What can we expect? What are the signs of the multitude of false teachers flooding the airwaves? Why does it seem that there are so few true teachers of the Word of Jehovah?
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
This is one of the signs of the coming Day of Jehovah and the second coming of Jesus. There doesn’t seem to be any constraints on evil anymore? Have you ever imagined the depravity you are now witnessing in every part of the world?
Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 12:8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
In the final days, false teachers will increase and the world will enter into chaos as it blames true Christians for a whole host of problems, that they created.
12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
12:11 "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
In the final days our accuser will engage in his last efforts to defeat Jehovah and all of His people.
12:12 "For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time."
Generally, most believe that the total time of the great Tribulation will be 7 years, with the most fearful part being the last half.
In light of the total time of history, 7 years is a short time.
12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
12:14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
12:15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
12:16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
Here we see that the dragon/Satan would first try and destroy the seed mentioned in Genesis, but fail. Herod tried to kill Him and failed. Satan thought he could get rid of Him by crucifying Him. That did not fail as Satan was used to fulfill Jehovah’s plan.
12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
So the false teachers are part of Satan’s army, first to deceive and then to persecute unto death.
Yes, churches will join forces with government and all of society to imprison, persecute, and destroy all true believers.
More next Saturday.