The Threat Within (V)
The American Dictionary of The English Language by Noah Webster in 1828 states, “Universalism in theology is the doctrine or belief that all men will be saved or made happy in a future life.”
This incorrect belief did not originate in 1828, but rather much farther back. Prior to Jesus Christ’s humble birth, death, and triumphant resurrection; farther back the the King David, and even the Prophet Moses. This goes back to a time right after the global judgment of the flood. A time when man was no longer new, but turning a new chapter in its history. Here we are able to see the root of this ideology and how it has manifested today.
As stated in the previous week’s, I want to again bring about our advisory note.
If you have followed along with us, I want to take this time to say thank you! This discussion is not an easy one and one that I do not take with quick words. I want to strain a point to you that must be taken seriously. Here at Mill House Ministries we are not in the business of attacking, and/or attempting to cut down any part of the Body of Christ over areas to which the Lord has been silent on.
When discussing an event from thousands of years ago, in a different age of the world, you might be wondering how this has anything to do with the threats within the church today. The simple answer can be found in Ecclesiastes 1:9, “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” What was done before will once again be found, and is now evident today.
When the flood waters had subsided, Noah and his sons were told in Genesis 9:1, “and God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.’” However, within just a few generations we see the people decided not to listen to God and seek their own way.
Genesis 11:1-9 “1 Now all the earth used the same language and the same words. 2 And it came about, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and fire them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.” 5 Now the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the men had built. 6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore it was named Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.”
Here we see that the Lord’s commandments were not only ignored, but man attempted to do something that many scholars, critics, and nay-sayers have misunderstood for years. The Tower of Babel was in fact a real place, and just south of Baghdad are the ruins for what they were building. This post is not about the specifics of the Babel initiative, but rather their agenda. However, the Babel initiative can be put simply that they wanted to revert back to what their ancestors were able to accomplish before the flood. Their agenda to have a universal belief, a singular cause of thought, all established around the idea that man is capable of governing himself was successfully brought to fruition. The man who orchestrated this rebellion against God was named Nimrod, who is first stated in Genesis 10:8-9, “Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, ‘like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.’ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel.” Biblical scholars have speculated over the years, but research suggests Nimrod was determined to orchestrate the successful resurgence of the pre-flood society described in Genesis 6, the Babel initiative. While God put a stop to the initiative, the agenda was successfully established.
“7 ‘Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.’ 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.” Genesis 11:7-8
We now race forward and see that man has attempted to bring the world under one authority since God scattered the people and the nations were made. We can also conclude that since Babel, man has been desiring for a universal system of religion and governance. Leaders have come and gone who have all have tried, yet we know from scripture that there would not be a unification until the end.
Today, man has been pressed into believing that we are a global community. That man needs to shake off his preconceived ideas of nationality and embrace a one faith, one world agenda. There has never been one person who has championed this Babel agenda more than Pope Frances, and many critics have called him the antichrist. I have decided not to go too deep into the “weeds” and not present his statements. Not only do I not want to give his poison any more publication, but also I have seen his capacity to “wiggle” out of responsibility for his beliefs, statements, and actions. He is the crowning achievement of a system that has been increasing in power, sway, and the intent to prevail over God. While previous Popes have done atrocities that are clearly shown in scripture as being sin, the world has embraced him as the “vicar of Christ.” He is the self proclaimed authority in Christianity. Even though Hebrews makes it clear that Jesus Christ is our High Priest and we, as believers, need no person to intercede for us but Christ Himself.
Hebrews 3:1-6 “1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus; 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. 3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the boast of our hope.”
Today however, we are not going to examine the unbiblical characteristics of the position of the Pope, but rather the specific person. Pope Frances has pushed the Babel agenda to the point that, I believe, it would be accurate to connect him directly to Nimrod, who facilitated the construction of the tower, the Babel initiative, and agenda. Nimrod was a fierce hunter before the Lord, he sought after the things that were God’s. Pope Frances has sought after replacing Jesus Christ as being the High Priest for those of us who are saved. Pope Frances has pushed for the world to come together in universalism, all praying to one God in their own faiths. Nimrod wanted everyone to help in his pursuit of reaching heaven. Pope Frances has made statements claiming his beliefs are correct, even when it goes directly against what the Bible says. Nimrod went directly against what God had ordained.
