Sunday 8 January 2017

Doctrine - prophecies, dreams and visions


“Gifted” prophets and dreamers

An OAC member wrote: “…The Old Apostolic Church is build on this foundation of “spiritual gifts”. All matters are decided on it. Apostles are chosen based on visions, prophecies and dreams…”

“…Just like the early Gnostics, the Old Apostolic Church belief in revelations through visions, dreams and prophecies…”

“…In 1972 the aged and sick Apostle Robert Lombard of the Old Apostolic Church received, according to his believers some revelations that the church must defy the Government and support the Anti-Apartheid movement…”

Robert William Lombard

In 1948 the South African Government adopted apartheid and the OAC complied by the racial segregation of their communities. For many years the non-white members complained of racial inequality.

Robert William Lombard was ordained on May 11th, 1958 as an “apostle” of the OAC to serve non-white communities. He was ordained by “apostle” William Campbell in the Maitland Town Hall, Cape Town. 11 days later, “apostle” William Campbell died. In 1971 “apostle” Robert William Lombard received a “gift” (revelation). He claimed that Jesus spoke to him and told him to go and free his people. As a result of this, there was a dispute between him and the OAC leadership. On January 21st, 1972, “apostle” Robert William Lombard was excommunicated from the OAC and started his own church (Non-white Old Apostolic Church).

The leadership of the OAC made submissions to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a court-like restorative justice body assembled in South Africa after the abolition of apartheid in 1994. The details of these submissions have not been made public. Shortly before the abolition of apartheid there were questionable changes made to the format for the serving of the sacrament of “avondmaal” (Communion) in 1993. In anticipation of the fall of apartheid and the inevitable possibility of white and black lips drinking from the same cup, the apostolate changed the sacrament. Instead of a shared cup, a pair of tweezers would be used to dip the matzo into the cup before being placed into a member’s hand. Before this change, the officer would place the matzo in your hand after which you would take a sip from a shared cup.

An OAC member commented on a photo of “apostles” Masencamp, Lombard and Ninow: “...Apostle Ninow was ordained two days after the death of Apostle Masencamp. But due to the Prophet, Gpd made it known that Ap. Masencamp will leave the flesh. Therefore why Ap Ninow is with hom on tje photo. This is proof of the power of the Prophet in the church...”

An OACpriest” wrote: “…we can train ourselves to dream if we want to give ourselves and understand the importance.... Get a blessing from Priest... Pray profoundly before sleeping TO dream. Be ready to record the dream. Fight drowsiness to not go back to sleep, make it the first question on the lips of the family members each morning... i.e. " Good morning, what did you dream by God's grace? ... and proper written/verbal reporting to the Priest…”

An Ex-OAC member wrote: “...Prophets – responsible for all Prophetic Gifts dreams and vision...”

“...a few members or officers may be seized with the urge to Prophesy. This will be a short speech – after each prophecy the Presiding Officer will say “Amen”. After a few Prophesies (usually three or four) the Presiding officer will continue with his prayer ending with Amen. After a few more prophesies and one more hymn the congregation is told to sit and the sermon commences...”

“...After around 45 to 50 minutes the service is concluded with a hymn, perhaps a prophecy or two and the Benediction...”

A non-OAC member wrote: “…Een oom nooi die kinders om hulle drome aan die huis priesteres mee te deel. (Dis nou die mamma) Dan sal sy dit met die profeet deel. Hy sal dan die droom uitlê en die kinders moet dink hoe trots gaan die huispriester en priesteres wees as die profeet Sondag in die kerk daardie droom vir almal uitlê. Daar was toe ‘n nuwe profeet voorgestel.…”
For those of you who don’t understand Afrikaans, this person is saying that “...One uncle invites the children to share their dreams with the house priestess. (That’s now the mommy) Then she will share it with the prophet. He will then interpret the dream and the children must think how proud the housepriest and priestess will be if the prophet on Sunday interprets the dream for everyone. Then there was a new prophet introduced...”

OAC members are instructed to write down their dreams as soon as they wake up. These are considered to be “gifts” and given to their “priest”. The “priest” will read it and determine if it pertains to the member who gave it to him or someone else in the community. If the “gift” is not meant for the community, it goes to the “elder” who will determine if the “gift” applies to the “eldership” which consists of several communities. If the “gift” is not meant for the “eldership”, it goes to the “prophet” who will determine if it applies to the “overseership” which consists of several “elderships”. In this manner a “gift” can eventually end up with the “apostle”.

