Freemasonry is a Cult and Many Members Have No Idea!
JAH-BUL-ON
Jahbulon as identified by the Masonic Ritual is a combination of 3 dieties! It is a mix of “Jehovah” with 2 Pagan dieties!
Here is an actual scanned copy from the “Duncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor or guide to the three symbolic degrees of the Ancient York Rite and to the degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch” by Malcom C. Duncan, David McKay Company, Inc. New York
As the secret society cannot reveal these secrets or true meaning of the symbols, until the initiate reaches the next or highest degrees.
Albert Pike writes: “The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally mislead by false interpretations. It is NOT INTENDED that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall IMAGINE he understands them. (Pike, p 819)
WHO IS THE LIGHT?
A candidate is blindfolded, a rope is put around his neck and led to the door of the lodge he knocks. A voice responds: “Who comes here?” The guide responds: Mr. (initiates name), who has long been in darkness, and now seeks to be brought to light..
Albert Pike has already claimed:
“…the true and pure philosophical religion is the BELIEF IN LUCIFER, THE EQUAL OF ADONAY but Lucifer, God of Light and God of GOOD…”
If the candidate is a Christian, he has just insulted Jesus who said in John 8:12John 8:12
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12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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The initiate continues to be deceived as he progresses in the Lodge and begins to partake in rituals that glorify a man named Hiram Abiff, a biblically disguised name for Lucifer!
HIRAM ABIFF who is he?
Hiram Abiff is the Masonic “Christ Figure”! He is the “hero” idolized by every Mason as you will learn in the Hiram legend I will discuss next! In the scriptures, He is the King of Tyre (2 Chron 2:3,112 Chron 2:3,11
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3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
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12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. sardius: or, ruby beryl: or, chrysolite emerald: or, chrysoprase
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. a terror: Heb. terrors
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Hiram Abiff, a Biblically disguised name for Lucifer, in the “Duncan’s Ritual and Monitor”, is glorified as the “greatest man in the world” (page 88) and on page 114 he is defined as “your Worshipful Grand Master”. In pages 112-115, the Master Mason, or Third Degree candidate, places a curse upon himself by an oath as guilty for the death of Hiram.
Every Christian, by authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, is the destruction of Lucifer! Every Christian, who goes through this ritual, is ritualistically REPENTING for destroying, or having anything to do with the destruction of Lucifer, and spiritually place themselves in agreement with Lucifer! You cannot serve TWO masters!
(Rom 16:20Rom 16:20
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20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. bruise: or, tread
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7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers (Christians) upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords (the Word of God) against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
The Mason, who now becomes possessed by this “Spirit of Hiram” through this ritual and oath which I will quote below, but not knowing it, begin to quench the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in their church’s. Pastors can feel the oppression when a Mason sits in the pew as he preaches, and he feels the hindrance of their spirit as though they are challenged by that spirit to proclaim the truth of the gospel, or even to rebuke the sins of the Masonic Lodge. There is a FEAR to confront Masons, by a demon spirit that has now taken them captive. Ask any Pastor who loves the Lord Jesus and has tried to confront the sins of the Masons in his church. You should try to confront a Mason, and you will learn exactly what I am speaking about!
I trust and believe that is why the presence and power of the Holy Spirit is forbidden in denominations that freely accept Masons into their congregations, and allow them into their pulpits as Elders, Deacons and Pastors! The Masonic devil infiltrating the church’s, although they appear to be Christian outwardly, are actually working with the powers of darkness to drive the power and presence of the Holy Spirit out of God’s church’s, turning these church’s into dead sepultures! These lifeless church’s claim to know God, but they freely excuse sin and deny God’s power to deliver one from sin. They refuse to believe in the power of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, that these gifts can operate in the church today, and they buy the excuse that the powers of these gifts passed away with the apostles. This anti-christ spirit drives the spirit of Christ out!
Titus 1:16Titus 1:16
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16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. reprobate: or, void of judgment
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They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
2 Tim. 3:4-52 Tim. 3:4-5
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4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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In the Last days…..Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; [5] Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Every Christian who Takes the following oath puts himself under a curse when he proclaims:
“Oh! that my throat had been cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, and buried in the rough sands of the sea … ere I had been accessory to the death of so good a man as our Grand Mastor, Hiram Abiff.” (Duncan’s Ritual and Monitor page 112).
Then the Mason excersises a ritual of Raising Hiram Abiff FROM THE DEAD!
“K. S. — You twelve Fellow Crafts will now go and assist in RAISING THE BODY.” (page 116)
The ritual is SATANIC! Wherewith Jesus, the ONLY one to ever rise from the dead, has in this ritual, been replaced by the Lodge member with Lucifer through the name of Hiram Abiff!
Needless to say, Hiram is not, nor was “a good man”! He was, like all men, a sinful man. Jesus declared that there is “none good but God” and that “ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Matt. 19:17Matt. 19:17
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17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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There is no evidence in scripture, that Hiram ever believed in the God of Israel (which has always been a requirment for salvation) and may be in the very heart of Hell today as a sinful man whom never repented of his wicked deeds and a worshipper of pagan gods (idols)! ALL we know from scripture, is that he was hired to build the Temple in Jerusalem.
The fabricated stories of the Masonic Lodge to glorify such a man, was skillfully designed to entice the Lodge member to exalt Lucifer through a name that they could not recognize as the very enemy of our souls himself! To blatantly use the name of Lucifer, would have run away many Lodge members in their earlier degrees long before they could ever be indoctrinated to accept that Lucifer is the “Light bearer” as Albert Pike declares!
For the actual scanned copies of the above pages in the Masonic Manual showing this accursed ritual and the scriptures of the Curse of Hiram, click Curse of Hiram Ritual
MASONIC MYTH ON THE DEATH OF HIRAM
In Masonic ritual, the initiates are taught that Hiram was killed before he could finish building King Solomons Temple. They claim that Hiram possessed secrets by which they could “earn a Masters wage”. Knowing that the Temple was near completion, 15 Fellow Crafts entered a conspiracy to gain these secrets or take his life. In refusing to give this “Masters Word”, three “ruffians” named “Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum”, killed Hiram. Hiram, they claim, is eventually buried near the “Holy of Holies” of the Temple. In the Master Mason (3rd degree) ritual, the Masonic initiate partakes in a ritual of raising Hiram from the dead using the secret grip of the Master Mason and the 5 points of fellowship while speaking a “substitute” word for the “lost Masters Word”, which I will abreviate M__ H__ B__. (Duncans Ritual pages 119-123)
While many Masons actually believe this whole story to be true, I would like to end this myth with scripture! The scriptures declare that, 13 years after the Temple was completed, King Solomon gave Hiram 20 cities (it appears these cities were for payment or a bonus to Hiram for his work. Yet Hiram dispised them and was not pleased with this gift or payment)!
1 Kings 9:11 Kings 9:1
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1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
1 Kings 9:11 Kings 9:1
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1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, [11] (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. [12] And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
(For those who wish to dig into this more, King Solomon began the building of the Temple in his 4th year of reign (1 Kng 6:1g 6:1
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1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. If: or, although
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1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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Although the Temple was completed in 7 years, it then took another 13 years for Solomon to build his own house (1 Kng 7:1g 7:1
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Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja!
WP-Bible plugin) 1 Kngs chapter 8 gives the detailed dedication ceremony for the Temple and in chapter 9 Solomon gives Hiram the cities as payment.
SO THEN, 13 years AFTER the temple was completed, Solomon gives Hiram 20 cities!
Sorry Hiram, I guess you didn’t get your “Masters wage” you desired from Solomon!
(1 Kings 9:271 Kings 9:27
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27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
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In the Masonic Ritual, the Lodge members play out the role of killing Hiram (who is played by one of their members). They then proceed in the ritual of raising him from the dead as the Hiram actor plays dead, then raised from the dead!
CAN YOU EVENGELIZE YOUR PERISHING MASON “BROTHERS”?
