#mammon the false prophet

[monay-monn]

Pc shitpost ft. p!syd and mammon

[angeltreasure]

Hello i would like yout opinion, i am catholic and i believe in God, but i feel attracted to tarot, i have not gotten to practice it, but i have gotten to participate in free games and readings sometimes.

I would like to get to practice it because it caught my attention also i know the tarot is based on energy and can be misleading at times.

You cannot serve two masters my brother or sister. You have to either choose God or choose the evil one, Satan. You cannot have both especially as Catholic! Do you know that our Catechism mentions tarot is bad?

III. "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME" ….

2113 Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc. Jesus says, "You cannot serve God and mammon." Many martyrs died for not adoring "the Beast" refusing even to simulate such worship. Idolatry rejects the unique Lordship of God; it is therefore incompatible with communion with God.

2114 Human life finds its unity in the adoration of the one God. The commandment to worship the Lord alone integrates man and saves him from an endless disintegration. Idolatry is a perversion of man's innate religious sense. An idolater is someone who "transfers his indestructible notion of God to anything other than God."

Divination and Magic

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.

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Turn from away from the occult and its temptations.

That energy you feel attracted to isn’t from God it is from Satan himself. My brother or sister, you must not let Satan temp you into the occult. You might think you can handle. You might think you can control it. These are lies that Satan tells you. He is not misleading you “just sometimes”, Satan has you like a fish who does not realize he has a hook in his own mouth! Our exorcists even tell us tarot’s energy is of Satan. Delete those apps on your phone and devices! Stop associating and visiting those people and places! Block any occult blog and tag on here not just tumblr but all this social media and web searches! Throw away all of your occult objects! I wouldn’t not even be the least bit surprised if you are even suffering nightmares from this! Pray the Examination of Conscience and get to Confession as soon as you can. You must come back to God.

Blessed Bartolo Longo, pray for us.

[bills-bible-basics]

Seven Churches * Lukewarmness * Dead Christians Graphic 02 #Christian #BibleStudy #Jesus Visit https://www.billkochman.com/Graphics-Library/ to see more. "Our True Spiritual Temple" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse056.html Article: "Where Are The First Century Churches?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/frstcen1.html Article: "Is the KJV Bible the Inerrant Word of God?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/is-kjv-bible-inerrant-1.html Article: "Churchianity or Christianity: Which Do You Practice?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/church-1.html Article: "Gargoyles: Satan Loves Church Buildings": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/gargoy-1.html Article: "Are You Just a Baby Huey?: How to Organize Your Own Home Fellowship": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/babyhue1.html Article: "Elijah: Where Are the True Prophets of God?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/elijah-1.html Article: "Modern False Prophets and Worldly Ecumenism": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ecumen-1.html Article: "Money-Making Bible Hucksters and Mammon": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/huckstr1.html Article: "MP3's, Commercialized Christianity and Christian Hypocrisy": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/mp3comm1.html Article: "Are You a Burning Ember for the Lord?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ember-01.html "Be Not Slothful in Business" Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse343.html "Contend for the Faith" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse246.html "Faithful in the Least" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse160.html "Strive for Your Crown of Life" Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse321.html "Two Masters" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse069.html Article: "Parable of the Sower: Salvation and Service": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/parsowr1.html Article: "Sluggards and Sloths": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Sluggards-Sloths-Faithful-1.html Article: "Study, Work, and Don't Be Ashamed!": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/study-01.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/seven-churches-lukewarmness-dead-christians-graphic-02/?feed_id=257658&Seven%20Churches%20%2A%20Lukewarmness%20%2A%20Dead%20Christians%20Graphic%2002

[jeanschoonbroodt]

To those who were once dedicated saints...

This says GOD to those who where once dedicated saints, but fell away :

"You were loved by Me, but alas... at a special moment you left Me or even chose to love the world and Mammon/Rev.3, the sins mentioned in the letter to the angel of Laodicea, more than Me. Now you are facing the facts and reality of that evil and faithless attitude. You are suffering in your souls and begging for mercy and grace... and some are even given over to evil spirits and suffer under My holy wrath according to what the holy words of GOD and of the holy prophets and holy apostle-teachings and the holy Spirit revealed/reveals. My Son Jesus/Yeshua warned all in John 15. Also Hebrew 6 shares what will happen to those who fall away... and also Romans 11 teaches what will happen to those who remain not in love to the remnant of Israel and who do not remain in doing good. You all were warned by many scripture-verses and all heard what would/will happen to those who chose/choose for the world in accepting the name, mark/charagma/stigma, number of the name/666 of the anti-christ/false prophet/beast of Revelation 13. ... and in rejecting Me and My holy Son and Our warnings by Our faithfull ones... and in disobedience to Our holy Ghost and His endtime-revelations and prophecies since 1900. Many of you already know that they will end in the second death/Rev.14., although many of you still hide it for other people. One day you will get what you deserved according to your own will and choices and words and deeds. I AM." ;

Says The Almighty One of creation, YHWH-Elohim,

the GOD of Adam and Eve and their decendants... and of the chosen ones from before foundation of creation, the GOD of the heavens and the earth.

15.05.2024.

The Wind 7.

[gatsby-american-dream]

Gatsby: False Prophet of the American Dream – Summary

Pearson defines the American Dream as an "ever recurring theme in American literature…the belief that every man, whatever his origins, may pursue and attain his chosen goals, be they political, monetary, or social. It is the literary expression of the concept of America: the land of opportunity" (Pearson 638). The article declares that there is a heavy religious indication in the novel, stating Gatsby's role as an "unwitting prophet" of the corruption and eclipse of the American Dream, "a god of material love," (Pearson 639), as well as comparing aspects of The Great Gatsby to moments in the Christian Bible. The article discusses that the Valley of Ashes is the "result of Jay Gatsby's testament, the dust of a corrupted and perverted American Dream; and like its biblical counterpart, has association with the worshiping of a false god, Mammon, incarnate of his son, Gatsby." (Pearson 641). The article then concludes that Gatsby falls victim to his preachings through Daisy, his "ultimate goal in his concept of the American Dream," (Pearson 642).

[idealog]

Christ to the Churches

Jehovah to the People

YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART, I SHALL RISE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD WITH ZERO HUMILITY, TO STEAL THEM FOR MY OWN WITHOUT MERIT OR WORTHINESS.

JUDE 1 8

No Wonder you strangle the children of God, baby killers.

I Ain't talkin' bout abortion.

Lawless Dogs.

MATTHEW 25.

Negligent, Neglectful "Parents",

Nothing but Oppressor snakes for Mammon and Satanism.

Good luck where you're Sent, animals, and Falsely Holy.

The Fullness of the Everlasting Gospel,

As Per the Authority of the Eternal Lord of All.

∆

Let There be Light.

And make things right,

Fearful Indolents.

Guard the Earth, and the Creatures.

Till my Garden, as is your duty for being here.

Ga'bye.

Now you know God.

X

Hateful Schemers.

And Murderers of The Lord,

Lawless,

Ruled only by theft, and hate, and derision, and scorn, to make earth hell.

The real Hell is much worse.

Might Wanna do something about it,

Pretend apostles of Grace.

-The Lord Jesus Christ,

Son of Man,

Son of God

~ ~

Truth, not pride.

Thanks.

-

Service has no room for Pride.

