We are the Signet Church of God

• Find out where God is working today:
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• Who we are — in brief:
The apostle Paul made it clear that Jesus Christ is the Head of His Church (Eph. 5:23). Christ Himself also made it clear that “He would build His Church and the gates of the grave would never prevail against it.“  Logically then, that Church must still be around today, operating under the Family name and doing His bidding (Mt. 16:18; Acts 20:28). Consequently, after 40+ years of Laodicean division, the Signet Church of God now emerges as Christ’s loyal Wife-to-be determined to finish the job! (Zech. 4:9)

• Why we became necessary — in brief:

After Mr. Armstrong died the 7th Church era took center stage. The fruits of that succession have been bad ever since. So bad, in fact, that it has often looked like the gates of the grave would prevail after all. Thankfully, however, there are many verses that reveal God’s keen desire to fix this problem (i.e. Mt. 25:6; I Cor. 12:25; Rev. 3:18-21).

To that end God is now sending in the SCG to spearhead this revival! To understand why, we have to realize that Jesus Christ is NOT going to marry many divided and dysfunctional churches at His return (Mt. 22:1-14). He is going to marry that one loyal Church who has readied herself for marriage by finishing what His modern Zerubbabel started during the 6th Church era! (Zech. 4:9; Rev. 19:7).

• We know who we are and what we have to do:

Herbert Armstrong set the bar during the 20th century for how to succeed in the God Family business (Luke 2:49; Rev. 3:7-11). But after some 40+ years of lukewarmness, most of God’s people have forgotten about his role as the modern Zerubbabel — how he built God’s Church God’s way and taught us to do the same (Mt. 24:14; 28:19-20). This is precisely why we are called the Signet Church of God. To succeed with what he started, we know that we are going to have to revive his building method. In other words, to attain God’s Signet stamp of approval on our efforts, we are going to have to build like he did (Hag. 2:23; Zech. 4:6-10).

• How will we “finish God’s house”?
Like Herbert Armstrong, we are going to follow Jesus Christ’s lead (Mt. 16:18). Our Boss spelled out long ago what we should be doing to build the Church in verses like Matthew 24:14: 28:19-20; Mark 13:10 and Revelation 10:11. And what made these instructions so easy to follow for men like Peter, John, Paul and Herbert Armstrong was the fact that Jesus Christ personally demonstrated how to do His Father’s business during His earthly ministry (Mt. 4:23; 9:35; Mark 1:14; Luke 2:49; 9:11; 20:1).

Beyond that, we also have the case history of a modern mentor who fully understood Christ’s instructions and then demonstrated that understanding by doing the very same things (I Cor. 11:1; Rev. 3:7-8, 11). While he was at it he also taught many others to follow in his footsteps at Ambassador College, the educational arm of the Worldwide Church of God. Sadly, however, UNTIL NOW — none of those trainees has been willing or able to walk that same walk!

• How you can help
If you are starting to see once again why God called you out of this world during this present evil age (Luke 9:62; Gal. 1:4), then it should also be clear that it is now time to get busy once again doing and supporting God’s Work — supporting the Signet Church of God in any and every way you can.

Yes, God’s precious flock still needs to be fed and we certainly intend to do that to the best of our ability (Acts 20:28; I Pet. 5:2). But our first commission of preaching the good news of the soon coming Kingdom of God needs to be urgently revived and directed outward once again so that God’s house can be finished as required (Zech. 4:9; Mt. 16:18; Rev. 10:11).

All this and much, much more is explained in great detail in Zechariah and The Signet.

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And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Mt. 16:18)

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Who was Herbert W. Armstrong?

Herbert W. Armstrong (1892-1986) was the founder and leader of the Worldwide Church of God from ~1933 to 1986. But when we say “founder,” we mean that in a very specific way.

Consider: During his  time in God’s service, Mr. Armstrong came to see that God is a Family—a Family that consists of only two eternal spirit beings presently—God the Father and His beloved Son, Jesus Christ (Mt. 17:5; John 1:1-3, 14; 14:28). But as time went on, Mr. Armstrong also learned that it is this Family’s earnest desire to greatly expand their Family! He came to label that, “The Incredible Human Potential“ (Gen. 1:26; John 6:38-40; Rev. 20:4-6, 11-12).

From that bedrock perspective, Mr. Armstrong—as God’s chosen messenger during the Philadelphia Church era (Mal. 3:1-5; Rev. 3:7-8)—made it his personal responsibility to follow in his Boss’ footsteps — doing exactly as He did and said (Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 16:18; 24:14). As such, he laid the foundation for God’s house and fed His flock as required (Zech. 4:9; 11:7).

And now these many decades later, we KNOW—and know that we know—that it was due to his unfailing obedience and persistence that the first half of Zechariah 4:9 was accomplished — the “foundation of God’s house” was successfully laid during his watch!

Sadly, however—as we make very clear in Zechariah and The Signet—we also know that no one else bothered to pick up where he left off after his death in 1986 (Rev. 3:15-17).

Enter the Signet Church of God. We know that it is now our responsibility to pick up where the modern Zerubbabel left off  and to finish God’s house! (Hag. 2:23; Zech. 4:9; 11:15; Mt. 25:6; Rev. 3:20-21).

