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Vol. XLIV, NO. 3
ISSN 0032·0420
March 1979
ARTICLES
Part Two: 7 Proofs of God's True Church
2
Zero Hour for the Free World l
4
Part Five: The United States and Britain in Prophecy
7
A Special Way to Peac e and Joy
14
God' s Annual Holy Days: Sneak Preview of Your Futurel
18
The Miracle of Mimicry
23
Why Does God Hide Himsel f?
26
What ls Your Goal in lite?
34
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
'The World Tomorrow' Radio and TV Logs
32
letters: Orchids and Onions
45
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fhe focal point of the escalabng crisis in the strategic Persian Gulf-lndian Ocean
region is stnfe·torn lran. whose beleaguered leader. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi,
has been torced into v1rtual exile as contending political and rehgious torces vie for
h1s power Threats of continued v1olence in lran and neighboring countries are
fraught w1th grave implica!lons for theWestern world (seearticle beg1nning on page 4)
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