Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:
Greetings from the Five Cities region of California.
Pentecost weekend went well according to reports we received.
Pastor Radson Mulozowa sent the following from Pentecost services in Zomba, Malawi:
Deacon Koang Deng sent the following from Ethiopia:
Dear Pastors,
The {Pentecost} celebration of feast is going well yesterday in Gambella.
Hopefully, you are doing good over there.
Thanks you,
Koang
We also received reports from Kenya that Pentecost weekend went well.
We hope you all had a spiritually productive Pentecost weekend.
Bible News Prophecy International
Received the following email:
Hello Dr. Thiel.
I have some good news!
Back in 2023 you had a vision to have our messages on multiple languages online and on the radio. You asked me to lead that and it is finally happening. On June 1 we will broadcast 10 languages throughout the day. The schedule is below.
Schedule:
Chinese 15:00 – 17:00 (China Standard Time)
Japanese 16:00 – 18:00 (Japan Standard Time)
Korean 18:00 – 20:00 (Korean Standard Time)
Vietnamese 18:00 – 20:00 (Indochina Time)
Hindi 18:30 – 20:30 (India Standard Time)
Swahili 18:00 – 20:00 (East African Time)
French 19:00 – 21:00 (Central European Time)
German 21:00 – 23:00 (Central European Time)
Portuguese (Brazilian) 18:00 – 21:00 (Brasília Time)
Spanish 19:00 – 00:00 (Central Standard Time)
Each language has at least a dozen sermonettes from this year and several of them have sermons you gave translated into those languages. The sermons are about Examining Yourself Before Passover, The Most Violated Commandment, Ten Commandments and the Beast, and Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun. I’m currently working on Christian Sabbath – How and Why You Should Keep It.
It’s been a journey! Advancements in AI this year have made this possible. I’m so happy to be a part of getting these messages out in multiple languages and I am so grateful for the help from other brethren that made this all possible.
-Kristy
Changes in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are allowing us to reach people with better clarity than we have before.
We continue to strive to go through whatever doors are opened to us (Revelation 3:7-9) to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom to the world as a witness.
Now, and I have warned about this before, please understand that the time will come when AI and other software will make more “deep fakes” of me and likely other leaders in the Continuing Church of God. Such fakes will pretend I/we have said things we have not said as well as done things that we have not done (we have had incidents where fraudsters, online, have already pretended to be me).
Remember that the Apostle Paul warned:
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. (Acts 20:29-31)
And I am warning all who can hear that Satan and his minions will continue to take steps against us and I expect that AI will allow for more and more of that.
That said, let me add that next Monday I am scheduled for an interview for what may be a significant podcast. Please pray that I will speak wisely and “that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19).
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).
- Opening prayer.
- Sermonette: Demonic Artificial Intelligence (AI) fulfilling 666? Other sermonettes are available at our Prophecy channel on BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/prophecy/
- Announcements (if any; though for many it will be this letter) and one hymn.
- The suggested sermon is: Predestination, Election, and Selection. Other sermons are also available at the COGTube channel on BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/cogtube/
- Final hymn.
- Closing prayer.
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
Another ‘pro-fasting’ study came out. While many in the medical community have historically had a lot of warnings against fasting, many of the warnings have been shown to be wrong, whereas fasting benefits are becoming more and more accepted (see Scientists admit that they were wrong about fasting and cognitive risks: ‘We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Study Finds’). Remember that Jesus endorsed fasting (e.g. Matthew 6:16-18).
The situation with the USA and Iran continues to be tense, with both sides sometimes taking military actions against the other, despite there being a ‘ceasefire’ (see Iran threatens the US itself after its military was hit again). The situation with Iran is not over–even if there is a pause (cf. Isaiah 22:6-9). Plus, that war, along with weather issues, look to be leading to more food price inflation and hunger (see Global hunger? Snowfalls are record lows in the Himalayas–famine potential?).
A Vatican-connected news source says that the Freemasons in Spain have objected to a visit next month from Pope Leo XIV (see Freemasons vs. Vatican? ‘Freemasonry Behind the Campaign Against Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Spain’). It is not that the Freemasons oppose Leo, but they think that this religious visit essentially has too much governmental endorsement. While relationships between the Vatican and Freemasons are often strained, it remains my view that they will somewhat work together to support the rise of the coming Beast power, and that they will later separate with the Freemasons being part of the prophesied group that will turn against the Church of Rome (cf. Revelation 17:15-18; see also Freemasonry and the Destruction of Rome?).
Getting back to Pope Leo XIV, he put out a paper warning about dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) this week (see Pope Leo XIV AI warning and ‘the dark reality of OpenAI”s race to create God’ and Pope Leo XIV warns of the new ‘Tower of Babel’: Is the European Union now trying to construct it?). He is right that there are dangers, and I strongly believe that the coming European 666 Beast power will use computer software, like AI, to control buying and selling, consistent with the prophecies in Revelation 13:16-18.
Concluding Comments
We continue to see increasing use of electronic/digital payments around the world. In many parts of Europe a lot of steps to increase this are taking place (e.g. see https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260424~202f9d832b.en.html).
The Apostle John was inspired to record the following prophetic warning:
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:16-18)
Brethren, understand that when this was written, there was no true ability to monitor and control most buying and selling. But with electronic payment methods, computers, and artificial intelligence programs, the stage for this is being set right now!
Yes, world events are aligning with properly understood biblical prophecies.
Sincerely,
Bob Thiel
Pastor and Overseer