Artifice: Humanities Deception from Time Immemorial

PREFACE

Artifice [ahr-tuh-fis]: noun

1. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.

2. trickery; guile; craftiness.

3. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance.

4. a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.

Origin: 1525–35; < Anglo-French < Latin artificium craftsmanship, art, craftiness, equivalent to arti-, combining form of ars art¹ + -fic-, combining form of facere to do¹, make + -ium + -ium

Synonyms 1. subterfuge. See trick. 2. deception, deceit, art, duplicity. See cunning.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book is a life long journey encapsulating my quest for wisdom and understanding of the deepness of the vast world around us; to the miniscule yet vital part that we play in it during our brief moment of existence. We are all on a mission, a journey together that will culminate into the greatest joy humanity will ever experience.

To me there is no greater tranquility than being immersed in the beauty of nature, pondering its ways, studying the cycles and seasons of life in perfect harmony and balance, to whom I thank and dedicate this work to the Creator of Heaven and Earth, who has allowed me to experience many wonderful things, yet has also humbled and at times, crushed me like dust upon the earth - thank you Abba.

I also want to thank my wife for her unconditional love and support in good times and in not so good times. She is the compass that God uses to keep me focused and pointed in the right direction.

Special thanks to all those God has put in my path to give me encouragement and joy in my life, and to those who have written words of gratitude for me being a part of their lives.

A.I. Jacob

INTRODUCTION

Today it seems everyone who is anyone is writing a book of some kind.

Why?

Is there some great need for knowledge or are the writers of these books feeling compelled to get their thoughts down on paper to leave some kind of legacy?

I’m not sure, but the reason I am writing this book is simply because I feel no other author has been able to script what is really happening in the world and why throughout the history of humanity, mankind can invent great and wonderful inventions, yet cannot solve the simple matters that plague our societies.

Humanism and globalism seem to have overtaken the thoughts and goals of the nations, yet the majority have no idea as to their ramifications and that we as a people are being propelled towards a self-fulfilling precipice of disaster that if not stopped will threaten the extinction of the human race.

Simply put, this book will challenge, encourage and at times anger you but hopefully in the end will bring about a change in your world view and will awaken you to the fact that your life is but for a fleeting moment, a vapor – yet if used wisely, will culminate into a legacy of hope and a blessing for future humanity.

So where do I start, how do I pen these words so they don’t turn you off and draw you into the fact that the majority of mankind (including you and me) have lived in an artifice world, a world of deception since the day we were born.

That the world around us is not what it seems, that there are players and principalities behind the scenes influencing and swaying the thoughts and direction of humanity – at times very subtle and at other times very forcefully.

As Shakespeare said, all the world is a stage and we are merely players.

This is not going to be a long and drawn out writing. I will attempt to get to my points very candidly and trust you to make your own decision as to what you want to believe and what you don’t. It doesn’t matter to me, I’m not out to save the world, but more or less out to give it a warning, to open people’s eyes and hearts to the fact that we have been deceived by the greatest impostor since time immemorial – it’s up to you if you choose to accept it.

I’ve spent the majority of my life studying, observing, contemplating the deep meanings of life, the history of mankind, the spiritual and carnal forces in play and how to separate truth from fiction, myth from fact – what is real and what is not.

Do I have all the answers? No.

Have I’ve seen enough of my questions answered that I have a good idea of who we are as a human race and where we are going? Yes.

How?

Because, I have been fortunate to weed out and peel back the layers of deception, of falsehoods, or may I say, the false prophets of the world – and have experienced things, events in my life that have proven what is real, what is true and what is not.

With that said, you’re either going to have to trust me or write me off as another crack pot – again the decision is yours, but read on first before you make that decision right here, after all you probably paid for this book and might as well get your monies worth by reading it. 

We’ll begin by taking a glimpse of who we are and why we are here, two questions that mankind has contemplated and debated for millennium. Next we’ll discuss just how we evolved as a human race to where we are at this time in history and take a peek into the spiritual dimensions of our world and how it affects the course of human events.

In Part II, we’ll take a deep dive into the histories of the world’s religions, political and societal systems and their foundational principles and how each have been manipulated subtly by the greatest deceiver of time immemorial.

In Part III, we will look at the inherit good in humanity and what the future holds for us as a human race.

All I ask is that as you read, keep an open mind and prove all things. Don’t just take my word for it. Dig deep, peel back the layers, step back and look at the world we live in. All of us have been influenced by the surrounding environment and society we’ve grown up in. Circumstances and experiences in our life may have changed those views for the good or for the worse. We live in a world of good and evil, darkness and light, of dictators and benevolent leaders. No matter how you look at it or how life deals the cards to you, deep down all of us want to be loved and accepted.

– A.I. Jacob

PART I

THE ART OF DECEPTION

THINK ABOUT IT

Let’s be honest with one another, we live in a world of good and evil. Whether you’re an atheist, agnostic, Judeo-Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Jew – there are good and evil people in all sects of humanity.

Right?

Now ask yourself.

Why is it we can invent vaccines that can cure various diseases, but others use those same or strains of those viruses to create biological weapons to kill and destroy other human kind?

Why is it we can create things like dynamite and explosive charges to move mountains to build wonderful highways so we can travel great distances, yet use those same explosive devices to build missiles and various weapons of war to kill and destroy one another?

Why can mankind build beautiful cities, buildings, parks, musical compositions, art, poetry and wondrous inventions to help us enjoy life and aid us in our day to day chores – yet the majority of the human race lives in squalor and our cities are filled with crime, drugs and every conceivable evil under the sun?

Now if you’re of a humanist or globalist mindset, your answer might be – ‘because mankind has not yet embraced our systems of governance, but once there is a one world global governing rule under our enlightened leadership – then there will be peace and prosperity for all’.

And that is not meant to be a joke, it is a true statement.

Do not be deceived, this one world thinking and global utopia cannot and will never be achieved, no matter how hard the globalists try. Human nature will not allow it.

How do I know?

Look at the history of Europe and the world at large right now – how’s that globalist mentality working out for them?

As I write this, Greece is rioting, the other countries are broke, they have the highest unemployment rates of any developing country; corruption and greed permeates every level of society. In the Arab world, the Arab Spring has toppled old dictators and set in place new ones. The U.S. for the first time is following right along with a debt that takes up 100% of its GDP. The South American countries are battling drug violence and killings unseen in its history.

It is an artifice of magnanimous proportions and threatens the very existence of the human race.

This humanistic spirit is an oxymoron as on the outside it attempts to portray itself as the savior of humanity, but in reality is the nemesis – the destroyer of it.

Greed, power and control are its only goals and will destroy anything and anyone that gets in its way – remember this, learn it and embrace it.

This is not something new, I’ve been saying this for decades, it is only now starting to raise its ugly head without shame – the goal is no longer hidden, its arrogance won’t allow it.

Let me make a bold prediction right now, so in the years to come, you’ll look back on these words and remember.

America as we know it is gone, it’s not coming back, same with the UK, which in reality has been in a state of decline since 1917 and is merely a shadow of its formal self. The Arab world is uniting under the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran is calling for the annihilation of Israel and we’re seeing the polarization of blocs of nations shaping up right before our eyes.

In the years ahead, we will have a global collapse; it can’t be stopped and is actually planned – why?

Because, until the isolated nations of the world fall, no one will embrace a one world governance. Until there is collapse, nothing can rise to replace what is.

This does not mean all nations will embrace it, China, Russia and the other Asian bloc nations will not. America will not, but it too will become in such a state of decadence that it will have no influence on global affairs.

Now ask yourself and ponder the following questions.

Why do the majority of the nations in the world, including the UN governing body despise and seemingly hate the tiny little nation of Israel with a mere population of 6 million.

