' (Jer. 43:13)!
"The very same obelisk that once stood at the ancient temple which was
the center of Egyptian paganism, now stands before the mother church
of Romanism! This seems like more than a mere coincidence." 3.

SYMBOLISM OF the OBELISK

In Babylon Mystery Religion, we are told also the true meaning of the
obelisk:

"Originally, the obelisk was associated with sun worship. The
ancients, having rejected the knowledge of the true creator, seeing
that the sun gave life to plants and to man, looked upon the sun as a
god, the great life giver. To them upright objects such as the obelisk
also had a sexual significance. Realizing that through sexual union
life was produced, the phallus was considered (along with the sun) a
symbol of life. These were beliefs represented by the obelisks.
"The word 'images' in the Bible is translated from several different
Hebrew words. One of these words, 'atzebah,' means 'standing images'
or obelisks (I Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 18:4; 23:14; Jer. 43:13; Micah
5:13). Another word is 'hammanim' which means 'sun images,' images
dedicated to the sun or obelisks (Isaiah 17:8; 27:9).
"In order for the obelisks to carry out their intended symbolism, they
were placed upright -- erect. Thus they pointed up -- toward the sun.
As a symbol of the phallus, the erect position also had an obvious
significance. Bearing this in mind, it is interesting to notice that
when divine judgment was pronounced against this false worship, it was
said that these images (obelisks) 'shall not stand up,' but would be
cast down (Isaiah 27:9)ů" 4.
Books of Freemasonry, Theosophy and other mystery religions state that
it is not intended that the "uninitiated" or lower orders understand
occult symbols, but it is important that they ignorantly venerate and
even worship them. It is further believed by esotericists that the
obelisks and other monoliths hold the sacred mysteries which were
known to the ancient religions. Throughout the ages, these mysteries
or secret doctrines have been entrusted only to the adepts -- the
sages or "elect" -- nevertheless, they will be revealed to the world
at the end of the age.
How is it possible that the customs of the ancient heathen nations
will be revived in the Christian nations of Western Civilization? In
1859, Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species,which
evolutionary thesis shattered the Christian faith of many. Bereft of
assurances of immortality after so great an assault on Biblical
revelation were masses of hopeless people "begging for a revelation
which was scientifically demonstrable." Ensuing was a widespread
flight from reason and a revival of the occult Traditions that had
been discredited during the Enlightenment. James Webb describes the
19th century occult revival as "...a wild return to archaic forms of
belief and among the intelligentsia a sinister concentration on
superstitions which had been thought buriedů" 5.

During this crisis of faith, the esoteric writings of Madame Helena
Petrova Blavatsky and especially her two primary channeled works, The
Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled, revived interest in the ancient
Babylonian Mysteries and laid the foundation for the New Age belief
system. According to Mme. Blavatsky, all Babylonian mystery religions
derived from one source, that is Egypt. Isis is the Egyptian fertility
goddess, the Virgin-Mother, nature personified, the female reflection
of Osiris and, in Jewish Kabbalistic doctrine, the woman clothed with
the sun and with twelve stars. The unveiling of Isis will be the
revelation of her mysteries at the end of the age. The Introduction to
Isis Unveiled explains Madame Blavatsky's quest for God and the
purpose of her book:

"When years ago, we first travelled over the East, exploring the
penetralia of its deserted sanctuaries, two saddening and
ever-recurring questions oppressed our thoughts: Where, WHO, WHAT is
GOD? Who ever saw the IMMORTAL SPIRIT of man, so as to be able to
assure himself of man's immortality? It was while most anxious to
solve these perplexing problems that we came into contact with certain
men, endowed with such mysterious powers and such profound knowledge
that we may truly designate them as the sages of the Orientů For the
first time we received the assurance that the Oriental philosophy has
room for no other faith than an absolute and immovable faith in the
omnipotence of man's own immortal self. We were taught that this
omnipotence comes from the kinship of man's spirit with the Universal
Soul -- God! . . . Our work then, is a plea for the recognition of the
Hermetic philosophy, the anciently universal Wisdom-Religion." 6.
A Christian can almost hear the serpent's hiss in the garden of Eden
when reading this testimony of a woman deceived by Satan. The BIG LIE
has not changed: "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and
evil." (Gen. 3:4,5)
The Hermetic books to which Madame Blavatsky alludes are the
pantheistic writings of Hermes Trismegistus, the "thrice great
Hermes," who is the greatest and most mysterious of the Egyptian gods
called Thoth. In his representation as a serpent, Hermes Thoth is the
divine creative Wisdom. 7. The following excerpts from Isis Unveiled
explain the important function of the obelisks as repositories of the
ancient mysteries:

"The keys to the biblical miracles of old, and to the phenomena of
modern days; the problems of psychology, physiology, and the many
'missing links' which have so perplexed scientists of late, are all in
the hands of secret fraternities. This mystery must be unveiled some
dayůThe answers are there. They may be found on the time worn granite
pages of cave-temples, on sphinxes, propylons, and obelisks. They have
stood there for untold ages, and neither the rude assault of time, nor
the still ruder assault of Christian hands, have succeeded in
obliterating their recordsů.And so stand these monuments like mute
forgotten sentinels on the threshold of that unseen world, whose gates
are thrown open but to a few electůthey will disclose their riddles to
none but the legates of those by whom they were entrusted with the
MYSTERY. The cold, stony lips of the once vocal Memnon, and of these
hardy sphinxes, keep their secrets well. Who will unseal them? Who of
our modern, materialistic dwarfs and unbelieving Sadducees will dare
to lift the VEIL of Isis?" 8.
Those who have dared to lift the veil of Isis have found the sun god
at whose pillar they worship to be the "thrice great" serpent, Hermes
Trismegistus:
"There was a time when Asia, Europe, Africa, and America were covered
with the temples sacred to the sun and the dragons. The priests
assumed the names of their deities, and thus the tradition of these
spread like a network all over the globeů And where is this source?
Kircher places the origin of the Ophite and the heliolatrous worship,
the shape of conical monuments and the obelisks, with the Egyptian
Hermes Trismegistus ů'But it is known ůthat this princeů receivedů the
homages of his subjects under the shape of a serpent.'" 9.
The Encyclopedia Of Religion directly identifies the Greek god,
Hermes, who was derived from the Egyptian god Hermes Trismegistus,
with phallic worship and the obelisk. We also discover in this
comprehensive work that Hermes was worshipped in the image of a
quadrangular stone pillar:
"The phallic symbolism of ancient Greek religion is most extensive.
The representation of Hermes offers a prime exampleůat Cyllene Hermes
was worshipped by the name Phales-- derived from Phallos - and in the
image of a phallic stone. More usually, however, his phallic image was
a herm. Originally a stone heap--perhaps topped by a large upright
stone--serving as a landmark in the countryside without roads, the
herm developed into a quadrangular stone pillar topped by the head of
Hermes and featuring at its front an erect phallus." 10.
MASONIC SYMBOLISM
According to Madame Blavatsky, the deeper mysteries of sun-worship are
not known to the uninitiated, but only to the adepts and initiates of
the secret societies...

"In times of antiquity, those who had been initiated into the arcane
knowledge taught by the hierophants (highest adepts) of the Mysteries;
and in our modern days those who have been initiated by the adepts of
mystic lore into the mysterious knowledge, which, notwithstanding the
lapse of ages, has yet a few real votaries on earth." 11.
Madame Blavatsky laments the debased condition of Freemasonry in her
day (c. 1875) whose "perjured members" were guilty of exposing the
secrets of the order, which have subsequently been "hawked about the
world." 12. One perjured member, James Shaw was among the more recent
highest ranking adepts to renounce the Masonic Order, having been
initiated into the 33rd degree.
Rev. Shaw wrote pamphlets and books for the purpose of exposing
Freemasonry and to appeal to Masons with the hope of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. In his book, The Deadly Deception, Jim Shaw explained
the foundation of all Masonic symbolism as phallic worship and exposed
the utter deception of the lower orders of Masons who have no idea
that they are involved in ritual phallic worship:

"Masonry is, according to its own philosophers, a system of pure
religion expressed in symbols, one which cannot be understood without
a knowledge of the true meaning of them. This makes a proper
understanding of those symbols terribly important. For the Christian
Mason, accepting and guarding those symbols and their 'secrets' with
his physical life at stake, he must understand them to know that he is
doing right.
"For the many zealous Masons, trusting their obedience to their
obligations to gain them entrance into that 'Celestial Lodge Above,'
those for whom 'the Lodge is a good enough religion,' the correct
understanding of these symbols is the key (they believe) to their
eternal destiny. They are trusting in the teachings of the Lodge
concerning these symbols with their eternal redemption, or damnation,
at stake.
"Herein lies the most terrible manifestation of Masonic morality, that
philosophy of the elite, which makes whatever they do 'right' because
it is they (the elite) who do it. Having established and taught the
sincere but deceived masses of Masons (the Blue Lodge Masons) that
everything depends upon their proper understanding of the symbols of
Masonry, they have then deliberately deceived them as to the true
meaning of those symbols. Hear the arrogant words of Albert Pike,
Supreme Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry, that preeminent Masonic
authority:
"'The Blue Degrees are but the court or portico (porch) of the Temple.
Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is
intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that

he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall imagine

that he understands themů their true explication (explanation and
understanding) is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry
(those of the 32nd and 33rd Degrees)." (Morals and Dogma, page 819).
13.
In one accord with Ralph Woodrow and H.P. Blavatsky, Jim Shaw locates
the origin of phallic symbolism in the ancient Egyptian worship of the
sun.
"Since the true meaning of Masonic symbols (and thus, the true meaning
of Masonry itself) is to be known only by the Prince Adepts of
Masonry, we must hear what they say concerning them. They (Albert
Pike, Albert Mackey, J. D. Buck, Daniel Sickles and others) teach that
Masonry is a revival of the Ancient Mysteries (the mystery religions
of Babylon, Egypt, Persia, Rome and Greece).
"These Ancient religions had two meanings, or interpretations. One was
the apparent (exoteric) meaning, known to the uninitiated, ignorant
masses; the other (esoteric) meaning was the true meaning, entirely
different, known only to a small, elite group, initiated into their
secrets and secret rituals of worship. These mystery religions were
forms of nature-worship, more specifically and most commonly the
worship of the Sun as source and giver of life to the Earth. Since
Ancient times, this worship of the Sun (and of the Moon, stars and of
nature in general) has been sexual in its out-workings and rituals.
Since the Sunĺs rays, penetrating the Earth and bringing about new
life, have been central to such worship, the phallus, the male
Ĺgenerative principle,ĺ has been worshipped and the rituals climaxed
with sexual union in the mystery religions of Isis and Osiris, Tammuz,
Baal, etc. In summary, then, since the Ancient Mysteries (especially
those of Egypt) are in fact the Old Religion of which Freemasonry is a
revival, the symbols of Masonry should be expected to be phallic in
true meaning. This, in very fact, is the case. A thorough treatment of
this unpleasant reality is beyond the scope of this brief summary;
however, some examples, with references to the Masonic authorities,
will suffice to illustrate this astonishing fact." 14.(See Masonic
Symbolism)
THE KABBALAH
A primary source of Masonic doctrine is the Kabbalah: "a medieval book
of the occult, a highly mystical and magical interpretation of the
Bible, and important sourcebook for sorcerers and magicians." 15. In
her Theosophical writings, H.P. Blavatsky repeatedly refers to the
Jewish Kabbala as an important aid to understanding the Hebrew Bible,
especially the Pentateuch. According to the Kabbalistic interpretation
of Genesis, the word Adam does not refer to one specific man but to
four Adams who emanate from the first perfect Adam and represent four
consecutive races. This concept of creation was the foundation of
Blavatsky's Aryan Root Race Theory --

"The Kabalists teach the existence of four distinct Adams, or the
transformation of four consecutive Adams, the emanations from the
Dy§qnŃ (divine phantom) of the Heavenly Manů That they represent our
Five Races is certain, as everyone can see by their description in the
Kabala; the first being the 'perfect, Holy Adam'ů the second is called
the protoplastic androgyne Adam of the future terrestrial and
separated Adam; the third Adam is the man made of 'dust' (the first,
innocent Adam); and the fourth is the supposed forefather of our own
race-the Fallen Adamů'The fourth Adamůwas clothed with skin, flesh and
nerves, etc.ůand this is the human Root Race.'" 16.
In other words, man emanated from the Divine Being in an androgynous
form (male and female in one) but became male and female as a result
of the fall; however, the fourth human root race is evolving through
various stages and will eventually return to its former metaphysical,
androgynous state. H.P. Blavatsky was believed to have been a lesbian
and, in the passage which follows this, she critiques modern
Kabbalists whose writings she regrets have been arrested in the
phallic stage.
"It is just at this point that the modern Kabalists -- led into error
by the long generations of Christian mystics who have tampered with
the Kabalistic records, wherever they could -- diverge from the
Occultists in their original interpretations, and take the later
thought for the earlier idea. The original Kabala was entirely
metaphysical, and had no concern with animal, or terrestrial sexes;
the alter Kabala has suffocated the divine ideal under the heavy
phallic element." 17.
The Masculine Journey
Although Mme. Blavatsky's theory of creation is a highly irrational
and unacceptable interpretation of Scripture, the point worth noting
is that she identifies modern Kabbalists with Christian mystics who
are familiar with Kabbalistic writings and have a proclivity toward
phallicism. We do, in fact, find these same Theosophical/ Kabbalistic
lines of thinking permeating the Promise Keeper's publication The
Masculine Journey by Robert Hicks. Robert Hicks seems to derive his
theory of man from the Kabbalistic theory of creation as a seven step
process of human evolution in which successive Ĺracesĺ evolve from a
lower to a higher form of life.

Under Mme. Blavatsky, Theosophy adapted the Kabbalist Root Race theory
to Darwin's evolutionary model to form the New Age theory of the
individual's evolution through successive stages on the path to the
divine state. Hicks draws from this Gnostic pool of ignorance and
attempts to demonstrate that the "masculine journey" progresses
through six life cycles. These stages he identifies using the same
Kabbalistic terminology found in Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine: 1.
adam (male/female) 2. zakar (phallic) 3. gibbor (warrior) 4. enosh
(wounded) 5. ish (ruler) 6. zaken (sage).

The Masculine Journey appeals to many other questionable sources of
inspiration. For example, Hicks quoted Charles Darwin to begin Chapter
2 titled Adam: The Noble Savage: "Man with all his noble qualities
still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly
origin." Throughout the book, Hicks derives his theories of manhood,
not from Scripture, but from a variety of New Age authors, such as
Daniel Levinson, Sam Keen, Robert Bly, Patrick Arnold, Robert Moore,
Eugene Monick and occultists Carl Jung and Margaret Mead. Often
denigrating the Church, Hick's justifies his frequent references to
New Age authors with the statement: "I am often amazed at how God
sometimes uses secular sources to communicate His truth better than
Christian ones." Having expressed this low opinion of Scripture, Hicks
then proceeds to devalue Western Civilization:

"When Margaret Mead first started studying the primitive peoples of
Polynesia and Micronesia, what she encountered was not the expected
savagery that was often portrayed by Western writers and missionaries.
Instead, she found family systems where parents cared for their young
and societies that were organized with systems of justice and
fairness, though these differed from Western conceptions. Impressed by
the noble aspirations of these 'savages,' she consequently coined the
term 'noble savage.' She was impressed by the unexpected and
unexplained nobility found among the most primitive of peoples. Today,
there is a striking similarity going on in reverse. Amid all the
emphasis on high aspirations in 'civilized' countries, the real
question is how to explain the surprising amount and extent of
violence, greed, and human degradation. When we begin to look
underneath the veneer of this noble culture, what we find is not the
expected beauty and purity of individual benevolence, but a sheer
confrontation with evil." 18.
Chapter 3 of The Masculine Journey borrows for its title the same term
for "male" found in Kabbalism and Theosophy: "The Phallic Male --
Zakar: The Mysterious Taskmaster." Opening this chapter are two
proverbs of arcane wisdom from occult sources: "The passions should be
held in reverence." (The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe) and "The loins are
the place of judgment." (Fire in the Belly by New Age author, Sam
Keen) The remainder of the chapter is basically a modern treatise on
phallicism and phallic worship with disclaimers that Robert Hicks
really is not endorsing pagan worship. Hick's rejection of the
orthodox meaning of Scripture is evident everywhere. A brief mention
of the covenant meaning of circumcision is followed by a discussion of
the doctrine of the phallus which is Kabbalistic. Other aberrant
interpretations of Scripture appear, such as the "mass murder" of the
heathen nations by the Israelites and blasphemous concepts of Jesus
Christ as "phallic" and lustful.
Since the Mystery religions are careful to conceal from the rank and
file of their membership the esoteric meaning of their pagan symbols,
it is interesting that Robert Hicks demonstrates more than a
superficial understanding of phallic worship. Hicks even gives a
measure of approval to this unclean worship suggesting that the
Christian Church could learn from the pagan mixture of the holy with
the profane.

