The Other God

The scriptures speak of “another Jesus,” “another spirit,” and “another gospel.” These are all associated with the other god; the one who fell from his lofty position because he wanted to be like “…the most high.” He is now referred to as “…the god of this world.”

This miniature god, from his fall, has attempted to emulate the one and only “True God.” Therefore, he also has son, a spirit, and a pseudo-gospel he passes off as legitimate. “The mystery of godliness: [is] God was manifest in the flesh.” “The mystery of iniquity,” is that Satan will be manifest in the flesh.

It’s argued that since John wrote there would come many anti-christs (plural), and that even in his day there were many, this proves there will not be a personification of one person indwelt by Satan himself. But they make two mistakes: First, John himself says in the context, “…anti-christ (singular) shall come.” (Jn.2:18). And secondly, Jesus said that there would come “many” Christs’. But this does not rule out he was the personification of the one true Christ.

When the devil tempted our first parents, he promised them that if they lived their lives according to his rules, that they would be “…as gods.” That is, each would have a spark of deity in them; but contrary to this lying promise, they became totally depraved.

And so we see the first false religion instituted, from henceforth it would no longer be, God plus man; but man plus God. In the Garden, man became his own god. You might say, “A new age started in the Old Testament.” Or as the wise man said, “…there is no new thing under the sun.”

The only spark in fallen man is the spark of Hell.