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When one sees that this pentagram is actually a representation of Satan, they can discern the darkness
of the governmental system in America.

There has always been a duality to the governments of this world. There are the human rulers that
men recognize, and there are the spiritual forces of wickedness in high places that remain unseen.
When we come to discern this duality, we are better able to understand why certain passages of
Scripture speak at one moment of a human ruler, and at the next moment of an angelic authority. The
two passages from Scripture that have traditionally been understood to be references to Satan (Ezekiel
28 and Isaiah 14) manifest this dual nature.

As the students of the Scriptures read over these two passages they observe that some things are
plainly written of a human ruler. Other things are written of an angelic power. Then there are
statements that apply equally to both. Some have erred by focusing on the statements that pertain to
man and concluding that these passages have nothing to say of Satan. Others err in the other direction.
As Christians we are admonished to “rightly divide the word of truth.”

It is actually a common feature of Hebrew poetry for a single passage to alternate between the subjects
of its speech without giving any notice that a change has taken place. We find this occurring in some
of the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament, such as the following.

Psalms 22:1-18
To the Chief Musician. Set to "The Deer of the Dawn." A Psalm of David.
My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the
words of My groaning? O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season,
and am not silent. But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them. They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You,
and were not ashamed. But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He trusted
in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!” But You are He
who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother's breasts. I was cast upon
You from birth. From My mother's womb you have been My God. Be not far from Me, for trouble
is near; For there is none to help. Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have
encircled Me. They gape at Me with their mouths, like a raging and roaring lion. I am poured out like
water, and all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. My strength