No 22

(Freemasonry)

We looked briefly at this cult in our study of Secretive Groups (Study # 117). Freemasonry refers to the principles, institutions, and practices of the fraternal order of the Free and Accepted Masons. The largest worldwide society, Freemasonry is an organization of men based on the "fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man,” Their motto is "morality in which all men agree, that is, to be good men and true." It is religious in that a belief in a Supreme Being and in the immortality of the soul are the two prime requirements for membership, but it is non-sectarian in that any and all religions are welcome – it is a melting pot of religion.

Freemasonry is divided up into lodges and has three degrees – Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. Many symbols are used in Masonry and there is an old English term that defines it "Freemasonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbol," Freemason’s symbols can be made to mean almost anything a person chooses to make them and it was originally a means by which people in the occult could practice their "craft" and still remain respectable citizens.

The symbols on the back of the U.S. dollar bill (see example) such as: the pyramid, the all-seeing eye, the number of feathers on the eagle's spread wings, the stars above the eagle's head in the shape of the Star of David, and the mottos “novus ordo seclorum” (a new order of the ages) are all symbols of Freemasonry. Masons refer to the Bible as the "Volume of the Sacred Law" but it is used only in a so-called "Christian" lodge -- the Hebrew Pentateuch is used in a Hebrew lodge, the Koran in a Mohammedan lodge, the Vedas in a Brahmin lodge, etc. Jim Shaw, a former 33rd degree Mason, says that Masonry is not based on the Bible, but on the Kabala (Cabala), a medieval book of mysticism and magic. Masons require one to believe in God to be a member, but the candidate is never required to say what god he believes in and the name of Christ is seldom referred to in Masonic literature, apparently due to Masons not wanting to offend their non-Christian members. Some famous Masons were Mozart, George Washington, Henry Ford and Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons.

In short, Freemasonry falls into this category as described in the book of James chapter 3 verse 15 – “This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.” If you know anyone who is in this cult, tell them to get out; their soul depends on it.