The Divne Drama Part 4, The Book of Life

As stated before, the divine drama was conceived and written in eternity in Christ Jesus, who was ordained before the foundation of the world to redeem God's children, who were made subject to vanity.  Also, in eternity, the book of life was created.  We will see how important is this book.  But first, let me prove from the bible that the world is unfolding in accordance with the will of God.  

On the day of Pentecost, Peter referring to the death of Jesus, stated: "Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain"(Acts 2:23).

Please note the phrase, "determinate counsel?"  What does it mean?  determine means to cause to occur in a particular way; firmness of purpose, and counsel means to receive or give advice.  So by definition, God's counsel told him to sacrifice Jesus for the redemption of his elect.  But who or what is his counsel?  Well, it is best to let the Chosen Vessel answer that question thus: "God works all things after the counsel of his own will"(Eph.1:11).  So his will tell him what to do.  Isn't that an astonishing revelation!

So the death of Jesus was not an unforeseen event.  It was determined by God before the foundation of the world, to redeem his children, who are called, "Vessels of mercy"(Rom.9:23).  Also, at the Jerusalem conference to discuss whether the Gentiles should be circumcised or not, the Apostle James reminded the conference that, "Known unto God are all his works from the foundation of the world"(Acts 15:18).  And the Chosen Vessel, in his Epistle to the Romans, reminded the Jewish people that God has promised to  redeem those branches that were broken off from the olive tree(Rom.11:17), so that the Gentiles could be grafted in.  The narrative runs: "Although the works were finished from the foundation of the world"(Heb.4:3-4).  Nothing can be added or taken away from it.  So the divine drama was conceived by God, purposed in Christ, and implement in time by the creation of the world.  So God knows everything that will happen before it occurs, including every bird that falls to the ground and how many hairs are on every person's head. 

As part of the divine drama, a book called the The Lamb's Book of Life was created, and in it were written all the names of God's children, and these are the only people that will be saved when Christ returns(Dan.12:1); (Rev.20:15).

During Jesus' ministry he sent out 70 disciples to preach the gospel, and they returned rejoicing that the devils were subject to them.  But note Jesus' reply thus: "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not...but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven"(Luke 10:20).  That is , their names are written in book of life, and their salvation is assured.  Also, the Chosen Vessel, stated that certain women names are in the book of life(Phil.4:3).

Now Jesus is due to return before 2054, and by the time he comes most of the men who betrayed God's children for the sake of money, by failing to speak out against Tkach's spiritual poison will be long dead.  But can they go to the grave assured that their names are in the book of life?  On their death bed, can they echo the words of the Chosen Vessel, when he says: "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing"(2Tim.4:6-8).

Have the hirelings "fought a good fight?"  My pastor, Peter Shenton, lamented that he only got £15,000 redundancy pay after 22 years in the ministry, and when I asked the local elder, Ian Martin, why he wasn't telling the congregation he disagreed with Tkach's doctrinal changes?  He replied, and I quote him verbatim:  "In this situation, every man for himself."  I shudder to think of the consequences of that reply.

However, as misery loves company, both Peter and Ian may obtain the delusional comfort to know that they are not the only ones  that are guilty of treachery, by failing to speak out against Tkach's spiritual poison.  For Les McCullough, Francis Bergin and Barry Bourne all visited the Birmingham, England, congregation in 1995, and delivered what could only be described as political sermons, designed to protect them from the wrath of Tkach senior.  But after the diatribes, they called sermons, were delivered, I asked both Francis Bergin and Barry Bourne, what was their attitude to the doctrinal changes?  Francis said, and I quote him verbatim, "At the moment, the situation is very difficult."  What on earth does that mean?  He may as well had said, "Tkach has a gun to my head, and I am not prepared to die for anyone."  

As for Barry Bourne, I hesitate to say what type of person he really was, as his wife with whom I shared many wonderful moments, is a kind, caring, loving, gentle woman: and though time has soften her grief, she might still be hurt by my comments.  Suffice to say, he replied, "People haven't stop to think."  Can you believe it?  When John was inspired to write: "Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his live for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren"(1John3:16).  The term "ought" denotes duty and responsibility.  It is not optional!