Why do the surrounding Arab nations with a populace of over 800 million people seemingly get a pass even though they have spoken out rightly that their desire is to destroy the nation and its entire people?

Why do the Jews get blamed for every evil in the world, yet have more Nobel peace recipients, scientists, composers, artists and other noteworthy accomplished people per populace than any other nation in the history of mankind?

Seems strange doesn’t it?

Yet, if you ask these people who hate the Jews why do you hate them. They can’t really give you a clear answer. These same people claim to be the great peacemakers of the global alliance, yet are the biggest bigots and racists you’ll ever meet. Ironic isn’t it?

I will tell you why, whether you choose to believe it or not. But before I do, let me ask you another question.

If you wanted to take over the world and control all people, kindred and creeds – if you wanted the entire human race to more or less worship and respect you as the world ruler of all kingdoms of the earth, how would you go about it?

And if some people didn’t want to worship you or see you as the great benevolent ruler of mankind – how would you control them and keep them in line?

The short answer is: some who would form your inner circle and be made promises of wealth and power would embrace you, others would have to be deceived so they looked to you as a caring, loving caregiver, taking care of all their needs from cradle to grave and the small majority of others would see through the farce, resist and would have to be put down with force.

This is the real world we live in; this is artifice – humanities deception from time immemorial.

WHO ARE WE?

By now, your neural synapses should be firing as you continue to ponder the previous questions and the world that you find yourself living in.

Is all of this by happenstance or are we here for a purpose?

Were we all formed and evolved from a little puddle of primordial goo that just happened to settle in this part of the galaxy and develop all manner of life, plants, seas, cyclical systems of physics, food, replications, seasons and the human race and societal evolution?

It makes me laugh, when I hear all the seemingly great minds of the world embrace this artifice thinking.

Think about it. It is scientifically impossible for the earth to exist as it does by chance. Do you realize that if our nitrogen, oxygen and argon levels in the air we breathe were just a couple percent higher; we would all ignite where we stand and if it were 1.4% lower, we would begin to suffocate.

Study the intricacies of the mitochondria – which scientists still do not understand, and you will begin to see that things are not so simple to just say they evolved out of a primordial soup recipe.

The truth is man does not know who he is for the most part or where he came from or how he found himself here on earth, living amongst such beauty, plants, animals and good food – yet alone being able to have the creative abilities to build and invent things, to create music, art and poetry – to love and to hate, to even venture beyond the earth’s realm and go to the moon and beyond.

No, these did not just happen – and as you begin to realize this you will begin to understand why we live in the world of good and evil that we do. You’ll then understand the purpose of the human race and who you are, why you are here and where our destinies lie.

Look at these pictures and tell me why one has life and the other doesn’t.

So who are we then, how did we get to where we are and for that matter, why are we even here?

Is there a purpose to our existence? Do we even exist, perhaps we are all trapped in another dimension like in the Matrix and all of this is just a grand illusion.

Actually, if you want a good comparison, it’s more like the movie Truman – where as we go about living our mundane lives, every move is being monitored and when necessary outside forces are influencing our surroundings and the people we meet and the places we go. Keep that thought in mind as you continue reading.

To answer the question candidly (and I know there will be naysayers and antagonists who cannot accept this), we are wonderfully created carnal beings placed in a utopian paradise of beauty to enjoy, work and play in.

Our bodies are made of the finest materials, able to do wondrous things – yet are also frail and wear out over time. Our minds are endowed with reasoning and thought, influenced by both physical and spiritual influences – able to love and hate, to create and destroy and to pursue peace and to make war.

The great deception facing us is that we are here by accident, that our lives our finite and that while we are here, we should do everything within our power to accumulate wealth, power, fame and glory. To enjoy life to its fullest, no matter what the consequences and no matter who or what gets in our way.

For the few, that goal is attainable, some will be in the middle but for the majority – their lives will be spent foraging for daily sustenance, living lives of poverty, disease and feelings of hopelessness.

