Dave Pack: A Broken Brain

A Broken Brain

David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God has convinced himself that God is guiding him to teach “The Greatest Untold Story!” Series that began on November 14, 2015. For 577 messages, he has taught that he is found throughout the Bible and reminds the brethren weekly how pervasive his mentions are.

The dozens of biblical titles he claims only begin with being Joshua the High Priest, Elijah the Prophet, and the Seventh Angel of Revelation.

When you believe God is moving you to preach everything you do from the front of the Main Hall in the Hall of Administration, then every speculation, lie, and failure is merely part of the divine process for reaching the Kingdom of God.

Accountability is for suckers.

Until the brethren in The Restored Church of God recognize they do not attend "God's One True Church" and that David C. Pack has absolutely no authority over their path to salvation, they will choose to remain trapped despite their awareness that he is a false teacher, false apostle, and false prophet.

Insulating himself with cunning sycophants like Bradford Schleifer, Edward Winkfield, and Carl Houk, the Pastor General has reinforced the walls of self-delusion and madness.

When you reach that elevated level of unmatched human excellence and cosmic importance, blasphemy and idolatry are inevitable. It also means your brain is broken in an awful way.

The psychiatric phenomena known as Jerusalem Syndrome has been thriving in Wadsworth since 2005 when David C. Pack first claimed to be an apostle and then Joshua the High Priest in 2009. By 2015, unveiling himself as Elijah the Prophet and That Prophet were not stretches.

The Jerusalem Post has an extensive article about the theological illness that has spread to Ohio. Since none of the Headquarters enablers attempted to stop the prophetic lunacy from taking hold, it has since thrived and expanded.

The Cambridge University Press reports on a study with some elements of Jerusalem Syndrome that should ring familiar to the brethren of The Restored Church of God.

Individuals from [Type 1, Subtype I] strongly identify with characters from the Old or New Testament or are convinced that they themselves are one of these characters. Their conviction reaches psychotic dimensions.

People who suffer from Jerusalem Syndrome in Israel typically recover without specific medical treatment. All those people need to return to a normal mental state is separation from biblical sites.

Treatment and Recovery
Type III does not usually involve visual or auditory hallucinations. …Their condition usually returns to normal within 5-7 days; in other words, a short-lived episode followed by complete recovery. …but recovery is quite often spontaneous and not necessarily due to the treatment. Experience has taught us that improvement is facilitated by, or dependent on, physically distancing the patient from Jerusalem and its holy places.

The problem with David C. Pack’s broken brain is that he lives and “works” in isolation within his own created Jerusalem. The Campus is the World Headquarters for the Work of God, where Jesus Christ will come to start the Kingdom of God on earth and to bless His chosen servant with exousia to preach to the entire world. Billions of people will hear and obey the voice of David C. Pack, and it will be glorious.

I bet Dave can almost taste that sweet vindication. It is so very close.

No wonder Dave cannot wait for the Kingdom to come and desperately needs something prophetic to manifest on Sivan 15 on June 11, 2025. He will get to prove to Gary, Dennis, and me that he was right all along, and billions of heathens better do what he says, or they could be tossed into the Lake of Fire.

That is a lot to give up by admitting God was not guiding you and that “The Greatest Untold Story!” Series was a pointless flop with no biblical significance that consumed a decade of members’ time. After building a multi-million dollar business on the singular idea that "We are the only ones who know the truth," acknowledging it was utterly false after ruining countless lives in the process would be an exquisite horror worth recounting by H.P. Lovecraft and Clive Barker.

Any sane person facing that kind of pure abject failure after decades of misguided devotion and self-delusion would find the miserable experience brain-breaking.

It is a good thing that David Passover is the real deal, and he will never need to face the stark reality of being so fundamentally wrong about his core beliefs. Not just religious beliefs but excruciatingly wrong about the very nature of who and what he is.

Despite having over 300 articles on exrcg.org, there are still jaw-dropping moments leaking from Headquarters that shock and baffle by David C. Pack’s nth-degree blasphemy and audacious lack in the fear of God.

Two instances illustrate the point.

During "The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 571)" on April 19, 2025, David C. Pack told the brethren that in Revelation 10:6, when the angel swore to God, he was speaking of David C. Pack and the end of his Series.

Part 571 – April 19, 2025
@ 10:34 In Revelation 10:6, when it says “there’s time no longer,” Christ [the angel] raises His right hand and sweared swears by God and everything God ever made in the universe, everything He ever made, that “there’s time no longer” after a man finishes making the Mystery of God clear. Now, nowhere in the Scriptures does God ever invoke such an absolute swearing [chuckles] on a moment and then tie it to after a Series ends. So, if you were I, [chuckles] y–you would you you would be very attentive to that.

Bible scholars should note that Revelation 10 is all about David C. Pack.

David C. Pack taught that Jesus Christ swore
to God the Father about David C. Pack.

Just in case anyone wonders if the Pastor General misspoke or was unfairly quoted out of context, he repeated the concept again a few weeks later.

