This short post was taken in part from The Genesis Epic, Men of Renown, Part xxxiv, A Woman Upon a Scarlet Colored Beast – Part 3. To save you time and frustration just simply CLICK HERE and you will be safely redirected to that article.
   To find out how God was robbed read about how Lucifer used merchandising and trafficking to undo God’s order in His spiritual realm.Â
  Since mankind is extremely limited in the knowledge of the holy, and the things of God, it is beyond our comprehension level to conceive of a realm of spiritual merchandising because we think of merchandising as material economics only, but there was and is a form of merchandising in God’s realm. This was the main issue of Lucifer’s iniquity: merchandising. And because he used merchandising to raise one third of the angels to attempt a coup against God, merchandising is one of Satan’s strongest points in his ability to manipulate man. In our realm of economic merchandising Satan was and is able to influence and control not only the physical weakening of man but to spiritually destroy mankind as well. Merchandising is a huge area of study both tangibly and spiritually. Nevertheless, let’s make an attempt to connect these two areas together.
  The scarlet merchandise . . . ah . . . .BUT before we get to the scarlet merchandise, let’s read what the Holy Spirit of God teaches us about Lucifer’s merchandising.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (Ezekiel 28:15)
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (Ezekiel 28:16) Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezekiel 28:17) Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. (Ezekiel 28:18)
  We should be all quite knowledgeable in merchandising techniques: the lies in the sales pitch, the bright packaging, the false weight and balance systems used by producers of products using frozen water to add weight and other corrupt methods that they use to fool and to steal from buyers. Oh, yes, merchandising is a game unto itself. Yet merchandising is much more than buying and selling of a product. It has become part of our everyday experiences. It is more than a product. It is in our thoughts and even in our speech. How so? Corporations sell themselves as things that they are not. The ads that you see on television or on cable or on other means of communication are deceptive. Dancing figures slid rhythmically across the screen in bright clothing smiling and laughing and having such great fun and at the end of the ad you are left wondering what were they trying to sell? Even the quick flashing print leaves one baffled to the sales product. Confusion again. Individuals trying to impress others play the merchandise game, they try to sell themselves as something that they are not. I once witnessed this personalized form of merchandising when an acquaintance was trying to impress others on her china collection: as she selected what appeared to be an antique teapot, she said, This has been in the family for centuries. However, I knew that this teapot had been recently purchased at a garage sale. She did not lie, that teapot HAD been in A family or MANY families for years . . . just NOT HER family. This was merchandising. People do this every day. This appears as harmless merchandising, yet we also have merchandising on a satanic level of merchandising . . . . By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned. Lucifer had at his disposal an abundance of goods and commodities . . . . spiritual goods and spiritual commodities. He also was a trafficker. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. Lucifer could be called the first commercial commodities dealer. What did he use as merchandise and how did he use this merchandise to advance his position in a realm where he was already at the highest position of angelic oversight?
  How did Lucifer use merchandising and trafficking in the UNSEEN realm of God’s spiritual kingdom? By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Heaven has an economy, not as our economy, but an economy, nevertheless. An economy is a system of exchange constructed along the lines of resources, assets, advancements, and acquisition: somewhat as in our system of supply and demand . . . . you have something that I want, and you supply me with what I want for a price. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. We know very little about the economy of God’s realm, but we do know that God is a God of order. We also know that there are ranks of angels and ranks of beasts in His realm. There are Seraphims, Cherubims, beasts and four specific beasts. There are angels and archangels, and chief princes. (This article is neither about angels, nor their ranking systems, nor their job assignments, but hopefully just enough for you to understand that God’s world is set in ORDER.) God loves ORDER. This is where Lucifer found a place beyond his assigned place. Through his closeness to the worship center in God’s realm Lucifer utilized his high position in order to gain even more power by the merchandising (the trading and exchanging) of positions and status among angels. Power over other angels, trading of positions from a lower rank to a higher rank was Lucifer’s trafficking operation: resetting another system of order in the realm of God’s order. What were Lucifer’s created points of power? Lucifer was full of wisdom, perfect in beauty, (Ezekiel 28:12) an anointed cherub that covereth, and traveled in the midst of the stones of fire upon the holy mountain of God, (Ezekiel 28:14) his brightness reflecting the glory of God (Ezekiel 28:17), and he was responsible for his assigned sanctuaries (Ezekiel 28:18). Lucifer was not only close to the throne of God, but he was dynamically active in his position as ‘covering cherub‘ in the midst of the stones of fire upon the holy mountain of God. Fire has always been symbolized in scripture as God’s judgment. Earthly words and human thoughts cannot accurately describe God’s inner most realm of Righteous Judgment and Holy Counsel in the presence of the Great Mercy Seat, and the place of God’s Being and Glory. This was the central place where the Glory of the Godhead bodily ruled supreme . . . The Temple of Praise and Worship in all its purity and power. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:19) And because Lucifer was so closely connected to God’s purity and power his betrayal was beyond forgiveness and redemption. (Forgiveness and redemption were determined for mankind only.)
  The multitude of spiritual merchandise within Lucifer’s scope of influence among other angelic beings became his undoing. From merchandising to trafficking Lucifer became defiled because he was robbing God. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. Merchandising was the trading of positions of power and influence, and through this commercialization the angels robbed God of what was His alone. Lucifer and his band of robbers robbed God. How did they rob God? The last book of the Old Testament reveals how the priests in Israel robbed God; thus, we are able to see how the angelic priesthood in God’s heavenly realm robbed Melchisedec, the High Priest of God, of His rights and by robbing Melchisedec, Lucifer and his angelic traffickers also robbed God of His rights. What did they rob from God, and from His Christ in His office as the High Priest of God, Melchisedec? They robbed the Godhead bodily of honor. They robbed the Godhead bodily of His right as their Creator God in that they ceased to recognize the Godhead bodily as their total Sovereign God in majesty as Master of and over His own creation. Through their trafficking and stealing from God, they lost their fear of God. His name was no longer honored and reverenced. Yes, Lucifer and his rogue angels became robbers of the holy. As you read through Malachi 1: 6-7, and Malachi 3:8, 9, and 14 you will understand not only what occurred in the spiritual realm of God at the iniquity of God’s created angels, but you will also see the same iniquity occurred through the corruption of Israel’s priesthood, and the parallel of this iniquity in the fall of the Church through the corruption of the Nicolaitan priesthood in the early days of the infant Church. Corruption and iniquity first began in the realm of worship in the heavenlies, then in the realm of the tangible: those closest to the throne of God are the greatest betrayers above all betrayers.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? (Malachi 1:6) Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. (Malachi 1:7)
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Malachi 3:8) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. (Malachi 3:9) (A Mini Side Note: tithing is Law, in the New Testament there is no tithing. (2nd Corinthians 9:7; Acts 5:1-4).
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? (Malachi 3:14)
  Think along the lines of the spiritual realm, not along the lines of our own economic structures: it is NOT tithes and offerings that Lucifer robbed God of, but what the tithes and offering symbolized. How much more has the professing Church robbed God? They continually rob God of His glory, His majesty, His Sovereignty, and the reverence due His name. They continually rob Christ of His position as Savior, Sacrificer, Redeemer and High Priest of God. They continually rob God’s Holy Spirit of His work and His moving in the salvation of souls. This was how Lucifer robbed God in the spiritual realm, and how he continues to rob God in the material realm.Â
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