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T h e
GOOD NEWS
February, 1353
E A R T H, OR
IN T H F FN TI R F
H I S T O R Y
O F T H E W O RL D
Yet, this mighty work is still
ONLY
B E G I N N I N G . The las t warning Mes-
sagc-thc
Gospel
Jesus L I U U ~ ~ I L - I I I L I S ~
go
with a tremendous L OU D V OI CE ( M a t .
2 4 : 1 4 ) in A L L THE WORLD
as
a wit-
ness to A L L N A T I O N S - a n d then shall
the E N D of this age come
Must
Be Financed Here
Th is broadcast tn
t h e
British Isles and
all Europe DOUBLES our listening audi-
ence. W e are reaching about F I F T E E N
M I L L I O N people over there. Yet cur-
rency restrictions, ecoiinniic arid other
conditions make it I M P O S S I B L E for
those
people over there
to
contribute
money to pay the European broadcasting
expenses. Even if the people of France
or England wanted to help pay for
it,
the French francs or Bri t ish pounds
could not be transferred into the hard
cash it takes to pay Radio Luxembourg.
The s tat ion does have an arrangement
in New York whereby within about
30
days they can transfer United States
dollars into the kind of money they can
use. And
for
this reason, we have to
pay
30
days in advance. It takes about
30 days
to
get the money t ransferred
into useable cash funds in Luxembourg.
This means that our United States
co-workers will have to dig a lit t le deep-
er, and
sacrifice
a little mole-because
we of America
will
have to pay all the
costs of the b road casting to other parts
of the world.
TY IT IS This is the greatest, and be-
coming the most powerful work
on
earth.
I t
is rapidly I N F L U E N C l N G
A N D C H A N G I N G M O R E H U M A N L IVE S
than any activity in the world It is
changing thousands of precious lives,
that shall be converted into T HE GL OR I -
OUS KINGDOM
O F
GOD Every co-work-
er shares an I M P O R T A N T P A R T in that
all-important eternal result. Yes, W H A T
A GL OR I OU S P R I V I L E GE it is
But W H A T A G L O R I O U S O P P O R T U N I -
Seven Ministers Ordained
by
Herber t W . Armstrong
God revealed to me, seven years ago,
the need to establish a college-a new
kind nf collppre-in which the future
ministers needed f or this gigantic world-
wide crusade would be properly educat-
ed and trained. Ambassador College
openeJ
iis
Cluuib LU studt-iirs October
8,
1047.
It, too, started the smallest college
in America-just 4 pioneer students, tho
it had a faculty of eight professors and
teachers. But,
as
all things of God do, i t
is GR OW I N G, at the same rat io
as
the
Go spel work It is no longer the small-
est college in America
On December 20, 1052, by authori-
t y of Jesus Christ, with fasting and
prayer and laying on
of
hands of Gods
ministers, in congregation assembled in
Pasadena, California, upon recommenda-
tion
of
the Board of Trustees of Th e
Radio Church of God, five of our young
ministers were fully ordained.
They are Richard David Armstrong,
Raymond Clifford Cole, Herman Louie
Hoeh, D r. C.
Pa u l
Meredi th, and Roder-
ick Carl Meredith-all grad uates of A m -
bassador College, except Dr. C. Paul
Meredith who already held the doctors
dcgrcc
from
Iowa State College,
b u t
who had completed the entire four years
of Theological study at Ambassador Col-
lege.
Upon recommenda t ion of the Board
of Trustees , two more of ou r young m in-
isters, Marion Joel McNair and Ray-
mond Frankl in McNair , will he
f i i l ly
ordained following their graduation
from the college January 30,
1953.
This ordinat ion authorizes these min -
isters
t o pcrform all the duties and c x -
ercise all the powers
of
the clergy, and
clothes them with all the A I J T H O K I T Y
conferred by Jesus Christ upon His
called and chosen ministers.
And
so
i t is that God has sent to
us
RADIO LOG
The WORLD TOMORROW
Herbert W. Armstrong analyzes
to-
days news, with the prophecies of
The
WORLD TOMORROW
TO ALL OF
EUROPE:
--Thursdays Luxembourg time.
TO THE NATION
tk
CANADA:
XERF--1570 on your dial (extreme
top
of dial) every Sunday
night, 7:15
P.M.
Central
Standard time.
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Central
Standard
time.
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week nights.
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A . M. every
morning.
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on dial-2
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8 : 3 0 every morning.
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dial-lO:30 P.M. Sundays.
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P.M. Sundays.
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here, caused to be thoroughly trained by
education, by exp erience, and thorough-
ly fitted
by
convcrsion, consecration, and
Holy Spirit-leading,
SE VE N
fine young
minis ters whom
H E
has called and cho-
sen. They have studied hard and dili-
gently for years. lhey are
all
experi-
enced and com petent . They have been
tried and tested, and found faithful and
loyal.
Thus, on this first 19-year cycle an-
niversary, the work
of GOD
leaps sudden-
ly
and dynamically from
a
local and na-
tional work to an
INTERNATIONAL
and WORLD-WIDE
CRUSADE.
O n this very
anniversary God has added
SEV EN
called,
consecrated, Spirit-filled, properly edu-
cated and trained and experienced min-
isters
It is imperative to send Dick
A r m -
strong back to Europe as soon as possi-
ble, to open offices in London and Paris,
and to preach over Radio Luxembourg
IN T H E F R E N C H L A N G U A G E . H e r m a n
Hoeh may have to return to Europc for
while next summer. For the present
both Raymond Cole and Rod Meredi th
are filling local pastorates. Dr. Meredith
is Director of the forthcoming Cor-
respondence Course of Bible Study, now
in process of begin ning and preparation.
All these men
will
cont inue their ad-
vanced graduate studies at Ambassador
toward the higher theological degrees, as
time and their duties permit. But they
are
now fully ord ained, fu ll-time, and
qualified Ministers of Jesus Christ,
clothed with full powers and authority.
Yes, in spite of opposition, persecu-
tion, trial and test,
GODS
W OR K IS
GROWING
IN
A M A N N E R A LM O ST U N -
BELIEVABLE
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HOW Human
Annihilation
May Be
Prevented
.I
There remain now only T W O possible ways for men
to
prevent the
annihilation of human life from
ot f
this planet
by
the terrifying
energies of destrzlction being produced
by
science and technology.
One of these two ways men are INCAPABLE of and the other lhey
ure UNWILL ING
t o do
H o w , then, may li fe be saved on this planet?
(Edi tors note :
This
is a r ep r in t of
the
second b roadcas t to the Bri t i sh
Isles
a n d a l l
E u r o p e o v e r
the
w o r l d s m o s t p o w e r f u l
station,
Rad io Luxembourg . I t ha s se t m i l li ons
o v e r t h e r e to t h in k i ng . I t o u g h t t o m a k e
US
t h ink )
by Herbert
W .
Armstrong
U S T
w h e r e
is this world headed.
N O W ? Wo rld famous sc ienti s ts wh o
J
k n o w
what te rr i fying powers of de-
st ruc t ion are be ing developed warn us
that they, themselves, are frankly
FRIGHTENED
.
.
.
that unless world
peace can be achieved very soon, i t will
become possible t o blast hzlmrtn l i f e
from off this
planet
These scientific
gent lemen solemnly warn
us
tha t noth-
ing bu t A S U P E R W O R L D - G O V E R N M E N T
can now save mankind
Lets face the situarion realistically.
T a k e a quick over-all
v i e w
frum WiiilJ
W a r I u p to t he p re sen t . Woodrow W i l -
son led the Allies into the conviction
they were fighting the war T o
E N D A L L
WARS
We had The Hague Conference .
W e t r ied the League
o f
Nat ions . Then
the Pact
of
Paris, outlawing war; -bur
those dipiomats overlooked the fact tha t
a n
outlaw is a menace to society. a nd
when
W A R
was made an out law, war
once again menaced all civilization:
-we were plunged
into
W o r l d W a r II
Once again many believed they were
fighting the WAR TO END ALL WARS.
And then, a l though we could
look
back
on the failures
of
Th e Hague Confe rence,
The League of Nat ions, The Pact of
Paris, and t he meeting s at Berchtesgaden,
Munich, Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam.
this peace-hungry world pinned i ts faith
once again in another polit ical co-oper.
ative effort-The U N I T E D N A T I O N S .
was an accredited correspondent at the
San Francisco Conference. There
I
heard
one af te r another of the p r ime ministers ,
foreign secretaries and chief diplomats
of the na t ions of the world Jeclare sol-
emnly tha t the U N I T E D N A T I O N S there
being formed
z~w . i
t h e
world.i lust
uncl
ONLY ho p e
f o ~
uorld
pcccce.
But a little later we began
to
hear
statesmen, generals, admirals and news
correspondents speak cautiously [he
phrase:
I F
there is another world war.
a t tended the opening meet ing
of
the
Security Council in New York.
and
there
I beheld high tension and belligerency
among nat ions supposed
to
be jo ining in
a comm on organiza t ion for PEACE. Soon
world statesmen, mili tary leaders and
journalists ceased using the cautious
I F there is another war, and began
speaking about
W H E N ,
and
HOW.
