Will he return to glue it all back together, or is that Aaron Dean's job?
The very day HWA kicked the bucket, it was like someone flung open the asylum doors and unleashed the lunatics in all their delusional glory. Crazy predictions flew faster than you can say "apocalypse now." The tribulation? Oh, it was right at hand! Doom and destruction weren't just knocking—they were practically kicking down the door, ready to erase two-thirds of humanity like yesterday's bad news. Those oh-so-mighty Church of God "prophets" thundered from their pulpits with their premium-grade asshattery, fully expecting their wide-eyed congregants to swallow every last bit of it hook, line, and sinker.
Then along comes Flurry, storming off in a drunken rage to start his shiny new group because Tkach Sr. dared to make some subtle doctrinal tweaks. But wait for it—the real fireworks exploded with that infamous Christmas Eve sermon, and boom! The crapola didn't just hit the fan; it exploded all over the place. Suddenly, the COG landscape was littered with scores of new splinter groups, each one pompously declaring themselves the one and only true church—because, you know, originality is overrated. And then, lo and behold (cue the dramatic music), those splinters started splintering, and their splinters splintered some more.
Backstabbing? Check. Bitchiness? Double check. Outright rebellion? Oh, honey, that was the main event! The church has never even pretended to recover and is now spiraling down into total irrelevance faster than a lead balloon. Go ahead, ask anyone on the street who these various Churches of God are or who their so-called leaders might be—no one knows, not even the poor souls living in the same city as their "world headquarters." Impact? Zero. Recognition? Zilch. Sure, this month a few folks might notice them as they swarm various Feast sites, dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy like it's going out of style. But give it a couple of months, and poof—no one could tell you which group of holy rollers even showed up.
Yet, here we are, expected to believe—as that visionary Samuel Kitchen so desperately wants us to—that all these COG groups will suddenly repent, crawl back to the "mother church," and unite for some final, end-time, glorious witness, all led by God's supposed apostle, Aaron Dean. Because nothing says "divine intervention" like a bunch of fractured egos magically gluing themselves back together.
Spoiler alert: It's not going to happen, and that's not just a fact—it's a hilariously obvious one.
After introducing us to a magical fan, Samuel writes:
I was getting ready for this morning’s services, and had my bible open beside me.
A fan blew some pages and I began reading Psalms 106:26.
Therefore He lifted up His hand against them, to OVERTHROW THEM IN THE WILDERNESS:
In January, we are seeing a closing of a FORTY YEAR PERIOD since Mr. Herbert W Armstrong died(1986).
Notice the type of attitude being talked about.
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord”. (Verse 16)
They wanted was God had given to His servant, for themselves.
…they believed not his word:”(verse 24).But murmured in their tents, and heartened not unto the voice of the Lord.(verse 25)
But notice again in verse 26!
Therefore He lifted up His hand against them, to OVERTHROW THEM IN THE WILDERNESS:
These people had organized themselves contrary to the servant of God, and formed themselves into a SCATTERING, where God was against them, and OVERTHREW THEM in the wilderness.
What will exactly happen from this Feast of Tabernacles and next year?
In Revelation 3, the Church of God in this PHILADELPHIA ERA, keeps the Word of the Lord, and HOLDS FAST.
This is similar to the TWO of the TWELVE SPIES(Joshua and Caleb), who gave a good report. THEY HELD FAST, and RETURNED TO THE ORGANIZATION PATTERN after forty years, to enter the promise land. The rest were OVERTHROWN, scattered over the wilderness. They were denied entry.
The promise land pictures the Kingdom of God. Yes, God worked WITH THEM IN THE WILDERNESS FOR FORTY YEARS, and he camped OUTSIDE OF THEIR CAMP.
Exodus 33:7
“And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
The picture of the “letter to the church of the laodicians” in Revelation 3, becomes more clear! Jesus Christ is not WORKING AMONG THEM, but has not denied them access to Him, if they were to open their door and WALK TO HIM. They had to open their tent flaps, and choose to walk to HIM, because he was not with them.
Now the letter to Laodicea, pictures Christ on the outside knocking, calling for repentance and belief of the gospel message which had already come through His servant and apostle prior.
He had to remind them, HE IS THE FAITHFUL WITNESS, (He, Jesus Christ), and HE IS THE AMEN. Amen means what was said previously is precisely what will happen! He meant what He said!
Now, those in the wilderness did not have the Holy Spirit of God, and was not called on to repent. Today, we can repent, and we have the help of the Holy Spirit of God. But if we refuse to obey God, that Holy Spirit will withdraw from us until eventually we will be too far from God to want to repent.
It’s like a lamp being drained of its oil. Eventually the fuel will die out, and no matter how much you try to keep that light going, you just can’t because of the lack of oil!
Those of the Spiritual body of Jesus Christ, the true Church of God, This Worldwide Church of God as Mr. Armstrong said in the opening night message last night, have held fast, have battled to hold fast and to stay firm in what was given to us.
We are called outcasts by these splinters, because they have departed from the Lord, but we are the Worldwide Church of God. Oh how much we are maligned and slandered!!
It’s because those who have stepped away, see nothing but human organizations while in the OUTER COURT of the temple.
They think a HUMAN ORGANIZATION leads them to Christ.
In actuality the Church of God is led by Jesus Christ, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and it is the CHURCH that leads any human organization attached to this church!
And so the Worldwide Church of God persists on. It is the original formation of the spiritual body of Christ that Christ raised up through Herbert W Armstrong, that will ENTER the Kingdom of God! It will not be overthrown because of unbelief in the wilderness as these groups are going to be.
Have a wonderful Holy Day brethren.
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