Unleavened Bread COGwriter Last night began the last day of unleavened bread, which will end tonight at sunset this year. Christians are supposed to submit to God and eat unleavened bread each of these days (though the basically Christian UCG does not actually teach this, please see UCG and Its Unleavened Bread Study Paper): 6 […]
Month: April 2009
C. Difficile Pestilence?
Electron Microscope Image of a Clostridium Difficile COGwriter A pathogen seems to be re-emerging primarily because of excess use of antibiotics. A Deadly Germ Unleashed by Antibiotics New York Times – April 13, 2009 For years, health officials have sounded the alarm about overuse of antibiotics and the emergence of so-called “superbugs” that resist treatment. […]
CGG: Pakistan May Collapse
Nostradamus COGwriter At its website, CGG had the following world news article: Warning that Pakistan is in danger of collapse within months Paul McGeough April 13, 2009 PAKISTAN could collapse within months, one of the more influential counter-insurgency voices in Washington says. The warning comes as the US scrambles to redeploy its military forces and […]
Pope Says to Be Unleavened
Pope Benedictus XVI COGwriter The Pope has endorsed the idea that the last events of Jesus’ human life paralleled Jewish practices: Pope Urges Christians to Be “New Dough” Offers Pauline Reflection on Passover Rituals VATICAN CITY, APRIL 12, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Just as Jews remove unleavened bread from their households at Passover to signify a new […]
Kirill Working Toward Slavic Unity
Metropolitan Kirill COGwriter Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko met with head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kirill: 13 April 2009, 14:48 Lukashenko hopes Russian Church to actively help in strengthening Slavic unity Minsk, April 13, Interfax – Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko believes the Russian Orthodox Church will be more active in building unity between Byelorussia […]
Weinland’s 50th “Truth”
VS. COGwriter In his sermon yesterday, according to the “Don’t Drink the Flavor Aid” website, CGPFK’s Wayne Matthews stated: I wanted to refer to something that has meaning to me personally, and I’ve had to reflect on it. So — once we had declared a particular timeline earlier in 2008. And then in late June, […]
Did Early Christians Observe Easter?
COGwriter Today, most who profess Christ believe that Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday morning (which He was not, see What Happened in the Crucifixion Week?). However, few realize that Easter Sunday originally was NOT a resurrection holiday, but a change in the date of Passover from the 14th of Nisan to a Sunday. This […]
Legacy on New Currency
COGwriter Today, the latest newsletter from Legacy Institute’s Leon Sexton (who is based in northern Thailand) arrived. Here is some of what he reported: I have here on my desk a copy of The Nation, one of Thailand’s two leading English language newspapers. The front page headline says: “IMF Chief Backs Currency Talks.” The article […]
Resurrection Was on Saturday
COGwriter While many Catholics consider today to be “Holy Saturday”, they (and others) often overlook the fact that Jesus was not resurrected on Sunday morning, but was resurrected late on Saturday. First, here is one passage from the Bible: 1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while […]
More Gold in Egypt
The 220 kg Gold brick displayed in Chinkuashi Gold Museum, Taiwan COGwriter The following was of prophetic interest: Centamin ups reserves view at Egypt gold mine Reuters – April 9, 2009 LONDON (Reuters) – Gold explorer Centamin Egypt (CNT.AX) said the reserves estimate for its Sukari gold mine in Egypt had increased by 72 percent […]