Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2024 17:05:06 GMT -5
HOLYDAY 2 BLINDNESS
The Bible claims the Laodicean Era of God's true church is BLIND.
So what is this BLINDESS referring to?
What is it that this church cannot SEE or PERCEIVE spiritually?
I believe this BLINDNESS is about not seeing that HOLYDAY 2 being the NEXT BIG EVENT to occur on earth that will dramatically change the course of history and lead to the SPRING HARVEST of the Kingdom of God fulfilling HOLYDAY 3, Pentecost, as the result of a miraculous deliverance and revival of the church.
But what caused this BLINDNESS?
I believe it started with the early church wrongfully thinking that Christ was coming in their lifetime to take over the kingdoms of this world and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. This mistaken focus on HOLYDAY 4 has continued to this day in the church, acting as a veil hiding HOLYDAY 2.
Another cause of this BLINDNESS is the failure of the church to observe the first two holydays on the correct days, being ONE DAY LATE for both days.
Another cause is Satan himself, who is using all his devices to hide God's Holyday Plan from mankind, and especially to prevent the church from petitioning God for the Miraculous Deliverance promised on HOLYDAY 2.
However, attempts to convince the church to acknowledge this BLINDNESS have been unsuccessful to date. The following issues have been raised in response to these attempts:
The Bible never claims every Holyday needs to be a singular event on the world stage, that’s an assumption.
It is reasonable to assume this when all of the other holydays are associated with singular events on the world stage, and especially when its TYPE was a singular event on the world stage (the miraculous Red Sea crossing).
Not every ultimate fulfillment of every holyday is one singular event in history.
This is also an assumption, and lacks supporting scriptural evidence for such a claim, especially when 5 holydays are obvious singular world-changing events. See list below of what many consider to be "singular events on the world stage".
The 1st Annual Holyday has already been fulfilled. It happened in 30 A.D. when the Messiah died on Passover (John 19) - a BIG SINGULAR EVENT that restarted the calendar.
The 4th Annual Holyday occurs when the Messiah returns to the Earth to save it from total destruction by Mankind (Revelation 19) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 5th Annual Holyday occurs when the Messiah removes Satan from the Earth ten years after His return (Rev 20.1-3; Ezekiel 38) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 6th Annual Holyday occurs when the 1,000-year “Millennium” begins on Earth five years after Satan’s removal (Rev 20.4-6) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 7th Annual Holyday occurs when all of Mankind who died without knowing the Truth are given life again so that they may have a legitimate chance to choose to live the Creator’s Way of Love (Rev 20.11-15) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT
The 4th Annual Holyday occurs when the Messiah returns to the Earth to save it from total destruction by Mankind (Revelation 19) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 5th Annual Holyday occurs when the Messiah removes Satan from the Earth ten years after His return (Rev 20.1-3; Ezekiel 38) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 6th Annual Holyday occurs when the 1,000-year “Millennium” begins on Earth five years after Satan’s removal (Rev 20.4-6) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT.
The 7th Annual Holyday occurs when all of Mankind who died without knowing the Truth are given life again so that they may have a legitimate chance to choose to live the Creator’s Way of Love (Rev 20.11-15) - another BIG SINGULAR EVENT
It is a singular event for each of us personally when we repent and are baptized and begin our personal journey out of sin.
The personal and symbolic aspect of these holydays does not preclude their literal and singular world-changing events dimension.
The wave sheaf offering, while not a Holyday, is listed as an event in there, and it happened in both types. If that happened, and the days are in order, then we can look forward to the next part of the plan.
The wave sheaf offering event happened BEFORE the 7th Day of Unleavened, so this does make Holyday 2 “the next part of the plan”.
Holyday #3, Pentecost, we see fulfilled in the book of Acts, on Pentecost.
This is also an assumption that what happened in Acts 2 was not just another TYPE of what is still yet to occur on Holyday 3 after the long journey and delay transpires that Christ foretold. It also ignores all of the events described in Joel 2 that must be fulfilled before the Spirit is poured out on all of mankind, not just on the church.
With Holyday #3 already in motion, and occurring, and the wave-sheaf offering having already demonstrably happened, this negates any focus looking forward to Holyday #2 being next. The wave sheaf has happened, and Holyday #3 has passed and is in process, clearly then, Holyday #4 is next.
