Page 10 - Lunacy and the Age of Deception

Mature Wheat

A person can distinguish tares from wheat before they are fully mature, but it requires a close
inspection to do so. The message that Christ repeatedly conveyed to His disciples is that the world
is a very deceptive place. Many people and things appear true when they are false. If this is true of
men, then it is also true of the acts of men. Even as there are many deceivers in this world, there are
many deceptive acts. Deceivers perform deceptive works. That is what they do.

Christ also warned His disciples to “Beware of the Scribes.” The Jewish Scribes were revered in
their communities. They were the experts in the Scriptures. In an age before the advent of the
printing press, it was they who meticulously copied the Hebrew Scriptures. They knew every jot and
tittle. Yet, despite their great familiarity with the text of the Old Testament, the Scribes did not
conform themselves to what was taught. They appeared pious on the outside, engaging in public
displays of religious sanctity, but they were proud and covetous men of the top order. Christ
described both the Scribes and Pharisees as “hypocrites.” The Greek word “hupokrites” from which
our English word derives, described a person who was a stage actor. They were a performer, playing
a part that was not real.

The realm of politics is replete with stage actors and staged events. Very little is as it seems to be.
It appears to be an indication of the lateness of the hour that we are experiencing a merging of theater
and politics. It may upset many American Christians to hear it declared, but President Ronald
Reagan’s greatest stage role was to play the President of the United States for 8 years. In that role
he deceived many. He was a very good actor in the role of a politician.

Many Christians speak Ronald Reagan’s name with reverence and affection. Although Reagan gave
many speeches that convinced Evangelical Christians that he was one of their own, his life and
actions revealed a very different reality. It has been publicly documented that both Ronald Reagan
and his wife Nancy consulted astrologers, had mediums as personal friends, and were into spiritism.
Even the New York Times provided a sanitized version of their involvement in the occult.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/04/us/white-house-confirms-reagans-follow-astrology-up-to-a-
point.html

Donald Regan (don’t be confused by the name similarity), the White House Chief of Staff under
Ronald Reagan, in his book For the Record disclosed what he stated was “the most closely guarded
secret of the Reagan White House.” The secret was “Virtually every major decision the Reagans