"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God." (II Corinthians 5:20)
Last Sunday, May 28th the brethren in God's church observed the Day of Pentecost. Probably more than any other of God's annual Feast Days, Pentecost – or the Day of Firstfruits – is THE day of God's True Church. According to tradition it was on this day that the Law was given at Mt Sinai, beginning the covenant that placed the Government of God over the physical nation of Israel. Then, in 31AD the Holy Spirit came on this same day and the New Testament Church began. Though the new covenant will not be ratified until the resurrection, the start of the New Testament Church on this day still places the Government of God over the newly-begotten Kingdom of God in embryo.
Our destiny within God's True Church is to eventually replace every kingdom, every democracy, every government of this world, as part of the Kingdom of God that is destined to rule the entire universe for eternity: "But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever" (Daniel 7:18). Our citizenship therefore, is not of this world, this age, as we must be a congregation of people who have the rule of God over them so that we in turn can administer that same rule in the World Tomorrow. This makes us the ambassadors of this very, very different Kingdom. As Jesus Christ said:
The dictionary definition of an ambassador is interesting ...
This was the ethos behind the name: "Ambassador" in Ambassador College, and its motto ... "Recapturing True Values". These values being recaptured – the "specified activity' – were those of God which were temporarily abandoned at the start of this present evil age of Satan, but are destined to be promoted by the teachers of the World Tomorrow. These godly values are what produced the outstanding physical quality of everything on each campus. But now what do we witness? The once immaculate gardens and buildings – once preserved by meticulous maintenance – now degraded; the buildings sold along with the high quality furnishings; even the Plain Truth neither plain nor true; the computer department gone; the TV and radio department shut down; the millions of pieces of physical literature no longer produced; fleets of cars, Gulfstream jet, Auditorium; Ambassador Foundation projects – all no more.
Many of us mourn the passing of a truly splendid and productive time, but as God has allowed this, it should tell us that Ambassador College has fulfilled its function. It is now very much the Church that must carry on the legacy. Because the College is gone there is now a much greater onus on each individual within the Church to represent God's Way of Life – as the true riches and pearl of great price – being ambassadors or representatives in our own personal lives for the higher standards and Laws of the heavenly country we represent. This is the Kingdom for which the apostle Paul was "an ambassador in bonds" (Ephesians 6:20). That's what is truly important ... our spiritual heritage and the comprehension of God's awesome Truth, and not the physical trappings. We STILL hold this pearl of great price as ambassadors – not of Ambassador College or any Work of our day – but of a future Utopia, to be brought about by the rule of a Heavenly Kingdom, as prophesied by God Himself.
It is God's Holy Spirit that came with power as a rushing mighty wind on that Day of Pentecost in 31AD that is the defining difference between what we represent and the present satanic system, which is diametrically opposed to God's way of life. The pouring out of that Spirit on all flesh (Joel 2:28) coupled with the removal of "the prince of the power of the air" (Ephesians 2:2) will finally enable mankind to turn toward the life he longs for. A world based on the way of Give as opposed to Get, to loving neighbour as oneself – something utterly different from anything we find in today's society,
While self-seeking politicians are blasting accusations at one another, PROMISING the people whatever they think will win votes in their grasp for government POWER, this Christ-led VOICE cries out the announcement of a UTOPIAN Government rule, now imminent, that will finally deliver a Satan-deceived humanity from its problems and evils and bring us into the UTOPIAN WORLD TOMORROW!
