Giants Demons And Worshipping What What Conundrum

So, as I was waking up, the topic or thought of “serving other gods” kept popping into my head. Now, I knew that even though my body was yet still sleeping, as I wasn’t wide-eyed yet, and but my spirit was awake and that it was receiving this “serving other gods” drift. I had already done some messages on this topic, but could see fairly easily, that God wanted me to do another message regarding this subject.

Listen, what happened in the garden, and for the reason that it happened, which was to separate mankind from God Himself and to immediately turn us to serving and worshipping other gods, as this is our innate default when we reject the One true God, and satan knew this, and so but this will be happening in these last days, and in fact is already happening right now. The more people that turn away from God, by a preprogrammed “we must worship something” default, they will invite the power of darkness over this land and begin in larger scale that we have ever encountered, to worship all things false gods empowered in many cases by demonic power.

So I thought I would stretch the current AI capabilities and ask it a question that I didn’t actually think it could come up with. But it did. The question was, “How many professing Christians know about demonic warfare?” The following is the response to that question:

While a majority of Christians believe in the devil (roughly 58% to 92% depending on the study), the active understanding or knowledge of demonic spiritual warfare varies greatly. Many believers are considered unaware of this battle, often leading to “it”, (this is my comments: that is spiritual warfare, or to put it in an even more stricter sense, the work of satan and his demons, being overlooked, feared, or misunderstood as mere psychological issues, despite scriptural references to it. 

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Hello, this is Kenny Podcast Peter. Welcome back to my podcast equality. This podcast is brought to you by five strengths ministry, so we believe working together in our strength is the effect of working out the will and calling of God in and to our lives. Thanks for joining me in this open up in practice. Bless you be the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ who trust you with every spiritual blessing in heaven in place to take place. Just as he chose you in him before the foundation of the world, that you should be holy and without blame before him in mind, having predestined you to adopt him as a standard father by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, which he purposed to himself, to the praise of the glory of his grace, and which he made you accept it and beloved. In him he have redemption through his fruit, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound for you in all wisdom and fruit of you, having made known to you the mystery of his will, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth in him. I ask that the God of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, and the knowledge of the mystery of him, and to the deepest knowledge of him that you are willing and able to receive, that the eyes of your understanding would be open wider, and that you would be enlightened to who he is, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in you, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power towards you who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him in his right hand and in heavenly places, that he would grant that you would be strengthened with his might through his spirit in the inner man, in into your spirit and heart, and that you would be able to stand against your flesh, this world, and the devil, in into any in all temptations. I pray that your love may abound more and more in all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. I ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will and all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, in all patience and long suffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints who walk in the light. I pray that your hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love and unity, and that you would attain to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which has been given to each of my listeners by Christ Jesus, that you are enriched in everything by him, in all utterance and all knowledge, so that you do not come short in obtaining or operating in your calling and purpose, nor in using any spiritual gifts or talents, eagerly waiting for the continued revelation of our Lord Jesus, who will confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the near coming day of our Lord. God is faithful by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus. Okay, so now therefore, my sisters and brothers in Christ, when things get tough, think about whatever things are true, noble, just pure, lovely, and whatever things are of a good report. If there is any virtue, and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things alone. I pray that in these very days that you would let your love be without hypocrisy, hate and loathe what is evil, cling to what is good and righteous, be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another, not lagging in diligence, fervent and fully engulfed in spiritual fire, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, walking in the peace of God, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer, distributing to the needs of the saints, that is each other, and the two would be given the hospitality. May the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like minded towards one another, according to Christ Jesus, they would learn to be of one mind and one accord, operating completely and fully in love and unity, always striving for the working out of God's specific will for each of our lives, while working in partnership with each other within the church and the Holy Spirit, as he manifests his miracle signs and wonders through the daily activities of our ministry and kingdom work. And while we also go out preaching the gospel in word and deed, let us love and serve one another, our enemy, and those who wouldn't expect us to do so, considering each person better than ourselves. Find up any words or thoughts that are contrary to the love of God, or which would set you back in your Christian walk. I'll step out in faith today and walk with God, being assured that nothing will separate you from him as long as you abide in him. Call those things that don't exist as though they do. Remember he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world. Be more than a conqueror today, submitting to the will of God in everything. Let each of us express uncompromising love towards one another in humility while maintaining a teachable spirit. I pray that God will give you the revelation within this message that He intends you to receive with the understanding. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. In Jesus' name we pray amen. The title of this message is Giants, Demons and Worshiping What What Conundrum? So as I was waking up, the topic or thought of serving other gods kept popping into my head. Now I knew that even though my body was yet still sleeping, as I wasn't wide eyed yet, and but my spirit was awake, and that it was receiving this serving other gods drift. I had already done some messages on this topic, but could see fairly easily that God wanted me to do another message regarding this subject. Listen, what happened in the garden and for the reason that it happened, which was to separate mankind from God Himself and to immediately turn us to serving and worshiping other gods, as this is our innate default when we reject the one true God. And Satan knew this, and so but this will be happening in these last days, and in fact is already happening right now. The more people that turn from God by a pre programmed we must worship something default, they will invite the power of darkness over this land and begin in larger scale than we have ever encountered, to worship all things false gods empowered, and in many cases by demonic power. So I thought I would stretch the current AI capabilities and ask it a question that I didn't actually think it could come up with, but it did. The question was how many professing Christians know about demonic warfare? And the following is a response to that question. While a majority of Christians believe in the devil, roughly fifty eight to ninety two percent depending on the study, the active understanding or knowledge of demonic spiritual warfare varies greatly. Many believers are considered unaware of this battle, often leading to it, this is now my comment, that is spiritual warfare, or to put it in an even more stricter sense, the work of Satan and his demons, being overlooked, feared or misunderstood as mere psychological issues, despite scriptural references to it. Also my comment is that if a Christian is unaware of the revelation of the demonic world, what do they do about their spiritual weapons or their spiritual armor? Do they think that the armor is simply a Christian fashion statement? No, but let's look at these two scriptures along with Jesus' mandate scripture before completing the explanation to my question. How many professing Christians know about demonic warfare? Second Corinthians ten three five. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Ephesians six eighteen. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, 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. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace, above all taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one, and take the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end, with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. As it is the month of April, I will give you an Easter egg that I picked up reading a Rick Raynor book titled Dress to Kill, a Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor. The Easter egg is the fact that the whole Roman armor included a lance, which is a weapon that can be cast from a stationary position into your enemy without you having to get too close. Look at verse eighteen, whereby Paul did include the supposed missing piece of armor and weaponry that a Roman soldier carried, going right into what it meant, rather than as the rest of the armor, in which he simply stated what piece he was referring to, and then giving us a spiritual application. Exciting, right? Intercessory prayer. To be precise he stated, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. That's an egg drop right there. This also adds value to two things often overlooked by us Christians. One is our need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. This is so big for those who have been lied to regarding the Holy Spirit. What the devil did was strip away their lance from the battle armaments. Look and then we go to the second reason, which is our need to be praying in tongues. Romans eight twenty six through twenty seven. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses, for we do not know what we should pray for as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now he who searches the heart knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Without this activity discussed in that scripture, we have to go hand to hand with the devil. So let me know how that works out. He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. You need to be edified or built up when you are a frontline Christian, and to shut down the ridiculous argument that you are not a frontline Christian, allow me to bump you in the head with my shield. All Christians are frontline Christians. God doesn't have a back of the line policy. Jude one hundred twenty. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. In other words, practicing using your lance for the dance. Yes, I only said that because it rhymes. Your praying in tongues defines you as a lancer, and depending on your type of request or prayer to God, you could also be an intercessor. This means that God can call you awake to pray for something of which you know nothing about, and so you will need to be praying in tongues. Otherwise, what words will you use to be praying for something that you know nothing about? I call this type of prayer throwing darts in the dark. Okay, and the last bunny trail, notice the Easter reference that I want to take is to list the different types of prayer that the Bible shows us so that you can pray with the understanding and intent that God will understand your position to him by your prayer expression. We have the prayer of consecration, petition, authority, thanksgiving, supplication, intercession, the prayer of adoration slash worship, confession, faith, the prayer of agreement slash corporate, the prayer in the spirit, and the prayer of lament or imprecation. Imprecatory prayers in the Bible are pleas for God to bring judgment, calamity, or