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Latter Day Rain Movement Colossians 2:8, 18-19 8"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." "18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God." They being deceived will usher in the Religious Beast in Revelations. What do you think the Lakeland Revival was all about the awakening? Are you going to follow these evil men and their demonic ’Christ’ or are you going to follow Jesus Christ? How can this happen? Read Matthew 24:24. The revival was like a trumpet has sounded. Even though the revival is over, their agenda is not over but more excellerated to bring the church in apostasy. You are going to see more modalities come in. One way is through soaking music. Are you having difficulty discerning or receiving this “new revelation”? Then perhaps you have been interpreting your Bible in the “old way” — comparing Scripture with Scripture, studying diligently to account for every jot and tittle and being careful to rightly divide the Word of truth. If this describes you, then you belong to the “Old Generation” which will not enter in to “possess the land” in the Latter Rain Revival. It has been said to “dump all that carnal stuff” (doctrine) and listen to what the “spirit” is saying to the churches through the Latter Rain Prophets and Apostles, who are dispensing many “new, sacred truths.” Does that sound like new age movement? New Age believes in "Hidden Knowledge". Do you remember during the Lakeland Revival the Apostles and Prophet were criticizing the church for discerning and not listening to them? Did you hear them say the ones opposing the revival were full of the devil and are in pride?
The Latter Day Rain Movement believes“The Revelation of Jesus Christ” to really be “The Manifestation of the Sons of God.” They are not to be looking for the “coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering unto Him.” Nope - that is considered “escapist mentality” to be repented of at once if we would be Overcomers. Instead, we should be looking forward to the glorification of the Corporate Church, which will become perfect and immortal here on earth before the Second Coming. In fact, as Jesus comes “spiritually and invisibly” to His Church, He will actually “incarnate” the Corporate Body and reveal Himself to the world through miraculous signs and wonders performed by the “Manifest Sons of God.” Their sign for revival is miraculous signs and wonders above crying out for mercy for our nations and for the lost and for our sin. This great end-time Company is really the “Manchild” of Revelation 12 and dreadful army in Joel 2 which will rule the nations with a rod of iron. (You will need to replace Israel with the Church in this passage.) They are God’s agent of judgment to cleanse the earth of evil during the “times of restitution.” (You will find this army also in Revelation 9!) Since the Manifest Sons of God are “the Christ,” they will be putting all things under their (oops!) His feet, including the “old order” brethren stuck in old wine skins. They also believe the transference of wealth from the wicked to the church. Now, lets look at scripture of what Jesus says how to live.
What scriptures are the Apostle/Prophets basing their belief? “Read the parable of the Wheat and the Tares in Matthew 13:24-30 and you will see that at the end of this age the “ANGELS” are sent forth to remove evil from the earth. That word “ANGELS” also means messengers. So God may use some of us to finish up the work of this age.” Those who would be chosen as the elect Manifest Sons of God by the modern Apostles and Prophets, must first repent of their old divisive attitude of separation from error (give up old doctrine and move into the new - living in revelation over the word - hidden knowledge). Christ cannot incarnate a divided church and for this reason we will need to be delivered from our narrow doctrinal point of view. The Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God doctrine “involved a man-child elite group of Overcomers taking dominion over all nations and reigning in the heavenlies while overseeing drastic judgment on all who remained in the ‘old generation’ — i.e., the denominational churches! The Latter-Rain teachings promised a Second Pentecost outpouring to empower this elite group, and to incarnate the Christ within them to the degree that they will become perfect and invincible, even to the overthrow of heavenly powers.” Christians must have an accurate understanding of Scripture to discern these counterfeit winds of doctrine otherwise, you can fall into error. New Agers know that Christians will not accept a frontal assault of occultic doctrines and themes, so they changed occultic words into Christian terms such as "faith," "God," "Christ," and "born again" with many churches buying it hook, line, and sinking. Here are some of the other words to be aware of Latter Rain teachings include: Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel’s Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Signs and Wonders, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, and the Post-denominational Church. Other words used is Transformation, Paradigm Shift, Alignment, Change Agents, Quantum Physics, etc. What
truly is this movement? GNOSTICISM The following blasphemy statements:
In I John 4:1-3, Christians are enjoined to “believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” There is a common theme in many of the new revelations that those who resist the “new move of God” as unscriptural are lukewarm, immature or even divisive members of the Body. Be ware of those in authority who indiscriminately censure believers for questioning new revelations are interfering with an important step in the biblical process of testing prophecy. In fact, leaders have scarcely, if at all, encouraged the church to be like the noble Bereans in Acts 17 who “searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Rather, they commonly protest that any objection to the new revelations is of a judgmental spirit or a personal attack on the prophets. These rash assumptions prevent all honest discussion concerning the doctrinal bases for assumed “new” revelations. The
