LCG Admits They Are Not Doing That Great Of A Job With Their Message

 

And, it has taken them this long to realize this?

Members of the Living Church of God Council of Elders met for three days of meetings this week. Many topics were covered, but there was much discussion on how we can reach a broader audience. We are probably reaching more people than is evident from those who respond by requesting literature, but we recognize that we are only reaching very small segments of the populations in the countries where we have a presence—and that there are more than 8 billion people on earth today. Please beseech God to open doors for us to reach a far greater audience than we currently are reaching.

You Have Been Warned! The wrath of Satan the Devil, the Great Tribulation will be launched on YOU, to CORRECT YOU!

Oh Noes!!!!!!!!! It looks like tough times are ahead.

So it is highly unpopular to say the Worldwide Church of God is alive today. Robbed of earthly possessions, high persecuted, slandered and maligned, this Church is yet alive. And these OTHER CHURCHES are feeling they are now being CHALLENGED. Which like the work of Jezebel, they are being challenged by the Elijah work. FIRE SHALL PURIFY THIS MATTER.

So those doing the will of God, will receive the promise. Those supporting OTHER CHURCHES, are embracing the work of SCATTERING, and this God is NOT PLEASED WITH.

And because you are attending with daughters of Babylon, you wont be able to escape what is coming.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE ARE WITH YOU INSIDE THESE GROUPS! God's People, the membership of the Worldwide Church of God, are to COME OUT OF HER and be SEPARATED FROM HER, not the other way around!

We do not need to support the SCATTERING of the flock! We need to see these organizations shut down, and everyone of God's people come together back as the Worldwide Church of God. These churches may pretend to have God's name on them, but they are not ordained of God! The ministry were ministry of the Worldwide Church of God! COME BACK MEN! REPENT!

The membership were the membership of the Worldwide Church of God! COME BACK BRETHREN! REPENT! OBEY GOD, and do the will of God NOW, TODAY, so you may receive the promise!

Otherwise YOU WILL BE CAUGHT UNABLE TO ESCAPE, or UNWILLING TO ESCAPE, and the wrath of Satan the Devil, the Great Tribulation will be launched on YOU, to CORRECT YOU. Some of you may repent TOO LATE! SO PAY HEED! Samuel Kitchen 11/16/24

 

 

Not to worry, I have a permit...

 

Did Satan Create Artificial Intelligence In Order To Persecute Crackpot COG False Prophets?

 

The sun is brightly shining in California, and our resident crackpot prophet is having another mental breakdown as he cowers in the back room of his amazing world headquarters, preparing for the end-time persecution that will surely befall him. Everyone and everything is out to get the world's greatest prophet ever to lead a Church of God. Not even Dibar Apartian could have ever imagined the lunacy that would emerge from the Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel as he leads his rag-tag army across Africa on their way to the Place of Safety.

That road to Petra is fraught with dangers and obstacles as he and his occasional Caucasians live lives of privilege in the U.S. and New Zealand. This makes it easy to make wide and absurd speculations about the end times that no one in their right mind believes. 

The biggest danger along the way for the Great Bwana Bob is that big old bad meanie Satan, who came into being during the great rebellion to specifically come in the end times to persecute the Great Bwana and a few other self-appointed Church of God's false prophets.

One of the latest obstacles that big old meanie Satan is throwing up in the path of the Great Bwana and the other COG liars is the use of artificial intelligence. Cowering in his backroom, the Great Bwana fears that AI will soon be impersonating him on the internet, deceiving his followers and potential converts in Africa deliberately leading them to not give him their money and allegiance.

In one of his rants the other day, he used the movie 2001 as proof that Artificial Intelligence has the potential to destroy people, more specifically, the Church of God's self-appointed false prophets like himself. Yet, in spite of the evil he foresees in AI, the Great Bwana is making full use of it. He uses it for articles and his sermons, and get this, the Great Bwana Bob's intelligence is so magnificent that when he tells AI it is wrong, it corrects itself! It even apologizes to him! All Hail the all-powerful Great Bwana! Even AI trembles at his feet! Has the Church of God ever had a more amazing man?