curses upon enemies. This is known as the judgment of God. Okay, so back to the AI explanation in addressing my question How many professing Christians know about the demonic warfare? Key insights on Christian knowledge of spiritual warfare. Widespread awareness gap. Many pastors and teachers often avoid the topic, leading to significant numbers of professing Christians remaining uninformed or having a low grasp of how it affects the modern church. Belief versus knowledge. While a large percentage of Christians believe in the existence of spiritual forces, studies suggest a significant portion do not understand or actively engage in spiritual warfare, leaving them feeling unarmed. Varied interpretations. Some Christians overemphasize demonic activity, demonizing every issue, while others completely dismiss it, leading to a wide spectrum of belief and practice. Theological differences. Awareness of spiritual warfare is often influenced by church tradition with evangelical or fundamentalist traditions, typically emphasizing it more than mainline Protestant or Catholic denominations. My thought is that those who believe that some might overemphasize demonic activity are those who do nothing about it. Satan leaves them alone because they are neutral into things of spiritual warfare and are not pushing back the powers of darkness over anything. Of course God has already defeated the devil, but remember he is a relational partnership God and works with us free willies to get the job done. Okay, so we step out of the spiritual battle for a moment to get back to those who have convinced you to drop your spiritual armor, or just pieces of it, so that you are susceptible to unnecessary spiritual attack. Oh, we will have spiritual warfare, even if perchance we are doing all the right things, but any idea as to how much warfare comes our way unnecessarily? Okay, so I thought. Let me go to the computer know it all, and see if it knows the answer to that question. How much warfare comes to a Christian unnecessarily? A significant amount of spiritual warfare experienced by Christians is considered unnecessary, often stemming from misinterpretation of spiritual battles, lack of spiritual maturity or emotional reactions rather than strategic faith-based resistance. While the Bible speaks of an unavoidable, ongoing battle against spiritual forces of evil, many believers experience added preventable turmoil. My comment is that we can reduce much of our warfare by reading the Bible and getting around those who are practiced in the area of warfare and prayer. If you hang around people who are always under something and but are also unwilling to look at some spiritual options for getting out from under the thumb of Satan, then get away from them before you become one of their parrots. Satan wants to steal, to kill, and destroy all of everything about you, and so if you have believed the lie of his and have surrendered some more pieces of your armor, then you ought to get the word of God and pick it back up. God won't relieve you of the unnecessary or preventable turmoil, as he has every intention that you would learn that it is indeed preventable, and that there is a reason as to why you are encountering way more spiritual warfare than you should be. He provided all the weapons and all of the armor that you will ever need to stay almost completely free from the tyranny of the devil Galatians five one and John eight thirty six. Back to it. Common causes of unnecessary warfare, misidentifying battles. Not every difficult situation or piece of bad luck is spiritual warfare. Some Christians make the mistake of seeing a demon under every rock when a situation may actually be a result of personal sin, natural consequences, or a test from God. Ask God regarding the source and see if you don't get a God response. Assuming unqualified positions, mismanagement of life by playing God, assuming a role not intended for them, can lead to unnecessary chaos, opening doors for spiritual attack that are brought on by personal mismanagement. I have defined that mismanagement of spiritual life like this. Each position in the kingdom of God has specific oil for that position, and just like we have a variety of oils for our cars to meet every type of condition, if you use the incorrect viscosity, for example, which is the thickness and ease at which the oil can break down depending on the applied pressures, you will definitely make a mess of things. A clear example is when a pastor also tries to operate in the office of a teacher or prophet, or an apostle, or even an evangelist. Of course, not all at the same time, as that would be impossible. But when they cross contaminate the spiritual calling on their life, they can lose the anointing that comes from the grace of God to do a very specific task. We just don't go willy nilly picking any old thing our heart desires, hoping that God will bless it. He has called you to fulfill a specific thing in its season, and therefore you must fulfill that thing, or you will blow up your engine as it will, that is, you will be unable to handle the added pressures. Alright, back to it. Lack of spiritual discipline. Christians can become stuck in a cycle of avoidable, repetitive warfare by not cultivating spiritual habits like prayer and trusting in God's word. Lack of emotional control, allowing fear, doubt, or a lack of peace to take root rather than resting in faith, allows the enemy to steal peace and focus, creating mind warfare. Reacting instead of resting, fighting battles with human powered methods instead of relying on the spirit is seen as a major factor in experiencing unnecessary battles. Key misconceptions that waste energy. Fighting other people, the Bible states our struggle is not against flesh and blood. Ephesians 6 12. Yet many Christians waste energy in conflicts with people rather than focusing on the actual spiritual forces. Wrong focus, focusing too much on the enemy rather than on God can increase a sense of fear and conflict, which is a tactic often meant to steal a believer's joy. How to reduce unnecessary battles. Stand in the truth, replacing speculation and lies with the truth of the gospel is described as taking every thought captive. Focus on God, not the enemy. Effective spiritual warfare is often quiet and focused on the secret place and the word of God, rather than loud public battles. Focus on godly character, developing the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, etc