Parcival,You asked me to explain a couple of comments I made from my post to Carl Worline concerning the RCC.You questioned the validity of my statement that......“God puts out his great deception and they are all lost to the beast system……..” and then you commented that...... that would mean that God and the Adversary (Satan / Antichrist) are both in the same business of deceiving people and how you don't believe that could be possible because God is as you stated...... Holy, Holy, Holy.Fortunately or unfortunately this was a correct statement on my part. For, we learn in 2 Thessalonians that after the lawless one (antichrist / first beast in Rev.13) is revealed or shows up on the world stage he uses Satanic power, signs, and lying wonders as unrighteous deception to deceive hundreds of millions (billions) of people who would not or did not receive the "love of the truth" that they might be saved.As a result of these people "not doing their biblical homework" by studying God's word to ascertain the truth............ they will be completely deceived into believing that this first beast, the antichrist, is the true God..... after he (the antichrist) declares it to be so. And it is for this reason that God will send these hundreds of millions of people a strong delusion resulting in them believing the lie that this beast is the one true God. This great multitude of people will be condemned who did not believe the truth from the bible but took pleasure in their unrighteous. These are not my words Parcival but Gods in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12......9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved . 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteous.As per my other comment you questioned concerning....“the 2 billion person trap Satan has set for the unwise".... I believe that there will be that number and more that will be "sucked in" and deceived by the extreme manifestation of lying signs and wonders that Satan has in store for the unwise who don't know their bible and the end time scenario that God portrayed would happen.These people especially the 1.2 billion Catholics will go along like blind sheep just as they have for centuries never to read their bibles and putting blind trust in whatever comes out of Satan's stronghold......the coming seat of the antichrist.......Rome.For over 40 years I was one of these lost sheep steeped in this demonic system and believe me I know exactly how they think and how they will fall hook, line and sinker for the great deception to come.One of the biggest, most convincing parts of Satan's / the antichrist's great deception will be when he kills the two witnesses God is sending to minister to the planet. The bible states in Rev. 11 that anyone who tries to harm these witnesses will be consumed by the fire that comes out of the mouth of these two witnesses. These two witnesses will be a terrible thorn in the side of the present day evil world system. They will have the power to stop rainfall at will for as long as they wish. They can turn water to blood and enact plagues as often as they desire. As a result of this, the world in general will hate these two witnesses.So the antichrist's great deception will be "clinched" when after 42 months of his being on the world stage as a Mr. Nice Guy (same and concurrently as the 42 month ministry of the two witnesses) he steps forward and declares himself to be the one true god (Rev.13:6).How does he prove to the world that he is indeed the one true god? God allows him to kill the two witnesses that no one had been able to harm. This convinces the majority of the planet (except for those whose name is written in the Book of Life of the Lamb) that he (the antichrist) is the one true god.The bible then says (Rev.13:7) that he (the antichrist / first beast) will be given authority over the whole planet.When he has this authority he (as per Daniel) will cancel all sacrifices and offerings that all religions now offer up to heaven to all of their gods. He stating that he is the one true god that has come down from the heavens will demand that these sacrifices and offerings be directed specifically to him here on earth. He will demand to be worshipped, he will demand that a talking statue of him be worshipped. He will demand that all people take his mark on their right hand or forehead to show their allegiance to him. If you fail to take this mark you will not be able to buy or sell and will be considered a traitor and put to death.Parcival, was Jesus our God complicit in this great deception as you don't want to believe? YesThe bible tells us in Thessalonians why this was and I also want you to consider that God did everything possible to prevent all these people from losing their salvation. God is sending these two witnesses to planet earth for 42 months or three and one half years to preach the true gospel to the entire world for all that are willing to listen. He is also sending angels to broadcast the gospel from the heavens. He is pulling out all the stops to insure that everyone on the planet has exposure to His Holy Words.But, consequently there will still be hundreds of millions that will ignore this and be deceived by the antichrist's "smoke and mirrors". At that point, Our Lord will as per 2 Thessalonians compound the situation by sending these people a strong delusion that results in the condemnation of them all.Does this put into question His Holiness as you stated? NoHe as a just and righteous God gave these people every opportunity and exposure to the truth but they will still embrace the evil to come and all of them will be lost.Hope this clears up the confusion you had with my statements.......Blessings Parcival.........John BParcival (29 Sep 2013)
"a question for John B"
Hi John B,
Could you please enlighten me on two things you wrote in your reply to Carl W?
There you mention “the 2 billion trap Satan has set for the unwise………………….”
And a few lines onward “God puts out his great deception and they are all lost to the beast system……..”
Now that feels quite uncanny for me, like God and the Adversary are both in the same “game” of deceiving people.
Gino said in his mail that God is Holy, Holy, Holy and that He can`t be and do otherwise and I completely agree with that.
Would you like to explain your ideas about this issue ??
Your brother in Christ Jesus
Parcival