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Click on image to buy books MIRACLE DELIVERANCEMiracle Internet Church EStore & Shopping CartVisit Miracle Internet ChurchE-Store here!The Spirit of Idolatry and Demonic PoliciesVisit Miracle Internet ShoppingCart -the-solution-forwitchcraft/deliverance TV Dr. Pat Holliday Miracle Internet Cafe’Miracle Outreach ChurchBest Western HotelButler Blvd/ 4660 Sallisbury Blvd SouthpointSaul Loeb / Pool via APU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pours water over a Buddhist statue,as she tours the Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple founded between the 6thand 10th centuries AD, in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday.Jacksonville, Florida 32256-6130Sunday Worship 12:30 pm ESTABOMINATIONSHumanity is in a deep crisis while American leaders seek afterother gods!“Wherefore should the heathen say, where is now their God?3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hathpleased. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they seenot: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but theysmell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they,but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They thatmake them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth inthem,” (Ps. 115:2-8).They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone thattrusteth in them. They that make them are like unto them. (Deut.7:25-26), first laid down this great principle, "Thou shalt not desirethe silver or gold that is on them (the idols) . . . Neither shalt thoubring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thinglike it." No people or individuals rise in character higher than theirgods. Each man is as his god is. The servant of the all-gracious Godpartakes of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4), His holiness andhttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comWednesday Night 7:30Miracle Internet Café904 733 8318Evangelism, Deliverance, Miracles, Healingsservices, Teaching, CDs, 11/11/17/the-power-of-bewitching-demonsThe servant of corrupt gods,whether material images or theidols of self, carnal imaginations,and pride of intellect, becomesdebased like his idol. 1(Ps. 115:4-12)are almost verbally repeated in (Ps’ 135:1519).Page 1

righteousness (Eph. 4:24; Heb 12:10; 1 Jn. 3:2), being changed more and more into the same glorious image(2 Cor. 3:18).GLOBAL IDOLATRYIdolatry and Witchcraft works in yourmind but it will capture and imprisonyour spirit. The New Age Movement isto the highest degree of duplicitous andscathing philosophy at work in religiontoday. It is interlaced not only inwitchcraft, idolatry and Satanism but itis attacking all Christian denominations.The New Age belief system is deeplyrooted in Eastern religious mysticismand the paranormal. Followers are ledto awaken their God consciousness byusing powerful occult techniques suchas, worshiping Obama, on, psychic phenomenon,NewThoughtConsciousness,divination, mind control, AncientMythology,TeachingOccultChristianity. Book of Enoch; Book ofJubilees; Nephilim, Anakim, Fallenangels, Giants of Ancient Mythology,Portals and Trans-humanisms, CrystalSkulls, Mayan 2012 Galatic Gospel,Cosmic Wars, Stargates, celestials &extraterrestrials Cosmic Christs, PlanetX Nibiru and the Fallen angels,Stargazers, Nephilim (those who camedown from the sky), anunnaky royalblood lines, Atlantis, Mayan Calander2012, Ancient Sumer Sumerian tablettext bible biblical end times prophecyilluminati Vatican NWO CIA Nasa racedimension 10th 12th 3rd 4rth 5th NewAge paranormal conspiracy theory solarsystem galaxy space mars moon sun alignment planetary asteroid comet Zecharia Sitchin,Lloyd Pye, grey gray, reptilian, David Icke, Robert Sepehr, 2012 movie trailer earth changesclimate shift polar reversal, Luciferian Dialectic, Ufo’s, the New World Order. Everything andanything but Jesus as Lord! Etc.http://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 2

