I wonder how many would actually be deceived by UFO's in the sky doing signs and wonders, though. Unless.......
I watched a movie last night with my wife called 'The Fifth Wave'. It was about an alien invasion and how they killed nearly every one in the world through these “waves” of attack. The fifth and final wave was intended to finish the job of killing whatever remnant of humanity remained alive. The fifth wave involved having the aliens attempt to blend in with the humans by taking over the bodies of Army commanders and soldiers to look like humans in authority.
Then the false Army recruited actual human teens and smaller children to train them to fight. They put implants in the back of the neck of these children to “keep track” of them, according to the false Army. These children had no idea the Army were actually the aliens. The false Army then informed the children that the “aliens” were using human bodies to hide in plain sight. Talk about hypocrites!
The aliens told the children that they could have revenge on the aliens for killing their loved ones if they went through the training.
After the children were trained to fight, the false Army made up of aliens sent the children out into the streets (they wouldn't even lift one of their fingers to help the children) to hunt for what they thought were aliens disguised as humans. The false Army gave the children helmets with special camera's attached to them so that the “aliens” lit up green when they saw them through the camera. The children eventually figured out that the implants in their necks were causing the real humans that they were hunting to light up green. The movie ended with the children blowing up the base of the false Army made up of the real aliens. Suffice it to say, I think there will be a sequel, but I hope not because I'll be forced to watch it.
Anyhow, I think you get the idea of how false prophets or false “Shepard's” could deceive and lead astray the sheep by dressing up as one of them. It's simple, effective, and quite ingenious if you ask me, especially when you know, “all is of God”.
Mat 7:15 “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
So, you're right, we can't hate or blame the deceived sheep or be too hard on them for being deceived. I mean, we were once in their shoes. The false Shepard's, those that led them and us astray, will have a lot more answering to do in the day of the Lord. Even when “all is of God”.
I never got the feeling anyone here hates the many called. If anything, you'll hear about folks hating themselves because of sin. If we believe God knows what is in the heart of each person, we should trust He knows how to be fair in His judgments. God did, after all, subject all of humanity to failure, so He could take the glory for its success (Rom 8:20,21).
Frequently when we talk about “the many called” and “false prophets”, we are using them as EXAMPLES to see within ourselves the things that must be repented of. In fact, this is precisely what the Apostle Paul calls them.
1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to them (referring to disobedient children) as EXAMPLES, and they were written as a warning
to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
1Co 10:12
Therefore, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall! If you've ever thought the body of Christ frequented this forum, then don't you think God is able to teach them how to obey Him? I'm not trying to be snarky or start an argument, just asking a question that you may not have thought of.
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