{"id":172,"date":"2007-10-28T07:32:05","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T15:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wcg-news\/pcg-reports-on-hwas-finances\/"},"modified":"2007-10-28T07:33:16","modified_gmt":"2007-10-28T15:33:16","slug":"pcg-reports-on-hwas-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wcg-news\/pcg-reports-on-hwas-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"PCG Reports on HWA’s Final Handling of Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Order\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In the November issue of PCG’s<\/a> Philadelphia Trumpet is another excerpt from S. Flurry’s book Raising the Ruins:<\/em><\/p>\n

Herbert W. Armstrong prepared his last will and testament on Jan. 12, 1986\u2014four days before he died. Knowing he was near death, his first directive was that Herman Hoeh officiate the funeral \u201cwithout pomp and undue ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his second directive, he bequeathed all his property of \u201cevery kind and nature\u201d to the Worldwide Church of God. Think about that<\/em>. He had been pastor general of that church for more than 50 years. And though it started pitifully small, at the time of his death, the church\u2019s annual income was $164 million. As founder and pastor general of the Worldwide Church of God, Herbert W. Armstrong could have amassed a personal fortune by the time he died. As it was, the house he died in belonged to the church<\/em>. The plane he traveled in belonged to the church<\/em>. The cars he commuted in belonged to the church<\/em>. And what he actually did own at the time of his death\u2014even though he had three living children\u2014he left to the church<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Had he been in it for the extravagant opulence that Tkach Jr. accused him of, can you imagine what kind of retirement package he could have set up for himself after 30 or 40 years as pastor general? Yet, he served God and tirelessly worked right up until the day he died. And at his death, every material possession he owned went right back to the church.<\/p>\n

In his will, he explained that he chose not to leave his descendants anything\u2014not because of any ill will toward them\u2014but because he believed they had \u201cadequate means of their own\u201d and because leaving what he had to the church would ensure that it \u201cbe put to more permanent and beneficial use for many people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That about sums up Herbert W. Armstrong\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

Even on his deathbed, his final wish was for everything he owned to go toward the work so that \u201cmany people\u201d might benefit.<\/p>\n

Mr. Armstrong put God\u2019s<\/em> Family and God\u2019s<\/em> work first. And as difficult as that might be to grasp, looking at it humanly, isn\u2019t that what we should expect from a man of God? Jesus Christ, after all, said, \u201cHe that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.\u201d That\u2019s what Jesus taught\u2014and lived<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t you expect Jesus Christ to put God\u2019s Family and God\u2019s work first? \u201cI must<\/span> work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work,\u201d Christ said. It wasn\u2019t an option for Him\u2014He had<\/span> to work. He never considered retirement. He kept right on working until the day mankind murdered Him for putting God first.<\/p>\n

Putting God and His work first is the basic theme of the Bible<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Herbert W. Armstrong put this principle\u2014this law<\/span>\u2014into action. He gave<\/em> and gave<\/em> and gave<\/em> and gave<\/em>. Then he died\u2014exhausted from the heavy load God had laid on his shoulders. But God brought him back to life\u2014and though he would have rather died or at least retired, he kept right on giving for another 81\/2<\/span> years<\/span>! His lifelong work of service and sacrifice for the good of others<\/em> proved, as our Savior promised it would, that it truly is more blessed to give than to receive.<\/p>\n

S. Flurry’s book is more popular than I first thought as I saw two copies of it for sale at the local Barnes & Nobles bookstore.<\/em><\/p>\n

Two articles of related interest to HWA would include:<\/em><\/p>\n

Who Was Herbert W. Armstrong? How is He Viewed Today?<\/a> Includes quotes from the 1973 edition of The Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong<\/em> and explains how he is and should be viewed today.
\n15 Accusations and Truthful Responses About Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> He, even after his death, keeps being improperly maligned–here is the truth on these matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 In the November issue of PCG’s Philadelphia Trumpet is another excerpt from S. Flurry’s book Raising the Ruins: Herbert W. Armstrong prepared his last will and testament on Jan. 12, 1986\u2014four days before he died. Knowing he was near death, his first directive was that Herman Hoeh officiate the funeral \u201cwithout pomp and undue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-wcg-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}