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Now, in the past six years, while God's Church was DISCREDITED
because of DIVISIONS from WITHIN, God has been giving His Church A
GOOD REPORT in the world through the AICF (Ambassador International
Cultural Foundation).
In Jesus' personal ministry, He often went out of His way to
do an act of mercy and kindness to those in the general public. He
healed the sick, the crippled, the blind.
Through the AICF, God's Church has come to BE RESPECTED, and to
HAVE A GOOD REPORT in all Southern California, through the high-class
cultural programs we have been bringing to the Ambassador Auditorium.
This is GOD'S HOUSE. I have put in charge of it one of our most
ABLE and fervently dedicated ministers, Mr. Ellis LaRavia. Every
precaution is taken to see that no concert or program is brought
into the Auditorium that could be a reproach to THE HOUSE OF GOD.
Some time ago, a ballet program slipped by us that was below such
standards--but every precaution is being made to avoid any such
production again. Mr. LaRavia is DEEPLY CONSCIENTIOUS about that.
Also, by sponsoring twelve mobile schools in the mountain areas
of Thailand, we have WIPED OUT the opium and drug production, and
educated formerly illiterate farmers into producing only health-
producing foods. This, in cooperation with the King, has OPENED THE
DOOR for Christ's Message to enter that solidly Buddhist country.
A similar program is having the same effect in Nepal.
In Jerusalem we have carried on the largest archaeological
excavation in the world, uncovering and removing over fifty feet of
accumulated debris south of the Temple Mount, and now, in the ancient
City of David, uncovering the ancient throne of David--where CHRIST
will RULE THE WORLD. The Israeli Government and Mayor of Jerusalem
are planning a large public celebration in my honor December 1, the
tenth anniversary of our cooperation with modern "Israel." The
President, Prime Minister, and Mayor of Jerusalem are to officiate.
In Japan I have been awarded the highest honor ever bestowed
upon a private or non-official alien by Emperor Hirohito and the
government. Some heads of state, or a Judge of the World Court at
The Hague (I'm not sure who) has submitted my name for the NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE, and it is being considered, though I seriously doubt
it would ever be awarded to a "man of God."
But through the AICF, myself, and God's Work, The Worldwide Church
of God has been earning "A GOOD REPORT FROM THOSE WITHOUT" all over
the world! The quality magazine QUEST/78 has added enormous PRESTIGE!
This is PART of the machinery and conditions God has given HIS
CHURCH and His Apostle for OPENING DOORS WORLDWIDE FOR PROCLAMING
CHRIST'S GOSPEL OF THE SOON-COMING KINGDOM.
As an individual, with only the small parent Church in Eugene,
Oregon, thirty to forty-five years ago, no such FACILITIES (as The
PLAIN TRUTH--the large and growing TV and radio stations, the
organization with offices and ministers AROUND THE WORLD [the sun
never sets on our offices]) were available, and no such DOORS