Crackpot Prophet, Exorcisms In Africa and Demonic Visitations In America

 

How is it that the greatest Church of God to ever exist in human history is being beset by demon problems? Oh, wait. It's because they are the one true church, and Satan is angry. How quickly we forget.

Demons are supposedly being cast out in Africa and have allegedly visited our favorite Crackpot Prophet at his place of work. Of course, since this is the one true Church of God, our crackpot prophet takes this as another sign that Satan is angry at his so-called truth.

God's greatest gift to the church has a post up today about how his church hopping right-hand man in Africa is busy casting out demons. Then, not to be upstaged by his African evangelist, he tells us about supposed demons visiting him in his office where he peddles overpriced herbs and homeopathic novelties.

Let's hop on a plane and head over to Africa and visit with the church hopping exorcist, Evans Ochieng 

The Great Bwana has this letter from Evans Ochieng, who is traipsing around Africa, reportedly baptizing people and claims to have baptized a demon, unawares.

Yesterday, I received the following email and photo from Continuing Church of God evangelist Evans Ochieng who is in Malawi on a baptizing tour: 

 

At 1pm we started our journey to the river where baptism was conducted. I baptized 25 people. Since most of them were not understanding English, Molozowa went with me in the water to translate for them the question which I was asking during baptism. The baptism went very well and out of 25 most of them were women. 

 

During the ceremony, I baptized one lady who had demons. We didn’t know this till I immersed her in water. When coming out she started saying foreign languages and start beating people and she wanted to run. It forced me to pray for just in the water till the demons left her and she became normal. After that she went out joined others who were already baptized. We show the power of GOD in the water. It was a miracle.

This supposedly is not the first time that Ochieng has battled with demons. Since he has been a church hopping member of the SDA's, WCG, GCG, LCG, COGIW, and now in the improperly named "continuing" Church of God, he is well-versed in demonism since these are the entities talked about in these groups more than Jesus himself.

I asked Evans Ochieng for more about the demon matter, and he sent the following today (April 25, 2025):

Pastor Dr Bob,

Greetings from Malawi.

Yes I commanded demons to leave and they left the lady and go. But this is not my first time to command demons to leave. When demons caught my daughter in school where they were learning in Kadika secondary school. I found when pastor of SDA was praying for them but demons didn’t go. And I reached and commanded them to leave, they went and the daughter remained safe. The other day when we went to preach in certain home I and Richard Opiyo from Kobwai. We found a man who was a witchcraft and was using demons to do miracles. When we reached in that home, that man rain away and told his brother that he can’t come where we are because the demons he was having are afraid of us because we are holy Men. And so many. That’s the reason why I noticed very first demons in her. Its good that they left her and the lady remained safe. …

Evans

Then, not to be upstaged by his African exorcist, let's hop back on our plane and fly to California, where the Great Bwana will tell us about his visitations with demons. Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Understand that demonic encounters are not limited to Africa or the Middle East. 

 

I have had several encounters with people with demons. 

 

Many years ago, a man came to my office who was a part-time minister of a Pentecostal sect I was unfamiliar with. He told me the Holy Spirit led him to call me. After his appointment, he told me that the Holy Spirit told him to follow my advice. If that is where it stopped I would have thought nothing of it. I had long been in a non-medical branch of the health profession, and many had commented that they believe that God led them to see me. But this man was different. 

 

One of the things he mentioned to me was that another minister in his sect once told all their members to throw all their medications into a pile, which was then burned (somewhat reminiscent of Acts 19:19). He told me that the medications let out various howls while they were burning. He also told me that those howls were demons which possessed those medications (he also stated that the medications themselves were named after demons). 

 

As there are no biblical examples of non-living materials being demon possessed, I was not doubting there were demons at the “ceremony” he mentioned, but I did doubt that the medications themselves were possessed. He also said, “The Holy Spirit told me that God is well pleased with you” and “You know more about the Bible than all the televangelists.” These two statements concerned me greatly as we had not discussed the Bible in any depth.

A little later, he says this:

Now, this is not the first time I believe demons were involved in sending someone to see me. On at least two other occasions I feel it happened before. In those two occasions, the individuals basically told me that some type of psychic (and they were different psychics) told them to see me by name. As I do not believe these psychics actually knew me, I believe they were influenced by demons or were perhaps demon possessed themselves.