However, their strongest connection is that they are both globally recognized as being champions of faith and reform of the current status. In Nimrod’s day they were told to go across the whole world and worship only God, Nimrod championed against that. Today, the Bible makes it clear we are to worship only Jesus Christ who is the Son of God, and yet Pope Frances has declared all prayers and other forms of worship are acceptable. Both have aimed at bringing together the world in hopes of creating something as one.
Now you might be reading this and wonder how this is applicable to Christians who are not in the Catholic movement? What many fail to see, is that Pope Frances has had an impact on many of the church leaders outside of Catholicism. Every person we have discussed over the past several weeks all listen and have worked with Pope Frances to unify the Church behind this Babel agenda. I believe this entire movement is defined perfectly by Pastor Andy Woods from Sugar Land Bible Church, who accurately identified Babel as being the root of the globalist ideology and the mother of harlots as described in Revelation 17:5, “and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, ‘BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER O HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.’” Pope Frances is the sole, globally recognized leader of this movement that is championing what God has called an abomination. Satan is using this man and other wolves in sheep’s clothing to misguide, lead, take, and even destroy those who would seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now how are we to combat this? Just like I have stated each week, our mission is simple yet difficult. We need to refocus our attention on what is eternal and what is valuable. Jesus Christ is our blessed hope, Titus 2:11-15 “11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. 15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.”
This is why Mill House Ministries was started, this is why we as believers need to keep our attention on the Lord. We need to be praying for those who are threats in the Church, we need to not listen to them, and we need to examine what anyone says back to the Word of God. We need to be making disciples of all nations, baptizing, and helping people see the love of Jesus Christ. We do this by being Christlike, by loving others and allowing our actions to be identified with who is living inside of us.
For those who have gone on this study, I want to thank you! This has not been an easy journey, but it has been one that has been heavy on my heart as one that needed to be declared. God makes it clear that those who are considered watchmen are to warn others of the dangers that are coming. Ezekiel 33:1-6 states the following, “1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, 3 and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the horn and warns the people, 4 then someone who hears the sound of the horn but does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. 5 ‘He heard the sound of the horn but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have saved his life. 6 ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the horn and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away for his wrongdoing; but I will require his blood from the watchman’s hand.’” I have warned you, I have declared to you that there is a threat inside the Church. We must be aware of it and stand against it. You now know, and have the duty set forth by God to warn others and take a stand against such threats who would declare such blasphemy against the Lord.
However, I want to leave you with hope. When I was a child, I loved to read the stories in the Bible and see the heroic acts of those who followed the Lord. I always imagined what it would be like to be on my own adventure, my own journey with Christ. Yet, now I realize that we are living in the days Jesus warned about. Our adventure is very much alive right now. The days seem to be getting darker, but that is just because the light is preparing to shine, we who are of the Church will one day be called home as in 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18, “17 Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.” Then God will deal with a rejecting world, and specifically with Israel. We will then come back triumphantly with the Lord to rescue those who, during the Tribulation, have come to be known as Tribulation Saints and believing Israel. At that point there will be a thousand years of Jesus Christ literally reigning in Jerusalem. Then God will make a new world and a new heaven, and we who are in Christ will be with Him forever.
Our story is not ending, it is just beginning. The enemy believes that he has us pinned, but in reality he has already lost. Our King is reigning and we who are saved can personally go to Him in triumphant glory because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross for us. We need not fear our enemy, instead look our adversary in the eye and confront them with the backing of our Heavenly Father.
If you are not saved, I would implore you to seek reason and come to know Jesus Christ, for who He is, He is the I Am. Only through Him can you be saved, only through Him can you spend eternity with those who have taken their refuge in Him. Only in Him will you be able to sway through the threat inside the Church.
Hold until relieved, our Blessed Hope is coming,
JL