Did Herbert Armstrong and today's COG leaders posses insights like no other men of their time?

In Church of Godland we have been blessed over the last 85+ years with some of the greatest Biblical and intellectual minds ever. No church has had more men filled with more insights and revelations than the Church of God movement has had.

It all started with Herbert Armstrong discovering the truth that had been lost for 1,900 years in a public library in Oregon and continues today with self-appointed professional liars like Dave Pack, Gerald Flurry, and Bob Thiel.  The "insights" these bumbling buffoons try and pass off as the truth is astounding. Never has a church had so many miserable failures in its midst pretending that they are doing some mighty end-time work.

Exit and Support Network had this up about Gerald Flurry and his many lies, particularly Flurry's claim he is continuing the insightful legacy of Herbert Armstrong.

May 28 2024
GF and his evil so-called “ministers” are extremely adept at using copious psychological methods in their literature and videos to pique people’s interest to pull them in. Words such as: lost, lost secret, God’s secret, key to, key of David, unlocks, what is truth, mystery, important message, miracle, end-time bible prophecy, world events, God’s true church; free booklet, etc., etc. 

 

One of the biggest lies I think I’ve read was in a 2016 article where they said: “Mr. Armstrong possessed insight like no other man of his time because he didn’t speak from his own mind, but from the mind of God—through the truth revealed in the Bible. Before his death in 1986, he accurately prophesied of many world events that were to take place—and they have or are coming to pass today. [Read: Did Herbert Armstrong Set Dates?] … Today, Gerald Flurry continues the same work…” (i. e., the same con game.) 

 

It’s uplifting to hear many have been brave enough to leave this cult. Gerald Flurry’s final day of reckoning is coming and hopefully soon! –R. O.

Dave Pack: The Perpetual Liar

 

During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 515)” on June 1, 2024, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God walks himself all the way back to not knowing the exact day for the return of Jesus Christ. 

After declaring it was Sivan 1 

(beginning at sunset on June 6) or Pentecost (beginning at sunset on June 15).

 

Part 512: “I know when the Seven Year Kingdom begins. The very day. Absolutely.” “I know the date this comes. It’s impossible that it’s wrong.” 

Part 513: “I know the date, and I’m three times more certain of it.” 

Part 514: “I told you I knew exactly when this was, and that’s true. I know it’s in Spring.” 

Part 515: “I cannot do that.” Too late.

David C. Pack – I Cannot Tell You When Jesus Christ Returns

Crackpot Prophet Claims Most Will Not Respond To His Gospel Because The Bible Said So

 

God's most highly favored and most important Church of God leader to ever walk this earth (pound sand, Herb!) is back again making excuses for his AI-translated booklets and articles. He doesn't care if they are riddled with mistakes and admits it. His logic is that even with all the mistakes, just because someone looked at his writings he has spread the so-called gospel even if they do nothing more with it than line the bottom of the birdcage. A life has been touched and he has done his job. The gospel has been spread and it is up to the person to accept it or not. Of course, God foretold this in sacred scripture, for these perilous end times, knowing that 99.99% of the world would reject the Great Bwana's message.

What useless crap!

As has been the case recently, we also received another 20 translations of our English booklet titled The Gospel of the Kingdom of God. 

 

Some of you may recall that I have never claimed that the translations were perfect. Instead, I have said that the following prophecy applies:

9 “Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”

11 For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people, 12 To whom He said, “This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest,” And, “This is the refreshing”; Yet they would not hear. (Isaiah 28:9-12) 

 

Notice that even having some language difficulties seems to have been prophesied. And, I have been saying that about our translations for many years.

 

We are to reach people in multiple languages as a witness before the end comes (Matthew 24:14), despite the fact that most will not respond in this age. And we know that there may be difficulties caused by translations.