2 Mar. 2005
another messenger
Just a few days back, I
received an email. The man seems to be promoting that Bro. Branham was not the
7th Church Age messenger but that there is another. He quoted several
statements of Bro. Branham to prove that. I have no idea at this time whether or
not he is pointing to himself as the messenger.
Well, this man isn't the
first one to teach about another messenger or that Bro. Branham was not the 7th
Church Age messenger. There are many others and some have tried to get my
attention to see their so-called revelation. There is one in South America; one
in California and another in Mississippi, USA; one in India; a few in the
different nations of the African continent and one in New Zealand. Some of the
others may not be so bold enough as to claim that they are "the one". They
would, however, hint very strongly that they are "the only one with a ministry
that is the chiefest" that all believers must accept.
Some of their arguments
are so strong, especially from the statements of Bro. Branham, that many are
deceived and become followers of these men.
Christianity is confused.
There are all that chaos in the organized denominational churches but they keep
going in their traditions, deceiving themselves that all is well. Then
there are the many believers in the Endtime Message who, in misinterpreting the
words of the messenger, stay with all his words as the Absolute. They believe
that the messages will take them into the Rapture as long as they "say what he
said". In no uncertain term, they are actually confessing that the Bible is not
their Absolute.
Back to the WORD! Or we
have nothing!
3 Mar. 2005
"Christian books"
As I recall the time when
I first came to the Truth of the message brought to us by Bro. Branham, I
remember how I had reacted to it. I saw immediately that a believer, especially
one who was called into a ministry, could never ever come to grasp the truths of
God's Scriptures if he did not renew his mind about His Word and to keep away
from church traditions.
I had a whole cupboard
of "Christian books", ranging from commentaries of the Bible to theological
expositions of doctrines. I had handbooks, help books and Bible courses books.
When I looked at them, I knew that I had to get rid of the many books that
could stop me from receiving the mind of God on His Word. Traditional teachings
in many of those books would have only hindered me from perceiving the leading
of the Spirit in
understanding and receiving the Truth of God if I had tried to use them to guide
me in the study of the Word. Because man learns as he grows he has a tendency to
hold to "tried products", even in established religious traditions. Hence,
had I not gotten rid of those books of "traditional church teachings", I knew that I
wouldn't have been able to come to the fullness of the Word as the Lord would have
wanted me to know. Traditions would have kept me from the in-depth understanding
of His Word.
No wonder the messenger
screamed out, "Back to the Original Word! Back to the Apostolic Faith!" Yes,
God's Word calls for total separation from unbelief.
I am glad that I threw
away many dozens of books worth a good sum of money. But then... what's Truth?
8 Mar. 2005
childish. . .novice 1
Three days ago (5 March,
2005) I received an email forwarded to me by a brother (name witheld). It contained an
email written by someone in USA to members of the MotH forum website. What this
believer intended to achieve was to create some sort of stoppage to my influence
of Message believers to the Scriptural Truth.
Slightly more than a year
ago he came across my website and got to emailing me. But after a few emails, he
began criticizing me instead and trying to correct my teachings (which I wouldn't mind)
except that he mis-read and misinterpreted my words. He got into semantics and
became a critic of certain words I used. Because I was trying to answer his
questions and to correct his wrong perceptions of what he read, he called me a
knucklehead and said that he was hurt bad because he felt I was arrogant.
This email that he sent
to others again shows his immaturity. Here is a part of what he wrote:
I did have some interesting discussions with Bro Gan about a year ago...
...notice also that he has this on his site...
"Bro. Gan, we have been
taught by many Endtime Message preachers that all mysteries have been
revealed by Bro. Branham from Genesis to Revelation.
If that is true, ask them to
tell you what had Bro. Branham reveal about the Mark of Cain, the Sin of
Ham, the true location of the Garden of Eden, the Holy City New Jerusalem,
etc.? Be careful what you hear. There are many voices in the Message
movement today."
I agree that God is still revealing things to the Bride...but there is no
way anyone is gonna tell me that Apostle Paul or Brother Branham did not
have all the mysteries revealed to them!?
The only thing Paul did not have was the knowledge of the
hour he was living in. He did not know it was not the very last days. He had
not seen what Apostle John did.
Can any believer really
and truly believe that Branham and Paul HAD ALL THE MYSTERIES REVEALED TO THEM?
Why is this believer trying
to make Branham and Paul to be the only two messengers that HAVE ALL MYSTERIES
REVEALED TO THEM? Any honest sincere believer who have read and listened to Bro.
Branham's messages would disagree with him. So would the prophet if he was here.
But would this believer listen to Truth?
I decided to write the
brother. And his reply showed further his ignorance as well as more mis-read and
misinterpretation of my writings.
I did not condemn your mother (or mother-in-law), that lives
in China and wears Chinese, women's pants...did i?
Chinese people in her part of China may have a totally different perception
towards women's dress. But, if they are already westernized (as Chinese
living in America are), then it would be wrong for her to dress that way.
And if she chose to wear only dresses (because she heard her prophet tell
her to), then the worst that may happen to her is to be accused of being
'too' westernized. But if she felt it in her heart that it's right for her
to wear only dresses and skirts (because that's what her prophet taught),
then she would be undergoing persecution for her stand. Is that not correct?
What is wrong is that you teach that it does not matter...as sound doctrine.
My email to him contained
nothing about him condemning my mother or my mother-in-law. (I wonder why he
brought that up.) With that paragraph he wrote, he then make this bold
statement: What is wrong is that you teach that it does not matter...as
sound doctrine.
Where on earth did I
teach that? This is not the first time he did that − just reading
something into my article. This man is not the first to mis-read and to
misinterpret my
words. There had been one minister in Jeffersonville, Indiana, who had been doing
that for some times in the past years. He could not even show me where I wrote or said the things that he claimed that I did. Because he was an
international minister as well as being an American, his words carried weight
and he had many believers outside of USA coming against me. Well, those followers of
his are now silenced with his passing. There is another in Middletown,
Connecticut, who is up in arm against me. He, too, is twisting my words and
telling lies to his people. There is yet another, this one is in Europe
and he is telling his followers to
burn my books. Why? I can only assume (based on previous meetings with
him) that my writing concerning marriage
and divorce goes against the grain of his teaching on Polygamy (which he
adamantly once held) and also about my teachings on the Presence/Coming of
Christ and Revelation 10 as he holds different interpretations.
