Bob Thiel continues his fascinating mental meltdown into irrelevance in the eyes of the entire Church of God. For a long time now Thiel claims to have had a double portion of the holy spirit pour out upon him by Gaylon Bonjour. Believing that he was somehow now highly enlightened spiritually he stabbed Rod Meredith and the Living Church of God in the back by starting his own "church."
Thiel has no credentials. Has no meaningful theological training nor a degree in theology. He was never ordained and never worked his way up through the ranks of the church. None of that matters any more. He has now bypassed the ranks of deacon, elder, minister and evangelist. Bob now has become Elijah!
Thiel has to get in another dig at Meredith and then moves on to his "doubly blessed" portion that is the same as
Elijah's.
Elijah, however, over time seem to have lost the mental/emotional
ability to properly lead (cf. 1 Kings 19:13-18). God later took him and
replaced him with Elisha as the top ecclesiastical authority. Elisha
then received a “double-portion” (two-portion literally) of the gift
that God had given Elijah:
9 And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah
said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from
you?”
Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
10 So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see
me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it
shall not be so.” 11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked,
that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and
separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the
chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took
hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. 13 He also took
up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and
stood by the bank of the Jordan. (2 Kings 2:9-13)
The recipient of the double-portion, Elisha, was a type of Elijah.
Elisha picked up the mantle of Elijah (2 Kings 2:13) which God wanted
him to have (1 Kings 19:16-19), did a similar miraculous dry river
crossing (2 Kings 2:13-14), also did other miracles (2 Kings 4:30-35; 2
Kings 10:5-14; 2 Kings 6:16-18), as he replaced Elijah as God’s top
ecclesiastical authority on earth (cf. 1 Kings 19:16).
A minister of the Living Church of God prayed and anointed Bob Thiel for a ‘double portion’ of God’s Spirit back in late 2011.
Then he trots out dead Herb to give himself more legitimacy.
The Church of God position has been that someone would come in the
spirit and power of Elijah to “restore all things” and possibly be one
of the two witnesses. While the late Herbert W. Armstrong
(died in January 1986) sometimes indicated that he fulfilled that role,
he told people that I have personally spoken with that there could be
another other than he. Those with a WCG background might find the
following quote from Herbert W. Armstrong of some assistance here as he
wrote:
Those called into the Church were called not merely for
salvation and eternal life, but to learn the way of God’s government and
develop the divine character during this mortal life in the Church age…
Also Malachi 4:5-6 pictures the Elijah to come at the very end of the Church age (Mystery of the Ages. 1985, pp. 201, 349).
Now since the Church age has not ended, and the Day of the Lord has
not yet come, then it follows that Elijah was to come on the scene
publicly after this was written. His restoring of “all things” means
that he is to be restoring information that the true Church of God once
understood, but later must have lost or misunderstood (see also LCG on Prophets: Rare, But Look for the Fruits and Is there a need for a prophet now?).
Those of the true and genuine Philadelphian remnant will pay much attention to his voice. Those who do not will not fare as well as they could (cf. Revelation 12:14-17).
We in the Continuing Church of God
“have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19, KJV).”
It is fascinating watching the mental melt down a wanna-be COG leader in front of our eyes. What makes Thiel more fascinating is how he self created himself into a church leader while never having been a minister. Its easy to see how David C Pack and Gerald Flurry went off the deepened because they were already narcissistic ministers. Thiel however, is a new breed.
