Watchtower: The "Commander to the Peoples" - 1945

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The

Commander

to the Peoples

M

BN

of good-will everywhere hunger and

tlli rst for the bringing

o order

and

rig

hteousness

to all

the

earth.

Never

has

the gene

ral

community of nnUnnR been 8

disturbed or been

in

sueh danger as since

A. D.

1914

. International lawbreaking has been

carried on by llRtions on a total-mobilization

scale. t IIRS ~ encouraged

by

the connivance

and

open blessing

of

the

mi hty

organization

of religion

j

and Ole collaboration or the leaders

of reUgion with such lawbreaking political

powers is too well known to

be

disputed

or

denied. According to hwnRn procedures up

till now

it

has

~

difficult to cateh the inter-

national criminal

and

to pcnnli1 e him as he

deserves. Efforts to re-educate and reform him

have

failed. Aiter recovering from the

injuries

r e ~ u t i n g (rom one agsault upon

tbe

rociety

or

nations he

prepares

wilh vengeance (or ncw

offenses against law and

order

and with

a

more

erafty plan

of action. The hatreds the Buspi·

eione

tile

spirit

of

revenge the feelings

of

re·

volt the contempt for recognized law

and the

rank

disregard

lor contra

cts and trea.ties

that

are

sti

rred up by such criminal operations serve

to divide the peoples loony. Fears are raised

that there will e a breakdown o[ international



4 THE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES

law, and thnt civilization will be wrecked by

\ 10Ient anarchy between nations.

Other things of modern development, such

as air

travel and radio,

arc

operating to draw

all

I>t oples

together into one big global neigh.

bar

10od. But

these things are taken advantage

of by lhe

itlLernntionai

lawbl'cnl{er, and thjfl

works more than ever to the hu

r t

of all pcoplcH,

i the violator of international law is let go

unchecked. Seeing

thnt

aU

nations

and

_peoples

are being drawn together

by

modern

aevclop

ments, many thoughtful persons arc convinced

that someone

must be put

in

supreme

command

of uti the globe, if in

ternat

ional chaos is to be

prev

ented in the long run .

Bu

t

what

man

or

group

of men could be lifted

up to such n place o power and

aut

hority and

be f lll1y trusted, sep. ing that all men nre imper.

fool and se l

fis

b'

In

the hands of umbitious ones

suell n

granting

of power and uuthority could

be misused to 80

oppress

all humankind

as

to

make them

gronn

as never before. Faced with

su

ch

a dilemma, ce

rt

ain

leaders

in human so

ciety have

decided

that something must

be

done

about it

at

once i and they choose the s

harp-

pointNl, dangp.rons born of an over-all command

of the globe. They get together

to

plan against

the

dreaded international

chaos.

They

go over

matters

together

as

fr

iendlil y as they can

i

hut

small(>r nationa on the outside a re afraid an

international dictatorship

is

bei ng arranged,

or

will be

the outcome anyway.

Th

e

Dumbadon

Oaks Conference between the

four leading powers of the United Nations,

at

Vashington,

D.

C.

t

Cram Augu t 21 to October 7,

1944, was just such

an

early

effort

to draw

up



THE "COMMANDER TO THE

PEOPLES

5

man-made

plans

for keeping

Ule global

peace,

order and securi ty.

It

soon Came under criti

cism by leadjng religionists of the organization

that

eoJnoored

wHh

the Nazi-Fascist disturbers

of th

e

earth.

OU N

persons, out of wis.hCul Ulink

illg,

kindly said

t

was a sta rt

in

the right direc

tion, and thnt we could

not

expect perfection

at

ollce.

Others snid

tho DumbarlOll

Oaks

Doell

luents on international

organizat

ion would do

belter

to give recognition to lhe famous U Atlan

tic Charter".

'Many

others piously said

that

the

world orsnnization

mu

st not only take knowl

edge of IIIlernational law but also give chief

TeEpeet to

the

"moral

law

'

. One and

an,

whether

religionists, politic-ians, busincE8 employers, or

labor lenders, they all

left out of

their expres

sions

of

judgment the only

perfect

standard

of

judging, and tlmt

is,

the sncr:cd

Word of

Al

mighty God.

TIley

all looked to

lllan

to plnn and

lH

'oduce the organization

lor

regulating the af

(nirs of 11

peoples.

So

doing, they

turned tJleir

bucks upon fhe only One who enn provide

the

rclinble

Commander, a

perfect

Commander,

for

all the

peoples.

More

thnn that,

they passed

over God's own

dedared

purpose to

produce

tich a

needed Commander,

saying:

"Behold, I

hove given him

for

a witness to the peoples, a

lender

and

commander to the

peoples:

-f l

lloted

from Isaiah 55: 4, merican Standard

Ver. ?ion.

WHO IS HEf

t is clear that

now a

crisis confronts this

world. 'Vito will prevail

and

guide the destiny

of

the peoples, the man-made

internati

onal

organi7Altion

for

peace

and

security'

or

the



6 THE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES'

Commander whom JellOynb God has given for

the peoples f

To

those who believe the written

'Yard of the ~ o

t

High Ood there

is

no doubt

as to who will

prevaiJ

. God

's

Given One. Hence

the question

that

each individual must deter

mine fo r himself ja, \Vhotn will I choose and

ob

ey'

Each one's eternal destiny is Hnked up

with his solution of this pcrs-onal question. t

therefore becomes of moment to find out who

the One is that God

has

appointed to be the

peoples' Commander, and what this One com

mands to be done, and what will be the reward

of obedience thereto. Then it will become plain

why

there is

no comprorrUse between

that

One

and the international peace. organization, and

why we enn

neither

be neutral nor hold to a

middle coa.rse,

but must

choose either one

or

the other.

t is

necessary to

clarify these points,

IJe

cause at

the close

of

·World

Wnr

I

the

united

religionists of

the land,

through their :federal

Council in America,

CaIDe out

with the doolara..

tion:

U TheLeagoe

of

N ations

is the

poli tical

expression of the Kingdom of God

on

earth.

U

that

was t r u ~ then the J

...

eague was that..

which

J

ehom

God

gave and put in eommand

of the

peoples. The like claim may be made for

the new

system

of international collaboration

behind whlc h aU the religionists are outspokenly

throwing their weight

of

support,

as

witness

the speech of

Christendom's Jeading voice,

the pope, broadcast to the world on so-caJled

Christmns

Eve of 944. Judged y their con

duct in

tin::Jes

·

past,

it is a sure thing tha.t, once

the much-desIred in tenlational nrl nngcmen

t

meets

their

religious specifica.tions,

they

will



THE

"COMMANDER TO THE PEOP

LES

" 7

claim it

is

God's will and that it is His gilt to

the world

for

commanding the peoples. Then,

to the peoples' minds, they will strive to com·

promise

this

international s

tru

cture

and

.the

real Commander of God's appointment.

