I thought I'd bring up this subject as I believe that the Antichrist kingdom will be a Gnostic New Age one. An emphasis of the spiritual and a rejection of the physical. Who were the Gnaw Sticks (couldn't resist 😉 )? Among many of their heretical beliefs, they believed that physical matter was evil and the spiritual was good. Therefore, they denied Jesus having a human body. They had varying views on morality ranging from extreme aecetism (must separate from the physical and be as spiritual as possible) to liscenciousness. Hope I spelled that right. (Sin it up in the physical body as it is going to get burnt up anyway.) They also believed that the perfect human form is genderless, the merging of man and woman and the Gnostics (along with Kabbalah) are behind the transgender movement. They were a thorn in the side of the early church and tragically left their poisonous thorns in certain church doctrines and beliefs, even to this very day. They sort of went underground for a long time and have resurfaced as neo-gnosticism in the New Age movement. They also are the primary belief and philosophy of Freemasonry as well as other cults, Mormonism in particular. IMHO, this is what META is truly all about. The rejection of the physical as you descend into the spiritual only. Here is some good articles to familiarize yourself a bit with Gnosticism: http://bibleanswer.com/Gnosticism_Mayberry.htm http://www.letusreason.org/Current48.htm Finally, an article explaining the connection between Gnosticism and Freemasonry: https://theuncreatedlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/freemasonrys-gnostic-connection/ :feedback Some so-called words-of-knowledge could be gnostic in nature, I suppose. Manipulative often? :unsure: :yes: Geri, would Dodger be better off chewing on gnostics? :unsure: 😉 :whistle: Correct, Dan. A lot of the contemplative spirituality and "Christian" mystical teachings are actually Gnostic in origin. https://www.bibletruths.org/gnosticism-and-the-altar-of-special-knowledge-in-the-church-today/ Neo-Gnosticism In The Faith Movement – by Clete Hux Many times in the history of the church there have been winds and waves of heretical teachings passing through and Christians have been alert enough to spot the errors. Other times, the Church has not been quite so discerning and the result has been reaping a whirlwind of counterfeit beliefs and practices. Such is the case of gnostic elements in the “word-faith,” “word of faith” (WOF), or “positive confession” movement. All too often Christians have spoken out against the blatant and excessive abuses of the so-called “name it and claim it” or “health and wealth” gospels of the WOF movement without realizing there are far more serious teachings of the movement which need to be addressed. Why do many Christians fail to spot the real doctrines of the WOF? Perhaps one reason is the camouflaging of Gnostic beliefs with Christiant terminology. https://believersweb.org/neo-gnosticism-in-the-word-faith-movement/ :mdrmdr: Yes, I prefer he chew on gnostics and then spitting it out! While out for the count for 3 hrs he managed yank-off my sock and chewed a hole. 🙁 He made sure he did his damage first before barking to wake me up. Well put! As I say, the definition of Heaven is a place where everyone will finally believe as I do! What? Ok, we will believe only the truth! TR Gnosticism seems to fit the one world religion perfectly. It is a syncretistic religion that borrows from all false religion and even puts on Christian trappings to disguise itself and deceive people. Not saying anyone is deceived here, of course, but it is useful to know your enemy. Here is an excerpt from a long article on Gnosticism and it's Babylonian origins. Gnostic Heresy In the early church one of the most notable errors was the Gnostic heresy. The term Gnostic covered a range of doctrines, but there were certain features in common. Robertson states, “Gnosticism is in truth not to be regarded as a corruption of Christianity, but as an adoption of some Christian elements into a system of different origin.” It was a mixture of various elements of the Babylonish religions of the East with that of Christian teaching. The city of Alexandria in Egypt became the centre of Gnostic teaching. The Gnostics believed that all religions had in them something divine, with no single religion possessing a full and complete revelation. Thus they took elements from all manner of religions. Since all the major religions, except Christianity and Judaism, were derived from Babylon, there was some basis for the Gnostic belief. However, we should note that this error, namely that all religions have an element of truth in them, is fundamental to the modern Ecumenical movement, as well as Freemasonry and the New Age movement. Truly, “there is no new thing under the sun.” (Ecc 1:9) The connection between the Gnostic heresy and the Babylonian Mysteries also emerge, when we consider the origin of the word “Gnostic.” It comes from the Greek word “gnosis” which means “knowledge”. However, this was a special knowledge held only by a few and denied to the common believers. The Concise Oxford Dictionary states that it was a “knowledge of spiritual mysteries” and that it was for the initiated. The Mysteries taught in various ways that the sun god Nimrod was born as a child. However, the child Nimrod never had a fleshly body or humanity like other men. Thus, copying the Babylonish religions, the Gnostics generally believed that Jesus Christ was only a spirit and not a real man. The Apostle John spoke against this: “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” The false messiah Nimrod was being dressed up by these deceivers under the name of the true Messiah Jesus. Gill, commenting on 2 John 7 says, “antichrist does not design any one particular individual person, but a set of men, that are contrary to Christ, and opposers of him.” https://truthinreality.com/2012/06/22/mystery-babylon-the-great-2/ PS If this is boring to anyone, let me know. I believe forewarned is forearmed. 😉 PS If this is boring to anyone, let me know. If it's boring to them they can read a different thread. Knowledge in truth is always a life saver! TR Knowledge is good but we need wisdom to apply it correctly. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and how to apply it. New King James Version 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. :amen: Tragically, the gnostics are always thirsting after knowledge but never arriving at the Truth. 2 Timothy 3:5-7 New King James Version 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Psalm 111:10
