Delusion
It's
in the scriptures. The world is deluded on so many levels but in one
great matter: men and women are now believing they are Gods. Not
god's in the sense that the God Himself has called us god's but God's
in the sense of God Himself. Satan's sin was presumption and
pride, envy and greed and arrogance. He was self decieved to believe
he could and should be God's equal. Which is exactly the delusion
that some very powerful men and women are under today. They think
that they can perfect technologies which will be sufficient to
control the material world in ways that only God is permitted to
control it. They want to become creators and rulers of the material
world.
Consider
the science of genetics. Man is attempting to control the genetic
process in plants, animals and in his own species. Genetically
modified fruits and vegetables, genetically modified livestock and
genetically modified human beings are more and more common today. Why
would men and women want to do that? Are not our own lives, our
natural lives, and our natural environment enough?
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Alas
we all face we all face death. God has ordained this
frustration for a purpose, for His own purpose, which ends in the
blessing and the privilege of an endless life for those who trust His Son
Jesus: the Messiah King of the Jews , the Savior of all who trust Him
and the Lord of all. He is the Lord of all humanity, of all the Earth
and of all created things. His called all He created very good on the
sixth day.
But
soon after the seventh day everything changed for man. Does not
delusion come out of deception? And we see Eve in the garden deceived
by Satan to eat the one fruit God had forbidden. But what of Adam?
Some have said that Adam chose willingly to eat the forbidden fruit.
But God had spoken to him personally forbidding it! Could it be that
Adam was self deceived persuading himself that he should accept
Eve's offer?
Accepting
it led to consequences for Adam and Eve. They were put out of the
garden and into hard labor. They went from a state of security with
God into a state of separation from God. In the garden they knew
exactly what to do and they did it... until the subtle delusion of
the pretender Satan overcame them.
“Therefore,
as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin;
and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--” ~ Romans
5:12 (ASV)
Cain
was offended when God preferred his brother's offering of animals to
his offering of vegetables. Cain was envious of his brother's
blessing. God counseled him to rule over the sin forming in his heart
and mind but he did not. And we have the first homicide in human
history. Surely it was also the first war in human history. It seems
quite likely that as Satan wanted to be God's equal Cain wanted to
be Abel's equal. God made it clear that Cain's intentions
toward his brother were evil. God encouraged him not to carry out his
intentions. But he did and did so in a flagrant rebellion against God's spoken
word.
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Until around the 16th century life was not so different than was experienced by the ancient world. But an "industrial revolution" began in the mid 1700's that changed the world. Along with this the basic sciences we know today began to grow rapidly. Chemistry was one such science and a very important one. Yet if it is true that we now have “better living through chemistry” we should know that many of our material blessings(?) had their beginnings in what is certainly an occult science and also a philosophic and spiritual endeavor.
Alchemy
It's
understandable that we have done much to make our lives easier in
this world which still requires many to do hard labor. But men have
pursued more lofty goals than mere labor saving inventions. What we
call alchemy today is said to have begun as a pursuit of
immortality in Egypt. In their ancient burial and mummification
procedures basic chemistry was discovered and developed.
Overtime and throughout the world the alchemists continued a variety
of investigations. According to an article from the University of
Bristol in the UK these investigators formed two groups around the 16th
century. One continued in their pursuit of immortality and the other
pursued only the science of chemistry.
The article:
"Alchemy
was born in ancient Egypt, where the word Khem was used in reference
to the fertility of the flood plains around the Nile. Egyptian
beliefs in life after death, and the mummification procedures they
developed, probably gave rise to rudimentary chemical knowledge and a
goal of immortality.
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"By 332 BC,
Alexander the Great had conquered Egypt. Greek philosophers
became interested in the Egyptian ways. Greek views of how
matter is made up of the four elements of nature - Fire, Earth,
Air and Water, were merged with the
Egyptian sacred
science. The result was Khemia, the
Greek word for Egypt.
"When
Egypt was occupied by the Arabs in the 7th Century, they added
'al-' to the word Khemia and al-Khemia meaning 'the Black Land'
is now seen as a possible origin for the word alchemy. The
Greek word khumos, meaning 'fluid' has been suggested as an
alternate origin for the word alchemy, there is as yet no
consensus on the matter. It is unfortunate that more is not
known about this early period in the history of alchemy. In
391, invading Christians burned the great library in
Alexandria, destroying many relevant works.
"Alchemy was also developed independently in China by
Taoist monks.
"The
monks pursued both the outer elixir and the inner elixir. The
former being minerals, plants etc. which could prolong life,
and the latter being the use of exercise techniques, such as
Qigong, to manipulate the chi or life force of the body.
"Like China and
Egypt, India developed alchemy independently. They had beliefs
similar to the Chinese, in that they used external and internal
methods to purify the body and prolong life.
