The unorthodox teachings of Rick Joyner, especially in this recent writing, are more reflective of the writings of Barbara Marx Hubbard, a Luciferian, in her book The Revelation than they are of Christian doctrine. Beware! This is not orthodox Christianity!
JOYNER "prophesied":
“The earth will be restored to its former paradise so that there is no more war, sickness, dying, hunger, or even pain. . . . Our message must change from proclaiming that the end is coming to proclaiming that the beginning is coming.
“Great changes have been happening deep in the heart of the church for years. These are about to accelerate, resulting in such a great transformation that it will be viewed as the greatest move of God in His people since the Day of Pentecost when He first poured out His Spirit on the Church. . . .
“The sword of the Lord will sweep over the whole earth and remove from among His people all who are not bowing before Him. He will remove the arrogant and the stumbling blocks. . . .
“. . . this repentance will result in a great pruning. . . and many will not make it.
“The branches that are cut off from it will wither and die very fast. Do not die with them.”
[Rick Joyner, “PREPARE THE WAY,” August 8, 2005, http://www.morningstarministries.org/, as published by http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word_pf.html?ID=3306]
HUBBARD wrote:
“The alternative to Armageddon is the Planetary Pentecost. When a critical mass is in the upper room of consciousness on a planetary scale, each will hear from within, in their own language, the mighty words of God.” (p. 157)
“Here we are . . . on the threshold of global co-creation wherein each person on Earth will be attracted to participate in his or her own evolution to godliness.” (p. 174)
“By your acts you shall be judged as to whether you can evolve, or must be ‘cast into the lake of fire,’ which is the second death. (p. 254)
“At the co-creative stage of evolution, one self-centered soul is like a lethal cancer cell in a body: deadly to itself and to the whole.” (p. 255)
“The selection process will exclude all who are exclusive. The selection process assures that only the loving will evolve to the stage of co-creator.” (p. 303)
“The surgeon dare leave no cancer in the body when he closes up the wound after a delicate operation. We dare leave no self-centeredness on Earth after the selection process. For when we complete the process of the transformation, all who live on will be empowered to be godlike.” (p. 240)
[Barbara Marx Hubbard, The Revelation: A Message of Hope for the New Millennium (Novato, Calif.: Nataraj Publishing, 1995)]
These statements may also be compared with the 9/19/2005 Herescope.
The TRUTH:
2 PETER 3
"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen."