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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
August 14, 1978
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ,
We--and the whole world--are at a crucial turning point in the
history of mankind. And in the life and work of God's Church!
The death of Pope Paul VI may trigger a drastic, crucial and
pivotal CHANGE in world affairs--and also in GOD'S WORK to which He
has called you and me to be co-workers with Christ!
This is SO IMPORTANT to our very LIVES--as well as our labors
with Christ in God's Work. I want now to clarify even more what I
wrote you a few days ago.
Let me start once again from the beginning. In creating man,
God plunged into the most stupendous feat of creation possible even
for the GREAT MAJESTIC GOD! My forthcoming book, "The Incredible
HUMAN POTENTIAL" (hopefully ready for the Feast of Tabernacles)
explains why it was imperative that God form man out of matter,
instead of Spirit. Even though God Himself is a Spirit, composed
of Spirit, and in this spiritual reproductive process He is going
to change man into alternate Spirit composition.
But the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, after being
completely informed by their maker of His PURPOSE, and of His
KINGDOM, made their fateful DECISION. They would continue Satan's
WAY! They rejected the Kingdom of God! They rejected God as
Ruler, Revealer of basic knowledge, Saviour, and Giver of eternal
life.
God said, in effect: "You have made the decision for yourself
and for your human race which shall come from you. You made it
after hearing ALL THE FACTS. Therefore I SENTENCE you and the
human race, for six thousand years, to being CUT OFF entirely from
me, except such comparative few as I shall call to special duty
that my purpose shall be fulfilled. After that six thousand years
of your own HUMAN RULE, HUMAN PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE, and HUMAN
RELIGION, I will intervene, and take over by my supernatural power
the GOVERNMENT, the EDUCATION, and the RELIGION of the entire human
race."
That six thousand years may be termed the DAY OF MAN.
Although he has not realized it, man has been swayed, deceived, and
actually ruled invisibly by Satan. Man has lived Satan's way of
"GET" instead of God's way of "GIVE"--of outgoing LOVE. And now
THE DAY OF THE LORD is almost upon us!
Let me now show you into what the death of Paul VI may plunge