Men in White

Previously: They Seek Deep to Hide Their Counsels from the Lord

 

A new interpretation of the man in the white robe in Lehi's dream began circulating in the remnant movement almost a decade ago. Before then it seemed as if no one noticed his presence at all. Like me, most probably assumed that the man was placed there by God to help Lehi find the Tree of Life. But a second look in between the lines tells a different story. Clearly, the man in white was an obstacle for Lehi, a stumbling block placed in his way to distract him from the path. This 2015 post from an abandoned blog explains the interpretation well, but in this post I'm going to attempt to extract a deeper meaning that will hopefully shed some new light on this spiritual object lesson.

White represents purity, which makes this part of Lehi's dream seem ambiguous. White robes are mentioned a few other times in scripture in regard to the righteous. Nephi was shown John the revelator wearing a white robe, Joseph Smith described Moroni (or Nephi according to some) as wearing a robe of "exquisite whiteness," and Jesus himself was wearing a white robe when he descended to visit the Nephites. In the book of Revelations John sees that those who sacrificed their lives for the testimony of Christ were given white robes, as well as those who came out of great tribulation and washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.  Why then, in this one instance of scripture, is a white robe being attributed to a man who is placed in Lehi's path to deceive him and lead him astray? I think it all comes down to one word: perception. 

God is trying to teach us that impostors also wear white robes, many of which we perceive to be righteous. White is a very symbolic color in the traditions of the Church, especially in temple worship. When endowments are taken out the initiate usually has family and friends that go with them, all dressed in white, and after they come through the veil they have a joyous reunion in the mostly white Celestial Room. That leaves powerful impressions on the mind, at least it did for me, and nostalgic associations of the color white with purity, joy, righteousness, and eternal progression. These impressions can become etched in a persons subconscious mind, and can lead to a conditioned response when they see images of what they perceive to be righteous men dressed in white. This response includes a feeling of acceptance, of non-skepticism, of letting down the walls of protection and opening the mind to teachings of such men, like say this one in the picture below:

Doesn't that feel nice? President Nelson is dressed in an all-white suit, surrounded by white statues of Saints with his hand on Peter's white key of "authority." Where is he? At the Vatican visiting the Pope, also a man dressed in white. Isn't it soothing? It makes a person feel like they have God's approval and everything is taken care of and under control. These guys got us, obviously they have "keys," just believe and trust in them. God wants them to consort with leaders of powerful churches to hasten his work. Everything is going to be OK. The kingdom is in "good hands," and is built upon the "rock" of Peter's authority, which has been given to President Nelson. 

Can you "feel" all the emotions this picture invokes? You can almost observe the myriad messages and thoughts dancing across your mind as you gaze at it. It's almost as if this was purposeful photographic propaganda... "sssh child, don't question the men in white, they have connections with heaven, they have your paperwork and your ticket to salvation, don't bite that hand that feeds you spiritually, there, there, go back to sleep."

With that sardonic introduction, let's analyze the few verses (1 Nephi 8:5-8) in Lehi's dream that describe this man in the white robe:

And it came to pass that I saw a man, and he was dressed in a white robe; and he came and stood before me.

Lehi's dream begins in a "dark and dreary wilderness" (verse 4), and while in this wasteland the man "stood before" him, meaning directly in his way. Church leaders claim they stand between us and the Lord, true they don't say this outright, but it is implied in the teachings of the Church. For example, you cannot attend the temple if you do not sustain the President of the Church as prophet, seer, and revelator. Most members conflate temple services with worship of Jesus Christ, so you can't worship Christ without acknowledging that some man is president of a corporation. Of course, this is idolatry,  Nephi said that the Lord employeth no servant to stand between us and him. 

And it came to pass that he spake unto me, and bade me follow him. 

The man did two things here, he spoke to Lehi and admonished him to follow him. We are not told what he said, but it was more than just "follow me" because of the conjunction and. He "spake unto me, and bade me follow him." Is this not what modern-day leaders of churches do to their followers? They deliver sermons and lectures to keep them active in their respective sects, to keep the tithing flows coming, and to keep the pastors adored. 

And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste. 

Following the man is getting Lehi nowhere. As he followed him he found that he was still in the wasteland. This mode of worship is nonproductive. It does not lead to the Tree of Life. 

After I had traveled for the space of many hours in darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me, according to the multitude of his tender mercies.  

Now the punchline. Lehi had been in darkness for hours. Notice it is not just a dreary waste, the man had led him into darkness. And it was only after Lehi had prayed for mercy that the Lord delivered him and showed him the spacious field and the distant Tree of Life. The Lord showed him the gate to ascension, the straight and narrow path. The man in white either had no idea where he was going, i.e., was a blind man attempting to lead other blind men, or he was a wolf in sheep's clothing deliberately attempting to deceive Lehi. The message is clear: don't follow a man. 

In 1832, the Lord declared to Joseph Smith the status of the world. He said "the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness," and then he told him why:

And by this you may know that they are under the bondage of sin, because they come not unto me. For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin. And whoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and is not of me. And by this ye may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now. (D&C 84:50-53, Emphasis added)

The quickest way to "come not unto" Christ is to put your trust in and follow a man. This causes our spirits to "groan" under complete darkness. It feels good to the carnal man to trust in worldly comforts such as riches, and in worldly "authorities" such as government and religious leaders. But it feels like death to our spirits, which know better. That's why those who engage in idolatry feel incomplete and unhappy, often relying on drugs, the pursuit of riches, or other addictions to fill the void. Satan understands this phenomenon and capitalizes on it. He has set up his own paradigm of opposites, a false dichotomy to deceive you into calling evil good, and good evil. If you can control both sides of an argument, you can control the minds of those engaged in it. This is known as the Hegelian Dialectic, and has been used by conspirators for centuries to shape and mold societies.

It basically goes something like this: you create a problem/narrative, then you create an opposition to that problem/narrative, you let people argue, divide, and fractionalize over it, then you create a "solution" that solidifies more control into the hands of those who created it in the first place. I have to hand it to the devil here, this is utter genius, and has allowed him to control the entire world. This has been symbolized in Freemasonry by the black and white checker board, because Satan wants control of both good and evil. Notice the LDS leaders wear both white and black suits depending on the occasion, I don't think this is inconsequential. The opposites create a narrative in the mind that you are totally unaware of, a level of propaganda so deeply embedded into your subconscious that you won't catch it unless you are familiar with the philosophies of Mystery Babylon. 

Let's go down the rabbit hole...

Black and White: Its Ultimate Meaning

In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus forbade swearing oaths, I wrote about that here. He ended that part of the sermon with this teaching:

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair black or white. (Mathew 5:36; 3 Nephi 12:36) 

Why would he use black and white in relation to hair color? Not everyone's hair is black or white; most consist of a shade somewhere in between. Well, Jesus is using these colors to show the futility of swearing oaths. Swearing or covenanting with an organization, society, fraternity, or religion will not change reality. Black and white (right and wrong, truth and error, slavery and freedom, opposites, etc.) already exists under the parameters that God has established; no one can change that. Those who swear oaths to Mystery Babylon believe that good is evil, and evil is good, and that Lucifer is the creator of those opposites. They want to control both good and evil; that's why Satan launched a campaign at the beginning of this creation to usurp religion. 

Those older than me will remember the false preacher that used to be in the temple endowment ceremony before 1990; he was collegiately trained in the ministry to preach "orthodox religion" to people for money. It makes sense why LDS leaders removed this from the endowment; they are essentially doing the same thing. Whatever the motives were for removing the preacher matter little, because the deeper message has been omitted, which is: Satan desires to control organized religion. Why? So that he can surreptitiously manipulate the true meaning of good and evil. He wants a monopoly on those concepts, because when you control both sides of an argument, you control the mind. And what better way to accomplish that then by skewing the lines of right and wrong? 

Let's consider a few teachings that emanated from the LDS Church that have done this very thing. The sin of adultery was transformed through the teaching of "celestial marriage" and polygamy from a vile sin into a requirement for exaltation. Murder was changed from a gross crime to being "necessary" to atone for certain sins that Christ's atonement would not cover. And "lying for the Lord" became a virtue when it was necessary to keep back "mysteries" like plural marriage from the lay members of the Church. In just those three examples it is easy to see how the lines of right and wrong have been subtly entwined. Now times that by ad infinitum and that is what Satan has been doing here in this world ("that which has been done in other worlds"), in every other religion and philosophy. 

