Not every invitation is authorized. Some people are inviting others into "realms" they do not truly possess access to, authority in, stewardship over, or structure for. Yet through visibility, language, aesthetics, confidence, symbols, and performance, the invitation appears legitimate.
In The Performance of Prosperity, Dr. Marlene Miles examines the difference between true realm authority and the staged appearance of access. This book confronts the danger of following voices, systems, teachings, environments, and examples that display the image of prosperity without legitimate structure underneath it.

Visibility is not authority. Exposure is not stewardship. Performance is not possession.

This book explores: prosperity as performed access, discerning legitimate authority regarding access to Realms of Provision and Prosperity. Some people can display prosperity, but what is the source of their provision? Is it real, or is it only performed?

This book discusses the burden of maintaining staged prosperity, borrowed language, borrowed aesthetics, and borrowed authority, the danger of following appearances without discernment. This book reveals what happens when people enter realms through imitation instead of legitimate access and how it affects you, especially in the church offering.

Not every person inviting others into prosperity actually has the authority to bring them there.