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AUSTRALIA
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would receive the greater blessing.
But J acob crossed his arms and laid
his right hand on the younger
Ephraim, "guiding his hands wit–
tingly" (verse 14).
Now read what happened: "And
when Joseph saw that bis father
laid bis rig.ht hand upon the head of
Ephraim, it displeased hi m: and he
held up his father 's hand, to remove
it from Ephraim's head u nto
Manasseh's head. ...
"And bis father refused , and
said,
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know it, my son,
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know it :
he also shall become a people, and
he also shall be great: but truly b is
younger brother shall be greater
than he, and his seed shal l become
a
MULTITUDE
OF
NATIONS"
(verses
17-19).
Ephraim would become a com–
pany of nations and share the stag–
ger ing birthright blessings with bis
brother Manasseh. Isn't it remark–
able that the nations that today pos–
sess the greatest national wealth
and physical blessings are the
Eng l ish-speaking nations-the
British Commonwealth and the
United States?
Australia is a nation of the Brit–
isb Commonwealth . Along with
Great Britain, Canada, New Zea–
land and the United States, Austra–
lia has in herited an enormously
r ic h sl ice of the earth's real estate.
God gave that wealth to J osepb
and to his descendants. Yet tbe
British and the American people
have it today! Can there be any
more conclusive proof that the
descendants of Ephraim and Ma–
nasseh, the two sons of Joseph, are
the origi nal English-speaking
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peoples of Britain and America
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today? T he Australian people have '
inher ited their wealth because of
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promises God made to the Hebrew
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patriarchs of old .
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But Bible prophecy shows that tbe
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Australian people, unless they
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cbange their ways and repent oftheir
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national sins, stand to lose it alJ.
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In Deuteronomy, chapter 28, "
God long ago revealed how Austra-
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lia could recover from its problems
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and be guaranteed prosperity in the
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future! "And if you obey the voice
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of the Lord your God, being careful
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July
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1983
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Comparative position among nations in production of:
AMOUNT IN
RANKING
MINERALS
METRIC TONS
IN WORLD
l ron Ore
1978
54.7 million
2nd
Bauxite
1978
24.6 million
1St
Copper
1978
217,100
10th
Gol d
1979
18,497 kilograms
7th
Lead Ore
1978
418,800
3rd
Manganese
1978
633,000
4th
Nickel
1978
86,991
3rd
Silver
1978
837
6th
Tin
1978
11,716
5th
Coal
1978
80.0 million
10th
Uranium
1979
690
8th
(Estimated uranium resources
290,000
2nd)
AGRICULTURE
AMOUNT
RANKING
Wheat
1980
10.8 million
8th
* (Wheat exporta for
1980
11 .1 million
3rd)
Wool
1980
706,000
1st
Meat: eattle
1980
1.5 million
6th
Sheep
1980
0 .539 million
3rd
Sugar
1980
2.9 million
10th
Livestock: Sheep
1980
135.7 milllon head
2nd
eattle
1980
26.3
million head
9th
Figures taken from 1979180 Statistical Yearbook. published by Department ollnternational, Economoc
&
Social Allairs. United Nations (published in 1981).
*From Australian Wheat Board Annual Report 1980/81.