2nd Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
The beginning of deep fake is not a phenomenon of recent years, it is being accelerated at a rapid pace, but we were actually being groomed, and prepared for it since the beginning of time.
Ever since our first parents succumbed to the false, and fake suggestions of the wily serpent, the human race has been on a downward trajectory, heading to more and more deep fake intrusions by men and by demons.
As the serpent perched himself in the infamous tree he suggested fake news to Eve, then after using her freedom of choice to believe a lie, she as well as her husband Adam, became subjects of deep fake, and delusions, and ever since that fatal day, the human race has been increasingly developing a taste and a craving for the unreal.
As we’ve stated previously on numerous occasions, the principle of gradualism is most often employed by humanity’s nemesis, for his work is never at the outset startling or disturbing. He works deliberately and systematically, with patience worthy of a better cause, to bring about his desired ends.
Numerous and undeniable examples of his work are before us, in the likes of Marijuana, which began as a forbidden drug by the Feds, then was introduced as a medicinal product, but gradually morphed into recreational use, until the use of it is now sweeping the country, with an epidemic of delusions.
Oxycontin was first introduced as a wonder drug for pain, but researchers and developers could not have envisioned the latter end thereof, where millions of people would become addicted, and families would be destroyed, and millions of lives lost as a result.
Therefore, the following scriptural references, and the commentary coming from the pen of inspiration must be studied very closely, so as to get an idea of the seriousness of the dilemma now facing earth’s inhabitants. Let’s read:
Revelation 12: 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath because he knows that he hath but a short time.
2nd Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
John 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
[Patriarchs And Prophets pp 717] The work of the enemy is not abrupt; it is not, at the outset, sudden and startling; it is a secret undermining of the strongholds of principle. It begins in apparently small things—the neglect to be true to God and to rely upon Him wholly, the disposition to follow the customs and practices of the world.
Thus, satan goes to work in a protracted, ingenious way to introduce fake this, and fake that to persons who, following the lead of our first parents, seem to enjoy gobbling up each and every counterfeit that is released, and which then becomes the now, or the in thing to subscribe to.
After Eve was deceived into believing fake news, she imagined herself to be entering a higher, and nobler sphere of existence, and the exhilarating feeling she then experienced and expressed to Adam, showed that adverse, delusionary effects deep fake can have on a person’s mind. Let’s read:
Genesis 3: 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
There are three critically important aspects of Eve’s state of mind at this juncture, which must never go unnoticed.
[1] She currently views the forbidden fruit as being good for food, whereas previously, she herself had confessed that it would kill.
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[2] It was pleasant to her eyes, meaning that it had curb appeal, mesmerizing to the senses.
[3] She now believes the fake news of the serpent in that the forbidden fruit can produce wisdom.
These three important aspects of her current mode of thought form the basis for all delusions, and they can be found in everything fake that has ever since been introduced to the human family. What is very disturbing about this particular episode is what will follow next, as the deep fake produces adverse, and delusionary effects on her mind. Let’s read:
[Education pp 25] It was grateful to the taste, and, as she ate, she seemed to feel a vivifying power, and imagined herself entering upon a higher state of existence. Having herself transgressed, she became a tempter to her husband, “and he did eat.”
[Patriarchs And Prophets pp 55] In a state of strange unnatural excitement, with her hands filled with the forbidden fruit, she sought his presence, and related all that had occurred. As the deep fake becomes entrenched in Eve’s mind, she is utterly convinced of the serpent’s words, and in this frame of mind she now seeks her husband.
Adam, whose mind is not yet infected with the deep fake is able to read clearly what has become of Eve, and at first, he correctly assesses the situation, for his mode of thought has not yet been infiltrated by the delusions Eve is now suffering from. Let’s read:
[Patriarchs And Prophets pp 56] An expression of sadness came over the face of Adam. He appeared astonished and alarmed. To the words of Eve he replied that this must be the foe against whom they had been warned; and by the divine sentence she must die. In answer she urged him to eat, repeating the words of the serpent, that they should not surely die.
She reasoned that this must be true, for she felt no evidence of God's displeasure, but on the contrary realized a delicious, exhilarating influence, thrilling every faculty with new life, such, she imagined, as inspired the heavenly messengers.
She expressed greater love for him than before. No sign of death appeared in her, and he decided to brave the consequences. He seized the fruit and quickly ate. After his transgression Adam at first imagined himself entering upon a higher state of existence.
Thus, now that deep fake has been injected into the human experience, it would take on a life of its own, and will begin, and continue to morph into various satellite strands, and productions of the very same delusionary principle.
It begins with fake gods which were introduced not long after the fall, in the history of our world. And as generations wandered further and further from God they came to believe that fake gods could actually say and do things that The Real God of heaven can.
This became starkly evident on Mount Carmel, as the people of Israel had now become brainwashed by the deep fake of Baal, who they imagined, could produce rain and protection, just like, or even better than The True and only God. Let’s read:
1st Kings 18: 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
The phrase: “O Baal, hear us” is a reflection of how far the deep fake has infiltrated their minds, for they now “Imagine” that a god made of stone can hear. It cannot, and it will never be able to hear. Nor can the statues of wood and stone, found in many churches today speak nor hear. They are the work of men’s hands, and are not endowed with any of our five senses.
