Prophetic words?

There is an interesting article about a prophecy given by Rick Joyner over on the armybarmy blog today.

The first thing that struck me when I decided to take a look at the whole thing was that this 'prophetic word' was surrounded on all sides by advertising! In fact you would be hard pressed to find a more 'commercial' Christian website out there. It seems strange that a website about the prophetic needs finds it necessary to advertise the prophets books with every article thatis published!

The second thing is that although the article is not just about The Salvation Army, it is his main ilustration to support his word. Now the fact that Mr Joyner either didn't hear that the Army is growing worldwide at a fairly impressive rate suggests this is far less a prophecy, than it is Mr Joyners personal thoughts about the subject in general and The Salvation Army in particular!

The real shame is that whilst he does have some valid points about the Army in the west, he doesn't make that distinction and consequently he makes the statement that "they are no longer the army of salvation that General Booth foresaw." If he took some time to find out more about this Army of ours I'm sure he'd have to qualify his statements more!