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 Exciting
Tl;1.*J5fii'Si F
News
Peacels
properly handle, becausethis
world of ours has progressed
too rapidly in the wrong di-
rection!

onftery!
"Oh, I wouldn't say that!"
many will exclaim.No, people
don't want to believe it! They
seem to prefer to deceive them-
selves with wishful thinking.
But therein lies the danger!
Most men are afraid to face the
facts! But these are facts nonethe-
less.The developmentof enginesof The dreaded nuclear war we We're so hopelesslyinvolved and
mass destruction has far outpaced have all feared for so long will entangled in the type of paganized,
the developmentof man's power to come-not because God wills it, competitive-governmentciviliza-
control them. but becausemen will chooseto un- tion built upon earth that we can-
Man has built the awesome leash this destructive power on one not extricate ourselves. Let's face
Frankenstein monster that threat- another. it. We're in the death grip of an
ens to destroy him. Man has The greatest prophet who ever evil system, and only God can save
reached that stage of development lived looked down into our time us from extinction.
and "progress" where he is utterly and the now-imminent future and But God will intervene.He will
unable to save himself! declared: "And there shall send Jesus Christ once again to
These relentlessforces now set in be . . . distress of nations, with per- earth, and this time not as a lamb-
motion would continue until the fear plexity... Men's hearts failing like, gentle teacher, but in all the
so frankly expressedby top scien- them for fear, and for looking after supreme, supernatural power and
tists of the blasting of human life those things which are coming on glory of God.
completely out of existence would the earth-And then shall they see "And he shall send JesusChrist.
becomea reality, if it wasnot for one the Son of man coming in a cloud which before was preached unto
thing-the intervention of almighty with power and great glory. And you: Whom the heaven must re-
God to saveus from ourselves! when these things begin to come to ceive until the times of restitution
Shocking? Maybe to some. But pass... know ye that the kingdom of all things" (Acts 3:20-21).Jesus
thank God! His intervention is of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say himself said, "If I go...I will
sure. It's time millions were be- unto you, This generation shall not come again" (John l4:3). And his
coming alarmed-yes, fright- pass away, till all be fulfilled" coming happens to be the world's
ened-aroused by what's happen- (Luke 2l:25-32). only hope.
ing today and a little more than
curious to learn what's prophesied World Government Needed World GovernmentThrough Christ
for the not-too-distant future. World government is needed, but Few seem to have understood the
through human leaders it is sim- purpose of either Christ's coming
Trouble Ahead ply impossible! What man lives to earth more than 1,900yearsago
For the immediate future-the today who has the qualifications- or his prophesiedSecond Coming,
next five, l0 or 25 years-the who could safely be entrusted now imminent.
sobering revelation of Bible with that much power! What man He came the first time as a di-
prophecy shows this world will go would not abuse such vast power, vine messenger,bearing a message
from bad to worse. World confu- exalt himself, wield it for his own from God. That messagewas the
sion, hatred, strife, warfare and ter- ambitious and selfish purposes? good news (gospel) of the kingdom
rible destructionwill increasewith What man has the wisdom to of God-a future world govern-
rapid acceleration. It's the natural execute such power, to save this ment.
course to expect. world from itself and to adminis- That message was Christ's
The United Nations won't be ter his great office for the good gospel. In other words, it was the
able to bring peace.The aggressor of the governed? true gospel of Jesus Christ-the
nations-and we are so gullible we Human civilization has "pro- very gospel he commissioned all
never recognize them until after gressed" adversely to the point New Testament ministers to
they plunge the world into another where now it is utterly helplessto preach to all the world throughout
war-will go right on with their save the world from itself. The this age. Yet almost universally
scheming and diabolical planning world's sole hope now lies in the that true gospel messageis rejected
for world rule. supernatural intervention of God! today, and men have, as prophe-
sied, turned to another gospel-a will put itself through during the
gospel about a different Jesus,cer- immediate fs1g1e-4nd catch a
tainly not the same Jesusdescribed Peopleridicule the idea of preview of the world tomorrow!
so vividly in the New Testament. a utopia today, as though First, the nature of Christ's
Yes, it was Jesus Christ who world rule:
first proclaimed to the world the it were impossible.But "With righteousness shall he
idea of world peace through a why shouldutopia be judge the poor, and reprove with
future world government. equity for the meek of the
Jesusproclaimed himself the fu-
thought of as impossible? earth. . . . They shall not hurt nor
ture King of that world govern- Why shouldn'twe haveit? destroy in all my holy mountain;
ment-and for this cause he was for the earth shall be full of the
crucified (John l8:37). knowledge of the Lord, as the
But what men did not under- waters cover the sea [none de-
stand about his messagewas that other question. Why is there so ceived, as most are today-true
his kingdom was for the future. He much unhappiness,strife, injustice, knowledge universally-true edu-
said plainly, "My kingdom is not of fear and suffering now? Simply be- cation shall be a basic part of the
this world" (verse 36). cause men are thinking, acting and programl. And in that day there
Now notice the descriptions of living contrary to all the laws by shall be a root of Jesse [Christ,
Christ's imminent return to this which such happiness, universal the Messiahl, which shall stand
earth: "And I saw heaven opened, prosperity and joy could come. for an ensign of the people, to it
and behold a white horse; and he That's the plain and simple answer. [Christ] shall the Gentiles seek"
that sat upon him was called Faith- Because of selfishness,greed and (Isa. I l:4-10).
ful and True, and in righteousness vanity. Now for the effect-a preview of
he doth judge and make war Supposeeveryoneon earth loved happinessand world peace:
[against evil].... And out of his all his neighbors equally with him- "But in the last days it shall
mouth goeth a sharp sword, that self. Supposeeveryone was honest, come to pass, that the mountain
with it he should smite the nations kind, just, considerate, gentle, [kingdom] of the houseof the Lord
["For the word of God is quick, pleasant and cheerful, industrious, [that is, the kingdom of God] shall
and powerful, and sharper than any in perfect health and of keen, alert be established in the top of the
two-edged swq1d"-Hs!. 4:12.mind, humble, trusting fully in mountains [that is, reigning over
This is not a sword of steel to do God and working happily with zeal the great nations of earth], and it
physical harm, but the Word of and enthusiasm to accomplish all shall be exalted abovethe hills [the
God to correct and do spiritual the good he could. Can you visual- smaller nations] . . . And many na-
goodll: and he shall rule them [all ize what a wonderful world would tions shall come, and say, Come,
nations] with a rod of iron; and he result? Well, it would be a real and and let us go up to the mountain of
treadeth the winepress of the practical utopia. the Lord. and to the house of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty But, you say, that's contrary to God of Jacob; and he [Christ] will
God. And he hath . . . a name writ- human character. Yes, true. But teach us of his ways, and we will
ten, King of kings, and Lord of Jesus Christ is coming to change walk in his paths; for the law shall
lords" (Rev. l9:l l-16). that! The power of God in a person go forth of Zion, and the word of
Yes, Jesus will be a supernatu- through God's Holy Spirit, the Lord from Jerusalem. And he
ral, divine world Ruler, a King changes, converts, that person. It shall judge among many people,
over all kings of the earth. His gives him power, if he wills, to and rebuke strong nations afar off;
weapon will be the Word of God- master-to overcome-the nature and they shall beat their swords
the truth! And Jesus said it is the within. Through faith he can be into plowshares, and their spears
truth that shall make men free changed into the kind of person into pruninghooks; nation shall not
(John 8:32). described above. And the mission lift up a sword against nation, nei-
He will be a "world king" who of Jesus Christ of Nazareth at his ther shall they learn war any more"
shall judge all nations in righteous-Second Coming is to work exactly (Mic. 4:l-3).
ness. Surely that's the world's that change in humanity! It is when people are no longer
greatest need. Impossible! Oh, no! Nothing is deceivedby Satan, when God's law
impossible with God! And Jesus is goes forth, when people begin to
ls a Real Utopia lmpossible? coming in all the supernatural seek God's laws and live by his
People ridicule the idea of a utopia power and glory of God! ways and when, through Christ and
today, as though it were impossi- the indwelling of God's Holy
ble. But why should utopia be Preview of Coming Utopia Spirit, we are able to develop in
thought of as impossible? Why It's possible, now, for us to peer our lives the character of God that
shouldn't we have it? into the future----on over past and we shall have peace, prosperity,
The answer comes through an- beyond the hellishness this world happinessand joy! D
Youh
Over the past near 6,000 years of
human history, God has allowed
man to govern himself and to try
his own ways. When God has inter-
vened in the affairs of man, he has
not done so unless he had first
made it known through his
prophets. Those prophets, as we
have mentioned, often wrote not
only of events for their time, but
for the prophesied "time of the

PROPHECT
If we are living in the end time, we needto know it.
end." That time is now nearer than
world leaders think.
Another important key in under-
standing prophecy is revealed in
the book of Daniel: Let's notice it
in Daniel l2:4: "But t hou, O
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal
the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and
rou'vE HEARD them lon. The prophet said in Ezekiel knowledge shall be increased."
a l l : Ar ma g e d d o n . l:1, ". . . as I was among the cap- And again in verse 13 God said to
by the river of Chebar, that Daniel, "But go thou thy way till
The Second Coming. tives the heavenswere opened,and I saw the end be: for thou shalt rest, and
The beast. The num- visions of God." In chapter two, stand in thy lot at the end of the
ber 666. The Great Tribula- God gave Ezekiel his commission: days."
tion. The Day of the Lord. "And he said unto me, Son of man, Strange as it may seem, many of
What do these seemingly I send thee to the children of Is- the events God revealed to Daniel
strange biblical symbols mean? rael. to a rebellious nation that could not be understood by anyone
Is it possible to know? Is it re- hath rebelled against me. . . . And in Daniel's day-including Daniel
whether they will hear, or himself. Significant parts of the
ally possible to understand Bible they,
whether they will forbear, (for they book were indeed shut up, sealed
prophecy?
are a rebellious house,) yet shall till the time of the end. Now major
Unfortunately, when most peo- know that there hath been a parts of those prophecies can be
ple think of Bible prophecy they prophet among them."
understood. But we first need to
think of the ominous phrase "the Ezekiel had a message to the know which modern nations are
end of the world." But what the house of Israel. This was, however, affected.
