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Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong proclaims true causes of world evils before TV cameras in Phoenix, Arizona.
escalating crime and violencc, immo–
rality. injustice (even in its courts of
law). dishonesty. corruption in gov–
ernmcnt and business. and continua!
wars. poinling now lO the
final
nuclear World War 111.
WIIY lhis paradox of "PROGRESS"
amid DHiENERATION?
God 's Truth Would Have Solved!
True rcligion-God"s truth- wou ld
havc poinled thc way. and led
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happincss, abundance. and eterna!
salvation.
Whcn you see whal's wrong wilh
thc world's religions, you'll have
pinpoinled lhe
cause
of all world
cvils!
What
is
religion?
lt
is dcfined as
thc worship of, and service to, God or
thc supcrnalural. 11 is man's relat ion
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his Creator. Sorne religions have
pcrvcrted that definition. They wor–
ship not the God who created them,
but gods which
the)'
have created.
Rcligion involves one's conduct, his
principies, his way of life. and his
concept of the hereafter.
The real CAUSES of all this world's
religious confusion- and all its
evils- are revea led in SEV I:N llASIC
TRUTI IS that decry this babylon of
religious confusion and the resulting
world chaos!
But now God's time has come! He
now sends a voice to cry out with
amplificd world-covering power to
reveal the
way out
of this senseless
madness. into the world of PEACE and
January
1980
righteousness that soon
sha/1
grip the
earth!
1n the book of lsaiah is a
":·.;ow"
prophecy: "The voice of him that
crieth in the wilderness. Prepare ye
the way of the Lord.... lift up thy
voice with strength: lift it up, be not
afraid, a nd say. ... Behold. the Lord
God will come wi th strong hand, and
his arm shall rule for hi m: behold, his
reward is with him. and his work
before him•· (lsaiah 40:3, 9-1 0).
That voice now críes out!
The prophet Malachi confirmed
lhis: " Bj!hold, 1will send my messen–
ger, and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the Lord, whom ye
seek, shall suddenly come to his
temple, even the messenger of the
covenant, whom ye delight in : be–
hold, he shall come, sai th lhe Lord of
hosts" (Ma lachi 3:1 ).
Both of these prophecies have a
dual application. First. they refer to
John the Baptist. who prepared the
way before Jesus' human ministry
more lhan 1900 years ago. BuT, as a
type. or forerunner. lhey forelell one
lO prepare lhe way before Christ's
SECOND COMING as lhe King of ki ngs
and Lord of lords to RULE over
ALL
NATIONS!
Malachi's prophecy, like lsaiah's,
if you will read on past lhe firsl verse.
refers primarily lo a human messen–
ger preparing lhe way before Chrisl's
now imminenl SECOND COMI'IIG. this
time in supreme POWER
ANO
GLORY
as Ruler over all nations!
Understand lhe duality principie
here. These prophecies refer to a
"lype'' or forerunner.
John the Baptist was a voice cry–
ing out in the
physical
wilderness of
the Jordan River arca, preparing for
the human
physical
Jesus' first com–
ing to a
material
temple at Jerusa–
lem, to a
physical
Juda h. But that
was a type, or forer unncr of a voice
"lifted up" (great ly amplified by
modern printing, radio and TV). cry–
ing out in lhc midst of today's
spiri–
tual
wilderness of religious confu–
sion, announcing the immincncy of
Christ"s SJ.:CO:-:o coming as the spiri–
tually GLORIFIED Christ. to His spiri–
tual temple (the Church resurrected
to spirit immortality).
He came, over 1900 years ago, to
a nn ouncc the FUTURE Kingdom
of God. He's comi ng this time to
ESTABLISH that Kingdom. That end–
time last warning message is now
going out worldwide in amplified
power.
lt's going before kings. emperors.
presidents, prime ministers of na–
tions- and to their peoples, on all
continents of the earth!
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his series of articles we givc
you SFVEN MAJOR TRUTHS which
belie
t
his modcr n confusion of
tongues, and concurrently provide
seven basic I>ROOFS that idcntify the
one original true Church of God
foundcd by. and today headed by, the
living Jcsus Christ.
(To Be Continued)
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