MYSTERY BABYLON and THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN
This is Biblical Egypt in the heart of those that hold to a form of godliness yet deny the Power - the Sovereignty. It is the freewill illusion. While in Egypt we treasure all it has to offer... the spells- its beauty, power, money, etc. Upon being delivered we are thrilled- this being the deadly wound of the beast. However we jump right back into Egypt (the beast is healed) through the images in our minds- IMAGE of the Beast... Mystery Babylon.
The Mark
We believe OUR "right hand" can save us. The "mark" is in our "right hand."
"Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. THEN WILL I ALSO CONFESS UNTO THEE THAT THINE OWN RIGHT HAND CAN SAVE THEE." (Job 40:12-14) "Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and THEIR RIGHT HAND IS A RIGHT HAND OF FALSEHOOD..." (Psalm 144:11)
666
"Here is wisdom. Let him who has a mind calculate the number of the wild beast, for IT IS THE NUMBER OF MANKIND, and its number is six hundred sixty-six." (Revelation 13:18, CLT)
The Greek word for "mankind" is "anthropos" meaning "a human being, male or female." (Strong's Concordant)
"And that NO MAN MIGHT BUY OR SELL, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." (Rev 13:17)
This is spiritual! This is NOT a physical mark and this is NOT food/merchandise at the local grocery store!! It is the merchandise of Mystery Babylon, found in the HEART of MAN!
"And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And THE FRUITS THAT THY SOUL LUSTED AFTER..." (Rev 18:13-14)
The Great Whore
"...the JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." (Rev 17:1-2)
All of us
"The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." (Rev 17:15)
"For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And EVERY SHIPMASTER, AND ALL THE COMPANY IN SHIPS, and SAILORS, and AS MANY AS TRADE BY SEA, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!" (Rev 18:17-18)
We are the shipmasters, all the company in ships, and the sailors... We buy it all. It is NOT the physical with which we contend but the spiritual. The images of the beast are the pictures in our minds – it is our spiritual condition. Many are masters at covering the "outside"- most of the time. "Inside" however, is where we are hurting... the heart.
And by the freewill illusion...
"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." (Rev 12:9)
It is Leviathan
"SO IS THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. THERE GO THE SHIPS: THERE IS THAT LEVIATHAN, WHOM THOU HAST MADE TO PLAY THEREIN." (Psalm 104:25-26)
It is the SPIRIT OF THE PHARISEE, the SPIRIT OF THE WORLD - the SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN - that great city ...the IMAGE [images of the mind] of the BEAST "of the earth" that causes all who are in the earth to worship the IMAGE of the BEAST - the BEAST "of the sea" - IT IS THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE HEART OF MAN! This is AGAR! This city is found on every street corner, in the hearts of the self-professed righteous!
"And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus..." (Rev 17:6)
"And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that YE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THEM WHICH KILLED THE PROPHETS."(Matthew 23:30-31)
"That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth..." (Matthew 23:35)
And the spirit of Jezebel:
"Was it not told my lord what I did when JEZEBEL SLEW THE PROPHETS of the LORD..." (1 Kings 18:13)
This is Mystery Babylon!! We are ALL guilty!
"...THAT GREAT CITY, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."(Rev 17:18)
"For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to JERUSALEM which now is, and is in bondage with HER CHILDREN..." (Gal. 4:25)
"...MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."(Revelation 17:5)
Unto the churches... where Satan dwells... MYSTERY BABYLON
"...say they are apostles [of Jesus Christ], and are not, and hast found them liars..." (Rev 2:2) "...thou hast left thy first love." (Rev 2:4) "...I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews [circumcision of the heart... CHRISTIANS], and are not, but are THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN." (Rev 2:9) "...OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN, which SAY THEY ARE JEWS, and are not, BUT DO LIE..." (Rev 3:9) "I know thy works, and WHERE THOU DWELLEST, even WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS..." (Rev 2:13)
"...them that hold THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT Balac TO CAST A STUMBLINGBLOCK..." (Rev 2:14) "...them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I [Jesus] hate." (Rev 2:15) "But I HAVE MUCH AGAINST YOU, seeing that you pardon THAT WOMAN OF YOURS, JEZEBEL, who says that she is a prophetess, and is teaching and deceiving..." (Rev 2:20, CLT) These are "...the depths of Satan..." (Rev 2:24) "...MY FAITHFUL MARTYR, who was SLAIN AMONG YOU, WHERE SATAN DWELLETH." (Rev 2:13)
"He that hath an ear, let him hear WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES..." (Rev 2:17)
And only those who are able to hear will hear:
"He that has an ear, let him hear [SPIRITUALLY] what the Spirit says..." (Rev. 2:7) "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches" (Ver. 11) "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches" (Ver. 17) "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches" (Ver. 29) "He that has an ear..." (Rev. 3:8) "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches" (Ver. 13) "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches" (Ver. 22).
And those who do not hear can NOT hear...
"WHY do ye [all of us] NOT UNDERSTAND MY SPEECH? EVEN BECAUSE YE CANNOT HEAR MY WORD. Ye are of your father THE DEVIL... He that is of God HEARS God's words [words of SPIRIT, WITH HIS SPIRIT]: ye therefore hear them not, BECAUSE YE ARE NOT OF GOD" (John 8:43-44 & 47).