Bible means by "end of the world" more than 125 years after the cap-
is not what most people think it is! tivity of the ten northern tribes of Modern Nations ldentlfled
One Third of the Bible le Prophecy the house of Israel. Think of it. Could the Bible focus
Ezekiel remained a captive and attention in prophecy on such com-
Have you ever stopped to think never took his messageto the house paratively small nations as Egypt,
that approximately one third of the of Israel. The prophecy was not Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan
Bible is prophecy? Page after page intended for Ezekiel's day-but for and the modern nation of Israel,
of God's revealed Word has to do a time far into the future. That and not even mention the populous
with the time immediately aheadof book has been carefully preserved nations of the world today?
us. In fact, almost 90 percent of through the centuries. Its message What about the great nations in
the events prophesiedto happen in to warn the modern descendantsof today's world such as the United
the Bible have not yet occurred. the so-called lost ten tribes of Is- States, Britain, Canada, Germany,
Whole books of the Bible are rael has been written and preserved France and the other democracies
devoted to prophecy. Ancient writ- for us. of northwestern Europe? What
ers such as lsaiah, Jeremiah or about the Soviet Union? What
Ezekiel wrote their messageshun- For the "Timo of the End" about the People's Republic of
dredsofyears beforeJesuswasborn. In Amos 3:7 God reveals a most China? Japan? What is prophesied
Their writings have been preserved important prophetic principle: for these large nations today?
in the Bible. Many of their prophe- "Surely the Lord God will do noth- There are Bible propheciesabout
cies, however,were not intended to ing, but he revealeth his secret ancient cities such as Tyre,
come to pass in their time-but in unto his servants the prophets." Ashkelon, Zidon, Babylon and
the "time of the end." God has promised he will not Jerusalem. Does the Bible ignore
For example, the prophet personally intervene in the affairs modern cities-New York. Los
Ezekiel was among the Jewish cap- of mankind to bring about Angeles, Montreal, Johannesburg,
tives carried into captivity by Neb- prophecy unlesshe has first had his Sydney, London, Moscow, Rome
uchadnezzar, king of ancient Baby- servants proclaim that message. and many others?
 The Bible does not specifically you need to write for our free book end. In that same book of Daniel
mention these modern nations and The United States and Britain in we find the overview of prophecy.
cities by name, of course. But Prophecy. It wiil make plain the God chose to reveal the frame-
events affecting them are prophe- identity of the English-speaking work of prophecy to the Babylo-
sied for the future. world and help you understand the nian king Nebuchadnezzar. In the
One important principle is that prophetic times in which you live. second chapter of Daniel, we read
most Bible prophecy relates to the Since most Bible prophecy fo- that Nebuchadnezzar had a vi-
ancient nations of Judah and Is- cuses on the modern descendants sion-a strange dream. In the
rael. A common misconception to- of ancient lsrael and Judah, you dream he saw a large image with a
day is that many people think can't understand Bible prophecy head of gold, upper torso of silver,
prophecies concerning ancient Is- without an understanding of who waist of brass and legs of iron. He
rael relate only to the modern na- these people are today. could not understand the meaning
tion of Israel in the Middle East. Other nations, while not named of the vision.
But Israel and Judah were not in the Bible by their modern God gave Daniel the interpreta-
the same nations. Ancient Israel. names, are spoken of in the Bible tion, which is recorded in Daniel
after Moses and the 2:36-45. In these
judges,was a nation di- verses God revealed
vided until the reign of that Nebuchadnezzar
king David. It contin- and the Babylonian
ued as one nation un- empire were symbol-
der Solomon. After ized by the head of
Solomon's death, the gold. The vision, how-
kingdom was again di- ever, revealed the em-
vided. The northern pire would not con-
ten tribes united under tinue indefinitely. In
Jeroboam and, later, fact, there would be
establisheda capital at successiveempires that
Samaria. Judah and would exist until the
Levi, along with a por- government of God
tion of the tribe of would be established
Benjamin, retained on earth.
Jerusalemas their cap- In the early autumn
ital and became known of 539 B.c. the Persian
as the houseof Judah. king, Cyrus, conquered
Since that original Babylon and estab-
split, there never again lished the Medo-Per-
was a nationalunion of sian empire as the
Judah and Israel. God choseto revealthe frameworkof second imperial
Some 200 years af- power-the torso of
ter the split, the north- prophecyto the Babylonianking silver. It lasted more
ern tribes of Israel Nebuchadnezzar. . . . Nebuchadnezzar than 200 years.
were taken into captiv- Then, the Macedo-
ity by the Assyrians. h a d a v i s i o n ....h e sa w a la r g eim a g e nians and Greeks came
About 125 years with a head of gold, upper torso of to power. Under Alex-
later the Babylonian ander the Great, Greek
king Nebuchadnezzar
silver,waist of brassand legs of iron. culture and art were
took the house of Ju- infused throughout the
dah, the Jews. into Middle East. That em-
captivity. Later, under the Persian as they come into contact, in Bible pire, the brass waist of the image,
kings, the Jews were permitted to prophecy,with Israel.So, while na- lasted three centuries until Rome
return to their homeland. tions such as the Soviet Union and became the dominant force in the
By this time, part of the north- the People'sRepublic of China are world.
ern tribes of lsrael had begun to not specifically named in the Bible By 3l B.c. Rome had conquered
migrate from Persia toward Eu- by their current names, there are most of the territory of the previ-
rope. Over centuriesof time, they events revealed about them in ous three empires and much more.
finally settled in northwestern Eu- prophecy. Rome divided into east and west-
rope. Later some came to the But first, let's understand the the two legs of the image-and
Western Hemisphere,the southern overview. ruled longer than any of the pre-
portion of Africa, to Australia and ceding kingdoms-till e.o. 476,
other parts of the world. The Panoramaof Prophecy when the empire finally collapsed.
To understand who are some of We have already seen in the book But remember the vision given
the modern nations descended of Daniel how prophecy could not to king Nebuchadnezzar revealed
from the so-called lost ten tribes. be understoodtill the time of the successivekingdoms that would
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rule until the government of God of those successivestages have al-
would be set up. Notice it in ready come and gone. UnderstandingBible
Daniel 2:44: "And in the days of The seventh and final stage or Symbolism
these kings shall the God of heaven resurrection of the Roman empire We've already seen several exam-
set up a kingdom, which shall is yet ahead. About it, John wrote: ples of Bible prophecy using sym-
never be destroyed: and the king- "And the ten horns which thou bols. Nebuchadnezzar, for exam-
dom shall not be left to other peo- sawest are ten kings, which have ple, had seen a great image
ple, but it shall break in piecesand received no kingdom as yet; but symbolizing human governmentsin
consumeall these kingdoms, and it receive power as kings one hour sequence. There are numerous
shall stand for ever." with the beast. These have one other Bible symbols which, when
The kingdom of God is not yet mind, and shall give their power understood,give important keys to
established over the earth. Man and strength unto the beast. These understand prophetic events.
continues to rule-still writing the shall make war with the Lamb. and Perhapsa most important aspect
lessons of human history. How, the Lamb shall overcomethem: for of Bible prophecy should be ex-
then, did the Roman empire con- he is Lord of lords, and King of plained here. That simply is: the
tinue after A.D. 4762 Bible interprets the
The answer is found Bible. In other words,
in the book of Revera- you do not have to rely
tion. on what someone
In the l3th chapter thinks a certain word
of Revelation. the or symbol means. If
apostle John saw a vi- you search the Bible,
sion depicting the same you will find the mean-
empires that God re- ing of each symbol re-
vealed to Daniel. In vealedwithin the pages
this chapter, John saw of the Bible. Some-
these nations symbol- times it will be in the
ized by a strange ani- same verse. Other
mal that he called a o
times it will be in the
"beast." In verse 3 we z
same chapter or in the
o
read: "And I saw one z
same book. But if not
of his heads as it were interpreted in proxim-
-
wounded to death; and ity to the symbol, it
his deadly wound was z
a will be inter preted
healed: and all the somewhereelse in the
world wondered after Bible. You might find
the beast." a symbol in the book of
When Rome was fi- In the l3th chapterof Revelation,the Revelation interpreted
nally defeated in n.o. by a prophecy in the
47 6, it was only a apostleJohn saw a vision depictingthe book of Matthew. Or
wound. The Roman sameempiresthat God revealedto something Zechariah
empire did not die to-
tally in 476. The Daniel.In this chapter,John saw these saw might be inter-
preted in the book of
deadly wound was nationssymbolizedby a strangeanimal Revelation.
healedin a.n. 554. The We've seensome ex-
Eastern Roman em-
that he calleda "beast." amples of this in the
peror Justinian re- vision of king Neb-
stored the empire in vchadnezzar. In the
the west. kings: and they that are with him second chapter of Daniel, God re-
God further revealed to John in are called, and chosen. and faith- vealed to Daniel the interpretation
Revelationl7:3: "So he carried me ful" (versesl2-14). of the dream. Each part of the
away in the spirit into the That final resurrection of the image representedan empire.
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit Roman empire is going to be made Another example of the Bible
upon a scarlet coloured beast, full up of ten nations or groups of na- interpreting the Bible is found in
of names of blasphemy, having tions united together in one final Revelation 12. In this vision John
seven heads and ten horns." This attempt of man to maintain human saw a great red dragon who had
pictures the revival of the Roman government. That union of nations drawn one third of the stars of
empire after a.o. 554. will be very short lived, as we read heaven. Who is the red dragon?
And that's exactly what hap- in verse 12. and in Daniel 2:44. And who or what are the stars?
pened. Coming out of the ashesof The government of God will be The dragon is plainly identified
the original Roman empire in the established in the days of this in the same chapter. Read verse 9:
west were to be seven successive final restoration of the Roman em- "And the great dragon was cast
revivals.At this time in history. six pire. out, that old serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world. . . ." The dragon
is identified as Satan the devil. (Of
course, many do not believe he ex-
ists today----or they think he ap-
pears as the custodian of hell.) In
the guise of a serpent he deceived
Eve and tempted Adam to sin in
the garden of Eden. That same
devil has continued ever since as
the god of this world (II Cor. 4:4).
But what are the stars? Here is
a good example of the Bible inter-
preting the Bible in the same book,
but severalchapters away. Turn to
Revelation l:20: "The seven stars
are the angels of the seven
churches." Here stars are used to
symbolize angels. Obviously these
sevenstars are not the sameangels,
symbolized by stars, that Satan
took with him in his rebellion
against God-but we see the bibli-
cal principle that stars can be used
to symbolize angels.No doubt, the
stars of Revelation l2:4 represent
one third of the angelic creation
that rebelled against God before
the time God created the first hu-
mans, Adam and Eve. That fasci-
nating story has often been told in
The Plain Truth. You can read
further on it in Ezekiel 28:ll-17
and Isaiah 14:12-15.
Many PropheclesAre Dual
Another important principle in un-
derstanding Bible prophecy is the
duality of prophecy. In
I Corinthians l5:45, Christ is
called the second Adam. The first
Adam was the first mortal human
being to converse with God. He
later sinned, and the death penalty
passedon to mankind. The second
Adam, JesusChrist, came and paid
the penalty for sin. Thus, it was
made possible for man to be for-
given of his sins and to be born into
the family of God.
In the same l5th chapter an-
other principle of duality is re-
vealed-mortal human beings can
be born again, made into immortal
spirit beings by a resurrection from
the dead.
Prophetically, the principle of
duality is very important. Many of
the propheciesGod revealedto the
prophets of old had partial fulfill-
ments in their day. Thus, when
Isaiah or Amos prophesied to the
ancient house of Israel, some of
those events occurred in the origi-
nal captivity. When Jeremiah
prophesied to the house of Judah,
many of those events came to pass
in his day. Some of the events
prophesied in the book of Daniel
began to happen in the days of
Babylon, Persia and Greece, up to
the time of Antiochus Epiphanesin
167-164 B.c. But those prophecies
were only partially fulfilled or were
antetypical fulfillments of yet fu-
ture times.
Time after time, the prophets
foretold events that would lead up
to the establishmentof the govern-
ment of God on the earth. The
prophets delineated the sins of the
people of the ancient housesof Is-
rael and Judah and told the people
they would be punished.
And those punishments indeed
did come on them and will come on
their modern descendants.But the
kingdom of God was not estab-
lished in their day-and has not
been yet. These Bible prophecies
also tell the sins of people today
and the resulting end-time events
that will lead up to the Second
Coming of Christ and the estab-
lishment of the government of God
on the earth.
The Focal Polnt of Prophecy
Almost all propheciesrelate directly
or indirectly to the establishmentof
the government of God on the
earth-the coming of the Mes-
siah-the SecondComing of Christ.
We read in Daniel 2:44, "And in
the days of these kings shall the
God of heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed."
And in Zechariah l4:4. "His
feet shall stand in that day upon
the mount of Olives, which is be-
fore Jerusalemon the east, and the
mount of Olives shall cleave in the
midst thereof toward the east and
toward the west...."
And in verse 9, "And the Lord
shall be king over all the earth: in
that day shall there be one Lord,
and his name one."
The coming of the Messiah and
the establishmentof God's govern-
ment is vividly depicted in Revela-
tion l9:l l: ". . . heaven opened,
and behold a white horse; and he
that sat upon him was called Faith-
ful and True, and in righteousness
he doth judge and make war."
These same prophecies all show
there will be one final battle. The
world will not welcomeJesusChrist
with open arms. Much of the world,
in fact, may well be deceived into
believing Jesus Christ's Second
Coming is an invasion from outer
spaceor even the appearanceof the
antichrist. The nations will gather
forces at the valley of Megiddo in
Palestine. Hence that last great
battle is usually called the battle of
Armageddon-meaning armed
Megiddo (Rev. 16:16and l9:19).
That short and final battle will at
last be the war to end war. Those
rebellious armies will be swiftly
put down and the world will enter
into the glorious and long prophe-
sied kingdom of God.
The Bible has not specified the
exact day, month or year of these
final events. But the events them-
selveshave been recorded and hid-
den in the propheciesof the Bible
until our day. We now live in a time
in which we need to watch world
events as never before. Jesus said.
"Watch ye therefore, and pray al-
ways,that ye may be accountedwor-
thy to escapeall these things that
shall come to pass,and to stand be-
fore the Son of man" (Luke 2I:36).
We have only scratched the sur-
face of understanding prophecy.
But these keys provide a beginning
point-a frame of reference upon
which to build a prophetic study of
the Bible. As those days approach,
those dozens upon dozens of
prophecieswill begin to be fulfilled
one after the other. Be sure you are
studying your Bible and watching
world news so you can understand
the times in which vou live. tr
 our own future is laid
bare, now, in proph-
ecy! The curtain of
the future is drawn

Lies
back.
Propheciesthat for centuries
,*'ere closed and sealed tight
now stand revealed. This mysti-
ff ing. neglected third of the

NOWh
Bible has become plain. Myster-
ies of God, never before under-
stood, have become crystal-
clear. God's own time for this
revealing has come. The keys
that locked the future have been
found.
But what is actually going to
happen is not what the world ex-
pects!
Today this world is changing-
fast! Unprecedented events are Take a peek,now, into the surprisingfuture, as it will
shaking the world already. Yet happen!Not what men plan-but what God says!
what we have seen is mild com-
pared to the catastrophic happen- Here, in understandable language,is a quick summary
ings that will rock this world in the of all prophecy-the neglectedone-thirdof your Bible
near future! madeplain. It's truly startling!
You may well have to live into
these tremendous times. This is
your life! You live here, in this
erupting world! It behoovesyou to
know what the Creator-ruler of the mankind has merely written these earth in all the supreme power and
universe now makes known! lessonsin human experience,while glory of the Ruler of the universe!
But first, before we begin the he has refused to learn them. And the misguided humans of
summary of all prophecy, hear the But God Almighty is working earth will be ushered into an unbe-
good news-how it all comes out! out his purposehere below! We are lievable Utopia of God's making-
In this instance, it won't spoil the entering the very crisis at the close and delivered. at last. from their
story to hear the ending first. of the allotted 6000-year period for own folly!
working out that purpose. Now, in
Good News Flrst short order, in constantly accelerat- Now Here's YOUR Future
In the end, we are really going to ing swiftness, events will speed up But where are we, now, in the
have world peace!We are going to and mankind is going to be forced, panorama of prophecy-fulfillment?
have actual Utopia-far beyond by the supernatural power of God, Are we being sucked into the
the dreams of today's world-plan- to learn the supreme lesson of the vortex of a hydrogen-bombwar be-
ners! ages-that God's laws and ways tween the United States and Rus-
It will not be a millennium of were set in motion for our good, sia? That's the inevitable first
man's devising, however. It will not and that the Eternal is Ruler over question.
be a world of idleness and ease- all! The answer is that no such war
but one of production, plenty, Yes, the supreme crisis of the is included in the many prophecies
health and happiness. agesis nearly upon us. Today we're that fill a third of your Bible. It
Man does not know the way to in the lull before the real storm hardly seemspossiblethat the hun-
peaceand happinessand joy. What breaks in imagination-defying fury. dreds of detailed prophecieswould
man is bringing on the world is the Then, suddenly, God will step in omit all mention of such a war, if
diametric opposi te-such and take over! He will speedily it were going to occur.
catastrophicand terrifying destruc- punish this world for its iniquity! Actually, in a different sense,
tion that human life will be erased The divine wrath will quickly sub- such a war beganimmediately after
from the earth in this generation due a defiant world that has World War II. But that war be-
unless God Almighty intervenes! reached the end of its rope! Super- tween the super powers is a psy-
But the Creator and Director of natural intervention will prevent chological warfare of propaganda,
all force and energy is going to humankind from committing cos- infiltration, subversion, demoral-
intervene! Mankind has some mon- moscide. God will send Jesus ization. It is a warfare that has
umental lessons to learn. So far. Christ once again, in person, to attacked minds, moral and spiritual

God allotted 6,000 yearsfor humanshostile
to God and God's laws, to write the lessonof
the vain, self-centered,getting way of
life-the way that appearsso alluring and ,
attractiveto fallible human minds!
va l u es , as well a s b o d i e s a n d
e a rthly pos s es s io n s i n n u m e ro u s
small wars in many areas of the
world.
God Almighty says of the com-
petitive atheistic system in this on-
going psychological and military
stru ggle: " 1 am a g a i n s t th e e " !
(Eze k . 38: 3) . E v e n tu a l l y , h e w i l l
d e st r oy t his c omp e ti ti v e s y s te m
and its military power and bring its
peoples to spiritual conversion.
B ut of t he A m eri c a n a n d E n g l i s h
peoples and the other nations of
n o rthwes t er n E u ro p e , p ro p h e c y
says that they allow themselves "to
b e m ix ed up w i th fo re i g n -
e rs: . . . f or eigners e a t a w a y h i s
strengt h, unk now n to h i m ." G o d
says they fly like a silly, senseless
dove to seek alliances with foreign
nations, forsaking God (Hos. 7:8-
I 3 , M of f at t t r ans l a ti o n ).
But the prophecy reveals no mil-
itary war between the Soviet Union
a n d t he Unit ed Sta te s . T h e
prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39-
e xp lained in deta i l i n o u r fre e
brochure Why Russia Will Not
Attack America, describes a later
event.
M eanwhile, h o w e v e r, th e
U.S . S . R. is ex er t i n g a tre me n d o u s
influence over trends in Europe.
All Europe is directly under its
shadow.
Many Europeans are becoming
distrustful of the bungling capital-
i st s uper power , U n i te d Sta te s .
Also, many Europeans are thinking
more and more about the coming
United States of Europe!
Am er ic ans , w i th th e B ri ti s h ,
gave Europe the idea. They tried to
organize the European nations to-
g e ther agains t R u s s i a . B i b l e
prophecy, however, reveals that the
I
clay." The European nations will
unite economically and militarily-
but they are suspicious and envious
of each other.
Germany and Italy are coming
back from defeat, not as opponents,
but within the framework of a Eu-
ropean economic community and
within an American-directed mili-
tary alliance.
When this United States of Eu-
rope emerges, Europe will have the
hydrogen bomb now in French and
English possession only, and the
guided missiles to defend them-
selves and to project their power
Europeans are going to unite and worldwide.
compete against the English-speak- Today the stage is gradually be-
ing -oeoples.The stage is being setl ing set! At a certain moment, the
What is lacking now is the strong new leader of this European com-
leader! Germany is the economic bi ne w i l l appear i n the public eye.
and military heart of Europe. Prob- He's already behind the scenes-in
ably Germany will dominate the acti on! B ut the w orl d do es not yet
coming United States of Europe, recogni ze hi m!
even if a neutral Austrian becomes P erhaps even thi s com ing m ili-
the dominant political figure. tary-political leader does not yet
Bu t Bri tai n w i l l have no part i n know hi msel f w ho w i l l f inally be
it in its final stage. chosen to lead Europe and also
T h i s astoundi ng resurrecti on i n does not yet know how many, or
Europe of the Roman Empire is precisely which nations from West-
the next prophesied major political ern and Eastern Europe will join in
event. The world will be dumb- this United States of Europe, the
founded when this military colos- final restoration of the Roman Em-
sus actually emerges to solve eco- pire. But you and I can know the
nomic and political problems the number-for God Almighty wrote
United States has been unable to
solve in decades of leadership.
While the U.S. has been focus-
i n g i ts attenti on on the U .S .S .R .
w i th a nti quated di pl omacy and
mi l i ta ry mi ght, the w orl d' s thi rd
superpower has been fitfully trying
to u n i te i n E urope.
Ye s , T h i s l s P rophesi ed!
You think all this fantastic? All
th i s w a s know n to God A l mi ghty
and recorded by him in his prophe-
cies 2,500 years ago!
You'll find this prophesied in
Daniel 2 and 7, and more specifi-
cally in the lTth chapter of Revela-
tion-a United States of Europe-
a flash in-the-pan final resurrection
of the ancient Roman Empire!
It will possess greater military
might by far than the Rome of old,
but it will also inherit fatal weak-
nesses. Prophecy symbolizes this
admixture of never-equalled mili-
tary and economic might and un-
precedented weakness with the apt
p h ra s e , " i ron mi xed w i th mi ry
 it down 2,500 years ago in Daniel
2 and 1,900 years ago in Revelation
l7l There will be ten European
nations or groups of nations. These
te n w ill giv e all th e i r mi l i ta ry
p o \r'e r t o t he c en tra l o v e r-a l l
l e a d e r- pic t ur ed under
prophetic s1'mbol, "the beast."
The prophecy does not reveal
exactl!' which ten nations will be
i n cl u ded- but t his re s u rre c te d
Roman Empire will bind together
some 350 million people! That is
more man-power than the U.S.S.R.
or the United States has.
The strong indication of
these prophecies,then, is
that some of the Balkan
and other East European
nations are going to be
torn away from behind the
iron Curtain.
Drastic Weather Changes
While this coming Eu-
ropean Colossus is devel-
oping, an alarming revo-
lution is beginni ng to
occur in the weather.Hur-
ricanes, floods, sectional
drought worldwide are in-
creasing.
