Vital Spiritual Principles Required To Understand What Was Not Seen In The Attacks On The U.S.A. On Tuesday 11 September 2001

2001.09.1.04 Vital Spiritual Principles Required To Understand What Was Not Seen In The Attacks On The U.S.A. On Tuesday 11 September 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

ABSTRACT: The events in the USA on 11 September 2001 in which four aircraft were hijacked, two flown into the World Trade Centre, one into the Pentagon and one crashed in open countryside have shaken the world.

This article examines some of the spiritual context of the current age in order to better understand what happened and, most importantly, how believers and world leaders SHOULD respond to the events.  The spiritual state of the world is highlighted as a major factor pointing to the need for Believers to take active  steps to restore truth in the Body and the world.

The spiritual deterioration of mankind over the six thousand years since creation is presented graphically  to contextualise these events and that which is soon to follow.  The continuum between good and evil is presented graphically to facilitate more clearly the dilemma's associated with rightly judging these events.  The complexities of this judgment are presented in the context of what is seen and not seen and a graphical representation of the spiritual gulf between Islam and "Christianity" is presented.  Some thoughts on Judgment are presented and the hierarchy and method of operation of Satan's kingdom are explained.  It is noted that the demons that possessed the hijackers will have survived the explosions and transferred to rescue workers and others in the vicinity and will now fight on the "other side" to foment hatred and anger.

The need to chesed (love) our neighbours and enemies and believe the best of them is stressed.

AUTHOR: James Robertson

PUBLISHED BY: ETI : End Time Issue MinistriesLIST: 1A1: Teaching  PUBLISHER: James Robertson             

DOCUMENT TYPE: Technical Spiritual Analysis  ISSUE DATE: 19 September 2001             

PRIMARY SUBJECT: Technical Spiritual Principles  Secondary Subject: Responding to disaster             

KEY WORDS / KEY PHRASES: end of the age, Satan, demons, hijacking, World Trade Centre, Pentagon, New York, Washington, U.S.A., war, reign with Messiah, good versus evil, spiritual deterioration

KEY VERSE OF SCRIPTURE: Revelation 20:2‑3 "He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. SUPPORTING ARTICLES: Most articles published to date.

PREVIOUS ARTICLES IN SERIES: 1A1.01.08.11, 1A1.01.09.02, 1A1.01.09.03

NEXT ARTICLE IN SERIES: A specific article on the spiritual interpretation of what happened behind the suicide hijackings in the United States of America will, Yahweh willing, follow shortly.

DECLARATION: I James Alexander Robertson hereby testify before Almighty Yahweh that i have prayed over this document and that i am satisfied that the message is in large measure Scripturally correct and in accordance with the Word AND Will of Yahweh at this time.  It is my understanding, by the Spirit, that this document is about 90% as Yahweh would have it.  HOWEVER, it i am also advised by the Spirit that the  article is shallow in terms of deeper revelation in key areas and that, owing to side journeys taken in my own walk with Yahweh, only 50% of the depth that He would have had in this article is present.  I acknowledge my sin in this area and ask readers to forgive me.

I acknowledge and accept that i will be judged for any false statements made by me knowingly or unknowingly and ask Father Yahweh now in the Name of Yahshua Messiah Adonai (the Lord Jesus Christ) that should there be any such errors He judge me in this life that i may come to repentance and not be judged in the life to come.

PRAYER: Father, in the Name of Yahshua Messiah, if there is anything in this document that is not according to Your Word or Your perfect will please prevent it taking root in the heart of the reader and let all that IS according to Your Word and Your Will take deep root in the hearts of all who read it.

SUMMARY

A reasonably comprehensive assessment of the vital spiritual principles required to understand what was NOT seen in the attacks on the U.S.A. on Tuesday 11 September and therefore to understand how believers should respond to what WAS seen is presented.

There are enormous paradoxes associated with the events of 11 September in terms of the physical and spiritual realms.  How these are to be communicated effectively to the world at large in a manner that will lead to appropriate and effective action represents an enormous challenge.  The responsibility of Believers is SIGNIFICANT.

The need for all to chesed (love) their neighbour as themselves and chesed their enemies is a vital objective with ALL who died being viewed as neighbours BUT ALSO those on the other side of the "war" that has been declared.  The need to recognize the truth regarding sin in the "Christian" world is a vital component of this.

The events of 11 September must be seen in the context of man's quest to learn all about evil which started in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Hawwah (Eve) ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil.  This resulted in an exponential explosion of evil on the earth with mankind now caught in a "tailspin" where the increase in evil in four years today is comparable to the increase in the first thousand years after creation.  This is shown graphically as an exponential decay curve.

Yahweh is about to arrest this decay by raising up believers anointed with an anointing comparable to that of Yahshua who will take authority on earth.  These believers will give the necessary commands for Satan to be cast into the Pit for a thousand years.  In order to accomplish this objective, these men must be sanctified and set apart in the service of Yahweh and be cleansed of all sin and evil.  Truth must be restored in their lives.

The events of 11 September are a physical manifestation of the intense war between the forces of Yahweh and Satan that is currently building in the spiritual realm.  We must become aware of and actively take responsibility and authority in this battle.

These events are also evaluated in the context of a graphical continuum between good and evil which indicates that unless a person is actively drawing closer to Yahweh he will, by default, draw closer to Satan.  It is also stressed that visible "good" is NOT a measure of how close a person is to Yahweh - hidden sin can draw a supposed "man of Yahweh" into a place where he will NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh and yet will be seen by men to have been a "good man".

The reality that much of what Muslims find highly offensive about "Christianity" IS justified is noted in the context of "Jihad" and other so-called Muslim "excesses" being simply reaping of what "Christianity" has sown during nearly two thousand years of apostasy!  While at the same time there IS serious error on the part of Islam AS WELL!  Both parties are wrong and both are right!

It is noted that a "good man" can still be serving Satan if there are certain critical errors in his life and this is likened to a bald front tyre on a very expensive and otherwise completely roadworthy vehicle.  It is also pointed out that it is frequently the small points which give rise to large failures.

Recognizing the rich diversity of gifts and callings in the Body of Believers is also an important key to resolving the apparent conflicts in the Body and the world today.

It is noted that the continuum between good and evil is far more complex than can be considered on a two dimensional graph and that it is better represented by a "sombrero" shaped three dimensional solid of rotation with multiple radii representing different truths.  Various graphs are presented to highlight various principles.  From this the need for holiness and sanctification (set apartness) unto Yahweh becomes increasingly clear.

The manner in which partial truth and partial error has given rise to the massive divide between Islam and Christianity is highlighted.  The need to seek GOOD in our neighbours (and our enemies) as opposed to focusing on what is wrong, is identified as a vital requirement.  "Believe the best of your neighbour at all times, just as you would have them believe the best of you" is suggested as an appropriate approach.  We must seek Yahshua in others and NOT look for Satan in them.

The irony of the hatred between Muslims and Christians, both of whom claim to be serving Yahweh is highlighted as having a terrible impact on the world today.  The need to respond in chesed (love) is stressed.

The reality that Yahweh's judgments are JUST and not to be feared if we are truly living according to His Word is stressed.  It is also noted that Yahweh is ANGRY with those who claim to be believers and who have full access to His Word but that He is moved with deep compassion toward those who are in ignorance and being kept in ignorance by those who claim to have truth or to lead.

Believers need to cease looking for specks in the eyes of others and cleanse their own eyes of the plank's that are clouding their vision.  This applies to BOTH sides of the current divide, both Christians AND Muslims!

An overview of the operation of the kingdom of Satan is provided setting out the roles of Satan, his angels, his demons and the people who are committed to serving him.  It is stressed that much of the evil is driven by demons and that the level of demonisation of people on earth is very high.  Until believers learn to war effectively in the spiritual realm, very little will change on earth.

It is noted that the people who hijacked the aircraft were almost certainly demon POSSESSED, in other words "illuminati" and that after their death the demons of hatred, murder, etc that possessed them will have transferred themselves to rescue workers and others around the crash sites and, thereafter, to people of great influence in the vicinities of the sites.  Those demons will, even now, be fomenting hatred with a view to escalating the situation to all out war!

It is VITAL that we recognize that the REAL ENEMY is Satan and his evil hordes and NOT the human beings on BOTH sides who are used as Satan's pawns in the war for spiritual dominion over the earth.

The need for chesed (LOVE) is again stressed.

In conclusion, believers must seek to urgently remove the massive plank's of error from the eyes of the Body of Believers in Yahshua Messiah.  We must own the sin's of our fathers in the faith and repent.  We must learn to understand the spiritual realm and cease leaning to our understanding and the things that are seen and must learn to walk in love toward our neighbours AND our enemies.

Above all, we must learn to wage war effectively against Satan and his demons and fallen angels in the SPIRITUAL realm through prayer, intercession and the effective application of the whole armour of Yahweh.

If we will reach out in Yahweh's chesed (love) to ALL parties, we can be the catalyst for healing that Yahweh desires His people to be!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE

This article should be read as a progression from the two previous articles:

1A1.01.09.02 Are You REALLY Saved? (13 September 2001)

1A1.01.09.02 Satan Is Winning The Battle Hands Down : What Are YOU Going To Do About It? (14 September 2001)

As noted in the preamble to the article "Are You Really Saved?", an enormous number of previous articles on the End Time Issues list provide scriptural, spiritual and world affairs context to these events.  Many of these articles are cited in the body of this article.  The article "The End Time Calendar As We Currently See It" (reference 1A1.01.03.09, dated 15 March, 2001) also provides important context.

Back issues are available on request, simply email us listing the articles you require.  We hope shortly to have consolidated back issues in monthly or quarterly volumes with table of contents, etc suitable for binding.

END TIME / GLOBAL CONTEXT

This article is one of a series directed at progressively building a clear understanding of the events of 11 September 2001 in the context of the spiritual war that is currently waging in the heavenlies for control of the earth.

The critical point is that, as indicated over some time, the scheduled date for Satan to be cast into the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years is fast approaching and, therefore, Satan is doing all he can to prevent this happening and, if he cannot prevent it, to take as many people down with him as possible.

Unless this is clearly understood, the events of 11 September will be misinterpreted and action will be taken which will play directly into Satan's hands!

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Vital Spiritual Principles Required To Understand What Was Not Seen In The Attacks On The U.S.A. On Tuesday 11 September 2001

The events of Tuesday 11 September 2001 in which four aircraft were hijacked, two flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and one crashed in open countryside, continue to reverberate around the World.  But, the great Spiritual significance of the event is seen by only a small minority who currently are seemingly not clear how or whether to communicate what they see to the broader community.

To place what follows in context it is important to understand that the writer has, in large measure, been separated from much of what goes on in the world for the past twelve months, a separation brought about by the Holy Spirit of Yahweh as He has led us down a path which has greatly challenged us.  We pray constantly for His guidance, that He will bring in only those communications that He wants us to receive, meet only those people He wants us to meet, open those doors He wants opened that no man may close and close those doors He wants closed that no man may open.  As we have prayed these prayers, at the leading of His Spirit over the last six years in some cases, we have seen dramatic changes in our lives.  Through the working of Yahweh's answers to these prayers in our lives over the last year in particular, we have seen a picture of the state of the world in spiritual terms steadily unfolding.  Thus, in what happened on 11 September, while the physical manifestation was a surprise, the underlying spiritual situation was expected and the fulfilment of a number of messages during 2000 and 2001 and particularly of the message "The Wrath of Yahweh for the Church : Why Judgment is Coming on the Church Today" (reference 1A1.01.01.01, dated 04 January, 2001).