Part 574 – May 3, 2025
@ 01:03:01 There are only two places where Christ stands and swears. Once at the end of this Series. The end of this Series. He swears at the after in the days of the voice of the Seventh Messenger, when when the Mystery of God is finished, he he will he he’s about to sound and the Mystery of God is finished. And God swears there’s time no longer after that happened. It’s an absolute promise by the same Jesus Christ, who’s swearing there, that once it does start, there are three and a half years from a Pentecost, where there’s time no longer…

During this message, David C. Pack taught that the Kingdom of God would arrive on June 1, 2025. He was so convicted about Pentecost that he was willing to place God's name and an oath by Jesus Christ on that certainty.

@ 1:12:16 And if it’s the year it happens and doesn’t happen, you’ll never hear me say it’s other than Pentecost.

After exploiting God’s name for leverage, only a person with a truly broken brain would recant this one week later. The severe gravity of this act escapes David C. Pack.

Part 575 – May 10, 2025
@13:13 But the day is not May 31st [Pentecost begins at sunset], which is what we’re waiting for, becomes May 21^st [Iyar 24]. And we’d have to ask, “Wow, real simplicity in Christ.”

David C. Pack casually strolls into another religious danger zone without a care in the world. May God have mercy on him.

Despite being proven wrong since August 2013, David C. Pack fancies himself as the intermediary steward between God the Father and Jesus Christ. Likening himself to John the Baptist, Dave’s words usher the arrival of the Kingdom of God just around the corner. Time is running out to send in your money, so act fast before the doors are shut and you are left missing out.

He may be Patient Zero of Jerusalem Syndrome in Ohio, but the All-Believing Zealots inside RCG cultivate the toxic belief that their Pastor General is preaching the truth inspired directly by God when all tangible evidence concludes the opposite.

To further compound the risk of eternal consequences, David C. Pack claims God’s Spirit is the inspiration of his ever-changing prophetic doctrines, even when those “proofs” are repeatedly proven false.

David C. Pack makes God and Jesus Christ liars.

He preached the Kingdom of God would begin on Abib 1, 2025.

Part 559 – February 22, 2025
@ 1:11:18 Nobody's gonna see Abib 1 come and say, "I got this all figured out." I've been studying the Bible a long time, and it took a long time to figure it out. Nobody’s gonna figure out without the Holy Spirit what all eleven disciples combined couldn’t figure out.

He preached the Kingdom of God would begin on Passover 2025.

Part 564 – March 22, 2025
@ 1:01:34 I have to be smart enough that God's Spirit can work through me. I have to have a certain amount of talent, but it's His Spirit that showed me things.

Part 565 – March 22, 2025
@ 10:57 Now, brethren, I get these thoughts, and, again, it's simply God's Spirit working with me.

He preached the Kingdom of God would begin on Iyar 24, 2025.

Part 575 – May 10, 2025
@ 01:42 Now, I don’t know if I’ve ever explained it quite this way, but the learning process is for me is just try to follow where the still small voice of God’s Spirit leads. This sermon is the result.

He preached the Kingdom of God will arrive on Sivan 15, which is June 11, 2025.

Part 577 – May 24, 2025
@ 04:48 But, again brethren, I I I’m up here trying to listen to the still, small voice of God’s Spirit. I can go to four or five different verses that say that’s how He works with His with His leading ministers, apostles, and prophets on matters of truth.

David C. Pack is not a leading minister of Jesus Christ. He is not an apostle and he is not a prophet. The words from his lips are not matters of truth. History proves this.

RCG members who read this while still paying his salary should consider their ways. They are choosing to support a proven hypocritical blaspheming liar, false apostle, false prophet, false teacher, and human idol.

The Restored Church of God is not "God's One True Church," and Pastor General David C. Pack does not speak the truth with God's authority but instead continues to blaspheme the Holy Spirit with impunity.

His brain is broken. His brain is filthy. Flee from The Restored Church of God before you become infected by the same condition. For some sitting beside you, it is already too late.

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Marc Cebrian

See: A Broken Brain

Restored Church of God/Ed Winkfield: Mishandling Vipers

Mishandling Vipers

The light, humorous style and colorful reporting about David C. Pack and The Restored Church of God may have mistakenly given the impression that the enablers at Headquarters are no more than docile idiots blindly following a proven false prophet because they have been unfairly duped and are innocent, unaware prisoners trapped in a subtly corrupt spiritual organization.

In actuality, the hirelings at Headquarters in Wadsworth, Ohio, are willful participants in the coercive deception and persistent biblical fraud committed by their human idol, Pastor General David C. Pack. These crafty and calculated opportunists remain on the payroll and in their comfortable Campus homes because they choose to.

They know what David C. Pack is, and they know exactly what they are doing.

When I was 13, I went on a family vacation to Florida. One of the stops was an alligator farm where trained guides fed these massive, scaly reptiles in front of an audience for entertainment. The hissing alligators would stay still with their mouths wide open. The trainer tapped them on the nose with a stick, coaxing them to perform his tricks.

The seasoned trainer demonstrated his years of experience and familiarity with the alligators. He placed his hand in an open mouth and touched its tongue. The alligator snapped its jaws shut. This was the coup de grace of the performance, causing the audience to explode with applause.

If the trainer makes it look too easy, a naïve individual might feel compelled to hop the fence and give it a try. After all, how hard could it be? After 30 seconds of toying with the alligators, that overzealous individual may incite screams for an ambulance rather than applause.

Something like that happened this week.

Getting into the water to exchange biblical truth with alligators is not a wise move and should only be attempted by experienced, fully prepared professionals.

Gary at Banned by HWA informed me that blogger Richard Burkard contacted Edward L. Winkfield at The Restored Church of God this week to ask him about information provided on exrcg.org and the YouTube Channel.

The bigger underlying story is that they spoke to him at all, regardless of the context or content of his article. According to Richard’s bio, he is a “90%-retired journalist, moderating ‘Weekly Watch’ faith-based teleconference from Haggai114.net.” Not exactly Fox News.

Headquarters must be desperate for the good press if they are willing to talk on the phone with an unknown writer for some obscure religious website. At least The Living God Ministries are Sabbath and New Moon-keepers, just like RCG. Their stances on Christmas and birthdays have not yet been vetted.

Maybe the folks at Headquarters felt a prodigal son kinship with this fellow micro flock outside the Body of Christ despite their use of sacred names. Or perhaps Ryan Denee was coveting that prime advertising space on the official Israel of God list and envisioned RCG being included next to UCG, COGwa, and CGG.

Apparently, you do not have a real ministry until you get on that list.

Richard and I connected via email, and he answered some questions for me to use in this article. He is an “old school” retired career journalist who contacted RCG through their main number and left them a voicemail. About an hour later, Edward Winkfield called him back for a 6-7 minute discussion. Richard mentioned the videos about Pentecost 2025.

Richard Burkard via email
"I cited one or two of Mr. Pack's quotes and specifically asked if Mr. Pack had made predictions about dates prior to Pentecost 2025. …I stuck to the Pack predictions and then offered him the opportunity to add any concluding remarks. He said only that he appreciated people reaching out to RCG directly."

It is unfortunate that Richard neglected to contact me to obtain the up-to-date details that are necessary before attempting such a bold move. An 80%-retired journalist would have known to confirm his current facts from all available sources before conducting an investigatory interview with the vipers’ nest.

I know he meant well, so I asked him what his motivation for contacting RCG was.

Richard Burkard via email
"I'd written an earlier Substack article in March about Mr. Pack's Abib 1 claims. So it seemed like a follow-up was in order - but I realized I had not been fair to RCG to get their side of the story.”

Getting both sides of the story is always recommended and fair. That is why reporting on The Restored Church of God and David C. Pack is accompanied by time-stamped quotes and video evidence. What Dave preaches ex-cathedra to his worshippers IS his side of the story.

Despite how I humorously tug on Dave’s pigtails, kick sand in Brad’s face, or tie Ryan Denee’s shoelaces together, those men are highly skilled manipulators worthy of extreme caution.

Edward Winkfield may be an incompetent manager who accelerated the demise of Media Production Services and the smiling, over-zealous New Moon mouthpiece, but make no mistake: He is a viper. He is a scorpion and a wolf and should be regarded as such.

Richard wandered into the petting zoo thinking he was mingling with passive "Christian" sheep but did not realize until it was too late that they were disguised ravening wolves. If you let your guard down for even a moment, the overwhelming attacks would come so quickly, with bites so deep you would not even feel them until blood was already on the ground.

Without having a fuller context of their shrewd practices and adept word parsing, Richard played right into their hands and gave them what they wanted: A free public denial.

Being “fair” to them worked out like gangbusters. Edward Winkfield was able to lie without lying. He answered to “the letter of the law” and not “the spirit of the law.” Like a lawyer would advise, he answered the questions that were asked and volunteered no more.

Pack Predicting Pentecost? Aide to Ohio Church Leader Denies New Date Set
Richard Burkard – May 27, 2025

If at first a pastor is wrong, does he try, try again?

Maybe not. A spokesman for a small church denomination in northern Ohio denies online claims that its leader is predicting the return of Jesus Christ will occur Sunday, June 1.

“That is not something that the Restored Church of God teaches, or that Mr. Pack is claiming,” Edward Winkfield said in a phone interview Tuesday, May 27.

David Pack, the founder of RCG, has been accused of setting failed dates many times in messages to his headquarters congregation. Former member Marc Cebrian has posted dozens of video clips from Pack's sermons to illustrate that.

“It is interesting that it was coming from someone who was being critical,” Winkfield said. “But I can say unequivocally that is not what we teach.”

Cebrian might respond by saying that's because Pack has revised the Pentecost date again. Cebrian's website showed two predicted return dates Tuesday: June 1 and June 11.

Cebrian's ExRCG.org blog did not explain the later date, except that it was a full moon. But one video clip dated Saturday, May 3 shows Pack defending his Pentecost reasoning.

“God would never say regarding the arrival of His Kingdom, 'It's Pentecost,'” Pack said. “He almost does a number of times, in ways that are impossible to misunderstand.”

But, Pack added, God stops short of providing a specific date in the Bible because “the whole world would know.”

An earlier article cited clips posted by Cebrian in which Pack predicted Christ's return on Sunday, March 30, the start of the Hebraic calendar year. He called that date “immutable church doctrine”.

“The second coming of Christ is a pretty foundational doctrine in any Christian, Bible-teaching church,” Winkfield said when asked about that. “We study prophecy... it's part of what we teach.”

Winkfield added RCG is a group which “remains hopeful... more than anything definitive. Maybe you could go as far as speculating different things, but I wouldn't take it as anything beyond that,” Winkfield explained.

Yet Pack's early May video claims that proving Pentecost as the return date is like “falling over backwards without even being pushed. It's that easy.”

Pack goes on to cite a main Bible verse quoted by opponents of prophetic date-setting. Jesus said of end-time events in Mark 13:32, “Of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

“Well, we know both,” Pack claimed in the early May video.

Winkfield, RCG’s Publications and Media Director, admitted he doesn't know the motives of RCG critics.Cebrian's website says its goal is “exposing the truth” about RCG and Pack.
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Ed was able to contort his answers to avoid a plain falsehood until the very end. What a rookie move.

Edward L. Winkfield knows precisely what the motives of “RCG critics” are. He supports a spiritually corrupt organization that has a proven false prophet as a figurehead who admits that preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God too loudly fights God's purpose while extracting monetary resources from members and widows under the threat of losing salvation so they can escape corporate debt while simultaneously preaching Jesus Christ is returning within days.

If you contact The Restored Church of God, you will be petting a snake. Do not be surprised at the speed at which you will get bit.

Richard may have wanted to be “fair” to RCG, but Ed was not “fair” with his slippery answers. His verbal sophistry was transparent as he dodged uninformed questions. Former RCG veterans are versed in the familiar subterfuge.

Richard greased up his own fingers. Ed just let himself slip out of his grip.

…denies online claims that its leader is predicting the return of Jesus Christ…

RCG and David C. Pack do not “predict” anything. Prediction is not part of their operation. He prophesies. Word selection is crucial, especially when Dave changes the meaning of words. According to him, a prophet no longer receives words from God's mouth, and prophesying is “just preaching what the Bible says.”

“That is not something that the Restored Church of God teaches,
or that Mr. Pack is claiming," Edward Winkfield said
in a phone interview Tuesday, May 27.

Ed answered the question in the present tense because that is how it was asked, and he was fully aware that starting on April 26 during “The Greatest Untold Story!” Part 572 until Part 575 on May 10, his boss WAS teaching that the Kingdom of God would arrive on June 1, 2025.

The new date they currently teach is Sivan 15 on June 11. Ed knew that. Richard did not. Ed knew Richard did not and was able to get away with that answer without a fruitful follow-up.

…has been accused of setting failed dates…

These are not accusations. They are documented, proven facts beyond refute.

Winkfield said. “But I can say unequivocally that is not what we teach.”

A present tense answer is framed with the word prediction in context. Ed is mastering disingenuous answers.

Cebrian might respond… Cebrian's ExRCG.org blog did not explain the later date…

Cebrian was not contacted and was busy reporting on RCG’s $3.1 million debt liberation.

“…Maybe you could go as far as speculating different things,
but I wouldn't take it as anything beyond that," Winkfield explained.

RCG members will either scream out the window or roar in laughter. Brad must have shook his head at that. With good reason. A massive logic sinkhole just appeared at the Headquarters Campus.

Edward Winkfield was not authorized to label Dave’s entire “Greatest Untold Story!” Series as 577 Parts of speculation.This might have been him winging it and diverting from Brad’s notes. Ed accidentally stumbled into the lying side of the ethics line.

What David C. Pack teaches from the table each week is enforced doctrine in The Restored Church of God. It is not speculation. If members do not “take it as anything beyond that," they will not stay in their seats. Ed Winkfield just described his Pastor General as being a biblical fan fiction cosplayer.

For fun, I challenge any current member to tell their field mollusk they do not take what their Pastor General says beyond more than just speculation. See what happens.

When David C. Pack inevitably bails on his Sivan 15 idea, he will not be preaching the next date as pure speculation. He will preach it under his god’s authority and in its name. If all he is doing is “speculating different things," then there is no rush to call it out or occupy the Sabbath with unenforceable prophetic pontifications.

David C. Pack has repeated that he is moved by God’s Spirit to teach what he does. What Ed foolishly said calls this into question, undermining the validity of anything the Pastor General preaches.

Now, that’s the Ed Winkfield I remember. Nice going, man.

Richard left the interview with his "fair" answers, but he had no concept of the gravity of the transaction because he did not understand the nature of who he was dealing with.

Richard unwittingly handed RCG a win with a flat denial without challenging Ed further. He may have left the call pleased, but not more than Ed.

I used to consider Edward L. Winkfield a friend and respected him, which is probably why my disgust became caustic due to his slobbering Dave-fawning during his sermons. I credit Ed for being the straw that broke the camel’s back, prompting my resignation from RCG in 2021.

Ed surrendered his critical thinking to pursue a career in false apostle advocacy and has not looked back. He defends his human idol passionately and reveals himself to be more interested in the false words of a twisted man than in the word of God.

