This article contains new knowledge, which has been lost since the first era of Gods Church the Ephesus Era.

Before we start our bible study on this, all important subject I would like to point out some vital study helps for this paper.

Strongs concordance is used throughout this article to identify the Hebrew and Greek words used for God.

The Hebrew 3068 is the word for Lord, or God….this has the meaning Yehovah, self existent eternal Jehovah…Jewish national name for God…..this 3068 can only be used when referring to God the Father only.

The following scriptures are proof….

Gen 17 v 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Note that carefully I am the Almighty God – this is God the Father

Exo 20:2  I am Jehovah your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exo 20:3  You shall have no other gods before Me. 

Here the Hebrew word for God  H 430 is Elohym and can be used for either God the Father or God the Word.  Or in some cases can be referring to both the Word and the Father.
In this verse the 430 is referring to the Father..  This is easily proven because [1]. You shall have no other Gods before me, and [2] ‘Lord’ is Jehovah. This article will prove that it was God the Father who brought the children out of Egypt.

WHO IS GOD THE FATHER

God the Father is the one true God.  This means that He alone has existed forever.  Jesus Christ has not existed forever.  He was born before creation.  The scriptures below show that there is only one true God.  Jesus Christ is God, but has not existed for all eternity. God the Father alone has inhabited eternity.

Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  

1Co 8:4  Then concerning the eating of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
1Co 8:5  For though there are those who are called gods, whether in Heaven or in earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
1Co 8:6  but there is to us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we by Him.
1Co 8:7  But this knowledge is not in all. But some being aware of the idol eat as an idolatrous sacrifice until now, and their conscience being weak is defiled. 

1 Tim 1 v 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Zech 14 v 9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Isa 57:15  For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Jas 2:19  You believe that there is one God, you do well; even the demons believe and tremble. 

Even the devils believe that there is One God, how much more should the Children of enlightenment know about their God the Father.

Psa 83:18  so that men may know that Your name alone  is JEHOVAH, that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Did you notice this verse, whose name alone is Jehovah
The most high over all the earth

Johovah is 3068 this is solid proof that 3068 is God the Father only.  The scripture  says whose name alone is Jehovah.  There is no other Jehovah, there is only One God the Father. The number 3068 is only used for God the Father.

How many times in scripture does God the Father have to say that He is the One True God before people will believe Him.  There is One True God, He is God the Father and there is His born Son, Jesus Christ.

These amazing scriptures are solid hard evidence of truth, which has been suppressed in Gods church since the time of the disciples.  This is amazing and yet totally backed up by scripture.

It is time for God the Father to be revealed.  We have not known who He is.
We have not known that there is ONLY ONE TRUE GOD this has not been revealed till now.

This is new knowledge for this era of the church.  Notice this amazing scripture, it is now the time for Jesus to show us plainly the Father, what a fantastic time this is,
this is the fulfilling of the below scripture, the time has come it is now.

Joh 16:25  I have spoken these things to you in parables, but the time is coming when I shall no more speak to you in parables, but I will show you plainly of the Father. 

Did you read that?…….read it again slowly let this fabulous knowledge sink into your mind and heart, Christ said He will show you plainly of the Father.
This is that time now…….we are now being shown the Father plainly.  Ask yourself honestly:

Do you know who the Father is?
Did you know He is the one true God?
Did you know that knowledge of Him has to be revealed?
Did you know that this is the time for Him to be revealed plainly by Christ?
Did you know that He was the Father of the Word, before creation began, and that the Word is the born Son of God the Father?…..note that I said The Word is the BORN  Son of God. 

If you did not know all of the above then this is new knowledge for you.

Now look at these amazing scriptures, the fact that the knowledge of God the Father has been suppressed since the time of the disciples is made plain in the Eras of the Church.

Notice these scriptures carefully.

Rev 2:4  But I have against you that you left your first love. 

This is Christ addressing the 1st Era of the Church, the Church at Ephesus, and what have they left? their first love.

What is the first love.

Luk 10:27  And answering, he said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

This is the first love: to love God with all your heart and mind.
Now this love was left out of things in the first Era of Gods church.

To lose the love of God means that knowledge of Him will soon be lost also.  We know this is true because of our past friends in the church, when they lost the love of God before long all knowledge of Holy Days and knowledge of Him was lost too.

