Wolf Tracks

“A friend, who was traveling in the East, heard that there was a shepherd who still kept up the custom of calling his sheep by name. He went to the man, and said: “Let me put on your clothes, and take your crook, and I will call them, and see if they will come to me.” And so he did, and he called one sheep, “Mina, Mina,” but the whole flock ran away from him. Then he said to the shepherd: “Will none of them follow me when I call them” The shepherd replied: “Yes, sir, some of them will; the sick sheep will follow anybody.” - D. L. Moody (bible.org)

“A man in Australia was arrested and charged with stealing a sheep. But he claimed emphatically that it was one of his own that had been missing for many days. When the case went to court, the judge was puzzled, not knowing how to decide the matter. At last he asked that the sheep be brought into the courtroom. Then he ordered the plaintiff to step outside and call the animal. The sheep made no response except to raise its head and look frightened. The judge then instructed the defendant to go to the courtyard and call the sheep. When the accused man began to make his distinctive call, the sheep bounded toward the door. It was obvious that he recognized the familiar voice of his master.” (Bible.org Sermon Illustrations)

“We reached a high ridge overlooking the village of Bethlehem. There we found a sheepfold, and went right in to inspect. It was not long before the owner appeared—a veteran, like Moses, with a long beard. ‘This is your sheepfold?’ my friend asked. ‘Aye.’ he answered. ‘And is this where the sheep sleep,’ pointing to a rough shelter thrown up against the rock in a corner. He nodded again. ‘But you’ve no gate to the fold; how do you close them up at night?’ The old man looked at us as if we ought to have known better. ‘I am the door,’ he said with emphasis; and, gathering his loose robe tight about his ankles, he was down in a moment, squatting in the doorway, back against one post, feet against the other, his knees drawn up and clasped by his weather-beaten old hands. Gently he bowed his head and closed his eyes, as many a time he had closed them to catch a few hours’ sleep under the starlight. ‘I am the door,’ he repeated. ‘I keep watch here at night. If thieves or wild beasts attempt to enter, they have to tackle me first. I have never lost a lamb from the fold yet.” -Eva Watts (Bible.org Sermon Illustrations)

What good illustrations of what Jesus said about sheep in John 10!

Here are a few extra links for wary sheep:

Are Churches The Home Of Wolves?
(from Battered Sheep)

Bleating Lambs
http://www.bleatinglambs.org/

Apostasy Watch Wolves Page:
http://apostasywatch.com/page3.html

Thar’s gold in them thar revivals…

Gold is nothing new to Todd Bentley’s ministry. As we follow the tracks on the gold trail, the first gold report begins in his home province of British Columbia, Canada:

Gold Fillings: 1999

Gold teeth hard to prove, useful for outreach
• BC Christian News • MAY ISSUE 1999 • VOL. 19 #5 • Formerly “Christian Info News”
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0599/teeth

By Peter T. Chattaway

THE GREAT Physician may also be the Great Dentist. In the past two months, several dozen people have reported receiving gold fillings and similar miracles at churches and revival meetings throughout British Columbia.

“They were having people come up to be prayed for,” recalls Dorothy McKee, who says she received four gold teeth at the Mission Foursquare Church March 21. “My husband was checking people as they went up to the front, and he looked in my mouth, and voilˆ, I already had them.”

Dental miracles have been reported around the world, most recently in Argentina, at various times over the years. The first instance of miraculous fillings in Canada took place March 3 at the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship. Within a week, over 300 people claimed to have received dental miracles there.

It took only a couple of weeks for churches in Langley and Mission to follow suit. Nine people reported receiving dental miracles at the Langley Vineyard’s March 20 service; the next night, seven people reportedly received the same during Todd Bentley’s revival service at Mission Foursquare Church. And the reports keep coming in.

“We’ve had between 45 and 50 people who’ve reported some kind of dental miracles in their mouths,” says Langley Vineyard pastor Jesse Padgett. Of those, he estimates about 15 to 20 have gone to the dentist for confirmation.

Bentley, an Abbotsford-based evangelist, says the Mission meeting marked the first time gold teeth have appeared at any of his meetings. “Since then it’s appeared in almost every meeting that I’ve done,” he says, citing his recent trips to Mackenzie, Prince George and Portland, Oregon.

The Gold Trail continues…
Gold dust 2007:

SUPERNATURAL DISPLAY IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT

After shopping at a grocery store and prophesying accurately over the cashier, two of our interns began to put their groceries away into their vehicle when they sensed the Holy Spirit wanted them to minister to a woman in the parking lot. They began to tell her about the reality of the supernatural realm, about how they have seen gems from heaven, gold dust, diamond dust, and many other manifestations of the kingdom. Right then and there she started to get covered by it herself! Within a minute her whole body had oil, diamond dust, gold dust, sapphire dust, and silver dust coming on her, and within two minutes she was a sign and a wonder! She said she would be coming to their church the following Sunday!
-Todd Bentley, Foundation of the Glory Part 1
http://www.freshfire.ca/index.php?Act=read&status=teaching&Id=202&pid=954

Gold Teeth through the internet 2008:

God is now giving gold teeth to people through the internet. It’s a sign, says Todd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlNl1NwdCbo

Question: If God creates new eyeballs, back bones, neck bones and kidneys, as the people at Todd Bentley’s miracle crusades claim, then why wouldn’t he create new teeth? Why would the Creator of the universe need to use gold?

