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\"\"<\/a>Evans Ochieng<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

Evangelist Evans Ochieng sent the following today:<\/p>\n

Pastor Dr Bob,<\/p>\n

Greetings from kenya.<\/div>\n
For the last month up to last week, I have been busy visiting the congregations in kenya and co-workers. And since the congregations in kenya are so many now I couldn’t manage to visit all of them. I can’t continue to visit since there is a big problem of covid 19 which has increased so much in kenya especially Nyanza and western Kenya. The areas have a curfew and nobody is found out as from 7pm till 5 am. The covid 19 cases are so many now in these areas and part of rift valley.<\/div>\n
So things have become so difficult in these areas heavily. And these are the areas where most of congregations are located. So we need more prayers to brethren and kenya at large.<\/div>\n
The work in kenya has expanded and the doors are open for the work. We have 23 congregations in kenya with 4,022 people. Apart from that we have many Co-workers who are studying our booklets and visit our website. I’ve been getting many reports also from our deacons and hosts and pastors about how people do contact them about the truth which some of them getting from website, books and from our representatives. So the work in CCOG is expanding and being driven by the HOLY SPIRIT. …<\/div>\n
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Evangelist Evans.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Yes, CCOG literature, personal visits, and websites have resulted in success, despite problems like COVID-19!<\/p>\n

It is fantastic to see the growth we have had in Gentile regions like Kenya.<\/p>\n

Growth in Gentile regions was prophesied.<\/p>\n

In Romans 11, verse 25, the Apostle Paul<\/a> wrote the following:<\/p>\n

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25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. (Romans 11:25)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Apostle Paul also wrote:<\/p>\n

14 \u2026 Judeans, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many today, instead of forbidding it like the Jews, downplay and\/or ridicule reaching Gentiles in places like Africa. But, they do not seem to understand that the Bible teaches that WE MUST INSTRUCT MANY (cf. Daniel 11:33) INCLUDING GENTILES!<\/p>\n

Apostle Paul, he wrote:<\/p>\n

26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Deliverer will come out of Zion,
\nAnd He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
\n27 For this is My covenant with them,
\nWhen I take away their sins.\u201d (Romans 11:26-27)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, in the sequence of Romans 11, we see the full number of the Gentiles will come into the faith (Romans 11:25), prior to Jesus\u2019 return (Romans 11:26).<\/p>\n

The late Pastor General of the old Worldwide Church of God, Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a>, taught the following about Romans 11:25:<\/p>\n

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Now I want you to study carefully one of the most wonderful, important chapters in all the Bible \u2014 the 11th of Romans.<\/span> \u2026 Verse 23 says those who abide not still in unbelief shall YET receive salvation. <\/span> \u2026 Now study carefully beginning verse 25: \u201cBlindness in part is happened to Israel [HOW LONG? Forever? No \u2014 note it], UNTIL the fulness of the Gentiles be come in\u201d \u2014 the end of this age during which God is calling a people from among the gentiles to bear His name (Acts 15:14). And so, says Romans 11:26, \u201call Israel SHALL BE SAVED [how?]: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.\u201d The Deliverer, Jesus Christ, is coming again!<\/p>\n

When He comes, the gentile times will be over \u2014 the BLINDNESS will be removed from the Israelites \u2014 and their opportunity \u2014 their FIRST chance \u2014 of salvation will then come to those whom God had blinded! This is at the time when He comes to REIGN on HIS THRONE \u2014 the throne of David, with the saints made immortal reigning and ruling with Him \u2014 and the time is DURING THE THOUSAND YEARS!<\/p>\n

Notice verse 31. These blinded Israelites have not now, in this age, received mercy, that through the mercy of the gentiles saved in this age, they MAY, THEN, obtain mercy and salvation. How? Because these saved gentiles will then be kings and priests, assisting in this wonderful Work! (Armstrong HW. Where Will The MILLENNIUM Be Spent? Tomorrow\u2019s Word magazine, September 1971, p. 5)<\/p>\n

