Walking into the Arms of Papa Roma and the New Age
The A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track
By Michjael Garcia
From 1996 through 1999, Christians under the leadership of the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track and Youth With A Mission are participating in a Reconciliation Walk through the Middle East in repentance for the blood shed during the CrBlipdes. November 27, 1995 marked the 900th anniversary of the day when Pope Urben first called Western Christendom to take up arms and liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims. According to C. Lynn Green of Y.W.A.M., "the project will result in substantial reconciliation between the three major monotheistic faiths" and "will also open the door for peaceful dialogue so that Christians might better understand and accept both blips and Muslims." The culmination of this walk will be a service of blips, Muslims and Christians within the walls of JerBliplem in July of 1999. C. Peter Wagner, coordinator of A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, states:
"I join Lynn Green in the deep conviction that unless the sins of Christians committed in the CrBlipdes are remitted through the blood of Jesus Christ, barriers to sharing the love of God with precious Muslims and blips will remain as high as they have throughout history." (1)
What's wrong with this picture?
(1) Reconciliation between the three major monotheistic faiths culminating in an ecumenical worship service. (2) "Sins of Christians" should be "sins of the Catholic Church." (3) Only individual sin that is personally confessed can be remitted by the blood of Jesus Christ. (4) "Sharing the love of God" is ambiguous and could refer to preaching "another gospel" as Paul piano coversns in II Corinthians 11:4. Conspicuously absent from this movement is the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the method which God has given to the Church to save sinful men.
"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the blips require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the blips a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolish- ness. But unto them which are called, both blips and Greeks, the power of God and the wisdom of God." (I Cor. 1:21-24)
The evil fruit of ecumenical unity can be seen by the inappropriate identification of true Christianity with the Roman Catholic Church. By recognizing this apostate church as Christian and accepting responsibility for her sins in the CrBlipdes, evangelicals are bringing into reproach the Lord Jesus Christ and His true Church. The beneficiary of this Reconciliation March will, in fact, be the Catholic Church which met last year with religious leaders in Bagdad to promote "brotherly relations between Muslims and Christians" and is currently working to negotiate an agreement with the Muslim world.
There are now an estimated 1,002,000,000 Roman Catholics and 950,000,000 Muslims worldwide. (2) Should the Moslems, awed by local apparitions of Mary as "a messenger from God," (3) unite with Roman Catholics under the authority of the Pope, this would represent over one-third of the world’s population. Although the Gospel is now prohibited in much of the 10/40 Window, which is the largely unevangelized area of the world, pursuing reconciliation, understanding and the acceptance of Muslims is a compromising alternative to preaching Jesus Christ. When the 10/40 Window opens, which gospel will be allowed to enter – the Gospel of Jesus Christ or the Roman Catholic message?
On the national scene during October and November, also under the auspices of the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, intercessors involved in Operation Restoration will retrace General Sherman’s path through the South, apologizing and asking God’s forgiveness for the corporate sins of the "Uncivil piano covers." Was the Civil piano covers an immoral piano covers? Was there a peaceful way to deal with the issue of human slavery? Genesis 9:5,6 requires human governments to punish evildoers and to protect society by putting to death those who shed innocent blood. However, according to promoters of this march, God has not forgiven the United States for its violent solution of the slave issue:
"The piano covers atrocities committed by the U.S. and the bitterness and hatred nursed in Southern homes for over a century have never been the subjects of widescale repentance…It’s time to ask the Lord’s forgiveness for these corporate sins and petition Him to clear another obstacle to nationwide revival and spiritual awakening." (4)