There are many believers
that possess the Jesuit spirit. Like the Pharisees they have two aims: 1) to
destroy the influence of a person, and they do it by insinuating that the person
is teaching errors, and 2) destroy his materials, his books and tapes.
When ministers and
believers behave like that, there is either something wrong with their faith in
the understanding of the Word or that they have been seduced by evil spirits.
It is unbelievable that
such spirits exist in and among believers who pride themselves to be members of
the Bride of Christ.
Now, this believer, on
the same subject of garments, made this one statement: If
he (that's
Bro. Branham) said it
for America then he said it for the whole world.
Can you, dear reader,
believe in following such a teaching? In no uncertain term this believer is
saying that if you are an Indian, you are not allowed to dress like an Indian
any more as you have become a believer. You are no longer to dress your national
or native garments. Why? Because to him,
the American Christian
standard is THE STANDARD FOR ALL CHRISTIANS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACES AND THEIR NATIONALITIES.
Bro. Branham once advised
that we should find the best teacher we could find and stay with him. If this
man is a teacher of the Word and you find him to be the best, stay with him.
Otherwise . . .
9 Mar. 2005
childish. . .novice 2
Today, a number of emails
came in from the same believer (above). All his emails to me were CC to others.
What is his intention? Obviously an ugly ulterior motive is in his mind.
In one he tried and argued that I misunderstood him and in that he explained
again. I replied that he should go read what he wrote and see if that's not was
he said.
In another he wrote:
A lot of brethren agree with me...i have over 500 members at
my yahoo group... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
and many of them are believers. Several of them have said they
question your doctrines and teachings at your website. Ask them if you want to.
And this is my reply to
him:
Certainly, you can have 500 or 1000 or whatever number in
agreement with you. Why shouldn't they?
I can also show you a great number of those who would
disagree with you.
Is number a BIG DEAL? If so, consider the number of Roman
Catholics and those in the denominations who disagree with Bro. Branham.
How childish! Think, how many did Jesus have?
I will no more reply your email, seeing that you feel that
you have spiritual understanding and are trying to correct me (which is good, if
you have the revelation of the truth) but you really are a novice, childish.
What you wrote in this email is a good example. It shows what you are.
Do not try to over step your boundary and try to be
someone that you are not, into doing something that you are not called to do.
I am not trying to be harsh with you.
May the Lord help you see.
RGan
I really feel sorry for
this man and many like him, who argued that they are trying to help me (for
which I am very thankful). But have they really take a good look at themselves
in the Scriptures? Are they qualified, are they called, to do the job? Or
is it because they have a great knowledge of the words of the sermons of Bro.
Branham that they feel they are qualified? My Bible is my Roadmap, not the
words of mortal man. If only they do what Bro. Branham said:
In these sharp, cutting Messages, if I have intentionally tried to
hurt somebody, God forgive me. I wouldn't do that, for nothing. But yet
I'm a prisoner to this Word, see, I--I must stay right with It. I don't
speak hard things to make people feel bad. I speak things sharp,
sometimes, to make people look, see, an exclamatory, "Oh,
look!" See, to make them look at it, to see. Then if you get
them, maybe sometimes it provokes them. And about nine times out
of ten, if they get a little bit provoked, they'll go to searching the
Scriptures, and God does the rest of it then. You see?
[WILLIAM
BRANHAM. CALLING JESUS ON THE SCENE.
CHICAGO. IL V-21 N-8 63-0804E]
Will it provoke them to go searching the Scriptures? I doubt so for they
do not believe in the SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURES. They need the QUOTES of Branham
(which is okay) but they made the QUOTES as they are the ABSOLUTE, placing them
above the Scriptures. When they do not go searching the Scriptures God could not
do anything for them, for God lives in His Own Word.
9 Apr. 2005
I know the Author real
well...
I remember reading in
several messages of Bro. Branham where he made this comment: "I might not
know the Bible well... but I know the Author real well."
Many believers have taken
this statement that it is not important to know the Word as it is to know God
well. Another statement of the prophet has also often been mis-represented
by those who show no interest in the Word or who refuse to accept the
authority of the Scriptures: "I rather have the right spirit than the right
doctrines." How deceived they are.
Could anyone know God
really well outside the Word of God (the Scriptures)? God lives in His Own
Word. Without the Scriptures one cannot really know Yahweh well.
Christ (the Word) is the Mediator between God and man. The Written Word is
what reveals Him to us. God may call a man to His work but to know Him
well the God-called man has to indulge Himself in the understanding of the
Written Word of God. God reveals Himself in and through the Word.
Therefore, to know God
real well you need to know Him in His own Word where He dwells. And if you
have the wrong doctrines but have a right spirit, just shut your mouth, and go
search the Scriptures.
19 May, 2005
"Why did God create a
sexual organ for Adam and Eve?"
The last several weeks
brought in several notes of discussions to my email box that are worthy of note.
I could only think of the foolishness of the ministers/believers in what they
wrote and what they believed.
There was one with the
question: "Why did God create a sexual organ for Adam and Eve?"
Now, that sure is a question from a Branhamite, I told myself, when I read it.
True enough, the person was trying to show that the sexual organs were created
by God as a means to test Adam and Eve in their propagation of children, whether
they would use the spoken words or their sexual organs. How silly!
What this person was saying is that both Adam and Eve would have no sexual
organs if God had no intention to give them a choice, but that they
could only use the spoken word, speaking to the dust to bring forth children.
How hilarious is such an
idea! I wonder how Adam and Eve would rid their waste water from their
bodies. Were they only to possess a cloaca like the birds and the
amphibians? And would Eve have breasts or would she be flat-chested like a man?
Many years ago, a German
minister told me that the sexual organs were created as a secondary means for the
propagation of children. If that is true, it means God created them as a
"backup" just in case the first means (by way of spoken words) fails. If
this minister's opinion is correct, it would mean God is not omnipotent and not
omniscient. What kind of God is Yahweh then? Is Jesus Christ, the Saviour, a "backup" to save fallen man? Or is He the very plan of
God from the very beginning before the foundation of the earth was laid?
