Since the 1960s I have traveled to many foreign lands teaching the importance of the Original Book of Mormon and what it teaches about the United States of America.
Years ago we created a very important message that THERE IS NO CHURCH IN HEAVEN, ONLY TRUTH. The Millennium began on April 6, 2000.
We stopped the Global BLUE BEAM PROJECT on this day through exposure by radio and internet because the Lord is in charge of the USA and not false prophets and political leaders! The Blue Beam Project is further explained on this site. It is holographic technology used to create the illusion and hoax of aliens (to cover up technology and abductions) and to create spiritual illusions "to fool 85% of the world" (as quoted by a CIA/LDS agent in Utah for the One World Order).
Daniel, a great leader for Babylon and God was blessed with visions from the Angel Gabriel 600 BC. Today nearly forty percent of the world (2.5 Billion) believe in the power and authority of Angel Gabriel. Daniel saw the commencement of the Millennium as 2000 AD and the importance of the United States of America in that year for all of the world to follow. Apostle John the Revelator certified it. Only the wisdom of God could have accomplished this. President Ronald Reagan had the US Congress pass a bill honoring the Bible as the Word of God for the citizens of the USA. In the 1970s, myself and former California Governor Reagan discussed the importance of the Prophet Daniel and the USA and why some California Pentecostal leaders caught the vision of Jesus being God, as stated in the Original Book of Mormon. For years I have met Pentecostal pastors who use Book of Mormon verses in describing how Jesus is Heavenly Father.
What were the “wonders” Daniel was viewing relating to the rise and fall of the empires he saw in his dreams from God and how 588 BC was the destruction wrought by Babylon the People of the Lord and how the 2000 AD is the beginning of the Millennium, the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ as God? A solution to the 1290 and the 1335 Days of the last chapter of Daniel are the historic years of 1926 AD, and 2000 AD for Old Jerusalem. From the Book of Revelations, the 1260 Days is the historic year of 1914 AD.
In 1914 God sent angels to preserve the Allies, who in turn freed the land of Palestine and made the return of the Israelites possible. At the battle of Mons, August 14, 1914, the British contingent were in danger of annihilation by the Germans in Palestine, but the battle immediately stopped and the British were able to escape. through a miracle (Literary Digest, September 15, 1915). In 1926 the Turks retreated from Old Jerusalem and the destruction of this great city didn’t happen when Allies airplanes appeared and not a single shell was fired against the sacred city by either party. (“The City of the Great King”, by James T. Nichols, December 19, 1926). These are histories written after the fact. Isaiah had as clearly portrayed it beforehand. “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.” (Isaiah 31:5)
In an effort to document what was written in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation for the establishment of these latter days, 588 BC is the date when the scattering of the holy people happened because the great destruction was wrought by Babylon. Twelve years earlier a Jerusalem businessman, Lehi, fled his country because of dreams and warnings. The lost ten tribes of Israel were Celts – 500 BC. There was no known invasion of Britain by the Celts; they probably gradually infiltrated into British society through trade and other contact over a period of several hundred years; Druids, the intellectual class of the Celts (their own word for themselves, meaning "the hidden people"), begin a thousand year floruit. 1272 years (1290 Chaldean) from 588 BC brings us to 684 AD. What happened on this date? The British Isles abandons the Celtic Christian Church and accepts the faith of Rome. The Roman brand of Christianity is brought to Britain for the first time by St. Augustine, the missionary sent from Pope Gregory to convert the Saxons. Augustine founded a monastery and the first church at Canterbury, and was proclaimed its first Archbishop
Prophetic days symbolize so many years: “I have appointed thee each day for a year.” (Ezekiel 4:6) 1260 Days: “a time, times, and a half” is a period otherwise stated, is a year, years and a half or three years and a half. Now at that time the Chaldean year prevailed, which composed of 360 days, was decidedly shorter than the solar year of 365-1/4 days, such as we use today. Three and a half Chaldean years therefore will equal 1260 days. In prophetic parlance signify years, therefore the period before us is 1260 years. In 1260 Chaldean or calendar years there are 1242 solar years, in 1290 Chaldean years there are 1272 solar years and in the large period of 1335 Chaldean years, there are 1316 solar years. The date of commencing this period is not stated, but it is connected to a specific date dealing with Babylon (588 BC) to the Roman Empire; and then when the Roman Catholic invaded England (684 AD), or 1272 years (1290 years, Chaldean).