Both the Holyday 1 (Passover) and the wave-sheaf events have already occurred in TYPE and FULFILLMENT. The next event in TYPE and FULFILLMENT is Holyday 2. The assertion that Holyday 3 has passed is an assumption that assumes Holyday 2 is only personal and symbolic, and that the Acts 2 event was a FULFILLMENT and not just another TYPE of what happens after all of the events described in Joel 2 are fulfilled.
There is another issue, however, that was not raised, and which overshadows the above issues: When are all the scriptures describing the Spring Harvest going to be fulfilled?
Clearly, these verses are not merely personal or symbolic. They refer to a literal nation and kingdom that exists on earth BEFORE Christ returns and AFTER a miraculous literal transformation of the desert into an oasis.
The coming literal fulfillments of Holydays 2 and 3 provide a logical and reasonable explanation and scenario for all of these scriptures to be accomplished.
So WHY would the church resist and reject this plausible and probable explanation, especially when it presents such GOOD NEWS that would provide a solid foundation for the revival of the church in this end time?
Because scriptures show that the Laodicean Era of the church believes it “needs nothing”, and will not hear this good news since it has been intimidated into rejecting “new truth” in a rebellious attitude.
See:
Rev 3:16-18; Isa 41:26-29;43:18-21;48:3-8
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Rev 3:16-18; Isa 41:26-29;43:18-21;48:3-8
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But listen to what Herbert W. Armstrong, the recognized pastor of the Philadelphia era of the church, says about “new truth” acceptance being a hallmark of God’s true church in his Autobiography, Volume 1, Chapter 20, in the sections entitled “The Dual Test” and “The Second Test” in the link below.
See:
Autobiography of Herbert W Armstrong - Volume 1, Chapter 20 (excerpts below)
www.hwalibrary.com/cgi-bin/get/hwa.cgi?action=getbook&InfoID=1326385587
“Now it was a simple truism that if each individual member of the Church must be GROWING in the knowledge of God, constantly OVERCOMING, being corrected, and eliminating error, then all the members together, which form the CHURCH, must also be constantly willing to confess error and eliminate it, and to accept that which is "new light" from God's Word to the Church.
I knew of no church or sect or denomination that had ever publicly confessed error or embraced new truth. Yet, plainly, this would be a test of the true Church.
So, as the first step in this test, I wrote up an exposition of some 16 typewritten pages proving clearly, plainly, and beyond contradiction that a certain minor point of doctrine proclaimed by this church, based on an erroneous interpretation of a certain verse of Scripture, was in error. This was mailed to the Stanberry, Missouri, headquarters to see whether their leaders would confess error and change.
The answer came back from their head man, editor of their paper and president of their "General Conference." He was forced to admit, in plain words, that their teaching on this point was false and in error. But, he explained, he feared that if any attempt was made to correct this false doctrine and publicly confess the truth, many of their members, especially those of older standing and heavy tithe payers, would be unable to accept it. He feared they would lose confidence in the Church if they found it had been in error on any point. He said he feared many would withdraw their financial support, and it might divide the Church. And therefore he felt the Church could do nothing but continue to teach and preach this doctrine which he admitted in writing to be false.
A little later I tried the second test. After exhaustive study and research, I had found it PROVED that the so-called "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel had migrated to western Europe, the British Isles, and later the United States…
This truth was written in a lengthy manuscript of close to 300 typed pages, and mailed to this editor and leader of this church. I explained that although this new truth seemed to be proved beyond doubt, yet I was still comparatively new in Christ and Scriptural knowledge, and wished the judgment of one more mature and experienced in things Biblical.
I think it was some six months before the reply came. It was written on a train late at night. This church leader stated in his letter (which I still have) that I was most certainly right — that this was a wonderful new truth revealed by God, and that God surely had a special reason for revealing this new truth to me. However, he stated he did not know what use, if any, he could make of it at that time, but was sure I would hear more of it later.
Did this Church accept and proclaim this vital new truth — the KEY that unlocks the doors to all PROPHECY? Here was the KEY to understanding of one third of the whole Bible. But this Church refused then to accept it or preach it or publish it though their leader frankly confessed it was TRUTH and a revelation from GOD!
Autobiography of Herbert W Armstrong - Volume 1, Chapter 20 (excerpts below)
www.hwalibrary.com/cgi-bin/get/hwa.cgi?action=getbook&InfoID=1326385587
“Now it was a simple truism that if each individual member of the Church must be GROWING in the knowledge of God, constantly OVERCOMING, being corrected, and eliminating error, then all the members together, which form the CHURCH, must also be constantly willing to confess error and eliminate it, and to accept that which is "new light" from God's Word to the Church.
