MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/cosmic-cryptology-in-church.html
COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 2
By Gaylene Goodroad*
Are we in possession of messages of extraterrestrial origin?
If so, what do they mean?
What do these messages from the edge of eternity portend for the future?
What has the science of cryptology revealed about these ancient texts? Is our universe itself a "digital message"?
Do these messages explain the interval between the miracle of our origin and the mystery of our destiny?
Read the implications of our finite universe and the shocking discoveries of quantum physics at the very boundaries of reality and learn their significance to our origin and personal destinies!
(Koinonia House advertisement for Cosmic Codes)
Chuck Missler’s Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity is a 535-page textbookfor the Koinonia Institute Bible Course, BTE 620:Introduction to Biblical Cryptology.[i]Here is a description from the KI [Koinonia Institute] Handbook:
This course includes an introduction to cryptography (the study of secret writing), with a survey of codes and ciphers: transpositions and monoalphabetic, polyalphabetic, and polygraphic substitutions.
It explores the surprising use of encryptions in the Biblical text, including—but not limited to—the controversial equidistant-letter-sequences which have been so fancifully promoted.
Microcodes ("jots and tittles"), Macrocodes (strategic anticipatory structures) and Metacodes (beyond the boundaries of physical reality) are explored.
Paracryptology and extraterrestrial communication investigations are also highlighted.[ii]
Did you understand this quote? In order to interpret it one must use interchangeable language pulled from New Age physics** where “microcosm” becomes “microcode,” “macrocosm” becomes “macrocode,” and “metacosm” becomes “metacode.” These, and other terms linked to mystical, occultic, and arcane ideas, are vigorously used and taught in Cosmic Codes. This includes numerous highly unusual and extra biblical words that read like codes themselves—terms such as cryptography, cryptanalysis, cryptology, encipher, encode, ciphertext, cryptogram, decipher, decode, acrostic, and anagram.
Chuck Missler defines these secret code practices:
Some [codes], we discover are hidden behind, or underneath, our day-to-day traffic of ideas. The ones which are hidden usually reveal an ulterior intent or purpose…. From the ancient palaces of our earliest cultures to the super-secret “black chambers” of our most modern command posts, the art of secret writing—and the science of their decipherment—have determined the course of history. Cryptology—the study of secret codes and ciphers—has also been stimulated by its use in literature.[iii][bold added, italics in original]
De-Coding the Bible
It is significant that the word “occult” means “hidden”or “secret.”[iv] The idea that the LORD God would imbed secret knowledge in His Word—requiring believers to “decrypt” it by using worldly techniques—soars to the heights of blasphemy. “Cryptological Bible study” is totally foreign to the Bible’s plain teachings and precepts.
In fact, in both the Old and New Testaments, the Lord God Himself teaches the exact opposite (Isa. 45:16, 19; Jn. 18:20). Contradicting the idea of God communicating in “cosmic codes” is the fact that Lord Jesus Christ, The Word, (though on occasion He spoke in parables), spoke openly and not in hidden, encrypted language (Jn. 1:1; 18:20).
Note that the LORD is speaking here:
• Isa 45:19 "I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are upright.”
• Isa 48:16 "Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit."[v]
Plainly, the Lord declared twice that He has NOT spoken “in secret.” He is the One who spoke creation into existence; He is the Word (Gen. 1:3-31; John 1:1).
Here is how Gesenius’ Hebrew Lexicon defines the word “secret” (Heb. cether) in the verses above from Isaiah: “a hiding; hence something secret, clandestine, hidden, Jud. 3:10... ‘some secret thing;’ 1 Sam. 25:20... ‘the covert of the mountain....’”[vi]
According to the text’s plain meaning, God declares that He does not speak in secret, clandestine, or hidden language. Jesus Christ reiterates this declaration in John 18:20:
• Jn 18:20 Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.[vii]
According to Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, the word “secret” in John 18 comes from the Greek word, kryptos (from which we derive the English word cryptic, or “hidden”).[viii] Thayer’s further defines:
...hidden, concealed, secret: Mt. x. 26; Mk. iv. 22; Lk. viii.17; xii. 2 . . . in secret, Mt. vi. 4, 6, 18 Rec.;... privately, in secret, Jn. vii. 4, 10; xviii. 20... [the hidden things of darkness i.e.] things covered by darkness, 1 Co. iv. 5;... the things which men conceal, Ro. ii. 16;... his secret thoughts, feelings, desires, 1 Co. iv. 2;.... into a secret place....[ix]
In direct contradiction to Missler’s thesis about hidden “cosmic codes,” the Lord Jesus Christ proclaims that He not only spoke openly (publicly), but never in secret, hidden, or encrypted language.
In Scripture, whenever a “mystery” (secret) was presented, it was the Lord God who “revealed” it. The word “mystery” (“secret,” Aramaic raz)[x] occurs 6 times in the Old Testament (all in the Book of Daniel)[xi]; and 19 times in the New Testament (“secret,” Gr. musterion).[xii] Note Daniel the prophet’s declaration:
• Dan 2:27 “Daniel answered before the king and said, ‘As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king’.”
• Dan 2:28 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.”[xiii][Emphasis added]
The “wise men,” “conjurers,” “magicians,” and “diviners” could not reveal the mystery, because only the “God in heaven” reveals them.
Note the beginning words of the last book of the Bible:
• Rev 1:1 “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John.”[xiv]
The “Revelation” “lays bare” the mystery. It is a revealing, or an unveiling of the Lord Jesus Christ (Gr. apokalypsis).[xv]The “revelation” was initiated by God the Father, then given to Christ—the one and only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5).
All that the Lord God wanted us to know, He recorded plainly in His book—which is to be read and pondered, not manipulated by those claiming to possess secret knowledge. Lest we become like the wise men, conjurers, magicians or diviners, we should leave alone any hidden mysteries until the God who knows them reveals them (Dan. 2:27-28; Rev. 1:1).
From Secret Codes to Extraterrestrial Communications
In the Preface to Cosmic Codes one can find occult methodologies—and the tenets of New Age physics. Chuck Missler writes:
The interception and breaking of secret codes have tumbled proud thrones and determined the outcome of major wars since the dawn of history. The decipherment of hidden messages has turned the tide of history on more occasions that one can enumerate....
Dedicated scientists continue to scan the heavens in their search for signalsfrom distant galaxies. Committed teams of microbiologists and computer specialists continue their efforts to further decipher the genetic codes in our DNA. And now we discover that all this time there apparently have been hidden codes in the most widely distributed document on the Planet Earth—the Bible.
Is there a connection between all of these? Is there a relationship between the “Bible Codes” and the digital error-correcting codes hidden in our DNA?Is there a relationship between these digital codes and the discoveries of quantum physics at the very boundaries of reality itself?...
We will begin our review by exploring some background in the art of cryptology, the study of secret writing and some of the efforts which have been devoted to the pursuit of extraterrestrial communication—the attempts to discern signals from outside of our space-time....
What characteristics would an extraterrestrial communication require? How would we recognize an extraterrestrial message if we encountered one?...
We will also explore some of the deeply disturbing insights of quantum physics which are confronting our very concepts of reality.
...It will however, be of paramount importance to first 'blindfold your prejudices' and presuppositions."[xvi] [Bold emphases added]
Beginning with a study of cryptology next opens the door to the "pursuit of extraterrestrial communication" and "attempts to discern signals from outside of our space-time"? How does a respected evangelical leader move so far away from the plain truth of Scripture? By blindfolding "prejudices" and biblical "presuppositions"?
The classical approach to studying the Bible emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s role in biblical illumination and requires the use of proper biblical hermeneutics and exegesis. However, to bolster his quantum spirituality teachings, Missler de-emphasizes the “classic approach,” calling it “myopic”. He writes:
(Many commentators tend to be like Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, who maintained that, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”644) The classical approach to conservative Biblical hermeneutics usually emphasizes the following…. These emphases yield good intellectual hygiene. They are the pillars upon which traditional doctrines are rigorously anchored. It is the unwavering enslavement to the grip of context, however, that can seem myopic at times.[xvii][italics in original, bold added]
Important questions must be asked—not only about the promotion of quantum spirituality, but also regarding the methodologies being used to justify it. Can these so-called hidden “cosmic codes” only be discovered and decrypted when the Scripture is released from the “myopic” and “unwavering enslavement to the grip of context”?
Is this the ultimate purpose of quantum spirituality—which is the mixture of quantum physics with New Age spirituality—to go beyond what is written in Scripture and "to boldly go where no man has gone before"?[xviii]
As one critic of the Bible code idea has insightfully observed:
Christians, quite frankly, have trouble enough obeying the plain and obvious things that we do understand from Scripture without making up other things.... Looking for secret codes is one big detour and diversion.... Ignoring the clear and plain message of the Bible takes us down a detour of speculation and away from the practical pursuit of obedience and growth. The speculative chasing of “Bible codes” is not something found in historic orthodox Christianity....
The pursuit of a Bible code is not about gain in any sense but about incredible loss. There is the loss of the Bible, the loss of the true knowledge of God and the Savior of mankind. It is about the loss of Bible doctrines regarding salvation and sanctification. Losing these we fail to search the Scriptures as we should (Psalm 1) and lose the information on how to find Christ and mature in Him (2 Timothy 3:14-17).[xvix]
The Truth:
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:
but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever,
that we may do all the words of this law.
(Deuteronomy 29:29)
Stay tuned for Part 3 in this multi-part series . . . .
Endnotes:
[i] Dr. Chuck Missler, Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity, Koinonia House, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 1999, Revised 2004. Note: Missler received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the online Louisiana Baptist University (LBU); Koinonia Institute Handbook, pg. 68; http://www.studycenter.com/downloads/KI_Handbook.pdf; KI and LBU are partnership entities; http://www.khouse.org/articles/2004/534/; See also:http://www.studycenter.com/downloads/ki_info_kit.pdf. Also see: http://cosmiccodes.com/definitions.html, http://cosmiccodes.com/toc.html and http://cosmiccodes.com
[ii] Koinonia Institute Handbook, pp. 56-57.
[iii] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pg. 5. Also see http://cosmiccodes.com/chapter1-pt1.html
[iv]The Free Dictionary online; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/occult.
[v] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for '"secret"' in the NASB".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 14 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?
[vi] Blue Letter Bible."Dictionary and Word Search for cether (Strong's 5643)".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 14 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
[vii] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for '"secret"' in the NASB".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 14 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?
Criteria=secret&t=NASB&cscs=Jhn >.
[viii] Ibid, The Free Dictionary online.
[ix] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for kryptos (Strong's 2927)".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 14 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
Strongs=G2927&t=NASB >. NOTE: It is both ironic and unfortunate that Chuck Missler is a contributing partner to the online Blue Letter Bible;http://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/comm_author.cfm?AuthorID=21.
[x] Blue Letter Bible."Dictionary and Word Search for raz (Aramaic) (Strong's 7328)".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
[xi] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for '"mystery"' in the NASB".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?
[xii] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for mystērion (Strong's 3466)".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
[xiii] Blue Letter Bible. "The Major Prophet Daniel 2 - (NASB - New American Standard Bible)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Dan&c=2&t=NASB >.
[xiv] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for '"revelation"' in the NASB".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/search/translationResults.cfm?
Criteria=%22revelation%22&t=NASB >.
[xv] Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for apokalypsis (Strong's 602)".Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 15 Feb 2012. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
[xvi] Missler, Preface to Cosmic Codes, pg. ix. See: http://cosmiccodes.com/preface.html.
[xvii] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pg. 351.
[xviii] Phrase taken from Star Trek's motto in the 1960s science fiction television program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series
[xvix] G. Richard Fisher, "The Bible Code: Prophetic Insight or Fertile Imagination?" Personal Freedom Outreach, http://www.pfo.org/biblcode.htm.
*With special thanks to Pastor Larry DeBruyn's special insights and assistance with biblical commentary.
**For further reading on Quantum Spirituality, see Pastor Larry DeBruyn's 6 Part series "Quantum Physics and the New Spirituality," published on Herescope in the Fall of 2010.
Part 1: "FROM COSMOS, TO CHAOS, TO CONSCIOUSNESS"
Part 2: The "Uncertainty Principle"
Part 3: Fractal Emergence
Part 4: "The Force Be With You"
Part 5: Quantum Consciousness
Part 6: Emergent Metaphysics
Related Reading: See "Quantum Alchemy," by Jackie Alnor, Apostasy Alert, June 19, 2007, http://www.apostasyalert.org/REFLECTIONS/quantum.htm
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/14/2012 08:35:00 PM
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/emerging-enigma-bible.html
The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 3
By Gaylene Goodroad
...[O]nce someone decides they can cherry-pick verses at will,
change the meaning of these texts to fit his theories
and use random hermeneutical methods,
anything can be “proven.”
—Pastor Gary Gilley*
ENIGMA: A saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning.**
The study of “cosmic codes” and related occult methodologies did not originate with Chuck Missler, but from the ancient sages and Jewish mystics who generated the occult body of mystical writings called the Kabbalah.
Missler acknowledges this fact himself in Chapter 10 of Cosmic Codes called, “The Skipping of Letters.” He favorably examines the teachings of a few of these Kabbalistic scholars—men such as 12th century Rabbi Moses ben Nachmanides, and 18th century rabbi, Eliyahu ben Shlomo or Vilna Gaon. Who are these men and what did they teach? According to the Jewish Virtual Library:
Nachmanides had a strong mystical bent. His biblical commentaries are the first ones to incorporate the mystical teachings of kabbalah.[i]
Christian apologist John Weldon, in Decoding the Bible Code, reports that Rabbi Vilna Gaon “was subject to strong occult influences” such as “mysticism, mystical revelations, ‘angels, and other celestial beings,’ the dead, and out of body experiences.”[ii]
The beliefs of these and other twelfth and thirteenth century sages are examined in The Kabbalah: An Illustrated Introduction to the Esoteric Heart of Jewish Mysticism:
They and their followers believed that the Word of God, as delineated in the Torah (the book of Mosaic law), could give the power to heal the flesh and drive out evil and sickness. Their teachings were recorded in the Sepher Hasidim…. According to the book, the Word was hidden from plain sight, where only the worthy and pure could locate it…. [They] devoted themselves to scrutinizing the Torah for hidden codes. Each mark and letter of the Torah was counted, analyzed, given a value and manipulated. Words that added to the same number were seen as equivalent at the least, andperhaps as revealing a special new wisdom. This technique was called Gematria, and its adepts were know as Baal Shem, “Masters of the Word.”[iii] [italics in original, bold added]
According to Kabbalists, “only the worthy and pure could locate” the hidden codes. Similarly, in Missler's book Cosmic Codes, only the scientifically and mathematically astute and credentialed can locate and decode these purported hidden Bible codes. Note that this belief that only an elect group can glean hidden or coded truths runs contrary to a foundational teaching of the First Reformation, which taught:
VII. All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all; yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed, for salvation, are so clearly propounded and opened in some place of Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them. (The Westminster Confession)
THE CRYPTIC ELITE
In explaining his qualifications and motivations to write such a book, note the first things listed in Chuck Missler’s brief resume:
…[V]ery few of the popular treatments of this intriguing subject evidence any background in cryptology, which is precisely the science at issue. Having spent a 30-year career in both military and civilian pursuits in advanced communication and information science technologies—including deeply classified ventures in the intelligence field—and, also, having more than three decades in serious Biblical studies, I felt that a broader approach to the subject of hidden messages was appropriate.[iv] [bold added]
One must raise the question: does a background in the “science of cryptology” and “deeply classified ventures in the intelligence field” trump the Holy Spirit and the plain Word of God? Missler lists “several brilliant mathematical explorers” (scientists) responsible for the most recent wave of Bible (Torah) code examinations:
...Doron Witztum, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Torah scholar who had been a graduate student specializing in general relativity; Eliyahu Rips, a Lithuanian émigré and world-class mathematician in group theory; Prof. Daniel Michelson, maintaining appointments both in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA as well as the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; and Gerald Schroeder, an MIT physicist, a participant in six atomic bomb tests, and who has worked for the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the UN. (I had the delightful privilege of celebrating Passover in Gerry’s home in Jerusalem many years ago, and it was he who first introduced me to the “Torah codes.”)185 [v]
Are readers to assume that an atomic bomb physicist (working with the Department of Defense and the United Nations)—and an apparently unbelieving Jew—has a unique ability to decode hidden biblical messages that are out-of-reach to a Spirit-filled believer simply reading the text? This seems to be the suggestion.
Under the subheading, “The Big Guns Take a Look,” Missler also lists a National Security Agent (NSA) expert in un-cracking codes, Dr. Harold Gans:
Dr. Harold Gans has been a senior mathematician with the most prestigious cryptology institution in the world, the National Security Agency (NSA)…[He] is a brilliant mathematician who has published over 190 technical papers (most of them classified), and has headed up teams of the top mathematicians, cryptanalysts, programmers, and engineers, solving problems previously considered virtually uncrackable. [bold mine][vi]
Without further information, the reader is left to guess at Dr. Gans’ faith, if any.[vii]
In answering anyone who raises questions about the elevation of scientific “big guns” to the place of spiritual advisors, Missler initially seems to agree: “[It] is not God’s ‘style’ to put us at the mercy of experts, or elitist of any kind.” He even quotes 1 Corinthians 1:26-29:
“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.”[viii]
However, in the immediate paragraphs following—in what appears to be a dialectic slight-of-hand—Missler accuses his critics of “scriptural myopia,” and “naiveté.” Missler is referring to "ELS," which stands for "Equidistant Letter Sequences," which is a complicated counting letter pattern that is said to reveal a hidden code. Missler wrote:
There are some serious concerns over the ELS codes. Among these, however, are some concerns which we feel are disturbingly myopic. There are some critics of the ELS codes who feel that God has nothing in His Word that the common person cannot understand. This places a strange constraint upon God…it is very myopic and naïve to infer that only things, which can be understood by the rank and file are in God’s Word.[ix] [Emphasis added]
So once again only the code-breaker elite trained in secret decoding methods are qualified to decipher encrypted Bible messages, while “common” and “rank and file” Christians are just being "disturbingly myopic" and "naïve"?Note that the issue is not over the “understanding” of the deep things of God, which is accessible to every believer through the plain reading God's Word (Ephesians 3:4: "Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ"). The issue is rather that the technically elite have been elevated to a sort of priesthood regarding the decryption of these so-called hidden messages in the Bible. The truth is that
• No believer, before glorification, will ever understand all mysteries that are hidden in God’s Word (perhaps we never will).
• There are no “classes” of Christians. Likening the “common person” to “the rank and file” flies in the face of 1 Corinthians 1:26-29.
• The Scripture is open to us so that we may share the "mystery of the Gospel" of Salvation with others (See Eph. 6:19, Col. 4:3.)
In the book Kabbalah (cited earlier), besides indicating that “only the worthy and pure” are able to “locate” the hidden meanings in the Torah, the author also highlights the diligence required in these decrypting practices:
…[these men] devoted themselves to scrutinizing the Torah for hidden codes. Each mark and letter of the Torah was counted, analyzed, given a value and manipulated. Words that added to the same number were seen as equivalent at the least, and perhaps as revealing a special new wisdom. This technique was called Gematria, and its adepts were know as Baal Shem, “Masters of the Word.”[x]
The underlying motivation for such beliefs is explained by a second century rabbi named Akiba Ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), the founder of rabbinic Judaism:
Akiva believed that every letter, punctuation mark and even decorative flourish of the Holy Scriptures had been inspired by God, and that he study of such minutiae could reveal the truths of God’s laws.[xi]
Compare Rabbi Akiva’s ideas above with those of Chuck Missler, who wrote in Cosmic Codes that:
…[T]he more we investigate, the more we discover that the books of the Bible are actually elements of a highly integrated message system in which every detail, every number, every name, even the elemental structures within the text itself, are clearly the result of intricate and skillful “engineering.” [pg. 86]
In the Biblical record, every detail, every place name, every number, has been tailored by deliberate design…Deciphering these codes is our ultimate challenge. [pg. 218, bold mine]
(Unfortunately for Rabbi Akiva, his textual manipulations led him to announce a false Messiah, Simon bar Kochba.[xii])
To underscore the importance that Missler places on these Kabbalist mystics, note the following favorable comments he made in his book Cosmic Codes:
"Towering behind all of these [Jewish mystics] was one of the greatest Jewish sages of all time, Rabbi Moses ben Nachman of Gerona in Catalonia.... Known as Nachmanides—and by the acronym Ramban... (Nachmanides also inferred, from Genesis 1, that our universe has ten dimensions. This appears to anticipate the very insights currently recognized by particle physicists...)." [pg. 124]
"...[A] more recent prodigy, Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl... acquired a Torah commentary written by a 13th century sage, Rabbenu Bachya ben Asher of Saragossa, in Spain. Fascinated by Bachya's cryptic asides, and allusions to decryptions (literally, kabbalah, in Hebrew), for the rest of his life, Weissmandl maintained his certainty that divinely ordered information was embedded within the Torah by means of Bachya's description of the skipping of equal intervals of letters...." [pg. 125]
Where will these extra-biblical occult techniques lead others who follow them? History provides us some answers.
For example, the Kabbalah eventually became a mystical cargo that Spanish Jews and Christian Gnostics brought with them to America during Columbus’ historic voyage. They “leapt on it as the lost secrets that would allow access to the very innermost mysteries of the Bible.” A Christian Gnostic by the name of Pico della Mirandola, “was convinced that Kabbalistic study—particularly gematria and the other analytical techniques—could verify the scientific truth of Christianity.”[xiii] [italics added]
Adepts of both the Kabbalah and Gnosticism seek extra-biblical revelation or knowledge—esoteric and hidden knowledge that is forbidden by God.[xiv] Note that even at this early time religious, but misguided, men were seeking spiritual wisdom through "scientific" methods.
NUMBER MYSTICISM
The Book of Divination names one of these scientific methods “numerology,” or “number mysticism.” It was discovered by the 6th century Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who believed that “[t]he numeral relations among things was… the motive force of the universe.” Numerology is a form of divination used widely in the occult world. It is often connected with astrology (birth dates, e.g.) and it is used “to discover the secret passageways that connect all things,” i.e., to divine esoteric knowledge by mystical means using numbers.[xv]
Although numerology is clearly a form of occult divination, there is a legitimate study of numbers as it relates to the Bible. John Weldon informs us that:
The Bible clearly uses numbers in a conventional and rhetorical sense, and as far as these are concerned, the study of biblical numerology is legitimate.4 We also occasionally find numbers used symbolically—such as the number 7 in Revelation 3:185—but we never find numbers used mystically—that is, with hidden meanings that can illuminate the text or reveal the future.[xvi] [bold added]
James Jacob Prasch of Moriel Ministries, a Hebrew-speaking evangelist to the Jews and highly respected Bible teacher, explains further:
Clearly there is a remarkable numerical coding to the Bible and this has a valid and potentially valuable application in evangelical apologetics… [but] we must separate that which is biblical and what is not. Certainly symbolic numbers…have a meaning in biblical typology. This has always been known…. In Formula Citations (Old Testament prophecies being fulfilled in the life experience of Jesus) and in Biblical Genealogies, numerical values and patterns re-enforce a textual meaning. But nowhere is Gematria used as a basis of doctrine or prophecy…. We must recognize these aspects of biblical numerics which have validity. Some though, again take it further than scripture does, arriving at wild conclusions.
The allegedly secret meanings of words or phrases in Jewish mysticism are derived from understanding their numerical values. In Zohar, Kabbalistic interpretations of numbers are not uncommon, but this derives from the occult practice of numerology, which is pagan and Hellenistic in origin…. With the help of a computer, one might be able to ‘discover’ another coherent text keeping to a fixed system of numerical pattern as scripture does….
However, one could take almost any original Hebrew text… and devise an alpha-numeric pattern that will reveal what are supposedly cryptic messages or predictions. In Hebrew this would be relatively simple because, unlike Greek or Latin, Hebrew has no vowels, only consonants. So it is easy to make words. In dealing with prophecy and deeper significance in a biblical text, God’s Word does not use alpha-numerics….[xvii] [bold mine]
In an entire chapter devoted to examining numerology, numerics, and gematria, Chuck Missler acknowledges the dangers of relying on the mystical elements in his cryptic endeavors, but ends his analysis with this disturbing conclusion that seems to override his concerns:”[xviii]
But, the deeper question remains. Does the Bible use numbers in a mystical sense? The Kabbalists held that every detail in the Torah was significant. So did the Lord (Matthew 5:17:17-18). Many will, of course, accuse us of “mysticism,” and we make only faint apology. Paul and John clearly were “mystics[xix].” [bold, italics mine]
Are the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the apostles Paul and John comparable to the mystical Kabbalists! Were they “mystics?” We think not![xx] A few paragraphs later, Missler exhorts his readers to “cling to the whole of Scripture as our fixed point of reference.”[xxi] But given the context, one must ask if, by italicizing the word “whole,” Missler is alluding to the Bible plusencrypted Bible codes as Holy Writ? This then raises an additional important question:
Is this teaching on hidden cosmic codes a way to expand beyond the plain text of the Bible in order to accommodate new messages, new meanings, new "words" from God? Will this open the Canon to new eschatologies? New end-time scenarios?
The potential answer is disconcerting. Missler suggests that the advent of the modern computer era will enhance the decoding of these supposed hidden messages in the Bible. It is suggested that earlier generations in the church didn't have access to mechanical devices like computers that would facilitate the decoding of these "hidden" new words from God. So now in our era we have more revelation? In the following quotes from Cosmic Codes, keep in mind that the mixture of scientific technology plus mysticism forms the basis of Quantum Spirituality:
It is fascinating to reflect on the history of the codes. From the Hebrew scribe's obsession with textual precision emerged a mystical tradition that also led, intensified by the crucible of persecution, to the arcana of cryptography, which, when assisted with mechanical devices, ultimately led to the modern computer, which is now apparently revealing the codes hidden there from the very beginning.... [pg. 130]
As computers were born in the cradle of the cryptography, the ellipsis of history now seems to be closing. It was the sequential development of three areas of modern interest—cryptology, mathematical statistics, and machine computation—that has emerged from the ancient encoding techniques of the Jewish sages who first discovered codes in the Torah so long ago.... Has cryptography now also joined these other sciences to reveal what Bible scholars have been trumpeting for generations? Is the Bible really a message from beyond the edge of infinity, carrying a preemptive personal relevance for each of us? [pg. 135]
BIBLE CODE CONTROVERSIES
Bible code teaching is not new. There are other authors who have capitalized on the Bible code idea over the years. Chuck Missler distances himself from Michael Drosnin, the discredited author of the best-selling book, The Bible Code.[xxii] However, Missler admittedly “draws heavily” from the works of other Bible code proponents: Rabbi Yakov Rambsel (His Name is Jesus: The Mysterious Yeshua Codes), Grant Jeffrey (Signature of God), and Jeffrey Satinover (Cracking the Bible Code).[xxiii]
Both John Weldon and the authors Clifford and Barbara Wilson discredit the works of Rambsel and Jeffrey, citing a researcher who consulted Dr. Harold Gans, the NSA cryptologist mentioned earlier: “We showed Rambsel and Jeffrey’s statistical computations… simply disregard universally accepted scientific claims. There is not even one statistical claim or computation in their books that is normatically rigorous or true....”[xxiv]
Missler introduces Dr. Satinover of Cracking the Bible Code:
Further public awareness was then added with Dr. Jeffrey Satinover’s article in Bible Review in October 1995.194 Dr. Satinover is an expert in mathematics, physics, and clinical psychiatry; he is a former Williams James lecturer in Psychology and Religion at Harvard; has degrees from MIT, Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Texas. He reported that the mathematical probability of these 66 names of Jewish sages, with the dates of their birth or death, in an ancient text such as Genesis, was less than one chance in 2.5 billion.[xxv]
Concerning Dr. Satinover’s beliefs, note the comments made by critics Weldon and the Wilsons in Decoding the Bible Code:
Both Drosnin and Satinover discuss how the paradoxical findings of quantum mechanics relate to the Bible Code. For example, in particle physics, the indeterminacy of the position of an electron is paralleled to the indeterminacy of the Bible code as it relates, for example, to multiple predictions or other “fuzzy” aspects of the code. [pg. 59; bold added]
It is the parallels between quantum mechanics and the Bible code that causes Satinover to conclude, “God lays out the broad pattern of history, acts in the world alongside us, [but willingly] ‘contracts’ some portions of His omnipotence so that we may be granted the gift of genuine freedom.” [pg. 60; bold added]
Satinover also implies that the Bible codes contain infinite knowledge7 and are multilevel—“the codes were but one face of a dazzling multifaceted jewel with depths beyond understanding.”8 Billions of skip codes, leading to billions of messages, and even different levels and dimensions. All of this boggles the mind. [pg. 84; bold added]
…And even in Satinover’s serious work, we find certain occult expressions: “There is no such thing as a single fixed reality—all phenomena and experience are unpredictable, fuzzy.”…”To learn the template [of existence] is to make present both past and future; to study sacred history is to see the eternal in the mundane.”29 [pg. 123; bold added]
As Dr. Satinover points out, “The claim that the codes existed in the Torah lay at the very heart of Kabbalah…” [pg. 119; bold added]
Besides linking the Bible codes to New Age physics and to a “God” who “contracts” portions of His omnipotence, Satinover’s apparent connection to occult teachings is alarming. The Decoding the Bible Code authors ask the important question: “What are the implications if the concept of Bible codes was revealed from an occult source—especially one having a hidden agenda?”[xxvi]
And we must ask the obvious question: Why is Chuck Missler “drawing heavily” from a man with such obvious occult beliefs and incorporating them into his Koinonia Institute study text?
