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Friday 1 May 2020

CLIFFORD HILL ~ VOICE FOR JUSTICE: DESCENT INTO MYTH AND ERROR

Voice for Justice UK ~ Day of Repentance and Prayer.

Voice for Justice is a professing Christian organization that recently issued an appeal to: "Stand with us as we cry out to Him to deliver us from the Covid-19 pandemic" on the 25th of April. 

Why the 25th of April? 


Voice for Justice based its Day of Repentance and Prayer on the Roman Catholic annual procession known as "Greater Litanies". According to RC myth, the Archangel Michael appeared on this date on two occasions and stopped two separate plagues. Those who took part in this troubling event were duped into giving credibility to apparitions and to Roman Catholic myths. (2 Timothy 4:4). The spiritism and superstition associated with Roman Catholicism is at complete odds with biblical Christianity! Will God hear the prayers of those who have turned away from Him and cling to deceit? (Jeremiah 8:5, 14:12).

VFJ: "In 590 AD, Rome was suffering from a terrible plague that killed off vast swathes of the population. Amongst the first to die was the Pope. He was immediately replaced, by unanimous vote, by Gregory I.. On 25thApril, the third day as they processed through the streets, as ever led in person by Gregory, the Archangel Michael was seen standing at the top of the castle of Crescentius – a short walk from the Vatican – wiping a bloody sword. In response to the crowd’s prayer, he sheathed it at his side. And from that moment the plague stopped.

Some years later, in 1631, Mexico found itself similarly ravaged by plague. Once again the people joined in prayer for deliverance, joining in procession through the streets on 25th April. In response, the Archangel Michael again appeared, this time to a 17 year-old boy, Diego de San Lázaro. However Diego, fearful of how people would respond to the revelation, dragged his feet in passing on the Archangel’s commands, with the result that he was himself struck down with plague – which lifted a week later when Michael appeared to him again – surrounded this time by blazing light and witnessed by all standing near. This time Diego obeyed and passed on the Archangel’s commands. And the plague was miraculously halted."


Further details about the first apparition in 590AD reveals the full extent of the myth:

First Apparition: The plague in Rome miraculously ended. —The Virgin Mary and St. Michael appear to Pope St. Gregory the Great.

"As the procession wound along the Tiber River, the Litany of Saints was intoned. At the conclusion of the litany, Saint Gregory’s gaze was drawn upwards and he suddenly saw the heavens open. Saint Michael the Archangel, along with numerous other Angels, descended above the crowd and a heavenly perfume seemingly filled the air. The angels began singing the “Regina Cœli” to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was seated on a throne above St. Michael and the Angels. St. Michael sheathing his sword atop the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome

Completely overwhelmed by the incredible sight, Saint Gregory concluded the angelic chorus by singing out the closing lines of the Regina Cœli: “Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia! Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia! Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.” (Pray for us to God, alleluia! Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia! For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia!).

At the conclusion of the vision, the great pope witnessed Saint Michael sheathing his sword, and to the great joy of all the inhabitants, the horrific plague came to an end. The beautiful Church called Castel Sant’Angelo stands at the site where Saint Michael and his fellow angels had appeared on that day along with the Blessed Virgin Mary.

From then on, April 25th, the date of the apparition marking the end of the plague, has become the date for the annual procession that would come to be known throughout the Catholic world as the “Greater Litanies”, since it was St. Michael along with the Angels who joined in reciting the Litanies on that day. Nowadays the “Greater Litanies” processions are sometimes called “St. Mark’s processions” because the date also coincides with the feast of St. Mark. {1}

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign

VFJ: "Let us pray for a sign of that deliverance to all mankind, that they may honour Christ, and Christ alone."   

VFJ: "Once again our world is subject to a terrible pestilence.. Let us pray for a mighty sign of deliverance that will shake this and every nation to the core in wonder and awe."

The bible speaks specifically against seeking after signs: “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:39 cf. 1 Corinthians 1:22-24).

Patrons of Voice for Justice Clifford and Monica Hill



Rev. Dr Clifford Hill

Rev. Dr Clifford Hill MA, BD, PhD, sociologist and theologian, is a lecturer, preacher and broadcaster who has written over forty books. He was a senior lecturer in sociology at London University and lectured for the Home Office to senior police officers and prison governors on race and community issues. In 1983 he led the research team for the Parliamentary Enquiry into ‘video nasties’, subsequently chairing and overseeing reports from the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group and was their convenor for more than 25 years. He is an ordained minister in the Congregational Church, leading multi-ethnic congregations in London over many years, and continues to be editor-in-chief of Prophecy Today UK, the online successor to the magazine of that name which seeks to apply God’s word in the bible to current affairs, and is a joint director of Issachar Ministries with his wife, Monica.



Monica Hill

Monica Hill has been actively involved in education and community development. Following practical experience in the East End she was a founding member and first Director of the British Church Growth Association for more than 23 years. She then concentrated on working with her husband Clifford both in the parliamentary work and in the Centre for Contemporary Ministry and is now the Executive Director of Issachar Ministries. She also has written a number of books.
{2}

Ecumenism does not honour Christ alone!

