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Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:  But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Mark 7:1-13

Antichrist religion and Antichrist government are big on man’s tradition. They have their forms, their rituals, their spending, their habits. They are the children of the wicked one, the devil, and the works of their father they will do. They love the traditions that were handed down or delivered from their elders. They love that they can trace their traditions down through many generations, all the way to Moses, or so they say. God gave Moses His Word but the traditions of Antichrist religion have usurped the authority of God’s written Word. They have twisted the Word into something unrecognizable from what God intended. This is what Antichrist religion does. It twists and wrestles with the pure Word of God until what is left is religious tradition, the doctrines of men, which in reality originated with the doctrines of devils. Satan is the spirit at work in the children of disobedience.

Man’s traditions transgress the pure Word of God. Since they set aside the authority of God’s Word, they are free to be their own authority. The Word that was meant to set people free is now turned into something that brings people deeper and deeper into religious bondage. They are free to add and subtract from God’s Word, which the book of Revelation prohibits us from doing. They add religious rules that go far beyond what God requires of mankind. They subtract the love of God and the keeping of God’s commandments. What’s left is a religious shell, a joke of a religion. God’s Word says to honor your father and mother, but religion says to take the money that could help your parents and use it instead for the church’s treasury, a “gift” for “God’s work”, so they say. Selfishness and lust are the banners of religious tradition.

Tradition of men makes the Word of God of no effect. The Word is meant to flow through sold out vessels of love and mercy. Tradition bottles up that flow of love. Tradition is a murky sludge that just sits there, doing nothing but robbing people of God’s intended blessing. The Word was never intended to work through selfish, lustful people. That’s why they have to abandon the Word, twist the Word, wrestle with the Word to make it “fit” their desired end of lust. The lusts of their father they will do, said Jesus.

Jesus said man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Tradition ruins that. Tradition of men makes men dead on the inside. It makes a man a two fold child of the devil. Religious noise is all it is. Jesus said unless our righteousness exceeds that of Antichrist religion, we will not be saved. They go about to establish their own righteousness by the works of the law and the works of tradition. It falls far short of God’s commandment to love God and your neighbor as yourself.

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Matthew 3:9

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

John 8:33

Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

John 9:28-29

Antichrist religion loves the fact that they can trace their lineage back to Abraham. They love that the law they are following can be traced back to Moses. Antiquity pleases them. It brings honor and pleasure to their corrupt kingdom of lies. This is the same spirit that is at work in the Catholic church, who claim they can trace their line of popes back to Peter. Prestige, honor and blasphemy of God, all rolled into one.

God says the true children of Abraham are those that are of the faith of Jesus Christ. Christ is the promised seed of Abraham and all that follow Christ are also children of Abraham, for they walk in the same faith as Abraham and Christ. The Word says that endless genealogies minister questions rather than the substance of faith. The gospel of Christ has gone to the whole world, natural Jew and natural Gentile alike. God puts no difference between the two, purifying their hearts by faith. That which is highly esteemed in the sight of men is abomination in the sight of God. God hates religious traditions, because they are void of love and truth. They ensnare men in lies and trickery when God’s desire is that they would know the truth and be set free.

The Antichrist religious leaders of Jesus’ day did not recognize Him or His God given authority. They were blind to see Him in all His glory because they were of a different spirit, the spirit of Antichrist. Christ said believe Him because He does the works of the Father. His working made the religious leaders angry and led them to put Him to death on the cross. It should be obvious that these two spirits are contrary one to another. They don’t get along. The Spirit of God lusts against the flesh and the flesh against the Spirit. They that are born of the flesh persecute that which is born of the Spirit. This principle has held true the last 2,000 years and will continue to remain until Christ returns and establishes the new heaven and new earth wherein dwells righteousness. All those who held to religious tradition and genealogies will be cast alive into the lake of fire where there is torment forevermore.

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

2 Corinthians 11:4

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1:6-7

Antichrist religion holds true to its name. It is very Antichrist, meaning in place of or opposed to Christ by imitating Christ. It is very religious, but not pure religion. It preaches another Jesus, another way and another time than what God says. It is another spirit altogether. It is not Christ’s Spirit. They trouble those that would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ by feeding them lies saying it is once saved, always saved and that no one can have victory over sin until they die and that sin is not spiritually deadly. They are speaking the lies their father the devil gives them to speak. The masses have itching ears and will attend only churches that will feed them the lies. It is spiritual fornication. They have left their first love of Christ and are turned to fables and myths. Thou shalt not surely die in your sin, they say. They are of their father the devil and speak like the dragon speaks. Satan is the spirit behind the spirit of Antichrist. The religious and governmental leaders have made a pact with the devil, even if they don’t believe in the devil. That’s how deceiving and wily the devil is. He manipulates people rather than God’s way of letting them choose to love with a freewill. That’s why Antichrist religion and government rule with cruelty. They are seeking to manipulate people, to make merchandise out of them. This is a perverted gospel. Run! Save yourself from the wrath to come! Only those in a love relationship with Jesus will be saved in the end. Flee the spirit of Antichrist. Seek the Lord and He will give you light and understanding!

