A few points for clarification:

1.  Peter quotes these words on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:14-23 when he faced the hostile unbelievers of Jerusalem. Acts 2:13, “But other were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine [when the Gift of Languages became operational].” The Jewish unbelievers in Judea were living Cosmic 2. For this reason, the Lord will remove a large segment of these Jewish people in 70 A.D. (the Big Blot-out). Paul anticipates the Big Blot-out of 70 A.D.

2. The only hope for Israel is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the God of Israel; The Jewish believers are His people. The Lord protected Israel in all of their client nations except when they entered a period of apostasy. Apostasy always precedes the Big Blot-out.

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3.  Yet this context indicates that the Jew is not only equivalent but greater in his negative volition toward Christ than the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

4. Amenhotep II who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus was negative toward the Lord in his confrontation with Moses. God even extended his life so that the world would be evangelized via his negative volition. At that time, the Pharaoh set a record for scar tissue of the soul.

5.  The record-holder in every generation of history is always a Jew guilty of the big blot-out (Blot-out is a term used when the majority of the Jewish people are negative toward the gospel). This was true during the Lord’s three-year public ministry, and during the beginning of the Church Age and during Paul’s ministry.

6. When the 1st Advent was prophetical in the Old Testament there were Jews in every generation who blotted out the 1st Advent during which Christ presented himself as Messiah and savior. As a result of this, great historical disaster came to every generation of Jews who lived in the Cosmic System and became a part of a big blot-out.

7. When Christ actually came, that generation actually exceeded all other generations in their accumulation of scar tissue even though they were face to face with Christ, the fulfilment of prophecy.

8. After the cross, the big blot-out continued for 40 years until the 5th cycle of discipline was administered in 70 A.D. Periodically historical disaster overtakes the Jews because of this phenomenon, the big blot-out.

9. Therefore, there is only one hope for the Jew as well as for the Gentile and that is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ namely to call upon His person as per Joel 2:32 or Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13. 

What is the Big Blot-out? Occasionally, in history the Lord as the controller of history has to remove a large segment of the population due to their extreme antagonism toward truth. The removal is called the Big Blot-out, a surgical removal of a cancer from society. The cancer is formed by involvement in Cosmic 2 of the Cosmic System.

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Introduction to Satan’s Cosmic System:

Definition

The cosmic system is Satan's strategy as the ruler of this world to control believers as well as unbelievers.  Satan's cosmic system is composed of two separate power spheres namely Cosmic 1 and 2.  Cosmic One is Satan's exploitation of believers and unbelievers through their own arrogance.  Cosmic Two is Satan's propaganda to educate and promote antagonism toward anything related to God, His word or anyone one learning or teaching His word. Cosmic one represents Satan's attitude from the time of his prehistoric fall up to the prehistoric angelic trial. Cosmic Two represents Satan's attitude from the time of Adam's fall in the garden to the end of the Millennium. Cosmic One emphasizes arrogance and subjectivity. Cosmic Two emphasizes antagonism and intolerance toward the plan, purpose, and will of God, as well as toward all Christians executing it.  Thus, Cosmic One is Satan's philosophy in the prehistoric angelic conflict. Cosmic Two is Satan's philosophy in human history as the ruler of this world.

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COSMIC ONE:

1. Emphasizes arrogance; preoccupation with self.        

2. Target: ego, the self-consciousness of the soul.

3. Results in preoccupation and obsession with self to the exclusion of God and man.

4. Emphasizes self in contrast to God and objective reality.

5. Represents Satan's attitude at the time of his prehistoric fall.

6. Represents Satan's philosophy in the prehistoric angelic conflict when he was obsessed with self in maximum arrogance.        

7. The believer in cosmic one assumes the arrogance of Satan at his fall.

8. The believer becomes a slave to self.       

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 COSMIC TWO:

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1. Emphasizes animosity, hatred, antagonism toward God and His plan.

2. Target: truth or doctrine.

3. Results in antagonism toward Christ as the living Word and doctrine as the written Word.

4. Stresses human viewpoint over Divine viewpoint.

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5. Represents Satan's attitude from the time of man's historical fall to the end of human history.

6. Represents Satan's philosophy as ruler of this world after the fall of man. Now he is obsessed with destroying the plan of God as the #1 enemy of the plan of God.

7. The believer or the unbeliever in Cosmic Two becomes inculcated with the antagonism of Satan which antagonism began at the fall of the human history.   

8. The believer or unbeliever becomes a slave to Satan.

Ephesians 2:2, "in which sphere [in spiritual death] you formerly walked [as an unbeliever] according to the lifestyle of this cosmos [Satan’s cosmic system], according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit [Satan] who is now operational [working via Cosmic 1 & 2] in the sons of disobedience [believers not executing the spiritual life]."

The religious Jews who lived during Christ’s 1st Advent did not understand Christ since they rejected revelation from God. Certainly today, cosmic unbelievers and cosmic Christians cannot understand the Christian who is advancing in the spiritual life and executing God’s plan though a Christian can understand those in Satan’s Cosmic System through the Word of God. In this study we will only deal with Cosmic Two since that system deals with antagonism. Antagonism which Jesus, Peter, Paul etc. faced during their ministries.  

