THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO IN A NUTSHELL SERIES, PART 10 (2 OF 3)

This is a continuation of the series.

Q: What is Manalo's war on monies?
A: Manalo's war on monies is a different kind of war not of the flesh and blood but of wits and tricks to extort monies of Iglesia ni Cristo members and making them happy for doing so. It is a one sided war where Manalo is always the victor while members always surrender -- i.e., surrender their monies. It is also a war that has no end. It recurs yearly, and in fact, twice a year every July and December. It is similar to the War on Poverty, only that it's guiding principle is the reverse -- instead of uplifting the members from poverty, Iglesia members become more impoverished.

Q: How does Manalo successfully wage his war on member's monies?
A: This war is patterned at such war as World War I or World War II. In a conventional war, there is always preparation and a plan to win the war. There is always logistics involved on proper use of materials and personnel. There is a war room where the generals convene to see how the war is progressing using a huge map where the concentrations of enemies are placed on the map, their probable attack plans are shown,and the consequent plans to launch the counter attacks.

So is the Manalo's war on monies. He has a plan, has personnel and materials, and has a war room managed by his generals of the Iglesia army of ministers to oversee the ongoing war. As a Commander in Chief of the Iglesia ni Cristo army, Manalo is fed with all the information including the success of the war, which is, the capturing of tons of moneys from members.

THE PLAN

Every Iglesia ni Cristo congregation that has an established chapel, worship services, and a Manalo appointed minister, must surrender a money thanksgiving that is more than what was surrendered last year. Ministers must see to it that his assigned congregation fulfill this faithfully.

THE PREPARATION

EARLY:

Early in January, suitable Bible verses are incorporated into the worship service sermons, teaching members and reminding them of their obligations that they must prepare in advance (using 2 Cor. 9:2 NKJV) for their respective thanksgivings in December. Deacons and deaconesses are instructed to see to it that every members under their care have thanksgiving deposit booklets which will be used in making weekly deposits.

MIDTERM:

Ministers check the progress of the thanksgiving deposits regularly every end of March, June, September, and November. To make sure that members comply with the abounding of thanksgiving. This is accomplished by comparing members current year to date deposits with previous year's deposits. Any deficits found gives authority of the minister to stress faithfulness and curse free making of deposits in the Thursday and Sunday worship services in order to correct the downward trend. This is to make sure that no one lags behind in his/her deposits.

FINAL:

Four or eight worship services prior to the scheduled thanksgiving day, the worship service sermons are about perfect manners of complying with the thanksgiving obligation. The sermons are about the curses that happened to those who did not properly perform their obligations. Of course, blessings are incorporated also in the sermons for those who faithfully obeyed acceptable manners of giving thanksgivings to God.

Also, one week prior to the thanksgiving day, members are required to do seven days of devotional prayers nightly in the Iglesia chapels. In such devotional prayers, members must recollect how God had saved them from various accidents, sickness, and other calamities. Manalo reminds them that God can kill anyone anytime even if you are in your respective offices, just like what happened to the thousands who died in the twin towers of New York when they were blown up by the terrorist last Sep. 11, 2001.
Members are enjoined to name the prices or values of their lives and if such values merit the thanksgiving monies they will be giving to God. Most important of all that members must recollect is the grace of God of allowing them to remain inside the Iglesia ni Cristo. According to Manalo, salvation alone is priceless. How much would you pay in order to live in the Holy City of pure gold? How much would you pay for the eternal life given by God? How much would you pay God for saving you from the lake of fire? All these recollections ordered by Manalo are sufficient to bleed the hearts of members in order to give almost all of their monies or even be indebted just to satisfy the good mercies of God.

The Thanksgiving Worship Day:

All members are ready for their envelopes. Names and amounts are written outside the envelopes for proper recording of reports. Manalo is also ready with his sermon to prop up the egos of members imploring how God is very much pleased with their thanksgiving offerings. The deacons and deaconesses collects the envelopes from each seated members. Armed guards are already placed in strategic locations around the chapel. Usually, about $200,000 cash and money orders is collected which represents a third of the total thanksgivings. Manalo does not want to lose any monies from possible stickups. Responsibilities in handling the monies are wisely spread among trusted finance and head deacons officials, therefore, precluding inside job stealing. Money handlers are required to pay pro rata for any missing monies. The monies are guarded overnight for deposit in the morning. The congregation issues one check for the cash, money orders, and personal checks. The certificates of deposits are disregarded for these monies were already taken in advance by Manalo. The congregation's bank account serves only as clearing account for these money transactions.

