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The Devil has a doctrine and God has a doctrine. The Devil's doctrine is found in the very meaning of his name and in the text of scripture.

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils

If there is a "doctrine of devils" being preached at the latter times (husteron- eventually, last of all times) we need to define it so that we can warn the sheep that they will not be seduced.

Seducing is the Greek word planos meaning an imposter, misleader, deceiver. Only impostors masquerading as ministers of righteousness can seduce men by this devils' doctrine. The devils' doctrine started in the Garden of Eden.

The Serpent preached it to Eve beguiling her. He did not come breathing fire and smoke saying that God was not God. He merely told Eve that God didn't mean what he said. She could have all that the world had to offer. This is the very meaning of the word Devil. There are two words in the Greek for the word devil:

Devil - diabolos meaning slanderer or false accuser (Satan was accusing God of lying about eating of the tree). This word is a construction of two syllables:
dia - meaning the channel of an act, through or thereby
ballo - to throw, cast out, strike or throw down

Satan "casts God down" off the throne of a man's life seducing him by "accusing" God of lying concerning his commandments. God says, "Thou shalt not --". With smooth easy seductive words Satan says, "God doesn't really mean that. You can have and do those things if you want to." He says in smooth soft bewitching tones (Rom 16:17,18), "You don't have to take your cross daily and die to the flesh. You can have the world and all it has to offer." This takes us to the second Greek word for "devil".

daimonion - daemonic being; deity or god (little g) this is a derivative of the word
daimon - our word demon which is from the root
daio - this means "TO DISTRIBUTE FORTUNES"!!!

At the end of time this doctrine is going to run rampant among seducing preachers who call themselves "ministers of righteousness". They will preach "another Jesus, another spirit, and another gospel."

II Cor 11:3,4,13-15 But I fear lest by any means as the serpent beguiled (exapatao - seduce wholly) Eve through his subtility (panourgia - shrewd, clever, cunning), so your minds should be corrupted (phtheiro - deprave, ruin, defile) from the simplicity (haplos-singleness, implies pure or holy) that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth "another Jesus"-- (this is not the Jesus of the Bible that says we must take up our cross daily, deny (aparneomai - utterly contradict) ourselves, forsake all that we have or we cannot be his disciple - Luke 9:23;14:27,33) --whom we have not preached, or if ye receive "another spirit", (small s--the Holy Spirit is Truth - John 14:17, 15:26, & 16:13, 1 John 5:6-- They will preach another truth, which is not the truth at all, but a lie disguised as the truth) -- which ye have not received, or "another gospel",--the true gospel is death to the flesh/self and the resurrection daily in our mortal bodies - 1 Cor 15:1-4, 2 Cor 4:10-12,16,17 - The "other Jesus" requires no death to self, no daily cross, no self denial, but rather, this Jesus does not resurrect in us daily -- instead he says to us that we can "distribute fortunes" (daemon) to ourselves thus ruling our own flesh, setting our own rules and overthrowing (diabolos) the law of God in our lives -- this gospel is no gospel, that fulfills the flesh.) It is the devil's counterfeit gospel.-which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. For such are false apostles deceitful (dolios- to live by trickery, decoy, guile) workers, transforming (metaschematizo - disguise or change) themselves into the apostles of Christ (It is the devil disguised as Jesus)--but it is another Jesus. And no marvel - for Satan himself is transformed (metaschematizo - disguised) into an angel of light.. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed (metaschematizo - disguised) as the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their works. (They will pass themselves off as truth-sayers when they are soothsayers.)

When Eve looked upon the tree she saw "all that is in the world". She was seduced by this devil's (daio) doctrine and began to "distribute fortunes" to herself and Adam. John tells us exactly about this doctrine of the devil which Satan distributes to evil men as he did to Eve in the garden.

I John 2:15,16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him. For "all that is in the world", (everything that Eve saw in the tree, distributing to herself) - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but is of the world.

This is the "DEVIL'S DOCTRINE" that he has preached from the beginning.

