A woman under the influence of the Holy Spirit at Zoe Ministries?
Please take a look at the picture of a woman manifesting ‘in the Spirit’ which is on the following link.
http://archive.recordonline.com/photo/bishop/pages/ejgpay01.htm
It looks just like any other scene in many pentecostal/charismatic churches all across America, right?
The picture captions says: ‘A parishioner who had just pledged $10,000 is overcome by the Holy Spirit and is watched carefully by the other ministers so as to not hurt herself.’
So why am I highlighting this photo? Because this is occuring at no ordinary Christian church. It is at Bishop E Bernard Jordan’s church, Zoe Ministries, in Brooklyn, NY. Bishop Jordan claims to be a bishop able to trace his ’spiritual ancestry’ back through the linage of ‘black church fathers’ to the apostle Paul, who according to Jordan was black too and was commissioned by the black laying on of hands. Jordon also calls himself ‘A Master Prophet’, the ‘E’ initial in his name apparently standing for ‘Elijah’.
Jordan is featured on the Black Entertainment Network and urges viewers to call in for a ‘free’ prophecy, to then be followed up ruthlessly and be spammed with heaps of personalised chain letters and nuisance phone calls urging them to sow a lot of financial ’seed’ - to him, of course. He has also appeared on Trinity Broadcasting Network with Paul and Jan Crouch. Ex RUN DMC member, Reverend Run, helps promote Bishop Jordan on an MTV show called ‘Runs House’ and Jordan has some other influential recruits including a presidential candidate. His associates include Rev Ike. Archbishop Roy E. Brown consecrated Jordan in 1994.
Master Prophet E Bernard Jordan’s photos adorn his website, with him in a variety of ridiculously trying-to-be-pious looking poses wearing fake clerical garb. He is obviously proud of his looks as these photos are such a feature on the site. His bio is sickeningly proud and egotisitcal. The prophecies he sells from his website at an exorbitant sum (eg US$365 each) are occultic claptrap - a blend of astrology and numerology and positive thinking and life coaching, and of course are not really personalised or personally considered, and are more suited to the Psychic Circle than a Christian ministry.
“He will prophesy what he sees on a cassette tape, and actually map out your life! He will tell you when you are to make critical steps, enter into partnerships, and many other issues that you need to know. He will tell you what you can expect for the next twelve months, giving you a map that you can follow to the destination of your destiny. According to your faith it shall be done unto you” http://www.zoeministries.com/public/products/?productid=80
“Like Nostradamus, Bishop Pike, and Edgar Cayce, the accuracy of the gift that operates in Bishop Jordan will astound you!” his website boasts. Edgar Cayce and Nostradamus are associated with the occult!
‘Thousands of people attribute their success, prosperity, health and happiness directly to the master teachings of Bishop E. Bernard Jordan’ Doesn’t he mean to GOD?
Bishop Jordan is far from ‘Christian’, even though he talks about the Bible and Jesus and appears on Christian television, and mentions a few scriptures, albeit dangerously out of context. He is not a Christian not just because he rips people off in the above manner, and lies while he does it, but he has a host of weird new age occultic ideas and practices in addition to his ‘psychic readings’. ‘We must first know who we are. “When you declare “I AM” you become God.’ he blasphemously says. No need for a personal Savior Jesus when you already are God, all you have to do is search deep within and find what you need! He even has palmists teaching his congregation their skills:
‘We packed again in late March, this time heading towards New York City. Our destination, “Zoe Ministries” a predominantly black congregation headed by their magnetic leader Bishop Bernard E. Jordan and assisted by his wife Pastor Debra and her brother Father Berrian. Ghanshyam was invited to give an intensive weekend-long workshop in palmistry to this very open and responsive group of ministers and lay people.’ (The Palmistry Center bulletin)
Zoe Ministries’ God is blatantly money. ‘If you quench a prophet’s thirst, you will get the prophet’s reward,’ E Bernard Jordan, the Mastor Prophet says. So pay me and pay me a lot - quench my first - and you will get a computer generated prophecy from me that is not at all biblical, let alone breathed by God, and is not at all personal! He also has the audacity to say: ‘(People who say) it’s not about the money. Whenever you hear that, take your Bible and run….. As the Bible states, money answers all things.’ (You what? Didn’t he mean Jesus answers all things?)
