 F R E E M A S O N R Y
A Fiery Red Serpent Called Lucifer
An
Eternal Death in the Family?
Several weeks ago my
Uncle died. He had been a leader in the Christian church for more than 30 years.
As I approached his casket, I saw a Masonic ring with the letter G which
signifies the sun-god on his right hand; a Shriner's diamond broach was
fastened on his left lapel requiring at least the 32nd Degree of Masonry with
its stark meaning in the Scottish Rite that most likely the wearer has
attended at least one Black Communion where the deity of Jesus Christ has
been denied. I did not want to see this. The funeral immediately took on a
different meaning for me. Is this a home going? Questions arose in my spirit.
How could anyone who was intelligent, wealthy and very knowledgeable in the
ways of the world desire to be buried with symbols of loyalty anathema to the
Word of God and Jesus Christ, His only Begotten Son? Did he not understand?
How is this possible in a day when knowledge runs to and fro?
As a result of
doubts that assail me about his eternal home and to dispel the trouble in my
spirit, I decided to very briefly illustrate in the attachment the truth
pervading Freemasonry as defined by information provided by a 33rd (Highest)
Degree Mason who had walked its paths and abided by its teachings until he
came to know Jesus Christ whereupon he resigned; and to send it to as many
Brothers and Sisters in Christ that I could, to create awareness.
In Jesus Name,
S.
The FREEMASONRY postulates that follow are an
accurate, abbreviated , condensed, and in some
cases, a paraphrased summary based on the book, The
Deadly Deception, by Jim Shaw (33rd Degree Mason
Scottish Rite, Knight Commander of the Court of Honor, Past Worshipful
Master(Blue Lodge), and Past Master of all Scottish Rite Bodies) & Tom McKenney published by Huntington House, Inc. Copyright
©1988. A single reference is made to The Two Babylons
By the late Rev. Alexander Hislop published by Loizeaux Brothers, First Edition 1916.
Masonic doctrines summarized here, are in every case,
based upon the consensus of the most revered and
widely accepted Masonic philosophers, writers and sourcebooks. Any
knowledgeable Mason will know at a glance that this is true. He has taken
oaths to lie if necessary to conceal such things, and so will probably deny
some things, and try to justify others. But the Masonic writers, and common
practices in the lodge will verify all.
All these Masonic sourcebooks are in the libraries of most local lodges and
the libraries of all the Grand Lodges of the states. In additions, they can
be purchased from Masonic publishing companies or in bookstores.
Albert Pike (Supreme Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry, that preeminent Mason
authority), Albert Mackey, J.D. Buck, Daniel Sickles and others teach us that
Masonry is but a revival of the ancient mystery religions of Babylon,
Egypt, Persia, Rome and Greece. These ancient religions had two meanings, one
exoteric known to the uninitiated majority, and the other, an esoteric true
meaning, entirely different, known only to a small elite group. (Refer to
page 227 of The Two Babylons: These religions
worshipped the sun-god. The serpent in the mythology of the primitive world
was universally the symbol of the sun. As the sun was the great enlightener
of the physical world, so the serpent was held to have been the great
enlightener of the spiritual by giving mankind “the knowledge of good
and evil”. The inspired statement of the Apostle Paul seems decisive
“when men knew God, but glorified him not as God,” that they
changed the glory of God , not only into an image
made like to corruptible man, but unto the likeness of “creeping
things”.) The Temple of the Supreme Council of the 33rd and Last
Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite stands on the east side of
Northwest 16th Street, between “R” and “S” Streets in
Washington, D.C. High above the entrance is an elaborate image of the
Egyptian sun god, backed by radiating sun and flanked by six large golden
serpents. The interior walls are also decorated with serpents.
Masonry is,
according to its own philosophers, a system of pure religion expressed in
symbols, one which cannot be understood without knowledge of the true meaning
of them. For the many zealous Masons, trusting their obedience to their
obligations to get them into that “Celestial Lodge Above”, those
for whom “the Lodge is a good enough religion,” the correct understanding
of these symbols is the key(they believe) to their
eternal destiny. They are trusting in the teachings of the Lodge concerning
these symbols with their eternal redemption or damnation at stake.
Herein lies a terrible deception.
Albert Pike, that
preeminent Masonic authority, says that Masons below the 32nd degree are
intentionally misled by false interpretations but it is intended that he
shall imagine he understands them. The truth is reserved for the Adepts, the
Princes of Masonry(those of the 32nd and 33rd
degrees- Morals and Dogma, page 819).
