BBD 06.22.16 Imposters (Classic)
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Classic from 2009
Burning Bush Devotional
22 June 2016
Imposters
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the
Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know
that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for
if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out
that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have an
anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you
because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is
of the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is
antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not
have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John
2:18-23 NKJV.
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering
together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either
by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ
had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come
unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of
perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that
is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that
he is God. - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 NKJV.
Mark Rimkufski arrived a little late for his flight on American Airlines Flight
299 to Los Angeles, which was departing from Miami International Airport. The
plane had not yet taken off, however, the gate had closed and the plane was
departing. Mark had an idea though; he would use his “Fisher Island Chief of
Police” badge that he had in his pocket. He showed airline employees the
badge saying that he was an air marshal, and the plane was stopped so that he
could board. There was one small glitch in his plan, as there were some real
air marshals on board who examined his badge and kicked him off the plane. The
impostor, Mark Rimkufski aka Harry Henry Rimm, has been charged by Miami police
with impersonating a law enforcement officer, and he also will be charged
federally with the impersonation of an air marshal. So, if you were thinking
that you would buy an old police badge on eBay so you could use it the next
time you arrive late for your flight, you might want to rethink that.
In Chicago, a 14-year-old boy bought a police officer’s uniform and showed up
at a police station, and was given an assignment with an actual officer. It was
only after their patrol ended that the real officer noticed the boy’s uniform
was not quite regulation. The boy has been charged with impersonating an
officer.
The 14-year-old boy and the air marshal impostor are only two of a huge number
of people who present themselves to others as someone other than who they
really are. It is likely that you know some of these impostors personally. The
apostle John describes one type of impostor as those who present themselves as
being Christians, but really are not; and eventually those impostors are revealed
when they begin living as non-Christians live.
The Antichrist, who will be the greatest impostor of all, will soon come upon
the world scene. All impostors have at least one thing in common, they are
liars. The air marshal impersonator and the police officer impersonator were
both liars; if not by their words, by their actions. Those lost people who
claim to be Christians are liars too.
When the Antichrist appears, he will perform miracles through demonic power. He
will be able to make people believe lie after lie through that same demonic
power, and he will eventually claim to be God, and demand the people worship
him. However, the apostle John pointed out that many people even then already
had the spirit of the Antichrist, and how much more so now. Watch out for those
impostors with the spirit of Antichrist who are able to make many believe their
lies, especially when their lies are obvious and blatant. Are there any leaders
like this in the world today? As the apostle John says, “Little children, it is the last hour.”
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