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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Crackpot Prophet On The Closing Act For His Short Work

 


Oh, we've all marveled countless times at the sheer lunacy spewing from Crackpot Bob and his devoted little minions. The theological absurdities they churn out are nothing short of breathtaking—truly astounding in their brilliance!

But hey, what else could we possibly expect? After all, the Great Bwana Bob is such a towering figure in Church of God history that he was personally involved in the original creation planning session, right there with the Holy Trinity as they meticulously mapped out humanity's salvation process exactly 5,987 years ago. The Trinity, in Their infinite wisdom, foresaw a massive apostasy coming and specifically engineered Bob to emerge in these perilous end times as the ultimate warning beacon for the church and the world.

Little did the Holy Trinity know that a whopping 99.98% of the Church of God would stubbornly refuse to follow their divinely appointed savior. Alas, that flawless salvation process is now permanently shattered, forcing Jesus to make His grand return... to Wadsworth, Ohio, of all places. But that's a saga for another day.

The inimitable Great Bwana Bob is merely here to complete his "short work," and once that's wrapped up—brace yourselves—holy hell is going to erupt across the world like never before. How blessed we are to live in such enlightened times!

We in the CCOG have been preparing for that short work, which is why we have our gospel booklet in numerous languages online. We prepare for it and God will finish it. 
 
Notice that a short work/word/matter (matter is also in the LSV) will be cut off and proceed a time of destruction. The message of God’s word will go forth, and this will happen–Gentiles and Israelites are to be reached. 
 
An important part of the short work relates to the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14, which, in a sense, is cut short as it triggers the end coming:

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14) 
 
The incomparable Crackpot Bob even dares to claim that Herbert W. Armstrong himself prophetically foretold his glorious "short work"—as if the late HWA wouldn't have personally booted Crackpot Bob's rebellious, narcissistic behind straight to the curb decades ago for his insolent and utterly narcissistic behavior.

How touching that Bob imagines himself as the fulfillment of prophecy! Truly, the humility on display is mind-boggling.

While we were not in the very end time then, we are much closer to it now. In a letter dated October 18, 1983 he wrote that he realized that the ‘short work’ was for the future:

I feel God will move swiftly soon to make a short work preparatory to Christ’s coming.

The short work most definitely involves preparation now. This is part of why more materials, literature, articles, books, booklets, and websites are being developed and/or added to.

Here is what was in Herbert W. Armstrong’s last letter:

The greatest work lies ahead … Never before in the history of the Church has it been possible to reap so great a harvest. It has only been made possible through modern technology, beginning with the printing press, radio, television … Each of you must commit yourself to support God’s Work…God’s work must push ahead as never before. God is opening up new doors in television (Letter, 1/10/86).

Presuming he was correct that the greatest work lies ahead, that is consistent that more needed to happen to fulfill Matthew 24:14. New doors, like internet television have been opened during the 21st century. And we in CCOG do use various forms of radio.

Oh, so? There's absolutely nothing special about that in the grand scheme of a Church of God splinter group. Big whoop!

But does that humble realization slow down the magnificent Great Bwana Bob? Of course not! He bravely presses on to proclaim just how utterly superfantabulous his sermons truly are. No other COG group can even dream of comparing when it comes to the awe-inspiring, mind-bogglingly profound words that majestically emanate from the sacred mouths of the Great Bwana Bob and his loyal little minions.

Truly, we are witnessing verbal miracles of biblical proportion—how blessed we are to bask in such unparalleled eloquence!

One of the reasons that our sermons in the CCOG are more scriptural, historically, and prophetically-focused than other churches is to help train you so that God may use YOU to instruct many (Daniel 11:33) and be a witness (Matthew 24:14). 
 
But there will be persecution. Others are NOT being trained like this–other churches do not focus on preparing their congregants to instruct many–at least none that I know of. 
 
Notice that the LOVE OF MANY WILL GROW COLD. They will not care enough about sacrificing and going through the open door (Acts 14:27; Revelation 3:7-8). 
 
Most will not realize that the end cannot come–and Matthew 24:14 fulfilled–until more of the fullness of the Gentiles have come in:

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. (Romans 11:25) 

This is how he justifies his African followers: 

The Gentiles who God will call in this age MUST come in, hence planting the seeds for that is part of the short work!

He then continued with this:

The Apostle Paul also wrote:

14 … Judeans, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16) 
 
Many today, instead of forbidding it like the Jews, downplay and/or ridicule reaching Gentiles in places like Africa. But, they do not seem to understand that the Bible teaches that WE MUST INSTRUCT MANY INCLUDING GENTILES! 
 
Are YOU one supporting the preparation of the final phase of the work and the short work? 

Shame on you, you rebellious Laodiceans! How dare you not support Bwana Bob's amazing work!

 
Most Christians will NOT. Most Christians prophesied to NOT be Philadelphians in the end before the start of the Great Tribulation. Most Christians still not have the same zeal or love of the truth and proclaiming it that they should–although the Book of Hebrews teaches:

1 Let brotherly love (Philadelphia) continue (Hebrews 13:1). 
 
Jesus noted that there were Laodiceans after the Philadelphians who could not see their problems and had the wrong work (Revelation 3:14-18). 
 
Notice also that Matthew 24:14 ties the successful proclamation with the coming of the end. There is a certain shortness in passages of Matthew 24:14-21.

He closes his screed with a sermon by one of his minions about The Closing Act of Bwana Bob

Our Closing Act – the Short Work and You
What about the short work of Romans 9:28? What needs to happen before it is time to flee? Won’t having the gospel of the kingdom in 2000 languages be a factor in Matthew 24:14? What about John Ogywn and the final phase of the work? Some aspects of the work need to be done before the famine of the word of Amos 8:11-12. Louis Rubin proposes some ideas on how others can help support the work. He also goes over some steps that some in the Continuing Church of God are doing. What is unique about the Philadelphian church? What about the mantle and the need to form the CCOG? Is the work to continue until the return of Jesus the Christ? Will God cut short the work?