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that the END of this present world is IMMINENT!
Following Jesus' answer to the sign just prior to this end
and Christ's return to earth, He foretold the TIME OF TROUBLE this
world is now heading into. "For then," He said, just after the
worldwide proclamation of the coming WORLD GOVERNMENT, "shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should
be shortened, there should no flesh be saved [alive]: but for the
elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (Matthew 24:21-22).
NEVER have world conditions been as bad as they now are. We
are rapidly heading into this "GREAT TRIBULATION."
The prophet Jeremiah foretold it as the time of the great trouble
to come on America and the British nations (Jeremiah 30). The prophet
Daniel described it as coming JUST BEFORE Christ's return and the
"first resurrection." "And at that time shall Michael stand up,
the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and
there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was
a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life..." (Daniel 12:1-2).
Great national PUNISHMENT is foretold for the British nations
and the United States. WHY? Let the prophet Isaiah answer.
Speaking of our people, the Eternal God says:
"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Eternal hath
spoken. I have nourished and brought up children, and they have
rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity [lawlessness], a
seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken
the Eternal, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger,
they are gone away backward" (Isaiah 1:2-4).
There is the saying, "It is darkest just before the dawn."
It is already quite DARK in this world.
It is going to get a lot DARKER!
But THEN! THEN will come the glorious KINGDOM OF GOD to rule
all the earth--ALL NATIONS--with the rule of the living God
and with the basic LAW that is LOVE and full of mercy, compassion,
and forgiveness. Then every man will learn to have outgoing concern
for the good and the welfare of others and seek to help, serve,
and share, not to take unfair advantage of, beat in every deal,
rob, cheat, deceive, and harm. The fact that you read this is
evidence that that happy, peaceful WORLD TOMORROW is NEAR! VERY
NEAR!
Brethren and Co-Workers, I was called, 49 years ago, to take
this ANNOUNCEMENT of the coming KINGDOM OF GOD--this true GOSPEL
MESSAGE--to ALL THE WORLD, for a witness to ALL NATIONS! That's