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VOL. III, NUMBER S

The NatIonal MagazIneAMBASSADOR COLLE o fG E

MAY, 1953

WHAT IS PROPHESIEDlIre now baue WORLD REVOLUTION. We now b.u. theH-Bomb, which if produced as a "rigged bomb" could annihilateall life from this earth. Now read what MOMENTOUS euents

the immediate future holds!by Herbert W. Armstrong

T HE PRESENT is fearful! What doesthe immediat e f utur e hold? Thevisible fact.r indicate a horrifyingfuture. Biu the invisible certainties ofPROPHECY assure a peaceful, prosperous,happy WORLD TOMORROW!

IL is often darkest just before dawn.Make no mistake, humanity still hasmajor lessons to learn, and thi s wor ld isnow be ing plunged into gross darkness.But even this rapidly approaching blackness brings it c loser to the dawn!

Almighty God has decreed it! TheMaker and Ruler of the universe isworking out a Purpose! Hi s purposestands, and is working ou t precisely onschedule! An unbelievable, wonderfulWorld Tomor row is almost here. Lifecould be such an enjoyable , happy ,thrilling experience. It shall be, then.It is only because humanity has violatedthe laws set in motion to produce thatjoyful life that we find today, instead,poverty, sickness, famine, fear, emptiness, crime, war and chaos.

Yes, humanity still has its greatestlesson to learn! But as we now near thecrisis at the close of this age, this worldshall learn lessons fastiThe Awful Ominous Present

The unseen factor is GOD! Th e invisi-ble Creator-Ruler is about to step inand intervene-suddenly-in our titling

generation! Now consider WHY!The visible signs all point to horror,

disintegration, annihilation'Look for a brief moment at theworld men can see! \Xlhat started in1914 was world revolution. It set off acham-reaction oi world political explosion. Kings have been dethroned, governments have toppled, na tions havebeen invaded and overrun. NFW ismshave appeared in fury bent on conquering and rul ing the world. Th e world to-day is in chaos, fearful of a far moreawful World War III, already engaged illrelentless cold war, spiced with hotwars in Kore a and I ndo China.

Th e hellish Hydrogen Bomb is here-a living, terrifying reality!JUSt how hellish is this H-Bomb? Thefacts defy imagination. It is t he k ind ofbomb that can be built to he as powerfulas the nation constructing it de sire s.The size most spoken of is an H-Bomb1000 times as powerful as the A-bombsdropped on Japan. Bur it could bemade many times more powerful thanthat! Th e process employed in the A-bomb is {ission, That in the H-bomb is[usion. The reason the Hvbomb was notproduced in the first place is that noway was known to explode it. It is likeigniting a tremendous pill" of dry brushsoaked in gasoline. There was no known"match" to ignite and set off the terrific

super explosion of hydrogen.It required a temperature equal to

the fusion of hydrogen in the sun, 20million degrees centigrade. But thehighest t empe ra tu re man kn ew bow torealize on earth was around 6.000 de-grees centigrade. There was no "match"powerful enough to set off the hydrogenbomb. But the scientists at Los Alamosproduced a fission atomic bomb thatgenerated a temperature of 60 milJiondegrees centigrade at the instant of itsexplosion' This is three times the temperature of the inter io r of the sun!

Th e atomic bomb, then, produced the"match" to ignite rhc 1000 times morepowerful Hydrogen bomb!

Ho w Hellish Is the H-Bomb?Now consi de r t he t er ri fy ing facts!

American scientists have developed anA-bomb six to eight times more powerful than the bombs droppe d on Japan.But this [untastic explosuc is merelythe TRIGGUR that sets 011 an H-b omb!

Although an H-bomb can be mademany times more powerfu l yet. let usconsider how hel li sh is th e Hyd rogenbomb generally mentioned-IOOO timesas powerful as the A-bomb.

To be most effec tive , it would bedetonated a few miles in the air abovethe target. In a millionth of a secondth e A-bomb t ri gger wou ld exp lode hor-


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Page 2rifying fury three times hot ter than thesun, causing the hydrogen atoms to fuseand instantaneously unleash imagination-defying destruction on the greatcity below. Directly below, in a circleten miles across, everything would beinstantly vaporized! Total destructionwould occur to everything in a circletwenty miles across! In an area 40 milesacross the buildings would crumblein flames, and the people suffer horribleburns.Heat would burst over the groundbelow first, igniting instantaneous fires35 miles away in all directions-overan area 70 miles across! Everything inflammable would burst into flame. Therewould be a tapering off damage by fireas far as 20 miles farther out-coveringa total circular area 110 miles across!People even in these far ther-out pointswould suffer lethal burns.Then, almost immediately after thisburst of heat as if the sun had suddenlytouched the earth, the BLAST would rockthe earth. Burning buildings would bepulverized or crumbled to the ground.The explosion would rock an area of300 square miles. On the outskirrspeople and buildings that withstood theheat would be crumpled by the imagination-defying blast.But this is not all! Following this, allfury would break loose! The roaringheat churning the atmosphere wouldset off mighty hurricanes!

How hellish is the H-bomb? It ismore hellish than the human mind cangrasp! Yet this is the comparative"peaceful" form of the H-bomb. This iswhat is called the "non-rigged bomb."A bomb constructed in the "rigged"form would liberate a huge cloud equalto 5 million pounds of radium. Thisradio-active cloud could be carriedthousands of miles, dest roying all lifein its diabolical path! This is whatProf. Albert Einstein referred to whenhe said it is now possible to annihilatelife from off this planet!

But What WILL Happen?We have reached that stage of human"progress" when, if God does not intervene, man would finally wipe mankindout of existence. But GOD WILL INTERvENE!Weare right now rapidly approaching the climax of this civi lization bui ltby man. Man built it, in defiance ofGod's inexorable laws. Man is now destroying it. GOD W ILL STEP IN AND

SAVE US! Here is what the SupremeRuler behind all rule says will happen.Here is a summary of world eventsfrom now!Summarizing all the prophecies ofthe Bible, in their correct time sequence,as outlined in the prophet ic por tions of

The GOOD NEWSthe Book of Revelation, and as explained by Jesus Christ (Mat. 24; Mark13; Luke 21), and beginn ing with actual conditions as they exist today, thisis the world picture:The nations of Europe, directly in thevery shadow of the great Spviet menace,are disturbed, AFRAID, distrustful of

America, fearfully anxious for a UNITED EUROPE, yet roo suspicious of oneanother to affect it UNLDSS or until aSUPREME AUTHORI1Y shall appear,trusted by all, and with power and leadership to unite so many nations possessing so many rival aspirations andconflicting interests.The peoples of Europe as a wholewant such a united Europe. But theywill never pe rmit America or Britainto bring it about.Germany is the economic and military heart of Europe. Without Germanysuch a federation of nations is impossible. Yet the other nations of Europewill not trust Germany or a Germanleader. Still, in spite of this, it is probable that none but a German can provide the dynamic, inspired leadershiprequired to organize such a politicalmilitary federation.

Needed: A Supreme AuthorityAs our own foreign correspondents,Dick Armstrong and Herman Hoeh, reported to you from Europe last summer,the only possible SUPREME AUTHORI1Ywhom all European nations and peopleswould trust to HEAD such a new-createduniversal Empire is a universal RE-

LIGIOUS power. And that is exactlywhat PROPHECY saysshall happen (Rev.17) !The stage is already set! Conditionsin Europe are now ripe!All that is lacking, now, is the new SU-

PREME LEADER! But what must be perfected is a political and a military federation. While none other than a greatand universal and international religiouspower can become the SUPREME AUTHORI1Y that can UNITE these nations and weld them together, with theirmany conflicting and competing interests-yet a CHURCH cannot organize,and provide the executive political-military administration for a political-military EMPIRE!Actually the LEADER who sits in theexecutive office, whether called a President, Emperor, Fuhrer, or Dictator, cannot be a great religious leader-butmust, of necessity, be a man who is aleader in the political, economic, andmilitary fields.Inevitably, therefore, the only mannerin which a United Europe may be accomplished is by the UNION of Churchand State-the CHURCH sitting at thetop as the harmonizing, unifying force

May, 1953which alone can UNITE such conflictingnational interests-yet delegating, under the sponsorship and religious authority of the Church, the organizationand executive power of the political,economic-military machinery to a greatleader in this field.

HITLER Probably Alive!Now consider a startling, yet mostsignificant possibility:It is now definitely proved thatAdolph Hitler did not die in his Berl inbunker at the close of World War II,as reported to the world. His death wasnever proved. But evidence, reportedin previous issues of this magazine, hasaccumulated to prove he did not die.Evidence points persistently to the facthe was flown by private plane to a waiting submarine, and taken to a fantasticShangri-la hide-out known to have beenprepared by Nazis in the wastes ofAntarctica.And today startling new evidencecomes to light indicating that Hitlerhas left his Antarctic exile and is working feverishly in Argentina, under protection of Dictator Juan Peron, alongwith 75,000 other Germans known to beliving there.It is now reported that American andBritish Intelligence Services have ominous evidence of these Germans plotting in the Argentine to make thatcountry the springboard for a new NaziFascist attempt to conquer the world.Add to this the fact that Germanyactually started its comeback twelve

years sooner than after World War 1.This time thei r plans for staging theircomeback and launching World War IIIwere methodically begun during WorldWar II. The day that war ended theNazi organization went underground.Their plans for coming back to powerand world domina tion have been proceeding for nearly eight years!WHO Is "the Beast" ?

Now, with this in mind, let us ask,WHO could possibly be the evil political-economic-military genius who, underand with the blessing of the SupremeReligious Power, will be able to organize and head such a gigantic Empire-to SWAY the peoples of all Europewith his oratory and knowledge of masspsychology into a whipped-up fanaticalfervor for a new Fascist attempt to conquer and rule the world?

