In all the weird things that have been said over the years by various splinter cult leaders of Armstrongism I have never heard the following comment before. It is by Robert Ardis who runs Church of God's Faithful. In his Midnight Cry rag he writes:
In Mr. Ted Armstrong’s message so long ago, he was
describing in his inimitable manner the plight of the European Jews in the
late 30’s and early 40’s as they were first subjected to Adolf Hitler’s and
Heinrich Himmler’s final solution.
Mr. Armstrong stated that if a forceful warning message and vivid mental
pictures could have been given them of the atrocities that lay directly
ahead for the Jewish people in the Warsaw ghetto and the death camps
of Dachau, Buchenwald, and Auschwitz et al—and if they had heeded
that warning—they could have escaped that most horrible time where
SIX MILLION Jews, men women, and children perished in the gas chambers
and ovens and other evil means of mass-murder by which they died!
Mr. Armstrong very passionately exclaimed; “they would have come and
‘kissed the feet’ of those who delivered the warning message”!
The message that is being delivered here is that if the Jews had heard the warning message from a true church leader i.e., GTA/HWA then they would not have went onto the death camps but instead would be kissing Herb's and Ted's feet for giving them such a warning.
The things that come out of Armstrongites continue to amaze me.
Of course this is coming from the same ministurd that is declaring that Petra is NOT the place of safety but is Mt Sinai (Mt Horeb) in Saudi Arabia.
Can you imagine a bunch of Armstrongites marching into Saudi Arabia with Bible in one hand and a copy of Mystery of the Ages in the other. Can you imagine the reception they will receive! Of course I probably forget that the Saudis would be so in awe of the Armstrongites that they would bow to them all as the true people of God.
Moses fled from Pharaoh into Midian (Ex 2:15). Forty years later, Moses and the slave Nation of Israel fled from Pharaoh (Ex. 14:5). God led them by a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day (Ex. 13:21-22). God brought them completely OUT of EGYPT on the last Day of Unleavened Bread. The huge multitude of Israelites, men, women, and children, their flocks and herds were miraculous brought to SAFETY by the Eternal God. They crossed the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aquaba---and entered the Land of Midian---Saudi Arabia of today!
Ardis goes on to write for all you disbelieving heretical Laodicians out here:
To date, the CGF has new knowledge that no other group embraces. This knowledge is often blatantly rejected.
Notice God’s stern warning to those who insist on discrediting or resisting God’s knowledge:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee… (Hos. 4:6).
These are strong uncompromising words from God the Father! If we reject any of His knowledge, we will not be ‘kept from the hour of temptation’. It’s as simple as that!
Once more we get to see the fear factor of of Armstrongism at work. Scare the shit out of people to keep them in line. Reject Ardi's bullshit and your salvation is at risk!
I reject the crap of Ardis and have absolutely NOTHING to fear from his weak, irrelevant, impotent little god.