The Great Bwana, the world's foremost peddler of homeopathic remedies, then claims a demon sent some possessed people to see him so that they could live longer lives by taking homeopathic snake oil than if they took evil medicine. 

The demons probably know who are Christians as Acts 19:13-16 suggests,

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 

 

I have wondered if perhaps demons send some to me so that those they wish to possess may live longer. 

 

The first time I suspected a possible demonic presence, was when in the military I attempted to attend a Church of God (COG) on a military base. I had read some old Worldwide Church of God literature and felt that since this particular COG service was on Saturday, that it was probably just fine. However, after several minutes the pastor, associate pastor, and most of the few attendees started to say, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,” etc. Since Jesus taught, “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words” (Matthew 6:7), I left during that part of the service. I also decided right then that one should be careful about which “Church of God” one attends–as that one was obviously not truly one.

If that isn't bat-shit-crazy enough, he adds this next visitation:

Perhaps the last time I directly dealt with a demon was when a man telephoned the CCOG and said he had one. While I did believe he had one, when he claimed he did not know why, I did not believe him–eventually (after several phone calls) he admitted that he did have certain sins that brought this on–and he did not seem to want to repent. 

 

My several experiences showed me personally that demons are still around and influencing many.

Who said Armstrongism was ever boring!!!!!! 

Passover is Over, The Slate Is Clean And UCG Members Are Already Wallowing In The Sin Of Lawlessness

 

Work, work, work! 

Passover and Unleavened Bread are over, and sin has already entered their lives. Imagine that!

Why is it that COG members are ALWAYS doing something wrong? You never hear a sermon on "well done, thou good and faithful servants!" Members are always doing something wrong. Jesus' return keeps getting delayed because of the sinning COG members. After all, it is NEVER the leadership's fault because they are above reproach.

Overcoming lawlessness 

Before getting into that, let’s first focus on the Days of Unleavened Bread. We live in times that can be considered tumultuous and uncertain, exemplified by the U.S. economy and what is going on with the talks of tariffs and other issues that dominate our news. 

 

But, we remember, too, that we are living in a time of “lawlessness,” as has become more fully evident over the past four years. But, while there seems to be a trend (in the United States at least) toward an ideology of traditional law, order and “morality,” we know there are forces at work which strongly oppose that. 

 

If we are not careful and watchful, these attitudes of “lawlessness” can pervade even those in the Church. It is not that any of us think that we would intentionally disregard or speak against what the Bible says. But our words, supported by our actions, must always reflect commitment to the Bible and its principles.

As we rehearsed during the Feast days just passed, the clear message God gives to His people is to examine ourselves, repent and “overcome” our sins, pride, elevated views of self, wrong attitudes, and even the attitude that just because we have remained in the faith for decades, that we are now immune to the dangers of Satan’s and the world’s influence. “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall,” God reminds us in 1 Corinthians 10:12.

Christ's messages to the seven churches in Revelation are instructive. Every single one of the warnings applies to any one of us. We often speak of the “Laodicean” attitude where, in concert with favorable world and economic situations, we may feel spiritually “rich and increased with goods” and “have need of nothing.”

 

But there are warnings to the other churches we need to consider as well. For example, God warns Ephesus to return to their first love. He warns Pergamos and Thyatira of being lured by doctrines from the world and being guilty of sexual immorality. (Of course, God is speaking of spiritual harlotry, which we can be guilty of, as so many of His people down through the ages have been.)
Of note in Revelation 2:20, when speaking to Thyatira, Jesus cautions: “Nevertheless, I have a few things against you, because you [tolerate your wife (those words being the correct translation)] Jezebel…to teach and seduce My servants.” 

Passover was supposed to wipe the slate clean for UCG members, but apparently it did not. They are no better than lawless worms wallowing in the pits of sin!  Sin must have entered UCG members the second they walked out of the hall on Passover eve.

We might ask ourselves, in an age where lawlessness has invaded our societies, do we “tolerate” sinful actions, attitudes, behaviors and words of those who might have influence over us? Do we excuse those things—perhaps in the name of “love” in the sense that the world’s Christianity uses that word? 

 

Do we excuse and tolerate because it is easier to do that than to heed what the apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5? There, he clearly wrote if we truly love (using God’s definition of agape) our brother, we will admonish him and correct him. We should not tolerate continuing, unrepentant sinful actions. 

