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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPO·RT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, NO.l
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
THE B I G YEAR AHEAD
by Herbert W. Armstrong
JANUARY 4, 1980
We enter now a new year--and a NEW DECADE--of great OPPORTUNITY and
of great PROMISE--if we get on the ball--and on our knees--and make it a
year of great progress in GOD'S WORK!
This may be the most exciting--the most crucial--and the MOST WONDER
FUL decade in the history of the world. For it is now within the range of
POSSIBILITY that our LEADER, Jesus Christ, may come in Supreme POWER AND
GLORY, making the KINGDOM OF
GOD
a REALITY during this momentous decade
of the '80s!
THINK OF IT!
That is now within the realm of possibility. Think how swiftly the
decade of the '70s whipped by! It now seems like no time at all! Yet
momentous events occurred
in
these ten years--both in the world, and in
GOD Is WORK!
I believe God has been holding up the progress of world events to
give us in His Work time to finish our mission. I have mentioned before,
that in the comparatively near future, when God is cutting short the GREAT
TRIBULATION and the DAY OF THE LORD is due immediately to follow, how God
will then HOLD UP and.DELAY pouring out the plagues of the DAY OF THE LORD
(Rev. 7:1-plus) until after the sealing of the 144,000 and the great
innumerable multitude in all nations are sealed. If God will cause delay
in world events then, He may just as likely have caused delay during this
past decade.
The Work He is doing through us was not yet finished! I came to a
natural death almost two years ago. My heart stopped completely. There
was no breath, no pulse--no blood pressure. The nurses worked over me
furiously, using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and pushing heavily and
rhythmically on my heart. God brought me back--for dual reasons: to be
used in setting His Church and College back on the track, and to finish
the Work to the world.
Look at what the living HEAD of this Church has done through me since
restoring my life! The Church has been set back on the track doctrinally,
especially in such doctrines as tithing and healing. The Church has been
rejuvenated spiritually. The ministry has been set back on the track-
some liberals, malcontents and men not enthusiastically with us have left
or been disfellowshipped. It has been a matter of great sorrow to see
them go, yet a greater sorrow to realize their condition--and hopefully
and prayerfully God may work on some, bring them to repentance, and restore
them in our midst.