Without Love, We Are Nothing,

 The Chosen Vessel, in his Epistle to the Ephesians was inspired to write five things that were true of the Gentiles:

1) They were uncircumcised.

2) They were without Christ.

3) They were strangers from the covenants of promise. 

4) They had no hope, and 

5) They were without God in the world (Eph.2:11-13).

One's condition could not be any more dreadful, and today, the same is true of over 95% of the current estimated 7.5 billion people on the earth. 

In contrast to the vast majority of people in the world, who are spiritually dead, including the majority of people who attended WCG, the saints at Ephesus were predestined to be called, called to be justified, justified to be glorified (Rom.8:29-30).

Of course, the Ephesian church was not established by Paul.  The text clearly indicates that the Ephesian church was founded by Apollos, who was born in Alexandria, and came to Ephesus, where he preached the gospel, only understanding the baptism of John the Baptist(Acts 18:24-25).

On a later visit to Ephesus, Paul asked the disciples, "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed"(Acts.19:2). The Holy Spirit, which is the God of love, imparts the divine nature into the hearts of all converted Christians. The question that Paul posed to the disciples at Ephesus, needs to be answered by the vast majority of people who attended WCG.

The disciples replied, "We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Spirit." After Paul explained the difference of the baptism in Christ from the baptism of John, the twelve men were baptised again, and they received the Holy Spirit, which is the God of love. For John was inspired to write: "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.  He that loves not knows not God, for God is love (1 John 4:7-8).

This passage of Scripture is so recondite and sublime, that without the Holy Spirit of love, it cannot be understood by the carnal mind.  For what does it mean to be "born of God ( John 1:12-13)?" 

I was going to answer that question, but unless one is converted, he would be as ignorant as Nicodemus, who didn't understand what it meant to be born again. Yet, he was a ruler in Israel, and asked Jesus, "How can these things be?"  And Jesus replied, "Are you a master of Israel, and know not these things(John 3: 10)?  That question needs to be answered by the cabal of hireling ministers that were in WCG, and are now fleecing docile, deluded people out of tithes and offerings.

They need to acknowledge their ignorance of the bible, and step down from being pretended masters in Israel.

 

The Last Great Day

 Sadly, the Feast of Tabernacles was never understood in WCG, or any of the other Holy days. That is not surprising, for the hireling ministry did not have the Holy Spirit, that leads to all truth.

They were and are ignorant of the fact that Passover is a mirror image of Atonement. Both festivals focus on the sacrifice Jesus. 

The seven days of unleavened bread is a mirror image of the Feast of Tabernacle. Both festivals are about the doctrine of sanctification.

The Last Great Day is a mirror image of Pentecost. Both festivals refer to the judgment of God, and to whom he will give his Holy Spirit. Hence Jesus' sermon on the Last Great Day of the Feast.  His message was and is thus: "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink  He that believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water"(John 7:37-38).

Later when John recorded the sermon, he added: "(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet given..)"

Of course, the Holy Spirit was given, on the day of Pentecost, after the death, resurrection and glorification of Jesus, which brings us back to Atonement.

In my 22 years attending services with WCG, no one ever gave a sermon on The Last Great Day, or any other Feast day, on the profound meaning of the day.  I once heard Francis Bergin, who was never seen in the company of a woman, trying to explain the meaning of The Last Great Day, which he summarised by saying: "The last great day, is great for everyone."

Lord, have mercy?

A Great Sound of a Trumpet (Matt.24:31).

We had the Feast of Trumpets, the day of Atonement and we are now approaching the Feast of Tabernacles.  Sadly, these festivals were never understood in WCG, and the same ignorance is still being peddled by the hirelings in the divided groups that were formed since God spewed WCG out of his mouth.

On the feast of Trumpets, pompous, ignorant men who were ordained ministers as a result of licking the boots of Dr. Meredith, Hermon Hoeh, Raymond McNair or even Mr. Armstrong, used to turned up for services.  They were often met in the car park by a grovelling, sycophantic member, who was aspiring to be ordained a deacon.

The hireling seat at the front of the congregation had been reserved for him, and he walked in with a haughty deportment, as though he was Julius Caesar, who had just returned from an arduous battle, and was worthy of a Triumvirate.

After the preliminaries of song leading and meaningless sermonette, the hireling rose to his feet, and surveyed his captive, docile congregation, who paid his salary. He eventually proceeded to say, he was giving a sermon on the meaning of the day.

The meaning of Trumpets is explained by Jesus in Matthew 24,  On the mount of Olives, He was asked by his disciples, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of your coming, and the end of the world?"(Matt.24:3).

The exposition of Matthew 24 is the meaning of the day of Trumpets.  But the hireling ministry, who were without the gift of the Holy Spirit, never understood the meaning of Trumpets, or of any of the other sublime mysteries of the Kingdom of God. 

 To be continued.