Let me ask you, CAN YOU PREACH the gospel of JESUS CHRIST AT YOUR MEETINGS? Can you tell your Muslim or Hindu “brother” that he MUST be born again by faith in Jesus Christ to enter heaven? (John 3:3John 3:3
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3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. again: or, from above
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Of course NOT, it’s forbidden! Yet the scripture says:
(2 Tim 4:52 Tim 4:5
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5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. make...; or, fulfil
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“Masonry, around whose alters the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucious and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above all the Baalim.” (Morals and Dogma, pg 226, Albert Pike)
2 Cor. 6:14-172 Cor. 6:14-17
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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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2 Cor. 6:14-172 Cor. 6:14-17
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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? [15] And what concord hath Christ with Belial (Baal)? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? [16] And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [17] Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
THE “POINT WITHIN THE CIRCLE”
What does it mean? Albert Mackay, 33° explains its deeper meaning:
“The point within the circle is an…important symbol in Freemasonry, but it has been debased in the lectures (given in lodges) that the sooner that the interpretation is forgotten by the Masonic student, the better will it be. The symbol is really a beautiful but somewhat abstruse allusion to the OLD SUN-WORSHIP, and introduces us for the first time to the modification of it, known among the ANCIENTS AS THE WORSHIP OF THE PHALLUS. (Albert Mackey, The Manual of the Lodge, Clark Maynard Co., New York, 1870, p. 156)
Webster’s Dictionary defines “Phallus” – “A representation or image of the penis as the reproductive organ, worshipped as a symbol of generative power, as in the Dionysiac festivals of ancient Greece.
The Washington Monument, built by the masons, in truth, is an obscenity and idol of pagan worship! You will find this obscenity over many graves of deceased masons, who, although they claimed to be Christian, forsook the cross and traded it in for an obelisk!
The Obelisk in the Bible is called “Asherah” in Hebrew, the KJV uses the word “groves”!
For a deeper study with photos and Biblical history of the symbol, click Obelisk.
OSIRIS AND ISIS
The initiation rites and rituals of the Masonic Lodge come from the ancient Egyptian pagan gods Osiris and Isis. Osiris and Isis is a Romeo and Juliet type legend in which Osiris is cut into pieces and his lover Isis searches and finds all of his pieces except his genital organ. Without this part, she could not restore him to life. The story is symbolized in the “Hiramic Legend.”
Albert Pike makes mention of Osiris and Isis on p.476 (Morals and Dogmas) We have therefore, in the 24th degree (Masonic Ritual), recited the principal incidents in the legend of Osiris and Isis …
On page 22 he writes: “Masonry, successor of the Mysteries, STILL FOLLOWS the ancient manner of teaching. Her ceremonies are like the ANCIENT MYSTIC SHOWS.”
Then Albert Mackey writes: “.. the secret worship of the pagan gods. Each of the pagan gods had besides the public and open, A SECRET WORSHIP paid to him, to which none were admitted but those who had been selected by PREPARATORY CEREMONIES CALLED INITIATION.” (Albert Mackey, Mackey’s Revised Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, p.497)
Admittedly, the very initiation into the Masonic lodge, according to Albert Mackey 33°, and its symbols, touches the ceremonies of ancient pagan worship.
Shown below, is the pentagram of the Order of the Eastern Star (O.E.S.), and the same pantagram of Satanism (the Baphomet also known as the Goat of Mendes)! Notice any similarities?
Order of the Eastern Star! Baphomet of Satanism and Witchcraft!
Another symbol is the Sun (Osiris). In the Temple, the Lodge members face east to worship the Sun-God “On” identified in the square and compass with a capital “G”. Higher degree masons (or Past Worshipful Masters) get the emblem with the Sun God (Osiris) instead of the “G”, showing Osiris himself.
These symbols shown, the later two which were on the car of a Mason, replaces the Sun God “Osiris” in the place of the “G”, identifying the God of freemasonry! Albert Pike reveals what they are: “Osiris and Isis were the Sun and Moon … and is the All-Seeing Eye in our Lodges … Osiris was invoked as the God that resides in the Sun” (Morals and Dogma, pg 476-477)
The scriptures reveal that these men in the Lodge, who face to the East in their Lodges (Temples), are acting out the same abominations as the men of Judah who were commiting idolatry in God’s house in Old Testament times!
Ezekiel 8:16-17Ezekiel 8:16-17
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16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Is it...: or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit
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And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the SUN toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?
The All-Seeing Eye of Osiris in the Lodge!
Another symbol is the white apron, which covers the Lodge members private parts, even as Adam and Eve covered themselves with leaves to cover their shame and nakendness. It is symbolic of MAN’S attempt to hide his sins by his OWN good works, rather than trusting Jesus! It is, according to the scriptures, the blood of Jesus Christ that removes our shame, not an apron with pagan symbols of foreign God’s sown on!
THE BLUE DEGREE MASON HAS BEEN WILLFULLY DECEIVED BY ITS HIGHER RANKING MEMBERS!
The Bible never calls God “the Great Architect of the Universe”, He is the CREATOR, and His name is JESUS!
Albert Pike writes: “The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally mislead by false interpretations. It is NOT INTENDED that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall IMAGINE he understands them. (Pike, p 819)
How do you like being intentionally LIED to! Do you REALLY know what the symbols you wear and stick on your car or your lapel mean? For example Tubal-Cain (the putter with two golf balls) is a joke on you. It’s a “2 ball cane” with a strong sexual connotation.
1 Corinthians 10:211 Corinthians 10:21
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21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
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Ever wonder what this symbol means on the back of your Dollar Bill? It actually shows how high the Masonic Lodge actually goes past the 32 degree!
THE MASONIC LURE!
The Masonic Lodge can make you rich as they purpose to favor each other and do business with one another! The “Fraternal” brothers are obligated by oath to help one another in every way! It has a “Form of Godliness” and an appearance of “Good Works”. Leave the Masonic Lodge, and these “Good men” will threaten, slander and bankrupt the former member and
destroy his reputation! They don’t have the mind of Christ, but the evil wisdom of the world (James 3:14:18James 3:14:18
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1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. condemnation: or, judgment
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! a matter: or, wood
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: kind: Gr. nature mankind: Gr. nature of man
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? place: or, hole
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. sensual: or, natural
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. confusion: Gr. tumult, unquietness
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. partiality: or, wrangling
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? fightings: or, brawlings lusts: or, pleasures
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. lusts: or, pleasures
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? to envy: or, enviously
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. It...: or, For it is
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Grudge not: or, Groan, or, Grieve not
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. earnestly: or, in his prayer subject...: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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Here is a recent threat that was sent to me from a Mason! I suppose he thinks he is a “Good Man” while making godless threats in hopes of creating a devilish fear, revealing the spirit of the Lodge, the spirit of fear! When I tried to write him the same day, he, being cowardice, had used a phony email address and my message was returned “undeliverable”:
“Shut this site down or suffer the consequences!” Here is the address he sent it from: secretpal@hotmail.com 1/24/04
I questioned him what consequences he proposes! Bodily harm? murder? And yet they claim to be “Good men”?
In conclusion:
The Masonic initiate cannot mention the name of Jesus to his Muslim fraternal brother! But be warned:
THE MASON MAY AQUIRE RICHES, BUT HE WILL LOSE HIS OWN SOUL!
Mark 8:34-38Mark 8:34-38
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34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
WP-Bible plugin And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
THE MASON MAY APPEAR GODLY, BUT HE IS A TRAITOR!
(2 Tim 3:2 -52 Tim 3:2 -5
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2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, false...: or, one who foments strife
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
WP-Bible plugin KJV) For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
THE MASON APPEARS BEAUTIFUL OUTWARDLY, BUT INWARDLY HE IS UNCLEAN!
(Mat 23:27-28Mat 23:27-28
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27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
WP-Bible plugin KJV) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Don’t be deceived by the “outward appearance” of the Shriner with the crippled boy photos and the Shriner hospitals, which are only a coverup to their wicked deeds done behind closed doors!
THE MASON CLAIMS FELLOWSHIP WITH THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE DEVIL!
2 Cor. 6:14-172 Cor. 6:14-17
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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
WP-Bible plugin Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial (Baal)? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (unbeliever)?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
“Masonry, around whose alters the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucious and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above all the
Baalim.” (Morals and Dogma, pg 226, Albert Pike)
The Muslim worships the Meccan moon god idol, “Allah!” The Hindu worships 300,000,000ps 300,000,000
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Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja! Štetje svetopisemskih vrstic se začne z 1! Vrstica 0 ne obstaja!
