Charge 1: He falsely claimed that he was
given power on April 17, 2008 as that was the start of the Great
Tribulation, according to him, and that the real others could not see
this is that the Great Tribulation at that time was supposed spiritual.
His own testimony convicted him as he later claimed that the Great
Tribulation began on December 14, 2008. Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A
FALSE WITNESS AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 2: He claimed that his wife Laura
was the second of God’s two witnesses effective on April 17, 2008, the
supposed start of the 3 1/2 years of the two witnesses gaining power
(cf. Revelation 11). Neither Ronald Weinland nor his wife Laura have
displayed any of the miraculous powers of God’s two witnesses. Verdict:
GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE WITNESS AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 3: He wrote in his
2008 God’s Final Witness book that various leaders in the
Living Church of God,
United Church of God, and
Philadelphia Church of God
would die towards the beginning of his Great Tribulation. None have,
and since according to his own statements, the Great Tribulation is
mostly over. Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE PROPHET AND CLAIMING TO
BE ONE OF THE TWO WITNESSES AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 4: He falsely claimed that a
little after April 2008, the US dollar would be worthless. The US
dollar is still valuable. And apparently according to the IRS, so
valuable to Ronald Weinland that he allegedly “did willfully attempt to
evade and defeat the payment of a large part of the income tax due and
owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year
2008″ on “or about October 15, 2009″ according to federal documents.
Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE PROPHET AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 5: Ronald Weinland claimed that if
the USA was not nuked by June 2008, he would resign, admit he was
false, and never preach again. The USA was not nuked, he did not
resign, he continues to preach, and has not publicly admitted that he
was false. Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE WITNESS AND SPEAKING
PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 6: He falsely claimed that the USA
would not get a new president to take office in January 2009. Yet, on
January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became USA’s 44th president. Verdict:
GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE PROPHET AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 7: He claims to be part of the
Church of God, yet instead has repeatedly denied the deity of Jesus.
The Bible teaches that
Jesus is God. Verdict: GUILTY OF HERESY AND APOSTASY.
Charge 8: On August 8, 2009 he falsely
declared that 2008 was God’s final witness. That is false. By
definition the two witnesses are supposed to give a witness. His own
words again convict him. Furthermore, he and his wife Laura have not
been effective witnesses. Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE WITNESS AND
SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 9: On December 19, 2009 he
falsely declared himself to be the final Elijah. Yet that 1) contracts
his own writing {Weinland R. The Prophesied END-TIME. 2004, pp. 73, 75,
85, 89, 106, 108} and 2) that simply is not true. Verdict: GUILTY OF
BEING A FALSE WITNESS AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.
Charge 10: Ronald Weinland continues to
preach and teach false information about the Great Tribulation and the
return of Jesus Christ–which he now claims will be May 27, 2012. This
is not possible as certain biblically-required events have not occurred
(see, for example, Matthew 24). Verdict: GUILTY OF BEING A FALSE
WITNESS AND SPEAKING PRESUMPTUOUSLY.