Do You Realize You Have Been Cast Into The Outer Court Of The Temple?

The Kitchen clan just gets worse by the day. Those of you no longer part of the COG or even worse, IN a splinter COG, have now been placed in the outer court of the temple and have had the Holy Spirit removed from you, except for a minuscule token. 

More proof that bad Armstrongite theology produces theological idiocy when the New Covenant is portrayed as inferior to law.

THIS PERIOD OF TIME, of which we now are partakers of today, is the PHILADELPHIA ERA OF THE CHURCH OF GOD!

Read concerning the Church of God in the Philadelphia era in Revelation 3:7-13.

Jesus Christ raised up Herbert W Armstrong in 1927, and through him raised up the Worldwide Church of God.

He came bearing great authority from Jesus Christ, and bound upon the Church of God certain things in the name of Jesus Christ.

Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, those of the Worldwide Church of God were fixed, organized spiritually, fitted and jointed with Jesus Christ and God our Father, responding as a group to the will of God!

But some crept in unawares, spreading damnable heresies, and seduced the servants of God to sin, to commit fornication with the governments of this world. This was allowed to stay, according to the shame of some.

It created divisions, such as Paul the apostle described in Galatians chapter two. And those leaders among the ministry gave approval and acceptance, out of concern for the heretics and nonbelievers.

Today are they not yet with them, strengthening the hands of the evil doers?

This is sin and sin separates man from God. And when one sins, he/she has the Holy Spirit withdrawn except for a token, a seed. They are placed into the outer court of this Temple, and given space and a time to repent and return unto our Heavenly Father. For this cause we should put out the evil doers from among us, as commanded by the apostles of Christ. For obedience towards God is good. If God loves us, we should love Him; and if we being members of the Body of Christ hate this body, we would allow that which is profane to stay within the Temple; but we who love this body subject ourselves to complete obedience to our Head which is Christ. For if we please God, He will soon reward us, not as bastards, but as children of God!

Now those who have been placed into the outer court of this Temple, have God waiting on them with mercy; but being separated they lose the promise of protection of God and are given to the great tribulation for correction and purification.

There are no two churches of God, there is only ONE TRUE CHURCH. If we sin against God, we are separated from Him.

This provides a great disadvantage for them, for Satan eagerly waits to devour and destroy this people.

The two witnesses will be the two anointed ones standing next to the ONE CANDLESTICK. That candlestick is the Worldwide Church of God. It is the Temple of God which has been raised up in the name of Jesus Christ, through Herbert W Armstrong the apostle of Christ who bears authority still on us.

But one witness is Laodicean in condition today, and like Peter did in Galatians 2 when others led him astray for a season, he repents and represents the candlestick in the Laodicean era, which begins when great tribulation starts.

The Philadelphia candlestick will then be in a place of protection, and it will be the job of this second witness to graft the people in with Philadelphia! There are not two churches simultaneously working!

Since Philadelphia(led by thee servant of God) will be off the world scene, Laodicea will then do a work through a time of martyrdom, and this will inspire countless others to repent and come to Christ! At the end of the great tribulation, a enumerable multitude will come out and there will be ONE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD.

Right now, however, those inside the Temple, who remain loyal and true, dominate this era. Those in the world, or those in the outer court, DOES NOT DOMINATE! Mark that well brethren!

So when you attend another church, you see another condition dominate! Don’t be led by Satan to think an era change had happened, or that we are approved of God by sinning! And if we are attending another church group, lending them support and backing, then we are sinning against God and we are not approved!

If others are not following Jesus Christ, come away from them! The blind will lead the blind however, and we should not be blinded to sin.

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Are You In A Financial Mess? If So, Let LCG Make It Even Worse By Tithing

 

LCG is whining that their booklet on tithing is their least requested booklet. Considering that tithing is NOT a New Covenant command, it is probably a great reason why no one is interested. Also, anyone with a COG  background has already had their financial lives ripped apart by all of the commanded tithes and offerings the church pawned off on members as if they were commanded by God.