Since that t ime I have interviewed, or
sent our ow n fore ign correspondents
to
interview, top statesmen in London,
Wash ing ton , Paris and Berlin
and
Rome ,
and to interview people-just the
P L A I N
PEO PLE
of all walks of life, in
England, Fraucc, Germduy,
Switzerland,
Italy, Yugoslavia, and throughout the
United States.
NOWHERE
do we find assurances
of
world P EACE, but only forebodings of
friction, and
of
WAR After M O N T H S of
conferences in
K O RE A
looking toward
a
cease-fire and an armistice, we look back
only on session after session of
W R A N -
G L I N G , and there is no cease-fire and no
armist ice . What do we behold in U N I T -
ED
N A T I O N S
meet ings? Not harmony
and peace, but bit ter WRANGLING,
Q U A R R E L I N G in the council chambers.
T O DAY we live in a tense, j i t tery. cha-
otic world
D I V I D E D
A G A I N S T ITSELF.
Now
th is new O NE W O RLD, divided
AGAINST i tself, is engaged in an atomic
and H Y D R O G E N - b o m b race
for
SURVIVAL
-a race in which this world C A N N O T
EN D U R E A N O TH ER 2 5 YEARS unless
something now whol ly
UNF O RESEEN
occurs
to STOP
i t , and bring this world,
-PEACE
My fr iends, tha t something U N F O R E -
S E E N
will occur -but
H O W ?
I have
overwhelming GOOD NEWS for you-
and
it
is absolutely
SURE
and C E R T A I N
Yet we mus t be
PRACT I CAL .
We must
view the condi t ion AS IT 1s-realis-
tically
We
must FACE the terrifying
facts that actually G R I P this world in
their clutch
What , then, l ies ahead? How wi l l
events shape up FROM HERE?
H o w
can
the world
ESC A P E
the certain destruction
toward which
it
i s now plunging?
To
bring you the rational and
sane
answer,
w e
must examine conditions as
they
A R E
in the world not only, but we
wars,
which NO NE O F TH E W O RLDS
And we must come to K N O W the PUR-
POSE
being worked out here be low
But, lets be realistic -THE WORLD
LONG
AGO
REJECTED THAT W A Y , and we
migh t
as
well realize it isnt going
to
turn now, even in the present world
pl ight ,
to
the Creator GOD, repent of its
own evil ways, and begin putting i ts
TRUST IN THE ALMIGHTY.
Not
THIS
evil world
of
supposed rationalism, sci-
ence,
o f
vani ty and greed, groping in
a veritable B A B Y L O N
of
differing re-
ligious creeds
It
is
always
DARKEST just
before the
D A W N ; and horrible as the present
world chaos is, we shall see still D A R K -
ER times-but THAT IS BECAUSE WE
Yes, the longed-for dawn of W O R L D
P EACE, and of happiness and plenty for
ITS COMING
I
promise you, ITS
C O M IN G
But dont suppose
I
am going
to
tell you it will come as a result
of
this world and i ts leaders suddenly turn-
ing
to
Go&suddenly surrendering
to
GOD, and crying out to H I M for deliver-
ance, suddenly putting i ts faith in
HIM
N o ,
m y
frien ds, -not this evil
world
Then can MEN solve the problem of
world peace
WITH O U T G o d ?
Can
our
world leaders show
U S
the w a y ? They
tried Th e League of Nat ions. The Hagu e
Conference, the Pact of Paris. the United
Nat iuns. Du chcy now have a N EW idea
that is BETTER? Do you suppose f o r
one
moment
i t
is P O S S I H L E for the new
President Eisenhower,
or Prime
Minister
Churchill, o r the French
o r
Germaii o r
Italian or Spanish leaders co get rogethcr
with Marshal Stalin in a love-feast of
must
UNDERSTAND
the real
CAUSE
O f
al l
TOP STATESMEN TODAY COMPREHENDS
ARE NOW VERY CLOSE TO THE DAWN
ALL.
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The New
Covenant-
Does it aboli3 Gods Luw?
Thousands have asked if t h e New Covenant does a w a y with
Gods
Commandments.
Heres
the TRUTH
on
this auestion.
N
ARLY
everyone has been taught
that the old covenant was the
ten commandment law-that
the new covenant contains only grace
and promises , but no law. Hence i t i s
argued that since the old coveilaiit has
been abolished Gods law has also been
abolished.
This teaching would lead you to be-
lieve that the law of God was harsh,
cruel, and enslaving-that th e
F A U L T
of
the old covenant was with the
law,
and
since
God gavc
thc law, the FAULT must
have been His
Later, according to this c omm on teach-
ing, Jesus came with a new covenant
which had no law, only promises and
liberty to do what you please.
Certainly there is something terribly
wrong with this concept.
W h y t he N e w C o v en a nt ?
There is a vital need for the new
covenant . Why? Paul wrote: For if
that first covenant had been faultless,
then should no place have been sought
for the second. For f i nd i ng f au l t
. . .
( H e b r e w s 8 : 7 , 8 ) . So the first covenant
had
a
fault, for finding fault . .
.
wi th
what, the law? N O
For
finding faul t with TH EM , h e
saith, Behold, the days come saith the
Lord, when I will make
a
new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the
house of Judah.
Then the fault wasnt with the law,
but with them, TH E PEO PLE, the chi l -
dren of Israel because they continued
not in my covenant-because they dis-
obeyed
(He b. 8 : 9) . If the fau l t were
with the law, then the law would not
have been perfect; but David said, The
law of the Lord i s perfect , convert ing
the soul (Psalm 19:7).
It was to correct t h e fault
with
the
people
t ha t God said H e wi l l make an -
other covenant. Now lets find out what
the old covenant really was so we can
know HOW
the
new coven ant will correct
that fault.
W h a t Is a C o v e n a n t ?
T he real reason m ost churches dont
unders tand the t ruth about the cove-
nants is that they don t even know what
b y Ra ymo n d C . Cole
a covenan t is W ebs ter defines
a
cove-
nant as
a
mutuaI
agreement,
a legal un-
dertaking to do
or
to refrain from some
act, a document containing the
terms
of
agreement.
A covenant is an agreement betwccn
parties.
The Eternal God proposed the old
covenant with Israel in Exodus 19:S,6.
Here were the part ies to the agreement
or covenant. Notice what it says: If ye
(Israel) will obey my voice indeed, and
keep my coven ant-that was Israels
pa rt of the ag ree m en t, then--and thi s
was the ETERNALS part of the agree-
ment, the part he promised to do-ye
shall be unto me a kingdom of priests,
and an holy nation.
Did the people accept this proposal?
And all the people answered together,
and
said, All that the Lord hath spoken
w e w i l l
do
(verse 8 ) .
T h e OId C o v e n a n t a M a r r i a g e
A g r e e m e n t
Very few know it, but the old cove-
nant proposed
by
the Lord was
a
mar-
riage agreement between Him and Isra-
el Israel was organized
as
both church
and state.
Here is what Ezekiel wrote about this
covenant, I entered into a covenant
with thee, saith the Lord God, and t h o u
becamest
mine (Ezekiel 16:8 ) .
Again, in Jerem iah 3 1:32 you read,
My covenant they brake, al though
1
was
an husband un to t he m, saith the Lord.
Do you see, now, that the covenant
was not just the ten commandments,
but an agreement between the Lord and
the nation-the church of Israel? Th ey
accepted the terms that
He
gave to
them. They bound themselves by this
first covenant to refrain from any adul-
terous or whorish relations with the
gods of other nations (Exod us
34:
12.-
1 7 ). In turn, the Lord promised
to
re-
main
faithful
to Israel, and provide for
them and bless them
even
to
a
thousand
generat ions (D eut . 7: 9) .
But what were the condi t ions of the
old covenant to which Israel agreed?
T h e Terms of t he Old C o v e n a n t
There is a great deal of needless mis-
I
understanding about that which consti-
tuted the first covenant with Israel. In
Exodus, the 19th chapter , God made ar-
rangements to declare the conditions of
His covenant to the people. The n in the
20th chapter God spoke every word of
the ten commandments . The ten com-
mandments are a perfect and complete
law in themselves. W h en t he Eternal
God finished speaking them HE ADDED
N O M O RE. A N D H E W R OTE TH EM I N
TWO TABLES
OF
STONE
(Deut . 5 : 2 2 ) .
T h e t en mmmandments were a dis-
tinct part of the terms of the old cove-
nant to which Israel agreed. They were
the TABLES OF TH E C O V EN A N T (Deut .
9 :9J1)
.
Now notice Exodus, the 24th chapter.
In verse 7 Moses took the BOOK OF
THE
COVENANT,
and read in the audi-
ence of the people: and they said, All
that the Lord hath said will we do, and
be obedient.
So
beside the
tables
of the covenanc,
containing the ten basic spiritual laws
( R o m . 7 : 1 4 ) , there was a
book of
the
covenant containing the civil laws
of
the covenant between Israel and the
Lord.
