Wonders in the Wiggle Room
The Fine Art of Altering Church History
From David C. Pack's Original , Pre August 31, 2013 Announcement 21
"The Time Is NOW!
Now comes a series of reasons Haggai’s prophecy will be fulfilled
this year.
They are summarized, with only a very little detail added. More could be said of
each, but the descriptions given will suffice to those willing to think just a
little about them. Realize there are over 30 more reasons—many of them very
powerful—that I have left off the list because some will be covered later or
because they would only be recognized as proofs by our Headquarters ministry
(involving various miracles, some big). Readers would be largely unable to
appreciate them as
proofs:
1) Understanding the meaning of the prophecy, starting with
Haggai 1:2,
automatically carries the
requirement of taking a position on it. This cannot be avoided after
one learns it. Think about this. The position of the remnant is that “the time
is not come” to rebuild God’s House. Are they right or wrong? God indicts their
thinking, meaning they are
wrong! If the prophecy is not
now,
the net effect would be that God agrees with the remnant’s view. Worse, so
should those currently in God’s one Church because
they now know the meaning
of the prophecy. Think this through. One does or does not agree with the
remnant. God does not—and we do not. The time is now! Let’s go further.
2) Directly related, why (or how) would God
command the remnant to “Go…build the House!” (
Hag. 1:8)—but not mean NOW? How could He mean some
undetermined
future year? Why would God tell them (twice) to “consider
their ways”—but not mean that they should do this now? Try to imagine God
saying, “Consider your ways, but take your time. There’s no hurry. In fact, take
years to think it over—even though you have been out of My Church
for 20
years! You don’t have to DO anything
now.”
3) Also related, if God waited 2,500 years to reveal the prophecy’s meaning
(3,000 years when various related much older Psalms are considered), is not His
waiting done? Does His revealing it not signal that He has reached the time to
fulfill it rather than having reached a point one, two or three years out?
4) Next, why would God wait longer? What would He wait for? The remnant is
absolutely
ripe for deliverance.
5) Internally, and this is no small thing, God’s Church is truly
ready to expand the Work in a BIG WAY. The prophecy features
this as the MAIN PURPOSE of the remnant returning! Without the
prophecy’s fulfillment, this expansion would be delayed one year—or more! Why
would God notify His Church of the prophecy’s existence at the very same time
our staff is ready, our websites are ready, our literature is ready and even
God’s college is ready for more students
if the prophecy were not
imminent? Why would God notify His Church if HE were not ready?
6) Related to this, the
buildings on our campus can very soon handle
significantly more staff than we have now. This is already true without
the other two buildings scheduled for completion in the late fall. However, this
extra size works perfectly if the prophecy occurs this year.
7) Also related, but separate, our
infrastructure is ready to
receive and serve a much larger flock this fall! This includes field ministry
being ready, but also other things.
8) Maturing interest from many in the world due to one year of explosive
television expansion requires many more laborers in the ministry by
this
autumn.
9) The Restored Church of God is experiencing an AWESOME period of growth and
development at this time—in the runup period just prior to the prophecy’s
fulfillment. This is putting it mildly! To us, this is powerful indication that
we are on the right track for this year—that God is not only
pleased
with His Church, but that He is
helping it get ready.
10) If the prophecy did not happen this year, the remnant would remain
another year (or
more) undergoing
ever worsening false ways.
Worse off, they would have a commensurate
shorter time to spiritually
recover before the Tribulation. Think worse condition, less time to recover.
11) If reunification occurred next year (or any year after), those with God’s
Spirit would have one more year cut off from God’s Church. This carries the
potential for more to quench the Holy Spirit (
I Thes. 5:19)
and lose salvation.
12) Elimintaed The readers of the Haggai prophecy announcements (this is #21) who
believed them would be the
most disillusioned and the biggest
candidates to QUIT everything if God did not return His people to one House
this year! This would work directly against what God is doing—directly
opposite His overall purpose.
