The Higher Law

 (The following is a translation from the character formation, “Satan’s Strategy for World Politics.”  Below is the character associated with this translation.) 

 

In folklore, the devil or Satan, is said to hold a pitchfork.  This stems from actual symbolism shown through Greek Mythology and other sources that reveal what Satan actually holds is a trident.  A trident is a three-prong staff.  This trident provides significant symbolism in revealing Satan’s power.  Satan is a fisherman in that he is seeking to catch each of us.  The tool he has chosen is a trident.  Why?  Because it doesn’t just catch us, it bleeds us of strength and life.

In regards to his strategy for the world, Satan seeks to stab his trident through the center of the world.  Why?  To bleed the world of strength and life.  The orbit and position of our world is maintained through the principles of physical law as balanced by light and gravity.  The environment of our world that provides for our advancement and learning is also maintained through God’s laws.  Through deceit, Satan seeks to convince us that we need the prongs of his trident to support and sustain our world.  Through these lies, he has embedded the prongs of his trident in our world and in many of us. 

The purpose of this translation is to reveal the trident and its three prongs.  We will first discuss the symbolism of the three prongs—pride, fear and envy.

Pride

The word “pride” has been given many meanings throughout history.  However, for the purposes of this translation, pride is hatred or hostility towards God and man.  Pride is the antithesis of love and is one of the adversary’s greatest tools in accomplishing his plans. 

The power of pride is in its ability to destroy the foundation and power that is found in the Law of Equality.  The Law of Equality states that all men are created equal and endowed with certain unalienable rights.  The Law of Equality is based on the existence of God, as He is the Creator acknowledged in this law.  Love is that which seals the Law of Equality to become the foundational laws for our world.  The first of these foundational laws is to love God with all of our heart, mind and strength.  The second of these foundational laws is to love our neighbor as ourselves.  All other laws hinge upon these foundational laws. 

Pride is the great tool the adversary uses to negate the light and power we obtain through the Law of Equality and the foundational laws it becomes through love.  Further, pride is the justification through which we violate the rights of another, put our will above God’s will and commit so many other evils.  Pride is addictive in that to justify pride we rationalize our thoughts and actions, creating a great web of lies that taint our ability to see the world as it is.  The cycle of pride continues to the point where an individual has lost their love for God and others.  At this point the individual is left to himself and is bled of strength and life. 

Fear

Fear is a natural, emotional response to a perceived threat.  Fear is only possible if we perceive something as a threat.  The greater we perceive the threat, the greater our fears become.    The only way to overcome fear is to change our perception of the threat.

Faith is the opposite of fear, as faith is the assurance of God’s watchful care over us and this creation through an individualized plan He has created for us in love.  Through faith, we can overcome our fears by changing our perception of the threats we once feared.  When we learn to trust God with all aspects of our lives, then we have the faith necessary to change our perception of threats.  These threats are overcome one at a time as our faith progresses.        

Satan works diligently to create all manner of fear by manipulating our understanding of all aspects of life to create threats.  He creates all sorts of commotions and deceptions that assist him in convincing us of and attaching us to threats.  Each threat we perceive weakens our faith, giving the adversary greater power in our lives.  

Envy

Envy is an ill-intentioned desire to have what is possessed by another or to see that which is possessed by another taken away.  Envy is the source of greed, lust and many other evil desires.  Envy seeks to have something without abiding the natural laws through which it can be obtained.  Envy inspires us to violate or change laws to allow us to have that which we are unwilling to pay the price to earn. 

Envy is the opposite of hope.  Hope is the trust in God that He has prepared a way for us to obtain all that is required for us to accomplish the purposes of this existence.  Through hope, we no longer seek what is had by another but only seek that which we need to accomplish our purposes.  Through hope, we no longer hope that another will lose that which we lack, instead we rejoice in the achievements of others and in their unique position.  Through hope, we see the inequality of things through God’s eyes and understand that such were designed for the fulfillment of His purposes with each individual according to their own unique needs. 

Envy, like pride, is addictive and leads to greater and greater envy.  The most powerful form of envy is in those who Satan entices through the path of envy to seek power and wealth at whatever cost in defiance of their responsibilities to God and others.

The Staff of Power 

Now that we understand the prongs associated with the trident, we must understand the staff itself.  The staff is the source of Satan’s power and is the means by which he utilizes pride, fear, and envy to destroy this world and each of us.  Although Satan has rejected God’s ways and fights to destroy God’s creations, he is still subject to the truths and laws of this existence.  Each of us have our liberties and our agency.  Each of us has the ability to choose. 

Satan’s staff of power symbolizes our consent.  He only obtains power as we give it to him through our consent.  Satan is so wise and manipulative in the ways he entices us to give him this consent, but in the end he has no power over us unless we give it to him.  When we remove our consent, Satan loses his power over us, and we are free to withdraw the prongs from our world and ourselves.  When we grant our consent, his trident is embedded in us, and we are left to bleed and die until we awake and withdraw the consent that is the source of his power.  Only when we as a world withdraw our consent can this world and each of us exist according to the natural laws of God and progress through His laws to become all that we were designed to be. 

As we become aware of these and others of the adversary’s purposes being prospered within our own nations and societies, we can do what is within our power of influence to teach and prosper the causes of truth.  If our nations and societies continue to degrade and turn away from the correct principles in spite of our efforts and the efforts of others, we must make a choice.  After we have made every effort possible and when the direction of the nation or society has embraced Satan’s strategy that will be revealed in these translations, we must remove the power that we give that society or nation by withdrawing our consent.