Today there is a special onslaught of (Chaotic) deceiving spirits upon the Church of Christ, thefulfillment of the prophecy which the Holy Spirit expressly made known to the Church throughthe Apostle Paul, that a great deceptive onslaught would take place in the latter Times. Sincethe utterance of the prophecy, more than two thousand years have passed by but the specialmanifestation of evil spirits in the deception of believer’s today points unmistakably to the factthat we are at the close of the age. “And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ iscome in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard thatit should come; and even now already is it in the world. “(1 Jn. 4:3).The most popular apostasy in Christendom today is the teaching that God has revealed Himselfin many different ways to different cultures. Therefore, all religions worship the same god, butjust use different names.From this viewpoint, they say, the Allah of Islam is the same as the Yahweh of Judaism and bothare the same as the Krishna of Hinduism. Of course, the New Age teachers conclude is thatJesus Christ is just another god.CHRISTIAN CAPITULATIONDr. Dennis Cuddy writes. “People were surprised that aCatholic university would give an honorary degree to apresident who supports the right of women violently to killtheir preborn babies by istian leaders haveeither surrendered theirtrue Christian faith to thepowers that be or theyhave become lukewarmtoward Jesus. It is nottrendy to become aChristian.Rememberrecently when PresidentObama refused to speakat Georgetown Universityunless they covered upthe name of Jesushanging on a crucifix. Theuniversityofficialsobeyedextremistrequest, and coveredJesus’ Holy Name with ablack triangle.You may have UniversityofNotreDame”, Dr. Dennis Cuddywrites. “People werePage 3

surprised that a Catholic university would give an honorary degree to a president who supportsthe right of women violently to kill their preborn babies by abortion. However, one mustremember that the University’s former head, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, was head of thepopulation-controlling Rockefeller Foundation for a number of years in the late 1970s and early1980s.” iFidelity editor E. Michael Jones said he met Prof. Sam Shapiro of the University of Notre Damein South Bend, Indiana, on July 4, 1984, and that Shapiro’s wife who taught at IndianaUniversity South Bend, was a strong supporter of abortion-rights. Jones also related thatShapiro told him of his concern that Prof. Gloria Kaufman, Shapiro’s wife, had “demonicenergy” and was a witch.iiOn ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (June 4, 2009), actress Heather Graham (reared as a traditionalconservative Catholic when she was a girl) told Kimmel she and some friends recently had beenengaged in witchcraft, casting spells to elect Obama as President among other things . . . iiiWow! This happened in America and hardly a peep was heard by the news media; the Catholicleadership or the public. And then, Notre Dame gave this Muslim –phony Christian, a doctorateafter he signed the largest abortion – Executive Order the world has ever seen.Christians are not sleeping; they are dead! Many are ensnared by the powers of darkness,sitting brainwashed or bewitched, tranced out on a better homes and garden church pew.A few lukewarm Christians believe that Jesus will come back to help them escape the wrath ofthe Antichrist; thereby missing all the fireworks of the new world revolutionary system of beingable to challenge them to stand up for Jesus. Friends, this is just not going happen. Jesuswarned that if we deny Him before the world, He would deny us before His Father. You’d betterwake up.SACRILEGE WALL STREET BULL PRAYERCindy Jacobs led a bunch of Christian nuts praying over a falseCindy Jacobs leads Christiansto pray at the idol bull BAALon Wall Street.The transfer of wealthhappened, but not to PeterWagner’s New breed Obama let the banks transferour wealth to foreign banks!Jesus People Sing to False Idol to Save God's Economybronze idol, the Wall Street Bull asking God to nationalize theeconomy under the state of heaven.Christians must separate themselves from any involvement inwitchcraft, and destroy all evidence of their former involvementin the occult.All forms of the occult – astrology, divination, fortune-telling,necromancy, hypnotism, magic, etc. – these things are forbiddenby God. Leviticus 19:26-28, 31; 20:6, 27, Deuteronomy 18:9-14, 2Kings 23:24, Jeremiah 10:2Witchcraft was widely and openly practiced in the OldTestament.God blessed the Church of Jesus Christ. Matt 16:1818 “AndI say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon thisrock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall notprevail against it.” KJVhttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 4

