The Meekest COG Which Has More Humility Than All COG's Combined , Yet STILL Gets No Respect!

Our petulant crybaby prophet is back again whining about how little respect he gets. Never has the church seen one of its leaders so disrespected and maligned as we have today in 2023 when it comes to the Great Bwana to Africa and his 100 Caucasians. Jesus weeps as he sits at the right hand of God in sorrow over the greatest prophet he has ever sent to the church. Even after inspiring the dreams of the Great Bwana Mzungu, the people of God refused to acknowledge him as a legitimate COG leader.

The Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel, the Chief Overlooker of the improperly named "continuing" Church of God has an article up about Zephaniah, Church of God Outreach Ministry, and Prophecy.

Unable to do any real research on his own, the Great Overlooker has to use Herbert Armstrong to bolster his upcoming comment which will ultimately end up being all about himself, as usual.

The prophet Zephaniah lived and wrote about 630 B.C.” (Armstrong HW. The Proof of the Bible, 1958).

Let’s look at some of how Zephaniah’s book starts off:

1 The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2 “I will utterly consume everything

From the face of the land,”

Says the Lord;

3 ‘I will consume man and beast;

I will consume the birds of the heavens,

The fish of the sea,

And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked.

I will cut off man from the face of the land,”

Says the Lord.

4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,

And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,

The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests —

5 Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;

Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,

But who also swear by Milcom;

6 Those who have turned back from following the Lord,

And have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.” (Zephaniah 1:1-6)

Jesus taught that His prophets were not heeded throughout history (e.g. Matthew 23:29-31; Luke 13:34, 16:31).

Strap yourselves in, here we go with the whining! He continues with a little blurb from the Temple Insitute and then lets his broken record skip again:

God had given Joseph dreams that his brothers would not heed. Furthermore, even though the situation in the world was bad, they were not taking the action they should have. 

 

Something similar is happening now. 

 

In Acts 2:17-18, the Apostle Peter said that God would provide dreams and prophets in the last days, but even most true Christians do not accept that. They are, at least figuratively, looking at themselves and not accepting what God is doing. 

 

Hopefully, you believe the word of God and will act upon it!

So which Church of God prophet is receiving dreams from God? Is it Ron Weinland? Is it Dave Pack? Oh, wait! It's the Great Overlooker Bob! We should all be standing in awe of the Greatest man the church has ever seen! We should tremble on our knees at the mere mention of his name because HE and HE alone has been commissioned in these perilous end times with the job of unifying the church as one.

Now, there is something specifically for our time in the 21st century to consider as God inspired the Prophet Zephaniah to also write the following:

1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O undesirable nation, (Zephaniah 2:1) 

 

Although it has certain misunderstandings, the Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary realized that the gathering together was intended for a religious group or assembly:

Zephaniah 2:1

Gather yourselves together – to a religious assembly, to avert the judgment by prayers, (Joel 2:16, “Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,” etc.) (from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.) 

 

When are they to gather together?

2 Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff, Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you! (Zephaniah 2:2) 

 

The gathering is to take place well before the day of the Lord (which happens about 2 1/2 years after the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24:21 begins) and before some type of decree is issued. 

 

Who does God want to gather together? 

 

The end time Christians.

Apparently, we need to add "The Great Unifier" to his name now, along with all of the other superficial titles he has taken up himself. 

How do we know that Zephaniah 2:1-3 is related to Christians? 

 

Because the decree is for the end time and because of what else God inspired Zephaniah to write:

3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. (Zephaniah 2:3a) 

Then the Great Overlooker kicked into high gear making many references about HIMSELF:  

The above is a reference to Christians as they are to be the “meek of the earth” (Matthew 5:5) and to Philadelphians who “have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility.” These are Philadelphian Christians who understand that church leaders need to have integrity and are willing to be humble enough to accept the authority of a church led by a low-level prophet in the absence of a clear apostle (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11-15). They are humble enough to not think that they should remain ‘independent,’ as many who once were part of the old Worldwide Church of God, during this Laodicean time, have done. 

