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 via channeling, and spiritualism, etc. 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.

Another Masonic Legend: The oldest known Masonic text, the "Old Charges," which dates at least as far back as1400, sets out a legendary heritage that begins with the antediluvian patriarch Jabal, who discovered geometry ("the which Science is called Massonrie") and wrote down his findings on pillars of stone.  After Noah's Flood destroyed all human civilization, the Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus rediscovered this knowledge and passed it on in a lineage that includes Nimrod, Abraham, Euclid, and the 80,000 masons who were said to have worked on Solomon's Temple.

 

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".

Christopher Haffner wrote Workman Unashamed, The Testimony of a Christian Freemason. Haffner correctly espoused Masonic teaching when he wrote: "Now imagine me standing in lodge with my head bowed in prayer between Brother Mohammed Bokhary and Brother Arjun Melwani. To neither of them is the Great Architect of the Universe perceived as the Holy Trinity. To Brother Bokhary He has been revealed as Allah; to Brother Melwani He is probably perceived as Vishnu. Since I believe that there is only one God, I am confronted with three possibilities: They are praying to the devil whilst I am praying to God; They are praying to nothing, as their gods do not exist; They are praying to the same God as I, yet their understanding of His nature is partly incomplete (as indeed is mine--1 Cor 13:12) It is without hesitation that I accept the third possibility." (Workman Unashamed, p39) It is truly a shame that Haffner did not read and understand chapter 10 of 1st Corinthians. If he had, he would have understood that pagans worship demons, not God. Islam denies that Jesus Christ is the Unique Son of God, it denies that Jesus died on a cross, and Islam says that all who believe in the Blessed Trinity are "dung".  Since the God of the Bible has a Son and Allah, the God of Islam, does not have a Son.  Allah cannot be the God (Yahweh) of the Bible. Also, if Haffner had read and understood the book of 2nd John he would have understood that those who reject Jesus Christ and do not follow in His teachings do not have God. The Apostle John wrote: 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. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds (2 John 9-11)

 

The Masonic Religion - its roots:

Bible Probe feels that Freemasonry is a "religious organization"; and it does have its own Masonic Creed.  In fact, Freemasonry even sees itself as superseding and unifying all religions. Freemasonry is said to have officially established itself in 1717. But traces of Speculative Masonry go back to the sixteenth century, possibly to the Knights Templars in the 1100-1200's, and in a lesser form to Ancient Egypt.  There is something wrong with the London-based "The United Grand Lodge of England" claim that English Freemasonry began in a London gentlemen's club in 1717.  Evidence in the Chapel at Rosslyn suggests that Masonry was active in England in the 1440's.  Sir Robert Moray was initiated into Freemasonry on English soil (Newcastle) in 1641, and Elias Ashmole was made a Mason in Warrington, England, in 1646.    In America, Abram Moses was made a Mason at a lodge in Rhode Island in 1656.  Additionally, there are minutes of a Scottish Lodge meeting, back to 1598, and James the VI of Scotland (James I of England) was initiated a Mason at the lodge of Pert and Scoon.  It is a mystery as to just why Masons hide these prior to 1717 years from their history.  But, it is most likely because their history goes directly back to the Knights Templars in the 1100's - who are believed to be Non-Christian.  A Non-Christian Gentleman's Club in downtown London in the 1700's would have been very conspicuous and suspicious. Possible Evidence that the Knights Templars morphed into Masonry Did Scotland's crown jewels finance early Masonry? In Scotland, just a few miles south of Edinburgh and just outside Roslin Village is a small and quirky chapel known as Rosslyn. It is on the estate of the St. Clair or Sinclair family, and was built between 1441 and 1486. First appearances would suggest that this chapel in Rosslyn was the St Clair's Chapel, yet the St Clair's had their chapel in their house.  But, the period that this Chapel was constructed fits neatly into the time period in between the dissolution of the Templar order (1312) and the official beginnings of Freemasonry (1717).  The Grand Lodge of England did not officially start until 1717; the Grand Lodge of Scotland followed in 1736, when who other than Sir William St. Clair the head of the Rosslyn St. Clair family became the first Scottish Grand Master.  Also adding fuel to something great actually hiding at Rosslyn was this.  In 1546, Mary of Guise (aka de Guise), the Queen Regent of Scotland and mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote an enigmatic letter to Lord William St. Clair of Rosslyn, the grandson of the founder, in which she makes reference to "a great secret within Rosslyn".   Many historians believe that two passages from the official "Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs" imply that the lost crown jewels and the Holy Rood of Scotland were entrusted to William St. Clair and were never recovered. These pre-date the letter Marie de Guise wrote to Lord William in 1546, so this crown wealth may well have been what she was speaking of. One of the best-known sources about Rosslyn Chapel and the St. Clair family was written in 1700 by Father Richard Augustine Hay, Canon of St. Genevieve in Paris and Prior of St. Piermont. In it, Father Hay describes how the founder, Sir William St. Clair, personally inspected each and every carving in draft form before giving it to the masons to carve in stone. He mentions builders and stone masons coming from "other regions" and "foreign kingdoms", yet no one to this day can say for certain exactly where they came from, leading to further speculation, with France as a "good bet."  Many wild speculations about the Chapel at Rosslyn have been made.  The Chapel at Rosslyn is believed by many to house everything from the Ark of the Covenant, the mummified head of Christ, the Holy Grail, a Black Madonna, lost scrolls from the Temple of Jerusalem, missing crown jewels of Scotland, the Holy Rood, the treasures of the Knights Templar, and much more, deep within its vaults.  Rosslyn does seem to possess many non-Christian motifs, but we at Bible Probe note that along with many pagan motifs, most motifs there are Christian, including angels and some of Jesus, like this: "...We encountered repeated references to the Sinclair family - Scottish branch of the Norman Saint-Clair/Gisors family. Their domain at Rosslyn was only a few miles from the former Scottish headquarters of the Knights Templar, and the chapel at Rosslyn - built between 1446 and 1486 - has long been associated with both Freemasonry and the Rose-Croix. In a charter believed to date from 1601, moreover, the Sinclairs are recognized as 'hereditary Grand Masters of Scottish Masonry'. This is the earliest specific Masonic document on record."- Baigent and Leigh, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail

"The figure that occurs most frequently," write Baigent and Leigh (Baigent & Leigh, p. 120) "is the 'Green Man' -- a human head with vines issuing from its mouth and sometimes its ears, then spreading wildly, in tangled proliferation, over the walls."  The many faces of the Rosslyn Green Men appear in many guises, from the joyful to the downright impish.  Is this "Green Man" connected with "Baphomet," the bearded head that the Templars' enemies accused them of worshiping?  Descriptions of the 'Baphomet' severed head vary greatly and come from Inquisitional records of the trial of the Templars, much of which was obtained under great torture, so they are obviously not the most reliable of sources.

green man

Latin Masonic Inscription (Zerubbabel's answer to Darius' riddle) carved into an archway at Rosslyn Chapel, dating from the 1440's: Wine is Strong, a King is Stronger, Woman are even Stronger, but Truth will Conquer All   Some suspect that ancient documents may have been deposited by the Knights Templar's under the Chapel at Rosslyn.

another Green Man - click to enlarge

Christopher Knight and his co-author Robert Lomas suggest in their book The Hiram Key that Rosslyn was built as a replica of Herod's Temple, on which the Templars had conducted excavations during their time in the Holy Land. Rosslyn even has two pillars, "the apprentice's pillar" and "the Mason's pillar," which some suggest correspond to the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, of the Jerusalem Temple -- and of the Masonic lodge. Knight and Lomas also believe that the small crypt of the Rosslyn shrine was the lower middle chamber where the masons received their wages. Before the vaults were sealed off when the chapel was completed, twenty Templar knights were buried there in full armor. "Seemed all on fire that chapel proud, Where Roslin's chiefs uncoffined lie: Each baron, for a sable shroud, Sheathed in his iron panoply."      - Sir Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" But one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence from Rosslyn is a carving shown below. Knight claims that it portrays the astonishing scene of a first-degree Masonic initiation -- conducted by a figure in Templar garb.

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Possible Mason Candidate

The Westford Knight "It is known that the Templars fled to Scotland, too, after the dissolution of 1312, and it is known that some found refuge among the Saint-Clairs of Rosslyn in Midlothian. There is a Templar cemetery there." - Michael Bradley, Holy Grail Across the Atlantic "No family in Europe beneath the rank of royalty boasts a higher antiquity, a nobler illustration, or a more romantic interest than that of St. Clair."- Sir John Bernard Burke, Vicissitudes of Families and Other Essays

Prince Henry Sinclair (aka: St. Clair) was the subject of historian Frederick J. Pohl's Atlantic Crossings Before Columbus, which was published in 1961. Not all historians agreed with Pohl, but he made a highly convincing case that this blond, sea-going Scot, born at Rosslyn Castle near Edinburgh in 1345, not only wandered about mainland Nova Scotia in 1398, but also lived among the Algonquin-speaking Micmac Indians (lived south and east of the Gulf of Saint Laurence) long enough to be remembered through the centuries as the man-god "Glooscap".  Some evidence suggests that Henry Sinclair along with members of the Scottish clan Gunn may have landed in North America (in 1398 A.D.) long before Columbus.  Although highly speculative and controversial, and many deny it, there may be evidence that Henry marched inland in Massachusetts, to the summit of a hill in Westford, Massachusetts, now called Prospect Hill.  There on Prospect Hill (on Depot St) is an old carved marker on the face of a stone ledge depicting a Scottish knight, with a 39 inch long sword and shield bearing the Gunn Clan insignia.  See more here

Masonic heresy of Universality

The Masonic heresy of Universality raises a more serious question: What "god" is this that allows acceptance of the followers of Baal and these other pagan deities as brethren? This is certainly not the God of the Bible. Another 180-degree reversal of what is taught in Scripture....

Don't think for a moment that when Masons refer to the Supreme Architect of the Universe or God, they are referring to Yahweh or His Son Jesus.