THIS MAN, called "the Beast" in Bible prophecy, IS ALIVE AND PLAN-NING THIS VERY THING TODAY, as yetunknown to the world! WHO CA N T HISMAN BE?There is no known figure in Europe,already popular and prominent, with(Please continue on page 6)


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Life at Ambassadorby Rod Meredith

XBASSADOR COLLEGE will soon begin its seventh year. Just whatdoes the day-to-day life of a student at Ambassador consist of? Are thestudents here so religious-minded thatthey have no time for recreation andfun? What is the outlook for an incoming student at Ambassador College?As a graduate student, I am going torecall those never-to-be-forgotten experiences at Ambassador, and will try

to give all interested readers a completely frank idea of how the college"atmosphere" here at Ambassadorstacked up to me.Typical Collegiate Skepticism

Four years ago I was a freshman student at my home-town junior college inthe medium-sized midwest city where Ihad grown up. I was active in student affairs and had been all through highschool where I had excelled in suchsports as track, football and boxing.But now I was in college taking aphilosophy course and becoming skeptical of the world as a whole.Yet I was somewhat interested in religion, and had been encouraged by myuncle to l isten to "The World Tomorrow" program over XEG. I found thatMr. Armstrong's sermons made my

place in the world seem more real thanthe abstract philosophies I had beenstudying. He made God seem moredefinite and genuine to me than theidealistic speculations and political nonsense I heard in the big Protestantchurch I was attending.God had always seemed real to mebecause my parents had taught me topray when I was a small child. But, asI pored over my philosophy books, disturbing thoughts came in to my mind. Iearnestly desired to find out-some way,some how-what life was really allabout.Then I Came to Ambassador

During the next summer a series ofcircumstances together with a let ter ofencouragement from my uncle made medetermine to come to Ambassador College.Immediately I began to wonder,"What will my friends think?" Most atthem had gone, or would go, to thenearby state university. I had plannedto do the same.At Ambassador I would probably missa lot of college life,-or would I? I

asked myself if the students out therewould be like the "Bible college students" I had known in the past. Wouldthey all be either "sissies" or "intellectuals?" Were they a lot of timidpeople just hiding behind their Bibles,or did they live a full and purposefullife? I wondered--After I came to Ambassador thesequestions began to clear up-and howhappily!Because of the small student enrollment that year, I was thrown into intimate contact with every other student.Most of the men students lived on thethird floor of "Mayfair," our wonderfulstudent residence.I had the privilege of rooming withHerman Hoeh, then in his junior yearat Ambassador. I found him to be abrilliant student, but also the kind ofguy you like to be around. There were alot of other fellows like that, too. Someof the other students had been onathlet ic teams, and one of we other newstudents and I enjoyed telling one another about our "mighty deeds" in theboxing ring.And, as in every dormitory, we hadsome "practical jokers" around. Yes,most of us were still "green" in Bibleunderstanding. But beside our desirefor fun and laughter, we all had aserious purpose in coming to Ambassador.

"Pretty Nice, After All"We let the older students sort of setthe pace around the campus. We newerstudents were inclined to waste a lot ofour time at first, but we soon learnedthat we would have to keep busy inorder to make the grade here at Ambassador. I found the courses were more"rugged" here than in college at home.This was partly because of the smallsize of the classes, the daily personalized

instruction, and consequently the necessity of preparing one's lessons for eachclass.The academic standards at Ambassador are maintained at a high level, andevery professor is of unusual calibre.But I soon discovered another uniquething about our faculty; every professorhas a "heart." I began thinking thatcollege life here was pretty nice afterall.The course in Bible under Mr. Armstrong was of primary interest to methat first year. The class was somewhat

informal, and all the students really gotto know Mr. Armstrong. Also, we wereable to discuss freely what the Bibleitself said about various points-andnot be contradicted by a lot of manmade teachings.

It was a pleasure to know that wecould accept the plain, simple statements out of the Bible. We went into astudy of the theory of evolution in class,and learned BOTH sides of the question.After studying the TRUE Bible story ofcreation, and then reading and discussing the theory of evolution, we agreedunanimously with the apostle Paul whenhe warned Timothy to avoid the "vainbabblings and oppositions of sciencefalsely so-called" ( l Tim. 6:20).The new students soon found thatMr. Armstrong was neither a wild-eyedreformer, nor a sanctimonious person.He is a profound student of the Bibleand a man of action. He strives to be a"doer" of the law, and not a hearer only.He believes in serving God and his fellow man with all of his might andstrength-and not being sanctimoniousabout it, but wearing a smile wheneverpossible.Indeed, this is the attitude of thechurch and college here in Pasadena.We try to give God the credit for whatis accomplished, though, because weknow that it is the power of God'sHoly Spir it which enables his servantsto perform the great work that must bedone.

Life at MayfairOur life at Mayfair was a lot differenttha t first year than it is now. Since therewas only one girl student, Betty Bates,who has since become Mrs. Gene Michel, the fellows all cooked their mealsin a separate kitchen that year. Bettyate wi th Mrs. Mann, our "house mother." We had a lot of fun at mealtime,

and fixed some marvelous "concoctions"to eat. We tried to buy heal th foods,though, and seemed to get along well.Paul Smith from Louisiana was ourchief cook and turned out to be a goodone.Al! the students were working theirway through school, so we had to keepbusy in order to work, study, washdishes, eat and sleep. We all workedaround the grounds here at Mayfair orat the college doing such jobs as painting, trimming trees, transplanting treesand bushes, and cleaning up the grounds


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Page 4and buildings. Mos t of the fellows havecome from farms, so we had a lot of funseeing what the "farm boys" could doand what they liked as compared withus "city boys."

Why We're HereOnce I got adjusted to my new environment , I began to realize more than

ever that all the students were here foran under lying serious purpose. We allwanted to learn marc about the Bible,and about the God who created us, andour relationship to Him.We were all in dead earnest aboutthis, yet we d idn' t wan t to "swallow"anything . So we stud ied and discussedthe Bible and tried to grow in trueChristian living; but we were carefulnot to go off the "deep end" on anything, Some of us were baptized earlythat fall. Others waited unt il later. Noone was pressured or even asked whyhe didn't accept the truth, repent, acceptChr ist as personal Saviour, and be baptized.That is one unique thing about Ambassador College-everyone is recognized and respected as a free moralagent and allowed to rnake his own decisions completely in such matters.I was rather skeptical at first andwanted to "check up" on Mr. Armstrong,and the work and college. DUL I soonlearned by the " frui ts " that this institution is wholly dedicated to AlmightyGod, and although human errors aresometimes made, rhey are admitted andcorrected whenever they are discovered.I also learned that this work is basedupon the Word of God and is not subject to the error of modern "churchianiry." I was baptized in December.

Older Students' ExampleIn the meantime, the older studentshad been setting a wonderful examplefor the newcomers.They put into pract ice the principlesof Chri stian living, day in and day out.They were diligent students of the Bihie, and were glad to discuss Bible subjects w ith us. Also, we began to realizethat they were keeping close to God inprayer.Followiug Christ's example, they madeno effort to pray openly. Rather, it wasa very private affair. Sometimes we newer students would waken in the veryearly morning to find our roommatesgone for no apparent reason. Often Iwould accidentally see some student{'merging from an empty closet or storeroom. Nothing was ever said, but Iknew that they had an intimate relationship with God which I lacked.Their example helped me a lot, andI am sure it helped others. This articlemay make some of our students self-

The GOOD NEWS

Baptizing Tours!At least two baptizing tours willaga in be sent ouL chis summer. Yuuwho have come to repent of transgress ing God's ways, to accept JesusChrist as your personal Saviour fromsin, and to g ive your life to God -

that He may fashion and mold yourcharacter and beget you as His sonthrough the Holy Spirit-BE SURETO WRITE MR. ARMSTRONG IMMEDIATELy to have your name put on thebaptizing list.We shall be looking forward tothe privilege of mee ting you.

conscious for a l it tle while , but I wantto give you co-workers a really intimate knowledge of them. I am p roud ofAmbassador College and of our s tudentbody, and I know yuu will be when youlearn more about them.

Campus Life TodayNow tha t we have a much larger Stu

dent body, campus life at Ambassadorhas grown in interest and variety. Butthe sincere desire of the students tolearn and to liue God's way still makesAmbassador, in my opini on, the mostunique, worthwhile, and wonderful college on this earth.In the athletic sphere, we have hadmany unusual advantages. Some seasons,we had a swimming class at the "Y"which was a grea t source of interest andenjoyment.At the college we have facilities forvolleyball, badminton, tennis, track, andtable tennis available to our physicaleducation class and all interested students. The "musclemen" even have aset of barbells in the basement at Mayfair!We are especially p roud of our recently built tennis courts. Since thecollege is rapidly growing, these arenecessary to provide the right kind ofexercise and recreation for our students.These two courts are among the finest inthe country since they incorporate allthe best features and lighting improvements. God has certainly blessed us withthese outstanding facilities for tennis.Our st uden t council is the source ofmany social occasions. It has sponsoredmany enjoyable "beach parties ," mixers,and other student activities.Every year we go on several fieldtrips which are highly interesting aswell as educational. They take us tosuch places as Hol lywood, Mr. Wil son,Griffith Park, and other points.These activi ties all help to developpersonali ty and poise and are an integralpar t of a studen t' s training here at Ambassador. Although these are only a

May, 195.,few uf i he aspeers of student life hereat Ambassador, I hope this will giveyou a good picture of our college activities,

An InvitationAs one who has been "through themi ll" here at Ambassador, I would like

to say to all prospective students: Ifyou like good, clean fun, if you aren'tafraid of work, and if you're sincerelyinteres ted in learning about the Bibleand about the God who made you, ifyou earnestly want a good education,then be sure to come to AmbassadorCollege next fall .

