“Spiritual Wickedness In High Places”

Almost immediately after Adam`s
fall, Lucifer and his minions collaborated with evil men
to usurp God`s authority and sovereignty. And nowhere is
God more sovereign than in the heart and conscience of
man. In the spirit world, the First Commandment ("Thou
shalt have no other gods before me") is the
battleground that is most fought over. The war for man`s
heart and soul is never-ending.

Nimrod was the first would-be
tyrant to try and bring the world into a global

"New World
Order." His handiwork produced the Tower of
Babel, which brought about a cataclysmic judgment from
Jehovah. However, while Nimrod was the first globalist
to try and unify the nations against God, he was
certainly not the last. The Pharaohs, Darius, Artaxerxes,
Cyrus, Alexander, Nebuchadnezzar, the Caesars, and
hundreds like them have all brought their tyrannical
rule over the hearts of men. And their ideas and
passions are as alive and active in the world today as
ever.

With every would-be world tyrant,
there is one constant: the unholy marriage between a
supranational government and Big Religion. If Jehovah
God made anything clear in the Mosaic model of
government, it was the fact that—until Christ Himself
comes to occupy both offices—the offices of Priest and
King were to be eternally separate. At least one Old
Testament Jewish king learned that lesson the hard way.

Yet,

Big Government and

Big Religion have always come together for the
purpose of enslaving the masses. The devilish duo of Big
Government and Big Religion killed the Old Testament
prophets. They hung Jesus on the cross and persecuted
the early Church. They murdered masses during the Dark
Ages; they managed the Holocaust; and their obnoxious
offspring are still at work today. This criminal cabal
has been the bane of genuine faith and personal liberty
since the beginning of time.

When Colonial America fired that
shot heard around the world and fought their way to
independence, they broke free, not only from the
political domination of the Crown, but also from the
religious domination of a State Church. No longer would
citizens be required to join a particular church in
order to hold public office. No longer would citizens be
required to financially support churches and
institutions they deemed to be offensive to their
spiritual convictions. No longer could a religious
institution use the power and force of civil government
to subjugate men to its tenets and, yes, tentacles.
Indeed, the apostate kingdom created by Constantine`s
spiritual whoredom ended at the eastern shore of
America!

And dare I say that I am proud of
my Anabaptist forebears for helping to embed the
principle of religious liberty into American law and
jurisprudence? Indeed, I am! What many Americans do not
know (and what many militant secularists refuse to
acknowledge) is that it was the influence of the
Colonial Baptists—most notably, the Baptist minister
John Leland—that was most responsible for the First
Amendment being added to the US Constitution.

Therefore, it is more than
disturbing when I see evangelical Christians being
seduced by the ancient Big Government/Big Religion
whorish union today. How can any true Gospel preacher
accept federal Faith-Based Initiative monies, except
that he has either lost all understanding of what
freedom truly means, or is willing to sacrifice the
sacred principles of liberty upon the altar of his own
selfish interests? How can any true Gospel preacher not
realize that Big Religion has always conspired with
tyrannical governmental forces against the true Gospel
message? Why are they so blind to these devilish
conspiracies? At the highest levels of virtually every
major religion, the conspiracy to hijack truth and
enslave the masses is constantly at work, whether it is
Catholicism, Judaism, or Protestantism.

This is what the Apostle Paul
warned about in Ephesians 6:12.
"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."

Of course, the
"rulers of the
darkness of this world" are demonic. But it is also
an absolute certainty that these demonic forces
accomplish their devilish deeds through evil men who are
given to
"spiritual wickedness in high places."

Was not the spiritual netherworld
complicit in helping to construct Nimrod`s Tower of
Babel? Was not spiritual wickedness at work when Pharaoh
murdered the little children of the Hebrews? Were not
dark principalities at work when Nebuchadnezzar ordered
everyone to bow to the image of the Babylonian leader?
When the Lord Jesus called Jewish King Herod a
"fox," was
not He acknowledging Herod`s complicity with evil? Were
not spiritual powers aiding and abetting the Jewish
Sanhedrin when they moved the crowd to crucify the Son
of God? When the early Church was being persecuted, was
not spiritual wickedness at work? When nonconforming
Christians were thrown to the lions and sawn asunder,
were not their tormentors influenced by these same
rulers of darkness?

