Latest Audio - 2025-10-25
“…When ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.” (Luke 21:31)
Watching - In 2026
Today, we could well ask the same question that the disciples asked Christ some 2000 years ago:
“Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (Matthew 24:3)
Christ’s answer is very real right now! We are surrounded with deception, wars, and rumours of wars. Religion is back in the news … wars are ongoing … nations are going head to head … nuclear confrontation now looks very real … we see famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes …
We see warnings of a catastrophic financial collapse … and are surrounded by protests, conflicts and political instability … led by women, our largest corporations are now making consensus-driven decisions that are based on emotion rather than on facts.
The result of all this? This world is now totally unstable!
“Peace, Peace” - In The Middle East!
Well, not quite. This is a never-ending war - only the intensity varies!
“If anyone thought that the return to their homes of the 20 living Israeli hostages meant the end of Israel’s October 7 war, they can’t have been paying attention. US President Donald Trump himself said repeatedly that the war had ended. Then he noticed that, true to form, Hamas was reneging on aspects of his own 20-point ceasefire deal. In particular, it has failed to return all of the bodies of the hostages it murdered and has also refused to disarm. Instead, it instantly started to kill its enemies among Gaza’s clans to show that it was not defeated and still able to control the population.
How this will play out is currently unclear. Trump has said, ‘If they don’t disarm, we will disarm them.’ What ‘we’ presumably means in this context is that the Israelis will be permitted to finish them off — thus making the adulation Trump has received for ‘ending the war’ from all those prime ministers and presidents lining up to grovel at his feet in Sharm-el-Sheikh look distinctly premature.” (melaniephillips.substack.com)
US Military ‘Preparing To Strike Inside Venezuela’
“The United States is planning military strikes in Venezuela against drug cartels in the coming weeks. Donald Trump is yet to approve the actions which are in response to President Nicolas Maduro, whom the US sees as illegitimate, not doing enough to stop illegal drugs from getting out of Venezuela. It would largely consist of drone strikes against leaders and members of gangs, as well as drug labs, NBC News reports. They follow a recent lethal strike on a vessel allegedly affiliated with a terrorist organization ‘trafficking illicit narcotics’.” (dailymail.co.uk)
What Are Tomahawk Missiles And Why Does Ukraine Want Them?
“Ukraine argues missiles would compel Russia to take Donald Trump’s calls for negotiations to end war more seriously. Donald Trump will discuss the possible supply of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting at the White House on Friday. It will be the fourth face-to-face meeting for the US and Ukrainian presidents since Trump returned to office in January, and their second in less than a month. The key question is whether Trump is dangling the prospect of supplying Tomahawks to pressure Putin, while remaining unwilling to take a step that could bring the US closer to direct confrontation with a leader he still calls a ‘close friend’.” (theguardian.com)
Russian Casualties Pass 1.1M In Ukraine Invasion
“Russia has likely suffered some 332,000 casualties in 2025 alone, pushing its total to more than 1.1 million since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new assessment from the British Ministry of Defense.” (newsmax.com)
Note the term “likely suffered” - like so much in the news these days, this could be called an educated guess, or just plain propaganda!
China Honing Abilities For A Possible Future Attack On Taiwan
“China is increasing military activities near Taiwan and honing its ability to stage a surprise attack, as well as seeking to undermine trust in the government with ‘hybrid’ online warfare tactics, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday. Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has faced increased military pressure from Beijing over the past five years, including at least seven rounds of major war games around the island since 2022.” (reuters.com)
The World’s Top Financiers Are Terrified
“Alex Brummer: I’ve just met the world’s top financiers and this is why they’re terrified a crash is coming. Every October, some 10,000 finance ministers and bankers from 190 nations around the planet assemble in Washington DC for the annual – and simultaneous – gatherings of the International Monetary Fund, the G7 group of the world’s richest nations and the World Bank. Uncertainty is everywhere, from the quixotic behaviour of Donald Trump’s White House to febrile world stock markets which, on most measures, have lost all connection with reality. The financial world stands on the edge of a precipice.” (dailymail.co.uk)
A Catastrophic Stock Market Crash?
