💥Felix Manalo as Fanatically Believed is not an Angel!💥

Felix Manalo is not an Angel - not in idea, in symbolism, neither in identity nor in any manner of biblical description!

But the members of the Iglesia ni Cristo ni Manalo (INCM) have been made to believe that their founder is an angel – the angel from the east, therefore a 5th angel in the story they indoctrinate their members with.

This topic concerning the claim of the INC that Manalo is "the angel from the east," I will tackle with the intent of enlightening brainwashed minds. As usual, we will use the Bible as the standard of truth.

Revelation 7 mentions "angels.” Five of them!

REVELATION 7:1-4
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Four angels standing on the four corners of the earth have the power to "hurt" the sea, the trees, and the earth, whose God is also the God of the angel from the east!

Note that the angel from the east speaks the following verse, addressed to the four angels on the four corners of the earth:

REVELATION 7:3
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of "our" God in their foreheads.

So there is a 5th angel that refrains the four angels.

According to Manalo and company, he (Felix) is "the angel from the east" and the four other angels are "the big four" namely Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau of France who were instrumental in stopping the world war of 1914. They were “holding the wind.”

Further they explained that the "winds" being held by the four angels is interpreted as "war" more particularly the "First World War." The "sealing" on the foreheads of people is interpreted as "the preaching of the angel from the east and his company!” The term, "rising from the east," according to them, means that the angel is gradually being known.

All these are invented stories and misinterpretations of Manalo and the Manalistas believed by, according to them, "millions!" I perceive that these “believing” millions are most certainly ignorant of the scriptures!

Let us therefore, for the sake of truth, consider their interpretations, the undeniable truth in the Bible and the reality!

The Big Four
If “the big four” referring to Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau of France are the four angels, in reality, the big four never heard Manalo shouting. After all, who is Manalo to hinder the decisions of the then four great leaders of the most powerful nations on earth? If they were instrumental in stopping the world war of 1914, how did this Manalo figure in?

In the Bible, the four angels heard the angel from the east, that's why the task of sealing "the servants of our God" was consummated!

Let us lay first the biblical premise of the story in Revelation Chapter 7 to understand how in the world Manalo is suddenly in the picture.

Angels in the book of Revelation were described symbolically as "stars.”

REVELATION 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Wrong Interpretation: Angels are not ministers
Religious leaders like Manalo interpret the angels of the seven churches in Asia as "ministers," "pastors," or "bishops."

This is utterly and biblically wrong! Why? Because the angels were represented by the symbol of "seven stars" in the right hand of the Revelator who is Jesus Christ, and the churches represented by "seven golden candlesticks.”

In sum, the interpretation of the Lord Jesus Christ is: seven stars = seven angels; seven golden candlesticks = seven churches.

A thinking student of the Bible must not further interpret that the angels are pastors, ministers, and the like. The seven golden candlesticks were interpreted by the Bible as seven churches. Should the INCM misinterpret this term also? And what will they be?

Stars are Angels
There are other instances in the book of Revelation wherein the word "angel" or "angels" were symbolized by "stars.”

REVELATION 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

We know from the book of Revelation that the dragon is Satan who has a host of angels with him.

REVELATION 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

This again proves that stars are used to symbolize angels.

A third part of the stars in heaven or a third part of the angels were drawn by the tail of the dragon or Satan. Are we going to interpret this as "ministers" or "pastors" or were they angels in reality?

“Winds” is not World War 1
If the "winds" held by the four angels or "the big four" is the war of 1914 and the "sealing" on foreheads is "the preaching of the gospel of Manalo,” then it must mean that the preaching should have started way before 1914 or before the blowing of the winds.

The reality is that Manalo started the Iglesia ni Manalo in 1914 according to their official registration in the Philippine government, and "preached and sealed" even after the war and until now with his company continuing his unfinished "task.” That’s how “winds” cannot be World War 1.

Manalo not that Angel from the East
You cannot simply call Manalo “the angel from the east” and disregard what that angel did as mentioned by the Bible.

