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FREEMASONRY PROVEN TO NOT BE CHRISTIAN -- IN THEIR OWN WORDS!! TEACHES FALSE SALVATION BY WORKS, AND TEACHINGS OF EASTERN AND EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES.
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THE CUTTING EDGE
This information is taken from a famous Freemason book, " Egypt: Cradle of Ancient Masonry", 1902, ISBN: 1-56459-524-2. Note that this book is published by Kessinger Publishing Company, a Freemason and Esoteric publishing house, Kila, MT. We encourage you to consult the suggested reading of your local Lodge and you will find this book, and others from de Clifford. This book is dedicated to Albert Pike, as follows: "ADMIRATION For the memory of our revered Brother, Albert Pike, who made Scottish Rite Masonry what it is to-day. This book is most respectfully dedicated, by the Author."
MAJOR PREMISE OF BOOK
Mr. de Clifford goes to great lengths to show that Freemasonry extends all the way back to the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, and not to just 1717. As de Clifford states so eloquently, "Masonry has been in existence from time immemorial , and I most firmly believe that our glorious fraternity can date its origin back more than two thousand years before the building of the temple by our three Grand Masters." [Page 16]
Then, de Clifford returns to this theme a little later:
"... I do most assuredly claim that our most Illustrious Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite teaches the same grand truths, the same sublime philosophies, and solves the same scientific problems as elucidated in the esoteric teachings of the ancient mysteries ..." [Page 70].
This is a most damning statement, and quite revealing when you look at these Mystery Religions in the Ancient World, that Freemasonry boldly copies. Throughout this book, the author lists several Mysteries in particular from which Freemasonry sprang. He lists Egypt, Greece, King of Tyre, India, Chaldea, Assryia and Rome. What de Clifford does not understand is that God Almighty hated these various Satanic Mysteries so very much that He destroyed them, one by one, throughout Ancient History!! God brought each and every one of these Mystery Religions into physical judgment and destruction! Thus, Freemasonry loves, adores, and practices, the very Mystery Religions that God hated enough to totally destroy!!
BASIS OF FREEMASONRY
In the second chapter, de Clifford presented the "mythical story of Osiris", because it "formed not only the basis of the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, but also represented the scenes enacted in the great drama of life ..." [Page 65] Since this Osirian Myth forms the basis of the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries and of Freemasonry, we should look at it carefully. When we do a close examination, we see that the heart and soul of Freemasonry consists of religious teaching that is not only un-Biblical, but is anti-Christian! Let us now examine this section; for the sake of clarity, I have written this myth in almost its entirety.
"Osiris is regarded as the principal of Life. Isis, the Earth, is the scene of the operation of that principal, while Typhon represents death, and Horus the resurrection. If we regard Osiris, as the monuments so frequently do, as a pure and perfect being, the principle of the good and the beautiful ... we recognize in Typhon the discords with which life is so replete, but which seem to be permitted only in order that the purity of the harmonies into which they are resolved, through the intervention of Horus, may be more thoroughly appreciated."
"Osiris, according to the exoteric doctrine, is also the sovereign of the lower regions and judge of the souls, which, if found pure, are permitted to unite with his. The dead, therefore, do not merely go to Osiris, but actually become Osiris."
" 'Osiris', according to Wilkinson, 'was ranked or belonged to the third order of gods, and had the honor of being the god whose mysteries contained the most important secrets; his rites comprised the chief part of the Egyptian wisdom; he was the chief of Amenti or Hades and was a heavenly as well as an infernal deity. There was also an important reason for his being of the last or newest order of gods, related particularly to man, the last and most perfect work of the creation, and as the Deity was at first the Monad, then the Creator, creation being God passing into activity [NOTE: passing out of existence, in other words], he did not become Osiris until man was placed upon the earth. he there manifested himself also, like Buddha for the benefit of man, who looked upon him for happiness in a future state.' "
WHICH GOD?
