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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.
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Doug Winnail was bemoaning misguided leadership in the nation last week, but I have to wonder if he is also bemoaning the misguided leadership of the LCG, also?
Like many COG leaders, he has to look backward to search out events in the Bible that fit his modern world narrative. If he finds it, voila! Prophecy in action! Today's event is foretold in scripture!
If Winnail and other Christians who have faith in God, the Bible, and biblical values are firmly believed, no amount of questioning by atheists and agnostics would damage one's faith. In fact, being around an agnostic is usually far more enlightening when discussing the Bible because at least they admit they don't know, while the Bible believers think they know everything when in fact they know very little, too.
Where are there any "servants of God" in a Church of God who are "crying aloud" to the leaders and nations of the world? Where are they? Even Bob Thiel is not doing such a thing, let alone Gerald Weston! These guys envision themselves like Herbert Armstrong, and yet he never cried aloud to the world. He traipsed around talking about a "strong hand from someplace" and handed out expensive gifts attempting to buy favor. What witness has any of these nations ever received? How have any of them changed? Even Herbert's own church is a malignant cesspool of sin and corruption. NO COG out there is in any position to criticize the world around them when they are in far worse shape.
Yes, you HAD a job to do and have failed miserably!
Modern Misguided Leaders: Some of the strongest condemnations by Hebrew prophets were against the leaders of Israel “who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture” and “cause My people to err by their lies” (Jeremiah 23:1–2, 13, 32). Few today realize that these prophecies are dual, and that their ultimate fulfillment will impact modern Israelite nations and their leaders at the end of the age. It is no coincidence that today not only atheists and agnostics are attacking belief in God, the Bible, and biblical values that have been part of the foundation of Western civilization, but also liberal leaders in schools, churches, governments, and the media. As a result of the seeds sown by these attacks on fundamental biblical concepts and values and “forgetting our Maker” we are reaping the whirlwind of confusion, immorality, and social chaos that was prophesied long ago (Hosea 8:7, 14). This is why God has commissioned His modern-day servants to “Cry aloud” and warn our leaders and nations of the consequences that are coming, so they can heed the warnings and escape God’s punishments (Isaiah 58:1; Luke 21:36). We have a big job to do! Have a profitable Sabbath, Douglas S. Winnail
The first time I heard the term “self-care,” I thought it was a clever euphemism for watching porn. Turns out, it is really a thing.
Some descriptions are pretty bloated, but a helpful definition is:
“the practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.”
“The Greatest Unending Story! (Part 408)” given on December 3, 2022, could be known as David C. Pack's One Hour and Forty-Three Minutes of Self-Care. The majority of the message focuses on Dave’s favorite topic: Dave.
He is Elijah-Elect, after all, and is such a prominent Bible figure it would be impossible to end the Series without focusing on all the exciting stuff he is about to do. The way Dave tells it, every other minister inside The Restored Church of God will be sitting on their thumbs when God rocks the world in the coming days.
The brethren must be wondering about their role in this since God's message to God's people does not really involve them. Their job is to just sit and listen and buy it. As long as they paid their Common.
But, maybe Jesus Christ will get to explain more to them when He comes back if hot-shot Elijah shuts his mouth long enough to let the Son of God have a word in edgewise.
Once Elijah takes the world stage, he will not be leaving. Even after the house lights come up.
Since the greasy, slimy math lie worked so well twice before, Dave decided to repeat it a third time so it could be a well-established unfact that shrivels for anyone who bothers to prove Mister Uncheckable.
@ 02:48 Now, we know that just to have a Christmas on Tevet 1, regardless of what day it is, it’s once in 76 years…I wonder if Tevet 1 ever occurs on a Sunday again. That is also Christmas. It could be centuries. I can only tell you that 46 years from today, in 2068, it's a Tuesday. So, that becomes its own, to me, fascinating point about how God timed this year. It would surely seem.
He again measures the time diameter and calls it a 76-year radius. It is still a lie. It occurs three times within 76 years.
If Dave had carefully read Brad’s summary of my article, he could have had Coffee Kid and Pepper Boy look up the Sunday aspect before he pranced to the lectern. But, preparation is not one of Dave’s strong suits.
