The New Apostolic Reformation, a Pentecostal and charismatic movement separate from the dominionists, has also taken on an increasingly political hue in the Trump era, Hardy said, thanks in part to Pentecostals who became advisers to Trump in his first presidential term. Paula White-Cain, a charismatic prosperity televangelist, prayed at Trump’s inauguration and was later appointed to lead the White House faith-based office.
Wallnau came to fame for prophesying Trump’s 2016 victory when it seemed a long shot. In 2020 more than 150 self-proclaimed prophets missed the boat with false prophecies of a “red wave” and second Trump administration.
In 2021, Kunneman prophesied that Trump’s loss would be overturned and the former president would return to the White House. “Look to the Skies of Your 4th of July!” he proclaimed on July 2, 2021.
Evangelist Mario Murillo, a former regular panelist on FlashPoint, said he stepped away from the show because he didn’t want to appear alongside “false prophets.”
In a widely circulated blog post earlier this month, Murillo called those associated with the tour “false ministers.” He later explained his departure from FlashPoint in a podcast.
Kunneman has responded to rebukes like these with further pro-Trump prophetic utterances:
“God, people have laughed at you. They’ve laughed at your prophets, they’ve laughed at your church, they’ve laughed at your intercessors, they’ve laughed at the patriots, they’ve laughed at those that voted for 45,” he said, referring to Trump by his numerical place among U.S. presidents. “Now I’m praying that their laughter would be turned into silence as you laugh. It’s your turn now, God, to laugh out of the heavens and to show the Earth that you’re a just God.”
But if not everyone is buying what FlashPoint’s political prophets are preaching, its organizers claim that it only takes a few Holy Spirit true believers to move, and perhaps rule, mountains.
In his 2013 book, “Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountain Mandate,“ Wallnau wrote, “Minorities of people can shape the agenda, if properly aligned and deployed.”
(This story was reported with support from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation.)
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