Worldwide Church of God Iowa Warns Those Who Reject HWA Deny Christ And Are Attached To Demons!

The end-time sole martyr for the truth has been rejected by his two brothers and now stands alone in his noble quest to restore the Worldwide Church of God to its glory days of old. In his tireless effort to revive the Zerubbabel work to its former splendor, Samuel Kitchen is constantly reaching out to Aaron Dean, begging him to reject the Laodicean filth he's currently part of and return to the 100% pure Worldwide Church of God Iowa—the only church without sin, destined to redeem the entire world through its magnificent restoration as it prepares for Christ to return to Earth and, uh, kick some ass.

Woe unto all you wayward former sisters and brothers who now reject Herbert W. Armstrong's teachings. Because you've rejected him, you've also denounced Christ Himself and most likely have a demon perched on your shoulder, gleefully guiding you down that oh-so-scary Laodicean path.

Aaron Dean is also reminded that it has been 16 years since he committed apostasy and joined the United Church of God. But there is good news! 2026 is the year of organizational beginning—if you're a numerologist who finds magical thinking in numbers, which far too many in Armstrongism unfortunately do.

From 2010 to 2026 spans 16 years, divisible by eight.

Eight represents new organizational beginnings.

This means Aaron Dean needs to get his act together, return to the mothership, and find redemption as the modern-day Joshua (sorry, Bob Thiel—you are NOT that guy! Always the bridesmaid and never the bride).

Christ has sent a heavenly telegram, through Samuel, to Aaron:

Telegram for Mr Dean! A letter from Jesus Christ is awaiting for you!

In Christ’s name I have faithfully delivered it to you,

Samuel W Kitchen

The foundation has been laid.

The Worldwide Church of God

-Iowa-

Samuel Writes: 

In 1993, structural changes inside the Worldwide Church of God, caused the cessation of the Zerubbabel work. This was accomplished through the regional pastor structure being established by the office of Joseph Tkach Jr and his assistant Victor Kubik.

1993 was 7 years after Mr Armstrong died.

For 17 years the work of Zerubbabel was halted.

In 2010, you were invited and hired by the UCG.

In 2010, my family resumed the Zerubbabel work, as the Worldwide Church of God.

We included Herbert W Armstrong (as he was the apostle), in the foundation of the Church.

People fought us on this. You even witnessed Steve Meyers telling me Mr Armstrong wasn’t part of the foundation.

These “groups” are all saying he isn’t.

Some faithful, like yourself, find opposition when you mention the apostle in a favorable light.

See the difference between those connected to the vine and those who are not? Those who deny Christ’s name, by rejecting the apostle, end up spiritually withered up and dry and often attached to a demon! They are a branch broke from the vine.

So between 1993-2010, was preparatory for me. My father, mother, have died. My two brothers are no longer involved. I remain and still continue to INCLUDE Herbert W Armstrong as part of the foundation of the Worldwide Church of God.

This is line with scripture, and evidence pointing towards the spiritual Body of Christ!

So the Philadelphia Candlestick, is the Worldwide Church of God. If you don’t believe me, believe Mr Armstrong who said it first. I’m just repeating what he said.

From 2010-2026, is 16 years, divisible by EIGHT.

Eight represents new organizational beginnings.

Joshua, is not Zerubbabel. But the foundation stone is laid before him(Zech.3:9).

When Joshua stands up, as the result of the Zerubbabel work, he will stand with the first witness!

Then together as TWO WITNESSES, we see Revelation 11 come into play. The beginning of the Laodicean era begins when the second witness stands up, after the stone is laid before him. The last era needs the foundation.

That’s what Christ has been doing.

I am not part of these groups, as directed by Christ my head. I am involved with INCLUSION OF HERBERT W ARMSTRONG.

AndI find great opposition who wants to EXCLUDE HIM.

But not you. You have a different spirit, O Caleb. That’s why I was drawn to you.

