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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
March 23, 1984
Dear Brethren of GOD's Church:
Begin now to focus your mind on the most joyous eight days of this year--
to
be anticipated and enjoyed by the LARGEST number of people to be gathered at
any convention, assembly or festival on earth. More than 120,000 happy brethren
will share this time of rejoicing.
The time has come that I must remind you to send in the tithe of your
second tithe for the wonderful Feast of Tabernacles for the year 1984.
Brethren, WHY should we look forward so eagerly to this coming Feast of
Tabernacles? And, even more eagerly to the coming of Jesus Christ and Kingdom
of God? WHY has he called us OUT of this world, to be separate in the way we
live?
The answer lies in the answer to another question: DO WE REALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT GOD'S WORLD? It is SATAN's world. But
have we not, most of us, let so much Protestantism rub off on us that we just
sort of
take for granted that this is GOD's world--GOD's civilization? But it is SATAN's
civilization, and always has been. I think we are the only church that knows
that
TRUTH. God is NOT trying to save the world--NOT trying to make it a better
world.
Rather, Jesus came to start a NEW, a DIFFERENT world--an entirely NEW
civilization that will be GOD's world.
Stop and THINK of the real PURPOSE and MEANING of the Church in
which you are a member! We live in a world of discontent, gloom, sorrow,
frustration, despair. In boundless LOVE and mercy the Supreme GOD has chosen
and called you and me and all our brethren in Christ OUT of this unhappy and
futile world. WHY? Not only to give into our lives HIS happiness and joy and
blessed hope, but to PREPARE us through HIS Spirit and HIS spiritual knowledge
to rule over and TEACH all humanity during the coming thousand years and the
following Great Judgment to have their lives transformed into vigorous
happiness,
joy and accomplishment with the GIFT of eternal life--when we ALL shall live
happily, gloriously, vigorously, productively FOR EVER AND EVER!
We NOW look forward to the coming FEAST OF TABERNACLES. At the
Feast we shall rejoice eight days looking forward to the time when we may be
used in bringing other millions and billions of precious human lives into
immortal
glorious GOD-LIVES! Yes, then born into the GOD FAMILY--being VERY God
ourselves!
All whose hearts and minds are right with God will be spiritually
refreshed,