is the ultimate protection. While some spiritual warfare is an inherent part of the Christian walk, much of the stress and struggle can be reduced through wisdom, spiritual maturity, and reliance on God. Okay, so I could go to breaking down each of these topics, but I'm really trying to get back to the subject of this message. I already know that I will leave it in the dust if God is wanting to say something else. Maybe I will do a message on this in the future. So let's see what angle God wants me to take on this message. Again, titled Giants, Demons and Worshiping What What Conundrum to really drive it home, so that we take it very seriously, beginning just as soon as you hear this message. Mark twelve thirty, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. If you are not all in with God, it is like inviting your neighbor lady or man over to have dinner with you even though you were married. It's like spiritual prostitution. You are supposed to be married, so doing such things is playing with fire. Now spiritually speaking, we are also betrothed to God. And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. Second Corinthians eleven two for I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. Isaiah sixty two five As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. Worshiping of the gods while betrothed to God happens more than you might know. Too strong? Well let's see if there are some supporting scriptures. Corinthians six, thirteen through twenty. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body, and God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the member of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not. Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For the two he says shall become one flesh. But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. Flee sexual immorality, even sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, by whom you have from God, and you are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. I'm going to bounce in between Israel and the Old Testament and the church in the New Testament, as well as compare us in America and the condition of the world with both, to see if we are facilitating the return of Jesus or if we are accelerating the Antichrist entry into this world. So you may not be aware if you've never read a Jonathan Khan book, and I recommend all of them, that we right here in America have, as we have pulled away from God, being our everything, invited the demonic world to essentially have its way. Stupid people and those who fall into one of these categories have no idea what they are doing. The fake believers, the make believers, the non believers, and those in the valley of indecision. These people have no idea that they are awakening all of the monsters that mankind ever did imagine. New York Post images of false demonically created Nephilim or fallen angels introduce gods on buildings as well as finding a historical altar abal and recreating it, or reverse engineering it. Bad in either case. And then dragging its ugly butt into the city, that is New York, for all to stumble. And because of a sleepy and Bible ignorant church, it was embraced by those who, in many cases, are on their way to an eternal hell. Google AI has recounted this story from history in this way. In August 2015, a 300-foot projection of the Hindu goddess Kali was displayed on the Empire State Building in New York City as part of the Projecting Change exhibition designed by artist Android Jones. The image was intended to represent Mother Nature in a fierce form to raise awareness about extinction and environmental conservation. Key details of the story, the projection, the artwork featuring Callie, Goddess of Destruction and Rejuvenation and Endangered Animals, was projected onto the Empire State Building to highlight environmental threats. Purpose. The event was part of a campaign for the documentary Raising Extinction, aiming to showcase the need for environmental protection. Artist or creator, the project was created by filmmaker Louis and artist Android in collaboration with Obscura Digital. Context The portrayal locale was designed to represent the need for a fierce avatar to fight the destruction of the world. Ah, you see how we trust in the fake gods over the one who actually created the world. Ah, we are rebellious people, I tell you. The reception, the display was described as a stunning and powerful message by many, including members of the Indian American community. This is a goddess of destruction and rejuvenation. And if you read about Kali, you'll find out there's a whole lot more going on there. When she is demonically empowered, all hell breaks loose, and these people don't even know it. They think that she has a desire to keep us from extinction. Oh my goodness. There's no such thing anyways. There's going to be a new heaven, a new earth, and all the people that believed in God and not in Kali, but believed in God will be on that new earth. The story gained significant attention because it was a stunning visual of Hindu iconography projected into one of America's most iconic buildings, making a unique, large scale public art event. Does this article sound like it is coming from anyone who fears God or the devil, or anyone who has even the knowledge, the slightest knowledge about what's really going on on this earth? No. The idea of a false god worship came from the giants that came from the fallen watchers or angels. Here is a way to think about it. Imagine any and all things that have ever been called a god or gods by mankind, other than the only God who created everything. Those things we call gods were introduced to mankind by Satan, so that as we turn away from worshiping the one true God, Satan knew that we would immediately by default turn to worshiping false gods. And since false gods really don't exist, Satan introduced them through the Nephilim, the offspring of the fallen sons of God, as characters in a play, leading us through our own ignorance of the supernatural to worship these characters which invoked the power of demons. Another way of seeing this is to see that false gods are like a switch, and when we worship the false gods, it turns the switch on to the powers of darkness, and because through our sin of turning away from worshiping and serving God, Satan has our very permission to bring about killing, stealing, and destroying everything about us. And then of course Satan takes every effort to ensure that