These “groups” are not the true Church of God, as you have said to me in times past. But being invited to the UCG group you were sort of “drafted”.

Mr Armstrong said GTA started a “group” not a Church of God.

Although GTA got “church status” by registering with the State!

This is an example that all groups have followed. They are just “groups”, and not the true Church of God.

They only have “church status” by registering with Babylon and gaining “daughtership”.

But the groups are filled with those from the Body of Christ.

And by INCLUDING Herbert W Armstrong in the foundation, it does EXCLUDE these “groups”, who say they are Jews but do lie.

Who say they are the church of God but really are just “groups”.

And those who look back to Christ, back to His apostle, reconnect with the VINE! And so the golden oil flows into those of the Philadelphia candlestick!

These groups are sapping the golden oil, like the foolish virgins, and because they are getting further and further away from the Worldwide Church of God.

As they get closer to what was taught through the apostle, they are being filled with the Holy Spirit of God!

As they get further away, they wither and dry up and so they request assistance from those of the Body of Christ who have the oil, because they want to enter the Kingdom “their own way”.

But Matthew 25 shows, in the Laodicean era, the wise and foolish are cut off from the supply of golden oil. It doesn’t depict a continuous flow of golden oil. The wise have a certain amount, and the foolish have none.

This is obviously the remnant of Revelation 12:17.

In Revelation 3, “the church of the Laodiceans” is a GROUP who was called to be members of the Worldwide Church of God(Philadelphia).

They separated from Christ, so Christ warns them to return.

Isaiah 30:15-18 reads: “For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

“But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

“One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

“And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”

Daniel 12:12 reads, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”

The blessing on Philadelphia is to be spared(Mal.317) from the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, the Great Tribulation, in Revelation 3:10, Revelation 12:14-17. TO BE SAVED as Isaiah 30 shows.

The Lord will wait the Tribulation out, and will be GRACIOUS unto those of the Laodicean era!

Zerubbabel shall cry GRACE GRACE…

And therefore HE Christ, the cornerstone, shall be exalted.

That’s what Christ is doing Mr Dean, through me. My fruits can be examined.

And he is laying the foundation before you, preparing things for your job, so that together the Church may be prepared and made ready with final training.

Even your experience as College Dean, will not be thrown away.

Am I a false witness? Is Christ lying in the Word of God? Or am I telling you the truth? Christ is the faithful witness.

Mr Armstrong told you the church would come out of groups and go into a place of safety. You said that before in sermons.

It’s time, and it’s not something I started and chose. I was drafted.

Oh look, here’s your draft card too.

Telegram for Mr Dean! A letter from Jesus Christ is awaiting for you!

In Christ’s name I have faithfully delivered it to you,

Samuel W Kitchen

The foundation has been laid.

The Worldwide Church of God

-Iowa- 

 

Where do we even start.....

First off, Aaron Dean didn't "commit apostasy and join UCG" in 2010—that's creative fiction. He was around when UCG formed in the mid-90s (he didn't jump in right at the 1995 start because he was helping at the college, but he's been solidly with them for decades, giving sermons, serving on councils, and reminiscing fondly about HWA without ever claiming some secret "pure WCG" throne). The 2010 thing? Probably mixing up the big UCG split that birthed COGwa or something else entirely. Facts are hard when you're on a solo martyr mission, I guess.

As for that "only one left on the Advisory Council from '81–'86" bit floating around in certain Facebook groups and blogs? Sure, some folks (the 5 or 6 Samuel Kitchen enthusiasts) love to spin that Aaron secretly holds the keys to the real WCG like he's the last Jedi. Meanwhile, in actual reality, Aaron's been happily preaching in UCG, calling it home, and not exactly packing his bags to "restore" anything. He's not answering those endless "repent and return" DMs because... he's not interested. Shocking, I know.

