{"id":1270,"date":"2021-07-29T20:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/?page_id=1270"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T00:14:51","slug":"converted-pastor-repented","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/converted-pastor-repented\/","title":{"rendered":"Converted Pastor Repented"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1270\" class=\"elementor elementor-1270\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14cf3a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14cf3a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a6e64\" data-id=\"64a6e64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487b7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487b7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Converted Pastor Repented<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c1bf5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c1bf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f69efd9\" data-id=\"f69efd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64af7b1\" data-id=\"64af7b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3241fd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3241fd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background Information<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42a4a54\" data-id=\"42a4a54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82df27f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82df27f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3523a82\" data-id=\"3523a82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15eb1b4\" data-id=\"15eb1b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cdd3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8cdd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In late 2012, thousands of CAG members gathered together reportedly in more than 300 local districts all over mainland China. They were carrying red signs, banners, and bullhorns announcing the end of the world is imminent. Some of the signs as well as printed pamphlets show a message \u201c2012 The Last Ticket,\u201d which allegedly was a scam enticing members to spend 1.5 million to 5 million yuan a ticket for an escaping device.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mizhi.gov.cn\/html\/zwzt\/fxj\/201808\/18197.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u7c73\u8102\u53bf\u4eba\u6c11\u653f\u5e9c, \u201c\u90aa\u6559\u201c\u5168\u80fd\u795e\u201d\u53d1\u5bb6\u8fc7\u7a0b\u201d (Evil Cult, \u201cAlmighty God\u201d Developing Process)<\/a>, accessed August 4, 2021. Yuan is a unit Chinese currency in dollars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a7faea\" data-id=\"8a7faea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286e50d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"286e50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1430c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1430c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca1428\" data-id=\"9ca1428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7cc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d7cc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5f8912\" data-id=\"d5f8912\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e3eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e3eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Dunn says the Eastern Lightning (EL) members who embraced the Mayan prophecy appear to have carried out the massive demonstrations without the approval of a self-proclaimed authority who published a letter dated back to December 16, 2012. This letter addressed to EL churches throughout China praised about recent ministry success but stated: &#8220;We do not proclaim judgment day, but simply testify to God\u2019s work in the end times. The judgment day theory is mistaken; the Bible records that there will be major disasters in the end times, but doesn\u2019t say anything the final day\u2026The Bible prophesies that disasters will get bigger and bigger \u2026 but the world and humans will not be completely destroyed, and the earth and heavens will remain.&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[2]<\/a><\/p><p>In her footnote, Dunn simply gives the title of the letter, but does not specify where the letter came from and how she got it.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/24286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Dunn, <em>Lightning from the East: Heterodoxy and Christianity in Contemporary China<\/em><\/a> (Leiden: Brill NV, 2015), 95-96.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f81fed\" data-id=\"8f81fed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9a16 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9a9a16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7653e22\" data-id=\"7653e22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a854\" data-id=\"1c5a854\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d29e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39d29e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Meanwhile in Hong Kong, explosive news broke within the Protestant Church community. The senior pastor of the Hong Kong Evangelical Yan Ying Church (HKEYYC) of Yau Tong, Ms. Ng (\u5433\u71d5\u82ac), admitted her conversion to follow Eastern Lightning; and due to such aberrant conversion she was excommunicated by her church on December 7, 2012. A notice of such action was posted on the front page of the HKEYYC\u2019s website.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a> Ten days later, on December 17, 2012 Ms. Ng was also terminated by The Mission Covenant Church, the church who ordained Ms. Ng.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[4]<\/a> On December 26, 2012, five days after the doomsday (December 21, 2012) which never came to pass, Ms. Ng, a 20-year veteran in pastoral ministries with a graduate degree, decided to repent and leave EL.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiantimes.org.hk\/Common\/Reader\/News\/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=75893&amp;Pid=5&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=220&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Times, \u201c\u5ba3\u6559\u6703\u6709\u540c\u5de5\u76f8\u4fe1\u6771\u65b9\u9583\u96fb\u8b70\u6c7a\u7d42\u6b62\u5176\u7267\u8077\u4e26\u520a\u767b\u555f\u4e8b\u201d(The Hong Kong Evangelical Church due to a co-worker\u2019s belief in EL has resolved to terminate her pastoral duties and has published a notice)<\/a>, posted December 14, 2012, accessed August 12, 2021.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcc.org.hk\/hc\/notice\/2012\/1225.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mission Covenant Church, \u201c\u901a\u544a\u201d (Notice)<\/a>, dated December 17, 2012, accessed August 12, 2021.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0fc3b0\" data-id=\"e0fc3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6789481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6789481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3de78d2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3de78d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef038f4\" data-id=\"ef038f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b8915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97b8915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Did Pastor Ng Get Converted?