So why are we here, we didn’t ask to be – our mother’s bore us and as we grew, influences around us molded and shaped our destinies, some more fortunate than others.

Is it by providence or by chance?

WHY ARE WE HERE?

These two questions of ‘who we are’ and ‘why are we here’ have plagued mankind for millennium and have made for interesting debates, exhortations, books and movies.

I will be answering these little by little as we go along, but first I must stimulate your thinking and embrace your trust going forward and encourage you to prove all things whether they be true or not, just as I have done throughout my life.

But if you must know and to whet your appetite, we are here for a grander purpose than most realize.

Ponder this, why is the earth the only planet in the galaxies that we know of with life on it?

As you ponder that, let’s move on and focus on how to get to there from here.

Believe me, I know that many who read this are so wrapped up in their little sphere of influence in their life, that anything and anyone who challenges their world view and upsets their delicate belief system is branded a heretic or nutcase.

It is simply human nature to dismiss anything that can’t be understood. It’s understandable but unfortunately is used as a great tool to deceive, control and sway the masses to their pleasing.

Look at the recent (or maybe not so recent, if you are reading this after the year 2011) election of Barack Obama. The political forces of all segments of the elitist, globalist forces of not only the USA, but of the world were determined to do everything in their power to deceive, corrupt and put in place one of their own. The same thing happened with Bill Clinton and yes, even George Bush – for they are all controlled by the same principalities and forces outside the main populaces’ sphere of influence.

Let me be clear, there is nothing that takes place in the scheme of world events that has not been forethought, planned and manipulated – it may not always turn out exactly as detailed, but the agenda, the steps taken towards the goal are being forged ahead – many times without the consent of those who think they are doing the planning.

Confused?

Don’t be – it will be become very clear in the pages ahead.

Think about this.

Why has mankind throughout history, fought wars between one another? Why are there so many ebbs and flows of nation rising against nation, intertwined with various belief systems and religions – why is there so much violence in the world?

The answers are simple, but unfortunately most are not willing to accept them; they would rather formulate some other means to explain the misfortunes of man.

So as the saying goes, we are where we are – so where do we go from here?

THE NEMESIS OF MANKIND

Now that I’ve piqued your interest and whetted your appetite – let’s get down to brass tacks, shall we?

I don’t know anything about you or your family, but for most reading this, it would be safe to say you fall into one of the following categories. It’s rather stereotypical, but gives you an idea of our societal makeup.

You’re a young adult just setting out or a student still living at home or going to college that is fed up with the political and social problems of the world and you want to make a difference, you are engaged – but sometimes feel helpless. You believe you have the answers, but have no way to implement them – to get others to listen. In the end, you will either fade into one of the following categories or grow up to be a writer or activist, depending on your world view and influences from life’s experiences to come.

You’re married, young, may have small children and working like a dog to make ends meet. Your time consists entirely of producing income to pay the bills, eat and take care of the needs of your family. You may be engaged in conservative or liberal politics depending on how well you are doing or whether you were indoctrinated with socialist/communist leanings while attending college. If you are from a broken family, have used drugs in the past and had a child out of wedlock, chances are you lean left, otherwise you probably lean more conservatively – but neither matter for this exercise, as there are exceptions to both.

You’re middle aged, making it in life, may have your own business or part of the elite social structure – in either case, you are in charge of your destiny, or so it seems. You could be very involved in your religious, company or political organization, again neither matter for this exercise – but will have an influence on your world view and how involved you are with those who push their agenda forward.

You’re retired, may be a war veteran and can’t believe you’re living in the world you are. That good is called evil and evil good. You lived in a time when the enemy was known and respected, but now you see that the enemy seems to be from within – that those who have sworn to protect the freedoms of the country are now those seeking to tear them down. You are actually the most enlightened of the groups – yet are seen as non-threatening as your days are in decline.

Notice in each category, there can be good and there can be evil. The lower down the scale of financial means you are, the more you will tend to be involved with the social ills of the nations such as welfare, poverty, crime and drug abuse.

