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What is given here is an outline consisting of verifiable facts and quotes, and plain Bible Scriptures given without private interpretation.  My comments (blue font) are clearly identified as such, and are not part of the proofs.  While most all of what is presented here comes from my own observation, research, and study, I have incorporated a few points made by others (initials placed next to contribution).  What is most important, however, is the overall picture that emerges after a few key facts are made known.

Shortly after the Feast of Tabernacles 2001 I accidentally came across a single fact (which I had to prove was fact) that forced me to re-examine the veracity of Malachi’s Message, the foundation upon which the entire Philadelphia Church of God organization is built (TP pg.42p2).  It also forced me to put its author and his teachings under the highest scrutiny.  Initially I struggled for weeks to prove that what I had found was false, but every effort only confirmed and validated it as true.  This grieved me tremendously and put me in a state of shock and disbelief.  I had not been looking for this, and even now do not want it to be so.  Nevertheless, fact is fact and truth is truth, and no amount of wishful thinking will make void the inescapable conclusions of this document, unless you choose to bury your head in the sand or stop your ears as the crowd that stoned Stephen did (Acts 7:57).

If you will do your homework and let the evidence speak for itself, you will see clearly that Malachi’s Message, though it may contain a lot of truth, is NOT a revelation from God as claimed by its author.  Nor are ANY of his new teachings revelations from God as he claims.  You cannot wisely follow this man unless you can disprove what is written in this document.  And I do not mean ignore or choose not to believe, but actually prove that the evidence is false.  Most people simply choose to believe what they want to believe, and not believe what is unpleasant or uncomfortable to them, even when the facts or the Bible show them to be wrong.  Everything in this document should be fairly easy to verify, but if you have any trouble, or lack any of the necessary materials, please feel free to contact me and I will help in any way I can.  I can send you hardcopy printouts, photocopies of documents, or copies of sermons if you cannot get them from your local PCG library.  Also, I am open to correction if it can be documented as fact or proved from the Scriptures.

Again, this is an outline and YOU MUST DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND STUDY.  I have simplified it, but you must verify everything yourself.  And you must do it with prayer and fasting and going directly to our Father’s throne, asking Him to guide you by His holy spirit.  If you just read through this web site casually, you may not grasp the significance.  You actually have to use your own mind and think for yourself.  If you just let another man think for you, you will probably be or remain deceived.  When a man comes on the scene claiming to be a prophet of God, we must absolutely prove out everything he says.  In this respect we have all been Laodicean, and I was only inadvertently awakened out of it.  Even the author of Malachi’s Message himself says, "you must prove everything I say."  So, will you?  Your physical and spiritual salvation may be in danger if you do not.

Robert S. Kuhne

(When looking up literature quotes,

you must use the correct edition of the cited reference)

Herbert W. Armstrong Literature

BCC = Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course, 1964

BRUL = The Book of Revelation Unveiled at Last, 1972

HWA = Herbert W. Armstrong

KBR = The Key to the Book of Revelation, 1972

MA = Mystery Of The Ages, 1985 hardback

PHGHDW = Pagan Holidays or God's Holy Days - Which?, 1974

THTC = A True History of the True Church, 1959 (Herman Hoeh)

USBIP = The United States and Britain in Prophecy, 1980

WCG = Worldwide Church of God

WDSNT=Which Day is the Sabbath of the New Testament?, 1971

WWN = Worldwide News

Most HWA material can be found at www.herbertwarmstrong.org

Gerald Flurry Literature

COL = Colossians, 1992

DUAL = Daniel Unsealed at Last, 2001

EN = Ezra and Nehemiah, 1997

EZ = Ezekiel, The End-Time Prophet, 2002

FB = From the Beginning, 1996

GF = Gerald Flurry

HAG = Haggai, Proof of God's Work Today, 1996

HOS = Hosea and God's Adulterous Wife, 1996

ISA = Isaiah's End-Time Vision, 1994

LAM = Lamentations and the End-Time Laodiceans, 1993

LB = The Little Book, 1995

LH = The Last Hour, 2004

LR = The Lion Has Roared, 1991

MM = Malachi’s Message, 1999 version

MM 1990 = Malachi’s Message, 1990 version (8 ½ x 11 spiral bound)

MM 199x = Malachi’s Message, 199x version

PCG = Philadelphia Church of God

PH = The Prophecy of Habakkuk, 1995

PN = Philadelphia News

PT = Philadelphia Trumpet magazine

RBR = The Royal Book of Revelation, 2001

RV = Royal Vision magazine

TP = Who Is That Prophet, 2001

Most PCG material can be requested at www.pcog.org 

Other Literature

JD = Jules Dervaes

LTL = The Letter To Laodicea, 2001 booklet

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Prove All Things

Prove all things  [I Thes. 5:21]

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.  [Acts 17:11]

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.  [I John 4:1]

Thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:  [Rev. 2:2]

Read the books of I, II, and III John.

Most people, I realized, accept or reject a belief on careless assumption due to whatever they have heard, been taught, or assumed without proof. I wanted to understand. And I wanted to be sure on positive proof, not on careless assumption or wishful thinking.

