A Time of Deception

We stand at the beginning of the end. We see things happening that were prophesied by prophets of old and by our Lord as He spoke of the things to come with His disciples. All my life I have heard sermons on the end time, but seeing things happen are not as I imagined it when I heard those sermons. The sermons were, to a great measure, a description that relied on the imagination of the speaker as well as sermons they had heard. Distortion of the end time causes us to fear and also to miss what God is doing. This is why knowledge of the covenants of God are so vital to us for they keep us rooted in God and not in man's opinions.

Judgment is a part of covenant. It is what makes it a covenant and not a promise. The whole being of each covenant partner is involved. Your very being and existance depends on the covenant response. To understand that God's covenants with man are open-ended so that they are never done away with but only fulfilled to go into a greater covenant keeps us looking forward with hope. The covenant with David was an everlasting covenant, but his Descendant brought it into a deeper understanding of "everlasting" with His obedience and overcoming victory. His kingdom within you will endure and is a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

Satan's scheme in this last day is to so deceive mankind that God's Word will be despised and not followed. Now more than ever we must be students of His Word and not follow the imaginations or strategies of man. The deception Jesus showed us was of the pretense of man to be what they are not. Matthew 24:23-25 (NLT) 23 “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. 25 See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.

If we are looking for miracles and signs, we could be deceived. But when we are rooted in His Word and looking to Jesus and following the guidance of the Spirit, we will not be deceived. Neither will we be fearful. Faith in His Word and trust in His Might are the steps to entering His Rest.