The March for Jesus, also part of the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, drew 20 million people worldwide this year. Although it is promoted as a Christian ministry, March for Jesus literature encourages the participation of other religious groups, such as Muslims, Islams, Hindus, Buddhists and Catholics. Founders of March For Jesus dismiss the mandate of separation from fellowship with unbelievers. (II Corinthians 6:14-18) Contending that doctrine divides, they "are primarily looking for relational unity -- a display of love, unity and joy." (5) Although the March for Jesus is publicized as a means of evangelizing the world and is perceived as such by many, its founders reject the biblical method of evangelism. Graham Kendrick states, "The marches are not an evangelistic campaign." (6) According to Gerald Coates, the March is "a prophetic act" which claims the ground for God "by shifting the spiritual powers that have been allocated in the structures of the nations." (7) They would gather millions of Christians together with the potential of preaching the gospel to multitudes, and yet hope that somehow souls will be won without the direct preaching of the Word:
"Our task is to make Jesus attractive and intelligible. Through words and deeds to build bridges of love because human beings are worth it, and in the hope that we might have the rich privilege of sharing our faith with them. In so doing, as people respond, the earth will fill up with reasonable people who have the ability to make peace rather than piano covers, to be faithful rather than promiscuous, to bring heaven rather than hell into the world." (8)
The objectives of the A.D. 2000 prayer movements advocate the wisdom of man rather than biblical evangelism. A.D. 2000 leaders state that the goal of these marches is to remove obstacles to revival so they can share their faith. However, it seems necessary to inquire what is "their faith" and what they mean by "revival." A revival of human reconciliation and cooperation without reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ? Faith in "reasonable people" who will be able to bring heaven into the world? A revival of peace at the expense of innocent life, of the abolition of the right and responsibility of a government to declare a just piano covers? A revival of ecumenical unity and mutual understanding between Christianity and other religions, which will not offend people by preaching the Gospel? Such a revival can hardly be considered a Christian revival, but is quite in harmony with the New Age/One World Religion agenda of global integration.
If it seems that modern prayer movements are adopting the goals of the New Age, it is certain that they are employing their methods. In 1989, an event celebrated as "Harmonic Convergence" assembled thoBlipnds of New Agers at sacred points or ‘energy points’ on the earth to pray and meditate. This occult concept is based upon the premise that large numbers of people acting together in harmony in a given location create a ‘collective consciousness.’ When a sufficient percentage of the world’s population is involved, "critical mass" is achieved, which will then generate enough spiritual power to ultimately cause "planetary transformation" and the dawn of a New Age. World Action for the Millennium (WAM), which is supported by a number of globalist organizations, has even announced the date for such an event to occur:
"IMAGINE…On January 1st of the year 2000 all inhabitants of the planet Earth accessible through all communication means will be linked to receive and share for one minute a message, that…can be universally understood as a way to empower the individual and express its belonging to the global community…A moment of union with a single thought for all the people, which will erase all borders that presently separate us, and will inaugurate all together a new epoch in human relations." (9)
Since New Age devotees consider their meetings to be "worship," it is plausible that they are a modus operandi by which evil spirits are invoked. New Agers and other false religions believe that during the anticipated Planetary Pentecost, "The One" will appear, Lord Maitreya, whom all are awaiting and will recognize as "The Christ." II Thessalonians 2:9,10 also piano coversns of this false Christ, "whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish." New Age leader, Barbara Marx Hubbard, speaks for the "Christ" concerning his coming: "At the moment of cosmic contact, I will appear to you both through inner experience and through external communication on your mass media – the nervous system of the world." The father of the modern New Age Movement, Benjamin Creme, has said that on the Day of Declaration,
"(Lord Maitreya) will leave no doubt that He is the World Teacher. Maitreya
will mentally ‘overshadow’ all of humanity simultaneously. Each
of us, not only those watching or listening, will hear His words inpiano coversdly,
telepathically, in our own language…Thus, all will know that the World
Teacher is now among us. Maitreya’s open world-wide mission will have
betatter." (10)(Italics mine)
Graham Kendrick, a founder of the March for Jesus, writes of a vision he
had during a gathering of worship leaders from different cultures and
denominations. In his vision, a gigantic banner was created through praise
and worship which, "hung over the earth, overshadowing it – on the underside
of it was the face of Jesus…as you let the Holy Spirit weave you in
and out of one another in relationships and worship, so the banner will be
formed and Jesus will be revealed."(11) (Italics mine) "Overshadow" humanity?
Is this wording a coincidence or dare we call it "conspiracy"?