After many months of virtually night-and-day intensive study, the answers were revealed to me with proof that was positive and absolute.  [MA pg. x p1]

As you read and reread this book, compare constantly with your own Bible. See these truths with your own eyes in your own Bible. And open your mind to God's leading you into his TRUTH as you do.  [MA pg. xi bottom]

They have assumed these false teachings to be the true teachings of the Bible. Instead of putting the various pieces of the jigsaw puzzle properly and sensibly together, it has become the practice and custom to read an already-believed false teaching into each particular scripture, taken out of its context. In other words to interpret the scriptures to say what they have already been taught and come to believe. The Bible needs no interpretation because it interprets itself.  [MA pg. xii p4]

And now, in my 93rd year, I have been led to write this book before this event-packed life ends, to share with as many as care to know, the answers that the great supreme mind of God reveals in his Word -- if one is only willing to understand that Word.  [MA pg. xiii bottom]

Most people do not realize it, but they have carelessly assumed what they believe without question or proof. Yet they will defend vigorously and emotionally their convictions. It has become human nature for people to flow with the stream -- to go along with the crowd -- to believe and perform like their peers around them.  [MA pg. 11 bottom]

Further, most people stubbornly refuse to believe what they are unwilling to believe.  [MA pg. 12p1]

The world is full of religions that originated in the imagination, reasoning and speculating of certain humans.  [MA pg. 13p3]

But now I had to admit I had never pursued a thorough, in-depth research of the particular question.  [MA pg. 19p9]

The dual challenge drove me into a determined almost night-and-day research. That intensive study continued for six months before I found the proved answer. Yet the study has never ceased to this day.  [MA pg. 20p1]

But most who try to apply this principle in biblical understanding take each "little" verse out of its context, to "interpret" their own ideas into it.  [MA pg. 100p1]

Apparently Adam completely underestimated him {Satan}.  [MA pg. 119p3]

One deceived is not aware of the deception! Don't underestimate Satan!  [MA pg. 128 top]

People have no realization of the tremendous power of Satan.  [MA pg. 144p1]

They may be well meaning -- but nevertheless Deceived! And of course a deceived person does not know he is deceived -- he may be wholly sincere!  [MA pg. 171p1]

Now Satan quoted Scripture. But he misapplied it, twisted its contextual meaning, just as Satan so frequently influences scholars to do.  [MA pg. 218p5]

Those deceived are not aware that they are deceived. If so they would not be deceived! They may be ever so sincere in believing they are right!  [MA pg. 250 top]

Satan is a great counterfeiter! He appears as "an angel of light" (II Cor. 11:13-15). And he has his counterfeit churches! His ministers are deceived by him into believing they are "ministers of righteousness" and of Christ (II Cor. 11:15; Matt. 24:5).  [MA pg. 250p3]

Notice these deceived but false churches believe they are the true church, and their ministers "are transformed as the ministers of righteousness" -- in other words, appear to be the true ministers of Jesus Christ. And indeed, many of them may be entirely sincere, being themselves deceived.  [MA pg. 250 bottom]

Men ought never to interpret the Bible. The Bible gives us GOD'S OWN INTERPRETATION!  [MA pg. 299p4]

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In God's Church, we ministers do not tell you what to believe, and command you to believe us, without even looking into your Bible.  That is what the Roman Catholic Church does -- but not God's Church. … But suppose, when you study your own Bible, you come across something you feel is contrary to the teaching of the Church?  Must you hide your eyes from what you see in your Bible?  CERTAINLY NOT! … God's ministers will go into it with you.  If you are right -- if you have found any place in the Bible where we are in error, then WE WANT TO KNOW IT.  We hate error, and love truth, even though the truth correct and reprove us!  Bring it to us.  If YOU are wrong, we will patiently show you, and explain it more perfectly to you.  If we are wrong, we will correct it BEFORE THE WHOLE CHURCH, so that ALL the Church may, with one mind, believe the TRUTH, and speak the SAME THING!  [Good News, May 1960, Should We Listen to OTHERS?] -- I was disfellowshipped the very next day without any response or attempted explanation from the ministry whatsoever.

Many False Prophets

      Jesus warned that many false prophets would appear, deceiving many. So what is the TRUTH? How can we know?

     Let's all remember each of us shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ! We shall be JUDGED, not by our sincerity in what we have always believed through careless assumption, nor by our sincerity in following some NEW teaching without proof! We shall be judged by the BIBLE, God's Word!  [WDSNT pg. 5p4,5]

How to PROVE the Truth

      "All scripture," we read in II Timothy 3:16, "is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction." Again, the command to us is "PROVE ALL THINGS" (I Thes. 5:21).

     We must be willing to be corrected, if wrong. We must be careful not to be blown about "with every wind of doctrine." We must free our minds of all prejudice.

     We must be able and willing to study BOTH sides honestly, laying our ideas and desires on the shelf, prayerfully asking God for guidance.

     If we already are right, honest investigation will but confirm it.

     If we are WRONG, WE SHOULD WANT TO KNOW IT.  [WDSNT pg. 6p1-5]

Let us, therefore, regardless of our own former convictions, study with open minds, without prejudice, proving all things. We want truth!  [PHGHDW pg. 42p3]

Let us warn, too, that certain objections will be sure to come to the mind -- all of which, will be dealt with and explained later on. But unless the reader is careful to guard against it, the mere presence of this objection in his mind will, to him, overthrow each point as it's presented -- and then, when the objections are later explained, the points made will not come back to the mind, unless the whole exposition of the subject is carefully studied again from the first.  [PHGHDW pg. 7 bottom]

Let us honestly open our Bibles, and prayerfully investigate. ... But remember that "he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him" (Prov. 18:13).  [PHGHDW pg. 7p1,4]

Several ministers in the WCG have told their members it would be a sin to even read Malachi's Message to God's Church Today.  Some ministers have told the people not to even open the envelope if  it's mailed to them.  That is because the ministers FEAR God's truth and try to intimidate God's people into FOLLOWING MEN.  If the very elect CANNOT be deceived (Matt. 24:24), what is there to fear?  [LR pg. 32p1]

Some ministers have told their congregations that to read this manuscript would be like drinking poison.  Some ministers have refused to even read it.  Yet God says we should prove ALL THINGS (I Thes. 5:21).  [LAM pg. 35p2]

Many people in the WCG will not even take a glance at the PCG's literature. ... What are they afraid of?  Maybe they are afraid to recognize that they could be wrong.  [HAG pg. 20p3]

At times it is so easy for us to evade hard questions.  Carnally, we want to let the hard questions slide.  Facing, or not facing, hard questions generally marks a turning point in our lives.  Being willing to face hard questions can turn our lives around spiritually.  Evading hard questions can take us away from God.  [EN pg. 4p1]

God reveals to those with an open mind ... [EZ pg. 69p1]

GOD COMMANDS—TEST YOUR LEADERS (MM pg. 8-11):

SOME MEN WERE SAYING THEY WERE APOSTLES AND THEY WERE NOT.