All that I need to say about Les McCullough is that he was never ever able to keep a promise.  He accepted $60,000 severance pay on conditions that he didn't join UCG.  He banked the cheque, and when it cleared, he joined UCG. 

I wrote all of the above laughing.  Not because it is funny, but it was with that divine laughter, that laughs at the destruction of wicked(Pro.1:24-26); (Job 22:19); (Ps.52:6).
 
Have the hirelings "kept the faith?"  Sadly, most of the hirelings have no idea what is the faith.  And how can they received a "crown of righteousness,"  when their have lived lives of dishonesty, duplicity and deceit?  And what about loving Jesus' appearing?

Also, the rise of the beast power is just on the horizon, and John the Apostle was inspired to write: "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world"(Rev.13:8).

The books are opened

In addition, the prophet Daniel had a vision, which cover the period from the Babylonian empire to the return of Christ.  The narrative runs: "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and Ancient of days did sit.."  The phrase, Ancient of days, refers to Jesus who sat on his throne of judgment.  The narrative continues, "thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened"(Dan.7:9-10).  This is describing Jesus' coming with his mighty angels to judge the living and the dead.  

This same event was recorded by the Apostle John thus: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life"(Rev.20:12).

The first book is the bible, for that is the book God gave to humanity to teach them how to love Him, and their neighbours as themselves.  That book has been  rejected by humanity, who prefer to live lives of mutual deception.  These names will not be found in the book of life, so they will be cast into the lake of fire(Rev.20:15).

After the final judgment Jesus will established his eternal kingdom, and John was inspired to write with emphasis, "And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatsoever works abominations, or makes a lie:"   That rules out all of the hireling ministers, that repeatedly lied to the brethren, either by commission or omission.  "but they that are written in the Lamb's book of life"(Rev.21:27).  And the Lamb's book was written before the foundation of the world, and only the Vessels of Mercy names are in it.  They were predestined to be called, called to be justified, and justified to be glorified(Rom.8:30). 

The proof reader of my blog has deserted me, but I wish her no harm.
To be continued. 

Another Astonishing Heresy, Part 2, Man has Free Will?

Despite the idiocy of Joe junior, who foolishly called Mr Herbert W Armstrong a charlatan and a false prophet, it is clear to the converted mind that Mr Armstrong was a true servant of God.  But the insanity of Joe junior blinds him to logic.  If Mr Armstrong was a charlatan and a false prophet, then logic leads us to conclude that Joe junior is not a Christian or a minister of Christ.  For God has never called anyone to follow or be ordained by a false prophet.  So we must logically conclude that Joe junior's calling, baptism and ordination, under the dispensation of Mr Armstrong was not of God.  Yet, while slandering God's servant, Joe maintains that his ordination is valid.  If that is not an acute form of irrational insanity, then I must be mad!  And therein lies the judgment of Solomon!

Also, Joe is happy to accept the assets that God's servant left for the benefit of the members of the church, which it is reported he sold for $109 million dollars. Why would a true Christian accept money and property from a charlatan and a false prophet?

However, because Mr Armstrong presided over the Laodicean era of the church, with its emphasis on materialism, it was prophesied that he would lack understanding of many doctrines.  One of the many doctrines he failed to understand is the doctrine of Free Will.  So he quoted Deut.30:19, and extrapolated from that text, that all men have free will.  But the opportunity to chose life and death, blessing and cursing was not given to all nations.  It was exclusively given to the people of Israel.  And even they, without the grace of God, were unable to chose life.

Now if we turn to what the bible actually teaches, instead of the misunderstandings, we learn that after Eve was deceived thus: "Adam was not deceived, but the women being deceived, was in the transgression"(1Tim.2:14): and she in turn deceived her husband, God fulfilled his warning, which was: "for in the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die"(Gen.2:17).  So even though Adam live for 930 years, that very day he spiritually died(Eph.2:1), as he was separated from communication with God, and cast out of the garden of Eden, which was the family home.