But

can

they nchlally compromise

and

harmonize the

twot

'Ve

now examine the reason why not.

f

we choose J cbovah's real Commander to

ilie peoples,

it

means good things: food, satis.

factIon, and life to tIle soul.

The

opposite c.hoice

menns soul-death. 'l'lris is oortnin from God's

prophecy which foretells the Commander,

i-

recting our attcntjon to

him in

these

words:

"Ho,

everyone

that thirstetb, come ye to the

waters, and he that hath no money; come ye,

buy, and eat; yeB come. buy wine and

milk

with-

out money

and

without price. -Wherefore do yo

ijp nd

JUoney

for t.hat Whie11 js not bread1

and

youI' labor

for ti18t

whieh satisflctil

nott

hearken

dili gently

Wlto

me, and

eat

ye

that

which is

good, and let

your soul delight itself in fatness.

Inc

ljn

c your ear, and come un to

me;

hear, and

your soul s

haH

liv

e:

lnd I will make an eve

r

lasting covenant wi th you, even the sure mercies

of

David.

Behold,

I

have given

him

for

a

wit

ness to tlie peoples, a Jeader

and

commander to

the peoples. Behold, thou

shalt caU

a nation

that

thou knowest

not; and

a nati

on

that

knew

not thee shall

nm

unto thee,

because

of

Jehovah

U Y

God, and

for

the Holy One of Israel;

for

he hath glorified thee '-Isaiah 55: 1-5, A B V

At the time that prophecy was spoken by

Isaiah, David the for

mer

faithful king of Israel

was long dead.

t

could not be David whom

J ehovah gave

for 8.

mtness, leader

and

com

mander.

t

must

be

someone to come and

of



8 TH COMMANDER TO TH PEOPLES

whom David was a type or prefigurement.

t

must, then, be the One whom history announces

as outstandingly the Son of David, namely,

Christ

Jesus

the King. Concerning the time

that

he rode the

aSS

into the city o

Jerusalem

amid the jubilation

o

the people i t is writlen:

The multitudes thnt went before, and

that

fol-

low.ed cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of

David: Blessed is he

that

cometh in the name

of the Lord ; ITosanna in

the highest. ''Blessed

be

the kingdom

of

our

father

David,

that

cometh

in the name

of

the Lord:

Hosanna

in the high-

est. (Matthew 21 : 9 i Mark 11:

9 10)

t matters

not

that

n fel days after that joyous event

Christ Jesns died upon Ule tree at Calvary.

That did not kill hjs chance of becoming the

peoples' Commander, because on the third day

therefrom

Jehovah

God raised him

up

frOID the

dead to life immortal in

tile

heavens.

In proof

that

Christ Jesus in such glorified

capacity is the One appointed to Ute command,

we

have the word

of

inspiration. Speaking to

those who every sabbath

day

rend the Holy

Scriptures in the synagogue, the Christian apos.

tie

Panl

quoted the afore·given prophccy of

Isaiah and applied

i t

to .resus Christ, saying:

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how

that

the promise which was made unto the

fathers, God hath fulfilled

tJle

snme nnto us

their children,

in

that

he hath raised

up Jesus

again i

as

it

is

also written in the second psalm,

Thou

art

my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

And as

concerning thnt he raised him

up

from

the dead, now no more to

return to

corruption,

he said on this wise [at Isaiah 55: 3], I will

give you the

sure

mercies

of

David. (Acts



THE

"COMMANDER TO

THE PEOPLES

9

13: 32·34)

That

is

La

say, the divine mercies

are

sure

to those who

·take

Lhe Son of

David, Christ

J esus, 8S their Commander, because Christ

J eaua was raised to life

in

corrupti

ble.

Hence

he

ever

Lives

to guurantee those promiserl me

r-

cie i

to

Ulem

that hear his witness, follow his

leadership, and obey his

co

mmands. For this

reaso n

he

is

al

so called by tho Scriptures t

he

captain of th eir salvat

ion

" and the author of

eternal

sa

lvat ion unto

aU

th

em

that

obey him".

T I e b r w s

2:10j

5:9.

WHY

PPOINTED

But

why did i t become necessnry

in th

e

pur·

pose of Jehovah

God

to

appoint

his

be

loved

Son Christ Jesus to be tile Commander The

study of the answer to this qnestion brings to

the fore the great iss ue befor e all c r ~ n t i o n The

issue pertains

to

the power

and

right

to

co

m-

mand 11 the universe. In other words, the issue

is concerning universal d

om

ination or sove

r-

eignty. The first one

to

issue

a command

co

n·

cerning our earth was the Creator, Jehovah

God. A

nd God said, Let

th

ere

e

light." He

was obeyed

j and there

was

light. The first one

to

g

iv

e

commnnd

hath

co

ncerning

man

and

al\)o

to man was t

hi

s same Creator. "And

God

said,

Le

t us make

l l laTl

in

ou

r

im

age, afte r

a f

like-

ne ss: and let them have dominion over the fish

of the sct\, and over the fo

wl

of the

air

, IUld

over the cattl

e,

and over all

th

e earth, and over

every creeping thing

that

creepeth upon the

carlll." Then Adam, the first humnn, was cre-

p.ted. A

nd

Jehovah

God

commanded the man,

saying, Of every tree of

Ule

garden thou

may

ea

t



10 THE

COMMANnER TO

THE

PEOPLES

freely cat:

but

of the

tree

of the knowledge oI

good and evil, thou

shalt not

cat of

it:

for in

the day that thou

catest

thereof thon shalt sure

ly die.

Oencsi.

1:

3

26; 2: 16,

17{

A S V

Shortly thereafter the

issue

0 Jehovab's

universa l domination

arose

in the form

of

this

question: Can

not

J ~ h o v a b Ood command his

own creation and make his intelligent creatures

obey' IT his ability to do so was challenged,

then his ability. including his power and

right

,

to do so

must

be rindicated, justified, proved

to be righteous. l<'ul'thcrmore, th , obediellce

of

his intelligent creatures to Jehovah God must

be

willing and must he tIne to love and worship,

and not due to terrorizing and coercion. f t1le

obedience were tilmply outward and frolU an

unwilling

heart

not devoted -

to

God, then the

good order, peace and unity of hi ; living cret\.-

lion would e continuulJy menMPd and in dan

ger. His 'peace

on

earth was not to be o o that

is maintained by continually keeping persollS

or nations with criminal tendeneies in check

under

threat

of penalties

and

action by a

poliee

power. Such is Ule kind of peace planned y

men

for

tile period following the global wor.

