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The
IICREDIBL~
HUMAN POTEITIIL.
••
PARTll
by
Herbert W.
Armstro ng
& aT
1
o(
thiJ
seóes
presented the
evi.
r
dence sltowing that lhe
1110$1
illlportant
of aU knowledge,
san
by the Creator of
aU
races,
was suppressed and another "gospel"
substituted on a very decclved world. The
world heard thereaner about lhe
moun~.
but no< the message be brougbL Tbc time
has come when that awesome messagc mu.st
be rcvealed to lhe world.
Wllol. 'l1lea,
IJtbe
TrueCospd!
Thc true gospel is thc good news that God
scnt from
be~
ven by Jesus Christ. That mes·
sage, wben
f•ll)'
UAderstood, reveals
ac
bumon potential
so
stupendous it appears at
first to be totally bcyond belicf!
lt
is
/ncred–
lb/;1 wondufu/ news
rcvealed from the Cre–
ator.
Jt
reveals wh.at sc:ience has been uuerly
UNAJ:U .•E.
to
dis09ve~.
It
teveat.s
what religion
ha• enurcly overlooked - perbaps 1.1 too
wonderfuUy awaome to beUcye! h rcveaJs
whac
tbis
world•s higber education has never
known or taughtl
1t
reveals the most wonderful
TRUTH
a
human mind oould come to know.
h
reveals
whllt
J
term the
MI$S_IN0 DIM"tN–
SION IN XN0WI,.F.D06 -
tht
m()SI
n~C~ssory
know1edg.e
so
vital
to know!
Tha1
vitaJ
message reveals why bumanity
was pul
ben:
on
e-arth.
That's
vital
kbowl
4
edgc seieuce c.an.not disc;:over. rchgion has
.not rcvealed, cducation cannot tcach.
Why'l Were we put here for a
PVRPOsE?
Whot
os
that purpose?
lJ
there. aller
11~
purpose and meanong to
humtn life? Th31's vital knowledge
OUTSIDE
~e
scope
of today's
science. religion.
or
edu·
eation!
Tbe Mlssin¡ Dlmeosioro
In Koowlcdgo
lf
tbere
is
purposc, wblt is it? Wby were
you
bom?
Wherc ase we &oing? What is the uhomate
transccndcnt potcntiaJ of man?
WhtU is the
way'l
Jlow
do we aebieve that destiny'l
Wbat is rlw
""')'
to
~-
amo"&,natio""
betwceo individuats. and betwcen
groups?.
Why
aU
lhis world's evils? Why can't we
solve
our
human problem.s?
There
IS,.
WAY,
and thc truc gotpe1 revcals
it!
lt's a ba$ie
law
tbat
worlcs
by inexorable aod rdentiC$$
roree.
What
i5'"
human na1ure?
Oíd God create
and in.still
it
in
huma& co
uoublc
u.s?
ls
it
hen:dot•ry? How !loes it work? Neither mod·
cm
scie~
religion. nor educatÍon can tell
you.
WltoJ
is
thc
buman mind, and
ltow
does
it
dilfer from the arumal brain? Wlly, when tbc
human mind can invent the
eomputer aod
can leam
to send m
en
to
thc
moon and back.
can't
such·
minds solve their own
problems
herc on earth and live at peaoe w1th tbeir
fdlows?
What
ts
man?
Jus1 wh:tt
ore
we:,
aftcr aU?
Scie:nce can't leam that
sccret, rcligions ha
ve
ncver
rightiJI
explained
i~
but the true
gos–
pel. when
foil)'
uoderstood, m-eals the an–
swer.
and
in
U\lth1
What
are
the
ltut:
valucs? What
is
in1por·
tanl. and what is insign.ific:ant oro( no va.Jue?
Hum1nlty diuipotes ots energy pursuing
ftJ.Ise
values - s-pt:nch ilS labor and
1ts
t.hink–
iog
in
pursuits thnt are
v~aluelcs:s
and
prove
useless wben aebieved.
Tbe true sospel. wben
foliJI
understood,
explalliS the oropn of the
Devil.