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IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT A HOSPITAL, BUILD OR SUPPORT A CHRISTIAN ONE!
In June, 1986, a daily newspaper in Florida, the Orlando Sentinel published a report on the Shrine hospital program. 98% of the money the Shriners raise in these circuses wasn’t going to the hospitals. It went to the Shriners for their parties. Ninety-eight percent of the money they raise at these hospital gatherings went toward the parties they are so well known for. Ninety-eight percent went to their little cars and their little boats and their temples, their little hats and stuff. Two percent went to the hospitals.
If you would like to know where your “Shriner” money is going, look at their “Shrines” (Temples), Harley Davidsons, go carts, jewlery, and the cars they drive! Are they any different than the covetous prosperity preachers that use an honorable and charitable cause in order to fatten their own pocketbook?
FREEMASONRY IS A SATANIC CULT! REPENT AND GET OUT NOW!
What in the world are you doing in the Masonic Lodge?
Have you really researched to find out what you are involved with? IGNORANCE is No excuse when you stand before the throne of God. According to Albert Pike and Albert Mackey, you are in training to be LUCIFER’S disciple. Even Aleister Crowley a master SATANIST and antichrist, was a Mason (Masonry Beyond the Light page 204).
William Schnoebelen (former 32° Mason now Christian), as a former witch, was encouraged to become a Mason in order to perfect his witchcraft! http://www.withoneaccord.org/
The only way to break the curse of your oath, is to REPENT! Ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you, and get OUT! Stop paying your dues, destroy your Mason symbols and literature!
By oath, the fellow Mason can murder (see footnote at bottom) another Mason who leaves the Lodge. Yet, Jesus said “Do not fear them!”
Mat 10:26-28Mat 10:26-28
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26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
WP-Bible plugin Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
The Masonic Lodge is truly and knowingly deceiving you. You are obligated to do your own research to find out what you are part of!
“For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink IN MY NAME, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.” (Mark 9:41Mark 9:41
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41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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Don’t let Freemasonry receive the glory for your good deeds! In heaven, there are no rewards for your good deeds done in the name of Freemasonry. Jesus gets ALL the GLORY! Period
Hosea 4:6Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. destroyed: Heb. cut off
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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
Every Mason who takes the blood oath has placed his family under a curse! If you repent, Jesus will break the curse by HIS blood!
I have met many Masons through the years whom have testified of tragic and horrible deaths in their immediate family!
Please don’t stop here! Dig deeper at this web site for more detailed knowledge about FREEMASONRY
For more information read:
“Masonry Beyond the Light” by William Schnoebelen (former 32° Mason), 1991, Chick Publications P.O. Box 662, Chino, CA 91708-0662. Tel. (909) 987-0771; Fax. (909)941-8128 or visit his web site at: http://www.withoneaccord.org/
“ Facts on The Masonic Lodge” by John Ankerberg & John Weldon, 1989, Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon 97402
“Freemasonry” by Jack Harris (former Worshipful Mastor), 1983, Whitaker House, 30 Hunt Valley Circle, New Kensington, PA 15068
Footnote on Masonic murders: A detailed description of the kidnapping and execution of Captain William Morgan was recorded by Rev. Charles Finney in the book The Character, Claims and Practical Workings of Freemasonry, written in 1879, copyrighted, sold and transferred
to the Ezra A. Cook and Co. in Chicago, Illinois, March 14,1879h 14,1879
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Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja!
WP-Bible plugin. The book is available in the Library of Congress in Wash. D.C. (Also found in “Freemasonry” by Jack Harris pg 116-128)
After Morgans murder, 45,000 Masons quit the Lodge.
President John Quincy Adams, President of the U.S from 1825-1829 also referenced the Murder of Morgan in a speech where he spoke out against the Masonic Lodge! President Adams speech gives the complete details of the conspiracy of 6 Lodges and 69 Masons, some in high ranking governmental positions in State and Military offices, working together for the planned execution of one of their own members who revealed the secrets of the Lodge.
“A more perfect agent for the devising and execution of conspiracies against church or state could scarcely have been conceived.”
“Freemasons, so far from thinking themselves to be violating, were literally following the injunction which they felt to be laid upon them in their oaths. The law of Masonry was to them more than that of civil government or of the Deity, even when it was known directly to conflict with them.” “The men who actually participated in the murder have gradually dropped off (disappeared by help of foreign Masons), until it may be said that not a single individual remains within the United States. But they lived and died secure from every danger of legal punishment. The oath of Masonry came in conflict with the duty to society and to God, and succeeded in setting it aside.”
( Above quotes from President John Quincy Adams speech)
Rev. D. L. Moody boldly spoke out against Freemasonry!
Masons are still willing to kill today to guard their dark secrets.
Masons are running Pastors out of the pulpit when they speak out against Freemasonry!
Here is an excellent Sermon preached by a Pastor to his congregation when he resigned from the Lodge!
The Masonic Lodge boasts in Pastors who would perfer to leave the Christian church than resign from the lodge! On this Masonic web page, they give testimony to such a man, a Methodist Pastor Moses F. Shinn, who left the ministry to embrace the Masonic Lodge!
Freemasonry and Southern Baptists.
Freemasonry and the Occult
Satanist Aleister Crowley was a Mason
http://members.tripod.com/crossbearer-brian/id192.htm
Morals and Dogma
I have recently, come in contact with the book “Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prepared for the Supreme Council of the Thirty Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States and Published by its Authority… Esoteric Book, For Scottish Rite use Only; to be returned upon death withdrawal or death of Recipient Copyright 1950. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Albert Pike, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington”.
I believe that every Christian who wishes to determine whether or not the Masonic Lodge is the occult, should take a look at this book.
First, I would like to define Esoteric, since Albert Pike deems this book to be “Esoteric” and this is the sum and conclusion of all of Freemasonry!
“esoteric” means that it is intended for or understood by only a few chosen people as an inner group of disciples or initiates.
In the Book, Albert Pike gives the significance of every degree from the 1° to the 32° of the Masonic Lodge. It is the most occultic book I have every laid hands on.
The Kabbalah is often quoted by Albert Pike and used to explain hidden secrets. It is filled with Gnosticism. Gnosticism, in the early days of the Christian church, was a cultic doctrine that arose which taught that salvation was obtained by knowledge.
The 18° of the Masonic Lodge is called “Knight Rose Croix”, which is recognized by the well known cult called “Rosicrucian’s” which I define below. The Rosicrucians are also tied in with another magical cult called the Order of the Golden Dawn. Any web search will reveal the occultic nature of these two Orders. In this chapter, Albert Pike has no trouble comparing Jesus Christ with Osiris, Chrishna, Kioun-tse, Sosiosch, Dhouvanai, Har-Oeri, Love (Plato), Balder and the list continues. He goes into a lengthy illustration to show how all of these Gods are really one and the same. They were all redeemers of mankind against the powers of darkness.
Every Christian can see the error of this doctrine!
I will finish this page with the definition of Gnosticism and Kabbalah, which is what the Masonic Lodge is seeking. These secrets are so secret, that Masons take a death penalty oath in order to protect them from getting into the wrong hands. In Morals and Dogma, Albert Pike reveals the secrets of the symbols and meanings of the Lodge. There is much detail and comparisons between writings of Christianity, Zoroastrian, Gnostic, Egyptian, Jewish, Philo, Aristotle and many others as a form of Unitarian church, where ALL religions have hidden secrets that when applied together by the initiate whom has received the illumination of
the whole picture, can receive secret hidden power, and in effect, become their own Gods!
Very simply, the Masonic initiate is passing from one degree to the next, as high level Masons determine if they are qualified to receive such profound and mystical knowledge. If they are faithful, they can proceed to the next level. Ultimately, the initiate could become empowered by magical powers and the saviors of their own soul by their secret knowledge.
Freemasonry Leads the initiate to Lucifer!
The Mason initiate can rise to the 32° simply by paying their fees and going through the Rituals. But to go on to the 33° and higher, they must be personally selected to go on by High ranking Masons. (A result of their “esoteric” secret or hidden revelations which can only be given to the special group of people who are able to receive it as defined in Kabbalah below.)
