This deception is preparing the way for Satan's counterfeit appearance as Christ just before Jesus' return. I will present the biblical understanding needed to avoid being deceived which Ellen White described, "As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long professed to look to the Saviour's advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come....Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures, and who have received the love of the truth, will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive. " GC 625.
