The Huge Snake The Snake that Swallows People by Frederick Hoehn, copyright 2014, all rights reserved. Chapter 1 This book gets its title from a short vision that the Lord gave me years ago. The vision was of a huge snake that was swallowing people whole. The snake represented sexual sins. That was a problem in our nation, and in the world years ago when I saw the vision. But in the years since then, the problem has grown much worse. In Luke 21:33--36, Jesus said,--“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. And watch yourselves, so that your hearts won't become overloaded by excessive indulgence, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day takes you by surprise. For like a trap it shall come on all of those who live on the face of the whole earth. Stay awake therefore, and pray always, so that you'll be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall happen, and to stand before the Son of man." Now in this passage of scripture, the Lord doesn't specifically mention sex sins, but he's talking about people's hearts becoming overloaded with excessive indulgence, etc. Some of that excessive indulgence is sex sins, like fornication and adultery, and sex perversions. The trap that's coming to the world that Jesus spoke of in the above passage will overcome those who are not right with God. People messing around with sex perversion won't be in a position to escape that trap. People involved in kinky sex will be quite vulnerable when that trap springs on the people of the world. I can't go into details about what such people do because the Bible says, “It is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by them in secret.” But I can tell you this much, because the Bible tells us this much, “They do those things that are not convenient.” And why would you want to be doing the things that are not convenient? Because of insanity. People doing so are actually involved with demons, fallen angels, that rebelled against God when Satan did. If you're messing around with demons, then how are you going to avoid going to hell? Those demons are there to steal, to kill, and to destroy, as it says in John 10:10. It is their purpose to keep you from going to heaven. There used to be trappers that would go out and trap animals, and then trade with the American Indians and with others. They were trappers and fur traders. The thing about animal traps is that if you're not careful, they can also trap people. There are traps strong enough to trap bears. But a trap for bears can also hurt humans. Jesus said the trap is coming for the earth. If you're not ready, if you're not walking closely with the Lord, if you're not a born again Christian, you're in danger of being caught in the trap that's coming. I wrote before about, “Pornography Kills,” at Amazon.com. Pornography is one of the main reasons that sex perversion has grown so much. Seems like I heard that porn is a billion dollar a year business. The people that make porn are making lots of money by helping their customers go to hell. If you help a lot of people go to hell, most likely, you'll go to hell yourself, for it is written, “He that digs a pit shall fall into it.” (Prov 26:27) But the fact that the makers of porn are going to hell has not resulted in the discontinuation of porn. The issue of pornography came up decades ago in the U.S. Supreme Court. As I recall, the court ruled that it was a community issue, and should be dealt with locally. In ruling that way, I believe the court did the nation a great disservice. How can local communities fight a billion dollar a year porn industry? That is so much money that it would be very surprising if organized crime is not playing a large role in the porn industry. But that title, “Pornography Kills,” ought to be taken quite seriously, or perhaps you'll be its next victim, friend. The Bible says, “A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” What might start very small can grow large enough to consume you, and you never meant for that to happen. Jesus said, “He that looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matt 5:28), which is part of the “Sermon on the Mount.” Pornography is about the lust of the eyes, and the lust of the flesh. “Don't love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away and its lust, but he that does the will of God lives forever.” (1 John 2:15--17) No doubt you're aware that addiction to alcohol has killed many people. But what is probably not as well known is that pornography is killing many, and sending them to hell. It was on the news two or three days ago about gay pride parades. What is that about? That's about homosexuals trying to make a statement, “We're just as good as you are.” They may wish to look at it that way, but God doesn't look at that way. God calls homosexuality an abomination. That means God hates it, and sees it as filthy. In the Law of Moses, God gave a list of certain animals that the people were not allowed to eat. God said the people were to hold those animals in abomination. That means they were to consider those animals to be filthy. Are you going to eat some filthy thing? Are you going to eat an animal that's been lying dead in the woods for weeks? It could make you very sick, or even kill you. From Leviticus chapter 18-- 22 “Men shall not lie with men like with women, it is abomination. 23 Nor shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with them, nor shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down before it, it is confusion. 