From the 21st to the 23rd chapters
inclusive, the Eternal revealed these spe-
cific ciuil laws, which Moses wrote in a
book (Exodus 24:3 ,4) , were based on
the principles of the ten great and broad
spiritual precepts-die ten com man d-
ments.
A f t e r God spoke the ten command-
ments to the people, after Moses re-
ceived the civil laws from God and de-
livered them to Israel, you will find that
the first covenant was sealed with blood
-it
became binding (Exodus
24:8
and
Hebrews 9: 1 8 - 2 0 ) .
Since Israel had accepted the Eternal
G o d as her husband, she was
to
be obedi-
ent
to
Him jus t as the wife is to be
obedient to her husband. Th e Lord
was
head of the nation Israel. Israel was
to keep herself unspotted from the evil
of the world by being faithful to the
laws
or
terms of the agreement which
would make their relationship a perfect
union.
When God spoke the old covenant
to Israel ar the t ime they were brought
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GOOD
NEWS
February,
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The national magazine
of
AMBASSADOK C O L L E G E
minis ter ing to
T h e
C h u r c h
of
G od
scat tered abroad , a n d
r e por t ing
071
c a m p u s h a p p e n i n g s
VOL. 111
NUMBER
2
Herbert
W.
Armstrong
Publisher and Editor
Herman L. Hoeh, Executive Editor
Kod Meredith, Norman Smith,
Raymond Cole, Marion McNair,
Raymond McNair, Wayne Cole
Associate Editors
Calvin Allen, Campus Editor
Kenneth Herrmann,
Science Editor
Dick Armstrong. Picture Editor
Sent free on personal request, as the
Lord provides. Address communica-
tiuin
t the Editor,
Box 111
Pasadena.
California.
Copyright, February,
1955
By Ambassador C ollege
out of Egypt, He did not comman d them
concerning burnt offerings and sacri-
Len. But this thing commanded
1
them
saying, Obey my voice, and I will be
your God, and ye shall be my people
(Je remiah 7 :22 ,23) .
The ceremonial and ritualistic laws
were
added later because of transgres-
sions
a n d as a reminder of sin-after
the old covenant was sealed. They were
not a part of the covenant because they
came after the marriage agreement was
completed. The spiritual laws of the old
covenant
DEFINE
sin, the civil laws
amplify them and prescribe punish-
ments for disobedience.
Remember that the spiritual and civil
laws were not instituted by the old
covenant. They were already i n existence
and had to be included in the covenant.
(See Genesis
2 6 : 5
a
E x o d u s 1 6 ~ 2 8
a n d 1 8 : 1 6 ) .
O l d C o v e n an t H a d Only M A T E R I A L
Promises
Since the
E T E R N A L
was as a husband
to Israel, H e agreed to provide for His
holy nation. Carefully n otice that
I N NO
P L A C E IS THE
BLESSING OF ETERNAL
L I F E
PROMISED,
NOR
IS
ANY
O T H E R
SPIRITUAL PROMISE GIVEN. Every prom-
ise given
to
t hem was
muter id
they were to be frui t ful and mult iply
greatly, their cattle and all livestock were.
to be very prodiicrive, their
land
would
give abundant produce, they would be-
come the greatest nation on earth I F
TH EY WO U LD
OBEY AS
A W I F E
OUGHT
TO. God promised to walk among them
and be their God. He did not promise
to dwell in them through the Holy
Spirit.
But it they disobeyed and did not re-
main faithful they were to be cursed by
punishments in this world only. Hun-
ger, sickness, famine, sorrow and war
would overtake them
jusc
as material
troubles ensnare any wife who is dis-
obedient to her marriage vows and seeks
promiscuous relations with others than
her husband (Lev.
26
and Deut . 28) .
Is rael
Was
Divorced
Now read Jeremiah
11 10.
Did Israel
remain faithful to the covenant?
They went af ter o ther gods to serve
them: the house of Israel and the house
of Judah have broken
my
covenant
which I made with their fathers.
Israel and Judah did not remain faith-
ful,
the marriage agreement-the old
covenant-was broken. Listen to what
the Lord
says
in Jeremiah 3:8: And I
saw, when for all the causes whereby
backsliding Israel committed adzlltery I
had put her away, and given her a bill
of divorce; yet her treacherous sister
Judah feared not, bur went and pk~ycd
the harlot
also.
Th e relat ionship became so bad that
the Eternal was finally forced into di-
vorcing His own people. He first sent
Israel into captivity by the Assyrians
and later Judah by the Babylonians
(Ezek.
2 3 ) .
Now that we have seen what hap-
pened to the first covenant, lets ob-
serve the fault with
it.
W h a t W a s t h e F a ul t W i t h t h e
O l d Covenant?
Paul said the fault with the old cove-
nant was not in the laws, but in the peo-
ple wi th wh om i t was made. Wh y?
Because it was not possible for them
to remain faithful to the righteous con-
ditions God had prescribed in His cove-
nant. hat there were such an heart
in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my comm andm ents always, that
i t might be wel l wi th them (Deut .
5 .
2 9 ) .
Here was the weakness of the old
covenant. T h e p e o p l e d d not have the
strength
of
character
t o
be faithful
t o
their uow. The law was weak through
the flesh
( R o m a n s 8: 3 ) .Thc righteous-
ness under the first covenant was to be
accomplished only th roug h hum an obedi-
ence, fleshly effort, because there was
no
s p i r i tud pr omis e
of
recezvzng the Holy
Spirit .
Israel was unable to serve the Lord
because they did not have a God-fedrirlg
nature within them. This condi t ion wil l
be changed in the new covenant.
How t h e F a u l t Will Be Corrected
Remember that the first covenant had
the spiritual laws written on two tables
of stone and the civil laws in a book.
Obedience had to come from carnal flesh
alone.
Now
notice what will happen in
the new covenant.
It wont be according
to
the . agree-
ment made with ancient Israel. Observe
the differences:
For
this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord; I
will
p u t my LAWS into the ir
mind
nd w r i t e
t h e m
in
their hearts
( H e b . 8 : l O ; J e r .
31:33
) .
So there will be laws, GODS LAWS,
the
sume
laws which stand fast forever
and ever (Psa lm 1 11:7 ,3) ; but th i s
time they will be written in the hearts
and minds of the people. They will be
wri t ten not with ink,
but with
the
pirit
of the l iv ing G o d ;
not in tables of
stone, but in the fleshy tables
of
the
heart (I1
Cor. 3: 3 )
.
Then the new covenant will be made
o n ly with those who have Gods law
indelibly written in their thoughts and
actions.
And what is the power that writes
Gods laws in
our
hearts and minds?
Th e Spirit of the living God.
The love of Gcd which fulfills the
law is shed abroad by the H o l y Spirit
which is given unto us ( R o m a n s
5
:
5 ) .
Th e Holy S pirit is one of the better prom-
ises of the new covenant (Heb. 8:G .
Also
norice
that
t he
new
covenant
will be m ad e wit h ISRAEL-the house
of Israel and the house of Judah. The
new covenant will not be made with
those who remain Gentiles as most peo-
ple falsely assume. The covenants and
the promises pertain to Israel (Rom.
Since the new covenant will be made
with Israel, what about the Gentiles?
Are they totally left out?
Or
has God
provided some way by which they may
receive that same blessings which are
promised to Israel?
9 : 4 ) .
H o w G e n t il e s
Can
Ente r
In Ephesians, the second chapter,
Paul
wrote to those who were
in t ime past
Gentiles in the flesh
.
. . that a t that
time ye were without Christ. Wh y?
Being al iens from the commonweal th
of Israel, and strangers from the cove-
iiaiits
of promise, having no hope, and
without God in the world.
How then can Gent i les come into the
same promises that were granted Israel?
The next verse tells us, But now in
Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far
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Should
Your Cbild Participate
School Activities?
n
Thou sands o f readers huue w r i t t en us / o r advice
in
meet ing
the serious problems which chi ldren face
in
public schools.
Should chi ldren join c lubs, take part in Christmas and Easter
plays, participate in sports after school hours?
by
R o d M e re d i t h
LMI GHTY God, our Crea tor , wants
our children to l ive
happy , j oy ous
A ives Christ came tha t we a ll
mig ht l ive mor e abundantly-have l ives
full of in terest ing and worthwhi le ac-
t iv it ie s ( J o h n 1 0 : 1 0 ) .
In order to provide a way for our
happiness, God gave us His law-His
way
of
life-to guide
us
i n t he pa ths
that lead
to
that happiness. The early,
Spiri t-fi l led church understood that true
Christianity is a definite
wa y of l i fe .
I n
Ac t s 9:2 and 19:9,23, it is referred to as
this W A Y and tha t WAY.
T h e present o rganized society doesnt
follow t h a t w a y
Strait is the gate, and narrow is
t h e
w a y , which leadeth unto l ife, and
FEW
there be tha t f ind i t (Mat t . 7 : 1 4 ) .
Thi s world has separated itself from Go d
and is go ing a
far
diffcrcnt wlzy than
tha t
of
the early true church. In Gala-
t i ans 1 :4
i t
is called th is present
evil
world.