 

Masons have more in common with Muslims, Jews, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses than with Christians:   Masons, Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses all deny Christ as being part of the Trinity.  Yet they all think of Jesus Christ as a holy man.  Jews, of course deny Jesus completely - according to Paul due to a divine blindness. At the core of Masonry is the belief that it is Masons, and (not the Pope) who is the successor to the High Priest of Yahweh.  They also believe that in 1118 A.D., nine Knights under the direction of Hugues de Payen lowered themselves through an excavated hole in the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and recovered buried treasure and a wealth of knowledge which only they (Knights Templars and now the Masons) possess. Masons believe that this knowledge they found on a buried pillar under Mount Moriah predates any knowledge the ancient Jews had.  They believe it predates the flood also. Masons, like Knights Templars believe they received this apostolic succession through James (the Just), the brother of Jesus. This succession is said to be through a group of people known as the "Rex Deus" families who are prominent throughout Europe; and that it rests with the Grand Master of the Knights Templar (now highest Mason).   Rex Deus is a group of people who are said to have been established by King Solomon - to be the Kings of God.  This could very well be another good reason, that Masons in 1717 "distanced themselves from the Knights Templars. The 4th Masonic Degree is concerned with the morning of the death of a unspecified person, symbolized by the letter "Z".  This "Z" probably refers to Zadok - whom the Masons are believed to have associated with James the Just who in 62 A.D. was cast off the Temple wall in Jerusalem and then clubbed to death.  The 27th Degree in Masonry is called the Grand Commander of the Temple.  This ritual tells of the false condemnation of the Templars, and the importance of the "denial of the cross". Unknown to the lower levels in Masonry membership, Jacques de Molay, who denied Christ, is probably thought of by Masons as the last of the royal line of King David.   In the 31st degree ritual, known as the Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander" the letters "JM" (in memory of Jacques de Molay) are hung above the pedestal of the principal presiding officer, who is known as the Thrice Illustrious Commander.  The new candidate for this degree is then told the "Royal Secret of Jacques de Molay".  This is speculation, but Molay was nailed to a door by the Kings torturers (but not killed), and perhaps to these Masons, in this "Secret" they equate this with Christ's suffering on the cross.  Molay met his death not too much later when King Phillip had him slowly roasted to death.  As a sidebar here.  Partly because the Shroud of Turin showed up during this period, many Masons believe it is actually a depiction of Jacques de Molay after he was nailed to a door, and not Jesus.  Jacques de Molay was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templars.  Read more about the Shroud of Turin here. After calling de Molay to a meeting in Paris, the French King Phillip IV (ironically called: "The Fair") had many Knights Templars seized in a surprise raid on a winter night in 1307 A.D.  However,  the night before the raid, many Knights escaped by sea (from the French harbor of La Rochelle) with eighteen galleys loaded with the legendary Templar Treasure.  de Molay initially eluded capture for 4 years, but he was finally captured by Phillip IV's men.  de Molay and many of these Knights were tortured and killed in Paris by a combined effort of the King of France and the Catholic Inquisition.  The Knights Templars vowed vengeance on the Catholic Church.  Based on the Templar History with the Roman Catholic Pope Clement who colluded with the King of France (Phillip IV)  to hunt down and torture the last Knights Templars - this is no surprise. History indicates that the King of Frances' motive was purely to rob the Knights Templars of their treasures, and that the Pope Clement conspired with the King in order to remain politically important.  Pope Clement handed over Knight Templars' positions to the Hospitallers of Saint John, who were functioning as a personal army for the pope.  Even though Jacques de Molay did deny Christ in front of the King and the pope, both the pope and the King appear to have "bad blood" on their hands over this matter.  Following the departure of their "fleet" from  La Rochelle some think that many of these Knights Templars who did not land in Ireland and Scotland, may have begun sought vengeance by harassing papal and French ships as pirates.  They probably launched their attacks from Sicily and Portugal.  Some of the Knights Templars who got away in France, hid under the protection of the guild of stoneworkers known as "maçons".  Remember, previously it was the Templars who had the money to build huge cathedrals and castles.  They would have had many contacts and business connections with these stone masons. Some of these Knights who escaped in ships went to Scotland where they established the first Mason Lodges.  The Scottish king was then Robert the Bruce, who was at that time under excommunication by Rome and was also fighting to keep his country free from English rule.  It's believed that it is only because of the assistance of the Knights Templars cavalry, that Robert Bruce was able to defeat the English at Bannockburn on June 24, 1314 A.D.  They fought there under the command of Henry Sinclair.  Bruce later made Sinclair the prince of Rosslyn and the Orkney Islands.  Sinclair is known to have had maps indicating an unknown land in the western Atlantic.

 

 

Freemasons do not only worship God the Father of the Hebrew Scriptures.  Rather, they worship all the gods of the Ancient Mysteries, and believe that God has simply taken many names, including: Marduk, Amon-Re, Osiris, Krishna, Demeter, Yahweh and Allah. 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.

“…Since every man’s conception of God must be proportioned to his mental cultivation, and intellectual powers, and moral excellence. God is, as man conceives him, the reflected image of man himself.” (Albert Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 14th Degree, p.223) “The only personal God freemasonry accepts is humanity in toto…Humanity therefore is the only personal God there is. ”        (J.D. Buck, “Mystic Masonry,” p.216)

 

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, Wiccans, Satanists and Hindus - yet they can never speak to these people about Jesus--so they must standby politely, not evangelize and watch their friends dwell in the darkness without Jesus.  And Masons do practice and teach the virtues of brotherly love, forgiveness, and charity.  Yet, Masonry, like Islam, 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 holy 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.

The removal of the name of  Jesus and references to Him in Bible verses used in the ritual are “slight but necessary modifications.” (Albert Mackey, “Masonic Ritualist,” p.272) “The literal meaning (of the Bible) is for the vulgar only.” (Albert Pike, “Digest of Morals and Dogma,” p.166)  “If they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them. ” (Isaiah 8:20) “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.” (II Timothy 3:16)

 

Paul warns that believers in Jesus Christ "....be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness?" II Corinthians 6:14

The Bible in the Lodge
another Masonic lie

The Bible, only one of the "Three Great Lights" of Masonry (along with the Square and Compass), is represented to the Blue Lodge as symbolizing truth.  In reality, the Bible may be replaced with the Koran (Qur'an), the Book of the Law, the Hindu scriptures or any other "holy book," depending on the preferences of the men in the Lodge.  In most American Lodges, the members are told that all the Masonic system and its rituals are "based on the Bible." Such, however, is not the case.  In Chase's "Digest of Masonic Law," pages 207-209, it is clearly written that "Masonry has nothing whatever to do with the Bible," and that "it is not founded upon the Bible, for if it were it would not be Masonry, it would be something else."      Albert Pike, in writing on the subject of Masonry's source-book said, "Masonry is a search after light.  That search leads us directly back, as you see, to the Kabbalah." (Morals and Dogma, page 741). The Kabbalah, then seems to be the actual sourcebook of Masonry and the Bible (as it is spoken of in the ritual) a piece of the furniture" of the Lodge. Above by ex 33 degree Mason Jim Shaw in "The Deadly Deception", page 145

 

The great Mason Lie!
Christians better understand this

The Mason Doctrine

Jesus was just a man. He was one of the “exemplars,” one of the great men of the past, but not divine and certainly not the only means of redemption of lost mankind. He was on a level with other great men of the past like Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras and Mohammed. His life and legend were no different from that of Krishna, the Hindu sun god. He is the “son of Joseph” not the Son of God. “In his private petitions a man may petition God or Jehovah, Allah or Buddha, Mohammed or Jesus; he may call upon the God of Israel or the First Great Cause. In the Masonic Lodge he hears petition to the Great Architect of the Universe, finding his own deity under that name. A hundred paths may wind upward around a mountain; at the top they meet.” (Carl H. Claudy, “Introduction to Freemasonry”, p.38). “Masonry makes no profession of Christianity…but looks forward to the time when the labor of our ancient brethren shall be symbolized by the erection of a spiritual temple…in which there shall be one altar and one worship; one common altar of Masonry on which the Veda, Shastra, Sade, Zend-Avesta, Koran and Holy Bible shall lie…and at whose shrine the Hindoo, the Persian, the Assyrian, the Chaldean, the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Mohammedan, the Jew, and the Christian may kneel…” (“The Kentucky Monitor,” Fellowcraft Degree, p.95) “The literal meaning (of the Bible) is for the vulgar only.” (Albert Pike, “Digest of Morals and Dogma,” p.166) “…there is no rebellious demon of Evil, or Principle of Darkness coexistent and in eternal controversy with God, or the Principal of Light…” (Albert Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 32nd  Degree, p.859)

Versus Christian Doctrine

Jesus Christ is divine, eternal and the second person of the Godhead.  When he was living on earth as a man, the only begotten Son of the Father, he was God incarnate, truly God and truly man. He was and is the only means of redemption of fallen mankind. Anyone who denies or rejects him or his preeminent position separates himself from God the Father. See an example of this via this true Near Death Experience here “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.” (II Timothy 3:16) “The Words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever. ” (Psalm 12:6-7) “And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil…” (Luke 4:1-2) “And if Satan cast out Satan…how then shall his kingdom stand?”   (Matthew 12:26) “…your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: ” (I Peter 5:8) Also see satan cast out of heaven in:  Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:13-19, etc., etc.

 

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.    Ex 33 degree Mason Jim Shaw says in his book, "The Deadly Deception" page 149: "The Mason swears to keep the secrets of another Mason, protecting him even if it requires withholding evidence of a crime.  In some degrees treason and murder are excepted; in other, higher degrees, there are no exceptions to this promise to cover up the truth.  The obligations, if the Masonic teachings are believed, may require a Mason to give false testimony, perjure himself or (in the case of a judge) render a false verdict in order to protect another Mason.  Again, the Bible is quite clear in teaching that we must never lie or bear false witness, and states that liars will have their part in the Lake of Fire (Ex. 20:16; Prov. 19:5; Eph. 4:15; Rev. 21:8; et al). This equates to telling a lie and calling it moral. The Bible records in Revelation 21, "…all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone forever." How can one ascribe to the Holy Scriptures and rationalize behavior opposite to its teaching?

 

Royal Arch degree is the 13th. The Royal Arch Degrees, is where the candidate suffers a severe shock, for the candidate must swear to the following: The candidate must swear to keep the secrets of a fellow Mason, murder and treason not exempted."   With his hand on the Bible, the candidate for the Royal Arch Degrees must swear the following: "I will aid and assist a companion Royal Arch Mason when engaged in any difficulty, and espouse his cause so far as to extricate him from the same, if within my power, whether he be right or wrong." He then goes on and swears: "To keep in my heart all the secrets that shall be revealed to me. And in my failure if this my oath, I consent to have my body opened perpendicularly, and to be exposed for eight hours in the open air that the venomous flies may eat out my intestines...and I will always be ready to inflict the same punishment on those who shall disclose this degree or break this oath. So may God help and maintain me. Amen."

Did you know that a great Masonic lie is that there is no restriction to entrance, except "a good character who believes in a Supreme Being (certainly this means Satan also)". This means you can be a Satanist and a Mason at the same time, as many are. However, no women, children, blind, deaf, lame, retarded, slaves or Negroes are allowed to join. While they allow membership to those who have belief systems that recognize the existence of a god or god's ranging from the Christian universal creator to totem pole worshippers and agnostics, most lodges will not allow the name of any god to be mentioned at meetings. Black (Negroes) and women are entirely excluded from the Masonic brotherhood.  There is a Black Masonic system, called the Prince Hall Lodge, but it is not associated in any way with "white" Freemasonry.  It is referred to as "clandestine" Masonry, and is considered by the rest of Masonry to be a spurious, illegitimate imitation. Jim Shaw, an ex-33 degree Mason says: In a well ordered lodge, Jesus is never mentioned except in vague, philosophical terms.  Prayers are never prayed in His name, and when scriptures are quoted in the ritual, all references to Him are simply omitted.  For example, II Thessalonians 3:6 is used in the ritual, but not the way it is in your Bible; the words "in the name or our Lord Jesus Christ" are entirely omitted.  Likewise, the ritual includes 1 Peter 2:5, but with the words "by Jesus Christ" omitted.  Albert Mackey, after Albert Pike the highest Msonic authority, calls this changing of the scriptures "a slight but necessary modification" (Masonic Ritualist, page 272).  Reference, The Deadly Deception, Page 76 Masons require one to believe in God to be a member, but the candidate is never required to say what god he believes in -- "Masonry ... requires merely that you believe in some deity, give him what name you will ... any god will do, so he is your god" (Little Masonic Library, Macoy Publishing, 1977, 4:32). Masons commonly refer to their deity as the "Great Architect of the Universe" (G.A.O.T.U.) or the Supreme Being. God is further described as Grand Artificer, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Above, Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, or Great Geometer. (The "G" in the Masonic ring can refer to God; it can also refer to geometry.) Masons claim that the actual name for God has been lost (cf. Jn. 14:8,9; Phil. 2:9-11; 1 Jn. 5:20) 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. "Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!" [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, p. 321, 19th Degree of Grand Pontiff 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.   Famous American Masons George Washington, Henry Knox, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock and Paul Revere were all Masons.  We do know from his his own writings, in the later years of his life, George Washington showed indifference to Masonry. He even sought to distance himself from Masonry. Among the correspondence of George Washington, are letters from a gentleman by the name of George Washington Snyder, who sent to the President a copy of John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe (New York: George Forman, 1798; reprint edition, Boston: Western Islands, 1967). This classic volume revealed the Illuminist plan, through the agency of Freemasonry, for the overthrow of established governments and religions. Mr. Snyder apparently questioned the propriety of the President's membership and position as Grand Master of the Alexandria Lodge No. 22 of Virginia. George Washington wrote: Mount Vernon, September 25, 1798. "to correct an error you have run into, of my Presiding over the English lodges in this Country. The fact is, I preside over none, nor have I been in one more than once or twice, within the last thirty years."

