Mass Deception

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Balaam, Beautiful Side of Evil, Deception, false doctrine, Jezebel, Johanna Michaelsen, lukewarm, Revelation

A mass insanity and blindness seems to have struck the Church. One right after the other, church after church, ministry after ministry, individual after individual is being tainted by compromise and slowly poisoned by deception. Many are being deceived and do not even know it. They feel that they are Christians, they know the Bible and they are just fine, thank you very much. However, it is evident from what they say and what is influencing them that they do not know the Bible and they are not just fine. Everyone seems to forget that Adam and Eve really knew God. They walked and talked with God. They knew His presence. And Eve, at least, was most definitely deceived. She was deceived with what appeared to be truth, and Adam thought it sounded pretty good too. After all, he ate the fruit and disobeyed just like Eve. He did not correct her. So, both of them literally and spiritually swallowed the lie. Even the Israelites when coming out of Egypt knew God and His power quite well. They’d seen the plagues, they’d experienced the baptism of the Red Sea, the delight of eating heavenly bread, and miracle after miracle of God; they even entered into a covenant with Him, saying they would adhere to all the words of the law. Immediately after covenanting with God, Moses ascended the mountain, and within 40 days the people crafted a golden calf, called that calf Yahweh God, ate like gluttons, drank like sailors, and danced like strippers before the idol until most of them were shamefully naked in the eyes of the nations around them.

Today is no different. Christians are still lingering at the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, listening to the mesmerizing words of the serpent through their favorite leader or group. They long for spiritual, supernatural experiences and unity in the body of Christ, and thus, gullibly swallow the fruit that appears good on the outside but is poison on the inside. Sadly enough, even as Johanna Michaelsen (Formerly New Age/Author of The Beautiful Side of Evil) thought herself a Christian and named her spirit guide Jesus, Christians who are in covenant with God are breaking that covenant for their own various versions of golden idols.

Truly, there are many golden calves these days, all called by the name of Jesus. From Ecumenism and the unification of pagan Catholicism with do-gooder Protestants, to the seeking after angelic apparitions and experiences, the lying signs and wonders of the New Apostolic Reformation and their leaders are now gaining acceptance via a platform with those Christian leaders who are respected, the disgusting penetration of New Age mysticism and philosophies inundating the church through popular books and teachings, YWAM and other missionary groups and Bible translators are going down the wrong path of syncretism, ecumenism, and environmentalism, the foul infiltration of Necromancy and Grave Sucking/Soaking, the stench of witchcraft and sorcery in the church that goes undiscerned and uncorrected, the grim truth of major Christian leaders denying Christ is the ONLY WAY, and the sickening odor of Christians working side by side for humanitarian agendas with those of non-Christian religions, with those lacking morals or restraint in sin, and they do so without telling them the Gospel message.

What ought to strike hard at any Christian who feels safe in their Christianity today is the following. 2 Timothy 3, 2 Peter 2, Matthew 24, and Luke 21 speak of these days in which we now live wherein false teachers and false prophets are prolific, like moss on trees in a southern bayou. Indeed, Paul emphatically warns the Corinthian Christians in 1 Corinthians 10 that Israel thought they were secure in God, but they were not. What happened to Israel was an example to us as Christians of what can and is happening to us today. Thus, Paul says, “let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (I Corinthians 10:12). Think about this….in Revelation 2-3 Jesus sends messages to the seven churches and only 2 of the 7 are pure before Him, and 5 are not! 5?????!!! Those odds are not good! What is it that’s contaminating the 5?

**Pergamos’ adherence to the doctrine of Balaam, who for money taught that eating things sacrificed to idols and fornication is acceptable and/or  there is no teaching against immorality or the eating things sacrificed to idols.

**Thyatira’s acceptance and tolerance of those who call themselves prophets (Jezebel) yet are false prophets who encourage Christians to commit fornication and to eat meat sacrificed to idols and/or do not dissuade such behavior.

**Sardis who appears to be alive, but they are not watchful and are not recognizing the signs of the times; they are not awake to know Jesus is coming soon; they are not alert to know that evil is infiltrating; they are busy doing good deeds, but are spiritually dead.

**Ephesus was so busy combating evil in the church, false prophets, false teachers, and false doctrines (including Nicolaitanism which is essentially syncretism/mysticism) that their love has grown cold toward their fellow Christians. This is not about losing love for Jesus or His word. It is obvious from this passage that they are fervent for truth and Jesus. However, they have lost their love for one another, and the importance of correcting in love.

**And then there is the Laodicean compromising, lukewarm Church, who thinks they are rich and have need of nothing, and yet are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” (3:17). Take careful note….they THINK they are rich and in need of nothing.

All of these Christians thought they knew the Word of God, yet all of them were holding on to a false doctrine, a false belief, even a compromising faith. All of these Christians thought they were in the light, but all of them were in darkness. All of these Christians thought they were safe and sound, but Jesus said they were on the verge of having their lampstand removed, were threatened with great tribulation and death, told that He will come to them as a thief, and were even to the point of possibly having their names blotted out of the Book of Life. All of these Christians thought they had it right, but all of these Christians were deceived. All of these Christians professed Jesus, but all of them were called to repent.

These are the last days churches. These are the last days Christians. That means that Jesus is talking to you and to me. And that means that if we are not of the persecuted Smyrna and Philadelphia churches, then we are of one of the others. That is the odd thing about deception though…one never thinks one is deceived! Nevertheless, Revelation 2-3 is crystal clear that 5 out of 7 Churches (and thus the people in them) will be and are deceived and are in need of repentance. So the question is, of what must each of us repent?

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Deception, Discernment, End Times, False Prophets, Last Days, Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 7:15-20, Signs and Wonders, UFOs

The defining statement of the HolyLight4U website is deeply rooted in Luke 21:34-36:

“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

The days in which we live are the LAST of the Last Days. Many things have already happened and are happening that readily exposes this as a fact. There has been a dramatic increase in earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, famines, wars, plagues, the tetrad of lunar eclipses from March of 2014-September of 2015 (also called blood moons), comets and meteorites, the rise of UFO activity around the world, solar eclipses and unusual, dangerous solar flares. Jesus said clearly in Luke 21:9-11, 25 that “ye shall hear of wars and commotions,” but to not be “terrified: for these things must first come to pass…nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven…And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and waves roaring.”

In the past, people have seen snippets of this passage being fulfilled: A famine here, an earthquake there. However, at the present time we are seeing ALL of these signs happening simultaneously. Even so, when ALL of these things together are witnessed coming to pass, Jesus encouraged us in Matthew 24:32-35 to “learn the parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

When Jesus speaks of the fig tree in this passage and in Luke 21:29-31, He was speaking to his disciples in a parable. The parable is about the fig tree and some other trees budding. The fig tree throughout Scripture has always referred to Israel. In 1948 Israel was declared a nation by the United Nations. But they were not the only nation birthed at that time. In the years surrounding 1948, other nations were born (granted independence) including modern day Egypt (1952), Syria (1946), Jordan (1946), Lebanon (1943), etc. Indeed, the fig tree and the other trees of Luke 21 began to bud in the years 1946-1952. And Jesus said that the generation who sees these trees (nations) begin to put forth leaves and who sees ALL of the other signs of disaster and war as well, is the generation who will not pass away until Jesus Himself returns and the Bible is fulfilled in its entirety.

Even so, there is one more thing that Jesus said will be prevalent among this generation that sees all of these events coming to pass: False Prophets and Lying Signs and Wonders. Many will come saying “I am anointed”, but Jesus said, do not be deceived. Time and again, in parable after parable, Jesus emphatically taught His followers to be awake, be sober, be vigilant, be prayerful, be mindful and be alert. These words were not spoken to frighten nor were they spoken in vain. These words are still ours today and are to be enacted in everything that we say and do as the Body of Christ. For, indeed, the closer we get to the return of Christ, the more darkness will masquerade as light. According to 2 Corinthians 11:14, the devil and his minions appear as an angels of light and even are preaching another gospel (Galatians 1:8) and are prowling around like a lion (1 Peter 5:8) seeking those who are not being vigilant or alert in order to steal, kill and destroy them (John 10:10).

While people may agree that all the other signs of disasters around the world are multiplying by leaps and bounds, this one concerning lying signs and wonders and false prophets they merely shrug off and/or assign to men such as Jim Jones, Sun Myung Moon and David Koresh. However, not enough people are running after men such as this in order for it to be a fulfillment of what Jesus said. If all the other signs have increased dramatically, then this one too must have increased dramatically. And, indeed it has. But because of it being so deceiving, not many have detected it. Everywhere, there are those saying they are anointed. There are signs everywhere. There is light everywhere. There are miracles everywhere. There are prophecies everywhere. But the light is not God’s, and the signs and miracles and prophecies are not God’s though they are done in the name of Christ.

How can we not be deceived? Matthew 7:15-20 states, ¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” How can we know what good fruit versus bad fruit is? By knowing God’s word and with the help of the Holy Spirit. Second Timothy 3:16-17 reads, “All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” It is through His word that we are taught, reproved, corrected, and trained. Without it we are none of those things. Therefore, we don’t want to be “unskilled in the word of righteousness”, but skilled and able to consume the “solid food” of the Word which “is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (Hebrews 5:14). And it is the Holy Spirit who will “bring all things” to our “remembrance” (John 14:26).

This HolyLight website is all about revealing what is really happening in the Church today, teaching what the Bible says about these things, and encouraging Christians to be discerning NOT deceived.