Solomon, Demons, Mark of the beast

Josephus Antiquites 8.2.5

5. Now the sagacity and wisdom which God had bestowed on Solomon was so great, that
he exceeded the ancients; insomuch that he was no way inferior to the Egyptians, who
are said to have been beyond all men in understanding; nay, indeed, it is evident that
their sagacity was very much inferior to that of the king's. He also excelled and
distinguished himself in wisdom above those who were most eminent among the
Hebrews at that time for shrewdness; those I mean were Ethan, and Heman, and
Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He also composed books of odes and songs a
thousand and five, of parables and similitudes three thousand; for he spake a parable
upon every sort of tree, from the hyssop to the cedar; and in like manner also about
beasts, about all sorts of living creatures, whether upon the earth, or in the seas, or in the
air; for he was not unacquainted with any of their natures, nor omitted inquiries about
them, but described them all like a philosopher, and demonstrated his exquisite
knowledge of their several properties. God also enabled him to learn that skill which
expels demons, (4) which is a science useful and sanative to men. He composed such
incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner
of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return; and this
method of cure is of great force unto this day; for I have seen a certain man of my own
country, whose name was Eleazar, releasing people that were demoniacal in the presence
of Vespasian, and his sons, and his captains, and the whole multitude of his soldiers. The
manner of the cure was this: He put a ring that had a Foot of one of those sorts
mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the
demon through his nostrils; and when the man fell down immediately, he abjured him to
return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations
which he composed. And when Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the
spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water,
and commanded the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let
the spectators know that he had left the man; and when this was done, the skill and
wisdom of Solomon was shown very manifestly: for which reason it is, that all men may
know the vastness of Solomon's abilities, and how he was beloved of God, and that the
extraordinary virtues of every kind with which this king was endowed may not be
unknown to any
people under the sun for this reason, I say, it is that we have proceeded to speak so
largely of these matters.

In between Psalm 89-91 in the Dead Sea Scrolls were found 4 "exorcism" psalms, 3 of which
were never seen the 4th being Psalm 91. In the second exorcism psalm it speaks of Solomon
invoking the spirits and demons. The psalm is not complete and only fragments were found, thus
a complete picture is impossible.

Encyclopedia of Freemasonry vol 2 pg 245

"The Seal of Solomon or the Shield of David, for under both names the same thing was denoted,
is a hexagonal figure consisting of two interlaced triangles, thus formin ght outlines of a six-
pointed star. Upon it was inscribed on of the sacred names of God, from which inscription it was
supposed principally to derive its talismanic powers. These powers were very extensive, for it
was believed that it would extinguish fire, prevent wounds in a conflict, and perform many other
wonders. The Jews called it the Shield of David in reference to the protection which it gave to its
possessors. But to the other Orientalists it was more familiarly known as the Seal of Solmon.
Among these imaginative people, there was a very prevalent belief in the magical character of the
King of Israel. He was esteemed rather as a great magician than as a grat monach, and by the
signet which he wore, on which this talismanic seal was engraved, he is supposed to have
accomplished the most extraordinary actions, and by it to have enlisted in his service the labors of
the genii for the construction of his celebrated Temple....Of all talismans, there is none, except,
perhaps, the cross, which was so generally prevalent among the ancients as this Seal of Solomon
or Shield of David. It has been found in the cave of Elephants, in India, accompanying the image
of the Deity, and many other places celebrated in the Brahmanical and the Buddhist religions.

In Medieval Jewish, Islamic and Christian legends, the Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring
said to have been possessed by King Solomon (or Sulayman in the Islamic version), which
variously gave him the power to command demons (or jinni), or to speak with animals. In one of
the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, an evil djinn is described as being imprisoned in a copper
bottle for 1,800 years by a lead seal stamped by the ring. Other, later books (Pseudomonarchia
Daemonum) manage to fit far more demons in the bottle (Wikipedia, Seal of Solomon,

I Kings 11:4-9 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives
turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the
LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after
Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the
Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as [did] David his father. Then did Solomon build an high place
for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and
for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. And the LORD was angry
with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which
had appeared unto him twice,

The great goal of freemasonry is to rebuild Solomon’s temple – The OCCULT

ONE and NOT THE HOLY ONE.