Lusts are to be under the Holy Agency of Authoritated Man; we are not mere animals bound to low desire without a mind, grasping taking consuming.

Dismissing others in scorn is not 'feeling'. It's Hate.

Others choose to dialogue and create Love.

God works through you, yet you steal the Credit,

Vain persons, Cain,

Murderers from the beginning. Narcisso Anta Deuixghthtlahul.

No, you can't do 'whatever you want' all the time. It's called Responsibility. Behave. 🌈

Life is an Education of Preparation, and not for you.

[nijjhar]

Matt 19v16-22:-Rich people like King Charles Head of the COE cannot ente... Matt 19v16-22:- Rich people like King Charles Head of the COE cannot enter into the Royal Kingdom of God. That is why the Soldiers of Mammon are glorified. https://youtu.be/lyvVgVnI_5g Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered by the First Anointed Christ, which in Punjabi we call Satguru Jesus of the highest living God Elohim that dwells within His Most Beautiful Living Temple of God created by the greatest artist demiurge Potter, the Lord of the Nature Yahweh, Brahma, Khudah, etc. and it is called Harmandir or “Emmanuel” according to Saint Matthew 19,16-22. A young man approached Jesus and said, "Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?" He answered him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments of Yahweh as our Supernatural Father is Spirit and He sets us FREE of the Law and commandments. This is a Messianic Jewish corruption." He asked him, "Which ones?" And Jesus replied, " 'You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honour your father and your mother'; and 'you shall love your neighbor under “Agape” as yourself. That would make you morally and spiritually sound.'" The young man said to him, "All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect to bear 100 fold fruit, then go, sell what you have and give to (the) poor, the ones you fleeced to be rich and you will have treasure in the Royal Kingdom of God where you take no money in your pocket, no two tunics, no Scrip, the Bible as your Covenant is of the holy spirit, which is common sense that is possessed by the illiterate Shepherds and Farmers but not by the University Theologians of the dead Letters, the covenant that finished with the John, the Baptist, Luke 16v16; Law and Prophets were till John………. And not in heaven of the Rabbis. Then come, join and not follow me." When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. A Testimony  by an American Soldier:- Youtube channel - Truthsoldier I served in the satanic Iraq war. I openly am shamed for that and I asked for forgiveness for taking part in that war. I actually had my awakening while over in Iraq. My eyes were opened to the injustice of that war. The Iraqi people loved Saddam; they had whole stories with nothing but Saddam’s face on everything. Since then I have been speaking out against the US and ISRAEL on my Youtube channel. Holy spirit, common sense, shatters the fetters of the dead letters, the Holy Books. If we have One God, our Supernatural Father of our souls, then there should be one Faith. Church of God headed by One Shepherd, our Bridegroom Christ Jesus/Christ = Satguru Nanak Dev Ji, the Second coming of Jesus. American Jews are today – http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/GrimReaper.htm Destroying one country after the other, Matt 12v43-45:- The Greatest hypocrites Messianic Jews are to be blamed for Jews hating Christians. https://youtu.be/FlFqaG70EPY How the Satanic Messianic Jews and the Kings and Emperors of Darkness Khatris killed the Lights. https://youtu.be/J23JsomHI2g Ten Qualities and He knew that Shri Ram Chander Ji was the Prophet = Avtar of the Treta Yug but under the Law of Lok Lajj or the Tit-for-Tatt in Hinduism, He had to abduct the wife of Shri Ram Chander Ji as an act of revenge that led to the war between the two. And in the same Lok Lajj, what the people would say, Shri Ram Chander Ji had to divorce his wife after a washerman made taunting remarks to his troublesome wife that I am not Ram Chander who would keep you once you have left me? Thus, the Sikhs are not under the Lok Lajj Laws that were upheld under Brahma but the spirituality of the Par Brahm, our Supernatural Father of our souls in which everyone is your Brother and you hate none but present the other cheek to awaken his conscience in our Father that all of us have the same Father of our souls and we are True Brethren exercising the Divine Love "Agape". Those who still go against our Supernatural Father, then the The situation would have been far worse if Hazrat Mohammed Sahib had not taken the sword against them. My ebook by Kindle. ASIN: B01AVLC9WO Full description:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/Rest.htm Any helper to finish my Books:- ONE GOD ONE FAITH:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bookfin.pdf and in Punjabi KAKHH OHLAE LAKHH:-  www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/pdbook.pdf Very informative Channel:- Punjab Siyan. John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

[coolshaunmichael]

Trump predicted his own criminal character would end up in "lock up". He used the phrase "lock her up" so much it became his mindset haha. The Trump family got its start on the road to wealth with his grandfather's prostitution brothel in Canada back in the day. Day of reckoning arrives. Trump's crass tainting of the Christian lifestyle with his cozy cuddle of glitzy demonized charismatic pentecostal false prophets and megarich dogmatic zealots who use the pulpit to con poor "givers", sees him now heading to martyrdom and idol status in a mimetic desire for revenge against the "devil" - nevermind the biblical admonishment to leave vengeance to the ultimate Judge. Trump's demise is the fall of the American idea, not only that economic lie of the American Dream, but of the American brand of the Christian faith itself with its offering baskets and tithing envelopes all heading for the ashheap of a demoralized religious organization that Peter Drucker touted as the mecca of management because of it's drumbeat dance with the god of mammon. Mankind tumbles to his demise as America falls to the ground with a loud crashing bang that echoes across history with the timeless corruption of human nature clawing like the rat race at the human soul, screaming for material pleasure, more and more stuff to garbage in tragic glee. -sms https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8h1Ffp3x-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[monay-monn]

smt smt dol PCs....

[eternal-echoes]

Catechism of the Catholic Church

III. "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me"

2110 The first commandment forbids honoring gods other than the one Lord who has revealed himself to his people. It proscribes superstition and irreligion. Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion; irreligion is the vice contrary by defect to the virtue of religion.

Superstition

2111 Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.41

Idolatry

2112 The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of "idols, (of) silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see." These empty idols make their worshippers empty: "Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them."42 God, however, is the "living God"43 who gives life and intervenes in history.

2113 Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God. Man commits idolatry whenever he honors and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or demons (for example, satanism), power, pleasure, race, ancestors, the state, money, etc. Jesus says, "You cannot serve God and mammon."44 Many martyrs died for not adoring "the Beast"45 refusing even to simulate such worship. Idolatry rejects the unique Lordship of God; it is therefore incompatible with communion with God.46

2114 Human life finds its unity in the adoration of the one God. the commandment to worship the Lord alone integrates man and saves him from an endless disintegration. Idolatry is a perversion of man's innate religious sense. An idolater is someone who "transfers his indestructible notion of God to anything other than God."47

Divination and magic

2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future.48 Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.

[bills-bible-basics]

Seven Churches * Lukewarmness * Dead Christians Graphic 16 #Christian #BibleStudy #Jesus Visit https://www.billkochman.com/Graphics-Library/ to see more. "Our True Spiritual Temple" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse056.html Article: "Where Are The First Century Churches?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/frstcen1.html Article: "Is the KJV Bible the Inerrant Word of God?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/is-kjv-bible-inerrant-1.html Article: "Churchianity or Christianity: Which Do You Practice?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/church-1.html Article: "Gargoyles: Satan Loves Church Buildings": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/gargoy-1.html Article: "Are You Just a Baby Huey?: How to Organize Your Own Home Fellowship": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/babyhue1.html Article: "Elijah: Where Are the True Prophets of God?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/elijah-1.html Article: "Modern False Prophets and Worldly Ecumenism": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ecumen-1.html Article: "Money-Making Bible Hucksters and Mammon": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/huckstr1.html Article: "MP3's, Commercialized Christianity and Christian Hypocrisy": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/mp3comm1.html Article: "Are You a Burning Ember for the Lord?": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ember-01.html "Be Not Slothful in Business" Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse343.html "Contend for the Faith" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse246.html "Faithful in the Least" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse160.html "Strive for Your Crown of Life" Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse321.html "Two Masters" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse069.html Article: "Parable of the Sower: Salvation and Service": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/parsowr1.html Article: "Sluggards and Sloths": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Sluggards-Sloths-Faithful-1.html Article: "Study, Work, and Don't Be Ashamed!": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/study-01.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/seven-churches-lukewarmness-dead-christians-graphic-16/?feed_id=257250&Seven%20Churches%20%2A%20Lukewarmness%20%2A%20Dead%20Christians%20Graphic%2016

[hauntedradio]

Spirit dance Dead promised land Verse I I see the white devil’s coming Across these burning sand’s I see the faces of Damoclean angel’s Coming to destroy this new cursed land With false doctrine of counterfeit Jesus I look into the eyes of the hypocrite I see the un-holy works of the beast of revelation Turning all your good works into shit

Spirit dance Dead promised land

Verse II I see the corpses of hanging children Burning cross’s in cold dead eyes I hear the sneering voice of the corporate Satan Taunt them with his imperious lies Visions of apocalypsed cities Death planes in sulphuric skies The mind conditioned children of the cult of Armageddon Hoodwinked by their dumbed down and indoctrinated minds

Spirit dance Dead promised land

Verse III The burning bush of mephistophelean ambition Foretold of this wicked time Where the children of the devil steal the hopes of nations Then spit into the red man’s eye’s The city walls of the new damned Jericho Built on the blood and the ground down genocidalized bones And the rivers of blood will come upon this generation Prognosticated in the holy scripture of the ‘13th crow’

Spirit dance Dead promised land

Verse IV In the valley’s of darkness Came a prophet man I heard him preach of a race of winged seraphim That he called the Elohim In the book of revelation Chapter "999" The beast, the false prophet and the whore of fuckin’ Babylon Turning god’s piss back into wine

Spirit dance Dead promised land

Verse V This land’s not your land This land is not mine This land has been founded on the principles of plantation By the founding fathers of the Masonic anti-Christ The serpent man has come to deceive you Turning wise men’s eye’s to blind The forked tongued fuckers with the alabaster skin Has stolen your ancient birthright Spirit dance Dead promised land Verse VI In this new age of deceitful revelation’s Only the righteous will be spared the eternal night The corrupted crucified will hang out on the stinking tree of destiny Then erased from the book of life And they will come upon you with poisoned roses With the Judas kiss of their serpent’s smiles But the truth is they have only come to dispossess you Steal your lands and kill your wives and ‘child’ Spirit dance Dead promised land Mid 8 A The last days of mankind – will come from the seas and the skies And the rose bush vaporised by the hands of the man Who has come to put the world to the fire B And the bombs will rain down – on the children of new mammon Who are by now consumed by the sheer omnipotence of greed And the cry will ring out from the god of the sheep people All hail the children of the 333 And the children of the devil will humpfuck themselves For all eternity Spirit dance Dead promised land C And the ravenous hoards of the corpse fucker kind Like necrophiliac’s let loose in god’s cemetery Will feed on the dead like the carrion crows of Mephistopheles Then choke to death on their own rotten faeces D And the cynical dogs of Diogenese Will crucify their cynicism on the dumb dumb tree And the re-indoctrination of our collective slave mindset Will be welcomed like a lycanthropic leprosy Spirit dance Dead promised land Finale A I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Mind fucked zombies in eternal shopping malls I do like Americans – I do like Americans Genocidal rapturists for some nut job god   I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Conqueror’s...controllers…cult’s of Luciferian fall I do like Americans – I do like Americans Splendid isolationists in the end of times call Spirit dance Dead promised land B I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Who dance the Dionysus like heliogalipidous sheep I do like Americans – I do like Americans Who don’t do the Jesus creep I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Vacuous air headed devotional worshipers of crass celebrity I do like Americans – I do like Americans Where the hunters will become the hunted of the orchestrated world war 3 Spirit dance Dead promised land C I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Proselytising motherfucker brainwashed sheep I do like Americans – I do like Americans Real Americans who can see through the hype and deceit I don’t like Americans – I don’t like Americans Plastic imperialistic designs on vanquished inhumanity I do like Americans – I do like Americans Promised land pilgrim people who’ve not bought into the notions of false liberty

[theholycovenantrpg]

CONGRATULATIONS, PHOEBE! YOU’VE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE ROLE OF SALOME.

Admin Rosey: This was incredibly difficult. Both applications were stunning and shined in the limelight - but there were these small details, Phoebe, that you included that had us absolutely captivated. Salome, I think, is a difficult character to encompass so wholly while not overlooking the details. But you managed to do that, to tie her all together while not putting her in a package. The application was such a joy to read from beginning to end - the way that you tied so many different characters into her, into her future. It was an absolute thrill to read because I was able to see so much while still being tantalized by possibilities. I can’t wait to see how Salome shines on the dash! Please create and send in your account, review the information on our CHECKLIST, and follow everyone on the FOLLOW LIST. Welcome to the Holy Land!

OUT OF CHARACTER

Alias | Phoebe

Age | 22

Personal Pronouns | She/her

Activity Level | Pretty active (6/10?) due to a national lockdown, but I’m a postgrad student so some days are busier than others.

Timezone | GMT

Triggers | REMOVED

How did you find the group?  | I check out the ‘new rpg’ tag a few times a year & your graphics and then everything drew me in

Current/Past RP Accounts | Masha Vetrova @ ProchnostRPG

IN CHARACTER

Character | SALOME

What drew you to this character? |  Typically I tend to go for characters who have a fundamental moral alignment of ‘good’ (even if it’s been a bit corrupted) so at first I was really drawn to Gabriel/Abaddon/Isolde. I even brainstormed them a bit before moving onto the demon bios.

But then I read Salome’s bio, and I really couldn’t get her out of my mind. There is something so delicious about her, so dastardly poetic. In a way, she’s as pure of heart as many morally good characters - patient, steadfast, true to herself. It’s just that her heart is a blackened one. A nature so rotted that even eternal damnation in Hell’s Abyss was not enough. The only fitting destiny was a demonic one, and the wings tore out of her body as if they’d been there, dormant, all along.

I know the story of Salome (thanks Oscar Wilde) & I just adore the way in which the bio weaves the biblical story into this world and this character. Salome the Temptress, unflinching as she demands the head of John the Baptist and damns all around her to Hell. This one line in particular from Rosey really, really captured it all for me:

No, the minute her mortal heart stopped beating and she opened her eyes to the fires of Hell, there was only laughter to be heard – pouring from her lips as melodic as a lark’s song, a stark contrast to the wailing and grinding of teeth.

Salome feels young and charming and spoiled and light and warm and content and this image - her descending into Hell, disrupting it with her peals of laughter - sums it all up. She is arrogant and uninhibited with her sins plain for all to see. But she is also clever. She is a girl who dances with the dead; demon through and through. She lets them openly see it so that they do not think to look closer. For if they did, surely they would see Salome was more damned than they’d ever envisioned? See that the open delight she projects - the laughter and fevered dancing, - all distract from a mind capable of cold, calm strategy? See that her hands are beautiful because they are stained with the first blood of this new world?

…All of which is to say that Salome the Temptress has worked that tempting magic of hers on me too - hook, line and sinker.

Are you comfortable with killing off your character? | If it serves your guys’ plotting vision then absolutely! I’d just ask to write the death scene/have some say in the way it went down. (The person killing her off better be prepared for the fight of their lives).

FUTURE PLOT IDEAS

• (small) PLEASURES •

Grand plans and power grabs are all very well, but day to day (on the dash lol) Salome is ruled by small pleasures and indulgences. What was the point of forging this new world if not to luxuriate in it?

01. I’m very curious to see how her relations with all the other demons play out. Salome is by and large a solitary creature - the natural result of her arrogance - but I think there are some demons she favours more than others. I could see a potential friendship (or the lesser version of that bond) with ORIAS, for one. There were those who saw something akin to witchcraft in Salome too. There had been envy, when Orias was hailed the Original Witch, but even Salome has come to recognise the ungodly power that resides in them. They are one of the only creatures that Salome has any real respect for. She understands that there is value to learn in what Orias can teach.They call them the false prophet - it seems poetic that Salome is drawn to her. (So ! Much ! Potential ! Witchy ! Power !)

02. So too can I imagine Salome having a particular curiosity towards MAMMON. Hungry and dark and empty, Mammon is probably Salome’s demonic ideal. With mortal origins herself, they represent a different kind of demon – one she thinks is utterly beautiful. Their future ambitions could align, both with a deep, aching appetites, but I can also see her purely enjoying the unique company of them. Salome does not treat her ability with any real respect or caution; she sees the dead as a game. think she’d genuinely delight in Mammon mimicking her gift and the amusements that could follow. (Ok not to say I’m suggesting deal body party games but it’s very that)

03. Salome gets equal pleasure (if not a great deal more) from less-than-friendly relations. She pushes purely because other people’s irritation amuses her. I think her relationship with AZAZEL in particular could be very, very fun. Of all the demons, I can see Salome having a particularly petty dislike / jealousy of Azazel for a few many reasons.. A) they are both products of indulgence, daughters of parents (literally and figuratively) who spoiled them rotten. Similarities repel and all that. B) Azazel is part of the de facto royal family, favoured by JUDAS.. and DAMIEN .. and ABADDON .. and Salome has not ever handled that well. She watched on as they, along with the rest of hell, fell for her and thus a time-old grudge was born. C) Azazel forms part of the Holy Land’s rulership. A land that was won because of Salome (in her mind) and one she feels has rights of ownership too. I imagine that Salome genuinely despises that the role was given to Azazel of all demons. I - I just sense so many great opportunities for both bickering and battling.

04. Salome draws great pleasure from her own magnetism. Devotion has followed her throughout the stages of her life, but it too has come to wax and wane. It is there in BASTIEN though, and it’s one of the connections I’m most excited for. He satisfies her addiction, and in return she is both doting and cruel. There is some value in him politically, bu it’i more of a .. personal connection. That could change though. Or, perhaps a genuine fondness might develop, in the same way that other celestial beings seem to be fond of their animal companions. A muted form of possessiveness over his gaze and his wonderment (which may well manifest in Salome having a particular resentment towards EVANGELINE) . If he were to share out his devotion, or if it was curtailed by any harm coming to Bastien himself, Salome would not be happy. Perhaps his attentions have come to somewhat satiate her appetite and tentatively restrains her darkest needs - a fact that neither of them have realised. (!!!!!)

• (medium) OPPORTUNITIES •

05. There are some things she keeps to herself - at least for now. There’s a lot of potential for self-paras or connections with the wider RP plot. To me, Salome has something akin to true addiction inside of her. It was there from the moment of her mortal birth, and it worsened with each hit. Essentially, I think an inescapable plot point is that Salome is a lil’ bit bloodthirsty. I think this would largely be developed through my own musings and mortals who are just ‘extras’ to this RP, but I’d love to deal with the intricacies of Salome having to cover this habit. Maybe she continues to use others as scapegoats; maybe she chooses her victims with careful attention so that they go unnoticed; maybe she does it in such a way that implies the presence of a beast or daemonium.

( In fact, the concept of the DAEMONIUM is verrrrrrrrrry intriguing. Creates who inhabit corpses and do nothing but feed their hunger? Sounds like a character I know. This is a potential plot point that relies on your guys’ vision and some collaborative world-building, but I think there is definitely exciting potential to explore these creatures through Salome. Imagine the carnage of her trying (successfully or unsuccessfully) to out-possess them.)

06. I think Salome would take any opportunity to poison Infernum’s highest-ranking. This isn’t so much be her political ‘end-goal’, but an opportunity for some real entertainment. It would be a game, try and crack the kinship that exists among  AZAZEL, JUDAS, DAMIEN and ABADDON; injecting a few words here, a few doubts there, and see if their loyalty lasts.. She knows Judas from a past life and has watched him oh so carefully overtheir many entwined centuries - I imagine she is a gnat to him, pushing all the right (and thus wrong) buttons. It would a sport to try and make his familial dynasty crumble. Perhaps she might attempt this by throwing doubt on to Abaddon in particular, whose aura contains a flatness that Salome cannot read. Salome doesn’t know of the goodness that lies in her, but perhaps she might find out. Regardless, I think Salome’s worst imaginable fate would be being locked in the Black Cells, unable to dance and revel in the world, so she harbours dislike for Abaddon anyway…

07. EPHEMERA is an opportunity that Salome had not anticipated. And let me tell you, boy do I adore this connection. It strikes me as a true clashing of teeth and spirits, but not as simple as one born from pure malice or hatred. Salome feels many things towards Ephemera, but she certainly doesn’t hate her - even if the ferocity between them implies otherwise sometimes. There’s a thin line between love and hate, as they say, though perhaps neither of those terms sum up Salome an Ephemera. It seems to be pure passion and temptation. I can’t say where this could lead without the thoughts of a possible Ephemera writer, but I’m sure it will be nothing short of explosive. I think this connection is the most Salome has ever felt towards another being, and that in itself is curious to her.

• (great) AMBITIONS •

The possible destinies of Salome. The following are all ways in which her story could play out, and all of them are quite dramatic. Who’s afraid of the big, bad plots….

08. Infernum technically has no throne. In order to thus claim it, perhaps one first has to be built? Salome would have no qualms choosing a side in another demonic cvil war. Why, if DAMIEN were to stake the claim of his birthright against JUDAS, he could count on Salome for support. If Judas were to live up to his title and betray the antichrist, he could count on Salome for support - if he got there before the other. Salome will happily help them consolidate a throne through bloodshed and betrayal. In fact, it will be her pleasure.