WALL STREETIn January of this year, Cindy Jacobs was in a worshipservice when the Lord spoke to her, “Cindy, the strongmanGOD OF WALL STREETover America doesn’t live in Washington, DC – thestrongman lives in New York City! Call My people to prayfor the economy.” 1Since Cindy is the head intercessor for Peter Wagner’sgroup (NAR) Third World apostasies’ I doubt veryseriously that the real Jesus Christ spoke to her. The otherJesus that they represent is the one that would lead herto the feet of the Wall Street Baal Bull to pray. The Biblenever uses idolatry in such a manner.Cindy claims she’ was so shaken by the word from her godthat ‘she knew she had to call the people of God (followersof the Third Wave Movements) to converge on New YorkCity the week of October 29 for an emergency prayer rallyto cry out against economic collapse in the midst ofshaking. 2Cindy goes on to say, “the Lord further said, October 29was Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed, andSatan wants to do it again. We must be proactive in prayer.At the beginning of the year many intercessors began tohear from the Lord that without divine intervention, amajor shaking was coming to Wall Street. This wouldspread until there were food shortages. Some think that2009 would be worse than 2008. Of course, it goes without saying that this would affectmarkets around the world.Many people are fasting and praying for the upcoming elections, Cindy says. We don’twant to let up in this final press, we need to P.U.S.H. (pray until something happens) to avertfinancial judgment. On September 29 last month, the US stock market went down 777 points inone day. Cindy says it was no coincidence that this happened on the first day of the Jewish NewYear, Rosh Hashanah.“This is so severe in the economic area because we are facing judgment from the actions,not only for our stance towards Israel, but our blatant sin against Him in passing laws such asthe one allowing homosexual marriages,” Cindy said.Baal-ZebubWe all know that our country’s policy towards Israel, at the time that Cindy heard this paranormalvoice speaking to her was and still are, 100%. If I know this, surely the real Jesus knows it. AfterCindy’s prayer meeting before the statue of Bull god BAAL, Obama, the Senate and Congress gavetrillions of dollars to the bankers and the money was taken out of nation and used to bring about a12CBN.com – WALL STREET By Ivorie Anthony The 700 Clubibidhttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 5

great victory for those who are forming the New World Government. Her prayers for the transferenceof the “wealth” left the west went east and our nation has been poor ever since. The departure fromJesus Christ in this nation is costing us our freedom, wealth and enslaving us into the economy ofSatan.NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUALIn early August in her prayer time Cindy heardthe Lord say, “There will be no more business asCindy calls for a Day of Prayer for theusual.”World’s Economies on Wednesday,Little did she know the scope of what thisOctober 29, 2008.meant on a worldwide scale. God is on themove. She and many others have taken this as amajor point of intercession. She believes thatjust as there came a time when God judged thegods of Egypt, He is now judging the god ofmammon. Nations are standing on the cusp ofhistory that will determine their course forgenerations to come. God is judging theideologies of nations. He is moving to put thefear of the Lord not only on His church; but uponthe nations of the world.For these and other reasons Cindy is calling for aDay of Prayer for the World’s Economies onWednesday, October 29, 2008. They are callingfor prayer for the stock markets, banks, andfinancial institutions of the world on the datethe stock market crashed in 1929. They are meeting at the New York Stock Exchange, theFederal Reserve Bank, and its 12 principal branches around the US that day.“We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask Godto begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the 'Lion’s Market,' orGod’s control over the economic systems,” she said. “While we do not have the full revelationof all this will entail, we do know that without intercession, economies will crumble.”WHILE SOULS DIE, CINDY WANTS YOU TO MEET AT THE STATUE OF THE BULL ON WALLSTREET (the idol of BAAL) to pray to her god; Cindy is encouraging prayer groups to intercedefor banks and financial institutions in your area. Cindy says each of us has to be accountable tothe Lord.“Don’t think you’re going to be in sin and that God will take care of you in these hardeconomic times, holiness is key,” Cindy said. Each of us has a part to play and should not thinkthat God will indiscriminately bless us without us dealing with personal areas that are wrong.We must repent of any misuse of money, think before we spend, get out of debt, etc., andallow God to do a course correction for us.” OMIGOD; God talking about a misuse of money instead of repentance for their sins to save their souls; who is she working forhttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 6

