A Cheap Fake

“And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.” Luke 21:8

Deceive(d) means “mislead, tricked; to cause to believe what is not true.”

Have you ever been mislead by someone or something? Have you ever been “tricked” into doing something that seemed okay or correct at the time, but later you learned that you had been deceived?

Sometimes when someone wants to purchase a specific item, the only way for them to acquire it is through an online website. Just about all major retail outlets have their own online website to further increase their profit, and these websites usually are very reliable; meaning, that you will get what you ordered, and what was described. 

And then you also have other online shopping marketplaces which are not as “trustworthy.” They will have pages upon pages of electronics, tools, etc, for ridiculously low prices; often offering items for over half of the normal retail value. Prices “too good to be true.”

Upon receiving an ordered item, you will sometimes notice that the picture of the item that you thought you were ordering did not match what you received. They might even sell something that is claimed to be “genuine,” but, upon close inspection, you will discover that the item is nothing more than a cheap fake. Sure, it may look very convincing at a glance, but it is still a counterfeit.

And that is what is going to happen in the time just before Christ returns. Jesus forewarned that many would come claiming to be Him. They will do all sorts of signs and wonders, trying to convince people that they are the Christ, and to lead people after them. 

“And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.” Mark 13:21,22

Why would someone claim to be someone they are not? Because they want the glory for themselves. They want people to love THEM. They want people to follow THEM. Who else wants this kind of attention? The devil. But the true believers of Jesus will know how to spot these fakes and won’t be deceived.

A quick search through the internet will reveal that these times are upon us right now. Many people have already begun to claim that they are Jesus, the Son of God, and it will only proceed to get worse and worse until the “son of perdition” i.e, the anti-Christ reveals himself.

“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10

Thankfully, we have been left all of the information that we need to know to spot these fakes, these deceivers. Read your Bibles, and you will see the difference between these counterfeits and the real Messiah. They may look very convincing, but they will be the devil.

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:13,14

Don’t be led astray by a cheap fake pretending to be Jesus. Has a trumpet sounded to announce the second coming of Christ? Not yet. Has every eye seen Jesus coming back in the clouds, along with His angels to gather His elect? Not yet. But know this, He is coming soon, and when He does, He will destroy the devil and all of his false prophets.

Our King is coming!

In Christ,

Andrew