SERIES: JANUS: The Return Of The "God" Of New Beginnings
Part 1: A Gospel Of Compromise And Symbolism
By Ed Tarkowski

Prophecies And New Revelations: Past And Present

I want to look at the similarities between the past prophecies and present
"new" revelations of apostate Christianity and the Catholic Church. These
are not, of course, of God, but are counterfeits. I believe that the
adversary's prophecies don't always say exactly what he will do, because of
the numerous and varied imageries he uses. Often they have an ambiguity
about them, while at other times the seem quite precise. But his overall
agenda does come through, somehow, loud and clear, in spite of the use of
symbols and analogies. His goals will be accomplished only because our God
in His sovereignty has allowed it:

2 Thess 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie: 12  That they all might be damned who believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I once did a report on the ability of spirits not of God to change
terminology to whatever it takes to get people to accept their false hope.
People consciously accept the New Age gospel because it promises to fill the
spiritual void inherent in man. Or they are unconsciously deceived into
accepting its premise through the juggling of customized terminologies which
place them within reach of an occult spiritual experience. The same is true
in the adversary's use of symbols. In the end, it's as though the evil one
has told his deceiving spirits, "Do whatever it takes - deliver our agenda
in whatever form necessary - just get them gathered, because in my book, the
end justifies the means."

His present agenda? To get the world to believe that it is the Holy Spirit
working in the Revival and leading all to unity with Rome. In spite of all
that the Catholic Church proposes as truth, this unity is coming about. The
language and terminology that is used by both spiritual systems (the Revival
and Catholicism) is different and varied at times, and yet this drive for
unity is being accomplished by some very simple, common, everyday terms. It
is phenomenal that so many are drawing near to the unity they desire through
the use of such promising words as Love, Unity and Peace. How can such a
thing happen? It is happening because:

1. The foundation of the Bible has been totally undercut: the revelation of
who Jesus Christ is and what Scripture says of Him concerning His work in
the past, present and future has been changed.

2. Truth has been laid aside, but the terminology of the Bible is retained
but redefined. Therefore, the foundation for growth in the Christian faith
and for building up the body of Christ to maturity - obeying the truth in
Scripture in its proper context - has been changed. Loving the Lord our God
and then our neighbor has been changed to "just love one another" through
tolerance and a denial which compromises God's word. Love without truth is a
deadly deception - always was, always will be.

3. Symbols and analogies are being used to demonstrate spiritual realities
as a replacement for the truth of God's word. These symbols and analogies
vary greatly between the two spiritual systems, but no matter how they vary
and no matter how many are used, the SAME underlying message comes forth
from both. Accepting "new" revelations proposed through symbols is "another
message" which opens the door to "another spirit" and the proclamation of
"another Jesus." The question is, "Are these symbols new to the religious
world or are they symbols from of old?"

In "The Secret Doctrine," Helena Blavatsky says this concerning spiritual
symbols in the modern world:

"These truths are in no sense put forward as a revelation; nor does the
author claim the position of a revealer of mystic lore, now made public for
the first time in the world's history. For what is contained in this work is
to be found scattered throughout thousands of volumes embodying the
scriptures of the great Asiatic and early European religions, hidden under
glyph and symbol, and hitherto left unnoticed because of this veil. What is
now attempted is to gather the oldest tenets together and to make of them
one harmonious and unbroken whole. The sole advantage which the writer has
over her predecessors, is that she need not resort to personal speculations
and theories. For this work is a partial statement of what she herself has
been taught by more advanced students, supplemented, in a few details only,
by the results of her own study and observation. . . .

"But it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings,
however fragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong
neither to the Hindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptian
religion, neither to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism nor Christianity exclusively.
The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. Sprung from it in their
origins, the various religious schemes are now made to merge back into their
original element, out of which every mystery and dogma has grown, developed,
and become materialised." (THE SECRET DOCTRINE: THE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE,
RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY by H. P. BLAVATSKY, Volume 1, Preface, pp. 7-8,
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd1-0-co.htm).

The spiritual symbolism in various cultures has been used to hide "The
Secret Doctrine," but Blavatsky says it's time that "various religious
schemes are now made to merge back into their original element, out of which
every mystery and dogma has grown, developed, and become materialised."

