SO MOTE IT BE

THE QUESTION OF FREEMASONRY

The question of the Christian stand regarding Freemasonry seems

to confront our ministry at every turn lately. Because we have seen

the exact parallels of the Masonic legends and rituals carried

throughout the 'mysteries' of Mormonism, we have had to study deeply

into Masonic origins, purposes and doctrine.

In doing so, we have had to come to grips with the sad fact that

the esoteric doctrines of Freemasonry separate it, just as

unequivocally as do those of Mormonism, from the Christian

theology. This holds true for every branch of Masonry, from the

Shriners to the Blue Lodge, the Eastern Star, the Demolay, Job's

Daughters and the Rainbow Girls!

We know that this will cause offense to many Masons, and for that

we are truly sorry. But we would rather that the Mason be

offended at us and be restored to true fellowship with Jesus

Christ, than to remain silent any longer.

This word of warning is not to the Masonic fraternity at large,

but to those Masons who claim to be both Masons and Christians!

A recent newspaper insert, called "FREEMASONRY - A WAY OF LIFE"

appeared in many metropolitan areas. It pictured Freemasonry as a

family centered, fraternal, benevolent organization, "as American as

apple pie!" (page 7)

Not only does the article demonstrate the strength of Freemasonry

among our political leaders (both past and present), but makes much

of its use of the Holy Bible and its foundational belief in God.

Masonry has a very strong representation in the Christian

denominations through-out the world. In many of the churches we

visit, we finds Masons involved as deacons, elders, board members and

even as pastors.

Their claim and the claim of every Mason to the outside world, is

that Masonry and Christianity are totally compatible. They tell us

that religion is the experience of relating to God, and Masonry

the experience of relating to mankind. While separate, they can and

do naturally coexist.

The above mentioned article explains its 'religious' position

this way, "Masonry is NOT a religion in any sense of the word, yet

it is religious. Church membership is not a requirement, yet

membership in ANY church is no bar to admission. There is nothing in

the requirements of Masonry to prevent a Catholic, a

Mohammedan, a Jew, a Buddhist, a Protestant, a Mormon, or any

member of any religion from becoming a member". (page 3)

On the surface, this might seem quite reasonable. We find no

offense in being involved in social, civic and benevolent

activities with people of other religious and ethnic backgrounds. In

fact, it's really an integral part of the excitement of life! But,

when it comes to our own personal worship of God, and His revelation

to us of His Word, there are some very clear guidelines!

If Freemasonry is truly what it professes publicly, then

"Bravo!"; it is a welcome fellowship. If it is being deceptive, then

it should be exposed. It is that simple.

Let's see what Masonry TRULY teaches within its closed doors, and

through its own published documents. NO 'Anti-Masonic'

publications will be cited in explaining their TRUE theological

position.

The key document from which we will quote is the most readily

available and universally approved doctrinal book of Freemasonry,

"Morals And Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of

Freemasonry", By Albert Pike, Grand Commander, 1859-1891. Its

title page states that it was prepared for the "Supreme Council of

the Thirty-Third Degree and Published by its Authority".

Originally published in 1871, I have used the 1966 Edition.

Except where other sources are noted, I will cite page numbers

only, when using this work.

ALL TRUTH

(Masonry)..."The custodian and depository (since Enoch) of the

great philosophical and religious truths, unknown to the world at

large, and handed down from age to age by an unbroken current of

tradition, embodied in symbols, emblems and allegories". (page 210)

TEMPLE OF RELIGION

"Every Masonic Temple is a Temple of Religion, and its teachings

are instructions in religion" (page 213)

THE FOUNDATION

"It (Masonry) is the universal, eternal, immutable religion, such

as God planted it in the heart of universal humanity. No creed has

ever been long-lived that was not built on this foundation. It is the

base and they are the superstructure" (page 219)

A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION

"Masonry is, in every sense of the word, except one, and that its

least philosophical, an eminently religious institution - that it is

indebted solely to the religious element which it contains for its

origin and for its continued existence and that without this religious

element it would scarcely be worthy of cultivation by the wise and

good."..."Freemasonry is NOT Christianity nor a substitute for

it"...."But the religion of Masonry is not sectarian. It

admits men of every creed within its hospitable bosom, rejecting

none and approving none for his particular faith"..."Masonry,

then, is, indeed, a religious institution; and on this ground mainly,

if not alone, should the religious Mason defend it." (Encyclopedia

of Freemasonry, Albert G. Mackey, Revised Edition, 1921, pages

618, 619)