When it works right, AI helps by finding right answers and basically making research much more efficient. However, while I do use AI from time to time, about 1/2 the time I get wrong or useless answers. Now when I challenge wrong answers, the AI programs normally agree that I am right and then they apologize–but how will most users, particularly young ones know when AI is right or wrong? Well, they often will not.

The amazing Great Prophet ends his spiel with how AI will soon be persecuting him and his followers.

As we warned here a while back, governments are expected to use AI to persuade, deceive, and persecute people. 

 

Furthermore, from Bible prophecy, we know that religious and financial controls are coming to Europe. The Apostle John was told by Jesus to write the following about a coming deadly peril:

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:15-18) 

 

When Jesus had the Apostle John pen this 1900+ years ago, yes, government authorities could kill people who would not worship they could find, but there was no way to monitor most buying and selling. Yet, with computer software, including AI, much is already being done, and more will be done. A totalitarian persecuting system is being put in place. Artificial intelligence looks to be part of it. 

 

Yes, a deadly peril is coming. 

 

While there are many actual and potential benefits of AI, and I have gotten some research benefits sometimes from it, do not be deceived, whether or not it will try to bypass programming limits, the fact is that government regulations will NOT stop it from ultimately being used as a way to control and persecute people to fulfill biblical prophecies, such as 666.

The amazing thing about AI right now is that even it knows that Bob Thiel, Dave Pack, Gerald Flurry, and Ron Weinland are liars and false prophets.

 

Gerald Flurry the King of Kings!

 

In a sermon given on the 11th of March 2023 #geraldflurry (pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God) states that "we are about to be king of kings" and that "we actually have the very throne of Christ" and that there is "no other way into the kingdom of God" but through his government. Read the full article at: thedispel.com

Video: Herbert W. Armstrong: Fear, Control, Authority

 

Inside the authoritarian world of the Worldwide Church of God. 

Note: The images used in this video are for illustration purposes only. It does not represent actual depictions of the individuals or organizations mentioned.

Unveiling Deception

Ancient Celts, British-Israelism and Me

 

Ancient Celts (Fair Use)

 

Ancient Celts, British-Israelism and Me

By Scout the Gael

 

I am a conundrum for British-Israelism.  I recently got a result from a genetic testing service indicating my haplogroup down to the subclade.  Like most people in Western Europe, I am R1b-M269 but that is a summary label.  My ancestry follows a certain branch of the R1b tree.  So, my full label or haplogroup is R1b1a2a1a2c1f2c1a.   Judging from how little history there is about this haplogroup, it must not be very common.   Or its members are unspectacular.  But the testing service did mention this.  A 4,000-year-old burial was excavated in Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland of a man with this same haplogroup.  To geneticists he is known as Gen Scot 22.  And he lived back in Bronze Age Britain.  

This was, of course, a long time ago.  But I feel a connection to him because my haplogroup is a little uncommon.  The testing service stated only 1 in 259 people they have evaluated has this haplogroup. And I like Scotland, I have visited there, and by family tradition my father’s family is Scottish.  So, nothing disturbing there.  And I could actually fit into the crowd shown in the picture above – but with short hair and a ball-cap.  But it is significant that my Celtic ancestors were well-established in Scotland at the time of Abraham.  And who knows when that haplogroup came into existence.  It could have been thousands of years earlier than Gen Scot 22.  These mutations are infrequent. 

I read somewhere and now cannot find it that the ancient Jews knew about the Celts and did not like them.  The Jews mentioned nothing about them being descendants of Israel.   They just felt that they were disgusting.  This was because the Ancient Celts had no institution of marriage.  They copulated freely and the children born of these random unions were raised by the whole tribe.  This is a genealogist’s nightmare, if genealogy could reach back that far.  No marriage records.  No birth records.  And the Jews regarded this whole Haight-Ashbury lifestyle degenerate and disgraceful.  How does that fit into Riverdance?

