NEARING MIDNIGHT
Jan 5
For this special mid-week update, Todd and Terry have decided to cover the same subject:
Goodbye Lindsey; Hello Harlot Church
When I first heard that the Trinity Broadcasting Network had pulled Hal Lindsey's "The International Intelligence Briefing" program because he was casting Islam in a bad light while favoring Israel, I thought the people disseminating this news had made some terrible mistake. I regard TBN to be riddled with apostasy, but I didn't think they would be willing to make such a giant step in the wrong direction.
Evangelical Christians have always had a pro-Israel stance. Because Arab nations have traditionally sought Israel's destruction, it has been a no-brainer for evangelicals to side with the Jewish state. TBN does not have the option of choosing the middle ground. If take the Arabs' side, you will find yourself cheering the Gog/Arab invasion of Ezekiel 38 and 39.
Jan Crouch, TBN's vice president for scheduling, gave the order to remove Lindsey from the December lineup. She apparently did not feel Hal was fitting into the "love gospel" that they wish to present to the world.
The network first showed its true nature by lying about its reason for removing the show. It said the suspension was simply a traditional hiatus in lieu of Christmas programming. TBN later revised that statement to confirm that they believed Lindsey had "placed Arabs in a negative light."
John Casoria, TBN's general counsel, explained "TBN is a worldwide ministry; we have an entire channel that airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Arabic," he said. "We are trying to reach the Islamic world and open a dialogue with them regarding Christ and Christianity. We do not feel that the best witness of Christ is to bash them but rather to show them the nature of Christ - the way Christ said to present himself - and that is through love, understanding and the presentation of the gospel to them."
Lindsey defended himself by saying, "I don't have to cast radical Muslims in a bad light. If the intimidation and persecution of moderate Muslims makes radical Islam look bad, that is because it is bad - not that I 'cast' them in a bad light. But I have never cast the Arabs as a race in a bad light.
"I also seek to show that radical Islam poses the greatest danger ever faced by the United States," he added. "I believe that God called me as 'a watchman on the wall' to warn America and I must obey - although it is sometimes unpopular."
Because of TBN's efforts at censoring him, Lindsey announced he was moving to the Daystar network. It has become a haven for ministries that still believe the Word of God. Unfortunately, Daystar only has a fraction of the audience that Trinity is able to draw.
The Bible predicts that someday all of the world's major religions will unite under one banner. At the middle point of the tribulation, the Antichrist will become the head of this organization. He will use all forms of media to disseminate his false gospel message.
Because TBN spans the globe, dwarfing any other religious network, it's vital that the devil gain full control of this organization. Paul and Jan Crouch's muzzling of Lindsey should prove conclusively their willingness to be part of the end-time harlot religious system.
"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" (Rev. 17:1-5).
Hal Lindsey’s Finest Hour
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said that Great Britain’s unyielding stand against Nazism and Hitler’s hellish blitzkrieg warfare was something people throughout the ages would declare as “England’s finest hour.” That prediction has thus far proved to be true. Freedom-loving people everywhere look back to those nightmare months, so nobly endured by the British people, as inspiration for their own attempts to stave off their enslavers' desires to keep them in bondage.
While TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) has thrown in the towel to the political correctness of the times by giving in to doing whatever it takes to placate the world’s adamant demands that we all step lightly around Islam, Hal Lindsey has strapped the helmet of salvation even tighter beneath the chin and is standing in accordance with Ephesians, chapter 6:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…” (Eph. 6:11-17).
The author of The Late, Great Planet Earth has, in my view, struck a second significant blow against the “principalities and powers” of the “wickedness in high places.” That 1970 book was monumental in God’s economy of endtime things, while we near His Son’s coming again. But, the stand Hal has taken before the whole world, demonstrating Ephesians 6 in action, is truly his finest hour. The Lord is going to bless him mightily for that bold step. He will no doubt suffer for that stand for the short term, but, the heavenly reward of such Christ-affirming action will make the present ire he might suffer pale into nothingness.