I think it no coincidence that Lehi was shown the iron rod after he stopped following the man in white and prayed unto the Lord. It is only through the word of God that one can discover the true meaning of right and wrong, meanings that those who swear by their heads are powerless to change. The iron rod refers to things "as they are." For instance, murder and adultery are crimes, having many wives and concubines are equated with evil, lying is declared a sin, and those who engage in it are "thrust down to hell." Just like that, the iron rod has boldly destroyed the entire foundation of the Brighamite Church, without compunction. But why is that so hard for so many to see? Because they are confused as to what is really good and what is really evil; they have rested the scriptures in exchange for "blind guides" who lead them astray. 

But Satan's shenanigans are much bigger than the subjugation of just one church; he wants them all. And so he has organized a fraternity who swear "by the oaths of the ancients," to infiltrate every religion and to plant the false dichotomy of the Luciferian concepts of opposites. A false paradigm meant to blend the lines of right and wrong like a painter mixes colors. Black and white are at the opposite ends of the color spectrum; white reflects all light and black absorbs it. Me and my kids love to watch old episodes of Bob Ross, and it is fascinating to see him mix his color. When he wants to add a dimension of light to a mountain, or a forest, or a lake, he simply adds a little white to the paint, and whatever he is painting becomes three-dimensional. The light makes it look real. And when he adds black to darken a color it makes the light stand out even more. Painting is nothing more than the manipulation of various shades of black and white. Notice how the mountains stand out in the painting below. Can you see where the light is hitting them and how it creates the ridgelines?

Although the painting is beautiful, it's not real. It's the manipulation of light and color on a blank canvas. It tricks the mind into believing it is viewing a real mountain landscape, and it invokes all the feelings and emotions that one would experience if they were standing physically in a place like this. The emotions are real, but the painting is not. I'm not trying to say that paintings are evil, I certainly love good artwork (especially Bob Ross), but there is a lesson to be learned here. Just as a master painter can manipulate color to create an optical illusion, Satan can use the mediums of religion and philosophy to create moral illusions. Look at the mountains again, specifically at the ridgeline in the middle of the painting. One side is light and one side is dark, but both are illusions. Neither one is real. Yet it feels aesthetically pleasing. When we look at a painting, our logical minds know that it is not real, but the subconscious mind doesn't know the difference. As far as it is concerned, we might as well be standing in that beautiful place. 

Similarly, when we learn something in Church history that sears our conscience, like adultery and pedophilia becoming justified through plural marriage, at first we are incensed. That is the conscious mind knowing the painting isn't real. But then we begin to learn the "justifications" for the doctrine, like that an angel appeared to Joseph and "made him do it," or that there was a "revelation" from the Lord declaring it to be the highest ordinance in the gospel, and our subconscious minds begin to take over. They begin to make the painting real. The different shades of black and white (light and darkness) begin to blend until the mind can't tell one from the other. We rationalize the doctrine by thinking things like the following: it was revealed for a higher purpose that we can't understand, some day when we get the Celestial Kingdom we will be able to live this law because we will be perfect, God uses it sometimes to raise up seed, God created more women then men so it only makes sense that we will live it in the afterlife, God sometimes contradicts his own commandments like when he commanded Nephi to kill Laban, etc. 

The rationalizations can go on ad infinitum, until a beautiful and mysterious painting with depth perception and intricate detail has been created in the subconscious mind. And instead of learning how painters manipulate color, the mind is content to leave this "mystery" alone and get lost in the beauty of it. The beauty creates complacency and carnal security, much like the image of President Nelson in his white suit holding onto to Peter's white key. Now look at Bob Ross's painting again. Does it not create a feeling of serenity in your mind? Does it not calm your autonomic nervous system? Does it not create a longing to be in that place? But what is really behind those oil-based colors? Nothing but manufactured white canvas. And what is really behind the doctrine of plural marriage? Adultery... just plain old... adultery. 

Polygamy is just one example of how Satan creates moral illusions, and he has literally done this with every commandment and principle that God has ever revealed. But God has given us the iron rod to wade through the mists of darkness that these illusions create, and he has also revealed Satan's tells to us. Every poker player has a "tell" that gives him away, and Satan is no different. His Achilles heel is his pride, and his biggest tell is that he can't help but place his insignias on his works, i.e., he signs his paintings with symbols. He always does this, and if you look hard enough you can find his trademark in every organized religion, in every government, in global organizations, in many corporations, in military symbols, in schools, in courts,... literally everywhere. But the ground floor for this symbology is found in Masonic temples, literally on the ground... floor... in something called the Mosaic Pavement. 

Ritualistic Ground Zero

What you're looking at is a Masonic Mosaic Pavement on the floor of a Masonic temple. The word mosaic comes from the Latin word musivum which the Romans used to describe cubed decorations brought together to imitate a painting. The derivation goes all the back to Moses (mos), who etymologists surmise used colored stones to create a pavement in the tabernacle. Freemasons believe that this very mosaic of black and white stones was part of the design of the temple of Solomon. Despite being no evidence to substantiate this belief, there is one reference in the New Testament that seems to suggest that this mosaic design was part of the judgement seat in the Jerusalem temple. In the gospel of St. John, Pilate brought Jesus to a place called the "Pavement" when the chief priests were shouting to crucify him:

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. (John 19:13)

The Greek word translated for pavement is lithostroton, which literally means stone-strewn, which could be describing a mosaic pavement formed of ornamental stones of varying colors. The Hebrew word Gabbatha means heap or haughtiness, and was probably used in this Biblical context to describe an elevated podium, such as a judgment seat or altar. It was believed that the Sanhedrin held councils on such a pavement in the courts of the Jewish temple. Here is what Albert Mackey said about the Pavement in the Encyclopedia of Freemasonry:

The mosaic pavement is an old symbol of the Order. It is met with the earliest rituals of the last century. It is classed among the ornaments of the lodge along with the indented tessel and the blazing star. It's party-colored stones of black and white have been readily and appropriately interpreted as symbols of the evil and good in human life. 

There is some ambiguity about the derivation of the "indented tessel." Mackey explains that in some of the earliest Catechisms of the 18th Century, it was rendered indented tarsel, which is a corruption of tassel. And going back further to the English and French tracing boards of the First Degree, trestle-boards or tessellated borders were used, with each corner having a tassel. The four tassels represented "the four principle points, the Guttural, Pectoral, Manual, and Pedal, and through them to the four cardinal virtues, Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice" (source). In the image below you can see the tessellated border, or the tracing board:

As you can see the border is similar to a fringe, like a fringed flag in a U.S. court room. Remember a fringed flag is NOT a United States flag, it is a military flag flown in a conquered territory. I wrote about that here. The Hebrew word tsitsith connotes both fringes and tassels, which are symbolic of remembrance of duty to God. The children of Israel were admonished to sew fringes on the borders of their garments to remind them to keep God's commandments. 

The word tessellated is derived from the Latin word tessela, which means "a little square stone." Freemasons believe that the floor in king Solomon's temple was "tessellated," meaning checkered, and that the fringed border around the checkered pavement represented "cords." This is where it gets interesting. In French Freemasonry the "indented tessel" represents "a cord forming true-lover's knots," and in the German tradition it is called die Schnur von starken Faden, which means, "a cord of strong threads." In all traditions of masonry the cord of fringes and tassels forms a boarder around the checkered floor; remember the white and black stones represent both good and evil. The message in this symbolism is that Lucifer (the true god of Freemasonry), controls good and evil and all things represented in the Pavement, which includes you and me. He is showing this by "binding" the Pavement with his "strong cords." This makes Nephi's statement in 2 Nephi 26:22 even more interesting:

And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever. (Emphasis added)

Who is the "them" that Nephi is referring to? Those who comprise the "secret combinations," which the devil is the founder of. Nephi had to be shown these things in vision, or how else would he know that adepts are literally led around by the neck during Masonic initiation rituals? Here is a brief description of rituals performed in the modern Blue Lodge:

The Blue Lodge initiation ceremony is filled with symbols and rituals. For the initiation ceremony, the inductee removes all of their clothing, shoes and jewelry. They are given a garment to wear that has one leg rolled up and the left breast remains bare. The candidate is blindfolded for the first portion and then led around by a rope around his neck. As the candidate approaches the oath of secrecy, the sharp point of a sword is placed against his left breast symbolizing justice and knowledge that God will reward him according to his works. The candidate will walk in a circle, which symbolizes the mystical links to the past. (Source, Emphasis added)

