Here's a splinter group that I missed out on joining. It is called the
Laodicean Church of God. It was started in 2001 by Jim and Peta McGinn
In 1999 they discovered "new" knowledge and attempted to educated the folks at United Church of God about it. UCG did not listen, so in another tempter tantrum they set out to start their own group. That is how easy it is in Armstrongism to start a splinter cult. Gain some "knowledge," present it to your church leaders, get slapped for being so arrogant and then leave and start your own group. That is a time tested way that the 600 some splinter cults of Armstrongism formed since Big Daddy did it to the COG7 in the 1940's.
It always seems to be about new understanding or knowledge that they discover. God deliberately kept that knowledge hidden till they discovered it. What a weak god they follow if that is how they think it operates.
They seem to be part of the "one god" crowd and say
Jesus Christ is a created creature, but most important of all you must agree and acknowledge that Hebert Armstrong was a faithful servant of God. Since when has ones salvation been dependent on acknowledging HWA?
To be a member
of
God’s flock you would have to agree that Mr.
Armstrong was a faithful servant
of God.
The new
knowledge
of the Father is that He is the one true God and
that He alone has existed for
eternity. There is ONE TRUE GOD.
The new
knowledge
of Christ is that He is the born Son of God before
creation.
Christ has not existed forever He was born
of the Father before
anything else was created.
If the above
new
truths can be accepted then you are one of God’s
flock.
Did you know that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers and that Lucifer is actually Jesus' son?
Jesus Christ is a
Morning star.
Rev 22:16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to
testify to you these things in the churches. I am
the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright
and Morning Star."
Lucifer is a
Morning Star also. The correct translation for Lucifer
is Morning Star. Morning Star, son of the Morning
[Jesus Christ.] Lucifer is the son of Jesus Christ.
About Jim and Peta McGinn
We began attending Worldwide Church of God in
1978. In 1979 we were baptised and continued
in Worldwide until 1995 when we joined United Church
of God.
We had always
been interested in bible study and bible discussions
amongst the members.
In 1999 my wife
and I had been shown, by a member, plain scriptures
that proved Jesus Christ was the born Son of God
from the beginning, {prior to creation}. Our
friend had also showed us that God the Father and
God the Word were on Mt. Horeb when
the Father gave the Ten Commandments.
The
implications of this knowledge were not immediately
apparent. After an in depth study into the
Passover and the nature of God, I realised I was
learning new knowledge, which had been hidden since
the time of the Apostles. As John 17 v 3
became clear, I realised God was revealing the
knowledge of the truth, which is the true gospel of
the Kingdom, the words of eternal life. My
wife joined in the study and we have believed, loved
and obeyed this new truth as we have learned it.
This plain
knowledge has been resisted fiercely by forums, and
churches and individuals.
Toward the end
of the year 2000, we had good understanding of what
we now know was the knowledge of the truth.
The exodus from the Passover to the entering of the
Promised Land was a direct type of our calling from
carnality to eternal life.
The
Philadelphian era, with Mr. Armstrong as the
physical leader was not given this knowledge.
They had to hold fast to what they had, and were to
be kept from the end time events.
We sent this
new knowledge to the council of elders of the United
Church of God, and the ministers in Australia,
on the 1st January, 2001. It was our desire
that the United church would believe the bible and
adjust their doctrines accordingly, and teach this
plain new knowledge to the membership. They
rejected it out of hand, and after we had a discussion
with our minister, and elders, we were asked not to
attend church in April 2001.
The Laodicean
era of God's church began on the 1st January, 2001,
when my wife and I acted positively to the new
knowledge and with a correct heart and attitude we
forwarded the precious treasures of new knowledge to
the elders of the United Church of God.
We had the
understanding of the revealed knowledge that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God from the beginning {before
creation}. This era has started as a mustard
seed and will eventually fill the whole earth.
Jesus Christ, at the time of writing, is building
His church with the end time knowledge. Jesus
Christ will decide when to add membership to His
church.
My beloved
husband Jim died on 27th March, 2011, this being 12
years after we first began to understand the
knowledge of eternal life. I will continue on
with the work that the Holy One of Israel puts
before me. Our son Jesse McGinn is now
studying with me and together we will continue this
great work of God and His Son Jesus Christ.
So many of the Armstrongite groups would make good Gnostic's. The Gnostics were all about possessing secret knowledge that the unenlightened could not understand. There is so much newly revealed hidden knowledge out there that there certainly cannot be much left to find out. 600 some groups all with some secret revealed "new knowledge" that makes them more special than the other.
The watchman is
the person God will use to restore the knowledge to
the church and to warn the nation of Israel.
The
end time church will also see Elijah, the two
witnesses and the resurrection of King David, and
the saints, the return of the Father and Jesus
Christ.
The membership
of the Laodicean church will come out of the
Philadelphian church. The Laodicean era has
far and away the best reward, but it will be far and
away the hardest era to be in. Some members
will be deceived by the beast into instigating the
abomination of desolation. Self righteousness
or lukewarmness will be a characteristic of this
church. As in all the church eras, there will
be overcomers.
Each era of
Gods church has had different knowledge and
different rewards. The Philadelphian era had
to hold fast to what they learned. Their
reward is to be pillars in God's kingdom. The
genuine Philadelphians were to be kept from end time
events.
With each era,
old teaching from the previous era is loosed in
heaven, and new knowledge is revealed and bound in
heaven. Scriptures that were right for one era
have a different understanding for the next
era. We believed that “beginning” meant
eternity when applied to the nature of Christ.
That teaching was correct for that time, but it is
not correct now.
Since Jesus
Christ has started building His church in 2001, the
world has changed dramatically. The English
speaking nations are under constant threat of
terrorist attack, and are gradually being alienated
from the rest of the world. Arab hatred is
increasing, as God the Father stirs up the nations
to punish Ephraim and Manasseh for their sins.
Homosexuality is rife in the English speaking
countries.
What an
exciting and dangerous time lies yet ahead for us in
this last end time era of God's church.