Ecumenist Clifford Hill of Issachar Ministries prayed for "a spirit of repentance to come in this nation" in order to remove the virus. A "spirit of repentance" implies something other than the Holy Spirit - this phrase is not found in the New Testament. It is ironic that the very people calling for repentance are the very ones who have departed from the key New Testament precept of faith alone and are complicit in promoting a false gospel. (James 2:24). The RCC follows a "different gospel" in that they insist upon various sacraments in addition to faith for salvation. I see no repentance among the main denominations for this primary sin! (2 Corinthians 11:4). The RCC and their ecumenical associates operate under the Spirit of Error (1 John 4:6). If professing Christians fail in this regard, then they fail completely.

VJF: "Session 2: A stiff-necked people – Repentance for our ungodly laws: Revd Dr Clifford Hill, Director of Issachar Ministries and editor-in-chief of Prophecy Today UK." Are not those who follow Marian apparitions and a false gospel "stiff necked"? Hill wrongly implies that Christians can repent of "ungodly laws". Once again he misses the point completely. Repentance is an individual, not a corporate exercise. Good moral decisions follow sound doctrine. Christians should pray for those in authority, but they are not required to repent on a national level. (1 Timothy 2:2).

Repentance and prayer for deliverance? 

I sense the intention of VFJ was to "make a deal" with God through this event. Paul urged: First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.. (1 Timothy 2:1). However ..may your will be done. (Matthew 6:10, 26:42). God knows the motives of men's hearts and the real agenda behind COVID-19. (1 Corinthians 4:5).

The whole event was based on a false premise

VFJ have put their own skewed interpretation on the COVID-19 crisis. Hill's claim that "..this virus is troubling all the nations of the world today" is questionable. {3} There is evidence that COVID-19 statistics are highly exaggerated, and that this PLANdemic is not primarily medical, but political in origin. COVID-19 cannot be classified as a "pandemic", even with official statistics!

Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance: "It is worth remembering again that the ONS rate of people who have got COVID on their death certificate, it doesn't necessarily mean they were  infected because many of them haven't been tested, so we just need to understand the difference." {4}







“The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.”-- Pope Gregory I

1. https://www.michaeljournal.org/articles/roman-catholic-church/item/miraculous-apparitions-of-st-michael-the-archangel-rome-and-mexico
2. https://vfjuk.org.uk/our-patrons/
3. https://youtu.be/-aO-38x8GN8
4. https://www.facebook.com/100009508941893/videos/2582719048721701/

Further Links:

Marian Apparitions ~ Divine or Demonic?
https://youtu.be/yPQEJROi7hs


The Evils of Ecumenism
Jacob Prasch & David Noakes Moriel Conference 2018! Ecumenism by Stealth?

Moggerhanger Park

Dave Borlase (Intercessors For Britain) and His Ecumenical Friends!
https://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com/2020/01/dave-borlase-intercessors-for-britain.html

Sunday 2 September 2018

JACOB PRASCH & DAVID NOAKES MORIEL CONFERENCE 2018! ECUMENISM BY STEALTH?

Beware of Moriel Ministries Scottish Conference at Gartmore House from Friday-Sunday, 2-4th of November 2018. The speakers are Jacob Prasch and ecumenist David Noakes. {1} Noakes is endorsed by Prasch as a valid prophetic voice! {2}

David Noakes is involved with the ecumenical pro-Israel monastic order, the Sisterhood of Mary! There is very little specific information about the Sisterhood's precise beliefs on their website. However, Wikipedia gives the following information: "The Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary is an ecumenical, Lutheran based, religious order." {3} The ecumenical movement is the enemy of Jesus Christ! Israel does not need ecumenism, it needs the true gospel!

The Sisterhood was founded by two German women, Klara Schlink and Erika Madauss, aka Mother Basilea and Mother Martyria in 1947:

https://www.kanaan.org/
"..the Evangelical Sisters of Mary continued the trend of expanded women’s involvement in the German churches, the sisterhood did not defer to the leadership of any ecclesial body, male or otherwise. The group set a further precedent by pursuing a contemplative life, rather than an active life of social service in the community, as many had expected them to do. Like many groups after World War II, the sisters embodied a greater openness to alternate forms of Christian practice. Rejecting nearly five centuries of Protestant prejudice against monasticism, the Sisters embraced poverty, celibacy, and communal, cloistered life. {4} 



David Noakes with the Sisterhood of Mary in 2016
 http://sistersofmary.org.uk/ministry/



David Noakes ministers through the Issachar Ministries Trust. He has been heavily involved with his ecumenical friend Clifford Hill and Issachar Ministries for many years. Issachar Ministries, Prophetic Word Ministries (PWM), CandM Ministries, the Centre for Contemporary Ministry (CMM) and Harvest Vision are quite a complex web of inter-connected organisations based at Moggerhanger Hall in Bedfordshire which is ecumenical. Noakes is also an advisor to Issachar Ministries which previously operated under the umbrella of PWM, and he was a director of Harvest Vision (also ecumenical) until 30th November 2000. {5} Miguel Hayworth of UK Apologetics Library has exposed the ecumenical connections of Hill and Noakes in detail. He warns: "..we need to bring this to light put into question the ministry of Clifford Hill and David Noakes and not accept at face value of CCM, ISSACHAR Ministries, Moggerhanger House, etc." {6} Another of Clifford Hill's "friends" is former Archbishop and Druid, Rowan Williams.