  • 1892

    Early Life and Background

    Herbert W. Armstrong was born on July 31, 1892, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He often noted throughout his ministry that his prior background in journalism, advertising and marketing was the best training he could have ever had as far as preparing him for what he ended up doing.

  • 1920s

    His spiritual awakening

    In the early 20th century Mr. Armstrong came face-to-face with the dual challenges of Sabbath vs. Sunday and creation vs. evolution. After an “intensive, 6-month night and day study” he came to the realization that in order to achieve maximum fulfillment and success in life, we need to follow Christ’s admonition to “live by every word of God!” (Mt. 4:4). From that point on, he kept and taught God’s Sabbath day. He also fully embraced Creation while relegating evolution to: “Man’s futile—and we will add, entirely deceived and misguided (Rev. 12:9)—attempt to explain Creation without a Creator.

  • 1930s

    God’s Work started on radio

    In the 1930s Mr. Armstrong began preaching Christ’s gospel message on radio station KORE in Eugene, Oregon. He focused on prophetic topics and also on educating his audience in the plain truth of the Bible. As such, he would often exhort his listeners to “blow the dust off their Bibles” and to see with their own eyes exactly what it teaches. He stood out from ALL other ministers in that regard by also admonishing his listeners  to, “not believe him — but to believe only what they could prove from their own Bibles.”

  • 1933

    Formation of the Worldwide Church of God

    In 1933 Mr. Armstrong founded the Radio Church of God, which was later renamed, Worldwide Church of God (WCG). And because Mr. Armstrong was obedient to Christ’s admonition to build His Church, church membership grew at an average of 30% per year for over 30 consecutive years. This is what we mean in explaining Zechariah 4:9. Herbert Armstrong, as the modern Zerubbabel, laid the best foundation possible for building God’s Church. Now we have to follow in his footsteps and “help his hands to finish it!”

  • 1953 on

    Reaching out to the largest audience possible

    Herbert Armstrong always spoke fondly about how after being suppressed for 1,900 years, God finally started opening to him even bigger mass media doors for proclaiming Christ’s “Kingdom message.” 1953 was the year that air time was finally procured on Europe’s most powerful continental radio outlet – Radio Luxembourg. Now it truly was the Worldwide Church of God!

  • 1962

    Leveraging that one master key that unlocks Bible prophecy

    And then we must never forget the Book that helped to start it all, The United States and Britain in Prophecy. This is a must read book for anyone who wants to finally and accurately understand that one third of the Bible referred to as Bible prophecy. We quote from this book often in Zechariah and The Signet!

  • 1986

    Doctrinal Changes and Legacy

    After Mr. Armstrong’s death and the appointment of Joseph W. Tkach to the WCG’s top leadership position, the Worldwide Church of God underwent significant changes both doctrinally and as far as its first commission. This became a major test for God’s people as Mr. Tkach and his subordinates quickly moved to kill off the Church’s “Work” (Mt. 24:14; 28:19-20), while also replacing the WCG’s long-standing Bible-based doctrines with professing Christian fodder. In other words, they substituted the spiritually healthy “meat” that the flock had been used to with the “polluted bread” of “Simonized Christianity” (Mal. 1:7, Acts 8:18-23). This led to a modern-day “schism in the Body”–a condition that should NEVER exist in God’s one true Church (I Cor. 12:25)–that brought us to the wide-ranging state of dysfunction we find ourselves in today. A condition that has to be fixed before Christ returns! (Mt. 25:5-6; Rev. 19:7).

  • Today

    Reuniting and finishing what Herbert Armstrong started

    The Laodicean era, or more specifically, the delay portion of the Laodicean era in now over (Rev. 10:6). God’s people must now awaken from nearly 40 years of slumbering and sleeping and get busy once again finishing God’s house (Mt. 25:5-6; Zech. 4:9). Zechariah and The Signet will help you to understand everything about the delay period and what needs to be done now to get back on track and finish God’s Work!

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Are you hearing God‘s cry and knock?

If you are looking for new incentive to get serious about your calling once again, then we would like to recommend that you read, believe, and react to God’s corrective comments  in Revelation 3:15-17. To the 7th Church era God writes:

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.” (NKJV)

It’s time to realize that these words are aimed at every single COG member today. Once we do that, then verses like Matthew 25:6 and Revelation 3:20 start to make perfect sense. Think about it: As any loving parent, wouldn’t we rather see our child respond to our corrective warning sooner rather than having to learn the hard way later on? As we see it, Revelation 3:18-21 proves that the God Family thinks the same way.

Just read those verses and see for yourself. We have to see those words as coming from our loving Father who would much rather see us respond to the “cry” and “knock” contained in Zechariah and The Signet now … rather than having to see us endure the Great Tribulation later on. At the same time, however–like any loving parent–if God ends up having to express his loving correction in that “tough love” way (Rev. 3:16), then we’d better realize while we still have time that that will then be the last thing He could do in trying to help us avoid the Lake of Fire. It is our sincere hope that you will take His warning seriously now!

Download your free copy of Zechariah and The Signet today. It will help you to understand what you need to do right now to “make yourself ready” to marry Jesus Christ at His second coming!

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