I will test “Forty Prophecies for 2023 and Beyond”, by Chris Reed, published on Morningstar Ministries web site December 29, 2022. One reason I chose this word is the fact that I do not need to do the compiling myself. Usually, specific predictions are spread out across several messages and intertwined with non-predictive utterances. Another reason is the clearly defined time-frame. Even though the heading says “2023 and beyond”, the contents for almost every prediction makes the 2024 election the upper boundary for them to apply.
The TL;DR version is simple. Reed failed spectacularly. These are clearly not words from the Lord but emanate from his fleshly wishes.
I know that Reed has been disgraced. He has been caught faking prophetic revelations, using social media and other investigative methods to emulate “words of knowledge”. He has also been caught using the prophetic to manipulate women to have sex with him. However, the predictions are still online at Morningstar Ministries, and they provide valuable insight into how the prophetic work in these circles – or rather what a mess it has become!
Thank God many Christians are protesting against Donald Trump! A month ago, a group from Faithful America stood outside the Capitol with an enormous inflatable golden calf dressed like Trump to warn of how the Christian MAGA movement is dangerously close to idolatry.
Instead of repenting or apologizing for any of this, Trump has persistently insisted he has done nothing wrong, and far too many of his evangelical supporters have backed him, calling him the one who will “save” Christianity and Christian values.
That’s why it’s so good to see American Christians protesting against this. Especially Christian women seem to have abandoned Trump to a greater extent after his assault conviction. Much of the election outcome likely depends on them! That’s why the MAGA men are freaking out when they realize that their wives might not vote for the same rapist adulterer as they are for president:
Micael Grenholm is a Swedish church historian, author and an editor for PCPJ.
Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice is a multicultural, gender inclusive, and ecumenical organization that promotes peace, justice, and reconciliation work among Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians around the world. If you like what we do, please become a member!
Donald Trump lost big in his debate with Kamala Harris when, among other things, he rambled about Joe Biden not being president, that everyone attending Harris’s rallies are paid actors, and that immigrants eat cats and dogs in the small town of Springfield, Ohio.
The latter was corrected by the debate moderator, who said that Springfield’s authorities have denied this, but Trump protested like a five-year-old and shouted, “I saw it on television!!”
The most bizarre part of the debate, however, was when Trump boasted that a dictator likes him. Kamala Harris had just pointed out that Trump tried to undemocratically hold onto power after he lost the 2020 election like a dictator and that even people who worked with him called him a “disgrace.” And how did Trump respond?
“Viktor Orbán, one of the most respected men—they call him a ‘strongman’—he’s a tough person, smart… He said: You need Trump back as president.”
For normal people, it’s not a good sign when a racist dictator who persecutes journalists and condemns “mixed-race nations” endorses you, but Trump is incredibly impressed by dictators and wants to be like them. Kamala Harris pointed out: “These dictators and autocrats are rooting for you to be president again… You adore strongmen instead of caring about democracy.”
This is far from the first time Trump has praised a dictator and expressed himself in an anti-democratic way:
Trump praised President Xi in China for consolidating power in order to become president for life, saying he wanted to try the same thing.[1]
Trump has repeatedly “joked” about serving longer than the legal limit of two terms.[2]
Trump has repeatedly praised authoritarian leaders, including Putin, Duterte, Erdogan, el-Sisi, and Orbán.[3]
Trump praised the brutal dictator Kim Jong Un, calling him “strong, funny, and smart.”[4]
At a G7 summit, President Trump loudly asked, “Where’s my favorite dictator?” while waiting for the Egyptian dictator.[5]
Trump has defended those who stormed the Capitol to prevent Joe Biden from being democratically elected and said he would pardon them if he becomes president again.[6]
Trump has looked up to the sky and declared that he is “the chosen one.”[7]
Trump shared a tweet in which he was called the King of Israel and the Second Coming of God, and he thanked them for the compliment.[8]
Trump has explicitly written that the U.S. Constitution should be suspended to prevent him from losing elections.[9]
Trump told his supporters that they wouldn’t need to vote again after this election.[10]
Recently, Trump has repeatedly said that he would “only” be a dictator on day one if he’s re-elected and would use presidential power dictatorially to get revenge on his political enemies.[11]
He also recently claimed that all his political enemies will be arrested when he comes to power.[12]
Trump is the greatest threat to U.S. democracy we have ever seen. Let us pray and act so that he loses big in November!
Micael Grenholm is a Swedish church historian, author and an editor for PCPJ.
Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice is a multicultural, gender inclusive, and ecumenical organization that promotes peace, justice, and reconciliation work among Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians around the world. If you like what we do, please become a member!
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