Bob Thiel, the unofficial Official spokesman for the Living Church of God, world's foremost authority on prophetic interpretation, all things Mayan, and the public face of LCG, wants you to know that it is OK if you might want to pray for those who are in the hurricanes path. It is especially OK to pray for loved ones who might be in it's path.
As I mentioned before about this storm, people should prepare as well as pray for protection. People can also pray for the protection of others and the comfort for those who have lost loved ones and/or personal property.
The very idea that ANYONE even needs to have any doubt in their mind if it is OK to pray for those people illustrate just how pathetic the Christian love in the Church of God really is.
So what if you are directly in it's path? Is it wrong to save yourself and your property? Are your desires so corrupt and carnal that you want to prepare for your safety and for your family? Is it carnal to help your neighbors prepare? Apparently the Prophet Thiel, in his capacity as LCG's public face, thinks so. The worlds foremost authority on everything has this advice to give for those that need to "...carnally prepare."
If you are in a likely area to be affected, how can you carnally prepare?Then he has to get a plug in for his book because he has covered all these natural disasters in it:
Some simple steps such as removing items from outside the house that could blow around and either get lost or hurt someone should be removed. People should check to see if they have flashlights and batteries. At least several days of food and water should be stored. Repairing roofs and strengthening weak structures would likely be wise. Sandbags, etc. would seem appropriate in areas that are prone to flooding.
Storm directions often change and many who are not expecting to be affected may well be affected.
Back in 2009, my book, 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect mentioned the following was about to happen:The problem with all these natural disasters is that Americas are too dumb to realize that it is really God trying to wake everyone up so that they quit going to McDonald's on Saturday, blow trumpets on new moons, abstain from piggies and keep the proper calendar. These disasters are supposed to be wake-up calls to sinners.
Odd weather patterns result in food shortages and natural disasters. Matthew 24:7
The world is actually in a berserk transition, as the real age of peace is not yet here. It may be a period of chaos. It is the beginning of sorrows Matthew 24:8
Spiritually speaking, droughts and odd weather problems should serve as a wake-up call. Weather-related troubles with their related social and food issues, of course, have been biblically expected:Pretty soon there will be so many disasters that the government cannot cope with it all and will be so weakened that the invading Germans and Chinese can conquer the country and send all the young men and maidens to Europe to be sex slaves for the Beast Power.
7…And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. (Matthew 24:7-8).
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation 6:5-6)
8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)
Those who think that the USA will always have plenty and can cope with basically all storm will be shocked when that changes. Droughts, floods, hurricanes, other weather issues, pestilences, and a reliance on more and more engineered and hybridized foods are putting the USA, as well as its other Anglo-descended allies, at severe risk of problems of many types including hunger and ultimately successful invasion.
Those who believe the Bible realize that tough times are expected.How nice to be free from all this useless baloney an not have to live a life of fear.
One of the lessons from storms and weather changes should be to tell all that things can and do change. And when the Great Tribulation hits, the change will be more than most people (especially North Americans) thought possible in their lifetimes.
Because everything that is demonstrably real is "carnal" (evil) and only things that cannot be demonstrated to be anything more than myth and imagination are really real (heavenly). Wait, what's the difference again between Greek gnosticism and COG doctrine? I can't seem to keep that straight.
ReplyDeleteIf your are in an area threatened by the storm, prepare and batten down the hatches. You may even have to go somewhere and stay temporarily. It's the prudent thing to do.
ReplyDeleteSince it has been proved that the United States is not a lost tribe of Israel, there is not one shred of believability in Dr. Boob's statements about God's punishment for the United States. However, he and Roderick Meredith should look well to Scripture to see what the fate of false prophets is. It is death. False prophets are to be put to death. Dead.
Furthermore, Matthew 24 is misapplied. Jesus in the passage doesn't say the things coming to pass is due to the punishment of God. Show us where it is.
Moreover, Jesus does warn against false preachers coming in his name. It is apparent he is talking about such as are the leaders of the LCG. We should all beware of false prophets.
Then again, using Matthew 24 as a map for Revelation is somewhat disingenuous. The warning to flee Jerusalem before the fall in 70 AD cannot be compared with a seal of Revelation.
The Jews in Israel could take note, since the prophecies of punishment would be for them, except the Old Covenant ended at the death of Jesus Christ, so that has nowhere to go.
Tell you what... show us the blessing of all the farmers in the LCG keeping the seventh year land sabbath in the United States without having to borrow or go bankrupt. Yes, show us where the LCG farmers get DOUBLE the crop yield in the sixth year.
This isn't Christians vs Lions. It's the Lion of Judah agains false christians.
False Christians, nothing.
Lion, won.
Sadly the COGs have misapplied a lot of the Bible taking it out of context and using it to promote an American-centric worldview just like the OT Jews who believed they were the "chosen people." Now we've got BI people thinking Americans (and Israel together) are the "chosen people." Yet, the focus of the Bible is on Jerusalem and the land of Israel not Europe or Asia or Australia or the USA. Besides Christ came to establish his NT kingdom that was no longer made up of 1 group of people (Israel and Jews), but built up of individuals from all over the world and many ethnicities all united by faith in Christ Jesus and his holy spirit.
ReplyDeleteBob Thiel said, "People can also pray for the protection of others and the comfort for those who have lost loved ones and/or personal property."
ReplyDeleteMY COMMENT - Why do we need some idiot to tell us it is OK to pray for others? Did Christ ever ask Bob Thiel if it was OK to heal the sick? Oh, and what is religious about a Category 1 Hurricane that we need Bob Theil to give us "carnal" instructions about how to prepare?
Richard
I'm 60 years old and there is one thing I can say with certainty: I have been "carnally prepared" since I was about 13 years old.
ReplyDeleteBob Thiel has increasingly become the kind of human being you just don't like. Smug and selfrighteous and not a bit full of himself, he is a vexation of spirit...
ReplyDeleteBut always good to know he has given his permission to pray for those in harms way if you feel you must.
S.M.U.G
ReplyDeleteStorm Monger Under God
One wonders how 2301 Crown Center Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina will fare and how preparation (not H) is going.
ReplyDeleteIt's a punishment from God and we'll be able to tell from how well headquarters fares.
I'm not sure it's built on a rock.
It's built on a crock.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the concept of messengers taking a back seat to the message? "I" "Me" "My" That's all you ever hear from some of these people! This ego waterboarding would make you hate their so-called gospel message even before you heard it!
ReplyDeleteTelling people it's ok to pray for people in a hurricane is almost as nonsensical as feeling that you had to tell your children that it was ok not to play with their pet cat or dog's feces.
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