DOCTRINE OF COSMIC TWO:  THE ANTAGONISM COMPLEX

Introduction: The doctrine of cosmic two deals with the subject of quenching the Holy Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19 says, "Do not quench the Spirit." Cosmic two is the function of the believer in apostasy under the principle of antagonism. The gates of cosmic two are antagonistic not only toward Bible doctrine, but also toward the protocol plan of God in general and anything related to God, including the laws of divine establishment.

Gate 1: Motivational Antagonism toward Bible Doctrine and the Protocol Plan of God: The Old Sin Nature as the agent.

We have a built-in system of antagonism toward God namely the sin nature. The old sin nature is the primary source of temptation in life. But more than that, it represents the corruption of the cell structure of the body through our relationship with Adam. (There are two general categories of temptation in life: Inner temptation from the old sin nature, outside temptation from people, and situations or circumstances of life. However, there is only one source of sin:  human volition. To be tempted is not sinful or evil, but to succumb to the temptation by utilizing your own volition in doing whatever the temptation suggests becomes the basis for sin. Therefore, the guardian of the human soul is human volition.) The old sin nature occupies every cell of the human body, except the twenty-three chromosomes of the female ovum. The old sin nature residing in the body is the major source of temptation directed toward the volition of the soul.

We must take responsibility for our sins. When we succumb to temptation due to negative volition, the old sin nature takes control our soul and the believer is then carnal. We remain in this position until we use the recovery procedure.  At which time the Holy Spirit regains control of our soul. Every day, we make constant decisions for either the old sin nature or the Holy Spirit. Even when we sin in ignorance, we still wanted to do it, and so, we are responsible for that decision. Our volition gave the go-ahead to that temptation to sin, and so as far as God is concerned, we are guilty. There are two categories of sin from human volition: The sins of cognizance in which volition is aware that a sin is committed, and the sins of ignorance in which volition made the decision to sin but was unaware that it was a sin. Both categories of sin make us equally guilty before the Lord and, as believers, antagonistic toward God's plan.  Since volition wanted to and did commit the sin, whether in ignorance or cognizance, the individual is responsible for all of his sins. (Some of these statements may also be applied to the unbeliever.)

There are three characteristics which form the essence of the old sin nature, Satan’s inside agent: An area of weakness, an area of strength and the lust pattern. There is variation in temptations and sins from these two different areas and the lust pattern among people that we cannot measure our spiritual advance by comparing ourselves with others.  First, there is an area of weakness which tempts us regarding our brand of sin. Secondly, there is an area of strength which tempts in the areas of human good and moral degeneration for example you might say, “I would never get drunk like that drunken bum,” or “How could anyone steal a hymnal,” after hearing of a stolen hymnal. From this comes a strong tendency toward self- righteousness, and a holier-than-thou attitude. This is being neither devout nor pious, but simply functioning in another area of the old sin nature. Third, there is the lust pattern which tempts us in certain fields, such as lust for money, sex, chemical stimulation, power, approbation, lust for revenge and even killer lust. Understanding the essence of the sin nature helps to understand Satan’s inside agent.

God has provided human volition as a defense against temptation related to sin, human good, and evil (a few examples of evil: socialism providing the welfare state, redistribution of wealth, the destruction of privacy, freedom and property etc., and socialism evolving into Marxism). Human volition guards the gate of the soul against the pressure of temptation. Through temptation, the old sin nature is constantly seeking to gain control over our soul. Therefore, the soul of every believer is a battleground as long as he lives. The old sin nature has no power beyond temptation, so we are responsible for all of our sins.

The absolute status quo of every believer falls into two categories. The believer is either living the spiritual life in God’s protocol plan where he is said to be filled with the Spirit, or he is living in the cosmic system.  In cosmic one he is grieving the Holy Spirit, and in cosmic two he is quenching the Holy Spirit. Therefore, spirituality and carnality are absolutes; you are either completely spiritual or completely carnal. No matter what your stage of spiritual growth, you are either controlled by the Spirit or by the old sin nature. Spirituality and carnality are mutually exclusive. You can be spiritual as a baby believer; you can be spiritual as a mature believer. You can be carnal as a baby believer; you can be carnal as a mature believer. The relative status quo of every believer is his spiritual growth or retrogression.  As a new believer we begin as a baby, moves into adolescence, and eventually advances to spiritual adulthood in three categories; or he can retrogress through the eight stages of reversionism known as backsliding. You are either a winner or loser at any given point in your spiritual life.

The use of Rebound namely the Recovery Procedure is a grace decision by which we get out of carnality and the cosmic system. We get into the cosmic system through sin; we get out through naming that sin as a priestly function.  Believers who never learn the Recovery Procedure live their entire life in Cosmic 1 and 2. There is no way you can execute God's game plan on your ability; it can be executed only through grace. In grace, God does the work and man is the beneficiary apart from his merit.