I am not sure being a Celt is such a good deal.  I connected with a Ph.D. in genetics at a New Zealand University some years back.  I wanted to know if my haplogroup was at the center of the Celtic Nation or at the periphery.  A little vain, really.  He said I was at the nucleus of the Celtic Nation but found the question odd.  He stated that most people don’t want to be known as Celtic.  It made me feel like White trash or a soccer rioter.   But I think he was an English guy or as we Gaels say, a Sassenach (Saxon).  For Celts to be labeled the Chosen People could give them a lift although that would be cruelly teasing someone with false hope.

The question is not how did Tea Tephi get to Ireland, the answer to which was always a little too facile for anyone to believe, but how could Scout’s “Israelite” ancestors be in Scotland before any migrations out of the ancient Israel might have happened.   That observation can generate a lot of dissonance but you know how the dissonance reducers operate.  They would say that the dating system is invalid.  Or, these were descendants of other pre-Abrahamic Hebrews.  Or I am lying about my results.  Conspiracy always finds a way among those who love it.  Or as Jesus said, “But wisdom is justified of all her children.”

I enjoy being an incarnate conundrum for British-Israelism.  Before Abraham, my people were.  So how could we be his descendants?  My ancestors were totally Gentile but are now regarded by a few off-beat White Nationalists and religious denominations as Israelites.  It’s time for the off-beat types to get a life.     

 

Scout

 

 

 

Why are so many present day COG leaders so incredibly boring?

Dumb and dumber, even worse than bouncing Bob!

One thing you have to credit to Herbert Armstrong is that he had charisma and a bombastic personality that kept many people enthralled by his messages. Yet today in COGland, we have some of the most pathetic men leading COG's imaginable. From bouncing Bob Thiel, the always constipated-looking Gerald Flurry, to Wade Cox that other Great White Bwana to Africa, these incredibly boring COG leaders try so desperately to leave their mark on the world. 

None of these guys would ever pass Herbert's Spokesman Club standards.

 

Is there a different spirit running today's Church of God's?

I was looking at Rod Reynold's Church of God Messenger today and at an article about "finding and remaining in the true church". He is just like all the other splinter groups who started a group in direct rebellion against the mother church or, in his case, a double rebellion that was also against the Living Church of God and Rod Meredith.

Every single Church of God splinter group today justifies its existence on its belief that it has preserved the "pure original truth" passed off to it by Herbert Armstrong. None of these guys ever split off claiming they would be exclusively followers of Jesus and The Way. None of them.

There is a different spirit running all of the splinter groups today, and it is not good. They have come preaching "another Jesus" IF he is even mentioned at all.

Reynolds writes:

 "Paul warns against those preaching another Jesus. He warns of receiving a different spirit, or a different gospel. “For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!” (II Corinthians 11:4). Or “... how well you put up with these things” (Bible in Basic English). “... then you listen too much” (Bible in Worldwide English). Paul is saying to them that ironically they are more willing to listen to false teachers all too often than to those who teach the truth. As Gill’s commentary remarks, they “receive his doctrine, submit to his authority, and prefer him to the apostles.”"

"There are ministers, or leaders of Churches, who claim that we can have access to God only through them."

"We are instructed, "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge" (Proverbs 14:7). We are urged to "note those who cause division and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you learned [that is, the doctrine preserved in Scripture], and avoid them " (Romans 16:17). We are war‐ ned, "But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed" (2 Peter 2:1-2). These are those who promise a false "liberty," causing those who had escaped the pollutions of the world to become entangled in them again. "For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them" (2 Peter 2:19-21)."

Tody's COG leaders are men who have caused and continue to cause division and offense contrary to scripture. Men like Pack, Flurry, Thiel, and Weinland are men occupied by a different spirit, a spirit of division and, in most cases, sheer blasphemy. 

The idea of a “progressive revelation” that contradicts the teachings of Christ and the apostles and renders Scripture obsolete is a fiction of apostates who reject Christ's teachings.

