Deception in the Day of Jacobs Trouble

We live in deeply disturbing times. Times where there are no clear guidelines. Times which are hard to interpret. Times which are so filled with confusion that it is difficult to know what is going on. Times where every man does what is right in his own sight. Times which are well described by the following scripture. Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”

Today everyone believes their own spin about their own ideology. So that, they are deceived and refuse to accept truth that would be obvious if they were to look into their own hearts and at the whole of creation which is around them. False teachers abound and ear ticklers are easily found even at the pulpits of many churches. Hence scriptures says this. Jeremiah 9:6 “You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD” NIV

The people do not acknowledge the Creator, Yahweh Elohim, and fail to appreciate the consequences of their folly. They do not understand that their sin will bring God’s judgement upon them. Luke 17: 28-30 “Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.”

Today with the digital world and social media it is more possible than ever before to deceive the people. They are surrounded by information, some true and some not, that is drowning them in deception. It is possible to know the truth and at the same time believe the falsehood that is buried beside it in the detail of the information. Psalms 101:7 “No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. NIV Those who are responsible for this deception will ultimately fail and be judged by the Almighty.

It is important that we as believers are aware of all of this deceit. It is important to understand the truth of the times in which we live. These are the last days. One has only to look at Israel and the war that is building around it to know that time is short. In that vein it is essential that we are not deceived. The devil seeks to deceive even the elect because if we are deceived then who will bare the truth to those who seek it? Colossians 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” NIV

Believers need to trust the Lord and obey Him. To walk in the Spirit is the only way to avoid being taken captive by deceptive philosophy. It is the only way to be protected from lying lips and deceitful tongues including our own lying lips and deceitful tongue. The human heart, as the prophet Jeremiah said in the Old Testament, is desperately wicked. The tongue is the door to the heart just as the eye is the window to the soul. Only a life sown to righteousness can allow the Spirit to purify our heart and protect us from lying lips and deceitful tongues. Psalms 120:2 “Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.” NIV

Thus in this the Day of Jacobs Trouble - The End Times. If we are to be a light on a hillside leading the way to salvation for the lost. We need to seek God when He may be found. We need to ask the Spirit to reveal His righteousness in us and to make us obedient to to the will of Jesus Christ. Only then can we avoid deception and lying lips in ourselves and in the World around us.