DANGER! The Wolf Will Be Back – Bigger Than Ever!

The alert sheep got wind of the danger a few weeks ago, when the wolf pack began howling in the distance, announcing their approach. Now I must climb back up on the wall, even if for a brief moment, and sound the warning to the flock.

THE WOLF WILL BE BACK!

Listen to Rick Joyner say that Todd Bentley is gonna be back, bigger than ever, better than ever! He has no doubt of this. Watch it and weep!

Rick Joyner manipulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Fdn96cj_E

Rick Joyner also said this recently at the beginning of his restoration series ‘teaching’ videos. See for yourself by clicking on the video by Rick Joyner called The Restoration Begins Video Update @ www.morningstarministries.org.

If you you are a sensitive sheep and do not have the second or third stomach to watch this video, here are a few quotes that should be alarming enough to make you cough up your cud:

“He will be back.” – Rick Joyner

“He could be out in public ministry again probably, have pretty big crowds again…” –Rick Joyner

(*Note that he says that’s not what the videos are about, of course, they are to ‘help’ people.)

“The one group of people that the Lord had no patience for was the self righteous…” –Rick Joyner

(*Note that these restoration videos are only for the gullible sheeple.)

And what is this video series about?

They say they are going to be telling all the sordid details, weekly…

“We’re gonna really try to tell the story as frankly and as openly as we possibly can, for your sake, not just, you know, to rebuild Todd’s ministry, that will happen. We know that. He will be back. And I believe better than ever, and uh, has an important part to play but we’re doing this for the sake of openness and helping people.” –Rick Joyner

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Do what you want with this warning, but the questions remain…

Will Todd Bentley return with or without his angel? Has Emma left the building? And will there be more creative hoaxes miracles like the ones we have seen in the past? Will the lame grow their leg stumps another inch walk? Will the blind notice light shadows see through glass eye balls healed eyes? Will the dead be raised shouting glory to Todd God? Will old ladies be kicked in the face blessed and ministered to, cancer patients kicked in the gut prayed for?

Tune in weekly to the Morning Star channel for the Bentley/Joyner Soap Opera @ www.morningstarministries.org

And don’t forget to watch this one:

Rick Joyner – Morningstar Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmdVyg9Noyw&feature=channel_pag

HT: Christian Research Service

Also see:

Rick Joyner Heals and Restores Todd Bentley? from Picking in His Presence

Todd Bentley marries woman he had affair with; Rick Joyner wants you to send Bentley some money from Religion News Blog

Disgraced Todd Bentley Prepares for Return from Slice of Laodicea

Bill Johnson on Wretched Radio with Todd Friel @ YouTube

Fresh Fire Ministries Canada and Global Harvest Centre change their name
@ www.benedictionblogson.com

Todd Bentley: Claimed but Not Ordained by Bud Press, Director
@ Christian Research Service

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UPDATE: June 2009

TODD BENTLEY IS BACK IN MINISTRY!

http://www.freshfireusa.com/

TODD BENTLEY IS BACK!

http://slaughteringthesheep.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/todd-bentley-is-back/

Back On The Sawdust Trail

http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/06/back-on-the-sawdust-trail.html

Todd Bentley is Back…The Podcast

http://phillyflash.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/todd-bentley-is-back-the-podcast

***Did you know that you can…

Invite Todd for a Meeting!

http://www.freshfireusa.com/invite-todd.php

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*ALSO NEW*

Todd Bentley is BAAAACCCCCKKKKK!
WANTED:
phillyflash.wordpress.com

He Who Blogs Not, Blogs Now: Todd Bentley’s Blog:
signposts02.wordpress.co

“Emma” The Angel at the 4 0clock Show :
healtheland.wordpress.com

Todd Bentley Update:
picklinginhispresence.wordpress.co

Bentley Boldy Going Forward:

morebooksandthings.blogspot.com

An Evaluation of Todd Bentley from Lamb and Lion Ministries

The featured question on the Lamb & Lion Ministries website is this:

Is Todd Bentley of the Florida Outpouring a false prophet?