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew 15:13-14

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Matthew 23:16

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:39

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

John 9:39-41

Antichrist religion and Antichrist government both have followers. They are blind themselves and are only leading those that are spiritually blind as well. It’s like the false idols that some made in the Old Testament. They have eyes, but they see not. They have ears, but they hear not. Those that make the idols are like them. Spiritually blind and spiritually deaf. It’s not that they couldn’t see or hear if they really wanted to, but the state of their heart prevents them from doing so. The selfishness in their heart has caused their blindness. They desperately need a new heart of flesh, but until it turns to the Lord, there will be no victory.

The blind leading the blind is pretty comical if it weren’t so deadly serious. The blind leaders say that they have a vision for the people. That vision is death and destruction. Blindness implies darkness. Those who are blind are not in the light. Spiritually, the light is understanding of the Truth of God’s Word. The blind leaders are unable to rightly divide the Word of Truth, so they do what the flesh permits them to do: twist the Word of God to make it say things that it never intended to say. This is how the blind leaders lead the masses into spiritual blindness. The leaders like the tradition of the Bible. After all, it is old, it can be traced to antiquity. Yet, they refuse the Spirit that inspired the Bible. There is no Truth or love or holiness in them or the masses. The entrance of the Word would bring them the light to see, but there they are, groping blindly in the dark. Ever learning and unable to come to the knowledge of the Truth.

Notice that the Father God did not plant these twin beasts of Antichrist religion and Antichrist government. Their spiritual father did. That is, the devil. He is the spirit at work in the children of disobedience. The two beasts will be plucked up on judgment day. Until then, the tares grow among the wheat. The unrighteous grow next to the righteous. Yet, the righteous are not blind and refuse to follow blind leaders of selfishness. True disciples of Christ will only follow the Shepherd and those that Christ has appointed over them to lead them in the ways of sacrificial love.

Jesus didn’t say to try to get involved with the two beasts. He said LET THEM ALONE. When you leave something alone that means that you don’t mess with it or touch it. Leave it be. Let the two beasts continue on in their blindness. The spiritual kingdom of God is operating separately from the two beasts. Both kingdoms are looking for people to follow their ways. The one kingdom to selfishness and blindness, the other kingdom to love and spiritual vision. It has pleased God that both kingdoms should mutually exist in the world at the same time. God wants to get a good long look at the people who call themselves Christians to see if there is any truth in that statement. He is extending mercy, waiting for people to heed His cry to come out from among the beasts and to be separated unto the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are to pray for the leaders and masses that follow Antichrist religion and Antichrist government. We are to speak the truth in love to them when God opens those doors. Very few in the system will want the Truth of what we have to share, but those that have ears to hear will come out of them and join the kingdom of God. God is so loving that He will withhold judgment for a long time if it means just one more son or daughter will be added to His kingdom.

The two beasts say WE SEE! We have light! We have illumination! We have a plan for you and your family! Come and follow us! We know where we are going! Yet they are blind and death clings to them. The masses are looking for someone to follow. Someone other than Jesus. Anyone that claims to have vision and discernment they will listen to! It doesn’t matter how crazy or irrational or illogical their reasoning is. If you’ve got empty words that promise much but deliver little, we will follow you! Show us the way oh wise leaders! Teach us to love by doing selfishness and wickedness! We want what you have! The ditch Jesus spoke of is truly the lake of fire, where both the two beasts and the masses will be for all eternity. They will burn with torment as the day of Christ will wipe away all their excuses for being blind. They will see themselves as they truly are and it is that knowledge that will torment them endlessly. Oh Christian, take your walk with Christ seriously! Judgment must begin at the house of God! Make sure you have a love for the Truth and a love for Jesus. Make sure you are following the Bridegroom and His servants. This is life and death!

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:2-3

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

Titus 1:10-11

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

Acts 24:26

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous (lovers of money), heard all these things: and they derided him.