No F c ll ow s h ip W i t h T h i s W o r l d
Th e apost le James te ll s us, whosoever
therefore will
be
a f r iend of the world is
the enemy
of
G o d ( J a m e s 4 : 4 ) . P au l
was inspired to write, Be ye not un-
equally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what f r l luwsl i ip
Iiath
righreousriess
wi th unr ighteousness? and what com-
munion ha th l ight wi th darkness? ( I1
C o r . 6 : 1 4 ) .
Unrighteousness,
o r
sin, is defined
as b reak ing Gods l aw ( I John 3 :4 ) .
Christians cannot have religious and
so-
cial
fe l lowship
with the people of this
world who refuse to acknowledge Gods
law-much less obe y it. Of course, we
can do business wi th the world , so long
as we dont begin fe l lowshipping the
world
or
practicing its
w a y
( I Cor.
W e are n o t to be par t and parce l wi th
this world--this pre sen t
ev i l
world.
W h a t A b o u t Our C h i l d r e n ?
As G o d
wants
us
all
to lead happy,
abundant l ives, your child should not be
deprived of doing whatever in
t he e nd
5 19-1 ).
will result in a happier, more worth-
while l ife.
The re a re
m a n y t h i n g s
which we, and
our children, can do in the world-and
yet not have fellowship with the world.
W e n ee d to know w he re to draw the
line
In Christs prayer for His disciples,
H e sa id ,
I
pray
n o t
that thou shouldest
take
them
out of the world, but that
thou shouldest keep them from the evi l
( J o h n 17 1 5 )
.
Later , He told them, Go
ye i n t o all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature (M ark 16:15 ) .
They were t o go
i n to
the world , but
were not to b e
of
it-not to par take
of
its
evil .
W e N e e d
to
U n d e r s ta n d T h i s W o r l d
As C hrists disciples today, we must
prcscnt the gospel he message of
God s kingdom-to the world in a pow -
erful and convincing manner . In order
to
understand
the worldly people we
wil l be dea l ing wi th , we need to observe
their way of l ife and learn their basic
attitudes.
We
need to know what they
are th inking and doing.
Th i s doesnt mean tha t we are to
fe l lowship them-join the ir churche s,
lodges, clubs, parties, or become inti-
ma te wi th the111 in any orher way. But
to understand this world , we can not
shut ourselves off in some dark corner
and have no contac t wi th the outside
world.
T e a c h C h i l d r e n G o d s W a y
W e n ee d
to
ask God daily
to
help
us
associate with the unconverted in
a
f r iendly, loving manner bur
never
to
fellowship-to associate approvingly-
with them in their worldly activit ies.
Children need special training, and
Gods guidance,
to
help them m eet these
problems, especially in their school l ife.
Your
l i t t le children should gradually be
taught and t ra ined to l ive Gods way.
Go d inspi red Solomon to wri te , Tra in
u p a child in the way
h e
should
g o ; and
when he is old, he will not depart from
it
(
Proverbs 2 2
:
6 ) .
If God s way is the
best
way-the
happiest way-why shou ldnt we want
to teach our children that way?
W e had
bet ter not
be ashamed of the
precious truth
of
God , but learn to teach
it to our chi ldren. Too many parents
dont know how to teach their children
at home.
The P r o b l e m of School Act ivi t ies
When your chi ld understands Gods
way of l ife, he will encounter many
school activit ies which are contrary to
that way. He will
also find some activi-
t i es which are necessary t o develop abili-
ties and personality
in
the r ight d irec-
t ion-wi thout break ing
Godr
law.
For instance, the abil i ty
to
produce
beautiful music certainly glorifies God
if it is exercised properly. In most cases,
your child need not jel lowJhip the wvrld
in order to take music lessons, play in a
band or orchestra or sing in the school
chorus. In these activities, the idea
is
n o t
social or religious fellowship, but
to
produce co-operatively good music and
to cultivate each individuals talents.
Such activit ies will give your child
the contac t wi th others he needs. They
will teach him to work in harmony and
to co-operate-in
a
w o r t h w h i l e activity
-with his fellow hu ma n beings. This
will help develop his personality, his
confidence, and will enable him to bet-
ter understand and deal with those
around him. Lack of any such activity or
contact will almost inevitably result in a
narrow . .stunted perso nality deve lop-
ment.
T h e m a i n p r o b l e m these activities
present is the fact that they are often
held on God s Sabbath and are some-
times directly connected with the cele-
bration of this worlds
$agan
holidays.
Th e parent and child wi l l have to work
this out with teachers according to the
circumstances in each particular case.
However , we need
to
know
how fa r
God would wish
us
to go.
In
Jeremiah 10;2-3, God says, Learn
no t the way of t he heathen, . . . for the
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The gutted remoins o f the Kaisers Kirche on Kurfurstendamm
in Berlin. This part
of
the city was very heavily domoged
during the war-something the G e r m o n r
h o v e
n e v e r f o r g i v e n
u s for
A
building in the old civic center of Berlin. The entire area
w o s once beautifull y landscaped. The frees were cut dow n by
lie Oermans
and used f o r tuel during the winter of
46-47.
The modern autobahns that Hitle r built for Germany-the best
highways in Europe. This view
i s
between Frankfurt and
Monnheim.
The World Tomor
He re we show you additional scenes of the troubled cen-
ter
of
wc rld disturbance-the location
of
P R O P H E C Y
FUL-
FILLMENT-powder-keg ET JROPE.
Here is the center
of
gravity of the cold war, and
threat
of
world war. Here are the lands where MILLIONS of
perplexed, bewildered people are now tuning in to hear the
Two views
o f
the city
o f
Luxembourg in the Gr and Duchy of Lux embourg where
The remains of the Reichstag Building. This was once one of
the most beautiful buildings
in
Berlin, surrou nded b y beau-
t j h l ga rdens.
Ne w construction of the Farben Fabriken-Bayer
Co.
n Frankfurt. This was the large
chemical cartel that m ade munitions for the German army.
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row"
Is
Heard Here
-world's
ONLY
message of HOPE from the voices of Mr.
Armstrong, and of Dick Armstrong and H erma n Hoeh. Radio
Luxembourg is heard plainly in these lands and many others
as
far
east as Russia. These pictures were take n by Dick A rm-
strong and Herman Hoeh on their recent tour of Western,
Central and Southern Europe.
One of BelgradeJs skyscrapers. There
i s
a large red star o
top of the bui lding which l ights up at night.
A street corner in Belgrade. At the right i s the Putnik office-
the official government tourist bureau. The letters are of th
Cyril l ic alphabet, which
i s
used in Yugoslovio.
radio stat ion
i s
located that now broadcasts the "W orld Tomorrow"
to
all
of
Europe.
A street scene in Belgrade. Note the wom an sleeping
on
th
sidewalk by her horse and wagon.
An A merican de stroyer tied u p at Trieste. The U.S. Army maintains a garr ison
here. Note the bundle the womon i s carrying
an
her head.
One of the moin avenues
of
Belgrode, Yugoslavia. Note
lack
of
raffic. Everyone walks or rides busses.
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The TABERNACLE at Gladewater,
Texas
H
R E S the first view of
the archi-
tects sketch of the proposed
Tabernacle to be erected im-
mediately on the recently purchased
beautiful wooded site near Gladewater,
Texas.
Last sp ring, although only a small por-
tion of our great co-worker family had
heard about
i t ,
we were surprised to see
123
come to Gladewater for the solemn
memorial of Christs death for our sins
-the Passover.
A
beautifullv wooded. Drivate and se-
I
cluded tract of some 45 acres,
on
High-
way 80
about 7 miles west of Glade-
water, has been partly donated and the
balance purchased and cleared. A pri-
vate roadway has been graded, leading
from Highway
80,
back into this totally
secluded and private tract. The roadway
now awaits surfacing. The grounds are
sloping and beautifully contoured. A
beautiful lake is to be created, over-
looked by the tabernacle pictured above.
The tabernacle will be erected atop a
beautiful knoll. It will serve three pur-
poses. The rear portion, to the right in
the sketch, covered by the arched
roof,
will be the tabernacle for the annual
festivals.
As
first built, this tabcrnacle
portion will seat 440 people.
It
is de-
signed so that i t can be widened later,
a
wing
at a
time, each to seat
196
addi-
tional persons, o r a total
of
392 addition-
al.
There will be room for a choir
o r
chorale of
30
on the rostrum.
Entrnnce is
from
a porch-way or poi-
tico in the center, behind which is the
permanent school and church, and to
the rear of that, the kitchen and rest
rooms. It IS so designed that the church
and school room (for year-round use)
can be opened up to become part of the
larger aud itorium, adding
150
seats.
This
gives a final grand total of more than
1,000
seats, when finally completed.
The front portion, shown at fore-
front,
left,
to be added later,
is a
large
View and Lounge room, with a huge
fireplace. It will also serve as a supple-
HOLY
DAY CALENDAR
Fur 1 9 5 3
Passover, after sunset, Sun day, March
29th.
Days
of
Unleavened
Bread, beginning
sunset, Monday, March 30th. end-
ing sunset, Monday April 6th.
Tuesday, March 31st and Monday,
April 6th,
are
annual Sabbaths.