Under the authority and power of the Holy Spirit, the believer does not sin.  When he decides to use his volition to sin, that decision removes him from the authority and power of the Holy Spirit. If the believer remains out of fellowship for a prolonged period of time, he will become demonized via blackout and scar tissue of the soul (Ephesians 4:17, 18). The old sin nature, gate one is the system by which we, as believers, give our own personal consent to demonization. It is also the gate in which the unbeliever begins to give consent in two categories: demon influence and demon possession.  So, the old sin nature is the snare that gets a person into the cosmic system, but he still has free will to escape through the use of the Recovery Procedure.

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Gate 2:  Negative Volition.

Cosmic one and Cosmic two both have negative volition-gates. The negative volition gate of each cosmic system emphasizes the basic difference between the two systems. Negative volition in cosmic one always results from arrogance and preoccupation with self but does not necessarily indicate antagonism toward Bible doctrine. Negative volition in cosmic two is the direct result of hostility toward the Word of God or toward the one who communicates it. Gate 2 of Cosmic One can be described as indifference to doctrine or having wrong priorities; both come from arrogance. Gate 2 of Cosmic Two can be described as open antagonism toward the teaching of doctrine and the one who communicates it.

All negative volition in the human race can be classified as rejection or antagonism toward truth in one or more of the three categories of truth which are as follows: The laws of divine establishment for believer and unbeliever. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ for unbelievers, and Bible doctrine for believers in Jesus Christ. When a person rejects truth whether he be unbeliever or believer, he will enter into the Eight Stages of Reversionism. The first sign of this is social degeneration or anti-establishment which is gate 3 of cosmic two.

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Gate 3: Anti-establishment.

The Laws of Divine Establishment are for both believer and unbeliever which laws balance freedom with authority and permit evangelism, Bible teaching and missionary activity.  Freedom without authority is anarchy; authority without freedom is tyranny. The move toward anti-establishment begins when the unbeliever rejects the gospel. Though the unbeliever may have been very pro establishment, once he rejects the gospel, he will move in the direction of anti-establishment. Once a person rejects the kernel of truth namely the gospel, he will begin vacuuming in the lie into his soul anti-establishment thinking and every other untruth. The unbeliever involved in anti-establishment is described in Romans 1:26-32, “For this reason God [the function of the Supreme Court of Heaven] he delivered them over to shameful lusts [turned them over to their sin natures]; even their own women exchanged their natural sexual function for that which is unnatural [lesbianism], (27) and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural sexual function with a woman and were inflamed with their lusts toward one another [homosexuality], men with other men committing the shameful deed [homosexuality: indecent acts] and receive in themselves the due penalty of their perversion [many plagues in history]. (28) And just as they did not see fit to have God in their knowledge any longer [negative volition at God-consciousness], God delivered them over to a depraved mind to do the things that are not proper, (29) being filled with all unrighteousness, greed, malice, full of jealousy, murder, dissension, deceit, evil motivation; they became gossips, (30) slanderers, haters of God, insolent, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, (31) without understanding, lacking honor and integrity, unloving [no capacity for love], implacable. (32) And although they know the righteous decree of God, that those who practice such things deserve death [capital punishment], they not only continue to do these very things, but also they approve of others who practice them." The believer involved in rejecting truth is described in 2 Timothy 3:2-7.  "For persons [Church Age believers] will be lovers of self [cosmic one], lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self- control, brutal [emotion bringing about the irrational person: unreasonable, cruel, savage, violent, and inhuman], haters of good [of intrinsic value], treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having an overt appearance of the spiritual life [the hypocrisy of legalism; the distraction of emotionalism], but they have denied its power [the two power options of the spiritual life]. Therefore, avoid these believers [who are anti-establishment and anti-protocol plan of God], for among these are those who worm their way into homes [to commit sexual sins] and captivate silly [weak] women who are loaded down with sins [full of arrogance] and swayed by all kinds of evil desires [no control over the lust pattern of the sin nature], always learning [academic understanding of certain Biblical truths, but no metabolization of that truth] but never able to come to the epignosis knowledge of the truth."

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 Gate 4: Cosmic Panaceas.

By definition, a panacea is a cure-all; a simple, stupid, disastrous solution from the tunnel vision anti-establishment function or the substitution of legalism or emotionalism for the spiritual life. The unbeliever who rejects truth starting with the gospel and the believer who rejects the spiritual life will substitutes cosmic panaceas. This gate is that function of seeking solutions to the problems of life apart from truth in its three categories: the Laws of Divine Establishment, the gospel of salvation, and accurate Bible teaching and doctrine. Human viewpoint solutions to the problems of life are no substitute for divine solutions.

Laws may guarantee equal opportunity, but no sane government would attempt to provide equality such as in mental health, mental ability, strength, motivation, love ad nauseam, but they try to make us all equal economically which include such things as taxing the rich to feed the poor, i.e., the redistribution of wealth, the break-up of successful business enterprises, the confiscation of property, the nationalization of industry, and the passing of laws to suit or conform to this false doctrine of equality.