Meanwhile, the living Jesus Christ has been preparing HIS CHURCH to sit with Him in His throne (Revelation 3:21), clothed with POWER to RULE (Revelation 2:26-27) all nations in WORLD PEACE, UNIVERSAL PROSPERITY, HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING, and with salvation and eternal life offered
Satan will be banished from the earth. The living CHRIST will rule all nations! Those who have been led by His Spirit in His CHURCH – starting with "father Abraham" and Old Testament prophets – shall be resurrected or (if living) translated instantaneously into spirit-composed immortality. They shall occupy chief positions in the new WORLD GOVERNMENT. (Coworker Letter 27 Aug 1980)
If there is one particular area of life that Satan has zeroed in on in order to destroy, it is the family as God created it: father, mother, and their offspring. And it's not just his aggressive promotion of homosexuality and gender issues, but also how the family unit, as God designed it, should function. And if we are going to teach the entire world how this crucial and fundamental unit can work successfully and happily, then it is clear that as ambassadors of that coming Kingdom it is something we also need to be learning ourselves today. With God's spirit guiding our thoughts and actions now – both within the Church and our families – we'll be able to shepherd and counsel those in the future, many of whom have been reared in very dysfunctional households.
As fathers within our human families we are placed in our positions of responsibility within the home without a vote. Our position is given by Almighty God. But never as a harsh overseer! It is only given to administer God's Way of Love for the good of the entire family (Ephesians 5:25,6:4). This is precisely what God saw in Abraham:
And the same holds true for the wives and mothers ... that they too reflect the Way of Life that is destined to bring peace and harmony to all families in the World Tomorrow, rejecting the domineering, strident example of many in today's matriarchal society.
So too is the rule within God's True Church. There can be no worldly contentious voting procedures on doctrine, ministerial appointment, or church administration, for example. In God's Church it is Jesus Christ who must be recognised as having placed His true ministers in their respective positions. But it is not authority for authority's sake! Many brethren have been discouraged in the past at the treatment they've received at the hands of the ministry, who lorded it over them. But in fact we are placed there to administer God's Way of Love that must flow down from the authority over us for the good of His entire Spirit-begotten family. As the apostle Peter reminds all of us within the ministry:
It is also worth noting that the origin of the English word 'ambassador' which is based on the Latin 'ambactus', means servant. Unlike the vast majority of leaders in the world today, our overriding desire will be to serve humanity, as Christ has so clearly already demonstrated in His life and death. And considering we are ALL destined to be kings and priests in the coming Kingdom, these words of Christ apply equally to the ministry and membership alike:
On Pentecost we celebrated the gift of the Holy Spirit to those God is calling, and therefore this is an excellent time to keep in mind just how different we must be from this world in which we temporarily live as heavenly representatives or delegates – ambassadors of a new age. The Government we represent is as day is to night, black is to white, compared to the politics of this world. We therefore cannot vote. We cannot involve ourselves in THIS world's power-plays. It is just NOT our world. Apart from the fact that the very principle of rulership from the bottom up is something that is ungodly, who politically could we possibly give our vote to? As ambassadors our hope, our focus, must never stray from God's coming Kingdom ... OUR coming Kingdom and inheritance.
We are, naturally, born citizens, or subjects, of the government under which we have been born (or naturalized). As such, we are LOYAL citizens or subjects. We LOVE our country. We are SUBJECT to its laws, its authority. WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO OTHER ALLEGIANCE TO ANY EARTHLY POWER!
BUT, we now also have a spiritual citizenship, IN HEAVEN. But we are not in heaven, but here on earth. WHAT THEN?
We are here on earth as "AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST” (II Corinthians 5:20). Even Abraham, whose were the PROMISES, was merely a sojourner in the promised land, “as in a strange country.” He is the father of the faithful, and spiritually we are here in the same way, even though we have national citizenship, AS AMBASSADORS representing KING CHRIST who is IN HEAVEN. (Military Service And War)
But not being part of this world and its in-fighting, problems and issues doesn't mean we don't care. We're not pillar saints, keeping ourselves untouched physically and emotionally from the misery we see around us. Quite the opposite ... we continue with the training God is giving us individually so that we can be part of the solution to the wretchedness and heartache we see all around us today.
