The False Prophet And The 501C(3)

 

In the realm of Bible Prophecy, many don’t realize the Internal Revenue Service actually fulfills portions of predictions found in the book of Revelation.

Revelation introduces two “beasts,” who are characters of note labeled Antichrist and the False Prophet. Most religionists recognize the phenomenon of allegory, likening the first “beast” to some form of tyrannical government, with the second a type of a priestly figure, leading the people towards the former.

 “…and [the False Prophet] causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to [obey] the first beast [Antichrist] before him” (Revelation 13:12).

Those who know the Scriptures recognize I’ve put in brackets the word obey, in place of the actual wording in the text, which uses the word worship. However, my usage is appropriate in the light of additional Scriptural statements which tell the reader the party which you’ve chosen to obey, indicates that by choosing to obey this figure, you’ve become his servant.

“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” (Romans 6:16).

In the attempt to regulate religious practice in clear violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, the IRS has inserted themselves between the people and God. Without IRS interference, the people support whatever institution or ministry they believe reflects their values, which enables the recipient of their fiscal support (the “church”) to sustain its function of meeting the spiritual needs of its constituency.

With the 501C(3) statute, the IRS adds a financial component, by converting a right into a privilege. This unconstitutional and illegal maneuver affects the motivations of the people, as well as the leadership of the church, and/or ministry organization. 

At the same time, the “Antichrist” figure is the beneficiary of the loyalty and financial support of the people influenced by this metaphoric “False Prophet,” as the entity "causes" the people to obey the first beast.

The False Prophet is described as devious, in that his outward veneer does not represent his true nature.

“[Jesus said] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Matthew 7:15).

In that the Internal Revenue Service claims they have the authority to define the terms which clarify what constitutes a legitimate gift through bestowal of the 501C(3) “church” status, they are, in effect, deceiving the populace concerning their intervention into the procedure, as it has Spiritual ramifications of which the IRS is willfully ignorant, even when the Spirit driving it is maliciously concealed. 

“And [the False Prophet] deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those [powerful deeds] which he had power to do in the sight of the [Antichrist] beast” (Revelation 13:14).

The IRS has instituted 14 “criteria” for what constitutes a genuine church in the ungodly pursuit of claiming jurisdiction of religion, and the party who articulated those “criteria” is not disclosed in the anecdotal literature of the agency.

The audacity exhibited in assuming a regulatory agency should have jurisdiction over the practice of religion in modern American culture is downright breathtaking, as each of the 14 suggested characteristics of legitimate religion have no corollary in the Holy Bible.

By influencing the people in their doctrinal beliefs, the False Prophet “causes” the people to believe and support efforts the Scriptures indicate will indirectly point away from Jesus Christ, and towards the allegorical character referred to as Antichrist.

“…and he causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to [obey] the first beast before him” (Revelation 13:12).

The reality is, the support of the Antichrist “beast” through acquiescence to the IRS intervention results in people aiding in the funding of murder, corruption, and even Devil worship – through taxation utilized to fund abortions, in addition to the tyranny inherent in government overreach, and obviously wicked institutions.

For instance, the Internal Revenue Service recently “fast tracked” 501C(3) approval of the After School Satan Club – now a recognized “church” that seeks to indoctrinate elementary age school children into Satanism.

Furthermore, by representing that this “False Prophet” accommodates the people’s desire to help in the mission of bringing Spiritual truth to others, the operation of the IRS equivocates to adding a financial reward for such a mission, through the process of tax exemption. 

This “exemption” leavens the pure motivation of doing God’s work, which invokes the component of faith that He is aware of your efforts, through mingling it with self interest via the benefits endowed with the tax exemption articulated in the IRS statute labeled the 501C(3).

A good portion of the people are unaware of the subtle power of this element, as they’ve become accustomed to simple tax deductibility on their income tax returns. Many have become conscious of tax liability, and some 501C(3) “churches” even highlight the presumed benefit towards the end of the year. Those who are most aware of the circumstances surrounding this phenomenon are the ministry figures themselves who, like all representatives of organizational structures, compete for revenue.

This adds the element of fiscal survival to their decision making processes, and albeit inadvertently, colors their doctrine as the ministries they represent cumulatively become dependent on their more well healed constituents. Ministers cannot help but periodically wonder if a particular sermon, or an adamant moral stance on certain issues, might offend those who have historically supported their ministry.

The Bible calls this the “Leaven of the Pharisees,” which is closely related to the concept of compromise. In the Bible, the priestly sect of the Pharisees joined with another sect called the Sadducees. The Pharisees were conservatives who believed in the supernatural, the resurrection, and the judgment of God, while the Sadducees did not even believe in life after death. The Pharisees compromised their beliefs, by joining with the Sadducees, in order to sustain the bicameral council -- known as the Sanhedrin -- that supported both sects. Jesus warned against this “leaven.”

 “Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees” (Matthew 16:8).

The American founders, and the architects of the Bill of Rights, recognized the potential of government to corrupt the relationship between the people and God, and wisely decided to completely avoid any involvement. 

The 501C(3) is voluntary and like so many modern contrivances, it is poison tasting sweet. By interjecting the financial component into the equation, the IRS has inserted themselves in the role of the “False Prophet” through a subtle form of fiscal persuasion. The Bible further describes the eternal fate of those who manifest the role of “Antichrist” and the “False Prophet.”

“And the [Antichrist] beast was taken, and with him the false prophet…These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstones” (Revelation 19:20).

There is a further analogy as two other characters in the Bible, “Death” and “Hell,” are actually synonymous with Antichrist, and the False Prophet. Because the “False Prophet” (aka Hell), “causes” the people to obey Antichrist, “Hell” facilitates the embrace of “Death” (Antichrist):

“And [he] causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast [Antichrist/Death]” (Revelation 13:12).

The Bible repeatedly addresses cycles of time, in which events in the earthly sphere progressively deteriorate to a place in which “Death” is pre-eminent, through the Spiritual “engine” in which the entity of “Hell” assists in “causing” the process to be activated. We refer to this system as the Perdition Engine.

This deteriorative pattern is imaged by the cycle of a “White Horse,” which progressively devolves into a time in which a “Pale Horse” comes to prominence:

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill…” (Revelation 6:8).

We note that “Death” and “Hell” are capitalized in the book of Revelation, which is indicative of the fact that they are proper names of the Spiritual personalities which animate the earthly manifestation of these entities.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12).

Because these are mystical observations, it is self evident that earthly courts and regulatory agencies have no intrinsic discernment to supervise such behavior, so the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights echoed the will of the people that the populace -- individuals and organizations – have the right to determine the practice of religion – without any government involvement at all.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” (First Amendment, US Constitution)

The fact that the IRS has approved a religious tax exemption of a group using the public schools to lead American children towards Satanism, is the premier example of why government institutions cannot be trusted to exhibit the discernment required to oversee religion.

“The [unredeemed] man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (I Corinthians 2:14).

The Good News is the American Bill of Rights is still intact to guarantee the freedom to worship God according the leading of the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures. However, the minions of the Devil that are employed by the IRS continue to encroach on these rights, and believers have been sound asleep as their pastors and preachers are feeding at “Jezebel’s government table.” But to the Christian churches who have followed in the leading of the Spirit of the False Prophet, I say the following:

“Ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim…and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table” (I Kings 18:19)

 

-- James Lloyd