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The Truth About The Holy Spirit

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September 12, 2021

The Truth About The Holy Spirit, (Edited)

Oh my dearest, beloved, righteous God in heaven. You know how many times I have prayed to understand the truth regarding Your Spirit. You know that I have yearned and craved and suffered anxiety and emotional turmoil, as I studied and meditated about Your Spirit. Oh God, You know that I have never been satisfied with the churches teachings regarding this reality. Please please please, pour out the true undiluted, complete truth about Your Spirit as “it” relates to Yourself. Let us not be in darkness regarding this understanding any longer. Please grant us eyes to see and ears to hear about this great great mystery Father, in Jesus Christ name……………amen amen amen, amen amen amen, and amen.

Introduction:

The first thing I will say is that the Holy Spirit is not an “it”! You may notice that I emboldened that little word in my opening prayer, so that I could deliberately shoot down that notion in my opening statement. And I intend to prove it from the scriptures, and by Godly reason too, but not right out of the gate. We will get to it in this article at the right juncture. I’m trying to find the correct place to begin. That’s always a challenge; where to begin? (Please Lord). First of all, we will be going way outside the box again, for that is where the truth lies. With all due respect to “the box”, we have been digging around, and shuffling the metaphorical dirt around, and sifting it again and again, long enough. If we want to discover the hidden gems of truth that God has reserved for this time and place in man’s journey towards immortality, we must be daring enough to leave the box. The box is tradition, and complacency, and unwillingness to be brave, and take the risk. But, I’ll ask, what risk? And I’ll answer, the same kind of risk the Israelites would not take, when God commanded them to enter and take possession of the promised land. Yes, very similar indeed, and let’s not do that again. So we will be leaving the box of traditional understanding and teaching, and will once again be watching for when God uses His unique methods of communication, which He chose to use in recording His Word for us. These are such things as figures of speech, metaphors, analogies, duality’s, early and latter day fulfillments, physical and then spiritual parallel meanings, imagery, riddles, symbols, sometimes enigmas, and various other methods.

I am not sure what I will be writing either. I have some ideas since I have been striving with this subject for quite a while now. I know I will be challenging the Church’s official teaching, but not without due respect, and explanation of why the true church teaches what it teaches, (some of which may be my own opinion too). For instance, in my opinion, HWA (acronym for Herbert W Armstrong throughout), was not only our teacher of truth, but he also became a defender of truth, also going on offence when he deemed necessary, to shoot down, or debunk heresies that were coming in from the spiritual left, such as the Protestant born again heresy, or the Catholic Trinity heresy. And I believe that his passion to perform these duties, may have caused him, and us, to go too far to the right in defending truth, and also stimulated us (as an institution), to become “rigid” and “formed”, and stuck in a “box” of tradition, (so to speak). This may have been the subtle work of the devil also, (but I don’t mean to imply that the devil was taking advantage of HWA’s mind per-say, but instead working in the minds of his underlings, who in HWA’s latter years, had free reign in what they wrote and taught, and I’m referring mostly to the apostates).

I would like to draw a spiritual comparison between something that needs fixing, and then gets fixed, only to get defiled, (or broken), all over again? I know that God draws a parallel between the physical Jews who went into exile in Babylon, where they learned their lesson over a period of 70 years, and then returned to Jerusalem and Judea somewhat repaired, only to mess it up with a man made religion, which in due time became Judaism. And the parallel is the latter day church, which got set back on track by God through HWA, only to become disappointing in God’s eyes over a period of time, so much so, that He allowed the devil to attack the church, and shatter it, and splinter it, and divide it, and send it into an exile of sorts for a stipulated period of time. (It is only fair to mention that it was predicted by God some 2500 years ago though). But let’s just consider this parallel for a bit. Let’s go back to the remaining people of God just before Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians. Jerusalem was occupied with the remaining Jews, Levite’s, Benjaminite’s, and other stragglers who had not been sent into exile yet. They were compared by God to the bad figs of Jeremiah 24. (The good figs were already in captivity in Babylon). The bad figs would ultimately be killed in the Babylonian onslaught, or be of the relatively few “lucky ones”, who would go to Babylon, and meet their demise there, either sooner or later, and maybe even be granted mercy upon repentance. And along with the good figs, they could be salvaged, so to speak. And the whole lot of them went there because of idolatry, and spiritual adultery committed against God, and Sabbath breaking and more. But while they were there, through a process of time and learning the hard way, they got rid of their adulterous ways, and their idolatry. And there they rededicated themselves to God’s commandments, and there was a certain spiritual cleansing that went on. (Even the first types of Synagogues got their start there since there was no temple anymore). And we can only wonder which humans God used to spearhead this in bringing it about. It was not likely Daniel who was already very busy working for God on the International scene in the courts of the emperor’s, (if you will). Ezekiel might have had some what to do with it in helping them to repent, (if you recall the times the elders of the Judean captivity sat before him seeking God’s word). But there is no mention in Ezekiel of the national transformation from idolatry to returning to God, (before entrenchment to Judaism). In all likelihood, God used Jehozadak, the father of Joshua the high priest, and various other priests and Levites to bring them back to purer religion, (as in, “return to Me and I will return to you”). The point of this is that it was a pleasing correction for a time, and although not pure pure pure, it was a great improvement. But in due time, it became defiled from within, by the craftiness of the devil, and resulted in the self righteous false piety of Judaism.

