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The Iglesia ni Cristo of Manalo claims that Felix Manalo, their founder, is the "worm Jacob" because he was allegedly despised of people. Haha! That’s funny!
In their Pasugo of November 1976, on Page 15, in a Q-&-A approach, the question asks why their “Last Messenger” is called worm Jacob. The “answer,” according to their indoctrination, is that it is due Manalo’s being despised and scorned.
For all we know, Manalo could have been despised and scorned for other things like making money out of deceitful preaching! Right now, it is stealing the identities of Jesus Christ.
This sick book of all times (Pasugo), teaching their members abominations, implies that one can have the liberty to pick names from the Bible and apply it to himself. Either Manalo is sick in the mind or the people writing in their "Pasugo" magazine to deify him.
What about the meaning of these identities? Picking up Psalms 22:6-7 to explain Manalo’s being despised and scorned attempts to “void” Jesus Christ of the identity.
Manalo or his drumbeaters intentionally did not consider the fullness of the prophetic pronouncement of David. Did they notice Verses 16-18 of the same chapter?
PSALMS 22:16-18
16 wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
The "worm" mentioned in 22:6-7 [which they (mis)applied for Manalo] was not only despised. That worm was pierced by his enemies - particularly mentioning hands and feet!
And on verse 18, “the worm” said ‘they part my garments...and cast lots upon my vesture.’ All these were fulfilled according to enlightened authorities in the Bible, on our Lord Jesus Christ - not to Manalo as explained by his thieving ministers!
Let us look at John.
JOHN 19:23-24
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
That “worm” was also the same subject of the prophecy of Isaiah as the man "despised..."
ISAIAH 53:2-5
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Verses in the Bible triangulate facts though placed in different books and chapters. They affirm each other that it is hard to simply steal an identity and (mis)apply it to someone. For this, Manalo is clearly a sham, a fake pastor for all intents.
Surely, the "worm Jacob" despised of men and pierced in the hands and in the feet is not Manalo but the Lord Jesus Christ!
Initially, Isaiah 41:2 speaks of a "man from the east" - not Manalo, but a "righteous man" to whom God gave the nations and to "rule" or be "king" over kings!
ISAIAH 41:2
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
They attribute these identities to Manalo! What a big lie! It must take a professionally shameless person with propensity of lying to claim he is the man mentioned!
These pronouncements including that on Verse 8 that says, "But thou Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend," fit only to the Lord Jesus Christ and not to anybody else, let alone Manalo!
ISAIAH 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Christ is "the seed of Abraham." Note the use of the definite article "the" in the phrase, "the seed of Abraham," implying only one person - not as a group or the Iglesia ni Cristo of Manalo who have claims to this nomenclature. Galatians 3:16 prove them wrong.
GALATIANS 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Christ is the "king of kings" as pictured on verse 2 because nations were given to Him to be under His dominion! Manalo is not a king to rightfully be called "a ruler over kings" as the "worm Jacob"!
REVELATION 19:13-16
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Practically, from verse 2 up to verse 27 of chapter 41 of Isaiah, all texts and contexts are mentioning things about the Lord Jesus Christ.
The foresight of God is to make His Son the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and to bring nations under subjection unto Him! Verse 2 and 3 disqualifies Manalo. Verse 25 and 27 as well!
ISAIAH 41: 1-4 (KJV)
1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
ISAIAH 41: 8-14 (KJV)
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
ISAIAH 41: 25-27 (KJV)
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Christ is mentioned with Israel from time to time with Christ as the supposed head (of God’s nation). But Israel, for all the goodness of God falls back now and then, and of course gets punished. They turn to self-inspection and repent and God sees that. Such relationship recurs now and then with God promising them help.
Worm as normally used in ordinary language can mean many things but not positive. It can mean corruption and depravity. The use of Christ about him being “worm” refers to the humiliation of man on him, the lack of respect as in the soldiers dividing his garments. It can also mean contempt from men, especially those who accuse him of many things including being non-believer.
The use of the term, “worm” from God is accompanied with “Jacob.” When used as such, the meaning changes to positive. Bear in mind that the name Israel is the God-bestowed name given to Jacob, and God had a plan for Jacob. With Christ as “Worm Jacob,” the meaning gets to be more of a promise of continuity – the realization of God’s intention of man, his masterpiece.
The only person possible to occupy the fulfillment of that prophecy is the first person to bring the good news (the gospel) to Jerusalem. This was fulfilled in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
MARK 1:14-15
14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
More to come.
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