“As the IMF points out, stock market gains in the US have been built around the ‘magnificent seven’ tech stocks: Alphabet (parent company to Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla. These seven account for a third of the Standard & Poor’s 500 in the US, an index comprising the country’s top 500 listed companies. Astonishing. If one of these companies was to publish results way below market expectations, the IMF warns that investment sentiment could deteriorate, ‘valuations would collapse as result, making the broader benchmark index vulnerable’.” (dailymail.co.uk)
Bank Of England Sounds Alarm
“The Bank of England has sounded the alarm over the risk of an AI bubble in financial markets that threatens to send shock waves across the globe. Officials at the Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) drew comparisons with the mania for so-called ‘dotcom’ stocks 25 years ago. And they said share valuations ‘appear stretched, particularly for technology companies focused on artificial intelligence’. It is the Bank’s strongest warning yet that investors appear to be ignoring risks to the AI boom. ‘The risk of a sharp market correction has increased,’ the Bank said.” (thisismoney.co.uk)
Global Debt Reaches $337 Trillion
“The elephant in the room isn’t hiding. Nobody trusts fiat money anymore. You can see it everywhere if you stop listening to the TV. Cash allocations for institutional investors are down to 3.8 percent, the lowest in 12 years. That is not random. That is a signal. Everyone is moving, shifting. Stocks at record highs, gold piling up, crypto wallets swelling. PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY HOLDS VALUE.
The Fed isn’t in control. They never were, maybe. Independence is just a story we tell ourselves. Rate cuts are coming while stagflation eats budgets alive. Global debt jumped $14 trillion in one quarter, $337.7 trillion now. Every single one percent in rates adds $3.3 trillion in interest. That is insane. That is enough to break cities if they try to pay it with normal budgets. And yet they talk about ‘volatility’ like it is a weather report.
MOST PEOPLE ACT LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING. LIKE THE SYSTEM IS SOLID. Economists nod and smile. Talking heads repeat the same phrases. They don’t get it. They never did. While the media distracts, the real moves are in vaults, wallets, and data centers. Every policy, every fiscal handout, every rate change is reshaping trust, not money.
This is human. Numbers tell one story but the real impact hits in kitchens and offices and empty bank accounts. Your paycheck buys less, pensions are underfunded, savings accounts are relics. And still, PEOPLE PRETEND STABILITY IS NORMAL. They are wrong. Trust is the only currency that matters now, and it is slipping through our fingers faster than anyone will admit.” (citizenwatchreport.com)
European Country Stockpiling Food
“Sweden became NATO’s 32nd member when it joined the alliance in March 2024. Despite previously maintaining a long-standing policy of military non-alignment, Stockholm decided to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 in a bid to strengthen its own security. Sweden has now set aside around £45 million (575 million kroner) to build national grain reserves. This would make sure the nation can feed itself if global supplies are cut off in the event of a world war.” (express.co.uk)
Buckingham Palace Makes Major King Charles Announcement
“King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to meet the new Pope Leo during a trip to the Vatican next week - and Buckingham Palace has announced fresh details about the historic visit. Both Charles, who is still receiving cancer treatment, and Queen Camilla are set to meet Pope Leo XIV in a two-day state visit to the Holy See next Wednesday. It will be the first time that Charles, head of the Church of England, has met the new American-born head of the Roman Catholic Church since his election in May. And in a significant move, the pair will pray together during a special service in the famous Sistine Chapel, marking the first time that the monarch and Pope have done so publicly since the Reformation. It was in 1534 that Henry VIII broke from the Roman Catholic Church to form the Church of England, with the monarch as its supreme head.” (mirror.co.uk)
Church Of England Breaks In Two, Loses 40 Million Members
King Charles, the supreme head of the Church of England, has always seen himself as a “defender OF faithS” - rather than a defender of “THE faith”. Meanwhile, the Church of England has been accused of “theological treason”, as the following article points out.
“The unity of the Church of England has been dealt a major blow to the denomination in a punishing reminder that theological treason has consequences, after a group representing nearly 40 million members — ten times the number of Anglicans in the UK — announced they are the real Anglican Communion and will no longer be in communion with their progressive counterpart, dividing the denomination in two while declaring ‘We cannot continue to have communion with those who advocate the revisionist agenda, which has abandoned the inerrant word of God as the final authority.’
Over the past two decades, the denomination has been liberalizing at a rapid rate, recently appointing Sarah Mullally, a pro-choice feminist as the new Archbishop of Canterbury and allowing the church to bless same-sex couples, with a major contingent pushing the church to deem homosexuality no longer sinful.” (protestia.com)
The Feminization Of Our World
Yet another sign of the times in which we live.