Now let’s look at the parallel to God’s church in the modern era. In similar fashion, God brought a people back to Himself in the latter days, through HWA. Through HWA, God gave us many basic truths that were lost for hundreds of years, and a precious group of God’s people grew rapidly in the USA, and then the rest of the world as the church grew. And an institution was created which at first was wholesome, good and precious. But over a short period of time, just like the initial revival of the physical Jews in Babylon, the spiritual Jews of the modern age also became defiled by the secret desires and motives of men from within, and unbeknownst to them, they were responding to the enticements of the devil. And what formed in its place was something that God was not pleased with. It was not clear to us because it also feigned righteousness and false piety, but God allowed it to be all but destroyed by the devil from within by evil men in high places of administration and leadership. This we call the apostasy of the WCG. And the remnant was scattered into smaller and larger groups, but with most returning to a spiritual Egypt, where as God said in Jeremiah 44:11-14, they would surely perish. Once you have been rescued from Egypt, it is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit to return to Egypt. (Let’s also understand that a return to Egypt must be a complete return, for some in Jeremiah found their way out of it still, as have some in the latter day parallel). But a complete return to Egypt, is a mockery of God’s mercy, which none of us deserve in the first place. God told the Israelites, that returning to Egypt would result in death, and He told it to the Jewish remnant who Jeremiah and Baruch were amongst after the destruction of Jerusalem also. And the message is the same for spiritual Jews and Israelites as well, except that we understand that in type, and as is said in Hebrews 6:4, since we have tasted the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of The Holy Spirit, it is a spiritual death that we are talking about this time around. This contrast is to show how good things can start, and then if we are not very very careful, they can so quickly become defiled. It is evil, and the work of the devil. Just like a physical infection or virus works, the devil tries to penetrate and divide what I will call, “complete constructs”. The constructs can be physical like the human body, or they can be figurative, like the subject of truth. They can be more than one body, like a church, or figurative, like the whole bible. Whether physical or figurative, the attack on the complete construct is very similar. It is to penetrate, enter in, corrupt, defile, reprogram for destruction by process, and if there is no overcoming counter attack, realize victory; that being “evil defeating good”. He is evil. He is bad. He is wrong. He is death. And I don’t only say and mean that figuratively, but somewhat literally too.

To explain that, we will have to go outside the box. From outside the box then consider: Sometimes we just say things; (like maybe when we’re talking about someone), and we might say, “that guy is so evil”, or just, “he is evil”. When we do this, we are not actually speaking literally, but figuratively, and more correctly, we would usually intend that; “he is practising evil”, or “behaving evil”, as opposed to “he actually” IS “evil”, as in “literally”.

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I Will Send You Elijah The Prophet, Could This Be True?

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I will send you Elijah the prophet. Could this be true?

