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First and foremost, I do not seek to blindly condemn or unnecessarily criticise any pastors with the opinions expressed in this article. I rather seek to remove the negative connotation attached to the terms ‘prophet’ or ‘prophecy’ as a result of their misuse among many of our renowned and respected men of God in Nigeria and across the world today.
Sadly, prophecy has been reduced to plain luck and logic with general and non-specific proclamations more akin to the astrology found in a newspaper column. Using the simple principle of sowing and reaping, pastors make declarations of divine blessing and uncommon favour for the saints amid destruction and devastation for their enemies, and then confuse fact and fate with predictions of obvious eventualities such as natural disasters, scientific breakthroughs and various tragedies in leadership – all wrapped up under the sacred term ‘prophecy’.
Prophecy is not the product of reasoning faculties or merely stating the obvious with a touch of common sense. It is foreknowledge of presently hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason, the foretelling of the future through a direct revelation from God, an inspired declaration of divine will and purpose.
Today, reading of prophetic declarations at the start of each year leaves more questions asked than answers given. Why does God seem only to send these messages to His servants at such strategic yearly timing? Why is He revealing what everybody already knows? Why does He let out vague and general warnings that could be misinterpreted, misjudged and easily related to multiple situations?
I would like to use Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nigeria as an example. As much as I appreciate Baba Adeboye’s ministry and respect his large network of churches, his yearly ‘prophecy’ tends to frustrate me.
In 2004, he stated in a prophecy for individuals, ‘For the wise it is to be a year of hard work; hard study; hard praying; hard sowing and tremendous harvest. For the wise, the year will end far more glorious than it started. It will be a year of visions, revelations and opportunities, but the lazy will miss most of them…’ In 2007, he said: ‘The Year will be a pleasant year for heaven seekers. It will not be a very pleasant year for the Lukewarm and Backsliders…’ He further stated for Nigeria, ‘Major Anti-Christians will suffer private and personal mishaps…’ and spoke to the international community, ‘An Evil Organization will suffer yet another terrible blow.’ Can these be classified as prophetic declarations or simply the outworking of the biblical principle: ‘Whatsoever a man sows, that he shall reap’?
He continued in 2007, ‘For some there will be unexpected dramatic promotions both physically and especially spiritually. Some will experience a complete change in direction and destiny. For some, there will be incidence of great joy and celebrations.’ 2008 carried on in the same vein, “For some people, there will be accelerated promotion this year. There will be deeper knowledge of the word of God for some people this year…” These vague and general statements relating to ‘some’ contradict the very purpose of prophecy. Of course, everyone will at ‘some’ time in their life experience good times of promotion and joy, just as there will be hard times. To re-affirm this and package it in the guise of ‘prophecy’ is misleading.
Some of his 2004 declarations could well be confused as comical, with Adeboye proclaiming, ‘Many new projects will succeed this year. There will be many marriages. There will be a flood of many babies…’ In 2006, his prophecies seemed to incorporate a subtle call to financially support the ministry: “The generous shall have many causes to smile. Sacrifices shall be rewarded in more ways than one. Breakthroughs are coming, but note that they are for the building of the kingdom of God. Beware of wasteful spending.”
The most recent pronouncements of 2009 included: “Intensify your prayers for the president… Those who have made money their gods will discover it has strong wings. Problems will drive many back to God; with the end result of heavenly joy. Concentrated prayers are needed to reduce the frequency and intensity of natural disaster. Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes are coming, but God says if you pray concentrated prayers their frequency and intensity will be reduced… Pray against assassination attempt against world leaders.”
These are statements and truths that anybody can declare, irrespective of their race, religion or education – be it a businessman, lawyer, footballer, journalist or student. What then makes it prophetic? What then makes it divine? Today, pastors declare simple biblical principles and realities of life and package them with the title ‘prophecy’. But who among our pastors today can stand up in public and give a specific and direct prophetic word, mentioning places, dates and details?
