"My own mind is my own church." He also maintained an interested in Freemasonry. His pamphlet, Origin Of Free-Masonry, proposed that Masonry's embodiment of the sun worship of ancient Druidism was a legitimate alternative to Christianity. He notes that Freemasonry's god, "...Osiris and Isis, theologically represented the Supreme Being and universal Nature..." (5)
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."In The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus, Jefferson describes his views of Jesus Christ, the Christian religion, and his own religious beliefs. In a Syllabus which he appended to his Bible, he compared the teachings of Jesus to those of the earlier Greek and Roman philosophers, and to the religion of the Jews of Jesus' time. The following excerpt is from a letter discussing the Syllabus. Of significance is his statement, "...(Jesus) preaches the efficacy of repentance towards forgiveness of sin; I require counterpoise of good works to redeem it..."
"But while this syllabus is meant to place the character of Jesus in its true and high light, as no impostor Himself, but a great Reformer of the Hebrew code of religion, it is not to be understood that I am with Him in all His doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance towards forgiveness of sin; I require counterpoise of good works to redeem it, etc., etc. It is the innocence of His character, the purity and sublimity of His moral precepts, the eloquence of His inculcations, the beauty of the apologues in which He conveys them, that I so much admire; sometimes, indeed, needing indulgence to eastern hyperbolism. My eulogies, too, may be founded on a postulate which all may not be ready to grant. Among the sayings and discourses imputed to Him by His biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others, again, of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same Being. I separate, therefore, the gold from the dross; restore to Him the former, and leave the latter to the stupidity of some, and roguery of others of His disciples. Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul was the great Coryphaeus, and first corruptor of the doctrines of Jesus. These palpable interpolations and falsifications of His doctrines, led me to try to sift them apart. I found the work obvious and easy, and that His past composed the most beautiful morsel of morality which has been given to us by man. The syllabus is therefore of His doctrines, not all of mine. I read them as I do those of other ancient and modern moralists, with a mixture of approbation and dissent..." (6)
"On September 1, 1752, a new lodge of Masons held its first meeting in Fredericksburg and soon attracted members. Under Daniel Campbell as Master, a class of five was initiated on November 4. George, one of this group, paid his initiation fee of £23s. as an Entered Apprentice. (7)
[Washington's journey to Fredericksburg- 1781]
"The journey had shown that the President was as popular in the Southern States as he was in Federalist New England. On the tour he received at least twenty-three addresses. Particularly noticeable were the addresses from Lodges of Free Masons. This probably had no other significance other than it disclosed the strength of the Masons in the South and their pride in Washington as a brother. His answers, in turn, were in good Masonic terms, with no casualness in his references to his membership in the Order." (8)In 1791, Washington chose Washington , D.C. in 1791 and commissioned Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer, to create a plan for the physical layout of the city, with the Capitol as the center of the city.
"[He] took the road for the relatively brief ride to the Federal City. It was September 18 [1794], the date for laying the cornerstone of the Capitol. The President found the splendor of music and drums, of flying colors, of many Masons in their symbolic regalia, of happy spectators generally. It was a memorable affair for the Masonic Order, magnified by Washington's participation as a member." (9)Portions of the Temple and The Lodge also confirm that Masonic ceremonies were conducted for Washington's inauguration and the laying of the cornerstone of the Capitol building:
"On 4 February 1789, Washington was elected first president of the United States and John Adams his vice-president. The inauguration was on 30 April. The oath was administered by Robert Livingston, Grand Master of New York's Grand Lodge...The marshal of the day was another Freemason, General Jacob Morton. Yet another Freemason, General Morgan Lewis, was Washington's escort... Washington himself at the time was Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Virginia... On 14 December, Alexander Hamilton submitted proposals for establishing a National Bank. Jefferson opposed them but Washington signed them through. On the American dollar bill was printed the 'Great Seal' of the United States. It is unmistakably Freemasonic - an all seeing eye in a triangle above a thirteen-stepped, four-sided pyramid, beneath which a scroll proclaims the advent of a 'new secular order,' one of Freemasonry's long-standing dreams.Richard Harwell noted the Masonic funeral of George Washington in 1799:"On 18 September 1793, the cornerstone of the Capitol was officially laid. Grand Lodge of Maryland presided over the ceremony and Washington was asked to serve as Master... Subsequently, the Capitol and the White House were each to become focal points of an elaborate geometry governing the layout of the nation's capital city. This geometry, originally devised by an architect named Pierre l'Enfant, was subsequently modified by Washington and Jefferson so as to produce specifically octagonal patterns incorporation the particular cross used as a device by Masonic Templars." (10)
"When word came that the Freemasons and the military would attend the funeral in a body, Lear began to arrange for the hospitality that would be expected." (11)Washington's high esteem for the Masonic Order is expressed on the Masonic National Memorial erected in his honor.