Meanwhile, as Todd Bentley’s contagious gold fever is spreading, so is the gold talk. Let’s follow the trail:

(HOT) Golden Living Stones 2008:

Prophetic word for Albany and Medford by Rob DeLuca

Dear Denny,

I had a vision of you while Todd Bentley was praying for you at the meetings in Lakeland, when we were up on the platform together.

I saw a vision of this whirlwind of fire–trailblazing across Oregon, and it was burning up forest trees and the fire was spreading and it was getting larger and larger and it began to consume towns and cities–all across the State of Oregon.

As I watched, I also saw that it began to pull “golden stones” (people) out of the ground–they were alive. As these came out of the ground, they swirled within this whirlwind of fire and they were full of life. I saw these golden stones begin to shine really bright and then they were flung out all over the nation of America. Hot, golden living stones.

The Lord is showing me that what is taking place with you and your ministry, Denny (based in Albany, Oregon), is going to set Oregon on fire.

The Lord is also showing me a city–Medford, Oregon. The reason I know of this city is because my parents used to live there. I also saw that this fire touched Medford in a great way. The wind is blowing and the fire is burning and watch out Oregon, here it comes! Many people will be sent out from Oregon–golden stones to touch the nation.

Let’s stay in touch. God bless you man.

Rob DeLuca
His Way Church in New Zealand
www.hiswaychurch.com

Will gold dust and gold teeth be showing up in Oregon as the fever spreads? It’s already showing up in the Dudley outpouring. More gold on the trail here…

Glory flakes gold dust appears at Revival Fire’s Dudley Outpouring
http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/glory-flakes-gold-dust-appears-at-revival-fires-dudley-outpouring/

The Golden Earring Prophecy by Bob Jones
http://christiancrunch.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/prophet-bob-jones-transcript-from-florida-revival/

Golden earrings? Wait a minute. Isn’t that what the children of Israel used to make a molten gold calf? (Exodus 32)

The fact is that gold dust lust generally draws people away from God and leads them into sin (see Pentecostal ministers caught out faking word of knowledge prophecy & healing). And what of the 300 people who received Gold Teeth Miracles in Toronto? Did this turn the world upside down and bring revival? The apostles did not need to use gold or gimmicks as a means to spread the gospel (in fact Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none”).

Sadly, here is where the fools gold trail ends:

False Miracles by False Prophets
http://www.alittleleaven.com/2008/03/false-miracles.html

The truth about gold dust and gold teeth:
Gold Dust and Gold Teeth
http://www.intotruth.org/tb/gold.html

There’s Gold in them thar teeth!
http://www.letusreason.org/Pent5.htm

All That Glitters. . .
Gold Fillings and Truth Decay Toronto
http://www.pfo.org/filings.htm

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Proverbs 8:10

Fact #1: Wolves don’t feed the sheep…
Todd Bentley says that as a preacher he hardly preaches!
http://livingjourney.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/todd-bentley-says-that-as-a-preacher-he-hardly-preaches/

Fact #2: Wolves make ferocious noises…

Hundreds Go Deaf At and Around Lakeland Revival
http://hermansmith.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hundreds-go-deaf-at-and-around-lakeland-revival/

Fact #3: Wolves don’t deliver messages from the good Shepherd…

Messenger of God?
http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/messenger-of-god/

Fact #4: Wolves enter in among the flock…

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Acts 20:29

“Wolves can travel very long distances seeking out suitable territories” -wikipedia

Tracking the outpouring…from Oregon to the world and back to Oregon again. Let’s follow the blazing trail…

“Todd was with us in Albany, Oregon, and sparked a healing visitation that spanned from July of 1999 to June of 2000. There were hundreds of healings, miracles and salvations during that year timeframe. I lamented that we ran out of gas and were unable to sustain it. There have been hundreds already in just three weeks in Lakeland. But the Lord spoke to me in an elders meeting the next year that He would come again with another outpouring and it would be ten times greater than before.”
Denny Cline, Senior Leader
Albany Vineyard Christian Fellowship
www.vcfalbany.org

John Arnott writes to Todd Bentley:

Todd, you need to keep going in these meetings as long as the Lord is moving. I feel that this is a prophetic sign that another wave of revival is coming to North America.

If you remember, the laughing revival was released in Lakeland via Rodney Howard Browne. Randy Clark went to one of Rodney’s meetings in November 2003 in Tulsa, and came to Toronto in January of 2004, and it all broke out here.

So, the meetings starting again in Lakeland could mean that revival gets another fresh start all over the world!

John Arnott, Founding Pastor
Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship
www.tacf.org

“…one of his (Todd’s) most profound outbreaks of healing and revival broke out right here in Albany, Oregon, in our much smaller fellowship (back then) in 1999-2000.