Why did the Lord help some biblical believers in Christ to abandon the traditions of Church-State religions (Roman Catholic, etc) and become a second witness of the Lord in the United States of America about Jesus being Heavenly Father? Another witness is needed. Frank Ewart, a Pentecostal Minister began to understand the true meaning of the importance of the USA and how it related to the Books of Revelation and Daniel in 1913. He discovered the importance of Modalism (Sabellius). Pentecostal Ministers Paul and Faye Richardson, Richmond, Virginia connected the Book of Mormon with this belief after Paul had a heavenly visit from Jesus. Back in the 1980s Steve Davis met with David K. Bernard about his 1983 Publication, THE ONENESS OF GOD, in Austin, Texas.
“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to ever lasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever….And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.” (Daniel 12: 1-3, 11-13)
The Roman Empire ruled at the time of John the Revelator’s Dream: “And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither in their place found any more in heaven.” (Revelation 12: 6-8)
In 1926 the major religious groups which used the “altered” Book of Mormon as scripture had abandoned the rule of “common consent” (which was established in July, 1830 (D&C 26) and all were practicing a sole dictatorship (Mormon Church - Corporate Sole in Utah, 1923; and RLDS Prophet declaration in 1925; Church of Christ, Temple Lot had no “apostles”) The Utah Corporate Sole was dissolved on November 19, 1973 by Mormon President Harold B. Lee who was then murdered five weeks later – the entity is still operating today, using automatic signature machines since 1989 for financial transactions worth billions of dollars). The US can investigate and terminate these illegal banking practices. Tens of thousands of Mormons want the plain and simple truths restored.
History of Pentecostal Believers in One God:
Founder: Frank Ewart
Founding Date: 1913
Structure: Numerous denominations and independent churches.
Official Publications: Harvestime radio program, The New Birth, The Oneness of God.
Unique Terms: Apostolic, Jesus Only, Jesus Name baptism, prophecy wheel, emphasis on Acts 2:38.
Groups: United Pentecostal Church International, Apostolic World Christian Federation, Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ, Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.
The founding date of the Oneness Pentecostal movement can be traced to a specific event: a revival meeting in Los Angeles on April 15, 1913. The culmination of the meeting occurred when Canadian revivalist R.E. McAlister baptized converts not according to the Trinitarian formula of the historic Christian Church, but in the name of Jesus only.1 While many at the meeting were shocked by this action, the burgeoning evangelist Frank Ewart spent many hours with McAlister following the service and was converted to the practice. According to many Oneness Pentecostals, McAlister taught Ewart that baptizing in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, as stated in Acts 2:38,2 was the fulfillment of the Trinitarian creed in Matthew 28:19.3 The passage from Matthew is fulfilled because Jesus, the Son, is simply the ultimate _expression of the monotheistic God (rather than the Son being a distinct Person within the Trinitarian Godhead).
The next significant date in the development of the movement occurred exactly two years later, on April 15, 1915, when Ewart gave his first sermon on Acts 2:38. David Reed believes that, despite the claims of Oneness Pentecostals that Ewart preached the message given to him by McCalister, Ewart did not actually develop his modalistic theology until after this sermon.4 Nonetheless, the approximate date for the development of Ewart's teaching regarding the necessity of baptism in the name of Jesus only can be traced to this period.
Also on this date, Ewart rebaptized supporter Glenn A. Cook according to the Jesus only formula; Cook then rebaptized Ewart.5 This was the beginning of the rebaptism of thousands of Pentecostals. The Oneness movement quickly spread through Pentecostal churches, particularly the Assemblies of God. The AG debated the issue of baptism in Jesus' name at their 1915 general assembly, and in 1916 defeated the movement in their denomination by requiring adherence to Trinitarian theology in the Statement of Fundamental Truths.6 156 ministers subsequently left the AG to form an independent Oneness denomination. In January, 1918, the General Assembly of the Apostolic Assemblies merged with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, a denomination affiliated with the original Pentecostal revival on Azusa Street in Los Angeles.7
A particularly significant event in the history of the Oneness Pentecostal movement occurred in 1945, when the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated, merged with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ to form the United Pentecostal Church International. Beginning with 617 churches in 1946, the UPCI currently has 25,283 churches with a membership of over 2.6 million.8
Doctrine
Trinity
One of the two most distinguishing beliefs and practices within Oneness Pentecostalism (along with Jesus Only baptism — see below) is modalism. Oneness Pentecostals deny the Trinity, believing instead that the monotheistic God simply "manifests" Himself in the offices or roles of the members of the Trinity. For example, one statement of Oneness beliefs claims:
God is absolutely one, with no distinction of persons. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:8; 45:5-6, 21-23; 46:9 Romans 3:30; Galatians 3:20; James 2:19). In order to save sinful humanity, God provided a sinless Man as a sacrifice of atonement — Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In begetting the Son and in relating to humanity, God is the Father. In working to transform and empower human lives, God is the Holy Spirit. Thus, for our salvation, God has revealed Himself as Father (in parental relationship to humanity), in His Son (in human flesh), and as the Holy Spirit (in spiritual action). (Malachi 2:10; Luke 1:35; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 1 Timothy 2:5).9
David K. Bernard, one of the most significant Oneness apologists, elaborates: "The term 'God the Father' is biblical and refers to God Himself…[The Bible] also clearly teaches that Jesus is the one Father. The Spirit that dwelt in the Son of God was none other than the Father."10
In other words, the Godhead does not consist of three distinct Persons with one substance. Instead, the single Person performs various roles to which He assigns the titles of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When the monotheistic God acts as the Creator, He is performing as the Father. When He provided the atoning sacrifice to enable humans to be saved, He was performing as the Son. Finally, when He works to transform redeemed humans, He is performing as the Holy Spirit.