25: \u201cBlindness in part is happened until Israel\u201d-HOW LONG? Forever? No-note it-\u201cUNTIL the fulness of the Gentile<\/span>s be come in\u201d -the end of this age during which God is calling a people from among the Gentil<\/span>es to bear His name (Acts 15: 14). \u2026 These blinded Israelites have not now, in this age, received mercy, that thru the mercy of the Gentil<\/span>es saved in this age, they MAY, THEN, obtain mercy and salvation. How? Because these saved Gentil<\/span>es will then be kings and priests, assisting in this wonderful work! (Armstrong HW. Where Will The MILLENNIUM Be Spent? Plain Truth, February-March 1954 , pp. 4-5)<\/p>\n

(25) For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel [or that part of Israel, meaning the great part, the big part \u2014 all but a few, have been blinded. It\u2019s the big part actually] until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [Or the number of Gentiles to be converted becomes complete \u2014 as other translations have it]<\/span> (Armstrong HW. Romans 11-13. Bible Study, June 27, 1980<\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clearly, we are much closer to the time when all the Gentiles are to come in to later be kings and priests than when those articles were published (see also: Christians are to Rule<\/a>).<\/p>\n

More of the Gentiles had to be called and converted\u2013 and that is happening now!<\/p>\n

Here are some comments related to the fullness of the Gentiles by the old Radio Church of God:<\/p>\n

\u201d For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gent<\/span>il<\/span>es be come in\u201d (Rom. 11:25). God has a TIME SCHEDULE He is working out. (Armstrong GT. When You Die\u2013Then What Happens? Plain Truth, June 1967, p. 22)<\/p>\n

Isaiah 11 \u2026 The Gentiles are going to seek God (verse 10) and Israel and Judah are going to be gathered THE SECOND TIME from the heathen nations (verse 11). This could not be speaking of any \u201cspiritual Israel.\u201d The last verses in this chapter speak of men crossing rivers and highways as they leave the Gentile nations and return the second time to the land of promise. This is the time spoken of by Paul. \u201cBlindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins\u201d (Romans 11:25-27). Here is GOOD NEWS! Here is part of the gospel message. Blindness is happened to Israel<\/strong>, not forever, but until the full number of Gentiles who are to be converted in this age comes into the Kingdom<\/strong>. Then Israel shall be forgiven and the vast majority of Gentiles shall seek God. (Hoeh H. The Coming UTOPIA\u2026 Wonderful World of Tomorrow. Plain Truth, March 1957, p. 6; see also Hoeh H. The Coming UTOPIA\u2026 Wonderful World of Tomorrow. Tomorrows World, May-June 1970, p. 22)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Since the end of the age with Jesus returning does not come until the full number of Gentiles comes in, shouldn\u2019t reaching more Gentiles be part of the final phase of the work<\/a>?<\/p>\n

And while the Two Witnesses<\/a> (Revelation 11:3-9) and the messages of the three angels (Revelation 14:8-11; see also The Final Phase of the Work<\/a>) will doing that during the Great Tribulation and Day of the Lord, the way that Romans 11:25 is written shows that Christians are not to wait for that alone, but to also participate in that now. The Apostle Paul (\u201cthe apostle to the Gentiles\u201d\u2013Romans 11:13) and the other apostles realized that in the Book of Acts (cf. Acts 11).<\/p>\n

We in the Continuing<\/em> Church of God believe that is so and have been pouring in resources to do into reaching Gentiles, including impoverished ones (see also How does the Continuing<\/i> Church of God differ from other Sabbatarian COG groups?<\/a> and the free booklet: Is God Calling You?<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

Was this growth possibly prophesied in a dream?<\/p>\n

Consider the following email I was sent years ago:<\/p>\n

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Dear pastor<\/p>\n

Greetings pastor.\u00a0 I believe you are doing good though you are having great thrust of fulfilling Matthew 28:19 of which we must do before the return of Christ. …<\/p>\n

