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Jesus Christ emphasized this when
He said,
"No man can come
to me,
except the Father ... draw him"
(John 6:44). Other nations have nev–
er known much if anything about
Goo. In ancient Egypt they wor–
shiped their fictitious gods, Isis and
Osiris, about the time the ancient
Chinese were worshiping their ances-
February 1980
tors- even before the
appearance of Confu–
cianism and Taoism.
The ancient Greeks and
Romans had their ido!
gods, such as Jupiter,
Diana, Hermes and
others.
They had no salva–
tion-but neither were
they "lost"- God Him–
se lf had eut off the
descendants of Adam.
IN HIS MOST IMPORTANT
trip to date,
Herbert W. Armstrong addresses Chi–
nese guests and 76 ambassadors and
other officials gathered in the Great
Hall of the People. A musical perfor–
mance, top, in honor of the Ambassa–
dor lnternational Cultural Foundation.
Above, colorful display looks forward to
year 2000, when Chinese hope to gain
major-nation industrial status. Opposite
page, below, children on collective
farm outside. Peking (Beijing). Chinese
officials accompany Herbert W. Arm–
sfrong to airport, far left, upon his
departure.
They simply were not being JUDGED
at all by God- nor are they even yet
today. God is not judging tbem, so
WHY SHOULD YOU OR
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know that
[ myself
am
being judged NOW- and
all whom God has predestinated to
be called NOW! That is what the
annual day of Firstfruits, called Pen–
tecost, is intended to picture to us
today. Someofus arecalled NOW. The
world as a whole is NOT! Those now
called to the Church of God are the
"first-fruits"- merely the first small
"harvest" of spiritual salvation . To all
others, God said, in etfect, "Go, since
you (Adam) have rejected me, my
government, my salvation, my revela–
tion of knowledge, GO, form your own
gods and your own religíons-your
own governments- your own fu-nd of
knowledge and education."
And, for nearly 6,000 years, has
the world so done! Therefore
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do
not go to the heads of the govern–
ments of this world to judge their
governments, or their religions or
their educational systems.
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oo NOT
GO TO " CONVERT" THEM-or to
attempt to convince them to agree
with me about the TRUTH OF Goo
and the GOOD NEWS OF THE KING–
OOM OF Goo, which
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tell them
emphatically and
IN POWER
is
very soon coming!
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merely tell them
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am there to AN–
NOUNCE the COming
world- ruling KING·
OOM OF Goo, which
shall bring THEM, and
all others, PEACE ANO
JOY ANO ETERNAL SAL–
VATION!
That
ÍS
the GREAT
rCOMMISSION given by
the Lord Jesus Christ to His apos–
tles- that He has chosen to SENO
FORTH with that GOOD NEWS AN–
NOUNCEMENT! That is why
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even
couched my message Jesus Christ
was giving them through me in lan–
guage UNOFFENS!VE TO THEM, yet
which they weJI UNDERSTOOD!
And it is from that attitude and
vantage-point that
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talked with
Vice-Chairman Tan.
lt is important that you had this
introductory information before [
recount to you the conversation in
our meeting.
Vice-Chairman Tan's Message
to the West
The vice-chairman had, of course,
been thoroughly briefed about me,
even the attitude
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have outlined
above, and what
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had said on the
previous two nights. Also he knew
well all about
The Plain Truth
and
its large circulation worldwide in five
languages. What he told me, there–
fore, he evidently wanted our readers
to know.
Chairman Tan Zhen-lin did not
wait in a prívate office for us to be
shown in by minor secretaries. He
carne to the front entrance of the
Great Hall to meet me and those
with me- Mr. Rader and Mr. Osa–
mu Gotoh- in person. He is a very
outgoing, enthusiastic, constantly
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