Although only evident in the Appendices to Cosmic Codes,[xxvii] Missler also incorporates extensive material from Anglican clergyman and Ultra-Dispensationalist, E.W. Bullinger, who died in 1913. Among Bullinger's books are, The Witness of the Stars, “an in-depth study of the constellations and principle stars as they pertain to prophetic truth…”[xxviii]andNumber in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance, “a classic reference book on biblical numerology [providing] a complete synopsis of the spiritual significance of numbers found in the Bible.”[xxix] Even the titles sound mystical and astrological, not biblical.
According the late Dr. Harry Ironside, Bullinger’s The Companion Bible, “contains interpretations which are utterly subversive of the truth.”[xxx] Ironside warned:
Some of Dr. Bullinger’s positions are glaringly opposed to what is generally accepted as orthodox teaching, as, for instance, the sleep of the soul between death and resurrection… [M]ost of his followers in Great Britain have gone off into annihilation, and there is quite a sect in America who began with his teaching who now are restorationists of the broadest type,teaching what they are pleased to call universal reconciliation…[bold added]
Considering the dire effects of Bullinger’s teachings upon his followers, one can only wonder what direction Missler' quantum mysticism might lead his students. 2 Peter 2:1 warns the church: “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.” Commenting on this Scripture, Jacob Prasch states:
As Scripture warns, God does not like a mixture. The Hebrews could not make a garment of wool and flax (Dt. 22:11). In Laodicea there was the hot water and the cold—“I wish you were either cold or hot.” But when there is a mixture—the lukewarm—it is spit out (Rev. 3:16). Forget about the argument there is “some” good in it, that there is “some” truth in it, so “we’ll take the ‘good’ bits.” That is man’s wisdom, not God’s. “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (1 Co. 5:6; Gal. 5:9). But it says when they do this [mix truth with error] they will deny “the Master who bought them.”[xxxi] [bold added]
CRACKING THE GENESIS CODE
How far and wide has Missler’s quantum mysticism already spread? In our article published a year ago, “Doomsday Datesetters 2012,” we explained how this was connecting with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and its aberrant beliefs:
In July of 2007, discernment author Jackie Alnor wrote an Apostasy Alert article called, “Quantum Alchemy,” exposing the "Quantum Leap-2 Conference" co-sponsored by the NAR-affiliated Elijah List. In her article, Alnor expressed concerns that Missler was one of the featured speakers of the event and wondered if he “could be a bridge builder between the two camps… [Calvary Chapel and Kansas City Prophets],” saying:
Missler sharing the stage with mystics and false prophets could stumble many young believers who could assume Missler’s involvement was an endorsement of any and all teaching and actions that might occur. Since the names Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel were used in the advertising [Missler taught the Bible under Smith for over 25 years], could this be a ploy to draw in unsuspecting Christians to a gathering where deceiving spirits are welcome? ...Will Missler speak up against these dark teachings when he takes the platform or will he go on as if they’re all one big happy family?[55]
That question has been answered.[xxxii]
An online poster advertising the Quantum Leap 2 Conference announced:
We plan to go into uncharted territory. We will embark on a journey to explore the mystery of color, light, and sound. This road has been traversed by scientists and mystics alike. This conference will blend science and theology, and is designed to release divine creativity.[xxxiii] [bold, italics added]
It was at the Quantum Leap 2 Conference that Chuck Missler made contact with New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) teacher David van Koevering, writer, minister, motivational speaker, inventor, visionary, musicologist, who is also a quantum physicist. Van Koevering's teachings include “The Physics of Worship” and “The Science of God Sounds.”[xxxiv]
There are more connections. Van Koevering quotes Missler in the August 7 issue of Elijah Rain Magazine, “Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap”:
It is believed that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second.... That means that light may have been ten to thirty percent faster in the time of Christ; twice as fast in the days of Solomon; and four times as fast in the days of Abraham. My friend Chuck Missler says, "That would imply that the velocity of light was more than ten million times faster prior to 3,000 B.C. This possibility would also alter our concepts of time and the age of the universe. The universe might actually be less than 10,000 years old!" That sounds like a quantum leap to me!
Before the fall, God had created one realm from gravity waves to His glory. This present human realm is up through the electromagnetic spectrum to the speed of light.... In the Garden of Eden, when mankind sinned, was cursed in the fall downward, and lost upper bandwidth and spiritual consciousness, light slowed down even more…. [bold italics added, Scripture bold in original][xxxv]
This quote is disturbing because the NAR false prophets and apostle leaders desire to tinker with Genesis 1, reversing the effects of the Fall, and restoring paradise so that they can have dominion. This quote indicates that some of them may have the hope that by tinkering with quantum physics they might discover a "scientific" way to change time and space. To underscore the interconnections, a portion of Missler’s quote is found in Cosmic Codes—in a chapter devoted to “hyper-holograms,” “hyperspaces,” and “Chaos Theory.”[xxxvi] And Missler also incorporates elements of quantum “sound theory” with the Hebrew alphabet in Cosmic Codes.[xxxvii]
The Quantum Spirituality theory that time itself can be altered seems to lead straight into science fiction. In his 1997 book Alien Encounters: the Secret Behind the UFO Phenomenon, Chuck Missler and co-author Mark Eastman suggested that:
We live in an age when the very nature of time is only beginning to be understood. The concepts of time warps, time travel, and the like are no longer the plaything of fiction writers, but the serious study of particle physicists, cosmologists, and other scientists. So, before we go further in our exploration of hyperspace and UFOs, we need to shed the baggage of some additional misconceptions that may hinder our understanding. [pg. 222]
Notice yet again how Missler suggests that in order to embrace these new beliefs one must "shed the baggage" of "misconceptions" that might "hinder" understanding these new things. And note how these ideas could head straight into new eschatologies that incorporate UFOs. Previously I have written about Chuck Missler's associate Tom Horn and his call for "techno-dimensional spiritual warfare" in order engage "pagan deities" and other creatures that return in 2012. (See HERE.)
Sadly, Chuck Missler brings these mystical and destructive teachings with him to platforms around the country, such as the conservative Red River Bible and Prophecy Conference in Fargo-Moorhead,[xxxviii] Missler’s Strategic Perspectives Conference in Lakeland, FL (home of the Lakeland/Todd Bentley false revival) [xxxix] with paranormal teacher Tom Horn, and the 2012 Prophecy Summit in Branson, MO, with Horn, Gary Stearman, et al.[xl] Missler's quantum mysticism will also continue to infiltrate the church at large through his many books, articles, DVDs, videos, speaking engagements, website, training institute, and even Bible version.[xli]
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.[xlii]
~ 1 Tim. 6:20-21
Stay tuned for Part 4 in this multi-part series . . . .
ENDNOTES:
[i]The Jewish Virtual Library, “Nachmanides/Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman) (1194-1270); http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Nachmanides.html.
[ii]John Weldon, with Clifford and Barbara Wilson, Decoding the Bible Code, Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR, 1999, pg. 125.
[iii] Tim Dedopulos, Kabbalah: An Illustrated Introduction to the Esoteric Heart of Jewish Mysticism, Gramercy Books, an imprint of Random House Value Publishing, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, by arrangement with Carlton Books Ltd., London, 2005, pp. 14-15.
[iv] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pg. x.
[v] Ibid, pp. 135-136.
[vi] Ibid, pg. 141.
[vii] Further research finds that Dr. Gans is Jewish;http://www.torahcode.net/people/gans.shtml.
[viii] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pp. 169-170.
[ix] Ibid, pg. 170.
[x] Dedopulos, pg. 14-15.
[xi] Ibid, pg. 12.
[xii] Ibid, pg. 13; See also About.com: Judaism, “Akiba Ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva)”;http://judaism.about.com/od/jewishbiographies/a/akiva.htm.
[xiii] Ibid, Dedopulos, pg. 22.
[xiv]Ibid, Ankerberg and Weldon, pg. xi; Ibid, Dedopulos, pg. 21.
[xv] Ann Fiery, The Book of Divination, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1999, pp. 66-69.
[xvi] Ibid, Weldon, pg. 34.
[xvii] Jacob Prasch, Moriel News and Prayer Letter, Oct. 1997, No. 13, “Bible Codes?”
[xviii] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pp. 281-300.
[xix] Ibid, pg. 299.
[xx] Pastor Larry DeBruyn refutes this idea in his article, “Was Paul a Mystic?,” Herescope, May 5, 2008; http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/05/was-paul-mystic.html.
[xxi] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, pg. 300.
[xxii] Ibid, pp. 120, 140, 145, 172.
[xxiii] Ibid, pg. vii.
[xxiv] Ibid, Weldon, pp. 104, 111, 173, Chapter 7 endnote #3.
[xxv] Ibid, pg. 139.
[xxvi] Ibid, pg. 119.
[xxvii] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, Bullinger, E.W.; pp. 88, 206, 214, 300, 393, 421, note 120, 124, 153, 342, 398, 574, 576, 580-581.
[xxviii] Amazon.com, The Witness of the Stars; http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Stars-W-Bullinger/dp/082542030X.
[xxix] Amazon.com, Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance; http://www.amazon.com/Number-Scripture-Supernatural-Spiritual-Significance/dp/0825420474/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b.
[xxx] Dr. Harry Ironside, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: Ultra-Dispensationalism Examined in the Light of the Holy Scriptures, Go to the Bible.com; http://www.gotothebible.com/HTML/wrongly1.html.
[xxxi] James Jacob Prasch,Shadows of the Beast, Moriel Ministries, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011, pg. 61.
[xxxii] Ibid, “Doomsday Datesetters 2012.”
[xxxiii] In Jesus. Com; http://injesus.com/message-archives/prophetic/elijahlist/david-van-koevering-joann-mcfatter-chuck-missler-ray-hughes-and-1.
[xxxiv] David van Koevering, “Sound of Heaven Conference,” Feb. 20, 2009, excerpts on YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uPPlzoEHVU&feature=related; See also, “The Oxygen Bell 333,” YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlJpdnfwlHQ.
[xxxv] Steve Shultz, Elijahlist.com, “David Koevering: Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap”;http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/6762.
[xxxvi] Ibid, Cosmic Codes, Chapter 23, pp. 336-346; Subsection, “The Speed of Light,” pp. 333-334.
[xxxvii] Ibid, pp. 113, 453; The question arises how quantum sound theory will be translated in light of a recent sound phenomena heard around the world; http://dorsi.hubpages.com/hub/Strange-sounds-in-the-sky-from-around-the-world.
[xxxviii] The Red River Bible and Prophecy Conference Schedule; http://www.titus213hope.com/schedule.htm.
[xxxix]Personal Update, The News Journal of the Koinonia Institute, Feb. 2012, pg. 40; http://www.khouse.org/personal_update.new/pdfs/personal_update_1202.pdf.
[xl]Bob Ulrich, “The Prophecy Summit at Branson 2012,” (July 13-15); http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/the-prophecy-summit-at-branson-2012/.
[xli] Missler is on the Board of Directors of The International Standard Version (ISV); http://isv.org/about.php, and ISV reviewing “bible scholar”; http://isv.org/index.php.
[xlii] Blue Letter Bible. "Paul's Epistle - 1 Timothy 6 - (KJV - King James Version)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2012. 18 Feb 2012. < http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=1Ti&c=6&t=KJV >.
*This quote is taken from a review of The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn, another book in the genre of "quasi-fictional" stories. Pastor Gilley warns that Cahn "massages Scripture and current events in an attempt to prove that God’s judgment on the United States has been hiding in these verses from the day they were given by Isaiah, but have now been unlocked by the careful investigation of Cahn." [emphasis added] See Pastor Gilley's review HERE.
**http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enigma
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/17/2012 01:32:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/false-eschatology-arising.html
False Eschatology Arising!
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 4
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Eschatology is changing.
Scripture no longer seems sufficient to many believers who are now beginning to incorporate the added elements of mythology, science fiction, technology, apocrypha, ancient occult prophecies, ghost stories, Freemasonry, fables and pure fiction. All of these additions go far beyond Scripture and result in creating an entirely new theology, particularly a new hybrid eschatology about the Lord's return.
This new eschatology theology is Hollywoodized. It is very dramatic and exciting. It includes speculations about the return of extraterrestrials, space aliens, mythological creatures, Nephilim, star wars, and other fantastic events and strange entities. This new eschatology seems more like reading Marvel Comics, or listening to Art Bell's old Coast to Coast radio program, or watching The Avengers and other recent Hollywood films of its genre.
Quantum Physics, new theories about the space/time continuum, and newly emerging technologies are rapidly being incorporated into biblical prophecy. There are wild speculations abounding about human hybrids. And there is increasing credence in the old Mayan prophecies about the significance of the year 2012.
All of this is changing popular End-Time Biblical Prophecy scenarios. Many sincere believers, who formerly would have shuddered to think of adding in occult prophecies to the what the Bible already tells us, now seem entranced by the mixture. They are captivated by these dramatic imageries.
But is all thisbiblical?
Is this what Jesus told us about His return?
These questions and more will be addressed at an upcoming conference sponsored by Discernment Ministries in Niles, Michigan, June 21-23:
QUANTUM MYSTICISM
2012 & BEYOND
Understanding the Deception
This conference is a research conference. We will be examining these issues in an in-depth way. The presenters will explain it so that anyone can understand it. You will receive important information that you need to help you to defend the faith and refute these emerging heresies. The presentations will contain helpful graphic images to illustrate their points. Gaylene Goodroad, who has been writing this current series on Herescope, will be presenting her research.
Quantum Mysticism is not a new topic for us. Several years ago the Discernment Research Group embarked upon a research project about the rise of Quantum Spirituality. It first came into the church via Leonard Sweet, who wrote a book back in 1991 titled Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic, a book which has been reviewed extensively by well-known critic of the New Age Movement, Warren B. Smith.[1] Leonard Sweet would go on to become an influential leader in Leadership Network. He was instrumental in the formation of its Emergent Church Movement which also promotes mysticism.[2]
The concept of Quantum Spirituality came back on our radar screen a few years ago, instigated by the discovery that the popular bestselling fiction book The Shack and a movie called The Seeker both contained "Fractal Theory," a major concept in the new physics.[3] Warren Smith will be presenting his latest, very relevant research to the conference.
Pastor Larry DeBruyn began researching and writing about Quantum Spirituality in the church and this resulted in a 6-part series that we ran on Herescope in the Fall of 2010.[4] He will be updating this issue in a series of three talks at the conference.
Dr. Martin Erdmann is an expert in the new Techno/Spiritual Science that is emerging, particularly Nanotechnology and Transhumanism. As a senior scientist he was involved in a research project (Clinical Nanomedicine) at the University Hospital in Basel for five years. He began warning the church about the implications of this.[5] Dr. Erdmann will be making some very important contributions to this conference by sharing his historical and technological expertise with us.
To see the full schedule, click HERE and look below the graphic.
To register for the conference, click HERE.
Quantum Eschatology,[6]Quantum Mysticism, Quantum Spirituality . . . . These are cutting edge topics in the postmodern church age. It is coming in like a flood. The church is being deceived at a rapid rate into incorporating these new/old elements of science, technology, mythology, mysticism, paranormal and occultism into a volatile and corrupted mixture.
But I fear, lest by any means,
as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,
so your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ.
(2 Cor. 11:3)
Stay tuned for Part 5 in this multi-part series "COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES". . . .
Part 1: QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH
Part 2: COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
Part 3: The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
Endnotes:
1. See for example Smith's article "M. Scott Peck: Community and the Cosmic Christ," http://www.mountainstreampress.org/m-scott-peck-community-and-the-cosmic-christ/#more-1673 and his 2009 book A "Wonderful" Deception. An excellent summary of Len Sweet's beliefs can be found here: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/leonardsweet.htm
2. See these Herescope posts: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2005/10/christian-leaders-go-on-expedition.html and http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/06/other-side-of-emergent.html
3. This quote was pulled from an online excerpt of Warren Smith's book A Wonderful Deception, Chapter 12, posted at http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/spirituality/lighthousetrails/09/8-fractals.htm. See: http://www.mountainstreampress.org/books/
4. For further reading on Quantum Spirituality, see Pastor Larry DeBruyn's 6 Part series "Quantum Physics and the New Spirituality," published on Herescope in the Fall of 2010.
Part 1: "FROM COSMOS, TO CHAOS, TO CONSCIOUSNESS"
Part 2: The "Uncertainty Principle"
Part 3: Fractal Emergence
Part 4: "The Force Be With You"
Part 5: Quantum Consciousness
Part 6: Emergent Metaphysics
5. See Herescope posts: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2009/05/spiritualization-of-science.html, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/03/technocracy-transhumanism.html, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/04/salvation-through-technology.html, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/03/body-mind-spirit.html
6. http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/009/discernment/8-emerging-7.htm
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/19/2012 12:30:00 PM
TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/quantum-teleporting-through-time.html
Quantum Teleporting Through Time
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 5
By Gaylene Goodroad
There seems to be evidence to suggest that our world and everything in it are also only ghostly images, projections from a level of reality so beyond our own that the real reality is literally beyond both space and time. The main architect of this astonishing idea includes one of the world's most eminent thinkers—University of London physicist David Bohm, a protege of Einstein's and one of the world's most respected quantum physicists.... Bohm's interpretation of quantum physics indicated that at the subquantum level location ceased to exist. All points in space become equal to all other points in space, and it was meaningless to speak of anything as being separate from anything else. Physicists call this property "nonlocality."—Chuck Missler, Cosmic Codes, pp. 338-339 [bold added]
Science now says that past, present, and future all exist at the same time, and that every point in three-dimensional space is equally distant from every other point. Time-space is an interwoven whole.... Atoms entangled at the quantum level could be on opposite sides of the galaxy, and still react to each other at the same instant. Thus, at a very deep level, there exists a universal connection between all things...
—Gary Stearman, Time Travelers of the Bible, p. 444 [bold added]
QUANTUM COLLABORATORS
Before exploring the full-fledged occult outgrowth and ultimate end product of quantum mystical teachings in the church, it should be emphasized that these heretical ideas will only proliferate as Christians attend conferences, read books, and view video presentations by men who, like Chuck Missler, collaborate with other influential and like-minded teachers, authors, and speakers. Quantum Mysticism with its newly emerging End-Time Eschatology is a rapidly growing movement in evangelicaldom, and many are jumping on the marketing bandwagon.
One such prominent leader in this movement is Tom Horn. The reach of these two men together—Chuck Missler and Tom Horn—cannot be overstated. As mentioned in part one of this article series and in previous writings, Tom Horn is significantly connected with Chuck Missler’s quantum mysticism—and it is Horn's teachings that form the underpinning of the false 2012 doomsday prophecies, the Latter Rain inspired warfare prayer heresy (dealing with territorial spirits, extra-terrestrials, pagan mythology, and the Nephilim)—and the emergingquantum eschatology which will be examined in more detail later in this series.
Evidence of these strange teachings can be found in Missler's Introduction to Horn’s 2011 book, God’s Ghostbusters. In this Introduction, Missler uses the vehicle of Horn’s collaborative book to lay the quantum mystical foundation for the existence of every dark creature of pagan myth, sci-fi fantasy, and horror monster—including vampires, werewolves, and alien life. Missler wrote:
Paranormal events may be the result of trans-dimensional interactions…. Does the “Paranormal” lie within the margins between the “Metacosm” and the virtual reality established by the digital stimulation? Why should we be surprised by trans-dimensional phenomena when we get glimpses of them in cloud chambers of the physicists? How much of our discounted history is the record of trans-dimensional events? How much of our understanding will rely on competence in hyperspatial constructs and characteristics? How will our Euclidianpresuppositions limit our horizons when encountering Riemannian geometry? What are the tools to discern between insights and discoveries and the deceits and illusions?[i] [bold added]
Note that in this new quantum worldview it is implied that emerging science will shape our understanding of the Bible, and not vice versa. The truth is that the Lord, by His Spirit, will equip believers to discern between any of these “deceits and illusions.” But Missler, Horn, and the authors who collaborated with this publication (and many others of this genre), seem to be saying, “forget what you know or have been taught about these things… and listen to new truths as they are being revealed.” But should we tread where Scripture is silent… or even warns us to flee?
What are the implications of abandoning God’s Word to seek dark, foreboding, and hidden dimensions? Sadly, these authors do not spell out these “risks,” but instead lure unsuspecting readers beyond the safety of God’s Word and straight into quantum mysticism… and beyond. Rather than warn readers about the dire spiritual consequences of delving into the murky mists of occult lore, Missler says just the opposite:
...[L]et’sblindfold our prejudices from the myths of the past, and let’s approach these areas with a humility borne of a broader perspective. Let’s, indeed, take a peak outside and look beyond the comfort of the four-dimensional playpen we’ve been confined to…but let’s also appreciate the risks.[ii][bold added]
Both Horn and Missler are high-profile, well-established and influential quantum collaborators. Besides being an author, radio host, and conference speaker, Tom Horn is also a successful Christian publisher (Anomalos/Defender)[iii] who has also published numerous of his own books that purport wild and speculative interpretations of Scripture heavily embellished with extra-biblical revelation—including apocryphal, mythological, and event occult literature. Missler’s work is included in several of these writings. Here is a sampling of recent Horn books—featuring both Missler and Horn—all available on Horn’s disaster preparedness website[iv]:
• God's Ghostbusters– (Missler) Introduction, “The Boundaries of Our Physical Reality.” (pp. 1-16); (Horn) Chapter 1, “The Spirit of Nosferatu and the Children of the Damned,” pp. 17-30; Chapter 6, “Do Alien-Human Hybrids Walk Among Us?,” pp. 125-150; Chapter 18, “The Angel of Death vs. the Gift of Life,” pp. 369-380 [published by Horn].[v]
• Pandemonium's Engine: How the End of the Church Age, the Rise of Transhumanism, and the Coming of the Übermensch (Overman) Herald Satan’s Imminent and Final Assault on the Creation of God – (Missler) Chapter 11, “Pandora's Box for the 21st Century? The Sorcerer's Apprentice,” pp. 327-344; (Horn) Chapter 1, “Pandemonium and ‘HER’ Children,” pp. 1-71 [published by Horn].[vi]
• The Departure: God's Next Catastrophic Intervention into Earth's History – (Missler) Chapter 1, “Worldwide Violence: As it was in Noah’s Day,” (pp. 25-42); (Horn) Chapter 8, “End-of-Days Demons in High Places,” pp. 153-170 [edited by Terry James; published by Horn].[vii]
In addition to these current book collaborations, Horn and Missler have also partnered in several audio/video productions including:
• Once Mortal – 8 audio CDs (based on God’s Ghostbusters)[viii]
• Something Transhuman This Way Comes – 6 audio CDs (based on Pandemonium’s Engine)[ix]
• The Hybrid Age - 2-hour DVD (Horn was also featured in the Feb. 2012 issue of Missler’s Koinonia Institute publication, Personal Update, to promote this DVD, Cover, pp. 8-16).[x]
• The Official Disclosure: Prepare for Contact - 20 audio CDs (featuring Missler, Horn, and several other collaborators).[xi]
Horn and Missler have also shared speaking platforms around the country, including one scheduled this summer:
• Future Congress, July 22-24, 2011, Branson, MO[xii]
• Strategic Perspectives Conference, Nov. 4-5th, 2011, Coeur d’Alene, ID[xiii]
• Strategic Perspectives Conference, Mar. 24th, 2012, Lakeland, FL[xiv]
• The 2012 Branson Prophecy Summit, July 13-15th, 2012, Branson, MO[xv]
To further illustrate the gravity and extensive reach of the quantum deceptions that have come into the church by these men, it is necessary to examine other notable Christian authors who are working alongside them as quantum collaborators. Many saints have fallen headlong into the occult realm under the banner of quantum physics, often under the influence of Tom Horn and Chuck Missler—and many leaders are taking sheep with them. This is a serious time in the church.
ASTRAL PROJECTION and BI-LOCATION
Gary Stearman is a jovial, grey-bearded man with a warm and disarming demeanor who loves to tell stories—some of which have been incorporated into Horn books, Pandemonium’s Engine and God’s Ghostbusters.[xvi] Horn appears often on Stearman's syndicated television program, Prophecy in the News.[xvii]
Stearman often shares the speaking platform with Horn and Missler (e.g., Future Congress), the authorship of several collaborative books, and is included in other ventures such as Official Disclosure: Prepare for Contact, a DVD set that examines the evidence of “alien life imminent,” one of their favorite topics.[xviii] Tom Horn published and wrote the Foreword to Stearman’s latest book, Time Travelers of the Bible, released just prior to Horn’s Future Congress conference last year in Branson, MO, where Stearman was a presenter.[xix] Here is an excerpt from Horn’s Foreword. Note the paranormal aspects of this quantum cosmology:
As you journey with Stearman through a cosmological window past general relativity and quantum mechanics to a world of membranes in subatomic space, eleven-dimensional superstrings, parallel universes, mathematical super-symmetry, and finally, time travel, you will learn that a place “as timeless as infinity between light and shadow” really does exist, and that certain travelers actually ventured into this great beyond only to return to offer glimpses of what they discovered about the past, present, and future, as well as relativity of these dimensions to what the Bible calls “hades,” “heaven,” and “eternity.” These voyagers were willed to this other-dimensional plane by the Master of Time Himself, the God of biblical prophecy…[xx][bold added]
In Hornesque fashion, Stearman combines quantum physics, extra-biblical literature, Kabbalistic mystical writings—and his own background in aeronautical engineering and an encounter with a UFO[xxi]—to promote the outlandish idea that the Hebrew prophets and other biblical “time travelers” were given access through multi-dimensional portals in time/space—in the “historical hologram”—to not only see the future, but experience it in their bodies in the future.[xxii] Speaking of Ezekiel, Stearman writes:
The spot upon which he stood was not merely a geographic location; it was, in fact, a time/space coordinate…. He was a time traveler.[xxiii]
According to Stearman, even the Lord Jesus is a time traveler:
On that first Sunday, then, all He had to do was walk to the designated spot in the disciples’ room and stand there… a few moments in the future. That is, a few seconds prior to the time of His appearance, He was already there. Then, He simply stood still in time, allowing the present to “catch up” with Him. At a preordained moment, all He had to do was begin to move again in synchronism with the flow of time…. It is reasonable to say that He had appeared from their future.[xxiv] [italics in original]
This sounds more like an episode from Star Trek or Back to the Future than an exposition from the Bible. But Stearman’s book is not mere science fiction entertainment—it is false teaching—and it is very popular right now. His Time Travelers of the Bible—and the quantum spirituality it contains—could be appearing at any conference book table near you. In fact, this book takes readers on a quantum leap into the occult realm through mysticism. What he (and Horn) describes as “time travel” is what occultists call astral projection, remote viewing, or dimensional translocation (bilocation).[xxv]
Note these comments by one esoteric author:
For centuries, mystics and shamans have left their physical bodies to explore higher planes of consciousness in the astral worlds…. Astral projection is the actual bi-location of the physical body at one place and the “energy” body in another. The difference is that one’s consciousness is transferred to that “energy” body. When the “energy” body returns, the journey is remembered by the degree of continuity of consciousness the traveler has developed. Astral projection is used to gather knowledge.[xxvi] [bold added]
Jim DeKorne, author of Psychedelic Shamanism, has written an article for Esolibris.com, called “Astral Projection: the Out-of-Body Experience as Dimensional Translocation.” Here is an excerpt:
…[H]ere is another observance by William Buhlman, the out-of-body explorer
who… defined his experiences within the context of modern quantum theory: “The tunnel experience is much more significant than most people recognize. Not only does it provide substantial evidence of a logical transitional method for consciousness after physical death, but it directly relates to the modern physics theories concerningparallel universes and energy wormholes, as well as to my observations concerning the multidimensional universe.”[xxvii] [bold added]
Mr. Buhlman is an apparent “time traveler,” who claims to have passed through an “energy wormhole” (tunnel/portal) and entered another dimension—a parallel universe. In his view, quantum physics has provided “substantial evidence” of his “out-of-body” experiences—or dimensional translocation.
