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PROSPERITY, and SALVATION TO THE EARTH. It is not part of this
world---it is the WORLD TOMORROW!
Yes, what GOOD NEWS! A world filled with good, sound,
vigorous HEALTH---beaming, happy faces---PEACE---prosperity---
JOY---SALVATION! It is to be real UTOPIA. It's not impossible!
ALL things are possible with GOD, and this is the DOING OF GOD.
The original apostles carried on GOD'S WORK thru their
lifetime. They preached this GOOD NEWS. They preached OBEDIENCE
to GOD! They preached, not only believing in Christ---not only
believing He is the divine Saviour---but also BELIEVING CHRIST---
that is, believing what He preached and taught.
When the great apostasy set in, later in the first century,
GOD'S WORK of carrying this GOSPEL OF CHRIST to the world was
tremendously slowed down. There was little organized evangelism.
But the true light of Christ'S Gospel has never been extinguished!
In various generations, from apostolic days until now, God has
raised up various leaders, who have preached Christ's GOSPEL OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD. God's TRUE CHURCH has never died. You find it
described, in its seven main stages, in the 2nd and 3rd chapters of
Revelation. Always the TRUE Church was simply that collective BODY
of consecrated BELIEVERS, the SOURCE of whose religion was THE HOLY
BIBLE---who BELIEVED CHRIST and OBEYED HIM---who were LED BY HIM
AND BY HIS SPIRIT, who were used as God's instrument in carrying on
the WORK OF GOD. But always they have been small in number---
persecuted. Always they have been called "heretics" by the worldly
churches. Always they have preached THE KINGDOM OF GOD, converting
precious lives who thereupon joined as Co-Workers in proclaiming
this GOSPEL.
BUT NEVER DID ANY OF THEM PREACH IT TO ALL NATIONS
(including China, Japan, India, etc.) as a witness!
And yet Jesus, in His prophecy (Mat 24:14) distinctly said
THIS VERY SAME TRUE GOSPEL is to be preached (and PUBLISHED---Mark
13:10) in ALL THE WORLD, as a witness to ALL NATIONS. When? Just
before the END of this world---just before the BEGINNING of The
WORLD TOMORROW---just before the second coming of CHRIST!
Now listen, dear Co-Workers! READ CAREFULLY! This vitally
affects you as a Co-Worker in the WORK OF GOD today---the most
important activity on earth!
WHY do you suppose you and I today live in a world of such
tremendous scientific and technological development? THERE IS A
REASON! The world puts these new powers and inventions, largely,
to destructive use. BUT THEY ARE NEEDED NOW TO FINISH THE WORK OF
GOD! God has said that He would open a door to His Church for this
time---the one of these seven stages of His Church, symbolically
called "the Church of Philadelphia." This Church is to be active
just prior to Christ's coming. It is to have divine protection
thru the "Great Tribulation" (hour of trial, or temptation---Rev.
3:10).
What does Christ mean, "set before thee AN OPEN DOOR"?