"All that is in the world"

I John 2:16 Gen 3:6

1. The lust of the flesh ------- > 1. She saw a tree that was good for food (lust of flesh)

2. The lust of the eyes ------- > 2. The tree was pleasant to the eyes

3. The pride of life -------> 3. It was a tree to be desired

(pride is the Greek word (chamad-delight alazonia which means "self in, covet, lust after) to esteem" or self confidence make one wise (sakal -self- esteem, self-intelligence)

The word doctrine is the Greek word didache meaning "instruction". The devil's doctrine has always been the same. It says "cast God off the throne of your life"; you don't have to deny self in obedience to his word that says,

"forsake all you have -- take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink: nor yet for your body what ye shall put on."

The "instruction (doctrine) of the devil" never changes. It is always "distributing fortunes" and bowing to the god of this world who blinds mens' minds to the truth, lest the light of the "glorious gospel" (not the false gospel) should shine unto them (II Cor 4:4).

The Devil preached these instructions to Jesus in Matt 4:1-10 (also found in Luke 4:1-14). After Jesus had fasted forty days and forty nights in the wilderness., Satan came to him and said to him "fulfill the desires of the flesh; I know you are hungry. Change this stone into bread" Jesus replied "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt 4:4, Deut 8:3). Jesus said, "we live by the law" and the word of my father, only, when he says, "Thou shalt--" or "Thou shalt not--."

Matt 4:5 "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down".

Here it is !! The very meaning of the first word for devil that we referred to diabolos - "to utterly cast down". When a man listens to the devil's instructions, the devil becomes his god. The word God or god is the following in the Greek and Hebrew.

Hebrew - elohiym meaning judge or magistrate
Greek - theos meaning judge or magistrate

The title God (or god) is the office of judge executing a particular law. The god (God) you serve is the one whose law you follow.

Rom 6:16 Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death., or of obedience unto righteousness?

Satan continues his discourse with Jesus:

Matt 4:8,9 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

This is it!! The second word devil we have talked about is found here when

Satan tells Jesus, "I will distribute the fortunes of the world to you" (daimon- distribute fortunes). Satan was preaching his doctrine to Jesus saying, cast God down -- cease his law -- And I will give you "All that is in the world". - The fortunes that gratify the flesh and lift up self. I will give you of "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil".

The preachers who preach that God wants his people to have the best that this world has to offer -- cars, houses, land, investments, European vacations, self-esteem, self indulgence, excessive luxury and catering to the flesh and all that self wants -- These are the preachers who have departed from the faith (faith is death to self -- which is believing God in opposition to self) and they are giving heed to doctrines of devils "because they are seducers and impostors.

God's doctrine says -- Die!! Lose your life and gain Christ (Luke 9:24,25) The Devil's doctrine (instruction) says -- Live!! gain the whole world -- be comfortable -- be at ease -- prosper in the world -- He lies through his preachers saying, "This is what God wants for your life."

These evil teachers legalize the things (literal and material) of this world and call them godly. They "suppose" that the gain of this world is godliness. They continually assert these doctrines saying, "See how God has blessed me with things and cars and houses and lands and money and position and applause and self glory".

The Greek word for "law" is the word: nomos - this means legally prescribed food for animals, particularly sheep placing the alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet) in front of a word, negates the word giving it an exact opposite meaning. Place the alpha (a) in front of nomos/law (legal food for sheep) and you get the word: anomia (anmos) - this is the word meaning "unlawful food" or "iniquity"

God set his bounds in the Garden (Gen 2:16,17). He said, You can eat of all the trees (law - legal food) inside my boundary (law, word, instruction), but you cannot eat of that tree that is outside of my legal boundary (unlawful food iniquity). That tree fulfills the flesh and "all that is in the world", which fulfills the lusts and covetousness of self.

These preachers make lawful the things and opinions of the world by "legalizing" the devil's doctrine.

I Tim 6:1-5 (Speaking of God's doctrine and those who speak against it)--that the name (onoma - meaning authority or commandment) of God and his doctrine (didache - instruction) be not blasphemed (blasphemeo - defame, speak against) If any man teach otherwise (than God's doctrine/instruction, which is the daily cross or death to self) and consent not to wholesome (hugiaino - uncorrupted) words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ (deny self/die daily), and the doctrine which is according to godliness; (godliness is the word eusebeia - the gospel scheme which is the death of self and resurrection of Christ daily in our mortal bodies; godliness means to bow to God and his word, crucifying all our opinions and affections) He is proud (tuphoo - inflated with self-conceit, high-minded and blind), knowing nothing -- (they are) men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, "supposing" that gain is godliness (may I remind you that godliness which is death to self is the doctrine of Christ).