 

Laodicea basically means “people decide” and most Christians in the end time have sadly decided not to follow true church governance for many reasons that they feel are justified, but that goes against what they biblically should do.

So there you have it boys and girls! Drop what you are doing and tell your current Church of God leader to pound sand because you are going to the ONE TRUE CHURCH, the MEEKEST church on earth! This is the ONLY church on earth that is seeking righteousness and humility! Never has the Church of God had a more humble church leader than we have in the Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel! Bend your knees in his presence! But, most of all, the Great Bwana to Africa and his 100 Caucasians is a leader filled with INTEGRITY. Yes sir, Bob! Integrity hires scam translators, lets witchcraft be practiced, allows adultery in his leadership, lies about double blessings, and strikes out on his own in an act of rebellion against Rod Meredith. Yep, LOTS and LOTS of integrity there!

Then, in another act of frustration at constantly being rejected lashes out and labels everyone who dares to question him as Laodiceans who absolutely REFUSE to follow church government. Government, mind you, that he has in place in HIS little group, and not the government in any other COG's.

Now listen up all of you pitiful Laodiceans who REFUSE to follow the Great Bwana to Africa, your very salvation is at risk by not following him. You will NOT be a Philadelphia Christian. It is an impossibility in his eyes site. Only those in his church are TRUE Phialdphians. 

And, there is something more that should make everyone tremble in their shoes, IF you're NOT part of the greatest Church of God in human history you will NOT know when it is time to flee to Petra or Pella where you will be privileged to listen to the Great Overlooker preach for 3 1/2 years - unless of of course, he is one of the two witless witnesses and is walking the streets of Jerusalem uttering prophecies or more likely bouncing in a chair in some dank hotel room with dirty curtains while thrusting his big fat Bible in the air as a final warning.

So who is going to utter this decree to gather together on one final entity to be trained? The Bob, of course..or one  of his reps if he is doing important work elsewhere:

Put on your waders because the bullshit continues sot pile up:

5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say:

“Blow the trumpet in the land;

Cry, ‘Gather together,’

And say, ‘Assemble yourselves,

And let us go into the fortified cities.’

6 Set up the standard toward Zion.

Take refuge! Do not delay!

For I will bring disaster from the north,

And great destruction.” (Jeremiah 4:5-6) 

 

The decree to ‘gather together’ will be repeated in the area of Judah just before the time of great destruction. 

 

Why a decree? 

 

Apparently, to make it easier for people who read what Jesus said, to better understand that Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14 and Daniel 9:27b and Daniel 11:31 had been fulfilled. 

 

By whom will the decree be made? 

 

The Bible says:

7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,

Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

8 A lion has roared!

Who will not fear?

The Lord God has spoken!

Who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:7-8) 

 

The prophet may make the decree personally and/or pass it on to another authority in the church to make. 

 

Who is the only Church of God in the 21st century to teach all of this? 

 

The Continuing Church of God.

Liar!

Next, he pops his homeopathic cork over those who discount and mock his work!  How dare they!  

The Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel expects to gather together all TRUE Christians BEFORE the decree to flee is issued. Again, if you are not part of his group you are too stupid to understand world events or prophecy. Such dumb Laodiceans!

If you are not with the group that is leading the final phase of the work will you not be able to flee if you wait until the last moment? While that may be remotely possible for some, remember that God inspired Zephaniah to admonish God’s people to ‘gather together…before the decree is issued.’ 

 

Most will discount this and many will scoff. Most COGs do not have anyone considered to be a prophet, and in those other than CCOG who claim to have prophets, those prophets have been proven to be false (e.g. PCG, CGPFKG, TPM). But the Bible says that there will be prophets in the last days and that God does communicate with them in dreams and/or watch.

Here is his final proof of how fabulous he is:

The old WCG taught that Zephaniah had to do with being protected, yet few teach that today.
Since no later than 2007 I have written that Zephaniah had to do with Philadelphians being ‘gathered together’ so that they would be protected from the coming trial that will hit the earth. 

 

We in the Continuing Church of God “have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19, KJV).” 