For through it all, Salome will be the demon who has thought to use MICHAEL. They are insufferable and righteous and (quite literally) archangel incarnate - really, if she had the chance, she knows that their blood would be the most utterly divine to spill - but they are useful. Undeniably powerful. Salome knows she must be careful here, but she enjoys the undisguised exasperation on their face. As if they have not yet thought to recognise the ambition that lies in both of them. If they helped her ascend to the throne of Infurnem, she would be a far more acquiescent to Caelum’s interests than the current leadership. Why? Because Salome would not act - would not even pretend to act - on behalf of demonic interests. If the best chance of her claiming ownership of the world depended on sharing it with Michael, then perhaps she would be willing.

09. But power can manifest in more than one way. She could follow such dreams, or she could become the world’s nightmares. And wouldn’t that be more indulgent? Where others hold power or peace as their prime ambition, Salome would get equal pleasure from the simple decay of all things. The world could rot and she would laugh - the dead are often better company than the living. Ultimately Salome would start another war without hesitation; she would sacrifice everything and everyone for the beautiful carnage of utter destruction. It had been so easy with the War of the Last Rites, but she had been disappointed when it ended in peace. That will not happen again; she will be ready next time. When all factions are suitably engaged, she will raise her own force and strike them all down together. — Such are her thoughts anyway. Thoughts that started developing when she met RYUK. To her, the power Ryuk holds is breathtaking. There is no other ability she desires quite as much. For if she were to contain both of their powers within herself, she would have dominion over a force so great that no living creature - mortal or immortal - could ever hope to defeat. The dead. It is a delicate strategy, but she has the patience for it. And if there was any who would spill the blood of a horseman just to see what happened, then it would surely be Salome.

10. Where there are mortals, there is faith. The relationship between Salome and the faith of the HUNDRED-EYED GOD intrigues me. In her mortal life, faith was an amusement. Its believers has been her playthings - perhaps they are again in this world. ISOLDE is as all prophets are; tempting. I think that Salome could potentially decide to join the faith – or give the impression to do so. Such a deceit would be fun and far from difficult - already she joins in on their rituals, her feet unable to stay away from any form of rhythmic movement, even ones more gentle than her usual tastes. A demon of relative influence, perhaps her faith would be welcomed amongst those most holy, perceived as a positive development in the faith’s recruitment. Perhaps she finds a currently unknown fellowship in the form of ESTIENNE, whose manipulation of the shadows surely speaks of some rot in his heart.

And all for one simple reason. Where there is faith, there are the faithful. Where there is the faithful, there is the potential for bloodshed so rich - so intoxicating - that she would play this long, patient game just to taste a singular drop. She has never been able to recreate the electrification of that first diabolical deed, when she claimed a saint’s head as her prize. She had danced and damned and thirsted ever since; the blood of an ALL-SEEING PRIESTESS might just quench such a need.

• (potential) DOWNFALLS •

Ah, but all of the above are just potential ideas. It is just as likely that Salome would be subject to some downfalls and some .. rude awakenings. I adore the fact that both MICHAEL and RYUK have such different perceptions of their connections. They are both far smarter than she gives credit. Michael is, ultimately, more powerful than Salome on more ways than one - they will surely outplay her as they have everyone, though she might be of some use to them too. In Ryuk, Salome has started a war she might live to regret - one she hasn’t even realised she’s fighting. She has perhaps been a little naive here, and it will be quite something when she realises.

There are other possible connections that could prove Salome’s downfall – or at least a be a hindrance. In my mind, it is GABRIEL, ZADKIEL and CAPHRIEL that she is most weary of. They each have a light to them that she does not care for, along with the arrogance present in all angels. I say in the following section that Salome has no fears; they represent the closest thing she has to possible concerns. I don’t think she yet knows any of them particularly well outside of the War, but she has thought of their powers. The latter two in particular harbour gifts that could, potentially, expose Salome, and thus she has developed a specific distaste for them. And of course, she probably finds them particularly fun to antagonise.

IN DEPTH

Driving Character Motivation | [TW: Implied suicide in section I ]

I think a large part of my attraction to Salome is that she isn’t really driven by an external force. Partly she is driven by the deep appetite within her (which I’ve mentioned more in other parts of this application) but I also think her motivations stem from her own intrinsic nature; she is pushed by her own heart towards ambitions that are mere extensions of her character. I think there are three central aspects of her character that best explain her motivations and actions: a complete lack of fear, an overwhelming self-adoration and a deep, petulant intolerance of monotony. Together, they’ve created a woman - a demon - amply motivated to do any of the above listed plot ideas.. One who simply does as she wants for no reason other than want itself. Below I’ve given three early examples (set in BP) of these traits taking root (and rot):

I • For what use is fear to those who are damned?

It was said that Jesus’ tomb lay empty. Through the wind Salome heard whispers of women who’d gone to mourn and found nothing - only stone and airwhere a pierced and bloodied body should have lain. It seemed the proclaimed child of God had evaded corporeal death yet again; that the words of the old, tiresome preacher whose head she once cradled had proved true. Their claims and their preachings were not false as her father had accused - but really, had not Salome always known that? Was it not she who had delivered John’s salvation, cast him up to his venerated Heaven? And as it happened - as both the head and the soul of John his body - had not she felt her own moment of pure, divine bliss?

It brought clarity; there was no hesitation in her now. She stood alone, looking out upon the depths of the Galilee Sea with an unconfined grin spread wide upon her face. She had known, always known, that the boredom of this life was only temporary. The adoration she received on earth had grown dull, she sought new, greater opportunities for her talents. There had existed a deep craving inside for as long as she could remember, one that had become increasingly difficult to satiate. It told her that her destiny lay outside of Heaven, that both the prophet and her father the king had been right to look upon her with fear. For if John and Jesus had ascended upwards, could she not leap down into her own descent? The idea of it felt so simple, so natural, so potentially powerful. Neither death nor the the promise of damnation brought her anything but intrigue. She thought of the wicked and the cruel, of the infernal depths to which she was bound, and felt only satisfied.

Mortal though she was, Salome was not afraid. Why should she fear her own destiny? Why should she fear for those she left behind? Fear had no place in a heart without hope. With a simple step, she threw herself into the icy water and waited to reach the blackest depths below.

II • For what use is love to those who are satisfied?

Where there was Salome there was laughter - her own, that was - sharp, loud and melodic. When she first opened her mouth it had sliced through Hell and turned all of its eyes onto her. Rightly so, for she she had laughed as she’d evaded Abaddon’s grasp, clawing herself out of the Abyss of mortal souls and claiming a rightful place in the depths of Hell. The Morningstar, sat above all, had not yet even spoken when Salome had started to dance.

She could feel Hell’s eyes on her, and what better way to greet such attentions than with that she did best. She had reaped rich rewards for it before, and she would do so again. A fleeting glance at her naked body showed her this realm had not dulled her beauty but made magnified it, her skin aglow with the fiery light of hellfire. And so Salome danced, feverishly but deliberately, losing herself in the spirit of the moment. What could anyone do but simply bask in the splendor of her new existence? As she raised her arms above her head, a pair of wings cut through her flesh and slowly tore out of her. Iridescent, they unfurled as if they too had felt the call of her movement.