Dave was piling on to his Christ-Coming-on-Christmas theory by stating how important it is for Tevet 1 to begin the new year on the first day of the week, a Sunday.
I did their work for them. The answer is the year 2174. That is the next time Tevet 1 falls on a Sunday Christmas. The current Restored Church of God thinking is that those parameters have to line up. If Jesus Christ does not appear in the next 21 days, He will not for another 152 years.
Do not hang your Santa hat on that. In 22 days, even Dave will abandon that “proof” like he will all the others.
Surprisingly, he refrained from making the message all about him until the 21-minute mark. Even these instances were only toe-dips into the self-serving pool he would later throw RCG into.
While covering Revelation 14:6, he had to compulsively speculate.
@ 21:09 “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth…” Now, that may be Elijah. Again. Probably is.
Dave being Elijah has become The Restored Church of God's biblical spackle. You have a church of about 1500 people, and every blank space in Dave's Bible has "Elijah" written in it. It could not possibly be Brad or Ed or Ryan or Jaco or Tim or Carl or Jim or Andy or Salasi or Frank or Raymond. We know it cannot be Ken or Deacon Snappy Fingers, but come on, Dave!
Seriously, there is nobody else it could possibly be?
The continuation into verse 7 suddenly has Dave walking back his statement from seconds ago.
@ 21:34 Now, that could be a different one later. Hard to say.
It further pains Dave to admit “another angel” in verse 8 may not also be him. Oh, the humility!
@ 21:51 And you could speculate that’s not Elijah. That’s just another angel, again saying…
In Revelation 14:14, Jesus Christ cannot be the one sitting on the clouds “like the Son of Man,” so Dave breaks out the speculation spackle because…why not?
@ 27:09 Maybe it's the Seventh Messenger. I'm not sure. Maybe it's the Seventh Angel if you wanna put it that way.
If he is not sure, then why even bring it up? Dave loves to have the preeminence. He loves to be on center stage. He loves being all throughout God's word. He cannot help but see himself in every nook and cranny of the Bible because he has been prepared his whole life, starting when he began to doodie in the toilet, not in his pants.
The pointless speculation serves no one in The Restored Church of God except David C. Pack. He is the only beneficiary of such imaginative preaching.
If you ever read Amos 3:7 and thought it was God explaining the concept behind the entire Bible and not only about David C. Pack, then you never truly understood it.
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Dave seems to forget that it is a plural statement. Over the years, he often repeats that as to why he was chosen to give the Series. God is revealing His secrets to Dave, a prophet.
If that was indeed the case, why is it so hard? Why has Dave been 100% wrong 100% of the time?
Nevertheless, Dave cites Amos 3:7 and then ponders a big question.
@ 35:41 Would God bring 100 to 200 billion people five and a half days away, and nobody ever says anything to anybody other than in this room or who are listening in or who will catch up on other languages? That’s a giant question. That’s a giant question. No one foretells what is called The Kingdom of God? Really?
Dave hints that the “days of his voice” are much bigger than just “The Greatest Unending Story!” Series.
The Elijah Show begins, and for the next 66 minutes, it is a solid Elijah-Fest where he focuses solely on his role. Let me repeat. He spends over one hour talking only about himself. Why he does not just preach to a mirror is one of the great mysteries of our time.
@ 37:21 A picture’s gonna grow and grow and grow and grow and become what I’m pretty sure is impossible to misunderstand.
These are the things he covers in Part 408.
Dave is the sower who went out to sow in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 8.
Dave is the Elijah who must first come and restore all things in Matthew 17.
Dave is like John the Baptist, who will be raised by God with an utterance.
Dave is an apostle, which makes him more than a prophet because he is also a Levite.
Dave is raised as That Prophet.
Dave is “My servant David” in Psalm 89.
Dave is anointed as Joshua the High Priest in Zechariah 3 even though he is not yet a High Priest but will be before Friday.
Dave is the rod out of the stem of Jesse of Isaiah 11:1.
Dave is the one the spirit of the Lord rests upon in Isaiah 11:2, :4, :5.
Dave is the mighty and strong one of Isaiah 28:2.
