How close to Mormonism is this guy?
Not only does Arnold Murray teach a false concept of God, he also believes that men were once gods who existed prior to living on the earth. In Genesis 1:26 when referring to the “Our” and “Us” (which has normally been understood to mean the Persons of the Trinity: Mal. 2:10 cf. Job 9:8; Isa. 44:24) Murray says, “he spoke to the Elohim, meaning God and his children, let us make that man in our image, which is to say make it look in the likeness that we are. Do you appear as your soul appeared in the world that was?” – “I told you, that God said “In Our image, Our likeness” the Elohim were standing there, they were from before.” (Tape #146) “We always were with Him [God] until you were born into this earth.” (Kenites, Tape #436) Similar to the cultic teaching of the Mormons, Murray declares that God is “one man,…our Father,” and like the Oneness Pentecostals, God “(sic) gots three offices he serves.” (Shepherd’s Chapel Questions and Answers period, aired 5-14-91)
I have seen and listened to Arnold Murray, several times, over the course of the nite, when his program ran for about 6 hours a nite...
I know that there are at least a few followers of Murray, right here on FR, because I have seen their arguments regarding certain aspects of the Bible, and they have repeated what Murray himself has said..
Is Murray close to Mormonism...I could not say, especially regarding some of his other teachings, such as the 8th day of creation, when ‘The Adam’ and ‘The Eve’ were created...
As I said before, each religion has its own set of ideas and its own dogma...and supposedly all based on the Biblical Scriptures...
>>Not only does Arnold Murray .... (Shepherd’s Chapel Questions and Answers period<<
Totally off topic - but in Atlanta, Murray comes on channel 2 on cable, the same channel my TV resets to after a power outage.
So, long ago I was in my room with a girl with just a candle for light and we were debating doing something foolish and didn’t realize the power had gone out.
The power came back on suddenly and Murray sounded like he was right in the room thundering about sin and startled us both half to death... I never did see her again after that.