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![WHAT IS ORTHODOX JUDAISM? [3 of 5] The branch of Orthodox Judaism called Hasidim Orthodox (Hasidic-Orthodox Jews) is where we find the practice of Jewish Kabbalah. And those beliefs closely resemble some of the Grecian-originated ideas that surround "gnosis," which means "knowledge" in Greek. Practitioners of gnosis (Gnostics) claim to have special knowledge of spiritual mysteries. When you place an "a" in front of “gnostic,” you get "agnostic," which means a person with "no” knowledge. In practice, agnostics profess that they don’t have enough knowledge to determine whether God does or does not exist (atheists claim to believe there is no God). Near the time of its manmade origins, Gnosticism involved people and ideas that even the
New Testament’s Apostle Paul had to deal with. Two thousand years later,
Kabbalah is a kind of a warmed-over version of Gnosticism, and it has the
same feel as Westernized Hinduism, which is the root of the relatively
recent religion called New Age—which also grew out of Kabbalah. Again, Satan only recycles old lies, like the false beliefs of Gnosticism, just repackaging whatever has been previously successful at fooling a lot of people. Of course, this is why we must learn history, especially the biblical record. Normally, an initial version of Satan’s lie can dupe many generations, but only until biblically sound people counter it with God’s truth. That’s no problem for Lucifer; he just waits a while and then repackages the same core deception, like how he turned the discredited religion of Gnosticism into Kabbalah, and then waited a few more generations to relabel the same occult practices as New Age. In fact, you can trace the sewage pipe of occultism all the way back to the Tower of Babel, where God judged their satanic
practices by confusing the language, which caused common-language groups to
spread out around the world, landing in places like the Indus River Valley. There
in what is now India, those Babylonian occult practices became Hinduism.
Again, elsewhere it developed into Gnosticism that became modern-day
Kabbalah, which produced the New Age movement. | image tagged in othodox,jew,judaism,god,bible,hindu | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5yrq5f.jpg)
![WHAT IS ORTHODOX JUDAISM? [2 of 5] Orthodox Judaism encompasses both the academic-focused Modern Orthodox, as well as Hasidim Orthodox, the latter being the more mystical practice. Hasidic Jews are the men you see wearing skull caps and black or dark-gray suits. These Jewish mystics exhibit similar spiritual behaviors to those in the Charismatic movement that is a part of the modern, American, Christian Church. Mystical Judaism today is called Kabbalah, and the highly influential singer Madonna is one its major followers and promoters. The roots of Kabbalah’s mystic practices developed between the 500s
and 1300s AD, among late-Babylonian, Italian, French, and Spanish
Jews. Kabbalah means "to receive," meaning the followers claim
to receive ongoing, higher, better, and newer revelations from God—; —just as today’s Charismatic community claims. Earlier in Judaism, Kabbalah was mainstream, but then later came to be the practice of only a few “special” Jews who God exclusively blesses with some supposed “true meanings” of Scripture—they get so-called secret knowledge. Because God singled them out to receive His “real truth,” how dare we question them? And doesn’t that sound similar to the attitude of Roman Catholicism, where followers are taught to refrain from interpreting the Bible for themselves—that’s reserved for the learned Catholic priests. Only they possess the unique “specially given ability” to understand and interpret Scripture. The
same sort of claim comes from Kabbalah leadership who run
a cult organization performing occult practices. | image tagged in orthodox,hasidic,jew,judaism,god,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5yrotf.jpg)
![DID GOD CREATE SOME DEFAULT LAW THAT GRANTS
ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN FOR “RELATIVELY GOOD” SINNERS? As a pastor who travels frequently throughout America and also to many nations around the world, (for conferences, interviews, and other public speaking), I talk with a diverse population. One common, misinformed, and alarming misconception is presented to me by people everywhere, and it is because they do not investigate this monumentally important claim that has them clinging to a completely false hope: Men and women all around the planet rely on their ticket to a pleasant eternity being their status a “relatively good person,” or “fairly good person." But that doesn't make you a Christian. Contrary to
that tragic delusion, Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father [God in heaven] except through Me.” We have all broken God's law, whether it's lying, stealing, lusting, practicing idolatry by loving things or people more than God, breaking other commandments, or all of the above. Just one of those sins against our Creator is the constant self-focused idol worship of our modern society. According to God’s Word in the Bible, anything can become our idol, including money, possessions, television, other entertainment, a hobby, another person, or even
ourselves. When we get preoccupied with something to point where
that obsession is more important than our relationship with God,
it is idol worship. We’ve all done that, besides the fact that we
have all lied—claim you haven’t and you just lied again. | image tagged in works,christian,sin,god,bible,jesus | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5yrmlk.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [6 of 6] In God’s creation, there is no Taoist-type balance between good and evil. First Peter 5:8 says the devil is like a lion that wonders around roaring. And Colossians 2:15 explains that Jesus whooped lion-like Lucifer when Christ died on the cross to glorify God and save all creation. One of my seminary instructors gave a perfect, biblical description of modern-day Satan, since he was wrecked by Jesus: He said, though the devil can still cause serious harm on earth, he is a defanged lion; Christ easily crushed his claim on our world. So, for today’s Christians, Lucifer is like a starving, declawed, toothless lion, dragging around his emaciated little body, trying to frighten people into doing what he says, but only managing to loudly smack his gums.
What reaction would you have if you saw that coming at you? Would you run, or would you tell that rat-headed liar to scram. Non-Christians face the same old lethal devil, but we who have the authority of Christ’s name wield His power over all evil. Bringing that back to the teachings of Taoism, a Christian’s wonderful life and amazing eternal future—spent with the Creator of the universe—is not what Taoists have; instead, their yin-and-yang mentality (“the force” in Star Wars) has them equating evil with God—which is ludicrous. Still, unfortunate people around the world (now including vast numbers of Westerners and even Christians) have accepted the Buddhist, Taoist, Star Wars mindset. Today, all those people are living a life of running scared, even though God has assured us of these facts: "I am God. Beside me, there is no other,” and “Greater is He [the Holy Spirit, or Spirit of Christ] that is in you [Christians]
than he [the evil spirit of the Antichrist] that is in this world.”
Praise God that we Christians never need to run scared! | image tagged in taoism,daoism,buddhism,god,devil,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ynhrn.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE TAOIST (OR, DAOIST) BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [3 of 6] Followers of Taoism vary in beliefs and practices, but among those are biblically abominable necromancy (contacting the dead) and Roman or Egyptian-type polytheism (worshiping many gods—Scripture also calls them idols). Taoists tend to worship mostly on their calendar’s religious holidays, setting food out as a sacrifice to the gods or the spirits of their departed ancestors. The Bible’s Deuteronomy shows us that God has some harsh condemnation for these Taoist practices: "When you enter the land that the Lord, your God has given you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter into the fire, who practices
divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft or
casts spells, who is a medium or spiritist, or who consults with the
dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. And because these are detestable practices, the Lord, your God will drive out those nations before you. You, though, must be blameless before the Lord, your God.” Obviously, God detests the practices of those who communicate with dead people. Why is that? Well, once dead, if we were Christians, we instantly go to heaven to be with God. But non-Christians suddenly find themselves in hell. From that point, we remain in either place. Thank God we do not get kicked out of heaven, but hell is also permanent. Either way, we don’t travel back to have a chat with living friends or relatives on earth. There is no second chance and we can’t communicate with the living. That said, I believe people who say some spirit entity showed up and communicated with them, but the Bible is clear about what that is: it is not your loved one, no matter what kind of familiar, luminescent, friendly, or helpful demeanor the deceiving entity portrays.