Bishop Jordan, the quack bishop and psychic is a dangerous false teacher and false prophet, a master manipulator, and a greedy self centred egotistical profiteer. He demands not just tithes and HUGE offerings, but unquestioning obedience to himself. He demands being greeted with a deep bow, and possibly a kiss of his bishop’s ring too, and says of anyone that would think of questioning him: “Murmuring is a serious matter to God, for it questions His choice and His intelligence. It makes mockery of God’s wisdom, and those who indulge in slander place their thoughts and opinions above those of God Himself. The exaltation of your opinion can be lethal when you are dealing with anointed vessels.” (Yep, more ‘Touch not my Anointed’.)
Bishop Jordan is dangerously egotistical and spiritually abusive, as well as a robber of the flock and a liar. He is a wolf savaging the lambs!
“Our Bishop, E. Bernard Jordan, is able to trace his spiritual genealogy to the Apostle Peter, the first bishop of the church…he is now in Apostolic Succession,” the church magazine states. “Many so-called or bogus bishops are parading in the church today and these men cannot trace their lineage to the Apostles. If you know of a bishop who cannot trace his lineage back to the original then he must not be entreated as a bishop because he is not authentic.”
What is the significance of the office of bishop? According to the magazine, “The bishop as a city father and gatekeeper determines what enters or exits the city or state over which he presides,” the magazine claims. “He is the one ordained by God to maintain the highest spiritual and moral climate throughout the community. The church in the New Testament began with the father, Black men, who laid hands upon Paul, who became the Apostle Paul. He [Paul] was also a Black man as is evident in Acts. 21:37-39…. God is now restoring the Black fathers to the helm of the church so that it will again move in the right order as it was originally designed.”
“A Bishop is greeted by a deep bow,” it adds matter of factly. “Some even kiss his ring in acknowledgment of who he represents, that is the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and the Kingdom of God.”
This is far from the model of New Testament leadership where the greatest leader is the greatest servant. It can also be seen then that there is ridiculously over the top black nationalism and black pride themes running throughout his ‘theology’ as well as the occult new age garbage and money chasing. Yet in Christ there is neither black or white, slave nor free, male or female.
When I first read about Jordan, I thought ‘this guy is a joke, surely not many people take him seriously, let alone in Christian circles’ but they evidently do take this clown seriously, in increasing numbers, and he even has his own cult, the Neophytes of the Prophetic Order Of Mar Elijah (POME). ‘Mar Elijah’ being himself, of course.
Go google the POME members websites’, made up of Temple Guards and Temple Seers and others, and see them all in their brown monk-like habits and tell me they are not a cult - they look and sound no differant than cult members - and pay far more than the average cult member too, I bet. Here’s a group photo of them at an expensive Prophecology Seminar last year -
![[pome.jpg]](http://bp2.blogger.com/_eXxeuw_3DXY/RrFPQ18MS7I/AAAAAAAAAAw/vofn5B2hZbk/s1600/pome.jpg)
The following links contains photos of part of the decor of E Bernard Jordan’s multi million dollar home, in Tuxedo Park, NY. http://archive.recordonline.com/photo/bishop/pages/ejgbhom2.htm Take a look at this too: http://archive.recordonline.com/photo/bishop/pages/ejgbhom3.htm and this one: http://archive.recordonline.com/photo/bishop/pages/ejgbhom7.htm
“One mural shows Jordan on a throne, as pharaoh. Nearby, in a room with scarlet walls and gilded filigree on top, there is a ceiling painting of Jordan on a throne - as God - with his three sons hovering around him as angels. On the ceilings in the foyer and another room, there are baroque-style paintings of his children as cherubim, soaring across the heavens. None of this quite compares to the living room. Here, the four walls are covered with murals depicting New Testament scenes, each with Jordan as Jesus in the familiar iconography of medieval and Renaissance art. Two scenes show the Ascension: Jesus/Jordan ascending into heaven after rising from the dead. For a Nativity scene, the artists used Jordan’s baby picture to depict Jesus/Jordan in the manger.” http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general592.html
The words ‘proud’, ‘egotistical’, ’self centred’, ‘blasphemous’ and ‘cultish’ does not even begin to convey. I can imagine Jim Jones, and many other cult leaders, in just such photos. The Heaven’s Gate Hale Bop comet cult was a joke too, and ridiculously laughable, til it went horribly wrong, as with the Solar Temple cult. In many ways Jordan has the typical mentality of a cult leader. Abusive, controlling, greedy, egocentric, and apparently charming and charismatic.
More on Jordan is here -
I asked at the start of this article to look at the photo of that lady in the Spirit. After reading this through, it should be clear that what goes on at Zoe Ministries is not the gospel and is not of God. It is not even remotely Christian. The lady in the picture has been manipulated, controlled, abused and coerced by a egocentric false minister and false prophet to give US$10,000 of her money over to his churches so he can get fat on it - how on earth can the Holy Spirit bear witness to this (even if we were to agree such manifestations were biblical?)?! Any of her manifestations therefore are self-induced mania/stress/hyped - or worse are from demons. What does this fact say then to other such manifestations, wherever they occur - such as at the Lakeland Revival for instance? Not all glitters is gold. Obviously.
Would’nt it be great if all False “profits” where as blatant as this guy.
(Message for Miriam, although you can post it if you wish)
Hi, Miriam…
I was wondering if you’d read the following post:
http://suddenlygod.com/?page_id=31
Those are some pretty spectacular stories that Todd Bentley has told in California, especially the two about the folks being raised from the dead. Certainly these stories ought to be verifiable, right?
Yet they sound suspiciously like stories told at my own former church several years ago! I can’t get over the similarities…they remind me of urban legends. It’s always “we don’t have this person’s name yet, but they are going to come to our meetings…”
I wonder if there’s any way to research the truth of these accounts of people who were raised from the dead.
Well Todd has lied before….
endtimespropheticwords, Looking and studying all of these people who make these claims like they do, which has no biblical bases at all. Makes me really wonder WHO some of these people actually are…hmmm? Do they even sleep at night? The bible says we entertain angels unaware, I’m not sure but I do believe it’s talking about angles from heaven. At the same time, if indeed it was angels that we entertain, it would stand within logical reasoning we also may entertain or shall I put it serve fallen angels unaware..? The bible speaks of fallen angels mating with women in the old testament creating a corrupted race which Satan meant it to prevent the birth of Jesus by a virgin, so that Jesus couldn’t redeem fallen man. In Genesis the very FIRST prophecy was that God would set enmity between both the seed of Satan which was the lie he told Eve, and the seed of Eve which was the sin she committed. That enmity in my view was Jesus, because Jesus would have been enmity to Satan, but redemption for mankind. So Satan knew by this prophecy that God was going to send a redeemer, and Satan thus wanted to corrupt it by mixing demons, shall I say DNA, for a lack of term. Thus the reason for the flood also, at least one of the reasons. Also, the bible says as in the days of Noah so shall it be in the end times. If this is indeed the case that we may actually be dealing with fallen angels masquerading a humans, it’s no wonder why they say and do the things they say and do and sleep at night, if they even do sleep? I’m sure you have heard of the eye witness testimonies of people claiming alien abduction, getting large needles stuck in them in some space craft, could it be actual fallen angels doing this to get human DNA? Then artificially creating mixed human and demon bloodline? If that’s true, wonder how long that’s been going on? If we can be around angels and not know it, then I would say that fallen angels might also be included. This may be off the subject on this post but I didn’t see anywhere else I could have posted it, so sorry for that. Anyway I could go on and on, but what I see is, yes humans themselves can and are evil, but looking at things that people do boggles my mind on how they could do them. This is just a theory and one that many my pass up as crazy, but I’m beginning to wonder. These false prophets and leaders seem to have no conscience on what they say and do if indeed they are a true servant of God. A true servant of God would fear God and at least are more careful of the things they do. Some of these leaders don’t seem to fear NOTHING, something you would expect from fallen angels.