And now, the next
prophesied event-to
strike in the full fury of its
\\ -il;
climax before the democratic na-
tions are brought low. by the resur-
rected Roman Empire-is a ent places" (Matt. 24:7). Already
famine, caused by unprecedented
drought andfor floods and affect-
ing Africa first, then other areasof
th e the Third World and finally the
United States. Britain. and north-
western Europe. And immediately
in its wake will come the most
frightful epidemic of contagious
and degenerativediseases!The dis-
easeAIDS is only the forerunner.
Jesus Christ foretold it in his
*;'
piophecy: "For," he
tion shall rise against na-
tion, and kingdom against king-
dgrn"-1h21's yy31l-And we are
now in the recess between the 2nd
and 3rd rounds of it. "Then there
shall be famines,"-that's the next
major world-event now prophesied,
"and pestilences"-disease epi-
demics, "and earthquakesin differ-
there is an increasein frequency of
major earthquakes, all over the
world.
"All these," Jesus continued,
verse 8, "are the beginningof sor-
.o*r"-(marginal reading, ..tra-
vail").
This will be the very beginning,
as Jesus said, of what the Bible
calls the Great Tribulation!
Jeremiah's prophecy is more
specific. God revealed to the
prophet that it is the be-
ginning of the national
trouble to come on the
United States, the British
nations, and the democra-
cies of northwestern Eu-
rope! And, as both
Jeremiah and Jesus
Christ were inspired to
record-and also the
prophet Daniel-it will be
the most catastrophictime
of national religious trou-
ble that has ever struck
any nation, or ever will!
Still more specificis the
prophecy of Ezekiel.
Here is exactly how
catastrophicit will be: one
third of the American and
the British population will
die in this famine and dis-
easeepidemic!
Read it. in Ezekiel5:12:
"A third part of thee
shall die with the
pestilence, and with
the famine shall they
be consumed in the
midst of thee."
At the outset we
stated that the keys that
had kept prophetic
doors locked and closed
from human understand-
ing have now been
found-or, more prop-
erly, been given to us
by God. No denomina-
tions possessthose keys, for to do
so they would have to acknowledge
error, and receive correction and
new light from the Word of God.
What they did not possessand pro-
claim 50 or 100 or more yearsago,
they sadly do not acknowledgeto-
day. But if you do not yet under-
standthat the "thee" of whom God
through Ezekiel is here talking is round about thee; and I will scatter unity in a time of growing secu-
the English speaking nations and a third part into all the winds, and larism and atheism.
the other democratic nations of I will draw out a sword after Jesus Christ said. "Ye shall be
northwestern Europe, as set forth them." hated of all nations . . . Then shall
and plainly proved in our free book This is foretold in many prophe- they deliver you up to be afflicted,
(sent on request) The United cies, but here is one that shows the and shall kill you."
States and Britain in Prophecy, effect that only weapons like the Do you foolishly and carelessly
then just remember that these peo- hydrogen bomb can produce-the assume he meant somebody else?
ples are guilty of the very things very next chapter of Ezekiel: Our book The United States and
that the people it does refer to are "In all your dwelling places,the Britain in Prophecy proves he
guilty of-and God is no respecter cities shall be laid waste" (Ezek. meant us. We are the nations that
of persons;so these things are go- 6:6). A few cities were laid waste are to be hated by other nxlisns-
ing to happen to us. Unless we in World War II. But not until the or hadn't you realized that alarm-
heed and repent! production of the hydrogen bomb ing fact?
The details of the Great Drought has it ever been possible to totally Jesus Christ meant us-and his
coming upon us are described in destroy all major cities! words are as certain and sure as the
the first chapter of Joel. [t's a rising and setting of the sun!
'1OurGreat Natlonal Galamlty
frightful, desolatepicture of starva- Luke's inspired account of Jesus'
tion and disease! Yes, wake up! American and words makes it even more specific:
Britain! You have grown calloused "For thesebe the daysofvengeance,
Then, World War lll and indifferent to world revolution, that all things which are written may
But all these things, as Jesus ex- wars and the threat of hydrogen- be fulfilled"-1[41 is, when the
plained, are to be only the begin- bomb war. prophetic eventsof your Bible come
ning of national trouble. You Americans and British! You to their climax, and all prophecies
Once we are weakened by star- smug, proud, stiff-necked compla- are suddenly and rapidly fulfilled at
vation, disease, and the resulting cent people! Many of you enjoy a this end-time! "And they"-r0""L-
calamitous economic depression, prosperity God never lavished on ing of our nations, "shall fall by the
the ten-nation European Colossus any other people-you heedlessly edge of the sword, and shall be led
will suddenly meet the stubborn permit yourselves to become soft away captive into all nations" (Luke
and foolish United States in a con- and decadent, setting your foolish 2l:22, 24). This prophecy refers
frontation over the future of hearts on push-button prosperity only typically to the Jewishcaptivity
Jerusalem. Politics, religion and and leisure, while others among of n.o. 70. It refersprimarily to our
the life-blood of economics----oil- you are poor and go hungry. You future.
will be involved. The result will be ignore that entire prophetic third Jeremiah was inspired by the
the destruction of our cities and of God's Word, warning you of Almighty to picture this invasion,
our centers of industrial and mili- impending disaster and offering defeat and captivity and to explain
tary production! you divine protection from it! why it's coming!
The very next words of Jesus' Will any one of you who now
prophecy (Matt. 24:9, 2l-22) are read this warning awaken to the Why We Shall be Punlshed
"J[gn"-not five years or a gener- stern reality? In the 30th chapter, God revealsto
ation later, but "then" shall they God Almighty now reveals, in Jeremiah that the time of the
deliver you up to be afflicted, and time to prevent it, that one third prophecy is the time of world war,
shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all our people will die of star- the most terrible time of trouble
of all nations;. . . and then shall be vation and disease-that our day and war of all history (verses 3-4),
great tribulation such as was not of reckoning is upon us-that we the time of our national trouble
since the beginning of the world to are to be stripped of our wealth (verse 5) climaxing in the coming
this time, no, nor ever shall be. and prosperity on which we set exodus of both our peoples--de-
And except those days [of mass our hearts-that a second third of scendantsof the lost ten tribes of
death and destructionl should be our people-of your personal Israel-and the Jews-of the tribe
shortened.there should no flesh be friends, relatives, acquaintances- of Judah and Levi-back to the
savedalive, but for the elect's sake will be killed by awesomenuclear Holy Land at the Second Coming
those days shall be shortened." forces-that the proud United of Christ.
Yes, by the supernatural interven- States and Britain are now des- We are to get into it-the most
tion of God, before all human life tined to be suddenly crushed in terrible national trouble ever to be-
is blasted from the earth! defeat-that the remaining third fall any nation-but God will de-
Jesus was there speaking of our left alive are to be carried as liver us out of it, and will finally
peoplesnationally, as well as of real captives, scattered as abject break the yoke of slavery from off
Spirit-begotten Christians individ- slaves-and that even millions of our necks (verses 5-6).
ually. them shall then be tortured inhu- But why? Are we not Christian
But Ezekiel's prophecy adds this manly in organized religious per- countries?
specific and terrifying fact: "And a secution, until their breath expires So we vainly assure sglsslygs-
third part"-half our remaining in martyrdom as traditional Chris- but the propheciesof Jesus and of
population "shall fall by the sword tianity attempts to bring about Paul reveal that we are deceived
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into a counterfeit Christianity-
our lands filled with many false
ministers, coming in the name of
Christ, calling their religion
"Christian." Jesus warned that
when we worship him by following
traditions inherited from the pa-
gans (such as Christmas, Easter,
"faith without works," etc.) that
we worship him in vain!
Jeremiah gives the reason: "I
have wounded thee," says God,
"with the wound of an en-
emy, . . . for the multitude of thine
iniquity: becausethy sins were in-
creased." And, "I will correct thee
in measure" (by this famine, dis-
ease, war, captivity and slavery)
"and will not leave thee altogether
unpunished."
Why? BecauseGod revealed to
Adam that he had set laws in mo-
tion that produce happiness,joy,
health and prosperity if we obey
them; but which bring on us curses
and separation from God and his
blessings,if we transgress.
God made man a free moral
agent, and commanded him to
choose.Adam chosea way of living
opposite to the way of God's inex-
orable laws. God sent Jesus Christ
to reveal the way of God, and to set
us a living example in that way.
But men crucified him, then later
appropriated his name, began pro-
claiming his deity, exalting his per-
son, while they deceived the world
and kept it in darkness estranged
from God by rejecting his gospel,
and instead, adopting the pagan
philosophies, beliefs, customs and
ways that have characterized this
(Satan's) world from the begin-
ning.
Today what is called organized
"Christianity" appropriates the
name of Christ-exalts his per-
ssn-\a/61ships him-but continues
to deny his message,and to rebel
against God's laws!
Can't you see what this has
brought upon humanity? Sickness
and disease; fear and worry; in-
equality and injustice; war and fear
of war; heartache, anguish, empti-
ness!
Man's inhumanity to man!
It's all the result of the ways of
vanity, pride, selfishness,greed!
Man's horizons have shrivelled and
shrunken and become centered on
his self. Life becomesa bore. so he
Can a God of love stand
idly byo and permit man
not only to destroyhis
health and happiness,but
now also to destroY all
earthlv life?
invents pleasures, amusements to
pass the time away! He organizes
for wars of conquest. He invents
engines of destruction that soon
would blast all life from off this
planet, if God would not prevent it.
Would God show love to this
world by permitting this tragic
state of affairs to continue? God
allotted 6,000 years for humans
hostile to God and God's laws, to
write the lesson of the vain. self-
centered, getting way of life-the
way that appears so alluring and
attractive to fallible human minds!
But God does love this suffering
world! God informed humans-he
sent his prophets to reveal his
ways-he sent his son-he has
been sending his true ministers.
God has pleadedwith humanity for
nearly 6,000 long years-with
words! But man persists in reject-
ing preachings and warnings.
Annihilatlonol All Life?
And now, at last, man has arrived
at a period where he is learning the
secrets of the forces of the uni-
verse! Through science,technology
and machine-industry, man is now
harnessingthe very forces and en-
ergies of nature! But he puts nu-
clear energy also to the work of
mass destruction. He now works
feverishly, fanatically, concentrat-
ing the world's most scientific
minds on developing hydrogen
bombs, guided missiles, cobalt
bombs, and other means of mass
destruction.
At last man approachesnot only a
luxury, push-button, leisure age-
but alsothe ageof push-button mass
destruction. World renownedscien-
tists who know, warn us that it is now
possible to annihilate human life
from this planet!
Can a God of love stand idly by,
and permit man not only to destroy
his health and happiness,but now
also to destroy all earthly life?
God forbid! God is a God of
love, and also a God of wisdom and
justice, who says he punishesevery
son he loves!(Heb. 12:6).
The punishment is to teach us
the lessonsof life. Man has written
the lessonthrough nearly 6,000 un-
happy yearsof emptiness,sickness,
suffering and death-written it in
human blood and anguish!But hu-
mans have never yet learned the
lesson.Man still clings desperately
to the notion that somehow he can
yet solveall his problemsand reach
out and take happinesshis own
way!
