Nostradamus : Prophet Of God Or Messenger Of Satan? Pt 2

NOSTRADAMUS : PROPHET OF GOD OR MESSENGER OF SATAN? PT 2

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Controversial Practice Of Channeling vs Godly Prophesying,
True Prophets vs The Inaccuracy Of False Prophets, America's
Generation Of False Shepherds, New Age Influence On American
West Coast, New Agers Charismatics And Damnable Necromancy,
Possible Motivations Behind The Omission Of Christ's Return,
Seeing What We Want To See, Our Hunger To Know The Unknown,
Controlling Our Own Destinies, Trusting God For The Future,
My Position, Being Persuaded In Our Minds, Concluding Remarks

So how do my previous remarks relate to the "prophecies" of
Michel Nostradamus? Well, for one thing, many of us do not
read French. In addition, we have never met the man, or read
the original manuscripts. We are relying upon the honesty,
integrity and accuracy of the interpreters, as well as that
of those individuals who had power over the translators and
interpreters. In this particular case, we are talking about
Dolores Cannon's trilogy, "Conversations With Nostradamus";
and we are being asked to demonstrate great faith in the
channeling abilities of several people who were under her
direct supervision.

As you will already know, the concept of channeling itself
is a highly controversial practice. We are asked by Cannon
to believe that some of the channelers, and one of them in
particular, spoke directly with Michel Nostradamus, or with
his spirit, or actually took on the very essence of Michel
Nostradamus. So should we just outright dismiss channeling
as being a Satanic practice?

If we choose to adopt a liberal position, there does appear
to be a similarity between channeling and prophesying. In
the one case, that is, channeling, we are asked to believe
that the channeler's body becomes a medium through which the
spirit of a departed person can speak and convey some sort
of knowledge. In most Biblical prophecies, as I mentioned
before, the Prophet is either overcome by the Spirit of God,
or is taken up in the Spirit, or else someone, usually an
Angelic Messenger, is chosen to bring the message to the
Prophet in a dream or a vision. The Bible tends to be rather
nebulous in the terminology it uses to describe these events.

So if we adhere to this liberal point of view, we could say
that channeling might be considered the New Age term for
prophesying. But is it really? Rather than embrace a liberal
perspective, my view concerning such matters, is that it is
wiser to err on the side of caution, and to adopt a more
conservative view of the Scriptures. After all, God's Word
is the only true standard for determining what is upright
Christian living. From studying the Bible, we learn that
true prophesying is inspired by the Spirit of God and bears
good fruit in some way; and it always comes to pass. Can the
same be said for channeled messages? Just studying some of
the New Age information will quickly reveal that there are a
lot of misses. What does the Bible have to say about this?
Consider the following:

"And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word
which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in
the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to
pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him."
Deuteronomy 18:21-22, KJV

"And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then
shall they know that a prophet hath been among them."
Ezekiel 33:33, KJV

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let
not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of
you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye
cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you in
my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 29:8-9, KJV

"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by
their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will
ye do in the end thereof?"
Jeremiah 5:31, KJV

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."
Matthew 7:20, KJV

In summary, what all of the previous verses are saying, is
that, using an American clichÃ¯Â¿Â½, the proof is in the pudding.
In other words, in most cases, frauds and charlatans will be
easy to spot; because what they say will not come to pass;
at least not on a regular, consistent basis. Due to random
chance, they may get some things right on occasion, but if
they are not one hundred per cent accurate all the time,
then watch out! Sadly, as the previous verses also reveal,
some people love being deceived by these false prophets and
psychics. Just look at how popular these things are in such
places as the West Coast of the United States, where the New
Age crowd has a stronghold. It seems that everybody and his
brother has a personal psychic who is just a phone call away.

