Wednesday, November 9, 2016

The Great Deception; Signs and Lying Wonders

I have been reading about the end of all things for a long time; roughly 30 years, yeah, that is a long time.  I love re-reading all the passages that speak of the return of Jesus and what will be the signs of His coming.  Years have been dedicated to attempting to get it all down into my mind and soul so that, in the horrid event of being left without a Bible, I would be able to recall the Scriptures of Jesus's warnings from memory.  I am ashamed to say that I do not have it all memorized word for word (by any stretch), but to a great degree, the words are etched into my mind, hidden in my heart, if you will.

Recently, I was again pondering the great deception which will come upon the earth at the time of the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel, Jesus, and Paul) and the rise of the beast (anti-Christ) and false prophet (as revealed by John and Daniel).

I had also been reminiscing about the Revelation 12 signs in the Heaven which detail the birth of the nation of Israel, rebellion of Satan, birth and ascension of Jesus, the war in Heaven and defeat of Satan, the final casting of Satan to earth along with his fallen angels, and the ensuing great tribulation after Satan's final, permanent fall to earth.  Some have said that this Revelation 12 sign will appear in the Heavens on September 23, 2017.  It is the woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, a crown of 12 stars, and paining to be delivered.  Jesus describes the beginning of sorrows as birth pangs.  Obviously, since I am looking so hopefully to Jesus's final return, a possible sign of the beginning of the end is a very exciting thing for me to contemplate.  I can not verify that this sign will appear on September 23, 2017, but others have written about it and have published writings on the internet or Youtube videos about it.

There are a great many theories about the progression of end time events, the order of them, and the interpretations of the prophecies.  I do understand this, and I have heard most if not all of the possible theories, since it is a topic of great interest to me.

Some say that there will be a faked or real alien invasion, which purports itself to be the coming of the 'Christ' the anointed one of God.  As we know that Scripture teaches that there will be a counterfeit Christ and a false prophet (Revelation 13-14, Daniel 7-8), so obviously this counterfeit will be so realistic, so convincing as to deceive even the very elect, if that were possible.  So, how might this be possible?

I was speaking to my brother the other night about all of the things I think will come to pass in these end times; just my own thoughts about things that the elite will reveal in order to convince people to go along with their final schemes to control the whole world.  I had mentioned that I think they'll 'reveal' the real location of Noah's Ark, that they will admit that the flood really did destroy the earth and that Noah's history was true.  I spoke of other things, such as how they may disappear some Christians in order to fake a 'rapture' event, which so many are looking for as a sign of the end of all things. 

While we were speaking, I suddenly blurted out something that I had never before even contemplated.  It was not something that I had deduced by my own reasoning or by analysis of the texts in the Bible.  It just literally jumped out of my mouth, and I couldn't believe what I'd said after I said it.

I told him that I thought that we would be able to physically witness that prophesied falling down from heaven of Satan and his angels after Michael and his angels defeat Satan in Heaven in Revelation 12:7-12  and Daniel 12:1.  Imagine seeing a visible descent of Satan and his host of fallen angels with your own eyes, in the natural realm.  What if this occurs in a physical way, not just a spiritual way.  This would be the ultimate 'faking' of the second coming of Jesus Christ!

Jesus told us that, "As the lightning flashes from the east unto the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be."  This is his warning to us in Matthew 24; that we be not deceived by any man regarding what it will look like when He returns.  There are other descriptors (very detailed ones) in Revelation and elsewhere, which say very clearly what His return will entail and how it will look and what will have had to transpire prior to His return.

One of the signatures will be that Jesus comes in the flesh, in the clouds, and on a white horse.  At the time of Jesus's return, Heaven will be rolled up as a scroll and the tabernacle of God will be seen in heaven.  The veil will be rent again, but this time it is the veil of the dome over the earth which is rent, not the veil of the temple in Jerusalem.  Jesus will also return with his Holy Saints and at that time the dead in Christ up to that point will rise from the dead.  So obviously, to anyone who does know the Scripture, the fall of Satan will not be confused with the return of Jesus.

But here's the thing.  I know close to zero people who actually search out, read and memorize these various passages so as to familiarize themselves with what is to come.  I think many people, especially those who don't know the Lord at all, will easily be able to be deceived by this great sign in the Heaven, if no one is there to warn them or explain the Scriptures to them. 

There are Old Testament prophecies which detail the coming of the Lord.  They speak of the sun being dark as the sackcloth of hair, or not giving its light, the moon becoming as blood, and the stars of the Heavens falling.  Even in the New Testament it is said that the powers of Heaven will be shaken, the sun goes dark, the moon is as blood, the stars fall from the sky; all this at Jesus's return, on the Day of the Lord.

