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'Phinn-ished?' - Cleric's integrity questioned as election prophecy flops
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Published in the Jamaica Gleaner: Tuesday | September 4, 2007
Tyrone Reid, Enterprise Reporter
It is a universally accepted theological standard that the hallmark of a true prophet is that all of his predictions come to pass. Well, if the preliminary victory for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the country's 15th general election is upheld after a recount, then the Rev. Dr. Phillip Phinn and his school of prophets would not fall within the ambit of that pool of true prophets.
Some even believe his prophetic career, and that of thos to him, is finished.
In April this year, Dr. Phinn, from the Word of Life Ministries International, repeated an earlier claim that God had ordained Simpson Miller to rule for at least another seven years.
"There is literally no turning back of this clock at this time," Dr. Phinn told the congregation at an annual prophetic conference held at the Hilton Kingston hotel in New Kingston.
President of the People's National Party (PNP) and most likely outgoing Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, was present at the conference, which was held under the banner 'Breakthrough Now', when Dr. Phinn made his pronouncement.
In a television interview, an unflinching Dr. Phinn said when his prediction came to pass everyone would know that a prophet was in their midst.
Dr. Phinn and his school of so-called prophets declared correctly that Simpson Miller would have been the nation's seventh Prime Minister - and it came to pass. However, their declaration that she would win yesterday's general election has ostensibly failed to materialise.
The prophecy about Simpson Miller ascending to the nation's highest political office was made by the Rev. Dr. Phinn, senior pastor at the Word of Life Ministries International, which meets at 20 Hagley Park Plaza in St. Andrew, in an interview published in The Gleaner on April 30, 2005. In that interview, the Rev. Dr. Phinn declared that he and others had received divine revelation that Simpson Miller would be the next Prime Minister of Jamaica.
But the declarations stirred up much public debate. While some disagreed with the content of the prophecies, others denounced the content. One analyst even said some persons were not swayed by Dr. Phinn's declarations, as they regarded him as a false prophet or a People's National Party (PNP) propagandist in prophet's clothing.
Efforts to get a comment or explanation from Dr. Phinn up to late last night were unsuccessful.
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