For those who are serious about researching the contents of the original Shepherd’s Rod (SRod) a scripture index much like the one originally developed for the writings of Ellen White known as the Spirit of Prophecy (SOP) have proven very helpful. The first scriptural index covering the writings of the SRod message appeared sometime in the late 1950s and was published by Florence Houteff and her Executive Council. The major problem was that these indexes contained references to the unauthorized ...
The Final Death Blow to the Unauthorized New Code Sermons
This week (August 4-11, 2018) the Mt. Dale GADSDA is holding their session. Therein they are being forced to defend their stand on the unauthorized New Code sermon addresses allegedly given by Brother Houteff and publishing posthumously by the wife Florence, a well known and proven architect of apostasy and numerous falsehoods. This is due, in part, to many questions that continue to come from concerned brethren worldwide. Mt. Dale is desperate and can no longer slip the issue under the rug. The ...
The Davidian Storehouse/Headquarters/Leadership Paradox Solved
Ever since the death of Brother Houteff in 1955 followers of the Shepherd’s Rod message have been tossed into disarray regarding the role and function of storehouses, headquarters, and leadership models. Remarkably this situation was entirely predicted by warnings coming from the original SRod message about the rise of usurpers, office seekers, and professed friends of the faith who would attempt to deliver the enemy’s “knock out blow”. Over the past few years we at upa7.org have received ...
How Long will the Kingdom last?
Often we get questions regarding the study of the original Shepherd’s Rod message and the establishment of the latter day kingdom that have a simple straightforward enough answer but then become clouded when some professed teachers of righteousness muddy the waters with their own private interpretations. As a case for illustration consider the question about how many years will the kingdom be established prior to Christ’s visible advent in the clouds of glory. Another way of thinking about it ...
The Golden Bowl Revisited, Part 4: A Mirage Exposed
Background The controversy over the golden bowl continues to wax hot amongst professed friends of the faith who are being used by the enemy in an attempt to deliver a know out blow to the original artwork in the SRod message done under the direction of Brother Houteff. Ever since the original SRod study charts were brought back to their original estate in 2010 and made available by upa7.org questions arose from certain wide awake and astute brethren noticed that certain changes and alterations ...
