1468 Reflections on No.1467 and from writings of Gerald Flurry makes known LORD made His people suffer SHAME which results ALL PEOPLE in Covenant to worship HIM the ONE TRUE GOD Isa.42.8

16^th April 2026

Isa_42:8  I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.

·       PCG  exalting H. W. Armstrong is THOROUGHLY CONDEMNED!

·       NO MAN should GIVE GLORY TO ANY OTHER than THE GOD OF WHOLE EARTH!

·       PCG  learning that lesson WOULD MAKE KNOWN EVERLASTING COVENANT OF GOD ALMIGHTY after they are ESTABLISHED, TEACH that TRUTH TO THE WORLD!!

Read how LORD had made EPHRAIM (PCG ) as SEA SAND-- Jos_16:8  The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

·       If their GOINGS WERE at SEA—they walked through SAND OF SEA!

·       So EPHRAIM fought joining DEVIL as with GOG and MAGOG—Rev. 20; 7-10

Reminding Ezekiel Temple ordinances for SANCTIFICATION, Eze. 43;18-27

READ in PART 2—Gerald Flurry wrote--- Why is James so urgent? Why is it so important to be "swift" to correct this problem? Because we don't have much time! This is "last hour" doctrine!

·       PRESENT TRUTH FOR CHURCH FROM G. FLURRY’S EXPLANATIONS OF JAMES

Judah Profaned the Covenant

Mal 2:10  Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 

·       COVENANT OF FATHERS had been PROFANED

·       PCG  LEADER Allowed to BREAK COVENANT, in BAMAH, Eze. 44;7,

SO LORD’S PRINCES in ISRAEL (PCG as ISRAEL, Rom. 9;4-7)

Sinned and dealt treacherously

Mal 2:11  Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 

·      Gerald Flurry made the CHURCH as daughter of H. W. Armstrong

·      They all serve H. W. Armstrong!

Mal 2:12  The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 

• Gerald Flurry was delivered to SATAN, so that his SPIRIT may be SAVED on DAY OF LORD  1Co 5:5  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

1Co 5:6  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 

1Co 5:7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 

Therefore "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 is SPECIALLY for Gerald Flurry AND MINISTRY, as LEVI

PART 3—More facts to study

Gerald Flurry wrote--

Christ is about to change and beautify Jerusalem as this world has never seen it. It will become the capital city of the world. Then after the Millennium and the Last Great Day, a still greater change is coming. God the Father and new Jerusalem are coming to this Earth!

“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day” (verse 9).

The Stone is a symbol of Christ, and the seven eyes are the seven Church eras, over which Christ is the Head. God gives His Church sight. He gives His people the ability to understand world events and to comprehend spiritual knowledge. The Laodiceans have lost this ability because they have gotten away from the Stone and the vision of new Jerusalem given to them by God the Father. They are now blind.

(Comment--seven types of churches in end time)

Wonderful Counsellor JESUS CHRIST avenges all sins of prophets at HAND OF JEZEBEL, Rev. 2.20 she who taught BAAL worship to AHAB 1 Ki 16;31

·       JEZEBEL who opposed PROPHETS OF GOD ALMIGHTY

·       And ELIJAH taught them of ONE GOD, 1 kin 18!

Read more from No.  1467 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

The Lord Spoke to Elijah

1Ki 19:9  And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 

ELIJAH SAID---1Ki 19:10  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 

·      Did H. W. Armstrong comparing himself to ELIJAH to teach COVENANT of GOD?

·      DID NOT PCG  break COVENANT of GOD at BAMAH, read in Eze. 44;7—read of BAMAH ABOMINATION of COVENANT breaking sin in No.1010 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

·      The TWO WITNESSES, Rev. 11;1-4 condemned PCG , that was treading INNER COURT from OUTER COURT! We served LORD, La 1;15-- Lam 1:15  The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. 

Referring to ELIJAH--

1Ki 19:11  And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 

1Ki 19:12  And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 

1Ki 19:13  And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 

1Ki 19:14  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 

·      Like ELIJAH –Gentile Witnesses FOUGHT FOR COVENANT breaking SIN!

·      ELIJAH explained the HARM -- children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword

·      Likewise PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD had thrown down LORD’S ALTAR and GOD’S LEVI had been corrupted!

What did Gentile witnesses see—

Eze 8:3  And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 

Eze 8:4  And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. 

Eze 8:5  Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 

Eze 8:6  He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from My sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. 

·      PCG leaders----Eze. 8;6 is to YOU---

·      Eze. 8;6 PROVES HOW you men DROVE OUT THE LORD ALMIGHTY from HIS SANCTUARY!!

Eze 8:15  Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 

Eze 8:16  And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 

·      Their PICTURES APPEAR in PN News March 2005!

·      Sun worshippers are in BAMAH, India, this is SIN of fathers too, Eze. 20;29. 

Eze 8:17  Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 

Eze 8:18  Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. 

LOOK at what ELIJAH told GOD ALMIGHTY

1Ki 19:13  And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 

1Ki 19:14  And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 

LORD said--1Ki 19:18  Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 

Comment—

Gentile Witnesses LOOKED TO ONE GOD—

And they were disfellowshipped from PCG

·      ELIJAH FOUGHT to PRESERVE COVENANT and PROPHETS OF GOD!

·      H. W. Armstrong saying he was ELIJAH, never taught NEW COVENANT of CHRIST our KING through HIS BLOOD which makes us seed of ABRAHAM, Gal 3;26-29, so that we would worship in COVENANT with ABRAHAM!

LORD told ELIJAH

To anoint a new king, JEHU, and ELISHA

Every prophet has an ending, NEW PEOPLE are to

COME TO SERVE GOD ALMIGHTY

POSTERITY (seed) after POSTERITY(seed), Isa. 59;21

1Ki 19:15  And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 

1Ki 19:16  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 

1Ki 19:17  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 

·       Thus JEHU was instrumental is killing JEZEBEL, read in No.  1467 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

GENTILES of Ships of Tarshish was to PREPARE PCG AS EPHRAIM , to serve AS PRINCES—

The LAST DAYS had come for Ships of Tarshish, Ps 45; 9-12

·       For PCG as EPHRAIM  to take over AS CHILDREN of ISRAEL, Isa. 60; 9

·       AND OTHER GENTILES too return, Isa. 60;6,7

·       Some GENTILES too would be LEVI, Isa. 66; 18-22.

NOW THE LORD BRINGS BACK PCG  AS EPHRAIM

And THE GOVERNOR WOULD COME

From AMIDST PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD   

Jer 30:21  And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 

Jer 30:22  And ye shall be My people, and I will be your God. 

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Jer 30:16  Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. 

All PCG leaders who DEVOURED the SANCTUARY, Eze. 8, are their OWN ADVERSARIES, Jer. 30;16—they were in captivity

(Those in JERUSALEM are their OWN ADVERSARIES to ruin JERUSALEM with ABOMINATIONS, Eze. 16;2,Eze. 22;1-11)

(all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey---.LORD created them as BIRDS, and got rid of them in marriage supper, Rev. 19; 18-21 { you would see—ANGEL of SUN had invited for marriage supper of LAMB--  

·       MARRIAGE SUPPER DONE BY WORDS, as HIS NAME IS WORD OF GOD, Rev. 19;13

·       Rev 19:21  And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth:

Eph 6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 

Rev 19:17  And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 

Rev 19:18  That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 

Rev 19:19  And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 

Rev 19:20  And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

Rev 19:21  And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. 

·       SO NO MORE FLESH would be in KINGS, CAPTAINS, MIGHTY MEN, HORSES, AND HORSEMEN, men, FREE AND BOND, both SMALL AND GREAT—

·       DEVIL could NO MORE influence LUSTS OF FLESH, as father of lusts, Jn. 8;44---FOR DEVIL was BURNT, Rev. 20;10

NOW THEY NEED HEALING

For they are SHAMED as OUTCASTS of ZION 

Jer 30:17  For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. 

LORD is MERCIFUL—CITY SHALL BE BUILDED UPON HER OWN HEAP—

AND PALACE shall REMAIN after SAME MANNER---Jer 30:18  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. 

·     ONLY names of others WOULD BE REMOVED

·     NO OTHER NAME than NAME OF LAMB and ALMIGHTY to be found IN PREMISES OF PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD

·     As the LAMB gives HIS LIGHT TO TEMPLE OF ALMIGHTY—

Rev 21:22  And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 

Rev 21:23  And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 

CAPTIVES OF NATIONS would RETURN

Deu_30:3  That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

Jer_29:14  And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

·       THEY were taken captive from ZION, Ps 48; 1-6, and they WOULD BE BROUGHT TO ZION , as after PASSOVER Isa. 30;29,

·       Isa 30:29  Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. 

·       THEY COME-- through SECOND PASSOVER, as made known to PCG , IN night of 4th MAY 2026

But, they are to keep Ezekiel Temple ordinances as written in Eze. 43;18-27 to be ACCEPTED after SANCTIFICATION, vs 27

·       We pray that a DOOR would OPEN for Ezekiel  Temple ordinances.

Rev 21:24  And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 

Rev 21:25  And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 

Rev 21:26  And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 

Rev 21:27  And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 

THEY ARE TO LEARN through BAPTISMAL

WORDS, Rom. 6;3-23, NOT TO DEFILE

Nor work ABOMINATIONS

Nor words of LIES

Then their NAMES ENTER THE BOOK OF LAMB!