So Adam and Eve sin was a corruption of the root, from which humanity sprung, carrying the same diseases of disobedience and rebellion, "For as in Adam all die...(1 Cor.15:22); (Rom.5:17).  From that original sin until the coming of Christ, all humanity, including the children of Israel, were in bondage to sin, and therefore slaves of the devil.  Humanity, therefore, were not free to chose between good and evil.  The choice was between the degree of evil!

However, when God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus(Luke1:26-31), and to Joseph to reassure him that his wife was an honorable women, he told him:  "He shall save his people from their sins"(Matt.1:21).  Of course, the Jews thought that the Messiah was coming to save them from the Romans.  But our real enemy is the devil, who make us slaves of sin.

After Jesus' baptism and forty days of fasting being tempted by the devil, he returned to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.  He then went into the synagogue and proclaimed the fulfillment of a prophecy from the book of Isaiah thus: "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives...(Luke 4:18).

If man is a "free moral agent," as was proclaimed in WCG, who were the captives to whom Christ was sent to preach deliverance?  And later in Jesus ministry, he preached:  "If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed: And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"(John 8:31-32).  That text clearly teaches that unless a man is a Christian, that is, a disciple of Jesus, he is not free from the bondage of sin and lies of the devil, to do the will of God.  And the Chosen Vessel exhorted the Galatians churches to: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage"(Gal.5:1).

Sadly, many former members of WCG have departed from the wholesome teachings of Christ, and have been "entangled again with the yoke of bondage."  This is especially truth of the hirelings, who are motivated by money and the delusion of power.

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By the way, in Mr Armstrong's booklet, The Middle East in Prophecy, he described the angel Gabriel as an Arch angel, yet nowhere in the bible is Gabriel called an Arch angel.  The only Arch angel mentioned in the bible is Michael.  Yet, none of the hireling ministers noticed the error to bring it to Mr Armstrong's attention.  Also, in the same booklet, Mr Armstrong stated that the abomination that make desolate, as mentioned in the book of Daniel, was fulfilled by the actions of Antiochus  Epiphanes.  Yet, in Matt. 24:15, Jesus stated that the prophecy had not yet been fulfilled.

(And believe me, these errors, as serious as they are, are minor in comparison to some of the major errors and decisions that led God to spew the church out his mouth.)
  

To be continued, as those who often asked me to go a mile with them demand by attention 

Another Astonishing Heresy

To continue the theme of heresy, that was endemic in The Worldwide Church of God: it was believed and subtly proclaimed, but sometimes openly promulgated, especially by Arthur Suckling, that God chose Abraham because of his obedience to God's instructions.  The text that was often cited by those who thought that God was an Englishman, or in some cases, even an American was Genesis chapter 12:1-4, with special emphasis on verse four thus: "So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken on to him"(Gen.12:4).  Other texts that were quoted in support of Abraham's justification by works or obedience are, "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him...(Gen.18:19).  And when Abraham was instructed to sacrifice his son Isaac, the narrative runs thus: "And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son..."(Gen.22:3).  So these texts, in particular, were cited to support what is called in modern language, racism, but what the bible calls, "respect of persons"(Rom.2:11), and to foolishly proclaimed that Abraham was chosen by God because of his obedience.

Of course, the subtext of the teaching of this heresy was, that the Gentile members of the church were descendants of tribes of disobedient, rebellious people, who hated God.  But can now count themselves "lucky" to be members of God's church.  But they still cannot be trusted to be obedient to the teaching of the bible.  So they have to be constantly watched, in case they bring the church into disrepute.  But, the hireling ministry, who claimed to have been descended from Abraham, were very successful in bringing the church into disrepute, because the watchman fell asleep.

However, the Great Apostle, loving called by his Lord and Master, A Chosen Vessel, in explaining the doctrine of grace posits this question: "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found?"  Firstly, we need to unravelled this knotty question, and rewrite it in clearer English.  The interrogative phrase, "what shall we say," is asking, what conclusion should we come to about the calling of Abraham?  Was he justified by works or by faith?  And the Chosen Vessel answered the question he posited thus: "For if Abraham were justified by works, he has whereof to glory; but not before God"(Rom.4:2).

