Globalism, Part 13: The European Union

The European Union (hereafter, “the EU”) began in 1992. It started as an attempt at “fair trade.” This is an economical issue of which I am not familiar. Basically, the more “united” countries are in trade agreements, then the less things cost. That is partly due to the reduction in exportation costs. If the US and Canada agreed to not tax each other for goods crossing the border, then automatically the costs shift downward. Well, the EU moved past this economic agreement into political territory. They adopted a single currency—The Euro. They also adopted a single flag. Technically, this is the flag of the Council of Europe, but it was appropriated by the EU. Arsène Heitz designed the flag with certain symbolism in mind. The flag is composed of 12 stars. Why 12? There are more than 12 members of the EU. It was chosen as a symbol of completion, perfection, and order. The stars are aligned in a perfect circle to display unity (called the “circle of stars”). For a differing view on the "circle of stars" try this link. (The original 13 colonies of the US had a similar alignment of stars on their flag.) Heitz chose 12, also due to its symbolism. This was either the symbolism of a painting of the Virgin Mary with 12 stars above her head as a halo or it was taken from the book of Revelation. Rev 12:1-2, 5 “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth...She gave birth to a son a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron rod scepter. And her child was snatched up to God, and to his throne” (NIV). Why does this matter? Well, I’ve heard it said that the “Europa” riding the beast is actually the “Virgin Mary.”

Europe itself is named after the Greek mythological figure "Europa." Legend says that she rode the bull form of Zeus into the ocean at which time he raped her. Sounds like what I want my continent named after! Well, a woman riding a bull...hmm where else have I heard that? Oh yeah, Revelation. In Revelation, the "harlot" rides the "beast" and this is connected with the evil Babylonian Empire. The EU even has a statue of this woman riding a beast at their parliament building in Brussels. Okay, so let's go into this "Babylon" connection. The EU built one of their parliamentary buildings in Strasbourg, France. The building was designed after the Tower of Babel of Genesis 11. There is a famous painting of the Tower of Babel, and it is this painting which allowed the EU to create a similar building. The point by the EU is that they see the Tower of Babel as a perfect symbol of unity. The Tower of Babel was built at a time when there was a single language and people were all working together. Sounds great! The problem was that the people believed they didn’t need God. They also thought that if they could build the tower high enough, they could reach heaven, and therefore reach God. It is secular humanism at its highest. It was an attempt to throw of God and become Gods ourselves. Check out the pictures below to see what I’m discussing. You’ll see a poster put out by the European Council which reads: “Europe: many tongues, one voice.” Notice on the Strasbourg building how they left the building unfinished just like the painting. They even used protrusions from the building to make it appear as if the building has scaffolding around it.


Tower of Babel Painting

Strasbourg Parliament Building


European Council Poster



German Phonecard


Brussels Parliament Statue


Stamp



Deal with this information however you want. Believe it’s just a wacko conspiracy or just harmless if you want to, but I really believe the EU is power hungry. I believe that is why the US is trying to catch up with the NAU. The EU, is way ahead of us on this path to globalism. They even tried to pass an EU constitution. 2 countries rejected it, but once this passes, that will be the end of national sovereignty in Europe. Google any of this stuff to fact check me or try these links 1 and 2.

Globalism, Part 12: Satan's Gospel + The Mormon Connection

The below was taken from ConspiracyArchive.com. I know from the title of the website that you’re probably thinking, sounds totally legit! Illegitimate websites don’t give citation. This one does. The Author is Alice Bailey (theosophy) and the rest of the citation information is listed after the quote.

“Once the key to Genesis is in our hands it is the scientific and symbolic Kabbala which unveils the secret. The Great Serpent of the Garden of Eden and the "Lord God" are identical ...

Stand in awe of him, and sin not, speak his name with trembling ... It is Satan who is the god of our planet and the only god ...

When the Church, therefore, curses Satan, it curses the cosmic reflection of God...
In this case it is but natural ... to view Satan, the Serpent of Genesis as the real creator and benefactor, the Father of Spiritual mankind.