13) Eliminated Further desolation (
Hag. 1:11;
2:16-17) from God of the splinter “houses” would
practically wipe out the few remaining senior leaders in them. This includes
pastors and elders, all of whom are NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE BIG WORK!
14) Eliminated The onset of all future years would never come with clarity—with any
certainty! Would God leave thousands who are now aware of this prophecy in such
a condition? Hardly.
15) Eliminated Next, for those who will see the value of
how to pursue
spiritual matters, there is this: After fervently seeking God about it,
not
one reason the prophecy is off this year ever emerged in the minds of even
one of our 16 Headquarters ministers! I (we) have NEVER prayed about, studied
over, meditated on, fasted about and counseled with other ministers regarding a
subject
more than this one—in fact no other subject is even close!
16) Eliminated Similarly, as questions emerged throughout our pursuit of truth with the
many details of the prophecy, so many of these details kept coming clear as
direct answers to prayer. And these were often immediate.
17) Eliminated Recall
Haggai 1:13:
“Then spoke Haggai the
Lord’s messenger
in the
Lord’s message unto the people…”
Haggai is the
messenger to God’s people, with what is an all-important
message from God. Would not God make clear in such a unique message He
describes as “the
Lord’s message unto His people”
the correct date for action? What kind of message would it be if people did not
know WHEN TO CARRY IT OUT?
18)
Now Point 12 Since the apostasy, God had not wanted the remnant back in His Church,
but now He does. He would
first reveal the remnant to His leader,
then tell him
how they would return, and
finally that
He meant NOW. This was the order in which these things became apparent.
19) Eliminated Imagine God
not revealing the year the remnant is coming—but
only the day and month. Vast amounts of time would have been wasted by His
leaders studying and preparing for something that was not imminent. Would God
put His Church in such a position?
20) Eliminated Of interest, God revealed to me
during ELUL four years ago my
role as the modern Joshua.
21) Eliminated Also of interest, I and The Restored Church of God learned about the New
Testament remnant
last ELUL (August). Let’s ask: Would timing of when
we were shown the prophecy not be tied to its unique timing of fulfillment
during the very
next available ELUL?
22) Now Point 13We might ask: does the DEVIL know the prophecy is on? For those who
understand how the devil works—that he counterfeits EVERYTHING God does—a
variety of
counterfeit theories have recently appeared about how God is
going to reunite His people. Should not the devil be expected to do this at the
time it would cause the most confusion? You will soon see that most of these
theories are coming from men standing on the wrong side of this prophecy.
23) Now Point 14 With God’s people split up, it is now almost
impossible to do a
powerful Work. (This might be the one area where the splinter leaders would
agree.) God’s Church is largely
stymied in working with both brethren
and the world because of the confusion and deception from top leaders about
where God’s Church is, who has the truth, who is carrying on after Mr.
Armstrong, who is doing the true Work, etc. (Reread #22.) There is
no other
way to proceed than for God to
remove leaders who have lulled with
deceit many thousands who were blind (
Rev. 3:17) to begin with.
24) Now Point 15 World conditions cry out for a big Work
NOW!!!—not one or more
years from now.
I repeat: There are
many more reasons for a 2013 fulfillment, with a
few of a personal nature—and others involving God moving miraculously to reveal
crucial things at certain times within an extraordinarily complex prophecy that
involves
hundreds of verses. I have not included all of these reasons
because others would likely not accept them as legitimate. They are, however, on
MY much longer list (now 56 total).
And these reasons stand on bedrock in the
eyes of ALL our Headquarters ministers.
From David C. Packs Updated, Altered, Erased and Redacted New Announcement 21 Post August 31, 2013
"The Time Is Imminent!
Now comes a series of reasons the fulfillment of Haggai’s prophecy
cannot be
far off. They are summarized, with only a very little detail added. More could
be said of each, but the descriptions given will suffice to those willing to
think just a little about them:
1) Understanding the meaning of the prophecy, starting with
Haggai 1:2,
automatically carries the
requirement of taking a position on it. This cannot be avoided after
one learns it. Think about this. The position of the remnant is that “the time
is not come” to rebuild God’s House. Are they right or wrong? God indicts their
thinking, meaning they are
wrong! If the prophecy is not soon, the net
effect would be that God agrees with the remnant’s view. Worse, so should those
currently in God’s one Church because
they now know the meaning of the
prophecy. Think this through. One does or does not agree with the remnant.