Dave is the righteous man from the east of Isaiah 41:2.
Dave is raised up from the north in Isaiah 41:25.
Dave will bring good tidings to Jerusalem in Isaiah 41:27.
Dave is the Watchman of Ezekiel 3:17.
Dave is the plant of renown in Ezekiel 34:29.
Dave is three different messengers in one: Haggai 1, Revelation 10:7, and Malachi 3:1.
Dave finishes the Mystery of God in Revelation 10:7.
That is a tremendous amount of “Dave is” stuffed inside 66 minutes, though I am sure I missed some. That list is a summation of what transpires throughout the message to set up a new “big twist” Dave was selling.
Wait for it.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, “Every time Dave sets a date, an angel gets his wings.”
An Elijah announcement period of no more than five days, but no less than two days, occurs before Friday, December 9. Each day is a countdown for David C. Pack to become a world figure.
@ 1:05:28 There are days of this man’s voice. This period, if it is this week, and I’m understanding it correctly,the latest it could begin would be Wednesday morning.If it’s right after the 12th [Kislev], then it would be Tuesday morning, and there'd be three days of his voice.
That is BIG NEWS, or he is wrong and will continue to linger in obscurity even though he has been crowned as the Chief Buffoon of the COG community.
So, rather than quietly letting that world-announcement period start which involves JUST HIM, and not forcing the members of The Restored Church of God to listen while he explains it, Dave just had to hold court "one last time" to make sure all the brethren knew how super-duper important he is to God.
The brethren inside RCG have been "watching and waiting" for so long, if something biblical did happen suddenly and they did not know about it…it would not have made any difference. It would be a relief for them. They were awaiting Jesus Christ any day, and their faith would have been rewarded before they expected, which would have fulfilled verses about not knowing the day and hour because BOOM, Mr. Pack is Elijah!!!
But instead of keeping it quiet and only telling those who need to know, Dave’s ego could not sit on this electrifying information without blabbing it to everyone. This will create a series of daily failures before the Super Mega Failure on Friday morning, December 9.
Here are a few notable quotes for those interested in reading his words. He sets up this period before Friday, and Elijah is the one to do it.
@ 43:31 We gotta whole lot more proving to do to see if we’ve got this right. I said we’d there'd be a twist. A huge wrinkle we never thought about because if this is true if what we're gonna read in diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades is true, then something's gonna happen before Friday morning. But I don’t wanna declare that.
And yet, he goes on to declare it with caveats.
@ 1:05:49 It can't be more than five [days], and would it happen before all of the brethren hear it? Tomorrow at 9:30, it's five. Monday, it's four. Tuesday, it's three. Wednesday, it's two, and so forth. It can't go later than that unless, somehow, all of these are just the Kingdom of God and nothing, all the verses that suggest there's this man "rushing to call it out," the vision. And we're waiting for it, but he's just me calling it out to you in this room.
The “I’m three messengers in one” statement can be watched here.
He spends an exhaustive amount of time over-explaining "teleo," meaning "finished." Then, something about 21 days becomes a big sign that this Elijah pre-period is a real thing. Bla Bla Bla.
One unique angle to this message is how hard he hammers the "aw shucks, I don't wanna do this, but I gotta" story. It had to be someone. Someone God raises up with stellar abilities and intellect. Someone who doodies in the toilet, not in their pants. Unfortunately for him, that somebody is David C. Pack.
@ 43:51 And frankly, based on all I’m gonna tell ya,I hope I’m wrong. I hope we’re all waiting for Friday. But I have to be honest if I’m gonna be a wise and faithful servant. I have to tell you all that I found, and it’s simply staggering…I'm seeing things, whether it's the Book of Revelation or Isaiah or Nahum or wherever else you wanna go, things that I never saw before. And it's just like God is just clearing it up.
@ 1:04:01 I’ve never preached a sermon in my life with so many facts where I hoped every one of them is wrong.Nobody would want this assignment. I’m honored if this is what God wants. Somebody’s gonna do it. And his first name appears to be David.