"Carved on the outside of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, are words from an address by General Geroge Washington when he visited King David Lodge in Newport, Rhode Island, as follows:See also: THE MASONIC ARCHITECTURE OF WASHINGTON, D.C."'Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded must be promotive of private virtue and public prosperity, I shall always be happy to advance the interest of the Society and to be considered by them as a Brother.'" (12)
THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING
MASONIC LAYOUT OF D.C.
The following extended excerpt explains the Freemasonic symbolism in the city of Washington D.C. (The author's dominionist position that we must "reclaim America" for Christ is not endorsed by Watch Unto Prayer, for reasons that will become evident as this series continues.)
"Take any good street map of downtown Washington, D.C. and find the Capitol Building. Facing the Capitol from the Mall and using the Capitol building as the head or top of the Compass, the left leg is represented by Pennsylvania Ave. and the right leg, Maryland Ave. The Square is found in the usual Masonic position with the intersection of Canal St. and Louisiana Ave. The left leg of the Compass stands on the White House and the right leg stands on the Jefferson Memorial. The circle drive and short streets behind the building form the head and ears of what Satanists call the Goat Of Mendes or Goat's head!
"Sitting on top of the White House is an inverted 5 pointed star, or Pentagram. It faces North, with the point down in true occult fashion. It sits within the intersections of Connecticut and Vermont Avenues north to Dupont and Logan Circles, with Rhode Island and Massachusetts going to Washington Circle to the West and Mt. Vernon Square on the East.
"The Pentagram or five-pointed star is, of course, both a Masonic symbol and the ancient symbol of witchcraft. With its point facing down (or south, when placed on the ground) it is especially associated with Satanism. Satanists can be found wearing the inverted pentagram frequently; and it appears on the cover of many black magic books, including THE SATANIC BIBLE. In this form, it is also the emblem of the Eastern Star, the women's Masonic organization.
"The center of the pentagram is 16th St. where, thirteen blocks due north of the very center of the White House, the Masonic House of The Temple sits at the top of this occult iceberg.
"The Washington Monument stands in perfect line to the intersecting point of the form of the Masonic square, stretching from the House of the Temple to the Capitol building. Within the hypotenuse of that right triangle sits many of the headquarters buildings for the most powerful departments of government, such as the Justice Dept., U.S. Senate and the Internal Revenue Service.
"It would be great to know that your national Capital is bathed in continual prayer and to believe that its buildings and monuments have been dedicated in prayer, but do you realize that every key Federal building from the White House to the Capitol Building has had a cornerstone laid in a Masonic ritual and had specific Masonic paraphernalia placed in each one. Again, wonderful if we are talking about our one true God in all this, but such is not the case.
"The cornerstones of all these buildings have been laid in Masonic ritual, dedicated to the demonic god of Masonry, JaoBulOn. That is the secret name of the Masonic god, the "Lost Word" learned in the ritual of the Royal Arch degree. "JAO" is the Greek for Jehovah, "BUL" is a rendering of the name, BAAL, and "ON" is the Babylonian name of OSIRIS.
