Thursday, March 13, 2025

Hershey, PA and the US and Rwanda Governments Are Picking On God's Most Favorite COG




Well, it's another day in COGland and it never disappoints. Where would we all be without the weekly Letter to the Brethren from Bob Thiel to his 101 Caucasians and his church hopping African latcher-on's?

For weeks, Satan, that rascally guy, has been attacking their servers and causing bedlam. It now seems to be over as the Great Bwana did not mention it this time. However, Satan is still very busy trying to thwart the amazing work of the greatest Church of God in human history and the ONLY COG that you can belong to if you plan on escaping the tribulation.

The Great Bwana - The Chosen One has been trying to make Hershey PA a Feast site, but Satan has already booked the town for the second year in a row. No Hershey Bars for Bob!



Church services for the Feast in 2025 are to begin at sunset on October 6th and run through (including the Last Great Day) sunset October 14th in 2025.

We had once again hoped to try to go to Hershey, Pennsylvania for our primary North American site, but again some other conferences are going on there which may make it unaffordable and impractical. We also reached out to Oklahoma City, but there was no acceptable proposal–yet 
 
The Great One Chosen by God then turns his attention to the intense persecution from Amazon/US Government and the Rwandan government who are being used by Satan to thwart the world's most amazing work: 

We ordered 200 English language copies of our Bible Hymnal from Amazon Kindle to be sent to Kenya. Amazon USED TO also print our songbook for us in other African languages, but stopped doing so for us and others who published in non-European languages (I suspect from pressure from US government authorities).

Anti-Small Church Moves in Rwanda 
 
As reported here before, the government of Rwanda required all churches in that nation to own their own church building. We have assisted the brethren there get a small plot of land and provided funds for building supplies. They have been waiting to put on a roof because a government inspector stated that they had to wait as new rules for churches were about to be announced.
They have been and they are terrible. 
 
Without going into all of them, here is one section of the new rules:

(f) a list of at least 1,000 members of the community where the organization intends to operate, supporting the organization with their signatures, national identification or passport, and telephone numbers.

We do not have 100 in Rwanda, let alone 1,000.

Maybe, just maybe Rwanda is getting tired of opportunistic American cults trying to take advantage of their people. American cults have been doing this for decades.

On another note, he is bragging about being on a Seventh Day Adventist podcast spreading his message. He sees all of these people as buffoons and as a useful tool to get his message across. He bragged last week on being deceitful to them and using them for his own advantage.


I was able to be a guest on another podcast production on Monday at 6:00 am. The host was a Seventh-day Adventist and it went well. He expects it to go live on March 26th.

Here is a link to a page that has information on my earlier appearance on Monica Hansen’s The Graceful Warrior podcast

Here is a link to a page that has information on my earlier appearance on Michael Klassen’s 5 AM Podcast

Luke was inspired to write:

27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. (Acts 14:27)

Being a podcast guest looks to be another door which is currently opened.

The Chosen One ends with stating that you cannot escape the tribulation unless you are a supporting member of his cult.

Concluding Comments

Notice something recorded in the Book of Esther:

13 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:13-14)

Many do not see how that is a message for end time Christians today. There are many actual Christians who think that they will escape the coming ‘hour of trial,’ yet they do not think that they need to support the work of the end time Philadelphian remnant.

Those that do not support have falsely concluded they will escape–but that is a false hope.

We in the Continuing Church of God are not being silent at this time and are reaching people in person as well as in many forms of media as we strive to support the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14 as well as prepare for the short work of Romans 9:25.

Sincerely,

Bob Thiel
Pastor and Overseer




 


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sure the conferences booked in Hershey PA are far more important than a CoG feast site. At least the people who attend those conferences will benefit from them.

Craig

Anonymous said...

Bible lesson for Bob.......3 feasts-Ex 23......fixed times-Lev 23 of 3 feasts, 3 annual sabbaths ("feasts" in verse 2 is a mistranslation. The Tanakh has it right: "fixed times"). Since the 8th day is not a feast but a sabbath the last great day-John 7:37 (of the feast)-is the 7th day of the feast. The next day was the sabbath - John 7:37 to 9:14, not the "last great day".

Anonymous said...

How can Satan be attacking a home study group in central California when he is so obviously in Washington DC, starting the tribulation this week?

Anonymous said...

⁰Those that do not support have falsely concluded they will escape–"
So financially support Bob or straight into the tribulation we go. Sorry Bob, Dave has already taken all our money with his Common cash grab. He has assured us both escape from the trib and a place in the kingdom as well.

R.L. said...

Rwanda's crackdown has affected thousands of church groups - COGs and otherwise.

Joel Meeker of COGWA has reported on "In Accord" about numerous trips trying to get in compliance - but the government seems to keep changing the rules.

Anonymous said...

Bragged about deceiving people? He said a task was tricky, that is not bragging about deceiving people. When a task is described as "tricky," it means that it is difficult to do or deal with, requiring careful attention or skill. In no way is that deceiving people, but twisting his words to say that - that is deceiving people. Your post brings these verses Jesus spoke to the Pharisees to mind "You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Pablo Pistoffo said...

It's too bad that the Exlax factory in Brooklyn was closed down sometime in the 1960s. Bob and his little home study group could have had their feast there if Hershey didn't want them!