Mr Armstrong's position as the end-time Elijah was to "restore all things" (Matthew 17:11) and within Israel to "turn their heart back again" (I Kings 18:37). This was also the very purpose of Ambassador College: to recapture true values – to train people to feed those God was calling and show them the timeless answers to these most profound questions of existence. But I wonder if we realise that the first Elijah – during and after the time of Ahab – also ran at least three colleges? Talking of Elijah's role in the World Tomorrow Mr Armstrong points this out:
... Certainly the indication is given us that, under Christ as King of kings, and under Christ’s top team – the “fathers” – will be Moses over all organized national and international government; and Elijah, over all organized church, religious and educational activity.
Actually, the Gospel and religious development is merely spiritual education. And it is significant that Elijah had organized and headed three schools or colleges (2 Kings 2:3, 5; 4:38 – at Bethel, Jericho, and Gilgal) teaching God’s Truth in a world corrupted by false pagan education ... (Wonderful World Tomorrow - chapter 4)
It appears the students were taught by both Elijah and Elisha (II Kings 2:15). There were at least 50 individuals (II Kings 2:7). And at least some of the students were married (II Kings 4:1) But how many were there in total? What was the curriculum? How were the students selected? What buildings were there? Were they co-ed? How long was the course? What did they write on? What books and scrolls did they read etc., etc. And as fascinating and intriguing it would be to find out, on this topic, the Bible appears utterly silent.
A question worth pondering is: "Why do we know so little of these three colleges"?
It appears such things were not deemed important by God to be included in scripture. We simply know that there were individuals known as "sons of the prophets" – young men, almost certainly being trained to continue the work of those whom Jezebel had killed (I Kings 18:13) as the northern House of Israel had rejected the Levites from being the priests and teachers God intended. But we have not been told any of the details. The buildings – however grand they may have been – have long crumbled in the dust. The furnishings are all long gone.
But what do we have? We have a record of the character of one of God's great prophets: Elijah. And the character of his foremost student and successor: Elisha. And one of the most profound 18-second prayers ever given:
This satanic-led society can drown us in the "cares of this life" so very easily, or else tempt us to opt out of our calling, to take a break, maybe just for a short while. But Christ warns us: "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." (Luke 21:34) So what better time to "turn our hearts back again" to the ways of God and His personal calling than this time of year. The day of Pentecost reminds us that it is OUR day, as the Firstfruits of God's harvest. It is a very fitting time to stop and consider the astounding miracle that has taken place ... i.e. the impregnation of our minds with the very Spirit of God, and the responsibility that goes along with that calling ... in our homes, our neighbourhood, our workplace and any other interaction with humanity.
There may not be much time left for Christ to make us part of His elect, fully ready to be used as teachers and trainers in the World Tomorrow – ready to take our own place alongside those ancient ambassadors of that Kingdom who went before. As we read of the inspirational brethren mentioned in the book of Hebrews; "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." (Hebrews 11:13). They were fully aware that they didn't belong to their society back then, no more than we do to ours. They were true representatives – ambassadors – of a world where eventually all mankind will be in tune with the thoughts of God, as we strive to do now.
Both the WEF and the Bilderberg Group are very much in the news. The World Economic Forum (WEF) hosts more than 3,000 participants, of which 1,200 are chief executives or company chairs and more than 50 are world leaders.
The Bilderberg group is way more exclusive with around 130 members. It’s all highly secretive - there is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued. Based on comments made in previous years, they seem to discuss similar topics to the WEF.
Both of these organisations are unelected by the so called democracies, yet wield enormous power! What are they trying to achieve?
“The World Economic Forum (WEF) has grown from a small huddle in the 1970s, when it was started by the academic Klaus Schwab, to hosting more than 3,000 participants, of which 1,200 are chief executives or company chairs and more than 50 are world leaders.
As you can imagine, there are lots of meetings, surrounded by varying degrees of secrecy. The public ones - which anyone can attend. The closed ones - which only those participants with a white badge can attend and then the private ones that you don’t even know have happened. Those are where the big deals are discussed, behind closed doors.” (bbc.co.uk)
One of the main objectives of the WEF is a far-reaching digital ID system and complete control of the money supply. This would seem to point to a totalitarian form of government.
