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The Countdown

MAGAZINE OF THE

CHURCH OF GOD

May 1995

12

The Dark Age approaches.

We have now had reports that conventional Christianity in Non Western World countries is being subject to Persecution of the most devastating sort. We know of the reports from Africa where many Christians have been killed, but now the reports are of open persecution from other religious organisations and these are not being reported in the conventional news media . But they are happening. The latest date given is 1993.

(Editors comment)

The above information can be got from Mr A Campbell P.O. Box 92 Belfast N. Ireland UK. Ask for his set of 14 books for 12.00 British currency.

From the Sunday Telegraph (Newspaper) May 21 1995 Christopher Booker

The European nightmare continues. The house of Commons spent five hours discussing Nolan and sleaze, as if this was the supreme issue of the time. But the reason MP's have lost respect is that they have become so irrelevant to the way the country is governed.

More that 90 percent of our legislation in never even discussed by parliament. We now have figures for the number of statutory instruments issued by the bureaucrats in recent years. In 1992, with the run-up to the `Single Market' the number of new regulations leaped to a record 3,359. In 1993 it was 3,279, last year 3,334 (creating incidentally, well over 100 new criminal offences).

Much of this originates from closed rooms and tacky little deals between official in Brussels-and then become the law of the land without MP's OR MEDIA EVEN NOTICING.

-----Everywhere, there is this insane tidal wave of new bureaucracy coming out of Brussels, made worse by Whitehall. People stumble about in a fog of confusion, wondering what will hit them next. Yet, so far as our media and politicians are concerned, none of it is happening.

Trade war revives Madness

From Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the same paper.

Japans Kamikaze trade war with US. AMERICA is colossally in debt. JAPAN's Banks which are the biggest in the world are busily buying up US debt bonds to keep Americans from going under and to prevent the YEN from becoming too overvalued because Japan has bought into much American real estate. President Clinton is not aware of the situation but is pandering to the anti Japan vote in America to stay in power. It appears from the Sunday Telegraph that if the Bank of Japan Officials fail to turn up at a Treasury auction one week there would be panic in the financial markets.

It is hard to feel sorry for the Japanese. They have pursued aggressive materialism for 40 years, exploiting the American market with out giving foreigners a fair shot at their own market. Now the chickens have come home to roost. But natural justice is hardly the point. The Japanese-American relationship is one of "Mutually Assured Destruction"(MAD), to use an expression from the Cold War. If one side launches a missile, both sides go up in smoke.

The Great Whore contd.

Idol worship

sun (GOD) worship

Take heed.. that thou inquire not after their gods (pagan gods) saying: How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do like wise. Thou shalt not do so unto the lord thy God:-- What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Deut 12:30-32.

Weeping for Tammuz Ezekiel 8: 14 the concept being here that if one cries because of the death of Nimrod's son (Tammuz) then one would receive some form of blessing. Ezekiel 8:16 with their back toward the temple of the lord, and their face toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east ( EAST-ER ?). 1 Kings 18:26 and they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of BAAL from morning (dawn rising of the sun) until noon.

He shall break also the images (standing images or obelisks) of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the housed of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire (Jer 43:12)

As a point of modern interest the Vatican obelisk is 83 feet high and is still standing. Images (obelisks) SHALL NOT STAND UP but would be cast down (Is 27:9) converted people destroyed idols (Acts 19:24-27) because the Spirit of god dwelleth in you (1 cor 3:16) not in a temple made with hands. Ashtart also means the woman that made towers.

The Cross (idol worship and the mark of the beast)

During mass the priest makes the sign of the cross 16 times and bless the altar with the cross sign 30 times. When a baby gets baptised the priest makes the sign of the cross on the forehead. When the person is about to die the sign of the cross is used. So in some religions the mark of the beast is with them from the cradle to the grave. Some even have the cross hanging from around their necks.

Suppose Jesus had been killed with a shotgun would this be any reason to have a shotgun hanging from their necks or from the church roof; or taking it further if he had been hung upside down in a cesspool would they go around with a bit of excrement hanging from their necks.

