LCG Roger Meyer: "Skeptics retort that wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes have taken place since long before the time of Christ..."

Roger Meyer, from Living Church of God, has a small entry on the Tomorrow's World site on the end times:

Jesus Christ gave a prophecy in answer to His disciples’ question about when the end of the age would arrive. He described various worldwide calamities, including wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. Revealing that “All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:4–8), He went on to describe other events that will take place before the end of the age.

Skeptics retort that wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes have taken place since long before the time of Christ, and indeed, history shows that these things have occurred for millennia. One can go online and find lists of armed conflicts, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, and such catastrophes continue to plague us today.

What about famines? Currently, African nations such as Zimbabwe, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing severe food shortages. These countries have declared national emergencies in response to huge swarms of locusts, which are devastating crops in the horn of Africa and threatening their food supply. Pakistan has also declared a national emergency due to the locust infestation. These nations know they are facing genuine “food insecurity,” a modern term equivalent to the general meaning of “famine.” But millions more around the world are already undernourished.

Pestilences? We’ve seen many pestilences besides the current COVID-19. Ongoing pestilences include various iterations of influenza, SARS, Zika, Ebola, and AIDS, along with older pestilences (many of which continue to infect people today) include cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, dengue fever, Marburg virus, and the infamous Bubonic Plague.

Meanwhile, earthquakes happen daily. Most are very minor, but these have been interspersed with quakes of significant magnitude that cause immense destruction to property and end thousands of lives every year.

But none of this is in conflict with Jesus’ answer to His disciples’ question. Jesus described these disasters as taking place until the end of the age, which comes after an even more significant event: the preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom to all the world, as a witness to all the nations (Matthew 24:14).

Now, many might think that Christianity has already spent centuries preaching the Gospel to all nations. But if that were so, wouldn’t the end of the age have come—as Christ said it would? Since the end hasn’t come yet, might we conclude that the preaching of the Gospel to the whole world as a witness must not have yet been accomplished?

Consider that Christ’s first statement to His disciples was a warning to “Take heed that no one deceives you” (Matthew 24:4). He further warned that those deceiving many would preach about Jesus Christ and claim to be Christians (v. 5). Perhaps the “Gospel” being preached by mainstream “Christianity” is not the true Gospel of the Kingdom—and if it isn’t, it does not fulfill Jesus’ statement.

The so-called gospel of many of the present-day COG leaders is nothing more than self-aggrandizing drivel that is devoid of any New Covenant teaching and most certainly devoid of anything to do with what Jesus accomplished.

Considering that every single prophecy uttered by Herbert Armstrong and Rod Meredith has failed, should not LCG members and COG members realize they have been deceived?  Scripture says they were and still are. They love to conveniently forget that scripture plainly states that if just ONE prophecy fails then the self-appointed prophet is a false prophet.

And if that is truly the case, then maybe the time has come to find out what does…

Splinter self-appointed leaders have long proclaimed they and they alone have the "good news" and boldly preach it to the world.  Yet, none of them do and all end up being abusive controlling failures who blame their followers for the failure of their end times to arrive in blood-shedding glory.

Gerald Weston Delivers Another Uplifting Message To The Faithful

Various Churches of God are over-stimulated right now with all the different news stories going on in the United States and the world. From COVID-19,  locusts, mayflies, riots, people on lockdown around the world, and many more events, COG leaders see world unraveling before their eyes. They see prophecy coming alive in their time, even though every single prediction they all made in the past as been 100% wrong. This time it will be different!  They will be vindicated!

Gerald Weston, continues the Living Church of God tradition of dwelling on all the wrong going on the world as proof they are right. LCG has always loved giving encouraging messages to the faithful.

Apparently, Satan and God are both ticked off at the world.

Greetings from Charlotte,

How swiftly a nation can be brought down! The whole world is aware of what happened in Minneapolis a little over a week ago. We see a house divided and we know what Jesus said about that. We must remember that we in the Church are, above all else, followers of Christ and brothers and sisters begotten of the same Spirit. Rather than saying any more on this subject at this time, I have written a letter to all members addressing the bigger picture.   

