Hymn 56
From ev’ry stormy wind that blows,
From ev’ry swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
‘Tis found beneath the mercy seat,
There is a place where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place where all besides more sweet,
It is the blood-bought mercy seat.
O! whither could
we flee for aid,
When tempted,
desolate, dismayed?
Or how would hosts
of foes defeat,
Had suff’ring saints
No mercy seat.
There, there, on eagles’ wings we soar.
Where sin and sense molest no more;
And heav’n comes down our souls to greet,
While glory crowns the mercy seat.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
“For such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the
apostles of Christ. And no
marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of
light. Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers
of righteousness; whose end
shall be according to their
works.”
Revelation 20:2
“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a
thousand years.”
Four Faces of Satan
Dragon
Serpent
Devil
Satan
Four Faces of Satan
Satan
Accuser
Love
Early Church
33-315
Devil
Slanderer
Justice
Dark Ages
476-800
Dragon
Intimidation
Power
Inquisition
1118-1820
Serpent
Deceitfulness
Wisdom
Present
1799-Present
Our Approach
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Angels of Light Before Reformation
Angels of Light from Reformation to the Present
Angels of Light at Present Time
Angels of Light Contrasted with God’s Word
In Eden
“You Shall Be
as God”
In the Wilderness of Judea
“It is written . . .”
The Dark Ages
Immortal Soul
Hell Fire
Purgatory
Mary Worship
Papal Power
Persecution
Church-State
Heaven Only
The Pendulum Principle
Error
Exaggeration
Angels of Light Since Reformation
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Developments − 1789-1799
Developments − 1800-1874
Developments − 1874-1914
Developments − 1914-Present
Examples in our Day
Humanism
Related Philosophies
Humanism
Man is the master
of his own destiny
Rationalism
No divine
revelation, all truth
is subject to man’s
own reasoning
Deism
Christian
Humanism
God created man
but left him to his
own devices
Secularism
All meaning of life
is limited to current
existence
A Plague of Locusts
Joel 1:4; 2:25
“That which the palmerworm hath left hath the
locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left
hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the
cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. . . .
my great army which I sent among you.”
Four Stages in Development of the
Lord’s Great Army
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Palmerworm − Trade Unions
Cankerworm − Socialism
Locust − Communism
Caterpillar − Anarchism
Revelation 9:1-3, 5
“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall
from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given
the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the
bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the
pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun
and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke
of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts
upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as
the scorpions of the earth have power. . . . And to
them it was given that they should not kill them, but
that they should be tormented five months: and
their torment was as the torment of a scorpion,
when he striketh a man”
Two Related Philosophies
 Rationalism
 Rene Descartes
 1731
 Ends with Immanuel
Kant
 1881
 Critique of Pure
Reason
 Deism
 Outgrowth of
Rationalism
 Denies Inspiration
of Bible
Descartes
Kant
150 Years−1731-1881
Outgrowths of Deism
 Politically
 John Locke
 Thomas Paine
 American
Revolution
 French Revolution
 Karl Marx
 Adolf Hitler
 Religion
 Voltaire
 Evolution
 Higher Criticism
 Social Gospel
Voltaire
Storming the Bastille
Revelation 12:14-16
“And to the woman were given two wings of a great
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a time, and times,
and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the
serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the
woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of
the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the
earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood
which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”
Volume 3, Page 55
“The thought conveyed by this symbol is that truth
would issue forth through evil agencies, and with an
evil intent. And just this we find: the strength of the
French revolution lay in the fact that it was instigated by many stern truths, regarding priest-craft
and king-craft, and regarding the individual rights
and liberties of all. ‘The Rights of Man’ was indeed
the watchword of that revolt against civil and
ecclesiastical oppression.”
The Decline of Faith
Luke 18:8 Young’s Literal
“But the Son of Man, having come, shall he find the
faith upon the earth?”
Religion at Yale−1799-1854
 1799 − No Christians
 Camp Meetings 1800-1801
 1809 − 35% Christians
 1819 − 10% Christians
 Great Awakening 1821-1835
 1854− 90% Christians
 World Conversion Movement
“Angels of Light” in the 19th Century
Charles
Darwin
Evolution
Karl
Marx
Dialectical
Materialism
Friedrich
Schleiermacher
Textual
Criticism
Soren
Kierkegaard
Existentialism
Early 20th Century “Angels of Light”
Friedrich
Nietzsche
Nihilism
George
Jacob
Holyoake
Secularism
Sigmund
Freud
“Religion an
Illusion”
Charles
Bonney
Ecumenism
Modern “Angels of Light”
Abortion
Gay Rights
Drugs
Materialism
Live-In
Relationships
Hedonism−Searching for Pleasure
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (NKJ)
“The coming of the lawless one is according to the
working of Satan, with all (1) power, (2) signs, and
(3) lying wonders, and (4) with all unrighteous
deception among those who perish, because they
did not receive the love of the truth, that they might
be saved. And for this reason God will send them
strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
that they all may be condemned who did not believe
the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. “
The Arrogance of Power (R5852−1914)
“Our President's peace policy has been changed to a
preparedness policy. And what could preparedness
mean except that, if we had the largest navy, the
Government sooner or later would become more proud
and arrogant and wish to dictate conditions
to other nations, and thus plunge us into war?”