“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and WOMEN RULE OVER THEM. O my people, THEY WHICH LEAD THEE cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” (Isaiah 3:12)
According to the Bible, women become the leaders, and those leaders are taking the nation “off track”!
“For hundreds of years, men dominated the major institutions in western society, but over the past several decades there has been an unprecedented shift. Today, leftist women either dominate or are on their way to dominating most of our major institutions. As a result, the way that things get done has been totally turned upside down.
Even our largest corporations are now making consensus-driven decisions that are BASED ON EMOTION RATHER THAN ON FACTS. If you insist on disagreeing with the consensus, you may find yourself being ‘canceled’. Defending the narratives that the group has established and protecting the feelings of favored individuals have become far more important goals than getting to the truth.
The feminization of our society and the rise of ‘WOKENESS’… Everything you think of as wokeness involves prioritizing the feminine over the masculine: empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition.” (citizenwatchreport.com)
Unrest Around The World
Take a brief look around today’s world. Protests, military coups, state violence, youth-led protests, anti-immigration protests, strikes, changes in governments … even affecting nations that don’t allow protests - such as Iran and Russia!
SPAIN - “Spanish police clash with pro-Palestine protesters in Barcelona”
MADAGASCAR - “After ‘military coup’, Madagascar faces uncertain future”
BELGIUM - “Tens of thousands rally in Brussels to protest austerity plans”
ARGENTINA - “Protesters condemn state violence in Argentina”
USA - “Anti-ICE protesters, police scuffle at Chicago facility”
MOROCCO - “Morocco king calls for social reforms amid youth-led protests”
NETHERLANDS - “Hundreds of thousands join Amsterdam’s ‘red line’ protest for Gaza”
GEORGIA - “Georgia protesters try to storm presidential palace in Tbilisi”
UK - “UK police urge cancellation of Palestine protest after Manchester attack”
PAKISTAN - “Pakistan-administered Kashmir erupts in protest again” (aljazeera.com)
No matter where you look - there are problems, serious problems!
USA - “Millions join anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests across US” (bbc.co.uk)
FRANCE - “France looks set to throw out another PM - but will it help?” (bbc.com)
NETHERLANDS - “Dutch towns rocked by anti-immigration protests ahead of election” (thetimes.com)
JAPAN - “Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals” (cnn.com)
GERMANY - “It could be you: army draft by lottery splits German coalition” (telegraph.co.uk)
IRAN - “Widespread Strikes and Protest Rallies Erupt Across Iran” (ncr-iran.org)
RUSSIA - “Russian protesters call for Putin’s removal in St Petersburg” (stuff.co.nz)
The list seems endless!
CEO Warns Of ‘Black Swan Event’ Under Trump
“A ‘black swan event’ could be on the horizon without more legal immigrants to satisfy a labor shortage, according to the CEO of an American agricultural cooperative. A ‘black swan event’ is an unpredictable and extreme occurrence that has severe consequences, according to Investopedia. These include natural disasters, disease outbreaks, or labor shortages in the agricultural industry, reports Fortune.
As of 2022, roughly 42 percent of all farmworkers were born outside the US and lack official work authorization, according to the US Department of Agriculture. A staggering 51 percent of all dairy laborers in the US are immigrants, according to the National Milk Producers Federation.
A FOOD CRISIS COULD TAKE JUST EIGHT HOURS TO TRANSPIRE if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids a farm, said Ford in an October 3 interview with Fortune. “If there’s nobody there, the cow starts to leak milk,” said Ford. “After 24 hours, you really get into crisis with the animal — they could have an infection.” (yahoo.com)
The World Is NOT Watching!
Mankind’s attitude hasn’t changed much - ever! Look at these quotes from an earlier article:
“Global debt jumped $14 trillion in one quarter, $337.7 trillion now. That is insane… yet they talk about ‘VOLATILITY’ like it is a weather report…
Most people ACT LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING. LIKE THE SYSTEM IS SOLID…
This is human. Numbers tell one story but the real impact hits in kitchens and offices and empty bank accounts. Your paycheck buys less, pensions are underfunded, savings accounts are relics. And still, PEOPLE PRETEND STABILITY IS NORMAL. They are wrong. Trust is the only currency that matters now, and it is slipping through our fingers faster than anyone will admit.” (citizenwatchreport.com)
“As It Was In The Days Of Noah”
The Apostle Peter tells us that “Noah was a preacher of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5). Once God had told him to build the ark, surely he would have been preaching a warning of the coming catastrophe.