Does God need a backup plan?
These are just two
opinionated preachers (if they be preachers) among many in the Endtime message
movement who are literally taking Bro. Branham's words concerning his statement
of speaking children out of the dust of the ground.
We have many self-made
Bible teachers who are no Bible teachers at all. They don't have the Word
of Truth. What they have are plenty of opinions − unbiblical opinions without
even a verse of Scriptural Truth for support, much less providing two. In
not understanding the utterances of the prophet, Branham, they are trying (very
smartly) to prove the statements of the prophet to be true with their opinions
instead of with the Scriptures. In so doing, they are bringing reproach to
God's Message of Truth.
May God have mercy on
them.
30 May, 2005
Why can't they see?
This is a question often
asked by many of us Bible believers pertaining to teachings that we embrace that
other Christians could not accept.
When I first came into
Pentecostalism, back in the 1960s, I was really thrilled about being a member of
an Assembly of God church so much so that I waved its flag everywhere I went for
I greatly embraced its doctrines and teachings. Propagation of
"tongue-speaking" as the evidence of the Holy Spirit Baptism was a part of my
Christian witnessing. So when other denominational Christian could not
accept the teaching, I wondered "why can't they see what I was seeing". On
the other hand, they might also be wondering "why are Pentecostalists so
foolish". I was indoctrinated by a religious system. And so were
they (the other denominational Christians).
Now that I have come to
embrace the very Truth of the Word of Life that is given to the Bride of Christ
to make her ready for the translation, I still do think, sometimes, "why can't
the others see" the Truth for this last days.
Try hard as we might to
get others to see, if the Almighty does not open their eyes to see, they will
not see. Period. Flesh and blood have nothing to contribute to the
revelation of God that we received. It is the Heavenly father Who gives
the faith to those whom He chooses to show graciousness. Blessed be His
Holy Name!
08 June, 2005
Cultic spirit...
Some 15 years ago, a very
religious, very self-righteous Presbyterian man tried to "expose" me to the
public via the press as a cult leader, an evil one, perhaps.
It started one day at a
small Christian book fair where this particular man was displaying his store of
books, majority of which were about the Glorious Days of the Reformation.
When two other believers (from W. Malaysia) and I went and checked out what he
had for sale, he was warm and chatty. A while later, one of the two
believers asked him for a list of his books he had in store for sale. The
Presbyterian said he had none with him but that he would send a copy of the list
if he would provide his name and address. As there was not a single piece of
paper available, I took out a piece of my name cards on which the believer could
write his name and address on the back of it. When it was handed to the
Presbyterian, he became quiet.
On the following day, the
two believers went back to the book fair to check on the other stores' displays.
One of them decided to pay another visit to the Presbyterian man. However,
an unpleasant surprise greeted him when the man responded to his greetings with
a "Don't call me 'brother'. I'm not your brother. You're a cult."
A month passed and I
received a phone call from a news reporter. The first thing he said was,
"I was told that you are a leader of a cult, that you follow a cult leader
named William Branham. I would like to have an interview with you."
Of course, he refused to
tell me where he got his information. However, I got to find out later
that the Presbyterian man was an editor in the same press company where the
reporter worked. And I had also found out that this Presbyterian man had been
going about cult hunting.
Speaking to the reporter,
I told him I would be glad to have him write about me provided that he first
let me see his finished script for my endorsement before he was to send it to the
press. I told him that in order for him to really write about me he had to
first read some of my writings and books of William Branham. He
agreed and he collected them through a messenger boy.
About two weeks later, he
had the books returned. He called again and we had a chat on the phone.
He apparently did not read the books, just flipped through them, perhaps.
His conversation was again on the subject of cults and that he again told me
that he was given the knowledge that William Branham was the man who created
Branhamism, and Branhamism was a cult. I asked him whether he was a
Christian. He said, "Yes. A Methodist."
I asked, "How do you
define a cult?"
He defined, "A cult is
a group of people who deviates from the mainstream religions to follow a
charismatic leader."
I replied, "By such a
definition, defined by traditional churches, do not that make Jesus Christ and
his disciples a cult? His group was not of the mainstreams; they had
nothing to do with the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Herodians and a few others
that were well established. And, as a Methodist you would have known that
when John Wesley started his work, there were already mainstream denominational
churches. Perhaps, the group of people who followed Wesley was called a
cult by the mainstream religious people, don't you think? But today, the
Methodist organization has become a part of the mainstream. When a group
is small and its faith contradicts the big mainstream groups, it is called a
cult. But when it becomes established and accepted by the mainstream
religious movement, it is no longer called a cult."
He answered, "Well, I
never thought of that."
I said further, "A
cult should be defined as a religious group of people who believe in and follow
a certain person, or teachings, practices, etc. Therefore Methodism
is a cult, Methodist cult; Presbyterianism is a cult, Presbyterian cult;
Mormonism is a cult, Mormon cult; Roman Catholicism is a cult, Roman Catholic
cult; etc. As for me, I am not in Branhamism because Branham is not my
leader and neither did he create Branhamism. That you may know, let me say
that Wesley did not create Methodism, it was started later by some men.
For me, Jesus Christ is my Leader. I am following His Word, the Bible, not
some traditions. So you can call me and my group a Jesus cult or a Bible
cult."
The reporter did not say
much after that. I asked if he still wanted to write an article about me
and my faith and my "cultic" group. He said that "there's really nothing
to write about."
Well now, that did not
really end the story. A month later, I was called up by the law and was
interviewed. Once more, it was that self-righteous Presbyterian man who
anonymously made use of certain "force" to try and silence me and my ministry.
That did not work either. The law was more interested to know if I have
cheated, molested, deceived, politically and socially undermined any people at
all.
That said, what kind of
persons ought we to be as believers of the Word of God? Does the Spirit of
God give us the liberty to foolishly run around and be cult hunters? It is
one thing to expose false doctrines and evil men but another thing to seek to
destroy a man. Just leave him alone.
Gamaliel had good advice
for us:
ACT 5:38 And now I say
unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or
this work be of men, it will come to nought:
39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even
to fight against God.
Amen.
29 July, 2005
strong delusion
In my recent trip to the
USA (from 23 June to 20 July, 2005), I got to hearing about a false teaching
that is profusely being spread around among churches and believers. The
teaching is that William Branham will resurrect to minister one more time before
the Lord comes to take His Bride. This teaching is termed as "The Return
Ministry". I have heard of this so-called revelation (believed to have
been started by two preachers in Arizona) many years ago and since that time it has
deceived quite a large following of people in the USA. Generally those
that are deceived are the Branhamites for they are the ones who hold strongly to
the words of Bro. Branham as THE ABSOLUTE, one way or another.
A strong delusion has
come upon these people that they should believe the lie that William Branham
will rise again in the flesh, or whatever form of body they believe him to take,
and that he will once more go around the world ministering the Word of God before
Christ's return. This teaching is based ENTIRELY on the
opinionated interpretations of some foolish preachers on some statements and dreams and visions of Bro. Branham.
In deceiving themselves these preachers are deceiving their own congregations.
Deception. O deception!
Where is wisdom −
the wisdom of the preachers and the wisdom of the hearers? Are they true
Bible believers? If they are, why are they not like those wise Christians
in Berea who "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)? And should not they take
heed to these words of Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16-17?
2TI 3:16 All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works.
Some of
these foolish preachers even dare to pronounce judgment on those who do not
believe their teaching as blasphemers. How foolishly clever! Either
they are creating a fear to hold their congregation or they are truly blind as
not to see their very own blaspheming act against the Word of the Lord.
They are
lifting a servant of God to be THE ABSOLUTE. Are they any different from
this man (S. Thomas) who claimed William Branham as the Lord Branham Christ?
[http://christbranham.com] Isn't that scary, devilish?


Click to read:
Branhamism in the very extreme
If the Sacred Scripture
of God is not a believer's ABSOLUTE and AUTHORITY of faith, I can assure you
that he is still living in darkness. And the devil is his father for he is
the father of lies and he has lied to him.
3 Aug. 2005
lying wonders
Fiction is always
stranger than fact. Too often have I heard of "wonderful supernatural
happenings" that took place in the lives of some preachers. It is not that I do not believe in the supernatural, I do, but
the claims made by these preachers are so farfetched that any spiritual man
would be a fool to believe them. However, that is the chief reason why
"wonders" are fabricated by some preachers − to fool the listeners,
the congregations, to deceive them. Of course, there are ulterior motives
for creating "lying wonders".
Here is a good one that I
have heard:
This pastor once
testified that he was in his car and driving to a certain place. However
he said that the Holy Spirit came and he experienced the supernatural. He
said he was given the power to command the car to drive by itself to his
destination. Now, do I believe his story? This
same pastor had also, on another occasion, testified that while he was waiting
in the terminal of an airport for a flight to a city he
was miraculously teleported there by the power of God instead. Can I also
believe that? Can you?
Some have asked me: "If
you can believe that Bro. Branham spoke squirrels to life, why can't you believe
what this pastor said?" Well, simply because William Branham was a SINCERE man but
this pastor isn't. If any man is spiritual, let him discern the spirit and
the testimony of a preacher in the light of the Scripture. Everything that
God had done or spoken has a purpose. So did the words of this particular pastor. His
purpose? It was to either draw people to himself or to draw away the attention of his congregation from his wrongdoing of mis-appropriating money that did not belong to him. Like those Charismatic
preachers who are ever looking at, and for money, this pastor and others like him have
fallen into the trap of serving God for filthy lucre. "Bread gained by
deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel"
(Prov.20:17). Like those false prophets who prophesied to Israel, "a
false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart"
(Jer.14:14), so did this pastor and others that I have encountered during my
ministry. They have no integrity. In deceiving themselves, they are deceiving others.
Take heed what you hear.
Be wise. Discern the spirit. Not all preachers are preachers of the
Lord God.
7 Oct. 2005
seeking to correct and
judge
Just last month I
received an email from someone who thought he had the truth on the subject of
the Nephilim (Giants) and sought to correct me. He wrote (bold emphasis in his
email are mine):
Hi,
I have been reading your work on "the serpent seed". Although you make a number
of interesting points, I want to inform you on your errors in the supposed "line
of Cain and how evil it was" tact.
You say that Cain's
descendants were evil and Seth's were pure. I draw your attention to your
following paragraph...
5. After Enos was born to
Seth "then began men to call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen.4:26). This verse
has often been misinterpreted by most Bible readers. Ancient Jewish records
rendered that they "began profanely to call upon the name of the Lord. This
shows us that the Cainic people had drifted off from whatever little knowledge
of the true spirit of worship, which they might have learned from their father
Cain, into idolatrous worship. They invoked the Holy Name of Jehovah God in
their idol worship. Idol worship is also traced back to that time.
If you read your bible accurately, you will see that this applies to Seth's
lineage - not Cain's. And if Seth's lineage was so pure, why did God destroy
the earth with a flood? I suggest you do your research on the Nephilim
mentioned in Genesis 6 to give you insight into what happened before the flood.
I agree with you that Cain's
descendants were probably evil. But please do not twist scripture to
support your view. If your view is in contradiction with scripture, then
ditch your view.
At the time of Enosh, the
verse should read something like.. "men began to call themselves by the name of
God". Again I ask you to research the nephilim. You will be surprised
with what you find.
I am hoping to read a reply from you. But
most probably wont because
what I
have to say challenges your precious theory too much. I would like to see you prove me wrong.
Regards
Simon
Well, when I read that, I
felt that the man did not have a right spirit. Here was a man who had already
made up his mind what to believe and His questioning was not to seek
the truth or clarification but merely to challenge. Whatever answers I gave to his
questions would lead to an argument and debate over the word "nephilim".
Therefore, I replied simply and factually:
Hi. As long as you hold to the
fact that the nephilim are a result of fallen angels having sex with earthly
women, then all your questions could not be answered. And I won't bother to
try. (I once thought and almost held the same view as you.)
