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[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Sabby

Michael,

Another issue the FMB had with Br Nigh was the German nationals were growing facial hair. His position, which he iterated to the Foreign Mission's Board was that he was not called to Americanize new believers. He did not require German men to be clean shaven. The Board believed he should teach them otherwise. He took as much heat over facial hair than anything else

Whether Nigh's teaching is preterist or not, it in no way justifies the way he was treated. It is probably closer to being partial-preterist/historicist in nature. What part of what Jesus said is not clear? He said, "NO MAN KNOWS". No matter what scriptures from the epistles or Revelation you cobble together, they do not over ride or supercede the Lord's words. He said very plainly, "NO MAN KNOWS". All scripture is given by inspiration of God and there is NO GREATER authority in the written word than the words of the Lord Jesus Himself. He said, "NO MAN KNOWS".

That's one of the problems with UPC. Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Like hypocrites they teach from the OT that a woman sins by wearing "pants". At the same time the OT teaches men not to shave their beards while they refute this. If wearing pants is sin for a woman shaving is sin for men. The UPC is not made up of dummies. They must see this. Yet because of the ties to traditions of men they refuse to repent.

None of this excuses distorting the teaching of the second coming of Christ.