[...] If you’re looking for a place where the prophets always go, come to Albany, Oregon. [...]This is just me, but I fully expect Todd to come back here to Albany, Oregon before long, as he’s been here many times already. But don’t wait for Todd. We’ve had a lot of healing here, even without Todd Bentley.

– Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher
The ElijahList & ElijahRain magazine
http://www.elijahlist.com

Those can all be found on The Elijah List here.

The trail blazing continues…

“I saw a human boomerang flying out of Canada and it hit the nation of England, it hit the nation of Australia, it hit the nation of New Zealand, and it came spinning around.

I saw “Todd Bentley”–your name on the boomerang, but I knew that it was the Lord showing me that it was you, and I saw it fly back around and it came and hit America.”
-Pastor Rob DeLuca
His Way Church in New Zealand
www.hiswaychurch.com

“The main reason I’m writing is to E-Blast this to all 136,000+ of you on THE ELIJAHLIST that the Healing Revival has officially returned here to Albany, Oregon–where it broke out in a huge way with Todd Bentley way back in 1999 and 2000. Many of you know (but some don’t) that THE ELIJAHLIST is also located in Albany.

My own pastor Denny Cline has gone to Lakeland, Florida three times in the last six weeks to Todd’s meetings, and believe me when I tell you–he’s truly brought the anointing back with him from Lakeland. “
-Steve Schultz
elijahlist.com

“I saw a vision of this whirlwind of fire–trailblazing across Oregon, and it was burning up forest trees and the fire was spreading and it was getting larger and larger and it began to consume towns and cities–all across the State of Oregon… The wind is blowing and the fire is burning and watch out Oregon, here it comes!”
- Rob DeLuca, “I saw a Vision of this Whirlwind of FIRE Trailblazing Across OREGON”
elijahlist.com

Those can be found here.

And now….drum roll please……….
And Now as predicted by Bob Jones, Rob DeLuca & Todd Bentley…The Oregon Outpouring!

As is customary, Todd Bentley’s angel with feet like pillars of fire can’t be far behind. Someone had better alert the Oregon fire department.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22,23

“…I remember having clambered onto a pew, where I lay laughing and shaking uncontrollably. Once again, someone came up to me and repeated the now very familiar words, “Give her more, Lord, give her more!” Whereupon, I fell off the pew and onto the floor, where I lay uncomfortably wedged between my own pew and the one in front, having uncontrollable hysterics yet again.” -Sally Richardson

Backtracking to 1994, here’s the rest of this tale of a sheep who was rescued from the Toronto wolves:
My Involvement With, And Deliverance From, The ‘Toronto Experience’

(First published March 1996, updated June 2006)
by Sally Richardson

http://moriel.org/articles/discernment/church_issues/deliverance_from_toronto_experience.htm

This is so very good…please read:

A Pastor’s Wife Responds to:

Todd Bentley-Revival in Lakeland-Email from a ‘Lakeland Resident’

http://churchwarnings.blogspot.com/2008/05/pastors-wife-responds-totodd-bentley.html

I am a pastor’s wife and have not seen good fruit in our church from this revival. My heart has been grieved by what has been displayed and then has been reproduced. My desire is not to rip Mr. Bentley to shreds. I would simply like to share the Word in light of this revival because the Word seems to be lacking severely and also in the people who are embracing it….

Please read the rest of this gentle ‘wolf warning’ at the above link.

Todd Bentley tells a story about the Angel with legs like pillars of fire (of Revelation 10) that visited his hotel room. Everyone there smelled the smoke of this fiery angel. This even led to the two hotel rooms above them literally igniting and burning up a few hours later because on the way down, this angel with feet like pillars of fire ignited the hotel. Since then, according to Todd Bentley, nobody wants to take a room near his.

Listen to his story on this video:
http://mefeedia.com/entry/3399535/

Which makes one wonder - since this Florida anointing is said to be the ‘most contagious’ one EVER, and many people have seen angels dropping by and flying about, maybe…just maybe…Todd Bentley’s angel of fire is the one who’s been igniting all those wildfires in Florida…

Police Search for Arsonists in Florida Wildfires That Have Scorched 100 Homes
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,355019,00.html

But then again, who would believe such a silly idea like that?

Related:

Prophet Bob Jones and The Florida Fires

Here is a serious new warning from someone named Doug who has been tracking the Florida revival!

Todd Bentley - Lakeland, Florida - Is THIS a Move of God?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWG80y3SYzk

For those who are flocking to this revival, please watch this - what he says may surprise you.

Angels, Bentley, The Dudley Outpouring, and ‘Civil War’
http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/angels-bentley-the-dudley-outpouring-and-civil-war

Todd Bentley - Angel manifestations - The return of the Nephilim?
http://livingjourney.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/todd-bentley-angel-manifestations-the-return-of-the-nephilim/

Bam Bam Bentley
http://thegreycoats.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/bam-bam-bentley/

Todd Bentley Highly Inaccurate ‘Prophecy’
http://battle4truth.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/todd-bentley-highly-inaccurate-prophecy/

Revival shown on God TV…or is it?
http://realchristianity.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/revival-shown-on-god-tv-or-is-it/