 

We are the Church of God, and called to live by every word of God. Don’t forget the lessons of the Days of Unleavened Bread. Put the word of God in your minds daily, not the attitudes, tolerance of sin, and the world’s interpretation of why Christ gave His life.

LCG: "...poor and of a contrite heart, humble, willing to change"

 

Who could ever have imagined LCG being of a "poor and of contrite heart? A church willing to change? A church that is humble?

The Real Key to Success: Does success depend on who you know or what you are? The Bible offers some valuable advice. Jesus stressed the importance of humility and teachability when He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit” and “Blessed are the meek,” because they will inherit the Kingdom of God and reign on this earth (Matthew 5:3–5). God was able to use Moses because he was humble and teachable (Numbers 12:3). Jesus was exalted because He humbled Himself and followed God’s instructions (Philippians 2:8–11). Solomon understood that “before honor is humility” (Proverbs 15:33), and the Apostle James recorded, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6–10). Isaiah summarizes what God is looking for in those He will reward: “But on this one will I look: on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word” (Isaiah 66:2). These scriptures describe someone who is humble, willing to change, and ready to be taught by God. These attributes are the real key to spiritual growth and ultimate success. Let’s use this key!
Have a profitable Sabbath,
Douglas S. Winnail

Crackpot Prophet: If LCG And PCG Would Heed My Words, They Would Be As Smart As Me!

God's most highly favored prophet to ever walk this earth is back once again slamming the Living Church of God and the Philadelphia Church of God for their understanding of the tribulation. He believes that both are too stupid to understand when the proper date of the tribulation is. Only he has the proper divination skills able to discern when the tribulation will hit. After all, God only speaks through the Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel in this latter-day dispensation of the Churches of God. Everyone else is either too stupid to understand the signs or has deliberately chosen to ignore the proclamations of God's chosen mouthpiece. 

For 13 years now, the Great Bwana Bob continues to suffer major butthurt over LCG's refusal to follow his demands to change their teachings. If Rod Merdith were still alive, I can picture him he sould be sitting at the conference table laughing along with Doug Winnial at Bwana Bob's continual outbursts made in self-righteous anger.

The Great Tribulation starts no later than Daniel 11:39 

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PCG, just like LCG, has the Great Tribulation starting too late. 

 

Here is a statement from LCG’s Official Statement of Fundamental Beliefs: 

 

THE “GREAT TRIBULATION” 

 

The Bible speaks of a time of great catastrophe, called the “Great Tribulation” (Matthew 24:21–22; Daniel 11:40–45; 12:1; Luke 21:19–36)—also called “Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:3–7). Accessed 03/02/25 

 

That “Fundamental Belief” is scripturally in error. And when I was in LCG, its evangelists Dr. Roderick C. Meredith, Dr. Doug Winnail, and Richard Ames all agreed that it was in error. And Dr. Meredith promised in a meeting with them and myself in December 2011 that LCG’s Official Statement of Fundamental Beliefs would be changed before the end of January 2012 to correct it.
But, that did not happen. 

 

So, now, since PCG and LCG still officially teach that the Great Tribulation does not begin until Daniel 11:40 (which discusses the battle between the King of the North and the King of the South), they are looking for the wrong event, while overlooking the event in verse 39. 

 

Unless PCG and LCG change on this, and other significant prophetic errors they hold, they will NOT know when the Great Tribulation will begin until after it is too late for nearly all of their members to possibly flee to the place of protection that the true Philadelphian Christians will be protected at. 

 

Now, many of you know that one of the reasons I left LCG was not only its refusal to keep promises, but because of its position on the ‘Falling Away.’ In 2012, it declared officially that the falling away was not real Christians falling away from the truth, but non-COG professors of Christ falling further away from the truth. Its evangelist Dr. Douglas Winnail went so far as to declare 1) that doctrinal change would set LCG apart from others and 2) one was under Satan’s power if one did not accept the change. 

 

I did not accept the change and worked for the last several months I was in LCG to show the evangelists there why this change was wrong–yet they would not get rid of it, so I had to leave.
As it turns out, over 11 years later, LCG’s presiding evangelist Gerald Weston, published a new position on the falling away, one much closer to what I had told LCG. While I applauded that correction, I would state that this once again validates my position that LCG is primarily a Laodicean group. 

 

How so? 