As a further aspect of context, last year, just before Yom Kippur we were impressed by the Spirit of Yahweh to subscribe to DSTV (Digital Satellite Television).  Through the events immediately before and after Yom Kippur, the start of the current war in Israel, we saw various things taking place in the world, some of which were reported on the End Time Issues list at the time.  Subsequently we cancelled our subscription.  However, the service reconnected itself without any action on our part at the beginning of September and just as miraculously disconnected itself again on 14 September after the writer had been granted the opportunity to watch the events in the U.S.A. on CNN, BBC and other channels as the events unfolded.  Another example of how Yahweh miraculously opens channels of communication as He appoints.

Throughout 11 September and the days that followed i saw a SPIRITUAL picture of great significance building.  The picture was a composite of revelation received in the days, weeks, months and years before the event together with things that were discerned and revealed in the minutes, hours and days after the event.  This picture was made more complete through emails received from diverse sources.  Some carrying articles of extreme outrage and anger toward the perpetrators, some of shock.  Other articles from believers expressing sentiments which had no Scriptural basis and yet others highlighting the Scriptural basis of what happened, aware of the need for repentance by their great nation but, by their silence, implicitly unsure what to do about it.  At the extreme were the self-righteous who arrogantly condemned the sinners of the U.S.A., in some cases even though living in the U.S.A.  A diverse spectrum which clearly showed the complete lack of any form of consolidated understanding of what was happening spiritually and how to respond to it.

On Thursday 13 September, i commenced work on a document entitled "A Spiritual Perspective of the Attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001".  As the first draft was completed and i continued to seek the guidance of Yahweh on the content and timing of the article and also continued to monitor the unfolding news surrounding the situation, i saw a dimension to the situation that challenged me and troubled me greatly.  In simple terms it seemed that almost nobody understood the spiritual context of what had happened and that even those who did had no clear understanding of their RESPONSIBILITY toward their fellow man in this hour.

This paradox or dichotomy between the spiritual and the physical struck me most forcibly in the context of assessing which of the people who died had the highest probability of a spiritually positive outcome from the entire event.

The conclusion?

The people on the aircraft who, in the natural, experienced probably the longest and most traumatic lead up to death probably had the greatest opportunity to assess their spiritual condition and reach a point of praying some prayer of repentance if they already had some personal knowledge of Yahshua Messiah OR, of praying some prayer of crying out for salvation and deliverance if they had never before prayed such a prayer, were probably THE BEST OFF.  The people who died instantly in the fireball and those who were instantly crushed as the buildings collapsed with no forewarning and therefore no time to reassess their lives, people who in worldly terms did not suffer at all, were probably those with the least probability of being able to make some last minute spiritual adjustment in their lives and therefore those who, for eternity may suffer most, were probably the WORST OFF!

As i wrestled with these issues, it became evident that it was necessary to document the underlying spiritual principles BEFORE releasing the other document.  Thus, this document came into being.

BUT HOW DOES ONE COMMUNICATE THESE PARADOXICAL AND CHALLENGING CONCEPTS EFFECTIVELY?

Most of those who are on the End Time Issues list who will receive the first release of this document will, because they have been following the ongoing messages on Judgment, etc over recent months and some over the past eighteen months, grasp some or perhaps all of what is implicit in what is written above.  BUT what about those out there who do not have any grounding in the principles that are touched on above?

For that matter, to FULLY understand the picture that i have seen in the Spirit since 11 September, there is much information that for various reasons has not yet been communicated on the ETI list.

For that matter there are dimensions to this situation and to what i see spiritually that i do not yet fully comprehend and cannot therefore adequately convey in words!

What i DO see more and more intensely day by day, is that UNLESS the true message of 11 September 2001 is accurately, effectively and ABOVE ALL COMPASSIONATELY communicated in a way that millions and preferably billions can accept, a massive opportunity for turning around will be lost to those who today fall into the 99% of people who, if judged today, will NOT inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is easy, in the light of recent articles, particularly "The Evangelism Iceberg in 2001: Strategic Objectives Of The Kingdom Of Yahweh" (reference 1A1.01.08.11, dated 21 August 2001) and "Satan Is Winning The Battle Hands Down : What Are YOU Going To Do About It?" (reference 1A1.01.09.03, dated 14 September 2001) to conclude that significantly less than 1% of all those who died on 11 September are likely to inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh!  The TV cameras repeatedly recorded those on the ground using the names "God" and "Jesus" as profanities and one report suggested that those on the upper floors of the towers were heard to do the same.  On the other hand, perhaps, Yahweh willing, some who were backslidden and in sin came to repentance and some who were unsaved prayed that simple prayer before they died, BUT as i write that i hear the Spirit of Yahweh say to me "NOT MANY"!

THAT IS THE REAL TRAGEDY OF THE EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER - THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO DIED WHO WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF YAHWEH!!

The further tragedy will be IF those who have watched the events of the past week, including but not restricted to those who were in some way personally impacted, DO NOT TURN TO YAHWEH with all their heart, mind, soul and strength and there is little if anything thus far to indicate that this will happen!

SO AGAIN

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

The essence of what is to be done is summed up in Luke 10:27-28 "²⁷ So he answered and said," 'You shall love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbour as yourself.'" ²⁸ And He [Yahshua] said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live." (NKJ adjusted)

This is quoting Leviticus 19:18 "`You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am Yahweh." (NKJ adjusted) and is reinforced in Zechariah 8:17 "Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbour; and do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate,' says Yahweh."" (NKJ adjusted) and is reinforced in Matthew 19:19, Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31-33, Romans 13:9-10, Galatians 5:14 and James 2:8.

Yahshua clearly shows us in Luke 10:29-37 who our neighbour is

"²⁹ But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yahshua, "And who is my neighbour?"

³⁰ Then Yahshua answered and said: "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹ "Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² "Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

³³ "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. ³⁴ "So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ "On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.'

³⁶ "So which of these three do you think was neighbour to him who fell among the thieves?"

³⁷ And he said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Yahshua said to him, "Go and do likewise."" (NKJ adjusted)

The story of the "Good Samaritan" is "folk lore" amongst most "Christians" and therefore widely told and widely known, BUT SELDOM APPLIED IN PRACTICE!

We see here that the priest, the anointed servant of Yahweh, appointed to minister in the Temple and to render judgment on Torah chose to ignore Leviticus 19:18 or to apply other Torah to exclude him from defiling himself with a wounded man.  The Levite, also set apart unto Yahweh, did the same.

It was only the Samaritan, a pagan unbeliever of mixed race with little or no descent from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who crossed over to the wounded Jew and lifted him up and cared for him.

IF some of what has reached me by email since 11 September is anything to go by, there are many believers who are adopting a self righteous attitude and considering that those who died and those who suffered loss were, in any event unclean and therefore somehow "deserved to die".  To those people, the words of Yahshua ring today as they did 2,000 years ago in Matthew 15:7-8 "⁷ "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ⁸ 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honour Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." (NKJ), in Matthew 23:13 ""But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in." (NKJ) and numerous other passages.

The ONLY times that i can think of that Yahshua spoke harshly, it was TO BELIEVERS and SPECIFICALLY to those who considered themselves to be LEADERS!

In Matthew 7:1-5 Yahshua spelt out His position on those who express judgments of others in harsh terms "¹ "Judge not, that you be not judged. ² "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. ³ "And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? ⁵ "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye." (NKJ)

It is well to remember that in any terms that one cares to apply, genetically, racially, spiritually, those who died on 11 September are OUR BRETHREN on this earth.  Our faith does NOT give us the right to deny our bond of common humanity with them.  We MUST be acutely aware of Luke 13:4-5 which has a DIRECT BEARING on this situation "⁴ "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? ⁵ "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."" (NKJ)  We could easily substitute "those thousands on whom the towers in New York fell and killed them"!

In an even more challenging passage, Yahshua stated in Matthew 5:44‑48 "⁴⁴ "But I say to you, chesed (1 Corinthians 13 love) your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, ⁴⁵ "that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

⁴⁶ "For if you chesed  those who chesed you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ⁴⁷ "And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?

⁴⁸ "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect." (NKJ adjusted) In the light of virtually everything that has been said on TV or received by email, it seems that nobody, or almost nobody is taking account of these verses right now!

WHERE IS THIS GOING?

Those who died MUST be viewed as our neighbours and our brethren and even if we feel we must view the perpetrators as enemy, we must STILL chesed them!

2)  Those who died are NO WORSE SINNERS than any of us - those who have a personal saving knowledge of Adonai Yahshua Messiah, whether through His true names or through "the Lord Jesus Christ" are no better than those who died, it is ONLY through the amazing Grace of Yahweh, through the sacrifice of Yahshua on the stake, that you and i have the wonderful right to bring our sin's to Him in repentance in the Name of Yahshua and be washed whiter than snow (Isaiah 1:18) and have our transgressions taken as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12).  Our OWN righteousnesses are as "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6).

3)  As we have seen in several recent articles, the ENTIRE world INCLUDING the Body of Believers is apostate and full of sin, if anything the believers today are MORE unrighteous than those who do not believe BECAUSE they claim to see.  Consider John 9:40-41 "⁴⁰ Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?" ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains." (NKJ)

There are very few indeed amongst those who believe to whom this passage does not apply.  IF we were walking in the fullness of what Yahshua purchased for us by His wonderful and terrible sacrifice on the stake at Golgotha (Calvary) then many millions or even billions more would be serving Yahweh and the level of sin in the world by now would be INFINITELY LESS.  But there is probably NOT A SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN on the earth today who is walking in the fullness of the anointing of Yahshua Messiah and doing the SAME works that He did, let alone greater works.

THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR BELIEVERS TO CLEAN UP OUR ACT AND RETURN TO ALL THE TRUTHS OF THE WORD OF YAHWEH!!

By this i am NOT referring to a return to the Talmudic and Rabbinic traditions of the Jews or any other group, i am referring to a deep and enduring personal knowledge of Yahweh and Yahshua LED BY THE SET APART (HOLY) SPIRIT OF YAHWEH.

It is time we stop worshipping men by giving them titles like "Pastor", "Reverend", "Rabbi", "Priest", "Father", etc in direct violation of the commandment of Yahshua in Matthew 23:8-12

"⁸ "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, (the anointing of the set apart (holy) Spirit) Messiah, and you are all brethren. ⁹ "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. ¹⁰ "And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, (the anointing of the set apart (holy) Spirit) Messiah. ¹¹ "But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. ¹² "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." (NKJ adjusted) thereby ignoring the Word of Yahweh through Jeremiah in Jeremiah 31:34 ""No more shall every man teach his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."" (NKJ adjusted)

Men CAN AND SHOULD make their revelations available to their brethren, BUT each and every one of us must accept that we are PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE for what we believe.  We EACH have access to the set apart (holy) Spirit of Yahweh to teach us, to lead us and to guide us.  Other's can and should share their experiences in order to encourage us and to help us to progress MORE RAPIDLY along the road to maturity.  BUT each one of us will eventually stand ALONE before the Throne of Judgement and will NOT be able to turn to ANY other man or woman to substantiate or defend our position.  We will be judged for WHAT WE DID OR DID NOT DO, no matter who misled us, offended us or otherwise caused us to stumble!  AND those who ARE BELIEVERS will be subject to a harsher judgment! -- Luke 12:47-48 "⁴⁷ "And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. ⁴⁸ "But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more." (NKJ)

WHERE IS THIS LEADING US?