RGan
And just as I discerned,
here came his reply. Watch that spirit that came with it:
Richard,
You still haven't answered the question about the wrong lineage of Cain and
Seth. So answer that one first before you start sending pathetic replies.
As for angels having sex with humans, you need to realise that these particular
angels "left their proper place".
I asked you specific questions and you in your arrogance started to defame my
questions and motives. Again I ask you to stop twisting scripture to
match your theory.
Here was a man who would
not rest until he had proven me wrong, if he could. My simple and factual
reply was instantly judged by him as pathetic and that I was defaming his
questions and motive. The second attempt to reason with his
approach and answers to his questions only aggravated him. This is a part
of his reply:
You can say that I don’t act
like a Christian. But I don’t give a damn what you say because you are a
false teacher... I have had enough of you Richard. You go on and teach your
rubbish teaching based on your ego and not on the word of God.
Further emails from him
were blocked and deleted at the server. I wouldn't want to waste my time
on him. Suffice to say that he is one of many who has a confronting spirit
that seeks to challenge other Christians to prove them wrong in their doctrine.
These people are easily agitated and they will even curse and swear.
21 Nov. 2005
almost killed twice
1981 was the beginning of my coming into fulfilling the apostolic ministry. I
had begun my missionary journey to India in the month of April. Barely 3 months
later I could have died, twice, in California, USA. Whenever I reminisce these
events I shudder at what could have been.
I
believe that Satan had tried to prevent me from fulfilling my ministry by
threatening physical harm upon me and my family. The first time that Satan
sought to do that was when my family of four took a trip to Disneyland, in Los
Angeles. It happened on our way home after a summer convention in
Jeffersonville, Indiana. After checking into a hotel room we took a coach to
Disneyland. The day soon passed and after the sun had set and street lights had
been turned on, we took a bus back to a bus terminal which was just a few blocks
near the hotel. There we boarded a taxi for the hotel. When the driver
approached the hotel, he could not get near to the main entrance as there were
several cars parked there. So the driver pulled up about 40 or 50 feet away by
the side of the hotel building. I paid the driver and got out the right side of
the taxi. I had my bag with me, slung on my right shoulder. Just as I bent to
pick up my son, who was asleep on the seat, I suddenly found myself skidding,
face up on the sidewalk, away from the taxi. What happened was two
white-dressed 6-feet tall black guys had grabbed and thrown me to the ground.
For a brief moment I was in a daze, wondering why I was on the ground flat on my
back. Only when I saw two black men standing over me with one pulling at my bag,
which I refused to let go, and the other kicking at me had it occurred to me
what happened.
Instinctively, I fought back while lying on the ground. I kicked back, aiming
for the groin of the one who did most of the kicking at me. I almost hit his
vital spot. The next moment he reacted. I could see he was really angry. He
plunged his huge right foot hard onto my face. Laying flat on the ground I saw
that gigantic foot coming at my face. I turned my face to the right and not a
split second too soon for I felt the shoe of his foot grazed the side of my left
ear as it slammed hard onto the ground. In a flash, I realized I was up against
hoodlums whose only thought was to get what they wanted without any regard for
the life of their victims. They might also have had knives or guns on them. I
let go my bag and watched out for more kicks from them but both men ran down the
sidewalk just as the taxi driver came out with his crowbar. Both of us chased
them down a dark area with me yelling at them to give back the passports in my
bag. Of course, it was fruitless. Why would muggers heed the victim's request
when they are hard at their work? So, they got away in a getaway car, driven by
a black man too. My bag contained nothing much of value, save for our passports,
some Hong Kong dollars and a Yashica camera.
I
ran back quickly to my wife and found her standing near the taxi with our
daughter in her hands, and my son still asleep in the car. Across the road was
a restaurant that was filled with customers. They simply sat, ate and observed
the mugging as it took place.
After the police came and left, we went to our hotel room. We prayed and thanked
God for keeping us, especially myself, safe. I would shudder each time I think
of the incident. I could have been killed by that angry foot coming down hard
onto my face if it wasn't for the Lord's hand on me.
With no passports we could not exit the country. We needed help. We called a
Bible believing family who we knew were living in a suburb near Oakland, at the
bottom of a mountainous area. We told them what had happened to us. They
graciously extended their hands to put us up in their home while we sought and
waited for the necessary documents for the family to go home. It was during this
period of extended stay, for some 3 weeks, that death threatened me once again.
I
love to go horse riding, whenever I get a chance. The family who lodged us had
a horse. One day, about a week later, one of the daughters in the family asked
if I would like to saddle up and ride up to the mountain. I did not hesitate to
say yes. Soon I was introduced to the horse. She was a standard brown full
grown mare. Her name was Abigail. Because I was a stranger to her, we had to
get acquainted. After talking and patting the mare, I had her eating some carrot
bits and sugar cubes out of my hand as the sister saddled her up.
Soon I was on horseback. To get up to the top I had to negotiate a path which
was on the side of the mountain. The cliff was pretty steep but the path up was
fairly wide. When I got to the top, I had an exhilarating view of the San
Francisco Bay and the cities around. It was a beautiful day. I trotted leisurely
in a circular leftward direction and took the view in for as long as I could
until it was time to head back down the mountain.
The path down the mountain was not the same one that was used to go up. This
one was half as wide - only about 6 feet. The cliff drop was some few hundred
feet below. Abigail, the horse, had been well behaved and obedient so far until
just after she started walking down the path did she, all of a sudden, bolt. I
tried to hold her back and called out her name but her head was stiffly fixed
forward. I knew I was in trouble. But horse sense (pun intended) got a hold of
me to ride it out. For that few brief seconds as she ran off down the dirt path,
I glanced up and saw a branch of a tree ahead of me. It was rooted to the side
of the cliff and stretched completely across the path. I was approaching it at
neck level on a runaway horse!
Once more the Lord's hand was upon me. Reacting instantly, I bent my body to the
left and as low as possible and making sure that I was tightly glued to the
saddle and stirrups. It was not a moment too soon. I felt the many smaller
branches of leaves brushing against the right side of my face and shoulder as I
passed under the tree.