"In their work
the Indians invented steel and long before Bunsen and
Kirchhoff's work, realised the importance of flame colour in
the identification of metals.
"The
introduction of alchemy to the west came in the 8th Century
when the Arabs brought it to Spain. From here it quickly spread
to the rest of Europe.
"The
Arabian belief was that metals are made up of mercury and
sulfur in varying proportions. Gold was seen as the perfect
metal and all others were less perfect, an idea popular among
western alchemists. It was a very popular idea indeed, that
these lower metals could be transmuted into gold by means of a
substance known as the Philosophers Stone.
"The
Stone is also believed to be able to confer immortality, the
Chinese name for it being the Pill of Immortality.
"In
Europe, alchemy led to the discovery of manufacture of amalgams
and advances in many other chemical processes and the apparatus
required for them. Eventually, by the 16th Century, the
alchemists in Europe had separated into two groups.
"The
first group focussed on the discovery of new compounds and
their reactions - leading to what is now the science of
chemistry.
"The
second continued to look at the more spiritual, metaphysical
side of alchemy, continuing the search for immortality and the
transmutation of base metals into gold.
"This led to the
modern day idea of alchemy."
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http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2002/crabb/history.html
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Alchemy
noun
al·che·my | \ ˈal-kə-mē \
Definition
of alchemy
1: a
medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming
to achieve the transmutation of the
base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease,
and the discovery of a
means of indefinitely prolonging life
2: a
power or process that changes or transforms something
in a mysterious
or impressive way… the
practitioners of financial alchemy that transformed the
world of money in the 1980's …— Gordon Williams
3: an
inexplicable
or
mysterious transmuting
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alchemy
NOTE:
the syllable “trans." Today the transgender phenomena is in high gear even while it is now rejected as unhealthy physically and psychologically by the doctors who first promoted it.
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Alchemy – In many ways a precursor to modern chemistry, alchemy was generally considered to be the science of turning one thing into another thing through physical and chemical processes (in its literal interpretation) or refining something (like the soul) into a better or more perfect version (in its metaphorical usage).
As
we approach the 31st of October with it's infamous reputation we might think about what is happening today in the field of alchemy as
opposed to that of chemistry and of science generally. Although alchemy is usually seen as a benign fore runner to modern chemistry we have to admit sadly that the sciences, including chemistry, are being applied to some very evil ends today. We are or
should be reminded every year that Satan is a real being who leads
about a legion of fallen angels with the goal of destroying human
life. It is ironic that the men are pursuing the goal of immortality
through an occult science which is certainly promoted by Satan while
he would kill them if he could. But he is satisfied with men and
women who remain spiritually separated from God. Truly immortality is
the domain of God and His gift to those who have received His Son as
their Savior. Through faith in God by His Grace we will live
forever. What science is doing today is too often a "way that seems right to a man which ends in death."
Is
it science, biochemistry or bio-alchemy?
The
discovery of DNA in 1958 led to an explosion of genetic engineering
in the 1970s. By 1974 the National Academy of Sciences proposed a
moratorium on genetic engineering experimentation. But the case
for medical cures outweigh the warnings of eugenics and germ warfare.
And now in 2021 we have experienced germ warfare.
In
vitro fertilization experiments were carried out in 1878 ! The
first successful reports of IVF were reported 75 years later.
In
1981 scientists(?) transferred the gene of a rabbit into a mouse
genome. The result was what is called the first "transgenic
animal." In 1986 the first recombinant vaccine for humans was
approved. In 1988 the first genetically modified crop of corn was
planted in the United States. In 1996 a sheep was cloned. By 2000 a
genetic "map" of a human being (genome) was drawn. The body
parts of babies aborted are being sold to supply tissues for
medical(?) research. Cures for disease, growing body parts from stem
cells, transhumanism and who knows what else people are being paid to
research and develop. What was once an ethical controversy is now carried on without care for the danger of it's lawlessness, or it's absurdity or it's stench to the highest heaven.
In
the early 1990s I read a report of a group of elites whose intention
was to reduce the earth's population to a few million people and to
increase the length of human life to 500 years or more. This utopian
vision is unlikely to succeed but it is no surprise that men and
women would dare to dream and work for such a world.
What
is the great delusion found in the Bible? Who is it sent to and why
did God send it? When did He send it?