 

LCG had claimed its heretical 2012 falling away change was how it defined itself and one had to be under Satanic deception not to accept it. Then 11 years later, LCG later admitted that it was wrong. That means that all who remained in LCG those 11 years either accepted the heresy or supported a group that defined itself by a heresy they did not accept. Since that heretical doctrine was how LCG officially defined itself, accepting that was not Philadelphian, but Laodicean. I refused to be in a church that defined itself by heresy. The fact that LCG no longer does as it did, does not change the fact that it did for over a decade. Plus, it still has other heresies, but at least it does not define its distinctiveness by them. 

 

There are serious theological and prophetic differences between various groups calling themselves Church of God. 

 

Jesus warned that most endtime Christians would be Laodicean and NOT take the proper spiritual steps to be protected from the coming “hour of trial” (Revelation 3:10).

The Legacy of Arianism, Part 3

 

Nicaea: The Brothers Met Here Long Ago 

 

The Legacy of Arianism, Part 3

Scout’s Anti-Arianist Manifesto

 

“I’m your huckleberry.” – Apostle Paul, paraphrase of Galatians 1:15

Here is another chapter on Arianism.  (What did you think was going to happen?)  I believe that God is Triune and is comprised of three co-equal God Persons who have a special existential unity with each other as a part of their nature. I may or may not conform in belief to the Nicene documents – I have never read them.  I am still reading about how the brothers arrived at their conclusion back around 400 AD.  For my part, I believe the God Persons are ontologically co-equal because I believe that the Beings who belong to the God category are absolute by virtue of Creatio ex Nihilo.  They can create reality.  Beings who can create reality from the outside are not bound by any of the real limits from the inside that we know.  And you can’t compare absolute beings with each other.  They are not measurable and relative as we are. Someone who is absolute can’t be more absolute than someone else who is absolute. There cannot be a greater God and lesser God.  If a being is lesser, that being is not God.  The Church of God Seventh Day, at the time HWA joined it, did not believe Jesus to be God.  HWA acknowledged that Jesus is God but relegated him to a secondary role as if Jesus were a relative being like us. So, while Armstrongism asserts that humans will become God-as-God-is-God, it does not accord that same status to Jesus.  I think that maybe Armstrongists believe, as I do, that God Persons are different in economy but not in ontology.  But it is hard to say.  You cannot find the words “ontology” and “economy” in Armstrongist writings about God. They never carried their Doctrine of God very far and now HWA is dead and his death pretty much fixed their theology at a certain point in history.  If one goes by what Armstrongist authors have written, one would have to conclude that the Son is smaller than the Father both in ontology and in economy since no distinction is made.  And to say that Jesus is smaller is another way of saying that Jesus does not really belong in the God category because being smaller makes him relative rather than absolute.  For Arianists of different sorts, Jesus might even be angelomorphic. And the aspect of Arianism called Subordinationism (a little god subordinate to a big god), then, is held as true by Armstrongism.  As for the Holy Spirit, Armstrongism makes him an impersonal attribute of God.  (Whether an attribute of the Father or the Son, I don’t know. They are separate God beings in Armstrongism. The only unity in the Godhead that Armstrongism admits is that of a family relationship. And a human family is a biological collection of separate, non-consubstantial beings.) If the Holy Spirit is simply an inherent attribute of God, then when the Holy Spirit is mentioned in the OT and NT, he is just a redundancy.  Like saying, “Ralph and his nose visited us.”  You can just assume that if Ralph is there, his nose will be, too.   And the redundancy converts the Bible into an example of really bad writing.  In the last analysis, I reject Arianism and agree with what the brothers decided, as far as I know it, at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople.   I do believe that some of what the brothers concluded is conjectural.  But, one day, Paul promises us, this will all be settled and we will no longer see through a glass darkly.  And for this present shootout, Paul is our huckleberry.

"We Have Preserved the US Constituion As We Fight The Nazis and FEMA Who Are Destroying The Church"

 

Its another day in COG La-La land and things are just as bat shit crazy as every other day. Is there anything NORMAL in COGland?

Courtesy of the Kitchen's

We can see why they have spent so much money and years targeting the membership of the Worldwide Church of God, to eliminate the facilities we had, in order to bring membership under certain laws, agreements, regulations in other groups. The battle in the receivership, was won, and the Worldwide Church of God was dignified and distinguished from all other churches.

We actually are the holdouts who have preserved the United States constitution.