Just in case you aren’t aware of what has transpired in this last-days matter, here it is in brief. TBN suspended Lindsey’s weekly commentary on that network, some of the executives of TBN apparently charging that Lindsey’s stand against Islam was too harsh. They are, they claim, trying to reach out to the Muslim world, and can’t do so properly with such reporting and teaching as Hal Lindsey puts forth. That message, of course, is that Jesus Christ –alone—can save the soul. Also, that Israel and all of the land God granted the Jews are still, in God’s view, theirs--not that of the Arabs or of any other peoples.
Some have accused Lindsey of making all who believe in Islam equal in guilt (legally and morally speaking) to the murdering terrorists of radical Islam. These also accuse him of racism against the Arabs. Here are Hal’s own words on the charges, and on the truth of the matter:
"I don't have to cast radical Islam in a bad light. If the intimidation and persecution of moderate Muslims makes radical Islam look bad, that is because it IS bad. It is not that I cast them in a bad light. But I have never cast the Arabs as a race in a bad light. I believe that as a watchman I must warn America and I must obey" ("Hal Lindsey walks out on TBN," Olive Tree Ministries newsletter, Jan. 3, 2006).
For those associated with TBN who continue to hold to the truth in God’s Holy Word, I think it appropriate to ask them to revisit the situation that caused Hal Lindsey to walk away from perceived wickedness in high places. He was –I infer—invited back to TBN after the first of the year. But, apparently, the network people in charge wanted to handcuff him so far as telling the truth about Islam, and its spoken and written satanic desire to scour Jews –and the nation Israel in particular—from the face of the planet.
We must ask those Christians within the network who look at the situation through the prism of God’s light, and not through the microscope of corporate profit margins and bottom lines, to consider a prophetic admonition to Tribulation Age saints who will find themselves in the condemned Babylonian system of Revelation, chapter 18: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Rev. 18:4).
This is not TBN’s finest hour.
--Terry
For this special mid-week update, Todd and Terry have decided to cover the same subject:
Goodbye Lindsey; Hello Harlot Church
When I first heard that the Trinity Broadcasting Network had pulled Hal Lindsey's "The International Intelligence Briefing" program because he was casting Islam in a bad light while favoring Israel, I thought the people disseminating this news had made some terrible mistake. I regard TBN to be riddled with apostasy, but I didn't think they would be willing to make such a giant step in the wrong direction.
Evangelical Christians have always had a pro-Israel stance. Because Arab nations have traditionally sought Israel's destruction, it has been a no-brainer for evangelicals to side with the Jewish state. TBN does not have the option of choosing the middle ground. If take the Arabs' side, you will find yourself cheering the Gog/Arab invasion of Ezekiel 38 and 39.
Jan Crouch, TBN's vice president for scheduling, gave the order to remove Lindsey from the December lineup. She apparently did not feel Hal was fitting into the "love gospel" that they wish to present to the world.
The network first showed its true nature by lying about its reason for removing the show. It said the suspension was simply a traditional hiatus in lieu of Christmas programming. TBN later revised that statement to confirm that they believed Lindsey had "placed Arabs in a negative light."
John Casoria, TBN's general counsel, explained "TBN is a worldwide ministry; we have an entire channel that airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Arabic," he said. "We are trying to reach the Islamic world and open a dialogue with them regarding Christ and Christianity. We do not feel that the best witness of Christ is to bash them but rather to show them the nature of Christ - the way Christ said to present himself - and that is through love, understanding and the presentation of the gospel to them."
Lindsey defended himself by saying, "I don't have to cast radical Muslims in a bad light. If the intimidation and persecution of moderate Muslims makes radical Islam look bad, that is because it is bad - not that I 'cast' them in a bad light. But I have never cast the Arabs as a race in a bad light.