It was rather interesting to apply this philosophy to the current efforts of
the Pope regarding his agenda for the new millennium. As Blavatsky wrote
that all symbols will now be gathered back "to their original element," so
Pope John Paul II says that the preparations of all the previous popes will
culminate in this coming Jubilee of Jubilees:

"Special tasks and responsibilities with regard to the Great Jubilee of the
Year 2000 belong to the ministry of the bishop of Rome. In a certain sense,
all the popes of the past century have prepared for this jubilee" (As the
Third Millennium Draws Near, Tertio Mellennio Adveniente, Apostolic Letter
of Pope John Paul II released on November 14, 1994).

Alice Bailey, Djwhal Khul And The Reappearance Of The Christ (As taken from
http://www.inetport.com/~one/dkrap.html)

New Ager Alice Bailey's writings are based on the words of Djwhal Khul, a
spirit who "channels" through her. Here she writes of the coming "Christ":

"Always down the centuries, at the hour of man's greatest need, and in
response to his voiced demand, a divine Son of God has come forth, and under
many different names..." (Bailey, Reappearance).

When "the Christ" comes, she says, he will come as acceptable to all
religions. In the past, he overshadowed people in his manifestations, but
this time he will take on a body and come as himself along with his hierarchy.

Bailey also wrote,

"He has been for two thousand years the supreme Head of the Church
Invisible, the Spiritual Hierarchy, composed of disciples of all faiths. He
recognizes and loves those who are not Christian but who retain their
allegiance to Their Founders--the Buddha, Mohammed and others. He cares not
what the faith is if the objective is love of God and of humanity. If men
look for the Christ Who left His disciples centuries ago, they will fail to
recognize the Christ Who is in process of returning. The Christ has no
religious barriers in His consciousness. It matters not to Him of what faith
a man may call himself..." (Bailey, Reappearance).

Here again we have the same sense of a completion, "the Christ" coming to
"the Church Invisible," progressively, consisting of disciples from all
religions who believe anything but the true gospel of Jesus Christ. This
same idea is found in the ongoing ecumenical movement; the Pope has labored
since the inception of his papacy to bring all the denominations of
Christianity together as one united church in the celebration of Jubilee 2000.

John Paul's encyclical "That They May Be One" (Ut Unum Sint; May 25, 1995)
was meant to further bring the churches and Rome to one communion. The Pope
bases his ecumenical work on Love, while truth is laid on the table of
compromise. Where will this lead, and is there a timeframe in the Pope's
efforts? Yes, there will be an "engagement" at "the threshold of the new
millennium":

". . . I myself intend to promote every suitable initiative aimed at making
the witness of the entire Catholic community understood in its full purity
and consistency, especially considering the engagement which awaits the
Church at the threshold of the new Millennium. That will be an exceptional
occasion, in view of which she asks the Lord to increase the unity of all
Christians until they reach full communion [Cf. Apostolic Letter Tertio
Millennio Adveniente (10 November 1994), 16: AAS 87 (1995), 15]. The present
Encyclical Letter is meant as a contribution to this most noble goal.
Essentially pastoral in character, it seeks to encourage the efforts of all
who work for the cause of unity.

"This is a specific duty of the Bishop of Rome as the Successor of the
Apostle Peter. I carry out this duty with the profound conviction that I am
obeying the Lord, and with a clear sense of my own human frailty. . . .

"In our ecumenical age, marked by the Second Vatican Council, the mission of
the Bishop of Rome is particularly directed to recalling the need for full
communion among Christ's disciples."

Here we have an effort fueled by the hope of gathering all Christianity into
one corporate body. What is mind-boggling is that both the New Age and
Catholic philosophies are based on Love, but without truth. And both are
saying it is time to bring forth a united, corporate body for the
proclamation of a gospel to the world. They are the same New Age gospel:

"This the church has hindered down the centuries, & has not helped because
of its fanatical zeal to make 'Christians' of all peoples & not followers of
the Christ. It has emphasized theological doctrine, & not love & loving
understanding as Christ exemplified it. The Church has preached the fiery
Saul of Tarsus & not the gentle Carpenter of Galilee. And so, He has waited.
But His hour has now come, because of the people's need in every land &
because of the invocative cry of the masses everywhere & the advice of His
disciples of all faiths & of all world religions" (Bailey, Reappearance).

