Devotionary

False religions. They have been around since the very beginning. From the moment sin entered into the world, mankind developed a fascination with and fixation on coming up with their own gods. The journey away from the garden took them into dark places where false gods were available around every corner. Paul describes the downward trajectory of humanity as they found themselves alienated from God, cast out of His presence, and left with the option of making their own gods. So, Paul says that they “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things” (Romans 1:23). And we know that during the period of the tribulation, the Antichrist will see to it that he becomes the next, and only object of worship on earth. Or at least, he’ll try. And his personal assistant, the false prophet, will play a major role in establishing an apostate church that worships Antichrist, instead of God Almighty. In Revelation 17:1-6, John is given a glimpse of this false r