One of the most profound expressions by God is found in the book of Malachi. It is the last two verses in the Old Testament of the Bible. Malachi 4:5-6. This is how God closes His message to man, before He goes silent for over 400 years. It is one of the hugest, biggest, blockbuster statements ever made. It is the capstone remark, to cap off God’s words from the Garden of Eden, to this conclusion in Malachi. It is so mind blowing; what God says in two verses, it has caused men to wonder, and even fear, since its inception, in various ways. It has caused men to look for an end time Elijah who will come and pretty much save the world. God pretty much says that if he, (Elijah), doesn’t come and do what verse 6 says, then God is going to destroy planet earth; and it is implied that it is not worth saving, that it is a failed project to be scrapped, with all life on it. A full reading of Malachi, with understanding, helps us to understand why God expresses such a seemingly harsh final statement. Men have been watching with anticipation, and searching for the one who would fulfill this prophecy since its been written. Numerous false Elijah’s have already come and gone. There are some self proclaimed Elijah’s out there right now. There is a lot of deception out there regarding this subject. The scriptures of Malachi 4:5-6, are accepted in the circles of the Judaeo-Christian community. Everybody basically agrees that what it says is what it means. There are no bible translations that say it dramatically different from each other. They pretty much all agree. This article is going to shock this status quo, and turn upside down the mutual understanding of this statement. This article is going to present an alternative interpretation of God’s final statement to men that is found in Malachi 4:5-6, and declare that we have misunderstood its meaning, of what God said and intended. This article is not a breakdown of the book of Malachi, but focuses only on Malachi 4:5-6. This article will show that we have a proclivity to misunderstand, and declare that we are, by nature, prone to err. We are prone to get it wrong, not get it right. And I’m not only talking about this section of scripture, I mean on a host of things, (actually, just about everything). God knew this in the garden. He created us as learning beings, with the capability to learn right or learn wrong, and we all know what happened in the garden. Men talk about designing learning computers, and other man made learning things such as robotics. Can we not see the similarity, and see that God is a great designer, and designed us just like that. Oh if we would only look in the mirror. Before I begin, I would like to pose a question to any readers of this article. Considering how profound the statement by God is, would these scriptures not be a prime target of satan the devil? If he could, would he not try and twist the truthful meaning of this message? Let’s ask, has he twisted the truth elsewhere in the Bible? Has he not twisted numerous truths, either by making men see or hear things in a certain way; an altered way? Is it possible that he has even inspired translators to put a twist on God’s words, or inspired supposed interpreters to teach doctrines and concepts in a certain way; an altered way? We should all be able to say, (if we’re dedicated bible students), that we know of examples of this. Add to this that some translations of the bible are too liberal, others are too severe in their rendering, or too literal, or too figurative etc. Or, perhaps we are the type who thinks that God has totally protected His word from all defilement by men or satan. Maybe we take Proverbs 30:5, “every word of God is pure”, and conclude that every single word in the bible is from God and is therefore pure. I don’t question that every word of God is pure, that’s an absolute truth. But the Bible is not only composed of God’s words, it has some of satan’s words in it also, and some of mens as well, and neither of these sources of words and views are pure.

 

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Eyes To See and Ears To Hear

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You gotta have eyes to see, and you got to have ears to hear,

To read the writing on the wall, because the end is getting near.

Prologue

This is a unique sort of a prologue, and might be better explained as a confession (since it actually comes after the fact), in November 2023, when the writings were mostly compiled from 2020 up to the present. Some of what will be summarized in this prologue is also mentioned in the message to the “poor of the flock”, which has been written for two years already. I never intended to write articles that might be read by others. I had no formal training, but didn’t need any since I was just writing working copies of things that might be articulated orally whenever called upon to speak in my local church. That is how my writing started; while preparing what was to be a short explanation on the ancient Canaanite deity “Baal”. I had made a connection between the more physical ancient deity “Baal”, and (once spiritualized), the more modern (hard to see), but nevertheless present version. Anyway, the article went on to become a longer dispensation on the whole subject, and I became convinced that it was revealed to me. The article is tedious to take it all in, but in the end, (if you have eyes to see and ears to hear), you will see that hidden in the narrative of God, via the writings of the Old Testament prophets, is an untold story about the origin of Baal, and who his image is really meant to portray, and that he is still around and still operating (invisibly though), (but then so is God). Basically, the true story is never told, because men do not let the narratives of God ever get expressed at length, but only in numbered verses, partial chapters, and sometimes a whole chapter here and there. But what if I said to you, that God sometimes speaks unbroken for 10 or 15 or 20 chapters on one subject? Some of you might say: where? Anyway, this article on Baal led to another and another, until eight were written. Nothing ever came of them because I was not pursuing anything, (but I was forwarding some of them to my ministers, who were poo pooing them and encouraging me to quit writing such unconventional biblical opinions). Over the three years since I began writing, I began to realize that the “real truth” is incredible, which by definition means hard, or even impossible to believe. As I spent weeks, months and years meditating on this phenomenal revelation, I chose to sum up my writings as “An Introduction to the ‘real truth’, and all things God”. So, plain and simple, that is the subject; “an introduction to the real truth, and all things pertaining to God”, as expressed in all my writings. Since I toyed with the idea of turning my first articles into a book, in which each article was going to appear in an order of chapters, beginning with the article on Baal, I will propose an order, which you may like to follow (or not as you choose) in reading the articles. The first article to be read is actually the most recent article written (which, were I to number them would make it the twenty something article). But it is the main article of the whole initiative of an introduction to the truth and all things God, and the most important for the “poor of the flock”. It appears on the homepage of the website and is entitled “Open Letter to the Remnant of the Worldwide Church of God, Wherever You May Be”. After that, if one chooses to keep reading more articles, I propose you read articles in this order, and I have blocked them together a bit as “subjects”. Here’s their titles.

