Removing the High Places - Page 2

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The Scriptures declare the following of Satan:</div> <bR> <div> I John 5:19</div> <div> We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. </div> <bR> <div> Revelation 12:9</div> <div> And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world...</div> <bR> <div> Satan’s power is deception. What he cannot accomplish through outright means, he seeks to accomplish through subtlety and deceit. In the presentation “Freemasonry, the Spirit of Babylon” it was revealed how Satan deceives many men into becoming involved in a Satanic organization by deceiving them as to the meaning behind the symbols and rituals that are practiced. A number of instances were cited to demonstrate that it is a practice of Satan to take things which are horrid and abominable and make them acceptable by ascribing to them a false interpretation. In this way many men, even the called of God, have been led to view certain symbols as if they were praiseworthy when they are actually vile and profane.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Following are a couple of examples taken from the presentation on Freemasonry.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b5088110.jpg" border=0 width="392" height="529" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Image of Solomon’s Temple</div> <div> from Masonic Bible</div> <bR> <div> As I was conducting a study on Freemasonry, a Masonic Bible was donated to the Macon Rescue Mission where I was on staff, and I purchased it. This Bible was published by the A. J. Holman company and is a very large family Bible that is filled with Masonic content at the front. One of the first articles is titled “The First Authentic Restoration of King Solomon’s Temple and Citadel.” The restoration is credited to John Wesley Kelchner and a statement precedes the article and following images.</div> <bR> <div> “Exactly the spectacle beheld by the eyes of Solomon when his artisans had finished.” Harvey Wiley Corbett, Architect</div> <bR> <div> Following is an excerpt from this article.</div> <bR> <div> <I>How the Designs, Drawings and Pictures Were Obtained.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>It is known to every reader of the Bible and student of Solomon’s days, that an amazingly exact description of the Temple and its associated structures has been carried down from the mists of antiquity by the Scriptures. Lineal measurements, materials employed, and ornamental detail are so graphically presented that restoration of the Temple at any time within a score of centuries past, awaited only the coming of a man with the vision to recognize its historic value, and the imagination to undertake the task.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Notwithstanding the universal interest in King Solomon’s Temple, a fascination which has created innumerable legends and romances during the intervening centuries, the incredible fact remains that no adequate effort to restore the Temple was made until John Wesley Kelchner, Archaeoligist, Bible Student and Lecturer, began thirty years ago to make real his vision of the scriptural description.</I></div> <bR> <div> It is espoused that the images created of Solomon’s Temple are accurate, having followed the Biblical details of its construction. However, the reality is far from the truth. What is depicted in this Bible are images of a Babylonian Ziggurat, the offspring of the original Tower of Babel, as well as numerous other Babylonian buildings and artistic images.</div> <bR> <div> This slide shows the Masonic Bible’s depiction of the front view of Solomon’s Temple. Note that what is visioned here is a tower. Nowhere in Scripture is there any indication of a tower being incorporated in the construction of the Temple. The next slide shows a more accurate rendering of the shape of Solomon’s Temple.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="afdf2280.jpg" border=0 width="498" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Model of Solomon's Temple</div> <bR> <div> One immediately notices the tremendous difference between this Biblically accurate rendering, and the fantastic depiction of the Temple in the Masonic Bible. Absent is any tower, as well as the numerous Babylonian images that decorated the facade of the Masonic painting.</div> <bR> <div> Very clearly we can observe the principle that Masonry utilizes, namely to present before her adherents images of pagan and occult origin and to deceive the viewer as to what they are actually seeing. In this way Freemasonry is even trying to pass off an image of the Tower of Babel as if it was a depiction of Solomon’s Temple. Yet there is much more of this subterfuge in following pages.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b53b8810.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="641" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Entrance to the Great Porch </div> <div> of Solomon’s Temple</div> <bR> <div> This painting which is purported to be another angle of the front of Solomon’s Temple is filled with Babylonian imagery. The artwork seen in the murals and statuary is clearly of Babylonian origin. In the next slide I have zoomed in on one prominent image, that of the winged bulls with the head of a man which decorate the right side of the stairs leading up to the Temple.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b002c5d0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Nimrod, Winged Bull</div> <bR> <div> As the introduction to these pictures in the Masonic Bible has stated, the Bible presents precise details of the artwork, materials and dimensions of Solomon’s Temple. Nowhere in this Biblical account do we find any description of winged bulls with the head of a man. Where then does this image come from?</div> <bR> <div> In Alexander Hislop’s classic book “The Two Babylons,” he shows an image of this same winged bull, and he gives the following account of its origin and meaning.</div> <bR> <div> There was another way in which Nimrod’s power was symbolised besides by the horn. A synonym for Gheber, “The Mighty One,” was “Abir,” while “Aber” also signified “a wing.” Nimrod as head and captain of those men of war, by whom he surrounded himself, and who were the instruments of establishing his power, was “Baal-Aberin,” “Lord of the Mighty Ones.” But “Baal-Abirin” (pronounced in nearly the same way) signified “The Winged One,” and therefore in symbol he was represented not only as a horned bull, but as at once a horned and winged bull - as showing not merely that he was mighty himself, but that he had mighty ones under his command who were ever ready to carry his will into effect.