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was nol proclaimed to the world af–
ler A.D. 70 lo r nearly 19 centuries –
is. indeed. a shocking and amazing
sta tement.
This same written record lhe con–
spiralors were not able to destroy
confirms it. The Church of God was
started the day of Pentecost.
A.
D. 31
(Acts 2). About 20 years la ter. the
apos tle Paul. under insp iration.
wrote to lhe churches in Galatia.
" !
ma rvel thal ye are o soon removed
from him thal called you into th e
grace of Christ
unto another gospe/:
which is nol anothe r: but there be
ome lhat trouble you. and would
pervert 1he gospe/ of Chrisl"
(Gal.
1
:6-7). The verse following pro–
nounce a double curse on any who
would preach any other gospel.
To lhe Corin thian church the
apost le Pau l wrote.
" 1
fear. les t by
any means, as the serpent beguiled
Eve through hi s subli lty, so you r
minds should be corrup ted from the
simplicity lhat is in Christ. For if he
1ha1 cometh [speaking of false
preachers] preac h eth
anolher
Jesus .
..
or
anolher gospe/,
which ye
have not accepted ..."
( ll
Cor. 11 :3-
4).
To the early Christians at Rome:
" for the wrat h of God is revealed
from heaven aga insl all ungodl iness
and unrighteousness of men, who
ho/d [back]
the truth in unrighteous–
ness" (Rom.
1:
18) . The Rev ised
Standard Yersion has it : "who by
their wickedness
suppress !he 1ru1h. "
The message God sent by Jesus
Christ was being
he/d back
-
sup–
pressed.
Then again . even Je us Christ
himself madc it very clear th at His
gospel - the KINGDOM OF Goo -
would be suppressed
unti/
our time.
H is disc ipl es had as ked wha t
would be the sign by which we
might know when we were a t the
end of thi s world (age), just before
Christ's return to eanh.
First he warned them against
being deceived. Many would come,
he sa id. in hi s name , claiming to be
the ministers of Christ saying that
He - Jesus - was the Christ and at
th e same time dece iving the many.
But when "... this
gospe/ of the
kingdom
shall be preached in all th e
world for a witness unto all na–
tions ...
1hen
shall lhe end come"
(Ma1t. 24: 14).
The
PLAIN TRUTH July 1976
Thi proclaiming of the KI NGDOM
OF Goo could not be the sign that
wc a re a t th e end of the age. if it
had
been
proclaimed all a long!
J ust as Christ himself directly
prophe ied would happen. many
ha ve preached abou1 the
person,
saying lhat Je us was the Chris1 -
preaching a bout th e message. but
SUPPRESSING his message!
But the E o TIME is now here.
Aft er a lmost 19 centu ri es. that mes–
sage is now going out WORLDWIDE.
by the Worldwidc Ch urch ofGod !
Some have preached a "gospel of
sa lva tion" (actually a fa ! e alva–
ti on) and some a "gospel of grace"
- turning gracc into liccnse to com–
mit sin. Sti ll othcrs have turn cd to a
"socia1go pel. ''
But Jesus brought from God the
Falher a vital message announcing
the KINGDOMOF Goo! What did
1le
mean - the KI NGDOM OF Goo?
A Message of Government
Few seem 10 know. today. that
Je us' MESSAGE was about GOVERN–
MENT! Few rea lizc lh al this is NOT
th e time God i trying to SAVE (spiri–
tu a lly) th e wo rl d. Few kn ew Jesus
was concerned with GOVERNMENT.
Jesus was born
to
be a KI G!
o–
tice what was prophesied in lsaiah
a bout Chrisl: "For unto usa chi ld is
born, unto usa son is given: and the
GOVERNMENT s ha!J be upon his
hou lder: and his name sha ll be
ca lled Wonder ful. Counselor. The
mi g ht y God, The everlasting
Fa ther, Thc Prince of Peace. Of the
in crease of his GOVERNMEN
1
and
peace there shall be no end. upon
lh e throne of David. and upon hi
kingdom. to order il, and to es tab–
lish it wilh judgment and with jus–
lice from henceforth even for ever"
(Isa. 9:6-7).
o li ce wha t was sa id to hi s
mo ther Ma ry: "... !he angel Ga–
bri e l was se nt f rom God
unto ...
N
aza reth , lo a virgin cs–
poused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the housc of Dav id ; and
the virgin's name was Mary. And
the angel came in unto her. and
said, Ha il. lhou that arl highly fa–
vored .... Thou sha1t conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son,
and sha lt cal! his name Jesus. He
sha ll be grea t. and sha ll be ca ll ed
th c Son of th e Higbes t: and the
Lord God sha ll give unto him
rhe
lhrone
of his fat her Dav id. And he
sha /1 reign
ovcr thc house of Jacob
for cver: and of his KINGDOM there
sha ll be no end' ' (Luke 1:26-33).
When Jesus wa on tria! for his
life bcfore Pila te . he was a ked. ''Art
thou a king then?" Jesus answered.
"Thou sayest
1
am a king. To thi s
end was
1
born. and for thi cause
came
1
into the world ." But he also
said. "My kingdom is not of
rhis
wor/d"(John
18:37, 36).
WHY has the who1e world been
deceived. not knowing
WH Y
hu–
manily was crea ted and human life
exi~ted
upon thi eart h!
WHY
are we
ll ERE? WHERE
are we
COINC? Wl!ATis
the
WA Y
- the WAY TO PEACE, we!l-being.
happines . abundance?
V
W HY
no world PEACE?
Why
a l!
this world's evi ls?
WHY
can' t
SC' IENCE give us the answe rs? These
q
liCStÍOI1S a re the MOST TMPORl ANT
in human life. WHY aren 't pcople
co ncerned?
The grealest religion in the wo rld.
in number of adherence. is Chris–
tianity. People SUPPOSE the Chr is–
tian religion ca me out of th e Bible.
Then
WH Y
don't th e various
sects and denominations of tradi–
tional Ch ristianity tell us the REAL
TIIEME of the Bible? WHY do they
not know lh e TRUE GOSPEL th at
Jesus proclaimcd? lt's a ll
IN TIIE
BIBLE -
not suppressed
THERE!
lt's plai n and clcar!
lt 's time somcone SHOUTED to le–
thargic. inditrerent. sleeping human–
ity.
WAKE
UP!
ls There An Afterlife?
Some fundame nt a li t denomina–
tions of Ch ristia nity preach about
spiritua l sa lvat ion - abou t an after–
li fc.
! S
therc an afterlife? The trulh is
PLA IN ANO CLEARin the Bible.
Jcsus' go pe! wa the KINGDOM OF
Goo. Does that have anything todo
wi lh
cijierlife -
with spiritual sa lva–
tion? lt has
eve1yrhing
lo do with it.
Bu r THE WHOLE WORLD IS
DE–
CE! VED
and
ASLEEP!
The gospel
of the KINGDOM OF Goo has
lO
do.
basically. with TWO themes - gov–
ernm cnt a nd spiri tual sa lvation
(w hi c h some ca l! be ing "born
again"). Thi articlc deals wit h GOV-
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