For it is he who was the "Harbinger of Light," bright radiant Lucifer, who opened the eyes of automaton (Adam) created by Jehovah, as alleged; and he who was first to whisper, "In the day yea eat there of, ye shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil" -- can only be regarded in the light of a Saviour. An "adversary" to Jehovah ... he still remains in esoteric truth the ever loving "Messenger"... who conferred on us spiritual instead of physical immortality ...

Satan, or Lucifer, represents the active ... "Centrifugal Energy of the Universe" in a cosmic sense ... Fitly is he ... and his adherents ... consigned to the "sea of fire," because it is the Sun ... the fount of life in our system, where they are petrified ... and churned up to re-arrange them for another life; that Sun which, as the origin of the active principle of our Earth, is at once the Home and the Source of the Mundane Satan ..."
- The Secret Doctrine, Volume I, page 414, Vol II, pgs. 234, 235, 243, 245

Now do you see why the Lucis Trust was originally named “Lucifer Trust”? The NAM “flips the script” as they say. It turns the Devil into a positive figure. How so? It makes his work in the Garden of Eden a good thing. He brought us knowledge. Knowledge is always good. Nevermind that whole issue of the loss of experiential knowledge mankind had with God. The Fall forever damaged relationship between humanity and God. Not until the final resurrection will mankind finally be restored. Why did I drag in the Mormons into this? They believe also that the eating of the fruit was a good thing. Satan was sent for this purpose. Read the following from a prominent writer within Mormonism.

“The opportunity of winning the victor's reward by overcoming evil was explained to our parents, and they rejoiced. Adam said: 'Blessed be the name of God, for because of my transgression my eyes are opened, and in this life I shall have joy, and again in the flesh I shall see God.' Eve was glad and declared: 'Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient."
James Talmage - The Articles of Faith, p. 62 or this link.

Orthodox (from beginning) Christianity has condemned sin. Adam and Eve’s sin was our sin. It’s called “Original Sin.” There is a lot that could be said on Original Sin, but I’ll keep it short. Sin entered the world through Adam and Eve. It has permeated throughout history. It is the cause, in general, of sickness, evil both natural and moral, death, lack of understanding, etc (basically everything bad). All are born with this sinful nature, except Jesus. He avoided this (depending on which theological position you take) because of being born of the Spirit. Jesus, in a sense, was born like Adam without the overwhelming nature of sin. Both had a choice. Adam made the wrong one whereas Jesus made the right one (See Romans 5 for more on this Adam/Christ Parallel). You’re only chance of free choice (regarding sin) isn’t actually at birth but at the new birth. (This is the position of Augustine/Luther/Calvin that your free will was lost at the Fall). Even after re-birth, sin still plays a role (very much has been written on post-salvific sin, so I’m not getting in that debate). The bottom-line is this: sin is not to be celebrated. The NAM and Mormonism both do this. Mormonism sees it as a gaining of knowledge but forgets about the loss of relational knowledge. God became distant.

After posting this and re-reading it, I noticed a few more connections between the Alice Bailey quotes and Mormonism that I overlooked. Mormonism, pits Jesus and Satan as “spiritual brothers" (look under section titled “Devil, the”) of God the Father (aka to them Elohim). Go back and look at some of the quotes from Bailey. Alice Bailey uses "Elohim" and "Jehovah" rather than just saying God. Who else makes this divide? Mormons. They see "Elohim" as "God the Father" and "Jehovah" as Jesus of the Old Testament. So it is Jehovah who creates and his Adversary Satan brings in knowledge. They are partners in this world. Elohim is “God” in Hebrew, and Jehovah is the revealed “name” of God which is rendered as LORD in English. I put quotes around “name” because “Jehovah” isn’t really a name. It means “I am that I am” or “I am” or “To Be.” There is no other true God so God doesn’t need a name so that we can know which “god” we’re talking about. Humans need names so that we can know who is who. God is the only God. (Just my interpretation of the whole “I AM” situation.) Anyway, the point is that I’ve found more connections between theosophy and Mormonism.

Look at this Alice Bailey quote again:
"For it is he who was the "Harbinger of Light," bright radiant Lucifer, who opened the eyes of automaton (Adam) created by Jehovah, as alleged; and he who was first to whisper, "In the day yea eat there of, ye shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil" -- can only be regarded in the light of a Saviour. An "adversary" to Jehovah ... he still remains in esoteric truth the ever loving "Messenger"... who conferred on us spiritual instead of physical immortality ..."

