Crackpot Prophet On New Lost Truths That HWA Was Too Stupid To Understand

 

During Herbert Armstrong's lifetime, he claimed to have restored all sorts of lost doctrines that the church had somehow bungled preserving over 1,900 years. God must have been asleep at the wheel too, since He apparently couldn't keep His own words intact for humanity to grasp. All those so-called Christians down through the centuries? Total idiots, blindly following what they thought was God's word, but really just pawns in Satan's grand deception scheme.

Then along comes HWA, swooping in like a hero to restore the word, and suddenly humanity has access to salvation once more. But oops—he dies, and poof, the word vanishes again until Bob Thiel bursts onto the scene and restores even more lost teachings.

God's supposed gift to the church makes these bold claims:

The Apostle Paul wrote:

14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:14-15)

16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them … (1 Timothy 4:16)

Notice that we MUST CONTINUE with the doctrines of the true faith.

As far as “from whom you have learned them,” consider that we have restored a lot in the Continuing Church of God that hopefully you have learned.

HWA only managed to reveal a few tidbits, so Bwana Bob has had to swoop in and complete those teachings with shiny new and improved revelations and doctrines. Who knew!

He goes on to claim that in the last days, a new and improved COG leader would arise, keep learning fresh insights, and reveal them to the faithful flock:

Herbert Armstrong wrote:

In these last days, according to biblical prophecy, knowledge, spiritual as well as material, was to be increased. The true Church of God was to be set back on the track, restoring the glorious knowledge of the faith once delivered to the saints in the days of the original apostles. (Armstrong HW. Mystery of the Ages, 1985)

Notice Herbert Armstrong believed that knowledge of church history–the original faith once delivered (Jude 3), and spiritual knowledge (which would included, for example, dreams and prophecies from God-would need to be increased in the last days–this has happened in the CCOG in the 21st century! 

What miraculous new truths has the Great Bwana restored?

1) Why did God make you?

Your purpose in this life is to build character so you can maximize your potential and increase how much better you can improve eternity. God made YOU so that you will be able to use your unique talents (Matthew 25:14-23; Luke 19:11-19) to give love in order to make eternity better! … God’s plan for all who will respond to Him is to be able to give love in a unique way to make eternity better for them personally and everyone else.

2) Now why did God create anything?

God created what He did so eternity would be better. (cf. Hebrews 6:9, 11:16; Philippians 1:23). 3) Thirdly, why did God make others? In the Continuing Church of God we teach:

God’s plan for all who will respond to Him is to be able to give love in a unique way to make eternity better for them personally and everyone else.

HWA and all the other COGs were apparently too dense to uncover these three earth-shattering truths, and if you truly believe them, you'd automatically flock to the improperly named "Continuing" Church of God.

Those are three BASIC TRUTHS which were not fully restored by Herbert W. Armstrong nor the other COGs, but were restored via the Continuing Church of God. 

Do YOU understand them? Do YOU agree with them?

These restored truths are based on scripture–the source of the truth to help Christians become complete (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

If you believe those truths, then you should support the Continuing Church of God consistent with the Apostle Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 3:14. 

The Great Bwana didn't stop with these three amazing new truths; oh no, he has more!

Here is a summary of some other matters restored in the CCOG:

Dreams & Signs of Acts 2:17-18: That was done by God, not man, consistent with the prophesies in Acts 2:17-18. The giving of confirmed dreams shows Divine confirmation of the CCOG. No true Christian church has had so many confirmed dreams and signs as the Continuing Church of God in the 21st century. Hopefully, YOU FULLY ACCEPT how God has chosen to work. 

Teaching all things Jesus taught as Jesus commanded (Matthew 28:19-20. The Continuing Church of God has intentionally covered every verse in the New Testament where Jesus’ words are recorded–is not that something the most faithful Christian church would do?

Church History–Jude wrote that Christians are ” to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3)–by better documenting that, the Continuing Church of God has done more that way than any Christian church in the 21st century.

Laying on of Hands Succession and List: While there were attempts at a succession list in the 20th century, the most complete laying on of hands succession list in the Church of God was produced in the Continuing Church of God this century. 

This is an outright lie! Every single Church of God group out there REFUSED to ordain Bob. If he claims Gaylyn Bonjour ordained him, he is a liar. Not a single one of them! Zilch! He had to resort to having one of his African associates ordain him.

Next up, God had to reveal to the Great Bwana how awful football is. It’s a doctrinal and salvational issue, apparently.

Violent Sports/merican Football Evil?  Early Christians would not watch violent sports, despite the popularity of American tackle football in the USA, the ContinuingChurch of God put out a biblical and historically-appropriate teaching against that.

