This post is about FALSE prophets & teachers, nothing more. If you truly speak from the word of God this message is NOT for you, although you may want to read it out of interest.
Who among the Prophets of the Old or New Testaments/Covenants do you know that spoke goodly and kindly words, words of encouragement or enlightenment? They were all doom and gloom, hell-fire and brimstone, and every one of them was murdered (martyred) for speaking what God told them to speak. Jesus/Yeshua Himself attests to this in a parable ...
.:: THE PROPHETS ::.
{Mat 21:33-36} Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. -Jesus
.:: THAT -ULTIMATE- PROPHET, JESUS ::.
{Mat 21:37-40} But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the vineyard, and slew [him]. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? -Jesus
Here's how the bible defines a prophet. And since the Old Testament/Covenant has NOT been done away with, except that we are living in the *age of grace* (during the "times of the Gentiles") so false prophets & teachers are not currently stoned to death; a false prophet or teacher will STILL be accountable to the Lord when they meet Him face to face ...
{Deu 13:1-11} If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
Aren't you glad we live in the "age of Grace"!? And who are these "other gods"? These are idols, inspired by demons, made by the hands of man that cannot hear, speak, taste, walk, et al. Likewise these false gods can be one's job, or goods, or such as one's love for their vehicles or their money or their stocks & bonds, anything one looks to in an idolizing way or in a provisional way and thereby putting that thing above the One True Living God. Other gods can be things that lurk in your heart, among which would be addictions and sins you've not allowed the Lord to help you to overcome. Nothing is hidden from God. Satan and his demonic minions can give *seemingly prophetic words* that come to pass IF their listeners and speaking *prophets* already belong to them. If you are looking to other people, or things, for your sustenance or for advice, you are in sin, unless that person is an elder in a church that upholds God's word as truth. Remember king Saul, who sought out a witch rather than inquiring of God's prophet.
Check the Ten Commandments, in honesty, against your heart and see where you line up. For sin is the transgression of the Law (1Jo 3:4 https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1jo/3/4/s_1162004).
As the first commandment says (Exo 20:3 https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/exo/20/3/s_70003), if God is not your sole/soul Provider then you are going after other gods; this is idolatry, and it can be expressed in many ways. Seek Him in truth, while He can be found (Isa 55:6 https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/isa/55/6/s_734006). Time is rapidly running out.
{Eze 14:2-11} And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn [yourselves] from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh [unto him]; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
{Eze 33:1-20} Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked [man], thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins [be] upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his [righteousness] in the day that he sinneth. When I shall say to the righteous, [that] he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; [If] the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
{Eze 33:30-33} Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Oh, and before you *remind* me that this is speaking of Israel and somehow doesn't apply to us Christians; I remind you that we are graphed in to the natural olive tree (Israel), being the wild olive branches (Gentiles). I will leave it up to you to read that whole chapter of Romans 11 https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/rom/11/1/s_1057001, for now, I quote these parts to make my point ...
{Rom 11:17} And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
{Rom 11:24} For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
We Gentiles are the wild branches, we have NOT *replaced* Israel. Rather, we are graphed into their tree where Jesus is the root and Israel is the natural tree & branches. We are as much accountable to God as Israel is.
And before you tell me that the Prophets of today are somehow *different* from those of the Old Testament, or New Testament, to you I say PROVE IT from God's word. Now ... go, look up the words of the Prophets, both Old & New Testaments/Covenants: their prophesying was not "good news", save those of John the Baptist in that he preached salvation through the coming Messiah ~ Jesus ... and for that they chopped off his head; as the *powers that be* of the time likewise murdered the Savior of the world ~ Jesus. Both Jews and Gentiles killed the Lord, all of us killed Him. All of us are guilty ... NONE of us are sinless and *deserving* of the *fruit of our labors* or *rewards* of any sort. {See also Rom 3:23, 5:12 & 6:23}
If you consider yourselves Prophets and you are speaking great, swelling, sugar-coated words to the people, beware ...
{2Pe 2:1-22} 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. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 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. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they], selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
We are in the last days RIGHT NOW, we don't have time to sugar-coat the message of Jesus' soon return for when He does return He will do so in the WRATH of God and many will parish, right in the middle of their sins. We are to be a holy people, called out unto God. Think about it, nothing's new ...
{Ecc 1:9} The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
{Luk 17:26-30} And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. -Jesus
As it was in the days of Noah and the days of Lot, Jesus warns ... yet very few people seem to recognize that we are indeed in the LAST DAYS before our King Jesus comes to rule & reign with a rod of iron. People of today are busily going about their lives completely oblivious to what is about to come upon them, yet we have *prophets*, *preachers* and *teachers* telling us our best days are now or just ahead. Jesus is clear, the day we believers are removed IS the day of His wrath, at the LAST DAY.
My advice? Think about your survival, not about being rich and giving to the already rich. Take only what you need. Give to the poor, take care of the widows and orphans, if you are able. God will provide for your needs, He doesn't need anyone else's help to get you through this life. You have only but to fully TRUST Him. God speaks to us these days through His Holy Spirit, we don't need *prophets* to intercede or to hear from God for us. The Holy Spirit indwells EVERY believer, He is all you need.
.:: A WORD OF CAUTION ::.
If you are being taught to amass silver and gold or any other source of *financial security* as a means to take care of yourself in the event of a disaster, as though you can somehow buy your way into security during the harsh times to come, then you are being taught to serve the god of mammon. The bible clearly states ...
{Eze 7:19} They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
{Rev 3:18 KJV} I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. -Jesus
Peace and security??? Prosperity??? NO! Which of any of God's prophets, or apostles, or disciples, had any such thing in their lives, or professed that they were imparting said on anyone else!? NONE, NOT ONE! Work for rewards in heaven where they will not rot or perish as they will here on earth. Here's what Jesus has to say ...
{Mat 5:11-12} Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. -Jesus
{Mat 10:22 KJV} And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. -Jesus
{Mat 19:29 KJV} And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. -Jesus
{Mat 24:9 KJV} Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. -Jesus
{Luk 6:22-26} Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. -Jesus
Does any of that sound like peace, prosperity, safety??? So, I ask, on what are you relying when the Lord's wrath is revealed at His coming? My message is the same as every prophet in the bible, time is short, REPENT NOW while there's still time. Multiple millions, perhaps billions will die, THAT should be a wake up call to anyone that cares about others. Take precautions as you are able, stock up on food and water, medical supplies, batteries and the basics ... be as prepared as you can be ... but don't rely on any of that because only God can save you from the trials coming upon the whole world to test them that dwell therein.
{Rev 3:10} Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. -Jesus
Would you like to know if you are in fact a Prophet? Jesus answers ...
{Mat 13:57} And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. -Jesus
The word "save" there means -BUT- or -EXCEPT- and so it is today. Is your prophesying *welcome* in your own country, or in your own home among the people you grew up with, including your family? The answer should be NO. (Strong's G1508 "save" https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=G1508&t=KJV).
People, BEWARE of feel-good false prophets, preachers, & teachers. Ultimately, your future is totally up to you and God to walk out. Are you listening to Him??? Jesus warned ...
{Mat 7:14-15} Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. -Jesus
I reiterate, Jesus said, "few there be that find it (the straight gate and the narrow way)", are you among those FEW??? I leave you with this ...
{2Ti 4:1-5} I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Sorry, no sugar-coating here, but ... thanks for reading ;o}
{All scriptures are KJV; Red letters are quoting Jesus. Jesus the Messiah IS Yeshua HaMashiach!}