Man refuses to learn the truth!
He will not listen to God's preach-
ing! He would persist to the bitter
end to the annihilation of all hu-
man life, if God did not step in and
intervene!
There is only one languagethat
rebellious mankind will heed-
physical punishment, and being
deprived of physical assets. Very
few individuals ever came to God
through Jesus Christ in uncondi-
tional surrender until God had
punished them by physical adver-
sity. Neither will our nations-
and neither will the world as a
whole come to God in anv other
way.
Terrifylng-Yet Good News!
And so now God is about to pun-
ish! First, he will punish our na-
tions-professing Christians-his
own chosen people, chosen for a
service they have refused to per-
form! Then, after we have learned
our lessonand turned to our God.
he will punish the nations he shall
have used in punishing us.
God says,"The Lord hath a con-
troversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh . . ."-f161ry?
"He will give them that are wicked
to the sword . . . evil shall go forth
from nation to nation, and a great
whirlwind [of war] shall be raised
up from the coasts of the earth.
And the slain of the Lord shall be
at that day from one end of the
earth even unto the other end of
the earth" (Jer. 25:31-33).
Yes, paradoxical though it may
seem, this terrifying news actually
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 is good newsr-for this impending
p u n i sh m ent is t he o n l y w a y a
mankind of free choice can ever be
brought to learn the lesson-to ac-
knowledge that God's laws were set
in motion for our good-to be
brought voluntarily to choose the
ways of God which at last will
bring undreamed of Utopia!
Yes, the kingdom of GOD is
now near at hand! And that is the
best news since the first man drew
the first breath!
There is one reason, and one
only, for the never-equalled na-
ti o n a l c alam it y t ha t i s d e s ti n e d
soon to strike the United States
and Britain. In no other way will
mankind ever really learn the les-
son he has so tragically written in
human blood and suffering. God
h a s d ec r eed t hat w e . o u rs e l v e s .
must choose whether to accept his
divine rule over us with his inex-
orable laws, or whether to reject
God's Way, and follow the ways
and customs that human nature de-
vised and established in this Satan-
swayed world. And God will not
force humanity to walk his way.
Man must first learn his lesson and
then make his own right choice!
Time is running out on us, fast,
and we're too sound asleep in de-
ception to realize it!
Our peoples will continue some
few more years in comparative eco-
nomic prosperity. This very pros-
perity is our fatal curse!-[sszuse
our people are setting their hearts
on it, seeking ease and leisure, be-
co mi n g s of t and d e c a d e n t a n d
weak!
We're going the way of ancient
Rome-to a greater fall, because
we're bigger and more prosperous,
and have farther to fall!
Then, suddenly, before we real-
ize it, we'll find ourselves in the
throes of famine, and uncontrol-
lable epidemics of disease. Already
we're in a famine we don't know-
a famine of many important nutri-
ents in our foods. Our peoples have
ignored God's health and agricul-
tural laws. Not all the land has
been permitted to rest every sev-
enth year. The land has been over-
worked. Today, in certain areas,
the soil is worn out. And food fac-
tories, in the interest of larger prof-
its, remove much of what minerals
and vitamin5 lsrn2ln-while a new
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profit-making vitamin industry
leads the people into believing they
can obtain these precious elements
from pills and capsules.
And all this state of affairs be-
cause man is in defiance of his
Maker!
Along with the coming famine
and diseaseepidemic will come an
invasion of crop-destroying insects,
plant-molds,and locusts(grasshop-
pers) on a scale never before to
devastatea land. You'll read of this
in the first chapter of Joel.
World War Resumed!
All this is now only someyearsoff.
When we are stricken with the
greatest national tragedy ever to
befall a nation-people dying in
nearly every home-your loved
ones-perhaps your children, or
your parents, and scores of your
close friends-perhaps even your-
self dying in this calamity, and the
nation's economic prosperity sud-
denly tail-spinning into its lowest
ebb of depression,then the colossus
that is the restoredRoman Empire
will strike its blows-and another
third of our populations will be
killed-our major cities and indus-
trial centers destroyed.
Only one in three of your
friends-of your loved ones-will
remain alive-unless they heed the
warning and come under God's
divine protection according to his
conditions!
And remember!Every individual
will then stand on his own feet
before God. You cannot secure the
protection of your loved ones. Nor
can the prayers, the godlinessor
righteousness of any friend or
loved one saveyou. Each individual
must come to real repentance,total
and unconditional surrender to
God's will, and his Word and its
authority, through Christ as per-
sonal Savior, in order to have the
proffered divine protection from
these impending catastrophies.
(See Ezek. 14:12-14 and Jer.
3l:29-30.)
This is not pleasant to contem-
plate! It won't be believedby more
than a few. Our proud and stiff-
neckednationswill heedlesslyrefuse
to take warning! But these prophe-
cies are as certain as tomorrow's
sun-ullsss our nations do heed
God's warnings, repent and turn
from their establishedwaysand cus-
toms and return to Almighty God
and his laws and ways!
And, knowing that such an un-
believable catastrophe is soon to
strike, we have to warn you! You
can read what God says to his mes-
sengersin Ezekiel 33:l-6.
Think of it! Unbelievable?Pre-
posterous? No, it's real-very
soon,-of this very presentgenera-
tion-of all people you know
now-only one third of them will
be left alive!
Americans,Britons
Made Slaves
And that surviving third will be
uprooted from their h6mss-f1ans-
ported abroad like cattle as slaves.
There they shall not only be
forced under lashes of cruel
taskmasters to do the work of
slaves-but they will be forced to
give up whatever belief they may
have in real Bible Christianity!
They will be literally forced to ac-
cept the idolatrous Pagan beliefs
and customs that masquerade as
Christianity, or state police will ar-
rest them, and they will be tor-
tured inhumanly until they either
give in, or die in martyrdom!
Yes, millions of lukewarm inac-
tive professingChristians will suf-
fer martyrdom. You'll read of this
martyrdom-the Great Tribula-
tion-in Matthew 24:9-lO, 2l-22:
Revelationl7:6; 6:9-ll; l2:l1, and
in many other verses.
This coming Great Tribulation is
not the wrath of God upon the
world's wicked-it is the wrath of
Satanthe Devil upon Christiansand
upon the democratic,consumer-ori-
ented nations that descendfrom the
lost ten tribes of Israel (Rev. 12:12-
I 3). Millions of repentingsaintswill
be in it, and the very objectsof it-
becauseit is for their sakethat God
will intervene to cut short that
hellish time of torture (Matt.
24:22). This is not the popular or-
thodox teachingof a "Christianity"
that is a part of this world and has
lost the purposeand the plan of God.
But this is God's truth straight and
direct to you!
This is the impending time of
supremetrouble for Americans and
Britons, and for all true Christians
who are not watching, praying con-
stantly and so yielded to God's

De scribedin Rev elati o n9 :l -l l a s th e "first woe," the armies of the beast-the revivedRoman Empire, also known
as modern Babylon-will attack their enemiesto the east. Terrifying war machines(inset)and weaponsof awesome
power will deal death and destructionto millions. This attack will be one of the phasesof World War III.
wi l l that t hey s hall b c a c c o u n te d
w o rth y t o es c apeit a l l ( L u k e 2 l :3 6 :
R e v. l 2: 14) .
3 % Ye ar s - and T he n
Th i s f anat ic al, S a ta n -i n s p i re d
fi e n d i s h T r ibulat ion a n d m a rty r-
d o m w ill c ont inue on l y a v e ry s h o rt
ti me . T hen it s hall b e s u d d e n l y c u t
sh o rt by t he div ine , s u p e rn a tu ra l
i n tcrve nt ion of G od !
If G od did not ac t s w i ftl y to c u t
sh o rt this diabolic al i n h u m a n i ty o f
ma n to m an, unde r th e s a ta n i c
swa y, no hum an f l e s h w o u l d b e
saved alive (Matt. 24:22).
If th er e wer e not s o m e o f Go d ' s
e l e ct-thos e who c a n ' t b e d e c e i v e d
(ve rse 24) t hos e w h o c ry o u t to
Go d (L uk e l8: 7) - in th i s fri g h tfu l
tri b u l at ion, G od wo u l d n o t i n te r-
ve n e to s av e hum an i ty .
But for the sake of those "elect"
a w a i ti n g m ar t y r dom , w h o h a d n o t
been accounted worthy to escape
th i s a wf ul t im e, bu t w h o n o w , a t
last, do cry out to God for mercy
a n d d e l i v c rance. those days shal l be
s u p e rn a tu ral l y cut short!
D u ri n g thi s hel l i sh bri cf pcri od,
th c rc w i l l be no rel i gi ous freedom.
T h e e n ti re W estern w orl d w i l l be
u n d e r th e resurrccted R oman F,m-
p i re -C h u rch and S tate uni tcd
th c rc l i g i o n and al l school s under a
R e l i g i o u s H i erarchy, enforced by
th e c i v i l pol i ce. The eastern w orl d
w i l l b e u nder athei sti c C ommu-
n i s m. N e ither the E astern or the
We s te rn worl d w i l l permi t any true
g o s p e l p re achi ng w hatsoever.
T h i s i s thc ti me, fol l ow i ng the
fa m i n e o f food, w hen there shal l be
a s p i ri tu a l fami ne-a fami ne of
h e a ri n g the true W ord of God
(A m o s 8 :l l ). Mi l l i ons w ho now
hear the true gospel on the World
Tctmorrow program worldwide, but
w h o tre a t i t l i ghtl y or spurn i t, w i l l
w i s h th e n that they had heeded!
Su d d e n Di vi ne Interventi on
B u t a t th a t j uncture the God w ho
ru l e s th e uni verse w i l l suddenl v
u.s.s.R.
step i n, arnd supcrnarturally int cr -
venc.
H c w i l l do thi s i n tw tl st ir ges:
l i rst. by tcrri l yi ng w rrrni ng signs;
fi nal l y, by actual pl agues i n physi-
cal puni shment.
Y et. evcn thcn. God will f ir st
gi ve w arni ng! Oncc agai n, an all-
merci ful and l ovi ng God will givc
humans opportuni ty to rep ent t o
turn l rom thi s w orl d' s w ays t hat
havc cursed manki nd, and t o r e-
cei ve di vi ne protecti on fro m G od-
sent pl agues.
S uddenl y somethi ng ter r if ying
i n appearance w i l l happen in t he
sky. Just how God w i l l br ing t his
about i s not reveal ed. B ut, t o hu-
man eyes, the sun suddenl y will go
dark; there w i l l be no l i g ht lr om
the moon: the onl y l i ght will com e
i n the form of thousandsof 51s1s-
mctcors-fal l i ng to the ear t h in
such fri ghtful di spl ay that m en will
fai nt or run screami ng i n st ar k t er -
ror. A stronomers w i l l be caught
offguard, baffl ed. S ci ence will be
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EUROPE
u n a b l c t o c x plain t h c s c h a p p c n i n g s .
Bu t t lr is is only tl re b c g i n n i n g .
