Revelation TV : Award Winning Christian TV
Despite the obvious failure of the prophecies spoken over Howard Conder by NAR false prophets, the failure of Conder's Spanish "vision", RTV continues to tout for money. Gordon Pettie informed viewers that RTV needs £300,000 in July and August and there followed a barrage of appeals to give generously.
According to Conder, "The Lord could come back at at any time". This is a reference to the false "imminent" or "any moment" pretribulation rapture. One of the major issues for the pretrib camp is their teaching that all seven seals are the wrath of God. Although there are clearly some very troubling events during the 70th week of Daniel, the wrath of God is not announced until the sixth seal is broken. (Revelation 6:16-17). Pretrib teachers claim that no prophesied events will occur before the rapture takes place. However, the bible informs us that the rapture will follow the apostasy (rebellion) and the revelation of the man of lawlessness (the Antichrist).
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. (2 Thessalonians 2:1–3).
There are various other reasons why the rapture is not imminent and I recommend the video at the end of this post. Pretrib teachers frequently verge on date setting, and the reckless claim of the Lord's imminent return is often a form of cultish financial manipulation. Viewers are more likely to be "generous" due to their belief in the "imminent return of the Lord" and their "soon" departure.
I was made aware of Conder's adulterous marriage by one of my readers quite recently. Conder left his first wife and two children some time after 1975 and went on to marry Leslie in the early 1980s. He has not made the specific details known but the information on his website is interesting:
"Howard says it is very hard for him to talk about his first marriage and the fallout and split that was caused which was devastating for the two children, Charlotte and Miles.There was a time in the early '80s when Howard was remarried that he wrote a letter to Annette and said how sorry he was for causing such pain to her and subsequently also to their children. Howard remembers clearly that Annette wrote back and was so gracious and said that 'it wasn't all your fault Howard'. Those words were such a comfort to Howard but sadly his daughter Charlotte whom he cherished as his 'little girl', was lost forever. Charlotte has not been able to be at peach with her parents divorce and sadly is not in contact with Howard as Charlotte's husband wrote a very harsh letter to him which is best not to mention at this point as it's too painful for the family and there is always hope of reconciliation.
This a further example of Howards "words from the Lord" which are not from the Lord at all, but his own imagination. (Jeremiah 23:16; Ezekiel 13:3-9). False prophets produce false hopes! Frequent claims of receiving "a word from the Lord" or the similar phrase "the Lord led me" often results in bitter disappointment for naive hearers. (1 John 2:1).
For a genuine Christian, particularly someone who aspires to Christian ministry, divorce and remarriage is unacceptable and is a disqualifier. Conder had no business launching himself into "ministry" after his divorce. If a man is not faithful in his own household, then how will he be able to faithfully lead a ministry? (1 Timothy 3:1-7). While he was playing at being a great leader heading up a "Christian ministry" with Leslie, Conder's (real) wife and children were no doubt continuing to suffer the pain of abandonment and divorce.
Apart from his first marriage, Conder has demonstrated his unsuitability in many other ways in the past. One glaring example is that he has given a platform to a number of false teachers including the infamous Benny Hinn. He currently platforms false teachers Andrew Wommack, Joseph Prince and Jesse Duplantis. Inflicting false teachers onto the body of Christ is one of the most wicked things that anyone can do! No doubt Conder thinks it is worth throwing believers to the wolves on the alter of Revelation TV for the financial benefits! All the hype about Spain has come to absolutely nothing and all the alleged prophecies are in tatters. (Matthew 7:20). Nevertheless, Conder and his associates have the shameless audacity to tout for money in the wake of their disastrous record of failure and unfaithfulness.
Last week on their ‘Time for Revelation’ begging bowl platform which they broadcast every month, Conder said they were giving a tithing, ten per cent of all viewers’ donations, to CRC this month. It is so irritating that people use abbreviations without clarifying what they stand for, so first of all I’d like to thank you for clarifying what CRC is - which Conder certainly did not. Now that I know what CRC are, I would not consider them a priority to receive funds.
ReplyDeleteWhat disturbs me is that Revelation TV offer to send out by post to their donors their monthly magazine R Times. However, I think it would be much more relevant and much more appropriate to send out a monthly statement of income and expenditure and also, once a year, their annual reports and accounts which very conveniently for Revelation TV are NOT posted on their website.
They keep talking on this monthly ‘Time for Revelation Broadcast’ about how transparent they are. But
WHERE is the transparency? Why are their expenses and appeals for money going higher and higher?
Why is the whole Spanish channel fiasco shrouded in such secrecy? Should the Charity Commission not go back in and dig deeper as to how and where viewers’ donations are spent????? All very legitimate questions, I would think……
I have only done a limited search on CRC but what I have seen has horrified me.
DeleteI don't know if you are aware, the Charity Commission got involved years ago following some complaints? They were unable to uncover anything serious. I think there was some question of mismanagement, but nothing illegal. I don't know if they would be willing to get involved again.
RTV should be transparent about the Spanish studios. I don't know if they are required legally to give out information.
God bless
Thank you very much, Treena. Yes, I knew about the Charity Commission as every so often Conder brings up the subject and we’re subjected to the same repetitive rant we’ve heard many times before. Personally I think an eye should be kept on them by the Charity Commission given the fact that the Spanish channel fiasco raises many questions….just my view.
ReplyDeleteI have another gripe in regard to Conder’s inclusion of CBN’s 700 Club on his station. While CBN’s journalistic Team are excellent in their reporting, in particular George Thomas and Chris Mitchell, I find I’m almost reaching for a sick bag when the sugary Gordon Robertson tells us the same old formulated story night after night of so and so who was $100,000 in debt started sending money to CBN and now they are debt free thanks to their ‘obedience’ and their business is now flourishing beyond their wildest dreams. How many gullible people who’ve been desperate, I wonder, have donated money they didn’t have by credit card in their dream of a get rich quick miracle? Prosperity preaching in my view is not something that a Christian TV station should tolerate but the problem is they’re all into it…..
ReplyDeleteThese kinds of stories are blatant spiritual manipulation and are totally dishonest. These people have nothing to do with true Christianity. God bless
DeleteThank you so much Treena. My idea of giving is giving to a poor person - not taking from a poor person. Yet these stories by Robertson invariably acknowledge that his donors’ get rich quick miracles are their reward for subscribing to the 700 Club. He even gives stories of even greater blessings when donors decided to increase their monthly donations to CBN. And Conder broadcasts all of this on his station. God doesn’t want our money, He doesn’t need it…..but he wants us to be kind and generous to those who need it, not to line the pockets of charlatans.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Anonymous. God bless
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