Clifford and Monica Hill with former Archbishop and Druid Rowan Williams

Clifford Hill founded and edited the so called "Christian magazine", Prophecy Today in 1985. He is currently PT's Editor in Chief. In common with Noakes, Hill claims to be "..one of the most respected, influential prophetic voices in the UK." {7}  


Clifford Hill - Calling Herts - Intercessors Meeting with the Sisterhood of Mary.
http://sistersofmary.org.uk/ministry/

David Noakes is well known in certain circles for his first person prophecies. This is very disconcerting for those of us who have come out of charismania! Jacob Prasch does not indulge himself in first person prophecies as far as I am aware. Nevertheless, he does make various authoritative statements that completely lack scriptural basis and context. Prasch's intra-seal rapture theory is a prime example of his blatant eisegesis. His teaching that the Holy Spirit is the "restrainer" of 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is purely speculative. Furthermore, his unequivocal assertion that the Holy Spirit is absent during the 70th week of Daniel and his further assertion there is no conviction of sin during this seven year period is unconscionable! The list of errors contained within intra-seal is nothing less than spectacular as demonstrated in my publication and my previous posts on the subject. {8} Since Prasch insists that his intra-seal teachings are scriptural, this puts him on a par with these dubious first person "prophets" Noakes and Hill!

David Noakes is also connected to the ecumenical Maranatha Community through its co-leader Linda Stalley. The Maranatha Community was founded in 1981 by a Methodist lay preacher and RC priest for the express purposes of UNITY! {8}

Jacob Prasch recently re-published the following shocking article by Jackie Alnor endorsing Freemason Billy Graham. {9} Moriel have now removed their link to this article:
"So in spite of our 20-20 hindsight in believing Billy Graham made the wrong call for the purity of the Church of Jesus Christ, he still deserves the honor of going down in history as the greatest evangelist of all time. That cannot be taken from him. Rest in eternal peace, Billy!!" https://www.moriel.org/articles-and-news/7029-the-legacy-of-billy-graham.html

Prasch's insistence that his former friend Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel, was not ecumenical is complete nonsense. Smith was provably ecumenical as I have demonstrated in a previous post. {10}

The above information should be a huge red flag for true believers in Jesus Christ who follow the teachings of Jacob Prasch. Unless these believers are prepared to test the spirits, they are likely to become ensnared by Prasch and his ecumenical associates. (1 John 4:4).

Below is what I believe to be the last "prophetic word" given by David Noakes. It is probably about time for him to bring another first person prophecy.. who knows, maybe it will happen at the Moriel Conference in Scotland! I strongly advise believers to avoid Noakes and the Moriel Conference altogether! I now repeat my previous question that no one at Moriel is prepared to answer: Can a true prophet of God be ecumenical?

David Noakes Prophetic Word East Grinstead 17the June 2017

"Beloved, you are living in momentous days. These are truly the days of a turning point in the affairs of your nation. It is a time of my appointing. I have allowed you to go your own way but I have never let go of you.

It must be very "humbling" to imagine oneself a prophet to a nation and to speak for God in the first person!

There are many voices in your midst which are full of pessimism and I understand that if you look upon your circumstances, pessimism is often the outcome. But I want you to perceive as I perceive.

The prophet Jeremiah was the ultimate pessimist wasn't he?

Beloved, when there is turmoil and upheaval, do not look upon it with dismay; do not look upon it with foreboding; do not look upon it with fear. But look upon it with eyes turned to me with a questioning heart: a heart questioning what your God is doing in the midst of it. For beloved, all these things taking place are under my hand. I have brought about a remarkable work in your nation in recent times. This is not accidental, nor is it sudden, but has come about at my appointed time.

I do not have accidents; I do not have coincidences; I do not have sudden unexpected events. I have appointed events, at appointed times, and I am the one who is seated in the heavens and does whatever He pleases. Do not lose heart, because I am in charge. My hand is on your nation and I have not given up my purposes for you.

I have blessed your nation in the past and truly you have been faithless but beloved, I have remained faithful. Your enemy has done much to sow lies, to sow false doctrine, to try to bring down all that is good and all that is of God. But I have kept for myself a remnant. My Word remains true for all time and all eternity and I will fulfil my purposes.

This is a time of turmoil and upheaval because your adversary is in great rage and great fear. He is in great consternation that I will use your nation to tear his purposes apart. But that is exactly what I intend to do. I intend to bring his purposes crashing down. There will be turmoil and upheaval; there will be blood in the streets; there will be anxiety amongst those who do not know that God is in charge and do not understand what I am doing.


Beloved, there cannot be victory in war without war taking place, and war is indeed taking place, because I have joined battle. I have joined battle against the forces of darkness which desire to bring your nation to nothing and I have declared I will not have it so. My purposes for you are from all eternity. I have known exactly what I will do at this time. I have known exactly what I will do in the future and I purpose to glorify my name through your nation once again.