Luke 16:13-14

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Mark 14:10-11

Both Antichrist religion and Antichrist government are lovers of money. They love it so. When the masses buy their lies and give them money, it empowers them to do things that will ensure that the masses keep following them. Antichrist government even has the authority to print money that is backed by nothing but the reputation of the government! This is where inflation comes from. In a society that is on the gold or silver standard, there is no inflation, because the money is backed by genuine riches and not empty promises.

Money itself is not evil, but it is how one uses it that determines whether they are evil or not. The love of money is the root of all evil, says the Scripture. The two beasts make merchandise out of the masses. They see them not as people, but as cows that they get to milk until the udders run dry. After that, they will slaughter the cows and sell their dead carcasses to extract the maximum profit from them. After that, they will provide government coffins at a low low price and charge for the funeral services provided by their friend Antichrist religion. The pastor or priest or bishop will stand there and tell everyone that the dead carcass is in the loving arms of Jesus now. Oh it’s a smooth system, founded on lies, founded on lust for money.

When Antichrist religion stands there and says that if you TITHE you will get a hundredfold back, they are LYING to the people. The truth is, Antichrist religion is desperate for money and will say ANYTHING to get it. They will preach Scriptures from the Old Testament about living under the law and use it to extract money from those who are supposed to be living under grace. Will a man rob me? I mean, God? Yet you have robbed me in tithes and offerings! Pay me what thou owes me! I am feeding you the lies you want to hear, now come due with your payment and God will BLESS YOU! You are financing MINISTRY after all. This is GOD’s WORK. We need 200 million dollars to do what could have been done for 5,000 dollars. WE NEED YOUR MONEY RIGHT NOW! We are in danger of going off the air if we don’t get 20 million donations of 1,000 dollars each! We are in danger of having to fly on public planes to travel! We need jets! We need cars! We need mansions! Pay us what you owe us and GOD WILL BLESS YOU. The religious beast looks like a lamb but speaks like a dragon. If you are of a discerning heart, you can almost stop and hear the lust in their voice. Don’t let the two beasts make merchandise out of you. The Word says to pay taxes to government but you need not tithe to Antichrist religion. Giving is the New Testament teaching. Give away as much as you can! But give to genuine needs, not greedy “shepherds” that need to line their bank accounts. Don’t give to the Catholic church so they can have another golden idol in the Vatican.

Both Antichrist religion and Antichrist government are known by their extravagant ways. They throw money around and waste it because they know they can keep extracting it from the masses. It’s a never-ending cash machine! They spend it on buildings and special programs and outreaches. They buy mansions and cars and souls of men. Price is no object. They freely bribe others in the system. Notice how they had plenty of money in the treasury in order to bribe Judas to betray Jesus. They had plenty of money in order to pay off the guards to LIE that the disciples stole the body of Jesus. The story of the poor widow giving two mites shows that many people were giving them money from their abundance. Whenever money runs low, just lie some more! Make some more empty promises! Print money without gold to back it. After all, inflation hurts the people, not the government who gets to spend it before the inflation happens. Look at how much money is spent to win elections in government! Look at how many empty promises (LIES) are made in order to secure the votes. Both beasts are businesses. The most successful businesses on earth because they really know how to rape and plunder their victims. Their victims love it so, for they feel safe in the arms of the two powerful beasts. They truly are Antichrist. Opposing Christ by taking His place in the lives of the people. Imitating Christ for power and lust and money. It’s a sham. Come out from among them says the Lord! Be not partakers of their plagues! Judgment is surely due for all their wickedness. Keep yourself unspotted from the world and its systems. Stay separate in your words and actions. Live a holy life and God will bless you!

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

John 11:47-48

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

Acts 5:26

The next point to understand about Antichrist religion and Antichrist government is that they fear the people, the multitudes. Why? Because that is where the two beasts get their power from. When the people refuse to keep their commandments, it renders them powerless to stop. It is an illusion that they have power over the multitudes because if the people ever got together as one it would be nearly impossible for the beasts to stop. So then the beasts and the multitudes are constantly in a give and take mode of operating, each side testing the limits to see what the other side will tolerate. A cousin of fear is selfishness, for one cannot be fearful before believing that he or she has something to lose. Antichrist religion and government are selfish, seeking to feed the people what they want to hear. The people are selfish, seeking to hear from the beasts that which is pleasing in their sight. There remains an uneasy tension between the two sides. You do for me, I’ll do for you. Either side is capable of laying down the hammer and causing a great upheaval in the social fabric if they don’t get what they want.

