Watch out that no one deceives you.

God has been warning people against false prophets for thousands of years (Deuteronomy 18:20-22). So, it's no surprise that when the disciples asked Jesus to tell them the signs of His coming at the end of the age (Matthew 24:3) the very first thing Jesus did was warn them about deceit (Matthew 24:4-8). Jesus knew that false prophets and false teachers from every generation would randomly connect natural and human-made events that happen in every generation to random Bible verses and call them signs. Jesus also knew that many unsuspecting Christians would believe their rhetoric and be deceived. 

For example, in early 2026, the online network of false prophets and teachers erupted with dramatic claims that a lunar eclipse (or so-called blood moon) was converging with the Jewish festival of Purim and Israel's war with Iran, and together they were a sign that the end was near. But like the thousands of other false end time prophesies that have been made over the centuries, the end didn’t come.

Clearly, Jesus knows what He's taking about! 

So, the next time you hear someone claim that a current war, conflict, earthquake, famine, disease, volcano, drought, blood moon or other natural or human-made event is a sign of the end, ignore them and avoid deceit! Jesus said events like these must happen in every generation, but the end is still to come (Matthew 24:6).