There is not one denomination in the UK that is not tainted with ecumenism. The scriptures say specifically that there will be a falling away, and that things will get progressively worse as the end approaches, not better. (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Matthew 24). God called Israel for His glory. (Isaiah 49:3; Jeremiah 13:11). I have not seen these words applied to another nation specifically. 

Therefore do not be disheartened. Do you think of yourself as being just a little flock? Truly there is only a small remnant who hold fast to My word. But beloved, continue to hold fast to my word and pray that the purposes that I have begun to reveal will come to fruition and fulfilment, and I will visit you afresh with my Spirit.

I will visit you afresh with my Spirit that you may be empowered: Not for your glory, but for Mine. Not to build empires but to build my Church. I desire also to visit you with my Spirit that you may be instruments in my hand to go into the fields which are ripe for harvest, and bring in a harvest; for there is a harvest waiting to be brought in.


There are many in fear and trepidation and utter confusion, and I want you to be a people who know their God and do exploits. I want you to be a people of compassion; not of judgement; not of condemnation. Judgement is mine, I will repay. But I ask you to be a people of love and concern; of compassion for the lost, and of deep desire that the truth should be brought to many who will understand it and be saved. For surely there are those whom you think are your enemies, who are longing for truth.

Prophecies about a fresh move of the Spirit and revival are usually typical of false prophets within the charismatic movement. A fresh move of the Spirit cannot come about via ecumenism!

Do not be down-hearted, therefore. Do not be dispirited. Yes, I know all too well that you are surrounded by those who wish you ill. Beloved, do not heed them but look to your God who wishes you well. Look to your God who wishes them well. I desire a people who are willing to bless their enemies and to do good to those who speak evil about them.

As you do this they will see your light. Many will reject, but many will see the light in the darkness and will desire the only light they can see. For all their plans and schemes will have fallen to the ground and then they will turn to the only truth.

Do not give up therefore. Hold fast. Hold fast to Me. Hold fast to My Word. Hold fast in love and unity, to one another. Be loyal and faithful to each other. Forgive each other all offences and stand together, that as one you may show the character of your Lord and Saviour. Beloved, understand that I have not given up, and I say to you: do not give up either, but look to Me and hope in Me that I will do what I have planned."
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Interestingly, Moriel indulged Noakes as early as 1997, and again in 2015:

PROPHECY GIVEN BY DAVID NOAKES AT MORIEL CONFERENCE 'NEW BEGINNINGS' 1ST NOVEMBER 1997. 

Monday 1 June 2020

DAVE BORLASE INTERCESSORS FOR BRITAIN: FALSE FOUNDATIONS

Coronavirus He will judge the world in righteousness
Dave Borlase Intercessors For Britain 28th April 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VTQKr3qJw


You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Matthew 7:5).

Once again, Dave Borlase demonstrates the false foundations of Intercessors For Britain (IFB). What Borlase calls "the church" is the false ecumenical church currently betraying Jesus Christ by compromising with Rome. Dave Borlase is following in the footsteps of his father, Ray Borlase, whose ecumenical leanings caused him to compromise with HEART Publications and its ecumenical "overseer" Clifford Hill. Hill is yet another Anglican who pontificates about "the state of the nation" whilst openly approving Marian apparitions! {1}

HEART Publications: "The paper also benefits from regular ‘prophetic’ articles on the state of the nation from Rev Dr Clifford Hill, a respected national minister who has joined the council of reference which helps oversee the paper." {2}

In the above video Borlase presents photographs of various Anglican churches temporarily closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We should bear in mind that the Anglican Church retained much RC doctrine and practice and was false from its inception. Today the Anglican Church is ecumenical by default. {3}



Borlase quotes from The Church Times, an independent Anglican weekly newspaper predisposed towards Anglo-Catholicism.{4}

Praise For Billy Graham

Borlase: "Over sixty years ago Billy Graham  first came to these shores and continued to do so for decades. While we may have had some issues with the ecumenical basis on which those missions were conducted.. many were saved and the gospel was preached in stadiums around the country." (6:20 mark)

Some issues!!! There were major issues with Billy Graham's ecumenism, and indeed what ultimately turned out to be his blatant universalism, as revealed to its full extent in his 1997 interview with Robert Schuller. {5} Billy Graham effectively sent potential converts straight into the arms of the Roman Catholic Church, Jewish Synagogues and other false denominations. Any words of truth that came out of Graham's deceptive mouth were literally snatched away before they could take root in many cases. (Matthew 13:19). To condone Billy Graham in any way shape or form is to show a shocking lack of discernment. (Ephesians 5:11).

Borlase's praise for Franklin Graham is similarly ill-judged. Franklin Graham is yet another example of the disgusting nepotism we find in so many "Christian" organizations. Franklin Graham has quite literally followed in his fathers ecumenical footsteps by putting on a number of "festivals" complete with participating Roman Catholic clergy.

In 2005, Franklin Graham attended the enthronement of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Billy Graham's daughter, false teacher Anne Graham Lotz represented the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association at Pope John Paul II's funeral.

