Is The Second Coming Imminent?
TBN's LAST Tel-A-Thon?
Benny
Hinn was the guest preacher on Trinity Broadcasting's fall 2000 Praise-A-Thon
on the evening of Tuesday, November 7th. He claimed that God clearly and
audibly spoke to him in a vision on the previous Saturday, while under a
"fearful anointing" at First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania:
The Last Tel-A-Thon (Real Audio - ©
2000 by TBN)
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November 7th - TBN's
Fall 2000 Praise-A-Thon STOP
what you are doing and hear this! The Lord said to me last Saturday, I heard
His voice in that church, and He said, "Tell them, time is running
out", and His voice was coming in waves in into my heart. "Time is
running" and then there was a second voice. Now hear this one. ... "Tell
the people, I am passing by many" Hear this - "I am passing by many
and if I pass by it would be as though I never knew them. I am passing
by many and if I pass by it would be as though I never knew
them." My friend we're all being tested right now on whether we are
gonna stick with this or walk away from it. Tonight is decision
night. It is not only decision night for - Benny Hinn |
A
little later in the same program, Benny said the following:
God Is Passing By Many
(Real Audio - © 2000 by TBN)
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November 7th - TBN's Fall
2000 Praise-A-Thon The
Lord said to me audibly, I heard it. People I don't often hear the
Lord's voice audibly, but I heard the Lord's voice audibly. He said
"Tell them - time is running out". Then I heard another voice, that
I believe is the voice of the Holy Spirit. He said "Tell the
people", and the atmosphere changed when that happened, He said
"Tell the people, I am passing by many, and once I pass by it would be
as though I never knew them." In other words, there's, its, its the last
call. Do you remember what He said in the scripture, when, when he said, the
young virgins, that some had the oil and some didn't have any? The five wise,
the five foolish. It, we are in it. We are in it. People, He is passing by
many. Thank God He is not passing you by. - Benny Hinn |
The
message is clear. Give to TBN now or God will pass you by, and you will
be forever lost! It will be as if God never knew you! Benny also
claimed, on the same program, that the Lord told him that December 12th will be
a historic day in the
Could
it be true? Well,
just as true as Castro dying in the 90's.
Just as true as the homosexuals in America being
destroyed by fire by 1995! Just as true as Assad signing a peace treaty
with Israel. Just as true as Jesus Christ appearing
physically on the stage at Benny's
Benny Hinn Set Prophetic
Dates in 2003
And Both Have Failed!
On
the December 29th 2002 Praise the Lord program on TBN, Benny Hinn
prophesied major events in 2003 and gave dates for the events, both of which
have now failed to come to pass, again proving that Benny Hinn is a false
prophet, and not a man of God:
First
Prophetic Date for 2003 - FAILED
On
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[Hinn]
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I, I, I'm feeling something in the Holy Ghost and
I am going to say something right now, and as I am speaking you just keep
calling, those who have been healed and saved, please. Steve, do you realize
what's happening tonight." [Steve
Brock] "Absolutely Pastor." [Hinn]
"Stephen, there is a change - coming. I feel the power of God so strong
telling you this. There is a change coming, not only to this ministry but to
the, to the church. Do you feel what I am feeling?" [Steve
Brock] "It's an explosion. The presence of God is here." [Hinn]
"Let me just tell you something. As I am talking to you I feel numbness
on my body." [Steve
Brock] "As I am talking to you I can hardly stand up." [Hinn]
"Then receive it my brother. Receive the - -. [Brock is slain in the
Spirit] [Hinn]
"Listen, listen. I know whether anybody had a vision or not, I am
hearing it from the Lord. I am hearing it from the Lord right this minute, as
I am standing here. I am hearing from the Holy Spirit that a change is
coming. A mighty change - Yes Lord thank you. Yes Lord thank you. I am just
hearing the Lord tell me when." [Steve
Brock] "Praise God!" [Hinn]
"I am telling you!" [Steve
Brock] "When?" [Hinn]
"March 3rd. I just heard March 3rd in my ears. What's March 3rd? What
day is that? We don't know. I don't know what March 3rd what day that, that
would, would be. I am not sure where I would be. I don't know what crusade or
service or maybe I am not anywhere, but I am, I am hearing the Lord say that
to me. Lift your hands and thank Him ladies and gentlemen. Lift your hands
and thank Him ladies and gentlemen. God is sending a mighty - breath, a fresh
wind upon - it's a Monday - a fresh wind upon your life." -- Benny Hinn, |
It
is worth noting that Benny Hinn's "This Is Your Day" program
broadcast on March 3rd, was a pre-recorded program taped two weeks in
advance, at the Covenant Partners Conference at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency
(Feb. 19-21), though Benny Hinn acted under the pretence that it really was
March 3rd for the program.