Christ had to come under the power of the mark of the beast whilst on the cross but only for a few hours until he died. Because he lived a perfect life his father could raise him from the dead and so Christ triumphed over the mark of the beast or as some put it--"the accursed tree" (Heb 12 :2)

The Cross is also used in one form or another in Occult6 religions

We also have the Mother and Child worship

Mother Mary and of course baby Jesus is worshipped as people look up to them and gawk in wonderment at the idol form. In other countries it come out in; Indrani and child, Devaki and Crishna, Isis and Horus. (They forsook the lord and served Baal and Ashtaroth [Judges 2:13])

The Phoenicians have `The lady of the sea'. Mary is also known as the mother of god, the Queen of heaven; The Great God is against the queen of heaven worship (Jer 7:18-20) Isis was also known as the mother of god.

An attempt has been made in the Modern Babylon system to make Mary appear as if she herself was conceived by some form of immaculate conception thereby ensuring that she was free from original sin and hence a goddess and must be worshipped more than her son. It comes from the statement from a woman in Luke 11:27,28 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps (breasts) which thou hast sucked. But he said Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the work of God and keep it.

Christ went on to say that this was an evil generation. This is because they were still involved in the Mystery religions. Mary worship is also encourage by the simple expediency of decking idols of her with very expensive looking jewellery. Whereas Mary was not rich Luke 2:24, Lev 12:8. There is only one mediator between God and man( 1 Tim 2:5) and Mary herself said--And my spirit hat rejoiced in God my SAVIOUR (Luke 1:47) Mary did not remain a virgin forever as she had normal offspring. Christ had other brothers and sisters (Matt 13:55,56)

to be continued.

We have almost finished the Study in Revelation which we encourage all readers to go through. It become fairly obvious that this is where Mr Armstrong got his material from (for his booklet-The Book of Revelations unveiled at last) and called it his own. The Rand work is nearly 400 pages long and so is quite thorough, but as one reads the book the sensation of Uh Ahhh keeps coming up, that is "I have read this somewhere before".

Now for all the people that have been influenced by Mr A we give the warning that Mr A did in fact recognise something that he wished to keep quiet about and will come as a shock to most people. We are also comparing Mystery of the Ages with Rand's book.

Church Eras

The church at Ephesus-30 to 64 A.D.

This church name meant DESIRABLE but had something in it which is familiar to WW. More about that later.

The church at Smyrna -64 to 313 A.D

This is the age of persecution and trial, and Rand is being VERY direct in his statements.

The church at Pergamos- 313 to 529 A.D.

Meaning height or elevation. Christianity was free and became popular with Constantine; but spiritually Babylon had moved to Pergamos.

The church at Thyatira -529 to 1529 A.D.

Meaning an acceptable offering, but tolerated pagan worship and hence some were put into Great Tribulation.

The church at Sardis- 1529 to 1789 A.D.

Meaning a remnant; the church of the Dark Ages, where church people suffered the martyrs death.

And now the shock that Mr Armstrong found out while reading Rand's book or some of the earlier Rand work.

The church at Philadelphia 1789 to 1914 A.D.

Meaning brotherly love. Everyone is familiar with it. But oh dear the timing. Mr A had found himself in the Laodicean ERA. Not a pleasant thought. How do we Know this. Well first and foremost this period is the rise of the British empire and its partial fall. And great Christian missionary zeal. It is also the time of the "Little Book" why little book?. Well up until now the Bible was an enormous book that was chained to the church wall so that nobody really understood it, only that it was a GOOD BOOK.

With the advent of the printing press it became a much smaller book that could be held in the hand; in fact a LITTLE BOOK that could be taken home and studied and OPENED. Allen and his associates understood the Key of David or The Identity of Nations or who Israel really was. Once God had caused Britain to expand around the world, this was the OPEN DOOR through which the little book could be taken to True Israelites around the world with the warning message. And no one could shut the door. This is the expansion of modern day Christianity around the world. The Bible went everywhere and printed in untold millions. Allen and the British Israelites also gave the Warning Message of the coming disasters if Britain/Ephraim and others did not acknowledge there GOD.

