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LIFE (based on the Ten Commandments) ever since. Of course the
third chapter of Genesis introduced Satan the Devil, symbolized by
the serpent. After thoroughly explaining GOD'S WAY of life, I
asked the question, WHERE DID THIS SATAN COME FROM? WHAT is
"human nature"? What is the difference between human MIND and
animal BRAIN? WHY was humanity put here on earth -- WHAT is the
real PURPOSE in our being here? HOW is God's PURPOSE being worked
out? -- and saying that on Saturday night I would answer those
questions, and explain HOW and WHEN world PEACE is coming, in a
message of HOPE and ASSURANCE.
These questions are something most of the audience had
never heard answered before!
These questions were gone into on Saturday night --
explaining the GOSPEL MESSAGE, which God sent to mankind by Jesus
Christ -- and how THAT GOSPEL -- that vital MESSAGE from God to
humanity, has not been proclaimed to this world for 18 1/2
centuries. I reminded the audience that MOST of them were now
hearing that GOSPEL MESSAGE for the first time! (There were Roman
Catholic priests and nuns in the audience.) I read from Malachi's
prophecy about the coming of Christ (Malachi 3:1), and of the
beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mark 1:1, and verses
14-15.
But to UNDERSTAND that Gospel, it was necessary to go
all the way back into prehistory. I then explained the presence
of pre-Adamic ANGELS on earth, ruled by the GOVERNMENT OF GOD.
And as long as that government OF GOD ruled the earth, there was
PEACE, HAPPINESS, JOY! It might have been millions of years.
Then, Lucifer and his angels REBELLED -- (did precisely what some
ministers were recently doing) -- and became the Devil and his
demons. That involved many Scriptures which I read from the Bible.
Then the renewing of the face of the earth (Psalm 104:30) described
in the first chapter of Genesis. Then I went into an explanation
of the human mind compared to animal brain, reading the Scriptures
about it; how God put what He wanted into the mind of King Cyrus
of Persia (Ezra 1:1); and how Satan has swayed all humanity,
injecting what we call human nature -- vanity, lust and greed,
envy, jealousy, competition, antagonism, rebellion and violence --
and how MAN, swayed by this spirit CONTRARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
GOD, has caused all the problems and evils that have plagued
suffering mankind.
I ended Saturday night with Acts 3:19-21, showing how
Jesus Christ is now in heaven UNTIL the time when THE GOVERNMENT
OF GOD shall be restored on earth, and once again bring PEACE to
this earth.
On Sunday night, the Coliseum appeared to be packed. It
is a huge auditorium, with many tiers or balconies -- like a vast
bowl with a roof over it. Mr. Rader walked up to some of the far
corners during the sermon. He said I looked like a tiny man down
there, but the acoustics were excellent, with every word coming
up clear and sharp and in power.
Again the President's mother came -- all three nights.