New Moon 01/04/43/120

Dear Friends,

This is the New Moon of the Fourth Month.  The month is called Tammuz because in that month Israel went after Tammuz or the Moon God Sin as the Golden Calf (No. 222) at Sinai. So also later the women of Israel baked cakes to Tammuz or Dumuzi. Now that pagan practice is called making “Hot Cross Buns” and people somehow think it is righteous. See also the work The Cross: Its Origin and Significance (No. 039). Christ was not crucified on a cross and there is no reference to a cross in the original Bible texts. It was a stauros, or stake, which is no more a cross than a stick is a crutch. Next Sabbath we will look at how and why the Romans developed the stauros into a cross. Such did not exist at the time of Christ as a means of execution.

Moses went up the mountain six times to speak with the Angel of the Presence we now know as Christ. He gave the law to Moses and Israel and said not one jot or tittle (full stop or stroke) would pass from the law until heaven and earth pass away. Anyone who says the law is done away is an infidel and will not enter the Kingdom of God. The details are in the text Ascents of Moses (No. 070). The giving of the law took place from Sivan to Elul and symbolised the preparation for the development of man and to become Elohim under the Messiah in the Holy Spirit. These aspects are covered in the sections on the Plan of Salvation (No. 001A) as we see in that text.

Those of us that are new to CCG are faced with the task of getting ourselves ready in order that we will survive the times ahead.  Soon the War of the Sixth Trumpet will occur and then the Witnesses will be here. Once they are here we will see them begin by dealing with the false teachers of the Churches of God and the Rabbis in Judaism. If they will not repent of their post Temple Hillel system they will begin to die. So also the Churches of God that teach Ditheism (No. 076) will commence to suffer the plagues of Egypt. They will come to know why the Philistines made “emerods” and sent them to Israel when they returned the Ark of the Covenant. 

Our people must realise how important God’s Calendar (No. 156) is to the faith.  The people who have kept Hillel have never in all their lives kept a Holy Day on the correct day except by accident. None of the Armstrong trained ministry will enter the Kingdom of God while they teach these heresies. Even the Jews admit the Hillel calendar is wrong but they insist they await the Messiah to correct it. The Churches of God have no such excuse or claim.

It is impossible to live with lies and come to an understanding of Truth (No. 168) and the faith. The Sardis and Laodicean systems were destroyed by lies and lazy dishonest ministries. The Sardis system under Armstrong was brainwashed and the lies completely paralysed the faith in the Twentieth Century when it was most important they worked.  It is important that CCG members understand that, if they do not act on truth and sound doctrine, they will not enter the kingdom of God.  Anyone who seeks to make merchandise of the brethren will not only be removed from the church but will be consigned to the Second Resurrection and go through it all over again. Everything we do is recorded by the Holy Spirit (No. 117) in the mind of God.  

It is also important that we understand that only the truth will set us free. Unlike the Twentieth Century churches, divisive homiletics are totally unacceptable in the Churches of God.  It is not acceptable to refute arguments that do not suit you by defaming others in ad hominem arguments. It divides the body of Christ and is a disease in the faith. It is the mark of a lazy divisive hypocrite in the ministry. Do not listen to such a one, nor eat with them.

Our task is to prepare for the coming kingdom and to ready the world for the Witnesses (No. 135) and the Restoration of the nexus of the Law of God (L1).

Wade Cox
Coordinator General