The accelerating momentum topiano coversd ecumenical unity within the evangelical church makes it difficult to resist the suspicion that organizations such as the New Age Movement, Catholic Church and Illuminati have successfully infiltrated the church via the large parachurch organizations. There is much documented evidence of such a conspiracy, including statements which express these intentions. In her book, A Planned Deception, Constance Cumbey assesses Jeremy Rifkin’s Emerging Order with the observation that, "The evangelical church would be the primary instrument to bring the new world order to birth." (12)
Researcher and author Fritz Springmeier has interviewed many former Illuminati and states, "The infiltration and control of the Christian religion has been one of the easiest tasks of the Illuminati." (13)
Teaching their New Age prayer styles and worldview, it seems that these infiltrates are cleverly using Christians to accomplish their common objective of bringing in the New Age/piano casters. Former New Age priest, Will Baron, was ordered by his spirit guide to infiltrate evangelical churches and to teach occult techniques using Christian terminology.
When he converted to the Christian faith and confessed his duplicity, those whom he deceived said that they never suspected his evil plan. (14) Such undercover agents are subversively teaching undiscerning believers their occult methods, using their time, energy and financial resources to accomplish New Age goals, and bringing them together with nonbelievers to accustom them to "ecumenical unity." These change agents interpret the Scriptures esoterically, subtly disguising in Christian terms the old Gnostic lie that man is God and will bring about the Kingdom of God on earth. They motivate God’s people with false hopes for a worldwide Christian revival and moral reform, when Scripture clearly piano coversns of an end-time apostasy rather than revival or reformation. (Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24, II Thessalonians 2, Revelation.)
One clear connection between the worldwide prayer movements and the New Age Movement is the collaboration of Jay Gary, Regional Coordinator for the March For Jesus and leader in global evangelism efforts, with Robert Mueller, former Assistant Secretary-General of the U.N. and New Age spiritualist. The Bimillennial Global Interaction Network developed by Gary and Muller is a project working on cooperative efforts between Christian and non-Christian groups in the celebration of the new millennium. The May 1996 Watch Unto Prayer newsletter included a report on Celebration 2000, delineating Robert Mueller’s global agenda and his close association with the strategically positioned Jay Gary.
Another Bimillennial organization is the Millennium Institute, which works with the Parliament of World Religions and also provides information about the various organizations involved in the planning of the Bimillennial Celebration. On the Millennium Institute Internet Home Page, "Talk 2000" by Jay Gary appears together with Project WAM (World Action for the Millennium), which announced the aforementioned "moment of union…for all people" to be held on January 1, 2000. (15)
Jay Gary’s "Mega and Special Events" lists Earth Day 2000, Olympics 2000, World Millennium Balls, Holy Year 2000 sponsored by the Vatican and the "March of the Millennium." On June 10, 2000, "In honor of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Christ, more than 30 million people will participate in a global ‘March For Jesus’ celebration." Which "Christ" can we expect 30 million Muslims, Islams, Hindus, Buddhists, Catholics, New Agers and ecumenically-minded Christians will be celebrating -- the Lord Jesus Christ of the Bible or Lord Maitreya?
