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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, January 23, 1981
The Laodicean era of the Church shall rise OUT OF, through and in
the latter part of the Great Tribulation. They shall be IN it, and turn
to God out of and during it (Revelation 7:9-15). They come out of the
Great Tribulation and are converted as a result of it, which will open
their eyes to the fact that what the Philadelphian Church proclaims was
true, although nJW, while we proclaim it, they are not heeding.
So Revelation 10 shows that when our Work appeared to be close to
finished and there should be no more delay in God's intervention, God
did hold up world events, and I was commissioned to NOW go with the
Kingdom Message to many KINGS, or national leaders, or many nations,
speaking different languages. That is what, as I now look back in ret
rospect, I have been doing since 1970 and especially since 1972. So
perhaps our Work would have been completed by 1972, except for this
special commission.
Now where are we in the time sequence of prophecies? More and more
it becomes apparent that we are right at, or even very shortly past, the
event of Revelation 12:7. This is an event in the end time, after the
Middle Ages, pictured in verse 6. Verse 7 reveals a fierce battle in
heaven. Once again Satan and his demons have swooped up to attack God
on His throne--one last satanic try. Michael the archangel--same rank
as former Lucifer, now Satan--is pictured with his angels fighting
against Satan and his demons. As Lucifer and his angels tried to invade
God's throne in heaven before the creation of man, so Satan has made this
one last try to conquer GOD.
But Satan again was to lose this battle, and he and his demons were
cast back to earth (verse 9). This was to occur just prior to the coming
of Christ, the resurrection of saints to salvation and establishing the
Kingdom of God on earth (verse 10). But those of God's Church are at this
time to overcome Satan by the blood of Christ and the Word of God (verse
11); but because Satan knows he now has but a short time to defeat God on
earth through God's Church, even after he failed in the heavenly war with
Michael (verse 12), he was immediately to persecute THIS CHURCH (verse 13).
Previously, from the time of my conversion and baptism I have suf
fered persecution from men, though inspired by Satan--and so have many
of you. But never before did Satan strike the CHURCH AS A BODY until the
lawsuit launched against the Church January 3, 1979. It surely seems
that fulfilled verse 13.
But our Work is not yet completed. This prophecy indicates it will
be soon--and apparently during the decade of the eighties, if not during
President Reagan's administration--though we cannot set definite dates.
Yet WE SHOULD BE WARNED! We should realize our time for completion of
Christ's Great Commission is now very short, and growing shorter daily.
The lawsuit apparently is behind us--not definitely certain until
June 30. But I have warned you all, Satan is now FURIOUS. He is mighty.
He is powerful, next to the power of GOD. He is subtle, clever and can
deceive and outwit the best of us. He is HARD AT WORK AGAINST THE WHOLE
CHURCH RIGHT NOW in ways you know not. But the Church NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS
--even your most urgent, believing and faithful FASTING AND PRAYING!
Continue this prophecy. Next, when our Great Commission is in God's
sight completed, we are to be taken--symbolically flown on the two wings
of a great eagle--which could mean by a friendly government made friendly
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