Yesterday, I was writing about possession, and how particular demons may have been passed in sexual immorality. Fr Chad Ripperger, he is an exorcist with free lectures on Youtube. Fr. Ripperger stated that most of the people that have come to him for an exorcism, they were women, and often after a sexual assault. We are coming into an understanding that demons may have been passed through sexual immorality. Let us build on this understanding looking at Torah, and what God was looking to do with Israel, and possibly do some compare and contrast with belief systems of the people around Israel.
Post from Yesterday: "Satanism in the 1950's-60's" In God We Trust.
There is a lot in Torah. A learning curve. I am going to bullet point some things for you in a way towards leading to understanding.
- Israel, in the Wilderness, it was meant to be a Holy Nation, a Holy people. Holy means "To be separate."
- Israel was to not marry into other nations of Canaan. (Deuteronomy 7:1-4)
- Ezra and Nehamiah bemoaned that the Judeans had intermarried with the Babylonians, who had similar practices to the Jebusites and so on. (Ezra 9:1-10,44)(Nehemiah 10:28-30)
- Solomon, he married many women from the lands around Israel. Solomon's wives did wicked things before God. Solomon's wives turned Solomon's head from God. (1 Kings 11:4)(Nehemiah 13:23-27)
Don't join your body to a prostitute. (1 Corinthians 6:15) The people of Israel, they were meant to be a Holy Nation, separate from other nations. Given they followed the Commands of God, they would have been keeping spirits out. God Almighty, he is a jealous God. God's doesn't share. There are different levels of understanding some of these verses, different levels being not wrong. Spiritually, a man's Body, in the Old Testament, it was a vessel. A vessel for what? God is a jealous God, and he doesn't share.
What were the people around Israel doing? The following is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article about the city of Baalbek during the early Christian era.
The town became a battleground upon the rise of Christianity.[77][g] Early Christian writers such as Eusebius (from nearby Caesarea) repeatedly execrated the practices of the local pagans in their worship of the Heliopolitan Venus. In AD 297, the actor Gelasinus converted in the middle of a scene mocking baptism; his public profession of faith provoked the audience to drag him from the theater and stone him to death.[77][3] In the early 4th century, the deacon Cyril defaced many of the idols in Heliopolis; he was killed and (allegedly) cannibalised.[77] Around the same time, Constantine, though not yet a Christian, demolished the goddess' temple, raised a basilica in its place, and outlawed the locals' ancient custom of prostituting women before marriage.[77] Bar Hebraeus also credited him with ending the locals' continued practice of polygamy.[83] The enraged locals responded by raping and torturing Christian virgins.[77] They reacted violently again under the freedom permitted to them by Julian the Apostate.[3] The city was so noted for its hostility to the Christians that Alexandrians were banished to it as a special punishment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek)
The people living in Canaan, as Israel was coming into the Promised Land, they were worse than Baalbek during the early Christian period. Israel was not to make any covenant with them. Two spies went into Jericho. They were like Lambs, county boys who had never experienced the city, going into Los Vegas. A cunning female, Rehab the Harlot, she was able to persuade the spies to make a "Promise" to her. Israel ended up joining its body to a prostitute. She didn't have to repent. She wouldn't have. Her people were that far gone. In the shadows, through whispers and cunning, she may have lead Israel into sin. Israel didn't follow through in God's Judgement of Canaan. They didn't completely destroy the people's of Canaan, at that time. Israel ended up cursing itself. They ended up worshiping the gods of the people's of Canaan. Due to this, Israel ended up oppressed by its neighbors in the Book of Judges.
Given Israel followed The Laws of Moses, and God's Commandments, as instructed, and not how the Talmud speaks of them, Israel would have kept demons out. God is jealous God. I became aware of, more recently, the Yazidis, a minority group in Syria. The Yazidis worshiped an Angel that looks to be Satan, a "Peacock Angel." They had some particular practices. The Yazidis may have been cultivating a particular demonic spirit, doing some ugly things behinds closed doors, and their particular practices were meant to "keep something in," or "cultivate" something particular. You can read about them if you like. I didn't do much more than a Wikipedia article or so. I was able to see what may have been going on spiritually, and compare and contrast.
Someone reading this may take note that Rehab the Harlot is in the lineage of Jesus. That is part of how God humbles people. The people of Israel and Judah, the prostituted themselves with foreign gods and foreign nations. (Ezekiel 23) Did certain blessings end up being passed outside of Israel? Something changed spiritually with Jesus Christ. God didn't change. (Malachi 3:6-7) Somethings spiritually may have changed. Jesus Christ is our High Priest of the order of Melchizedek. We are no longer Jew or gentile, slave or free, but children of God. God has definitions of Holiness and Righteousness, and these have not changed. Christian societies, they value virgin brides. When someone is choosing the Lord Jesus Christ, they are choosing God's righteous ways.
