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steel framework of the modern sky–
scra per might be perfect - but th e
building as yet unfinished.''
Chairman Mao:
"You are quite
clea r in your illustrations."
Mysel{
"This earth originally was
created to be the habitation of one–
third of all the billions of crea ted
angels. They were given"a ll the MA–
TERIAL.. within the earth. needed to
FINISH the project of a completed
EARTH. The earth was the original
PROVING GROUND. Once they had
complered
the earth . they were then
to do th e same completing job on a ll
th e my ri ads of o th e r p la ne ts
throughout the UNIVERSE.
" But God kn ew thi s Mas t e r
Proj ect could not be accomplished
unless they all - billions of angels –
pulled together in cooperative team–
work. If one used bis mind to decide
to add a certain portion by his own
design, and another had a di fl"erent
idea and ca rn e along and tore down
what the first angel had put up. con–
fu sion would result and no progress
could be made.
"Therefore God gave them the
' p la ns a nd compl ete blu eprints'
designing how every cubic inch
sho uld be put toge th er, j us t as
th e co ntr ac to r o f a mod e rn
50-story building has been give n
plans and blueprints worked out by
the architects. engineers and plan–
ners for eve ry cubic inch of the en–
ti re structure.
" In oth er words. God knew that
GOVERNMENT
was needed ro exercise
alllhoriry and oversir,ht over eve1y in–
dividual anr,el's conducr,
else one
would tear out what another had
accomplished. The result would be
confusion. chaos, anarchy - de–
struct ion.
"This is a simple way of explain–
ing the need of GOVERNMENT to
regula te the lives of millions of
people within a nation.''
Chairman Mao:
" lf it wasn' t our
Communist form of government. it
was no good."
My se!t
"Every government is
based on LAW. The GOVERNMENT OF
Goo. as placed over the angels. was
based on God's law - a spiritual
law - a WAY OF LIFE based on th e
principie of LOVE.
ll
is the OUT–
FLOWTNG way.
nor
self-centered or
INcoming.
"One thing God CANNOT crea te
The
PLAIN TRUTH March 1977
' ' You must know that
the very presence of
radioactive e/ements and
the fact of .radioactivity
proves there has been
no past eternity of matter.
There was
a
time when
matter did not exist.
Then carne
a
time when
rnatter carne into
existence.' '
insta ntaneously by fiat is righteous
CHARACTER. God's LAW is THE WAY
of righteous cha racter. In th is the
angels had been instructed. But they
we re. of necessity. req ui red to make
th eir own decisions about accepting
a nd o bey ing God 's gove rnment
from their own reasoning, else they
would not have had character. per–
sonality, or been more than autom–
atons."
Chairman Mao:
"But you ca n' t
get around human nature."
My sel{
"On the earthly throne
over them God set the HIGHEST
being He could crea te by fi at out o f
SPIRIT - the a rchange l che rub
named LUCIFER. His POWER was
nex t to th at of God. But fi xed CHAR–
ACTER had not yet been developed
in him. He had not made his fi nal
choice.
He used his faculties of
THI NKING. REASONING . As he rea–
SOned it out , it would be better fo r
HIM
lO
TAKE and POSSESS than to
GIVE. He chose the WAY ofVANJTY
- exa lting himself even above God .
Self-exaltation gave him a good
feeling.
"He decided lust and greed were
better for HIM than giving. sharing,
helping, serving. He concluded that
jealousy and envy were better than
tolerance. outgoing LOVE: that COM·
PETITION. even though leading to
stri fe . violence and wa r, was better
th an generosity and cooperation. He
decided to REBEL aga inst God and
God's government. He persuaded
his angels into his philosophy o f
GETTING instead of God's WAY of
GIVING.
"The GOVERNMENT OF GOD was
rebelled aga inst. rejected. no longer
in force on the earth . Lucifer a nd bis
angels swept on up to God's heaven
- universe seat of government - in
an invasion. attempting
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dislodge
God from His throne and TAKE
OVER th e entire universe.
ft
had
been God's intention to give th em
that anyway, had th ey qualified un–
der Goo's GOVERNMENT to get th e
job done the ONLY WAY it could be
done.
"As a result , they were thrust
back down to earth, disqualifi ed -
with God's government d issolvea
from ea rth . Instead of order. there
was anarchy. Destruction came to
the face of the ea rth - and of ALL
PLANETS - as a resul t of the REBEL–
LION .
" Instead of LIGHT. darkness came.
Al! the planets of the universe came
into a state of chaos and decay -
waste and emptiness. But Lucifer.
whose name mea n! ' Morning Star,'
now renamed
Satan
(mea ning 'Ad–
ve rsary.' ' Competito r,' ' En emy'),
must remain on the earthly throne
UNTIL
a successor qualifies to restore
and adminis fer the
GOVERNMENT OF
Goo and is installed in office. Then
Satan sha ll be removed.
"WHEREdid this leave Goo?"
Chairman Mao:
(laur,hin~)
"Your
imaginary God was in trouble."
My sel{
" It left Him knowing that
He
(Eiohim
in two Persons) was the
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