In the back of each church hall there are pens and paper for writing down visions. These are basically like dreams you imagine while you’re awake and these are also considered to be “gifts”. Visions are treated in the same way as dreams. These “gifts” travel up and down “Jacob’s ladder”, the “gifts” go “up” to the “apostle” and the “apostle” reciprocates by dispensing “teaching” based on the “gifts” he receives.

Prophecies are like prayers said out loud during a service; specific time is allocated for this before the main sermon. Members are encouraged to just open their mouths and start speaking because the “spirit” will place the words on their tongues.

Depending on the context of a dream or vision, the following symbolism is used for interpretation as a general rule of thumb (these are just a few examples):

  • Colours usually indicate the various offices of the ministry
  • Brown supposedly means “brother” because he needs to cross the dust of the “earth” on “testimony”. The “brother” is supposedly in the first “heaven” which is the “earth” created in Genesis 1:1
  • Blue supposedly means “sister” because she is the power from “heaven” and “heaven” was created with the “earth” in Genesis 1:1
  • Yellow supposedly means “underdeacon” because God is a jealous God and doesn’t want a single soul to go missing on “testimony”. The “underdeacon” apparently also symbolises the moon which is a soft yellowish light reflected from the sun
  • Green supposedly means “priest” because he is the “shepherd” that leads the flock to green pastures as described in Psalms 23
  • Red supposedly means “elder” which is understood as the “healer” because of his sacrifice (“blood”) to heal the servants
  • Orange supposedly means “fourfold office” which is the “prophet/evangelist/overseer” as the sunrise over the sea
  • White also supposedly means “fourfold office” which is the “prophet/evangelist/ overseer
  • Silver supposedly means “apostle”, the anointed one because he blesses everything good with a silver lining. Silver also usually means truth because it becomes purified through fire and you can see your image in it
  • Gold usually means love because it becomes purified and softer through fire
  • Circle or ring usually means eternity because a circle has no beginning or end
  • Death usually means rebirth because a seed must first die before a tree can grow
  • Woman usually means a soul or a “church
  • Man usually means “gift” or sower of the seed because it’s the word that “impregnates” the mind because OAC members believe the soul is feminine
  • Mountain usually means the “church
  • Water” usually means words being preached. There are 3 “streams”; prophetic, shepherd and evangelistic. There's another view that there are 4 "streams"; apostle, prophet, evangelist and overseer
  • Lion usually means “apostle” because he is supposedly the lion of Judah or the first beast in Revelation 4:7
  • Calf usually means “overseer” or the shepherd stream because of his “tender” association with the community and is supposedly the second beast in Revelation 4:7
  • Face of a man usually means the “evangelist” or evangelical stream because he is the face to the “world” and supposedly the third beast in Revelation 4:7
  • Eagle usually means the “prophet” or prophetic stream because he is able to see far ahead and supposedly the fourth beast in Revelation 4:7
  • Donkey or mule usually means the flesh of the OAC member because they supposedly carry the “gift” of Christ. The sinful flesh of the OAC member is supposedly Jesus
  • Bones or skeleton usually mean the order of the OAC. Not following the OAC order is considered to be breaking the bones of the lamb
  • Sun usually means the “apostle” because his “light” can blind the “world
  • Moon usually means the “evangelist” or evangelistic stream which includes the “underdeacon” because they reflect the “light” of the sun to the “world
  • Stars usually mean the members of the OAC because individually they’re little suns in the image of their “apostle
  • Earth” or ground usually means the “world” i.e. mind of a man or people who aren’t members of the OAC


You can read more of how some of these symbols are interpreted “spiritually”:



OAC members claim their church is built on the foundation of the apostle and prophet. Let’s take a brief historical look at some of the apostles and prophets which formed the “foundation” of the OAC.

Edward Irving, a minister in the Church of Scotland, preached in his church at Regent Square in London on the speedy return of Jesus Christ. He earnestly preached that the end of the world was nigh and that the church had sinned grievously by not instituting all the “posts” as he understood them in Ephesians 4:11. Edward Irving pleaded for the immediate introduction of the apostolate so that the “apostle” designate could “seal” the believers for salvation.

