When a Deception is Not Believed to be a Deception.
When a Deception is Not Believed to be a Deception.
The Deception
We are in the end times, in the last 7 years, in the week where the prince of the people makes a covenant with many. We are not yet in the last 3 1/2 years. Many people, however, do not acknowledge or recognize the signs. The mark of the beast is already embraced and worshipped by man and "Christians"...without realizing that they have already done so. The deception is already at work. How is that possible?
Deception (from Wikipedia...also called beguilement, deceit, bluff, or subterfuge) is the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of half truths. Deception involves distraction and/or concealment. Fiction, while sometimes manipulative, is not a deception unless it is portrayed as partially truthful or as the whole truth. In many cases it is difficult to distinguish deception from providing unintentionally wrong information. One of the reasons for this is that a person or an entire organization may be self-deceived.
In view of the nature of a deception, the belief (as a deception) cannot be forced upon people, otherwise people would see it for the lie that it is. It especially cannot be forced upon a group of people that are able to recognize it as a falsehood.
Therefore, for this deception to be able to deceive all of man and even the elect, it will have to be one that all will want to embrace AS the truth and AS righteousness.
For example, if Sunday worship were to be forced upon all people, how would that deceive man since many, such as those that respect the Sabbath and others, will be against this. If this were to be tried, the majority of all religions and man would not be deceived nor united. Note that the catholic religion incorporates only 1/6 of the world population. How about the other “big religions"? How about the other nations who believe in their own gods? How about the atheists who do not believe in any "traditional god”? How about the primary world belief in the freedom of rights and religion, which is the founding and most important belief in all democracies, in all peoples who embrace self-rule?
It is not conceivable that a government-religious union created by man would be able to force, by threat of death, a belief upon all people against their will. Therefore, it would only work if the people demanded it, embraced it, glorified it, and worshipped it.
.....what world belief meets this criteria? The answer is clear.
In Matthew 24, Jesus Christ warns Christians that false christs and false prophets will promise and give mighty signs (images / marvels) so as to powerfully and successfully deceive / lead astray not only all of man but even also many of the elect. A result of this deception will be that lawlessness and self-righteousness (vs the True Light) will grow and the love of many Christians will become cold (towards their first love). This deception will cause many to betray and hate those that "confess Christ" ( while proclaiming these acts in the name of their God, as they did in the past).
It is also implied in 1 Cor.3:18, that many Christians will deceive themselves to embrace this belief because of their glorification of man’s wisdom (man's righteouseness / man's belief in universal values, man's way of peace). Our Lord warns us not to glory in men (1 Cor. 3:21). In John 12:42-43,…although indeed, even among the rulers, many believed on Christ, but on account of the Pharisees they confessed not, that not put out of the synagogue they might be, for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God".
In Luke 18:8, Jesus Christ implies the possibility that He will not find faith when He returns.
In Rev.16:15,Christ warns that “Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”. He is giving this warning because many will not "watch" (will not be on guard against this false way of life).
Jesus also says in Rev.16:15 that He will come as a thief. He is implying that many of the elect will not acknowledge Him nor expect Him to return as promised. They will have embraced the deception.
In Matthew 7: 21-23, Jesus Christ declares to certain “professing Christians” that “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness”. Jesus ignores their past works of prophesying, casting out demons, and doing wonders because their present works are works of lawlessness (they have left their first love, and live by another prioritary belief in which Christ is now treated as a "religion amongst religions and as one's personal faith").
This deception is considered by God as lawlessness! Why do then the elect embrace it? It can only be that they consider it, instead, to be righteousness and not lawlessness.
The elect that will not be deceived will be persecuted, all of which will be killed (at the end of the last 3 1/2 years), and will be hated by all nations for Christ’s sake (Matthew 24:9). In order for the elect to be hated and killed, their priority belief (confession) that Christ is the Son Of the One and Only God and the Only Truth will be considered by man to be divisive, sectarian, “anti-peace’, “anti-other religions”, or “anti-rights”.
In Rev. 15:2, it says that those that overcome and endure (till death) will have victory over the beast, over his image, and over his mark and over the number of his name.