"In 2006, Roman Catholics participated in a 'festival' conducted by Franklin Graham in Winnipeg, Canada. Each diocese in central Canada was represented on the festival executive committee. Catholic bishops were assured that, 'Following in the footsteps of his father, Franklin Graham will present basic Christianity. The Catholic will hear no slighting of the Church's teaching on Mary or authority, nor of papal or Episcopal prerogative; no word against the Mass/Divine Liturgy or sacraments, nor of Catholic practices or customs' ('Central Canada 2006 Franklin Graham Festival Background and Pastoral Notes for Catholic Clergy and Workers,' by Luis Melo, Director of Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Affairs, Archdiocese of Saint Boniface)." 
{6}

The false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are rampant. The brief points below demonstrate the wickedness of the Roman Catholic Church and their false beliefs. (See Further Links)

  • The RCC falsely claims that it is the one true church.
  • Infant baptism is the new birth. (John 3:7).
  • Transubstantiation = the process by which the bread and wine of the Eucharist is supposedly transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
  • Trust in the sacraments for salvation. 
  • Confession to a priest and not to God. (Psalm. 32:5; Hosea 14:2).
  • Mariolatry.
  • The Fatima deception.
  • Purgatory.
  • Image worship = idolatry.

Double Standards!

IFB's stance against abortion obviously strikes a cord with those of us who are concerned about the callous murder of millions of unborn infants. However IFB are hypocrites! At the very same time that IFB loudly protests against abortion, they deliberately ignore the millions of souls lost due to the false gospel of Roman Catholicism. The inevitable prospect of spiritual death and eternal damnation awaits countless numbers of people involved in the false gospel of the ecumenical movement! IFB diverts our attention from the true gospel of Jesus Christ to good causes and political agendas whilst turning a blind eye to the ecumenical elephant in the room. This is the sin of unfaithfulness that the Israelites were guilty of. Ecumenism breaks the first commandment: You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:3).

Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’  (Jeremiah 25:26 cf. Ecclesiastes 10:1; Isaiah 5:24).



Should Christians confess the sins of their nation?

Borlase's instruction to confess the sins of our nation is unbiblical. There is no scriptural instruction authorising Christians to repent on behalf of ungodly people or groups. The New Testament commands Christians to repent of their own sins and to pray for the ungodlyCorporate guilt is not biblical unless it concerns sin involving God's people corporately. The New Testament overwhelmingly requires sin to be confessed individually. (Acts 2:38; 3:19). In some cases, a congregation or a family involved in a some particular collective sin may choose to confess as a body of believers. Nevertheless, the the entire focus of the NT is upon individual repentance. Identifying with unbelievers as "we" rather than "they", is to wrongly affiliate ourselves with the world, with the old man and with spiritual darkness and death. In essence national repentance is to re-associate oneself with the things that have come under the blood of Jesus Christ - the former things for which we have been forgiven. National repentance is actually a denial of the cross of Christ and the new birth!

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17).

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:14-17 cf. John 15:19).


The idea that we should confess national sins stems from a basic misunderstanding of the scriptures...
Daniel confessed the sins of his people i.e. God's people the Israelites. (Daniel 9:1-19). Britain (or for that matter any other country) does not have the same distinction as that of ancient Israel under the old covenant of the Law.

 ..if MY PEOPLE who are called by MY NAME is exclusive - it does not apply to unbelievers. (2 Chronicles 7:14) 

God is not limited by national boundaries. He commands all people everywhere to repent. (Acts 17:30). For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.. (Romans 3:22-23). Borlase's fixation with Britain's so called "Christian heritage" is based on the faulty premise that the professing church consists of regenerate believers. This premise, for the most part, is pure fiction. Britain's professing church, in common with the whole world, is under the power of the evil one. (1 John 5:19).

IFB are very good at calling the nation to repentance whilst ignoring their own crass hypocrisy as demonstrated by their associations with the false gospel of the RCC, the CofE and other apostate denominations.

The sin of ecumenism equates to the worship of false gods and has the very stench of spiritual death!


via GIPHY


Further Links:

Roman Catholicism Series #1: Not Real Christianity But Old Testament Judaism in Disguise
Areas of Roman Catholic Deception
Billy Graham's New Age Christ
Franklin Graham's Unscriptural Ecumenism

Friday 9 September 2016

jacob prasch moriel ministries.. the intra-seal deception: the seven spirits of god (revelation 4:5):

I have previously written about the intra-seal rapture theory in some depth due to the peculiar claim of Jacob Prasch that the Restrainer of 2 Thessalonians 2:7 is the Holy Spirit. Prasch circulates the intra-seal theory unequivocally as a "doctrine" and he teaches that the Holy Spirit will be taken out of the world during a fictitious "seven year tribulation". The "tribulation" (properly the great tribulation) does not begin until the abomination of desolation is set up in the middle of the 70th week of Daniel (Daniel 12:11). In fact the great tribulation is a period of unknown precise length since it is 1290 days (3.5 years) cut short (Matthew 24:22). I have debunked Prasch's false "seven year tribulation" teaching in a previous post.{1}

Prasch: "Pentecost is reversed... the same as Jesus went and sent the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit goes and sends Jesus. In that interim period you have a powerless church that cannot fulfil its mission any more... The Holy Spirit will not be taken from the hearts of true believers but He will be taken from the world (Gen 6:3; 2 Th 2:6). God will, as it were, return to an Old Covenant dealing with man. His judgements upon Egypt will be recapitulated on the whole planet (Revelation 16)." {2}  

I now have gained some further insight concerning the seven spirits of God in the book of Revelation which I think is relevant to the case against Prasch's false teaching about the Restrainer.