This huge ship being built would have been the talk of the ancient world - perhaps even a tourist attraction! The warning went out. The signs were visible… there was no missing this huge ship in Noah’s front garden!
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.” (Luke 17:26-27)
They weren’t watching, and the end came - suddenly!
The real attitude comes out when we look at another warning - given by angels.
“And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. but he seemed as one that MOCKED [talked nonsense] unto his sons in law.” (Genesis 19:14)
As Luke points out, life went on as normal, in spite of the warning from the angels.
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.” (Luke 17:28-29)
Around 40 years ago, Mr Armstrong warned of a coming financial catastrophe. Today, top people in this world’s financial circles are predicting a financial catastrophe.
Yet - “Most people ACT LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING… Like the system is solid.”
“Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking COMETH SUDDENLY AT AN INSTANT.” (Isaiah 30:13)
Watching - As We Approach 2026
Christ’s answer is for us today. We are surrounded with deception, wars, and rumours of wars. Religion is back in the news … wars are ongoing … nations are going head to head … nuclear confrontation now looks very real … we see famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes …
We see warnings of a catastrophic financial collapse … and are surrounded by protests, conflicts and political instability … led by women, our largest corporations are now making consensus-driven decisions that are based on emotion rather than on facts.
The result of all this? This world is now totally unstable!
Jesus Christ gave His end time Church this warning:
“And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye,
WHEN YE SEE THESE THINGS COME TO PASS, KNOW YE THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NIGH AT HAND.”
(Luke 21:29-31)
Are We Ready?
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." (Revelation 19:7)
This year of 2025 seems to have sped past and it seems incredible that the Opening Night service of this year's Feast is just a little over three weeks away – the evening of Monday October 6th. Those who have been given the job of organising a Feast site would tell you how much thought and how many hours of work goes into making the eight days profitable and enjoyable for all. And of course for some there are visas to apply for, plane tickets to buy, permission to take time off work or school etc etc. Yes, so much goes into getting ready for the Feast. But if we are not careful, all the physical "must-do's" can take precedence over what is really more important for us to consider and plan for. So let's do an analytical "What, How, When and Who" of this vital subject.
Ready ... for What?
- For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
- For every one that useth milk is unskilful [Gk: inexperienced] in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use [Gk: habit, custom] have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (Hebrews 5:12-14)
Having the priceless understanding of what and why humanity is on the earth, we know full well that the Feast is not a holiday the way the world looks at it, but depicts a crucial part of a seven thousand year Plan – the millennial reign of Christ and how we can be an integral part of it (Revelation 5:10):
... God cannot start the Kingdom of God until He first trains teachers. And He has called you and me to become those teachers! THAT’S WHY WE’RE THE FIRSTFRUITS. WE ARE CALLED TO BECOME TEACHERS! And it is, let’s see, I believe it’s the 5th chapter of Hebrews (Isn’t it?), where the apostle Paul says to them, “You ought now to be able to be teachers, and you have to be taught just the kindergarten truth about the Kingdom of God. You haven’t learned. You should have been better students.”
WE are NOT CALLED just for salvation; and, if it were for salvation, we wouldn’t have been called at all. You wouldn’t have been called at all just to get you into the Kingdom. THAT’S NOT WHY YOU WERE CALLED. You were called to become a student. You were called to learn how to save others when God’s Kingdom comes, when Jesus is sitting on the throne on this Earth. Brethren, YOU DON’T GET IT ... (Why The Firstfruits – 26 May 1985)
Do we get it - even now? Is it possible to be a member of God's church for decades, and still not be qualified to teach? It certainly appears that just before Christ returns, some will have to go through additional and even intense training and personally experience the Great Tribulation and heavenly signs, in order to get them "up to speed" with aspects of the Way of God that are missing in their lives. Even the apostle Paul didn't take for granted that he "had it made" for the first resurrection ...
- Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.
- Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.
- Well, I run without swerving; I do not plant my blows upon the empty air –
- no, I master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself. (I Corinthians 9:24-27 Moffatt)
Even understanding the overall Plan of God, plus discerning the implications of Mr. Armstrong as the end-time apostle may not be sufficient depending on HOW we are living! Are we putting to daily use the understanding we have? Are we plugged into the vine, realising that without God's Holy Spirit, we are "poor, blind and naked"?
