Benny Hinn's Greatest Hits (& Misses)!
Some of Hinn's biggest lies and false prophecies
Hinn has told so many lies and made so many false prophecies it's hard to know
where to begin. I'll highlight of few of his most outrageous examples here and
below I'll provide links to several more comprehensive sites.
Hinn has a long history of false prophecies. On December 31st 1989 at his church
in Orlando Fla. Hinn, while speaking to his congregation, went into a kind of a
trance, appearing to be "drunk in the spirit." and spoke the following "words
from the Lord"
"The Spirit tells me -
Fidel Castro will die - in the 90's. Oooh my! Some will try to kill him and they
will not succeed. But there will come a change in his physical health, and he
will not stay in power, and Cuba will be visited of God."
As of today (May 2007) Castro seems to be in pretty good health for a
corpse.
The Lord also tells me
to tell you in the mid 90's, about '94-'95, no later than that, God will destroy
the homosexual community of America. But He will not destroy it - with what many
minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn
and be saved, and many will rebel and be destroyed."
As of today (May 2007) homosexuals still seem to be a part of many communities
in America. If God had destroyed any of them with fire, I'm pretty sure it would
have been in the newspapers.
"The Spirit of God tells
me -- an earthquake will hit the east coast of America and destroy much in the
90's."
I've Googled and Googled but I can't seem to find any information on a
destructive east coast earthquake during the 90's.
These are just a few of the "prophecies" Hinn made that evening. When he was
finished he said, "I'd like to know what I said. I was totally gone."
I'll give him that one, he was "totally gone"!
A more recent example of a false prophecy occurred on April 2, 2000 when Hinn
claimed on TBN that the Lord had revealed to him that Israel would soon sign a
peace treaty with Syrian dictator Hafez Al-Assad. Hinn of course tied this
prophecy to money by declaring that this would be a sign that the of the wealth
of the wicked would soon be released unto the righteous.
After Assad died on June 10, 2000 (with no peace treaty forthcoming) Hinn
claimed again on TBN that "...it was God's plan for it not to happen, really."
You don't say!
April 2nd 2000 was a huge night for Benny on TBN. After the Assad prophecy he
held forth with this whopper
"I believe - here this,
hear this! I believe, that Jesus, God's Son, is about to appear physically, in
meetings and to believers around the world, to wake us up! He appeared after His
resurrection and He is about to appear before His second coming! You know a
prophetess sent me a word through my wife, right here, and she said 'Tell your
husband that Jesus is go'n to physically appear in his meetings.' I am expecting
to see, I am telling you that - I feel it's going to happen. I, I, I'm, I'm
careful in how I am saying it now, because I know the people in Kenya are
listening. I know deep in my soul, something supernatural is going to happen in
Nai - in Nairobi Kenya. I feel that. I may very well come back, and you and Jan
are coming, to - Paul and Jan are coming to Nairobi with me, but Paul, we may
very well come back with footage of Jesus on the platform!"
The "prophetess" Hinn mentioned was a woman named
Ruth Ward Heflin.
At another time Hinn claimed that she had prophesied over him when he was
younger and "everything she said came to pass"
Would you like to see the Lords response to Hinn and Heflin's prophecy
Math 24:23-27
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they
shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in
the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the
east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
be.
What kind of prophet directly contradicts the words of Jesus?
Could the scriptures be any clearer? Jesus might as well have said "When Benny
Hinn says I'm appearing in Kenya, don't believe it".
As a post script to this story I should tell you that not long after this, on
Sept. 15th 2000 Ruth Heflin died of breast cancer. She had claimed that the Lord
had healed her and told her to stop her treatment.
I don't know where Ruth Heflin is spending eternity but I do know that I would
not want to face the Lord Jesus Christ with a false prophecy like that fresh on
my lips.
Math 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity.
Who do you suppose the Lord is speaking of here? Is it just possible that Hinn
fits the category of one who prophesies in the name of the Lord but doesn't
really know him?
How can you tell a true prophet from a false one
Deuteronomy 18:20-22
If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come
true, that is a message that Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken
presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Don't be afraid if this man!
1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether
they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
You, my friend, are responsible before God to test every spirit to determine if
it's from God. The way we do that is by comparing what the spirit is saying to
the Word of God.
Jer 5:30-31
An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land: The prophets
prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to
have it so. But what will you do in the end? NKJV
What will you do?
Rev 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.