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OLDEST THING
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Scripture says a day with the Lord is
as a thousand years. 1 just don't
think the Bible should be used
to deny what any honest person
can plainly see-namely that the
earth must be older than 6,000
years."
Indeed, as
The Plain Truth
has
often explained, the Bible allows for
a world before Adam and a universe
that may be billions of years old.
(W
rite for the free booklet
Did God
Create a De
vil?)
But what of Noah's Flood, which
the Bible chronology would date at
between two and three thousand
years B.C.? Did the bristlecones sur–
vive the Deluge?
The answer is obviously yes. The
Flood described in the book of Gen–
esis killed primarily animal life, not
plant life. Because of Noah's Flood,
"all
jlesh
died that moved upon the
earth" (Gen. 7:21). Yet plant life
generally survived. For example,
Noah sent out a dove which brought
back an olive leaf growing on the
newly emerged land (Gen. 8: 11).
Perhaps the bristlecones were (su–
pematurally?) preserved in the same
fashion.
Beyond 10,000 Years?
According to Bannister, tree-ring
chronologies will probably be ex–
tended even further - perhaps
beyond 10,000 years. "In the next
decade or two," Bannister told
The
Plain Truth,"
I believe the Euro–
peans may develop a continuous
tree-ring chronology even longer
than what we've achieved."
But one thing is certain:
If
the
bristlecone pine chronology is in–
deed accurate, then many tradi–
tional and conventional concepts in
archaeology and prehistory are des–
tined to be seriously challenged and
perhaps revised.
Outliving even the giant sequoias
by nearly 2,000 years, the bristle- .
cone pine is proving to be a treasure
trove of intriguing and useful infor–
mation. Perhaps it is only fitting
that the world's oldest living thing
should also provide the key to so
many fascinating riddles of the
past.
o
The
PLAIN TRUTH December 1977
Personal from...
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This coming utopia does not de–
pend on the planning or doing of
roen. It will be produced
in spite of
m
en.
The greatest event of all history
will be the coming of the
living
Jesus
Christ again to earth. But this time,
He is not coming as the gentle
young man from Nazareth, bringing
the announcement that led to His
fiogging and death at the hands of
angry roen. Jesus Christ rose from
the dead. He went to the throne of
the government of the vast universe
to be GLORIFIED, and coronated as
supreme RULER over the entire
earth. When He returns, the world
will know something of the meaning
of
"the power and the glory!"
His eyes will flash like flames of
fire. His face will not be paJe white.
It will be like the sun shining in
FULL STRENGTH. He will come with
all the POWER that created the uní–
verse! He is coming to crush every
government of men, as if to grind
them into powder! He is coming as
the King of kings, ruling over ALL
NATIONS.
He is coming to
change human
nature!
He is coming to enforce the
way of outgoing concern, of love, of
giving, serving, sharing, helping, in–
stead of grasping, taking and self–
centeredness.
Yes, I see a very bright future–
just ahead! It's the only real GOOD
NEWS in the world today!
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CHURCHGOERS
(Continued from page
3)
when theologians and the profes–
sional clergy "interpret" the Bible to
mean the very opposite of what it
plainly says, in order to pretend that it
supports their pagan teachings, then
you may
know
what is wrong.
If you will read Jeremiah
23,
Eze–
kiel
13
and
34,
which are prophecies
ofconditions
now,
in ourday; Christ's
statement of Matthew 24:4-5, 11 , 24
of the false preachers that would
deceive the MANY; and the many
statements in theBible that the whole
world would be deceived, you will
begin to understand.
It
is indeed hard
for one born, reared, and steeped in
this world's education, religion, cus–
toms and ways, to realize that this is
not
God's world, but Satan's. It comes
as a
jarringshock!
I know. l've experi–
enced it!
Tbe Bible ought never to be inter–
preted. It means what it says, and it
says what it means. Taken as it
is,
it
makes sense.
(We have two booklets
to help you in your Bible study. They
are titled
Read the Book
and
How to
Study the Bible.
Request them by
return mail.)
Don't be a spiritual coward. Look
into it
for yourself.
lt's full of sur–
prises-it's full of TRUTH-it's full of
the way toa positive peaceofmind, to
prosperity, abundant living here and
now, and to salvation in joyous eter–
na) life- FOREVER! God's world is
soon coming- the peaceful, happy
world tomorrow! O
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