In Reply to: Re: David Berg - Elijah Not! posted by Acheick on December 26, 2002 at 22:31:00:
Dear sister, greetings in the Name of the only wise God, and Savior Jesus Christ. The purpose behind my investigation of the COG phenomena is based on the belief that David Berg was used as part of a project by Satan to polish up an endtime program to subvert believers in a systematic way. That program, I believe is now being used on a massive scale to create a falling away that is drawing many under the influence of the anti-christ spirit. David Berg was I believe, a classic 'anti-christ', (an upsurper)that scripture also reveals to us as being exemplified in the, 'man of sin', a very religious person who eventually demands to be worshipped as God. The common conception of the antichrist appearing as an irreligious person, is I believe, a falsehood that is not backed up by scripture. (After all, he has his very own false prophet and also desires everyone to follow his religion - worship of himself.) The real, 'anti-christ' like Hitler, will deceive people into thinking he is, 'whatever it takes', to gain their trust. (IE. A good man out to save the world; and protect Christians and Jews, 'from' the 'antichrist'.)(The conditions being created in the world re: 'pronounced wickedness', is an extreme designed to create social fear and indignation in the world and especially among Christians so as to lure them into supporting a vain manmade recourse to the problem of evil.)(IE. A global church.)(and global government) This is happening now. Satan is using man's pride and desire for spiritual and temporal power to pull them in under his control. (The desire for spiritual and temporal power is at the very center of rebellion and occultism.)(IE. "Ye shall be as gods".) Jesus said, "Come unto me, all ye that that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matthew 11:28-29) He also tells us that without Him we can do nothing. Christians have to draw close to the Lord, and abide in Him, something they won't do if they won't accept this essential truth. (Many are continuing in sin, rejecting the Lord, because of the false gospels that teach they can be saved anyway.)(They preach a false, manmade, emotional-imaginary gospel-imaginary Jesus, rather than the real gospel that unites us with Jesus Christ.)
Paul said, 'That if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.' If, instead of repenting of sin to be cleansed of it, we carry on after the flesh, the Devil will rebuild us according to his own image. IE (anti-christ) (Religious perhaps, but opposed to real godliness that consists of abiding in Jesus Christ.) The Brandt Berg legacy is extremely religious, but carnal, and a work of the flesh, which incidentally is revealed in part by Deborah's own testimony. The religious empire
they built is firmly founded in pride and rebellion against the Lord and as such even helped produce a very dangerous false prophet and a global cult. John L. Brant, David's grandfather, while involved in the Freemasons was engaged in building Satan's global church.(Read his own words in the link below.)(He 'appeared' to be a sound fundamentalist (As did Mo at first.)but was a king pin in the Campbellite movement that is actually a cult that believes you are born again by being dunked in water (Ps. only adults however qualified.) and they also believe that no one who is not baptized as such can be saved. ( True baptisim is an outward act of faith and obedience revealing that we already believe and have been baptized (born again) of the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ.)(The Campbellites call themselves Baptists, but are generally not accepted as genuine Christians by real born again Baptists.)(The Pentecostals also falsely believe that born again believers need to be baptized of the Holy Spirit, when they actually need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.)(All who accept Jesus as Savior are baptized of the Holy Spirit, as that is the only way to be born again.)
Rev. Virginia Brandt Berg whose rebellious nature upsurped her own husband as head of their their ministry and turned her own household upside down, defied the Lord in calling herself a pastor, (and prophetess) messed up her own children by her example, while deceiving thousands of people about her accident and miraculous healing. Instead of repenting and returning to the Lord, (if she was truly born again) so she could serve Him in Spirit and in Truth, she tried to impress others with her false spirituality. I suspect also that the family subscribed to the heretical doctrine that God was finished with the Jewish nation, although it could be something that David Berg (Of Jewish background himself.) later developed as he was filled with the spirit of Satan. God still curses those who hate the Jews. Every nation (or individual) that turns in hatred toward them goes down the tubes, no exceptions. (Check it out in the history books.) The Devil tries his best to stir up hatred against the Jews, sometimes even using real Jews as fronts,(IE communism) so that people will develop a hatred towards them. He also uses so called,'Christians' to try and turn Jews off of believing in the Lord's New Testament. Eternal life is in Jesus Christ and those who do not believe the gospel to obey it, are rejecting Him. We are in the last days and Satan has more false gospels circulating than you can shake a stick at. Satan even has Christians running all over the world chasing after the Holy Spirit. What next. Every believer needs to be spending time in the Word and prayer and be filled with the Holy Spirit,(The Spirit of Truth) so as to stand fast in faith, and not be overcome during Satan's last stand.
The Lord Jesus bless you and fill you with His Spirit and Life. Your brother and servant, Bryon