DANCING AROUND THE GOLDEN CALF - PART 1

John S. Torell

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BACK TO THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES -- EXODUS
In order to make some sense in this complicated situation, we have to go back to the very beginning, when Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt.

THE EXODUS
Around 1441 B.C., Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt, more than 3,400 years ago. After the ten plagues on the Egyptians and the miracle at the Red Sea, some three million Israelites were trekking through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. But there was a problem, Moses had seen and heard from God, but the people at large did not have a personal relationship with God. They were living and walking in the flesh and their god was the man Moses. When Moses spent more than 40 days with God on the mountain, the people could not take it any longer, they wanted a new god, and they wanted one right then.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Exodus 32:1-9

Nothing has changed since the days of Moses. For more than 3,400 years, physical descendants of Abraham have been waiting for the promised Messiah and for the restoration of the nation of Israel. When God finally sent the Messiah some 2,000 years ago, the Jewish leadership rejected him and put political pressure on the Roman governor to have him executed.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he 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. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Matthew 27:1-25

THE JEWS WANTED A POLITICAL STATE OF ISRAEL
When 42,360 Jews returned from Babylon around 400 B.C. (Ezra 2:64) after having been held in captivity for 70 years, they carried a dream, which was to rebuild Jerusalem. This was God’s plan to rebuild the city and the temple. But it was not God’s will to restore the political state of Israel. Ezra and Nehemiah understood God’s plan and complied with it, but future generations of Jews decided that if God did not restore the State of Israel by sending the Messiah, they were going to do it in their own power. The powerful clan Maccabeus supplied the leadership for a military solution, which ended up with death and destruction, and still no political state of Israel.  

“After the death of Mattathias (c. 166 BCE), Judas Maccabeus, the third son, became the leader of the resistance movement. In his first battle he seized the sword of Apollonius, governor of Samaria, the general leading the opposing army. But he was also a man of faith in the God of his fathers. He saw himself as a charismatic, divinely appointed leader, like Gideon of old. He would pause in his guerrilla tactics to assemble his men to “watch and pray” and to read the Torah (the divinely revealed Law of Moses) together. Judas saw his task as that of the successor of Moses and Joshua. ‘Remember how our fathers were saved at the Red Sea,’ he told his men, ‘when Pharaoh with his forces pursued them’ (1 Maccabees 4:9). Then they would blow their trumpets, as in the days of Joshua, and engage the enemy with renewed vigour.

“Moreover, Judas could be as cruel as Joshua was. After the manner of his time and also of his enemies, he was ready to exterminate all the males of a conquered city. Some of his activities are in accord with what today would be called the ‘rules for holy war’ as found scattered in sections of Deuteronomy and as developed in great detail in one of the scrolls from the Dead Sea, written within the century following Judas, and now entitled  The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness.” ⁶

THE JEWS DID NOT LEARN FROM THIS BLOODY DEFEAT
The descendants of Abraham had a hard time understanding just who they were and how God intended to use them on this earth. Many Gentile Christians during the centuries have also not understood God’s plan for the Jewish people. Let me quickly state the purpose and the assignment that God gave to Abraham and his descendents:

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Genesis 12:1-4

Later, God spoke to Abraham again and confirmed the calling upon his life and his descendants. It is important to understand what the Bible tells us here. God is blessing Abraham so that his seed shall be a blessing to all nations on this earth!

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Genesis 22:15-18 

The message from God was that Abraham would become a blessing to all nations on this earth; it can be found in the following Bible verses: Genesis 18:18, 26:4; Acts 3:25; Galatians 3:8.

3. The Blessing of Abraham is The Messiah who was going to come and pay for the sins of mankind. Through his death and resurrection, man can be forgiven, born again, and receive eternal life in heaven. There are many references to this in both the Old and New Testament. The clearest teachings we can have on the subject are the sermons that the apostles preached and recorded in the Bible. You will find this in the sermon of the Apostle Peter as recorded in Acts 2:14-41. In the Book of Acts 4:1-20, Peter again proclaims the Gospel.

The most complete teaching on this subject was given by Deacon Stephen when he preached to the Jewish leadership. In this sermon, Stephen traces the history from Abraham all the way up to Jesus, who is the Messiah according to the New Testament. Acts 7:1-60

The Apostle Paul preached a powerful sermon proclaiming that Jesus is the Christ (Messiah) and we find this sermon in Acts 26:1-32.