“The World Economic Forum (WEF), an international organization that works to ‘shape global, regional and industry agendas,’ recently published its latest dystopian proposal – a far-reaching digital ID system that will collect as much data as possible on individuals and then use this data to determine their level of access to various services.
The WEF suggests that this data collection dragnet would allow a digital ID to scoop up data on people’s online behavior, purchase history, network usage, credit history, biometrics, names, national identity numbers, medical history, travel history, social accounts, e-government accounts, bank accounts, energy usage, health stats, education, and more.
Once the digital ID has access to this huge, highly personal data set, the WEF proposes using it to decide whether users are allowed to ‘own and use devices,’ ‘open bank accounts,’ ‘carry out online financial transactions,’ ‘conduct business transactions,’ ‘access insurance, treatment,’ ‘book trips,’ ‘go through border control between countries or regions,’ ‘access third-party services that rely on social media logins,’ ‘file taxes, vote, collect benefits,’ and more.” (reclaimthenet.org)
As the previous article points out, with the new digital ID system the scripture in Revelation 13:7 is very real and up to date! It can happen right now. A system already is up and working in China – absolute State control over “buying and selling”!
“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation 13:17)
Mr Armstrong writes:
“Everyone wants to be able to ‘buy or sell.’ In this scriptural usage the expression ‘buy or sell’ more literally indicates being able to buy – not that stores or those from whom one might make purchases of the necessities of life would refuse to accept the money, but that the one refusing the ‘mark’ would not be able to buy, would not be able to earn a living, to earn a wage or salary, or to engage himself in business. The ‘mark of the beast,’ then, has direct bearing on ability to engage in business, or to hold a job and earn a living.” (Who or What Is the PROPHETIC BEAST? Part 2)
“Young Global Leaders” Revealed
“Through its Young Global Leaders program, the World Economic Forum has been instrumental in shaping a world order that undermines all democratic principles. For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.
Klaus Schwab: ‘I have to say then I mention names like Mrs Merkel, even Vladimir Putin and so on they all have been Young Global Leaders of The World Economic Forum. But what we are really proud of now with the young generation like Prime Minister Trudeau, President of Argentina and so on, is that we penetrate the cabinets… It is true in Argentina and it is true in France now…’
In 1992, Klaus Schwab and World Economic Forum launched a program initially called Global Leaders of Tomorrow. In 2004, this program was turned into the Forum for Young Global Leaders – a 5-year program of indoctrination into WEFs principles and goals. The aim was – and is – to find suitable future leaders for the emerging global society.
The program since its inception has included politicians, business leaders, royalty, journalists, performers and other cultural influencers who have excelled in their fields but have not yet turned 40 years of age (originally 43 in order to include Angela Merkel).
The network creates a force for worldwide influence through the combination of the individual skills and resources of its members. As Klaus Schwab says in the introductory quote, it has become very successful. Already in the first year, 1992, a number of highly influential candidates were elected. Among 200 selected were global profiles such as Angela Merkel, Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Bill Gates, Bono, Richard Branson (Virgin), Jorma Ollila (Shell Oil), and José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission 2004–2014).
The vision is that a peaceful and harmonious world in balance
is created through the establishment of
a World Federation
with a World Parliament,
World Government and
a World Court.
The ‘New World Order’ is always just a conspiracy theory until someone comes out and discusses it. Whether that’s George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, or Barack Obama, all of our previous five presidents other than Donald Trump has invoked the ‘New World Order’ during a speech or public discussion.
Today, Joe Biden joined his fellow globalist presidents in demonstrating his fealty to the globalist elites.