But God's kind must he a peace of men of good

wiu , JlIOO who shun evil and whose hearts arc

devoled to righteousness

according to the

stand

ards

of their Creator God.

1

1

he

lest

of

Jehovah

's universal domination

then came, not y His forcing tile issue, but

because of

the selfish ambition of

a.

challenger.

T his one

W8 the beautiful s])irit creature,

named Morning Star OT Lucifer , and whom

Jehovah anointed to be tbe eovpring cherub ovet

man in

Ole

garden

of

Eden.

Lucifer's du

ty

was



THE

COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES 11

to uphold Ood's

throne and

to enroree his com-

mands, with benefit to lllankind if ohewent, but

with the execution of the sentence o

death

upon

man

if

disobedjent. 'l'lJere was no terroriz.ing

of

mnn in

the

Pararlise

of l ~ d c n , but every

Uling

invite

man to obedience. The first

m ll

and

womall, bciJlg God's httodiwork, were perfect

( His work is perfect }

j

and lienee

no

tendell-

des

to wrongdoing were implunted in

their

oa-

ture or

h e r t ~

or

minds. (Ocutcronomy

32:

4)

Ood's command to man and woman merely fore-

warned them

of the punishment [or

disobeying

him

by eating of

the prohibited fruit tree. Rut

there was no terrorizing them into a foreed

obedience by

making

God's law read LIntt if

they diSQbeyed, they would

be

punished

after

death with everlastiJlg conscious torture in the

broiliJlg flames of n hpll of litcrollil o and brim-

stone in the bowels

of

the

earth.

Mankind was

plainly told the ·law,

that

the disobedient would

have thei r lives taken from them and

that

they

would cease to be, because they were not -

mortal.

On the

other

hand, the obedient would

have

their

lives sustained in the Parndise on

earth forever, in

order

that

they might enjoy

everluRting

life

therein

as

the faithful ehildren

of

God.

How

ever, Lucifer, the anointed covering-

cherub,

contradicted

that

law,

not

because

it

w a ~

not

good and true, but in

order

to set him-

self up ns another ('onunalldc'· to humankind.

Using Ule

serpent

as his means

or

communica-

tion, he told Ule woman that God was trying

to

hold

JUen in

subjection to Him

uuder

t h r e a t ~

and by

keeping them in ignorance

and

w e a k n e ~ s -

Theu

LueiCcr held

out

to them

the

false hope



]2 THE COMMANDER TO THE

PEOPLES

of immortality unrl

of

deification

l

by

saying :

'Ye shall not surely die.

[

i disobedient]: for

Ood doth Imow that in tho day yo eat thereof,

then

your

eyes shall be opened,

and

ye shall

be

as

gods, knowing good and eviL (Genesis

3: 4, 5) By snch an approach, Lucifer had now

transformed

himself into an nn.'(el

of

darkness,

Satan

tile Devil, put he

tried

to

appear

as an

ungel of lig

he

' , ' l

lhis

was to lure human creu

tures

to join him in di so11cdience to

the

com

mands of God. (2 Corinthians 11: 14,15) And

from t.hat day to thi s

Satan

's agents, whether

men

or

organizutions, present tbemselves in a

halo of glory and n t t r n t i v e n e ~ to induce men

to

[oUow

tiJem contrary to the commands of

Ute

Supreme Commander, Jehovah God. As

Satan

1he Devil, the former Lucifer, wns a spirit crea

ture

r

cherubic power and hence

superhuman,

then for mankind to follow him would mean

making him tlleir invisil)le commander. i would

meaD

aJso, taking

the

conseqnences

of

such

chnnge

of

comllland; ntHl they would

have

to

taste

of

the difference

bet

-ween obedience to

the

Universal Sovereign, Jehovah Ood, and obe

dience to his opposer, Satan tllC Devil.

y capturing the sourc

es of

the human race,

Adam and Eve. Satan the Devil saw the oppor

tunity to make himself finally the commander

to

all the peoples

of

the

earth

that

should de

scend from them. After first bringing the

fair

Eve o,'er to hi s side,

Satan dt'ew

also the

maD

Adam over to hi s side by

the

pull of selfishness

now stirred up in Hum's bosom. By doing this

Satan

the Devil was able to present an accom

plished fnet in dispute

of

Jehovah's

universal

domination.

Heav

en is God's throne, and

t.he



THE

COMMANDER TO

THE PEOPLES 13

earth

is his footstool

j

and here at the earth his

univcl'snl sovcl'cignty

was

challenged

and

SCCDl4

ingly

made

shnk ) . (ISaiall 66: 1

j

atthew

5: 34, 35)

Jehovah

God was aware D what was

going Oil, but did not int

erfere

. He wns willing

for the issue of universal domination to

be mised, and for the right

of

being the

Commander·in-Chief

to

be

pu

t in

dispute.

Since

Satan

the

Devil

and

Adam

and

Eve

did not

have

immortality, the Almighty God could instan

tan('ously have

wiped

them out of existence.

Ue did not do so, because the grent qnestion

rested upon the matter of voluntary obedience

to Him

by

all his intelligent creatures through

out the universe.

The question

at

issue, broadened

out

to

its

fullest extent, was: 'ere

all

Ood s

creatures

immovably

on

his side and tinder hi s domina

tion by

wi11l IIl

decision and l

ov

ing

choice' or

could Satan the Devil swing aU of them away

frolll God

by

deceit and selfishness and line

them all

up

on

his

s ide t

God did not

fcar

to

let the proof of the qnestion be pnshed to the

limits

of

creation. Since

that

would require time,

eHpecially as Acitun and Eve's offspring were

till then unborn, God set aside a limited period

of time

for the permission of wickedness, and

did

not

at

once execute the lawbreakers

at

the

garden

of

Eden.