Mormonism teaches that Jesus and Satan both offered God Elohim a plan for salvation. Mormons teach that Jesus' plan was accepted and Satan was angry and jealous. The Fall is salvific. It is not Jesus' plan but Satan's! Satan's plan of salvation is celebrated by the NAM and Mormons! Satan is as Alice Bailey puts it, "...the ever loving 'Messenger'...." This connection is nearly unbelievable.

A note to any Mormon who reads this:
I do not wish to offend you, but I realize that the above will. However, I can only say what I believe to be true. To me, Christianity needed nothing "added" like the Book of Mormon or Mormonism in general. Judaism was different because it was always looking for the Messiah. The Messiah came in Christ, and he fulfilled Judaism in himself. He is it. There is no need for anything or anyone else. Mormonism isn't a "Reformation." It is a different religion. The Protestant Reformation, as John Calvin argues, was a Resotoration of the Apostolic Church. It tried to get back to biblical theology rather than 1,500 years of additives, councils, proclamations, and "infallible" popes who disagreed with the "infallible" pope before them.

Globalism, Part 11: THE GREAT INVOCATION

The broadcast I’ve discussed so much ended with the “world prayer” which is also known as “The Great Invocation.” Essentially, the Great Invocation is an inclusive “world prayer” (even for atheists). I would really rather not have it on my site, so take a look at it in an external site.
At the top of this link is “The Great Invocation.” To the right you will see a strange triangle. At the bottom of the link, you will see why the triangle matters. Not enough info on the triangles? Try this too. Anyone else pick up on the symbolism’s attempt to connect with the Trinity? The Great Invocation has been spoken at the UN as THE world prayer. Let me again quote the “New Agers” as they explain the Great Invocation. Pay careful attention to how they admit that this “prayer” will be taken in different ways. That is, to the dumb public, they will see the word “Christ” and say, “Hey a new “Lord’s Prayer.” Sounds great! The “enlightened mind” knows better, according to them. The following is from the Lucis Trust:


“DEEPER MEANING OF THE GREAT INVOCATION
The Great Invocation if given widespread distribution, can be to the new world religion what the Lord's Prayer has been to Christianity and the 23rd Psalm has been to the spiritually minded Jew. There are three approaches to this great Prayer or Invocation:

1. That of the general public.
2. That of the esotericists, or of the aspirants and the disciples of the world.
3. That of the Members of the Hierarchy.

First, the general public will regard it as a prayer to God Transcendent. They will not recognise Him yet as immanent in His creation; they will send it forth on the wings of hope -- hope for light and love and peace, for which they ceaselessly long. They will also regard it as a prayer for the enlightenment of all rulers and leaders in all groups who are handling world matters; as a prayer for the inflow of love and understanding among men, so that they may live in peace with one another; as a demand for the working out of the will of God -- a will of which they can know nothing and which ever seems to them so inscrutable and so all-inclusive that their normal reaction is patience and a willingness to refrain from questioning; as a prayer for the strengthening of human responsibility in order that the recognised evils of today -- which so distress and trouble mankind -- may be done away with and some vague source of evil may be harnessed. They will regard it finally as a prayer that some equally vague primeval condition of blissful happiness may be restored and all unhappiness and pain disappear from the earth. This is, for them, entirely good and helpful and all that is immediately possible.

Secondly, esotericists, aspirants and spiritually minded people will have a deeper and more understanding approach. To them it will convey the recognition of the world of causes and of Those Who stand subjectively behind world affairs, the spiritual Directors of our life. They stand ready to strengthen those with true vision, ready to indicate not only the reason for events in the various departments of human living, but also to make those revelations which will enable humanity to move forward out of darkness into light. With this fundamental attitude, the necessity for a widespread expression of these underlying facts will be apparent and an era of spiritual propaganda, engineered by disciples and carried forward by esotericists,will mature. This era began in 1875 when the fact of the existence of the Masters of the Wisdom was proclaimed. It has been carried forward in spite of misrepresentation, attack upon the concept, and scorn. Recognition of the substantial nature of the available evidence and the appearance of an intuitive response by occult students and many of the intelligentsia throughout the world has been helpful.

