Without Love, Part 2

The Epistle to the Ephesians is one of the most recondite, profound and sublime epistle of Paul.  He considered himself particularly privilege to be chosen by God to write the mystery, which from the beginning of the world was hidden in God.  For the Chosen Vessel, writing from prison, and trembling with humility, said, "Unto me, who am the 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). Sadly this epistle was a sealed document among the hireling ministers, that were in WCG.  

The epistle begins with greetings to the saints, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. Who were the faithful in Christ Jesus? The Chosen Vessel then mentioned the doctrine election, which takes us back to the allegory of Jacob and Esau (Rom.9:10-11). Then he referred to predestination, adoption and redemption.  Doctrines that were never understood in WCG.

After establishing that the church was a church in which the love of God was evident, he wrote: "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: That the God of our Lord Jesus, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints..." (Eph.1: 15-18). This pray will not be answered on behalf of anyone who does not have the holy spirit of love.

The great Apostle, from his prison cell, continued his pray by saying,  "For this cause, (what cause is that?) I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; (The next request must be fulfilled in the Christian life, for it to be worth living).  The pray continues, "That you being rooted and grounded in love...

What does it mean to be "rooted and grounded in love?" Simply stated, it means to dwell in God, and God in you (1 John 4: 13). . Being rooted and grounded in love is a prerequisite for comprehending what comes next.

You "May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breath, and the length, and the depth, and the height; and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God" (Eph.3:18-19).

What is this cube that he described as have breath, length, depth and height? Simply stated, it is the heavenly Jerusalem or Sion, the wife of Christ, the mother of all true Christians (Rev.21:2). Isn't that astonishing?  

Also, if the saints are being asked to comprehend the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, what is it that the saints are comprehending?  Aurelius commenting on this text in the fourth contrary, rightly concluded, that the saints were comprehending the incomprehensibility of the love of Christ. And if one has comprehended the incomprehensibility of anything, one has fully understood it.

That logic may escape the hirelings, but nonetheless, it is true.

Finally, the Chosen Vessel summed up the horror of the human condition and actions, without the motivation of the love of God.  If our actions are devoid of God's love, we "become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal" (1 Cor. 13: 1). It may be a beautiful tune we are making, but it profits us nothing.

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.

The collape of Britain and America

Mr Armstrong, in his seminal book, The United States and Britain in prophecy, outlined the causes that would lead to the collapse of Britain and America.  

Today, those causes and effects are very evident to anyone who is not spiritually blind. America and Britain have led the world in legalising homosexuality, lesbianism, abortion and elevating living together to the status of marriage.

The prophet Isiah announces the collapse of both countries thus: Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower..(Isaiah 28:1-2).

Both nations are so proud, they believe that they have been divinely ordained to tell the rest of the world how to live, when they have rejected the book that teaches people how to live godly lives.

Of course, the British are drunkards, including many of the men who once masqueraded as minister of Christ, but were ministers of Satan(2 Cor. 11:13-15). Every weekend, there are drunken fights outside pubs, football grounds, clubs and in many homes.  And thousands of men and women die every year of alcohol related diseases. The same is true in America, with minor exceptions.

Both countries are now bankrupt.  America has an estimated national debt of $30 trillion, and an annual borrowing requirement of over $700 billion.  Similarly, Britain has an estimated national debt of £2.7 trillion, and an annual borrowing requirement of around £200 billion. Most of the money is owed to China, Japan and Germany.  If this tragedy was scripted in Hollywood, most people would have fallen about laughing.

Furthermore, the leaders of both countries, and their so-called expert advisers, lack vision.  Yet, King Solomon was inspired to write: "where there is no vision, the people perish"(Pro. 29:18).  The question is, what is vision? The hirelings could have attempted to answer that question for the benefit of their docile, deluded congregations who are on the path to perish.

I could add much to this post, but there is no need.  For the hirelings are incapable of learning.  Plus Jesus said, "cast not your pearls before swine."

However, one would have to be spiritually blind or in denial of reality, not to see the collapse of Britain and America on the horizon.

 

Bar Mitzvah

I have torn myself away from studying and meditating upon the disasters that will overwhelm humanity, as the end of the world draws closer, to briefly examine another doctrine, which was never considered in WCG, furthermore understood.

It is the doctrine of Bar Mitzvah, which is defined as: "the initiation ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 and is regarded as ready to observe religious precepts and eligible to take part in public worship." It was around this age that Jesus was in the temple having a discussion with the so-called doctors of the law (Luke 2:46-47). Also, the girl that Jesus raised from the dead was 12 years old (Mark 8:42). Why was her age revealed?

These astonishing, sublime truths, called in Jewish tradition, Bar Mitzvah, are to help Christian parents to know if their children are holy unto the Lord of not.  For it is said, "every child that opens the womb is holy unto the Lord"  And Paul in explaining marriage, and its sanctity, states that children born to christian parents, even if only one is converted, are holy (1 Cor.7:14).

Therefore, if by age 12 to 13 your children did not show an interest in the bible, by reading and asking questions, you were not converted. I don't care who you are, or how important you think you are.  The question is, if your children are holy unto the Lord, where are they?

During my 22 years attending services in WCG, I often heard hirelings lamenting the fact that their wives were pregnant with a third child, and a fourth was a nightmare, that had slipped through the contraceptive net.  Yet, these were the same evil men that stood up and sang Psalm 127 thus: "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them."(Ps.127:3-4).

Well, if you are a converted Christian, where is God's heritage and rewards? No wonder the hirelings and many of their docile, deluded followers are unhappy, because you and they don't have quivers full of children, which is a requirement for happiness  Actually, you don't even have quivers.  The day you all got married, you tossed the quivers away, and replaced them with condoms and the contraceptive pill.

DOUBLY Shocking!!! 

Google informed me that there were many attempts to hack into my blog. I suspect the hackers are working on behalf of the hirelings or some other organisation that thinks I am a threat to democratic capitalism and western hegemony, because my comments on Facebook don't dance to the drum beat of NATO.

As a true Christian, I am above the intrigues of politics.  But I am command by Jesus to speak the truth.  And of course, the Chosen Vessel was inspired to ask: "Have I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth."

Well, God says, "you that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence"(Isaiah 62:6). So no one, however insane he or she might be, will be able to silence me.

However, the covert authorities, that hate the truth, might plan a drone strike against me, but even that will fail.  For God says, "No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper..."(Isaiah 54:17).

 

The Second Woe.

The second woe begins with the blowing of the sixth trumpet, and the released of the four angels that are bound in great river Euphrates (Rev.9:13-14).  This army that will kill a third of the world's population, is a prelude to the army that will fight the battle of Armageddon. 

At the same time, the EU will become the beast power, which is the prophesied revival of the Holy Roman Empire, with five nations in the east and five in the west governing the Empire.The beast, supported by the false prophet, will introduce the mark of the beast, which will be accepted by everyone who is not a true Christian.

By then, Britain and America will have been reduced to poverty and destitution, and being ravaged by storms, earthquakes and diseases, as a result of decadence and depravity.  America and Britain have led the world in legalising homosexuality, lesbianism, the right of women to kill their unborn babies and elevating living together to the same status as marriage.

Yet, God says, "they that commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them" (Rom.1:32).  So all those who love their music, and enjoy their jokes are also worthy of death.

Of course, 85% of all the children born in America and Britain are born out of wedlock.  In some cases, the situation is so sordid, that some women have three or four children from different men.  These children have no future.  For God says, "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of Lord; even unto the tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord (Deut.23:2). These children have no hope of salvation. 

 

To be continued.