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Monday, September 23, 2013

The Twin Lies of The Serpent

      I would like to open this post by talking briefly about the "New Age" movement I'm sure many are familiar with.  The one thing to note about the "new age" movement is that there is absolutely nothing "new" about it.  Its ideology has been prevalent in many cultures throughout the ages but has gained much more visibility and popularity with the dawn of the information age...and of course the drug induced stuppor of the 60's and 70's (which has not gone away).  On the surface it doesn't "seem" to be one unified faith or belief system either...at least not yet.  However its core elements and philosophies can be found across a wide array of religions, movements, ideologies, and political agendas.  At its heart however you will find a common interlocking theme that can be traced back to Luciferian Theosophy which pits itself in direct opposition to the one true God and Creator.  The origin of these ideas can be traced back to the story of Eden and the twin lies told by the serpent.

Gen 3:1-5
     The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”
You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”

      Lets examine what the serpent is implying here:
1- You won't die
    God told Adam and Eve that if they ate of the tree of knowledge they would die.  The serpent claimed the opposite.  Lo and behold when they ate the fruit they did not fall dead on the spot as they probably expected and just like the serpent said, their eyes were opened.  So it would seem at the time that the serpent was right and God was lying.  Unfortunately that was not the case.  Through eating the fruit, Adam and Eve's eyes were opened to the nature of good and evil, and therefore sin.  But why would such knowledge be such a bad thing and how could it cause them to die?  Well to understand this let us first examine and define sin and then look at the original state in which God created man and woman.

     What is sin?  Sin is defined as "An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law".  So who defines divine law?  Well the answer should be obvious; an all powerful, all perfect creator of course.  So sin in essence is any act that that goes against the will and perfect nature of God.  Just as there are fundamental constants like gravity in the physical universe so are there fundamental moral constants of right and wrong.  Gravity is not a subjective thing and has absolutely no care or concern for my own desire or intent.  No matter how much I want to fly... I know that every time I try to jump from a cliff or a building... the same thing happens.  Sure... I can do things to control the descent, but I always eventually hit the ground.  Both the physical laws and constants of this universe as well as the moral ones come from God alone and they are unwavering and unchanging.  In fact they must be for there to be any sort of consistency and stability for the formation of life.  For us the only difference between the physical laws of this world and the moral ones is the power of choice.  On the moral front, we can choose to disobey.  Just like the law governing gravity, we just have to be prepared to face the consequences when we do.  But oh how I wish I could disobey gravity HA!

    What about the original state of the first humans? Let's take a look at these two passages:

Just after God creates man and woman:
Gen 2:25
     25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.

After they eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge:
Gen 3:8-10
     When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

   Adam and Eve's nakedness is used here to highlight their ignorance of right and wrong.  These passages imply that before the fall, man and woman were pure, innocent, and completely ignorant of the nature of good and evil.  They also walked regularly with God in His garden and knew only love and fellowship with Him.  For them life was very simple and easy.  God only had one commandment for them to follow and thus they only had one possible way for them to sin:


Gen 2:15-17
15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. 16 But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— 17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die"

     Eat what you will but DON'T TOUCH THIS ONE TREE!  Disobeying that command from God was the very first act that went against His will.  It was the very first sin and unfortunately it was also the catalyst that opened the eyes of humanity to a multitude of new possibilities and potential ways to go against God's will.  Unlike the physical laws of our universe which hold true whether we are ignorant of them or not; when you are truly ignorant of a moral law how can you be held accountable or be punished for it?  To be clear I'm not talking willful ignorance here, I'm talking about being completely oblivious and ignorant to the fact that a particular moral law exists.  Once your eyes are opened to it you then become bound by it and completely accountable for the choices you make within the framework of that knowledge.  This is exactly what happened to humanity once they ate of the fruit of knowledge.  Adam and Eve's lives became SO much more complicated in that instant.  Ignorance is no longer an excuse for anyone.