I pray that you will stand and confess Christ, that you will overcome and endure, and not compromise
We are in the end times, in the last 7 years, in the week where the prince of the people makes a covenant with many. We are not yet in the last 3 1/2 years. Many people, however, do not acknowledge or recognize the signs. The mark of the beast is already embraced and worshipped by man and "Christians"...without realizing that they have already done so. The deception is already at work. How is that possible?
Deception (from Wikipedia...also called beguilement, deceit, bluff, or subterfuge) is the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of half truths. Deception involves distraction and/or concealment. Fiction, while sometimes manipulative, is not a deception unless it is portrayed as partially truthful or as the whole truth. In many cases it is difficult to distinguish deception from providing unintentionally wrong information. One of the reasons for this is that a person or an entire organization may be self-deceived.
In view of the nature of a deception, the belief (as a deception) cannot be forced upon people, otherwise people would see it for the lie that it is. It especially cannot be forced upon a group of people that are able to recognize it as a falsehood.
Therefore, for this deception to be able to deceive all of man and even the elect, it will have to be one that all will want to embrace AS the truth and AS righteousness.
For example, if Sunday worship were to be forced upon all people, how would that deceive man since many, such as those that respect the Sabbath and others, will be against this. If this were to be tried, the majority of all religions and man would not be deceived nor united. Note that the catholic religion incorporates only 1/6 of the world population. How about the other “big religions"? How about the other nations who believe in their own gods? How about the atheists who do not believe in any "traditional god”? How about the primary world belief in the freedom of rights and religion, which is the founding and most important belief in all democracies, in all peoples who embrace self-rule?
It is not conceivable that a government-religious union created by man would be able to force, by threat of death, a belief upon all people against their will. Therefore, it would only work if the people demanded it, embraced it, glorified it, and worshipped it.
.....what world belief meets this criteria? The answer is clear.
In Matthew 24, Jesus Christ warns Christians that false christs and false prophets will promise and give mighty signs (images / marvels) so as to powerfully and successfully deceive / lead astray not only all of man but even also many of the elect. A result of this deception will be that lawlessness and self-righteousness (vs the True Light) will grow and the love of many Christians will become cold (towards their first love). This deception will cause many to betray and hate those that "confess Christ" ( while proclaiming these acts in the name of their God, as they did in the past).
It is also implied in 1 Cor.3:18, that many Christians will deceive themselves to embrace this belief because of their glorification of man’s wisdom (man's righteouseness / man's belief in universal values, man's way of peace). Our Lord warns us not to glory in men (1 Cor. 3:21). In John 12:42-43,…although indeed, even among the rulers, many believed on Christ, but on account of the Pharisees they confessed not, that not put out of the synagogue they might be, for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God".
In Luke 18:8, Jesus Christ implies the possibility that He will not find faith when He returns.
In Rev.16:15,Christ warns that “Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”. He is giving this warning because many will not "watch" (will not be on guard against this false way of life).
Jesus also says in Rev.16:15 that He will come as a thief. He is implying that many of the elect will not acknowledge Him nor expect Him to return as promised. They will have embraced the deception.
In Matthew 7: 21-23, Jesus Christ declares to certain “professing Christians” that “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness”. Jesus ignores their past works of prophesying, casting out demons, and doing wonders because their present works are works of lawlessness (they have left their first love, and live by another prioritary belief in which Christ is now treated as a "religion amongst religions and as one's personal faith").
This deception is considered by God as lawlessness! Why do then the elect embrace it? It can only be that they consider it, instead, to be righteousness and not lawlessness.
The elect that will not be deceived will be persecuted, all of which will be killed (at the end of the last 3 1/2 years), and will be hated by all nations for Christ’s sake (Matthew 24:9). In order for the elect to be hated and killed, their priority belief (confession) that Christ is the Son Of the One and Only God and the Only Truth will be considered by man to be divisive, sectarian, “anti-peace’, “anti-other religions”, or “anti-rights”.
In Rev. 15:2, it says that those that overcome and endure (till death) will have victory over the beast, over his image, and over his mark and over the number of his name.
I pray that you will stand and confess Christ, that you will overcome and endure, and not compromise
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