I have heard, that the 33° Mason, swears his oath to Lucifer, as God! By this time in the Lodge, their minds have been disciplined to grasped the idea that Lucifer means “Light bearer”, which is what every Mason is seeking, and have rejected the idea that he is Satan!
WM (Worshipful Master) – Why leave you the West and travel to the East?
SD (Candidate replies) – In search of Light
(Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry pg 32 Entered Apprentice or 1°)
When they find the light, they find Lucifer! Strongs Concordance defines Lucifer as follows
heylel, hay-lale’; from Hebrew 1984 (halal) (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star :- lucifer.
Here is a quote from an email debate I had with a 32° Mason. This man, who claimed to be a Christian, is now ready to make his sworn oath to Lucifer as God, thinking that it is another name for Jesus:
Did you know that the ancient Christians also called Jesus lucifer? Bet you didn’t. 
I’ll give you a hint. Consult the Latin translation of 2 Peter 1:192 Peter 1:19
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19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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D. C. P., 32°, K.T.
On page 102, Albert Pike defines Satan as “the negation of God … For the initiates, this is not a Person, but a Force, created for good, but which may serve for evil … They represent this Force … the Light-bearer or Phosphor, of which the poets have made the false Lucifer of the legend.”
Albert Pike says that the Bible lied when it identified Lucifer as Satan, and that Satan is NOT a person, but a Force, by which the Bibles testimony of Lucifer as
Satan was a false legend! Thus he lays the foundation for the exaltation of Lucifer, as god!
“LUCIFER, the Light-Bearer! Strange and mysterious name given to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the light … doubt it not!” (Morals and Dogma pg 321)
“The MASONIC RELIGION should be, by all of us of the high degree, maintained in the purity of the LUCIFERIAN doctrine If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay (sic) whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy and hatred of man, barbarism and repulsion for science, would Adonay and his priests calumniate him?
Yes, LUCIFER IS GOD, and unfortunately Adonay is also god…
Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure philosophical 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.” (de Larive, A.C., La Femme et l’enfant dans la Franc, Maconnerei Universelle, Paris, 1889, p. 588)
But, in truth, he is FALLEN, and has no brightness today.
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7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. [8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. [9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
Isaiah 14:12-20Isaiah 14:12-20
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12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! O Lucifer: or, O day star
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? opened...: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
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How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! [13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: [14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. [15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. [16] They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; [17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? [18] All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. [19] But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. [20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Gnosticism
Pronunciation: [nostisizm]
History: (Gr gnosis, ‘knowledge’)
A system of belief which became prominent within 2nd-c Christianity, but which may have had earlier, non-Christian roots. Gnostics believed that they were an elect group, saved through acquiring secret revealed knowledge about cosmic origins and the true destiny of the spirit within people; in later forms, this knowledge was imparted by a heavenly redeemer figure. Gnosticism was considered a heresy by the early Church Fathers, particularly for its appeal to secret traditions, its deprecatory view of the Creator God, and its docetic view of Christ.
Taken From: Webster’s World Encyclopedia 2002. Published by Webster Publishing, 2000. Copyright Webster Publishing, and/or contributors.
The Kabala was
Kabbalah and the Supernatural
There has always been a religion for the masses, for the ordinary, average person who was satisfied with general rules and regulations. So long as he could safely follow a pattern which more or less gave sense to his life and answered what (for lack of a better term) were called his spiritual needs, he found fulfillment in his faith, and happiness.
But there were others to whom this type of faith was insufficient and, therefore, unsatisfactory. It lacked depth and true meaning. Nevertheless, they were also aware that the profound knowledge they really craved was beyond the grasp of man’s limited intelligence. Only by mystical vision and ecstatic experience could they approach, and in some exceptional cases, actually attain and preserve this state.
They were conscious that the majority of people were unable to follow and understand them and the fact that their pursuit and preoccupation carried tremendous mental and spiritual dangers.
Such “esoteric” groups with their carefully guarded secrets existed in various ancient cultures.
All esoteric knowledge, of course, was far beyond the grasp of the uninitiated. Its daring speculations would at best be totally misunderstood by them and, at worst, would cause confusion in their minds. From the very beginning, therefore, the exceptional men who steeped themselves in this type of search and mystical contemplation did not reveal it to outsiders. Their refusal to do so was not prompted by false intellectual and spiritual pride nor by the wish to create an exclusive, power-wielding circle of initiates.
Naturally, those who had acquired the rare and precious insight did not want to see it wasted. To keep it for themselves, therefore, would have defeated the very purpose of their dangerous pioneering mission. So sharing the revelation they had received with those able to absorb it, became to them a sacred duty. Hence the mystic scholars, with great care and caution, selected those they regarded as worthy and ready to have the message revealed to them, thereby to become a link in that chain transmitting the heritage of esoteric tradition.
To “receive” in Hebrew is called kabal. The volume of mystical knowledge handed from one generation to another became thus known as Kabbalah, a term which could be rendered as “receiving” and “tradition.” But in its specific meaning, it referred exclusively to the carefully transmitted profound mystical insight. The Kabbalah taught that the Bible, apart from the
literal meaning of its text, had deep occult meaning, contained in each of its words and letters. To interpret Scripture “in (mystical) depth” was the hallowed task of the Kabbalist!
To begin with, the speculations of the Kabbalah had been taught orally, because of their very nature and danger of their falling into wrong hands. But they were eventually recorded, through fear of their getting lost. They became the contents of some significant works. These included The Book of Creation, The Alphabet of Rabbi Akiba, and The Book of Splendor or the Zohar which, in fact, has been called “the Bible of Mysticism.” Other manuscripts of similar kind were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The knowledge of the Kabbalah and certain of its most treasured details, however, remained the exclusive property of some few individuals who claimed the special gift of mystical intuition. They further developed the occult message they had received and became experts in supernatural art and practice. Greatly revered, they were at times looked upon as “wonder workers.” But as was only to be expected under the circumstances, the secret lore presented a fruitful field for abuse as well. Unscrupulous men exploited it and took advantage of it for their own enrichment and power.
The Kabbalah was assiduously studied by many mystics and searchers after supernatural wisdom, no matter of which faith. It helped them in their exploration and possible application of the profound secrets of existence. The Kabbalah has proved a truly rewarding source for devoted study and has left also its deep imprint on the art and teaching of the occult.
See Also:
Kabbalah
paranormal
Taken From: Webster’s World Encyclopedia 2002. Published by Webster Publishing, 2000. Copyright Webster Publishing, and/or contributors.
“All truly dogmatic religions have issued from the Kabalah and return to it: everything scientific and grand in the religious dreams of all the Illuminati… is borrowed from the Kabalah; all the Masonic associations owe to it their Secrets and their Symbols”. (Morals and Dogma, pg 744, Albert Pike)
Rosicrucians,
international fraternal order devoted to the pursuit of esoteric wisdom. (esoteric means that it is intended for or understood by only a few chosen people as an inner group of disciples or initiates) Two such orders in the United States are the Rosicrucian Fraternity and the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, usually abbreviated AMORC. The former group has a headquarters in Quakertown, Pennsylvania; the latter group has an international headquarters in San Jose, California. Both groups hold that the order began in remote antiquity in Egypt and continued in existence through periods of deliberate secrecy. Rosicrucian teachings combine elements of
Egyptian Hermetism (Magic, alchemic which is the power to change one thing into another by magic),
Gnosticism (an occult salvation system, stressing knowledge as essential for salvation. A combination of mythology, ancient Greek philosophy, ancient religions and Christianity) ,
Jewish Cabalism (an occult philosophy of certain Jewish Rabbis, esp. in the Middle ages, based on a mystical interpretation of the Scriptures),
and other occult beliefs and practices.
Many scholars believe that the order actually developed in Germany after the publication of the Fama Fraternitatis and the Confessio Rosae Crucis (1614, 1615; The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross; trans. 1652). These pamphlets record a journey to the Orient made by a pseudonymous Christian Rosenkreuz, who was said to have lived at least a century earlier; they claim that the movement was founded by Rosenkreuz in order to impart the secret wisdom he had gained. The symbol of Rosicrucianism is a combination of the rose and the cross, from which the order takes its name.
