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behind this magazine.
The Plain
Truth
is strictly nonpolitical! No
pol itical organization holds the
views reflected in this magazine.
The Plain Truth,
in short, stands
above
politics!
Why, then, is this magazine
sometimes mistakenly labeled a
"political instrument"? Why do
sorne few view us as·· politically
biased or affi liated?
While
The Plain Truth
does not
involve itself in tbe politics of this
world, we address the same prob–
lems and issues that politicians,
educators and scientists address–
the burning, Jife-and-death issues
of our age.
But there is a
major diiference!
Though our views migbt occa–
sionally coincide with those of a
particular group on a specific issue,
they are never derived from that
group.
The Plain Truth's
perspec–
tive is
unique!
There is no other
magazine like it anywhere in the
world.
The reason?
The P/ain Truth
examines the
causes and effects bearing on the
issues
as God looks at them,
based
on tbe revealed principies of the
Bib/e!
Humanity as a whole has
rejected
revelation as the source of
basic knowledge and understand–
ing.
The Plain Truth
not only reports
what's going on, but also "gets it all
together" from the perspective of
the Bible, the Word of God. No
other majar newsmagazine uses the
Bible as a point of reference with
which to analyze global trends and
social issues.
This magazine endeavors to show
how Almighty God, as he looks
down upon this world, sees the gov–
ernments and societies of man. We
look at the source of the world's
problems and their solutions from
the vantage point of the Creator
God's higher-up "camera angle."
The Plain Truth
has a world
view that includes God, who has
been long ignored by all too many
people. It provides that missing ele–
ment- that overlooked dimen–
sion- in the various arcas of
human involvement. It goes far
beyond the physical, circumstantial
or obvious. It provides an under–
standing of the theological roots
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and spiritual answers lacking else–
where.
It
probes into the heart and
core-the
spiritual side-of
each
and every issue, and presents scrip–
t u rally based solutions! And it
shows tbe significance of current
events from Bible prophecy.
This accounts for
The Plain
Truth's
unique perspective. We
look at tbe world in terms of what
the Bible has to say about it. The
large, mass-circulation magazines
and newspapers of this world are
simply unaware of the
great pur–
pose
being worked out bere below.
They do not appear to understand
spiritual principies and the revealed
forecasts of Bible prophecy, which
give meaning and perspective to the
hectic, fast-paced and complex
times in which we Jive.
The Plain Truth
does!
Without this understanding,
world conditions have little pur–
poseful meaning. Longtime readers
of this magazine can attest to the
effectiveness of
The Plain Truth
as
a guide to understanding the seem–
ingly complex panorama of world
events.
A Message About Government
Now consider a further point:
The Plain Truth
is nonpolitical.
Y
et the heart and core of its mes–
sage-the message Jesus Christ
brought-pertains to
government!
Few realize that the gospel
("good news") of Jesus Christ
was- and is- a message about
gov–
ernment!
J esus Christ was intense–
ly interested in government. He
announced the restoration of God's
government. His message was
about a government that will one
day- soon now-RULE
THE
WORLD!
Jesus' gospel was not simply a
message about himself, as many
today believe.
It
was a gospel of
good government. It was the "polit–
ical platform," if you please, for bis
coming kingdom-a government
destined to rule over the whole
earth and over all nations.
It is that same gospel this maga–
zine is commissioned to proclaim
(Matt. 24:14; Mark 13:10; 16:15).
This is
good news
that no other
magazine is announcing-or can
announce.
Look at this world's govern–
ments.
No
government in all bis-
tory has ever achieved
/asting
peace and prosperity in its own ter–
ritory. All man-made governments
havé, at sorne point, fai led either
from within or from without!
This world's leaders, cut off
from God, have not perceived the
way
that leads to peace. They may
have done what is right in
their
own
eyes, yet in so doing have not
brought to their countries the solu–
tions to evils that beset mankind.
Nearly 6,000 years of human his–
tory have demonstrated that "the
way of peace they know not" (Isa.
59:8).
The reason? .
This is not a world or civilization
of God's making. This is
Satan 's
world! Satan is the invisible "god of
this world"
(II
Cor.
4:4).
He has
deceived
the whole world (Rev.
12:9). He is the author of its philos–
ophies and its imperfect systems of
government-too often based on
competition and strife, greed and
vanity, exploitation and aggres–
sion.
At their heart, the misled gov–
ernments of this world are irrepara-
bly
f/.awed!
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For this reason, it is not the
Christian duty to strive to make
this world- Satan's world-a bet–
ter world. It is
impossible
to mold
evil into good.
J esus did not enter into this
world's politics, nor did his disci–
ples. He did not try to reform or
overthrow Caesar's government.
He did not try to make this a better
world. Rather, he preached about a
radically
diiferent
world to come–
and called h is followers
out of
par–
ticipation in this world's imperfect,
humanly devised politics! He said,
"My kingdom is not of this world"
(John 18:36).
Cbristians are called to be
sepa–
rate
from. this world and its politi–
cal, religious and social affiliations
( II Cor. 6: 17), and to live instead
by every word of God (Luke
4:4).
Ambassadors for Christ
Understand this: J esus' disciples–
true Christians-live physicaJly
in
this present evil world, but they are
not
ofit
(J ohn 17:14-16). They are,
in a sense, spiritually
foreigners .
The true Christian's citizenship is
in God's kingdom and is temporari–
ly reserved in beaven for h im until
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