Heaving a sigh of relief, I righted myself on the saddle and let Abigail run
down the rest of the path till where the path sloped slightly upward to join the
broader one that we came up on. It was then that I tugged and pulled the reins
back as I yelled at her, "Abigail! Whoa! Whoa!" that she finally stopped. I
patted her and talked to her to calm her down before we continued downwards. As
I calmed Abigail I looked back at the dirt path which was about 150 yards long.
It was 150 yards of my possible death. I shuddered. I could have been killed
either by smashing my throat or chest right against the tree branch and hung
there, or have fallen off the horse and down the cliff.
Two near death events within a week. O how gracious is the Lord to watch over
me and all His own everywhere. The world belongs to the evil one and usually he
hates the presence of God's saints. But the righteous work of God will prevail
until our Lord returns to claim His own and His Kingdom. Blessed be the Name of
the Lord.
15 July, 2006
Judgers and VIPreachers
Here are several letters that I would like to share with you readers.
(Some letters are shown truncated.) They speak for themselves as to the kind of
spirit that possessed the writers. The first one is a handwritten, 4-page letter
dated 15 September 1987 and it came from
Kenya. The writer was lifting up
a man by the name of Daniel Nditu whom he believed possessed the Elijah's mantle
of Bro. Branham. The letter contains several events that he claimed were witnessed by
believers in the church and they were supposedly supernatural events. He believed that they confirmed Daniel Nditu as being God's chosen one for the hour
and that he was the 8th messenger. The writer called my attention to the
little photo (which he photocopied onto the top left hand of the letter) and
pointed out to me the upside down "?" mark above the left side of the head of
Nditu. He said that the "?" mark appeared in the photo supernaturally and,
in another letter, he wrote to indicate that the "?" was asking "who is this
man?" As I did not agree with his belief I was told to repent for my unbelieving
spirit and to follow the real truth.




Seven years later, I received a long letter from
Zambia
in which the man tried to correct my teaching on Polygamy. Of course, the
man believed that God authorized polygamy. He wrote that when a virgin is
raped by a man she is considered married to him and cannot marry another.
Then about another year later the same man wrote me and the late Bro. Raymond
Jackson in which he tried to get us to recognize him as a man of God who has
been given the revelation of the Seventh Seal. He had a huge manuscript of 670
pages on the
revelation. That's quite a "revelation" if you can believe it.



The year 2000 brought me a letter from a man in
Uganda.
His 3-page letter was to correct me that if my teachings do not line up with
his, then I must be in error. Should I not heed his admonition, I am in
danger of God taking my life. What a judger and a VIP!

Last but not the least of all such letters that I have received is this one from
Ghana.
The writer also sent a similar copy to Bro. Jackson of Faith Assembly, USA.
The subject on the letter is "AN URGENT LORD'S INVITATION INTO THE MINISTRY OF
THE 2 WITNESSES, ELIJAH & MOSES". The writer has the name "- Elijah" after
his name on the top left corner of his letter. Most probably, he must be
referring to himself as the Elijah.

One thing clearly stands out in all these letters and that is, men who are not
called of God to a ministry will always try to project themselves as some VERY
IMPORTANT PREACHERS that other preachers must take heed and follow. They
will not only judge other preachers' doctrines but they will also warn the
preachers by passing judgment. They act as if they are God Himself.
The bad side of such men is the unwarranted claim of being the 8th messenger, an
Elisha, or one of the Two Witnesses. If such men believe that they are called of
God with a very special gift, then they should be humble like Bro. Branham.
God is the One to do the vindication.
05 April, 2009
coffee, tea and beard
While sipping my coffee,
I could not help but recall an incident from the late 1970s. On
two different occasions, I was visited by ministers from USA and New
Zealand.
The two American ministers sat with me
during the casual meet and brought out a question as to whether I drank
coffee and tea. I replied affirmatively of which they responded
saying, "You shouldn't be drinking coffee and tea as caffeine is
addictive." They elaborated on the point that, like alcohol and nicotine
which destroy the body, so does caffeine. They encouraged me to drink
distilled water because Bro. Branham drank distilled water. Well,
I was all ears but not all heart to swallow such a foolish notion. A few weeks
later, I met a few believers from another assembly. They saw me
drinking a cup of tea said, "You shouldn't be drinking tea." Apparently,
these believers had been paid a visit by those two ministers and was
conveyed the same "doctrine".
In the second
occasion, two ministers came from New Zealand one evening. Both sported
a beard. No sooner had we set down was I told that I should grow a
beard. Asking them why I should grow one, they replied that all saintly men
in Bible days had beards. I asked that they prove it. Their reply was,
"It's a revelation." I smiled, thinking how most Chinese young men would
look like having a beard — Billy goats.
What those ministers
have given me was something of personal opinion but not the Word.
08 Oct. 2009
This article appears
in a Singapore newspaper on 3rd October after
the recent earthquakes in Samoa and Sumatra It discusses the issue of
plate tectonics.
It calls my attention to what the Lord showed me
back then in February 2005 regarding the shifting plates towards the San
Andreas fault in California.
[See 19 Feb. 2005.]
Please read it first before reading this news
article.
Read the boxed paragraphs.
Certainly, we are not far from the final hour of the BIG one.

05 Oct. 2011
While going through
my window folders and emails, I came across some emails dated back to
2006. These emails are a correspondence from a pastor of a traditional
church. This correspondence is one of many since the website was set up
in 1999. The approach seen in this pastor's correspondence is a very
common one. Nevertheless this pastor showed some humility but there were
many correspondences from other preachers and believers who were very
pharisaical. They showed no constraint in their blasphemous accusations,
twisting and turning their words to suit their purposes and doctrines.
They were very much like those religious Jews in Jesus' days. They could
not accept that the traditions of their elders (of their churches) were
ever wrong.
From emails…2006
Have you ever
thought about why you believe the same thing many white supremacists
believe, just with a different twist? Of course in their twisted
doctrine you as a non-European or a non blusher are not of the line
of Adam but rather of the seed of the serpent. I did have one
question: Didn't Eve hand the fruit to Adam and he also ate? Does
this mean that you believe that Adam had homosexual sex with Satan?