The events of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America represent AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE TO ALL WHO CURRENTLY ARE BELIEVERS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO CLAIM TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON!

THAT CHALLENGE is HOW do we present the truths of what ACTUALLY HAPPENED to the rest of the World in a way that is NOT overbearing, judgmental and arrogant, but sensitive, compassionate and YET POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE, and which recognizes the deep apostasy and error of the "Christian church" which is LARGELY to blame for what has happened??!!

The writer is DEEPLY AWARE that it is EASY to present the truths about what happened in such a way that it will come across as judgmental and harsh and will turn many MORE away from the truths of the WONDERFUL SACRIFICE that Yahshua Messiah made on the stake at Golgotha.  It is IMMENSELY CHALLENGING to present the SAME truths in a manner that will bring the maximum possible number of people to repentance!!

As i write, i DO NOT have the answer, i have some thoughts and, in what follows, i will share some of those thoughts.

I urge ALL who read this to pray into it and to let me have their contributions with a view to formulating a concise and effective message that believers around the world can EFFECTIVELY use to bring the message of 11 September 2001 to as many as possible.  It is no coincidence that what happened occurred during the "Days of awe", the days leading up to Yom Kippur, "The Day of Atonement", when ALL should be examining themselves critically against the Torah of Yahweh to determine ALL their sin to be atoned of.

I say this NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that Yahshua died in order that we might make atonement EVERY DAY of the year BUT, Yom Kippur is THE DAY above all days on which we should examine ourselves.  It is also a DAY on which judgment for those sins which are NOT repented of can reasonably be expected!  We may YET see another judgment on 27 / 28 September 2001 but this COULD WELL be on the "church" OR the Body of Believers!!

TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRITUAL CONTEXT OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001

In order to take some steps toward the objective of an effective and meaningful message directed at bringing as many in the world to repentance as possible, the following sections present some technical spiritual issues which have immense bearing on understanding the paradoxes and dilemmas of the current situation.

These are graphical and technical perspectives which have been unfolding for the writer over months and, in some cases years, but which came together in the last few days in a manner that is vital to understanding how we respond to the events of 11 September 2001.

THE SEARCH FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL!

In order to understand the state of the World today it is vital to ACCURATELY understand WHERE we are today!

The Fruit Of The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good and Evil

Firstly consider the following Scriptures:

Genesis 2:16-17 "¹⁶ And Yahweh Elohim commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ¹⁷ "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."" (NKJ adjusted)

Genesis 3:4-7 "⁴ Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. ⁵ "For Elohim (Yahweh) knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Elohim (Yahweh), knowing good and evil." ⁶ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings." (NKJ adjusted)

Genesis 3:22-24 "²² Then Yahweh Elohim said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- ²³ therefore Yahweh Elohim sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken." ²⁴ So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." (NKJ adjusted)

The CRITICAL aspect of these three passages is THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL!

Why do i say this?

Genesis 1:26-31 states "²⁶ Then Elohim (Yahweh) said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." ²⁷ So Elohim (Yahweh) created man in His own image; in the image of Elohim (Yahweh) He created him; male and female He created them. ²⁸ Then Elohim (Yahweh) blessed them, and Elohim (Yahweh) said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." ²⁹ And Elohim (Yahweh) said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. ³⁰ "Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so. ³¹ Then Elohim (Yahweh) saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day." (NKJ adjusted)

Yahweh created MAN in His OWN IMAGE and man was VERY GOOD!

In previous postings on the End Time Issues List, particularly in the messages "Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, Red Sea Crossing and Other Biblical Sites Found" (reference 1A1.01.02.02, dated 08 February, 2001), "Something Must Be Done" (reference 1A1.01.02.05, dated 09 February, 2001) and "Nuclear War Evidence" (reference 1A1.01.02.08, dated 14 February, 2001) evidence was presented to firmly establish that Yahweh did INDEED CREATE MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS.  The findings of Jonathan Gray regarding high levels of Technological sophistication in the days before and after the flood in the time of Noah, references in Scripture to advanced furnace, goldsmithing and lifting technology in the time of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed‑Nego, in Babylon, the findings of Ron Wyatt regarding advanced metallurgy and construction techniques in Noah's Ark and the great stature of Noah and his family (about fifteen to eighteen feet tall) all indicate that contrary to the "theory of evolution", man was INDEED created in the likeness and image of Elohim, was of great stature, great knowledge in every area of technology, science, etc AND had the knowledge of ALL GOOD!!

At creation, MAN knew all that was available to be known about Good.  He knew NOTHING about EVIL!!  The Torah was engrafted in his heart!!

When man ate of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil, he had to learn all there was to know about evil and that was NOT KNOWN at that time!!  EVERYTHING ON EARTH AT THAT TIME WAS GOOD!!

We see in the case of Satan versus Job in Job 1:6-12 that Satan DID NOT KNOW the full scope of his operating parameters at the time of Job

"⁶ Now there was a day when the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came among them.

⁷ And Yahweh said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."

⁸ Then Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears Elohim and shuns evil?"

⁹ So Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear Elohim for nothing?

¹⁰ "Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

¹¹ "But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"

¹² So Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh." (NKJ adjusted)

This is not an act of capriciousness on the part of Yahweh as so many teach, it was a case that Job was ALREADY in Satan's power as a consequence of his sin's of pride as revealed in Job chapter 29 and particularly verse 18 ""Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand." (NKJ) and his fear (which is faith in Satan) in verse 3:25 "For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me." (NKJ)

ALL Yahweh did was to advise Satan that he ALREADY had the legal right to attack Job and to pass sentence, firstly restricting the judgment to preventing Satan touching Job's body and secondly from taking Job's life.

Thus, we see man, represented by Job in this case, gaining deeper knowledge of evil!  AND, in the process, Satan gaining greater knowledge of his LEGAL rights to accuse or prosecute the servants of Yahweh!

Some months ago, i saw this process in a context which is very significant in terms of where we find ourselves today.

It is a fundamental fact of life that the growth of most things follows some form of exponential progression as shown in figure 1.  This can take various forms but for sake of illustration figure 1 depicts exponential growth.  A typical example would be the growth of a termite colony.  Initially a single flying female lands, burrows into the ground and starts to lay eggs which hatch into young termites.  These forage in the immediate vicinity of the nest and, under ideal conditions, the colony grows rapidly, as shown by the nearly vertical line on the left of the graph.  As the colony becomes larger the termites have to travel further to find sufficient food and consume more energy finding food and removing waste products from the mound with the result that the rate of grow slows.  Eventually growth slows to such an extent that it approaches zero, the rate of births equals the rate of deaths and the growth curve reaches what is mathematically known as an "asymptote".  In the case of figure 1 this is a horizontal line just above the curve which the curve gets closer and closer to but never reaches.

Continuing with the termite example, while theoretically this curve will continue indefinitely at a size close to the asymptote, in practice the colony becomes very sensitive to external influences.  A sudden drought or other adverse factors which negatively impact the capacity of the colony to feed itself can result in the population suddenly collapsing.  The energy required to find food is such that there is no energy left to cleanse the mound of toxic waste products and the colony dies out from a combination of starvation and disease resulting from the inability to keep the colony clean.

Before presenting how this applies to the Spiritual realm and service in the Kingdom of Yahweh, let me caution that what follows is VERY simplified in order to present a concept that is vitally important.  Let me also caution that it is apparent to me that there is an enormous amount that i currently do not understand about what is discussed below, BUT that i feel impressed by the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh that it IS required of Him that i present what i do know, as imperfect as it is.

What was seen in the context of the progression of man to our current state is depicted in figure 2.  At the start of day zero (0) man, created in the likeness and image of Yahweh, knew all about the things of Yahweh, the heart of Torah, and nothing about evil.  After eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, man began to learn about evil.  Initially the deterioration was slow.  There was no evil on the earth except in Satan and Satan had at that time not had any real opportunity to discover how evil he could be because there were no human beings for him to manipulate and control.  Adam and Hawwah (Eve) were his first successful experiment besides his success in deceiving a third of the angels to follow him in his revolt against Yahweh.

However, over time, men learned to become increasingly evil and Satan learned to manipulate man more and more and, as best i can discern, more and more demons came to operate on the earth.  We have now reached a point where the rate of descent of mankind into greater and greater evil is accelerating exponentially into a near vertical out of control tail-spin where currently, the estimated rate of increase of evil in the world corresponds to the same deterioration today (2001 AD) in 4.25 years as in the first 1,000 years after creation!

Notice that there is a seeming anomaly regarding the initial slow deterioration, relative to what is presented in figure 1.  Having prayed into this i understand that this is a function of the good that was created in man taking time to work itself out of the "system" so to speak.  This is best summed up in the words of Adam in a vision to Rick Joyner reported on page 77 of the book, "The Call" -- "I (Adam) lived long on the earth because sin did not have a deep root in me.  Even though i had sinned, i was created to walk with Yahweh, and my desire was still for Him.  I did not know the depths of sin that the following generations knew,  As sin grew, life was shortened, but in every generation, those who walk with Yahweh touch the life that is in Yahweh.  Because Moses walked so closely with Yahweh, he would have lived on had Yahweh not taken him." (The Call, by Rick Joyner, Morning Star publications, 16000 Lancaster Highway, Charlotte, North Carolina, NC 28277-2061, 1999, ISBN 1-878327-84-4, adjusted for Sacred Name).

As this passage indicates, the line on the graph does not represent ALL men.  There have been righteous men in every generation who have lived MUCH CLOSER to the horizontal line at the top of the graph and there have been evil men in every generation who have lived much further down than the trend line.  However, the trend line represents the consolidated overall trend of ALL of mankind over the last 6,000 years.

It is important to recognize that, as with the termite colony, a point will be reached where the system becomes unstable and requires very little to cause it to self-destruct.  The world we live in is rapidly approaching this point and the already visible global economic consequences of the events of 11 September 2001 are an indicator of the potential for an event of not much greater magnitude to bring the world as we know it to an end UNLESS some much greater force for good intervenes.

However, Yahweh HAS a plan to bring this age to an end.  Revelation 20:1‑15 concisely summarizes the process that Yahweh will use to bring the reign of Satan to an end: "¹ Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.

But after these things he must be released for a little while.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Yahshua and for the word of Yahweh, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with (the anointing of the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh) Messiah for a thousand years. ⁵ But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of Yahweh and of Messiah, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

⁷ Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ⁹ They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints [set apart ones] and the beloved city. And fire came down from Yahweh out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before Yahweh, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. ¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵ And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." (NKJ adjusted)

At the end of the sixth day on earth, Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit and those set apart ones (saints) who have overcome to that point will be anointed (Messiah) with the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh and will reign for a thousand years restoring the knowledge of good to the earth.  This is shown graphically on figure 3.  Basically Yahweh will intervene dramatically, cast Satan into the Pit for a thousand years and anoint His chosen men and women to reign on earth and restore Kingdom order on earth.

As with the decay curve, some men will live close to the standard of righteousness required by Yahweh TODAY while others will live far below the consolidated decay curve and, even at the end of the millennium, there will be those who do not repent and who will willingly turn to serve Satan in the final battle portrayed in Revelation 20:7-9.

It is important to understand that Yahweh is "uncompromisingly righteous".  Therefore, in order to be able to cast Satan into the Pit for a thousand years Satan must have committed crimes of such magnitude to warrant such a sentence.  As the world spirals into increasing evil the level of Satanic crime on earth is rapidly approaching the point where the level of criminal action by Satan will provide the necessary basis for a conviction and sentence against Satan for one thousand years detention in the Bottomless Pit.

