False christs will rise in the last days

Deuteronomy 1:1 (ESV)
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

These are the words that Moses spoke. Moses had trouble speaking when he was first called:
Exodus 4:10 (ESV)
But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue."
Moses was not a good speaker. And therefore he had asked to be excused from speaking to Israel. Though God said that He would help him to speak, his unbelief was consistent. So God had replied to him:
Exodus 4:14-16 (ESV)
Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. [15] You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. [16] He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.

Aaron was Moses' spokesperson, and had become the interpreter for Moses. It was not because of God's weakness that He had used Aaron to be Moses spokesperson, but because of Moses' small belief. Moses at that time did not realize that God had made him ineloquent:
Exodus 4:11-12 (ESV)
Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? [12] Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
God had made Moses to have speech limitations so that he would not rely in himself, but rely in God. God gives us weaknesses so that we may rely upon God, and not on ourselves. It is so that God may get all the glory.

So when Moses delivers this great sermon in Deuteronomy, we are not to marvel at Moses' eloquence, for Moses confessed of having been born with no eloquence. Moses by this time had trusted in God completely, and also had entrusted to God his mouth. Aaron had died in that year a few months back, and there was no more interpreter, no more spokesperson. It was Moses who spoke by his own self, eloquently no doubt, because he had trusted in God, and through the faith God was speaking through him.

Are we born with any weaknesses? Let us believe that it is God who made us weak, that we may trust in God alone. We are all sinners, and sin is our greatest weakness. We have been spiritually born blind and deaf and mute. But because God is powerful, and we are not, God gets all the glory in our salvation. He opened our eyes, made us to hear Christ's voice and made our tongues to sing praise of Christ's work on the Cross. God in His wisdom had subjected all to the weakness of sin, that we may be saved by trusting in God alone, and by no other means:
Galatians 3:22 (ESV)
But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

To all Israel. It is certain this speech was given to the second generation of Israel, after the remnants of the first generation had perished in the wilderness, as the Lord said. Moses cannot have been addressing the first generation, for he says in the second chapter that they all died:
Deuteronomy 2:14-18 (ESV)
And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. [15] For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished. [16] "So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people, [17] the LORD said to me, [18] ''Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

Moses is speaking to those who lived through the Balaam incident (Deuteronomy 4:3-4), after which a new census was taken that confirmed that not one person of the old generation had been remaining who were listed in the census taken 38 years ago in Sinai:
Numbers 26:64-65 (ESV)
But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. [65] For the LORD had said of them, "They shall die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Moses was the only remaining survivor from the first generation, apart from Joshua and Caleb. All others had perished during those 38 years, in the rebellion of Korah, in the battle with the Amorites, through the many plagues and punishments, and through other natural means. Miriam had also died in the fortieth year, and a few months later Aaron had died. And Moses would die in that same year too, right after he deliver this final message to the second generation:
Deuteronomy 32:48-50 (ESV)
That very day the LORD spoke to Moses, [49] "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. [50] And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

Deuteronomy was a message of a dying man. It was his last plea and warning to the people of Israel, that they would love God with all their mind, heart and strength, and keep His commandments. He warned them especially of idolatry:
Deuteronomy 30:15-19 (ESV)
"See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. [16] If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. [17] But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, [18] I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. [19] I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live

We can see from above passage that idolatry is the opposite of loving God and keeping His commandments. When we love God for who He is as presented in the Bible, we are sure to keep His commandments. But when we hate God and His commandments, we have no choice but to create another god to suit our lower standard of morality. We replace the true God with a figment of our imagination, a god that loves sin, and hates righteousness, a god who is very much like us. We make an unholy god, in our own image, to suit our own unholy desires. Idolatry is inevitable to those who hate one true God and His Law. Idolatry, the breaking of the First Commandment, opens the doors for the breaking of all the other nine Commandments, because if we have our own custom-made God, we can do all that we want, not what He wants. Idolatry is the primary sin, and it was this sin that would bring Israel eventually to ruin, as Moses prophesied in his song before his death:
Deuteronomy 32:16-18 (ESV)
They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. [17] They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded. [18] You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Despite Moses warnings and pleas, Israel did not listen, and destruction ultimately came upon them through the works of their hnds. They could not tell the difference between a demon and the Spirit of God, and worshipped devils who clothed themselves in light as though they were God. Why? All because they loved their sin, and needed a god that would sanction sin, unlike the God of the Bible.

The words of Deuteronomy reminds us of the words that Christ spoke before His death when He came to Jerusalem for the last time. He spoke many parables and teachings, especially of the Jews' unbelief of Him, how Jerusalem will be destroyed because of this, and how salvation will be brought to the Gentiles. He pronounced woes to the religious leaders of the time of their self-righteousness and hypocrisy. But the most important was the discourse that Christ gave to His disciples on the Mount of Olives on His second coming. In the discourse, Christ, like Moses, warned of idolatry to come. But His warning was against false Christs, rather than false gods:
Matthew 24:4-5 (ESV)
And Jesus answered them, "See that no one leads you astray. [5] For many will come in my name, saying, ''I am the Christ,'' and they will lead many astray.
Mark 13:21-23 (ESV)
And then if anyone says to you, ''Look, here is the Christ!'' or ''Look, there he is!'' do not believe it. [22] For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. [23] But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.

Christ is saying that in last days many will go after other, false images of Jesus. Many will come in Christ's name and present a Jesus that is nothing like the Jesus that is in the Bible. And along with false christs, these wicked men will bring in false gospels, leading many astray and bringing upon themselves curse and condemnation. And is not this what is already happening today? These false prophets present a false Christ who is only "loving", never judging anyone, too sweet to say anything harsh, who doesn't mind when we do anything evil because he is too gracious. Jesus that has been impregnated into our minds is a long-haired, weak Jesus carrying cute lambs over His shoulders. Consider the idol that Catholics love to worship, the Pieta, of the image of the dead Jesus in the arms of Mary, that portrays Him only as a weak, pathetic dead man that needs to be carried by a woman.

But is this really the image of Jesus Christ? Is Christ still dead, like the Pieta wickedly portrays Him? Is not Christ alive, and death no longer has hold of Him? Does He not now have the glory of God that He had with the Father from the beginning? Are these not simply idols of Christ that man has made to worship, so that, while they worship this thing, they can enjoy sin and feel less guilty about it? Sure, Christ came the first time not to condemn but to save, but is He not coming the second time as the Judge, to bring damnation upon the wicked? Is not the Son of Man who will say to the wicked on Judgment Day:
Matthew 25:41-43 (ESV)
"Then he will say to those on his left, ''Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. [42] For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, [43] I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.''
Is not Jesus the one who says to the Churches in Revelation to repent, and turn away from all evil that they have committed, lest He bring judgment upon them?:
Revelation 2:22-23 (ESV)
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, [23] and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
Bible says the "loving" Jesus will be the one who will bring in the wrath of God upon mankind for all the evil that they have committed. Read this below description of Jesus:
Revelation 19:15-16 (ESV)
From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. [16] On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

But people, including professing "Christians", are not willing to submit themselves to the true image of Jesus as portrayed in scripture. They only take the bits of Him that make them comfortable with their sin, and says, 'That's my Jesus'. This is pure idolatry. What is different from that from taking a bunch of clay and making your own idol? And Bible says no idolator will have any part in the Kingdom of God. If we want to live, we must take into our minds the whole of Jesus: His hatred for sin, his holiness, his wrath, his justice and righteousness, his truth, his love, his compassion, his grace. Any less complete image of Jesus is not Jesus at all. Any form of Jesus that makes us comfortable in sin, any form of Jesus that makes us to abuse God's grace, any form of Jesus that encourages union world, we can write off as an idol. Real Jesus will only give you discomfort and death to your sinful nature. We must take up our cross, and choose to follow the real Christ who makes us His prisoners, and never gives us freedom in our sins.

Why do people want to go to another Christ? The answer is the same as back in Moses' days. They love darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds are evil. They are in love with their sins, and they would have a Jesus who died for them to give them license to sin. Even genuine believers can fall into this trap, as Christ said, even the elect could be deceived in the last days. And such deception will reach its peak when the biggest idol of Jesus appears in the scene, the Antichrist, the son of perdition:
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (ESV)
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 (ESV)
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. [9] The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, [10] and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. [11] Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, [12] in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Read what it says above. Anyone who does not believe and love the true Jesus will all fall into this giant pit called the Antichrist that will be dug in the last days. And see here that God will be the one who dig this pit. HE will be the one who sends this strong delusion in order that those who love lies may be condemned. Hatred of the truth is what sends people to hell. Love of the truth is what saves us. The true Jesus has been written for us in the Bible. Christ has warned that false christs will come. Are we going to choose the narrow gate and the narrow way that leads to life, or make our own way that leads us off the cliff, into the everlasting fire? God hates it the most when we make our versions of Him or His Son. Are we going to hear the last cries of Moses and Jesus, or are we going to water down the true glory of God with our idolatry? God will not be mocked forever. Let us give glory to Him, and think deeply over His words, and let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, lest we commit idolatry and fall into a multitude of sins, bringing judgment upon ourselves. Let us pray that God blows a strong wind of the Holy Spirit upon us, that, through His Word, we may understand God for who He really is.