Pentecost, Monday, May 25th, begin-
ning p revious sunset.
Festival of Tru mp ets, Thursday, Sep-
tember loth.
Day
of
Atonement, fast day, Saturday,
September 19th.
Festival of Tahernacles, begins
sunset
Wednesd ay, September 23rd, ends
sunset, Thursday, October 1st.
111~11tatychuol
rw m and dining room.
It is enclosed
by
solid glass picture
windows on two sides, overlooking the
beautiful lake below and the scenic
beauty of the property.
It
is
planned to construct the large
tabernacle, to the right above, first, and
to have it ready in time for the P assover
this Spring, altho
a t
the present time
funds are not coming in for this Build-
ing Fund rapidly enough to get it com-
pleted even by a year from this Pass-
over. It is going to require a great many
more contributions, and some of fairly
large amounts. One listener
in
Florida,
engaged in the plumbing business, has
offered to donate
all
the plumbing fix-
tures, and this will prove a tremendous
help, for which
all
co-wurkers will be
grateful.
Ordinarily good common construction
today costs at least $12 per square foot.
While this Tabernacle will be very at-
tractive, yet because this part
of
the
building will be used only in mid-
spring
or
mid-fall, during mild weather,
it
is being lightly constructed at a cost
of around
5
per square foot. W e are
economizing every way possible, without
sacrificing needed quality. Every co-
worker
is
urged to realize the serious-
ness of this need, the SHORT time re-
maining, and to make sacrifices and
send in the largest sums possible
for
this building fund immediately, by re-
turn air-mail.
IT MUST NOT FAIL
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Did Jesus Teach against
the Sabbath?
Jesus c a m e f r o m hea lJen bearing a s ta rt l ing message f ro m God t o man ---the
gospe l
of
t h e k i n g d o m
of
God-and
to
t ra i n d is ci pl es w h o w e re t o f o u n d t h e N e w
Testa-
me nt church wh ic h wou ld carry the same gospe l w or ld -w ide . W h a t were the prac tices
of Jesus? W h a t d id H e teach His d i sc ip les?
by H e r m a n
L.
H o e h
Part
IV
T IS shoc king but true-the teach-
ings of Jesus and the inspired early
I Ne w Te s ta me n t c hu rc h a re no r be-
ing preached by most churches today.
T h e h u n d r e d s of de nomina t ions wh ic h
re s u l t e d f rom the Pro te s t a n t R e fo rma -
t ion hav e
N EV ER
regained the true fa i th
which was corrupted for centuries by t h e
grea t apos tacy tha t occurred immediare-
ly
after t h e death of the apostles.
T he a pos ta c y wa s work ing secretly in
Pauls day I1 Thess. 2 : 7 ) . Later Jude
wro te w i th g re a t a nx ie ty tha t t h e b re th -
iri i bhould conrend earnestly for the
true fa i th which was de l ivered by Jesus
an d the apos t les , because there were cer-
t a in me n ALREADY
CRE PT
I N w h o w e r e
pe rve r t ing the t rue gos pe l ( J ude 3 , 4 )
I t s t ime we examined the teachings
of Jesus, the apostles and the early
church.
Was
Sunday the day
for
religious
wors h ip? We re C hr i s tma s a nd Ea s ter the
festivals of the or igina l church?
J e s us R e je c te d J uda i s m
Over nine teen centuries ago, Jesus
C hr i s t c a me f rom the th rone of G o d
be a r ing
a
message , the gospel of t he
k ingdom of G o d ( M a r k
1 : 1 5 ) ,
a m o n g
J e ws who we re s t e e pe d in J udn
sm-
the traditions of the elders. In a lmos t
every act, and i n almost cvcry s ta tement ,
he was in confl ic t wi th the ir man-made
teachings.
You have probably heard the cus tom-
ary assumption tha t the traditionr. which
were so fashionable among the Jews .
were the teachings of God conta ined in
the O ld Te s ta me n t .
This common assumption is fa lse
Jesus himself sa id: W h y do ye
also
t ransgre ss t he c om m an dm e n t o f G o d bj
your trudition .
.
t e a c h ing
f o r
doctr ines
t h e c o m m a n d m e n t s
of
m e n ( M a t t h e w
15:3-9; M a r k
7 : 6 - 1 3 ) .
Judaism is no/
the pure Old Tes tament re l ig ion. I t i s a
sys tem of m a n - m a d e a i d i t i o n s a nd fa -
bles that,
as
Jesus sa id , make the law of
God of no effect. He never fol lowed
these foolish customs rha t t he J e ws de -
veloped.
Sure the Jews in Chris t s day clazmed
to follow Moses. But did they really be-
l ieve Moses? But
i f
ye believe not his
writings, how shall ye believe my
words? sa id Jesus in J o h n 5:47.
Jesus of ten turned to the wri t ings of
Moses to prove tha t H e wa s the p rophe -
sied messenger o f t h e N e w C o v e n an t
( H e b r e w s
8 :
6; 1 2 2 4 ) . In connection
wi th p re a c h ing the Ne w T e s ta me n t me s -
sage, JesLis came to se t His church an
examp le of the way of l ife which
they
should follow
( I
J o h n 2 : 6 ) .Since Jesus
re jec ted Judaism and se t a n e xa mple
for
t he Ne w Te s ta me n t c hu rc h , l e t s s e e
which days he observed and w h a t h e
c om m ande d
hi.r
di.rcip1e.r to t e ac h the
church.
Why J e s us Obs e rve d
Gods
S a b b a t h
Luke te l ls us tha t f rom
a
child Jesus
observed the passover and feast of u n -
2 : 4 1 ,4 2 . ) . I t was also t h e c u s t o m of
Jesus
as
a youth to attend services o n t he
sabbath . When s ta r t ing his minis t ry , he
came to Nazare th , where he had been
b r o u g h t u p : a n d as h is custom was, h e
went in to the synagogue o n the sabbath
day, and stood up for
t o
re a d (Luke
4:
6).
So
we would nor be in doubt about
Jesus teaching for the church, the gospel
writers devote e n t i re c ha p te r s to s a bba th
controvers ies which Jesus had with the
Jews . Not ice in Mark
2 :23-28
the reply
of Jesus when the Pharisees accused his
disciples
of
bre a k ing ma n-ma de re gu la -
t ions for the sabbath . Her e wad t he per-
f e c t oppor tun i t y f o r
J ~ J U J o tell
hiJ
d i ~ c i p l e sexncily what
they
Jhould
d o
about the sabbath . W h a t d i d H e
[e l l
t h e m ?
The s a bba th wa s ma de
for
7n4n. nd
not man for the sabbath .
Here Jesus rejected the legalistic re-
s t ra ints imposed by J uda i s m, bu t he up -
held the or igina l purpose of the sabbath
-it w as m ade
t o
serve mads wel fare .
By w ha t au thor i t y could Jesus give
this explanat io n? By the fac t tha t He
was
Lord also of t he sabbath. He or ig -
inally instituted the .sabbath at creation
( G e n . 2 : 2 - 3 ) . Paul said God created
leavened bread with his family
( L uke
e ve ry th ing by Jesus Christ (Col.
I :
16) .
Because Jesus
CREATED
THE S A B B A T H,
he taught th e d isc iples, th e fu ture I e a l e r . ~
in
the church. exac t ly
h o u
he,
U S
t he
Lord of the sabbath. intende d thut lay
t o be used.
Notice how different th is is
f r o m must
church teachings today.
No w le t s t u rn to another account in
the gospels. Luke
6:6-12
describes him
e xp la in ing
LO
rhe Pharisees that it is
l a w f u l t o d o
good
on the subbuth. Al-
though cont inuously discredir ing the ma-
di t ions
of
the Pharisees, Tesus ne o e r once
in all his ministry told the disciples rhat
the n or later the sabbach would become
a day of secular work.
According to the E n c y c l o p e t l i u
Bib
lza
p a g e
4173,
Jesus revered che sab-
bath . . . T h i s is the conclusion of the
scholars and c ritics who have scudied the
l i f t . of Jesus.
Once the Jews accused Jesus of br ra k -
ing the sa bbath ( J o hn 9 : 1 6 ) . This
charge,
of
course, meant only rhar he
was
violating
their
huma n ru le s
fo r
rhar day.
Jesus never once broke the Sabbarh. H e
taught his disciples HOW TO K E E P I H E
J e s us Obs e r ve d A nnu a l Fe s t iva l s, Too
W e previous ly noted thar before his
minis t ry , Jesus kept t he a n n u l s p r ing
festivals which God had given to Israel.
H e conrinued th is same prac t ice accord-
ing to the gospel record. for we often
find Jesus coming especially
r o
J r ru sa -
lem for t he a nnua l God-g ive n festivals
( J o h n 2 : 1 3 , 2 3 ) .
taught his disciples r i m his observance
of the festivals s hou l d
11ot b e
followed
by the church. This s i lence of JCSLIS
s
viral because Jesus always spoke o p d j
against every evil of Judaism.
His prac-
r ice among a people keeping these fes -
tivals
can
mean ? l o t h i n g
Ic-.l-.t
thr;n
i d / /
upproval of their
oh.iervancr.