The angel shouted to the four to refrain from hurting the earth, the sea, the trees, until he is through sealing the servants of God. Regardless of whether the four are angels or the four great men, Manalo cannot simply fit into the picture. He cannot be the fifth angel because the other four angels mentioned are not ministers.

If angels are ministers, why will there be dual meaning of angels in Revelation 7? One angel is a "minister" and the other four angels are head of state or political leaders? Simply hilarious!

The INCM claim Manalo came from the Far East to fit him to this “angel from the east” shouting to the four angels in Revelation 7. Is Philippines the “Far East?”

Territories and regions conventionally included under the term Far East are several countries like China, Japan and Korea among others in East Asia; Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia; and Russia in North Asia.

"Far East" is inherently Eurocentric because it is part of a geographical paradigm in which even Western Asia is the "Near East" or "Middle East.”

The term Far East came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 12th century, denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_East).

But the Bible simply used the direction “east” in a sense differentiating it from the west direction for a purpose. In fact, Manalo exploited other Bible verses using “east” supposedly to refer to him.

Here’s one where I think the term “far east” was taken from this verse – with “far” as modifier of “country” placed instead as modifier of “east” to compose “far east” and therefore irresponsibly changing the whole meaning. But I will show you in the next blog that Manalo is not this bird.

Isa. 46:11: "Calling a ravenous bird from the east. A man who executes my counsel from a far country."

There is no way Manalo could have been one who tied the shoelace of any one powerful leader. It is wishful thinking to place him in the picture.

Another reality is that the so-called Big Four excludes Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, the supposed fourth one to make it to The Big Four. He was at first present in the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919, but demands were not allowed and so he left.

As Prime Minister of Italy, he [Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy] went to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He demanded the fulfillment of the "secret Treaty of London of 1915, by which the Allies had promised Italy ample territorial compensation in Dalmatia for its entry into World War I."[7] However, Woodrow Wilson brought forth considerable opposition to Orlando's demands. Therefore, Orlando failed to secure British or French support. This caused him to leave the Peace Conference. However, he returned a month later. "Even then no solution satisfactory to Italy was found; Orlando resigned and was succeeded as premier by Francesco Nitti. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Four_(World_War_I)]

It was only on January 12, 1919, years after the war that Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leaders-of-the-big-four-nations-meet-for-the-first-time-in-paris). It was to decide what to do with Germany.

History therefore talks of the demands of The Big Three: David Lloyd George of Britain. Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/bigthreerev3.shtml).

The Big Four, if they were four, met only in 1919 for the first time way after the war started in 1914. There is not a wee bit of association with the registration of Manalo’s church in any angle. The timing is skewed and whoever knit up the story can try again.

There is no sense in trying hard to twist the scriptures just to weave a story for the Iglesia ni Manalo and fit the four angels to four powers and then claim the other angel from the east as Felix Manalo.

How could Manalo even be greater than these allied powers as he supposedly commanded them not to hurt the earth, sea and trees before he could seal the servants of God in the foreheads? Fantastic story!

REVELATION 7:3
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of "our" God in their foreheads.

I believe that this blog will add even more hatred to my person as expected from the fanatics of the INCM, but I want them to understand that I am writing with the intent of bringing enlightenment to the minds of the not-so-fanatic members of this sect.

The internet or the World Wide Web is filled with every kind of defamation against my person that a Christian preacher must expect. A true preacher, in his work of preaching the truth, is expected to be accused of all sorts. Nevertheless, I have to do my work.

MATTHEW 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Jesus Christ, our Lord, by simply doing only what is good and preaching only what is truth, made more enemies than friends! The same thing happened to the Apostle Paul.

GALATIANS 4:16
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

However, the fanatics of the INCM will never cause me inconvenience by saying all manner of evil against my person. You want to trouble me? Refute what I say, and I will not sleep a good night sleep until I realize that your objection to what I teach is reasonable or just! Prove to me that I am wrong in whatever I say or write.

I am expecting criticisms not on my person but on what I preach, which you fanatics have failed to do!

I am waiting.

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