The Coalescing of the Christian Right with Apostolic Dominionism (the NAR)

"The NEW BREED of Christian is poised to take over the earth, precinct by precinct. God's Army is rising up. It is time to put on the militant garb. The glint in the eye becomes fixed as the exhilaration of the hour sweeps through the masses. They can make a difference! The world has been waiting with bated breath for this LAST DAY GENERATION.

False prophets in their midst are caught in sin, under discipline, yet their tapes sell to believers of their false prophecies.

The call for unity is the common cause bringing them from every denomination. They are calling their unity "revival."

After all, when they have set up the Kingdom here on the earth - they will have fulfilled the mandate given to Adam to subdue the earth. A new sound is heard in the land. The music gets louder and the beat gets stronger (even bringing in rock, metal, and funk) but oddly enough the lyrics are always the same! - The choruses proclaiming the triumphant song of the conquerors!"

What follows may be the most important article ever published by Discernment Ministries in its 21 year history.

The first edition of the Discernment Newsletter, published in May 1990 began chronicling the activities of a group of men calling themselves "prophets" and "apostles," claiming to have extra-biblical revelation and calling to build an elite army to take over the Earth.

This obscure cult infiltrated Pentecostal circles with its doctrines, but it wasn't until these "Kansas City Prophets," as they were called, connected with C. Peter Wagner from Fuller Theological Seminary, that they gained great momentum and helped to form the basis of what Wagner calls "The New Apostolic Reformation" (NAR).

By 1991, in a little booklet titled Joel's Army by Jewel Grewe, she warned about the extreme Dominionist doctrines of these men. The heresies of this movement continued to gain momentum, especially through the evangelical television media. Nevertheless, most of the leaders were not readily recognized in the mainstream evangelical world.

These NAR leaders are having a great big "coming out party" on May Day in Washington, D.C. These New Order of the Latter Rain cult leaders are going to be standing prominently alongside Christian Right and Republican Right leaders in a great convergence that positions them front and center stage.

Their esoteric Dominionist doctrines are rapidly becoming integrated into the entire purpose of this event, albeit cloaked in the rhetoric of "saving America" patriotism.

And herein lies the problem. For, under the guise of moral causes, these men intend to change more than the declining culture of America.

They intend to build the Kingdom of God on Earth, "sphere" by "sphere," nation by nation.

In the last Plumbline,[1] I detailed the vast pervasive reach of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and its myriads of affiliates around the globe. From that directory of affiliates we saw a voracious appetite for interlocking organizations.

At some point C. Peter Wagner (Convening Apostle of the International Coalition of Apostles decided rapid church growth Dominion over society could be accomplished inside a democratic process and without establishing a full blown theocracy.

Wagner and Company decided to employ the infiltration of churches, denominations (behind the scenes), expansion of cell churches, etc.[4]

In addition Church Growth strategies employ the "reclaiming” of the 7 spheres of culture, now named by “revelation” The 7 Mountains of Culture, to take over business, government, media, arts, education family and religion.[5]

In Wagner's book The Church in the Marketplace, he points to the importance of hither-to-unknown Market Place Apostles.

Indications are that he is well along and has millionaire "apostles" in place. He calls for a gigantic wealth transfer from the unrighteous to the righteous to finance Kingdom advance.[7]

Jesus alone can consummate the kingdom when He comes on the clouds in power and great glory. Until that time the kingdom grows in the hearts of men and women (wheat among tares).

Neither does the Kingdom start and end with Uber-American patriotic Christian politics.

Having lived overseas for decades, I know that Christians in other countries often look at American Christian politics in bewilderment.

The kingdom of God is not identified with political might and control even as Jesus came not to be a political messiah in this first advent. Only Jesus the King can rule after His return, resurrection of believers, the final judgment and a new heavens and a new earth.

Forays by NAR Apostles into the political scene in America have been until recently sparse.

But Lou Engle, the bobble head (ala Jews and the Wailing Wall) Apostle,[9] who has his own ministry to youth called "The Call," has been politically active in pro-life and homosexual issues.[11]

Some months ago Engle was able to pray for Gingrich and Huckabee with the laying on of apostolic hands.[12]

But very recently the political stars seem to have come suddenly into alignment. The American political landscape has suddenly changed. A tumult is appearing in the land with the passage of health care reform.

The Christian Right, with its years of courting political influence, is now poised to merge with the new Tea Party Movement.

In times of crisis, natural or caused, things seem to happen faster and opportunities, that would take years, seem to happen in months. There is the scent of rebellion in the air.