From “Rosicrucians,” Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Definition of “Gnosticism” and “Cabalism” from Websters New World College Dictionary.
Masons:
In many other groups, loosely attached in some way to the York Rite, members are usually selected but sometimes are elected. They are interested in special aspects of Masonry, including Masonic research. One might say they are offshoots of the main stem. Among them are the Royal Order of Scotland, the Allied Masonic Degrees, the Red Cross of Constantine, the Masonic Rosicrucian Society (SRICF), the Rite of Strict Observance (CBCS), the Grand College of Rites, Knight Masons, Order of Corks, the York Cross of Honour, the Blue Friars, and the Holy Royal Arch Knights Templar Priests. There are also what might be called “fun degrees,” such as the Shrine, the Grotto, and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, many of which are of considerable size. In addition some very small groups cater to students of special aspects of the Craft.
From “Freemasonry,” Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Some statements in Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike
Masonry, like all the religions, all Mysteries, Hermetiscism, and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of it’s symbols to mislead those who deserve to be mislead; to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it. Truth is not for those who are unworthy or unable to receive it, or would pervert it. So God Himself incapacitates
many men, by color-blindness, to distinguish colors, and leads the masses away from the highest Truth, giving them the power to attain only so much of it as it is profitable to them to know. Every age has had a religion suited to its capacity.
The Teachers, even of Christianity, are, in general, the most ignorant of the true meaning of that which they teach. There is no book of which so little is known as the Bible. To most who read it, it is as incomprehensible as the Sohar*.
So Masonry jealously conceals its secrets, and intentionally leads conceited interpreters astray. (Morals and DogmaPages 104-105)
* Sohar is defined by Albert Pike on page 321 as “the completest embodiments of Occultism.”
All truly dogmatic religions have issued from the Kabalah and return to it: everything scientific and grand in the religious dreams of all the Illuminati… is borrowed from the Kabalah; all the Masonic associations owe to it their Secrets and their Symbols. (Morals and Dogma, pg 744, Albert Pike)
Masonry, around whose alters the Christian, the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucious and Zoroaster, can assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above all the Baalim, (Morals and Dogma, pg 226)
The first Masonic Legislator whose memory is preserved to us by history, was Buddah (pg 277)
Every Masonic Lodge is a Temple of religion; and its teachings are instructions in religion (pg 213)
We have therefore, in the 24th degree (Masonic Ritual), recited the principal incidents in the legend of Osiris and Isis … Everything good in Nature comes from Osiris… Osiris was the image of generative power. This was expressed by his symbolic statues … Osiris and Isis were the Sun and Moon … and is the All-Seeing Eye in our Lodges … Osiris was invoked as the God that resides in the Sun (pgs. 474-477)
“The Supreme being of the Egyptians was Amun, a secret and concealed God, the Unknown Father of the Gnostics, the Source of Divine Life, and of all force, the Plenitude of all, comprehending all things in Himself, the original Light. He creates nothing, but everything eminates from Him: and all other Gods are but his manifestations. From Him, by the utterance of a Word, eminated Neith, the Divine Mother of all things, the Primitive THOUGHT, the FORCE, that puts everything in movement, the SPIRIT everywhere extended, the Diety of Light and Mother of the Sun.
Of the Supreme beings, Osiris was the image, Source of all Good in the Moral and Physical World, and a constant foe of Typhone, the Genius of Evil, the Satan of Gnosticism, brute matter, deemed to be always at fued with the spirit that flowed from the Diety; and over whom Har-Oeri, the Redeemer, Son of Isis and Osiris, is finally to prevail.” (pg 281)
Freemasonry is simply a conglomerate of combining all religions of the World and comparing them to be one and the same god, manifested to different civilizations by different names. So a Mason simply has to believe in “a god” to join the Lodge!
According to Albert Pike, Freemasonry is THE religion of ALL religions. The embodiment of revelation to the “Elect” of the hidden secrets of ALL religions, wherein they can find eternal life!
Thus, every Mason is in effect, forsaking what the Bible says:
John 14:6John 14:6
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6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2 Cor. 6:14-172 Cor. 6:14-17
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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial (Baal)? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel (unbeliever)?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
http://members.tripod.com/crossbearer-brian/id158.htm
Exposing the Masons
Here is an excerpt from my journal notes on the work the Lord had given to me to expose this cult. In Jonesboro, LA, I placed an envelope on every church door in the county, with information exposing this cult. NO Pastor has ANY excuse for not informing their church of the dangers of the curse of the oath, and the worship of another god (idolatry), and replacing Jesus by calling a man their Worshipful Mastor in the Masonic Lodge.
If your a Christian, and you wish to expose this cult in your town, please write and I will give you some help on how to do so!
Jonesboro, Louisiana
4-13-2001Friday
Walked the cross in Jonesboro. During the day, many people stopped by to give me their approval, many of whom are Christian. I did have a long talk with an
unsaved man who would not convert to Jesus, but I asked him to come to church Sunday and I think he was seriously considering it.
A woman stopped to give me some water. She loved the Lord and said she was in tears when she saw me. They had been talking about me at her church last night. She had done much study about the Masonic Lodge in the past and she rejoiced that I was speaking out against it. She asked me to come to their church service tonight which started at 7PM. I told her that I had made a commitment but if things changed, I would try to be there. I wanted to see the movie “Who is this Jesus” by Dr. James Kennedy tonight.
So in the evening, I went to Charles and Ileenes home to have dinner and see the movie. Well, they could not get it so they called a friend who was going to tape it for us to see on another day. I decided I would go to the church service. I got to my van and the van wouldn’t start. After some 15 minutes I put my head on the steering wheel and said “Well Lord, I guess I wasn’t supposed to go to the church tonight.” Charles came out to help and finally, I put it in neutral and it started. The park was not engaged completely. I later learned that the woman who invited me to the church was very ill and knew that I would be there tonight so she came to church anyway, asking some friends to pray for her.
When I arrived at the Brown Grove Baptist church, (see the picture below) they all seemed to know who I was and I took a seat. There were several churches gathered together here and the place was packed. The guest preacher had just began his sermon. I listened to him preach a message of walking in holiness after you are saved. When he was finished, my host sat next to me and she said “Do you want to speak?” I really didn’t but I said “Well, sure.” She instructed “When the woman up front asks for the guests to stand up, just say whatever you want!” But the woman never gave the invitation, which was very abnormal. So my host stood up and said “Maybe all of you have seen this man who carries the cross around town. He has been to Spain and France and many other places. I would like to introduce you to Brian O’Connell.” So she told me to go up front. I later learned that there where over 40 ministers in the front who were all Masons. As I walked forward, I asked where I should speak from. They pointed to the podium on the lower floor.
So I walked up to the microphone and introduced myself and gave my testimony. I shared how I came to this city and that there was a heavy darkness over this whole area. Several said “Amen!” I then said “Some of you may not like me for saying this, but if your in the Masonic Lodge, you have put a curse on you and your home, and the only thing that can break the curse is the blood of Jesus. If you will repent, he will set you free!” One or two who knew about the Lodge said “Amen!” Every minister dropped his head in shame. Some looked at me in anger. I said “The best alter call we could have tonight, is that every Mason, and every woman in the Eastern Star, will come forward and break the curse by repenting. And I assure you, the Lord will pour out His Spirit upon this place!”
No one moved!
The Pastor looked around at his superiors for someone to silence me. Non did! The angels of the Lord held them at bay! Then he himself stood at the upper podium, hoping to find an opportunity to interrupt. But it was too late. The truth had been spoken. There was a surprisingly small group who applauded me for the testimony and rebuke against the Masons.
As I went to my seat, a woman hugged me. She too knew about the lodge and its secrets and was against it. The Pastor NEVER said a word about me or my rebuke. He simply went on with the service as if I never existed. That’s OK! I’m not looking for his approval, but the approval of my heavenly Master, Jesus Christ.
After the service, of the 40 ministers, only one came to greet me. He said he was not Mason and wanted to know more about it since he had spoken against it to a fellow deacon who got mad and walked out on him. Others church members and guests came over to greet me who had either left the Lodge or had learned about the errors of the Lodge. My host wanted me to meet some other people and as we were walking out I noticed a Deacon of this church with a Shriners pin on his lapel. I gave him my Mason tract. He began to question me. I asked him “What is the name of your Worshipful Master?” He looked at me confused. “What are you talking about?” he said. So I repeated myself and he became confused. It was clear that he didn’t know whether I was asking him for the name of his Lodge Worshipful Master or the Lord Jesus Christ. He finally blurted out “Jesus Christ!” as he caught on.