The apos t le John devoted ; in ent i re
c ha p te r to the presence of Jesiis at t he
f c a x of tabeiiiacles
in
rhe lasr
a u n i n i i i
o f his minis t ry (John
7
) .
(P l euse
cont inue ( I n p u ~ e
i
SABBATH.
Now bear th is
i n
niind.
J ~ S L I ~
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re
articles utrit ten
by
studerzts on
student uct iu
i t i e 3 to
give
yo r ~ h e s to r y of our jam-packed li ves on the campus. W e hope yo u won t
mind
if
i i v
occasionally po ke a li t t le f u n at ourselves-striving huma n beings are alway s
frinny-rind no
mtitter
houi
ser ious minded,
our
frai l t ies wink.
T h e
C a m p u s Editor
by G e o r g e M e e k e r ,
H o w
s t r o n g c
it
is
tu c n te r a place
of
worship--;i heath en temple-to see hid -
COLIS
images
of
dra gons a nd e l e pha n t s
. i n d ro w;itcII people bow in prayer to
idols o f
human
beings
wl i o i n
l t iey kiave
deified
This w;is the unusual experience that
H e r m a n Hoch. Calvin Allen and
I
had
while visiting
;I
13uddhist Teniple in the
Japanese district
of
Los
Angeles .
Before enter ing t l ie or ienta l - looking
remple . we
had [lie
feeling that we we re
being secre t ly warched; but th is was
s o o n
changed bec iiuse the Japan ese wor-
ship pers were very coiirteous and cordial
t o
us. One woman
talked
to
s for s ome
t ime e xp la in ing
rlic
bir th and develop-
me n t of the Uuddhis t re l ig ion and
the
significxice a nd
purpose
of the elaborate
gdden nlrar , which, we were to ld . was
Buctdhisin, like Christianiry, so-called,
and other iiori-Chrisrian religions, is
broken up into inany sects of different
schools of rhotight; but Buddhists are
niore tolerant
of
one
mothe r ' s v i e w
po in t t ha n
a rc
most Prorrst:inrs :in(]
C:ithol
cs.
We
not iced tha t
chc
IJuddhists
in
this
country
have been
exposed
ro
western
customs, and the American way
of
l i k
has affected their ternplc services. T h e
lhiddhists
d o
not Iiave ;iny special day
for worship;
h o w e v e r ,
they hold their
religious services on Sundiiy because
I C
is
the mos t convenient day, be ing the
workers '
d a y ott.
Even in Jap an Sunday
has
coiiie to bc
the
working inan 's
d a y
off. T h e i r speci;il holydays are rhe b i r t h -
day
of
the Uuddl i ; i . who founded Bud-
dhisrn,
the
birthday of the founder of
t h r i r
p: i rrini l ; i r
school
of
philosophy ;inJ
Ne w Ye a r ' s da y .
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about clothes, several
of
the s tudents a re
making dresses, suits ,
or
skirts.
For
dry skin or wrinkles on the face ,
dhows , ha nds , o r legs,
we
learned tha t
o n e
of
the bes t prepara t ions
to
he lp
overcome dryness is the na tura l product
of sheep, lanolin. which costs only a lit-
tle over
;I
dollar for a pound tha t wi l l
last for years.
For
those who have oi ly
s k in
or
externa l ly caused blemishes an-
othe r product , a rrow root , was presented
to the class.
Lanol in can also be successfully used
on the ha i r bu t t he be s t t h ing tha t you
ra n g ive your ha i r
is a
grea t dea l
of
t h e
p rope r k ind
of brushing.
It is desirable
not to wash your ha ir too frequently.
For
the na tura l ly dry ,
or
oily sca lp there
a rc s upp le me n ta ry pn in i s Khai ~ a i i m-
prove a nd e nha nc e the be a u ty
of
w o m -
ans hair-her cro wn ing glory.
HOW Prevent Annihilation
(
Continued
f r o m
p d g e
4 )
is
a W A Y O F
LIFE-the
way
CONTRARY
t o t h e
S P I R I T U A L L A W S
OF
GOD.
In re-
ligious language, its the way of
S I N ,
be -
cause the Bible defines S I N as t he
3 : 4 ) , a n d
as
a
SPIRITUAL P R I N C I P L E ,
youl l read in R om ans
7 :
14, that law is
it
S P I R I T U A L L A W
EVERY PHASE of our
present civiliza-
t ion -our po l i t i c a l o rga n iz a t ions , our
nat ional governments , the economic
sps
tems, the social customs, -even religious
organizations-is D I A M E T R I C A L L Y
C O N -
TRARY TO GODS LAWS
Yet today
men
organize
S T I L L
M O RE
to
P R E V E N T
wa r ,
wiili rile
V E R Y
S Y S Y ~ M
W H I L H
I S T H E
C A U S E OF W A R S
This sys tem has grown cons tant ly
more and more complex, especia l ly in
these latter years
of
t h i s mode rn
MA-
C H I N E A G E of
t he we s te rn wor ld . I N
A W OR D ,
the cause
of W A R S
is
H U M A N
G O V E R N M E N T hased on H U M A N N A -
T U R E ,
instead
of
t he
G O V E R N M E N T O F
GOD,
ba s e d on d iv ine
S P I R I T U A L
L A W
We l l , wha t , t he n , i s t he s o lu t ion?
Thc grca t .sc ient is ts te l l
us WORLD
G O V E R N M E N T
i s the worlds only hope .
Y e t w e s e e t h a t h u m a n m e n o n e a r t h
a re
UTTERLY I N C A P A B L E of
s e t t in g u p
it
wor ld gove rnme n t tha t w i l l
WORK
a nd
b r i n g
us
peace
If the wh ole world-its leaders and
its whole people-would
C R Y OUT T o
A L M I G H T Y
G O D
to save US, a nd wou ld
Y I E L D
to His rule , T H A T would b r ing U S
TRANSGRESSION OF GODS LAW ( 1
J o h n
peace;
-BUT T H A T M E N S T I L L R E F I J S E
T O
Do
How,
t he n , c a n pe a c e c ome whi l e ma n
is
U N A B L E to
br ing a bou t the
ONE
pos-
s ible solut ion, and
U N W I L L I N G
to cry
ou t for t he o the r? HOW WILL IT
C O M E?
N o w HOW W I L L wor ld pe a c e a c r id ly
cOme-lN
OU R T IM E -d u r in g
this very
present genera t ion? Yes , W OR L D GOV-
E R N M E N T is
the only solution-but not
HUMAN gov ernm ent based on the vani ty
a nd g re e d a nd the s ho r t c omings and
evils
of HUMAN NATURE.
The re i s NO
MAN ON EARTH
GOOD
A N D P E R F E C T E N O U G H 1 BE WORLL)
RULER. The re wa s s uc h a ma n , bu t tha t
was
1900
years ago Th at man, Jesus
Chris t , admit ted He was born to
be
a
KING-a WOR LD RULE R-but,
he said,
H I S K I N G D O M W A S N O T
O F
T HI S
WORLD.
H e t a ugh t H i s d i s c ip le s a bou t
the
KI N GD OM OF
G o u t h a t
is,
t he
wor ld - ru l ing
GOVERNMENT of GOD
B u t t he n H e pe rmi t t e d H ims el f t o be
crucified. H e
DIED,
a nd wa s bu r ie d H e
was resurrected after three days, -but
H e
L E F T
th is ear th and went fa r
off to
H E A V E N whe re H e ha s be e n e ve r s inc e .
B u t H e ha s s aid ,
I f
I
go, I W I L L
C OM E A GA I N .
An d th e Scriptures tel l 11s
t he H E A V E N S ha ve re c eived H im U N T I L
-yes, only
U N T I L
t h e T i m e s
of
RESTI-
T U T I O N
o f ail things-yes,
U N T I L
t he
restoring
of PEACE
on e a r th , a nd
GOOD
W I L L
a m o n g m e n
W h a t , n o w ,
of
t he
P U R P O S E
be ing
worked out here be low? My fr iends , i t
i s working
E XACT L Y
ON
S C HE D U L E
God s e t a pa r t a pe r iod
of 6,000
years
to
al low a rebel l ious human family to
W R I T E T HE L E S S ON
i n huma n pove r ty ,
hunger , anguish, heartache and suffer ing,
tha t
MANS
W A Y S BASED
ON
M A N S R E A -
L I S HE D L AW S
c a n on ly b r ing upon ma n
the very WRETCHEDNESS a n d C H A O S
tha t gr ips th is unhappy world
TONIGHT
S O N I N G C O N T R A R Y
TO GODS
ESTAB-
T H A T T E R R I B L E L E S S ON HA S B E E N
W R IT T EN I N H U M A N A N G U I SH A N D
B L OOD Y E S, W R I T T E N - b u t N O 1
L E A R N E D
Left
to
ourse lves we humans
would
go
on an d on, s tubbornly rebel l ing
agains t Gods loving laws unt i l in a few
years we would
A N N I H I L A T E H U M A N
I.IFE
FROM O F F T H F
FACE
O F T H E
EARTH.