Thus, in very slick fashion, Freemasonry regards God, the Creator, as having created the world and then diffusing Himself into all parts of His creation, so that He passed out of existence, ceasing to exist. Thus, Freemasonry affirms the beliefs of Eastern Mysticism!
"In all the representation of the judgment of the dead, Osiris is always represented 'seated upon a throne, surrounded by certain gods and goddesses paraphernalia, etc., holding within his hands the scourge and crook, and generally with his arms crossed upon his breast ... He is generally attended by Isis and Nephthys, and in some pictures we see the four gods of the underworld. The centre of the paintings is generally occupied by a representation of a very large pair of scales and beam, standing beside which we recognize Thoth with a book or papyrus roll in his hand, noting the result of the process of weighing. In one scale the heart of the deceased is placed against the feather of Truth ... Then, when the weighing has been recorded the decision which he announces to Osiris, the record of the good and moral qualities of the deceased against the feather of Truth and Justice. Then, if the virtues of the deceased preponderate in his favor, Thoth introduces him into the presence of Osiris, but if the virtuous qualities of the candidate has been weighed and found wanting, Osiris rejects him and he is condemned and punished according to the judgment that has been rendered to the Lord of Amenti -- Osiris." [Page 64]
"Every Egyptian thoroughly believed that after death he would have to pass into the halls of Amenti in order to be weighed in the balance and judged according to his just dues. No matter what his station in life might be, he would have to undergo the ordeal of being weighed, and abide by the judgment rendered ... In the halls of Amenti, Osiris may be said rather to have presided over the dead than to have judged them. He gave admission to those who were found worthy to enter into the abode of happiness in the halls of peace. He was not the avenging deity; he did not punish nor could he show mercy or subvert the judgment pronounced. It was a simple question of whether the deceased was guilty or not. If wicked, they were destined to suffer punishment according to their deeds. A man's actions were balanced in the scales against Justice and Truth; then, if they were found wanting, he would be excluded from all future happiness." {Pages 64-65]
We want to pause here for a moment to digest what we have just learned. Freemasonry teaches that the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries were correct in their teaching of judgment after death, and that a person could enter into a Heavenly state of eternal bliss only if their actions and their motives and thoughts were good enough! And, to emphasize this teaching, Masonry invokes the Pagan concept of the Justice Balance Scale, where a man's actions are placed on one side, and the "Feather of Truth" was placed on the other side. If a man's deeds were good enough, pure enough, and thus light enough, so as to not be heavier than the Feather of Truth, then that person would be allowed into Heaven. But, if a person's deeds were the heavy deeds caused by a wicked life, then that person would tip the Feather of Truth and go to Hades.
Thus, the persons who were " good enough" in their lifetime would go to Heaven.
WHAT SAITH THE BIBLE?
Is this what the Bible teaches? Of course, not!! Let us examine what the Bible teaches.
1) Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God"
2) Romans 5:23, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned"
3) Romans 3:10, "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one"
Thus, we can see that no person on earth can go to heaven on the basis of what he is, or on the basis of his deeds, because we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. If we are to believe that a person's deeds would be placed on the balance scale of judgment, to see if they would be heavier than the Feather of Truth, we have to ask the inevitable question, "How heavy is the Feather of Truth"? In other words, how many sins will it take for a man's deeds in life to tip the scales of Justice? Paganism never tells its adherents the answer to this question; therefore, every adherent to Paganism never knows for sure whether they will be going to Heaven.
But, Jesus tells us the answer to that question. How many sins does a person have to commit before they "tip the scales" so that they cannot enter Heaven on the merits of their own deeds? Listen to Jesus' Words and ponder them carefully. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." How many sins does it take to ruin perfection? One!! If a person commits just one sin, they are forever separated from Heaven, if that is, indeed, how we get there! Thus, under Paganism-Freemasonry, no one will ever enter Heaven!
If you think that such a person who is involved in such a system of religion as Freemasonry, might feel a tremendous sense of foreboding because of the sins he has committed in his life, knowing that he will spend eternity in punishment, you are so right. Listen to de Clifford describe Masonic doctrine concerning a person's sin and the results of that sin.