Another term for this occult phenomena is “bilocation”—simultaneously being in two places at once (traveling in time). In 2011, The Science Channel posted an article on bilocation purporting that Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher, mystic, and mathematician (570 -490 B.C.), experienced this phenomenon—among other notable mystics, like Padre Pio.[xxviii] Relying upon Roman Catholic sources, the author reported:
Padre Pio, the 20th-century Italian stigmatic [bore Christ’s wounds], once materialized in midair over the city of San Giovanni Rotondo during World War II to deter U.S. bombers from attacking the city, and after the war sometimes mysteriously showed up on distant continents, leaving behind a peculiar aroma—some described it as tobacco, while others smelled the scent of roses—that emanated from his crucifixion-like wounds.[xxix] [bold added]
Using a 1912 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia, the article explains “mystical bilocation,” or the term used by Catholic clerics “circumscriptive replication”:
circumscriptive replication—that is, the idea that a physical body can remain a single entity, but somehow miraculously be relieved of its spatial relationship to other bodies, objects and/or locations, thus allowing the person to appear to witnesses in multiple locations.[xxx] [bold added]
The “Venerable Mary of Agreda,” a cloistered 17th century mystic nun, apparently experienced “circumscriptive replication”—dimensional translocation—or bilocation. While never setting foot outside her Spanish abbey, it is claimed she mystically bilocated to the American Southwest (between 1620-1631) in order to spread the teachings of Roman Catholicism, appearing as a “Lady in Blue.”[xxxi] (Note: “The Lady in Blue,” was given national attention in 2004, during the production of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, because Gibson used the nun’s mystical writings on the life of the Catholic Mary to write his screenplay.)[xxxii]
The Science Channel article on bilocation concludes that
...this seemingly ethereal phenomenon actually has a scientific explanation: quantum physics, which prods us to re-envision reality as a collection of probabilities rather than as a single, fixed truth.[xxxiii]” [bold in original]
To“re-envision reality as a collection of probabilities rather than as a single, fixed truth,” eliminates the final authority and sufficiency of Scripture.
2012 and the SPACE/TIME CONTINUUM
To underscore how far these quantum collaborators have taken these ideas about bilocation, note Chuck Missler's words below:
As we begin to explore subatomic particles, we encounter behavior that is absolutely astonishing. If I take a piece of string, I can cut it in half. If I take one of the two remaining pieces, I can cut that in half again. One would assume that I could do this indefinitely—in concept, at least. It turns out that it is not possible: when I reach beyond the length of 10-33 centimeters, it loses 'locality'; it becomes everywhere at once!... Every proton in the universe is 'directly connected' to every other one in the universe! [xxxiv] [bold added]
One of my favorite Einstein quotes is: "People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between the past, the present, and the future, is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."[xxxv][bold added]
This sounds like Eastern Mysticism merged with Quantum Physics! Going deeper into this time warp theology. Chuck Missler has stated:
We live in an age when the very nature of time is only beginning to be understood. The concepts of time warps, time travel, and the like are no longer the plaything of fiction writers, but the serious study of particle physicists, cosmologists, and other scientists. So, before we go further in our exploration of hyperspace and UFOs, we need to shed the baggage of some additional misconceptions that may hinder our understanding.[xxxvi]
One of the reasons that these men could be fixated on the quantum time travel and bilocation ideas, is that they, like the New Agers, are putting a heavy emphasis on the year 2012. These quantum collaborators teach that our physical universe will soon be overrun by mythological creatures and other strange entities that will travel through time and space portals to reach planet Earth in order to fulfill its 2012 end-time destiny. To reach these conclusions, selected elements of quantum physics are merged with pagan mythology and a bit of biblical prophecy. This mixture quickly begins to sound very strange. For example, Tom Horn has written:
In light of the ancient history of Mt. Hermon and the Mayan buildings and cities having been intentionally aligned with the Pleiades and Orion Nebula, the return to earth of the god these terrestrial and celestial locations are historically connected with—Apollo/Osiris/Nimrod—literally seems to have been set in stone. The highest sacred number (thirty-three) of the occultists who encoded the return of Apollo on the Great Seal of the United States also equals: 1) the exact location where the Watchers first descended to earth; and 2) triangulates the mile measurement 2012—and the end date of the Mayan countdown to the return of their bloodthirsty god [Quetzalcoatl].[xxxvii]
Widely considered the most important work of Jewish Kabbalah, the Zohar is a collection of books written in medieval Aramaic over seven hundred years ago containing mystical commentary on the Pentateuch (five books of Moses, the Torah). In addition to interpreting Scripture, the 'Vaera' section (volume 3, section 34) includes 'The signs heralding the Mashiach,' or 'The coming of the Messiah.' The fascinating date for 'his' appearance is set in the Zohar at late 2012. Given the rejection of Jesus by orthodox Jews as Messiah, this coming could herald the unveiling of Antichrist in 2012."[xxxviii] [ bold added]
I wrote more about this topic in my article Doomsday Datesetters: 2012. Suffice it to say that quantum mysticism forms the foundation of this new eschatology. It should be noted that these beliefs are also shared by New Agers. A key New Age leader, Barbara Marx Hubbard, writing about the significance of 2012 and quantum physics, has also predicted a quantum transformation:
2012 might be earthshaking and shocking to some....
If we imagine ourselves only a few years in the future, even by 2012, providing we do not destroy ourselves first, we see the outlines of a vastly enhanced humanity, applying the growing edge of human consciousness, capacities, and evolutionary technologies to life-affirming goals, resulting in a quantum transformation of the human species itself.[xxxix][bold added]
Warren Smith, in his book A "Wonderful" Deception, warned extensively about the emergence of quantum physics mixed with New Age spirituality. He concluded his warning with a solemn message to believers:
The apostle Paul describes the simplicity of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3). According to many of today’s spiritual and religious leaders, it has taken humanity 2000 years to finally “get it.” They say we need quantum physicists, cellular biologists, Ph.D. mathematicians, New Age channelers, and emerging postmodern preachers to finally understand what Jesus was trying to tell us back in the first century. No, this is not the simplicity that Paul was describing. This is the deceptive work of our Adversary as he tries to transform the creation into the Creator and co-opt God’s creation to himself.
Unfortunately, many of today’s pastors have forgotten that Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4) and that we are to “stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). As a result, the church is now catapulting into great spiritual deception.
For those who still rightly divide and depend upon the Word of God, the Bible warns that the coming deception will be so great that most of the world will be deceived (Revelation 13:13-14). Jesus warned that His way is not the broad way but the “narrow way” of continuing in His Word (John 8:31). And it is His way that leads to eternal life.
And when these things begin to come to pass,
then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh.
(Luke 21:28)[xl]
Stay tuned for Part 6 in this multi-part series "COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES". . . .
Part 1: QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH
Part 2: COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
Part 3: The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
Part 4: False Eschatology Arising!
Endnotes:
[i] God’s Ghostbusters, Thomas Horn, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2011, pp. 15-16.
[ii] Ibid, pg. 16.
[iii] Tom Horn publishing websites; http://www.anomalospublishing.com/; and http://defenderpublishing.com/.
[v]; http://survivormall.com/GodsGhostbusters-1.aspx.
[vi]Pandemonium’s Engine: How the End of the Church Age, the Rise of Transhumanism, and the Coming of the Übermensch (Overman) Herald Satan’s Imminent and Final Assault on the Creation of God, Thomas Horn, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2011;http://survivormall.com/PandemoniumsEngine.aspx.
[vii]The Departure: God's Next Catastrophic Intervention into Earth's History, Terry James, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2010; http://survivormall.com/thedeparture-2.aspx.
[viii] See; http://survivormall.com/OnceMortalAudioSeries.aspx.
[ix] See; http://survivormall.com/SomethingTranshumanThisWayComesAudioSeries.aspx.
[x] See; http://survivormall.com/TheHybridAgeDVD.aspx; and http://resources.khouse.org/products/dvd107/.
[xi] See: http://survivormall.com/OFFICIALDISCLOSURE-PREPAREFORCONTACTCDSERIES.aspx.
[xii] Future Congress website;http://futurecongress.com/.
[xiii] Missler’s website;http://resources.khouse.org/products/kidvd25/.
[xiv] Missler’s website;http://khouse.org/conference.
[xv]Prophecy in the News website;http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/the-prophecy-summit-at-branson-2012/.
[xvi] Tom Horn, Pandemonium’s Engine, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2011; Gary Stearman, Chapter 3, “The Folly of Synthetic Life: Gene Tampering, Ancient and Modern,” pp. 133-153; Ibid, God’s Ghostbusters, Chapter 4, “Do You Believe in Dragons?”, pp. 83-103.
[xvii]Prophecy in the News, Jan. 12, 2012, “The Apocrypha with Tom Horn”; http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/tv-program-the-apocrypha-with-tom-horn/; Prophecy in the News Special on Apollyon Rising 2012 with Tom Horn; YouTube (Part 1 of 6); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Yvb5iESJE. These are two examples among many that can be found on the Internet.
[xviii] Gary Stearman is a presenter in the Official Disclosure: Prepare for Contact DVD set that includes both Horn & Missler; Here is the Raiders News Live (radio) broadcast (hosted by Tom Horn), with guest, Chuck Missler, discussing this DVD program, YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ezz5CQjgEA; See also, http://www.officialdisclosure.com.
[xix] Gary Steaman bio; http://futurecongress.com/speakers/gary-stearman/; Also: Stearman co-hosts the Prophecy in the News program with J.R. Church (Tom Horn is a frequent guest); (http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/forbidden-gates-genetic-tampering-and-the-days-of-noah/); Also note: Stearman’s new book, Time Travelers of the Bible (published by Horn), was released in July 2011 ( in time for Future Congress); See: http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com. Also: Horn offers a 3-hour DVD on his website of an interview Stearman did with Horn and LA Marzulli entitled, “The Alien Agenda: UFOs, The Nephilim and the Fall of Lucifer,” (the DVD jacket depicts a UFO “Alien Gray,”);http://survivormall.com/giantsandtheahrimangate-1.aspx.
[xx] Gary Stearman, Time Travelers of the Bible, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2011, pg. xi.
[xxi] Ibid, “About the Author: Flying Home,” pp. 531-534; Note: Stearman had a favorable encounter with a UFO in the late 1960s. While piloting an aircraft near Lubbock, TX, Stearman tells of twice hearing an audible voice in the cockpit that directed him to a silver alien spacecraft flying alongside him. He said that the alien craft “probed” his mind and left him with a feeling of “elation” that he’s never experience before or since. He claims that several hours of that trip were unaccounted for; See his Prophecy in the News article, “The Story I’ve Never Told”; http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/the-story-ive-never-told/.
[xxii] Ibid, Stearman, pp. 27-40, 117.
[xxiii] Ibid., pg. 36.
[xxiv] Ibid, pg. 156.
[xxv]Ezine Articles, Robert Baird, “Bi-Location,” http://ezinearticles.com/?Bi-Location&id=42315; Occultopedia, “Bilocation,” http://www.occultopedia.com/b/bilocation.htm; The Catholic Encyclopedia, “Bilocation,” http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02568a.htm.
[xxvi] Jim Fallon, “Astral Travel, Time Travel, and Remote Viewing,” http://www.huna.org/html/astral-fallon.html.
[xxvii] Jim DeKorne, “Astral Projection: The Out-of-Body Experience as Dimensional Translocation,” Esolibris.com; http://www.esolibris.com/articles/astral_projection/out_of_body_experience_02.php.
[xxviii]The Science Channel, Discovery.com blog, “Is this a good idea? Bilocation?”, April 27, 2011; http://blogs.discovery.com/good_idea/2011/04/is-this-a-good-idea-bilocation.html.
[xxix] Ibid.
[xxx] Ibid.
[xxxi] Maria de Agreda, Lady in Blue in the News; http://www.cambridgeconnections.net/Maria_News.html; EWTN, “The Passion of the Christ and Anne Catherine Emmerich and Mary of Agreda”; http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/emmerich.htm.
[xxxii] Ibid.
[xxxiii] Ibid, The Science Channel.
[xxxiv] [Chuck and Nancy Missler, The Kingdom, Power, & Glory: the Overcomer's Handbook, The King's High Way Ministries, Inc., Coeur d'Alene, ID, pp. 302-303]
[xxxv] [Missler, The Kingdom, Power & Glory, pg. 305]
[xxxvi] Alien Encounters: the Secret Behind the UFO Phenomenon, Chuck Missler & Mark Eastman, Koinonia House, Coeur d'Alene, ID, 1997, p. 222.[xxxvii] Tom Horn, Apollyon Rising 2012 (Defender, 2009), pg. 32.
[xxxviii] Ibid, pg. 313.
[xxxix] Barbara Marx Hubbard, "A Vision for Humanity," http://www.greatmystery.org/nl/vancouver2012barbara.html
[xl] Warren B. Smith, A "Wonderful" Deception (Lighthouse Trails Publishing Co., 2009), p. 190, bold added. http://www.mountainstreampress.org/books/. This quote is also posted at http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=2812
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/22/2012 02:11:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/quantum-geomancy-and-cryptic-mystic.html
Quantum Geomancy and Cryptic Mystic Math
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 6
So I went in and saw;
and behold every form of creeping things,
and abominable beasts,
and all the idols of the house of Israel,
pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
(Ezekiel 8:10)
By Gaylene Goodroad
That the Maya prehistory echoes the advent of the mysterious Watchers, their giant offspring, and the end date 2012 could be beyond significant. In May 2005, I commissioned [David] Flynn to write another study for my daily news service... based on mutual research we were investigating at that time. The article, "An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Countdown to 2012" was truly unprecedented and later formed the basis of Flynn's presentation at the 2005 Ancient of Days Conference in Roswell, New Mexico…. Like Dr. I.D.E. Thomas [The Omega Conspiracy], Dr. Jacques F. Valee, Chuck Missler, and others, Flynn became fascinated with the mysterious connection between Watchers, so-called 'aliens,' the coming of Antichrist, the Mayan date 2012, and the hidden occult aspiration of Freemasons and other Iluminatus related subjects.
—Tom Horn, Apollyon Rising 2012[i][bold added]
Calculation of speed and location under the heavens is considered to be the highest form of sacred knowledge from antiquity. Navigation unites time with space and the heavens with the earth.... Navigation not only predicts the destination of a traveler on the earth but also the time a traveler will arrive. The most powerful secret held by the occult elite is related to this concept taken to a higher level. As the navigator can use increments of the earth's latitude and longitude to determine location in space and time, these increments can be measured in the earth itself to reveal the appointed time of humanity's destiny.
—David Flynn, “An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Countdown to 2012”[ii][ bold added]
Extraterrestrial Trans-dimensional Visitations
David Flynn, Christian author and researcher of ancient mysteries and Bible prophecy, is another “quantum collaborator” with Tom Horn and Chuck Missler. Pertaining to the opening quotations above, an extensive excerpt of Flynn's article, “An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Countdown to 2012,”became Chapter 6 in Horn’s book Nephilim Stargates: the Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers.
Roswell, New Mexico, has great significance in UFO conspiracy folklore, based on a report that an object crashed there in June or July 1947. This object was allegedly an extra-terrestrial space alien spaceship. This Roswell site has gained sacred significance as an alleged “portal,” and it features prominently in Thor, a recent Hollywood movie about a Norse mythological god in the Marvel Comics-inspired The Avengers movie series.
The Roswell event is also significant to Tom Horn and Chuck Missler, because they believe that the space aliens were actually a few of “Enoch's Watchers” (fallen angels) who came through the multi-dimensional portals or stargates to procreate with human beings—so that the Nephilim could return “as in Noah's day.” They base this idea upon wild speculations and suppositions of Genesis 6 and Matthew 24—and heavy doses of extra-biblical and occult writings.
According to their collective and prolific writings, speakings, and teachings on this subject, they believe that what happened in Roswell is happening exponentially around the world (as indicated by the purported rise in “UFO abduction” cases and the government cover-up of the threatening phenomena), and that these trans-dimensional visitations will accelerate to massive proportions this year—threatening humanity as we know it.
• Chuck Missler was a presenter at the Alien Encounters Conference in Roswell, NM in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UFO incident.[iii]
• Tom Horn was a presenter at the Roswell UFO Conference in Roswell, NM to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1947 UFO crash. He presented material from Nephilim Stargates.[iv]
David Flynn's mystical mathematical calculations have given support to Horn and Missler's UFO theories and other strange and occult teachings.Tom Horn has cited David Flynn’s research in many of his books (Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers,[v]Apollyon Rising 2012: The Lost Symbol Found and the Final Mystery of the Great Seal Revealed,[vi]God’s Ghostbusters[vii]and Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here, co-authored by Cris Putnam.[viii]). Horn has also published Flynn’s book Temple at the Center of Time: Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012.[ix](The reader may detect a theme here, which we will address later).
In a 2006 Horn publication, Official Disclosure: Biblical Perspectives on the Paranormal, Flynn also illustrates his reliance on the so-called Bible codes promoted by Missler (see Part 1 and Part 2 of this series), by identifying the name "AMERICA" spelled out in ELS (equidistant letter sequences) patterns in Daniel 3:3 (“33” being a mystically significant number to Freemasons, as well as to Flynn).[x] Flynn's calculations forecast the USA to be influential in end-time prophecy.[xi]
Here is Horn’s endorsement of Flynn’s book, Temple at the Center of Time, as it appears on the back cover:
Temple at the Center of Time deciphersfor the first time what Isaac Newton was looking for in Bible prophecy and perfect knowledge—the prisca sapientia—yet never found. Newton could not have known that the key was right in front of him. The technology to unveil it did not exist until now. I predict this book—from one of the world’s most captivating researchers—is going to make waves around the world.[xii][Emphasis added, italics in original]
Hence, Flynn's book hinges on the mathematics and the mysticism of Sir Isaac Newton. Flynn reports Newton’s affinity for “alchemy,” “Jewish mysticism,” and other “esoteric interests.” Analyzing Newton’s research, Flynn writes, “Newton devoted his entire life in the quest of pure science and theology.[xiii]”
John Maynard Keynes, the famous economist,[xiv] purchased Newton’s papers from the Cambridge University library in 1936.[xv] He is quoted on page 21 of Flynn's book:
He [Newton] regarded the universe as a cryptogram set by the Almighty…. By pure thought, by concentration of mind, the riddle, he believed, would be revealed to the initiate. He did read the riddle of the heavens. And he believed that by the same powers of his introspective imagination he would read the riddle of the Godhead, the riddle of past and future events divinely foreordained.[bold, italics added]
According to Flynn, Newton, in attempting to decrypt “the riddle of the heavens,” did not confine himself to the Bible. Among other extra-biblical sources, “…Newton was searching alchemy for a symbolic key that could unlock the prisca sapientia [perfect knowledge] from the writing of the ancients.” [xvi] [bold added] This alchemical pursuit was carried out through occult doorways leading to “ancient wisdom,” and not via God’s revealed Truth through His Word.
Alchemy (an aspect of Hermeticism) traces its roots to the ancient master alchemist, Hermes Trismegistus, who encrypted magical formulas upon the mythical Emerald Tablet—that later emerged as an occult bundle of manuscripts known as the Corpus Hermeticum. The phrase, “as above, so below,” appeared at the beginning of the writings, and was said to “hold the key to all mysteries.” The ultimate alchemical goal was to obtain “a deeper knowledge of reality,” and “achieve oneness with the Divine.” It is the “central tenet” in occultism.[xvii]
In “searching alchemy” to unlock ancient mysteries, Newton became more of a magician, than a theologian.[xviii] David Flynn also describes Newton’s work as “an obsession with cryptography of God’s design...” and noted that Newton’s “interest in cryptograms in nature paralleled his pursuit of the riddle of prophecy. The code that unlocked all prophetic writing was a topic that Newton explored extensively.”[xix] [bold, italics added]
Chuck Missler, quantum cryptologist, also discusses Newton’s contributions to the Bible codes, but he is either misinformed or dishonest about Newton’s esoteric history. On page 41 of his book Cosmic Codes, Missler writes:
Sir Isaac Newton, one of the most famous scientists in history, who invented calculus, figured out the mechanics of the solar system and gravity, was also a deeply committed student of the Scriptures. Most of the million words left in Newton’s own handwriting were not about mathematics, mechanics, or astronomy, but about theology.47 He was also convinced that there was a “cryptogram set by the Almighty.” He spent half of his life searching for Biblical codes.[bold added]
Ironically, on page 173 of Cosmic Codes—in a chapter subsection called, “The Dangers of Divination”—Missler inserts this favorable commentary about Newton’s theology:
Sir Isaac Newton, widely acclaimed as the greatest scientist that has ever lived—having virtually invented the entire sciences of mechanics, optics, and calculus—also considered his daily study of the Bible as part of his expertise…He believed the books of prophecy were provided so that, as they were historically fulfilled, they provided a continuing testimony to the fact that the world is governed by the Providence of God. He objected to the use of prophecy in attempts to predict the future…. [bold added]
While Flynn and Missler may disagree on Newton’s mystical and esoteric past, they both agree with Newton’s belief that the universe is a “cryptogram set by the Almighty,” as demonstrated by their respective works and writings. It has already been documented in previous sections of this article series that the religious pursuit of hidden (cryptic/secret) “keys,” “codes,” or “riddles,” belongs to the forbidden realm of the occult—dark mysteries opposed to biblical Christianity.
Using Freemasonry as the Divine Template
In his book, Temple at the Center of Time, Flynn examines this universal “cryptogram,” existing in Gary Stearman’s “historical hologram” (who says that history is like “a 3-D hologram whose parts all exist simultaneously as intersecting patterns,”[xx] see Part 5.), by combining Newton’s Bible codex, mystical mathematics, and extra-biblical writings to predict the date that the last Jewish Temple will be built in Jerusalem—the year 2012. On page 48 of his book, Flynn writes:
…Solomon also built the first temple of God in Jerusalem. Many scholars—even before Newton—believed that the geometry of the future temple of Jerusalem and the “heavenly city of Jerusalem” of Revelation possessed some keyto the unfolding of prophecy itself. God as a “divine geometer” pervaded early Christian thought…The temple was, then a microcosm of the universe in which God’s structure of time was represented both symbolically and geometrically…. [bold, italics added]
This is also what the Freemasons believe. In Solomon’s Builders, Christopher Hodapp, himself a Freemason writes:
Freemasonry’s mythic legends originate in the great building projects of the Bible—the Tower of Babel, Noah’s Ark and, most important, King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem…Geometry became venerated as a sacred science, and it became a popular Christian motif in art to represent God as an architect holding a pair of compasses in his hand while peering at the earth. Geometry could be used to design and construct buildings, circumnavigate the globe, predict the seasons, measure the heights of mountains and plot the movements of the constellations and planets. In short, geometry was a science descended from God, and so the masons must be divinely inspired….[xxi] [bold added]
Horn and Flynn also use Masonic architecture and symbology, mixed with other occult writings, to construct outlandish scenarios of prophecy and spiritual warfare not found in the literal text of Scripture. These dark teachings color their interpretation of Scripture. All of this undermines the doctrine of the sovereignty of the Lord God. In “Prophecy of America in Daniel 3:3,” Flynn writes:
The occult elite [ie., Freemasons] believe that the world is under the authority of powerful spiritual beings in high places. They understand the spiritual nature of reality.”[xxii]
This idea hearkens back to Horn's teaching of the "Divine Council" addressed in a previous Herescope article, “Militant Prayer,” which describes Horn’s dealings with territorial spirits. Essentially, this “Divine Council” false teaching says that after the Tower of Babel, the Lord God divided the nations by giving His authority over to the Divine Council—an ordered, ranking army of dark angels or "divine beings" (enter Enoch's Watchers/ETs/pagan gods and goddesses) who control earthly affairs. It is claimed that this Divine Council secretly guides the destiny of nations and governments by inspiring and employing the human hands behind these sinister plans (Freemasons/occultists) to mysteriously embed hidden esoteric symbols and codes in their works while constructing earthly buildings, cities, and famous landmarks. This entire concept forms the backdrop of Horn's book Apollyon Rising 2012, which begins with a 25-page Preface by award-winning Christian filmmaker, Christian J. Pinto, who used this introductory text as the basis for his film: The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers.[xxiii]
In Horn’s Official Disclosure magazine, Flynn, using complicated and detailed ciphers—and his “AMERICA” Bible code divined from Daniel 3:3—concluded that the USA will be a pivotal player to prophecy unfolding in 2012.[xxiv] Horn also sees America as an important player in 2012. In Apollyon Rising 2012, Horn surmises that the god Apollyon/Nimrod/Osiris (a Nephilim creature) who will “rise” in 2012, will also be “the Great Architect,” a Masonic “messiah” (Hiram Abiff)—the Antichrist![xxv] (How these men relate these wild predictions to the upcoming presidential election remains to be seen.)
With Freemason-like precision, Flynn expands this Masonic “divine geometry” by applying complex mathematical calculations to historical and prophetical information provided by the Bible. Using “sacred numbers,” such as the “sacred cubit,” Flynn (in agreement with his occult sources), concludes that the mystical relationship between these measurements—as they relate to God’s physical temple on earth—becomes a not only a sacred space… but a divine “template” for fulfilling prophecy:
The ancients regarded the area where the temple stood as an intersection between dimensions set by God. It was a place on Earth that constituted a divine and central “pivot” from where God interacted with mankind… the word “temple” was related to “time”…In the same way the word temple is related to words associated with time itself, the dimensions of the temple are related to the divine “template” of God for the fulfillment of prophecy.[xxvi] [bold added]
Flynn explains his view of biblical prophecy:
These manifestations of prophecy recorded in the earth are, in part, the priscia [sic] theologia[”ancient wisdom”[xxvii]] for which Newton and the Renaissance intellect sought. It demonstrates God’s control over time, space, the rise and fall of nations, and the fulfillment of prophecy. Because time has a beginning, a present, and an end, it is reasonable to believe that the time/distance phenomena should manifest with respect to prophetic events in the modern age, as well as those set in the future.[xxviii] [bold, italics added]
Reasonable?! Employing Missler-like reasoning, Flynn defends these and other esoteric beliefs, by citing ultra-dispensationalist E.W. Bullinger’s[xxix]Number in Scripture (a book that Flynn uses favorably throughout Temple at the Center of Time[xxx]):
That numeric symbols in the Bible have correspondence with the work of Christ on Earth was a subject of a great many theologians in history… [their] predecessors had focused on this issue in their studies of Bible prophecy. The regard that the biblical numbers provided a valid means of interpretation was eventually abandoned in later theological circles through the course of history. This was due to the aversion of mixing esoteric and occult practices with pure exegesis and rational thought. However, the significance of numbers within Christianity has varied according to the nature and meaning of the times. The book Number in Scripture by the Bible scholar E.W. Bullinger is one example of renewed interest in the late 19th century. [bold, italics added][xxxi]
All of this to say that these men are selectively misusing the Bible as a source of esoteric knowledge, which is a common practice in the occult world. Further, their wild speculations are built upon a foundation of extra-biblical knowledge that comprises some of the darkest occult lore in the history of mankind. From these pagan sources they are attempting to extrapolate an interpretation of the Bible’s endtime events that goes exceedingly beyond the Written Word. But it gets worse. . . .