But, A L M I G H T Y GOD W I L L NOT
P ER -
M I T I T T O G O T H A T F A R H e ha s s e t a
T I M E - L I M l T - 6 , 0 0 0
years Th at rime is
a bou t U P . It E N D S durin g th is la t ter half
of the 2 0th C entury, - in OUR t ime Yes.
we live in
MOMENTOUS
days
God wi ll
S E N D
Jesus Christ-the very
S A M E
J e sus C hr i s t who t a ugh t the K I N G -
DOM
OF
GOD
more than 1)oo years ago
.-this tim e in
A L L THE POWEH
A N I )
GOD
H e wi ll c ome in
S U P R E M E D I V IN E :
A U T HOR I T Y , as the
K I N G of
kings,
a nd thc
L O R D of
lords,
- R U L E R OVER
A L L T H E N A T I O N S OF T H E E A R T H
NO one e lse
cqdd
save this world,
p u t a n e n d to wa rs, a nd b r i ng
us
W O R L I )
PEACE
1 wa nt you to see the reason
W H Y L I S T E N All these wars-all thi s
world chaos-all this hu ma n suffering
GLORY OF T H E A L M I G H T Y R U L I N G
and hear t-ach e an d death-is merely
the P E N A L T Y we a re pa y ing fo r ou r own
W R O N G W A Y
OF
LIFE-the penalty
of
suffering can be removed from this
world
ONLY
by the very O N E w h o
is
able
to
have
P A I D
T H E
P E N A L T Y W H I C H
THE W O R L D
I S
N O W P A Y I N G ,
in our
stead
WAR is
t he
P E N A L T Y
of this sin.
W a r c a n be s roppe d ONL Y by the One
-the
S U P R E M E O N E - w h o
has Himself
already P A I D that penalty fo r t he
W H O L E
WORL-by His
l i f e ma de huma n a nd
morta l for the
P U R P O S E
of death-yes,
by H im who wa s
CREATOR of
U S
all, and
then changed in to morta l HUMAN form
became S A V I O U R of us all
O N L Y
Jesus
Chris t can forgive and take away
SIN-
and W A R
I S
THE P E N A L T Y of sin.
THATS
why our politicians and states-
m e n Do
N O T K N O W
the cause of wars
tha nk
GOD
-the
ETERNAL CREATOR
knows, and it is in H I S purpose soon
now
to
D E L I V E R
th is world from wars
a n d f r o m
ALL
sin which
brings about
A L L human suffer ing, and usher in , a t
last,
I N S P I T E
of rebellious man,
W O R LD
P E A C E N O W
you see why Jesus Christ is
ihe PR IN C E of Peace
W H A L
GOOU
N E W S T h e KJNGDOM 1: GOD is very
near to
Y O U ,
my friends
S I N
A n d this awful mountain of
~ I L I I I I U I I
- N O R T H E W A Y TO E N D T H E M
But
What Did
Jesus
Teach?
(
Continued f r o m p u g s 1 1 )
Almost entirely overlooked by writers,
is
the
fact
tha t
Jesus
never offered sacri-
fices on these days,
except t h e
fiu.rsozw
lamb.
This corresponds exacrly with
Jeremiahs s ta tement ,
t h a t
when orig-
inally instituted,
no
offerings (ex cept the
passover) were placed upon them (Jer .
7 : 2 2 ) .
The sacrifices placed upon them
luter
were given
t o
the Levitical priest-
hood to offer.
Impor ta nc e o f La s t Pa s s ove r Suppe r
The passover
is
only one
of
the seven
annual festivals which Jesus observed.
I t is a mem oria l orda ined forever (E xo -
dus 12 : 14 ) . Fo r tha t r e a son J e sus ob -
served i t arid i i is tructed his disciples on
tha t las t n ight how it should be con-
tinuously observed annually d f t e r hi,
death
by t he Ne w Te s ta me n t c hu rc h in
re me mbra nc e of h im. Th i s do in re-
me mbra nc e of me. That is a commrtnd
fo r the c hurc h a bou t one o f Gods annual
festivals-the passover I.iikr 7: 19)
Even the apos t le Paul , who was convert -
ed much later, understood that Jesus set
an example tha t n ight
for
Jewish and
Ge n t i l e convcrts
a l i k e 1
Coiiniliiaii>
The sad service occurred after sunset.
T h e e a t i n g
of
the passover lamb a t sup-
per having a l ready ended. and the ordi-
nance of foot washing having been in-
s t i t u t e d ( J ohn
3 : 1 4 ) .
Jesus sa t down
11 20-34) .
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and explained to t h e disciples thar,
hereafter, the commanded offering of a
lamb
in anticipation of
the death of the
Messiah would be replaced with new
crnblcrns because the lamb of God
would have been slain for the world.
Jesus used
unleavened bread
and
wine
as the new emblems.
God never permitted leavened bread
to be used
at
the passover. Also the
fruit of the vine could n ot have been
unfermented grape juice. Grape juice
could not at that time be preserved till
spring. It either became wine, about
forty days following the harvest, or else
the grape juice was made into a heavy
syrup. Any kn ow ledg e of the p ractices of
the Jewish community in the days
of
Jesus will reveal that f e rmented w ine was
used exclusively at the passouer ( H a s -
t ings Dict iona ry, article Wine ) .
Th e s t range doctr ines that entered the
church in later years and changed the
passover into the mass, the eucharist,
com mun ion and Lords Suppe r will be
explained fully in coming articles.
This perversion of Jesus teaching is one
of the most sordid episodes of church
history.
Was t h e
Sabbaih
O b s e r v e d A f t e r
C h r i st D i e d ?
You have probably heard that even
though Jesus
D I D
NOT ONCE D U R l N t i
H I S W H O L E L I F E preach against the
days God instituted, that they were
abolished by his death .
Now notice this.
After
t he handwr i t -
in g of ordinances was abolished
by
Christs
cleoth
(Col . 2 : 1 4 ) , t he H o ly
Spirit inspired th e apostles to say thar
the day
after
the death
of
Jesus
was a
high day-the first ann ual sabb ath in the
festival
of
unleavened bread ( Jo hn 19:
31) ,
and that the seventh day was still
the sabbath according to the fourth com-
mandment ( Luke
2 3
:5 6 ) . The fol low-
ers of Jesus rested on that sabbath
The first Sunday after the resurrec-
t ion, the women came to the tomb be-
cause it w a s a
work
day. Later that
Sunday Jesus appeared ro t h e eleven disci-
ples as they were gathered . . . in honor
of the resurrect ion? NO But behind
closed doors F OK F E AR O F T H E J E W S
aJ
thej
u ere
eating their evening meal .
And Jesus rebuked them for their unbe-
lief because they did not believe the ac-
cou nts of the resurrection that the
women gave
(Ma rk
16:13-14 and John
20:
19).
How different this is
f r om
the fables
commonly taught
I N
T H E
N E X T ISSUE O F T H E G O O D
ING
A B S O LU T E L Y F R OM A U T H E N T I C
HISTORY, A b I K V N O M Y A N D T H E B IB LE
T H A T JE S U S D ID N O T D IE
ON
FRIDAY,
T H A T T HE R E S l I R KEC T I ON W A S
NOT ON
N E W S W I L L
A P P E A R A N ART I CL E PROV-
SUNDAY THAT
TIIE PASSOVER
W A S
ON
W E D NE S D AY I N THE VERY YEAR CHRIST
DIED. You wont want
to
miss it
The New
Covenant
( C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 6 )
off are made nigh by the blood of
Chris t (Eph. 2 : 1 1 - 1 3 ) .
So
it is
throagh
Jeszls
Christ
that Gen-
tiles are no more strangers and foreign-
ers, but fellowcitizens with the saints
(Eph. 2:19). Paul says in Galatians
3
:
29,
And if ye be Christs, then are ye
Abrahams seed
(no
longer considered
Gentiles) and heirs according to the
promise.
So
Gentiles have to be long t o Christ
in order to become part of the spiritual
commonwealth
of
Israel-the church.
Paul, in Romans 11: 17-18,pictures the
Gentiles as branches of wild olive trees
who are grafted into the natural olive
tree-Israel begotten of the Spirit. Gen-
tiles can be partakers
of
the same Spirit
of promise and of the blessings to Israel.
But carefully notice, the Gentiles by
nature do
n o t
receive the promise. They
must become transformed into the Spir-
it-hegnrren commonwealth of Israel be
fore they can receive any of the bless-
ings.
How could Ch rist make it possible for
Geniileb t u be heirs to the promises
made to Israel?
Chris t ,
the
Heir
of
Abraham
The promise of eternal inheritance of
the earth was unconditionally made to
Abraham and his seed (Gen.
26:
) .
Bur Abraham died without inhe riting the
promises (Hebrews
1 1 : 1 3 ) .
It re-
mained for Jesus Christ the
one
heir
who was with out sin-the promised
seed through the lineage of Abrah am
-to inherit the promises (Gal .
3:16).
Jesus came in the flesh to confirm the
promises made
to
the fathers ( R o m .
