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BritishIsraelism,AngloIsraelismRefuted!
Herbert W. Armstrong claimed to be a prophet, an apostle and the "Elijah who was to come". In fact he was a deluded false teacher claiming direct revelation from God when God had not spoken to him. Ronald Weinland, is Armstrong's successor of splinter group called, Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God (CG-PKG). Like Armstrong he claimed to be a prophet, one of the two witnesses of Revelation, a Apostle and Elijah to come. With Ronald Weinlands failed predicting of the end of the world in 2008, the future of Armstrongism looks bleak. "Ifit doesn'tcometopass...startinginApril,2008,thenI'mnothingbutafalseprophet...(RonaldWeinland,2008 God'sFinalWitness,ChurchofGod)Even worse since Ronald Weinland has refused to give up his date setting and had set a second failed date of May27,2012.
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BritishIsraelismrefuted!
BritainandtheUSA(anglosaxon)racesare NOTthetentribesofIsrael. Detailedrefutationofalmosteveryangleof thisridiculousunbiblicalanddoctrine
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ThroneofDavid? LandPromisetoAbrahamfulfilled
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IntroductiontoBritishIsraelism:
1. BritishIsraelismpromotesthefalseconceptthattheBritishpeopleandmostofCanadaandtheUSAarethe tenlosttribesofIsraelthatwentintoAssyriancaptivityin722BC. 2. BritishIsraelismisafalsedoctrinewhoseracistoriginisintheBritishNationalism(1649 1824) 3. RichardBrothers(Canadian)isthetruefounderofthemovementwhenhewrote:A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Timesin1794AD.Hispredictionfortheendoftheworldwhichfailed. 4. HerbertW.Armstrongpopularizedthefalsedoctrinein1954whenhepublished"TheUnitedStatesandthe BritishCommonwealthinprophecy".Thisdocumentgrewtothenowinfamous,"TheUnitedStatesand BritaininProphecy"whichwasfirstpublishedin1980AD. 5. The book, "The United States and Britain in Prophecy", written by Herbert W. Armstrong, is in fact a deceitful plagiarism of a book written, "Judas' scepter and Joseph's birthright" by J. H. Allen, 1902,1917 AD. 6. HerbertW.ArmstrongfoundedthePlainTruthmagazineandtheChurchofGod.Theyteachextinction, annihilation,Sabbatarians,premillennialists,datesettersanduniquelyTwinitariansinthattheybelieveboth thefatherandthesonareGod,butbelievetheHolySpiritiselectricityliketheJw's.
A. HistoricaloriginsofBritishIsraelism:
1. BritishIsraelismwasfirsthintedatbytheBritishMemberofParliament,JohnSadler,inhisRights of the Kingdom(1649).Butthemovementbeganintheeighteenthcenturyaftertheselfstyled'Nephewofthe Almighty',RichardBrothers,publishedhisbookA Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times(1794).
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Brotherswas,asonesourceputsit,"aCanadianmadman".Hebecametroubledbyvisions,andsaidthatthe Britishparliamentwasthe'beast'ofRevelation.BrothersbelievedhewasadescendantofKingDavid,and thatonlyhehadtherighttobekingofEngland.Unfortunatelyforhim,KingGeorgeIIIdisagreed.The Cambridge Biographical Enyclopedia(1994)says: 2. Brothers,Richard(17571824)Britishreligiousfanaticandexnavalofficer,borninNewfoundland,Canada. Heannouncedhimselfin1793asthe'nephewoftheAlmighty',apostleofanewreligion,theAnglo Israelites.In1795,forprophesyingthedestructionofthemonarchy,hewassenttoNewcastleand subsequentlytoanasylumfrom17951806.Despitethis,andthefailureofhisprophecythatJerusalem wouldberestoredtotheHebrewsin1798,hismovementflourished.Bytheendofthenineteenthcentury, thereweresaidtonumbertwomillionadherentsofBritishIsraelism,mostofthemChurchofEngland members. 3. In1859,JohnTaylorofLondonexpandedthetheoryintothefieldofPyramidology.InthebookThe Great Pyramid, Why Was It Built and Who Built It?JohnTaylortriedtoshowhowIsraelitesbuiltthePyramidof Cheops,andhowBritishInchesandmeasurementscouldbefoundinitsdesign. 4. In1950thisoutrageousdoctrinewaspromotedbyHerbertW.ArmstrongwhofoundedtheWorldWide ChurchofGodandPlainTruthMagazine. 5. AfterArmstrongdied,hissuccessorJosephTkachrejectedasheresymostofArmstrongsdoctrinesin1998 AD.Thisbroughtaboutagreatsplitinthechurchthatproducedcountlesslittlesplinterchurcheseach followingadifferentcombinationofArmstrong'stheology. 6. AkeyerrorinArmstrongandallhissplintergroups,isfailuretoaccepttheclearBiblepassagesthatIsrael gotallthelandpromisedtoAbraham.SeeLandPromisetoAbrahamfulfilled
7. Ronald Weinland, is the creator of an Armstrong splinter group called, Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God (CG-PKG). With Armstrong splinter leader Ronald Weinland's failed predicting of the end of the world in 2008, the future of Armstrongism looks bleak.RonaldWeinland,2008 God'sFinalWitness, ChurchofGod(Armstrongsplintergroup)Whenhispropheciesfailed,herevisedhistimelinehestated Christ'swillnowreturnonMay27,2012andthatthetribulationbeganonSeptember20,2009.Today, Weinlandcallshimselfanapostleaprophet,the"Elijahwhoistocome"andoneofthetwowitnessesof Revelation...hiswifebeingtheotherwitness.
