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very solemn man. and being the
chief executive handling al! the
troubles of a modern IsraeL he has
reason to be serious. But he met me
and our party with a warm and cor–
dia l smile.
"Mr. Prime Minister." I said. "I'm
so rry it's been such a long time be–
fore I've had an opportunity to meel
you. but il is indeed a pleasure and
an honor."
''Well, Mr. Armslrong." he smiled
in return , " it's just happened that
!'ve been in
your
country or Europe
or sorne other place every time
you've been here since
r
became
prime minister. But of course I
know a great dea l about you. and
we a l! do deeply appreciale your
interest in Israel."
Th e entire meeting, lasting per–
ha ps 45 minutes, was warm and
fri endly. We spoke about the two jet
planes that have more or less "com–
muted' ' between J e rusa lem and
Cairo. and he was candid in telling
us of Secretary Kissinger's peace ac–
complishments. He was very appre–
cia ti ve of my efforts toward WORLD
.PEACE, especially in bringing nat ions
like Japan and Israel closer toge ther
- also Kenya and Israel - and my
friendships with Arab chiefs of
tate. and efforts toward a better ap–
proach to harmony and understand–
ing between them a nd Israel.
Actually there has been a slight
lessening of ten s ions between
sorne of my Arab friends - heads
of governments - and Israel. And
through tbe AICF we are support–
ing the ICCY (Interna tional Cul–
tural Center for Youth), directed by
Min is ter of Tourism Moshe Kol,
which is bringing about a new and
frie ndly relationship between Israe lí
and Arab youth, especially in Jeru–
salem.
Somehow. returning to Jerusalem
seems like returning home - and it
may be
my home for a thousand
years. beginning VERY sooN.
NOW! O
44
EDJTOR'S NOTE: The conclu–
sion to the article "South West
Africa
-
Racing Against Time
fo r Peace" wi/1 appear in the
November issue of
The Pla in
Truth.
(Conrinued from page
1)
(by resurrection) of many brethren.
as our pioneer, has gone on ahead
of us paving the way and now al–
ready is SUSTAINI G THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE BY THE WORD OF Hrs
POWER (Hebrews [ :2-3).
Chapter 8 of Romans ties in with
lhis. We - if His spirit dwells in us
and if we are being LEO by His spirit
- are HEIRS of God and co-HEIRS
with Christ, who
already had
1
HER–
ITED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!
In my
Plain Truth
series on the
"Jncredible HUMAN POTENTIAL. " ]
have shown how angels inhabited
this carth prior to the creation of
man. That might havc !asted up to
millions of yea rs. Those a ngels
SINNED
(1!
Pet. 2:4-6). As a resu[t.
physical disaster ca rne lo the earth's
surface. Tt became (Gen. l :2) "with–
ou t form , and void" - better lrans-
KIDSANDSEX
(Continued from page 17)
ents,
l
know that they eventually
married and had children which
they kept.
1
have long since forgi ven
them. but the subject is still a pain–
ful one to me.
My own experience has rein–
forced my conviction that sexual in–
timacy is one of the things the Bibl e
refers to when it says. "To every
thing there is a season.. . ." Sexua l
feelings and drives a re among the
mo st powerful felt by human
beings. Like any kind of power, sex
can be us ed cons truct ive ly or
abused. Making !ove and conceiving
and raising children i not some–
thing one does for fun a t one's con–
ve ni e nce. These are precious
pri vi leges which mus l be con–
sciously exercised with respect. cau–
tion, and !ove.
1
began this articl e by extolling
the unin hibited honesty of young
children, and now l've asserted that
ado lescents should inhibit th ei r sex–
ual drives. Life isn'l easy. is it?
·'Where did
1
come from?' ' and
"How did
1
gel here?'' que tions are
formulated in the minds or young
lated "in confusion and chaos. waste
and empty." In six days God " re–
newed the face of th e earth" (Psalm
104:30) and then created man. Since
the angels FAILED to improve and
develop this earth, they were dis–
qu alified from developing and im–
proving the rest of the universe. and
God has crea ted MAN after God's
own image and likeness - form and
shape - to be developed into God's
own perfect, holy CHARACTER. And
what evidently was the original pos–
sible heritage of the angels becomes
tha t of MAN - after man iS
changed
from malter into spirit composition
- from human to divine - from
mo rtal to immortal.
This is al! part of the wonderful
TRUE GOSPEL - the GOOD NEWS of
the KINGDOM OF Goo, soon now to
come - the gospel the world has
NOT HEA RD from the first century
A.D. until now - revea ling this glo–
ri ou GOOD NEWS of the future
GLORY OF MAN in his SALVATION
and what we sha ll accompli sh
throug h o ut the ENTIRE UN I–
VERSE!
O
eh ildrcn during their first, magical
moments of awareness and appre–
cia tion of the fact th al they are
ALI VE. A child's vita lity and joy in
life is a constant inspira tion tome.
Now, one more story:
A girl of about six carne in from
an afternoon at play and, beaming,
said to her motber, 'Tm so glad
1
was born! "
Delighled with her daughter's ex–
uberance. the woman replied. ' ' Tt 's
good lo be alive. isn't it?"
"Yes." said the six-year-old. "be–
cau e when you ' re dead, all you get
is privacy."
Truthfully. I'm hoping for a little
more than that when
1
pass on. but 1
know whal she means - don't
you? D
Art Linkleu er, who hosted rwo
of te!evision 's most popular pro–
grams ("People Are Funny" and
"A rk Linkletter's House Party'),
is the author of nine books, the
most recent of which wi/1 be
published next fa/l. This article
was written in association with
Sroryrellers, lnc.
The
PLAIN TRUTH Oclober 1976