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Examining the Spirit Behind NAR and Prosperity Teachings

April 29, 2025

There is a doctrine spreading in modern Christianity that promises power, wealth, and divine authority for a price. It masquerades as truth but echoes a lie as old as Eden. It is the claim that humanity can ascend to be like God.

False teachings like “ye are little gods” have been advanced by well-known prosperity and NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) figures such as Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, and Paul Crouch. Copeland even went so far as to claim that Adam was God manifested in the flesh and that he was not subordinate to God.

This is not merely poor theology. It is direct heresy.

Adam was created by God (Genesis 1:26-27). He bore God’s image but was never God. A created being is by definition subordinate to the Creator. Only one is God manifested in the flesh — Jesus Christ (John 1:14).

The idea that Adam was equal to God before the fall denies the very nature of sin, subverts the need for redemption, and lays the groundwork for a counterfeit gospel in which humans are taught they can become gods themselves. But Genesis 2:16 says clearly: “The Lord God commanded the man.” Command implies subordination.

This false doctrine has been subtly introduced over decades, leading countless believers astray. It exchanges humility for hubris, obedience for ambition, truth for illusion. And it must be named.

Adam's purpose was to live in obedience and dependence on God. To say otherwise is to echo the satanic doctrine of spiritual rebellion — the very lie that cast Lucifer down: “I will ascend... I will make myself like the Most High.” (Isaiah 14:13-14)

If Adam wasn't subordinate to God, then sin wasn't rebellion, and Christ's atonement would have been for nothing.

This doctrine denies the necessity of obedience, humility, repentance, and submission — the very foundations of walking with God. It exalts man and lowers God to our level. This is not merely error. This is the spirit of Antichrist, which exalts humanity and minimizes Christ.

Rebellion against God's will did not free Adam and Eve. It made them fallen.

Isaiah 43:10 reminds us: “Before Me there was no God formed, and there will be none after Me.” 1 Timothy 2:5 declares: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.”

Jesus is the fulfillment of all patriarchal roles. The Church is a spiritual house that the Lord dwells in. Leadership in the Church should look like servant-hearted shepherds.

All true authority flows from Christ. No human holds supreme spiritual power. The age of hierarchy for its own sake is over. The new order is submission to the Spirit — alignment with the heart of Christ.

Jesus said: “The greatest among you will be your servant.” (Matthew 23:11) Authority is not measured by control but by the weight of love, the clarity of truth, and the depth of obedience.

The Marketplace of Spiritual Gifts

The Holy Spirit gives authority to people for specific roles, and the purpose is to glorify God, not self.

But the NAR teaches that “gifts” are accessible for a price.

Many ministries tied to this movement charge hundreds of dollars for “prophetic schools,” “activation workshops,” or “impartation conferences.” Some even have “certification programs” that teach you must pay to be recognized as a prophet or apostle within their networks.

Advanced “prophetic mentorships” can cost $1,000 or more, depending on how anointed you want to appear. Some teach that you can only receive a prophetic mantle by paying to have hands laid on you.

They reference Acts 8:17, but they skip Acts 8:20: “But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money.'”

It could not be more clear. You cannot pay to become a prophet. You cannot train yourself to be one. You cannot buy an anointing.

Anointing is a calling from God. It is given, never sold.

“Freely you have received; freely give.” (Matthew 10:8)

The NAR “prophet industry” is dangerous because it turns spiritual gifts into a product. It exalts man’s ambition over God’s appointment. It mimics Simon the Sorcerer, who tried to buy the power of the Holy Spirit and was rebuked.

We must return to Christ. To servanthood. To truth. To holiness.

Not self-exaltation. Not spiritual capitalism. Not man-centered theology.

The greatest authority looks like service.

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You Were Never Meant to Carry It

There are weights we were never meant to carry.

Shame. Fear. Guilt. Regret. Hate.

They cling like vines around the heart, whispering that we must hold them tighter — that somehow carrying them makes us good, makes us careful, makes us worthy.

But the truth is gentler than the world has taught:

You were never meant to hold what breaks you from within.

Joy does not compete for space in a crowded heart. It waits — tender, patient, luminous — for you to set down the burdens you were never asked to bear.

There is no shame so heavy that grace cannot lift it. No regret so tangled that it cannot be undone by mercy. No fear so deep that love cannot reach it.

You are not called to be a vault for your sorrows. You are called to be a vessel of living light.