"Freemasonry boasts 16 Presidents, including Ronald Reagan, 41 Federal Judges, 60 Congressmen, 14 members of the Judiciary Committee and 18 Senators. One can only guess at the numbers involved within the many governmental departments. There is no doubt that Masonic conspirators plotted against this nation from its very inception to the present hour...." (14)
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES
On the U.S. dollar bill is displayed the
Manley P. Hall wrote in The Secret Teachings of All Ages that the United States was dedicated to fulfillment of the Judeo-Masonic (Zionist) agenda from the day of its inception:
"The Great Seal is the signature of this exalted body [a secret body existing in Europe] - unseen and for the most part unknown - and the unfinished pyramid upon its reverse side is a trestle board setting forth the task to the accomplishment of which the United States Government was dedicated from the day of its inception." (19)
In Judeo-Masonic numerology, the number 13 has
enormous significance. For this reason, the many symbols in the Great Seal were
composed of 13 units, as described by Manley P. Hall, founder of the
"The significance of the mystical
number 13, which frequently appears upon the Great Seal of the United
States, is not limited to the number of the original colonies. The sacred
emblem of the ancient initiates, here composed of 13 stars, also appears
above the head of the 'eagle.' The motto, E Pluribus Unum, contains 13
letters, as does also the inscription, Annuit Coeptis. The 'eagle' clutches
in its right talon a branch bearing 13 leaves and 13 berries and in its left
a sheaf of 13 arrows. The face of the pyramid, exclusive of the panel
containing the date, consists of 72 stones arranged in 13 rows. MPH"
The British-Israel
"It will be found that the Great Seal of the United States contains ten
features of thirteen. And given that some sixteen drafts, over a time period
of 159 years through which the seal was constructed, it makes coincidence
impossible as an explanation for those 13's. I know that the easy answer to
the fact of all these thirteens is that there were thirteen original
colonies, but this surface explanation doesn't fit all the evidence. When
the facts of the United States and the Great Seal are viewed in the context
of the whole Lost Tribes teaching, it obviously fits like it belonged. The
'coincidence' of there being thirteen colonies doesn't add a whit to the
total picture unless it is taken to be part of the [Lost Tribes] material.
Finally in 1935 the final die was cut for the seal that we see on the one
dollar bill today.
13 Courses of the Pyramid = 13 Tribes of Israel
The standard interpretation of the Pyramid on
the Great Seal is that the 13 courses represent the 13 colonies of the
United States. But do they really? Take a close look at the following
drawing of "
Analyzing the Great Seal with this
new information presented us with the following interpretation:
The Great Pyramid represents Eretz Israel
or Greater Israel, allegedly during the Millennium, but also the false
fulfillment of Bible prophecy by the Zionists. The Great Pyramid has 144,000
stones.
The detached Capstone of the Pyramid
represents Lucifer who, in the person of the Antichrist,
"Annuit Coeptis" has 13 letters and is
Latin for "He (God) has favored our undertakings."
"Novus Ordo Seclorum
"E Pluribus Unum," which also has 13
letters, means "Out of Many, One." This is
a reference to God's Millennial promises to the dispersed tribes:
". . . in the latter years thou shalt come into
the land that is brought back from the sword,
and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of
Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the
nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. . .
“In God We Trust” over the word "ONE"
expresses the Jews' rejection of Jesus Christ which they erroneously derive from
Deuteronomy. 6:4: “Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.”
The 13 arrows in the left claw of the
Eagle represent the 13 tribes of Israel fomenting wars and revolutions
throughout the world.
In its right claw, the Eagle carries an Olive
Branch which has 13 leaves. The Olive Tree represents the House of
Israel and House of Judah (Is. 17:6, 23:14, Jer.11:16,
Rom. 11). The 13 leaves represent the
13 tribes of Israel and Judah.
Based on this new information, which has been
withheld from the Gentile world, it becomes apparent that the Great Seal of the
United States reveals in a symbolic code the quest of the Zionist Jews to return
to and conquer the Holy Land which God originally gave them, but which they
forfeited through their rejection of the true Messiah, Jesus Christ. Moreover,
the Great Seal reveals that they are
A timeline of this Zionist conspiracy is
presented in our report, Heeding Bible Prophecy: Death
of the Phoenix: Final Act for the United States of America."...Most of the symbols used by the
tribes of Jacob's descendents are derived from the blessings and prophecies
that were given to his sons in Genesis 49... Although Joseph's two sons
Ephraim and Manasseh are not listed, we know from other sources that Ephraim
and Manasseh each had two symbols. Ephraim used the Ox primarily and the
Unicorn was his secondary symbol. Manasseh's primary symbol is an Olive
Branch, while his second symbol is a Bundle of Arrows. It must be
remembered the Manasseh is the thirteenth tribe. Ephraim moved into Joseph's
place and Manasseh was added to the twelve...
"The obverse, or front, side of the
Seal as proposed by Thomas Jefferson was to show the Israelites being led by
the Pillar of Cloud and of Fire. Benjamin Franklin suggested the event of
Pharaoh's drowning in the Red Sea. The Harp of David was included in three
early designs, while the number of olives and leaves did not settle to
thirteen each until late in the nineteenth century."