Sadly, as I explain in such series as "Modern False Prophets
And Worldly Ecumenism", and in "Elijah: Where Are The True
Prophets Of God?", organized religion in America is plagued
with the very same problem. There are "wannabe prophets" all
over the place spreading all kinds of damnable heresies, and
some people are foolish enough to fall under their spell. A
verse which clearly describes these false shepherds within
the Lord's Church is the following, written by the Apostle
Peter almost two thousand years ago:

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even
as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily
shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that
bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
2 Peter 2:1, KJV

While Peter, Paul and others were primarily referring to the
false Jewish brethren who crept into their fellowships, with
the intention of trying to bring the newly-won brethren back
under the bondage of the Mosaic Law, such as through trying
to enforce circumcision, today we have so-called Christian
leaders who are doing the very same thing. Some of them say
that a person is not even saved unless he or she speaks in
tongues. Others promote being slain in the spirit. Some even
go so far as to assert that certain parts of the Bible are
outdated and no longer apply to our modern living. Thus, gay
and lesbian "marriages", as well as gay and lesbian priests,
ministers and pastors are acceptable in their churches. And,
of course, preaching "financial blessings" is one of their
all-time favorites which many of them use in order to milk
their flocks for all they can get; just like the false
shepherds found in Ezekiel chapter thirty-four.

Aside from the fact that channelers have a lot of hits and
misses, much of the channeled information they receive is
clearly contrary to Biblical teachings. This is particularly
true in regards to the unique status of Jesus Christ, and
the central role which He holds in God's Redemptive Plan for
humanity. As I point out in other articles, many New Agers
soundly reject Jesus' Messiahship, and place Him on equal
footing with other so-called "avatars", such as Muhammad,
Buddha, Confucius, and the like. So, it seems to me that
channeling has more in common with the Biblically-forbidden
practices of divination, entertaining familiar spirits, and
necromancy; that is, speaking with the dead. In her series,
Cannon clearly states that one channeler not only spoke with
Michel Nostradamus, but in fact supposedly allowed the very
spirit of Michel Nostradamus to overcome him. That amounts
to demonic possession if you ask me.

Sadly, these New Age channelers are not the only ones who
have fallen for this demonic deception. I have read a number
of accounts where certain Roman Catholic charismatics also
allow dead nuns, relatives, saints, etc. to speak through
their bodies. Let me remind you again of what the Bible has
to say regarding necromancy; and let us not forget that when
rebellious King Saul engaged in this evil practice, and went
to the witch of Endor in order to call up the departed spirit
of the Prophet Samuel, the king was slain by the Lord the
very next day:

"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his
son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth
divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a
witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard, or a necromancer."
Deuteronomy 18:10-11, KJV

"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have
familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the
living to the dead?"
Isaiah 8:19, KJV

Returning to an issue I discussed in part one, it could be
that the Second Coming of Christ is clearly mentioned in the
Quatrains of Nostradamus, but that the interpretations, as
received by Dolores Cannon's channelers, were subject to the
personal religious beliefs held by the channelers. If they
are not Christians, then the possibility exists that they
could have subconsciously siphoned out anything related to
Christianity, including the Second Coming of Jesus Christ,
so that the channeling sessions and/or interpretations were
more in line with their own personal beliefs, or the belief
system of New Age adherents.

If you stop to think about it, including all of the shocking
cataclysmic, Endtime events described in the pages of the
Bible, while purposely omitting the actual intervention of
Jesus Christ at His Second Coming, would appeal to the New
Age crowd; because as I noted earlier, coming cataclysms and
major Earth changes, followed by a Golden Age of peace, is a
central theme of many New Age threads and messages I've read
on the World Wide Web. They are everywhere. If this is what
happened with the interpretations of Michel Nostradamus, and
I honestly don't know that it is, then all I can say is, how
sly of Satan to entice his followers with all of the Endtime
prophecies the Bible has to offer, but then leaving out the
ultimate revelation; that is, the Second Coming of Christ
and the utter defeat and destruction of Satan himself!

Of course, this goes back to something I said earlier; and
that is that New Age adherents do not recognize or accept
the Messiahship and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ. They place
all "avatars" on a level field; so having Jesus return to
win a glorious victory would be totally contrary to their
belief system, as it would place Him above everyone else.
Within the world of New Age thought, that is simply very
politically-incorrect language. It is too Christian.

