Herbert W Armstrong

  Revelation chapter 22 verse 14 reads: [ Rev 22:14 KJV] 14 Blessed [are] they that  do his commandments , that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. I have observed how certain denominations particularly those who demand sabbath observance -as this they say is the sign of a true believer - choose to interpret the verse in question.   Indeed, one reads in their literature statements such as :  ‘ I t is only those who are willing to DO the Ten Commandments who shall enter in thru the gates into the City ’. Revelation 22:14 thereby becomes one of the most mis‑used verses by groups that teach salvation-by-law, especially Sabbatarian groups. The boast be made this identifies the one true church. In this Post in Quora I examine just what commandments/commands be the subject of this verse in Revelation 22. 

Herbert W Armstrong - Gospel preached. Armstrong claimed with much fan fare that only he preached the true gospel. Armstrong set out his gospel doctrine in many publications - booklets such as “ What is the true gospel ”; magazine articles; and radio and television broadcasts. This is all publicly available and the message was the same throughout his 52 year preaching career.   For example the  Plain Truth magazine  1979; and chapter 6 of a book titled ‘ A Voice Cries Out Amongst Religious Confusion’  - shown in this link;  ‘What & Why the Gospel’ ; In a publication titled: ‘ A true history of the true church’  Armstrong   said  his Radio - then later Worldwide Church of God  was the “ one true church” linked all the way back to the original apostles.  (The identifying sign for such claim said to be 'sabbath keeping', along with an alleged obedience of the rest of the ten  commandments).  He claimed, on many occasions,...