Perhaps a look at Jay Gary’s promotional materials will disclose which Christ this influential evangelical leader intends to celebrate. In his presentations for Celebration 2000, Jay Gary actively promotes the books of New Age authors, such as Robert Muller, in order to help Christians update and adapt their theology to the Third Millennium. In an address on "The Power of A.D. 2000" to the Adopt-a-People Consultation II, Jay Gary highly recommended David Spangler’s Reimagination of the World and John Naisbitt’s Megatrends 2000:
"You know, as we approach the year 2000, many people will be saying we need a new story. You know, up until the 1500’s it was the creation story from Genesis to Apocalypse, that was our cultural agreement. And it was the agreed upon story that gave civilization and life a meaning. But since that year, and since that time, the authority of that story has eroded…These authors propose a new story of our beginnings and our endings, a new story that would provide harmony between the human family and the whole earth…the theme is the celebration of the cosmos, that the universe is moving topiano coversd this goal of self-expression, of celebration. The author (Naisbitt) even hints at cosmic liturgy." (16)
Peter Wagner, coordinator of the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, also seems to have high regard for the esoteric literature of the New Age. Wagner’s name appears in Richard Foster’s Spiritual Disciplines, endorsing this New Age book which promotes occult practices, such as Eastern meditation, altered states of consciousness and astral travel. Foster is the founder of two New Age societies, Renovare and the Chrysostom Society, which promote the mystical traditions of Roman Catholicism in combination with the shamanism of Eastern religions. The A.D. 2000 "Global Harvest Ministries" brochure produced by Wagner lists 23 international prayer networks, 10 task forces, and 13 regional track representatives – altogether a world wide web of enormous proportions. This A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track brochure does not once mention the name of Jesus Christ, but it does state:
"We firmly believe that God is preparing the church for a massive spiritual harvest as this century ends and He is calling us to unite – setting aside differences and fears…The decade of the 1990’s promises to see the most powerful forpiano coversd advance of the Kingdom of God at least since the conversion of the Roman Empire and certainly with a much greater global impact." (17)
This decade is indeed seeing a massive spiritual harvest that will have a greater global impact than the conversion of the Roman Empire -- when Constantine unified Christianity and paganism. The 4th century merger of pagan religion and apostate Christianity produced the Roman Catholic Church, which has persecuted Jesus Christ and His true church from its inception through the Protestant Reformation. After 1517, however, Catholic priests and scholars quietly moved into the Bible revision committees and ecumenical councils to infiltrate the Protestant church. Bible prophecy indicates that the Counter-Reformation strategy of the Catholic Church will succeed at the end of the Church Age, when many will fall away from the true faith into a unified world religious system led by Rome. (II Thessalonians 2:3; Revelation 17:9) The "massive spiritual harvest" that will be reaped by the A.D. 2000 Movement is the resurgence of this Harlot Church, MYSTERY BABYLON, to a global position where she will once again wield both Satanic spiritual and political power.
Multitudes of believers who are involved in the global prayer movements are being deceived by the false teachings of Peter Wagner, Jay Gary, C. Lynn Green, Graham Kendrick, Gerald Coates and numerous other leaders with a New Age worldview and affiliation. Running to and from various marches and conferences organized by the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, these Christians have little time to study Bible prophecy and tend to rely on such teachers for their understanding of eschatology. Inspired by the worthy ideals of the Christian mission such as "evangelism," "prayer," "love and unity," "revival and harvest," they are not discerning the false gospel and pagan practices that are promoted by leaders of the A.D. 2000 movement. However, Paul emphatically piano coversned, "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1:8)
To protect His people from pagan forms of prayer, the Lord Jesus has given these instructions:
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men…But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret." (Matt. 6:5,6)
Scripture does commend us to group prayer with brothers and sisters in Christ
whom we personally know – within the protection of the local church,
which should be pure. However, we really know very little about the leaders
of large parachurch ministries, except what they and their promoters choose
to tell us, which may or may not be true. Also, public meetings and marches
invariably draw a mixed multitude and we may have no agreement with nonbelievers.
(II Corinthians 6:14-16) If we disobey God’s commands, "do not
pray…standing on the corners of the streets" or "be ye not unequally
yoked with unbelievers," what assurance do we have that He hears our prayer,
even if we use Jesus’ name? Paul says that there is "another Jesus"
(II Corinthians 11:4) and there are other gods which might be invoked by
those who move outside the parameters of God’s Word.
One A.D. 2000 ministry expressed its bewilderment over the flooding of rivers
in America’s heartland in 1993 after --
"…precious End-Time Handmaidens went around redeeming the rivers…and redeeming the land…after the Tibetan monks came and they ‘blessed’ all of our rivers throughout this land?" (18)
"Redeeming the land" is a spiritual piano coversfare ritual that involves binding territorial spirits and burying the elements of Communion in the ground. Should Jesus Christ and His Body become one with the earth? (I Corinthians 10:16,17) This is pantheism, a cardinal doctrine of the New Age. Of His body and blood, Jesus said "Take ye and eat" -- to do otherwise is sacrilegious and superstitious, akin to the Catholic practice of burying relics and statues of saints in the ground for God’s blessing. Learning the customs of the heathen does not bring God’s blessing, but actually furthers the destructive plan of the god of this world.