You are being deceived because of your rejection of spiritual
authority. May God have mercy on you and at least enable you to
escape the flames. Deception is like a strong grip of Satan that is
deeply imbedded in the soul. It would reject the truth if Christ
Himself was to come down to correct the error. It does not produce
Christian unity but rather factions that the scripture warned
against. No one in scripture taught your foolishness, isn't this
enough, or did they secretly teach it also? Your doctrine refutes
the whole of scripture in every way. There is no race or "seed" with
any inherent goodness in them! There is no seed of satan in the
earth physically, yet everyone is born as a child of the devil
because of their spiritual nature being that of sin and darkness and
"doing what there father does". I realize that arguing with you will
not accomplish anything because now your whole identity is caught up
in this foolishness. I just had to respond once to such deep
deception. I will not strive with you and I pray you be saved.
From
J---D---
Quoting your two statements:
*
Didn't Eve
hand the fruit to Adam and he also ate? Does this mean that you
believe that Adam had homosexual sex with Satan?
*
There is no race or
"seed" with any inherent goodness in them! There is no seed of satan
in the earth physically, yet everyone is born as a child of the
devil because of their spiritual nature being that of sin and
darkness and "doing what there father does".
It seems to me that you believe that I am teaching that there is: 1)
a race of people with inherent goodness in them, and 2) a race of
people out of Satan (seed of Satan), and 3) that Adam had homosexual
sex with Satan?
If that's what you understood out of reading my article, please read
it again. I believe, like many who are holding to traditional view
and who are prideful, you did not read my article properly. Most
likely you simply gleaned through and picked up passages here and
there that you found offensive. If you think that I believe that
there is a superior race of people on earth, then you have misread.
Thank you for your view but do not misread my article(s).
RGan
>
That is the easy way out; accuse
me of pride. Could you answer any of my questions? Make it the
simple one. Didn't the scriptures say that Eve handed the fruit to
Adam and he ate? If the fruit was representative of having sex with
Satan, then did Adam have sex with the devil also? I did read your
entire article but I only responded to the points that are in
blatant error. Pride is normally recognized when someone assumes
they are right and most everyone else is wrong. Factions come from
"revelations" that are contrary to the scriptures. Those who receive
these "deeper truths" entrench themselves in them and become too
prideful in their "knowledge" to accept reality. These "revelations"
always work towards division and the separation from the church and
they certainly do not accomplish the will of God in the earth. I am
a pastor that believes in digging in the scriptures and bringing out
the deeper meaning but I also recognize that there is nothing new
under the sun and the most in depth knowledge in the scriptures is
in plain view when we have the mind of Christ (a mind spiritually
submissive to God). You have broken one of the main rules of
biblical interpretation: Always take the scriptures literally unless
there is sufficient evidence to assume some other form of writing is
being used such as hyperboles, prophetic pictures, allegorical
statements, etc, etc. Just because you do not understand why God
would use literal trees to represent the nature of self verses His
nature and life does not mean that it means something deeper. Also
it appears you make the same mistake many people do in assuming that
God was not pleased with Cain's offering because it was not a blood
sacrifice. You will find this nowhere in scripture, or even hinted
at. This was read into the scriptures many years ago and has been
propelled by it being taught in our bible colleges. The New
Testament makes it very plain why Cain's offering was rejected and
why Abel's was accepted. Abel brought his firstlings in faith. He
gave the first portion and the fat thereof. Cain brought some but
not the first or the fat portion of his crops. This is a simple
illustration of giving in faith. God has always required the first
part and still does. He does not require animals from agriculture
workers and he does not require agriculture from animal raisers. I
assume you are sincere and therefore may our Lord help you and be
merciful too you. Just believe what the Word says and you will not
create any strange factions. Also, I had to learn a hard lesson in
ministry. Just because God anoints someone and speaks through them
it does not mean they are correct in everything that they say or
even that they are truly submitted to God. The Lord spoke a sobering
word to me one day when He said, "do not mistake my anointing for my
approval." Many will come in that day saying didn't I prophesy in
your name and work miracles in your name and He will tell them to
depart from him because He never knew them; another sobering word.
Blessings,
J---D---
Accusing you of pride? You came to
me with an email that shows your judgement with a prideful
conclusion:
"I realize that arguing with you will not accomplish anything
because now your whole identity is caught up in this foolishness. I
just had to respond once to such deep deception. I will not strive
with you and I pray you be saved."
If that's not pride, then somebody's blind.
You are aware of what you believe concerning the FRUIT and I am
aware of what I believe concerning the fruit, too. If you want to
prove your doctrines right and others wrong, then you should seek
out those FORUM sites and post your arguments. And I can guarantee
you that you will find yourself blue in the face in debating. You
may have your:
"The Lord spoke a sobering word to me one day when He said, "do not
mistake my anointing for my approval."
That is true, and no
doubt the same could be said by any other to another. The WWW is
full of them. But I do not go out there, read what I dislike and
start writing self-righteous email to every web master/preacher and
tell them: "I
realize that arguing with you will not accomplish anything because
now your whole identity is caught up in this foolishness. I just had
to respond once to such deep deception. I will not strive with you
and I pray you be saved."
Sincerely,
RGan
>
Are we talking about
pride? Insinuating you knew more than "traditional" or
"denominational" Christians and their pastors, you said all of the
following:
"The average denominational Christians generally lack spiritual
interest in looking into GOD'S WORD. They are contented with just
being "a Christian" attached to some denominational churches or
Christian organizations and, therefore, lack the spiritual insight
of the Word of God."
"Traditional and denominational-minded preachers have made people to
believe..."
"as the denominational churches would have you believe?"
"Most Christians, in spiritualizing Genesis 3:15, can only see that
"her seed" prophetically refers to the "seed of the woman" - Jesus
Christ born of the Virgin Mary, and that Christ would crush and
defeat Satan who could only bring temporary suffering to Him."
Brother, if anyone is "spiritualizing" scripture it is you. Us
"traditional" folks are simply believing what it says. For example
you write of Gen 3:15 not refering to just the seed of Christ. Take
a look at Gal 3:16.