Then they are seed of ABRAHAM, Gal 3;26-29

They know to KEEP ORDINANCES

Having circumcised hearts, Col 2; 11-17

Jer 30:19  And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 

Jer 30:20  Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 

Jer 30:21  And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 

·     May THE LORD direct The NEW GOVENOR to COME FORWARD, and ORGANIZE to keep Ezekiel Temple ordinances, Eze. 43;18-27

·     I had written that we are ZADOK’S sons as in Eze. 44;15, in OUTER COURT, Eze. 43;21 (without SANCTUARY, is place of Gentiles, Rev. 11;2-4) Eze 43:21  Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. ----Rev 11:2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ---Read in No.1260 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

·     And inform me your plans of around -----NINE DAYS (from 19th to 30th APRIL 2026--leaving SABBATH DAY in between) ---EIGHT days, LORD ACCEPTS on 8TH DAY, Eze. 43; 18-27

·     Has to be BEFORE around 1st May 2026.

·     The "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 on NIGHT of 4th MAY 2026

There are many things to discuss and learn to be sanctified as LEVI!

·      Would a ZOOM CONFERENCE help to organize?

·      THE GOVERNOR IN Jer. 30; 21 SHOULD ADVICE!

·      Ps 45; 9-16 should be STUDIED as I had written many a time!

Jer 30:20  Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. 

Jer 30:21  And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. 

Jer 30:22  And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 

Read how PCG ministry were judged from their youthful sins, Ecc 11; 9, 10, EPHRAIM was made as SAND OF SEA, Josh. 16;8, then they fought LORD as GOG who is as sand of sea, Rev. 20. 8.

·       Their youthful sins judged, Ecc. 11; 9,10, exposed as adulteries that would defile SABBATHS, Eze. 22, that is THEY ARE IN SIN! (Fornication before marriage of LAMB, Rev. 19.7,8)

·       Lev 19;29,30 says not to prostitute daughters, it causes defiling SABBATHS—but WCG taught dating, which also is a way to make daughters to be touched by young boys, ---1 Co 7; 1-6 says NOT TO TOUCH A WOMAN, EYES cause adultery, Mt. 5. 28 advise NOT TO LOOK at a woman, which causes ADULTERY.

·       We leaders should teach PRINCIPLES OF LIVING from teachings of GOD ALMIGHTY! These are lessons for EVERLASTING COVENANT!

·       LORD required to PUT A STOP for DESTROYING HIS EARTH on DAY OF LORD! (lusts defile earth, ---read in Lev 15, Lev 17, --18,--20)

·       When church did not CARE FOR LORD’S TEACHINGS, youth became SINFUL, and were JUDGED, Ecc.11; 9,10

·       They were made as DEAD ONCE, and then JUDGMENT, then---leading to SALVATION Heb.  9; 28 (SALVATION BY WORDS OF Rom.  6)

·       Those sins led to adultery as EVEN 1 Co 5;1 –then LORD COUNSELED "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", on DAY OF LORD, 1 Co 5.5,7

·       Gentiles’ times are on DAY OF LORD, Eze. 30;3

·       When the PCG  leaders as LEVI honours "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 LORD lets His captives (of Sin) LET GO FREE, Isa. 45. 13

Heb 9:27  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (they were made dead to sin, Rom.  6;2) then SALVATION given through CRUCIFIED  CHRIST, including gift of ETERNAL LIFE, by words of Rom.6; 3-23----then--Heb 9:28  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 

When SUN rises LORD MADE known PCG as EPHRAIM  that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else, Isa. 45;6. ( Thus LORD made known service through SUN, the GREATER LIGHT, CHRIST OUR LORD is LIGHT Of TEMPLE as LAMB, Rev. 21;22,23---therefore HE CAME as SUN SHINING in FULL STRENGTH, Rev. 1;16, on DAY OF LORD, Rev. 1;10. Isa_42:8  I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.

Isa_48:11  For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give My glory unto another.

·     ALL SHOULD REMEMBER that LORD CREATED HIS WORLD for HIMSELF

JESUS CHRIST created all of us--Isa 45:12  I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 

LORD RAISED CHRIST to build HIS CITY in RIGHTEOUSNESS Isa 45:13  I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and He shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. 

·       WE do not have to PAY or give Him reward—THE CAPTIVES would be FREED without charge—

·       For LORD PAID the PENALTY for SIN, as in Rom. 6

LORD CREATES Light, darkness, PEACE and EVIL!--Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 

·       SO, LORD had made JESUS CHRIST as RIGHTEOUS, and DEVIL the father of lusts, Jn. 8;44, as EVIL!

Isa 45:5  I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 

HOW would PCG as EPHRAIM 

GET TO KNOW of THE ONE TRUE GOD

FROM RISING SUN!

Isa 45:6  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 

·       They of WEST are made known of SUN RISING on EQUINOX DAY of SUN making known HIS TRAVELLINGS AS BRIDEGROOM, Ps 19; 1-6

Isa 45:8  Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. 

Isa 45:11  Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 

·       SO WE SEE---PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD was made known LORD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS by EQUINOX OF SUN, Isa. 45; 6, to BRING FORTH SALVATION, Isa. 45;8, by WORK OF JESUS CHRIST, Isa. 45;11---

People in their YOUTH were given to do what they liked, but Judgments come, Ecc. 11; 9.10

Ecc 11:9  Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 

Ecc 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. 

Read how LORD had made EPHRAIM (PCG ) as SEA SAND-- Jos_16:8  The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

·       If their GOINGS as WERE at SEA—they walked through SAND OF SEA!

·       So EPHRAIM fought joining DEVIL as with GOG and MAGOG—Rev. 20; 7-10

·       GOG as SAND of SEA-- Rev_20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

ABRAHAM blessed as SAND OF SEA, Gen 22;17, Israel as sand of the sea, Isa.10;22, Rom.9:27, Gog and Magog, devil fought GOD as “sand of sea” Rev 20:7,8, they in lake of fire, dead, judged, Rev.20;13.  Jer 33:22 –seed of DAVID and LEVI as sand of sea

EPHRAIM  as SAND OF SEA-- Jos16:8  The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families

The Defeat of Satan

Rev 20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 

Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.---- EPHRAIM  as SAND OF SEA—Jos 16:8 

·       SO PCG  AS EPHRAIM  AND GOG fought LORD, and FIRE CAME FROM GOD, and devoured them!—DEVIL and FALSE PROPHET, and BEAST (H.W.A.) DECEIVED THEM, Rev. 20; 10

Rev 20:9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 

Rev 20:10  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 

·       THEREFORE NO ONE would BREAK EVERLASTING COVENANT , Isa. 59;21

Isa 59:20  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 

Isa 59:21  As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. 

PART 2

PRESENT TRUTH FOR CHURCH FROM G. FLURRY’S EXPLANATIONS OF JAMES (PARTS 2 AND 3)

James, Part 2
 
THE FATHER OF LIGHTS
By Gerald Flurry
We live on one planet revolving around one star among those countless stars. How many other planets are out there, waiting to be populated? God created all that real estate out there for a purpose! "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else" (Isaiah 45:18).
Notice what James says about this inspiring subject.

James, Part 2
 
THE FATHER OF LIGHTS
By Gerald Flurry 
The ancient Israelites were led by a fiery pillar cloud. Wherever it went, they followed. If it moved at 3 in the morning, they moved with it. They continually looked to that light to lead them, and so should we.

The expression "with whom" should read "in whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turn­ing."

This is referring to our Father's perfect charac­ter-God is 100 percent agape love. His goal is for us to become perfect as He is perfect (Matthew 5:48).
God cannot sin. There isn't even one speck of a shadow of evil in His nature. His love toward us is perfect and absolute-100 percent light. He would never do anything to harm us spiritually.
God is recreating His love in us. He is building His love on Earth through His firstfruits today. To do that, we must know His character and totally trust Him­ even in our most fiery trial!

SPIRITUAL LIGHT SHOULD DAZZLE US A ZILLION TIMES MORE THAN THE LIGHT FROM THE UNIVERSE. THE BIG ISSUE IS NOT CREATING THE UNIVERSE. THE BIG ISSUE IS CREATING THE CHARACTER OF GOD IN US TO RULE THE UNIVERSE!
We must cooperate with God or that can never happen. We must desire and choose to build His character in us, or it can't be done.
SO let's not be dis­tracted by the universe.

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  
FIRSTFRUITS OF HIS CREATURES

God had the universe, but no sons? What would that be worth to Him? I don't think
God begat us as His sons. Not even the angels were ever offered such glory. But we are not only God's begotten sons-we are firstfruits. We have been called in this evil world-"out of season." We will receive the most distinct honor ever given to God's sons for all eternity. The Father has chosen us to marry His only eternal Son! We will be the bride of Christ.

Equal to angels

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  
FIRSTFRUITS OF HIS CREATURES

Here is where the Laodiceans have failed. They fail to honor their Father (Malachi 1:6). They have lost sight of this transcendental Family plan! They are dying spiritually because of their rebel­lion. They are all in danger of being aborted.
WHAT IS THIS BIRTHRIGHT WORTH TO YOU?

Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup; James would not sell his for any price.

• Comment—IN THESE TIMES BIRTH RIGHT comes from EVERLASTING COVENANT to be established amidst PCG  as EPHRAIM as I had many a time written in www.restoringcaptivity.com

Gerald Flurry wrote--

When you beget children, there is a heavy respon­sibility if you are loving parents. If you reject your responsibility, the children are left with many unnec­essary trials. Their lives often become disasters. God is not such a parent. His love and commitment last until the job is finished.
God is eternally committed to His Family. This all points back to the "Father of lights." Our primary project must be to learn about our Father. James put the emphasis where it belongs. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights"-and this is
the greatest gift He has to give. This is the pinnacle of the Father's creation!
THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAN WHAT GOD IS OFFERING TO HIS BELOVED FIRSTFRUITS.

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  
FIRSTFRUITS OF HIS CREATURES

We have been called to be part of a "better resur­rection" (Hebrews li:3S). We will be above the rest of the Family forever.

