Crew Dragon and mark of the beast

In an NYT bestseller book about Luciferic initiation, Communion, author Whitley Striber writes, "One of the biggest advantages we have as New Agers is, once the occult, metaphysical New Age terminology is removed, we have concepts and techniques that are very acceptable to the general public. So we can change the names and in so doing, we open the New Age door to millions who normally would not be receptive."

Michael Horton's The Agony of Deceit: What Some TV Preachers are Really Teaching: "They are unaware that they are repeating the errors of the past. Because they do not understand Greek philosophy or Oriental mysticism, or 19th century theosophy [Luciferianism], they do not know how seriously they have been affected by such thinking."

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New Agers like to see the letter X as "the mark of the beast." From the book, The Mark of the Beast: Is It 666, or is It X?: "The Mark of The Beast is Chi (X), The Name of The Beast is 'Perfect Creature of The Earth' (interpreted as being 'Perfect One'), and The Number of The Beast is 6 (possibly written as VI)."

"The SpaceX Crew Dragon is about to be taken out for the ultimate test drive to the International Space Station," boasts NASA.

In a chapter called "They Worship the Dragon," Gail Riplinger's book New Age Bible Versions explains, "(All the new bible versions) have removed the name Lucifer, thereby eliminating the only reference to him in the entire bible. The word Lucifer then falls to the realm of the poets and writers of mythology and ceases to be an identifiable character of biblical origin. He is thereby divorced from the truth concerning himself. In John 8:44 Jesus said, 'the devil . . . is a liar, and the father of it.' He can now have whatever characteristics he desires."

In his book Dark Secrets of the New Age, Fundamentalist Christian Texe Marrs writes, "Why then is the world still confused about the Luciferic roots of the New Age. In part this comes about as a result of the New Ager's absurd contention that though Lucifer is lord, he is not Satan. Satan is said to be a figment of the Christian imagination. Lucifer is not Satan. Lucifer is a good angel."

Prominent Freemason Albert Pike (1809-1891) instructed Masons, "Yes, Lucifer is God . . . The doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer . . . you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: The Masonic religion should be . . . maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine."

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Donald Trump grew up under the internationally famous minister Norman Vincent Peale. He likes to boast that Peale was a main mentor for him and his father.
A blog informs, "Norman Vincent Peale decided to follow his father and become a Methodist minister. He  attended Boston University School of Theology and, in 1924, he was ordained pastor and given his first church in Brooklyn. At about this time, he was invited to join the 'Freemasons.' Peale was initiated to the level of 'Master Mason' on March 3, 1926, in Midwood 'Freemasonic' Lodge No. 1062 (which eventually consolidated, in 1970, with Lexington Lodge No. 310 to become Midwood Lodge No. 310). Peale moved to another Methodist church and completed the degrees of the 'Scottish Freemasonic Rite' in the Valley of Syracuse in 1928 (affiliated with the Valley of New York City in 1934)."

Here is a January, 2020 excerpt from the Washington Post: 

"A Florida pastor and longtime spiritual adviser to President Trump says she was speaking in metaphor when she recently prayed in a sermon for all 'satanic pregnancies' to end in miscarriage.

"In video of the Jan. 5 sermon, posted by the liberal advocacy group Right Wing Watch, televangelist pastor Paula White breathlessly calls on Jesus Christ to 'command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now.'

“ 'We declare that anything that’s been conceived in satanic wombs, that it will miscarry, it will not be able to carry forth any plan of destruction, any plan of harm,' White said before an auditorium of congregants.

"As of Sunday morning, the clip, which was just under two minutes long, had been viewed more than 2.5 million times. White’s words are largely being interpreted literally — that she wishes for evil women to have miscarriages — but she shared a rare response to the criticism in which she explained that she was speaking in metaphor, praying for evil plans to be foiled in her congregants’ lives."