God does not—and we do not. Let’s go further.
2) Directly related, why (or how) would God
command the remnant to “Go…build the House!” (
Hag. 1:8)—but somehow mean many years from now? Why
would God tell them (twice) to “consider their ways”—but not mean that they
should do this now? Try to imagine God saying, “Consider your ways, but take
your time. There’s no hurry. In fact, take years to think it over—even though
you have been out of My Church
for 20 years! You don’t have to DO
anything
now.”
3) Also related, if God waited 2,500 years to reveal the prophecy’s meaning
(3,000 years when various related much older Psalms are considered), is not His
waiting done? Does His revealing it not signal that He has reached the time to
fulfill it rather than having reached a point one, two or three years out?
4) Next, why would God wait longer? What would He wait for? The remnant is
ripe for deliverance.
5) Internally, and this is no small thing, God’s Church is truly
ready to expand the Work in a BIG WAY. The prophecy features
this as the MAIN PURPOSE of the remnant returning!
6) Related to this, the
buildings on our campus can very soon handle
significantly more staff than we have now. This is already true without
the other two buildings scheduled for completion in the late fall.
7) Also related, but separate, our
infrastructure is ready to
receive and serve a much larger flock! This includes field ministry being ready,
but also other things.
8) Maturing interest from many in the world due to one year of explosive
television expansion requires many more laborers in the ministry
in the near
future.
9) The Restored Church of God is experiencing an AWESOME period of growth and
development at this time—in the runup period just prior to the prophecy’s
fulfillment. This is putting it mildly! To us, this is powerful indication that
we are on the right track—that God is not only
pleased with His Church,
but that He is
helping it get ready.
10) For each year that passes before the prophecy’s fulfillment, the remnant
would remain another year (or
more) undergoing
ever worsening false
ways. Worse off, they would have a commensurate
shorter time to
spiritually recover before the Tribulation. Think worse condition, less time to
recover.
11)
Altered Similarly, those with God’s Spirit would have one more year cut off from
God’s Church. This carries the potential for more to quench the Holy Spirit (
I Thes. 5:19) and lose salvation.
12) Was Point 18 in old Since the apostasy, God had not wanted the remnant back in His Church,
but now He does. He would
first reveal the remnant to His leader,
then tell him
how they would return, and
finally that
He meant soon. This was the order in which these things became apparent.
13) Formerly point 22 We might ask: does the DEVIL know the prophecy is on in the near term?
For those who understand how the devil works—that he counterfeits EVERYTHING God
does—a variety of
counterfeit theories have recently appeared about how
God is going to reunite His people. Should not the devil be expected to do this
at the time it would cause the most confusion? You will soon see that most of
these theories are coming from men standing on the wrong side of this
prophecy.
14) Was point 23 With God’s people split up, it is now almost
impossible to do a
powerful Work. (This might be the one area where the splinter leaders would
agree.) God’s Church is largely
stymied in working with both brethren
and the world because of the confusion and deception from top leaders about
where God’s Church is, who has the truth, who is carrying on after Mr.
Armstrong, who is doing the true Work, etc. (Reread #22.) There is
no other
way to proceed than for God to
remove leaders who have lulled with
deceit many thousands who were blind (
Rev. 3:17) to begin with.
15) Was point 24 World conditions cry out for a big Work
NOW!!!—not years from
now.
Some summary review. Since the prophecy has been revealed, brethren have new
knowledge. They know God
disagrees with the remnant’s decision that it
is not yet time to come together and build His House.
With knowledge comes
responsibility (
Jms. 4:17;
Heb. 10:26).
Could not agree more and now that we know the simple complex Haggai Prophecy did not come to pass as presented, the responsible thing to do is apologize.
