In 1 John 4:1 it says, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” This also applies to everything that is presented to us in the realm of conspiracy theories.

As a teenager, I found myself in the world of conspiracy theories. I was confronted with it for the first time when somebody gave me a pamphlet called “Deception in a religious cloak—Neo-Nazism as a continuation of alleged Christian revelation” by a man named Friedrich T. Külling. In this pamphlet, the so-called “books of revelation” of Des Griffin and Wolfgang Borowsky were analyzed in detail. Friedrich Külling shows clearly the Christian-cloaked National-socialist train of thought that is passed on in these “books of revelation.” Amongst other things, the Holocaust is subtly questioned, and the Jews looked upon as the root of all evil. Strangely enough, the USA always comes off badly and Europe well. Unfortunately, the books of Des Griffin are also given as references in a Christian book of revelation. 

The ultimate awakening came when I began to concern myself with the origins of the hatred for the Jews and anti-Semitism.1 In the meantime, it has been proven through a variety of literature and research that Hitler was convinced of the Freemason world conspiracy, behind which Judaism was said to stand. All these esoteric theories are based on the so-called “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” which was found to be a forgery by the Czarist secret police and blamed on the Jews. In it, Jewish universal Freemasonry is accused of aiming at world dominion, blowing great cities up to serve their own purposes, and destroying Western civilization. Perhaps it is dawning on you now how a person can arrive at an alleged conspiracy behind 9/11. These fake protocols had to serve as evidence to justify the pogroms and assaults upon the Jews. Hitler and Himmler were possessed by the idea of the Freemasonry/Jewish world conspiracy, and therefore they persecuted the Freemasons and much more the Jews, who were allegedly behind them.

Up to the present time, many of the so-called revelation books come from the right-wing extremist corner. As an example we have the writings of Udo Holey, who published his revelation books under the pseudonym of Jan van Helsing. From this esoteric, anti-Semitic author comes, for instance, the claim that Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany, was in reality a Jew, and his name was therefore changed from Kohn (Cohen) to Kohl.2 I have to admit, to my shame, that I accepted and believed this claim from a brother in the faith, who was allegedly an expert in the field of Freemasonry. At that time, I did not know of the occultic, right-wing extremist background of such theses. From the same source comes the claim that the Jews use the Holocaust as a weapon against Germany. Similarly, it spread the absurd idea that the AIDs virus was produced on the orders of the Jewish Illuminati in an American laboratory.3

The books by Holey, alias Jan van Helsing are forbidden in Germany, by the way. His theses, however, are being spread by other authors. The books of Des Griffin were also published by a company which was under observation by the organization for the protection of the federal constitution in Germany, on account of its neo-Nazi tendencies.

A Christian person who considers himself an expert in matters of universal Freemasonry said to me that the present day state of Israel is basically a Freemason structure. This is deeply shocking when we know of the Nazi sources of such theses. Such a statement borders on blasphemy. Of course, we do not have the saved state of Israel before us. Israeli politicians, such as Yitzhak Rabin, for instance, can be Freemasons. But the restoration of the state of Israel and the return of the Jews, which has already begun, is the work of God and the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. This has nothing to do with the alleged world dominion of the Freemasons.

It was the same person who looks upon universal Freemasonry as paving the way for the Antichrist. In answer to my question, what he would do with this thesis if the Antichrist appeared on the scene as opponent and persecutor of the alleged world conspiracy, just as Hitler once did, he had no answer.

Among other things, the book on Skull and Bones and the connection of George W. Bush to this secret society at Yale University, was published by the dubious Kopp publishing house in Germany. This secret student society is alleged to be aiming at world dominion. The fact that George Bush, only a few years after the publication of the book, went down in history as one of the most unpopular presidents in history and brought his party a historic defeat, does not seem to bother anyone—particularly because Barack Obama was not a Yale student. But in spite of this, the conspiracy theories continue to thrive.

Far too seldom is the question asked, where all these conspiracy theories are concerned, from what source does this information come? What people supply this information? In the German Christian magazine Factum (7/2010) a man named Thomas Lachenmaier makes it clear that the conspiracy theories that now abound about the earthquake in Haiti and the associated secret weapons of the USA, were a means of the Socialist-ideological warfare at the time of the German Democratic Republic. It is sometimes shocking how, especially among Christians, such things are accepted only because they appear to fit their own system, without their looking into the source of this information. Although they are against Islam, it does not even matter that such conspiracy theories are available in books and theses in abundance in Islamic lands.

Another example of this is: years ago I read in the German news magazine Focus an interview with one of the main ideologists who represent the Illuminati conspiracy. In the background of the picture taken in his office, there was a Buddha statue and the esoteric signs of Yin and Yang. Therefore, my question is addressed not only to the right-leaning spectrum: what kind of people are these who supply us with such apparently spectacular and valuable information?

It is by far not about portraying the Freemasons, Bilderbergers, the United Nations or anything else as something good or neutral, but do we recognize the spirit behind all these conspiracy theories? Do we really examine these things in the light of the Bible, or are they accepted too hastily because they seem—I repeat, seem—to fit in our own system?

I would like at this point to quote a text from Isaiah 8:9-13, “Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.”

These words were directed at Ahaz, the King of Judah. He trembled before the approaching ten-tribe kingdom of Israel and the Assyrians. The people sensed a conspiracy behind the threatening enemy powers. Through this, they were deaf to the speaking and the connected judgment of God. Do we not find ourselves in the same danger today? Instead of humbling ourselves under the speaking and thereby connected judgment of God, in view of the events and developments, some kind of evil conspiracies are held responsible. Therefore, the alternative to the conspiracy theories in Isaiah 8 is the fear of God. Why? In this chapter, it is clear that the Lord Himself is carrying out His plans and not some kind of conspiracy. For this reason, all these conspiracy theories are so dangerous. They pull the Christian in the wrong direction. For them, it is no longer God who is active and carrying out His intentions in spite of all human conspiracy theories, but suddenly universal Freemasonry or someone else has the reins in his hand. We should fear the Lord. Everything else is unbelief. Verses 19-20 of the above-quoted text are interesting: “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? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Here it is clear how closely connected the false conspiracy fear was with occultic sources and practices in Judah. 

(MR0511/446)

ENDNOTES

1 Lewis, Bernard. Drive Them into the Sea: The History of Anti-Semitism.

2 Wippermann, Wolfgang. Agents of Evil, p. 148.

3 Ibid., p. 149