Each of these guys mentioned above believes they have a direct conduit to God through which he sends endless updates and knowledge to them. Yet, through it all, they have remained nothing more than liars and false prophets. Churches conceived in a spirit of rebellion cannot produce good fruit.

Dave Pack And His Miraculous Razor Blade

 

The sheer stupidity that comes out of this man's mouth never disappoints. Magical god extends the life of a razor blade because the Holy One CANNOT be seen with a beard.

    

Dave Pack Says He Knows When Christ Returns

 

David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God attempted more damage control after the Kingdom of God did not arrive during the Feast of Tabernacles or on the Last Great Day. True to form, more truer information is always on the horizon. Credit to former member: https://www.exrcg.org/blog/elijahn-wink​ exrcg.org

Satan Is So Angry That He Shut Down Crackpot Prophet's False Prophecy Channel

 

Satan needs to stop being such a big bad meanie to the world's greatest prophet to ever exist in human history! How dare he!

The Greco-Roman Crackpot Prophet, Bwana Bob Thiel writes:

Bible News Prophecy International Radio Down

We were hit by a targeted hack that shut down our Bible News Prophecy International multi-language internet radio channel.

Then the crackpot prophet proceeds to blame a disobedient Laodicean for letting Satan take over his/her mind to attack his false prophecy site: 

Satan does not want this channel to exist and as he is the “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2). Satan, directly or indirectly, influenced one or more of the disobedient to attack this online radio site.

Greco-Roman Crackpot Prophet: We Have at least 3 1/2 Years Till The End

 

Where would the Church of God be without its resident idiot prophets running off at the mouth about the end-time malarkey? Keep those sheeple all stirred up and fearful, and they will not think twice about questioning the prophet's stupidity. Besides, keeping them living in fear keeps them under control and with their wallets open for the "end time push".

The Great Bwana to Africa and the occasional Caucasian had this little snippet up today from Church of the Eternal God:

11/08/24 a.m. In its newsletter today, CEG has the following:

Trump has won. ...

European Reactions

Breitbart wrote on November 6:

“Donald Trump may have turned the U.S. red, but in Europe the airwaves and front pages turned blue as the very tribally left-wing legacy media vented their disappointment at the American people not voting as wanted. German broadsheet newspaper Die Zeit said it for many in the European media on Wednesday morning with their reaction to the re-election of President-elect Trump, ... The colourful article comparing election night coverage to staring into a nuclear bomb’s mushroom cloud lamented ‘America doesn’t care at all’ about European feelings… the article’s author rhetorically asked whether this was to be the end of America…

Our resident crackpot then goes on to add his worthless two cents: 

The election was a step towards the end of the USA, "but the end is not yet: (cf. Matthew 24:6)--we have at least 3 1/2 years before the end.

 

Stirring the Pot: Most of the Split, Splinter and Sliver Christians I know chose Barabbas

The crowd chose Barabbas, not because they loved him, but because they hated Gospel Jesus. 

John 18:40

"They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising."

19:15

But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” 

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Bonus observation:

It kinda feels like when the second plane hit the South Tower or when you waited on the results of a biopsy and, well....you know....

Our Connection To Jesus Christ Exists Only Becasue Of Herbert Armstrong

According to Timothy Kitchen, our connection to Jesus Christ came to us through Herbert Armstrong. Much like Mary is used in the Catholic Church as a way to experience Christ, Herbert is our avenue to having a relationship with Jesus.  

God sent Jesus to the church. God had Jesus send the church Herbert Armstrong. Through Jesus and Herbert, we got the ministry. Eliminating any of these steps will eliminate you from the Kingdom of God and will get your name stricken from the Book of Life. Wut? 

Truly, Armstrongism gets dumber by the day!