And the list continues with things no one really cares about. 

Details and Ramifications of Being Non-Trinitarian–by better documenting that, the Continuing Church of God has done more that way than any Christian church in the 21st century.

The Final Phase of the Work and Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word: We are in the last days before the start of the Great Tribulation. The ContinuingChurch of God has done more to teach about the final phase of the work as well as preparing for the short work of Romans 9:28 and the famine of the word (Amos 8:11-12) way than any Christian church in the 21st century.

The Gospel of the Kingdom of God translated into more languages under the CCOG than any COG in church history. Furthermore, we seem to be the only COG in the past several centuries to more fully distinguish between the millennial and post-millennial phases of the Kingdom of God.

Romans 11:25 and the Full Number of the Gentiles: While this had been taught in the 20th century, to a degree, more has been taught and emphasized about it, as well as trying to fulfill part of it by the Continuing Church of God than any Christian church in the 21st century.

Major and massive details, including more scriptures complied, on God’s plan of salvation  than looks to have been done before. Would not the most faithful Christian church  have put together the most scriptures about God’s plan of salvation?

Prophecy. The Laodicean churches have so many errors in prophetic understanding that they will not know when the Great Tribulation will start nor when it is time to flee to the wildernes. Is not that not something the most faithful Christian church would know? The Continuing Church of God has restored numerous prophetic truths as well as has pointed out errors that the non-Philadelphian COG churches teach.

Habakkuk 2 and Debt While a previous COG started to do this after my urging, it then backed away from it. So, the truth about how debt is a prophesied part of why the United States of America will be destroyed was restored by me, now in the Continuing Church of God.

Identity of the Man of Sin of 2 Thessalonians 2: The Church of God in the 20th century had this wrong. Several leaders once in it, such as Aaron Dean and certain leaders in the Living Church of God, admitted that the position taught by the Continuing Church of God is the correct one, yet their respective churches teach the scripturally-wrong position.

Daniel 11:39 and the Start of the Great Tribulation: All the headquarters-based evangelists at the Living Church of God told me I was correct on that and that LCG would change its official statement of fundamental beliefs to reflect that, yet they still improperly teach the start of the Great Tribulation is Daniel 11:40, not 11:39. And unless they, and most of the other COGs, change, they will not know when the Great Tribulation will start until afterwards. Hence, they will not know when to flee in time (cf. Revelation 12:14-17).

USA-Samaria Identification: Although many groups understand the connection between the United States of America and the tribe of Manasseh, they do not seem to understand that prophesies related to Samaria also are for the United States. The doctrinal letter answerer at LCG concurred that I was correct about that, but LCG never adopted the view.

Mark of the Beast: The mark of the beast is MORE than Sunday and may well involve a type of cross. That is also consistent with what Christians taught centuries ago and that has been restored in the Continuing Church of God.

Attaining the Unity of God. Roman Catholics teach that the trinity is the unity of God. In the CCOG, we teach that is not, but restored the truth about what early second century Christians taught.

Why Do Christian People Die?: The truth is that people die when it is best for them. We have added scriptural truths to what the Church of God taught in 20th century.

Information on the Third Resurrection. The third resurrection is NOT just for the incorrigibly wicked, despite what many were taught in the 20th and 21st centuries. The fact that it is for all who were not part of the first resurrection is a truth restored by the Continuing Church of God.

The reason there was both a Passover and Atonement sacrifice representing Jesus. The Day of Atonement comes after the Feast of the Trumpets. Its final fulfillment is after the end of the church age. In the Continuing Church of God we have pointed out that while Christians in this age follow the Passover service Jesus instituted, the Atonement sacrifice points to the fact that God has a plan for those not called in the church age.

The Great Bwana ends with these absurd claims and warns anyone who does not join his cult is in danger of losing their salvation:

It was the Continuing Church of God that is restoring all things, having the fruits consistent with Jesus’ words (Matthew 17:11). Those who believe them absolutely should be in the ContinuingChurch of God–as the Apostle Paul wrote, “you MUST CONTINUE in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.”

The Continuing Church of God has the fruits and does best represent the remnant of the Philadelphian portion of the Church of God in the 21st century.

Brethren, do not reject the truths restored by and to the Philadelphians because of critics and those who think their pet doctrine or assessment of how a church should be run affect you. NO OTHER GROUP HAS RESTORED THE TRUTHS THAT THE CCOG HAS–AND PROPHETICALLY THAT IS WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PHILADELPHIAN REMNANT TO DO.

Rest assured that your salvation is NOT at stake if you do not join the Great Bwanas cult. The truth is, your salvation WILL be at stake if you do join up with his heretical nonsense.