Fa r r r or e lr ight en i n g . n l e n w i l l
l o o k up und s uddc n l y s e c th c s i g n
o [' C hr is t ' s ir nr nine n t p c rs o n a l rc -
tu rn in t hc heuv en s (M a tt. 2 4 :2 9 -
3 0 ). T his is ex plai n c d (R e v .6 :1 2 -
1 6 ) a s t he hc av c ns d c p a rti n g a s a
scro l l being r ollc d to g e th c r, a n d
th e a w c - ins pir ing b ri g h t-a s -th e -s u n
l 'a cc o f G od t hc F a th e r. a n d a l s o
th a t ol' Chr is t at h i s ri g h t h a n d ,
b cco m ing v is ible.
Me n will bc t hr o w n i n to I' ra n ti c
tcrro r f br nc l m an c a n l o o k u p o n
Go d and liv c !
Fright c ned out o f' th e i r w i ts ,
rn cn s hall t r y t t l hi d e i n b u i l d i n g s ,
i n cav c s in t he m o u n ta i n s -th e y
sh a l l c r y out in co n s te rn a ti o n fo r
th e roc k s ol- m oun ta i n s to fa l l o n
th e m, t o hide t hem f' ro m th e s u n -
b ri g h t c ount enanc l : o f th e C rc -
a to rl
In t er r if ied pani c , a Go d -i g n o r-
i n g , G od- r ejec t ing , p l e a s u re -s e e k -
i n g mank ind s udde n l y w i l l b c c o me
14
A Eurasian army of 200 million soldierswill counter-attack.
These vaste hordes will sweepacross Europe, utterly
obliterating the cities of the resurrectedRoman Empire and
defeatingall of the armies in its path. The photo shows
recently unearthedruins near the site of ancient Babllon,
whose fall long ago prefigured the end-time destructionto be
visited upon modern Babylon.
v c ry m u ch aw are that God i s pl agues sent i n di vi ne pu nishm ent
rc a l i rw ure of hi s nti ghty pow er on those that shal l have yielded
a n d c l o s enessl themsel ves as the chi ef polit ical-
rel i gi ous agenci es of S ata n in his
O u r Wo rk B ears Frui t! dcfi ant w ar agai nst God!
At th a t rrri ghty moment ol ' earth' s A t thi s preci se j uncture- again
h i s to ry . h undrcds of thousands w i l l for the el ect' s sake God will hold
rc mc m b e r the true message fron-t back the puni shi ng w i nd s of war
(i o d th a t they had heard goi ng out and of pl agues (R ev.7:l -3 ) .
fre e l y to thc w orl d art thi s ti nre. on The actual physi cal punishm ent
lhe Wrtrld 'l'ornorrow program. of thi s great and mi ghty Day of t he
Yc s . h undrcds of thousands w ho Lord w i l l not fal l unti l G od has
trrk c i t l ightl r today. or pul i t out seal ed. w i th hi s protecti on, t hose
of rr-rindbecause it's dilferent fron-r w ho have now suffered through t he
th c te a chi ngs of thei r w orl dl y' Great Tri bul ati on (R ev. 7 : 14) , and
c h u rc h e s. w i l l then remember havc norv at l ast l earned t heir les-
a n d c ry out to God for mercyl son. and turned repentant ly t o
An d t hese hundreds ol - thou- God.
s a n d s s h a l l l earn that God' s mercy. There shal l be an i nnum er able
tru l y , i s g reater tow ard us than thc mul ti tude out of al l nations, who
h s a v c n s are hi gh above the earth! shal l i n total surrender cr y out t o
F o r G o d w i l l hear thei r repentant God. These al l shal l have r eceived
c ri e s , a nd pl ace them under hi s God' s H ol y S pi ri t-and be t hen
d i v i n c p rotecti on from the i nde- begotten as chi l dren of G od.
s c ri b a b l e terri bl e pl agues w hi ch are They shall then, at last-having
th e n y e t to comel For these are the endured the Great Tri bu lat ion-
p l a g u e s that God shal l send- havi ng seen God' s terri fying war n-
i n g .i s ns r c pc nt a n d f,u t th e i r p ro p h e c i e s rs " The da) ol ' thc resurrcctcd R ornan l :rrrpi rc . s; xr kcn
l r,,c. n ( i, r c l' . ir r in tl .. s h a l l c o n rc [-o rd " the ti rnc of' God' s w rathl ol propheti cal l r, tl s thc nt oder n
u n L i :r ( i, r c i ' r liv r nc fr(ttc c ti o n . N o " B ab-vl on" ti re cl aughtcl ol- t hc
T h e T e rri b l e D ay of the Lord
l .r.r!ri J t r ll t , lr it t h c n t (Ps 9 l :l - xncri cnt B abvl on o1' \e brrchadncz-
" V c n g e a n cc i s rri ne." sa)' s thc zar. It i s rL ' " B i rbr,l rtrr" l ed br , t he
l t. : r r i' - . . . lill t l rc ra s t ma .i o r- Al n ri g h tl ' (i od. N orv he sl .ral lpour r \ t ) t t - r ( }l i . 'l t l r t l , r l " \ \ ( ) n l : u t .t Sf( i tt
o u t th c v i :i l s of' hi s.,,engcancc on i l p ( ) s t a t c p i l g a n i / c d r c l i g i o n I'a l scl r
- , : - . : r : - r t t h i s ti rrre , a fte r th o s e rv h o have vol Lrnl ari l v choscn c a l l i n g h c r s c l f ' " '( - h r i s t i r r n . "
Sa tu n . M e a n r " h i l c . t h c i c r r c l c r o l 'th i s r - c-
, " . : ' \ ' r r ii- dc n c d th e i r h c a rts l )h g u c s. tcrri bl e bcvond dcscri p- storcd Ronlrn [ , . r r r p i r c ( 1 - r r ti p l r ccv
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\()\\' af t er t hes e n ri g h t)' c v c n ts T h c s i xth ol thcsc puni shi ng i t : r l t o t h c c n v i r o r i s o l . l c r u sa l cn r .
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l u scd l o depar t f ' r om th e w u v s tl -rn t frl rc c s l ' ro l l l ' -rrstcl n [' .i l l ope encl \ \ 'o r i d Wt r lll the bcginning ol'
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(j o d , a t las 1, af - t c r c v c ry p o s s i b l c Arn ri c s a nd thci r l l l i cs rvi l l nunrLrcr' t i r n e o l 't l t c i r r v l s i o n l 'r o l r r 1 h c l '- a st,
wa rn i ng and plead i n g s h o rt o l ' tw o h u n d r cd nri l l i on' h l t r , 'c l r t r {c r r r i l i t r r r l 'l i r r c c s i n ti r c
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d i vi n c punis hm c nt f i tl l l h u n c l re d rni l l i on s,rl cl i crs! Thcse l r o n t s o 1 ' t h c r . r 'o r l c l r r 'l L .r
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ch a l l e ngeJ es us( ' hr is t, who will have returned to th i s earth and w ho w i l l at thi s ti nre' bc i n,fcrusal emw i th his
slorified saints. In the c l i m a c ti c b a ttl e o f W o rl d W ar III (' hri st w i l l utterl v defcat l he opposi ngarnri es.

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other southwestern Asiatic terri-
tory. These lands will fall, instead,
into the hands of the forces of the
resurrected Roman Empire. (See
the last few versesof Daniel I l.)
Finally. . . The World Tomorrow!
Now we come to the climax.
At this precise juncture, Jesus
Christ glorified, to whom has been
given all power in heaven and in
earth, who upholds the energies
and forces of the entire universe by
the Word of his Power-yes, the
same Jesus Christ who trod this
unhappy earth more than 1,900
years ago-will return in clouds to
earth, visibly, personally,bodily!
This time he is coming in all his
Power and Glory, to put down all
opposition,to rule all the nationsof
earth with supernatural force and
justice. He is coming not only as
King of kings, but also as Lord of
lords.
This time he is coming to restore
the laws and the rule of God! He
is coming to enforce those spiri-
tual, inexorable laws-the very
laws set in motion to bring human-
ity peace, happiness,joy, health,
prosperity!
But thosewho shall have refused
to repent and turn to God at the
end of the Great Tribulation and
during the ensuingDay of the Lord
still will refuse to submit.
As the glorified omnipotent
Christ is descendingtoward earth
in a cloud-with all the holy angels
of heavenescorting him, the dead
in Christ-all who truly had re-
pented,been begottenby the Holy
Spirit, and who had overcometheir
own natures through God's power,
who had grown in spiritual grace,
knowledge and character, and had
enduredpersecutionand opposition
to the end-shall be resurrected
from their graves, immortal, di-
vine, now born of God at last.
The living in Christ shall at the
same instant be changedfrom mor-
tal to immortal-from material
flesh to spiritual-from human to
divine. And they shall be caught
up, with the resurrectedsaints, to
meet the descending, glorified
Christ in the air. Many have won-
dered why this meeting up in the
air. These saints, born again at the
resurrection,will rise from all parts
of a round earth. They shall be
16
The supremecrisis of the
agesis nearly upon us.
Today we're in the lull
before the real storm
breaks in imagination-
defying fury. Theno
suddenlyGod will step in
and take over.
taken through the air at the speed
of lightning (Matt. 24:27).
They shall all descendtogether
to the Mount of Olives, one-half
mile eastof Jerusalem,from which
Jesus ascendedover 1.950 vears
ago!
And now... Armageddon!
Simultaneously,at the very pres-
ence, or coming, of Christ and all
the holy angels, the seven last
plagues of God's terrible day of
wrath shall be poured out on the
remnants of this restored Roman
Empire centered in Europe. They
will be covered with boils from
head to foot. The sea. the lakes.
and the rivers will become as hu-
man blood-all drinking-waterwill
be polluted. This "beast" power
shall have shed the blood of inno-
cent Christian martyrs-now God
will give them blood to drink!
Next, the sun's rays will become
so intense men will be scorched
with the heat. But theseGod-defy-
ing embitteredspiritual sonsof Sa-
tan will only screamout agonizing
curses,blasphemingthe very name
of the God who is punishing them
to save them from themselves,just
as they once tortured others in an
attempt to convert them to their
religion. They will still refuse to
repent. Next, Christ will pour out
the fifth plague on the very seat of
this "beast" and the "false
prophet" at Jerusalem-the light
of the sun shall now be withdrawn,
and in the resulting darknessthey
will gnaw their tongues in pain-
but they will not yet surrender to
God. Instead, they will scream out
cursesagainst the name of Christ.
It is at this very stage in these
plagues that the demons, possess-
ing theserebel leaders(Rev. 16:13-
l4), will mobilize military forcesof
"all nations"-certainly a symbol
of the United Nations-in the val-
ley of Megiddo, 70 miles northeast
of Jerusalem,to fight against the
returning beings from outer
space-Christ and his angels.They
will yet try to overthrow the divine
power and continue to rule the
world themselves.They will resist
to the end! But these human lead-
ers shall be fighting supernatural
power!
Their fate will be awful! Their
flesh will consume away off their
boneseven while they yet stand on
their feet!
