From the
Church of God Holding Fast To All Things splinter group:
During
the midst of the 2012 Feast of Tabernacles, someone who is not
affiliated with our
group, nor have I ever met, emailed
me with what I thought at the time was an unusual question. He asked if I
would be interested
in having or acquiring a microphone
that at one time belonged to Mr. Herbert W Armstrong.
At
first I thought this was some kind of prank or scam, but I noticed he
had attached some
pictures of the microphone in his
email. The pictures looked legitimate and this person also gave some
background about the
microphone (he is a musician) and
how he came into possession of it and his past association with the
Worldwide Church of
God and Ambassador College.
It
didn’t take me long to respond to this email and indeed affirm my
interest in this
microphone. It would be nice to have
for historical purposes as well as sentimental value even though I
didn’t know
if the microphone even worked. This
man then emailed me back to inquire as to “why” I wanted this
microphone.
He was apparently wanting to find a
good home for it and wanted to make sure it was not destroyed and he
stated that he knew
there were people out there who love
to destroy anything associated with Mr. Armstrong.
I
assured him that this would not happen and gave him some background
about myself and our
work here on the Church of God
website. We made an agreement on the price for the microphone which was
very fair, and I received
the microphone in the mail shortly
after the 2012 Feast of Tabernacles.
I
was surprised to find that not only does this microphone work, but it
works very well! I
have been using this microphone to
record my sermons that are posted on this website since shortly after
the 2012 Feast.
I
fully understand that this microphone is just a physical object. But to
me it takes on a
great symbolic meaning. This
“physical object” was used by God’s end time apostle in helping to
fulfill
Matt. 24:14 (preaching the gospel to
the world as a witness) which we know is a fulfilled prophecy.
This
microphone came to me “out of the blue” (or did it?) and was totally
unexpected.
And it came at the end of seven
years since the beginning of this website. To me it is a great blessing
and an honor to be
able to use this powerful tool. I
only hope I can live up to the example and standard that was set by its
original owner.
Daniel E. Cohran