15:8) . H e also was [he minister of
a
new Jestarnent
or
wi l l by which he
would bequeath His entire inheritance
to His heirs in case of drdth. Remember
the new cescament contained the prom-
ise of
eternal znheritance
(Hebrews
9:
1 5 ) .
Christs
t e s tament
or will
did not have
any force until his death. For a testa-
ment is
of
force
after
men are dead
( H e b . 9.17) . When Chris t died, then
His heirs have the right to the eternal
inheritance made possible through the
Holy Spirit which imparts eternal life.
But
who d i the
heirs of Christ?
No
one is Christs unless one believes,
repents, and is baptized (Acts 2 : 3 8 ;
Gal. 3 : 2 7 ) . So you can become an heir
of Christ if you fulfill this condition
.ind receive the Holy Spirit which puts
i
mmerses-you nro
t h e
church
whether you are Israelite
or
Genti le ( I
Cor. 1 2: 1 3 ) . W e are Christs because
Christ b o u g h t us by giving His life in
our stead to pay for
our
sins I Cor.
6:20).
N e w C o v e n a n t Not Yet Comple ted
Christ
is
the Mediator of the new
covenant (Heb.
8:6).
According to the
prophecy
of
Daniel
9:27 ,
Christ has not
yet
complet.ed
His work of confirming
the covenant. Therefore the new cove-
nant must yet be completed in t h e
f g
tare--For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel
AFTER THOSE DAYS, saith the Lord;
1
wi l l
put my laws into their mind, and
write them in their hearts (Heb. 8: 10;
Jer.
3 1 : 3 1 - 3 4 ) .
The new covenant will not be made
with fleshly, carnal Israelites who can
still sin-it will correct tha t fault. Th is
time it will be made with Spirit-born
Israelites who have been forgiven their
sins and who have Gods
laws
written
in their minds and hearts so they cant
sin and break the covenant. The apostle
John reveals that it is only at the resur-
rection when we are b o r n u g a i n - c o m -
posed of spirit-that
we wont
be able
to sin because we will have Gods nature
permanently implanted in us ( I J o h n
3 : 9 ) . Jesus told Nicodemus also that
we must be born again-of the Spiri t -
before we can inherit the kingdom and
gain eternal life (John
3 ).
Bear in mind that the new tertament
or
will of
Jesus Christ has been in force
since His death. But His testament or
will has conditions which we must meet
before
w e
can
inheri t
the promises.
The Greek word for testament also
means covenant. Since the new
testa-
m e n t
involves our agreement to fulfill
these conditions, it also becomes a cozie-
nant-and that new covenant will not
be confirm ed wi th us-we won t inherit
the promises--until we are first
made
immortal and have Gods nature so we
cant sin (I1 P e t e r 1 : 4 ) .
New
Covenant
a
Marr iage Agreement
All that the Scripture says concerning
Israel and the promises under the new
testament pertains to the church. It is
the
church
that is Israel begotten and
soon
to
be born of the Spirit (Acts 26:
6 , 7 ) . Under the old covenant Israel
could have becomc
a
kingdom
of
priests
(Ex. 19 :6 ), under the new covenant
the church will become a kingdom of
priests governing t he phyricul nation
Is-
rael (
I
Peter 2 :9 ; Rev. :
10;
Acts
1 :
6 ) ,
A s
the church is Israel-Abrahams
seed and heirs of the promise-then it
is the church with whom the
new
cove-
nant will finally be made. But we read
in
11 Corinthians
11 :2
and Ephesians
i : 3 2 t h x t
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coming will marry the church which is
now his espoused bride. Therefore the
new covenant will be ANOTHER M A R -
RIAGE
A G R E E M E N T Christ wi l l be the
hushand, the church will become His
wife.
Remember t ha t t he ETERNAL was the
husband of ancient Israe l . Under the
old covenant Israel could never remarry
her husband once the divorce was giv-
en and she was defiled by relationships
with heathen gods. so t h e L o r d - n o t t he
Father-but the W or d wh o became Jesus
was born into hum an f lesh to d ie so tha t
Israel would be free
to
remarry. That s
why we read in Revela t ion
19:7,
tha t
before the coming marr iage be tween
Christ and the church takes place i t will
be sa id: The marr iage of the Lamb is
come, and His
W I F E
not b r i d e ) hath
mad e herself ready. This could not be
said of the church unless i t was Jesus
and no t t he Fa the r to whom Israel had
once been marr ied.
N e w Testament Has P r o m i se s a n d
Curses
The new covenan t ha s be t t e r p rom-
ise s-e ter na l promises-but there are
also
curses
W e k n o w t h a t d u r i n g th e t im e of the
old covenant a violator of the law died
wi thour mercy unde r two or three wi t -
nesses. What about the person who
spurns t he t e rms of the new testament?
Of how
much
sore r pun i shm e n t . sup-
pose ye, continues Paul in Hebrews
10:29,
shall
he
be thozlgbt worthy,
w h o
hath t rodden und er foot the Son of God,
and h a th cou nted the blood of the cove-
nant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing?
Under the old, they perished at the
hands of men. Under the new the wick-
cd will perish
at
thc hand
of
God
i n
the lake
of
fire,
How impor t an t it is tha t we under-
stand the t ruth about the new covenant
In no place does God say that
He
will
take away
His
laws
or
g ive
us different
laws. The new covenant doesnt abolish
the commandments, i t established them
in
us
according to the spiri t and intent,
nor
just
in the le t te r . I hope you will
not be found rebell ious toward Go d be-
cause
you
haverit awakened to the
fact
tha t God wants to pardon you through
the sacrifice of His Son and give you the
Holy Spir i t so you can live by His com-
mands for your own eood.
If
You Yield to Temptation
have
you sinned willfully?
by W a y n e
Cole
M
N Y of you have suffered need-
less
worry
because
y o u
wrrc
taught that if you make a mis-
take
or
yield to a tempta t ion you are
automatically lost and bound for ever-
last ing punishing and tor ture in he l l -
f ire. I t i s no wond er we po or mo rta l be-
ings sometimes believe these things
since there
are
so
many
false prophets
and teachers in the world today pro-
claiming just such doctrines.
W ha t i s wi l lful s in?
Is
it
m e r el y m a k -
ing a mistnke? If we, human as we are,
do something which we see la ter was
a
mistake and are sorry and repent
of
i t ,
have we sinned willfully and
lost
all
hope of sa lva t ion? What kind of a G o d
would we be serving? Is H e so unmerci -
fu l t ha t knowing we a re born wi th a
sinful nature, He expects
us
to live a l i fe
free of any mistakes or s in? And i f w e
cannot we have lost
all
chance
of
eterna l
l i fe?
No,
H e
is
not tha t kind of
a
God.
God is long-suffering with us and is not
wi l l ing tha t anyone should per ish but
tha t
all
should come to repentance 11
Peter 3 : 9 ) .
Bib le Exp la ins Rea l Mean in g
We read in
Hebrcws
10:26 if we sin
willfully af ter we understand the t ruth
we have no more sacrifice for sins. It
says willfully-sinning willingly afte r
del iberate premedztat ion ,
knowing be t .
t e r bu t dec id ing i n our own mind to d o
that which
is
wrong.
W e mus t be cont inual ly overcoming.
Even af te r we have come to truth, re-
pented, become converted and have
Gods Holy Sp i r i t i n us w e
still
hatre
h u m a n n a t u r e ,
subjec t to the tempta t ions
which su r round
us.
Paul had these same
experiences happening
to
h i m ( R o m a n s
7 :
15- 20 ) .
Verse
15--For
that which
I
d o I allow
not:
for wha t I would,
tha t
d o I no t ; bu t wha t I hate, tha t do
I.
He is expla ining tha t he does not
al-
ways act exactly as he desires to act but
at t imes does those things which he
bates
and knows a re
w r o n g .
W a s P a u l
s inn ing willfully?
No,
if he had been he would have
lost all chance for e terna l l i fe but we
know h e ha s not. Paul explains in verse
17 that i t is
not
he who does the
evil
decd
but i t i s
rhc
s i n that dwelleth in
him tha t tempts him and causes the
w r o n g to be commit ted. He says in the
few fol lowing verses tha t the wil l and
wzsh to
do w hat i s r ight i s there but
n o t
the
p o w e r
or
strength
with which to d o
it.
T he spi r i t t ruly
is
ready hut the flesh
is weak, said Jesus
(Mark
14:38).
This exper ience which Paul
is
relating
appl ies to us today.
We
can be
convert -
ed, living a good Chi s t i a i l life
arid
still
do those things which are
w r o n g
and
w e
know
are
sinful
This does not
mean we have de l ibera te ly thought and
planned the execut ion of the w rong.
We
are all born wi th
a
sinful na ture abiding
in
us,
which causes
us
to d o w r o n g a n d
af ter we
are
converted and
w a n t
t o d o
right
we dont always find sufficient
strength to resist.
W h a t A b o u t B a c ks l id e r s ?
In Hebrews 6:4 -6 we find i t is im-
possible to renew t? repentance those
who have been enl ightened and given
the heavenly gift ( t h e Holy Sp i r i t ) and
have fallen away. Therefore i t
is
im-
possible for a
back-rlider.
a person who
has been fill
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