The word "suppose" is a legal word. It comes from the word "law". Law - nomosnomizo (Looks familiar, doesn't it?) This is a verbal form of the word nomos or law. It means to do by law, to regard, or to deem lawful. It carries with it the meaning "to legalize in one's mind." - legally prescribed food for sheep (animals). God says eat of my doctrine (instruction), my boundary -- do not eat of the tree because in the tree we find the devil's doctrine (all that is in the world - Lust of flesh, Lust of the eyes, Pride of life). His doctrine is "distribute fortunes" (daimon/daio - demon). "Suppose" is the word

When men blaspheme (speak against the daily cross, death to self, self denial) God's doctrine, being destitute of truth, proud and blind, greedy men who are willing to justify (dikaioo - declare innocent) themselves in the sight of men because of their self righteousness, -- they legalize (nomizo) the tree of all that is in the world, they declare that "distributing fortunes" is God's doctrine and that men who possess the gain of this world are "blessed by God".

I Timothy 6:9,10,11 They that will (boulema - purpose, resolve) be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown (buthizo - sink) men in destruction and perdition. For the "love of money" is the root of all evil.- which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith (death to self - believing God / opposing self), and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, 0 man of God flee these things -

"Love of Money" is one word in the Greek: philarguria - It comes from two words

philos - from phileo meaning to like or "have affection" for; friend or be fond of
arguros - silver or shining; our English word "argue" comes from this word arguros or argos meaning "to shine". When a man argues, he wants to "shine" with his opinion.

To have a "love of money" is to "argue" with God.

"Love of money" is the Devil's doctrine - "distribute fortunes"
Death to self or crucifying and dying to "all that is in the world" is God's doctrine; God's doctrine is godliness. Where there is a "love of money" there is a devil (daimon/diabolos), and where there is a devil there is a "love of money".

When prophesying about the end of the world, Jesus says, concerning the events that will be taking place:

Matt 24:12 And because "iniquity" shall abound, the "love" of many shall wax cold.

Iniquity is also related to the word law (I'd like to remind you that "supposing" is the word nomizo meaning to regard or deem lawful, thus legalizing in one's mind). Iniquity is the word anomia. Let us recall that when we place the alpha (a the first letter of the Greek alphabet) in front of a word, the alpha (a) negates the word giving it a complete opposite meaning. The word law in the Greek is the word nomos, meaning lawfully prescribed food for grazing animals (particularly sheep). When we place the alpha (a) in front of the word law, (nomos) the alpha (a) negates the word law, giving it the opposite meaning of unlawful, or as it is properly translated anomia, (which is the word "iniquity"). This word "iniquity", therefore, means "unlawful food" for sheep. God's law (nomos) or legal food for his flock is his word. When Jesus told Peter to "feed my sheep" in John 21:16,17, he was telling him to give the flock my word , my commandment, "my doctrine", my law (legal food!!). Tell them to crucify the flesh. Consuming one's own flesh (fulfilling lusts & desires) is unlawful food (anomia - iniquity).

Eccl. 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together (relaxes at ease), and eateth his own flesh.

John 4:32.,34 I have meat to eat that ye know not of - my meat (legal food/law) is to do the will (thelema - purpose, decree, choice, law, determination) of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

God's purpose and decree is his word, his commandment, his law, his legal food (law/nomos). Christ is our example. Our meat (portion) is God's law which is the only legally prescribed food that we are to eat and partake of. It is Christ, the Word.

Luke 4:4 It is written (in Deut 8:3), that man shall not live by bread alone (physical food only) but by every word (law, truth,doctrine/instruction) of God.

Remember Matt 24:12, "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (This will be the condition of the believers at the end of time).

There are two completely different words in the Greek that have been translated into one ambiguous word in the English -- the word love. These two words for love are not related to one another, but the Bible uses them in conjunction with one another with certain conditions attached. The word we most attach to the word love is the word phileo. This word means to have "affection" or "to like something or someone", i.e. I like cake, I like ice cream, I like dogs, I like my car, I like my mother, I like my friends, I like my job, I like to drink and get drunk..