Interestingly
enough, March 3rd was also being promoted by, and to non-Christians, as a day
of change:
At 3March2003.com we believe that collective
thought can make dramatic global changes that will benefit all of our futures.
...
Whatever our spiritual, religious or cultural beliefs, we all
realise that the world situation has to change towards a more positive future
for us all.
On
We believe that when enough people think positive, peaceful and
healing thoughts, the global effects become a reality, and that we all seek
true world peace regardless of our differences.
-- excerpt from http://www.globalthought.net
To
suggest that
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Second
Prophetic Date for 2003 - FAILED
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or about
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"Yes.
The glory of God is going to visit His mighty church. Yes Lord. Three and a
half months from now a great event is going to take place in the world,
followed by a mighty move of God in the church. Three and a half months from
now something is going to happen in this world: headline news, you'll know
it. I will not tell you what I see. You'll just know it, and something mighty
will follow in the Spirit. God, the Holy Ghost, is saying to His church -
Watch -- Benny Hinn, |
It
is most interesting that Benny Hinn refused to reveal the "great
event" he said the Holy Spirit was predicting through him, and neither
would he give a hard calendar date, rather he left it up to the audience to
read the headlines, and they would "just know it" when it happened.
Well the three and a half months have now passed, and no great event concerning
FALSE PROPHET ALERT!
Matt 24:23-26 Fulfilled in Your Hearing!
Previous failed prophecies of Benny Hinn, made on New Year's
eve of 1989:
The Spirit tells Benny that Castro will die in the
90's. (Real Audio - © 1989 by Benny Hinn)
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"The
Spirit tells me - Fidel Castro will die - in the 90's. Oooh my! Some will try
to kill him and they will not succeed. But there will come a change in his
physical health, and he will not stay in power, and - Benny Hinn. |
The Lord tells Benny that homosexuals in America will
be destroyed by fire by 1995. (Real Audio - © 1989 by
Benny Hinn)
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"The
Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90's, about '94-'95, no later than
that, God will destroy the homosexual community of - Benny Hinn. |
Note
that Benny Hinn claimed that God revealed the above prophecies to him. Now
either God has erred, or Benny Hinn invented these prophecies and he never
heard from God. The truth should be obvious - Benny Hinn does not hear from
God, he is without doubt a false prophet.
Jer
Ezek
13:2 [NIV] "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
Ezek 13:3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who
follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
Ezek 13:4 Your prophets, O Israel, are like jackals among ruins.
Ezek 13:5 You have not gone up to the breaks in the wall to repair it for the
house of
Ezek 13:6 Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. They say,
"The LORD declares," when the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect
their words to be fulfilled.
Ezek 13:7 Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when
you say, "The LORD declares," though I have not spoken?
Ezek 13:8 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of
your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign
LORD.
Ezek 13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter
lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be
listed in the records of the house of
Now
with that kind of record for Benny Hinn, Trinity Broadcasting Network began its
Spring 2000 fundraising Praise-A-Thon with some rather astounding claims. On
the April 2nd TBN program, Benny Hinn claimed that God is about to make a major
move to anoint the people of God, as soon as Israel signs a treaty with the
ailing Hafez Al-Assad* of Syria, which
will likely be within the next year. This will signal the impending large scale
shift of financial wealth from the wicked to those obedient to God. But, in
order to benefit from this unprecedented supernatural anointing, you must be
obedient to God and sow your financial seed (to TBN) now!
