Below is a picture of Christians who have gather at the Wall Street Bull to lay hands on it and pray for economic recovery. Sadly, this reminds me, more than a little, of the Israelites worshiping the golden calf.
This act, (which approaches idolatry, in my opinion) took place because a woman supposedly heard the Lord tell her this past January, “The strongman over America doesn’t live in Washington, DC – the strongman lives in New York City! Call my people to pray for the economy.” As reported on the CBN/700 Club site, “This word so shook the woman; she knew she had to call the people of God to converge on New York City the week of October 29 for an emergency prayer rally to cry out against economic collapse in the midst of shaking.” The article goes to state:
For these and other reasons [she] is calling for a Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. They are calling for prayer for the stock markets, banks, and financial institutions of the world on the date the stock market crashed in 1929. They are meeting at the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank, and its 12 principal branches around the US that day.
“We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask God to begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the ‘Lion’s Market,’ or God’s control over the economic systems,” she said. “While we do not have the full revelation of all this will entail, we do know that without intercession, economies will crumble.”
While the intent of this may be good, the image above is certainly disturbing.
Hat tip to Wonkette.
Yeah, that’s unfortunate, to say the least. There are always gonna be fringe Christians who don’t think about the ramifications of their actions. Praying for the stock market, at the time of the crash of 1929, in the areas where such trading takes place–all of those are good ideas. Laying hands on the bull statue–not so much.
It seems to me that the Devil never lies, just gives enough partial truth to allow us to fill in the blank the way we want, straying from that which is right and true before God. I guess this time the half-truth was enough
Dang. Too bad I didn’t know about it. I would have been there myself. Chance to pray for the economy (which as everyone knows is THE most important issue in the history of issues), and spend a day in my favorite place, New York City. I miss all the good stuff.
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