Impossible Possibilities
By Scott Steel
exrcg.org
While listening to “The Greatest Untold Story!” Parts 423 and 424 by David C. Pack, I was initially surprised by the content. The mystery became bigger and more vast than expected. I certainly didn’t think he would entertain such an abrupt about-face from his previously established doctrinal truth that comprised the “final” Mystery of God.
Since I departed from The Restored Church of God in 2016, I have occasionally followed the ramblings of Dave Pack. As a now-outsider looking in, it has sometimes been comical while at other times concerning. But all of the time, it has been a self-defeating mess.
One word repeated too often has caught my attention more than any other throughout the years. This word should catch everyone's attention, no matter what context it is used in.
Impossible.
It is the most frequently used qualifier that enhances the immovable nature of the current teaching. By stating it over and over, Dave Pack tells his audience there is no other logical option of belief.
Impossible to be…
Impossible not to be…
Dave Pack has used “impossible” countless times in sermons and in his Brethren/Co-worker letters. “It is impossible for this present evil world to continue any longer.” That is his favorite expression to paint the bleak intensity of worsening world conditions that can’t go on another year. Herbert W. Armstrong of The Worldwide Church of God was well-versed in this technique. Today, we call that fear-mongering.
The “jaw-dropped” Headquarters ministers have adopted “impossible” numerous times in their Prophecy Updates for the RCG membership. This purposely blocks all non-conforming thoughts from the idea that the desired conclusion has any chance of not being correct.
Dave Pack has really been on a roll these past few years in defining the context of his greatest story. It is impossible for the prophetic picture to change. It is impossible for any option other than what is taught today. The subject matter is conclusive, and no further discussion is required.
This past Saturday, February 25, 2023, Dave Pack gave Part 423, which was laced with “threads” to establish the completely new Mystery of God.
He continually pushes aside potential detractors from within the membership by reinforcing his points of fact 19 times using “impossible.” That number does not include all the occurrences, which means there are more.
Part 423 – February 25, 2023
@ 24:33 Now, if that's true if those eleven days are true (they are), it’s impossible, it’s impossible, brethren, to not know when the Day of the Lord is. It’s impossible. It’s Iyar 1.
Who would dare argue with a triply-impossible fact like that?
Dave Pack indicates with bravado how "impossible to argue with" his new understanding is. His proof and metrics are inarguable, and the brethren better not try.
That was the theme of both messages on Saturday. Parts 423 and 424. The sequence of the events and their placement within the 2023 calendar are impossible to dispute, and all his points are inarguable.
If his biblical knowledge is so spot-on and impossible to disagree with, why does Dave Pack present such a powerful position while also revealing a defensive posture?
I mean, it’s like robbing a bank. Imagine this:
Give me all the money. I have a gun and will kill you. I want all unmarked twenty-dollar bills in a cotton bag. I have a gun and will kill you. Don't say a thing to anyone. Just smile. I have a gun and will kill you. It is impossible that I don’t have a gun. It’s inarguable that I won't kill you. Give me all the money.
Assertive and bold. But also insecure at the same time.
Why would God’s final revelation to His only Good and Faithful Servant be presented in such a threatened manner? If it were all inspired truth, what could possibly challenge God’s blessing of knowledge to His people through His chosen vessel and end-time prophet?
Maybe Dave Pack’s fragile display stems from the facts of history that, time and time again, get in the way of his "impossible to misunderstand” mistakes. Maybe it is because he just took a few months-weeks-days' worth of impossibilities and inarguable proofs and chucked them over the hill into the scrap pile that he rushes “in the midst of” to hold the Flag of Certainty Now while standing offensively defensive.
The picture was clear before but proven wrong. The new picture is even more clear than before. Until it is proven wrong seven days later.
What really surprised me the most, and I didn't see coming from Parts 423 and 424, was the number of big changes, not only to the timeline but also to the supportive metrics of the Mystery of God.
I counted at least 14 changes to what was just recently etched in granite as confirmation of factual evidence. Dave Pack took 790+ minutes of carved-in-stone teaching of the prophetic Mystery of God, laid it on a table in a dark back room, then took a sledgehammer and smashed it into pieces.
