Satan Personates Christ--II

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for July 17
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Satan Personates Christ--II

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Cor. 11:14. 


Satan is preparing his deceptions that in his last campaign against the
people of God, they may not understand that it is he. "And no marvel;
for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." . . . Satan
will go to the extent of his power to harass, tempt, and mislead God's
people. 

He who dared to face, and tempt, and taunt our Lord, and who had power
to take Him in his arms and carry Him to a pinnacle of the temple, and
up into an exceeding high mountain, will exercise his power to a
wonderful degree upon the present generation, who are far inferior in
wisdom to their Lord, and who are almost wholly ignorant of his subtlety
and strength. 

In a marvelous manner will he affect the bodies of those who are
naturally inclined to do his bidding. 

He will come personating Jesus Christ, working mighty miracles; and men
will fall down and worship him as Jesus Christ. 

We shall be commanded to worship this being, whom the world will glorify
as Christ. What shall we do?--Tell them that Christ has warned us
against just such a foe, who is man's worst enemy, yet who claims to be
God; and that when Christ shall make His appearance, it will be with
power and great glory, accompanied by ten thousand times ten thousand
angels and thousands of thousands; and that when He shall come, we shall
know His voice. 

The time is coming when Satan will work miracles right in your sight,
claiming that he is Christ; and if your feet are not firmly established
upon the truth of God, then you will be led away from your foundation. 

Satan is determined to keep up the warfare to the end. Coming as an
angel of light, claiming to be the Christ, he will deceive the world.
But his triumph will be short. No storm or tempest can move those whose
feet are planted on the principles of eternal truth. They will be able
to stand in this time of almost universal apostasy.

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