 

These false apostles were in God's Church -- or somehow affiliated with it!

God says you either put them to the TEST or you can easily be deceived.

 

If Christ isn't leading the Church, WE SHOULD NOT FOLLOW!

 

If the Ephesus Church members, in a right attitude, tried those who said they were apostles, shouldn't you?

 

Follow a man ONLY as he follows Christ. We can't do that unless we are testing and proving all things. It's very biblical to do so.

 

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but TRY THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY ARE OF GOD: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (I John 4:1). John pleaded with God's "beloved" people to "try the spirits." Why? Because there are "many" false prophets and false leaders. Often these deceivers were in God's Church. We must always test our leaders with God's word. That certainly includes me. You MUST PROVE what I say in this book!

 

The Bereans approached their Bible study by investigating and examining the evidence.

 

That includes examining our leaders -- as long as it is done with a Berean attitude.

 

There are probably more warnings in the New Testament about false teachers than any other subject.

Other quotes from Malachi’s Message:

I beseech you brethren -- seek God as you never have before! "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man" (Jer. 17:5) -- ANY man, AND THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES ME. [MM pg. 102 p4]

 

If you follow the WRONG messenger, you will be led into the Tribulation. [MM pg. 62p2]

 

Satan's greatest attack on the Church in the end time is FROM WITHIN. Our greatest test is to resist his deceit and seduction. Joshua failed -- Zerubbabel succeeded. The inset tells us HOW and WHY. REMEMBER, it's not possible to deceive the "very elect" (Matt. 24:24). Those who are God's "very elect" will discern Satan's deception today by USING God's Holy Spirit (Zech. 4:6). Only by using God's Spirit can we be saved from deception. [MM pg. 63p3]

 

Many of God's people are going to be captured by Satan's deceit, if they don't WAKE UP! GOD IS ALLOWING AND SENDING "THE FULL FORCE OF EVIL'S DELUSION" (II Thes. 2:11, Phillips transl.) and "powerful heresies among them" (Norlie transl.).

Can you understand "the FULL FORCE of evil's delusion"?  [MM pg. 91p2,3]

Quotes from his 1990 sermon, Avoiding Deception by Church Government:

There’s none so blind as those who refuse to see.

The very elect don’t close their eyes to anything.

Some people seem to take the attitude – well, I’m following headquarters – and it’s up to headquarters to make sure we’re following God.  And it’s, it’s , they want to absolve themselves from the responsibility to make a choice themselves – about Church government.  But God is gonna make you individually choose – every one of us is gonna have to choose, make some hard choices about government, about God’s government, about Church government.

How [can we] avoid deception in the area of Church government … it’s very easy, really, in one way if you know your Bible.

They stopped following the one whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and began to follow a man.

God says hold fast – if you, whatever you have to do – it doesn’t made any difference whether you get kicked out, or you walk out, or whatever you have to do to hold fast – hold fast!  That’s what’s going to get you into the Kingdom of God

Your responsibility is to remember and hold fast, not the leader’s, not the guy at the top – your responsibility, or else you will be deceived.  That’s the message of Jesus Christ.

You have to be sharp enough to know when some man is leading you away from God.

He [Christ] wants to know if you’ll listen to Him, not what somebody else says.

Church government is one thing brethren, Christ’s government may be something entirely different.

How can Satan be so deceptive?  Because the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and evil means you have both good and bad knowledge.  Having SOME good knowledge deceives them into thinking ALL of their knowledge is good.  [FB pg. 25p6] 

You won’t fight alongside someone who says he has a message from God if you don’t really know God and know He sent that man. [TP pg. 116p4]

Royal Vision, Jan/Feb 2002:

Read the first two sections (15 paragraphs) of the article starting on pg. 2, "Christ Is Coming In The Flesh." -- Who would suspect someone giving such a warning as this, of being the very one who needs to be warned about?

 

You must test the spirits. You must TEST THE SPIRIT IN ME! (pg. 7p2) -- How many have done this?

Quotes from "Ezekiel, The End-Time Prophet":

This principle applies to almost any time God’s Church turns away from God. The deceivers routinely say they are building on the foundation laid in the past, when they are actually destroying the foundation by building a new, but false, work. This is how they deceive God’s people. Throughout the Bible, God warns us of this danger. [EZ pg. 69 bottom]

 

You must know your Bible and your pastor. Because it is through the ministerial office that most people are deceived. [EZ pg. 102p2]

 

Satan is always working to get to God’s ministers. He can deceive many sheep by first deceiving the pastor. [EZ pg. 103p2]

 

Satan wants to get us away from strong Bible study and deep spiritual understanding. Then he can use ministers to deceive us! The whole Laodicean Church has experienced this tragic ordeal. [EZ pg.108p4]

 

Satan has deceived the ministers and then led most of God’s people astray. [EZ pg. 130p1]

When I was fired, it wasn't a matter of looking into the Bible for answers; they just had a magic interpretation of things and said, by implication, You follow our will, which happened to be Satan's will.  "Will worship" essentially comes down to worshipping demons.  [DUAL pg. 48p1]

{When} the people follow along with unquestioning obedience, brethren - that's a dictatorship.  [G.F. sermon, FT 9/22/02, tape2:side1]

We're going to do what God says we must do, and that is expose those people.  Expose them for what they are. ... We just totally lay it bare.  This is the way it is.  Now a lot of people have been deceived, they are blind after all, and there has been strong delusion.  [G.F. sermon, FT 9/27/02, tape1:side2] -- God will eventually expose every fraud.

