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His apostles. But before 70 A.D., Christ's true GOSPEL had been
suppressed (Gal. 1:6,7; Rom. 1:18 [RSV]; II Cor. 11:4), and from
the first century A.D. THE WORLD HAS NEVER HEARD THE TRUE GOSPEL
THAT CHRIST PREACHED (announcing the coming Kingdom of God) until
God began proclaiming it through this Work!
Meanwhile God has not called the WORLD to spiritual salvation,
any more than He did between the times of Adam and the Flood, and
from the Flood to Christ. Satan has continued as the god of this
world and its religions, the largest of which is called "Christianity."
UNDERSTAND THIS, co-workers-for it is TRUE!
ALL NATIONS (including their religions) have been deceived by
Satan (Rev. 12:9, etc.). This is NOT the time God is trying to
"save" this world!! He is allowing this world to live SATAN'S WAY
OF REBELLION against GOD'S GOVERNMENT. He is letting 6,000 years
of human life WRITE the lessons in human suffering and anguish,
violence and war, heartache, sickness and disease--and DEATH!!
But Jesus raised up HIS CHURCH to stand back of the apostles
as they proclaimed HIS GOSPEL MESSAGE. When the apostles were in
prison and threatened and frightened, the brethren of the church
prayed for them and God answered so the very room where they were
assembled SHOOK (Acts 4:17-31). But, as the persecution set in,
two things happened: (1) the true gospel was SUPPRESSED--no longer
proclaimed to the world. Then, (2) the same persecution reduced
the church in number through the generations until now it grew
small.
And when I came among the people of God's Church, they were
small in numbers--not proclaiming this Gospel, mostly spiritually
dead, but still clinging to the NAME (Rev. 3:1).
In July, 1933, GOD COMMITTED TO ME HIS GREAT COMMISSION! We
were now at the END-TIME, the beginning of the generation when
Satan's world of 6,000 years shall END and Christ shall come and
rule the world with the KINGDOM OF GOD.
In August, 1933, the PARENT CHURCH (only 19 members) of this
"Philadelphia Era" of God's Church was raised up through my
preaching. In October, 1933, the KINGDOM OF GOD was announced VIA
RADIO for the first time since the very first century. The first
Sunday in 1934 the program (THE WORLD TOMORROW) started regularly
on the air. The first of February, 1934, The Plain Truth was first
published announcing God's message.
The WORK has grown steadily, and God's Church to back it up
has also grown. Today it is, so far as I know, the LARGEST MEMBER-
SHIP in the history of God's Church, founded the Day of Pentecost,
31 A.D. Today the ANNOUNCEMENT is going by personal proclamation,
by print, by radio, and by television WORLDWIDE. Today God is
opening doors to KINGS, PRESIDENTS, EMPERORS, PRIME MINISTERS--
heads of governments all over the world are giving us almost
unbelievable favor in their eyes, opening doors that have been
previously CLOSED to this message of Christ.