Dod God
create a
DeviJ
to mislead and llarass human·
6
The Missing Dimension in Knowledge
l s it pou ible the wholi world h11.s
bHn
decei ved -
e.s
to the
ewe.some
PUR·
POSE
of hum"" lile -
~
to the
wey
to
world ,._ end how i t wi/1
ctJme7
Thi s is the eye..opening s tory of how the rNI gospel messege brought to
msnkínd by Jesus Christ ctJntainRd this mis.sing dimension in knowltHige
end of how that message wes
sup~sstHi end
the most vital of
1111
knowltldge
wi thheld.
íty? Tbe gospel explains how Sotan c:ame to
be the
vu~
though invisible and hidden,
POWU
lhat
SWO}S
ond aeually rules this
world. It explains wby Satau moved with all
his wiles and subtlety to suppress. through
humans he oould
sw~y.
lhis villl gospel mes·
sage whieb God seot by Jesus Christ
to
man–
ktod..
The true gospel message, had humanity
httded
it,
would ,
bave saved
this
world
nearly all ill onguisb. troubles. sulfering. and
evils..
lt
is ÍOI)>O'sible for me, in a fcw words, to
ma.ke
il
clear
e nough
with
sofficient empha·
si.s to cause
t.he
ruder
to compnhtnd
lbe
.ruprcme. trcmendous meanin¡ and imp<>r·
tance
of th.ar 1rvegospel mcssage.
And
even
today,
whtn
heard,
1t
is
seldom
r<al/;1
understood in all its oolossal signiJI·
canee
beeause
Sat.an
has thrown up sueb •
smokescreen of false aod onunterfeit reh·
&ions, "gospels." and teaehing.! lhat the
hearer
or
reader i.s
len
confu.sed and in
doubt and
unbelief - or in
a State
of
ind¡(.
·rereooc
to
the
most •mponant
thinp in
hfe.·
Nevcrtheless,
now
just bcforc the
:.EN
o
·or
this age. i\lmighty Ood has decreed thut
"this
gospel of lb< kingdom shall be
preacbed
10
a.ll the -.·orld for a
wunC$$
unto
aU nations. and
Lhcn
$.haU
the
end
come..
(Matt. 24: 14).
Thil
is the mcssag• the eterna!
Ood is delivering now, by me, to th< hcads
or
gove.mmc.nts
in
world
capitals:
alt
over
the
world.
Tht LTUC
gospel,
when viewed
wfth
all
lhft l
it
embodics - lhe reason for it, the pre–
hístoric uuth of earth's first inhabitant5, lhe
reason
humans
wcre
creatcd
and
pul
on
eanh, the
CAUSE
of all the carth'r cvils and
sufferings. the nature of the human mind.
the
need
ror spiritual
saJvation
and what it
is_
lhe COm1og world IOmonow
O(
_peacc..
whar lies on beyond. and man's uhimate
incredible poten tial - becomes the
most oll·
tncómpa.:ulnt
subject
chat
cat1
en
ter
tbe
mind
of man. Besode
i~
•wrythlng
•IR
shrinla to
total unomponanoc.
lt
is
grcater tban any
story
ofman ever beforc wñuen.
What Was
O~rlst's
Cospel!
God the fatber had promised to send •
messenger loto the world from heaven, bear·
ing
a
mes<age rrom him for all mankind.
This
prom~
is reoorded in Mallebi 3: 1:
"Bebold. 1 will scnd my messcn&er. and he
shall prepare. lhe way beforc me (and
that
messeogcr.
as
explained
in Mark 1:2. was
Jobn the Bapu.st) and lhe lord. wbom ye
seet, sbaU suddenly oome to bis temple.
even tbe
mcssenger
of tbe covenant, wbom
ye delight in." The "Lord," he re. of oourse,
rders to Jesus ChrisL
That wu tbe prophcey. Tbc record of ots
happening is in the first ebapter or Mart:
"The bcginning or the gospel orJe$US Cbrist,
tho Son of Ood." Then follows the aocount
ofJohn lhe Baptist preparing the way before
hun.
Verses
12 and 13
reoord
lhc tcmptauon
of Jesus by Satan,
whtrtln Satan
soughl
10
dmroy Clorlsr s¡irltuaiiJI, bcfort
be pro–
claimed a word of lhe message he brought
from God the father. More about this ••·
preme
tempt.acion
and
test laler.
Then
follow
verses 14 and IS:
"Now after lhat John was put in prison.
Jesus came into G•lilee. preaehin& lhe gos–
pel .••.•
W1oot
&ospel? " ••. the
ppet
of the
tiogdom or Ood .. .. " That is the gospel
Christ proclaimed. The message he brought
wulhe message about tbe
klngdom ofGod
Thlt
is
tbe mcssage Ood wanted pro–
claimed
AS A Wn'NfSS
co
aJJ
naaioo.s!
8u1
sinoe the
first
century
the world has known
I<OTHINO
or lhe kingdom of God because
that
message
wa.s
not
prodaime.d
lO
tbe
world aner the first eentury.
Thot message. when explained and fully
understood.
covers
a
very
wide tange
of
re–
vealcd knowlcd&•·
1t
reveals wbat science
bu been utlerly
U>IABLm
to diJoover - wbat
rcli&•on
has
ncver revealed -
what
tbis •
world'r educalion
has
nevcr ,known
nor
taughL
Noto Tbese Polnts
There
ar( a number of pointS co be
notcd
which
are
signilicant.
One
is.
lhat in Malac:lu's propbcey, Christ
was ..
ued "
mt<ttn~
bcarlnt
a muso:-
-
but
tnoreover.
he is called
lht!
nmttsttngtr of
lht
co~HnaÍtt~
..
which carries very
important
mcaniog. to
be
explaioed later.
Aptn. notioe tbe !Stb ' 'ene of Mort
l.
Jesus carne into Oalilee ...
preaching lhe gos·
pel of the kingdom or God" and saying,
"The time
i.s
fuUilled. and lhe kingdom or
God is at hand: repent
ye.
and believe the
gospel."
What d id he mean. "Thc time
ls
fu l–
tlllcd"'? And why was the klogdom or Ood
thm
"11
hand," when it had not been
bcfon
that
precise
time
••htn
...
lhe time.. was ...fuJ·
filled"?
.
These points are or' very speciaJ sign.ifi–
canc:e.
But firsL before 1 explllll more fully just
wluot
lhe kingdom or Ood ÍS, noticc further
tbat this definitely
is
lhe very gospel mts<age
Cbrist brought rrom Ood the fatber - tbe
same&ospd the original a postles proclaimed
~
lhe same gospel the apostle Paul pro–
claimed
10
the Gentiles.
Cbrln
Brougbt
No
Otber Cospel
Jesus said, " 1must preach the ltingdom of
God to otber eities also:
for tMnfon om
1
~nt"
(lul:e 4:43).
Jesus onmmissíoned
tus
disciples to teaeb
tbe klngdom or God. "Then he called tbe
twel.ve discipJe( togelher. and .. . he
scnt
lhem to preaeb th< kingdom of God •••"
(luke 9: 1-2).
"But when lhey believcd Philip preaehing
the things conecming
th• kingdom of God.
and the name of Jesus
Chris~
th<y )Vere
bap<aed, both meo and women" (Acts
8:
12).
...And Jesus
went
about all GaJilce. teach–
ing in
their synagogues, and preaching
Jhe
gos¡HI ofthekingdom ...
"(MatL 4:23).
Jcsus' parables concemed lhe j<iogdom of
God.
To
hís
disciples, in eKplaining
lhe
parable
or the sower,
he
saíd: "Unco you it ts given
to know tbe mystery or
tM kingdom af
GotJ•
and thcn he explooned to lhem the porable.
Again, "Then said he (Jesus), Unto what is
the klngdom of God
~kc?
and whereunto
shall 1 resemble it?" (luke 13: 18) - and
lhen carne a parable.
• And api.n be said, Whereunto sltall 1
liten rlt•
klntdom af God7
lt
is lite
!caven •.•• 1od then follows the porablc of
the leaven (luke 13:20.21).
