The wanna-be apostle and spiritual leader of the true remnant of Armstrongism is doing a "study" on Nehemiah. One of his acolytes asked for the apostle to explain the hours mentioned in the scripture below.
Neh 9:1-4 “Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.”
This passage seems to say that the people stood for 12 hours (two fourth parts of the day)while they were either read to or publicly confessed their sins. How could that be given the limits of human endurance and the biological necessities common to all people?
I suppose that there were certainly some comings and goings by individuals and maybe official breaks as well. Also please consider that this is talking about daylight and not a 24 hour day. I doubt very much that they were trying to read in the middle fo the night, in the dark while most were nodding off.
Twelve hours of daylight divided by four would be three hours or just a bit longer than a standard COG service today. Then a break of about three hours for personal prayer and discussion, followed by another three hour service in the afternoon. This may have been even shorter than three hours each, as I would think that the scripture here was a general estimate concerning the timeframes.
Imagine three and half years in Petra spending six hours every Saturday listening to a Malmite preach the law. The lake of fire looks really appealing!
Malm knows that a scriptural 'yom' (day) is only twelve hours long (so said the Messiah), and that so is the Shabbat only the lighted period. Therefore, 'one-fourth part' is three hours, as he confesses.
ReplyDeleteHe is hiding a tremendous amount of knowledge because he really doesn't think that the brethren can handle what little 'emeth he has.
Its the same CLERGY-LAITY enslavement imposed by all COG Nicolaitans, which thing the Messiah says He hates!
Death awaits.
ReplyDeleteAs I was in the process of leaving Armstrongism and I looked at the varied leaders; I began to entertain the thought that the lake of fire was the preferred alternative.
ReplyDeleteI sleep well at night, knowing it is all bulls--t.
James D. Malm rebelled against Herbert W. Armstrong and left the Worldwide Church of God in 1985 while HWA was still alive. James' wife--probably influenced by his own stubborn and rebellious attitude--then fell for that "sacred names" nonsense and divorced James for not being stupid enough to fall for it too. James himself got into "calendar confusion" as well as other nonsense.
ReplyDeleteJames Malm has criticized Herbert Armstrong for always wanting more money from his followers. Now, James Malm would like more money from his own followers.
James Malm gives the impression that he has studied a lot and knows a lot, yet in the end he just garbles everything.
James Malm's Shining Darkness Blog is a black hole that just sucks up time, energy, and money. It is best to avoid it and not get sucked in.