The Plain Truth about Herbert W Armstrong visit with Haile Selassie I

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Haile Selassie died on 27 August 1975 at the age of 83, following a coup d’Ă©tat.

From Rastafari Talmud


Herbert W Armstrong was an influential and charismatic church leader who founded The Worldwide Church of God and Ambassador College, to globally propagate his doctrine of British Imperialism, through his version of Anglo-European dominated Christianity. Mr. Armstrong was under the delusion that the Ancient Solomonic Dynasty was divinely preordained to be finally re-established through the British Monarchy’s “jewish” bloodline (see The United States and Britain in Prophecy, Armstrong, H. W., 1954). His conviction becomes apparent during an interview when H.I.M. Haile Selassie I afforded Mr. Armstrong audience, in the following excerpt: “Then I mentioned that I have the genealogy of my ancestry, and that I too, am a direct descendant of King Solomon of ancient Israel. “Well why not?” blurted out the Emperor spontaneously, without waiting for the interpreter to tell him what I had said. At that responsive quip WE ALL BURST OUT IN LAUGHTER. From that point the interpreter had very little to do.” (The Plain Truth, pg 38, Dec. 1973) H.I.M. Haile Selassie I’s reply could be better comprehended within the context of Ephesians 1:5 Having predestinated us ONTO THE ADOPTION of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will 6 To the praise of the glory of HIS GRACE, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved”.

haile_selassie-armstrongWherein lies the evil of Mr. Armstrong’s mentality may not be so much due to his lack of historically accurate biblical references (for The Throne of David to be established anywhere except Ethiopia, absolutely disqualifying Britain and the United States) but the fact that he and many in his ministry subscribed to the lie of white supremacy and incorporated it’s atrocity into their counterfeit gospel. Whether or not these missionaries were under the influence of political motives or mere victims of spiritual blindness the author doesn’t know. Nonetheless, the damage of this false ideology has done an extreme amount of damage by turning souls away from the true Gospel of Salvation, due to a lack of truth in it’s preaching. If intentional, this would be nothing less than practicing the doctrine of Balaam? (ΒαλαᜱΌ I.Balaam meaning “perhaps”
A native of Pethor a city in Mesopotamia, endued by Yahweh with prophetic power. He was hired by Balak to curse the Israelites; and influenced by the love of reward, he wished to gratify Balak; but he was compelled by Jehovah’s power to bless them. Hence later the Jews saw him as a most abandoned deceiver/Balaam is the typical hireling prophet, seeking only to make a market of his gift. This is “the way of Balaam” 2 Peter 2:15 and characterizes false teachers. The “error” of Balaam” Jude 1:11 was that he could see only the natural morality–a holy God, he reasoned, must curse such a people as Israel. Like all false teachers he was ignorant of the higher morality of vicarious atonement, by which God could be just and yet the justifier of believing sinners Romans 3:26 . The “doctrine of Balaam” Revelation 2:14 refers to his teaching Balak to corrupt the people whom he could not curse ; Numbers 31:16 ; 25:1-3 ; James 4:4 . Spiritually, Balaamism in teaching never rises above natural reasonings; in practice, it is easy world- conformity. Scofield Reference Notes).

Perhaps, Mr. Armstrong, being not well studied in Proverbs, was unaware as H.I.M. subtly made it known that one’s works are not hidden and proceed them as noted in the subsequent excerpt “Early in our talk, His Majesty mentioned THAT HE WAS WELL AWARE, as were the others in the Ethiopian government, that I was the spiritual leader of a large worldwide following. During the first fifteen or twenty minutes of our meeting, he tended to answer whatever I said with a philosophical observation, apparently inspired by Solomon’s Proverbs, which I rather deduced he has studied continuously and religiously.” (The Plain Truth, pg 38, Dec. 1973).

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On the other hand, Mr. Armstrong did publicly champion many crucial issues plaguing humanity according to basic Christian principles. Yet, the question remains: did Herbert W. Armstrong live according to these principles in both Word and Deed?/Spirit and Truth?, or did he truly hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans? (ΝÎčÎșÎżÎ»Î±áż“Ï„Î·Ï‚ NikolaĂŻtēs I.Nicolaitans = “destruction of people” A. a sect mentioned in Rev. 2:6,15, who were charged with holding the error of Balaam, casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication)
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Read more: “Doctrine of Balaam and Nicolaitans Revealed Laodicea Admonished by The Amen”

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  • James

    The Worldwide church of God attempted to annihilate peoples personality, individuality, will, and character. The stranded souls that hitched their wagon to this organization unknowingly supported a power-hungry pharisaic and fastuous authoritative cult leader and his son, Garner Ted Armstrong. For all the alarums and excursions, the fact remains that without knowing it, we nurtured these two ungrateful incubi's. For that I can only ask for forgiveness. After my WCG experience, I went to college to educate myself so I would have a greater understanding of the world about me and to understand why I ever fell for HWA's scam religion. This lead me to the conclusion that the appropriate action to take, in my judgment, is to provide people with opportunities to learn, develop, and exercise their potential as human beings, by freeing them from men who exploit and abuse them. This website and others are my vehicle to do just that.

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6 Replies to “The Plain Truth about Herbert W Armstrong visit with Haile Selassie I”

  1. I was not familiar with the Rastafarimidrashim Blog. Do
    We know who is responsible for it? It’s interesting that they would memorialize the largely forgotten HWA’s visit with Haile Selassie, with the added new perspective that Selassie apparently saw through him!

    BB

    1. I don’t know who is behind it but we do have a clue. On the top right of the page it says “Biblical Reasonings based on The Teaching of Qedamawi Haile Sellassie”

  2. I came across some similar material – perhaps the same source – some years ago.
    My usual remark is how HWA calmly stated how HIM sent a birthday telegram to him, just before being taken away and probably executed.

  3. Foreigners saw through BI and knew it was inherently racist. This is how the old man was viewed by these people. As racist. And you know what? They were spot on. HWA WAS a racist.

    1. Agreed, BI is racist and outdated. I believe Ralph Orr’s work on the history of BI in the COGs and articles in the Ambassador Report make points about the racist attitude in the Pacific Northwest at the time HWA was starting out.
      Where HWA extended from Allen’s work was the prophesied curses as well as the blessings. So guys like Bob Thiel make a point that the US and its “Anglo-allies” are the recipients of punishment predicted for Israel.
      Do the Mormons still push their belief that the Native Americans are the Lost Tribes? Mormons were always keen to trace ancestry and genealogies, but did they back down when faced with DNA evidence?

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