Don't get the idea that all the students are going to be "preachers." We'renor. Ambassador is a liberal arts college,and fellows and girls alike come hereto acquire an all-around education basedon sound principles.. But God's work is growing, the endof this age is d rawing near, we need towarn this world of its wrong ways. Sointerested studen ts should realize tha tthis college provides t ra in ing not onlyfor this life, but helps you to understandthe meaning of life, and to prepare forthe H"/arid Tomorrow, where we shallspend the next ten billion year.r! Isn'tthat important?All of you listeners should pray withme, as Christ said (Mat. 9: ' )8 ), 'Prayye therefore the Lord of the harvest,that he will send forth labourers intohis harvest." God's work is now goingaround tbe world. We need the rigbtkind of God-called, thoroughly trainedhelp. Whether in the office here orabroad. in speaking, writing, or whatever, God 's work is going to need youngpeople who are willing to give theirlu-es to God, and let Him work throughthem.This work is hard and taxing. It requires self-sacrifice and a willingness toRiue up a few of our personal plans andpleasures, But it can be adventurousand exciting, and the results will lastforever,Regardless of your motives in coming, remember that Ambassador cannotbe compared with o ther colleges. Theymay have more bui ld ings and physicalequipment, but you'll get more personalinstruction here. Most important,though, this is the ONLY college whereGod 's true way of life is taught andpracticed.

If you have personal quest ions aboutthe college, be sure and write to Mr.Armstrong, Box 1 I I, Pasadena, California. Or, if you wish, write to me orto any of our students at 182 SouthOrange Grove in Pasadena,

I f you're really interested, then by allmeans come to Ambassador next year.You 'l l always be glad you did!


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What Shall W e Eat?by Isabell Kunkel

M AN Y of us are unnecessar ily il lanel weak because we aren'tea ting the right foods. It hasbeen over one year since the first ar ticleon foods appeared in the Good News.So many have asked quest ions that wewant to have a series. Here are someof the questions sent us.

Are Dried Fruits Good Food?A common idea is that sulphur-driedfrui ts should not be used because vitamins have been destroyed by this method. You probably know t ha t sulphurfumes are used during the drying oflight colored fruits such as peaches,apricots and pears to preserve the natural color. This affects v itamins A and Conly slightly, but vitamin B 1 is entirelydestroyed.Since prunes, raisins and most figsare naturally dark, they are not processed

with sulphur but are dried in the sun.Sun-drying does little harm to the Bvitamins, but the vitamin A is largelydestroyed by the exposure to heat andair as it takes longer to dry fruits in thesun. Since you need all these vitaminsfor a balanced diet a f rui t compote consisting of both types of dried fruitswould there fore provide a sui table balance of these vitamins .No dried fruit need be cooked. Justwash the fruit in lukewarm water once

or twice to remove any foreign matter,place them in a container for whichyou have a lid, pour on enough boi lingwater to cover the fru it, cover with thelid and let r emain overnigh t. They willbe plump and soft, and will keep severaldays if placed in the refrigerator. Although most need no sweetening, brownsugar or honey may be added to thefruit before the boiling water is pouredon.How to Cook Frozen Food

Have you wondered why the cookingdirections for frozen food say to boilthe water before placing the vegetables in the pan? Here's why. Watercontains some air. When it is heated,this air is driven off. I f the food is placedin the water before the air has beeneliminated, some of the v it amins thatdissolve in water, especially vitamin A,are carried off with the air as the waterapproaches the boiling point.So boil the water before you cookfrozen or fresh foods in it. Use a smallamount of water for most foodsonly as much as is necessary to steamthem tender . A conta iner with a tight

lid is always the most satisfactory. Ifyou don't have such a conta iner , pu t aheavy object on the lid to preven t itfrom l if ting and let ting out the steam.After putting the frozen or fresh foodinto the boiling water, bring it to a boilas fast as possible. Then reduce the heatso that it simmers, and do not lift thelid uu i il yOll are fairly sure the food iscooked. Avoid s ti rr ing vegetables andfruits during cooking as this mixes airin again and will cause loss of morev itamins dur ing the rest of the cookingperiod.

Reheating any leftover food destroyseven more vitamins, especially vitaminA, so try not to cook any more thanwill be used at one meal. If food is leftover, it can be used in healthful saladsinstead of being thrown into the garbage can.Shall We Take Vitamin B?

Some people who have an inadequatedie t are afraid to take Vitamin B supplements because they fear they will become overweight due to an increasedappetite. Nutritionists tell us that whileB vitamins will restore an appetite tonormal, any amount above the body'srequirement will not create an excessiveappetite. On the contrary, an inadequatediet often is the reason why peoplecrave something more.Adelle Davis II I her book Let's HaveHealthy Children, page 260, states: "Acraving for sweets almost invariably indicates a deficiency of protein or of theB vitamins. When these nut rien ts aresupplied, the desire for sweets diminishes or disappears."However, this holds true only forconcentrated v itamins you may obtainin a NATURAL form as in wheat germ,brewer's yeast and rice polishings be-cause these contain other necessary fac-tors besides the v itamins for which theyare taken. Some of these factors areiodine, calcium, protein and var ious enzymes. From laboratory exper iments ithas been learned that these other constituents are necessary to enable thebody to use the v itamins tha t are knownto be present.Therefore, vitamin tablets which con-tain only certain pure v itamins withoutthese other factors} do no! produce assatiJ!actory results as NATURAL Jupple-ments.Blackstrap molasses is a good sourceof all the B vitamins except one-thiamin or B1 , which is destroyed by heat.

Should Protein and Starch Be Eatenat the Same Meal?It is becoming a common belief that

when starchy food and protein foodsare eaten together, nei ther one digestswell because different secretions areneeded to digest each one. Is this necessarily true?Have you ever considered the facttha t both protein and starch are foundtogether in individual foods? We allknow that wheat, corn, d ried beans andpeas, nuts and milk contain both protein and starch or sugar. There is scarcely a protein food we eat that does notalso con tain some starch. Possibly theonly avai lable foods tha t do not conta instarch are muscle meats-roasts andsteaks, for example. But even thesehave calories in the form of fat.Just to settle the quest ion, an experiment was conducted in which threegroups of healthy adults were used. Onegroup was given bath meat and starchyfood, another group only starchy foods,and another group were given onlymeat. By various tests it was determinedthat there was no difference in thelength of time which each of thesegroups required to digest its meal or inthe thoroughness of its digestion.

When cer tain food faddists learnedof this experiment, they said t hat theyhad advised non-mixing of prote in andstarch only for people who were ill.So the same procedure was tried ongroups of people suffering from manytypes of illnesses. Amazingly enough,the results were the same: No differencewas no ted ei ther in the efficiency of digestion or of the time required whenstarches were combined with proteinsor eaten separately.But, as a note of warning, most people know only the wrong kind ofstarches-white bread, spaghetti, macaroni , po tatoes peeled before cooking,not to mention a host of breakfastcereals-and it is little wonder they havetrouble.In her book Let's Have Healthy Chil-dren, page 266, Adelle Davis says: "Eventhe poor starchy foods, such as potatoesand cereals, have sometimes been slandered. As long as a food is unref ined andis prepared in such a way that the nurrienrs God pu t into it are largely retained, it usually remains an excellentfood regardless of how high its starchcontent."Anyone doing work which does not(Please continue on page 15 )


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Page 6 The GOOD NEWS May, 1953

Herbert W. ArmstrongPubl isher and Edlt or

Sent free on personal request, as theLord provides. Addr.. communications to the Editor, Box 111, Pasadena,California.Copyright, May, 1953ByAmbassador College

The national magazine ofAMBASSADOR COLLEGE

ministering to The Church of Godscattered abroad, andreporting on campus happenings

gies in the wrong direction. But now,Adolph Hitler's eyes have been opened.He has been converted in purgatory, andconsidered now worthy to be broughtback to life and restored to leadershipto SAVE THEWORLD FROM COMMUNISM.He would be painted as GOD'S MAN,specially resurrected to SAVE Europe andthe world from atheistic Communism,with the full endorsement and approvalof the greal Religious Leader.Suppose that, now having "divineguidance," Hitler announces he nowsees that CO-OPERATION, and UNIONof Europe's nations is the right way,instead of conquer ing them and holding them by the throat captive under theheel of his Gestapo, as he did before!WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT? Canyou picture the impact of this on Europe?

The Colossal LIERemember, it was Adolph Hitler whosaid that if you can tell the world a lietha t is big enough, they will swallow itwholly! Here would be the colossal lieof modern times!Germans would go MAD with frenzy,with emotional fervor, and would fall inline with total b lind obedience. Thehour of their deliverance and revivalwould have COME! Their beloved Fuhrerhas returned from death by divine actof God to save them! Can you imaginethe effect of this?Then, coo, it would multiply the prestige and power of the Religious Leader.Most of the peoples of Europe would

now say that he is, indeed, very God onearth-holding the very power of lifeand death! He would be elevated inesteem, WORSHIPPED in blind, obedient, devoted ardor as no human ever wasbefore!The nations of Europe would fall inline. Here, at last, would be the supREME AUTHORITY whom they couldtrust. Here they would believe they seethe Hand of GOD! In blind devotion andobedience, in frant ic frenzy and zeal, anew spirit would seize the peoples ofEurope, sweep them instantly into UNITING in the new RESURRECTED ROMANEMPIRE, all g iv ing their mi litary, economic and political power from allten nations joining, to the NEW RESURRECTED LEADER--now the FUHRER OF

ALL FUROPE!I do not say this will happen. Remember PROPHECY does not name theman. It tells what he shall do. It revealstha t there will be the UNION of Churchand State, the rel igious leader being thefigurehead who apparently sits on top,as the unifying agent, but "The BEAST"actually RULING, and then, with histen lesser Dic ta tors, hat ing the Churchthat sponsored them to power, turning

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these aides are able to travel at will toEurope and back. They are able to holdsecret conferences with rel igious or political leaders as of ten as such leadersmight desire.Now suppose a great, supreme religious leader, with vast influence innearly all European nations, who neveras yet. has professed ability to perform

miracles, suddenly startles the world bythe proclamation that God has now conferred upon him full power and authority to perform MIRACLES (Rev. 13), andthat, as his first great world-shakingmiracle, he has raised ADOLPH HITLERf ro m the dead! The world believes himDEAD!Suppose this rel igious leader shocksand stuns the world with the announcement that Hitler has been in "purgatory"-that in purgatory Hitler saw, confessed, and repented of his great mistake and "sin" in opposing the greatuniversal church of this wor ld dur ingWorldWar II-that Hitler now sees thatwas his one ter rible mistake tha t led tohis downfall--that Hitler was, after all,a MAN OF DESTINY, just as millions ofGermans believed, but, being human, hemade this mistake and directed his ener-

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What's Prophesied?(C on ti nu ed f ro m page 2)any such qualifications-unless pos

sibly it might be Tito. Tito is rapidlyswinging from Communist left to Fascistright. It is inevitable that Tiro shallbring Yugoslavia into this mighty newEmpire. Tito had the personal power,mass psychology, and oratory to swaythe various nat ionalit ies tha t composeYugoslavia behind him-he has hadpower to hold them, unify them, anddefy Stalin and the Kremlin. But doeshe have the great personal magnetismand p ow er to sweep the other nationsof Europe off their feet, and into fanatical zeal for this new uni ted mil ita rycrusade? It is doubtful-yet I havewarned you repeatedly, keep y ou r eyeson TlTO!Of course, it is entirely possible thatsome German, or other man in Europe,at present virtually unknown, might skyrocket to great public popularity andpower like a comet, and at ta in the necessary popular prestige and followingwithin two or three short years.

