Sabbath 4/3/27/120 and Pentecost 5/3/27/120
Dear Friends,
We have now reached the completion of the Omer count and are at the seventh perfect Sabbath, which is the forty-ninth day and then the fiftieth day of Pentecost.
Last week I saw a news segment which had a very important and interesting section on the report of the Mexican Air force sighting, or rather report of the infrared signature of an aircraft that was invisible to the human eye. The Mexican pilots were in a reconnaissance aircraft. Their infrared detectors produced an aircraft signature that seemed to show two after burners in an otherwise clear sky. They took off after the aircraft, but it was joined by a number of others who were also invisible. They also had infrared signatures as their only means of detection. The Mexican Air Force investigated the films. They were unable to explain the phenomena. They then released it to the public and the UFO buffs are now having a field day with it.
So are they UFOs? Do we have aliens on our doorstep?
The answer is fairly obvious, one would have thought. The new generation of US Bombers are radar invisible. It would appear that they are now cloaked and more or less invisible to the naked eye. They are not able to conceal their infrared signature as yet, and indeed may never be able to fully do so. It is obvious that the type of propulsion that mimics the afterburners of a jet fighter, are not interstellar vehicles, and would not even get out of the solar system.
The conclusion is obvious, that a nation of this planet has perfected a virtually invisible fighter capability. As the matter occurred in Mexico, it is most likely that the US Air Force, also being the most technologically advanced, has developed the aircraft. The largest fighter force in the world is the Peoples Republic of China. If they have developed the capacity and have it deployed in North America, then we can expect war within a very short period.
What does it all mean? This is a technological advancement of massive proportions. If the PRC has it, the US must be going through hoops at present. If the US has it, the other world systems must be very concerned. The sole superpower is now a long way ahead. Or is it on its own?
The technology for the invisibility cloak is fairly old in fact. The teams associated with Albert Einstein during World War II first developed it. The experiment was called The Philadelphia Experiment and was detailed in a book of that name. A US warship was fitted with degaussers used in mine protection. The equipment provided an electro magnetic field that did in fact succeed in rendering it invisible for a period of time. There were significant side effects, and the crew suffered serious after-effects and many died. The ship itself was relocated in time and space on at least one occasion. The technology appears to have made a jump from ship to aircraft, and the associated problem with electromagnetic fields and their effects on computers have been overcome, or the advances made in valve technology have been increased dramatically. Years ago, in the Cold War days, a MIG 21B “Foxbat” was recovered by the US Air Force and it was discovered to be based on valves. The valve technology was developed to overcome the electromagnetic pulse of thermo-nuclear explosions. It is probable that these aircraft also have that advanced technology. The technology will develop now to enable the world system of control spoken of by the Bible. The wars that will occur over that process are yet to unfold. Much of it is trying to be developed by sharing of technology and agreements on spheres of power. That is why Russia has opened up the Siberian resources to China and Japan, and we are seeing intelligence exchanges or “give-aways” that would have been regarded as treasonous twenty years ago. However, war is not prevented by terror and oppression. The pressure is now being placed on Islam to force war and they are being supported by China, which also appears to see war as inevitable, or so we are being encouraged to believe.
The Bible is silent on the matter of UFOs. There is only one text that might be remotely construed as referring to aliens. The text in question is Jeremiah 4:15-16. It refers to the prophecies of the last days and says: “For a voice declares from Dan and publishes affliction from the mountains of Ephraim: Make mention to the nations that watchers come from a distant land (a far country KJV), and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.”
This entire matter has been examined in the paper The Warning of the Last Days (No. 44).
The term used for watchers here is not the same as the term used for watchers in the other Hebrew texts. This is SHD 5341 natsar rather than the usual 5894 which refers to the angelic host and is used in Daniel 4:13-20. This word can be used in a good or bad sense. The good sense means to protect and guard and in its bad sense means to conceal or besiege. It is usually interpreted as referring to humans who are coming against Jerusalem to besiege it in the last days. The non-prophetic interpretation is that it referred to the Babylonian conquest, but Dan and Ephraim were long gone by that time, being sent into captivity in 721 under the Assyrians. The text must refer to the last days, and the later references in chapter 4 show that to be the case.
The ruse that aliens are involved is done to raise the nations against the host under Messiah when he arrives in the not too distant future. Paganism and witchcraft are endemic in the nations and particularly in the US. Its entire civil calendar is based on paganism and the days of human sacrifice.
The push against Islam is but part of the wars of the last days. There are three major power groups in the world. The Beast system is the major system and it uses the power of the Europeans to achieve its ends. The US and the so-called Western system is the other force that is gradually used and destroyed by the Beast. The British Commonwealth is a casualty of this agenda. The third system is the Kings of the East that is present at the coming of the Messiah. It is these armies that finally are the last martialled to move against Messiah and the host at Jerusalem after the period of the witnesses, during the wars of the trumpets (see the papers Trumpets (No. 136); The Seven Seals (No. 140); and The Seven Trumpets (No. 141)).