To put it plainly, praying to them, or begging them for this or that, including forgiveness, is an absolute waste of time, for they, like Baal of old, cannot, and will never hear. They’re just a part of the deep fake system of delusions that have now taken the world by storm. Let’s read:
Psalms 115: 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not.
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not.
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
[Prophets And Kings pp 120] Inasmuch as the worshipers of Baal claimed that the treasures of heaven, the dew and the rain, came not from Jehovah, but from the ruling forces of nature, and that it was through the creative energy of the sun that the earth was enriched and made to bring forth abundantly, the curse of God was to rest heavily upon the polluted land. The apostate tribes of Israel were to be shown the folly of trusting to the power of Baal for temporal blessings.
[Prophets And Kings pp 124] Determined to keep the people in deception, the priests of Baal continue to offer sacrifices to their gods and to call upon them night and day to refresh the earth. With a zeal and a perseverance worthy of a better cause they linger around their pagan altars and pray earnestly for rain.
Night after night, throughout the doomed land their cries and entreaties arise. But no clouds appear in the heavens by day to hide the burning rays of the sun. No dew or rain refreshes the thirsty earth. The word of Jehovah stands unchanged by anything the priests of Baal can do.
From those former years even until now, deep fake has become indigenous in our society, to the point where persons are now permanently frozen in the delusionary frame of mind, and without God’s help, it will become impossible to free oneself from that mode of thought and action.
Deep fake runs as a common thread throughout the fabric of society and culture. For many years, satan has been grooming individuals, and nations for deep fake, and now it is here to stay, as an intrinsic and an endemic plague upon the land, from which it is now becoming increasingly difficult to escape.
There is fake news, there are fake preachers, fake gospels, fake healings, and fake miracles. In fact, the religious world would become so deeply affected by fake, that God found it necessary to issue cautions to persons who might unwittingly subscribe to fake. Let’s read:
2nd Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
And there is fake speaking in tongues. A few years ago, when speaking in tongues was the “In thing” in evangelical and Pentecostal circles, a lot was made of the fake languages then spoken.
But since that time, it has greatly subsided, because it has been exposed for what it is, and now, with the advent of language learning platforms like Rosetta stone and Babbel, persons seem less inclined to be uttering a flurry of words that have never made any sense.
There are also fake politicians, fake food, fake drugs and fake medicine. According to the United States drug enforcement agency, 99 percent of 50 million confiscated pills are fake, and contain fentanyl, the opioid that is driving drug overdose deaths across the country, to the tune of 70,000 in 2021. And the bleeding continues!
There are also fake persons. A Chatbot is not a real person. It may quack like a duck, walk like a duck, or it may look like a duck, it is not a duck. Chatbots are not real persons even though they might comfort or cheer, or give advice; they are fake, and not the real person, never have been, never will be.
If persons are not very careful they can get addicted to deep fake, to the point where they think they will not be able to live without it. Sadly, many persons are so deeply entrenched into fake that the problem has caught the attention of our Surgeon General, Dr, Vivek Murthy, who recently voiced his own concerns about the adverse effects of artificial intelligence on younger people in particular.
There are also fake degrees, fake certification, fake education, fake genders, fake money, a fake day of rest and believe it or not, very much of the cosmetic industry, which is devoted to outward appearance is now based upon fake, for the most part.
As it is currently, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there are now around 16 million cosmetic surgeries that are done each year, with the Brazilian Butt-lift being one of the most popular, and like those who have gone before, who have bought into fake, persons have come to “Imagine” that it is real. But in truth and in fact, it is fake.
Then there is fake grass that can now be purchased from the likes of Cutters Edge, where lawns remain green year-round, with little to no maintenance. In fact, fake grass is becoming so increasingly popular that your local Home Depot, and Lowe’s have gone to great lengths to provide us a wide variety of fake lawn grass in different sizes and assortments.
Music industry executives are openly complaining of the adverse effects deep fake is having on the music industry, for they also are discovering that they are not immune to fake. Recently a deep fake of R and B singer Drake went viral, and there were so many hits that it has raised alarm bells pertaining to copyright infringement.
Not long ago the head of the Federal Reserve, even Jerome Powell became engaged with a conversation with a fake caller, posing as Volodymyr Zelensky, and he was none the wiser, until after the fact. Recently, Geoffery Hinton, one of the pioneer developers of artificial intelligence at Google, left the tech giant to speak out against the dangers of the technology.
In his own words, in an interview with The New York times, he confessed that A.I. - (Artificial Intelligence) has the potential to bring us to a place where we’ll “not be able to know what is true anymore.” Thus, it is an undeniable fact, that the concepts of deep fakes have become permanently entrenched in our society, with no turning back whatsoever.
If it were just for the novelty of it, we may just shrug it off as pop culture, but the fact is that, behind the scenes, the king of deep fake is preparing to launch one of the most extensive and devastating delusions to be ever let loose across the planet.
