For those who don't know about the loony fringe of the charismatic/pentecostal movement, a common element is so-called "prophets" who put out "words from the Lord." Well, I happened to stumble on one of those last night.
Erich Reber, a yayhoo from Switzerland, predicted we're in for another 9/11.
In a vision in autumn 2002 Reber saw a terrorist attack (with islamic background) on the US, that will be so devastating that many thousands will be found dead. Reber, who first delivered this prophecy in Canada upon invitation of David Demian, says he has been transported by the Spirit of God into the very US cities and neighborhoods where this is going to happen and saw the many dead bodies strewn about. Ten months ago, God let him revisit the vision and told him to speak it to America. [...]
"It looked far worse than after the 2004 Tsunami", he said. "The result of this attack will be the emergence of a cloud of poison that will hover over the US, and then slowly, over a number of days, move towards Canada.
Believe it or not, it gets loonier ...
In this guy's opinion, the resulting American response will lead to a whole bunch of Muslims becoming Christians.
"This attack will have two results: First: it will lead to a great and new quest for God. The followers of Jesus in the US therefore should get ready for a large harvest of people previously unmoved by God. Second, the US as a nation will overreact and retaliate with military means so strong that this will lead to a huge humiliation and demoralization of the Islamic world. America and some political Allies will lead a military strike of such a force that millions of Muslims will cry out to Allah in desperation--in a similarly unanswered way as Christians in America who merely cry out to God to do something. Then, many Muslims will cry out for help "to anyone", and this will be the time when Jesus will reveal himself to them. This, in turn, will open an entirely new door for the gospel, and many Muslims will be brought into the Kingdom of God."
So we have the possibility of another war, and this guy is jumping for joy at seeing Muslims become Christians. For those who don't know, this is an old, old story from fundies. A friend of mine calls them "seagull Christians."
This guy apparently has street cred ... he claims to have predicted the London subway bombing a week before it took place. However, this prediction of another 9/11 here came in May--and we're still waiting. You know what they say about false prophets ...