Roger Meyer from the Living Church of God does not like that people seek independence.
He
writes:
July 4 is the day
the United States celebrates its independence. Many nations throughout
history have fought for their independence, and have set aside days to
mark its attainment. Is independence and self-rule the real answer to
mankind’s search for peace and happiness?
The desire to
be independent—“on our own” and free from “other people telling us what
to do”—is in all of us. The toddler cries, “I want to do it myself!” The
teenager cannot wait to be on his own, free from parental authority.
Rod Meredith "wanted to do it by himself" when he formed the Global Church of God and then when he got smacked down for his self righteous attitude he sought Independence by jumping ship to Living Church of God.
A
friend once told me that he had shared these independent sentiments as a
teen. “So,” he said with a wry grin, “I joined the army!” He found
that there is nothing like a U.S. Army sergeant to let you know that he
considers it his business to tell you what to do and when to do it. He
will also tell you—again and again—that your status is less than that of
a lowly fly larva!
That is the state of affairs that true followers of Armstrongism look to inflict upon the "unconverted" masses in their world tomorrow. They will rule with rods of iron and fists of fury over the lowly fly larva underneath them.
Throughout history, mankind has declared its
independence, time and again. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve made
the mistake of believing the serpent’s lie that they could be wise, make
their own decisions and chart their own course—that they did not need
God to tell them what to do.
Rod Meredith declared his independence from HWA when he went into rebellious melt down that caused him to be exiled to Hawaii for a year. Then he went into rebellion in Tuscon when he lied about Leona McNair on stage in front of close to 800 ministers. He then got sued for it and LOST while letting the WCG pay his attorney fees. Then after the case was settled and all monies paid out he sought independence and jumped to form Global Church of God.
The ancient Israelites, having
grown into a nation, were at first governed by human judges guided by
God. But they decided to declare their independence, and told Samuel,
“Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a
king to judge us like all the nations” (1 Samuel 8:4-5). God told
Samuel to give the people what they wanted, for they had rejected Him
from reigning over them (v. 7).
God gave the people of Global and Living Church of God the leader they clamored for. They preferred Spanky over Jesus and grace.
Jesus’ well-known parable of the
minas (or pounds) illustrates mankind’s stubborn streak of
independence. A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom.
Before his departure, he gave his ten servants each a mina. “But his
citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will
not have this man to reign over us’” (Luke 19:14). The rejected man
refers to Jesus Christ, who will return as the conquering King of kings
to rule over all nations of the earth.
LCG's god is a god of war, wrath and damnation. It wants to see this god come and destroy 2/3rds of humanity. They can't stand the God who stoops down to pick up the beaten down, the lowly, the outcasts, the disenfranchised. LCG prefers their god to leave these scum in the mud because whatever caused them to be there in the first place was their fault.
One might expect that
when Christ returns to the earth and reveals Himself to mankind, that He
would be welcomed with open arms and cries of “Hallelujah!” Sadly, that
will not be the case. In fact, mankind will battle Christ with all of
the power it can muster. “And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth,
and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on
the horse and against His Army” (Revelation 19). And in Psalm 2:2-3:
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, ‘Let us
break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us.’”
Independent
mankind does not want anybody—including Almighty God—telling it what to
do. Thankfully, as both of these accounts reveal, all the puny human
efforts to fight Christ will be dashed to pieces. Every knee will bow to
Christ as the King of the earth. All of mankind will confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:9-11).
Roger Meyer and Rod Meredith both refused to let anyone tell them what to do. They left WCG to form their own splinter cult called Global Church of God. Then when they did not get their way threw a temper tantrum, financially bled dry Global, in another rebellious action of independence to the Living Church of God - organized and partially funded by a child molester from Pasadena.
Finally, under the rule of
the Kingdom of God, human beings will finally learn to trust in, rely
on and depend upon Jesus Christ and God the Father. Mankind will humbly
submit to God’s rule and finally, at long last, find the true happiness
it has been seeking—but has never been able to find.
It's all about submission in Armstrongism. You must submit to their god, to Rod, to the ministry, and to Herbert's memory.
Is it any wonder that LCG hates independence so much when they are losing members along with the rest of the COG's to independent thinkers!