Then there is the righteous word for love -- the word agape. John gives us the exact meaning of this word.

II John 6 Herein is love (agape) "that we walk after his commandments"

-- Here it is!! -- agape (love) is God's doctrine of godliness. Agape (love) is legal food for sheep. Kittel tells us that agape is an ancient word predating Christ 2-3000 years. Kittel and others tell us that agape is a relationship between a king and his subjects in his kingdom. Christ's kingdom is the kingdom of light or truth (Col 1:12,13). God's doctrine is light, truth, or agape.

Under agape, the king gave to his subjects laws (legal food - doctrine) that were not burdensome or heavy (I John 5:3) which the people in his kingdom willingly followed after, with great humility toward their king. This is the definition of agape (love). The king loved (agape) his people enough to give them an "easy-yoke" of the kingdom.

To put on the "yoke of a kingdom" meant to be meek or tame and to willingly pull the plow in obedience. They loved (agape) their king. This is agape!! -- obedience to the law of the kingdom!!

In Matt 24:12 Jesus is saying that at the end of time iniquity (anomos) shall abound and flourish

unlawful food shall abound
all that is in the world (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life) shall abound
the devil's doctrine - "distributing fortunes" shall abound.
desire for the tree - self indulgence, self esteem, self advancement, desire for things, cars, houses, lands, position, applause, awards, stuff, covetousness (wanting more), fulfilling the flesh, all the fruits that thy soul lusted after (Rev 18:14) shall abound!! Self shall abound!!
The love (agape) of many shall wax cold and die
walking in the commandment of God shall wax cold
walking in the light and truth shall wax cold
walking in the law of God and eating legal food (law-nomos) shall wax cold
Death to self, self denial, the daily cross shall wax cold and die
walking in God's doctrine of godliness will wax cold

This does not say that the phileo (love/affection) of many shall wax cold but walking in the commandment of God (agape) shall wax cold.

"Wax cold" is the Greek word psucho - to breathe gently or a reduction of temperature, to chill or to grow cold as if dying.

At the end of time seducers will suppose (nomizo - legalize in the mind) that the gain of the tree or "all that is in the world" is godliness. They will legalize iniquity (the gain of this world) and call it godly (to possess the fortunes of this world). They will substitute the devil's doctrine for God's doctrine. They will say you will be as gods (magistrates or judges)

Judge is the Greek word krino meaning to declare guilty or innocent -- to declare lawful (nomos) or unlawful (anomia-iniquity).

They will declare guilty or innocent. They will declare that anomos (iniquity) is nomos (law of God).

Paul tells us: Gal 5:14 That "all the law (nomos - legal food) is fulfilled in one word even in this thou shalt love (agape - walk in God's commandment) thy neighbor as thyself."

The TV preachers and radio preachers that preach material prosperity, calling it God's doctrine, preach the "doctrine of the devil" (distributing fortunes). This is the message that Satan preached to Eve in the garden of Eden and that he preached to Jesus on the high mountain (Matt 4:8, Luke 4:5).

These preachers are false apostles who have transformed (metaschematizo - disguised) themselves as apostles of Christ. Many of these leaders are Satan's children.

Here's what Jesus says to those who call themselves righteous and refuse to do the will (doctrine/truth) of God by crucifying the flesh.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil., and the lusts (the tree) of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning (in the garden) and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it.

In the first century, to say that a man's father was a liar and murderer was the same as calling the man himself a liar and murderer. They believed that a man inherited the traits and attitudes of their father. Jesus used their own customs to condemn them.

America is truly the Babylon of the world. She thrives on the "devil's doctrine". The very meaning of the word capitalism corresponds to the meaning of the word devil (daemon) and democracy corresponds to the word devil (diabolos).

Let me recall devil (daimon). When it was said that a man was "possessed with a devil", this is the word used. We see its relationship to the word "capitalism." (The word demon is not in the Bible. We get the word demon from the word daimon.)

daimon - a deity from the root daio meaning "to distribute fortunes"
Capitalism - definition according to Webster's New World dictionary: The economic system in which all or most of the meansof production and "distribution" (distribute) as land, factories, railroads etc. (fortunes) are privately owned and operated for profit; it has been generally characterized by a tendency toward concentration of wealth (for the individual or capitalist)
capitalist - a person who has capital; owner of "wealth", a wealthy person

Capitalist or capitalism have the same meaning as the word devil/daimon. Both capitalism and daimon (demon) mean to "distribute fortunes" to the individual.