In 1826 Edward Irving became associated with the Albury conferences at his friend Henry Drummond’s estate in Surrey, Albury Park. Henry Drummond was a wealthy London banker and Member of Parliament and these conferences were concerned with unfulfilled prophecy and followed by study of the prophetical books and the apocalypse.

Edward Irving wrote and published a book, Babylon and Infidelity foredoomed - A Discourse on the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse which relate to these latter times, and until the Second Advent (1826, 2nd edition 1828). C. H. Spurgeon described the book as “More of rolling sound than anything else”.

Edward Irving proclaimed that the events in France and beyond at the time were clearly predicted in the book of Revelation and in Daniel (Irving, Babylon, 1:191–93, 218–26, 233–34, 240–41; 2:11–35). He also expected that Christ would return soon and set up an earthly Millennium (Irving, Babylon, 1:32, 192, 205–206; 2:8, 138–47, 155–56). He even went as far as to say that he expected the Jews to return to Palestine by 1847 (Irving, Babylon, 2:225–28) and that Christ would come back by 1868 (Irving, Babylon, 1:173–75, 2:152, 218–19).

Below are a few of the false prophecies from his book, The last days: a discourse on the evil character of these our times, providing them to be the "perilous times" of the "last days":

“...The times and the fullness of the times, so often mentioned in the New Testament, I consider as referring to the great period numbered by times; the days, to the thirty and the forty-five days by which the course of the Lord’s purposes overwent the three times and a half. Of these days, I should consider the forty-five days to be the last of the days in which these great events are to be revealed. Now, if this reasoning be correct, as there can be little doubt that the one thousand two hundred and sixty days concluded in the year 1792, and the thirty additional days in the year 1823, we are already entered upon the last days, and the ordinary life of a man will carry many of us to the end of them....” – Edward Irving, page 21

“...Now, in all the vision the Jewish people are not once mentioned till xii. 1, when they are delivered immediately upon the fall of Anti-christ, which is not yet happened, and is, as we believe, just about to arrive....” – Edward Irving, page 22

“...I consider it, therefore, to be clear, from the book of Daniel, that the latter days do signify the time at which the Jewish people shall enter into the long promised and long delayed kingdom, after the four Gentile monarchies shall have been brought to an end by the Stone of Israel, which is to come out of Joseph–at which time the characteristic predictions of Jacob shall begin to have their accomplishment....” – Edward Irving, page 23

Edward Irving wrote and published several books; last mentioned book can be downloaded here: https://archive.org/details/lastdaysdiscours00irviuoft. Edward Irving was the leader of the church out of which the Catholic Apostolic Church emerged.

Edward Irving’s lectures on the Second Advent inspired Henry Drummond, a wealthy banker and Member of Parliament, to start a series of conferences on the interpretation of biblical prophecy. In 1826 Henry Drummond invited about 30 clergymen and laymen for a conference in Albury Park, in order to clear various interpretations of prophecies concerning the apocalypse under the influence of prayer and Bible study. Edward Irving was also invited. The focus of these revelations was the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

At a prayer meeting in 1832, Henry Drummond named Advocate John Bate Cardale as an “apostle”. Advocate John Bate Cardale was recognized as the first “living apostle” of the movement and he in turn ordained Henry Drummond as the “angel” of the group.

In 1833 Henry Drummond became the second "living apostle" and was later assigned responsibility for Scotland and Switzerland. Edward Irving succeeded Henry Drummond as ʺangelʺ of the church. Within 2 years their “prophets” had called 12 “living apostles”.

After a long period of combined preparation, these “apostles” started to travel around the world. During 1837 and 1838, they undertook missionary journeys to mainland Europe, Canada, and the USA. The main point of their gospel was that the Church had deviated from its origins and only through restoring the “Universal Church” to its perfect state could the return of Christ be ensured.

The end of the church's “prophetical” element was underlined by the adoption in 1843 of an elaborate new liturgy.

After the death of 3 “apostles” in 1855 the “apostolate” declared that there was no reason to call new “apostles”.