These people are easily swayed, like pawns on a chess board and are fast becoming the foundational makeup of the world. In past empires, they would be the serfs and peasants of their day – controlled by the ruling authorities.

As nations began to expand and commerce grew, many nations threw off serfdom and rose up the economic scale, built businesses, made scientific advances and propelled the world forward – this was very evident during the industrial revolution.

Yet even during those days, man did not have the basic knowledge of how to manage growing, congested populations, basic sanitary requirements and what happened? Disease outbreaks were rampant, to the point of wiping out great portions of the populace.

In many countries, the rich become richer – where family clans were given all the work and new business, while those less fortunate became servants. Now instead of having a small manageable Kingdom, whole sects of society became wealthy and expanded outward along with the greed and corruption that followed.

This describes much of the history of Europe, Arab and Eurasian countries.

With the advent of the rise of the United States, there was a whole paradigm shift as a burgeoning Judeo-Christian based nation suddenly opened the doors to freedom and equal opportunity to every man, woman and child – no matter what race or family background.

Is it any wonder, why her masses have swelled from every corner of the earth to partake in that freedom?

After WWI when she helped save Europe from being overthrown by Germany – she did not join the League of Nations and over time became somewhat despised by the heads of the same nations whom she help save, for they saw her rising power as a threat to their one world view.

Then after WWII, when Israel was formed and she and the United States became more or less brothers, there was another paradigm shift – which entered into the world a deepened jealous spirit, which has culminated into what we see in the world today.

Yet, believe it or not – all this was foretold thousands of years ago in the ancient Hebraic writings and prophecies that most today view as fictitious stories and fables.

But how do we know what the real truth, how do we divide reality from falsehoods, deception from fact?

For that matter, who or what has been keeping the truth from us, who exactly is this seemingly hidden Nemesis of Mankind?

Can You Guess His Name

The lyrics to Sympathy for the Devil, by the Rolling Stones, released in 1968, ironically gives a good picture of who we have been dealing with from time immemorial.

What’s been troubling us as a human species is indeed the nature of his game.

Paul Harvey also wrote an article called ‘The Prince of Darkness’ also known as ‘If I Were the Devil’ – I encourage you to look up both these references to gain a better insight of what we are up against as a human race.

Deception throughout the Ages

As we know, there is a great divide over the history of mankind and the creation of our universe. Our gifted scientists hold to the belief that the age of many fossils and archeological discoveries, dated the creation of the earth tens if not tens of billions of years ago, while others who lean towards a more creationist form of view, believe the earth may indeed be old, but mankind’s existence is relatively young.

To the blind observer studying history, they would simply search Wikipedia and come up with the following:

The history of the world or human history is the history of humanity from the earliest times to the present, in all places on Earth, beginning with the Paleolithic Era. It excludes non-human natural history and geological history, except insofar as the natural world substantially affects human lives. World history encompasses the study of written records, from ancient times forward, plus additional knowledge gained from other sources, such as archaeology. Ancient recorded history begins with the invention, independently at several sites on Earth, of writing, which created the infrastructure for lasting, accurately transmitted memories and thus for the diffusion and growth of knowledge. However, the roots of civilization reach back to the period before writing — humanity's prehistory.

Human prehistory begins in the Paleolithic Era, or Early Stone Age. Later, during the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age), came the Agricultural Revolution (between 8000 and 5000 BCE) in the Fertile Crescent, where humans first began the systematic husbandry of plants and animals.[1][2][3] Agriculture spread to neighboring regions and developed independently elsewhere, until most humans lived as farmers in permanent settlements. The relative security and increased productivity provided by farming allowed these communities to expand. They grew into increasingly larger units in parallel with the evolution of ever more efficient means of transport.

