The summer heat is hitting California with a vengeance and it has apparently fried the brain of our greatest Church of God leader since Paul walked the hills of the Mediterranean. This modern-day Elisha wanna-be is not the first to hit the scene in COGland, as there have been countless other men proclaiming the same delusional nonsense. All of them self-appointed themselves just like our current Elisha has, even though he claims he was doubly blessed by Gaylyn Bonjour of the Living Church of God to be the end time Elisha/Elijah/Habakkuk/Amos/Joshua/john the Baptist/Elijah/Chief Overseer/prophet/apostle and one of the two witless witnesses. Despite all of these self-proclaimed titles, the entire Church of God looks at him with derision and mild amusement at the sheer stupidity that continues to emerge from him.
He is back whining about being Elisha and everyone ignoring him.
Elijah, however, over time seemed to have lost the mental/emotional ability to properly lead (cf. 1 Kings 19:13-18). God later took him and replaced him with Elisha as the top ecclesiastical authority. Elisha then received a “double-portion” (two-portion literally) of the gift that God had given Elijah:
9 And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?”
Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
10 So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.” 11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. 13 He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. (2 Kings 2:9-13)
The recipient of the double-portion promise, Elisha, was a type of Elijah. Elisha picked up the mantle of Elijah (2 Kings 2:13) which God wanted him to have (1 Kings 19:16-19), did a similar miraculous dry river crossing (2 Kings 2:13-14), also did other miracles (2 Kings 4:30-35; 2 Kings 10:5-14; 2 Kings 6:16-18), as he replaced Elijah as God’s top ecclesiastical authority on earth (cf. 1 Kings 19:16).
A minister of the Living Church of God prayed and anointed Bob Thiel for a ‘double portion’ of God’s Spirit back in late 2011 and told him that was reminiscent of what happened to Elisha. He also confirmed that God answered that prayer when we met in November 2019. He has since died.
Notice how the Great Bwana Bob Mzungu has stopped using Gaylyn Bonjour's name? After it was revealed that Bonjour had no intention with his blessing for Bob to use it as an excuse to start a new splinter cult, the Great Bwana stopped using his name. The entire LCG minister has pointed out over and over that Bob is disingenuous when it comes to the endless stream of excuses he makes in trying to legitimize himself.
Jesus, Himself, confirmed that John the Baptist, who is not recorded to have done any of the miracles of Elijah, fulfilled an Elijah role:
12 But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:12-13)
So, the Bible tells of two Elijahs who were here thousands of years ago.
But Jesus told of another Elijah to come after He left:
11 Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.” (Matthew 17:11)
I'll give you one guess as to who this Elijah to come is. Just one! It's Dave Pack! Oh, wait, I'm sorry, It's Ron Weinland! Oh, wait, It's Gerald Flurry! Oh, wait! It's Alton Billingsley! Oh, wait! It's the Great Bwana Bob Mzungu Thiel! Whew! Woo Hoo!
The Great Bwana Elisha/Elijah Bob continues:
The Church of God position has been that someone would come in the spirit and power of Elijah to “restore all things” and possibly be one of the two witnesses. While the late Herbert W. Armstrong (who died in January 1986) sometimes indicated that he fulfilled that role, he told people, that I have personally spoken with, that there could be another other than he. Those with a WCG background might find the following quote from Herbert W. Armstrong of some assistance here as he wrote:
Those called into the Church were called not merely for salvation and eternal life, but to learn the way of God’s government and develop the divine character during this mortal life in the Church age…
Also Malachi 4:5-6 pictures the Elijah to come at the very end of the Church age (Mystery of the Ages. 1985, pp. 201, 349).
I can state with 100% accuracy that Herbert Armstrong was not referring to Bob Thiel. There is no way on this green earth that HWA would have ever ordained the Great Bwana Bob. The Worldwide Church of God refused to ordain him. Global Church of God refused to ordain him, and the Living Church of God refused to ordain him. The Great Bwana Bob is a blasphemous illegitimate self-appointed upstart.
He ends his article with another set of outright lies:
Now since the Church age has not ended, and the Day of the Lord has not yet come, then it follows that Elijah was to come on the scene publicly after this was written. His restoring of “all things” means that he is to be restoring information that the true Church of God once understood, but later must have lost or misunderstood.
Now, I should add that RCG’s David Pack is NOT the prophesied end-time Elijah despite his claims about it–he has NOT restored the truth and is confused/wrong on many points.
Those of the true and genuine Philadelphian remnant will pay much attention to the voice of the true final Elijah. Those who do not will not fare as well as they could (cf. Revelation 12:14-17).
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).”
The fact is, the improperly named "continuing" church of a lesser god is in no manner, shape, or form the Philaldphian remnant. This is an indisputable fact.
The improperly named "continuing" church of a lesser god no more has the sure word of prophecy than Dave Pack and Gerald Flurry do. They are all liars just like the Great Bwana Bob.
People in COGland need to stop placing their trust in the deceitful lying men claiming to be their leaders and place their trust in the One they are supposed to be following.
How long do we have to wait for the end time Elisha to call out the she-bears to attack his persecutors?