The Body of Jesus Christ is connected to Jesus Christ. God the Father sent His Son. His son, Jesus Christ sent Herbert W Armstrong! Jesus Christ THROUGH Herbert W Armstrong sent the ministry! It was God the Father that sent them through Jesus Christ and Herbert W Armstrong! Eliminate any one of them, and you erase yourself from God's Church and Coming Kingdom, and from the book of Life! There is Government in His Body, and you break that chain in that Governmental line, whom God and Jesus Christ placed, you're not in it. Hirelings, and wolves look to draw away members of God's Church, unto themselves, unto their organization and corporate Church. If they cannot pull the Father of the family, they go after the wife. And if the wife cannot be pulled away, they will go After the Children. I have witnessed this very thing! I have lived through it, and God shows me instantly when it happens, by the power of His Holy Spirit. Because without it, I would be blind to it. I wouldn't see it. But I do. That's God through and through, and the Glory goes to God. I have come across many wolves, who seek to steal and destroy, JUST AS JESUS CHRIST SAYS! They, the hirelings and wolves, say the sheep have a path of destruction behind them, because many have clung to them with vain flatteries, or false pretenses! With ulterior motives! And their plans fell through and came to nothing! God's Word is true every time! Some were trying to take the children , literally. Some sought more members for their corporate Churches. All with lies and deception, false pretenses, of their father the Devil! Judge the fruits! What does God say He will do? The fire of God is coming up on the disobedient and rebellious! God come quickly and RIP your sheep from their claws and deliver what they have delivered to us!

Dave Pack's Spaghetti Model for Jesus Return Date Which Cannot Be Denied and is Inarguable

 

Will Gerald Flurry Be Proven Right Tomorrow?

 

Does Donald Trump winning the 2025 U.S election fulfill Gerald Flurry’s prophecy? Gerald Flurry, pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) and editor-in-chief of The Trumpet, prophesied that Trump would return to office. Are we witnessing the fulfillment of this prophecy, or is this yet another instance of a self-proclaimed prophet attempting to reshape the truth to fit his narrative? The Philadelphia Church of God issued a piece in their trumpet magazine authored by their Prophet Gerald Flurry titled Donald Trump's return in Bible prophecy the subheading many are waking up to a forecast I made over three years ago suggests that Donald Trump's potential victory in the 2025 election would validate Gerald flurry's previous 2020 prophecies essentially breathing new life into old failed predictions. Let's revisit exactly what was preached around the time of the 2020 election. You can find the articles featured in this video here: https://www.thetrumpet.com/28885-donald-tr... https://www.thetrumpet.com/23193-why-donal... #trumppresidency #falseprophet #trumpprophecy #philadelphiachurchofgod

Are You In A Jezebel COG? If So, REPENT And Return To The One True WCG!

God has sent his warning message to all COG members who are in Jezebel splinter groups to repent and return to the one true Worldwide Church of God so that you can support the two witless witnesses that can only arise out of the one true faith.

When wolves came in, and the discontented took over our facilities and congregations, it was not evil to leave them and avoid them. What they did there, was they spoiled the Church, ransacked the assets and properties, and left it in ruins.

We are left in a situation like Zechariah and Haggai. Which is about the Temple of God being restored in Jerusalem.

That began with Herbert W Armstrong. He is the Zerubbabel type Christ is using.

The hands of Zerubbabel are the two witnesses(Zechariah 4), and they are finishers of the Zerubbabel work.

Ultimately we will be based and Headquartered out of Jerusalem, with Christ at His return.

When we arrive in Jerusalem before the Tribulation, we are going to be there to support the men of God who will be the two witnesses. Because of our obedience to God, we shall receive the promise of Jesus Christ(Rev.3:10). We are going to be protected.

Those who are separated at that point, in any other church and/or organization, will need to repent, and keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Their era, is an era where the Church of God is an obedient Church.

They were just fooling themselves beforehand, because Jezebel, that Great whore, desired them to be separated into their own groups. And being involved with that religious confusion, and having facilities given them from that Jezebel, they will go into the Great Tribulation where half of them will repent.(Matthew 25)

But as Revelation 2 says, they can repent beforehand and become right with God and “…Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

“for her sins are heaped high as heaven,

and God has remembered her iniquities.”(Rev. 18:4-5)

The Great Tribulation is correction intended for people to respond to God’s call to separate from sin and the great Whore. But we can separate today, now, before the Tribulation if we are diligent and faithful. Samuel Kitchen

 

Crackpot Prophet Says He Is Rejoicing And Exceedingly Glad When Banned Says All "kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake".

