Dear All -

As we in the eschatosphere are all well aware, November 11th has come and gone.  Some of us may have expected major events on that day, and those expectations may have been the result of the work of Ron Reese.  Of course, he was not the only one - I'm aware of several end-times "watchers" who also made predictions.

This is the second time I am aware of that Ron has named a "date certain" that came and went, and now he is being labeled a "false prophet."  I understand a YouTube video "exposing" Ron as a "false prophet" has already been posted.  I have not seen it.

I think we'd better be careful.  Being wrong on a date is not good, but "false prophet" is a VERY serious charge.  In Biblical times, it was a capital offense.  I hope you will follow me with a prayerful second look.

I think it's understood that Ron sincerely believed that some really bad stuff was going to happen on November 11th.  Let me ask each of you a question:  If you sincerely believed that something bad was going to happen, and you thought you knew when it would be and what it might be, what would you do?  If you sincerely thought your neighbor was in danger, would you warn him and, if so, why?  What would motivate you to warn him?  I would submit that Ron's activities were undergirt by love.  He truly believed, and he truly cared.

False prophets don't love and they don't care.  Read up on a few of them in the Old Testament and tell me what you see.  Pashhur?  Nice guy.  Prophets of Ba'al?  Yeah, feel the love there, too.

Ron was not in the back room ringing a cash register.  He was not on a payroll, or selling books or DVD's.  He never asked me for a dime.  All those false prophets who contended with Micaiah were on Ahab's payroll.  A bunch of paid flunkies.

Third, the message:  We all know bad stuff is due and owing to America.  We have a river of blood running through this country - fifty MILLION dead babies.  They had dead babies in Jeremiah's day, too.  Scripture said Manasseh filled Jerusalem with blood.  The false prophets back then said, "it doesn't matter.  God won't destroy this place because His temple is here."  The false prophets proclaimed a comfortable message.  Same deal in Samaria: "Go to battle, King Ahab.  You will gore the enemy until they are destroyed!"  However, the true prophet told the truth about imminent disaster, and the true prophet also spoke of the broken-hearted and betrayed God behind it.

Let's be clear about one thing.  Prophecy is not Christianized fortune-telling.  Authentic prophecy is disclosing the heart of God.  Often the prophets authenticated their message as being from God by saying or doing something that only God could be behind.  Read Wounded Lover for a better view.  We understand that hard times have come to America, and we believe things will get worse.  A true prophet tells why.  A hireling will say how nasty Obama and the Democrats are.  A prophet will say that God reluctantly raised up Obama to chastise us because God raised us up to be holy people, and we have betrayed Him.

Hardly a popular message, but it's true.

We have false prophets in America.  They are paid pulpit hirelings who declare that God just wants us to be happy, that He has lots of blessings for us, that if we just sign a card or join a church or "ask Jesus to come into our hearts" that all will be well.  NOT ONE WORD about those fifty million innocents.  "That's to upsetting."  Nothing about this country being on the very threshold of divine justice.  "We can pray 2 Chronicles 7:14 and God will relent."  You've seen and heard it and so have I. 

Guys like Ron are pleading with people to expect fierce wrath.  He got the date wrong because, frankly, some of his date-setting algorithms are unBiblical, to say the least.  But that doesn't make him a false prophet.  It makes him an object lesson, perhaps one that we all need. 

So thanks, Ron, for at least loving people enough to warn.  Thanks for not being some profiteering huckster.  Thanks for reminding people that wrath is coming, it is DESERVED, and it can no longer be avoided.  Just no more dates.  Repent of the foolish "license plate eschatology" (good advice for all of us), get away from eisegesis and get back to exegesis, and live a Spirit-filled life from now until the trumpet sounds.

Feel free to forward this as led.  And feel free to disagree with me and correct me if you think I'm wrong.

Very best,

Steve
Anakypto Forum


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