Manalo's War Room:

The thanksgiving day is simultaneously done all over the world. On the day of the thanksgiving, the war room is ready and functional. There is a map of the world that shows the Iglesia ni Cristo congregations scattered all over the world marked with pins. Results of the thanksgivings are required to be faxed that same night by the assigned ministers to the central office in the Philippines where the war room is situated. Ministers and preparers of the statistic reports will not sleep until the work is done and faxed to the war room. The statistical reports shows the year's thanksgivings compared with last year's thanksgivings and increase/decrease percentages of changes. The generals plot the money increases of each and every congregation.

The money generals are excited of the dozen congregation that usually surrender the highest thanksgivings. As the fax reports come in, there are "Yeahs" and "Nays". "Yeahs" for all that has produced abounding thanksgivings. And "Nays" for those ministers who faxed decreased thanksgivings. There is a general secretary that keeps tab of accumulated monies that will soon be received by mails.

Minister's Judgment Day:

Ministers already know by the time they faxed their thanksgiving congregation results whether they will receive blessings or curses. Ministers are ranked as to their thanksgiving production from highest to lowest. Those producing the cream top twelve will be awarded promotions, allowance increases, and prestigious congregation assignments. The ministers who are neither top twelve or the bottom dirty dozen ministers are not entitled to blessings or punishments. They just performed what they were required to do, in essence, they had just performed a satisfactory job. The bottom dirty dozen, however, will incur the wraths of Commander in Chief Manalo, for they have failed their thanksgiving production jobs. These bad ministers deserve to be demoted, their pays cut, and reassigned to a remotest place or barrio in the Philippines, or even be reassigned in Mindanao to fend themselves against the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers or the Muslim secessionist forces of Mindanao in southern Philippines.

The Day after the Thanksgiving:

It is the members' day of reckoning. Members will now realize how they have lost their monies. It is a day of grieving and thinking how in the world did they voluntarily parted with their hard earned monies. The monies could have been used wisely to pay their mounting debts. The monies could have been saved for their retirements and purchasing their family's needs. Now, the money is gone. The depression is too much for some. There are reported suicides for those unable to cope. Others just banished themselves out of shame to hide from their relatives. There was a reported head deacon from the the Ilocos region in northern Philippines who was rich and having several agricultural lands. Upon becoming an Iglesia ni Cristo member and had appointed as head deacon, had annually sold his landholdings to make sure his thanksgivings is the highest until he had no more lands left. One night, he and his family disappeared to start a new life at an undisclosed place out of shame from non Iglesia relatives.

Thanksgiving Aftermath Shocker:

There is a very big shocker that affects many members. Because of the too much thanksgiving increase that members have given, they are required now to deposit the same amount next year plus corresponding increase. For example, if a member's total thanksgivings (deposits plus supplementary cash) is $5,000 this year, the member must deposit this same new amount next year plus additionals. What a shocker!

Worship Service is eraser of all Iglesia hurtings:

Manalo is wise enought to soothe the wounded feelings of members. He does this through his worship service that members can not do away with. It is Manalo's worship service that does the trick of equalizing the anomalies being done inside the Iglesia ni Cristo. The worship service serves as the eraser of all ill feelings against the Iglesia ni Cristo, and all doubts on its teachings, and all problems of being an Iglesia member. The worship service is designed to restore trusts in the Church Administrator.

Manalo teaches that God will solve every problem of members because they are the children of God. Manalo teaches that the monies they have lost will be replaced by God with much much more monies and blessings. Manalo is so powerful in designing a worship sermon that will make all Iglesai members cry that after leaving the worship service, they are refreshed, reinvigorated, rehashed, and makes them forget their problems so that once again they will be able to continue and remain as slaves of Manalo.

Members' attendance in the worship service is of utmost important to Manalo. Without the forced worship service, the Iglesia ni Cristo dies a natural death. Manalo instills into the minds of members always that it is not God who benefits in the worship service, but it is them who benefits. That is why Manalo emphasizes never never to be absent from it. He scares them there will be no more remedy for such sin if they ever become absent. He scares them God will not be pleased on those who do this most evil act. Manalo scares them their names in the Book of Life will be delisted by God. To make sure that no one escapes the worship service, he instructs his deacons and deaconesses to get their reasons for being absent. Manalo even deputizes fathers and mothers to make sure their children attend the worship. And deputizes every member to look out and not allow any one they know to be absent from the worship. Manalo reviews regularly the absence reports submitted by his deacons/deaconesses for possible correction sermon.

Manalo's fooling of members:

Manalo teaches forsaking the worship service is the most dreadful sin a member can ever commit because there is no more remedy for it except the lake of fire that will consume the forsaker. Guess what? Manalo violates his own teaching. He provides a remedy. He sends his deacons/deaconesses and ministers to cajole the erring members to come back to the worship service. Ministers will go to the extent of pleading and kneeling to get back cold members. Manalo wants his cold members back dead or alive.

