1. DON’T BE DECEIVED mar4
REFERENCE: Isaiah 53:9
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though
he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
COMMENT:
This is a prophecy about the Lord Jesus Christ recorded by Isaiah the prophet as it
was revealed to him by God during Isaiah’s ministry between 740 and 680 BC.
Exactly what was prophesied was literally fulfilled by Jesus when he came in
Israel about 2000 years ago. Many bible prophesies have been fulfilled and it is
adequate proof that the bible unlike all other religious books is inspired by God
himself, as it claims in 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
Jesus Christ is the exact opposite to the Anti-Christ who is the master of
deception. The Anti-Christ wins the hearts of many on arrival on the scene, due to
his ability to negotiate for peace. All are crying for peace everywhere, even
London the financial capital of the world. He will also do miracles, even calling for
fire from heaven. Many will follow him thinking he is the real Jesus Christ. The
bible refers to him as the man of lawlessness in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 because of
the havoc he will cause in the whole world. He will kill more than Hitler, Stalin,
Mao and Amin combined. The fundamentalist Muslims will look like school boys
compared to him. His real identity will be revealed later after causing untold
suffering in the entire world.
The Anti-Christ will have an assistant whose title according to the bible is False
Prophet, who will be a religious man. He will pretend to act like the Holy Spirit,
2. but will glorify the Anti-Christ. This will complete the false trinity of Satan, AntiChrist and False Prophet.
The False Prophet among other activities, will perform miracles. The Anti-Christ
will be assassinated in the middle of his career, and the world will be shocked to
see him raised from death by the False Prophet. This will deceive more and more
people. The believers in the world then, will be deceived and follow him. He will
succeed in ecumenical movement which is busy today uniting all faiths. The World
Council of Churches, Chrislam and such like organizations will have a field day.
Deception is the key in all these activities, and Jesus Christ is the only one to
choose, because no deceit was found in his mouth according to the scripture
under reference.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit! Awaken all the Christian leaders so that we can detect
deception.