However,
its not the money that really concerns God, its your total
obedience. The greatest danger that Christians face now, according to Hinn, is
disobedience against God by not contributing financially to the coming
harvest of God with your seed money! You must be willing to give your all,
in order to demonstrate your true obedience. In fact, Benny revealed that God
is even now healing those who call in their contributions to TBN. But this is not
selling healing for money, he says, it is God blessing those who are truly
obedient and worthy to receive his coming unusual anointing! Indeed, God will
even be saving people you know as you are calling in your pledge to TBN.
Great signs and wonders are anticipated this coming year, and Benny even told
Paul Crouch to expect that there will be dead people raised this year! (R. W. Schambach claimed to have raised a dead man on another
later TBN program, in addition to healing the blind, deaf, mute, and lame.) The
implication is that you will be bypassed by God and miss out on the
supernatural anointing to come if you are not totally obedient to God and call
in your pledge to TBN now!
*
The death of Assad on June 10th shows that Benny Hinn did not know what
he was talking about, and is further proof that he is a false prophet, if any
more evidence was needed.
Benny Hinn's failed prophecy of a peace treaty with
Syria's Hafez Al-Assad (Real Audio - © April 2nd, 2000 by TBN) Note:
this clip has been edited for the sake of file size, and has several places
where content has been edited out. About a five second pause occurs at those
points.
On
25th of July, 2000
Perhaps
God had not foreseen Assad's death, or neglected to tell Benny about it, and
maybe God had also misinformed Benny about His alleged "coming move"
that was merely weeks or a few months away. That, or God does not
talk to Benny Hinn, and Benny invented the entire "move of God" thing
in order to extract money from TBN viewers. Which is more likely?
JESUS WILL APPEAR PHYSICALLY
BEFORE THE SECOND COMING!
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Is there nothing that TBN or Benny Hinn will not stoop to
in order to extract money from viewers? Well, to top everything, Benny Hinn
claimed that Jesus is now physically appearing in Moslem countries,
and he predicted on the April 2nd 2000 TBN broadcast that Jesus will appear physically
very soon in many churches to signal the nearness of the second coming, and
that Jesus would also appear physically on the stage at his crusade in
Nairobi Kenya (29th -30th of April, 2000)! He told Paul Crouch he might very
well have video of Jesus on the stage when he returned from his trip to |
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Benny Hinn prophesying Jesus' soon
appearance. |
Listen
to these startling claims for yourself:
Jesus
is appearing physically to Muslims: Real Video - ©
2000 by TBN.
Here is a transcript of this clip:
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"Ladies
and gentleman, Jesus is shaking the world! Now something else is
happening that is to me awesome! Absolutely awesome! The Lord is physically
appearing in the Muslim world. I'm telling you, Paul, I am hearing it now
more and more and more. Since we preachers cannot go there, Jesus is - just
going there Himself. Since we preachers are not permitted to go in, He
is just showing up - Himself. You know the Scriptures says clearly that the
Lord did appear, did He not? Ah for forty days, isn't that right? And
the, and the, and the Scriptures says he, he, he even, he even appeared to
Paul. Now we are always thinking, well Jesus can't really preach, preach the
Gospel. Who told you that? He was the first one to preach the Gospel.