But

timt the purpose

of

wicked

ne

ss

would fail. and

that

God would vindicate

his uuiversa l domination in

due

time by the

faithful obedience of his devoted

creatures

under the severest test,

J

Movall rnade known

in these defiant words to Satan the

Serpent:

''1 will

put

enniity between thee and the woman,

and

between thy seed and her seed;

it

shall



14

THE

COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES

bmise thy head, and thou Bha lt bruise his heel:

e

nesis 3: 15.

OOler statements of God's 'Word show t:hat

Ood's

woman is

his holy universal organization

cnlJcd Zion , 'l'here, then, was Jehovah's dec

laration of purpose to bring forth from his holy

organization eed

who

would

be

at enmity

against Satan and lils organization.

l l

tlle

bru

i

sing

that Satan

and

hj

s organization would

be

l

et

inflict upon the Seed of God's woman

would be unable to break his enmity and make

him

compromise and acknowledge Satan as com

mander. There, also, was the- first declaration

of the Lord God to raise up a Commander to

bruise the head of the

fa

lse leader

and

to de

stroy

him

and his wicked offspring.

The

future

generations of

men

and peoples

must h1tve

a

commantler different from Satan tJle Devil, i

Uley

were to cut and drink of God's life-giving

provisions; and this Seed of God's organization

Zion, being proved faithful, would be the quali

fied and wo. thy

one to appoint as such Com

mander.

Christ

Jesus is

this foretold Seed

of

God's woman Zion.

To settle the issue, therefore, is why the

Almigh ty Ood promised alld has raised up the

CommandoI'.

Satan

the Devil bore false witness

concerning J ehovah God

in

the g

ard

en of Eden,

and has

done so

ever

since, thus bringing God's

name into disrepute and reproacb.

Satan

has

established him

sell

as the

}>rince of

this

world , so that in the mountain of temptation

he could offer Cll1 ist Jesus all the kingdoms

of this world and their glory, provided that

Christ would

bow

down

and

worship him.

Satan

has

orga

nized religion and

tak

en

all

peoples



THE "'COMMANDER TO THE

PEOPLES

Hi

captive tberehy

and

has directed them as their

master.

By

the traditions and precepts

of

reli

gious leaders be has caused the peoples to trans-

gress tile law

of

God

and

make null

nod

void

lliB ( 'Ol1lIDundments.

o

prove h.imsclf

worthy

to bruise aud destJ'oy the Sel'pent, Christ

Jesus

must

be a faithful "vitnc

ss u.s

to Jehovah God

Utld

His

name nnd purposes, For

his

unswerv-

ing

cOll ;lullcy

in

doing so he Ul S been honored

wiUI

the title

l'lIe FaithfuJ

Ilnd

True

Wi

bless"

j

and he is tilO Chic[ of aU

of

Jehovah's witnesses.

(Revelation 3: 14; 19: 11) By keeping himself

separate and distinct from this world as not

being

8

part

of it,

and

by dying

in behalf

of

a new worJd

of

righteoosness,

Christ Jesus

was

appointed to

be

"the

Prince of

Peace"

and

t

he

1)rioce of the kings of the earth" of that new

world. (Revelation

1: 5; Isaiah 9: G)

Because

of

laying

clown

his

Ufe 8S

a ransom to purchase

or

redeem uJl illOse that l:M lievc and obey him,

Christ Jesus

has been

~ p o i n t e d

Commander

to

aU

peoples

that gain l ife in Ott

lew

world.

(Hebrews 2:

9;

5:

9)

The

time

must

come when

these facts concerning God's arrangements and

appointments

must

be

put

to practical effect.

That time is now

I'ERFECTED IN ODEDlE:.ICB

Globn] government

is

a tremendolls respon

sibility. t is more

Ulan

al lan 's jobj and no

imperfect man could

attempt

such

8

thing ex

cept Ulat be had backing from the ambitious

prince of tbis

world",

Satan, who

olTered

Jesus

t.he

kingdoms

of

this wodd.

No

global govern

ment will succeed that is

run

by men who ap-



16 TIlE "COMMANDER TO THE

PEOPLES

point themselves to the job under Satan's n ~

au

enee or who are appoi

nt

ed by

t1le

people's

representatives, because such 8 government

is

not of

God

' s appointment.

t

is not Theocratic,

not heing administered by Him, n

or

appointed

by Him. No global government will succeed that

docs not enforce tile laws and co mmandments

of Jehovah God. All thi s

talk

ubont

iJlCOrporat

iug so-called "m

orallnw

" into

tll

international

org81lizution to

give

t

stnbility tlnd

permnnence

is

just

the pious palaver of religions le

aders

who claim to be the guardians

of

"moral law'

and who want

to capitnli7.e

upon

that

claim

by

acting

as

the sJ?iri

tual

advisers to

Ole

OTSo.niz8-

l ion. Wllile clauning to be most moral and self

righteous men. they

are

hypocritical breakers

of

the conullandmcnts of

God

and

are

the

per·

secutors of tile humble Chril:itians who strive

to keep God's

litw.

Contrary to their example, the One

who

would serve ullder the Most High God as H is

Commander to the peoples must himself be

£erfect

in obedience to the commands of God.

Under the

mo

st painfitl

test

he

mu

st

maintain

his integrity, always carrying out the orders

or Jehovah.

Luc

irer failed

because

of

yielding

to ambition, and he leads the entire world n

lawbrellking.

Christ

Je$us, the heavenly Son

r

God, came into this world as a man and was

subjected to tIle

great

test of ou( diellce. Sa t

an

and I

ds

seed could neither tempt

Jesns

into

disobedience

nor coerce him into

it

by

re

proach,

persecutions and the most disgraceful of deaths.

Under all this Jesus kept his integrity toward

bis Commander-in-Chief by carrying out aU.

his orders. He demon

strate

d obedience to the



T HE "COMMANDER TO

TilE

PEOPLES 1 7

point of perfeetion, even

unde-T

the hottest fire

of Satan and all bjs hosts. Such an obedient

One can be safely entrusted willi commanding

others

sccording to the

will

of

Ood;

anel

hence

it

is written of Chri t Jesus:

Mfhongh

he were

n ::;on, yet learned he ohedienrc

by

the things

Wllich he Sufferedj MId being made perfect, he

hecume lhe

author

of eternal salvation unto an

them lilat ohey him/'-Jlebrews 5: 8,

9.

Because

of

Jes

us' devot ion nnd i

ntegrity

toward Goo, Jehovah made a covenant

witll

hiIn. t wns n solemn contrnct

concerning

the

Ki ngdom, the kingdom

o[

God j and Christ

Jesus was

to

be tbe King therein under God• .