we do not return back to the one source of power that can destroy the works of the devil. If you have friends that say you are crazy for being a Christian, that is Satan's attempt to keep you on his side through your friends. One more event just to show you our spiritual ignorance in our own hometown country. A replica of the Arch of Palmyra, often associated with the Temple of Baal, was installed in New York City's City Hall Park in september twenty sixteen. The twenty five foot structure created by the Institute for Digital Archaeology using 3D technology to replicate the Syrian landmark destroyed by ISIS was designed to promote cultural heritage. Key details regarding the arch. The replica was installed in New York City Hall Park in September 2016 following a similar display in London. Purpose, the IDA created the replica to highlight the potential of 3D printing and conservation and to stand against the destruction of history. Controversy The Arch was mistakenly and widely reported by some groups as a temple of Baal or Arch of Baal, and was criticized as a sign of apostasy or harbinger of judgment, as detailed in reports regarding critics like Jonathan Conn. The original Arch of Triumph was located in Palmeria, Syria, and stood as part of a Roman era colonnade that connected to the Temple of Baal, BALL. The project which included the idea, a joint venture from Oxford and Harvard, and the Dubai Museum of the Future was intended to celebrate ancient history despite the controversy surrounding the deity associated with the broader temple. Okay, so this is super important. At the risk of shortening other parts of this message, I gotta explain it. So let's look at how what we call our brightest minded institutions, who, by the way, have no idea what they are talking about regarding God or false gods, they don't understand what they're doing. Listen to these two sections of the article again. The first one controversy. The arch was mistakenly and widely reported by some groups as a temple of Baal, B A A L, or Arch of Baal, B A A L, and was criticized as a sign of apostasy or harbinger of judgment, as detailed in reports regarding critics like Jonathan Khan. You can find all those so-called reports, which are actually books and YouTube videos that Jonathan Kahn has put out, explaining the depth of what New York has been doing. It's funny that Israel never called their sin of walking away from God and serving and worshiping other false gods controversy. They don't even call it the right thing. Second Corinthians 2 11. This is only a controversy because they don't understand its spiritual meaning. Funny how if the smart and intelligent don't understand something, then it is considered a controversy, or as they often resort to calling specific individuals conspiracy theorists, thus labeling them fanatics or people who are on the fringes. One more supporting scripture as to why the worldly wise and or academia might be blind to the things of God and the devil. And ignorance of the truth does not make the truth a lie, it just makes you ignorant and susceptible to calling evil things good and good evil. Isaiah twenty. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. So if you are lost and not connected to God, that means not born again, then you see things the opposite way, and believe that the opposite way that you believe is actually the truth, when in fact it is not. So I'm not quite done scripturing yet. These next two explain why those who are most critical of the things that they don't understand and actually cannot understand. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. No amount of PhDs will ever teach you about the things of God. That's basically what that's saying. Mark four eleven, and he said to them, To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. The them in this statement is his disciples. But to those who are outside, that is those who don't believe, all things come in parables. This next scripture tells us that those who fall into one of the categories that God himself has listed have little hope of understanding, and that the reason is that they have their priorities turned around, and they don't know it. Their hope is in money, the education that they might have, or trusting in their own human abilities. What a letdown they have in store for them, and unless they humbly repent and come to their right now dumb senses, they will in all likelihood perish, separated from the God that they never believed in. Not many mighty, not many noble are called, but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty, and the base things of the world, and the things which are despised, God has chosen, and the things which are not to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. Okay, so the second statement from the Baal Arch article that we want to look at states the original structure. The original Arch of Triumph was located in Palmyra, Syria, and stood as a part of a Roman era colonnade that connects to the Temple of Baal. So we silly people can see right away that the fourth paragraph completely contradicts the third. Listen to the language from the third paragraph. The arch was mistakenly and widely reported by some groups as a temple of Baal or Arch of Baal. Okay, so you might say, but no, it's just a gateway arch destroyed by bad guys who didn't like history. Let's see if Google AI can define what the Arch of Palmyra is and represents. Yes, the Arch of Palmyra is directly linked to the Temple of Bel, often referred to as the Temple of Baal BAL. In Palmyra, Syria, the arch served as a monumental entryway to the complex dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, Bel, a deity frequently associated with the Canaanite god Baal, B A L, mentioned in the Bible as a primary idol of worship. Key connections in context. Location and function. The arch was constructed in the second century AD to connect the colonnade street with the temple of Baal, Bel, the main religious center of the city, which was destroyed by Isis in 2015. The deity Baal versus Baal. The temple was consecrated to Bel. Bel, the supreme Palmerine god. While Ba is a Mesopotamian deity representing Lord or Master, he is often seen as a local variation related to the Canaanite Baal, B A L. Biblical significance, Baal is a prominent antagonist in the Bible, representing idolatry, child sacrifice, and sexual immorality. Consequently, the reproduction of this arch has drawn strong criticism from some Christian