Ho Boy! Our wounded martyr is a little cranky after we posted the anonymous letter about the fake attendance records for his African Feast sites. It is difficult when you are the most perfect Church of God leader in the history of humanity to have any one question you, isn't it?

He writes:

Noticed today that the Banned by HWA website posted a bunch of accusations yesterday from an anonymous source taking shots at my integrity, and one of our leaders, related to Malawi. Sources that may be libelous sometimes choose to hide by being anonymous. Let me also add that "source" had not contacted me with proof of the assertions and tales in that post.

Well, Bobby dear, I actually have the name of the person who sent it and the church affiliation. "They" just asked to remain anonymous at this time. It was not a name or church I had heard of before.

Bwana Bob then goes on to quote scripture, as if he is qualified to do so:

The Book of Proverbs teaches:

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

Lest you also be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly,

Lest he be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26:4-5)

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Proverbs 26:16, KJV)

Those words pretty much describe you, don't they? Yet, unable to heed the scriptures you quoted you just HAD to go and open your mouth. Well done!

Because of Proverbs 26:4, I do not respond to most of the lies and false accusations at the Banned By HWA site, but because of Proverbs 26:5, I sometimes will.

He continues:

In this case, the claim at Banned is basically that I have intentionally overstated the number of CCOG supporters in Malawi. The anonymous source claims 500 is all we have there in the CCOG. That is strange because after being negative towards CCOG pastor Radson Mulozowa, the same source states:

The only really good reports I heard about in Malawi concerning the CCOG is a man by, I think, the name of Sosten whom the people say mainly good things about him and that he cares for them, 

Now, Sosten Libungwa has asserted he has multiple thousands with him that are in the CCOG. However, since we have not been able to vet more than several hundred of them, we have not included the rest in any numbers we have put forth as our actual congregants in Malawi. I have not tried to overstate our congregants, otherwise I would have added the multiple thousands that Sosten mentioned to me last year.

That said, the other claim at Banned is that I have not done investigations and hence have been conned. While I can be misled (like when I believed a promise from Terry Nelson which he later admitted that he broke), the fact is that I have done several investigations in different ways in Malawi and other parts of Africa, and have others ongoing.

The Great Bwana has to take another swipe at Terry:

Perhaps I should add that there is a comment after that Banned post by Terry Nelson of Hope of Israel where he accuses Radson Mulozowa remarrying. Yet, Radson Mulozowa has not remarried. Sadly, some choose to believe such tales over the truth.

Jesus said:

11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:11-12) 

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, (Matthew 5:43-44) 

Those who post falsehoods against me and the Continuing Church of God remain in my prayers. The Bible warns about talebearers (e.g. Leviticus 19:16) and those who push love lies (Revelation 22:15). 

Better yet, Bob, the scriptures have these things to say about you:

Deuteronomy 18:20
20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.” 

 

Ezekiel13:9
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD. 

 

Jeremiah 14:14
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds. 

 

Matthew 7:15

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves". This verse is part of the Sermon on the Mount and warns against false prophets and teachers.

Jeremiah 23:16-40

"Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and fill you with vain hopes".

1 John 4:1

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world".

2 Peter 2:1

"False prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies".

Luke 6:26
Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Matthew 24:24
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect

Matthew 16:11-12
How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

2timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Acts 20:28-30
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.

2 Peter 3:14-18
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

1 John 4:1-6
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

Matthew 7:15-20
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Titus 1:6-16
Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith...
16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Bob Thiel's African Feast Con Game: Instead of 5,000 Try 500

This is from a source that seeks to remain anonymous and knows a lot about Bob Thiel's Feast sites and member attendance in Africa.

