Our most highly favored prophet of God is not happy today that John Ritenbaugh does not believe the same as he does and DARES to tell his people the opposite! In fact, the Great Bwana believes that Ritenbaugh is personally attacking him. Everyone that keeps picking on our Lil' Boo had better stop it right now!
The Great Bwana is particularly indignant over this by Ritenbaugh:
Zephaniah 2:1-3(1) Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together,O undesirable nation,(2) Before the decree is issued,Or the day passes like chaff,Before the LORD’s fierce anger comes upon you,Before the day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you!(3) Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth,Who have upheld His justice.Seek righteousness, seek humility.It may be that you will be hiddenIn the day of the LORD’s anger.New King James Version
Some in the church of God today teach that just because a person is part of a certain group, he will escape this wrath. However, the mention of fleeing implies a generality rather than a promise given as an absolute certainty. According to traditions retained from history, all of the apostles except for John suffered violent deaths from persecution.
Are we more deserving of safety than they were? Paul writes in Romans 14:12, “So then, each of us shall give account of himself to God.” Revelation 2:23 confirms individual judgment during Christ’s evaluation of the Thyatira church, without a doubt part of His church: “I will kill her children with death, and all the church shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.”
We must not allow ourselves to think presumptuously that we deserve to be hidden. God is the Master, and we are slaves bought at a price with Christ’s blood. He is the Master Potter, forming and shaping us into the character image of Jesus Christ. If He determines that we need the shaping that Tribulation will bring, then He will not hesitate to set that path before us. If He believes we need to glorify Him before men, He will do the same. …
— John W. Ritenbaugh
This has just frosted Bwana Bob's holy butt big time right now. The Great Bwana sees Ritenbaugh's comments above as a direct attack:
Since it is the Continuing Church of God that most directly teaches about Zephaniah 2:1-3, CGG’s improper and misworded comments are mainly directed towards the CCOG. Yet, CGG is misunderstanding the Bible and the CCOG here.
Everything is ALWAYS about Bob! Because of his great knowledge and that farce of a double blessing, he and only he has the correct interpretation of Scripture and proceeds to tell us EXACTLY what Zephaniah meant to say:
First of all, the fact that God told Zephaniah to write to “gather together,” this shows some grouping is involved.
Welp, one guess as to WHICH grouping is involved? It's Dave Pack!!!!!! Oh, wait, wrong prophet. It's Lil'Boo's group, the improperly named "continuing" Church of God the ONLY TRUE Philadelphia remnant left on earth today practicing 1st century Christianity!
What group?
According to Jesus, it is the Philadelphian Christians who are promised protection Revelation 3:7-13, not other Christians.
We do NOT teach that claiming membership in CCOG means one will be protected. CGG’s denouncement was improper and overly broad.
Yes, CGG is right that this protection is based on individual factors, yet the FACT is that a gathering together is prophesied, which means in the end their will be a particular group.
Second, there will be a an absolute fleeing per Revelation 12:14-16, and not all Christians will per Revelation 12:17.
Thirdly, the correct understanding of Zephaniah 2:1-3 is that in the end times, Christians are instructed to gather together with the group that God will have a decree issued in, and that if people heed that and other scriptures, they can be hidden/protected from what is coming.
Sadly, given these perilous and rebellious end times, 99.999999999999999999999% of humanity ignores the Great Bwana and he is not happy!
Notice further that Jesus said to watch and pray ALWAYS. He was referring to prophetic matters. THIS CAME FROM JESUS, BUT MANY SCOFF AT PROPHECY for differing reasons (cf. 2 Peter 3:1-7)–yet being a scoffer of prophecy is a mistake (cf. 2 Peter 3:8-9).
How could people SCOFF at his false prophecies? Seriously, how could you? Jesus spoke about you, rebellious cretins! Jesus said that in these perilous end times, people would ignore the Great Bwana Bob:
Jesus realized that if people did not pay attention to prophecy and pray always, they would not properly take the steps to “be counted worthy to escape all these things.”
Dare to ignore our Lil' Boo and you will NOT be counted worthy to escape to that hellhole that Petra will become as various COG factions fight over who will be in charge. If Bob suffers butthurt now, imagine when everyone in Petra ignores him!
Jesus specifically told the Laodiceans, in a prophecy, that they needed to repent (Revelation 3:19) or face consequences (Revelation 3:14-19), and that they would be rewarded for doing so (Revelation 3:20). The Laodiceans are Church of God Christians “who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Revelation 12:17).
Hence, the late John Ritenbaugh looks to be misleading in what he was implying and writing.
Everyone else is always wrong. Infallible Bob to the rescue!
The Great Bwana is particularly incensed over scoffers that mock him. Oh, noes!!!!!!!
The prophet may make the decree personally and/or pass it on to another authority in the church to make.
Who is the only Church of God in the 21st century to teach all of this?
The Continuing Church of God.
If you are not with the group that is leading the final phase of the workwill you not be able to flee if you wait until the last moment? While that may be remotely possible for some, remember that God inspired Zephaniah to admonish God’s people to ‘gather together…before the decree is issued.’
Notice how the Great Bwana says below how ALL COG prophets are false, except for him.
Most will discount this and many will scoff. Most COGs do not have anyone considered to be a prophet, and in those other than CCOG who claim to have prophets, those prophets have been proven to be false (e.g. PCG, CGPFKG, TPM). But the Bible says that there will be prophets in the last days and that God does communicate with them in dreams.
Furthermore, I read a post a while back from a CCOG scoffer who picked at the very idea that one should suggest that a COG is Philadelphian and those, part of such a COG, will be subject to being protected in a place of safety. He and many others do not realize how important Jesus’ teaching about paying attention to world events and prophecy is.
Let me add that like many COG groups CGG does not seem to officially teach the idea of “church eras.” Those that are unwilling to accept the idea of church eras, have tended to misunderstand Jesus’ teachings to the seven churches and will not, unless they change, accept the related truths today. Many do not realize that not teaching church eras was one of the first changes in doctrine implemented by the Tkach Administration after the death of Herbert Armstrong.
If you are not convinced by now that our Lil'Boo is the biggest and best prophet the church has ever seen, then you will NOT qualify for Petra! Lazy Laodiceans!
We in the Continuing Church of God boldly teach the need for Philadelphians to be ‘gathering together’ today. Will you heed God’s instructions as the Prophet Zephaniah was inspired to write? Would you possibly like to be protected? If so, will you ‘gather together’?
