Marx and Satan by Richard Wurmbrand

Posted by admin_akashic on Feb 15th, 2022 in History, Human

You have a choice: Do you want to become like the Devil, cruel and vicious, or like Jesus, the God-man of holy love and peace?

Moses Hess’s False Zionism

To complete the picture, we will consider Moses Hess, the man who converted Marx and Engels to the Socialist ideal.

There is a tombstone in Israel inscribed with the words, “Moses Hess, founder of the German Social-Democrat Party.” Hess expounds his beliefs in the Red Catechism for the German People:

What is black? Black is the clergy…. These theologians are the worst aristocrats…. The clergyman teaches the princes to oppress the people in the name of God. Secondly, he teaches the people to allow themselves to be oppressed and exploited in God’s name. Thirdly and principally, he provides for himself with God’s help a splendid life on earth, while the people are advised to wait for heaven.

The Red flag symbolizes the permanent revolution until the completed victory of the working classes in all civilized countries: the Red republic…. The Socialist revolution is my religion…. The workers, when they have conquered one country, must help their brethren in the rest of the world.

This was Hess’ religion when he first issued the Catechism. In the second edition, he added a few chapters. This time the same religion, i.e., the Socialist revolution, uses Christian language in order to accredit itself with believers. Together with the propaganda of revolution, there are indeed a few nice words about Christianity as a religion of love and humanity. But its message must be made clearer: its hell must not be on earth and its heaven beyond. The Socialist society will be the true fulfillment of Christianity. Thus Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

After Hess convinced Marx and Engels of the Socialist idea, claiming from the very beginning that its purpose would be to give “the last kick to medieval religion” (his friend Georg Jung said it even more clearly: “Marx will surely chase God from his heaven”), an interesting development took place in Hess’ life. He who had founded modern socialism also founded an entirely different movement, a specific brand of Zionism.