Martial Arts and Christian actor Chuck Norris[13] has called for a Second American Revolution. Appearing on Mormon Glenn Beck's radio program Norris promised, if things get any worse, he will run for president of the Sovereign state of Texas.[14]

Some political conservatives are stoking a political upheaval, and they need recruits. Christian Right people have for years worked the political Right. Now the time seems right (pun intended).

The New Apostolic Reformation, which has been called the largest protestant movement you have never heard of, apparently is ready for a "mating dance" with the Christian Right and by extension the Political Right.

Surely, the NAR must see this as a match made in heaven which they hope could eventually lead to Dominion.[16]

This "engagement party" will be held on the steps of the Lincoln monument: MAY DAY 2010: A Cry To God For A Nation In Distress, May 1, 2010.

Janet Porter, a long time Christian shock radio personality with a turbo powered presentation and longtime political right contacts, is openly promoting Dominion. She has been quoted as saying: "our goal is to take dominion in every area and occupy until Jesus comes." She has not been bashful, and has consigned Christians, who voted for Obama, to Hell. I am sure glad I didn't vote for Obama.

Porter apparently is the matchmaker. She is the organizer of the MAY DAY event. For her years in the pro life struggle we can only commend her.

But now she has assumed a role much greater than herself and the Kingdom of God, unless of course you see the Kingdom of God as a political kingdom.

Janet Porter has taken the initiative to organize the May Day event. She has coaxed James Dobson to come out of semi retirement. A bevy of traditional evangelical leaders will now include three of the most prominent NAR Leadership: Chuck Pierce heir apparent (see the last Plumbline), Dutch Sheets who appears to be third in line to the throne (if no palace intrigue occurs), and Cindy Jacobs, (the most prominent of all the prophets and prophetess (Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders[23]).[24]

At the rally on the Lincoln monument the 7 Mountains Scheme of Dominion will be publicly prayed.[25]

It appears that Janet Porter herself had the leading role. It took place at Cindy Jacobs "Convergence 2010: A Cry To Awaken A Nation.”[26]

All the NAR heavies were there, including Peter Wagner, Lance Wallnau (who only lectures on 7 Mountains Dominionism), Ed Silvoso, and Jim Garlow (recently appointed to Newt Gingrich's Renewing American Leadership (ReAL) organization[29]).

During the conference Porter prayed publicly that God would grant control of the media. She suggested taking over CBS and renaming it the Christian Broadcasting System. It appears that the media is the first of the Seven Mountains to be conquered for the kingdom.

Where will this leave CBN, TNN and God TV which now reaches 212 countries? In passing, Cindy Jacobs did not disappoint the conference thrill seekers. She told of the Seraphim coming into her room and catching it on fire.[31]

But, before the MAY DAY 2010 conference, a Freedom Federation Summit is scheduled for April 15, National Tax Day and hosted by Liberty University.[32] This will be a more overtly political event. Many political operatives will be there, including our own Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (Republican candidate wannabe), Governor Perry of Texas, the newly elected Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell and Ken Cuccinelli (Virginia Attorney General attempting to block health care reform), Newt Gingrich, Gary Bauer, Neocon Frank Gaffney, Ann Graham Lotz, and of course Jonathan Falwell.

But significantly in the list of dignitaries invited for the very first time are Lou Engle[33], Rick Joyner,[34] and Lance Wallnau, an “apostle” promoting the 7 Mountains Dominion teaching.[35]

Also listed are Cindy Jacobs, Bishop Harry Jackson (touted as a "modern day Martin Luther King"[36]), and Samuel Rodriguez[37], all NAR Apostles.

Sarah Palin, having been prayed for by an Apostle named Thomas Muthee in Alaska regarding the "7 Mountains scheme", will be there in spirit.[38]

All of this will give the NAR a respected place in Christian Right and national politics. But the agenda of NAR goes beyond social values and politics. This agenda is to infiltrate, to dominate.

Samuel Rodriguez is an apostle who is also a passionate speaker/orator. He heads Wagner's National Christian Hispanic Leadership Council and has also been invited to the Freedom Federation Summit at Liberty University April 15. Speaking earlier at a Rick Joyner's Oak Initiative gathering at Fort Mill, with great emphasis, Rodriguez rallied the crowd asserting that the Oak Initiative, Joyner's political action group, is...

"the New Jerusalem and also Washington DC. We will mobilize for cultural reformation, not just engagement. We will not be held hostage by a donkey or an elephant." How better to express the Dominion Mandate.[39]

"Imagine for a moment that a very large block of the evangelical world decided to reorganize into a hierarchy somewhat like the Roman Catholic Church with leaders (Apostles) in authority over each nation, region and city....

