Those of you who are well read in spiritual matters know that the Devil always counterfeits what the true God does. Thus the serpent that beguiled Eve appeared as an angel of light. And his ministers appear as ministers of the truth. We are informed in Revelation that this man who will be king, receives a deadly head wound and is killed. But by the power of the Dragon (Satan), he is raised from the dead. This is a counterfeit resurrection and will cause all those whose names are not written in the Book of Life, to worship him.
One can presume also that he will perform healings and provide food for the hungry. Perhaps he will also change water into wine so that everybody can party and have a good time. For we are foretold also in Matthew 24 that in those days they will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, just as they did in the days of Noah. So I reckon it’s going to be sex, drugs and rock and roll. All provided for by this benevolent saviour and philanthropist, the true Christ.
If you want to make counterfeit $20 bills, the closer you can get the dud note to resemble the real thing, the easier it is going to be to fool people. One would need to be a banker or an expert in the field to spot the differ between the genuine and the counterfeit. And so shall it be in this future time. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the earth will have no knowledge of the Bible or of matters spiritual. They are merely what Paul called natural man. Man of body and soul but no spirit. Therefore not being experts in the field, they are deceived into believing that this man who performs these signs and wonders, is the real deal. The true Messiah.
“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.” 2 Thessalonians 2:11
In the NIV it says, “…so that they will believe THE lie.”
Many commentators give a range of opinions as to what this lie is that causes such a delusion. I have even heard sincere Christians say that those believers who think the Church of the Body is to be taken out of this world in a rapture before the Tribulation have swallowed this lie and are deluded.
But from the context of what we have been debating here it would seem to me that the lie that will be perpetrated and believed by the whole world, is that this man that will arise in the future will be the true Messiah, Christ the saviour. The world will be deluded into believing this lie by way of the many signs and wonders he will perform and by his resurrection from the dead, which will be witnessed all over the globe on TV. I am not certain that this is the lie but it is my guess for now.
You have all heard of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Many’s the rock album cover displayed these dread beings back in the good old ‘60’s.
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