 

Albert Pike

Some think the greatest Freemason who ever lived was Boston-born Albert Pike, an obscure ex-Confederate Civil War Brigadier General.    Klu Klux Klan was led by mostly Masons... Pike claimed he was a Harvard graduate, but no record of his attendance exists. ." in 1905 the Neale Publishing Company, New York and Washington, published Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment, written and edited by Walter L. Fleming.  Dr. Fleming stated in it that "General Albert Pike, who stood high in the Masonic order, was the chief judicial officer of the Klan."  On a page of illustrations of important founders of the KKK, Dr. Fleming places General Pike's portrait in the center, makes it larger than the six others on the page, and repeats this information as a caption: "General Albert Pike, chief judicial officer".  Susan Lawrence Davis's 1924 Authentic History, Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877, repeats the pattern Fleming created in 1905, revealing Pike's KKK role but treating him and the Klan sympathetically.  Also, of note - in the KKK birth-state of Tennessee, Pike was the president of the Bar Association and publisher of the main racist newspaper at the time.  He expounded and wrote extensively about the Mythical and Mystical Lost Tribe of the Aryans as being the source of Freemasonry. Many believe the Klu Klux Klan was founded In Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866, by Confederate Generals and Scottish Rite Freemasons, Albert Pike and Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with other "Templars of Tennessee."  Strong evidence, including its shared hatred of Jews, Blacks, and Catholics suggests that the KKK was a Masonic front group.  Just about all of the Klan's early leaders were Freemasons.  Colonel William J. Simmons who re-established the Klan in Atlanta, Georgia in 1915 was an ardent admirer of the KKK during the 1866-1869 period under Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forest.  Colonel Simmons was a Mason, and a Knight Templar; 32 degree Mason C. Anderson Wright, was King Kleagle (salesman) of the New York Klan, and chief of staff of a Klan group known as Knights of the Air.  32nd degree Mason, Doctor Hiram Evans who succeeded Colonel Simmons as KKK Imperial Wizard, for many years was recognized as one of the most active men in Masonry.  Edward Young Clarke, a former publicity agent and fund raiser, who became Imperial Kleagle for the KKK, "realized the value of representing the Klan to be 'the fighting brother' of Masonry."  He issued orders that "none but men with Masonic affiliations" should be employed as Kleagles in the Klan's nationwide sales network. No doubt his appointment to general in the Civil War was due to his Masonic position prior to that war.  Pike enjoyed a meteoric rise.  He was initiated in Western Star Lodge, Little Rock, in 1850; received the degree of Worshipful Master in the following July; was created a Knight Templar in 1853; served as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Arkansas in 1852-1854; received the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from the 4th to the 32nd degree in 1858, and in January, 1859, was elected M.P. Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. During the Civil War, Pike a Massachusetts Tory, went south to incite whites against the Union.  Albert Pike saw action serving in the Civil War as a politically appointed Confederate general serving in the “Western Theater” of the war in Arkansas.  Along with General Ben McCullough, Pike trained 3 regiments consisting mainly of Native American Indians. He became infamous for his role in a small western-theater battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. He commanded a small force of Indians from various tribes who committed such heinous atrocities under his command during the battle that afterwards, Confederate President Jefferson Davis felt morally compelled to remove Pike from duty as a Brigadier General. A move that was very unusual and was due primarily to the outrage of desecrating the bodies of dead Union soldiers on the battlefield by Pike’s Indians as well as allegations of embezzlement of Confederate funds by Pike. Pike denied both claims vociferously but the charges haunted him for the rest of his life.  After the war, Pike was jailed for a while as a Confederate leader but soon released by President Andrew Johnson, no doubt due to his Masonic positions. Johnson would later become a Mason and would be instantly sailed to the 32nd rank of Freemasonry and receive numerous Masonic honors. As a Mason, Pike was also founder of the Supreme Council 33rd Degree, Mother Council of the World the Illustrious Albert Pike 33rd degree, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 33rd Degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Mother Council of the World. Albert Pike re-wrote the degrees of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and instituted the diabolical Rite of the Palladium to dominate Freemasonry.  Pike served Freemasonry as the Grand Commander of North American Freemasonry from 1859 until his death in 1891.  Pike occupied simultaneously the positions of Grand Master of the Central Directory at Washington, D.C., Grand Commander of the Supreme Council at Charleston, S.C., and Sovereign Pontiff of Universal. Pike also was one of the most physically and morally repulsive individuals in American history. Weighing well over three hundred pounds, his sexual proclivity was to sit naked astride a phallic throne in the woods, accompanied by a gang of prostitutes. To these orgies he would bring one or more wagonloads of food and liquor, most of which he would consume over a period of two days until he passed into a stupor.  In his adopted state of Arkansas, Pike was well known as a practitioner of Satanism. Portraits in his later years show him wearing a symbol of the Baphomet around his neck. Pike, however, did not believe the Baphomet was Satan. In Morals and Dogma he explains that this symbol was misunderstood by those who were not adepts"; that it was "invented ages before, to conceal what it was [too] dangerous to avow."  Occult 101 According to this occult worldview/heresy, Jesus never really was the Son of God. Instead Jesus was a "master" who came to teach you how to save yourself. He was not the Son of God either they say, only a son in the sense that we are all sons of God. Eliphas Levi was a defrocked Roman Catholic Priest who was originally named Alphonse Louis Constant. He took the pen name of Eliphas Levi because he hoped it would help him spread his Satanism. Eliphas Levi was an accomplished Demon possessed Satanist, who is responsible for the occult revival of the 1800 and 1900s, along with Pike, Mazzini and Blavatsky. The Palladian Rite provides an intensified hands-on course in "fleshly glove" demon possession leading to walking/talking possession of human initiates by Lucifer-associated spirits, demons.  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 Masonic 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. Albert Pike In his book Masonry "Beyond the Light", William Schnoebelen (now a saved Christian) talks about his experiences as first a Satanist and then a Mason who passed through nearly all the Mason Degrees, including some that American Masons are unaware of; such as degrees in Masonry like the Egyptian rites of Masonry and the Paladin. During his initiation into Palladium Masonry William sadly admits to standing with Masons, some who were also Satanists and chanting; "Glory and Love for Lucifer! Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! to God accursed! accursed! accursed!". He says that hashish provides some of their "illumination", taking after the 1st "Illuminati" 18th century Mason Adam Weishaupt (White Brotherhood).  During the Palladium "program" William tells how Masons promised to surrender themselves body and soul to Lucifer, usually for 7 years, and Lucifer promised to grant them all their worldly desires.  An example is the following text from the Masonic Text Book for use in the Lodges of West Virginia shows how Masons still look up to Albert Pike.  Mason Lodges also give out Albert Pike awards.  Also, in the Atrium of the Supreme Council 33°, Washington DC, there is a bust of Pike on the landing of the Grand Staircase which leads up to the main temple room which all 33° Masons must file past. Pike is buried in a secret crypt under the stairway, beneath the bust; the only Freemason to be given this "honor". "Brother Albert Pike, one of the most illustrious Masons in all the ages, and who was an acknowledged authority upon all Masonic questions, was a believer in ancient Landmarks. . ." (page 25) 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.... Pike is the only Confederate leader to have a statue erected in his honor in the city of Washington, D.C. The statue shows his enormous size. No statue of Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or any other Confederate leader has ever been erected in the nation’s capital. So is it odd that a seedy Confederate general who committed war crimes should have the only statue in Washington ever erected to someone who served as a Confederate leader.  It is even harder to believe that the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s and 70’s didn’t try to remove the Pike statue on racial grounds.  U.S. Rep. James Richardson, the masonic Grand Commander, introduced House Resolution 178 on March 10, 1898, to permit his Scottish Rite to erect on Federal property a huge memorial statue honoring Albert Pike, a mass murderer who had worked for several decades to overthrow America's laws and government. Giusseppe Mazzini Pike is credited with converting the Masonic hierarchy in London, Berlin and Rome to his Luciferian doctrines. Pike worked closely with Giusseppe Mazzini of Italy (1805-1872) also a satanist and a 33° Mason.  Mazzini became head of the Illuminati in 1834, and who founded the Mafia in 1860. Mazzini was a high-level planner for the Italian revolution in 1848. Together with Mazzini, Lord Henry Palmerston of England (1784-1865) (author of the Opium Wars  against China), and Otto von Bismarck of Germany (1815-1898)—all 33° Masons—Albert Pike used the Palladian Rite to bind all Masonic groups under one umbrella.  One reason speculated for this is a conspiracy to destroy the United States, a continuing British-sponsored treasonous Tory/British commitment since our War of Independence. Pike & Mazzin's Masonic 'head' is Lucifer. And Pike an Mazzini were his human self-appointed assistants. Palladism is a Luciferian rite. Its religion is Manichæism. It teaches that the divinity is dual and that Lucifer is the equal of Adonay, And that Lucifer is the “god of light and goodness” who is struggling for humanity against Adonay the “god of darkness and evil.” The Manichæism religion had an answer for everything and despised Christianity, which was too full of mysteries. Their Luciferian doctrine is only implied in the lower Masonic degrees, and only becomes a clear teaching in the highest degrees. The highest of the high levels was the Palladium. Mazzini recruited Pike into the Illuminati in order to create an American branch of Illuminists that would operate inside American Freemasonry as a most secret society within a secret society. Mazzini wrote a letter to Pike dated January 22, 1870, instructing him on how use Freemasonry as an instrument of Luciferian Illuminism: “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 pledged 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.” This explains Pike’s meteoric rise in Masonry.  DON'T MISS THE INFORMATION AT THE VERY BOTTOM--To have hairs stand up on the back of your neck... See the very bottom for a letter explaining Masonry's and Satan's "Game Plan"... Written by Albert Pike to Giusseppe Mazzini on August 15, 1871.   New candidates aren't aware what happens later Note: what "Religion" you are now in On July 14, 1889, two years before his death, Pike issued the following statement to the 24 Supreme Masonic Councils of the world who were meeting in Paris: "To you, Sovereign Grand Instructors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: 'the Masonic Religion should be,  by all of us initiates of the high degrees,  maintained in the purity of the LUCIFERIAN Doctrine. If Lucifer were not god, would Adonay (Jesus)... calumniate (spread false and harmful statements about) him?... Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods: darkness being necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive." (Albert Pike, A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et l'Enfant dans la Franc-Maqonnene Universelle, page 588.) Albert Pike also said; "Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; But Lucifer, god of light and god of good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of darkness and evil."    The hideous occult idol known as Baphomet (above) is the most widely used of all Satanic symbols. The Satanic Bible instructs satan worshipers to place the Baphomet on the wall above the altar during Satanic rituals. Every time we see the symbol of the Baphomet we should be reminded of the connection between Freemasonry and Satanism.  Baphomet represents Masonic wisdom and is, in effect, their god, whether recognized as such or not. The Baphomet picture we have used is the work of French Freemason Eliphas Levi. Eliphas Levi is considered one of the Master occultists of all time and was just as educated when writing about Freemasonry as he was Black Magic. Levi had a profound influence on what is probably the most widely read Masonic book of all time by Masonic author, Albert Pike. Pike's master work Morals and Dogma is often called the 'Masonic Bible'. This honored American Freemason was the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite when he took the Cabbalistic and Luciferian doctrine of Eliphas Levi and put it in his book. In 1801, Issac Long, a Kabalist 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.  Albert Pike succeeded Long as the supreme leader. Edith Miller in her Occult Theocracy claims that Isaac Long brought the Baphomet to Charleston with the skull of Jacques de Molay in 1801. [p. 194.] The Mason Calendar Masons have their own Lucerferian based calendar. Our western calendar counts its years based on the number of years before and after Christ' B.C., for before Christ and A.D.' Anno Domini, meaning, "in the year of our Lord," for the years after the birth of Christ. The Masonic calendar counts it years with the suffix A.L; meaning Anno Lucis (or Lucifer); "year of light", the Masonic year of creation. This can also be interpreted to mean "Year of Lucifer." Masons do not count their years from the year of Christ's death because for a rather curious reason; they consider it a tragedy. In their initiation ceremony for the eighteenth degree, the Knight of the rose Crucis, also known as the Rose (The Red Cross) or "the Rosicrucians, Masons symbolically drape the Lodge room in black and sit on the floor in silence, resting their heads in their arms in mock grief around the alter above which are three crosses. They grieve not for the death of the Son of God, but according to the French Masonic historian Abbe Augusten de Barreul, they symbolically mourn because the day Jesus was crucified was the day Christianity was born, ever to be the antagonist of Masonry. below by Brother Eliphas Levi The Mysteries of Magic "What is more absurd and more impious than to attribute the name of Lucifer to the devil, that is, to personified evil. The intellectual Lucifer is the spirit of intelligence and love; it is the paraclete, it is the Holy Spirit, while the physical Lucifer is the great agent of universal magnetism." page 428 Masonic Diversion/Lie: 'But Levi wasn't a Mason!' Fact: Eliphas Levi was a Freemason.  He was initiated at the Lodge Rose du Parfait Silence of the Grand Orient of France on 14 March, 1861 in Paris. M. Caudet who was the Venerable(Worshipful Master) at Levi's Masonic initiation. Illustrious Arthur Edward Waite 33° The Book Of Black Magic "First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me. I command and I conjure thee in the Name of the Mighty Living God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, to appear without noise and without ...." page 244   Illustrious' Manley Palmer Hall 33° The Secret Teachings of All Ages "I hereby promise the Great Spirit Lucifer, Prince of Demons, that each year I will bring unto him a human soul to do with as as it may please him, and in return Lucifer promises to bestow upon me the treasures of the earth and fulfil my every desire for the length of my natural life. If I fail to bring him each year the offering specified above, then my own soul shall be forfeit to him. Signed..... { Invocant signs pact with his own blood } " page CIV The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry' by Manly Palmer Hall 33° "When The Mason learns that the Key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the Mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply this energy." page 48   Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 'The Secret Doctrine'   "Lucifer represents..Life..Thought..Progress..Civilization..Liberty..Independance.. Lucifer is the Logos..the Serpent, the Savior." on pages 171, 225, 255 (Volume II) "It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God." pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533, (VI) "The Celestial Virgin which thus becomes the Mother of Gods and Devils at one and the same time; for she is the ever-loving beneficent Deity...but in antiquity and reality Lucifer or Luciferius is the name. Lucifer is divine and terrestial Light, 'the Holy Ghost' and "Satan' at one and the same time." page 539   Albert Pike Morals and Dogma "Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the son of the morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with it's splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!  page 321 These three sentences (of which two are actually exclamations), are taken from Pike's book "Morals and Dogma", a book of 861 pages with a 216 page index. For about 60 years Pike's book "Morals and Dogma" was given to all who joined the Southern United States jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, an appendant body of Freemasonry. In the earliest printings, due to the cost of publishing books, there was an instruction inside that it was to be returned to the Supreme Council. Of course, there was no way to enforce that and as book publishing costs became less onerous, that request was dropped in later editions.   This quotation is taken from the XXVI Degree of the Scottish Rite, and is part of the Introduction to:   The Title of Prince Of Mercy of Scottish Trinitarianism. ". . . the Prince of Darkness . . . made Adam, whose soul was of the Divine Light, contributed by the Eons, and his body of matter, so that he belonged to both Empires, that of Light and that of Darkness. To prevent the light from escaping at once, the Demons forbade Adam to eat the fruit of "knowledge of good and evil," by which he would have known the Empire of Light and that of Darkness. He obeyed; an Angel of Light induced him to transgress, and gave him the means of victory. . As strange as it may seem, the Light that Masons seek is Lucifer, the Light Bearer, although most Masons never discover that truth. Why would anyone want to follow the Prince of Darkness? Because he gives them freedom to do whatever they wish. Under Lucifer, men don't face the restraints contained in the Ten Commandments.

