I know you said not to give another thought about this man, but — here is another prophecy. It doesn’t seem that he is attributing anything to our “free will” but, instead promotes obedience in taking up our daily cross.

“… This causes the harlot nature in you to stop up her ears and scream in torment because she alone wants to be seen as the fanciful one, as the one catering to your fleshly desires. But you choose, by an act of your personal volition, to worship and praise Jesus alone. This kills off any form of self in either its exaltation or its self promotions. … Behind the Lord a great star fell, a star named wormwood, and it smote the earth IN PRESENT TIME. As the star smote the earth the earth became much polluted with the bitterness of this hour and a large portion of mankind died in this great gall of bitterness. This was a judgment of the Lord upon the world of men for our time, it is happening even at this moment, that there is a judgment which cannot be thwarted nor erased for the Lord has determined the time for this to happen and the purpose which He has purposed can no man remove or deny. This judgment of the casting down of this star will cause men to be bitter in the experience of the Lord’s judgments in the earth, even in our time. Rev 8:11.

J____

Hi J____,

This man is indeed attributing things to our “free will.” He said so in his last e- mail. and he says so in this “prophecy.” Do you have some reason to believe he has repented of saying, “God wants us of our own free will to choose to obey Him?” That is what He said. Now look at what is in this “prophecy.”
Here is the last prophecy:

I did subject creation to this futility so that I could find those who would obey My word and come into My image by free choice and by perfect obedience through sufferings.

Here is the same doctrine in this e- mail

But you choose, by an act of your personal volition, to worship and praise Jesus alone. This kills off any form of self in either its exaltation or its self promotions.

“Choosing by an act of your personal volition” does not “kill off any form of self.” It exalts “your own personal volition,” and flatly denies that “it is not of him that wills.”

Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Of course he “promotes obedience in taking up our daily cross.” All of Christendom, does that. That has been the Adversaries method of operation since the garden of Eden. Quote God and then twist what He said all at the same time. The word ‘Babylon’ means ‘confusion.’ So the Adversary will agree with God 99% of the time. He will agree that “God is love” even as he tells you to kill your enemies, and tell us all how stupid it is to love someone who really is your enemy. He will agree that God is sovereign, even as he tells us that “God wants us of our personal volition, to worship hand praise Jesus alone.”
If I say that God is sovereign, and that self has nothing to do with my salvation, and I repeat that statement 100 times during a Bible study, but then, right at then end of my talk, I tell you that “God wants us of our own personal volition, to worship and praise Jesus alone,” have I not just contradicted everything I have been saying for the previous hour?
That is the Adversary’s way. He agrees with God and then denies God’s words, and you and I are not supposed to even notice.
Here is how Webster defines ‘volition:’

“Volition is the actual exercise of the power which the mind has of considering or forbearing to consider an idea.”

Your friend is again teaching that the beast is supreme over your salvation in direct contradiction to this truth of God’s word:

Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

That verse puts the beast in his proper place. “Personal volition” is never mentioned.

Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

That puts “personal volition” in its proper perspective. ‘ It is not of personal volition…’ It is not of “the power of the mind.” It is “all of, by and through God,” and here is why that is:

2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

“Not of us” means not of “your own personal volition,” but acknowledging that God had to strike us down on the road to Damascus where we were intent on killing those who believe that “all things are of God,” including our time in Babylon, and including every move we make, be it good or evil, it is God who “works all things after the counsel of His own will.”

Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Until we acknowledge the truth of that verse, God is working with an evil spirit to keep us from seeing the reality of His sovereignty.
God wills to deceive and later He wills to reveal His true doctrine. Only after we are given to “tremble at His Word,” and “keep his commandments” are we given to understand “the doctrine of Christ.”

Joh 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

This ‘prophecy’ is straight out of his fertile mind. He “speaks of himself,” and it is not “of God,” except in the sense that God has sent an evil spirit to deceive.