During a meeting at Albury in 1860, the German “prophet” Heinrich Geyer called 2 “evangelists” to be “apostles”. After deliberation, the “apostles” rejected this calling and affirmed that no further callings to the apostolate would be accepted.

On October 10th, 1862, Heinrich Geyer called Rudolf Rosochacki to be an “apostle” while staying in his home. On January 4th, 1863, most of the Hamburg congregation accepted the calling of Rudolf Rosochacki to the “apostolate”. A few days later “apostle” Rudolf Rosochacki became doubtful of the divine origin of his calling as an “apostle” after meeting with some of the other “apostles”. After a few weeks Rudolf Rosochacki receded.

On January 26th, 1863 “angel” Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz met with “apostle” Francis Valentine Woodhouse in Berlin and expressed his belief in the need to continue the “apostle” ministry. On February 6th, 1863 “apostle” Francis Valentine Woodhouse informed the Hamburg congregation in writing of its expulsion from the Catholic Apostolic Church.

When their “apostles” started dying out they decided to change their expectation of the future. From then on they began to hope in the imminent rapture of the congregation they had already gathered.

After its expulsion in writing from the Catholic Apostolic Church by “apostle” Francis Valentine Woodhouse (February 6th, 1863), the Hamburg congregation along with “prophet” Heinrich Geyer, split off to form the Allgemeine Apostolische Mission in 1863. This is commonly known as the "Hamburg Schism".

On April 12th, 1863, a “deacon” called “priest” Carl Wilhelm Louis Preuss as an “apostle” which was confirmed by “prophet” Heinrich Geyer. On May 25th, 1863, Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz was also called as an “apostle”.

Thus the German "apostles" started from scratch in much the same way as the Alburyapostles” did.

Heinrich Geyer the “prophet” called Johannes F.L. Güldner as an “apostle” and successor of “apostle” Carl Wilhelm Louis Preuss in a service on August 4th, 1878. When Johannes F.L. Güldner was to be ordained, some members including Friedrich Krebs objected. The majority of the Hamburg congregation also protested, so “elder” Wichmann stepped up to the altar and relieved “prophet” Heinrich Geyer from his ministry. Wichmann told “prophet” Heinrich Geyer that he had to leave, so “prophet” Heinrich Geyer left the church with 300 of his followers. Heinrich Geyer founded a new congregation in Hamburg named Apostolische Mission. His congregation eventually wasted away after his death in 1896.

The “apostle” Friedrich Krebs in his quest for the “Unity of the apostles” abolished the callings by mouth of the “prophets” and declared the office of “prophet” redundant, for “apostle” Friedrich Krebs would from then on appoint the most important ministers himself.

The new congregations referred to themselves as “new apostolic congregations” to distinguish themselves from the first “apostolic congregations” of the Catholic Apostolic Church. This is how the New Apostolic Church came to be.

The Old Apostolic Church split off from the New Apostolic Church. Apparently Carl Klibbe named his church “Old Apostolic” because he claimed to be dedicated to the “original doctrine”.

A tree is known by its fruit, false prophets are known by their false prophecies.

Not all dreams or visions are true simply because people claim their so-called “gifts” are from God (Jeremiah 23:31-32, Jeremiah 29:8-9, Zechariah 10:2).

Someone who was formerly involved in the occult wrote the following: “...When I was involved with the occult, I could say the same thing about visions and dreams coming true. That is not proof they are from God...”
The ‘Occultopedia’ has a whole section dedicated to dreams, visions and communication with the dead. Their claims are not much different to that of the OAC.

You can read more about dreams and prophecies here:

False prophets can also perform wonders and lie in God’s name (Deuteronomy 13:1-3, Jeremiah 23:25-32). Wicked and unsaved people can also receive “gifts” from God (Daniel 2:1, Daniel 4:4-5, Matthew 27:19).

OAC members believe their church is Christ and insist that because they have the “prophet”, their church is the right church. God spoke to the fathers in the past through the prophets but in the last days God spoke by His Son (Numbers 12:6, Hebrews 1:1-2, Hebrews 3:5-9). Prophecies will fail and shall be done away when that which is perfect shall come (1 Corinthians 13:8-10, 1 John 3:2).