Is your current financial situation a mess? It is probably because you aren't tithing to the Living Church of God. LCG wants you to know that they are NOT begging for your money, but they really are. Weston does a really good job of gaslighting his followers below and any gullible public that may read his drivel. Your finances are a mess because you disobey their god, and if you would only tithe to their god, it would bless you.

Greetings from Charlotte,
Mr. Rod McNair recorded a telecast on Wednesday, titled “You Can Survive the Coming Crash,” and he offered God’s People Tithe. This booklet is one of our least-requested resources—one that we rarely advertise—but tithing is a law of God. It is no trivial matter to Him, as He says it is robbery to withhold tithes and offerings from Him (Malachi 3:6–15). While we don’t want our audience to think we are charging for our material—which we are not—or begging for money—which we are not—the financial mess many people and nations find themselves in is a direct result of disobeying God in how money and resources are used. Tithing is part of “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). All of us here in Charlotte wish all of you, wherever you are in the world, a profitable, joyous, and exciting Holy Day season.
—Gerald E. Weston

Easter’s Pagan Roots? Debunking the Cult’s Favorite Lie

 

The Cult’s Pagan Obsession: A Smokescreen for Control

Armstrongism loves a good pagan conspiracy. The WCG built its brand on sniffing out "satanic" influences in everything—Christmas, birthdays, Sunday worship, and especially Easter. To the cult, Easter isn’t a celebration of Christ’s resurrection; it’s a Babylonian fertility rite, a pagan abomination straight from the goddess Ishtar, complete with bunnies and eggs to prove it. Herbert Armstrong hammered this into his flock, claiming mainstream Christianity was a satanic counterfeit, while only his “true church” kept God’s pure festivals like Passover. It’s a claim that’s kept splinters like Pack’s RCG and Brisby’s COGTE clutching their pearls to this day, warning members to shun Easter or risk God’s wrath.

But let’s call this what it is: a lie, a flimsy tale spun from bad logic to keep the cult’s followers in line. The Ishtar myth doesn’t hold up—it’s a house of cards built on sand, and we’re here to knock it down. It is easy to trace the Easter-Ishtar claim to its shaky roots and expose its flaws. We’ll offer a biblical alternative origin story in Esther. But here’s the plain truth: Easter—called Pascha by the early Christian Church—is about Christ’s triumph over death, not some ancient fertility goddess. Along the way, we’ll show how the WCG’s pagan paranoia was just a control tactic, a distraction to keep members from seeing the cult’s own rot. Buckle up, Splinterland—this one’s gonna sting.

The Ishtar Myth: A Cult Classic Built on Nothing

The idea that Easter comes from Ishtar, a Babylonian fertility goddess, isn’t some ancient truth—it’s a modern fiction, cooked up in 1853 by a Presbyterian minister named Alexander Hislop in his book The Two Babylons. Hislop wanted to dunk on Roman Catholicism, so he claimed Easter was a pagan corruption, linking “Easter” to “Ishtar” through a flimsy phonetic similarity and springtime symbols like eggs and rabbits. Sound familiar? It’s the same playbook the WCG used to demonize anything that didn’t fit its rules. The cult ate Hislop’s theory up, waving it like a gotcha to prove mainstream Christianity was satanic, all while demanding members stick to their “pure” Passover.

Let’s tear this apart. Linguistically, Hislop’s claim is garbage. “Ishtar” and “Easter” share a vague sound—big whoop. There’s no etymological bridge; he made it up. Culturally, it’s laughable. Ishtar’s Akkadian religion, with its temples and rituals, was dust by 100 AD, centuries before Christianity spread. Its records—cuneiform tablets—were buried, unreadable until the 1800s. So how exactly did early Christians, with no access to these tablets, adopt a dead culture’s customs from 1,500 years prior? They didn’t. The WCG loved to scream about paganism, but this is just bad logic—a False Cause Fallacy, assuming resemblance means origin. It’s the kind of sloppy thinking the cult thrived on, keeping members scared and obedient with tales of satanic holidays.

Hislop pointed to eggs and rabbits as proof of Ishtar’s fertility influence, but those came later, as Christianity reshaped local traditions—not the other way around. Easter’s date isn’t tied to some Babylonian festival; it’s pegged to Passover (Nisan 14-15), when Christ died and rose. The Ishtar myth is a cult classic, but it’s fiction—a house on sand that crumbles faster than the WCG’s failed prophecies.

