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Vol. XLIV, No. 1
ISSN 0032-0420
January 1979
ARTICLES
Part Two: This ls the Worldwide Church of God
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Supernatural Forces on a Collision Course! What Now?
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Part Three: The United States and Britain in Prophecy
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Step by Step
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The World Tomorrow: What Willlt Be Like?
19
Horrendous Mass Suicide
24
What ls the Devil 's Religion?
28
The Crisis at the Glose
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