The seven spirits of God are mentioned four times in the New Testament:

John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, (Revelation 1:4)

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
 (Revelation 3:1)

From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, (Revelation 4:5)

And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. (Revelation 5:6)

It is generally agreed (also by Prasch) that the seven spirits of God are seven manifestations of the Holy Spirit as found in the book of Isaiah:

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2).

Jesus Christ's letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3 were addressed to the first century churches situated in Asia Minor (Revelation 1:4). The book of Revelation tells us that the seven spirits of God occupy a position at the very closest proximity to the throne of God, before the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures. It was necessary for Jesus Christ to go away so that He could send the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-8), but it is clear from the above verses that the same is not true in reverse. Significantly, the Holy Spirit is present in the throne room of God and in the world at the same time. In other words, when the Holy Spirit was "sent", He did not "leave" the throne room of God. (Revelation 5:6). The operation of sending the Holy Spirit at Pentecost did not necessitate Him vacating heaven, as was the case with the incarnation of Jesus Christ. (John 6:38). The argument that the Holy Spirit must "leave the world" in order to facilitate Jesus’ return is therefore invalid. Where the scriptures themselves do not provide clarity, as in this particular case, it is extremely foolish to attempt to fathom the unfathomable with vain speculations based on human reasoning and then call it a "doctrine" (Romans 11:33). In fact, the Holy Spirit is omnipresent (Psalm 139:7).

Revelation 5 is a critical passage which confirms many things in the scriptures. It tells us that Jesus Christ, the Lamb, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the  Root of David alone is worthy to open the scroll. The gospel message is reitterated (v9) and the seven spirits have been sent out into all the earth.. (Revelation 5:1-9). This then is the stated situation as it stands when the first seal is opened. Nothing is said to precede the opening of the first seal which signifies the start of the 70th week of Daniel. Far from being recalled during the 70th week, Revelation 5:6 affirms just the reverse to be the case i.e. prior to the opening of the first seal, the Holy Spirit i.e. seven spirits of God, have been sent out into all the earth. We would have to add to the Book of Revelation if we were to presume a reversal of Pentecost (Revelation 22:18). I do not find anywhere that the Holy Spirit is recalled, partially recalled, or that His mission will alter, or will be limited to believers only as intra-seal asserts. Prasch's argument/theory simply does not hold water! 
 
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. (John 16:7-11)  

The verb to send (ἀποστέλλω) is closely associated with the sender, Jesus Christ, to those He personally commissions as his witnesses e.g. John the Baptist (Mark 11:2) and the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:5). 

To "convict the world" is to (a) reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty.{3} The conviction of the world is by witness concerning Jesus Christ (John 15:26).  The Holy Spirit was given to believers in order to empower them to be Jesus' witnesses: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8). The scriptures confirm that the ability to bear witness during the great tribulation is not removed (Luke 21:13). The consequence of conviction may result in one of two outcomes in various subjects, either conversion (1 Corinthians 14:24), or hardening and condemnation (Acts 24:25; Romans 11:7 ff.). Prasch teaches that the Holy Spirit will be taken from the world, not from believers, and that the capacity to preach the gospel will end i.e. grace will come to an end. Isn't this a denial of the gospel? 

Jacob Prasch's Dishonesty

The pre-wrath position as we know it was actually developed by Robert Van Kampen during the 1970's. I am at a loss to understand why Prasch is in denial about this fact, other than his apparent desire to be deliberately perverse! Prasch gives all the credit for pre-wrath to those who cannot legitimately take the credit for it i.e. Tregelles and CS Lovett.{4} Pre-wrath was definitely NOT developed by Tregelles who was post-tribulational. Lovett's version of pre-wrath is a combination of pre-wrath and post-trib which differs significantly from the pre-wrath position as we know it. Lovett extends the tribulation to the entirety of the 70th week of Daniel and puts the rapture at the end of this period. According to his view, the wrath of God is poured out after the 70th week. The church therefore escapes the wrath, but goes through seven years of tribulation. I am confident in my view that the pioneer of the pre-wrath position as we know it today was in fact Robert Van Kampen who was later supported by Marvin Rosenthall. Jacob Prasch disputes these simple facts and continues to promote his nonsensical intra-seal theory. In this respect, Prasch is very similar to the pretribulationists in his insistence on a "doctrine" which finds not one verse of confirmation in the scriptures!