I had two dreams<\/p>\n

1. Before our family joined CCOG my father was then working with voice in the Wilderness Church of God. When I was sleeping I had a dream and in my\u00a0dream I saw a light and the light was not normal, the one who was standing by the was You pastor Bob according to my dream. Then I had voice shouting, “Arise you who are sleeping, for the Lord is near.” I again I heard another voice shouting, “Come up Evans and let us do the work we are called to do.” I then saw a man dressed in white clothes join hands with my father\u00a0walking together towards a very big lake then I woke up.<\/p>\n

2: In my second dream some weeks after my first dream and in my second dream I saw almost the same dream and now this was in New Zealand. I did not know about the CCOG group in New Zealand before I had the dream.<\/p>\n

Fred<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Related to the first dream, in March of 2014 Frederick’s father Evans Ochieng came with the Continuing<\/em> Church of God. When he came, he came with about 260 people from Kenya and Tanzania. His son Frederick’s dream showed that we would have much growth in Africa. He and his father listened to God.<\/p>\n

In time leaders from other African countries, who did not know Evans Ochieng (nor about the dream), contacted me. We held a conference that many COG leaders from six African countries attended in 2017.<\/p>\n

As of today, we have over twenty times as many in Africa than when Frederick Ochieng had his dream. So, the dream of working the lake was confirmed–Evans Ochieng and I became a productive “fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19).<\/p>\n

As far as New Zealand goes, the first congregation that came with the CCOG was the group in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

When I asked Frederick Ochieng about New Zealand, he said he knew nothing about New Zealand and any connection with the CCOG prior to his dream. Those in New Zealand have been heavily involved in supporting the work to reach people around the world.<\/p>\n

The New Zealanders have been the primary editors of our church publications, developed a website<\/a>, put up and managed our Bible News Prophecy<\/em> Flipboard page<\/a>, greatly assisted with the Study the Bible Course<\/a>, supported various aspects of message production, and produce our Bible News Prophecy<\/a> online radio channel.<\/p>\n

Frederick’s dream may have been telling him that I (Bob Thiel) was working with those in New Zealand to fulfill Matthew 24:14 and Matthew 28:19-20 to reach the world.<\/p>\n

As far as dreams from God go, they were prophesied for the last days–and the CCOG has had many of them (for details, see Dreams, the Bible, the Radio Church of God, and the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But it was also prophesied that the full number of the Gentiles, and more and more are coming to CCOG.<\/p>\n

Some items of possibly related interest may include the following:<\/em><\/p>\n

What About Romans 11:25 and the Full Number of the Gentiles?<\/a> Some in the West discount God’s calling of Gentiles, but the Apostle Paul wrote about the need for them to come to the truth before Jesus returns. A somewhat related sermon is available: Gentiles and When Will Jesus Return?<\/a>
\nWhat is the Ezekiel Warning?<\/a> Should the end-time descendants of Israel and Joseph be warned? What should the watchman warn about? Regarding a watchman, you can watch the following video: Go, Set a Watchman<\/a>.
\nIs God Calling You?<\/a> This booklet discusses topics including calling, election, and selection. If God is calling you, how will you respond? Here is a link to a related sermon: Could God be Calling You?<\/a> A short animation is also available: Is God Calling You?<\/a><\/span>
\nShould the Church Still Try to Place its Top Priority on Proclaiming the Gospel or Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change that Priority for the Work?<\/a> Some say the Church should mainly feed the flock now as that is what Herbert W. Armstrong reportedly said. Is that what he said? Is that what the Bible says? What did Paul<\/a> and Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> expect from lower level leaders? Two related sermons are available The Work per HWA and the Bible<\/a> and Priority of the Philadelphia Work<\/a>.
\nPreparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word<\/a> What is the ‘short work’ of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled: The Short Work<\/a>.
\nThe Final Phase of the Work<\/a> What is the final phase of the work? Who will lead it? Do you have the courage to support it? Here is a related YouTube video titled The Final Phase of the Work. <\/a> The written article has been translated into Spanish La Fase Final de la Obra<\/a>.
\nDoes the CCOG have the confirmed signs of Acts 2:17-18?<\/a> Does any church have the confirmed dream and prophetic signs of Acts 2:17-18? Should one? Here is a link in the Spanish language: \u00bfTiene la CCOG confirmadas las se\u00f1ales de Hechos 2: 17-18?<\/a> Here is a link in the French language: Est-ce que l\u2019\u00c9glise Continue de Dieu confirme les signes d\u2019Actes 2:17-18?<\/a> A related sermon in the English language is also available: 17 Last Days’ Signs of the Holy Spirit<\/a>.
\nDreams, the Bible, the Radio Church of God, and the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> How has God used dreams in the past? Does God still use dreams? Did He use any involving those in the Continuing<\/em> Church of God? Here is a link in Spanish: Sue\u00f1os, la Biblia, la Iglesia de Dios de la Radio, y la Continuaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia de Dios<\/a>. A related sermon is also available: Dreams, COGs, and One Man Rule<\/a>.
\nCongregations of the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> This is a listing of congregations and groups of the Continuing<\/em> Church of God around the world.
\nContinuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God Facebook page<\/a> This has news and prophetic information.
\nContinuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God, Africa, Facebook page<\/a> This has news and prophetic information.
\nContinuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God, Canada, Facebook page<\/a> This has news and prophetic information.
\nContinuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God, Europe, Facebook page<\/a> This has news and prophetic information.
\nCCOG.ASIA<\/a> We in the Continuing<\/em> Church of God also have the url www.ccog.asia which has a focus on Asia and has various articles in Mandarin Chinese as well as some in English, plus some items in other Asian languages. \u6211\u4eec\u5728\u7ee7\u7eed\u795e\u7684\u6559\u4f1a\u4e5f\u63d0\u4f9b\u6b64\u7f51\u5740 www.ccog.asia<\/a>, \u5173\u6ce8\u4e8e\u4e9a\u6d32\u5e76\u4e14\u6709\u5404\u79cd\u5404\u6837\u7684\u4e2d\u82f1\u6587\u6587\u7ae0\uff0c\u5176\u4e2d\u4e00\u4e9b\u7528\u83f2\u5f8b\u5bbe\u8bed\u7ffb\u8bd1\u7684\u6587\u7ae0\u4e5f\u6b63\u5728\u8fdb\u884c\u4e2d\uff0c\u51c6\u5907\u6dfb\u52a0\u5230\u8fd9\u4e2a\u7f51\u7ad9\u4e2d\u3002 Here is a link to our Statement of Beliefs in Mandarin Chinese \u7ee7\u7eed\u795e\u7684\u6559\u4f1a\u7684\u4fe1\u4ef0\u58f0\u660e<\/a>.
\nCCOG.IN<\/a> This is a website targeted towards those of Indian heritage. It has a link to an edited Hindi translation of The Mystery of the Ages <\/em><\/a>and is expected to have more non-English language materials in the future.
\nCCOG.EU<\/a> This is a website targeted toward Europe. It has materials in more than one language (currently it has English, Dutch, and Serbian, with links also to Spanish) and it is intended to have additional language materials added.
\nCCOG.NZ<\/a> This is a website targeted towards New Zealand and others with a British-descended background.
\nCCOGAFRICA.ORG<\/a> This is a website targeted towards those in Africa.
\nCCOGCANADA.CA<\/a> This is a website targeted towards those in Canada.
\nCDLIDD.ES La Continuaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia de Dios.<\/a> This is the Spanish language website for the Continuing<\/em> Church of God.
\nCG7.ORG<\/a> This is a website for those interested in the Sabbath and churches that observe the seventh day Sabbath.
\nPNIND.PH Patuloy na Iglesya ng Diyos<\/a>. This is the Philippines website Continuing<\/em> Church of God. It has information in English and Tagalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Evans Ochieng COGwriter Evangelist Evans Ochieng sent the following today: Pastor Dr Bob, Greetings from kenya. For the last month up to last week, I have been busy visiting the congregations in kenya and co-workers. And since the congregations in kenya are so many now I couldn’t manage to visit all of them. I can’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cog-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t