Thursday, May 22, 2008

Deceiving....and Being Deceived

(2 Timothy 3:13) But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

The following is a word the Lord gave me last year about the Angel of Light. Satan has been masquerading as an Angel of Light which is the Anti-Christ Spirit and he has been given power to deceive many even the very elect if possible. (Matthew 24:24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

(2 Corinthians 11:14) And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

The word “light” is the Greek work “phos” to shine or to make manifest. From this root word also comes the word “photizo” as in 1 Corinthians 4:5 “ to bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest”



1) to give light, to shine
2) to enlighten, light up, illumine
3) to bring to light, render evident
a) to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all
4) to enlighten, spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge
a) to instruct, to inform, teach
b) to give understanding to
So we see from 2 Cor. 11:14 Satan comes as an angel of light, giving “understanding” of spiritual things.

Paul had to deal with the false “angel of light” in his day, but said it would become much worse in the last days. Even as Jesus himself warned: (Matthew 24:24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

(1 Timothy 4:1) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

(2 Timothy 3:1) This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

We know that in these last days God will be shedding light and revealing truth that had previously been hidden. We know God revealed them to Paul. (Romans 16:25) Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
(Ephesians 3:3-5) how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ; which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

Revelation means to bring to light that which was hidden, disclosure of truth, instruction concerning things before unknown.

(Daniel 12:4) But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

As Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:1 these are perilous days we are in. As God is revealing truth to his body, Satan will try to deceive “even the elect”. Satan has had 2000 years to perfect masquerading as an angel of light. There has been a great falling away from the truth of the Gospel as first preached by the apostles. God is now returning his elect by revealing the truth to his people, for he is looking for that church without spot or wrinkle. It will not be easy to deceive those who seek God for truth; Satan will have to cloak the deception in the midst of much truth. And those who are not willing to lay down ALL things to the Lord for only truth will be deceived in one fashion or another.

(Colossians 2:8) Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

The word for today is BEWARE. Beware of the traditions or “religions” of men. Beware of the rudiments or “things” and the "ways” of the world. If we hold to these things, even if we see that our traditional way of doing things and our way of thinking are contrary to scripture, then even our “service” to God can be an “idol of our heart”. And we will not see the truth and will be deceived. God will give us over to the false “angel of light” and will believe the lie unto our own destruction.

(Ezekiel 14:4) Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

In these last days there will be wonderful revelations from the Lord returning us to the pure word of God and holiness. Satan will not be above using this “light” to cloak his deception in, in order to fool the elect of God. We MUST “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)

If any teacher, preacher, apostle or prophet seems to be offended if you search the scriptures out to see if what they are saying is true, beware of them. The Bereans were praised for searching out the scriptures to see if it was true. (Acts 17:11)

In these last days, beware of the one that will come as an angel of “light”, of “revelation” and of “truth”. Judge these things. (1 Corinthians 2:15) But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

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