Masonic Secret Doctrine, Much like New Age Beliefs Below from Mason training manuals

Details of the Secret Doctrine reveal the Masonic plan of salvation more completely. Mystic Masonry, by J.D. Buck, M.D., contains a chapter titled The Secret Doctrine. Buck writes:

"It is far more important that men should strive to become Christs than that they should believe that Jesus was Christ. If the Christ-state can be attained by but one human being during the whole evolution of the race, then the evolution of man is a farce and human perfection an impossibility. Jesus is no less Divine because all men may reach the same Divine perfection. (page 62) According to the Secret Doctrine, faith in Jesus the Christ is not necessary for salvation. Notice that in the Secret Doctrine, the meaning of Christ has been redefined. Instead of referring to the Messiah when they use the term, they refer to a state or condition which man can attain. The Secret Doctrine teaches that Jesus was Christ, but he was not the only one to attain that state. Being Christ is vital to Masonic salvation.

What does the Bible say about this Mason heresy?

"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) "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. {11} This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. {12} Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:1-12) "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through redemption that is in Christ Jesus."(Romans 3:23) See these two true Near Death Experiences showing Jesus's light the same as the Fathers.  And how Jesus is our only mediator.. Valvita and Angie

Masonry - the Original "Pyramid Scheme" Can "King Makers" make a one-world government/religion?

The ruler of a hierarchy of Masonic lodges is, in a very real sense, king for life, and powerful enough to base a dynasty on the control of such lodges.  The whole Masonic pyramid is even profitable, because there is always substantial tribute from the lowest level, often called union dues. Masonic theory is no doubt the origin of pyramid letter schemes. Masonic "kings" have never yet allowed an understanding of the purpose or pyramidal organization of unions and large social clubs to trickle into the public's general knowledge, and that fact alone keeps them safe. Believe it or not, the king of a world-spanning Masonic empire has controlled all Masonic lodges for centuries, and steered all figurehead kings and governments with personal advisors trained from birth for the job.  Read more about this here

Truth 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 Rosicrucian Connection (another Satanic ploy away from Jesus and Salvation)

The Rosicrucian's 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 Rosicrucian's, and out of the Rosicrucian's 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.  Rose-Croix, the Rosicrucians, a society founded by Christian Rosenkreutz, a German, who was born in 1378. But according to its own claims, “The Order of the Rose and Cross has existed from time immemorial, and its mystic rites were practiced and its wisdom taught in Egypt. Eleusis, Samothrace, Persia, Chaldea, India, and in far, more distant lands, and thus were handed down to posterity the Secret Wisdom of the Ancient Ages.”  That its origin remains a mystery was emphasized by (Prime Minister) Disraeli, who said of the Society, in 1841, “Its hidden sources defy research.”  After traveling in Spain, Damascus and Arabia, where he was initiated into Arabian magic, Rosenkreutz returned to Germany and set up his fraternity of the Invisibles. In a building they designated as Domus Sancti Spiritus they followed such varied studies as the secrets of nature, alchemy, astrology, magnetism (or hypnotism as it is better known as) communication with the dead, and medicine.  Rosenkreutz is said to have died at the over-ripe age of 106, and when opened, his tomb which had been lost sight of for many years was found to contain signs and symbols of magic and occult manuscripts.  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 Masonry contains "numerous manifestations of Satanism, namely the goat, the coffin, the death's-head."