The Church of God is protected against these problems over time. We are set apart through our beliefs and our devotion. God will not allow us to be destroyed, even though some are poured out as a drink offering to God. But who are we? What sets us apart?
Paul makes, what is to us, a fundamental distinction. He says, in relation to idols and idolatry: Hence as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence” and that “there is no God but one”. For although there may be so-called gods in heaven and on earth – as indeed there are many “gods” (theoi) and many “lords” – yet for us there is one God, the Father from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord through whom are all things and we through him (1 Cor. 8:4-6; see Marshall’s Interlinear text and RSV text for the actual words). The word exist has been added in the RSV and does not ‘exist’ in the original text.
Thus, the host is under the control and direction of the One True God and Jesus Christ whom He sent, and the understanding of this fact is eternal life (Jn. 17:3). It therefore follows as a matter of faith, that all things were made by God and placed under Jesus Christ as Lord of the Church, and ultimately Lord of the planet and the universe beyond, in due time and process.
If you come across those who say they are Christians and yet say that there are two, or three, True Gods do not believe them. They are idolaters. Likewise, when you come across those who say that when they die they go to heaven, do not believe them for they are not Christians on either count. This was the test of the faith in the first century, and it is the test of the faith now in the last days as it has always been. The elect are those who keep the Commandments of God and the Testimony or Faith of Jesus Christ. In the Commandments of God we find the calendar of the Church coming from the same Commandments of the Scriptures that were kept by Israel in the wilderness, and during the Temple period. Hear O Israel, Yahovah our God is ONE.
Likewise, if you come across people who say they are Christians and do not keep the Sabbaths, and the New Moons, and the Feasts of the Lord, they are not obedient Christians. The Hillel Calendar postpones the Calendar Sabbaths and Holy Days, and has never been used by the Church until it was introduced in the twentieth century. There are those claiming to be of the Church of God who wrest Scripture and the histories, to claim that the postponements were in process during the Temple period. That is simply untrue, but many are deceived though ignorance. People are being deluded by the most bizarre of theories. There is even a movement to get variations of the Qumran calendar introduced to the Church, after it has been mercifully ignored for the last two millennia. The nearest was with Montanus and the sect of the Montanists. Some in the Church of God are foremost in these lies and novelties, and the people are destroyed by winds of doctrine, because they are not taught discernment and the history of the Church.
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of a sound mind. Each of the faith is given the spirit of discernment. Do not be deceived by every wind of doctrine. Look at the history of the Church and look at what we have endured for the love of God. We know what the system was and what our beliefs were under Christ and the apostles, and we have kept that faith for millennia. It is only now in the last days that we see the corruption of the Church through the Sardis system. It has the name that it is “Living” yet it is dead. In the same way, the lukewarm of the Laodiceans are spewed out of God’s mouth because they are indeed lukewarm, having insufficient zeal.
Through our zeal according to knowledge we are called to the faith and maintained. In this build up to Pentecost of the sixth year we are tested and tried. Often we are tested in many ways that are serious in their implications, and are trials for the person and their family. This month we seem to be being tested on families and on our relationships, and all this in relation to truth and adherence to God’s word and system. All over the world, as we build up to Pentecost, the Church is tried and tested. Remember that the calf was made after Pentecost and not before it. The trials will go on to the Feast. In the last sixth year of the Sabbatical period we were tried right up until after the feast. We lost a number in trials and the same is true this year. What is left will be stronger and more faithful and more determined to do the work of God. Some will be brought to repentance from ignorance and error.
We were discussing a case that came up a few years ago. The person made a serious error and left abusing the leadership. He was alone on the Seventh of Abib a year or so ago, and he came to the realisation that the entire Church was fasting on that day for him and for his error, among others of course. He apologised and was restored to the faith. We took no offence and did not hold it to his account that he erred. He was restored to the faith and the brethren praised the Lord that one who had erred was restored.
Do not be afraid to admit error and repent of it. If you are removed this year in the trials, then you should be aware of what is happening. There is something you are doing that is wrong. You are presenting a danger to the increase and stability of the Church in its next growth period. Otherwise, you would not be removed. The tragedy is that often many people do not realise that they have been removed and usually are under a strong delusion. It often takes a while for them to come to grips with what they have done, and many never do.
The greatest tragedy is when people are affected by the deceit of others. It is one thing to leave an organisation. It is quite another matter to attempt to destroy the faith and position of another person. If we love God with all our hearts and all of our minds and strength, and we love our neighbour as ourselves, we will never make errors that hurt others. At least, if that is done inadvertently, we will rectify the matter immediately when it is brought to our attention.
If you love one another you show the Spirit of God. Pentecost is the occasion when we meet to commemorate the Spirit of God at that first year of 30 CE when the Spirit entered the Church in power.
Do not lose faith, and love one another in Spirit and in truth. Be aware of the facts of the year and the Sabbath year ahead of us. You will receive a double harvest in the faith this year and be strengthened by fire.
May God bless and keep us all.
Wade Cox
Coordinator General
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