In all the fat places of the land . . .

(new article tomorrow)

From an 8-minute YouTube clip posted by CBS This Morning that has nearly 8 million views: "For meetings, masons dress up in their Sunday best and just like the original stonecutters, wear aprons. At the center of any lodge room is an altar."

Freemasonry.com: "The historical story of the altar is noteworthy and fascinating. Throughout history, the altar has symbolized man’s search for God. No matter how barbaric, vindictive, or cruel humankind has been in the past, the altar is where man believes he can communicate directly with God and has come to represent a very sacred place.

"Regardless of a particular culture’s traditions, the altar has always been a place around which people can congregate and connect with God. Often, sermons are delivered directly from the altar and are read by a preacher from a Holy Book.

"What’s more, in ancient civilizations, sacrifices were often served up to God at the altar. The sacrifices were commonly of animals and luxurious possessions, but many tribes and cultures even offered human sacrifices to the Gods."

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Genesis 8: [20] And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

[21] And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

"When they got off the Ark they offered sacrifices. These guys in their high places to reach heaven are offering burnt offerings; they're counterfeiting what God's doing," says Richard Jordan.

"I've said to you thousands of times, the vain religious system is nothing but a plagiarized form of Judaism. These guys didn't have any original ideas. Satan said 'I want to be like,' and what they're going to do in all this stuff is COUNTERFEIT what God's doing and then plagiarize it and turn it into something He doesn't want.

"That's what the altars are for. They have all these Baal worship centers. Ezekiel is a priest and he knows these passages in Leviticus and he's hearing God talk about what He's going to do.

"This is the fifth cycle of chastening in Leviticus 26: [30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

[31] And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
[32] And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

[33] And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 

"That's exactly what He's telling them in Ezekiel 6 that He's going to do. Notice they have meeting places, church buildings, sanctuaries plural. God only gave them one; the tabernacle and the temple. But they've got their places to propagate their Baal worship; they've built these rival cultural centers of meeting.

"You'll see they built them not just in Jerusalem but all over the country. In all the fat places of the land; the mountains, the rivers, the valleys.

Ezekiel 6: [5] And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

[6] In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
[7] And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

"All of the things they're doing, and it's fascinating to kind of get an idea about what's happening there--that's why you have raised platforms and altars that are raised up."

(to be continued and new article tomorrow)