Determining Prophecy by Divination
In the occult world, these ideas and practices described by David Flynn are called “geomancy.” It is a form of divination using geometry and geography to access hidden information in the earth. Grahame Gardner, a modern geomancer writes:
Sacred Geometry is one of the three main foundations of western geomancy (the other two being dowsing and astronomy – astrology). Whenever we wish to commune with our Gods, meditate, worship, contact our higher selves, whatever name we give to the practice; we tend to disassociate ourselves from the everyday mundane world by going to a place that has some spiritual meaning for us…. Most of these places…are sacred spaces constructed using sacred geometry…Sacred geometry lies at the heart of many of the most famous sacred spaces around the world, from stone circles to the pyramids, from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem to the great Gothic cathedrals, which are supreme examples of the art…. Geomancy is the bridge between worlds: the Upper World, skies and heavens, the Lower World, the living Earth and the energies flowing through it, and the Middle World between them, the human world… [xxxii]
In other words: “as above, so below,” the Hermetic heresy which has been popularized in the New Age movement and brought into the church.[xxxiii]
Geomancy is not a new concept in the evangelical world. It has been popularized by teachings of the New Apostolic Reformation such as “portals,” “open heavens,” “alignment,” “spiritual mapping,” “prayer marches,” “Labyrinths,” “prayer circles,” etc., which are all based on the idea that there are sacred physical spaces and/or places where one can gain access to superior spiritual power. But this idea comes from the occult world. In 2006, Herescope explained:
Geomancy" is described more generically in a New Age dictionary, The Seeker's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Spiritual Pathfinding by John Lash (Harmony Books, 1990), as a term currently used to describe "a vast system of knowledge and practices based on the theory that the earth is an intelligent and sentient being whose natural processes are permeated by supersensible fields and currents that conform to consistent mathematical and geometric laws, not recognized by modern science, though they were carefully plotted and manipulated in ancient methods of technology and mathematics that are now being widely revived. . . ." (p. 277)
The Donning International Encyclopedic Psychic Dictionary by Bletzer (Donning Co., 1986) describes a "geomancer" as "a psychic who communicates with nature spirits,. . . also skilled in palmistry and clairvoyance."
Doctrines and practices categorized under the generic term "geomancy" include dowsing, ley lines, labyrinths, feng shui, magic circles, Fibonacci series (popularized in The DaVinci Code book), sacred geometry, golden section, the Great Pyramid, Solomon's Temple, etc. The term "alignment" is used in archeo-astronomy, which is coordinating things on earth spiritually with the heavens (astrology).[xxxiv]
Geomancy is now also coming into the evangelical church world through these psychic theories of David Flynn. Relying upon occult computations, Flynn claims to reveal Isaac Newton’s “key” and produces his proof:
Indeed, time is the interpreter, and the temple, as Newton had long suspected, was the key. By fixing a point on the site of the temple mount, a measuring line extended over Jerusalem to the center of London, produces 1,948.40 nautical miles. Recorded in the earth between the temple mount of Jerusalem and the historic center of London is the fulfillment of Newton’s own prediction. Israel became a nation again on May 14th, 1948.[xxxv] [bold mine, italics in original]
Flynn, by using nautical lines of distance between two geographic points in this mystical way, is also utilizing a geomantic device called a “ley line,”[xxxvi] which is believed to be an invisible line “between two points of power or energy on the Earth.” Ley lines are analogous to acupressure points or unseen meridians on the body, sometimes called “energy paths.”[xxxvii] One author, discussing “ley lines” and “vortices,” believes that these things have an unseen “template” too:
My theory is that there is a template for this physical reality in a world existing concomitant with this one, and that template is geometric, or mathematical in organization. Matter is here, then not here, moving back and forth between implicate and explicate reality, as described in the theories of David Bohm….[xxxviii] [bold added]
Using the quantum physics of David Bohm (whom Chuck Missler has positively cited), the author of this article also explains that, “these major [ley] lines ‘crack’ the Earth in a regular, mathematical pattern, a function of pi.”
Pi is very significant to these occultists, who use it in a way that goes beyond general math. In a Chapter entitled, “The Ark of Time,” Flynn identifies “pi” as the ultimate “sacred number” that defines all “arks” or circles. He then mystically applies pi to an historical event in Joshua 6:4, that details the Ark of the Covenant and its “circlingof Jericho,” ultimately linking pi to another historical event, “the handwriting on the wall of Daniel 5):
Pi is a ratio found in circles and their applications that is an important feature of Pythagorean geometry. It is a universal constant that does not depend on any number system to function and is the only number in existence that defines all circles . . . The significance of this sentence [in Josh. 6:4] goes far beyond the exegetic interpretation usually encountered in modern theology. It contains the unifying proportion that Newton sought, the divine number that according to Daniel would be finally understood in the time of the end. [Bold added]
The geomancer Grahame Gardner explains “pi” and its mystical relationship to circles from a geomantic perspective:
Sacred Geometry depends on the use of what are called irrational numbers. These are numbers like Pi… and Phi…,where the decimal part is infinitely long and non-repeating. Pi is also a special kind of irrational number called a transcendental number…it’s defined more by what it isn’t than what it is.... The Circle [is the]Simplest shape of all, and manifestation of the One. Draw a circle around yourself and you immediately distinguish your personal space from your surroundings. That’s really the power of the circle. It is the first expression of Universe; a horizon, a boundary between Self and Other. With no beginning and no end, the circle’s circumference is a profound statement about the transcendental nature of reality. Defined as ‘an infinite number of points equidistant from a centre’, the circle in its manifestation implies the divine generation of shape and form from nothing to everything.[xxxix][bold, italics added]
This gains further occult significance. As concerning deity, some state that God is a circle whose circumference is everywhere and whose center is nowhere. “Pi” then becomes the symbol for a monistic worldview communicated by the Hermetic statement, “as above, so below.”
In a separate article, Gardner also connects this teaching to quantum physics as he describes the practice of “dowsing” (also known as “water witching”), which is also a form of geomancy (divination):
So dowsing is in effect a form of controlled clairsentience…. Many successful ‘remote viewing’ experiments demonstrate that it is possible to access information about distant places....This is both a very old (mystical) and a very new (scientific) world view. If you’ve done any reading at all on quantum physics, then you may be familiar with the phenomenon known as ‘quantum entanglement’, which shows that two electrons that have been in contact with each other maintain some sort of connection and can transfer information between them, no matter how far apart they are moved. So if we take two paired electrons, then move one to the other side of the galaxy, it will still react instantaneously to changes we make to the first electron…everything is connected at a quantum level…. Another way of looking at it is to think of the Universe as a hologram. If a hologram is broken, each small piece of it contains all the information needed to reconstruct the whole image, albeit at a somewhat lower resolution. This is actually quite a good analogy for map dowsing….[xl] [bold mine]
Reality Check: At this point the reader might stop and ask what all of this has to do with the simple truth of the Gospel of Salvation found in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Bible. Not anything at all! But according to these new occult ways of reading Scripture there are all sorts of hidden prophetic elements, and one need only learn how to decode its hidden mysteries. Decoding becomes the new method of reading Scripture, and only the initiated elite can divine its mysteries.
All of these Masonic coded mathematical computations point to the year 2012 for these occultists. Using all of these various forms of divination (geomancy/ley lines), Newton’s mystic math (and pi), and Gematria (Kabbalah)—David Flynn applies Newton’s “keys” to unlock one mystery date of the end times: the date of the rebuilding and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here are Flynn’s complex and mind-boggling ciphers:
The numbers 33, PI (3.14159265…) and 360 are prevalent in all major historical dates of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. These values are seen most often connected with the 360-day prophetic year used in the Old Testament. These numbers also reinforce the theme of “a circle.”
The name “Jebusi” (a place trodden down or a threshing floor) was the original name of Jerusalem and site of the Temple.6 The Hebrew letters in the name Jebusi equal 88. When the year of the First Temple’s dedication by Solomon in “960” BC is divided by the number of the name of the Temple site “88,” the dividend is:
10.9090909090909090…This number x 33 =360, the number of degrees in a circle.
Perhaps the most significant correlation between the “circle” and the history (and future) of the Temple lies in the year of the dedication of the First Temple of Solomon in 960 BC.
PI times 960 = 3,015.928947…Could this number also represent prophetic years?
If we assume that this number represents prophetic years with 360 days, the conversion to 365.242-day, solar years is 2,972.64394861. If this figure stands for the number of total years from the dedication of the First Temple of Solomon in 960 BC until the dedication of the Last Temple that will be built before the Second Coming of Christ, the date indicated is AD 2012. 2,972 years – 960 BC = AD 2,012. The conversion to 365.242-day, solar years is: 3,015.928947 x 360 = 1085734.4210806 days… divided by 365.242 = 2,972.64394861… solar years.
Is AD 2012 the appointed time of completion for world influence over the Temple in Jerusalem? Is this the year that the circle of our age draws to a close?[xli] [bold, underlining added]
Did you follow all of this?! Flynn found these “prophetic” calculations compelling enough to record them in his book—highlighting this “pivotal” year in the book title: The Temple at the Center of Time: Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012.
Tom Horn, discussing the work of David Flynn in his NewsWithViews column in November 2009, in an article titled “Deeper Secrets: Maya, Watchers, and the 2012 Return,”[xlii] [bold added]elaborately describes “geoglyphs,” large rock formation designs, specifically the ones from ancient Mayan and Incan civilizations, that fit “Inca and Mayan prophecies of an "awakening" to knowledge of the ancient past, of the "builder gods" and of their return” on “December 21, 2012.”[bold added] According to Horn, Flynn’s article, “An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Countdown to 2012” [bold added] was truly unprecedented and later formed the basis of Flynn’s presentation at the 2005 Ancient of Days Conference in Roswell, New Mexico.” Horn states:
Like Dr. I. D. E. Thomas, Dr. Jacques F. Vallée, Chuck Missler, and others, Flynn became fascinated with the mysterious connection between Watchers, so-called "aliens," the coming of Antichrist, the Mayan date 2012, and the hidden occult aspiration of Freemasons and other Illuminatus related to these subjects.[xliii][bold in original, color added]
Horn explains how Flynn studied the doctrines and methods of the “occult visionary Manly P. Hall” to arrive at his Freemasonry conclusions:
The compass and square, the most visible emblems of Masonry, are the symbols of this navigation and mapmaking process. The number three is essential because without the geometry of the three-sided triangle, establishing location and distance on a map—"triangulation"—is impossible. Navigation not only predicts the destination of a traveler on the earth but also the time the traveler will arrive. As the navigator can use increments of the earth’s latitude and longitude to determine location in space and time, these increments can be measured in the earth itself according to mysticsto reveal the appointed time of humanity’s destiny. This is one of the main reasons the number thirty-three and the compass and square are such important symbols of the illumined elite.[xliv]
Furthermore, in Horn's Official Disclosure magazine article, Flynn outlined and affirmed the occult (Masonic) design and location of Washington, DC, giving it mystical significance by calling it: “mystical toponomy,” or the “occult significance in earth location.”[xlv]
All of this occult geometry and geomancy is tied to Horn’s wild speculations about “Watchers” and space aliens coming to visit planet Earth, especially the prophetic significance of UFO headquarters, Roswell, New Mexico:
A related matter that is equally disturbing and perhaps validates the concerns of Dr. Thomas, Vallee, Flynn, and others whose research produced repetitive connections between Watchers and so-called "probing aliens" is the most celebrated ufological location on earth—the impact site near Roswell, New Mexico, which sits incredibly at 33 degrees north latitude, at a distance 2,012 miles from the equator! Furthermore, when the latitude of the Roswell impact site, 33 degrees north, is multiplied by the universal mathematical constant pi (3.1415926572…), the result is 104 degrees, the longitude of the impact site![xlvi] [bold added]
Despite Flynn’s untimely death in January,[xlvii] his occult teachings are being given long-lasting credibility through the direct assistance of Christian book authors and marketers like Tom Horn. Flynn’s book is featured on the main page of his website, along with Stearman’s Time Travelers of the Bible, and several other books mentioned above.[xlviii]
Flynn's groundbreaking heretical work goes on. Cris Putnam, who co-authored Petrus Romanus with Tom Horn, wrote an article for his website in April entitled, “Isaac Newton, David Flynn & the Arrival of Petrus Romanus [Peter the Roman].” Affirming Newton's use of mystic math to predict doomsday, Putnam writes: “Newton’s calculation is not all that mysterious. In fact it is based on the exact same logic we have presented in Petrus Romanus....”[xlix] In promoting Flynn's methods and book, Temple at the Center of Time, Putnam concludes:
...David Flynn arrived at a prophetic event horizon in roughly the year 2012 from several different angles and our research for the soon to be released, Petrus Romanus, seems to further confirm many of Flynn's ideas.... On top of all this, it seems beyond the reach of mere chance that a Belgian Jesuit predicted the arrival of the prophesied final pope in 2012 (back in 1951!) using the Malachy [sic] Martin prophecy....[l]
Petrus Romanus: the Final Pope is Here was released shortly after Putnam's article was posted. It was published by Tom Horn.[li]
Flynn, then, is not alone in prophetically pointing readers to the year 2012. Tom Horn and company have published several books with the same theme: Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers, Apollyon Rising 2012, and Decoding Doomsday, the 2012 Prophecies, the Apocalypse, and the Perilous Days Ahead. This is the subject of the Herescope article, “Doomsday Datesetters2012” as well as the current article series.
What does all this have to do with the Bible and its actual written text, the plain meaning of which is OPEN to all readers? Divination is absolutely forbidden in the Bible (Deut. 18:10; 23:23; Jer. 14:14; Ezek. 13:6-7). Geomancy and all of these other methods of deciphering and decoding are pure divination.[lii]
The premise of the mystical writings of these “quantum collaborators” is that there are hidden, coded, obscure and secret messages embedded in the biblical text, and that only Freemasonry and other occult decoding methods will unlock these secrets in time for the D-Day, Dec. 21, 2012, the magical date when these space alien/creatures will return to earth.
Since when do believers use the arts of black magic to interpret end-time biblical prophecy? Especially when Jesus plainly recorded what He wanted us to know and remember concerning His return—in His Word. At the conclusion of Revelation the Lord Jesus Christ specifically warned against adding to His prophetic Word:
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
(Revelation 22:16-21) [bold added]
Endnotes:
[i] This quote came from the last chapter, Chapter 20:12, of Apollyon Rising 2012, p. 320.This chapter is titled: “Final Part of the Last Mystery of the Great Seal: When,” pp. 303-336. A look at the chapter subsections reveals the occult influence over Horn’s reinvented biblical endtime prophecy:
* 2012 and the I-Ching
* 2012 and the Web Bot Project
* 2012 and Solar Maximum
* 2012 and the Ancient Cherokee Rattlesnake Prophecies
* 2012 and Prophecy from the Zohar on Messiah's Return
* 2012 and Matthew 24
* 2012 and Christian Prophecy. Here Horn quotes from Jack Van Impe & Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries. This subsection includes more occult influences: “Unorthodox 'prophetic' voices, which researchers claim also foresaw the year 2012 as the end of the world, include sixteenth century English prophetess Mother Shipton, Merlin, Nostradamus, Einstein, Edgar Cayce, Jeane Dixon, the Romans, and the Hopi Indians.” [Apollyon Rising, pg. 315]
* Deeper Secrets: Maya, Watchers, and the 2012 Return [section where I excerpted the Flynn quote]
* Great Deception 2012 and the Final Conclave [info now included in Petrus Romanus]
* Take Practical and Spiritual Steps for Whatever may come[Excerpted from Chapter 20:12, AR, pp. 303-336]
[ii] The complete article. "An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Count Down to 2012," by David Flynn can be found here, complete with exhibits: http://www.illuminati-news.com/occult-roswell.htm. An excerpt from David Flynn's article is included in Nephilim Stargates, Ch. 6 “Count Down to 2012,” pp. 73-91. Quote on pp. 80-81, bold added.
[iii]http://alienencounters.com
[iv]www.pidradio.com/tag/stargates/feed
[v] Thomas R. Horn, Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers, pg. 228.
[vi] Thomas Horn, Apollyon Rising 2012: The Lost Symbol Found and the Final Mystery of the Great Seal Revealed, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2009, pp. 291, 314, 316, 351-352.
[vii] Thomas Horn, God’s Ghostbusters,Defender Publishing, Crane, MO 2011,pp. 147, pg. 389.
[viii] Thomas Horn & Cris Putnam, Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO 2012, pp. 138, 499.
[ix] David Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time: Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012, Official Disclosure, a division of Anomalos Publishing House, Crane, MO, 2008.
[x] Ibid, Flynn's Temple at the Center of Time, pp. 103, 289; and Horn's Apollyon Rising 2012, pp. 321-324.
[xi]Flynn, Official Disclosure: Biblical Perspectives on the Paranormal Magazine, "Prophecy of America in Daniel 3:3," Thomas Horn, Publisher (Anomalos), Gresham, OR, 2006, pg. 33.
[xii] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, back cover endorsement.
[xiii] Ibid, pp. 16-20.
[xiv] The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946); http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Keynes.html. See also: Sam Kean, Humanities, “Newton, The Last Magician,” January/February, 2011;http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/januaryfebruary/feature/newton-the-last-magician.
[xv] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, pg. 16.
[xvi] Ibid, pg. 10.
[xvii]Warren Smith, A “Wonderful” Deception: The Further New Age Implications of the Emerging Purpose Driven Movement, Lighthouse Trails Publishing, LLC, Silverton, OR, 2009, pp. 18-19; Tim Dedopulos, Kabbalah: An Illustrated Introduction to the Esoteric Heart of Jewish Mysticism, Gramercy Books, an imprint of Random House Value Publishing, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, by arrangement with Carlton Books Ltd., London, 2005, pg. 22; Ann Fiery, The Book of Divination, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1999, pg. 112; and Pastor Lawrence A. DeBruyn, Unshackled: Breaking Away from Seductive Spirituality, Moeller Printing, Indianapolis, IN, 2009, Introduction and Preface: As Above, So Below.
[xviii] See the key article “Newton, The Last Magician,” by Sam Kean, HUMANITIES, Jan-Feb. 2011 (Vol. 32, No. 1), posted http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/januaryfebruary/feature/newton-the-last-magician. A special thanks to Dr. Martin Erdmann for his assistance in this research on Newton.
[xix] Ibid, Flynn, pp. 19, 21.
[xx] Gary Stearman, Time Travelers of the Bible, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, pg. 102.
[xxi] Christopher Hodapp, Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and The Secrets of Washington, D.C., Ulysses Press, Berkeley, CA, 2007, pp. 19-21.
[xxii] Ibid, pg. 32.
[xxiii] See: Pinto bio;http://futurecongress.com/speakers/chris-pinto/
[xxiv] Ibid, Flynn, Official Disclosure magazine, pg. 33.
[xxv]Apollyon Rising 2012, pp. 139, 269.
[xxvi] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, pp. 50-51.
[xxvii] Martin Erdmann, “The Hermetic View of Man as Magus: A Terrestrial God’s Destiny to Perfect Himself and Society,” 2011, pg. 1. Manuscript available at Discernment Ministries, http://home.etcable.net/hestervanboven/Latest%20Materials.htm..
[xxviii] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, pg. 75.
[xxix] Bullinger was discussed in Part 3 of this article series: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/emerging-enigma-bible.html
[xxx] In Part 3 http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/emerging-enigma-bible.html we discussed the controversy surrounding Bullinger and his esoteric theories by citing Dr. Harry Ironside, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: Ultra-Dispensationalism Examined in the Light of the Holy Scriptures, Go to the Bible.com; http://www.gotothebible.com/HTML/wrongly1.html.
[xxxi] Ibid, pp. 81, 93, 189, 231.
[xxxii] Grahame Gardner, The Geomancy Group, “A Sacred Geometry Primer”; http://www.geomancygroup.org/sacred_geo.html.
[xxxiii] See various Herescope posts that covered the topic of “as above, so below” at: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2007/07/as-in-heaven-so-on-earth.html, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/force-be-with-you.html, and http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/06/shack-its-new-age-leaven.html .
[xxxiv] “New Doctrines of the Land,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-doctrines-of-land.html . Also see “Geographical Heresies of the New Apostolic Reformation, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/02/geographical-heresies-of-new-apostolic.html and “George Otis’s Geographical Heresies,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/02/george-otiss-geographical-heresies.html
[xxxv] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, pp. 98-99. Note: Using Newton’s writings, Flynn concluded that “the distance between London’s center and Jerusalem’s center, the temple mount, reflects the rebirth of Israel in nautical miles.” (pg. 102). London was chosen as a sacred point because, according to Flynn, “London was the heart of the governing intellect over the region [of Israel],” from 1917 through the British mandate to 1948 (pg. 99).
[xxxvi] Lorea Ireland, Vortex Maps.com, “Ley Lines and Vortices of the American West, Introduction: Definition of Ley Lines and Vortices; http://www.vortexmaps.com/irley.php.
[xxxvii]Ibid, Ireland; See also, Ancient Wisdom, “Ley Lines”; http://www.ancient-wisdom.com.uk/leylines.htm.
[xxxviii] Ibid, Ireland.
[xxxix] Ibid, Grahame Gardner, “A Sacred Geometry Primer.”
[xl] Grahame Gardner, The Geomancy Group, “An Introduction to Dowsing,”;http://www.geomancygroup.org/dowsing_01.htm. Note: In parts 1 and 2 of this article series, we addressed Missler’s adoption of Bohm’s quantum hologram theories.
[xli] Ibid, Flynn, Temple at the Center of Time, pp. 289-291.
[xlii] Tom Horn, “READ IT BEFORE IT’S BANNED BY THE US GOVERNMENT: Deeper Secrets: Maya, Watchers, and the 2012 Return,” NewsWithViews, Nov. 3, 2009, http://www.newswithviews.com/Horn/thomas129.htm
[xliii] Ibid.
[xliv] Ibid.
[xlv]Ibid, Official Disclosure magazine, pg. 33.
[xlvi] Ibid.
[xlvii] Henrik Palmgren, Red Ice Creations, “Researcher & Author David Flynn Dies at 49,” Jan. 25, 2012; http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=18326.
[xlviii]Tom Horn’s Raiders News Update; http://raidersnewsupdate.com.
[xlix] Cris Putnam, “Isaac Newton, David Flynn & the Arrival of Petrus Romanus,” April 12, 2012; http://www.logosapologia.org/?p=3611, underlining in original.
[l] Ibid, underlining in original.
[li]Petrus Romanus: the Final Pope is Here, 528 pages.
[lii]The Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology, Volumes 1 & 2 is an exhaustive compendium of cross-cultural and historical divination techniques. Edited by Leslie A. Shepherd (Avon Books, 1978).
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/26/2012 11:13:00 AM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2012http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/quantum-prophecy.html
Quantum Prophecy
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES, Part 7
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture
is a matter of one's own interpretation,
for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will,
but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
~ 2 Peter 1:20-21
By Gaylene Goodroad
When we consider creation and all things eternal, our false concepts regarding time and matter limit our understanding. Receive the concept that Jesus is outside of our time and calendar, looking in. He is observing. He is sustaining all things in this nanosecond (one billionth of a second) and is singing the frequencies or vibrations of your body. If He didn’t, you would dissolve! Your electrons, particles, and subatomic structures are blinking in and out of existence. You think you are a solid object, but quantum mechanics has confirmed that all subatomic particles – the stuff you are made of – are blinking in and out of this reality....
Because the speed of light has slowed down, because we have our upper bandwidth back, and because He is sustaining us every nanosecond, the act of creation is happening now! Take your quantum leap into His eternal now.
~David Van Koevering,"Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap"*
God is speaking through Quantum Physics more than ever these days! There is so much revelation linking science and the spirit realm proving that God is the Creator and the Great Physicist of all.
~Steve Shultz, TheElijahList**
How do Quantum Mysticism teachings alter biblical prophecy? How are the quantum “cosms,” “codes,” and “cryptologies,” connected to End Times teachings? What do Tom Horn, Chuck Missler, and other quantum collaborators teach about the last days?
These men abuse the text of Genesis 6 (and other passages) by adding in strange and wild speculations. They combine their exotic occult and extra-biblical suppositions with New Age physics, then make further conjectures about transhumanism. In short, these men have craftily distorted biblical eschatology into a far-fetched science fiction-fantasy that directs attention to the return of their mythical, mutant, and hybrid “demigods” instead of the Lord Jesus Christ, the believer’s “Blessed Hope” at His Coming (Titus 2:11-15).
The two earlier Herescope articles, “Doomsday Datesetters,” and “Militant Prayer,” carefully document these heresies, but here is a brief review:
THE RETURN OF THE NEPHILIM
Here is a summary of their aberrant end-time eschatology. According to the quantum collaborators, God Almighty sent the Flood upon the earth—not because of the inherent sinfulness and wickedness of mankind—but because the human gene pool (genome) had been corrupted by “Watchers” (fallen angels/extraterrestrials/pagan gods) who mated with human women, producing an evil, mutant race of giant hybrids (demigods) called “Nephilim.” Only Noah and his family remained genetically unstained by this celestial interbreeding with mankind….
These teachers claim that Jesus’ prophecy: “as it was in the days of Noah… (Matt. 24:37),” actually warns us that the “Watchers” (parents of the Nephilim/alien life) will be returning through multi/hyper-dimensional portals/stargates to repeat the fictionalized events in Genesis 6—threatening to wipe out humanity as we know it. (There is a connection here to the Roswell UFO event and their subsequent use of geomantic devices [divination] to accommodate these false teachings, as was discussed in Part 6 of this series).
This end-time Nephilim return scenario negates the Lord’s admonition to readiness and godly living—with a view to His Coming (1 John 2:28; 1 Thess. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:1-18; 5:23). Note that none of their myths can be clearly found in the Bible text itself. They needtheir extrabiblical sources in order to construct their fantastic end-time scenarios.
Sadly, this eschatological fable continues to grow as more extrabiblical sources are added into the mixture. In his book Apollyon Rising 2012, Tom Horn promotes the idea that Genesis’ Nimrod was in fact a “Nephilim,” who will “rise” (resurrect) in 2012 as an incarnation of the mythical god Apollyon (Apollo/Osiris). According to Horn, this monster will manifest himself to the world as the Antichrist!
If this isn’t fantastic enough, “Apollyon,” Horn’s end-times super nemesis will also manifest as the “Great Architect” of Freemasonry—the Masonic “messiah” (details of this deception are addressed in Part 6 of this series).
Note again that the return of the Lord Jesus Christ is absent from this imaginary end-times scenario. Instead, the quantum collaborators encourage followers to fearfully prepare for the return of an ancient pagan demi-god with supernatural powers—and a dark army of soul-less, half human-half angel creatures (also enhanced by transhumanist technologies), hell-bent on destroying the human race.
This is false eschatology. It does not come from the Bible.
Instead of preaching repentance and belief upon the Lord Jesus to save us from our sin, the world, and the devil, some of these men have not only invented an end-run around the book of Revelation, but preach an earthbound solution to “the return of the Nephilim.” Their story goes like this:
• As the lesser Nephilim (“serpent seed”) proliferate during this time of Apollo’s coming, enhanced by transhumanist devices, and as their demonic parents, the “Watchers” (who may appear as extraterrestrials) continue to descend upon earth, believers will be forced to abandon traditional methods of spiritual warfare such as bible reading, praying, and walking in the strength of God’s might. Instead, they will be challenged to learn new methods of “techno-dimensional spiritual warfare.” Leaving behind God’s Word and God’s Spirit, Christians will be forced to “engage these pagan deities” and “dark angels” in the spiritual realm and penetrate their unholy domain (Horn’s “gasket heaven”) by the power of these more effective prayer warfare techniques.
(See “Militant Prayer” for details and documentation of this scenario.) Abuse of Genesis 6 is the glue holding these false prophesies together—and Quantum Mysticism the underlying fabric!
QUANTUM DECEPTIONS
In the Introduction to God’s Ghostbusters, Chuck Missler brings these wild teachings—and its readers—into a quantum realm of deception.(See Part 1 of this series.) Missler writes:
Encounters with hyperspaces—spaces with more than three dimensions—may involve phenomena which we call “paranormal” or “supernatural.” Paranormal events may be the result of transdimensional interactions. Metaphors reign where mysteries reside.
Such themes have become popular in our entertainments, such as science fiction movies (Thirteenth Floor, Matrix, et al) where the participants discover that they are simply “program units” within a simulated virtual environment. However, it is disturbing to discover that we, too, are apparently in an equivalent predicament: being a pawn in a virtual reality, being caught in a game played by others from outside our own existence.
This puts an unusual premium on the tool and resources we need to evaluate our true condition, and to gain a glimpse into our own destiny. It translates our academic interest into a prerequisite for survival….[1] [bold, italics mine]
This would have been the right place to introduce his readers to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our “true condition” without Him is a desperately lost one: condemned to die in our sin—and on the way to Hell for eternity. Our “destiny” is determined by whether or not we surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ. When we repent of our sin—believing upon His sacrifice at the Cross and His resurrection from the grave—He forgives and cleanses us of our sin, and gives us His indwelling Spirit so that we can live as we ought. God alone is able to empower believers to live right in a godless age—no matter the circumstances, or what the unknown future may portend.
