ANGELS &
the FLORIDA HEALING REVIVAL - Warning!
-by Andrew Strom.
I continue to get emails about last week's article - "A
FALSE HEALING REVIVAL?" Some people strongly agree, while others are totally
outraged that I would question the healings or other manifestations that are
occurring.
Personally I am deeply saddened that I even have to put out these warnings. I
get no pleasure out of it. In fact I hate having to talk about this stuff. But
what happens if something is seriously amiss and yet no warnings are given? Is
it right to be silent in such a case? What about the precious sheep? Shouldn't
they be warned?
What a lot of people may not realize is that the leader of the revival Todd
Bentley has a long history in the "Laughing/ Drunkenness" movement - but also is
a leading proponent of strange "Angel" encounters (and I do mean 'strange').
Todd has openly promoted these encounters for years - in fact he is well-known
for leading others into contact with these 'angels' too. This has been a big
part of his ministry for a very long time. And it is really no different now.
Here are a couple of extracts from Todd's 2003 article 'Angelic Hosts':
"So when I need a financial breakthrough I don't just pray and ask God for my
financial breakthrough. I go into intercession and become a partner with the
angels by petitioning the Father for the angels that are assigned to getting me
money: "Father, give me the angels in heaven right now that are assigned to get
me money
and wealth. And let those angels be released on my behalf. Let them go into the
four corners of the earth and gather me money."
Todd continues...
"EMMA, ANGEL Of The PROPHETIC
Now let me talk about an angelic experience with Emma. Twice
Bob
Jones asked me about this angel that was in Kansas City in 1980: "Todd, have
you ever seen the angel by the name of Emma?" He asked me as if he expected that
this angel was appearing to me. Surprised, I said, "Bob, who is Emma?" He told
me that Emma was the angel that helped birth and start the whole prophetic
movement in Kansas City in the 1980s. She was a mothering-type angel that helped
nurture the prophetic as it broke out. Within a few weeks of Bob asking me about
Emma, I was in a service in Beulah, North Dakota. "In the middle of the service
I was in conversation with Ivan and another person when in walks Emma. As I
stared at the angel with open eyes, the Lord said, "Here's Emma." I'm not
kidding. She floated a couple of inches off the floor. It was almost like
Kathryn Khulman in those old videos when she wore a white dress and looked like
she was gliding across the platform. Emma appeared beautiful and young - about
22 years old - but she was old at the same time. She seemed to carry the wisdom,
virtue and grace of Proverbs 31 on her life. She glided into the room, emitting
brilliant light and colors. Emma carried these bags and began pulling gold out
of them. Then, as she walked up and down the aisles of the church, she began
putting gold dust on people...
Within three weeks of that visitation, the church had given me the biggest
offering I had ever received to that point in my ministry. Thousands of dollars!
Thousands!... During this visitation the pastor's wife (it was an AOG church)
got totally whacked by the Holy Ghost - she began running around barking like a
dog or squawking like a chicken as a powerful prophetic spirit came on her.
Also, as this prophetic anointing came on her, she started getting phone numbers
of complete strangers and calling them up on the telephone and prophesying over
them... Then angels started showing up in the church."
More recently, Todd stated that in one of his "Third Heaven" trips he literally
visited the small cabin where the apostle Paul lives in Heaven. Paul told him
that he wrote the book of Hebrews with the personal help of Abraham the
Patriarch: “The authorship isn’t clear because it was Abraham and I; Abraham
shared the content with me.” Todd's 'Third Heaven' tales are full of such
astonishing claims - and of course, more angels. (See 'A Face To Face Encounter
- Part 2 of 2' - By Todd Bentley).
Lest anyone think that Todd may have changed his ways in recent times, you
should know that he is constantly mentioning his 'angels' in the current Florida
meetings also. For instance, watch from about the 6-minute mark of the following
video clip-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mSCHJfnGE
In this video, Todd speaks of the angel that is going to "visit the children"
and then he begins more and more to jerk and laugh uncontrollably. He prays that
a 'drunken glory' will move across the whole place - and you can see it happen
in the audience.
This is all the same kind of stuff that Todd has been involved in for years.
There is nothing new in it. In fact, both Todd and Bob Jones credit an angel
that carries the "Winds of Change" for the current healing revival - an angel
that they say is still driving it. As one young preacher commented who has been
following the Florida meetings closely, Todd seems to talk about his "healing
angel" even more than he talks about Jesus. Yes - exactly!
We are warned explicitly in Scripture that the devil "transforms himself into an
angel of light", and that in the Last Days will come 'Lying signs and wonders'
that will "deceive if possible the very elect." Do we really believe that the
devil is unable to perform miracles? Have we forgotten what the Bible clearly
says?
Some make the point that Todd obviously had a strong healing gift right from the
start of his ministry - so some of the healings in Florida may be genuinely from
God. Yes - I agree that this is possible - even likely. But how can we trust
anything at all coming from this source if it has become so tainted with all
this pollution? Do we want such a man laying hands on us and imparting "anointings"
or spirits into us?
I read a report from the UK yesterday that an English preacher has brought
Todd's anointing back from Florida and now it is manifesting in his UK meetings:
"Fire, a burning sensation, was felt all over people’s bodies... There were
outbursts of joy, drunkenness and spontaneous healings throughout the meeting."
Other reports from the USA now speak of pastors having hands layed on them to
receive the "Florida anointing".
The Elijah List claims that on New Year's Eve, for 2008, God told Bob Jones that
"the third wave was coming." Todd asked Bob what the third wave was. He said
that, "Toronto was wave #1, Pensacola was wave #2, and the third wave is the
"Winds of Change" -- this move of God. This move will be a global move,
traveling with signs and wonders all over the world! The third wave is here!"
The Florida meetings have now moved into an 8000-seat auditorium. This
"anointing" is spreading across the globe. Can you see why I have cause for
alarm, my friends?
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God bless you all.
Andrew Strom.
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