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The other apparently GOOD news event was the incredibly
successful space flight of the three astronauts, orbiting the moon
ten times and returning safely. But CONSIDER: That feat cost 1
1/2 BILLION dollars! And what did it accomplish? Compare the real
VALUE of that to the value of THOUSANDS of precious lives converted
this past year THROUGH THIS WORK OF GOD -- mortal lives now HEIRS
OF ETERNAL LIFE -- at an infinitesimal FRACTION of the cost. When
you consider the lasting VALUE, no activity on earth accomplishes
SO MUCH on SO LITTLE. Every dollar -- every "widow's mite" --
accomplishes a GREAT DEAL in this Work, directed by the living
CHRIST -- far more than any other way it might be used!
IN THE WORLD, there was very little news during 1968
except BAD NEWS, of which the above is a high-spot summary.
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. To say nothing of the Vietnam war,
the moral toboggan-slide accelerating, increased insanity,
increased suicides, increased divorce and break-up of home and
family life, the population explosion gaining momentum, the
increasing threat of nuclear war that would erase all human life
from the earth unless God intervenes.
THIS WORLD IS HURTLING ITSELF WITH EVER-INCREASING SPEED
TOWARD THE FINAL CRISIS WHERE THE LIVING CHRIST MUST COME DOWN TO
EARTH IN SUPREME POWER AND GLORY TO SAVE HUMANITY ALIVE!
This great Work of God, directed by that very living
Christ, has been raised up to PREPARE THE WAY for Christ's coming
-- to SAVE THE WORLD!
It is preparing for His coming THREE WAYS: 1) proclaiming
the GOOD NEWS of Christ's coming to establish the Kingdom of God as
a witness (Matt. 24:14) -- 2) making ready a people prepared for
His coming -- 3) excavating, ln Jerusalem, down to the very spot of
David's throne -- clearing away nearly 3,000 years of accumulated
rubble -- for Christ is coming to sit on DAVID'S THRONE (Luke 1:32;
Isa. 9:7).
For 35 years we have been proclaiming by radio and in
print that GOOD NEWS -- this past year far more than ever before.
Additional THOUSANDS are being prepared for His coming every year
-- their lives changed -- thousands converted, baptized, receiving
God's Holy Spirit, through this Work. And, beginning December 1,
1968, Ambassador College entered JOINT PARTICIPATION with Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and Israel Archaeological Society in what
I believe to be the most important and large-scale archaeological
project ever attempted. Already we have sent a number of our
representatives to Jerusalem for preliminary preparations. Work on
this "big dig" will get under way in earnest March 1st -- when the
rainy season ends.
Now look at the PROGRESS made by this Work of God during
1968 -- while the world was fast deteriorating toward its final
crisis:
February: The new Spanish language PLAIN TRUTH was