Here is the answer:

An Evaluation of the “Florida Healing Outpouring”
by Dr. David R. Reagan
http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles.php

Speaking of Angels – the Angel of Finance has been found in the Bible

Listen as this wise woman who goes by the name of aProdigalChild explains…

Todd Bentley’s Angel of Finances CAN Be Found In The Bible!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNQ6T9vKUQ&NR=1

The Emma Angel Song

For all those weary sheep who have been bogged down with heaviness as they track the Florida outpouring and stand for the truth – some comic relief today…

Todd Bentley Sings Emma Angel Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0hYTOdt4_o

Todd Bentley – Emma angel..the british urban remix..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iePmvbT2YA&

(With thanks to Sola Dei Gloria for finding this video first.)

Tracking Todd Bentley in Kentucky – nothing has changed

Has Todd Bentley spent his week of R&R in self examination or repentance as some have hoped? Tonight he will be back at Lakeland, but from the sound of his ‘preaching’ last night in Kentucky, nothing has changed.

Todd in Kentucky:

http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/todds-ky-visit/

See a small clip of Todd in Kentucky STILL claiming verified resurrections (32=zero) here:

Todd Bentley in Louisville, Kentucky, shows the world how many resurrections there have really been at Lakeland

BUT what about Todd’s “verified” miracles and resurrections. Take some time looking at the following evidence and discover that those “verified” resurrections are not really verified after all:

I Say, Old Chap, This Is Rather Brilliant!

http://wordnverse.com/2008/07/16/i-say-old-chap-this-is-rather-brilliant/

There are lots of Biblical expose’s of Bentley’s teaching in youtube. Here is another:

Todd Bentley and the theology of glory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV1CzbJdHuw&eurl

In the meantime, Patricia King has gotten together with Randy Clark and made a video of her testimony of defense on behalf of her friend Todd Bentley:

WSTK-ITV- Patricia King & Randy Clark on Todd Bentley

BUT how can we take the testimony of Patrica King seriously when, in the following video series, she introduces false teacher Jamie Galloway’s unbiblical teachings on angels (Part 1) and says that she sits at the feet of the new mystic John Crowder (Part 2)?

Doctrines of Demons Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D1wkThccw0

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3YwtjGEdJw

As you can see, nothing has changed. In fact, the whole mess may be getting worse. 

Silence of the Wolves?

Many of those leading the extreme prophetic movement are saying that supernatural heavenly portals are about to increase and accelerate and that divine and heavenly visitations and outpourings will become more common on the earth.

There is an interesting post at Sola Dei Gloria about this called Portals, Prophets, Posers, and Visions that actually has a (supposed) picture of one of these heavenly portals.

After reading that, this Lakeland outpouring video will be much more interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOrC4OsjPqM

This is where Todd read what he called a ‘proven prophetic word’ from Canada about a White Light that came over top of him like an Open Portal. The word for him was “open heaven.”

This is also the video where a prophecy from Wendy Alec was read that told him to hold the course at Lakeland.

He has not held the course. Why?

Also mentioned were warlocks and demons that were ‘interfering’ with Lakeland, but, said Todd, the revival would ‘accelerate’.

Has it accelerated? Or has it run out of steam? Or was this Todd’s delusional interpretation of what was going on behind the scenes?

Todd also said on this video that without his testimony of the supernatural, the realm that was happening in this meeting would not be happening, but God told him to repent of giving in to pressure of people who may not understand his gifting.

Was he pressured to stop talking his supernatural angel nonsense? Was he being silenced behind the scenes?

You can see on the video that he then began to call on open heavens, to let the angels come down (it is debatable which kind of angels he was calling down).