Lets look at some vital knowledge about God the Father and Jesus Christ, which has been lost since the Ephesus Era of Gods church. God sent forth His Son to be born of a woman.

Gal 4:4  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 

I will, once again, mention here the fact that Jesus Christ is born Son of God.  This birth occurred before creation began.  Lets look at a few scriptures on this subject.

John 1 v 1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

In the beginning was the Word…..this means at some time, at a commencement, at a start of some time.  Please note eternity has no starting point.

And the Word was with God…….once the Word existed He was then with God, they were then together…..before this God the Father was alone.

And the Word was God……once He was born He was God,  He was the Son of God

The same was in the beginning with God……At His birth He was with God the Father. This was in the beginning, not from eternity.

All things were made by Him….God the Father made all things through Jesus Christ.

And without Him was not anything made that was made….God the Father made all things through Jesus Christ.

Lets see if we understand and examine this a little closer

In the beginning was the Word

I stated here that the beginning was a point in time….eternity has no starting point but a beginning has a starting point

I will ask you a very interesting question  have the heavens and the earth always existed with no beginning or were they at some point in time brought into being……..

The answer is undoubtedly that there was a time when they never existed and that at some time they had a starting point……I am sure every reader would agree with this point…..now that we have that firmly in our minds turn to Gen 1 v 1

Gen 1 v 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

This verse in the beginning is saying that the heavens and the earth at some point in time came into being………that point in time is called the beginning: before that point in time they never existed……now it is the same with John 1 v 1-3
In the beginning was the Word……at some point in time He came into existance by a Birth……before that time He did not exist…..He was born a Son of God, He had a starting point, He has not inhabited eternity……the scripture tells us that there is ONE God who has inhabited eternity…….ONE TRUE GOD.

We see here plainly that the knowledge that the Father is in fact the Father of the Word before He was born of Mary ….has been suppressed……the disciples knew it but since the first era of Gods Church the knowledge has been lost.

So we see that the knowledge of God the Father and Christ His Son, has been lost by the 1st Era of the Church…..but now see this amazing new knowledge……

The last era of Gods Church: the Laodicean Era; has the knowledge of Christ and God the Father restored….notice.

Rev 3 v 14  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 

When compared with other scriptures, it is plain that God began His creation; with the spiritual birth of a spiritual son.  The last era of Gods church will have all things restored, one of the things to be restored is this very important knowledge of the fact that the Father is the one true God and that Christ is the born Son of God before creation.

This knowledge of the Father appears to have been suppressed notice these following scriptures on this very subject.

Luk 11:52  Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you have hindered those who were entering in. 

Notice that the key of knowledge was taken away……

Joh 16:31  Jesus answered them, Do you now believe?
Joh 16:32  Behold, the hour comes, yea, has now come, that you will be scattered, each man to his own things, and you will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

Mat 11:27  All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son will reveal Him. 

Did you notice that scripture…..read it again…the knowledge of the Son is revealed by the Father and the knowledge of the Father is revealed by the Son.

THIS IS REVEALED KNOWLEDGE

If we want to know about the Father we need to go on our knees and ask for this knowledge to be given to us…….there is no other way……

Now to answer our question at the start of this article:  Who is the Father.

THE FATHER IS THE ONE TRUE GOD
HE IS SELF EXISTANT
HE INHABITS ETERNITY
HE IS THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE
HE IS THE FATHER OF THE WORD 
THE WORD IS THE BORN SON OF THE FATHER BEFORE CREATION

IS GOD THE FATHER INVOLVED

We have had an idea that God the Father has handed everything over to Christ and that He is just up in heaven at the controls of the universe uninterested and unaware of what is going on down here on earth……..nothing could be further from the truth…..God the Father is totally interested in what is going on here on earth and is involved heavily with everything.
He is not out of the picture. 
We have imagined that God and Lord in the Old Testament was mainly referring to Christ.
Read on for the truth, the exact opposite of what we thought………

I am not trying to take anything away from Jesus Christ, He is our High Priest, and the very Son of God, but He Himself is in subjection to the Father and always put the Father above Himself in keeping with the scriptures.

