{"id":234,"date":"2013-05-15T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2016-05-01T16:08:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T22:08:59","slug":"end-times-prophecy-deceptions-intro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/end-times-prophecy-deceptions-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"End Times Prophecy Deceptions Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus berated the Jewish leaders for not discerning the signs of the times about His first coming. Today, most Christians are deceived about end times prophecy and Jesus return.<\/p>\n<p>My friend, if you\u2019ve never studied Jesus&#8217; Olivet Discourse and the books of Daniel and Revelation, then you\u2019re blindly trusting the teachings of men, and exposing yourself to the deceptions of the serpent Satan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Jesus and Paul warned us about the deceptions in the last days.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 2 Timothy 4:3-4 Paul warned us, &#8220;<em>For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;<\/em> <em>and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables<\/span>.<\/em>&#8221; Friend, we have fallen far away from the Biblical truths that were taught by these great Theologians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Friend, in the end times, when Satan&#8217;s time is short, who do you think he wants to deceive the most?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s already deceived Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, etc., and the majority of people in the world are in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>His end times prize will be to get people who call themselves <em>Christians<\/em> to deny Jesus when they attempt to preserve their earthly life. He will seek to have them kneel and worship him in the beast system, so that they may have food and water, and so that they won&#8217;t be killed. He seeks them to deny Jesus, so that they are damned.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you believe that you&#8217;ll be raptured out before the Antichrist appears, then you&#8217;ve been deceived by <a href=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/the-pre-tribulation-rapture-myth\/\">The Pretribulation Rapture Myth<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>John wrote that antichrists came out the church, meaning they were a part of it. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Friend, how can we not think that in the end-times, Satan doesn&#8217;t have countless wolves in churches, in pulpits, in Bible schools and seminaries, in Bible publishers, and on the radio and TV?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 11:13-15<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Satan has been working on his end-times plan for thousands of years.\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He has empowered his fallen angels and his earthly disciples, to create a deception that is so grand, that people can hardly see it. And sadly, many of Satan&#8217;s deceptions are being taught by Pastors, because his followers have infiltrated seminaries and Bible schools.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You will learn how <a href=\"http:\/\/christianitybeliefs.org\/end-times-deceptions\/bible-manuscript-paths\/\">Satan&#8217;s Corrupted Bible Manuscripts<\/a> are being used in the top seminaries and Bible schools, to deceive Pastors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"alert\">The primary hindrance to the Holy Spirit revealing fresh light and truth to you, is the strong reluctance of the human mind to surrender, or even to examine, opinions which have been learned from men.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Psalm 118:8 Says, &#8220;It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>1 Cor 8:2 Says, &#8220;And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Satan knows what the Bible says and he creates deceptions that sound similar, but mislead believers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And Satan knows that if he repeats a lie long enough, it becomes known as the truth. It&#8217;s only during the last 200 years that Christians have believed these lies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list of the great Protestant Reformers and Theologians who expounded the great Historicist truths of Bible history and prophecy. Their teachings stand in OPPOSITION to the deceptions that are taught by most Pastors today.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Wycliffe<\/strong> \u2013 He was a man ahead of his time, historians have called him the<br \/>\n\u201cMorning star of the Reformation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>William Tyndale<\/strong> \u2013 He was an English scholar who became a leading figure in<br \/>\nProtestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Calvin<\/strong> \u2013 He was an influential French theologian and pastor during the<br \/>\nProtestant Reformation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Martin Luther<\/strong> \u2013 German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic<br \/>\nfigure of the Protestant Reformation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Foxe<\/strong> \u2013 He was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of what<br \/>\nis popularly known as <em>&#8216;Foxe\u2019s Book of Martyrs<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Wesley<\/strong> \u2013 He is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley,<br \/>\nas founding the Methodist movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Charles H. Spurgeon<\/strong> \u2013 He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition<br \/>\nand known as the \u201cPrince of Preachers\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Adam Clarke<\/strong> \u2013 He was a British Methodist theologian and Biblical scholar, who wrote<br \/>\nthe most comprehensive commentary on the Bible ever prepared by one man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Matthew Henry<\/strong> \u2013 He was a Presbyterian minister whose six-volume Exposition of<br \/>\nthe Old and New Testaments, provides an exhaustive verse by verse Bible study.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Bunyan<\/strong> \u2013 He was an English Christian writer and preacher who is famous<br \/>\nfor writing &#8216;<em>The Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The main thing that stands in the way of people learning the truth&#8230;<br \/>\nis that they think they already know it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I hope that you will test the truths that will be revealed and not just dismiss them because of your previous conditioning. We&#8217;ll focus on what God said in His Word,<br \/>\nnot on what men have speculated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In Acts 17:11, Paul told us to be like the Bereans who, &#8220;<em>searched the Scriptures daily<\/em> <em>to find out<\/em> <em>whether these things were so<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Satan doesn\u2019t want you to understand the Biblical truths on this website.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you approach them out of your flesh, out of your pride, out of your knowledge, then it\u2019s difficult to be open to what the Holy Spirit wants to show you.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please pray to the Holy Spirit to be as the fertile soil where truth may take root, instead of the hard path, where Satan comes and steals away the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus is warning you now to be prepared, for there are many false prophets who deceive the church, and there is going to be great tribulation and a testing of your faith, to see who loves Jesus, even unto the death.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus chastised us in Revelation 3:17-18 saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Because you say, &#8216;I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing&#8217;&#8211;and do not know that <strong>you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked<\/strong>; I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus is telling us that we are wretched, poor, blind and naked, because we think we know the truth about the end times, but we have been deceived.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I pray in the power of Jesus\u00a0name that He will give you eye salve to see the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Please only share these studies if the Lord leads you to do so, because they can&#8217;t be understood without the guidance of the Holy Spirit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grace and peace to you in Jesus name,<\/p>\n<p>David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus berated the Jewish leaders for not discerning the signs of the times about His first coming. Today, most Christians are deceived about end times prophecy and Jesus return. 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