Ood had annuunced this kingdom to the faith

ful rnler David, one of the

ancestors

of Christ

Jesus

. (2 Samuel,

chapter

7) As n

blpR ting

for

D

avid

's faithfulness

and

worship toward

llim

J ehovah God pl'omised

that

the Kingdom

wou

ld

rf"rnn in in David's linc, and that hia seed should

sit upon the

throne

forevermore. h r i ~ t J ef l us

was Ule Son or David according to the flesh

j

a nd he inllt:ritcd th is K ingdom covenant or

promist'.

But

the Kingdom of which Christ

.Jesus ill King is the Idngdom

of

henven, to

which Jehovah God anointed him

by

his holy

spirit. 'I'he throne upon which

Christ Jesus

sits

forevpr is Ole throne-seat

at

the right hand of

hi s heavenly

Father,

JeJlOvah God. E'aithfnl

Shep

h

erd-K

ing David was merely a

type

of

Chn st Jesus with whom the covenant [or the

Kingdom is made in its fullesi sign ificance.

For

this reason, wIlen

Chr

ist

Jes

us entered npon

his pub lic activity among the nation of I l: Tael,

he preache<,l: The kingdom of heaven is at

h

n

.



18 THE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES

This

Gbedient

One, who has his

appointment

trom the Most nigh God, willlHwe the respoD.

sibility of global government. t was prophesied

of that

Ono by

King David:

"In

lis

days

BlmlJ

the

righteous flonriflh j and abundance of pence

so long 8.8 the Illoon endureUl.

lie

shaH have

dominion also from sea to sea, and from tile

river nnto the ends of

the

eUJ·lli." (Psalm

72:7,8)

No human Koverrunent or

empire

of

this world

will

then rule the waves as mistress

of

the

seven sens.

Christ

J "esus

must

then

have

the command of ll the earlb. One of his titles

is "Lord

of

lords and King

r

kings".

That bas

no

reference

to Ole

eartbly

kings

and lords of

this

world, for the prophecy foretells that

the

kings of this present organized "earth" will

fig11t

against

CbJ'ist

Jesus,

resisting

the

extend.

ing

of

his

kingtlulll tu

the

four

corners of the

earth.

The title

plainly means that Chl'ist Jesus

will have 8seociutes with him on the throne ill

his

heavenly kingdom. Ilis government of tJle

globe is

not

to be visible, earthly, llod of

m8.U'S

creation and uppointment. t is lieavenly, n·

visible,

and

superhuman,

and

his faithful

dis·

ciples

will be his as.<;ociates with him. Tbes<

are the fir t ones to accept llim as their Com.

mander appointed by Je1lOvah God;

and

he laid

down his life first of all for them. rr

hey

hear

his witness concerning JellOvah and his prom.

ised kingdom,

ana

they believe

it and pass

it

on

to others. 'I'hey look upon him

as

..the Prince

of

life".

their only

r

under ODd; and they

Follow him raithlully till death. They put them-

selves under his instructions as the Captuin and

Commander whom God has given.

They

believe



THE COMMANDER TO -THE .PEOPLES 19

the Bible testimony tJlat he

is

the One

of

whom

lfo

set; lhe

prophet

was a type.

Moses was the mediator whom Jehovah used

to deliver the written

Ten

Commandments

and

other divine laws

to

the

nati

on of

Israel,

and

to Moses God himself said:

«1 wilJ

raise them

np a Prophet from among Uleir bretJlren, Like

unto thee, nnd will put my words in his mouth;

nnd he sllnn speak unto tltem all that I shall

cOilllllllnd him. And

t

shall come to pass,

that

whosoever will not hearken unto my

words

whicJl

lie shall speak in my name, I will require

it

of him. (Deuteronomy 18:

18

19)

The

apos

tle

}>et

er was the first to id(mtify Christ Jesus

as the Pl Ophet whom Moscs typified,

and

all

of

Christ s true

disciples

and

followersbclieve

likewise. (Acts 3: 22, 23) They know that to

disobey this Commander,

Ule

Greater Moses,

llleuns

to have their souls destroyed from among

Ood's peopl

e.

In his earthly days Christ

Jesus

exe rcised •

his prerogative 88 Commander toward his

dis.

ciples

Hnd

scnt

them

forth

to publish the

mo

st

importnnt message. He commnnded: ('And 88

re go, preach, saying, The kingdom or hf' 8Ven

at hlUld. (Matthew 10: 7; Luke 10: 9) Final-

ly, to show that he took his faithful consecrated

followers into the Kingdom cov(>nnnt with

him

as

their Prince, he said to them on tbe

night

brfore

bis

death:

You

arc

they who have

co

n·

tinned with me in my

trial

s. And T covenant

for you, even as my Fnthel' has covenanted for

me,

a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at

my table in my kingdom, and

sit

on

iluones,

judging the twelve tribes

r

I srnel. - Luke

22:

28.30,

Emphatic Diaglott . Rotllerha n.



20

TBE

COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES

All these faithful followers, down to OUI own

day, must prove themselves obedjent to all the

appointments at Ood the

Snpre

me Commander,

by obeying Ilnd foUowing

Christ

Jesus

WhOUl

He Las given a Commander. After all the

temptations Ilnd tests of integrity are over, the

Scriptures show, there will be exactly 144,000

who wiU have proved worthy to have Ute King.

dom covenant completely fulfilled to them and

to be joined with Christ Jesns in his heavenly

throne. TheRe Ilr£l the ones to whom God's

W

ord

speaks, in 1

sa

iah's propliecy,

saying: In

·

e\jne your eur, and come unto me: hear, and

your soul shall live; and I will mnkc an

ever

·

lasting covenant

Ul

you, eV( n the

sure

mercies

of David.

(Isaiah

55 : 3)

The

mercies of David'}

had to

do

with

the

Kingdom

covenant, and

these

victorians followers of e ll

rist

Jesus become

eve

rl

usting pal'takers of those mercies.

OPPOSING COMMANDERS FACE TO FACE

The

time

must

come when those 144,000

Kin

g-

dom joint.heil's with Christ Jesus must be all

selected out rrom among

humankind.

Renson.

ably thnt would be the t

im

e

Cor

Lhe Kingdom

to begin. The Scr iptures

are

defmite

that

Christ

Jesus did not begin his Kingdom at the time

illat

lie aseemlpd

to heaven and

sat

down at

God's r i

ght

hand. Also the facts

o

history

for

tbe

past

nineteen centuries show that the l ;ng-

dOIns

of this world under

Sntan

the

prince of

this world have carried on the governing of

t ho earth.

