Christian Seer Had a Horrifying Vision for America

 

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Because of my Pentecostal background, I often write about contemporary political prophets. Ordinarily, I would hesitate to raise my pen against an anointed soul who is frequently lifted high “in the Spirit.”

If God honors them, so should I. But I’ve had many of my own prophetic experiences regarding personal and national topics, and I’ve been a charismatic since 1965, so although I’m not necessarily the brightest bulb on the shelf, I’ve had the experience to earn a seat at the table for discussions on this significant and controversial phenomenon.

In 1971, I had a prophetic dream that predicted that Nixon would be swept out of office. I was only half-plugged into the news at that time. I wasn’t sure what to make of it because I’m no prophet, leader, minister, or psychic, and I sure had no reason to suspect that Nixon would not finish his second term, but in 1974, Nixon was pressured by his own party to resign.

In 2017, I had a dream revealing that America would reject Trump for a second term. A couple of hundred recognized, networking prophets with large followings were predicting that he would win. Elijah List prophetess Kat Kerr, a genuinely charming woman, said that Trump would have two terms, his VP would have two terms, and that president’s VP would have two terms. Twenty-four years straight of Republican rule. I wrote a couple of them and told them about my dream, but I am no influencer with a large following. Never was, never will be. My effect was like pouring a cup of water into Lake Erie.

For those who take the Bible literally, as I and many others do to a point, political prophecy feels normal for a nation with a strong charismatic presence.

The Hebrew Bible describes Israel as a monotheistic theocracy with court prophets, diviners, and seers. Even the apostate pagan kings had prognosticators. Some would slaughter a sheep and read signs in the warm liver. Others would throw arrows on the ground or read tea leaves.

Yahweh’s prophets were forbidden such practices. They were limited to the ruach elohim, and if their prediction did not happen, the Mosaic Law demanded that they be executed. That may sound brutal, but Moses realized the influence that “prophets” can have on the king and the nation. Listening to the wrong voices could bring ruin.

My latest ponderings about the contemporary phenomenon of political prophecy, promoted by a coterie of men and women who accept the title of apostle and prophet, were inspired by pawing through my archive of two books and a decade of newsletters from Nita Johnson and her daughter Ricci Wilson.

Nita claims to have been called to be a national prophet while sitting in her living room in 1980, when she was around 30 years old, but her early contacts with divine messengers occurred when she was 8 and 9. There is nothing about the vision she shared that would make me think it was false. She saw the seal of the United States appear before her, turning around and around and coming almost in front of her. Then she saw a Bible with fingers thumbing through the pages. Next was a cross, coming at her like the first two visions until it was large and in front of her. A voice quoted Galatians 5:1 about liberty in Christ.[i]

I caught up with her in the ’80s and began to collect her prolific writings. She prophesied judgment on America for the gays, for unspecified political corruption, greed, and grievous errors in child protection―things that have always been with us and in fact, have been worse in the past. She also predicted punishment by floods, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and drought, all things that could be explained by climate change, and all the same kind of apocalyptic ruin seen by psychics and UFO abductees. She’s right in the sense that blindly ignoring the warnings of science can produce ruinous results, but Nita received her pronouncements from angels, and they didn’t mention climate change.

In her books and newsletters, she was not particularly partisan. I followed her diligently until Dec-Jan 2009 just to see if her predictions would come to pass. The theme of her messages was “Prepare.” Prepare for what? For war, for enemy attack. She specified over the years that I followed her that China and Russia would attack the U.S., that we would be unprepared, and that we would fall like a house of cards.

In her Dec-Jan, 1998 newsletter, she shares two specific visions of enemy attack, given to her and to a fellow minister named Larry Bailey of Shreveport, LA. Bailey’s revelation was that the only redemption was to cast all the liars out of the land, get rid of all that is false. Nita’s vision was even more grim.

“While I was still wondering what to do, another bomb came sailing through the sky falling just a short distance behind the lighthouse. This time the lighthouse exploded under the impact of the bomb and fell shattered into a heap of ruins. Then the Holy Spirit spoke to me saying, ‘I’m about to put out the lighthouse to the nations.’ He wasn’t speaking of the Church, but of America, who has been responsible for sending more missionaries out to the nations than perhaps any other nation in the history of the Church.”[ii]

There isn’t time or space to elaborate on this point, but President Trump has eviscerated every department in the US government that was meant to keep us strong. We are squandering munitions on an unnecessary war, and our Chinese experts and cybersecurity teams have been fired.

Nita had another startling prediction. Hitler is coming! In November 1998, she was ministering in Mobile, Alabama. As she stood looking out over the water, she saw a vision of a face and heard voices crying out that Hitler is coming. Then that turned into the face of Satan. In November 1999, she had a follow-up vision and wrote, “I saw Hitler and his army coming upon America to take over and to occupy our country.”[iii]

Does Nita know that two Trump insiders have stated that Trump is “fascist to the core?” That ICE agents are as sadistic as the brown shirts in 1930s Germany? That corruption in the Trump administration is staggering? Trump and his kin are looting America, and the GOP is trying to find a way to cheat to maintain power in November’s midterm election. Our constitution is hanging by a thread while the oligarchs of the Heritage Foundation plot to establish an authoritarian, RW presidency.

There’s one more note to pull from Nita’s newsletters. Jesus warned us about the lure of titles. There is a lot of attention in these writings about apostles, prophets, Ezekiel’s army, the Mighty Men of David, etc. She wrote how a new apostolic age would bring glory to the Church. Fellow pastor Neville Johnson agreed. “The Lord was saying to me, a new era a new Apostolic Age was dawning. A new apostolic reformation was beginning to get underway.”[iv]

And he was absolutely right. The New Apostolic Reformation became a network of so-called pastors, prophets, and apostles, all with a combined ministry of thousands of followers. They are all Trumpers, their jesus is a diehard Republican, and their prophecies exalt the Right, while the Left is “the enemy.” Their dialogues with the Spirit sound like a Fox News script. These are the very people who claimed that Trump would win the 2020 election. When it didn’t happen, they began to prophesy that a miracle would occur and Trump would be reinstated. When that didn’t happen, some claimed that the election was stolen and that Trump was our real president. No wonder Trump keeps claiming the election was stolen.

Some years later, Nita did warn against being too fond of titles. She never claimed one for herself, but if you go to her website today, you’ll see that they are full-bore MAGA. Below are some links you can check.

https://worldforjesus.org/article/the-mysteries-of-trump-part-1-and-2-nita-johnson-2-16-21/

https://worldforjesus.org/article/trump-and-melania-glory-vision-1-3-21/

https://worldforjesus.org/article/jesus-all-is-well-that-ends-well-a-new-understanding-nita-johnson-1-6-25/

https://worldforjesus.org/article/watch-desantis-and-you-will-see-what-i-am-doing-with-my-nation-ricci-johnson-wilson/

And that, gentle reader, is the best argument ever against the establishment of Christian Nationalism. Christians can be well-meaning, sincere, talented, and devout, but still be arrogant, cruel, overzealous, blasphemous, and just plain stupid.

DANGERS

To maintain their audience, these ministers need constant attention and donations.

People are hungry for more visions. There can be pressure from peers, the lure of ambition, and competition.

OT prophets lived in the city where they prophesied. Although there were no influencers, there were false prophets. Still, the true prophets knew what was going on in their world. Some prophets, like Steve Schultz, founder of The Elijah List network, feel they must not watch the news, meaning they must not watch any news that doesn’t reflect a conservative viewpoint. Prophecy must be tethered to reality. We all love our news silos, but prophecy must be judged, and that means knowing what is really going on. Prophets should listen broadly to the news.

I recall seeing a video in which Hank Kunneman prophesied with great authority and gravity that “the man in God’s hand will never be impeached.” Well, Trump was impeached twice. Maybe their Geez-us doesn’t understand the difference between impeachment and conviction. The hapless GOP senators who voted to convict were primaried. It ended many careers.

It is a matter of ethics that a judge recuse himself from cases where there is a conflict of interest. A RW influencer has recently confessed that some podcasters are paid to boost certain political points of view. Prophets who receive donations from political groups cannot be trusted. The temptation of pay-to-play must be formidable.

Prophecies of doom and apocalypse are a specialty entrée of evil spirits. They feed off negative energy. Even if China and Russia are going to attack us, the solution is the same. Good intelligence, a strong military led by competent officers, lawmakers who do what is right, and news that is honest. You don’t need to be a prophet to understand that Trump has weakened us to the point where we are a house of cards. We are being warned by former military officials, former ambassadors, great journalists, former conservative pundits, attorneys, and former lawmakers that the lights are flashing red. Many of these speak more truth than the new apostles and prophets.

Right and Left, Conservative and Liberal are categories that have always been with us. Yes, we profoundly annoy one another, but any attempt to remove one party is dangerous, selfish, and wrong. We need the debate, the different perspectives. But both can have character and compassion. Dark money kills all that is good. Those donors would promote the devil himself, and in fact, they do hire his reps all the time. Elect people who know what they’re doing, not partisan clowns.

SOLUTION

There’s no need to march around with crosses and flags. Rather, vote the liars out. Impeach the rotten judges.

Billionaires pay taxes.

Repeal Citizens United.

Do what is right. It is the second commandment in the Bible. (Gen. 4:6)

Send experts to governmental office.

Prophets refuse insider tips about coming policies. Prophesying tips as if from God is an abomination.

Prophets refuse donations from groups they may speak for or against.

Appoint experts to top positions. Quit listening to billionaire pressure.

Quit listening to prophets and psychics.

Restore the guardrails.

Teach kids how government works. They are our future. There should be RW and LW debates in High School.

Repent.

Last but not least, resist Christian Nationalism. There are good reasons why our founding fathers put a wall between church and state. The marriage of the two corrupts them both.

SOURCES

[i] Johnson, Nita. The Ever Speaking Voice of God. Self-published, 1997. Contact worldforjesusministries.org.

[ii] — — — — — — , “Proclamation of War, 9/01/97,” in Prophetic Insight and Family Focus, Issue 9, Dec-Jan 1998. In later newsletters, Nita claimed that her Gathering of the Eagles brought enough repentance to America to reestablish His covering of protection. As of 2008, war was “set aside.”

[iii] — — — — — — , “Hitler is Coming, Mar-Apr 2000, 3,4.

[iv] Johnson, Neville, “The Dawning of a New Age,” in Prophetic Insight, Book 2, Issue 8, May/June.