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How To Disguise a False Prophecy (tips from Rick Joyner)

Analysis by John Green

Rick Joyner is a study in contradictions. At times, his teachings can be better than a lot of what is taught in Pentecostal/Charismatic circles. On the other hand, he is involved in occultic-type manifestations, friends with false prophets, lately, moving off in even stranger directions. What I would like to examine in this article is how Rick is covering up a false prophecy given by his friend Bob Jones. Rick’s Morningstar ministry sent out this prophecy, and now they are doing damage control. We will look at spin-doctor Rick at work, and I will briefly comment (IN CAPITOL LETTERS), to reveal the magician’s tricks (so to speak).



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Answers To Frequently Asked Questions
by Rick Joyner

When do we think that the California earthquake that we prophesied in our January
1998 Prophetic Tape Of The Month is coming? (SAFE BET: PROPHESY A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA)

I do not know anyone who has the timing on this. Some misunderstood Bob Jones to say that it was coming in nine months (from New Years when the tape was made). When I listened to the tape again it was easy to understand how Bob’s statement could be interpreted that way, but it is not what he meant. (IT’S ALWAYS WISE TO REVISE WHAT YOU REALLY MEANT WHEN THE PROPHECY FAILS)When he said that "we have nine months" he was trying to say that it would not come for nine months. (OK RICK, I’LL BET SOME DUMB PEOPLE WILL FALL FOR THAT) In a visitation that Bob had last fall he was told that this quake would not come before the next Day of Atonement. He was also told that each Day of Atonement we would be told if we have another year, (SO BASICALLY, IF NO BIG EARTHQUAKES HIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BOB HAS ANOTHER SHOT AT IT) but he would only show us one year at a time. I must apologize for letting this tape go out without correcting this potentially confusing statement. (HOW ABOUT APOLOGIZING FOR ENDORSING BOB JONES AT ALL!)

Bob Jones and Jim Bakker both feel that the things we mentioned in the tape are very eminent, and I concur that the emphasis of the Spirit seems to have changed from warning that unless we repent these things will happen, to prepare for them, they are coming. However, I do not know of anyone who has been given a sure timing, (ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT 9 MONTH THING DIDN’T WORK OUT) and I personally feel that we may have several more years, (THANKS RICK, I REALLY TRUST YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS) which is a short time! Regardless of how much time we may have, we do not have any time to waste.

Do we think that it is time for believers to move out of Southern California? Bob Jones has warned some people that it is time to leave Southern California. I have told people to seek the Lord and leave only if He directs them to. (I’M CONFUSED RICK—SHOULD WE LISTEN TO YOU, BOB, OR GOD?) However, I have been told that the time is soon coming when I will have to begin telling people that they should only stay if they hear from the Lord to stay. (GOD WANTS SOME OF HIS PEOPLE TO DIE IN THE EARTHQUAKE?)

I also personally feel that I am to invest in some kind of retreat property in Southern California. (MAYBE IT COULD BE AN ISLAND RETREAT AFTER THE OCEAN COMES IN TO THE MOUNTAINS) I have been told that I am not to abandon the area, and that I must be willing to spend time there doing what I can to help the church in that region. Regardless of where we live, we are making a terrible mistake if we think that this is Southern California’s problem and not our problem too. If this happens it will be devastating to the whole world. We are all also members of one body and this is the most important time for us to stand with the church in that region, and to intercede for all of the people of Southern California. It is not God’s desire for any to perish, but for all to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.

The safest place in the world is in God’s will, even if it is in the middle of a devastating earthquake. The most dangerous place in the world is to be out of His will. If you live in Southern California and you leave out of God’s will, you will be in danger. Our Armageddon can come at the next stoplight! (INSTILL CONFUSION AND FEAR!) As we proceed into the times ahead it is going to become increasingly dangerous to be even a little bit out of God’s will. The Lord is now giving us ample warning to hear from Him, and obey Him. (THIS TRANSLATES INTO OBEY RICK AND BOB)

Do I believe that this quake can still be averted? No. However, as I shared last New
Years Eve, it is my conviction that the destructive power of this quake can be greatly reduced, by repentance and intercession. (THIS REALLY COVERS THE BASES—IF CALIFORNIA GETS A LESS THAN DISASTEROUS QUAKE which they undoubtedly will, THEN RICK AND BOB CAN CLAIM THAT PRAYER AVERTED THE BIG ONE) He also showed me that it can be delayed (IN CASE NO BIG QUAKES HAPPEN FOR A WHILE) if we will honor the fathers and mothers of the faith from that region which have so powerfully blessed our nation. (HAVING A GIMMICK IS ALWAYS HANDY) The commandment to honor our fathers and mothers has the promise that if we do it our days will be long upon the earth. If we will "unstop the wells of our spiritual fathers and mothers from that area dug" and continue to drink from them, it will honor our them and the Lord will give us more time. (HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE RICK HAS BEEN TAKING NOTES ON BENNY HINN’S BIBLE INTERPRETATION METHODS)

However, the Lord has often given us more time to get ready but we have rarely used the time well. Judgment is about to come to Southern California because the spiritual pollution that is coming from there is poisoning the whole earth. It is very close to reaching the limit of what can be tolerated. If a profound repentance does not come much of the Los Angeles basin will be destroyed to the point where the ocean will lap at the base of the mountains in Pasadena. The buildings in downtown Los Angeles will sink into the earth like stones in a jar of sand when it is shaken.

Again, God does not want this to happen. He always prefers mercy over judgment, but there is a point when His judgment will be mercy. When Abraham asked the Lord if He would spare Sodom if there were just ten righteous men found there the Lord said that He would spare the whole place just for them. We do not know at what point the Lord will relent and spare Los Angeles, but there is a delusion in much of the church now that is presuming on God’s grace. Some have been spiritualizing the prophecies, saying that the shaking that is coming is spiritual, and that the water will cover Los Angeles speaks of coming revival. What I was shone was not a spiritual earthquake, and the waters were the Pacific Ocean. However, if such a spiritual shaking did take place, and such a revival did come to Los Angeles, the literal earthquake will still come, but its damage could be greatly reduced. I intend to pray for mercy until the actual judgment comes.

Pride comes before the fall, and there is an arrogance toward the Lord that has even permeated much of the church in Southern California. One way that this is manifested is the disregard of His warnings, which He sent in the previous quake, and even the tendency to believe that they can handle them. No one will think that after the one that is coming, even if its destructive power is reduced. Even at its lowest level, the fear of the Lord will pass across the earth just as the tidal waves will that go out from it Repentance and intercession can take a lot of the death and destruction out of it, but it is still going to be a big one.

What about the corruption in Northern California, and many other cities of the world
that have at least as much evil in them as Los Angeles? First, there are many cities and
regions that are about to experience God’s judgments. However, I do not believe that the judgment coming to the Los Angeles area has as much to do with the degree of evil as it does the ability to project it and send it around the world. No other city in our time has caused more people to stumble than Los Angeles, mostly for what has come out of Hollywood. This will not continue much longer, either because of repentance, or because of destruction.
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