@ 1:41:52 Whatever I envisioned, and I looked at these verses for years of my life, and intensively for the past seven years, it was never what I envisioned, was never that one man would go into Jerusalem alone for days without salvation and face the most horrific generation the world has ever seen. I hope it’s two days.I hope I misread every verse, and none of it happens, and we all comfortably wait for Friday.That's what I hope. But I just can't make the scriptures sing in that kind of harmony. They just don't. I hope everything here has another explanation. But I just don't think so.
@ 1:12:29 Don’t envy this man. Anybody who does? I’m gonna petition God, “You can do it. And I’ll stay back and fear not. And pray for you.” ‘Cause I need prayers. Because you say, “Well, I don’t know. Maybe it’s not you.” Well, then it’s some other David who’s a Seventh Messenger in a world that looks kinda like this one. And I wish there were another person.
He offers you the last slice of pie, hoping you pass it up. But then explains why he has to be the one to eat it. He does not want it to be him but explains why it has to be him. Aw shucks.
Trust me, he WANTS it to be him. It will crush him when it is someone else.
Dave already failed this morning. He will fail tomorrow morning. Then, Tuesday morning and again Wednesday morning. This will prepare all RCG for a more significant failure on Friday morning, which perfectly tees up the inevitable failure on December 25.
Do you think the Series is over?
@ 1:11:59 “Prepares the way” of what? Tells a small church they’re gonna go first? Okay, well, I’m done with that as of today. And, I mean, I think 408 sermons and, you know, 46,000 minutes and seven-plus years is enough.But we're just not quite to Friday yet.
@ 00:17 I guess this is Part 408. And by now, everybody knows with a roughly five and a half days to go, we’re not gonna have a 409.
Part 409 is a certainty. Just as the continual failure of RCG is a certainty.
Despite the David C. Pack Self-Care Disaster, nobody will enjoy well-being and happiness inside The Restored Church of God any time soon.
It will be a bummer of a Friday night this week. The new hymnal on the Sabbath will not be fully enjoyed because folks will continue to quietly ponder why the heckfire they are still attending.
The brethren of RCG need to practice self-care and flee from a false prophet. A man who lies to them and to himself. They need to escape from hirelings that care not for the sheep but feed off of them.
Do not believe a man, but believe your Bible. The screaming in your gut is not lying to you. Get out while you still can.
United Church of God has been on a roll lately preaching to their followers about the right kind of "garments" they should be wearing.
Over the last few Sabbaths in the Home Office/Cincinnati East church there have been sermons given on “garments” Christians should wear. Among them are the garments of praise, joy and a cloak of zeal for God’s work. You might want to take the time to listen to them if you would like to build these traits back into your life.
If they actually preached about the One they claim to follow they would automatically have those traits and not need to be reminded of them continually, but that is another story. Of course, as with all COG's everything that happens in the church and with the members has to point to one thing, ZEAL for the work.
When "zeal" is lacking in the membership, income drops and the elite suffer. That's the real goal for maintaining zeal in the church.
How can UCG members be filled with joy and praise when they never hear much about that inconvenient dude they call Christ other than he preached about some kingdom to come. In COG speak, that kingdom and the meaning of justification, sanctification, and grace, never the twain shall meet. The emphasis is placed upon a mythical kingdom where everyone sits around on thrones of power singing Dwight Armstrong hymns as they weld superiority as a living god over the lazy Laodiceans at their feet. Of course, in COGland this is an endless thankless task of continual work that exhaust members to the point their zeal quickly disappears.
Coming off the Thanksgiving season, Shabi and UCG are focused on "thankfulness", a garment that all members should be wearing. When they leave that garment in the closet they become unthankful and Satan has a toehold on their lives and the church suffers. It's always the member's fault, remember?
There are fundamental attitudes we must develop and that we must “wear” in our lives. At the root of rebellion, sin, disregard and disrespect for God and His way is a lack of thankfulness. Of Satan, God says, “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you” (Ezekiel 28:14, emphasis added).
What about the root of rebellion that the top leaders of UCG/COGWA were consumed with when they plotted and schemed while on the Worldwide Church of God payroll to hijack as much money and members as they could when they started UCG? What about the rebellious sin in all of that? Was it a salvational issue for the souls of potential UCG members or really about keeping the money stream going for the elite of the church who claimed to be god-fearing ministers?