I couldn't help but report on Bob Thiels Continuing Church of God in my travels to visit Church of God Congregations in Africa, especially Malawi. I expected to see vast numbers of CCOG there but was utterly astonished to see nothing on the ground, especially in Migow and surrounding areas. 

I've seen reports on Thiel's website claiming 4-5 thousand in Malawi, this is simply not true. 

I've questioned locals and they all report the same thing, they only have seen this year at Migowi maybe 100 or so people who showed up at Radson Molowzoa's Church during this Feast and I think left only after a day or two.

I also visited my local congregation in Zomba, and I heard a very disturbing story about Pastor Radson Molowza who was traveling slowly around Zomba with a big cow in tow, promising villagers all the food they want if they come to the Feast of CCOG. 

I don't know what kind of game Bob Thiel is playing in Africa, but it is sadly all a lie. 

I've been in Africa now going on 25 years, and I know how the Africans scam the Churches of God. You really have to be on the ground here to know what is going on. 

The only really good reports I heard about in Malawi concerning the CCOG is a man by, I think, the name of Sosten whom the people say mainly good things about him and that he cares for them, unlike Radson. Many people have told me Sosten started years ago but was disfellowshipped because of adultery and money skimming. I am not surprised by that, as it takes a real converted African man to be loyal to his wife. 

I checked out Bob Thiel's sermon on Church Government and Corruption, where he does mention a Minister in Malawi before Radson, who was let go for adultery and money skimming, so I believe this is true. 

During this Holy Day Season, I've been surprised at this Church of God group called Hope of Israel, everywhere I go, people are praising them and saying how good they are, and it's been reported that their Feast site in Mulange and Zomba had daily numbers of around 2000 persons. Reports in Mozambique, where I'll be traveling tomorrow, attendance was around 400 plus. To do that with current food prices and transportation costs, they must know what they're doing. 

Anyway, I think the local media was involved in attending their Feast sites and was impressed with the thousands that attended. Sadly CCOG doesn't have thousands in Malawi as Thiel states a few hundred in Sostens church of God. Also confusing to me and other persons here is that Thiel claims Radson is in charge of Malawi and also maybe Sosten. People here are confused about what is going on. 

In our Church of God here in Africa, though small compared to other Churches of God, I and other people outside come here periodically to make sure proper records are kept, especially tithing records, church property, and reports coming in on our ministers. Thiel should do his own private investigations, but what happens if he finds out he was conned big time in Africa, will he bury it or come clean!!!! Only time will tell. 

Tucker Carlson Attacked by Sleep Paralysis

“I had a direct experience with it,” said Carlson.

“In the milieu of journalism?” asked Heers.
“No, in my bed at night,” replied Carlson. “And I got attacked while I was asleep with my wife and four dogs and mauled, physically mauled.”

Carlson said that although he isn’t particularly religious, he “knew it was spiritual immediately,” and decided to call his assistant who is “like, the only Evangelical Christian I know” to discuss his experience. 

“And she said, ‘Oh, yeah. No, no, that happens. Yeah. People are attacked in their bed by demons,’” Carlson recounted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/tucker-carlson-goes-into-great-detail-about-being-physically-mauled-by-a-demon/ar-AA1tijTr?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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Never invoke the supernatural when a natural explanation will do.

"Sleep, an essential aspect of our lives, offers a sanctuary for rest and rejuvenation. However, for some, this serene state can transform into a terrifying experience known as sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is also known as REM sleep atonia. It is a phenomenon that has plagued and intrigued humans for centuries. It is often described as a temporary inability to move or speak upon awakening or falling asleep. 

In this article, we will delve into the world of sleep paralysis, exploring its causes, manifestations, and potential remedies. This article attempts to unravel the enigma behind this perplexing phenomenon."

https://healthlineage.com/sleep-paralysis-a-journey-into-the-realm-of-the-mind/

The Science behind Sleep Paralysis

REM sleep atonia occurs during the transition between wakefulness and sleep when the body undergoes distinct sleep stages. The two primary sleep stages involved are rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. REM sleep is characterized by vivid dreams and muscle atonia, a natural paralysis that inhibits physical movement. This temporary paralysis ensures that dream-related movements do not translate into physical actions, preventing potential injury.