Let us look at the word Devil (diabolos) and the word democracy:

diabolos -- Traducer which means to lead along, disgrace, say untrue or malicious things about, defame, slander, to make mockery of -- comes from two words:
dia - the channel of the act or through
ballo - to throw violently, cast out, throw down

When Eve listened to the devil and looked at the tree (all that is in the world), she became the channel of Satan in "casting God" down and out of her life, when she cast him down off the throne of her life, she ceased to listen to God (when she ate of the tree). She became her own god (elohiym) - which means to be a "magistrate or judge" (declaring lawful or unlawful). What actually happened was that the Serpent, Adam, and Eve took a vote in the garden. They said among themselves "the majority rules". They had a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. They voted righteousness out of the garden and Satan "accused" God of lying when he said, "you will surely die if you eat of the tree". What. they actually did in the garden was to institute the first democratic form of government

Democracy - Gr. democratia, demos - the people, damos - a division of the people and kratein - to rule by kratos strength - a government in which the people hold the ruling power, rule by the ruled. Eve began a democracy (a government of the people, by the people, for the people. They began to rule themselves.) When men rule themselves (democracy - diabolos) they begin to "distribute fortunes" (daimon/daio/demon-capitalist) to themselves. When Satan was tempting Jesus to cast himself down (Matt 4:6 and Luke 4:9) he wanted to cast God out of office as the judge. He was seeking to establish a democracy by getting a majority vote over God.

The two Greek words for the word "devil" (diabolos/daimon) are equivalent words for the two words "democracy" and "capitalism". Democracy began in the garden when the serpent and Eve got together and enlisted Adam's vote. They began a democratic form of government by ruling themselves with a majority vote. Their government was a true democracy. Since man has no goodness in himself--

Rom 3:10-12 There is none righteous, no, not one - there is none that seeketh after God - there is none good, no, not one.

Psalms 39:5 every man at his best state is altogether vanity.

Eccl 7:20 There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not

Job 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man that drinketh iniquity like water?

--He will vote to fulfill the desires of the flesh with capitalism (feeding the flesh). Man's sinful nature is to fulfill the devil's doctrine (all that is in the world). The doctrine of the devil is lust and covetousness.

Lust - Gr: epithumia - a longing for that which is forbidden, "to set the heart upon", long for.

This is a doctrine that is alive and well in America and men see nothing wrong with it. Some men say it is godly to want (lust after) things. They "suppose that gain is godliness" even though God's anger is kindled against a lustful and greedy heart.

Covetousness - this Greek word does not mean (as most people think) to want that which some one else possesses. It is the word pleonektes and it merely means "to want more". This word thrives in nearly every household in America. Men want a better car (more car). Husband and wife want a better house (more house). Not many are content. People want more rings (carats), vacations, raises at work, more landscaping, more T.V., more boats (bigger, shinier). This is preached in every business, every church, on T.V. billboards etc.

Paul said,

Col 3:5 covetousness (pleonektes - wanting more) is idolatry

Eph 5:5 a covetous man is an idolator

America is definitely "Mothering" this system of ruling self and throwing God off his throne in their lives. God says in his doctrine, die to the flesh, do not feed self, take your cross daily, deny self. The devil's doctrine says, "I want more" (covet!!) "lust after" (set your heart upon and long for boats, cars, houses, money, investments, awards, applause, recognition)!!

America is mothering the idolatry of "self esteem". America is the "Spiritual Babylon".

"Babylon is fallen, is fallen" Rev. 18:2-Isa 21:9.

The first Babylon was a literal city that fell on the Euphrates river in the 6th century B.C., never to rise again from the ashes of her destruction (Jer 51:24-26 - Isa 13:19,20). The second Babylon will be an international city that reigns over the kings of the earth (Rev 17:18). She is an international city of self and wealth and all that thy soul lusted after (Rev 18:14). She is the wickedest city of pride that the kings and merchants of the earth have lived deliciously with (Rev 17:2-18:2, 9:17).