B. HerbertArmstrongplagiarizedhisfamousbook:
1. The book, "The United States and Britain in Prophecy", written by Herbert W. Armstrong, is in fact a deceitful plagiarism of a book written, "Judas' scepter and Joseph's birthright" by J. H. Allen, 1902,1917 AD.
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2. JosephTkach,Jr.'sreplacedArmstrongasheadofWCGafterhediedsaid:"Fromanethicalpointofview: ItisawellknownfactthatMr.Armstrongdidnotoriginatethisteaching.Infact,earliereditionsoftheUS& BCplagiarizedvastportionsofabookentitled,"Judah'sSceptreandJoseph'sBirthright."Itis notpossibletosaythatthiswasrevealedtoMr.Armstrong,wheninfact,wecanseewherehecopiedit from includingthehistoricalerrors."..."Now,myopinionisthatthisisaninterestingepisodeinhistory thatneedstobepursued.And,thatiswhatwearedoing,butitwilltaketime.Itshouldnotstayatthehigh levelofdoctrineuntilwecanfindproof.Thisisespeciallyimportantifitistoremainthecentralplankin ourviewofprophecy."(toWCGregionalpastorMikeSwagerty,August10,1992) 3. CanadianBritishIsraelAssociationsaid:"Mr.Armstrongdidusethebook,"Judah'sSceptreandJoseph's Birthright"asthebasisforhisidentityinformationandhespentsometimeatourLondonheadquarterswith Mr.HaroldStoughthethensecretary....TheTkachpeoplehaveveryrecentlybeenatLondonheadquarters againbutIwastold[theLondongroup]werequitereticentandcautiousaboutdealingwiththem,realizingI gathertheyareadifferentbreedofcat,asthesayinggoes." (PresidentHubbellrespondstoaletter regardingtheWCG'sinvolvementwiththeCanadianBritishIsraelAssociation,August9,1991) 4. WilliamF.Dankenbring,ArmstrongsplintergroupleaderofTriumphMinistriessaid:"Let'sgetserious!Did Herbertrestorethetruthoftheidentityof"Israel"?ButtheBritishIsraelsocietyrestoredthattruth,and HerbertArmstrongsimplyborroweditfromthemwithoutgivingthemduecredit!Mostofhisbookleton "TheUnitedStatesandBritishCommonwealthinProphecy"wasactuallycopied,wordforword,fromthe bookJudah'sScepterandJoseph'sBirthright,byJ.H.Allen(DestinyPublishers,Merrimac,Mass.01860, c.1917).Thebooklet"WasTimeLost?"whichboreHerbert'snamewasactuallywrittenyearsbeforehe becameaSabbathkeeper,byamemberoftheChurchofGodSeventhDay!" 5. ExamplesofArmstrong'sPlagiarism:Atinyfractionofexcerpts HerbertW.Armstrong's1967 US&BCinProphecy Rev.J.H.Allen's1902,1917 Judah'sSceptre&Joseph'sBirthright
ThenameJewisderivedfrom,orratherisa corruptionof,thenameJudah....Henceitis thatthenamesJewandJewsareappliedonly tothepeoplewhocomposedthekingdomof Judah(p.66). ButthegreatbulkofIsraelitesarenotthe Jews,justasthegreatbulkofAmericans arenotCalifornians,andyetallCalifornians areAmericans(p.71). CalledastheprophetofGod;...andsetbythe DivineOne"overthenations,andoverthe kingdoms."What!Surelyhewasnotsetover allthenations...HenowcallsJeremiaha
