Long to congregation: ‘This is spiritual warfare’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Larry Hartstein and Christian Boone
September 29, 2010Bishop Eddie Long, speaking to his congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday night, again did not directly address the sexual allegations made against him. Bishop Eddie Long said Tuesday if people believed media reports, "I’d be scared to show up, I’d be scared to look at you. But there’s something in me bigger than the situation." "I’m not speaking about the individuals and all of that," he said, according to Channel 2 Action News. "This is spiritual warfare." Long said that if people believed media reports, "I’d be scared to show up, I’d be scared to look at you. But there’s something in me bigger than the situation"…
A group of 32 ministers attended the Lithonia church Tuesday night to pray with Long and support him. Long’s remarks were somewhat cryptic. "And I’m here to tell you whatever God spoke about me, whatever God said about me, it shall come to pass," Long said, according to Channel 2.
Meanwhile, one of Long’s accusers, told a local television station that he loved the Lithonia pastor but now considers him "a monster." "This man manipulated us from childhood," Jamal Parris told WAGA-TV, who interviewed the 23-year-old outside a Colorado grocery store. "This was our father and we loved him." Parris, who alleged that Long used church funds to lavish him and the other victims with gifts, said he reached out to the bishop privately before filing suit. "This man turned his back on us when he had no more need for us," Parris told WAGA-TV. "That’s not a man. That’s a predator"…
Posted on Wednesday 29 September 2010
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“It shall come to pass . . . ” is language straight from the Bible, I think. I’m not sure of an exact quote, but it is biblical language. Sounds to me like a Jesus fantasy or a messiantic fantasy. Try to portray the whole thing as analogous to Judas betrayal of Jesus — but it’s really something predetermined to carry out God’s plan, the planned sacrifice for a greater good.
Megalomania, indeed !!
Or is it only a slick PR effort, using what will work with his congregation.
He has several huge problems, one of which is the media and public opinion. The other is the economic future of his church empire. That could be ruinous, even if he survives the legal and public opinion problems.
Deuteronomy 30:1
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
It’s from Moses’ third [and last] sermon where warns the people against disobedience, encourages the people to obey the Lord and his commandments, and finally calls them to make a choice between good and evil. He then turns over the reins to Joshua to lead the Jews into the Promised Land [from Jordan – “the wilderness”], then climbs Mount Nebo and dies.
One can only speculate what Bishop Long has in mind when he says, “And I’m here to tell you whatever God spoke about me, whatever God said about me, it shall come to pass,” but it sounds ominous to me…
Turning over the reins to someone else to lead the people into the promised land — yes, he knows he will have to resign, I’m guessing.
Mickey, should we be impressed with you as a Biblical scholar or as an expert at using the vast store of digitized searchable texts?