Remembering the words of Jesus from Mat. 24 about "christ is here, or christ is there....DO NOT GO", what would you do or say if a preacher stood in front of you and said "you know that the Lord appeared in Romania recently and there's a video of it, where the Lord appeared in the back of a church and you see him on video walking down the aisle..." and then followed that up with "...the Lord has done this in the past but He's about to do it again. Now hear this I'm prophesying this Jesus Christ the son of God is about to appear physically in some churches and some meetings and to many of His people...". How about this: "(2) I had a word of prophecy...everything she said has happened. She just sent me a word...and said: The Lord spoke to her audibly and said, that He is going to appear physically in one of our crusades in the next few months...I'm going to appear physically on the platform ". Does that ring true? Does that match up with scripture? Does that sound like the words of a true, bible believing man of God? Or does that sound like the rantings of a pillow prophet saying things that he thinks people want to hear? Tickling itching ears...well, read on. " (Jesus is appearing) for one reason to tell you He's about to show up. You have held back from the Lord in the past don't you dare do it now. The day will come you will stand before Him and give an answer. How dare we not give to God? How dare we hold back?..If Jesus tonight appeared on this platform here and looked through this camera and said to you I need your offerings so I can touch the world, would you give? Well, I've got news for you. He's saying it...Some of you need to give large sums tonight. Don't you give those small sums...". (1)...

In consideration of the words of Jesus, wouldn't you consider that kind of statement to be not just off the wall, but blatantly heretical, unsupportable by scripture, and insulting to God and Jesus? Well, folks....that is the type of stuff going on today, has been for the last10-12 years increasingly, and will continue...and it is just what Jesus referred to when talking about those who "would deceive many" of the elect and Paul referred to when talking about the "apostasy", or falling away. Paul spoke further of it when warning Timothy that "for the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumaulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths" (2 Tim 4:3,4 RSV 1952).

Beginning in the 40's, there was a small movement started by several preachers that fractured into several "theologies", and having different names, but all of them basically fell into the category of what we will call "Dominion" or "Kingdom Now" theology. Essentially, this theology does several things...first, it states that there will NOT be any millennial reign of Christ UNTIL the earth and all that is in it have been subdued and returned to a pre-fall "righteous" state, and that this can ONLY be accomplished by the church. To accomplish this monumental task of ripping vast portions of scripture out of the bible, they "allegorize" or spiritualize all of the references to anti-christ, tribulation, great tribulation, apostasy, and Armageddon. Most within this movement, which goes by many names today, pay only lip service to the idea of any tribulation period, and many claim that it has already occurred. Without fail, all of the adherents to this theology fall into the class of post or A-millennial theology. These ministers of the devil use the name of Jesus, the Lord, and God continually...they also take many verses of scripture to support what they want to preach, but in almost all instances the scripture is taken out of context, used by itself with little or no support from other scripture, and is spun allegorically into a meaning that cannot be supported...primarily because the spun meaning is contrary to the rest of the Bible. Without fail, these spawn of satan make heavy use of "new revelation" concerning a scripture, and claim to be "going on with God" in a "new move" designed to further the kingdom. That what they say and teach is false is easily found out if we would just study the scripture ourselves, instead of relying on what they say. But....be warned! Anyone who questions what they say, or points out error, is assured of being cursed, condemned to hell, and possibly even killed! You think I joke? Read on.

At this point, we will begin looking at the foundational theology of the Dominion movement. Please keep in mind, there are many names, and many branches with different emphases, but all based on one thing....the church is going to take over the world....NOT Jesus. Just for reference at this point, I will name some of the movements that will later be referenced. Dominion, Kingdom Now, Melchidezek, Kingdom Sons, The Rock, Harvester, Pensacola Revival, Toronto Blessing, The Rainbow, Latter Rain or Reign, Manifest Sons, First Fruits, Manchild Company, Restoration, the Corporate Body, Age of Grace, The Walk, Shulamites, Living Stones, The Porter Ministry, Gods Army, Overcomers, The Mandate. Keep in mind, these are by no means the only names, just some. One thing that is apparent, though, is that all of them use "catch-phrases" in their spiels, and those names above often show up. The Dominion movement essentially began in the '40's as an offshoot of the "oneness" or "Jesus Only" Pentecostal movement, and fostered along it's way by one William Branham. Branham began as a faith healer, but quickly moved into the realm of prophecy, gathering along the way many loyal followers. Branham, among other things, was a Modalist (believing that there is only one God, who held three "offices" at different times). He also believed that any one baptised as Jesus said (in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost) was not saved, and must be rebaptised in the name of Jesus only. He considered himself to be the modern day Elijah spoken of in scripture, and taught that the Word of God was given to us in three forms...the zodiac, the Egyptian pyramids, and the written scripture. Branham also introduced a man, Paluser Lawrie Mathukrishna as "the Son of God", and "Christ returned", thus falling squarely into the camp of those Jesus spoke of when warning us of deception. Many of Branham's teachings were seized upon by others, and expanded into what has become the "third wave", or dominion/kingdom now theology.

Following closely on the heels of Branhamism, there arose a number of "faith" healers, including Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin, and other soon-to-be leaders of the charismatic movement; Earl Paulk, Bill Hamon, Franklin Hall and others. Again, there was a divergence in emphasis, but they have recently come back together in many ways. While Roberts and Hagin pursued the "Word of Faith" doctrine, the others went in the direction of emphasizing that Jesus is here today "in the corporate body of the church".

The Word of Faith teachings and movement enjoyed a brief upsurge in popularity, fueled mainly by a desire among believers to see and experience more of the power of God in their daily lives. In the United States, one of the primary reasons for following this teaching was because of an emphasis upon God's "provision", mainly in the form of "whatever you desire, believing, you can have". With the US in an increasingly secular attitude of having more, this movement quickly became known as "name it and claim it", based on holding God to keeping His promises (without knowing clearly what He has promised). And if you didn't get what you claimed, then it was nobody's fault except your own because you didn't have enough faith. Yeah, right. The other arm of the movement swung into a mode of declaring that a new move of God was afoot, the church was being empowered to regain control of the earth, and the church was the sole means and method of Christ coming again. In conjunction with this, the 5-fold ministry was being re-established, and order was to be brought to the church through the appointment and empowerment of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Prophecy was elevated to a status of absolutism, and any questioning of prophecy or statement made by the elders was considered to be trouble making, or evidence of "carnality". Only those who were in the "inner court" were subject to understanding what God was doing, and those in the "outer court" were to be in complete subjection and obedience regardless of whether or not the dictums and pronouncements were in accordance with scripture.