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DEAD MEN'S BONES

Part IV

The Dead Men's Bones series has noted how the principle of prophetic parallels – in which the Christian body is recapitulating the history of Old Covenant Israel -- is continuing in our time. In this regard, we remind the reader that Baal was the primary threat to Spiritual fidelity to the LORD in the Old Covenant era.

In the last couple of chapters of Dean Men's Bones, we demonstrated how the "scholars" have gradually developed a consensus view within many Christian institutions, convincing large numbers of theology professors, Bible Colleges, and even Bible publishers to meekly accept the audacious assertions of archaeology, which claims the Bible was copied from earlier Canaanite "scriptures" dedicated to Baal. This presents a great irony, in that mainstream Christianity, in the process of resisting the truth of the Scriptural principle of twin timelines, does not recognize how the power of Baal is again resurfacing through their own "Christian" scholarship.

Incredibly, the New Testament tells us in the most straightforward way possible, that "all these things" – with the operative word being ALL -- which occurred in Old Testament flesh and blood Israel's history, were manifested in a supernatural fashion, to assist in instructing the body of Christ in the New Covenant era. In the simplest terms possible, this illustrative verse is telling us the entire Old Testament is communicating Spiritual truths to us, "upon whom the ends of the world are come" (I Corinthians 10:11).  

Anyone who has read the Old Testament will testify as to the multitude of times the Israelites "turned away from the LORD" and "served Baalim" -- and most will admit to a certain bewilderment concerning Israel's constant backsliding. However, when one realizes the wholesale fashion in which the church's academics have acquiesced to the idea the "Mesopotamian materials" which embraced Baal are the original documents which were supposedly emulated by the writers of the Bible, it is clear the bizarre phenomena of Baal's influence is still with us in a profound way.  

 "All these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition…" (I Corinthians 10:11).   

We do not find it coincidental the stones and bones of antiquity – and ancient cuneiform writings buried for millennia – have found their way into the "research" of those who would lead us. With these supposed insights into the Old Covenant timeline, we are gradually being re-introduced to the ancient pantheon the Old Testament calls the Baalim – the heavenly host which repeatedly seduced Old Testament Israel.

"And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him" (Judges 10:6).

When George Smith published The Chaldean Genesis in 1876, based on broken tablets derived from excavations in the Assyrian library of Ashurbanipal, not a whimper was heard from the church, as the "experts" told us the story of Genesis was in Chaldea centuries before the book of Genesis.

"Attention was early drawn to these points by Sir Henry Rawlinson, who pointed out several coincidences between the geography of Babylonia and the account of Eden in Genesis, and suggested the great probability that the accounts in Genesis had a Babylonian origin" (The Chaldean Account Of Genesis, George Smith, 1876, page 3).

As the "Christian" scholars absorbed the forensic data suggesting the Assyrians were the originators of much of the knowledge in Genesis (including the story of the great flood, the fall in Eden, and the creation), the average believer was completely unaware the foundations of the faith of our fathers was under a fierce assault. 

However, the enormous deception associated with the Babylonian/Assyrian records was just the beginning, as the manuscripts unearthed at Ras Shamra in Syria (and deciphered in the early 1930's), supposedly showed Canaanite "scriptures" elaborating on the worship of Baal also allegedly predated the Old Testament. As the data was examined, the "experts" pinpointed the time of these documents to ancient Canaan, before Joshua and the Israelites entered in to the promised land.

The linguistics experts found an uncanny similarity to ancient Hebrew in their form, structure, and style:

"There are striking similarities in the vocabulary, many words and even locutions being identical in the Ras Shamra texts and in the Old Testament. Here and there is found a turn of speech known from the Psalms…the style resembles most of the poetic books of the Old Testament, and especially the Book of Isaiah" (Ages In Chaos, Immanuel Velikovsky, page 204).

Previous installments of Dead Men's Bones have cited the reconstruction of ancient historical timelines pioneered by Immanuel Velikovsky, who has convincingly shown the era of Ras Shamra – known in ancient times as the city of Ugarit – is mistakenly placed in the 14^th century BC, when it should be dated much later in the 6th or 7^th century BC. The significance should be obvious. If highly perfected paleo-Hebrew linguistic texts, featuring theology and praises to Baal are found in 14^th century BC Canaan, then they must have preceded the writing and codification of the Old Testament.  

Instead of the savage, Nephilim worshiping, child sacrificing polytheistic people encountered in Canaan by Joshua and the invading Israelites in the Bible, these writings show a sophistication, and high moral tone. However, when we accurately place these Baalim writings in their proper setting some 600 or 700 years later, they are very obviously modeled on the Hebrew Old Testament, and the Bible is vindicated as the original.

Regrettably, the Biblical scholars, in their feverish, flesh and blood laden pursuit of career and peer acceptance, joined in the widespread rejection of Velikovky's monumental achievement -- and now the entire church is faced with the consequences. Indeed, the ferocity with which Velikovsky was blacklisted and persecuted for demonstrating that multiple academic disciplines had committed egregious errors was unprecedented. In retrospect, we can now see the Velikovsky affair was supernaturally charged, as the principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15) were simply fulfilling the LORD's will in the "strong delusion" (II Thessalonians 2:11), which God has ordained to come to pass.  

Further, since the divine inspiration of the Scriptural record is the real object of this sinister assault, Christian Media concluded long ago that this is part of the LORD's winnowing process wherein He "disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise" (Job 5:12).  

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness" (I Corinthians 3:19).

Although the academic crowd has long been swept away by the false idea that much of the Bible is derivative of material dedicated to Baal, the dissemination of the concept is only now trickling down, and reaching the average Christian.

"Henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive" (Ephesians 4:14).

To be sure this is understood, it bears repeating. The scholarly brain trust of Christianity has been taught for the last century that ancient Ugaritic records found in Syria show important parts of the Bible were derived from ancient texts inspired by Baal. Further, "Christian" institutions of learning are even teaching that Old Testament Scripture directly borrowed writings about Baal, and quietly changed the name to Yahweh – thereby eliminating the entire concept of the Holy Spirit as the author of the Old Testament.

The New Testament says otherwise.

"We have a more sure word of prophecy…for the [Bible] prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (II Peter 1:19, 21).

Having planted these tares of destruction among the ranks of the highly educated, it is only in very recent times these "doctrines of devils" (I Timothy 4:1) are being unleashed on the unsuspecting sheep, who are ill equipped to counter the vicious attack on their faith. For example Dr. Michael Heiser, who claims the actual mission of Jesus Christ has been forgotten, links the allegedly hidden truth to extra-biblical writings such as the book of Enoch, and "Mesopotamian material" – the very same documents extolling Baal which we've been examining.

Part of Heiser's supposedly "forgotten mission of Jesus Christ" is to deal with the Nephilim, the Watchers, and the "Apkallu" – who are the Mesopotamian version of the Nephilim revealed in the Ras Shamra documents.

"The Watcher story as a backdrop is necessary for interpreting certain New Testament passages" (Reversing Hermon: Enoch, The Watchers, and The Forgotten Mission Of Jesus Christ, Michael S Heiser, page 8, emphasis mine).  

Few believers realize the present day fascination with the Nephilim – the fallen angels who mingled their Spiritual seed with the daughters of men – is directly related to the ongoing articulation of the Baalist theology. Revealingly, the very passage in the Bible which tells us the Holy Ghost moved upon, and inspired the writers of the Old Testament (as opposed to the supposed plagiarists who copied the Baalist baloney), immediately went on to forecast how "Christian" false prophets were scheduled to introduce heretical teachings in the church in the last times.

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies…And many shall follow their pernicious ways" (II Peter 2:1, 2).

The fact this verse says the false teachers will privately bring in "damnable heresies" is peculiarly fulfilled in the high brow, ivory tower ranks of the scholars, as the general public is still widely unaware that these beliefs have infiltrated Christian learning institutions for many decades. For example, the aforementioned author Michael Heiser, who is presently enjoying significant popularity in the video Aeropagus that is YouTube on the Internet, not only acknowledges the fact the general Christian public is unaware of the Bible's supposed dependence on the Baal honouring historical documents, he sees himself in the role of bringing this apostasy to a larger audience.

