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The PLA IN TRUTH , in conjunction with the Ambassador College Bible
Correspondence Course, presents brief excursions into the fascinating study
of the Bible. You simply turn to and
read in your Bib/e each verse
given in
answer lo the questions. You'll be amazed at the new understanding gained
cach month from these short studies!
WorldGovernment inOurTime?
F
ive years after the
el
ose of World
War II, Winston Churchill declared
in a speech in Copenhagen, "Unless
sorne effective world
supergovern–
ment
can be brought quickly into action, the
proposals for peace and human progress are
dark and doubtful."
In the early 1960s, noted nuclear physicist
Edward Teller, who helped develop the hydrogen
bomb, warned , "We must work for the establish–
ment of a world authority sustained by moral and
physical force-a
world government
capable of
enforcing worldwide law."
Many voices have been raised calling for a world
government to be established. Numerous scientists and
world leaders
know
that world peace is possible
only
if
all the nations are brought together in a supreme world
government!
ls Wo rld Gover nment Possib l e?
Yet, declared A.F.K. Organski in the book
World
Politics.
"World government is still a long way off....
The creation of a world government through the vol–
untary agreement of existing nations is so unlikely that
we can say flatly that
it wi!l never happen"
(emphasis
ours throughout this study).
And Hans J. Morgenthau, in his book
Politics
Among Nations,
asserted, "There is no shirking the
conclusion that international peace cannot be perma–
nent without a world state, and that a world state
cannot
be established under the present moral, social
and political conditions of the world."
What a paradox! Leaders admit the most urgent
need today is world government. Yet they admit that
such a government is a near total impossibility under
present world conditions!
What about it? Is world government impossible–
an idle pipe dream of unrealistic optimists·?
l f our only hope lies in the efforts of meo, then a
world government is NOT possible, and there is
no
hope
for the survival of the human race!
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How Wo rld Government Will Come
People today generally fail to recognize there is a
power other than their own that can bring about a
universal government on earth.
That great power is Goo ALMJGHTY! He has the
power and the wisdom to make world government a
reality!
This is the message God sent Jesus Christ to pro–
claim to the world. It is the gospel- the good news–
that Christ will return with the power of God to set up
the government of God on earth!
Few today understand that God has allotted man–
kind 6,000 years in which to rule himself. During this
time, God has kept hands off the affairs of men. He
has allowed man to pursue the ways that seem right to
him, which have resulted in suffering and death (Prov.
16:25). God has given man the opportunity to prove,
by experience,
the basic inadequacies of
any
form of
human government- be it communism , fasci sm,
socialism or democracy.
God is allowing mankind to prove to itself that
no
human
form of government can bring or enforce world
peace!
Your Bible reveals that a time of
spiritual
and
physica/
rejuvenation- 1,000 years of boundless peace
and prosperity- is coming in our time! Let's take a
glimpse at what the government of that wonderful
world tomorrow will be like and how it will enforce
peace.
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How will Jesus Christ, the returning " King of
kings," deal with the warring nations of this world?
Rev. 19:11-16.
COMMENT: As we discovered in previous studies,
Jesus Christ will return to this earth at the climax of
catastrophic world troubles. He is coming to rescue
mankind from nuclear annihilation! (Matt. 24:22.)
At his return, Christ will have to subdue warmakers
and
force
mankind,
at first,
to submit to his rule! He
will use a "rod of iron," symbolizing absolute authori–
ty. He will rule with
power,
not hesitating to use it
when necessary! Men, influenced by their old hal?its
and selfish attitudes developed under this world 's sys-
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