Cosmic panaceas inevitably result in big government, fat with bureaucrats and people with less and less freedom in terms of rights, privacy and property. Cosmic panaceas advocate the criterion that make people slaves to the state instead of the government being the servant of the people. Cosmic panaceas are based on self-righteous arrogance and so promise all sorts of things that cannot be fulfilled. In their divorcement from reality, they advocate equality for all via taxing the rich not only to feed the poor but to raise the standard of living for the poor via the redistribution of wealth. Those involved in cosmic panaceas promote the breaking-up of successful business enterprises, the confiscation of property, the nationalization of industry, and the passing of laws to suit or conform to this false doctrine of equality. Both authority and freedom are sacrificed on the altar of equality.

No government or personal interest group can create equality in the human race. Only God can create equality, which He has done with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation. So, a myth is destroyed. Equal opportunity is not equality. In fact, equal opportunity guarantees inequality, as demonstrated in both the temporal and spiritual realm. By creating equal opportunity in the protocol plan of God, God has guaranteed that in heaven there will be great inequality. There are always some people who use their equal opportunity, and some who do not.

In the name of the greater good for the greater number, the government commits crimes, sets itself above the law, and therefore destroys the laws which protect our freedom, privacy, property and lives. Socialism and Marxism are anti-freedom and anti-God, though many Christian organizations advocate their false doctrines and try to merge them with Christian doctrine. Without freedom, the individual cannot have a destiny. Without authority or establishment, one cannot have freedom.

Cosmic panaceas are designed to promote the rule of Satan on earth. He is the ruler of this world in name, but he becomes the ruler in effect through the arrogance of believers and unbelievers who cooperate to help his regime through crusader arrogance and cosmic panaceas. History has demonstrated the failure of cosmic panaceas in the devil's world. Crusader arrogance and its resultant cosmic panaceas add up to a false premise, and there is no solution to life based on a false premise or a false conclusion. 

Gate 5:  Cosmic Degeneration.

Degeneration is defined here as deterioration or retrogression of the person who constantly lives in Satan's cosmic system. They deteriorate or retrogress by going from one category of degeneration to another.  Basically, degeneration means to become worse. Under cosmic degeneration, the standards and modus operandi of the person whether believer or unbeliever who lives in the cosmic system declines. Hence, degeneration in the cosmic system is a process of deterioration, passing from a higher to a lower status quo.

There are two categories of cosmic degeneration namely immoral degeneration which is obvious, and moral degeneration which is not so obvious. To understand this, let’s look briefly at the Sin Nature which has both an area of weakness, an area of strength, lust pattern and trends. This results in a diversity of sins, failures, and flaws. When the person prolongs his residence in the cosmic system, he begins to deteriorate soulishly by moving toward his area of weakness which can be immoral or moral degradation. Therefore, a prolonged stay in the cosmic system can result in either immoral or moral degeneration.

Immoral degeneration includes such things as crime, violence, sexual perversion, and drug addiction. All of this goes back to a basic rejection of authority in the home and at God-consciousness (awareness). Romans 1:24-27 describes such a person who rejects God at awareness. "Therefore, God delivered them over to the lusts of their right lobes to an immoral status [through black-out of the soul], that their bodies might be degraded among themselves; they who exchanged the doctrine from God for a lie. They both worship and serve the creature [Satan] rather than the Creator [the Lord] who is blessed forever. Because of this, God has delivered them over to the passions of dishonor [or shameful passions namely immoral degeneracy].  For not only their women exchanged the normal function of sex for that which is contrary to nature [lesbianism], but also in the same manner, the men abandoned their natural relationship with women [homosexuality] and became inflamed with their lust for one another, males with males, accomplishing the perverted act of homosexuality, and received in themselves the judgment of their perversion which was inevitable."  When the believer becomes morally degenerate, his friends may hale him as a great believer. If however, he should become immorally degenerate, he will probably shock himself and often concludes that he is not saved though he is. Nevertheless, these things occur among believers every day. Abraham committed adultery with the Egyptian, Hagar; David committed adultery with the Jewish Bathsheba, and then murdered her gentile husband, an honorable believer and a general in David’s army. Paul mentions a partial list of sins that were prevalent among the Galatian Christians in Galatians 5:19, “Now, the works of the flesh [sin nature] are plainly seen such as [a representative list] fornication [pornea: including adultery], mental defilement from wrong doing [1 Thessalonians 2:3; Matthew 23:27] and sexual sins related to abnormality and criminality, licentious behavior [the Greek word aselgeia: extreme indulgence in sensual pleasure related to alcohol, drugs and sex including sexual sins related to idolatry and human sacrifice].” The born-again believer in the cosmic system is far worse generally than the degenerate unbeliever, because the believer must go through far more systems of resistance to do what he does. Consequently, the worst people on the face of the earth are degenerate believers.