Surplus food enabled the division of labor, the rise of a leisured upper class, and the development of cities and with them civilization. The growing complexity of human societies necessitated systems of accounting, which led to writing.[4]

Civilizations developed on the banks of life-sustaining bodies of fresh water (lakes and rivers). By 3000 BCE, they had arisen in the Middle East's Mesopotamia (the land between the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris), on the banks of Egypt's River Nile,[5][6][7] and in the Indus River valley.[8][9][10] Similar civilizations probably developed along major rivers in China, but the archaeological evidence for extensive urban construction is less conclusive.

And as we’ll see, the above mentioned Paleolithic Era started some 2.6 million years ago.

The Paleolithic (or Palæolithic) Age, Era or Period, is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools discovered, and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably by Hominins such as Australopithecines, 2.6 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene around 10,000 BP.[11] The Paleolithic era is followed by the Mesolithic. The date of the Paleolithic—Mesolithic boundary may vary by locality as much as several thousand years.

From this, we can create some interesting hypothesizes to support some of these thoughts of reasoning.

One, we can assume that civilization as we know it today, started in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, which runs north from the Nile of Egypt in a narrow strip along the Mediterranean coast and arches east then south through modern day Syria and Iraq towards the Persian gulf area between Iraq and Iran.

Two, notice that this exact area that we have just proven is the agreed thought of reasoning amongst our great intellectual minds of archeology is the exact area mentioned and accounted for in the Hebrew Scriptures written some 4,000 years BCE.

Coincidence?

More like Providence, but let’s continue.

The Genesis Project

One of my favorite Star Trek movies is the Wrath of Khan, where The USS Reliant is on a mission to search for a lifeless planet for testing of the Genesis Device, a torpedo that reorganizes matter to create habitable worlds for colonization but can also destroy planets. If you haven’t seen it, you might enjoy it. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, was a visionary, like Walt Disney, men that could see a world of peace and joy beyond the current malaise of human societal evolution.

As, I myself, study the past and contemplate the future of mankind and its role in the universe, I also see a future joy and hope for us as a species.

Recently, I was reading an article that the world’s largest atom smashing facility has discovered that matter and anti-matter are not always one for one, but that in time, anti-matter dissipates, leaving more matter.

From that they conclude that is why the universe formed the way it did, with more physical attributes.

Matter/ Antimatter - Atom Smasher Makes New Discovery

An atom smasher based near Geneva, Switzerland conducted an experiment recently and found that there may be bits of matter that don't mirror the behavior of their antimatter counterparts.

This observance is unexpected, in that scientists have operated under the theory the universe started off with roughly equal amounts of matter and antimatter where particles of antimatter have the same mass of their twins but an opposite charge. They theorized that over the ensuing 14 billion years, most of the antimatter was destroyed, leaving a leftover universe of mainly matter.

After many experiments, in Switzerland, using the Large Hadron Collider, the 17-mile (27 km) circular particle accelerator, researchers are reporting that some matter particles produced inside the machine appear to be behaving differently from their antimatter counterparts, which might provide a partial explanation to the mystery of antimatter. (Edmund Jenks | November 18, 2011 at 02:24 pm / NowPublic.com)

So let’s review.

We have scientists that say the universe formed some 14 billion years ago, a life generating planet called earth happened to materialize followed by early man leading to our modern day civilization. In between, we had ice ages, prehistoric man, meteors and dinosaurs.

Now, let’s take a step back and to use Star Trek terms, let’s overlay the engrams of scientific theory (matter) with its Biblical anti-matter counterpart using the Genesis theory.

In the Hebrew Scriptures book of Bereshit (Hebrew for In the Beginning) or Genesis (from the Greek meaning Origin), written by Moses around 1311 BCE, with the very oldest fragment resembling part of the text of the Hebrew Bible so far discovered is a small silver amulet, dating from approximately 600 BCE, we see in the first two verses the following.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 (MKJV)

Given there is no time period given between verse 1 and verse 2, we can surmise that as far as the age of the earth and universe are concerned, both Origin world views of creation can be supported.

So what happened?

Why would the scriptures say that God created the heavens and the earth, then in verse two say