"Sometimes I Miss."

The Reverend Pat Robertson made news again this week by saying that God told him that millions of Americans will die in a terrorist attack this year. He said the terrorist will not necessarily use nuclear weapons, but it will be something like that. It will hit several U.S. cities. It will be a true disaster.

For those of you out there that believes in modern prophesy you need to write this down in the margins of your Bible. If God told Pat this, then it is just as valid as Scripture. Thankfully for me, I believe the cannon is closed. I believe that God has spoken, and the Bible is God's final and complete revelation to man. By believing this, I can call Pat Robertson a heretic and leave it at that.

Over the years, Pat has made some interesting prediction. Now remember, Pat said that God told him these things. God told Pat that he would be President back in 1988. God was obviously wrong. At the start of 2006, Pat said God told him that the U.S. coast will be lashed by storms. Of course, we had one of the softest hurricane seasons ever this year. God was wrong again. He said that a Tsunami would hit the North West Coast this year. Once again, God was wrong. In 2004, he said God told him that President Bush would win easily over Kerry. God was right on the win, he was wrong on the easy part. He said God told him that President Bush would pass Social Security reform. God was wrong on that one.

An AP reporter asked Pat about all of the prophesies that he made that were wrong. Pat said, and I quote, "I have a good track record, but sometimes I miss." You know I don't remember the prophets of the Bible missing. I don't recall Elisha telling people that sometimes he misunderstands what God says. I don't remember Jeremiah saying that. As a matter of fact, the Bible tells us that we are to stone false prophets. By the way, false prophets are the ones that sometimes miss.

Now I am not purposing that we Christians take Pat out and stone him. We don't live in a theocracy anymore. Simply put, that is what God would have had ancient Israel to do. You do not speak on God's behalf incorrectly.

I want to make myself clear. The biggest problem I have with all of this is the blatant disregard for Scripture. Either the Bible is God's final revelation to man or it is not. It is either what God wanted us to know or it is not. If it is not, then we should not have closed the canon. We should continue to add books to the Bible. I am sure the Church would think hard before they put the book of Pat in the Bible; because sometimes he misses.