In fact He is the one who came to Paul and said, Paul, I am Jesus. He,
He didn't send no angel to do that job. He did it Himself. If Jesus revealed
Himself to Paul, why not reveal Himself to a lot more than just Paul? And
He is doing it! The reason the Lord had to appear to Paul is because He
knew Paul wouldn't listen to nobody else. Now in the case of Cornelius, the
angel said send for Peter, 'cause, because Cornelius was, was ready, his
heart was right, he'd been in prayer. But here's Paul killing everybody,
causing 'em to blaspheme, Jesus said this man won't even listen to an angel,
so I'll go do the job myself. So He went and knocked him right off his horse
and preached the Gospel to him. He's doing the same thing today in the Muslim
world. He's appearing, hear this, He is appearing to Muslims,
saying I am Jesus of Nazareth! And they're coming to know the Lord! Why are
those things happening? It's the last days! Saints, this is why we need to
give to the Gospel now more than ever. You know naively say well I
gave last year. Forget it! Last year it's gone! That cycle is over with! Seed
time - harvest of last year is gone. Every season is a fresh season. We are
in a fresh season. What, what you gave last year will not reap you
anything this year. What you gave even a few months ago is gone, you got
the harvest for that." - Benny Hinn |
The
failed prophecy that Jesus would appear physically in
Here is a transcript of this clip:
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"The
hour is urgent. Many of you have known me for many years. But I am
telling you right now, things I haven't said years 'n years 'n years ago. I
believe - here this, hear this! I believe, that Jesus, God's Son, is
about to appear physically, in meetings and to believers around the
world, to wake us up! He appeared after His resurrection and He
is about to appear before His second coming! You know a prophetess
sent me a word through my wife, right here, and she said 'Tell your husband
that Jesus is go'n to physically appear in his meetings.' I am
expecting to see, I am telling you that - I feel it's going to happen. I, I,
I'm, I'm careful in how I am saying it now, because I know the people in - Benny Hinn. |
Benny
repeated his claim that Jesus will be appearing physically at his crusade(s)
about 10 minutes into the
20 April, 2000 "This is Your
day" program (Real Video - © 2000 Benny Hinn Ministries). Here
is a transcript of the relevant portions:
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"Ruth Heflin: the Lord spoke to her
recently, and she called my wife and told her to tell me, that Jesus said to
her, that He will appear physically on the platform in one of our
crusades. [Harald Bredesen] My! [Benny] She said, 'Tell Benny, that the
Lord told me, that He is going to appear physically, on the
platform, and the crowds will see Him, on the platform.' [Harald
Bredesen] Jesus! [Benny] Dear God my hair is standing up! [Harald
Bredesen] Praise God! [Benny] It may very well happen in Nashville!"
... "...
think about what's going to happen when the people, thousands, she said
thousands will see the Lord on the, on the, on the platform! Lord
may it happen in every crusade this year in Jesus mighty name." - Benny Hinn. |
At
the beginning of the April 21st, 2000 - This Is Your Day program, Benny
again repeated his belief that Jesus would appear physically at the Nairobi
Crusade: 21 April, 2000 (Real Video - © 2000
Benny Hinn Ministries) Here is a transcript of a portion of that program:
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April 21st, 2000 - This
Is Your Day "You
know, yesterday on the program I was telling you and the audience here that
Ruth Heflin, the prophetess, had sent me a word from the Lord, where she said
that the Lord had spoken to her clearly, that, a, for me to prepare myself,
for the Lord is going to visibly appear, on the platform, in
one of our crusades. I pray it'll happen in every crusade. But I have a
feeling, I am just telling you honestly, I have even told some of our staff,
when I go to Kenya, I am going to Kenya in just a few days from now, a million
people will be in Kenya, Nairobi. I feel in my being it is going to
happen there. So pray for us as we go to Kenya. I pray it will happen tonight,
at the good Friday service in Nashville. I pray it will happen in every
crusade." - Benny Hinn. |
On
the May 2nd, 2000 (Real Video) This Is
Your Day (Real Video - © 2000 Benny Hinn Ministries), Benny again repeated
that Jesus will physically appear at his crusades: (Programs are recorded 3
weeks in advance, so this program was recorded before the Nairobi
Crusade.) Here is a transcript of the relevant portion:
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May 2nd, 2000 - This Is
Your Day "And
I know, that I know, that I know, we are about to see the greatest
manifestations of God's presence ever! A prophetess named Ruth Heflin
sent me a word recently and told me to get ready, to see, physical manifestations
of Christ on the platforms in our crusades, that people will have visions
of the Lord in the meetings. Those things have happened in the past, I
know. In a Thialagua (spelling?) meeting one time in Africa, the Lord
appeared to a - to the whole crowd! It is about to begin happening, I
know it too! Expect it, to happen also, in your own home!" - Benny Hinn. |
[NOTE:
physical manifestations and visions are two different things. A physical
manifestation of Christ would involve a literal in-the-flesh appearance, likely
to be visible to everyone, while a vision would be a private dream, seen only
in the mind of the beholder.]
Benny
should have invited the world press to witness such a great event! Millions
would surely have journeyed to Nairobi just to be present, but, can it be true?
Will Jesus really appear physically at any of Benny's Crusades?
The Testimony of Scripture
Isa
8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word,
it is because there is no light in them.
Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders;
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mat 24:25 Behold, I have told you
before.
Mat 24:26 Wherefore if they shall
say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the
secret chambers; believe it not.
Mat 24:27 For as the lightning
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.
Rest
assured that Jesus will not be visiting Benny Hinn's crusades in person,
nor will he be physically appearing at any other meetings, secret chambers or
churches, since Benny Hinn clearly contradicts scripture.
Here
is an audio clip 29mar2000-clip1 (Real Audio - ©
2000 by Benny Hinn Ministries) from the "This Is Your Day" program of
March 29th, 2000, when Benny apparently first announced that Jesus would appear
at his meetings. This occurred about 10 minutes into the program. Here is a
transcript of the clip:
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March 29th, 2000 - This
Is Your Day "Let
me tell you something. The Holy Spirit has already told me He is about to
show up. And you know, oh, I gotta tell you this quickly, just before we go.
I had a word of prophecy from Ruth Heflin, you know who Ruth Heflin is? Ruth
prophesied over me back in the seventies and everything she said has
happened. She just sent me a word through my wife and said the Lord spoke to
her audibly and said that He is going to appear physically in one of
our crusades in the next few months. Yeah, she - I'm telling ya - she said,
the Lord spoke to her audibly and said, 'Tell Benny I'm going to appear
physically on the platform in his meetings'. Lord, do it in Phoenix Arizona
in the name of Jesus! And in Kenya too, Lord, please, Lord, in fact, do it in
every crusade. In Jesus' name." - Benny Hinn |
"FIRE ... FIRE ... FIRE"
Notably,
Benny in the March 29th program showed a video clip of a Toronto Canada crusade
where he was slaying young people in the spirit saying "FIRE,
FIRE, FIRE, ... put FIRE on these kids ... He's being electrocuted by
God's power ... Fire on you ... I never thought I would see this in Canada, ...
FIRE, FIRE, FIRE." The stage was nearly full of young people who had
fallen down and were incapacitated under the alleged imparting of the Holy
Spirit. There is no scriptural precedent for "slaying in the spirit".
In fact, it is contrary to the scriptural nature of the Holy Spirit to
knock down or incapacitate people, even briefly. Acts chapter 2, which
describes the great initial outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, doesn't
have the slightest hint of anyone being "slain in the spirit." The
baptism of fire (Matt 3:11, Luke 3:16) was a visible tongue of fire above the
head (Acts 2:3) and not an incapacitating "electrocution."
Slaying in the Spirit is simply unbiblical, and should be considered a
counterfeit!
Signs
and wonders may be happening at Benn Hinn crusades, but according to scripture,
there can be false and misleading miracles, designed to deceive if possible
even the very elect of God:
False Prophets Work Miracles That
Deceive!
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Rev
13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men, (See update below)
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had
the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev
16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty.
Rev
19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of
the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into
a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
So
by what means will the elect of God avoid being deceived by false signs,
wonders, and miracles? When the government teaches people how to spot
counterfeit money, it is not the fake that they study intently, it is the
genuine article. When you know the genuine, the fake is then very easy
to spot. The only way to spot the false prophets, false signs and wonders, and
false miracles, is to be so familiar with the word of God, the Bible, that only
the genuine will be accepted, and the counterfeit easily discerned.
Simony
Now,
listen to this clip: 02apr2000-clip4 (Real Audio - ©
2000 by TBN).
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April 2nd, 2000 - TBN
Praise-a-thon "And
Paul, while you were speaking, the Lord spoke to me, and I have to obey Him.
He said, tell Paul - Thank you Lord for this. You know I have been praying
about a, something I have asked the Lord for when it comes to the anointing.
