Very thought provoking post! Let me share with you my understanding of the matter…
Heorté is a noun that means “a feast day, festival” not “keep or observe a feast day”.
Heortazo is a verb that comes from the noun heorté and means “keep or observe a feast day”. Since it’s only being used once, I don’t think it’s safe to say that it meant allegorically.
We see heorté being used alot simply because its being used as a direct object and not a verb like heortazo. One could say “observe(verb) + heorté(object)” or simply “heortazo(verb)” and it would mean the same.
Paul kept and taught believers to observe the feast of unleavened bread literally not allegorically. He never taught against the law:
Exodus 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Just something to consider… Grace and peace brother!
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]]>Hello Henry and thank you for taking the time to comment on the site 🙂
Just as an FYI, among the contributors to this site, there are former members who have experienced first hand what it is like to be a involved with the WMSCOG. I will be writing to you from that perspective. With that said, it is interesting that you mention that you believe that ” Ahnsahnghong and Zang il Yah” are elohim ” Not because they claimed to be…”. Do you have any info on them claiming to be god or divine in any way? I have searched through ASHs books and cannot find anything to support that. I also cannot find anything in ASHs books to support that he thought that Zhang was the “bride” or “mother” either. If you could give me some direction on that I would appreciate it.
Also, you said “in these last days there will be speculations about the appearance and correct recognition of the spirit and the bride”. In Revelation 1:7, I note that John says “every eye will see him [Jesus]”. The notion that all people will see Jesus when he returns is supported by Matthew 24:27. Will you please point me to the verses that point to “speculations” about being able to recognize Jesus when He returns? I would be very interested in taking a look at them.
Henry, can you explain why you believe that Acts 5:38-39 applies to the WMSCOG? The WMSCOG was not even around when this was written, so there’s no way it can apply to you. Keep in mind also that this verse very specifically says “in the present case” which is referring specifically to that case. In many other places, the Bible tells us to rebuke those in error (Leviticus 19:17, 2 Timothy 4:2, Galatians 6:1, etc), and recall that the angel in the book of Revelation corrects people who have gone off astray after false teachers (Revelation 2:14-16). So here we have Scriptural evidence of correction of people holding to false beliefs, which is what this site is doing, in accordance with the Bible.
Besides, I think we both agree that people like Jim Jones and Sun Myung Moon were false prophets right? The government was not able to stop Jim Jones from ordering 900 of his followers to commit suicide and he obviously wasn’t of God. Sun Myung Moon went to prison for tax evasion and his cult called the Unification Church which is very much like the WMSCOG is still around. Does that mean that he is of God too because he’s still “successful”?
GBU too and looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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