Strong Delusion

God had been communicating with Abraham for quite some time. You know the story about how Abraham and Sarah did not have children and Sarah gave her maid to Abraham to have a baby. Then Sarah hated the maid because she got pregnant and kicked the maid out. This was an overt injustice to the maid. God did not take it lightly. On its face it seemed as if everything was okay--you know this is just how we do things. You know how we humans do. We think that we can do whatever we want to do to others and it's okay. No one will know and basically, so what.

At the drop of a hat we treat humans like trash, try to get rid of them or work to make them a target of hate by spreading lies, or getting them to destroy themselves by responding to false, fake stimuli. We'll even go so far as to make the target think that we are helping them, like them, we are their "friend" or we are on the same team or whatever the illusion is that is trying to be presented. All the while we are working to destroy another person or groups of people. It is at this point that the enemy is projecting their thoughts onto the target. The enemy is deceiving and being deceived (2 Timothy 3) and operating under strong delusion (2 Thessalonians 2) that they themselves think.

And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. The Chief mimicker who is fulfilling the work of Satan with giving the illusion of power, signs and lying wonders but with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, which is the Word of God, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. 

Ultimately, Hagar fled because the hate and jealousy was overwhelming. Sarah was very jealous and hateful toward Hagar, even though it was her idea to have Hagar sleep with Abraham to make a baby. An angel of the Lord found Hagar in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. He told Hagar to return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. The angel of the Lord told Hagar that I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. He told Hagar that she was with child, a son, and his name shall be Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction (Genesis 16).

Later, God spoke to Abraham and said, “.. ..as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.” (Genesis 17)