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[GOD] in MASONRY
By Steve Grant

The following is most profound:
G. O. D.
The initials of [Gomer], [0z], [Dabar]. It is a singular coincidence, and worthy of thought, that the letters composing the English name of Deity should be the initials of the Hebrew words [Wisdom], [Strength], and [Beauty]; the three great pillars, or metaphorical supports of Freemasonry. They seem to present almost the only reason that can reconcile a Freemason to the use of the initial in its conspicuous suspension in the East of the Lodge in place of the Delta. The incident seems to be more than an accident.

Gomer, = Beauty, [G]
Oz. = Strength, [O]
Dabar, = Wisdom, [D]

Thus the initials conceal the true meaning. GOD.

To Wit:

A belief in the existence of God is an essential point of Speculative Freemasonry so essential, indeed, that it is a landmark of the Order that no Atheist can be made a Freemason. Nor is this left to an inference; for a specific declaration to that effect is demanded as an indispensable preparation for initiation. Hence Hutchinson says that the worship of God "was the first and corner-stone on which our originals thought it expedient to place the foundation of Masonry." The religion of Freemasonry is cosmopolitan, universal; but the required belief in God is not incompatible with this universality; for it is the belief of all peoples.

"Be assured," says Godfrey Higgins, "that God is equally present with the pious Hindoo in the temple the Jew in the synagogue the Mohammedan in the mosque, and the Christian in the church." There never has been a time since the revival of Freemasonry, when this belief in God as a superintending power did not form a part of the system. The very earliest lectures that are extant, going back almost to the beginning of the eighteenth century, contain precisely the same question as to the trust in God which is found in those of the present day; and the oldest Manuscript Constitutions, dating as far back as the fifteenth century at least, all commence with, or contain, an invocation to the "Mighty Father in Heaven." There never was a time when the dogma did not form an essential part of the Masonic system .

NOW. Think about it!
Was this a COINCIDENCE?

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