The Smiling Assassin - It Started with a Kiss
The phrase "Son of Perdition" is used twice in the bible: once to refer to the antichrist; and once to refer to Judas Iscariot.
As Judas betrayed Jesus so too the Antichrist (system) will betray the church in pedalling a false religion. But just as with Judas, this false religion will be masked under the guise of a friend of Christ's. And, just as Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, so too will the False Prophet betray the church with a kiss.
Is there a wolf in sheep's clothing in the church? Is there someone who says the right things, plays the right 'part', and smiles the right smile? Is there among the church, perchance, a smiling assassin?
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3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
[Mat 24:3-14]
As Judas betrayed Jesus so too the Antichrist (system) will betray the church in pedalling a false religion. But just as with Judas, this false religion will be masked under the guise of a friend of Christ's. And, just as Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, so too will the False Prophet betray the church with a kiss.
Is there a wolf in sheep's clothing in the church? Is there someone who says the right things, plays the right 'part', and smiles the right smile? Is there among the church, perchance, a smiling assassin?
. . .
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[b] and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
[Mat 24:3-14]
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