THE BULL IS DEADWho killed the bull?Mmmmmmmmmmm very strange indeed. I'm sure theLord is smarter than I am but I know the economy isalready in the toilet and the greedy Feds are ready to flushit. I don't think that Jesus is concerned about the economywhich is being manipulated by the Feds who are not evenpart of government. The chaos that they have created willsoon have them stepping up to the plate to bring a neworder to the world.While Cindy Jacobs and Peter Wagner try to lead spirituallyblinded Christians to pray for a money transfer AT THESTATUE OF THE BULL (BAAL), souls will die and fall intohell.Wake up my friends and know that Jesus is standingoutside her church window, looking in and knocking at thedoor of heart, repent and let him in and He will enter inand sup with you.My advice, let these confused NAR people seek the NewAge Religion of demonic voices directing them, and yougrab your Bible and seek the Lord. If you haven't got themessage yet, America and her former days OF GLORY’ isover; it's a New World that has arrived. Get close to Jesusand pray for your family and friends. New money willappear soon and so will the Mark of the Beast.Cindy Jacobs is considered THIRD WAVEPROPHETESS TO THE NATIONS in this ProtestantNeo-Pentecostalism through the ecumenical prayermeetings being driven by Latter Rain Revival, JesusOnly, Angelic moving, counterfeit movement of the endtime seduction of Christianity. Cindy Jacobs, ChuckPierce Peter Wagner and the Third Wave associates allparticipate in “opening star gates to “Third Heavens.”They are magically parting the veil of the paranormal toopen a doorway for fallen angels to enter into theearthly realm.Mrs. Jacobs and her associates serve and worship "angelsof light" (II Corinthians 11:14) by replacing the power ofthe Holy Spirit, the name of Jesus and His Word withanother spirit that impersonates the Holy Spirit calledKundalini. 2 Cor 11:4, “For if he that cometh preachethanother Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have notreceived, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” KJVhttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 7

BEELZEBUB LORD OF THE FLIES AND IDOLATRYBeelzebub was a god worshiped by the ancientCanaanites and was called the Prince of Demonsby Hebrews. Jesus was falsely accused of castingout devils by this power of this demon. (Matt12:24), “But when the Pharisees heard it, theysaid, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but byBeelzebub the prince of the devils.”In II kings 1:2-4), King of Samaria is injured afterfalling through a window. He sends his to a nearbyPhoenician city to ask their god Baal-Zebub if hewill recover. The Phoenicians worshiped the godBaal, whose name means lord. The Hebrewsadded the word “zebul” meaning feces to thename “Baal,” and thus was born Baal-Zebul; theirconjoined names meaning “Lord of Dung,” andobviously an insult to the Phoenician god. Laterthe name became Beelzebub. Beelzebub becamesynonymous with Satan. In modern demonology,the image of Beelzebub is often depicted as a fly,especially considering the origin of the conjoinedname.“2 Kings 1, 2 “And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria,and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekronwhether I shall recover of this disease. 3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go upto meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a Godin Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 4Now therefore thus saith the LORD,Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijahdeparted.”IDOL WORSHIPWhile Israel clearly was influenced by some of the traditions of her neighbors, theHebrew prophets and religious leaders abhorred other aspects of these cultures. First theycondemned such religious practices as idolatry, common in Canaan and in the surroundingregions. 2“My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth Boasts overmy enemies, for I delight in your deliverance, There is no on holy like the Lord; There is no onebesides you; There is no rock like our God, For the foundations ,of the earth are the Lord’s uponthem he has set the world,” (I Sam. 2:1,2).The Hebrews called a pagan deity to whom child sacrifices were often made by thecontemptuous title Molech. This name combines the Hebrew consonants for “king” with thevowels from the word meaning shame. 3http://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 8

Moses stayed on the mountain for 40 days and receivedfrom the Lord all the laws that were to govern thereligious and secular life of the Israelites. While Moseswas in the mountain alone with God, a strange andwicked thing was done in the camp on the plain. At firstthe people were alarmed when they saw the mountainsmoking and heard the thunder. But soon they grewaccustomed to it, and when day after day passed, andMoses did not come down, at last they said to Aaron“Come now, make us a god that we may worship andthat we may have to lead us. As for Moses, the man whobrought us out of the land of Egypt, we do no know whathas become of him, (Ex 32:1). And when the people sawthat Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, thepeople gathered themselves together unto Aaron, andsaid unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go beforeus; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up outof the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him,”(Ex. 32:23). 4POWER OF IDOLATRY AND REBELLIONThe Israelites felt abandoned by Moses during his absence. They went to Aaron and saidto him, “up, make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought usup out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him,” (Exo. 32.:1). Modernscholars have suggested that ancient people often used “idols” not as gods, but as “pedestals”on which they imagined an invisible god to be standing or riding; the Israelites who clamoredfor ‘gods” may not have perceived any contradiction between creating images for such use andGod’s prohibition against idolatry.Aaron was not a man of strong will, as Moses was. When his brother Moses was not byhis side, Aaron was weak and ready to yield to the wishes of the people. Aaron said: “If youmust have a god that you can look at, then break off the gold earrings that are in your ears andin the ears of your wives and children, and bring them to me.”5Aaron collected gold from the people, melted it down, and constructed the image of acalf or young bull, a common symbol of the divine in ancient near eastern religions. TheIsraelites acknowledged the calf as their god. Aaron announced a religious feast to take placethe next day. “This is your god, O Israel that brought you out of the land of Egypt.” And Aaronbuilt an altar before the image, and he said to all the people, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to theLord.” The people came to the feast and offered sacrifices; and then they began to dancearound the altar and to do wicked deeds together, as they had seen the Egypt doing beforeAaron collected gold fromthe people, melted itdown, and constructedthe image of a calf oryoung bull, a commonsymbol of the divine inancient near y.comPage 9

