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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, February 15, 1980
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"The European Commission has always been keen on the tunnel. It could
be the most striking example of a Community project designed to eliminate
natural barriers between EEC countries."
But....the natural barrier of the English Channel has been a formidable
factor in Britain's national power, affording protection for the British
peoples. What will happen with its partial disappearance? Could the
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chunnel
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be used someday for more sinister purposes? This is what The
PLAIN TRUTH magazine, August 1966, p. 48, reported concerning the announce
ment of a new tunnel scheme (the same one abandoned in 1975):
"Britain and France have at last agreed to build a tunnel under the English
Channel! .... Businessmen and ambitious generals alike have dreamed of such
a tunnel since the days of Napoleon.
"In 1880, a French-English combine actually started digging. But work
was stopped after nearly two miles of the tunnel had been excavated. The
project was revived in 1890, but to no avail. Attempts
in
1906 and 1914
again proved fruitless. Each time plans were stopped cold by the British
War Office. England's top generals repeatedly vetoed the scheme�� Eeril
to Britain's island security. In today's nuclear age, however, such fears
have vanished. But officials don't see the hidden danger....
"God promised our countries fantastic national wealth.
He promised pro
tection from our enemies (Deut. 28:7). He settled us behind protective
geographical barriers. The United States has been blessed with two ocean
frontiers. The British Isles have been separated from the Continent by
the choppy waters of the Channel. Even Hitler's massive air attacks in
World War II couldn't subjugate Britain.
"But God is about to breach the Channel gap...Unless we repent, one third
of our peoples--including millions of British--will die in nuclear warfare
at the hands of a resurrected Roman Empire in Europe. After that, another
third will be carried off into captivity (Ezek. 5:12). But how? The
English Channel tunnel may well prove to be the primary expulsion route
taken by millions of hapless Britons. Transported into slavery in jammed
railway cars with the usual "German efficiency"! ... Natural ally France
will stand idly by, doing nothing to help! Britain's days of "splendid
isolation" are numbered.
One channel tunnel project after another has fizzled down through the
ages. But at last, Britain's protective moat looks like it is about to
be breached.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau