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With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God created a doctrinal minefield when he delivered "The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 617)" on January 17, 2026. Part 618 was given on January 24, and the Pastor General completely decimated the relevance of the entire previous message. The substance of Part 617 was gutted, creating very uncomfortable moments and regrettable statements when watched in the context of what came after. The Regret-O-Meter counts some of those examples, all taken from a single message.
One week after Part 617, David C. Pack reversed or erased his teachings, including which day the Kingdom comes, the arrangement and timing of Daniel's 1335/1290 days, the relevance of the Hebrew month Shevat, crediting God with what he taught, and how the Mystery of God was ending with his "big" revelations. Part 617 became a worthless hole of doctrinal errors, and the Regret-O-Meter tallies them.
RCG/Dave Pack News Flash: The Kingdom Will NOT Come on February 1 or 2, 2026
Proving how often the prophetic picture changes in The Restored Church of God, even David C. Pack cannot remember what he taught the week before. During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 618)” on January 24, 2026, the Pastor General boldly announced that the Kingdom and the 1335 of Daniel would NOT begin on Shevat 16, which is February 2, 2026.
This is theological comedy since he changed the date anticipated for God's plan to kick into motion to Shevat 15 on February 1 during Part 617. This is what happens when you have to keep throwing out your notes. But it looks especially bad when even the guy who teaches this malarkey forgets what he just said.
Maybe Dave is not getting enough sleep because studying the Bible until 2 AM is so effective.
Either way, Part 618 is loaded with “proofs” why nothing will happen until Abib (March). Even after presenting all the evidence why things will NOT happen in February, he refused to formally announce a new date. He typically does this when he is stalling.
The Kingdom Will NOT Come on February 1 or 2, 2026!
Many do not like watching these videos because they cannot stand Dave. I get it. But it illustrates the worsening theological conditions inside The Restored Church of God and Dave's mental deterioration. The Pastor General cannot keep track of what he teaches, embarrassing himself throughout the message, and renouncing the wrong date.
The fact that he never realized this proves that exrcg.org keeps a better track of Dave than Dave does.
Because of the drastic changes in Part 618, Dave’s apostolic fist pump in Part 617 aged as well as expected and is funnier today than it was then, ready to achieve viral meme status.
Flashback Part 617 – January 17, 2026 @ 01:32:00 We got it. We got it!
Um. Not so much.
Part 618 is chock full of regrettable statements and embarrassing moments when compared what he said the week before. Dave spent the first 30 minutes telling grossly distorted stories about members who just left, and he formally marked former RCG minister Ken Orel and his wife for reasons he refused to make fully clear. Ken's status being upgraded to "evil," and the inaccurate stories of the people who left recently will be covered later.
Part 618 – January 24, 2026 @ 55:37 Watch how simple this is. It's gonna shock you. You're gonna know, you understand. You you're gonna know and know that you know, in about two minutes, when the date we're waiting for.
@ 58:02 Now, if the other two ends are a civil year in the middle and Abib at the end, then the Kingdom has to begin on Abib. If you knew nothing else, it's impossible to read it any other way.
David C. Pack from last week disagreed. The Kingdom table blocks were shuffled and reshuffled for the third week in a row, adding a confusing visual component to a confusing explanation.
@ 59:37 It’s impossible. Oh, and there's so much more to learn. It's impossible that's not the length of the Kingdom [1290/1290].
@ 1:00:10 There are two ways that God can show me whether the 1335 is in the Kingdom. He can prove it's impossible, that it's outside. That would do it. But He could also do it by showing certain new things that proves it's inside. …So I just proved to you, it cannot be in front of the Kingdom. We cannot be waiting for the middle of Shevat. It's impossible.
Multiple Commandments broken in 3…2…1…
@ 1:01:08 But could the 1335 be in the [7-Year] Kingdom? …I've learned, it has to be. It has to be.
Flashback 616 – January 10, 2026 @ 51:53 The 1335, on God's authority, I'm telling you, is not in the in the Seven Years [Kingdom].
Once again, David C. Pack shows no fear of God while he blasphemes, swears falsely, and takes the Lord’s name in vain. This will not be the last time. May God have mercy on him.
Part 618 – January 24, 2026 @ 1:12:45The Kingdom cannot come ‘til March 18th.