A feast of celebration had followed. Salome could only laugh in delight as she looked upon demonic faces of adoration, gazes more alike than different to those she had received on earth. Seated at the left-hand of Lucifer himself, she had slotted into the natural order of Hell as if it had been her descent that had been prophesied on earth. How many in Hell, with all its angelic origins, had the blood of a true holy man on their hands? Perhaps just herself – and, she supposed, the man sat to the right of the Prince. Judas Iscariot. The Great Betrayer. A man she had known of in her mortality, a follower who’d wrought a downfall more entertaining than any Salome had otherwise witnessed. He looked on at her with a hard glint in his eyes and she merely smiled back - for Salome understood why. Here she was, a fellow mortal in Hell with infernal wings protruding from her back where Judas had none. It all made such perfect sense; Salome was truly different. Truly transcendent. Made and marked by forces darker then most of Hell could stand. In that moment (and all moments thereafter), Salome was acutely aware of the true power that resided within her, spilling out through her beauty, allure and wretched talents. Why, she was utterly glorious.

III • For what use is peace to those who are bored?

Eternity stretched out in front of her; memories of the wouldn’t fade. Of all the differences between immortal and mortal existence, it was only the nature of time that had ever frustrated her. To Salome, the centuries had passed by in both unfathomable speed and agonising monotony, the linearity of earth dead and gone. It seemed that in the face of an infinite future, even Hell could drag. It operated in a stasis that had begun to suffocate her and, gradually, had awakened once again an appetite that had only been temporally satiated. Lucifer dictated balance and moderation where Salome saw no reason for restraint. He had given her duties like none earth had ever dared, and she didn’t care to fulfil them. She had even grown tired of her puppetry, tired of dancing amongst such frustratingly passive bodies. There was, in a place of corruption, nobody left to actually corrupt; no opportunity to taste innocent or holy blood.

Over time she came to sense the quiet seeds of unrest in Hell, and she was gladdened by them. Once again a wicked smile graced her face, once again she twirled around the pits of Hell in anticipation. There was no better cure for boredom than chaos, and once she’d caught the scent of it her hunt could not be stopped. It had proven easy to have the whispers diverted and delivered to her ears - so many were under her spell, either terrified or infatuated. So Salome came to learn of plans of razing Hell against its master, ripping through worldly divides and claiming the earth she once lived on. At last - she could have wept from delight. And most entertaining of all, Salome had snatched the dice into her her hands.

How easy it would be to join the dissenters, to war with them against the order of Hell that had shackled her. How tempting it was, to dash their plans by raising her own blade to the Morningstar and plunging the world into carnage without warning. How fun, the thought of taking all she knew to Lucifer and laughing as he rained down revenge on the demons he had been foolish enough to trust. Impatient with monotony; patient in the face of action. Salome did not yet know what she would do, and she found utter delight in the potential of it all.

PARA SAMPLE

The Holy Land was not suited to revelry. It lacked the vitalityand decadent excessthat a true celebration required. And really, wasn’t this her domain? Nobody got more unadulterated pleasure from a celebration than Salome - she doubted that even the festivities of the Stygian Moon would be of renown without her inputs. This particular affair was proving even more tiresome than she’d foreseen. Every year she stands under the Triune Moon and watches as solemn vows are sworn; every year she wonders why they could not just be done so in private, sparing them all this tedium. She had said as much to Damien before as they had departed the comforts of the Black Palace, and had received little more than a scowl in response. But she knows her point has more merit than they’d care to admit. How long before these promises of harmony are exposed as a farce? At least that year promises some true entertainment.

Salome thinks all this as she watches the stage in front of her, eyes lazily switching between the three figures who stand upon it. The Sun, the Moon, the Stars; every pair of eyes in the sweeping crowd are trained on them. Salome can feel them. Or rather, she can’t feel the usual warmth of infatuated gazes on her own skin. Here she stood amongst hoards of mortals and beings more lowly than herself, and none were paying her their usual bouts of attention. The only thing that prevented a quiet tantrum was the knowledge that she was far from alone in feeling this agitation. Her stare flickered from the stage towards the figures of both Michael and Judas, and she could not help but smile. To eyes that had repeatedly examined them over centuries, the rigidity of their bodies betrayed them. She was far from the only one who felt the absence of centrality, and that, at least, brought her some pleasure.

Still, she only has so much patience for ceremonies not directed at her.  Yet no sooner did she shift to exit the crowd than did words delivered on the stage give her pause. Azazel’s voice, suitably haughty, repeating the typical sentiments of the Holy Land. This was the ‘Age of Peace’, Salome hears her say. Only the ‘cooperation of all factions and the formation of the tridium’ had rendered them ‘triumphant against the heretics who would cast all into darkness.’ This time she cannot hold in the delicate laugh that ripples through her. If only the annual repetition of such statements made them true. If only they knew of the true origins of the War that brought this so-called peace, of where the credit should rightfully lie. Though she knows it would be foolish - more than foolish - Salome can think of nothing but how simple it would be to stand above all and confess. She’d let them savour the details of her sins and her glories. She would laugh as they wilted under the weight of her revelations.

‘I’ve never seen you look so engrossed off of the battlefield.’

Her imaginings are cut off by quiet words from behind her. She needs not turn to identify the voice of Ephemera, familiar as it has come to be. Salome had, of course, seen her across the crowd - when did her eyes start to automatically seek her out so? - but marked her presence as an occupation for later. That Ephemera sought her out first is not necessarily unexpected, but certainly thrilling. There is no other presence that can so easily bring Salome out of a petulant mood, just as there is no other who can so easily put her in one. But she has found that where there is Ephemera, there is entertainment to be had.

“You have not seen me do many things,” she replies easily, as if they had long been having this conversation, “though I do believe I’ve offered.” And she has, more than once, tried to entice her with offers of dancing and hunting and enjoying all the vices of the world they fought for. She turns her head slowly to meet the watchful gaze of her once fighting-partner, a smirk on her lips as she widens her eyes in faux-innocence. They are two alike; mortals once but mortals no more, the first of their kinds. She knows Ephemera will not rise to her bait within the presence of other Angels, which only heightens her simpering expression. Salome has no such qualms about the thoughts of her own kin; their talk excites her, their gossip only confirms how many pay her heed. She has found no simpler joy than that of walking into the Black Palace and leaving excited whispers in her wake.

“I’m sure you’ll agree that celebrating won wars is less fun than waging them’, she continues, amusement ringing clear through her voice as she returned her gage purposefully to the stage. “I asked Azazel if she might add some zeal - perhapsmake those hounds do some tricks - but she seems to have ignored my good wishes”. Salome can feel the rolling of Angelic eyes next to her without even looking. It was so easy, so predictable, and yet anything but boring. That was the real curiosity of Ephemera, so easy to reel in and yet so resistant to truly jumping off the edge. She seemed halfway caught between accepting Salome’s allure and running from it, and the resistance only increased her desire. “Though your one is the more dull, I believe. So earnest - it’s quite exhausting.”

It is clear that Ephemera is acting advisor and strategist rather than - what? Friend? Enemy? Something in between? - whichraised the question as to why she had approached her in the first place. She thinks to ask, but when she opens her mouth to do so the crowd erupts in an applause more loud than she thinks the show was worthy of. Still, she brings her own hands together for the sheer relief that it is finally over. Her feet ache from standing bored for so long, her wings want to stretch open and wide. She wonders if a large enough quantity of alcohol might loosen Ephemera a little, but when she turns to declare this she finds that her companion has disappeared in the movement of so many people. A pity, but no real matter. She has never needed the company of others to create her own sport.