Shabi continues:
At the core of what we do, we are reminded that we are God’s Church and that we are committed to the truth of God. We must speak it, but as importantly (if not more so), we must live it and demonstrate it in our lives. Christ made the foundational statement that He is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).
Jesus did make that statement, but it does not mean the ministry of the UCG believes it. Look at how many sermons are preached, articles written and Bible Studies given on keeping the law as compared to sermons, articles, and Bible Studies on grace, justification, sanctification, and even redemption. And they knew him not.
As part of His body, all of us must be dedicated to living, becoming and speaking the pure, plain truth taught by Christ and preserved for us in His Word. “Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
And yet, do they REALLY follow it? Can they ever do anything without dragging the law into it?
That we will do, as we follow Jesus Christ, the Head of this Church, and seek His will and guidance in all we do.
I don't think I have ever quite given a sermon like this...No, I never have...
"I want to make a statement about...me...now,
I have indeed become deceived; I really need to share with you and tell you what I'm going to tell you now...
I am confessing that I have indeed gone off into strange ideas, misconduct, rebellion, you name it, and while I asked you to follow me, please don't. I am deeply sorry for the confusion and bad theology, strange and crazy ideas and mistaken notions about myself I have heaped upon us all lo these past years.
I want to tell you that now, because I did all that and have made every effort to get you all to follow me. Indeed, I did come to you and tell you it doesn't apply, it doesn't mean me, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's OK to follow me because ABCD and XY and Z. Do you understand what I'm saying? I am deeply sorry for doing exactly what I promised you all I would never do. I tend to do that. I recognize it and I need and want you all to forgive me.
Listen to me now, please when I tell you don't follow me because, admittedly, I did go off into weird ideas and badly parsed scriptural fairytales. I did get off into other things that are total and absolutely unscriptural conduct, and I did paint it with a different face and try to get you to follow me. Do you understand what I'm saying brethren? I am deeply sorry for all this mess I have created and pain in the lives of all of you and those good folk who have left us.
Please remember that, because I promise you that I see my mistakes and self-absorbed folly. I did become deceived, I did, of course, want you all forget it and not notice. Marc, Dennis and many others of you did remember it well enough to quote it right back to me... and I thank them and am deeply sorry. If you need me to step down and go somewhere else, I will.
One would think after watching the epic Dave pack debacle over the last 10 years or so with the outlandish claims of three COG leaders being struck down and all of their members joining up with Dave for the final push, that crazy self-appointed crackpots like Bwana Beto Bob Thiel should learn to keep their mouths shut. But, no, he cannot. His narcissism and vanity trump every decision he makes and boy does he make a lot of wild ones. We mock Dave and Gerald Flurry's craziness, but Beto Bob's outlandish statements are just as ludicrous.
Today, the self-righteous know-it-all was lambasting the Church of God Outreach Ministries out of the UK for an article in the newsletter about Zephaniah and prophecy that was written in 2016. Beto Bob was immediately taken aback by any other COG understanding prophecy since he and he alone has the inside scoop on EVERYTHING.
Beto gets his homeopathic knickers in an organic twist when any of the COGs dare to make the claim that there is no need for a prophet in this day and age. When they say that then it invalidates Beto's position as the one true prophet, preordained before the dawn of creation to come in the end times to lead the one true church to enlightenment in the desert of Jordan.
Beto had to throw this comment in:
Jesus taught that His prophets were not heeded throughout history (e.g. Matthew 23:29-31; Luke 13:34, 16:31).
They were not, but why does Beto feel the need to say this? It is because we reject his self-appointed position as a prophet to the church. We know for a fact that's a lie and that frosts his butt to no end.
God had given Joseph dreams that his brothers would not heed. Furthermore, even though the situation in the world was bad, they were not taking the action they should.
Something similar is happening now.
Here we go, AGAIN...those dumb dreams and church members not heeding or believing his dreams and words spoken. How can any of us seriously take him at this word? Rod Meredith did not. Dibar Apartian did not. The evangelists and ministry of the Living Church of God did not. LCG members did not. And yet here we are once again being accused of not heeding his words. Beto, please! Get down off your cross, someone needs the wood!