HOWEVER, in order for this to happen, since dominion on earth has been given to man, Spirit filled (anointed with Messiah) believers will have to issue the necessary prayers to the court in order to bring the charges -- note that "prayers" in a court of law are the basic pleadings of the plaintiff and defendant!

In order for this to happen, these anointed believers will have to be without spot or wrinkle:

Ephesians 5:25-27 "²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Messiah (the set apart (holy) Spirit of Yahweh) also loved the Body and gave Himself for her, ²⁶ that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, ²⁷ that He might present her to Himself a glorious Body, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish." (NKJ adjusted)

2 Peter 3:7-18 makes this more clear in the context of this article:

"⁷ But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of unrighteous (ungodly) men.

⁸ But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with Yahweh one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

⁹ Yahweh is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. ¹⁰ But the day of Yahweh will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

¹¹ Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in set apart (holy) conduct and Elohimlikeness (godliness), ¹² looking for and hastening the coming of the day of Yahweh, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? ¹³ Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; ¹⁵ and account that the longsuffering of Adonai is salvation-- as also our beloved brother Shaul (Paul), according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, ¹⁶ as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; ¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Adonai and Saviour Yahshua Messiah. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." (NKJ adjusted)

"The heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up." will come to pass at the END of the seventh day, that is in approximately one thousand years from now, the same time as the Great White Throne Judgment and the second resurrection and shortly after Satan has emerged from the Pit and been defeated in the war of God and Magog.

The thousand year, or millennial reign of Messiah (the anointed of Yahweh) on earth, will restore right ruling (justice) and truth on earth and wage war on the remaining demons and fallen angels of Satan on earth.  The writer has been impressed by the Spirit since 1998 to tear down angelic principalities, powers, thrones and dominions of darkness and cast them into the Pit for a thousand years.  We have also been binding all demons cast out during deliverance ministry and sending them to the Pit for a thousand years.

During the first years of the millennium the anointed of Yahweh who are reigning will increasingly pray with authority to send the remaining demons and angelic principalities, powers, thrones and dominions into the Pit for a thousand years in order to bring the deception on earth to an end and permit the glorious light of the Good News of Yahshua Messiah to flood the earth.

At the end of the Millennium reign of Messiah (the anointed of Yahweh) after Satan has emerged from prison and been defeated, THEN AND ONLY THEN will Yahshua's enemies be made his footstool!  Hebrews 10:12-24

"¹² But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of Yahweh, ¹³ from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.

¹⁴ For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

¹⁵ But the set apart (Holy) Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, ¹⁶ "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says Yahweh: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them," ¹⁷ then He adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."

¹⁸ Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin. ¹⁹ Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the most set apart (Holiest) by the blood of Yahshua, ²⁰ by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, ²¹ and having a High Priest over the house of Yahweh, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³ Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works," (NKJ adjusted)

This passage also highlights another CRITICAL aspect in terms of the current discussion.  Yahshua purchased by His Blood the means whereby we may be cleansed of our iniquities, transgressions and sin's and thereby be SET APART (made Holy / consecrated) to the service of Yahweh.

Yahshua ALSO purchased the authority for us to take dominion over the earth and to make His enemies His footstool and with this He purchased a New Priesthood in terms of which the High Priest is available to EACH ONE OF US, no matter where we are and the sin offering is eternal so that cleansing from sin by confession and repentance is INSTANTLY available and a journey to Jerusalem with a spotless animal is no longer required.  Furthermore.

Yahshua ALSO purchased the right for EVERY ONE OF US to be anointed with the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh to such a level that we MAY become "Messiah", that is anointed of Yahweh and thereby walk on earth as Yahshua walked and do GREATER works than He did (John 14:12).

IF we recognize these truths of Scripture, set ourselves apart (sanctify ourselves) and seek to walk in the FULLNESS of them, overcoming ALL that Satan will throw against us, we MAY reign with Messiah (the anointing of the set apart Spirit of Yahweh) for a thousand years!  Those who DO, will have the responsibility of exercising the necessary spiritual authority on the earth to cast Satan into the Pit for a thousand years AND for restoring the rule and order of the Kingdom of Yahweh that was lost when Adam ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil six thousand years ago.

These same people will be responsible for restoring ALL TRUTH / GOOD on earth to counterbalance all that has been learned of ALL EVIL over the past six thousand years.  As they do this, they will lead mankind up an accelerated exponential growth curve over one thousand years as shown to the right in figure 3 and 4.

PLACING THE DETERIORATION OF MAN IN CONTEXT

In order to better understand the overall flow of what is shown by the exponential growth of evil in the world, figure 4 shows the approximate location of major Biblical events starting with Adam and the first sin in year zero, the flood at approximately 1,658 years after creation based on the genealogies in Genesis, the confusion of the languages of the earth at Babel about 1,996 years after creation (there appear to be some differences as to the precise date), the Exodus approximately 2,448 years after creation, David 3,000 years ago (and 3,000 years after creation, Jerusalem was founded as the City of David 3,000 years prior to 1996 according to modern Israeli archaeologists), Yahshua Messiah, the Son of Yahweh 2,000 years ago (4,000 years from creation) and now, targeted for shortly after Passover 2003, Satan to be cast into the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years ushering in the Millennial reign of the anointed ones of Yahweh (Messiah) on earth during which ALL Good is restored as set out above.

What is particularly noteworthy in terms of these milestones is the fact that the level of evil in the world at the time of the flood was insignificant compared to what we know today, likewise, at the time of Babel.  Even at the time of Yahshua the level of evil on the earth was insignificant compared to what we know today.  At the same time, it is relevant to consider the extent to which the technological sophistication of man has ALSO deteriorated until recently as evidenced by the findings of Jonathan Gray and others as reported in a number of articles on the End Time Issues list referred to above.

Overall, these graphics present a picture of startling simplicity in understanding where we find ourselves in the sight of Yahweh today.

This same simple picture gives us a far better basis for understanding the events in the United States on 11 September 2001.  We see there an act of gross terror and injustice perpetrated, possibly for the right reasons of moral outrage at the moral depravity of modern America but executed in a completely inappropriate manner.  The people who hijacked the aircraft were almost certainly demon possessed thus enabling them to carry out their missions without fear and pilot those aircraft into their objectives without veering away as death stared them in the face.  In the process, Satan has executed one more monstrous evil in the litany of evil that will finally provide the legal basis for Yahweh, through His anointed ones on earth, to issue the warrant for the arrest, trial and sentencing of Satan for the crimes of the last six thousand years.

BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, we must not lose sight of the fact that a Judgment in the Court of Heaven was necessary for Satan to secure the legal right to bring all that took place to pass.

The technical complexities and paradoxes associated with this are discussed in a subsequent section.

As indicated in the introduction to this discussion, it is important to understand that these graphs are very simplified for the purpose of making this point.  The reality is that, at the time of Noah, as an example, the righteousness of Noah was WELL ABOVE the trend line and the unrighteousness of many who lived at that time was WELL BELOW the trend line.  The same applies in the case of Moses versus Pharaoh and Yahshua versus the most depraved excesses of Roman emperors such as Nero and Caligula who were amongst the first to introduce the abomination of enforced monogamy and all the sexual excesses, divorce, fornication, murder, etc that accompanied it.

The trend line presents ONLY the overall tendency of mankind generally.  In this regard it is important to note that the social structure of most peoples in Africa and elsewhere in the world were stable and based on the model given by Yahweh UNTIL "Christian" missionaries introduced the heresy of enforced monogamy and related evils which have virtually destroyed the social fabric of many of these peoples today.  This same social breakdown is in large measure responsible for the terrible toll of AIDS in Africa.

By the same token, even in the "Western world", thirty years ago virginity was still widely regarded as important and divorce as something to be avoided at all costs.  Today virginity is regarded by far the majority as something to be disposed of at the first possible opportunity, sexual "experience" is regarded as pre-requisite for marriage and divorce is a mass production convenience, along with wholesale abortion.  One recent report, i do not recall the exact statistic, at the time i was so amazed it did not sink in, suggested that in the U.S.A. one hundred (i think it might even have been one thousand) abortions were committed for EVERY LIVE BIRTH!  If this statistic is indeed correct, then one must surely question the level of outrage at the deaths on 11 September?

UNDERSTANDING THE CONTINUUM BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

One of the most striking paradoxes of the events of 11 September 2001 were the declarations by the U.S.A. and her allies regarding the "evil" of those who perpetrated these crimes against humanity VERSUS the statements made by certain, predominantly Islamic fundamentalists, to the effect that the U.S.A. had only herself to blame and that this event was an inevitable consequence of her actions.

Islamic fundamentalists are reported to label the U.S.A. as "The Great Satan".  The man widely believed to have masterminded the attacks was reported in a South African Sunday newspaper on 16 September to have referred to the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia (referred to in the article as "the Arab Holy Land") as "American CRUSADER forces" and allegedly described the American operations in Saudi Arabia as "the latest and greatest aggression against the Islamic world since the death of the prophet Muhammed".  That same man is reported to live a very humble life of modest means and separation from the things of the world in pursuit of set apartness (holiness) unto Allah (= Yahweh) despite his multi-million dollar bank account!  And, what is more, the Spirit of Yahweh testifies that this man IS a servant of Yahweh!!  He may be in error and demonised, just like the rest of the world, BUT Yahweh states that this man IS His servant!

SO, the U.S.A. and her allies refer to those behind the attacks with words which brand them the most evil people on the earth and YET, those behind the attacks label the U.S.A. and her allies with words which brand THEM as the most evil people on the earth!!

In a series of encounters with devout Muslim men and women, arranged by the Spirit of Yahweh over the past six years, the writer has been forced to confront the reality that all those whom he has met are FAR more committed to holiness and sanctification (set apartness) and to the standards of Torah (which they refer to as the Tawratt) than any "Christians" or other believers in Yahshua Messiah that he has yet met.  The writer has also found that Muslims regard Yahshua as one of the greatest apostles who ever lived, along with Moses, Abraham and Muhammed.  Some even regard Yahshua as THE GREATEST!

In fact Ahmed Deedat in his book “Christ in Islam” states that:

“no Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus”!

Furthermore Dr Mhamad Suliman Al-Ashoer in his book "Your way to Islam" reports that the third point of the four point prayer for conversion to Islam is "I bear witness that Jesus is the servant and Messenger of Allah".  The previous points are "I bear witness that there is no God except Allah" and "I bear witness that Muhammed is Allah's Messenger".  The fourth point is "I deny and reject all religions besides Islam".  In this regard it is important to note that "Allah" is simply the Arabic version of Yahweh and that "Islam" is simply "the Way"!

BUT, devout Muslims can ACCURATELY quote chapter and verse WHERE the followers of Yahshua AND the Jews have become apostate and the extent to which even the most fundamental principles of Torah are ignored.  The book "Christ in Islam" referred to above, and available for free from the International Islamic Publishing House at P O Box 55195, Riyadh 11534, Saudi Arabia, telephone (966-1) 465-0818, fax 463-3489 presents a systematic and unemotional analysis of the errors of "Christianity" ALL supported using the "Christian" Bible.

That which the author has encountered written by "Christians" and "Jews" against Islam is generally more emotive and less factual often verging on a demonic diatribe without reason or justice.

A factor regarding Islam which is seemingly totally overlooked by "Christians" is the harsh and sad reality that 600 years after Yahshua the followers of Yahshua, led by the Roman church, were is such massive error that they were at risk of totally discarding all that Yahshua ever taught.  Pagan names, feasts and practices had overwhelmed the "faith" in an aggressive and obsessive campaign to deny the Jewish roots of "Christianity".  Something akin to a plant being determined to exist without any roots at all!