However, there is someone who seems to fit the bill of ‘prophet’ in today’s materialistic age. His mystique and enigma have undoubtedly been the source of much confusion and commotion, as varied rumours run awry about who he is, where he comes from and the source of his power – but Pastor TB Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria is someone with quite a remarkable prophetic pedigree.
Recently in January 2009, Joshua prophesied: “Fast on Friday. I see a nation, ‘NY’. Open your lips and pray for a nation ‘NY’. ‘NY’ is part of that country. Pray for God’s protection… On February 13, we should pray for the whole world. The Lord showed me the country.” On February 13th 2009, Continental Airlines plane crashed into a home near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 passengers on board and one person on the ground. It was a Friday.
In June 2008, he said, “I’m seeing a hero, famous and popular – a person that is at the centre of their own world, being saved – suddenly was saved. That salvation saved them from death. Let us pray on Tuesday and Thursday – let’s capture Wednesday…” Three days later on Wednesday, the former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was rescued after 6 years of captivity in the Colombian jungle.
In January 2002, Joshua said, “We should pray against explosions: Industrial, fuel, fire or bomb explosions this January 15th to 25th and 29th. We will continue to pray for God’s intervention… Those of you that are going to Ikeja by the grace of God, be in Spirit. There is a mark in your life. Don’t be afraid! The Lord is with you…” Sunday, January 27th 2002 was the day of the Ikeja bomb catastrophe in Lagos.
These prophecies are not isolated incidents, as he regularly prophesies during most of his Sunday services in front of a live audience watching globally via his television channel, Emmanuel TV. This is the same Joshua who President Atta Mills of Ghana publically testified to, saying he had accurately predicted specific details of his three round election victory.
In conclusion, our ministers of God should continue to re-affirm and encourage people with biblical truths, but be careful not to present them as prophetic messages.
Misquoting God is dangerous.
By Michael Webster Syndicated Investigative Reporter. May 24, 2009 at 6:00 AM PST
Opium trafficking provides the Taliban and other terrorist groups with much of their income
The combined forces of the NATO and Afghanistan-led military forces seized 92 tons of opium poppy seeds and other drugs, “severely disrupting” a key narcotics center and command base of the insurgency.
The operation in Helmand province Friday, ended overnight when precision air strikes obliterated the drugs. The area was emptied of civilians overnight on Friday, before precision airstrikes were launched, the statement said.
Masses of heroin-processing chemicals and bomb-making materials collected in the sweep of Marja, southwest of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, were also destroyed by the air strikes according to U.S. military.
“A total of 60 militants were eliminated as they mounted an ineffective and uncoordinated defense against friendly forces,” a joint US and Afghan military statement said, issuing a final tally for the whole operation.
The international and Afghan forces then seized the poppy seeds, along with tar opium, processed morphine, heroin and hashish The statement said the troops had “seized the single-largest drug cache by Afghan-led forces in Afghanistan to date”.
Helmand, where thousands of NATO military forces helped Afghanistan troops, is the main producer of Afghan opium, which accounts for more than 90 per cent of the world’s supply.
Most of it is turned into heroin and smuggled to markets in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The vast province is a known stronghold for the Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgency.
The US military also said that a large amount of weapons and bomb-making equipment was seized during the operation.
The operation had confirmed that Marja was a “hub of multiple types of militant and criminal activity”, the statement said.
“The four-day operation severely disrupted one of the key militant and criminal operations and narcotics hubs in southern Afghanistan,” US military spokesman Colonel Greg Julian said.
Afghan and international officials say the Taliban earn millions of dollars a year from the drugs trade.