And the numerology? 16 years = 2 × 8 = new beginnings? If we're playing Bible math, plenty of groups have claimed prophetic timelines based on sevens, eights, forties, whatever fits the spreadsheet. It hasn't worked out for any of them yet, but hey, 2026 is here and... crickets from the mothership reunion tour. Maybe the telegram got lost in spam.

If being the lone voice crying in the wilderness makes you feel special, go ahead. But declaring everyone else demon-possessed Laodiceans while your "pure" church consists of... you and 5 or 6 other people? That's not restoration; that's a very small Zoom call.

Aaron's probably busy giving another history-of-the-work sermon somewhere in UCG land, completely unaware (or politely ignoring) that he's supposed to drop everything and crown you the new Joshua 2.0. Perhaps take the hint: the "heavenly telegram" might just be wishful thinking.

Carry on with the quest, champ. The rest of us will be over here in the real world, where churches splinter, people disagree, and nobody's got a monopoly on being sin-free.  

Dave Pack: Divine Exhaustion

 

Divine Exhaustion

As an unprecedented act of miraculous intervention never before recorded in human history or even in the Bible, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God was blessed by his god with divine exhaustion so that “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 621)” could be delivered on the correct day, as it was meant to be since Creation.

For the doubting, unwashed heathens, the one day that had to tarry was Friday, January 30, 2026.

If the Pastor General had not been wonderfully stricken with holy fatigue from on high, he might have accidentally preached erroneous information that could have had potentially embarrassing consequences, while also robbing the brethren of vital, time-sensitive knowledge held in secret since the Garden.

Instead, Part 621 was thankfully given on Saturday, January 31, 2026, guaranteeing that everything is right on track in the cosmos. And in Wadsworth.

Part 621 – January 31, 2026
@ 00:17 If you wanna know what canceled yesterday: fatigue. Exhaustion. I just realized that I needed to take a day off. I'm fine today, but I I also think God stopped me because I had some other interesting things to to see.

Dave is a guy who makes the most outlandish excuses for anything that could be interpreted as weakness. 

After all, this is the guy who contracted prophetic COVID-19 in October 2020, after mocking members of The Living Church of God at the Feast of Tabernacles because they took extra precautions to protect their members’ health by allowing people to wear masks and not sing during services.

Oh, how Dave mocked them. And then, got COVID.

Sure, he bragged about it afterward once he found a biblical angle, but it was very hush-hush at Headquarters while it was happening. I put the pieces together long before Dave finally admitted it to the church, but not without wrapping it in egotistical titanium. We are talking Hadron Collider-grade spin.

Flashback Part 273 – December 12, 2020
@ 01:38:13 I'm gonna even tell you why God held me back. There's actually a prophecy that says, and and I didn't put it together for a while, why I would not speak for a while. I got stuck, you know. I went a couple weeks after the Feast. Didn’t wanna speak again. Then I got COVID. I just never told anybody about it. And there was a several more weeks. And then I began to realize, you know, I'm putting things together in a way. And finally I realized there was a prophecy, I wudden’t supposed to speak till I put everything back together and gave what looked like, we'll talk about it, one final message after a hiatus, sort of, to quote Ezekiel 3, shut up in my house until the right time.

Since Dave got away with declaring prophetic COVID and nobody in the church blinked, he doubled down on that divine parachute one month later when he got laryngitis.  

Flashback Part 277 – January 7, 2021
@ 00:06 Thank you all for your patience with my voice. I think it's about 98%. I got [chuckles] Ezekiel 3 revisited upon me. I was shut up in my house. I've been I've been coming to work, but I I couldn't speak very well, and I I know why. I know God stopped my voice until these messages were ready, and this will become clear.

This illness-God-blaming became a staple in The Restored Church of God, and as of Part 621 five year later, it is here to stay.