I knew of no church or sect or denomination that had ever publicly confessed error or embraced new truth. Yet, plainly, this would be a test of the true Church.
So, as the first step in this test, I wrote up an exposition of some 16 typewritten pages proving clearly, plainly, and beyond contradiction that a certain minor point of doctrine proclaimed by this church, based on an erroneous interpretation of a certain verse of Scripture, was in error. This was mailed to the Stanberry, Missouri, headquarters to see whether their leaders would confess error and change.
The answer came back from their head man, editor of their paper and president of their "General Conference." He was forced to admit, in plain words, that their teaching on this point was false and in error. But, he explained, he feared that if any attempt was made to correct this false doctrine and publicly confess the truth, many of their members, especially those of older standing and heavy tithe payers, would be unable to accept it. He feared they would lose confidence in the Church if they found it had been in error on any point. He said he feared many would withdraw their financial support, and it might divide the Church. And therefore he felt the Church could do nothing but continue to teach and preach this doctrine which he admitted in writing to be false.
A little later I tried the second test. After exhaustive study and research, I had found it PROVED that the so-called "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel had migrated to western Europe, the British Isles, and later the United States…
This truth was written in a lengthy manuscript of close to 300 typed pages, and mailed to this editor and leader of this church. I explained that although this new truth seemed to be proved beyond doubt, yet I was still comparatively new in Christ and Scriptural knowledge, and wished the judgment of one more mature and experienced in things Biblical.
I think it was some six months before the reply came. It was written on a train late at night. This church leader stated in his letter (which I still have) that I was most certainly right — that this was a wonderful new truth revealed by God, and that God surely had a special reason for revealing this new truth to me. However, he stated he did not know what use, if any, he could make of it at that time, but was sure I would hear more of it later.
Did this Church accept and proclaim this vital new truth — the KEY that unlocks the doors to all PROPHECY? Here was the KEY to understanding of one third of the whole Bible. But this Church refused then to accept it or preach it or publish it though their leader frankly confessed it was TRUTH and a revelation from GOD!
Clearly, God’s true church should be constantly accepting “new truth” and not rejecting or denigrating it, especially in this Laodicean era of the church during which Revelation 3:20 shows Christ is revealing truth now by coming to believers personally and individually rather than through organized institutions.
So it would be wise to listen to what individual believers are being taught by Jesus Christ as they grow in knowledge and attempt to share “new truth”, even as Herbert Armstrong did when he began his ministry.
Nevertheless, it is expected that no one in the Laodicean church today will hear or see this “new truth” about HOLYDAY 2.
However, this “new truth” about HOLYDAY 2 is still to be proclaimed today in accord with Isaiah 41:27 and Matthew 10:27 because eventually its call will be recognized and glorified when many join themselves to Christ in the desert oasis in fulfillment of its marriage TYPE that occurred at Mt Sinai over 3400 years ago on Pentecost, Holyday 3.
See:
Rev 3:20;Isa 41:27;Mt 10:27;Isa 55:5;Zech 2:10-11
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Rev 3:20;Isa 41:27;Mt 10:27;Isa 55:5;Zech 2:10-11
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This is the main message of HOLYDAY 2 that the church is BLIND to:
Without a literal miraculous Divine Intervention, personally and nationally, escape from modern-day Satanic Egypt is impossible, just as depicted by the TYPE set in ancient-day pagan Egypt, and it was done so that God could establish His Holy Nation on Pentecost as a TYPE for the SPRING HARVEST HOLY NATION OF THE FIRST FRUITS COMING TODAY to fulfill HOLYDAY 3, PENTECOST!
See:
Rev 5:9-10
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9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. 10 “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign [are ruling-BBE] upon the earth.”
Rev 5:9-10
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9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. 10 “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign [are ruling-BBE] upon the earth.”
The Desert Miracle of HOLYDAY 2 is what makes this church kingdom possible!
It certainly is “a singular event on the world stage”!
It is "an everlasting sign [holyday] that will not be eliminated"!
The BLINDNESS in Laodicea is not being able to SEE the truth in these two diagrams!
See:
Lk 8:10
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And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.
Lk 8:10
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And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.