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World to end and Jesus to return in 2016?

The island called Patmos is where Revelation was penned (see Revelation 1:9). COGwriter A while back, I came across the following predictions from Nora Roth: The Time of the End Introduction Are 6,000 years of sin almost over? Will Jesus come in 2016? The Bible presents enlightening, logical, and compelling answers to these questions. In [...]

Behind the Work 2015: Technology and the Gospel

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this message from its ContinuingCOG channel: 29:05 Behind The Work 2015: Technology and the Gospel Is technology bad?  Has technology been useful in proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom to the world as a witness?  Have fruits been born from the Continuing Church of God’s [...]

The Thyatira Church of God and the Inquisition

COGwriter Peering into Ancient Thyatira (2008) COGwriter In Revelation 2, Jesus said: 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; [...]

The Ancient Assyrian Alla and Tyr were gods of violence: any Islamic or Germanic similarities?

Assyrian Relief from Nineveh, 645-635 B.C. COGwriter A while back, WND reported the following: …Babylonian artifacts. Ancient tablets describe “Alla” as a deity of “violence and revolution.”… The…find…links the name to the Epic of Atrahasis, chiseled on tablets sometime around 1700 B.C. in Babylon…“The beginning of the Epic of Atrahasis describes Allah as how all [...]

What type of hymns did early Christians sing?

The Hymnal of the Continuing Church of God Consists Mainly of Psalms and Biblical Passages Set to Music COGwriter Having attended both Roman Catholic and Protestant church services while growing up, one of the things I noticed that was different about the true Church of God was the type of hymns that were sung. While [...]

Is Russia the biblical ‘King of the North’?

Russian Troops Parading in Moscow (Source: www.kremlin.ru) COGwriter Russia has been in the news  because of matters related to Ukraine, Crimea, Iran, and Syria.  But is is Russia the King of the North? Various Protestant prophetic teachers (such as Hal Lindsey and Ewiak Ryszard to cite two) tend to think so, but what is the [...]

The fruits of teaching of a pre-tribulation rapture

The above photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reflect what pre-tribulation rapturists hope to miss COGwriter Is there a pre-tribulation rapture of the church? No, not according to scripture or even sources such as Joseph Swank: Preaching a pre-tribulation rapture weakens the church Joseph Grant Swank, Jr., is a pastor at New Hope Church in Windham, [...]

The Feast of Tabernacles has begun: Now what?

COGwriter The Feast of Tabernacles has begun around the world. What should you do if you wish to obey God? Those who can will travel (Deuteronomy 14:23-26) go to a Feast site. If you are at, near, or can get to one of the Feast of Tabernacles’ Sites for 2015 you should attend church services there [...]

The Feast of Tabernacles Opening Message

COGwriter The Feast of Tabernacles. for 2015 starts at sunset September 27th and, with the Last Great Day, runs until sunset October 5th. The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: What should you do if you wish to obey God and keep this festival? If you are [...]

Knowledge of prophecy helps keep us vigilant, plus let’s us know that the world will not end with tonight’s blood moon

COGwriter Some have claimed that the blood moon expected tonight could be a sign of the start of the tribulation or the return of Jesus or something else.  But that type of blood moon was not a sign that Jesus gave in Matthew 24 related to end time prophecy.  And I have repeatedly denounced that [...]