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vides the answer. Read it in Joel
3:1-2,9-14.
The battle, involving "all na–
tions," will take place in the
valley
of Jehoshaphat!
This deep valley
or ravine borders J erusalem on the
east, between the city and the
Mount of O lives (see photo).
Today it is more commonly known
as the Kidron Valley.
Jehoshaphat
means "judgment
of the Eternal." The rebellious and
unrepentant nations of this world
will be
judged
there by God for
thei r d isobedience!
The world's armies will converge
on Jerusa/em
to fight Jesus Christ.
He wi ll not go north to Armaged–
don to fight them; they will march
south to engage him!
The ensui ng confrontation is
called in the Bible "the battle of that
great day of God Almighty" (Rev.
16: 14). I
t is not the "battle of Arma–
geddon" simply because it will
not
take place
at Armageddon!
Zechariah
14:12-13
graphically
describes this supernatural confron–
tation at Jerusalem with the world's
armies. They will turn against each
other in mistrust and fear as their
very flesh decomposes and their eyes
cease to see! "And this shall be the
plague wherewith the Lord shall
smite all the people that have fought
against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consume away while they stand upon
their feet, and their eyes shall con-
sume away in their holes, and their
tongue shall consume away in their
mouth."
Read Revelation
19:11-21
for a
further description of the cl imactic
events to occur on that day.
The rebellious armies of this
world will be utterly
vanquished!
Then, Good News!
Jesus Christ, now returned in
power
and
glory
as KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LOROS (Rev.
19:16),
will intervene mightily to save a
God-rejecting world from self–
destruction. He will destroy those
who would have destroyed the
earth through nuclear war.
These climactic times líe
just
ahead!
But beyond the chaos and war at
the close of this age is
good news!
Having decisively put down rebel–
lion, Jesus Christ will establish bis
Kingdom on this earth- a millen–
nial kingdom of peace and prosper–
ity for all peoples!
From the destruction of war , the
world will erupt into
global
peace!
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Look at the facts :
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Proliferation of nuclear weapons, even among small, unstable nations
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Worldwide economic strangulation
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Shrinking resources: too little food, oil, fertilizer . . .
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World population expected to double in 30
years- 14 billion people on earth by 2035!
The handwriting is on the wall. World leaders are
alarmed. ls there an alternativa to global holocaust?
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COMPUTERS THINK?
(Continued from page 14)
ness, marital discord , strife, war
and lust? Spiritual attitudes such as
!ove, joy, peace, patience, gentle–
ness, goodness, faith and self-con–
trol are not available through com–
puter science (Gal.
5:22-23).
Knowledge/lgnoranC'e Explosion
Thousands of years ago the Bible
foretold today's amazing develop–
ments in human knowledge-and
ignorance.
More than
2,500
years ago the
prophet Daniel was told by a mes–
senger from God to write that at
"the time of the end, many shall
run to and fro, and
know/edge
shall
be increased" (Dan.
12:4).
But God
also said " none of the wicked
[those who disobey God] sball
understand; but the wise [the obe–
dient to God's laws] shall under–
stand" (verse
10).
You're living in the precise üme
when the Bible prophesied the world
would be flooded with physical
knowledge, but most still wouldn't
understand the
why
of human prob–
lems. Wouldn't understand what?
They wouldn't understand essential
spiritual
knowledge that explains
the
why
of today's evils. They
wouldn' t understand the real
cause
of their problems-broken spiritual
law! They wouldn't understand the
way
to peace among nations and
individuals. They wouldn't know
how to treat fellow man, or mates or
children. They wouldn' t know right
spiritual values!
What has this to do with the
computer or microelectronics revo–
lution? Simply this: computers are
no better than the uses, the ideas,
the concepts and values pro–
grammed into them.
Knowledge being programmed
into computers today is man 's
material knowledge. Sorne of this
knowledge may be put to right
uses. But so much of man' s knowl–
edge, however accurate, is put to
wrong uses. No wonder the most
sophisticated computers are not the
answer to man 's greatest problem.
What is needed is God' s revealed
spiritual knowledge and his divine
government to bring peace and to
put man on the right track.
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