Muhammed entered the scene at this time with a message which included condemnation of both the "Christian" and "Jewish" people for their departure from Torah!!  Today that remains a CENTRAL thread of Muslim ideology.  Like the corruption of Christianity, Satan has intervened to corrupt some aspects of Islam and to bring hate and extremism into that side of the equation.  BUT viewed on a carnal basis, all that has happened is that the hate and extremism that characterised "Christianity" for much of the last two thousand years both towards Jews AND Muslims, has been mirrored in Islam - that which the "Christians" have sown in the name of "Christ" they are now reaping in the name of "Allah"!

As discussed in the article, "Thoughts on the Mail regarding "Islam's End Time Teachings"" (reference 1A1.01.01.05, dated 25 January, 2001) and other articles, the bottom line is that "Christianity", Islam and Judaism ALL believe that THEY are serving Yahweh and that the others are in error and serving Satan.

The TRUTH is that ALL ARE RIGHT AND ALL ARE WRONG!!

This is an example of the paradox stressed in the article "Interpreting Bible Prophecy for This Season" (reference 1A1.01.02.04,  dated 09 February, 2001).

All three groups (Jews, Muslims and "Christians") are, in truth, seeking to serve Yahweh (Allah is simply the Arabic Name for Yahweh, MUCH MORE CLOSELY than "the LORD" has anything to do with Yahweh).

At the same time, there are massive demonic forces for evil at work IN ALL THREE GROUPS!!

Thus, part of what is manifest and believed in all three groups and, in fact, in every human being on earth, is good and of Yahweh and PART is evil and of Satan.

There is NO MAN PERFECT except Yahshua Messiah, the rest of us are ALL to some extent, corrupt and departed far from Yahweh.

The truth of the matter, as shown in figures 2 to 4 is that mankind AS A WHOLE is so far removed from Yahweh that it is probable that there is NOT A SINGLE MAN ON THE EARTH TODAY who is anywhere close to being the way Yahweh intended us to be or that is close to being like Yahshua.  Or for that matter, even like Noah, or Job, or Daniel regarded by many as being the three most righteous men who have ever lived (apart from Yahshua) based on Ezekial 14:13-23

"¹³ "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.

¹⁴ "Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says Yahweh Adonai.

¹⁵ "If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, ¹⁶ "even though these three men were in it, as I live," says Yahweh Adonai, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.

¹⁷ "Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it, ¹⁸ "even though these three men were in it, as I live," says Yahweh Adonai, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.

¹⁹ "Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, ²⁰ "even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live," says Yahweh Adonai, "they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

²¹ For thus says Yahweh Adonai: "How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem-- the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence-- to cut off man and beast from it?

²² "Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, indeed all that I have brought upon it. ²³ "And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says Yahweh Adonai." (NKJ)

Not until mankind lets go of our self righteousness and comprehends that our righteousnesses are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6) will we begin to comprehend what is going on in the world around us AND comprehend why it is that the Muslims, "Christians" and Jews, ALL OF WHOM are serving Yahweh Adonai (whom they variously refer to as the Lord GOD / Allah / Hashem / G_d / etc) are so prone to hate each other.  Only once we recognize that ALL OF US HAVE MASSIVE ERROR we will begin to see this tragic situation resolve itself.

BUT that is not the heart of this article.  At this stage it is important to grasp the basic spiritual technical issues behind the current situation with a view to formulating an effective STRATEGIC solution to enable believers everywhere to start working together to defeat the COMMON ENEMY - SATAN in order to cast him into the Pit for a thousand years.

In order to do this, it is necessary to explore in more detail what i have been impressed to call "The Continuum Between Good And Evil" as depicted in figure 5.

As with the decay curve of the deterioration of mankind over the past six days (six thousand years), the graphs that follow are very simplified AND i currently do not fully comprehend everything that these graphs portray, even as i write, increasing revelation is being given.

Basically this comprises a sideways ess (S) shaped transition curve moving through a point of inflection at mid-scale joining the extreme values of TOTAL EVIL of which Satan is the king and TOTAL GOOD of which Yahshua is the King reigning at the Right Hand of Father Yahweh who has given ALL the work of the Kingdom into Yahshua's hands.  This of course is where the problems begin, the Jews and Muslims regard Yahshua as "just a man" and most Christians have deified Yahshua to a point where many seem to regard Him as having taken over from Yahweh which is an abomination to Jews and Muslims alike.  Having said this, the writer must confess that he is having great difficulty in distilling what Scripture ACTUALLY says about Yahshua from what he has been taught during the years and is acutely aware that the relationship between Yahweh and Yahshua is EXTREMELY complex and extremely difficult for most of us to fully grasp.  Accordingly, for the balance of this discussion, i will refer to Yahweh representing TOTAL GOOD.

When i first saw this graph it very rapidly became apparent to me that the peak on the right, in a sense, symbolised "The Mountain of Yahweh" and the trough on the left, in a sense symbolized "The Bottomless Pit".

As we draw close to Yahweh, we must climb His Mountain.

As we move away from Yahweh we draw close to Satan - there is no other way - and we slide closer to the Bottomless Pit.  Energy and EFFORT is required in the spirit realm and in disciplining the flesh to draw close to Yahweh.  Currently, because of the apostate state of the world, as evidenced by figures 2 to 4, it is EASY to slide into Satan's way of doing things!

What is important to grasp from this graph is that ANYTHING which causes us to move away from Yahweh Who IS GOOD AND TRUTH causes us to draw closer to Satan.

There is a myth in the world that it is possible to NOT draw close to Yahweh AND not draw close to Satan - somehow people see some sort of fence, but that is not the way it is, there is a smooth continuum and the continuum ALWAYS slopes down and away from Yahweh!  If we are NOT drawing close to Yahweh, we are drawing close to Satan and, IF WE DO NOTHING (or think we are doing nothing) we ARE IN FACT drawing close to Satan!!  There is NO OTHER WAY!

This accounts for the vast number of seemingly GOOD people who are in fact serving Satan - they have been deceived into believing that just by being "Good" they can avoid serving Satan!

THE BALD TYRE ANALOGY

At this point, i would like to introduce what might best be termed "The Bald Tyre Analogy".

Basically this goes as follows:

If i have the most modern motor car with the most magnificent engineering, superbly maintained and in perfect condition BUT someone accidentally (or deliberately) fits a tyre onto one or other front wheel that is worn down to the canvas and i drive that car a full speed down a perfect road until i hit a sharp piece of gravel, THE TYRE WILL BLOW OUT AND THE CAR WILL BE WRECKED!!

For the sake of a US$100 tyre i can write off a US$100,000 motor car and myself if the road i am driving on happens to be a steep mountain pass with a vertical drop and no safety barrier on the side of the road!

In business and engineering this principle is echoed in the "Pareto principle" or eighty:twenty principle which states that 20% of failures will produce 80% of loss.  It is also evidenced in a fact of Engineering design which is that large structures nearly always fail as a consequence of small design errors or design errors in seemingly small and insignificant components.  As the post mortem of the events in the U.S.A. continue, it WILL be found that a series of seemingly insignificant oversights and errors resulted in the most terrible terrorist success ever.

It is these same principles which are keeping 99% of the population of the earth in bondage and in a position where, if judged today, they WOULD NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh, as reported in recent articles.

The truth is, that it is NOT those who are "good" by man's standards who will inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh, it is those who have a personal relationship with Yahweh through His set apart (Holy) Spirit and who have laid down their lives to follow Yahshua AND who are daily determined to seek Yahweh's face FIRST and be led by His Word and to sanctify (set apart) themselves.  This does NOT require that they stop work and go full time into ministry, it requires that they seek His will in their lives and do WHATEVER He tells them to do.  Whether that is full time ministry or being the housewife, waiter, airline pilot, business executive, nurse, or whatever that He has called them to be.  BUT that requires that they do what HE has called them to do and NOT what they want to do!  The world can ONLY operate with the full spectrum of goods and services, BARRING of course those that are purely in the service of Satan like prostitutes, fortune tellers and the like.  That is why the Word refers to the Body having many parts in 1 Corinthians 12:11‑27 and elsewhere

"¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

¹² For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is (the anointing) Messiah. ¹³ For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-- and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

¹⁴ For in fact the body is not one member but many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

¹⁸ But now Yahweh has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. ¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where would the body be? ²⁰ But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. ²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." ²² No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

²³ And those members of the body which we think to be less honourable, on these we bestow greater honour; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, ²⁴ but our presentable parts have no need. But Yahweh composed the body, having given greater honour to that part which lacks it, ²⁵ that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. ²⁶ And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it. ²⁷ Now you are the body of (the anointing) Messiah, and members individually." (NKJ adjusted)

FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THE CONTINUUM BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

Returning to figure 5, "the continuum between good and evil", it is apparent that there is NO MAN except Yahshua who is totally good and no man, barring the angelic being, Satan, who is totally evil.  Every other man on earth is somewhere on the continuum between being totally like Yahweh and totally like Satan.  Even the most devout believer has error or evil in him and even the most committed servant of Satan has some good and some truth in him.

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS FOOLISH IN THE EXTREME TO LOOK FOR ERROR IN A MAN since you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN TO FIND IT!!

You just have to look hard enough!!

This point was stressed in the article "Seek Truth Not Error" (reference 1A1.01.02.12, dated 24 February, 2001).  This device of magnifying error in others instead of magnifying good, Satan uses above all others to keep the Body of Believers divided.  While most pay lip service to the principle that no man is perfect, woe betide the man who is found to have error in him, excommunication through some form of kangaroo court is almost inevitable unless he bows to the demands of his peers and renounces his sin.

The problem is, that SINCE THEY ARE ALSO NOT PERFECT, this requires that he subscribe to the same set of errors that they have!!

Thus each denomination or even sub-group of a denomination comprises a group of people who by a process of elimination have the SAME selection of truth and error BUT believe that they have ALL truth and thus any person who does not conform to their particular pot-pourri of truth and error is a servant of Satan!

This potent recipe for division keeps the Body of Messiah (anointed ones) divided, weak and powerless and is what permits Satan to reign on earth virtually unhindered.  The moment someone starts to gain revelation in an area which brings them into confrontation with the agreed mixture of truth and error in their particular group, they find themselves attacked, condemned, threatened and, if they are sufficiently convinced of their revelation, causes them to be thrown out.  In the process, hurt, bitterness, unforgiveness and other sins and associated demons are frequently taken on board and so the person concerned disposes of some of the truth they had in order to compensate for the pain and another fringe group is formed.  The more dangerous they are to Satan the more they will be persecuted and the fewer people will join them and they are then marginalized by a variety of religious myths which relate to a requirement for democratic approval of an undefined and unspecified majority before the person can be regarded as a servant of Yahweh.  This flies in the face of Scripture where virtually ALL of Yahweh's true servants have been loners, be it Enoch, Noah, Daniel, Job, David, Moses, John the Immerser, Paul or Yahshua Himself - none followed other men and none were particularly close to other men.  In some cases, when they became close to other men problems resulted.  The true servant is CLOSE TO YAHWEH and that is the hallmark of a true apostle or prophet - a man who does not care for the company OR accolades of men but ONLY for the company and accolades of his Father in Heaven!