‘You know we are in an inflection point, I believe, in the world economy’ the Commander-in-Chief said, ‘Not just the economy, the world. It occurs every three or four generations. As one of the top military people said to me in a secure meeting the other day, 60 million people died between 1900 and 1946 and since then we established a liberal world order and that hadn’t happened in a long while. Lot of people dying [now], but nowhere near the chaos. And now’s the time when things are shifting. There’s gonna be a new world order out there, and we’ve gotta lead it. And we’ve gotta unite the rest of the world in doing it.’” (thelibertydaily.com)
Is A World Government Possible?
Mr Armstrong explains:
“World government is needed, but through human leaders it is simply impossible! What man lives today who has the qualifications – who could safely be entrusted with that much POWER!”
“The three-day event, which this year runs from Thursday to Sunday, is shrouded in mystery, with clandestine talks held behind closed doors… That has sparked conspiracy theories, similar to those leveled against high-level meetings like the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by those who claim attendees are seeking to establish a ‘new world order.’ However, the event’s organizers say that the discrete nature of it is to allow for greater freedom of discussion.
Now in its 69th year, the Bilderberg Meeting was established in 1954 to ‘foster dialogue’ between Europe and North America.
Today, around two-thirds of participants come from Europe and the rest from North America, with approximately a quarter from politics and government and the remainder from other fields, according to a statement on its website. Around one-fifth are women.
And, as ever, discretion is key. Attendees take part as individuals, rather than in any official capacity, and no official detailed agenda is disclosed nor are the discussions reportable.
‘The Bilderberg Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed,’ the organizers said in a press release Thursday.” (cnbc.com)
“As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.
There is no detailed agenda,
no resolutions are proposed,
no votes are taken,
and no policy statements are issued.”
(bilderbergmeetings.org)
“The Bilderberg Group, a notoriously shadowy organization with a membership roster that includes some of the world’s most powerful and influential people, are convening their annual meetings this weekend in Lisbon, Portugal.
Oddly enough, there is a complete media blackout in the corporate press surrounding the upcoming conference, despite the significant geopolitical ramifications attached to its members and the agenda items being discussed. If you’re familiar with the World Economic Forum’s annual closed-door, invite-only Davos confab, then you can get a sense of what Bilderberg entails.
Yet Bilderberg is a level up of exclusivity, given that FEWER THAN 150 PEOPLE usually end up with invites to the conference, as opposed to the thousands who go to Davos. Bilderberg consists only of the very top business tycoons, royals, media influencers, and government power brokers.
The Bilderberg meetings have been a regular occurrence since the mid 1950s, with the inaugural meeting in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in the Netherlands.
Although it is significantly staffed by publicly elected officials, the discussions that happen during Bilderberg conferences remain a closely guarded secret. Unsurprisingly, this has led many to suspect that the powerful globalist ideologues who attend these closed-door wargaming discussions are up to no good. Organizers defend the secretive nature of the conference by claiming that it allows attendees to speak informally among peers.
To get a sense of why Bilderberg conferences are often associated with conspiratorial inquiry, look no further than the roster of last year’s meeting in Washington, DC.
The meetings included several heads of state and the world’s most powerful spy chiefs. On the American side, it included multiple Biden Administration cabinet level officials, and the likes of the CIA Director, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, Eric Schmidt of Google, Sam Altman of ChatGPT, and Peter Thiel, to name a few. On the European side, attendees included the British and French spy chiefs and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, among others. The topics of discussion included:
This year’s attendees have not yet been revealed.” (dossier.today)
May 17, 2023
“With just one day left until the annual Bilderberg conference kicks off, a massive security operation is beginning to be set up with bomb sniffing dogs and police barricades closing off the only street that would allow access to film the participants
Their agenda is loaded with standard globalist priorities, but the difference between what was discussed at Davos and what’s currently being discussed in Washington DC is that Davos was public. The Bilderberg Meeting is completely private with very strict security measures in place to make sure nothing leaks.