 "Lovett believes the Church will go through seven years of tribulation, and at the end of those seven years, i.e., the end of Daniel's 70th week, it will be raptured and then the wrath of God is poured out, i.e., the seven bowls of wrath. After 45 days, the Church will then return with Christ. Though he says he is a "Prewrather," his doctrine reads as sort of a combination of PreWrath/Posttrib."{5}

Prasch's comparison between intra-seal and pre-wrath, is, in my view, a very dishonest tactical move in order for his theory to gain credence! I haven't noticed any pre-wrath scholars rushing to agree with Prasch about the alleged similarities between pre-wrath and intra-seal! The pre-wrath camp generally believe the Archangel Michael to be the Restrainer, though they are not dogmatic. Intra-seal is a kind of mishmash of other peoples ideas. In particular Prasch has borrowed Darby's view of the Holy Spirit as the Restrainer, the erroneous seven year tribulation is borrowed from the pretribulationists, and he has mimicked and corrupted original scholars Robert Van Kampen and Marvin Rosenthall.{4}The modern pre-wrath scholars are, in my experience, very careful in their exegesis and they back up their assertions with the scriptures. We cannot say the same about Prasch's intra-seal eisegesis.  

The danger of the intra seal theory is that it adds to the general confusion/deception surrounding the 70th week of Daniel. Because intra-seal is so nonsensical with no scriptural basis, the danger is that it may actually work against the purposes of God and have the effect of strengthening the false pre-tribulation rapture theory which has such a stronghold on the Western church. Prasch has done no-one any favours with his wacky theory. Furthermore, no one, even within Moriel, with the exception of Prasch himself, appears to understand intra-seal. Like Darby's pre-trib deception, intra-seal is nothing more than an exercise in academic vainglory and should be treated as such. I regard this whole sorry teaching as a presumptuous misrepresentation of the Godhead which also compromises the gospel (2 Corinthians 11:4).   

Prasch endorses proven ecumenist David Noakes as a valid prophetic voice and gives him a platform.{6} 

David Noakes is a director of Harvest Vision and is well known within certain circles for his "Thus saith the Lord" prophecies. Harvest Vision together with CCM (The Centre of Contemporary Ministry) is the overarching Charity responsible for Moggerhanger Park which is ecumenical. Noakes is an adviser for Issachar Ministries (also based at Moggerhanger until 2015) and is also in partnership with interfaith/ecumenical HopeTogether. Clifford Hill (CCM) thoroughly endorses Noakes - they have been close friends and colleagues for more than 30 years. Noakes' prophecies in the first person of the Lord are plausible enough for him to pass them off as genuine. However, with such connections we should seriously question their authenticity. Noakes' prophecy of November 2015 and Clifford Hill's endorsement can be read on the link below.{7}

Question: Would God speak in the first person and give prophecies through a man who is ecumenical? I think not! We would be have to be very naive to believe that Prasch is not fully aware of Noakes and his connections.

Conclusion

Essentially Prasch has denied the gospel and the ministry of the Holy Spirit for the entirety of the 70th week of Daniel which is no small matter! As more and more concerns come into the light, I think we are justified in asking the question: Is Jacob Prasch what he appears to be, or is he in fact part of the problem?  His questionable intra-seal theory muddies the waters at a critical time when clarity, not confusion is needed (Ezekiel 34:18). Prasch's abusive language towards those who are supposedly his "brethren" just compound the concerns now being voiced about him by a growing number of Christians!

Concerns about Jacob Prasch:

  • He has repeatedly given a platform to proven ecumenist David Noakes.{6} 
  • Intra-seal is based on eisegesis and is not found in the scriptures.
  • He has been dishonest in giving credit to the wrong people for pre-wrath. {8}
  • The comparison between intra-seal with pre-wrath is invalid.
  • There is no such thing as a seven year tribulation in the scriptures.{1}
  • He has incorrectly stated that the two witnesses of Revelation 11 will prophesy at the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel.{9}
  • He has attempted to muddy the waters concerning the role of women in the church.{10}
  • He flaunts the six pointed star as a valid national symbol for Israel, which it is definitely not! {11}
  • He has a reputation as a reviler (1 Corinthians 5:11).{12} 

Believers should stop being naive about their favourite teachers, whoever they are, and should test prophecy and teaching with the scriptures (1 John 4:1):

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. (Acts 17:11) 

My full refutation of Prasch's false eschatology can be viewed on the following link: 
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/jacob-prasch-rapture-holy-spirit-and.html

{1}  http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/jacob-prasch-say-again-tribulation-is.html
{2}  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8BousC77kU
{3}  http://biblehub.com/greek/1651.htm  
{4}  https://www.moriel.org/component/k2/item/2682-the-development-and-origins-of-modern-pre-wrath-inter-seal%20positions.html  
{5}  http://www.velocity.net/~edju70/Prewrath1.htm  
{6}  https://www.moriel.org/component/k2/item/2629-prophecy-from-david-noakes.html
{7}  http://ukapologeticslibrary.net/ecumenists-clifford-hill-david-noakes-moggerhanger-park/  
{8}  http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/jacob-prasch-moriel-ministries-and-his.html#comments 
{9}  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pH8tJ8cWQg
{10} http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/jacob-prasch-moriel-ministries-gagging.html
{11} http://www.seekgod.ca/forum/showthread.php?tid=218 
{12} http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/jacob-prasch-moriel-ministries-and-his.html
 
Further links: 
http://www.endtimesseminar.com/session-1---introduction-to-end-times.html 
http://www.seekgod.ca/jpfriends2.htm
http://www.bizstats.co.uk/ltd/harvest-vision-limited-02286386/ 
http://prewrathrapture.com/the_two_witnesses_minister_during_the_se/ 
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/revelation-tv-tim-vince-and-his.html 
https://closingstages.net/ 

Sunday 26 April 2020

DAVID NOAKES: THUS SAITH THE LORD?

A word from David Noakes,... for weighing and testing..
https://prophecytoday.uk/study/prophetic-insights/item/1799-a-day-of-decision.html

David Noakes' suspicious habit of writing in the first person of God in the style of the Old Testament prophets continues. The Old Testament prophets spoke in the place of the Lord Himself with "Thus saith the Lord" declarations e.g. Exodus 4:22, Zechariah 1:3, Ezekiel 12:28. By speaking in the first person of the Lord, Noakes puts himself on a par with these OT prophets. He even prophesies to nations! The last true prophet to a speak in the first person of God was John the Baptist. Not even the apostles wrote in this manner, even though their writings are the inspired Word of God! (1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16). There are a number of examples in the book of Acts that refer to the Holy Spirit giving specific direction, either individually or corporately to the early church: Acts 8:26-29, 9:10-16, 10:3-6, 10:19-20, 13:2; 16:6-7;16:9-10; 21:4 etc. These New Testament directives given by the Holy Spirit were not convoluted. There is not one example in the New Testament of the Holy Spirit directing a prophet or a believer to speak in the first person of God or to write in the elaborate style of David Noakes! Even the John the Revelator did not write in the first person of the Lord: “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” (Revelation 1:11).

Did God forget to tell David Noakes that ecumenism is evil? The complex web of ecumenical organizations Noakes is involved with includes Issachar Ministries (Clifford Hill), Prophetic Word Ministries (PWM), CandM Ministries, the Centre for Contemporary Ministry (CMM), Harvest Vision and The Sisterhood of Mary. (See Further Links).

Noakes invites us to "weigh and test" the content of his "word". Below is my analysis of his three times repeated phrase "scourge of sickness".

..the great and terrible day of the Lord is not far off... 
I have released the scourge of sickness..

Beloved, do not be deceived. God has been watching while the cup of iniquity of the nations of the earth is coming near to fullness. In my love and concern I am shouting a global warning through this present scourge of sickness, in the hope that even at this late hour many will repent and turn to me, before the final judgments of irretrievable disaster, the outpouring of my pent-up anger, begin to be released, for then it will be too late and I will not turn back from doing all that is prophesied in my word.


Therefore I have released a curse, a global scourge of sickness for which men have no remedy; and no nation will escape unscathed.

It is unlikely that the present highly exaggerated "scourge of sickness" has actually been released by the Lord, although He has certainly allowed the disinformation associated with COVID-19 to develop. I would argue, along with others, that this present pandemic is actually a PLANdemic i.e. a man made situation accompanied by a great deal of media fearmongering in order to further the formation of the New World Order. Anyone who digs below the media coverage will easily ascertain that Noakes' so called "scourge of sickness" is highly questionable.

Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance: "It is worth remembering again that the ONS rate of people who have got COVID on their death certificate, it doesn't necessarily mean they were  infected because many of them haven't been tested, so we just need to understand the difference." {1}


Coronavirus (COVID-19) Questionable Death Certificates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfG9nmAnQp4

COVID-19 IN PERSPECTIVE, EVEN WITH THE FALSE STATISTICS:


What does a "scourge of sickness" from the Lord really look like?

The Old Testament gives various examples of plagues sent by God, both upon the Israelites, and also upon their enemies. (Exodus (9:14-15:26). On two separate occasions God destroyed significant numbers of Israelites due to their rebellion against Him. (Numbers 16:49-25:9). God warned Israel of the stark consequences of rebellion towards Him in Leviticus 26:21,25 and Deuteronomy 28:15-68. In the New Testament we are warned of "birth pains", consisting of wars, rumors of wars, famines and earthquakes. (Matthew 24:7-8).
The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence and the Plague, was the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history. {2} Many believed during the 14th century that the black death was a punishment from God. At that time whole villages disappeared and one third of the worlds population died.
The Spanish Flu from 1918-1920 infected 500 million people and killed an estimated 50 million people. However, some experts suggest that the total fatalities may have been twice that number. Once again many believed that this was an act of God. 

All of this pales into insignificant when compared with the day of the Lord.

God's wrath poured out in the book of Revelation:

6Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

7The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11The name of the star is Wormwood.b A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

1And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.a 2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. 11They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.b

12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphirec and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. (Revelation 8:6-13; 9:1-21)

There are some biblical sounding phrases coming from Noakes, but is it really his remit to warn the worldwide church Old Testament style? I suspect not! Any person who proclaims "Thus says the Lord" or the equivalent is either operating in the flesh or they have an evil religious spirit.

..even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14).  

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)