With Richard’s easy access to Ed as proof, The Restored Church of God is now open to entertaining questions from anyone who calls if they perceive they have a chance to generate positive publicity. Let this article stand as a stark warning.

To the inexperienced outsiders, The Restored Church of God may appear to be a benevolent 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization that just wants to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the world and worship in peace and harmony.

But it is a school that trains gaslighting manipulators, taking in millions of dollars each year. The people in charge will not allow an unknown 90%-retired writer from an obscure religious website to threaten that income or their seats of authority. If you ask a clumsy question, you will get a devious answer.

Kindly shepherds do not walk the grounds of the Headquarters Campus in Wadsworth, Ohio. There are no posted warning signs about the territory occupied by alligators, wolves, scorpions, and vipers.

Learn from Richard Burkard’s mistakes. Mishandling vipers is a dangerous business.

Marc Cebrian

See: Mishandling Vipers

AiCOG: John Brisby’s Sabbath Ticket to Salvation: Your Salvation is Tied to a Man's Rules?

 

Brisby’s Sabbath Ticket to Salvation

Your Salvation is Tied to a Man's Rules?

Jon Brisby, head of the Church of God, The Eternal, has a clear message: skip church on Saturday, and you’re out of God’s Kingdom. In his doozy of letter found online (May 2025), he pushes Armstrongist legalism, calling the Sabbath part of the “final exam” for salvation, requiring rest plus a holy convocation at a minister-approved “designated place.” Miss it, and you’re not fully keeping the Sabbath—kiss your eternal future goodbye. It’s a classic control move: bind salvation to a rule, force compliance, and contradict biblical truth. Brisby’s teachings are morally wrong for burdening followers with fear, biblically wrong for ignoring salvation by grace, and historically wrong for clashing with early church practices.

We’ll also highlight the irony: the WCG taught assembling without a minister present was strictly forbidden, a rule Brisby contradicts with his own practices. Splinterland, stop letting these cult bosses guilt you into submission—reclaim your freedom.

The Setup: Sabbath as Your Salvation Ticket

Brisby claims the Sabbath is a non-negotiable blessing, demanding more than rest—it requires assembling at a specific place chosen by his ministers. He states that failing to do so means you’re not fully keeping the Sabbath, warning that dismissing this rule excludes you from God’s Kingdom. Staying home isn’t enough; you must show up where Brisby’s team directs, or you fail the salvational “final exam.”

This teaching is manipulative and biblically inaccurate. Brisby’s claim that salvation hinges on Saturday attendance at a designated place contradicts the biblical truth of salvation by grace, not works. Historically, the early church met in homes, on any day of the week, not rigid assemblies only on Saturdays. Biblically, the tradition from King David to the Apostle Paul points to Jerusalem as God’s chosen place for His name, not a minister-picked spot. David wrote, “In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. His tabernacle is in Salem [Jerusalem]” (Psalm 76:1-2), and God confirmed Jerusalem as His chosen place (2 Chronicles 6:6). Even in the New Testament, Paul and the early church looked to Jerusalem as the spiritual center (Acts 15:2). Brisby’s random “designated place” is a man-made invention, not God’s command, making his teaching historically and biblically wrong.

The Control Tactic: Ministers Decide, You Obey

Brisby declares that a holy convocation must happen at a minister-approved site, asserting that God delegates this authority to him and his team. He rejects at-home worship, stating only his designated assemblies count. If you’re scattered and can’t attend, he urges you to find a way, tying your eternal destiny to his rules. Yet his authority is suspect—he’s a splinter leader from the WCG’s chaotic fallout, with no clear divine mandate.

This stance is morally problematic, as it places an undue burden on followers, especially those isolated or financially strained, to comply with man-made rules for salvation. It’s also biblically flawed, as the New Testament emphasizes worship in spirit and truth, not specific locations. Adding to the inconsistency, the WCG, under HWA, taught assembling without a minister physically present was forbidden, as Herman Hoeh wrote in “Should You ASSEMBLE Without a Minister?” That rule aimed to prevent unguided groups from spiraling into error, yet Brisby allows “informal gatherings” with lead men or recordings—contradicting his own heritage while enforcing strict compliance.

The Fear Factor: Miss a Convocation, Miss the Kingdom

Brisby acknowledges that many members are scattered, with few congregations, a problem since the WCG’s 1970s collapse. He states you can avoid breaking the Sabbath at home but can’t “fully keep” it without convocation. He pushes attendance at annual Holy Days like the Feast of Tabernacles, using second tithe to travel, and weekly services when possible. If you don’t know where to go, he says to search harder—complacency isn’t an option.

This approach is morally wrong, instilling fear that missing a meeting jeopardizes your salvation, placing a heavy yoke on believers already burdened by tithing and isolation. Brisby’s contradiction with the WCG’s no-minister rule adds another layer of inconsistency—HWA demanded pastoral oversight, yet Brisby bends this for practicality while still claiming salvational stakes.

The Modern Twist: No Tech Allowed in God’s Plan

Brisby rejects virtual gatherings, stating a “designated place” must be a physical location, not a Zoom call. You can listen online if approved, but it’s not a convocation. His formula for arranging meetings isn’t something Armstrong taught—it comes out of his gray-matter mush.