What is also noticeable from the graph in figure 5 is that the middle half and particularly the middle third of the graph is almost horizontal.  In other words, between 75% error (25% truth) and 75% truth (25% error) it is VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.  In other words, a person with 75% error looks VERY LIKE a person with 75% truth, they basically have enough GOOD to mask the evil, since evil very seldom manifests itself overtly.  Satan is a liar and a thief, he is subtle and illusive, he DOES NOT overtly parade himself.  If he did we would all recognise him.  He comes in by subterfuge, partial truth just diluted with enough error to achieve his purposes, so by the time someone has 25% truth they LOOK LIKE A GOOD PERSON by man's standards!

By way of example, an adulterer looks just like any other person UNLESS caught in the act OR unless someone tells.  A man can live with his wife for years and be completely unaware that she is having sex with innumerable men on a regular basis.  She DOES NOT LOOK DIFFERENT because she is committing adultery!  If he is alert he MAY pick up tell tale signs BUT if she is alert she will conceal those signs possibly for years, possibly for their entire life together.  She LOOKS like a "good wife" until someone discovers the lie!  In the case of a man who is a fornicator it is EVEN MORE DIFFICULT to discern!

This is one of the great traps of the world we live in.  The VAST MAJORITY of people ARE GOOD PEOPLE, this goes for the vast majority of "Christians", Muslims, Jews, unbelievers and believers in other religions.  They cannot see the difference UNLESS Satan shows them what it is that is really wrong about them OR what is really different and which they don't understand.  Once they DISCOVER that there IS something wrong with the other person or other group, they start to focus on the part of them that is like Satan and reject one another.  This is fundamental to the issues behind the events in the U.S.A. --

the vast majority of "Christians" and the vast majority of Muslims ARE "good" people BUT both have error and wrong and BOTH focus on what divides them and not what they have in common!!

This is Satan's doing but neither side recognizes it for that and so, generation after generation they condemn each other, attack each other and feed on their hatred, stimulating from time to time "unprovoked" attacks PROVOKED by the bitterness, unforgiveness, etc that Satan has preserved from the last round of "just retaliation".

UNTIL WE SYSTEMATICALLY AND SINGLE MINDEDLY SEEK TO FIND THE GOOD IN OUR NEIGHBOUR AND OUR ENEMY AND FOCUS ON IT THE SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE WILL NEVER END!

As we saw early on in this article, we are commanded to love (chesed) our neighbour as ourselves and CHESED OUR ENEMIES, surely, we all want others to "believe the best" of us.  1 Corinthians 13:1-8 spells out the terms of Yahweh's chesed (covenant love, charity, lovingkindness) in detail

"¹ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not chesed, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. ² And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not chesed, I am nothing. ³ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not chesed, it profits me nothing.

⁴ Chesed suffers long and is kind; chesed does not envy; chesed does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; ⁶ does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ Chesed never fails.

But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away." (NKJ)

The Amplified Bible has a particularly important amplification of verse 7 "Chesed bears up under anything and everything that comes, IS EVER READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF EVERY PERSON, it's hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]." (AMP)

Echoing Zechariah 8:17 quoted early on in this article we can then say:

"believe the best of your neighbour and your enemy at all times just as you would have them believe the best of you!"

That simple principle, applied diligently by all on earth would bring a transformation of this world such as we cannot now even dream of!

FULL CIRCLE WITH THE CONTINUUM BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

While figure 5 is relatively easy to understand, the reality is that things are MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than a simple one line graph.

Having seen the situation in terms of the simple two dimensional graph of figure 5, i was subsequently shown the situation in terms of a three dimensional graph formed by rotating the continuum through three hundred and sixty degrees (a full circle).  This forms something that looks a bit like a Mexican Sombrero, a conical point in the center and a drooping rim.  Unfortunately, i do not have graphics software capable of creating this in a three dimensional graphical form and lack the artistic ability to create it free hand but, hopefully, you will be able to visualise what i am describing.

Viewed from vertically above, this results in innumerable radial lines, each representing different truths of the Kingdom of Yahweh, as presented graphically in figures 6 to 11.

Each radial line on these graphs represents a whole family of specific and closely related truths.  For example, one line might represent the full spectrum of truths regarding marriage, divorce, adultery, sexual practice, etc.  Another might represent the full spectrum of truths about who Yahshua actually is and what He accomplished in His time on earth and what it was that He actually fulfilled in Torah.  Another line might represent all there is to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, being led by the Holy (set apart) Spirit, etc.  The number of potential radial lines is infinite and NOT the subject of this article, the radii depicted are given simply by way of illustration.  What IS important is to recognize that the situation facing each of us IS much more complex than what is presented here BUT, if we comprehend this series of simple examples we can then better hope to serve Yahweh faithfully and overcome to the end.

Figure 6 represents what is termed "An average 'good" person", this is depicted as someone who has some really good points and some really bad points.  Depending on where the good and bad points manifest, they may be viewed by the average person who knows them as a "good man" or not.  If they are in secret adultery, fraud and other secret sins, then the "good" aspects of who they are may be clearly visible and the bad may not, they will APPEAR good.  Note that this SAME principle applies to someone who THINKS they are "Christian", but has NEVER prayed any form of prayer acknowledging Yahshua Messiah (OR Jesus Christ) as Adonai (or Lord) and therefore has no personal knowledge of Yahshua (Jesus) and Yahweh (the LORD) and will therefore NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh, EVEN THOUGH they do good works, go to "church" regularly, serve on the "church" council, etc, etc.  While, in Spiritual terms this person will be rejected on the Day of Judgment, IN NATURAL TERMS, they appear to be GOOD PEOPLE!

AND THE TRUTH IS THAT IN NATURAL TERMS THEY ARE GOOD!!

This is one of the critical paradoxes that we, as Believers, HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH!!

In various messages, particularly "Lord Teach Me How To Love" (reference 1A1.00.11.11, dated 17 November, 2000) and "Extracts From "The Call" - Further Indications of Soon Coming Judgment on the Church and the World" (reference 1A1.00.11.07, dated 14 November, 2000) the point was made that:

ONLY PURE TRUTH SPOKEN IN PURE LOVE (CHESED) CAN REFORM PEOPLE

Sadly, almost without exception, Believers today, because they have not personally seen the need to deal with the sin in their own lives and, in many cases do not even realise that there IS sin in their own lives, speak contaminated truth in contaminated love at best and in pride most of the time and their truth is therefore SELDOM received.

A careful analysis of what is written by "Christians" AND Messianic Believers about Islam will reveal that where there IS truth, it is written in PRIDE, BITTERNESS, SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, etc.  The same applies to much of what is written by Muslims about "Christianity" although, based on the journey that Yahweh has taken the writer down in this area i have to state that there is MUCH MORE LOVE AND HUMILITY on the part of the vast majority of Muslims!

UNTIL BELIEVERS START TO APPLY 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-8 SERIOUSLY AND LITERALLY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE INEFFECTIVE AND, MOST OF THE TIME, TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD IN THE EARTH TODAY!!

Figure 7 presents a "Really 'good' person", a person who in most areas is VERY CLOSE to Yahweh.  However, there is one area of his life which is close to Satan.  In some instances this aspect may not be too relevant, BUT if it is in a critical area, such as adultery or any of the other areas delimited in 1  Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21 and other Scriptures, then that person will NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "⁹ Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of Yahweh? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor {the} covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of Yahweh." (NAS adjusted)

Galatians 5:19-21 "¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, ²¹ envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of Yahweh." (NKJ adjusted)

Revelation 21:8 ""But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."" (NKJ)

Thus a man may be "good" in the sight of man AND be close to Yahweh but STILL not inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh on the basis of ONE area of significant sin.

In terms of what Yahweh has shown the writer in recent years and as highlighted in the article "The Wrath of Yahweh for The Church Today: The Judgment for Adultery Parts 1 and 2" (reference 1A1.01.02.11 and 1A1.01.08.10, dated 22 February and 16 August 2001) sins associated with the wrong teachings of the church regarding marriage permeate the entire make up of the "Christian church" and the "Western world".  The article "The Evangelism Iceberg in 2001: Strategic Objectives Of The Kingdom Of Yahweh" (reference 1A1.01.08.11, dated 21 August, 2001) highlighted that the sins resulting from these heresies were alone responsible for what Yahweh has indicated to the author will be 500 million BELIEVERS NOT inheriting the Kingdom of Yahweh IF judged today.  Billions are potentially being kept from saving faith in Yahshua Messiah as a consequence of the heresy of enforced monogamy and all that it has done to destroy social fabric around the world and to bring total moral depravity into most of the "Western" world.  These sins are a major factor in the anger that certain Muslim fundamentalists have toward the "Western" world.

These heresies are also a major factor in the spread of AIDS.  Together with associated heresies regarding acceptable sexual practices as dealt with in the article "Response To Questions Regarding The BibleSex.Com Web Site" (reference 1A1.01.08.09, dated 15 August, 2001).  These heresies are contributing to the massive increase in homosexuality (men lying with men as with women) contrary to Leviticus 18:22 "'You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." (NKJ) and Leviticus 20:13 "'If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." (NKJ)  The writer has been shown by the Spirit of Yahweh that these heresies alone are keeping another 100 million "Westerners" from saving faith in Yahshua Messiah.

The bottom line is that a person can be close to Yahweh and YET STILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh!

 Figure 8 depicts the profile for a "Really 'bad' person" with one area of good.  Again, if the "bad" is largely in areas of widely held doctrinal error, that person may not appear bad to the average "man in the street" and if the "good" is in areas that are highly apparent, that person MAY APPEAR to be "good".

Figure 9 depicts the profile of an "Average person" a person with no really bad or really good rating.  This could well represent a fairly broad spectrum of people on the earth, BUT it is very likely that there is more than enough sin to keep this person out of the Kingdom of Yahweh.  They are certainly NOT "set apart" (holy) unto Yahweh!

Figure 10 depicts TWO people both of whom have some really bad ratings and some really good ratings.  In this case, the area where the one person has a large amount of truth corresponds to the area where the other has a large amount of error and vice versa.  The dilemma is, that since NO PERSON DELIBERATELY BELIEVES ERROR, HOW do they determine who is in error on any particular topic?

The answer is that generally they DON'T - each condemns the other and rejects the other's truth along with their error.  In most situations there will be SOME TRUTH that they know that they know that they know is truth!  Associated with this truth will be a lot of error that, because it came from the same source as the truth that they REALLY KNOW, they ASSUME is truth.  This is particularly obvious in many of the most clear cut errors of the "Christian" faith.  Because people HAVE encountered Yahweh and Yahshua through the teachings of the "Christian church" and HAVE in many cases had supernatural encounters with the Spirit of Yahweh, experienced or witnessed healings, etc, they ASSUME that ALL that is taught in those assemblies where they learned the critical truths about Yahshua's sacrifice on the stake (cross) that EVERYTHING that is taught there is correct.

The sad reality is that this is NOT the case, there is an enormous amount of error as has been discussed in numerous articles on the End Time Issue lists over the past eighteen months.  These errors include the use of names which cannot be valid, observance of pagan feasts, practice of pagan marriage rites and teaching and practice of the pagan heresy of enforced monogamy and all the resulting false doctrines concerning virginity, adultery, divorce, etc that accompany it.  UNLESS we recognize the DEPTHS of deception and evil to which the world AND the Body of Believers have sunk and UNLESS we recognise other truths set out in this and other articles, we will CONSTANTLY fall into the trap of thinking that because we have SOME VALID revelation or teaching that ALL our revelation and teaching is valid.