Can you imagine waking up in the morning with the sniffles and thinking, "I wonder if this is prophetic in nature and God is guiding me in some way." Rather than admitting that time and chance happen to us all, and we all get sick sometimes when it is not our fault due to poor hygiene, lack of good health practices, or a lousy diet. All human beings just get ill, and that is what happens.

But not for David C. Pack. When he gets COVID, or the flu, or loses his voice, or has heart issues, it always has to MEAN something. He is not at fault because his god MADE this affliction happen to serve an all-important, righteous purpose.

Dave has often said that people get sick because of secret sins. Those around him in the office know how much he despises physical weakness. A woman at Headquarters told me, "Mr. Pack gets mad when he sees my hands shake." The woman has Parkinson's, and I noted this story back in August 2025 after Dave asked for a prayer request.

According to Dave, illness is due to eating too much sugar, not drinking enough water, or doing something privately you should not be doing, and you are hiding it. This applies to everyone but him.

Everything in Dave’s life is his god’s fault or his god’s will for his god’s purpose. Just think of all the prophetic hemorrhoids and immaculate wet dreams we never get to hear about. To hold such occurrences back is spiritual neglect because someone in the audience might be inspired to know that there is blood on the Seventh Messenger’s toilet paper after he wipes, too.

Talk about fitly-framed togetherness.

Please do not start the rumor that feckless enabler Ryan Denee was personally tasked with taking a mold of Dave’s hemorrhoids so they could be cast in gold and placed next to Herbert W. Armstrong’s typewriter in the Grand Hall display case at the entrance of the Hall of Administration at Headquarters in Wadsworth.

Buck up, Ryan. At least that would hold some legitimate biblical precedence, all thanks to 1 Samuel 5-6.

During Part 621, Dave reiterated that the Kingdom to Israel would arrive on February 2, just as he taught before. Then rejected. Then, he unrejected it just in time to watch it fail in real time. It's a lucky break that Dave relented to the hand of his god, holding him back so we could see
Bible prophecy more clearly.

But, Dave spoiled the fun by suggesting there "could be" a delay of up to one whole week. That means that some in RCG will have a half-eye "looking for" on Monday, February 9.

When Dave comes back to update his updated update, rest assured that, like his illnesses, the continued wait and more-perfect updates are just a necessary part of God’s plan.

 Marc Cerbian

See: Divine Exhaustion

The Dreamiest Church of God Ever!!!!!!! Or, Is It Just "Coercive Persuasion?"

Ted and Fred have a dream...

No one in their right mind who has ever been part of the Worldwide Church of God—even for just a few years—knows for a fact that Herbert Armstrong and the church did not place any real significance on dreams, particularly the feverish dreams of would-be apostles who are now a dime a dozen in the splintered COG movement.

Oh, wait—except, of course, when it came to that one very special, divinely timed dream his wife Loma had back in the day, the one with the dazzling stars, angels, and a personal commission for an "important work" to prepare the way for Christ's return. But that was totally different, you see—that was a legitimate, non-fantastical, God-approved dream-vision thing, not like those other ones. Never mind that Herbert himself recounted it in his autobiography as a key signpost for his calling. Totally not the same as leaning on dreams for legitimacy. Nope. Move along.

No mainstream COG groups recognize those kinds of over-the-top, self-aggrandizing fantastical dreams... except, naturally, for that one hilariously improperly named "Continuing" Church of God (because nothing says "continuing" the original like starting your own new splinter in 2012).

Bwana Bob Thiel—sorry, Dr. Bob Thiel, the self-proclaimed super-duper apostle and Chief Overseer—has leaned harder on his collection of dreams (and that oh-so-convenient "double portion" blessing/anointing) than a drowning man clings to a life raft. These aren't just any dreams, mind you; they're the ironclad, irrefutable proof texts that he's God's one true superfantabulous end-time leader, the real deal Philadelphia mantle-holder, the final-phase-of-the-work guy. Because apparently, in the grand tradition of biblical prophets, the best way to confirm you're specially chosen is to have multiple people (including yourself) dream about it in ways that conveniently point straight to... you. How utterly humble and non-narcissistic.It's almost as if the entire COG landscape didn't already have enough self-appointed apostles claiming divine signals via subconscious nighttime movies. But sure, Bob's are the real ones. Everyone else's are just wannabe delusions from dime-a-dozen dreamers. His? Straight from the throne room. Double-blessed, even. Because why settle for one anointing when you can get the Elijah-to-Elisha upgrade package?

