GYC SE 2008: ReGeneration

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GYC Southeast

Ivor Myers: The Soul Train

Ivor Myers

Escape From the Black Hole

The Beast From the Abyss

The Beast from the Abyss

Heavenly Father, we again thank You for speaking to us, Lord, and we just ask that You would just help us, Lord, to get the full picture of where we are and what we need to be fighting against and how we need to be standing in You.

Some of you have asked, I want to let you know that This presentation is entitled The Beast from the Abyss.

We're going to have our booth set up this evening.

After the meetings, we have a whole lot of product.

But this presentation in particular, The Beast from the Abyss, is a 3 DVD set.

So it's actually 3 hours worth of information.

And I'm kind of condensing it as best I can in the time that we have.

In 1492, December 5, In 1492, December 5, Columbus discovers Hispaniola.

In 1697, by the Treaty of Rieswig, a portion of Hispaniola is formally ceded to France.

The remaining Spanish section is called Santo Domingo.

In the 16 and 1700s, Saint Domingo becomes a capital of slave trade.

Slaves from all over are brought to this place, which is a Catholic occupation.

And as soon as they arrive there, the first thing that happens is that They are christened as Catholics.

But they are not allowed to read the 2 witnesses.

You'll remember that Egypt was not only known for its denial of God, but it was also known for its multiplicity of gods.

You remember God for the river, God for the flies, God for the frogs, etc.

What happened with these slaves is that they needed something to connect because they had come from so many different places so many varied backgrounds and so what happens is that they were trying to you know keep these slaves separate and the 1 thing that these slaves united upon was their religion they brought their gods together and formed a new religion called Voodan or Voodoo The head figure of the Voodoo faith, the key deity of the Voodoo faith is the serpent.

And 1 of the, in fact the word voodoo has been translated as the snake under whose auspices gather all who share the faith.

And This religion, this new thing called voodoo, if you were to take a look at their ceremony, perhaps the most sacred part of the voodoo worship dealt with music.

In the voodoo practitioner's mind, they wanted to achieve Syncopation.

What is syncopation to a voodoo practitioner?

They wanted to be possessed by the spirits.

And in particular the spirit of the serpent and so the key instrument in voodoo worship was the drum And what would happen is during these services, the voodoo practitioners knew that they had been Invested or taken over by the spirit because their bodies would move to the music like a serpent Anybody following me?

Okay, just checking What began to happen is that the the slave owners looked at this practice and they said what are you guys doing?

And they banned it Because they were terrified of this satanic ritual.

I'm not going to give you the name of the book, because the name of the book will give away where I'm coming to.

It says, yet Whenever possible, they, the voodoo practitioners, would use the Catholic rituals to carry out their own beliefs.

Therefore, when dancing and singing was abolished, because of fear from voodoo practices, The enslaved voodoo believers would dance and sing to the Catholic saints, having them represent the voodoo spirits.

They put Christian words… Is it ok for me to take a drink of water while you think and meditate for a few moments on what I just said.

They would put Christian words to their voodoo rhythms.

And in so doing, they deceived their Catholic slave owners.

Well in 1791 when the French Revolution kicked off, something else happened, because this French province, as it were, got the smell of rebellion.

The slaves heard what was happening over in France.

They heard that the people were rising up against the priests and against the church and the same spirit of rebellion infused them.

They said, wait a minute, if they're doing it over there, We should do it right here.

And they rose up in rebellion against their Catholic slave owners.

In fact, it was a man by the name of Buchmann Dutty who was a Jamaican.

Bookman who led out in this voodoo ceremony that kicked off, that helped kick off this revolution, and it became known as the only successful slave revolt in all of history.

And that place, after the revolt took place and was successful, changed its name from Saint Domingo to Haiti.

Now in case there are any Haitians in here, remember Bookman was a Jamaican.

Let me tell you something, I am never offended.

When we stop taking our culture as black and white or...

When I become born again I am born again as a citizen of heaven.

All right so just wanted to make that clear.

So, Haiti, the capital, the Mecca of voodoo.

How many of you remember the quote where Ellen White says, man, I wish I had it, that Protestantism will be foremost in stretching its hand over the what?

To clasp hands with 2 powers, Catholicism and what?

In 1804, something absolutely mind-blowing takes place.

France is in need of money because of the wars they've just been through.

They own the beast from the abyss Owns a piece of real estate found right in the middle of the beast from the earth It goes right down the middle of America it is called Louisiana.

America, or rather France, sells this piece of property, the beast from the abyss, sells this piece of property to the beast from the earth.

When that agreement takes place, by the way, called the what?

Louisiana Purchase, something else happens.

Thousands of these voodoo practitioners begin to make their way over to Louisiana, in particular to a place called AKA Little France.

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Ivor Myers: The Soul Train

The Beast from the Abyss

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