God's view and inevitable judgment of homosexuality is memorialized in the Dead Sea. Inevitably, God must judge all forms of immoral degeneracy and eliminate such people from humankind for the preservation of mankind. For one of the greatest dangers related to the destruction of mankind is immoral degeneracy, not nuclear weapons. Though, man has the potential for self-destruction, God keeps immoral degeneracy in check through judgment. The punishment for immoral degeneracy is related to two categories of suffering: The law of volitional responsibility, Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived. God is not mocked for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap,” and divine judgment administered from the justice of God for example the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

Much more subtle is moral degeneracy which often passes for spirituality among believers who are ignorant of good Bible teaching. Moral degeneracy can be classified as uncontrolled and unrestrained legalism. Prolonged residence in the cosmic system results in some believers exercising the functions of self-righteous arrogance to the point of violence, destruction of property, and murder. Peter was about to enter into moral degeneracy when Paul nipped it in the bud. Galatians 2:11-13,  "But when Cephas [Peter] came to Antioch, I [Paul] opposed him face to face because he stood condemned [for his legalism and hypocrisy which ultimately lead to moral degeneracy]. Before certain men [legalistic believers] came from James [a legalist for a while], he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when these legalists came, he began to withdraw and to separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of the circumcision-party. Consequently, the rest of the Jews joined Peter in his hypocrisy with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by this hypocrisy." The apostle Paul as an unbeliever, Saul of Tarsus was guilty of moral degeneracy which motivated his persecution of Christians.  Acts 8:3, "But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house. He would drag off both men and women and put them in prison." Because of the function of moral degeneracy in his pre-salvation days, the apostle Paul, the greatest Christian of all, states in 1 Timothy 1:15 by way of retrospective exposition, "It is a trustworthy statement [true deposition] deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am the worst." So, Paul ranked himself as the worst sinner who ever lived not because of immorality for Paul wasn’t immoral, but because of his moral degeneracy for he was the most self-righteous person who has ever lived. There was no one in his league. So, the worst sinner who ever lived, Saul of Tarsus, was a very moral, self-righteous person, a strong adherent to the legalistic distortion of the Mosaic Law. Born-again believers through prolonged residence in the cosmic system can also become involved in moral degeneracy. The Galatian believers were guilty of such degeneracy which came from their keeping the Mosaic Law for spirituality. This is described as their problem in Galatians 3:1-3, “You foolish Galatians, who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing of faith? Are you so stupid? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being brought to completion [in the spiritual life] by the flesh [functioning out of fellowship under the legalism of the Judaizers]?”

Moral degeneracy often leads to false doctrines, such as sinless perfection.  1 John 1:8, "If we allege that we do not have a sin nature, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth [Bible doctrine] is not in us." Now skip verse 9 and go to verse 10, “If we allege that we have not sinned [usually from [point of our salvation up to the point of the allegation], we make Him a liar and His word is not in us [in our soul in the form of metabolized truth]” Moral degeneracy is characterized by self-deceit combined with ignorance and/or rejection of doctrine. Moral degeneracy had become an evil influence in the Colossian church, as stated in Colossians 2:16-18, "Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to the food that you eat or what you drink or with regard to any religious day or the observance of the new moon celebration or a Sabbath day. (17) These are shadows that were to come. The reality, however, is found in Christ. (18) Do not let anyone who delights in false humility, even the worship of angels, defraud you or disqualify you from your prize [escrow blessings]. Such a person [believer in moral degeneracy] takes his stand on alleged visions and his non-spiritual mind inflates with idle notions."  This is an excellent description of self-righteous arrogance which includes the arrogance of legalism, personality arrogance, authority arrogance, crusader arrogance, and the arrogance of Christian service (works).

Gate 6: Demonism.

1. There are four categories of fallen angels, three of which are incarcerated and one group which is operational. The incarcerated ones are found in the Abyss as per Revelation 9:1-11, in Tartarus as per 2 Peter 2:4 and under the Euphrates River as per Revelation 9:14-15. The fallen angels which are operational function under the rule of Satan during human history.

2.  There are two categories of demon activity in human history namely demon influence and demon possession. Demon influence is Satan’s thinking entering the soul of the believer or unbeliever through the concept of black-out of the soul.  When there is insufficient truth or a lack of truth in the soul, the person will accept the lies of Satan.  Demon possession is a demon indwelling the body of an unbeliever only. Since the believer is indwelt by God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, no demon can indwell the body of a believer.

3.  For either demon influence or possession to occur, the person must be in the cosmic system. There cannot be demon influence or possession apart from human consent, which requires decisions made from a position of weakness (one controlled by his sin nature). The believer is in a position of weakness and will be demonized when he is functioning out of fellowship with the Spirit. The unbeliever is in a position of weakness when he rejects the Laws of Establishment and will be demonized and in some cases can be demon possessed.