Missler’s “The Realm of Angels,” is featured on the cover of the March 2012 issue of the Koinoina Institute publication Personal Update. The article includes much of the New Age physics that Missler also teaches in his God’s Ghostbusters Introduction under the heading: “The Boundaries of Our ‘Reality” (discussed in Part 1 of this series). In “The Realm of Angels,” under the subheading, “The 10-Dimensional Metacosm,” Missler writes:
…It is also interesting that the Hebrew sage known as Nachmonides, writing in the 13th century, concluded from his study of the Book of Genesis that the universe has ten dimensions, but only four of them are “knowable” by man…. It would seem that the domain of the “Metacosm”—which includes the elusive six dimensions—is the realm of the trans-dimensional phenomena such as angels, demons, and, perhaps, UFOs and other paranormal phenomena…. So one of our major hindrances as we approach the subject of the “Angelic Realm” will come from the myopia of our obsolete Euclidean perspective. The more you know about the advanced frontiers of science, the more comfortable the Biblical text appears. So let’s summarize what the only reliable source about this realm tells us.[2][bold and color added]
Note how Missler describes this cosmic “angelic realm”:
…Some fallen angels have even been guilty of producing hybrids—Nephilim, the “fallen ones”—that led to, among other things, the flood of Noah’s day.11These strange activities are confirmed several times in the New Testament.12 And there is reason to expect more of these bizarre occurrences on our near horizon. The emergent trend toward “transhumanism” will also usher in similar, new concerns…. The Bible clearly presents the hyper-dimensional realities that surround us and it is imperative that we “do our homework.” Our personal survival depends upon it. We need to understand that we are both the pawns—and the prize—inn this continuing cosmic struggle….”[3] [bold added]
Is this what the Bible actually teaches? Or does this Quantum Eschatology depend upon extra-biblical, mythological, and occult teaching to stand—not to mention the added ingredients of human speculations and wild imaginations? What is the end result of these strange teachings? Will readers be driven to Christ… or away from Him to follow these fantastic myths?
QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE ARC
Where will Quantum Mysticism eventually lead? We may be forced to watch it unfold. It is disturbing to discover that these contorted teachings from Genesis 6 may already be metastasizing throughout the Dominionist camp, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).
The ultra-dominionist Kingdom League International (NAR)[4] held an event February 18th in Renton, WA, called: “Are You Prepared to Live in the Days of Noah – Matt. 24?” Here are a few of the event discussions highlighted in the email brochure:
• What the days of Noah were like
• How the demonic manifested itself
• What Christians prepared for the bridal company will face
• The angels being released for the end time harvest
• The kind of army God is raising up to engage the hosts of darkness
• How you can prepare like Noah did to build an ARC[5]
•
Tim Taylor—NAR apostle, prophet and teacher—is the founder of The Kingdom League International.[6] In January, in a 60-minute online teaching audio, he expounds on Matthew 23:36, “as in the days of Noah…” by laying out a prophetic scenario almost identical to Tom Horn and his fellow collaborators. Also like Horn, Taylor spends most of his time recounting passages in the apocryphal Book of Enoch—even comparing the Nephilim hybrids to pagan mythology![7] About halfway through his teaching, Taylor comes to the point: God is raising an “army of sons to defeat this demonic army. ” There is coming “a corporate anointing” to “engage in this spiritual war.”[8]
In a separate 2011 KLI document, Taylor reported that God began speaking to him in 2007—instructing him to build “an ARC” alluding to Noah and his famous boat:
Then I heard the Lord say, Noah built Me an ark, and I want you to: "build an ARC; an Apostolic Resource Center" [sic]
As I meditated on what God said to me these thoughts arose: The Lord used an ark to:
• Save a family, the nations and creation (Noah).
• Deliver a deliverer (Moses).
• Lead His people through the wilderness, in order that they might war to enter into their inheritance and Promised Land (Moses and Joshua).
• Serve as a place for His presence to dwell.
The ARC is an acronym and a word play with deep meaning. The characteristics of Noah’s ark plus the Ark of the Covenant equal what I see. It is a vessel like an aircraft carrier and its task force made to project power in the nations, delivering the weak and administering justice to the oppressor, enforcing the will of the kingdom of God, on earth as it is in heaven.
This ARC is made up of many teams of people with unique skills and functions all working together for a common purpose. That purpose is to present the gospel of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ with signs, wonders and results following.[9] [bold added]
This Apostolic Resource Center (ARC) is explained on other websites, and one includes a graphic of the ARC hovering like a canopy over “the seven spheres of culture,” which are necessary to fulfill the dominion mandate.[10] [links added] One corporate method to accomplishing this mandate involves prayer: “To utilize prayer as a weapon of spiritual warfare to take territory for the kingdom.”[11] [bold added] This hearkens back to Horn’s “militant prayer,” and C. Peter Wagner’s “warfare prayer” examined in a previous Herescope article, “Militant Prayer,” dealing with the Latter Rain inspired teachings on “territorial spirits.”
The recurring theme includes God’s people warring against the Nephilim hoards as they return to the earth to corrupt the human gene pool “as in the days of Noah.”
THE NAR AND QUANTUM NEPHILIM
NAR teacher Randy DeMain, founder of Kingdom Revelation Ministries,[12] published a book in 2010 entitled The Nephilim Agenda: Exposing the Ultimate Last Days Deception.[13] Here is how the book is described on the TheElijahList website:
Ancient Mysteries of the Bible are unfolding with startling clarity. One such mystery is the Genesis Six account of giants on the earth. These giants—the Nephilim—were the vile offspring of earthly women and divine beings bent on the deception and destruction of God's holy people. History is about to repeat itself. Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man" (Luke 17:26). The Nephilim are coming again, positioning themselves to rule the world in degrees of wickedness such as man has never known. Are you ready?[14] [bold added]
DeMain’s The Nephilim Agenda was published by Extreme Prophetic (XP) NAR prophetess Patricia King[15] who interviewed DeMain on her television program about his book.[16] King will also be hosting the Quantum Healing Conference in Phoenix in August this year—featuring none other than David van Koevering and JoAnn McFatter.[17] Van Koevering and McFatter presented at the Quantum Leap 2 Conference in 2007 along with Chuck Missler.[18] (This particular conference was discussed in “Doomsday Datesetters 2012,” and in Part 3 of this article series).[19]
Other such quantum connections with the NAR abound. One example is Randy DeMain and Horn collaborator L.A. Marzulli, who have shared the speaking platform on more than one occasion. DeMain and Marzulli will be appearing together in October in Frederick, MD for The Nephilim Agenda Official Disclosure 2 Conference,[20] as well as a New Age event, Maya 2012: Personal Planetary Transformation, a global gathering at the Mayan pyramids in Mexico on December 21, 2012![21] (See Part 6 of this article series to understand the significance of this Mayan legend date.)
According to his website, Marzulli has authored several books with Nephilim and UFO themes. In 2006, Horn published an article of Marzulli’s dealing with UFO abduction in his Anomalos magazine, Official Disclosure: Biblical Perspectives on the Paranormal, pp. 30-31.[22] The artwork on the front of Marzulli’s article depicts a man being “beamed up” into an alien spaceship. This is the same publication cited in Part 6 of this article series dealing with the Quantum Mysticism of the late Horn collaborator, David Flynn.
David Flynn endorsed Marzulli’s 2007 book Politics, Prophecy & the Supernatural, which was published by Horn.[23] Here is Horn’s description of this book:
Summary: The title of best selling author L.A. Marzulli's new book "Politics, Prophecy and the Supernatural: The Coming Great Deception and the Luciferian End Game," weaves the seemingly odd literary bedfellows that make up the book and its riveting expose of what might befall planet earth in the near future. Integrating biblical predictions, historical observations and scientific facts, Marzulli explores the carefully detailed and documented history of ancient prophetic writings and the ongoing supernaturalism that so many others are afraid to touch -- UFOs, the Fatima apparitions of 1917, Crop Circles and more -- blending these seemingly unexplained phenomena with increases in paranormal activity and "signs in the heavens," which he believes points to a coming great deception and Luciferian end game. Politics, Prophecy and the Supernatural will leave you breathlessly reconsidering the facts behind today's headlines.[24] [bold added]
In 2010, Marzulli appeared on Gary Stearman’s syndicated television program, Prophecy in the News, along with Tom Horn to discuss “The Secret Alien Agenda.”[25] A video of this interview is available on Horn’s disaster preparedness website.[26] (Stearman’s involvement in Quantum Mysticism is discussed in Part 5 of this article series.)
Marzulli also contributed his “expertise” in “Official Disclosure: Prepare for Contact.” Here is an excerpt of this event as described by Horn’s Defender Publishing:
[This] special multi-hour interview series covered numerous important issues that some believe could soon affect all mankind. Questions such as:
• Is official disclosure of alien contact near?
• Do world authorities know something about ET they are not telling us?
• Would aliens be friendly or hostile?
• What is panspermia?
• What is happening during alien abduction?
• Are angels or demons involved?
The answers to these questions are often unnerving as ex-government agents with above top-secret security clearance, world-famous field investigators, physicists and theologians peel back the truth behind a reality so astonishing the personal destiny of every man, woman and child could be impacted by its implications.[27] [bold added]
All of this talk about space aliens begins to sound like the old TV series Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone! Marzulli is even slated to speak at the Oregon Sasquatch Symposium [Big Foot] this year!
Besides Marzulli, who else was among the “ex-government agents, world-famous field investigators, physicists and theologians” speaking on “alien life imminent”? They include quantum collaborators such as Chuck Missler, Thomas Horn, Gary Stearman, Terry James, and Michael Heiser, among others.[28] With the exception of Michael Heiser, this same group of quantum collaborators will appear together in July at The Prophecy Summit at Branson 2012: The Final Prophecies are Here—hosted by Stearman’s Prophecy in the News.[29]
Other NAR leaders could easily become quantum collaborators. Rick Joyner of Morningstar Ministries and the politically charged Oak Initiative (Dominionist) has written about the Nephilim.[30] Cindy Trimm, well-known leader in the Word-Faith movement, sounds like a New Ager when talks about Quantum Physics and promises it will produce prosperity. She claims there is a "Law of Attraction" that
is based on the principle that we attract into our lives whatever we focus on as a result of the energy that is exchanged in the process. Because all matter – seen and unseen – is comprised of energy, the energy created by our unseen thoughts either attracts or repels the energy matter of what we ultimately see and experience as a result.
This phenomena is rooted in the findings of quantum physics – which found that nothing in the universe is static due to the fact that all matter is vibrating energy– raw energy that responds to the vibrations of our thoughts....
Your success and prosperity hinge on what lies within your mind.... Whatever can be imagined already exists; it simply exists in another dimension – in another form or substance – and that is the source of all inspiration.[31]
David Van Koevering (who was featured at the Quantum Leap 2 Conference along with Missler, cited above) did a teaching series "Quantum Physics, Time, Space & Matter " which is being marketed by the NAR's TheElijahList. His list of topics explain why the New Apostolic Reformation is enthralled about applying Quantum Physics to their brand of spirituality, particularly their version of the future.
• "The 'Physics' of the Supernatural Realm" If you want to take your own personal quantum leap, then get ready for a journey of a lifetime as you listen to this 2 disc message that is nothing less than a collision of science and the supernatural!
• Reaching into the Non-Physical Reality - For Your Future!" Want to know where yesterday went and where tomorrow comes from? Renowned physicist David Van Koevering opens revelation on the reality of time, eternity and God, and how physics actually supports and substantiates prophecy.
• "The Science of Bandwidth, Eternity, and the Voice of God" What does the speed of light and vibration (bandwidth) have to do with time, seeing your future and taking deliberate action to bring your destiny into the 'now' physical realm?...
• "Real True Alternative Medicine is All About Getting Your 'Frequency' Fixed!" We all (even all of creation) vibrate (bandwidth/frequency). This is a true, scientifically supported fact. But do you want to understand how vibration (yours, others, and all of creation) - whether correct or skewed - impacts and dictates the health of your body, soul, and spirit? This message explains how God fashioned the cosmos (and you) to function at a wonderful level of abundant life!
• "The Physics of Worship - How to Create an Umbrella of Protection! Is the purpose and fruit of worship simply an acknowledgment of the 'Godliness' and 'Godness' of God - or does it actually do something in regards to physics and the unseen realm?...[32]
Van Koevering has also written this strange statement, with his own unique vernacular, that integrates Word-Faith teachings with Quantum Physics as a way to change the future:
Matter has memory, and you can change everything that has been recorded by what you observe, by the words you declare, or by the curses you remove and release in the name of Jesus. You can create protected places by anointing with oil and speaking blessings with your words of faith. Where will you start? What quantum leaps have come up in your spirit? You have been given a new elsewhen cosmic consciousness. Pop those God qwiffs and cause upper bandwidth to change your reality.[33]
The New Apostolic Reformation's version of Quantum Mysticism even believes that there is a quantum sound that will transform culture and help build the seven mountains of Dominionism.[34] The Seven Mountain Symphony was advertised as a "sound that the Lord has chosen to be released onto the earth for this season to help effect the transformation of culture."[35] JoAnn McFatter (cited above in connection with the Quantum Leap 2 Conference with Missler) has taught that "God Has a Sound Frequency" that "plays into your destiny!"[36]
It appears as though the Quantum Mysticism of Horn, Missler, Stearman, Flynn, and others has meshed with the Dominionist camp and is now seducing souls further into error through these deceptions and false teachings. This raises troubling questions due to the extreme views of the NAR and its Latter Rain adherents. Their end-time scenario places them in the script of the book of Revelation, fulfilling their destiny, manifesting Christ on earth, and taking political and cultural dominion over the earth (a frequent topic of the past several years of posts on Herescope).
Horn and Missler and their fellow quantum collaborators have painted a vivid image of end-time creatures, entities, space aliens and hybrids coming to planet earth. The NAR has prepped its people for decades in anticipation of an end-time army ("Joel's Army") that believes it must conduct hyperspiritual warfare to rid the planet of unwanted elements. It seems evident that these two groups are beginning to cross-pollinate and share their extreme quantum views and eschatologies.
But many other things are converging... At what point and in what capacity will these extreme eschatology ideas fully merge with the Emergent Church, other apostate groups—and even seemingly sound evangelical churches? How many sheep will be caught in its deception? How many souls will be diverted from Christ into apostasy?...
And he said to me, "These words are faithful and true";
and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,
sent His angel to show to His bond-servants
the things which must soon take place.
"And behold, I am coming quickly.
Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book."
~ Revelation 22:6-7
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but wanting to have their ears tickled,
they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
andwill turn away their ears from the truth
and will turn aside to myths.
~ 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Stay tuned for Part 8 in this multi-part series "COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES". . . .
Part 1: QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH
Part 2: COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
Part 3: The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
Part 4: False Eschatology Arising!
Part 5: Quantum Teleporting Through Time
Part 6: Quantum Geomancy and Cryptic Mystic Math
Endnotes:
[1] Chuck Missler, Introduction to God’s Ghostbusters, “The Boundaries of Our Physical Reality,” Thomas Horn, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO 2011, pp. 14-15.
[2] Dr. Chuck Missler, Personal Update, “The Realm of Angels,” March 2012, pp. 11-13.
[3] Ibid, pp. 13-15.
[4] Tim Taylor, The Kingdom League International Teaching pdf, 2011; http://www.kingdomleague.org/uploads/6/8/6/0/6860455/3_-_kingdom_league_teaching.pdf.
[5] The Kingdom League International e- newsletter, Feb. 11, 2012; See also: http://www.kingdomleague.org/are-you-prepared.htm.
[6] See: http://www.kingdomleague.org/about.html.
[7] Tim Taylor, KLI, January 21 Training, “As it Was in the Days of Noah,” MP3 audio; http://www.kingdomleague.org/mp3s.html.
[8] Ibid.
[9]Tim Taylor, KLI, “The Sign of the ARC – Apostolic Resource Center,” July 2, 2011; http://www.ortprayer.org//uploads/6/8/6/0/6860455/the_sign_of_the_arc.pdf.
[10] See: The ARC;http://www.kingdomleague.org/apostolic-resource-center.html.
[11] Ibid.
[12] Randy DeMain, Kingdom Revelation Ministries; http://www.kingdomrevelation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=2.
[13] Randy DeMain, The Nephilim Agenda: Exposing the Ultimate Last Days Deception, XP Publishing, Maricopa, AZ, 2010.
[14] Randy DeMain, The Nephilim Agenda:Exposing the Ultimate Last Days Deception, the Elijah List Store; http://www.elijahshopper.com/product_p/bk-rde002.htm; see also; http://www.amazon.com/Nephilim-Agenda-Book-Randy-DeMain/dp/1936101173/ref=pd_sxp_f_i#reader_1936101173..
[15] XP Ministries website; http://www.xpministries.org/index.php/study-prayer/study/prophecies/540; see also: http://www.xppublishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=6.
[16] Patricia King interviews Randy DeMain, YouTube;http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2933A65A4C76B8D1.
[17] See: http://www.xpministries.org/index.php/events/patricias-calendar?task=view_detail&agid=600&year=2012&month=08&day=11&catids=45; see also the Elijah List; http://www.elijahlist.com/conference/conf_details.html?ID=6651..
[18] See: http://injesus.com/message-archives/prophetic/elijahlist/david-van-koevering-joann-mcfatter-chuck-missler-ray-hughes-and-1.
[19] NOTE: Consider these materials offered on Elijah List : a 6 CD set, “Sound Doctrine: Quantum Physics, Time, Space and Matter,” by David van Koevering; http://www.elijahshopper.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=6-PACK-QUANTUM_4_CD; EL article by Steve Schultz, “Quantum Prophetic: Extreme Angels - Sudden Portals,” June 1, 2008; http://www.injesus.com/message-archives/prophetic/elijahlist/quantum-prophetic-extreme-angels-sudden-portals-1; The Nephilim Agenda by Randy Demain,; http://www.elijahshopper.com/product_p/bk-rde002.htm and PDF E-book, Convergence: Quantum Physics, Scripture and Prophecy, by Ras and Bev Robinson; http://www.elijahshopper.com/Convergence_p/dl_eb-rrobro001.htm.
[20] L.A. Marzulli blog; http://www.calvaryoceanside.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=248:la-marzulli-conference&catid=77:front-page-upcoming-events; see also Randy DeMain’s ministry website: http://www.kingdomrevelation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=2.
[21] See Maya 2012 website: http://powerplaces.org/emailpromo/yucatan_main2012/index5.html.
[22] See: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Disclosure-Magazine-Perspective-ebook/dp/images/B0050K0SCU.
[23] Horn’s Anomalos Publishing website: http://www.anomalospublishing.com/politics.htm.
[24] Ibid.
[25] “The Secret Alien Agenda: Part 1,” with Gary Stearman, Tom Horn, and L.A. Marzulli, YouTube;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjlgJkxk_A.
[26] SurvivalMall.Com;http://survivormall.com/search.aspx?find=la+marzulli.
[27] Donna Anderson, Defender Publishing, SurvivorMall.Com, 2010; http://survivormall.com/OFFICIALDISCLOSURE-PREPAREFORCONTACTCDSERIES.aspx; see also; http://www.officialdisclosure.com/.
[28] Ibid.
[29] See: http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/the-prophecy-summit-at-branson-2012/. Joining them will be Noah Hutchings, Larry Spargimino, Bill Federer, Joseph Farah, Doug Woodward, Derek and Sharon Gilbert, and others.
[30] Rick Joyner, "Day 47 - Noah and the Nephilim," Morningstar Ministries, http://www.morningstarministries.org/resources/daily-devotional/2006/day-47-noah-and-nephilim
[31] Cindy Trimm, "The Properties of Thought: You Become What You Think," The Elijah List, October 29, 2010. See original here: http://www.elijahlist.com/words/html/textonly-102910-Trimm.html. For more information on Trimm see www.apprising.org website and search to find posts like http://apprising.org/2010/10/20/rick-warren-laverne-adams-and-cindy-trimm/ and http://apprising.org/2011/06/22/word-faith-heretic-cindy-trimm-receives-award-from-billy-graham-evangelistic-association/ and http://apprising.org/2012/02/08/t-d-jakes-may-2012-leadership-conference-to-feature-joel-osteen/
[32] http://www.elijahshopper.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DL_6-PACK-Quantum_4_CD
[33] David Van Koevering, "Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap: a.k.a. Christianity and Quantum Physics," 8/20/08, http://paulwilkinson.wordpress.com/keys-to-taking-your-quantum-leap/, bold added . Also see his beliefs at his website: http://www.davidvankoevering.com/
[34] For example, see "Quantum Physics, Music, and the Prophetic [4 CDs] -- by David Van Koevering, Ray Hughes, Bob Jones, and JoAnn McFatter" advertised at http://www.elijahshopper.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=4%2DPACK%2DQuantum.
[35] The "Seven Mountain Symphony" was widely advertised a few years ago and one can still obtain it from The Elijah List: http://www.elijahshopper.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DL_CD-SMS001-M
[36] "Quantum Physics, Music, and the Prophetic [4 CDs] -- by David Van Koevering, Ray Hughes, Bob Jones, and JoAnn McFatter" advertised at http://www.elijahshopper.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=4%2DPACK%2DQuantum.
*David Van Koevering, "Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap: a.k.a. Christianity and Quantum Physics," 8/20/08, http://paulwilkinson.wordpress.com/keys-to-taking-your-quantum-leap/, bold added . Also see his website: http://www.davidvankoevering.com/
**"From the desk of Steve Shultz, The Elijah List, 2/16/08, promoting David Van Koevering's "Keys to Taking Your Quantum Leap," http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/6762, bold added.
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 5/30/2012 07:31:00 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 02, 2012http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/06/quantum-cosmic-christ.html
A Quantum Cosmic Christ
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES,
Part 8
Exhibit A* (click to enlarge)
[David] Spangler sees the Christ as a cosmic principle: "Any old Christ will not do, not if we need to show that we have something better than the mainstream Christian traditions. It must be a cosmic Christ, a universal Christ, a New Age Christ." The Christ is not so much a religious figure, "but rather a cosmic principle, a spiritual presence whose quality infuses and appears in various ways in all the religions and philosophies that uplift humanity and seek unity with spirit."[i]
—“The Christ of the New Age Movement” report
As one looks at the various trends in our day, one sees that Teilhard’s [de Chardin] conception of spirituality is in the forefront. He knew that he had to pass through many hazards, but he was directed principally to the cosmic world. Others have been directed to the human world. This does not mean to say that Teilhard limited himself to anthropology and physics. His fundamental orientation was “to attain heaven through the fulfillment of earth. Christify matter.”
—Bishop Fulton J. Sheen[ii]
Quantum spirituality bonds us to all creation as well as to other members of the human family…. This entails a radical doctrine of embodiment of God in the very substance of creation…. But a spirituality that is not in some way entheistic (whether pan- or trans-), that does not extend to the spirit-matter of the cosmos, is not Christian.
—Leonard Sweet[iii]
A Cosmic Christianity expects a Cosmic Christ. The Quantum Mysticism movement in the evangelical church is re-defining significant portions of theology—not only eschatology but also Christology.
This “quantum leap” to a different Christology in the evangelical world was first noticed by ex-New Ager Warren B. Smith. In Chapter 10 of A Wonderful Deception, Smith writes about the coming “Cosmic Christ” awaited by past and present New Age/New Light Leaders Willis Harman, Matthew Fox, M. Scott Peck, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin—and also Leonard Sweet, one of Leadership Network’s chief architects of the Emergent Church movement.[iv] Smith explains that the “Cosmic Christ” is the panentheistic (God is “in” everything), universal (cosmic), god-force that permeates Creation (capitalized as a sign of divinity).[v]
In a separate article, Smith, quoting from Episcopalian priest Matthew Fox’s 1988 book, The Coming Cosmic Christ, shows how this “Cosmic Christ” is linked to a sacred or divine “pattern” (i.e., occult geometry):
The Cosmic Christ is the divine pattern that connects in the person of Jesus Christ (but by no means is limited to that person).(p. 135)[bold added]
Perhaps a new “ecumenical council” will be forthcoming in our lifetime… Part of its work might be to declare an ancient but forgotten doctrine: the Cosmic Christ, the “pattern that connects” all the atoms and galaxies of the universe, a pattern of divine love and justice that all creatures and all humans bear within them.(p. 7).[vi] [bold added]
In 2012, New Agers expanded this simple definition of the “Cosmic Christ” into a full-blown quantum science called, “Cosmometry,” or “Exploring the Fractal Holographic Nature of the Cosmos.”[vii] Here is the course description of an online, 6-week virtual course by “Wisdom University”:
As science and spirituality increasingly merge, a new worldview is concurrently emerging that embraces the idea that energy and consciousness (the physical and metaphysical experience of reality) are a unified whole, and that all “things” are entirely and instantly interconnected as one. Building upon the foundational research of Buckminster Fuller, Arthur Young, David Bohm and other 20th century pioneers, a contemporary understanding of the fundamental manifestation is informing this worldview with elegance and precision. The insights of both scientific and sacred geometry that have grown over centuries of inquiry are now revealing an increasingly accepted model of a fractal and holographic universe, wherein the whole is found to be present in every “part” at every scale, from micro-atomic to macro-galactic.[viii][bold mine]
Note that these New Agers in describing their universal or “Cosmic Christ,” use the same “science” (New Age physics), the same Quantum Physics expert (Bohm), and the same model of a “fractal” and “holographic universe” as Chuck Missler—the author of Cosmic Codes—does in his teachings.[ix]
Consider the foreboding comments of Matthew Fox:
The Cosmic Christ educes power and responsibility from those who dare to allow the mystic to be born in and through them. (p. 138)[bold added]
Deep ecumenical possibilities emerge when we shift from the quest for the historical Jesus to the quest for the Cosmic Christ. This shift requires making mysticism central to our faith once again. What the human race needs today is mystical solidarity. (p. 232)[x] [bold added]
This emerging shift toward the Cosmic Christ requires a collective embrace of Quantum Mysticism—an all-out defection from biblical Christianity and the Lord Jesus Christ to a religion of Fox’s “mystical solidarity.”
How did the evangelical church get to the point where quotations like these would be considered normative? That no one would ask questions about statements like these—even within discerning circles? How is it that Quantum Mysticism/Spirituality entered the church and took over to the extent that New Age beliefs about an end-time Cosmic Christ could stand without opposition?
Warren Smith credits Leonard Sweet with the launch of the Quantum Spirituality movement, saying: “In 1991, Leonard Sweet was setting the stage for everything happening in the church today.”[xi] In his landmark book, A “Wonderful” Deception, Smith explains Quantum Spirituality from its roots, both historically and theologically. Beginning in Chapter 10, Smith begins to recount Leonard Sweet’s relationship to Rick Warren, and reviews Sweet’s 1991 book Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Dialectic.