BUDDHA

"The first Masonic legislator whose memory is preserved to us by

history, was Buddha, who, about a thousand years before the

Christian era, reformed the religion of Manous." (page 277)

REVERENCES ALL REFORMERS

"It (Masonry) reverences all the great reformers. It sees in

Moses, the lawgiver to the Jews, in Confucius and Zoroaster, in

Jesus of Nazareth, and in the Arabian Iconoclast, great teachers of

morality, and eminent reformers, if no more; and allows every brother

of the order to assign to each such higher and even divine

characteristics as his creed and truth require." (page 525)

THE BAALIM

"Masonry, around whose altars the Christian, the Hebrew, the

Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucius and Zoroaster, can

assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above

ALL the Baalim, must needs leave it to each of its initiates to

look for the foundation of his faith and hope to the written

scriptures of his own religion." (page 226) Note: The word,

Baalim, is simply defined as "false god or idol". The Masonic

author has included the God of the Christian in that

category.(Sysop)

THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE BIBLE

The teachers, even of Christianity, are, in general, the most

ignorant of the true meaning of that which they teach. There is no

book of which so little is known as the Bible. To most who read it,

it is as incomprehensible as the Sohar." (page 105)

THE INCOMPLETE BIBLE

"All truly dogmatic religions have issued from the Kabalah and

return to it. Everything scientific and grand in the religious

dreams of the Illuminati, Jacob Boehme, Swedenborg, Saint-Martin, and

others, is borrowed from the Kabalah; all the Masonic associa tions

owe to it their secrets and their symbols.

The Kabalah alone consecrates the Alliance of the Universal

Reason and the Divine Word;...

The Bible, with all the allegories it contains, expresses, in an

incomplete and veiled manner only, the religious science of the

Hebrews. The doctrine of Moses and the Prophets, identical at

bottom with that of the the ancient Egyptians, also had its

outward meaning and its veils.

"The Hebrew books were written only to recall to memory the

traditions; and they were written in symbols unintelligible to the

profane... thus was a second Bible born, unknown to, or rather

uncomprehended by, the Christians; a collection, they say, of

monstrous absurdities.

"One is filled with admiration, on penetrating into the Sanctuary

of the Kabalah, at seeing a doctrine so logical, so simple and at the

same time so abso-lute." (pages 744-745) Note: The 'Kabalah is -a book

of ancient Jewish mysticism and magic. (Sysop)

THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD

"Everything good in nature comes from OSIRIS - order, harmony,

and the favorable temperature of the seasons and celestial

periods." (page 476) Note: Osiris was the ancient Egyptian god

whose annual death and resurrection personified the self-renewing

vitality and fertility of nature. (Sysop)

MASONRY CONCEALS ITS TRUTHS

"Masonry, like all the religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism

and Alchemy, CONCEALS its secrets from all except the Adepts and

Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinter

pretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be

misled; to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and

to draw them away from it. Truth is not for those who are unworthy

or unable to receive it, or would pervert it." (pages 104-105)

THE BLUE LODGE TO BE DECEIVED!

"The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the

Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the Initiate, but

he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not

intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he

shall imagine he understands them." (page 819)

WORSHIPFUL MASTER

"Worshipful Master: The Head and Chief of the Lodge, the Source

of Light, of Knowledge and instruction in Masonry. He personifies the

Sublime Art of Masonry and is the Spokesman thereof." (Arthur Waite, A

New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry,1970, page xxiv)

OBEDIENCE THE FIRST RULE

The first duty of every Mason is to obey the Mandate of the

Master...The order must at once be obeyed; its character and its

consequences may be matters of subsequent inquiry. The Masonic rule

of obedience is like the nautical, imperative: 'Obey orders, even if

you break owners.'" (Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Albert Mackey, page

525)

THE ANGEL OF LIGHT

"To prevent the light from escaping at once, the DEMONS forbade

Adam to eat the fruit of 'knowledge of good and evil', by which he

would have known the Empire of Light and that of Darkness. He obeyed;

an ANGEL OF LIGHT induced him to transgress, and gave him the means of

victory; but the DEMONS created Eve, who seduced him into an act of

Sensualism, that enfeebled him, and bound him anew in the bonds of

matter. This is repeated in the case of every man that lives."

