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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, N0.4
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
WORLD EVENTS NOW �OVE TOWARD
GREAT TRIBULATION
GOD'S WORK BOOMING WORLDWIDE
by Herbert W. Armstrong
JANUARY 25, 1980
The new decade of the '80s was born in Chaos.
born with a surge onward in God's Work.
At the same time it was
The invasion of Russia into Afghanistan plunged the world into a
situation MORE SERIOUS than preliminary events that triggered World War II.
Actually the current Russian moves are reminiscent of events that led
directly into World War I and also World War II.
Not only has the Soviet Union started massive military invasion into
and through Afghanistan, they also have called up massive reserves, and
have massed military readiness for invasion close to the Yugoslav border,
and also in East Germany, threatening Western Europe.
This greatly alarms Western European nations. They have had to rely
on U.S. military force to defend them from Russia--on their borders to the
east. They are losing confidence in U.S. protection.
President Carter has applied sanctions, the wheat embargo, etc., and has
virtually cancelled U.S. participation in the Olympics. Also he has warned
that any Soviet invasion into the Persian Gulf area will be answered by
military force from America. But the Russians do not employ the lightening
quick methods of blitzkrieg. Like a lumbering bear they move slowly, pon
derously. Their schedule for total world domination by their atheistic
Communism is a LONG-HAUL plan. They can take two or three generations for
this overall objective.
The Kremlin does not want to start a HOT war with America. NOT YET!
It's already a resumption of cold war. They will move slowly--but they
will not retreat. They will NOT remove their forces from Afghanistan.
Only a stronger military force could drive them back.
Meanwhile they continue to apply the psychological pressure on Western
Europe! No U.S. military force will come into actual combat against them-
for the Soviets will move right up to the point of provoking that--but not
into it. They will make it a war of nerves. And the most nervous are the
European nations and the Vatican. The likelihood is now great that this
will hasten the resurrection of the medieval "Holy Roman Empire"--union of
Church and State, with Mother Rome sitting on the European "Beast."
So, the decade was born in a new world of action! Meanwhile, GOD'S
WORK is SOARING--BOOMING worldwide!