Deception & The Current Prophetic Times

By Bill Wilson, KIN Senior Analyst / Watch.org

WASH–Oct 2–KIN–As I look around me at the current situation of our people and our times, one word comes to mind: Deception. Deception is defined as “the action of deceiving someone; a thing that deceives.” Some of the words in the thesaurus regarding deception are: deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, cheating, trickery, chicanery, deviousness, slyness, wiliness, guile, bluff, lying, pretense, treachery, and subterfuge. Yeshua tells us in Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man deceive you.” I wonder why then do we not take deception and the art of deception more seriously in our society. Being deceived has harsh consequences physically, spiritually and prophetically.

The word “deceived” appears at least 86 times in the Bible, according to my trusty search engine. Deception, especially, from a spiritual and prophetic perspective, has been a big problem throughout the history of man, and shall continue in the prophetic future. Why so much deception when we are warned against it? One answer may be found in Obadiah 1:3. Speaking of Edom, the prophet wrote, “The pride of thine heart has deceived thee…” So pride is a cause of deception. Galatians 6:7 says, “Be not deceived; YHVH is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.” In this we know that our actions or decisions contrary to YHVH impact our lives–even if we don’t want to believe they do.

The word of the Lord came to the prophet Micah about wicked rulers and deceiving prophets. Micah 2:8-11 speaks of how the people, not grounded in YHVH, were so deceived by the rulers and prophets that they became an enemy: “Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy…Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.” Here the people are warned by Micah against the false prophets less the people be so deceived that they become an enemy of YHVH and be destroyed.

Many people wonder aloud why our nation is in such horrible condition. There is much deception and also a willingness to be deceived. The wicked have used deception to advance their causes. Some are deceived into thinking that their actions have no consequences. Many are so full of pride that they are easily deceived, thinking that their pastors, their confidants, their politicians would never seek to deceive them. The word of YHVH, is the best prevention of deception. Studying it faithfully, in its context, prevents deception. But that is a lot harder work than listening to someone tickle ears with their own version of what the Bible says. Deception has prophetic consequences. Take heed that no man deceives you.