The worldwide Church of God, under Mr Armstrong's dispensation, was the Laodicean era of God's seven churches. It was wretched, poor, naked and blind (Rev.3:17). It was in a worst condition that Adam and Eve. For Adam and Eve knew that they were naked, but they were not blind. They saw their nakedness, and hid themselves. In contrast, the ministry in WCG, including Mr Armstrong, were naked and blind, and did not hide their nakedness.
Nakedness means WCG was filled with sin, and sin blinded them from understanding the sublime mysteries of the kingdom of God. That blindness led to ignorance of the bible. For example, the doctrine of predestination was laughed at by the WCG's ministry, as a doctrine invented by Calvin.
Yet, in the Chosen Vessel's sublime Epistle to the Ephesians we read: "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself.."(Eph.1:5). That was written 1500 years before Calvin was born. Yet, the blindness of the hireling ministry in WCG prevented them from seeing it. Also, in the Epistle to the Romans, we read: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son...moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:" (If you have not been predestinated, you will not be called by God.) and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified them he also glorified(Rom.8:29-30). That is the fulfillment of the promise of eternal life to God's elect, whom he foreknew(1 Pet.1:2).
Let the hirelings ask themselves, why they don't understand the doctrine of predestination?