And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:4-5)
1. GOD
a. MASONIC
DOCTRINE
God is, basically, whatever we perceive him to be; our
idea or concept of God becomes our God. Usually referred with the vague
and general term “Deity,” the god of Masonry can be one of our
choosing, spoken generically as the “The Great Architect of the
Universe.” Human nature is also worshipped by some as
“Deity,” as are Knowledge and Reason. Since Masonry is a revival
of the ancient pagan mystery religions, its god can also be said to be
Nature, with its fertility(sex) gods and goddesses
the sun and moon(in Egypt, Osiris and Isis).
v “…Since
every man’s conception of God must be proportioned to his mental
cultivation, and intellectual powers, and moral
excellence. God is, as man conceives him, the reflected image
of man himself.” (Albert Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 14th
Degree, p. 223)
v “The only personal God
freemasonry accepts is humanity in toto…Humanity
therefore is the only personal God there is. ”
(J.D. Buck, “Mystic
Masonry,” p. 216)
v “Masonry, successor
to the Mysteries(the pagan religions of Isis,
Osiris, Baal, Mythras, Tammuz, etc.), still follows
the ancient manner of teaching.”
(Albert Pike, “ Morals and Dogma,” Fellowcraft
Degree p. 22)
v “The Absolute is
Reason. Reason IS, by means of itself, It IS because IT IS…If God IS,
HE IS by Reason.” (Albert Pike,
“Morals and Dogma” 28th Degree p. 737)
v “This is the
immutable law of Nature, the eternal will of the Justice which is God.”
(Albert Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 32nd
Degree p. 847)
b. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
God is a spirit, eternal, self-existent,
unchanging, almighty and sovereign. There is one God who created all things,
existing in three persons:Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. God the Father is revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ, and
is perfect. He is holy and requires holiness of His
people.
v “In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1)
v “
God is a Spirit:and they that
worship Him must worship him in spirit and truth.” (John 4:4)
v “Hear, O
Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.” (Deuteronomy 6:4)
v “Before the
mountains were brought forth, or even thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting until everlasting thou
art God.” (Psalm 90:2)
v “For I am the
Lord, I change not;” (Malachi 3:6)
v “There is
none other God but one…the Father, of whom are all things.”
(I Corinthians 8:4-6)
v “But the Lord
is the true God, he is the everlasting God, and an
everlasting king. ” (Jeremiah 10:10)
v “Thy throne O
God, is forever and forever.” (Psalm 45:6)
v “For there
are three that bear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Word(Jesus
Christ) and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (I John 5:7)
v “…Ye
shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.”
(Leviticus 19:2)
v “God said
unto Moses, ‘I am that I am…” (Exodus 3:14)
2. JESUS CHRIST
a. MASONIC DOCTRINE
Jesus was just a man. He was one of the
“exemplars,” one of the great men of the past, but not divine and
certainly not the only means of redemption of lost mankind. He was on a level
with other great men of the past like Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras and
Mohammed. His life and legend were no different from that of Krishna, the
Hindu sun god. He is the “son of Joseph” not the Son of God.
“In
his private petitions a man may petition God or Jehovah, Allah or Buddha,
Mohammed or Jesus; he may call upon the God of Israel or the First Great
Cause. In the Masonic Lodge he hears petition to the Great Architect of the
Universe, finding his own deity under that name.A
hundred paths may wind upward around a mountain;at the top they meet.”(Carl H. Claudy, “Introduction to Freemasonry”, p.38).
b. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
Jesus Christ is divine, eternal and the second person of
the Godhead.When he was living on earth as a man,
the only begotten Son of the Father, he was God incarnate, truly God and
truly man. He was and is the only means of redemption of fallen mankind.
Anyone who denies or rejects him or his preeminent position separates himself
from God the Father.
v “In the
beginning was the Word(Jesus Christ) and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was
made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.”(John
1:1-4)
v “Neither is
there salvation in any other; for there is none other name(but
Jesus) under Heaven given among men, whereby ye must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12)
v “
…he that hath seen me has seen the Father…”
(John 14:9)
3. THE BIBLE
a. MASONIC DOCTRINE
The Bible of the Christians is merely one of the
“holy books” of man, no better than the Koran, the Hindu
scriptures or the books of Chinese and Greek philosophers. It is not to be
taken literally, for its true meaning is esoteric(
hidden from all but a small number of “enlightened,” elite
leaders); the literal obvious meaning is only for the ignorant masses. It is
right to remove references to Jesus in passages used in the ritual. Masonry,
contrary to popular belief, is NOT based
upon the Bible. Masonry is actually based on the Kabala(Cabala),
a medieval book of magic and mysticism.