"It (The Principle or Angel of Light) but put on the appearance

of a human body and took the name of Christ in the Messiah, only to

accommodate itself to the lang-uage of the Jews. The Light did its

work, turning the Jews from the adoration of the Evil

Principle, and the Pagans from the worship of the DEMONS. But the

Chief of the Empire of Dark-ness caused him to be crucified by the

Jews. Still, he suffered in appearance only..." (page 567)

Note: This is, in its entirety, the exact opposite of Biblical

doctrine. It places the 'saving power' and position of Jesus

Christ at the feet of Lucifer and labels the Holy God of Israel a

Demon. It denies the whole purpose of Christ's death on the

Cross and puts Lucifer there, instead! (Sysop)

THE ENERGIES OF LUCIFER

"When the Mason Learns that the Key to the warrior on the block

is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has

learned the Mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of

LUCIFER are in his hands and before he may step onward and

upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply (this)

energy." (Locked Keys of Freemasonry, Manly P. Hall, page 48)

YES, LUCIFER IS GOD

"That which we must say to the crowd is - We worship a God, but

it is the God that one adores without superstition.

"To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that

you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th

degrees - The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of

the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian

Doctrine.

"If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay (The God of the

Christians) whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy and hatred of man,

barbarism and repulsion for science, would Adonay and his priests,

calumniate him?

"Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also god. For

the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no

beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the

absolute can only exist as two gods: darkness being necessary for

light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the

statue, and the brake to the locomotive.

"Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and

pure philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of

Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is

struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of Darkness and

Evil" (Instructions to the 23 Supreme Councils of the World,

Albert Pike, Grand Commander, Sovereign Pontiff of Universal

Freemasonry, July 14, 1889. Recorded by A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et

l'Enfant dans la Franc-Maconnerie Universelle. (page 588)

Note: The Word of God, the Bible, clearly places Lucifer in his

proper place, gives God's reasons for placing him there. "How Art thou

fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut

down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast

said in thine heart, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of

the north:

"I will ascend above the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

(Isaiah 14:12-15)

THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE

Masonic ritual is concerned with the recovery of the name of God-

supposedly lost through the murder, during the building of

Solomon's Temple of the Architect, Hiram Abiff- a 'Quest' not

attained until the ROYAL ARCH DEGREE.

It is here that the SECRET NAME of the DEITY OF MASONRY is

revealed. That name is 'JAOBULON'. 'JAO' is the Greek word for

Jehovah. 'BUL' is a rendering of the name, BAAL. 'ON' is the term used

in the Babylonian mysteries to call upon the deity, 'OSIRIS'!

The secret ritual book of the Craft prints the letters J.B.O. It

states that: "We three do meet and agree - in peace, love and unity

- the Sacred Word to keep - and never to divulge the same - until

we three, or three such as we - do meet and agree." Thus, no Royal

Arch Mason can pronounce the whole sacred name by himself!

What you see represented, then, as the god of Freemasonry, is a

three headed monster so remote from the Christian trinity as to be

so blasphemous as to damn the eternal soul of anyone who would dare to

pronounce its name in a ritual of worship!

I AM THAT I AM

In the closing ceremonies of the ritual for the Royal Arch

degree, the candidate is asked, "Brother Inspector, what are

you?" and he replies, "I AM THAT I AM". Can you imagine that? When

Moses asked God to name himself, God said, "I AM THAT I AM" and he

said, "thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath

sent me unto you." (Exodus 3:14).

Tell us how a Christian who is a Royal Arch Mason can take to

himself the very name of the God of Israel? The God of the

Christian faith said, "Ye are even my witnesses! Is there a God

beside me? Yea, I know not any! They that make a graven image are ALL

of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they

are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be

ashamed. (Isaiah 44:8, 9)

USURPING THE PRIESTHOOD OF JESUS

In the 19th level of Freemasonry, the Initiate receives the

degree of GRAND PONTIFF. It is during this ritual that the

candidate swears an oath of secrecy and an oath of total

obedience "to any Chapter of this degree to which I may belong; and

the edicts, laws and mandates of the Grand Consistory of Sublime

Princes and Commanders of the Royal Secret, as well as those of the

Supreme Council of the 33rd degree"..