One of bis most important parables is re–
oorded in lhe 19th ebapter of Lute: "... be
addcd and spakc
a
porablc.
beeause
he was
nigh to JerusaJem. and
bccau"' rht)' rhought
that th• klngdom ofGod sluou/d fmmediattly
qpfl'ar"
(Lute 19: 11). Tben be pve tbe
parable of the oobleman going to • far ooun·
try to reocive for himself a kingdom aod to
relurn -
the picture
or
Christ'$
ascen.sion lO
beavcn.
whert
thc c:oronaúon ceremony
shaU talte
ploce,
and
bis
retum to
earth
to
rule
aU
nations. as King ofkings and Lord of
Jords, in
l\11
the supreme powér and glory of
lhe great God.
What gospel did the apostles and Paul
proc:laim?
Dld Apos tlu aud Paul
Preo<h
A
our..
•nt
Cos~l!
After Christ's rcsurr«tion. the disciplcs
wcre with him forty days. Were th<y tallung
among themselves about any
other
gospel
during lhlt time than the kingdom
o(
God?
NotK:e,
¡ust
before Jesus ucendcd into
heaven. Luke liad prevoously rcoorded what
Jesus had dol\e and said ..uoül
the
day in
Wbíeb he Wl,l taltcn up, afler that hc thrOUgh
the Roly (Oboot) Spmt had given oommand·
mcnts unto the apostles .wbom he lllld ebo–
sen:
to
whom also he showed himself
alive
•fter bis passion by many inrallible proofs.
beiog
SCCD
Of them forty
t!ap.
&DO
S¡HaJang
of th< thon!fS penainlnlf
ro
th• kongdom of
God .
. .
"(1\cts 1:2-3).
Noüce at'ler
rus
rcsurrection what ChñJt
w1.1 spealun¡ to
bis
disciples about ,.,..
~lhe
thiogs pertajniog to the kingdom ofGod."
They.
then, juSI berore he
~.~tended
into
heaven.
asked
him: "Lord, witt
chou
at
chis
time
nJtON
again
tht
kl.ngdom
to
Israel?..
(Acts 1:6.) Tbc IJ'O'llCS S<Oemcd
never
10
undemand that the kongdom of God wu
not to
be
set up on
carlh
in
their lifetime -
oven though Jesus' teaohing- cspeeiaUy lhe
parable or lhe pounds (lul:c 19 - quoted
1bove)
dtoutd
bave
made
it
c-Jear
to
them.
ACtcr two ycars,
rrom
the inception of
che
church ofOod oo the
da
y
or
Pentecos~
A
O.
31. the c:ounterfe.it movcment xt in.
beaded
by Siolon lhe som:rer. The hutorie
book
of
Aets reoords: "Aod at that time there was
a
grea1 perse<:ution agaínst tbe ehurch which
wl$
at
Jcrusalem;
and
they werc
all scauered
•broad throughout tbe rcsions orJudea and
Samaria, exeept thc •posaes.•.. Tbererore
they chat were scattcred
abroad
wcnt
every
where
P"ading
1h,1
word."
What word?
Continue:
"Tbcn Philip went down to lhc city of
Samaria ... but when they believed Philip
pr~aching
tht thíngs
conc~rning
tht kingdom
of God
aod the name of Jcsus
Cbris~
they
were bapuud"(Aets
8:
1·12).
The a)>O'tle Paul spoke boldly at Ephesus
ror lhree months "disputing and
persuadin~
the things ooneernin&
rh< klngdom of God
OD
a la.tcr trip. at Miletus. Paul alled for
~= ~::.~r,~h~~~~~.~· .;~~~~~:·to~
behold.
1
know that ye all, among whom 1
have gone
p,_hong th• kingdom of God
shall see
m
y face no more"
(A<:II
20:25).
At
Rome,
64
tbere carne many
to
him
(PauiJ
into ltis lodging: to whom
h< <xpounded
o!ld
tntlfod th< kingdom of God.
"
(Acll
23:23),
Again ac
Rome, ..Paul
dwelt IWO
wbolc
(Conlinv•d on f141•
/J,
coL
1)
WEEK ENDINO FEB.
22.
l91S