There are two systems at work in this world and they oppose one another and yet they serve the same master.
They are exact opposites as black is to white, light is to dark, and good is to evil and they encompass these qualities together as one.
It's like the one entity dressed in many costumes and all appearing at the same time.
So how do you pick which one is real and which is the disguise? In terms of reality they are all disguises as none of the displays are representative of the truth.
So how did it get that way and why is God hiding behind the camouflage? It was a question that took me back to the earliest form of worship and that was found in Babylon.
It had to do with sun worship and the ancient Mother God.
She comprised the earth, sun, and light and was the origin of the trinity.
So beloved of all was she that no religion could survive without her at its heart.
The name of the sun in antiquity was Mari (Mary) and it translates as 'mother's powerful eye'.
She is at the center of all forms of worship to this day and in Revelation 17 she is described as Babylon the Great.
She is also claimed to be a city that sits on seven hills and that which is clothed in purple and scarlet and bedecked with pearls and jewels.
It posits that she holds a cup of fornication in her hands full of the blood of martyrs.
They were men who died on crosses to be with her as her 'mate'.
That term is derived from 'ma-t' and means 'mother's cross' and is the reason why mats are used as symbols of worship.
The cross was the holiest of symbols.
It is made by the sun as it passes objects and the rays divide into the sun star and the colours of the rainbow.
Central to it is the cross.
It can have four, six, or eight arms.
Men who died in this fashion would have their skin removed beforehand and their bodies would be red from the blood.
One such crucifixion witnessed by a westerner among the Plains Indians of North America is described in the records.
The observer wrote that the skin was worn by the high-priest who stood beside the dying man to interpret his words which were deemed to be coming from the Mother God.
His flesh was hacked off bit by bit and eaten by those present.
Religions continue in the same vein and have many idols.
Because of their evil the Spirit made known why it hides itself and prayers go unanswered.
Isaiah 1:14-15 states that such festivities and appointed feasts are an abomination.
The message posits that when those who perform or worship these things pray then God hides and will not hear them.