Figure 10 in a very simplistic way highlights the basic issue separating Islam and "Christianity" and, for that matter, Judaism.  The truths that the one group KNOWS with absolute certainty are the ERRORS in the other group.  Therefore, each group KNOWS that the other group is SERVING SATAN.  As the graph depicts, in some respects they are CORRECT.  There IS major error in the other group, BUT, because they are so focused on the error, they CANNOT SEE the truth which the other group has which they lack.  Thus, by way of example, Muslims can clearly see that enforced monogamy is heresy, they can see that numerous teachings of the "Christian church" violate the very basic principles of Torah and therefore they KNOW that "Christianity" is a false religion serving Satan and the U.S.A. as the principal and most visible "Christian" nation IS THEREFORE CLEARLY "The Great Satan".

For their part, and with less substantial evidence, "Christians" identify errors in the practice of Muslims, brand Muhammed a false prophet, brand Allah an idol and a demon and in the process add blasphemy to their other sin's against Islam!  "Christians" also attack Muslims as uncivilised barbarians because they espouse "Jihad" which is simply "Crusade" as in "Crusaders" by another name and is a "Christian" heresy that has been imported into Islam as a defensive mechanism.  Consequently, by a combination or error, deception, unforgiveness, bitterness, self-righteousness, selective recall, pride, anger and fear, Islam views "Christianity" as "The Great Satan" and "Christianity" views "Islam" as servants of Satan!

THE IRONY IS TERRIBLE and is having a TERRIBLE impact on the world today.

THE ANSWER?

We must ALL examine ourselves FIRST and repent of our OWN sins and then speak the TRUTH IN LOVE (CHESED)!

As stated at the start of this section, the reality is that there are an almost infinite number of subject areas where we can have truth, error or, in fact, NO KNOWLEDGE.  Figure 11 endeavours to make this point more clear from a graphical perspective.  The Kingdom of Yahweh is immensely complex and we do well to remember this before we pass judgment on the errors of others!

The continuum of good and evil represented as a radial plot in figures 6 to 11 highlights another factor as shown by the arrow on figure 11.

Yahshua said in Matthew 7:12‑14 "¹² "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. ¹³ "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. ¹⁴ "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (NKJ)

The way which leads to life is a radial trajectory leading to the center of the circle in these figures, very much like a TARGET, ANY OTHER TRAJECTORY will MISS THE MARK, that is it will not reach the centre of the circle.  Even a trajectory that passes CLOSE to the centre of the circle BUT MISSES it will pass the Kingdom of Yahweh by and end up in the Bottomless Pit and the lake of fire and brimstone at the end of the age!

This is why it is VITAL to keep our eyes on Yahshua as the WAY as stated in

John 14:6 "Yahshua said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (NKJ adjusted)

To do this, we MUST constantly seek to SEE YAHSHUA IN ALL THE PEOPLE WE MEET!  If we are constantly seeking for Yahshua in people we will constantly have our eyes set on the center of the circle - the target - the narrow door - the straight path.  But, IF we constantly look for error in people we are looking for Satan in them and our eyes will constantly be distracted from looking to Yahshua and therefore we will LOSE OUR WAY!  This is a major reason why so many people, if judged today, will NOT inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh -- they are too busy looking at Satan in people to see the truth those people have that they lack.  Also, their eyes are so focused on looking for Satan in people that they constantly waiver and drift from the path of life!

If "Christians" would look for Yahshua and Yahweh in Muslims, THEY WILL FIND HIM and if Muslims will look for Yahweh in "Christians", THEY WILL FIND HIM!  In the process we will each discover over a billion additional brethren in the service of Yahweh and those who have the true revelation of who Yahshua Messiah is will be able to share Him with their Muslim brothers!

ANOTHER CRITICAL PRINCIPLE -- WHAT IS JUDGMENT?

One of the strange things about "Christians" who live in countries with well established Judicial systems and who make a great noise about the justness of their nations, is that the minute they turn to Scripture they seem to lose all sense of what the term "judgment" means.

Judgment in Scriptures is simply "right ruling".

Strong defines "judgment" 4941  mishpat (mish-pawt'); as from 8199; properly, a verdict (favourable or unfavourable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or [participant's] divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:

KJV-- + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.

Another word translated judgment is 8201 shephet (sheh'-fet); from 8199; a sentence, i.e. infliction: KJV-- judgment.

Judgment is not to be confused with "wrath" which relates to the ANGER of Yahweh for ongoing wrong conduct and which certainly IS a reality but, as previously indicated, Yahweh becomes angry with those who KNOW BETTER!  Thus today, Yahweh's wrath is directed at those who call themselves "believers" and specifically toward those who have access to numerous translations of the Bible, study aids AND the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh.  There are millions of men and women on the earth today who fall into this category and MOST of them are fighting amongst themselves and pridefully passing judgment on their brethren and establishing their own "ministries" at the expense of the ministry of service to Yahweh.  Yahweh is increasingly ANGRY with these people.

In particular, the people of the United States of America have greater access to more translations of the Bible, more computerised Bible Study aids and more anointed men and women of Yahweh than any other nation on earth.  AND they have a constitution originally based on Scriptural principles and honouring Yahweh.  Therefore, they MUST understand that they will face a harsher judgment in the court of heaven than any other nation on earth!

On the other hand, there are billions of people on the earth today who do not have access to Bibles, who from a basic sense of inherent knowledge of certain principles KNOW that what is being taught and practised by the "Christian church" CANNOT be of Yahweh and therefore who reject the truth concerning Yahshua Messiah.

Yahweh is NOT angry with these people, He is MOVED WITH DEEP COMPASSION!

Yahshua's attitude AND words today are AS THEY WERE in Matthew 9:35-36 "³⁵ Then Yahshua went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ³⁶ But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." (NKJ adjusted)

Almost without exception, the vessels through whom Yahweh currently finds Himself required to work are DEEPLY FLAWED and thus, unless these men and women recognize the MASSIVE levels of apostasy and heresy in the "church" today and come to deep and GUT WRENCHING REPENTANCE, almost all of those currently "in ministry" will find themselves rejected on the Day of Judgment and facing the situation so graphically depicted by Yahshua in Matthew 7:21-23 "²¹ "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord [Adonai, Adonai],' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ²² "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord [Adonai, Adonai], have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' ²³ "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (NKJ adjusted) The lawlessness or "Torahlessness" referred to here was discussed in detail in the article "Iniquity = Lawlessness = Torahlessness" (reference 1A1.01.08.07, dated 14 August, 2001) and has also been the subject of numerous other articles published on the End Time Issues list.

In considering this Scripture it is ALSO important to recognize that EVEN THOSE who today are warning of this reality are NOT EXEMPT from this judgment.  In fact, they will be subject to a stricter judgment (James 3:1 and others).

It is vital to CONSTANTLY evaluate our OWN actions against the mirror of the Word of Yahweh constantly taking account of Yahshua's warning in Matthew 7:1-5 "¹ "Judge not, that you be not judged. ² "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. ³ "And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? ⁵ "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye." (NKJ)

Diligent application of this principle would almost immediately remove most of the strife and division in the Body of Messiah and ALSO quite possibly remove the division between "Christians", Jews and Muslims!

Returning to "what is judgment", judgment is SIMPLY the process of evaluating an action or series of actions against Torah and determining whether it is according to Torah or not.  If it is NOT according to Torah then Torah itself lays down the JUST sentence that applies for the sin or transgression in question.  In a sense, Judgment is SIMPLY the evaluation process in terms of which it is determined whether a person qualifies as an overcomer (the right hand axis in figure 5) or to be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone for eternity (the left hand axes in figure 5) or whether they are judged somewhere in between in which case they may be sentenced to a PART in the lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death (Revelation 21:8) or may simply be found to be a foolish virgin cast into the outer darkness of heaven with no credit to their name!

The visions of Rick Joyner reported in the book "The Final Quest" give an excellent discussion of the basic principles and process of the Final Judgment and readers are encouraged to obtain a copy.  The book has been repeatedly cited in articles published on the End Time Issues list.  It is published by Whitaker House, ISBN 0-88368-478-0, more details can be obtained from Morning Star Publications, details as for The Call.

Judgement is ONLY to be feared IF we are transgressors.  IF we are truly seeking to please Yahweh with all our heart, mind, soul and strength and are constantly evaluating our beliefs and life style against His Word and turning to His Holy (set apart) Spirit to guide us, we should have nothing to fear.  The visions reported in the books "The Final Quest" and "The Call" contain numerous statements that will challenge any serious servant of Yahweh to examine themselves increasingly seriously and to progressively set themselves apart to His service.

In this regard, two prayers which are VITALLY IMPORTANT if one is not to fear the judgment are:

1)  "Father, in the Name of Yahshua i ask you to please judge me severely and correct me harshly in THIS LIFE in order that i may serve you more perfectly and not be judged in the life to come".

2)  "Father, in the Name of Yahshua i ask you to reveal to me the level of my present deception AND show me what corrective actions you require me to take".

These are both simple and powerful prayers and, if one is sensitive to the judgments that result from praying these prayers on a regular basis, AND acts to take the necessary corrective action, it is the writers firm conviction that one need have no fears for the Day of Judgment.

Many other prayers for guidance have been offered in previous articles, those in "Demonic Activity Associated With Artefacts and In Dwellings" (reference 1A1.01.04.12, dated 23 April, 2001) are particularly relevant.

Another prayer that will assist is "Father, in the Name of Yahshua i ask you to help me to lead a life that is pleasing to you and brings joy to you".

Returning to judgment, if one regards "judgment" as some irrational, whimsical process in which a capricious "god" passes vicious and harsh sentences that are beyond understanding and certainly beyond avoiding, THEN judgment is to be feared!  But the "god" who passes out such sentences is NOT Yahweh, that is the god of THIS world, Satan, who has successfully portrayed Yahweh to look like Satan!

Psalm 145:8-9 clearly describes our loving Heavenly Father "⁸ Yahweh is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. ⁹ Yahweh is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works." (NKJ adjusted)

King Hezekiah expressed this very clearly in 2 Chronicles 30:9 ""For if you return to Yahweh, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for Yahweh your Elohim is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him." (NKJ adjusted)

IF we will ALL take this to heart and receive it by faith, earnestly praying for HIS Judgments in our OWN lives, examining ourselves constantly in the mirror of the Word of Yahweh and constantly adjusting our life styles with daily confession and repentance of sin becoming a way of life, we will truly have nothing to fear AND will, in time, become salt and light to the world around us!

If we GO BEYOND THIS and seek to bring JOY to our Father in Heaven, then certainly we will have NOTHING to fear!

GETTING TO THE "CORE" OF THE MATTER - DEMONS AND FALLEN ANGELS

All that has been presented above should, for most people, be relatively capable of being intellectually grasped, understood and accepted.  Sincere Believers should have no difficulty in grasping the fundamental principles contained in this document as being Scriptural, HOWEVER, many will still be faced with uncertainty and questions regarding HOW this whole situation in the world today has come to pass AND how to practically deal with it in their own lives and the lives of those around them.

Key to understanding the answer to these questions, uncertainties and concerns, WHICH ARE LEGITIMATE, is a basic understanding of the spirit realm and particularly the demonic realm.  The following section seeks to give some basic headlines on this topic.  More has been covered in articles such as "Demonic Activity Associated With Artifacts and In Dwellings" (reference 1A1.01.04.12, dated 23 April, 2001) and "Deliverance Manual Part 1" (reference 1A1.01.03.15, dated 23 March, 2001).