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64 Richard’s Monitor of Free-Masonry
 "The BLAZING STAR IS PROPERLY SIX-POINTED... the sign of the deity, and to make that
more evident, in the middle of it is usually inscribed the letter 'G', for God... In Co-Masonic lodges,
the usual form... is a serpent curled round with its tail in its mouth... This was the original form, but
the head of the serpent was altered so as to form the letter G." (Leadbeater, p. 79)

"I have seen a painting (in which) the BLAZING STAR in the center existed, but it had 8
points instead of 6 or 5. It was called 'the star of the dawn' or 'MORNING STAR'; and represented
HORUS of the resurrection, who was pictured as bearing it upon his HEAD and as having given it
to his followers." (Leadbeater, p. 7)
Interior of a 'regular' U.K. Lodge Room
Two Pillars 'Boaz' and 'Jachin' symbolic of 'King Solomons Temple'
The two hexagrams between the two pillars are an entirely Masonic occult
invention

A Masonic book called The Second Mile, an Eastern Star book, reveals that the
"six pointed star is a very ancient symbol, and one of the most powerful." The
hexagram is used in magic, witchcraft, sorcery and occultism and the casting of
zodiacal horoscopes by astrologers. "It was considered to posses mysterious
powers."
The six pointed star is used by magicians and alchemists. The sorcerers
believed it represented the footprints of a special kind of DEMON called a trued
and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away (O. J.
Graham, The Six Pointed Star, New Puritan Library, 1988, p.35).

Bill Schnoebelen, a former Satanist, says, "To the sorcerer, the hexagram is a
powerful tool to invoke Satan." In fact, the word "hex" -- as to put a "hex" or
"curse" on people -- comes from this word.

If you examine the so-called "Star of David," or hexagram, closely, you will
discover something astonishing. It has six points, forms six equilateral triangles,
and in its interior forms a six sided hexagon -- thus it reveals the number of
Satan’ antichrist beast, -- 6 points, 6 triangles, and the 6 sides of the hexagram --
666 !!!The six pointed star is used by magicians and alchemists. The sorcerers
believed it represented the footprints of a special kind of DEMON called a trued
and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away (O. J.
Graham, The Six Pointed Star, New Puritan Library, 1988, p.35).

Bill Schnoebelen, a former Satanist, says, "To the sorcerer, the hexagram is a
powerful tool to invoke Satan." In fact, the word "hex" -- as to put a "hex" or
"curse" on people -- comes from this word.

If you examine the so-called "Star of David," or hexagram, closely, you will
discover something astonishing. It has six points, forms six equilateral triangles,
and in its interior forms a six sided hexagon -- thus it reveals the number of
Satan’ antichrist beast, -- 6 points, 6 triangles, and the 6 sides of the hexagram --
666 !!!

1. The Talisman of Saturn became known as the Seal of Solomon.

In the Book The History and Practice of Magic, Vol. 2, the six-pointed star is called the talisman of
Saturn and it is also referred to as the Seal of Solomon[1]

From James Fausset Brown commentary on Amos 5:26

the star of your god — R. Isaac Caro says all the astrologers represented Saturn
as the star of Israel. Probably there was a figure of a star on the head of the
image of the idol, to represent the planet Saturn; hence “images” correspond to
“star” in the parallel clause. A star in hieroglyphics represents God (Num_24:17).
“Images” are either a Hebraism for “image,” or refer to the many images made
to represent Chiun.

John Gill commentary on Amos 5:26

e star of your god, which ye made to yourselves; or the star "your god" (q);
meaning the same with Chiun or Saturn; perhaps the same with the star that fell
from the air or sky, mentioned by Sanchoniatho (r); which Astarte, the wife of
Chronus or Saturn, is said to take and consecrate in Tyre; this they made for
themselves, and worshipped as a deity. The Targum is,

"ye have borne the tabernacle of your priests, Chiun your image, the star your
God, which ye have made to yourselves.''

It may be further observed, for the confirmation and illustration of what has
been said concerning Chiun, that the Egyptian Anubis, which Plutarch (x) says is
the same with Saturn, is called by him Kyon, which seems to be no other than this
word Chiun: and whereas Stephen calls it Rephan, this is not a corruption of the
word, reading Rephan or Revan for Chevan; nor has he respect to Rimmon, the
god of the Syrians, but it is the Egyptian name for Saturn; which the Septuagint
interpreters might choose to make use of, they interpreting for the king of Egypt:
and Diodorus Siculus (y) makes mention of an Egyptian king called Remphis,
whom Braunius (z) takes to be this very Chiun; see Act_7:43; but Rephas, or
Rephan, was the same with Chronus, or Saturn, from whence came the
Rephaim (a), who dwelt in Ashtaroth Karnaim, a town of Ham or Chronus; see
Gen_14:5.

(q) ‫" אלהיכםוכבכ‬sidus deum vestrum", Liveleus; "sidus, vel stellam deos vestros",
Calvin. (r) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 1. p. 38. (s) ‫" צלמיכםכיון‬placentam
imagiuum vestrarum", Pagninus, Tigurine version, Vatablus. (t) Dictionary, in the
word "Chiun". (u) "Basim imaginum vestrarum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator;
"statumen", Burkius. (w) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 1. p. 35. (x) De Iside. (y)
Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 56.