Christ J esus had to :iit at tLe righL hand of

his

Father,

his

Commander.in.Chjef,

until God's



THE

"COMMANDER TO

THE PEOPLES

21

appointed time for the Kingdom to

be

set

up

nnd put into action. During that some time

Christi ails have waited

for

th e Kingdom's com-

i l l ~ There is no long

er

any time to wnit, for the

Kingdom of God is here Tt was established

A.D. 1914; and not withont sig

nifi

cance d.id the

Arst

world war

of

human history begin in th,e

summer of

that

unforgettable year.

That

war

for world domination broke forth

just

as the

"times of the Gentiles" once mentioned

by

Jesus

ended, 2,520

years

from the t

ur

the d{'struc-

tion of

Jerusalem

and Solomon

's

temple. J 1 his

means that the period of Satan's uninterrupted

rule

or

world has ended. t means thnt the time

limit for the permission of unrestricted

wicked-

ness

i s

n Df

t

hand, and

th t

thos

WJIO

will-

fully go the way

of

wickedness will I: hortly be

destroyed,

that

the universe may be rid of them.

t means also

that

the '''kingdom of heaven"

class is about made up, and the last

oj

these,

n small

remnant in

themselves,

are yet

on

earth

carrying out

Ule

fmal

commands

to

them

Irom

their heavenly Lender, Christ Jesus.

t

further

means

that

Satan,

l

Ule prinee

of

this world,"

nUll Christ

.Jesns, Lbe l"lrince of

Peace," face each other for the decisive cou-

test. One mu

st

go j the other mnsl remain.

The

wicked commander

of

this

pr

esent

evil world

will

go; Jehovah's Commander to the peoples

will

remain. f'

Of Ule

increase of his government

Rud

pence

tllere

shall

be no

end."

(I

sniah 9:

6,

7)

t

is a day of

de

cision, and

its

precious hours

of opportunity

are

remorselessly ticking out.

The

zero hour for the final

war

of Armageddon

is undelayably coming

on,

although no man



22 THE

COMMANDER TO

THE

PEOPLES

knows

the

day

nor

the

hour thereof. (Mattilew

24: 35-39)

What, then,

shall

the peoples

do'

There is only one thi ng for lovers of life,

truth,

law and

order

and

peace

to

do.

'l'bat

is,

to recognize the reigning One whom God has

given for a Witness and a Leader and Com

mander to

the

peoples. 'fhe

''little

flock

of

his

followers who come

from

all peoples and na

tions are the ODes to whom

t

is tile Father's

good

pleasure

to

give

the

Kingdom

with

Christ

Jesus.

ut these

are not

the

only

ones that ruay

follow

the

Good

Shepherd

who laid down i ~

life

for all sbeeplike ones. C

hrist Jesus

said:

And other sheep I have, which are not

of thi

s

fold: them also I

must

bring,

and

they shall

hear my voice;

and they shall

become one

flock,

one s1tepherd.

(Luke

12 : 32;

John

10:

16

A.B.V , These other sheep

are

the persons

of good-will who today hear his voice of wit

ness through

the

'Vord

of God and who heed

his voice as

Commander

and follow him along

with

his remnant. The

prophecy, at Revelation,

chapter

seven, discloses

that

the

othe

r sheep ,

whom the Good Shepherd leads to fountains

of

living

waters, come from

all nations, kin.

dreds, tongues and

peoples

and

eventually

they

make up a great multitude , In this time of

decision

between

the opposing commanders,

Christ

Jesus

and Satan

the

Devil,

these

sheep

choose the One

appointed

of the

Most

High

God

the

Universal

Sovereign.

In

perplexity

m8Jly rigbteously disposed

per-

sons will ask, But hat arc his commands,

that

we may do them

T Christ

Jesus

left

no

room

for doubt as to what

they

are in this time of

the end of

this present evil world j

and

for our



THE COMMANDER

TO THE P E O P L E ~

23

encouragement

he

said:

If ye keep my com·

mandnlents, yc shall abide in my love; Yc

are my friends,

if

ye do whatsoever I command

yoo.

(John

15:

]0,14)

AllO'\\'iog

for

no nncer-

tainty

8S

to

what to do in this epoch of total

war

that

began in 1914 (A.D.), Christ Jesus

foretold the 'VoJ ld Var I, of which there was

a resnmption in 1939 Looking

ahead

to the end

of the times of the Gentiles in 1914, lie said:

Nation Lthat is to say, total nation]

sha

lll i

se

against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

and

Ule e

shall be fflrnincs,

and

pestilences,

and

earthquakes, in divers places. All Ulese are the

beginning of sorrows '; and

we

alive today can

testify illat sneh sorrows have begun. Then,

after

foretelling the persecution

of

rus genuine

followers

at that

time, Ch.rist Jesus added these

words, whicJl are both a propbecy nnd a com·

mand: And this gospel

of

tile

k i n ~ o m

shall

be preached in

aU Ule

world for a witness unto

all

nations;

and

thc n

shall tue end come.

-Matthew

24: 7.14.

Such 0 gospel was never preached before

A.D. 1914, because this is the good news of the

kingdom of Ood established in the hands of his

anointed King

Christ Jesus. The year

1914

marked

the

end of

lhe waiting period and the

time

of

giving the Kingdom its birth to an active

life, while

yet

tile

enemies thereof

are

round

about. fhis is the most important news of this

century thus

far j

and

t

comes like refreshing

waters

of life to those who

thirst

after truth

and righteousncss. The King s

will

is that such

a gospcl of the newborn Kingdom

must be

preach

ed

in

all the inhabited eartil

for

n witness

to

ll

races, colors, nations, and peoples. The



24 T)JE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES

Kingdom's establishment means that the end

of Satan 's organizatio

n,

visible and invisible,

at

the battle of Armageddon is

drawing

near.

Hence the people

must

hav{'

the witness con-

cerning the

ever

lasting Kingdom in order to

take their stand upon the side of

Jehova

h

s

Th

eocratic Government und in

favor of

his

uni vcl

s

al domination. Otherwiso, the e

nd

will

ov

er

tuke

the

peoples

n

ignorance,

and

they will

go down

with

Satan s

organization which holds

dominion over the peoples.

'l.'his proclarllntion of lhe established ''king-

dom

of

heaven is w

ha

t

th

e witne

sses of J

ebo-

vah have been diligently endeavoring to carry

on particularl y since 1918, in obedience to the

orders

of

J ehovah's Commander to the peoples.

'I'

ll

e

Kingdom

witness is not

yet

a

ll

accom-

plis lJed. Million s yet wait to

h

ea

r

and. learn of

Iti

and

the King s command still s ta nd s in effect.

Th

e re is need for illo spreading out

of

the wit-

ness. 'Phe Held is large, the lob

ore

rs are few,

and

t he t:

mcn

of

good will ,

tile ·o ther SIICCP ,

mu

st

obey

the

Co

mmander

to

the peopl

es

,

if

th

ey

would

gai

n

lif

e on

earth

in

the

new

wor

ld

of r i g h t e o u s n e s ~ The preach

ing

of this King-

dom gos pel is one of the thing-I> he commands.

This Kin

gdom witDt-SS must be given

to

ll

n

atio

n : . This is

not

a man

s

com mand,

nor

man

s

work.

t

therefore

behooves

aU

persons

of

good-

will from

out

of a U nations receiving the wit-

Il

ess to

join

with all those who

tHe

obey

in

g the

heavenly Commander

in giving

the witness.

A BOMI

I

ATION OF IJESOI.ATION

There

is

another

important

co

mmand

that

he

gives for

lhis day. t emphasizes

the need to



THE

COMMANDER TO

THE

PEOPLES 5

take a stand for

the

Kingdom by openly pro

claiming the gospel Ulereoe.

Immediately after

declaring that

Ulis

Kingdom

gospe

l shall

he

proclaimed everywhere for n witness to

<lQ J

na-

tions, Christ J esos went on to

say:

' Vhen ye

thel efore shall see

the

abomination of desola.

tion, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,

stand

in the holy place, w l ~ o s o readl'til, let him under-

stand:)

then let them which be ill Judffia flee

into the

mountains:

For

then shall be

great

tribulation, such 85 was not since the beginning

of the world to this time, no,

nor

ever shall be.

And except tl1050

days

should be shortened,

there should no flesh

he

88\'ed: but for the

elect's sake those

davs

shall be shortened,

-Maltllew

24

:

15-22

Christ Jesus' prophecy

on

the end of

the

world here warns us: • Whoso relldeth, let him

understand.

This is not the tirrrc to be mis-

und

erstanding

because of religious views. What

Jesus

here foretold did not find its fulfillment

upon literal .Jerusalem Ilnd

Judea

in the year

70 (A.D.).

The

destruction then

of

Jerusalem

and o Herod's temple by the armies

of

im-

perial Rome was terrible; and nothing in times

previous

thereto l l lay

have been so terrible upon

so

small

a territory. Nevertheless, C'ompare the

tribulation

of that brief time with the tribula-

tion of these days

and

with

that

tribulation

whicJ. is

shaping up for the

entire

world . at

Al'mageddon,

and

you will

agree

that

Christ's

words, uno, nor ,

ever

shall be, did not apply

to the tribulation upon Jerusalem and

Judca

nineteen

centuries

ago.

We

are yet facing

timt

tribulation

the like of wbich

thore

never was

and

which will not need repeating by Almighty



26 THE 'COMr.fANDER TO THE PEOPLES

God's power.

t s

therefore in

these days that

we

must look for the

'Iabomination

of desola

tion , l'he

Conmlander

to the

peoples

said

that

the

appearing

of

that

unholy abomination would

e

the indication of something.

t

would in

dicate Wat the unpa-rallelcd tribulation was near

and

tbat

lovers

of

li

fe

should

fl

ee

to safety

without hindrunce

or

delay. Renee

we

should

look now and should do so with Scriptural

u.nderstanding.

Back in Jesus' days on earth Jerusalem was

considered to be

the

holy city ,

and Jesus

said

not to swear

by J er

usalern; for

it

is

the

city

of

tho great J<ing . (Matthew 4: 5; 5: 34,35 j

27: 53)

But

in

Lhe year

1914 God' s

woman

Zion,

brought forth Christ

'\

\1

S

as the reignin.g

King

clothed upon

""..jth

authority

by

Jehovah God.

n due time shortly there

after

, by resurrectiog

h

is

faithful

t i i ~ c i p l e 8 hom

the dead to life in

the Sl>irit realms, Chr.ist

.T (>RUg

joins them to

himself in the Theocratic Government. To

gether, they form what is caUed the holy city,

n

ew

.1eru

Halem,

coming down

from

God out

of

beaven . (lleveiatioa 12: 1-10; 21:

~

10; 22: 19)

That is to

say, they form the

Holy

liovernment

of lhe new wo

rM

of righteousness.

t

is very Jllanifest, therefore,

that

the holy

place which tlle uabomination

of desolation"

seeks to occupy upon this

earth

is the place of

the Kingdom with

re

spect to

this earth;

for

the

Holy City is

pictured

as descending out

of

heaven from God and dO\'; D to the earth.

t

is thel'efore tbe Kingdom's plaee

to

be the global

government over all

human1.-ind

that lives. Re.

gardless

of

al l the blood t

hat

has been

shed

by

millions in the course of mankind's

history

,

it



THE "COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES 27

is only Jesu :I' blood that

IIRS

not been shed in

vrun;

[at

his blood prOMlres redemption

f T

all believers and u washing away DC their

sins

and removal of the condemnation

D

death.

With

J e ~ u s Jehovah God has made the covenant for

the

Kingdom;

nnd 11ln1 fnct makes it

proper

that there be g

iven

hi m

dominion,

and

glory,

and n h;ngdom, that all ~ 1 c o p l e t nations, ond

langnages, should servo Illm:

hi.s

dominion is

an

everln.bting dominion, which

;

hnH

not

pass

away,

and is

kingdom that whieh shall

not

be

destro

yed." (Daniel 7: 13, 14) TIe bAA now en

tered U

upon

such eYcrJasting dominion.

What\ then, could that toretold

n

hominalion

of

deaD ation" be but

the

global gov

er

nm ent

of wldeh the DUrnOOI'LOn

Oaks

plan

WAS

only

a.

te

ntative diagram,

to

be

amended

iJy

the 1945

San

F r ~ n c i s c o

Conference'

The attempt is to

stand np snell 8 world system of

international

eolJabora.tion in the holy place" Ilnd thereby

make unnecessary

tbe

rule of tile

Kingdom

or

Ood, the

noly

City, of which

Christ Jesus is

King

.

l ~ e

globnl

man-ma(lp

orgAnization

is

only

l

revival of

ille once boasted League

of

Nations,

whlcll went into the

abyss

of interna.tional dis

use and inaction in 1939, duc to ~ n z j F 8 s c i s t

aggre88ions upon bums n Or iely-. The revived

form

of association of Ilations comes forth

from

the

abyss under

just

a new name and wHh a

few

alterations of

face

and

structurej

but

i t

embodies the same ideas as the former League.

