He is attracting a bigger and bigger following, especially with people who are fed up with the apostasy in the church and are looking for some good old-fashioned Bible preaching. So what is the problem? The problem is, in the midst of gathering a major audience of Christians who are looking for someone to lead them out of apostasy, and are following him because of the strong stand he takes against apostasy, he is slowly and subtly introducing to them teachings that are not Scriptural. Because they are such little things within his sermons, nobody notices or gives it much thought, or they just let it pass like a blip on the screen, but when added up, it comes to a lot of things that are not correct. I also have concerns about the way he approaches his study of the Scripture, as well as the way he teaches it.
I honestly see the beginnings of another Harold Camping in the making given enough time. http://bibleconundrumsandcontroversy.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/mike-hoggard-anti-apostasy-teacher-or.htmlYou have to be joking to compare Mike Hoggard with Harold Camping.
Pastor Hoggard does the same thing with numbers that he does with these “word” revelations. He draws conclusions about things by adding, or dividing, or doing other mathematical exercises with them, if required. In fact he stated that when he studies the Bible, he keeps the Bible in one hand and a calculator in the other, as numbers are so important. Really? I have never had to sit with a calculator in hand tallying up numbers to understand the Word of God. There are times when I see parallels between numbers, such as the twelve tribes, and the twelve disciples, or forty year wandering in the desert and forty days of the temptation of Christ, but I don't see the need to add, subtract, multiply, or divide them to reveal some secret hidden message or code in God's Word. I'm not saying there might not be some interesting things to learn, but the obsessive way in which he uses numbers to show him what passages mean is where I start seeing a problem. Harold Camping got off on this same tangent. Numbers became more important than simply reading what the Word said. Look where it led him. Hoggard seems to be taking this same route. In fact I question that he is using numbers in a proper way.
It's called Biblical numerology,
Ecc 7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Leviticus 25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
There is nothing wrong with studying Biblical numerology and Hoggard is pretty much an expert, so was Bullinger and Dr Ivan Panin. Numbers have meaning in the Bible. Just think of the measurements that the Temple had to go by and the items in the Temple.
And also i believe that when Hoggard mentions "revelations" he is simply meaning something he has learnt from looking closely at the scripture. i think that the article written by Connie
http://bibleconundrumsandcontroversy.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/mike-hoggard-anti-apostasy-teacher-or.html doesn't prove anything, he or she agrees with Hoggard and then they disagree where they like. i dont think it is a fair analysis of all of Hoggard's teachings.
Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
i know what he would say: Genesis 3 is about sin. There were 3 people on the cross including Jesus. Satan, the Antichrist and False prophet are 3 and sin.
That makes no sense ay all, and is ascribing an authority that isn't there. The Trinity is made up of 3, so i say 3 is a holy number. Do you see how this works? He does that stuff all the time, and it is occultic.
umm no it is Biblical numerology
What is the King James Code?
If I had to describe the King James Code in a nutshell, I would do it this way. The King James Bible contains a system of numbers that are consistently linked with words or phrases in the scriptures. It is understood that the Bible can be comprehended on many levels. The more you study the Scriptures and become accustomed to them, the more you understand the Divine symbols of certain passages that you never saw before. These must always come as a product of Divine Revelation. Certain words and phrases take on a whole new meaning, never contradictory to any other passage in the Scriptures. As you study, you begin to see also that numbers seem to have a certain relevance in the Bible. Each number will have its own symbolic meaning. Things associated with completion or perfection will be linked with the number 7. Things associated with the sinfulness of man will be associated with the number 6, and so on.
What I have discovered, or rather, what the Lord has revealed, is that word and phrase occurrences in the King James Bible follow this same pattern. If a word or a phrase is added or omitted, this ruins the pattern. Could it be that this is why God commanded us not to add or take away from His Word? (Deut. 4:2, Rev. 22:18,19)
An example of how this works is found in the phrase "Holy Spirit". This phrase is found exactly 7 times in the King James Bible. This not only reveals the Divine nature of the Holy Spirit, but also reveals to us that the Bible is a very unique Book. It contains the very signature of God himself, for, it would be impossible for man to plan a book, and a system of numbers, in this fashion.
Please read these pages carefully and with an open mind. It may benefit you to acquire some knowledge of the use of numbers in the Bible, but a mastery of the subject is not necessary. For those who are not familiar at all with the usage of Bible numerics, I include a reference guide in this document.
Numbers are one of the few things in this world that can truly reflect the nature of God in several ways. First, numbers are infinite. We will never count the last number, because it does not exist. Not only are they infinite in positive form, but in negative form as well. This perfectly describes a God who is eternal; a God who always was and always shall be.
Numbers are constant. They never change. In this world, languages have changed, people have changed, the world itself is in a constant state of change, but numbers remain the same. 2+2 always equals 4 and always will. There is no way it will change.
Numbers are one of the few things, according to Revelation 21, that will accompany us from this world to the next. They are as eternal and infinite as our Mighty God is.
This is why His Word is a word of numbers. Please read the following carefully. All of this research can be easily replicated using a Bible search program. I recommend using QuickVerse for Windows. It is the program that I used in gathering this information. A copy will cost about $10-$15 dollars. QuickVerse will allow you to search for a word or phrase, and then list exactly how many times that word or phrase is found, and show you how many verses it is found in. Not all Bible search programs will do this. Also, QuickVerse comes with a master list of all the words in the AV, along with the number of times they are found in the text.
As I said earlier, this information came on me rather quick. Although I have made several attempts at proofreading and double-checking the various patterns for accuracy, there may be an occasion where I have made an error. Let me assure you, that any errors in this book are merely the result of human frailty and not sinister manipulation, just to prove a point.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/Hoggard_KJV_Code.htmlHe says that he is poor and lives in a small house and that he has to pay the few people that work for him. i can only assume he is getting donations from across America and even outside America. On one of the latest teachings he said that he was responsible for paying his workers in other words it seemed he is short of money.
He isnt poor, his suits and ties are expensive, he apparently eats well ans talked about it in the teaching after the sandy hook shooting. I would love to see his house and car, and im betting they sure arent second hand stuff. His church is very small according to the website, yet can fund all of his teachings, travels and show production? Half of his congregation must be millionaires.
that is exaggerating, it is amazing how God funds ministries in ways we cant always understand, there is a picture of Hoggard's house on his blog page and it isn't that big, as for what car i haven't seen, i just know that he is well supported.
well i haven't heard him discount Bibles in other languages, i think he would say that the original manuscripts no longer exist, because he doesn't know Greek or Hebrew he focuses on the English.
That isnt the way i get his KJV Onlyism, nut then again he could change his view, as i have already discovered that he changes his view to support what he wants to say. Like the rapture, supports it one time, is against it another. Wolves wear many masks to hide within the flock
he is everything for the rapture, how is he against it?
constantly using his form of numerology to ascribe meaning when there isnt one, is not using the literal meaning of the passage. Just start listening to him, and the way he just wanders around, and you will start to see it.
he does both, it is just that he has an advanced knowledge of Biblical numerology that makes him look a bit different, numbers are important to God and God uses numbers in the Bible to explain things.