Don't look at the words or you will always be deceived.  The devil has better words than anybody.  [G.F. sermon, The Mantle of Elijah part II, 3/8/03, tape1:side1]

We do have to be looking to God always, brethren.  And I certainly want you to do that with me.  You'd better.  You better look to God, and, and, first and foremost always.  But that doesn't mean you have to be blind, or walk in blind faith.  [G.F. Sermon, That Prophet, 2/7/04, tape1:side1]

All you have to do is a little research ... It's there for anybody who really wanted to prove it, but people don't want to know, they want to, well they want smooth things.  They want deceit, so God's going to give it to them. ... What is it going to take, what is it going to take for people to get rid of those illusions and that deceit?  What is it going to take -- it's going to take a shock ... greater than anything they've ever had happen in their lives ... They're going to have to get rid of the illusions.  They're going to have to come to see what they're following ... they worship the dragon. ... I'll tell you in this information age, if we don't see things, that really are there, it's, it's not because we couldn't, and God's going to hold them accountable.  [G.F. Sermon, Listening to the Dragon, 4/16/05, side1] -- He is telling his own members that they are without excuse for being deceived by him!

You can PROVE which group Jesus Christ is leading -- from your own Bible…But a statement like that must be backed by ample Bible proof. [MM pg. 7p1,2]

…without proper biblical support and proof…[MM pg. 57p2]

We must PROVE any changes from the Bible. [MM pg. 62p3]

Zerubbabel had the "plummet" or "plumb bob" -- a measuring device which is used to test any vertical structure for deviation from a true line. This symbolized Zerubbabel testing the accuracy of truth or departure from previously revealed truth. IF WE AREN'T TESTING OUR TRUTH VERY PRECISELY AND CAREFULLY, we can easily depart into a Laodicean attitude. If we don't look to HWA's method of building, we face disaster in the future. [MM pg. 64p5]

Brethren, you MUST PROVE FROM YOUR BIBLE who is right -- and you CAN do so! [MM pg. 100p1]

CHRISTIANS ARE IN GOD'S CHURCH IF THEY ARE FOLLOWING CHRIST!! (I Pet. 2:21; Luke 18:28-30). That is from God's word -- the Holy Bible! If you follow the Scriptures, you are in God's Church -- in spite of what any man says! Remember, the BIBLE IS FULL OF EXAMPLES WHERE CHURCH LEADERS HAVE LED PEOPLE ASTRAY. That is why EVERY spiritual step we take MUST be biblically based! [MM pg. 140 p3]

All these subjects I have discussed with you can be PROVED or DISproved from the BIBLE. [pg. 142 top] ; BELIEVE YOUR BIBLE -- NOT MEN! [MM pg. 151 p9]

… withstand the scrutiny of the word of God. … withstand the scrutiny and the evaluation of the Bible or what Mr. Armstrong taught.  [G.F. sermon, Office Of A Prophet, 1/15/94]

You should diligently prove that our message is based on God's word.  [EN pg. 39p2]

Again, the Bible interprets itself.  [DUAL pg. 16p2]

It's your responsibility to get detailed in your Bible study, and prove it.  [DUAL pg. 36p5]

That is because they try to interpret this book themselves.  But the Bible interprets itself.  [RBR pg. 4p6]

All we have to do is get into our Bibles and prove it.  [G.F. sermon, FT 9/22/02, tape1:side2]

Comment: Gerald Flurry says, "The Bereans were ‘more noble’ than the Thessalonicans because they sought more diligently to prove God’s truth, not disprove it." [TP pg. 4p1] But how can you know it is "God’s truth" unless you first use the scriptures to put it to the test, as has always been taught by HWA? You cannot just "prove God’s truth." You must consider all views on a particular subject, and then determine which one the scriptures support. Gerald Flurry, however, does not put up with this. He responds to any questioning of Malachi’s Message or his "revelations" (even with a Berean attitude) with swift suspension or disfellowshipment. If you don’t believe that, just bring some of the questions raised in this document to your local minister and see what happens! We have all been Laodicean in the area of "proving ALL things."

Commentaries

Please take notice that Gerald Flurry makes heavy use of worldly commentaries in establishing his doctrine.  This can be seen throughout his writings, but especially more so as time has gone by.  Two notable examples are in his trying to establish himself as "That Prophet" and in his interpretation of the book of Habakkuk.  Here is what Herbert Armstrong taught about using commentaries to establish doctrine:

 

In this in-depth study of the Bible, I had the use of all the biblical helps -- concordances, Greek-English and Hebrew-English lexicons, commentaries, Bible dictionaries and religious encyclopedias. The latter three of these, I found, were the works of scholarly but carnal minds. In historical facts and matters of a material and physical nature, they give help in research, but in God's revelation of spiritual knowledge I found them of little help.  [MA pg. 23p2 (L.M.)]

 

"Clarke's Commentary" and the commentary by Jamieson, Fausset and Brown are good reference works -- as is Halley's "Pocket Bible Handbook". Sometimes in the back of Bibles there will be sections called "Bible Helps." Even the marginal references in your Bible, which SOMETIMES prove to be very helpful, are often misleading. These "helps" often turn out to be the insidious instruction of Satan himself and they may lead you astray. 

Therefore, all of these Bible helps should be used ONLY to establish historical or grammatical facts related to the Bible and MUST NOT be used TO ESTABLISH DOCTRINE OR TO INTERPRET THE MEANING OF THE BIBLE ITSELF.  [The Plain Truth, Sept. 1964, "Twelve Rules for Bible Study" by David Jon Hill (L.M.)]