1Co 15:27  For He put all things under His feet. But when He says that all things have been put under His feet, it is plain that it excepts Him who has put all things under Him.
1Co 15:28  But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who has subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all things in all.

Joh 14:28  You have heard how I said to you, I go away and I am coming to you again. If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, I go to the Father, for My Father is greater than I. 

The Father here shows that He is working

Joh 5:17  But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work. 

Our loving and great God the Father loves us so much and is so involved with us that He won’t do anything until He reveals it to His prophets.

Amo 3:7  For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. 

Lets have a look at the start of the human race and see how God the Father was involved.

The following is speaking here of H 3068 God the Father, right at the start of the human race we see God the Father with a hands on approach….It was Him who walked and talked with Adam and Eve.

Gen 3:8  And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9  And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? 

God the Father is stating that the world was filled with wickedness and now He planned to do something about it.

Gen 6 v 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Here we see God the Father, telling Noah to go into the Ark, he and his family, God had a hands on approach to the saving of the human race through Noah, He knew that all of mankind was wickedness, He was involved, He was not far off somewhere.

Gen 7:1  And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation. 

The following scriptures show God the Father totally involved in making Abraham the Father of many nations.  He knew all about Abraham, watched him daily, and took great interest in the father of the faithful.

Gen 17:1  And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

Gen 17:2  And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

Gen 17:4  As for Me, behold! My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
Gen 17:5  Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of many nations. 

Notice the angel speaking for God the Father to Abraham, now that Abraham was tested and proved faithful, God the Father bestowed upon him this most fabulous blessing of the Father of the nations.  Abraham was blessed because of his obedience to God.  God the Father is involved.

Gen 22:16  and said, I have sworn by Myself, says Jehovah; because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;
Gen 22:17  that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.
Gen 22:18  And in your Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. 

Notice the amazing truth that God the Father brought the Israelites out of Egypt and gave  them the ten commandments.

Exo 20:1  And God spoke all these words, saying,
Exo 20:2  I am Jehovah your God, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exo 13:3  And Moses said to the people, Remember this day in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. For Jehovah brought you out from this place by the strength of His hand. There shall be no leaven eaten. 

Our article, Two Gods on the Mountain, gives the amazing truth in more detail regarding the new knowledge of how God the Father gave the ten commandments.  However I will repeat a small section here.

Exo 24:9  And Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
Exo 24:10  And they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as the essence of the heavens for clearness.
Exo 24:11  And upon the nobles of the sons of Israel He did not lay his hands. Also they saw God, and ate and drank.
Exo 24:12  And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me in the mountain, and be there. And I will give you tablets of stone, and the Law, and commandments which I have written, so that you may teach them. 

The God that the elders saw in verse 10 is H 430 {Elohym} this could be Christ or the Father, but because they ate and drank and saw Him we understand that it is Christ.

Now in Verse 12 we see the Lord {3068} God the Father, called Moses up to the mountain and there the Father gave Moses the ten commandments, now we know that we cannot see the Father, so we know that Moses spoke to Him in a cloud.  Ex 33 v 9 or that He was invisible in keeping with 1 Tim 1 v 17.

This is fabulous new knowledge.  We have never known that the Father was involved with His creation like this before.

Now here is some more amazing knowledge regarding the giving of the 10 commandments.

Christ gave to Moses and the elders the lively oracles, this happened before Moses went up alone to the Father. The oracles were given by Christ when they saw Him and ate and drank with Him. Notice Ex 24 v 9-11.

Act 7:38  This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living words to give to us, 

Now there are many  many more examples for us to learn about but I suggest that you go to your concordance and look up  Hebrew 3068 and in your own time do a study and see just how involved God the Father is in our lives….this is astounding knowledge.

Now to answer the Question Is God the Father involved:

THE ANSWER IS THAT HE IS 100% INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING AND ALWAYS WILL BE AND MOST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER 

IS GOD THE FATHER ETERNAL

The following scriptures give the answer.

Isa 57:15  For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Deu 33:27  The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And He shall throw the enemy out from before you, and shall say, Destroy!

1Ti 1:17  Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 

The answer to the Question Is God the Father Eternal
GOD THE FATHER IS THE ONE ETERNAL GOD

CAN GOD THE FATHER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SIN

We have always believed that God the Father could not have anything to do with sin.
I have always believed that but never really understood why.  The only scripture that I know of that is used as proof of this is….

