We live in an age of darkness, darkness of the truth of Christ. A total black out of the teaching of the real, Biblical gospel message and the real Biblical Jesus Christ.
The church teaches a different gospel and a different Jesus Christ. This is the spirit of antichrist (instead of Christ).
1 John 2:18-19 NASBS
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. [19] They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
1 John 2:22-24 NASBS
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. [23] Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. [24] As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
How are they denying Jesus because they use His name? They deny the real Jesus by teaching a different Jesus while at the same time using His name. But it is not the real Jesus. Even Jesus confirmed they use His name. They did all of these things in HIS NAME and even called on Him, “Lord! Lord!” But it wasn’t Him. See here -
Matthew 7:21-23 NASBS
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. [22] Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' [23] And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
The darkness of tribulation is about the darkening of the sun (which represents the light of Christ) and the death of the moon (moon turning into blood) meaning, the spiritual death and idolatry/adultery/harlotry of His people who follow after a different Jesus. It is about the beheading of the body (the church, removing our head, Jesus Christ) from the church.
Revelation 6:12 NASBS
I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
(Earthquake - Greek - agitation of the mind and fear. Black as sackcloth made of hair represents the need for repentance. The sun is black because no longer does the light of Christ shine on the earth to illuminate the darkness. The moon is like blood, the whole moon, because the whole church has been deceived by the enemy to their spiritual death (blood) if they do not open their eyes and repent! Please also note that the moon only gets its light from the sun by reflecting the light of the sun in the darkness. The moon is the lesser light. But if the sun is darkened, the moon cannot glow as it has no sunlight to reflect on the earth.
2 Corinthians 11:3-4 NASBS
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. [4] For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
But this was all planned from the beginning, before the foundations of the earth. The serpent wanted to be God and so for this last 1000 years (the 6000dth millennia which we are at the end of…) God has allowed Satan to go off to destruction, to destroy the church and the temple (the people) and to be the god of the world until Christ returns. And yes, the Bible does indeed refer to him as “the god of the world”. Nothing happens without God allowing it to happen to fulfill HIS purposes.
It is time for us to come out of the darkness and open our eyes to the truth! It is time for us to shed the filth in which we have evolved and along with it, the deception we have been taught. It is time for us to seek the Lord while He may be found and to go deep into the word of God for ourselves.
Satan has raised up MANY false teachers, preachers, prophets, authors, speakers, evangelists and more because the overall majority of people depend on these leaders for understanding and hearing the BIble because the church has become lazy and slack concerning the word of God and their relationship with Christ. So these very people mix truth with lies and deceive you!
It is time to become like a child, even those of you who might be reading this who are pastors, preachers, teachers, evangelists, prophets, etc. it is time to humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God and become unlearned like a child and go back to square one and study for yourselves. I do not care about your education or your degree, the very ones who taught you are deceived themselves! It’s time to call upon the real Rabbi, teacher, Jesus Christ to come and teach you as you humble yourselves and take a brand new look into the word of God with a fresh set of eyes….NOW! While He may be found!
Matthew 18:2-3 NASBS
And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, [3] and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
CHILD Greek - a childling (of either sex) that is (properly) an infant or (by extension) a half grown boy or girl; figuratively an immature Christian: - (little young) child damsel.
Thayer's Definition
metaph. children (like children) in intellect
Luke 10:21-22 NASBS
At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. [22] All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him."