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Doubling Down

Part VI

Our last installment of Doubling Down re-addressed the way the divided spirits of Satan reversed positions as a result of the LORD's magnificent feat of fulfilling the Father's longtime promise of salvation. As we stated, the Scriptural evidence indicates the spirit of the "False Prophet" – mystically associated with the spirit we've identified with "Hell" – had penetrated Israel in the BC timeline.

At the same time, the spirit of "Death" was intrinsic to the Gentiles, who were not chosen as the Old Testament mediator when the LORD elected Israel to manifest His light to the nations.

This split iniquity is seen allegorically in all kinds of texts in the prophets, as well as in the creation. For instance, the heathen traditions were commonly delineated with gender characteristics which are twofold. The prophets of Baal promoted a masculine deity, who co-existed with the priests of the Groves, which symbolized the feminine. The Groves emphasized the planting of the seed, which rendered trees.

This is why we regularly see so many verses that seem rather odd, which speak of "every green tree."

"And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree" (I Kings 14:23).

When Solomon allowed the religious ritual practices imported by His many foreign wives to be in the temple, traces of the heathen ceremonies associated with the groves continually resurfaced.

"Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and lo, they put the branch to their nose" (Ezekiel 8:17).

The male deity of Baal was frequently imaged as a bull, and the Canaanites and others considered him a fertility figure. The Baal system of worship commonly resulted in illicit intercourse (which frequently brings about pregnancy), and the prophets of Baal taught that the offspring could be sacrificed to the Baal oriented deities (Moloch, Kevan, Dagon, and a plethora of other names).

"They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood" (Psalms 106:37, 38).

The connection between the feminine groves and the spirit of the False Prophet, is strengthened when we realize one of the primary characteristics of the spirit of the False Prophet is deception:

"[The False Prophet] deceiveth them that dwell on the earth" (Revelation 13:14).

The feminine connection of one side of the divided mind of the devil, with the deception inherent in the False Prophet, is actually reflected in the Biblical description of Adam and Eve.

"And Adam was not deceived [he willfully disobeyed bringing Death], but the woman being deceived [bringing Captivity] was in the transgression" (I Timothy 2:14).

In this fashion, the twin iniquities of Satan have enveloped, and come to control, all those whose names are not written in the Lamb's book of Life.

 "And they that dwell on the earth shall [be ecstatic], whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is" (Revelation 17:8).

In previous efforts, we've sought to show how these two aspects of the divided house of the Devil symbiotically work as a system which we've dubbed the Perdition Engine. The Scorpion spirit (which we examined in Part V of the present work) is associated with "Hell" and the False Prophet, whereas the Serpent spirit is connected to the "Death" delivered by the Antichrist beast.

"And there came out of the smoke [of the bottomless pit] locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power" (Revelation 9:3).

It's worth noting that Scorpions sting (read torment) but do not kill, even as a serpent bite can indeed be lethal. Thus, it's no surprise that the "Scorpions" were specifically stated that they did not have the ability to kill.

"To them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented" (Revelation 9:5).

As we have repeatedly documented, the Scriptures teach us that the physical reality in this world is but a shadow, whereas the actual substance is in the Spirit. The book of Hebrews tells us that the law in the Old Testament BC era – which one would think was substantive and physical – is actually but a "shadow" of the heavenly reality.

"Every high priest [was] ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices…[which] serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things…for the law [was] a shadow of good things to come" (Hebrew 8:5;10:1).

The New Testament goes on to say the genuine substance is in the Spiritual realm.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).

One of the great challenges before us is determining an accurate picture of the "substance" through discernment of the "shadow" which we see in this world. In the example previously cited, where the heavenly description is that of Spiritual "Scorpions" who "torment" but cannot kill, we see the primary "shadow" in the priests who desired to kill Jesus, but could not.

"And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him…therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand" (John 5:16; 10:39).

He "escaped" because they were functioning in the Scorpion/False Prophet power, and not the Spiritual substance of "Death." When they bribed Judas Iscariot, arrested and put Jesus on trial, and although they considered him guilty of blasphemy, they sought to cover their misdeeds by sending Jesus to the Roman governor, whom they lied to. All of these – bribery, arrest, accusations, beatings, lying, etc – are characteristics of Hell, as opposed to Death.

"And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar…And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people" (Luke 23:2,5).

But Pontius Pilate told the Jews they should deal with the disposition of Jesus.

"For he knew that for envy they had delivered him" (Matthew 27:18).

Then the priests dodged the issue, as they wanted the Romans to kill Jesus on their behalf.

"The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death" (John 18:31).

This is but one of the reasons we see that Israel was under the spell of the spirit of Hell, functioning in the Scorpion spirit of the False Prophet, even as the Roman Gentiles – who had the authority to decree Death -- were inhabited by the Serpent side of Satan's divided house. Pilate codified the Gentile's prophetic role, in sharp distinction to the Jewish position, as he openly confessed he had the authority to execute.

"Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?" (John 19:10).

This "Shadow" also indicates a reluctance to kill, on the part of Pilate, and it is also a recurring theme in those inhabited by the Serpent/Antichrist power. Fear of the divine Life in the third part is a factor in this – with "Death" and "Hell" the "two parts" that are finite.

"And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third [part] shall be left therein (Zechariah 13:8).

 It's instructive to note that Pontius Pilate's wife was in fear of what was occurring with Christ, and she transmitted that apprehension to her husband.

"When Pilate was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him" (Matthew 27:19).  

The "suffering" of Pilate's wife equivocates to the "torment" of the Scorpion spirit, so here we see an example that illustrates another level of the Scorpion/Jewish coexistence with the Serpent/Gentile Spiritual configuration. This one is more in line with the Eve/Deceived/False Prophet/Hell version and Adam/Intentionally Sinned/Antichrist/Death alignment, so it reveals the "Perdition Engine" can be operative even in two individuals, who are independent of the Jewish/Gentile configuration.

Another manifestation of this is seen in the triune cycle of King Herod, Queen Herodias, and John the Baptist – with the latter obviously signifying the Life of God (the "third part").
  

Herod had the authority to kill John the Baptist, but he feared to use it.

"For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy...Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison…for John had said, It is not lawful to have thy brothers wife" (Mark 6:20, 17,18).

Herodias hated John for this, and she manifested the "Hell" in her as the text reveals she did not have the authority to kill John.

"Herodias…would have killed him, but she could not" (Mark 6:19).

Instead, she maneuvered Herod into promising her daughter anything if she would dance for him, and after conferring with her mother, the young seductress asked for the head of John the Baptist.

Here is the Scorpion spirit, which is not given the power to kill, causing the Antichrist power of Death to come forth, at the expense of the Life in John the Baptist. These spirits are in the world to this very day, and if the Life of God – the third part – is in you, they are even now being stirred up to bring about your destruction.

"[But] Weep not: behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed…and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign upon the earth" (Revelation 5:5,10).        

- James Lloyd

To Be Continued