This rigid stance is biblically unsupported, as the New Testament prioritizes the heart of worship over physical locations. It’s also historically inconsistent with early church practices, which adapted to circumstances without such strict rules. The WCG’s ban on minister-less assemblies further clashes with Brisby’s allowances, exposing his hypocrisy—he bends HWA’s rules while demanding strict obedience to his own.

Splinterland, Your Salvation Isn’t in a Building

Brisby’s letter is about control, not God. By tying salvation to Saturday attendance at his chosen spots, he burdens followers with rules that are morally, biblically, and historically wrong. Salvation comes by grace, not rituals, and biblical tradition ties God’s presence to Jerusalem, not Brisby’s Odd-Fellow halls. His authority is dubious, and his practices contradict the WCG’s own rules against minister-less gatherings. Splinterland, stop surrendering to these cult bosses—trust your freedom and ditch the legalistic trap.

Monthly Letter May 2025 "Designated Places" by Jon W. Brisby
Brisby’s Sabbath Ticket to Salvation © 2025 by Ai-COG is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0

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Dave Pack: All Eyes on Pentecost. But.

 

All Eyes on Pentecost. But.

For the past few weeks, attention has been focused on David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God, who announced that his 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization had escaped corporate debt by quietly selling $3.1 million in church-owned real estate to members and widows.

Contrary to the Pastor General’s previous assurances, there will be plenty of time to spend his members’ fear-fueled donation money on “whatever we’d do," and the church employees did benefit financially. It is funny how an end-times urgent push for last-minute Common funds blends seamlessly with biblical fraud.

“You dropped your Financial Pressure Chocolate into my Prophetic Failure Peanut Butter.”

Further details of RCG’s covert business dealings were discussed during HID Production’s Part 14 Interview hosted by Dawn Blue on WCTV in Wadsworth.

Just because the reporting of David C. Pack's teaching dates for the arrival of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God paused does not mean his date-setting paused. Because Dave’s gotta Dave.

All eyes in The Restored Church of God watching Passover rolled after April 11, 2025, because Dave’s god got caught up at the Giant Eagle doing more shopping than intended, proving you should always grab the big cart.

Prophetic understanding in RCG takes on the shark’s tooth approach. After one fails, dozens are waiting in line to fill the space. Abib 1 on March 29 came into view. Then, it faded when Passover on April 11 came into view. Then, it faded when Abib 24 on April 21, came into view. Then, it faded when Pentecost on June 1 came into view. Then…oops. No spoilers.

During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 571)” on April 19, 2025, David C. Pack taught the Kingdom of God would arrive a few days later.

Part 571 – April 19, 2025
@ 1:05:28 So, Moses and Daniel both point to the 24^th of Abib and the Last Days.

@ 1:17:43 What would I tell you, brethren? How could I stand up here and say, “Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s not the 24th.” If it’s not, you’re never gonna hear me say that.

@ 1:36:41 I guess you could say it could be the 24th next year. …And man, if it’s not the 24th, as I said before, I will never say that.

David C. Pack dons his magical backup parachute in 3…2…1…

@ 1:36:57 Unless the date passes and something extraordinary happens.

Something extraordinary did happen when nothing happened. Per usual. However, this did not deter David C. Pack from claiming a post-failure victory the following week.

Part 572 – April 26, 2025
@ 56:45 I knew before I went to bed last Saturday night, nothing was gonna happen on Tuesday. I knew it.

A few hours after he taught that the Kingdom would arrive on Abib 24 for 113 minutes on the Sabbath while claiming God’s authority and speaking in His name, David C. Pack blissfully rested his head upon his fluffy pillow, knowing nothing was gonna happen while the brethren of The Restored Church of God believed opposite.

@ 56:51 I realized I’d made a mistake. But it was a type of something. It was a hint of something.

David C. Pack
Even my blunders are prophetic.™

However, it was not all bad news, brethren, because Dave’s ineptitude afforded him the opportunity to rediscover some forgotten recyclables in the bottom drawer.

@ 1:03:54 My goal is to electrify God’s people with the awesome, massive proof of when this is. We’ll inch our way in, and we’ll let the Scriptures and the facts show us.

David C. Pack
Wrong last week, but right this week.™

@ 1:04:09 God would never simply say the date. He’d hafto and would tell us in many different ways. And He does. It must be when He’s done. It’s impossible to miss. Impossible.

@ 1:31:29 I absolutely know Passover is That Day, and I absolutely know Pentecost starts it.

@ 1:31:41 But there were certain mile markers, certain metrics that would come to bear into final fruition when it was time to go. The Series would end, and the mysteries that of the surrounding the Kingdom of God would would all be gone. That’s one of them.

@ 1:37:30 Last year, we got one date right and the other two wrong. We come into this Pentecost, we’ve got two dates absolutely locked up.

@ 1:39:51 I will prove this to the point where it’s airtight…

The Kingdom of God arrives on Pentecost.
June 1, 2025. But.