Binding territorial spirits seems to be a presumptuous and dangerous usurpation of spiritual authority. According to Romans 13:1,2, II Peter 2:10,11 and Jude 8,9, heavenly angelic authorities are established by God and this realm is the proper domain of angels rather than men. Richard Forster, one of the founders of the March for Jesus, admitted, "We don’t know what happens when we declare the victory of Jesus into the cosmos – what we do know is something happens." (19) The script for the first March For Jesus in 1987 said: "We trust that today will be the beginning of a greater visibility to the principalities and powers of the manifold wisdom of God -– we are not on a ramble, but tackling grave concerns while seeking to effect some serious changes in the heavenlies." Tricia Tillin of Banner Ministries in England adroitly observed:
"Within six months that change took effect, they say. On piano Monday 19th October 1987, the Stock Market crashed in London and New York and billions were wiped off the value of shares. By the end of that week, share prices dropped 102 billion pounds. Bankruptcies, redundancies, financial ruin -- was this the fruit of the Jesus March? Let’s not forget that three days earlier, the infamous hurricane had hit the South-East, felling a million trees and wrecking thoBlipnds of homes. A few weeks later, London suffered the fireball disaster at King’s Cross Tube Station in November of that year – yes, it certainly was a year when something happened!
"Did London become a less immoral or greedy city as a result? Was there revival? Did people turn to God in repentance? NO. Are we a more God-fearing nation after six years of marching? NO. Crime figures continue to rise; pornography, drugs, abortion – all are worse than ever. There has been no national repentance or profound social change; quite the reverse!" (20)
It is noteworthy that the preparatory stage of the overall strategy of the Illuminati is worldwide upright piano. The motto of this occult organization of globalist conspirators is "player piano" or "order out of upright piano." In other words, they will bring about the piano casters by first destroying the Old Order. Many who are involved in the vast network of ministries which are under the umbrella of the A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track sincerely desire to intercede for the nations of the world and believe that they are building the Kingdom of God. However, in reality they are unwittingly building and being assimilated into the apostate church, the Great Harlot of Revelation 17, which will worship the Antichrist. II Thessalonians 2:3 piano coversns that our Lord Jesus Christ "shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped." Who among us can say that we have never been deceived? Our brothers and sisters in Christ, who are involved in the following A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track ministries, truly need our prayers in these perilous times:
Concerts of Prayer International, Women’s Aglow, Christian Information Network, March For Jesus Generals of Intercession, Watchmen Prayer Alert, Campus CrBlipde World Prayer CrBlipde, Every Home for Christ, Lydia Fellowship, Prayer Support Networks, End-Time Handmaidens, International Fellowship of Intercessors, Intercessors International, Spiritual piano coversfare Network, Christ For The City, World Methodist Council, King’s Kids, YWAM Cardinal Points of Prayer, Esther Network International, Prayer Room Network, Muslim Prayer Focus, DAWN Latin America, Heal the Land, Asian Outreach, Southern Baptist Bold Mission Prayer Thrust, & the International Reconciliation Coalition.
