Here are Dave's vital six points on the complete obliteration of the Churches of God when his god kills the three major splinter group leaders this month.
Complete Destruction!
We learned that God is bringing “desolation” on the splinters. I promised last week to present six biblical proofs that after the prophecy is fulfilled the splinter “houses” will be gone or well on their way out. All competition to God’s true Work will be eliminated. Here are GOD’S proofs, not mine:
(1) Haggai 1:11 reveals that God calls for a “drought,” more correctly translated “desolation.” It involves a list of very distinct categories within the splinters. The categories that God lists are comprehensive—complete. One of my previous announcements explained them. Verse 11 also describes God’s desolation including “all the labor of the hands.” Labor includes “toil, work, property and produce.” This describes destruction of competing works—labors. (Point 4 will amplify labor.) “Desolation” means desolation, not something short of desolation. God’s plain meaning is that He plans to destroy these organizations. On what basis would you disagree with the meaning of desolation?
I guess all the mockers and scoffers will be in the first group. As if anyone of us gives a rats ass if we are "severed" from Dave's impotent god!
(2) Zechariah 11:3 describes “shepherds” (ministers) “howling” because their “glory is spoiled.” Reviewing last week: Glory means “something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)…garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.” These are “respected” men in positions of authority. Spoiled includes the meaning “ravage: dead, destroy (-er), spoil (-er), (lay) waste.” We might ask: Does this imply anything less than complete destruction? Make yourself answer.
(3) Zechariah 11:9 describes three categories of people remaining after God removes the “poor of the flock” from their midst—a group now merely described as “you.” These are those who will not return to God’s Church when given the final opportunity, and who are permanently severed from God. Read the passage and see the three categories, as we did last week. What do they say to you? Verse 9 is God interpreting verse 3. Possibly small pieces of organizations may remain, and probably only temporarily. But it is obvious they can accomplish nothing. With God’s Spirit gone, the collapse and loss of corporate assets and income, and loss of many ministers and staff, a less than pretty picture remains.
Then Dave has to resort to his obscene obsession with the money these groups all have.
(4) Haggai 2:17 speaks of symbolic “blasting, mildew [Heb: paleness from fright] and hail” poured out by God on the splinters. This supports and reinforces #1 above—a scene of desolation. Add to this Haggai 1:9, where God says of the splinter “houses’” efforts, “I blew it away” (margin). Note that the “blasting, mildew and hail” also comes upon “all the labors of your hands,” encompassing all the competing works of men. Labors here is a different Hebrew word, and it means, “actions, transactions, activity, products, business, labor, thing made, occupation, operation, work (manship).” These are all GOD’S choice of words and terms. Let’s ask: Why would we believe He meant something other than what He said?
Dave falsely claims that James, the brother of Jesus predicted this great obliteration of the false splinter group ministers:
(5) Notice the instruction to “this people”—many of whom soon after form the remnant—in Haggai 1:8 to “bring wood” from their “mountain(s)” to “build God’s House.” Wood is used for offerings all through the Old Testament. Beginning Christians learn that mountains is a symbol for governments or nations—in this case, governments of the splinters. It is pretty obvious the kind of assets that become available to God’s Work. Related to this, God says in Haggai 2:8 that “the silver is Mine and the gold is Mine.” Ponder this a little in the context of a book (Haggai) covering the subjects you have seen. Why would God include such a blunt statement, and seemingly so out of context? It appears God is saying these things were always His, not anyone else’s. The massive thievery by false leaders is now over. In effect, at least in part, God is saying what was Mine is now Mine again, as it always should have been. If you disagree with the meaning of #5 here, why?
(6) Supporting all of this is an extensive New Testament passage written by the apostle James. In a context easily seen to be a parallel of the prophecy—for many reasons!—James 5:1-6 describes the riches of false leaders being “corrupted” and destroyed. It is interesting that James 5 starts out with “rich men” who are told to “howl,” only one indicator (a strong one) that this is a New Testament parallel of the Haggai/Zechariah prophecy.
After reading the above points, the objective person concludes that God foretells complete desolation of the splinters and slivers. We will see if this takes a while for some groups—or happens QUICKLY to all. Reread Zechariah 11:9.
After reading the above points, the objective person concludes that God foretold of raving lunatics like Dave coming in like wolves to devour the sheep!
5 comments:
Well, it has become painfully obvious that Dave sorely needs Formula 977. It cured Elwood P. Dowd, and I just get this feeling that it could also work wonders for Dave. Hard to tell, though. Elwood only had to deal with seeing a 6'-3.5" Pooka. Dave needs to be cured of seeing his 6'-3.5" self in various passages of the Bible. It's worth a try, though!
BB
Paki rivals MLK for deceitfulness, but he lacks the media support.
Dave's "Jesus"
I Davidian 13
"Suffer the wicked ministers, to come unto me and I will give them rest.
For if I speak in the tongues of men or of angels and it is mostly angels, but do not have vengence and a winning spirit, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge which I do, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have an overarching need to crush the competition I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor, which is NEVER going to happen, and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have the balls to order my dumbass sheep to turn in their hard earned monies of all sorts, I gain nothing.
4 Competing and winning is patient, It can fake being kind if need be. It does not envy openly but is cautious, it does not boast, it is not proud, ok well it is and hard to hide but I'm working on it. 5 It does not honor others, it is self-seeking, it is easily angered, it keeps secret and extensive records of wrongs. 6 Competing delights in evil and getting one up on the competition. and rejoices in winning. 7 It always protects me, always trusts that I will come out on top, always hopes the others get what they deserve from my Old Testament God, always perseveres.
8 I never fail. But where there are prophecies, they will cease when I have made them mean what they never meant; where there are tongues, they will be stilled until I can't stand it anymore and have to come up with more overarching baloney; where there is knowledge, it will pass away because I am not into knowledge. 9 For we know it all and we prophesy it all, 10 but when completeness comes, we will reject it because I am compete already. 11 When I was a child, I was awesome, I thought like a High Priest int he making, I reasoned like genius. When I became a man, I reverted to being a child. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror and it is ME. Now I know it all; and we just have to see it play out, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain but not for long: UCG,LCG and PCG. But the greatest of these is ME and my RC of G ."
Amen
M.T.Cranium
Fragmentation of a Sect is incomplete, I see.
Occasionally, during the lifetime of HWA, various ones would go through the same mental processes we see here unfolding with Dave. They would read themselves into scripture, and assume they had some sort of prophetic mission. And, they would approach HWA, GTA, or others in the ministry with their theory, only to be put into their places. One coed, the year following Loma's death, thought she saw in scripture that it was her prophetic role to become HWA's new wife! Another student went on a chair smashing rampage during Saturday night at the movies in the AC gym, and began "prophesying". A local elder from back east, travelled to Pasadena to tell GTA that he had a secret telepathic message for him, and expected GTA to be picking up on that message on an extra-sensory level.
My point is, the Armstrongs universally rejected this type of delusion amongst their followers just on the sheer weirdness factor alone. In dealing with it, they realized that deluded people cannot be reasoned with; it is a form of self-intoxication. And, it breeds divisiveness if allowed to persist. Put in terms of the Cosa Nostra, the boss of all bosses is dead. Now, even with impunity, members of HWA's former ministry are going delusional, and there is no one to correct them or to put them back into their places. We can only hope and pray for some sort of damage control.
BB
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