WEF is for the purpose of announcing the public-facing plan and seeing reactions. They throw everything against the wall and monitor what is said about their evil proposals. Bilderberg is about receiving the message and addressing the data collected. They look at public and media sentiment and then determine how to act. It’s yearly for a reason: they need to see what’s changed in the way the public feels from one year to the next.” (pressfortruth.ca)
“Most countries in the western world operate under a practically unquestionable assumption that they are democratic, in the sense that there is a plurality of different interests in society at any given time and each of them has an equal opportunity of gaining significant political power.
To think of institutions like the Bilderberg Group as inconsequential is to underestimate the role they play in constructing a global ideological consensus among elites that is then brought home and applied to the ‘nation.’
Bilderberg allows elites to interact and acquire a shared education in how to think about the world in globalised terms. While it is an unofficial institution, in the sense that is it not legally constituted, the decisions it makes are subsequently endorsed by official agencies like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and national governments.
The Bilderberg Group’s powerful members come from across the world and represent the political, economic, military, technological, and ideological spheres of globalisation. There is absolutely no representation of alternative interests and ideological positions, such as small business, populists, socialists, or nationalists.
Representatives from both major ideological parties in the US and UK, the Republicans and Democrats along with Labour and the Conservatives, are usually in attendance alongside these transnational interests. For instance, at Bilderberg in early June 2022, British Conservative Party heavyweight Michael Gove attended alongside David Lammy of the Labour Party, his supposed political opponent.
Ultimately, this calls into question the existence of difference between these parties and whether they are more concerned with the problems of their voters or those of transnational corporations.
Apparently, Bilderberg’s secretive nature is to ensure its participants can ‘speak freely in an environment of trust,’ but precisely what would these people, who themselves claim a proclivity for transparency and democracy, want to speak about free from public discussion, criticism, and alternative points of view? The public, rationally, can only surmise that it is nothing good.” (thewire.in)
“The Portuguese sun was doing its cheery best to make this year’s Bilderberg meeting seem warm and welcoming, but nothing could take the deathly chill out of the official agenda of the secretive shindig for some of the world’s most powerful people.
Ukraine, Russia and Nato weighed heavy on the schedule, with ‘Fiscal Challenges’ and ‘Transnational Threats’ seeming like light relief. ‘Today,’ said the head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, arriving in Lisbon to attend the talks, ‘our security environment is more dangerous than it has been since the cold war.’
This annual three-day conference is many things:
an elite networking event,
a diplomatic summit,
a lobbying opportunity for transnational financial interests,
an intense focus of conspiracy theory gossip…
but above all, the 69th Bilderberg conference, at the glorious
Pestana Palace, appeared like a council of war.”
The WEF is quite open about their goal. Taken to the ultimate extreme, they would end up with a socialist totalitarian form of world government. So with the push for a digital currency, and masses of stored information an individuals, the government would have total control.
This system already exists! Your passport, your driving licence, your bank account details, your credit card spending, your health record and much more – are already on a database.
The Bilderberg group are more secretive, and select – with a little over 130 top leaders in attendance. As an earlier article pointed out:
“Bilderberg’s website claims that ‘participants take part in the meeting as individuals in their own right,’ in other words they do not represent their organisations in any real sense, and that ‘there is no desired outcome, there is no closing statement, there are no resolutions proposed or votes taken, and the organisation does not support any political party or viewpoint.’
Apparently, Bilderberg’s secretive nature is to ensure its participants can ‘speak freely in an environment of trust,’ but precisely what would these people, who themselves claim a proclivity for transparency and democracy, want to speak about free from public discussion, criticism, and alternative points of view? The public, rationally, can only surmise that it is nothing good.” (thewire.in)
The ultimate goal is a World Government. But with man’s government – peace is not possible! God makes this very clear through the prophet Isaiah:
“THE WAY OF PEACE THEY KNOW NOT; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.” (Isaiah 59:8)
In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul repeats:
“Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: AND THE WAY OF PEACE HAVE THEY NOT KNOWN: There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Romans 3:15-18)
Man cannot govern himself.
Man was not designed to govern himself.
That job belongs to Jesus Christ!
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL PERFORM THIS.”
(Isaiah 9:6-7)