Beto next sticks his wimpy chest out and pounds on it with his flailing hands and says LOOK AT ME!
In Acts 2:17-18, the Apostle Peter said that God would provide dreams and prophets in the last days, but even most true Christians do not accept that. They are at least figuratively looking at themselves and not accepting what God is doing...(suppsoedly in the improperly named "continuing" Church of "god".
Next, Beto makes a bold claim similar to Dave Pack and that is a supposed gathering of COG's into one united fellowship. Bob, being the Beto he is, believes that HE is the one to do that.
Now, there is something specifically for our time in the 21st century to consider as God inspired the Prophet Zephaniah to also write the following:
Although it has certain misunderstandings, the Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary realized that the gathering together was intended for a religious group or assembly:
2 Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff, Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you! (Zephaniah 2:2)
Can you imagine what a living hell it would be to isolated in Petra with Bwana Beto Bob as your church leader and speaker for 3 1/2 years? Holy hell, what a nightmare! The licking flames in the Valley of Armageddon would look pretty good at that point.
The Beto goes on to say:
The gathering is to take place well before the day of the Lord (which happens about 2 1/2 years after the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24:21 begins) and before some type of decree is issued.
Who does God want to gather together?
The end time Christians. Notice what Jesus stated and something the Apostle Peter wrote:
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (John 15:19, NKJV)
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-10, KJV)
This is a peculiar people. These are people who the world does not desire. These are Philadelphian Christians.
Read the subtleness of Beto's comment above, particularly the last line. In Beto's fantastical mind, there are NO real Philadelphian Christians OUTSIDE the improperly named "continuing" Church of "god".
No other COG on the face of the earth is more humble and meek than Bwana Bob's followers. Even he believes himself a really humble and meek man. After all, he is peculiar, so this HAS to be about HIM!
For they are the only ones who will actually ‘gather together’ as they should.
Why?
Because it is they who will lead the final phase of the work and it is only to the Philadelphians that Jesus promises to protect from the coming hour of trial, also referred to as the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord:
Why should we believe Bwana Bob is leading the final phase of the world? Every single COG leader out there makes the same claim. How can so many who claim to be right are so wrong?
Beto goes on to make more claims about how he is the one to gather the COG's together:
The decree to ‘gather together’ will be repeated in the area of Judah just before the time of great destruction.
Why a decree?
Apparently, to make it easier for people who read what Jesus said to better be able to understand that Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14 and Daniel 9:27b and Daniel 11:31 had been fulfilled.
By whom will the decree be made?
The Bible says:
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8 A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
Who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:7-8)
The prophet may make the decree personally and/or pass it on to another authority in the church to make.
Who is the only Church of God in the 21st century to teach all of this?
Who is that Bwana Bob? Who is that?
This is who...
The Continuing Church of God.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!
If you're not part of Bwana Bob's little group then you will NOT know when it is time to flee and will be left behind to listen to Dave Pack preach the same sermon for 3 1/2 years and be subject to Ron and Laura Weinland walking the streets of Jerusalem for those 3 1/2 years.
If you are not with the group that is leading the final phase of the workwill you not be able to flee if you wait until the last moment? While that may be remotely possible for some, remember that God inspired Zephaniah to admonish God’s people to ‘gather together…before the decree is issued.’
Most will discount this and many will scoff. Most COGs do not have anyone considered to be a prophet, and in those other than CCOG who claim to have prophets, those prophets have been proven to be false (e.g. PCG, CGPFKG, TPM). But the Bible says that there will be prophets in the last days and that God does communicate with them in dreams...
The Great Bwana Beto ends with this ludicrous statement:
The old WCG taught that Zephaniah had to do with being protected, yet few teach that today.
Since no later than 2007 I have written that Zephaniah had to do with Philadelphians being ‘gathered together’ so that they would be protected from the coming trial that will hit the earth.
We in the Continuing Church of God “have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19, KJV).”
Should we not be “exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25)?
We in the Continuing Church of God boldly teach the need for Philadelphians to be ‘gathering together’ today. Will you heed God’s instructions as the Prophet Zephaniah was inspired to write? Would you possibly like to be protected? If so, will you ‘gather together’?
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