     In the previous passage where Adam and Eve hid from God, we also see the first sign of fear, and rightly so.  Where as before the had known and only experienced love with Him, they had now just betrayed and defied their all powerful Creator.  They also fundamentally understood just how far removed they were from their infinite and perfect Creator as well as how complicated and difficult their lives had just become with the revelation of this knowledge.  The entirety and infinite scope of God's will is an impossible thing for a finite being to fully comprehend.  And the potential of making a mistake and disappointing such an all powerful God is absolutely terrifying.  He could snuff them out with just a thought or a snap of His fingers and start over from scratch.  This introduction of fear and the battle that ensues in the hearts of humans between fear and love is a very complex thing though that I will possibly explore in future posts.

Now let's look at God's response to this act of defiance: qa

Gen 3:22-23
22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” 23 So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.

     No more fellowship with God in His garden and no more access to the tree of eternal life.  Hence humanity is now subject to death and eternal separation from God all thanks to the knowledge that the serpent enticed Eve with.  But why such a harsh punishment for such a seemingly small act of disobedience?
    
     Let's examine this by exploring the nature of God.  Could an all powerful and all perfect creator accept disobedience to His word and the law of His will?  Now remember the very nature, existence, and will of such a Creator would define the fabric of this universe as well as what is considered good and evil.

John 1:1-5 
In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
    and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created,
    and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness can never extinguish it.

   
   What implications would it have if God went against his own word?  How can He go against His word without going against Himself?  As a result of His infinite and absolute nature, to accept and excuse any sin would be a contradiction and a denial of Himself.  It is an impossible paradox because how can God deny Himself?  Or is it... Consider Jesus Christ and his life, death, and ressurection.  But I am getting WAY ahead of myself here... back to Eden.  What we are talking about here is perfect and unwavering integrity of a God who's very nature defines what is good and evil.  I'm sorry but it is sad to say that almost good enough isn't good enough if you look at things through God's perspective.  God doesn't grade sin on a scale, we humans created that scale to make ourselves feel a better about the little slip ups.  We can always point to someone else and say, "Well at least I'm not THAT bad!"  But in God's eyes and through the lens of His perfect integrity, the person who tells a little white lie is no different than a serial killer.  There is no exception to an absolute moral law.

     A friend of mine once told me a very apt analogy:  Heaven and fellowship with God is like being in a clean room and sin is the virus.  Not even the slightest trace of the virus can be allowed in the clean room lest it infect and corrupt everyone in it.  Therefore to enter the clean room you must first be disinfected and cured completely of the virus.

Now in contrast, what is the Luciferian ideology that was born from the serpent's lies?  How does it all relate to the "new age agenda"?
1- You will not die.
     God says you will be eternally separated from me and by extension, eternal life, and therefore will be subject to death because of your sin.
     Lucifer says you won't die because there is no sin because God is not absolute or doesn't even exist in the first place.
2-  You will be like God.
     God says by his very name, Yahweh, that "I Am".  He is the beginning and the end of all things.  He is absolute and no one can be Him but Him.  Could you even imagine multiple all powerful gods or creators within one universe?  Could you imagine the chaos and confusion that would ensue from having just two gods with different wills and different ideas of right and wrong?  How could a universe like that even have any sort of consistency?  One day gravity would go up... the next sideways.  One day the sun would set in the west and the next it would rise in the north...  I don't think I would want to live in a universe like that.
     Lucifer on the other hand, by the very claim of being able to be "like God" contradicts his first statement which in essence is a denial of God and His absolute power.  Yet he boldly claims and implies in this statement that by eating from the tree of knowledge, humans can achieve godhood by their own power.  Now could you imagine a universe with 7 billion different gods?  

There is also a hidden and implied third lie here, that God was oppressing us and holding us back.  However, there will be more on this in just a minute.