v “Masonry makes
no profession of Christianity…but looks forward to the time when the
labor of our ancient brethren shall be symbolized by the erection of a
spiritual temple…in which there
shall be one altar and one worship;one common altar
of Masonry on which the Veda, Shastra, Sade, Zend-Avesta, Koran and Holy
Bible shall lie…and at whose
shrine the Hindoo, the Persian, the Assyrian, the
Chaldean, the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Mohammedan, the Jew, and the
Christian may kneel…”
(“The Kentucky Monitor,” Fellowcraft
Degree, p.95)
v “The literal
meaning (of the Bible) is for the vulgar only.” (Albert Pike,
“Digest of Morals and Dogma,” p.166)
v “Beautiful
around stretches off every way the Universe, the great Bible of God. Material
nature is its Old Testament…and Human Nature is the New Testament
from the Infinite God,” (Albert
Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 28th Degree, p.715)
v “All truly dogmatic
religions have issued from the Kabalah and return
to it; everything scientific and grand in the religious dreams of the Illuminati,
Jacob Boeheme,
Swedenborg, Saint Martin, and others is borrowed from the Kabalah:all Masonic associations
owe to it their secrets and their symbols.” (Albert Pike, “Morals
and Dogma,” 28th Degree p.744)
v The removal of the
name of Jesus and references to Him in Bible
verses used in the ritual are “slight but necessary
modifications.” (Albert Mackey,
“Masonic Ritualist,” p.272)
b. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
The Bible is the only written revelation of, and from, the
only true God. The Bible, as contained in the Old and New Testaments, is the
Word of God, inspired and preserved by Him, and is the only valid rule of
faith and practice for His people, the church. No part shall be added to, or
taken from, the Bible as delivered to us in the Old and new Testaments.
v “If they
speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them. ”
(Isaiah 8:20)
v “All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God.” (II Timothy 3:16)
v “The Words of
the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified
seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve
them from this generation forever.
” (Psalm 12:6-7)
v “…whose
hope is in the Lord his God, which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all
that therein is:which keepeth truth forever.” (Psalm 146:5-6)
v “Every word
of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Add
thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6)
v “Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
(Matthew 24:35)
v “Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth
forever…But the word of the Lord endureth
forever. And this is the
word which by the gospel is preached unto you.” (I Peter
1:23-25)
v “For we have
not followed cunningly devised fables, when we declared unto you the power
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses
of his majesty…Knowing this first, that no prophecy
of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not
in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.” (II Peter 1:16-21)
v “Ye shall not
add unto the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish aught from
it… ” (Deuteronomy 4:2)
v “…If
any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that
are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life…(Revelation
22:18-19)
4. SATAN
a. MASONIC DOCTRINE
Satan, as an enemy of God and his Kingdom, as an evil
power seeking to tempt, deceive and destroy, does not exist. Mankind has
merely “supposed” this. The usual Christian perception of Satan
is merely a distortion of truth about Lucifer, “the Light
Bearer,” who is actually good and the instrument of liberty, but
generally misunderstood and maligned.
v “Lucifer, the Light Bearer! Strange and Mysterious name to
give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who
bears the Light, and with all its
splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish Souls? Doubt it
not!” (Albert Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 19th Degree, p.321)
v “The conviction
of all men that God is good led to a belief in a devil…” (Albert
Pike, “Morals and Dogma,” 19th Degree, p.324)
v “All antiquity
solved the enigma of the existence of evil by supposing the existence of a
Principle of Evil, of demons, fallen angels…a Satan…”
(“Kentucky Monitor,”
“The Spirit of Masonry,” p. xiv)
v “…there is
no rebellious demon of Evil, or Principle of Darkness coexistent and in
eternal controversy with God, or the Principal of Light…”
(Albert Pike, “Morals and
Dogma,” 32nd Degree, p.859)
b. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
Satan is a proud, rebellious angel, created by God but
fallen, the father of lies, accuser of the brethren,
deceiver, tempter and ruler of the Kingdom of Darkness. He blinds the lost to
the glorious light of the gospel, and seeks to be worshipped as he also works
to steal, kill and destroy. He is the enemy we are to resist and the one
whose works Jesus came to destroy.
v "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! 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: I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides
of the pit." ( Isaiah
14:12-15)
v “…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…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…(Ezekiel 28:13-19)
v “Ye are of
your father the devil…he is a liar, and the father of it.”
(John 8:44)
v “And the
great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his angels
were cast out with him…the accuser of our brethren is cast down…”
(Revelation 12:9-10)
v “And Jesus
being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil…”
(Luke 4:1-2)
v “And if Satan
cast out Satan…how then shall his kingdom stand?”
