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May 11, 2012

“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You. The voice of one crying in the wilderness” ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.’”

Mark 1:2-3

Dear Brethren,

As we well know this is the year of another presidential election in America. And it is mind-boggling to realize how dramatic the changes in leadership and society have worsened since the election of President Ronald Reagan!

The country was spiraling dangerously downward even at that time, economically, socially immoral and spiritually tolerant to the pervasive evils.

But since Jesus Christ has a Time Table for all His prophecies to be fulfilled, God chose to stall the downfall of America for a few years before America would reach the bottom, and then be punished by Him.

Knowing the kind of man that he was, Jesus Christ chose Ronald Reagan to fill the presidency in January 1981 just as He had done with President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln —three critical times in this nation’s history.

God Determines Leadership of Nations

Few realize it is God in heaven who always determines who the leadership will be to govern the Gentile nations of this world, including the nations of Israel. This can be seen in Scripture.

To the mighty King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, supreme ruler of the world at that time, the Angel of God told him:

“. . . The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he chooses . . .“(Daniel 4:25, 32, 34-35).

And depending on the extent of the moral decline of any nation, God also sets over it the kind of man that befits the populace, as Scripture also makes known:

“. . . in order that the living may know that the Most High RULES in the Kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets OVER IT THE LOWEST OF MEN” (Daniel 4:17; Psalm 33:10-15).

It can be seen from President Reagan’s tenure in office, along with his writings, that he was a very moral man with the strength of mind and desire to try and guide the nation to higher standards in conduct and life. In short, he was used by Jesus Christ for that purpose.
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The Philadelphia Remnant Magazine
 for APR-MAY-JUN is available online here, in PDF Format.

You can read about the Magazine, its purpose and goals at:
 http://philadelphiaremnant.com 

We will keep the current issue as well as archived issues linked from this new site.

 
There are many excellent articles in this issue, learn about:

Title Author Last Day of U.B. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong The Ezekiel Watchman Mr. Alton ‘Don’ Billingsley Personal from the Editor Mr. Alton ‘Don’ Billingsley Value God’s Holy Spirit Mr. Mark Mendiola Prophecy Now! Energy Crisis Websites, statistics

Audio Transcripts with Graphics

The Parable of the Sower

Why is it that the gospel that we have heard is a gospel of men, not the Gospel of Christ, but a gospel of MEN ABOUT Christ? They have come preaching that He is the Christ.

They have come in His name, but they have done away with His message which had to do with the Kingdom of God. Jesus preached the GOVERNMENT of God. He preached OBEDIENCE to God. He preached the AUTHORITY of God and the AUTHORITY of the Word of God and that man shall live by every Word of God.

Today, apparently that has nothing to do with it. They say that there are no works and by that they mean that you don’t have to obey. You can lean to your own conscience that you think is right, accept Jesus Christ as Savior, and you will be saved. Well, we went into this matter in some detail of how Jesus said that they are worshiping Him in VAIN, worshiping Him, accepting Him as Savior, worshiping Him and all in VAIN, teaching for doctrines just the ideas, the commandments of men.
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Audio of this Transcript
WHAT KIND OF FAITH IS REQUIRED FOR SALVATION?

BIBLE STUDY COURSE

Bible Study Course Lesson 38

Feast of Tabernacles -- THE WORLD TOMORROW

Feast of Tabernacles -- THE WORLD TOMORROW

IS GOD trying to save the whole world NOW? HAS God, for almost 6000 years, been competing with Satan? Has He been desperately trying to wrest the world from Satan's control?

This is the common teaching today. It makes Satan appear to be winning!

But what does the Bible say?

When God sets His hand to save the world HE WILL SAVE IT! God is not competing with Satan! He is not trying to save the whole world Now! Long ago Jesus Christ foretold that His gospel message would be preached IN THIS AGE merely as a WITNESS to all nations -- not to CONVERT them (Matt. 24:14).
 

New Site Additions Blog

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Sabbath Services - Now available in our Members Only Area

Check out our online Meeting Room. An Audio broadcast of services should be streaming at 11 A.M. PST. Someone will be in the room by 10:30 to help. Bible Study Friday at 5:30 P.M. PST Room open at 5 P.M., Bible Studies will begin again on a weekly basis starting on October 23, 2009.

If you cannot access the room please give Mr. Duncan a call for access to the phone hookups for services or member/guest logins.
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NEW ADDITIONS OF NOTE

New Add for the Journal Coming out next month.

Audio and Video Services updated to January 22, 2011

New Video Site for Mr. Armstrong’s restored Videos: http://HerbertWArmstrong.us

A number of photos have been provided by Ed and Carol Tidwell of the Ambassador College Campus as it is today.

Each week we will post 7 World Tomorrow Broadcasts that can be played using our player located below.A nice way to start your day listen to a different one each morning or evening.