Are Masons under the Curse of God? In Galatians 1:6-9 Paul says; I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than ye have received, let him be accursed. Would this mean that Masonic Worshipful Masters and other Masonic instructors are under the curse of God. Don't these preach the contrary doctrine that "salvation is by works"? Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: Not works, lest any man should boast. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou salt be saved..." Acts 16:31 Also of interest is the aprons Masons wear. Remember the fig leaf apron which Adam & Eve made to cover their nakedness? God got rid of these aprons because they were man's feeble attempt to make restitution for their sins. God then killed an animal and then made them coats of skins. What are Masons & Mormons really symbolizing by wearing these aprons? Don't Mormons and Masons realize Satanists like to wear aprons in their rights also?   Satan leading even Christians to the "slaughter" Masons actually have aprons of lambskin as if a mockery of the Lamb of God.  They are told to trust their apron; and Jesus is never allowed to be spoken of.    Masonry is actually a satanic plan to draw people away from churches on Sunday by telling them lies about symbolism and giving them Degrees and uniforms and new buddies to make them feel special.  Most Masons are never told that their cherished symbols are actually cult fertility symbols.  They are out and out lied to.  The Third Degree Mason should be taken aback when he is taught that the first Freemason was Tubal Cain.  In the Bible, Tubal Cain is descended from the accursed line of Cain (Gen 4:17-22).  Tubal Cain's father was the first person to boast about murder.   How about the Bible being Present? Masons say we have a Bible at every Meeting:  However, nobody actually is allowed to read anything about Jesus Christ from the Bible out loud.  Try it and see what happens.  It is there to give this occultist gathering a sort of credibility in Christian circles and in the community.  It's just another satanic ploy to make an otherwise skeptical Christian want to come in.    Freemasonry like Islam, is a religion without a Savior: When quoting from the Bible, references to Christ are omitted, and prayer is never allowed to be offered (in a "well-ordered" lodge) in the name of Jesus Christ. Masons do not care whether a person privately petitions God or Jehovah, Allah or Buddha, Mohammed or Jesus, the God of Israel or the "Great First Cause," but in the Lodge, the only petition allowed is to the "Great Architect of the Universe."  Clearly then, Freemasonry does not believe that Jesus Christ is God, nor that salvation is available only through Him (see 1 John. 4:3). Masonry: Doorways to Satanism and the Order of Seth: Also of interest is the irony (purposeful?) of naming the Masonic youth league the DeMolay order for boys as if Jacques DeMolay (Jacques de Molay) was some sort of hero.    Christians should be aware that DeMolay was burned at the stake for being a pedophile, homosexual, for practicing witchcraft, and for worshipping the false god Baphomet.    History tells us that DeMolay even denied Jesus Christ in front of both the Catholic Pope and the King of France.  DeMolay was the last Grand Master of the Templers.  The Order of DeMolay is designed to draw youngsters into Masonry and the occult, just like its counterparts for girls (Rainbow Girls & Job's Daughters).  The Order of the Eastern Star is made up of women relatives of Masons.  Even though the youth groups such as the Rainbow Girls, Job's Daughters, and the DeMolays, seem like innocent organizations, we must remember that these associations are considered to be 'feeder groups'. The adolescents in these societies are being groomed for potential membership in Masonry and the Eastern Star when they reach adulthood. In fact, according to The New Age, a Masonic journal ... about 50% of  DeMolays join Masonry when they reach 21 years of age." ["Hidden Secrets of the Eastern Star", by Dr. Burns, p. 366 In 1976, 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 whose 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 international headquarters in 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 was taking disciplinary action on the basis of an "unwritten law", which excludes blacks from membership. "One former DeMolay member goes so far as to call the DeMolays a 'kindergarten for Satanism', for he believes it was a major stepping stone for him into occultism and witchcraft."  (Burns, p. 368, quoting Bill Schnoebelen, "Masonry", p. 110)   In 3rd degree lectures Masons read: ...that All-Seeing Eye, whom the sun, moon and stars obey, and under whose watchful care even comets perform their stupendous revolutions, beholds the inmost recesses of the human heart, and will reward us according to our works. Save your money (dues), here is the ultimate Masonic "secret".... THE ULTIMATE MASONIC "SECRET" IS THE LUCIFERIAN DOCTRINE that LUCIFER IS GOD!   In the Masonic Lodge everything is symbolic of something else. The name "Lucifer" means "Light Bearer" or "Light Bringer".  Masons point out that the MORNING STAR is Lucifer.  When Masons speak of the "light of Masonry", they actually refer to Lucifer bringing forth the light.    During the lecture for the 32nd degree, Masons are told that the triliteral name for god is composed of three Hindu gods: Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. Siva is a synonym for Satan! Lucifer is honored and revered by Masons as the TRUE GOD! Masonic UN-Holy Trinity and the Serpent Emblem:   Masonry uses symbols of the Bible to hide the real Masonic meaning behind their Hermetic Rites. They just use the name Solomon for their Temples. The truth is, Solomon, the King of Israel, was not a Mason, nor did he ever have any connection with Freemasonry. The real reason Freemasonry uses the name Solomon is to hide the real names of the Sun gods from 3 different nations.  This name Solomon is not the Israelitish king. It is name in form, but different in its meaning.  It is a substitute, which is externally like the royal name.  This name is a composite.  SOL-OM-ON, the names of the Sun in Latin, Indian and Egyptian.." Quoted from the Masonic Report, McQuaig, p. 33   To hide the fact that their god is LUCIFER, those entering Masonry must enact strange rituals.   Only after a Mason has completed the 13th degree -- and paid much money in dues for all the frivolous and nonsensical occult knowledge - do they learn the "secret" word, or the "Lost Word": The Royal Arch Candidate is led to believe that the lost name for God is JAH-BUL-ON or JAO-BUL-ON JAH represents the name for Yahweh or Jehovah. BUL represents Ba'al or Bel (the Devil). The name of the god of Jezebel and Ahab.  ON represents the name of the Egyptian Sun God Osiris. The god of Pharaoh... JAO is a pagan Chaldean name for God. "BUL" is a Syriac word which means "Baal".  Baal was a Canaanite fertility god associated with LICENTIOUS rites and MAGIC.  Baal is actually another name for the Devil.  This is also known as the Grand-Omnific Royal Arch Word. Contrast these with Yahweh or Jehovah, Jesus or Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit. Of note, the "SERPENT" to a Mason is the emblem of DIVINE WISDOM.   You see the SERPENT plastered all over Masonic lodges in decorations.  Masonic theology is quite clear, that the serpent, or Satan (Lucifer) should be worshipped.  In the 3rd degree the Mason is once again lies to, and is given a substitute word.  He is told to look "to that bright and Morning Star"... Abracadabra... Freemasonry Lodge meetings are usually held in the upper chambers of their lodges. The worshippers of Baal (the Sun-god) erected their idols and altars on top of hills, among sacred groves, or on the roofs of houses.  And just as the Witches hold their meetings at night, so does the Freemason meet at night. Following is the sort of "knowledge" would be Masons pay "big bucks" and make blood curdling oaths to receive.  It is sheer nonsense... To a Christian or Jew it's pure blasphemy also.   Manly Palmer Hall, a great authority on Masonry, writes, "When the Mason ... has learned the mystery of his Craft, the seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands. ..." (Manly Palmer Hall, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, p. 48).    Regarding the identity of God, in Scottish Rite Masonry, the 13th degree is that of the Royal Arch.  In it, the alleged true, previously hidden name of God is revealed as Jabulum.  "The Encyclopedia of Freemasonry," page 359, affirms this, under the entry for Jabulum, yet does not give the meaning.  But in the same book on page 102, in the definition of Bel, the meaning is given.  It says, "Bel is the contracted form of . . . Baal, and was worshipped by the Babylonians as their chief deity . . . It has, with Jah and Oh, been introduced into the Royal Arch system as a representative of the" name of God.  Jah represents the name Jehovah, Bel represents Baal, and Oh represents Osiris.

Genesis 1:26 (4000 B.C.): "And God said, Let us make man in our image."  Proverbs 30:4 (written 700 B.C.): "...What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?"   John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Masonry's Grandest Error (Masonry cannot be the way to Jesus Christ) Masonry insists that "we climb up into heaven".  In John 10:9 Jesus warned us:   "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. " In the 17th Knight of the East and West degree, we see more Masonic blasphemy and disobedience: The candidate is lanced slightly on his arm as if he is taking the part of the Lamb who was slain, even though Scripture tells us in Leviticus 21:5 not to make any cuttings in our flesh - as pacts with the devil were usually done that way. Attached to the Bible are seven seals as if mocking the seven seals of Revelation. The seven seals are opened in this ceremony.  Yet we know that ONLY Christ, the Lamb was found worthy to open the seals. The candidate mocks Christ shedding His blood for us, and tries to take Christ's place, by opening the 7 seals.

Another Diabolocal Reversal The Masonic Temple itself God took great amount of time spelling out exactly how His Temple (Solomon's Temple) should look.  In God's Temple, one entered from the east and gradually proceeded in holiness to ultimately the Holy of Holies on the West side of the Temple. God presides on the North side. In a diabolical twist, Masonic Temples have their alter in the opposite side of the Temple. The Masons enter in the west vs from the east. This is diabolically significant as say the diabolical 3 AM "witching hour" as an inversion and mockery of the hour when Jesus is believed to have died on the cross (3 PM). It's a dead giveaway to even the most naive among us as to who their alter is really honoring. This reverse image is very prevalent in the occult. The occult teachings seem to always be the negative image of the positive of God’s Word. The Masonic Temple always has the entrance in the west and the altar in the east. In the Bible we are told the entrance of the Garden of Eden was in the east. Solomon’s Temple (and subsequent Jewish Temples) had their entrances in the east and the Holy of Holies in the west. To enter the Garden of Eden and go to the Tree of Life, one was traveling from east to west. To enter the Tabernacle or the Temple to approach God, the priest traveled from east to west. Freemasonry is 180 degrees reversed. "The east" is the location within the Lodge Hall where the Worshipful Master sits upon his throne/chair of authority.  In the ancient mystery religions, from which Freemasonry springs, the Sun was worshipped, and the most sacred direction was east, where the sun arose each morning to renew life on earth. The position of the feet is no coincidence when facing the Worshipful Master "in the East."  Satan comes from the East also.  He resides in the East.  The position of the feet forms the "Tau Cross," a phallic symbol from antiquity associated with phallic worship and Sun worship. The Sun was viewed as a phallic symbol, rising each day  as the source of life (male), to impregnate the earth (female) with new life.  Such worship was always done facing East.  In the Masonic rituals, the command to "STAND ERECT" is not a coincidence.  It relates to this phallic worship. See example here   MARK MASTER DEGREE Freemasonry mocks the Lord Jesus Christ (who is the Chief Corner Stone in Scripture) and the infallible teaching of Holy Writ in this deceptive degree, when they maliciously try to corrupt the truth of God's Word. In typical Rosicrucian manner, they deliberately spiritualize that which is intended to be literal and literalize that which is meant to be spiritual. Thus, the Chief Corner Stone mentioned in Scripture (which is a clear symbolic reference to Christ) is blasphemously reduced to a literal physical brick corner-stone which is profanely paraded round the Chapter room. Learn more about this mockery: here

 The "Illuminati", Masons & Rosicrucian's

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 and the EU... 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." The Illuminati regarded the Catholic Church as their chief enemy and marked it for ruin. In 1818, their Italian lodge issued a set of Permanent Instructions that included: "We require a Pope for ourselves...to march more securely to the storming of the church...." The goal was "the complete annihilation of the Catholicism and even ultimately of Christianity. If Christianity were to revive, even upon the ruins of Rome, it would, a little late revive and live." (13-14)   Pope Leo XIII, pope from 1878-1903 On April 20, 1884, Pope Leo XIII published his magnificent Encyclical "Humanum Genus" on the evils of Freemasonry.  His well-founded dislike for Masons was his belief that they exclude Jesus Christ, and instead bow down to some unknown impersonal god (or fallen angel) -- their generic "grand architect of the universe" (GAOTU).  This Masonry peril was denounced for the first time by Pope Clement XII in 1738, and the Constitution promulgated by that Pope was renewed and confirmed by Benedict XIV; Pius VII followed in the footsteps of those Pontiffs, and Pope Leo XII including in his Apostolical Constitution 'Quo Graviora' (called them Macons) all the deeds and decrees of the preceding Popes on that subject, ratified and confirmed them for ever. Popes Pius VIII, Gregory XVI and on several occasions Pope Pius IX spoke in the same manner." Leo XIII said; "Today evil doers all seem allied in a tremendous effort inspired by and with the help of a society powerfully organized and widely spread over the world, it is the Society of Freemasons. In fact those people no longer even try to dissimulate their intentions, but they actually challenge each other's audacity in order to assail God's August Majesty. Pope Leo XIII defines the Masonic point of view on morality thus: "The only thing which has found grace before the members of the Masonic sect and in which they request that youth should receive the proper teaching is what they call 'Civic Morality', independent morality, free morality, in other words a morality in which religious beliefs find no room. This morality is insufficient and its effects are its own condemnation. "Furthermore there have been found in Freemasonry several sectarians who have maintained that all means are to be systematically used, in order, to saturate the multitudes with licentiousness and vices; because in their opinion peoples would naturally fall into their hands and become the instruments needed for the accomplishment of their most audacious evil projects. Such counter-morality is that of civil marriage, of divorce, of free love and of irreligious education for youth. " "It aims at the complete destruction of the main foundations of justice and honesty. In this way Freemasons make themselves the auxiliaries of those who wish that, like an animal, man had no other rule of conduct than his own desires -- Such a scheme can only dishonor human kind and ignominiously cast him into perdition."   Ironically, when Leo XIII died in 1903, a Freemason, Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, was almost elected Pope. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria vetoed his appointment in the last moment. The Roman Catholic church was officially opposed to the group ever since 1738, when Pope Clement XII condemned Freemasonry and banned it from his faith. Catholics were forbidden from joining, under pain of excommunication. In 1825, Leo XII reiterated the ban and declared it to be permanent and everlasting. In 1884, Leo XIII called on each member of the clergy to get the word out and help defeat this insidious foe: We pray and beseech you, venerable brethren, to join your efforts with Ours, and earnestly to strive for the extirpation of this foul plague, which is creeping through the veins of the body politic. [...] We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away the mask from Freemasonry, and to let it be seen as it really is; and by sermons and pastoral letters to instruct the people as to the artifices used by societies of this kind in seducing men and enticing them into their ranks, and as to the depravity of their opinions and the wickedness of their acts. As early as 1738, Pope Clement XII described Freemasonry as "Satan's synagogue" as reported by Rupert Cornwell in his book "God's Banker". A more detailed early exposure of Freemasonry than in God's Banker can be found in Abbe Augusten de Barruel's book from the late 1700's called "Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism".  In this book, de Barruel, who lived in Revolutionary France charged that many years prior to the French Revolution, men who called themselves "philosophers" had conspired against the God of the Gospel, against Christianity, without distinction of worship.  The grand object of the "conspiracy," the Abbe asserted, was to overthrow every altar where Christ was adored.  These philosophers, the Abbe said, formed the sophisters of rebellion, who joined with Freemasons --a group characterized as having a "long history" of hatred for Christ and kings.  From this coalition he said, came the "Sophisters of Impiety and Anarchy," who conspired against every religion, every government, against civil society, and even against all property.."  This latter crowd became known as the Illuminati, from which sprang the Jacobins.  Reference: "Behind the Lodge Door", page 26 This opposition to Freemasonry persisted into the 20th century. Pope Pius XII hated them.