endtimesprohpeticwords, If I may just add one more thing, wasn’t it Todd Bentley who claimed he had a vision or a actually experience that was VERY similar to a alien abduction? I’m sure it was him, and it looks like it’s in direct contrast to what some are saying about alien abductions. I can almost see it, things are going to start to get really weird the closer we get to the end times. And to tell you the truth, not that it hasn’t ever been weird, but that we are actually seeing it first hand like no other generation before us. It will be world wide, not just a few clues here and there like it may have in the past. So deceivable, just like the bible says that if it were possible it would even deceive the very elect. I’m not sure if I want to even see what it’s going to be like. I do believe that the Anti-Christ THE man of sin who claims to actually be God, will also claim creation. He would have to in order to get the whole world to believe in him, and submit, this would actually rid the evaluational theory, or at least use evolution for how the earth was created, but nevertheless it wouldn’t be by mere chance like evolutionist claim, but by what the Anti-Christ will claim as his doings. I’ve done a lot of reaserch on evolution, and it is on it’s way out the door, and something WILL take its place, because at that point people will be searching for clues as to our exsitance, and MANY will fall prey to lies, but I believe many will not and come to know God THE creator of heaven and earth!!!
Yes Ron, there is a video I watched in which Bentley claimed that angels cut him open and inserted “3 white cardboard boxes” into his gut. The three boxes were supposed to represent three different spiritual attributes.
cheryl, Thanks for the confirmation. But what a weird vision Todd had. I have had many visions and dreams, some of them I do not even talk about them, but NONE of them like Todd’s. Not saying he’s lying or that it wasn’t from God, I just can’t see God giving a vision like that. Plus when men seem to have visions all the time day in and day out, I have no choice but to question it. I’m not afraid to say and with conviction at that, God don’t work in that order. Study the bible, God gives line upon line precept upon precept. He gives what is NEEDED at the time you need it NOT an everyday occurrence, most of the time it’s seldom, you get ahead of God and your going to walk right into a proverbial brick wall. Did you know Satan can give you dreams and visions? Yes he can, and it requires discernment to separate what’s from Satan and what isn’t. I will never buy into men claiming God gives them visions and dreams all the time, not counting the fact when you put too much emphasis on them, you can actually psychologically brainwash yourself, that’s a fact. People start messing with their minds taking things out of context then you can make nearly any dream or vision fit your preconceived ideas.
Did not the bible say your mind is the battle ground? It most certainly did, and you start messing with it, and the next thing you know you can fit your car, your boat, your house, your clothes, or whatever into the scriptures. Then the next thing you know all you have is relgion, and little truth.
I agree Ron. I have had visions, dreams, prophesied, and been through a really rough life. I could write a book. But I won’t. I will share with those that the Lord leads me to share with, but I’m not going to make one single dollar off of things God has revealed to me, or how He has brought me through some very trying times.
Signs and wonders will “follow” the preaching of the gospel. If there is no real preaching of the full word of God, and most of the emphasis is on the manifestations, then most likely, God is not in it.
Everything this guy does is junk junk junk. And I cannot believe that is Al Sharpton pictured in that mural in his home in your first link… Al Sharpton…? Hahahahahah… Birds of a feather do indeed flock together.
I can’t even bother with this clown. What a joke.
“He [Paul] was also a Black man as is evident in Acts. 21:37-39….” Uh…what Bible is he reading these days? Jew=Black? =/ Thanks for the article Bro! Love your website!!!
Bishop Jordan is a mirror of the psychic hotlines with Ms. Cleo as Prophetess Cleo. I agree that he is in no wise a “Christian”. Anyone who aligns themselves with Rev. Ike, in my opinion, is not saved. Rev. Ike deliberately misquotes scripture - “It’s not the love of money, it’s the LACK of money that is the root of all evil.” What is that? Pastor David C. Forbes of Columbus OH says the same thing. (He is a WOF preacher)
Lastly, to the moderator, the Bible does say money answers all things - look at Eccl. 10:19. Bishop is using it out of context as usual.
Thanks Carl for pointing that out - yes Ecclesiastes is kind of a mixture of sarcarsm and pessimism from a worldy viewpoint, so usually one cannot go by what it says as being the truth as it is not meant to be. Life is not meaningless, for example, and the sinner and righteous man do not receive the same reward etc.
Greetings from SuddenlyGod.com
We would appreciate it if you could provide us with documentation about your Todd Bentley claims about lying and other accusations, especially since you are providing a link to our blog in this regards.
Thank you,
SG Team
SG Team - I do not link to you that I am aware of - I imagine wordpress link by default. The documentation is on this site in numerous posts on Todd Bentley. Please take the time to read them. There is abundant proof on numerous counts.