The Reformation: Well Hidden in the 21st Century

By Dr. Ken Matto

Jesus stated in John 8:32, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The truth of Scripture is to set the Christian free; yet as soon as one becomes saved, they place themselves back into slavery under a theological system.

This book is written with the desire to see the Christian emancipated from theological slavery and become a Biblicist, thus setting them free from the boundaries found in every theological system. The local church becomes a local prison in that unless one adheres to the warden’s (the pastor’s) teachings, then one will be shown the door. Brethren, these things should not be. The King James Bible opens the cell doors and frees the Christian from their theological imprisonment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781639615209

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Theological Slavery

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

—John 8:32

You may have never heard the term "theological slavery," but it is a compartmentalizing of Christianity to which all Christians are subject if they allow it. What has happened to Christianity is horrendous—Christians have departed from the teachings of Scripture and created theological systems that are not only erroneous but are also in total contradiction to the Scriptures, which means they are lies. Christians have set aside the true Bible and are now placing their trust in theologians, pastors, and media ministries, which are nothing more than wardens to keep the Christian in slavery to their teachings.

This chapter is specifically aimed at Christians. The idea came to me when I had a discussion on Facebook with a woman who stated I was way off and refused to even look at any of my material. How can you claim someone is way off when you do not even look at their material? It is nothing more than bearing false witness. Then I realized why she said that: it is because she is a slave to her theological system and is not allowed to go beyond what her church commands her to believe. It also must be realized that many theological systems are created by cherry-picking verses taken completely out of context. Remember, isolating verses may make your case but will not engender truth! The true gospel is being pinched off in our day but not by governments; it is being done by Christians themselves who continue to adopt false teachings without the least regard for what the scriptures teach.

In ancient Israel, both the northern and southern kingdoms were taken into captivity by pagan empires. They had a good start in declaring their obedience to God.

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. (Exod. 19:8)

Then as you read through the history of Israel, you will plainly see that they blatantly disobeyed God. Eventually, the northern kingdom was removed from the land, never to be returned again, and the southern kingdom was completely wiped off the face of the map in AD 70 because of their rebellion against God. The problem that initiated their rebellion was that they were scripturally illiterate.

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. (John 7:52)

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Galilee, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. (2 Kings 14:25)

The Pharisees who were supposed to be the leaders and experts in the Hebrew Scriptures showed their illiteracy by claiming that no prophet came out of Galilee. Jonah was of the tribe of Zebulun, and Gathhepher was near the Sea of Galilee. The problem was that they went from a study of the Scriptures to the Babylonian Talmud, which was a series of commentaries. So basically, they went from the teachings of God to the teachings of man.

The very same thing is happening today in Christianity. It is no longer about what the Bible says but what the pastor says, or the media minister, or the seminary professor… Christians have set aside the Bible and have relegated their belief system to men. Some of the theological systems which keep Christians compartmentalized and separate are discussed below.

Dispensationalism (Pre-tribulationism)

This was trance-channeled in 1830 by a woman named Margaret MacDonald. Trance-channeling is satanic and is used by the New Age movement to contact their ascended masters, which are nothing more than demonic spirits or otherwise known as familiar spirits. Tenets of their belief system are the following: seven-year tribulation period, rapture of the church before the tribulation period begins, rewards, physical thousand-year reign of Christ from Jerusalem, modern Israel is a rebirth of ancient Israel, etc. Not one of these can be proven from the Scriptures unless Scripture is twisted to fit this belief system.

Preterism

Preterism was a created theological system that was a product of Jesuit Priest Luis Del Alcazar in the sixteenth century to confront the teachings of the Reformers, who taught that the pope was the Antichrist. So he created a system of beliefs that placed everything as fulfilled in AD 70, thus taking the eye off the pope and back on Jerusalem. His commentary, "Investigation of the Hidden Sense of the Apocalypse," claimed that the book of Revelation was about ancient Rome and the first six centuries of the church’s existence.

Alcazar believed that all the prophecies of Revelation, except for 20:4 to 22:21, were fulfilled in AD 70. He also believed that Christ returned in AD 70 in the role of the Roman army to destroy Jerusalem. Many church fathers place the book of Revelation during the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96) and that the Apostle John was exiled under his reign.

Christian Reconstructionism

Christian Reconstructionism, otherwise known as Christian Dominion, is a belief system created under the teachings of Rousas Rushdoony (considered the father of Christian Reconstructionism). He also taught that the world would become Christianized, making way for the second coming of Christ. He also advocated a return to the law of God, which would mean a keeping of the Mosaic law. This view peaked in the 1990s and was declared a dead movement by 2008.

Antinomianism

Right on the heels of the Christian Reconstructionist movement is Antinomianism. The word is made up of two Greek words: "anti, which means against, and nomos, which means law." This belief posits that when Christ died on the cross, we are saved by grace alone without keeping any aspects of the law, which is true but they take it one step further by believing that the Christian should not obey the moral laws of God.

This belief system runs into a problem on two fronts: (1) Sin is the transgression of God’s law (1 John 3:4), which means that the law is not null and void in the area of morality, which would involve stealing, murder, adultery, etc. Christians are to live a godly life and not partake in sinful activities; (2) Christians are under the law of Christ.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: (James 2:8)

The law of Christ is the royal law, and it is based upon loving thy neighbor as thyself—in other words, putting others before yourself in all matters.

Hebrew Roots movement

It is a movement which attempts to Judaize the Christians and the churches by emphasizing the fact that the church has walked away from the Hebrew roots found in the Hebrew Scriptures. They teach that Christ and his disciples practiced the law of Moses, and they did so until Christ went to the cross. Then the veil in the temple was rent in two, which spelled the end of the Mosaic law as Christ now fulfilled all the aspects of the law of God, and that is imputed to all his followers until the last one is saved.

The book of Galatians was written as a warning against trying to keep the law for salvation while under grace. The two are antithetical, and no amount of keeping the law will ever gain salvation for anyone. In reality, true Christianity does not have Hebrew roots because Christ came from heaven to die for his people.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law… (Gal. 4:4)

Christ came from heaven and came through Judah to go to the cross, and then he went back to heaven. So it is true that Christianity has heavenly roots, not earthly ones!

Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism is the belief that the modern nation of Israel is the fulfillment of some promise God made for a restoration of the Old Testament nation of Israel. Normally Christian Zionism is married to dispensationalism and is embraced by Baptist and Fundamentalist Churches. They will typically have the flag of Israel on their platform, not realizing they are placing their church under the star of Moloch. The six-pointed star is one of the highest signs in Satanism; plus, they refer to it as the star of David when David never had a star because he knew it was idolatry.

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. (Amos 5:26, emphasis mine)

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. (Acts 7:43, emphasis