Smith takes note of those leaders whom Leonard Sweet credits: David Spangler, Willis Harman, Matthew Fox, and M. Scott Peck. Sweet describes these New Age change agents with the glowing description of “New Light Leaders” of the “postmodern apologetic.”[xii]
It is possible that Leonard Sweet derived his use of the Greek term “metanoia” from Willis Harman.[xiii] A few years ago Herescope documented influential New Age leader Willis Harman’s influence over key evangelical leaders in the late 1970s. He was invited to a conference sponsored by the Billy Graham Association where he proposed a new Gnostic “science” of metaphysics to be their foundation for the future.[xiv] The Herescope report explains that Harman had the significant goal of merging science and spirituality:
Willis Harman's presentation to the evangelical leaders called for a “new” science, which he had termed “noetic” science, a Gnostic science, based on his research into the paranormal and the human brain. He listed such things as hypnosis, remote viewing, precognition, psychokinesis and psychic phenomena. He called for more scientific research into the “the world of inner experience,” meaning psychic phenomena. All this could create a future utopia:
This new “noetic” science would eliminate the apparent contradiction between the experiential understanding of Hindu, Moslem, and Christian. For the first time in history we see emerging a growing, progressively funded body of empirically established experience about man’s inner life – particularly about the perennial wisdom of the great religious traditions and Gnostic groups. For the first time there is hope that this knowledge can become… the living heritage of all mankind.[xv]
Warren Smith recounts how Leonard Sweet was also influenced by Matthew Fox. Fox believed that “we are all Cosmic Christs.” Smith explained:
[Fox is] a former Catholic priest who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for openly professing the heretical teachings of Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (and other New Age teachers)…. [Chardin], “the father of the New Age Movement,” believed that all of humanity is converging towards a universal New Age Christ in the future….[xvi]
M. Scott Peck, another man who influenced Sweet, endorsed Matthew Fox’s book, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ. Peck described the defrocked heretical Catholic priest Teilhard de Chardin as “the greatest prophet of the evolutionary leap” to a “global consciousness and world community,” which is “a giant leap forward in the evolution of the human race.”[xvii]
Yet another unwholesome influence over Leonard Sweet’s idea of Quantum Spirituality is New Age leader David Spangler. According to New Age expert Constance Cumbey, “David Spangler has publicly identified Matthew Fox as one of his ‘best friends.”[xviii] Given these interconnections, it is not surprising then that Sweet also cited Spangler positively, saying:
I am grateful to David Spangler for his help in formulating this “new cell” understanding of New Light leadership.[xix]
Spangler’s “new cell” idea articulated the classic New Age view of a cellular networking structure of the universe, in which everything and everybody is connected and all are destined to become part of one universal cosmic whole (body). Spangler wrote:
As the energies of the Cosmic Christ become increasingly manifest within the etheric life of Earth, many individuals will begin to respond with the realization that the Christ dwells within them.[xx] [bold added]
Leonard Sweet, who admits he had been corresponding with Spangler, likewise wrote about this “new cell” concept, stating that his concept of Quantum Spirituality was related to the theoretical “cosmion”—“a well ordered thing that has the character of the universe.” Sweet then suggested that cosmions would facilitate the paradigm shift to a new spiritual order:
New Lights offer up themselves as the cosmions of a mind-of-Christ consciousness. As a cosmion incarnating the cells of a new body, New Lights will function as transitional vessels through which transforming energy can renew the divine image in the world, moving postmoderns from one state of embodiment to another.[xxi] [bold added]
Leonard Sweet believed that “we constitute together a cosmic body of Christ.”[xxii] This ethereal cosmic “Christ” body would be made up of “cells.” Similarly, the New Agers have the concept of human “cells” making up an evolutionary emerging cosmic organism. Much of this is articulated in Marilyn Ferguson’s book that publicly outed the New Age Movement, The Aquarian Conspiracy.[xxiii] Similarly, in his book Reimagination of the World, David Spangler used quantum physics to describe the Cosmic Christ:
Where is the Christ that is revealing itself and incarnating now? Where is the Christ in nature and in the Earth? Where is the feminine Christ?
With new discoveries in biology and quantum physics, we are seeing more and more what mystics have always seen: the process side of reality, its interconnectedness, its interpenetratingness, its blendedness. Where is the Christ in this expanding worldview?
The Christ becomes the Cosmic Christ. Just as an advertiser can repackage a product and call it “new and improved,” so the Cosmic Christ repackages the Christ. In fact, the essential qualities of this presence remain the same. The Christ is the Christ is the Christ. That is true whether we view its actions within an individual, a planet, or the cosmos as a whole. However, the new packaging may make it more accessible to people and help us to recognize some of those qualities of the Christ that we have been overlooking for the past two thousand years.[xxiv] [bold added]
FRACTAL SPIRITUALITY
Warren Smith details his journey as he discovered how the Quantum Physics concept of Fractals was being woven into popular bestselling books like The Shack. In his search he read an online article titled “Fractal Chaos Crashes the Wall Between Science and Religion” which stated:
New discoveries in the science and mathematics of Chaos research are revolutionizing our world view. They reveal a hidden fractal order underlying all seemingly chaotic events. The fractals are intricate and beautiful. They repeat basic patterns, but with an infinity of variations and forms. The world-view emerging from this scientific research is new, and yet at the same time ancient. With a little thought, and the help of this web, you can better understand the significance of Chaos and Fractals. You can see how to use these insights in your life to create a bridge between Science and Spirituality.
As the mystic sages of long ago put it, “as above, so below.”[xxv] [bold added]
Smith then analyzed this fractal-inspired Quantum Spirituality:
But what is being presented as “science” is actually an occult/New Age worldview, which presents the New Age belief that much of the “chaos” in the world is the result of people not properly perceiving the “interconnectedness” of all things. In other words, what appears to be “chaos” is often just “the observer” not seeing the “as above, so below”/God “in” everything/“fractal order” that defines all creation. This postulated fractal order is directly related to Teilhard de Chardin, Matthew Fox, and Leonard Sweet’s quantum spirituality/Creation Spirituality. The Shack’s references to fractals—references I had overlooked when I first read the book—immediately explain why author William Young capitalizes the letter “C” in the word “Creation” at least twenty times in The Shack. The capital “C” reflects what his “Jesus” is teaching—that God is “in” all things—including “Creation.”
From the perspective of the New Age/New Spirituality, it makes perfect sense that The Shack’s “Jesus” states that God is “in” all things. Mack—the main character—is seeing his life as “a mess” rather than as a “fractal” part of “God.” This is because he is not seeing the “as above, so below” fractal order of “God in all things.” From this perspective, it also makes perfect sense that The Shack’s “Holy Spirit” told Mack that his life only seems chaotic and “a mess”—that in reality, he was actually “a living fractal.”
From this “Fractal Wisdom” website, I could see the deceptive New Age ploy regarding the word fractal and its relationship to “as above, so below.” If all of capital “C” Creation is “God” and thus composed of “God” atoms and energy, then any fractal part of that “God” energy is therefore a part of God. Man is a fractal. Man is God. That is why Mack is told he is “a living fractal.” That is why Mack is told that God is “in” all things. The word fractal is being used as a pseudo-scientific synonym for the belief that God is “in” everything—everything being a fractal or a fractured part of the whole, a fractured part of God. Taken a step further, The Shack is indirectly presenting the notion that “chaos” is simply the result of people not seeing the “God in everything” fractal order in the world—“as above, so below.”
Thus, The Shack—like Leonard Sweet’s quantum spirituality—subtly introduces the New Age/New Spirituality as a worldview that puts forth the notion that “chaos” can be significantly overcome when humanity stops seeing itself as “separate” but rather sees itself as “One”—as a part of the “God” who is “in” everyone and everything.[xxvi] [bold added]
The TAO OF PHYSICS
As a former New Ager, Warren Smith recognized early on that the concept of Quantum Spirituality was directly connected to the New Age views of Fritjof Capra in his 1975 best-selling book on quantum physics, The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism. Smith explains that Capra, a research physicist,
was the first to present this proposed scientific/spiritual model to a mass audience. In it, Capra explains that he gained new spiritual insights through a mystical experience he had sitting on a beach in Santa Cruz, California in 1969:
Five years ago, I had a beautiful experience which set me on a road that has led to the writing of this book. I was sitting by the ocean one late summer afternoon, watching the waves rolling in and feeling the rhythm of my breathing, when I suddenly became aware of my whole environment as being engaged in a gigantic cosmic dance…. As I sat on that beach my former experiences [research in high-energy physics] came to life; I “saw” cascades of energy coming down from outer space, in which particles were created and destroyed in rhythmic pulses; I “saw” the atoms of the elements and those of my body participating in this cosmic dance of energy; I felt its rhythm and I “heard” its sound, and at that moment I knew that this was the Dance of Shiva, the Lord of Dancers worshipped by the Hindus.
Commenting on his experience thirty years later, Capra writes that back in 1970 he “knew with absolute certainty that the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism would someday be common knowledge.” In 1999, in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of his book, Capra reflects on the fact that The Tao of Physics had sold more than a million copies over the years and had been translated into at least twelve languages:
What did The Tao of Physics touch off in all these people? What was it they had experienced themselves? I had come to believe that the recognition of the similarities between modern physics and Eastern mysticism is part of a much larger movement, of a fundamental change of worldviews, or paradigms, in science and society, which is now happening throughout Europe and North America and which amounts to a profound cultural transformation. This transformation, this profound change of consciousness, is what so many people have felt intuitively over the past two or three decades, and this is why The Tao of Physics has struck such a responsive chord.
Capra adds:
The awareness of the unity and mutual interrelation of all things and events, the experience of all phenomena as manifestations of a basic oneness, is also the most important common characteristic of Eastern worldviews. One could say it is the very essence of those views, as it is of all mystical traditions. All things are seen as interdependent, inseparable, and as transient patterns of the same ultimate reality.[xxvii][bold added]
Tragically, this is the same teaching of quantum physicist David Bohm—whose ideas are favorably articulated by popular evangelical bible teacher Chuck Missler in Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity:
But the holographic paradigm also serves as a most provocative model of interconnected relationships which goes far beyond simply a curiosity of imagery. It may provide us with a totally different insight into consciousness; it may even give us a glimpse into the very nature of reality itself…[xxviii] [bold added]
One of the implications of Bohm’s view has to do with the nature of location. Bohm’s interpretation of quantum physics indicated that at the subquantum level location ceased to exist. All points in space become equal to all other points in space, and it was meaningless to speak of anything as being separate from anything else. Physicists call this property “nonlocality.”[xxix] [bold added]
In other words, “all is one,” or “as above, so below.”
LEONARD SWEET & THE NEW AGE GURUS
In May 2000 Bob Buford’s Leadership Network sponsored an “Exploring Off the Map” conference to help launch what would become known as the Emergent Church movement.[xxx] This futurist conference was cleverly disguised as the Lewis and Clark expedition, called a “Corps of Discovery,” complete with all of trappings of an elaborately decorated hotel with a waterfall, bridges, murals of campsights and trails, and a big mess tent to eat in. Over 550 church leaders reportedly attended this mega-event that took 18 months of preparation.
Leonard Sweet was the moderator for this event that was attended by key New Age business “gurus” who were called “Chief Scouts.” This included Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley, Ken Blanchard and his wife Marjorie, Jim Collins, and others. A simple Internet search on these names will reveal that they are recognized leaders in the New Age movement. But they were associates of Peter Drucker, and most likely by his invitation they became leaders that trained evangelical pastors![xxxi] Leadership Network has a long history of being friendly towards these “gurus,” and had even written a rave review of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline Field Book.[xxxii]
The Leadership Network’s “emerging church” newsletter account of the “Exploring Off the Map” conference described the “mission” as:
The mission of the Corps was to “look beyond the present-day horizon and explore the changing national global landscape for the purpose of charting new maps for the 21st century.”[xxxiii][bold added]
Leonard Sweet moderated the conference and delivered the “final scouting report” where he praised Margaret Wheatley and Peter Senge for their “passion” and insights. It is clear from his comments that these "guru" presenters were encouraging the evangelical pastors present to “explore off the map” doctrinally by accepting postmodern elements of “change.” And the evangelical pastors were being challenged to dismantle the “institution” of the church and restructure it because, as Margaret Wheatley claimed, “They are the wrong forms for this age.” Sweet summarized:
As we explore off the map, we’re finding that in this native culture there is more openness than ever before to the notion that the most powerful forces in this universe are the invisible forces, the unseen forces, the spiritual forces.”[xxxiv]
In one of the summary reports on the event, evangelical leader Todd Hunter described Peter Senge’s session as “prophetic,” and made the amazing statement that:
Listening to Margaret Wheatley was for me a spiritual experience…. I believe, like Senge, she was also being prophetic….”[xxxv]
Hunter also said that Ken and Marjorie Blanchard talked about “creating the future,” which is a key New Age belief—that man can create “alternative scenarios” and change the End-Times.[xxxvi]
A year later Leadership Network gave further credence to the New Age views of Margaret Wheatley when they interviewed her for their Church Champions newsletter on the topic of “Leadership and the New Science.” In this interview Wheatley promoted the ideas in her New Age book Leadership and the New Science (Berrett Koehler Publishers, 1992, 1999). She clearly delineated her New Age beliefs about the merger of quantum science and Quantum Spirituality. She even talked about “fractals.”[xxxvii]
Margaret Wheatley and Peter Senge have both incorporated the meditation and beliefs of Buddhism into their esoteric concept of organizations and communities. Their version of Buddhism is perfectly compatible with Quantum Spirituality. In 2001 (during this same time period), Senge and Wheatley were interviewed in the Buddhist New Age publication,Shambhala Sun. Margaret Wheatley explained their evolutionary view of quantum “change”:
I think that both Peter and I have both found there’s great depth in understanding life from a Buddhist perspective….
[M] my awareness of change and uncertainty came through my studies in biology…. That awareness of the continuous change called life led me to very ancient spiritual traditions....
Once I looked past the Western cultural tradition, it was a great comfort and teaching to understand that most other cultures—not only Buddhism but all indigenous cultures—have well understood that life is a process of continuous change.[xxxviii]
The graphic Exhibit A at the top of the page is from Leadership Network’s NEXT publication, Oct-Nov-Dec 1999.[xxxix] It illustrates how Leadership Network had already been incorporating the quantum mystical teachings on “Fractaling” as a way to grow large megachurches. The fractal concept applied to church growth was based on the same holistic cellular structure that Len Sweet described in his Quantum Spirituality book. Each cell/fractal/small group in a large-bodied megachurch would become replicating.This networking concept of rapid cellular replication became known as "exponential growth" and it also formed the structure of C. Peter Wagner's New Apostolic Reformation. (See the graphic exhibit at Herescope's post, “Documenting Dominionism.")
Leonard Sweet got his start in evangelical education circles with the image of a sort of hip counter culture figure. But he was flagged as an up-and-comer in the 1990s and became an Emergent Church leader, partially as a result of a publishing arrangement between Jossey-Bass and Leadership Network (that utilized viral marketing techniques).[xl] Leadership Network wrote that it was Sweet’s book Quantum Spirituality that influenced much of their work:
Last week, author/professor/church historian/cultural observer Len Sweet was in Dallas to deliver a lecture series for a local congregation. Some colleagues and I attended the Monday luncheon and as we were waiting for the event to begin, my mind wandered back to the first time I heard him speak. It was another September morning in 1991, and on the recommendation of a friend, I had just finished reading Quantum Spirituality. I was so taken by the scope and insight in the book that I had to know more about this guy. His writing was so fresh and he managed to articulate the transition underway from the modern world to postmodern world in ways that I had never heard expressed before. I tracked him down to his office in Dayton, Ohio, where he was then serving as the president of United Seminary and learned that he would be speaking in Dallas later that month. Since then, our paths have crossed many times at various learning events and meetings across the country and each time I learn something.[xli]
Sweet was a speaker at the Leadership Network sponsored “The National Reevaluation Forum” in Glorieta, New Mexico on October 12-15, 1998, a encounter group styled seminar which focused on adapting the church to the postmodern transition. “[M]ore than 500 young leaders of the new millennium’s emerging church” attended the event, which was an apparent precursor for the “Exploring Off the Map” conference a few years later. Leadership Network’s NEXT newsletter also reported that
“maps for this journey are still in process. Noted theologian and semiotician Len Sweet offered this observation: ‘The primary challenge in this Postmodern transition is navigational tools. Each person or church becomes their own cartographer.’”[xlii][bold in original]
The same newsletter included an article titled simply “Mystical,” which recommended:
The Church must also fight against an individualistic form of spirituality. In an attempt to guard against these failures, churches are returning to the “old” and using guided meditative prayer, prayer walks, incense, candles, chanting and other historical Christian rituals.[xliii]
In brief, Sweet’s ideas about Quantum Spirituality and mysticism were being incorporated into the Leadership Network’s programs during this late 1990s time period during the pivotal era when they doing trial experiments for the formation of the Emergent Church Movement. He was also influencing megachurch leaders with his cell/fractal theories. How many thousands of pastors were trained via Leadership Network with Sweet’s mystical ideas?
A 1997 conference advertised by Leadership Network included Bill Easum and Len Sweet discussing “21st Strategies: ‘Implications of the Quantum World’” in a newsletter that also featured a front-page article by New Age business guru Jim Collins, who would later be invited to be a presenter at the “Exploring Off the Map" conference. The graphic arts for his article included ying/yang logos throughout the text.[xliv]
And, significantly, in the same Leadership Network newsletter, an experimental conference on mysticism, “’The True & the Beautiful’: a new generation at worship,” included a mystical poem called “The Road to the Future runs through the past.” In this poem one can see the roadmap that became Emergent Mysticism:
The signs are everywhere –
from the spectacular success of
“Chant,” an album featuring
Gregorian chants sung for more
than a millenium, to the mass
appeal of Taize, a monastic
group based in France that
sponsors ecumenical services
featuring chant, liturgical prayer
and candlelight vigils.
The search for authentic
spirituality among Generation X
is leading – among other places –
to the treasures offered by the
confessional traditions of
the Reformation, Orthodoxy,
and Catholicism. This conference
will appropriate the riches
of the past in developing
authentic worship for the
postmodern movement.[xlv]
Quantum Spirituality Goes Mainstream
In the past decade Leonard Sweet has repositioned himself as a mainstream evangelical. In January 2002 he was a featured speaker at the “Beyond All Limits Conference” conference in Orlando, Florida sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) along with Rick Warren, Billy Graham, Larry Burkett, John Maxwell, Bill and Vonette Bright and others.[xlvi] On April 21-24, 2008 he spoke at an “Exponential Conference” with evangelical leaders such as Rick Warren, Tim Keller, Andy Stanley, and Alan Hirsch.[xlvii] Despite his attempts to market his new image, eventually Sweet’s efforts to become mainstream became controversial.[xlviii]
Currently Leonard Sweet is associated with an organization called Second Billion, a downline networking global church growth group with an online Global Church Learning Center www.GCLC.tv where he is on the faculty.[xlix] This group gives him a global outreach to train pastors in his Quantum Spirituality views. For example, in June 2008 He spoke at a Second Billion conference in Jarkarta, Indonesia to evangelical mission leaders.
On February 29 this year, the Second Billion organization issued “A Special Message From Dr. Ken Blanchard” e-mail. The e-mail included a 2-minute video to hear Blanchard's “heart and vision” in promoting a “World Leaders Conference.” Conference Speakers included: Tony Blair, Erwin McManus, Bill Hybels, Laurie Beth Jones, Henry Cloud, Craig Groeschel, and others. (See “What Is the World Leaders Conference?”, FAQS and list of sponsors.)
Second Billion has the goal to “double the size of the global church.” Leadership Network’s megastar Leonard Sweet has played a key leadership role, especially at its Synergize! conferences. Second Billion is also connected with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) at many levels, including shared personnel such as Sunday Adelaja and Jim Garlow.[l] An e-mail sent out 7/13/07 promoted the Dominionist ideal, “Be equipped to impact ‘seven spheres’ of society.” Sweet also co-authored Jesus Manifesto with Frank Viola, who has ties to the NAR.[li] Sweet has even published his own Bible version – The Voice Bible: Step Into the Story of Scripture – where he employs narratives and poetry to tell Bible stories.
Quantum Ecumenical Metaphysics
In his book Quantum Spirituality, Leonard Sweet set the stage for the evangelical church world to embrace the concept of a psychic science and its accompanying panentheism.[lii] In his book Soul Tsunami, Sweet admitted frankly what he was doing:
Physics is increasingly becoming the study of matter so small (is it a wave? Is it a particle?) as to become the study of consciousness. In other words, physics is becoming metaphysics.[liii]
Sweet opened the door to an expanded religion of the universe in which the whole cosmos would come into “formation” (as in the spiritual formation envisioned by Teilhard de Chardin). Sweet defined this spiritual formation in quantum physics terms, referring to it in terms like energy, thermodynamics, entropy and evolution. Using inventive terminology, he stated:
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to inform means “to give form to, put into form and shape.” The purpose of the church is to give form to, to put into form and shape, the energymatter known as Jesus Christ. New Light leaders, therefore, are in-formational connectors helping the body of Christ to become an in-formed church, an in-formational community…..A major New Light undertaking is the designing of newstream communities that can be 'in connection' and 'in-formation' with the spirit of Christ. Christ will be embodied for the postmodern church in information.[liv]
Sweet’s version of progressive spirituality, in which we are all emerging as a “Christ consciousness,” “organic relationships,” “community,” along with his idea that the “biblical doctrine of salvation [has a]… communal dimension” became his life work – what he termed “The synergizing of synergies.”[lv] His Quantum Spirituality worldview was cosmic in scope. He wrote that
a spirituality that is not in some way entheistic (whether pan- or trans-), that does not extend to the spirit-matter of the cosmos, is not Christian.[lvi]
This “Christ consciousness” could be furthered by small cell groups which would facilitate the spiritual formation of a “Christ consciousness”:
The power of small groups is in their ability to develop the discipline to get people "in-phase" with the Christ consciousness and connected with one another.[lvii]
And most significantly, Sweet’s “in-formation” concept of emerging spiritual formation is very ecumenical, encompassing all other world religions.[lviii] Sweet’s statements below may help to explain the use of ancient pagan mythologies and occult sources by the currently popular quantum collaborators like Tom Horn and Chuck Missler:
One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali, or Krishna. A globalization of evangelism 'in connection' with others, and a globally 'in-formed' gospel, is capable of talking across the fence with Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim--people from other so called 'new' religious traditions ('new' only to us)—without assumption of superiority and power….[lix]
A surprisingly central feature of all the world's religions is the language of light in communicating the divine and symbolizing the union of the human with the divine: Muhammed's light-filled cave, Moses' burning bush, Paul's blinding light, Fox's "inner light," Krishna's Lord of Light, Bohme's light-filled cobbler shop, Plotinus' fire experiences, Bodhisattvas with the flow of Kundalini's fire erupting from their fontanelles, and so on.[lx]
What is this emerging “Christ consciousness” and how does it relate to the Quantum Spirituality idea? In 2008, Herescope explained the views of Teilhard de Chardin, father of the modern New Age movement:
Teilhard de Chardin's "Principle of Emergence" had to do with the consciousness of mankind breaking out collectively, creating an evolutionary convergence (a Noosphere built by spiritual formation) that would result in a "super-organism" of "collective mankind " (quotes from The Phenomenon of Man and The Future of Man). The term "emergent" itself is steeped in Teilhardian evolutionary ideology, and the modern New Age movement has popularized it to mean the manifestation of new examples of humanity's evolution towards this supposed collective consciousness.
Teilhard also proposed an alternative eschatology, an '"eschatological' vision" in which "in order that the Kingdom of God may come..., it is necessary, as an essential physical condition, that the human Earth should already have attained the natural completion of its evolutionary growth... that the ultra-human perfection which neo-humanism envisages for Evolution will coincide in concrete terms with the crowning of the Incarnation awaited by all Christians" (The Future of Man, p. 280), which achieves "God all in everyone" (The Phenomenon of Man, p. 310, italics in original).[lxi]
All of this hearkens to a New Age Quantum Spirituality – one which was being incorporated into the evangelical church by progressive degrees over a period of several decades. The seeds planted by Leonard Sweet’s Quantum Spirituality mysticism, nurtured along by Leadership Network, have now come full bloom in the open Quantum Mystisicm that is creating a Quantum Eschatology to deceive the church in these last days.
Pastor Larry DeBruyn aptly summed up this quantum cosmic deception in his book Unshackled: Breaking Away from Seductive Spirituality:
Emergent Christians like Leonard Sweet, who allow their worldview to be influenced by such spirituality, are being taken captive by philosophy and vain deceit.91The “elements of the world” first enrapture and then capture their souls. Like Judah who played the harlot with other gods, their fixation upon science seduces them into spiritual bondage. Captivation with the cosmos leads to being captured by the cosmos, the very “system” which Scripture informs us, “lies in the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19).[lxii]
And Jesus answered and said to them,
"See to it that no one misleads you.
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
and will mislead many.
~ Matthew 24:4-5
Stay tuned for Part 9 in this multi-part series "COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES". . . .
Part 1: QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH
Part 2: COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
Part 3: The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
Part 4: False Eschatology Arising!
Part 5: Quantum Teleporting Through Time
Part 6: Quantum Geomancy and Cryptic Mystic Math
Part 7: Quantum Prophecy
Endnotes:
[i] Ron Rhodes, “The Christ of the New Age Movement: Part One in a Two-Part Series on New Age Christology,” http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/newage1.htm, citing New Age leader David Spangler (first quote) Reflections on the Christ (Findhorn, 1981), p. 107, and (second quote) Conversations with John (Lorian Press, 1983), p. 5, bold added.
[ii] Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Footprints In A Darkened Forest (Meredith Press, 1967), p. 73, cited in Constance Cumbey’s book A Planned Deception: The Staging of a New Age “Messiah,” (1985), pp. 126-7, bold added.
[iii]Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic (Dayton, OH: Whaleprints for SpiritVenture Ministries, Inc. 1991, 1994), p. 125. Cited in Warren B. Smith, A “Wonderful” Deception (Lighthouse Trails Publishing, 2009), page 104. Also posted: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=997 , bold added.
[iv] See Herescope posts:
[v] Warren Smith, A “Wonderful” Deception, pp. 110-120; Note: Foster Gamble, The Thrive Movement (New Age), explains “The Code/Fundamental Pattern” of the universe (cosmos) by examining the torus (donut-shaped energy vortex), the Vector Equilibrium (a geometric form where all forces are equal and balanced), the Phi Spiral (a spiral vortex of nature), and fractals (fractions of the Whole); http://www.thrivemovement.com/views/the_code-fundamental_pattern.
[vi] Warren B. Smith, “M. Scott Peck: Community and the Cosmic Christ,” Sidebar: “Matthew Fox on the Cosmic Christ,” http://www.mountainstreampress.org/m-scott-peck-community-and-the-cosmic-christ/.
[vii] Cosmometry.com; http://www.cosmometry.com/.
[viii] Ibid, “Explorations in the Fractal-Holographic Nature of Life,” http://www.cosmometry.com/?utm_source=Resend+-+Last+Chance+to+Get+a+Taste+of+the+Living+In+Mastery+Retreat+&utm_Campaign=LIM+Orientation+Call&utm_medium=email.
[ix] See “Doomsday Datesetters 2012” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/06/doomsday-datesetters-2012.html and Part 1 of this current series, “Quantum Mysticism in the Church,”
[x] Smith, sidebar article: “Matthew Fox on the Cosmic Christ.” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/quantum-mysticism-in-church.html
[xi]A “Wonderful” Deception, pp. 126-7.
[xii]A “Wonderful” Deception, pp. 106-107.
[xiii] See post by Steve Muse, “Leonard Sweet & Willis Harman – Metanoia/Transformation,” Herescope, 9/26/05.
[xiv] See Herescope posts: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html and http://herescope.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html
[xv] Herescope, July 24, 2009, “Quantum Eschatology, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2009/07/quantum-eschatology.html citing Willis Harman’s remarks, “A Utopian Perspective on the Future,” in An Evangelical Agenda: 1984 and Beyond:Addresses, and Responses from the "Consultation on Future Evangelical Concerns" held in Overland Park, Kansas, December 11-14, 1979 (William Carey Library, 1979), p. 27-37. See also: Evangelicals Face the Future: Scenarios, Addresses, and Responses from the "Consultation on Future Evangelical Concerns" held in Atlanta, Georgia, December 14-17, 1977, Edited by Donald Hoke (William Carey Library, 1978) and the posts cited in the footnote above.
[xvi]A “Wonderful” Deception, p. 111, citing Matthew Fox, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, p. 137. Teilhard de Chardin is widely considered to be the father of the New Age movement by insiders and critics alike.
[xvii]A “Wonderful” Deception, p. 118, quoting Peck, The Different Drum, pp. 205-6.
[xviii]A Planned Deception, Ibid, p. 141. The remainder of this chapter, “The Incredible Heresies of Father Matthew Fox,” documents the connection between David Spangler and Matthew Fox as well as Fox’s New Age beliefs, pp. 129-146.
[xix]A “Wonderful” Deception, p. 121, citing Sweet’s Quantum Spirituality, p. 312.
[xx]A “Wonderful Deception, p. 122, citing David Spangler, The Revelation: Birth of a New Age, p. 177.
[xxi] Ibid, citing Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality, p. 338.
[xxii] Ibid, citing Quantum Spirituality, p. 124.
[xxiii]Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s (JP Tarcher, 1980).
[xxiv]A “Wonderful” Deception, p. 128-9, citing Reimagination of the World, p. 139-140.
[xxv] Ibid, pp. 142-3, quoting from “Fractal Chaos Crashes the Wall Between Science and Religion,” http://www.fractalwisdom.com/FractalWisdom/index.html
[xxvi] Ibid, pp. 143-44. See also Larry DeBruyn's book Unshackled: Breaking Away From Seductive Spirituality that analyzes The Shack in regards to its use of Quantum Spirituality. http://herescope.blogspot.com/2009/10/unshackled.html
[xxvii]Ibid, pp. 167-9, citing The Tao of Physics, pp. 11, 323-5, 330.
[xxviii] Chuck Missler, Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity, Koinonia House, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 1999, pg, 311.
[xxix]Ibid, pg. 339.
[xxx] The fact that Bob Buford’s Leadership Network, which Rick Warren was closely associated with for many years, and with which business guru Peter Drucker was intimately involved from the onset, intentionally set up the Emergent Church movement to drive the church towards New Age Spirituality was documented in a series of posts on Herescope by the Discernment Research Group: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/change-agents-for-church.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/leadership-network-spawns-emergent.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/leadership-network-and-terra-nova.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-leadership-network-established.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/terra-nova-project-vanguard-for.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/shifting-emergent-paradigm
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/leadership-network-process-of.html
http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/01/emerging-from-tradition-to-transition.html
Note that much of the material in this section is more comprehensively analyzed in Warren Smith's book, A “Wonderful” Deception.
[xxxi] See Pastor Paul Smith’s book New Evangelicalism: The New World Order ((Calvary Publishing, 2011), which extensively covers Peter Drucker’s role in starting and overseeing Leadership Network. Available here: http://home.etcable.net/hestervanboven/Books.htm and http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-evangelicalism-new-world-order.html. Also see “The Pied Pipers of Purpose," downloadable monograph at http://www.discernment-ministries.org/Purpose_Driven.pdf
[xxxii]NEXT, Vol. 2, No. 2, a publication of Leadership Network, “The Bookshelf, p. 10.
[xxxiii] Leadership Network, Explorer Archives… field notes for the emerging church (newsletter), “EOTM and the 21st Century Corps of Discovery” June 5, 2000 (Number 12). Originally posted at http://www.leadnet.org/epubarchive.asp?id-30&db=archive_explorer. Reported on by the Discernment Research Group, “Christian leaders go on ‘expedition’ with false prophets: Circa 2000,” 10/10/2005 http://herescope.blogspot.com/2005/10/christian-leaders-go-on-expedition.html
[xxxiv] Ibid.
[xxxv] Leadership Network, Explorer … field notes for the emerging church (newsletter), “A Map is not a luxury… Reflections from Todd Hunter on the EOTM expedition,” July 17, 2000. Once posted here: http://www.leadnet.org/epubarchive.asp?id-33&db=archive_explorer
[xxxvi] See Herescope post: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/03/brian-mclaren-to-speak-at-world-future.html which describes this whole New Age worldview. Also, in 2009 Herescope ran a 7-Part article series on the history of the Emergent Church movement, culminating in “Quantum Eschatology,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2009/07/quantum-eschatology.htmlwhich also explains this worldview.
[xxxvii] Leadership Network, Church Champions Update Archives, “Leadership and the New Science,” April 23, 2001 Once posted at https:/www.leadnet/org/libarchive.asp?id=110&db=archive_champsupdate
[xxxviii] “Peter Senge and Margaret Wheatley on Changing How We Work Together,” interview by Melvin McLeod, Shambhala Sun, January2001, http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2382Note that Warren Smith also wrote extensively about this Leadership Network conference and its implications in his book A “Wonderful” Deception.
[xxxix] Promotional material in Leadership Network’s NEXT (Vol. 5, No. 4) October-November-December 1999, page 8. Leonard Sweet’s book AQUA Church is advertised on page 7 of the same newsletter.
[xl] Article cited in a Herescope column called “Marketing Emergent” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2005/11/marketing-emergent.html, which quoted from a Publisher’s Weekly article by Marcia Ford -- Publishers Weekly, 1/17/2005, http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA496162.html?pubdate=1%2F17%2F2005&display=archive
[xli] “CONTINUOUS LEARNING...PASSION..AND PERSPECTIVE.” Explorer…field notes for the emerging church, An e-publication of Leadership Network,Number 65, November 06, 2002.
[xlii] “The National Reevaluation Forum: The Story of Gathering,” NEXT, February 1999, special edition from Leadership Network.
[xliii]Ibid, p. 5.
[xliv] Jim Collins, “BUILDING AN ENDURING CHURCH,” NEXT (Vol 3, No.1), May 1997, pp. 1-3, which also promoted Collins’ Built to Last book. On page 6 the Sweet/Easum conference is advertised. It was scheduled to take place in Aransas Pass, Texas, November 19-21, 1997. To put this all in perspective, we note that Peter Drucker’s talks to Leadership Network’s “Church Champions Network” were sold as 4 audio tapes on page 11.
[xlv]Ibid, p. 12. The conference was scheduled for June 20-27 in San Francisco, and featured speakers included the very ecumenical mix of: FR. MARK BROSKI, St. Benedict (Catholic) Monastery, Virginia, ANDY CROUCH, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Harvard University, BILL HALEY, The Falls Church (Episcopal), Virginia, FR. JONAH PAFFHAUSEN, St. Eugene (Orthodox) Hermitage, California, REV. SCOT SHERMAN, The Village Church (PCA), New York, BRAD WILCOX, Regeneration Quarterly.
[xlvi] The url for the conference promo was: http://agts.edu/conferences/beyond_all_limits.html
[xlvii] “Exponential Conference: A Must-Attend Conference for Church Reproduction,” by Todd Rhoades, 2/10/08 at http://mondaymorninginsight.com/index.php/site/comments/exponential_conference/
[xlviii] See many reports posted at Lighthouse Trails, including: http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4240, http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4420 ,http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=814http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/leonardsweet.htmhttp://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4057
[xlix] E-mail from Second Billion, 5/30/12 about the Global Church Learning Center.
[l]http://billion.tv/?page=coalition
[li] See the two Herescope posts: “The Other Side of Emergent: The New Apostolic Reformation,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/06/other-side-of-emergent.html and “The Great Confluence: The Emergent New Apostolic Reformation Flowing into the New Age,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/06/great-confluence.html. Also see FRANK VIOLA PRACTICES CORRUPT CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER, http://apprising.org/2010/06/06/frank-viola-practices-corrupt-contemplativecentering-prayer/
[lii] See, for example, Ken Silva’s article at Apprising Ministries, 7/24/09, EMERGENCE CHRISTIANITY: QUANTUM SHIFT TO PANENTHEISM. Related to this see 8/20/29, BRIAN MCLAREN AND THEOSIS, http://apprising.org/2009/08/brian-mclaren-and-theosis/http://apprising.org/2009/07/emergence-christianity-quantum-shift-to-panentheism/
[liii]A “Wonderful” Deception, p. 181, quoting from Sweet’s book SoulTsunami, p. 121.
[liv]Quantum Spirituality, p. 121-122. The quotes are posted in this forma tat “Emerging Church Quotes are compiled by Sandy Simpson, 12/08: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/ECquotes.html (they appear to have an altered format and pagination). Note that Leonard Sweet used to offer his Quantum Spirituality book online for a free download.
[lv]Ibid, p. 122.
[lvi]Ibid, p. 123-4.
[lvii]Ibid, p. 147.
[lviii] See http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/Church/post-modern/leonard-sweet.htm for more quotes and analyses by Berit Kjos.
[lix]Ibid, p. 129-30.
[lx]Ibid, p. 235.
[lxi] “Brian McLaren to speak at World Future Society,” Herescope, 3/24/08, http://herescope.blogspot.com/2008/03/brian-mclaren-to-speak-at-world-future.html
[lxii] Pastor Larry DeBruyn, Unshackled: Breaking Away from Seductive Spirituality, Moeller Printing Company, Inc. 2009, pg. 68. Pastor Larry DeBruyn wrote a 6 part series on Herescope in 2010 titled “FROM COSMOS, TO CHAOS, TO CONSCIOUSNESS.” Part 6 , “Emergent Metaphysics,” is posted here: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/11/emergent-metaphysics.html. The other sections include: Part 5: “Quantum Consciousness,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/11/quantum-consciousness.html , Part 4: “The Force Be With You,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/force-be-with-you.html, Part 3: “Fractal Emergence,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/fractal-emergence.html, Part 2: “The ‘Uncertainty’ Principle,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/uncertainty-principle.html, and Part 1: “Quantum Physics and the New Spirituality,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/10/quantum-physics-and-new-spirituality.html
*The graphic Exhibit A at the top of the page is promotional material in Leadership Network’s NEXT (Vol. 5, No. 4) October-November-December 1999, page 8.
We are grateful to Warren Smith for so graciously giving us his permission to utilize many longer portions of his book A "Wonderful" Deception for this segment of the article series.
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 6/02/2012 03:17:00 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 05, 2012http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/06/quantum-mysticism-goes-to-market.html
Quantum Mysticism Goes to Market
COSMS, CODES, AND CRYPTOLOGIES,
Conclusion
It becomes a slippery spiritual slope when pagan myths are believed to be informants of biblical truth. Subjects like those being raised by the Horns and others ought to be approached with extreme caution because, as the Genesis record informs, human imagination is a spawning bed for idolatry (Genesis 6:5). So believers beware, lest we become followers of “cunningly devised fables” (2 Peter 1:16).
—Pastor Larry DeBruyn, “Demons, Daughters and DNA”[1]
Preface
Scripture + “Sacred Writings” = Heresy
The issues brought forth in this 9-part series are not a simple doctrinal debate over the Nephilim of Genesis 6.[2] Rather, serious questions have been raised about the extra-biblical material that is being added into Scripture[3]--material that is feeding speculations about the return of the Nephilim and mysterious hidden codes supposedly embedded in the Bible.
Adding to Scripture is what is at issue here. The quantum collaborators teach that the End-Time prophecies of the book of Revelation (and elsewhere) can be supplemented and enhanced by other so-called “sacred writings” such as: apocryphal, pseudepigraphical and Gnostic writings; ancient mythologies, folklore and legends; astrological and zodiacal imagery; science fiction (UFOs, alien visitations, etc.); magical and alchemical writings; psychological (Jungian), anthropological, sociological and philosophical writings; scientific and pseudo-scientific theories; the writings of various mystics; oracles and ghost stories of spiritualism; the Mayan calendar; Masonic lore; secret code formulas; inspirational literature; modern speculative writings including fairy tales, poetry and fiction; and other quasi-spiritual sources.
But adding these things to the the Bible's plain accounts of Jesus’ soon return is resulting in a new ecumenism! The evangelical world has now opened itself up to other world religions (past and present) and their occult teachings! And like the proverbial “can of worms,” this new ecumenism is unleashing all sorts of mystical imaginations and unrestrained surmisings, spiritual conjectures, and quantum science hypotheses. Some of these speculations are downright wild, even bizarre—sounding more like science fiction than the simple and humble Gospel of Salvation.
What did the church used to teach about those things that are a mystery—things that the Bible doesn’t clearly tell us about the vast unknown cosmos? Curious speculations about matters beyond Scripture used to be considered off limits for man to dwell upon. Matthew Poole in his 1600s Commentary on the Bible, informs us on the Bible’s frank statement about the completion of God’s creation in Genesis 2:1: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.”
All the creatures in heaven and earth are called their hosts, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and subjection to the Lord of hosts. Particularly, the host of heaven in Scripture (which is its own best interpreter) signifies both the stars, as Deut. 4:19; 17:3; Isa. 34:4; and the angels, as 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Chron. 18:18; Luke 2:13; who from these words appear to have been created within the compass of the first six days, which also is probable from Col. 1:16,17. But it no wonder that the Scripture saith so little concerning angels, because it was written for the use of men, not of angels; and God would hereby take us off from curious and impertinent speculations, and teach us to employ our thoughts about necessary and useful things.[4] [bold added]
In our modern age, with its Hollywoodized process of desensitization, man has become fascinated with the paranormal. What was once off limits, is now outer limits. The border between fact (biblical Truth) and fiction (pagan stories, myths, legends, etc.) has been breached.[5] The result is spiritual fraud (heresy). Furthermore, pan-spiritual and pseudo-scientific teachings are now being concocted into an End-Time Alchemy—a dangerous doctrinal stew.
The Discernment Research Group published this article series because we are deeply concerned that good saints have been captivated by these fanciful storytellers with their dramatic imagery. Some have told us that they can “handle” this sort of imaginative mixture. Maybe they can. But sadly, there are many new or fragile believers who could easily become lured into the occult world through exposure to these quantum teachings. This is unconscionable!
This article series was a massive project of the Discernment Research Group that took a year and a half to complete. [See Editor's Note at the end.] In keeping with our mission, we focused primarily on the biblical truth versus the error. However, there are many other side issues that came up during our research that left us with lingering, disturbing questions about the quantum collaborators’ connections, activities and associations.[6]
Our heartfelt desire is to urge our friends and fellow discerners, researchers and readers, to please consider the evidence presented in this extensive 9-part series and weigh it in the light of Scripture. We plead with you to consider the admonition of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:4, when speaking of His imminent return: “Take heed that no man deceive you.”
Connection ≠ Collaboration
NOTE CAREFULLY: Much of the information contained in this article series has not been written about previously, especially not in a scholarly and thorough fashion. Most people have been completely unaware of the huge interconnected marketing empire and far-reaching network of quantum collaboration. Today’s post provides an overview of this popular and fast-growing movement. It will take time to digest this lengthy series, examine the issues, follow the documentation, and look at the facts.
CAUTION:Not every name you see listed in this exhaustive compendium in today's post is involved in the inner workings of this network! Some have perhaps just gone along for the ride—swayed by the focus on End-Time prophecies, patriotic fervor, concern about Israel, or the persuasive, vivid and imaginative stories. It can be assumed that most people have not considered the full ramifications of their involvement in this network. But those who have been involved at any level with this End-Time Quantum Mysticism should take the opportunity to look at the facts, consider them in light of Scripture, and make a responsible decision.
STOP!before you rush to condemn someone for showing up on the exhaustive lists on this post! Do not employ the faulty and unethical technique of “guilt by association.” Please do not rush to judge! We urge you to kindly ask people to read this series, and discuss it with them, in the gentle spirit of Paul in Acts 20:31: “Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.”
We plead with you folks reading this – many of whom have been unawares before – now that you know more of the story, please jump off this Quantum Mysticism bandwagon and get back to the Bible.[7] Our ardent prayers are that you will seriously consider these admonitions and warnings.
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods.(Joshua 24:14-16)
QUANTUM COLLABORATIONS
By Gaylene Goodroad
Books Read … Tom Horn and Cris Putnam, Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here. Because Tom and Cris used some of my published research in their upcoming book, I was privy to a proof-edition. It’s a fascinating volume that uses St. Malachy’s “final-pope prophecy” as a launching pad to critically analyze and document the role of the Vatican in world affairs and historical movements….[8]
Read more about it from me andmy friends Chuck Missler, Tom Horn, Gary Stearman, Carl Teichrib, Mike Bennett aka “Dr Future”, Sharon Gilbert, Noah Hutchings and more! Get a signed copy of Pandemonium’s Engine here….[9]
“…'Forbidden Gates' is one of the most challenging, engrossing books I’ve read in some time. I happen to think the authors are on to something. Something big… Tom and Nita Hornhave resolved to be on the frontlines of reporting uncomfortable news. For that, we own them a debt of gratitude. Put 'Forbidden Gates' into as many hands as you possibly can. The authors are motivated by a sincere desire to help us. And they are credible.”[10]
As the Quantum Mysticism movement grows and the Quantum Eschatology doctrine builds, will the quantum collaborators continue to market their mystical wares in a worldly, competitive way?[11] Frankly, there is much money to be made in this emerging hybrid theology.
Here is a sampling of current evangelical Christian books (and chapter titles), all (but two) published by Tom Horn, dealing with this subject matter in one form or another. (Some were also presenters at Horn’s Future Congress conference in Branson, MO last summer.)[12]:
• The Departure[13] – Chuck Missler, Ch. 1, “Worldwide Violence: As it was in Noah’s Day, pp. 25-42; Tom Horn (also a Future Congress presenter), Ch. 8, “End-of-Days Demons in High Places,” pp. 153-170; edited by/Introduction by Raptureready.com’s Terry James; [published by Horn].
• Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers – Tom Horn (themes woven throughout the book); Chapter 6 excerpted from David Flynn’s article, “An Occult Translation of the Roswell Event: Countdown to 2012,” pp. 73-91 [published by Horn].
• Pandemonium’s Engine: How the End of the Church Age, the Rise of Transhumanism, and the Coming of the Ubermensch (Overnam) Herald Satan’s Imminent and Final Assault on the Creation of God – Tom Horn, Ch. 1, “Pandemonium and ‘Her’ Children,” pp. 1-71; J. Michael Bennett, Ph.D, Ch. 2, “Nimrod: The First (and Future) Transhuman ‘Super Soldier,’” pp. 73-131; Prophecy in the News’Gary Stearman, Ch. 3, “The Folly of Synthetic Life: Genetic Tampering, Ancient and Modern,” pp. 133-153; Douglas Woodward, Ch. 4, “The Ubermensch and the Antichrist,” pp. 155-185; Cris D. Putnam, Ch. 5, “Christian Transhumanism: Pandemonium’s Latest Ploy,” pp. 187-214; Douglas Hamp, Ch. 7, “Man Becoming His Own God?”, pp. 235-250; Southwest Radio Church’s Noah Hutchings, Ch. 8, “Transhumanism from Noah to Noah,” pp. 251-262; John P. McTernan, Ph.D, Ch. 9, “Genetic Armageddon,” pp. 263-296; Chuck Missler, Ch. 11, “Pandora’s Box for the 21st Century? The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” pp. 327-344, and PID Radio’s Sharon Gilbert, Ch. 12, “Dragon’s Breath,” pp. 345-372; Chapter 10 features Canadian researcher (Forcing Change), Carl Teichrib, “To Storm Heaven, To Be Like God, To Rule the World,” pp. 297-321.[14]; [Foreword by Prophecy Matters/WorldNetDaily’s Jim Fletcher; published by Horn].
• Time Travelers of the Bible—Gary Stearman, Ch. 2, “Reverberations in Time and Space,” pp. 41-60 [Foreword by/published by Horn].
• Apollyon Rising 2012—Tom Horn (themes woven throughout the book); Christian filmmaker, Christian J. Pinto wrote the 25-page Preface that formed the basis of his award-winning film, “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers”[15]; [Foreword by Radio Liberty’s Dr. Stanley Monteith; published by Horn].
• Forbidden Gates: How Genetics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology, and Human Enhancement Heard the Dawn of Techno-Dimensional Spiritual Warfare[16]—Tom and Nita Horn (themes woven throughout the book), but especially Ch. 9, “The Spirit Behind Transhumanism,” pp. 177-197, and Ch. 10, “The Transhuman New Face of Spiritual Warfare,” pp. 201-233 [Foreword by Terry James; published by Horn].
• God’s Ghostbusters—Tom Horn, Ch. 1, “The Spirit of Nosferatu and the Children of the Damned,” pp. 17-30; PID Radio’s Derek Gilbert, Ch. 3, “The Blood is the Life,” pp. 69-82 (on pg. 75, Gilbert actually says that “vampire legends may have originated with the Nephilim”); Fred DeRuvo, Ch. 5, “A Walk in the Dark,” pp. 105-124 (on pg. 109, DeRuvo suggests that the Nephilim are “reptilian shape-shifters”); Tom Horn, Ch. 6, “Do Alien-Human Hybrids Walk Among Us?”, pp. 125-150; and Douglas Woodward, Ch. 12, “Shamans, PSI Spies, and Military Mediums (Part 2): How America’s Intelligence Services Activated ‘Little Green Men’ on Mars and the Orion Mystery of the Great Pyramids,” pp. 263-283 [Introduction by Chuck Missler; published by Horn].
• Alien Encounters—Chuck Missler & Mark Eastman; (subject, mixed with New Age physics, woven throughout the book); [published by Missler (Koinonia House)].
• Cosmic Codes—Chuck Missler; (on pg. 283, suggests that the Nephilim from Genesis 6 were “six-fingered,” then directs readers to Alien Encounters); [published by Missler (Koinonia House)].
There are also conferences that give Horn and his associates additional visibility. In September of 2011, for example, Tom Horn was a presenter at the Steeling the Mind Bible Conference in Denver, CO, alongside such popular evangelical speakers as, Mike Gendron, Ed Hindson, John Loeffler, Dr. Stanley Monteith, and Tom Cloud. Horn’s topic: “Artificial Intelligence and the Return of the Nephilim.”[17] Also in the fall of 2011, Horn was a presenter at the Southwest Radio Church Conference in Bristol, VA hosted by Noah Hutchings. His presentation was called, “’The Lost Symbol’—Mayan and Biblical Prophecy 1776-2012,” based on his book, Apollyon Rising 2012.[18]
One of the chief evangelical purveyors of both Horn and Missler’s Quantum Mysticism is Joseph Farah’sWND (formerly WorldNetDaily).[19] Here is a sampling of recent articles posted on WND promoting Tom Horn and his strange and heretical teachings:
• WHAT DOES 2012 REALLY HOLD FOR THE WORLD? Now’s your chance to catch up on the warnings, Dec. 27, 2011. “…one American author [Horn] wants everyone to know that other calendars predict the same outcome [doomsday 2012], and he claims a demonic plot bringing about the end date could be hiding in plain sight inside the U.S Capitol and your wallet right now….”[20] [bold added]
• WAS AMERICA FOUNDED WITH SEEDS OF THE OCCULT? Exclusive: Jim Fletcher reviews chilling book, ‘Apollyon Rising 2012,’ Dec. 8, 2009. “In the end (get it?), Apollyon Rising 2012 reads like a novel, but presents as fast-approaching reality….”[21] [bold added]
• ‘GOD’S GHOSTBUSTERS’ ARE ON THE JOB! Exclusive: Jim Fletcher asks, ‘Who you gonna call?’, Oct. 25, 2011. “There are several other terrific contributors to “God’s Ghostbusters [Tom Horn book],” so let me give you my personal guarantee: this book will be one of the most memorable you’ll ever read. It’s that good.”[22] [bold added]
• THE NIGHTMARE WORLD OF ‘TRANS-HUMANISM’ Exclusive: Joseph Farah warns of federal research attempting to ‘better’ homo sapiens, Aug. 26, 2011. “It sounds like science fiction, but tragically it is science fact…Author and researcher Tom Horn lays it all out in “Trans-Humanism: Destroying the Barriers,” and hourlong [sic] DVD exploring the radical transformation of humanity.”[23] [bold added]
• SECRET U.S. EXPERIMENTS TO PROMPT 2ND COMING? ‘It’s the destruction of humanity and introduction of ‘its’ and ‘things’ that will make war against God,’ Exclusive: Joe Kovacs, Aug. 21, 2011. “Secret experiments now underway in the U.S. and elsewhere are sparking fears of a potential extinction-level event hastening the 2nd Coming of Jesus.”[24] [bold added]
• TRAVELERS FROM OTHER PLANETS … OR FROM HELL? Exclusive: Jim Fletcher reviews book where science fiction meets spiritual reality, Jan. 18, 2011. (Quoted above in introduction.)[25]
• MEET THE GOD OF DEBAUCHERY, Sex-saturated Bacchanalia boiling up from underworld, Oct. 7, 2008. “In ‘Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers,’ Thomas Horn ties moral abandonment to an ancient spirit, known in antiquity as the Greek god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) who represented the personification of unrestrained sexuality.”[26] [bold added]
Besides Horn’s multiple websites advertising his own Quantum Mysticism, most of his books and DVDs are also available at the WND Superstore.[27]
Chuck Missler has been a widely respected teacher who has a tremendous outreach into the evangelical world. His more recent controversial association with Tom Horn has cast a pall on his over his ministry. Missler, like Horn, also has a longstanding ministry relationship Joseph Farah,[28] Founder and CEO of WND who has patriotic Dominionist leanings. Here are a few recent WND headlines illustrating both Missler's mainstream status and his collaboration with Farah:
• CHUCK MISSLER JOINS WND CONFERENCE LINEUP - Scientist, CEO, Bible teacher to offer geostrategic briefing ( June 22, 2010). WASHINGTON – Chuck Missler, the scientist and former Fortune 500 chief executive officer turned Bible expositor, will make a presentation atWND’s “Taking America Back” conference in Miami Sept. 16-18…. ”Few people are as equipped to offer the perspectives Chuck Missler brings to the table to address the critical issues facing our country and our world,” said Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND. “His background in the military, in the corporate world, in academia and in the Bible make him a very special contributor.”[29] [bold added]
• FARAH JOINS PERETTI, SHOEBAT, MISSLER IN CONFERENCE – Strategic Perspectives scheduled in Idaho (Sept. 23, 2009). “ WND founder Joseph Farah joins best-selling novelist Frank Peretti and former terrorist Walid Shoebat, Koinonia Institute founder Chuck Missler and more at aStrategic Perspectives Conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Oct. 23-25.[30][bold added]
• FARAH TO SPEAK IN COEUR D’ALENE – Joins Keyes, Missler at ‘Strategic Perspectives Conference’ (Oct. 21, 2010). COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – WND Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah joins legendary Bible teacher Chuck Missler and former Ambassador and WND columnist Alan Keyes as speaker at Koinonia Institute’s “Strategic Perspectives Conference” this weekend here.”[31] [bold added]
• BIBLE STUDIES LIKE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE – Keen, Holy Spirit-guided insight in Chuck Missler’s videos, books (Jan. 22, 2012). “No one provides Bible study insight like Chuck Missler, founder of Koinonia Institute, author, expositor and former Calvary Chapel teacher.”[32] [bold added]
• INSIDERS TO SPILL DETAILS ON AMERICA’S FUTURE – Join Farah, Corsi at coming Koinonia Institute conference (Aug. 16, 2011)… The event is the Koinonia Institute’s Strategic Perspective Conferencein Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Nov. 4-5. “The KoinoniaInstitute said that ‘extremely turbulent times’ are coming that ‘will test all of our presumptions and beliefs….”[33][bold added]
• NEW BIBLE TEACHING ABOUT ANGELS FROM CHUCK MISSLER – Check out all of his keen, Holy Spirit-guided insight on books, videos (April 14, 2012). “…A hidden army of protection: A reality that is normally hidden from our view. But are they real? What are the discoveries on the advance of science that may shed light on our understanding of them?”[34] [bold added]
How influential is WND? How many people access WND’s website? Here is what the WND website reports about its readership:
It [WND] is a Top 500 website, according to Alexa.com, the search and ratings agency affiliate of Amazon.com, and the No. 1 independent news site. WND currently attracts nearly 5 million unique visitors a month and more than 40 million pageviews, according to its own internal monitoring software.[35] [bold added]
How many of the nearly “5 million unique visitors,” or “40 million pageviews” involved viewing postings promoting Tom Horn or Chuck Missler? How many of those readers purchased a Horn or Missler product from the WND Superstore? The point in asking is this: via WND’s vast Internet reach, many have already been exposed to these men and their false teachings.
CAHN'S CODES AND CONNECTIONS
Recently both Joseph Farah and Chuck Missler have taken an interest in yet another Christian author, Jonathan Cahn, whose book, The Harbinger, has taken America by storm, debuting on two New York Best Seller lists in January.[36] Farah produced a DVD based on Cahn’s semi-fictional book called: The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment—centering upon supposed secret prophecies hidden in the Book of Isaiah that portend America’s doom. Missler promotes this production on his website and his online bookstore.[37]
The Harbinger continues the pattern of finding coded secret messages about the future embedded in Scripture. Because this book is of a similar genre, and because it is taking America by storm, it is important to examine whether it is affiliated with the other quantum collaborators. Its author Rabbi Jonathan Cahn has recently appeared as a guest on a wide spectrum of shows:
• It’s Supernatural television program with Sid Roth – September 19-25, 2011[38]
• The Jim Bakker Show with Jim Bakker – December 15, 2011[39]
• CBN’s The 700 Club with Pat Robertson – January 12, 2012[40]
• Coast to Coast AM with George Noory – March 4, 2012[41]
• Daystar’s Celebration television program with Marcus and Joni Lamb – March 8, 2012[42]
• Prophecy in the News television program with Gary Stearman - April 13, 2012[43]
• Olive Tree Ministries’ Understanding the Times radio with Jan Markell – April 21, 2012[44]
• Rapture Ready Radio’s Afterglow with Tim Roden and Vince Tarquini – May 6, 2012[45]
However, Rabbi Cahn also has ties to the NAR. He shared in a Passover celebration April 5-8 with NAR elite apostles C. Peter Wagner, Chuck Pierce, Dutch Sheets, et al. Here is an opening excerpt of Pierce’s Glory of Zion letter to his ministry friends:
Dear Saints on the move:
What an incredible weekend! I am so grateful for how the Lord met us during our Passover Celebration, and for the revelation, anointing and alignment that took place. Our weekend was historic, and I fully believe we have crossed over into a new place of healing, miracles and Kingdom authority. Jonathan Cahn helped open our weekend when he shared on the harbingers which are serving to awaken our nation. We are in a season when our eyes must open to the signs the Lord is providing us.[46][bold/underlining added, italics in original]
According to these prominent NAR Dominionists, Cahn’s “harbingers” are signs from the Lord. Note their application of his coded message. To them, this year’s Passover was an historic marker moving God’s saints into “a new place of healing, miracles and Kingdom authority.” (No mention was made concerning the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.)