“NSolomon’s blatant idolatry had angered the Lord to the point of bringing about the division of
the kingdom of Israel. Part of the evidence is the six-pointed star, which was called the Seal of
Solomon from then on. Let us investigate those false gods with which he was involved.

“First mentioned was ASHTORETH, otherwise called ASTARTE, the word meaning STAR.

“II Kings 23:13 is explicit: ‘And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the
right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth
the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for
Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.’N

“King Solomon built an altar for Ashtoreth, worshipped her, and also practiced Moloch rituals. It
was at this time that the HEXAGRAM OR SIX-POINTED STAR CAME TO BE CALLED THE
SEAL OF SOLOMON...

“Nthe Seal of Solomon or six-pointed star, or hexagramwas considered an ALL-

POWERFUL TALISMAN especially when accompanied by the Hebrew YodNIt was also
combined with the Tau cross, or Crux Ansanta in the center...

“NHow do the dictionaries define ‘hexagram’? ‘The root word hex is defined as (1) an evil spell,
(2) a witch (v.t. to bewitch)’ (Funk & Wagnall’s Dictionary)...

“Solomon’s Seal was accepted as occult by the occult world. King Solomon was deeply
involved in witchcraft and occultism. According to The Sorcerer’s Handbook, ‘King Solomon,
traditionally known as an arch magician, used a spell to banish infernal beings sent by the king of
demons to extract human heartsN [The names of the demons are then given.]’... (Graham: 24-5,
29, 32)

The Seal of Solomon is a graphical representation of 666, the number of the Beast, and Solomon
is the man whose number is 666:

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX. ”(Rev. 13:18)

“Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was SIX HUNDRED
THREESCORE AND SIX talents of gold...” (1 Kings 10:14)

3. Solomon used his Seal ring to communicate with evil spirits.

 "The legend that Solomon possessed a seal ring on which the name of God was engraved and
by means of which he controlled the demons is related at length in Git. 68a, b. This legend is
especially developed by Arabic writers, who declare that the ring, on which was engraved 'the
Most Great Name of God,' and which was given to Solomon from heaven, was partly brass and
partly iron. With the brass part of the ring Solomon signed his written commands to the good
genii, and with the iron part he signed his commands to the evil genii, or devils. The Arabic
writers declare also that Solomon received four jewels from four different angels, and that
he set them in one ring, so that he could control the four elements. The legend that
Asmodeus once obtained possession of the ring and threw it into the sea, and that Solomon was
thus deprived of his power until he discovered the ring inside a fish (Jellinek, 'B. H.' ii. 86-87), also
has an Arabic source (comp. D'Herbelot, 'Bibliothèque Orientale,' s.v. 'Soliman ben Daoud';
Fabricius, 'Codex Pseudepigraphicus,' i. 1054;... The legend of a magic ring by means of
which the possessor could exorcise demons was current in the first century, as is shown
by Josephus' statement ('Ant.' viii. 2, § 5) that one Eleazar exorcised demons in the
presence of Vespasian by means of a ring, using incantations composed by Solomon
Fabricius (l.c.) thinks that the legend of the ring of Solomon thrown into the sea and found
afterward inside a fish is derived from the story of the ring of Polycrates, a story which is related
by Herodotus (iii. 41 et seq.), Strabo (xiv. 638), and others, and which was the basis of Schiller's
poem 'Der Ring des Polykrates.'" (Jewish encyclopedia)

Satan’s Plot is to conspire with apostate Israel.

And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. - Jeremiah 11:9

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have
devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the
midst thereof. - Ezekiel 22:25

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the
overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehood have we hid ourselves:... And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your
agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be
trodden down by it. - Isaiah 28:15,18

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many
antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. – 1 John 2:18

After the century long planned WWIII occurs, mankind will be deceived into believing that the Gog
& Magog war/Armageddon has occurred and the one who brings peace to the earth will be the
Antichrist. The nation of "Israel" will be victorious over Islam. The temple will be rebuilt and a
false millenium will ensue.

Satan’s Principle Man to deceive the world will be a counterfeit Solomon.

• King Solomon is both a type of Yahshua Ha'Moshiach and a type of the Antichrist. The Jews
believe that King Solomon was the Messiah and that Solomon, rather than Yahshua, will come again
to establish the Millennial Kingdom

Jewish Kabbalism, the basis of Freemasonry, teaches that Solomon is the Jewish messiah.

