Okay, so let me get this straight. Last year Robertson proclaimed that God told him a major terrorist attack, possibly nuclear, was going to result in mass death in the US, correct? And now, Roberston states that God has given him a new prophetic message, right? Well, first, by definition a prophet of God is always 100% right about all prophesies from God - or else they are a false prophet! And second, if God gave him a new prophesy for this year why would God withhold clarification of why last year's "prophesy" did not come to pass? Why would God not tell Robertson the reason mass destruction didn't occur? If God's people indeed prayed and intervened in the hand of God would that not be good news? Would that not be a message worth sharing, and an encouragement to continue to seek the face of God?
By biblical standard a prophet of God is always - 100% of the time - accurate in his prophesies. If a so called prophet of God is not 100% accurate he is a FALSE prophet.
Why do so many who claim to be knowledgeable spout this nonsense?!
God told Jonah to declare that Nineveh would fall in 40 days. It didn't happen. So there goes your "golden rule".
Isaiah told Hezekiah that he would die shortly. It didn't happen. So there again goes your "golden rule".
But according to you, one of the greatest prophets (Isaiah) is a false one. I'll leave it to others to explain why he's not.
Amen.
I think Robertson and others sidestep the issue by calling their predictions “words of knowledge”.
Then there was Jonah...God told him he was going to destroy
Nineveh but when Jonah finally preached to the city, the city repented and God stayed his hand. It tells me that while God may give warning messages to folks in order to warn those who need repentance, God will act in a tactically dynamic way stay his hand should repentance occur.
Religious folks have a tendency to look at God as acting in a strategic...”course is set” way and we forget he can also choose to act dynamically in an “up to the minute” way as well. God is interested in our salvation, not our destruction!
Be that as it may, to make startling very specific prophecies that don’t come true especially when there has been no mass repentance on the part of the nation does make Robertson’s prophecies suspect. He is right that prayers of righteous folk can make a difference as scripture says...even Abraham would have secured the continued existence of Sodom if God had found 10 righteous folk there.
So in the end what can we say...only God knows Robertson’s heart, perhaps he is a charlatan or perhaps certain folk in this country who are strong in intercessory prayer convinced a loving God to stay his hand once again.
I can look at Robertson’s personal fruits...no hint of sexual sin, not a drunk, yet may be more materialist minded in that he tends to teach a “prosperity” type of faith.(keep giving your tithe and then some extra, exude a positive attitude and you’ll have tapped into the heavenly ATM machine). His basic gospel is otherwise orthodox Christianity, blood spilled for the atonement of our sins and all that goes with that. His ministries and finances are frequently vetted by independent organizations to maintain public integrity. He does tend to make some blood thirsty public statements such as his call to assasinate Chavez....but then again so have a lot of Freepers!
So I have a mixed view of the man...but I find myself hesitant question his internal faith. He is human and prone to error...but so was King David, Paul, Peter...as well as your kindly neighbor down the road who may have gotten unjustly angry at a 2 dollar error made by the fast food waitress!
Let’s see if I understand this. “The people of God prayed” so he spared the nuclear weapon. But they must not have prayed hard enough, because he’s still sending a recession. Maybe we’re all just “$10.00 away” from being spared even the recession.