We need therefore to ask ourselves: Am I fulfilling my calling? Am I ready to teach? You see, before long you won't be sitting in the audience or listening via a computer to that opening night service ... it will be YOU giving it! I don't think that registers with us very often. It certainly didn't with me when I was a student at Ambassador College, but during those four years I was being trained for that very opportunity. And so are you. You may never have had the benefit of the two years of Speech Class that I had, but actually the mechanics of public speaking can be learnt fairly easily. What Mr. Armstrong understood was that knowledge on its own - whether public speaking or even if gleaned from the Bible classes - can be worthless, unless it is also used correctly! Under Mr. Armstrong's direction, the final two years of AC were focused on developing character. And it is this character that has to be built in our lives which will make our Opening Night sermon worthwhile.
WHAT will we teach?
At that time, having recently gone through the greatest time of trial that has ever been on this world, our Feast audience will no doubt be very receptive! What must be made clear to them at the outset is that the root cause of this cataclysmic, worldwide devastation was a SPIRITUAL problem – and one that reared its ugly head perhaps millions of years ago. In fact it has been the source of every minor conflict, every major war, every personal and every family's heartache ever experienced in the history of mankind. And to show this, we will no doubt go right back to the beginning:
Now once again, there are the Two Trees. If I mention it, someone’s going to get up and walk out and say “There’s Mr. Armstrong getting back to those Two Trees.” You betcha! And I’m going to do it again, and again, and again – because you can’t understand salvation, you can’t understand what Christ is doing, you can’t understand the Church, you can’t understand the world or what’s wrong with it, you can’t understand ANYTHING unless you understand the lesson of those Two Trees and the incident of the forbidden fruit. (Transcript – Sermon (1983-04-04) – Sin)
The two ways of life, Give versus Get. One way brought disaster to the world and the other way of life – if kept – will lead to utopia. We'll explain how mankind was created to need another spirit to join with his human spirit. That his mind was designed to be plugged into the spirit of God – the Tree of Life – but it was rejected and instead plugged into an opposing spirit. The satanic broadcast that we have all been subject to and influenced by produces a certain frame of mind, moods, attitudes and feelings, which result in negative, destructive words and actions. That is what has produced the kind of world that mankind has lived in, and the apocalyptic events they will have very recently lived through.
We'll explain that our forefathers, Old Testament Israel, was given the Ten Commandments – a perfect law for humanity, but it didn't benefit them as it should, and didn't bring them peace, happiness and security. So how will the millennium – the reality of this Feast – be any different? It will be because of a different spirit! A heart of flesh replacing the heart of stone, and the love of God made available to all:
"But in the last days [and we’re right in those last days now, in the last days] it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains [that is the nation of God will be established over all of the nations because it’ll rule over all nations] and it shall be exalted above the hills; and many nations will flow unto it. Many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the [nation, it is, or] mountain of the [Eternal], and to the house of the God of Jacob; and HE WILL TEACH US HIS WAYS! [It’s a matter of a way of life. And He will teach us that way of life – the way of give.] And we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion [that’s the law – it is a spiritual law – the way of outflowing love, go forth of Zion,] and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge amongst many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off [a world-ruling government] and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Micah 4:1-3) (The Two Ways Part 1)
HOW we are being taught NOW
- Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
- And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
- And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
The first two verses above are called the Shema in Jewish circles and apparently are still recited daily in their prayers. But what I want you to notice are the next two verses, because that gives us the approach that will work best for our students in the Millennium – and it so happens to be the way God teaches US, His children, now. Christ assures us: " In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2) and it stands to reason that in the meantime, He and the Father are preparing us for that place – by teaching us when we walk in the way, when we lie down and when we rise up.
Currently we have weekly Sabbath services but God expects us to take what we have learnt and put it into practice in every day life and in each and every situation we are faced with. That is why we're not "whisked off to heaven when we accept Christ", but are generally given a lifetime in which to experience life on the physical level, and learn – more often than not – what doesn't work. Our varied life experiences and even the trials are vital teaching tools, used for our ultimate good. On a personal note, living with Parkinsons for many years now has opened my eyes to the difficulties and hardships – both physical and mental – in the life of a disabled individual. And my wife has agreed that she has a far better appreciation now of the role of a carer. Only someone who has been widowed for example, can really know the intense grief accompanying bereavement – and will be well suited to help the bereaved in the future. These temporary adversities – as painful as they are – are allowed for an eternal purpose (Hebrew 12:7-11) ... so we can be refined and purified, perfected and ready for the job at hand (Malachi 3:18).
