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Herbert W. Armstrong Post Office Box 431, Tucson, Arizona, 85702
January 3, 1980
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:
One year ago today Satan launched his most devastating attempt to DESTROY
this Work of the living God, including The PLAIN TRUTH, Ambassador College, the
Worldwide Church of God, and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation. I
want to
tell you the real significance of that massive attack by the attorney-general's
office
of the State of California--and how God has spared this Work and kept it going--
AND
GROWING!
Also, day before yesterday we entered a whole new DECADE--the decade of
the
80s--and I want to tell you what Bible PROPHECY says is to happen--including the
significance of the Iranian crisis and the progression of world events likely to
affect
us all in this decade now starting.
First, then, what has happened during the year just ended, especially in
relation
to this attack by the forces of the government of the largest state in the
Union.
This is of utmost concern to the lives of all of us. I ask you to bear
with me, as
I take enough space, in a longer-than-usual letter to explain it, and bring you
up to date
on the real significance of world events as they now are rapidly shaping up. For
we have
all now entered by far the most eventful and serious decade of our lives. It may
well
mean a matter of LIFE AND DEATH, during this decade, to all of us!
On January 3rd, 1979--one year ago today--without the legally required
prior notice
or warning, an armed task force swooped down in a massive surprise attack, in
utter
violation of the Constitution of the United States, on the headquarters complex
of the
Worldwide Church of God, Ambassador College, The PLAIN TRUTH and other
publications,
and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation in Pasadena, California.
It illegally and forcibly assaulted, seized possession of and took over
control of
this long-established Church, College, publications and Foundation.
Undoubtedly you read of this in the newspapers. It's now time you knew the
true
inside FACTS, for they loudly shout the question, Is America being taken over by
a Communist-