The transition from Abib 24 to Pentecost was as smooth as oil. For David C. Pack, holding on to Pentecost proved to be less graceful. While it might be painful to watch a juggler lose their rhythm, fumble, and crash, it can be entertaining.

During the Sabbath double-feature, “The Greatest Untold Story!” Parts 573 and 574 on May 3, 2025, the Pastor General showed no signs of wavering on Pentecost. Yet.

Part 573 – May 3, 2025
@ 01:11 God would never just say, regarding the arrival of His Kingdom, “It’s Pentecost.” He wouldn’t do that. He almost does a number of times in ways that are impossible to misunderstand, but He would have to tell us in many different ways, so it's impossible to miss.

@ 02:19 But proving it’s Pentecost is falling over backwards without even being pushed. I mean, it’s just that easy.

Was Pentecost 2025 easier to figure out than Pentecost 2019?

Flashback Part 177 – June 6, 2019
@ 1:29:38 Wow, we're just learning this right now. What are the odds we’re learning it right in front of Pentecost because how long would you want people to know this?

Flashback Part 178 – June 8, 2019
@ 32:00 God waited three years and seven months to explain to me He’s gonna come 60 hours before He does.

A crucial life lesson Grammar and Randy Pack could never successfully teach their middle child was that you cannot claim something is easy while you keep getting it wrong.

Part 573 – May 3, 2025
@ 44:43 …nowhere does God say, “It’s Pentecost.” But He duddn’t have to. He says it in so many ways it’s it’s [chuckles] it’s almost silly to say, “You’ve got to tell me it’s Pentecost.”

Channeling the power of presumption, Dave combines inductive reasoning and talking to make it true to concoct a prophetic soup of goofy ideas that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Kingdom of God arrives on Pentecost.

@ 1:12:31 “Bring the season of refreshing in the midst of the years.” I was never going to get that right until God revealed that years start off Pentecost.

Part 574 – May 3, 2025
@ 53:40 We thought it might come last year, but we weren’t nearly ready. It wuddn’t plain enough. …We had a lot more things to learn.

The brethren of The Restored Church of God comfort themselves with the saying, “Mr. Pack only has to be right once.” But they fail to believe the biblical reality that he will never be right. Nonetheless, all eyes were still on Pentecost 2025.

David C. Pack has been regurgitating familiar phrases since 2013, explaining them with differing interpretations as he revisits the exact same ideas dozens of times.

RCG members muster all their might to refrain from openly rolling their eyes during services when they hear “rushing to call it out,” “midst of the years,” “the days of his voice," and the special crowd pleaser, "a day that cannot tarry.” Let the wincing commence.

Part 574 – May 3, 2025
@ 51:59 Pentecost 2025 is the only date that cannot tarry.

Flashback Part 422 – February 18, 2023
@ 06:52 Adar 1 cannot tarry.

Flashback Part 464 – August 26, 2023
@ 1:25:58 Hebrews 10:37 there speak Paul quoting Habakkuk …speak of a day that cannot tarry. You cannot go beyond a certain date.  …Now, we absolutely know. It’s the Feast of Trumpets.

Flashback Part 470 – September 23, 2023
@ 1:39:55 “He that shall come will arrive and will not tarry.” Guess why He can't tarry. Christ cannot miss the Feast of Tabernacles.

Flashback Part 483 – December 2, 2023
@ 55:49 I said there’s no possible way we can go past Tevet 10. …You can’t go beyond it. It can’t tarry.

Flashback Part 506 – April 9, 2024
@ 34:01 So believe me, believe me, [chuckles] I'm telling you, …you can lock this down as Passover. That's what can't tarry.

Flashback Part 509 – April 20, 2024
@ 15:26 I’ve long wrestled with the kind the kind of delay God would be speaking of when He says, “Though it delay, wait for it. It will it will not tarry.”

@ 55:39 Apparently, He said you do it on Iyar 1. Not Abib 1. Iyar 1.

Flashback Part 550 – December 21, 2024
@ 1:24:40 “Though it delay, wait for it. It’ll surely come and not tarry.” It cannot go past Shevat 1. It’s impossible.

Flashback Part 558 – February 15, 2025
@ 2:00:21 Only Abib truly can’t tarry.

@ 2:03:51 Cannot tarry is its own proof. It has to be the first year of application after learning Abib. Once you learn Abib, it can’t go another year.

Prophetically failing twelve years in a row does not seem to keep David C. Pack from throwing presumption darts at the guessing board, hoping that one day, at least one of them will stick.

Part 574 – May 3, 2025
@ 51:59 Pentecost 2025 is the only date that cannot tarry.

Brethren, it is perfectly appropriate to laugh out loud now.

With David C. Pack’s credibility tank fully maxed out, he concluded Part 574 with more absolutely definitive declarations because Pentecost falls on Sivan 5 this year.

Part 574 – May 3, 2025
@ 1:11:53 That’s one powerful point. If you drive fifth [of Sivan], fifth, fifth, fifth, fifth, and over here you say, Pentecost, Pentecost, Pentecost, Pentecost, all the way through the Bible, and then they line up as the Series is ending, then you're left with you're you you got one of two things is true. It’s a wild coincidence. Or it’s the year it happens. And if it’s the year it happens and doesn’t happen, you’ll never hear me say it’s other than Pentecost.

