VICTIMS OF PROPHECIES - Deception and Deceivers in the End of Time

Let us go to another series under this same topic...
In Matthew 24 and Luke 21.... Jesus gave us uncountable signs, events, insights and prophecies that will signal to us the nearness of His coming. We want to look at the first sigb Jesus told His disciples. And understand that whatever the Lord Jesus Christ put first is always very important.

Matthew 24:3-5, 11 (KJV)
"And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall
these things be? and WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN OF YOUR COMING and of the end of the world?And Jesus answered and said unto them, TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU; For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and SHALL DECEIVE MANY.
And MANY FALSE PROPHETSY shall rise, and shall DECEIVE MANY.

From this bible passage, we can see that the first signs Jesus gave us to watch out for is the arising of False prophets and False christs, and their primsry aim is to deceive many before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For us to understand the gravity of this warning and prophecy of Jesus, we have to understand what Bible teaches about being deceived. Because Sadly, many Christians overlook this warning as if it's not for them, and if there has ever be a time to be on guard spiritually, it is now because we are in the last days, Jesus shall come in our generation.

So, let us see the first account of deception in the bible, how the devil achieve his plan. This we see in Gen 3. Let me just take a scripture that summmarise it all..

2 Cor. 11:3 KJV
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

What is Deception?
An instance of actions or words fabricated to mislead or trick or delude someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

What of Subtility?
A cunning scheme or a trick.

Dont forget, we are looking at the first deception the Bible. In order for us to understand this crucial warning Jesus Christ gave to us and His disciples to watch out for. We see that the serpent deceived Eve through his subtility. Even Gen. 3:1 confirmed that the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field. I have taught this times without number that it was after the curse that the serpent becomes a snake... It was never a reptile at the beginning but a beast. The serpent can relate and communicate with human being when it was created, it has wings and etc.

Now, devil took advantage of these characterics of the serpent. First, he present himself to Eve as a good person to meant well for her. I believe the devil would have being gisting with Eve before now. That's how deceivers do. But how did devil actually achieve his plan?

In Gen. 3:1-5, especially verse 5, devil through the serpent deceived Eve with a lie. You know he is a liar from the beginning. Devil added to the Word of God, he said ye shall NOT SURELY died but God's says Thou Shall SURELY Die. Can you see that. And Eve disbelief the Word of God and believe the Lie of the devil. This same pattern the devil has been using, remember, He tried it with his Lord God, Jesus Christ but failed ( Matt. 4:7 ). That was why Jesus gave us the most crucial warning in Matt. 4:4 that we should by Every Word that come out of the mouth of God.
Jesus knew that at the end of time many false prophets and teachers will arise adding and removing from His Word in order to deceive many.

In our next article, we shall see how many Christians has ignored these warnings of the Lord Jesus Christ and they live comfortably in their  comfort zone as if this prophecy of Jesus Christ is not been fulfilled in their eyes. 

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