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Satan Personates Christ—2, July 17
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light.
2 Corinthians 11:14
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Satan is preparing his deceptions that in his last campaign against the
people of God, they may not understand that it is he. “And no marvel; for
Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” ... Satan will go to the
extent of his power to harass, tempt, and mislead God’s people.
He who dared to face, and tempt, and taunt our Lord, and who had power
to take Him in his arms and carry Him to a pinnacle of the temple, and up
into an exceeding high mountain, will exercise his power to a wonderful
degree upon the present generation, who are far inferior in wisdom to their
Lord, and who are almost wholly ignorant of his subtlety and strength.
In a marvelous manner will he affect the bodies of those who are natu-
rally inclined to do his bidding.
He will come personating Jesus Christ, working mighty miracles; and
men will fall down and worship him as Jesus Christ.
We shall be commanded to worship this being, whom the world will
glorify as Christ. What shall we do?—Tell them that Christ has warned us
against just such a foe, who is man’s worst enemy, yet who claims to be
God; and that when Christ shall make His appearance, it will be with power
and great glory, accompanied by ten thousand times ten thousand angels
and thousands of thousands; and that when He shall come, we shall know
His voice.
The time is coming when Satan will work miracles right in your sight,
claiming that he is Christ; and if your feet are not firmly established upon
the truth of God, then you will be led away from your foundation.
Satan is determined to keep up the warfare to the end. Coming as an
angel of light, claiming to be the Christ, he will deceive the world. But his
triumph will be short. No storm or tempest can move those whose feet are
planted on the principles of eternal truth. They will be able to stand in this
time of almost universal apostasy.
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