When I asked him about JAH BUL ON, he denied that he had any knowledge of this word and he said he had never heard that word before. This is interesting since two weeks ago, another Mason helped to correct me on it’s proper annunciation, helping me to say it correctly. I told the Shriner “God’s word says that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire. Whether or not your telling me the truth is between you and God!”
Mason cornerstone shown in this church wall
The man then told me that if it wasn’t for the Shriners, I wouldn’t be here. I looked back at him and said “I’m still here because of Jesus Christ, NOT the Masons!” He then began to argue so I started to pray to the Lord for conviction upon this man. As I was praying he kept grabbing my arm wanting to defend his satanic cult. I then dropped to my knees as I continued to pray. The man stepped back about 15 feet. He was obviously NOT a man of prayer as he was offended at my pleading with the Lord for this mans soul. I got up to walk out and from his distance he pointed at me and said “WHO ARE YOU!” I replied “My name is Brian O’Connell, and I am a born again Christian who is in love with Jesus Christ the Lord!”
I then walked out with my host and several other women who could not believe what they had witnessed tonight. They all rejoiced with me and prayed for the Lord’s protection over me. They knew that tonight, all hell was breaking loose in this church. My prayer is that all hell would flee and heavens gates will be opened upon this place.
Closeup of the Masonic Corner stone with the Mason Idol engraved built into
the wall of a Baptist church (as well as othr denominations) in
eJonesboro, Louisiana.
This blasphomous Masonic corner stone attempts to replace Jesus Christ! It appears on most Baptist churches in South Louisiana.
Ephes. 2:19-22hes. 2:19-22
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Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; [20] And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; [21] In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: [22] In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Pastor prayer meeting!
1/10/2002 Thursday
When I arrived home, to Crystal River in October, my prayer was “Lord, in the name of your son Jesus Christ, I ask that you would expose the Masonic Lodge to this community, and that many men would repent of it and turn away from it!”
I was invited to attend a “Ministerial Pastors prayer meeting” and afterwards we had lunch. During the meal, I met a Pastor who shared with me that he had been a former Mason. He was in the “Knights Templars” of the Masonic Lodge and shared that he had drank wine from a Human Skull. The Pastor also said that the 63rd degree was called “The Luciferian Degree.”
After the meal, the Pastors discussed various things. At one point, a brother introduced me and asked me to share what happened at the Inverness Christmas parade. I shared my testimony and then I spoke boldly against the Masonic Lodge, pleading with the Pastors to speak out against it. Afterwards, 2 other Pastors spoke to me favorably, both of whom were former 32nd degree Masons. One said that his church was full of Masons, and that he had been trying to expose it to these men. Many Pastors took my literature to read, including a letter by Charles Finney, a noted 1800 evangelist, who spoke boldly against the Masonic Lodge, and my Mason tract. Several had received my letter which I sent to 77 church’s county wide, exposing the Lodge!
I rejoice that the Lord has heard my prayer.
I also prayed to the Lord, that if he should want me to return next year to walk the cross in the parade, He would have to do something with the Chief of Police in Inverness.
The Chief of Police arrested Richard last year while walking the cross in the parade, after Richard told a Mason he needed to repent. The Chief of Police this year ordered his men to stop me from walking the cross in the parade, and passing out my tracts exposing the Masons. Since then, the Chief of Police has been on national news for an incident with a local restaurant owner who failed to produce hamburgers the officer had ordered. During a dispute over the burgers, the restaurant owner touched the plain clothed officers arm and asked him to leave the premises. The Police Chief had the owner arrested for battery. The county is in an uproar over this action and wants the officer removed from his position. I pray this man will repent and surrender his life to Jesus Christ. My God is greater than the Masonic Lodge! While his fraternal brothers are daily writing articles in the newspaper, trying to appease the public, they simply do NOT have the power and strength of my Lord and God Jesus Christ, whom this man has offended! (2-4-2002 update: I learned recently that the Inverness Chief of Police has been removed from his office)
Pray for his salvation!
Masons Proselytizing Pastors
12/30 Sunday
After the evening service, I went to the gas station to fill up with fuel. A Pastor whom I had known for several years pulled up and asked me if I had some information on Masons. He said he had a friend who had recently become Mason and that this friend was soliciting him to join the Masons also. He knew it was a demonic cult and was looking for further information about the Lodge. I gave him my tract and web site information. He said that while he was working as assistant pastor at a local church, 3 men invited him and the Senior Pastor out to lunch. They propositioned them to become Masons with a promise of building them a church, filling it with 500 hundred people and assuring them of $500 a week. They even told this man also that they would make him Pastor of his own church with the same benefits right outside of Dunnellon. Shortly after this offer, this man had some differences with the Senior Pastor and he left. Since then, this man tells me, the Senior Pastor was given a Cadillac by the Masons.
I’ve held this sign at street corners throughout
Citrus county to bring conviction on these men
whom have forsaken their faith in Jesus Christ!
I have heard about these schemes by the Masons but this is the first time I had been given a personal testimony from a Pastor whom had been approached by Masons attempting to “buy the church”! Once the Masonic Lodge “builds” the church by buying out the Pastor, the Pastor becomes a servant of the Masonic Lodge and a “worshipful master” that is Not Jesus Christ!
Matthew 6:24Matthew 6:24
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24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Last year, after sending out an e-mail with the details of the Parade in Inverness and our assault on the Masonic Lodge cult, a Pastor of a local church asked me to remove him from my mailing list. I suspect he too had been bought out by this cult.
Although the Masonic Lodge claims they do NOT solicit members, and the only way “to become one you must ask one”, it is very evident that there is an active evangelism program targeting certain individuals!
The Masonic Lodge is Satan’s most strategic plan to corrupt the church and destroy it from within. They are making disciples of those within the church, ultimately leading them away from Christ.
Acts 20:29-30Acts 20:29-30
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29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
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For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Mark 8:36Mark 8:36
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36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Psalm 127:1Psalm 127:1
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127
A Song of degrees for Solomon. for...: or, of Solomon
1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it
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Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
PLEASE HELP EXPOSE THIS CULT!
You can visit my web site on Freemasonry at http://members.tripod.com/crossbearer-brian/id26.htm
12/8/2001 Inverness, Florida Christmas Parade
Article in last years (Dec. 2000) Citrus Chronicle.
Last year, Richard and I walked the Inverness Parade with the crosses. Near the end of the Parade, as Richard passed out tracts, a man threatened him with physical violence. The man was a Mason and Richard replied that the man needed to repent. The man angrily stormed away and returned with a police officer, who in turn arrested Richard.
I was not aware that Richard was under arrest and crossed the street, thinking that Richard was witnessing to the officer as Richard himself is a former sheriff and often witnesses to police. Several men watching the parade had come over to confront the officer that Richard had done no wrong. The officer then threatened these men with arrest if they did not leave, so they did. I asked this officer if I could speak to the chief of police at which he then said that he was the chief of police. The man released Richard with the order that we speak to NO one. As we walked up the street, a man asked us what that was all about. As we spoke to the man, the officer threatened us with an order Not to speak to anyone!
After the parade, I was informed that this man was a Mason himself! I have not searched to prove this statement, but in my spirit I was cautious that this year they would try to stop me from walking the cross in this parade.
The end of my gospel tracts include a link to my web site which exposes the Masons and Shriners, with the words “for more information on cults such as Masons/Shriners….”
Last week I walked the Crystal River Parade with no hindrances whatsoever! But my suspicion of the Masonic influence on the chief of Police was confirmed at the Inverness Parade when immediately two officers asked me aside and said that I could NOT walk the cross in the parade, and that I could not solicit the people with my tracts. I told the officers that I had the same right to walk along the curb as these people do, as I pointed to many other spectators who were walking past along the curb as I was when stopped. I continued to inform them that these were gospel tracts and that soliciting was asking people for things or selling, so I was NOT soliciting! Nothing is for sale, or asked for. I continued to say “as I walk and people reach out for a tract, then I give them one.”
I then left the officers to continue to walk the cross and hand out tracts. The officers followed me and asked me to stop again, repeating that I could not walk the cross down the street and hand out my tracts. One officer said that if I didn’t stop walking with the cross and passing out the tracts I would have to speak to the judge on Monday, which was a threat of arrest. I replied “Then I will talk to the judge on Monday” as I was determined to walk the cross even if it meant imprisonment. I told the one officer, “The reason your chief of police doesn’t want me walking this parade is because he is offended that I am speaking against Masonry!” He looked surprised and said “I don’t know what your talking about!” After the parade someone told me that he was a Mason too. I cannot confirm this to be true! But I do suspicion there are many Masons on this police force.
I turned to continue and they followed me again, this time stepping in front of me not allowing me to pass. With a cruiser officer and a motorcycle officer now present, I consented that I would stay on the sidewalk instead of walking along the curb. They let me go! But at certain points, the crowd was thick all the way between the street and the wall of a building so I stepped out to the street to get around the crowd and as I did so, the motorcycle officer who was following me, parked his motorcycle quickly and said “THAT’S IT!” He was about to arrest me and I said “Officer, I could NOT get around the people who were obstructing my passage! There is NO room on the sidewalk” and I continued to walk on looking for a place to get back onto the sidewalk.
After this, I was able to stay on the sidewalk behind the crowd and finished the parade rout. Officers at each intersection warned me “They don’t want you handing out your literature” I kindly reply “Thank you!” and continued handing out the tracts. I believe that, with the help of about 10-15 precious saints that came to help me pass out the tracts, we placed about 4-5,000 tracts in the hands of the spectators, and placed about an equivalent amount into the hands of those who attended the Crystal River Parade last week.
I praise the Lord our God who gave me the ability to continue to walk the cross when my knees were shaking and I felt great fear as I knew that I was pressing on into the resistance of Satan who does not want me to expose the
Masonic Lodge in this community. I suspect that unless Christians rise up to fight this injustice, that one day we will find ourselves in the darkness when no man can work.
John 9:4John 9:4
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4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
This scripture sure came true today, as I have walked the cross in the parade now for about 7 years. Now, the night is coming, UNLESS the saints rise up and do something about it, we will no longer have the freedom to speak and lift up the name of Jesus Christ without imprisonment or death! We will no longer be able to speak against cults and lies! We will no longer be able to say “REPENT!”
You can visit my web site on Freemasonry at http://members.tripod.com/crossbearer-brian/id26.htm
In Christ Jesus our Lord,
Brian
For more on my travels in the year 2001, go to Year 2001 in Review.
January 2002 Letter sent to Pastors
Dear Pastor,
My name is Brian O’Connell. I carry a cross as a form of street evangelism leading souls to Christ Jesus as Lord! I have traveled to several other countries as a Missionary!
There is an antichrist spirit growing WITHIN the Christian church’s which I would like to expose. There is a strong chance that it might even be within YOUR church! It is called Freemasonry!
Ephes. 5:11-12hes. 5:11-12
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11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. [12] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
I have included some information for your research on this topic, and a web site which is noted on the Masonic tract for deeper research. I am also including a letter with the words of the noted evangelist of the 1800’s, Charles Finney. Their secret is out!
As a Pastor of the church of Jesus Christ, you are accountable to bring your sheep out of bondage and expose the truth! If you are a “hireling” you can run
and let the wolf devour the sheep for which Christ died to save! You stand accountable.
Some of you reading this letter are in this “fraternity” yourselves. Masons have bought many Pastors with money, a church building, cars and increased congregations. I pray you will repent and receive the Lord’s forgiveness. Please note what God’s word says about this:
Psalm 127:1Psalm 127:1
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127
A Song of degrees for Solomon. for...: or, of Solomon
1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it
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Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
If Freemasonry is building your church… it is all in vain!
Every Mason whom has taken the blood oath, has placed a curse upon their families. I have met many Masons in my travels that have had tragic deaths in their family. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can break the curse of the oath. They offend God by calling a man in their lodge “Worshipful Master”, and they have changed the name of God from Jesus Christ, to JAH-BAL-ON, a blasphemous name of combining Jehovah, Baal and On (Osiris). On is the city of the worship of the Egyptian sun god.
The Shriner makes a confession to “Allah” as God. Allah is a demon God (idol) worshipped by Muslims. The 33rd degree Mason (of which many masons don’t even know about) confesses Satan as God in their initiation! Reinterpreting the scriptures, each degree up to the 33rd degree prepares the initiate for his complete denial of Jesus Christ.
The presence of this antichrist spirit within the church puts out the fire of the Holy Spirit. Any Pastor who attempts to expose Freemasonry in his church, will come into great opposition from his “antichrist” Masonic members. I believe that if all the Pastors of our community work together to expose Freemasonry, the Masons will NOT be able to slander and run our Pastors out of the pulpit! I pray it will backfire upon the Masonic secret darkness!
Luke 8:17Luke 8:17
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17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
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For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Please take the time to research this “brotherhood” and expose it to your members, and community! I am sending this letter to some 100 church Pastors. So rest assured this attack on the church has been exposed!
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Curse of Hiram Abiff
Here is an actual scanned copy from the “Duncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor or guide to the three symbolic degrees of the Ancient York Rite and to the degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch” by Malcom C. Duncan, David McKay Company, Inc. New York. Pages noted in copy below!
At the bottom of the page, I shall include the scriptures that link Hiram with Lucifer!
Hiram …….. a Biblically disguised name for Lucifer, Is the most exalted man of the Masonic Lodge!!!
2 Chron. 2:32 Chron. 2:3
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3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
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Ezekiel 28:12-19Ezekiel 28:12-19
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12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. sardius: or, ruby beryl: or, chrysolite emerald: or, chrysoprase
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. a terror: Heb. terrors
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Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. [13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. [15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. [16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with
violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. [18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. [19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Ezekiel 28:2-10Ezekiel 28:2-10
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2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: midst: Heb. heart
3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: thy great...: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth
10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
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Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: [3] Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: [4] With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: [5] By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: [6] Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; [7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. [8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. [9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. [10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Isaiah 14:12-15Isaiah 14:12-15
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12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! O Lucifer: or, O day star
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! [13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: [14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. [15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Interesting to note that in Isaiah 14, it goes on to say that Lucifer will be “Like a corpse trodden underfoot.”
Isaiah 14:19Isaiah 14:19
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19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
No wonder Lucifer wants a ceremony that glorifies him and resurrects him from the grave!
Have YOU, participated in this RITUAL?
REPENTANCE CAN BREAK THE CURSE! Please pray:
“Lord Jesus, forgive me for partaking in this ritual. I ask you to break the curse on my life and my family and wash it clean with your precious blood! It is YOUR death, Lord Jesus, that I am guilty of, and it is YOU that was raised from the dead and lives forevermore! I renounce my actions I have partaken in as I was deceived by Freemasonry! I will serve non other but you Lord Jesus! Amen!”
For a deeper Biblical study on Hiram Abiff, go to http://www.ephesians5-11.org/hiram.htm
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Obelisk
Luxor Temple
The Temple of Luxor is located in southern Thebes along the east bank of the Nile River. The Temple was built by Amenhotep III and dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the gods, his consort Mut, and their son Khons. The Temple was later added to by Tutankhamen, Horemheb and Ramses II. Thebes was capital of the ancient Egyptian empire during its peak.
Karnak Temple
Obelisk from the Great Temple at Karnak located in Northern Thebes. Originally obelisks were erected in pairs at the entrances to ancient Egyptian temples. They were cut from a single stone, usually red granite. One pair of obelisks at Karnak erected by Thutmose I is 80 feet high and weighs 143 tons.
The above photo (this one in Jonesboro, LA) i
stypical of a Masonic grave site. The Obeisk
l(asherah) is used as the headstone
of the deceased Masonic Lodge member!
Asherah
The Obelisk in the Bible is called “Asherah” in Hebrew, the KJV uses the word “groves”!