4. The seed of Abraham does not only consist of the physical descendants of Abraham but of all people who have been born again and received Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour. This is clearly laid out in the New Testament in the following verses: Romans 4:1-18, 9:1-33; Galatians 3:1-29

SUMMARY: MOST OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM PUT THEIR FOCUS ON THE LAND OF CANAAN WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT THEIR FOCUS ON THE MESSIAH!

NEITHER HAVE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT THE LAND OF ISRAEL WITH THE CITY OF JERUSALEM, BUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD RESIDES IN EVERY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN BORN AGAIN!

ESTABLISHING THE POLITICAL STATE OF ISRAEL BY MILITARY FORCE IS NOT OF GOD, BUT OF THE DEVIL! JESUS IS GOING TO ESTABLISH AN EARTHLY KINGDOM, BUT IT WILL NOT COME UNTIL THE COMING OF JESUS AS THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS AS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER 20.

THE ANTICHRIST IS GOING TO ESTABLISH HIS EARTHLY KINGDOM AND SIT IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. THUS, THE JEWS HAVE CARVED OUT A PIECE OF THE LAND OF CANAAN AND ARE WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH TO COME AND RECEIVE IT FROM THEM. WHAT THEY HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THE MESSIAH WHO WILL COME TO THEM IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF IN THE FORM OF THE ANTICHRIST!

When Jesus walked on the earth, Jewish political activists tried to take him by force and make him their king. Look at these Bible verses:

Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. John 6:14-15

Jesus made it very clear that his kingdom is not of this world and that he had no  mandate from God or desire to drive out the Romans from the land and restore the land of Canaan back to the Jews.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36

THE STATE OF ISRAEL HAS BECOME THE NEW GOLDEN CALF
Eretz Israel (the land of Israel) is the god that most people in Israel worship today. It has become their Golden Calf, and not only are the Israeli people dancing around their Golden Calf, so are many Evangelical and Pentecostal Christians in the world. The driving force behind this movement is as I have stated many times before is the Zionist World Organization, which I have written about in great detail in The Dove magazines. However, what is most frightening is that people just don’t understand that it is the Devil who is the prime mover of the Zionist movement, which is the tool being used to bring the coming Antichrist and his world dominion into being. Jesus echoed the same thing:

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. John 8:39-45

After His resurrection Jesus made two more references to the condition of Jewish people who had rejected Him as their Messiah. We find these statements in the following verses in the Bible:

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. Revelation 2:8-11

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Revelation 3:7-9

THE APOSTLES OF JESUS REJECTED JUDAISM
If we as believers in Christ claim that the Bible is the Word of God and the foundation for our faith in Christ, we must then adhere to what is written down in the Bible and stick with it. It is extremely important that each Christian understand that Jesus came to the people of Israel and that His mother was a Jewish woman in the lineage of David. Jesus did not have an earthly father, the Holy Spirit was His father and Joseph was His stepfather. Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-33

All the apostles were Israelis (Hebrew), including the 70 others and the women who followed Jesus, which became the nucleus of the Church of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:11-15). The Apostle Paul was of the tribe of Benjamin and proclaimed that he was Jewish to the roots. Romans 11:1-8; Philippians 3:1-7

Jesus did all he could to save the Jewish people and bring them into the second covenant. The same holds true for the apostles, but the Jewish leadership and the majority of the people rejected Jesus as Messiah. Here is what the Apostle John states about this:

 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:1-13

During the first 60 years of the Church of Jesus Christ, the Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ worked hard to reach Jewish people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Even though thousands accepted Christ as their Messiah and were born again, the majority of the people rejected Jesus and opted to remain in their modified version of the First Covenant. This religion is known today as Judaism with its two written works, the Talmud and Cabala. These ungodly Jews think that they are serving the Creator but don’t realize that they have created what Jesus called THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN!

THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH DID NOT COOPERATE WITH JEWS
Vast numbers of Evangelical and Pentecostal pastors and congregations have never grasped this truth and it is the downfall of the Christian church we see in today’s world. When Peter and John were arrested and later interrogated by the Jewish leadership, they did not strike a deal; neither did they offer to co-exist with the Jewish religious system. Instead they boldly confronted the high priest and his rabbis and told them to their faces that there was no other name under heaven, whereby men could be saved! There was no compromise, no co-existing, and no co-operation. The Jewish religious system was totally corrupt and the apostolic church had no interest in working with it to further the cause of Judaism or trying to drive out the Romans and establish the State of Israel.

Peter and John stated that the High priest could take it or leave it, that was his choice, but there was no support coming from the apostolic church for the Jewish religious system.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 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.

