Like the world has never seen
Don't you tell me He can't do it
'Cause I know that He can
This also falls into the "God can do anything" bucket and yes, God can do anything. That does not mean He will, however. Can the mention of His name raise the dead? Sure, He is God. How many times have you seen that happen in your life? I am guessing zero. Yet, they claim in this song to have witnessed real-life resurrections! Please, show me where! What a great and powerful testimony that would make for God. The problem is that they have not seen any real-life resurrections. Bethel has a "dead Raising Team" that claims to have resurrected over 14 people. They have not one documented of course. I am reminded of when a Bethel worship leader had a child pass away at the age of 2. Bethel embarked on a campaign to raise little Olive Heiligenthal from the dead. It was all the buzz for days but in the end, little Olive was not resurrected. Oh, and Bethel, from their 96-million-dollar campus, set up a GoFundMe along with the pleas for resurrection with the goal of $100,000. Why? No one knows. How much was raised? No one knows. Where the money went? No one knows. Going back to the song, it sets up more false hope and expectation in people by declaring things that may or may not ever come to pass. God can do all of these things because He can do anything. The problem is these refrains imbed in people the notion that only the miraculous is an acceptable outcome. The reality of faith is that when the cancer is not healed, we still worship God. When the mental health is not restored, we still worship God. I am not telling you He can't do it. I am saying sometimes the answer to our prayers is no and THAT is when real faith is needed. Not this candy-coated sugar high of fake worship that unravels in our lives when the walls of Jericho do not come tumbling down. Bethel also is NAR and believes in the revival chasing nonsense from dominionism. Thessalonians however promises a great end times apostasy, not a great end times revival. Salvation will flood the streets? While we certainly hope so, heaven rejoices when one sinner repents and the way we seek is narrow and few find it. Along the Jericho narcissistic worship path leads us to Elevation music, which is taught by the master narcigete, Steven Furtick. Here are snippets from Elevation's popular song, "Praise."
I'll praise when outnumbered
Praise when surrounded
'Cause praise is the water
My enemies drown in
Because my praise is a weapon
It's more than a sound (more than a sound)
Oh, my praise is the shout
That brings Jericho down (oh)