    Lucifer is probably sitting back and laughing as he watches us take those words and run with them.  He's rolling on the floor clutching his stomach as he watches us scramble all over each other vying for more power and the hope of becoming "The One".  And herein lies the great deception.  He never said we could become God... he just said we would have knowledge of good and evil like God.  He never said anything about our limited and finite minds being able to handle that knowledge with the perfect integrity of an infinite God.  He knew we wouldn't drop dead instantly from eating the fruit of that knowledge but he also knew that our inability to handle that knowledge with perfect integrity would cause us to be eternally separated from the one true, absolute, infinite, and perfect God.  Lucifer was referring to physical death but when God said you would die, He was referring to eternal spiritual death that would result.

    This is the core of the Luciferian ideology.  To those who follow it, they believe Lucifer was an angel of light who freed humanity from an unjust and oppressive God who was holding us back from our true godlike potential.  They believe that God, His will, and His law is irrelevant and unnecessary.  They diminish the power and even the existence of God and instead lift up and glorify human power and achievement.  They seek to claim what they believe is humanity's destiny to become gods themselves.  The evidence for this can be found in the writings of Helena Blavatsky who was the founder of the Theosophical Society.  Helena writes:

"One of the most hidden secrets involves the so-called fall of Angels. Satan and his rebellious host will thus prove to have become the direct Saviors and Creators of divine man. Thus Satan, once he ceases to be viewed in the superstitious spirit of the church, grows into the grandiose image. It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God. Satan (or Lucifer) represents the Centrifugal Energy of the Universe, this ever-living symbol of self-sacrifice for the intellectual independence of humanity. "---- H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine  Pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533


     Don't believe this luciferian philosophy actually exists?  Watch this video.

     So tell me, where else do you see these themes in our world?  Where can you find the denial of moral law and the excuse of sin?  Where can you find the glorification of human power and intellect?  Where can you find an ideology that centers around human ascension, godhood, or even sainthood?  How about human works?  Or the philosophy that God's only purpose is to give me anything and everything I ever wanted... and if He isn't... then I just don't have enough faith?  That last one is called prosperity Christianity my friends.  Whether you realize it or not, the lies of Luciferian Theosophy can be found EVERYWHERE.  These concepts live at the very heart and core of this world.  It is so ingrained the very substance of our being that it now feels completely natural.  The words and teachings of Jesus Christ seem so alien, unnatural, and sometimes downright crazy when viewed from the context of this world.  For example:

Luke 9:23-24
23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

    So to be saved I must crucify myself?!?  Why?  Because the pursuit of "self" alone has but one goal and aim and one inevitable result; continuous conflict with all of the other "selves" out there vying for more power, more control, more <insert any worldly thing here>.  The famous quote:  In fact with the birth of the twin lies from the serpent and the revealing of all the knowledge of good and evil we also see the birth of what Darwin discovered with the mentality of "survival of the fittest".  Those lies and the corruption of sin changed the very natural order of this world.  When you pursue and glorify yourself above all else, that leaves no room for God to enter in and fill you with His Spirit, His will, and His intent.  This is the lie of the instinct of survival and the "one life to live" mentality that so many hold to: when you pursue this one physical life above all else you reject the hope and possibility of an eternal one.  That is why Jesus and His disciples always preached that we, as followers of His way, live in this world but are not "of" it:

John 15:19
19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.

    For most, myself included, the concept of complete surrender of "self" and to let go of the instinct of survival is terrifying.  In fact the very core of my being screams against it, especially after reading something like that last verse.  We find it hard to trust such a great, powerful, terrifying, and mysterious God.  What reassurance do we have of God's intentions?  This is just one verse but there are many many more and as you go through the bible you will find that the entirety of it is a story about how God continually works for the greater good, through the lives of those who love Him.

Romans 8:28
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

    Under Luciferian Theosophy, they would have you believe that Lucifer opened the door for human achievement and growth.  But did he really?  And does that mean human achievement is bad?  The truth of the matter is really that human achievement is also a lie and fallacy.