Peter Wagner has streamlined this ideology and named it the NAR. Wagner is the presiding apostle of the ICA which includes 40 nations and prayer warrior community networks in all 50 states and worldwide."[40]

The merging of Christian Right Politics and Apostolic/Prophetic Dominionism is a giant leap forward for the Dominion Mandate they espouse.

"Have you ever wondered why we have spent two thousand years reaching the the same nations OVER and OVER and OVER again? It's because we've only set the goal of reaching them, and not understanding what it is to rule them... Before it is all done, God will give us hundreds of Apostles and Prophets... for they will equip the greatest army of professionals... the world has ever seen.... We believe that the Kingdom of God can come upon the earth as it is in heaven... We believe we will produce a generation that will not only reach but rule. We are called to change history. We are called to produce a generation that will rule. I believe one day we will leave our children Nations and Regions and Continents."[41]

"A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?" (Jeremiah 5:30-31)...

Here are a smattering of quotes. Lee, go read Joel 2 yourself. Joel 2 is about an army that God "sends" but it is an army that is against His own people for purification in Joel 2:25. The NAR jumbles this all up an declare that being in the Joel 2 army is a "good thing" and that they are this army! They even have hymns about it! How can they be of God but used against His own people, though? There is an answer. It has to do with "strong delusion" that God will send. The NAR people will beliee they are "Christians" who are allowed to add to the word of God their own twisted ideas, in a world where false prophecy is okay, where they can mythologize scripture to mean anything they want it to mean. So they will believe with all their heart that they are "God's" as they storm over any Christian who does not agree with their doctrine. It is the great Apostasy.

SUPERNATURAL BEINGS

By Jewel van der Merwe

JOEL'S ARMY ERROR! The DAY OF THE LORD is interpreted by the "prophets" to mean that Christ will come to His Church and INCARNATE [God in flesh] an ARMY of believers thus giving them SUPERNATURAL qualities to execute judgment on the Church. THE DAY OF THE LORD is also construed to mean a time of judgment starting at the Church.

The key text they love to quote is I Peter 4:17: "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the House of God."

The common orthodox interpretation of the text that God will punish the righteous when they sin and punish the ungodly at the coming judgment is quite adequate and clear. Ever since the inception of the Church, the Holy Spirit has been in the business of judging and purging the Church. God's sovereign judgment will continue to chasten, cleanse and purge the Church until the judgment seat of Christ when the saints will receive their rewards and the records of service set straight.

The DAY OF THE LORD as seen through the eyes of the NEW WAVE "prophets" will be a time when JOEL'S ARMY led by the "prophets" will pour out God's wrath on the church. Then for the first time in two thousand years the "pure church" will come forth. In other words, the "blood of Christ" did not avail, nor will it in the LAST DAYS because JOEL'S ARMY and the "prophets" will do what the blood could not, i.e., cleanse the Church. If indeed it takes JOEL'S ARMY to purify the Church, then all the preaching of the Cross from the early Church to the present was in vain. And rather than the "cross" being God's final answer to "walking in newness of life" . . . . we do well to look for another.

The JOEL'S ARMY doctrine as it applies to the Church and the world is not only in total conflict with the "Gospel of Christ", but is a radical new rendition of the doctrine of redemption and purification. By all analysis, it is "another gospel" and poses a real threat to unstable churches in that it is yet another great deception beguiling the Church.

CLEANSING ACTION

The following is a further account of Jack Deere's "bloody slaughter on the church by Joel's Army" that will turn the scene of the church to blood and darkness before perfection. "The Scripture never encourages us to warn the unbeliever of the wrath that is to come. When the prophets speak to God's people, they warn God's people about what's to come. And then he says to God's people, not to the unbelievers, but he says to God's people, let the land, those who live in the land of Palestine, let them tremble' now how could that be? Our Lord Jesus is coming back, we all believe that, but why should God's people tremble?. . He's going to come TO the Church. He's going to come TO the Church before He comes FOR the Church. I Peter 4:17 says that judgment is near and that it's going to begin with the House of God. . . The Lord Jesus before He comes and visits judgment upon the earth, He's going to come and VISIT IT UPON HIS CHURCH. And no one, no one, in His Church is going to escape that judgment.....

"You really want the DAY OF THE LORD TO COME? Woe to you, woe to you who long for the DAY OF THE LORD. THAT DA Y will be darkness, not light.... He's coming in judgment. He's coming to PURIFY HIS CHURCH. He will not come back for that BRIDE. He will come to PURIFY THAT CHURCH and make it HIS BRIDE and that's why judgment is going to come......