To the government, the churches are assets that need to be ”handled”. So we see FEMA and Homeland Security involved in this sort of thing.

And now we see a takeover of the Administration of the United States by men in 3 piece suits.

Also, this same government is releasing old files on past national sins, as some sort of PENANCE.

We also have news showing declassified papers, showing Hitler lives long after WW2, and fled to South America.

The Worldwide Church of God in the 1950’s published this truth and fact. The United States brought those of the Nazi regime into our infrastructure (Operation Paperclip) and since then we have used ample time to build up that leg of the beast system, for the final resurrection of the Holy Roman Empire, following Joseph Franz Strauss’ plan to use the United States for a colossus that can prop up a rebuilt and united Europe!

Now we might be seeing the man, and Trump is of German descent through his father, that may be supported by nations in Europe, to expand on the corporation of this United States.

The old nation is no more. Those that hate us rule us. And we flee when no one pursues. It’s all propaganda and fake news, and with A.I coming out stronger we are being manipulated to disbelieve the truth and to wonder about things.

It was Mr.Trump who establish an embassy in Jerusalem. He is now looking at Iran, and Yemen, which cover the area where middle eastern oil comes out of.

He is concerned about tides from the north and the east. Russia and China.

And he is using our relationship with Israel, to “enter the glorious land”, and build his tabernacles even in Gaza.

But in order to move into the next phase, he needs European military support.

Now could he be the man who will become the Beast? Or is he being used, for the boogeyman and enemy of Europe? Because false wonders and miracles, will try to convince people to worship the beast and its image, and the woman (Rome) that controls it.

In order to claim to be Jesus Christ, the Papacy may stir up a rival to “put down”.

So we can possibly see that occurring, or we may be seeing the fall of our nations, and the people who will use the organization/corporation against us!

Remember brethren, what happened to this Church! In the 1979 receivership, they audited all assets, and wanted to liquidate them.

Today we are seeing with DOGE, an audit and closures of previous operations, just as you would see in a Receivership!

And a receiver has been placed, it seems, by the military which has a close relationship in the past with the Nazi Regime after World War Two.

I don’t hear that being said anywhere else! That’s why coming back as the Worldwide Church of God is imperative, because we have this history already established through Herbert W Armstrong, who distinguished us from all other entities! He was the Zerubbabel who was given an open door to raise up the Temple, which is this Church, using the Bill of Rights and a friendship with Ronald Reagan(the last president, some would say, of the old United States of America).

So it was made a precedent in law, concerning the independence of the Worldwide Church of God!

None of these other “C.O.G” groups working with FEMA, have such! They undid it, and like C Wayne Cole was going to do with the 1979 receivership, they opened the doors and made Caesar Lord and Master.

People have bled and died, because Satan wanted this Church to be destroyed!

It’s time to wake up people!

Dave Pack Dishes Out His 125th Prophetic Lie

During "The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 564)" given on March 22, 2025, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God taught that Christ would return on Passover this year. 

If Jesus Christ had returned, it would have occurred at sunset on April 11, 2025. 

By Part 569 on April 5, Passover was no longer a certainty. 

This was the 125th prophetic failure in a row for David C. Pack. 

This video is a compilation of selections from Parts 564, 568, and 569. 

All credit to former member Marc Cebrian: 

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RCG Member Leaves $700,000 To Church, Dave Then Smears Man In Sermon

 

During "The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 536)" September 18, 2024, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God explained that Common (the teaching to "sell all") is a command from God, 

like keeping the Sabbath. 

He explained that a member who died left all his money to the church, but he would get no credit in God's sight because the man did not act in faith.

 

Mario Furtado died in February 2024 and left RCG his estate valued at $700,000. 

Dave then accused him of "not giving a dime" while he was alive. 

Every member of The Restored Church of God gives at least 20% each year and another 10% every three years. This is on top of Holy Day offerings, fundraisers, and free-will offerings. 

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Why Are LCG Members Continuing To Allow Satan To Beam Bad Thoughts Into Their Minds?

Satan continues to control the minds of LCG members, which causes them to question leadership and complain about real issues in the church. All of you bad little boys and girls need to understand, NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, can complain about issues in the church! LCG has true church government personally transferred over to them by God when they apostasized from the Global Church of God and the mother church.