Mar 15:34  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (which being translated is, My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?) 

The reason Christ cried out these words was not because God the Father could not have anything to do with sin, but this was the reason…….

Christ came to earth to die for our sins, He alone had to bear the sins of the whole earth.  He and the Father were so very close the pain when God the Father could not be with Him for that short while, was immense.  To bear these sins was a penalty that Christ had to bear alone, it was not the fact that God the Father could not have anything to do with sin, the fact was that Christ simply had to bear it alone.  That was why He came to earth, to pay the penalty for our sins.  God the Father did not have to do this. 

Notice this astounding new knowledge…..

Heb 1 v 3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Did you notice what that scripture said  BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS

Christ had to pay the penalty by Himself, that  was why the Father could not be with Him

1Pe 2:24  He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that dying to sins, we might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. 

Again we see Who his own self bare our sins

The Father simply could not help Jesus at this crucial time, to be with Christ at that time would have meant that His sacrifice would have been in vain.  Christ had to do it alone.

The reason Christ had to bear this alone, has nothing to do with whether or not God the Father can have anything to do with sin, but because the Father had to forsake Christ for that small amount of time because the power of God the Father would have assisted Christ if He had not forsaken Him.

Now that we have cleared up the meaning of the l account of that period of time before Christs death, lets move on to the issue at hand, can God the Father have anything to do with sin.

Who is the father of lies, and the greatest sinner of all time.  None other than Satan himself.  And yet we see these amazing scriptures which contain new knowledge and understanding on this subject for us.

Rev 12:9  And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10  And I heard a great voice saying in Heaven, Now has come the salvation and power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night. 

If God the Father cannot have anything to do with sin, then how is it that the Father  conducts an audience with the father of lies, the greatest sinner of all time, Satan  at regular intervals.

We see quite plainly that one such occasion occurred concerning Job, and in the second scripture notice that satan comes to God to accuse us on a DAILY basis.

Job 1:6  And a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them. 

Rev 12:10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 

This plainly states that God the Father talks to Satan regularly, so we see that He can have something to do with sin.  However we know that He hates sin and that His very own Son had to die because of sin.  So we know for sure that He absolutely hates sin but the scriptures states that He does come face to face with it on a daily basis.

The answer to our question can God the Father have anything to do with sin:

YES…..HE  COMES FACE TO FACE WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS BUT HE HATES SIN

CAN WE SEE AND HEAR GOD THE FATHER

The scripture states plainly that no man can see God the Father and live.  So how is it that we read in so many scriptures that God the Father appeared to Moses etc. and others throughout the bible.

Exo 33:20  And He said, You cannot see My face. For there no man can see Me and live. 

The answer to this question is that God the Father appears to man in a number of different ways.

Firstly we see that He appears in a cloud  Ex 33 v 9

Exo 33:9  And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 

Secondly we see He says He is an invisible God 1 Tim 1 v 17

1Ti 1:17  Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Thirdly He appears in a vision Gen. 15 v 1

Gen 15:1  After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceeding great reward. 

Fourthly He appears in a whirlwind Job 38 v 1

Job 38:1  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 

Fifthly He appears in a fire  Deut 5 v 4

Deu 5:4  The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 

He appears to people in these ways for to do otherwise would mean they would die. 
As we have pointed out previously God the Father has a hands on approach towards His creation and He is involved with us, so we know He has appeared to people but as we see in the above scriptures He does it in different ways and He makes sure that those people won’t be harmed.

Joh 5:37  And He sending Me, the Father Himself, has borne witness of Me. Neither have you heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape.

Joh 5:38  And you do not have His Word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He has sent.

This is interesting scripture but we must be careful  in what context this is spoken, you see this was the words of  Jesus Christ and He was speaking to the Jews of His day and New Testament readers, who believe not.  He was speaking to them personally that they themselves had not heard or seen the Father.  This is not referring to Old Testament times. Unbelievers will never see God the Father.

Other scriptures state clearly that God the Father had indeed spoken to men throughout time, I will show only two here for brevity, but the reader can in their own time look up many more such instances in their own bible study.

We see here quite plainly that when God the Father spoke to Adam in the garden, that Adam heard His voice.

