The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

899. Mystic Religions—Prophets, to be knowledgeable of their opponents and not ignorant of Satan’s devices must wrestle with the false teachings and seductions of darkness. They know that other religions are ever vying for the faith and souls of those Jesus Christ desires or has redeemed. The esoteric wisdom of the ages promoted by them appeals to those seeking higher knowledge or deeper thought. Since Adam’s fall, man’s quest to reunite the soul and spirit with the body in this world has consumed people. An inner awareness of their darkness to God’s light and spiritual revelations leads people to strive to rediscover the Creator’s light, using the wisdom of darkness to do so. The vehicle most commonly used to attain to such higher knowledge, self realization, and mystical enlightenment is religion, mystery religions most of all. Secret societies, another name for them, have proclaimed access to wisdom the ordinary human lacks but craves. Tracing these societies shows they are invariably reinventions of the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian religions and deities of old. At the heart of every one of them is Luciferianism. That is the deadly light of Lucifer, the fallen cherub of Ezekiel 28, and acquisition of his powers to rule and prosper in the earth. Such organizations include the Lucis Trust, New Age, Rosicrucianism, the mysterious Illuminati, Theosophy, and Freemasonry. Their importance to the prophetic has to do with their emulating perversions of genuine Christianity to confuse the worship of the true and living God. These organizations promise and claim to dispense ancient powers by way of demons and blend medieval Christianity with philosophy, science, mysticism, and paganism to promote their veiled heresy. The inclusion of Christianity in their teachings makes them a real threat to true believers and even devoted ministers risk their redemption. Believing they serve the true and living God, they strive to gain a so-called deeper knowledge of the true Messiah (Matthew 24:24). These mystery religions are said to be the underlying power of the world that is under the sway of the wicked one, according to Ephesians 2:2 and 1 John 5:19. 900. Mythology—A) The formalized institution of fiction, untruths, and vain imaginations. B) The word used to promote and propagate ancient pagan religions and their gods. C) A modernized term for ancient idolatry. See 1 Timothy 1:4; 2 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:14 (nas); 2 Peter 1:16 (rsv); 1 Timothy 4:7 (tlb). 901. Mythological Pantheon of Gods and Goddesses—From the Sumerians to the Medieval Christians, gods and goddesses have traveled down the annals of