Matthew 24:23-28 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

You can read about the true apostles and prophets in the Bible. There is only One REAL Jesus and He is the ONLY Messiah.

Saturday 10 December 2016

Doctrine - Sealing your fate




This is an OAC document explaining why “The Sealing” is required from the OAC perspective. My comments are in blue font. - Ex-OAC



The Sealing

I am requested to present myself for Sealing, What for? What does it mean?

All gentiles i.e. before Christ Jesus were known as heathens as they were not of the chosen race namely Jews who was the only race who knew and worshipped God.

Ex-OAC: Not all Gentiles were known as heathens, the word Gentile is translated from the Hebrew word gôy which could mean Gentile or heathen or nation or people. It’s the same word used when Abraham was promised that he would become a great (gôy) nation (Genesis 12:2, Genesis 17:4-5, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 48:19).

Abraham was a Hebrew (Genesis 14:13) and he was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob became Israel and from him the twelve tribes of Israel. Judah was one of the sons of Israel and it’s from this tribe that we get the term “Jew”.

Jews are not a race, Moses married an Ethiopian woman (Numbers 12:1) and Ruth was a Moabite who gave birth to David’s grandfather Obed (Ruth 4:17-22).

Ethiopian Jews (also read Acts 8:27-28)

The word of God was kept within the Jewish race and was handed down from Father to Son and thus the Knowledge of God and his creation was unknown to the Gentiles.

Ex-OAC: The knowledge of creation as understood by the Jews and Christianity in general is quite different to how the OAC interprets the creation account of Genesis 1. The OAC believe for instance that the earth is the mind of a mortal man.

Only the Jews were God’s children, notwithstanding the fact they worshipped God they were bound by the Laws of Moses which prevented them access to the promised salvation. Hence the coming of the Messiah Jesus Christ, who, being a perfect Jew and thus the only Jew to fulfill the law, opened a new way of salvation unto them by way of the cross.

Ex-OAC: It wasn’t only Jews that followed Moses out of Egypt; it was all of the children of Israel (Exodus 1:1-7).

Christ was with them when they followed Moses out of Egypt (1 Corinthians 10:1-4). Many of them were overthrown in the wilderness because they lusted after evil things, idolatry, fornication etc. (1 Corinthians 10:5-11).

Jesus wasn’t a mere Jew; He is the Son of God who was there from the very beginning of creation (John 1:1-3). Much like the paschal lamb was slaughtered and its blood on the door posts kept the angel of death away from the children of Israel (Exodus 12:5-20, Leviticus 23:4-7), likewise Jesus became our Passover Lamb and through His blood we are saved from death (Hebrews 7:24-27, Hebrews 10:4-14, 1 Peter 1:18-19). Without the blood of sacrifice there is no remission (Leviticus 17:11, Hebrews 9:22).

Passover is revealed in many Messianic prophecies:

Daniel 9 - the specific time when Messiah would be cut off
Zechariah 9 - we are told of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Psalms 41 - He would be betrayed by a friend
Zechariah 11 - He would be sold for thirty pieces of silver
Isaiah 53 - He would be wounded for our sins and transgressions

God’s fulfillment of prophecy is so perfect down to the hour that there’s no way that this could be a coincidence.

By the grace of Jesus Christ the way of salvation was than extended unto all mankind Jews and Gentiles. His grace gave the gentiles who were not Gods Children the privilege to be adopted and in so doing became a Co-Heir with Christ it was and is necessary to be reborn or born of god.

Ex-OAC: Notice the small letters for “god”.
                                                                  
Today we realize that we are born of FLESH out of natural parents, hence we bear the image of flesh. The three major constituents we therefore bear in our bodies as living is; Water ~ Blood ~ Spirit. As is the natural so likewise the spiritual.

Therefore to become a Co-Heir with Christ it is now imperative that I became a new creature, a creature born of God. That means that a major change must take place in my life.

Ex-OAC: The malefactor that was crucified alongside Jesus believed that Jesus is the Lord (Luke 23:39-43). Jesus didn’t tell him to first do this or first do that or go searching for a “light” after he died. Through his belief in Jesus as the Lord he became assured of a place in paradise. Believing that Jesus is Lord and Messiah is the first priority (The REAL Jesus, Jesus is the ONLY Messiah).

