Presents Of God Ministry

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'''Remnants of God''', formerly known as '''Presents of God Ministry''', is a [[crank]]y [[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]] [[webshite]] whose theology is based on the [[End times|end time]] remnant belief associated with [[Seventh-day Adventism]] which includes the idea that humanity has reached the [[Book of Revelation]] stage of the [[Bible]] and that current events, such as natural disasters, the election of a new [[Jesuit]] Pope, and [[Persecution complex|the alleged "persecution" of Christians throughout the entire world]] are proof of this. The ministry appears to be the work of one man — Nicholas, a [[paranoid]] [[conspiracy theorist]] who considers mainstream Seventh-day Adventism and all other Christian denominations to be [[apostasy|apostate]]. Nicholas quickly veers off into incomprehensible [[green ink]] that uses typical kook arguments in an attempt to prove that his religion is true and every other religion is false. 

The web site remains very obscure, though it has occasionally been noticed by Seventh-day Adventists,<ref>[http://straighttestimony.blogspot.com/2008/01/response-to-presents-of-god-ministry.html Response to, "Presents of God Ministry" also known as, POGM.] straighttestimony.blogspot.com, 21 January 2008. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref> fringe organizations,<ref>[http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/image-of-the-beast-501c3-government-registered-churches-from-presents-of-god-ministry/ Image Of The Beast: 501C3 Government-registered Churches From Presents Of God Ministry.] christianitybeliefs.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref> and academics.<ref>Erin Runions, [https://books.google.com/books?id=klPRCwAAQBAJ ''The Babylon Complex: Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty.''] Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780823257379.</ref>

==Themes==

*Nicholas demonstrates that mainstream Seventh-day Adventism advocates a false doctrine, is irrevocably corrupted, and is tainted by association with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. (We're with him on the first two, but that last one...) Because he believes it is the [[Whore of Babylon]], he urges all Seventh-day Adventists to leave the church as declared in the [[Book of Revelation]].<ref>[http://www.sdaapostasy.org/ For Seventh-day Adventist eyes only.] sdaapostasy.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref>

*Nicholas is a [[biblical literalism|biblical literalist]] and [[creationist]]. He cheerfully documents many [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] arguments supporting a literal reading of the Bible.<ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/creation.htm Evidence for creation.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref>

*Nicholas is obsessed with numbers and his screeds occasionally feature bizarre [[Numerology|numerological]] arguments. Because, you know, the Catholics and the [[Pope]] are [[666]].<ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/666.htm 666 and the titles of the Pope.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref>

{{quotebox|To understand the forty and two months that the beast will reign, we must first find the method of time the Bible declares for prophecy. God says in Ezekiel 4:6 "I have appointed thee each day for a year" And we also find the Bible acknowledges a month to be 30 days long. Because in, Genesis 7:11 we see the rain started on the 17 day of the 2nd month and in Genesis 8:3,4 we find the water receded at the end of 150 days, then it says the ark rested on the 17th day of the 7th month. [[Not even wrong|That's exactly 5 months.]] If we divide the 150 days by the 5 months you get 30 days per month. So 42 months multiplied by 30 equals 1260. According to Ezekiel 4:6, that's 1260 years that Papal Rome would reign.<ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/mark.htm Mark of the Beast.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref><ref group=note>This is an example of the so-called [http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/4-6.htm year-day theory of prophetic interpretation] which is said to originate in [http://biblehub.com/numbers/14-34.htm Numbers 14:34.]</ref>}}

*Nicholas is paranoid and believes in various conspiracy theories based on his careful research of [[kook]] screeds and videos found on the internet. For example, he believes that tens of thousands of [[guillotine]]s are being stored in the United States in anticipation of the end times.<ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/guillotines.htm Guillotines in America?] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref><ref>[http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/09/guillotines-real-soldiers-find-out-truth-for-their-use-now-they-are-either-arrested-or-on-the-run-2467176.html Guillotines Real! Soldiers Find Out Truth For Their Use. Now They Are Either Arrested Or On The Run.] [[Before It's News]], 15 September 2012. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref>

*Perhaps the crankiest pages on his web site deal with end times prophecy. He takes on the [[Antichrist]], [[September 11 terrorist attacks]], [[climate change]], and dozens of other topics that all attempt to prove his bizarre worldview.<ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/666-CHAR.htm Characteristics of Antichrist.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/911.htm What really happened on 911.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.remnantofgod.org/climatechange.htm Climate change will lead to THE MARK.] remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2017.</ref>

*The site has a section dedicated to 'exposing' the [[Catholic Church]] where it argues that the Catholics created [[Islam]].<ref name="chrislam">[http://www.remnantofgod.org/chrislam.htm Chrislam]. remnantofgod.org. Retrieved on 5 August 2017.</ref>

*The ministry is [[King James Only]].<ref name="attackonBible">[http://www.remnantofgod.org/B-BIBLES.HTM Attack on the Bible] remnantofgod.org Retrieved on 5 August 2017.</ref> They believe that [[salvation]] is achieved through faith and works in [[Jesus Christ]], and embrace the idea of a Lordship Salvation.

==External links==
*[https://www.remnantofgod.org/ Presents of God]
*[https://www.john1429.org/ Presents of God video archive]
*[https://sdrchurch.org/ The Seventh Day Remnant Church]
*[https://www.sdru.org/ Seventh Day Remnant University]
*[https://www.sdaapostasy.org/ SDA Apostasy]
*[https://sdrherald.org/ SDR Herald]

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