@ 1:20:50 But I been wrong on timing, so it's not Esther's Fast. Seven years ago. I wonder. Wow, seven years ago. We fast in 2019. …A case for Shevat 16. So let me just tell you, nothing is gonna happen on Shevat 16 or Esther's Fast.But there's there was at this enormous and ever-growing, constantly growing case for Abib developing in the background.
@ 1:22:44 And I no longer see any Kingdom case before Abib. So it's over. And you just only know a fraction of what I'm gonna yet go on to tell you.
David C. Pack loves toying with the brethren, leading them on, teasing them, and manipulating them. It is bad enough when some few still earnestly try to understand his malarkey. Even though the All-Believing Zealots are still in his corner, the Pastor General likes to spit in their faces because he can.
@ 1:31:31 But are we also looking for something before Abib that no one anticipates? Before Abib? I'm not saying we are, but I'm way, way, way beyond suspiciousabout how to reconcile about 35 to 40 verses with the current picture. And as as the picture sits, it won't fit. But Abib 1, March 18th, the fifth day of the week, cannot bend.And if that's what we have to wait to, fine. I'm very suspicious of something else, and we now know it's not a First Kingdom, so.
Part 618 exemplifies the Series's blaring contradictions and why nobody in RCG, except for Dave’s inner circle, has any clue what he is talking about or what is considered the present truth. It is no wonder that field mollusks Ernesto Velarde and Richard Lee cannot explain the Series to concerned brethren. One man who just left RCG told me Ernesto said, "I have the same questions," and he tried to defer him to Jaco Viljoen at Headquarters. The member decided to bail out instead, despite Andrew Holcombe’s best efforts. Wise man.
With three additional Parts given in just the last four days, rest assured, there will be more changes, more bungles, and more confusion. I am curious to see if David C. Pack will remember what he just said.
The River of Golden Oil flowing back to the Apostle
Another day in the delightfully unhinged universe of Armstrongism—because apparently, not a single 24-hour period can pass without some fresh batch of certified nuttiness being uttered or enacted. You'd think these folks, being the One True Church of God and all, faithfully reenacting pristine 1st-century Christianity while serving as the world's last shining beacons in the darkness, might manage to get through a day without descending into pure farce. Yet here we are, once again.
The letter below, from none other than Samuel Kitchen to Aaron Dean, is a masterclass in whack-a-doodle delirium. It's practically overflowing with it.
In Samuel's fevered vision, there's this glorious river of golden oil flowing straight back to the ever-preserved Herbert W. Armstrong (because of course Samuel has him safely on ice, spiritually speaking). Aaron Dean's sacred duty, naturally, is to round up all those wayward, straying Church of God members and gently nudge them back into the divine stream so they can float home to Daddy Herb and help restore the church to its mythical glory days. Ah, yes—the good old days when everything was perfect and the "strong hand from someplace" was just around the corner. Powerful stuff.
Of course, much like his fellow self-appointed prophet Bob Thiel, Herbert is now conveniently the resurrected Zerubbabel, patiently sitting there (wherever that is) waiting for the Worldwide Church of God to rise phoenix-like from the ashes of decades of irrelevance. Any day now, surely.
But for this grand restoration to actually happen, Aaron Dean simply must repent of his tragic errors, kick the United Church of God to the curb like yesterday's bad theology, and return to the one true faith—the version meticulously safeguarded by Samuel himself. The only minor hiccup? Aaron's spiritual garden hose is apparently kinked, blocking the proper flow of that holy golden oil. How inconvenient.
After wading through several paragraphs of gobbledygook, Samuel helpfully tries to wow us with his impeccable credentials: he's related to Herbert Armstrong through some distant family branch. While Herb's famous crest featured a strong arm rising triumphantly out of a cloud (very on-brand), Samuel's own crest ups the ante with a strong arm clutching a sword emerging from the very same cloud—presumably poised to gleefully slaughter any recalcitrant COG stragglers who refuse to hop aboard his particular bandwagon.
Truly inspiring. One can only imagine the family reunions.
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth.
I did not come to bring peace but a sword and a mallet."
A letter I wrote today to Aaron Dean
January 28,2026
Hello Mr Dean,
I hope you are doing well and keeping in good health.
I was reading Zechariah 4 again, about the flow of the golden oil.
When you mention Mr Armstrong, and reconnect people back to the apostle, do you realize you are reconnecting the flow of the golden oil?
Ever since 2010, online I have been pointing people back to Herbert W Armstrong.