4.  Demons are capable of two categories of violence namely indirect and direct. In indirect violence, the demon must attack either through demon influence or demon possession. Much more common today is demon influence which is the source of most of the violence we face motivated by hatred, anger, criminal activity, and terrorism. Direct violence is a phenomenon reserved for the last half of the Tribulation. The demon attacking force includes the three angelic assault armies.  (1) The attack of the first demon assault army stationed in the Abyss, Revelation 9:1-11. (2) The attack of the second demon assault army stationed under the Euphrates River, Revelation 9:14-19. (3) The attack of the third demon assault army stationed in heaven under the direct command of Satan, Revelation 12:7-9, and Satan’s attack at the end of the Millennium called Gog and Magog, Revelation 20:7-10.

5.  Believers and unbelievers in the cosmic system during the Tribulation are victims of violence from demon assault armies. Satan's rationale in torturing and destroying his human servants is that once he is cast to the earth, he doesn’t need them anymore. This is a case of finesse judgment, where God uses evil to judge evil (Revelation 9:4, 5, 18). Satan destroys his own losers in the cosmic system. So also, people involved in demonism have no loyalty or integrity. The arrogance of the cosmic system cancels integrity, honor, and virtue.

6. Choose between living in God’s system or Satan’s. Every day, thousands of believers living in the cosmic system make hundreds of thousands of decisions from a position of weakness. These decisions reflect the cosmic philosophy of Satan. Once decisions are made from free will to live in Satan’s cosmic system, the person loses his ability to make decisions from a position of strength. All decisions made under the influence of arrogance and in the cosmic system are decisions from a position of weakness. All decisions made from the Filling of the Spirit and application of Bible doctrine are decisions made from a position of strength.

7. You make decisions all the time and they will eventuate in a trend. They are either from a position of weakness which leads to a self-destructive trend or from a position of strength leading to an upward trend of spiritual growth and virtue.  

Gate 7:  Religion.

Christianity and religion are antithetical. In Christianity, God saves mankind through personal faith in Jesus Christ. In religion, man seeks to impress God with his works. Religion can be classified as the devil's ace trump since it blinds so many people. Satan invented religion to counterfeit God's plan, purpose, and will for mankind, namely to blind the unbeliever from the gospel and to divert the believer from the execution of the protocol plan of God. Religion is part of the devil's strategy in being "like the Most-High God," as stated in Isaiah 14:14. Christianity is not a religion, but an eternal relationship with God through personal faith in Christ. In religion, Homo sapiens seek the approbation of God through good deeds, human merit, and various categories of works. Religion reflects the evil genius of Satan, whereas Christianity represents the perfect integrity of God combined with His grace policy.

For deceit and error to be carried out effectively, Satan has devised a system of counterfeits which are the counterfeits of religion such as:

1. Gospel: 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age [Satan] has blinded the minds of unbelievers [through religion, philosophy etc.], so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

2. Ministers: 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such ones are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (14) Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light? (15) Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.”

3. Communion table: 1 Corinthians 10:19-21, “What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything or that an idol is anything? (20), No, I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I do not desire you to become fellow worshippers with demons. (21) You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.”

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4. Doctrine: 1 Timothy 4:1, “But the Spirit [the Holy Spirit is the teacher of Bible doctrine] explicitly teaches that in latter periods of time [between the 1st and 2nd Advents (Church Age and the Tribulation)] some [believers] will withdraw from doctrine, concentrating on deceitful spirits [false teachers] and doctrines from demons [involvement in Cosmic 1 & 2].” 

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5. Spirituality: Galatians 3:1-3, “O unthinking Galatians who has hypnotized you [has given you the evil eye]? Before whose eyes [refers to perception, they saw it in their mind’s eye] Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [was designated clearly: You used to have your eyes on Christ, now you have your eyes on the Mosaic Law]. (2) This only I desire to learn from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law or by hearing of faith? (3) Are you so stupid [so lacking in thought] that having begun in the sphere of the [Filling of the] Spirit, are you now being brought to completion by the flesh [using human power out of fellowship to advance spiritually]?

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6. System of righteousness: Matthew 19:16-22, “Now behold a man came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good shall I do to obtain eternal life?” (17) And He replied to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good [What good shall I do]?  There is only one [Jesus] who is good. If you desire to enter into [eternal] life [through your righteousness], and you do, then keep the commandments [impossible]. (18)  The man inquired, “Which ones?”  Jesus replied, “You shall not murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness [in court]; (19) you shall honor your father and mother, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (20) And the young man answered, “All these, I have guarded.  What do I still lack?” (21) And Jesus said to him, “If you desire to be perfect [through works] and you do [though it is impossible], go and sell your possessions and give them to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven then [return] here [after you realize that you are not perfect] and follow Me [in regeneration]. (22) After the young man heard the instruction, he departed grieving for he possessed a lot of property.

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7. False gods: All throughout history people have and will worship demons as gods. In the latter half of the Great Tribulation the dictator of the Revived Roman Empire will be worshiped as a god. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, “Do not let anyone deceive you in any way since it [the Day of the Lord: the Tribulation and 2nd Advent] will not come unless the departure [Rapture], and the man who is lawless [anti-establishment] shall be revealed, the son of perdition [doomed to destruction], (4) who opposes [the Lord Jesus Christ] and exalts himself above every so called god, or object of worship, so that he is installed in the temple of God [the Jewish temple of the Tribulation], proclaiming himself to be god.”