We have the Foreign Language Material available now, the side bar links for each of the countries are live.

Online Meeting Room Recordings of Sabbath Services and Weekly Bible Studies are available here.

We now have a more complete set of Audio Books. These are audio files of many of our Books and booklets. Now you can listen to these excellent study resources in the background.

We have added the Worldwide News publications from 1975 to 1979 in the Library Section of the site.

An RSS Feed is now available for those of you who use News Readers, it will give you automatic updates on what has been added to the site each week. Just click on the RSS Icon.

Topical Index “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.” How true this seems to me. This Topical Index is not finished and cannot be. It is simply an effort to list basic related scriptures under subject headings to assist in bible study and in answering questions. It has been compiled with input from many individuals but it has inherent limitations. There is simply no right or complete set of scriptures except the Bible itself. Also, different people take into account different things. This is a start though and I hope a profitable one to you.- Mark Mickelson (December 2002)
 
New Booklets and Brochures have been added to our site as Study Resources and can be reviewed via a Graphical Index located here. A number of Reprinted Articles from the magazines are included in Booklet Form.
 
We have added a new Scripture search tool that is powered at this site. The Scripture Search Tool can be accessed from the left margin of any page. You will be able to look up word or phrases in the King James Bible along with the String’s meanings of the Hebrew or Greek.
 
Use our new Online Bible Hymnal to sing along with us during the Live Sabbath services or Feast Day Broadcasts.
 
We now have a Daily Bible Reading resource for your Bible Studies. Each month we will post links to each day’s bible reading. It will be completed in one year.
 
We now have available from our site a series of 7 Bible Classes recorded at Ambassador College. These are mp3 format. These class tapes are a range of subjects from the major and minor prophets, the acts of the Apostles, A study of the Ancient Culture of Israel, Church History and the Psalms and Proverbs.
 
We have archived the list of difficult scriptures developed at Ambassador College to prepare you to give answer to the faith that lies within you. 1Pe 3:15 . The link above will take you to the completed list for a quick answer to some of the puzzling questions that arise from time to time.

Here is a link to the Fundamental Doctrines of the Church. This listing of scriptures relating to each of our primary doctrines was composed by ministers of the Worldwide Church of God approximately 1984 or before and was used in the Graduate Spokesman's Club in the Chicago area and is presented here unchanged. While this listing is very detailed, it is not an exhaustive listing of the doctrines of The Church of God.

If you have any questions about the bible, what it says please feel free to ask. biblestudy@cog-ff.com

58 Lesson Bible Study Course

Here is the new Online Version of the 58 Lesson Correspondence Course. The free bible study course features interactive tests with each of the lessons. The word of God is the foundation of knowledge. This online course is offered free without tuition cost to those who earnestly desire to understand the bible.

Free Bible Tools

Here is a link to several tools that you can use online to study the Bible. Look up Strong’s Numbers, words or phrases anywhere in the bible as well as some searches in topical indexes and dictionaries.

World Tomorrow Broadcasts

Each week we will provide 7 new broadcasts that you may listen to using this audio player. Stop by daily to hear the next in the series of Broadcasts.

They may take a moment to start. You can select the one you want to listen to by clicking on it in the list.

New Bible Study Tools Online:

We are adding the audio versions of many of Mr. Armstrong’s Books and Booklets to the site. There will be a link to streaming versions that will have explanations of each of the links. For now you can begin enjoying them by using our open HWA Audio Books directory link.

In addition to the many files located below we have added 300 World Tomorrow Broadcasts cataloged by primary subject matter in Real Audio format.

The Robert Taylor Collection of a series of 80 Daily World Tomorrow Broadcasts form April - August of 1979 has been uploaded to our site as well. These are being presented to you each week below.

We have uploaded 668 audio files recorded by Mr. Armstrong. This is a three disk set, a compendium of Mr. Armstrong’s recordings. You can see a linked list here, or you can search for a specific audio file by title or subject here.

If you have a problem using the database tool you can also find links to the 3 disk set in html format in the Audio Page of this site.

Prayer Requests

We welcome anyone seeking a prayer request to contact Mr. Billingsley by E-Mail, or by phone, at (209) 772-0737 to have their request posted on our prayer requests page.

Open Letters

Mr. Billingsley's Open Letters that have appeared in The Journal.

True Womanhood
(Titus 2:3) The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
(Titus 2:4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
(Titus 2:5) [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

True Womanhood - Is It a "Lost Cause"?
(Plain Truth article - November 1965)

’Ruling on Womens Dress
(Good News Article 1962 Herbert W. Armstrong)

Truth About Makeup
Here are the eye-opening FACTS -- where, when, by whom, and why the use of makeup began -- its history, and what the BIBLE says about it!

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