Satan’s Subtle Devices: The Days of Unleavened Bread provide us with an opportunity to examine the motives in our own heart (1 Corinthians 11:29–32). Are we motivated by God’s Spirit or by the attitudes of Satan’s world? After years in the Church, we can still be snared by Satan’s devices if we are not on guard (2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 6:11). Satan can beam thoughts into our minds to doubt, criticize, complain, or accuse other members of the body of Christ, which causes division in the Church (Ephesians 2:2; see 1 Corinthians 1:10–13). The Apostle Peter warned that we must recognize and resist these destructive devices (1 Peter 5:8–9). If we use time during the Days of Unleavened Bread to focus on reviewing and exercising the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22–25), we can avoid being snared by the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19–21).
Have a profitable Sabbath and Holy Day season,
Douglas S. Winnail

 

Do You Realize You Have Been Cast Into The Outer Court Of The Temple?

The Kitchen clan just gets worse by the day. Those of you no longer part of the COG or even worse, IN a splinter COG, have now been placed in the outer court of the temple and have had the Holy Spirit removed from you, except for a minuscule token. 

More proof that bad Armstrongite theology produces theological idiocy when the New Covenant is portrayed as inferior to law.

THIS PERIOD OF TIME, of which we now are partakers of today, is the PHILADELPHIA ERA OF THE CHURCH OF GOD!

Read concerning the Church of God in the Philadelphia era in Revelation 3:7-13.

Jesus Christ raised up Herbert W Armstrong in 1927, and through him raised up the Worldwide Church of God.

He came bearing great authority from Jesus Christ, and bound upon the Church of God certain things in the name of Jesus Christ.

Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, those of the Worldwide Church of God were fixed, organized spiritually, fitted and jointed with Jesus Christ and God our Father, responding as a group to the will of God!

But some crept in unawares, spreading damnable heresies, and seduced the servants of God to sin, to commit fornication with the governments of this world. This was allowed to stay, according to the shame of some.

It created divisions, such as Paul the apostle described in Galatians chapter two. And those leaders among the ministry gave approval and acceptance, out of concern for the heretics and nonbelievers.

Today are they not yet with them, strengthening the hands of the evil doers?

This is sin and sin separates man from God. And when one sins, he/she has the Holy Spirit withdrawn except for a token, a seed. They are placed into the outer court of this Temple, and given space and a time to repent and return unto our Heavenly Father. For this cause we should put out the evil doers from among us, as commanded by the apostles of Christ. For obedience towards God is good. If God loves us, we should love Him; and if we being members of the Body of Christ hate this body, we would allow that which is profane to stay within the Temple; but we who love this body subject ourselves to complete obedience to our Head which is Christ. For if we please God, He will soon reward us, not as bastards, but as children of God!

Now those who have been placed into the outer court of this Temple, have God waiting on them with mercy; but being separated they lose the promise of protection of God and are given to the great tribulation for correction and purification.

There are no two churches of God, there is only ONE TRUE CHURCH. If we sin against God, we are separated from Him.

This provides a great disadvantage for them, for Satan eagerly waits to devour and destroy this people.

The two witnesses will be the two anointed ones standing next to the ONE CANDLESTICK. That candlestick is the Worldwide Church of God. It is the Temple of God which has been raised up in the name of Jesus Christ, through Herbert W Armstrong the apostle of Christ who bears authority still on us.

But one witness is Laodicean in condition today, and like Peter did in Galatians 2 when others led him astray for a season, he repents and represents the candlestick in the Laodicean era, which begins when great tribulation starts.

The Philadelphia candlestick will then be in a place of protection, and it will be the job of this second witness to graft the people in with Philadelphia! There are not two churches simultaneously working!

Since Philadelphia(led by thee servant of God) will be off the world scene, Laodicea will then do a work through a time of martyrdom, and this will inspire countless others to repent and come to Christ! At the end of the great tribulation, a enumerable multitude will come out and there will be ONE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD.

Right now, however, those inside the Temple, who remain loyal and true, dominate this era. Those in the world, or those in the outer court, DOES NOT DOMINATE! Mark that well brethren!

So when you attend another church, you see another condition dominate! Don’t be led by Satan to think an era change had happened, or that we are approved of God by sinning! And if we are attending another church group, lending them support and backing, then we are sinning against God and we are not approved!

If others are not following Jesus Christ, come away from them! The blind will lead the blind however, and we should not be blinded to sin.