It is therefore needful for me to undergo a rebirth as a new birth, so as to gain access to God’s salvation. WHY? For this reason that God is spirit and the rebirth has to be out of God who is spirit. This means a complete change in my life .a change of person to become a new creature. This change can only come about by~ WATER ~ BLOOD~ SPIRIT. A spiritual rebirth.

THE REBIRTH: FIRTLY BY WATER

The Water of Jesus Christ which explains itself in St John 4v14 in which Jesus said to the woman the well.”Give me water to drink, and I shall give you water, that if you drink it you shall never thirst “this water of Jesus Christ is the spiritual water that will cleanses the mind and prevents a man from thirsting after unrighteousness, by his “word” The water therefore means The preaching of the word or Testimony which I received from the members of the church.

Ex-OAC: The water that Jesus is referring to is the salvation that He obtained for us, it’s the water that will enable us to live forever (Isaiah 12:3, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:1, Revelation 22:17), He quenches the deepest thirst that man has for God and salvation (Psalms 63:1, Isaiah 41:17-18, Isaiah 55:1, Amos 8:11-13). The water is the Spirit which is received by those who believe on Jesus (Isaiah 12:3, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 58:11, Ezekiel 47:1-12, John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-41, Colossians 3:16). Salvation is also for those who are illiterate, physically deaf and physically blind.

The Sealing Cont//

In Isaiah 8 v 16 the Lord said “Bind the testimony……in my disciples “It is through this testimony by members that convinced me , brought me unto repentance and trough this water was my mind washed of all unclean spirits such as hatred.selfishness ect.

Ex-OAC: Let’s take a closer look at the verse being quoted.
Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony
(te‛ûdâh in Hebrew - attestation, that is, a precept, usage: - testimony),
seal the law
(tôrâh in Hebrew - a precept or statute, especially the 10 commandments or the Pentateuch: - law) among my disciples.

Those who speak not according to the law and to the testimony have no light in them (Isaiah 8:20).

His Word is a light to my feet (Psalms 119:104-105), the Holy Scriptures makes me wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus (2 Timothy 3:15-17). Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb, they who have the testimony of Jesus worship God and the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:6-10).

This the washing of the water by the word is confirmed in Ephesians 5 v 26
Similarly it is recorded in 1 Peter 3 v 20 that 8 souls were saved by water, a like figure whereunto even Baptism doth save us (Not putting away the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ex-OAC: It’s not just any word spoken by a mere mortal that purifies the soul, one is born again by the incorruptible and eternal word of God (1 Peter 1:22-23).

THE REBIRTH: SECONDLY BY THE BLOOD

Blood refers to suffering (upon the cross or the sacrifice made by the body of Jesus Christ (Which is the church) as Jesus scarified his blood upon the cross in order to reconcile man unto God so through the sacrificing of his blood today for me through his anointed officers who labored, sacrificed themselves for me by doing so were my transgressions blotted out I was reconciled onto God.

Ex-OAC: Firstly, Jesus Christ isn’t the OAC or any other church for that matter. To say that Jesus Christ is the church is the same as saying the husband is the wife! They may be one flesh but they are still two distinct people. He is the head of the church and the savior of the body (Ephesians 5:23-33, Colossians 1:18).

Secondly, there is ONE mediator between God and men, the MAN Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5-6), there is no need for any other sacrifices to be made today for sin (Hebrews 7:24-27, Hebrews 10:10-14).

To undergo this “Sealing” in the OAC is to deny the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for you and you are still dead in your sins (1 Peter 1:18-19).

The anointed officers in the church are dully authorized by the apostle to administer the Holy Communion representing the shedding of his blood and the sharing (breaking) of his body. They are officers of reconciliation sent by Christ.

Ex-OAC: The OAC officers weren’t sent by the original Christ, they broke away from the New Apostolic Church which broke away from the Catholic Apostolic Church which first emerged in London in 1832 (The schism tree).

THE REBIRTH: THIRDLY BY THE SPIRIT

This is the final stage of my rebirth in which having my understanding opened by the water (Testimony of the word by the members) through the blood by forgiving of my transgressions by the anointed officers, I was endowed from on high with a new spiritual mind and a tongue to speak a spiritual language I am now possessed with a cloven tongue like as of fire for I have become a fiery person with eagerness to converse godliness with others so that what I have I am desirous to impart unto others.