Gen 3:9  And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?
Gen 3:10  And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself. 

The following scripture is so plain, the Father speaking about Christ.

Mat 17:5  While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear Him. 

The fact that it was the Father speaking is confirmed by Peter.

2Pe 1:17  For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

We see here quite plainly that when God the Father spoke about Christ, those words were heard by the disciples. 

The answer to the question Can we see and hear the Father:

THE FATHER WAS  HEARD BY MAN AND HE APPEARED IN A CLOUD, FIRE, WHIRLWIND,  VISION OR HE IS INVISIBLE. WE CANNOT LOOK ON THE FATHER AND LIVE.

I would like to relate to you an interesting occurrence in relation to this, and other articles.

Recently I was asked “Has anybody believed what you are saying in your articles”

I would like to tell you the answer to this interesting question

Many many years ago a man had truth to tell to the people, he told them what things would surely come to pass in their lifetime.  The people laughed at him and thought he was foolish.  They did not believe him, but he kept on telling them for many many years.  He continued, they laughed and derided him, more than likely they hated him.  But nonetheless the man continued, because he loved them and he had a job to do.

This preaching went on for 120 years and still the people did not believe.  Then finally one day, one fine and sunny day, God decided there would be delay no more.  The people had heard the warnings long enough to decide if what they had heard was truth or not.

And the man went to a place of safety and his family with him.  Others could have come with him at that time, but they did not believe what he said, they were still laughing at him.  The weather was fine and sunny and there was no threat of bad weather to come.  So they chose to ignore his warning that he had told them for 120 years.

But then God closed the door and after that time no one could go to the place of safety even if they wanted to.  That place of safety was the Ark.   Noahs Ark.

But after Noah and his family were safe in the Ark, God waited a further 7 days before He sent a cloud in the sky.  Then the rain came, the people were worried, they remembered the warnings that they had been given for 120 years.  BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, they had made their choice, they chose not to believe the warnings and to ignore the truth of what was going to happen.

THEY DID NOT BELIEVE………God won’t force you to believe Him….You have to make that choice.

THE PEOPLE DIED, THEY CHOSE DEATH…GOD SAYS CHOSE LIFE.

It is the same today, God sends His warnings to His people, these articles are the truth, they are new knowledge, soon the end will come, we are now at this very time in the LAODICEAN era of Gods church.  Mr. Armstrong was the physical leader of the Philadelphian era, but that has ended Mr. Armstrong has been dead a long time.  This is now the last Era of Gods church, the era that will lead into the Jacobs Trouble….this church is asleep look at the description of the church in Rev 3 v 14-22

Rev 3:14  And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God, says these things:
Rev 3:15  I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot.
Rev 3:16  So because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
Rev 3:17  Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Rev 3:18  I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.
Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent.
Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.
Rev 3:21  To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Rev 3:22  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 

This church is fast asleep, it is neither hot nor cold. 
Will we accept this knowledge or say we are rich and need nothing? 
Can we see this new knowledge or do we need to anoint our eyes so that we may see?
Christ says He is at the door, He is showing us new knowledge.
Will we open the door to Christ when He knocks?

When things are fine and sunny that is when God asks DO YOU BELIEVE ME?
There is no sign of Jacobs trouble starting tomorrow.  So will we laugh at the warning and disbelieve the new truths when they are given to us.
Will we be like the people in Noahs day and ignore this end time message or will we believe and go into the protection which God provides.

Brethren Jacobs trouble is real, it is coming, it is going to happen. God wants to know if we will believe Him in peace time.  It will be too late once things start to happen.
The church is being measured shortly, the plumb line will soon been dropped.  Where are you standing?

Are you for God or are you not?

This is the Laodicean church.

Mr. Armstrong was the physical leader of the Philadelphian era of the church.  But Mr. Armstrong has been dead since 1986.

This is the Laodicean church on whom the end of the ages has come.

The knowledge that God the Father has alone inhabited eternity; and has a born Son from prior to creation: is part of the knowledge of the truth, which is the knowledge of eternal life. Don’t ignore it.

Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 

I will finish this article with Christ’s encouragement to the Laodicean church.

Rev 3:18  I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.
Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent.
Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.
Rev 3:21  To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Rev 3:22  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.