As Todd himself said, without his portals and angels, he has no testimony, and the outpouring cannot go on. This is all he has to go on- his supernatural testimony. Not a testimony about Jesus, but about the supernatural, the angels, and the open heavens. This perhaps is the most telling video of them all in regards to why Todd left the outpouring.

Did he leave because he was told not to preach his false gospel? Is this why Todd had to take a break? Was he told to read from the Bible instead of so called proven prophetic e-mails? Was he not submitting to correction regarding his constant stories about angel visitations and white light portals?

In the meantime, the leaders of the pack are silent about this. They insist Todd is resting, even though the schedules and itineraries say otherwise. Perhaps we will find out when (and if) he returns, if his message has changed or if he will still be pushing his supernatural prophetic power portals. As they say, the proof will be in the pudding portal.

Related:

Watch Todd Bentley push the sheep into one of his angelic power portals on his stage here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0HGxgZN2A0&feature=related

Q & A Time

Today, the time usually spent putting up a blog post on Wolf Tracks has been used instead to answer some readers who have brought up some interesting points. You can find these questions and answers here and here. I mention this in hopes that some of you may have additional insights and wisdom on these matters.

Also today, the following articles are being posted to help people like the ones who have asked these questions.

Can You Be Deceived?
Why People Are Duped and How Not to Be
by G. Richard Fisher

“‘Will you walk into my parlor?’ said a spider to a fly; ‘Tis the prettiest little parlor that you ever did spy’” (Mary Howitt).

The inspired Apostle Paul warned us: “Let no one deceive you” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). It is apparent that we are vulnerable to deception and we must not forget it. We must be on guard and protect ourselves against it. There is deception everywhere in the religious world. We must be alert.

Deception can only deceive if it looks somewhat like the real thing. Apologist Craig Hawkins explains:

“We must realize that the way to deceive people with counterfeits is to imitate the genuine article as closely as possible. For example, if counterfeiters want to pass off fake one-hundred-dollar bills, they do not print Donald Duck’s picture on purple paper. Instead they attempt to duplicate a true bill. Similarly, despicable persons who try to deceive others attempt to appear genuine and sincere. They do not walk up to you and inform you that they are there to deceive and defraud you. The far more effective method is faking friendship and fidelity.”1

Goethe taught that we are never deceived but that we deceive ourselves. It is true that religious hucksters are believed because people want to believe them. People want the claims to be true…

Read the rest here:
http://www.pfo.org/deceived.htm

Another helpful article is this one:

True Vs. False Visions and How to Tell Them Apart
http://www.ankerberg.org/ankerberg-articles/visions.html

Here is an excerpt from this article:

“Modern examples of false visions include those found in the world of the cults and the occult (e.g., among psychics, astrologers, channelers, etc.) where they are legion and they bear all the fruit of false visions: false doctrines, sin, pride, idolatry, divination and other occult practices, etc. But false or dubious visions may also occur within the church.

If we remember correctly, we recall that Oral Roberts had a dramatic vision of a 60 ft. Jesus who appeared to him and told him that if he didn’t raise the money necessary for his medical hospital, that Jesus would kill him. But this was a false vision. The hospital failed anyway and Roberts wasn’t killed.

In the case of Kenneth Hagin he claims that in 1958 “the Lord Jesus suddenly appeared” before him, with an angel standing three feet behind Him. In I Believe in Visions he reveals, “He [Jesus] said, ‘This is your angel.’ ‘My angel?” I asked. ‘Yes, your angel, and if you will respond to him, he will appear to you as I will at times; and he will give you guidance and direction concerning the things of life…’”3 Those who have read of Kenneth Hagin’s other visions from “Jesus” in his I Believe in Visions will realize these visions could not have come from God because their content was unbiblical e.g., they supported Hagin’s false theology regarding his unbiblical “Faith” teachings. (…)

We do not mention these illustrations to negate whatever good these men may have accomplished for the Lord, only to issue a warning. In Pentecostal, charismatic and other experientially-oriented Christian circles, there appear to be more false than genuine visions.