In simple terms, the Satanic hierarchy is as follows:

1) Satan himself

Satan is "only" an angel.  By "only" i mean that he is not like Yahweh, he can only be in one place at one time, he CAN move around at the speed of light but he CANNOT be troubling two human beings on opposite sides of the world at the same time.  He also CANNOT read your thoughts, only Yahweh knows our thoughts, thus Satan is dependent on seeing our reactions in order to understand whether he is having an impact on us.  This is why it is so vital to tear down vain imaginations and set a watch over our mouths.

It is important to recognize Satan's limitations.  Many people use the word "Satan" to describe manifestations of demons and fallen angels, thereby misleading themselves into believing that Satan is MUCH MORE POWERFUL than he really is.

Having said this, Satan, as Lucifer, was one of the three "archangels" and he is therefore one of the three most powerful created beings in the Universe, on equal footing with Michael and Gabriel.

2) Satan's Angels

Based on Revelation 12:4 it is widely accepted that one third of the angels followed Satan (Lucifer) in his rebellion and fell with him.  Of these, a considerable but unknown number are detained following their fornication with women prior to the flood (Genesis 6:1-5).  Jude 1:6 states "And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;" (NKJ)

Satan's "fallen" angels are organized into "dominions", "thrones", "powers" and "principalities" (Colossians 1:16) in descending order.  These are simply a hierarchy of command with the higher commanders being in charge of larger numbers of angels.  This hierarchy is basically the same chain of command that applies to the angels loyal to Yahweh.

Note that the word "angel" means "messenger", so the angels move around on the earth giving instruction to demons, collecting and collating information, taking action where it is within their mandate to act and reporting back to their commander in chief (Satan) for decisions where necessary.  The angels are also able to give effect to commands resulting in manifestations in the physical realm.

3) Demons

As far as the writer has been able to discern, demons are the agents through which the bulk of Satan's work is done.  In contrast to the angels of Satan which are seriously outnumbered, there are billions of demons on earth, currently, as the writer has it, there are in excess of 500 DEMONS PER PERSON ON EARTH TODAY!  In fact, it appears that an average "good" person probably has about 500 demons!

In this regard, it is important to be aware that all the demons in the Bottomless Pit were released in 1995 accordance with Revelation 9:1‑11.  Joyner reports on page 122 of "The Final Quest" that he was told that "The hordes of hell have .... been released".

There are very few people on earth who are entirely free of demons and deliverance from demons is a lengthy process of sanctification, self examination in the Word of Yahweh, committed seeking after Yahweh for guidance and generally making a concerted and sustained effort to be set free.

Those who are serving Satan with real vigour may be carrying thousands of demons!

The demons occupying any particular human being operate in a hierarchy with a "strong man" who controls the demons, "gate keepers" who open the door to let other demons in, etc.  This hierarchy and how it works is well described in the book "In The Name of Satan" by Bob Larson published by Thomas Nelson, ISBN 0‑7852‑7881‑8 (pbk).

These demons in a sense "emulate" the set apart (Holy) Spirit of Yahweh.  They dwell in and on the body of the person, whether believer or unbeliever.  They have memories and intellect and they speak directly to the soul (mind and emotions) of the person they are sitting on in such a way that the person THINKS that the thoughts and emotions are natively their own OR in many cases are the Holy Spirit of Yahweh.

Demons come in a variety of major functional categories including lust, pride, fear, rejection, jealousy (includes murder and anger), heaviness (includes depression and suicide), etc.  Their primary function is to cause the person carrying them to violate one or more of the ten commandments and to generally foment strife, division, error, etc.  Their job description is simply "do all that you can to trap this person into such major sin that they will not inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh and use them to trap as many other people as possible" OR, even more succinctly "destroy"!

The BULK of the daily spiritual battle faced by individuals is with demons but VERY FEW understand this and even fewer are waging war against demons effectively.  Even most of those involved in the ministry of deliverance are still demonised to an extent!

Demons gain occupation of a human being through legal rights resulting from sin, often through words or deeds.  Often the demons on one person will trap another person into sin and then immediately use that sin to summon a compatible demon to jump onto the sinning party.  For example, a woman oppressed by demon's of lust may dress provocatively and the demons may look through her eyes to get a man to lust after her.  The instant the demons see that the man is lusting and there is some physiological response as evidence, another demon of lust will immediately jump onto that man and drag him into greater and greater sexual sin.  Demons of lust can operate in this fashion through advertisements, articles and photographs in magazines, newspapers and on television and through pornography.  Note that pornography is generally an end state AFTER lust has gained a hold through advertisements, photographs in newspapers and magazines, etc.

Demons are combatted by recognizing the sin, confessing the sin and repenting AND THEN binding the demon/s in the Name of Yahshua and commanding them to go to the Pit for a thousand years.

Demons of fear, pride, etc gain access in the same way described above for lust however their entry is more devious and less well understood than the example of lust.  However, the basic method of operation is the same - a demon on a person will stimulate or provoke a response in another person thereby opening the door for a demon to attach itself to the second person.  Once one demon is established it will progressively provoke the person to sin further, thus opening the door to further demons.  The nett effect is that as we grow older, nearly all of us progressively pick up a greater and greater demonic burden!

In the case of religion, pride and lying demons are generally involved and fear is also often present.  False (demonic) anointing's, false (demonic) tongues and other demonic manifestations which counterfeit the gifts of the Holy (set apart) Spirit are often involved.  One of the key factors behind religious division, is the combination of lies, fear and pride.  To the best of the writers knowledge, lying spirits are behind ALL heresies and false doctrines.  Associated with these demons, demons of pride will make the person who is in error proud of that error by highlighting errors in the other party.  Demons of fear will also cause the person in error to experience fear concerning possible error in others and a sub-conscious fear of their own error being found out.

When a demon is on the point of being exposed, particularly demons of false doctrine, they generally provoke feelings of intense discomfort resulting either in false, prideful judgments or fearful "flight" directed at distancing their host from the person who has been sent by Yahweh to set them free.  The writer has found that in many areas the vast majority of believers are never set free because they fail to take authority over these demonic manifestations and exercise their will to accurately divide the Word of Truth.  A widespread false teaching concerning "peace" which fails to distinguish between the true "peace of Yahweh which passes all understanding" and the "peace" that results from a cessation of demonic manifestation, keeps many in bondage.

In the process of infiltrating the thoughts and emotions of the victim, the demons on one person communicate with those on another, assisted by fallen angels in certain cases.  Thus the demons on one person may stimulate that persons pride while the demons on the other person stimulate fear producing flight if the first person has truth the other person lacks or may stimulate pride producing conflict and division.

At the same time, as graphically depicted in "The Final Quest" because of the evil nature of the demons and who they serve, there is constant strife and competition between them.  Satan's hordes are disciplined by fear and unrighteous punishment, this is why the chesed (love) of Yahweh is such a vital weapon in the armoury of believers.

In order to defeat the demons it is vital to put the Word of Yahweh first and to constantly seek to draw closer to Yahweh.

Note that demons can pass down the blood line as a result of generational curses.  They can also be put onto newborn babies by witches in hospitals or even onto adults in hospital in a state of reduced consciousness after an operation under anaesthetic.  Once one demon has gained access it will provoke behaviour to draw in other demons.

4) Human Beings In Service Of Satan

Human beings are the fourth line of Satan's army.  These range from fully committed Satanist high priests through witches, warlocks, wizards, etc down to the ordinary man in the street who is carrying demons and in submission to them.

At the extreme range of human beings in the service of Satan are the so-called "illuminati", people who have actively invited demons to take occupation of the portion of their spirits reserved for the Holy Spirit until the person is eventually fully controlled by the demon and the person is effectively a demon or pack of demons in a human body and all emotions of the human being are submerged.

These actively possessed human beings are behind many and perhaps all of the most horrible atrocities that have taken place in the history of mankind.  It has been alleged by those who have been involved in these practices that the Nazi SS during the Second World War were all possessed, that is why the march of those units was with such precision -- like human machines.  That is also why the murders and horrifying atrocities could be committed on the scale that they were.

It is quite possible that those who hijacked the four aircraft on 11 September 2001 were "illuminati", people controlled by demons and therefore without fear since the demons would simply have "walked away" from the aircraft crashes and then used the anger of those who came to the crash scene subsequently to provide the necessary legal right to take occupation.

Since the hijackers are likely to have been carrying a VERY SUBSTANTIAL demonic burden hundreds and possibly thousands of rescue workers and spectators at the scenes of the disasters have been infected by the SAME demons who CAUSED the tragedy AND that those SAME demons are even now playing a role in fomenting anger toward the human "perpetrators" of the crime!

These demons may also have "hitched a ride" until they could get to people of real influence.  Since their mandate is to destroy mankind, it makes no difference to them whether they occupy an American or an Arab.  Furthermore, those demons which successfully provoke major destruction will be "promoted" and "honoured" within Satan's kingdom thereby gaining the right to attach themselves to more "prestigious" targets!

Note that "illuminati" is NOT specifically an organization, it IS a SPIRITUAL STATE!  The word simply means “illuminated” referring to the spiritual sensations and condition that results from a massive demon taking over control of human body.

Satan and his cohorts do not take sides in human conflict, he works with equal facility on BOTH sides with the objective of causing maximum SPIRITUAL carnage by provoking maximum sin on both sides.  He is interested in one thing and one thing only, total domination over the Human race in order to prevent there being any human beings who are in right standing before Yahweh and who can therefore give the commands to send Satan to the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years!

Over and above the rank and file "illuminati" there are millions of Satanist's, witches, warlocks, etc ranging from rank amateurs who think they are "playing games" to dedicated professionals conceived on Satanic altars, born on Satanic altars and raised with a steady diet of hatred, demons and evil of every sort with one objective, to serve Satan with all their hearts, minds, souls and strength.  These people are adept in cursing, commanding demons and angels, astral projection (travel of their spirit out of the body, through time and space) and every other evil.  They maintain registers of believers who are showing any real commitment to serving Yahweh using information collected by Satan's angels and "watchers" - demons riding on animals like cats or owls, posted on Satanic symbols spray painted on walls, etc, etc.  They can "see" through the eyes of these demons securing a demonic "wire tap" right into believers homes if the necessary spiritual safeguards are not employed.

To counter this, the vast majority of Believers are TOTALLY ignorant of the demonic and angelic realms and have been deceived by Satan into believing that it is not important and not relevant.  The reality is, as stated in Ephesians 6:12 "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (NKJ)

Until Believers take this SERIOUSLY and start to war effectively against Satan's demons and angels, the world will continue to slide into destruction.

No matter WHAT action is taken to counter the hijacking's of 11 September and the resultant tragic loss of life, NOTHING MATERIAL WILL BE ACHIEVED until the war is waged in the Spiritual realm AS WELL as in the physical realm.

And the MOST POWERFUL WEAPON in the armoury of the Believer is chesed (love) as stated in 1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." (NKJ)

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, believers must seek to urgently remove the massive plank's of error from the eyes of the Body of Believers in Yahshua Messiah.  We must own the sin's of our fathers in the faith and repent.  We must learn to understand the spiritual realm and cease leaning to our own understanding and the things that are seen and must learn to walk in love toward our neighbours INCLUDING those that some may today regard as enemies.

Above all, we must learn to wage war effectively against Satan and his demons and fallen angels in the SPIRITUAL realm through prayer, intercession and the effective application of the whole armour of Yahweh.

If we will reach out in Yahweh's chesed (love) to ALL parties, we can be the catalyst for healing that Yahweh desires His people to be!

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