JewsareIsraelites,justasCaliforniansare Americans.ButMOSTIsraelitesarenot Jews,justasmostAmericansarenot Californians(p.82). Notice,JeremiahwassetoverNATIONS morethanonekingdom...Hewasseta prophetoverJudah butnotJudahalone. Overnations overkingdoms!....Jeremiah
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SectionII:RefutingArmstrong'sbooksectionbysection:
Refutationofthemostobviousthings
Therearesomanywild,ridiculousandunbiblicalthingsinArmstrong'sbook,butwehavechosenacollectionofthe mostobviousandglaringproblems.TheseshouldbeenoughforanyhonestBiblestudenttoUtterlyreject British/AngloIsraelism.Adetailedrefutationoftheentiresystemisat:clickhere TheUnitedStatesandBritaininProphecy byH.W.Armstrong "Anexciting,pulsating,vitalthirdofalthe Bibleisdevotedtoprophecy.And approximately90%ofallprophecypertainsto ourtime,now,inthislatterhalfofthe20th century."p3 ThiscontradictsthebookofRevelation!This falseviewisfoundationaltomanyof Armstrong'sviews! FirstchapterofRevelation:
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forthetimeisnear."Rev1:3 LastchapterofRevelation:
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Fordetailedstudyclickhere "DualpromisestoAbraham...Noticethe Armstrongcannotevengetthesimplestfacts twofoldpromise:1.agreatnation...apromise right!Therewerethreepromisesmadeto ofrace...2.spiritualpromiseofgrace"p18 AbrahamNOTTWOandallarefulfilled: 1. theGreatnationpromise(100%fulfilled inEgypt:Gen46:3;Deut1:10;10:22) 2. thelandpromise(100%fulfilledinJosh 21:4345) 3. Theseedpromise(100%fulfilledin Christ:Gal3:29;Heb6:1113;1920; Acts13:3233,38) Formoredetailsclickhere Armstrongincorrectlyidentifiesthe"riverof Egypt"inGen15:18astheNile!p22 ProphecyofUSAandBritain:Gen48:1820 Manassehbecominga"greatnation",and Ephraimisstillagreater"companyof nations".p40 ProphecyofmovingtoEngland:Gen49:22 "Josephisafruitfulboughbyawellwhose branchesrunoverthewall"p46"Overthe wallisobviousproofthattheywould"run over,orpastthenation'sboundary inother words,beacolonizingpeople!" TheriverofEgyptCANNOTbetheNile! Formoredetailsclickhere refutedindetailat: clickhere
Premillennialistsalwaystakeliteralpassages thatshouldbetakensymbolicallyandtake symbolically,thosepassagesthatshouldbe takenliteral!Yetusingtheirlogic,noneof thosebranchescouldruntoEngland!For withinthesameprophecyJacobsaid4verses later:"Uptotheutmostboundofthe everlastinghills"whichinArmstronglogic meansthatthelandmusthavehigh mountains!(Englandhasnomountains)Such interpretationsareasridiculousastheyare false!