A new type of mystic is coming to be recognised; he differs from the mystics of the past by his practical interest in current world affairs and not in religious and church matters only; he is distinguished by his lack of interest in his own personal development, by his ability to see God immanent in all faiths and not just in his own particular brand of religious belief, and also by his capacity to live his life in the light of the divine Presence. All mystics have been able to do this to a greater or less degree, but the. modern mystic differs from those in the past in that he is able clearly to indicate to others the techniques of the Path; he combines both head and heart, intelligence and feeling, plus an intuitive perception, hitherto lacking. The clear light of the Spiritual Hierarchy now illumines the way of the modem mystic, and not simply the light of his own soul; this will be increasingly the case.

Thirdly, both of these groups -- the general public and the world aspirants in their varying degrees -- have among them those who stand out from the general average as possessing a deeper insight and understanding; they occupy a no-man's-land, intermediate on the one hand between the masses and the esotericists and, on the other, between the esotericists and the Members of the Hierarchy. Forget not, They also use this great Invocation and that not a day goes by that the Christ Himself does not sound it forth.
The use of this Invocation or Prayer and the rising expectancy of. the coming of the Christ hold out the greatest hope for man-kind today. Great Sons of God have ever come on humanity's demand and always will, and He for Whom all men wait today is on His way.”

As if that wasn’t enough on The Great Invocation, try it’s website http://www.thegreatinvocation.org.uk/home.htm for anything else you want to know about it. Sounds like some great reading! Under the “WHO” section, you can find out who is meant when they say “Christ” in the G.I.. Don’t miss out on this good stuff in the “HOW” section: “The true followers of Christ are all those who love their fellowmen and see no barriers among people [i.e. exclusivity of religion maybe?] for the major effect of the reappearance of the Christ will be the stimulation of the spirit of inclusiveness.” [The Great Invocation: A Mantram for the New Age and for all Humanity] You guys ready to bring the Christ forth through some triangle energy?

Globalism, Part 10: From The Horses Mouth

Listen to what he says in the last 40 seconds. Now, I know in our present day culture that as President the media would unceasingly attack him if he didn't answer the question the way he did, but does that change things? Does that excuse his answer?



I voted for the man, partially because of his Christian views. That is in no way orthodox Christianity. Worshiping God (i.e. "The Father") isn't good enough (even if you make the jump that "Allah is God the Father"). Why? Why don't you ask Jesus because he was the one who said that no one comes to the Father except through the Son.

"Different routes"...now where have I heard that before? Hmmm.


The great evil for the NAM is division. The Lucis Trust broadcast that I’ve mentioned several times said that The Buddha and The Christ came not to divide but to unite humanity. In fact, the title of the broadcast that I listened to was “Two Brothers: The Buddha and The Christ.” I seem to remember Jesus discussing how his message would divide families. The Great Commission brings those that believe in the message together. However, those that reject it, by default, move away from those who accept it. The two worldviews are diametrically opposed.

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." - Matthew 10:34-39 NASB

For the NAM, everything can and should be solved through unity and knowledge which includes tolerance and in a sense, political correctness to avoid offense. Regarding the above passage, the broadcast said that religious people misinterpret their own religions causing division among humanity. Religions are just different paths to the same source. The “New Religion” is both truly new and truly old. It both exists as a new creation and as no religion at all. How can it be all these? It is the combination of all religions. Therefore, to the Lucis Trust, it isn’t a new religion. It is simply the understanding that all are trying to get to the same place. To the Christian, it is obviously a new religion yet simultaneously a “re-incarnation” of ancient pagan religions. The broadcast said that this point about all religions as different paths to the same location is the “light of wisdom” which is beginning to dawn (notice the theosophism in that). They defined wisdom as “…the enlightened application of knowledge through love.” They then said that this was the next step in the evolution of humanity.