Did you know that noted Christian Evangelist Charles Finney was a Freemason and Lawyer before the Holy Spirit gloriously saved him? With his intimate knowledge of the rituals, degrees and oaths, Finney devastates all claims Freemasonry makes to being a Christian organization.

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.  In the case of Masons and Muslims, 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.  Satan often uses Christians against Christians (Protestants against Catholics and Catholics against Protestants).  Muslims hurling hatred from their mosques are slaves to the prince of darkness - as are occultist sects like Masons, Rosicrucian's and New Agers.  Muslims are also slaves to Satan, because they reject the salvation made possible by the Son of God. In the 19th degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, the initiate is told that attachment to Masonry's "statutes and rules of the order" will make him "deserving of entering the celestial Jerusalem [heaven]." In the 28th degree, he is told that "the true Mason [is one] who raises himself by degrees till he reaches heaven" and that one of his duties is "To divest [him]self of original sin ..." Masons clearly teach a salvation by works, or character development, not a salvation by faith in Christ alone. Even in the 32nd Degree, a Mason never can nor will find the "light" he is looking for. Will the "sons of God" (fallen Angels) return to earth on December 21, 2012 and establish a new world order, led by an unearthly powerful ruler? 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. "A Freemason Temple: Satan's Clubhouse". Or as Pope Clement XII described it as: "Satan's synagogue"

   

Catholics are NOT free to become Freemasons Why?  Because of its Religion nature and masons worship false idols 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 (Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI) dates back to November 26, 1983. The 1983 Code (Canon 1374) 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."

Masonry is a Religion! Masonry has a distinctly religious character, a fact which may surprise many American Masons who have joined the Lodge for business, social or political reasons. They will be tempted to deny its religious character. They look upon Masonry as a purely fraternal organization and do not consider it a religion. Either they do not know the true constitution of their Lodge, or Masonic authorities are violating the principles of Masonry, for they definitely emphasize its religious character. Freemasons insist Freemasonry is not a religion. However, it is strange that the room they meet in is referred to as a ‘temple’, the seat the Worshipful Master (the chairman for that year) sits on is referred to as an ‘altar’ and the ceremonies end with the phrase ‘so mote it be’ - the same words used in major satanic rituals. A blue lodge always has an altar. Altars are always associated with religious worship and sacrifice. Masons don't want anyone to think Masonry is a religion because it may turn off "real Christians", Jews, and Muslims; and that means less dues. And less money for each degree masons have to pay for --for which they learn nothing but frivolous things about the occult and ancient pagan gods. The God of Masonry is Lucifer (the light giver). Most Masons who deny that Masonry is a religion confuse religion with the Christian religion. They know Masonry is not Christian since if it were their Jewish and Moslem brethren would object. It may be fairly assumed that the Grand Lodge of the State of New York knew what it was talking about when arguing its case against a certain Robert Kopp in a trial before the Appellate division of the New York Supreme Court in 1903. Kopp had been expelled from the fraternity and had appealed the action of his brethren to the civil court. One of the strong points made by the Grand Lodge during the trial was as follows: “The right to membership in the Masonic fraternity is very much like membership in the church. Each requires a candidate for admission to subscribe to certain articles of religious belief as an essential prerequisite for membership. Each requires a member to conduct himself thereafter in accordance with certain religious principles. Each requires its members to adhere to certain doctrines of belief and action...” Henry Wilson Coil is the author of the encyclopedia that many lodges now accept as their authoritative source (Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia). Coil says that if Freemasonry is not a religion, nothing would have to be added to make it such, and that the religious service at the funeral of a Mason is evidence enough that Freemasonry is a religion. But the fact that Freemasonry is religion would not necessarily condemn it, except that the views of the Masonic religion are in open conflict with Biblical Christianity, so much so that, in our opinion, a knowledgeable and committed Mason could not possibly be a true Christian. “The Masonic fraternity may, therefore, be quite properly regarded as a religious society, shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to determine matters of membership, should be deemed applicable to the Masonic fraternity.” Such a statement speaks for itself. Remember, Masons think so highly about this (Albert Pike) extremely fat, occultist, Massachusetts Tory, and ex-Confederate General who was brought up on charges of mutilating Union soldier bodies --that they have his body buried in a secret crypt under the stairway, beneath his bust - at their main "Temple" in Washington, D.C.  Pike is the only Freemason to be given this "honor".   Surprisingly enough - Pike who evidence suggests was also a KKK member, has somehow managed to get Masons to erect a statue to him in of all places - Washington, D.C. A brief description of the “articles of religious belief which are an essential prerequisite to membership,” can be found in the writings of the Grand Master, Albert Pike, generally admitted to be the best authority on Masonic matters in America. “Masonry propagates no creed,” he wrote in The Inner Sanctuary: “except its own most simple and most sublime one taught by Nature and Reason. There has never been a false religion in the world. The permanent one universal revelation is written in visible Nature and explained by Reason and is completed by the wise analogies of faith. There is one true religion, one dogma, one legitimate belief. ” So according to Masons, even Religions such as Hinduism, Satanism, Islam and present day Rabbinic Judaism --which lead souls away from Jesus Christ as their Lord, Savior and only mediator --are NOT false religions...

Of interest about Masonry is this 1977 Prophecy by Our Lady of Bayside, New York: Freemasonry is not of God "My children, recognize the faces of evil now loosed in the world. I bring you a sad lesson in knowledge. In the past We have counseled through prophets, your Popes, to forbid all who have joined in My Son's Church, forbid them to become part of freemasonry and the Masons. And why? Because, My children, they are not of God, and if they are not of God, they are the Antichrist. And why are they the Antichrist? Because they worship false idols!" - Our Lady, November 1, 1977

This fundamental Catholic reason can be briefly stated. The following summary passage from Leo XIII's <Humanum Genus> suffices. . . . that which is their ultimate purpose forces itself into view—namely, the utter overthrow of that whole religious and political order of the world which the Christian teaching has produced, and the substitution of a new state of things in accordance with their ideas, of which the foundations and laws shall be drawn from mere "Naturalism."... Now, the fundamental doctrine of the Naturalists, which they sufficiently make known by their very name, is that human nature and human reason ought in all things to be mistress and guide. Laying this down, they care little for duties to God, or pervert them by erroneous and vague opinions. For they deny that anything has been taught by God; they allow no dogma of religion or truth which cannot be understood by the human intelligence, nor any teacher who ought to be believed by reason of his authority. And since it is the special and exclusive duty of the Catholic Church fully to set forth in words truths divinely received, to teach, besides other divine helps to salvation, the authority of its office, and to defend the same with perfect purity, it is against the Church that the rage and attack of the enemies are principally directed.

 

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!

Always hovering over Masonry are the:
JACOBINS / Illuminati

The rank and file of the lower degrees of Masonry to this day have no clue as to the purpose of the society or the intentions of the controlling elite. About 1750, there arose a new generation of mystical knights. They were the arm of Freemasonry, which called themselves Jacobins.  The Jacobin cries of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" led the first major accomplishment of illuminized Freemasonry, The French Revolution. The Jacobins named a rebellious ex-Jesuit, Adam Weishaupht, "Grand Patriot".  Weishaupht embraced the occult mysteries and organized The Order of the Illuminati in 1776. By 1778 he infiltrated Masonry as a fully-initiated Master Mason. He then inducted the influential European elite of Masonry into the Illuminati—600 men by 1783.  On the other side of the Atlantic, mystical Masons were under siege by the occult Illuminists. The Illuminists saw America as the 13th step in evolution, and America’s spiritual destiny as accomplishing world union in the spirit of liberty, equality, and fraternity.  By 1789 the mystical Masonry of the New World succumbed to the occult one-world vision of the Weishaupht Illuminati, the guardians of the Ancient Mysteries of Nimrod. It is worthy to remember that the Ancient Mystery Religions did not worship the God of the Bible. Nimrod was the servant of Lucifer, and the resulting religious system was Luciferic. The unrest of the 1960s and the rise of the "Drug Culture" molded the beginnings of another public re-emergence of occultism. The New Age Movement of the 70s and 80s successfully mainstreamed many occult beliefs. This new renaissance of the occult has perfectly positioned Freemasonry to play a vital role in the 4400-year-old dream of Nimrod, a one-world, occult kingdom. Freemasonry currently serves as the conduit between the political organizations of the global elite (Club of Rome, Trilateral Commission, Bilderbergers, CFR, etc.) and the occult groups of the Theosophical network (Theosophical Society, Rosicrucians, Lucis Trust, World Goodwill, etc.).

 

“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.’

Alice Bailey once said:

"The Masonic Movement is the custodian of the law, the holder of the Mysteries, and the seat of initiation … a far more occult organization than can be realized … intended to be the training school for coming advanced occultists."

 

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 t he 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.

The Solemn horrible Oaths

Each succeeding degree in Masonry has a similar horrible oath and penalty connected with it with that Oath below. But Jesus commanded His followers to "not swear at all" (Matthew 5:34; James 5:12). In addition, Jesus would never sanction these required oaths, for He said: "I have said nothing in secret" (John 18:20). Question all the omissions of/about Jesus Christ, and all the terrible un-Christian "swearings".  In Masonry, each entering Apprentice says; "... most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts or points of the hidden mysteries of ancient Freemasonry. ... All this I most solemnly, sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform the same, without any mental reservation or secret evasion of mine whatever binding myself under no less a penalty than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, and buried in the rough sand of the sea at low water mark where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I ever knowingly or willingly violate my solemn oath and obligation as an Entered Apprentice Mason. So help me, God." From his initiation as an Entered Apprentice on up into the highest degrees of Freemasonry, the individual Mason is told that his sworn duty is to construct, through public service and adherence to the doctrines of the Lodge, a "spiritual temple" -- his own good works being the building material. This goal is allegedly based upon the following passage from the Bible: "...[Y]e also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God...." (1 Peter 2:5).  The remainder of the verse "by Jesus Christ." is invariably omitted.   In the second, Fellowcraft degree, for example, the candidate binds himself to his oath "under no less penalty than to have my left breast torn open and my heart and vitals taken from thence and thrown over my left shoulder and carried into the valley of Jehosaphat." The true Christian knows that it is only through the atoning work of the Savior in his behalf that his works of righteousness are acceptable to God the Father, for apart from faith in Jesus Christ and in the redemption of the cross, all religious endeavors are as worthless as "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6). It is disturbing, therefore, to find this very necessary clause of 1 Peter 2:5 ominously absent when the verse is quoted in Masonic proceedings. This, wrote Albert Mackey (Mackey, Albert. History of Freemasonry) is a "slight but necessary modification."  The Masonic Lodge likewise deletes the Name of Jesus Christ from 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and 3:12 when these verses are quoted in the Masonic ritual.

