🔥 Act 1 — The Encounter with Peter (Acts 8)
Simon Magus was a sorcerer from the Samaritan village of Gitta. He had amazed the people with magic and was called “the Great Power of God.” When Philip came preaching the Kingdom of Yhwh and immersed many in the name of Yeshua, Simon appeared to join the movement. But when he saw Peter and John laying hands on believers to receive the Spirit, Simon tried to buy that power with silver. Peter rebuked him, exposing his wicked heart.

Simon’s interest was never in truth or repentance — it was about power. And that desire would shape the rest of his life.

🧨 Act 2 — Simon’s Apostasy and New Religion
After being exposed, Simon left the assembly of the apostles and began preaching his own gospel. He declared himself to be the divine “Father,” claiming to appear to different people in different forms — as the Son to the Jews, as the Father to the Samaritans, and as the Spirit to the Gentiles. He traveled with a woman named Helen, whom he claimed was the divine “Thought” (Ennoia) trapped in human form.

Simon said he came down to rescue her. He called himself Zeus. He called Helen Athena. This was not Hebrew faith. This was the birth of a new religion — a mixture of Greek mythology, mysticism, and rebellion against Yhwh.

📚 Act 3 — The Rise of Gnostic Scripture (100–300 AD)
Simon’s movement gave birth to what we now call Gnosticism — a belief system that rejected Yhwh as Creator and replaced Him with mystical ideas.

Dozens of scrolls were written in Greek and Coptic between 100 and 300 AD. These writings claimed to reveal “secret knowledge” that would free the soul from the material world. But they all denied the truth of Torah and the authority of Yhwh.

Some of the most known books included:

The Gospel of Thomas — where Yeshua supposedly gives hidden sayings, not commandments.

The Gospel of Judas — which claimed Judas was the chosen one.

The Apocryphon of John — teaching that Yhwh is not the true God, but a lesser evil being.

Pistis Sophia — describing a fallen goddess needing salvation.

The Gospel of Mary — giving mystical teachings through Mary Magdalene.

These were not Hebrew writings. They were Greek heresies.

🏛️ Who Preserved These Lies?
The Greek libraries of Alexandria.
The Catholic scribes who loved mystery more than truth.
The Roman Church, which adopted and protected many of these writings as background theology.

But the Torah-keeping followers of Yhwh — the Nazarenes — rejected all of it. They held to the Hebrew Scriptures, the commandments, and the prophetic voice of Yhwh.

⚖️ Hebrew Truth vs Gnostic Corruption
The Hebrew Bible teaches that Yhwh is the one true Creator of all.
Gnosticism says Yhwh is a false god — and that a hidden god exists above Him.

The Hebrew Bible says that obedience leads to blessing.
Gnosticism says rules are traps — and you must escape them through enlightenment.

The Hebrew Bible teaches that Yeshua came in the flesh, walked in Torah, and taught repentance.
Gnosticism says Yeshua was only a spirit being who taught secrets to a few.

The Hebrew Bible teaches that salvation comes from returning to Yhwh.
Gnosticism teaches that salvation comes from discovering your “true self.”

❗ The Danger of Simon Magus
Simon Magus became the father of heresy.
He had heard the truth — but rejected it.
He had seen the Spirit — but tried to buy it.
He had met the apostles — but walked away to create his own kingdom.

He blended Hebrew words with Greek myths.
He changed the message from covenant to magic.
He helped launch the first great counterfeit religion — Gnosticism.

Even today, his influence remains in mysticism, false Christianity, New Age doctrines, and every teaching that says, “You don’t need to obey — just awaken.”
Simon Magus is not a side note in history. He is the turning point — where rebellion dressed itself in religion and called it truth.

🔥📕 FALSE TEACHERS — THE VOICES THAT LEAD AWAY FROM YHWH