Additionally, we were able to add this to our www.cg7.org website. That site is targeted towards people who believe that they should keep the seventh-day Sabbath.
Prophetic Podcast
(Pixabay photo)
On Monday morning, I was a guest on another podcast program.
Being a podcast guest gives us an opportunity to be able to reach audiences of the podcast programs that we may otherwise not reach–and may also be helping prepare me for parts of the final phase of the work. Podcasts are major opportunities for the CCOG to utilize with no direct financial costs.
My background, church history, who gave the world the Bible, Iran in prophecy, the coming King of the South, calls for an Arab/Islamic ‘NATO’, European trade deals with Mercosur and Mexico, and other matters were covered. It went quite well, though host mentioned Ezekiel 38 & 39 at the end–and I did not have an opportunity to correct his stated positions on them.
Speaking of podcasts, a different podcaster invited me to return to be on his program next month, so that has just been scheduled.
Podcasts are currently one of the doors that Jesus has opened for the remnant of the Philadelphia portion of the Church of God (Revelation 3:7-13).
26 … “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26)
Gonorrhea was one of those diseases.
There has been a 303% in that type of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Europe since 2015 (see STDs gonorrhoea and syphilis hit record levels in Europe). STIs are also sometimes referred to as STDs (sexually transmitted diseases).
The recommended sermonette video for this Sabbath is the following one:
Make Love Not War! Free Love! Two slogans that sounded good, to many. Yet a lot of people decided that meant they should have sex with multiple partners. Are there any consequences to committing sexual acts outside of marriage and with multiple partners? Have you ever heard of STIs? STIs are Sexually Transmitted Infections. STIs never happen within a marriage between two people that have been true to each other from the beginning. STIs are basically ALWAYS the result of sex with multiple partners, plus are reported by the Center for Disease Control to occur in even a higher percentage of homosexual men. Does a green discharge from the sexual organ sound just as good. That green discharge is the symptom of an STI known as gonorrhea. Untreated, blindness and even death are possible results of syphilis. STIs have greatly increased. Coincidence? Not a chance. Did you know that your unborn baby can get the same STI you have? Free love isn’t so free anymore, is it? What does God have to say about His commandments, obedience, fornication, and disease? Watch this video as Dr. Thiel cites official statistics, STI symptoms, and shines the light of Biblical truth on how the God of the Bible teaches that STIs can be prevented and eliminated.
STIs can be eliminated if people would accept biblical morality.
Pentecost in India
Elder Sani Mao sent the following photographs related to Pentecost in India:
We have had significant growth in membership in Sani Mao’s region.
Congo and Rwanda Pentecost
Despite having Ebola and other issues facing their country, Moise from Rwanda sent the following related to Pentecost in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Dr Pastor Dr Bob ,
Greetings from Rwanda and Congo.
I’m pleased to inform you that went well overall.
In the attachment , they are … photos of Pentecost of two groups from Congo that were sent to me. One from city of Goma leads by brother Mapendo Moïse and another from the Bunagana center where Martin lives now after the leaving in the city of Goma.
Also in the attachment there are photos of CCOG RwandaStudio which we continue to set up in the rented house as we mentioned at the end February this year and the work is nearly finished as required by local hygiene regulations here in our country.
Sincerely ,
Moïse.
We are glad that Pentecost services went well in those parts of Africa.
Kenya and Malawi
One issue in Africa that we have been facing is that the governments of several countries have decided to try to regulate and even eliminate many churches, including home churches.
While we are trying to deal with this in places like Rwanda and Burundi, it looks like we also will need to deal more with this in Kenya.
That said, Evangelist Evans Ochieng flew to Malawi yesterday from Kenya to check out and work on various other matters there.
Please pray that I, along with the leaders in Africa, will have the wisdom to properly handle the numerous challenges that we face.
Suggested Sabbath Services
Here is a suggested Sabbath day service for our scattered brethren and other interested people for this Sabbath service:
2-3 hymns (our songbook, The Bible Hymnal, contains the materials from the 1974 Bible Hymnal from the old WCG with new covers, plus ten additional hymns; there is also some Choral Accompaniment online).
Note: If you have a slow internet connection, you can watch these by starting the video, then below it (and towards the right) look for an outline of a gear–if you click on that, it will allow the YouTube video to be played with lower video quality, but at least it will not stop often–you can select a quality as low as 144p. If your internet connection is still too slow (as my home one is) and/or you prefer audio messages to audio-visuals ones, go to the YouTube link for the message, click on SHOW MORE related to the description. You will then see something that says, “Download MP3.” Below that is a link to an MP3 file. Most computers (and even some cellular telephones) will allow MP3 files to be downloaded and played. This is an option we have made available (but we are also looking into ways to improve that as well)–and, of course, we have written article options. Some people have found that if their internet connections are not fast enough, that they can simply listen to the messages that are found at the Bible News Prophecy online radio channel.
IN CASE YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A ‘LETTER TO THE BRETHREN’ FOR ANY WEEK, REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE MANY SERMON MESSAGES ON THE ContinuingCOG channel AND MANY SERMONETTE MESSAGES ON THE Bible News Prophecy channel. There are also some messages at the CCOGAfrica channel. There are also messages in the Spanish language at the CDLIDDSermones channel.
World News Items
The European Union Parliament just approved the Trump Administration’s trade deal, and while the EU has one approval to go, it looks like it will accept it as it feels forced to (see EU Parliament approves USA trade deal, though upset with the USA). Threats from the Trump Administration have pushed the Europeans to pursue and make trade deals in several parts of the world that had tended to be stalled. We know that the coming European Babylonian Beast will dominate world trade per the 17th and 18th chapters of the Book of Revelation. The pushing towards this is an unintended consequence of the Trump Administration.
Getting back to the EU, its Public Prosecutor’s Office has begun a criminal investigation of Wise (see EU’s Public Prosecutor’s office & Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and ‘The Slow Disappearance Of Cash In Europe’). Wise is sort of like Western Union. Its possible crimes? Allowing people to send money with the EU concerned that some doing so may be ‘money laundering.’ Back in 2019, we put out a video warning that the then proposed European Public Prosecutor’s Office may be used by the coming European Beast power to enforce ‘666’ financial controls (Revelation 13:16-18; watch: EU Setting Up 666 Enforcer?). That office is now taking steps which look to be a prelude to that.
In the US, more are concerned about it debt and the amount of assets owned by foreigners (see Doom loop? America’s $28 trillion problem? COGwriter wonders about the $69 trillion of foreign ownership). The Book of Habakkuk warns that in the appointed time of the end, foreigners will plunder and rise up against a highly indebted people–since the US is the most indebted nation of all time, plus has some Israelite ties, that prophecy looks to apply to the US.
Concluding Comments
This week’s recommended sermon has to do with prophecies related to Sabbath-keepers.
Remember that Jesus gave the following prophetic warning:
23 When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes (Matthew 10:23).
Brethren, yes, real persecution is going to come.
Furthermore, based on prophecies such as in Daniel 11:28-35, I maintain that the bulk of a relatively soon coming persecution (perhaps within four years) will hit the Philadelphian remnant Christians before others (details are in the article: Persecutions by Church and State).
As Jesus said:
36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)