24 Don't defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all these the nations have been defiled that I threw out before you, 25 And the land is defiled, so I visit its sin on it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, nor any of your own nation, nor any stranger that visits among you, 27 (For all these abominations the men of the land have done, that were before you, and the land is defiled,) 28 So that the land doesn't vomit you out also, when you defile it, like it vomited out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.” (Lev 18:22-29) God says that's why he destroyed the nations that went before. The Roman Empire ruled the then-known world. But the Roman Empire was brought down. What brought it down? I believe the main reason was sex perversion. Chapter 2 The gays would like to be treated with respect. But look at this passage from the Psalms-- “Lord, who shall live in your tabernacle? who shall live in your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and does righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that doesn't backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor. IN WHOSE EYES A FILTHY PERSON IS HELD IN CONTEMPT, but he honors those who fear the Lord. He that swears to his own hurt, and doesn't change...” (Psa 15:1--4) O.K. then, I'm going to do what God said to do, and hold sex perverts in contempt. God says to hold filthy people in contempt. The homosexuals make themselves filthy with the sins that they commit. The fear of man brings a trap, but whoever puts his trust in the Lord shall be safe. (Prov 29:25) And both male and female homosexuality are condemned in Romans chapter 1. The fact is, homosexuality is a form of insanity. Now, homosexuals wouldn't like it if you call them insane, just as liars don't like to be called liars. We have mental institutions for the insane. You know what's wrong with most of those patients? They have demons. And it is the demons that render their hosts insane. Similarly, homosexuals have demons, and it is what makes them insane, whether they realize it or not. Jesus said, 43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, I'll return into my house that I came out of, and when he gets there, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and live there, and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. That's how it will be also, for this wicked generation." (Matt 12:43--45) When the demon says, “I'll return to my house that I came out of,” that house is the human host that the demon wants back into.” Demons, you see, want to be inside of people, not outside. The above passage shows a man who had a demon cast out of him, but he wasn't careful to walk closely with the Lord, read his Bible, pray, so the demon came back with other demons, and at the end, the man was even worse off than before. Our nation has the Center for Disease Control. They try to keep track of infectious diseases that could become epidemics. The ecoli bacteria has killed many. The Plague. Tuberculosis. Influenza. Anthrax. There are many infectious diseases that are killing the people of the world. Malaria. Yellow Fever. East Nile Virus. Bird flu. But while the CDC is trying to keep track of bacteria and viruses, I'm pretty sure they're letting slip through the cracks an infectious disease that has been destroying large chunks of the population--sexual perversion. The thing about sex perversion, you can't put the cause of it under a microscope, and try to develop an antivirus against the disease. But sex perversion is a rampant epidemic in our nation and in the world. But, apparently, the CDC doesn't see that as something it should be fighting against. And that's somewhat understandable because the sex perversion problem is not mainly a biological problem, but a spiritual problem, and originates from demons. The CDC is not equipped to deal with demons, I'm pretty sure. Demons must be cast out by a Christian. (See Acts chapter 19) But is there evidence to show that homosexuality is a disease that is contagious? Yes, tons of it. I was in a waiting room one time with an appointment to see someone. There was a tea table in the waiting room. On the tea table, there was only one book. It was a book that I probably would not normally be reading, but it seemed to be the only reading material in the waiting room. The book was, “Everything you always wanted to know about sex.” It might have been vol. 1 or vol, 2. Seems like the author was Dr. David Reuben. I opened the book, and it was in a question and answer format. One of the questions was, “Are homosexuals promiscuous?” The doctor answered the question, “Oh, PROMISCUITY IS THE VERY NATURE OF HOMOSEXUALITY. HOMOSEXUALS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PARTNERS.” I had a temporary job as a Word Processor in a city where I was having trouble finding electronics work. One of the other Word Processors typed up a report for municipal or Superior court about a homosexual couple that was having some kind of argument. So the one homosexual took a pot of boiling soup off the stove and poured it on the other homosexual. What did I say? Insanity. Insanity is from demons. Homosexuals are infested with demons. A family member of mine was in the medical profession before he retired. He told me about a study where homosexuals were asked how many partners they had had. Apparently, the average was about nine hundred. So yes, homosexuals are VERY promiscuous. ___James chapter 1 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are dispersed around, greetings. 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations, 3 Knowing this, that the testing of your faith works patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, so you'll be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives to all men liberally, and won't find fault, and it shall be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let that man not think that he'll receive anything from the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, 10 But the rich, in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he'll pass away. 11 For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and the flower of it falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes, so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation, for after he's been tested, he'll receive the crown of life, that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man, 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it produces sin, and sin when it's finished, produces death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. 18 He chose to father us with the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 19 So, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 For the anger of man doesn't accomplish the righteousness of God. 21 So, lay apart all filthiness and the unnecessary naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man seeing his natural face in a mirror, 24 For he sees himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is for nothing. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ___James chapter 2 1 My brothers, don't have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if a man with a gold ring comes to your assembly in fancy clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes comes in also, 3 And you have respect to him that wears the fancy clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there, or sit here under my footstool," 4 Aren't you then partial in yourselves, and have become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, hasn't God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Don't rich men oppress you, and bring you before the judgment seats? 