And here is what Gerald Flurry himself even said about the WCG becoming too scholarly:

 

They adopt the world's scholarly approach to the Bible which leads to one of the greatest disasters ever in God's Church. [MM pg. 65p3]

 

More and more frequently Joshua's "fellows" are using the world's scholarly approach to understanding the Bible. [MM pg. 75p5]

 

…caused by a priesthood that was relying more and more on human, SCHOLARLY reasoning. [MM pg. 75p7]

 

God warns us not to put our trust in scholars who are going to be cut off! [MM pg. 78bottom]

Gerald Flurry claims that his book, Malachi’s Message, is a revelation from God (MM pg. 87 top, p1; pg. 104p2; pg. 151p2).  As such, it is the foundation of the Philadelphia Church of God (TP pg.42p2) and the pedestal upon which he stands.  It is the trunk of the tree which he claims establishes him as God's chosen leader today.  If that is so, there must be honest, plain truth, biblical answers given to the objections listed below.  His failure to address these issues point-by-point can only be construed as an admission that there are no such answers, and Malachi’s Message will indeed be proven to be a fraud.  The veracity of Malachi's Message is the trunk of the tree and THE ONLY ISSUE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!  As Herbert W. Armstrong said:

That one claim, I finally determined, was the TRUNK of the tree ... If the trunk stood, the theory appeared proved.  If I could chop down the trunk, the entire tree would fall with it. ... This TRUNK of the tree was carelessly assumed -- without proof.  [Autobiography of HWA, pg. 298 bottom, 299 top,p1] -- i.e. If MM is a fraud, then Gerald Flurry and the PCG are not of God.

And regarding the false teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees, God said through John the Baptist:  "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees."   [Mt. 3:10; Lk. 3:9]

Gerald Flurry says Malachi’s Message IS the little book of Revelation 10, revealed over 1900 years ago but not written until 1989. [LB pg. 2p1; pg. 4p3,4; pg. 8p5; pg. 14p3; pg. 20p2; pg. 21p3(2)] If we let the Bible interpret the Bible, there is in fact no "little book" due to come on the scene just before Christ returns. Revelation 10 plainly shows it is John receiving the little book from the angel. The Scripture does not say it is the angel over the Laodicean Church as Gerald Flurry claims (LB pg.  2 top; RBR pg. 31p1). A biblical interpretation of the little book is found in Revelation 1:1, where it plainly states that God gave the book of Revelation to his angel to give to John!

Gerald Flurry is putting Malachi’s Message on the level of Scripture:

"MALACHI'S MESSAGE IS AN UNWRITTEN PART OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION"..."THE LITTLE BOOK IS A PROPHETIC SECTION OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION"  [PT Sept./Oct. 1992, "The Little Book" article pg. 6, 7] -- These statements were removed in the 1995 booklet and RV Mar./Apr. 1998 article.  Click on the images below to read the whole article and/or the two quotes.

 

       

 

This new revelation is God's way of saying that we must give the little book a special importance and the majesty it deserves.  [PT Sept./Oct. 1992, pg. 8 right col. p5; LB pg. 21p1] -- Look up the definition of "majesty" in several dictionaries – this adjective can apply only to Scripture!

 

He says Malachi’s Message IS the little book of Rev. 10 (see above), which is to say it is on the level of Scripture, his denial of this (LB pg. 4p4) notwithstanding.

 

Gerald Flurry says it is "the centerpiece of God’s work"  [LB pg. 22p2] – OK?

 

And that it is "the centerpiece of our literature."  [RV July/Aug. 2000, pg. 25 inset] – OK

 

And that Malachi's Message is "the centerpiece of our religion, absolutely!"  [G.F. sermon, How Important is MM, 7/1/00] – ABSOLUTELY NOT OK!

 

Comment:  Gerald Flurry has also said that Mystery of the Ages is "the centerpiece of our religion."  [PT Apr. 1997, pg. 3 left col. p2]  Click the image below to read that quote.  The written centerpiece of our religion should be the Holy Bible.

 

Also, in reference to the book of Revelation, Jesus Christ said, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book." (Rev. 22:18) I find it hard to believe that no one has ever brought this dire warning to Gerald Flurry’s attention? What has been his explanation? How can he possibly get around the fact that he has "added unto these things?"

And Herbert Armstrong stated that the Bible was complete for us today, and that only false prophets would be claiming to have new revelation to add to it – a quote with which Gerald Flurry said he "agreed completely."  [TP pg. 20,21]

In reference to the book of Acts, Gerald Flurry said, "This is one of three books in the New Testament that doesn’t say 'Amen' – because the story is not complete" (G.F. sermon, Office Of A Prophet, 1/15/94).  Then why did John end the book of Revelation with “Amen” if it was missing the contents of the little book?

In 1991 Gerald Flurry taught that the seven thunders of Rev. 10 were the seven mysteries revealed in Herbert Armstrong's book Mystery of the Ages.  [PT Feb. 1991, "No More Delay" pg. 3] -- Click the images below to read the whole article.

Gerald Flurry now claims the seven thunders of Rev. 10 are the last seven chapters of his book Malachi’s Message (LB pg.10 bottom).  However, the original draft of MM was just a collection of notes with no chapters, and was compiled into the 1990 version, which also has no chapters, with significant assistance from Mr. Don Marshall and his wife. If you want to verify this, Mr. Don Marshall lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and his phone number is listed in the Yahoo Yellow Pages. Or contact me and I will send you a copy of the 1990 version of MM. Gerald Flurry, John Amos, Don Marshall, and Tim Thompson were the original four members (with their wives) of the PCG.

Comment: If MM were truly inspired, would there not have been seven chapters instead of none, and then nine?  This is clearly an uninspired afterthought.

While I do not claim this is correct, there is a much better "Bible interprets the Bible" explanation for the seven thunders (W.D.): the Greek word bronte (strong’s 1027) translated "thunder(s)(ings)" occurs exactly seven times (excluding Rev. 10) throughout the book of Revelation (Rev. 4:5, 6:1, 8:5, 11:19, 14:2, 16:18, 19:6). These are "chapters" in God’s book, not Gerald Flurry’s. This also supports the above, that the "little book" is the book of Revelation.