The Laodiceans treated it casually and simply let it go! What a tragedy­ THROWING THAT FUTURE AWAY IN ORDER TO LIVE THE LIFE OF A FADING FLOWER! (James 1:10-11).     

And the Laodiceans have shamefully tossed it away!
GOD IS SENDING THE LAODICEANS ONE FINAL MES­SAGE.
THE GREATEST HONOR WE COULD HAVE ON EARTH TODAY IS TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS TO HIS LAODICEAN SONS. 

Comment—HERE IS GENTILES writing to PCG WHO HAD TURNED LAODECIAN SONS,

Whom HE IS CALLING to be SANCTIFIED, Eze. 43;18-27, to ENTER Ezekiel Temple to keep "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 , Eze. 45; 19-25

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  

BE SWIFT TO HEAR
After talking about that greatest of all truths-and all in the context of some of God's people being exiled from God---James gives about the best advice he could give: "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath" (James 1:19).

The Laodiceans are "my beloved brethren" -your beloved brethren. If we love them, we'll get this mes­sage to them.

The Laodiceans have a horrible self-righteousness problem.

James tells us all, Don't think you know it all! Be swift to hear!

That word swift indicates an entire readiness. To be
swift, we must not resist hearing any of God's words.

Why is James so urgent? Why is it so important to be "swift" to correct this problem? Because we don't have much time! This is "last hour" doctrine!

Be SWIFT to hear! This message is passing right on by, and God says He will not pass by His people anymore (Amos 7:8; 8:2). They must hear it while they can.

God's people must ALWAYS strive to be swift to hear
our Father-wide open to receive His instruction. is wise" (Proverbs 10:19).

"He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin" (Proverbs 13:3, RSV).

"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city" (Proverbs 16:32).

God loves people who can rule their spirit. The implication of that proverb is, if you can rule your spirit, God will give you rule over a city-and a lot more!
"For the wrath of man worketh not the righteous­ness of God" (James 1:20).

The word not is emphatic. The Greek word means a full and direct negative. The wrath of man contains none of God's righteousness. So that means we must always let God's righteousness direct our anger, or we will make many mistakes.
We absolutely must rule our emotions.

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  

THE IMPLANTED WORD
The King James Version of James 1:21 is truly a ter­rible translation. It tells us to "lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness."

Naughtiness doesn't even sound serious.

The RSV is much better: "Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls."

Is that important to you? It saves your eternal life! In other words, get rid of the things that choke and pollute the Word of God in your life. Have a meek attitude so God can IMPLANT His Word in you.

GOD IMPLANTS HIS WORD IN US FOR THE PURPOSE OF GROWTH! As WE NURTURE IT, DEEP ROOTS FORM AND IT GROWS EVEN FASTER. That is what God wants. He wants growth-change-conversion! He wants us to be different today than we were yesterday.

You could study the Bible intellectually for 10 billion years and never understand it. The only way God can implant His Word in our lives is if we receive it "with meekness"-if we have soft, fertile soil-a childlike, teachable mind.

We must approach our Bible study with a meek attitude. God the Father ought to be able to teach His sons! If He can't, there is no implanting of His Word, and there will be no growth.

Do you have soil in which God is able to plant His Word?
God wants to make us "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4).

HE ENABLES EVIL HUMAN BEINGS TO ACTUALLY PUT ON THE NATURE OF GOD! We can become like our Father! If we "receive with meekness the implanted word," then it will grow to the point where we come to think and act like our Father­ become perfect (Matthew 5:48). We regenerate our whole life!

That is what James means when he says the implant­ed Word "is able to save your souls." We must grow in grace, and in the knowledge of God (2Peter 3:18). Maybe you have one deep problem that chokes your spiritual growth.

• FACE THAT, SO YOU CAN GROW. We are all sinners, but if you let those sins stick around, they will choke your growth-your eternal life! ONE BIG SIN CAN DESTROY THE POWER OF GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT. God will not give faith until we repent. His Holy Spirit will not empower us
• Comment—1 Co 5;1 says of ADULTERY, FORNICATION, only "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 could SAVE YOU!!.

Receive HOLY SPIRIT from CRUCIFIED CHRIST, Ac 2;38,39

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  

DOERS OF THE WORD
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves, '.. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed" (James 1:22, 25).

God wants us to be DOERS of the Word.

We must take His instruction and DO IT. That is the only way we will be ready to teach the world. That is the only way we will be able to show the people of the world about the Father and the Son-the God Family!

James uses word and law interchangeably in this passage. God's LAW is the foundation of His Word. James was actually condemning an apostasy in the Church of God! We have witnessed the same problem in this end time.

COMMENT—

LORD said to KEEP EVERY WORD—Lu 4;4, Mt. 4;4—it is eating as MANNA, Deut. 8;3—(I have heard Gerald Flurry saying OF “EVERY WORD”

But adulterers mentioned in Eze. 22. 33;25,26 ARE NOT KEEPING EVERY WORD!

Rev 2:17 -He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.  -

Deut. 8;3---TELLS US THAT LORD GAVE MANNA TO be EATING EVERY WORD---Deu 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 

OBEDIENTLY I ATE so thinking others too are eating EVERY WORD!

• SO I RECEIVED A NEW NAME, Ps 45;9

And thus I HELP LAODECIANS—TO BE PRINCES OF EARTH- Ps 45; 9-16

Psa 45:9  Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 

Psa 45:10  Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 

Psa 45:11  So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 

Psa 45:12  And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 

Psa 45:13  The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 

Psa 45:14  She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 

Psa 45:15  With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 

Psa 45:16  Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 

• SO LORD made me EAT EVERY WORD and GAVE ME A NAME TOO, PS 45; 9, AND MADE ME HELP PCG  as NEXT POSTERITY, of COVENANT, Eze. 16;60-63, AS EPHRAIM  as written in Gen 48;20, to receive BLESSINGS OF JOSEPH, Gen 49; 22-26

Gerald Flurry continued--

If we just hear and don't DO, we are deceiving our own selves! Once you do that, you begin to let lies and deceit--
 

God is perfect, and He is creating a perfect man. Sin is the transgression of His perfect law, which is the king of all laws. It is a KING'S LAW. With the King of kings, we will use that law to teach people how to be royalty.

James, Part 2
By Gerald Flurry  
   
THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27).

This verse means what we have always understood: that we should look after those without physical fathers and husbands in the Church of God. But it means a great deal more.

COMMENT—

·      When PCG DISFELLOWSHIPPED us gentile witnesses,  we were like “FATHERLESS” and WITHOUT HUSBAND JESUS CHRIST”

·      We MOURNED as NOT IN the CHURCH!!

Gerald Flurry CONTINUED--

Look at this spiritually, in the context of the Laodicean era. In the first verse of his epistle, James discusses the Father and the Husband. Here he is talking about orphans and widows.
The Laodiceans have chosen to distance themselves from their Father and from their Husband.

COMMENT

·     We bear the PAIN that PCG has found a dead man H. W. Armstrong as a father—

QUOTES from No.1011---WORD OF GOD in—Mal 2: 10-

Mal 2;10- Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us?

Gerald Flurry prophet of PCG wrote—you will begin to understand that honoring Mr. Armstrong as our father

Read in No. 1011 and quoted articles in www.restoringcaptivity.com

OUR COMMENTS-

·     If you see KOD of PCG, we see the BOOKS of H. W. Armstrong

·     How PCG honours H. W. Armstrong

·     Now, even U TUBE advertise H. W. Armstrong, with his PICTURE!

·     And the LORD SAID—

Isa_42:8  I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.

·      PCG  exalting H. W. Armstrong is THOROUGHLY CONDEMNED!

·      NO MAN should GIVE GLORY TO ANY OTHER than THE GOD OF WHOLE EARTH!

·      PCG  learning that lesson WOULD MAKE KNOWN EVERLASTING COVENANT after they are ESTABLISHED that TRUTH TO THE WORLD!!

READ in PART 2—Gerald Flurry wrote--- Why is James so urgent? Why is it so important to be "swift" to correct this problem? Because we don't have much time! This is "last hour" doctrine!

Gerald Flurry continued--
In doing so, they have lost the Head of the Family and the Head of the Church.

James provides a stark assess­ment of their status today: They are spiritual orphans and widows! They voluntarily turned from God, and now THEY HAVE NO FATHER AND NO HUSBAND.
---you have abandoned the Father and the Son and are left with nothing.

James says we must visit the fatherless and wid­ows. On a spiritual level, that means WE MUST GET THIS MESSAGE OF JAMES TO THE LAODICEANS!
We can't do this job by proxy, asking someone to visit them for us. God wants you-every single mem­ber of His faithful remnant-to visit them BY SUP­PORTING THIS MESSAGE AND THIS WORK!

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry

Brethren, Show No Partiality
  
JAMES 2:1 BEGINS AGAIN WITH THE WORDS "MY brethren:' Who is James addressing? God's peo­ple-His Family.

"My brethren, show no partiality as you hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory" (James 2:1, RSV).

Sadly, this world is based on persons respecting persons. That partiality is the curse of mankind! It causes endless problems.

People discriminate on the basis of wealth, privilege, sex, race, education, cul­ture, talent-any number of things. I'm a good-look­ing person, and they're ugly. I've got class, and they have none. I don't like that person's race.

Those problems are a direct result of a failure to understand God's Family. God says the problems of the world will never be solved until we learn about FAMILY!

COMMENT—ALMIGHTY CHRIST establishes EVERLASTING COVENANT with ALL FLESH, promised to NOAH, Gen 17;1-17, in SEED OF ABRAHAM, read in Ge 12 to Ge 21---and LORD does so WHEN PEOPLE BECOME seed of CHRIST WHEN THEY PUT ON CHRIST by BAPTISM, Gal 3;26-29.
 