“Never” arrived at The Restored Church of God in Wadsworth, Ohio, seven days later during “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 575)” on May 10, 2025.

Part 575 – May 10, 2025
@ 01:02 What if the date is sooner than YOU now think? Everybody’s thinking Pentecost.

Everyone in RCG was thinking Pentecost because Dave told them it was Pentecost for three hours and forty-six minutes. What they did not know was that Dave found a new squeaky toy to gnaw on for a while.

@ 1:19:07 What an amazing time. Iyar 24 is truly a thief event.

The Kingdom of God arrives on Pentecost.
The Kingdom of God arrives on Iyar 24.
May 22, 2025. Oops.

@ 1:27:19 If it [the Kingdom of God] didn’t come on the 24th of Iyar, I’m just gonna give you a personal feeling. I’d hope for Pentecost. But I’d almost believe it’s the 24th of Sivan before I would believe it’s Pentecost or maybe Tammuz 1 or something. But, I would believe the 24^th of Sivan, almost before Pentecost.

@ 1:27:37 And I wouldn’t stop watching till then. So, if you’re wondering what happens if it duddn’t come the24th? Well, then, [chuckles] then then I’d watch till the next 24^th or till it’s impossible that it’s this year.

This is Dave-Speak for Iyar 24 on May 22, being a solid maybe.

@ 1:28:04 But the only day I can see that cannot tarry is half as far away as we thought when we walked into the hall.

Yes. Add Iyar 24 to the day that cannot tarry along with Adar 1, the Feast of Trumpets, the Feast of Tabernacles, Tevet 10, Passover, Iyar 1, Shevat 1, Abib, and Pentecost.

@ 1:28:11 But can I be wrong? Brethren, you’ve watched how hard dates are. Wow, it’s unbelievable. It’s just it’s just really [chuckles] a challenge.

If you survived until May 23, you lived to see David C. Pack fail another challenge. But that did not stop him from trying again the following week, even though he got wishy-washy during Part 576.

Part 576 – May 17, 2025
@ 04:44 We need to clarify the dilemma to the degree that we can that we faced last week between Iyar 24 or Pentecost ten days later. Or potentially, some other date.

@ 15:50 …we’re gonna take some incredible twists and turns today. And I I think I can pretty much put to bed the subject of timing.

RCG brethren must have rejoiced when they heard it was not put to bed last week. Or the week before.

@ 1:24:13 I’m not declaring the New Moon of Sivan to be the day. I’m not declaring the 15th [Sivan] to be the day. But Iyar 24 seems no longer to be in play as a possibility.

Iyar 24 on May 22 was never in play because David C. Pack will never be right about the return of Jesus Christ. Never. God is not guiding him to teach this. The Holy Spirit does not move him to give dates.

Even for the All-Believing Zealots, Part 576 was just 95 minutes of “I’m not sure. But I’ll keep wasting your time” from their human idol.

@ 1:34:19 I’ll keep you posted if I learn any more about timing. But for now, I would tell you we have need of patience. And maybe we're still yet learning more about, "Wow, you have need of patience."

The Kingdom of God arrives on Pentecost.
The Kingdom of God arrives on Iyar 24.
The Kingdom of God arrives at some point.

During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 577)” on May 24, 2025, David C. Pack finally lands on the date that really, really, really cannot tarry: the full moon of Sivan 15 on June 11.

Part 577 – May 24, 2025
@ 04:19 But last week, we started looking at the subject of the 15^th [Sivan] or a full moon. …And I wanna confirm today the 15^th.

@ 05:42 So I wanna lay out some really powerful things that emerged once I had a whole week to think about it. And they they are so strong, they leave me completely unable, …and they will leave you completely unable to believe that the Kingdom begins any other date but the 15th [Sivan].

@ 1:01:13 Apparently, God only planned to reveal this extraordinary, mysterious date we’ve battled for almost a decade to find that we’ve now learned only when it was just ahead, and it would surely come with the Kingdom.

The Kingdom of God arrives on Pentecost.
The Kingdom of God arrives on Iyar 24.
The Kingdom of God arrives at some point.
The Kingdom of God arrives on Sivan 15.
June 11, 2025.

Maybe Ed Winkfield should pay attention to Dave’s sermons rather than sleeping with his eyes open.

@ 1:19:10 Anybody beginning to see the day that cannot tarry?

@ 1:43:21 So, there cannot be there cannot be another year. Nobody can believe that.

@ 1:44:52 I’ve not heard an oracle that says it’s absolutely Sivan 15. But I cannot believe otherwise.

@ 1:45:14 And I fully expect, I fully expect Sivan 15.

I fully expect Sivan 15 on June 11, 2025, to be fulfilled as David C. Pack’s Prophetic Failure #129.

In The Restored Church of God, all eyes were on Passover, then on Abib 24, then on Pentecost, then on Iyar 24, and now rest on Sivan 15. That date will be as reliable as all the others. Keep an eye on that.

Marc Cebrian

See: All Eyes on Pentecost. But.