groups who view it as a symbol of evil or a potential spiritual gateway. Misconceptions. Some reports originally called it the Temple of Baal, while others specified it was a temple of Bell, which is widely considered the same center of worship. Okay, so I asked my silly computer to define what the Temple of Bell is, since there seems to be a misunderstanding. It stated the Temple of Bell in Palmer, dedicated in AD thirty two, represented the pinnacle of Palmerian religious, culture, and architectural synthesis, blending Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman styles as a central sanctuary for the god Bell B E L. It symbolized Palmyre's prosperity, its role as a multicultural trading hub, and its distinct identity. So whether you call it the Arch of Bell or Ball makes no difference to the devil. Either way he is given permission to steal, kill, and destroy as worshiping false gods opens up and increases demonic activity. The Old Testament, a historical book that's never been proven wrong, reveals all this information. I just don't know why college people are unable to extract the truth from it. We have done so much more than these two things. You can go online and see just how far we have drifted from the one true God and begin to understand the signs of the end of the end of times. So our propensity to turning from God to serving other gods is just as common for us as it was for the Old Testament Israelites. For them it was especially tempting when they became inclusive to the surrounding cultures that were willingly serving other gods, in spite of God's very much repeated warnings not to do such and such least they turn. But if you or your sons at all turn from following me and do not keep my commandments and my statutes, which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then it will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples, and as for this house which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? And to this house? Then they will answer, because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worship them and serve them. Therefore the Lord has brought all this calamity on them. Notice the if this then this statements in that scripture. It is in almost all of God's warnings, especially in the Old Testament. Listen, verse nine, because they forsook the Lord, and have embraced other gods, and worship them and serve them. In the next scripture, does God sound like a woman or a man who caught the other cheating on them? Deuteronomy six fourteen fifteen. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you, for the Lord your God is a jealous god among you, least the anger of the Lord, your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth. Now before you criticize God for his methods, he knew that he had to come off strong in order to get the attention of his own people. By using this strong language, when the Israelites heard this warning in this manner, oftentimes they turned away from serving other gods, and turned back to God all blinky eyed and ready to give it another go. The very thing that makes America great has become our very falling away from God. You see, people from all over have come into this country and have brought their false gods with them, and because we don't read our Bibles we embrace them and their false gods. And because we don't attend church and serve our God, your very children grow up serving and worshiping the false god Buddha that's in your very own garden. These scriptures are repeated over and over in the Bible. It is a very common theme that when a country enters a sustained blessing from God, that they eventually turn away from him. It is a great marriage gone bad for no reason. In the natural we call the separation irreconcilable differences. Can we say the same when we depart from the God who established this country and have invited the gods of the peoples who are all around us? And then slowly but surely adopt their ways instead of calling them to adopt our Christian nation ways? Hmm. Israel did it so many times that God who hates divorce, divorce them. Malachi two sixteen. For the Lord God of Israel says that he hates divorce, for it covers one's garment with violence. Says the Lord of hosts, therefore take heed to your spirit that you do not deal treacherously. Jeremiah three eight. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. God's talking about spiritual adultery, which means that they left him and served and worshipped demonic gods. That is called spiritual adultery. That's what he's talking about. How mad did God have to be to do that? Nope, he wasn't mad. He was hurt and justified in doing what he did. Think about how you felt when someone you loved departed, in whatever way, be it a breakup, a separation, a divorce, or the many ways of death. How did you feel? He feels just like that and worse. Keep in mind we may have had something to do with the breakup, separation or divorce, and possibly even the death, but God is flawlessly perfect and would never be the cause for us to leaving him. And yet we find the worst reasons for doing so. What will it take for God to do the same in the USA that he did in Israel, or in other countries not fully committed to him? The end times is what steps God is taking. The end times is the New Testament certificate of divorce that he gave Israel in the Old Testament. And but we should know that in truth, not everyone has embraced the gods of other countries, and God knows who they are. Not that it isn't going to get very rough, but Satan is on the losing end of time. And if you have joined him in his debauchery, you will go to his eternal address, and no worries because he will be suffering as much as you and will no longer be your greatest problem. The judgment of God will become your eternal identity, unless you get straight and join us simple people who can see things that you will never be able to see in this world. Now let's talk a minute about those nasty giants previously talked about in many of my other current messages that were first introduced to us in Genesis, Genesis six, one through eleven. I'm going to be skipping a couple of the scriptures, so it's not all of the scriptures, just a few. Now it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters are born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. They were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The earth was also corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. Notice how fast things went from bad to worse when the giants became a part of the sin problem we humans already had. Second Peter two four. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them in the chains of darkness to be reserved for judgment. The angels who sinned are not the one third of the angels who went with Satan, but the sons of God who had sex with the daughters of men. It's a different group, Jude one six, and the angels who did not keep their proper domain, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. If we kick to the first book of Enoch, in which tradition states that it was Enoch himself that wrote it, we can see what those fallen angels brought with them from heaven that took an already sin bent humanity and made us worse. In the book of Enoch, specifically one Enoch chapters seven through eight, it is the fallen angels, or watchers, led by Semyaza and Azel, who descended to Mount Hermon and teach forbidden heavenly knowledge, such as metallurgy, cosmetics, magic, and astronomy to humanity. The giants, their offspring, are described as engaging in violence and destroying the earth, rather than teaching the knowledge. Key details first Enoch seven through six describe the watchers taking wives, the birth of the giants, and the giants turning against humanity. The connection, the forbidden knowledge shared by the angels, enabled the destruction carried out by their children, the giants. These acts caused extreme corruption and motivated God to send a flood to cleanse the earth as detailed in the text. Are these giants discussed in any other historical books named in the Bible? Yes. And but now as I read this next section, you will hear of other stuff that happened, of which I am not right now in a position time wise to discuss. But those things are also happening in these days. The book of Jasher, specifically the eighteen forty English translation, often referenced in this context, details the corruption of mankind before the flood, linking it to the actions of judges and rulers who took wives by force and engaged in the illicit mixing of species, while the term Nephilim is more common in Genesis six. Jasher describes the results of these actions as a widespread corruption of all flesh and a violent, chaotic society that prompted the flood. Here's where the book of Jasher discusses giants corruption and their influence. Corruption and illicit mixing chapter four the acts of judges and rulers. We're talking about the angels, the sons of God. The mixture of species, the same verse describes that the sons of men, corrupt humans, began teaching the mixture of animals of one species with another to provoke God, resulting in the corruption of all flesh on earth. Bestiality was also introduced and according to tradition actually created a variety of forms of monsters. You can find that in other writings. Violence and chaos. Consequently, the earth was filled with violence. Postflood giants and influence chapter seven and beyond. While the pre flood giants are implied by all flesh being corrupted, Jasher also focuses on the post flood influence of corrupt rulers, notably Nimrod, who is described as a mighty hunter. Nimrod's reign. Nimrod, the son of Cush, son of Ham, became strong by wearing garments, implied to be the skin garments God made for Adam, and became the first to rule over all the sons of Noah after. The flood. Teaching idolatry, Nimrod rebelled against the Lord and taught all his subjects and the people of the earth his wicked ways, the Tower of Babel. Nimrod is identified as the instigator who led the people to build the Tower of Babel to rebel against God. And there's a weird genetic connection because Ham, as I talked about in another message, committed incest with his mother when Noah was drunk. And so you look down the line here, the son of Cush, the son of Ham, and you see now Nimrod is doing all of these bad things. Mention of great animals, Jasher thirty six. Although not explicitly leaking them to the preflood Nephilim, chapter thirty six describes very heavy storms from which about one hundred and twenty great and terrible animals came out. Hybrid description. These beings are described as having the lower body of a human and the upper body of an animal, bears or keepas, bringing destruction. The book of Jasher focuses more on the moral and spiritual corruption caused by these figures and rulers, idolatry, violence, and mixing species. The Bible calls it mixing seeds. No doubt this is interesting as Jesus himself said in Luke seventeen, twenty six through twenty seven, and as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the Ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. One more book. In the book of Jubilees, specifically chapter five, it states that angels or watchers cohabitated with human women, producing giants. Nephilim. Jubilees seven verses twenty one through twenty two describes these giants as corrupting the world through wickedness, leading to mutual slaughter, and causing God to destroy mankind, and the Nephilim with a flood. Key details regarding giants and their influence in Jubilees. Origin, they are offspring of the angels of God and the daughters of men. Jubilee five one. Corruption, they caused immense wickedness and were destroying one another before the flood. Jubilee seven twenty two. Demonic influence. And remember these books, Jasher and Jubilee, are not canon. That means they are not approved scriptures, but they are great historical references. According to Jubilees ten, one through eleven, the spirits of the giants, or Nephilim, became evil spirits slash demons after their physical bodies were destroyed, continuing to work under the demon prince Mastema to corrupt, mislead, and inflict suffering upon humanity. Destruction, God ordered the angels to bind the fallen watchers, parents of the giants, and cause the giants to destroy each other through war and wickedness before the flood. Jubilees, also known as Lesser Genesis, provided this detailed narrative to explain the origins of evil and demonic activity on earth. So we can't say that the devil made us do it, or rather anything, because sin was already in our nature as proven by Eve and Adam. Satan just gave Eve a little push, and she fell for it hook, line and sinker, Timothy two, fourteen through fifteen. But like the Israel of old, we too are subject to the same tendencies that they were spiritually speaking. Does it make any sense that a nation that has been so protected and