Page 72 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

Chapter 8 - Deception Does Abound

As I have been journeying from Babylon to Zion I have noted an alarming number of
saints who have fallen for the deceit of Satan. It seems that those who have been
waylaid by deception far outnumber those who remain on the narrow path of truth.
Much of this deception is extremely serious in nature, and many have gotten off the
narrow path and are in danger of failing to achieve the goal and prize that has been
set before them.

In the past few years the Father has led me to encounter one group or person after
another who have fallen into deception, and He has led me to examine the teachings
they espouse to discern what is good and what is evil in them. When people are
deceived, they quite often have some truth mixed in with error. Often there is a great
deal of truth, and those saints that are mired in deception and error have in many
cases been given genuine revelation from the Spirit of God. However, a little leaven
will leaven the entire lump, and a little error mixed in with truth corrupts the whole
body of teaching and poisons all who feed on such a mixture.

There is a tremendous amount of deception in the Babylonian church system.
Babylon has mixed the worship of Yahweh with many idols. Babylon wants to serve
the One true God, and also pursue the things that satisfy the flesh and soul of man.
The Feast days of Yahweh, Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles and many others have
been replaced with festivals of pagan origin, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.. The
Babylonian church does not think twice about this substitution, nor of the myriad of
other false traditions that have been imported into the life of mainstream
denominations, and the abandonment of the doctrine of the apostles and prophets.

Entire books have been written that expose the pagan practices of the harlot church
system and I could write volumes just declaring some of the more profound
deceptions that have been foisted upon the church. But it is not Babylon that I am
interested in here. There is a great body of people who have made an exit from
Babylon, and who have aspired to walk in truth, but many of these saints have
themselves embraced great deception and they are in danger of losing much of the
reward that was placed before them.

Not all who journey out of Babylon endure to the end. Not all remain free of
grotesque error and deception. We have many examples in scripture that reveal this
truth. Consider Abram when he was called to come out of the land of idolatry he lived
in, which was Ur of the Chaldees. Abram's father Nahor also set himself to journey
with his son, and to leave the idolatry of Ur behind. Additionally Lot, Abram's
nephew, began the same journey.

Abram's father Nahor failed to go the distance, however. Instead, he settled in Haran
which was far short of the goal. True, he no longer lived in Ur, but neither did he