“The Encyclopedia Judaica says of the six-pointed star (which they call the hexagram) that two
Cablists, Isaiah, the son of Joel Ba'al Shem and Abraham Hayyim Kotten, testify that the symbol sprang
up in kabbalistic circles where the 'Shield of David' became the ‘Shield of the son of David,’ the
 Messiah.” - 211:84

“The Ritual of the Degree of Kabalistic and Hermetic Rose has th[is] passage: ‘The true philosophy,
known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded.’” – Morals & Dogma, p.
785

“The Lion that guarded the Ark and held in his mouth the key wherewith to open it, figuratively represents
Solomon, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, who preserved and communicated the key to the true
knowledge of God, of His laws, and of the profound mysteries of the moral and physical Universe... The
lion [‫ארי‬, ‫אריה‬, Arai, Araiah, which also means the altar] still holds in his mouth the key of the enigma of the
sphynx.” – Albert Pike, Morals & Dogma, p. 210

The mark/symbol of Solomon will be the mark of the beast

Satan will recreate Solomon's Kingdom as Yahshua's Millennial Kingdom 3 1/2 years ahead of
schedule.

Satan's Counterfeits
King Solomon as Messiah
Gentile Antichrist (Prince Charles?)
Solomon’s Kingdom
Gentile False Prophet
Solomon’s Temple
Gentile Kingdom (Revived Roman Empire)
Solomon’s Religion (Sun Worship)
Gentile False Religion (Roman Catholicism)
Solomon’s Symbol (Six-pointed Star)
Gentile Mark of the Beast (Microchip Implant)
Eloha divide land (Dan 11:38)
Gentile dividing of land (PLO State)
Armageddon is after the antichrist, Gog &
Armageddon/Gog Magog (WWIII)
Magog is after the millenium
Regathering of Israel
Regathering via Messiah

Satan will counterfeit the end time prophecies to make it look as if all has occurred then he can
take his antichrist kingdom while the world believes that the true Messiah has come to earth.
Satan will attempt to bring "the garden of Eden" to earth by faking the Kingdom come, and setting
up his throne in Jerusalem

Scriptural references linking Solomon and

Antichrist
Amo 5:26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star
of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Act 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures
which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

2Ch 2:17 And Solomon numbered (safar) all the strangers that were in the land of Israel,
after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were
found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents of gold,

Solomon a picture of Antichrist

Wisdom
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full,
 a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy
wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy
people.
Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall
magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up
against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
1Ki 4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east
country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1Ki 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol,
and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
Eze 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine
heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the
seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Eze 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from
thee:
Eze 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast
gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Eze 28:5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine
heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Slavery
1Ki 5:12 And Jehovah gave wisdom to Solomon, as He had spoken to him. And there was
peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they cut a covenant, the two of them.
1Ki 5:13 And King Solomon caused a labor force to go out of all Israel; and the labor force was
thirty thousand men.

Shields of Solomon
1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels
of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to
one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

Abominable branch. Messiah comes from branch of David, Antichrist will too be he is
abominable
Isa 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of
those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a
carcase trodden under feet.

According to Masons "Solomon" "resurrected" Hiram w/ the "Lion's paw"

Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like
a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth
and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on
the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which
he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that
they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the
beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom
the abomination of the Ammonites.

H6253 ‫‛ עשׁרת‬ashto^reth
BDB Definition:
Ashtoreth = “star”
1) the principal female deity of the Phoenicians worshipped in war and fertility
1a) also ‘Ishtar’ of Assyria and ‘Astarte’ by the Greeks and Romans

In the New Testament the term is applied to Diana of Ephesus

Act 19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus,
what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of
the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

Jarchi on 2Ki_23:24, says, the teraphim are images that speak by sorcerers or
sorceries; and to such evils the followers of the man of sin are addicted, Rev_9:21
and the Jews (l) have a notion that those images were so formed, that they were
capable of speaking and talking with men; see Hos_3:4 they seem to confound
them with the "talisman":

The star of David is believed to be the "talisman of saturn"

Act 7:43 And you took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the figures
which you made" "in order to worship them. And I will remove you beyond" Babylon.
Amos 5:25-27
These shrines, or images, were borne with them as a species of amulet,
charm, or talisman to defend them from evil. Such images the Jews seem to
have carried with them.

"The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia declares that the SIX-POINTED STAR...according to the
Rosicrucians...was known to the ancient Egyptians" (Graham, p. 13 as cited in Aho).

Regarding Star-Worship, the Jewish Encyclopedia says, This is perhaps the oldest form of idolatry
practised by the ancients. According to Wisdom xiii. 2, the observation of the stars in the East
very early led the people to regard the planets and the fixed stars as gods. The religion of the
ancient Egyptians is known to have consisted preeminently of sun-worship. Moses sternly
warned the Israelites against worshiping the sun, moon, stars, and all the host of heaven
(Deut. iv. 19, xvii. 3); it may be said that the prohibition of making and worshiping any image
of that which is in heaven above (Ex. xx. 4; Deut. v. 8) implies also the stars and the other
celestial bodies. The Israelites fell into this kind of idolatry, and as early as the time of
Amos they had the images of Siccuth and Chiun, "the stars of their god" (Amos v. 26,
R. V.); the latter name is generally supposed to denote the planet Saturn (Seligsohn, et
al.).