And the Lord said, you tell Paul, that in the - in the next few months,
and I'll - I'll do this in - no more than six months, I will sow $150,000
dollars, into TBN - no I have to - I have to obey the Lord, because the Lord
wants to bring something to me in our ministry. You see the ground here is very
anointed right now. So Lord, I am doing it now. I am sowing Master, and I am
expecting this miracle too Lord. But Lord I am proving myself worthy again
of your trust. Lord we know its not the money. We know its our hearts and its
our obedience to you when you speak to us. To you be praise Jesus [Benny
briefly speaks in tongues] Now some of you, at home, need to do the
same." - Benny Hinn |
Benny
Hinn, desiring a gift from the Holy Spirit (the anointing), represents God as
commanding him to give a large sum of money to TBN in order to receive his
requested spiritual gift. This suggests that God sells spiritual gifts for a
price. Scripture deals explicitly with this situation, and it has been called
Simony ever since it was first attempted by Simon the sorcerer:
Acts
8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Acts 8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost:
Acts 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
Acts 8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the
Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Acts 8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he
may receive the Holy Ghost.
Acts 8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou
hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Acts 8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not
right in the sight of God.
Acts 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the
thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Acts 8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the
bond of iniquity.
Necromancy
On
the 4th and 5th of May 2000, Benny Hinn had as a guest, Dr. D. G. S. Dhinakaran
of Jesus Calls ministry in India, who
claims to have been to heaven and back multiple times. While in heaven, he
claims to have spoken with Jesus, God the Father, and the apostles Peter and
Paul. He described the apostle Paul as a short man, and his spirit soul in
heaven still bears the marks of his trials and tribulations while on this
earth. The soul in heaven, according to Dr. Dhinakaran, retains the outward
appearance of the earthly physical body, which he says, is why Moses could be
recognized by the apostles at the transfiguration (Matt. 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke
9:30).
Again,
knowing what scripture teaches about the state of the dead, it becomes clear
that Dr. Dhinakaran's visits to heaven are either concocted, or delusional
deceptions, because he could not possibly have spoken to the disembodied souls
of Peter and Paul. In fact, he is basically repeating Satan's first lie in the
garden of Eden to Eve, see What really happens when you Die? Moses was
not at the transfiguration as a bodyless soul, he had been resurrected
(Jude 9), and was as much present in the flesh at the transfiguration as Elijah
and Jesus, but Peter and Paul are both still dead, asleep in the grave,
awaiting their resurrection at the second coming. Claiming to have contacted
the dead (Peter and Paul), is actually necromancy, and is forbidden as
an abomination by God:
Deu
18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his
daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of
times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deu 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer.
Deu 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before
thee.
The
state of the dead is a crucial point to understand as we near the end of
time, because it allows one to discern the truth and exposes the
deceptions of false prophets and deceiving spirits.
NEWS FROM NAIROBI
Benny Hinn - A False Prophet!
- Four Die at Benny Hinn's
Nairobi "Miracle Crusade"! (Reuters)
- Hundreds Attend Historic
Crusade (Nation Newspapers Limited)
- Sick baby dies at Benny
Hinn crusade (Nation Newspapers Limited)
"I have never seen so much
money in my life"
"We
counted the money for two days... I have never seen so much money in my
life," says Charles Babbler, who hosted the Benny Hinn miracle crusade in
April, attended by an estimated 1.2 million faithful. - Daily Mail & Guardian,
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 7th, 2000.
2
Pet 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there
shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction.
2 Pet 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2 Pet 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not,
and their damnation slumbereth not.
Benny
Hinn was the guest on the May 9th Behind the Scenes program of TBN with
Jan Crouch, and video from his Nairobi Crusade was shown, but there was not
even the slightest mention of Jesus physically appearing, and neither did Benny
Hinn explain why the widely prophesied appearance had not happened.
The
point needs to made that Benny Hinn is a false prophet, not just because Jesus failed
to appear in Nairobi, but because scripture in advance warned us not to
believe a word of what he was saying. Should some supernatural being appear at
a future Benny Hinn crusade, it will not be Jesus, no matter how
impressive, and no matter what "miracles" are done in the name of
Jesus. Again, we have been warned by Jesus Himself in scripture:
Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders;
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mat 24:25 Behold, I have told you
before.
Mat 24:26 Wherefore if they
shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in
the secret chambers; believe it not.
Mat 24:27 For as the lightning
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.
Isa
8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word,
it is because there is no light in them.
False Prophets call down false fire
from Heaven.
A
little over a minute and a half into the May 24th / June 8th, 2000,
"This is your day" program, Benny Hinn claimed that "fire
is falling down from heaven."
