Mike Bickle, founder of Kansas City's International House of Prayer, believes that this is the generation that will see the return of Jesus Christ -- to save those who welcomed Him into their hearts, leave behind those who didn't and, if He happens to run into him, punch Bill Maher in the neck.
But who would believe that Jesus would choose now, of all the thousands of way better years to choose from? Why, the Koreans, of course! Because their world might actually be ending!
Last week -- three days after North Korea shelled its southern neighbor, sparking fears of war -- IHOP uploaded the video below. In it, Bickle urges Koreans to travel to the United States and shell the organization with cash in the form of registration fees for a Korean End Times Conference. In exchange, Bickle will tell them what end-times signs to look out for.
(Let me save you some time, Koreans: See that crazy midget ruler with his arms full of James Bond DVDs? Yeah, the end is near.)
The video's a little tedious, but the sale picks up around the three-minute mark. It's weird to think that six months from now, some Koreans are going to watch bombs fall from the sky and think to themselves, Holy shit! Bickle was right!
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I just watched the whole video. I'm not sure, but I think I may just have become born again.
Millie:
There's no hating going on here. I just found the video strange, and the idea of Koreans coming to Kansas City to learn about the end of the world from Mike Bickle even stranger. And strangeness, my friend, makes the internet go 'round.
Joe
Immanentize the eschaton! Men go crazy in congregations. They only get better one by one. Organized religion should be banned from this world.
You don't know what you're talking about. IHOP and Korean Christians have had a long-term relationship. So much so there are language translators and materials available in KC.
As for the sales pitch to "shell" IHOP with money? You clearly don't know anything about the nature of IHOP and their character.
Conferences are so cheap it barely covers costs. Many conferences are totally free.
As for the idea that you present that Bickle is exploiting the threat of war in Korea by teaching Eschatology (end-times) - the beliefs he expresses are long-held tenets of IHOP and have been preached/taught for years.
If you had done even a tiny bit of research for your article, rather than simply presenting your bias, you might have known something more about IHOP and their relationship with some people in Korea.
While some do not agree with IHOP, is it really necessary in this day of religious tolerance to write like this and perpetuate a type of hate towards yet another group?
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