Then the last of theseplaguesof
divine judgment shall fall. There
will be a bedlam of thunder accom-
panying unprecedented,frighten-
ing flashesof lightning. The most
tremendousseries of major earth-
quakes of all human history will
climax. Then will fall out of heaven
a devastatinghailstorm, with huge
hailstonesweighing as much as a
hundred pounds! But again these
hardenedmen will blasphemeGod
becauseof this plague! They still
will refuse to learn their lesson,
and find the way to peaceand hap-
pinessfor all!
As the battle of this great Day of
the Lord comes to its fateful end,
with the armies that assembledat
Armageddondestroyedin the envi-
rons of Jerusalem.and as the final
plague of the seven last plagues is
poured out, the military "beast"
and the "false prophet" (who dur-
ing these closing days shall have
deceived the world by faked mira-
cles) will be taken together, and
cast alive into a "lake of fire burn-
ing with brimstone."
Satan Himself Put Away
And now, his military and religious
legions destroyed, his devil-con-
trolled human leaders dead. Satan
himself shall be cast into the abyss
or symbolic bottomlesspit-a con-
dition of total restraint, inactivity
and negation-so that he cannot
influence,sway or deceivehuman-
ity any further for a duration of
1,000 years.
Those overcoming saints of
Christ, now born of God-now
glorified, even as Christ has been
glorified-form and constitute, un-
der Christ, the kingdom of God. It
shall be at once the divine spirit-
born family of God, and the gov-
ernment of God, which shall bear
rule over all the earth!
And now what of the remainder
of mankind?
With Satan removed,their polit-
ical and religious leaders dead,
their armies totally destroyed-no
one to lead them any further into
human ways againstGod's rule, all
who remain alive after these
catastrophicwars and plagueswill
at last. submit to the rule of Christ
and the kingdom of God.
Onll' one religion will then be
taught-that of the truth of the
Creator God. Thosewho have been
converteddown through the ages,
now made immortal in the king-
dom of God. will rule over and
teach those humans who remain
alive. A fraction of today's popula-
tion will still survive. Still human
and mortal they will continue to
live and reproduce, even as they
now do. But they will be ruled over
by the immortal saints, under
Christ, with the rule of God.
For example, they will be re-
quired to observe God's annual
holy days instead of the present
world's pagan holidays, such as
Christmas, New Year's, Easter,
etc. Representative people of all
nationswill be required to come up
to Jerusalem,then the world capi-
tal, to keep the Feast of Taberna-
cles in the fall of the year. If
nearby nationsrefuse,there will be
no rain on their land thereafter.If
they still refuse, Christ will send
supernatural plagues to punish
them into submission (Zech.
l 4:16- 19).
Gradually, a stubborn, stiff-
necked, hostile and rebellious
mankind will become obedient to
the ways and the laws of God. Soon
they will begin to see that they
have health insteadof sickness;in-
teresting, abundant, happy lives,
insteadof emptiness,boredom and
unhappiness;alert, comprehending
minds, instead of dullness, ineffi-
ciency, stupidity; prosperity, in-
stead of poverty; joy, instead of
depression, fear and worry,
heartache and frustration.
They will look back over the
6,000-yearperiod of human experi-
ence during which God allowed
mankind to decide the wrong way,
and set up a man-built civilization
contrary to the laws of God. They
will compare.
Do you think anybody will then
want to go back to the ways of our
world today?
No! In those days (Mic. 4:l-3),
the kingdom of God shall be estab-
lishedaboveall nations.The people
finally will say: "Come, and let us
go up to the kingdom of God; and
Christ will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths." For
God's law, which even most
preachersand churches hate today,
shall then go forth from God's glo-
rious kingdom, and the Word of
God from Jerusalem. The earth
will at last be full of the knowledge
of God-the truth! (Isa. I I :9).
And Christ shall rule over and
judge all nations, until they beat
their swords into plowshares,their
weaponsof destructioninto imple-
ments of peaceful production. We
shall have world peace!
Yes, Utopia at last!
There are reasonsfor today's ills!
What we sow, we reap!
When, at last, God takes over-
puts down Satan, and the ways of
Satan'sworld which havemade the
nationsso unhappy-when, at last,
mankind is ruled and taught reli-
giously by God through Christ and
through his saints made immortal,
then the New World-the world
tomorrow shall reap what it then
sows-peace, happiness, prosper-
ity, health, abundant, interesting
living, overflowing joy!
It will be a Utopia beyondman's
fondest or wildest dreams!
God Almighty createdand set in
motion the laws to produce just
such a Utopia. When humanity
yields to that divine rule, we shall
have it!
And now, finally, a last word to
you who read this warning mes-
sage-this summary of the prophe-
cles:
You have been warned!
Your immediate future is of
your own choosing.You can take
this lightly, let it slip from mind,
allow yourself once again to be ab-
sorbed in the mechanicsof today's
complex society that you put this
out of mind. If you do, you have
now read your fate. On authority of
God Almighty that it is absolutely
sure!
Or, you may heed the warning,
realize the truth-that there al-
ready have occurred in the world
sufficient happeningsto verify the
reality of God's prophecies-and
repent now before it is too late. If
you do turn to God by forsaking
your way and this world's ways
through Jesus Christ as personal
Savior-if you do then overcome,
study the Bible continuallyto let it
correct and reprove and instruct
you-living by every word of God,
rather than by the ways and cus-
toms of society-if you pray
earnestlyand continually, drawing
closer and closer to God, and en-
dure in this wonderful new life,
you shall be accountedworthy to
escape all these terrifying things
soon to befall the world (Luke
2r:36).
You may escape the Great
Tribulation. And no succeeding
plague will come near you.
And, finally, given the precious
gift of eternal life, you shall be
used in God's kingdom teaching
and ruling those human beings
made joyous in that peaceful world
tomorrow!
The decision is now up to
YOU! D
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WhereAreWe
morerapidsuccession, cli-
maxingin threeand one-half lationgrowth,but over a
yearsof persecution and somewhatlongerperiodof
worldsuffering(verse14), time.We are, however,at a

NOwinBible at whichoointGod will

personally intervenein
humanaffairsto bringus
criticalperiod.
Revolutionary
are escalating,
struggles
no new

Prophecy? peace.
So whereare we now in
breakthrough
Revolution
in the Green
is at hand,the
thissecondand finalfulfill- poor nationsthat needfood
mentof Jesus'prophecy? most cannotaffordto buy it
We haveenteredthe period in sufficientquantitiesand
Faminesin Africa highlight ol "famines.. . in various the food-surolus nationsin
places"lThe situation is not Europeand in the English-
where we now are in the sequenceof reversible solelyby human speakingnationsworldwide
prophesiedevents. efforts. are facingeconomiccrises
Variouswritersof the in agricultureas a result.
Itesus highlighted the Whathas beenthe con- 1960sthoughtthe present Hunger, faminesand
I sequence of events sequence of falsereligious, situationwoulddeveloo bankruptfarmersin the in-
I endingthisage and in- socialand politicalideas? sooner.We didlSo did the duslrialworldare now
I troducingthe worldto- Civilwarsand revolution. na- authorsol the book world-news headlines. There
r-! morrow. tion fightingnationl Famine- 1975! is no turningbackthisse-
7'T"ke And what is the resultof In thisbook,published in ouenceof eventsunless
heedthat no man
deceiveyou," he warnedin civilwars.revolutionand ter- 1967.authorsWilliamand thereis completerepen-
Matthew24.4-6."For many rorism,now beginning on a PaulPaddock"forecasta tanceon an international
shallcomein my name,say- majorscale?A solutionto specificdate, 1975,when scaleand an end to selfish-
ing,I am Christ;and shall humanproblems? Thecre- the new crisiswillbe uoon nessand seltjustification
deceive many. And ye shall ation of a betterworld?Not us in all its awesomeimpor- amongnations.
hearof wars and rumoursof at all. tance."WilliamPaddock
wars:see that ye be not Instead,breakdownsof had specialtrainingin What Next?
troubled: for all thesethings agricultural productionhave agronomy, plantpathology Withthe spreadof hunger
mustcometo pass,but the occurredin nationstorn and tropicalagriculture. But and deaththerewillin-
end is not yet" (Authorized apartby civilstrife,particu- neitherhe nor we fullyfore- evitablybe increasesin dis-
Versionl. larlyin Africaand partsof saw the delayof a whole ease epidemics, both in
Not yet?Of course! Southeast Asia.Food often decadebecauseof twin landswherefamineand
cannotbe safelytransported events:the GreenFlevolution droughtoccurand in coun-
The World Just Nowl from whereit is producedto in agriculture and the impact triesto whichrefugeesflee.
Neverhaveso manydiffer- whereit is neededmost.Or of abortionworldwide. Greatstrideshavebeen
ent, confusingreligiousand food may be seizedfrom an Studentsof worldpopula- madein medicaleffortsto
politicalvoiceshad an im- alreadyhungrycountryside tion.evenUnitedNalionsex- preventthe spreadof dis-
pact on the worldas in this to feed urbanpopulations to perts,did not expectit eases.This,too, is a kindof
day of massmedia. preventyet morerevolution. wouldtake to aboutthe revolutionthat cqn postpone
And,beginning in 1917, Changingweatherpatterns year 1986for the world's the yearwhenepidemics
the worldalsohasfacedan and droughtsmakematters populationto riseto five bil- becomea woddwidedan-
ongoingperiodol civilwars evenworse. lion(fivethousand million). ger. But the costsof medi-
and revolutions one after But this sequenceof Butnotice,now,howquickly cal breakthroughs are not
another.not to mentiontwo eventsJesusdescribed,and the populationis multiplying, cheap.
worldwars. whichMatthew,Markand evenwithabortion. Who willpay for the grow-
"But the end is not yet," Lukerecord,has appeared In 1830worldpopulation ing medicalneedsof
said Jesus."For nationwill beforein history,beginning for the firsttime reached refugees?Are we goingto
rise againstnation,and in the firstcenturyA.D.As one billion.In 1930,the fig- face in medicinethe same
kingdomagainstkingdom." withmanyBibleprophecies, urewas two billion.In 1960, cost factorthat farmersin
That is, religious,political the firstfulfillmentoccurred only30 yearslater,the fig- the richernationsface?The
and economicconflictswill slowly,over a periodof ure was threebillion.Fifteen peoplewho needfood and
continue-forhumansare manycenturies,and cli- yearslater,in 1975,fourbil- healthcare most-who
not solvingtheirproblems, maxedin plaguesand '1,260 lion.In 1986,worldpopula- needsoecialeducational in-
whichare spiritual in origin. yearsof religiouspersecu- tion reachedfive billion,and structionin sanitationand
But Jesusdid not stop here. tionsin the MiddleAges it is predictedthat by 1995it nutrition-canleastaffordit!
"And therewillbe famines. (Revelation 12:6). willbe aboutsix billion. We are a criticalmoment
pestilences, and earthquakes But in this closingperiod The GreenRevolution in in the sequenceof events
in variousolaces.All these of moderncivilization. these agriculture and the explosion Jesusenumerated. Famines
are the beginning of sor- verysamepropheciesare in numbersof abortions are here.Pestilences
rows" (verse7-8). beingfulfilledagain,in much havecombinedto sustain next! n
 ft
Tii+;l;,:$'iHls
man have ever seen!