"Though every topic addressed in Reversing Hermon [Heiser's latest book on the "forgotten mission of Jesus Christ"] can be found in scholarly academic literature, [this] is the first book to gather this information and make it accessible to Bible students everywhere" (Promotional notes on the back cover of the book, emphasis mine).

The addition of the data found in extra-biblical materials, such as the book of Enoch, combined with the supposed knowledge found in the Canaanite "scriptures" describing Baal (and the pantheon of gods from Ugarit), spin the basic message of the Bible to the degree that the central focus is no longer the salvation of mankind through the LORD's anointed Saviour. For instance, Heiser's version of the "forgotten mission" of Jesus is to undo the damage caused by the Canaanite "Apkallu" – the Biblical Nephilim – who were supposedly given dominion over the nations by the LORD Himself after the Tower of Babel episode.

Promoting a concept called the "divine council paradigm" and, using the heathen documents we're addressing, we're being told that God gave all the Gentile nations over to the devils – which is supposedly a cluster of 70 angelic beings which forms a "divine council" headed by Yahweh!

Claiming the LORD was disgusted with the fact the nations continued in their apostasy after the great flood, and leading the way for his corrupt crowd of scholars, Michael Heiser tells us the following:

"Recall that in Deuteronomy 32:8-9, the Most High had disinherited the nations of the world, assigned them to the dominion of supernatural sons of God, and then created Israel as [His] own inheritance" (Reversing Hermon, page 101, emphasis mine).

Incredibly, this perspective tells us that God instructed the fallen angels (called "gods" in the Old Testament), to take control over the Gentile nations. However, the verse he cites from the book of Deuteronomy doesn't say that at all.  

"When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel" (Deuteronomy 32:8).

A little background is obviously in order. Just before the new Pharaoh (who decided to persecute the Israelites who were in Egypt) came to power (a turn of events which sets up the Exodus under Moses), the Bible tells us there were seventy souls in Egypt who were descended from Jacob.

"And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already" (Exodus 1:5).

The LORD then instructs Moses to tell the Israelites that God has chosen them for a special role, setting them apart from the Gentile nations.

"For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth" (Deuteronomy 14:2).

Through the prophets, God tells Israel they are going to mediate His glory to the Gentiles.

"I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth" (Isaiah 49:6).

Thus, since God says that Israel is destined to lead the nations, when Deuteronomy tells us the LORD divided the nations, his division was "according to the number of the children of Israel" – and we've just seen that number was seventy. However, the "Christian" scholars are convinced the Baal documents are the original revelation from God, and knowing the Ras Shamra "scriptures" tell us that seventy is the number of fallen angels in the so called "divine council" (which includes Baal and the Nephilim sons of God) that Yahweh supposedly leads, the scholars  have removed "the children of Israel" from the text, and replaced them with "the sons of God."

"When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the people according to the number of the sons of God" (Deuteronomy 32:8, English Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, etc).

Claiming a reading of this verse found in the Dead Sea Scrolls justifies the change, a scholarly essay on the subject was published in Bibliotheca Sacra, an important periodical put out by Dallas Theological Seminary, arguably the number one think tank of the Rapture Cult in America. Once again, the number of the fallen sons of God is also seventy, and this radically shifts the meaning away from the dominion over the nations which God gave to Israel, in favor of the "divine council" of devils who are alleged to have been given control of the nations by the LORD Himself.

"This is precisely the number of the sons of El in the divine council at Ugarit. This number [is] in the context of the disinheritance of the nations…" (The Unseen Realm, Michael Hesier, page 114).

If you think it through, all of this data affirms the prophetic principle of twin timelines, in which the same things which happened to physical Israel during the Old Covenant, are destined to occur to Spiritual Israel in the Christian era. Indeed, as we've just shown, the prominence of Baal in the departure from the truth which occurred in Old Israel is a central component of the Falling Away, which is occurring even now within the body of Christ.

-- James Lloyd

To Be Continued

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