2Thessalonians 2:1-12
Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and our gathering together unto him; (2)
to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be
troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as
that the day of the Lord is just at hand; (3)
let
no man beguile
you
in any wise: for it
will not be,
except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition, (4)
he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God
or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God,
setting himself forth as God. (5)
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these
things? (6)
And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be
revealed in his own season. (7)
For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there
is
one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. (8)
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall
slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the
manifestation of his coming; (9)
even
he,
whose coming is according to the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders, (10)
and with all deceit
of unrighteousness
for them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(11)
And for this cause God sendeth them a
working of error
[a
strong delusion,
a powerful delusion, a delusional force, a working of delusion], that
they should believe a
lie (or
the
lie, ISV and YLT):
(12)
that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
From
David Guzik,s notes on 2Thessaloniaans 2:
God
will send them:
In the end, the Antichrist is only God’s messenger. God has
judgment to bring, and He will send
... a strong delusion
through the Antichrist. God will not force
this delusion
on anyone, but those who do
not receive the love of the truth
will receive this strong
delusion.
Specifically,
God sends them the
lie.
This isn’t just any lie,
but the
lie,
the lie that has enthralled the human race since Adam. This is the
lie
that God is not God, and that we are or can be gods.
It
is worth repeating this: Specifically,
God sends them the
lie.
This isn’t just any lie,
but the
lie,
the lie that has enthralled the human race since Adam. This is the
lie
that God is not God, and that we are or can be gods.
This
is the
two part lie:
one: that God is not God, and
two:
that we are or can be Gods.
Genesis 3:1-5
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which
Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? (2)
And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the
garden we may eat: (3)
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die. (4)
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:
(5)
for
God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
I
don't think Satan himself believes the lie. He believed it once and
was cast out of heaven, eternally condemned and sentenced to an
eternity without God. There are many other lies which flow out of Satan's big whoppers. As well as the large number of false gods and their religious doctrines there are the very current atheism and humanism which deny God and are embraced by socialists and communists, evolution which denies God's as the Creator, and racism which advances the superiority of an ethnic group over other groups.
2
Thessalonians 2:11
(ASV)
And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error,
that they should believe a lie:(BBE) And for this cause, God
will give them up to the
power of deceit and
they will put their faith in what is false:
(CEV) So God
will make sure that they are fooled into believing a lie.(ESV)
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion,
so that they may believe what is false,
(ISV) For this
reason, God will send them a powerful delusion
so that they will believe the lie.
(KJV)
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie:(TLV) For this reason God sends
them a delusional
force, to lead them to believe what is false,
(YLT) and
because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion,
for their believing the lie,
We
need to learn from Adam and Eve and from Cain and Abel. We need to
learn from Isaiah 14 . Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! And from Hebrews 3:13 but
exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day;
lest any one of you be hardened by the
deceitfulness of sin:
Hebrews 3:7-19 Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day
if ye shall hear his voice,
(8) Harden
not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the
trial in the wilderness,
(9) Where
your fathers tried me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.
(10) Wherefore
I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err
in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
(11) As
I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
(12) Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in
any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the
living God: (13) but exhort one another day by day, so
long as it is called To-day;
lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: (14)
for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning
of our confidence firm unto the end: (15) while it is
said, To-day
if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
(16) For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not
all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? (17) And with
whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned,
whose bodies fell in the wilderness? (18) And to whom
sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that
were disobedient? (19) And we see that they were not able
to enter in because of unbelief.
Believe God in Christ for He
IS the TRUTH. Don't believe the lie that you are or will become a God
like Jehovah God. Eve was allowed to hear the lie and be deceived and Adam to follow in the lie so that all men could make an INFORMED CHOICE between God and Satan, between THE truth and that lie.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Choosing God in Christ we will be like Him. We will live without ANY sin. We will live forever.
1John 3:2 Beloved, now are we children
of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know
that, if he shall be manifested, we
shall be like him;
for we shall see him even as he is.
Revelation 21:1-7 And I saw a new heaven
and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed
away; and the sea is no more. (2)
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. (3)
And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they
shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and
be their God: (4)
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be
no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any
more: the first things are passed away. (5)
And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
(6)
And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (7)
He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.
Revelation 22:1-21 And he showed me a
river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lamb, (2)
in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and
on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner
of fruits, yielding its fruit
every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
nations. (3)
And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of
the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him; (4)
and they shall see his face; and his name shall
be on their foreheads. (5)
And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp,
neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and
they shall reign for ever and ever. (6)
And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord,
the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show unto
his servants the things which must shortly come to pass. (7)
And behold, I come
quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this
book. (8)
And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard
and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that
showed me these things. (9)
And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with
thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the
words of this book: worship God. (10)
And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this
book; for the time is at hand. (11)
He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that
is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous,
let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made
holy still. (12)
Behold, I come
quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as
his work is. (13)
I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
(14)
Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right
to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the
city. (15)
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the
murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a
lie. (16)
I Jesus have sent
mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am
the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
(17)
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him
say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let
him take the water of life freely. (18)
I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the
plagues which are written in this book: (19)
and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, which are written in this book. (20)
He who testifieth these things saith, Yea:
I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord
Jesus. (21)
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.
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