Regardless of what I may personally believe as a Christian
concerning the Quatrains of Nostradamus, the fact remains
that some people, and I honestly don't know how many, are
absolutely convinced of their truthfulness. Not only that,
but some people are convinced that some of the Quatrains
have been fulfilled to the letter. Because of these facts,
the possibility exists that due to their own willingness to
want to believe, Cannon's interpreters may have interpreted
some of the Quatrains in such a manner, so that they would
indeed appear to have been fulfilled, when in fact they were
not. I would view this as a form of self-delusion. As the
old saying goes, we each see what we want to see. Ironically,
some Bible-mockers, atheists and skeptics accuse Christians
of doing the very same thing; but of course, we know that
they are mistaken. :)

In addition to the previous point, there is the temptation
to believe in the mystical, in the magical; to believe that
we are the possessors of some hidden, esoteric or perhaps
even forbidden knowledge. There is an element of risk and
excitement to it which attracts certain people. Some of us
are eager to understand our own future and destiny. This is
precisely what has drawn so many people to the controversial
"Bible Codes". Everyone wants to find out what the codes have
to say about them, if anything. Even wanting to control our
own futures through esoteric knowledge is a subtle attempt
at playing God, but is it possible that the interpreters of
the Quatrains of Nostradamus have subconsciously, or even
consciously, sought to fulfill this basic need of ours by
sculpturing their interpretations to meet our expectations?
It would be wise of us to remember the words of our Lord and
Savior who said:

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow
shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof."
Matthew 6:34, KJV

In conclusion, because of all of these different forces that
have tried to affect our understanding of the Quatrains of
Michel Nostradamus, we have to honestly recognize that there
is no guarantee that what has come to be accepted by some
people as accurate interpretations of his work, that is, the
trilogy of Dolores Cannon, "Conversations With Nostradamus",
is indeed one hundred per cent correct. We can't ignore the
possibility that in some cases, Nostradamus may have meant
something entirely different from what we are being told,
and that perhaps some of his Quatrains have been fulfilled
to the letter; however, due to a poor interpretation, the
true fulfillment has been lost. Now, while I have made this
statement, please understand that I am not saying that I am
personally convinced of the truthfulness, the godliness, or
the accuracy of his work. As I have already made clear, as a
Christian, I do not approve of, or agree with, some of the
practices in which Nostradamus engaged himself, in order to
receive his "prophecies"; and that is why you will notice
that throughout this article, I have purposely placed the
word "prophecies" in parentheses when necessary; because I
am not yet convinced that they are truly of God.

If there is one thing I know, it is that we each have to
seek the answers for ourselves, through the guidance of the
Holy Spirit, and the recorded Word. We must allow the light
and truth of God's Word to penetrate our minds and hearts;
and if we do, the darkness of deception, tradition and even
superstition, will flee of itself. Once we are certain that
we have discovered the truth, then we must stand fast in our
convictions, come what may. As the Apostle Paul wisely wrote
on one occasion when dealing with a particular situation:

". . . Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind".
Romans 14:5b, KJV

My purpose in writing this article, is simply to offer an
admonition to those who have an ear; and it is the very same
admonition which I have applied to other New Age prophets
and seers before. If I were to sum it up, it would be this:
Do not take anything at face value. Research it thoroughly.
Compare it with the known standard; that is, the Bible. Is
it one hundred per cent in agreement with God's Word? Are
there any contradictions? Does it bear good fruit? Does it
leave you with the right fruits of the Spirit; or does it
make you feel down and condemned or fearful? Does it drive
you away from, or towards God? And in the case of prophecies
and predictions, do they come to pass exactly as predicted?
That alone is the litmus test which will either condemn, or
vindicate, the author/bearer of the message.

With these words, I will bring another article to a close. I
trust that you have found it informative, and hope that it
has been a blessing in your life.

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