PCG’s Gerald Flurry Somewhat Predicts King of the North in 2009

Flags of the Arab League and the European Union

In the November/December 2008 edition of its Philadelphia Trumpet magazine, PCG’s founder and self-declared prophet Gerald Flurry wrote the following:

The world is focused on the American elections. But there are even more important elections coming on Sept. 28, 2009. Those will occur in Germany. And because a crisis is simmering there right now, this momentous event could come to a head even sooner than we think.

After this momentous election, one man will rise to power in Europe. A man we have been anticipating for years…

This man is prophesied in your Bible!

Daniel 8 speaks of a fierce German ruler to come “in the latter time.” Verse 23 describes him as a “king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences.” “And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many …” (verse 25). This king comes acting like he wants peace, but he is lying! He will be a ruthless and violent man—preaching peace but practicing war!

Daniel 11:21 says this end-time Antiochus will “come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries,” yet will be a vile person. Verse 25 shows he will war against the king of the south with a great army.

I believe we might see the Daniel 8:23 man within this year!

This is Germany and Europe’s moment!

And while it is remotely possible that whoever becomes the Chancellor of Germany in 2009 will ultimately become the prophesied King of the North, that individual cannot actually have that title in 2009. The Bible (in Daniel 9:26-27) refers to the one who becomes the King of the North, first as a prince who makes a peace treaty–a treaty that has not yet been made and that will last for about 3 1/2 years before it is broken.

So even if Gerald Flurry’s hedged prediction identifies the one who ultimately could be the King of the North, it simply is not possible for that person to hold that title in 2009.

Gerald Flurry also wrote the following in the same article:

We have seen the king of the south, radical Islam, come together and begin to push.

But that statement is simply is not true. There is no King of the South yet. Nor (as Gerald Flurry has written and insisted elsewhere) can it be Iran.

Gerald Flurry is another self-appointed false prophet. But one who is putting out over 278,000 magazines per issue. Hence one that some sadly pay attention to.

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