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but in the last 1900 years!
That's a strong statement I know, but it is what you, as
Co-Workers with CHRIST and with me, are engaged in and sacrificing
and praying for. And I think it's time we come to a more clear
and concise understanding of just what this Great Work IS!
When we speak of "the WORK" just WHAT DO WE MEAN?
What comes to your mind when you hear or read of "the
Work"? Do you think of it as the mission of "saving souls"? Or,
perhaps, something I and/or Garner Ted Armstrong are doing, but in
which you are not involved or especially concerned? Does it mean,
to you, the broadcast or telecast of the WORLD TOMORROW, or the
Garner Ted Armstrong program? Does it mean the PLAIN TRUTH? Or
AMBASSADOR COLLEGE? Or a combination of some of these?
To grasp clearly just WHAT THIS Work is, and WHY it is the
most important activity on earth, we need to begin at the
beginning. WHY was it started? What was its PURPOSE? Just WHAT
is it seeking to accomplish? WHO started it? WHEN? HOW?
More than 41 years ago the Living Christ called and chose
me as His instrument in reviving and carrying out His GREAT
COMMISSION in this END time.
But that was not the real beginning of God's Work. Jesus
Christ, himself, came to earth and personally began this Work 1947
years ago, in 27 A.D. This beginning God, the Father, has given
Jesus, individually, to do.
HOW did it start?
The prophet Malachi prophesied that God would send a human
messenger to prepare the way before Christ's coming to earth. But
this prophecy describes TWO appearances of Christ on earth. The
second of which, more than 1900 years after His FIRST coming, is
now imminent!
The prophecy reveals Christ's first coming, as himself a
messenger, bringing a MESSAGE from God, the Father. He came at
that time as "the Messenger of THE COVENANT." And that "Covenant
Message" was His GOSPEL. The word "gospel" means GOOD NEWS!
Jesus' proclaiming -- or announcing -- that Good NEWS was
the beginning of THE WORK!
Was that IMPORTANT? You may be sure that God, the Father,
who sent Jesus with that tremendous message from heaven, viewed it
as IMPORTANT! You may rest assured that Jesus, who brought it,
thought its announcement was important.
John the Baptist was the human messenger, who prepared the
way before Christ's first coming. Jesus' MESSAGE was the wonderful
NEWS of the coming KINGDOM OF GOD. Just HOW was Christ the
Messenger of the COVENANT? What's the connection between the
Covenant and the Kingdom of God?