Image of the god of this world is giving people ashes to feed on.

Isaiah 44:18-20

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
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The verses of this post continue from the posts mentioned directly below,
Image of the god of this world is fashioned into human beings, from Isaiah 44:13-14
Image of the god of this world hinges on the terrestrial ecosystems, from Isaiah 44:15-17

“They do not know nor understand; For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.” Isaiah 44:18

Those who are being fashioned into the image of the beast by what they are given to say and do have no understanding, they have their eyes shut, and their hearts are closed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With that, they are led to serve the environment as their god as this present world system places it faith for salvation on the terrestrial ecosystems.

The beast that gives people what to say, do, think, and feel cannot function in the presence of the Holy Spirit. That is why the spirit and heart of people are being hardened against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By what they are given to say and do, they are given no understanding, and their eyes are shut to the Way, Truth, and Life of Christ Jesus. Those who choose to serve the power of darkness through the beast are choosing against belief in God the Creator, Christ Jesus, and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

“But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” 2 Corinthians 4:3-4

How can you know if you have the Holy Spirit? If you do not speak against Jesus the Christ, and say that He is Lord, then you have the Holy Spirit, “Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus ^[c]accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:3

“And no one considers in his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it; And will I make the rest of it an abomination? Will I fall down before a block of wood?” Isaiah 44:19

The half that is burnt in fire refers to half of a tree being used for firewood after an idol was carved from the same tree. That is spoken about in the post on Isaiah 44:15-17. The Israelites weren’t able to understand the futility of serving an idol made with the same wood that they threw into the fire to cook with. It’s a good thing to have firewood for cooking but is an abomination to use the rest of the wood to make an idol with. Isaiah wasn’t about to submit his entire way of life to a block of wood but upheld his faith to the Living God.

Today, there is a huge amount of focus placed on human needs. It’s a good thing that people want to look after the physical needs of one another, but it is an abomination when the human being becomes more important than God the Creator of all creation, “Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.” Romans 1:22-23

Jesus answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” Matthe w4:4

Humanism is the fig leaf worn by those who serve the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel, and is defined in this way, humanism is “…an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems:” Those who live their life for the human being instead of for the Living Creator do not understand that they are serving “wood” that comes to an end and will be thrown into the fire, “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” 1 Peter 1:24-25

“Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” are being taught in schools at the same time that the values of the Bible are prohibited from being discussed in the classrooms. Maslow’s teachings are interwoven into various textbooks. For example, when I studied for my Business Administration degree [AAB], Maslow was taught in textbooks for marketing, taught in textbooks for psychology, taught in textbooks for human resource management, etc. Maslow focuses only on human aspects of physiology, totally ignoring the spirit of the person, and rejects the need for belief in God, repentance through Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Below is an image of the model of Maslow’s teachings. The teaching is that the needs at the very bottom of the pyramid have to be fulfilled first, then work up through the pyramid until all needs are met.

“Belonginess and Love” would be inclusion into the culture of the beast when someone begins to live for the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. After that comes “Esteem Needs” being met as honor, dignity, and respect is given to each other within the culture of the beast. Then comes “Self-Actualization” needs being met as the person begins to achieve who they are within the culture of the beast according to where they receive positive support. Below “Belonging and Love” is “Safety Needs” and “Physiological Needs” which people who shun the beast that gives what to say, do, think, and feel are left many insecurities, such has safety issues, housing issues, food insecurities, health issues, sexual fulfillment issues, lack of human warmth, etc. That is the essence of this verse, “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelations 13:15-17

Jesus the Christ says this, “I do not receive honor from men. But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?” John 5:41-44

We can see Maslow’s teachings interwoven within the “Sustainable Development Goals” of the United Nations. The United Nations was established in 1945, immediately after World War 2, and brought the government of the beast with it, as described in Daniel 8:1-14 and also Revelations 17.

“He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” Isaiah 44:20

People who serve the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel has a heart that has deceived them from the Truth. They have been turned aside in their deception and led astray from the Way, Truth, and the Life found in Christ Jesus. They don’t have enough understanding to be able to ask the question, “Isn’t the beast in my “right hand” a lie?”

“…they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

People who serve the “block of wood” by wearing the fig leaf of humanism are being fed ashes. The fig leaf of humanism is worn by those who serve the power of darkness through the beast that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. The government of the beast and its global culture will be destroyed by earthly heat as well as being destined to the eternal fire of Hell.

Global warming is already in the world and is the Fourth Plague of Revelations 16:8-9. As hot as what the heat of the sun is today, it becomes more severe along with all of the effects it brings. The more powerful the United Nations become as the undisputed one world government the hotter and more intense the effects of global warming becomes. And they still refuse to repent and to glorify the name of the Lord, “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelations 16:8-9.

By the Spirit of the Lord, Peter says this, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:10-13

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, 
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come...
I am coming soon. 
Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.’”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1