We are sadly normalizing the holiness of God with the carnality of methods that make us acceptable to a society that has abandoned the holiness of Christ. It saddens me to observe the ever so subtle but pervasive emergence of God’s holiness with the carnality of our society and the heart-cries for “love” “kindness” and “’acceptance” of the emergence of these things. Others raise important questions about the emergence of paganism, the acceptance of these emerging ideas, and the subtle repercussions that will leave long term effects on the purity of the Gospel and His Church. Many excuse it because of the good she is doing. Some have speculated on Lauren’s social media pages as to whether she knows what those symbols on her dress at the Dove award meant. The exclusivity of the Gospel, the creation of only two genders, and the mixing of good and evil together in images in society and social culture continue to be an emergence of ideas that do not go together in a biblical world view. And now mainstream Christianity is welcoming these images and ideas into its theology and practice. Thus, this has been a battle between God and the Enemy for thousands of years. In the Old Testament it was referred to as a goat demon in Leviticus 17:7. It is both human and animal, male and female, good and evil. British occultist Aleister Crowley also adopted Baphomet, notably in his “Gnostic Mass.” More recently, the Satanic Temple commissioned a statue of Baphomet, which was unveiled in 2015 and then moved to various places as a protest against displays of Ten Commandments monuments in public spaces. Lévi describes the meaning of each element of the drawing, which is defined by its profound and pervasive duality. The Baphomet is imagined as a “Sabbatic Goat”-a hermaphroditic winged human figure with the head and feet of a goat that is adorned with numerous esoteric symbols. The French occultist Éliphas Lévi created the Baphomet that has become a recognized occult icon. I had never heard that term, but it looked like what I saw that night in Breckenridge. I scrolled through the comments and one person said the images on her dress represented a Baphomet. The dress had a myriad of images, and one caught my attention. I tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t, so I got up and started working on sermon preparation for the next year.Ī few months later, I was scrolling Facebook and saw a post by Lauren Daigle wearing a beautiful dress at the Dove Awards in Nashville. I felt like the Lord said, “Get up, walk through them, go to the bathroom, and come back.” So, I did, with my heart racing, I got up, walked through them, went to the bathroom, and when I came back, they were gone. But never anything like this.Īs I lay there terrified, I didn’t know what to do. I feared opening my eyes because I didn’t want to see what was there. I have had experiences where I have awakened in the night and felt evil in my room. I thought I was imagining it, so I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, I could still see them and more importantly I could feel them. I could see their bodies, shoulders, and specifically their heads. The room was dark, but the outline of the figures was darker. To the left of the bed in the dark I could see two figures standing at the foot of my bed. The second night of our retreat, I was awakened in the night, troubled in my spirit, I rolled over and looked across the bedroom. In September of 2021 the Vanguard Pastoral Leadership Team and the Elders went away to Breckenridge, CO for our annual retreat. Why do I tell you all this? Mostly so you won’t think I am a kook as I tell you this experience and story, I had over the past six months. I am currently on my 94 th reading of the Bible. The Word of God informs everything about my life. I am a Southern Baptist, a graduate of Liberty University, and Dallas Theological Seminary. I have now served the same Southern Baptist church, Vanguard Church, in the same city for the past twenty-five years. What is a Baphomet? Six months ago, my response would have been, “IDK.” The merger of baphomets into mainstream Christianity is yet another example. Mainstream Christianity and what is acceptable to Christians is changing rapidly.
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