That inspired text has been in the bible for nearly two thousand years, according to the Jewish calendar.  Yet, Arthur Suckling, a man of unstable character, a cabal of hirelings and Dr. Meredith, who likes to boast that he taught the Epistle of Paul at Ambassador College for 25 years, never read or understood it.  That is astonishing!  On second thoughts, perhaps it isn't that astonishing!

Anyway, after the Chosen Vessel went on to explain that God prophesied through David, that his elect will be justified by faith through grace, he prefaced his question thus: "For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness"(Rom.4:9).  Then he posits the question: "How was it then reckoned?"  And in the process of logical deduction, he asked: "when he was in circumcision, or uncircumcision?"  And the answer is: "Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision"(Rom.4:10).  What does it all mean? Perhaps we ought to ask Dr. Meredith, who taught the Epistle of Paul for 25 years at Ambassador College?

Firstly, however, let me deal with uncircumcision, which by nature is how every boy child in born.  So Abraham was uncircumcised, therefore, he was a Gentile: because that is the way he was born. Which means that Abraham was a sinner, like everyone else, in need of God's mercy.  But uncircumcision under the old covenant was a symbol of sin, as it goes back to the rebellion in the garden of Eden, where man lost control of his sexuality, and nakedness became shameful.  A subject that was never understood in WCG.

So under the old covenant, circumcision was a substitute for spiritual baptism, which came into effect, under the new covenant. So today, when God calls and redeems his elect, they go through the process of spiritual circumcision, not the cutting away of the foreskin, but the removal of the whole body of sin thus: "In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ"(Col.2:11); Rom.2:25-29), with special emphasis on verse 29.

So when Abraham was called and granted faith to believe in God, he was then circumcised to be transformed from being a Gentile to an Israelite, that is, to a man of God.  Today, the same is true of Gentiles.

NB. to be contined

The Passover

I have finally torn myself away from all my preoccupations, and battles with Satan to comment on the Passover, and its significance in the lives of God's children.  Jesus admonished his brothers and sisters thus:  "Labour not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat: which endures to everlasting life, which the son of man shall give unto you"(John 6:27).

Of course, the whole world is busy labouring for the meet which perishes.  The rich, despite the wealth they already have, are striving to become richer, and the middle class, whoever they are, are also striving for greater material possessions.  On the other hand, the poor, who no cares about, are either begging, or adopting devious means to get the meat that perishes.  But unless they are invited to eat of the bread of God, that came down from heaven (John 6:33), they will all perish.

If we turn from the world, to look at those who think they will be eating the bread from heaven this evening, we would be shocked and astonished at what the malevolence of the devil have done to their minds.  I refer, of course, to the former members of The Worldwide Church of God.  Many of the hireling ministers have left WCG, and have started their own churches, despite Christ inspiring the Chosen Vessel to ask the rhetorical question thus:  "Is Christ divided"(1Cor.1:13)?  Yet, David Hulme, Rod Meredith, Jerry Flurry, Dave Pack, Dave Havir, the gang in UCG and hundreds of other individuals have started their own churches to make merchandise of the gullible.  Yet to night at sunset, these crazy people will be eating bread and drinking wine, deceiving themselves it is the bread from heaven.

However, true Christians know that, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God"(Matt.4:4), and that Christ is the bread of live(John 6:48), that came down from heaven to give eternal life to God's children, who were made subject to vanity (Rom.8:20).

Tonight true Christians will take the Passover to remember Jesus' death, but every day of their lives, they eat of the bread of live, by walking in Jesus footsteps, in obedience to his teachings.  

In contrast, the wicked walk behind Jesus, because they saw the miracles, and were fed(John 6:26).  These will all perish, for their god is their belly, and their glory is their shame.

The Divine Drama Part 3, Predestination

In the mid 1980s I remember Ed Smith, who was then assistant pastor to Barry Bourne, Birmingham, England congregation, coming back from sabbatical in Pasadena, and announcing with some delight that the Council of Elders, whoever were those awful men, had concluded that they didn't know when God decided to call his elect.  Well, in retrospect, it is not surprising to me that they didn't know, as none of them were true ministers of Christ.  I also remember Carl McNair and Colin Adair preaching the same heresy.  Carl in what was laughingly called a sermon, stated that: "God saw something in the character of Jacob, that he didn't see in Esau, and that is why he choose Jacob over Esau." 

