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America: Ground Zero for Deception

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”
–Matthew 24:3-4

Americans have traditionally lived in a land which offered them the material things of the world.

But that material prosperity has not come without a cost.

Some readers may be thinking to themselves, “Yeah, the cost has been hard work–and plenty of it!”

And that thought is usually true enough.

But many in the rest of the world work long and hard–perhaps even longer and harder–and yet have not reaped the immense returns of the average American who has lived after World War II.

There has been a high cost to pay for living in a land where the things of the world are plentiful. Much of that cost has been deception.

Americans live at Ground Zero for worldwide deception.

The deceptions in the USA are legion, but three spheres in particular will comprise today’s topic.

ADVERTISING

“Advertising is legalized lying.”
—H.G. Wells

Americans are not only surrounded by advertising, they are immersed in it almost 24/7.

Advertising is all about glorifying the things of the world and making the target feel like he cannot live without the product/service being advertised.

Advertising is a study in the art of lying.

The claims of many products are deceptive IF one knows all of the facts about of that product. Advertising is where terms which SOUND good but do not mean anything are invented in order to deceive.

Such as “natural.” (There are many, many other examples.)

And then, those terms are heavily repeated–as is required of ALL propaganda (and advertising is a form of propaganda)–in order to be effective.

ABCs of Propaganda: Recognizing Propaganda

On the radio and TV, in newspapers, at the multiplex, on smartphones, on billboards and electronic signs, even broadcast from public transportation: it is hard for an American to go very far before encountering some type of advertisement.

HOLLYWOOD

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”
—Marilyn Monroe

Hollywood is a place of fiction; known for its glamour.

“Glamour” originally referred to a magic spell, an illusion said to be cast by witches.

Hollywood is a place which traffics in making the false appear to be real.

And Hollywood exports its vehicles of falseness (films and TV shows) throughout the entire world.

Hollywood is a place of mass deception–and the world knows it.

Hollywood reaps its payoff for deceit when the world pays Hollywood for providing “fantasy” (lying in an entertaining manner).

MOVIES/COMPUTERS/MEDIA/TV/SMARTPHONES/VIDEO GAMES & VIRTUAL REALITY

“To successfully create illusion, the first thing you need is trust, but to perfect an illusion, the false reality most appear as authentic as the one it hides. Careful attention must be paid to every detail. The slightest of imperfections can, like a pin to a balloon, burst the illusion . . . and the truth behind the illusion becomes revealed.”
― Emily Thorne

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The creation of false worlds–and the many who find relief from reality by fleeing to those false man-created worlds–is the stock in trade of computers/smartphones/video games and the up-and-coming arena of virtual (false) reality.

Americans may not have invented false reality; that concept is centuries old.

BUT Americans have perfected adapting the latest technology in order to deceive more effectively.

Yes, there are plenty of people who use their computers for work and their smartphones to look up information.

But it is the rare person who does not use these devices to “escape” into some sort of game or diversion.

And the stereotype of the person so obsessed with their smartphone as to ignore everything else around them is an all-too-familiar one.

This also applies to the “nerd” who is obsessed with the make-believe worlds of video gaming (and comics and fictional literature).

The very latest deceptions are those said to technologically-driven.

And this applies to everything which contributes to living–if only for a short time–regularly in a false reality.

ETPR ARCHIVES: False and Manufactured Reality

The second part of the Emily Thorne quote (“Careful attention must be paid to every detail. The slightest of imperfections can, like a pin to a balloon, burst the illusion . . . and the truth behind the illusion becomes revealed.”) fails to point out a few drawbacks to living in a land that is Ground Zero for deception.

1- To one who has been raised his entire life surrounded by deception, it becomes difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is manufactured to fool him;

2- The one who is surrounded by deception has trouble searching for the truth when everything he knows is a deception;

3- Even if one wishes to break out of the deceptions, he most likely will return to the lie he knows–which is usually the lie he has been taught from early childhood. When offered the choice between lies and the truth of God’s Word, many will recoil because of lies they have been taught in their early life; and,

4- At the end of the day, many may not even care if they are being lied to or not. As long as they are COMFORTABLE and entertained, truth is something that is unimportant. As long as they are comfortable and entertained, many make an easy peace with lies.

Yes, America is Ground Zero for deception.

Only THREE sources of deception have been addressed (however briefly) here.

There are many, many, many other circumstances in the American’s everyday life where he is deceived–which may constitute a future article, including the may lies told by those who run the churches and the more infamous “TV preachers.”

Yes, certainly America is Ground Zero for deception.

However, in exchange for living surrounded by all of these lies, the American does have a smartphone and a TV (or two).

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you”
–Mark 13:3-5

MORE: The Nature of Spiritual Deception

DOES the reader KNOW the politicians, media, advertising and other “authorities” bend the truth?

DOES the reader believe the government will protect him from such end times deceit?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 25, 2018.]

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The Effectiveness of Indoctrination as an End Times Deception

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.”
—Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928)

Indoctrination is a daily part of modern everyday living.

