Isaiah 29:14-15: "Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?"

SINCE the whole sale embracing of the counterfeit revival through the "Toronto" and Pensacola" movements two things have been happening to the people and to the leaders. Firstly there was the dumbing of the mind. This mainly impacted the ordinary people and was illustrated by those who were rendered unable to speak through the hypnotic influence of Rodney Howard-Browne, and experienced by the many who "jumped into the river" without thinking or examining as they were encouraged to put their minds in neutral. The second is now coming to the fore and will increase. It particularly relates to the leaders of the false revival. Their wisdom and understanding are being removed by God so that their hidden secrets are being brought out into the open.

As we were about to go to press and after I had sent the draft to our printers for setting, I received an email which reported the following:

"Something breathtaking is happening among key Charismatics like Rick Joyner and Paul Cain. Rick Joyner recently announced that he was knighted by the Knights of Malta. Apparently, Paul Cain had already been knighted or was knighted at the same time. The entire story, as told by Rick Joyner, has come into my possession. Included in this knighting was Ricky Skaggs' country singer, Mahesh Chavda, Bobby Conner, and others. The Knights of Malta is clearly a Catholic order with a military persona. The American order is called on the internet, "Sovereign Military Order of Malta".

Here is a constitutional statement from the charter: "The Order has as its object to promote the Glorification of God by the sanctification of its members, service to the Faith and to the Holy See (pope of Rome) and helping one's neighbor, in accordance with its secular traditions."

(from Spiritual Guidelines for All Members of the Order, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Federal Association, U.S.A. website.)

What is amazing is that Rick Joyner tells all about this on a tape and includes in the story how that a key member of this order arranged a meeting between Paul Cain and Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq. He states that the leaders in Iraq as well as Saddam had heard Paul Cain and were convinced that he was a true prophet.

If Saddam Hussein and his henchmen are convinced that Paul Cain and Rick Joyner are true prophets then you know who they prophesy to serve..."

(From The End Times... Joseph Chambers September 1998, page 3)

Angie Schiermeyer, < heritage@whidbey.com> who is the source of our information, assured us —"when I copied the item from End Time I included every comma and exactly as it was sent" and added: "It is a fact that the Initiation into the Knights of Malta takes place in January every year in the Cathedral of St Patrick in New York city with the present Cardinal officiating." She wrote: "Please do go into the Rosicrucian Connection article <http://watch.pair.com/priory.html > as there are some prominent Apostate Leaders mentioned in that article. I believe it is 46-48 pages long but worth the print out. How Joyner and Cain can honestly take the Knights of Malta initiation and then claim to be followers of Jesus Christ and not the Pope is beyond me."

I visited the Rosicrucian Connection article which appears to be well documented. It makes frightening reading.

Appeared in Volume 4.3 November/December 1998