Theophilus of Antioch, a second-century Christian, is widely recognized (according to available evidence) as the first individual to use the word "Trinity" in explaining the biblical teachings about God.11 The lack of earlier documentary evidence for the word "Trinity" leads many Oneness Pentecostals to assume that "power hungry bishops" in the early conciliar period devised the doctrine in order to accommodate Greco-Roman traditions.12 They allege that the doctrine was developed further at the Council of Nicaea to accommodate the combined theological and political aspirations of Emperor Constantine.13
This belief system displays three misunderstandings: a misunderstanding of the bases for conciliar proclamations, a misunderstanding of the origins of modalism, and a misunderstanding of what the Bible teaches regarding the Trinity. Properly understanding all three points is vital for accurate Christian theology.
Conciliar Proclamations: Many Christians inaccurately believe that the seven Ecumenical Councils of the early Church were occasions on which new doctrine was developed. Instead, the councils clarified the consensus fidelium (consensus of the faithful, or the "mind of the Church"), and defended it from heretical attacks. For example, the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.) did not "decide" that Jesus Christ is of the same substance as the Father. Similarly, the Council of Constantinople (381 A.D.) did not "decide" that the Holy Spirit is also God. Instead, these councils, in reaction to heresies afflicting the Church at the time, clarified the biblical teachings for the faithful by creating pronouncements that would teach the biblical doctrines in ways that could be easily understood by the Church. Thus, the Nicene Creed was written at the Council of Nicaea in order to clearly promote the core doctrines of Christianity (including the belief that Jesus Christ is a distinct Person who is of one substance with the Father).
Modalism: The doctrine of the Godhead taught by Oneness Pentecostals, rather than having its roots in the Bible, can instead be traced to the heresy of modalism taught in the third century by Sabellius (although it was first taught in 190 by Theodotus of Byzantium). Sabellius taught that the monotheistic God (called a monad) progressively revealed Himself through the offices of the Trinity. Significantly, Sabellius was excommunicated from the Church for his aberrant teachings. The Oneness Pentecostal teaching that God "manifested" Himself through the offices of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit comes directly from Sabellius, who even used the term "manifesting" to define his doctrine.14
Biblical Teaching of the Trinity: A Oneness teacher wrote, "To say that God is three persons and find substantiation for it in the Scripture is a work in futility. There is literally nothing in the Bible that supports God being three persons."15 On the contrary, however, the passages at the end of this Profile clearly show that the concept of the Trinity can be found in the Bible. Oneness Pentecostals are correct in pointing out that the God of the Bible is monotheistic. Nonetheless, because the Bible also teaches that there is a Person called God the Father, a Person called God the Son, and a Person called God the Holy Spirit, it is clear that the Bible teaches that within the nature of the one God there exist three separate and distinct Persons.
Jesus Only Baptism
As stated in the "History" section of this Profile, the Oneness Pentecostal movement started when R.E. McAlister baptized respondents at a revival in the name of Jesus only. Modern Oneness Pentecostals continue the practice because they believe, as did McAlister, that Acts 2:38 was the fulfillment of Matthew 28:19. David K. Bernard states, "[Matthew 28:19] teaches the titles of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost identify one name and therefore one being… The church correctly carried out the instructions Jesus gave in Mt.28:19 when the apostles used the name of Jesus in water baptism."16 The UPCI elaborates: "The word name is used here in the singular, and it is the focal point of the baptismal command. The titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost describe God's relationships to humanity and are not the supreme, caving name describe here, which is Jesus."17 In other words, the apostles baptized in the name of Jesus alone, and in doing so perfectly carried out the instructions of the Lord. Furthermore, Oneness Pentecostals claim that Christians must be baptized according to the "Jesus Only" formula in order to be saved.18 The "Jesus Only" understanding and practice of baptism is thus tremendously significant to the spiritual state of Oneness Pentecostals.
