GOD’S (false?) prophets: The Heat Is On

This is the 7th post in the God’s (false?) Prophets series.  Here is a link to the first post, and the most recent post.

I thought I was done with posting on God’s (false?) prophets, but decided to add this one, after a few new videos were posted as rebuttals of God’s (false?) prophets.

For the most part, the “prophets” who have not apologized or repented are maintaining their positions concerning the former President Trump winning the 2020 election, but have simply extended the timeline (moved the goalposts) to allow for God’s perfect timing to accomplish what was prophesied.  Those prophets who seem more dependent on their YouTube channel revenue seem to be more in crisis mode, than those who have other revenue streams.

What is new, are videos posted by Christians and non-Christians opposing these prophets and their prophecies.  What I present here is not comprehensive, but intended to share a few that popped up on my radar, primarily by YouTube’s video recommendation algorithm.

The Holy Koolaid channel was the first one I became aware of which was clearly monitoring the election prophets very closely, and posted two election prophecy videos.  This one is the most recent video, posted on January 26, 2021.  It’s a great summary of the election prophesies, as it borrows video clips from a number of the election prophets.  The person who runs Holy Koolaid is an atheist and skeptic, who was raised as a conservative Christian.


I became aware of Melissa Dougherty and Allen Parr on January 20, 2021 (thanks again to YouTube video recommendations).  Melissa describes herself as an ex new-ager, who is involved in counter-cult ministries, and loves apologetics and theology, who targets videos to help newer Christians.  Allen Parr’s YouTube channel is called The BEAT (Biblical Encouragement and Truth), and seems to also target newer and younger Christians.  Their January 20th videos were featured in my last post.

More recently, Allen Parr posted a video discussion with Jon McCray, an apologist focused on educating younger generations on Christian practice.


Justin Peters runs Justin Peters Ministries and YouTube channel.  His focus is expository preaching and teaching, and exposing false teachings.  He posted this four hour (yes, you read that correctly) video on false prophets and their false 2020 prophecies.


Probably the most interesting to me is Dr. Michael Brown, who runs the ASKDrBrown YouTube channel, which has over 25 million views.  The reason I find him the most interesting is his longstanding experience in charismatic Christianity, having been a leader in the Brownsville Revival, serving as the founder and president of the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry, in the late 1990s.  Here is a link to a 20/20 episode from 1997 featuring the ongoing Brownsville Revival.  That a fairly prominent and well-known Christian leader with such a long history in charismatic Christianity would oppose the false prophets of the 2020 election is pretty notable, in my opinion.  He’s posted a few videos on the false prophets over the past couple of months.  Here is the main one, posted on January 12, 2021.

In reflecting on the time I’ve watched these (false?) prophets, and read many of the online discussion between their proponents and detractors, I’ve found myself faced with a number of questions regarding what role they might play in the kingdom of God, and what is an appropriate response to their prophetic efforts.  I’ve decided to summarize some of my thoughts in the next and final post (coming soon).

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  1. Pablo MertzFebruary 1, 2021 at 5:55 AM

    This is from your brother: I'd be curious to know if you feel that they have a role in the kingdom of God at all. The Roman occupation of Israel in Jesus' time technically played a role in Jesus' crucifixion and do we look at the role of the Romans as playing a negative role or was it positive, because Jesus' crucifixion established the "Good News"? Are the false prophets somehow "good" because of the negative/deceptive role they play and the seeds of doubt and confusion that they sow? Also, there is Matthew 24, which I'm sure you know about and may reference in your next post. Jesus foretold of false prophets -- so, is their role pre-ordained, or simply "anticipated" and God will be working around the false prophets?

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    1. Tim the EnchanterFebruary 6, 2021 at 5:03 AM

      Thank you for the comment. The majority of these individuals certainly infuse their posts with plenty of Christian content, relating to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. They use Bible passages in support of what they declare. So in a certain way, they are exposing their audiences to aspects of truth, although infused with their own thoughts and ideas which are not Biblically, and in some cases, not historically, or factually supported. It's a mixed message, but one can hear mixed messages delivered from pulpits of many churches. So what does God make of it? Can God bring good out of these mixed messages? I'd like to think so. Here is another opinion written on the topic of God using heresy for good (I'm not inferring these (false?) prophets are heretics, although some of them might be). https://intersectproject.org/faith-and-culture/how-god-can-even-use-heresy-for-good/

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