Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and
what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And
Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many. Mt. 24
When you first look at the above
scripture it looks like men will come (in the end times) saying "they"
are Christ and will deceive many.
But this is not what Jesus is saying.
Jesus
is saying these men will come saying HE, Jesus is the Christ, and
because they say HE is Christ people in church groups will listen to
them and they will deceive many.
They are like those described in Jude ...
17But,
beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles
of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be
mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the
Spirit. Jude
They will come to us saying,
"Jesus is Lord" ... but they do not have the real spirit of God. They
put themselves into the ministry or the church group by their own will.
I once heard a businessman say that he decided he would be a minister. (He had been a pilot who was flying a plane for a famous preacher)
This pilot shut himself up in his garage and spent 2 weeks memorizing
the preaching of a man he admired and he emerged a preacher. He
attracted huge number of people with his singing (which was very good)
and with his memorized preaching. He became very famous. But I could
tell this man did not have the Spirit of God though he went through all
the motions.
This man was a "mocker" ... imitator ... (Jude)
And many were deceived by him.
This is what Jesus is saying is a "sign" of the end times.
Many
will come saying Jesus is Lord and they will deceive many ... These
"mockers" (imitators) put themselves into the ministry or the
congregation but they "separate" themselves without being separated by
God as we are warned in Jude.
This is a sign of the end time.
Jesus warned us about this in Mt. 24 ...
3And
as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mt. 24