"But the natural [soulish] man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are SPIRITUALLY discerned" (I Cor. 2:14).
Christ's words ARE "spirit"
"...the words that I speak unto you, THEY ARE SPIRIT, and they are LIFE" (John 6:63)!
"And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." (Rev 17:4-5)
"And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus..." (Rev 17:6)
"And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become THE HABITATION OF DEVILS, and the hold of EVERY FOUL SPIRIT, and A CAGE OF EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD." (Rev 18:2)
"For ALL NATIONS HAVE DRUNK OF THE WINE of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." (Rev 18:3)
It is amazing what we cherish in our HEART and MINDS. These are the IMAGES of the BEAST! WE ["of the earth"] are the "merchants of the earth" filling the pews and filling our hearts/minds with every kind of evil ...Mystery Babylon is found in the heart of man!
Having a form of Godliness [on the outside]
"And deceiveth THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH [having a "form" of Godliness] by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE AN IMAGE [in their mind ...from the heart] TO THE BEAST, which had the wound by a sword [Sword of the Spirit... The Word of God], and did live." (Rev 13:14)
"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..." (2 Timothy 3:2-4)
"HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS, but denying the power [they believe they are in control - 'free will'] thereof: from such turn away."
(2 Timothy 3:5)
The IMAGE of the BEAST is "pornography" [of the heart]:
"For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts..." (2 Timothy 3:6)
"Ever learning [in church - in The Word], and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." (2 Timothy 3:7)
These are "religious" people... This is MYSTERY BABYLON
"The heart is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, and DESPERATELY WICKED: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." (Jeremiah 17:9-10)
"For from within, OUT OF THE HEART OF MEN, PROCEED EVIL thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." (Mark 7:21-23)
We are to COME OUT OF HER!!
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, MY PEOPLE, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev 18:4)
"How much SHE HATH GLORIFIED HERSELF, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for SHE SAITH IN HER HEART, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." (Rev 18:7)
"Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." (Rev 18:8)
JUDGEMENT
She WILL FALL [in ALL of us]!!
The HOUR of JUDGMENT
"And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for IN ONE HOUR IS THY JUDGMENT COME." (Rev 18:9-10)
The Great Commission?
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte [convert], and when he is made, ye make him twofold MORE the child of hell [Gk: "Gehenna" the realm of the "dead," which Jesus here uses to represent the "spiritually dead"] than yourselves." (Matt. 23:15)
"MANY will say to me [Jesus] in that day, Lord, Lord [Master, Master], have we not:
PROPHESIED [taught, preached] in Thy Name? In Thy Name have CAST OUT DEVILS? And in Thy Name done MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? And then will I profess I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME YOU THAT WORK INIQUITY [lawlessness]."
(Matt. 7:22-23)
"For MANY shall come in my name, saying [that], I [Jesus] am Christ, and shall deceive MANY." (Matt. 24:5)
"...oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." (II Thes. 2:4)
We proclaim ourselves "god" as we worship our "FREE" will illusion. There are no uncaused choices. God is in the details! It is ALL HIS plan!!
"The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD."(Proverbs 16:33)
"O Lord, I know that the way of man is NOT IN HIMSELF [not in his will or choice] it is not in man that walks to direct his steps [he is not "free" to choose where he will walk]." (Jer. 10:23)
"Man's goings [steps] are OF THE LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?" (Prov. 20:24)
"The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turns [directs] it whithersoever he will [desires]." (Prov. 21:1)
"Howbeit he means NOT SO [that it was all of God] neither does his heart think so [he believes "free will" decided what he would or would not do] ...For he said. Are not my princes... As my hand has found... Shall I not, as I have done..." (Isa. 10:7-11).
"...I [God] will PUNISH the fruit of the stout [ARROGANT] heart of his high [HAUGHTY] looks." (Isa.10:12)
"Shall the ax boast itself against Him that hews with it?" (Isa. 10:15)
"Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?" (Rom. 9:20)
Satan's Seat
"I know thy works, and WHERE THOU DWELLEST, even WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS..." (Rev 2:13)
"...and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was MY FAITHFUL MARTYR, who was SLAIN AMONG YOU, WHERE SATAN DWELLETH." (Rev 2:13)
"He that hath an ear, let him hear WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES..." (Rev 2:17)
The Doctrine of Balaam
"...them that hold THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT Balac TO CAST A STUMBLINGBLOCK before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication." (Rev 2:14)
"...them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I [Jesus] hate." (Rev 2:15)
Iranaeus, identified the Nicolaitans in his treatise "Against Heresies" as they that "lead lives of unrestrained indulgence." The root of the word Nicolaitans is from the Greek nikao [to conquer or overcome], and laos [people ...from which the word laity comes] ...together meaning the destruction of the people ...the priestly order or "those who prevail over the people" ...the opposite of SERVANT LEADERSHIP...
Is there ANY "good" found in our congregations?
Of course! The Church of Jesus Christ IS the BODY of JESUS CHRIST is ONE SPIRIT - we are ALL connected! We are the Temple wherein the Spirit of God dwells.
"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells NOT in temples made with hands." (Acts 17:24)
"Howbeit the Most High dwells NOT in temples made with hands."(Acts 7:48)
"Know ye not that YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, and that the SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU?" (I Cor. 3:16)
In lieu of buying [as merchants] the delicacies of Mystery Babylon
"I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see."(Rev 3:18, NIV)