In a recent video message, author and prophetic minister Rick Joyner warned of a coming trial unlike any he had previously expected, one centered around immense financial blessing for a specific group of end-times believers.
“There’s a trial coming, a major trial,” Joyner said. “…We know about the one, the mark of the beast. There’s a reason for that. There’s a reason why it’s an economic mark. It’s because probably the ultimate idol of the human heart is money.”
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Joyner emphasized that idolatry involves misplaced trust. “An idol isn’t just something you love, it’s what you put your trust in, in place of God. And that’s one of the number one things. So He has fundamentally got to deal with this issue.”
According to Joyner, God is raising up people who will walk in the miraculous works of Christ and beyond. “There are people that are called in this day to walk in the works that He did, and even greater works. I know some of them, I’ve met some of them,” he said. “Enoch prophesied about them. They’re prophesied in the book of Jude, the mighty ones who are coming.”
He cited the phrase “mighty 10,000” as a literal translation from Scripture, describing a remnant who will display unprecedented supernatural power. But with that power, he said, comes a surprising test.
“You know what He said the test was that was coming to every one of them? Extraordinary wealth. Over-the-top wealth. And it is a test,” Joyner said. “How are they going to use it?”
Joyner cautioned that such financial favor is a proving ground. “He cannot trust them with the riches of the kingdom, and that’s what we’re talking about in these unprecedented miracles and all that God is going to pour out on the earth, and the test is: what are they going to do when they’re handling mega finances?”
He pointed to biblical patriarchs as models of eternal perspective. “Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, it says they lived in tents. They were so wealthy, they made kings jealous,” Joyner noted. “They said, ‘No, tents are good. I’m good with this tent.’”
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Joyner urged viewers to think beyond material gain. “We want to be generous because we want our seed to be multiplied, not for raising our standard of living. It’s for raising our standard of giving.”
The minister concluded his remarks with a sober reminder: “Some of you are going to be trusted with mega wealth, and it’s a test.”
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
