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.PAS�OR'S REPORT, July 18, 1979
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God had explained and laid out His 7,000 year MASTER PLAN for REPRO
DUCING HIMSELF through humanity.
This 7,000 year MASTER PLAN is to develop the KINGDOM OF GOD--GOD'S
GOVERNMENT OVER ALL THE EARTH! It will accomplish what the angels failed
to do.
so--we have on earth still today--as we approach VERY NEAR to the end
of the 6,000 years, many various conflicting and warring GOVERNMENTS OF Mk�,
all swayed by Satan!
These GOVERNMENTS OF MAN have always fought against the GOVERNMENT OF
GOD--even as the State of California did on January 3rd.
God's physical creation of MAN began with Adam. His SPIRITUAL creation
of MAN began with JESUS CHRIST, the SECOND ADA._M! Jesus came ANNOUNCING His
worldwide KINGDOM OF GOD. When Jesus was on earth, Jerusalem and the whole
land of Judea was part of the ROMA...� EMPIRE.
Although the Romans kept one or more garrisons of soldiers, under a
Governor or local Judean king, virtually all details of the ROMAN GOVERNMENT
over Judea were delegated to the Pharisees and Sadducees. The Romans made
the Jews GOVERN THEMSELVES, and thus bear the major COST of government over
the area. The Sadducees and Pharisees, therefore, were in fact agents of
the Roman civil GOVERNMENT.
They PERSECUTED JESUS continually. He came announcing the future
establishment of the GOVERNMENT OF GOD once again on earth, under the future �
KINGDOM OF GOD. But the Pharisees and Sadduccees were HOSTILE to that.
They constantly sought to KILL Jesus.
Jesus had planned with GOD the Father before the world existed to
give His life--shed His life-blood--for the sins of the world. But, before
His pre-planned time had come, did Jesus give in meekly to those hostile
to the GOVERNMENT OF GOD?
Notice: "Therefore they (civil government officers) sought again to
take him, but he escaped out of their hand" (John 10:39). This had happened
more than once.
Jesus came representing the KINGDOM OF GOD, not merely as a single
private person.
Did He just "cave in," as some misguided former ministers had said we
should, and meekly turn the other cheek to these Roman government authorities?
Let's get this STRAIGHT. Even though MAN'S GOVERNMENT has its laws,
God does NOT teach us that under all circumstances we must obey. I am very
well aware of the teaching in Matthew 13: "Let every soul BE SUBJECT UNTO
the higher powers." But "be subject unto" does not necessarily mean "OBEY."
A concientious objector in�ime of war may refuse to OBEY the government's
draft into military service, and still "BE SUBJECT UNTO" THE GOVERNMENT OF
MAN over him, by submitting to whatever PENALTY the government imposes.
When Peter and John had been thrown into prison overnight, and were
sternly COMMANDED by government officials NOT to preach in Jesus' name any