Back to WORDS OF Gerald Flurry--

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006
 

Laodeceans are EXILED--
The Laodiceans are scattered, or exiled, from the God Family. --The Laodiceans are spir­itual orphans and widows. That part of God's Family is confused and has fallen apart!

UNDERSTANDING THE FAMILY OF GOD CLARIFIES EVERYTHING!

If we become partial to certain Church members, that is a breakdown in God's loving Family.

The Laodiceans have not bridled their tongue.

HERE LAWLESSNESS MANI­FESTS ITSELF IN THE TONGUE.

The Laodiceans are swift to speak, talking back to God (Malachi 3:13-14). And they aren't just slow to hear God's law and gov­ernment that implements that law-they don't hear AT ALL!

• They reason around God's law.

We must bridle our tongue and allow ourselves to be bridled and led by the great God.

Somehow God is going to have to guide us!

Comment—LORD helps PCG  as ISRAEL through servants, Isa. 14;1,2, and they are 1^ST BORN OF POOR, WHO TRUSTS IN ZION , Isa. 14; 30, 32

God would never reveal this truth from the book of James if He didn't think we would deliver it.

God's faithful people want to be a slave to the Father and Son and deliver this message to their beloved breth­ren. They ACHE and YEARN for their spiritually dying Family members, who have no future and no one to look after them! They accept God's calling to perform this job to their utmost.

• COMMENT—SUCH are the Gentile Witnesses of Isa. 14;30,32, Rev. 11; 1-4, WHO were DISFEELOWSHIPPED by Gerald Flurry .

Gerald Flurry continued--

Why are the Laodiceans considered "exiled breth­ren"? (James 1:1). Because they have lost the God Family understanding. They have abandoned God their Father and Christ their Husband and become spiritual orphans and widows (James 1:27).

Countless problems infected the Church because the Laodiceans did not internalize the Family lesson!

The people started to become partial: I like this person,
I don't like that person.

God thunders to them, Don't you realize you're BREAKING THE LAW OF LOVE? God's people above all should be cultivating and demon­strating God's family love! A PERSON SIMPLY CANNOT BE PARTIAL TOWARD GOD'S FAMILY MEMBERS AND STILL HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST! (James 2:1).

James admonishes us to "hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ."

We must live by the same faith that Christ had and HOLD on to it!
Christ died for all mankind.

You and I must build that faith in our lives. That is quite a challenge. But it also shows us what power resides in God's saints.

Look at what we can do with Christ's faith in us! We have the very faith of the Son of God (Galatians 2:20).

All the money in this world could not buy one iota of that faith.

• Comment---Gerald Flurry EXPLAINS JAMES wonderfully!—BUT HE REFERS to PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD as LAODECEANS!

Gerald Flurry continued--

Consider the mighty power given to the very elect!

What happens if a minister focuses too much on one Church member and neglects the others? Those who are neglected spiritually can begin to hate the one receiving all the attention! Consider, for exam­ple, the damage done to Jacob's family because he favored Joseph so much. His brothers became bitter and contemptuous. The same principle applies in any family. Partiality creates family breakdown.

God wants His Church to "dwell together in unity" (Psalms 133)-to be of "one spirit" and "one mind," "likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind" (Philippians 1:27; 2:2)-to "speak the same thing," with "no divisions," "perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" (1 Corinthians 1:10). He wants His people to be "as one man" (Ezra 3:1). That is truly deep Family unity!
James, part 3

James really emphasizes this truth. He is showing the Laodiceans how much they have lost, and how much they are going to have to recapture in order to make it into the eternal Family of God! They must get back to the Family understanding.
Probably within a decade, God's people are going to be teaching the world about the Family of God! This world desperately needs that Family education. That is what God wants to give them most of all.

• NOTICE—Gerald Flurry says WITHIN A DECADE –these writings of Gerald Flurry is written in 2006
• NOW it is 2026! —TWO DECADES have gone, and the VERY ELECT teaches PCG to be READY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF EVERLASTING COVENANT with ALL FLESH, Eze. 16;60-63
  
  

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

THE RICH OPPRESS
As James develops this theme, he returns to another major concept of his epistle (James l:g-n)-one that applies directly to the Laodicean leaders.
"For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken, my beloved breth­ren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?" (James 2:2-5).
 
 God calls the poor of this world-the lowly of the lowly. God chooses the humble, or poor in spirit, to do His work. Are there any other people who will SERVE GOD?

COMMENTS--

• LORD made US as 1^ST BORN OF POOR, Isa. 14;32
• The BASEST of men— Dan_4:17  This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

Jer 4:15- For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

Jer 4:16 -Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah

Read in No. 1414 A Short account of how Dan in Ships of Tarshish was prepared by God for His service in Judgments also continuation of No.1413 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

Gerald Flurry CONTINUED

The Almighty God is not impressed by the mighty of this world. Until they bring God into their lives, they amount to nothing. Their talents and riches are chaff. Should God's servants be impressed with and awed by very talented people? If we don't evaluate with God's mind and with the depth of His thinking, it is easy to become too impressed with things that truly do not matter.
God wants people who are rich in faith.

"[M]y beloved brethren," James wrote in verse 5.
Is he talking to the world? No! He is addressing the beloved, Spirit-begotten people in the Church of God.

Realize how up-to-date James really is.

"But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you, is it not they who drag you into court?" (verse 6, RSV).

Here God begins to condemn "the rich." We must look at these verses spiritually.

• David and Abraham were rich and totally served God. Here God is speaking to those people who put riches ahead of God. Then they become spiritual orphans and widows.

They are no longer rich in faith. He is talking about the Laodicean leaders who are enriched with the physical goods of the Church of God as it was built under the guidance of Herbert W. Armstrong.

COMMENT---COULD WE SEE PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD as ENRICHED with PHYSICAL GOODS –as BOOKS of H. W. Armstrong

• PLEASE THINK—Gerald Flurry as LEADER OF PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD is TALKING about PCG !!!

Gerald Flurry CONTINUED---

Who are these leaders who are dragging God's firstfruits into court?
Why would God inspire this verse about the Laodiceans dragging His very elect into court-espe­cially in the last hour?

It is also interesting that Elijah is mentioned in this book (James 5:17).
Thayer's Lexicon refers to the word court in James 2:6 as "the place where judgment is given; the tribu­nal of a judge." The Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study
Bible defines court this way: "judicial contest or con­troversy, a lawsuit, ... court of justice."
I believe our six-year court battle with the WCG is the single most condemning event against the Laodiceans in this end time. ---

COMMENTS--

1Co 5:11  But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 

1Co 5:12  For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 

1Co 5:13  But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 

• The wicked person is written in 1 Co 5;1—
• Harlots and adulterers are JUDGED BY GOD, 1 Co 5;13
• LORD JUDGES the ONE WHO TOOK FATHER’S WIFE
• LORD JESUS CHRIST as FATHER,

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

1Co 5:1  It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 

·       AFTER COVENANT was BROKEN, Gerald Flurry took over MINISTRY of CHURCH –

·       Gerald Flurry took over LEVI--Royal Vision ---July/ Aug 2007 ---page 15  “ Will you unify around God’s leader today? ” All of God’s ministers need to unify around headquarters”.

1Co 5:2  And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 

1Co 5:3  For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 

LORD’S COVENANT was with LEVI, the MINISTRY

And it was CORRUPTED

Levi could NOT SERVE LORD faithfully!

Royal Vision ---July/ Aug 2007 ---page 15  “ Will you unify around God’s leader today? ” All of God’s ministers need to unify around headquarters”.

Mal 2:3  Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 

Mal 2:4  And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 

Mal 2:5  My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 

Mal 2:6  The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 

Mal 2:7  For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 

Mal 2:8  But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 

Mal 2:9  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. 

Judah Profaned the Covenant

Mal 2:10  Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 

·       COVENANT OF FATHERS had been PROFANED

·       PCG  LEADER Allowed to BREAK COVENANT, in BAMAH, Eze. 44;7,

Mal 1:6  A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 

Mal 2;10- Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us?

·     Gerald Flurry prophet of PCG wrote—you will begin to understand that honoring Mr. Armstrong as our father

Read in No. 1011 and in many articles how Gerald Flurry took over ministry in www.restoringcaptivity.com

SO 1 Co 5;1 is Gerald Flurry TAKING FATHER’S WIFE as ministry as LEVI HAVING COVENANT,

Mal 2:4  And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 

SO LORD TURNED TO GENTILES

Mal 1:11  For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. 

GENTILES HONOUR NAME OF LORD

In TWELVE HOURS OF DAY TIME

(Rising of Sun until going down of sun, is DAY Jn. 11;9, LORD JUDGES on DAY OF LORD, they serve according to EQUINOX of SUN)

Joh 11:9  Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 

Mal 1:12  But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. 

• THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL DEFILED SABBATHS

Eze 22:6  Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. 

Eze 22:7  In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. 

Eze 22:8  Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 

Eze 22:9  In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. 

Judah Profaned the Covenant

Mal 2:10  Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 

·       COVENANT OF FATHERS had been PROFANED

·       PCG  LEADER Allowed to BREAK COVENANT, in BAMAH, Eze. 44;7,

SO LORD’S PRINCES in ISRAEL (PCG as ISRAEL, Rom. 9;4-7)

Sinned and dealt treacherously

Mal 2:11  Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 

·      Gerald Flurry made the CHURCH as daughter of H. W. Armstrong

·      They all serve H. W. Armstrong!

Mal 2:12  The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 

• Gerald Flurry was delivered to SATAN, so that his SPIRIT may be SAVED on DAY OF LORD  1Co 5:5  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

1Co 5:6  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 

1Co 5:7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 

Therefore "CHRIST OUR PASSOVER", 1 Co 5.5,7 is SPECIALLY for Gerald Flurry AND MINISTRY, as LEVI

1Co 5:4  In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

1Co 5:5  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 

1Co 5:6  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 

1Co 5:7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: 

1Co 5:8  Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006
  
Earth was cheering for Satan to win! Not one of those Laodicean churches offered to help us. They wanted us to lose. But the same Christ who sent and worked through Elijah gave us the victory. The Laodiceans who fought against us or wanted to see us lose were fighting against Christ-hoping He would lose!

• Comment—PCG DID NOT KNOW they would be the LAODECIANS!
• AND Gerald Flurry WRITES WITHOUT WISDOM OF GOD!

Gerald Flurry continued—

God is judging them today (1 Peter 4:17). Whether they realize it or not, they are being judged harshly by a much higher court!

These people are dying spiritually (2 Thessalonians 2:10). The court case was a living monument of their death throes! It will help 50 percent of them to repent in the Tribulation.

The court case was at the heart of what we were called to do. ---

1 Corinthians 6:1 asks, do you dare take one of your brothers in the Family of God before a court in this world? Well, the Laodiceans dared. That also shows their lack of understanding about the God Family. They committed violence against their brethren, and
they dishonored their Father (Malachi 1:6). THEY DIS­HONOR THEIR FATHER BY DISHONORING THOSE WHO HONOR THE FATHER IN DOING HIS WORK!

COMMENT—

WHO GLORIED IN WINNING COURT CASE when LORD said NOT TO GO TO COURTS-- 1Co 5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 

Gerald Flurry REFERRING TO Hab 1.5 “I will work a work” ---wrote how PCG  WON COURT CASE—on 16^th Jan 2003 , signed on 10/3/2003

• Gerald Flurry builds a city by INIQUITY, and LABOUR TO FEED the FIRE of GOD, Hab 2;12-14
• Then EARTH WILL be FILLED with KNOWLEDGE of GLORY OF LORD

Hab 2:10  Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. 

Hab 2:11  For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 

Hab 2:12  Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! 

Hab 2:13  Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? 

So when LORD TURNED TO GENTILES

KNOWLEDGE will FILL to COVER the SEA

Because PCG  AS EPHRAIM  is as SEA

LORD had made EPHRAIM (PCG ) as SEA SAND-- Jos_16:8  The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

• If their GOINGS as WERE at SEA—they walked through SAND OF SEA!

Hab 2:14  For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 

Hab 2:15  Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 

Hab 2:16  Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 

Hab 2:17  For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 

Hab 2:18  What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 

Gerald Flurry continued--
The Laodiceans say they are "rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing" (Revelation 3:17). But their attitude toward the spiritual wealth given to us through Mr. Armstrong shows that they don't know what true riches are! Any member of God's Church who was thinking correctly would have helped us fight for the right to print that price­less material.

Many of the Laodiceans thought that if only we lost that court case, it would mean the end of the PCG.

THEY ACTED AS THOUGH THE SUPREME COURT OF HEAVEN DOESN'T EXIST. For that spiritual blindness, God condemns them!
"Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?" (James 2:7).

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit puts a person "in danger of eternal damnation" (Mark 3:28-29). Mr. Armstrong's writings, which we fought for, were cre­ated by the Holy Spirit.
Mark and James use the same Greek word for blaspheme. James says these people "blaspheme that worthy name by the which you are called." These rebels need to think deeply about this verse. In the court case, they were fighting against God the Father,
 
COMMENT—

HOLY SPIRIT is received BY BAPTISM UNTO JESUS CHRIST, Ac 2;38, 39

• H. W. Armstrong did UNDERMINE baptism unto CRUCIFIED CHRIST as LAMB, Rom.  6; 3-23
• SO HOW COULD Gerald Flurry write “Mr. Armstrong's writings, which we fought for, were cre­ated by the Holy SPIRIT”.
• So PCG LEVI became WORSHIPPING  a DEAD MAN H. W. Armstrong
  
  

Gerald Flurry WROTE--

People who fight against Christ and His work are antichrists. They fought against the very revelation God gave them.

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006
   
THE ROYAL LAW
When Christ returns, our job will be to help Him administer the royal law-the Ten Commandments­ during the Millennium. This law is from the royal Father and Son, and we are to become the royal bride of the Son.
Only God's royal kings and priests understand just how royal and profound this law is. It is the royal law of God and His kings and priests-today and in the World Tomorrow.
 
Why are the children in the PCG happy and well­ behaved? Because we keep the royal law!

Comments from BIBLE—

Are they WELL BEHAVED in Eze. 33;25,26 WHILE WATCHMAN AND PROPHET dwells amidst them, Eze. 33;33

Jer 25:9  Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 

NO JOY IN CHURCH---Jer 25:10  Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 

Jer 25:11  And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 

Jer 25:12  And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 

Jer 25:13  And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 

Jer 25:14  For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 

Gerald Flurry WROTE--

God inspired Ezekiel to write a book for this end time. Ezekiel said if we didn't proclaim God's mes­sage, we would be guilty of Israel's blood-guilty for their deaths (Ezekiel 33).

COMMENT—read Eze. 33;25,26, 33
 

Jerusalem Struck Down

Eze 33:21  And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 

Eze 33:22  Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 

Eze 33:23  Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 

Eze 33:24  Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 

Eze 33:25  Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 

Eze 33:26  Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? 

Eze 33:27  Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 

Eze 33:28  For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 

Eze 33:29  Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. 

Eze 33:30  Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 

Eze 33:31  And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Eze 33:32  And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 

Eze 33:33  And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. 

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 

ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

James is detailing what it will take for the Laodiceans to return to God. They must repent to be in God's Kingdom.
They were clothed, but then they became naked. This catastrophe happened to the 12 tribes of Israel spiritually-virtually God's whole Church.
This book is addressed to the Laodiceans. However, the book of James has some of the strongest meat in the Bible for God's very elect!
                                              

Can we forget God's Family?
What happens if we don't get James' message to them? Then we have faith without works (James 2:14). Our faith is dead!
If we neglect the Laodiceans, then we don't know God the Father and Jesus Christ. If we are their slaves, then we must love our Family the way the Father and Christ do!

James is addressed specifically to the Laodiceans. That means it is a strong warning for them, and God will probably have some major correction just for them if they don't heed James' mes­sage. I would imagine it would be even more correc­tive than the court case. God is going to do all He can to draw their attention to His revelation from James.

God is very specific about what we must do.

That law must dominate our thinking. Keeping it is our Family responsibility!

NAKED BRETHREN
(James 2:14-17). In verse 15, God describes "a brother or sister... naked, and destitute of daily food." Who does this apply to specifically?
To the Laodiceans, God says, "[K]nowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Revelation 3:17). They are naked and destitute of daily food-

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 

In ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006
 
We could be aware or unaware of how God cor­rects them. These are people whom God loves. He will do all He can to save them from the Great Tribulation and the lake of fire. God will even contin­ue working with them in the Tribulation. (Malachi's Message and James' message will undoubtedly playa key role in their repentance in that horrendous trial.)    

Consider the URGENCY in this warning: We are liv­ing in the LAST HOUR! The Laodiceans are receiving
their last major warning!

 
THE FRIEND OF GOD
(James 2:19-21). The demons believe in God and trem­ble. But they don't believe God and they still refuse to do faithful works. They rejected God's government ---

Now they face the blackest future you can imag­ine. This is dangerous knowledge. God holds us accountable for what we know.
Abraham is the father of the faith­ful (Romans 4:11). God wants us to look to his example, and realize how far he was willing to go in obeying God. Look at how richly God blessed him for his faith. The message is, if we build that level of faith-filled obe­dience in our lives, God will bless us accordingly.
"Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God" (James 2:22-23).
Abraham didn't just believe in the existence of God, His sacrifice or His saving work-he "believed God." This is where the whole "Christian" world is deceived. Abraham believed every word of God. He believed all of God's many promises. He did precisely what God said to do.

Comments

READ HOW TO BECOME A SEED OF ABRAHAM  by becoming SEED OF CHRIST, Gal 3;26-29

Gerald Flurry WROTE—

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006
 
Here is a second strong example of living faith: "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the mes­sengers, and had sent them out another way?" (James 2; 24-25). Rahab risked her life to save these messengers of Israel. At this point, she had repented of her sins and believed what the God of Israel said. Rahab's works showed her living faith. She backed and sup­ported the work of Israel.
Today we are doing the work of spiritual Israel.

This is how we bring our faith alive!

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

THE TONGUE
The very elect are God's ambassadors on Earth. Our citizenship is in heaven, and we represent and speak on behalf of the brilliant, magnificent God of Ezekiel 1 and Revelation I! SO God wants to teach us to speak like Him.

"Let not many of you become teachers, my breth­ren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater [condemnation]" (James 3:1, RSV). Don't try to jockey to become a minister today. We will all receive that office in the Kingdom of God anyway.
In Hebrews 5:12, Paul shows that we are all train­ing today for positions as teachers. God's true Church is a teachers' college. We are going to teach the whole world. Members must know how to rule the tongue.
The Laodiceans who don't repent until the Tribulation will not have headquarters positions in the Kingdom of God because they are not prepared to teach on that level! They haven't taken advantage of the

opportunity to get themselves ready for that office.
"For we all make many mistakes, and if anyone makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also" (James 3:2, RSV). We all make mistakes, but mistakes should not be our way of life.
If each one of us is able to bridle the whole body, then Christ can rule over the entire spiritual body.
"Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the gov­ernor listeth" (verses 3-4).