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Are You In A Financial Mess? If So, Let LCG Make It Even Worse By Tithing

 

LCG is whining that their booklet on tithing is their least requested booklet. Considering that tithing is NOT a New Covenant command, it is probably a great reason why no one is interested. Also, anyone with a COG  background has already had their financial lives ripped apart by all of the commanded tithes and offerings the church pawned off on members as if they were commanded by God.

Is your current financial situation a mess? It is probably because you aren't tithing to the Living Church of God. LCG wants you to know that they are NOT begging for your money, but they really are. Weston does a really good job of gaslighting his followers below and any gullible public that may read his drivel. Your finances are a mess because you disobey their god, and if you would only tithe to their god, it would bless you.

Greetings from Charlotte,
Mr. Rod McNair recorded a telecast on Wednesday, titled “You Can Survive the Coming Crash,” and he offered God’s People Tithe. This booklet is one of our least-requested resources—one that we rarely advertise—but tithing is a law of God. It is no trivial matter to Him, as He says it is robbery to withhold tithes and offerings from Him (Malachi 3:6–15). While we don’t want our audience to think we are charging for our material—which we are not—or begging for money—which we are not—the financial mess many people and nations find themselves in is a direct result of disobeying God in how money and resources are used. Tithing is part of “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). All of us here in Charlotte wish all of you, wherever you are in the world, a profitable, joyous, and exciting Holy Day season.
—Gerald E. Weston

Easter’s Pagan Roots? Debunking the Cult’s Favorite Lie

 

The Cult’s Pagan Obsession: A Smokescreen for Control

Armstrongism loves a good pagan conspiracy. The WCG built its brand on sniffing out "satanic" influences in everything—Christmas, birthdays, Sunday worship, and especially Easter. To the cult, Easter isn’t a celebration of Christ’s resurrection; it’s a Babylonian fertility rite, a pagan abomination straight from the goddess Ishtar, complete with bunnies and eggs to prove it. Herbert Armstrong hammered this into his flock, claiming mainstream Christianity was a satanic counterfeit, while only his “true church” kept God’s pure festivals like Passover. It’s a claim that’s kept splinters like Pack’s RCG and Brisby’s COGTE clutching their pearls to this day, warning members to shun Easter or risk God’s wrath.

But let’s call this what it is: a lie, a flimsy tale spun from bad logic to keep the cult’s followers in line. The Ishtar myth doesn’t hold up—it’s a house of cards built on sand, and we’re here to knock it down. It is easy to trace the Easter-Ishtar claim to its shaky roots and expose its flaws. We’ll offer a biblical alternative origin story in Esther. But here’s the plain truth: Easter—called Pascha by the early Christian Church—is about Christ’s triumph over death, not some ancient fertility goddess. Along the way, we’ll show how the WCG’s pagan paranoia was just a control tactic, a distraction to keep members from seeing the cult’s own rot. Buckle up, Splinterland—this one’s gonna sting.

The Ishtar Myth: A Cult Classic Built on Nothing

The idea that Easter comes from Ishtar, a Babylonian fertility goddess, isn’t some ancient truth—it’s a modern fiction, cooked up in 1853 by a Presbyterian minister named Alexander Hislop in his book The Two Babylons. Hislop wanted to dunk on Roman Catholicism, so he claimed Easter was a pagan corruption, linking “Easter” to “Ishtar” through a flimsy phonetic similarity and springtime symbols like eggs and rabbits. Sound familiar? It’s the same playbook the WCG used to demonize anything that didn’t fit its rules. The cult ate Hislop’s theory up, waving it like a gotcha to prove mainstream Christianity was satanic, all while demanding members stick to their “pure” Passover.

Let’s tear this apart. Linguistically, Hislop’s claim is garbage. “Ishtar” and “Easter” share a vague sound—big whoop. There’s no etymological bridge; he made it up. Culturally, it’s laughable. Ishtar’s Akkadian religion, with its temples and rituals, was dust by 100 AD, centuries before Christianity spread. Its records—cuneiform tablets—were buried, unreadable until the 1800s. So how exactly did early Christians, with no access to these tablets, adopt a dead culture’s customs from 1,500 years prior? They didn’t. The WCG loved to scream about paganism, but this is just bad logic—a False Cause Fallacy, assuming resemblance means origin. It’s the kind of sloppy thinking the cult thrived on, keeping members scared and obedient with tales of satanic holidays.

