Evil has had such success in recent years, that it is now becoming increasingly bold and open. You can read in the history of the development of Christianity in Rome that once Christianity became dominant in the empire, that it was no longer tenable for the pagans to function in the open. Paganism was not extinguished, the elite pagans just began to practice it behind closed doors. J.B. Bury records this in the first volume of the Cambridge Medieval History. Over the course of western history it was not acceptable to be openly pagan.
But in the post World War 2 period this has changed drastically. The rise of atheistic
rationalism has had the end result of creating a vacuum in society that makes
place for paganism to step back into the limelight. Here is a prominent example
from 2016,
“The reproductions of the 50-foot arch that stood at the
Temple of Baal in Palmyra, Syria, that will be erected in New York City and
London next month will only be the first of many. As you will see below, it
turns out that there are plans to put arches in hundreds more cities all over
the globe. The organization behind this is the Institute of Digital Archaeology,
which is a joint venture between Harvard University, the University of Oxford
and Dubai's Museum of the Future. The initial arches from the Temple of Baal
that will be erected in New York and London as part of UNESCO's World Heritage
Week in April are intended "as a gesture of defiance", but ultimately
the plan is to share this "cultural treasure" with as many cities
around the planet as possible.”[i]
The plan is to
place these commemorations to Baal all over the planet,
“But these are not the only two giant arches that are going
to be made. That same article from the New York Post says that the Institute
for Digital Archaeology ultimately hopes to put 1,000 of these arches in cities
all over the globe ...
The institute plans to construct approximately 1,000 such
versions of the arch in cities throughout the world.”
These
increasing public displays of the acknowledgment of a wicked deity like Baal make
a lot of sense. When you consider how quickly and how badly morality is
declining in the West, those of us who are believers should all expect to see signs of a
supernatural and demonic source behind all of this.
The article
also notes,
“If you are anything like me, this is an extremely disturbing
development. Baal worship is definitely not something that we should be
celebrating as a society. There were very good reasons why the God of the Bible
found it so incredibly repulsive. The following description of what went on
during Baal worship comes from Scott Brown...
We know that there were usually lots of people gathered,
often on a high hill (like a theatre or stadium) to observe public sex, just
like we see in movies and television and on the Internet (Num. 22:41, 1 Kings
12:25-33). We think that our watching these things is different than the
idolatry of old, but this is not so…
… People
danced around the Asherah pole, which was nothing more than a phallic symbol.
It is quite possible that these poles functioned somewhat like the poles in
what are called, "gentlemen's clubs." The people also acted out
lustful, licentious, bawdy scenes for the enjoyment of all who came (Is.
57:5-8; Deut. 23:17).They had all the different kinds of sexual experiences on
display including men with women, men with men and all of the combinations that
are popular today in sitcoms, movies and news reports. On top of that, they
invited the crowd to participate (1 Kings 14:24).”[ii]
The increase
of sexual immorality and perversion in our society is not happening by accident.
There was never going to be a Star Trek style rationalistic, ethical
and technological utopia. There are only two choices, sanity under Christ, or
insanity under Bel (Baal); that is the Devil.
Evil is
currently emboldened and it is sobering to think just how much sexual depravity
has degenerated since 2016. Satanists were bold enough back then to make public
displays of their worship of Baal. Now they are openly diaplaying more of their perversions in public. Only the rise of Christianity can turn this
back around.
List of References
[i] Michael
Snyder, 2016, https://www.charismanews.com/world/56074-it-s-not-just-times-square-altars-to-baal-will-be-built-around-the-wolrd?fbclid=IwAR2phSyF18VTdm0dik0WjyZSjpGxLj0NQI-3SQ0GcLSZCr5yj2SKwawM97g
[ii]
Ibid.
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