    1. “There’s Nothing New Under the Sun, Baal Worship Anciently and Modernly, Could this be True?”
    2. “I Will Send You Elijah the Prophet, Could this be true?”
    3. “You’ve Sown Much But Bring in Little, God’s Message Through Haggai, Could This be True?”
    4. “Who Is the Book of Malachi Written to and What Is Its Message, Could This be True?”
    5. “The Book of Daniel Explained”
    6. “The Book of Zechariah Explained”
    7. “The Truth About the Holy Spirit Explained”
    8. “In the Image of God He made them, male and female He made them”

There are more articles, but these were the subjects that initially preoccupied my mind. And as I said, you may pick and choose as you wish. For instance, I know that many people who have read the book of Daniel would like to know what God was intending by all of the imagery and symbolism.

On another note, you will notice that on certain articles (but not all), I began them with a short prayer which I chose to write out rather than audibly speak as I began the article. They’re always short and to the point, and I felt they were harmless but meaningful, so I chose to leave them in. There’s much more that could be said, but with this bit of prologue, I will leave the rest to the articles, beginning with this shorter one which serves as a bit of an introductory article, and a bit of an overall synopsis written in hindsight.

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Open Letter To The Remnant Of The Worldwide Church Of God, Wherever You May Be.

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Began writing on March 5, 2023

Ex member of the Worldwide Church of God.

Open Letter To The Remnant Of The Worldwide Church Of God, Wherever You May Be.

Ezekiel 2:7 (paraphrased): “Thus says the Lord God, You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious”.

Introduction

Greetings Brethren,
My name is Glen, and like most of you who were either members or attendees of the Worldwide Church of God, I am a member of a different group now, and that is, “the latter day remnant”, (no matter which affiliation you happen to be in). Yes, no matter where you are in this world, physically and spiritually, you are part of that remnant. (And for any spiritual eavesdroppers who may be reading this letter, go ahead. Ever since God has brought His people out of Egypt there have been those who observe this peculiar people from a distance). I will have to say a little bit about myself as I get this letter going, but I will make it just a “little bit”. Like many of you, I believe I was called by God, into God’s true church, the caretakers of the truth. And for me, that was initiated in 1982. I began attending in 1983 and I was baptized in 1984. Herbert W. Armstrong was the Pastor General, so I got to hear him speak, (here and there), for only two or three years because he passed away in 1986. Nevertheless, it was long enough to become well indoctrinated in the teachings of the church. After he passed away, (like many of you), a spiritual journey began, that very few anticipated, of unsureness, instability, and apostasy, as the WCG began to fracture, split, and divide. Like many of you, I got caught up in all of that confusion, and like a lost sheep, I stumbled around in the wake of it all, until I came to where I am now 40 years later. And for the record, (and especially for you eavesdroppers), I am still holding fast keeping God’s statutes, ordinances, precepts, commands, judgements, laws and ways, as best as I can. I think that will qualify as just “a little bit” about me, and I will now continue on with this letter.

Abstract

The specific purpose of this article is to show that the apostasy of the Worldwide Church of God, which occurred in the last decade of the 20th century, was preordained by God some 2500 years ago, and that the division of the church in the wake of it, which has resulted in a denominational regrouping of those members that chose to hold fast to the teachings of the church prior to the apostasy, and are currently divided, are going to come back together under “one roof”, or, spiritual “house” prior to the second coming of Christ, and that it is a primary work that Christ will accomplish prior to the gospel, which is currently being preached, but not actually yet reaching the whole world as a witness. The church must come back together first, and the scriptures revealing this are now unsealed because the time for their unsealing has arrived. And secondly, this article will show that in order for Christ to accomplish this, any ministers standing in the way of God’s will and preordained prediction of this, if unwilling to take warning, and stop opposing Him, and get out of His way, will of necessity be removed. This also is revealed in scriptures which have been sealed for some 2500 years, which are now unsealed for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. These two main revelations of the article are so unbelievable to most readers, it is necessary to go off on many tangents throughout the writing to show how hardhearted the church body has become over the years. And by the end of the article, it is the hope of the writer that people will take heed, and prepare to see the intervention of God as He intervenes to bring this and many other things to pass, even if it seems that there is a forgone conclusion spoken of by God in Ezekiel (2:7 and 3:7), that many (perhaps most), will not listen, or even make an effort to read the whole essay.

Thus it is written in Ezekiel 3:10-11
“Then He added, son of man, let all My words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself. Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘this is what the Lord says!’ Do this whether they listen or not.”

And again in Ezekiel 3:27
“But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says!’ Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels.”

And then sadly in Ezekiel 3:7
“But the people of Israel won’t listen to you any more than they listen to Me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn.”

And finally, God knows that some will listen, whom He refers to as ‘The poor of the flock’ in Zechariah 11:11 NKJV (Christ speaking in the third person through Zechariah: “Thus the poor of the flock who were watching Me, knew that it was the Word of the Lord”

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