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His coming. But now many evidences are appearing that prophesied world events
are
readying to move swiftly, bringing on the DAY OF THE LORD, and Christ's divine
interference preparing for His coming. Jesus has said "...He will finish the
Work, and
cut it short in righteousness: because a short Work will the Lord make upon the
earth"
Rom. 9:28).
How near finished is the Work NOW?
Remember this: Christ has not called us to reach every living person, even
in
the United States, which we know is the nation which sprang from Manasseh,
jointly
with Ephraim (the British people), who comprise together the Birthright tribes
of
ISRAEL.
God's Message for OUR day is: "And this Gospel OF THE KINGDOM shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the END
come"
(Matt. 24:14). Not to convert all people--not to reach all people with the
message--
but merely for a witness UNTO all nations--not even within all nations.
We are living in a time when God has CUT OFF THE WHOLE WORLD from Him,
or access to Him, EXCEPT the very infinitesimal FEW God would specially call in
preparation for His Kingdom. God drove Adam and Eve out from the Garden of Eden,
and BARRED ENTRANCE to them and their posterity--THE WHOLE WORLD--lest
they take of the "tree of life" (access to GOD and His HOLY SPIRIT) and gain
immortal
life in the unhappiness and misery of SIN. To have done otherwise would have
been
UNFAIR to the sinning world under Satan (see article coming in December GOOD
NEWS).
Jesus confirmed this when He said plainly, "No man CAN come to me, except
the Father which hath sent me draw him..." (John 6:44).
The world is spiritually BLINDED by Satan (II Cor. 4:4). Judgment now is
ONLY
upon God's Church (I Pet. 4:17). All others are to be judged later--during the
millennium,
or during the "Great White Throne" Judgment--when Satan shall be banished.
God wants His Message of the KINGDOM OF GOD to go out merely as a WITNESS
to a world which cannot and will not understand it NOW!
Now how many have we reached in the United States? A man asked a few
people
he saw in a restaurant how many read The PLAIN TRUTH, or heard The WORLD
TOMORROW
radio and TV program. From this he concluded, and said to two of our ministers,
that
we have not yet "scratched the surface" of reaching even the United States! That
is no test whatsoever.