The reader is no doubt familiar with the idea of “indoctrination.”

Most moderns have a sense that the word is a parallel to the word, “programmed.”

Program – “to predetermine the thinking, behavior, or operations of as if by computer.”

In addition, there is a suggestion that to be indoctrinated is to be mostly unaware that such indoctrination is happening–such as with political propaganda or the level of indoctrination which takes place in advertising (which has nothing to do with selling a particular product).

Though indoctrination occurs almost minute-by-minute in the modern world (why else does the reader suppose so many are so obsessed with smartphones and other connected portable devices?), most appear to be unaware that such programming of their thoughts and decisions is taking place.

Many suppose themselves too smart or clever to be indoctrinated without their consent. However, indoctrination, propaganda and programming take place every day, day after day, and most never raise a word in protest.

End times indoctrination is very important for Satan to achieve his power on earth for forty-two months. In the decades after Jesus’ crucifixion, Christianity has been steadily pushed to the side mentally and emotionally by various propaganda campaigns–particularly in the past 50 years.

“Who are the men, who, without our realizing it, give us our ideas, tell us whom to admire and whom to despise, what to believe about the ownership of public utilities .. about immigration who tell us how our houses should be designed, what furniture we should put into them, what menus we should serve at our table, what kind of shirts we must wear, what sports we should indulge in, what plays we should see, what charities we should support, what pictures we should admire, what slang we should affect, what jokes we should laugh at?”
—Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928)

There are several ways readers can KNOW how effective even low-level indoctrination of the most basic sort can be.

Schools are a main source of basic indoctrination. The reason so many educational professionals seem so blasé to charges of “bad schools” and the effects of sub-standard schooling is because learning information is NOT their primary concern (contrary to what most parents believe): school is about being indoctrinated so that each person leaves school programmed to fit into a heavily-programmed society.

MORE: SCHOOLS: Indoctrination Stations

For the end times society and those who call the shots, indoctrination is a necessary tool to control the potentially unwieldy masses of men.

High schools are an example of the power of indoctrination.

At a time when most of the youth believe themselves to be highly individualistic–when most youths are striving to establish themselves as a person–the youth actually move and act very much as a herd (dressing the same way; eating the same foods; valuing the same things; condemning the same behaviors).

At the time of their life when most young people are attempting to show that they are their “own people,” they exhibit a very high degree of conformity. In fact, nothing appears to be so valued among this group of “free thinkers” than CONFORMING to the herd.

This is largely due to indoctrination they receive every day from school.

Likewise, modern man has no idea how much his life is shaped by the opinions, desires and deceptions of other men.

“Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.”
–Adolf Hitler, Propaganda, the Big Lie and Adolf Hitler: 20 Hitler Quotes on Propaganda

End times indoctrination is a deception–a very large one.

End times indoctrination helps create a false reality which deceives all who are unaware of it surrounding their lives.

End times indoctrination is also a daily fact of life.

Primarily because end times indoctrination has been successful beyond even Satan’s wildest hopes.

“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution”
—Aldous Huxley, Speech at Berkeley, The Ultimate Revolution (1962)

DOES the reader believe he is too well-informed, too intelligent or too clever to be deceived by indoctrination techniques perfected ages ago?

DOES the reader believe he is not deceived by the world?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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Haze of Deception

CLOUDS OF END TIMES DECEPTION: Getting thicker

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”
—Matthew 24:4

Just when one thinks the deception in the world couldn’t possibly get any worse, it does. Each and every day brings evidence that the world that’s pulled over one’s eyes is only getting worse.

This suffocating deception is the one sign of the end times about which Jesus warned three times.

It is also the one sign both believers and the mystery of iniquity know to be true.

The masses of the lost seem oblivious, but even they are becoming more aware of the totality of the lies. As they become engulfed by deception, even the blind multitudes know something is not right.

Even if they do not know exactly what.

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Yes, the world is engulfed in a thick haze of deception.

The deception is so bad, the world is not as most imagine it to be.

Neither is reality.

Though all deception is bad, the very worst deception is SELF-deception. This is because the person involved buys into and accepts the deception without resistance or struggle.

Most in the world today–and particularly in America (Ground Zero of Deception)–are self-deceived.

MORE: Self-Deception is the Worst Deception

And the worst of the self-deceived are those who believe they have the truth because they have access to “secret knowledge“–which is no truth at all.

It does not matter that almost everyone has enough wherewithal to determine they are deceived and lied to.

What matters is that identifying deception is not high on most people’s list of priorities.

Oh, many will CLAIM they do not want to be deceived. And many will CLAIM to be interested in the “truth.”

But these are words only.

Only the very few will ACTUALLY desire the truth. The rest?

The same-old, same-old lies and trickery will do just fine.

Now, we can know that because the deception that is taking place is not particularly clever or well-thought-out.

Many can see through the deception and lies–they KNOW they are being lied to–but they do not care to do anything about these deceptions.

