Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
Dave Pack: Why Would God Pick Me If He Knew I Would Commit Major Sins?
3:4: “And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with change of raiment.”
So the reader knows in advance where the following explanation is
going, it is helpful to first state that the filth described is simply
NOT JOSHUA’S! Start with this in mind as you read. It will become crystal clear.
When I began studying this subject four years ago, along with our
Headquarters ministers, serious questions came to mind. First, if verse 3 is describing Joshua’s
sin(s), why would God choose such a leader—one He knew in advance would
commit major sins? Imagine God putting His Church in a position where
it must wait (for a short or long time) for its sin-laden leader to
repent. If the sin(s) was in Joshua’s past, I was left asking, Where are they? The Hebrew for iniquity
means “perversity, (moral) evil, fault, iniquity, mischief, punishment
(of iniquity), sin.” There was no doubt what this referenced.
I certainly did remain in a spiritually filthy environment in the
Global Church of God for years (this also describes the latter WCG
years)—full of division, accusation, covetousness, nepotism, every kind
of favoritism, respect of persons, doctrinal compromise, false
accusations, false doctrine and gross ignorance of the Bible. But these
things describe all the splinters!
6 comments:
This just keeps getting worse and worse! Sin is part of the human condition. There is none without sin. If we say we are without sin, we are a liar, and the truth is not in us.
By implication, Dave is saying that he can do it on his own, and unlike the rest of humanity, does not need the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Also, what about Zerubbabel's sin? That would seem to present a breakdown in Dave's contrived similarities, because Haggai makes no mention of incest.
BB
I'd be real careful of that nepotism charge Dave
Michael Venish's issue which got him fired was disageeing on Dave calling himself Joshua as well as spending on multiple campus type buildings at this time. That's when he Dave's fist shaking. Dave abides no disagreements so of course they all agree
No major sins, just the deadly ones.
I wasn't aware that there are different levels of sin....as far as I know, the penalty is the same for all of them.
also, I would like to see some biblical support for the idea of one single human leader of The Church....nothing I've ever read points to a single leader.
Is Pack asking why God chose King David? He surely is muddying up the waters in his rants.
BB
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