Because Masons have rejected the chief Cornerstone of the Christian faith (1 Peter 2:6-8).  Their so-called "spiritual temples" are therefore corrupt and unstable right down to the very foundations. The Mason’s endeavors to perfect himself, regardless of how sincere, are therefore in vain, and will ultimately subject him to the judgment of God and maybe the destruction of his soul.

In the initiation of an Entered Apprentice, the "Worshipful Master" (Mat. 23:10) asks: "In your present condition, what do you most desire?" The candidate responds: "Light." The "Master" later informs the candidate that he is "yet in darkness." Then for the Second Degree (Fellow Craft) the candidate is required to ask for "more light." According to God's word, Jesus Christ is the LIGHT (John 1:9; 8:12) and God's word is LIGHT (Psa. 119:105, 130). If you are saved, then it is an outright BLASPHEMY for you to agree that you are "yet in darkness" and to ask for "more light."

Knights Templar Initiation Ritual   The following is taken from pages 67-68 of the book, Masonry: Beyond The Light, by former Mason, William Schnoebelen: "The high point of the KT initiation is when the candidate is brought before a large, triangular table covered in black velvet illuminated by candles and containing eleven silver goblets and a human skull enthroned on the Bible. (Skulls figure prominently throughout this initiation.)" "This is intended to be the Last Supper. It seems but a grim mockery, though. The visual effect is more satanic than Christian, especially to one accustomed to the Table of the Lord in churches. However, the ambiance is the least of the problems."   "The candidate is asked to partake of five libations, (toasts). The first three libations are given, respectively, to the memory of Masonic heroes King Solomon, Hiram, King of Tyre, and Hiram Abif. The fourth libation is to the memory of Simon of Cyrene, and the fifth is the most sinister of all."   "The candidate is never told to whom the fifth libation is drunk (it is "sealed"), and it is offered to him in a human skull!..."   After the toast in this ritual, the candidate is required to take an oath which makes him the sin-bearer of his own sins and the sins of the person from whom the skull was taken. Does this sound like something that a Christian man should do?!

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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? Robert Schuller? Oral Roberts?

The Rule and Guide of Speculative Masonry Masons call all religions equal

The Religiosity of Freemasons

It is worthy to remember that although there are a lot of decent people in the Lodge, in a spiritual sense they are not aware of that they are doing, at least some of them, for it is the spirit of darkness that has control over them.

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. Testimony of a Former Rainbow Girl At 18, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. However, I lacked spiritual guidance and maturity. Rainbow had Bible-like sayings that sounded "church-y", so I perceived Christianity and the teachings of Rainbow to be the same. How wrong I was. If a person fully understands Christianity and fully understands Masonry, they will realize that the two are like oil and water – they just don’t mix. They are NOT the same and they are NOT compatible. The god of Masonry is NOT the God of the Bible.   DeMolay, Lodge and then Christ A Mason who had second thoughts wrote: My readings in Blackmer helped me realize the origins of Masonic rituals in Egyptian sun worship. Finally, the Grand-Omnific Royal Arch Word as an amalgamation of Jehovah with two other pagan gods (in JAH-BUL-ON) was nothing less than blasphemous. I could not dismiss this, because Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Masonry are the only two, true original forms of the Craft.  Therefore, it did not matter what other types of Christian window-dressings were placed into the York or Scottish Rites. It also does not matter how much they attempt to change the rituals to be more palatable to Christians, since the origins, to me, betray the focus.    Martyn Attard finds out Freemasons are hoodwinked Martyn Attard was a Freemason for around six years and who renounced the fraternity for Catholicism. “Freemasons are hoodwinked immediately with the very first oath they take as an Entered Apprentice - the first degree of Freemasonry. At that stage a person states he would rather kill himself than reveal the secrets of Freemasonry,” said Martyn Attard. In the 1980s, a successful businessman in his late 20s, drowning in alcohol and leading a lifestyle based on sex, power and money, Mr Attard became a Freemason.  Once I was accepted in Freemasonry and in a Lodge that made ‘good men better’ I simply drank more! The bar at the Marsamxett Lodge was open every Saturday morning and beverage prices were very reasonable so I rarely missed the weekly informal gathering,” he remarked. When I joined Freemasonry I was told I was living in darkness, and I could only see the light through Freemasonry. Having resigned from the organization now I know with certainty that it is Freemasons who are in darkness. Jesus Christ is the only light,” Mr Attard said. Freemasons insist Freemasonry is not a religion. However, it is strange that the room they meet in is referred to as a ‘temple’, the seat the Worshipful Master (the chairman for that year) sits on is referred to as an ‘altar’ and the ceremonies end with the phrase ‘so mote it be’ - the same words used in major satanic rituals,” Mr Attard explained. “Even the Jehovah's Witness founder (Russel) was in fact a Freemason as well as a Knight Templar. All Knight Templars are Freemasons.” Freemasonry ‘controls’ around six million members worldwide, the majority being in the USA. Freemasonry is the UK's largest secular, fraternal and charitable organization, and the United Grand Lodge of England has over 300,000 members working in nearly 8,000 Lodges throughout England and Wales and more than 30,000 members overseas. It was a good friend who introduced him to the world of Freemasonry - he calls a secret society. Freemasons say the criteria for becoming a Freemason is a belief in a Superior Being referred to as G.A.O.T.U. (the Great Architect Of The Universe), strict morals and a willingness to help others. “Freemasons claim they do not belong to a secret society, but a society with secrets. However, the most important secret is that very few members know the secret of what they are involved in,” Mr Attard said. “Freemasonry is a society within a larger society, the former gradually eating away the latter.” The ultimate goal of Freemasonry is to take charge of the world and eventually become A One World Government - the recent terminology being used is globalization. The idea is also to replace all religions with the one true Masonic religion.     The Israel Connection Masonic power growing in Israel Above Mason Memorial in Eilat, Israel   There is only one road leading from Eilat to the Egyptian border at Taba and the last circle before getting to the border you will find this Masonic Memorial in the middle of the road. As usual symbolism means everything in this organization. The two columns represents the two pillars of Solomon’s Temple. It's obvious Satan's Clubhouse (Masonry) is having something to do with Israeli society being mostly secular, and not spiritual. One must first understand, that under their canopy of one "Great Architect of the Universe" theology, Masonry has been adept at making "strategic alliances" with Satanists, The Brotherhood, Spiritists, Wicca, Druids, Cabalists, Hindu and Islam. Shriners are Masonry's Islamic wing. It is from this alliance that their "Messiah" will appear. Masons treat all these groups and beliefs as all equal. Christianity which views all the above as pagans is simply one among many to a Mason. Freemasonry has always planned to gain control of the Temple Mount, so they can rebuild Solomon's Temple. As soon as they rebuild this Temple, their Masonic Christ will appear on the earth, claiming to be the Jewish Messiah for whom Israel has long been awaiting. This "Christ" will be the Biblical Antichrist.  Christian writer Texe Marrs writes: On the heap of its ruins, the Masons intend to build a Jewish Masonic temple where they and their satanically energized messiah shall worship and pay homage to the Egyptian double-headed eagle deity, Mammon-Ra, the god of money and prosperity (Daniel 11:37-39). It is obvious that the Masonic presence is not only very present but getting very bold throughout Israel. The Masonic Grand Lodge meets in Tel-Aviv, but there are Masonic Temples (about 70) in all important cities, from Nahariya in the north to Eilat, Israel's southern port on the Red Sea. See the numerous Masonic lodges in Israel: here   The Quest to Rebuild the Temple - Two weeks after the 1967 Six-Day War which saw Jerusalem and the Temple Mount brought under Israeli control, there occurred the greatest freemasonic meeting in history in London, celebrating 250 years since the founding of UGLE  (United Grand Lodge of England), at which the Duke of Kent was installed as the new Grand Master. - Shortly after, the QC Lodge dispatched a member, the Jewish physicist Dr. Asher Kaufman, to begin studies on the exact location of where the Temple originally stood. - The Temple Mount Faithful was also established at this time by Stanley Goldfoot, which is presently led by Gershon Solomon. - In December of 1995, a month after Rabin was assassinated, the Jerusalem Lodge (91) was established adjacent to the Temple Mount in the underground Grotto of King Solomon.  This lodge was founded by Giuliano Di Bernardo, and at the opening ceremony he declared, "The rebuilding of the Temple is at the center of our studies." Baphomet Professor Giuliano Di Bernardo: - First Grand Master of the Regular Grand Lodge of Italian freemasonry. For the previous three years he had been Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy (GOI), from which body he had resigned shortly after the Grand Orient of Italy annual meeting at the end of March 1993..  Upon quitting the GOI, Di Bernardo accused his old lodge of Satanic rituals saying, "in the lodges of the GOI, obscene rites are practiced, deriving from the Templar tradition, in which the devil Baphomet is invoked, together with the Supreme Being."  - Lord Northampton is an avid supporter of Di Bernardo and has charged him with the task of preparing the way for rebuilding the Temple. In June, 1996 Bernardo published his book in Italian: "Rebuilding the Temple", which was to be published in English by the Quatuor Coronati Lodge.   In an interview he explains his goal, "A new utopia may be based on the cabala. I see a utopia based on Jewish mysticism, but Jewish mysticism as a place... a material place, Solomon's Temple... This is my intention. This is my will!" Yet another Satanism, Occult & Masonry connection.  Look no further to Lord Northampton's comments on Aleister Crowley  - the most famous occultist and The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - one of the most famous occult societies of the 20th Century.  Lord Northampton said; "I know the Golden Dawn extremely well, and I love Aleister Crowley's poems and Macgregor Mathers, and all those people and I know all the people in England who are still practicing it, and I have done the rituals. I have done all these things. Great fun. Tremendously exciting!"   Crowley wrote an account of his spiritual progress in magic and Satanism under the title "The Temple of Solomon the King." Of particular interest regarding the British Quatuor Coronati Masonic Lodge and extreme interest in the Jerusalem Temple Mount is the fact that Sir Charles Warren was the first grand master of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge Lodge. He was also the president of the Palestine Exploration Fund, and two decades earlier had been the chief engineer for British excavations of the Temple Mount. - Lord Northampton, who has been atop the Temple Mount conducting "Temple studies," candidly has admitted in interviews, that he is an adherent of British Israelism, which holds that the British oligarchy has mystical powers, because England was colonized by one of the lost tribes of Israel. "I think the tradition of the Kabbalah is very strong in England, because I think one of the lost tribes came to England. And I think you can spot them, quite clearly, in old English families. I am sure you can. I know they came to Ireland, then to the north of Wales, and then down into England. And then that became some of the oldest families we have." - Di Bernardo has also spoken of how the director of the ADL of B'nai B'rith, Abe Foxman, is a collaborator in the plan to rebuild the Temple, and that he, Foxman and Lord Northampton met in Switzerland just prior to the launching of the Jerusalem Lodge, to discuss the project. Di Bernardo says that there are strong connections between B'nai B'rith and freemasonry. July 15, 1968:  The President of the Moslem Court of Appeals turns down a request by an American Masonic Temple Order who asked permission to build a $100 Million "Solomon's" temple on the Temple Mount.   The Masonry Temple of All Religions...on the Temple Mount Through its golden portals shall pass the New Zionist Messiah, King of Planet Earth. Before its evil altar he shall announce to all the world, via television, that their Universal Savior has finally come, a man knowledgeable of "the Holy Kabbalah, the exclusive heritage of the people of Israel" (Masonry's "Morals & Dogma", page 839). Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly stated (see the Israeli publication Shishi, Spring 1994) that he was initiated into the Masonic Lodge while in the United States. The Bnai B'rith Lodge of New York is affiliated with Israel's lodges and so is the hate-mongering ADL and ACLU, not to mention almost every top investment magnate on Wall Street in New York. Truly, the Holy Bible is proven true in its prophecy of great "merchants" who, in the last days, deceive the world through their commercial trade and their sorcery. Reference for the above - Christian writer Texe Marrs: here This fits in with Bible Codes found on Benjamin Netanyahu: BIBLE CODE about the Third Temple UP reads: « Third Temple » ACROSS reads: « Netanyahu »

