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UNITED STATES TODAY!
I have told you that we are right on the threshold of a
STUPENDOUS LEAP FORWARD in the WORK OF GOD that is going to ROCK
THIS WHOLE WORLD IN ASTONISHMENT--and make the world KNOW that it
has heard the GOOD NEWS--the BIG NEWS--of The WORLD TOMORROW--the
true Message of Jesus Christ!
Co-Workers, the living Jesus Christ, to whom ALL POWER in
heaven and in earth has been given, is now opening before us
GIGANTIC, STUPENDOUS, and TREMENDOUS DOORS of MASS MEDIA for
THUNDERING HIS GOOD NEWS to ALL NATIONS!
But it takes more than just these tremendous
facilities--great and powerful as they are. Yes, SO MUCH MORE!
Jesus Christ says to us: "NOT by might, nor by power, BUT BY MY
SPIRIT, saith the ETERNAL of Hosts" shall HIS WORK go forth!
God has laid on Mrs. Armstrong--and me--the most severe
trial of our lives. I wrote you a month ago about her critical
illness. She has now had to go SEVEN FULL WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD! She
still lies in critical condition! It has been the most severe
ordeal of my life--but of course a far more severe ordeal for her.
Letters have come from all parts of the world, not only assuring us
of fervent, continuous prayers, but of the JOLT--the SHOCK--the
PROFOUND AWAKENING her illness has produced in thousands upon
thousands of people.
There is a blockage of the colon, just above the rectum.
It is a complete stoppage. We have been unable to get through with
enemas of any kind. There is no way even to introduce the color
matter necessary for an X ray to be used to tell us the nature of
the stoppage. Meanwhile her entire abdomen is inflated like a
balloon with gas which can't escape. There is nothing we can do.
We await a MIRACLE FROM GOD! I expect it now, even more than I did
a month ago! I have flown one of our own college doctors here, and
for a month or more, now, he has slept constantly in an adjoining
room, with a registered nurse constantly in attendance, even
sleeping in the same room with Mrs. Armstrong nights. Both are
servants of Jesus Christ--converts of this Work of God.
This sore trial has been used by Christ to CLEANSE much of
the spiritual filth and waste out of thousands in HIS BODY--His
CHURCH--HIS WIFE--whom He is to MARRY, at His coming. See
Revelation 19:6-8, and Ephesians 5:25-27. If WE are to be married
to CHRIST at His coming, we must GET CLEANED UP--for His WIFE must
be sanctified, and cleansed, not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing!
Thousands have been deeply convicted through Mrs.
Armstrong's suffering. The letters pouring in from around the
world bring tears to our eyes--as her illness has to these who
write. We are AMAZED at this spiritual reawakening in thousands of
lives! We REJOICE in it! News of it is one thing that keeps Mrs.
Armstrong in good spirits, and courage and HOPE--and in FAITH
through this grave ordeal.