"A sin committed, or an evil thought permitted to go forth from your mind, for evil, is just the same as if the act itself. They are then beyond recall. You have sown the seed, and you, yourself, must suffer the consequence, and not somebody else, as nothing you or any one else can do can ever destroy the result of your act or thought. Repentance may possibly have a tendency to prevent one from repeating errors, but it never will, nor ever can, destroy the effect of those already done." [Emphasis in the original]
Friends, if nothing else will convince you that Freemasonry is un-Biblical and anti-Christian, this passage should convince you! This Pagan Freemasonry belief does immense damage to the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ! This Pagan Freemasonry belief does immense damage to God's Plan of Substitutionary Sacrifice for sin. Let us spend a few moments examining the Biblical Truth about the Substitutionary Sacrifice and the power in the blood of Jesus Christ.
1) Isaiah 53:4-6, "Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
This passage screams out God's Plan of Substitutionary Sacrifice for sin!! Whereas the Pagan Freemason doctrine states that "You have sown the seed, and you, yourself, must suffer the consequence, and not somebody else", God says that He has given His Only Begotten Son to die for your sin, so you won't have to die for it or be punished for it!
2) 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." Did you get the verb in this sentence? God GAVE His Son, His precious, only begotten Son, so that whoever believes on Him and His substitutionary sacrifice might not perish, but have everlasting life.
3) Romans 4:25-5:1, "Who [Jesus] was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:" Jesus was delivered for our sins [offences], so that we might be at peace with God through Him! Again, we see the Substitutionary Sacrifice in action!
4) 1 Peter 2:24, "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." Jesus Christ suffered and died, as He planned to do, so that He would bear our own sins in His body on the cross, a perfect sacrifice that God the Father could accept as full payment for all our sins. This Truth is absolutely wonderful, and is so superior to the lies of Freemasonry!!
5) All the animal sacrifices in the Old Testament Temple ritual were but pictures of the ultimate Substitutionary Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Whenever someone wanted forgiveness of sin, they took a perfect, unblemished animal to the priest to be killed as sacrifice. If this person had a repentant heart, God would accept this animal sacrifice as payment for the sin of the person, so that the guilty Jew would not have to suffer for it. This is Substitutionary Sacrifice!!
At the very least, you should also see how different from the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is this damnable doctrine of Freemasonry, taken wholly from the Ancient Satanic Mysteries of Egypt, a system of religion God totally destroyed!
LAW OF RETRIBUTION
Now, let us return to the writing of de Clifford to see the punishment aspect of the inevitability of punishment to each individual for his sins. "The great law of retribution is, that all coming experience is to be affected by every present feeling, every future moment is to be affected by every present feeling, every future moment of being must answer for every present moment. One moment sacrificed to vice, or lost to improvement, is forever sacrificed and lost; an hour's delay to enter the right path, is to put us back so far in the everlasting pursuit of happiness, and every sin, even of the best men, is to be thus answered for, if not according to the full measure of its ill desert, yet according to a rule of unbending rectitude and impartiality. The law of retribution presses upon every man, whether he thinks it or not. It pursues him through all the courses of life, with a step that never falters nor tires, and with an eye that never sleeps nor slumbers .. The evil deed may be done in a single moment; but conscience never dies, memory never sleeps, guilt can never become innocence and remorse can never whisper peace."
Now you know why Pagans greatly fear their gods, since they believe this lie! Can you imagine the terrible burden of dread that a Pagan must feel as they contemplate death and the ordeal beyond the grave?
BIBLICAL GOOD NEWS!
Consider the difference Biblical Truth makes in lifting this unnecessary burden of dread of judgment, as we look in Scripture.
1) John 3:18 [To me, the most precious Scripture in all the Bible is this one, not John 3:16. These precious Words are from Jesus Himself] "He who believes in Him [Jesus Christ] is not judged, he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation -- he incurs no damnation." [Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
2) Romans 8:1, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation, no adjudging guilty of wrong, for those who are in Christ Jesus."
