The Deception

I. THE DECEPTION:



A. False signs and wonders - The deception will include false signs and wonders. Matthew 24:24 and Revelation 13 describe false signs and wonders. The church will be experiencing true miracles as promised by Jesus as "greater works than these." (John 14:12)



B. False anointing - there will be an evil anointing to speak blasphemous things against God in a way that is convincing. Multitudes will be deceived by this evil anointing that is on these emissaries of this prince of darkness. These evil preachers will speak under a false anointing with the authority of darkness.



C. Sorcery - Revelation 18:23 says that the devil will deceive all of the nations by sorcery. There is going to be an evil revival of sorcery. It will be widespread across the nations Revelation 9:20.

II. REVELATION 13



A. Corresponding with the falling away is the great harvest. Matthew 13 teaches that the wheat and the tares will mature together (in the final three and a half years of natural history).



B. The prayer movement in the earth today is a preemptive strike of the merciful God to get the church ready.



C. Revelation 13 describes the man of sin. Revelation 17 adds to Revelation 13.



D. Revelation 13:1, "Then I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast." That is the man of sin.



E. Revelation 12:9 the dragon is the devil.



F. Revelation 13:4, the whole earth will worship Satan. The world religion will be Satan worship.



G. Revelation 13:5, the man of sin will be given a mouth to speak great things. His vision will be grand. His ideas will be compelling and powerful. He will have an anointing to speak with supernatural clarity and with compelling ideas.



H. Revelation 13:7, this authority is being granted to him by God. In other words, we cannot bind him in prayer because God grants him authority. Why? To purify, refine and to make radiant the people of God (Daniel 11:33-35).



I. He is granted to make war with the saints and to overcome them for three and a half years. In other words, martyrdom will escalate for 31/2 years. The saints will be physically overcome in martyrdom. Daniel 7:21,25 uses this exact language.



J. Revelation 12:11, the saints will overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb, the word of their testimony and their willingness to embrace martyrdom.



K. Satan overcomes the saints physically, but they overcome Satan spiritually by embracing martyrdom with their deep love for Jesus.

L. The blood of the martyrs will be the seed of the gospel explosion across the earth.



M. Revelation 13: 8, all the earth will worship this evil leader as they worship Satan.



N. Compare Revelation 13:7 with Revelation 12:11. Satan overcomes the saints physically. The saints overcome Satan spiritually.



1. Daniel 7:21-26 says the saints will inherit the kingdom and possess it forever.



2. Daniel 7:18 says, "The saints will possess the kingdom forever.



3. Daniel 7:21 says that this man of sin will war against the saints and overcome them or prevail against them.



4. Daniel 7:22, God will only let this happen for a short time.



5. Daniel 7:25, the saints will be persecuted and worn down.



6. Daniel 7:26 the saints will be victorious



O. Revelation 15:2 The end time church will be victorious in martyrdom.



P. Revelation 17:6, this woman speaks of the worldwide religion that is worshipping this evil man. The one world religion will be drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.



Q. Jesus opens the fifth seal in Revelation 6:9-11. Jesus will allow worldwide martyrdom.



R. The martyrs cry out, "How long until the judgments stop the martyrdom on the earth? The answer is staggering. In Revelation 6:11, He says, "Rest until the number of martyrs is completed." In the divine economy, the issue of God's end time judgment is related to the issue of the number of martyrs being completed.



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