This horrible period, the time
*'hen Satan's wrath reaches its
peak just before the end of this
age. \r'as described by Jesus
Christ in Matthew 24:21-22:
"For then shall be great tribula-
tion. such as w:rs not since the be-
ginning of the world to this time,
no, nor ever shall be. And except
those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved;but
for the elect's sake those days shall
be shortened." Is the true Church going to flee to a placeof safety
God will be forced to supernatu- from the comingGreat Tribulation?Or will God just
rally intervene on this earth to pre-
vent man's total annihilation. This protecthis peoplewhereverwe are?
intervention will be brought about
by JesusChrist, who will return in
glory and power to re-establish
God's government on earth and set In order to better understand was in the end of winter in n.o. 69.
up the kingdom of God. this subject, we need to review fouf Pella is northeast of Jerusalem be-
different but related events. yond the Jordan River, south of the
But what will happen to God's
Sea of Galilee.
Church during the Great Tribula- Early Church Migrated
tion? "But the members of the church
The first event occurred as a result in Jerusalem were instructed by a
Will God protect his people
wherever they are during the Great of Christ's warning in Luke 2l:2O- prophecy, revealed to the leaders,
21 (compare Matt. 24:15-22): to abandon the city before the war
Tribulation. as some claim? Of
"And when ye shall see and to take up residencein one of
course God can, but will he?
Jerusalem compassedwith armies, the cities of Perea which was
God could have miraculously
then know that the desolation named Pella. From Jerusalem the
protected Noah and his family for
thereof is nigh. Then let them followers of Christ migrated to
the more than one year they were
which are in . . . the midst of it de- Pella" (Eusebius, Ecclesiastical
in the ark, but he didn't chooseto. part out; and let not them that are History, III, 5).
Noah and his family had to go into
in the countries enter thereinto." In fact, shortly before the au-
the ark, their "place of safety."
This prophecy was fulfilled after tumn of n.o. 66 a "sound" was
God could have supernaturally events in Judea in the fall of .t.p. heard in the Temple, of a great
protected Lot and his family in
66. Jerusalem was surrounded and multitude saying, "Let us remove
Sodom, but instead God sent an-
besieged by the Roman army un- hence." This incident was reported
gels to lead him out of that wicked
der Cestius Gallus. After a few by the Jewish historian Josephus,
city, so Lot and his family could go
days, for no apparent reason, the who said it occurred on a Pentecost
to their "place of safety."
siege was lifted and the Romans (see Josephus, Wars, book VI,
It is not what God could do, but departed from the area. chapter 5, section 3 for the report
what he will do, that counts!
Immediately after this, two and on this and other unusual events
a half years before Gen. Vespasian surrounding the fall of Jerusalem).
No "Place of Safety" and the Roman forces returned and That first move or migration of
Just what does the Bible say about besiegedJerusalem starting at the the Church was no emergency
all this? Does the Bible say, "The Passover in n.n. 69, the true "flight" as described by Luke and
Church is going to flee to a place Church did leave Jerusalem to the Matthew, but it made protection
of safety"? mountains of Judea for protection. possiblefor the Church during and
No, it certainly does not! The The Greek word in Luke 2l:21 after the fall of Jerusalem.
statement is scripturally inaccurate means "to escapeor run away, to
on two counts: I ) The Bible nowhere take flight" (not flying in the air). Those in Judea Flee
says that the Church will "flee" in The only ancient reference to The second event we need to un-
the end time and 2) the Bible this "escape" is found in the writ- derstand involves this same
nowhere uses the phrase "place of ing of Eusebius, who lived from prophecy. There will be an end-
safety." Try to find it in a concor- about A.D. 260 to 340. Eusebius time fulfillment of this text in an
dance if vou think otherwise. said the Church went to Pella-it urgent, emergency escape.
 "Then let them The Church was
which be in Judeaflee severely persecuted
into the mountai ns: during the reigns of
Let him which is on both Emperor Diocle-
the housetop not come tian and Emperor Ga-
down to take any thing lerius from e.o. 303 to
out of his house: nei- 313, especiallyin the
ther let him which is in eastern provinces (see
the field return back to Revelation2:10).
take his clothes. And In e.o. 325 Constan-
woe unto them that are tine convened the
with child, and to them Council of Nicaea.
that give suck in those Catholicism became
days! But pray ye that the state religion. In
your flight be not in order for God's
the winter, neither on Church to fully obey
the sabbath day: for God and put into prac-
then shall be great tice their beliefs, they
tribulation, such as was had to "flee" from the
not sincethe beginning centers of influence
of the world to this z and into the less-popu-
time, no, nor ever shall lated areas.
be" (Matt. 24:16-21). z
In the early period
There are certain a of this "exile" the true
points we shouldnotice l
Christians were most
here.This refers to peo- numerous in what to-
ple of God in Judea. day is eastern Turkey,
Those people of God's Shortly beforethe autumn of then Armenia. In later
Church who happento centuries they were
be in this geographical
A.D.66 a "sound" was heardin the found in scattered ar-
areawhen the abomina- Temple,of a great multitudesaying, eas of the Alpine re-
tion of desolation,or "let us removehence."This gions of Europe, espe-
surrounding of cially in the mountains
Jerus alem, comes to incident was reportedby the and small valleys, still
passmust literally flee JewishhistorianJosephus, who said it away from major popu-
for their lives!They will lation centers.
not even be able to go occurredon a Pentecost. Around 1585,which
backinto their homesto was 1,260 years after
retrieve clothing, food, 325. the threat of for-
Bibles or family. Those left inside where she hath a place prepared of eign religious domination of the
the homes will have to flee in the God, that they should feed her throne in England ended. This
samemannerassoonasthey become there a thousandtwo hundred and brought to a closethe period when
awareof theseevents. threescoredays." the Church had to carry on in the
People in this circumstancewill This scripture describes the wilderness, or less populated,
be in such danger that they must Church after Christ's ascensionto lonely areas of Europe and Asia
not call attention to the fact that God's throne (verse 5) and before Minor, insteadof the greaterpopu-
they are fleeing, or they will be the end-time "war in heaven" lation centers where Catholic and
captured and unable to escape. (verse7). later even Protestant churches
They must flee, run away, escape In this case the woman also flourished.
(not fly in the sky by plane) to the "fled" ("fled" here comes from a The fourth relatedeventwe need
mountains. Jerusalem is sur- Greek word related to the word to understand concerns the very
rounded by hills or mountains; translated "flight" in Matthew end time, just three and a half
these mountains may not be the 24:20). The period mentioned is years before Christ's return.
ultimate destination, but would 1,260 days, which in this place
have to be passedthrough to ulti- propheticallyrefers to 1,260 years The Church that Flies to Her Place
mate protection. according to the "day for a year" After the war in heaven pitting
principle found in Numbers l4:34 Michael and his angelsagainstthe
Church Fled to the Wilderness and Ezekiel 4:5. devil and his angels (Rev. l2:7),
The third prophecy we must un- The Church in this text flees Satan is cast to the earth and starts
derstand concerns God's Church into the "wilderness," a solitary, a new, vigorous persecutionagainst
from about A.D.325 to about 1585. lonely, desert place. the Church (verse l3).
Notice Revelation 12:6: "And the Here is what happened histori- After this we read: "And to the
woman fled into the wilderness, callv: woman were given two wings of a
20
great eagle, that she might fly into various times over past millennia "Watch ye therefore, and pray
th e w ilder nes s , into h e r p l a c e , and is noted for the many man- always, that ye may be accounted
where she is nourished for a time. made caves cut out of its reddish worthy to escape all these things
and times, and half a time, from rock. that shall come to pass, and to
the face of the serpent" (verse 14). If this is the place where God stand before the Son of man"
No te t hat t he w o m a n (th e takes his peoplein the end time, it (Luke 2l:36).
Church) is given two wings of a will be found to be very inhos- Who are these people "ac-
great eagle, that she might "fly." pitable. The temperatures in this counted worthy" to escape?
H e re t he G r eek w o rd l i te ra l l y desert area are extreme in both Those worthy will be watching.
means "fly" (as a bird or plane summer and winter, and even from In plain language,they will be ob-
does), not flee or escape by other night to day. serving world, national and local
means. She flies to "her place," events,especiallyas they relate to
wh i ch c ould im ply o w n e rs h i p . Truly a "Place of Safety"? prophecy,so that they will not be
Here she is nourished (fed physi- Wherever the place, will it be a caught unawaresby the snare that
calll' and spiritually) for three and place of safety? It will apparently will trap the rest of the world.
a half 1'ears("time, and times, and be safe from Satan. But it will not Those worthy will be praying al-
h a l f a t im e" ) . yet be God's kingdom. Those who ways-each day-not neglecting
Verse 17 shows that there are go will not yet have "endured to this essentialpart of Christian life.
certain others in the Church who the end." They will not yet have it Their prayers of intercession,
do not make this flight. They face made. They will still be able to sin prayers for help, prayers for for-
not just persecution from Satan but and fall away. To some the "place giveness and prayers for God's
war with him, and there is no indi- of safety" could prove to be a place kingdom to come will be continu-
ca ti o n of div ine p ro te c ti o n fo r of danger and the place where they ally going up to God.
th e m. finally lose put on salvation. These people will become wor-
In this place it will be necessary thy through Christ's sacrifice and
Are There Many Places? to live together in peace and har- forgivenessof sin, and not as a
The scripture says the Church will mony 24 hours a day for about result of their own "worthiness."
go to "her place" (verse l4). The three and a half years. Matthew adds other points that
word place is singular, not plural, How will the Church go to "her we should notice (Matt. 24:42-51).
so it must be just one place. place"? Even though the scripture Those who are ready will be doing
Where is that one place? It is seems to indicate air transporta- God's Work, giving "meat in due
said to be in "the wilderness." That tion, that is not the only possible season."They will, in other words,
indicates a solitary, sparsely popu- explanation.A similar statementis be doing their part in preachingthe
lated area. found in Exodus 19:4: "Ye have gospel to the world as a witness.
This place of God's protection seenwhat I did unto the Egyptians, They will be giving of them-
may quite possibly be in the area and how I bare you on eagles' selves,not trying to get from oth-
anciently occupied by Edom, Moab wings, and brought you unto my- ers. Such people who are giving
and Ammon, since that area will self." The ancient Israelites never their lives in God's servicewill save
escape the final invasion of the heard of modern air transportation. their lives:
ki n g of t he nor t h (D a n . l l :4 1 ). They walked out of Egypt! "For whosoeverwill savehis life
Other prophecies show that this Just who will go to this place, shall loseit: but whosoeverwill lose
same area will later be taken over away "from the face of the serpent his life for my sake,the sameshall
by people from the east (Ezek. 25). ISatan]"? save it" (Luke 9:24).
Several texts, including Isaiah Those, who are trying desper-
1 6 :l -4 , 33: 13- 17 an d 4 2 :l l -1 2 , i n - Who Will Be Taken? ately to save their own lives by
dicate this wilderness area might Luke's gospel gives further infor- going to a "place of safety" may
be the place. mation about who will escape"all find that such safety will not be
The area has been inhabited at these things": provided for them. !