Could Satan supernaturally also reveal secrets to men who had given themselves over to the worship of him, so inherent in secret societies? The Bible reveals that Satan can do what he wants in this world, where he is repeatedly called the "Lord of this World", unless the Holy Spirit specifically prohibits him.

Members of the occult are taught that certain subjects were revealed to men in secret societies. Some of these subjects, in addition to Geometry mentioned above, were:

* Astronomy
* Physics
* Medicine
* Higher Mathematics
* Music
* Art
* Literature
* The planting of subliminal messages

This concept is a shocking one, indeed. If it is true, we can understand how the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians could have built such incredibly difficult buildings and monuments, many of which have stood the erosion of time and the natural elements. Now, we can understand better how the ancients could have developed such high level cultures. We can also understand how the few individuals who possessed such special knowledge could quickly rise to high levels of prominence and power, to the point where they could become the privileged leaders of any culture. We could easily see how these few individuals could accumulate vast wealth for themselves and their posterity. Satan could then use this power, skill, and wealth to further advance his kingdom.

If this information is true, it would explain how the tremendous explosion in knowledge and invention, which the world has seen since approximately 1917, has occurred. Within a person's lifetime, the world has reached the point where the economy can be global and can be so structured that no one can buy or sell unless they take some kind of a mark. The world has reached a point that rulers could keep track of their subjects every minute of every day. The world has reached a point that the cultural and linguistic differences which have historically kept the peoples of the world divided have now been overridden so that we can see the One-World Nation and Government forming. For the same reasons, the world is now heading rapidly for that prophesied One-World Religion. None of this apparent fulfillment of God's End Time prophecy could have been possible in the horse and buggy days of the past. This approaching scenario is possible only because of the tremendously sudden explosion of knowledge in the Twentieth Century.