Because of this, Christians must become more discerning and less accepting of claims surrounding contemporary visions….”

Read the complete article at the above link.

And here is another recommended one:

The True Workings of God and the Counterfeits of Satan
http://kimolsen.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/the-true-workings-of-god-and-the-counterfeits-of-satan/

If someone else has a good article to recommend on how to recognize wolves in sheeps clothing or discern between truth and error, please add it to the comment section below.

Now following the Revival – In Plain Site

Here are some of the newest updates from In Plain Site:

Todd Bentley and His Circus Side Show From Hell
Is pretty much summed up by the succinct comment recently made by a friend .. “I don’t know if the devil wears Prada, but he definitely drives a Bentley”.
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/todd_bentley.html

Comparison Between Kundalini and the Counterfeit Revivals
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/kundalini.html

Looking for Fellow Sheep

Last week a reader asked some very important questions regarding the Florida outpouring. So far, time has not cooperated with my good intentions to write a lengthy response which these questions deserve. Are there any sheep out there who would like to respond to some of these questions to help out this reader?

Here are the questions:

…please answer these questions for me.

How about the 1000’s Todd’s led to Christ?

What about the miracles and healings?

What about the fact he gives Jesus all the praise?

What about the fact that they spend 1.5-2 or more hours in praise and worship to God?

What about being drunk in the Holy Spirit?

Even Paul had a third heaven experience.

What about the angel Emma?

Do you think satan can heal? Can satan get people saved?

Please post your answers in the comment section below. They will be much appreciated and read by many.

Stacy on Ecsatasy

There is a fascinating (and very disturbing) teaching by Stacy Campbell on Ecstatic Prophecy and Holy Spirit Possession that can be watched here:

SHATTER! Stacy Campbell – Holy Spirit Possession

Make sure you click on the 7 minute SHATTER! video on the left if you want to watch it. At 3 minutes into her teaching Stacy describes a Buddhist festival in Thailand where people (Buddhists) who wanted to worship would cross this little line, and when they walked into the middle of this square they were hit by an evil spirit and demon possessed on the spot – vibrating, falling towards the altar, giving an offering to the demon. This gave Stacy the ‘heeby jeebies.’
This is ASTOUNDING because there is a video you can watch of Todd Bentley where he instructs the people coming up on stage to stand in a certain spot which he points to where the anointing is the strongest. If they stood there, said Todd, they would ‘get it.’ This spot was close to the pulpit where he said there was a ‘portal’ of some sort. Sure enough, who ever stood there would get struck, start jerking, and fall over. IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT STACY CAMPBELL DESCRIBED AS DEMONIC POSSESSION?

Here is the youtube video from the Florida outpouring (May 17th) where you can observe this phenomena (warning, please do NOT play this around children):

Drunk in God’s spirit
(the audio on this one is not very good, crank up the volume)

At 2 minutes, you will see a woman named Shannon standing in the anointing. Hear Todd saying that anybody that steps into it, gets it! At 2:55 the most evil laugh you have ever heard comes out of Todd. “Sometimes the angels get involved,” says Todd. (The angels who are involved in this are not the kind that everyone thinks.)

Back to the Holy Spirit Possession video of Stacey Campbell – using Vine’s dictionary and Bible verses to sound very biblical as she describes her version of ecsatasy, she teaches that biblical Holy Spirit possession and ecstatic prophecy means to be ’standing outside of,’ in a trance, in a condition in which ordinary consciousness is suspended, a spiritual state where natural sense are suspended (as in Todd Bentley astral travelling to England?). But it is more than just floating in suspension – it is FRENZY, she says, not peaceful. Is this what the Bible teaches about life in the Spirit?

See what Stacy Campbell’s version of ecstatic prophecy looks like here:
Ecsatatic Prophecy Stacey Campbell ( 1:38 )

And who can forget her ecstatic head shaking prophecy over Todd Bentley last week? Does this sound or look like peace and self control, which is the fruit of the Holy Spirit?