Manalo Plays Witch Doctor and Fortune Teller:

Manalo teaches that members must pray to God so that their problems will be solved. But Manalo plays safe by becoming a fortune teller. He has an escape route in case members will not receive what they pray for. He says if members do not receive what they pray, the problem is not God's but the members'. Probably, he says, the members have been remiss in their duties, or probably the members were having sinful lives, or probably the things that they pray for will not result in their salvation. What a witch doctor!

Q: How do we know that all the prophecies being used by Manalo are stolen prophecies?
A: Manalo can not provide, not even one, fulfillment verse to confirm his prophecies. He uses only fulfillment that come from his mouth. It is the Apostles teaching that prophecies must have confirmation (2 Pet.1:19). As a rule, prophecy appointments found in the Old Testament must have their respective fulfillment verses in the New Testament. The following are examples:

1) Prophecy and fulfillment verses of John the Baptist:

Prophecy.....Isaiah 40:3;
Fulfillment of the prophecy....Matthew 3:1-3

2) Prophecy and fulfillment verses of Jesus Christ:

Prophecy.......Isaiah 61:1-2
Fulfillment of the prophecy....Luke 4:16-18

3) Prophecy and fulfillment verses of Apostle Paul:

Prophecy .......Isaiah 49:6
Fulfillment of the prophecy..... Acts 13:47

As evidenced by the above, a prophecy if it is fulfilled, must have corresponding fulfillment verse. Prophecies in the Old Testament are confirmed by fulfillment verse in the New Testament. It is to be noted also that the fulfillment verse paraphrases the prophecy or repeats substantially the prophecy. Any person who claims to have prophecies but cannot substantiate or cannot produce the required fulfillment verse is a fake.

Q: What are the prophecies mentioned in the Gospel of Manalo Doctrine Lesson No. 10 that have corresponding fulfillment verses?
A: None. The following prophecies mentioned in the Doctrinal Lesson do not have any fulfillment verse confirmation:

Isaiah 43:5-6 (Moffatt & NKJV);
Isaiah 59:19 (Moffatt)
John 10:16 (NKJV)
Acts 2:39 (NKJV) Note: Manalo instructs his ministers never to use the NLT (New Living Translation).

Q: How does Manalo pervert the above verses to make them appear as his inspite that he had stolen them?
A: First of all, at this stage, Manalo had already stripped the indoctrinees of all their clothes and underwears. Their nakedness is exposed. If you become stark naked in public and somebody throws even a small towel or piece of hanky, you will readily accept it to cover yourself. Secondly, Manalo is expert in perverting the prophecies. Although he does not own them, he makes them appear as if he owns them by changing the letters using his tools of deception that we already know he carries in his pockets.

The perversion of Isaiah 43:5-6 (Moffatt & NKJV):

Manalo uses two Bible versions to support his invention that the prophecy pertains to the establishment of the Iglesia ni Cristo in the Philippines (Far East) and will spread to the U.S. and Europe (Far West).

Let's read the verse:

"Fear not, for I m with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, Give them up! And to the south, "do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth." (Isa.43:5-6 NKJV)

"From the far east will I bring your offspring,
and from the far west I will gather you,"
I will bid the north lands give them up,
and bid the south let go,
bringing my sons from afar,
and my daughters from the end of the earth." (Isa. 43:5-6 Moffatt)

Manalo's reference that Far East is Philippines nand Far West is the U.S.:

"The Philippines were Spain's share of the first colonizing movement in the Far East..." (Boak, Slosson & Anderson, World History, USAFI, 1942, v.2, P.445)

"Far West: California, Neveda, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii..." (World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1976, G.E. Delury, NY,p.88)

Manalo's Deceptions:

True, the reference that Manalo uses has Far East and Far West. Are these the locations mentioned in the Scriptures? Read again what is written in Isaiah 43:5-6. After reading carefully, what are written in the Bible? Are you still being deceived? If you see Manalo's deception, how did he do it? Remember always what Manalo has in his pockets. That's right! He used his scissors to cut the small letters "f" and "e" of the word "far east". And what did he do after that? Right you are! He took out the capital letters "F" and "E" from his pockets and pasted them in the places of the cutout letters, and boom, there is no longer "far east" but we have now "Far East" to agree with his book references! The same thing he did with the words "far west" changing it into "Far West". Manalo is as cunning as the serpent, isn't he? Far East is different from far east because there is only one Far East, but there are as many far easts depending on the places you go and travel. The same thing is true for Far West and far west. There are as many far wests as you move from place to place and there are only certain places comprising the Far West.