Promise Keepers distributed 5,000 copies of MASCULINE JOURNEY at its
Boulder conference but stopped distributing the book upon the exposure
of its contents and strong objections from numerous
discernment-oriented ministries. However, the organization has not
withdrawn its endorsement of the controversial book, but defends its
theology as being Biblically sound. The Promise Keepers Web Site
provided this statement, which has since been removed:

"Several passages in The Masculine Journey by Robert Hicks (1993,
NavPress) could be understood in more than one way. Some of the
content of the book has unfortunately lent itself to a wide range of
interpretations and responses involving theological issues which
Promise Keepers does not feel called to resolve. These are
controversies which neither Promise Keepers nor the author could have
foreseen, and which have proven to be a distraction from the focus of
our ministry. Therefore, Promise Keepers has discontinued marketing
and distributing The Masculine Journey. At the same time, we believe
Mr. Hicks' core theology is consistent with orthodox evangelical
Christianity, and that The Masculine Journey was a forthright attempt
on his part to deal with male issues from a biblical context."
Reverend Moon
Despite their Christian profession, modern Kabbalists are essentially
a new breed of cult leaders who are introducing profane forms of
worship into the Church. In July/August of 1996, the Rev. Sun Myung
Moon hosted a convention in Washington, D.C., which was also attended
by several prominent evangelical leaders. Dave Hunt reported on this
conference in The Berean Call:

"Sun Myung Moon's front organizations (Family Federation for World
Peace, Women's Federation for World Peace, Summit Council for World
Peace, etc.) promote 'morals and family values.' It is amazing to see
who will join this self-professed 'Messiah' in working for these
'religiously correct' goals. Moon just hosted (7/31-8/2/96) another
convention in Washington, D.C. The highly paid speakers (reportedly
$80-150,000 each) included former presidents Ford and Bush, Robert
Schuller, Ralph Reed, Gary Bauer (president of Family Research
Council, 'the lobbying/research arm of Focus on the Family') and
Beverly LaHaye. Entertainment was by Pat Boone and family.
"Moon says that mankind fell from grace because Eve had sex with
Satan, Christ failed in His mission and Moon is the true Messiah.
While evangelical speakers were careful not to offend their
high-paying host with the true gospel, Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han,
boldly proclaimed their gospel. What a denial of Christ for Pat Boone
to entertain, and evangelical leaders to speak, on the same platform
where the host declared that he is perfecting the work 'left
uncompleted by Jesus!'" 19.
The full text of Rev. Moon's speech of August 1, 1996, titled "In
Search of the Origin of the Universe," is available on the Unification
Home Page. The following excerpts from this speech are representative
of the blasphemous language replete with phallic references which,
like The Masculine Journey, somehow passes today for Christian
teaching.
"God wants a love partner. Thus, centering on the place where husband
and wife become one through their sexual organs, God wants to appear
and meet us . . . I wish that you would center on the absolute sexual
organ, unique sexual organ, unchanging sexual organ and eternal sexual
organ, and use this as your foundation to pursue God. You should
realize that this foundation should become the foundation of love,
life, lineage and conscience. We also have to realize that the Kingdom
of God on Earth and in Heaven will begin on this foundation." 20.
Rev. Moon, a false Christ, has achieved alarming acceptance among the
apostate leadership of the Evangelical Church. More shocking than his
presentation of the Christian God as perverted is the marvel that this
blasphemy aroused neither a word of protest nor a warning to the
Church from the Evangelical contingent in attendance at this
conference.
THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE

The world and also the church are subtly being prepared for a return
to ancient forms of heathen worship, in particular the phallicism
which has been preserved within the secret societies. In a history of
phallic rites, Phallism And Ancient Worship, Robert Bouton predicts
that "phallic worship isůthe real religion of the future." 21.
Although Mme. Blavatsky would not degrade so sublime a mystery with
such materialistic terminology, her forecast is essentially the same.
The Secret Doctrine maintains that phallicism, despite its modern
perversion by the Christian mystics, will be revealed in its pristine
character as the ancient mysteries are unveiled and man progresses in
his evolution toward a completely metaphysical state:

"Every old religion is but a chapter or two of the entire volume of
archaic primeval mysteries -- Eastern Occultism alone being able to
boast that it is in possession of the full secret, with its seven
keysů A few years longer and this system will kill the dead letter of
the Bible, as it will that of all the other exoteric faiths, by
showing the dogmas in their real, naked meaning.
"The element of Phallicism, found in every God-name and narrative in
the Old (and to some degree in the New) Testament, may also in time
considerably change modern materialistic views in Biology and
PhysiologyůThe so-called phallic symbols have become offensive only
because of the element of materiality and animality in them. As they
originated with the archaic racesůsuch symbols were but natural. If
later races have degraded them, especially the 'chosen people,' this
does not affect the origin of those symbols." 22.
With Robert Bouton, Mme. Blavatsky maintains that Eastern Occultism
will in the end replace worship of the Christian God. These
astonishing statements, if they are to be taken seriously, require an
investigation to determine whether there is Scriptural support for
their claims. Revelation 18 does describe the religion of the
Tribulation period as MYSTERY BABYLON, that is, a revival of the
mystery religion of ancient Babylon. We have learned from Theosophy
and Kabbalism that an integral element of the Babylonian mystery
religions was phallic worship. However, is there Scriptural support
exist for Robert Bouton's outrageous prediction that "Phallic
worshipůis the real religion of the future"?
The Abomination of Desolation

A significant verse of Scripture pertaining to the form of worship
which will be instituted by the Antichrist is found in Matthew 24:15:

"When ye therefore shall see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let
him understand;) then let them which be in Judea flee into the
mountainsů"
Jesus is referring here to Daniel's prophecy in Dan. 12:11:
"And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand
two hundred and ninety days."
Concerning these twin prophecies, Dr. J. Vernon McGee wrote in his
commentary on Daniel:
"The importance of (Daniel 12:11) cannot be overemphasized as the Lord
Jesus referred to it in Matthew 24:15ů This is the signal to the
remnant that the Great Tribulation has begun. For 1290 days the idol
of the Beast remains in the temple. " 23.
The Old Testament frequently characterizes heathen idols as
abominations. (Deut. 7:25,26) Daniel 11:31 foretold the abomination of
desolation that would be placed in the Temple in 170 B.C. According to
Dr. McGee, this event foreshadowed the Abomination of Desolation which
Antichrist would place in the Temple:
"Antiochus came against Jerusalem in 170 B.C., at which time over one
hundred thousand Jews were slain! He took away the daily sacrifice
from the temple, offered blood and broth of swine upon the altar, and
set up an image of Jupiter to be worshipped in the holy place of the
temple of God. This was an 'abomination that maketh desolate,' but it
was not the abomination to which our Lord Jesus refers which was
future when He was on earth and is still future in our day." 24.
In the ancient Temple at Jerusalem, the Holy Place was situated before
the Holy of Holies, where the Ark of the Covenant rested.
Interestingly, six hundred years before Christ, Ezekiel described a
scene in which the elders of Jerusalem were worshipping an "image of
jealousy" which was placed at the entry of the inner gate of the
temple. (Ezekiel 8:3,5) The proper position of worship at the temple
was toward the west where the Ark resided in the Holy of Holies.
However, verse 16 of Ezekiel 8 portrays the apostate elders (like the
Masons): "with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their
faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east."
Our understanding of this obscure passage is greatly improved in
Babylon Mystery Religion:
"When the Israelites mixed heathen worship into their religion in the
days of Ezekiel, they erected an 'image of jealousy in the entry' of
the temple (Ezekiel 8:5). This image was probably an obelisk, the
symbol of the phallus, for (as Scofield says) they were 'given over to
phallic cults.' Placing an obelisk at the entrance of a heathen temple
was apparently not an uncommon practice at the time." 25.
Recalling the aforementioned quadrangular stone pillar with the head
of Hermes, the Encyclopedia Britannica also records that the Emperor
Caligula, who moved the Egyptian obelisk from Hierapolis to Rome,
placed a similar object in the Temple at Jerusalem:
"The express command of Caligula (37-41 A.D.) ůaddressed to the Jews,
to erect his image in the temple at Jerusalem in the form of the
Olympian Zeusůmust have recalled to the Jews familiar with their
Scriptures the similar conduct of Antiochus." 26.
Today there are thirteen obelisks in Rome, several of which are
located within the Vatican, including the obelisk in front of St.
Peter's Basilica. The Encyclopedia Britannica reveals that an obelisk
may even stand inside St. Peter's: "In St. Peter's at Rome is kept in
secret a large stone emblem of the creative power of a very peculiar
shape on which are the words, 'Zeus Soter' (or Jove the Savior)." 27.
To arrive at an understanding of the occult reason for placing a
phallic symbol at the entrance of a temple, let us now turn to H.P.
Blavatsky for possible enlightenment as to the mystical explication of
the Holy of Holies and of the Ark which rested therein.

"The Sanctum Sanctorum of the Ancients, i.e., that recess on the
Western side of the Temple which was enclosed on three sides by blank
walls and had its only aperture or door hung over with a curtain --
also called the Adytum -- was common to all ancient nations.
"Nevertheless, a great difference is found between the secret meanings
of this symbolical place, in the esotericism of the Pagans and that of
later Jews, though the symbology of it was originally identical
throughout the ancient Races and Nations. The Gentiles, by placing in
the Adytum a sarcophagus, or a tome,ů and the solar god to whom the
temple was consecrated, held it, as Pantheists, in the greatest
veneration. They regarded it - in its esoteric meaning -- as the
symbol of resurrection, cosmic, solar (or diurnal), and human. It
embraced the wide range of periodical and (in time) punctual,
Manvantaras, or the reawakenings of kosmos, earth, and man to new
existences; the sun being the most poetical and also the most
grandiose symbol of the same in heaven, and man -- in his
reincarnations -- on Earth. 28.
"The Ark, in which are preserved the germs of all living things
necessary to repeople the earth, represents the survival of life, and
the supremacy of spirit over matter, through the conflict of the
opposing powers of natureůthe Ark corresponds with the navelů The
umbilicus is connected with the receptacle in which are fructified the
germs of the race. The Ark is the sacred Argha of the Hindusůan oblong
vessel used by the high priests as a sacrificial chalice in the
worship of Isis, Astarte, and Venus-, Aphrodite, all of whom were
goddesses of the generative powers of nature, or of matter -- hence,
representing symbolically the Ark containing the germs of all living
things." 29.
In Theosophy, therefore, the Holy of Holies represents the womb of
nature, the female generative principle found in the mystery religions
of Egypt, Babylon, India, Kabbalism, Masonry, etc. A tomb and the
solar god were placed in the doorway to the Holy of Holies. The
esoteric meaning of this arrangement typified cosmic, planetary and
human resurrection or regeneration. Mme. Blavatsky notes that the
symbolism of the pagan Sanctum Sanctorum corresponds to the
Kabbalist/Masonic interpretation of the Holy of Holies in the Temple
of Jerusalem:
"ůand the Jewish Ark of the Covenant had precisely the same
significance; with the supplementary addition that, instead of a
beautiful and chaste sarcophagus (the symbol of the matrix of Nature
and resurrection) as in the Sanctum Sanctorum of the pagans, they had
the ark made still more realistic in its construction by the two
cherubs set up on the coffer or Ark of the Covenant, facing each
other, with their wings spread in such a manner as to form a perfect
yoni (as now seen in India)." 30.
Such an interpretation of the Ark of the Covenant constitutes the
highest blasphemy, and yet is precisely the perverted view which
Antichrist will hold toward the Ark of the restored Jewish Covenant.
As Antiochus had "indignation against the holy covenant" and took away
the daily sacrifice in 170 B.C., thus will the Antichrist proscribe
the Jewish system of blood sacrifices and set in the Holy Place a
pagan idol which incurs God's judgment. With Scripture in view and
having established through many sources that that the solar god,
Hermes, was worshipped in the image of a phallic stone or quadrangular
stone pillar, we venture to state that the obelisk may be the idol or
abomination that will be "set up" in the Holy Place.
Kabbalistic Interpretation Of Scripture

Madame Blavatsky freely imposes a Kabbalistic interpretation on the
plain meaning of Scripture and unabashedly defends the
Theosophists/Kabbalists' privilege of permutation -- to thoroughly
alter the Scriptures, based on esoteric or private revelation. Taking
such liberty is also the custom of the modern Gnostics who produce new
translations of the Bible. In particular, there are passages of
Scripture related to our study in which serious permutation occurs.
Dr. McGee mentioned that Daniel 12:11 and Matthew 24:15 were
correlating verses. Mark 13:14 is nearly identical to Matthew 24:15,
with the exception that, in modern translations of Mark 13:14, the
words "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" have been removed: "When you
see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does
not belong (let the reader understand) then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains." (NIV)

This omission destroys the cross reference to the Abomination of
Desolation given in Daniel's prophecy, which "lets the reader
understand" that the original Abomination of Desolation was a pagan
idol. Compounding the effect of this revision is the fact that
Gnostics have traditionally considered Mark to be the only reliable
gospel -- after they have truncated it and added a Secret Gospel of
Mark, an apocryphal book which purports to set the record straight on
the other gospel accounts. Modern Gnostics of the Jesus Seminar also
pontificate that Matthew and Luke are heretical gospels and New Agers
are fast publishing books to authenticate this spurious gospel in the
public mind.

In Scripture, the writer of Hebrews described the tabernacle with its
furniture as a type of Christ and His substitutionary atonement for
sin -- types which looked forward to their time of fulfillment on
Calvary. Hebrews 9:8-12 explain the way which God has provided for
believers to enter the Holy of Holies, a privilege that was obtained
for them at the first coming of Jesus Christ. The italicized letters
in this passage as it is translated in the King James Version identify
important phrases which have subsequently been altered in modern
translations.

"The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all
was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet
standing: which was a figure for the time then present, in which were
offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did
the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; which stood only
in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances,
imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come
an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us." (KJV)
Please note the changes in the New International Version:
"The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy
Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was
still standing. This is an illustration for the present time,
indicating that the gifts and sacrifices were not able to clear the
conscience of the worshipper. They are only a matter of food and drink
and various ceremonial washings -- external regulations applying until
the time of the new order. When Christ came as high priest of the good
things that are already here, he went through the greater and more
perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of
this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and
calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own
blood, having obtained eternal redemption." (NIV)
The Authorized King James Version declares that the believer received
access into the Holy of Holies immediately after the blood of Jesus
Christ was shed at Calvary. At that time Christ functioned as the high
priest of the redemption which will be finally realized at his Second
Coming and which redemption is limited to those who receive it by
faith -- "eternal redemption for us" (KJV). By removing the words for
us, however, the NIV allows for the concept of universal salvation of
mankind.
This passage as it is worded in the NIV could be applied to a future
time when the Jerusalem temple is restored and the daily sacrifice is
reinstated. Rather than a tabernacle "which was a figure for the time
then present", the NIV states that the tabernacle "IS an illustration
for the present time." Having moved this critical reference from the
past to present tense, one can hardly fail to notice the next change.
The Jewish sacrificial system will be done away with at the time of
the new order.

The Christ in this passage does not come to establish His kingdom, but
as a high priest of good things that are already here! Thus translated
in the NIV, a Kabbalistic interpretation may be derived from this
passage of Scripture which also supports the Kingdom Now/ Restoration
Theology of the Latter Rain Movement. Theosophists will also take
advantage of this translation to support their teaching that, after
the earth has been purified through a planetary initiation, all will
have been made ready for union with "Christ."

Rites Of Initiation

In esoteric doctrine, the regeneration of man is not accomplished
though any sacrificial offering for sin, but by achieving union with
God through a process of initiation. The Secret Doctrine describes the
comparative rites of initiation as they were practiced in the pyramids
of ancient Egypt and also in other pagan cultures, where custom
required different symbols:

"The 'King's Chamber' in the Cheops' Pyramid is thus an Egyptian 'Holy
of Holies.' On the days of the Mysteries of Initiation, the candidate,
representing the solar god, had to descend into the Sarcophagus, and
represent the energizing ray, entering into the fecund womb of Nature.
Emerging from it on the following morning, he typified the
resurrection of life after the change called Death. In the great
Mysteries, his figurative death lasted two days, when with the Sun he
arose on the third morning, after a last night of the most cruel
trials. While the postulant represented the Sun -- the all-vivifying
Orb that 'resurrects' every morning but to impart life to all -- the
Sarcophagus was symbolic of the female principle.
"This, in Egypt; its form and shape changed with every country,
provided it remained a vessel, a symbolic navis or boat-shaped
vehicle, and a container, symbolically, of germs or the germ of life
ůIn India, it is the 'golden' Cow through which the candidate for the
Brahmanism has to pass if he desires to be a Brahman, and to become
DVIJA ('reborn a second time')ů For (the ancient nations) passage
entrance and the sarcophagus in the King's chamber meant regeneration
- not generation. It was the most solemn symbol, a Holy of Holies,
indeed wherein were created immortal hierophants and 'sons of god'ů"
31.
To wit, the initiation rites which took place within the various
Holies of Holies of pagan religions, were performed with the promise
of transforming lowly mortals into "Immortal Sons of God." This very
terminology is found within the Church today among the prophets of the
Latter Rain Movement, who promise their disciples that they will soon
be transformed into immortal Manifest Sons of God! Mme. Blavatsky
further expounds upon the process of regeneration as it is expected to
occur in a planetary transformation. "The inferior Mother" (Earth) as
the female Bride will be purified and then united with the Heavenly
Man or Spiritual Logos -- who is the First Cause, the chief of the
seven Mystery-Gods, Hermes or Christos, who is one with Satan. 32
A Chaldean source confirms that this union is a consummation or
becoming one, even in essence:

"'When Matronithah, the Mother, is separated, and brought face to face
with the King, in the excellence of the Sabbath, all things become one
body.' 'Becomes one body' means that all is reabsorbed once more into
the one element, the spirits of men becoming NirvŃn´s, and the
elements of everything else becoming again what they were before --
undifferentiated substance. 'Sabbath' means rest or NirvŃnŃů Paul, an
Initiate, knew it well when referring to the eternal rest and felicity
in heaven, as Sabbath; 'and their happiness will be eternal, for they
will ever be [one] with the Lord and will enjoy an eternal Sabbath.'
[Heb. iv,3 et seq.]" 33.
Masonic Initiation
Men who join the Masonic orders undergo several initiations -- as many
as thirty-three -- of which the third is most commonly attained.
Initiates of this degree undergo a mock death and resurrection that
simulates the death and resurrection of a legendary character, Hiram
Abiff.

"The heart of Freemasonry is the Blue Lodge with its three degrees.
The climactic degree (and the final one for most Masons) in the Blue
Lodge is the Third, or Master Mason Degree. The heart of the Master
Mason Degree, the thing that gives it both meaning and substance, is
without any doubt the reenactment of the Legend of Hiram Abiff. It is
this central figure in the legend, this Hiram the 'Widow's Son,' the
'Tyrian Architect,' this 'First Grand Master' who is impersonated by
every man who is initiated as a Master Mason. It is Hiram who is at
the very heart of the foundation of all of Masonryů" 34.
According to the Masonic legend, Hiram Abiff was the chief architect
of the Temple built by King Solomon. Hiram was the only one on Earth
who knew the secrets of a Master Mason, including the Grand Masonic
Word, the name of God (the 'ineffable name'). Knowing the secrets of a
Master Mason would enable the masons working on the Temple to become
Master Masons and to earn higher wages. Hiram had promised to reveal
the secrets of a Master Mason upon completion of the Temple.
One day Hiram went into the unfinished Holy of Holies to worship and
to draw up plans for the workmen to follow the next day. As Hiram was
leaving the Temple he was accosted by three fellow Masons in
succession, who demanded that they be given the secrets before the
Temple was completed. These three "ruffians" threatened and finally
murdered Hiram Abiff. King Solomon sent a search team which found the
body of Hiram, but was unable to raise him from the dead. Solomon
himself raised and restored Hiram to life with the grip of a Master
Mason. The first word which Hiram spoke was the replacement for the
Grand Masonic Word, which is traditionally given to a Master Mason
during his initiation. As for the legend of Hiram Abiff, Shaw
explains:

"It is generally believed, in spite of the fact that the Masonic
authorities and writers of doctrine agree that it is not only a myth,
unsupported by facts, but acknowledge that it is but a retelling of
Isis and Osirisů"
"Osiris, both King of the Egyptians and their god, went on a long
journey to bless neighboring nations with his knowledge of arts and
sciences. His jealous brother, Typhon (god of Winter) conspired to
murder him, steal his kingdom and did so. Isis, sister and wife of
Osiris and his queen (as well as Egypt's Moon-goddess) set out on a
search for the body, making inquiries of all she met. "After certain
adventures, she found the body with an Acacia tree at the head of the
coffin. Returning home, she secretly buried the body, intending to
give it proper burial as soon as arrangements were made. Typhon, by
treachery, stole the body, cut it up into 14 pieces and hid them in as
many places. Isis then made a second search and located all the pieces
but one; the one missing and lost part was the phallus. She made a
substitute phallus, consecrated it, and it became a sacred substitute,
and object of worship." 35.
The Egyptian origin of this legend is demonstrable through many common
elements in both stories and also the statements of Masonic
authorities in Masonic source-writings. Among several parallels in
these legends, there is in each "ůa loss of something precious: in
Hiram's death the secret word is lost; in Osiris' death, the phallus
is lost; (and) a substitution for the precious thing that has been
lost; concerning Hiram it is the substitute for the secret word;
concerning Osiris it is the substitute phallus." 36.
According to the Supreme Council of Masonry, the exoteric meaning of
the three "ruffians" is the tyranny, ignorance and intolerance of
religious and civil powers. 37. However, since Masonic manuals also
state that Hiram is a type of Osiris, the esoteric meaning of these
ruffians is rather the Triune God who destroyed the religious system
of Egypt, which system has been revived through the secret societies.
And since the initiate experiences by faith the death and resurrection
of Hiram, this rite corresponds to baptism, howbeit the Mason is
baptized into Osiris:

"Thus, it seems clear, the Hiram Abiff of Free-masonry is not an
historical character and certainly not a biblical one. Rather, he
actually represents Osiris, the Egyptian Sun-god, and the reenactment
of the Legend of Hiram Abiff is actually the reenactment of the legend
of Isis and Osirisů Thus, each sincere man who is initiated into the
Third (Master Mason) Degree of Masonry impersonates Osiris, the
Sun-god of Egypt, and enters into his life of good deeds, his death,
his burial and is 'raised' in his resurrection from the dead. With
this understood, it is then easy to understand the statement in the
Kentucky Monitor (handbook for all Blue Lodge Masonry in the Grand
Lodge of Kentucky) that, while the Christian's Messiah is called
Jesus, the Mason's Messiah is called Hiram (Kentucky Monitor, "the
Spirit of Masonry," xv)." 38.
Promise Keepers Initiation
The Masonic book titled Obelisks provides much information on the
ancient Mystery religions from which Masonic rites of initiation are
derived. One example, the second degree of a Hindu initiation rite,
involved preparation through fasting and the first stage of initiation
proceeded as follows: "After an invocation to the sun, an oath was
demanded of the aspirant of implicit obedience to superiors, purity of
body, and inviolable secrecy." 39. The author notes concerning the
Brahman initiation a "striking similarity to the Masonic system." Each
Masonic initiation is also accompanied by oaths or covenants which are
obligatory and the men are required at each stage of initiation to
take an oath of loyalty to the Masonic brothers of that degree. As
most Masons do not know Scripture, it is doubtful that any of the men
realize the spiritually binding nature of their oaths or understand
the inability of the carnal nature to honor oaths or promises.

On the Promise Keepers web site was displayed a covenant which
participants in the Sacred Assembly promised to perform. [Note: This
covenant has been removed.] The Promise Keepers Covenant included,
among other commitments, obligations of obedience to spiritual
leaders, moral purity, religious unity and loyalty to brothers in
Christ. 40. Like the Masons, Promise Keepers are placing themselves
under the Law with its attendant curses for disobedience. (Deut.
28:15-68) However, Christian men, unlike Freemasons, should understand
the spiritual ramifications of oath-taking, having the warning of
Jesus in Scripture:

"Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven; for it
is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by
Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou
swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or
black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for
whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matt. 5:34-37)
The Promise Keepers have also taken a leadership role in the Fasting &
Prayer 97, one of many public fasting events promoted by the
ecumenical A.D. 2000 Movement. Although Scripture does not discourage
fasting and even encourages believers to pray and fast, Jesus advised
against public fasting: "ůThat thou appear not unto men to fast, but
unto thy Father which is in secretů" Likewise, the Promise Keepers'
Assembly disregarded the command of Jesus regarding public prayer:
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for
they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily, I say unto you, They
have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in
secret." Matthew 6:5,6
At Bill McCartney's invitation, all religions were included in this
assembly -- a mixed multitude with whom II Cor. 6:14-17 declares
believers may have no agreement:
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteous-ness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of
the living God... Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you."
Christians should be able to discern whether the Holy Spirit would
lead the Christian church in a great revival to kneel in prayer before
a pagan idol. Does a Christian worship ceremony before a pagan obelisk
honor God (or Satan), especially when conducted by a mixed multitude
many of whom DO understand the significance of the obelisk? Nor does
ignorance absolve the Christian community of the sin of bowing down
before an idol -- "And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things
which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though
he wist it not, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his iniquity." (Lev.
5:17) We have been informed in II Corinthians 11:4 that there is
"another Jesus" and there are other gods which might be invoked by
those who move outside the parameters of Godĺs Word.
This unhappy prospect leads us to question the invocation by several
native American Indians who opened the Sacred Assembly with an Indian
chant. Only another American Indian would know the interpretation of
this chant and which "god" may have been invoked. An ancient Indian
invocation would have addressed the sun god commonly worshipped by
primitive American tribes.

If Promise Keepers disobey Godĺs commands, "do not prayůstanding on
the corners of the streets" and "be ye not unequally yoked with
unbelievers" and "swear not at all," what assurance do the men have
that God will hear their prayers, even if they use Jesusĺ name? Having
performed this catalogue of forbidden practices, it is expedient to
inquire whether the Promise Keepers are already passing through stages
of initiation comparable to the mystery religions. The ancient custom
of initiation is, in fact, highly recommended by Robert Hicks as a
catalyst to making transitions through the various stages of manhood.
Once again deriding Western culture, Hicks celebrates the glories of
pagan initiation rites:

"As discussed in so many men's books today, we men have lost all of
our formal initiation ritesůMen have to prove something. So, lets at
least begin thinking about which appropriate initiation rites might
fit each of these stagesůI'm not sure how we could do it. But I know
we need to do itůIn some cultures there is far more phallic initiation
than in oursů
"Traditionally, the initiation of the warrior has been the first
kill--whether fighter pilot, deer hunter or headhunterůIf ever we
needed to initiate the wounded in our midst it is now. We need to
recognize a man's divorce, or job firing, or major health problem, or
culpability in some legal or sexual indiscretion, as a wound to which
we show deference as a part of the male journeyůThey can be initiation
rites to lead men to a higher and richer level of masculine spiritual
life." 41.
Hicks model for manhood is Robert Bly, founder of the secular men's
movement, who writes in his bestseller, Iron John:
"The boys in our culture have a continuing need for initiation into
male spirit, but old men in general don't offer itů The ancient
societies believed that a boy becomes a man only through ritual and
effort -- only through the 'active intervention of the older men.'
ůThe active intervention of the older men means that older men welcome
the younger men into the ancient, mythologized, instinctive male
world." 42.
Hicks concludes that the Christian Church is not doing its proper work
of initiating men as phallic males:
"I believe until the church sees men for what they are, phallic males
with all their inherent spiritual tensions, it will not begin to reach
men where they are living. Without proper teaching on the phallus, men
will carry around in their psyches a spiritual god-hunger so
mysterious and powerful that when driven underground, it will seek
spiritual fulfillment only in the secrecy motel rooms, adult videos,
and in the bragging and joking about sexual exploits in athletic
locker roomsů"
It is worth noting that the Boulder Valley Vineyard, the church
pastored by James Ryle and attended by Bill McCartney and PK Board
President, Randy Phillips, sponsors Rites of Passage: The Defining
Moment of Manhood in which men progress from one "order" of manhood to
another. 43.Ascending "orders" attained through initiations may be
integral to secret societies like the Freemasons, but are found
nowhere in Scripture.
The Temple Prostitute

The exoteric (stated) purpose of phallic initiation rites is the union
of the physical and spiritual. In occult doctrine, however, it is the
esoteric (unstated) purpose which is accomplished -- the union of the
man with the "god." In Biblical terms, this is demon possession.
Follow Robert Hicks as he subtly leads his readers from uncritical
acceptance of an exoteric principle to the radical esoteric concept of
"sacred" prostitution:

"In modern culture the phallus has been separated from spiritual
categories. In some of the religious circles I have traveled in, men
and women view the phallus as a spiritual liability. Women sort of
tolerate or joke about the phallus functions in men, and in the church
it is a rare cleric who gives any clarification to men on how the
phallus should be understood and used. The silence says as much as the
overt messages. The phallus is not a spiritual subject to be discussed
alongside God, the Church and more 'spiritual' doctrines.
"This division of sexuality and spirituality is rather recent in the
history of religious experience. In most pagan societies, sexuality is
seen as an important aspect of uniting the spiritual with the physical
and with the worship of gods and goddesses. In may cities, sacred
prostitutes 'served' at the temples in order to be the mediatrix
between the gods and humans. One writer notes,
"'The 'heiros gamos,' the sacred prostitute was the votary chosen to
embody the goddess. She was the goddess' fertile womb, her passion and
her erotic nature. In the union with the god, embodied by the reigning
monarch, she assured the fertility and well-being of the land and the
people. . . she did not make love in order to obtain admiration or
devotion from the man who came to her, for often she remained veiled
and anonymous; her raison d'ŕtre was to worship the goddess in
lovemaking, thereby bringing the goddess love into the human sphere.
In this union -- the union of masculine and feminine, spiritual and
physical -- the personal was transcended and the divine entered in. As
the embodiment of the goddess in the mystical union of the sacred
marriage, the sacred prostitute aroused the male and was the
receptacle for his passionůThe sacred prostitute was the holy vessel
wherein chthonic and spiritual forces united.'" 44.
The reference for this last quotation, which Hicks was careful to
conceal in his endnotes, is a New Age book entitled The Sacred
Prostitute. This source provides much of the material for another
book, The Feminine Journey, which Hicks co-authored with his wife
Cynthia. According to Webster's dictionary, "chthonian" is a Greek
word meaning "in or under the earthů Designating, or relating to gods
or spirits of the underworld, esp. gods of the Greeks." The
Theosophical Glossary defines Chthonia as "Chaotic earth in the
Hellenic cosmogony." In The Feminine Journey, the Hicks present to
readers a glamorized description of the initiation of young women as
temple prostitutes. This initiation is, in fact, a consummation with a
demon, as the following description reveals:
"The first stage of initiationůbegins with the preliminaries of
prayer, the ritual meal and purification. The second stage is entrance
into the underworld, showing half-human, half beast satyrs and
Silenus, a fat old drunken man. With the loosening of consciousness,
the initiate entered the world of instincts and wisdom far from
rational safety. The painting depicts fear in the initiate's face, and
her position suggests that she wishes to escape; yet she drinks of the
Dionysian wine held by Silenus.
"In each successive stage the initiate is less clothed, as if she were
divesting herself of old roles in order to receive a new image of
herself. In the final stage a winnowing basket containing the ritual
phallus is unveiled to her; she is now able to look upon the
fertilizing power of the god, a primal regenerative force... The final
scene shows the initiate beautifully dressed and adorned. She grooms
herself in the mirror of Eros, which reflects her feminine nature of
relatedness. She has entered into and experienced, and now embodies,
the sacred marriage of Ariadne and Dionysus. She is the woman
transformed, ready to move into the outer world in full awareness of
her deep inner strength. 45.
Plainly stated, the temple prostitutes of heathen religions were
united with demons through rites of initiation. In this pagan ritual,
the moral restraint of a young girl, who was compelled to serve as a
temple prostitute, was gradually eroded as she entered into union with
a god. Lest we suppose our modern Christian churches to be emancipated
from such debauchery, let us consider the testimony of Teresa Seputis,
a product of the Toronto Blessing, which presents a scenario that is
remarkably similar to the initiation process of the temple prostitute.
Well did Jeremiah prophesy, "For both prophet and priest are profane;
yea, in my house have I found their wickedness." (Jer. 23:11)
"I had just been prayed for at a renewal meeting and was laying on
the floor. Suddenly I was in a visionů I was standing up and the Lord
was standing before meů"
"Now is the time, Teresa. I want to wash you and cleanse you.
"OK, Lord.
"I donĺt want you to be uncomfortable while Iĺm doing this. That
is why I have enveloped you in a shield of My love. There is no need
for you to be embarrassed. Just keep looking into My eyes and this
will be very easy for you."
"I imagine that what happened next happened in the spirit. But
from my perspective, it seemed like it was physically happening to me.
I kept my eyes glued on Jesusĺ eyes... not because I was afraid or
nervous, but because I was so over-whelmed by His love and His caring
for me. Jesus reached over and began to remove my clothes from me.
Soon I was standing before Him totally naked...
"'Remember how I told you that I wanted to wash you and make you
clean?'
"I nodded.
"Now is the time. Let me wash you.' Then He did wash me.. every
part of me. He washed my face, behind my neck, down my arms, over my
whole body. When He got to my feet, He tickled the bottom of one of
them. That was the last thing I was expecting Him to do. I laughed and
pulled my foot away.
"'Remember,' His eyes sparkled, 'I told you I was coming to you as
your Ĺplayful fiancÚ.' He laughed and I was lost in that laughter. I
felt more alive and cleaner than in a very very long time. Then He
washed my other foot, tickling it as well.
"'Now that you are washed and clean, it is time to clothe you in a
robe of My righteousness.' He held a white garment, sort of wadded up
so that I could not really see it well." 46.
In the Masonic Lodges, the levels of initiation are progressive with
the purpose of bringing individuals into total enslavement to Lucifer
through gradual stages of spiritual bondage. Is there also a
well-planned occult strategy to the Toronto Blessing/Pensacola
Outpouring, even the prospect that adherents of the revival are being
mystically prepared for ritual union with demonic beings? Describing
the time of His coming in Matt. 24:37, Jesus said, "For as the days of
Noe wereů" This period is found in Genesis 6, which mentions in verse
2 such unholy unions preceding the great flood. With this
consideration in view, the unthinkable becomes plausible, and we must
ask whether participants in this occult revival, as in the Promise
Keepers, are already passing through initiations which are preliminary
to the great Luciferic Initiation.
Part II - The Luciferic Initiation

[Tom Accuosti]

In news:8m4vf0h3b9qba28bl...@4ax.com,
Pastor Dave <nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> informed us:

||
|| "[Ban] their members from speaking about Jesus Christ..."? You DID
|| read my previous post in this thread, did you not? (At least you
|| responded to it). You should ask the churches to whom I've preached
|| over the last 31 years if I am shy about speaking of Jesus Christ.
|| One really should try to make sure of the factual basis (or lack
|| thereof) of blanket statements one makes.
||
|| But, of course, you won't, will you?
|
| Is it relevant? Does that mean that you are allowed to
| discuss Jesus at a Masonic Lodge? No, it doesn't. You
| are forbidden to and that simply makes you a hypocrite.

We don't discuss Jesus in a religious context *in a lodge meeting*
because that would be disrespectful to members who do not share those
views.

OTOH, *after a meeting* it's fine to sit around drinking coffee, eating
donuts, and talking about Jesus with those who might be interested. Or
Buddha. Or the local sports team, or the weather. Do you understand the
difference betweening being censored, and being polite and respectful?

| I'm sorry, but it does. Since I grew up around it, you
| and I both know that there is much that goes on in
| Freemasonry that you are not revealing here. You
| belong to a group that accepts any version of a god to
| worship, including any pagan deity that one might call
| their god.

No, since FM is not a religion, it doesn't "accept" any god at all. Why
would it?
It does, however, accept men who beleive in god. The fact that FM
doesn't define what or who that god should be seems to be more offensive
to you than anything else.

| I'm not trying to sound arrogant, but do
| yourself a favor and stop pretending that only you know
| what goes on in Freemasonry. Or, if you don't know
| these things, then stop being ignorant of something
| that you've committed your life to and start doing some
| research. Freemasonry has been exposed. The members
| aren't so quiet any more.

FM has been "exposed" for hundreds of years, and yet it still seems to
draw people who are open-minded and willign to think instead of
following blindly. Oh, wait -that's your problem, you don't want people
to think for themselves, you want sheep.
Might I suggest New Zealand? They're famous for sheep down there.

[David Simpson]

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 01:56:59 GMT, Pangur Ban

<Pangu...@SatisHouse.org> typed furiously:

>Steve wrote:
>> So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
>> join with other religions.
>>

>> Jesus said that his way was the narrow way, and there are few that
>> find it:
>>
>> GEN Matthew 7:14 Because the gate is strait, and the way narrow that
>> leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
>>
>> Freemasonry is clearly not compatible with True Christianity, the
>> Ecumenical disease the Roman Catholic Cult is pushing is not what
>> Jesus would be for, the last days Apostasy of the Church is moving
>> fast.
>>
>> Come out of the Beast System, renounce Freemasonry, and accept Jesus
>> as Lord and savior, the way God wants us to be is:
>>
>> 1) God
>>
>> 2) Family
>>

>> 3) Country
>>
Funnily enough that order of importance is identical to the order
recommended to its members by Freemasonry. Freemasonry comes after all
of those.

--
Regards
David Simpson (Remove "farook" to reply)
(Unattached MM)
Bad manners should not be a capital crime ...
for a first offence.
Paraphrasing Robert Heinlein,

[David Simpson]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:56:14 -0400, Pastor Dave
<nospam*-*pastor...@yahoo.com> typed furiously:

>While skydiving off of the Empire State Building on

>Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:21:48 -0500, "Larry W. Chavis"
><lwch...@bellsouth.net> screamed out:
>
>>

>>"Steve" <stev...@mailsnare.net> wrote in message

>>news:ksusf0l2u5qqglr18...@4ax.com...

>>> http://www.ephesians5-11.org/opnltr.htm
>>>
>>> An Open Letter to a Christian Mason
>>>

>><snipped for space considerations>
>>
>>Thank you for your concern, however misplaced it may be.
>>
>>I am a Christian, I've been one for almost 45 years now. I became one when
>>I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior.
>>
>>I am also a Mason. I've been one for19 years. This is how I know your
>>concern is misplaced. I'm not going to try to argue with you where it is
>>obvious your mind is closed to truth. One thing in your letter prompted my
>>response, one thing only, and it's this:

>>
>> "You claim to be a Christian In our hearts, we want to believe you.
>>However, you have placed a stumbling block in our path that is impossible

>>for us to overlook..."
>>
>>You see, it isn't necessary that I justify my faith to you. I suggest that
>>you give a close look to Rom. 14:4. Here it is (in the KJV, so there's no
>>question for you), to save you the trouble of looking it up ---
>>
>>KJV Romans 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
>>master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able
>>to make him stand.
>>
>>You see, there's only One to Whom I must report.
>>
>>Thanks again for your concern.

>
>The problem is, if your Mason beliefs contradict your
>Christian beliefs (and they do), then you are trying to
>serve two masters. That won't fly.

Why not? Are you absolutely positive that the tenets of Brotherly
Love, Relief (or Charity) and Truth contradict Christian beliefs?

Last time I went to a Christian church that is exactly what they were
teaching. Of course they also taught something about God which is not
done in any Masonic Lodge. Freemasonry does teach that the member
should be faithful to the religion in which he believed before he
became a Freemason.

[Steve]

Yes, Freemasonry is open to the Free-minded, Lucifer was the first
Free-minded being, and look where it got that evil being, a destiny
with eternal Hell-Fire.

Steve

[Gene Goldman]

Misty wrote:
> There is not such a person as a Christian Mason, other then some mud
> slingers may
> be Christian.

For no other reason than to show you HOW wrong you are, I call your
attention to the names of the following Christians who were members of
the fraternity of Freemasonry. These facts may displease you, but it is
hoped that you will learn from them.
You might recognize one or two...

James C. Baker (Bishop, Methodist Church, organized first Wesley
Foundation in U.S.),
Hosea Ballou (Founder, Universalist Church),
Robert E. B. Baylor (Baptist clergyman, founder of Baylor University),
Preston Bradley (founder of the Peoples Church),
Father Francisco Calvo (Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa
Rica in 1865),
Hugh I. Evans (National head of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.),
Most Reverend Geoffrey F. Fisher (former Archbishop of Canterbury),
Eugene M. Frank (Methodist Bishop),
Reverend Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (Methodist Episcopal minister and
author),
Titus Low (President of Methodist Council of Bishops)
and many others.

[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:
> http://watch.pair.com/asa.html
>
> A SACRED ASSEMBLY
>
>
>
>
> On October 4, 1997, the Promise Keepers Organization hosted a Sacred

<snippage>

Yes, there it is, ladies and gentlemen; as fine an example of "Trollus
Patheticus Useneticus" as you are ever likely to find. Living a life
typically devoid of any normal human interaction, Trolli are
inextricably drawn to the places where they can annoy others from the
safety of their anonymity. Paradoxically, they derive a deluded sense of
self-importance, directly proportional to the amount of annoyance they
think they've created. See how it exults in what it thinks is some kind
of special accomplishment in having someone, anyone, respond to their
childish cries for attention. Not unlike the "Jammerus Citizensbandus",
or the seldom spotted "Taggerus Krylonus", these social outcasts thrive
on the self-induced delusion that their ability to provoke an annoyed
response is somehow an indicator of their intellectual superiority.
Another body of research holds that these traits are more like that of
"territory marking" behavior observed in adolescent males of many lower
species of mammal.

Careful now! Watch your fingers. They are especially dangerous when
cornered, and have been known to try to defend themselves with a mix of
verbal nonsense, circular logic, and other equally noxious substitutes
for genuine reason. Self-control of such excretory functions is a
hallmark of the breed, and has led some researchers to conclude that it
is that very lack of control that results in the peculiar development of
the species in the first place.

Most of the creatures that share the habitat with the lowly Trollus,
have developed one of two defenses. One group has evolved a markedly
thick skin and the uncanny ability to render the very sight of the
wretched Trollus almost invisible. For these creatures, its as if the
Trollus and his cries were hidden by some great natural screen or
filter. The second group has actually developed an affinity for Trollus.
There is much debate about what the exact attraction is, but to the
casual observer, it would appear to a sport or game, wherein the
dominant animals take delight in manipulating the Trollus into its
various self-degrading behaviors.

And we're walking...

[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> So here we see the problem with Freemasonry, it is not Christian to
> join with other religions.

Yes, it far more Christian to condemn them, even burn them. Yes! Burn
them. BURN THE HERETICS!

You'd have made a fabulous leader for The Inquisition, Steve. No, wait.
You don't have any original ideas, you just parrot others.

You'd have made a great follower for the Inquisition, Steve.

[Gene Goldman]

The Foole and His Monkey Soon Partied wrote:

>
> So you're an amateur porn writer?

No, that would be another contributer to alt.freemasonry...

[Gene Goldman]

Misty wrote:

> The higher echelons of the Masons is the Scull and Cross bones,

That should be "are the"... make it singular or plural. Don't mix.

> Much like what the US president is a follower of.

Oh, my! Where to start? "is a follower of"? Horrid!
Try this:
"The US President is a follower of something much like that."

Ok, that will be all for today. Chapter four (4) for homework, turn in
your papers in the morning. And don't forget the test on Friday.

Class dismissed.

[Gene Goldman]

Steve wrote:

> No, more truth for you to read and learn.
>
>

And I, for one, gave it all the attention it deserved. Note my comments
below.

[Steve]

And all those preachers should be ignored from now on, they are not of
God if they compromise with Satan's Freemasonry.

Again, thanks for pointing them out as Freemasons.

Steve

[Steve]

Hammerhead, are we getting mad with all the clear Satanic evidence
being posted about the Freemasonry? TOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> It is not fear at all, just disgust of both.

Yes, "disgust", stemming from your fear.

[Hammond of Texas]

Pastor Dave wrote:

>
> Is it relevant? Does that mean that you are allowed to
> discuss Jesus at a Masonic Lodge? No, it doesn't. You

> are forbidden to ...

False.

> Freemasonry that you are not revealing here. You
> belong to a group that accepts any version of a god to
> worship, including any pagan deity that one might call
> their god.

False again.

Telling lies is decidedly un-Christian, is it not?

[Hammond of Texas]

Tom Accuosti wrote:

> Buddha. Or the local sports team, or the weather. Do you understand the
> difference betweening being censored, and being polite and respectful?

Oh now Tom, that's just not fair. How can you expect someone to know the
DIFFERENCE, when they don't understand the concept of "polite and
respectful" in first place?

[Steve]

But he was telling the truth you Freemasons are the ones proven to
lie.

Steve

[Steve]

The Skull and Bones is related to Freemasonry:

http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1314.cfm

Title: TEXAS GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
ILLUMINIST SATANIC SECRET SOCIETY, SKULL & BONES! UPDATED SEPTEMBER
16, 2001.

Resources to aid your Understanding

Subtitle: Conservatives and Christians alike view the Presidential
campaign of Republican George W. Bush of Texas as saving this country
from the ravages of that New World Order President, Clinton. They do
not realize that George W. Bush is just as Illuminist and just as
committed to the New World Order!

The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what
this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually
implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily
news!!

Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!

Stand by for insights so startling you will never look at the news the
same way again.

YOU ARE NOW ON

THE CUTTING EDGE

NEWS BRIEF: "Secret Ingredient", The Witness News , Curtis Dickinson,
Editor, July, 1999.

"According to Robert Goldsborough of Washington Dateline , Governor
George Bush has a 'secret ingredient which will help him in his bid to
become America's next president -- membership in a society which is
even more secretive than Freemasonry'. The society goes by the
unofficial names of Skull and Bones and/or The Order, and its members
are usually referred to as 'Bonesmen'."

"The Order was founded at Yale in 1833 and membership in it is a Bush
family tradition. Gov. Bush was inducted into Skull and Bones in
1968; his father, [President] George Herbert Walker Bush, was inducted
in 1948; and his grandfather, Prescott S. Bush, who served as a U.S.
Senator, was inducted in 1917."

What terrible news! Being a member of the Skull and Bones means that
you are purely Illuminist , since this Order traces directly back to
the Bavaria Iluminist group of Adam Weishaupt. If you are unhappy
with the Antichristian policies and attitudes of President Clinton,
you will get no relief from a President George W. Bush; he will not
roll back any of the advances to the New World Order that occurred
under the leadership of President Clinton, and we would likely see
many more advances in other areas. Generally, when the Illuminati
wants an advance in internal American society, they try to place a
Democrat in power; but when they want an advance in Foreign Affairs,
they try to place a Republican in power. If George W. Bush has been
picked to succeed President Clinton, it must mean that significant
advances in international politics is planned.

SKULL AND BONES SECRET SOCIETY -- A QUICK STUDY

In past articles, we have stated that the New World Order could not
have been realized had it not been for the intense activities of
various secret societies throughout the world. We have mentioned one
world-wide secret society, the Brotherhood Of Death Society, whose
symbol is the skull with two crossed bones.
The German Brotherhood of Death Society is the Thule Society. Adolf
Hitler joined this society in 1919, becoming an adept under the
leadership of Dietrich Eckhart. Later, the Thule Society selected
Hitler to be their leader of the New World Order, as Eckhart revealed
on his deathbed, saying, "Follow Hitler; he will dance, but it is I
who have called the tune. I have initiated him into the Secret
Doctrine, opened his centers in vision, and given him the means to
communicate with the powers." (Trevor Ravenscroft, The Spear Of
Destiny, p. 91).