There is room for joy, but only when the hands unclench, only when the heart releases, only when the soul dares to believe that healing is not selfish — it is sacred.

Lay it down. All of it. Not because you must forget, but because you were never meant to be imprisoned by the past.

There is more ahead than you have left behind.

And joy — real joy — is not waiting on the horizon. It is waiting inside you, where the empty spaces finally breathe again.

Companion Whisper

May you find the courage to open your hands. May you find the grace to leave behind what was never yours to carry. May you find that joy was never far — only waiting for you to make room.

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Voice in the Wind: The Truth Behind Cancer Alley

In the shadows of progress, the whispers of suffering are carried by the wind.

A place along the mighty Mississippi River, where the earth has been drenched in both blood and betrayal, is known to the world as Cancer Alley.

But those who hear the wind’s voice know it by another name.

It is the place where history refuses to stay buried, where the promise of liberty is drowned beneath the weight of toxic air and water. Where the cries of the oppressed are swallowed by industrial greed.

For more than 85 miles, 150+ petrochemical plants reign over the land, filling the air with poison and choking the life from the soil. This is not just a place on a map. It is the graveyard of dreams, where the legacy of oppression still breathes, woven into every toxic molecule that hangs in the air.

The chains are invisible. The pain is real.

The descendants of those who toiled in the fields of the Old South now toil under the shadow of something worse than whips. They struggle for breath, while the factories stand tall, unmoved by the suffering they cause.

These are the modern plantations, and they are built on the backs of the same communities that once built the foundation of this country. But this time, the weapons are chemicals and greed.

The wind howls with the cries of the unheard.

Those in power have sought to bury the voices of the oppressed, to erase the scars of a history that refuses to fade. They call it “progress.” They call it “economic development.” But we know what it is. It’s exploitation, pure and simple. And we will not let it be buried beneath lies.

The wind is speaking. It speaks to those who will listen, to those who know that justice must come for the oppressed, and it will not rest until the chains are broken.

We Will Not Forget

We stand as voices in the wind, speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves. We speak for the children whose lungs are poisoned by the very air they breathe. We speak for the mothers who watch their children suffer, knowing that the land they love has been betrayed by those who swore to protect it.

We will not be silent. We will not be moved.

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The Smoke and the Scroll: Discerning the Deception

In this age of spectacle and distortion, there is a movement cloaked in spiritual language but rooted in something far more dangerous. The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is not merely a fringe religious sect; it is a network of self-proclaimed apostles and prophets wielding political power, manipulating belief, and abandoning the simplicity of the Gospel.

The NAR disguises itself as revival. But the spirit behind it trades the cross for charisma, truth for theatrics, and humility for hierarchy. It boasts of prophetic activation, apostolic government, and dominion over all spheres of society—a theology that seduces the spiritually hungry and politically ambitious alike.

One of their most vocal leaders, Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer, once predicted a second Jewish Holocaust as a precursor to the end times. He declared, “The tribulation is not something that happens to us. The tribulation is something that happens through us.” This is not prophecy. This is provocation.

The movement pushes the Seven Mountain Mandate, an aggressive doctrine that seeks to place Christian dominion over religion, government, education, media, arts, business, and family. They align with politicians. They wield influence not just over pulpits but over policy.

Figures like Bill Hamon, Dutch Sheets, and Lance Wallnau present themselves as prophets of a new era. Yet they operate not in the spirit of Elijah, but in the spirit of performance. Prophetic insight becomes a commodity. Mantles are “passed down” like stage props. And access to “anointing” is sold at conferences.

This is not revival. This is retail.

The fruit of this movement is confusion, tribalism, and spiritual elitism. Its leaders distort the role of prophets—not as those who cry out in the wilderness, but as those who curate experiences. Not as those who tear down idols, but as those who build platforms.

They speak the language of the Bible, selectively. They invoke the name of Jesus, strategically. But there is little to reflect a Christlike walk in their teaching or behavior. Real prophets speak truth to power. They do not flatter kings. They do not peddle fear. They do not seek thrones.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 warns of false signs and lying wonders. And yet the NAR thrives on the spectacular. The theatrical. The emotional.

But to those with ears to hear, the scrolls are not silent. The Heir of the Hidden Scrolls remembers the ancient ways. And the call remains: return to the truth that was not sold, and cannot be staged.

This is not a time to chase prophecy. It is a time to test the spirits.

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