New Age Parallel: Like the other New Agers, these people taught that ‘The Christ’ was an anointing - not necessarily one man. They taught that Jesus was a pattern son who was to be a sign of something even greater to come - the ‘Manifestation of the Sons of God.’ They too believed the earth was to be cleansed of evil. And chillingly like the other New Agers, they believed they were to be ‘God’s’ instruments to do such cleansing. The New Agers believed they were gods. The Manifest Sons of God likewise taught that if one accepted their ‘new revelation’ that they themselves would actually become Christ at the time of the unveiling or manifestation of the Sons of God. Other prominent New Age leaders have openly expressed the intention of their movement to infiltrate the Christian Church in order to introduce their esoteric teachings and to “draw away disciples after themselves.” In The Unfinished Animal: The Aquarian Frontier and the Evolution of Consciousness, Theodore Rosak revealed that, “Charismatic congregations in main-line churches are entry points into the Aquarian frontier.”(11) Alice Bailey, Theosophist and mother of the modern New Age Movement, revealed an ingenious plan in her 1957 volume, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. Cabalist agents would infiltrate the Christian Church to modify its message, while adapting it as a vehicle for the Universal Religion of the 21st Century. This Latter Rain “Second Pentecost” during Tabernacles is suggestive of the “Planetary Pentecost” preached by Barbara Marx Hubbard as the peaceful “alternative to Armageddon. At this time, a “quantum leap” in the evolution of mankind will occur as revealed to her by “the Christ”: “At the moment of cosmic contact, I will appear to you both through inner experience and through external communication on your mass media.” Says Ms. Hubbard, it will be a time when “the divisions of the religions would be over…We would each know that God is within us…If all who feel we are connected to each other, to nature and to God join in a planetary Pentecost, we shall be transformed in this lifetime. I believe in the peaceful second Coming.” Earnest Ramsey perceived virtually no difference at all between the New Age Tabernacles/Year of Jubilee and the Latter Rain interpretation of these celebrations. “Ernest Ramsey excitedly pointed out in his report that [the Manifest Sons] had a teaching which indeed did parallel the Aquarian teaching of the Age of Aquarius — the Old Testament ‘Year of Jubilee’ as well as the ‘Feast of Tabernacles.’ The Year of Jubilee paralleled the redistribution of the world’s wealth. The Feast of Tabernacles was the equivalent of the coming together of the World’s peoples and varied religions under one tent or tabernacle — the equivalent of the New Agers’ long-awaited ‘New World Religion.’” Coincidental with the Latter Rain/New Age agenda to celebrate Tabernacles in the proposed Year of Jubilee, the Vatican Central Committee is coordinating with other Catholic Rites and church conferences, such as Episcopal, Anglican Communion, World Lutheran Federation, World Reformed Alliance, Methodist World Council, the World Council of Churches for a celebration of the Great Jubilee “which will take place simultaneously in the Holy Land, in Rome and in the local Churches throughout the world.”(16) In ancient Israel, the 50 year Jubilee celebration freed all slaves, canceled all debts, and restored properties to the original owners. Pope John Paul II, New Age/New World Order planners and Pat Robertson (17) of the Christian Broadcasting Network have all called for the worldwide redistribution of wealth and cancellation of debt in 2000 A.D.–severe measures that would precipitate the collapse of secular economies which have not planned for this adjustment. Zechariah 14:16 states that the nations will go to Jerusalem annually to worship the King and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, after the return of Jesus Christ. Which “Christ” will the Latter Rain prophets worship? “We must not miss this point: the replacement theology of the Manifest Sons of the Latter Rain, which New Ager Ramsey called ‘Neo-Pentecostalism,’ has brought the Age of Aquarius into the Church under the guise of the Feast of Tabernacles and the Year of Jubilee.” NEW
REVELATION “New” revelations extend beyond the parameters of God’s Word and give opportunity for false teachings to be introduced to the Church. The mischief that ensues from the acceptance of false prophecy is considerable. Another
Christ “Pope John Paul II is anxiously awaiting a potent world-wide Marian Vision. (World) chaos is to precede this vision. This vision will validate the global reign of Pope John Paul II and will establish him as the ultimate spiritual Judge of the Planet… the purpose of this super-natural vision is to validate the Roman Catholic church as the only true church and this Pope as God’s ordained leader.’…According to Vatican official, Malachi Martin, author of The Keys of This Blood, this event will be most powerfully psychic. The force accompanying this vision will be so powerful it will literally bring the normal activity of the world to a standstill. Men will be so moved that their ‘consciences will cry out with fear.’ This vision will produce an ‘engulfing chaos, along with misdirection, and disequilibruim in human affairs. In other words, the entire population of the world will experience a simultaneous changing of their minds…The vision will be preceded by either a loud sound, a bright light…" “We also know that Satan could produce this phenomenon by his Super-Natural power alone. New Age writers clearly state, however, there will be a mixing of super-natural phenomena and advanced technology when the staging of the Anti-Christ occurs… New Age Leaders boldly state in their Plan to use the special effects of modern TV and movies to persuade the people of the world that Maitreya is who he claims to be. ‘…the use of such special effects should not be ruled out on this occasion. The world’s news-media can be counted upon to do the rest.’ (The Armageddon Script, Peter Lemesurier, St. Martin’s Press, 1981, p. 236) The New Age book, The Messianic Legacy, states that the only way the Messiah could be super-naturally staged in all aspects that Christians are expecting would be through the use of “Hollywood.” True believers will meet the Lord “in the air” (not on earth) and He will return with them to earth, not as a “peacemaker,” but to destroy the nations gathered at Armageddon. The unthinkable will become “religiously correct” when Evangelical and Charismatic shepherds lead an apostate Church in the worship of a false Christ. Revelation 13:15 further states that, “as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” Joel's Army