Ita basic

i(len is to

nm

this globe

without

the

approval, 8 :1 istance

or

interference 01'

Christ

Jesus

the rightCnl K i n ~

1111 e blessing

and

spintunJ counsel and moral

support or th e r ~ t i g i o u s clergy will give it an



28 THE "COMMANDER TO

THE PEOPLES

appearance of holiness in the eyes of the mis

informed people.

And

being 'urronnded by the

defense of

an international military

police,

i t

will

appear

io have stability Ilud the possibili.

tics for at last bringing to mankind peace and

security and the four freedoms", Kevertheless,

t is an abomination according to God's pro

nouncement

(D8niol11: 31; 12:J.l) i and n ~ t e d

of

tile blessings promised by politicians

and

the

reLigious clergy

of

"Christendom",

i t

will

bring

w o r l d w i d e dCRollltion. Thy7 Because the inter

national organization of the Oentiles whose

time

)

ran out

in

1914

is

not

appointed

of

God

Iwd has no ri

ght

to s tand in the ''bo]y

pla

ce".

(Mark 13: 14)

t

is unholy ancI anti-Christ, be

ing opposed to the

lOOO-

year reign of

Christ

Jesus, the rightful Ruler

of the New ,"'fa

rId,

tlte King

of

kings, and Lord of

lords".

rrhe internati onal "abomination of deaola.

lion", therefor e represents the fmnl total line·

up

of

this old 'odd

against

J ehovah's universal

domination and h i ~ Theocratic Government by

Christ

.J

eaus. (Revelation 17: S-14)

That

brings

the great

n

to the point wh ere it mu

st be

decided

for

nil

time, and whero

it must

be

[ought out to com pletion and to clear-cut de

cision before all creation. t is the time

for tile

battle

of Armageddon, and the Captain of all

or

Jeho\,ah

's

hosts

is

hi s

"Commander to the

pcoples".

Very

nppropriatcly, then, '·rus name

is called The 'Vord of Ood."

The

prophetic fore.

vision

of

the battle

says

that ' the

armies

whicb

are in heaven

follow him, and

he

shall rule the

nations with a rod of iron, and sllall tread

tlle

winepT'ess of Ule fier((cness and wralh of Al

mighty God'. Whcn Christ Jesns will have dis·



THE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES 29

posed o Satan's vi sible organization in its

global form, he

will

next give Satnn's invisible

organization due attention, and

will

bruise

the

Serpent's

head

and

crush

all his

demon seed.

That will spell the greatest tribnlation ever .

known, and never to be repented, because

tllC

primary i

; f ; t lc of universal domination will at

la

st

be settLed, in complete vind.icution of Jebo

vah's llamc and wOI·d.-Revelation 19: 11 21 ;

20: 1

-3.

Sc('ing,

then,

tiLat tilC abomination of desola

tiou lUlcends out of the abyss and moves to

take

again its

stand in the holy place with

the help of organized religion, what shall ilie

peoplci) doT

To

men of good will who desire

li e and

harmony

WiUI the Lord Ood in tile New

·World,

the

answer

is,

Obey

the

One whom he

has given as the Commander to the peoples.

This One's command to tJlose who see thc

«abomination

of

desolation from the light and

standpoint

of

God's \Vord is, }I'lee

to

the moun

taim .

~ r l 8 t bars out all fleeing to any man

made

eity

or

orgnnization

for

:Iccl1rity

and

presPrvation. God made the lDountainf;;, and

tiley

are a

symbol

of the protection of his Theo

cratic

Government by Christ

Je

sus. So,

aban

don the doomed organization of tillS world,

and

take your fli

ght

to God's kingdom for refuge.

t

will

corne out victorious in the bottle of Ulat

great day of God Almighty

at

..Armageddon,

and

it

alone will be

standing

thereafter, reihl'Jl

ing

in power

and

glory.- Revclation

]6:

14-16.

Seeing

U 6t

tlmse things be so, take your

stond on the side of that Righteous Government

now.

Put

yourself

under

its protection, before

jts

King

gives

the

command

for

the battle

of



3

THE COMMANDER

TO

THE

PEOPLES

Armageddon

to begin and the finnl end of this

old world takes place in the execution of aU

those not

on the

side of the Kingdom of the

New

forld.

Do

not

fear

illnt

by

heeding

Jeho·

vah's

Commander to the peoples it will put you

in conflict with the commanders of tbis present

evH

world. BenT

in

mind

the

sta

nd and the

courageous words of

the

apostles of Jesus

Christ before the religious autllorities who

COOl-

manded Ulem

to stop preaching,

only to

receive

this

reply:

"'

Whether

it

be .right in the

sight

of

God

to

hearken unto

vou

more than unto

God, judge yeo Ji'or we cannot but speak the

tllings whic11 we have seen

and

heard. ,Ve

ought to

obey

God

rather than men.

(Acts

4-:

19, 20;

5:

29) J.Jikewise,

declar(>

your

stand

for the evel lasting ' Kingdom which bring :;

'peace on

earth

to mell of good-will', and do

a

by taking

part

in the fulfillment of the Com

mander's prophecy: This

gospel

of the king

dom shall be preached in

aU

the world

for

a

witness unto al1 nations. -I.luke 2: 14; Mat

thew 24: 14.

Lift up your eyes of

understanding and

see

the

crysta

l-c\ear river of

water

of life flowing

from beneath the throne of God's kingdom, and

hear the voice of ITis Commander alS he says:

'·Come.

And

let

him that

heareth

say, Come.

And

let

him

UlO.t

is

athirst come.

And

whoso

ever

will,

let

him take the

water

o

life freely.

(Revelat

ion 22: 17) Yes,

drink

deeply

of

this

water of

life-giving

Kingdom truth,

and pass

. along the Commander's invitation to others

who

aTe

thirsty. Keep your

int

egrity toward

the Kingdom, and in due time that King-Com·

mander

will

bring deliverance

to

all those who



THE COMMANDER TO THE PEOPLES" 31

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till'ongh the end of this world and usher into

the

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