He is the apostle of Jesus Christ.
He has a function, of “feeding the flock”.
John 17 shows that Jesus Christ is very faithful in His job of giving to the apostle what the Father has given Him!
In John 6:63, we see the Words Christ gives is “Spirit and life”.
We see the candlestick in Zechariah 4, is “the words of the Lord unto Zerubbabel”.
In verse 14, we see two anointed ones of God.
Zerubbabel and Joshua. They are involved with the flow of the golden oil, or Holy Spirit. They “feed” the candlestick.
Now what candlestick? Which Church?
The Worldwide Church of God is “the Word of the Lord unto Herbert W Armstrong”. He is the end time Zerubbabel.
But “the hands”(more than one) of Zerubbabel shall lay the foundation of THIS HOUSE(the Worldwide Church of God), and “the hands” shall finish it.
By connecting people to the apostle, we are like builders connecting them to the foundation.
I continually use “Worldwide Church of God” so there is no question as to WHICH HOUSE. It includes Herbert W Armstrong, but EXCLUDES all other churches. No other church is like it.
Does that make sense?
When a rebellious people want to argue, the Lord God makes it clear, with no wiggle room for doubt. “Church of God” is too ambiguous, and opens the door for much argument and vain babbling.
The Bible tells us to avoid such.
By being a minister of the UCG, you have entered the argument, and now can only direct people to the apostle of Christ, and not to the Church as a group or structure.
I have the benefit of being able to do that. I have not sat at the table in these church groups. And my focus, is to keep the flow of the golden oil, to the candlestick. When there is a departure I point it out, and reconnect the flow of the golden oil by pointing back to what Jesus Christ did through Herbert W Armstrong!
Because “the Word of the Lord unto Herbert W Armstrong” is the Worldwide Church of God.
You Mr Dean are running with a kinked hose, and I’m trying to help where I can, to un-kink it, so your job is secure and edified.
That’s what I feel Jesus Christ wants me to do.
But you cannot run a hose from the House of God, into another house.
If you look at the Tabernacle in the wilderness, and the location of the candlestick, you find there are no pipes piped out into another tent! It goes into one candlestick, not two.
The Two witnesses are two candlesticks, but in reality it is the same Candlestick!
By the testimony and labors of the first witness, the Philadelphia candlestick, which is the Worldwide Church of God, goes into place of safety.
When Joshua is cleaned up(Zech.3) and Michael stands up(Dan.12:1) and says “The Lord rebukes thee Satan”(Jude 1:9), He is restored to THIS HOUSE(The Worldwide Church of God) or the “remnant” in Laodicean era.
Zechariah 3:5-9
“…And the angel(the first witness) of the Lord stood by.
“And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt ALSO judge my house, and shalt ALSO keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
“Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone(Isaiah 28:16, Zech.4:6)shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”
Only one Church, not two.
Just one part in a place of safety, and one part unprotected.
The second witness is unto Laodicea. He is only able to point them to the ONE MAN GOD IS USING. This is what you have been doing in the UCG, is it not?
The first witness is unto Philadelphia! He points out the SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, that was raised up through “the word of the Lord unto Herbert W Armstrong” that goes into a place of safety!
It is through the first witness, or Zerubbabel, the stone is laid before Joshua. Zerubbabel is about the business of laying the foundation. Through the labors of Joshua, the Temple is finished. This brings about the conclusion of the Laodicean era. Jesus Christ returns.
NOW NOTICE!
Zechariah 6:9-15
“And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
“Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
“Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
“And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
“Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
“And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
“And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
The Word of the Lord unto….the first witness!
The house of Josiah-Hen(Kit-Chen), the son of Zephaniah. There the Temple of the Lord shall be built, and you shall know the Lord of Hosts has sent me.
I didn’t write the Bible. It’s not my idea.
But because Christ had given me this job, I am committed to see it through.
Josiah means “supporter of Yah”, the God being(the Word and Logos) who became Jesus Christ.
Hen means “Grace”.
Zerubbabel shouts TWO TIMES “Grace” unto the capstone, and two hands of Zerubbabel lay the foundation. The final one laying Herbert W Armstrong as the apostle as part of the foundation.
Kit means “supporter of Christ” the God being(the Word and Logos) who was the YAH of the Old Testament.
Chen means “Grace”.
Now Herbert W Armstrong came from a family branch of my family. The surname Armstrong was given to him.
His crest is a bare arm of strength coming out of a cloud.
My crest is an armored arm of strength coming out of a cloud holding a sword dipped in blood.
(The Bedford flag is my family crest)
The Word of the Lord can’t be broken. I am not a time traveler. God is the orchestrator of these things. And by the Word of God you now know I am sent by God unto you.
Oh, how utterly baffling it is, isn't it? Here we have the single greatest Church of God ever to grace the pathetic annals of human history—the one true beacon of divine truth, no less—led by the most exalted figure imaginable: the Great Bwana Bob himself (pardon me while I genuflect in awe). This is the church that has so heroically printed books in more languages than actual humans speak (because apparently God ran out of tongues to confuse at Babel and just kept going). This is the outfit blessed with the "sure word of prophecy," where the leader channels visions through a rotating cast of spirits like some celestial cable package with premium add-ons. This is the man who has draped himself in so many Old Testament prophetic mantles—Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, perhaps a dash of Habakkuk for flavor—that he probably wakes up in the morning unsure whether to smite a fig tree or just prophesy doom over his breakfast cereal.
And yet... and yet... this unparalleled powerhouse of end-time truth is being persecuted so relentlessly by big bad ol' meanie Satan? How can this be? It's almost as if the Almighty, in His infinite wisdom, decided to bet the farm on the one guy whose divine protection seems to glitch more often than a budget VPN.
Apparently, the god worshiped by Bwana Bob's faithful is either shockingly weak or hilariously incompetent when it comes to safeguarding His supposed most important church during these oh-so-perilous end times. The Holy Family must have been so busy micromanaging the foundations of the world—tossing planets around like cosmic bocce balls—that they completely forgot to budget any guardian angels for the final boss level. Priorities, right? Life is tough when you're a COG prophet. The pay is terrible, the hours are eternal, and the tech support from Heaven is basically nonexistent.
For months now, the most highly esteemed Great Bwana has been treating his loyal (and presumably very patient) followers to epic sagas about how Satan—yes, Satan himself—has unleashed his digital minions to attack the servers hosting the world's most important website. Because nothing screams "end-time urgency" like a DDoS on cogwriter.com or whatever it's called this week. In classic COGland fashion, Satan isn't just the adversary; he's practically the co-star. They talk about him more than God, Jesus, or basic website maintenance combined. The devil gets top billing as the all-powerful IT saboteur, while the Creator of the Universe apparently can't swing a firewall upgrade or inspire a decent sysadmin.
One almost pities the poor deity here. Imagine being omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent... yet still unable to stop a few hackers from inconveniencing your hand-picked final witness. It's like building the Death Star but forgetting to install antivirus. Truly, the mind reels at such cosmic incompetence.
Poor Bwana Bob. Carrying the weight of prophecy on his shoulders while dodging Satan's relentless cyber-bullying must be exhausting. Maybe next time the Almighty could spring for cloud hosting with divine redundancy. Or, you know, just smite the routers. But no—better to let the Greatest Church Ever limp along on glitchy servers, because nothing builds faith like blaming the Prince of Darkness for your uptime issues.
Truly, the end times have never been so... underwhelming.
Greetings from Grover Beach, California.
We have made progress with issues affecting our ccog.org and other sites, as well as cogwriter.com.
But we are not completely finished yet.
As mentioned last week, Satan does not want us to proclaim all the truths that we do and has his minions affect us in many negative ways (Ephesians 6:12).
Another Fraudster
On Tuesday, we received an email from www.Anedot.com asking if we authorized anyone to collect money on behalf of the Continuing Church of God with them.
I said we were unaware of such, and they sent me an email that someone who claimed to be:
Peter Kotschedoff set up the account under the email churchofgodcontinuing@gmail.com. So, I told Anedot no, we do not have anyone named Peter Kotschedoff, and no, he was not authorized to set up an account at Anedot.com. So they closed that account on Wednesday.
Anedot.com is some type of a donation website, and apparently some thief (we are not sure if the name Peter Kotschedoff is real) felt his/her covetousness was more important than supporting the end time Philadelphian work and assisting the poor, widows, orphans, and hungry.
The Apostle Paul warned:
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, …
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. …
13 … evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:1-2,5, 13, KJV)
Satan wants to stop us from leading the final phase of the work as the Philadelphian remnant of the Church of God.