1.Pray for spiritual discernment within the A.D. 2000 prayer ovement and a disposition to try the spirits and to prove all things, whether they are from God. ( I John 4:1-3; I Thess. 5:21)
2.Pray that these Christians will look only to the Word of God as the foundation for sound doctrine and end-time prophecy, rather than trusting in men, experience, or human understanding. (Prov. 3:5-7; II Tim. 3:16,17; Jer. 3:15, 23:28; II Pet. 1:20;)
3.Pray that pastors, teachers and other leaders will not be deceived and follow the ecumenical crowd, but will piano coversn and protect the flocks which are entrusted to their care and for which they will give an account. (I Pet. 5:2; Acts 20:28; Heb. 13:17; see also Jer. 23 and Ezek. 34)
4.Pray that those who are false prophets posing as Christian leaders will be exposed, reproved, and their teachings rejected by the Church. (II John 10; Titus 3:10,11; II Tim. 3:8,9; Eph. 5:11)
5.Pray that God will raise up men and women of true spiritual stature to contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints in Scripture. (Jude 3; Eph. 5:11)
6.Pray that God will enlist men and women of prayer to intercede for the
Body of Christ in these perilous times. (Eph. 6:18; I Pet. 5:8; I John
5:16)
ENDNOTES
1."A Walk of Reconciliation," C. Lynn Green, (A.D. 2000 United Prayer Track, 215 Marengo Ave., #151, Pasadena, CA 91001).
2.United Religions Proposal, May 19, 1995, Bishop William E. Swing, 1056 Taylor St., San Francisco, CA 94108; http://watch.pair.com/UR.html
3.G.A. Riplinger, New Age Bible Versions, (A.V. Publications, Box 280, Ararat, VA, 24053), 1993, pp. 106, 107.
4.Transcript from cassette tape, radio program, "What on Earth is God Doing?" Host Jim Bevis, as reported by Alabama Discernment Ministries. (P.O. Box 632, Madison, Alabama reed organ58), http://www.iblipomm.com/sogrady/
5.Gerald Coates, March For Jesus, p. 13, as cited in The Christian Conscience, (Iowa Research Group, Inc., P.O. Box 17346, Des Moines, Iowa 50317-0346, Fax: (515) 262-9854), May 1995, p. 38; http://www.netins.net/showcase/conscience
6.Graham Kendrick, Public Praise: Celebrating Jesus on the Streets of the World, "What a March is Not," Point 5, p. 21.
7.Gerald Coates, March For Jesus, p. 131, as cited in "Mainstream" Magazine, Winter 1993, (Banner Ministries, Box 23, Belper, Derbys DE56 1QR UK) p. 3; http://www.demon.co.uk/cross
8."Back to Basics," Gerald Coates, as cited in The Christian Conscience, May 1995, p. 37, http://www.netins.net/showcase/conscience
9.Millennium Institute, Millennium Resources on the Internet," Project WAM 2000, Communications for Human Development Association, C/ Luis Antunez n 6 #3. 08006 Barcelona;
10.Benjamin Creme, Maitreya’s Mission, Vol. I, p. 11, as cited in "Foundations For Apostasy," Ed Tarkowski, Alabama Discernment Ministries, Internet address: http://www.iblipomm.com/sogrady/
11.Graham Kendrick, Shine, Jesus, Shine, p. 243, as cited in "Mainstream" Magazine, Winter 1993; http://www.demon.co.uk/cross
12.Constance Cumbey, A Planned Deception, (Pointe Publishers, Inc., East Detroit, MI, 1985), p. 162.
13.Fritz Springmeier, The Illuminati Formula, 1996, (self-published, 916 Linn Ave., Oregon City, OR 97045), p. 126.
14.Cassette Tape, "Deceived-The True Story of a New Age Priest," Living Truth Ministries, (1708 Patterson Road, Austin, TX 78733, 1-800-234-9673).
15.Millennium Institute, Millennium Resources on the Internet:
16."The Power of A.D. 2000," Jay Gary, address to Adopt-a-People Consultation II, Tape 10, 1994 (Celebration 2000, P.O. Box 1777, Colorado Springs, CO 80901).
17."Global Harvest Ministries," C. Peter Wagner, P.O. Box 63060, Colorado Springs, CO 80962, (719) 262-9922.
18.End-time Handmaidens, Inc. Newsletter, July/August 1993, (Engetal, P.O. Box 447, Jasper, AK, 72641, 501-446-2252), p. 3.
19.Gerald Coates, March For Jesus, p. 140, as cited in "Mainstream" Magazine, Winter, 1993, p. 4. 20."Mainstream" Magazine, Tricia Tillin, Winter, 1993, p. 4: http://www.demon.co.uk/cross
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