In August, 1990, President George Bush announced that the world had
now entered into a New World Order. Shockingly, President Bush is an
adept in the American Brotherhood of Death Society, the Yale Skull and
Bones Society. As we stated earlier, Bush's New World Order is
virtually identical with Hitler's; one key connecting point is their
common membership in their respective Brotherhood of Death Societies
(New Age author, Bill Cooper, Behold A Pale Horse, p. 81; plus Antony
Sutton, Introduction To The Order, p.7). Skull and Bones' symbol is
also a skull with two crossed bones, but with the mysterious number,
'322' underneath.

As we get started in our study, remember that all members of the
American Skull and Bones are just as Satanic as was Adolf Hitler.
This premise is one that shocks most people to the core, because
neither Former President Bush nor his son, Texas Governor George W.
Bush, "look" like Adolf Hitler. Remember Jesus' solemn warning
concerning the deception of the End of the Age. "Take heed that no
man deceive you." [Matthew 24:4] Jesus repeated this warning against
unparalleled deception, "And many false prophets shall rise, and shall
deceive many." [Matthew 24:11]. Once more, a third time, Jesus
warned, "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect." [Matthew 24:24] When
God repeats something three times in Scripture, He is attaching the
most significance to it possible.

Here, God is telling us that, at the End of the Age, He is going to
allow Satan's people to perpetrate the most successful deception in
world history. Are you one of those victims? Listen and heed.

We are going to prove that the Skull and Bones membership of Former
President George H.W. Bush and of his son, Texas Governor George W.
Bush are identical to the Satanism of Adolf Hitler in the Thule
Society. Both of these secret societies are identical, practicing the
most dark of Black Magick Satanic powers.

HITLER'S THULE SOCIETY -- AN OVERVIEW

Let us begin with a quick overview of the German Thule Society,
beginning with a study of its practices and relevant history. Members
were Satanists who practiced Black Magick -- this means that they were
"solely concerned with raising their consciousness by means of rituals
to awareness of evil and nonhuman intelligences in the universe; and
with achieving means of communication with these intelligences."
(Ravenscroft, Spear of Destiny, p. 161). Concentrate on that seemingly
innocent word, rituals. Christians equate a ritual to a church
service, thereby not understanding its occultic meaning. The New Age
Dictionary defines ritual as a "ceremony to restore balance with
nature...and bring back lost harmony and sacredness." Remember we are
dealing with the Satanic world, where good is called evil and evil is
called good. The sacredness mentioned here is a Satanic sacredness.
Rituals literally are proscribed activities designed to allow demonic
power to flow through the participants. These activities are
proscribed chants, formula wordings, and carefully planned actions.
The effect is devastatingly powerful, as demonic force pours through
the participants, delivering a counterfeit spiritual experience which
literally transforms their lives. Never skip over the word ritual, as
it is a word of Satanic power.

Thule members practiced a form of Sexual Magic derived from a lodge of
which Aleister Crowley was a member. Crowley was recognized as the
foremost worshipper of Satan in the 19th Century. "The origin of
this...medieval magic...can be traced to a Freemason, Robert Little,
who founded the Societas Rosicruciana in 1865... (Ravenscroft, Spear
of Destiny, p. 164-5). While the actual sexual perversions which were
practiced are too offensive to share, the results are not. Author
Revenscroft stated that "indulgence in the most sadistic rituals
awakened penetrating vision into the workings of Evil Intelligences
and bestowed phenomenal magical powers." (Ibid. p. 167). This is the
Thule Society.

Ravenscroft records its effect upon Hitler, "...sexual perversion took
a central place in [Hitler's] life...a monstrous sexual perversion was
the very core of his whole existence, the source of his mediumistic
and clairvoyant powers, and the motivation behind every act through
which he reaped a sadistic vengeance on humanity." (Ibid., p. 171).

Eckart's final act was to initiate Hitler into "a monstrous sadistic
magic ritual...after which he was sexually impotent. Hitler's
impotency had a deep psychological foundation. He knew sexual
fulfillment [only] through the extremes of sadism and
masochism..."(Ravenscroft, p. 155, 173). This impotency delivered a
final devastating blow to Hitler's psychological foundation, finally
making him into the sadistic murderer that history knows.

LOOKING FOR A SPIRITUAL SUPERMAN

Members of the Thule society believed in "communication with a
hierarchy of Supermen -- The Secret Chiefs of the Third Order". (Ibid)
The quality which make these beings supermen was occultic
spirituality. Further, they believed in Madame Blavatsky's Secret
Doctrine, which teaches that certain superman had survived the
destruction of Atlantis with their higher levels of consciousness
intact. These supermen were Aryans. These two beliefs combined into
one through the Thule Society and Hitler, culminating into the Nazi
Death Camps. (Ibid, p. 166). When one group of people incorporate into
their spiritual belief structure that they are inherently superior to
another group of people, it is inevitable that genocide will be
attempted as soon as possible.

The Thule Society regularly held occultic seances, during which time
they communicated with demons who were either masquerading as a dead
person or who were appearing as personal guiding spirits. Dietrich
Eckart, Alfred Rosenberg, and Adolf Hitler invoked the "spirit of
Anti-Christ" into manifestation at the mediumistic seances of the
Thule Group in Munich." (Ravenscroft, Spear of Destiny, p. 168) Eckert
believed he had been told by his guiding spirit he would have the
privilege of training the coming Great One, the Anti-Christ. From the
beginning of their association, Eckert believed Hitler was
Anti-Christ. Therefore, Eckert spared no occultic knowledge, ritual,
or perversion in his attempt to fully equip Hitler for that role. Once
the training was completed, Hitler believed he was "born anew with
that super-personal strength and resolution he would need to fulfill
the mandate ... ordained for him." (p. Ravenscroft, p. 93-4) Hitler
literally equated this with the Christian doctrine of being
spiritually born again.

MORE SKULL AND BONES PARALLELS WITH HITLER'S THULE SOCIETY

Now, let us look at the Skull and Bones rituals and beliefs. Little is
firmly known about Skull and Bones, because their secrecy since they
were established in 1833 is as complete as any society in the world.
However, they possess all the requirements of a true secret society.

1. They were formed in secret and all their activities are carried out
secretly.

2. Membership is by invitation only. Potential members are carefully
screened as to suitability before they are invited to join.

3. The first night of the new member -- called an initiate -- is
critically important. The initiate swears total obedience and loyalty
to the secret society. This pledge is bound by serious oaths, some of
which would be deadly if actually carried out, just as in Freemasonry.
The first night is also critically important as it bounds the initiate
to the society by means of ritual, oaths, and confessions.

The Skull and Bones also incorporates sexual activities into their
practices, just as did the Thule Society. "The [ritualistic] death of
the initiate will be as frightful as the use of human skeletons and
ritual psychology can make it..." (Esquire Magazine, "The Last Secrets
of Skull and Bones", Ron Rosenbaum, p. 89). Sexual perversion is part
of this ritual psychology. Ron Rosenbaum, author of the Esquire
Magazine article, stated that on initiation night, called tap night,
"...if one could climb to the tower of Weir Hall, the odd castle that
overlooks the Bones courtyard, one could hear strange cries and moans
coming from the bowels of the tomb as the 15 newly tapped members were
put through what sounded like a harrowing ordeal..." (Esquire,
September, 1976, p. 86).

Further,[initiates] "lay naked in coffins and tell their deepest and
darkest sexual secrets as part of their initiation." (Esquire, p. 85).
These experiences in the coffins incorporated sexual pain and resulted
in being born-again, into the Order, as we mentioned above. (Cooper,
p.95) A powerful spiritual force charges through the participants of
these ceremonies, transforming their lives dramatically.

This type of ritual is classic Satanism. Anton LaVey states, in his
book The Satanic Rituals: Companion To The Satanic Bible, (p. 57),

"The ceremony of rebirth takes place in a large coffin..This is
similar to the coffin symbolism that...is found in most lodge
rituals."

Make no mistake about it: Any organization which utilizes this coffin
ritual to simulate rebirth is practicing Satanism, including Skull and
Bones.

The Skull and Bones believes that on the night of initiation, the
initiate "dies to the world and be born again into the Order..."
(Esquire Magazine, September, 1977, p. 89). Remember Hitler's belief
that he had been born anew after his ritualistic initiation and
training? This term is a common one in Satanism. During the 1988
Presidential Campaign, a TV reporter asked Vice-President Bush if he
were a Christian. Bush initially stammered, but then said, "if you
mean born again, then, yes, I am a Christian". Vice-President Bush
answered this question in a very expert manner, simultaneously being
true to his own occult foundation while misleading innocent, trusting
Christians.

As born-again Christians carry out the ritual of water baptism by
immersion to demonstrate that they have died to the old way of life
and have been reborn into a new life, Satanists have their coffin
ritual to demonstrate the same life transformation. Rosenbaum
continues his expose' of the born-again experience: "then it's into
the coffin and off on a symbolic journey through the underworld to
rebirth, which takes place in Room Number 322. There, the Order
clothes the newborn knight in its own special garments, implying that,
henceforth, he will tailor himself to the Order's mission." (Ibid., p.
89, 148). This ritual description is as occultic as any I have read,
and truly reveals the Skull and Bones as Satanic.

ALLEGIANCE SHIFTS TO SATAN'S GOAL, NOT TO HIS COUNTRY

One of the most sobering facets of this counterfeit born again
initiation ritual is that the initiate swears to an allegiance to the
Secret Order that transcends any allegiance later in life. New Age
Christian author Bill Cooper captures this disturbing fact most
succinctly, "...Members of the Order (Skull and Bones) take an oath
that absolves them from any allegiance to any nation or king or
government or constitution, and that includes the negating of any
subsequent oath which they may be required to take. They swear
allegiance only to the Order and its goal of a New World
Order...according to the oath Bush took when he was initiated into
Skull and Bones, his oath of office as President of the United States
means nothing ." (Cooper, Behold A Pale Horse, p. 81-82). Since Bush's
oath as President occurred after the Oath to Skull and Bones, it is
not worth the paper on which it is printed. That kind of hold is
powerful. Indeed, as Ron Rosenbaum began the research necessary to
write his article for Esquire, he was warned about the power of Skull
and Bones. "The power of Bones is incredible. They have their hands on
every lever of power in the country."

Since Bill Clinton is a member of the secret society, Rhodes Society,
he feels also that his supreme allegiance is to that Order, not to the
United States of America. His oath of allegiance to the Presidency
also means nothing to him. Now you know why he can do some of the
truly heinous things he has done since he took office in 1993.

The only thing which is important to the Skull and Bones is their goal
of a New World Order. In conjunction with this understanding, remember
one other Secret Society belief, i.e., the ends justify the means.
The New World Order was the name of Hitler's Utopian Aryan society,
also. In his writings and his speeches, Hitler constantly invoked
this title of his planned society once he had conquered the world.
When President Bush invoked the term, New World Order, during his
August 16, 1990, speech condemning the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, he
was only the second major politician of the 20th Century to use that
term. Hitler was the other.

Do not be deceived: Bush's and Clinton's New World Order is identical
to Hitler's!

DIRECT ROOTS FROM SKULL AND BONES TO BAVARIAN ILLUMINISM

As Rosenbaum continued his research, he found strong -- even
indisputable -- links between Bones and the Bavarian Illuminists. The
Bavarian Illuminists were part of the original Masters of the
Illuminati, established by that Satanic Jesuit Priest, Adam Weishaupt.
First, Rosenbaum discovered documents which detailed the origins of
Bones back to Germany. These documents stated, "Bones is a chapter of
a corps of a German University..." The document described at length
its relationship with this German Secret Society (the Thule Society)
which lead to the founding of the Skull and Bones in 1832.

Secondly, Rosenbaum discovered that, "above the arched walls above the
vault of the (Bones) sacred room, #322", is a painting of skulls
surrounded by Masonic symbols. Above this painting is the slogan, in
German, which means, "Who is the fool, who the wise man, beggar, or
king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death." This means that
only the works which one does in this life is what matters; in death,
all men share the same fate. This statement is very consistent with
the teachings of Secret Societies, showing their Works-oriented
philosophy.

Thirdly, Rosenbaum discovered a "haunting photograph of the altar room
at one of the Masonic lodges at Nuremburg that is closely associated
with Illuminism. Haunting because at the altar room's center,
approached through an aisle of hanging human skeletons, is a coffin
surmounted by...a skull and crossed bones that look exactly like the
particular arrangement of jawbones and thighbones in the official
Bones emblem. {Finally}, the skull and crossbones was the official
crest of another key Illuminist lodge..." (Esquire, p.88).

It is shocking also when we realize that German Nazi death camp guards
wore this emblem of Skull and Bones on the shoulders of their
uniforms. Once again, we have vivid linkage between Hitler's Society
and Skull and Bones Society.

Without doubt, we have established Skull and Bones to be a Brotherhood
of Death Society, which is itself tied directly into the Masters of
the Illuminati. It is no wonder that Bush has been proclaiming the New
World Order.

HISTORIC RESULTS OF HITLER'S PURSUIT OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER

We have studied the common philosophical and religious links between
the German Thule Society and the American Skull and Bones . We now
need to study the historical results of the attempt of the Thule
Society to establish a New World Order. After the Thule Society
selected Adolf Hitler to be their leader of the New World Order, they
faced the problem of the practical implementation of this goal.

They realized that their plans for world domination required control
of the military power of Germany; however, the military is controlled
by those holding political power, and Germany was a democracy.
Therefore, the Thule Society created the Nazi Party. The Guiding
Spirits of the Thule Society became the Guiding Spirits of the Nazi
Party. In only 10 tumultuous years, Hitler gained high political
office, from which he catapulted himself into the position of absolute
dictator in 1933. In 1938, Hitler began the Final Solution of the
Jewish problem by initiating the Holocaust. In 1939, Hitler initiated
World War II, which lasted until mid-1945. As I read these results, I
remembered James' words, "Then the evil desire, when it has conceived,
gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth
death."

By 1945, the Satanic sin conceived by the Thule Society had come to
full completion. These are the results: (Source is The Webster Family
Encyclopedia, Volume 19, 1984, p. 492-3)

* Enormous armies were mobilized around the world.

1. Russia 12,500,000 men

2. America 12,400,000 men

3. Germany 10,000,000 men

4. Japan 6,000,000 men

5. France 5,000,000 men

6. Britain 4,700,000 men

7. Italy 4,000,000 men

8. China 3,800,000 men

9. Canada 1,100,000 men

Total World-Wide Mobilization: 59,500,000 men

The death toll was almost incomprehensible.

1. Russia 10,000,000 soldiers -- 10,000,000 civilians

2. Germany 3,000,000 soldiers -- 500,000 civilians

3. Japan 2,000,000 soldiers -- 500,000 civilians

4. Italy 330,000 soldiers -- 80,000 civilians

5. Britain 350,000 soldiers -- 60,000 civilians

6. France 200,000 soldiers -- 200,000 civilians

7. China 1,300,000 soldiers -- (no estimate on civilian deaths)

8. Poland 600,000 soldiers -- 5,000,000 civilians

9. America 390,000 soldiers -- (negligible civilian deaths)

Total human lives killed were :

18,200,000 soldiers and 16,300,000 civilians for 34,000,000 total
deaths. When you add 18,000,000 deaths from Hitler's Death Camps, you
realize that over 54 million people lost their lives as the final
result of the occultic practices and goals of the New World Order of
that German Brotherhood of Death Society, the Thule Society . The
6,000,000 Jewish deaths from Hitler's Final Solution represented
two-thirds of the total world-wide Jewish population.

HITLER'S WORLD WAR II SET THE STAGE FOR THE ANTICHRIST

Hitler came close to winning WWII, but God's timing had not yet come.
However, some of the after-effects of WWII served to set the stage for
the current drive toward the New World Order.

Alice Bailey states in her book, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy,
the world must be united regionally before it can be united into one.
Stalin repeated this concept shortly before his death in 1953. World
War II certainly provided the impetus for this type of reorganization.
The World was reorganized militarily into NATO in Europe, the Warsaw
Pact in Eastern Europe, and SEATO in Asia. Economic regionalization
also occurred along approximately the same lines. Repeated cultural,
economic, and religious regionalizations have been created since WWII.

