KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

meaning 'light bearer', and II Corinthians 11:14 refers to his transformation into an angel of light. There is no word more widely used among New Agers and ancient occultists than 'light'. Benjamin Creme boasts that Maitreya says, "My army of Light. . .shall. . .see Light." He calls his followers to visualize white light during meditation. Elizabeth Claire Prophet talks about 'light from the presence’. New Age magazines report on a group called 'the Light' and 'the Sons of Light'. Having seen a vision of a light is an accompanying feature of New Age consciousness, reports The Aquarian Conspiracy . The Greek 'pneuma' or Spirit is leading Christians, but the 'phos' or light is driving the New Age. As Christians, our power for living a life pleasing to God comes from the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22 and Ephesians 5:9 enumerate 'the fruit of the Spirit'. Christians are instructed not to 'quench the spirit' that we may bear the fruit of the Spirit. New Agers tell us they are: . . .instructed in the development of the Light.51 Again, new versions instruct their readers to join ranks with the New Age, calling for the 'fruit of the light', not the fruit of the Spirit. Even the testimony of scripture itself in Galatians 5:22 confirms that it is the 'fruit of the Spirit.' In occult initiation, the initiate often sees a light which is transformed into an image. Thousands are now seeing this sequence in the most recent apparitions of 'the Virgin'. Viewers describe such visions as being announced with 'a flood of light'. Carroll has observed this phenomena of light preceding apparitions so often, that he has reserved a portion of his book to what he (as a non-believer in the spiritual world) calls, "Hallucinations preceded by Illusions." Spectators of visions of 'the Virgin' reports

Zeitoun, Egypt: "I saw a light." Knock, Ireland: "a bright light."

Fatima, Portugal: "radiated a brilliant light" La Salette: "came upon a brilliant light" Banneux, Belgium : "saw a white light about the size of a human." Hercegovina, Yugoslavia: "a very bright light" Guadalupe, Mexico: "saw a brilliant light"