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street outside, in the entrance hall of the building, or on the
door of the room in which they meet! They are not allowed to hold
ANY meetings at which the public is invited and welcome. No
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS are allowed anywhere in Spain! All radio
stations are government controlled, and no religion is allowed
except the Roman Catholic.
While we were in Europe a number of Bibles being sent into
Spain by the British Bible Association, carried by a representative
in his suitcase, to fill requests from Spanish subjects, were
seized and confiscated at the border. We would not be allowed to
send religious literature into Spain---or at least if Spanish
postal clerks or authorities discovered any being sent in, the
literature would be destroyed and never delivered to the one
requesting it!
So it seemed every door was slammed SHUT---tight---against
reaching Spain with the Gospel. Yet, Jesus Christ Himself SAID:
"This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for
a witness UNTO ALL NATIONS" just before the END of this Age. Jesus
Christ has raised up THIS VERY WORK to CARRY His Gospel into EVERY
nation. Of this very work, Jesus Christ SAID: "Behold, I have set
before thee an OPEN DOOR, and NO MAN CAN SHUT IT." (Rev. 3:3). And
so IN FAITH we left Spain, and later returned to the United States
KNOWING that in some way we could not yet see, God WOULD open the
door INTO FASCIST SPAIN.
We arrived in New York late last month. Our business
manager called me on long distance telephone. "Did you get my
letter telling you Radio Ceylon, with all four of its giant
100,000-watt stations, is CLOSING THE DOOR on The WORLD TOMORROW
program---that they are putting us off the air?" No, I had not
received it---the letter must have arrived at some European point
after we had left. Jesus Christ had said of this very work,
"Behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut
it!" Was He able to KEEP it open? I asked God Almighty this very
question in prayer, reminding Him of His PROMISE, and trusting Him
to KEEP IT.
Then I went over to the offices of our New York advertising
agency, thru whom all our overseas broadcasting is placed. I met
a shocking surprise! The three main executives all hustled me into
the president's office.
Their faces were beaming. They were all smiles. Such
enthusiasm I had never seen in their office.
"Mr. Armstrong, HOW did you happen to walk in here at just
this psychological moment?" they asked. "Have WE got good news for
YOU?" They exclaimed! There was so much of it they didn't know
what to tell me first.
"Wait till you hear about the results in Australia!" one of
them blurted out spontaneously. All the mail from the network in
Australia had been coming first to the stations, and then to us
thru this agency. Already, in the short time The WORLD TOMORROW
had been on the Australian Network, it was bringing in several