The infant One-World Government was created as the United Nations, in
1948. A similar effort was orchestrated after WWI as the League of
Nations, but was defeated. One of the first actions of the United
Nations was to create the nation of Israel, thus fulfilling God's
prophecies to return her back to her Promised Land in the Last Days.

Tremendous technological progress was achieved under the impetus of
war. The atomic bomb was created, as were the jet engine, the rocket,
and modern telecommunications. New Age author, Allen Neuharth, in his
book, Nearly One World , states that these inventions have brought the
world to the threshold of a One-World Government, Economy, and
Religion, i.e., the New World Order.

This brief review of the after-effects of WWII clearly shows much was
achieved that set the stage for the current New World Order. Let us
now review some of the goals which Secret Societies today have for the
New World Order. Keep in mind that the Skull and Bones is the driving
force and is the "first among equals" among all other Secret Societies
and all other open organizations which are committed to this new
order.

NEW WORLD ORDER GOALS

* One World Government -- the only answer to man's problems.

* One World Economy

* One world permanent military

* One World Religion -- Man's evil actions historically are ascribed
to his divisions into many different religions. Therefore, much
emphasis is being laid on the re-uniting into one religion. The
current Ecumenical Movement is leading the charge toward this
all-important goal. In a seminar held in Boston in August, 1991, the
current New England Director of the Theosophical Society stated that,
at the proper moment in world history the Roman Catholic Pope would
travel to Jerusalem to address a world-wide religious conference. In
his speech, he would declare all the world's religions to be united
into One. Thus, Alice Bailey's Plan, stated almost 50 years ago, would
be realized, i.e., that the Great One would reinstate the Ancient
Mysteries Religion as the New World Order Religion. "These Mysteries,
when restored, will unify all faiths." (Externalisation of the
Hierarchy, p. 573, written in 1946).

HITLER'S DEATH TOLL TIMES72

One of the most basic plans after the New World Order is established
is to reduce the world's population from its present 6 billion to 2
billion by the year 2,000 (Constance Cumbey, Hidden Dangers of the
Rainbow). Birth control and abortion were early identified as
necessary to begin reducing population. Our current emphasis on man's
supposedly devastating effects upon the earth and upon Global Warming
and pollution are designed to convince people that only united,
drastic action from the United Nations can save this planet from
collapse.

However, the year 2,000 is only a short time away. How can this
drastic reduction be achieved within this short time frame? The basic
answer is war.

Bailey, in her book, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p. 548,
states that the atomic bomb will be turned over to the One-World
Government and will be used against any nation who refuses to go along
with the New World Order.

Bill Cooper, in his book, Behold A Pale Horse, quotes a document from
the Bilderberg Secret Society, which is an offshoot of Skull and
Bones. "Since most of the general public will not exercise [economic]
restraint...[we must] take control of the world by the use of economic
silent weapons in a form of quiet warfare and reduce [the dangerous
levels of consumption] of the world to a safe level by a process of
benevolent slavery and genocide." (p. 49). How could anyone ever think
of slavery and genocide as being benevolent? This was the precise
thinking of Hitler as he was planning his New World Order. He was
going to rid the world of all the undesirables by benevolent warfare .
We reviewed the horrible results in an earlier section; however, these
figures pale in comparison with the deaths of 4 billion people,
actually about 72 times larger than Hitler's 54 million deaths.

Therefore, when Jesus Christ reviews all actions on the day of the
White Throne Judgment He will likely judge that the slaughter of
4,000,000,000 [billion] people during the New World Order of Bush and
Clinton is 72 times more worthy of judgment than the 55,000,000
[million] killed under the New World Order of Adolf Hitler!

At this point, you may protest that the current drive to the New World
Order is being achieved peacefully. This is true, but when it is fully
achieved, it will fulfill Biblical prophecy which states "When people
are saying 'All is well and secure' and 'There is peace and safety',
then in a moment, unforeseen destruction, ruin and death shall come
upon them and no one shall escape." (1 Thess 5:3).

Further, these plans, if carried out, will also fulfill Biblical
prophecy in Revelation 6:4, "And another horse came out flaming red.
And its rider was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that men
slaughtered one another, and he was given a huge sword."

Thus, we see that the New World Order goals of the Secret Societies,
chief of which is Skull and Bones, when completed, would fulfill many
Biblical Prophecies. Do not be deceived into supporting Governor
George W. Bush.

UPDATED INFORMATION

During the presidential campaign of 2000, George W. Bush cast great
new light on his past, and current, membership of the Skull & Bones.
On August 1, 2000, Republican Candidate George W. Bush was interviewed
by Walter Isaacson on cnn.com. This report, posted on the CNN internet
site, was entitled, "George W. Bush: "My Heritage Is Part Of Who I
Am' ". The results for the Biblically discerning are shocking and
definitive. Put your discernment hat on.

In the course of the interview, Isaacson asked George W. about his
past Skull and Bones experience. If ever George W. had a perfect
opportunity to genuinely come clean about Skull and Bones, this was
the time. As we revealed in this article, above, Skull and Bones is
deeply and darkly Satanic; its sister German secret society, The Thule
Society, had trained Adolf Hitler into the deepest and darkest of
Satanic Black Magick. If George W. were truly Born Again, this
opportunity was perfect for him to repent of his past involvment and
to boldly reveal the terrible Antichrist plans that Skull and Bones
has been moving America toward for the past 170 years. Did George W.
repent and come clean?

No! Listen:

"TIME: But you [George Sr and George W.] sure shared a lot of the same
upbringing: Andover, Yale, even Skull and Bones. Did you have any
qualms, say, about joining an elite secret club like Bones?

Bush: No qualms at all. I was honored. I was fairly nonchalant. I
didn't view it as a great heritage thing. I didn't take it all that
seriously.

TIME: Demystify it a bit for those who might think it's a cross
between a Masonic Lodge and the Trilateral Commission. Did your father
show up for your initiation, like your grandfather showed up for his?

Bush: Without revealing all the great secrets? I got a few of my old
club mates who could demystify it right off the bat. My dad didn't tap
me. Someone a year ahead of me tapped me. There was an entry
celebration. I can't remember whether my dad showed up or not. I don't
think so. "

What a brilliant answer! In just a few brief sentences, George W.
Bush buried all the deepest, darkest facts about Skull and Bones with
a nonchalant, almost flippant, answer. Instead of tasking this
opportunity to really tell the truth about Skull and Bones, and
repenting of it, and telling of its global Antichrist aspirations,
George W. simply added his experience in this society to the general
litany of the experiences that made his character and personality what
it is today!

This answer absolutely screams the truth about George W. Bush and the
lack of genuineness about his claim to be Born Again. Since 1776, the
President of the United States is the most important single political
position in the world of the Masters of the Illuminati. The occult
unfinished pyramid on the back of our official One Dollar Bill, with
the Eye of Horus [Lucifer] atop, tells you the truth of this fact. If
anyone ever came into this office and tried to turn against the
Illuminati, he would be assassinated.

We have one primary example of just one President who turned against
the Illuminati once he was in office; his name was President John F.
Kennedy. Consider these facts, against the backdrop that Kennedy was
assassinated in Novermber, 1963:

Spring, 1963: President Kennedy announced that he was going to
withdraw American forces from the Vietnam War.

September, 1963: President Kennedy announced that he would have 1,000
"American boys" home by Christmas.

President Kennedy was planning to use the powers of his office of the
presidency to fully inform the American people of the Illuminati plan
to enslave us, and only weeks later, he was assassinated. However,
his assassination was carried out according to the favorite number of
the Illuminati, the eleven:

* Kennedy was murdered during the 11th month [November]

* Kennedy was murdered on the 22nd day [11 x 2]

* Kennedy was murdered at the 33rd parallel [11 x 3]

* Kennedy was murdered in the Masonic Dealey Plaza, the site of an
old Masonic Lodge during the time of the Texas revolution designed to
free Texas from Mexican control.

Kennedy was murdered with the accompanying signature of the
Illuminati, just as surely as the Number 11 formed the Illuminist
signature of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001.

Had George W. Bush really been Born Again, he could have taken the
course Kennedy chose, to reveal the Plan of the Illuminati that has
been fostered by Skull and Bones. The fact he did nothing of the kind
tells the discerning Christian all he needs to know about George W.
Bush. As Pastor Bob said in NEWS1539, there is nor forgiveness
without repentance, and we have seen no repentance from Bush
concerning Skull and Bones. No contrite heart over Skull and Bones.
No sorrow over Skull and Bones.

No repentance whatsoever. Now you know the truth about George W.
Bush. Are you courageous enough to see it? Truly, "no one is so
blind as he who will not see". Is that you?

The time is really very short. Are you spiritually ready? Is your

family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the
reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril
facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect
your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also
use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an

unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen

people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also
a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an
eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have
been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to
immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly
forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible
Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to
realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to
accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the
privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are
spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were
already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of
Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page
now.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate

and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order --

Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

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[Steve]

Title: WOULD PRIME MINISTER SHARON REALLY STRIP ISRAEL OF HER NUCLEAR
ARSENAL?

Resources to aid your Understanding

Subtitle: Many Jews today believe Israel is obsessed with committing
national suicide. Sharon's seemingly positive response to the United
Nations' suggestion that she give up her nuclear weapons will only
fuel this belief. Is it possible? Given Sharon's quirky tendency to
suddenly switch positions, and given a probable Unity Government with
Liberal Shimon Peres, that proposal might be closer to reality than
one might think.

The New World Order is coming! Are you ready? Once you understand what
this New World Order really is, and how it is being gradually
implemented, you will be able to see it progressing in your daily
news!!

Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!

Stand by for insights so startling you will never look at the news the
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INTRODUCTION

Tiny Israel has always considered that she needs a "doomsday" weapon
against the Muslim horde. After all, Israel numbers less than 7
million people in the midst of 300 million Muslims and Arabs who
desperately want her dead. While Israel has been able to maintain a
significant technological advantage over her Arab enemies, the reality
is that modern warfare is unpredictable. Israeli generals have to
consider their own "worst case scenario". What might happen if some of
Israel's superior weapons are not properly deployed in a critical area
of combat, and enemy soldiers pour through the breach? What happens if
Arab gunners just "get lucky" and wipe out Israel's superior guns,
thus creating a tactical victory?

When I was invited to the annual U.S. Naval War College Strategic
Assessment in June, 1999, naval admirals made this very point. They
were arguing that the Clinton reductions in aircraft carrier fleets
from 12 to 10, along with attendant decreases in many types of
supporting ships, had made the U.S. Navy susceptible to the enemy
"getting lucky" enough to sink some of our ships. Without replacement
numbers, our Navy might be defeated and forced to retreat. Again and
again in the two-day seminar, I heard the phrase, "Numbers do matter",
from the lips of many high-ranking naval officials.

For this reason, Israel has always believed that it was necessary to
keep adequate stocks of nuclear weapons at the ready so that, if Arab
armies ever get a tactical advantage on the battlefield, Israel's
nuclear weaponry will still win the war. Certainly, had Adolf Hitler
gained the nuclear bomb at the moment Allied forces were knifing
through his country, Nazi Germany would have won the war. Nuclear
weapons can make that much of a difference.

Tom Clancy's movie, "The Sum of All Fears" uses this scenario at the
beginning of the plot. During the 1973 war, Israel's forces were
surprised and were facing possible defeat on the battlefield; to
ensure victory, Israel's top leadership ordered some fighter jets to
be armed with nuclear tactical warheads, and to actually take off so
they could deliver their armaments at a moment's notice. One of the
fighters was shot down and one of the missiles was lost. Decades
later, that warhead was found and was delivered to Arab terrorists who
used it as a terrorist weapon during the NFL Super Bowl.

Everybody knows that Israel deploys nuclear weaponry. Most people
believe the United States gave such weaponry to Israel.

In the cauldron of madness constantly swirling around the Middle East,
Jewish citizens have placed a good deal of confidence in Israel's
nuclear armament. Israel simply could not be defeated by the Arabs as
long as Israel kept these weapons at the ready -- or so the thinking
of the average Israeli citizen functioned.

A corollary to this belief is that atomic weaponry was the one weapon
no Israeli politician could possibly bargain away. This belief formed
the political "third-rail" that no politician dared touch.

Is is possible that Prime Minister Sharon is prepared to touch that
"third-rail" and to broach the subject of Israel giving up her nuclear
weapons? The reality might surprise you mightily.

ISRAEL MIGHT GIVE UP NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- IF --

Let us now go to current news stories to see Sharon's surprising
willingness to discuss giving up nuclear weapons -- under certain
circumstances.

NEWS BRIEF: "El Baradei: Sharon Told Me Israel Will Scrap Nukes As
Part of 'Road Map' ", Arutz Sheva, Israel National News, July 8, 2004

"Mohammed El Baradei, the chief Nuclear Watchdog for the United
Nations International Atomic Energy Agency met with Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon today (Thursday). El Baradei claimed Sharon agreed to
make Israel into a nuclear-free zone as a later stage of the so-called
Road Map ... El Baradei said that Sharon told him arms-control issues
are a part of the second stage in the US-backed road map. 'This is a
good vision, and I hope we can turn it into concrete steps', El
Baradei said. 'This is the first time I heard this statement from an
Israeli prime minister, and I find it a positive development', El
Baradei told students at Hebrew University."

Indeed, no Israeli Prime Minister has ever uttered the words,
"nuclear-free zone", even if such an agreement is part of an overall
"peace" in the Middle East. Every modern Israeli Prime Minister
realized that, in negotiations, illusion may be just as important as
substance, that what is not said may be just as important as what was
said, and that complete thoughts may be turned into incomplete
sentences. For example: Sharon reportedly told El Baradei, the chief
Nuclear Watchdog for the United Nations International Atomic Energy
Agency:

"He would make Israel into a nuclear-free zone as a later stage of the
so-called Road Map".

This is a complete thought. What Arab propagandists are likely to do
is to make this sentence into an incomplete phrase, as follows:

"He would make Israel into a nuclear-free zone".

In one fell swoop, Israel could be suddenly pressured by the
Americans, Europeans, Russians, United Nations diplomats, and Arabs
into giving up nuclear weapons without getting the Road Map
"guarantees" as originally envisioned by the "Quartet of Nations" who
created the Road Map in the first place. Time after time, Israel has
been pressured in just this manner. Sharon's unilateral disengagement
is one prime example. Sharon repeatedly stated that he would not even
consider withdrawing from Gaza until and unless the Palestinian
Authority implemented their responsibilities under the Oslo Accord and
other lesser agreements. After Arafat refused to abide by any of his
agreements with Israel, Sharon suddenly declared that Arafat was not a
"partner for peace" and would never be; therefore, Sharon announced a
unilateral disengagement, thus rewarding Arafat for all his 22 years
of terror and his intransigence! Arafat and his terrorist groups got
exactly what they had been seeking from Israel -- a complete
withdrawal from Gaza and portions of the West Bank -- without having
to abide by one single agreement!

The Bush Administration applauded Sharon for his "bold vision".

Now, let us review another pertinent, related story in this discussion
of Israel giving up her nuclear weapons.

NEWS BRIEF: "Israel's Sharon Links Nuclear Discussion to Peace', By
Dan Williams, The Boston Globe, July 8, 2004

"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he
could discuss ridding the Middle East of nuclear arms but only as part
of a broader peace process in the future, the head of the U.N. nuclear
watchdog said Thursday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
director Mohammed ElBaradei quoted Sharon as saying discussions could
be part of the "road map" for regional peace -- a plan that has been
stalled for months by Israeli-Palestinian violence. The Jewish state,
presumed to be the region's only nuclear power, has long said it is
committed to a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, but that peace must
be achieved first."

This last phrase sounds so very good: "peace must be achieved first."

Possession of nuclear weapons is a solid military reality on the field
of battle and in the air. "Peace" is a nebulous term that can change
in a single moment. Throughout recorded history, "peace" has given way
to war in minutes. By this bleary, dim, and ill-defined term --
"peace" -- how would Israel know when she had obtained a "peace" with
her 3,000-year-old enemy that was good enough and solid enough to give
up her solid superiority on the military field of battle? What if the
Arabs were merely using this opportunity to negotiate away Israel's
nuclear weapons, calculating that, on the "morning next" after
intelligence had confirmed that Israel had destroyed or handed over
her last nuclear weapon, Arab armies would strike?