 

Should we not be “exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25)? 

 

We in the Continuing Church of God boldly teach the need for Philadelphians to be ‘gathering together’ today. Will you heed God’s instructions as the Prophet Zephaniah was inspired to write? Would you possibly like to be protected? If so, will you ‘gather together’?

Doesn't this make you want to gather with him?

 

UCG Germany

 

United Church of God had this up today on their member site about Germany and Norway concerning recent issues they had registering as a charity in Norway.

What is more shocking is that UCG only has 150 donors in the entire country of Germany, which has over 83 million citizens. Nevertheless, the amazing Churches of God march forward like a mighty army and with boldness! Woo Hoo!

UCG-Germany has a donor in Norway who has been supporting us financially for several years. Until last year, his local tax office accepted his donations to us as tax deductible, but last year his donation was rejected. He contacted us and asked us to apply for recognition as a charity in Norway.
According to its own rules, Norway recognizes foreign organizations as charities and allows Norwegian taxpayers to deduct donations to these organizations. 

 

After checking the rules, UCG-Germany applied for recognition in February and sent the necessary documents to the appropriate Norwegian tax office. 

 

In May, we were informed that our application had been rejected. Our work as an “association” was acknowledged as charitable or non-profit, but the rejection was based on the lack of a “national dimension” for our activities, as we only have about 150 individual donors in Germany. 

 

Organizations that are only active at a local level (town, district, etc.) are not recognized.
We were given six weeks to appeal. We appealed at the beginning of June, arguing that donations to our organization are tax-deductible throughout Germany and that our donors currently reside in 15 of the 16 German states, meaning that our work can already be considered national in scope. 

 

On Nov. 14, the Norwegian tax office granted our appeal. Norwegian donors are allowed to donate up to 2130 EUR per year and claim it as a deduction, which will please our Norwegian donor.
This is very positive news for us as it is an additional recognition of our charitable status as an organization.
—Paul Kieffer, UCG-Germany

PCG: Another Appalling Legacy of Armstrongism

 

One of the worst legacies of Armstrongism and particularly the Philadelphia Church of God cult mentality is the turmoil it created/creates in the family structure. For a group that claims to be all about family and their potential to be part of the "god" family, they sure can't act like godly family oriented creatures here on earth.

Once a member bought into the system and was fully "converted" they were expected to follow a certain set of rules kept hidden from potential and newer members. Since they were not "converted" and were part of an exclusive highly select few in the entire world, they were expected to keep themselves unspotted by the world around them. This includes avoiding unconverted worldly/pagan family members.  God forbid if you spent a Christmas afternoon eating a nice dinner with family members, not of the church. Can there be a greater sin than that?

Gerald Flurry sadly has taken this a step further and actually forbade his members from association with former members and family members outside the cult. Whether it be your spouse, brother/sisters, mother/father, cousins, and friends, you are expected to cut them off.

It is amazing to watch how godless so many of these splinter cults of Armstrongism have degenerated into and yet they think they are God's highly chosen few.

This sad story is from Exit and Support Network

November 28, 2023 

 

My brother and I had a good relationship and spent time together on and off with our families back in the 90’s until he married a woman who grew up in WCG. After then everything changed between us. She basically put up strong boundaries as to when and how I could visit my brother, and we were never allowed to hang out unless she supervised over dinner at their house. 

 

Then he stopped coming to birthday parties, no Christmas either, forget Easter while you’re at it. And he was no longer available on the phone while they had dinner. Forgot completely about reaching him from Friday to Sunday indefinitely, but then they would set a date that worked great for them and would invite me over for dinner. 

 

Dinner always felt like pressure to practice perfect table manners or I would be frowned on. She actually told my mom to keep her elbows off the table. I could go on and on about all of the control tactics that woman played over the years but what’s the point? Now at last she’s got him moving to Oklahoma to join the big compound in Edmond, and my brother is gone for good, thanks to her and PCG. 

 

All I can do is accept all of this and hope and pray for the Lord to open his spiritual eyes.
Thanks for letting me vent. –[name withheld]