I was thinking of how the adversary (the antiChrist) could deceive in making professing Christians think that he was actually the Messiah.
Could it be true that a world peace could be constituted in our lifetime by a doctrine that the Bible calls Balaam, likened to the church in Pergamos in Revelation 2:12-16.
Will professing Christians be overwhelmed, and in awe of the deceiver's immense power?
"And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,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." Revelation 13:13-14
Are the thunders actually today's technology that seems sweet to the taste, and then causes bitterness when we begin to digest it?
"And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter." Revelation chapter 10
What deception will need to be in place to cause this?
"And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle:" Revelation 20:8
Has the deceiver already set a precedence of apathy in the church, causing a desire to believe we will be taken up before all this happens? Will we be forced to take the mark because it will be the only means of survival without growing our own stuff?
"And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." Revelation 12:15-16
Could it be true that a world peace could be constituted in our lifetime by a doctrine that the Bible calls Balaam, likened to the church in Pergamos in Revelation 2:12-16.
Will professing Christians be overwhelmed, and in awe of the deceiver's immense power?
"And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,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." Revelation 13:13-14
Are the thunders actually today's technology that seems sweet to the taste, and then causes bitterness when we begin to digest it?
"And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter." Revelation chapter 10
What deception will need to be in place to cause this?
"And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle:" Revelation 20:8
Has the deceiver already set a precedence of apathy in the church, causing a desire to believe we will be taken up before all this happens? Will we be forced to take the mark because it will be the only means of survival without growing our own stuff?
"And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." Revelation 12:15-16