To identifv the second "fallen Babylon", we must merely look at her character. We have already matched her character, form of government (diabolos/democracy) and her system of commerce (daimon/capitalism) and economy.

Does America match her foundational structure? There is no doubt!

Rev. 17:5 (speaking of the Harlot of Babylon). And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

The word harlot is the word porne meaning strumpet or idolator. We've already stated that covetousness (wanting more) is idolatry. America is immersed in this "wanting more" idol worship of self.

Idolatry is the Greek word eidololatria meaning "image-worship". What image do we worship? Let's look at this word idolatry. It comes from two words in the Greek:

eidos (or eido) - this means to "see and recognize" a form, shape, fashion or appearance; to understand.
latreia (or latreuo) - a hired menial servant, to render homeage, to serve, service ministration or worship (bow down in service)

"Idolatry" means to minister or "serve" what you look upon and see, saying I want that car, I want that woman, I want a house like that one. America is filling our eyes and ears with idolatry in every phase of media (newspapers, T.V.s, movies, billboards). Solomon said in Ecclesiastes that a man will labor to fulfill what he puts into his eyes and ears.

Eccl. 1:8 All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it., the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Solomon is saying that a man will not merely utter with the mouth "I like that car" or "I like that woman", but rather will say "I want that car" or "I want that woman."

He will therefore labor to fulfill these desires (lusts), which he puts into his eyes and ears. Did not Eve labor to fulfill what she "listened" (the ear) to from the whispering smooth talking serpent? Then she "looked" (the eye) upon the tree and worshipped all that is in the world. She gave heed to doctrines of devils (daimon - distribute fortunes).

If Babylon mothered all idolatry (ministering to what you see) let us look at her foundation and see if her roots are everything that America is seeking. Babylon was founded by Nimrod in Genesis 11:4 (speaking of Nimrod and the people of Babel). Here is the founding of Babylon. Notice what she was built upon:

And they said, Go to (yahab/"come"), let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth.

Shall I say it! Babylon was built on the same "evil spirit" attitude as America.

Pride!! They said "let us make us a name"!! Babylon is called a mountain of Pride. There is no such thing as "good pride" according to the Bible.

Jer 50:29 for she (Babylon) hath been proud against the Lord - I am against thee 0 thou most proud -- the most proud shall stumble & fall.

Pride is the very foundation of America! Pride is the very foundation of the devil's doctrine!

Isa. 14:12-16 How art thou fallen from heaven, 0, Lucifer, son of the morning - for thou hast said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt (lift up) my throne above the stars of God - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be like the most (damah - "resemble") High.

Evil doesn't come in the form of a dragon breathing fire and smoke. It comes resembling" Christ, but it is the devil in disguise (metaschematizo) - it is "another Jesus". II Cor. 11:3,4,11-15

Peter and James say,

James 4:6 (1 Pet 5:5) God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

The word resisteth is the Greek word: "antitassomai" - meaning to set oneself to wage war against.

The word proud in this text is the Greek word huperephanos - appearing above, conspicuous, haughty. This word comes from:

huper - above
phaino - lighten, shine, appear

God will "make war" with those who love to "shine above others". America is saturated with this desire to shine and appear above others with desiring more and better cars, houses, things, lands, stuff, etc. Even the so called evangelical Christians believe this is an acceptable life style. There is no call for the "daily cross". It has become obsolete in the church.

Babylon mothered all idolatry (ministering and serving what you see) and America is selling this godless doctrine of diabolos (democracy) and daimon (distributing fortunes - covetousness, wanting more) world wide.

Remember the "All that is in the world" doctrine -- "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life." This word pride is the Greek word

Alazonia - Here it is!! -- it means "self esteem" or self confidence

You can take "self esteem" seminars in any business or church in America.

Man needs no self esteem. He needs to esteem God only, (Phil 2:3-4). Self esteem is Babylon's and America's pride because they are one and the same.

Their character is to "shine above others". Self esteem is America's doctrine as well as Babylon's. In order to find the Babylon of the end of time (Rev. 18) you must find a system at the end of time that possesses her character, preaches her doctrine of -- "let us make us a name" or "self esteem" -- it is the system that America is selling to the world. Remember the words city and tower in Gen 11:4. A city was called a "mountain". A mountain" in scripture was a capitol city of an empire that executed a law.