A corollary understanding is that, once weaponry, like nuclear
armaments, is surrendered, the arsenal cannot be gotten back in place
quickly. Therefore, Arab armies like Egypt who have purchased huge
quantities of modern American army and air force weapons, might be
easily tempted into thinking that, if they strike quickly once Israeli
nuclear arms are negotiated away, victory might be possible. After
all, Arab armies own a tremendous numeric advantage over Israeli
forces that might prove decisive once nuclear arms are out of the
equation.

Before we move to the next segment of our discussion, let us examine
this story from yet another angle.

NEWS BRIEF: "Sharon tells UN he wants a Middle East free of nuclear
arms", by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem, Friday July 9, 2004, The
Guardian (London)

"Israel and the UN's nuclear watchdog reached a public understanding
yesterday with Ariel Sharon committing himself to the vision of a
Middle East free of nuclear weapons. Mohammed ElBaradei, the
International Atomic Energy Agency chief, described the development as
a 'glimmer of hope' for the region, but left aside the sensitive
question of Israel's own atomic weapons ... In an interview with the
Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, published yesterday, Mr ElBaradei urged
the Israeli government to consider broader regional security since its
weapons would not help the Middle East amid growing nuclear
proliferation."

Once again, the key words are: "Sharon tells UN he wants a Middle East
free of nuclear arms" and "Ariel Sharon committing himself to the
vision of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons".

Surely, old war general Ariel Sharon would never, ever, ever
(infinity) consider negotiating Israel's nuclear weapons away! Right?
We admit that such a scenario seems a very, very remote possibility.

Before we run to rash conclusions, though, we must remember several
facts:

1. Sharon has abruptly changed positions before, shocking his
hard-core constituency. For example, Sharon promised never to retreat
under fire, and never to even consider a Palestinian State. Yet, here
we see him retreating under fire in the Gaza Strip and we heard him
appear with President Bush and the Palestinian "Prime Minister" last
year to declare a Palestinian State (NEWS1817 and NEWS1819) to be a
common goal of the United States, Israel, and the Palestinian
Authority.

Sharon is gaining a reputation for suddenly reversing positions to
which he has clung tenaciously for a very long time.

2. Prime Minister Sharon seems on the verge of forming a national
unity government with Shimon Peres and his Liberal Labor Party. With
Sharon maintaining a grip on a slim majority of Conservative Likud
Ministers of the Knesset and with Peres maintaining a solid grip on
his MK's, a national unity party can forge ahead on deals with the
enemy not possible under either a Likud or a Labor coalition
government. Not only is this reality the tactic behind the Gaza and
West Bank withdrawal, but it could be the tactic which could deliver
Israel's nuclear weapons to the United Nations in return for that
elusive Arab "peace".

3. As we have earlier stated on many occasions, Israeli policy has
long been to tempt the Arabs into thinking she is weak and indecisive
and can be defeated, so she can then annihilate them once they dare
attack. Oslo Accords have been the principal outworking of that trap,
to encourage the Arabs to congregate in significant population centers
where their people outnumber Jews 100 to 1, or greater. Then, once the
natural forces brought to bear by the Oslo Accords have naturally
encouraged Palestinians to live in their own towns, cities, and
enclaves, a true separation of the populations could be effected; in
other words, when the numbers of Jews which will have to be forcibly
removed from Palestinian population centers is sufficiently low to be
considered "manageable", then a true separation of populations could
be carried out.

The Security Fence represents the final step in separating the
populations so the Biblical End of the Age judgments of Obadiah 15-18
and Isaiah 34 can be carried out (Read NEWS1422 and NEWS1620 for full
details).

Once Israel has retreated behind her modern version of the Maginot
Line, her redeployment will have carved Israel into several segments,
making it very difficult for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) to
adequately defend the entire country. And, while the wall may be a
deterrent to suicide bombers, it will not stop rockets and mortar fire
from sailing overhead, nor will it keep heavy armaments and
professional Arab sappers from breaching the wall. Thus, if Sharon
allows Egypt to come into the Gaza Strip, as news reports have
indicated, Egyptian and Palestinian forces could build up heavy,
modern forces right up against the security fence. At the right
moment, an attack could be easily mounted which would breach the
security fence, to be followed by infantry and heavy armament forces.
Egyptian and Syrian forces could then be attacking the outer borders
in support.

Whether such an attack could actually defeat Israel is not the point;
the point is whether the Palestinian, Egyptian and Syrian
political-military leadership believes an attack could succeed. Once
the attack has begun, Israel would be free to annihilate her enemies:
this is the plan. The buildup to this plan requires Israel to take
actions which would convince Arab leadership that her once bountiful
military advantages have been negotiated away.

4. Israel might not consider nuclear weapons to be the front-line
weapons they once were, and fit for the negotiating table if the prize
was sufficiently large and advantageous. How could Israel consider
nuclear weapons to be obsolete? As incredible this might seem, this
possibility has to be considered when all the facts are recognized and
brought out into the open. Let us consider these facts now:

A. Israel possesses neutron weapons, which kill living flesh but
spares hard targets such as buildings and infrastructure. While many
people consider neutron bombs to be nuclear, they fall into a
completely different class. They do not produce the huge heat and
blasts of traditional nuclear weapons. If Israel agrees to give up her
"nuclear weapons", that term is most likely to not include neutron
bombs. Since Israel most definitely refuses to "confirm or deny" that
she has neutron bombs, we cannot ascertain whether the IDF possesses
them in sufficient quantity to defeat massed Arab armies coming from
all directions.

B. Israel knows that American and Russian satellites can sense
emissions from nuclear warheads (NEWS1938) anywhere in the world. Even
though Arab armies do not possess this capability, Russian satellites
most likely have this capability, and could be expected to provide
this kind of specific location information to Arab armies. Russian
specialists might even be operating in the theater during the time of
conflict, flying the sophisticated aircraft (with Egyptian markings)
which could take out Israel's stocks of nuclear warheads, or operating
sophisticated and accurate Arab artillery which could likewise destroy
the stores of nuclear warheads.

An arsenal in which the enemy knows the precise location of all its
warheads at any given time is an arsenal which is problematic to the
army wielding it. Israeli commanders have to take into consideration
the possibility that their stores of nuke warheads could be quickly
destroyed in a preemptive attack.

C. Colonel Bearden states that a "tiny, friendly country" possesses
Scalar Weaponry (NEWS1776 and NEWS1776b). This weaponry is truly out
of this dimension and certainly renders nuclear weapons obsolete. If
Israel truly possess scalar weaponry, she might well publicly
surrender nuclear weapons at the negotiating table!

We are not certain whether Arab leaders have been appraised of the
capabilities of Scalar Weaponry and of the possibility that Israel
might possess it. Remember that Russian leaders are more interested in
cooperating with American leaders and in achieving Illuminist goals
than she is in cooperating with the Arabs. Even though Russia will one
day lead an attack on Israel (Ezekiel 38-39), in the time period
before Antichrist arises, Russia will cooperate with America to the
detriment of the Arabs -- her pro-Arab propaganda to the contrary
notwithstanding.

As stated earlier, the goal would be to convince Arab leadership that
they could beat an Israel devoid of nuclear weapons. Therefore, we
have to watch developments carefully. If a national unity government
becomes a reality, the possibility that Israel might put her nuclear
weapons on the negotiating table become increasingly favorable.

All-out war would then become a certainty.

Truly, the world is getting close to the prophetic Scripture which
foretells of the use of awful weaponry:

"And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature
call out, Come! And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider
was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men
slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword." (Rev. 6:3-4;
Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary Computer Software
Program)

To emphasize the critical phrase: "so that men slaughtered one
another; and he was given a huge sword."

Finally, we would love to hear from you.

You can contact us by mail or email.

God bless you.

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Volume XXIII Issue VII July 2004
Last Trumpet Ministries, PO Box 806, Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Fax: 920-887-2626 Internet: http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org

The Time of God’s Final Call

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment
is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the
third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead,
or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of
the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of
their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest
day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark of his name.”

Revelation 14:6-11

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The
night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk
honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfill the lusts thereof.”

Romans 13:11-14

In this issue of the Last Trumpet newsletter, we will consider the
awesome magnitude of the fact that we are at this present time in the
realm of finality concerning God’s call of repentance and obedience to
the everlasting gospel. We are now living in the time of the beast and
his mark, and the evidence of this is overwhelming. We are seeing the
Scripture fulfilled everyday as hell’s society continues to raise hell
to the surface for all to see. Witchcraft of all types has filled our
theaters, bookstores, schools, churches, and television screens.
People everywhere have been transformed into little images of the
beast as they think, talk, and act like they are under the influence
of some strange force. It is, in fact, the clandestine force of
satanic and antichrist power that is manipulating society, and the
ultimate objective of this force is to enthrone the one they call
Lucifer as the overt “god of this world.”

There is only one way to remedy this situation. We can see from the
Scripture verses above that during the last of the last days, there is
one final call of God through His everlasting gospel. This call comes
as the beast is rising to power and as the last of the lost people
begin to embrace the lies, deceits, and temptations of the new world
order and begin to worship the beast and receive his mark. When this
final gospel call goes forth, there will never be another chance to
obey it. Those who ignore that last call will find themselves without
power to resist the beast and will worship him reaping eternal
destruction. The word “worship” means to give your heart, and that is
what the beast system demands of everyone. Our Saviour will soon
appear, and will separate the chaff from the wheat and the sheep from
the goats. The last call is most certainly upon us, and you can answer
heaven now and say no to the new world order of antichrist. We are in
this world but not of it! As the prophecies are coming to pass each
day, a crescendo of urgency rises up declaring that there is only one
more opportunity and one last chance to turn your heart away from this
evil world and to reach out to the only one who can and will help you,
and you can do this even now while you read this newsletter.

The Curse of Ancient Babylon!

The modern-day nation of Iraq is the same land that was called Babylon
in ancient times. There are many curses upon this mysterious land so
filled with intrigue. Isaiah, chapter 47, tells us why this land is
cursed, and the conditions that caused God to curse that land before
now exist in great measure in the United States and have existed for
some time. The United States has invaded and occupied this ancient
land of Iraq or Babylon, but it is the United States itself that is
filled with witchcraft, astrology, nakedness, and sorcery as described
in Isaiah, chapter 47. It is the United States that is suffering and
living in fear of terror strikes, because God has accounted rebellious
America as being worthy of divine judgment. Can we fight the
terrorists? In Isaiah 47:11 we read as follows: “Therefore shall evil
come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and
mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off:
and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not
know.”

In Iraq we are witnessing the killing, maiming, and wounding of
thousands of people. Many civilians have been butchered and maimed.
Hostages have been taken, bombs explode constantly, prisoners have
been tortured, American civilians have been shot, burned, hanged, and
decapitated; and the response of our President to all of this is,
“Stay the course.” (1) On May 13th, 2004, Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld admitted that the United States mission in Iraq may fail. He
made that admission to the Senate Appropriations Committee, and in the
same breath he asked for an additional $25 billion to continue to
fight the war. (2) On May 19th, 2004, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
Wolfowitz, also known as the architect of the Iraqi War, told USA
Today, “We failed to anticipate the resilience of Saddam Hussein’s
supporters and I do not know how long the United States will have to
keep 135,000 troops in Iraq.” Wolfowitz went on to say, “We and the
Iraqis are stuck.” (3) Now President Bush has warned that there will
be a rise in violence beyond what we have seen as he tries to install
his new puppet government in Iraq at the end of June, 2004. Here let
it be noted that the new government is made up of 33 people, a council
of 33. (4) The number 33 is the most sacred number in the secret
society known as Freemasonry. It has been stipulated in advance that
this new Iraqi government of 33 will have no power regarding future
military operations by the U.S. and British forces. (5) This is a
government with no teeth at all and could be called “the 33 stooges.”

Two members of this council have already been killed and had to be
replaced. On May 18th, Izzadine Saleem, the head of the governing
council, was killed with a car bomb. (6) On June 12th, Bassam Salih
Kubba, Iraq’s most senior diplomat, was killed by gunmen. (7) Iraq is
a land filled with hatred, and the horrifying atrocities at that
military prison in Iraq continue to fan the flames of hatred for the
United States. The Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison were ridden
like animals, fondled by female soldiers, forced to curse their
religion, and required to retrieve their food from toilets. (8) Naked
Iraqi inmates had their heads covered with hoods and were then knocked
senseless by baton-wielding soldiers. They were also forced to commit
lewd acts in front of female soldiers. (9) My reason for mentioning
these detestable things one more time is because they were not just
acts of unbridled hatred and lust but have all the characteristics of
satanic rituals performed by our soldiers. The ritual acts were
performed within a circle of candles, which became the setting for
drunken orgies (10), known in the occult as the “great rite.” We must
also note that Mr. Rumsfeld gave the O.K. for this abuse as a top
secret Pentagon program, which was code named “operation copper
green.” (11) Another thing to remember is that the prison was run by
Brigadier General Janice Karpinski, who was suspended from that duty
in a political move. Janice Karpinski had been recently promoted to
general shortly after she was arrested for shoplifting a bottle of
perfume from a store here in America. (12)

There have been many other acts by American forces that have outraged
the people of Iraq, such as attacks on Moslem shrines and even an air
attack on a wedding party. The London Guardian reported that the U.S.
soldiers started shooting the men, women, and children, one by one.
One woman had her legs shot out from under her and then watched her
two young sons, Ali and Hamza, being killed. (13) Such acts will
someday bring great sorrow to our nation as hatred for the United
States reaches a fever pitch. Americans should also know that their
own government is on a spending spree in Iraq that would stagger the
imagination as the entire country is being rebuilt at the expense of
American taxpayers. It is not only the cost of war that is a problem
but also the cost of rebuilding. As of May 23rd, the cost of the war
with Iraq was a whopping $119.4 billion and rising. (14) The cost of
rebuilding what we have destroyed thus far is $18.7 billion. Another
point that must be made is that here in the United States gasoline is
reaching all-time high prices, while in Iraq the people are paying
five cents per gallon, because U.S. taxpayers are paying hundreds of
millions of dollars to subsidize the cost of gasoline for the Iraqis.
At a nickel per gallon, the average cost for Iraqis to fill up their
tank is $1.10. (15)

Illuministic Activities of George W. Bush

In these last of the last days, President Bush has been very busy
traveling around the world. On June 4th, 2004, the President went to
Rome and awarded Pope John Paul II the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
which is the highest civilian award. (16) On the Today show, President
Bush was seen on his knees in front of the Pope kissing his ring. This
is something that no true born again Christian would do, for it is
forbidden in the Word of God. Mr. Bush also called the Pope a “devoted
servant of God.” (17) I cannot help thinking of the picture I have
from years ago of Pope John Paul II in India receiving the mark of
Shiva, the snake deity, on his forehead.

On June 6th, 2004, President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac
participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Normandy American
cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The two leaders summoned
survivors of the D-Day landing at Normandy and the ghosts of those who
didn’t make it home back to the bluffs. It was the 60th anniversary of
the D-Day invasion. (18)

President Bush also hosted the G-8 summit meetings during the second
week of June at Sea Island, Georgia, which is situated on the 33rd
parallel of latitude north. During the June 8th, 2004, meetings, a
March, 2003, memorandum, issued by Bush administrative lawyers, was
brought up which stated, “President Bush, as commander-in-chief, is
not restricted by U.S. and international laws barring torture.” (19)
What is that all about? Another item that came up at the Georgia G-8
meetings is the declaration of President Bush to have Iraq’s $120
billion debt forgiven. (20)

President Bush has been feeling especially intelligent lately, because
on May 21st, 2004, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science
degree at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I
am looking at a picture of him in his new robe with the university
officials putting the hood over his head. (21) We must ask the
question why his alma mater, Yale University, didn’t give him the
doctoral degree. Is it because when he went to school there, he was a
“C-D” student? President Bush was even born on campus at Yale
University (22), but the 303-year-old prestigious Ivy League school is
not about to give him a doctoral degree when he nearly failed as an
underclassman. Here let it be noted that congressional investigators
have recently discovered that 28 high- level Federal workers have
bogus college degrees that were awarded by alma maters that are
diploma mills that require little, if any, academic work. Most of the
people awarded these degrees are in the Department of Defense. (23)

It appears that there is a lot of false glory being passed around, and
presidential candidate John Kerry is also in this arena of hypocrites.
John Kerry is presented by his proponents as a war hero, and among his
awards was a purple heart for being wounded in action. We now know
that the purple heart was given to him for a small scratch on his
forearm. The exact words of his commanding officer, Lt. Commander
Grant Hibbard, regarding this matter are as follows: “There was just a
little scratch on his forearm….it didn’t look like much of a wound to
me….I didn’t think he deserved a purple heart.” (24) If Kerry is
elected President of the United States, we will have a chief executive
that looks just like Herman Munster!

