Monday, September 05, 2005

THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN 2050

HASTA LA VISTA ARMSTRONGISM


VIVA LA WHAID ROSE REVOLUCION


Who are you trying to kid, Felix Taylor? Your whole desire is to see the Churches of God “doomed” to irrelevancy! So why bother to write an article of the Churches of God in the year 2050?”

Well this may be true; it is not true in its entirety. There is at least ONE church of God, I want to see still around in the year 2050 and the same man leading it that same year (I know, he will be 90 but I am hoping he is a very healthy and active 90 years old). The organization is: The Church of God (Seventh Day) and the man is none other than the God loving --- Whaid Rose! Of all Churches of God that deserve to survive, this one does. There are those in Armstrongism (i.e. Alan Knight) who want to infiltrate and poison that church with the religious bondage that Armstrongism brings, my prayers are for Brother Whaid to stand firm. Brother Whaid, I believe will push that denomination in a more grace oriented fashion in the 145 year old history of the church. It deserves it! Though it has not enjoyed success in North America, it has enjoyed success in Latin America, especially Mexico where it is booming.

2050, I would like to see the Church of God (Seventh Day)

To finally have an “official” Trinitarian position in their statement of faith, which will have many doors and opportunities open to them beyond their wildest dreams

To have at least 200,000 members in North America, not a measly 5000 and maybe have at least 500,000-700,000 overseas.

To increase its worship opportunities by promoting and sponsoring Biblical feast days as well as their own version and brand of an Advent worship festival in December

That as a sense of irony and justice that Whaid Rose will BUY OUT the Ambassador Auditorium and properties from Benny Hinn’s gang!

Continue to allow a pacifist position in the church as well as those who believe in a just war. This means people will not be penalized if they are in military and police service.

Still be a seventh day Sabbath observing church, but have a grace oriented approach

People and other churches by the year 2050:

The Phildelphia Church of God will die off, after the death of Gerald Flurry in 2032

The Living Church of God will die of after Rod Meredith is gone 2020, many will go to David Pack’s Restored Church of God. After he’s gone, his church will be gone and wither away.

Mark Armstrong, has the choice to earn a decent living and get out of the religious business altogether or suffer a loss of income after people are splintering and leaving the Intercontinental Church of God.

Church of God, International will wither away too.

It will be a much easier time for one being in Armstrongite splinters to leave that evil religious system for one to embrace the essentials of historic Christian faith.

It will also be easier for the children growing up in the Armstrongite splinters to leave that evil religious system and embrace Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

Those that leave Armstrongism will find a comfortable and healthy home in Whaid Rose’s CG7, the Seventh Day Baptists and Messianic Judaism/Hebrew roots movement.

Doug Ward will have a successful Hebraic roots ministry. His magazine Grace and Knowledge will have subscription rate well over a million and twice the number in 2050.

Joe Jr. will have sense enough to merge Worldwide Church of God, or Grace International Fellowship or whatever the new name of his church becomes, with Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Foursquare Gospel or any other longstanding denomination. My hunch is that he won’t, he wants to be in control. May he learn the hard way if he can’t do a simple and easy solution.

The New Covenant Tkachites will learn tolerance that Sabbatarians are not all legalists, Armstrongites or distorters of the gospel. They will also learn that not all people interested in the Jewish roots of Christianity are NOT neo-Armstrongites or Judaizers .


May the revolution begin!!!

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