7 Don't they blaspheme that worthy name by which you're called? 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor like yourself," you do well, 9 But if you have respect of persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as sinners. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not kill." Now if you don't commit adultery, yet if you kill, you've become a breaker of the law. 12 Speak in such a way, and do, as those who'll be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has shown no mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment. 14 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man says he has faith, and doesn't have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister needs clothes, and lacks daily food, 16 And one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you don't give them the things that are needed for the body, what good is that? 17 Even so faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yes, a man could say, "You have faith, and I have works, show me your faith without your works, and I'll show you my faith by my works." 19 You believe that there is one God, you do well, the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But don't you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith worked with his deeds, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God." 24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also wasn't Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For like the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ___James chapter 3 1 My brothers, don't be many masters, knowing that we'll receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man doesn't offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 See, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so they'll obey us, and we turn around their whole bodies. 4 Look also at the ships, which though they're so large, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they're turned around by a very small helm, wherever the captain wants. 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how great a matter a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, so is the tongue among our members that it makes dirty the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of snakes, and of things in the sea, gets tamed, and has been tamed by mankind, 8 But no man can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God, the Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be. 11 Does a fountain send out at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, produce olive berries? Or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man, possessing knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good lifestyle his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, don't glory, and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom doesn't descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be reasoned with, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace by those who make peace. ___James chapter 4 1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your lusts that war in your members? 2 You lust, and don't have, you kill, and desire to have, and can't obtain, you fight and war, yet you don't have, because you don't ask. 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask wrongly, so you can consume it on your lusts. 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God. 5 Do you think that the scripture says for nothing, "The spirit that lives in us lusts to envy?" 6 But he gives more grace. So he says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he'll run away from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and cry, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he'll lift you up. 11 Don't speak evil about each other, brothers. He that speaks evil about his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil about the law, and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you're not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, who are you that judges someone else? 13 Go on now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we'll go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and make a profit," 14 Actually, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is a puff of steam, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 15 For you ought to say, "Lord willing, we'll live, and do this, or that." 16 But now you rejoice in your boastings, all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin. ___James chapter 5 1 Go on now, you rich men, cry and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your clothes are moth eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are rusted, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You've heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 See, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you've kept back by fraud, shouts, and the shouts of those who've reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. 5 You've lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton, you've nourished your hearts, like in a day of slaughter. 6 You've condemned and killed the just, and he doesn't resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is getting near. 9 Don't grudge against each other, brothers, so you won't be condemned, see, the judge stands at the door. 10 Take, my brothers, the prophets, who've spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 See, we count them happy that endure. You've heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, not by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you don't fall into condemnation. 13 Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, he'll be forgiven. 16 Confess your faults to each other, and pray for each other so you'll be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man is does a lot of good. 17 Elijah was a man subject to the same kind of passions that we are, and he prayed earnestly that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. 19 Brothers, if any of you strays from the truth, and someone converts him, 20 Let him know, that he that converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.