In Part One, we saw that Wormwood is not a rock from space. It’s not a literal meteor crashing into Earth. Instead, it’s a spiritual force—an allowed power—that influences a third of humanity by corrupting belief itself. The waters are people. The bitterness is deception. And the death it causes is spiritual.
But if Wormwood is deception... why would the world embrace it?
Revelation doesn’t say the world will panic when Wormwood comes.
It doesn’t describe terror, dread, or mass hysteria.
It says they drink it. They receive it. It becomes part of them.
Which tells us something crucial. Wormwood will not appear evil. It will appear beautiful.
It will look like enlightenment, like an answer to ancient longings.
Why would the world rejoice in a lie?
Because the world is thirsty.
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Thirsty for unity in a divided age.
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Thirsty for wonder in a cynical world.
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Thirsty for answers beyond what science can give.
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Thirsty for a power that seems to save us from ourselves.
If a message comes claiming to be from heaven—
from higher intelligence,
from advanced beings,
from enlightened teachers,
from our cosmic family,
from ancient creators—
people will rush to drink.
And they won’t call it religion.
They’ll call it truth.
What Will Make the Lie Believable?
It Will Appear Intelligent and Benevolent
Revelation 13 says the world will marvel.
Not shudder.
Not run.
Marvel.
This deception won’t come wrapped in darkness.
It will come clothed in brilliance.
It will look advanced, wise, peaceful, and full of promise.
False revelation works by appearing superior to the real.
Not by opposing truth outright, but by imitating and enhancing it, at least on the surface.
It Will Be Accompanied by Signs and Wonders
Revelation 13:13 says fire will fall from heaven in front of people.
Yeshua warned that even the chosen could be deceived by signs and wonders.
Signs are persuasive.
Miracles—even engineered ones—can make people believe.
Imagine a world where:
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Diseases vanish overnight
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Energy once costly becomes free and limitless
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War ceases without explanation
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Technology leaps decades ahead overnight
And "visitors" from the sky take credit
The world would worship such a power.
It Will Offer Peace Without Repentance
And that’s the hook.
The message of Scripture calls us to surrender, holiness, obedience.
But a false messiah offers:
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Peace without obedience,
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Unity without truth,
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Spirituality without God,
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Salvation without Yeshua.
That is the cup the world will drink.
That is Wormwood.
Why Will Believers Be Deceived?
Because the deception will not oppose spirituality. It will imitate it.
Revelation says the whole world worships the beast. Not just the unbelievers.
People will say:
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"This proves all religions were about the same truth."
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"This god is bigger than the Bible."
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"Scripture was a primitive attempt to describe this."
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"They came from the sky, just like the ancient stories."
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"Now we understand creation scientifically."
The true God will be replaced—with an imposter.
That’s the brilliance of the deception.
Why a Third?
A third of the waters become Wormwood.
A third of the stars fall.
A third of mankind dies.
This isn’t random.
A third is immense,
but not complete.
There will be a remnant.
A people who refuse to drink.
Not because they are better, not because they are immune, but because they cling to truth more than to sensation.
How Do We Avoid Wormwood?
Revelation answers clearly:
"Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones, those who keep the commandments of God AND the faith of Yeshua."
(Revelation 14:12)
Two safeguards are given:
Obedience & Faith
Remove either, and the door to deception swings open.
A religion with Yeshua but no obedience? That is common Christianity—where grace is preached without transformation, and belief is proclaimed without submission. It is vulnerable.
A faith with commandments but no Messiah? That is Judaism—holding tightly to the Law but rejecting the One it points to. It is empty without the fulfillment found in Yeshua.
So What Will Wormwood Look Like?
Not an asteroid.
Not a toxic spill.
Not rivers running black.
It will be a false revelation. A light from the heavens.
A message that promises hope and spreads like wildfire.
A belief that calms nations and poisons souls.
The world will drink it.
But the remnant won’t.
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