There is a connection between Middle East terrorists and the drug trade dates back more than two decades, when the United States and pro-Western governments opposed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. At that time the focus was on training and equipping fierce mujahideen fighters to resist communist occupation forces, but the means to that end were often the same drug money. Today it is the same thing but growing. The drugs raised in Afghanistan finds its way via smuggling routes into markets in both Europe and the United States where they are sold. In turn millions of dollars and Eros are used to fund terrorist and their terror not only in Afghanistan but around the world. Most of these same terrorist drug organizations that fuel the terror network also help to fund the Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. Part of this illicit cash provides operating capital for international terrorist Osama Bin Laden and others.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzal brother is believed by the U.S. Government to be a major player in growing, processing and trafficking Afghanistan drugs worldwide.
Afghanistan produces over 80 percent of the world’s opium supply and 90 percent of the opiate products that are not used in Afghanistan are destined for Europe and smaller amounts to the US. Unlike their counterparts in Colombia, the terrorists in Afghanistan enjoy the benefits of a trafficker-driven economy that lacks a national government who has any interest in combating it.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzal recently at a news conference said, “all, drug production and trafficking goes hand in hand with terrorism, the money that’s created from drugs feeds terrorism in Afghanistan and the rest of the world”.
US Drug Enforcement Administration DEA intelligence confirms the presence of a major linkage between the Taliban and international terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden is believed to also be involved in the drug trade. The dangerous sanctuary in Pakistan enjoyed by al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists is based on the Taliban’s support for the drug trade, which also is a primary source of income for corrupted government officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Credible DEA source information indicates both countries’ intelligent agencies are corrupted and benefit directly from the profitable drug trade globally. It is common knowledge that in addition to the Taliban reaping large amounts of cash from drug trafficking, they have for years directly taxed and derived financial benefits that way from the opium trade as well.
Former U.S. Drug czar John Walters has acknowledged that “the struggle between narco-trafficking has to be linked with the fight against terrorism” because “drug-trafficking groups contribute to the financing of corruption and terrorism.”
Afghanistan produces more opium than any other country. DEA has seen no decrease in availability, and no increase in the price of Southwest Asian Heroin in the United States and European consumer countries. This indicates that significant amounts of opiates still remain available and are plentiful in the supply pipeline. According to the United Nations, up to 60% of Afghanistan’s opium crop is stored for future sales.
The Columbian and Mexican drug cartels now believed to be working with international terrorist is the most pervasive organizational threat to the United States.
The U.S. indicates an increase in worldwide demand for heroin, and the resulting profitability of poppy growing in the regions of the world where terrorist organizations most flourish. U.S. and other forces have been in Afghanistan for several years — despite having ousted the ruling Taliban government, which support al-Qaeda terrorists. Fighting an ongoing guerrilla war against supporters of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in hopes of creating a stable government in Kabul and the country in general is proving to be slim. The insurgency is well entranced and taking new territory and holding it against NATO and Afghanistan forces.
The illegal drug market is one of the most profitable in the world. It is extremely difficult to know the global value of the drug trade since it is a business that is illegal, underground, and hard to trace. The United Nations Drug Control Program estimates that it is worth $400 billion per year, equivalent to 8% of world trade. In the United States, alone, the drug trade is worth upwards of $100 billion per year. It is now close to 20 years since the U.S. government has been fighting the “War On Drugs,” but despite the billions of dollars spent, an enormous amount of drugs continues to flow into the country. And now even more drugs coming in from Afghanistan.
However, with poppy sales on the rise in Afghanistan local warlords whose allegiance rests comfortably with anti-U.S. factions and those whose loyalty is up for sale can be counted on to continue cultivating this highly coveted crop to raise money for local armies fighting to expel American and allied troops from Afghanistan.
More heroin production will mean that more drugs will be sold on American streets by the kinds of characters who would do business with terrorists. Street crime and corruption will certainly be a booming industry in the next few years. The selling of these drugs threatens NATO and coalition soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. It means unfortunately more body bags coming home from the frontlines.
Sources:
U.S. State Department
Drug czar John Walters
DEA
United Nations
Maseh Zarif for Diplomatic Courier
Brookings Institution
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry
US Defense Department
AP
Indian Embassy
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