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Subject: Fw: [revival] "ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL- WARNING! - Andrew
Strom


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> Subject: [revival] "ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL- WARNING! - Andrew Strom
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> "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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