Truly, the pinnacle of biblical discernment.

The Great Bwana—our one and only, dream-certified, double-anointed apostle to the nations (and especially to those 100 or so Caucasians who tolerate him)—has been republishing an endless parade of posts about how certain members in Africa (and, sure, "elsewhere" if you squint) are having the most profound, divinely orchestrated dreams imaginable. These aren't your garden-variety subconscious reruns; oh no, these are blockbuster visions starring the greatest dreamer-prophet-apostle-chief-overseer the human epoch has ever seen strutting across the dreamscape like he owns the subconscious realm.

These mental delusions—sorry, these confirmed prophetic confirmations—are now catching on like wildfire among his loyal, faithful flock. They're oohing and aahing over every fresh nocturnal dispatch as if it's the latest blockbuster from the Throne Room itself. The frenzy has been whipped up to fever pitch by the Great Bwana himself (with perhaps a little assist from his ever-helpful "evangelists"), and now—miracle of miracles—his African members are also dreaming dreams. Who could've foreseen that relentless promotion of one's own prophetic credentials might inspire the flock to start manufacturing their own supporting cast of nighttime testimonials? It's almost like mass suggestion meets end-time enthusiasm!

Truly, what a golden age for biblical discernment. When the leader keeps hammering home that dreams are the ultimate proof of legitimacy (except, naturally, when anyone else has them), it's only natural that the membership would eagerly queue up to contribute their own star-studded cameos featuring—you guessed it—the one true superfantabulous leader. Because nothing screams "humble servant of God" quite like turning your personal calling into a viral dream meme that everyone suddenly starts replicating. How convenient. How utterly organic. How utterly like "coercive persuasion"

Coercive Persuasion: A term sometimes used to describe the psychological manipulation or "brainwashing" techniques used in some high-control groups.

Keep those dream journals handy, brethren in Africa and beyond—the Great Bwana needs fresh content for the next round of "proof" posts. After all, in the grand tradition of Acts 2:17, God is pouring out His Spirit... or at least that's what the reposts keep insisting.

 

Dear pastor 

 

Greetings pastor. I believe you are doing good though you are having great thrust of fulfilling Matthew 28:19 of which we must do before the return of Christ. … 

 

I had two dreams 

 

1. Before our family joined CCOG my father was then working with voice in the Wilderness Church of God. When I was sleeping I had a dream and in my dream I saw a light and the light was not normal, the one who was standing by the was You pastor Bob according to my dream. Then I had voice shouting, “Arise you who are sleeping, for the Lord is near.” I again I heard another voice shouting, “Come up Evans and let us do the work we are called to do.” I then saw a man dressed in white clothes join hands with my father walking together towards a very big lake then I woke up. 

 

2: In my second dream some weeks after my first dream and in my second dream I saw almost the same dream and now this was in New Zealand. I did not know about the CCOG group in New Zealand before I had the dream. 

 

Fred

Amstrongite Crazinness: How To Train Your Dragon Films Now About Normalizing Demonic Activity

Why does literally everything in the world around us have to be twisted into some grand Satanic plot to destroy humanity? 

Herbert Armstrong absolutely despised country music and insisted his followers should only swoon over classical. Back when backwards masking and subliminal messages were the hot panic of the day, we got sermon after sermon about demons literally hiding in your record grooves—especially if you were brave enough to play the album in reverse. 