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (II Corinthians 4:16-18)
HOW we will teach THEN
But teaching won't stop at sunset of a Sabbath – as it shouldn't for us now – but we will have the privilege of working alongside our students during their everyday lives; on their farms, their vineyards, their workshops, their family homes ... it is going to be a day-by-day, hour-by-hour and a totally hands-on experience for us, as born sons of God! When they need advice, all they need to do is call:
- And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
- For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
- And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
- And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (Isaiah 30:18-21)
No doubt there will be sermons at that millennial Feast on practical applications of "the Way" ... the Give approach, rather than the Get, which we have all been subject to. Sermons on how family life can be transformed – so that broken homes will be a thing of the past and divorce will never again be the dreadful curse in society it has been for millennia. (Malachi 2:13-16) No more abusive, violent and unruly children (Isaiah 54:13, Psalm 112:1-3). No more prisons, murders, thieves (Romans 13:9). No more dependence on the medical profession for healing (Exodus 15:26, Psalm 103:3). And instead of famine and food shortages, by applying the Give approach to the land as explained by the Sabbatical year, agriculture will be blessed and not cursed as it is today (Exodus 23:11, Amos 9:13,14). No more worries about inflation, rising prices, making ends meet or having a roof over one's head, as the prophet Micah brings out:
- But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. (Micah 4:4)
God's way of life is the sensible way to live. God's Word gives practical directions for successfully managing finances, building and beautifying marriages and even maintaining good health. Simply stated, God's Law is the way to all the good things in life – to peace, happiness and ultimately an eternal life of satisfying accomplishment! (Bible Correspondence Course Lesson 12 – Christianity is a Way of Life)
WHO will be the teachers?
At the beginning of Millennium it will be "the elect" ... those who have qualified to teach, because if there are no capable teachers, then this world is in dire trouble: "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened." (Matthew 24:22) But along with the now resurrected elect, there will be physical leaders to aid us, possibly our children/grandchildren as Psalm 45 indicates: "Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth." (Psalm 45:16)
As Mr. Armstrong brings out in his sermon "The True Gospel", May 1981:
After that, [Atonement] the Feast of Tabernacles, picturing the thousand years with Satan gone and Christ ruling here. And we will be God beings ruling with Christ and. And then everybody still living on earth will go on and they'll be having children. And in a couple hundred years the earth will be very thickly populated again and everybody will have the Holy Spirit offered to them then, just like it was offered to Adam. But there won't be any Satan around to tempt them. And we will be here to help them then .
Now, this thought came to me. A lot of the teenagers, a lot of children younger, they say, well, if Christ is coming soon and the Great Tribulation and all these troubles, what hope is there for me? Why should I go to school? Why should I do anything? Listen, you young children, if you're here today, you will be the men and women growing up at that time and helping to lead the others, and you'll be leaders.
What a wonderful opportunity for you. The children of other parents will not. You will be. You are sanctified, set apart by God. If one of your parents even is a member of this church, that is, if they have the Holy Spirit of God. (The True Gospel, 1981)
The whole thrust of the millennium is to train the trainers, so we'll be explaining to our students their future role as teachers, and how important it is therefore to grasp the spiritual nature of God's laws – the principle – so they will be able to teach them to the billions and billions of human beings, raised to physical life and given their first chance to understand what life is all about in the Great White Throne Judgment period. (Ezekiel 37 – the Valley of Dry Bones)
And if those raised in the second resurrection accept wholeheartedly and "run" with God's way of life, they too will be made immortal and along with the Bride of Christ and those changed in the millennium, will have the mind-numbing opportunity to take this eternal and all-encompassing way of life to the rest of the universe ... whatever is out there!
- And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. (Isaiah 51:16)
- And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
- And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:1-3)
Learning and teaching will be a way of life for eternity! Are we gaining in the process of "making ourselves ready" now? There may not be much more time in which to do so, and the opportunity for YOUR Opening Night service could come sooner than you think.
“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”
The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!
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