Articles for the Benefit of Members and Ex-Members of the WCG

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The Nakedness of the Church

The Worldwide Church of God has thrown off her garments of righteousness. Instead of preparing for Jesus' imminent coming by putting this clothing on, she has discarded it!

There must have been some structural problems because water was dripping from a ceiling. It was hard to find out what the real cause of this was, whether condensation, a leaking pipe, or a roof leak. I put it down to the latter, but it was hard to pinpoint.

In the next scene, I was turning up for work in the morning. As I arrived I walked in the door and the woman was taken aback. She was not expecting me then. She was standing there before going out. She was dressed seductively. Her dress had a plunging neckline, revealing too much. It was deliberately seductive. I ignored her and went to get on with my work.

Not long afterwards, from the corner of my eye, I saw someone rushing out of the house. Through the window I caught a glimpse of this woman racing out with nothing on! I tried to see properly because I couldn't believe it, but there was so much stuff in the way that I wasn't able to see clearly. She raced out and jumped into her car, which had been in the driveway when I arrived. It was a posh, well-maintained, polished sporty soft-top, maroon in colour, with lots of glittering chrome. (As I arrived, one door was wide open, as if someone was preparing to go.) She certainly did! But not in the way you would anticipate of someone whom you would expect to be respectable and well-behaved.

Why God Gives Dreams

This dream depicts the WCG and my involvement with the church. Dreams from God are often figurative representations of what God wants us to perceive in the spiritual realm. We do not have spiritual 'eyes', so God has to convey important spiritual lessons for us by imagery.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It can often convey so much more than words alone.

Visionary representations of this sort, of course, are nothing new to those familiar with the way God works. The Bible catalogues an array of dreams God gave His servants. From the time of the young Joseph (Gen 37) whose brothers hated him for repeating the dreams God gave him, to the dramatic visions John received on Patmos (Revelation), God has repeatedly spoken in this way to forewarn and predict for His children's benefit and to bear testimony to the presence of His invisible guiding hand. He spoke to many prophets in the past through dreams (Num 12:6; Jer 23:28). And He does so today, to those who are open to receiving through the Spirit (Acts 2:17).

One surprising feature of God's activity is that He works in ways the majority least expect. He can also work through those whom the majority least esteem.

Why? For the same reason He gave Joseph dreams and not his brothers - to ultimately humble them and elevate him for his faithfulness toward God.

The Meaning of the Dream

I dreamed that I was doing some building work at a person's house. It seemed to be our former home and yet it wasn't. There were many things about the building that were different to what we were familiar with. The owner of this house was a woman.

The dream depicts my spiritual involvement and influence in the WCG. Although I am not present physically, that is immaterial. God still achieves His purpose across physical boundaries and beyond physical limitations.

The woman represents the WCG. I used to be a member of this church. In that sense it was my former home, spiritually speaking. At least, it seemed to be. The truth is, in fact, that my spiritual allegiance all the while I was a member, was not to the woman but to God.

God conveyed that the WCG is now very different to what it was like when I was a member up until 1990. The dream then goes on to highlight the spiritual significance of this difference.

There must have been some structural problems because water was dripping from a ceiling. It was hard to find out what the real cause of this was, whether condensation, a leaking pipe, or a roof leak. I put it down to the latter, but it was hard to pinpoint.

Structurally, the WCG 'building' is very unsound. Those who have messed about with biblical teachings in the church have created big problems. It is hard to pinpoint and isolate the doctrinal specifics of these problems, because, true to satanic form, demonic changes are always a clever devious mixture of truth and error. But, one thing seems certain, the protective covering of the roof has been undone in some way, leaving the church unprotected from harmful spiritual elements.

To those who need blunt explanations: the WCG is open to the incessant dripping of doctrines of demons, just as Paul predicted:

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Tim 4:1, NKJV).

In the next scene, I was turning up for work in the morning. As I arrived I walked in the door and the woman was taken aback. She was not expecting me then. She was standing there before going out. She was dressed seductively. Her dress had a plunging neckline, revealing too much. It was deliberately seductive. I ignored her and went to get on with my work.

Many in Worldwide are surprised at my 'distant' involvement and spiritual influence within the church. It is not something I engineered. God knows what He is doing, and when He uses people in His service, He does so effectively.

Although the leaders of the church have tried to neutralise the spiritual impact of what Midnight Ministries is doing, they are failing as each week passes. God is doing His Work and no man can stop it.

The woman's seductiveness is an allegory for the present WCG approach in its teachings. It has dispensed with aspects that are not palatable to the majority - some say, in a bid to draw in more members from outside. Whatever the reasons, God reveals the spiritual motives underlying their behaviour. They are no more honourable than Jezebel!

... you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [in others words, who claims that what she teaches is revelation from God, when it is not], to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols (Rev 2:20, NKJV).

The WCG is seducing God's people to be spiritually immoral and to accept false doctrines ("eat things sacrificed to idols"). They are causing their members to forge spiritual relationships with demons (likened to immoral sexual union), rather than with their true Lover, their Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.

Not long afterwards, in the corner of my eye, I saw someone rushing out of the house. Through the window I caught a glimpse of this woman racing out with nothing on! I tried to see properly because I couldn't believe it, but there was so much stuff in the way that I wasn't able to see clearly. She raced out and jumped into her car, which had been in the driveway when I arrived. It was a posh, well-maintained, polished sporty soft-top, maroon in colour, with lots of glittering chrome. (As I arrived, one door was wide open, as if someone was preparing to go.) She certainly did! But not in the way you would anticipate of someone whom you would expect to be respectable and well-behaved.

The woman's behaviour in the physical is an allegory of God's view of the WCG in the spiritual. She is disgusting, lewd, lascivious, and daringly so.

Worldwide has always been good at advertising its 'wares' to the public. In the past its adverts in Readers' Digest and other notable publications drew in many responses and The Plain Truth magazine became a well-known venture. In fact, their influence was more widespread than many members were even aware. (A previous dream God gave me illustrated this.) The posh sporty soft-top illustrates the showy, even lavish set-up which the church maintained, and believed was an integral part of the way they should operate. They felt they deserved to 'spoil' themselves. It pumped up their ego. They thought that was good.

What would you think of a woman who wears seductively plunging necklines and who secretly prefers to go around naked? A pervert? Indeed! And that is what the WCG is in the spiritual.

GOD IS WARNING YOU THAT THE WCG IS SPIRITUALLY PERVERSE!!

What He says to the church now is this:

I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed, I will cast her into a sick-bed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works (Rev 2:21-23, NKJV).

Where Are Your Garments?

We are approaching the imminent return of Jesus to take His Bride to Himself as the spotless Church He desires. Paul described this:

...[Christ] gave Himself for her that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of the water by the Word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish (Eph 5:25-27, NKJV).

However, it is not that the Worldwide's clothing is spotted and wrinkled. It has discarded it completely!! That is the picture God paints of this decadent church! It is naked, and willingly so! That is a measure of the spiritual perversity of its present condition.

It is not preparing for Jesus' coming. It is cavorting around, courting catastrophe. Perhaps that is why the dream depicted her leaving. A church which denies its Maker will end in spiritual death.

By contrast, the Apocalypse depicts the end-time faithful Church by these metaphors:

...the marriage of the Lamb has come and His wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints (Rev 19:7,8, NKJV).

Malcolm B Heap

Further Reading

More about satanic inroads into the Church is covered in the booklet, Apostasy in God's Church (£2.00).  Please write to the address below.