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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.l, N0.15
PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA
by Herbert W. Armstrong
NOVEMBER 20, 1979
Just where are we, now, in the prophesied panorama of events leading
to the END of this age?
Both world events and occurrences in the Church indicate we are in
the time mentioned in Daniel 12.
In verse 2, Daniel speaks of the resurrection of saints at the time
of Christ's corning. Then he speaks of events leading up to that crowning
event of history. He says, "But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and
knowledse shall be increased" (Verse 4).
We have come to that time--the TIME OF THE END! Rapid travel, to
and fro, at high speed! We are definitely in the END TIME! Knowledge has
been increased on earth amazingly. We have been going with increasing
momentum through the age of invention, the age of science and technology,
the air age, the space age, and now the NUCLEAR age. Now, for the first
time in human history, the weapons of mass destruction have been produced
that can erase all humanity from the earth!
In the one decade of the 60s, the fund of human knowledge DOUBLED.
Also the world's troubles and evils DOUBLED!
In verse 7 it is stated, "... and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished."
It seems indefinite as to the antecedent of the pronoun "he," above.
Other translations use the word "they." But surely Satan is now endeavor
ing to scatter and even totally nullify the power God has given to His
Church. There has been a falling away, though compared to the total
number, it has been minimal. And the attack of the State of California
was an action calculated to DESTROY the Church of the living GOD! Yet
Jesus Christ our living HEAD has used it to draw us much closer to HIM
and to one another.
Our Work in the hands of Christ is NOT YET FINISHED, and He will not
allow the Work to stop until it is finished! And when will that be? It
surely can't be much longer. We�re certainly on the final lap, if not
the home stretch--but no definite date can, of course, be set.
But when Daniel writes, in verse 7, "all these things shall be
finished," he refers back to the subject of this 12th chapter mentioned
at the beginning--when the archangel Michael shall stand up (verse 1, as
also mentioned in Revelation 12:7) and Satan shall be cast down--and the
GREAT TRIBULATION (Verse l and Matthew 24:21-22, Mark 13:19-20, Luke
21:22) from the beginning will be 3� years.