The Occult and One World Religion

The Occult and One World Religion

"Occult" is defined in Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Desk Dictionary as:

1. Of or pertaining to various magical arts and practices, as astrology, alchemy, etc.

2. Beyond human understanding; mysterious.

3. Not divulged or disclosed; secret.

During the time of the end of the world the people of the world will become increasingly preoccupied with occult practices.

“Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,
and doctrines of devils;”
1 Timothy 4:1

These practices include:

• Mediums and consulting the dead.
• Super human abilities: psychic powers, telepathy, clairvoyance, etc.
• Witchcraft
• Divining of Spirits - “angelic” and “demonic.”
• Earth energies-fung schai
• Astrology
• Meditation
• Spiritism
• Secular Humanism
• Spirit Channeling
• Elevation of man as divine.
• Progressive revelation of God.
• Denial of Heaven and Hell.
• Man is essentially good.
• Self improvement.

Essentially, the occult is the practice that seeks spiritual
or mystical power apart from God. It is a return to Satan’s temptation
of Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 3:4-6

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one
wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with
her, and he ate.
It is the belief and desire for pleasure, life and knowledge that isn’t
confined by the strictures of God. Man wants eternity, but not on God’s
terms.

I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work...I want to achieve it through not dying. --Woody Allen.(2)

But being involved in the occult doesn’t necessarily mean that you
don’t believe in God. Consider witchcraft for example. From the book, “When Someone You Love is Wiccan;” (3)

• Witches believe in God, but see God as having two
  dimensions. Witches call the female dimension the Goddess, and the male
  dimension the God.
• Witches would be more likely to see the natural world
  as the “body” of the Goddess and the God, just like the human body is
  the physical dimension of the human soul. This is why Wiccans consider
  it important to revere nature.
• When one reveres nature, one is revering the Goddess and the God as well.
• The moral code of Witchcraft is called the Wiccan
  Rede. Many versions of the Rede exist, but they include this essential
  statement: If you harm no one, do what you will.
• Witches believe in magic. The simplest way to define magic is spiritual power or energy.
• Wiccans perform religious ceremonies called rituals.
  These usually take place in the evening, most often on the night of the
  full moon or the new moon, or on the solstices, equinoxes, or four other
  days considered particularly holy (including Halloween, the night most
  commonly associated with Witchcraft).
• Witches generally adopt a “live and let live” attitude toward other religions.
• Finally, most Witches believe in life after death; the
  most common idea is that after death the soul goes to a paradise known
  as the Summerland; eventually the soul can reincarnate in a new body.
  (3)

So will the occult find its way in under the broad tent of the false
church? They are already there. Since they have adopted an attitude of
“tolerance” toward all religions (except Christianity) they fit nicely
under the umbrella of the Great Whore.

And, again, the only faith that the false church will be
intolerant of is the Christian one. Jews will also fall under that
intolerance once antichrist breaks their trust. To see how the false
church views true Christianity look again at witchcraft. Here are some
of the more common criticisms that Witches and occult practitioners have
of Christianity.

• Christians can be intolerant (“My religion is the only true way”) and be pushy in trying to get non-Christians to convert.
• Christianity is sexist--it doesn’t worship the Goddess
  and some branches of Christianity (such as Mormonism or Roman
  Catholicism) won’t allow women to become ministers.
• Christianity is too conservative in its moral
  positions especially in regard to human sexuality between consenting
  adults (such as gay and lesbian people).
• Christianity does not do enough as a religion to protect the environment.
• The Christian Bible says that God will send most
  people to hell. Many Witches believe this is a scare tactic used to
  frighten people and is a blasphemy against Divine Love (which would
  never be so wasteful with its creation).
• Christians are hypocritical: they condemn Witches and
  other non-Christians for having liberal views of sexual morality, but
  then they don’t live up to their own Biblical standards on such matters
  as taking care of the poor. (3)

And in the “live and let live” atmosphere of the end, the
practices of the occult will be no more out of place than attending
church is today.

In fact, even many of the mainline religious systems today will likely adopt some of these practices as normal and helpful.

What’s interesting about our day is that we have grown up in a
supposedly scientifically minded society. That society demands that any
belief be tested and proven with evidence. Yet these occult practices
persist, and even flourish.