EXTRAS

[ My (WIP) pinterest for Salome can be found here. ]

Salome keeps no animal companion, for she has never felt much love for the nature of the earth. She finds it amusing that some Angels and Demons belittle themselves by keeping one. However, it is not an uncommon sight to see Salome walking with crows flying above her. Only on closer inspection would one realise those animals are but corpses, a puppetry Salome (alone) finds humorous.

Like all parts of herself, she harbours great love for her wings, and not only for the damnation that they represent. They are formed of what resembles a netting of fine, golden spider’s web. They seem to constantly change in the light, appearing to be more transparent than they are solid. Regal and beautiful, they are as Salome sees herself.

She is a fierce fighter and a connoisseur of bloodshed. Her weapon of choice is a trailing point blade, forged on the day of her arrival in Hell. She uses it exclusively for more.. intimate situations, and favours instead a simple longsword on the battlefield. She is however, proficient with most weaponry, as the corpses she can make fight use the same weapons they died wielding against her.

Though Infernum is the home she helped carve out, Salome spends a great deal of time in Sanctus Terra and travels to Caelum whenever the opportunity presents itself. Both locations amplify an itch deep within her soul, worsening her desire and thereby bringing greater satisfaction when she finally acts on the urge. She has not spilled any angelic blood in Caelum, though the temptation is strong, for she knows Michael has become astute to her presence. She has left a fair few victims in Sanctus Terra, a pursuit which has become less satisfying overtime. Still, Salome is careful. For all their talk of kinship, she is not sure that her fellow demons would refrain from locking her in the Black Cells if they had just cause.

[ aaaaaaand I leave you with the last verse of ‘Salome’, a poem by Mary Lamb. I honestly can’t describe it as anything over then *chef’s kiss*. I don’t know if Rosey read this when she was writing Salome’s bio, but I thought the writing style and tone and vibe and all beautifully mirrored each other?? Stunning. On that note, regardless of whether of not you think I’m right for Salome, thank you for the obvious amount of time/thought you’ve all put into this because it’s been really (really) fun to explore. ]

When painters would by art express Beauty in unloveliness, Thee, Herodias’ daughter, thee, They fittest subject take to be. They give thy form and features grace; But ever in they beauteous face They shew a steadfast cruel gaze, An eye unpitying; and amaze In all beholders deep they mark, That thou betrayest not one spark Of feeling for the ruthless deed, That did thy praiseful dance succeed. For on the head they make you look, As if a sullen joy you took, A cruel triumph, wicked pride, That for your sport a saint had died.

[jeanschoonbroodt]

ATTENTION ! WARNING BY GOD !

ATTENTION ! ATTENTION ! ATTENTION ! WARNING BY GOD !

This says GOD YHVH, the Almighty One of creation, to the nations and their inhabitants :

"Hear, ye inhabitants of the nations and of the earth, soon I will show to all of you that "the internet of all things", connected to Artificial Intelligence, will take over all of the world- Beast-system and will decide who will remain alive and who will be destroyed. I AM. Many heard or even saw movies concerning these facts, but thought it to be a science fiction. But soon reality will shock billions of people. I AM." ; Says the Lord GOD Almighty. "For many think that the movie-companies are just producing "nonsense", just to entertain. But the fact is, that many scriptwriters and even authors are often inspired by Satan/Lucifer or by ME. I AM. For I reveal the hidden things/secrets of past, present and future days... how I decide in creation. Many churches are infiltrated by people of the New World Order- Beast-system, mentioned in the scroll/book of Revelation chapters 13 + 14 of the bible, or by Nicolaites of the Whore Babylon/World-religious and anti-christ-system. These Nicolaites are religious people, who behave like christians, but are not..., but try to deceive churches and to influence them in such a way, that they become partakers of the Whore Babylon... and will be united with their agenda. For the Whore Babylon has, by its false prophet/apostle/leader, the power over the Beast-system, which carries her number and seal 666. These two powers and their leaders are willing to connect all people to the internet-system, by bringing them to the point of no return. For if the injections are fulfilled than the bodies will be a part of the AI-Beast-system and people will be like robots/slaves/forced to work... and to do what the Spider in the World-wide-web, in Hebrew www. stands for 666, commands them to do. Their will be no free will anymore. People will be half humans and half robots. They will be forced to do what The Beast decides. Once connected into the Beast via Nano-technology and particles in your body and brains, mind, soul, body... you will be no human anymore and no descendant of Adam and Eve anymore, but a lost person, who will be condemned by GOD Himself and His Son Jesus the Christ and the Holy Ghost and the heavenly saints and the Word of GOD. There is no return to God and Jesus the Christ and to heaven or paradise possible... and no forgiveness of sins in all of eternity. You became a slave of Satans/Lucifers anti-God-system, for you loved Mammon/money/luxury, the world and its lusts and Satanic/Luciferian-system of lies and deceit and of Lawlessness/Thora-lessness and of idolatry and of sorcery/magic and Satan/Lucifer- and fallen angels- and demon-worship more than Me, the Living GOD and Creator of the heavens and the earth. I AM. Those who accept the Rulers of the world and their deception more than Me, will inherit hell/second death/eternal torment/suffering in a place of eternal condemnation. Because the World Order- Beast-system of this end-time, in which you are living NOW, is directed by Satan/Lucifer Himself via his slaves in the background and his slaves in high and lower positions, who promote the vaccines and the One-World-Global Order, who have to follow him, who is the deceiver of all of mankind and the father of all lies and deception and of abuse/rape and murder and of all kind of evil and wickedness and cruelty.... Satan/Lucifer, the Evil One. I, YHVH GOD, AM The GOD of TRUTH, who never lies. I AM." ; Says the Lord GOD, the Almighty One of the heavens and the earth, the True GOD and Savior of all who obey HIM. "Amen" ; Says the Spirit of GOD.

Prophecy/words out of the mouth of The True GOD of creation. 17.12.2020. Received by The Candle/Jean Schoonbroodt. NL. EU.

[pastorjdo3]

UNINFORMED AND MISINFORMED MATTHEW 27:20

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. Matthew 27:20

In this one verse, there is a lot at work. We have the position of the chief priest and elders, the position of the crowd, as well as the position of Barabbas and the position of Jesus.

For this moment, we want to focus on the crowd. The word that bothers me about this verse is persuaded. This insinuates that the crowd had to be convinced that the position the commonly shared was the wrong position. How is this possible you might ask, because I stopped and asked myself the same thing.

Jesus, by this moment was a well known teacher and community servant. He demonstrated an ability to heal all manner of sickness and diseases. He used the money collected from His ministry to feed the community and help those in need. He defended those who were faced with being stoned to death. He called out the unrighteous and pharisaic behavior of leadership. He proved that He was a protector of the people and the voice of God.

Surely this man who preached truth, and withheld judgement and condemnation would reap the same measure of the seeds he sowed in the community!

The people were uninformed.

Uninformed is when a person is unaware or not understanding the facts. It’s not the lack of information or fact, but it the improper use or application with the facts they have.

We always read the Gospels as though everyone in town was aware of who Jesus was. As evident today, there will always be people who are lack information. These people are easily swayed because they are oblivious to what they see, thus their being uninformed is a benefit to those looking to gain support or influence and sway a weak crowd. These people enter the ballot box with the opinions of others and not facts and research from their own hands. These people will always be the first to yell “crucify Him” with conviction, because the volume of their cry masks their ignorance, keeping those unaware to their irresponsible participation in the matter at hand.

