Trivia question: In Bible scholar Alexander Hislop’s unparalleled classic from 1853, The Two Babylons, what does he say Nimrod, the leader responsible for building the Tower of Babel and initiating Baal worship, invented as a means of controlling the people?
As Jordan explains, “Hislop says Nimrod developed arena sports. He pointed out, ‘You have the great arena sports to get the people’s minds off of God and to control them and homogenize them.’ The sports give them the semblance and feeling of independent thinking because they can choose who they root for. That’s part of the contest and the excitement, but you’ve got them controlled by the contest, too.”
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"One of the most powerful truths in the Bible is that money, economics, business and commerce are at their very foundation spiritual systems,” writes Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson, authors of the 2015 book, The Babylon Code: Solving the Bible's Greatest End-Times Mystery. “This was commonly known in ancient Babylon and has been passed down through the various empires such as Egypt, Greece and Rome, and institutions such as the international banking system set up by the Bavarian Illuminati in the late 18th Century.
“The very wealthiest people in the world are fully aware of this, and that is why the select few who actually control the world’s wealth belong to organizations such as Skull & Bones, Bohemian Grove, and the Bilderberg Group. The elite understand that ultimately the economy is connected to a Luciferian spiritual-economic system . . .
“Embedded within the secret teachings of Babylon is a code—one based on satanic power—to control money, government, and humanity. This secret has been passed down from generation to generation through occult societies with an untold number of different names. Remember, it’s all about subterfuge and secrecy.”
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An old axiom says, “All it takes is ignorance to start serving evil. Ignorance is the first step towards becoming an employee of dark forces.”
As “the god of this world,” Satan has a religion he seeks to propagate and the core of it surrounds the issue of a person’s relationship with his Creator or lack thereof. Religion, at its most basic, is designed to substitute confidence in the flesh for trust in Jesus Christ.
“If mammon-worship were a dominant religion, just as political leaders in ancient Rome sought the gods' blessings for their endeavours, those of today might turn to the financial sector, (and) even rivals for public office might be expected to share this faith,” suggests financial writer Savitri Hensman in London’s The Guardian newspaper.
“Sometimes sacred mysteries are open only to the initiated – rather like the inner workings of the City of London,” he writes. “In the case of a world religion, there may be linked spaces with names that also resonate among believers, not dissimilar to Wall Street . . .
“Likewise, top bankers, because of their supposed access to esoteric knowledge, might be put in charge of areas of policy, such as welfare reform, of which they know nothing.
“Sometimes religions compete openly for converts and influence, but other faiths may expand by assimilating potential rivals. If this were the main strategy of mammon's priests, they might tolerate and even embrace other belief systems but seek subtly (maybe even unconsciously) to steer them towards the true path. Christian, New Age, humanist or whatever, all would be welcomed, provided they played down aspects of their faith that might pose a challenge to mammon's dominance.”
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“When I Corinthians 2 says the ‘natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him,’ Paul’s talking about trusting, valuing, treasuring who you are in yourself and your ability to perform. He’s talking about pride and self-satisfaction,” explains Jordan.
“Proverbs says, ‘Every man does that which is right in his own eyes.’ Can you relate to that? We do what WE think is right. It says, ‘There’s a way that seemeth right to a man; the end thereof is death.’
“Man says, ‘I’m doing what’s right in my mind . . .’ and there’s a pride in that. There’s a self-satisfaction in that and that’s what religion is all about.
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“When Paul says in Philippians 3:7, ‘But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ,’
“Notice he says, ‘I wasted it and profited in the Jews’ religion above many mine equals in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of traditions of my fathers.’
“You see he says he profited? He’s saying, ‘Those things that brought profit to me; those things I treasured and adored and thought were the most wonderful, solid, enriching things in my life.’
“What were they? He’s going to list some ethnic and racial things—some pride of race and pride of place kinds of things. And then he’s going to list some religious things; distinctions, performance.
“Can I tell you, those are the two things most people—those are the two things your flesh wants to glory in. It wants to glory in your race, which is another way of saying the 'place' that you have, and then it wants to glory in religion—the achievements it can make.
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“Your flesh has a tendency toward the lascivious, the earthy; the lust and the pull to be run by the desires that drag you downward into the earth.
“It’s to do good and feel good about doing it. Your flesh is such a deceiver. ‘The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.’
“And the moment you think you’ve done something good, the moment you sit in relaxation with your satisfaction about what you’ve performed, ‘Let him who thinketh he stand take heed lest he fall.’
“Saved or lost, that’s where your flesh is. That’s religion and that’s why I say this is the MOST dangerous battle you’ll ever face. This is where the real big game is. People like to argue about prophecy and politics and all the rest of the stuff, but this is the BIG stuff.”
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