8. Power (dynamics): 2 Thessalonians 2:8-9, “And then [after the Rapture] the lawless one [dictator of the revived Roman Empire] will be revealed, whom the Lord shall destroy with the breath of His mouth [the least power of God] in fact he shall neutralize him by the very appearance of His coming [2nd Advent], (9) the dictator whose presence [in history] shall be according to the modus operandi of Satan with all power and by means of miracles even wonder miracles of the lie.” Satan promotes him by means of power and miracles.

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9. Way of life: Matthew 23:13-36, In this passage, the Pharisees emphasized the external condition of a person and ignored the internal condition. They emphasized taboos and outward morality. They ignored internal sins which made external righteousness a sham. Their outside was clean = morality and taboos, but their inside was filthy = mental sins and lusts.

Religion is Satan's strategy for distracting Homo sapiens from the four categories of truth. First, are the Laws of Divine Establishment as taught in the Mosaic Law. Religion seeks to become the state and once it has the power, it attacks human freedom. Second, is the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Religion distorts salvation by grace through faith into many diverse systems of salvation by works, third, the Recovery Procedure is attacked through works, and fourth, the need to grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ is attacked. Religion substitutes false doctrine (or the "doctrine of demons," 2 Tim 4:1] for truth. Religion sets up a system of works and ritual to replace the protocol plan of God.

Religion motivates and produces, through false teachers, every category of evil, violence, terrorism, and murder to force people into their religion which is not only characterized by the doctrine of demons (2 Timothy 4:1), but it has both false teachers and false prophets to communicate this information.  There are at least five characteristics of false teachers in the Church Age.

1. False teachers are masters of hypocrisy. They use a phony facade, first exposed by our Lord in Matthew 7:15, “Beware (constantly be on your guard) of the false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves,” and further developed by Paul in Romans 16:18, “For such believers do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own emotions, and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the right lobes of the unsuspecting [those ignorant of truth].” Behind a public relations facade, false teachers use legalism to convert their victims to religion, Galatians 4:17-18, “They [Judaizers] zealously affect [seek or woo] you [into legalism], not commendably [not honestly] but they wish to exclude you [this means they wish to separate you from me, so that I can’t woo you with grace] in order that you might affect [court or woo] them. (18) But it is good always to be properly courted [by good Bible teachers] in an honorable manner, and not only when I am present with you.”

2. False Teachers flatter their victim, making them feel wanted which flattery appeals to the victim’s pride. 2 Timothy 3:5-7 “Holding to a superficial form [outward appearance] of the spiritual life, but they themselves have disregarded its power; avoid such ones as these. (6) For among them are those [immoral Christian men] who creep into homes [slyly enter the homes] and seduce [captivate] silly women [morally weak women because there is no doctrine in their souls] who are overwhelmed by their sins and are carried away by various lusts. (7) Always learning, but they are never able to come to a metabolized knowledge [the Greek word is epignosis] of the truth.”

3. False teachers promote idolatry as a part of the devil's communion table, Habakkuk 2:18-19, “What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, or an image, a teacher of falsehood?  For its maker trusts in his own handiwork when he fashions speechless idols. (19) Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’ To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’ And that is your teacher? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.” 1 Corinthians 10:19-22, “What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? (20) No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become a sharer in demons. (21). You cannot drink the cup of the Lord [the Communion table requires fellowship] and the cup of demons [demon influence: living in the cosmic system]; therefore, you cannot partake of the table of the Lord [the Eucharist for this worship requires the spiritual life] and the table of demons [demon influence].”

4. False teachers promote self-righteousness, to include legalism, personality arrogance, authority arrogance, crusader arrogance, and works-arrogance, 1 Timothy 1:6-7, “From which some men [pastors] have deviated [apostasy through reversionism]. They themselves have turned aside to ineffective teaching desiring to be teachers of the Law. (7) Since they do not understand either what they are teaching or concerning the things about which they speak dogmatically.” 

5. False teachers continue to operate throughout the Church Age, as this is the intensified period of the angelic conflict, 1 John 4:1-6, “Beloved, do not believe every personality, but test the person to see whether they are from God because many false prophets have come out into the world. (2) By this you know the person of God: every person [pneuma] that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. (3) and every person that does not confess Jesus is from God: this is the person of the antichrist of which you have heard that it is coming and now it is already in the world. (4) You are from God, little children and have overcome them because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. (5) They are from the world; therefore, they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. (6). We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us.  By this we know the person of truth and the person of error.” 

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Gate 8:  Evil as Satan's Policy.

Evil, both motivational and functional is the policy of Satan as the ruler of this world. The power of Satan is administered to the human race via the cosmic system. Evil is the ultimate expression of man's relationship with Satan. Evil in the cosmic system provides both the motivation and momentum. In 2 Timothy 3:13, the advance to "more and more evil" is momentum in the cosmic system. Evil comes in two categories namely motivational evil, which originates from false doctrine in the cosmic system, and functional evil, which is the modus operandi and lifestyle within the cosmic system.