Ex-OAC: This is false understanding based on the false interpretation of the word water and the lie that the daily sacrifices by priests can save you (Hebrews 7:24-27, Hebrews 10:10-14).

There’s a false understanding that the whole Bible needs to be understood as an allegory (Spiritual vs Natural).

All this is confirmed by the Apostle in the Administering of the 3rd Sacrament that is of the Holy Ghost which is also known as “The Sealing” or the laying on of the hands of the Apostle.

In the past, due to ignorance there was confusion as to the laying on of the hands of the Apostle or the receiving of the Holy Ghost as to whether the Holy Ghost was given on the day of the sealing or before.

Ex-OAC: I discussed the above in more detail in my post about the apostle laying hands.

In order to clarify this misunderstanding I wish to state that I am not the apostle but merely a servant of the Apostle (Hebrews 3 declares (“Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our Profession Christ Jesus) which is the entire church as Paul says “Ye are the body of Jesus Christ”

Ex-OAC: It’s good to see some honesty, you’re right, you’re not an apostle.

However, when Paul said we are the body of Jesus Christ, he meant in terms of being the bridesmaid (Matthew 25:1-13, Revelation 19:7-9) because Jesus is the Bridegroom (Matthew 9:14-15, Mark 2:18-20, Luke 5:33-35, John 3:27-29, Ephesians 5:23-32).

You may also like my post regarding apostles today.

The Sealing Cont//

The day of sealing the apostle lay’s his hands upon your head saying “Receive the Holy Ghost” In doing so he merely confirms the work already done by the faithful members of the church who are the hands of the Apostle that were laid upon your head at the time of the testimony and who opened your understanding.

Ex-OAC: When Samaria had received the word of God, Peter and John didn’t go and confirm the word of God that Samaria had already received. They received the Holy Ghost only after Peter and John had laid hands on them (Acts 8:14-17).

When Paul laid hands on the disciples at Ephesus it wasn’t a confirmation of anything done by Apollos. After laying hands on them the Holy Ghost came on them and they spoke in tongues and prophesied (Acts 19:1-6).

Thereafter on the second round during the sealing the Apostle dips his forefinger into the vessel of oil and makes a cross upon your forehead whilst saying GOD the father seals you” The cross denotes again suffering and blood. This is the sign that by the blood of Jesus Christ were you purchased of God. The OIL represents the anointed power of GOD which is the Holy Ghost.

Ex-OAC: You confirmed that you believe the “blood of Jesus Christ” to be:

“…the sacrificing of his blood today for me through his anointed officers who labored, sacrificed themselves for me…”

This is completely false and un-Biblical. The only seal you receive is that of an organization calling itself the OAC.

This is the seal of GOD which is confirmed in Isaiah 8 v 16 “Seal the laws in my disciples” The laws are the ordinances of the church (Tenth, testifying – which have being carefully explained to you by the anointed officers before taken up in the church.

Ex-OAC: You would’ve been told that the earth is man, that light is enlightenment (gnosis), that water is the words spoken by OAC members and that heaven is inside the members of the OAC.

This seal (The sign of the cross) confirm the work of the anointed offices that were authorized in the administration of the Holy Communion to reconcile you with God (The blood upon the cross)

The cross upon your forehead which the Apostle made with oil indication that the anointed officers have comforted you by accepting you into his holy body and that you are no longer orphaned. You have a new father (Which is God the word) and a Mother (Which is Sarah the church) your mind have they calmed with oil which is the comforting spirit of the Holy Ghost.

Ex-OAC: Simply stated, the words spoken by any OAC officer assigned to you now become your father (Matthew 23:8-10, John 8:39-47) and the OAC becomes your mother (Galatians 4:26). Compare this statement with the verses between brackets.

Having now being sealed I have now (according to the scriptures) become (Begotten of God) hence I am a child of God and therefore a joint heir with Christ and his salvation.

This the way of salvation has being opened unto me

Ex-OAC: There is only one way for salvation, by man comes death but by Jesus Christ comes life eternal (1 Corinthians 15:20-23). There is only one REAL Jesus and He is the ONLY Messiah.