Hislop pointed to eggs and rabbits as proof of Ishtar’s fertility influence, but those came later, as Christianity reshaped local traditions—not the other way around. Easter’s date isn’t tied to some Babylonian festival; it’s pegged to Passover (Nisan 14-15), when Christ died and rose. The Ishtar myth is a cult classic, but it’s fiction—a house on sand that crumbles faster than the WCG’s failed prophecies.

A Biblical Twist: Esther, Not Ishtar

If Easter isn’t from Ishtar, could it connect to Esther instead? This novel idea, offers a far better link, rooted in Scripture, not Akkadian fairy tales. Esther’s story—deliverance and redemption—lines up with Easter’s core, and the timing makes it intriguing.

Check the calendar. Esther’s victory, celebrated as Purim on the 14th or 15th of Adar II, often falls near spring, just like Easter, which is tied to Passover (Nisan 14-15). Both are lunar-based, set by a full moon. In 2008, Purim (March 20) and Easter (March 22) were two days apart; in 2024, Purim (March 23) and Easter (March 31) were a week apart—close enough to see a pattern. Esther fasted three days to save her people (Esther 4:16); Jesus was in the tomb three days to save ours. Haman’s evil plot failed (Esther 7:10); death got crushed at the resurrection. Mordecai’s rise (Esther 8:15) mirrors Christ’s glory.

Why Esther over Ishtar? Simple: access. Esther’s story was in the Bible, read yearly at Purim by Jews—including early Jewish Christians who shaped the Church. Ishtar’s cult was long gone by the first century, its records lost to time, while Esther’s tale was alive and sacred. The name “Easter” might even nod to this—“Esther” (Hebrew Estēr, possibly “star”) could have shifted to “Easter,” a star of redemption rising. It’s a theory, but it beats the WCG’s Ishtar nonsense by a mile, grounding Easter in biblical truth, not cult paranoia.

The Real Deal: Easter’s True Roots

So what’s Easter actually about? In the early Church, it was called Pascha, from the Hebrew Pesach (“pass over”), and it’s always been about Christ’s resurrection—the bedrock of the faith. . Jesus died and rose during Passover and early Christians celebrated this as Pascha, set by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD as the first Sunday after the spring full moon.

The English term “Easter” is a Western quirk. The Eastern Orthodox Church—Greek, Slavic, Arabic—never used “Easter”; it’s always been Pascha, keeping the direct link to Passover. In the West, “Easter” came from Old English ēastre, possibly tied to ēast (“east”) or a Germanic spring figure, Ēostre, mentioned by Bede around 730 AD. Scholars aren’t even sure Ēostre was real—Bede’s the only source—but even if she existed, she was a minor figure, not some Ishtar knockoff. As Christianity spread to Germanic tribes, “Easter” named the Paschal season, transforming local terms, not adopting pagan rites. The Eastern Church’s use of Pascha proves its purity, untouched by the WCG’s pagan conspiracy theories.

Early Christians like Polycarp in 150 AD celebrated Pascha, rooted in apostolic tradition, not Babylonian nonsense. The WCG’s Ishtar claim is just another lie to control members, making them fear the “world” while ignoring the cult’s own sins—like fleecing members for millions while its leader lived like a king.

Pascha’s Truth: Christ’s Victory, Not Paganism

In its purest form, Pascha—Easter to the West—is the heart of Christianity: Christ’s resurrection, no pagan shadow in sight. The Bible lays it out: “The third day he rose again”, fulfilling “He will swallow up death in victory”. It’s redemption’s core: Jesus, the Lamb, frees us from sin, just as Israel escaped Egypt. The WCG wanted you to think it’s all bunny-worshipping paganism, but that’s a distraction—they were too busy building their own empire to care about truth. Pascha isn’t just a day; it’s a way of life. The WCG never got this; they were too busy banning Easter to see Christ’s victory staring them in the face.

Splinterland, Wake Up: Easter Isn’t Your Enemy

Easter isn’t pagan—the Ishtar myth, born in The Two Babylons, is a cult favorite, but it’s trash. Akkadian rites were long gone, their records buried. The truth is Pascha: Christ’s resurrection, tied to Passover, not fertility goddesses. The WCG’s pagan obsession was a control tactic, a way to keep you scared of the “world” while they fleeced you for triple tithes. Splinterland, it’s time to ditch the lies.

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