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Freemasons and Masonry

by GAT 05/02/2026

Three Degrees of Freemasonry

The following is taken from the Masonic Monitor of the State of Nevada, 1986. Some bullet points are followed by a Scriptural truth that sheds light on the false teaching of Freemasony.

1st degree: Entered Apprentice

The ritual of the 'Entered Apprentice' includes the following:

  • The man presiding over this ritual is addressed as 'Worshipful Master.'
    Yet there is one Master Eph 4:5a
  • A prayer to the Great Architect of the Universe is offered asking that the principles of Freemasonry subdue their discordant passion and 'so harmonize and enrich our hearts, with Thine own love and goodness.'
  • With a rope around his neck and wearing a hood over his head, as a poor and blind candidate, the initiate swears to conform to the usages and customs of Masonic Fraternity.
  • The initiate agrees that he is in search of Light in Masonry.
  • The initiate kneels before the Sacred Altar of Freemasonry, where a Masonic square and compass are set over and upon a bible, over which he places his right hand in preparation of taking an obligation, an oath: that he will forever conceal the secret arts and hidden mysteries of Freemasonry ... 'binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out, and with my body buried in the sands of the sea at low-water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I ever knowingly or willfully violate this, my solemn Obligation of an Entered Apprentice. So help me God and make me steadfast to keep and perform the same.'
  • The initiate is presented a lambskin apron as an emblem of his innocence and righteousness before God.

2nd degree: Fellow Craft

The ritual of the 'Fellow Craft' includes the following:

  • The initiate confesses that he wishes for more Light in Masonry through this second degree.
  • The initiate again kneels before an altar and his Worshipful Master taking an oath bound under penalty: 'of having my left breast torn open, my heart and vitals taken thence, and with my body given as a prey to the vultures of the air, should I ever knowingly, or willfully, violate this, my solemn Obligation of a Fellow Craft. So help me God and make me steadfast to keep and perform the same.'
  • The initiate is taught the Masonic meaning of various symbols in Solomon's temple and bible passages, and is given deeper meanings of previously explained symbols.
  • The initiate gains access into the first room of Solomon's Temple, the Holy Place.

3rd degree: Master Mason

The ritual of the 'Master Mason' includes the following:

  • The initiate takes a third oath under penalty: 'of having my body severed in twain, my bowels taken thence, and with my body burned to ashes, and the ashes thereof scattered to the four winds of Heaven, that there might remain neither track, trace nor remembrance among man or Masons of so vile and perjured a wretch as I should be ...'
  • The initiate, himself representing Hiram Abif (the Masonic Savior), undergoes a baptism and raising into Freemasonry, symbolizing his death to former beliefs and resurrection into the non-Biblical non-Christian religion of Freemasonry.
    Yet still there is ... one baptism Eph 4:5b
  • As Jesus Christ was raised from the dead on the third day, so the newly formed Master Mason was raised from death into the Masonic third degree; by a foriegn savior, into another salvation and now professing another faith.
    And there is ... one faith Eph 4:5c
  • Having previously wished for still more Light the initiate, now raised into the degree of a Master Mason, gains access into the innermost room of Solomon's Masonic temple - its own 'Holy of Holies.'

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