And when he does, individuals, who for many years having been imbibing and subscribing to fake, would be heavily inclined to believe. That is why we stated before that the mark of the beast, or 666 really has much more to do with the mindset that has been in grooming for many years, than the emblem it would register in the hand or forehead.
It will become extremely difficult for persons to just uproot themselves suddenly from modes of thought and action that have been cultivated over the years, since with many individuals, deep fake concepts are now their comfort zone.
So, let’s reiterate again, the mark of the beast would have much more to do with the particular mindset, than the literal mark in the hand or in the forehead, because, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
Many persons are currently thinking in beast modes of thought, so that when 666 does come around, it will just be the final nail in the coffin; a culmination, and a convergence of mindsets, which were being groomed for centuries, and thus, it will be a natural flow of thought and action to accept the mark in the hand, or in the forehead.
Just for clarification, beast modes of thought include the following:
[1] The tendency to follow popular majority opinion.
[2] Following a charismatic leader, when the leader is not Christ.
[3] The thinking that the end justifies the means, whatever the means might be.
[4] Obeying the dictates of men rather than God, if and when there is conflict between the two.
[5] Believing that there is inherent goodness outside of Christ, or being “good without God.”
[6] Determining that one’s daily bread always takes preeminence over spiritual concerns.
[7] Deciding that miracles take preeminence over scriptural truth.
[8] Deciding that when food becomes a life or death matter, a person will have food, no matter what the cost, including having to worship in order to eat.
[9] Compromising truth, and righteousness for the sake of peace, and personal security.
[10] Deciding that one’s family and friends are more important than God.
[11] Deciding that deep fake is acceptable, as a way of life.
Clamoring for the unreal and fake is inevitably going to culminate in the deep fake of the second coming, that will precede the real coming of Christ, and will forever seal the eternal destiny of billions of earth’s inhabitants. The world has been, and is now being groomed for this spectacular display of deep fake.
Not only will the second coming of Jesus Christ be counterfeited, many satellite intrusions by demons into the human experience are scheduled to shake earth’s inhabitants to the very core. Thus, we must deliver the goods, in plain, simple format so that we might better understand the magnitude, and severe ramifications of deep fake. Let’s read:
Revelation 12: 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath because he knows that he has but a short time.
2nd Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And, as usual, satan starts with those who hold the reins of authority, for he has learned over the years, that most people play the game of follow the leader. Thus, when the leaders of earth have succumbed to the deep fake the people under their jurisdiction are inevitably going to follow, for the most part. Let’s read:
Revelation 16: 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils working miracles which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
[The Great Controversy pp 624] As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Savior's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come.
In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. [1:13-15.] The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld.
The shout of triumph rings out upon the air., “Christ has come! Christ has come!” The people prostrate themselves in adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands, and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed his disciples when he was upon the earth.
His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Savior uttered.
He heals the diseases of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed.
But even this spectacular display of deep fake does not capture the magnitude of the intrusion, for he is scheduled to take the fake to a very personal level, where, if folks are not firmly rooted, and grounded in the truth and in Christ, they are almost certain to subscribe to, and believe the counterfeit.
The belief in the natural immortality of the soul, the masterpiece of errors that has been taught for years in the movies, and in most religions, would prepare the majority of earth’s inhabitants for the direct and convincing intrusions of evil spirits masquerading as friends, family, and loved ones.
This particular intrusion by devils will be one of the main drivers in getting persons to subscribe to the deep fake of Christ’s second coming, and, because there can be no ways or means to discover the fake except by the word of God, which the majority will have rejected, then persons will be rendered utterly unable to discern or understand what’s taking place. Let’s read:
[The Great Controversy pp 551>552] The fallen angels who do his bidding appear as messengers from the spirit world. While professing to bring the living into communication with the dead, the prince of evil exercises his bewitching influence upon their minds.
He has power to bring before men the appearance of their departed friends. The counterfeit is perfect; the familiar look, words, and tone, are reproduced with marvelous distinctness. Many are comforted with the assurance that their loved ones are enjoying the bliss of heaven, and without suspicion of danger, they will give ear “to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.”
The way to avoid getting sucked into the deep fake mindset is to cultivate a love for truth on all levels. The place to start is with “It is written” for when we accept the truths of God’s word, it puts persons in a frame of mind to love reality, and reject fake.
Serving, loving, and obeying The only true God will lead folks to worship on the true day of rest, not on the fake day which stands at the opposite end of the weekly cycle. The truths found in the scriptures lead persons to shun the fake, the unreal, the counterfeit and any, and everything that might savor of forgery or sham.
Reading and studying the word of God as well as the character of Christ, brings a person into touch with a completely different mindset, and perspective. And, if one is a lover of nature, and nature’s God, scenery from nature tends to curb the appetite for the fake, the superficial, and the synthetic.
Let us all therefore cultivate a love for the truth, the truth only, and nothing but the truth, because God is a God of truth, and Jesus declares: “I am the way, the Truth and the life.” We’ll end with a passage of scripture that should encourage us in the search and the love of truth. Let’s read:
John 8: 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
God Bless!