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Preparation for the End Time                                   Jude 6 (NKJV) And the angels who did not keep their proper domain,
                    Lesson #9 End-Time Deceptions                                    but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under
                  Memory Verse Get Scriptures to read                                darkness for the judgment of the great day;
                                                                                     2 Peter 2:4 (NKJV) For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but
     Revelation 12:9 (NKJV) “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent          cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be
    of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was         reserved for judgment;
    cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.                        Revelation 12:9 (NKJV) So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent
                                                                                     of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he
    Matthew 24:4–5 (NKJV) And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take                 was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
    heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying,            *Matthew 12:24 (NKJV) Now when the Pharisees heard it they said,
    ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.                                        “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of
    Matthew 24:24–25 (NKJV) for false christs and false prophets will rise           the demons.”
    and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the               Matthew 25:41 (NKJV) “Then He will also say to those on the left
    elect. See, I have told you beforehand.                                          hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared
                                                                                     for the devil and his angels:
The Grandest Deception
  Revelation 13:13–14 (NKJV) He performs great signs, so that he even             The Two Great Errors
  makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And         “Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday
  he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was              sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the
  granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth     former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of
  to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.             sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be
  Revelation 2:13 (NKJV) “I know your works, and where you dwell,                   foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of
  where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny           spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the
  My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who            Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this
  was killed among you, where Satan dwells.                                         country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of
  Revelation 2:24 (NKJV) “Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira,            conscience.”—The Great Controversy, p. 588.
  as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of            2 Corinthians 2:11 (NKJV) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for
  Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.                            we are not ignorant of his devices.
  Revelation 12:12 (NKJV) Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who                 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
  dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the           transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For
  devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that             Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is
  he has a short time.”                                                             no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers
                                                                                    of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
Satan Has Helpers                                                                   *2 Thessalonians 2:9 (NKJV) The coming of the lawless one is
   “Leaving his place in the immediate presence of God, Lucifer went forth          according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying
   to diffuse the spirit of discontent among the angels. Working with               wonders,
   mysterious secrecy, and for a time concealing his real purpose under an          1 Chronicles 10:13 (NKJV) So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which
   appearance of reverence for God, he endeavored to excite dissatisfaction         he had committed against the Lord, because he did not keep the word of
   concerning the laws that governed heavenly beings, intimating that they          the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance.
   imposed an unnecessary restraint”. — EGW GC p. 495
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    Revelation 16:14 (NKJV) For they are spirits of demons, performing                  Sabbath and the Theory of Evolution
    signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to              Genesis 1:3–5 (NKJV) Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there
    gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.                          was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided
    Revelation 20:2 (NKJV) He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old,               the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness
    who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;                       He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
    Revelation 20:10 (NKJV) The devil, who deceived them, was cast into                   Exodus 20:11 (NKJV) For in six days the Lord made the heavens and
    the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are.             the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
    And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.                            Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
                                                                                          Colossians 1:16 (NKJV) For by Him all things were created that are in
The Immortality of the Soul                                                               heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
  Ecclesiastes 9:5–6 For the living know that they will die; But the dead                 dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through
  know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is                   Him and for Him.
  forgotten. Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
  Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.                      The Counterfeit Trinity (Dragon, Beast False, Prophet)
  Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with                     Revelation 16:13 (NKJV) And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
  your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the                coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast,
  grave where you are going.                                                              and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
  *Psalm 115:17 (NKJV) The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go                    Revelation 13:1–2 (NKJV) Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I
  down into silence.                                                                      saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
  Psalm 146:4 (NKJV) His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;                         and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
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  In that very day his thoughts perish.                                                     Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the
  Daniel 12:2 (NKJV) And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth                 feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave
  shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting                    him his power, his throne, and great authority.
  contempt.                                                                               Revelation 13:11 (NKJV) Then I saw another beast coming up out of
  John 11:11–14 These things He said, and after that He said to them,                     the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
  “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” Then His                  This land beast promotes the the sea beast, just as the Holy Spirit
  disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus                glorified not Himself but Jesus (John 16:13, 14). Also, just as the true
  spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking                  Holy Spirit brought “fire” down from heaven (Acts 2:3), the land beast
  rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead”.                      performs something similar (Rev. 13:13).
  1 Corinthians 15:16–19 (NKJV) For if the dead do not rise, then Christ
  is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in   The Devils Counterfeits
  your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have                        Christ Crowns – Beast Crowns
  perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men                Christ’s Seal – Beast Mark
  the most pitiable.                                                                         Christ has power – Beast Has Power
  1 Corinthians 15:22–23 (NKJV) For as in Adam all die, even so in                           Worshiping Christ – Worshiping Beast
  Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the               Christ Resurrection – Beast Resurrection
  firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.                               Jesus Bride – Beasts Bride
  1 Corinthians 15:51–52 (NKJV) Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall                       Christ’s Incarnation As Man – Beast Number of a Man.
  not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling                  True Apostles - 2 Corinthians 11:13 …false apostles, deceitful
  of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead                   workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
  will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.