These rituals are not modern. They were performed by the Egyptian mystery schools anciently, or as Nephi said, "in times of old." In Part 1 of Two Churches Only Volume I, Markham reveals the first seven degrees of Egypt, and the fourth degree is when the rope is placed around the aspirants neck:

He was handed a sword and a shield and taken through dark passages. He met certain persons, presenting frightful appearances, carrying torches and serpents. He was attacked, with the cry of PANIS! He defended himself bravely, but was taken prisoner, his eyes were bandaged and a cord placed around his neck. Dragging him into a hall, the specters disappeared. (p. 75, Emphasis added)

By using the word "flaxen," Nephi is describing a weak cord. The rope used in rituals is often the hangmen's noose, which is made of smaller fibers of flax or other material threaded and wound together. The typical noose has around 440 total threads. In the Egyptian mysteries, after the rope is placed around the initiates neck, he is led into another room where his blindfolds are removed. He hears a speech from a "King" who afterword gives him a sword and tells him to proceed into a cave and cut the head off of the next person he sees. Upon entering the cave he sees a beautiful woman, not a real one, but a model of one. After severing the head, he brings it back to the monarch who declares the head to be that of Gorgon, or the wife of Typhon. Remember Typhon is the bad guy in the Fable of Osiris, and is also known as Set. His wife represents the woman who John the revelator described in the Book of Revelations; the woman in the wilderness, also known as the kingdom of God. This ritual is symbolic of Satan overcoming the saints who make up God's church. (See 1 Nephi 13:5)

It is at this point the initiate is symbolically bound with "strong cords" because he has become complicit in murder. This is how Satan controls his dupes (think of his classic deal with Cain). He gets them to commit murder, and once he has done that, he has them forever. Remember that Alma said that he who murders against the light and knowledge of God cannot easily obtain forgiveness. Once the initiate has actually shed innocent blood, the chances of him returning to God are slim to none. 

The Mosaic Pavement is symbolic of all the dramas of the mystery schools playing out in real life. It is truly the ground floor of Masonic ritual. The rituals of the First Degree begin on the Pavement because it represents the world, Lucifer's world that he gives himself credit for creating. Remember, God creates, and Satan imitates. 

"Monopoly, 21, Checkers and Chess"

The words in the subtitle above are lines from the popular R.E.M. song, Man in the Moon. The song is about "the game of life," played out through "doubt, belief, transition, conspiracy, and truth." The lyrics are full of irony, contradiction, opposition, and divergence. The song is really about the search for truth, but only finding it through skepticism and doubt. What John Michael Stipe, front man for R.E.M., is really describing in the song, is the great paradox of human life. This same paradox is found in the esoteric meaning of the game of chess, the game that is played on the black and white squares of the Masonic Pavement. The game is not about one kingdom fighting another for dominance, the game is about you, and me. It's about everything that makes us human, and it's symbolic of the great war between good and evil that has raged since time immemorial, as well as the duality that exists in each of us. But there's one major problem, it's Satan's symbolic interpretation of these concepts, not God's. Remember he wants control of both sides of the game, both the black and the white players, so he creates a false paradigm of good and evil that seems oppositional, but in reality is manipulated and controlled. 

Sometime when you are bored look at the back of a dollar bill. The eagle that you see has two "wings," a left wing and a right wing. These terms are symbolic of American political parties, and we use them today in describing where a person falls on the political spectrum. But the two wings belong to the same bird, and are controlled by the same brain. This is an example of how Satan hides his occult teachings in plain sight (yes, the founding fathers who designed the Great Seal were Masons). Consequently, no matter what party controls the House and the Senate, the Deep State still remains in power. This is how the political status quo is maintained, but ignorant Americans somehow think that things actually "change" when a president from the opposite political party takes over. They think their vote somehow counts and that their talking-point arguments actually matter. But it's all an illusion, no matter what party is in control, there are still unjust wars, immoral laws, counterfeit money printing, crony capitalism, and Gadiantons plundering and murdering whomever they want behind the scenes. Most American politicians, and every U.S. president, have taken the very oaths I described a few paragraphs ago. The eagle on the dollar bill represents the Hegelian Dialectic, in plain sight for all to see; this is the pattern of Satan's church. I saw a meme the other day that said that a conspiracy theorist is just someone who is good at pattern recognition. Satan has made those patterns easy to recognize with his obsession with symbolism. All you have to do is look. 

Let's get back to the game of chess. Manly P. Hall describes the esoteric meaning of the game in his book, The Secret Teaching Of All Ages, which is basically a mini-encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Here is what he says about chess:

In its symbolism chess is the most significant of all games. It as been called "the royal game"-- the pastime of kings. Like the Tarot cards, the chessmen represent the elements of life and philosophy... The chessboard consists of 64 squares alternately black and white and symbolizes the floor of the House of the Mysteries. Upon this field of existence or thought move a number of strangely carved figures, each according to fixed law. The white king is Ormuzd; the black king, Ahriman; and upon the plains of Cosmos the great war between Light and Darkness is fought through all the ages. Of the philosophical constitution of man, the kings represent the spirit; the queens the mind; the bishop the emotions; the knights the vitality; the castles, or rooks, the physical body. The pieces upon the kings' side are positive; those upon the queens' side, negative. The pawns are the sensory impulses and and perceptive faculties -- the Self and its vehicles; the black king and his retinue, the not self -- the false Ego and its legion. The game of chess thus sets forth the eternal struggle of each part of man's compound nature against the shadow of itself. The nature of each of the chessmen is revealed by the way in which it moves; geometry is the key to their interpretation. For example: The castle (the body) moves on the square; the bishop (the emotions) moves on the slant; the king, being the spirit, cannot be captured, but loses the battle when so surrounded that it cannot escape. (p. 333)

The number of squares on the chessboard, 64, is the sum of 4 x 4 x 4, four being a cubed number. Cubes are important to Satan, remember that Hermes, or Mercury, is represented by the large stone cube in the United Nations Meditation Room, I wrote about that here. The black cube is also a symbol of Saturn, or Kronos, who is the punitive god, which is why judges wear black robes today. And college graduates wear square black "mortarboard" hats with tassels, representing the mortarboard of a "mason," or brick layer. Satan has infused his symbolism into all aspects of society to boast himself as the god of this world. But there is more. The following story about Ormuzd and Ahriman contains elements that will be familiar to you:

According to the Persians, there coexisted in eternity two principles. The first of these, Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, was the Spirit of Good. From Ormuzd came forth a number of hierarchies of good and beautiful spirits (angels and archangels). The second of these eternally existing principles was called Ahriman. He was also a pure and beautiful spirit, but he later rebelled against Ormuzd, being jealous of his power. This did not occur, however, until after Ormuzd had created light, for previously Ahriman had not been conscious of the existence of Ormuzd. Because of his jealousy and rebellion, Ahriman became the Spirit of Evil. From himself he individualized a host of destructive creatures to injure Ormuzd.

When Ormuzd created the earth, Ahriman entered into its grosser elements. Whenever Ormuzd did a good deed, Ahriman placed the principle of evil within it. At last when Ormuzd created the human race, Ahriman become incarnate in the lower nature of man so that in each personality the Spirit of Good and the Spirit of Evil struggle for control. For 3,000 years Ormuzd ruled the celestial worlds with light and goodness. Then he created man. For another 3,000 years he ruled man with wisdom, and integrity. Then the power of Ahriman began, and the struggle for the soul of man continues through the next 3,000 years. During the furth period of 3,000 years, the power of Ahriman will be destroyed. Good will return to the world again, evil and death will be vanquished, and at last the Spirit of Evil will bow humbly before the throne of Ormuzd. (Hall, The Secret Teachings of all Ages, p. 31)

Is this not the story of Jesus and Satan? Ahriman, a "pure and beautiful spirit," or dare we say, a son of the morning, or angel of light, rebelled against Ormuzd because he was jealous of his what? Power. "Wherefore, give me thine honor," said Lucifer to God in the preexistent heavenly council, and we know that God has said that his honor is his power. But are you ready for the twist at the end of the movie? According to the Mystery Schools, Ahriman is Jesus Christ. Satan has twisted things around in this creation myth, making himself the good guy. How do we know this? Because of the fable of Osiris taught in the Mystery Schools. I wrote about this in my first post on Mystery Babylon, but it bears repeating here. Hall describes the "destructive spirit" of Ahriman as the embodiment of Typhon. Typhon is another name for Set, who killed his brother Osiris and cut his body up into 14 pieces. Osiris represents order and Set represents chaos, and what is the credo of the Mystery Schools, "order out of chaos." Osiris rules like Mufasa in the Lion King, with an iron fist and a "benevolent despotism," while Scar lets things go wild and descend into chaos. In other words, Lucifer uses dominion to destroy agency and Christ allows us to choose for ourselves. They call Christ the "destructive spirit" because he sometimes has to destroy the world when it becomes ripened in iniquity. Here is what Hall wrote about Typhon:

Typhon is the embodiment of every perversity. He is the negative creation, the Ahriman [i.e., the "destructive spirit"] of Zoroasterism. Typhon is black magic and sorcery -- the Black Brotherhood. Nephthys, his wife, is the institution though which it manifests. He is neither a single evil nor even a sequence of ills, but an infinite diversity of them, indescribably insidious, empowered to infect the fabric of church and state. (Hall, Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians, quoted in There Are Save Two Churches Only, p. 67) 

I wrote about each point he made in some detail in my post on Mystery Babylon, but here is a quick review: Typhon's "black magic" is the Holy Priesthood of God, the "Black Brotherhood" are those ordained after the Order of the Son of God, and Nephthys is the church, the saints of God, or the humble followers of Christ, the woman who John saw travailing in the wilderness. The Mystery Schools have made war against Nephthys, the church of God, just as Nephi prophesied:

And it came to pass that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God. (1 Nephi 14:13)

The fable of Osiris is symbolic of this war, primarily waged on Christians. Satan's followers believe they are right, they have been deceived into believing that Jesus is the bad guy. They believe their god Lucifer is the "Great Architect" of the universe, and has granted them the gift of intellect. Indeed, they believe that through Lucifer's revelations of the "Mysteries" they can learn to become gods through the intellect. Remember, Satan imitates everything that God does. Lehi tells us that there is "opposition in all things..., otherwise there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation." God created a world with opposition because that is the only way we could progress. Well, Satan wants credit for that too. So he creates myths and narratives that he hands down to the Mystery Schools that give him the credit for everything that God does. Remember, he wants all the glory. The esoteric meaning of these myths are given to his high priests of the mysteries, and the exoteric is filtered down into the every day life of the profane. Every society and civilization in history has creation myths in their writings and traditions that have been corrupted in some form from what God revealed to Adam in the beginning. Satan uses these myths and the degradation of language to get people to worship him while believing they are worshipping the true God. 

Again, I have to hand it to him, this is utter genius. There is no doubt that Satan is a brilliant being, and he knows many mysteries of the universe by virtue of the fact that he has had no veil of forgetfulness placed over his mind. This is why it is so difficult not to be deceived, his lies are circular and all encompassing, they penetrate into every aspect of your life. But God wants you to be diligent in learning how not to be deceived. He set it up that way because He wants to see how badly you desire to know the truth. It's like piecing together a tedious puzzle, or trying to find a way out of an intricate maze; you go down rabbit hole after rabbit hole, only to discover that you've gone the wrong way, and have to start at the beginning again. You have to work hard and fight for it, and give up all your silly traditions along the way. 

When I was a missionary I used to have vivid dreams involving evil spirits. In one of these dreams I was looking at myself sleeping in my bed in my missionary apartment. There was a large swirling mass that looked like a black tornado that began to come down from the ceiling. It grabbed my arm and slowly began pulling me up into it. The scene changed from me looking at myself to being myself and looking directly up into the swirling cyclone. I couldn't talk but kept repeating the words "in the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave" in my mind over and over again, but to no avail. I felt utterly doomed. Just at the moment that I was about to be consumed into the blackness my mouth was loosed and I blurted out the words I had repeated in my mind commanding the evil to leave. The tension was so high that when I finally said those words they rang loudly into the air and seemed to hang in time and space. Time stopped for a moment, and for a lingering instant it was just me and the sound of those ringing words, everything else was gone. The evil released me, and I awoke to the peaceful morning sun rays gently caressing my window sill. The dream was symbolic of our search for truth. Evil is there at every turn to deceive and consume us, and sometimes to find truth you have to scream out, at the top of your lungs, "I want to know the truth, and I'll give anything to find it!" You have to yell louder than the religious and philosophical "noise" that is all around you, and you cannot care where the search leads you, what traditions it destroys, or what others think of you after you find it. The love of God and His truth have to trump all else, otherwise you will be deceived. 

The Hermetic Marriage and the Subversion of Opposites

The game of chess and the black and white mosaic it is played on has a much deeper occult meaning than what Manly P. Hall explained in the quote above. Remember, there are circles within circles of meanings in occult theology. The deeper meaning goes back to the Garden of Eden, in which Satan prides himself in giving the gift of intellect (the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil) to man. In the creation story told by Moses, Satan came to Eve in the form of a serpent, and in many cultures the serpent represents "wisdom." But it is really women who have the gift of wisdom, this is apparent in Eve's realizing that she had to partake of the fruit in order to have children. Ironically, Satan played right into God's plan. 

In the beginning when Adam was created the language was pure and undefiled, but after the tower of Babel the language became confounded. According to McKay Platt, who gave a talk on the subject of language at the recent Restoration Conference in Kentucky, the word "confound" means "mix" or "mingle." In order to deceive us, Satan incorporates subtle nuances into language to change the meanings of important concepts over time. This is how things that God has revealed to man can get turned upside down, or lost and forgotten. And once divine teachings have been corrupted Satan is free to place himself into the "mix" of language to make it seem like he is God. As part of McKay's talk he quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson, which I will repeat here. He describes the fascinating connection between truth and language:

A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss. The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When simplicity of character and the sovereignty of ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires, the desires of riches, of pleasure, of power, and of praise, -- and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will, is in a degree lost; new imagery ceases to be created, and old words are perverted to stand for things which are not... (Language: Chapter IV From Nature, Published in Nature; Addresses and Lectures, p. 4)

This corruption of language has happened throughout history. For instance, in ancient Hebrew serpent and savior are synonymous. The Hebrew word for serpent is Nachash, and it denotes both trickery and healing. A snake is perceived as a trickster, but in ancient lore the serpent was a also healer, and this is where the imagery for the Caduceus (the snake wrapped around a pole) came from; the same symbol used in the medical industry today. Satan wants it both ways, he wants to be the deceiver and the savior. We've all heard the legend of the white bearded god of the Aztecs, named Quetzalcoatl. Many of us who come from various Restoration branches believe that this legend was handed down to the remaining Lamanites after Christ came to visit the Nephites in America. But the name Quetzalcoatl actually means feathered serpent, and who is the serpent? Lucifer. 

The Mystery Schools teach that Christ, whom they refer to as merely a teacher, is the serpent re-born. They also teach that the Christ consciousness is really illumination, which is another term subverted by Satan. His followers are, after all, the "illumined" ones. Can you see how he uses Christ as a vehicle to insert himself into history? This is his jealousy coming through. The serpent in occult traditions has always been associated with gnosis, or primordial knowing; the worship of the intellect. And consequently intellect is all Satan has going for him. He never proved himself in this probationary state, he never descended below anything. He was never in a situation where he lost his memory and had to put his complete trust in God. He never had to struggle in the world to find truth. Thus, his followers are taught to exalt the intellect above all else. This is all Satan is. 

Christ is the complete opposite. Not only did he have his pre-existent memory erased, but he had to learn to struggle in mortality, exercise faith in God, and to sort the truth from the error. And then after he found out who he was and what his mission was, he willingly descended below all things. He is the true hero and Savior. Every myth about every god or super hero has elements of the story of Christ, but Satan has twisted it around to make himself out to be the true God. The story of Superman is one such example, he wears the sign of the trinity on his chest, the triangular shield. A triangle has historically represented the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost in Catholicism, but ironically it is also a Masonic symbol. Superman condescends from a higher world, he begins his mission at age 30, he is raised by step-parents, he has a vision from his father (Jor-EL, Jehovah God) in the wilderness, and of course he saves mankind from evil. Read this article to learn about all the parallels between him and Jesus. But on his chest, within the triangle, he also wears an inverted red S, which is a symbol of a red serpent. And John the revelator describes the red serpent or dragon as Satan, who drew 1/3 of the hosts of heaven after him. Another example of how the iron rod sets the record straight. 