Most of them, when put under the microscope of science are proven to be, not only false, but, (this is a scientific term), Stupid. The Occult practitioners are populated with frauds and crooks. Take this quote from one spiritualist practitioner.

The facts are that from its very beginning modern spiritualism has been riddled with fakery, humbug, and deceit. (4)

In the end times these practices will grow in the number of participants and their influence over individual lives.

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Though some would have you believe otherwise, the occult and the
Bible do not mix. You can not believe them both. One of them is saving
truth, and the other is a damnable lie. Look at these New Age concepts
or practices condemned or countered in the Scriptures. These are
occult teachings that are denounced by the Bible.

Occult /New Age teaching

• many gods, goddesses, spirits and demons: see Gen. 1:1; Exod. 15:11; 20:2-6; Deut. 6:4; Isa. 45:5, 6, 21, 22.

But Scripture says,



Isaiah 45:5



5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.



• manipulating or bartering with the spirit world: see Deut. 13:1-5; 18:9-14;1 Kings 11:33.

But the Scripture says,



Deuteronomy 18:9-14




9 “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is
giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those
nations.



10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who
practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a
sorcerer,






11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.



12 For all who do these things are an abomination
to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives
them out from before you.



• continuing blood sacrifice rituals: see Heb. 7:27; 10:10-13; 1 Pet. 3:18.

But Scripture says,






Hebrews 10:10-12



10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.




11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.



12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,



13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.



• mythological, unhistorical legends: see 1 Cor. 15:1-8, 12-19; 1 Tim. 1:4; 2 Peter 1:16.

But the Scripture says,



1 Timothy 1:4



4 nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.






• secret knowledge only for elite “knowers”: see John 1:12; 3:16; Col. 2:8-10; 1 Tim. 2:4.

But the Scripture says,



Colossians 2:8-10



8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty
deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic
principles of the world, and not according to Christ.



9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;



10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.






• magic arts, spells, taboos, astrology: see 2 Kings 17:16-18; Isa. 47:12-15; Acts 8:9-24.

But Scripture says,



Isaiah 47:12-15



12 “ Stand now with your enchantments And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth— Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.




13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; Let now the astrologers, the stargazers,
And the monthly prognosticators Stand up and save you From what shall come upon you.




14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn them; They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame; It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!



15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have labored, Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you.






• confusion of identity between the creator and the
  created: see 1 Kings 8:27; Ps. 8:1-9; 24:1-10; 89:5-14; Isa. 40:12-17; 1
  Pet. 1:24,25.

But Scripture says,



Romans 1:25



25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and
worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is
blessed forever. Amen.






• ethics, and morals derived from humans or the self; no
  absolutes, everything is relative: see 1 Kings 8:46; Ps. 51:1-4; 143:2;
  Eccles. 7:20; Rom. 2:14-16; 1 John 1:5-10.

But the Scripture says,



Ecclesiastes 7:20



20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.



• reincarnation: see Rom. 6:23; Heb. 9:27.

But the Scripture says,



Hebrews 9:27



27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment






• salvation by human effort: see Rom. 4:3; Gal. 2:15,16.

But the Scripture says,



Galatians 2:16



16 knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus,
that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of
the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.






• picking and choosing among religions: see Exod. 20:2-5; 23:13; John 1:7-9,

But the Scripture says,



Exodus 20:3-5



3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.




4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved
image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;



5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those
who hate Me,






• worshiping other gods, especially fertility religions: see 2 Kings 17:9-12; Jer. 2:20; Ezek. 6:13.




But the Scripture says,



2 Kings 17:9-12



9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD
their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves
high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.



10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.



11 There they burned incense on all the high
places, like the nations whom the LORD had carried away before them; and
they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger,



12 for they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”



• the idea that Christ is optional, only one of many spiritual masters: see John 14:6-8; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 2:5, 6. (5)

But Scripture says,

John 14:6

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 4:12

12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

1 Timothy 2:5-6

5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, (5)

So obviously, the practitioners of the occult will find
themselves on the side of the antichrist, in the end-times, opposing
Christ and those who belong to Christ.

There's no way that I can exhaust this subject on one page. But
if you're interested in knowing some more specifics about what's
happening in the world of the occult, I'd recommend

http://www.anunseenworld.com.