their idols. And all this time the mountain was smoking and flashing with fire, almost over theirheads!6And the Lord, up in the mountain spoke to Moses and said: “Hasten, and get down to the camp;for your people have done very wickedly. They havemade for themselves an idol, and they are worshipingit now. I am angry with them and am ready to destroythem all, and to make of your children a greatnation.” 7And Moses pleaded with the Lord for Israel, and Goddid not destroy the people; but he sent Moses downto them, holding in his hands the two stone tables onwhich God had written the Ten Commandments. Ashe went down the mountain, Joshua joined him andsaid to him: “I can hear noise of war in the camp. It isnot the sound of men who are shouting for victory,nor is it the cry of those who are beaten in battle; it isthe voice of singing that I hear.” 8Moses was angered because he knew the spiritualimpact of their foolish actions. The Bible says, “angerburned hot, and he threw the tables out of his handsand broke them at the foot of the mountain,” (Ex.32:19). The people had violated their covenant withGod. And Moses was so angry when he saw all thewickedness and shame of his people that he threwdown the two tables out of his hands and broke themin pieces upon the rocks.Moses came straight into the midst of the throng, and at once all the dancing and merrymaking stopped. He tore down the golden calf, broke it in pieces, and burned it in the fire andthen ground it to power and threw it into the water. He then made the people drink the waterfilled with its dust. He meant to teach the people that they would suffer punishment like bitterwater, for their wicked deed.Moses “took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it topowder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it,” (Verse 32:20). On Moses’ instructions, members of the tribe of Levi put to death 3,000 Israelites who hadworshiped the Calf.Aaron blamed this idolatry on the people. Then Moses stood at the entrance to the campand call out: “Whoever is on the Lord’s side, let him come and stand by me! . . . Draw yourswords and go through the camp and kill everyone whom you find bowing down to the idol.http://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 10

Spare no one. Slay your friends and your neighbors, if they are worshiping the image.” And onthat day three thousand of the worshipers of the idol were slain by son of Levi.” Then Moseswent before God to intercede for his people thatGod would forgive them.The next morning Moses sought to restore thepeople in God’s good graces. He audaciouslydeclared that if Israel was not forgiven, “blot me, Ipray thee, out of the book which thou hastwritten” (Verse 32:32).9RESULTS OF IDOLATRYGod told them you shall not make for yourself anidol in the form of anything heaven above or onthe earth beneath or in the waters below. Youshall not bow down to them or worship them.Idolatry brings a curse from God. Cursed is theman who carves an image or casts an idol— a thingdetectable to the Lord, the work of the craftsman’sand sets it up in secret (Deut. 27:15). “And theymade a calf in those days, and offered sacrificeunto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of theirown hands. 42 Then God turned, and gave themup to worship the host of heaven; as it is written inthe book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel,have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices bythe space of forty years in the wilderness? 43 Yea,WORSHIP OF IDOLSye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the starof your god Remphan, figures which ye made toworship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon,” (Acts 7:41-43).HOUSEHOLD GODSThroughout the Old Testament, it is evident that the peoples of that day, regarded gods,deities, spirits or angelic powers of various kings as having territorial jurisdiction. Householdgods: Such as those stolen by Rachel from her father, Laban was small portable of ancestors orfamily deities. The possession of these images symbolized the holder’s claim to leadership andproperty. 10 They were symbols of the right of inheritance. If Jacob possessed Laban’s idols, hemight legally claim to be Laban’s heir. This may have been the reason Rachel took them fromher father’s house.http://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 11