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informationwhenitprovestheirwhole systemwrong!(Lk1:32)InActs2:3031 "Andso,becauseDavidwasaprophet,and knewthatGodhadsworntohimwithanoath toseatone ofhisdescendantsuponhis throne,31helookedaheadandspokeofthe resurrectionoftheChrist" Thisverseabsolutelyandconclusivelyproves thatJesuswasseatedontheThroneofDavid atHisresurrection! ThehouseofIsraelisnotJewish!Thosewho constituteitarenotJews,neverwere."p59 "the10tribedpeoplecalledIsrael,often propheticallyspokenofasEphraim,arenot JewsandneverwereJews.Rememberthat theterm"Jew"ismerelyanicknamefor "Judah".Henceitappliestoonenation,or houseofJudahonly nevertothehouseof Israel....ThehouseofIsraelarenotJews" p6364 ThehouseofIsraelwasinJudahduringthe personalministryofChrist.Matt.10:56. "ThesetwelveJesussentforth,and commandedthem,saying,Gonotintothe wayoftheGentiles,andintoanycityofthe Samaritansenteryenot.Butgorathertothe lostsheepofthehouseofIsrael HereJesuscommandedthetwelveto"go rathertothelostsheepofthehouseof Israel."If"lost"inthispassagemeansthatthe tribeswerephysicallylost,howcouldthe twelvedisciple"go"tothem?AndiftheJews were"notinthehouseofIsrael,"sinceitis claimedthatthetentribeswerenotinJudea, butwerelost,towhomdidthedisciples"go," andtowhomdidtheypreach?Theywere specificallytoldnottogototheGentiles,and nottogototheSamaritans,soiftheydidnot gototheJews,towhomweretheysent?But iftheydidgototheJews,sincethoseto whomtheywentwerethe"lostsheepofthe houseofIsrael,"itcertainlyfollowsthatthe Jewswere"inthathouse"infact,theJews werethathouse. Again,if"thelostsheepofthehouseofIsrael" werethetentribesonly,asasserted,thenthe disciplesdidnotbelongtothe"houseof Israel"themselves,andweretherefore forbiddentopreachtotheirowntribe!Of course,"lostsheep"doesnotmeanliteral sheep,hencetheywerenotliterallylost.The expression"lostsheepofthehouseofIsrael" denotestheirspiritualcondition.F.EWallace refutedindetailclickhere
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"ThescripturesplainlytellusthatIsraelwasto Theydid2Kings17:2224saystheywere loseitsidentity,itsreligion,itsland,itsname. settledandassimilatedintoAssyria! InDeut32:26,Godwantedthemthrough Moses:Isaid,Iwouldscattertheminto corners,Iwouldmaketheremembranceof thetoceasefromamongmen."p69 Armstrong'sscripturalproofthatIsraelwould changetheirnativelanguagefromHebrew intoEnglish: "TheEternalwouldceasespeakingtothemin theirownHebrewtongue,butwith"another tonguewillhespeaktothispeople"Isa28:11. ThiscannotapplytotheJews,whostillread theirBible'sinHebrewtongue." IncredibletwistingofscripturebyArmstrong! ActuallyIsa28:11isquotedinfullin1Cor 14:21""Bymenofstrangetonguesandbythe lipsofstrangersIwillspeaktothispeople, andevensotheywillnotlistentoMe,"says theLord.22Sothentonguesareforasign, nottothosewhobelieve"Sothe"strange tongues"isnotaprophecyofmovingto BritainandlearningEnglishbutaprophecyof theGIFTOFTONGUESMANIFESTINCORINTH, andthroughoutthefirstcentury! Fulfilled:ThenewnameisCHRISTIAN!Praise God!
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WellHerbert,wehavelookedatyouronly "ThehouseofIsraelbecameknownasthe LostTentribes!Nowknownbyanothername, twoprooftextsandtheywerewildlytwisted outofcontext!Soyourpointisnotproven speakinganotherlanguage!"p72 onebit! Armstrongusesthisverseasaprooftextthat theHouseofIsraelwillestablishtheroyal throneofDavidinEngland: "Andthesurvivingremnantofthehouseof Judahshallagaintakerootdownwardand bearfruitupward.ForoutofJerusalemshall gofortharemnant,andoutofMountZion survivors."Isa37:3132 HereisArmstrong'sproofthattheThronewas replantedinEnglandviaoneofthedaughters ofZedekiah!(Jer41:10;43:68)Armstrong assertsthat"atenderone"mustmeanfemale ordaughter!Hesaid,"Certainlyatender youngtwig,then,representsadaughter"p88 89 "Ishallalsotakea sprig fromtheloftytopof Ofcourseallthisispurefantasyandveryanti scriptural!The"tendertwig"inEzek17:22is notafemale,butJESUSCHRIST!Thisisa messianicprophecy! Isa53:2"ForHegrewupbeforeHimlikea tendershoot,Andlikearootoutofparched ground" Twistingagain,readtheverse!Noticeit mentions"HouseofJudah"not"Houseof Israel".
