DECEPTION: THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF EVIL
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it , or you will die.’” “You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:1-5 NIV
Not only is deception saying something that is not true but doing it for personal gain. That sounds very familiar now in the area of our culture and politics. Just like the serpent in the Garden of Eden, deception is packaged in “feel good, emotional rhetoric” that entices the masses to accept lies as truth because the media has become the authority and many accept it as truth because they are blinded by their own ideology or are afraid to speak out.
How can we keep from being deceived? I believe that we need to seek the truth. Just because someone says something does not mean that it is true. Just turn on the “fake news.” People that deceive others have an agenda. It appears that power and money are the two high ranking motives that fuel people’s hearts to deceive others. The problem with deception is that it causes an avalanche of more lies and more deceit until only those blinded by their own deceit will find it very hard to accept the truth. Also, deception includes what is not said.
When bank tellers are being taught how to detect counterfeit money, they are taught how to recognize the authentic money. We need to recognize the authenticity of what we see and hear and read. We need to search for truth.
Jesus very plainly states that one of the biggest signs will be deception in the Last Days before His Second Coming. (Matthew 24:3-4) We are living in a world where there is deception on steroids!! Our spiritual eyes need to be opened so that we can discern what is true and what is not. With our modern technology it is much easier to deceive than in times past. Also, our technology can change the outcome to suit its purpose or personal agenda.
The Nazis used propaganda to hide political goals and deceive the German and International public. They led everyone to believe that Germany was a victim of Allied and Jewish aggression so they could hide their true ideological goals and to justify violence against the innocent civilians. (Author(s): Untied States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC; Holocaust Encyclopedia)
During the Nazi Regime, Jews from all parts of German-occupied territories were taken on trains to concentration camps. This was referred to as “resettlement to the east” by the Nazi regime. “The victims—including women and children—would be told that they were being hauled to labor camps. In reality, these were death camps where the largest known genocide in modern human history would unfold.” (Death trains.: How Jews were deported to Auschwitz, the most infamous Nazi concentration camp TIMES NOW NEWS.COM updated January 28, 2020)
How does this apply to our lives now? We need to take a stand for the truth in whatever form that it takes. And we need to seek truth and have discernment so we are not deceived concerning anything we see, read, hear or experience.
Truth is the only antidote that will expose the hidden agenda of evil and stop it in its tracks!
The following are words that I believe I received from the Lord on July 23, 2021:
“The world is topsy-turvy. What is wrong is right. What is right is wrong. I will right the world of all its corruption. I will right the world of all of its lies and deception. I will right the earth on its axis to a point of no return. For the coming events will take a turn to the right. Do the right thing and righteousness shall be glorified on the earth!”