A Fake ResurrectionYet, consider this most intriguingpossibility: That Adolph Hitler is stillalive, and actively plotting with these75,000 Germans in Argent ina . Many of

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May, 1953on this Church and dest roying it! (Rev.17).Remember, PROPHECY does not tellus HOW this man will rise, or who he is.But the I'ACTS of the moment simplysuggest what MIGHT happen. Time (anda short time) shall tell us whether thisis merely a possibility seen humanlywhich will never materialize, or whetherGod opened our minds to see it.

But This IS Prophesied!But regardless of WHO shall becomethis "Beast," or HOW he shall appear,we summarize for you now what all theprophecies reveal SHALL soon occur.Suddenly the world will behold a

UNITED STATES OF EUROPE! Some ofthe Balkan nat ions which have been under Russia's boot will be members of it!TEN dictators in Europe will unite , in agigantic European COMBINE, turningtheir united military power and resources over to the new LEADER of Europe! No t only this, bu t a great RE-LIGIOUS LEADER will also emerge, in aworld-shaking pact with the milita ryleader which will far overshadow theeffect of the Hit ler-Stal in non-aggression pact of 1939!It will be a UNION of Church andState. The RELIGIOUS influence willbe used to cement together, and unify,these ten nations in Europe. These willinclude Germany and Italy, probablySpain and Portugal and France, Greece,and probably some of the Balkan nations from among Yugoslavia , Austr ia,Czechoslovakia, Hunga ry , Bulgaria,Rumania , or others.I can't tell you now which nations.But in all probability Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden andSwitzerland will NOT join this federation. Definitely Britain will no t be in it.And definitely, the whole thing will beFASCIST-and it's well to bear in mindtha t Nazism is merely the German formof FASCISM-so it will be in fact aNAZI revival.

The "Beast" EmergesOnly this time it will not be Germany ALONE, first a ttacking and conquering and occupying other Europeannations. THIS t ime ten powerful European nations will COMBINE their forces.It will be a gigantic, powerful EMPIRE!It will field the combined armies of tennations totalling 250 to 300 mil lions ofpeople.It will comprise the resources of mostof all Europe! I t will resurrect onceagain, and for the last time, the ROMANEMPIRE! It will be able to field an armylarger than nussrx's-c-Iarger than thecombined forces possible fur the U.S.,Brita in, and the democratic nations ofnorthwestern Europe combined!

Tbe GOOD NEWSBut, MORE than that- the GER-

MANS are the only nation who havedone actual work on the HYDROGENBOMB prior to 1945. Undoubtedly theywill have the super-Hydrogen bomb, to gether with rocket weapons for delivering it!

The Nazi scientists are AT WORK,underground, on these very weapons.It will take a few years for all thisto develop to a point where this Nazi Fascist reb ir th of the ROMAN EMPIREwill be ready to STRIKE with the mosttremendous power ever conceived byman. It could require ten, or even twentyor more years. But it's already developing-and FAST! Much more rapidly thanpeople know! Most certainly it is easilypossible the thing could be developedand ready to strike in five years! Yes,TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON US, FAST,

AND WE'RE TOO SOUND ASLEEP TOREALIZE IT!The sale PURPOSE in the diabol ica l

minds of the LEADERS of this greatpower will be to CONQUER AMERICA,BRITAIN, AND ULTIMATELY TO CON-QUER AND RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD!But the FIRST blow will be delivered,suddenly, one night without warning,at the CITIES of America and the Bri tishIsles!A Super-Drought Coming

By the time this European colossushas emerged and is ready to STRIKEwith hydrogen bombs, we shall havedri fted into depression-and we shallbe suffer ing the most overwhelmingtragedy of our history in FAMINE, anduncontrollable epidemics of mSFASF.It may come from intense DROUGHT.It may come from a combination ofDROUGHT in some parts of the U.S. andfloods in others. We're in the beginningof a famine right NOW and we don'tknow i t - a famine of the needed MINERALs and VITAMINS which no longergrow into our foods because our soil isWORN OUT, and our food FACTORIESare removing much of what there IS!

And all this BECAUSE MAN IS INDEFIANCE AGAINST HIS MAKER! Whatever man's hand comes in contact wi th,he pollutes, perverts, and ruins! Man refuses to conform to ANY of the laws theETERNAL has set in motion! God hasrevealed that the land needs to lie idleevery seventh year but man thinks he'sfound a BETTER way.At the same time this dread plagueof FAMINE and DISEASE strikes us, therewill be another epidemic of locusts anelcrop-des troying bugs and insects tha twill make the invasion of 1934 looksmall!ONE THIRD of our people will diefrom starvation, malnutrit ion, and epidemics of disease in the greatest na-

Page 7tional tragedy ever to hit the world upto that time! And this is not a fancifulfairy story-this is PROPHESIED, andCERTAIN-and in the next FEW YEARS!

Hydrogen Bombs to Hit UsWhile we are str icken with this greattragedy, people dying in nearly everyhome, the Nazi-Fascist colossus will

STRIKE SUDDENLY, unexpectedly, utterly destroying our major CITIES,s tr ik ing furiously at our sources of rawmaterials-oil, coal, iron-destroyingour great industr ia l plants, render ingus incapable of fighting back or winning any war, THIS time! And ANOTHER YHIRD of our entire populat ion-FIFIT MILLION PEOPLE-will bekilled by this lightning and unparalleledHYDROGEN bomb attack!I know this is not pleasant to contemplate! I know well it won't be believed! I know well that this nationwill heedlessly and foolishly refuse to

take WARNING! But I also know this isas certa in to strike us as tomorrow'ssun is to rise and set-unless this entirenation WILL heed the warning, REPENYof its ways, RETURN to its God and HISLAWS AND WAYS OF LIFE! And therefore, KNOWING this unbelievable thingis coming, I HAVE TO WARN YOU!Only ONE YHIRD-a bare 50 millionout of our 150 mil lion populat ion willbe LEn ALIVE! Two thirds of thepeople YOU know-of YOUR FRIENDS,acquaintances, relatives, members ofyour family-will be killed!

Americans to Become SlavesAnd the remaining th ird will be UP

ROOYED from their homes, and transported as SLAVES to Europe, possiblysome to South America. There they notonly will shine Nazi BOOTS, and do thework of slaves under lashes of cruel taskmasters-but they will be forced to GIVEUP any belief in real BIBLE Christianity- they will be li teral ly FORCED to accept the PAGAN beliefs and customs thatwill masquerade as Christianity, or statepolice will arrest them and TORTUREthem unt il they either give in, or finallyDIE under the inhuman fiendish tortures!It will be the supreme time of trouble for Americans and British-andfor real and true Christians. This fanatical and unheard-of persecution and martyrdom of all true Christians will conti nue three and a half years-and THENIT WILL BE SUDDENLY CUT SHORT!

During this time, there will be NORELIGIOUS FREEDOM-the entire worldwill be under this revived ROMAN empire, and under Russia-and neitherwill permit any real GOSPEL preachingof any kind whatsoever! Yes, there willthen be an ent ire FAMINE of hearing the(Please continue on page 16)


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ON THE CAMPUSFOLLOWING are articles writ ten by students on student activities to give you the Jlory of our. jam-packed lives on the . c ~ m p u s . We h ~ p e you won' t

mind if we occasionally poke a little fun at ourseloes-i-strioino human bemg are alwaysfunny-and no matter how serious minded, our frailties wink. The Campus Editor

SHOWER FORMr. and Mrs. Ted Armstrong

hy Dal'id JOIl HillOutstanding among campus activitiesof late is a wedding shower given by

t he st uden ts of Ambassador for Mr.and Mrs. Garne r Ted Armstrong. Teddecided, upon meeting a very int er est ing and beaut if ul g ir l f rom Texas somemonths ago, that he had been a bachelortoo long. Being a man of action, it wasno t l ong unt il t he vows had been takenand he was no longer a free man. Ofcourse, i'v1rr. Ted Armstrong, formerlyMiss Shirley Hammer of Gladewater,Texas, would have a more lengthy anddetailed story to tell of their romance,bu t this will have to suffice for now.The wedding rook place in Gladewater and within a week's time thebride 'and groom were here in Pasadena.The g roup who gave the shower sentout invitat ions which they themselvesprinted (with the help of the printingdepartment of the college). Scheduledfor th e n ight of the 21st of March at7: 00 P.M. in Mayfair student residence,the shower went off without a hitch.The excited hum of conversation thatprevails .u all gatherings such as this

rang thru the halls of Mayfa ir . Promptly at seven t he honored pair arrived,and the proceed ings of the evenings tarted. First , there was the flow ofheart-warming congratulations to thenewlyweds; and then the punch andcookie line to start everybody off. However, the anticipation of the crowd andthe cur iosi ty of the couple soon broughtall to one central room where sat a tableladen w ith the gifts of all who came.As each present was opened, a waveof oh's and ah's wou ld wash over th ecrowd, Shirley would g ive a l it tl e squea lof delight and Ted would fumble forthe next package. Jus t the ir actions andthe look on their faces told each andeveryone of us of their grateful appreciation; bu t as a true Texan Shirleyadded a warming epitaph of thanks toeach g if t, and Ted, practically stunneduy il all, well-managed his rhank-you's,The event was one grand success!

* * * *"Whoso lindf'th a wife nndeth a goodthing, and obrainerh favor of the Lord."(Pro. 18:22.)

Lure of theCamellia Garden

by fo Ann FeltIf you were to str oll away from the

main college building here at Ambassador and walk down the windingsteps towa rd the beautiful lowe r gardens, you would along the way haveto pass by the Camellia Garden. ButUJould you pass? Could you pass thisinspiring setting, part of the charm ofthe Ambassador campus?Or would you be magnetically forcedby the ever-present powers of natureto stop? Now, if you stopped, as thewriter has often done, you would probahly step off the original path into aparadise of magnificent camellia trees.Skipping to one t ree covered withcamellias, you spy one-a luscious flower in full bloom. Up on your tip toes!

Bend at the waist! Take a big breath!Hum, that is strange; it doesn't smell.But you are no t disappointed, for yourealize that God made the flower _so exquisite to the s ight tha t it did not needto affect the sense of smell. One moreglance, and then off you go to anothertree to find, surely enough, camellias,bu t the blossoms are altogether different in appearance f rom those on theother tree. In fact, almost every treein the garden is of a different variety.Such variety ' Such beauty!

At your finger tips are some of theworld's most exquisite flowers. Youmeditate, "Should I p ick one?" If youare like me, you will find it quite cJiffi-cul t to leave every flower in its place.Man, even if he were to try for cen

turies, could not begin to imitate anywhere nearly t he per fect ion and thebeauty of a single petal of a flower.Remember what Christ said about thelily: "Solomon in all his glory was no tarrayed like one of these."After viewing every last camel lia t ree

in the half-shaded, half-sunny plor ofgrass-covered ground, you reluc tant lytake your departure. On the way back tothe main pa th , your he ad instinctivelyturns to look over your shoulder for onemore wistful look. Never will you forge t t he l ur e of th e Camellia Garden.

Festivals Heldin Pasadena

by Charlene GlouerHere in Pasadena as in every place

where God 's peopl e have gathered, thePassover and Festival of UnleavenedBread were observed. On the eve of thePassover day with 118 present from California and Washington, the Passoverwas conducted with solemnity and reverence by Herman Hoeh assist ed byRaymond McNai r, recently ordainedministersAgain it was brought forcibly andvividly to our minds by this commem

orative service how great is the compassion God had for the physical and spiritua l wel fare of human beings when heallowed Hi s Son to be beaten withstr ipes and left to die for our sins on adespicable cross. Each of us commemorated again, no t only his death, but alsothe excruciating pain he suffered whenhis body was broken open with stripesto pay the penalty of ou r physical transg ress ions so we might be forgiven andhealed. What a bless ing and rare privi lege given to a diseased and afflictedhumanity. As a final part of the Passoverservice, Mr. Eckert f rom Hondo , California, read many of the inspiring wordsof Jesus in those last hours of His Passover.The fol lowing evening, the night of

the festival of unleavened bread , we rejoiced with about 140, including children. There was a short explanatoryservice and then we conversed with oneanother over the festive banquet tablesabout the many wonderful material andspiritual blessings God has given us.Since we are a physical and materialcreation yet, our physical health d e t ~ r -mines to a very great extent our SpUltual growth. Raymond McNair, in hissermon the next morning explained thenecessi ty of our practicing and maintaining sound health habits to the upbuilding of our bodies which are thetemples of God' s Holy Spirit. A positive, confident mental attitude towardlife's responsibilit ies is of immeasurableimportance to your health.There were gatherings during theweek for those who could assemble.(Please continue on page 14)


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Which Is the TRUE Church?There are more than 300 denominations in the United States. Couldall of these conflicting sects be the ONE TRUE CHURCH whichJesus founded?

by Herman L. HoehPART VIIJESUS promised that he would buildHis church. He prayed that Hi schurch would be one, no t many

divided and confused denominations.But he also warned that there were

to arise many false teachers and ministers, deceiving the MANY, founding different churches which would profess tobe the churches of Christ.John, one of the twelve apostles, saw

this very thing happen in his l ife time!He said many went out from the truechurch (I John 2: 19). In III Johnverses 9 and 10 he warned against falsee lder s or bishops who were thrustingthe t rue members of God 's chu rch outof the loud congregations.

Jesus Christ the Revelator madeknown to John that the true churchwould be a scattered and persecutedchurch that would have to flee fo r overa thousand years from the persecutingsword of a great false church. CompareRevelation 12 and 17.The church tha t Jesus promised to

build, which is composed of those whoare filled and led by the Spirit of God,is to be guided into trttth through allages despi te enemies f rom without andapostates from within who would profeJJto teach the truth.Hi s church is a commandment keep

ing church, no t a political organization.It fai thful ly retains t he t es timony ofJesus Christ recorded in inspired Scrip-tu re (Rev . 12 : 17). Thi s chu rch recog-nizes Christ as its head and it is subiectto His government.WHICH CHURCH IS THIS TRUECHURCH that iJ to contintse throughall agel' and ex is ts today teaching andpreaching the same tr uth that Christand the apostles commanded?

How We Can Know Which Is th eTRUE ChurchThe true church must be the church

that jesus founded. It must have beenfounded when He founded it. And itmust have be en founded ubere Hefounded it.Now let's notice rhe plain facts.Almost all Protestant churches-as

their own members admit-were founded too late! They were not founded byJesus Christ bu t by men at least 15centuries after [estes fOllnded HiJ church.

Of course, many of them claim to bereformed churches, that is, they claimto have res to red the truth which waslost by some parent body. ThUJ theymus: ultimately admit that they claimtheir origin FROM THE CATHOLICCHURCH. The common arrurnption isthat t he Catho li c Church was the truechurch that went wrong and needed re-forming and so these protestant bodiesarc its rightful successors!Now the quest ion is this: Was the

Catholic Chur ch founded by JeJuJChrist when He founded HiJ church?When Was the Church Founded?The Scr ip tu re shows that the New

Testament church began on the day ofPentecost described in the second chapter of Acts. There is a large denominat ion which claims that it began beforethis event. Their contention is that Jesusfounded his church when he . . . andthey quote I Cor. 12: 28: "set some inthe church, first apostles."

I f you would carefully read thi s scrip-ture just quoted, you will notice it isnot referring to the t ime when he chosethe apostles, bu t to the fact that he setthe apostles fint IN AUTHORITY.They also believe that only those whoare a lready "saved" can join their local

rhurches. By th is reasoning Judas musthave been conver ted and "saved" sincehe was one of the twelve which Jesussupposedly first placed in the church.

What foolish reasoning!Yes, Jesus f ounded H is church onthe day of Pentecost-not before rhen!It is t he Holy Spirit tha t puts us intothe one body or true Church. You donot join some denomination after being"saved." (I Cor . 12: 13) Jesus even toldthe apostles to wait in [cresalem tillthe Holy Spirit, which the Fathe r promised to send, wou ld come (Acts 1:4) .That is when Jesus founded Hi s church- o n the day of Pentecost in the city ofJerusalem!

When Was That Pentecost?Now let us see if th ose chu rche s

which claim to have been founded byJesus at Jerusalem on Pentecost can ac-tually prove the ir claims in the face ofproven history and the inspired recordof Scripture. Was the t rue church founded on a Sunday in A.D. 33 as the

Catholic and a few other churches claim?REMEMBER, if any church which claimsapostolic authority has erred in the tra-dirional date of its founding, how cantee believe that its other traditions aretrue!In the March issue of rhe "GoodNews," we published an article containing SEVEN IRREFUTABLE PROOFS FROMHISTORY that the year of the cruci fixionand hence the year of the founding ofthe true church war 31 A.D. and not33 A.D. or any other date!An y cburch admitting that it uias notfounded when [esus founded HiJ churchinll A.D. co/tld not be rbc churchthat Jesus promised to build.'

That same article in the March "GoodNews" proved from a stro nomy andScripture rhar the passover upon whichJesus died occurred Wednesday, April25 , :> I A.D. Sll1ce we k now this darewe can cal cula te th e d ate of Pentecost---the very day upon which t he chu rchof God was founded.

Was th e New Testament ChurchFounded on Sunday?

Doe s th e day of Pentecost always occur on Sunday? Or are Jews right inpermitting Pentecost to fall on almostany day of the week, bu t always on afixed day of the month?Let 's see.

First, the day of Pentecost is the ONLYannual Sabbath that must be countedyear by year. THEREFORE, THE JEWSARE WRONG IN PLACING IT ON A FIXEDDAY OF THE MONTH. The Jewish datefor Penrecosr is incorrect because it docsNOT need to be counted each year. If rheJews were right, Moses would have saidthat Pentecost shall be observed on rheseventh day of the third month.The Jewish error developed when thePharisees used the day after an annualsabbath instead of "THE SABBATH"the WEEKLY sabbath-as Moses said.( Lev. 23: 15 ) By using the morrowa fter th e tuekl)' sabba th which comesduring the days of unleavened bread,the day of Pentecost wil l always fall ona certain day of the week) but the dayof the month will buu to be countedbecause the weekly sabbath does notalways fall on the same day of the montheach year.