How precious is the glorious Truth from Jesus Christ! Once a person asks forgiveness of their sins through the Substitutionary Blood Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, their sins are forgiven and they do not have to worry about a Judicial Judgment which will send him or her to eternal Hell!
But, what about the Pagan Freemason doctrine that somberly states that, once a person commits a sin, that sin consequence will follow him forever? This is a terribly harsh doctrine, but the question of the hour is, "Is it Christian, or Biblical"? Thankfully, the answer is " NO"!!
In John 19:30, Jesus is about to command His Spirit to leave His body, thereby causing physical death to occur. When Jesus' physical body actually died, after dying a death caused by immense shedding of blood, the Second Covenant of Jesus Christ was established. The Old Testament Law was abolished, which is why God ripped the curtain separating the Holy of Holies from the Holy Sanctuary at the moment when Jesus died. But, let us now examine this Scripture, John 19:30, for a word study will show us great meaning and have a great bearing on this subject.
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." When Jesus uttered the term, "finished", he used a special Greek word "Strong's Number, 5055. teleo, tel-eh'-o", which literally means, "the debt is paid".
What? The debt from sin is totally paid? Is that what Jesus was saying as He completed His Substitutionary Blood Sacrifice on the cross? Is Jesus Christ saying that His sacrifice not only provided a way to receive forgiveness of sin, but also that His Blood Sacrifice also paid the sin debt fully, completely, and forever!??! We cannot let this opportunity pass of also pointing out that the Roman Catholic doctrine that the full penalty for sin cannot be discharged except by penance, and good works, and purgatory is also proven to be a lie from the pit of Hell! Jesus Christ intended that all men and women be relieved of all the burden of sin, both in this life and in the next life; but Satan has placed an immense burden back on the necks of people by convincing them that this Truth is simply not true.
This is the major reason that the Pagan Freemason doctrine, espoused above, of sin's penalty forever following a person is completely, 100% false!! But, not only is it false, it is also very, very un-Biblical and anti-Christian. No longer can anyone hide behind the flimsy lie that Freemasonry is Christian! Not only is it not Christian, but it is so anti-Christian that it falls into the category of Antichrist!
Finally, when Jesus Christ forgives sin, He then takes the final step of forgiving the sin so completely that He elects to FORGET that the person ever committed the sin in the first place! This doctrine is theologically called, Justification. We see this wonderful Truth of Justification in Romans 4:25; 5:10; 5:16-18; 1 Cor 1:30; and 1 Peter 3:18. To be justified means that God places you in right standing with Him on the basis that you have fully accepted the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Some Bible scholars say that Justification literally means "just as though you never sinned". What joy unspeakable and full of glory to understand this wonderful truth!
SIN FORGIVEN AND FORGOTTON
Now, let us finish by examining what God and His Son, Jesus Christ, do with your sin which you have confessed and which they have forgotten.
1) Jeremiah 31:34 [God speaking of the New Covenant of Jesus Christ], "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." Did you catch that last statement? God has elected not to remember the sin any more of a person who repented and asked for forgiveness.
2) Micah 7:18-19, "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." Again, the key phrase is the last one, highlighted above. As Bible Scholar, Matthew Henry says about this doctrine, "All who find pardoning mercy, cannot but wonder at that mercy; we have reason to stand amazed, if we know what it is. When the Lord takes away the guilt of sin, that it may not condemn us, he will break the power of sin, that it may not have dominion over us. ... When God forgives sin, he takes care that it never shall be remembered any more against the sinner. He casts their sins into the sea; not near the shore-side, where they may appear again, but into the depth of the sea, never to rise again. All their sins shall be cast there, for when God forgives sin, he forgives all."
What a precious Truth! Jesus Christ died as a Substitutionary Sacrifice so that our sins may be forgiven. Then, we discover that God the Father was so satisfied with this sacrifice, that He demands no further penalty be paid by the sinner. Finally, God then goes all the way by deciding to forget that the sin was ever committed in the first place!
