End-Time Deception Of The Whole World
Revelation 12:1-12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
And …
Revelation 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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That’s a lot of verses to read (and there are more to come), but the Word of God must be kept in context for proper understanding. And also, it’s God’s Word that has eternally unlimited power and effectiveness … not words like mine in a blog. Albeit, a good blog … hopefully ;-)
Recently, in ever increasing measure, I’ve been greatly exercised, bothered, disturbed, angered by the robotic-like gullibility of the masked faces maneuvering about each day. It’s like they are mind-dead automatons that are being externally controlled by some unseen force. And yet, it appears they are not being coerced, or even forced.
So what is happening? How is this happening. Why this sudden shift into lock-step conformity.
May I posit one possibility? … GLOBAL DECEPTION
I know it sounds, perhaps, incredible but … I don’t think so.
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(PLEASE go HERE — “Event 201 Pandemic Exercise: Highlights Reel” What you’ll see, in the beginning and interspersed throughout, are mock enactments that sound too eerily coincidental. It’s a pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by: John Hopkins, the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on 10/18/19 — just a few months prior to when COVID19 started.)
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The Scriptures make it very clear that Satan is a master deceiver. I mean, Satan even tried to deceive Yeshua into believing He could be given all the kingdoms of the world if He would just trust Satan to deliver on his promise to do so. Hmmmm … Satan tells Yeshua to believe him all the while knowing just the opposite is true.
Matthew 4:8-11
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. ——
Satan wouldn’t have been able to pull it off (I don’t think so anyway) but yet he tried to DECEIVE Yeshua into taking action that He did not want to do.
Satan, through sleight-of-hand, directs are attention onto a good thing, i.e., the health of our fellowman. While at the same time, he actively intersperses his true agenda into society: the turning of society away from worshiping God to worshiping him.
And in actuality …
Satan does his work by hiding the implementation of his plans in plain site so they go unnoticed, sort of like white noise.
A little lie here, and a little misdirection there, some deception over there …. And it all works subtly, just under the radar of everyone’s perception.
Over time it becomes accepted as commonplace through familiarity — like wearing face masks has become the accepted norm. Thus, the ultimate deception advances ever closer.
How long has Satan been deceiving and trying to deceive, you might wonder …?
John 8:39-45
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. ——
Do you realize Satan has been trying to deceive as far back as the Garden of Eden? The ramifications of which are still being evidenced to this very day.
“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” 1 Timothy 2:14
I’m not going to belabor all of this. Frankly, I’m a little weary of having my attention drawn to the realities of what is happening in our Country and the world. I’m choosing rather to arm myself for the spiritual conflict that lies ahead. I’m suggesting we all need to do that.
With that mindset we must constantly remember that the only thing that will sustain us, God’s people, (as has always been true) is the Word of God, our knowledge of it, and our absolute, unwavering faith to it.
This may be a good time for me to reference a topic that is often brought up in discussions: The notion that we’ll be fleeing to the Wilderness.
It’s not my desire to come across as insensitive regarding the intentions and emotions that revolve around the discussions of this idea. I believe everybody’s heart is in the right place, but please …
WHEN you find out WHERE the heck this Wilderness is … tell me. And then once you have figured out WHERE it is, fill me in on the logistics of HOW we’re all going to get there and survive for more than a week before we faint and give up because …
WE ARE NOT EQUIPPED - EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY OR SPIRITUALLY - TO GO INTO ANY WILDERNESS ANYWHERE AND SURVIVE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME … PERIOD.
If we’re thinking otherwise, I fear we might be in for a very rude awakening. To help us get a good perspective, I think it would be helpful to regularly revisit the last five verses of Hebrews 11. And as we do, ask ourselves if we’re even remotely close to the caliber of those dear folks.
Our hope, just like that of our forefathers, has to rest in the promises of God’s Word … however He chooses to take care of us, or not — even unto death.
But, If we are to survive in these end-times it will only be “by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God.”
Let me close with these very sobering words from Yeshua Himself in Matthew 24. Do yourself a favor and read them, please.
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
And as John closes the Book of Revelation —
“Even so, come, Lord Jesus”