There is a learning curve here. I am not writing you a book. Some understanding here comes from God, and experience and study. Someone needs God on their mind. (Matthew 13:15-17)
Addendum -
Question: In your understanding of the Yazidis, why were they being persecuted by ISIS?
I
don't 100% know. I may need to have more information, or go to Syria,
and feel some things out. The Yazidis may have been doing some ugly
things "behind closed doors." Their sins hit a threshold. God's
Judgement on the Yazidis was let loose.
Yezidism emerged in the 12th century when Sheikh Adi, who, after studying in Baghdad, established an order of his own called Adawiyya, mentioned in medieval Arabic sources as Akrad 'Adawiyya (Adawiyya Kurds), settled in Lalish valley and introduced his doctrines to local Kurds who, at that time, were still practicing an old Iranic faith,[61][62] which, although similar, was not only distinct from Zoroastrianism but actually of pre-Zoroastrian origin. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis)
The Mongols destroyed Baghdad in 1258. Completely destroyed it. Was there corruption in Baghdad? God used Assyria to bring his Judgement on Israel. God used Babylon to bring his Judgement on Judah. God used Cyrus the Great of Persia to bring his Judgement on Babylon. The Mongols at the siege of Baghdad had particular verbiage, talking about the wicked, and bringing God's Judgement.
I am not picking on the Yazidis. We are coming into Truth. When someone understands God, we may be able to do some spiritual algebra. God is a constant. God does not lie. God is honorable. God has a particular way of Judging the Nations. Satan may have been working to get man into trouble with God. To be in trouble with God, man was crossing particular lines, being lead into sin. Take your time here. If you were thinking or perceiving in Secular Humanism, and want to stand in judgement of me, may God judge you. Don't bring that in here. You know better than this by now.
Question: It is 2025. Given a porn star repented and wanted to become a Christian could she?
Porn star from which country? Dealing with fallen Christianity is different from calling some pagan Romans who were engaging in debauch, calling the pagan Romans into repentance. There has been a lot of Witchcraft around the Porn industry in the US. Witchcraft, from Western Occultism, most of it was developed by fallen Christians. They may have been doing particular things towards damning someone.
In 1990, for example, it may have been very possible for a porn star to repent in the US. She would need to 100% repent of her sins, and choose God's righteous ways. There has been a "creeping Satanism," around politics and Hollywood and CEO's and porn stars. They all sort of go together? Stormy Daniels, of whom Joy Behar believes is a role model for young women, she was into Satanism and Witchcraft. This was exposed when she had to testify in court.
Dealing with fallen Christianity is different than proselytizing the Romans or Celts or Vikings and so on.
Question: What have been some signs of a "Creeping Satanism?"
In the 1980's and 1990's, rock stars were known for debauchery. Given someone was involved in Hair Metal, he was probably doing some really gross things at his after party. Snoop Dog was in the news more recently. He was upset at Disney for injecting homosexuality in some of its cartoons. In the 1990's, Snoop Dog was known for being an immoral person. People change. Snoop Dog is now a grandpa. It is interesting. Did Diddy Parties surprise people? Rock stars and celebrities have been known for engaging in that type of behavior. Was Sean Combs an FBI informant? Given he was, there were worse people.
Were you in darkness or The Light of The Lord? (Ephesians 5:8) Darkness would be false perspectives and lies. Somehow, the fact that celebrities and rock stars were immoral people, it seemed to have left the public consciousness to some degree, and suddenly something like Epstein Island or Diddy parties were a surprise to people. This would be a sign of "Creep Satanism."
The Epstein Island stuff......that is where people's attentions have been. Were wrong doers looking to project all their sins on Epstein instead of repenting? Some people are looking at the past instead of what is happening now. People didn't just stop behaving like that, nor doing worse things Epstein or Diddy.
We don't need an Epstein list. Stop being a blind man? It is all around you. It is at a bar near a Church. It is at the closest University to your house. One of your neighbors may be a Satanist. It is in Red States and Blues States. Man needs to be called into repentance. Given your pastor wasn't calling people into repentance.....WHY!!!!? Why wasn't your pastor doing the right thing? Was he just soft or implicated? Satan and demons, they tend to be attracted to authority. Was a pastor willing to make a deal and soften his message? In 2025, there is a target rich environment. Those ANTIFA/BLM guys....they are aggressively anti-Christian, believing themselves to be moral, and everyone else to be evil. They would be attacking street preachers. That would be a sign of creeping Satanism.