Exceptional at Deception

Revelation 20

Earlier in chapter twenty, we read that Satan was bound for a thousand years, and Jesus has ruled on the earth for that thousand years, and mankind still has a fallen nature that came from Adam.  Now we have Satan released from his prison; “and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.  And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation 20:8-10)

Our enemy, the one who has done a number on me and I bet on you also, is now defeated, his army was deceived by all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, they believed a lie, they were going to battle with God’s only Son, and God sent fire down from heaven and consumed them.  The sad news is hell will be full of people who fell for the devil’s schemes, and that was never God’s intent!  Hell was designed for the devil and his angels, no one else, Jesus is clear, one way to God the Father; John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”  The deceiver has lied to you, if you believe you can come to the Father any way but by the offering of the blood of His Son.  The great news is your reading this and you still have time to agree with Jesus and put your faith in Him only.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice