Question: Paul Crouch and others on TBN have referred several times to a mysterious event which is ...

Question: Paul Crouch and others on TBN have referred several times to a mysterious event which is to occur June 9, 1994, when all evil will be removed from earth. What are they talking about?

Response: According to a “Voice” which spoke “so loud and clear” to a pastor John Hinkle “that it sounded like a great bell” being rung in his ear, “Evil will be ripped from the earth” on June 9, 1994. Though this “Voice” was obviously not of God because it contradicted His Word, Paul Crouch excitedly promotes the idea and is praying for “further revelation.” The revelation has already been given in the Bible. Crouch’s attempt to correlate this “prophecy” with Matthew:13:24-43 [24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [25] But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. [26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. [27] So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? [28] He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? [29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. [30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. [31] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: [32] Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. [33] Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. [34] All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: [35] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. [36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. [37] He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; [38] The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; [39] The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [40] As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. [41] The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; [42] And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. [43] Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
See All... betrays the astonishing credulity which characterizes those who are more enamored of “new revelation” than of Scripture. If Crouch would stop damning those whom he angrily labels “heresy hunters” and pay more attention to sound doctrine, he might come to see the importance of identifying heresy and even eliminate it from his network.

Christ’s explicit explanation of what He meant left no excuse for believing this “voice.” “The harvest” (v 30) is “the end of the world” (v 39) and only then will His angels “gather out of his kingdom…them which do iniquity” (v 41). Clearly, evildoers remain on earth until the end of the Millennium. That 1,000-year period ends with millions following Satan in his final attempt to take over the world and to destroy Christ (Rv 20:7-9), who has been ruling from David’s throne in Jerusalem (Zec:14:9And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
See All..., 16; Lk 1:32-33; Rv 20:4-6). We may be certain on the basis of God’s Word that 1994 will not see evil “ripped from the earth” and any “voice” that says so denies the Word of God.

Will Satan, in order to deceive, engineer some counterfeit removal of evil next June? Not unless that’s how he explains the Rapture. Whatever his ploy, Satan easily deceives those who follow the latest “prophecy” rather than God’s Word. It is so sad to see an international TV network used so often to promulgate false doctrine and to promote numerous false prophets who repeatedly and unrepentedly pronounce “in the name of the Lord” that which contradicts His Word and doesn’t come to pass.