Among the symbols of the chessboard is the representation of the androgenous god; the concept of duality. The androgenous god contains both male and female elements. The Mystery Schools believe that the god of this world is both male and female. After all, the Bible does tells us what the image of God is: in his own image, male and female, created he them. The image of God is therefore male and female, and we know we have both a Heavenly Father and Mother. But Satan has also derailed this divine teaching by combining both elements into one being: the hermaphrodite. According to the Mystery Religions, the Hermetic Marriage is not the marriage of a male and a female in the traditional sense, but the marriage of the dual nature of each person. This nature consists of the ying and the yang, the animalistic instinct verse the higher spiritual self, the positive and negative poles, science and religion, God and nature, black and white, male and female, etc. The Masonic compass represents the "circumscribing of all truth in to one great whole," and the only question you need to ask yourself is this: Is it God's truth or Satan's truth? One is invariably false. The only way to find out God's truth is through His word contained in the iron rod and through the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. Otherwise, it is impossible to discover it. 

All of Satan's teachings sound good and carnally pleasing. The delivery of his preaching is timely and professional, his pastors are educated and well-paid, masters of language manipulation and propaganda, well-dressed in black and white suits, seemingly full of divine "authority" granted unto them by God, and surrounded by an aura of paternalism. These are the men in white and black, representing the squares of the Mosaic Pavement, claiming a monopoly over the pseudo dichotomy they create for you. They want you to think that your choice to follow them is choosing good, but the only choice they offer is between evil and evil. The right choice is to follow God, who has nothing to do with them. The man in white who leads you into mists of darkness will never reveal anything of substance to you. He’ll keep you at an arm’s length, forever dangling his own version of salvation in front of you, but never delivering it. Like Lehi, you will have to pray unto the Lord for deliverance, and when you break from the man’s path, he will just keep walking, saying nothing and never looking back.

They Seek Deep to Hide Their Counsels from the Lord

 Previously: Is Zion a "Sustainable Society"?

Moroni, son of Mormon, was a solitary man for what we can assume was a long time. After his father died, he remained alone to write the sad tale of the destruction of his people. He must've had a lot of time to ponder and reflect, especially since he had received the Second Comforter and been in the presence of Christ. 

Before he sealed up the plates he left us with some powerful sermons, and since he had no one to preach to we know that they were written for us. Like his father, he also saw our day, and he knew what kind of deception we would be facing. I do not think it coincidence that one of the last chapters of the Book of Mormon is Moroni 7; the key for discerning the difference between good and evil. 

Jesus told his followers that in the last days that "false Christs, and false prophets... shall show great signs and great wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, they shall deceive the very elect..." I'm convinced that Moroni wrote his sermon on discernment with this very thing in mind. There is only one way to avoid deception, and that is to take the Holy Spirit as your guide. The alternative is relying on the words and works of men, which is a recipe for spiritual disaster and ultimately, deception. The false priests, prophets, and anti-Christs who will come will be so convincing that it will be almost impossible not to believe them. Their words will sound so pleasing, will make you feel so good, will be so flattering and logical, that only the meek, humble, and lowly in heart will be able to withstand them. But as Nephi said, even the humble followers of Christ do err in many instances, because of the precepts of men. 

The deceivers will come from all levels of society, they won't just be the obvious ones: the leaders of world religions with ties to globalists and secret combinations (although those are the ones I'll be writing about in this post). Many of them will come from the margins of society, where all true prophets come from. They won't be trying to make money and they will seem sincere. In fact, some of them may actually be sincere, but are deceived by false spirits who flatter them into believing they are someone important. Remember, God is no respecter of persons and all men are on equal grounds. The point is, there will NEVER be a man that you can put your trust in; you have to learn to put your trust in Christ, your complete and total trust, like a child who trusts his parents. Be skeptical of any man who preaches anything, especially those who point to themselves. 

Moroni begins his sermon will the following adage:

For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them; for if their works be good, then they are good also. 

 And then he tells you how to determine what "good" works are and "who" they are done by:

Wherefore, a man being evil cannot do that which is good; neither will he give a good gift. For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil. 

Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually. But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serv him, is inspired of God. (Moroni 7:10-13, Emphasis added) 

Much of what the devil "invites and entices" us to do, or to believe in, seems really good. In my last post I wrote about the occult origins of the United Nations, which on the outside seems like a "good" organization with noble goals for the betterment of mankind. Without studying the history, the symbols, and the Marxist leanings of those who created it, it's difficult to discover that the UN is front organization for totalitarianism. The point is, figuring out the difference between the good and bad guys takes study and effort, and the Book of Mormon is the handbook that shows you the way. 

No matter what a person says, what church he belongs to, what charities he donates to, or what lofty ideals he articulates for mankind, he is either a servant of Christ or the devil. There is no in between. You have to figure out if he belongs to the church of the Lamb or the church of the devil, and remember, these are spiritual entities. Physical entities subscribe to and become part of them, but they exist primarily in the spiritual world. Nephi tells us that those who belong to the church of the Lamb are very few in number, while those who belong to the devil's kingdom are numerous and build up churches to get gain and power over the flesh. The first clue he gives us is that any church that says, "Behold I, I am the Lord's," is a trademark of churches who are not built up unto the Lord. 

When I was a young missionary, I would read these chapters and snarkily think of the people I was teaching and how it was their churches that Nephi was talking about. I went to Wisconsin, where the few that were religious were extremely set in their ways. It never crossed my mind until about 8 years ago that Nephi was also talking about my church. Well, now I believe that he was speaking directly to the LDS Church, because, despite the obvious fact its members make up of the majority of people reading the Book of Mormon, it's now the wealthiest church in the world.  

The chapters in Nephi I’m referring to are 2 Nephi 26-30, and they are loaded with prophecy and condemnation. Nephi taught in a specific pattern, after he presents the words of Isaiah from the Brass Plates, with commentary from him and his brother Jacob, he unleashes a string of his own prophecies about the church and "churches" that those who will be reading his words will belong to. And then he finishes strong with the Doctrine of Christ in chapters 31 and 32. One thing to keep in mind here is that the phrase "many churches” doesn't necessarily mean different sects, and to "build up" churches doesn't necessarily imply different religions. Remember in the New Testament Paul addressed the "churches" of Macedonia and Galatia, yet we know they all originated from the Church of Christ set up by the apostles. Nephi could simply be addressing different wards and stakes as "churches," and to "build-up" churches could simply mean constructing physical buildings and adding physical membership to the mother church. 

I'm not saying that Nephi's prophecies do not apply to other religious sects whose "fine sanctuaries" and priestcraft laden leadership "grind upon the face of the poor." There is plenty of that going on in other religions, but for the most part those people and their pastors are NOT reading the Book of Mormon. So why would Nephi tell the Mormons what the "other guys" are doing without addressing the one church that could help the poor the most but doesn't? Besides the one-percent they donate to say they give something. The other ninety-nine percent (of $100 billion) could go far to help the struggling poor all throughout the Church membership and the world in general. See Rebekah Griffin's well-done video below to see just where all this money is going:

Let me get back to Nephi's pattern. After he lays out all the things we are doing wrong he offers us the chance to repent. And we know he is addressing the Latter-Day Saints because he uses the term Gentiles. As I pointed out in this piece I wrote a few weeks ago, when the Book of Mormon uses the word Gentile it is mostly addressing the LDS Church and other restoration branches, remember the book would come forth by way of the Gentiles. And here is Nephi's invitation to repent:

Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts. (2 Nephi 28:32)

Take note there is only one "wo" pronounced upon the Gentiles here (more on this later). After he extends this invitation he rolls right into more prophecy about the Gentiles saying thy have a Bible and don't need any more Bible. Well again, when I was a young missionary I assumed Nephi was talking about all those "other guys" I was trying to introduce the Book of Mormon to. It made sense, they were saying literally those same words to me, "we already have a Bible." It was uncanny to me, I figured Nephi had those people nailed. Again, I'm sure Nephi was partly addressing those people, but I missed the fact that he also addressing the Latter-Day Saints. How do I know? These verses right here:

But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people. (2 Nephi 29:4-5)

The Lord is calling us out in our treatment and cursing of the Jews. Think of all the slang and Jewish slurs some Americans use in their daily language? At least those of us who grew up in the more "red-neck" parts of Mormonville. If someone was tight with money we used to call them "Jewish." If someone was rich and took advantage of others we called them a "Jew." And how many conspiracy theorists think that the global cabal is made up of mostly Jews?  How about this one? When I was a kid people used to say that the Holocaust was a punishment for the Jews for killing Jesus. I mean that makes sense right? That God would punish their innocent ancestors two-thousand years later. The Lord is calling us a bunch of ignoramuses. Not only do we curse them, we don't realize all the trouble they went through in bringing forth the scriptures to us. Think of all the prophets that were killed, stoned, or driven out from among the Jewish people; many of them gave their lives so we could have their words of scripture. 

And now consider this line from verse 5, "ye... have not sought to recover them." Despite many branches of Mormonism having and distributing the Book of Mormon, little effort has been made to "recover" the Jews, God's "ancient covenant people." The LDS Church has an official presence in Israel at the BYU Jerusalem Center, but they made an agreement with the Israeli government decades ago not to proselyte. They are not even allowed to pass out Books of Mormon in Jerusalem, at book that ironically, was written to both "Jew and Gentile." 

But recently a project spearheaded by Adrian Larsen is attempting to change all that. There is now a version of the Book of Mormon that is catered specifically to the Jewish people. Because the Book of Mormon came by way of the Gentile, it is encumbered with Gentile language that is foreign to Jews, but ironically, the text is a record written by Jews for Jews. God speaks to people in their own language and understanding, and since the days of the Gentiles are coming to an end, he is now speaking directly to the Jews. The name of this version of the Nephite record is The Stick of Joseph in the Hand of Ephraim, and you can find a free pdf of it here. Also read this post on Adrian's blog for more information and to learn how this book fulfills prophecy both in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. According to Adrian, this effort of reaching the Jews marks the beginning of the Lord's promise that he would set his hand again the second time to recover his people, and to bring them to the knowledge of the true Messiah. 

Three Woes for the Elite

There are two places in the Book of Mormon where three "woes" are pronounced upon the wicked, once by Nephi and once by Jesus Christ. Nephi is speaking of those who are puffed up with pride:

O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell! (2 Nephi 28:15, Emphasis added)

A few paragraphs ago I quoted Nephi at the end of chapter 28 extending an invitation of repentance to the Gentiles. There was only one "wo" pronounced upon them. I think this is significant. I think he may be addressing two different groups of people here. Throughout the entire chapter Nephi is condemning certain actions and words that could only be committed and uttered by those in some position of power or authority. For example, hearken unto us, hear ye our precept, God has done his work, dig a pit for thy neighbor, false teachers who preach false doctrine, they rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries, they rob the poor with their fine clothing, they engage in wickedness, abominations, and whoredoms, etc. Who do you think owns the "fine sanctuaries" like the temples and the Conference Center? It is certainly not the average member of the Church; technically, it is the Corporation Sole or the President of the Church. Who do you think Nephi is talking about?

Now for the clincher. Nephi repeats a phrase that Isaiah said in the previous chapter, and when something is repeated in scripture we might want to pay attention. He said there shall be many who "shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark." Who is he talking about? Isaiah offers another clue:

And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding? (2 Nephi 27:27)

Whoever these people are, they operate in the dark. They think no one knows what they are doing. The "potter's clay" analogy is an interesting one; it is a metaphor for God's creative power. He, the Great Potter, formed us out of clay, and Isaiah is saying that the clay thinks it has transcended its own Creator (this could be alluding to Luciferianism: ascension without a Savior). In other words, these men who "seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord," think they are able to keep secrets from and deceive God himself. Not only that, but they think they can deceive God's children as well. This line is very interesting: "surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay." They turn things upside down by preaching a false gospel, and "esteeming" themselves as the chosen "clay" or vessels placed in authority over others. But God knows all their works, and will someday expose all their secrets upon the housetops. Now let's read what Nephi said in its full context:

Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark. And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them. (2 Nephi 28:9-10, Emphasis added)

Nephi just gave us another big clue: whoever these people are, they are murderers, otherwise the blood of the saints would not cry from the ground against them.  Now we know he is not just addressing ordinary folks who attend a corporate church and are deceived by its leadership. He is talking about people in power who are using that power to murder for gain and are getting away with it. How do we know they are getting away with it? Whenever the scriptures use language that suggests the saints have been killed and their blood is crying from the ground, it is usually followed by vengeance. Their blood is crying for vengeance against their murderers. This is a cry for justice, suggesting that the murderers are not being punished for their crimes, and won't be until they die and face the judgment of God. 

Interestingly, this same language is used by Moroni and Christ in reference to secret combinations. This is another big clue as to who these people are who "seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord." They are actively taking part in and building up secret combinations. This is different than common people merely believing in the socialistic works of secret combinations because they are deceived. No, these people are using resources and financial means to build them up, and are propagandizing their followers to believe in their works. Here are the words of Moroni, remember he is addressing those who have "polluted the holy church of God":

Why do ye adorn yourself with that which hath no life, and yet suffer the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the sick and the afflicted to pass by you, and notice them not? Yea, why do ye build up your secret combinations to get gain, and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads? Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of the saints upon you, for he will not suffer their cries any longer. (Mormon 8:39-41, Emphasis added)

Now it's getting serious. Moroni, like Nephi, is also accusing those who have polluted the "holy church of God" of murder. He is declaring that they have blood on their hands. Why? Because they support the secret combinations who create war. War causes widows and orphans to mourn for the loss of their husbands and fathers. You can read this classic post from Pure Mormonism to find out how the Church supports the military and justifies killing for those members who serve in it. But I don't think this is what Moroni is talking about. I'm afraid this is more than just financial and rhetorical support for these secret combinations, I think what Moroni is saying is that the corporate Church has become part of them. Why? Because he says that they build up the secret combinations to get gain. If they were not part of these organizations, they would not be on the payroll. 

The Melbourne Man

I'm going to take a detour here and take you back to the year 1947, the setting is Melbourne, Australia. Get comfortable, relax, and get ready for a mind-bending trip into the upside down. This story is recorded in the D. Christian Markham's There are Save Two Churches Only, that I've referenced several times throughout this blog. This is the story of the "Melbourne Man," told by Marion Law who served a mission there and had this experience at the tender age of 21. Marion met a full-fledged member of the Great and Abominable Church of the Devil, and he told Marion everything, I mean he really spilled the beans, and the poor missionary barely escaped with his life. 

One day as Marion and his companion were doing their work, they decided to walk on opposite sides of the lane to talk to more people. Marion knocked on a door and a man answered, but before he could find his companion the man insisted that he come into the house. As he began to share the message of the plan of salvation the man interrupted with, "we have a better plan," so Marion asked what it was. 

He got both barrels. The man envisioned a utopia as Plato had, (Plato was a mystery school initiate and communist), which consisted of a society with "three classes of people: the leaders, the workers, and the teachers." The teachers would teach the workers how to be "sinless," free of hate, greed, envy, etc. The hapless workers would never be jealous of the leaders, who promised not to oppress them, and society would be "perfect." Breeders would be selected, defective babies eliminated, and a plan of eugenics implemented for population control. The goal was to create a "master race of geniuses."

Science would devote its energy to developing a bioengineered body that could live forever (transhumanism), and a space program to seek out other planets suitable for humans. The masses would be controlled through "diet, drugs, music, movies, education, etc." The diet would consist of bioengineered food that would leave people "submissive and easily controlled." This food would contain "additives and special formulas," as well as structurally changed plants and animals ( I can only assume he was predicting GMO food). He explained to Marion the science of drug addiction, and how it would be used to manipulate society. He also explained how music would be used to do same. This music was called "melodic dissonance," based upon a rhythm of 60-120 beats per minute, and was proven to work on dogs through experimentation. Some of the dogs died when the metronome would swing wildly between 60 and 120 bpm. Similar experiments with similar results were done on humans by the Russians. 

The Beatles, who were trained in Europe, spear-headed this movement in America and became an instant hit. Marion recalls that when he first heard "rock & roll," he instantly knew what it was and who created it. The man told him that they would use "behavior modification conditioning in government schools, using audio-visual programs," with permanent results. The people will be fooled into thinking that they can still choose, but the man insisted that, "they will always choose exactly what they are conditioned to choose." 

At this point some spiritual power seized Marion and he could not move, and he used his strength to ask who the man the was. He answered that he was "one of three members of the central planning committee of the communist party for Australia." He told him that the coming communism was more than just economic, political and military... it was "spiritual communism, that would evolve into a worldwide government." When the New World Order would finally take over, they would simply kill anyone who "cannot be conditioned to be either a worker or a teacher." When Marion asked how many they would kill the man said, "hundreds of millions, maybe even you and me." 

He went on about reducing the population to a "manageable size," and how only the "inner corps of the elite know about the plan." A plan that has never been recorded or written down, a "secret plan." When Marion asked him why he told him all of that, the man said that they were looking for zealous young men to join them in the effort... to "bring about this heaven on earth. Think about it, not one soul will be lost." Marion lashed out, "you'll never take over the world." The man responded that they already control 2/3 of the world's governments, and the United States was the "last major hurdle to world domination." Marion rebuffed, "you'll never take over the United States!"

