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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, N0.23
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
COMPLETION OF WORK NEAR???
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
JUNE 6, 1980
Signs are now fast appearing that our Work of the GREAT COMMISSION
may be much more nearly completed than we have realized.
Mark you, I say "may be." It is not yet sure.
World conditions MAY force European nations and possibly some Balkan
nations {ten in all} to unite, bringing to pass the revived "Holy Roman
Empire" of 554-1814 A.D. even yet this very year--or possibly next. Our
Work (Philadelphia era) probably will be finished about the time this
European empire is united. Those nations have WANTED to unite politically,
with a common currency and common military force, for some time--but have
been unable. It can be accomplished only through the Vatican.
There are no "great" men heading any nation, such as Stalin or Chur
chill, any more. The one man now ascending to the stature of such
strength is Pope John Paul II. Already he is the most travelled pope in
history.
He has just finished a tour through three nations in Africa, and now
has just completed a four-day crucial visit to France--the first time in
nearly 200 years any Pope has visited France. France is more than 95%
Roman Catholic, but mostly nominal--not fervant or active Catholic. The
Pope was much perturbed about this and strove to correct it.
Last night I watched on TV an interview with the Foreign Minister
of France. (The French are seriously "turned off
II
against the U.S.)
Asked his opinion of President Carter's boycott of the Olympics, he said,
in effect, it was only a slap on the wrist. Asked what would stop
Russia's advances which began with the invasion of Afghanistan, he said,
in effect, ONLY SUPERIOR MILITARY POWER. That is true and the nations
of Europe know it. But they no longer have faith in U.S. military power
being used to stop Russian advances beyond Afghanistan.
More than ever, European governments realize their very LIFE now
depends on their own UNIFICATION in MILITARY MIGHT to stop Russia, who is
virtually on their borders now.
The debacle of President Carter's military attempt to free the
hostages in Iran, added to other Carter weaknesses and blunders, has
turned off European confidence in relying on U.S. military power to pro
tect them from the USSR.