This was the first time that a revelation had gone awry. With disarming candor Joseph explained: “Some revelations are of God: some revelations are of man: and some revelations are of the devil. . . . When a man enquires of the Lord concerning a matter, if he is deceived by his own carnal desires, and is in error, he will receive an answer according to his erring heart, but it will not be a revelation from the Lord.”
Gaslighting, gaslighting, gaslighting.
