For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.
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… Let's go to Luke 21 verse 8. Watch that you are not deceived for many will come in my name saying, I am he and the time is near. Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars or wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen, but the end will not come right away. Now Jesus is describing what we call the Great Tribulation period. In fact, if you were to take the events of the Great Tribulation and overlay them on Luke 21 and Matthew 24, you'll find that the events are in the order that are given. So the idea is that, let me give you a big picture. Here's kind of a prophetic timeline on the screen behind me. Can you all see that? Okay, so here's my understanding of end times events, which is 100% accurate, just so you know that. Of course, I do believe that. And I know there's differing opinions, and I respect their right to be wrong. …
… end of the age or the end of the world. And Jesus answered and said to them, number one, take heed that no one deceives you. Wow. For many will come in my name saying, I am the Christ or I'm the Messiah and will deceive many. Verse 24, for false Christ and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders that is demonic, miraculous things? If possible, even the elect or deceiving even the very elect, which means, again, I always tell you guys, take the word if and hug it. Give it a big hug because that means it's impossible for the elect to be deceived. But the deception is going to be so bad that the only ones who are not going to be deceived are God's elect. His people. By the way, that applies, that has always applied to any age of his saints, any age of his believers, his people. Verse 25 says, See, I have told you beforehand, Jesus says. And then Matthew chapter 24, verse 45, tells us this. …
… Excellent. Matthew chapter 24, verse 4 through 8. And Jesus answered and said to them, take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name saying, I am the Christ. He's talking about the events that after he would leave, there would be an ongoing increasing of false messiahs, false religions. and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you're not troubled for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet. Really? Well, what's the sign of the end? Verse seven. Here's a remarkable indicator of the last days. For ethnos will rise against ethnos and politic against politic. Ethnos. Jesus said in the last days, ethnic groups will war against ethnic groups. blacks against whites, whites against reds, reds against yellows. Jesus said in the last days, that's going to increase as we get deeper into the last days. And then politic will war against politic. We see that going on in our world. He said there will be famines and pestilence and earthquakes in various places, and all these are the beginning of sorrows. Jesus said all this to give us comfort when the way, the truth, and the life speaks these things to us. …
… take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name saying, I am the Christ and will deceive many. There are a lot of so-called prophets. A lot of people over our lifetime who have declared that they were the second coming of Christ. The Father divine, the Daddy Graces, the Sun Young Moon. Y'all know who Sun Young Moon is? He said he came to finish the work that Jesus didn't complete. I want to punch that joker in his face. Because I read where Jesus said, it's finished. Do y'all believe that? I don't need nobody else to come along and talk about Jesus didn't finish anything. It's all done. Nothing else needs to be done. Are y'all with me? Hang with me. Y'all a little weak right there on that point right there. But no, there's nothing else that needs to be done. And people have been tricked deceived and pulled astray because they don't know, they don't read the scriptures. They don't know the Bible. …
… He answered, See that you not be deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, I am he, and the time has come. Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified, for such things must happen first. But it will not immediately be the end. And then he said to them, nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines and plagues from place to place and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky. Before all this happens, however, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and to prisons and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. But remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand For I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. …
… And Jesus answered in verse 4 and said to them, See to it that no one misleads you, for many will come in My name saying, I am the Christ, and will mislead many. The first sign that we're getting to the end is a sign of deception, deception. Not just one antichrist, many false prophets, many false Christs, misleading many. The first sign that our Lord identifies of the end is massive global deception, deception. He describes it even further. Verse 11, many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. This will go on across the world. In verse 21 to 24, we read about that same period. And again, if you go down to verse 23, there are going to be people saying, Behold, here is Christ, there is Christ. Do not believe Him. False Christs, false prophets will arise, will show great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect." So the first sign is massive, massive deception. And what is that deception exactly? …
… tell us when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? And Jesus answered them, see that no one leads you astray for many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and they will lead many astray and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed for this must take place but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and the kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. and many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. …