WHY DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT SATAN HAS DECEIVED THE WHOLE WORLD?                                                                                                                                                                                                                  articles

Revelation 12:9 says, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." 

This parallels Matthew 24:5, "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." Since He spoke those words that day, religion has become one of the leading money making scams in the world.  Many look religious, sound religious and claim Christ's name saying Jesus, Jesus, Jesus and they might even "talk in tongues," but do they really follow the true faith of the Bible?  Amazingly, Revelation 14:12 describes the true faith kept by the true followers of Christ in the end time.  Does your church fit the criteria?  Or have you been deceived???  You can know where you stand! 

END TIME FOLLOWERS OF THE TRUE CHRIST::    

Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.  Revelation 14:12

So if Christ's true followers are those who keep the Commandments, as the Bible indicates, then those who are deceived would do just the opposite.  They would even teach that the Commandments are done away.  Now, some might try to say, well the commandments kept by the saints are not the actual Ten Commandments," but they would not know their Bible very well. 

The word Commandments used here in Revelation is "Entole" (Strong's NT:1785). It is the very same word used by Christ when He told the young rich man that to enter into life, he must "keep the commandments." (Strong's NT:1785)  Then to make sure the young man understood correctly, Christ started listing them.  "...If you want to enter life, obey the commandments. Which ones?" the man inquired. Jesus replied, "`Do not murder, do not commit adultery..'  Matthew 19:17-19   Christ did not mention the first 4 commandments because they lived in the nation of Judah!  And everyone kept the first 4.  Including the Saturday Sabbath, as is noted many times in the Bible.  So, what is this Man of Sin, that the Bible mentions?

 

Who is THE MAN OF SIN?

1 John 3:4 tells us that "Sin is the transgression of the law."  If Christ taught THAT WE MUST KEEP THE LAW TO ENTER INTO LIFE, then what does the Man of Sin teach about the law?

I Thessalonians 2:2-12 describes "The Man of Sin."  It says he will appear in the end time and deceive many. He is the Man of "Anomia" (Strongs NT:458) which means the Man that transgresses the law! 

I Peter 4:18 says, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"  Obviously,  if we are trying to be in God's Kingdom, we cannot follow someone who is ungodly and a sinner, yet the Bible indicates that the whole world will be deceived by just such a man!

WILL YOU FOLLOW CHRIST OR THE MAN OF SIN ?

The King James uses the phrase Man of Sin, but other translations simply and correctly call him the "MAN OF LAWLESSNESS." 

 

COUNTERFEIT MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS...2 Thessalonians 2:2-12 

"Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.  For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.  For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

 

 

WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST?  and...WILL YOU BE FOOLED BY THE MAN OF SINS LYING SIGNS AND WONDERS? 

REVELATION 13:13

"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he

spoke as a dragon. And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth

and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he

 doeth great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of

men, And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power

 to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image

 to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 

 

 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both

 speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he

 causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or

 in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the

 beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number

 of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

 

 

WHAT IS GOD'S MARK?

The Sabbath is the sign or "mark" of the true God.  God rested on the Sabbath day in Genesis.  The Sabbath is the sign or mark that you have the right God...the mighty creator!  Exodus 31:12 says that the Sabbath should be kept throughout your generations. 

"And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily

 my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign (mark) between me and you throughout your

 generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."  God gives you a 

sign showing that you have the actual God of creation, the right God, the God of the 10

commandments.

 

 

IS SUNDAY IS A MARK TOO?  Yes!

“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change [Sabbath to Sunday] was her act and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power.” From the office of Cardinal Gibbons, through Chancellor H.F. Thomas, November 11, 1895.

 

"Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible and this transference  of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact."  Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923

 

“The Sunday...is purely a creation of the Catholic Church.”  American Catholic Quarterly Review, January 1883.

 

“Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone.  The Bible says ‘Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.’ The Catholic Church says, No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.” Priest Thomas Enright, CSSR, President, Redemptorist College, Kansas City, Missouri, February 18, 1884. AND Printed in the American Sentinel, a New York Roman Catholic journal in June 1893, p. 173.
 

Will you be deceived?