Many Shall Come Saying ''I Am The Christ'' And Deceive Many

Among the many end times warnings that Jesus Christ (the Son of God) gave us, one of the most famous and important statements is: "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matthew 24:4-5 King James Version). Most Christians have believed that this statement means that people will show up claiming to be Jesus Christ. This is an accurate understanding, but as we go deeper and deeper into the emerging new age end times, it is apparent that this warning actually had a multi-level meaning. We have identified at least 3.

1. "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matthew 24:4-5  King James Version). People will come saying that they are "Jesus Christ", and deceive many. This is already happening. I would not suggest it, but I'm sure that if you were to search the internet, you would find actual living people who are claiming to be Jesus Christ. However, these people are usually considered psychotic, and rightly so. They do not necessarily deceive many, although I'm sure the time will come when they really will. There are however false "Jesus’" arising all the time, who look and sound as if they were the real Jesus, but are actually false. Even though they are not currently walking around us as we would expect a false Christ to do so, they are in fact coming in the name of Jesus Christ (usually in books), saying they are "Jesus" and deceiving many. *Know the TRUTH: if it's a depiction of Jesus that is in contradiction to the Jesus Christ documented in the Holy Bible, then that contrary depiction is a FALSE depiction. The Jesus Christ documented in the Holy Bible is Yeshua, the true Biblical Messiah and savior! Amen.

2. "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matthew 24:4-5  King James Version). People will come as if Christians [IN MY NAME], saying, Jesus is the Christ [SAYING, I AM CHRIST]; and shall deceive many. This is happening all the time! The enemy is rising up leaders who are professing Jesus Christ, and yet are not Biblical Christians. Likewise, some are claiming to be Biblical, teaching from the Bible, and yet they are wickedness. Because they are professing Jesus Christ, people are being deceived by them, believing that they can follow them.

3. "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matthew 24:4-5 King James Version). People are arising all the time, who do not claim to be "Jesus Christ", however they do claim to be a "Christ" [SAYING: I AM CHRIST]. There are countless new age people all over the world who will claim that Jesus is not "THE CHRIST", but rather "A CHRIST". New age people usually try to explain this by saying how the Greek word "kristos" or "Christ" simply means "the anointed", and that "Jesus" found out how to be a "Christ", and that’s what his ministry was about - to teach us how to become anointed; to teach us how to become a "christ" like him. The dictionary now defines the word "Christ" as "someone regarded as similar to Jesus of Nazareth." They may call it "the Christ within" or "the Christ consciousness". How seductive is that? Why do you need Jesus to get to God, when you can be a Christ as well? In their sinful deceived minds, they fail to believe the word of God which says: "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He [the one who denieth] is antichrist" (1 John 2:22  King James Version). Rephrased: an anti-christ is someone that denies that Jesus is THE CHRIST, not a Christ, but THE CHRIST. No one will have "Christ within" unless they have Jesus Christ living within their lives through the Holy Ghost. This will not come to anyone who is not a saved, born again Christian. This will not come to anyone who would dare to claim that they could become a "Christ"!

BE NOT DECEIVED! Jesus Christ says the truth: "Without me ye can do nothing." (John 15:5 King James Version).

As we head farther and farther into the end times, more explanations of Matthew 24:4-5 may come to pass. Therefore, let us remember one of the most vital truths God has ever given us. Jesus Christ proclaims to all of existence: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father [GOD], but by me." (John 14:6 King James Version).