The man retorted that they already controlled American "entertainment, industry, the news media, the education system, the courts, the financial system, political parties. Where they don't have full control, they have infiltrated and have embedded their agents into all important decision-making bodies." Marion blurted out, "you don't control the education system." The reply was curt, "examine any text book in any school, at any level, from preschool to university graduate school. You will find no mention of Jesus Christ or God or His plan. But you will find our plan being taught at every level. It’s written into every textbook."

When the Melbourne man asked Marion to join their forces the courageous young missionary boldly declared he would follow the plan of the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. The man became angry, and began shouting that "there no are no such beings!" Marion testified again, and the man attacked him with his fists, which freed him from the spiritual hold and allowed him to escape. He found his companion, who had been frantically searching for him, and they took the tram home. Marion slept for two days recovering from the spiritual attack. Twenty-five years later he told the whole story to President Benson in his office, who believed him, and told him that he had heard Satan's plan first hand. 

Now there is a more detailed account, and I want to share a little of it with you. And then you will know how it relates to this blog post. Marion said that the Melbourne man told him that there were three phases to the nature of man. His is first, "an economic animal," second, "a political animal," and third, "a spiritual animal." Hence, the conspirators must control the economy, the State, and the churches. The man told Marion the following chilling reality:

We control all the churches except The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He said, we have them in our control and he said that when we have political and economic control of the world, we will then be able to establish our total spiritual program. (Two Churches Only, pp. 289-297)

This was in... 1947. Do you think the LDS Church is in their control today? Moroni certainly thinks so. Not only are they in their control, but they have joined with them, and become partners of all their substance, and are using that substance to push UN Agenda 2030, global vaccination programs, and Ecumenism. Have any of you, dear readers, ever wondered where the term New World Order came from? Yes it comes from a Latin phrase that is on the Great Seal of the United States... Novus Ordo Seclorum. But again I ask, where does it really come from? I've stated on this blog several times that there is nothing new under the sun. Well, have you ever heard of the Old World Order? The old one-world government under Rome and the Vatican, that tortured and murdered the saints of God? That controlled education, the flow of information, literature, religion, government, etc. That executed people for believing in so-called heresy? 

Well my friends, the New World Order is the same program, run by the same mystery schools, centered in the same philosophy of Luciferianism. Only the places, names, and dates change. America is definitely the new Rome, but is the LDS Church the new Vatican? Only time will tell. And I can assure you, whatever the new world religion is, it will definitely not be Christianity. In the coming years, many Christians may face the same dilemma the ancient Nephites did: the prospect of being put to death for not denying the Christ. Even if you are awake it may be too late to stop this. The best we can do is take the Holy Spirit as our guide to avoid being deceived. 

Three "Woes" declared by Jesus 

Just after the Lord was resurrected he destroyed much of the Nephite civilization. When the dust cleared the survivors heard a voice in the midst of a "vapor of darkness," so thick that the people could "feel" it. The first thing Jesus said was "wo, wo, wo unto this people." Three woes, but for who? The second thing he said was, "wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they repent..." Again, like Nephi, it seems as though Jesus is addressing two groups of people: those whom he just destroyed (three woes), and those who were spared (one wo). Then he tells the remaining few why he destroyed all of their cities. The main reasons are summed up in what happened to the city of Jacobugath: 

Jacobugath... have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land... (3 Nephi 9:9)

After describing the fate and mode of destruction he used for five major cities, he ended each summary with variations of the following phrase:

That the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them. (3 Nephi 9:5)

Five times the Lord gives the same reason that justified him in destroying the people. They were murderers. And it sounds like they committed it collectively. Were the three woes for the shadow leaders of the secret combinations and the dupes who believed in their works and unwittingly assisted them in their murders? It certainly seems so. Mormon gives us another clue in the next chapter when he explains why the "more righteous" part of the people were spared:

And it was the more righteous part of the people who were saved, and it was they who received the prophets and stoned them not; and it was they who had not shed the blood of the saints, who were spared... (3 Nephi 10:12)

I strongly believe that the Lord is trying to teach us a pattern here, a pattern with a warning. The people who received the prophets and were spared were not yet spiritually saved. They were more righteous than those who were slain, but they still had not fully come unto Christ. Here is what Jesus said to them:

O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you? Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me. (3 Nephi 9:13-14)

Besides the fact that these people were not murderers, why else were they spared? Well, because they were among those who did not kill the prophets perhaps they were more awake cognitively. Maybe they realized their "awful situation" that was caused by the secret combinations who were destroying their laws and government. Maybe they understood that their liberties were being destroyed. Maybe they were the "conspiracy theorists" that everyone else made fun of and thought were crazy. Maybe they still had enough of the Holy Spirit to realize that things were not right and they needed to wait upon the Lord for deliverance. 

Luckily, these questions are not left up to total speculation; another Book of Mormon prophet has commented on this very subject: Nephi's brother Jacob. And I only stumbled onto this because my good friend pointed me to this blog post written a decade ago. Here is what Jacob said about a future time when the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the house of Israel:

And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them; wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him. 

And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed, both by fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds, and by pestilence, and by famine. And they shall know that the Lord is God, the Holy One of Israel. (2 Nephi 6:14-15, Emphasis added) 

Can you see how merciful the Lord is? All we have to do is believe in Him to avoid the coming destruction. But I think it is more than just saying you believe. It is acting on that belief by not subscribing to all the anti-Christian nonsense that is happening out there, much of it by those who feign Christianity. By being awake to your "awful situation" caused by the secret combination that is among us, which is now being built up by many powerful religions. By not trusting in the arm of flesh, and not believing the idle words of wolves in sheep's clothing, but believing the words of Christ, from prophets the world rejects. Do you notice how the destruction Jacob speaks of is almost exactly what happened to the Nephite civilization just before Christ came to visit them? This is a pattern and a type of things to come. The Lord always warns his people before they are destroyed; this is another truth taught in the Book of Mormon:

... and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord. (2 Nephi 25:9-10)

So as you can see, it's not all doom and gloom. There are many reasons to have hope. God is about to unearth his marvelous work and wonder and make kings shut their mouths. 

Counsels and Abominations

Now let's put this all together. What is the correlation between those whom Nephi gives three woes and those to whom Christ does? One word, abominations. Have you ever read a list of sins in scripture and wondered why God spells them all out like that? It's often things like, wickedness, iniquities, abominations, envyings, strifes, lasciviousness, whoredoms, etc. There are two common themes the word abomination or abominable is always associated with? Secret combinations and sexual sin. As bad as sexual sin is, we are told by Moroni that secret combinations are the "most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God." Nephi uses this word (abominations) a few verses after in describing those who "seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord," and Jesus uses the words "wickedness and abominations" in describing those Nephite cities that were destroyed. I think we are onto something here. 

Now, what do counsels have to do with abominations? If you look up the etymology of the word counsel, you find that it derives from the Latin word consiliari or consilium, which means "plan, opinion," and "from the assimilated form of com," we get "with, together." So a counsel is made of people planning together with other people. A counselor, a person who counsels, is also a confidante, or someone who is entrusted with and keeps a secret. Do you see where this is going yet? Nephi and Isaiah are describing people who are planning secrets with others in the dark. They are talking about secret combinations. Nephi is telling us that churches will be involved in secret combinations, not just building them up, but actually being part of them. Otherwise, why would he say that there is blood crying from the ground against them?

But there is more. In Hebrew, the phrase seek deep is a metaphor to dig deep, or another way of describing people digging into the earth to hide things. In this case, to hide their counsels deep in the earth might mean that they are having their secret meetings underground. And it just so happens that Salt Lake City is littered with underground tunnels. It's no secret now that the there are tunnels under Temple Square that connect Church owned buildings and facilities, including the temple itself and the Church office building. You can read about that here. It makes sense right? Church leaders can freely move from building to building without fighting the hustle and bustle of traffic and facing the "shame" of walking among homeless people, but do the tunnels serve a more sinister purpose? Some tunnels are open to the public and temple patrons, and others are reserved only for Church leadership. And what about the Church vaults at Granite Mountain? What could they possibly be hiding down there? 