Scripture warns that those are “familiar” spirits, just the same old demons that
have been duping people for thousands of years. Yet, the religion of Taoism
promotes these extremely dangerous encounters. | image tagged in taoism,daoism,buddhism,god,bible,hindu | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ynfgv.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE HARE KRISHNA BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [4 of 4] Unfortunately, Buddhism’s Hare Krishna branch, with its Hindu belief that followers must go through a guru to reach their millions of gods (and that the guru is a god), are setting people up to accept a future leader of the one world religion: the False Prophet. This evil religious leader (teacher, or guru) will recommend that everyone follow and eventually worship the Antichrist. During the soon-arriving Seven-Year Tribulation that will involve the wrath of God being poured out against a sinful, rebellious world, the Antichrist (“The Christ,” in New Age lingo) will go into what will be the recently rebuilt Jewish temple, and declare himself to be God. Again, prior to all this, the guru-like False Prophet—a religious leader
that will have gotten the world’s unbiblical faiths to band together—
will lead the masses straight into the hands of the Antichrist. A strong candidate to have their followers join in, doing as they are told, is ISKCON (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness), a Hare Krishna organization founded in 1966 by a guru in New York City. ISKCON puts its members into a communal setting, where intricate rules have been established so that all their follower’s discussions and the rest of their day-to-day lives are deliberately centered around Krishna—no other thoughts are permitted. So, they’ve created communes that are mental prisons, not allowing residents to think outside the box. They are told they cannot do anything correctly when it is done outside
the Krishna religion. They get sucked in, and are then isolated
from outside influences. It’s exactly what cults do. | image tagged in krishna,buddism,new age,hindu,antichrist,bible | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ylhpd.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE HARE KRISHNA BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [3 of 4] Becoming a member of Buddhism’s Hare Krishna movement involves choosing a guru (teacher) and becoming his disciple. In fact, they believe that is mandatory, because not having a proper Hare Krishna guru supposedly makes it impossible to cultivate “Krishna consciousness.” Contrary to that practice, the Bible does not have us Christians
go through a teacher, pastor, priest, or guru to access God. Those attending Sunrise Bible Church here in Las Vegas do not have to go through to me, the pastor, to get to God. Because of what Jesus did for us, we can approach God directly on His throne, whether we are the greatest of Bible scholars, or even a new Christian who just heard and accepted the gospel. And the doctrine for Krishna followers gets even worse:
Besides believing that adherents must go through a guru to reach their
millions of gods, they also teach that the guru is a god. | image tagged in krishna,buddhism,god,bible,new age,hindu | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ylh06.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE HARE KRISHNA BRANCH OF BUDDHISM ALL ABOUT? [2 of 4] The Krishna movement began as a reactionary response to dispassionate Buddhist Hinduism. Krishna followers participate in lavish public displays of their adoration and worship for Hindu deities. Similarly, the charismatic influence may have sprung up in the Christian Church because so many services have become somewhat boring and lifeless, often from hiring shepherds who don’t even believe what they're teaching. But our salvation through Christ is the most exciting development that has ever happened to mankind. God forgave all of our sins, so we are no longer headed for hell; instead, we get to spend eternity with God in heaven, ruling and reigning with Jesus, exploring the universe,
and forever learning more and more about the mind of God. I'm all for that! But there is so much deadness in a huge number of Christian Churches today because we’re not spending daily time in the Bible, which is how Christians become passionate for God's truth. This has caused people to get sucked into hyper-charismatic churches, where they are often led to connect with spirits that are not from God. While I agree that many Christian Churches today are fairly lifeless, those are not accurate representations of true biblical Christianity—they’re normally not very biblical. Either way though, two wrongs don't make a right, so jumping into
other harmful, unbiblical practices is not the answer. | image tagged in krishna,buddhism,hindu,god,bible,charismatic | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ylgqq.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE BUDDHIST RELIGION OF JAINISM? [2 of 2] Jesus talked about the Jewish Pharisees forcing their followers to perform prescribed works as the way to supposedly reach a pleasant afterlife, the same sort of works that today’s Jainism (an offshoot of Buddhism) holds their people to. What did Christ say about people who force followers to perform manmade tasks as the supposed ticket to heaven? He called the Pharisees what they were: fools and hypocrites. Here is Jesus addressing the Pharisees in Matthew 23:15 and 27:"Woe to you, blind guides! You go over