"How is God going to bring judgment upon His Church and then judgment upon the land after His Church? He's going to do it with a LARGE AND MIGHTY ARMY. Now what is this ARMY like? He says, first off in verse 3, well first of all He said that this ARMY is totally unique. This ARMY, there's never been one like it and there never will be one like it in ages to come. . . When this ARMY comes, He says it's large and it's mighty. It's so mighty that there's never been anything like it before. .. 'begin the slaughter and begin it in the temple and begin it with the elders, the leaders of my people'. And they walk through the land and they start and they begin to slaughter and you know God has already started that? He has already started with the biggest names in His household? He has already started the slaughter . .and it is coming now among the Church. He'll start with the leaders, but He'll move out into the Church. That's why when He says in verse 2, "It's a day not of rejoicing and happiness, it's a day of darkness and gloom. It's a day of clouds and blackness, like dawn spreading across the mountains.... You really want the Day of the Lord to come? Woe to you, woe to you who long for the DAY OF THE LORD. That Day will be darkness, not light." (Jack Deere, VMI, Joel's Army, 1990).

http://www.velocity.net/~edju/JoelsArmy1.htm

They all in one way or another taught forms of Latter Rain or Manifest Sons theology. Paul Cain taught in true Manifest Sons style that ‘if you have intimacy with God they can’t kill you…the life sap from the Son of the living God keeps you from cancer, keeps you from dying, keeps you from death...’ Speaking of the Latter Rain ‘Joel’s Army’, which he and his fellow prophets were calling out from the church under the apostleship of John Wimber, he said, ‘They will have the kind of imperishable bodies that are talked about in the 15th chapter of Corinthians…This army is invincible’.

Similar teaching about this elite Joel’s Army was propounded by Jack Deere and John Wimber on behalf of the Vineyard Churches.

http://www.swordpdp.com/article005.asp

Bob Jones

Jones was called the 'Resident Seer' of KCP's ministries. He teaches false doctrine, false prophecies and visions, occult dreams and 'revelations'. At one time he was in a mental hospital, where, he claims, he was visited by demons regularly. Sadly, they do not appear to have left him. Whilst there in the mental institution, Jones claims that Jesus came to him and told him "that to get his mind back he must either kill OR forgive twelve people he hated" -

and this man is revered as a 'prophet' of God!!

http://www.christiandoctrine.net/doctrine/articles/article_00093_the_kansas_city_prophets_web.htm

Jack Deere speak of an invincible army. He says, "...they won't be able to kill this army." John Wimber also stated, "those in this army will have the 'kind of anointing ... his kind of power ... anyone who wants to harm them must die".

http://www.letusreason.org/Latrain10.htm

The next point concerning the Scriptures is that the Bible is not the final authority for Truth. Rather, the “spirit” is their final authority, followed by the witness of the corporate ministry. The Bible becomes secondary to this “spirit” and corporate ministry.

Just to illustrate this point, Sam Fife has said that in these last days that whatever the corporate spirit in them leads them to do – whether or not they have scripture to stand on – that is what they will do. In a private conversation, I asked him if he felt the spirit leading him to kill someone, would he do it? His answer was in the affirmative…

…Sam makes it clear that since Jesus went into oblivion and does not now exist as an individual entity apart from his spiritual body (the Church), that we should not expect to see him come again at the second advent. When Sam speaks of the Lord’s coming again, he is referring to the appearing of Christ IN a group of people, God’s elect.

http://www.discernment-ministries.org/JoelsArmy1.htm

The imminence of such a supernatural manifestation was shared with Charismatic Christians overseas. Latter Rain “prophets” from the Vineyard Ministries International visited England as part of their world outreach. Their “prophetic” message was that God is raising an army in these last days to execute judgment and dominion throughout the Earth. They declared that the time is at hand for God to pour out His Spirit (the Latter Rain) on the Church in an unprecedented scale, in fulfillment of Joel 2:28, marking the beginning of the great “new thing” God is doing on the earth.

Vineyard Ministries have held conferences overseas and throughout the U.S.A. Churches and denominations have been proselytized and preyed on with a “gospel” that leaders claim is ordained to bring forth:

1. the greatest revival the church has ever known;

2. the greatest baptism of the Spirit the Church has ever experienced;

3. the greatest Army (Joel's Army) distinguished by invincibility, immortality and divinity;

4. the greatest purging (inquisition) in the history of the Church;

5. the greatest ministry – the Prize of all Ages; and

6. the greatest miracles, supernatural signs and wonders, far exceeding that of the Apostles and Prophets of old.

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