Eze 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Eze 14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

The “destruction” of the old man is his very salvation:

Joh 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

It is very difficult to admit that your prophecies and tongues were actually of the Devil. I know because I have had both and was forced to acknowledge that they are not scriptural. That is nothing less than the death of the old man and all the pride he takes in all he has taught for so many years. It is hard for a person who thinks he is rich to acknowledge that he is a penniless beggar in spiritual terms. It is hard for a person who thinks he is healthy and strong to realize he needs a physician, and it is hard for a person who thinks he has 20/20 vision to acknowledge that he really cannot see his own hand in front of his face spiritually:

Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Joh 9:40 And [ some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
Joh 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

This man’s prophecies are not scripture, and by claiming that the Lord showed him these things, he is “adding to the sayings of the prophecy of this book.” The Lord in NOT judging this secular world at this time. When Christ said “For judgment I have come into this world…” He is talking about the house of God first. He is not referring to calamities like those Galileans who died under Herod or those who died when the towers fell or any other calamity. Calamities are common to every age of mankind. Christ made that abundantly clear:

Luk 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luk 13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Luk 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luk 13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Now that is a prophecy which is true. It is the words of Christ and He is telling you and me that calamities prove nothing more than to serve as a lesson to those who are given eyes and ears to see and hear. Those who are given such eyes and ears never, ever think in the terms of God judging this world as is laid out in your friend’s teachings. Those who are given eyes and ears that see and hear “the voice of the true shepherd” know that voice because it is always speaking to them individually and never to the outside world. “Except YOU repent” is addressed to you and me, etc., not to this world, who have “not been given eyes to see or ears to hear.”Christ never denounced Rome, and He never proclaimed judgment upon those who were destroyed in any calamity. His entire focus was upon His kingdom and its subjects. All true subjects of that kingdom know that God’s kingdom and God’s house is within.

Luk 17:20  And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

That is why Christ said that the victims of any physical calamity should serve only to tell you and me that we will likewise perish unless we repent. Christ never even expected physical Israel or physical Rome to repent or to do anything other than to reject Him and crucify Him. We are yet in darkness if we expect anything less.
Your friend may well have had his visions, but the spirit that brought them to him telling him that God is judging this world now is a lying spirit.

1Ki 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
1Ki 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1Ki 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

God is not judging this world at this time. His entire focus at this time is to “give them eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear lest they should be converted and He should heal them.”
All who claim that God wants this world to repent at this time are persuaded of “lying spirits” from the Lord.

Eze 14:9  And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Eze 14:10  And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh  unto him;

Do not “seek unto him”. He is “adding to the words of the prophecy of this book” and does not “tremble at God’s Word,” but rather presumptuously adds to it. It is God who is blinding this world. The only people being judged at this time are “the house of God” alone, not this world.

1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Rom 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

God cannot be giving this world eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear and at the same time be judging them. The judgment of this world will take place in the lake of fire, and at that time the world will repent and come to its Maker with a whole heart. That is what judgment accomplishes:

Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

The fact that he isn’t emphasizing his doctrine of free will in today’s prophecy, doesn’t mean that he has repented of that false doctrine. It is still throughout this prophecy:

The Lord was looking upon the earth in the area where the nations of Georgia and Russia meet and there was upon His face the look of great grief. A tremendous sorrow over men and that man had become so violent towards each other and that this was indeed the place of a war amongst men, which war grieved the Lord greatly. Not only the war, but it grieved the Lord that men had become so violent in the earth.

If indeed these words were a prophecy from Christ, then we should consider them as such, and include them with scripture. These words are not from Christ. Your friend is saying “Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken.” Sure men are still sinning and warring just as they did in the days of Noah before the flood. But there is a difference between now and then from a Biblical perspective. Whereas God described Himself as grieved with the world at that time, this is how He feels since Christ came into the wold:

2Co 5:18  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Co 5:19  To wit, t hat God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2Co 5:20  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [ you] by us: we pray [ you] in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

It is the ministers of Babylon, whether in or out of an organized denomination, who teach that God is judging the world at this time. He is doing nothing of the kind. This is what the scriptures say about those who say otherwise:

Deu 18:20  But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Deu 18:21  And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Deu 18:22  When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Your acquaintance has said that God wants us to choose Him of our own free will. Those are words which will never come to pass, simply because they would be defying the Word of God.

Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw [ Greek drag] him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

I have been in Babylon and was as sincere then as I am now, but I have repented of every false doctrine as the Lord gave me eyes to see. Not as I chose of my “own personal volition.” When your acquaintance openly repents of teaching false doctrines and stops “adding to the words of the prophecy of this book,” then he will be worthy of your time. Until that time, do not be afraid of a single word he speaks. Here is a perfect description of his prophecies:

Eze 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

This prophecy is still full of the Babylonian, free will doctrine even as he denies that anything is of self. Here is proof in this very prophecy of how he is doing what the Adversary always does:

But you choose, by an act of your personal volition, to worship and praise Jesus alone. This kills off any form of self in either its exaltation or its self promotions.

That is a contradictory statement and a lie. If we “choose by an act of personal volition” then that is an act of “ personal volition.” ‘Personal volition’ is not “God working in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” This man exalts self even as he condemns doing so. He never exalts the words of God which say “it is not of him that wills but of God who either shows mercy or hardens hearts.” This man does not believe that God hardens hearts. He believes in a free will. Write Him and ask him straight forwardly if he believes mankind has a free will. If he denies that He believes in free will, then he needs to start emphasizing the sovereignty of God and saying what the scriptures say.
There is no need for all these his so called prophecies. We are commissioned to “preach the Word,” not come up with new words.

2Ti 4:2  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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Rev 22:18  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Rev 22:19  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

I cannot imagine sending out ‘prophecies’ as this man does and claiming they are from the Lord. That is nothing less than “adding to… the words of the prophecy of this book.” This man’s prophecies show no fear of that warning. He is speaking presumptuously, and without any fear or trembling at the words of this dire warning. What does that tell of of this man?

Isa 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Isa 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Of course he says “let the Lord be glorified… take up your cross and follow Christ,” and at the same time he is teaching contrary to “the voice of the true shepherd.”
He was decrying the fact that “no one responds” to his prophecies in that last prophecy you sent me. I cannot conceive of doing such a thing. Why complain about the fact that God has blinded the whole world? Those who respond to what is written on IWWB are exactly those who God wants to respond. Those who do not are not intended to do so. Why would I dare to complain about what God is doing?
All of these scriptures I am quoting are true of you and him and me. We are each where God has us as He “works all things after the counsel of His own will.” But he has no fear of Rev 22:18-19. He adds to the sayings of this book with every “prophecy ” he sends out. The Lord is not speaking those words. They are not the voice of the true shepherd, and while he does what the Adversary always does, and quotes a lot of scripture and makes some very good points, he is still teaching falsehoods and denying doing so even as he does it.
I pray the Lord will give you the ability to “try the spirits to see whether they are of God” and will give you deliverance from this man’s additions to the sayings of the prophecy of this book. He is adding to the plagues therein with every prophecy his sends out. We all do that at some time in our lives, but we need to “repent or else our candlestick will be removed.”

Rev 2:2  I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Rev 2:3  And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Rev 2:4  Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Rev 2:5  Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

This brother sees Babylon in the churches, but not in himself. He has lost his first love and does not “tremble at God’s warning words.” Do not fear what this man says.
As I said in my last e- mail, I have never heard of this man, and I certainly am not questioning his character. I truly believe that “all things are of God” and that includes this man and His prophecies. But I do not hear the voice of the true shepherd in His writings.

Joh 10:5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them. (BBE)
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Rom 3:18 There is no fear of God [ or His warnings] before their eyes.

Your brother in Christ,
Mike