Prophecy Club 2 - Session 35 - January 24, 2022

In our study today, we continued our study of Matthew 24, which covers Messiah's list of the Last-Day events. We also looked at the reason why Yahshua warned against deception in the Last Days.

The devil is a master at packaging himself in unexpected ways, increasing the success-rate of his deceptions. For example, in the Garden of Eden, Satan chose to mask his identity and true purpose. How differently the story might have gone had he come to Eve obviously! Eve would likely have been untemptable if the devil had used the direct approach and said something like: 

“Hello, Eve. I’m the devil. I have rebelled against Yahweh and His Government. And I’d like you to join my rebellion. I’m here to tempt you. When you follow my suggestions you’ll Fall, bringing sin, suffering, disease and death to yourself and to every creature and future child born on this planet.”

But the cunning enemy knew that the direct approach would not have been likely to work! Thus, his presentation—his packaging—was as much a part of his deception as was his message to Eve. Why did the lies of the Serpent succeed?

Because, first and foremost, the devil appeared to Eve in a form she wasn’t expecting. To Eve, the devil actually appeared Righteous/Beautiful/Friendly —and was all the more dangerous for it!

From the beginning Satan has successfully tempted mankind by masquerading as “righteous”:

2 Corinthians 11:14-15 – “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” 

Having been overwhelmingly successful in his falsely “righteous” packaging, the devil’s tactics will not change in the appearance of the final Anti-Christ! In other words, the final Anti-Christ will appear righteous!

He will truly seem to be the genuine Messiah—not just to a few, but to 99.99% of the world! Revelation 13:3 says that “all the world (Revelation 13:3-4) “wondered after” and “worshipped” the beast and the dragon, who gives the beast its power.

What we often fail to realize is that the “world” who will worship the final Anti-Christ will include countless former-followers of Yahweh—even Sabbath-keepers from the Hebrew-roots Movement! This is why Isaiah warned that although Israel -the proclaimed people of God- would be as numerous as the sand of the sea, only a “remnant” -a very small amount- would be saved at last. (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27): “a remnant (of Israel) shall be saved.” 

The remnant of the fabric, when you go to a fabric store, is the small amount of cloth which remains when the rest of the bolt is gone. 

From this point, we began our study of the third Branch Prophecy, which is in Zechariah 6:12 and refers to the Branch (Messiah) building the Temple...

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