Laban was outraged when he found Jacob’sfamily and the idols, gone. He pursued them butJacob insisted that he was innocent of the theft.Laban searched Jacob’s tent and went into Leah’stent and into the tent of the two maidservants,but he did not find them. He entered Rachel’stent. There Rachel sat upon the saddle in whichshe had hidden the images. After searching hertent, she said to her father, ‘Let not my lord beangry that I cannot rise before you, for the way ofwomen is upon me.’ The ruse worked and Labangave up the search and Laban and Jacob partedafer swearing a ceremonial friendship, a covenantof peace.GIDEON CHOSEN FOR ISRAEL’S DELIVERANCEGideon met God’s angel under an oak in Oprah.(Gen. 28:1-8). Gideon’s divine encounter markeda spiritual and physical deliverance of Israel. Notonly did Gideon rout the desert raiders, he led arenewal of faith in Yahweh. The choice of Gideonbecomes more remarkable as the story reveals how deeply his own family and city werecommitted to the worship of the Canaanite god, Baal. Now, at God’s command, Gideon toredown his father’s altar to Baal as well as the Asherah, a totem to a pagan goddess, using aharnessed bull.The villagers were outraged at such sacrilege and wanted to kill Gideon, but his father,Joash, stopped them by saying, “If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself.” Thus Gideongained the name Jerubaal, “Let Baal contend.” Since Gideon had been called by God to deliverhis people from the Midianites, his first act was to put an end to pagan worship among his ownpeople. For it was not until this was done that he could hope to defeat the enemy. Gideondelivered Israel from the destructive raids and achieved a peace that lasted for 40 years. He had70 sons. He refused to be anointed as a king or to establish a dynastic succession for his sons,saying, “I will not rule over you, and my sons will not rule over you: the Lord will rule over you.”11THE SPIRIT OF BAALThe Bible commands the children of Israel to “destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all theirmolded images, and demolish all their high places,” (Num. 33-32). There is more to thesehttp://www.miracleinternetministry.comPage 12

stones and images and high places than just harmlessnative art. Many of these had become the literaldwelling place of demonic spirits, later in the NewTestament called powers and principalities. 12 who,rather than destroy the high places worshiped andserved the demonic beings that occupied them.13Worship of Baal. Jezebel Worshiped Baal, aPhoenician god. She approached her religion with afanatic’s zeal. She came to Israel with 450 priests ofBaal and 400 “prophets” of Aasherah, the mothergoddess. and dined at the palace. When Ahab built his“ivory house,” he constructed a temple of Baal withquarters for the priest next to the palace. The greaterpart of this sacred structure was a court, enclosedwith thick walls and open to the sky. Within the courtwas a small sacred chapel containing symbols of Baaland the mother-goddess, Asherah. The temple priestand their attendants kept an eternal flame burning ina large dish-shaped brazier on the chapel’s altar.Since Baalist was a nature cult, worshipers joined the priests and temple prostitutes in sacredorgies before the alar, especially at the new-year celebration. They acted out the reproductivetheme so that the gods, who control earth and water, would follow their example and improvethe fertility of agriculture, animals and man.In time of crisis, such as famine or war, these cultists sacrificed firstborn children in the sacredfire to summon the help of their gods. When some Israelite prophets opposed Jezebels’policies, she had several of them executed. 14Ahaz was one who “in every single city of Judah he made high places to burn incense toother gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God his fathers” (2 Chron. 28:23). 15God had to execute judgment and punish Israel for what was frequently referred to bythe prophets as spiritual adultery. The Babylonian captivity was one such judgment. (Ezek 8:16).Ezekiel was now in Babylon; but the messages of wrath he had delivered in the foregoingchapters related to Jerusalem, for in the peace or trouble thereof the cap

7:25-26), first laid down this great principle, "Thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them (the idols) . . . Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it." No people or individuals rise in character higher than their gods. Each man is as his god is. The servant of the all-gracious God