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ff23be elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ff23be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9de17d7\" data-id=\"9de17d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a28a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9a28a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>\n<p>On December 30, 2012, Ms. Ng contacted Rev. Sek-Wai Lo and asked him to be the witness of her repentance. Due to her emotional distress and her fear of facing the news media, Ms. Ng did not appear in the news conference held on January 3, 2013 by Rev. Lo. Instead, she wrote a letter of confession and gave it to Rev. Lo on January 2 for media distribution. Her letter is titled \u201cWhy Believe and Not Believe in the Doctrines of Church Almighty God\u201d (\u70ba\u4f55\u4fe1\u53c8\u4e0d\u4fe1\u5168\u80fd\u795e\u6559\u6703\u7684\u6559\u7fa9) in which she explains how she first got in contact with EL in late April 2012 through a former church member who arranged her to see a Chinese Medical Doctor and got some medical treatments. The doctor is a relative of the former church member; and then, she got invited to a Bible study with some other relatives. She Immediately recognized the book, <em>God\u2019s Work of the Last days<\/em> (\u795e\u672b\u4e16\u7684\u4f5c\u5de5) was selected from a book called <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em> (\u8a71\u5728\u8089\u8eab\u986f\u73fe) and then confirmed with them that the author was the female Christ. Ms. Ng felt very scared and subsequently told them she would not study that book again but she was challenged by her relatives to complete the study plan and then decide for herself. Ms. Ng thought if the book were about God\u2019s truth, and His new work and new proclamation of the Last Days, she would lose out what she has been waiting for years the Lord\u2019s coming. If after studying the book and find out book not from God, she can feel at peace and continue waiting for the Lord\u2019s return. Ms. Ng shares how she got hooked by the book\u2019s advice on discernment:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The book gives advice on discerning truth or heresies: The truth is from the Holy Spirit, which makes people have a better relationship with God, makes people more in awe of God, loves God more, obeys God, and is loyal to God, which is the direction I seek. So, I follow the instructions in the book and keep reading and gathering. In addition to sharing this book, I often pray that the Holy Spirit will open up my life, so that through the judgment and condemnation of God&#8217;s Last Word. God reveals the decay of my life that I am not aware of, and make me repent and return to righteousness, by which I can be saved by God&#8217;s cleansing and transformation of my temperament\u2026 both the Bible and this book emphasize that unholiness cannot enter the nation of God.&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, Ms. Ng came across a dynamic CAG preacher who has been preaching powerful messages. From his sermons, she notices that he treats Satan as an enemy, and that anyone does not obey God, does not love God, is not faithful to God, and resists God, and is regarded as personification of Satan, and is not a believer. Ms. Ng thought if this preacher\u2019s word does not come true, then this book is not <em>God\u2019s Work of the Last Days<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2012, CAG leadership announced that they had other arrangements. CAG believers went out and passed out gospel tracts warning the public that the tribulation is coming. They were organizing Truth Life Seminars and the message will focus on disasters that will begin on December 21, 2012; and for three days, the Sun will be darkened when the planet Nibiru come close to the earth.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> Knowing that excommunication could the consequences promoting CAG\u2019s teachings, Ms. Ng struggled but still invited HKEYY co-workers to attend the December 5 seminar. As expected, she was terminated by her church on December 7, 2012. Subsequently, Ms. Ng finally woke up and came back.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> She shares her story as to when and how she concluded that EL\u2019s teachings were not the truth. She recounts,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By December 26th, everything was still business as usual. I got proofs that the prophecy was false; and I had come to realize that I had believed, in the past six months, the so-called God\u2019s work and words of the Last Days were all lies from man. They are not the truth, and Christ had not yet come again. I declared and prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ in front of my family members, and that day I decided to leave the Church of Almighty God. I ceased to believe in CAG\u2019s teachings and abandon those books.&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rev. Sek-Wai Lo expressed that he could not figure out why a senior pastor for more than two decades would still believe the teachings of Eastern Lightning. But he said after two conversations with her, he believed that she was &#8220;deceived by the spirit&#8221;, which may have been due to her dissatisfaction with her spiritual life, her discontentment with the ministry condition, and her belief in a better pursuit but fallen into false teachings.<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiantimes.org.hk\/Common\/Reader\/News\/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=76178&amp;Pid=5&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=220&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Times, \u201c\u906d\u64a4\u8077\u5ba3\u6559\u6703\u7267\u5e2b\u64b0\u81ea\u767d\u66f8\u7a31\u8aa4\u4fe1\u6771\u65b9\u9583\u96fb\u5411\u80a2\u9ad4\u81f4\u6b49\u201d (Terminated pastor of the Mission Covenant Church wrote a confession saying that she had mistakenly believed in Eastern Lightning and apologized to the body)<\/a>, posted January 4, 2013, accessed August 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15551-nibiru.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nibiru does not exist. The rumor connected to the fictional Nibiru Planet says that Nibiru was going to collide with the earth on December 21, 2012. It did not happen because there was no such planet ever existed, Space.com<\/a>, accessed August 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiantimes.org.hk\/Common\/Reader\/News\/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=76178&amp;Pid=5&amp;Version=0&amp;Cid=220&amp;Charset=big5_hkscs#letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Times, \u201c\u906d\u64a4\u8077\u5ba3\u6559\u6703\u7267\u5e2b\u64b0\u81ea\u767d\u66f8\u7a31\u8aa4\u4fe1\u6771\u65b9\u9583\u96fb\u5411\u80a2\u9ad4\u81f4\u6b49\u201d (Terminated pastor of the Mission Covenant Church wrote a confession saying that she had mistakenly believed in Eastern Lightning and apologized to the body)<\/a>, January 4, 2013, accessed August 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Converted Pastor Repented Background Information In late 2012, thousands of CAG members gathered together reportedly in more than 300 local districts all over mainland China. 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