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Page 10The cause for placing Pentecost onSunday is based on the error of count ing"Saturdays" instead of weeks. Pentecostis not the feast of "Saturdays" but thefeast of weeks. (Exodus 34:22). Mosessays to count seven full WEEKS (Deut,16: 9) and the day after that is Pente

COSt. This feast is not in the end of theseventh week, but "after your weeksbe out," the fiftieth day (Nurn. 28: 26).It was numbered from the DAY thatIsrael first began to reap the grain(Deut. 16:9). This day is specificallymentioned in Lev. 23 : 15. "Ye shallcount unto you from the mor row aft,erTHE sabbath, from the day that yebrought the sheaf of the wave offering."So God wants us to count from a Sun-day, the day the sheaf of grain was Cut.

How to Count PentecostNow let's count. One day from todayis nor today, but tomorrow. One dayfrom Sunday is Monday. Two days from

Sunday is Tuesday. One week fromSunday is Sunday. Seven weeks or fortynine days from Sunday is Sunday. ButPentecost is AFTER seven weeks or fortynine days. It is FIFTY days from Sunday. Therefore it MUST ALW AYS FA T.TON A MONDAY!The mistake of counting "Saturdays"instead of weeks is based on an incorrect translation in the common versionsof Leviticus 23: 15,16. It reads "sevensabbaths shall be complete: even untothe morrow after the seventh sabbathshall you number fifty days." The wordhere translated "sabbath" can also mean"rest" or "seven" or "WEEK." Thereforewe need to let the Bible determinewhat is the proper meaning in thisplace.The same Hebrew word tha t Mosesused in Leviticus 23: 15 and 16 was alsoused by the apostles and disciples in itsGreek form to mean "week," as in Mark16:2 and I Cor. 16:2. Here it would beas foolish to render the word "week"by "sabbath" as it is to translate Leviticus23: 16 by "sabbath ," because fifty daysfrom Sunday is a Monday-the morrowafter the seventh week.Both JEWISH AND CATHOLIC VER

SIONS OF THE BIBLE RENDER THISWORD CORRECTLY AS "WEEK." TheDouay or Catholic Version for Leviticus23: 15,16 reads: "You shall count therefore from the morrow after the sabbath ,wherein you offered the sheaf of the firstfruits, seven full weeks . even unto themorrow af ter the seventh week be expired, that is to say fifty days."As absolute proof that this verseshould be transla ted "after the seventhweek," turn to Deut. 16:9 and Num.28: 26 where the word week is translated from a different word-shabuawhich NEVER means sabbath, but always

The GOOD NEWSweek. Since in these verses the Hebrewwords used never mean the sabbath,and since seven weeks-forry-nine days-from a Sunday is a Sunday, the fiftiethday must be Monday. Hence, the realmeaning of Lev. 23: 16 is "the morrowafter the seventh week" as any othertranslation would necessitate a contradiction of scripture.Some also do not quite understandthe meaning of count ing from one dayto another. A week from Sunday is the

NEXT Sunday, and seven weeks f rom aSunday is seven Sundays away. But weare to count to the fif tieth day, tha t is,to the completion of Monday so wehave the full fifty days.This is explained in Leviticus 23:27,32 where one counts from the end ofthe evening-not the beginning-of theninth day to the completion of the evening of the tenth day, making onewhole day. Thus we are to count fiftydays from the end of Sunday, the daythe wave sheaf was offered, to the endof a Monday, which is the day of PenreCOSt. Pentecost is the last or fiftieth day.Yes, the church that Jesus built wasnot founded on Sunday, but on Monday. Catholics and the Jews know thatPentecost is to be numbered fifty daysor seven full weeks from Sunday, theday the wave sheaf was offered. YetNEITHER of them knows how to figurecorrectly!

The Exact Date!Now remember that the Passoverupon which Jesus died occurred onWednesday, April 25, A.D. 31. Therefore the weekly Sabbath would havebeen April 28 and the day upon whichthe wave sheaf was offered in 31 A.D.was the 29th. The first of the fifty dayswhich we count would then be April30. Add to this the 31 days of May and18 days of June and you have fifty daysin all. -Pentecost in 31 AD., the exact dayupon which the t r u ~ church was foundedby Jesus Christ, was June 18. This daywas a MONDAY, which you can prove inyour own home if you check on Webster's Collegiate Dictionary under per-petual calendar.God's t rue church-the church thatJesus built-has been observing the trueday of Pentecost to this day. That is whyit has not forgotten the right year inwhich it was founded. All other churcheshave resulted from aposracies and haveaccepted pagan doctrines. They have forgotten the right year and the right day.They are not the churches that Jesuspromised to bui ld and which He prom-ised to guide into all truth! Only thetrue church which has kept the true dayof Pentecost could remember when Jesusfounded his church.

May, 1953How plain it is!The TRUE church which Jesus built isnot an organized denominat ion whichyou join. The TRUE church is composedof those individuals who submit themselves to the author ity of God, who repent and believe in Jesus and the gospelof the kingdom which He preached.The TRUE church is that body of individ

uals filled and led by the Holy Spiri t it is the body of Christ, a scatteredchurch which keeps ALL the commandments and believes the gospel of thekingdom (Rev. 12: 17).Now let us not ice the special reasonwhy God sent the Holy Spirit that dayand also the special meaning of the dayof Pentecost FOR US TODAY!What Pentecost Means in thePlan of God

To keep us in mind that this presentage is only the pre liminary or first harvest of human beings, God took theyearly material harvest of Palestine asthe picture of the spiritual harvest. Asyou probably have already learned, thereare two harvest seasons in the PromisedLand. The first small harvest is producedby an early rain, the second great harvestby a later rain.Pentecost was ordained forever at theend of the spring harvest season, so thatwe might remember year by year andnever forget, that this present churchage is not the great day of salvationfor all the world, but the day of salvation for only the few who are called outof this present evil civilization andgiven the Spi ri t of God. In I CorinthiansI: 26 we find that "not many" of thegreat in this world are called. Everywhere, the Christians are spoken of ascalled out from the world. Not all arebeing called today. It is the "elect" orchosen who are called in Israel today;the rest are blinded so that God couldIN THE FUTURE have mercy upon ALL.(Romans 11: 7,32)The "harvesting" of human beingswho are called in this church age to beheirs of the Kingdom of God is explained in Leviticus 23 beginning verse9. Here the material harvest of grain wasoriginally used as a type of the spiritual harvest.The Israelites were not permit ted toharvest their grain until the day thewave sheaf was offered. (Lev. 23:10,11;Deut, 16:9) This ritual, given to theLevitical priesthood to perform andtherefore not practiced today, picturedthe resurrected Chris t being acceptedby the Father as the very first humanbeing to be born of God.

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May, 1953on Sunday, the day after His resurrect ion. Compare John 20: 17 with Matthew 28: 9 to find the t ime when Chris tfirst ascended to the Father to be accepted of Him.Because, since the resurrected Christis the first of the firsrfruirs and was accepted by the Father on the Sundayafter his resurrection-portrayed by thewave sheaf offered on the first day ofthe week-then we who are second inorder to be reaped-"afterwards theythat are Christ's at his coming"-arepictured by having the feast of firstfruits or Pentecost fall on the SECONDDAY OF THE WEEK or Monday.But notice this, the wave sheaf wasmerely the first part of the first harvest.It was a sheaf of the first fruits of theharvest. (Verse 10) Thus Chr is t is the"firstfruits of them that slept." (I Cor.15: 20) And Christians who are calledin this age are also said to be thefirstfruits. (James 1:18; Romans 8:23)Christ is the first of the firstfruits ofGod's harvest of human beings. Pentecost pictures, then, the coming of theHoly Spiri t and the ripening of the restof the firstfruits for harvesting at theresurrection ( I Cor. 15 :23) . Thischurch age is merely the first harvest.

Pentecost in the New TestamentChurch

When originally given by God, theday of Pentecost was commanded to beobserved forever. (Lev. 23: 21) Jesusnever abolished Pentecost nor any ofthe other annual Holy Days. The dayof Pentecost DID OCCUR after Christ'sdeath that year as Luke records.N one of these annual festivals hadburnt offerings or sacrifices on themwhen originally instituted. (Jeremiah7: 22,23) The sacrifices were added tothese days and to every day of the year(Exodus 29: 38) as a part of the serviceof the Levitical priesthood.When the sacrifices and offeringswere consummated in the death of Christonce for all, these usual offerings ceasedto be made for the conscience (Heb.9: 13,14) by those who were convertedand who believed in Christ. But thecommand that Pentecost be observedforever as a Sabbath and convocationstill remained. (Lev. 23: 21) That iswhy the apostles and disciples weregathered together with all the devoutJews on this occasion. If the discipleshad not gathered on this day which wassacred to God, they would not have beenthere to receive the gift of God, HisSpirit.Not only did the Jewish Christiansknow this, but also Paul, the apostle tothe Genti les, undersrood that this annual Sabbath was still commanded byGod for His spiritual church. He "de-

The GOOD NEWStermined to sail by Ephesus, because hewould not spend the time in Asia: forhe hasted, if it were possible for him,to be at Jerusalem the day of Pente-cost." (Acts 20: 16)Paul, the teacher of the Gentiles,wanted to keep Pentecost thir ty yearsafter the death of Christ!At another t ime Paul spent the day ofPentecost in Ephesus, a Genti le city. (ICor. 16: 8 ) Yes, Pentecost, togetherwith the other annual festivals, was observed by all those of the true or iginalchurch which was under divine instruction from the apostles. (Acts 12: 3;20:6; 27:9; I Cor. 5:8; 11:20-34) Gentiles received the praise of Paul for following the churches of God in Judaea- t he Jewish brethren. (I TheSs. 2: 14)Pentecost Centuries After A.D. 31With the death of the apostles, agreat change occurred, which most ofyou have never been told about. A terrible apostacy set in among the churchesof God. Paul warned the Ephesians withwhom he observed Pentecost, as wehave already seen, that "after my de

parting shall gr ievous wolves enter inamong you, not sparing the flock. Alsoof yo.ur own selves shall men arise,.rpeakmg perverse things, to draw disciples after them." (Acts 20:29,30) "Forthe time will come when they will notendure sound doctrine; but after theirown lusts shall they heap to themselvesteachers, having i tching ears; and theyshall turn away their ears from the truth,and shall be turned unto fables." (2Tim. 4:3)Here is the place Paul warned Christians about the very fables tha t most ofyou have been t aught since childhoodby apostate churches.By the time Jude wrote his epistle,the fables of which Paul warned had already started. He exhorts: "you shouldearnestly contend for the faith whichwas once delivered unto the saints. Forthere are certain men crept in unawares." (Jude 3,4)Remember, the Genti le Christians inthe original inspired church observedPentecost as we have seen. Therefore,we will naturally expect some PROOF

