Good grief!
If I had to guess “the Laodicians” represents us in the west. We’ve become lukewarm.
It’s not exactly Psalm 151, is it?
Holy mackeral...
South Korea - Demographics:
30% - Christian
46% - Atheist or Agnostic
22% - Buddhist
Balance are other
Let me cite one sentence, here:
Jedediah, your one wild dude.
"Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many." (Matt. 24:11)
For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance." (Matt. 24:24-25)
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(1 John 4:1)
Sadly, in our day we are inundated with false prophets who claim to have a "word from the Lord". The fact of the matter is this, people like the person posting this drivel FAIL the GOD-GIVEN TEST of a TRUE prophet of God = ALL that he or she "prophesies" MUST COME TRUE 100%! Not just 100% BUT 100% OF THE TIME = EVERYTHING THEY PROPHESY must ALWAYS be fulfilled 100% OF THE TIME OR THEY ARE FALSE PROPHETS:
The LORD said to me, They have spoken well.
I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
But the prophet who speaks a word PRESUMPTUOUSLY IN MY NAME WHICH I HAVE NOT COMMANDED HIM TO SPEAK, OR WHICH HE SPEAKS IN THE NAME OF OTHER gods, THAT PROPHET SHALL DIE.
You may say in your heart, HOW WILL WE KNOW THE WORD WHICH THE LORD HAS N O T SPOKEN?
When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, IF THE THING DOES NOT COME ABOUT OR COME TRUE, THAT IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD HAS N O T SPOKEN. The prophet has spoken it PRESUMPTUOUSLY; you shall NOT BE AFRAID OF HIM. (Deuteronomy 18:17-22 NASB, Emphasis added)
*False prophets like this abound and God Himself commands us NOT be AFRAID of them or of their FALSE AND PRESUMPTUOUS so-called "prophesies".
One more thing; God also provides us with a SECOND TEST OF A TRUE PROPHET. Just in case what the so-called "prophet " prophesies does indeed come true 100%, 100% of the time =
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
and the sign or the wonder COMES TRUE, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,
YOU SHALL NOT LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THAT PROPHET OR THAT DREAMER OF DREAMS; for the LORD your God is TESTING YOU testing you to find out if you LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH AL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL.
You shall FOLLOW the LORD your God and FEAR HIM; and you shall KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, LISTEN to HIS VOICE, SERVE HIM, and CLING TO HIM.
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH, because he has counseled REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to SEDUCE YOU FROM THE WAY IN WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD COMMANDED YOU TO WALK. So you shall purge the evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 NASB, Emphasis added)
The SECOND TEST OF A TRUE PROPHET is this: If what he "prophesies" DOES comes true/come to pass and it comes true 100% of the time; *is the false prophet using these fulfilled "signs" and prophesies as a means of drawing those who witness them to follow after false gods (this would also include FOLLOWING AFTER him), instead of following the true and living God = the Lord Jesus Christ? A good example of this will be THE False Prophet of Revelation who will prophesy and perform many signs and wonders in order to seduce the people of the world into following and worshipping the Antichrist (See Revelation 13:11-17 below)
So the big question is this: "WHO IS THE 'prophet' ULTIMATELY POINTING PEOPLE TO?"
Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon.
He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And HE MAKES THE EARTH ANDTHOSE WHO DWELL IN IT TO W O R S H I P THE FIRST BEAST, whose fatal wound was healed.
He performs GREAT SIGNS ,SO THAT HE EVEN MAKES FIRE COME DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN TO THE EARTH IN THE PRESENCE OF MEN.
And HE DECEIVES THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH B E C A U S E OF THE SIGNS which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, TELLING THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH TO MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST who had the wound of the sword and has come to life.
And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as DO NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST TO BE KILLED.
And HE CAUSES ALL, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, TO BE GIVEN A MARK on their right hand or on their forehead,
and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:11-17 NASB, Emphasis added)
Regarding prophets and prophesies, it is always best to stick to the Word of God and to it ALONE because it is TRUE and utterly trustworthy.