The seven thunders, which could be the interpretation of the little book (the scripture does not say the seven thunders are the contents of the little book) were "sealed" because, as taught by HWA (BRUL pg. 8p3), the book of Revelation was not to be understood until the end time, just like Daniel’s vision was "sealed." Again, the Bible interprets the Bible. Also supports the above, that the "little book" is the book of Revelation:

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. [Rev. 10:4]

 

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. [Dan. 12:4]

 

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. [Dan. 12:9]

Comment:  Herman Hoeh stated in a 1975 sermon that the seven thunders represented the messages of the seven Church eras, and that the little book was the Bible.  In either case, they are not the last seven chapters of Malachi's Message which is not the little book.

The Very Elect

Gerald Flurry says the "very elect" cannot be deceived:

MM pg. 63p3, 93p3, 97p3, 100p4

All kinds of prophets were deceived.

All kinds of God’s leaders and ministers were deceived.

There is something special about the very elect – nobody can deceive them. 

They can’t be deceived.  It’s impossible to deceive them.

They are simply people who cannot be deceived.  And even prophets have been deceived.  You read a lot in the Bible about false prophets.  But that never happens to the very elect.  [G.F. sermon, Office Of A Prophet, 1/15/94]

Comment:  Gerald Flurry is not accurate here as he also makes reference in this tape to "a true prophet turned sour.”  There is no indication that any false prophet in the Bible was ever a true prophet of God.  He even makes reference to HWA’s June 25, 1979 Worldwide News article showing that God has never let a specially chosen human leader turn false.

The "very elect" cannot be deceived is contrary to HWA’s warning:

 

It is the true remnant people of God who keep the COMMANDMENTS that the Devil is wroth with today. It is US Satan is seeking to deceive. He will deceive even the very elect IF POSSIBLE. And it is possible if we are careless, and assume things without careful study of all sides, and ample PROOF from the Scripture. We must be continually ON OUR GUARD, never trusting any man, or even a board or group of men, but God alone, thru His Holy Word!  [Good News, 1939, pg. 1]

 

But listen, dear brethren of God's Church, Satan is MORE POWERFUL, MORE CUNNING, MORE SUBTLE, than any human being on earth! Unless you and I are constantly on guard—close to God in constant heartrending prayer—constantly close to God and His truth through Bible study—Satan CAN deceive you, blind your eyes to God's truth and USE YOU! [Good News, August 1979, ‘How Satan Injects False Doctrine’]

 

Gerald Flurry quoted from this very article in Malachi’s Message (pg.77,78), and then said, "Too many people today have drifted into a state of believing that God’s Church cannot be deceived. Mr. Armstrong warned against that attitude." (pg. 78 bottom). Also MM pg. 11p1,2.

There is no scriptural distinction between "elect" and "very elect". HWA used the phrase "very elect who cannot be deceived" to refer to those true saints martyred in the great tribulation:

This coming great martyrdom is THE GREAT TRIBULATION (Matthew 24:9, 21-22). This tribulation is not the wrath of God -- the last plagues. It is the wrath of Satan (Rev. 12:12), inflicted at the behest of HIS apostate church by the coming "United States of EUROPE" and against the true people of GOD! It is a persecution -- a torturing -- a martyring of the saints of God -- the very elect who cannot be deceived (Matt. 24:24). Except those days of Great Tribulation be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But, for THE SAKE OF GOD'S PERSECUTED SAINTS those days shall be shortened. [The Mark Of The Beast?, Herbert W. Armstrong, 1952 edition; last paragraph of section ‘TWO Martyrdoms’ / also included as Part Two of ‘Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast’, reprinted in 1985]

And the phrase "very elect" to refer to those who understand the Bible, and those who are called:

MYSTERY Book of all the books! If the Bible as a whole is the Book that NOBODY understands (except the very "elect"), certainly the REVELATION is the one Book IN the Bible least understood of all! [KBR pg. 2p1 of booklet]

 

The only ones who will not be deceived by the great miracles that Satan the Devil will perform through his false prophet will be those whom God is calling out of this world NOW -- the "very elect"!  [1969 A.C. Bible Corr. Course, Test 10 letter from the staff]

The Bible itself makes no distinction between "very elect" and "elect" as seen in the following two parallel scriptures:

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  [Mt. 24:24]

 

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.  [Mk. 13:22]

The Letter To Laodicea is a collection of seven letters written by a former WCG member, Jules Dervaes, to the late Pastor General of the WCG, Joseph W. Tkach, Senior.  His letters contain the heart and core of Malachi’s Message and pre-date it by almost two years.  This is the single fact I discovered which forced me to reevaluate Gerald Flurry's claim that Malachi's Message was a revelation from God.

The evidence below positively establishes the dates of the two writings:

 

Gerald Flurry says he received his "revelations" in 1989 (DUAL pg. 27 top; 1995 letter).  Click the image below to read the letter.

 

 

Malachi’s Message was originally written in 1989 (MM pg. ix p4; LB pg. 4p3).

 

The Letter To Laodicea (request a copy at www.viadelrey.com) was written c. 1987 and delivered to Joseph W. Tkach, Sr. by certified mail.  Click the images below to read the certified mail receipts.  The fifth letter was sent, but not by certified mail.

 

       

 

Click the image below to read the receipts from the newspapers for placement of the ads.

 

The images below are photographs of page 14 of the Sunday, April 30, 1989 Tyler Telegraph newspaper.  The ad in the lower right corner of page 14 was placed by Jules Dervaes as one of his last attempts to warn the WCG of what was happening.  The seven points in the ad summarize the seven letters he sent to Joseph Tkach, Sr., and clearly contain the three primary "revelations" of Malachi's Message (Laodicean Era, Zerubbabel/Joshua = HWA/JWT, Man Of Sin).  This ad positively establishes that Mr. Dervaes' material was in existence prior to Gerald Flurry's so-called "revelations" which he said he had beginning around March 11, 1989 (DUAL pg. 27 top).  I obtained this photocopy from the microfiche archives of the Tyler Telegraph newspaper, which you may verify by contacting the librarian yourself.  Her business card is displayed in the last photograph below.  Click to read.