Well, after that heretical statement, I wrote to Carl pointing out that he was preaching salvation by works, rather than by grace.  For when the Chosen Vessel was inspired to explain the allegory of Rebecca's pregnancy, and its significance to the doctrine of grace, the narrative in parenthesis is as follows: (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth:) It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger"(Rom.9:11-12).

Of course, the calling or choosing of Jacob was not decided when his mother was pregnant.  During the pregnancy it was revealed to her that Jacob would be given the birthright, even though he wasn't the first born; but the decision was made in eternity, in accordance with God's foreknowledge.  And God made it clear to the Chosen Vessel, that the choice had nothing to do with how good Jacob would become or how wicked Esau might turned out to be.  Hence the words in parentheses.

Yet, the so-called Council of Elders, probably led by Dr Hoeh and Dr Meredith, taught heresy to a host of hireling ministers, who couldn't tell their left hand from their right.  And those heresies were passed on to docile congregations, who didn't search the Scriptures daily, to see whether those things were so.  Of course, the hireling ministry were all blinded by power and money.  Yet, God says: "I will give you pastors according to my heart, that will feed you with knowledge and understanding"(Jer.3:15).  I wonder if any of the hirelings understand the profound meaning of the phrase, "according to my heart?" And Jesus also told his Apostles: "When he, the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth"(John 16:13).  How come that these men were led by a spirit, that guided them into heresy?

Anyway, the eternal decision is revealed thus: "For whom he foreknow, he also did predestinate...Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:"(Rom. 8:29-30).  Of course, it should be obvious that God also foreknew Esau, unless someone is of the perverse opinion that God was ignorant of Esau's birth and destiny.  Esau was made from the same lump of clay as Jacob, as they were twins in the same womb.  But Esau was created as a "vessel of wrath, fitted for destruction, and Jacob a vessel of mercy, whom he had afore prepared unto glory(Rom.9: 21-23)

Now it should be obvious to anyone whose carnality has not completely divest them of all spiritual understanding, that the vast majority of people who were and are members of The Worldwide Church of God were not called by God, and that was primarily true of those that were ordained ministers, without having the faintest idea of the integration, role and function of the ministry within the body of Christ.  The ministerial hirelings, in particular, are described thus:, "For they are certain men crept in unawares, who were of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men..."(Jude 4); 2 Pet.2:1), (Gal.2:4).  Like Judas, they were ordained by God to betray his people, so that they could be condemned.

However, despite my letter to Carl pointing out that Jacob was not chosen because of his good works, Carl replied saying,  "I am standing by what I said." Well, his death was certain and imminent. The same fate befell Colin Adair, three months after he wrote to me saying he also stood by what he said, he suddenly died.  Some time after Carl McNair went to Montana, got out the car, felt a pain in his leg, and within four weeks was dead on bone cancer!

To be continued

The Divine Drama Part 2

In accordance with God’s eternal purpose, which he purposed in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world, he decided how many children he would create in his own image, the glory they would receive, their status and role within the church on earth (Eph.1:4); (Eph.4:11); (1Cor.12:8-10) and their eternal status in the world “wherein dwells righteousness” (2 Pet.3:13.  Their names were also written in the book of life or “written in heaven”(Heb.12:23); (Rev.13:8), and their identity and glory were hidden from the angels.  But his children, through the Holy Spirit, know they are the children of God (Rom8:16), but don’t know how great will be their glory (1John 3:1-2).

To implement the plan, God created the heavens and earth.  His plan to make his children “subject to vanity”(Rom.8:20), required the creation of Adam and Eve, who were predestined to sin so that vanity could be in the world.  Unless, of course, people are so silly as to believe that God was unaware that Satan would deceive Eve, and after she was deceived he had to react to solve the problem of death, by sending Jesus to redeem those who choose to believe in him.  That heretical opinion is currently being promoted by Joe junior, and The Evangelical Alliance of Churches.