When we fully understand the Truth of the Scripture, we must only stand in awe of the great Mercy and Grace provided by Jesus Christ. Yet, with Freemasonry, we have one of the greatest counterfeit Christian religions of all time foisted upon us. Why are so many Christian pastors, seminarians, Deacons, Sunday School teachers, and evangelists deceived into believing that Freemasonry is Christian? I believe it is because most of them are superficial Christians and/or superficial Freemasons. They simply do not study the matter as I have just done. They simply do not know the truth of Freemasonry. We hope and pray that once these Christians are made aware of such anti-Christian doctrines as these, he will leave the Lodge of Freemasonry so quickly that the door does not hit him on the way out!
Can you begin to understand the wonderful hope and joy we feel when we truly understand the full immensity of the full and complete deliverance which Jesus Christ has provided all of us poor, sinful men and women! The Bible talks a lot of Christian hope, joy, and peace.
1) John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Now that we have just discovered Pagan Freemasonry teaching on sin, punishment, and eternity, can we not more completely understand what Jesus meant when He said, "not as the world giveth"? Pagans have always been greatly fearful of death and punishment, and now we know the reason. Theirs is the "world's peace".
2) Revelation 1:17, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:" Since final Judgment Day is the Number One fear of sinful man, Jesus Christ has just told us born again Christians not to fear. We have already shown you that the born again Christian need not fear a Judicial Judgment Seat that might send us to Hell, thus relieving the normal fear on this matter.
3) 1 John 4:18-19, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us." Here, the Apostle John is saying that, if we possess a proper, mature understanding of our position with God the Father through Jesus Christ, we will have no need to fear. Our love will be "perfected" within the Substitutionary Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, so we have no fear.
4) HOPE Trustful expectation, particularly with reference to the fulfillment of God's promises. The New Testament has a lot of things to say about this kind of concrete, expectant Hope. a) 1 Timothy 4:10, "we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those who believe". We trust in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for our hope. b) 1 Peter 2:6-7, "it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:" Jesus is our "Rock" which cannot be moved, and it is He whom we trust for our eternal security!
5) Jesus assures us that we have unshakable security in our Hope of Eternal Life, a security that cannot be shaken because it is our guarantee the moment we genuinely believe in, and place our trust in, Jesus Christ. a) John 5:24, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." In God's sight, the moment we accept Jesus into our heart as Lord and Savior, we are living in absolute guarantee of Heaven. We are as assured of Heaven as if we were already there! b) 1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10, "ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." This is a perfect verse upon which to end our discussion of Pagan Freemasonry. Freemasonry reveres and worships every idol of every Mystery Religion Satan ever invented. All Masons need to recognize this fact, turn from the "idols" they revere, and turn to the "living and true" Son of god, Jesus Christ! Freemasons "abhor" the fact that Jesus taught that He was the exclusive way to Heaven, preferring to believe that all religions of the world are equally valid, and will equally deliver their adherents to eternal bliss. We Fundamental Christians declare from the rooftops that the exclusivity offered through Jesus Christ is a far more superior guarantee of true eternal bliss, because it is God's Plan, not the invention of Satan. In Nature, we accept Absolutes very readily, ordering our lives according to them. We accept that there is but one North, South, and we order our lives according to the daily rising and setting of the Sun, but then we turn around to declare that there can be no Absolutes in religion! God's declaration that there is only One Absolute Way to Heaven, I.e., Jesus Christ is the greatest Absolute in the world, and trusting in it brings unfathomable peace in my heart!!
This study comes as close to a "smoking gun" in proving that Freemasonry cannot be considered as Christian as anything I have ever read. Masonry's teaching trample on the Blood Sacrifice and Atonement of Jesus Christ. Surely now that you know this, you will understand that you have been deceived into believing in a false, or counterfeit Christianity.
CLEAR SIGN OF THE END OF THE AGE
This false "Christianity" is a clear sign that the End of the Age is upon us. Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually. If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.
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