Joel 3:9,10
“Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war,
wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw
near; let them come up: beat your plowshares into
swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the
weak say, I am strong.”
Signs−Demonstrations of Authority
“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her:
for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no
widow, and shall see no sorrow.”−Revelation 18:7
 Declaration of Papal Infallibility
 Political Globe Trotting of Pope John Paul II
 Christian Majority−Christian Coalition
 Nation of Islam’s “Million Man March”
Lying Wonders
Divine
Healing
Shroud of Turin
Our Lady
of Fatima
Charismatic Speaking in Tongues
Weeping Icons
Deceivableness of Unrighteousness
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Science supercedes religion
Sin is not sin, but sickness
Materialism is mark of God’s favor
All Religions are equal
Mission of church is social change
Truth is not an absolute
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
The Bible has many scientific
errors and inconsistencies;
therefore it cannot be
considered as inspired.
The Word of God?
“All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be
perfect, throughly furnished
unto all good works.”
−2 Timothy 3:16,17
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
The Word of God?
Science has proven that man
has evolved through a
process of the “survival of the
fittest?”
“And God made the beast of
the earth after his kind, and
cattle after their kind, and
every thing that creepeth
upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was
good. . . . So God created
man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him;
male and female created he
them.”−Genesis 1:25,27
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Take care of your own needs
before serving the needs of
others.
The Word of God?
“Look not every man on his
own things, but every man
also on the things of others.”
−Philippians 2:4
True joy is:
J−Jesus
O−Others
Y−You
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
God created everyone equal;
therefore women should enjoy
all the privileges of men,
including the ministry.
The Word of God?
“But I suffer not a woman to
teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, but to be in
silence.”−1 Timothy 2:12
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
The Word of God?
Children should not be
inhibited in their behavior
despite parental disagreement
“Children, obey your parents
in all things: for this is well
pleasing unto the Lord.”
Colossians 3:20
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Man has the right to make his
own laws and live as he will.
The Word of God?
“Then, as they would not
keep God before their minds,
God abandoned them to
depraved thoughts, so that
they did all kinds of shameful
things.”−Romans 1:28 (TCNT)
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Homosexuality is merely an
another alternative life style
The Word of God?
“And likewise also the men,
leaving the natural use of the
woman, burned in their lust
one toward another; men with
men working that which is
unseemly, and receiving in
themselves that recompence
of their error which was
meet.”−Romans 1:27
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Pre-marital sex and live-in
relationships are perfectly
acceptable
The Word of God?
“Let marriage be had in honor
among all, and let the bed be
undefiled: for fornicators and
adulterers God will judge.”
−Hebrews 13:4
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Might is right and wars and
fighting are proper means of
settling disputes
The Word of God?
“This is the word of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not
by might, nor by power, but
by my spirit, saith the LORD
of hosts.”−Zechariah 4:6
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Women should control their
own bodies and therefore
abortion should be legalized
The Word of God?
“And if men strive together,
and hurt a woman with child,
so that her fruit depart, and
yet no harm follow; he shall
be surely fined, according as
the woman’s husband shall
lay upon him; and he shall
pay as the judges determine.
But if any harm follow, then
thou shalt give life for life.”
−Exodus 21:22,23 (ASV)
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
The Word of God?
It is desirable to rise to the top
at work and enjoy the good
things money can buy
“Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break
through and steal: But lay up
for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break
through nor steal.”
−Matthew 6:19,20
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
How you enjoy your time,
if it is not in bad things, is
nobody’s business but yours.
The Word of God?
“Therefore watch, and
remember, that by the space
of three years I ceased not to
warn every one night and day
with tears.”−Acts 20:31
“ Redeeming the time,
because the days are evil.”
−Ephesians 5:16
To Whom Do You Listen?
An “Angel of Light”?
Doctrine does not matter; you
go your way and I will go
mine, and we will all get to
heaven together.
The Word of God?
“Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of
the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto
you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for
the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.”
−Jude 3
Hymn 328
When the storms of life are raging,
Tempests wild on sea and land.
I will seek a place of refuge,
In the shadow of God’s hand.
He will hide me, He will hide me,
Where no harm can e’er betide me;
He will hide me, safely hide me,
In the shadow of his hand.
Though he may permit affliction,
‘Twill but make me long for home;
For in love and not in anger,
All his chastenings will come.
He will hide me, He will hide me,
Where no harm can e’er betide me;
He will hide me, safely hide me,
In the shadow of his hand.
Enemies may strive to injure,
Satan all his arts employ;
God will turn what seems to harm me
Into everlasting joy.
He will hide me, He will hide me,
Where no harm can e’er betide me;
He will hide me, safely hide me,
In the shadow of his hand.
So, when here the cross I’m bearing,
Meeting storms and billows wild,
Jesus for my soul is caring;
Naught can harm his Father’s child.
He will hide me, He will hide me,
Where no harm can e’er betide me;
He will hide me, safely hide me,
In the shadow of his hand.