But if we brush aside their idiotic opinions, and focus on what the bible teaches, we learn that Christ was "foreordained before the foundation of the world to redeem God's elect..."(1Pet.1:20); (Acts 2:23), who were made "subject to vanity."

Now it is said, they were subjected to vanity, "not willingly."  But what is meant by, "not willingly?"  For God never does anything that is not in accordance with his will.

The phrase, "not willingly," conceals a great mystery.  But suffice to say, just as Christ learned obedience by the things he suffered (Heb.5:8), God's children, on pilgrimage in this evil world, are learning obedience by to things they are suffering.

At predetermined times, God caused his spiritual children to be "partakers of flesh and blood" (Heb.2:14): and thereby "subject to vanity:" and through whom he revealed aspects of The Divine Drama.  His children are called, "vessels of mercy" (Rom.9:23), who were made partakers of human flesh, created from the same lump of clay as the "vessels of wrath fitted to destruction"(Rom.9:22).  The vessels of wrath will not be saved, but destroyed, for that is the purpose for which they were created.

Now Paul anticipated the questions, "Why does he find fault? For who has resisted his will"(Rom.9:19).  Those questions have baffled many over the ages, and has led the unwise to accused God of being unjust.  I once heard John Jewell say, "If God doesn't give everyone an opportunity for salvation, he will have to be a monster."  With that kind of mindset, no wonder he didn't speak out against the poisonous doctrine of Tkach.

But the answer to those questions are so hard to be understood, that here is not the place to even attempt a partial elucidation of them.  Plus, I doubt that the people who read my blog, are sufficiently, spiritually matured to appreciate Paul's answer.

Now this sublime mystery of being made “subject to vanity” can only be contemplated by those who are able to comprehend the incomprehensibility of the nobility of suffering.  Him to whom the keys of the kingdom were given hinted at the nobility of suffering, and implied that only the Chosen Vessel understood why, the saints should “Account the long suffering of our Lord is salvation…(2Pet.3:15-16).

To be continued

The Unfolding of The Divine Drama

Despite the divisions and confusion among the so-called churches of God: the back stabbings and jockeying for positions by the ruling hirelings, the plan of God is unfolding in accordance with God’s eternal purpose (Eph.3:11).  The divine plan, which was purposed in Christ Jesus, is the greatest drama ever conceived.  It was conceived, purposed and written in eternity.  It was then implemented in time by the creation of the worlds, to bring about its fulfillment.  The divine plan is, God is creating children in his own image to share his eternal glory (Eph.1:5).  The plan was hidden in God (Eph.3:9) until Christ came into the world, with God’s final revelation to his elect (Heb. 1:1-2).

Of course, Christ died for the redemption of God’s elect, that is, the children of God, and to share the sufferings of “the vessel of wrath”(Romans 9:22).  Three days after his death, he rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.  He was then qualified to take the book, which was sealed with seven seals, and revealed the mystery of the divine drama(Rev.5:5).  The revelation was then made know unto his Apostles and prophets(Eph.3:5), but primarily to the Chosen Vessel.  Note the question posed by the Chosen Vessel thus: “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory…?”(Col.1:27)  And note the answer, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ”(Eph.3:8).

Note the words of him, to whom the keys of the kingdom were given: "Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently...searching what manner of time:" the prophets knew that in the fullness of time God would reveal the mystery, but they didn't know when. The narrative continues: "the spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testify before-hand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should fallow."  Then Peter asked:  "On to whom it was revealed...not unto themselves, but unto us."(1Pet.1:10-13).  The "us" are the Apostles and prophets of the New Testament Church.  Whom Jesus told: "Blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things that you see, and have not seen them...(Matt.13:16-17).  It was not even revealed to the angels in heaven.  Though now, through the church, the angels are able to understand what God is doing on the earth(Eph.3:10). 

These sublime mysteries, that underpinned to divine drama, were not revealed to the hirelings that were members of The Worldwide Church of God, who were and are completely motivated by pride and money.  These awful men, and that is to put it mildly, are completely ignorant of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

To be continued