It is then that the 'Thrice Puissant' annoints him with oil on

the crown of his head and says: "Be Thou a Priest Forever, after the

order of Melchizedek."

After receiving the password (Emanuel) and the sacred word

(Alleluia), he is dressed in a robe of white linen and given a

cordon (a ribbon or sash of honor worn across the breast) of

crimson color, with 12 stars representing "the 12 gates of the 'new

city', and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, the twelve fruits of the

tree of life, the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Apostles"

(Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated, The Complete Ritual, Vol. 2,

pages 26-27, E. Cook Publications, 1974)

It must be pointed out that what has taken place here, is the

Masonic, Luciferian priesthood taking upon itself, the Holy

Priesthood of Jesus Christ. That is a Priesthood that can be held by

only one person and that one person is clearly defined in

scripture as Jesus Christ!

Chapters 7 and 8 of the Book of Hebrews clearly explains that it

was ANOTHER priest to be raised up, not a group of priests! This

Priest would be our HIGH PRIEST and would be able to save from the

Uttermost! He would have 'endless life'! The holder of THIS

Priesthood would be 'holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from

sinners and made higher than the heavens (7:26). This is Jesus, our

Holy Lord and God!

This 'ritual' takes Christ's Holy Priesthood from Him, and the

Grand Pontiff boldly puts upon his own breast! Even the

'Biblical' secret and sacred words fail to cover up the adding in of

the 'signs of the Zodiac', a direct alliance with the powers of

darkness and a demonstration of disobedience to God's Word, in

Deuteronomy 18:10-12, where it is said that he who "useth

Divination" (consulting the signs of the Zodiac to tell the

future), "or is an observer of times" (which is an ancient

description for Augury or Astrology - again dealing with the

Zodiac) "is an abomination unto the Lord"!

Again, we see a mirror image of Biblical truth. The Priesthood

power of Jesus is given to Satan, the god of Masonry.

WASHED IN THE BLOOD

In the seventeenth degree, or Knights of the East and West,

having completed the initiation and after revealing the pass - word

(Jubulum) and the Sacred Word (Abaddon), "the Senior Warden conducts

the Candidate to the elevated vacant canopy at the right of the

All Puissant."

"This is supposed to represent the end of the world when all good

masons receive their reward by being conducted to a throne at the

right hand of the All Puissant, having been purified by washing

their robes in their own blood."

In the lecture which follows, between the All Puissant and the

Senior Warden, the Book with Seven Seals, which none but one can open

(Rev 5:5) is twisted to represent "A Lodge or Council of Masons

which the All Puissant alone has the right to convene and open."

The Fourth Seal is represented by a skull or "Death's Head" and

we are told it "is the image of a brother who is excluded from a

Lodge or Council" The fifth Seal is represented by a "Cloth

Stained with Blood." The All Puissant identifies this as a symbol

"that we should not hesitate to spill ours for the good of

masonry". (Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated, The complete

Ritual, Vol. 1, Pages 453, 456, 457, E. Cook Publishing, 1974)

What a gross misrepresentation of the Holy Word of God! First and

foremost, It is Christ and He alone who 'hath prevailed to open the

book and loose the seven seals thereof'. To presume that honor and

power is to deny Christ, or yet in deeper perversity, to replace his

power and authority with that of the All Puissant, even in the

rep-resentation of the power to save and to enthrone. -This is the very

spirit of the AntiChrist!

Again, another clue to the true identity of the Masonic Deity is

revealed in the 'Sacred Word' of this ritual, "Abaddon". In

Revelation 9:11, we learn that "they (the demons and workers from

hell) had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit,

whose name in the Hebrew tongue is ABADDON!"

BLOOD OATHS

Throughout the initiation rituals of the "BLUE LODGES" and

through all 33 degrees of Freemasonry, the candidates are sworn to

secrecy by bloody oaths. Such as is the oath sworn by the Entered

Apprentice or first degree: "...binding myself under no less penalty

than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its

roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea, at low-

water mark". The Master Mason swears, "..under no less penalty than

that of having my body severed in two, my bowels taken from thence and

burned to ashes, the ashes scattered before the four winds of

heaven.."

