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Several years ago the author was speaking to a local businessman who commented that he was surprised that I would be involved with criminals. Incredulously, I demanded to know what he meant. He said he had seen a newspaper report that an individual who used the Name Yahweh had been sentenced to a prison term for racketeering. I requested to see this newspaper article. Several days later, when I again stopped at his establishment he had the article available. After skimming the article, I immediately explained what I had learned of the background of that individual and affirmed that the Assemblies of Yahweh had ABSOLUTELY NO FELLOWSHIP with people of such dubious reputation. Actually, the Assemblies of Yahweh has borne "guilt by association" far too many times since the inception of this ministry since people generally group into one category those who use the Sacred Name.
Time and time again it seems that people go off the track and they make dubious decisions. We all recall the recent Waco situation, wherein a former Seventh Day Adventist decided he was the Messiah (or the Holy Spirit); that he was going to fight against the United States government in an armed rebellion and take over the governments of the world before the Messiah returns. Of course, such ideas are gross false doctrine, and the proof of his evil fruits (and deeds) led to the deaths of 80 people and the destruction of his compound.
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Interestingly, the Assemblies of Yahweh organization here at Bethel had received some communication from the previous administrators of Mount Carmel. However, we could not agree with them (nor cooperate), for a number of different reasons. One of the false doctrines they espoused at that time was that the spirit of Almighty Yahweh is a "feminine" spirit. The apparent reason for this doctrine being promulgated was that the wife of their leader had decided she would become the prophetess, like the founder of the Seventh Day Adventist religion; and therefore, she had to justify her position.)
As we recall individuals who came into the Assemblies and later departed, another incident stands out in our mind. One family once decided they needed to be the watchmen over the author. Never understanding that the author is himself the watchman to the Assemblies of Yahweh and modern-day Israel, in a short time, they demanded of the author that he begin teaching that the world was already one year into the great Tribulation! This incident occurred in 1981! Where do you think the Assemblies of Yahweh would be today if the author had accepted such reprehensible false doctrine? Undoubtedly only a handful of people would have remained. Boldly the author has had to stand against false teachings on a number of occasions over the past 31 years.
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