IN LATER HISTORY that the churcheither kept this day pu re or changed it.If the Gentiles NEVER kept this day,as you have so often heard from the pulpits of the land, then we should NOTexpect to find any record of Gentilechurches observing a "Pentecost." Whatare the facts?How Pentecost Was ChangedThe following extracts from historiesobtainable at most libraries PROVE THAT

THE EARLIEST GENTILE CHURCHES DIDKEEP PENTECOST! These records speak

Page 11of keeping Pentecost-a Pentecost thatwas changed in the immediate yearsthat followed the death of the lastapostles. This Pentecost, so-called, hadbecome corrupted with SUN WORSHIP.It always fell on Sunday, the same asthe pagan Easter substituted for thepassover.Here is a plain statement of Hasting's

Dictionary of the Bible, article "Pentecost":"In the Christian Church the importance of Pentecost was continued andits significance emphasized by the outpour ing of the Spirit on tha t day (Acts2). The day of the week on that occasion is TRADITIONALLY representedas Sunday . . . Wieseler (Chron. d.Aposl. Zeiralrer, p. 20) plausibly suggests that the festival was fixed on Sun-day by the later Western Church to cor-respond with Easter."Among the early Jewish Chris tiansobservance of the Hebrew feasts continued, doubtless with fresh significancederived from the new revelation."Let's notice these statements. Pente-cost was continued in the early trueChris tian Church. It is TRADITION, notRevelation, rhar places Pentecost onSunday according to Wieseler.Now let us also take note of theCatholic Encyclopedia."Whitsunday, or Pentecost , a feast ofthe universal Church which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghostupon the Apostles ... Whitsunday, asa Christian feast, dates back to the firstcentury, al though there is no evidencethat it was observed . . . the passage inI Corinthians 1l6:R) probabl)! refers tothe Jewish feast."Here is one of the plainest admissions that the Pentecost observed byGentile converts, as the Bible recordsin I Corinthians 16: 8, was NOT THE

SAME as the "Christian" feast which laterdeveloped in the Catholic church.The FACT that there are records of afalse day corroborates the Bible by indicating that the Gentiles originally keptthe true. but after the death of rhe apostles, it was perverted. If no day had beenobserved originally, there would havebeen no Pentecost to alter.Early Confusion Among Catholics

About PentecostAs usual, with the introduction of er

ror wholesale, there is always a periodof adjustment until the er ror is finallyestablished. We notice just such a situation in early Catholic records beforetheir Pentecost or Whitsunday was firmly established. Bingham's Antiquities ofthe Christian Church, page 1157, 1158,says:"The next great festival was that of(Please continue on page 12)


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by Rod MeredithI ApologizePage 12

I MADE a definite error in the January,195'>, issue of the Good Newt whenI wrongly attributed a statementof crime statistics contained in my article, "Is Capital Punishment God'sWay'" to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, directorof the F.RI. I obtained this quote fromanother religious publicarion withoutthoroughly checking the source g iven .So I apologize to you readers, and

to Mr. Hoove r, f or incorrectly attribut in g t ha t statement of statistics to him.However, the facts which these statistics were intended to show-that thisu.uion if feething with crime and cor-ruption-stili holds true. It is an un

deniable FACT!The 195:1 \.t:/orld Almanac contains

the fol lowing crime statistics: "On theaverage day during the first six monthsof 1952, one larceny was committedevery 26 s econds, an au to t hef t every2.5 minutes, an aggravated assault every6.23 minutes and a rape eL'ery half hour.Every 4.0 minut es t he re was a crimeof murder, manslaugh ter, rape or assault to kill.Yes, the fruits of ou r society are EVILThey lead to /IIlhilppirlC!JI and death.Th is cri me report goes on to say,

"Crime rose 6.1J ('i throughout the U,S.dur ing t he first Inlf of 1952 as compared with the first half of 1951More p erson s .lgcd IR were arrestedduring the first half of 1952 than anyother age group."Truly, this shows that crime is onthe tncrcusc and that the moral de

cadence of our youth has approachedthe danger point.Those whom God holds RFSPONSI

I l l . ! ' for th e sp iritu al w elf ar e of ou rnation b.u e ('Iilcd! The professing ministers of Jesus Christ absolutely RE-

Which Is True Church?((llIIliiwed iron: Pilgl.! f f )Pentecost, which is taken in a doublesense 'lI11ong t he .i nc icnts. For somerimr-s ir Signifies tl.u: whole Jpace of( i f l ] dill \ between Easter and Whitsunt l d ~ ' . II I rh fmmer 'lCceptation Terrulli.u: speaks of it, when he tells theChristi.1I15 T'h.it Pe nrccosr was aLltge sp..c nf lime APPOINTFlJ BY THFU!l 'RCH fm administering of baptism

And hence it became a standingrule over the whole church to read theAu s in these fifty days of Pentecost, as

FUSe to k eep and to preach God's law.They resort to every flimsy excuse imaginable to try to undermine the rules oflife given by ou r Creator.Yet, don't they profess to know Christ

and to do good works in Hi s name'Yes. And Jesus Christ clearly indicted these farre ministers in Matthew7: 23. He tells these men who give himlip service and claim to do good worksin his name, "I never knew you: departfrom me, ye that work LAWLESSNESS,"Most modern B ib le tr an slatio ns h av esubst itut ed the word iniquity for theGreek word meaning Luolessness, Butany reliable interlinear or Greek textwill show you that Christ was referringto false ministers who teach disobedi-ence to God's law!Th e word is Lawlessness:God hold s t he se very law-breakingfalse ministers responsible for the

mounting crime, corruption, unhappiness, and wre tchedness in this world.LET'S WAKE UP!I apologize fo r the oversight in quot109 those crime statistics in my previousarticle. Bu t the conclusion remains thesame.N ow It s time for these latolesspreachers to apologize, to REPENT ofbreaking God's eternal, spiritual law andthereby leading others to crime, depravity, misery, and death!Yes, God will carry our the finalpunishment of the wicked which iseternal death,Y Ot t need to study God's word foryourself and "prove all things," Quitfollowing false teachers and teachingswhich produce a society filled withc rime and l.nolessness." .. Choose you this day whom yewi ll s erve (Joshua 24: 15)."

appears from many other places ofChrysostom, Austin , Cassian, and thefou rth council of Toledo."In his On Fasting, Chapter XIV Terrullian says this: "Our solemnities toowill be bound to be new: else, if theapostle has erased all devotion absolutely .. why do we celeb ra te the passover by an annual rotation in the first!!{I)'ftth( WIlY ill the filty ensuing clapdo we spend our time in all exultation?"(From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 4, pp .111-112.) Obviously, Tertullian recognized that the Apostle Paul did NOTabolish all these days.

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At other times, Pentecost was usedto mean the specific day tha t ended theseason of fifty days, during wh ich " th enewly-bap ti zed wore thei r whi te andshining garments"-hence, Whitsunday.At on e time the confusion over the dayof Pentecost led t he Council of Elvira,Spain, in 305 AD., to condemn t he t en dency to celebrate it forty daYJ afterEaster.Th e reason for t he p reservat ion of

passover and Pentecost to a great extentin the apostat iz ing church was themeaning these two annual holy daysoriginally possessed. One p ic tu red thedeath of Christ, the o ther t he coming ofthe Spirit of God to ripen the FIRSTHARVEST of human beings.Since, however , the apostates of theuniversal church were almost whollyGentiles, these men gradually developedtheir own customs to distinguish themselves from rhe Jews, an d yet to retainthe Christian or Jewish names. Both thePassover and Pentecost were TRANSFERRED GRADUALLY TO SUNDAY. Andthe name Passover was at last droppedfor Easter. Even Pen teco st has beengreatly obscured by th e n ame Whitsunday. And along with the perversion ofthese two days, the apo sta te chu rchLOST ALL REMAINING KNOWLEDGE OFTHE TRUE PLAN OF GOD which th es edays picture.The Reformation f ai led to restore the

Holy Days of God. All the mult ip l ici tyof chu rche s t oday either follow thepag,m custom of observing Pentecoston Sunday or else NEGLECT the day altogether. The time has come for us toge t back to t he f ait h ONCE DELIVEREDto [h e saints, Let 's begin to keep holy,the days God made holy. It is time wequit th is Babylon of religious confusionand human tradition and follow thepaths of the saints through all ages whohave remained faithful to t he tr ut h ofGod.

How to Observe PentecostFo r those of you who may no t know

how Pen tecost is to be observed, hereis a brief summary. It is an annual sab-bath and occurs on May 25 this year,beginning at sun set th e p re vio us evenlOg.Be sure to remember th at th e day ofPentecost varies from year to year because it is to be counted. The prepara

tion of food (Exodus 12: 16) is theonly labor God permits on an annualsabbath. Where possible this day shouldbe kept by assembling with others oflike faith since it is a commanded assembly. (Lev. 2'\: 4) Otherwise it canbe kept in your own home. This yearle t's f ol low t he examp le of the pureoriginal church of God by keeping holythis day God made holy.

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Force1ns TithingUnder the NEW Testament?

