Strang-er Than Fiction: Chuck Pierce Gets Dramatic Message from God
According to Pierce: The Lord woke me at 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning. As I walked into the bathroom I noticed a calligraphy verse: Lean not on your own understanding. This verse lit up even though the light was not on in the bathroom. The verse became red and yellow like fire. When I went back in at 5 AM, I noticed that the verse was actually in navy blue! During this second nocturnal visit, God revealed a 1,500 essay to him, which he was able to write down verbatim afterwards. However, it seems that God was in a rather vague and rambling mood. Here's a taster: Abrasive circumstances will increase over these next 40 days. Lean not on your own understanding. I will show you things that you do not know during this time. I will cause you to see the pattern that I am forming. Do not fall into an understanding of the past, even the past 40 years, for in the next 40 days I am producing a new time of understanding in My people. For My wisdom is not your wisdom. I am creating a fear and an awe of Me! I will show you how evil is working. I will let you hear the voice of evil - that voice that has been distracting, confronting, and taunting you. My cause will rise up in you....Don't miss your window of opportunity or fail to recognize the catalyst I am creating for rearranged momentum. Receive an anointing to leap over the mountain that has been deceiving and intimidating you... The whole text (available here) is of the same sort, and with no actual specifics doubtless anything will be able to fit the prophecy. Presumably, however, it has something to do with the race for the presidency (Strang backed Huckabee). Pierce heads up Glory of Zion International Ministries, and according to his profile:
...He is on the Executive Board of the International Coalition of Apostles, the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders, and the International Society of Deliverance Ministers. Chuck is also a member of the International Federation of Churches and Ministers. He coordinates prayer for many of the major spiritual events and gatherings around the world. He also serves as National Apostle of the U.S. Global Apostolic Prayer Network.
The membership list of the International Coalition of Apostles was recently brought to my attention, and can be seen here. Alongside Pierce, the guiding lights are C. Peter Wagner and John Kelly. Wagner, of course, is the most famous name (see here for a short profile), and his ideas about "spiritual warfare" and the role of the demonic were very popular in certain circles in both in the USA and elsewhere in the 1990s. According to Pierce in 2005, on-going problems in Iraq are due to "the power of sorceries of Babylon". Other contributors to Talk to Action have explored this area of Charismatic Christian dominionism in more detail, for example here.
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