Postdormital (after-sleep) paralysis occurs when this normal muscle atonia extends beyond the REM sleep stage This temporarily immobilizing the individual even after waking up. REM sleep atonia is an occurrence is often accompanied by hallucinations, which can be intensely vivid and frightening. While the precise mechanisms behind REM sleep atonia remain a subject of ongoing research, various contributing factors have been identified.

https://healthlineage.com/sleep-paralysis-a-journey-into-the-realm-of-the-mind/

Sleep Paralysis historically is the source for stories about the Incubus and Succubus tales 

https://atlasmythica.com/succubus-incubus-demons/

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I have experienced sleep paralysis once and once was enough. I was "awake" but absolutely could not move. Right next to my left ear was something breathing heavy and threateningly evil just out of sight. I tried to turn my head to see it but to no avail. Within a minute or so I was able to move my arm and push off the wall which began to wake me up in earnest. The event was over. 

The explanation is simply that sometimes we awaken before the chemistry that holds us still during even the most active and dramatic of dreams has dissipated. This occurs during dreams to protect us from the actual action of the dream. That's pretty cool. But when we awaken before the time, it's not cool at all. The "evil presence" is a phenomenon of the experience. It feels exactly like a "demon" is involved. Exactly!

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The Real Story Behind Those Sleep Paralysis Demons

https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep/sleep-paralysis-demon

You may experience sleep paralysis if you wake during the dream phase of sleep. You may be more likely to see hallucinations during the rapid eye movement cycle.

You wake up in the middle of the night and there it is: a menacing presence that you can first feel and then see when you open your eyes. Scared like the dickens, you try to scream and bolt — but you can’t. It’s like you’re paralyzed or being held down by the evil presence.

What in the world is happening? Three words: sleep paralysis demons

What is this “demon” that leaves you trapped in your body, unable to move or scream? It depends who you ask.

For some it’s a faceless, shapeless presence trying to suffocate them. Others describe it as a creepy old hag with claws. Some see an alien and experience what they believe is a full alien abduction. And for others, the demons look like a dead relative.

Are the Demons Real?

The short is answer… sort of.

The paralysis is real. It’s called sleep paralysis. The phenomenon of ~seeing~ something demon-like while experiencing sleep paralysis is also real. It’s called a hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucination. 

As for the demon itself, it’s not real. We promise.

However, there might be a shred of truth to the belly-up component of the Brazilian fable. It turns out, you’re more likely to experience sleep paralysis 

While sleep paralysis demons are definitely creepy, the explanation behind them is actually kind of boring.

Sleep paralysis happens when you wake up during the dream phase of sleep. During this period, your brain turns off signals to the rest of your body to keep it from moving or acting out your dreams.

If you suddenly wake up while still in this phase, you’re fully conscious but unable to move.

Sleep paralysis

It’s estimated that anywhere from 1.7 percent to 40 percentTrusted Source of people experience sleep paralysis, but not everyone gets the demon experience. That’s because not everyone experiences sleep paralysis alongside hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations.

Hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations

Vivid dream-like experiences, referred to as hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations, can seem real and are often frightening. They may be mistaken for nightmares, and they can occur while you’re falling asleep (hypnagogic) or waking up (hypnopompic).

During these hallucinations, you may see scary people or creatures near you or even lying in your bed. And they’re often accompanied by sleep paralysis.

These hallucinations can happen if you’re partially conscious during the rapid eye movement (REM) cycle of sleep. In that state, you’re looking at the real world but also dreaming — the prefect recipe for seeing things that aren’t really there.

You might also see a distortion of something that really is there. For instance, the pile of clothes on your chair could turn into a person sitting there watching you sleep, or the light from your alarm clock could morph into a red-eyed monster.

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A little homework will exorcise the demon