Here is an eye-opening article on a much misunderstood subject. Some ask,ffWasn't tithing just for the Jews of a long-dead past?" Others, "Wasn't tithing done away?" Or, ffWas it a form of national taxation in ancient Israel?"Or, "Was it to supply material needs to the poor?" Here is the NElf / Testa-

ment teaching. You'll find this article interesting, enlightening, plain.'by Herbert W. Armstrong

How SHOULD God's work be financed? Does God have a definite system? Is "tithing" obligatory in NEW Testament times? Or hasGod left us to our own devices-forchurches to resort to the old-fashionedoyster supper and ice cream socials, orto bazaars, entertainments, dances andchurch movie shows to raise money? Ordid God perhaps leave it for each oneto give what he feels l ike-if he feelslike giving it?

Did Chris t intend His specially-selected and called ministers to be directed and controlled by boards of laychurch members not called of Chri st tothe ministry? Or did Christ Himselfordain a system providing for His work,leaving His t rue called ministers, likeprophets of old, free to serve God alone?A Stern PROPHECY for Today!Let me repeat briefly a stern prophecyfor our day-a WARNING from God to20th century Ameri ca and Britain!To us, God says: "I will come near toyou in judgment . . . Even from thedays of your fathers ye have gone awayfrom mine ordinances, and have not keptthem , .. Ye are cursed with a curse:for YE HAvEROBBED ME,even this wholenation" (Malachi 3:5-9). That's not amessage for ancient Israel. It's a prophecy, warning America and Britain today!Other prophecies scat tered all thruborh Old and New Testaments show the

JUDGMENT to be sent on us, for robbingGod among other sins-the coming invasion and utter defeat in atomic-rocketWorld War III!But why? "But ye say," continues theEternal's warning, "Wherein have werobbed Thee?" And God replies, "InTITHES and OFFERINGS!"Notice, we are not robbing Him intithes alone-but also by neglec ting toput into His work OFFERINGS besides!But we've been taught tithing wasdone away-merely for Israel of old.It's about time we got back to the Faith

once delivered! Is there a definite financing plan ordained in the New Testament?

God Working Ou t a PURPOSEMan was placed on earth for a PUR-

POSE, And always, from the very beginning, God has had on earth a PRIEST-HOOD--a minist ry represen ting HIM,making known His revelation, His willto man, carrying out God's mission.It does cost money to carryon Christ'sministry. And today with super-poweredfacilities of radio and printing press, ofrapid transportation to every part ofthe world-facilities making it possibleto reach vast masses over great distancesin short t ime-the carrying forth ofGod's LAST WARNING MESSAGE to a deceived world is a herculean task of gigantic proportions requiring large sumsof money.Has not God, in His wisdom, prnvided for this financing? And in suchmanne r tha t His true called ministersmay be free to serve Him alone, carrying His Message BOL::>LY? If so, the planwill be revealed in God' s Word.

Christ's Office, NOW!I t is well recognized that the peopleof Israel, during Old Testament times,were required to pay tithes. That is, one

tenth of income-whether livestock,grain, or money. But the NEW Testament teaching on tithing is not generally understood.Yet the subject is mentioned manyplaces in the New Testament, But, sinceit is a priesthood subject-the financingof Chris t' s miniJtry it's well to lookfirst at the pries thood Book-Hebrews.

You hear a great deal of a cruci{ledChrist-much preaching about a deadChrist. Hut you hear almost nothingabout the MeSJage He brought fromGod, and even less abou t the functionof the resurrected living Christ of TODAY!

The Book of Hebrews reveals the

Christ of the Twentieth Century-thework and office of our Christ TODAYChrist the High Priest of God! And itcontains GOD'S INSTRUCTION for financing the ministry of Christ! The 7thchapt er is the tithing chapter.Speaking of the Christian HOPE ofeternal life (which hope is JesusChrist), we are told, beginning verse19, chap ter 6, this HOPE (Christ) hasentered "within the veil"-that is, thevery throne of God II I heaven-"whitherthe forerunner is for us entered, evenJesus, made an H IG H P RIE ST for everafter the order of Melchisedec."

The NEW Testament PriesthoodJesus Christ is HIGH PRIEST now.Let's undersranrl it Jeslls of Nazarethcame as a MeSJenger, sent from God,bear ing a MESSAGE to man. His MES-

SAGE is His GOSPEL-the Gospel ofJesus Christ-the Good News of theKINGDOM OF GOD.

After finishing His mission as Messenger, Jesus took on Himself the mission of Saviour, paying in our stead thepenalty of our sins by His death on thecross. But it requires a living Saviourto impart to us the gift of eternal life'So God raised Jesus, by a RESURREC-TION.And t her eupon Jesus ascended toheaven, co the very throne of God,where He sat down and continues to day as our Everlasting H IG H PRIEST.

That is His office, now. Soon He shallassume still another office, returning toearth in all the power and glory of God,as KING of kings-continuing Hispriesthood office as Lord of lords.It is in His office as High Priest thatJesus sits as lit)ing Head of The Churchof God, the true Body of Christ in thisage. He is High Priest for this aud allsucceeding ages.And as High Priest He holds adefinite rank-a rank that outranksevery priestly office-"After the orderof Melchisedec"-or, in the pla iner Eng-


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Page 14lish of the Moffatt translation, "withthe rank of Melchisedec."And who is Melchisedec? This is oneof the intriguing mysteries of the Bible!Suffice it to say here, Melchisedecwasthe High Priest of God during pattiarchal times. And Christ occupies thesame office now, holding the same rank.But the Mosaic dispensation was apurely materialistic, fleshly dispensation.The GOSPEL was not preached in Israel,nor did their ministry carry it to othernations. Israelites formed a fleJh-borncongregation, not a Spirit-begottenchurch. The ministry consisted of rituals,carnal (fleshly) ordinances, substituteanimal sacrifices and burnt offerings.This required of the priests much hardphysical labor.During those years a different priesthood of lower rank was in office-merehuman rank, vastly inferior to the spiritual and divine rank of Mclchisedccand of Christ. The priests were of thetribe of Levi. It was called the LeviticalPriesthood.

A Tithe-Receiving PriesthoodYet this lower-level priesthood had tobe financed. God's financing Plan fromdim antiquity, thru the MelchisedecPriesthood, was the tithing system. Thissystem was continued thru the years ofthe Levitical Priesthood.Now coming to the 7th chapter ofHebrews, God's financing plan is explained. Notice the comparison betweenthe two tithe-receiving priesthoods.First read the first five verses, Hebrews, chapter 7: "For this Melchisedec,king of Salem, priest of the most highGod, who met Abraham returningfrom the slaughter of the kings, andblessed him; to whom also Abrahamgave a tenth part of all ... abidc th apriest continually. Now consider howgreat this man was, unto whom evenAbraham gave th e te nth of the spoils.And verily they that are the sons of Levi,who receive the office of the priesthood,

hate a commandment to take tithes ofthe people according to the LAW."Let's understand it. This vital passageof Scripture begins to compare the twopriesthoods. Notice, back in patriarchaltimes, TITHING was God's system forfinancing His ministry. Melchisedec wasHigh Priest. The patriarch Abraham, itis written, knew and kept God's commandments, His statutes and laws (Gen.26: 5) . And he paid tithes to the HighPriest!Then the statement is made in thispassage that, during that dispensationfrom Moses until Christ, the priests ofthat time, the Levites, took tithes fromthe people BY LAW. I t was a LAW, startedin the beginning, continued thru theMosaic dispensation.

The GOOD NEWSTithing, then, did not start withMoses!It is God's system for financing Hisministry, which BEGAN from the BEGIN-NING-from the dim antiquity of patriarchal times. It was a LAW. It did notstart with Moses, it was merely con

tinued on THRU the Mosaic period!Tithing a LAW from Dim AntiquityMany excuse themselves from tithingtoday on the false impression t ithingpertained to the Mosaic period only.They think it was for Israel, alone. Andthat illusion has brought a CURSE onthis whole nation!The Old Covenant is gone-that'Strue. But its ending could not take awaywhat it did not bring! Tithing wasGod's law hundreds of years before theOld Covenant started.TITHING is revealed as God's systemfor financing His earthly ministry. Priorto the Levitical Priesthood and the Mosaic dispensation, the ministry was underMelchisedec. And we see that ministry,from the beginning, was financed by thetithing system.Melchisedec, "having neither beginning of days, nor end of life. . . abidetha priest continually" (Heb. 7: 3 ). Yes,He was High Priest from the beginning!Even from Adam' And the ancientpatriarchs from Adam down rhru Abraham, Jacob, and on to Moses, financedthis ministry of God on earth by theTITHING system!Merely CONTINUED in IsraelSince tithing is God's permanent, con

tinuous financing system, it had to continue thru the Mosaic dispensation. During tha t period when the Levites werethe ministers, their work and labors hadto be financed. But when the priesthoodwas changed, God did not changehis financing system. The Levites "had acommandment to take tithes of the people according to the LAW."And notice, the very Jubject of this7th chapter of Hebrews is the TITHINGLAW!Now continuing the 7th of Hebrews,the teaching concerns which of the twopriesthoods-Melchisedec, or Levitical- i s superior, to determine which priesthood should receive tithes, NOW!Christ ians of Paul's day did not needto be instructed that TITHING is anobligatory and permanent law of God.But they did need much teaching tomake clear to them that the Old Covenant was dead-the Levitical Priesthoodgone, and replaced by that of JesusChrist-the Melchisedec Priesthood restored! The only question was as towhich priesthood tithes were to be paid,now!To make this point plain, Paul pro-

May, 1953ceeds to show the Melchisedec Priesthood is superior-has precedence now.Notice the Scripture: "Now considerhow great this man was, unto whomeven the patriarch Abraham gave thetenth of the spoils . . . But he whosedescent is nor counted from them (theLevites), received tithes of Abraham,and blessed him (Abraham) that hadthe promises. And without all contradiction the lesJ (Abraham) is blessedof the better (Mel

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