This tension is not possible in a kingdom ruled by love. There is no fear in love. In the true authority, Christ and His followers give themselves away freely to the multitudes. There can be no accusation of unfair motives when love is the ruling power. There can be no selfishness when love is on the throne. Christ’s demonstration of love by washing the feet of the disciples shows what power there is in love. It humbles and softens the heart of the masses, when they see such love in operation. One act of kindness speaks more than thousands of words of Antichrist religion pandering to the people. The power and authority belongs to Christ in love. He shall reign forever and ever amen.

And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

John 7:12-13

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

John 19:38

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 9:22

Just like the powers that be fear the people, so the people fear the powers that be. They are in charge of the form of Antichrist religion and Antichrist government. As long as the people want what the beasts are selling, there will be fear on both sides, each fearing to offend the other. They selfishly need each other. It’s like a relationship where each side is using the other for the pleasure of sex. As long as each side is being pleased, there is a shaky truce of fear and selfishness. No love can exist where there is fear. If enough people are dissatisfied with the rule of the beasts, there will be clamor, asking for a change in leadership. This is what we see in Antichrist religion. Different churches compete with each other, seeing who can make the best offer to the masses, seeing who can draw the most people. They are like used car salesmen, each seeing to outdo the other in what they can promise the people. The same spirit exists in Antichrist government. In America, the Democrats and Republicans are in power in varying degrees. They each keep hawking their goods, trying to appeal to the masses for votes and hence power and authority.

The alliance is by nature unsteady. People are ready to shift allegiances at the drop of a hat if they don’t get what they want. Selfishness. No matter how many people switch denominations or how many people switch political parties, the two beasts stay in power to some degree. If the masses decided they wanted leadership that will rule them by the love of Christ, the system would blow up overnight. This won’t happen however, because the system remains selfish and the people remain selfish. They want to be ruled with force and cruelty. Because they allow such character in their lovers, they are assured to get what they selfishly want in return. They have itching ears, wanting to be tickled with lies and half truths. They will give their power to the beast because they refuse to be ruled by the love of Christ. A few people come out of slavery to Antichrist religion and Antichrist government and are truly born again and leave the system. Not enough people are getting saved to truly cause a reformation in the two beast system. Revelation shows that the beasts will continue to exist and thrive here on earth, until Christ returns and destroys both systems in the lake of fire, along with Satan, who is the father of the two beasts.

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 11:18

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

John 12:19

Those in power and authority in Antichrist religion and government fear Jesus Christ Himself. As previously said, Jesus Christ has the power to blow up the whole Antichrist system with His radical ideas of selflessness and love. It makes the beasts uneasy when people decide to follow Christ, because they are no longer needed. Both Christ and the beasts fill a need in the peoples lives to have authority exercised over them. Most people choose the unrighteous path of the beasts, so the beasts will remain. They say of Christ, “we will not have this man to rule over us!”. Christ said narrow and strait is the way that leads to righteousness and few there be that find it. Few are willing to forsake their selfishness. Christ’s kingdom works by a total surrender to Him in love. The beasts system and kingdom works by a gimme gimme what I want right NOW plan of attack. The beasts and the masses hate each other, but each are necessary to the others existence. Both the beasts and the multitudes are afraid of what will happen when Christ reigns in the hearts of mankind, so they delay it as much as possible. Judgement day will come and their temporary system of selfishness will be destroyed in the blinding light of LOVE and TRUTH. Both the beasts and the selfish multitudes will be cast alive into the lake of fire, along with the selfish devil who seduced them all.

Those that truly love the Lord refuse to be part of religious systems that mock the very nature and character of Jesus Christ. They refuse to be part of the governmental beast that rules the land. They only submit to Antichrist government to the degree that love requires, keeping just and good laws for the sake of the good of God and all people. If the beast one day passes unjust laws, the people of God have no hesitance to break those unjust laws. Righteousness and love demand that we don’t submit to abuse of authority. It’s not in the best interests of the people or the government to raise up a standard of selfishness in the land.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

Mark 6:20

Finally, the two beasts of AC religion and government fear those that are truly serving Jesus Christ. Serving Christ is such a radical departure from selfishness that the beasts are powerless to stop it. The day may very well come in America where the true Christians are thrown in prison for their refusal to bow to the two beasts of AC religion and government. Until then, we labor to see people come out of the two beast system and be separated unto the gospel of Jesus Christ. Many are called, but few are chosen!