Ren Rutledge

Owner of apostolic.net

Comes out of the closet in support of the Catholic Amillennial Heresy

This evening I received out of the blue, an email from Mr. Rutledge slamming me because I did not believe in the Catholic Amillennial heresy.  The man hails himself as a great one, a man who is destined to achieve great things for God. One of those great accomplishments is to use his apostolic.net internet site to turn Apostolics and Jesus Name Pentecostals to his brand of spiritualizing heresy.  Part of this scheme is to help plant into the minds of gullible individuals the Origen, Clement, and Augustine allegorical interpretation of the book of Revelation.  Rutledge has his spiritualist interpretation of several Revelation text.  One of these private interpretations is the heresy that the Church is the New Jerusalem.  Such false doctrines begin the process of leading innocent hearts right to the throne of the papacy.  These heresies came from Rome and are now finding acceptance among many Churches via men like Rutledge.  It is time for every true Apostolic to withdraw from any and all association with apostolic.net and Mr. Rutledge.  All true Churches and saints should demand their names be removed from his web pages.  It is time to identify apostolic.net for its true identity as heresy.net.

Ren Rutledge said the following on one of his message boards:

"PRAISE TO THE KING OF THE HOLY CITY. I am sitting in a heavenly place with the king in the Holy City tonite...HALLELUJAH.. The City continues to sit on a hill with lights shining bright and cannot be hidden. I love this Church (The Holy City) that took me in when I had been wandering in a world of sin in the darkness. Praise God, I saw the lights of home one stormy night, and a wonderful friend shined a light in my pathway and pointed me toward the lights of home. I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and the King gave me a key to the city. Now I find myself walking on a street of transparent Holy Ghost gold as the king and I walk hand in hand in this beautiful city of God. I love this new Jerusalem, and I am so glad that I do not have to fly to the middle east in order to enjoy the wonderful blessings of the holy city. Tonite I went to a meeting place where I found fellowship with other citizens of the New Jerusalem and we worshipped at the throne again. I love to go to church. Church to me is like going a holy city within the holy city. We rejoiced and enjoyed sharing the good news of the city of our God. I have found the city that Abraham was looking for, and PRAISE GOD...IT IS WONDERFUL. There is much good food here, springs of living water everywhere. And just think, This is just a taste of something greater up the road ahead. This great light that we walk in is taking us all the way to the heart of God's blessed abode where we will weep no more, and all sorrow and pain will be left behind. I have found everything I longed for when I discovered Heaven's city limits. When I get sick, the greatest doctor of all is near. When I need an answer, the greatest teacher of all time is close by. When I need help, the creator of all things lives in my apartment complex. I love this city, and I can hardly wait to see where this straith path that I am walking on tonite will take me."

This is a confused mess of prattle! It doesn't even sound intelligent!

Where did this allegorical interpretation of the book of Revelation come from?  Yep, right!  It came from the minds of Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and Augustine. This stuff is not Apostolic. It is papacy, Catholic, and from Rome's monks and priests.  The Church is not the New Jerusalem.

Why have I taken this public stand against Ren Rutledge?

He fired me an email telling me I was not in the truth because I had rejected the Amillennial heresy.  He accused me of hate because I have taken a public stand against some Pentecostal idiots who teach this papacy heresy.  He accused me of being in error because I have taken a strong public stand against Rome's false doctrines.  He accused me of being a disgrace upon the Apostolic movement because I dare take a public stand against doctrines that came from the minds of homosexual monks.  No, I am not a disgrace!  It is a disgrace that men who claim to be Apostolic are preaching for doctrines the theories of the papacy.  It is a disgrace that these liars are taking papal heresy and trying to pass it off as revelation, new light, deeper light, restored light, when it is nothing but a revival of the very gnostic lies that attacked the first Church.  If my expose of these evils is hate, then prepare for a lot more hate!  If my stand against doctrines of homosexual monks is hate, then cover your eyes and do not read these pages.  Your feelings might get hurt. I will examine Ren Rutledge and his stands for papal heresy.  When he repents of his false doctrines I will consider removing this page.

Latest "exact" quote from Ren Rutledge (Email August 31: 1:59am):

"But as far as defending any cause that you I support I am not interested, because only know that I have some revelation that many of my UPC bretheren around the world also have, and we have had this revelation which did come from catholism, but was taught many times in camp meetings and Conferences all my life. Just because somebody wants to dig a little deeper in prayer, that does not mean you should give your soul to hatred and doom those that may desire to follow you."

Apostolic.net threatens to sue:

From: admin@anmhosting.net
To: acts0412@jesus-messiah.com
Date:09-03-2002
Subject: Remove

Remove your slanderous and libelous references to Apostolic.Net from you web site within three day or we are suing you. Period.

Bro. John Atkinson
Apostolic Network Ministries
admin@apostolic.net
http://www.apostolic.net
ph. 860.859.0653
fax. 860.823.1953

Wow!  What's wrong with telling folks what a man says he believes and then identfying it for what it is?  Ren Rutledge is no sacred cow.  He has not been sacrificed.  He has not been cursed or damned by me.  But I do call upon him to REPENT of his spiritualizing heresies!  All I can say is sue me!  It will give me the right through "discovery" to collect his whole life's history, examine all his Church papers and documents, and see just who and what Ren Rutledge is.  

More to be posted soon!