Cahn’s The Harbinger is also for sale on the NAR-affiliated Elijah List, along with a glowing endorsement by Sid Roth, messianic Jewish host of the television program It’s Supernatural, where Cahn was a guest.[47] To understand the context, note that past guests on Roth’s program have included NAR elite apostles such as Chuck Missler, Dr. Cindy Trimm, L.A. Marulli, Chuck Pierce, Rick Joyner, Patricia King and others.[48] Cahn wrote the cover article for Roth’s ministry newsletter in September of 2011, called Mishpochah (Hebrew for “family”). His mystical questions superimposed over a photo of the Statue of Liberty on the newsletter’s front page indicate how he is applying the coded message of his book:
Is it possible that there exists an ancient mystery in which is hidden the secret of America’s future? Is it possible that this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11, to the War in Iraq, to the American housing bubble and its bursting, to the crash of Wall Street and the global economy to the Great Recession and much more, even the President of the United States?
A Harbinger: That which foreshadows a future event; an omen, a herald, a sign: THE HARBINGER, BY Jonathan Cahn.[49] [bold added]
Many are sympathetic to Cahn’s views about America and agree with the warnings. But given the context of this article series, the use of hidden and coded messages embedded in the Bible, we must go beyond patriotic fervor and ask more serious questions. Are there coded secrets hidden in the Book of Isaiah? In the Roth article, Cahn not only approves with this method of decoding prophecy (by uncovering secret messages hidden beneath the biblical text)—then applying them to America—but moves his fictional book into the real world of prophecy with these pronouncements:
A number of years ago, as I was standing at the edge of Ground Zero in New York City, I came across the first puzzle piece of an ancient biblical mystery and a prophetic message known as The Harbinger that concerns the future of America. My friend Sid Roth asked if I could give you, his Mishpochah (family), some exclusive insight into the mystery of The Harbinger….
There is much more concerning the ancient mystery and what the future holds than I could possibly share here — but I do so now as a prophetic call to you as God’s people. On the biblical calendar, September is the time of the trumpet call, the days of repentance, and the calling to return. Our nation is in danger — and God is calling. Pray for America, for God’s mercy, for repentance, and revival. Arm yourself by ordering my seven CD series that reveals these ancient mysteries hidden in the pages of biblical prophecy (see ordering information on the right). Then pray that the message of The Harbinger now goes forth.[50] [bold added]
Why didn’t Cahn send readers to the Bible? Instead they discover that it will cost them $50 to find the answers to these secret mysteries (plus the cost of the book).[51] More marketing. Do his statements above—and his best-selling book—make Cahn a prophet to America? If so, then would a true prophet of God find fellowship with false teachers and false prophets teaching a false gospel, especially the NAR leaders planning to take dominion over this nation? Sadly, a clear Gospel of salvation is not given in Cahn’s article.
In the June 2012 issue of the Berean Call, T.A. McMahon expresses concern over the unholy bedfellows with regard to Jonathan Cahn’s book:
One final thought—we all know the saying, “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover,” and that’s a reasonable statement. But I like to check out book covers to see who’s endorsing them. That’s hardly a failsafe practice, but it can put me on “discernment alert” if it raises red flags. In the case of The Harbinger, a big red flag went up regarding the publisher. Though the coversays “Front Line,” it’s actually an imprint title of Charisma Media/Charisma House Book Group, the publisher of Charisma magazine. For those not familiar withCharisma, there is no other publication that has supported and promoted more of the unbiblical Word/Faith teachers, the “wealth and health” preachers, the Kingdom/Dominionists, the Apostles and Prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, the so-called spirit revivals of the Toronto Airport Vineyard, the Brownsville Revival, the Lakeland Revivals, the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God, and so forth. There is some irony in the fact that in chapter 9 of Isaiah, TH’s key biblical chapter, God brings down His judgment upon Israel because of “lying prophets.” Charisma has over the years featured many who fit that description. That doesn’t automatically throw TH into a bin of rotten apples, but it should at least cause one to examine its fruit very carefully.[52]
Meanwhile, Jonathan Cahn has gone even more mainstream, associating with other professing evangelicals, a few of whom are connected with the quantum collaborators. He was a presenter at The 2012 International Prophecy Conference in Florida this March with Tim LaHaye, Grant Jeffrey, Randall Price, et al. Hosting the event was Joe van Koevering, head of the God’s News Behind the News prophecy ministry.[53] Van Koevering has had a friendship with the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN),[54] as well as with quantum collaborator Chuck Missler. Both men have appeared on TBN’s Praise the Lord television program.[55] In April, Missler awarded Van Koevering with an honorary Koinonia Institute gold medallion.[56]
Missler was also a presenter at Joe van Koevering’s 2010 and 2011 International Prophecy conferences, along with Gary Kah and Grant Jeffrey.[57] Jeffrey and Van Koevering have both appeared on Benny Hinn’s television program, This is Your Day.[58] Hinn is an infamous false teacher/false prophet.[59] The late Jeffrey also joined false Kansas City Prophet Bob Jones, dominonist Randy DeMain and quantum collaborator and NAR-affiliated David van Koevering (different from Joe) in an odd online business venture involving medicinal hyssop.[60] Interestingly, David van Koevering, friend of Chuck Missler, [see Part 3] has prominently linked Joe van Koevering’s God’s New website on his own website.[61]
This list of linkages could go on…. The point is that the same names keep coming up over and over again, and in similar contexts.
QUANTUM LEAVEN SPREADING
Given Tom Horn’s and David Flynn’s bizarre teachings with regard to America’s role in end-times prophecy, this mystical trend in interpreting Bible prophecy is ominous and alarming (See Part 6&Part 7 of this article series). What does the Bible say about these things? What about mixing truth with error? Mingling with those espousing another gospel? Is the plain text of Scripture not sufficient for our day?
It should be clear by this point that the Quantum Mysticism addressed in this article series is not confined to the fringes of evangelicalism. There are many notable, respectable, and influential names on the incomplete list above. Some of these Christian authors, speakers, and filmmakers may not be fully aware of the quantum mysticism attached to Horn, Missler, and their close associates. Sadly, their credibly could also be a casualty of these associations. Because of the enormous readership, viewership, and listenership of these combined ministries, as well as their affiliates, how many sheep will become ensnared in Quantum Mysticism? Where is the Lord Jesus Christ in all of this? Where is His Gospel? Where is the Word of God?
Meanwhile, Horn’s newest and latest book promotions and accompanying DVD packages and special offers continue to flood online bookstores, conference book tables—and his multiple websites.
It is pertinent to our discussion on Quantum Mysticism to briefly include information about Tom Horn’s current 528-page book, Petrus Romanus: the Final Pope is Here (co-authored by Cris Putnam), which reveals “secrets” from Roman Catholic sources regarding “hidden knowledge” concerning the end times. Here is some of what the book’s website says about the book’s contents. Note that besides the “cryptic” language, the year 2012 continues to be a recurring theme:
• ONE SECRET SO SERIOUS we can’t even hint at it until the book is released
• REVEALED! THE SECRET FRENCH CODEX written by a Jesuit Mathematician over 60 year ago that determined his arrival in the year 2012
• FOUND! THE ANCIENT MYSTERIOUS LOST BOOK that John Hogue (The Last Pope) said was gone forever…
• FROM MANNING TO MALACHI—Catholic seers who warned of his coming…and died under mysterious circumstances.
• THE CRYPTIC 2012 POEM: When the Pope walks over dead bodies of priests…
• THE FOURTH SECRET OF FATIMA and the other suppressed Marian texts.
• UNCANNY MYSTICS and the Keepers of Hidden Knowledge…
• 2012 STRANGE ATTRACTORS – Maya, Aztec, Zohar, Hindu, Catholic, Masonic, Rosicrucian, American Indian and many more.
• THE SECRET IN THE US CAPITAL AND AT THE VATICAN tied to Mesoamerican 2012 and the coming of the Dragon…[62][all bold, capitalization, punctuation in original]
And so the apostasy, like leaven, is continuing to rise. The partial listing of books cited in this article does not take into account newsletters, magazines, DVDs, conference presentations, online videos, radio broadcasts, etc. that have propelled and promoted these multiple End-Time heresies.
In the February 2012 issue of the Koinonia Institute’s Personal Update (a Missler publication), a 6-fingered handprint (alluding to Nephilim)[63] appears on the cover in front of a digitized background with the title, “The Hybrid Age,” by Dr. Thomas R. Horn. Horn’s featured article, concludes on page 15 with this statement:
The “Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance” document mentioned above was published nearly a decade ago and predicted the time frame around 2012 as the date after which a new form of humanity would begin emerging as a result of GRINS alteration. Numerous other national and public reports have likewise focused on 2012 as an event horizon. Is there a spirit behind this effort to create a new form of man, a modern Nephilim following 2012? Is influence that caused so many ancient occult societies—the Maya, Aztec, Hindu, Cherokee, the Cumaean Sibyl (not to mention prophecies in the Zohar and elsewhere)—to predict the end of their calendars during 2012 followed by the emergence of a new form of man? If so, are we witnessing the fulfillment of Matthew 24:37—“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be”?[64] [bold added]
Horn borrows the definition of “GRINS” (“genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology,”an acronym which, itself, has been enhanced in the last year)[65] in the PU article (See Forbidden Gates):
Large-scale genetic and neurological engineering of ourselves… [a]new chapter in evolution[as] the result of accelerating developments in the fields of genomies, stem-cell research, genetic enhancement, germ-line engineering, neuro-pharmacology, artificial, artificial intelligence, robotics, pattern recognition technologies, and nanotechnology… at the intersection of science and religion [which has begun to question]what it means to be human.1[66] [bold added]
There is one other disturbing side note. Besides the obvious and now familiar theme here, Horn is referred to as “Dr. Thomas R. Horn” on the article page, and “Dr. Tom Horn” on the cover. But according to his brief bio on page 66 of Pandemonium’s Engine, Horn received “an honorary doctorate of divinity degree” in 2007 from college professor and author, Dr. ID.E. Thomas (The Omega Conspiracy). Have Horn’s credentials also been “enhanced” to further legitimize this subject to readers? Similarly, Chuck Missler, his business partner William Welty (the global telecommunications venture SWANset),[67] and other notable evangelicals( like Grant Jeffrey) have received their doctorate degrees from the unaccredited online university, Louisiana Baptist University (LBU).[68] The reason this becomes an issue is that Koinonia Institute and LBU also have a very close partnering relationship, and many of the Quantum Mysticism teachings are furthered through this connection.[69]
On page 16 of this same PU article is an advertisement for a DVD package with the same artwork and title, but with Chuck Missler’s name included under Horn’s. Through these two men’s many joint speaking events and various media and Internet ventures, the publicity machine churns on. Their book tables are sure to be stocked with various media and materials from like-minded quantum collaborators. But our concerns remain. How many well-intentioned people will fall prey to the teachings of these men, who pretend to offer them the Bible—only to substitute Quantum Mysticism?
CONCLUSION
Jacob Prasch of Moriel Ministries, in his landmark book Shadows of the Beast, puts these all of these things in perspective as they relate, biblically, to the time of the end:
The mysticism, emotionalism, often heretical doctrine, counterfeit revivals, ecumenism, Word-Faith money preaching, and, above all, Experiential (instead of biblical) Theology of most of the charismatic movement and much of mainstream Pentecostalism was Satan’s means to lure Christians to the wider apostasy represented by the Emergent Church and its varied adjuncts, heresy, post-Modernism lies, and mysticism….
Going beyond emergence, there is yet another dimension of post-Modern spiritual seduction aimed at the Body of Christ. With an occult interpretation of theoretical elements of particle physics and a new philosophical reinterpretation of the world of physics after Einstein, we also see a philosophical post-relativism that ventures beyond post-relativity.
As the astronomy of Galileo and Copernicus went beyond Ptolemais, and as the physics of Einstein went beyond Newton, particle physics and astrophysics alike are once again on the precipice of a new horizon. Unfortunately, not only has this resulted in new emphases in philosophy and worldviews, but a new emphasis in theology that is neither scriptural nor scientific, but pseudo-scientific and mystical.
The popular term is “quantum thinking” involving fractals and other concepts transversing even beyond conventional notions of modern New Age thinking and neo-Gnosticism. These ideas are becoming increasingly incipient in the apostate church and even among the supposed Evangelicals being seduced by it. In short, it is pantheism packaged in new thought, and it has influenced such figures as Eugene Peterson and William Young. It may be described as the neo-theology of chaos theory and has more to do with Marilyn Ferguson and Aldus Huxley than Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. More problematic, it accounts for the “God is in everything” New Age orientation and the thinking of Rick Warren. It does not derive from proven science, but from unproven theory, and is not related to particle physics or cosmology itself, but to a subjective interpretation that is largely mystical in origin….
Also… New Age is not actually “new” but ancient. The “as above, so below” proposition was central to the thinking of ancient mystics. Now it has come into the church.What we have is metaphysics masquerading as physics and ancient mysticism masquerading as newfound theology.Such things are acutely preparing the way for the Antichrist and the distorted thinking that characterizes it is animated by the spirit of antichrist.[70] [bold, color, italics added]
In conclusion, we agree with T.A. McMahon of Berean Call who summed up the situation with grave concern:
Jesus said, “A corrupt tree [cannot] bring forth good fruit” and “by their fruits ye shall know them.” These are days of rampant and beguiling apostasy. We need, therefore, to test all things by the Scriptures so that we do not “slip” away from God’s truth (Hebrews 2:1). We also need to pray for and encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ that we all might be biblically discerning regarding the latest agenda, movement, trend, or popular book that is adversely influencing multitudes in the body of Christ.[71] [bold added]
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
~ Romans 16:25-27
ENDNOTES:
[1] “Demons, Daughters and DNA,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/06/demons-daughters-and-dna.html
[2] A biblical discussion about various theological viewpoints on the Nephilim was published 6/22/11 by Pastor Larry DeBruyn on Herescope titlted “Demons, Daughters and DNA: The Sons of God, the Daughters of Men, and the Nephilim in Genesis 6.” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/06/demons-daughters-and-dna.html
[3] See this point expanded upon in “Inclusive Scripture,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/02/inclusiva-scriptura.html
[4] Matthew Poole, Commentary on the Bible, Vol. 1 (Hendrickson), p. 5.
[5] See the Herescope article “Breached!” for more on this topic: http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/01/breached.html
[6] Continue reading for a the specific details.
[7] Some of us researching this 9-part series were once engaged in mysticism before we were saved. We know firsthand the treacherous path of wandering off into mystical imageries, imaginations, and perusing occult literature for “truth.” But for the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ whose blood was shed for us on the cross, redeeming us from our sins, we would be lost in that vast morass of pagan spirituality. See: “Altered States: A Different Gate,” http://herescope.blogspot.com/2011/04/altered-states-different-gate.html
[8] Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change blog, April 15, 2012;http://forcingchange.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/march-update-2/, bold added. Note: Cris Putnam positively affirmed Quantum Collaborator David Flynn’s use of mystic math to predict doomsday 2012 (while interpreting Newton’s mystical and alchemical calculations). Putnam also promoted Flynn’s Temple at the Center of Time: Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012 on his website. See Part 6 of this article series http://herescope.blogspot.com/2012/05/quantum-geomancy-and-cryptic-mystic.html.
[9] Cris Putnam Logos Apologia website, “Response to Part 2 of Why Christianity & Transhumanism Are Not Enemies,” Oct. 16, 2011, bold added; http://www.logosapologia.org/?cat=158
[10] Jim Fletcher, TRAVELERS FROM OTHER PLANETS ... OR FROM HELL? 01/18/2011, WND, http://www.wnd.com/2011/01/252529/ bold added.
[11] Many books have an entire webpage devoted to them, such as Horn’s The Ahriman Gate; http://ahrimangate.com; Forbidden Gates; http://forbiddengate.com; Apollyon Rising 2012; http://apollyonrising.com; Petrus Romanus (co-authored by Cris Putnam); http://www.prophecyofthepopes.com; Missler’sAlien Encounters; http://alienencounters.com, and Cosmic Codes; http://cosmiccodes.com.
[12] See: http://futurecongress.com/.
[13] Terry James, The Departure, Defender Publishers, Crane, MO, 2010.
[14] Multiple copies of Horn’s Forbidden Gates were sold at the 2011 Red River Bible & Prophecy Conference in Fargo/Moorhead, (see: http://www.godlyconferences.com/red-river-bible--prophecy-conference-). I attended this conference and purchased my copy of Forbidden Gates at Carl Teichrib’s book table (I had not heard of Tom & Nita Horn before this event). Carl had promoted Horn’s book from the platform before each of his presentations, saying that it was the only book on transhumanism written from a Christian perspective.
[15] See: http://futurecongress.com/speakers/chris-pinto/.
[16] Tom and Nita Horn, Forbidden Gates, How Genetics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology, and Human Enhancement Herald the Dawn of Techno-Dimensional Spiritual Warfare, Defender Publishing, Crane, MO, 2010.
[17] See: http://www.compass.org/conferences/Steeling-Denver-2011.
[18] See: http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=17585.
[19] See: http://www.wnd.com/about-wnd/. Numerous Horn articles also appear on NewsWithViews: http://www.newswithviews.com/Horn/thomasA.htm
[20] See: WND; http://www.wnd.com/2011/12/what-does-2012-really-hold-for-the-world/; Note also: http://www.wnd.com/?s=tom+horn&offset=0&count=10.
[21] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2009/12/118332/.
[22] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2011/10/360093/.
[23] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2011/08/338217/.
[24] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2011/08/.
[25] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2011/01/252529/.
[26] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2008/10/77279/.
[27] See: WND;http://superstore.wnd.com/Search?search=tom+horn.
[28] Dr. Orrel Steinkamp, Herescope, “R & R Revival & Revolt: The Tea Party’s Strange Bedfellows and What They Believe,” April 22, 2010;http://herescope.blogspot.com/2010/04/r-revival-and-revolt.html.
[29] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2010/06/169613/.
[30] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2009/09/110752/.
[31] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2010/10/217909/.
[32] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/bible-studies-like-youve-never-heard-before/.
[33] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2011/08/334245/.
[34] See: WND;http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/new-bible-teaching-about-angels-from-chuck-missler/.
[35] Ibid, WND; http://www.wnd.com/about-wnd/.
[36] CharismaNews.com, "Warning Book to America Debuts on Two New York Times Best-Seller Lists, Jan. 13, 2012; http://charismanews.com/us/32649-warning-book-to-america-debuts-on-two-new-york-times-best-seller-lists.
[37] See: the WND Superstore; http://superstore.wnd.com/The-Isaiah-910-Judgment-Is-There-An-Ancient-Mystery-That-Fortells-Americas-Future-DVD; and http://www.svchapel.org/resources/book-reviews/15-fiction/758-the-harbinger-by-jonathan-cahn-lake-mary-florida-frontline-2011-pp-144-e-book-1000. Chuck Missler also offers Farah’s DVD version of Cahn’s book in his online bookstore;http://resources.khouse.org/products/dvd111/.
[38] Cahn appeared on the It’s Supernatural television program with Sid Roth; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsv4t9SzTg; and http://www.sidroth.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=10457&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=tv_.
[39] The Jim Bakker television program; http://jimbakkershow.com/blog/2011/12/15/eye-opening-visit-with-rabbi-jonathan-cahn/.
[40] Cahn appeared on CBN’s The 700 Club with Pat Robertson; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SVhZCh0yDc; http://www.cbn.com/media/player/index.aspx?s=/mp4/SUB109_JonathanCahn_010312_WS.
[41] Cahn appeared on Coast to Coast Radio with George Noory; http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/cahn-jonathan/56445;http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2012/03/04. Chuck Missler has also appeared on Coast to Coast AM; http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/missler-chuck/6285; as well as Tom Horn; http://digg.com/news/world_news/coast_to_coast_am_6_3_2012_tom_horn_prophecy_of_the_popes_part_5; and Gary Stearman; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iu1GTQC1c.
[42] Cahn appears on Daystar’s Celebration television program with Marcus & Joni Lamb;http://www.daystar.com/ondemand/celebration-jonathan-cahn-and-erick-stakelbeck-03-08-2012/.
[43] Cahn appeared on Gary Stearman’s Prophecy in the News syndicated television program in April;http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/tv-program-the-harbinger-with-jonathan-cahn/.
[44] Cahn appeared on Olive Tree Ministries’ Understanding the Times radio program with Jan Markell in April; http://www.olivetreeviews.org/radio/historical-archives;http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/understanding-the-times/listen/the-harbinger-is-this-americas-final-warning-273915.html.
[45] Cahn appeared on Rapture Ready Radio’s Afterglow with Tim Roden & Vince Tarquini, May 6, 2012; http://ww2.blogtalkradio.com/rapturereadyradio/2012/05/07/afterglow--interview-with-jonathan-cahn.
[46] Chuck Pierce, Glory of Zion letter, April 10, 2011; http://gloryofzion.org/docs/4-9-12_PositionedtoPress.pdf; Also, Cahn celebrated Passover in Texas with NAR apostles C.Peter Wagner,Chuck Pierce, Dutch Sheets, et al; http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=1077; and http://www.gloryofzion.org/outmail/4-4-12_ShelterOnline.html.
[47] Elijah List online bookstore; http://www.elijahshopper.com/The_Harbinger_p/bk-jcah001.htm.
[48] Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural; http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tv_archives_2012; http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tv_archives_2011; http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tv_archives_2010; http://www.sidroth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tv_archives_2009.
[49] Sid Roth, Front Page of The Mishpochah, Number 1125, Sept. 11, 1011; http://www.sidroth.org/newsletter[/Sep11_news.pdf.
[50] Ibid, pp. 3, 5.
[51] Ibid, pg. 5.
[52] T.A. McMahon, The Berean Call, “The Harbinger—A Matter of Critical Discernment,” Vol. XXVII, No. 6, June 2012, pg. 4; http://www.thebereancall.org/sites/2011.thebereancall.org/files/1206%20June%20WEB.pdf. Note other critical Christian reviews of The Harbinger: Pastor Gary Gilley; http://www.svchapel.org/resources/book-reviews/15-fiction/758-the-harbinger-by-jonathan-cahn-lake-mary-florida-frontline-2011-pp-144-e-book-1000; and Pastor David James at http://www.biblicalintegrity.org/blog/2012/04/26/harbinger-fact-fiction/.
[53] Cahn was among the presenters at the 2012 International Prophecy Conference March 1-3, in Brooksville, FL; DVD Jacket reads: “Will the World End In 2012 Like Some Predict?” with Joe van Koevering; http://www.godsnews.com/breakingnews/2012-ipc-hotel-info.html.
[54] Joe van Koevering’s website bio;http://www.godsnews.com/bio.html.
[55] Joe van Koevering has favorable connections to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), specifically to false teacher and false prophet Benny Hinn; http://www.godsnews.com/bio.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XKsyzzG9M. Missler himself appeared on TBN’s Praise the Lord program in 2008;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQ_hQVfsOI.
[56] Missler awarded Joe van Koevering a Koinonia Institute honorary gold medallion;http://www.studycenter.com/spyglass/Spyglass_Monthly_April_2011.pdf, pg. 3.
[57] Chuck Missler was a presenter at Joe van Koevering’s International Prophecy Conference in 2010 and 2011, along with Gary Kah and Grant Jeffrey; http://www.godsnews.com/products/2010_international_prophecy_conference_sets/2010_prophecy_conference_cd_set.html; and http://www.godsnews.com/products/international_prophecy_conference_sets/2011_prophecy_conference_dvd_set.html.
[58] Joe van Koevering and Grant Jeffrey appear on Benny Hinn’s This Is Your Day television program, YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XKsyzzG9M.
[59] There is a vast archive of Benny Hinn information concerning his heretical teachings and activities at both http://apprising.org and www.deceptioninthechurch.com
[60] See webpage; http://www.hyssophealth.com/.
[61] See: http://www.davidvankoevering.com/links.htm.
[62] The Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope is Here website: http://www.prophecyofthepopes.com/; See also Horn’s website;http://raidersnewsupdate.com.
[63] Dr. Chuck Missler, Cosmic Codes: Hidden Messages from the Edge of Eternity, Koinonia House, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 1999, Revised 2004, pg. 283.
[64] Dr. Thomas R. Horn, Personal Update, Koinonia Institute, “The Hybrid Age,” Cover, pp. 8-15; http://www.khouse.org/personal_update.new/pdfs/personal_update_1202.pdf.
[65] "GRIN" is an acronym that Horn came up to describe the elements of transhumanism that he wrote about in Forbidden Gates. It is an abbreviation of the book's subtitle. Horn defines it on pg. xvi: "genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology (GRIN technologies)..." In his PU article, Horn adds an “S” to the end of the acronym (GRINS), borrowing a new definition from Jerome C. Glenn, “The State of the Future,” (7/14/10) http://www.kurzweilai.net:
“Large-scale genetic and neurological engineering of ourselves…[a] new chapter in evolution [as] the result of accelerating developments in the fields of genomics, stem-cell research, genetic enhancement, germ-line engineering, neuro-pharmacology, artificial intelligence, robotics, pattern recognition technologies, and nanotechnology… at the intersection of science and religion [which has begun to question] what it means to be human.”
[66] Ibid, pg. 8.
[67] See: http://www.swansat.com/about_us.htm; http://www.khouse.org/articles/1999/188/; http://swansat.com/about_us_cmissler.htm; http://williamwelty.com/about_us.htm/; And http://billstclair.com/gsf/archive/Finality-of-settlement-part-I.pdf, pg. 58. Missler and Welty also have connections to the International Standard Version of the Bible (ISV); http://isv.org/about.php; and http://isv.org/.
[68] See: http://www.khouse.org/articles/2005/587/; http://lbu.edu/outstanding_alumni.htm; and Missler’s bio: http://www.studycenter.com/downloads/KI_Handbook.pdf, pg. 68.
[69] See: http://www.studycenter.com/downloads/ki_info_kit.pdf; and http://www.khouse.org/articles/2004/534/.
[70] James Jacob Prasch,Shadows of the Beast, Moriel Ministries, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011, pp. 51-52.
[71] Ibid, McMahon, pg. 4.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The research for this 9-part article series took place over the period of a year and a half. Thousands of pages of documentation were compiled, analyzed, researched, discussed and examined. Those who assisted in various capacities in this massive project included Kim Treweek, Susan Conway, Pastor Ken Silva, Pastor Larry DeBruyn, Warren B. Smith, Patti Theisen, Dr. Martin Erdmann, Lynn Leslie, Sarah Leslie—and Gaylene Goodroad, who would go on to write the bulk of material contained in the series.
It has been erroneously suggested that Dr. Martin Erdmann is a "quantum collaborator" with Chuck Missler. This is untrue, and it is a good case in point concerning our warnings in the Preface. Here are the facts. Although a presentation of Dr. Erdmann's was taped in Coeur d"Alene last year, he has had no professional affiliation with nor allegiance to Koinonia House or Mr. Missler. Dr. Erdmann is an internationally recognized expert on Transhumanism and has authored several books exposing heresies, and his views on transhumanism and quantum mysticism are diametrically opposed to those of Chuck Missler. This is also evident in Dr. Erdmann's abundant writings, lectures, and presentations available for the public to examine (including his public statement on “Doomsday Datesetters” on Herescope, 6/10/11). Note: Dr. Erdmann's name was falsely listed, without permission, in the KH Handbook—a serious breach of ethics and a matter which is under legal advisement. See HERE for Dr. Erdmann’s public statement.
To further communicate our concerns about this growing deception, we have scheduled a Quantum Mysticism: 2012 & Beyond: Understanding the Deception conference in Niles, Michigan for June 21-23. See HERE and HERE.
Part 1: QUANTUM MYSTICISM IN THE CHURCH
Part 2: COSMIC CRYPTOLOGY IN THE CHURCH
Part 3: The Emerging ENIGMA Bible
Part 4: False Eschatology Arising!
Part 5: Quantum Teleporting Through Time
Part 6: Quantum Geomancy and Cryptic Mystic Math
Part 7: Quantum Prophecy
Part 8: A Quantum Cosmic Christ
Part 9: Quantum Mysticism Goes to Market
posted by Discernment Research Group @ 6/05/2012 06:37:00 PM