While the spiritual life is the place for the function of absolute good, Satan's Cosmic System is the place for the function of absolute evil. In the protocol plan of God, good and evil are mutually exclusive. This means that no evil exists in the spiritual life under the Spirit, and no good exists in the Cosmic System. Under the authority of God the Holy Spirit and metabolized truth, the believer can only produce agathos which is good of intrinsic value. The mandate regarding evil is given to us in Romans 12:21, "Stop being conquered by evil, [consistent living in the Cosmic System] but conquer evil by means of good [functioning under God’s system of power]." Living one’s life under God’s authority is classified as purchasing time which is necessary because of evil as per Ephesians 5:16, "redeeming [purchasing] the time because the days are evil."

The protection of God’s power system and the continuance of evil will continue.  As long as Satan rules the world, evil will continue to be a part of human history. 2 Timothy 3:13, "But evil men, even deceivers, will advance more and more evil, deceiving and being deceived." Bible doctrine protects the believer from Satan's policy of evil. 2 Thessalonians 3:3, "But the Lord is faithful; He will both empower you and protect you from evil." The Lord's Prayer for the Church addressed this subject in John 17:15, when He asked the Father to "guard them from evil." 

Gate 9: Anthropocentric Academic Speculation.

2 John 9, "Everyone who advances in knowledge and does not remain in the field of play [the spiritual life] by means of the doctrine of Christ does not have God [fellowship with God]; for he who persists with doctrine, this same one has both the Father and the Son [fellowship with them]." Pseudo-intellectual arrogance is the basis for many believers trying to reconcile philosophical and scientific speculation with Bible doctrine. Hence, the believer involved in this arrogance must choose between the truth of doctrine and the false concepts in the areas of academic speculation. For example, arrogance chooses evolution over creationism as found in Genesis. Psychology and psychiatry blame man's problems on his environment instead of his bad decisions. Many theories in many academic subjects contradict Bible doctrine in such subjects as history, philosophy, geology, economics, political science, etc.

Romans 10:14

Consequently, how shall they [the Gentiles] call on Christ in whom they have not believed?  Furthermore, how shall they believe about whom they have not heard [There is no gospel information being proclaimed]? Furthermore, how shall they hear without someone proclaiming the gospel [the need for a missionary]?

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Πῶς οὖν ἐπικαλέσωνται εἰς ὃν οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν; πῶς δὲ πιστεύσωσιν οὗ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; πῶς δὲ ἀκούσωσιν χωρὶς κηρύσσοντος;

In the general context of verses 14 and 15, we have Jewish responsibility as a client nation. Regarding this responsibility, two doctrines must be understood clearly. First, what is a client nation, and secondly, the responsibility of the client nation in sending out qualified missionaries. When the Jews were called to be a client nation to God, they were called by the title “Priest nation to God.” They were brought out to fulfil something in history that had never been fulfilled before. This first client nation had the responsibility to evangelize its own people, teach the Laws of Establishment and the spiritual life to its believers. In addition, they were to send out missionaries. Without truth, nations degenerate very quickly. So, if God decides to revitalize a nation, then he will send to that nation a team of missionaries in order to evangelize, teach and to prepare indigenous young men with the gift of Pastor-teacher. However, if there is no interest in the gospel in a degenerately evil nation, then the Lord can merely allow that nation to self-destruct or use another nation to destroy it.

In verses 14 & 15 there are four rhetorical questions designed to present vital information about all client nations, not just Israel in the past. The first question deals with the problem of no gospel hearing among certain nations. Each subsequent question answers the previous one.

Romans 10:15

Finally, how shall they [missionaries from a Client Nation] proclaim the Gospel unless they are sent out?  Just as it stands written [Isaiah 52:7], "How beautiful [pleasant] are the feet [the means of travel for missionaries at that time] of those who proclaim the good news [the Gospel followed by the teaching of the spiritual life] about intrinsic good things [The Four Spiritual Mechanics].

πῶς δὲ κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν µὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν; καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζοµένων ἀγαθά.

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A few points for clarification:

1. If the pastor is a mouth or a voice; the missionary is a foot.

2. The beauty of the messenger’s feet is in the divine guidance and function of a missionary, as well as the content of his message. Furthermore, the feet of the missionary are beautiful to those desiring to hear the good news of the gospel and Bible teaching.

3. The missionary must be sent out from local churches within a client nation. These churches then both support and sustain him on the mission field. Furthermore, the government of a Client Nation should protect the missionaries. Historically, England did a very good job regarding this matter.

4. Missionary function is the responsibility of believers only in a client nation. It takes hundreds and sometimes thousands of believers to support one missionary on a foreign field.

5. When there are too many unbelievers rejecting the gospel, and too many Christians rejecting the spiritual life, the Client Nation is going to malfunction in missionary activity. When that happens, God may bring those who are desiring to hear the gospel in other nations to the Client Nation via border crossings etc.