Daily Devotional, Year 3 – September 14 (Television and The Image That Speaks, Part 5: “Television, Satan’s Advertiser-in-Chief!”)
By admin On February 16th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – September 14
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Television & The Image That Speaks,
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Part 5:
“Television, Satan’s Advertiser-in-Chief!”
To read Part 1, click here…October 27th (Television and the Image that Speaks)
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“And he (The False Prophet, the 2nd Beast)
had power to give life unto the image of the (1st) beast,
that the image of the (1st) beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the (1st) beast should be killed.”
Revelation 13:15
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THE ERA OF THE FALSE PROPHET
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Never before in the history of mankind has there been an image that can speak, until the advent of television and movies.
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But lo and behold, the Bible, 2,000 years ago, accurately predicted the day when a talking image would finally arrive on the world-stage!
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Listen…“And he (The False Prophet, the 2nd Beast) had power to give life unto the image of the (1st) beast, that the image of the (1st) beast should both speak…”
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This above verse reveals that Satan would invent a talking image!
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TV: ADVOCATE FOR SIN
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And proof-positive that this image is the sinister invention of Satan, is that this talking image is, by no means, a benign and harmless dispensary of entertainment.
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All one needs to do is to merely sit down and take note whenever a television show (or movie) promotes sin in one form or another!
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Listen…“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings (pride), and such like:” Galatians 5:19-21
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This above list of sins sounds like your typical day of television watching, doesn’t it?
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ABOVE PICTURE: television & the image of Satan – www.signsofheaven.org
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“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon”
Revelation 13:11
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This above verse from Revelation 13:11, speaks of the 2nd Beast of Revelation, which Chapter 19 and 20 both refer to as “The False Prophet”. And this False Prophet has “two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon”.
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Although television has always spoken as a dragon, promoting Satan’s selfish character, the mainstream media has recently become increasingly hateful, racist, and demonizing all those who decry the bottomless abyss of immorality which western societies are currently sinking into.
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And today’s media, although still trying to maintain a degree of its own false goodness, has increasingly mounted a verbal attack upon Christians, and even upon secular moralists. And so, it has become more evident that the False Prophet is speaking as the satanic Dragon that he actually is!
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It’s just that secularists don’t realize that without the indwelling Spirit of Christ, they are easy prey for Satan to work in them to divide and destroy all those who stand in the way of his plan to turn this world into his totalitarian and hate-filled mind-control weapon against Christ and His people.
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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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SIN ALL DRESSED UP TO KILL!
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But today’s media has the ability to, not only promote sin in its various forms, but can actually dress sin up to look really great!
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Yes, just take some emotional music, some colorful lighting, some fresh-faced actors, and a sympathetic story line, and Satan can even make murder look great!
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James Bond – by SteveBancroft – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 4.0 – cropped photo
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SATAN’S ADVERTISER-IN-CHIEF!
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You could probably say that television (and movies, Internet, etc…) is Satan’s “Advertiser-in-Chief”!
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Because let’s face it! This is a pretty sad and tragic world!
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ABOVE PICTURE: TV indoctrination – www.signsofheaven.org
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“THE UNGODLY, WHO PROSPER IN THE WORLD”
Psalm 73:12
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Oh yes, there is a good percentage of the world’s populace who seem to have “the world by the tail”, as the old saying goes.
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They seem to be having a pretty good time down here! They are successful, talented, charming, etc…
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Things just seem to be going really well for them, at least for the moment.
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Rolls Royce 200EX ‘Ghost’ – Flickr – The Car Spy – cropped image – Wikimedia Share-alike license
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SIN GLORIFIED
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But just like a typical false prophet, television attempts to promote the seemingly “good things” in life.
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Yes, television tries hard to “accentuate the positive” as that old song sang!
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It works 24/7/365 to sell this antichrist world-system to the onlooking public, as they watch show after show glorifying some aspect of this fallen, selfish world.
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Gable – Movie Poster – Test Pilot – 1938 – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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HEAVENLY ROLE-MODELS or HELLISH ROLE MODELS?