The images below are photographs of page 6-A of the Sunday, April 30, 1989 Longview News-Journal.  The ad on the right side of page 6-A was placed by Jules Dervaes as one of his last attempts to warn the WCG of what was happening.  The seven points in the ad summarize the seven letters he sent to Joseph Tkach, Sr., and clearly contain the three primary "revelations" of Malachi's Message (Laodicean Era, Zerubbabel/Joshua = HWA/JWT, Man Of Sin).  This ad positively establishes that Mr. Dervaes' material was in existence prior to Gerald Flurry's so-called "revelations" which he said he had beginning around March 11, 1989 (DUAL pg. 27 top).  I obtained this photocopy from Jules Dervaes' daughter.  Click to read.

         

Comment: The scroll on the cover of the Daniel, Unsealed At Last booklet is strikingly similar to Jules Dervaes’ scroll in the above newspaper ads.

 

   

The following image and caption are from the September, 1990 Ambassador Report #45.  Although this publication was anti-HWA and the Worldwide Church of God, it does nevertheless provide further verification of the time frame for Jules Dervaes' material.  The Ambassador Reports are available online.

Some current WCG members are not happy with the way Tkach is changing many of the doctrines taught by HWA. One couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jules Dervaes (P. O. Box 92322, Pasadena, CA 91109), have parked their sign-laden van near Ambassador College in Pasadena every Saturday for the last two years. Tkach saw to it that they were disfellowshipped.

Here is a personal email from WCG legal counsel Ralph Helge regarding Jules Dervaes:

 

Kuhne, Robert S.

From: Ralph K. Helge 

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:30 PM

To: robertkuhne

Subject: Jules Dervaes

CONFIDENTIAL

SUBJECT TO ATTORNEY/CLIENT AND

ATTORNEY/WORK PRODUCT

PRIVILEGES

Greetings.

As we are familiar with Jules Dervaes, Mr. Tkach has asked that we answer your e-mail. There were many communications and letters between the Church and Mr. Dervaes. At this date, we are not certain as to what they addressed and it would be impractical to attempt to search the archive for the same, because the chances are that they have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business. I do recall, however, from personal observation that Mr. Dervaes did, for a period of time, park his van about a block away from the Church, many times with minor children in it. He did hang with banners on his van. However, again, I don't recall, and the people I spoke with could not recall, what the different messages were on the banners. There were other issues between Mr. Dervaes and the Church, which we do not feel it would be appropriate to go into.

We sincerely regret that we cannot be of greater aid to you in being able to respond more definitively to your questions.

Sincerely,

Ralph Helge

Comment:  I personally remember a banner being displayed at a feast site (it may have been Biloxi, Mississippi in 1990), and the telephone number: 1-800-LAST-ERA.

The Letter To Laodicea contains the heart and core of Malachi’s Message (See the next section for a side-by-side comparison of selected passages from The Letter To Laodicea with Malachi's Message).

(c. 1987) The Letter To Laodicea	(1989) Malachi’s Message
Identifies the Laodicean Era 1st and 2nd scrolls	Identifies the Laodicean Era MM ch. 3; LB pg. 10 bottom
Zerubbabel (hwa) / Joshua (jwt) 4th scroll	Zerubbabel (hwa) / Joshua (jwt) MM ch. 5; LB pg. 13p2
Zerubbabel (hwa) Betrayed 4th and 5th scrolls	Zerubbabel (hwa) Betrayed MM ch. 4
The Man of  Sin 6th scroll	The Man of Sin MM ch. 6; LB pg. 13p3

 

Comment:  It is interesting that both JD and GF identify JWT Sr. as Joshua, but neither seems to know who the man of sin is (MM pg. 90p2; pg. 102p2; LB pg. 13p3), only that he will be sitting in the temple, or Church of God. If the man of sin had to be revealed, as GF says (MM pg. 87p1,2), then either two men got an incomplete revelation, or it wasn’t a revelation at all. Otherwise, how could Jules Dervaes know something that without a "special revelation by God" "cannot be known" (MM pg. 98p5)?

The Letter To Laodicea contains the "seeds" of other Gerald Flurry ideas:

Refers to the book of Malachi (LTL pg. 20).

 

Refers to the book of Amos (LTL pg. 15,20; LB pg. 3p2,3).

 

Talks of the Covenant with Levi (LTL pg. 20; MM pg. 30p4; pg. 53-54; LB pg. 15p2).

 

Discusses the Two Abominations (LTL pg. 23).

The Letter To Laodicea was sent to both Gerald Flurry and John Amos.

Click here to view Jules Dervaes' mailing list of ministers who received The Letter To Laodicea.  Here is an excerpt showing the A and F ministers:

 

All these evangelists, pastors, local elders, deacons, and PT/GN writers, etc., received (subject to error in mailings, etc.) one or more mailings sent to their home addresses or offices. All names for unsolicited scrolls (excluding personal friends) were obtained from the church's WORLDWIDE NEWS--from the announcement and local church news sections. Then the addresses were found in the state phone directories at the public libraries.

 

ADAIR, Collin / Vancouver, CAN

ALBERT, David / AC-Pasadena, CA

ALBRECHT, Greg / AC-Pasadena, CA

AMES, Guy / Philippines office

AMES, Richard / AC-Pasadena, CA

AMOS, John / Columbus, OH

ANDRIST, B / Switzerland office

ANTION, Gary / AC-Pasadena, CA

APARTIAN, Dibar / AC-Pasadena, CA

AVERETT, James / Greensboro, NC

...