 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. Acts 4:1-21

The question which we must ask today is this, where is the authority coming from when Christian leaders form pacts with Jewish leaders to collect money for the State of Israel and make sure that American lawmakers are voting according to the needs of the political state of Israel? There is no biblical authority or mandate from God; this is a work being done in the flesh by demonic powers which are blinding the Christians to biblical truth.

THE NAKED TRUTH: A PORTION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE DEVIL TO BRING THE ANTICHRIST INTO POWER SO HE CAN TAKE CONTROL OVER ISRAEL AND THE WORLD!

WHO ARE THE COLLABORATORS WITH THE ANTICHRIST?
There are thousands upon thousands of pastors who have been deceived by doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1) and they are leading the people in their churches on the path of destruction. The Devil is very sly and he knows very well that if he would develop a political system and an evil leader of it, people in the world would violently reject it. His system of Islam and its many evil national leaders are not well received by the people in Europe and North America. Therefore, he is acting like a cuckoo bird, who lays its eggs in another birds nest, and they have that bird hatch and rear their offspring. Most people have no knowledge of this behavior and to make sure that you understand what I am trying to tell you, here is an excerpt from Encyclopedia Britannica:

“Cuckoo populations have evolved many adaptations that enable them to trick their hosts into rearing their young, the most impressive of which is the production of eggs that resemble those of their host. Cuckoos can produce eggs that are very similar in colour to the eggs of meadow pipits, reed warblers, or pied wagtails. Three different cuckoo genotypes are responsible for the production of these three different egg colours, and thus cuckoos are said to be polymorphic with respect to egg colour. These genotypes are maintained in cuckoo populations because natural selection is continually changing which genotype is favoured. This occurs because after many generations the host species can develop defenses against the cuckoo, such as the ability to discriminate between eggs and eject those that have only minute differences from their own. (That this ability to reject eggs is evolved is evidenced by the fact that in Iceland, where cuckoos are not indigenous, pied wagtails and meadow pipits will accept cuckoo eggs placed in their nests by researchers). As the gene for this defensive maneuver spreads throughout the host population, cuckoos with genotypes that allow them to produce eggs mimicking the egg colour of a new host are favoured.” ⁷

The Devil is just like the cuckoo bird. He is birthing the Antichrist and his political system in the Church of Jesus Christ and using ignorant pastors and Christians alike to protect and make sure that his egg is protected, hatched and reared. Out of this insidious egg will come the Man of Sin, who will reveal himself and turn his wrath on the people that fed and sheltered him. The Apostle Paul prophesied this event would take place 1,950 years ago:

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

HOW WAS THE DEVIL ABLE TO DECEIVE THE CHURCH?
I now want to piece together historical facts which have, to a great extent, been sanitized in encyclopedias and history books. Since most people living today (2006) do not have access to many historical writings and have a very limited education in secular history let alone the history of the Christian church, I want to write just a brief introduction to give the reader something to stand upon.

THE REFORMATION: This was the work of a German Roman Catholic priest by the name of Martin Luther (1483-1546), who broke from the Roman Catholic Church and started a reformation which led to the formation of Protestant Churches.

The next important leader for the Protestant movement was John Calvin (1509-1564), who was born in France and became an attorney. During his studies at the University of Paris, he became involved in the Protestant movement, and due to persecution by the French government he fled to Switzerland where he became the leading theologian of the Protestant churches in Europe.

The main teaching at this time in the Protestant movement was a personal relationship with Christ and the Bible was the final authority. Christians were to live a holy life and be salt and light in the nations where they lived. For the next 300 years, the church of Jesus Christ became the backbone of Germany, England, the Scandinavian nations and the United States. The French revolution led by the Illuminati not only murdered millions of French Protestants known as Huguenots but plunged France into a spiritual darkness that continues to this day.

With the large awakenings and revivals in the United States in the late 1700’s and into the 1800’s, Christianity was strong, the Bible was the textbook in public schools and all the Ivy League universities began as Christian institutions. Christians were involved in local and national politics, public education and bringing people to a higher moral ground. Prayer to God in the name of Jesus was commonplace in State and Federal political bodies and even in public schools. There was no room for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and other pagan religions in the public life of the United States, nor were there allegations about discrimination, the American people simply believed that their nation was a Christian nation and immigrants could take it or leave it. If they didn’t want to adapt to this fact, they could go back on the same boat. The Devil did not like this but he could not through brute force destroy the Christian hold on the United States, instead, he chose a very sly attack, convince the Christians to give up all secular institutions and retreat into their churches.

To be continued…

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