Regarding the entire Bush family, it seems that almost everything they
do has Satan’s fingerprints on it. On the 13th day of June, the senior
Bush made a parachute jump from 13,000 feet over a football-sized
field with a painted logo that said “41 at 80” at the center. Those
numbers 4+1+8, add up to 13. The location was the Presidential library
at Texas A&M University. Here is another 13, for if you count from
“A”, the first letter of the alphabet, you find that “M” is the 13th
letter. The senior Bush did not jump alone but was harnessed to a
member of the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, and waiting on the
ground to meet him was former Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev.
(25)

The Death of a World Leader!

In the June, 2004, issue of the Last Trumpet Newsletter, I wrote the
following words: “At the end of April, 2004, we had an eclipse of the
moon, which caused it to turn blood red, and this was followed by two
comets. According to old Roman occultism, the appearing of a comet
means the death of a leader is imminent.” I must make a correction
regarding the eclipse of the moon, as it actually happened on May 4th,
2004, which is the 33rd day before the death of Ronald Wilson Reagan
on June 5th, 2004. In the realm of the occult, comets signify the
imminent death of a world leader, and we know that God judges wicked
men by bringing the consequences of their own evil devices upon them.
That is the very reason why certain occult numbers keep coming up in
relation to certain events. In Psalm 7:11-16 we read as follows: “God
judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If
he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it
ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Behold, he travaileth
with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth
falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch
which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.”

Witchcraft cannot function without astrology and numerology, and God
sends judgment upon them accordingly! William Shakespeare referred to
the comet as being a sign that the death of a world leader was
imminent in his work known as Julius Ceasar. In that work, Ceasar’s
wife was pleading with Ceasar to not go to the capitol, because a
comet appeared in the night sky, and she said, “When peasants die
there are no comets seen, the heavens themselves blaze forth the death
of princes.” The next day was the Ides of March and Ceasar was
assassinated and was soon lying in state at the capitol in Rome. In
the case of Ronald Reagan, there were two comets preceding his death.
Is the death of another world leader imminent?

Ronald Reagan died on the 5th day of the 6th month and was buried six
days later on the 11th day of the 6th month. The Washington Post’s
headlines for June 10th said, “A Day of Ritual and Remembrance.” (26)
It was indeed a time of amazing ritual for the departed illuminist.
Escorting the Reagan casket was a riderless 13-year-old, solid black
horse named Sergeant York. When the casket reached the capitol, it was
placed in the rotunda to “lie in state” for exactly 36 hours. We must
remember that the word “capitol” is defined by unabridged dictionaries
as follows: “The temple of Jupiter at Rome, situated on the S.W.
summit of the Capitoline Hill; the building occupied by the United
States Congress at Washington.” This is more evidence of the powerful
occult connection of Rome with Washington, D.C. We must also take note
of the lying-in-state for exactly 36 hours. Six times six is 36. When
the numbers 1 through 36 inclusive are added together, the total is
666. This period of time also allowed for the sun to cross the
meridians and send the rays of their sun-god Baal through the windows
in the rotunda to empower the sacred circle, which is built into the
marble floor. (27) When the casket was removed and the cameras showed
the floor from directly above, you could see the circle clearly and
the black monolithic slab that was placed in its center where the
casket lay. (28) This is witchcraft of the first magnitude.

The casket was then moved to the National Cathedral in Washington,
D.C., for the funeral service. The National Cathedral is the sixth
largest cathedral in the world, and its tallest spire is 676 feet
high. We know that the number of man is six and the number of God is
7. The number 676 indicates man’s authority over God. I have been to
the National Cathedral and took many pictures there. It is quite a
piece of “masonry” in more ways than one. The National Cathedral is
famous for its proud display of gargoyles, which are built into the
structure everywhere. These are grotesque demonic stone images with
snarled faces, pointed ears, and bat-like wings. There are many
varieties, and they are so proud of them that the church has a
gargoyle shop in the basement, which sells these images of demons for
visitors to take home. Needless to say, I didn’t buy any. While I was
there, the National Cathedral was proudly calling attention to its
most recent gargoyle addition, which was cemented into the front, high
above the main entrance. It was the image of “Darth Vader” of the Star
Wars movies. In those movies, Darth Vader was the “dark side of the
force”, who, if killed, would come back to life with greater strength.
Thus, the image of the dark side of the force presides over the
entrance to the National Cathedral. It is also interesting to note
that when President Bush spoke at this funeral, he stood in the pulpit
and not at the lectern. (29) After the funeral, the Reagan casket was
flown to California, where he was buried within a large circle with
six walkways like spokes leading to a circular walkway. (30) This is
all true to occult form.

At the funeral of Ronald Reagan, a former President of the Soviet
Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, said he was taking this loss very hard. (31)
Ronald Reagan was a Communist in Hollywood during the time of the
heavy infiltration of Communism in that movie capital just after World
War II ended. Reagan was the President of the Screen Actors’ Guild and
was commonly known as “Red Ronnie.” Much more could be said about his
subversive activities, but suffice it to say that it was Ronald Reagan
who is directly responsible for bringing de facto Communism to the
United States and providing the “Red” Gorbachev with an office in San
Francisco, California, at the Presidio. Gorbachev now presides over a
conspiratorial operation of the Illuminati known as the “State of the
World Forum.” I stood at his office and prayed against his activities.

We also know that Ronald Reagan’s wife, Nancy, who at the funeral wore
a large numeral 6 on each ear as earrings, managed her husband’s
spiritual affairs while he was in the White House. Astrologers such as
Joan Quigley and Joyce Jillson continually advised Reagan’s every
move. Thus, our country was being run by astrology, which is
witchcraft and is condemned in the Word of God! A horoscope was even
drawn up for Reagan’s oath of office. Nancy Reagan admitted all of
this publicly just as the second term of her husband was ending, and
they were making preparation to move back to California to a home with
the street address of 666 Hillcrest. When certain church groups made a
fuss over it in the media, they changed the house number.

On Friday, the 11th day of the 6th month, Federal offices were shut
down for the Reagan funeral, which cost American tax payers $423
million. (32) Now plans are underway to put his image on the dime and
to place his picture on the ten dollar bill. There are also plans to
put Reagan’s face on the Mt. Rushmore Memorial. (33)

Global Enslavement!

As the wealth of the people of the United States continues to
diminish, the people of Red China are enjoying unprecedented wealth.
Automobile sales have jumped 75 per cent last year in that Communist
country, and by 2010 they are expecting to be selling 10 million
vehicles annually. (34) The diminishing of America’s wealth is all a
part of the Illuminati blueprint and plot to bring forth the
antichrist government by means of spiritual and geopolitical
realignment. Red China is rapidly bringing economic ruin to our
country, and Wal-Mart is the best friend that Red China could have. I
will write more about that in a subsequent issue.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO is continually rising
in strength and has become a 26-nation military superpower. The number
26 is significant because it is two 13’s. NATO is that great northern
army that will soon become the one-world military force. Recently, the
Moscow Times newspaper featured a story with the headlines, “A NATO
Cooperation Pact May Soon Be Signed.” The new pact is called the
“Status of Forces Agreement.” According to Defense Minister Sergei
Ivanov, “The document will allow NATO units with military hardware
onto our territory and our units onto the territories of alliance
countries.” (35) Thus, under this agreement, fully armed troops from
the 25 other NATO nations would be allowed on American soil. All of
this is being done in the name of antiterrorism. Can any thinking
person doubt that this is the formation of a one-world military? If
you have ever wondered about the strange evacuation route signs and
color-coded route signs that are appearing along our highways, you
have your answer. The masterminds of the great Illuminati conspiracy
are planning to launch their final plans for the complete takeover of
America along with the rest of the world.

One of the subscribers to this newsletter recently sent me a
questionnaire that was administered to him by a female brigadier
general at Camp Lejuene. There were a total of 46 questions with four
possible answers to each one: strongly disagree, disagree, strongly
agree, and no opinion. Item number 45 reads as follows: “I would swear
to the following code: I am an United Nations fighting person. I serve
in the forces which maintain world peace and every nation’s way of
life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.” Item number 46
says: “The U.S. Government declares a ban on the possession, sale,
transportation, and transfer of all non-sporting firearms. A thirty
(30) day amnesty period is permitted for these firearms to be turned
over to local authorities. At the end of this period, a number of
citizen groups refuse to turn over their firearms. Consider the
following statement: I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or
resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government.” (36)

The New Age Occult Society!

It is sad to think that while all of the powers of darkness are now
converging to enthrone Satan, the people are oblivious to what is
going on and are spiritually drugged by spirits of strong delusion.
Suddenly there has been a massive resurgence of the old “heavy metal”
rock groups such as “Kiss”, which stands for “kings in Satan’s
service.” The group AC/DC, whose name stands for bisexuality, is being
honored by the city council of Melbourne, Australia, which plans to
rename Corporation Lane, AC/DC Lane. (37) British singer Sarah
Brightman is on a world tour, and she sings and performs half-naked
atop a pedestal with six half-naked dancers lifting their hands and
worshipping her. (38) We, as Christians, can pray against these
things. Britney Spears is such a vile performer that I rebuked her in
prayer, and she injured her knee to the extent that she had to cancel
her world tour. God is not pleased with that woman!

It is the occult power of witchcraft that is behind all of these
activities that have been reshaping our society to quickly adapt to
the realm of antichrist. Our nation is literally saturated with Harry
Potter books and movies, which teach children how to read tarot cards
and do astrology. A newspaper recently presented the following
headlines: “Harry Potter Matures In Darker Third Movie About Magical
World.” (39) Not just children but people of all ages are eating this
up. We have now discovered that Disney Online has a program called
“Welcome to the World of Witch-The Magic of Fun and Friendship.” There
are five characters that interact with children and their names are
Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Haylin. The first letters of each
of their names spells “witch”, and the Disney site makes this very
clear. (40)

Homosexuality has risen up world-wide, and so-called gay pride parades
are defiantly promoting the sodomite agenda everywhere. On June 3rd,
2004, many hundreds of people participated in a “gay pride” parade in
downtown Jerusalem. Rainbow flags were everywhere, and it was a
massive display. (41) In New York City, there was a massive “gay
marriage rally” on May 24th, 2004. Thousands were crying out,
“Massachusetts today, New York tomorrow.” (42) We know that the same
God who judged Sodom and Gomorrah is watching all of this, and he is
the same yesterday, today, and forever!

Minds continue to be polluted by movies such as “Saved”, the sole
purpose of which is to mock the Lord Jesus and His church. The poster
for the movie features Jesus holding a skateboard, and behind him are
five perverted young people, who get into all kinds of trouble,
including fornication. One of the characters, a young man, is wearing
a shirt with the word “Jesus” on it, but the middle “S” is a lightning
bolt, the exact lightning bolt that appears on Harry Potter’s head.
This lightning bolt is actually an ancient Nordic rune sign and was
also used by Hitler’s Gestapo. The caption at the base of the poster
says: “Got Passion? Get Saved.” (43) Satan seems to have an endless
supply of willing stooges that continue to mock God and this is a sure
sign of the end. As I look around, I am being continually reminded
that the United States of America is not the country it used to be. I
am looking at the police report section of an Ames, Iowa, newspaper,
and one item in the report says, “Ames Middle School, 321 State
Avenue, reported May 24th people handing out Bibles.” Since when is it
a crime to hand out Bibles? Perverts can parade in the streets, but
the police quickly respond if someone tries to hand out Bibles! (44)

Romans 13:3 defines what is a government of God, and if a government
does not meet that criteria, it will soon fall. That verse reads as
follows: “For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same.” Quite obviously, the current
governments of this world do not qualify, for it is that strange time
of the end when Satan and his beast system have risen up. If you have
wondered why the earth continues to quake, the volcanoes erupt, record
numbers of tornadoes pillage our nation, and severe storms and floods
continue to devastate this once-great land, you have your answer. May
God help us all to cry out unto Him, for He will hear us and will
always answer the prayer of faith.

In closing I ask that you remember us in prayer. I have been under
intense spiritual pressure lately, but there is always victory in the
name of the Lord Jesus. Thanks so much to all who support this
end-time ministry. I pray that God will bless you greatly. Please
continue to send your prayer requests, and our prayer teams will bring
your needs to the throne of the Almighty. Grace and peace be unto you
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

David J. Meyer

Acknowledgements
01. Ames Tribune, May 17, 2004, by Carmen Cerra, Ames, IA.
02. Daily News, May 13, 2004, by Richard Sisk, New York, NY.
03. USA Today, May 19, 2004, by Barbara Slavin, Gannett News Service,
Washington, D.C.
04. Associated Press, June 1, 2004, by Pete Yost, AP, Washington, D.C.
05. Reuters News Service, June 3, 2004, Washington, D.C.
06. Iowa State Daily, May 18, 2004, by Robert Reid, AP, Baghdad, Iraq.
07. Associated Press, June 12, 2004, AP, Baghdad, Iraq.
08. Staten Island Advance, May 22, 2004, AP, Washington, D.C.
09. Associated Press, May 21, 2004, AP, Washington, D.C.
10. New York Post, May 14, 2004, by Bridget Harrison, New York, NY.
11. Daily News, May 16, 2004, by Tracy Connor, New York, NY.
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13. Guardian, May 21, 2004, by Rory McCarthy in Ramadi, London,
England.
14. Associated Press, June 6, 2004, by Alan Fram, AP, Washington, D.C.
15. Associated Press, June 6, 2004, by Jim Krane, AP, Baghdad, Iraq.
16. Reuters News Service, June 3, 2004, the Vatican City, Italy.
17. Washington Post, June 4, 2004, by Dana Milbank & Fred Barbash,
Vatican City, Italy.
18. Associated Press, June 6, 2004, by Susan Walsh, Normandy, France.
19. Reuters News Service, June 9, 2004, by Kevin Lamarque, St. Simons,
GA.
20. Reuters News Service, June 8, 2004, by Glenn Somerville, Savannah,
GA.
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Rouge, LA.
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D.C.
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29. Associated Press, June 11, 2004, by Charles Dharapak, Washington,
D.C.
30. AFP News, June 11, 2004, Simi Valley, CA.
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32. Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2004, Los Angeles, CA.
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34. Associated Press, June 10, 2004, AP, Beijing, China.
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36. Military Survey, Camp Lejuene.
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38. Reuters News Service, May 28, 2004, by Kin Cheung, Hong Kong.
39. Gettysburg Times, June 5, 2004, by Anthony Breznican, AP, Los
Angeles, CA.
40. Disney Official Website, http://disney.go.com/witch/main.html.
41. Associated Press, June 3, 2004, Jerusalem, Israel.
42. Daily News, May 24, 2004, by Nicole Bode, New York, NY.
43. Saved, Official movie poster, http://www.savedmovie.com/.
44. Ames Tribune, May 25, 2004, Ames, IA.

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[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> http://www.matrixmasters.com/world/usnews/skullandbones.html
>
>
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[Hammond of Texas]

Steve wrote:

> Hammerhead, are we getting mad with all the clear Satanic evidence
> being posted about the Freemasonry? TOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>

I'm not mad at all, Steve. I'm illustrating how dangerously close you
are to using the exact same rationale, and saying the exact same things,
that the Inquisitors and their lackeys did during the Dark Ages. Which
puts you dangerously close to actually DOING those things.

[Cindy]

"Misty" <""yardholler\"@Nospam,charter.net> wrote in message
news:10fv0f3...@corp.supernews.com...

> There is not such a person as a Christian Mason, other then some mud
> slingers may
> be Christian.
>

You and Steve seem to be full blown haters, is this what being Baptist does
to a person, you two idiots ought to get a life!