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Liberating Planet Earth

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The Covenant of Liberation 57<br />

Satan’s Imitation Covenant<br />

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they were eating<br />

a communion meal with the devil. This is what Paul says that we<br />

must not do as Christians (1 Corinthians 10). To eat a meal with a<br />

person’s god, the person must be under a covenant. This is why in<br />

many pagan societies, or in satanist cults in Christian societies,<br />

pacts are made between the local demon (or Satan) and the members<br />

of the cult.<br />

Let us examine Satan’s covenant structure:<br />

1. Transcendence/Immanence (presence)<br />

2. Hierarchy/Authority (submission)<br />

3. Anti-Ethics/pro-magic (manipulation)<br />

4. Judgment/Oath (sanctions)<br />

5. Inheritance/Continuity (survival)<br />

Not surprisingly, it is very similar to God’s covenant.<br />

1. Transcendence/Immanence (presence)<br />

The first point is a lie. Satan possesses power, though less<br />

power than he possessed before the death, resurrection, and<br />

ascension of Jesus Christ, and the sending of the Holy Spirit at<br />

Pentecost. Satan has never been God. He has never possessed<br />

omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. He possesses<br />

delegated power for limited purposes (Job 1). He knows a great<br />

deal, but he does not know everything. Since Calvary, his head<br />

has been crushed in principle (Genesis 3:15). He is a creature; he<br />

cannot be everywhere at once.<br />

The saints of God have instant access to God through prayer.<br />

That is what the meaning of “saint” is: the person who has access<br />

to the wznctua~. Jesus sits at God’s right hand; the Holy Spirit utters<br />

prayers for us. Satan’s followers have nothing comparable to<br />

this sort of universal direct access to their god, because Satan can<br />

be in only one place at a time.<br />

2. Hierarchy/Authority (submission)<br />

Because point one is a lie, Satan must rely heavily on his system<br />

of hierarchy. Subordinate demons provide him with informa-

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