Globalism, Part 9: The Doctrine of Evolution and Spirit Christology

THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION
You should, by now, notice the undertones of evolution. The NAM believes that evolution is the work of God pushing his creation to greater and greater heights. (Remember the quote which said the goal of theosophy was the merging of religion with science?) This is true physically but also spiritually. That means we are moving to a greater goal, and we need a greater figure than Buddha and Christ. Christ is the highest point of evolution thus far. There is a great value to this high figure being truly human. For him to be truly (or only) human makes him this worldly rather than otherworldly. He, then, can truly relate to our experience and us. This makes him a realistic example for us because he didn’t just do what was right because he was divine. He is only different in action and knowledge, not in being. Therefore, we too can ascend to this high level of knowledge and ultimately action. Great teachers such as Buddha and Christ had insight into reality, which liberated them from the constraints of this world. This is a perversion of Spirit Christology which I believe in. For Schleiermacher and the Lucis Trust, Jesus didn’t lay down his power of divinity because he was just a chosen human (not pre-existent). I think an explanation of Spirit Christology would be helpful, but it will take a lot of setup work to get my point across.

SPIRIT CHRISTOLOGY
At the risk of coming across blasphemous, Jesus isn’t pre-existent…the Son is. I know that may be hard to grasp at first (I became angry the first time I heard it, but I didn’t understand it). The Son is pre-existent, and he took on flesh as Jesus. From that moment on, The Son with a body became known as “Jesus”. This union was separated at death, and reunited at resurrection and continued at ascension (The Son is still en-fleshed as Jesus). Why does this matter? It matters because it gives an extreme value to Incarnation. The Son left the Father, came to earth, became like us to save us. Spirit Christology wishes to make sense of all this. How can Jesus by my example for the right way to live if he is god and therefore cannot sin? He can resist sin just by the power of being God, not really feeling temptation like a “real” human does. The answer to this dilemma is Spirit Christology. Philippians 2 has the famous “kenosis” passage which has been misinterpreted to say that Jesus “laid down” his divinity. God cannot become non-god philosophically. This is impossible. Jesus “laid down” the “abilities of divinity” in the sense that he chose to take on flesh which covered over his divinity. That is, he laid down omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence by choosing to take on human flesh. Some may say that God is not God without his divine abilities. To them, I ask this: Didn’t The Son unquestionably lay down omnipresence (assuming you’re not Gnostic) by becoming localized in a body? Why is it unreasonable to believe that he chose not to use all three abilities? I’ll give you the example that my professor gave me. Think of The Son as a pencil. Place some chewed gum over the head of the pencil. The gum is incarnation or flesh. The gum over the pencil made it so that it could not write (function) like it was supposed to. In the same way, The Son had all the abilities of divinity of before, but he could not use them based on his choice to take on flesh (the gum in the analogy).

Okay, I know where your mind has gone already. You’re thinking, well doesn’t that mean that the present day Jesus shouldn’t be able to use divine powers too? The answer is no because of the resurrection. The Son/Jesus was resurrected with a new, heavenly body. Remember how we walked through walls and appeared and disappeared? It’s frightening how well this theological concept solved all these issues. I know this was a bit complex, but read it a couple times…it will sink in. If you have the time, go back and read “The Schleiermacher Connection.” His whole point with the non-divinity of Jesus is that Jesus has to be a true example. He doesn’t know how to make Jesus a real example for us without stripping him of divinity. Think about it? If God says, nope I’m not going to do that evil thing, BIG DEAL! Of course he didn’t do it; he can resist! I can’t, so don’t blame me! Well, Jesus is the answer to why we are to blame. Jesus says no to temptation because of the Spirit. Jesus was open to God through the Spirit. Jesus’ apparent divine powers on earth were actually the Spirit working through him. When Jesus heals, he does so through the Spirit. See the connection to us? We work through the Spirit as well. We can avoid sin through the close relationship of the Spirit. We can know God intimately through the Spirit. Think about how Jesus didn’t start his ministry of good works both physically and spiritually until he was baptized (and the Spirit came upon him). Just as the Spirit gave discernment to Jesus to know what others were thinking, so to does he give discernment in our time. Ever had a prophet/Evangelist tell you something that you knew they could not know? It was the Spirit that gave them that message. This belief that Jesus has to be a regular human to be our example is a strong push of the anti-Christ/New Age Movement. They use simple logic to say he HAS to be just a human. Well, Spirit Christology satisfies that concern without forfeiting Jesus’ divinity while enhancing the value of the Incarnation.