A Biblical Twist: Esther, Not Ishtar

If Easter isn’t from Ishtar, could it connect to Esther instead? This novel idea, offers a far better link, rooted in Scripture, not Akkadian fairy tales. Esther’s story—deliverance and redemption—lines up with Easter’s core, and the timing makes it intriguing.

Check the calendar. Esther’s victory, celebrated as Purim on the 14th or 15th of Adar II, often falls near spring, just like Easter, which is tied to Passover (Nisan 14-15). Both are lunar-based, set by a full moon. In 2008, Purim (March 20) and Easter (March 22) were two days apart; in 2024, Purim (March 23) and Easter (March 31) were a week apart—close enough to see a pattern. Esther fasted three days to save her people (Esther 4:16); Jesus was in the tomb three days to save ours. Haman’s evil plot failed (Esther 7:10); death got crushed at the resurrection. Mordecai’s rise (Esther 8:15) mirrors Christ’s glory.

Why Esther over Ishtar? Simple: access. Esther’s story was in the Bible, read yearly at Purim by Jews—including early Jewish Christians who shaped the Church. Ishtar’s cult was long gone by the first century, its records lost to time, while Esther’s tale was alive and sacred. The name “Easter” might even nod to this—“Esther” (Hebrew Estēr, possibly “star”) could have shifted to “Easter,” a star of redemption rising. It’s a theory, but it beats the WCG’s Ishtar nonsense by a mile, grounding Easter in biblical truth, not cult paranoia.

The Real Deal: Easter’s True Roots

So what’s Easter actually about? In the early Church, it was called Pascha, from the Hebrew Pesach (“pass over”), and it’s always been about Christ’s resurrection—the bedrock of the faith. . Jesus died and rose during Passover and early Christians celebrated this as Pascha, set by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD as the first Sunday after the spring full moon.

The English term “Easter” is a Western quirk. The Eastern Orthodox Church—Greek, Slavic, Arabic—never used “Easter”; it’s always been Pascha, keeping the direct link to Passover. In the West, “Easter” came from Old English ēastre, possibly tied to ēast (“east”) or a Germanic spring figure, Ēostre, mentioned by Bede around 730 AD. Scholars aren’t even sure Ēostre was real—Bede’s the only source—but even if she existed, she was a minor figure, not some Ishtar knockoff. As Christianity spread to Germanic tribes, “Easter” named the Paschal season, transforming local terms, not adopting pagan rites. The Eastern Church’s use of Pascha proves its purity, untouched by the WCG’s pagan conspiracy theories.

Early Christians like Polycarp in 150 AD celebrated Pascha, rooted in apostolic tradition, not Babylonian nonsense. The WCG’s Ishtar claim is just another lie to control members, making them fear the “world” while ignoring the cult’s own sins—like fleecing members for millions while its leader lived like a king.

Pascha’s Truth: Christ’s Victory, Not Paganism

In its purest form, Pascha—Easter to the West—is the heart of Christianity: Christ’s resurrection, no pagan shadow in sight. The Bible lays it out: “The third day he rose again”, fulfilling “He will swallow up death in victory”. It’s redemption’s core: Jesus, the Lamb, frees us from sin, just as Israel escaped Egypt. The WCG wanted you to think it’s all bunny-worshipping paganism, but that’s a distraction—they were too busy building their own empire to care about truth. Pascha isn’t just a day; it’s a way of life. The WCG never got this; they were too busy banning Easter to see Christ’s victory staring them in the face.

Splinterland, Wake Up: Easter Isn’t Your Enemy

Easter isn’t pagan—the Ishtar myth, born in The Two Babylons, is a cult favorite, but it’s trash. Akkadian rites were long gone, their records buried. The truth is Pascha: Christ’s resurrection, tied to Passover, not fertility goddesses. The WCG’s pagan obsession was a control tactic, a way to keep you scared of the “world” while they fleeced you for triple tithes. Splinterland, it’s time to ditch the lies.

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