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Consequences of the False Prophetic Paradigm on Our Church and our Children

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Remember now this is a word from 2007, so apparently God is taking His time. Let us start however with the absurd notion that God made a covenant with the founding fathers of this country. As a minister of the Gospel and a former teacher of American history let me assure you - He did not. Someone has been watching too many Dinesh D'Souza documentaries. Yes it is true that the majority of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were Christian, albeit from several different denominations. A few were deists and then there were flat out non-believers like Jefferson and Franklin. The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli stated unequivocally that America was not founded as a Christian nation and that was passed unanimously and signed by the second President, John Adams. These facts not withstanding, even if you wanted to pretend that the founding fathers were all born again believers the leap to "being in covenant with God" is simply not attainable. God is under covenant with Israel. We as gentile believers are grafted in to the olive tree that is Israel. The Bible makes no other mention of any other covenant with God and since God sees all time, He would have known. Only our unbridled arrogance allows us to casually throw around the term covenant as if it means nothing to God. Leclaire's "prophecy" continues:

Yes, there is a great awakening coming to this nation. I am the Author of it and I will bring it to pass. Just turn from your wicked ways and humble yourselves. Stand in the gap and make up the hedge. I am the Lord and I am a Warrior. I will not leave or forsake this country. I will fight through you and with you to regain what has been lost.

Plenty of religious-speak couched in here to make Christians feel all pious about the cause but it is non-biblical. The "never leave nor forsake" promise is from God to those who believe in God, not for an unbelieving nation. At least Leclaire outlines the shortcomings of the church and she is right about that but she fails to see how she is a part of those failings. That instead of preaching the Gospel she has Christians chasing after myths contained within the false prophetic paradigm. As previously written, the inference Leclaire and her ilk make is that if we could just get enough Americans to change their behavior, then God will not judge the nation. Beloved the problem with our country is not behavioral; it is relational. The behavior is merely a symptom of the fact that they have no relationship with God. The way you change the behavior is by changing the relationship and that can only happen through preaching the Gospel! Leclaire however tips her hand as to what this really all about:

I fear God's judgment may come if we continue to stand by in silence while abortions, same-sex marriage and other sin rages in our land.

This is the warped theo-logic regarding such prophecies. They have nothing to do with saving the lost as much as they have to do with saving this country. It is turning America into an idol. The reality is that we Christians like living in the world we are only supposed to be pilgrims and sojourners in. We count our citizenship in heaven on Sundays but we pitch our tent in Sodom the rest of the time. We do not want to come out from among them so we try and convince them to behave better. Does anyone seriously believe that if all abortions, and gay marriages were to stop tomorrow that God would come and judge the rest of the world but leave America alone? Is that how you read Revelation? That the problem God has with America is that children are not forced to pray to a God they do not know? Or that the Ten Commandments are being removed from courthouses that practice injustice? Dear Lord. We have entire denominations and Christian movements that teach Christians do not even need to heed the Ten Commandments! We have prominent denominational leaders praising the pope and working on ecumenical advances! Consider these verses for a moment:

And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.' - Matthew 25: 38-40 (ESV)

Now realize that the vast majority of Christians believe that the women and children from indigent third world countries that have been pouring into this country for the past few weeks should be shipped back! Get out of our country! Who would Jesus deport? I am not making a political stand - I am merely pointing out the lunatic state of the church when it comes to deciding if it wants to side with this country or their heavenly citizenship. Leclaire declares a remnant is rising but that only shows how polluted her thinking is because she believes that remnant is made up of people like her who prove they are not following the Bible but rather their own "American Idol." She correctly chastises the church for loving worldly entertainment but she fails to realize she is part of that entertainment. She is part of the "Christian" entertainment circuit. Exploiting the very real supernatural aspects of God for her own ends. Do not think for a second beloved that there are not real consequences for following false signs and wonders and carnal prophecies. Those effects are being manifest now in the coming generation of church kids. When you support blatantly heretical organizations such as IHOP and Bill Johnson's Bethel Church there is a trickle down effect. Johnson for example operates a school where he teaches the supernatural gifts, despite the Bible clearly teaching that they are given by the Spirit as the Spirit decides. Johnson amazes his congregants with the whole array of false signs and wonders including gold dust, gem stones, angel feathers and glory clouds. He has raised up a youth worship movement to rival the equally heretical Hillsong Church; called Jesus Culture. These kids are taught the same nonsense. Complete disrespect for the supernatural, dominionist theology, and the over-sexualization of Christ arising from the IHOP bridal paradigm. Don't believe me? Let's take a look. This first video is from a Bethel Church service.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHrxAg94XU

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