Another charming faction couldn’t stand movies and made it their holy mission to trash them at every opportunity. Others treated Sesame Street and Disney/Warner Bros. characters like they were gateway drugs to demonism. 

The sole approved cartoon in our enlightened circle? Road Runner cartoons, naturally—the one where Wile E. Coyote gets brutally beaten, flattened, blown up, and literally killed… only to be magically resurrected for the next gag. Very wholesome stuff.

Sure, there are plenty of movies and modern cartoons that aren’t worth the pixels they’re displayed on. But apparently, we’ve now reached the enlightened stage where the How to Train Your Dragon movies are hardcore Satanic propaganda at their core. At least according to the ever-vigilant Kitchen family fun squad. Timothy has now heroically uncovered the demonic teachings lurking inside them. Truly, the spiritual warfare never sleeps.

How to Train Your Dragon presents itself as a heartfelt fantasy about courage, understanding, and peace, set in a Viking world shaped by generations of fear and warfare against dragons. Across the films, the people of Berk believe their survival depends on destroying the creatures they call enemies, until a young and unlikely hero challenges that inherited worldview.

The story follows Hiccup, the son of the village chief, who defies tradition by sparing a dragon he was expected to kill. Through his growing bond with the dragon Toothless, the narrative steadily reframes dragons—from feared destroyers into misunderstood beings whose power can be guided, controlled, and integrated into human society. What begins as a tale of personal growth evolves into a sweeping transformation of culture, authority, and identity.

As the series progresses, How to Train Your Dragon moves beyond a simple coming-of-age story and becomes a meditation on how enemies are defined, how power is handled, and how peace is achieved. It invites viewers to reconsider long-held assumptions, replacing confrontation with coexistence and conquest with relationship—ideas that feel compassionate and progressive, yet carry deeper symbolic implications worth examining more closely.

The phrase “How to Train Your Dragon” sounds harmless—playful, even inspiring. Yet when examined through a biblical lens, the title itself signals a theological inversion that deserves sober attention.

Scripture does not leave the symbol of the Dragon undefined. Revelation is explicit:

> “That great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan…”

(Revelation 12:9)

When a modern story centers on training rather than overcoming the dragon, the issue is not imagination—it is posture. Words matter. Verbs matter. Titles teach before the story begins.

So, let's whip out those big fat Moffatt Bibles and let's explore dragons, making sure to fill your magins with the astounding material below, courtesy of Timothy Kitchen:

The Biblical Framework: How Scripture Treats the Dragon
Throughout Scripture, the consistent command concerning Satan and demons is never:
Train
Befriend
Integrate
Manage
It is always:
Resist (James 4:7)
Cast out (Mark 1:34)
Flee (1 Peter 5:8–9)
Overcome (Revelation 12:11)
Christ never negotiates with demons. He never studies their motives. He never harnesses their power. He commands them to leave.
Authority is exercised from above, not discovered through relationship.

So, boys and girls, if you ever run across a dragon needing help, you need to remember that you are looking Satan straight in his eyes. 

Even the very words of the screen title are demonic:

What “Train” Implies Spiritually

The verb train carries unavoidable implications:

The dragon remains present

The dragon has usable value

The human becomes a manager of power

Peace comes through technique rather than submission to God

This is not dominion under God.

It is self-mastery without God.

It echoes the oldest temptation:

> “You will be like God…” (Genesis 3:5)

Not by obedience—but by control.

“Your Dragon”: Personalization of the Enemy

The title does not say the dragon or a dragon.

It says:

> Your dragon.

This possessive framing subtly shifts the enemy from an external adversary to a personalized companion force—something intrinsic, assigned, and ultimately manageable.

Biblically, this is a dangerous move.

Demons are not “your shadow.”

They are not “misaligned energy.”

They are rebellious spirits.

Scripture never teaches coexistence with rebellion. 

Timothy continues:

The Biblical Line That Cannot Be Crossed

Jesus never asked demons why they behaved as they did.