blessed by God would have ever decided to leave him and serve demonically empowered false gods? No more sense than a husband or wife who was madly in love in the beginning of a marriage, and then due to a variety of reasons, including neglect and just simply focusing on self, or could we say the love of self, would at the end of their patience and long suffering, as if these are supposed to have an end in Christianity, end up leaving one another, no matter how well that relationship had started off, or how deep their love was for one another? They were simply compelled to give up. We can say that Satan won that battle, and all who were involved lost, and they did that knowing the nightmare that was about to fall upon them and their children. We close with this. How is it that God in writing the book of Revelation knew in advance that many, many, did I say many, would turn from him to serve other, sometimes demonically empowered gods in the end of time? We know this by the scriptures that talk about him judging all unrighteousness and those who are willfully sinning, and but also those who have rejected him. The first flood represented his complete and total judgment for that day, and as Peter tells us in the second flood, it will be by fire, which is way more final than a flood by water, right? Second Peter three, seven and ten. 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 ungodly men. But the day of the Lord 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. We could recite the message within this message another way. God wrote in advance what would happen in our future, which would be ultimately earth ending, and even though we knew the devastation that would come upon our lives in advance, we divorced ourselves from worshiping him with all of our heart, strength, soul, and mind, somehow hoping that he would overlook our transgressions and take back our prostituted with the devil selves in spite of the fact that we chose to leave him in the first place. If anyone doubts the love of God, all you have to do is see the gift of salvation that he gave us through the sacrifice of his only son, and all the benefits that came with that package, to understand that, although God knew in advance that he would have to destroy the world because the people who fell away gave Satan so much power through their sins and love of self that the only way to rectify the situation was to destroy the planet and start again with those who really lived life loving and serving God. In advance, God gave us blessings truly beyond our imaginations to hold our attention all throughout our lives, so that we would never remove our gaze off of him, because he knew that if we did, our gaze would immediately, by human default, turn to false counterfeit gods. It is truly the deception of all eternity that Satan is trying to pull off right now in these very days, as he always has done. And the strange thing is, and this is what is happening in these very days, is that he only needs you to compromise a little regarding the time you spend getting to know and serve God, so that he can creep into your life and draw you away from the one true God through sin and distraction. What would you think if a military man received a letter from his wife or his wife back home had received a letter from him, took it and tossed it away, or maybe just put it in a shoebox, thinking that at some other point in time they would get to those letters and read them. Right now we have this very thing happening with nearly fifty percent of people who claim to be Christians, that is, they claim to be in relationship with God, and but yet they don't even read the Bible. Imagine if only half of our airplanes, ships, and men and women on the ground in Iran had ammo. Of course we would never condone such a strategy, and yet we are half of us not reading the love letter from God to his future bride. And but who truly knows if those that actually do read it feel compelled to go cover to cover, searching for the absolute goodness of God? How about that number, which is staggeringly low? Satan is a king of excuses, and all he has to do is roll up his sleeve like a pimp and offer you any one of a dozen excuses as to why you don't need to read your Bible. So if you think these end time events are coming unjustifiably by an angry God, it might be a partially true statement, not in that he is angry at the authentically born-again believer who is truly committed to completing the work of Jesus on this planet, but that he is furiously angry at those who have been given a thousand chances to return to him, and yet that they have simply rejected his gift of eternal salvation, somehow thinking that a short-lived affair with the devil would be worth it. Ask any cheating man or woman, and they will tell you outright that the affair was not worth the lost pain and suffering. 1 Chronicles 7.14. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and heal their lands. It's closed in prayer. May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before your God and Father at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. Now may the God of peace, the one in whom we call wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, may He Himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. To our Lord of Lords and our King of Kings, to our high and lifted up great high priest, who has, once and for all, paid the price, that you might see and hear God. May He hear and respond to our prayers. To our God we stand and pray, as He too always lives to make intercession for you, while seated at the right hand of the Father. May the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you what is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Well that's it for today. Remember it's not what you find wrong or disagree with regarding these messages, but what you can take away from it. Together we can do more to impact the king and then if we work alone. Let's flip the script and steal, kill, and destroy the works of the enemy, and create space for the light of light to shine through into people's lives. And a seating, click on the like and subscribe button, link this message out, or teach from it in your Bible study, your life or still group, and yes, even in your church, you can be assured it comes from one call to teach, and though imperfect, you have the word of God to use to test everything they say. Let's build this ministry together. Thanks and see you next time in Deep Waters.