Carl George
Klibbe wrote on October 16th, 1913: “...4.
I believe that the Lord Jesus rules the Church through living Apostles, until
His return and that He has sent them into the world, and still sends just as He
was sent into the world by His Father, that they should teach and baptise in
His name and place, all nations on Earth...”
“…9. I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again
as surely as He has ascended into Heaven, and by His glorified appearance the
first fruit of the dead and living who hoping for His coming, shall be changed
and united and that these His first fruit shall reign with Him as Kings and
Priests in the Kingdom of Peace, further that at the end of the time Jesus
Christ shall appear again to Judgment with His Saints, where all the remaining
living and the dead shall receive their judgment according to as they have been
living, good or evil…”
There’s
nothing strange or unexpected about these articles of faith as disputed
by an anonymous OAC member. Carl
George Klibbe
was sent to South Africa to establish the New Apostolic Church in 1889 and was called
to be an “apostle” by the “Apostle College”
in Europe in 1893. The church was incorporated under Act 31 of 1909 (Transvaal)
known as the New Apostolic Church (Africa) under the leadership of “apostle” Carl
George Klibbe.
Even today,
the NAC articles of faith
are almost identical to those typed in
the 1913 letter.
The Hersteld
Apostolische Zendingkerk and the Apostolic Church of Queensland (where
Klibbe was “sealed”) with the same Irving “roots” as the NAC and OAC, also believe that Jesus Christ will come again.
It was only
in 1915 that Carl
George Klibbe
declared his independence from the New Apostolic Church, the Apostle College
and Apostle Unity. After a court
case ruling at the end of 1926, Carl
George Klibbe
was ordered to stop using the name “New Apostolic Church”. Carl
George Klibbe
registered his church as “The Old Apostolic Church of Africa” in June,
1927.
Contrary to
popular belief by OAC members, their founding
father, “apostle” Carl
George Klibbe
literally believed that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again. The
letter above stands in stark contrast to what’s written in the OAC catechism.
Catechism of the Old Apostolic Church of Africa…Part 2;
Question 27 (pages 62-63):
“Has Christ
already come, or do we still expect him?” (Sic)
“Ans. (a) Because
the world expects that Christ will come on a natural cloud, they still look
forward to his coming. From Matt. 16 v. 28, it is however clear, that Christ
must already have come…”
“Ans. (b) From 2
Tim. 4 v. 7-8 it is clear that Christ must already have come during Apostle
Paul’s life on earth…”
“Ans. (c) For us
Christ has come, and we see Him, because it is revealed to us through the Holy
Spirit and is our life…”
Catechism of the Old Apostolic Church of Africa…Part 2;
Question 31 (page 65):
“On which clouds
will Christ appear?”
“Ans. We must not
confuse these clouds with natural clouds... It is the cloud of witnesses… It is
the same cloud under which the flock of God was led out of Egypt…”
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| OAC catechism interpretation |
A woman on an
OAC WhatsApp group dared to mention that Jesus would be coming back and
she was taken to task as follows:
OAC Admin member #...6600
wrote: “...Sorry just to ask, are you apostle ?
Please don’t get me wrong...”
OAC Admin member #...9345 sent
a picture of a man walking towards an open manhole.
OAC member #...8630 replied
with a voice note saying this lady is crazy for having the nerve of sharing her
uncalled for statement that Jesus is coming back and ended the note by calling her
a disgrace.
OAC Admin member #...6600
replied with a voice note saying that the group is for sheep and that the lady
is a goat who doesn’t know who Jesus Christ is by daring to mention that Jesus
will return...”
OAC member #...8906 wrote:
“...Then pray for others to see the light you don’t
judge them...”
OAC member #...8630 wrote:
“...No no don’t justify a bad thing pls its need to
be rooted out...”
OAC member #...9708 wrote:
“...Kahle
kahle [That’s fine] who is this person.
Send this person back to the Deacon n umzalwane
nodade [brother and sister] n learn again... I stand with Nkosi [Lord] yam asking the question
“Are we really all apostles or people u just add anyone in this group” thr is
no Jesus coming back he is already with is Acts 1...”
OAC member #...8630 wrote:
“...I think he or she realised now that is in the
incorrect group now let’s leave him or her will remove himself now...”
OAC member #...3060 wrote:
“...I think I know her...”
OAC member #...9708 wrote:
“...Please talk to her please...”
OAC member #...3060 wrote:
“...I will try...”
OAC member #...8630 wrote:
“...Please lol bring some sense to her...”
OAC member #...3060 wrote:
“...Admin remove her from this group...”
OAC member #...8630 wrote:
“...Lol pls pls kabawo
[my father] lets give her a chance may be she will repend...”
False apostles and false prophets cannot forge or counterfeit the
coming of the Son of man, the only way they can try is by attempting to deceive
people with false
interpretations.
Jesus warns us not to follow
them because they will say “Lo
here”
and then try convincing people that they (false prophets and false churches)
are Christ.
Matthew 24:23-28 Then
if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if
they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will
the eagles be gathered together.
To those
that are sincerely seeking the truth, there is good news; your soul salvation
is not dependent on some man-made organization:
John 3:16-21 For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not
his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to
the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to
the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
