According to Weinerdude
Weinland, it seems that most of his long time members have left after his repeated failures and he now has a new group of people. Why anyone would join this lying fraud is beyond me.
The purpose of this post will be to cover a few items for God’s Church
that would be good to be addressed at this time concerning financial
planning. As the Church today is composed mostly of newer people, there
are matters that come up from time to time that have need of further
clarification and guidance.
Over the past couple of years, the Church has learned much and grown
much through the process of having strongly embraced two separate
occasions when it believed Christ would return, Pentecost of 2012 and
then again on Pentecost of 2013. This “experience” created and produced a
spirit of conviction that was far more fully molded and fashioned
toward “living” God’s way (truth and law) of life and it being first and
foremost our primary focus in life. This is a far deeper conviction and
“understanding” actively living in God’s people in a far greater way
than I have witnessed in my 44 years in God’s Church.
Apparently a lot of Ron's cult members spent all of their second tithe before Pentecost this year, believing that Jesus was retuning and they would no longer need it. It also seems that some fools quit their jobs. Then Ron says that a lot of them went on spending sprees with their credit cards. The reasoning behind that was that, IF Jesus is returning on Pentecost 2013 then why not rack up your card balances because at that point the banks would fail and you would not need to worry about paying it back.
There is no price that can be placed upon the value of what God has
created in His people through this time. Yet, there is also a component
of a literal price paid in the lives of all who have gone through this
process. Some of that cost may have involved recycling stored goods
(primarily foods) or even discarding some that spoiled. Other costs may
have involved Feast of Tabernacles expenditures that had been largely
used before each Pentecost, since the focus was so absolute that Christ
would return at that time, therefore all currency saved to that time
would have no value afterward. Another area of impact affected some who
believed they would no longer have their jobs after Pentecost (in this
age) and planned accordingly. This list could certainly include several
other matters that created a greater financial impact in people’s lives,
but perhaps the most common was that which involved over-extending
credit purchases above what one could otherwise handle.
Stupidly following Ron led most of his members to believe that the old way was disappearing so why not take advantage of it. It sounds just like William Miller all over again. Idiots all.
Yet despite the spending sprees, Ron's god transformed the lives of all those that waited patiently for Jesus. Their lives were transformed when he did not return. The idiotic reasoning of this guy is appalling. Of course, everything ends up being"on the spiritual plane" and not ground in reality.
Some of the literal cost experienced by people was simply a natural
consequence of believing this current age of man’s self-rule was ending,
which includes man’s established economic system coming to an end.
Other costs were simply self-imposed as a result of unwise choices. Yet
with all of the various costs to people’s lives, none can be remotely
compared to the “value” of what was created and fashioned in us by God’s
creation and transforming power at work in our lives due to this
incredible experience. In addition to the incredible depth of conviction
that was molded into people’s lives, there was much more that was
learned on a spiritual plane. As a result, many have grown much more in
Godly wisdom, deeper understanding of one’s own nature, and a magnified
appreciation of experiencing such a creative transformation in life.
Apparently this was not the first time his cult members did this. They did it in 2008 also. Since all of Ron's prophecies have been failures, the finical ruin his church members created for themselves now allow them to grow into wiser financial planning.
A common experience that has been expressed by a number of people is
that if Christ had returned on either date it would have solved
(resolved) ongoing financial struggles and other difficulties (battles)
in life. First, it is important to acknowledge that because of all the
financial struggles associated with such a strong focus of Christ’s
return on two separate occasions that all of us can grow and become
wiser in budgeting and planning. Secondly, we need to realize that no
matter how wisely or how well we have planned ahead, there will still be
financial hardships because of the “end-time” we are currently living
in.
Since 2008, when the First Trumpet sounded, the financial impact from
a growing global buildup to a complete economic implosion has been in
the works. This buildup is steadily eroding away all the underpinnings
of this world’s economic system. It is causing greater stress and strain
on businesses and governments worldwide, which in turn, is doing the
same to individuals and families.
For all of those who are in God’s Church, this can be likened to the
first few plagues that were poured out during the time just preceding
the Exodus when both Israel and Egypt suffered together. In the
beginning, we will suffer what the world suffers until the time when God
begins to intervene to protect and deliver His people.
Weinland admits the chruch used the tithe money set aside for the Feast on other things which was OK in his book. However, if you are a lowly church member and do not use your tithe money accordingly and need Festival assistance, Ron most likely will not give it to you.
Along these lines of financial planning, everyone should also plan
wisely for the annual Holy Days and the saving of Second Tithe for their
observance as God commands. As God has now given us a focus of
Pentecost to Pentecost, we understand that this also means we are to
plan for the potential of our next observance of the Feast of
Tabernacles. Over the past couple of years in our “present truth,” when
we believed Christ was specifically coming on the “following” Pentecost,
the administrative decision for the use of 2nd Tithe was given to also
include special visits and travel associated with those visits. Now, 2nd
Tithe should only be used for annual Holy Day expenses, especially for
those associated with the observance of the Feast of Tabernacles.
In the context of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Church is seeking to
plan ahead wisely in financial planning. This brings us to the subject
of Festival Assistance for helping those who make such request. Over the
past couple of years this area of financial load has grown
tremendously, and as a result there will be the need to more wisely
distribute such assistance. One of the first things we are going to
institute is what the Worldwide Church of God carried out in its
distribution of such funds. Festival Assistance was not automatically
given each and every year to all who had been fully recommended and
qualified to receive it. Many had to stay home for a year or two before
receiving such assistance.
In the future, there will also be the need to tighten some
requirements before receiving assistance. If it is clear someone has not
consistently given Holy day offerings over the past year, then they
will not receive Festival Assistance. The same is true concerning
whether someone has been faithfully tithing over the entire previous
year. In addition, for anyone who has made no effort whatsoever to set
aside something for the Feast, then no Festival Assistance will be
given. Over the past few years, due to so many being new in God’s
Church, the Church has been very merciful and exceedingly patient when
determining the giving of assistance. We are now a more matured Church
and God has made it clear that He is requiring a higher standard from
everyone in the Body.
Seventy some years after Armstrongism started and Ron's church has just now matured. What a moron.
Most people who have made requests for Festival Assistance are
faithful in tithing, giving of Holy Day Offerings, and often saving
extra aside for Feast observance. In every way, God’s Church will strive
to make it possible for those people to attend the Feast of
Tabernacles.
Translation: If you have tithed faithfully to my wife and daughter so that they can travel expense free around the world, then you will be able to get festival assistance.