Galations 3:16 "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy
seed, which is Christ."
It is only Christ and of course those who would become a part of His
body that the scriptures refered to in Gal 3:15.
Your writing is full of put downs to other believers to exalt your
greater knowledge and more in depth understanding and your only
defense to someone who calls you on it is that they are prideful?
It appears that your revelations are backwards reasoning; assuming
something extra biblical is true and then attempting to match the
scriptures to it. It works just like evolution which assumes we
evolved from tadpoles and then sets out to prove it and some have
even tried to show it in the scriptures. They have actually
convinced many poor souls that they are teaching facts.
To give you credit, I did read alot of your materials and many of
them are good and well written. You seem to be sincere and wanting
God and His truth. The Lord bless you.
J---D---
Hello.
You are again trying to judge me. I have a right to write and teach
what I believe. My article was not address to you. You won't get
any answer from me when you come judging. Jesus didn't always give
the Pharisees any direct answer to their judgmental questioning but
rather with rebukes. So, why should I?
What do you know about Oriental expressions in Scriptures? The
Bible is not an Occidental book. When the Roman Church organized
they gave the Bible a western interpretation and hence we have
paganism in church doctrines such as a HOLY TRINITY and the ORIGINAL
SIN WAS CAUSED BY THE EATING OF A LITERAL FRUIT.
I won't answer your question. Period.
Shalom.
RGan
>
It sems that you do not
have any answers. I toned down my retoric and even complemented you
sincerely. I am not a pharisee trying to trap you. I am simply
asking you to explain your self. If you will not answer and submit
to your brothers in Christ then you will not answer to Him either.
All judgments aside teach me what you know; if you know something.
Adam ate the fruit also; please explain. I truly desire to know your
reasoning on this so I may represent your doctrine properly when I
talk about it to my congregation. I have mentioned this doctrine and
told them that to my knowledge there is no answer from your doctrine
concerning this matter and if your doctrine is correct then Adam had
homosexual sex with Satan. Is this correct or am I misrepresenting
you?
Sincerely
Pastor JDH
Thank you. I
appreciate that now that you come this way.
I can now go to answer your one question about Adam eating the
fruit. First of all, the article on the ORIGINAL SIN was written
many years back and have been edited with addition information for
clarity whenever there's a need. This part concerning Adam
partaking of the fruit has yet to be added in.
Now, as already mentioned in the article, "to eat" is not just
simply the partaking of something into the mouth. Also, explanation
is that the Serpent (not Satan) was the instrument or vessel by whom
Satan used to bring about the Fall. The Serpent seduced Eve into
partaking something that was forbidden. Hence a FRUIT was
partaken. (Let me, at this point give an eg. to the particular
oriental expression in the Bible in modern term. If there is a
bottle of liquid that looks pleasant to the eye and appears to the
taste bud but it can cause severe diarrhoea and I tell you that if
you were to drink of it you will reap its fruit, what does that
mean? Simply, that when you partake (drink/eat) of it, you are
partaking of the fruit (the result).
When Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, she actually
fornicated with the Serpent. The result was, of course, death. Eve
was not seduced into fornication per se, but rather she was seduced
into partaking the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. Perverted
knowledge was what she partook and it came by way of an illicit sex
act. But Eve's eye was not opened to that as yet and had no
realization of that wrong. Having eaten of the forbidden fruit, she
coerced Adam to eat of the same (not fornication/sexual act with the
Serpent). But what was it? Here is where the explanation is most
difficult because many oriental expressions could not be so easily
explained, esp. when Christians have been for centuries holding to a
word for word translation of Bible text.
So, what then was it that Adam ate? He partook of the same that Eve
partook -- perverted knowledge. Adam knew Eve had done wrong. He
knew that God would take her in death. That would mean Adam would
lose his mate, bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh. And that
would mean he would have no one else to spend his life with on the
earth except having the animals, birds, etc. for companions. What
would Adam do? Simple. He had to do what His Heavenly Father
expected him to do. Like Christ Jesus, Adam had to SAVE HIS "BONE
OF HIS BONES AND FLESH OF HIS FLESH". So he had to IDENTIFY WITH
HER SIN, brought about by partaking of the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD
AND EVIL (Perverted Knowledge). (Did not Jesus identify with our
fallen state?) Adam was NOT DECEIVED. Eve was DECEIVED.
In identifying with Eve's SIN, Adam had to have sex with her, of
course. Not that having sex with his own woman is wrong but that Eve
was already defiled by the Serpent and belonged to the
Serpent. That's why in judging Eve, God said, "thy desire shall be
to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee". Her desire had been
to someone else (ie the Serpent) other than her husband. Eve had
been deceived by another and Adam, in laying down with her,
identified with her sin. Adam took sin upon himself. He took the
fruit and brought death.
Adam's act was an act of STANDING IN THE GAP such that God could not
judge Eve without first judging Adam. And Adam knew that God knew
that he knew that He would not destroy him (Adam) because he was a
part of HIM. Adam was a SON OF GOD, a direct creation, whereas Eve
was a by product from his side. (All animals were direct creation
and created in pairs.) Likewise Jesus came to identify with fallen
man and took our sins upon Himself and brought LIFE. He STANDS IN
THE GAP so that God could not judge His (Christ's) Bride without
first judging Him. And also God could not destroy Christ as Christ
is a part of HIM. He was a THE SON OF GOD. The first Adam, the
last Adam, type and anti-type hold true.
J---, I am a 58 year old Chinese. The Chinese language is a very
old language, and I don't like it. I am never good at it. I hardly
speak it. In certain particular expression, a limited number of,
say 4 or 5 words will have such profound meaning, and to explain
them would take many many words. The Hebrew also is such a
language. The Bible is not English and the transliteration (from
Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek), though good, may not have captured the
true expression. Perhaps, you would like to look into this:
http://www.wbschool.org/chinesecharacters.htm
==
Now, my questions to traditional teaching of the ORIGINAL SIN are
many, but just this one that none can answer: If the Original Sin
came by eating a literal fruit, why is there a need for the shedding
of BLOOD, SINLESS BLOOD, as payment for sin?
Shalom.
Regards,
RGan