Once Dave Pack emerged from the killing floor, he cobbled together new months, days, beginnings, endings, dusks, dawns, who, what, where, how many, and then offered how impossible not to happen it all was. I mean, it’s just inarguable now.
As each day on the calendar comes and goes, Dave’s strong-arm assurances fall victim to the real possibility that his narrative is flawed. He has never understood the speed, intensity, and timing of real prophetic fulfillment. The beautifully framed RCG picture reveals a background of confusion. But, if you look closely, you can see it as just one big giant fraud.
If Dave Pack is going to live or die with impossibilities, he had better be aware that possibilities are his and his god’s mortal enemy.
If Dave Pack continues to argue with the inarguable Dave Pack, the result is, and has always been, a house divided against itself. The calendar and simple math will define whether Dave Pack's "impossible not to happen” stands or falls.
It would be wise to prepare now for that real possibility.
8 comments:
Poor Dr Bob- Dave's getting all the attention!
Why waste the time listening to Dave Pack ?
Well, I was actually blessed by a Catholic priest this past week! To me, that carries much more weight than anything any of the ministers whom Bob Thiel disrespected or lied about were supposed to have done for him or said about him.
So far as impossibilities go, mankind has always had to deal with supposedly impossible obstacles, but actually is very resourceful in figuring stuff out and doing the seemingly impossible. Many ministers and secular leaders counsel persistence, ie making the impossible possible, and their people end up doing great things. The only impossible thing which Armstrongite ministers counsel their people to do is obeying the law.
Right now, Dave is not suffering any consequences for being wrong. The brethren are not holding him accountable. If he claims to be an apostle, and all of these other titles, then he needs to perform like one. He needs to be held to the standards of an apostle of God. If that is what he claims to be. "By their fruits" do you know someone. Dave and his ministers would disfellowship a member if they could not reach the standards Dave set. So, why is Dave exempt from this?
In business if a CEO of a company kept promising something would happen, using the terminology of "impossible" or "not possible" and then had to walk it back, time after time after time after time. There would be market consequences.
Since Dave keeps getting away with it he probably thinks he is a god.
Dave Pack vs. Bob Thiel comparison...
he "Unstoppable Prophecy vs. the "Immovable Prophet".
Isn't holding your Apostle accountable considered to be a bad attitude in Armstrongism?
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The Gospel According to Dave
Oh, harken, good people, to a tale most strange and true,
Of Jebus, a figure of great renown, who shall come anew,
To Wadsworth, Ohio, with power and might untold,
And bring forth a message, most wondrous and bold.
For it is said, that Jebus is the Son of God on high,
And soon shall return, amidst the clouds in the sky,
With a host of angels, to herald His coming reign,
And bring forth a new era, free from sin and pain.
And there is a prophet, holy and true,
Named David C Pack, who foretells of Jebus' debut,
And calls upon all to prepare for this day,
And to heed the call, and follow His way.
For Jebus shall come, with a sword in His hand,
To vanquish all evil, and make right the land,
And those who believe, and follow His word,
Shall find salvation, and the mercy of the Lord.
So let us all, in Wadsworth and beyond,
Prepare for the coming of Jebus, so fond,
And heed the call of David C Pack, so wise,
And in His glory, we shall all surely rise.
Part 423 – February 25, 2023
@ 29:41 So, I wanna state one last time, unequivocally, and I’ll just absolutely die on this ground. This is the hill I die on. It is impossible that Abib does not close with the Day of the Lord. Impossible. It’s unbiblical. [copied from the preceeding post, "Two Curses"]
Part 423 – February 25, 2023
@ 24:33 Now, if that's true if those eleven days are true (they are), it’s impossible, it’s impossible, brethren, to not know when the Day of the Lord is. It’s impossible. It’s Iyar 1. [copied from this post]
Really? Iyar 1 now starts during Abib? Did anyone out there, of the RCG laity, catch this? What do you think of it? Try asking him to clarify it for you. In fact, CHALLENGE him to make sense of it.
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