As you can see they hollowed out the inside of a granite mountain, I'm sure at quite a cost to tithe payers. This certainly fits the metaphor of digging deep in the earth to hide things. It's supposed to contain millions of genealogical records, but is that just a front? Could it hold historical artifacts about Joseph Smith that have never seen the light of day? Like definitive proof that Joseph wasn't a polygamist or Brigham’s complicity in his death? Or maybe it's filled with gold, silver and other treasure? The point is nobody knows, it's a secret, and the counsels that discuss what is inside must be held in the dark. The public is now offered a "virtual tour," but only the fifty-some employees are allowed inside, where they work storing, copying, and digitizing records. There could really be nothing but genealogical records in there, but can we trust a Church that is now lending its full support to the communist United Nations? 

Vaults and underground tunnels seem to be the pattern for powerful and wealthy churches. The Vatican holds some fifty miles of "shelving and documents dating back to the eighth century." This artifactual collection is known in Latin as the Archivum Secretum, and I bet it contains some juicy historical documents. Secretum in Latin doesn't really mean secret, it is more aptly translated private or personal. In addition to historical records, it holds the private letters and correspondence of Popes from the last four hundred years. Only accredited historians are given access to documents; no journalists or students are allowed inside. Historians may only request three documents per day for viewing, no photos are allowed, and everything is written in Latin or Italian. Finding anything good could take years, but some things have come to light during the last century. Like, for example, Pope Pius XII's (1922-39) deal with Mussolini to "protect the Church's interest in exchange for silence on state-sponsored anti-Semitism," or his predecessor, also Pope Pius XII's (1939-58) diplomacy with Germany and turning a blind-eye on the Holocaust. Other historical records the archive contains include the 1307 trial of the Knight's Templar (on a 197 foot-long scroll), the 1521 papal bull issued by Pope Leo X excommunicating Martin Luther, and letters to Pope Pius IX from both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. (Source)

One can't help but wonder what else lurks in the 50 miles of the Vatican's archives? Perhaps lost books of the Bible, records of ties to secret societies, links to the Italian Mafia, or financial records of deals with powerful corporations and international bankers? Or maybe this juicier stuff is held in some underground vault unbeknownst to the public? Just like Salt Lake, there are secret underground tunnels running all through the Vatican. There is one tunnel that stretches 2600 feet called the Passetto di Borgo, "small passage," linking the Vatican Palace to the Castel Sant'Angelo. And there are rumors of a massive 1500 mile tunnel under land and water that runs straight to Jerusalem, apparently filled with insane amounts of  gold. 

What else are they seeking deep to hide in the Vatican? The bottom line here is that if an organization needs to hide its history or conceal things in the earth we know it is not of God. Nephi told us how God operates:

For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness. (2 Nephi 26:23)

If a church has secret meetings or councils, or locked vaults closed to the public, or secret underground tunnels reserved for only its leaders, or access to unlimited amounts of tithing money with no accountability and no obligation to report to its members where the finances are going, it is NOT of God. God does not operate in the dark; God is transparent. In the verse before Nephi tells us exactly who does operate in the dark:

And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever. (2 Nephi 26:22, Emphasis added)

Notice that murder is frequently equated with secret combinations and works of darkness. It is their modus operandi, it's part of the gig. Nephi says the devil "is the founder of all these things." Here is another clue for our modern day. Look at the symbols that organizations use in their garb, their architecture, and their art. That is how these organizations reveal themselves. It is part of Satan's pride, he can't help but throw his logos on his works. In the video below, Christian lecturer Walter Veith guides you through two hours of symbolism found in the Vatican, in Hollywood, the UN, American government and corporations, and even the Statue of Liberty, nothing is as it seems. 

Most of the symbols Walter talks about come from the Vatican, it is oozing with the occult. But we shouldn't be surprised that the devil would infiltrate churches along with governments. Remember he said that in addition to tyrants, he would buy up "false priests who oppress." The best trick the devil ever played was convincing you that he doesn't exist at all, "I am no devil, for there is none." But, as the saying goes, the devil is in the details, and this is where you should look to find the truth. The LDS Church is no exception, since Russell Nelson has taken the reigns of the Corporation Sole, it has been steadily aligning itself with the Vatican. Even the new Church logo is a Masonic symbol, despite the fact that it portrays an image of Christ. I wrote about that here. Multiple Church leaders have referred to Pope Francis as "his holiness," and I don't think it coincidence that Nelson met with the Pope (in a meeting that was 33 minutes long by the way; where have we seen that number before?) in March of 2019, a year prior to Covid-19 and the rollout of draconian protocols, of which the LDS Church has been one of the biggest supporters. It makes one wonder what was really discussed in that 33 minute meeting.

I am going to share a document that a friend sent to me. It lays out exactly how the LDS Church has been building up and supporting the UN and its Agenda 2030. It is 34 pages long. Don't be intimidated by its length, study it carefully, these are important things to know. We have got to stop believing these imposters who pretend to be representatives of Christ. In reality they have nothing to do with Him.

The document reveals nothing that you can't find online, but it will save you months of searching things out on your own. And it’s great resource to show all the ways the Church has been "seeking deep to hide their counsels from the Lord." The Church has completely abandoned the U.S. Constitution, and only gives lip service to religious freedom. There is one quote from Elder Oaks in the document that should be bone-chilling for any who understand the real difference between the Bill of Rights and the UN's Universal Declaration of Rights. Many members of the Church believe that Oaks is a champion of religious freedom because of his lip service to it. In reality, nothing is further from the truth. Here is what this retired judge said:

As advocates of religious freedom, we must yield to the fact that in a nation with citizens of many different religions or disbeliefs, the government must sometimes limit the right of some to act upon their beliefs when it is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of all. (Source, Emphasis added)

Now compare this statement to the stipulations on religious freedom that are found in the United Nations International Covenant on Human Rights that was ratified by President Bush Sr. in 1992:

Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health , or morals… (Source, Emphasis added) 

It's as if Oaks was reading from the same document. As you can see, the only religious freedom he supports is whatever the State approves. The Bill of Rights states, “Congress shall make no law”… period, meaning it’s unconditional. Why isn’t Oaks deferring to it? Surely as a lawyer he must be familiar with America’s founding documents and their original intent. Surely as a Mormon that has lived through the days of David O. McKay and Ezra Taft Benson he understands the difference between inalienable rights and those granted by the State.

Of course he knows the difference. He is manipulating words to deceive you. A tell-tale sign of a conspirator is someone who has no loyalty to his home country or the freedom of its people; someone willing to sell out their own countrymen for the “greater good” of whatever group they’ve sworn oaths to. Whatever new direction the Russellites are taking the corporate Church, it is away from liberty and toward globalism. 

Here is the document. Remember what Moroni said, "by their works ye shall know them."

The Church and the Gadiantons

Before I end I'm going to share some anecdotal evidence that the LDS Church has been infiltrated by Luciferians, just as the Melbourne man said they would be. This account comes from D. Christian Markham's second volume of There Are Save Two Churches Only, and it involves Thomas S. Monson, whom Markham identifies as a "Luciferian Infiltrator." Markham personally interviewed a woman named Gail Smith, who was in the same ward with Monson when he was a bishop. Before you dismiss her allegations out of hand, keep in mind that this is a first-hand eye-witness account, which holds up in court much better than second or third hand testimony. (Remember, the Church has built an entire pseudo history of Joseph Smith's polygamy on noncontemporaneous second-hand testimony; the only contemporary testimony we have are of Joseph and Hyrum condemning the practice.) This is Gail's testimony, there is no other proof to substantiate this; the only way to know the truth is by the power of the Holy Ghost, please pray for it as you read. Remember, sometimes to understand the things of God our minds must "contemplate the lowest considerations of the darkest abyss" to reveal "the hidden things of darkness":

In regards to Monson, I believe the testimony of Gail Smith. Her account has been circulated on the Internet somewhat, but I have spoken with her extensively, several times. When she was a young woman, Monson served as her bishop. She testified that at one time she rode in his car, and in a secluded area he pulled over and tried to sexually force himself on her. When she refused and fought back, he stated "Don't you know I'm going to be the prophet some day?" (I can safely assume this kind of 'prophecy' was not given to him by the Lord.) Gail got out of the vehicle and started walking away. Moments later, Monson pulled up along side her, apologized and begged her to get back into the car, promising not to do anything except drive her home. She eventually conceded, and he drove her home.

Gail told me this from her own mouth. I believe her. She is not the least bit vindictive; she is forgiving. However, the truth is the truth, and she knows that Monson needs to be exposed for who he is: a wolf/Luciferian infiltrator. (Two Churches Only, Volume II, p. 413) 

Postscript: Links

Any case anyone missed the link the document. Here it is again:

The Church and the Gadiantons