The church at Laodicean -1914 to the end of the age.

We agree with Rand on this simply because Britain after having received the warning message from the Little Book and the ministry from 1789-1914 and not acknowledging her God, was simply being brought down in the 14-18 Great War. Mr Armstrong must have recognised this but did not want to believe that HE was in the Laodicean Era.

Did Christ call his church the Radio Church of God--no?, or the Worldwide Church of God---no. It was simply the Church of God. Mr Armstrong went into the Great Depression with NOTHING. He started his church it is known that on a walk on the College grounds he bragged about what he had done. The materialistic wealth he had amassed and apparently he was worth something like $200 million at his death. --Rev 3:17 I am rich and increased with goods. God spewed him out of his mouth. His successor is even worse. Rather than build on the good that Mr A HAD acquired this was thrown out also. The baby was thrown out with the bath water.

The AMBASSADOR REPORT, which we strongly recommend you support financially, could not have been brought into existence if Mr A had a PURE MIND

The 14-18 Great War and the 39-45 War to end ALL wars and this Third world war developing show that Society IS in the Laodicean ERA. There are obviously some Philedelphians scattered around the world who are still looking for purity of thought and still giving a warning message.

Bible Chronology.

To give a better understanding of time and events and who, the following is a skeleton list that starts with 0 year as the birth of Adam to the last known workable date from the bible. The full version with detail is in Bible Chronology by Ivan Panin from 8 Blades Court, Deodar Road London. It can also be got from USA and Canada.

Seth born. Adam 130 Year 130

Gen 5:3

Adam dies, age 930 Year 930

Gen 5:5

Noah born. Lamech 182 Year 1056

Gen 5:28

Flood decreed Year 1536

Gen 6:3

Methuselah dies, age 969 Year 1656

Gen 5:27;7:6

Abraham born Year 2008

Sarah born Year 2017

Gen 17:17

Isaac born Abram 100 Year 2108

Gen 21:5

Jacob and Esau born Isaac 60 Year 2168

Gen 25:26

Abraham dies, age 175 Year 2183

Gen 25:7

Jacob begins to serve Laban at 77 Year 2245

Gen 32:24 Jacob wrestled with God

Gen 32:28 Jacob changed to Israel

Gen 37:3 Israel loved Joseph

Gen 48:1 Manasseh and Ephraim

Gen 48:5 Ephraim and Manasseh

Joseph born Jacob 91 Year 2259

Isaac dies, age 180 Year 2288

Gen 35:28

Joseph, Stands before Pharaoh Year 2289

Gen 41:46

Jacob dies Aged 147 Year 2315

Gen 47:28

Moses born Year 2457

The Exodus. The Law Year 2537

Ex 7:7

David born Year 2944

2 Sam 5:4

David's Year 1 as king Year 2974

Acts 13:22

Hezekiah born Year 3283

2 Kings 18:2

Manasseh born Year 3325

2 Kings 21:1

7 Nebuchadnezzar Year 3434

Jer 52:28

Birth of the Lord Year 3999

The Lord 12 years old Year 4011

Luke 2:41-42

15 Tiberius. The Lord 30 Year 4029

Luke 3:1-23

Year 2 of ministry Year 4030

John 2:13-23

The Cross and Resurrection Year 4032

John 19:14-16

Pyramidology

The mystery of the Great Pyramid solved. The details can be checked out from the book Study in Pyramidology by E. Raymond Capt from BIS at 8 Blades Court. Basically; and the mathematical details are a bit mind blowing; God is the brains behind it and it is was built as a reference point for all the maths of the great universe to show that God is in charge all the time.

