SATAN'S LAST RESORT.
When human probation closes, Satan will have full control over the finally impenitent, [ Great Controversy P.614}....
Revelation 22:11 " He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
Note(JB): The above speaks to the living at Jesus' return, those now living, it shall be at their last breath, the person's life is sealed, for good or evil, as there's no repenting possible from the grave. The "Breath of Life," then returns to He who created it, Genesis 2:7 Dust {body}+ Breath of Life = a living soul, remove any one and it's death. 1 Corinthians 15:5-55/ read it.
Yet there will be a small remnant {an identical copy of the church that founded} that refuses to bow to his authority. Up to this point, Satan has carried on his work of deception through his emissary, the "Man of sin", toward the end of the great tribulation. Satan will take matters into his own hands {jb for the first time]. He will personally counterfeit the second coming of Christ, 'to deceive, if possible, the very elect " [Matthew 24 23-24.]
The apostle Paul described this climatic moment in..
2 Thessalonians 2:8-9 And then shall that Wicked One-[ the Little Horn, the man of sin] be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
NOTE (JB): remember these two highlighted words in the Greek the word is Parousia and used here only! NB*
THREE POINTS NEED TO BE MADE HERE.
- FIRST: we are no longer dealing generally with the 'mystery of lawlessness' that was chomping at the bit to reveal itself in the days of Paul, but rather with the 'law-less ONE" . Satan now takes matters into his own hands.
- SECOND: the word *Parousia* appears twice in these verses. In the first reference, the word describes Christ's Second coming {REMEMBER JESUS' FEET WILL NOT TOUCH THIS EARTH, HE'LL BE I N THE CLOUDS] this feet Satan will not be allowed to copy his feet shall be on this earth! Remember Satan will have his counterfeit PAROUSIA, BEFORE the real Messiah comes.
- THIRD: the combination of the three Greek words 'power,signs and wonders' is used in only one other verse in the New Testament, where Jesus performed these marvelous works while on earth. This means that Satan will counterfeit the signs and wonders that Jesus performed while He was on this earth
Acts 2:22 "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:"
Ellen White described Satan's counterfeit second coming and described it as the 'Almost overmastering delusions': "As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, SATAN, himself will Persinate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Savior's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear, that Christ has come. In different parts of the world. Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being, of dazzling brightness, resembling the description given by John in
Revelation 1:13-15 "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters."
The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The shouts of triumph rings out in the air: "Christ has come! Christ has come"! The people will Prostrate themselves in adoration, before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His disciples when He was upon this earth. His voice is soft and subdued, and yet full of melody in gentle, compassionate tones, he (Satan ) presents SOME heavenly truths , that the Savior uttered: he heals the diseases of the people, and then in his assumed character of Jesus Christ, he will claim that he changed the Sabbath to Sunday and commands that all to hallow the day which eh blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the Seventh Day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth.This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion...........The Great Controversy p. 624
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 " And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
BEFORE OR AFTER PROBATION?
Some have questioned whether Satan's counterfeit PAROUSIA will occur during the Time of Trouble after the close of probation. After all, what good would it do for Satan to counterfeit the Second Coming in order to deceive the elect if the elect were already sealed and cannot be deceived? Satan knows at this point that he will not be able to deceive the elect, as he'd has already deceived all the rest of the people!
There's two reasons why I [ Pastor Bohr]believe that Satan's counterfeit Parousia will take place After the close of probation.
FIRST: Matthew 24 describes a sequence of events in strict chronological order. The chapter repeatedly uses the word THEN (Verses 9,10,14'16,21,23,30" to describe the sequence. Matthew 24:23-27 where the counterfeit coming is described, clearly portrays the events that occur after the Sunday Law [Matthew 24:15] and during the great tribulation of Matthew 24::21-22:
SECOND: Ellen White places Stan's counterfeit Parousia in the chapter on the Time of Trouble AFTER probation's close [Great Controversy P.624]
HOWEVER.... why would Satan even bother to counterfeit the Second coming if probation has closed? After all, he knows, at least intellectually, that he will not be able to deceive the elect, he still harbours a slim hope that he can counteract The Word.
Let's pursue this line of thought with another example, that very clear. Does Satan know {and has known for centuries] that he will not be able to conquer the New Jerusalem after the millennium? Of course he does The next passage is far too clear to come to another conclusion...
Revelation 20:7-10 " And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
WHY...why then will Satan gather the multitudes to attack the city if he knows, from the Word of God, it will be fruitless? Because Satan is Satan, he's not going to give up while life remains within him! He will try to take by force what he and his non-believers rejected when it was offered freely! He and they still harbor the thin hope that they can counteract the Word of God and conquer the city, and eat from the Tree of Life!
THE GREAT ISSUE IN THE END-TIME CONFLICT.
In conclusion, what will the the great issue that will draw the battle lines in the final war? Every indication is the passage and in others is that the battle will be over exactly what it was in the beginning! OBEDIENCE, or DISOBEDIENCE
Genesis 2:17 " But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
N OTE(JB) Eve disobeyed God, rebelled and believed Satan who made use of the serpent as his ventriloquist's dummy.
More specifically, the Ten Commandment. The Little Horn THOUGHT HE COULD CHANGE GOD'S LAWS. THE NAME ANTICHRIST IS THE "MAN OF SIN" AND SIN IS THE transgression of the law {Romans 6:23] "wages of sin is death." Paul refers to the apostasy as the mystery of lawlessness.
Why has Satan declared war of the believers in Jesus?
Revelation 12:17 " And the dragon was wroth with the woman, [Christ's church] and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
NOTE(JB) Testimony of Jesus????
Revelation 19:10 "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Ellen White's writings, she insisted that she was only a messenger, not a prophet! But ill heath allowed only an 3rd grade education yet she wrote more book and all but one lady. But she is the most translated author. WHY?
Yet it is ONLY buy the strictest adhering to the Word of God that will protect anyone from the 'almost overmastering power' of Satan, and those who accept him, will share his fate.
What is the truth that world rejected?
John 14:6 " Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
NO there's here no Mary nor any Priest.
John 17:17 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."
This 17th chapter is Jesus' longest recorded prayer, learn it!
Psalms 119:42-44 "So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever."
It is impossible to say truthfully, that I love Jesus unless, I also love His law and, His truth.
Yet always know this fact>>>>>
Isaiah 8:20 "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Matthew 24:4 " And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you."
Matthew 24:23-27 " Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 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. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
Thanking Y O U for your time Questions? Comments? bazenj@gmai,.com
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