What's more, Bailey told the Church that they have a place in the worldwide
effort to bring in "the Christ":

"The work and the teaching of the Christ will be hard for the Christian
world to accept, though easier of assimilation in the East. Nevertheless,
some hard blow or some difficult presentation of the truth is badly needed
if the Christian world is to be awakened, and if Christian people are to
recognise their place within a worldwide divine revelation and see the
Christ as representing all the faiths and taking His rightful place as World
Teacher" (Bailey, Reappearance).

In its ignorance, Christianity is complying in just the way a New Age
Theosophist, Alice Bailey, said it would. She predicted the consequences of
trading biblical truth for experience:

"What the orthodox theologian and the narrow doctrinaire have to offer no
longer satisfies the intelligent seeker or suffices to answer his questions.
He is shifting his allegiances into wider and more spiritual areas. He is
moving OUT FROM UNDER doctrinal authority AND TO direct personal, spiritual
experience AND COMING UNDER the direct authority which contact with Christ
and His disciples, the masters, gives" (Alice Bailey, The Externalization of
the Hierarchy, p. 62; caps mine).

In "The Rays & the Initiations," Bailey wrote that bringing in "the Christ"
is based on three things, the first being to establish leaders in every
nation through the overshadowing of the minds of people. (In the apostate
church, this is being done through "the Anointing" and the receiving of
"new" revelations.) "The Christ" would be brought in:

"1. By His overshadowing of all initiates and disiples who are today or will
be at the time of His arrival, active in the three worlds of human
evolution. This involves His influencing their minds telepathically. This
overshadowing or influencing, will be His primary work upon the mental
plane. This will constitute one of His most effective methods in His
proposed spiritual interference in world affairs. Through the medium of
these members or affiliates of the Hierarchy, He will have outposts of His
consciousness in every nation. Through them He can work" (The Rays & the
Initiations, 615/16).

Bailey's second point in "bringing in the Christ" corresponds to the
Revival's plan: to communicate the "Anointing" and the "new" revelations, to
compromise towards unity, and to proclaim and implement the message. This is
usually presented in terms of "harvesting." Here is Bailey's second phase:

"2. By the pouring out of the Christ life or consciousness upon the masses
everywhere, and in every nation. This spiritual inflow will bring about the
reorienting of human desire, and will evoke the emotional response to His
Presence. This therefore brings the astral plane within the active sphere of
His influence; this involves the release of the energy of goodwill into the
hearts of men, predisposing them towards right human relations. It is this
establishing of right relations which is the major objective of His coming
triple activity. The masses everywhere will be responsive to the work and
the message of Christ, as it is implemented from the mental plane by the
disciples and initiates, overshadowed by the mind of Christ" (The Rays & the
Initiations, 615/16).

Where are we at the present time? We are on the verge of what Bailey
describes next:

"3. By His physical appearance among men. Through His Own immediate
appearance, He can establish a potent focal point of hierarchical energy
upon earth, in a manner not hitherto possible. He has never deserted
humanity and has always kept His promise to stay with us all the days even
unto the end of the age. Men in all lands will know where He can be found.
The locale of this focal point of His threefold spiritual activity cannot
here be disclosed, for it is contigent upon the results of the sequential
process of overshadowing and outpouring" (The Rays & the Initiations, 615/16).

In another book, Bailey expands on the coming of "the Christ":

"When He comes at the close of this century and makes His power felt, He
will come as the Teacher of Love and Unity, and the keynote He will strike
will be regeneration through love poured forth on all. . . . this will
demonstrate . . . in the formation of active groups in every city of any
size and in every country, which will work aggresively for unity,
cooperation and brotherhood in every department of life -- economic,
religious, social and scientific" (A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, 755).

Alice Bailey's words below well describe the Revival's ascending from one
level to the next in preparation for its own "manifestation of the Kingdom
of God on Earth":

"From stage to stage, from crisis to crisis, from point to point and from
centre to centre, the life of God progresses, leaving greater beauty behind
it as it moves through one form after another and from kingdom to kingdom .
. . The manifestations of the Kingdom of God on Earth, the preparing of the
way for its great Inaugurator, the Christ, the making possible the
externalisation of the Hierarchy upon Earth, give us each and all a fully
adequate task and something for which to live and work, to dream and
aspire." (The Rays & the Initiations, 738)

Continued in Part 2.