/Thanks for sending this Phil.  I went to a Todd Bently meeting once, that I 
can remember.  I needed to know, though I decided not to read the whole 
article.
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Subject: Fw: [revival] "ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL- WARNING! - Andrew 
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> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:43 PM
> Subject: Fw: [revival] "ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL- WARNING! - Andrew
> Strom
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "REVIVAL List" <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:42 PM
>> Subject: [revival] "ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL- WARNING! - Andrew 
>> Strom
>>
>>
>>
>> "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." [END QUOTE]
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> URGENT - Please FORWARD THIS TO OTHERS.
>>
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>> God bless you all.
>>
>> Andrew Strom.
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