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astrologers in ancient Babylon. In every case they were shown as
pretenders, fakers, who had no power at all. They were utterly
UNABLE to forecast the future, but GOD did reveal the future,
through Daniel the prophet.
Again, in Isaiah 47, you'll read of "the DAUGHTER" of
that ancient Babylon. A "woman" is the symbol of a church. It is
speaking of the RELIGIOUS phase of Babylon as it has descended down
to our day---that is, the religions of the Far East, of India, and,
in its western evolvement, the Roman Catholic and the Protestant
religions. This is a PROPHECY, for OUR TIME RIGHT NOW! It shows
that our peoples---the Americans, the British, and northwestern
Europe nations, are in the grip of this Babylon religion.
Speaking of this modern "Babylon" religion, God says to
her: "Let now the ASTROLOGERS, the monthly prognosticators, the
star-gazer, stand up,...behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire
shall burn them," etc. (Verse 13-14).
The predictions of these false prophets are utterly
spurious and WORTHLESS! But whatever GOD says will happen is
absolutely SURE!
God Almighty has called YOU, as well as me, to shout to
the world HIS WARNING of what is soon to befall the nations, unless
they repent and change their ways. Time is short and GROWING
SHORTER so fast we can hardly realize it! Here we are in 1962!
What will THIS calendar year bring forth?
The Common Market in Europe will MAKE PROGRESS toward
POLITICAL and MILITARY UNITY---the resurrection of the Roman
Empire! Russia will keep the world in the jitters of "cold war."
The Plain Truth is now expanding to 48 pages. In one or two months
it will add the second COLOR to 8 more pages. Many more radio
stations will be added, thundering the WORLD TOMORROW around the
world. A super-power 50,000-watt Boston station is now being added
---many others to follow. We probably shall soon be ON THE AIR
over more than half the population of Britain at the prime time of
8:00 P.M. every night, seven nights a week. We hope to put out
TWO-PAGE Messages in the French and the German editions of Reader's
Digest, to be read by MILLIONS in their own languages---as we
already publish these dynamic two-page Messages in the British,
Australian, and New Zealand editions. We hope to begin these
powerful Messages in the UNITED STATES editions of Reader's Digest
either this year or next. One out of every five adults in the
British Isles reads Reader's Digest. It is read by more people
than any publication on earth. IT IS POWERFUL!
The Year 1961 closed with another 30% increase in the
growth of this great work. Millions heard Christ's own Gospel.
Hundreds were converted and baptized. In other words, our living
Head, Jesus Christ, granted us by far the BIGGEST harvest in the
history of this work---30% bigger than ever before, just as 1960
was 30% bigger than 1959---and this phenomenal growth has continued
for 28 years! Read the "PERSONAL from the Editor" column in the
February Plain Truth.