The Strongs Concordance defines it as:
‘asherah, ash-ay-raw’; or ‘asheyrah, ash-ay-raw’; Strongs 842, from Hebrew 833 (‘ashar); happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same :- grove. Compare Hebrew 6253 (`Ashtoreth).
The word “asherah” is from the root `ashar, to be straight, erect or upright.
Asherah (KJV – groves) is found in the scriptures 40 times, always referring to idol worship.
The Companion Bible, appendix 42, defines “asherah” as follows:
It was an upright pillar connected with Baal-worship, and is associated with the goddess Ashtoreth, being the representation of the productive principal of life, and Baal being the representative of the generative principal. The image, which represents the Phoenician Ashtoreth of Paphos, as the sole object of worship in her temple, was an upright block of stone, anointed with oil, and covered with an embroidered cloth.
The above Masonic
grave stone has the
“embroidered cloth”,
carved in stone, pon
u the obelisk!
Some Masonic grave stones have the embroidered cloth, in stone, covering the Asherah image. The Companion Bible defines this stone idol as the image of the “Phallus”, or “images of men” as seen in Ezekiel 16:17Ezekiel 16:17
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17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, of men: Heb. of a male
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Such stones are to be found all over the Semitic world, the Companion Bible continues, even the Mahommedan sacred stone (Kaaba) at Mecca remains an object of reverence.
Asherah – the obelisk, is an abomination unto the Lord!
2 Chron. 34:3-42 Chron. 34:3-4
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3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images
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For in the eighth year of his reign, while he (Josiah) was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves (asherah), and the carved images, and the molten images. [4] And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them,
he cut down; and the groves (asherah), and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chron. 34:72 Chron. 34:7
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7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. into...: Heb. to make powder
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And when he had broken down the altars and the groves (asherah), and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 17:9-112 Kings 17:9-11
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9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
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And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. [10] And they set them up images and groves (asherah) in every high hill, and under every green tree: [11] And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:
1 Kings 18:191 Kings 18:19
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19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
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I don’t believe that any True Christian would want this object placed over their grave site, replacing the cross of Jesus Christ, by which our sins were nailed to give us victory over death, hell and the grave!
Below are some study resources for a deeper study!
‘Asherah
(From Dakes Annotated Bible)
Hebrew: ‘asherah (HSN-842), a pillar or image of wood. It was set up with the image of Baal and worshiped as the wife of Baal by lewd rites and sensual practices.
‘Asherah (HSN-842) is always rendered grove in the KJV, but retained as a proper name in the English Revised Version (1885) The word comes from the root yashar (HSN-3474), “to be straight, upright, erect.” The pillar was set upright in the ground like a totem pole. It was either a living tree with the top cut off and the trunk fashioned into a certain shape (Deut. 16:21Deut. 16:21
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21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
The First Book of the
Kings
commonly called
The Third Book of the Kings
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1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. stricken...: Heb. entered into days
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. Let there...: Heb. Let them seek a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. be king: Heb. reign
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. at any...: Heb. from his days
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. he...: Heb. his words were with following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: Enrogel: or, the well Rogel
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. confirm: Heb. fill up
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? What...: Heb. What to thee?
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. offenders: Heb. sinners
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. into...: Heb. before the king
29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. pipes: or, flutes
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
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8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. images: or, sun images
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26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place In the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner
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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues
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14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. cities: or, enemies
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3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. overthrow: Heb. break down
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4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images
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That they were not groves of trees is clear from 2 Kings 17:102 Kings 17:10
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10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues
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nations. Relics of it are found among all heathen peoples. The first mention of the idol in the Bible stamps it as a special object of God’s hatred; it was at this idol that God revealed His name as Jealous (Exodus 34:13Exodus 34:13
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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues
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15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
The First Book of the
Kings
commonly called
The Third Book of the Kings
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1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. stricken...: Heb. entered into days
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. Let there...: Heb. Let them seek a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. be king: Heb. reign
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. at any...: Heb. from his days
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. he...: Heb. his words were with following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: Enrogel: or, the well Rogel
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. confirm: Heb. fill up
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? What...: Heb. What to thee?
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. offenders: Heb. sinners
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. into...: Heb. before the king
29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. pipes: or, flutes
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
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32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: prosper: or, do wisely
4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee a man on the throne of Israel. fail...: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. shed: Heb. put
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. grievous: Heb. strong
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. deny...: Heb. turn not away my face
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. worthy...: Heb. a man of death
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. came...: Heb. came it upon my heart
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4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
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34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
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12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. I will not: or, Shall I not fall: or, be punished
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7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: maid: or, young woman
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues
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5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. their images: Heb. their statues, or, pillars
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3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. overthrow: Heb. break down
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21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: even: or, and
26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place In the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. images: or, standing images, or, statues
The First Book of the
Kings
commonly called
The Third Book of the Kings
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1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. stricken...: Heb. entered into days
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. Let there...: Heb. Let them seek a young...: Heb. a damsel, a virgin cherish...: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. be king: Heb. reign
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. at any...: Heb. from his days
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. he...: Heb. his words were with following...: Heb. helped after Adonijah
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: Enrogel: or, the well Rogel
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. confirm: Heb. fill up
15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? What...: Heb. What to thee?
17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. offenders: Heb. sinners
22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. God...: Heb. Let king Adonijah live
26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. into...: Heb. before the king
29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: mine...: Heb. which belongeth to me
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. pipes: or, flutes
41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
WP-Bible plugin Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 16:33; 1 Kings 18:191 Kings 18:19
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19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
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10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: images: Heb. statues
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4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. images: Heb. statues Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass
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1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. Thou hast...: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; bank: Heb. lip
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. strong...: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. barren: Heb. causing to miscarry
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
WP-Bible plugin Kings 21:3,7; 2 Kings 23:4-152 Kings 23:4-15
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4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. hangings: Heb. houses
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer
12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. brake...: or, ran from thence
13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives
14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. images: Heb. statues
15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
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3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: images: Heb. statues
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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: also called, almuggim
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. as much...: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. was...: that is, was encouraged
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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: also called, almuggim
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. as much...: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: also called, almuggim
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. as much...: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. he built...: Heb. he returned and built
19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai
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1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. Huram: or, Hiram
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? is able: Heb. hath retained, or, obtained strength
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. to grave: Heb. to grave gravings
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: also called, almuggim
9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. endued...: Heb. knowing prudence and understanding
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. as much...: Heb according to all thy need Joppa: Heb. Japho
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. the strangers: Heb. the men the strangers
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. images: or, sun images
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9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. images: or, sun images
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2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
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14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. cities: or, enemies
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(From Dakes Annotated Bible)
‘ASHERAH
(From Vine’s complete expository dictionary)
‘asherah (842), “Asherah, Asherim (pl.).” This noun, which has an Ugaritic cognate, first appears in the Bible in passages anticipating the settlement in Palestine. The word’s most frequent appearances, however, are usually in historical literature. Of its 40 appearances, 4 are in Israel’s law code, 4 in Judges, 4 in prophetic books, and the rest are in 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.
‘Asherah refers to a cultic object representing the presence of the Canaanite goddess Asherah. When the people of Israel entered Palestine, they were to have nothing to do with the idolatrous religions of its inhabitants. Rather, God said, “But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves ['asherim] …” (Exod. 34:13Exod. 34:13
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13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: images: Heb. statues
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26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place In the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner
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15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. overthrow: Heb. break down
WP-Bible plugin). Some scholars conclude that it was a sacred pole set up near an altar to Baal. Since there was only one goddess with this name, the plural (‘asherim) probably represents her several “poles.”
‘Asherah signifies the name of the goddess herself: “Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves ['asherah] four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table” (1 Kings 18:191 Kings 18:19
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
WP-Bible plugin). The Canaanites believed that ‘asherah ruled the sea, was the mother of all the gods including Baal, and sometimes was his deadly enemy. Apparently, the mythology of Canaan
maintained that ‘asherah was the consort of Baal, who had displaced El as their highest god. Thus her sacred objects (poles) were immediately beside altars to Baal, and she was worshiped along with him.
(From W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger and William White, Vine’s complete expository dictionary of Old and New Testament words [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1996.)
The above definition of “asherah”, as an object of idol worship, is confirmed also in Smith’s Bible Dictionary, New Naves Topical Bible and Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
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