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28:14-15). Then God renewed the face of the earth (Psalm 104:30)
and created man (Genesis 1:2-31).
But when our first parents rejected the GOVERNMENT OF GOD
in the forbidden-fruit incident (Genesis 3:6), God adopted a
"hands-off" policy for six thousand years, to be followed by a
one-thousand-year period when the returning glorified CHRIST will
restore the GOVERNMENT OF GOD, ruling in the KINGDOM OF GOD over
all the nations. Once again there will be perfect PEACE,
HAPPINESS, and JOY (Revelation 11:15, 20:4).
Scientists and world leaders have said during the past three
or four decades that the only solution to today's world problems
and evils is a world-ruling government with supreme power to rule
all nations--yet they say it is IMPOSSIBLE! With man it is.
But with God it is SURE to come--and soon.
Meanwhile God has allowed man to try to rule himself. And
human leaders have set up every kind of government man has been
able to devise--oligarchy, monarchy, democracy, communism, etc.
None has brought peace, prosperity, or happiness.
And now, as we approach the very END of this
six-thousand-year age, human, man-created governments are being
overthrown AT THE RATE OF ONE A MONTH! So what is the STATE OF
THE WORLD today?
You may read a headline in your newspaper reporting the
overthrow of a government in Africa, Asia, or South America.
Probably you do not read past the headline. Perhaps you miss it
entirely. Anyway, it's a long way from where you live, and its
true significance is not impressed on you.
But with me it has been different!
When country after country is overthrown--when a king,
president, or prime minister whom I have known and talked with,
one after another, is assassinated, taken prisoner, or forced to
flee for his life as his government is overthrown, it STRIKES
HOME TO ME!
It means we are in the very last days of this world!
Most people do not realize HOW FAST THINGS ARE CHANGING!
When I was a boy, there was very little crime compared to now.
Violence was rare. Morals were high by comparison. Families
stuck together.
All the world's evils have multiplied since then. And today
whole nations are coming apart--being overthrown--at the rate
of ONE A MONTH!
I have written before of how, in June 1973, at a luncheon in
New Delhi, India, the ambassador from Ethiopia invited me to visit
his country and meet Emperor Haile Selassie. The Afghanistan ambas-
sador invited me to visit his country and have a meeting with King
Mohammed Zahir Shah. Before I could arrange to visit Afghanistan,