The greatest deceptions are still to come.
“They worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast…. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
– Revelation 13:4, 8 (KJV)
Even when it doesn’t look likely! “And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.” – Daniel 2:43
[Acts 4:19,20] But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
[Revelation 3:15] “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.”
[Psalm 91:7] “A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but…”
That’s how it works. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
[Genesis 13:12,13] Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.