Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Dave Pack: When your minister lies to you about the return of Jesus Christ…you need to be patient.


 

IF Wednesday

 

David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God did not have a good week.

 

Monday, January 23 @ 10:04 AM ET

Tuesday, January 24 @ 10:05 AM ET

Wednesday, January 25 @ 10:06 AM ET

Thursday, January 26 @ 10:07 AM ET

Thursday, January 26 @ 11:35 PM ET

 

This list does not include Friday, when a key Headquarters staff member resigned as an employee and church member. This rivet popping from the hull of the RMS Wadsworth is the second departure since November. Kudos to the lay members who act while the hirelings do nothing.

 

Marvel when you realize this was not David C. Pack’s biggest fail streak in a week. July/August 2022 was no fun for him either when Av 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 all turned up to be business as usual.

 

The David C. Pack Wall of Shame grows longer on the landing page of exrcg.org. When Tammuz circles around again, the design layout will need to be updated. Maybe Kevin Denee’s company can help with that.

 

As you have discerned by now, this is not a review of the surprisingly good Jenny Ortega series, “Wednesday,” streaming on Netflix.

 

RCG Headquarters issued an update on Monday to calm the nerves of the brethren when Dave was a no-show on Sabbath to bestow Special Comments. He must have had nothing special to say. And that is quite the feat from the man who doodies in the toilet, not in his pants.

 

 

Monday, January 30, 2023

 

Dear brethren,

 

We hope this finds you doing well. 

 

If we are here on Wednesday, Mr. Pack plans to lay out some more corroboration that we were right and that we really do need patience. Everything is still on track.

 

Warm regards,

 

Church Administration

 

 

“We hope this finds you doing well.”

 

How could anyone NOT be doing well after being strung along all week to then hear silence over the weekend? Three days of not knowing what the heckfire is going on would put anyone into a “well” state of mind.

 

Either nobody had the courage on Sabbath to walk up to the lectern to fill the air with more false assurances, or the Packian Triad of Fraud was simply out of ideas. The result was the same. Let the brethren stew while wondering why salvation did not come.

 

But should they really be wondering by this point? The obvious answer is staring them in the face.

 

No Part 417 this weekend was a blessing to the brethren at Headquarters. I remember that sigh of relief when you realize you can eat a meal in peace and go home at a reasonable hour on the Sabbath.

 

It could have been worse. Enduring yet another condescending 3-minute sweaty stammering about how great things still are from Meat Shield would have been nothing short of maddening.

 

Silence is golden at Headquarters.

 

 

“If we are here on Wednesday…”

 

See why there was no need to rush reporting this? My calendar claims today is Wednesday. As expected.

 

The last Pathetic Update ended with, “…any hour of any day works." The saddest people on the face of the earth are the members of The Restored Church of God expecting David C. Pack to get anything right.

 

No man knows the day and/or the hour. The Father knows. Even by accident, David C. Pack cannot figure out the day for the coming of the Kingdom of God. Whenever he suggests a day, know for sure it will NOT come on that day.

 

 

“…more corroboration that we were right…”

 

More past-tense future-fulfillment corroborations. More “being wrong” means “being right” insanity.

 

David C. Pack is going to fail his whole way into success.

 

David C. Pack is going to teach errors along the path to truth.

 

David C. Pack will be proven wrong so many times it will result in being right.

 

Sound thinking has fled from Headquarters.

 

The corroboration could mean that the February 10/11 (Shevat 20) Big Deal is back in the spotlight. This is 40 days before Abib 1, which is the fallback to the fallback. When that does not pan out, be prepared for a Passover-Unleavened Bread reimagining.

 

 

“…we really do need patience.”

 

David C. Pack and the enablers at Headquarters have weaponized patience. They have corrupted the use of godly character and misapplied it through exploitation.

 

This is evil. What is going on starting at Headquarters is evil. Evil.

They need the brethren to be silent, gullible, naïve, witless, and blind. That is not being patient.

 

If your parent beats you, do you ignore it because you need to be patient?

If your spouse commits adultery, do you put up with it because you need to be patient?

If your friend is addicted to drugs, do you stay silent because you need to be patient?

If your child is stealing from you, do you pretend not to know because you need to be patient?

If your teacher is molesting you, do you keep it a secret because you need to be patient?

If your boss is not paying you, do you keep working because you need to be patient?

 

When your minister lies to you about the return of Jesus Christ…

When your minister has other ministers deceive you…

When your minister swears falsely using God’s name in vain…

When your minister twists the words in the Bible…

 

To endure such things with inaction is not a show of patience. It is willful foolishness.

 

That is not biblical patience. That is patience weaponized for the gain of men.

 

 

Everything is still on track.”

 

Members of The Restored Church of God, this is David C. Pack pissing in your face instead of against the wall. This is a mental and spiritual affront expressed without shame in hubris because he knows you will accept it with a calm, docile smile.

 

If The Restored Church of God and David C. Pack were "still on track," Jesus Christ would have returned on Friday, August 30, 2013.

 

Or on January 23, 24, 25, or 26 of 2023.

 

If we are here on Thursday, will you continue to listen to the vile filth David C. Pack teaches?

If we are here on Friday, will you continue to do nothing except sign your tithe check?

If we are here on Saturday, will you continue to support an organization of biblical fraud?

 

Why continue to attend a church that lies, deceives, corrupts, manipulates, threatens, and patronizes?

 

Maybe you are just being patient.

 

 

 Marc Cebrian

See: IF Wednesday

 

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

That Other Crackpot Prophet Claims Millennium WIll Be Here In 2028


One thing is for sure in Armstrongism, there is always a crackpot self-appointed prophet of god lurking in the wings to step in and share their hidden knowledge. No matter how wild, crazy, or foolish that assumed knowledge is, they know for a fact the date of the millennium, the return of the creature they call "Christ".

This time it is not Dave Pack, Gerald Flurry, or even God's most highly favored servant, Bob Thiel. This time it is that other crackpot prophet, Wade Cox. Cox was the original crazy COG leader before Pack, Flurry, and Thiel hit the scene with their weirdness.

Check out his timeline below:

Table 1  Structure of the eras

4026 BCE

Earth tohu and bohu (without form and void. God did not create it that way i.e. tohu and bohu, Isa. 45:18).

4024/3-4005/4

Notional Jubilee of Eden begins and Adam’s notional life

4005/4

Creation: Adam is created as an adult at 20 years. After 30 years he is judged and expelled. Satan is placed as god of this earth (cf. 2Cor. 4:4) and under trial. 

3974

First Jubilee of the cursed earth.

2007

Nahor dies

2005/4 

Notional end of the first era.

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1998

Noah dies (950)

1996 

Abraham born (cf. Bullinger 1991 years from the Nativity)

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5 BCE

Christ born

27 CE 

Jubilee with John the Baptist and Messiah.

30 CE 

Crucifixion

1996

End of the 2000 years and

 

End of the Time of the Gentiles.

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1967-1996

 

Thirty Years Mourning for Aaron and the Reclamation of Jerusalem. End of the 2300 evenings and mornings.

1997-2027

Thirty years of the wars of the end. Corresponds to the month of the mourning for Moses and signifies the removal of the Princes, Priests and prophets of this age. End of the Sign of Jonah.

2021-2024

Period of the possible Advent of Messiah and subjugation of the planet.

2027/8 Jubilee

Fortieth Jubilee since ministry of Messiah.

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2028

Thousand years of the Millennium begins under Messiah.

3013-3027

Satan released. Wars of the Camp of the Saints (Rev. 20:7-9).

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3028-3128

Second Resurrection of the Dead and 100 year judgment.

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3128

City of God

Monday, January 30, 2023

Fear, the fuel that drives Armstrongism

 



Fear is the main tactic in keeping members "in" the church. Fear of being cut off from God. Fear of losing one's salvation. Fear of committing the unpardonable sin. Fear of getting kicked out of the "true" church. Fear of being disfellowshipped and marked by God. Fear of not making it to the place of safety.


January 1, 2023 Exit and Support Network 
 
Having only limited knowledge of the Bible as a teenager, I was intrigued when I first heard about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and that He would be ruling with His saints on Earth for a thousand years! So I wrote to Pasadena and read just about every booklet they published. It wasn’t long before I took the bait and was hooked. 
 
I can attest to the fact that fear is definitely a factor—perhaps the greatest—that keeps members within these Armstrong cults from venturing out. This was especially true of those in WCG. Herbert Armstrong who was the master controller at the helm instilled that fear with the threat of the lake of fire if one “tastes the truth” and later walks away from it. 
 
For all the years I remained in that cult, it was fear that kept me from stepping out or even raising any question to anyone inside the “church” or outside of it. We were warned that raising questions or having doubts was the first sign that Satan had a grip on us. We were constantly reminded that this was “God’s government,” and who are we to question those that were directly appointed by God? I remember the repetitious warnings of Gerald Waterhouse that we were to say, “Yes, sir!” to the boss no matter he said. 
 
Sadly, this is how the WCG operated so successfully for decades. I dare to say that most of us suffered financially over the years, as we followed the dictates from above “seeking first the Kingdom of God” (i.e., the pocketbooks of those in charge). –Former WCG member