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May 24th, 2000 - This Is Your Day "You
know what days these are? The days of Elijah. We are in the days of Elijah! Fire
is falling down from heaven!" - Benny Hinn |
Rev
13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men, (See update below)
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had
the wound by a sword, and did live.
On
his June 7th, 2000, "This is your
day" program (Real Video - © 2000 Benny Hinn Ministries), taped in Nairobi
Kenya, Benny Hinn made the following pronouncement, beginning19 minutes into
the program:
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June 7th, 2000 - This Is Your Day "Today,
I do not say, as the old covenant prophets used to say, "Thus saith the
Lord". For thousands of years prophets would say "Thus saith the
Lord", and only when they'd say it, the power of God would fall. But
this man [Jesus] didn't say "Thus saith the Lord", He just said
"I say". He looked at the storm and said "Peace be
still". It obeyed Him. He looked at death and said GO! and it fled. He
looked at demons and said GO! and they fled. He looked at disease and said
GO! and it fled. He never once said "Thus saith the Lord." He just
said "I say". Now, here is the amazing thing. He came to the twelve
and He went (blow, blow, blow, blow), on all of them, and said "Go in my
name." Ladies and gentlemen, you haven't heard me say "Thus saith
the Lord", have you? You haven't heard me say "I say", have
you? No you know what we say? We don't say "Thus saith the Lord, we
don't say "I say", we say I say in the name of Jesus! I say in
the name of Jesus! In the name of Jesus! In the name of [crowd] Jesus! [Benny
Hinn] The prophets of old said "Thus saith the Lord". Jesus, for
thirty years said, "Verily I say unto you". Ever since the
resurrection there's been men and women all over this earth, there's been
prophets, there's been preachers, there's been evangelists, there's been
believers like yourselves who simply stretch the hand and say "I say in
the name of Jesus". "I say in the name of Jesus". "I
say, in the name [crowd] of Lord Jesus". [Benny Hinn] My brother,
when Jesus said "I say" disease fled, demons fled, darkness fled,
bondage fled, death fled. And when we say "I say in His
name", its the same, because when we say "in His name" He
is saying it, when we say "in His name", He is doing it!" - Benny Hinn |
Well,
Benny Hinn has prophesied the imminent physical appearance of Jesus (before the
actual second coming) in Jesus name, but this clearly contradicts
scripture. Merely invoking the name of Jesus does not mean that Jesus
will respond to the will of Benny Hinn, or that Jesus is working miracles
through Benny Hinn. Featured in the May 24th / June 8th, 2000 program is a clip
from the Nairobi Crusade where Benny claims to cast out 13 devils from a Hindu
woman. Does this prove Benny Hinn is a man of God? No, it does not!
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Mat
7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and
in thy name done many wonderful works? |
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Benny Hinn in Nairobi allegedly
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On
the June 5th / 9th, 2000, "This is your day" program,
is a tape of a Nashville crusade where Benny fills the stage with
incapacitated young people "slain in the spirit", an unbiblical and
false manifestation of the "fire" of the Holy Spirit being called
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Benny Hinn in Nashville with a
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The
August 10th, 2000 "This is your day" featured an extraordinary
clip from the recent Chicago crusade where Benny Hinn casts the fire of
the Spirit on portions of the audience, and many are "slain", falling
in large groups.
False Prophet Goes Forth to the
Kings of the Earth!
Benny
Hinn gave a crusade in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on April 30-May 1st,
1999 at the invitation of Prime Minister Bill Skate. - Religion
Today News Summary of Thursday, May 6, 1999
On
the April 21st, 2000 "This is your day" program, Benny Hinn
stated that the President of Kenya "would be on the platform", and
that "his government was backing up the whole crusade." (See 24 1/2
minutes into the program.)
On
the June 12th, 2000 "This is your day" program, Benny Hinn
announces that the government of China has given its approval for the
"This is your day" program to be aired daily in China, without
restrictions, beginning as soon as July 3rd, 2000. China's government has also
approved a crusade to be held there by October, and a personal meeting with the
Premier of China will be arranged!
Rev
16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the
mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of
the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go
forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather
them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Benny
Hinn gives every appearance of being a False Prophet by scriptural standards,
and not a man of God!