There is something else very telling that Stacy Campbell mentions in her Holy Spirit Possession teaching – she talks about Evelyn Underhill at about 4:22. This is no small matter. Evelyn Underhill was a mystic who had occultic connections…

The Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society headed by A.E.Waite, best known for the Waite Tarot Deck. Its members variously included poet W.B. Yeats (known for his poem, “The Second Coming”) and Evelyn Underhill, author of Mysticism.
-The Inklings (http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/books/lewis/inklings-williams.htm#Underhill)

Evelyn Underhill believed that mysticism was the highest form of human consciousness and defined Mysticism as ‘the art of union with reality.’ It is not surprising to see those in “Holy Spirit movements” quoting the mystics. As Alan Morrison writes, there is a connection between the two:

There has been a very interesting parallel between the development of mysticism in the professing Christian Church and the flourishing of Holy Spirit Movements throughout Church History.

While it is true to say that there is not an exact parallel between classical mysticism and specifically charismatic movements — in the sense that all mystics have not necessarily exhibited the charismata — there are many startling congruences which are worthy of exposure.

Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Movements are in so many ways a manifestation of the mysticism which has been developed in the Roman Catholic Church…

[…]

… the mystic monk Thomas Merton, who has done so much to develop the Interfaith Movement, could say — as reported in an article on renewal in the New Catholic Encyclopedia — ‘Pentecostalism seems to sum up the spirituality most likely to work in the U.S. now’. And in one of the Supplements to that same Encyclopedia, it is reported that there are three ways to Spiritual Perfection: 1) The Charismatic Way; 2) The Eastern Mystical Way; 3) The traditional Catholic Mystical Way (e.g. the Cloud of Unknowing).

- THE EVANGELICAL ATTRACTION TO MYSTICISM
By Alan Morrison
http://www.bereanbeacon.org/EvangelicalAttraction.html

When you hear that people in the signs and wonders/prophetic/charismatic movement have been studying and quoting from mystics who experienced ecstasy and strange experiences, look out!

Another one in this category who teaches in the ecstatic realm is Patricia King and her Ekstasis Worship. There was also a Spanish mystic from the past who experienced ecstasy – Saint Teresa Avila (1515-1582). Many Christians being drawn into contemplative spirituality in churches today are reading her classic writings on the Seven Mansions of the Interior Castle . Some say these are related to the Seven Chakras.

This is a serious matter. These ladies seem to draw a big audience, and appear quite angelic and sweet looking from afar, but so do (she)wolves in sheeps (ewe’s) clothing. I saw Stacy Campbell on a Christian TV program once when she was much younger and never thought that she would end up so far off the mark. Somewhere in her walk she stepped over the line and had her first taste of spiritual ecstasy and got addicted. Was it by studying the mystics? Now she is handing this toxic spiritual drug out to others. (Does that makes her an ecstasy dealer?) Has Stacy Campbell, in the name of the Holy Spirit, given herself over to the very thing that gave her the heeby jeebies watching in Thailand? What is this strange manifestation we see when in Lakeland as people are told by Todd Bentley to step over a line into a portal zone and shake and vibrate? What is this we see as Stacy Campbell prophesies over Todd Bentley in the name of Jesus – is this Holy Spirit possession, as she says? Or is this demon possession? Is this Holy Spirit revival in Florida about worshipping Jesus, or is it really about ecstatic frenzied demon worship in disguise?

It’s really time to wake up, sheep, and draw that line in the sand. And then, stay far away from “it”!!!

Related:

Stacey Campbell – Who is this stone?
http://livingjourney.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/stacey-campbell-who-is-this-stone/

Stacey Campbell and her “Wind Illness” the Kundalini Syndrome
http://livingjourney.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/stacey-campbell-and-her-wind-illness-the-kundalini-syndrome/