Hebrews 11:3
"By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible." 
John 1:1-3
"In the beginning there was the Word.  The word was with God, and the Word was God.  He existed in the beginning with God.  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."

Ecclesiastes 1:9 
"History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new."


    God is the creator and origin of all things.  He is the source from which any sort of achievement is even possible in the first place.  So in essence when we glorify our self and our achievements we are forgetting who made it possible in the first place.  It also opens the door to pursue our own will and step outside God's will when we seeking to achieve something.  An example of this being the creation of powerful weapons of destruction like the atom bomb.  Every time we pursue achievement for the sake of ourselves and the sake of achievement it is kind of like disobeying Him and eating the fruit that He told us not to eat.  Why is it such a bad thing though?  Because God is God.  He is our Father and He said to trust Him...and also:

Ecclesiastes 3:1
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens"
    
     If only we would just have a little faith, trust, and patience to wait for God's purpose and plan to be slowly revealed.

Isaiah 40:31

31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

     So all of this begs the question was God truly holding us back from knowledge, power, and godhood?  Or was He acting as any good parent would, protecting us from knowing too much too soon?  Given the chance would He have nurtured and mentored us and slowly revealed His mysteries to us over time as we grew and matured as the children of His creation made in His image?  Was it really Lucifer who provided the potential for "enlightenment" in the first place?  He didn't plant the tree of knowledge or the tree of life in the garden, God did.  God withheld nothing from us.  He gave us complete access to it as well as the freedom to choose for ourselves.  He also gave us the truth and warning about what would happen if we went against His will and sought it out on our own.

     When viewed from this perspective, the Luciferian claims have absolutely NO validity and the lies of the serpent look to me like the most disgusting corruption imaginable; exposing us to things that we were not meant for yet.  Lucifer no longer becomes an angel of illumination and enlightenment, he becomes a destroyer and corrupter of all that was once good and pure.  After all, would you teach your 2 year old son or daughter all about sex, violence, guns, drugs or any other number of "adult" topics simply because you didn't want to hold back his or her "development"?  Those who openly worship Lucifer do.  How could a 2 year old mind even contemplate such things and handle them with any amount of responsibility or integrity?

      Lastly, lets examine God's original intent and purpose for us, which is revealed just after he creates man and woman:

Gen 1:28
28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

     What sort of thoughts come to mind when you think of the words "govern" and "reign"?  Does your mind flash to examples of corrupt dictators, oppressors, and authoritarian rulers from humanity's past?  Rulers who take from lesser people just to line their own pockets with gold.  Is this not the example governance we have set through out history?  What do you think an all perfect, all powerful, all loving God intends by those words?  I believe that to govern and reign over something means to serve and protect it.  How do you think we have lived up to that blessing and purpose given to us by God?  What have we done with the knowledge and power that was revealed to us through the serpent's tempting of Eve?  I think the wars and strife throughout human history as well as the decimation of ourselves and the planet on which we live are enough of a testament to answer that question.  The truth of the matter is that God never intended us to be subject and slaves to death and all of the trials, tribulations, and suffering that comes along with it.  He intended and still intends us to walk close with Him in love and fellowship for all of eternity.

     I encourage you to never take anything at face value with out your own in depth examination.  Ask the hard questions and search for the answers.  And as you search for the truth you will become more aware of the various agendas that pull and tug our lives in so many different directions.  Hopefully along the way you choose to explore God's word with an open mind and, as you do, I believe you will see an amazing story revealed to you.  It is a story of a Father's love for His beautiful children.  A story of tragedy, corruption, and loss as our innocence was crushed and we were stolen away from Him.  But most importantly it is a story of the great and amazing lengths He goes through in order to build a bridge into the darkness of our lives, light the way through the murk of this world and lead us back to our home with Him.

**I also encourage you to check out www.thestory.com**




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  1. Hey you--looks to be a great start! Book Marking --Alicia

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