FAULKNER, Dexter / GN-Pasadena, CA

FENTRESS, Kent / Bowling Green, KY

FIELDER, David / Toledo, OH

FIELDS, Jay / Beaverton, OR

FIKE, Jack / Tampa, FL

FLURRY, Gerald / Edmond, OK

FLYNN, Ross / Dallas, TX

FOSTER, Roger / Ft. Lauderdale, FL

FRANKEL, Richard / Washington, DC

Here is a 1990 letter from Jules Dervaes to Gerald Flurry warning him of plagiarism.  Click the image below to see the certified mail receipt that was signed by Barbara Flurry, his wife.

 

September 26, 1990

GERALD R. FLURRY

P.O. BOX 1787

EDMOND, OK 73083

 

RE: MALACHI'S MESSAGE To God's Church Today

Yesterday I received unsolicited in the mail the above publication along with Volume 1, Nos. 1-5 of The Philadelphia Trumpet. I wish to inform you that I challenge your copyright of 1990, printed on page one of MALACHI'S MESSAGE and other copyrights of this message in your other publications. Whether it was done unknowingly or deliberately, many of your ideas are a direct and clear plagiarism of my work The Letter to Laodicea which was in stages published from December '86 through January '88.

The first parts of what would be a seven part letter I sent to Mr. Tkach via registered/ certified mail beginning December 1, 1986 (see enclosed copy). Later, the entire seven part message was sent to--I believe--every evangelist in the Worldwide Church of God both here and overseas. And, not only to them, but this message was mailed to many, if not all, of the ministers at headquarters. Additionally, many local pastors or elders in the United States (a few overseas, too) were sent this information. I have the mailing list of the ones which were contacted. Furthermore, I sent The Letter to Laodicea to hundreds of WCG members living in the United States and also to a few overseas. I have kept the complete mailing list. Finally, every regional office of The PLAIN TRUTH was sent this message. Thus, the files of the WCG are filled with the message that I delivered to it.

When the bulk of the mailings were finished, I began to proclaim this Laodicean message to church brethren on the streets of Pasadena, beginning the Last Day of Unleavened Bread in the spring of 1988. The WCG has a photo record of every banner, every sign, that I have displayed. More than a few of "your" ideas can be found on my signs. Not only have thousands of local church brethren seen these messages but also many thousands of American and foreign members have viewed them during the Feasts of Tabernacles of 1988 and 1989. It's now been two and one-half years that every Sabbath with few exceptions I have held the Laodicean message before the church's eyes on the streets around its headquarters.

For you to make the statement on page 67 that Dr. Hoeh "stated that the Church of God has entered into the Laodicean era" and that, having said this in the Spring of '88, this message "was quickly stopped by Church leaders" is absolutely ridiculous. Not counting the letters I sent him, I PERSONALLY delivered the Laodicean warning to him--via my ten foot banner--on a sidewalk outside the Imperial Schools. He said, "Good afternoon," as he walked on by.

Again, much of your material plagiarizes what I have written. You will not be allowed to claim it as your own. I would advise you to settle this according to Matthew 5:25-26.

Jules Dervaes, Jr.

Jules Dervaes' mailings came just before Gerald Flurry said he had his "revelations" in 1989 (DUAL pg. 27 top; 1995 letter - see above).

 

Gerald Flurry’s 1995 letter - see above, states that he had "seven months of revelation."  Was this the seven scrolls?  He later changed this to nine months (DUAL pg. 27 top).

Gerald Flurry also seems confused as to exactly when he received his "revelations."  Here is a quote stating that he was receiving revelations in 1987 and 1988 instead of 1989:

When God was revealing Malachi's Message to me, I didn't know where it was leading.  But I decided to have weekly Bible studies with my congregation in 1987 and 1988, as headquarters did.  (Most field congregations had them bi-weekly.)  I especially felt I needed it, because that was the time when God was revealing a lot from the book of Amos to me as well.  [RV Sept./Oct. 2000, pg. 5 right col. p2]

 

Comment:  This is probably closer to the truth as 1987-1988 was when Jules Dervaes was mailing out The Letter To Laodicea to the WCG ministry.

Letter To Laodicea v. Malachi's Message

(side by side comparison)

1. The Letter To Laodicea (1^st scroll 12/31/86)

For the seventh and final era of God's Church to come into existence there would be no violent upheaval or power struggle. What the transition to the Laodicean Era would require was a quiet and orderly transfer of leadership indicative of a very well-run organization. ... Then, with the passing away of Mr. Armstrong as he slept in his favorite chair, the final, peaceful transformation was complete. The very nature of the new Laodicean Church did necessitate that only such a natural transition as this would occur. [LTL pg. 2,3]

1. Malachi’s Message (1989)

The Philadelphia era under HWA was a strong Church era. You would expect a peaceful transition of power and a smooth transfer of the "goods" to the Laodiceans.  [MM pg. 39p3]

2. The Letter To Laodicea (2^nd scroll 2/11/87)

For, protection from the Great Tribulation can never be a wholesale proposition. Proof will be required of each individual whether or not he alone has stood this TEST of love. Everything else will be irrelevant.  [LTL pg. 8] 

2. Malachi’s Message (1989)

Salvation is not a GROUP affair. Each one of us has the INDIVIDUAL responsibility to RESPOND -- or not respond! Following Christ is an INDIVIDUAL matter.  [MM pg. 41 top] … SALVATION IS AN INDIVIDUAL MATTER BETWEEN YOU AND GOD -- NOT YOU AND THE CHURCH!  [MM pg. 128p1]

3. The Letter To Laodicea (6^th scroll 11/12/87)

Naturally the most effective deception always works from the top, down. Deceive the leader and those under him will follow blindly and willingly all-the-way, as they tout passionately the virtue of LOYALTY.  [LTL pg. 24]

3. Malachi’s Message (1989)