There were also informed people who enjoyed what He did, but the people were not convinced as to who He was. The jury was still out as to whether he was a Prophet, Priest, Teacher, Miracle Worker or The Messiah. Though they watched Him in person, they were unable to line His life up with the scriptures, and thus received His kind deeds with gratitude, but couldn’t see the magnitude of His life. See, even those that believed He was the Messiah, including His disciples, had hopes of the physical throne of David being restored. They believe this would mean the defeat or demise of Roman authority and a rise of God’s people again to absolute power. There were some that couldn’t understand the need for a Messiah that wouldn’t restore them to power, removing Rome from power.

Doubt Opens the Door for Misinformation

Thus, there doubt left a crack in the door for rumors and lies to sneak through. The chief priest and elders were aware of this. Though there was doubt and frustration between them and the people personally, they used this moment not to speak about the strength of their relationship with the people, but to cast doubt on their relationship with Jesus.

The People where Misinformed!

This is a tactic I see playing out before our eyes today. Those that have had the opportunity to lead, remain unproven and have created further hardship and doubt, but shift the light to others in hopes to create enough doubt about them that it will keep them in power.

The uninformed people were now victims to the power of misinformation. Being misinformed is different that uninformed, because it having the wrong or false information to make a decision with.

This is dangerous because having the information makes the person making the decision feel as though they are informed. It gives the false sense that you are prepared to make the right decision and empowered and emboldens you as to your choice.

Being misinformed will lead to an intelligent crowd yelling, ‘”give us Barabbas!” Worse, it leads to spiritual filled people saying “crucify Jesus!“

Misinformation is an intentional effort to confuse and create chaos in the life of an individual or people group. I won’t take the time to remind those reading who the author of confusion is, but I will inform you that it is not Yahweh! Whenever you see lies spoken confidently as truth, the refusal to take responsibility for actions. The deflecting of ones attention to the actions of another to cover ones behavior. These are signs that the adversary is at work. He is the great accuser!

We have a greater challenge in this passage because of the relationship between the people and the chief priest and elders. This was to be a relationship built on trust. They were supposed to be not only the ones to inform the people about righteousness, but familiar with the prophecies enough to identify the Messiah King upon His arrival. The problem they had was their familiarity with the god called mammon.

We too are facing this challenge.

We have an issue with both leadership and with citizens. We have leaders who have been influenced by possessions, and citizens who are possessed with obtaining possessions and protecting their prosperity.

We must spend these next few seasons shoring up the Kingdom of God by empowering its citizens with information. The information we share is not to be propaganda and or political posturing, but a steady dose of truth from Jesus that allows each individual to an informed decision that represents themselves. This also means the people of God must be more prayerful and studious. Kingdom citizens must study so they aren’t made ashamed. We must grow in knowledge and faith so that we can sift through charlatans and false prophets quickly and maintain the momentum of the Kingdom without all these distractions.

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September 22, 2019

September 22, 2019

This sermon will be delivered at Gates Presbyterian Church.

Sermon title  “An ancient story is quite modern.,”

Amos 8: 4-7

The author speaks about God’s concerns for the vulnerable.

Luke 16: 1-13

Jesus shares a parable about the misuse of another’s property

  Recent court cases against pharmaceutical companies regarding addictive opioid drug use and availability, came to my mind as I read this parable. Marketing, targeting and prescribing these drugs have caused havoc and loss of life. These are “great matters” and they have devastating effects on so many people, especially young adults.  

I am also reminded of the ongoing court cases accusing wealthy, prominent parents and schools of scams to get their children into prestigious universities. Or think of the health concerns vaping is causing among our youth and how the courts will inevitably enter these debates.  These issues and crisis are truly 21st century economic, public health and social nightmares.   My guess is you could add many other items to this list.

The dishonesty of the steward in this Gospel seems to be all around us these days, as lies fill the public sector, and false information is irresponsibly shared. We question some public policies and fear average men and women will suffer in many ways as did the debtors in this parable, as well as the poor mentioned in the words of the prophet Amos.  The rise of the number of uninsured folks is coming into focus and it is not hard to imagine their fear and anxiety.

How do these worries connect with today’s Gospel?

Our Gospel is a fascinating story about a rich man’s steward who found himself in trouble. An ancient Bernie Madoff.  On one level he was abusing those over whom he had responsibility, and exercised power. He may have been skimming off the top of their debts for his own use, or asking more from them than he should have demanded.  Who knows what promises or threats he made to the debtors or how he used his wealth?  And he would have continued these practices save for the fact that he was creating some kind of conflict among those he cheated. Then as a result, one or more reported him to the rich man. With that revelation, the rich man then found out that he was losing money at the hands of his clever and manipulative steward.  

The dishonest one was now backed into a corner.  The rich man was demanding a “full account” from his steward. “What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?   I am not strong enough to dig and ashamed to beg.” He was now in the position of those he abused and cheated. A victim! How was he going to give any kind of account that might ease his burdens?  But his problem was his, and the result of his own greed, and actions. 

The steward, in order to protect himself, decided to reduce what the debtors owed.  Now that had to delight the debtors because they had more money to spend, but further showed the dishonesty and craftiness of the steward. This parable on many levels was a 1st century economic nightmare.  But, when you think about it and our current nightmares, our Gospel is an ancient story that is quite modern.  

Jesus uses the familiar when he shares parables.  My guess is that his audiences experienced much of what was being revealed in this story.  His listeners were more often than not poor, rural, hardworking folks. Interestingly, this story is followed by the parable about the rich man and Lazarus.  One wonders if Luke was trying to address a particular need or problem in the community and thus, these two parables. Money, service, compassion, honesty and trust are all themes of these stories.

Jesus shares two powerful statements in this weekends’ Gospel.  “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters, is also trustworthy in great ones”. And, “No servant can serve two masters.  You cannot serve both God and mammon”.

 A hierarchy is revealed in this parable.  At the top, a rich man who needs the help of another to manage his money and property. And then those at the bottom who feel the impact of their overseer’s dishonesty.  But there is also a positive aspect to the story because someone alerted the rich man to the steward’s dishonesty.  An ancient “whistle blower”.  A truth teller or at least someone who had had it with the steward’s greed, acted!  

Today, truth telling and honesty are qualities that are needed in systems that impact our lives.  The steward tried but could not cover up his misbehavior. Perhaps the rich man had hints of misbehavior, but did not act until it became public.  This cover up, this slowness to respond, or the use of bad decisions, have been found in both church, government and the lives of some prominent folks these days, haven’t they?   And it is critical that light, truth and action are brought to these current situations. We can all agree that when children are deeply affected by such actions; our own or those of immigrants, a bad situation becomes more horrific.  The abuse of children creates a nightmare of life-threatening proportions.

For it is in daily “small matters” that we are called to be “trustworthy”.  If that behavior is part of our lives, we will have the courage to address the “great matters” as they arise.  And we will grow into people whose values and heart are drawn to the values and heart of Jesus Christ. You might say, I understand these issues but what can I do?  How can I address these issues?  

Read; get accurate facts; ask questions; discuss issues with respect; contact your church and elected leaders and above all pray for the strength to address those things that fly in the face of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Bring the ancient values of the Gospel to your world today.  Love your neighbor as yourself!

Amen