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2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Thes. 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God

Jesus Christ also told us in Mat. 24 and Mark 13 about this abominable one who shall come before He returns, and when he does, stay away from him.

Some of us, who study our Bible and know how to tell the difference between what is holy (Jesus) and what is profane (Satan), will know Satan is not our Lord and not bow down to him.

Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

45 days longer, after Christ will have returned; His Millennial Kingdom will have started. Satan will be gone! Locked up for 1000 years. Praise The Lord!

Here is some good news! Jesus has shortened the number of days Satan is allowed to claim he is Christ.

Here is what Jesus said concerning those days when the "abomination of desolation", the abominable desolator, i.e. Satan, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stands in the holy place claiming to be God:

Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Our people are not prepared either mentality nor spiritually to face the supernatural.
[22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

The actual time when Satan will reign on earth has been shortened to the time of the locusts, which is a 5 month period as documented in Rev. 9.

These guys are really, really good at what they do best, which is to lead people astray!

[23] Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

That is what they will be saying, "Isn't it wonderful that Jesus has returned to Jerusalem?"

Do not believe it. Remember we documented in 1 Thes. 4 and 1 Cor. 15 that when the real Jesus Christ returns at the last Trump, the 7th Trump, then in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, we who are alive and remain unto His coming will ALL be changed from our flesh bodies to our spiritual bodies?

So if you are still in this flesh body, know from the Word of God that Jesus Christ has not returned.

[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.
Satan and his angels are masters of deception.
Remember, Satan's angels are also supernatural and will be posing as ministers. though it be Satan's version of religion they will be promoting.

Want an idea of how good Satan is? Get a load of this trick:

Rev. 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, What a show they will put on!

The Greek word for "fire" is "pur" which means "lightning".

Satan, disguised as Jesus Christ, will be able to perform great signs and wonders like calling "lightning" down from the sky!

Wow, he commands the weather!

What effect will this have on people?

As it is written, those "miracles" will deceive the people into believing he is Jesus:

[14] And deceiveth 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.

To all my fellow Christians: Please! Please! STUDY YOUR BIBLE!

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