What a REACTION! -Andrew Strom.
I have never seen such a "shaking" caused by any article we ever published as the one on "WHY I LEFT the PROPHETIC MOVEMENT". That week I received over 2000 emails on the subject - even though my email was malfunctioning for 3 of those days. I have read as many of them as I could. Very sorry to those who have not received a reply from me. I do not employ someone to read my emails - I read them myself. And sometimes I get a little overwhelmed.
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It has not been the emails that disagree with me or accuse me of being "divisive", etc, that bring me to tears. It is the emails from all over the world that strongly AGREE with me and tell me of other horrors that they have witnessed themselves. I sat at my computer last night getting sadder and sadder as I read account after account of the sickness that has spread around the globe as part of this movement. -It is actually WORSE than I ever imagined.
I know that Mr Taylor and others are hopeful that the Prophetic can somehow be "reformed" - and they even see my articles as being helpful in this process. (ie. Forcing change). But I tell you, I believe this movement is BEYOND reforming. It has reached the point of no return. Some slight changes may occur - but they can only be 'surface' ones really. That is why I felt I had to totally CUT MYSELF OFF at this time. -It really has become that bad.
We are talking here about a movement where it is encouraged for people to interact with "Orbs of light" that come hovering down (-a major prophetic ministry does this) or to pay money for personal "dream interpretations". We are talking about a movement that teaches people how to "visualize" their way into the 'Third Heaven' and sometimes holds 'Presbytery' days where you can book a half- hour personal appointment with a prophet for a hefty fee. We are talking about a movement that majors on 'manifestations', "portals" and weird 'visitations'. In every way it more closely resembles the New Age movement than anything Christian. In fact, more and more I am seeing that this movement is utterly dominated by a spirit of DIVINATION and fortune-telling. It is sick beyond words. And it's prophets are utterly blind. Even now, they rush to hold a huge 'Visitations' gathering in Hollywood led by Jill Austin - one of the most "Divination"-oriented of them all. I am close to tears even now, just writing about it. It is so awful what this movement has become. Please STAY AWAY from it, my friends. We are talking about DEMONIC encounters here. "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness." (2 Cor 11:14-15). We truly are in the Last Days.
Now, Mr Taylor and others like him are quite aware of how bad things have got. We have all been aware of it for some time. And yet we felt it was possible to 'pick out the bones' - to find the best and spit out the rest. That is exactly what I used to do. But I believe the time for that is gone. I want to put out a public call for Chad Taylor and other discerning leaders to join me in raising up a new generation of prophets - to publicly stand AGAINST all the excesses and FOR true REPENTANCE and a PURE PROPHETIC. The "old" cannot be reformed. And unless God raises up new prophets in this hour, then all is lost.
So how about it, Mr Taylor? This is an honest call to you, my friend. We need your help - and many others like you. Only a PURE prophetic can beget Revival. All of history declares that fact. So will you stand with us? Will you be part of a 'new thing'?
We read in Scripture that "Judgement begins at the house of God" and I am convinced that the 'House of the prophets' is to be first. The shaking has already begun and I am convinced that it is going to get far worse. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken. God is putting His house in order. All that is not of Him will fall away. I believe we are going to see this process go right through the church - from the top down - until Jesus has a Bride that is truly "without spot or wrinkle or any such thing." We live in the most momentous of times.
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This false prophetic movement goes hand in hand with what I have been saying about true ministers yet false teachers that have signs and wonders happening. See my article on the subject in October 2004: True and False Preachers, and The Importance of Believing the Truth