A whole ship can be guided through waves and storms with a little rudder. Our tongue expresses what is in our mind-and if we can just control our tongues, we actually guide our whole being and demonstrate a great deal of character.

Metal bits are put in a horse's mouth to guide it. Each one of us must have a spiritual "bit" in our mouth.

"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boast­eth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell" (verses 5-6). Hell comes from the Greek word gehenna, and refers to the lake of fire!

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

Today we are doing the work of spiritual Israel. We show our faith by our works-in declaring the message of James to the Laodiceans.

Some say they can't deal with certain individuals in the Church because of past sins. That is nothing but self-righteousness.
In the Kingdom of God, when Rahab is exalted to the heights, no one will be whispering about her being a harlot! We all make mistakes. When we do so, it is our responsibility to bury them and grow in character-and to become the friends of God!
The Laodiceans have become adulterous (James 4:4). Spiritually speaking, they are the worst kind of harlots! But God is still trying to woo them back to Himself. If they repent, they, too, will be GOD'S FRIENDS.

How God wants us to be His friends! That is a truly special honor and distinction. Imagine such wicked sinners being allowed to become God's friends!

We cannot write anyone off whom God has begot­ten and called to be part of that Family relationship. He loves us all EQUALLY! We need that same level of love toward each other.
     "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (James 2:26).

Abraham and Rahab believed God and proved it by their works. They showed their faith by their works.

COMMENTS—

Gerald Flurry had written about themselves, of LAODECEAN TURNED PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD !

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

Who is James talking to when speaking of gehenna fire? He is talking about begotten sons of God, the firstfruits whom God has called in this age-whose eternal lives are at stake!
The expression "whole body," in addition to speak­ing of our whole being, also applies to the whole Church of God-specifically what has happened in the Laodicean Church.
Where is the tongue, and all the wrong teaching it is expressing, leading the Laodiceans? "COURSE OF NATURE" WOULD BE BETTER TRANSLATED "COURSE OFCREATION"-SPEAKING OF THE SPIRITUAL CREATION GOING ON WITHIN GOD'S SONS. THE LAODICEANS HAVE SET THAT ON FIRE! Their actions will end in gehenna fire for everyone of them who doesn't repent.
You won't find a stronger warning in all the Bible. This is such danger­ous knowledge.
Just by the use of our tongue, we can talk ourselves right into gehen­na fire! The Laodicean tongue has changed the course of God's whole spiritual creation today/Their tongues set the body of Christ on fire! Over 95 percent of the spiri­tual body was defiled-it became a world of iniquity. That is why God had to start all over and raise up the ruins (Amos 9:11).

When Lucifer rebelled against God, he set the uni­verse on fire! He thought he had a better plan than God, and lost everything-as did all the angels who followed him. That is quite a fire! Satan is now the father of liars, doomed to an eternal nightmare.
Why is it so important that we learn to tame our tongues?

Jesus Christ con­tinually spoke uplifting words while He was here on Earth. With His mind in us, we can do the same!
We must control our tongue, --
Each of us must learn to exercise wisdom in this area. We must learn to say things that will encourage people and lift them up. When we fail to do that, we can easily beat people down.
A parent can change the nature of creation in his own family, or alter the whole direction of his child's life, just by the words he speaks to that child. Once your communication begins turning negative, that cycle becomes destructive very quickly. We must repent, and watch our tongue! Christ holds each one of us accountable for every word we utter!
Because man doesn't control his tongue, he has turned this world into tohu and bohu. It is ruled by deceitful and desperately wicked human hearts (Jeremiah 17:9).
James teaches us about the tongue as no book in the Bible does. The tongue should express the thoughts of Christ's mind (Philippians 2:5). But good or bad, the tongue expresses what is on the mind.
"For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame.--it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison" (James 3:7-8). Our tongue is full of lethal poison, and no man can tame it! Only God can.
In Revelation 3:9, God condemns those in the "synagogue of Satan" because they lie. We heard the Laodicean leaders spew their poisonous lies, using their tongues with deft deceit. For years they denied even making changes-as they calculatingly defiled the doc­trines of God! They set the Church on fire as they talked, and talked, and talked-committing a world of evil!
These verses apply to God's Philadelphians even more. Notice: "Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God" (James 3:9).

James emphasizes the fact that we are made in the likeness of God. That is a towering truth! THE ANIMALS DON'T LOOK LIKE GOD. You LOOK LIKE GOD! AND YOU WERE ALSO CREATED WITH A MIND THAT THE ANIMALS DON'T HAVE-IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE MIND, OR IMAGE, OF GOD! You have a much higher potential than any animal which can't be given the love or wisdom of God!
But to achieve that potential, you must learn to control your tongue. That takes the character and mind of Christ. The more you get that mind in you, the greater the wonders you can achieve in working with people. As you overcome your human nature, you can be a force for the good!
"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be" (verse 10). The Laodiceans bless God, but don't talk like Him! They love to praise God and "love Jesus"-but at the same time, they commit cruel and hateful acts, and do violence to God's truth! That is like bitter and sweet water coming from the same fountain, and God will have none of that!
We are ambassadors for Christ. We speak for Him. Do you talk like God? Do you talk like the Bible? Is
your speech grounded in God's Word?

"Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no foun­tain both yield salt water and fresh" (verses 11-12). God demands that we speak the truth. How incon­gruous would it be to receive bitter and sweet water from the same fountain,
Water is a type of God's Holy Spirit. We must let God's Holy Spirit produce pure thoughts from our minds-not contradictory thoughts of confusion.
This is the world's only hope. We are God's ambas­sadors who must speak for God.
A fig tree doesn't produce olive berries. The human mind was created to produce godly fruits. This world is about to be filled with tongues that speak like God. Any Other language will be destroyed with the people who speak it.

James, Part 3
by Gerald Flurry 
ROYAL VISION I January-February 2006

WISDOM FROM ABOVE
"Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom" (verse 13). As we already covered in James 1:5, wisdom is a great need in God's Church.
"But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish" (James 3:14-15). The whole Laodicean apostasy lies against the truth. Each one of them could prove that is true.
Where do they get that "wisdom"? They get it from this Earth. Devilish wisdom comes from the devil.
True wisdom is a gift from God.

James has the best definition of wisdom in the Bible! He lists seven items here that are outgrowths
of godly wisdom: "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without par­tiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righ­teousness is sown in peace of them that make peace" (verses 17-18).
God's wisdom is first pure, --- First of all, we must have a PURE MOTIVE. When we are being led by God's Spirit, we are not calculating-trying to take advantage of the other person or to get something from them. We must be pure, and simply give as our heavenly Father gives! How could a marriage ever fail if both the hus­band and the wife wanted to give 100 percent? That is wisdom!

If we speak words of wisdom, we bring joy and encouragement. Our tongue produces spiritual honey.
God's wisdom is also peaceable, which means that it makes peace with others, especially with­in the family. It is gentle, meaning forbearing-not demanding, and not looking down on others. It is "easy to be entreated" or persuaded. It is happy to give in if the other person is right. It is "full of mercy and good fruits" toward the misery of others-desir­ing to relieve them.

God's wisdom is also without partiality. It is not swayed by self-interest, worldly honor or the fear of man. If  Jacob, who favored Joseph over his other sons, had had this quality, the tragic problems wouldn't have existed between Joseph and his brothers, and it would have changed the course of Israel's history!

Joseph’s case was purposed by the LORD GOD,

Similarly God gave a “mind-change” to present day leader, to accomplish LORD’S purpose.

The wisdom from above is also "without hypoc­risy" -what you see is what you get. It doesn't pre­tend to be something it is not. It requires wisdom to present yourself as someone who is trying to grow and improve, yet who never tries to come across as someone you are not.
"And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace" (verse 18). The fruit of this righteousness will produce peace wherever we go.
If any of you lack wisdom, go to God, and He will give it to you!
Study this passage and really learn what God's wisdom will do in your life. If you understand it, you will be praying for more of that wisdom every day! As times get more difficult and we begin to face more persecution, we of all people need a continu­ally replenished supply of "the wisdom that is from above." 

PART 3

MORE FACTS TO STUDY

Gerald Flurry wrote—

Gerald Flurry wrote--

Christ is about to change and beautify Jerusalem as this world has never seen it. It will become the capital city of the world. Then after the Millennium and the Last Great Day, a still greater change is coming. God the Father and new Jerusalem are coming to this Earth!

“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day” (verse 9).

The Stone is a symbol of Christ, and the seven eyes are the seven Church eras, over which Christ is the Head. God gives His Church sight. He gives His people the ability to understand world events and to comprehend spiritual knowledge. The Laodiceans have lost this ability because they have gotten away from the Stone and the vision of new Jerusalem given to them by God the Father. They are now blind.

(Comment--seven types of churches in end time)

Gerald Flurry continued

How to Conquer Discouragement

The Eternal has chosen Jerusalem is the deep understanding needed to conquer Satan and remain Philadelphian. The Laodiceans were deceived by Satan because they lost sight of the vision of New Jerusalem. They don’t know that the Eternal has chosen Jerusalem. It is really the deepest vision in the entire Bible.

Isn’t it interesting that God gave me this understanding precisely on the day of the 18th anniversary of the pcg? We need to think deeply about why our Father wants to get our minds to embrace New Jerusalem. Only the pcg has this majestic vision. God wants us to remember that we are His unique remnant.

Comment---

the HOPE IS TO BE RAISED IN NEWNESS OF LIFE, by BAPTIZM unto JESUS CHRIST , Acts. 2;38, 39

·      Those raised in NEWNESS of life, by baptizm, Rom. 6; 3-7, raise, to meet the LORD in air, 1Thes 4; 14-17, they as MOUNTAIN OF ZION, Rev.21;10, come down as BRIDE, NEW JERUSALEM, Rev.21; 1, 2, they could enter HOLIEST, to live in a NEW WAY, Heb.10; 19-20. 