Though fast disappearing, the truth is still available to anyone who has the time and inclination and a love of the truth.

And here is a little secret: ALL who want to know the truth–who REALLY care about having the truth–will have it.

BUT, most DO NOT care enough to make it a priority in their lives.

IF they did, they would have to change their routine in order to do something about it. And most LIKE the way things are.

The worst deception?

SELF-DECEPTION.

And it is everywhere one looks.

DOES the reader have a love for the truth?

OR is the reader content with the stories, lies and deceptions he hears everyday?

It is not yet too late: there is still time to repent, place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Tender Mercies of the Lord: Will Not Always Be Available

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 6, 2016, End Times Prophecy Headlines: 6-7-8, 2017 and End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 5-7, 2018.]

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Spiritual Deception and the Holy Spirit

“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
–Matthew 24:24

During this past week, it was remarked that end times men who are deceived into believing they have the Holy Spirit will basically deceive themselves.

Otherwise, they would be admitting that they need a savior.

And, according to the Word of God, end times man is deceived, NOT discerning.

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”

It is not yet too late: there is still time to repent, place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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Great Satanic Power, Signs and Lying Wonders in the End Times

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No matter how many times the Bible warns end times man about the great displays of power and signs and lying wonders of the end times, almost all men will fall prey to this deception and attribute that satanic power to God Almighty.

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”
–Revelation 16:13-14

No matter how many times the Bible warns of the end times satanic revival led by the false messiah claiming to be God’s Anointed, almost all men will fall into the snare of believing there will soon be a “great move of God.” Deceived end times man will line up behind the dragon (Satan) because end times man cannot only NOT distinguish between right and wrong; he cannot distinguish between right and nearly right.

MORE: END TIMES SATANIC REVIVAL: Put Your Hands Up for Satan

“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
–Matthew 24:24

No matter how many times the Bible warns of the coming displays of end times satanic power, almost all men will be lured to their destruction by these very displays of satanic power about which they had been warned.

That is because end times man will be terribly deceived–as men are presently in the times in which we now live.

Being deceived is a spiritual condition.

And the end times will be a time of GREAT religious spirituality.

Christianity?

Not so much.

“An I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do”–Revelation 13:12-14

BEWARE of end times displays of power and signs and lying wonders.

It is not yet too late: there is still time to repent, place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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End Times Deception: Choosing the Truth Instead of the Same Old Lies

When asked what would be a sign of His “coming and of the end of the world,” the first response Jesus made to His disciples was to warn them of the deception.

And so, the times in which we now live are the very definition of deception.

DECEPTION

1 the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid

2 something that deceives :trick

One of the favorite tricks of the deceiver is to lie.

And Satan (the end times dragon and the head of the end times worldwide rebellion against God Almighty and His Son, Jesus Christ) is the father of lies.

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
–John 8:44

The WHOLE end times world is deceived.

“And the great dragon…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world”
–Revelation 12:9

End times man is deceived because end times man values COMFORT over the TRUTH.

End times man KNOWS that the government, the churches, science, the Corporate Media and the education system lie to him: there are so many lies, it’s hard to avoid stumbling over the truth occasionally. Even those who assist in the various deceptions know they are lied to.

MORE: Workers of Iniquity: Deceiving and Deceived

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BUT even though end times man KNOWS he is lied to by other men and by the world’s authorities, he prefers these obvious lies to the TRUTH of God’s Word (the Bible).

The dragon has done his job well.

Still, there are those FEW who value the truth–which protects them from the great end times deceptions–even in a time period loaded with lies and deception. Those who DO NOT value the truth will be sent a strong delusion to ensure they will believe a lie.

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
–2Thessalonians 2:8-12

WILL the reader be saved or damned?

DOES the reader have a love for the truth?

OR does the reader settle for the same old lies?

HOW does the reader know?

THOUGH time grows short, there is still time left to change direction (repent) and call upon the name of the LORD.

Do not wait until it is too late.

Is your calling and election sure?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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End Times Deception: Rejecting the Only Solution to Spiritual Deception

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”
–Matthew 24:3-4

There is a great deal of talk about end times deception.

Most–but not all–of the talk comes from those doing the deceiving.

Jesus was the most succinct when warning of end times deception.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.”
–Matthew 24:3-4

“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
–Matthew 24:11

“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
–Matthew 24:24

And yet, modern man not only is surrounded by deception, he wallows in it.

Modern man is thoroughly deceived.

But because he is deceived, he is beyond all help EXCEPT from God Almighty and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Which means that modern man has to call on the name of the LORD with all of his very being.

But because modern man is deceived, he rejects the only solution which can save him.

Modern man prefers comfort to the truth.

Therefore, modern man rejects the only solution to the spiritual deception which has seized him.

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
–Mark 13:13

HAS the reader experienced the completely life-altering, transformational power of God?

THERE is still time left to change direction (repent) and call upon the name of the LORD.

Is your calling and election sure?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16