CHRIS WICKLAND: 2022 FAILED "PROPHETIC VISION"

THE SEASONS ARE SHIFTING

Below is a refutation of Chris Wickland's failed prophetic vision for the UK given on 31st of July 2022 based on Joshua 1.

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:1-9).

Anyone issuing sweeping prophetic declarations claimed to be from the Lord should be treated with extreme caution. This pattern is a standard tactic of false prophets: dramatic announcements that collapse into nothing. Scripture instructs us to test the spirits, yet many within the church neglect this basic discernment (1 John 4:1).

Wickland: "What I felt God is saying is 'The clock is about to change and it (the church) is now on the threshold of a the next hour..'  We are about to come into a new hour, a new season.. 'Moses my servant is dead..'  the old ways of doing stuff is about to become utterly obsolete in ways that are shocking."  

Wickland begins his dubious prophecy by inserting an improvised scenario in which the Israelites supposedly questioned Joshua’s legitimacy because he had not performed “signs and wonders”. This is drivel. The biblical narrative makes Joshua’s appointment explicit and public; Israel was fully informed that he was God’s designated successor. 

Immediate Literary Context (Numbers 27:15–23)

Facing his impending death outside the land (Numbers 27:12–14), Moses pleads: “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation” (v 16). Yahweh answers: “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him” (v 18). Moses obeys publicly: “He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses” (v 23). The passage therefore grounds Joshua’s selection in divine decree, Spirit-endowment, and the symbolic transfer of authority.

The biblical narrative presents Joshua—Moses’ assistant—as the clear and publicly recognized successor who would lead Israel into the land in fulfilment of God's promises. After Moses’ death, the Lord explicitly confirms Joshua’s appointment. His role is established by divine command, Spirit‑endowment, and formal transfer of authority. The narrative consistently highlights Joshua’s proven character, fidelity, and integrity, marking him as the legitimate heir to Moses’ leadership and mission. This passage affirms that God’s promises to Israel did not end with Moses. The entry into Canaan marked a new phase, but it remained a direct continuation of the same covenantal trajectory already established.   

Wickland: "In the first day of the autumn of this year, the clock will change into the next hour... There's something coming that's going to make the church real and stagger with shock and what's coming is you're going to see a lot of church in the next two years a lot of the established churches or great denominations are going to vanish they're just simply going to vanish. Why is this? Because as Moses said to Pharaoh let my people go.. 

with it will cut much change and much consternation and you're going to see some things that are going to happen to this nation economically that are just going to leave most Christians reeling and staggering in shock "

A false prophecy would not be complete without a declaration: "I declare to 'stonewall' in the name of Jesus that you are coming down..  and I prophesy to you right now and I declare to you in the name of Jesus that you 'stonewall' are coming down and you will be ground to powder and you will never rise again..  The agenda of the highly liberal left will collapse and fall in these days, the economical systems of our land are going to fall in these days  the government of our land is going to fall in these days.. "  

A false prophecy would not be complete without prophesied national revival and revival of false churches.

Wickland asserts a coming unity between Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians—a unity that will allegedly “surpass theology". This is a textbook marker of apostasy. Scripture commands doctrinal fidelity (2 Timothy 1:13), and there can be no ecumenical “unity” with denominations that reject apostolic teaching.

The notion of a church “Golden Age” is a delusion. The modern postmillennial claim—that the church will transform the world and usher in a global era of righteousness before Christ returns—is neither recognizable in the present world nor defensible from scripture. It exists only in the imaginative projections of those who promote it.

It has now been four years since these claims were made. Wickland’s prophetic “shift" has evaporated. None of the asserted outcomes — the disappearance of major denominations, the collapse of the liberal left, the breakdown of economic systems, or the fall of the government — has materialised in any concrete form.

This places Wickland squarely in the category of a demonstrated false prophet. Constructing unwarranted parallels and inventing unbiblical Old Testament scenarios—rather than adhering to the prophetic texts themselves — is a hallmark of false prophecy. Scripture provides a defined framework for eschatological events, and Wickland's claims fall outside it.

According to the scriptures apostasy will increase in the last days.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demon, (1 Timothy 4:1).

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. (2 Timothy 3:1-5).

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12).

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.. (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

Mark and avoid false prophets

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. (Romans 16:17-18).

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. (2 Peter 2:1)

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:16).