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What EverY- Reader Needs to KnowAbout the
FOUNDATION,
HISTOR'Y,"
AUTHORITY
AND
DOCTRINE
OFTHE
WORLDWIDE
CHURCH OF GOD
We are now in the second-almost the third-generation ofthe Worldwide Church of God Many ifnot
most
Plain Truth
readers today know little or nothing about its origin, history, source and nature ofits
government, andhow it came to believe what it believes, or how those beliefs were put by the living Christ
into His Church. Every reader needs to know these facts. We hear much about uroots" these days. You
need to know not only the trunk ofthe tree in order to understand the branches and twigs in their right and
true perspective-but you need to know about the uroots" from which even the trunk and whole tree
(Worldwide Church of God) has grown.
F
irst of all, you need to know
that you live in a world cut
off completely from God.
Even though 1 have said it
before, let me put it in a brief
"nutshell." Let me resta te t he
"roots."
Once the
GOVERNMENT OF
Goo
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by
Herbert W Armstrong
ruled on this earth. God put angels
here to inhabit the earth before the
creation of man. Under their king
Lucifer, super archangel, the most
powerful being God can create next
to God Himself, they rejected God's
government, turned to the opposite
way oflife.
God's government is based on the
law and principie of love- the way
of
Gl VING.
lt
is giving to God a
return of His !ove which He gives
us- giving to God obedience to His
law of love and way of life; giving to
God reverence, worship, adoration.
Lucifer chose and turned his angels
The
PLAIN TRUTH February 1978