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The SureWay to
Endthe
Fear of NuclearWar
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by
Herbert W. Armstrong '
WHY civil wars and violence- with no hope in sight for peace? World leaders do
not know! They do not know that they could have peace now,
in 1984, in full security for the future. Read how in this eye-opening article.
T
HER E IS A WAY- a
tried and proven
way-a
SURE
way- to
end all fear of any all-out
nuclear hot war between the
United States and the Soviet
Union.
What a pity that the govern–
ments and the peoples of this
world remain blinded to
THAT
w
AY!
And i t is so simple!
l t's just as simple as this: There
is a CAUSE for every EFFECT-yet
our whole society and way of life
today is based on treating the
effect,
IGNORING the CAUSE! Üur
people do it in treating sickness and
disease. They do it in dealing with
crime. They do it in WORKING FOR
PEACE!
Working for Peace
Everybody
wants
PEACE-or at
least, so we profess! We WORK for
peace! The Pope pleads for PEACE!
Prime ministers strive for PEACE!
Y
et
t here is no peace!
WHY?
The very NEWS of all this
..working for peace" was reported
millennia ago in biblical prophecy!
But, it was also reported, "The
September 1984
WAY OF PEACE
they know not"
(Jsa. 59:8).
So, the nations and world lead–
ers CRY for peace-work for
peace, while they endorse, sanction
and continue
the way of
WAR!
They follow
the way
that is the
CAUSE of WAR, trying tO STOP war
by dealing with the
effect,
ignoring
the CAUSE!
The world today is a good deal
like t he dope addict, who finds he is
"hooked," and can't "kick it" on
the one hand-and, on the other,
he is forced to keep gradually
increasing
the dosage to just hold
his own.
lt
becomes very costly,
and most dope addicts resort to
stealing,
crime-anything
to get
their hands on enough money to
keep up their growing, escalating,
ever-more-costly habit.
Isn't it about time we come to
UNDERSTAND?
Nations Never NEEDED Go to War
Yielding to HUMAN NATURE is the
CAUSE of war.
Rebell ion against God's law of
peace ís the CAUSE of war.
So now let's take a look at one of
the 1
O
POINTS of God's basic spiri–
tuallaw. 1 mean that point that has
to do with w ARS!
In respect to WAR, the basic
point is the Sixth Commandment.
l t says, s imply,
"Thou shalt not
kili."
lf
all nations obeyed that com–
mandment and followed the way of
LOVE toward other humans, there
would be no war.
But, one argues, that's
a
pretty
platitude-but it's not practical----it
won't work. WHY? Because, he
argues, if
your
nation obeys that
commandment and is disarmed
with no military force, it would be
attacked and beaten by sorne
other
nation that disobeyed God's law,
and believed in WAR. Your nation
would therefore be helpless.
Oh, but it wouLoN'T! The Cre–
ator understands human nature
better than we humans do. HE PRO–
VIDEO FOR THAT!
Let's open our eyes to down-to–
earth practica! TRUTH- to FACT!
You think the Almighty Cre–
ator-God is impractical-that he
leaves those who O.BEY him, who
accept his GOVERNMENT over them,
HELPLEss? One of the responsibili–
ties of GOVERNMENT is to protect
its own subjects! You think-do
you?-that the GOVERNMENT OF
Goo is so feeble and lacking in
power that it is unable to protect
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