</div> <bR> <div> This symbol of Nimrod was copied by other kings of Mesopotamia, and images of it are still existing to this day. Yet we never read of such an image in association with Solomon’s Temple. Once more the Great Deceiver is seeking to convince the viewer of these images that they are looking at Solomon’s Temple when in actuality they are viewing images of Babylon.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b56d7610.jpg" border=0 width="471" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> House of the Forest of Lebanon</div> <div> from the Masonic Bible</div> <bR> <div> The Masonic Bible then proceeds to show other depictions of Solomon’s works. The Bible describes Solomon building The House of the Forest of Lebanon, and once more an artistic rendering is presented that is supposedly accurate in its representation of the actual building. Nothing could be further from the truth however.</div> <bR> <div> As one looks at this image they can see numerous Babylonian images decorating the grounds and the face of the building, including once more the winged bulls of Nimrod. In the background is observed the Tower of Babel which we have been told is Solomon’s Temple. We should understand then that what we are seeing is none other than a further image from Babylon. Indeed, what the artist has done is to copy wholesale an image of the Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon and to overlay it upon this building. The following slide shows what the Ishtar Gate looked like.</div> <bR> <div> As we observe these two images side by side it is clearly observed that the Masonic Bible is practicing great deception by presenting images of Babylon as if they were images of Jerusalem.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="795" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 339 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="b571d470.gif" border=0 width="285" height="327" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="b59bb4d0.jpg" border=0 width="443" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> When seen side-by-side, it is easy to see what deceit is being used by these Freemasons who were involved in this project.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="b5bed010.png" border=0 width="237" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shriner's Fez</div> <bR> <div> This slide shows an image of the hat worn by Shriner’s. In order to be a Shriner a man must attain to the 32nd degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, or a similar rank among York Rite Freemasonry. Shriner’s have carefully cultivated an image of their organzation as being both charitable and fun loving. It seems that the greater the evil Satan is seeking to make palatable to the masses, the more extreme lengths he goes to in order to disguise the truth.</div> <bR> <div> It is well known that Shriner’s have established children’s hospitals, and even burn centers for children. This casts their organization in the most positive light, for how could anyone who is helping sick and injured children be involved in an evil work? Shriners also participate in parades where they ride little motorbikes and go-carts and dress up as clowns. They even have their own circus, and all of this is designed to foster in the minds of those who see this organization from the outside as something that is harmless, and all about having fun and helping people. The truth is far from this, however.</div> <bR> <div> As it is shown in the presentation on Freemasonry, all Shriners must take an oath where they invoke Allah’s help and they speak terrible curses upon themselves should they prove to be unfaithful to the organization. The red fez worn by Shriners is itself a symbol of great evil as it bears upon it the crescent moon and star of Islam. Many Shriners profess belief in Christianity, while embracing idolatrous symbols, oaths and practices. The red fez is itself a testimony of Islamic victory of Christianity and other religions.</div> <bR> <div> According to historical accounts, Sultan Idris I conquered the Moroccan city that he renamed Fez in 789 A.D., having slain thousands of its non-Muslim inhabitants. Tradition states that the hats of the conquering Muslims were dipped in the blood of the slain, including Christians and Jews, and this is the origin of the red fez that is worn to this day. That the Shriners wear the symbols of Islam and the sword on their hats gives further support to the understanding of the message being conveyed through this organization whose leaders have written openly of the Luciferian doctrines to which it holds.</div> <bR> <div> How does Satan lead men, some who are professing Christians, to participate in organizations that are anti-Christian, whose symbols are Satanic, and whose rites find their origin in occult practices and the ancient mystery religions of Babylon, Egypt and Greece? He does so through much deception, and by providing them with alternative explanations of the rites and symbols in which they are made partakers.</div> <bR> <div> It is not merely Freemasonry in which such subterfuge is practiced. As the Scriptures declare, “the whole world lies in the power of the evil one” and his chief weapon is deception. Satan’s original attack upon mankind began with deception.</div> <bR> <div> Genesis 3:13-14</div> <div> Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field...”</div> <bR> <div> A Christian holds to a very naive position if he believes that Christianity today does not suffer from great deceptions which have been foisted upon it by the enemy of Christ during the past 2,000 years. Indeed, Christianity holds to great deceptions, and has embraced as many vile symbols and rites as are seen in Freemasonry. Christianity practices and observes many things that have no mention or origin in Scripture. These symbols and practices have been added to her midst in the same way that the nation of Israel began to adopt the profane practices of her idolatrous neighbors as revealed in the Old Testament.</div> <bR> <div> I will focus on two of these high places that stand as an affront to a holy God, and then the saint can determine for themself whether they will continue to go up to the high places of idolatry, or whether they will be as David, Hezekiah and Josiah who were zealous to remove all idolatrous symbols from the land.</div> <bR> <div> Continue to <A HREF="id587.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Removing the High Places Page 3"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>