Billy and Franklin Graham
Billy Graham: Preparing believers for “life in the last days.”
Franklin Graham: Second coming could be delayed “a thousand years.”
Does Franklin know something his father doesn’t, or are they both deluded?
It is with reluctance that we take it upon ourselves to criticize such respected Christian leaders as the Grahams. Nevertheless, we feel compelled to add them to our Delusion Alert list.
Billy Graham then
We remember watching Dr. Billy Graham on our black and white TV in the mid-sixties. Pointing to world conditions, he warned people to repent of their sins because the second coming of Christ was just around the corner.
Billy Graham now
Graham continued to preach the imminent return of Christ throughout his entire ministry. In his book Storm Warning (1992), he speculated that the second coming was “perhaps just ahead” (Billy Graham, Storm Warning [Dallas: Word Publishing, 1992], 290). Graham has been preaching this same message since 1934. So as of the time of this writing (2010), Christ’s return has been imminent for 76 years!
Franklin Graham
Now that Graham has reached old age, his son, Franklin, has become more prominent. He says the second coming could be delayed by “a hundred or even a thousand years” (Franklin Graham, Living Beyond the Limits [Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1998], 190).
However, in light of the 2008/2009 global economic downturn, evidently, Graham, Sr. felt it was time to dust off his old sermons, getting people ready for the second coming again: “This year, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will focus on the return of Jesus Christ and help prepare believers for life in the last days.”
Promo graphic for TV special September,
2009
Graham, Sr. says, “I have felt for a long time that the church has long neglected prophetic truth and, as a result, has failed to carry out God’s revealed program not only for the church itself but has failed to tell the world of God’s plan for the future.”
Prophetic truth? God’s plan for the future? These confused men have no clue about the future.
We have our own prediction: Franklin is going to get old just like his father, continue to preach the same pitiful delusion his father has taught for decades and eventually, hand the ministry over to his son so he can continue what can only be described as a farce.
Billy, Franklin and Will Graham
Under the Old Covenant, God had false prophets put to death (Deut. 18:20-22). We hope, for the Grahams’ sake, he would be a little more lenient today.
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