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We are near the end of this evil world. Coming soon- the wonderful world tomorrow!
Also, Sir Hans Arrnstrong.
R
CENTLY 1 HAVE been writing for our
millio. ns of readers in a far more serious
manner.
World events, seen through the eyes of
bíblica! prophecy, strongly imply we are
much
nearer the END of this evil world tban people
realize.
Jesus said, THAT WHEN WE SEE THESE EVENTS
SEGI TO COMETO PASS, WE MAY K OW THAT TJIE
TIME JS NEAR- EVEN AT OUR VERY DOOR!
Also He said tbe end of this world shall come,
SUDDENLY, catching those not watching like a rat
caught in a trap. The trap springs
sudden/y
before
tbe rat knows what happened to him.
But the
good news
is the very Gospel message
that Jesus taught: the Kt NGDOM OF Goo ts AT
HAND. The Second Coming of Christ, in supreme
POWER and GLORY, as KING of kings tO rule aJI
nations.
That very time is now almost upon us!
Not a time of despair and hopelessness, but a
time of WORLD PEACE-of WORLDWIDE
PROSPERITY- OF ETERNAL SALVATION OFFERED TO
EVERYONE- a time when tbere shall be NO SATAN
to mislead and deceive the whole world as he has
done these 6,000 years!
But MAKE NO MISTAKE! Frightful, unprecedented
evils shall strike this world briefly BEFORE the
glorious coming of the Savior to usher in that
wonderful WORLD TOMORROW!
You wbo do NOT know and understand the Holy
Bible, LISTEN now while yet you may! Let me
quickly take you through a fast-moving summary of
what the living Goo says shall now quickly happen
to this world!
God has set me as YOUR WATCHMAN, tO WATCH
world events- to WARN vou of what is now near!
We are now at, close to, or just past the
prophecy revealed in Revelation 12. This prophecy
covers a span of approximately 2,000 years.
The apostle J ohn was taken, in a vision, into the
August 1980
time when God Almighty is going to directly
intervene in world affairs.
T
n vision the prophet was
shown Goo's PEOPLE- lsrael under the Old
Testament and Israel spiritually converted as the
CHURCH OF Goo in the New Testament. To this
Israel, a Messianic Child is about to be born
(Revelation 12:1 -2), foretold in Isaiah 9:6-7.
Then thcre appeared another wonder in his
vision, a great red dragon, identified (verse 9) as
Satan the devil, lying in wait to dcvour the Christ
child as soon as He is born.
This did happen, but God preservcd the Christ
chi ld safely. Satan then attcmpted to destroy J esus
when He was 30 years old, just before He launched
on His 3\12-year ministry-but Jesus Christ
overcame and conquered him.
The prophecy of Revelation 12 moves swiftly–
verses 3 and 4, Satan, the former archangel Lucifer
{lsaiah 14: 12) had with his angels invaded heaven
attempting to conquer God ( Isaiah 14:13-14), but
now (Revelation 12:4-5) was cast back down to tbe
earth with his one third of the angels, now demons.
Here, he persecuted the true Church of God
through his great false church ( Revelation
L
7:5),
and the Church had to Aee and go underground for
1,260 years (Middle Ages) (Revelation 12:6).
Then after the Middle Ages, at approximately
our time now (R evelation 12:7-9), Satan and his
demons made another flight to God's heaven to try
once again to take over the throne of the entire
UNJVERSE. Tbis time, for this WAR IN HEAVEN, God
assigned His archangel Michael with his angels to
fight off Satan's invasion. God gives Michael and
his angels power to win this battle for the rule of
the whole universe. Satan and his demons a re cast
back down to earth.
1n the sequence of tbe prophecy we are now j ust
about at that very time.
Once cast back to the earth Satan is full of
wrath. I f he could not conquer Goo, he will now
try to DESTROY God's true Church. Ve rse
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