Is this creepy, exploitative, spooky, or all of the above? Some crazy-assed church in Nigeria (no, NOT the Church of Scientology; they haven't infiltrated Nigeria because, um, Nigerians have no moneys) is claiming that their 'prophet' prophesied the death of Heath Ledger - now known to be from an accidental overdose - after seeing it in a vision.
According to the Synagogue, Church of all Nations website:
“I (Prophet TB Joshua) was shown in a vision in the morning concerning a personality
that would go on a long journey – a journey of no return. So we lift up
our voice and pray. If it is the will of God, let the will of God be
done. A personality, a famous person, a well known person that would
just leave this earth and go on a journey forever. It is a personality
that is not old. People still want him. We have to pray that the will
of God should be done.”
These were
words of prophecy uttered by Prophet T.B. Joshua in The Synagogue
Church Of All Nations, Lagos Nigeria during the Sunday Service on the
13th January 2008.
He later referred to this particular prophecy the following Sunday, 20th January 2008, saying:
“Remember
the message I gave last Sunday. I don’t want to repeat it because it is
not something to be excited about. It’s in the record. I will not stand
here and begin to repeat that message again. If there is something to
be excited about, I will repeat it. I just want to remind you. Let’s
come together. On Tuesday, you have to fast and pray”.
On returning to their various homes, those that switched on their
television sets were met with BREAKING NEWS. Heath Ledger, the
renowned, popular, Academy Award-nominated Australian actor was found
dead in his Manhattan apartment, New York City. As they
watched, shocked by these events, they must have recalled the message
of prophecy spoken by Prophet T.B. Joshua the previous Sunday.
This prophecy and its fulfilment show that God Almighty is indeed
sovereign. He is omnipresent, omniscient and holds the world in His
hands.
Wow. They kind of lost me with the Bible camp campfire song at the end there. This prophecy and its fulfillment - Heath's death - show that God's got the whole world in his hands? I'm enough of an agnostic to simply disregard any and all claims of prophecy, but I'd have to go a step further here and say WTF? If the tragic death of a young father shows anything, it's that God's got a bad case of the dropsies.
Still, it's not quite offensive as the claim made the other day that we, as society, are thinking celebrities to death, and need to turn to The Secret to save them. Close, but not quite.
SCOAN website
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