"I also seek to show that radical Islam poses the greatest danger ever faced by the United States," he added. "I believe that God called me as 'a watchman on the wall' to warn America and I must obey - although it is sometimes unpopular."
Because of TBN's efforts at censoring him, Lindsey announced he was moving to the Daystar network. It has become a haven for ministries that still believe the Word of God. Unfortunately, Daystar only has a fraction of the audience that Trinity is able to draw.
The Bible predicts that someday all of the world's major religions will unite under one banner. At the middle point of the tribulation, the Antichrist will become the head of this organization. He will use all forms of media to disseminate his false gospel message.
Because TBN spans the globe, dwarfing any other religious network, it's vital that the devil gain full control of this organization. Paul and Jan Crouch's muzzling of Lindsey should prove conclusively their willingness to be part of the end-time harlot religious system.
"And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" (Rev. 17:1-5).
Hal Lindsey’s Finest Hour
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said that Great Britain’s unyielding stand against Nazism and Hitler’s hellish blitzkrieg warfare was something people throughout the ages would declare as “England’s finest hour.” That prediction has thus far proved to be true. Freedom-loving people everywhere look back to those nightmare months, so nobly endured by the British people, as inspiration for their own attempts to stave off their enslavers' desires to keep them in bondage.
While TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) has thrown in the towel to the political correctness of the times by giving in to doing whatever it takes to placate the world’s adamant demands that we all step lightly around Islam, Hal Lindsey has strapped the helmet of salvation even tighter beneath the chin and is standing in accordance with Ephesians, chapter 6:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…” (Eph. 6:11-17).
The author of The Late, Great Planet Earth has, in my view, struck a second significant blow against the “principalities and powers” of the “wickedness in high places.” That 1970 book was monumental in God’s economy of endtime things, while we near His Son’s coming again. But, the stand Hal has taken before the whole world, demonstrating Ephesians 6 in action, is truly his finest hour. The Lord is going to bless him mightily for that bold step. He will no doubt suffer for that stand for the short term, but, the heavenly reward of such Christ-affirming action will make the present ire he might suffer pale into nothingness.
Just in case you aren’t aware of what has transpired in this last-days matter, here it is in brief. TBN suspended Lindsey’s weekly commentary on that network, some of the executives of TBN apparently charging that Lindsey’s stand against Islam was too harsh. They are, they claim, trying to reach out to the Muslim world, and can’t do so properly with such reporting and teaching as Hal Lindsey puts forth. That message, of course, is that Jesus Christ –alone—can save the soul. Also, that Israel and all of the land God granted the Jews are still, in God’s view, theirs--not that of the Arabs or of any other peoples.
Some have accused Lindsey of making all who believe in Islam equal in guilt (legally and morally speaking) to the murdering terrorists of radical Islam. These also accuse him of racism against the Arabs. Here are Hal’s own words on the charges, and on the truth of the matter:
"I don't have to cast radical Islam in a bad light. If the intimidation and persecution of moderate Muslims makes radical Islam look bad, that is because it IS bad. It is not that I cast them in a bad light. But I have never cast the Arabs as a race in a bad light. I believe that as a watchman I must warn America and I must obey" ("Hal Lindsey walks out on TBN," Olive Tree Ministries newsletter, Jan. 3, 2006).
For those associated with TBN who continue to hold to the truth in God’s Holy Word, I think it appropriate to ask them to revisit the situation that caused Hal Lindsey to walk away from perceived wickedness in high places. He was –I infer—invited back to TBN after the first of the year. But, apparently, the network people in charge wanted to handcuff him so far as telling the truth about Islam, and its spoken and written satanic desire to scour Jews –and the nation Israel in particular—from the face of the planet.
We must ask those Christians within the network who look at the situation through the prism of God’s light, and not through the microscope of corporate profit margins and bottom lines, to consider a prophetic admonition to Tribulation Age saints who will find themselves in the condemned Babylonian system of Revelation, chapter 18: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Rev. 18:4).
This is not TBN’s finest hour.
--Terry
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