The "Jesus Only" formula reflects an egregious decontextualization of Scripture. For example, examining Matthew 28:18 clearly refutes the Oneness understanding of Matthew 28:19. Jesus claims in verse 18 that all power was given to him by the Father; this claim would be meaningless, and would perhaps even be an indication of schizophrenia, if the Father and Son were actually the same person. Thus, just as he claimed in verse 18 the authority given to him, in verse 19 he commands the apostles to go forth and to baptize upon that authority (i.e., the command of Jesus).19 Such an understanding is confirmed by Acts 10:48, which similarly expresses the authority by which baptism is performed.
The Oneness understanding that salvation depends upon Jesus' Name baptism is similarly refuted by Scripture. Oneness Pentecostals use Acts 4:12 as evidence that salvation comes through this baptismal formula.20 If salvation comes only through being baptized by the sacred name of God, and if the Son is simply a manifestation of God the Father, then baptism would therefore need to be performed in the name of Elohim or Yahweh (provided in the Old Testament). Since even Oneness Pentecostals would dispute this understanding, the necessity of baptism in the name of Jesus only is easily refuted using their own logic.
Tongues
Many Oneness Pentecostals believe that Christians must receive the gift of tongues, or glossolalia, in order to be saved. It should be pointed out that such Oneness Pentecostals do not believe that the gift of tongues in itself will save individuals; however, any individual who has received the Holy Spirit, and thus will be saved, will also receive and exhibit the gift of tongues. David K. Bernard explains,
Tongues in and of themselves do not save. Nevertheless, the relationship between the Spirit baptism and tongues is similar to that of faith and works. We are saved by faith, not works, yet works always accompany genuine faith. Likewise, tongues cannot save us, yet the Spirit baptism produces tongues as the initial sign…A Spirit baptism without tongues is a nonbiblical concept; the Bible does not discuss this possibility. We should always expect speaking in tongues when someone receives the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
It is not the purpose of this Profile to argue for or against glossolalia. Nonetheless, it is necessary to point out that the Oneness belief in the gift of tongues as a necessary evidence of having the Holy Spirit (as opposed to the gift as an evidence of the fullness of the Spirit, as some Pentecostals believe) is unbiblical. Even Bernard admits that many of the biblical accounts of conversions do not describe receiving the gift of tongues. Therefore, Oneness Pentecostals are erroneously attempting to argue that something that occasionally occurred should therefore always occur; it is impossible to argue this point when the Bible does not make such a claim.
References:
1 David Reed, "Oneness Pentecostal Origins," [Online]. URL http://eli.elilabs.com/~mbasset/oporigin.txt.
2 "Be baptized everyone of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remissions of your
sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
3 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
4 Reed, [Online]. URL http://eli.elilabs.com/~mbasset/oporigin.txt. Reed spells Frank Ewart's last name "Uert." This variance exists in several other texts as well.
5 Mike Oppenheimer, "The Modern Beginnings of Oneness," [Online]. URL http://www.letusreason.org/Onenes21.htm.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 About the United Pentecostal Church International, [Online]. URL http://www.upci.org/main/about.
9 The United Pentecostal Church International, [Online]. URL http://www.prairienet.org/community/religion/fire/meet.html.
10 David K. Bernard, J.D., The Oneness of God, [Online]. URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pentecostal/One-Ch6.htm.
11 See the letter of Theophilus to Autolycus in Rev. Alexander Roberts, D.D., and James Donaldson, LL.D., Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325 (Edinburgh: n.p., 1884), Book 2, Chapter 18.
12 Timothy Crews, Spiritual Roots, 2nd edition (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 10.
13 Ibid., p. 11.
14 Gene Frost, The 'Oneness' Doctrine of Pentecostalism (Nelson, B.C.: MacGregor Ministries, 1974), pp. 21–22.
15 Thomas Weisser, Three Persons from the Bible? or Babylon (n.p.: n.p., 1983), p. 2.
16 Bernard, [Online]. URL http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pentecostal/One-Ch6.htm.
17 Why We Baptize in Jesus' Name, [Online]. URL http://www.upci.org/tracts/baptize.htm.
18 The Apostles' Doctrine, [Online]. URL http://www.upci.org/tracts/doctrine.htm.
19 See Mark McNeil, An Evaluation of the Oneness Pentecostal Movement (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), p. 8.
20 "Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."
THE ONENESS OF GOD (1983)
“Jesus is everything that the Bible describes God to be. He has all the attributes, prerogatives, and characteristics of God Himself. To put it simply, everything that God is Jesus is. Jesus is the one God. There is no better way to sum it all up than to say with the inspired Apostle Paul, "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him" (Colossians 2:9-10). ”
By David K. Bernard, J.D. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pentecostal/One-Top.htm