A city was called a "mother" or instructor because the mother stayed home and instructed the children in the Jewish society. Capitol cities were called "mountains or mothers" of a kingdom or empire because they instructed us in their law or doctrine. God's mountain is Zion in Jerusalem where the temple sits. Paul says "Jerusalem is the mother of us all" (speaking of God's obedient believers - Gal 4:26, Prov. 1:8, 3:1,2, 13-17).

What Babylon said was, Let us build us an instructor to teach us and let us build us a tower. The word tower is the Hebrew word: migdol - this word means pulpit or rostrum

They preached their mother's (city) instruction or doctrine (the devil's doctrine - distribute fortunes) from their pulpit (tower). Their doctrine was "I will make me a name." The word name is the word shem and it means "authority", law, commandment, or doctrine. When God says thou shalt not -- BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS (America) says "I am proud, I will if I want to -- I will be my own authority (name) -- I will partake of all that is in the world -- I will be my own god (elohiym - judge, magistrate) and rule myself (democracy) and distribute fortunes as I please".

Babylon's, "let us make us a name" doctrine (pride) says, "I'll make a name (authority) in this town. People will know me in my neighborhood. I'm gonna "shine above others" (proud, James 4:6). When people think nice car, neat home, beautiful landscaping -- or when they think of expensive beautiful jewelry, designer clothes, exotic vacations, or when they think of awards, education, position or accomplishments, they will think of me.

I will impress people with my image. When they see (eido/recognize) Success they will have "me" in mind. "I will" have a name around here. The world will speak well of me -- they will "highly esteem" my success -- I will be a friend to all - people will like me and look up to me.

People with this Babylonian attitude will be God's enemy. Their success stinks in God's nostrils and a cry of grievous damnation goes out after them.

Luke 6:26 Woe (ouai - cry of grief and damnation) unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luke 16:15 -- that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination (bdelugma - detestable, to stink, abhor be disgusted) in the sight of God.

James 4:4 know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity (echthra - hostility) with God? -whosoever will be a friend (philos - fond of, from phileo - have affection toward showing personal or sentimental attachment) of the world is the enemy of God.

To the popular, highly esteemed preachers, business heads, sales personalities, rock and country music stars, famous sports athletes, and all men that the world speaks well of, -- there is a cry of grievous damnation (Woe!! - ouai) that goes out to these "friends of the world" who are hostile toward God. They are God's enemies because they have raised themselves up to "shine" and be seen above others". Not many of these people are God's people.

I Cor 1:26 -- not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called

Babylon is America's mother. America is preaching her mother's doctrine (pride, self-esteem, fulfilling the flesh, let us make us a name, "distribute fortunes" to the flesh and call it godliness).

I Tim. 4:1 In the "latter times" some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of Devils (daimon - distributing fortunes - lust - covetousness - wanting more - capitalism - money, things, houses, cars, lands, investments, shining above others etc.)

America is truly the Babylon of the world -- It thrives on the devil's doctrine (fulfilling the flesh). Some people will say, "Well, just what is our alternative! " We need a righteous king to rule us. No system of government of man's invention has ever worked. Only Christ the righteous "King of Kings" and "Lord of Lords", will rule his people in righteousness. In a democracy only the powerful rise to the top and oppress the poor (Jam 2:5,6).

The most honorable, upstanding, prominent members of the well to do suburban communities in America are proud (blind), knowing nothing, destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness. (I Tim 6:4,5)

Conclusion: If you are looking for the doctrine of the devil, you look for someone who looks like Jesus and sounds religious but does not teach his doctrine of the daily cross and death to self. They look good but preach "distribute fortunes". The difference in Jesus of the Bible and another Jesus (the devil in disguise) is in their doctrines (instruction) -- either death to self or fulfill the flesh.

America is at war with God. We are in trouble. God is making war with this nation. God resisteth (wage war against) the proud (shining above others).

The "devil's doctrine" is seducing the world. This devil's doctrine is the very foundation of the Charismatic movement, worldwide. They preach this doctrine of self and wealth and say that we are in a world revival at the end of time. The Bible teaches no such event, but rather a world wide apostasy which I will address in my next newsletter

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