Of course they were!

Then, why is it so difficult for
modern Christians—especially our pastors and
preachers—to understand that this unholy union of Big
Government and Big Religion is as evil and sinful today
as it ever was? Why are they unwilling to recognize that
the same devilish system that plagued the Church
throughout the ages—suspended only temporarily by the
successful revolution for American independence—is
rearing its ugly head again? Why are they unwilling to
believe that many of America`s leaders (from both
parties) routinely give themselves to luciferian
rituals, such as those annual dances around the fire at
the Bohemian Grove? Why is it so hard to believe that we
have leaders (from both parties) who have given
themselves to dark, secret societies, such as Skull and
Bones? Why are they not suspicious when certain
religious schools and institutions repeatedly produce
many of the leaders (from both parties) who seem to
universally take America down the same path of
globalism?

As most Christians should know, The
Beast of Revelation is as much a SYSTEM as it is a
person. As the Apostle John warned, the
"spirit of
antichrist . . . even now already is it in the world."
(I John 4:3) He also warned,
"Even now are
there many antichrists." (I John 2:18)

Any Big Government/Big Religion
system that seeks to bring nations into global unity,
enshrine a politically correct theology of universalism,
establish Church/State uniformity, and marginalize
independent, nonconformist ideology is nothing more than
the emergence of another Tower of Babel or Beast-like
system!

And, dear Christian friend, has it
occurred to you that our central government in
Washington, D.C., is currently engaged in all of the
above?

Both political parties—including
most of our national leaders and news media—actively
promote globalism; universalism is, without a doubt, the
unofficial—but clearly understood—national religion; and
anyone who holds nonconformist views (i.e., pro-life,
Jesus-only theology, anti-UN, anti-illegal immigration,
questioning official government explanations of national
tragedies, etc.) is being viciously ridiculed, impugned,
and marginalized by virtually everyone in the national
press corps and central government.

Yes, I am saying it: THE BEAST IS
EMERGING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.!

The powers that be in both Big
Government and Big Religion want to control both our
hearts and our minds. They cannot tolerate dissent. Mind
you: they do not care if one is Republican or Democrat,
because at the national level, both major parties are
marching in the same beastly direction. They do not care
if one is conservative or liberal, because the leaders
of both camps are, likewise, marching in lockstep to the
tune being played by The Beast. They do not care if one
is Jewish, Catholic, or Protestant, because at the
highest levels, these religions are committing whoredom
with The Beast.

If a pastor or preacher is going to
be true to his calling today, he must be willing to
adopt the philosophy of the late, great Charles Haddon
Spurgeon, who said,
"The more
prominent you are in Christ`s service, the more certain
are you to be the butt of calumny [slander].
I have long ago said farewell to my character. I lost it
in the earlier days of my ministry by being a little
more zealous than suited a slumbering age. And I have
never been able to regain it except in the sight of Him
who judges all the earth, and in the hearts of those who
love me for my work`s sake."

Any desire for promotion, pleasure,
riches, or fame will quickly make one a servant of The
Beast. And, I`m afraid, that is exactly what many of
today`s pastors and preachers have become.

The fight for independence was as
much for the freedom of the heart and mind as it was for
the freedom of a State or nation. In fact, one cannot
enslave the latter until he first enslaves the former.

And this is what is currently at
stake: the freedom of the heart and soul to be governed
by God and no other! And this battle will never be
won—at least not nationally—as long as Christians and
pastors are unwilling to recognize the enemy for what it
is: "spiritual
wickedness in high places."

Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the
pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. He hosts a

weekly radio show. His
website is

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