My great concern is that since people are by and large so afraid of the book of Revelation, and so fearful of reading it literally, that they are making themselves ripe to be deceived by what is to come.   This passage in Revelation 12 details the final events clearly (at least to me, since I am so familiar with the parallel passages elsewhere in God's Word).  Satan gets cast out along with his fallen angels and woe is proclaimed to the earth, since Satan is full of wrath and knows he has but a short time (3 1/2 years as told in Rev 12:14) to go after Israel and the remnant of her seed who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

If people see this great falling star (Satan), and his angels (1/3 of all the host, i.e., stars, of Heaven) cast to the earth, it is going to look like the movie Transformers, where these alien beings look like meteors falling to the earth.  If Satan can appear as an angel of light, he could surely take this time to pretend to be Jesus in disguise.

This fall of the Devil also looks a lot to me like what is described in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Trumpets of Revelation.  The 3rd Trumpet in Revelation 8:10-11 shows a great star falling from Heaven, called Wormwood who makes the waters in which he fell bitter, causing many men to die.  The 4th Trumpet sounds and 1/3 of the sun and moon are darkened and 1/3 of the stars are darkened.  The 5th Trumpet pictures a star who falls from heaven to earth; this star has the key to the bottomless pit, which he opens, releasing a horde from Hades to torment men who don't have the seal of God for 5 months.

So the 3rd and 5th Trump are falling stars.  One has a name (Wormwood), and the other one has a key to the bottomless pit of Hell where some of the fallen angels and demon spirits are currently imprisoned.  (Even Jesus revealed that the evil spirits are imprisoned in the abyss (pit), when he cast out the demons and they asked if He was come to torment them before the time and send them to the abyss.)  These falling stars could be Satan and his chief angel cast to earth in Revelation 12.  When they open up the pit, smoke goes up and darkens the sun and air.  This sounds like when the 4th trumpet was blown and 1/3 of the sun, moon, and stars were darkened.  Furthermore, at the 4th Trumpet, when 1/3 of the stars don't shine, could this be because they lose their estate in Heaven, after losing the last battle in Heaven and being cast out finally and fully from Heaven?  Revelation 12 says that Satan has 1/3 of the host of heaven (angel armies of Heaven) on his side. 

I know this may sound confusing to someone unfamiliar with the various texts, so I am probably going to end up either over or under explaining what I am saying.  I apologize for that in advance.

Here's the thing.  Satan will be cast to earth roughly 3 1/2 years prior to the return of Jesus.  If this is a visible occurrence, which I believe it will be, this event may look terribly similar to the coming of Jesus in the clouds.  Satan can transform himself, as an angel of Light.  Lucifer means 'light-bearer.' 

Also, the unbelieving Israel who is still looking for their Messiah (because they do not believe Jesus was the Christ), may look to the Old Testament Prophets who proclaim that the day of the Lord will include stars falling from the sky, and they may mistake this as the coming of Jesus.

Further, the Vatican is looking for something like this.  They have their Lucifer telescope on Mt. Graham in Arizona (a sacred Apache mountain where the guardian spirits of the Apache supposedly live).  I just now found an article at arcticbeacon.com which even suggests that they may be looking for the star Wormwood from Revelation--unbelievable!

The Vatican has said they believe in extraterrestrials; the Pope said he would baptize an alien.  This is very bizarre unless they are looking for Lucifer, knowing that he is indeed a fallen star and that he is going to set up shop here in the near future.  Could the Vatican be positioning themselves to assist in the great deception, pretending that the falling Lucifer is Jesus, and promoting the visible event as the coming of Jesus back to earth?

If this event is visible, as I believe it will be; and if the Vatican has a super powered, long range, infrared telescope and constant eyes awaiting the first signs of Satan being cast out and down to earth, ought not we also be making ourselves aware of this sign to come, so that we guard against the potentially great deception?

You know, as I ponder this even now, I am more convinced than I was at the first that this will be a visible event.  The fact that the Vatican and the Jesuits want to be the first to have eyes on this star falling (giving them the inside scoop on the timing, and even giving them the ability to 'prophesy' about the day of the star's arrival to earth), makes this even more relevant and of greater concern to me.

I do not want anyone to be deceived at all by the signs and lying wonders which will occur in the Heavens and on the earth in the final years of history before Jesus returns.  I pray that all who may read this will at least consider that there could be a counterfeit 'coming of Christ in the sky' event when Satan falls to earth, which could look eerily like the real deal if you don't know all of the other signs and benchmarks which have to happen to precede the coming of Jesus.

For those of you who believe what you've been told about being 'raptured' out of this world prior to all of the events of Revelation, I pray that you will seek God, read His Word, search all the Scriptures and let them speak for themselves.  When you do this, it is impossible to find an interpretation which guarantees and exit for all believers in Jesus prior to the tribulation caused by Satan's wrath against the followers of Jesus.  Please consider at least, the words of Jesus when he urges us not to let anyone deceive us about His return and the signs of His coming.  He gave us the details for a reason: so that we could hedge against being deceived.  He reiterated it to John in Revelation in an even more detailed fashion, for the same reason: so that we would not be deceived.  I pray you feel compelled to investigate God's Word on your own in this regard.  He will give wisdom to all who pray for it. 

Peace be upon all the called and chosen and faithful of the household of faith in Jesus Christ the Righteous who's glorious appearing we eagerly await!

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