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As most everyone in the Christian community understands, the Bible uses not only Jesus, but mere mortals, such as Paul, to be role-models for Christians to admire and emulate.
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But Lucifer, now called Satan, fully understand this, and has given us his own role-models, for us to conform to. And now, with the advent of television, radio, the printed page, advertising signage, and high-tech devices, like never before this Master-Destroyer has perfected his mind-control machinery in which to conform the world into his own selfish image!
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And so, the many ‘superstars’ seen and adored by the lost multitudes on a daily basis, become firmly etched upon the tables of the human hearts of all those adoring fans of these ‘ministers of (Satan’s counterfeit) righteousness’!
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And as a result, they eventually begin to emulate them, to some degree, in their own personal daily lives!
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James Bond – by SteveBancroft – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 4.0 – cropped photo
Poster – Gone With the Wind – US Public Dom – Wikipedia
Super Bowl XLIII Thunderbirds Flyover Feb 1 2009 – Wikipedia – Public Domain
Elvis Presley – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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LIKE THE PROVERBIAL LEMMINGS
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Yes, this Master Deceiver, Lucifer (now called Satan), fully understands that he merely has to keep his deceived ones enamored with this world-of-sin just long enough until they are forever lost…in death.
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Like those proverbial lemmings marching headlong to destruction, Satan is leading us blissfully down the pathway to our final day!
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ABOVE PICTURE: The Pied Piper of Television – www.signsofheaven.org
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GOOD NEWS! STILL THE DAY OF REDEMPTION!
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Well, is there any Good News here? Is there any hope?
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Oh yes, this is still the day of redemption!
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And those who are willing to shut their eyes and ears to the lies and deceptions which this Advertiser-in-Chief keeps pouring out, and turn to the One who bled and died on the Cross for our sins, will find the escape route out of this hopeless world!
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Yes, there is an escape out of this selfish madness…“And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness…” Isaiah 35:8
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Ah yes, there is a joy-filled highway which leads out of this unhappy world, into a land called “The Promised Land”!
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ABOVE PICTURE: The Upward Pathway to Heaven – wwwsignsofheaven.org
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THE PROMISED LAND: A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY!
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Yes, there awaits a Promised Land in which sin and selfishness, and sorrow and mourning will be forever vanquished!
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And throughout all eternity, “those who are wise” will enjoy that Land of Milk and Honey in which there is absolutely no cracks in the bells of liberty that will ring in each new morning there! (Click here, to see Daniel 12:3 reference for “those who are wise”)
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River of Water of Life – H. Melville – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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TO READ PART 6, CLICK HERE…
January 23 (Television and The Image That Speaks, Part 6: “What’s Your Delusion?”)
Pied Piper of Television – TV – www.theheavensdeclare.net – for non-profit use only – commercial use by permission only – – copyrighted by signsofheaven.org
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Give me the understanding, conviction, and strength to eliminate television and secular radio, etc., out of my life…
Praying Hands – Otto Greiner – Wikimedia – .bassenge.com – Cropped image – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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WINTER CONSTELLATIONS
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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter. Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end (The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story). Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon (sketch to right is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon. This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).
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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to left). But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan. The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.
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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark). While a dark night is best for seeing the Woman Constellation, the 4 stars which comprise the Narrow Gate/Wide Gate Stars can be seen even under mediocre conditions. It begins with the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation (AKA Ursa Major) going towards these two doors.
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The sketch to left shows, the two doors are each composed of two bright stars. The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle. The two stars that comprise the ‘Wide Gate’ Stars are the two brightest stars of the wave of water that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”, just click here). The stars that make up the ‘Narrow Gate’ are about half the width of the Wide Gate (see sketch below left).
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(For more information on Orion’s sickle, just click here, “Orion The Reaper”. )
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Editor’s note: These sketches on this page are merely sketches. The stars are not in their exact place. However, they are close enough to find them in the night sky. But as with most stars, it takes persistence to finally locate them.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
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TOMORROW:
September 15 (Get On-Board the Ark! Part 2: “Leaving Planet Earth!”)
ABOVE PICTURE: The Gospel Ark (ship) of Salvation – property of www.theheavensdeclare.net
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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain
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