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thecedarandsetit out;Ishallpluckfromthe OnlyArmstrongwouldtwistscripturetosuch topmostofitsyoungtwigsatenderone,andI anincredibleandunprecedentedextent! shallplantit onahighandloftymountain.23 "OnthehighmountainofIsraelIshallplantit, thatitmaybringforthboughsandbearfruit, andbecomeastatelycedar."Ezek17:22 BetweenAssyriancaptivitytothetimeIsrael gotthethronesetupinEnglandArmstrong says: "Itwasduringthistimethechildrenofthe houseofIsraelwereto,"Abidemanydays withoutakingHos3:4""p92 TheactualdirectionIsraeltravelled propheciedinHosea: Hosea12:1Ephraimfeedsonwind, And pursuestheeastwindcontinually;He multipliesliesandviolence.Moreover,he makesacovenantwithAssyria,Andoilis carriedtoEgypt."Armstrongcomments:"An eastwindtravelswest.Ephraimmusthave gonewestfromAssyria."p93 Theeastwindreferstoawindofdestruction! notsometreasureorroadmap.Reread Hosea12:1andyouwillseethethoughtis absolutelyparallelwiththetwopassages below:WheredoesArmstrongdreamupthis wildstuff?(wellactually,wealreadyknowhe plagiarizeditallfromanotherbook,thensaid asaprophet,Godrevealedittohim! 1. "Thenbehold,sevenears,thinand scorchedbytheeastwind,sproutedup afterthem.7Andthethinears swallowedupthesevenplumpandfull ears.ThenPharaohawoke,andbehold, it was adream."Gen41:6 2. "Behold,thoughitisplanted,willit thrive?Willitnotcompletelywitheras soonastheeastwindstrikesitwither onthebedswhereitgrew?"Ezek17:10 Incredible!Butgetthis!Armstrongisusing (twistingandcontorting)thisverseasa treasure/roadmaptoshowyoutheexact prophesiedrouteoftravel!Nowif"fromthe Northandfromthewest"meansdrawaline fromJerusalemtoEngland,then"fromthe landofSinim"meansdrawalinefrom JerusalemtoAustralia!Twoopposite directionsArmstrong!(Wedonotagreethat SinimmeansAustralia.Truthisnooneknows forsure.Butwearemerelydefeating Armstrongwithhisownwildspeculations! TheHillofTARAintheRoyalCountyofMeath wasforcenturiesinancienttimestheseatof theHighKingofIreland,theArdRi.This monolithiscalledtheLiaFial,TheStoneofFal The"manydayswithoutaking"forIsrael, whoisabouttogointocaptivityistillthetime ofChrist!WhoistherealKingofKings!Not somefantasticimaginationstory!
TakeamapofEurope.LayalinedueNorth westofJerusalemacrossthecontinentof Europe,untilyoucometothesea,andthento theislandinthesea!Thislinetakeyou directlytotheBritishIsles!"Behold,these shallcomefromafar;Andlo,thesewill come fromthenorthandfromthewest,Andthese fromthelandofSinim."Isa49:12Armstrong thensays,"TheVulgaterenders"Sinimas "Australi"or"Australia""p9596
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JacobsPillar,Apeculiarcoincidence?Isthat ortheStoneofDestiny. Hebrewreadsrighttoleft,whileEnglishreads Fokelorestory:ThetraditionisthattheHigh lefttoright.Readthisnameeitherwayand KingsofIrelandwouldbecrownedhere,and itstillis"liafial"p100 thattheStonewouldroarorcryoutloudlyif touchedbythetrueHighKing.Somebelieve thattheoriginalStoneofFalwastakento EnglandandplacedundertheCoronation ThroneinWestminsterAbbey,theninthe currentCenturystolen,takenintosafe keepinginScotland.Whonowknowswhichis thetrueLiaFialorwhereitlies!Hereisthe actualLiafialstone! NoticethatLiaFialisnotwrittenonthestone underthecoronationchair!Sojustanother exampleofArmstrong'simaginationbeing playedwithbyFables! Stone of Scone, Jacobs Pillar?
ThismonolithiscalledtheLiaFial,TheStoneofFal,StoneofScone,JacobsPillar,Stoneof Destiny.
Conclusion:
1. British Israelism is going extinct... what took so long? 2. There is no scriptural foundation for British Israelism. 3. Herbert W. Armstrong claimed to be a prophet, an apostle and the "Elijah who was to come". In fact he was a deluded false teacher claiming direct revelation from God when God had not spoken to him. 4. Ronald Weinland, is the creator of an Armstrong splinter group called, Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God (CG-PKG). With Ronald Weinlands failed predicting of the end of the world in 2008, the future of Armstrongism looks bleak. 5. See our main Rapture page here. SteveRudd
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