The true context of Isaiah 43:5-6

The verse is about bringing and gathering from the east and west and telling the north and south to give them up or not keeping them back. Therefore, rightaway we catch the deceptions of Manalo because it is not only east and west but also north and south are the places where the children of God are coming from. Which event in history did the children of God gathered from east, west, north, and south? This even happened when the Israelites were exiled and deported everywhere (north, south, east, west) by the Assyrians and Babylonians conquerors after the Israelites' lands were captured. God had used King Cyrus of Persia who defeated the Babylonians to bring back the Israelites from their places of exiles (north, south, east, and west of Palestine). Therefore, Isaih 43:5-6 is this prophecy of gathering of the Israelites back to Israel. The prophecy is unquestionably owned by the Israelites but is being stolen by Felix Y. Manalo.

To be sure that the prophecy is owned by the Israelites, let's bring up the New Living Translation, and the Living Bible:

"Do not be afraid, for I am with you, I will gather you and your children from the east and west and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth." (Isaiah 43:5-6 NLT)

"Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you from the east and west, from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the farthest corners of the earth." (Isaiah 43:5-6 LB)

Without a doubt, the children that are to be brough together from all corners of the earth back to Israel are the Israelites. Never the Philippinos. By the way, did the verses say brought FROM the east or gathered FROM the west? If the east is Philippines, it would be a catastrophy for Manalo. Why? Where will Manalo bring his Iglesia members if they are brought out from the Philippines? Manalo will have a monstrous problem where to bring his Iglesia members. If he says, he will bring them to America, uh oh, the verse says, "gathered from the west", it is not going to the west but coming from tghe west. Now he has two problems. Where will he bring his Philippine Iglesia members and where will he bring his western Iglesia members? His two groups were both kicked out. If Manalo tries to bring his two groups to Israel, probably the Israeli Prime Minister will ask, "Hey Manalo, what is this news I hear that you are telling the people of the world, we, the Israelis, are no longer the people of God? And how dare you to steal our prophecies?"

Q: How does Manalo use the "ends of the earth" as time of rising of the I.N.C. in 1914 and what are its fallacies?
A: Manalo says the phrase "ends of the earth" found in Isa. 43:6 is time, not place, because the earth has no end. According to Manalo, since the word "ends" is plural, it refers to the time between the end of the sixth seal and the beginning of the seventh seal which is another end. Manalo uses the war mentioned in Rom.6:25, Jer.4:19.13; Mt.24:6-7 wjen great men hid in caves as timeline of the start of World War I of 1914 that started in July 27, 1914. Because the Iglesia ni Cristo was also registered in the Philippine government in July 27, 1914 coinciding with the prophecy, Manalo gloats the I.N.C.'s rising was in accord with the prophecy.

The fallacies of Manalo's time element:

1) The phrase, "from the ends of the earth" refers to place and is not a time because it is preceded by the word "from". If this "ends of the world" is time, then from which previous time? It would be a "Back to the Future" science fiction time that Manalo is trying to make here. If we have to believe this, then we have also to believe that Manalo came from a previous time back to the Garden of Eden when the first deceiver appeared embodying the serpent. Therefore, the devil has now embodied Manalo.

2) It is not because of war that the great men hid in caves but because of the wrath of Lamb that has come (Rev.6:15-17). Take note that the men wanted to die wishing the mountains and rocks to fall on them.

3) The "ends of the earth" refers to the mentioned four points of the earth, which are: north, south, east, and west.

4) What happens before men will hide in the caves is that every mountain and island will move out of their places. This is the coming cataclysm after the tribulations as explaned in Rev. 16:18,20). This event or this cataclysm has not yet happened. Since, it has not yet happened, the kings and great men will not have hidden yet in the caves.

Q: How does Manalo pervert the north and south found in Isaiah 43:6 and what are its fallacies?
A: Manalo(both father and son) teach that the north is Protestantism because it is predominant in North America and in North Europe and that the south is Catholicsm because the Catholic Church is in south of Italy which is Rome, or prevalent in Southern Europe

Fallacies of north and south teaching of Manalo:

Here's what Moffatt says of the north and south:

"I will bid the north lands give them up, and bid the south let go, bringing my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth." (Isa. 43:6 Moffatt)

The verse says "north lands" and consequently the south is south lands. It is never the Protestant Church nor the Catholic Church. How can the Catholic Church and Protestant Church become south lands and north lands? My goodness, Manalo should ban the Moffatt's Isa. 43:6. This guy Moffatt has become a bad boy. He exposed the Manalo father and son as, like father like son deceivers of men.

TO BE CONTINUED