Modern Satanism 4: Counterfeit Systems And Luciferian Agendas, The Illuminati, Freemasonry, And False Religious Systems Series

Modern Satanism 4: Counterfeit Systems and Luciferian Agendas, The Illuminati, Freemasonry, and False Religious Systems

***Note, This was Written to be Delivered in 2 Segments***

May 11, 2025

Dr. Bradford Reaves

CrossWay Christian Fellowship

Ephesians 5:11-13

11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, (Ephesians 5:11-13)

What if I told you that the most powerful, respectable, deeply embedded systems in our world today are not just broken… they’re spiritually distorted? We’re not just battling bad ideas or dealing with moral decline. We are up against a coordinated, ancient, supernatural agenda — a Luciferian framework hiding in plain sight. And no, this isn’t about putting on a tinfoil hat or binging conspiracy videos on YouTube. I’m talking about real spiritual warfare that walks in the halls of power, culture, religion, and in some cases the Church itself.

As Pastor Billy Crone often says, “If you think the devil’s going to show up in a red suit with horns and a pitchfork, you’re already deceived.”

And Pastor Tom Hughes is right when he says, “The Antichrist system isn’t coming — it’s already being built.”

We’ve been lulled into thinking that Satan only operates in the shadows, when in reality, he’s setting up shop in boardrooms, seminaries, global councils, and religious movements. We think the globalist agenda is sometime in the future, when in reality it is being assembled under our nos es and he’s doing it with a smile, a logo, and sometimes even a steeple.

We are a church that is Awake, Aware, and Awaiting. But you can’t fight what you refuse to face, and you can’t expose what you won’t first recognize. It’s easy to pretend the darkness isn’t there — but that doesn’t make it any less real, especially when it is influencing the American Church. A Beast system is rising. A great delusion is underway. And if the church doesn’t wise up and speak out, we risk blessing what God has already judged. So today, we will obey Ephesians 5 and expose the unfruitful works of darkness — Freemasonry, Illuminati agendas, and counterfeit religions — and we will do it with the Word of God, the light of truth, and hearts that are alert and sober in these final days.

I. The Blueprint of Counterfeit Systems

Before we start naming names—Freemasonry, the Illuminati, Bohemian Grove, or apostate religious movements—we need to understand something crucial: there is a common thread running through all of them. These are not random movements or isolated ideologies. They are different faces of the same ancient rebellion. Behind every counterfeit system is a counterfeit spirit—the spirit of antichrist.

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. (1 John 4:3)

From Babel to Babylon, from Nimrod to Nero, from the mystery religions of Egypt to modern global elitism, Satan has always sought to mimic God’s Kingdom with a shadow government of his own. Pastor Brandon Holthaus rightly teaches that Satan doesn’t create—he counterfeits.

Tom Hughes would say, “These global systems are not accidental—they are intentional and prophetically aligned.”

And Billy Crone goes further: “These aren’t just corrupt systems. They are spiritually charged machines meant to usher in a final kingdom that replaces Christ with Antichrist.”

So before we dive into specific systems, let’s look at the blueprint—the operating system that ties them all together.

A. Babel – The Original Prototype

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11:4)

The Tower of Babel was not just about height — it was a spiritual statement of demonic rebellion. This was the first counterfeit system — one language, one government, one religion, without God. This system was built on human pride, centralized power, and a Luciferian goal of self-exaltation. Nimrod, the founder of Babel, is the first biblical type of the Antichrist — a mighty hunter against the Lord (cf. Genesis 10:8–10). His empire foreshadowed future systems of rebellion.

B. The Statue of Man’s Kingdoms

From the moment Nimrod established Babel, mankind has been on a relentless mission to build its own kingdom without God. Genesis 11 shows us the first united world system — centralized government, defiant spirituality, and technological ambition — all rooted in rebellion. It was Satan’s first attempt at a one-world order through human pride and godless unity. Fast forward to Daniel, and we see the same spirit at work again. The statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream isn’t just a timeline of empires — it’s the unfolding architecture of that same Babylonian rebellion. What began in Babel finds its future in Babylon, its feet in iron and clay, and its fall in the crushing return of Christ.