land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are…; You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.” The Pharisee’s rules where false teachings, useless burdens put on people. Completely contrary to what the Pharisees prescribed, Jesus had the people follow Him, promising this at the end of Matthew 11: "Come to Me…you will find rest for your souls. My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” But even today, because people refuse to accept Christ’s free gift of salvation, those caught in false religions like Jainism continue to suffer under Pharisee-type rules, not to mention risking an eternity away from God, ending
up in hell, if they don’t accept Jesus before their death. | image tagged in jainism,buddhism,hindu,god,bible,jesus | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ylfaf.jpg)
![WHAT IS THE BUDDHIST RELIGION OF JAINISM? [1 of 2] “Jain” simply means “conqueror,” and “ism” is a “doctrine, cause, or theory,” so a Jainist is a “conqueror from the bondage of this world.” That foundational belief of Jainism sounds like the Hindu idea that we all must escape the bonds of reincarnation, life’s supposed cycle of continuous birth and death which is caused by our bad karma built up in previous lives. The similar views make sense because Jainism is another spin-off from Buddhism, which came out of Hinduism. The works-based aspect of Jainism—the same, tired, old claim that we all must
work our own way to heaven—is similar to the beliefs and practices
of Jewish leaders during the time Jesus walked the earth. Christ had to deal with the Pharisees and all their onerous, manmade rules and traditions that they relentlessly put on the Jewish people. The Pharisees came up with crazy decrees, like not spitting at the ground on the Sabbath. Why in the world would that matter? Well, having the right trajectory, your spit might hit the dirt with a strong enough force to roll through the dust; thus, you would be plowing a tiny trough—how dare you work on the Sabbath. This is just one of a million examples
where man’s rules have been put on people to religiously control
them with constant threats on their eternal lives. | image tagged in jainism,buddhism,hindu,god,bible,jesus | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ylev4.jpg)
![HOW IS THE BUDDHIST “BAHA’I FAITH” GREATLY IMPACTING WESTERN CULTURE TODAY? [5 of 5] Baha’i Faith and New Age are working toward a coming together of the world’s faiths; a universal “oneness,” or gathering of all spiritual philosophies under one central leadership, a “tolerant” religion for the whole planet. And this mindset will be an acceptance of everyone’s “individual truths,” which means we must accept—whatever anyone claims—as truth. Of course, that idea disappears in a puff of logic when you or I simply point out that some accept the claim, while others say it’s false. Those opposing views can’t both be true, and according to Baha’i, they must believe our statement about the opposite views existing. You can see how their
contention is impossible, and the Bible warns that a twisted system
like this is being put together by Satan in these last days, a world religion for Lucifer to command through his Antichrist. We obviously don’t want to be part of it! The coming one world religion promises to eradicate poverty and stop extreme wealth from concentrating in few hands. That is the rhetoric being pushed today, all over the world, while financial control is becoming more and more concentrated. The world’s super wealthy have no plans to share their money and power, but for us who are not in their club, we constantly hear their deceiving media advocate a "redistribution of wealth"—but only among the rest of us. They claim this will usher in their utopia for entire planet, but it will only make
slaves and serfs of the vast majority of mankind, while the
elites gain all the wealth and total worldwide control. | image tagged in buddhism,hindu,bahai,bible,satan,religion | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ykchg.jpg)
![HOW IS THE BUDDHIST “BAHA’I FAITH” GREATLY IMPACTING WESTERN CULTURE TODAY? [4 of 5] Satan knows Bible prophecy better than anyone, so even false faiths like Baha’i and the New Age movement are looking for a man who will lead the whole planet. The Bible says he will be the Antichrist, and warns that he will be aided by the False Prophet, a planetary religious leader. New Age and Baha’i followers have been deceived to believe these evil men will usher in a peaceful, loving, global utopia on earth, but the Bible tells us that time will see a false peace, which will turn hellish because it’s all part of the Antichrist kingdom. We are not to fall for it. Today, we see all this developing in America and globally through the United Nations and other governmental organizations that are setting up their new world order. We can see the leadership of many religions pushing for acceptance of all beliefs, as preparation for a supposed utopia that will include that new order for the whole world, one that will promise total equality of men and women. But while causing people to ignore the fast-spreading control by the
earth’s evil leadership, this great deception will build to an ambush of
mankind, once the evil-doers have built their new world order and
one world religion. Two thousand years ago, the Bible
warned of both, and we are seeing signs everywhere that
these evil efforts are being put together right now! | image tagged in buddism,hindu,bahai,god,bible,new age | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/5ykbzr.jpg)