(Matthew 12:26)
v "Put on the
whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we
wrestle…against the rulers of the darkness…" (Ephesians
6:11-12)
v “… the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ… should
shine unto them.” (II Corinthians
4:4)
v “The thief
(Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:”
(John 10:10)
v “Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
v “…For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil. ”
(I John 3:8)
v “…your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour: ” (I Peter 5:8)
5. REDEMPTION
a. MASONIC DOCTRINE
Redemption is a matter of self-improvement, morality, and
good works, including obedience to the Mason’s obligation and all
higher Masonic authorities. Faith in the atonement of
Jesus Christ has nothing to do with it; it is a matter of
enlightenment, step by step, which comes with initiation into the Masonic
Degrees and their mysteries.
v “By the lambskin
the Mason is reminded of that purity of life and rectitude of conduct which
are so essentially necessary to his gaining admission into the
Celestial Lodge above, where the
Supreme Architect of the Universe presides.” (Albert Mackey,
“Encyclopedia of Freemasonry,” “Apron”)
v “…and in
Thy favor, may we be received into Thine everlasting kingdom, to enjoy, in
union with the souls of our departed friends, the just reward of a pious
and virtuous life. Amen. So mote it
be.” (“Texas Monitor,” Masonic Burial Service, p.10)
v “These three
degrees (1st, 2nd, 3rd ) thus form a perfect
and harmonious whole, nor can it be conceived that anything can be
suggested more, which the soul of man
requires” (Daniel Sickles, “Ahimon Rezon or Freemason’s Guide,” p.196)
v “If we with
suitable true devotion maintain our Masonic profession, our faith will become
a beam of light and bring us to those blessed mansions where we
shall be eternally happy with God, the
Great Architect of the Universe.” (Daniel Sickles, “Ahimon Rezon or
Freemason’s Guide,” p.79)
v “Acacian: a term signifying a Mason who by living in
strict obedience to obligations and precepts of the fraternity are free from
sin.” (A. Mackey, “Lexicon
of Freemasonry,” p.16)
v “The dunces who
led primitive Christianity astray, by submitting faith for science
…have succeeded in shrouding in darkness the ancient discoveries of the
human mind; so that now we grope in the
dark to find again the key…” (Albert Pike, “Morals and
Dogma”, 28th Degree, p.732)
v
“…salvation by faith and the vicarious atonement were not
taught as now interpreted, by Jesus, nor are these doctrines taught in the
esoteric scriptures. They are later and
ignorant perversions of the original doctrines.” (J.D.Buck,
“Mystic Masonry,” p.57)
b. CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
All have sinned and fallen short of the perfection God requires;none is righteous in
his own virtue and our own righteousness is as filthy rags compared with the
righteousness of God. However, Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, lived a
sinless life for us, and laid down His life a perfect sacrifice to make
atonement for our sins. By faith in Him and His provisions for us we can be
made the righteousness of God and be born of the Spirit of God into
everlasting life, becoming a part of the family of God. There is no other way
to be reconciled to God and live in His presence forever. We cannot, by our
own efforts, redeem or perfect ourselves.
v “As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” (Romans3:10)
v “For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23)
v “But we are
all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags; ” (Isaiah 64:6)
v “For he hath
made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.” (II Corinthians 5:21)
v “For ye are all
the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 3:26)
v “For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
(John 3:16)
v “For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)
v “Neither is
there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
v “And this is
the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath
not the Son of
God hath not life .” (I John
5:11-12)
If the Name of Jesus Christ is spoken in a Masonic Lodge,
it can be closed and its charter revoked by the Grand Lodge of his state.
In the Masonic Scottish Rites, Communion is held the Thursday before
Easter.
The members dress in long black hooded robes. Listen to the words of their
communion!!!
"We
meet this day to commemorate the death of our 'Most Wise and Perfect Master,'
not as inspired or divine, for this is not for us to decide,
but at least the greatest of the apostles of mankind."
Then the bread..."Take, eat, and give to the hungry."
Then the wine...."Take, drink, and give to the thirsty."
Secrecy is the
essence of Masonry, necessary for its very existence, and protected by blood
oaths of murder and mayhem…”binding myself under no less a penalty
than that of having my body severed in twain, my bowels taken out and burned
to ashes, the ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven…” (from the oath of obligation, Master Mason/Third Degree).
“The secrecy of this institution is another and most important
landmark…If divested of its secret character, it would lose its
identity, and would cease to be Freemasonry…death of the order would
follow its legalized exposure. Freemasonry, as a secret association, has
lived unchanged for centuries; as an open society it would not last for as
many years.” (Albert Mackey, “Textbook of Masonic
Jurisprudence,” 23rd Landmark, “Secrecy”
).
In summary,
Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil(I John
3:8).
Freemasonry hidden in Masonic Lodges is a deadly serpent that glides amidst
the churches
seeking
to deceive unwary souls by systematic destruction of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ,
Degree
by Degree, with the ancient mystery religions.
But God said:
Revelation
3:7: And to the angel of the church
in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is holy, he that is
true,
he that hath the key of David, he that openeth,
and no man shutteth; and shutteth,
and no man openeth;
Revelation 3:8: I know thy works:
behold, I have set before thee an open door,
and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept
my word, and hast not denied my name.
Revelation 3:9: Behold, I will make
them of the synagogue of Satan,
which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold,
I will make them to come and worship before thy feet,
and to know that I have loved thee..
Let us stand firmly for,
and faithfully preach, the true Gospel that saves.
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