Jesus
warned that many false prophets would rise in the last days—and Christ's words
never fall to the ground. Indeed, we're seeing false prophets rising left and
right. But Jezebel's puppets are being exposed.
As
it turns out, some are toting credit card machines to the altar so they can
swipe your card before they will prophesy over you. (Yes, really!). Others are
literally standing on the backs of people apparently slain by some spirit,
showboating with a microphone. Still others are divining for money over the
Internet in the name of the Lord. Prophets are not psychics, witches and shamans, and Jezebel killed
one of the greatest revivals ever!
Although
this grieves me to no end, it does not surprise me. Jesus clearly warned us in
Matthew 24:11 that many false prophets will rise and deceive many and again in
Matthew 24:24 that false christs and false prophets will rise up and perform
signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones. That's why
Jesus warned us to "beware" of them (see Mark 7:15). On top of
that, in 2008 the Holy Spirit told me, "The merchandisers will rise
during this hour like never before."
False Prophets
Rising
The
Bible says plenty about false prophets. Their end is not good no matter which
way you read it. Peter warned they would bring on themselves swift destruction
(see 2 Pet. 2:1). Jesus said that not everyone who says to Him, "Lord,
Lord" will enter into the kingdom of heaven, including those who
prophesied in His name (see Matt. 7:21).
False
prophets are certainly nothing new. In Deuteronomy 18:20, God said,
"But the prophet, who presumes to speak a word in my name, which I have
not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods—that
prophet shall die." Jeremiah 23:26 declares: "How long
shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are
prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who plan to cause My people to
forget My name by their dreams, which they tell to their neighbor, as their
fathers have forgotten My name for Baal."
Jeremiah heard
plenty about the false prophets and encountered some of them, but he wasn't the
only one. Elijah contended with 850 false prophets, who fell by the sword. The
Lord warned Ezekiel about false prophets who "have seen vanity and lying
divination, saying, 'The Lord says,' when the Lord has not sent them. And they
have made others to hope for the confirmation of their word" (Ezek. 13:6).
Micah's Massive
Prophecy
Some
say we're living in a Micah 2 moment in the United States. Micah 2 speaks of
those who conceive wickedness and devise evil on their beds—and deceitful
prophets who will "preach for you wine and beer." But there is a
prophecy in Micah 3 that really struck me earlier this year. It was something
the Lord said with regard to prophets who mislead His people that I feel led to
release right now:
"Regarding
the prophets who mislead My people—the ones who have something to
eat proclaim, 'Peace,' but if one does not feed them, then they
prepare for war against him. Therefore you will have night without
vision, and you will have darkness without divination; the sun will
set upon the prophets, and black upon them will be the day. The seers
will be shamed and the diviners disgraced, and they will all cover their
beards, for there is no answer from God" (Micah 3:5-7).
That hour is
coming and it's coming soon. Of course, false prophets get very angry with
me—and gnash their teeth at me—when I write articles like this. Some of them
threaten to cancel their magazine subscriptions when I call out these things. I
draw my response from Acts 4:49 and Micah 3:8:
"Now, Lord,
look on their threats and grant that Your servants may speak Your word with
great boldness, by stretching out Your hand to heal and that signs and wonders
may be performed in the name of Your holy Son Jesus" (Acts 4:49-30). I'm
praying the false (and misled) prophets will repent. I really am. But I will
not be intimidated by the threats anymore than Jeremiah was in his day. And I
agree with Micah, "But as for me, I am filled with power, with the
Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might ..." (Micah 3:8).
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