Read from QUOTES OF Gerald Flurry

December 7, God’s House and New Jerusalem

By Gerald Flurry • Dec. 4, 2020

Rees Zoellner/Philadelphia Church of God

December 7 is a date etched indelibly into the memories of many Americans. On that day in 1941, the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy was smashed to smithereens in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. America’s response was furious and hard-hitting; its entrance into both theaters of World War ii marked a turning point of the war.

But December 7 marks another, exceedingly more important anniversary for God’s people. On that day in 1989, Satan the devil launched a violent, history-altering spiritual attack on God’s Church.

On Dec. 7, 1989, John Amos and I were fired and disfellowshipped from the Worldwide Church of God, and the work of the Philadelphia Church of God essentially began.

This December, the pcg celebrates its 31st anniversary of this event. Do we realize how much God has blessed and magnified His Work? We cannot afford to forget the miracles surrounding the beginning of this work. God has achieved spectacular accomplishments over these three decades, and He wants to achieve many more.

Gerald Flurry wrote--Why the Laodiceans Fell Prey to Satan

“And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” (Zechariah 3:1-2).

Gerald Flurry wrote--Why the Laodiceans Fell Prey to Satan

“And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” (Zechariah 3:1-2).

These verses are talking about an evil Joshua, who represents the entire Laodicean, or lukewarm, era of God’s Church. (This is fully explained in my book Malachi’s Message.) The whole era has been taken captive by Satan—that includes 95 percent of God’s own people. Most of them are going into the Tribulation, where 50 percent of them will repent and be plucked out of the fire. The other 50 percent will die forever in the lake of fire.

What caused this Laodicean era to be taken captive by the devil? How did this wholesale falling away happen? There is an important element to this verse, which I hadn’t thought too much about, that answers these questions. In verse 2 God says, the Eternal has chosen Jerusalem. What does that mean? Why would God talk about the vision of new Jerusalem in the context of this lawless end-time type of Joshua who is in bondage to Satan?

Comment--

Great Tribulation--

Read of Great Tribulation

It is LAKE OF FIRE

GREAT TRIBULATION, Mt. 24; 21, (One of a kind),

They have to be faithful to DEATH, Rev. 2;10

(That is Dead to sin, Rom.6;2 to be freed from sin, Rom. 6;6, 7)

Those DEAD are  going through

LAKE OF FIRE, Rev. 20;14

The FIRE BURNS WICKEDNESS, Isa 9;18

Isa 9:18-For wickedness burneth as the fire

So purification of wickedness is by LAKE OF FIRE

As Great Tribulation

Gentile witness work is To BURN WICKEDNESS of PCG, FIRE of GOD, Jer. 5;14 comes to BURN WICKEDNESS , for wickedness to go as smoke, Isa 9: 18.

Here is how FIRE COMES FROM Gentile Witnesses

Fire comes out of two witnesses of OUTER COURT GENTILES

Which forms THE LAKE OF FIRE, taking FIRE of CHRIST our LORD to burn

WICKEDNESS of INNER COURT on 1260 days

Rev. 11;1- And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

3 -And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 -These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

5 -And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

·      FIRE COMES out of TWO WITNESSES, and that FIRE comes as A LAKE, therefore LAKE of FIRE comes from gentile witnesses.

Zec. 4; 11-14 too discuss of the TWO WITNESSES of Rev. 11; 4

Mt 24:21 -For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Re 2:10  Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Re 20:14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

·      When PCG leaders were dead to sin, Rom.  6;2, they were cast to lake of fire, (the second death, because they were once purified and made Covenant in Eze. 16; 6-14).

BEASTS in LAKE OF FIRE

Re 19:20  And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Re 20:10  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

·      Beast is leaders in honour, who do not understand, Ps. 49; 20

Re 21:8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

·      THOSE are the CHARACTERITICS of BEASTS, who were made to be in LAKE OF FIRE

LORD made ALL even WICKED for DAY OF DOOM, Prov. 16; 4, 9,

A CLOUD OF RAIN of LATTER RAIN is given, Prov. 16; 15, 16, for SIMPLE the NON-UNDERSTANDING people and ministry in church, to be RECONCLIED, Eze. 45;20, for purification of Levi, MAL. 3: 1-5

And Ezekiel Temple SECOND PASSOVER

Proves TO RECONCILE SINNERS who HAD NO KNOWLEDGE of GOD

Eze 45:20 -And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house

·     7^th day to be known through Ex, 12.2 and EQUINOX OF SUN

·      CHRIST our LORD will work, Isa 43; 13, He is SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS who would heal spiritual diseases like SIN, Mal 4;2, He would tread down the wicked in DAY OF LORD, Mal 4;2,3, SEE the SUN to receive an inheritance, Ec 7;11. Read in No. 1196

Ec 7; 11 --Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. Meaning SEEING SUN would make you receive inheritance, Read in No. 1084 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

SIMPLE MEN –WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND

SIMPLE people ERR when they believe EVERY WORD of leaders or of strange women,--compared to neighbour’s wives, Prov.6;25-29.

·      Eph.5: 26, Jn.6: 63 shows that HIS BLOOD AND FLESH is HIS WORDS, HIS FLESH and BLOOD given for LIFE, to be RAISED, Jn.  6; 51-54! Man shall not live by BREAD ALONE, but by EVERY WORD OF ALMIGHTY, Lu. 4: 4, Mt. 4: 4.

Gerald Flurry continued

This astonishing scripture reveals why this evil Joshua and the Laodiceans became captives of Satan, and how we can avoid falling into the same trap.

The Eternal has chosen Jerusalem: God is showing us that the Laodiceans got into serious trouble because they stopped focusing on new Jerusalem. They quit thinking like God. God’s mind is continually set on new Jerusalem: His entire plan is built around new Jerusalem. But Joshua and his followers allowed their minds to stray from God’s vision of new Jerusalem. That led to what is probably the worst disaster ever in God’s Church.

Comment—

Here is the vision of NEW JERUSALEM

Those raised in NEWNESS of life, by baptizm, Rom. 6; 3-7, raise, to meet the LORD in air, 1Thes 4; 14-17, they as MOUNTAIN OF ZION, Rev.21;10, come down as BRIDE, NEW JERUSALEM, Rev.21; 1, 2, they could enter HOLIEST, to live in a NEW WAY, Heb.10; 19-20. 

Gerald Flurry continued

Zec. 3: Verse 8 says, “Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.” Notice, God says He is going to bring forth the Branch, Jesus Christ. God the Father is directly and intimately involved in these events. He brings forth His Son. But what happens just before Christ, the Branch, returns?

Joshua’s fellows are looking to Joshua rather than the Father and Son; they have lost the God Family vision. The expression men wondered at would better read men of sign. They are a sign the Messiah is about to return! The bad news is still good news—a sign of the most wonderful news we could hear.

Comment—

PCG ministry is LOOKING TO Gerald Flurry (Joshua of Zec. 3)  and H. W. Armstrong –

·      Gerald Flurry and his ministry is A SIGN!

·      MESSIAH is ABOUT TO RETURN!

·      Bad news is still good news---BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST would SAVE PCG, in NEW COVENANT, the EVERLASTING COVENANT, AS WRITTEN in Eze. 16;60, WHEN ---THEY BOW DOWN to HIS THRONE OF GRACE

SEEK HIS THRONE OF GRACE Heb. 4.16 of LAMB Rev. 5. 6 knowing MIND OF CHRIST understanding “CHRIST IN US” for gentiles had made known to PCG ," Mystery of ages" Col 1.26,27---read in Nos. 1238, 1239 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

Read in No. 1241 Cloud of witnesses given from THRONE of GRACE through SEVEN SPIRITS of LAMB to receive CHRIST our PASSOVER knowing HIS WORDS to serve HIS HOLINESS to PRESERVE HOLY NAME of CHRIST our LORD,1 Thes 4: 1-8

Read in no 1243--When new tongue is used to heal in the name of JESUS CHRIST, Mr 16; 17,HE would ACT and HEAL, Isa 57; 18, 19. The fruits of lips would be created by JESUS CHRIST, He would HEAL, Isa 57;19, heal from throne of GRACE, Heb. 4;16

No. 1241-1243 In  www.restoringcaptivity.com

Gerald Flurry wrote--

Christ is about to change and beautify Jerusalem as this world has never seen it. It will become the capital city of the world. Then after the Millennium and the Last Great Day, a still greater change is coming. God the Father and new Jerusalem are coming to this Earth!

“For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day” (verse 9).

The Stone is a symbol of Christ, and the seven eyes are the seven Church eras, over which Christ is the Head. God gives His Church sight. He gives His people the ability to understand world events and to comprehend spiritual knowledge. The Laodiceans have lost this ability because they have gotten away from the Stone and the vision of new Jerusalem given to them by God the Father. They are now blind.

How to Conquer Discouragement

The Eternal has chosen Jerusalem is the deep understanding needed to conquer Satan and remain Philadelphian. The Laodiceans were deceived by Satan because they lost sight of the vision of New Jerusalem. They don’t know that the Eternal has chosen Jerusalem. It is really the deepest vision in the entire Bible.

Gerald Flurry wrote—

Notice, God says He is going to bring forth the Branch, Jesus Christ. God the Father is directly and intimately involved in these events. He brings forth His Son. But what happens just before Christ, the Branch, returns? Joshua’s fellows are looking to Joshua rather than the Father and Son; they have lost the God Family vision. The expression men wondered at would better read men of sign. They are a sign the Messiah is about to return! The bad news is still good news—a sign of the most wonderful news we could hear.