It is in this final 'Blue Lodge' degree that that candidate is

laid out 'in death' and is raised from the dead by the

'Worshipful Master' of the Lodge, using the secret grip of the

Master Mason.

Let no Mason deceive you! We again face this replacement of our

Saviour's place by the power and authority of Lucifer. Paul said that

if anyone should preach any other gospel 'than that which we have

preached unto you, let him be accursed'. (Gal 1:8, 9)

The simplicity of the Gospel is this, "Moreover, brethren, I

declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye

have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved,

if ye keep in memory what I have preached unto you, unless ye have

believed in vain.

"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also

received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the

scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the

third day according to the scriptures." (1 Cor. 15:1-5)

The infinite power of Jesus was confirmed by Him when He said,

"ALL power is given unto ME in heaven and in earth". (Matt.

28:18) This power is His alone! "For if by one man's offence

death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of

grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,

Jesus Christ!" (Romans 5:17)

Jesus was the one who rose from the dead. Jesus is the one with

the power to raise from the dead. Jesus is the one who frees us from

the sting of death!

The Mason who would call himself Christian and allow himself to

partake of a ritual resurrection by the power of Lucifer is no

Christian. He is a Satanist. He stands, having been born again and

raised from the dead as a Master Mason, through the power of the

Masonic god, whom the God of Israel cast into the pit!

He and his 'saviour' pass the sacred word, Mah-Hah-Bone. Next, in

the 'Five Points Of Fellowship, the new Master Mason solemnly vows

"3d, Breast to Breast: that you will ever keep in your breast a

brother's secrets, when communicated to you and received as such,

murder and treason excepted." (Duncan's Rituals, Revised And Complete,

E. Cook Publications, 1974, pages 35, 96, 120, 121)

It should further be noted that in the Royal Arch Degree, the

candidate swears to protect the 'brethren', "Murder and treason not

excepted"! This places the Masonic oath above that of our courts

and our country. What hope would you have against a Mason in a

Criminal or Civil Court with a Judge who is a 32nd or 33rd degree

Mason? None, by the nature of their oaths!

COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AND HIS SHED BLOOD AT CALVARY, WE

EXHORT YOU WHO CLAIM TO BE A MASON AND A CHRISTIAN.."Come out from

among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord and touch not the

unclean thing; and I will receive you". (2 Cor. 6:17)

"This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which

is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any

other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,

whereby we must be saved". (Acts 4:11-12)

"For there is One God and One Mediator between God and men, the

man Christ Jesus". (1 Tim. 2:5)

"According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise

masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation and another buildeth

cthereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For

other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus

Christ". (1 Cor. 3:10-11)

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name

which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee

should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things

under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus

Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Phil. 2:9-11)

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what

fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what

communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with

Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"

(2 Cor. 6:14, 15)

ONE OR THE OTHER

We are adamant that there is no other choice for you right now.

If you are a Mason who professes to be a Christian, you are lying

before the Holy God of Israel! Either renounce your Christian

faith or renounce Masonry. One is from on high and the other is from

the pit!

Every 'Blue Lodge' member who reads this can no longer maintain

his defense of ignorance. Today, you stand revealed! Today, you must

make your choice! Every Mason, through the highest degree, has had

the mask of secrecy ripped away. You are without defense. Choose Jesus

or choose Lucifer. Renounce Jesus if you must, but do not stand in

the assembly of His saints and mock Him!

Unless you repent of this evil, your presence in the congregation

of a Christian body is a grieving of the Holy Spirit. We pray that

you will choose Jesus, and you will repent and be set free from

this wicked power unto whom you have submitted your very soul!

If this is your desire, remember that we have this promise, "If

we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness". (1 John 1:9)

Pray this prayer right now! "Father in Heaven, in the name of the

Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned. I confess that I have

allowed myself to fall under the power and authority of Lucifer, the

god of Masonry. I confess it as sin, and ask that you forgive me. I

reject it and cast it from me and will immediately remove my name from

its rolls! Jesus, I call you Lord and Saviour and ask that you

come into my heart and fill me with your love and Spirit. Let no

unclean thing remain! I am yours and yours alone! I am set free! In

Jesus name, Amen!"

Leave a message to us, dear friend and let us know of your

decision for Jesus Christ!