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What God Expects of
H AN
LEAIJERS
H
ow doe s
God view
those who
come into politi–
cal powe r in this
world?
God docs nol
look at all human
leaders the same.
Whal thc head s of
the gove rn men ts
o f thi s world do
makes a difference
in the eycs of God
becausc every
leader ho lds power
only by God 's
EX–
PRESS P ERMISSJON:
"The mos t High
ruleth in the king–
dom of men, and giveth it to
whomsocver he will .. . " ( Daniel
4: 17).
A human leader should re–
member thc story of Belshazzar,
the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar
in the Bible. God judgcd this gen–
lile leader-a man cut off from
God in thc spi ritual sense-dif–
ferently from other leadcrs s imi–
larly "cut off" from contact with
God: "Thou art weig hed in the
balance, and art found wanting"
( Daniel 5:27), was God 's judg–
ment.
By contrast, God referred to
another lcader of thi s world,
Cyrus the Great, as his
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by
Jeft Calkins
vcry grave matter–
and a responsibility
fcw are accordcd.
A Sense of Hist ory
A lcader must havc
a sensc of whcrc his
na tion and pcoplc
stand in his tory.
A
Dartmo~,~th
English
professor. Jcffrey
Hart, has rcmarked
th at most col1cge
students today know
whcre they a re- in
spacc-but not in
time. They don·t
have a sensc of his-
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tory. Th e sa me
>:
could be said for the
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le a ders in thi s
AMERICA CHANGES LEADERSH/P.
President·elect Ronald Reagan meets
with foreign po/icy advisers planning
transition to the new administra/ion. Al/
world leaders bear a heavy responsibi/–
ity at this time of staggering world
crises and upheaval, when human sur–
viva/ is threatened with extinction.
"anointcd" ( lsaiah 45: 1). All
wo rld leaders . of course, ulti–
ma tel y serve God 's purposes–
but there are differenccs: sorne
a re vessels " unto honour" (like
Cyrus) and sorne " unto dishon–
our" (l ike Pharaoh of thc Exo–
dus) (Romans 9:21 ). Which ves–
se! a leader will choose to be is a
world- particularl y
of those na ti ons that play a n
important role in Bible proph–
ccy.
For examplc, 1eaders in the
Wes tern wo rld would find a
sense of history and des tiny in a
mos t important book.
lt
givcs
proof of whe rc the United States
and the wholc Engl ish-speaki ng
world is in history. lts titlc is
The United States and Brirain
in Proph ecy
by Herbcrt W.
Armstrong. Lcaders should par–
ticularly read c hapters 13 and
14. l ndeed,
II ERE IS PROBABLY
T H E MOST VITAL INFORMATION
A Y LEADER COULD HAVE 1
SH AP I G HIS ADMIN ISTRATIO .
The
PLAIN TRUTH