Comments—

Look at the WONDER of PCG ----the MEN OF SIGN

Gerald Flurry exalted himself for ministry to look to him—In Royal Vision -PENTECOST 2007---Gerald Flurry wrote that he is  god with capital “G” --“My office---which is really God’s office”- (“That Prophet” page 70 p 1,2,3) –Royal Vision ---July/ Aug 2007 ---page 15  “ Will you unify around God’s leader today?” All of God’s ministers need to unify around headquarters.

·      So Joshua’s fellows are looking to Joshua rather than the Father and Son; they have lost the God Family vision

Article of Gerald Flurry

Why Our College Is Named After Herbert W. Armstrong --By Gerald Flurry • Aug. 22, 2019---(Repeated in TRUMPET on Aug 13^th 2022)

·      In that article Gerald Flurry wrote---

The Philadelphia Church of God sponsors a private liberal arts college. Why is our college named Herbert W. Armstrong College? We had many different names to choose from, and spent a considerable amount of time searching for the right name.

Herbert W. Armstrong was one of the most prominent religious leaders of the 20th century.

·      So the PCG honours EVERY WORD of a prominent church leader in CHURCH OF GOD!

·      NOT THE WORD OF GOD----but EVERY WORD of H. W. Armstrong!

·      But PCG TRUMPET keep announcing of “EVERY WORD OF GOD” !----

·      So PCG PROVE of their LIE, Rom. 1;25

In No.  1101 Writing of JAMES Webb space Telescope Joel hilliker wrote of Ps 19 saying GOVERNMENT of JESUS CHRIST causes healthful happy outcomes to rejoice which means INHERITANCE received in kingdom of God

No.  1101 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

part 1 of No.  1101—Joel Hilliker wrote of James Webb Space Telescope connecting to Ps 19

nasa’s highest-ranked official recognizes the Creator behind the universe. Anyone studying the heavens should likewise be able to recognize His handiwork.

Job 9:7 -Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

Ps 19:4 -Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Ps 72:17 -His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

Ps 74:16 -The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Ps 84:11 -For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Ps 89:36 -His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.

part 2 of No.  1101— Wisdom through SEEING SUN gives you the PROFIT of INHERITANCE in KINGDOM OF GOD

·      Ec 7:11 -Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun

·      Pr 17:2 -A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

part 3 of No.  1101— Ps 19 is Eye salve given through Joel hilliker to PCG and to all LORD’S believers who do not SERVE THE LORD to perform HIS CHARGE According to the TIME COUNSELED BY GOD OF ISRAEL in Ex  12; 2

·      JOEL HILLIKER wrote---“Consider our sun, which is, in a word, power. It produces a trillion megaton nuclear bombs’ worth of energy every second, yet follows its God-ordained paths,

part 4 of No.  1101-- We gentiles knew of Ps 19 and began worshipping ALMIGHTY GOD OF ISRAEL according to Ex  12; 2 through Knowledge of EQUINOX from YEAR 2019 ---explanations were written in Nos. 824, 967, 1016 QUOTAIONS OF WHICH is INCLUDED in PART 3 –READ those Nos. -in www.restoringcaptivity.com

GENTILES TIMES means their time serving GOD OF ISRAEL ---Isa 56: 1-7 shows that SALVATION is near when we serve,  vs. 1—the time has come, the second time He came in clouds, gentiles serving HIM, Eze.  30; 3, to give salvation, Heb. 9: 28!

PART 1 of No.  1101

Article of Joel Hilliker in TRUMPET

The James Webb Space Telescope is now over 360,000 miles from Earth. For the past 4½ days, it has been moving at nearly a mile per second. It has begun unfolding into its final form and will continue traveling for the next 26 days until it reaches the empyreal home from which it will study the furthest reaches of space.

After the flawless launch on Saturday, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said, “Now we have to realize there are still innumerable things that have to work, and they have to work perfectly—344 of them. But we know that in great reward there is great risk. And that’s what this business is all about. And that’s why we dare to explore. The James Webb Space Telescope is very much a part of that exploration.”

This extraordinary project continues a quest as old as humanity itself: peering into the heavens and searching for answers.

Mr. Nelson mentioned a time, millenniums ago, when “a shepherd grazing his sheep would look up at the night sky. He became a poet. And he penned the words, The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows his handiwork. That shepherd, that poet, became king. And those immortal words in Psalm 19 encapsulate the expressions that we have today—the handiwork of God—as we peer back in time, over 13 billion years ago, [and] capture the light from the very beginning of the creation.”

nasa’s highest-ranked official recognizes the Creator behind the universe. Anyone studying the heavens should likewise be able to recognize His handiwork.

Psalm 19 has inspired astronomers and other scientists for centuries. Most of the men who built what we consider modern science were very religious: They studied their Bibles and believed in God. It wasn’t until the 19th century that scientists began a desperate search for entirely materialistic explanations for the world around them. Before that, most scientists viewed the Bible and the creation as two compatible means by which God speaks to mankind. Many astronomers still believe in a Creator.

Verse 2 of Psalm 19 says, “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.” The word utters means pours forth, or prophesies. The universe is constantly pouring forth prophecy. What is it saying? What is its prophecy?

Verses 3-4 show how everything in the universe follows God’s rule and direction. All that cosmic material, no matter how distant, operates according to precise physical laws established by the great Lawgiver. That is why light from the past can even reach our telescopes. That is why the universe declares God’s glory!

When the Apostle Paul quoted that shepherd in his letter to the Romans, he wrote that the sound of the heavens went into all the Earth. He was likening the harmony in the heavens to a musical sound. The Creator creates harmony. Everything works together like an orchestra playing in delightful accord, and God is conducting the orchestra.

Consider our sun, which is, in a word, power. It produces a trillion megaton nuclear bombs’ worth of energy every second, yet follows its God-ordained paths, and in its exquisite, finely tuned position, it supplies just the right amount of warmth and energy for us Earth-dwellers. We can thank God that nothing is “hid from [its] heat” (verses 4-6).

David tells us explicitly what produces all that harmony in the universe: “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul …” (verse 7). Can you recognize the connection between those astral bodies and the law of God?

Everything God does, He does according to law. Thank God for that! Gravity prevents you from drifting off into space. Earth’s rotation gives us balanced, consistent days of 24 hours. The sun continues burning at a trillion megaton nuclear bombs per second, warming your skin to just the right amount. All these function by physical laws that govern and order the entire material universe. Those laws came from somewhere! There is a great Lawgiver.

“The greatest scientists have been struck by how strange this is,” Dinesh D’Souza wrote. “There is no logical necessity for a universe that obeys rules, let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics. This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn’t have to behave this way. It is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, or even a universe in which things pop in and out of existence.”

Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner for quantum electrodynamics, said: “The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle.”

The universe is perfectly submitted to God’s law. That is why the heavens declare God’s glory. What a powerful message the heavens are prophesying!

Look at the stars. Soak in images from the Hubble Space Telescope (and hopefully by June, new images from James Webb). Look up at the night sky. Learn the marvelous lesson those distant physical bodies are prophesying.

If you want to declare God’s glory, let God rule and direct you. Follow His spiritual laws, just as the galaxies, stars, planets and moons follow His physical laws.

“The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes” (verse 8). This is a prophecy about what God’s law will do in your life. The same Lawgiver has given human beings inexorable, perfect, beautiful laws. Apply them in your marriage, your family, your job, your relationships, and it will rejoice your heart!

This is all prophecy! It shows what will happen all over the Earth when Jesus Christ returns and reestablishes the government of the Creator. People will learn the law, the cause of healthful, happy, beautiful outcomes. And they will rejoice!

Is your life following God’s majestic laws? Is it making beautiful music for God? Is it declaring God’s glory? Is your life a prophecy of what this whole world will be like shortly?

Synchronize your mind and thoughts and actions with the Creator and Conductor of the harmony of the universe, just like the sun does as it spreads its wonderful light and warmth all over the Earth in perfect harmony with the laws of God. Get in harmony with God and your fellow man according to His rule and direction. And your life too can declare God’s glory.

Above is article of  J. Hilliker

Comment –

NASA administrator Bill Nelson sent us too of his appreciation of Ps 19  for OUR ARTICLE connecting Ps 19 to the James Webb Space Telescope

All are required to ENTER INTO COVENANT with GOD—read---

No. 1100 Every one De.29.11 to be in COVENANT De.29.12 Sanctuary is profaned Eze. 24.21 elders in A Covenant with death Isa 28.18 so seek HELP from SANCTUARY and STRENGTH from ZION Ps 20. 2

Read in www.restoringcaptivity.com

READ OF SUN in ---No.  1101 Writing of JAMES Webb space Telescope Joel hilliker wrote of Ps 19 saying GOVERNMENT of JESUS CHRIST causes healthful happy outcomes to rejoice which means INHERITANCE received in kingdom of God

No.  1101 in www.restoringcaptivity.com

• SO WE SEE---PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD was made known LORD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS by EQUINOX OF SUN, Isa. 45; 6, to BRING FORTH SALVATION, Isa. 45;8, by WORK OF JESUS CHRIST, Isa. 45;11---

We bless the children of ISRAEL

Num 6:22  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 
Num 6:23  Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 
Num 6:24  The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: 
Num 6:25  The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 
Num 6:26  The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 
Num 6:27  And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. 

All praise and thanksgiving be to the Saviour and Redeemer of ISRAEL AND ALL FLESH, To THE HUSBAND AND REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, Isa 54: 5, TO THE ONE TRUE ALMIGHTY AND LAMB MESSIAH, Rev. 21: 22, 1 Jn. 5: 20, Amen and Amen.

SERVANT of Ships of Tarshish Ps 45.9, 12,16

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