UCG: Income Down, Godly Housewives and UCG's 'Essence'

Some UCG Conference highlights:

UCG is in the process of budgeting a 40% decrease in income.  Partly because of the tremendous loss of money from the UCG and COGaWA debacle and a failed economy.

UCG is still trying to decide to what to do with it's women.  10 years ago they produced a document that pertained to the 'needs' of women in UCG in order for them "... to be effective wives, mothers and homemakers."

God forbid if any woman in UCG might have the ability to teach or lead something!

They also decided that they need some kind of communication between elder's wives.

Um, hello.....it's 2011 and your kids have better communication with their friends than your women do?

This is such an important matter that they had to draft a proposal:

After some discussion on the matter, Mr. John Elliott proposed and Mr. Scott Ashley seconded the following proposal:
Whereas, the Council of Elders desires to establish a means for elders' wives to communicate among themselves,
Now therefore, it is hereby resolved that, Ministerial and Member Services is to develop a means for online networking and communication for elders' wives of UCGIA.
The Council approved unanimously this proposal.

Do they not realize how incredibly stupid this makes them look? 10 years after a proposal nothing has happened, and close to 20 years after breaking away to form the most perfect COG on earth, they still have not done anything!  It should be quite obvious to the women of UCG that you are a low priority.  Men rule, you are only there to submissive wives and crafty Martha Stewart homemakers.

They have also decided that they need to determine what the ministers/UCG's essential 'essence' is.  They've decided that they have 'godly relationships'.  As much as I want to I will not go there..............

Critical Essence:
The Council concluded a very informative and spirited discussion regarding our critical essence based on the research provided by the Northlich company. Based on a desire to be crystal clear with how the Council sees the essence of our personality, our way of life and of what our message is about, the Council felt that it would be more precise to add the distinguishing and clarifying word "godly" to the statement of our critical essence.

Mr. McNeely proposed, Mr. Seiglie seconded, and the Council adopted "godly relationships" as our critical essence.

UCG will no longer 'match' 403B contributions by ministers and elders.  They do not have the income to do that any longer.

Council Secretary Gerald Seelig took the floor to submit to the Council the appropriate documentation to empower the President and the Administration to withdraw the 403B thrift matching plan,

Joplin Devastation

Pictures of Joplin Missouri tornado.  Absolutely amazing to see.  Sadly we will soon be subjected to a rash of COG ministers claiming this is a sign of the end times or God spanking these people because they are not Sabbath keeping LCG members.

Check out this article for a lot of other pictures: Daily Mail: Joplin Tornado

Click on pictures to enlarge for a realization to the magnitude of the damage done.

The Entire Earth Will Now Be Destroyed on October 21st, 2011

Failed prophet Harold Camping now says that the earth will be totally destroyed on October 21st, 2011.  What really happened on May 21st was an 'invisible spiritual judgement day'.

His new theory is that God decided to spare humanity horrible pain and death through five months of tribulation and now will instead, just kill everyone in one swift move on October 21st.  One minute you will be here, the next you will be fried to a crisp.  Of course, he and 3% of the world's population will be in heaven playing harps on a fluffy white cloud.

This entire episode with Camping should be a reminder to Armstrongites of the same lies that came down from Herbert Armstrong and Rod Meredith in the late 1960's when they predicted that the end times would start in the 1972 and the millennium would start in 1975.  It should also remind Armstrongites that they are all a product of the failed prophecies of William Miller who told the same lie in the 1844.

Armstrongism is currently filled with numerous liars and false prophets.  Rod Meredith, Gerald Flurry, Dave Pack, Ron Weinland, and numerous others.  When will people stop listening to these liars?

Apostle Malm: The Endtime Starts in 2015

Apostle Malm is mocking Harold Camping's current failed prophecy because it was not pronounced by a TRUE COG Apostle like himself.  Then, once the TRUE Apostle makes the truth known you will willingly follow him to Petra.  It will be another test to prove yourself worthy.  First was the Sabbath 'test'. Now it is the Petra 'test'.

Harold Camping says he made a mistake and the rapture will come in late Oct.  Herald is wrong again; there will be no rapture as he describes it.  Instead the faithful will make a personal decision to follow God’s two true prophets to the place that God has prepared.  This will be a conscious, informed decision and will not be forced on anyone.  It will be a test of obedience to God as Abraham was tested in Ur; as Lot was tested at Sodom; as Noah was tested to obey his God.

The great evil that Herald (sic) is doing is much more than temporarily deceiving a few gullible people; It has to do with falsely crying  “wolf” so many times that the real truth is ignored!  The tribulation will come ONLY when ALL the biblical signs are present.  ONLY after the final false prophet has been set up in Rome and revives the Holy Roman Empire [by whatever name].  Only when this abomination goes to the Holy Place will the tribulation begin!  Mat 24:15-21.

What disturbs Apostle Malm so much with Harold's failed prophecy is that people will  now be leery of Apostle Malm or other COG prophets when they pronounce the 'truth.'  People will ignore them too.

So how does Apostle Malm get around the Scripture that blatantly points out to all prophets, that "no man knows the hour?"  I bet you did not know that the people were too stupid in Jesus time to know 'when' but now in these latter days enlightened people like Apostle Malm have that knowledge.

The scripture does say that no man KNEW the day or hour at the time that Jesus Christ was speaking on the earth in the flesh; that does NOT mean or imply that no man will ever know the time.  For it is written that at the very end, the books shall be unsealed and [spiritual] knowledge shall be increased by the unsealing of the prophetic books.

We are then told that the wise SHALL understand!  Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. ¹⁰Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Apostle Malm also knows the exact year that creation happened.  That is, until those wicked Catholics allowed Ussher to change the date and now the entire world is deceived. Except for Apostle Malm, of course.

As we approached the year 2,000 AD [believed by many to be the year 6,000]  many were concerned about that being a potential time of the end.  In fact a complete 6,000 years must elapse BEFORE the 7th thousand year begins; that means that at the END of the 6th thousandth year or at the beginning of the year 6,001; is when the seventh thousand year begins.

I bring it to your attention that until the Catholic Bishop Ussher decided that creation was in 4004 BC, it was generally recognized that creation was in 3987 BC.  That would make the year 6,001 begin in 2015.

The 2,300 Day Prophecy also falls out to completion with the sanctuary being cleansed in 2,015.

Then like all good Armstrongites he denies he is setting a date but then quickly goes to point out that the false prophet will be set up in Rome in late 2011:

I am presenting this information NOT to set a specific date, but to show the potential for serious end time events in the foreseeable future.  Counting back from the sixth day of Unleavends 2,015;  the 1,290 days of Dan 12, brings us to late 2011 for the setting up of the final false prophet in Rome and his call for a new order in Europe.

Regardless of whether this happens in 2011 or a year or two later; the children of light; the WISE: Shall NOT be taken by surprise!  They are close to their God and have chosen to follow the Lamb instead of following men and their corporations who use the name of Christ to peach a false Christ who would compromise with his Father’s law and tolerate sin out of a false “love” which allows men to rush to their own destruction instead of correcting them.

I guess I better keep my Petra pack by the front door all the time now.  One just never quite knows which prophet will be setting which date.  There seem to be sooooooooooooooooo many of them now.