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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

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EUROPE:

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tk

CANADA:

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of dial) every Sunday

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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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6 The

GOOD

NEWS

February,

1 9 5 3

0

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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7/16

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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8/16

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.


9/16

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.


10/16

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


11/16

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 ~


12/16

O N

THE CAMPUS

FOLLOVING

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 .


13/16

February,

1953

T h e

GOOD NEWS

Page

I ?

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) .


14/16

Page

14

T h e GOOD

NEWS

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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