(Infiltrates have been entering the
church for awhile) “What is about to come upon the earth is not just a revival, or another awakening; it is a veritable revolution. The vision was given in order to begin to awaken those who are destined to radically change the course, and even the very definition of Christianity. The dismantling of organizations and disbanding of some works will be a positive and exhilarating experience for the Lord’s faithful servants. A great company of prophets, teachers, pastors and apostles will be raised up with the spirit of Phineas…” To sanctify this Machiavellian plot, Jack Deere recasts Joel 2 in the context of Ezekiel 9: “When this army comes, He says it’s large and it’s mighty. It’s so mighty that there’s never been anything like it before…‘begin the slaughter and begin it in the temple and begin it with the elders, the leaders of my people.’ And they walk through the land and they start and they begin to slaughter and you know it’s already started with the biggest names in His household? He has already started the slaughter…and it is coming now among the Church.”Vineyard pastors James Ryle (Promise Keepers), John Arnott and Wes Campbell (Toronto Blessing) and prophets Bob Jones and Rick Joyner all report visions of “a bloody civil war” in the Church: “James Ryle has had a similar vision. The Lord even showed him how the blue coats stand for the revelatory, the revelation, and the grey for grey matter, man’s wisdom. And in this context the north fought the south and the south fought the north, and the south wanted to keep the people enslaved. They wanted their money. They wanted their keep the system going. And the north said ‘No! Freedom! Freedom!’ And they went into a terrible fight, and it was father against son, brother against brother, and a man’s enemies were in his own house. And the angel said this: ‘There won’t be a house that escapes weeping.’” Such prophecies do not edify the Church, but are inflammatory and undermine the true unity of believers for which Jesus prayed in John 17. Nevertheless, they give increased momentum to the program of New Age leaders such as Alice Bailey, who wrote, “The reorganization of the world’s religions…is for the new world religion.” Barbara Marx Hubbard divulged the real reason for the New Age mission, “There is an anti-evolutionary cadre of orthodox believers who focus on the limits of this life and the unworthiness of human nature. Now they would destroy our capacity to transcend…” Have we had infiltrants with selfish ambition coming into the church? She and other New Age leaders have estimated “that for planetary transformation to take place, up to one quarter of the inhabitants of the earth will have to be excised like a cancer.” Given the animosity that has been generated by Latter Rain prophets toward Biblical Christianity and the affinity of this movement for warfare terminology, it is hard to resist the suspicion that the New Age/Latter Rain regime will be using a militant Church to accomplish this. Prophet Rick Joyner has even identified “Antichrist” as the traditional Church and Jack Deere claims that modern prophets will execute the Tribulation judgments. “You see why we’re excited about someone like Paul Cain or Bob Jones coming on the scene? Or others that we’ve met…you know those two powerful witnesses in Revelation 11:3? You know what - they are first and foremost? They are prophets. He said they will prophesy for 1,260 days. He’s going to end the last days just before His Son returns with a prophetic movement that will sweep the entire face of the earth and will eclipse anything we have ever seen before…the significance of these signs and wonders…But they don’t just happen on the earth. They come because they are prayed for and they are predicted by God’s people.” It would be unwise to nonchalantly dismiss these claims as idle braggadocio. Paul Cain, Bob Jones, Rick Joyner and other Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God proponents have paranormal experiences on a regular basis and have demonstrated occult powers. How do you think they have been able to get these revelations? One, they have brought in eastern modalities into their lives such as contemplative prayer, soaking prayer, centering prayer, visualization (they will say use your imagination), guided imagery etc. and other modalities. Visualization and guided imagery have long been recognized by sorcerers as the most powerful and effective way to contact the spirit world (demons) for supernatural power and knowledge. What is happening is mixing God's ways with the way of the eastern thinking.
“Bob Jones (KFC’s resident seer) is a man who claims to have five to six visions and revelations per day. We are talking about a man who thought he was a backslider when two days went by without a visitation from Jesus…Paul Cain…is called the ‘Terror of the Lord’…and has exhibited the ability to tell people the details of their lives, hidden sins and even things they have said in confidence to others. There have been reports of earthquakes and other natural disasters predicted by him…(and) power surges of electricity at places where he ministers.” Another
Gospel Gnostic doctrines are not a new revelations, as modern prophets tell us. Although they come in various expressions, they always contain the same lie the Serpent used to beguile Eve –”…then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods.” Neither are Gnostic doctrines the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, but rather the false gospel of the “King over all the children of pride.” This corrupt tree always bears evil fruit in the Church. “Gone is the understanding that we must be cross-bearers. The church now seeks adulation and quickly becomes a seed bed for pride, greed and power all under the guise of spiritual growth.” Be careful and be weary of these teachings
today. The Lakeland Revival was an awakening to move more into this
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