We are not even halfway through 2020 and the world is reeling from one blow after another. COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands and destroyed economies around the world. Riots are tearing apart city after city in the United States. Desert locusts continue to eat their way across East Africa, the Middle East, and into Pakistan and India, threatening apocalyptic starvation. Who knows what else “the prince of the power of the air” will throw at us.   

Opening in-person services is going slowly, as many halls are not yet open for our use, and where they are open, there are restrictions limiting occupancy to 25 or 50 percent of capacity, and many halls are not large enough for social distancing at any percent. I encourage our ministry to think creatively, but prudently, not jeopardizing safety. And if members have ideas or suggestions, please work through your local minister.—Gerald Weston 

26 Steps To The New Jerusalem

The Church of God has always felt it knew best just about everything on the Bible and it's interpretation. So it's no wonder we have myriads of splinter groups with ever imaginable leader spitting out his interpretations as "The Truth."

The Church of Malm is no different.  Apostle Malm has laid down in "26 steps"on exactly how the endtime will soon be happening.  Perhaps we should all do like the WCG instructed in the early 70's when it had Church members print out a time table of events leading up to our departure to Petra by 1972.  My mother had this mounted in the kitchen cupboard and marked the months off as we got t closer and closer tot he end.

Since Apostle Malm is God's only true messenger these days maybe we need to heed his words.

So for your edification here are the sequence of 26 things that WILL happen before the end:

A step by step list of main events.

1 A Middle East war is expected to set the conditions for a peace agreement.

2 The war in heaven will precede the Abomination being set up Dan 12, which IS the false prophet  (this is the first seal of Revelation).

3 A peace deal will be reached; allowing for a declaration of peace and safety very near the time that the abomination goes to the Holy Place, 1 Thes 5:3. There may or may not be a seven year treaty with the Jews, Palestinians and Vatican. There will NOT be 3 1/2 years of peace (this is a non biblical tradition of Protesant origin). War will begin AS SOON AS peace is declared.

4 He (the abomination; false prophet) will call for and bring about a revival of the Holy Roman Empire during a 75 day period.

5 The two prophets of God will begin their work.

6 Jerusalem will be surrounded by armies; probably peacekeepers to enforce the agreement.

7 The zealously faithful and obedient will flee into the wilderness; arriving at the time that the abomination visits the Holy Place.

8 The false prophet will travel to the Holy Place at the same time as no 7, or immediately before.

9 This will trigger violence which results in the occupation of the city by these European peace keepers.

10 Israel will not give up Jerusalem without a fight and all Judea will be subjugated.

11 The US will enter the conflict in support of Israel and will be defeated but not totally destroyed and probably not occupied; just brought to her knees.

12 Europe will be supreme for about 2-3 years.

13 Europe will attack the Asian nations of Russia China ect.

14 Asia will absorb the attack and move into Europe destroying it.

15 The beast and false prophet (abomination) will move to Jerusalem to make their last stand.

16 The two prophets will be killed 3 1/2 days later the resurrection will take place

.17 The Asian armies will move south toward Jerusalem and camp at Miggedo, the Wedding Feast of the Lamb will take place in heaven; and the seven last plagues will be poured out; during the 45 days between the resurrection and the end of the 1,335 days. See the Wedding Feast article at the main site; and also the article on the 1,290 and the 1,335 days.

18 The Asian armies will attack Jerusalem and take half of the city.

19 Christ will come WITH his saints and put down all factions.

20 The beast and false prophet will be killed at the end of the 1,335 days of Dan 12.

21 God’s spirit will be poured out on all flesh, establishing his kingdom on a Feast of Pentecost.

22 There will be 1,000 years of peace; completing a 7,000 year plan for the firstfruits.

23 Satan will be released for a short time and then removed forever.

24 Then the 7,000 year plan for the main harvest will begin; and the Feast of the Ingathering of Nations or the Feast of Tabernacles will bring all repentant humanity into the family of God.

25 After the seven thousand years of the Feast of Tabernacles, the surface of the earth and all wickedness will be destroyed and cleansed by fire.

26 The New Jerusalem will come down from heaven, the Father will come to be with his Christ and his saints; and an eternal future of peace and harmony will bring an endless increase of God’s Kingdom throughout the universe.