Masonic plan to reveal their Messiah on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When we speak of Masonry, we need to speak of the occult, kabbalah (cabala), black magic, satanism, and spiritism. All forbidden by the Word of God. As we know, the dabbling in the occult, black magic and spiritism are all very good ways of inviting demons into ones life. Masonry takes all the world religions, ignores their teachings, and comes up with its own blend of enlightened man. This is what Masons mean by the "perfected man". He belongs to a fraternity which on the surface puts up the facade of benevolence, all the while directing and corralling its initiates to its true God - as Masonry Grand Master Albert Pike tells us: "Lucifer, the Light-bearer!" John Dee, Wizard & original Agent 007 His fearsome appearance in a tall pointed hat and his penchant for crystal balls gave the world the archetype of the wizard after which dozens of story book wizards have been based, including Gandalf, Harry Potter, and even the Wizard of Oz. He founded the Rosicrucian order (the preeminent training School for the occult), the first of many magical secret societies, which promoted spiritual growth throughout the centuries. John Dee (1527-1608) was an English mathematician, professor, and astronomer who gave it all up for the (at that time) more lucrative occupation of being an "angel channeler" and astrologer. Dee eventually became Elizabeth's court astrologer, and soon after, her spy. As an agent of the crown, Dee conducted several mysterious missions for purposes mostly unknown to this day. He relished his espionage duties, creating elaborate, sophisticated ciphers. In his correspondence with the Queen during these episodes, he signed his communiqués "007," a moniker that would be used again, as any fan of the spy genre will recognize. The angelic channeler John Dee believed that specially constructed mirrors could draw magical power from the sun and transmit messages and objects to distant stars and other worlds. Dee attempted to receive visions from 'angels' using a globe of crystal. Dee was born near London on the 13th of July 1527. He entered St. John's College at Cambridge at age 15. He achieved notoriety early on with a charge of sorcery, which stemmed from a mechanical flying beetle demonstrated in a stage play. After spending many years studying mathematics and cartography, he took an interest in natural magic, a pastime then accepted by the church. From his studies he developed a doctrine that one could obtain knowledge of God from the applied practice of magick- a controversial idea that was to get him into trouble on a number of occasions. Early in his "Magik" career, during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary), Dee was arrested and accused of attempting to kill her with sorcery. He was imprisoned in Hampton Court in 1553. Dee was imprisoned in England for the crime of ‘calculating’ –practicing the pagan craft of mathematics. He was accused of practicing black magic. In 1564 one of his many books dealing with Occult matters, The Monas Heiroglyphica was published, the Monas Heiroglyphica is a symbol created by Dee, which he believed was the ultimate symbol of Occult knowledge. The following year he published Di Trigono. Dee began his experiments in trying to contact discarnate entities in 1581, mainly fuelled by strange dreams, feelings and mysterious noises within his home. On 25 May 1582 he recorded that he had made his first contact with the spirit world, through the medium of his crystal ball. This had taken Dee years of work to achieve, through studying the occult, alchemy and crystallomancy. Spirit contact would prove to be a major driving force behind Dee for the rest of his life. While Dee was away in Europe things were not boding well at home. In 1583 a large mob attacked Dee's home and library at Mortlake in Surrey destroying his collection of books, occult instruments and personal belongings. The attack was probably in response to rumors that Dee was a wizard. DEE'S THEOLOGY (Isis & Osiris) IS EVERYWHERE IN MASONRY: John Dee, Rosicrucian's and Freemason's all believe the same thing. And that's that benevolent "higher spiritual beings" are just waiting in one of many other dimensions to aid "Perfected Men" like Dee and Freemasons, men who have perfected themselves through proceeding up through the ranks of the secret societies. Freemason's are aware that God is opposed to this. The Bible calls these spiritual beings demons, with God forbidding such practices completely. This practice is called "necromancy", and is defined as "conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events" (Miriam Dictionary). In the following passages, God forbids this practice: Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:7-19; Leviticus 19:31; and Leviticus 20:6. "... one of Dee's biographers described him as 'Elizabethan England's great magus' ... Dee was a practitioner of 'Hermetic Gnosticism', a school of thought based on the ancient pre-Christian teachings of the Greek god Hermes. Hermes was in fact a mere copy of the much earlier Egyptian god of knowledge and language, Thoth. In this sense, all 'Hermetic Gnosticism' can be viewed as a worship of the teachings of Thoth. According to the Egyptian mythos, Thoth was one of the gods who came down to Earth, along with Isis and Osiris, to bring the fruits of knowledge, civilization and the sciences to the Egyptian people ... In 1581, using his knowledge of these ancient practices, he began a series of attempts to communicate with 'higher beings'. His channel in this capacity was one Sir Edward Kelly..." The 007 was the insignia number that Elizabeth was to use for private communiques between her Court and Dee. Dee signed his letters with two circles (zeros) and a seven: “007". Dee was the man whom Ian Fleming modeled his 007 James Bond character. TUBAL CAIN: Lamech was Cain’s fifth son. Lamech in turn had three sons: Jabal, Jubal, Tubalcain. Tubal Cain refers to blacksmiths from antiquity and the original Tubal Cain supposedly worked with bronze and iron in the far distant past. If we simply rotate Dee’s 007 signature 90 degrees. It then looks like two balls and a club or a cane. The interesting thing about this is that there is a resemblance to the Masonic symbol "Two Ball Cane". “Two Ball Cane" is allegedly a pun for “Tubal Cain" which is the secret password of a third degree mason, a "master mason". Listen to what occultist and Mason, Manly Palmer Hall, has to say: "The day has come when Fellow Craftsman must know and apply their knowledge. The lost key to their grade is the mastery of emotion , which places the energy of the universe at their disposal. Man can only expect to be entrusted with great power by proving his ability to use it constructively and selflessly. When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mastery of his craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. He must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, Tubal-Cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into a ploughshare." [Manly P. Hall, 33rd Degree, K.T., The Lost Keys of Freemasonry or The Secret of Hiram Abiff , Forward by Reynold E. Blight, 33rd Degree, K.T., Illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp, 32nd Degree, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, p. 48] There is also a sexual connotation associated with Vulcan and Tubal Cain. Former Mason, Bill Schnoebelen, explains: "For Masons who wish to conceal their membership from non-Masons, but still advertise it to their Lodge brothers, there is a special pin (or tie tack) they can wear. It looks like an upside down golf club with two balls near the top....Many people assume the person is a golfing enthusiast, but it is actually a visual Masonic pun. "This is called the 'Two Ball Cane,' and is a pun on the secret password of a Master Mason, 'Tubalcain (sic).'...It is also an all-too-obvious pun on the 'god' of Masonry, the male reproductive organ. Nice, eh?...especially when many men wear these wretched things to church on Sunday!" Dee named his system of ceremonial magic after the apocryphal Book of Enoch. Enoch is also the central figure around which a great deal of Masonic legend is centered, as he is said to have constructed the two pillars of Masonic lore to preserve the antediluvian high knowledge of Atlantis inside them. …Tubal, one of his children by the other wife, exceeded all men in strength, and was very expert and famous in martial performances. He procured what tended to the pleasures of the body by that method; and first of all invented the art of making brass. This image depicts John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's personal astrologer, passing a lantern symbolizing the esoteric tradition to Francis Bacon. When he was 21, Bacon met the alchemist and original 007, John Dee. On August 11, 1582 there was an entry in Dee's journal that they met at Mortlake – the young Bacon came to the famous alchemist to learn about the ancient Hebrew esoteric numerical code known as the Gematria, one of the oldest cipher systems known, dating from 700 BCE. Esoteric themes are threaded through much of Bacon’s writing and we can only guess at Dee’s influence. The original English "Top Secret"... When Frances Drake sailed up the coast of California he had navigational instruments that were top secret. The French, the Spanish, must be kept away from this stuff and these were navigational instruments created by John Dee that allowed him to locate himself anywhere on the globe. In addition to his studies of the occult, and numerous trips abroad (which many think as a spy), Dee was employed teaching navigation to Naval Captains for 30 years. The Quest to Rebuild the Temple - Two weeks after the 1967 Six-Day War which saw Jerusalem and the Temple Mount brought under Israeli control, there occurred the greatest freemasonic meeting in history in London, celebrating 250 years since the founding of UGLE (United Grand Lodge of England), at which the Duke of Kent was installed as the new Grand Master. - Shortly after, the QC Lodge dispatched a member, the Jewish physicist Dr. Asher Kaufman, to begin studies on the exact location of where the Temple originally stood. - The Temple Mount Faithful was also established at this time by Stanley Goldfoot, which is presently led by Gershon Solomon. - In December of 1995, a month after Rabin was assassinated, the Jerusalem Lodge (91) was established adjacent to the Temple Mount in the underground Grotto of King Solomon. This lodge was founded by Giuliano Di Bernardo, and at the opening ceremony he declared, "The rebuilding of the Temple is at the center of our studies." For those that don't know, ex-Confederate General, and some say Klu Klux Klan member, Albert Pike is one of if the most famous freemasons of the Scottish rite known to man and authored this book " Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry" which is pretty much the Masonic Bible; even though most Mason's don't even look through this text. For if they did they'd not only find that 95% of them are being deliberately LIED to. Following teachings about Lucifer the "Light-Bearer" are Mason teachings in this book: "Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!" [ Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, p. 321, 19th Degree of Grand Pontiff Most new candidates to Masonry also have no idea that what they are told initially are lies. At the heart of Masonry is a secret Luciferian doctrine which a Mason only comes to understand as he reaches the higher levels.. New candidates are falsely taught that the beginnings of Freemasonry are lost in the "mists of time". Beware: That is just a clever lie candidates easily accept, to be deceived. High level Masons believe that Lucifer never fell to earth and that Lucifer is really God, and refer to Yahweh by the name of ‘Adonay.’ Masons say that it is Yahweh that is the god of evil, because he forces men to be subservient to his repressive dictates. Masonic books given to handpicked members of the 32nd and 33rd Degrees, say that Jesus was an impostor, and that Lucifer is the true God.

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

Rare and Expensive ($50 or so)

"Egypt the Cradle of Ancient Masonry - 1902"

See at Amazon