He said:

“Come out.”

That is the dividing line.

Any message—however gentle, artistic, or emotionally resonant—that replaces expulsion with partnership has crossed from biblical authority into spiritual redefinition.

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Final Assessment

The title “How to Train Your Dragon” is not neutral.

Through a biblical lens, it presents:

Power without submission

Peace without repentance

Authority without God

Control instead of deliverance

It teaches that harmony comes not by removing the dragon, but by learning to live with it.

That is not the Gospel pattern.

Scripture does not teach us to train the dragon.

It teaches us that:

> The Seed of the Woman crushes the serpent’s head. (Genesis 3:15)

So what is an Armstrongist Christian supposed to do when. he finds a lttle dragon in his backyard? Why you over come it as Christ did! 

How We Overcome the Dragon — As Jesus Christ Did

The purpose of exposing error is never fear.

The purpose is victory.

Scripture does not leave believers guessing about how Satan is overcome. Christ did not defeat the Dragon through technique, negotiation, or psychological mastery. He overcame by alignment with the Father, absolute obedience, and truth spoken with authority.

1. Jesus Overcame by Submission to God, Not Engagement with the Devil

In the wilderness, Satan offered Christ:

Power

Authority

Dominion without suffering

Jesus did not analyze the offer.

He did not explore the source of the power.

He did not attempt to redirect it.

He answered with Scripture and submission:

“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.”

(Matthew 4:10)

Victory began with submission, not confrontation.

2. Jesus Never “Managed” Demons — He Commanded Them

Every encounter Christ had with demons followed the same pattern:

No dialogue

No curiosity

No cooperation

Only command.

“Be quiet, and come out of him.” (Mark 1:25)

This is critical:

Authority does not come from understanding darkness

Authority comes from standing in the light

3. The Cross, Not Technique, Is the Model

Satan was not defeated because Jesus outsmarted him.

He was defeated because Christ obeyed unto death.

“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”

(Colossians 2:15)

The cross stripped Satan of his leverage:

Sin

Accusation

Legal claim

That victory is not reenacted through training, but through faithful obedience.

4. How Believers Overcome — Biblically

Scripture is explicit:

“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”

(Revelation 12:11)

Not by:

Integrating the dragon

Harnessing dark power

Making peace with rebellion

But by:

Christ’s blood

Truth spoken

Loyalty to God above self

5. The Proper Relationship to the Dragon

Not training.

Not tolerance.

Not partnership.

The proper posture is:

Resistance

Separation

Authority under Christ

Faithfulness to the end

“The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.”

(Romans 16:20)

Notice:

God crushes

Satan is crushed

Believers stand under God’s authority, not their own skill

The True Goal

The goal is not harmony with darkness.

The goal is deliverance, victory, and transformation.

Jesus Christ did not come to teach humanity how to live with the Dragon.

He came to:

Destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8)

That is the model.

That is the mission.

That is the victory. 

Everytingis always a spsiritual battle for some Armstrongites. It has to be tiring after wahile when the entire world is the bogeyman waiting to trip you up.

The reasoning is defensive: the group sees itself as the tiny remnant holding God's pure truth in a world completely overrun by the devil. So vigilance becomes extreme—spotting "demons in everything" is framed as spiritual discernment and protection, not paranoia. If you lower your guard on a cartoon dragon movie or a Beatles record, you might unknowingly let Satan sneak in and derail your salvation.

Of course, critics (including many former members and mainstream Christian observers) point out this creates a siege mentality: fear-driven legalism, isolation from society, and a tendency to demonize harmless (or even positive) things as existential threats. It can turn everyday pop culture into a constant battlefield, which is exhausting and often over-the-top.

In short, it's baked into the theology: the world isn't just fallen—it's actively ruled by a clever, invisible adversary who's hiding in plain sight in nearly everything. So yeah, demons end up getting blamed for an awful lot.