This is of great interest for bible students because it shows just what the New HOLY City of New Jerusalem will be like. While in WORLDWIDE we all assumed it would be a square cube which of course would look very ungainly on the earth. However from the study into Pyramidology it can be shown that in fact it will be a Gigantic Pyramid on earth that from the space will make the earth and the CITY combined look an object of incredible beauty.

So what are the details? Well for a start Revelations 21:16 says that the City LIETH foursquare. Which means that it's BASE is square, like a pyramid. Rev 21:17 says and read this carefully; And he measured the WALL thereof , and hundred and forty and four CUBITS, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an Angel.

There are two points here. One that God and Man and Angels are of the same size FORM WISE (not power wise) but FORM size. Second, that the word used it NOT cubic, like a Tate and Lyle sugar cube, or a Rubic CUBE but, cubit --one of the measurements used in the construction of the Pyramid. The dictionary definition of the CUBIT (Latin, CUBITUM the elbow) is about 20 inches from elbow to tip of middle finger.

Next, the City LENGTH as well as BREADTH is twelve thousand furlongs. The FURLONG is 1/8 th of a mile, so twelve thousand furlongs is 1,500 miles. Rev 21:16 last part, The length and the breadth and HEIGHT are equal. As the earths diameter is 7927 miles at the equator which means its radius is 3963.5 miles. Half of this give 1981.7 miles so the top of the pyramid will stand just under 1/4 the diameter of the earth above the earth. Some height.

The height of the walls is and hundred and forty and four CUBITS. 144 x 20 inches gives 2880 inches which is 240 FEET high. WOWEE.

Alex Cain

Letters to editor

Dear Mr Cain,

Thank you very much for the well written and informative "Countdown" issue no 10 and for your letter.

I am a former member of the WCG (1984-1986) but have left them for I was fearing to become dis fellowshipped because I had some "faith -problems". Now I am in search again for the true church (and I think the WCG isn't that any more (cause of the many changes). I read about you in the "Ambassador REPORT" ( a friend recommended that publication to me. May I ask you to send me----list of publications)

Thank you very much.

Kindest regards

Germany

HM TREASURY

Thank you for your letter of 14 April to the Prime Minister. It has been passed to the Treasury and I have been asked to reply.

It was good of you to take time to write and the points you made have been noted. I realise you will be disappointed that the Prime Minister has not replied to your letter, but it would be physically impossible for him to read and reply to all his mail personally. However , all Ministers including the Prime Minister, ensure officials keep them well informed of the issues that are being raised in correspondence.

Yours Sincerely

Andrew Olive

Economic Briefing Unit.

What would you like to say to the British Prime minister via our third letter keeping in mind that it will be sent to President CLINTON?

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A whore1--an adulteress an unchaste woman. a more polite term is an entertainer of many men.

Harlot2-- one who prostitutes herself for hire--getting paid to entertain men

Mystery3-- a secret or obscure matter. now we are getting to the point

Babylon4---The ancient capital of the Chaldean empire; the mystical city mentioned in the apocalypse; Rome

Apocalypse5---The great revealing; so Apocalyptical revelations are one and the same thing.

The Occult6--Kept secret, esoteric; mysterious

Pagan7--a person who has no religion or disregards Christian beliefs

Pagan8 --a person following any pre-Christian religion

1. The concise English dictionary page 1277

2. Ibid page 533

3. ibid page 761

4. ibid page 77

5. ibid page 46

6. ibid page 789. Also read Occult Theocrasy by Lady Queenborough.

7. ibid page 817

8. The Chambers dictionary page 1215

9. Babylon mystery religion page 11 Woodrow from Covenant Publishing Co 8 Blades court Deodar Road London SW152nu

10. J.H. Allen From Destiny Publishers P.O. Box 177 Merrimac, Massachusetts 01860 US and from Covenant Publishing Co 8 Blades court Deodar Road London SW152nu UK

11. We have a number of copies of The Tribes by Davidy. We will send one free of charge to you if you are desperate. You may send a contribution back to us.

NEW READERS Please note if you do NOT want to carry on receiving the Countdown Magazine please let us know and we apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused-- Editor

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