[2] In 1998, Weinland started publishing a newsletter called "News Watch", which ran for about four years and helped establish the prophetic themes of his later ministry.
[5][6][7][8][9] It was alleged that he had understated his income on federal tax returns, redirected COG-PKG church funds for personal use and concealed the existence of a Swiss bank account.
[1] Prior to his imprisonment, Weinland delivered his sermons weekly on Saturday afternoons to church members throughout the United States and Canada via live streaming audio on the Internet.
[20] In an April 2008 sermon, he identified his wife, Laura, as the other witness of Revelation,[21] and called Pope Benedict XVI a "false prophet".
[25][26] Prior to this date, Weinland declared that 7,000 ministers and leading members of the Sabbatarian Churches of God would die in the Great Tribulation.
In a blog post dated May 13, 2013, Weinland stated that Christ would return on some future Pentecost Sunday, but only when the Earth had endured "much suffering"; he did not give a specific year.
June 9, 2019 is the date prophesied by Weinland in his book Prophecy Against the Nations as the second coming of Jesus Christ, which would be preceded by several biblical events in conjunction with the start of World War III.
[32] During the time leading up to this date, Weinland began to express uncertainties in his prediction by issuing statements such as "not everything is going to pan out the way you thought" or "Is Christ About to Return?"