When mainstream Christianity had already “moved on” from the deceptive disaster known as the Florida Outpouring (aka Lakeland Revival), we have to hear all about again.

It was revealed earlier this past week that over at Todd Bentley’s web page, a twenty minute video was posted where Bentley, Joyner, and for the first time, Todd’s new wife Jessa, speak and try to compare their “mess” to the David and Bathsheba story of the Bible.

First of all, comparing yourselves to David and Bathsheba is unmerited simply because Todd and Jessa Bentley are not David and Bathsheba. Todd and Jessa Bently are simply Todd and Jessa Bentley.

1 Corinthians 10:1-11

Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

Where in this piece of scripture can the concept of “Charismatic Replacement Theology” (exchanging your name for some Bible character) be applied? It can’t. The word admonition means “reproof or warning”. Therefore, it does not mean that you can substitute your name in place of some Bible character’s name and expect the same exact results. However, it does mean that you can read these Old Testament stories and learn from them in order to not repeat the same mistakes but to live a life that is pleasing to God.

Second of all, when these famous televangelists use the David story, they always concentrate on the ‘man after God’s own heart’ aspects and seem to totally ignore the facts of the family chaos that haunted David for the rest of his life. They seem to have a “selective spirituality” when it comes down to that aspect of David’s life because it doesn’t fit the pre-planned scrip of their mega destiny.

This ‘revival’ should have never happened. It has now become documented that key leaders knew Todd’s marriage was already in trouble prior to the Lakeland Revival starting up. Todd should have been sent home to reconcile the marriage. However, in ministries ran on the ‘pentecostal pragmatic’, there is this mindset preached from within that…

Mr. Joyner, Jessa was never intended to be the ‘perfect’ girl for Todd. Shonnah was.

If you keep doing “God’s will” (even to the point of maintaining your family and walk with God), this will all ‘work out’ in the end

Doesn’t work that way….

This ‘revival’ started out with a dark agenda of trying to make the ‘prophetic’ as displayed on web pages like the Elijah List as being “mainstream’ within Charismatic circles that is viewed as being ‘fringe’ by many “mainstream” denominations. When the ‘revival’ grew, then the Revival groupie leaders got involved with the ‘accountability service’ staring “Stacey Shake-mmms” (Stacey Campbell), and we were getting ready to see the ushering in of the New Apostolic Reformation and eventually; their concept of the Seven Mountain Mandate.

This was a man made revival from the start that was ended by God exposing out a deep seated sin.

In reality, nothing much as changed, Todd’s fall from grace is only viewed as a minor setback from implementing the NAR / Seven Mountain agenda and when the novelty of Todd wears off, someone else with a gorier testimony and a freakier show will be pushed to the limelight in order to push the agenda disguised as apostolic because the show must go on and the money must be made.

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