Herbert W Armstrong

WHEN I was a teenager back in the late thirties and early forties, I wondered what it would be like to be invisible. I remember so well the movie The Invisible Man starring Claude Raines. It was the story of a chemist who had discovered a formula that made him invisible. Although invisible, he could ...

This year's Feast of Tabernacles is very significant. You need to be reminded again why God ordained this Festival - just where we are now in the unfolding panorama of world events - the true significance of this year's Festival. Let's be sure we understand what our lives are all about! Here w ...

History proves that Gentiles, shortly after the flood, knew the Sabbath began at man's creation. Then why did God have to reveal which day was the seventh day? Had time been lost? GOD CALLED Israel out of Egyptian slavery to perform the most important mission any nation has been given in all the h ...

Why Today's World Evils? It's time, now, to stop a moment and get our bearings. We live in a world whose number one problem is threat of HUMAN EXTINCTION! A world gripped in the clutch of immorality, crime and violence. A world fraught with suffering, both physical and mental, a frustrated world ...

Could you be worshiping a false god? Here is practical instruction to help you fully obey the First Commandment. Sure, all of us as co-workers and members know about the Ten Commandments! We have read The Ten Commandments booklet and we've probably heard a lot about them. We know that breaking the ...

Do you understand the vital meaning of God's seventh annual festival? What part will you play in its fulfillment? Know this: Today is not the only day of salvation! According to the generally accepted view among professing Christians, it's "now or never." Millions believe that God is f ...

On which day was the wave sheaf (Heb. "omer") to be offered? "And he [High Priest] shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow (Heb. mimohorat) after the sabbath..." (Lev. 23:11). But which sabbath? The Pharisees (and modern Jews) took this word &q ...

Not merely does the beast from the earth lead the world to worship the first beast, but (v 14) he prevails on them that dwell on the earth to make "an IMAGE to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." In meditating for many years on what might be implied in "the image ...

MOSES had now returned from atop Sinai. God had given him plans for a tabernacle. "Every detail of how the tabernacle should be built, I have with me," Moses explained. Why the Tabernacle? "God has ordered us to build this tabernacle as a temporary dwelling for Him to be present with us. God has not ...

Well, brethren, what a wonderful and rare thing it is to be able to have the modern facilities we do. I wonder what the early apostles and the early church of the first century would think if they could see the types of facilities, the technology that has been developed, and the things that we have ...

If Jesus Christ were here in person, He would still be observing the same customs He observed when He was on earth as the "Son of man." Believe it or not, He would keep the Passover just as He kept it with His disciples, observe the Feast of Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles! For decades the Ch ...

Memorizing the Bible is one of the best ways to "get the Bible into your life" on a daily basis. The moments spent in memorization and meditation pay off richly in your relationship with God. ...

Jesus promised to build HIS CHURCH. But the churches of this world are in utter confusion. They have lost the inspired, divinely instituted practices of Jesus which the original true New Testament church observed. Here's the TRUTH about Sunday. THE WORLD today is in utter confusion. Hundreds of ch ...

Your children can begin to understand God's great plan if you teach them about His festivals. Here's how. I shall never forget the question! My children were soberly watching through our station wagon's windows as "Booth City" and the Big Sandy, Tex., festival grounds receded behind us. The Fe ...

Why offerings just on Holy Days? Why not every week? Are offerings required of everyone or are they voluntary? How large should they be? Churches obtain financial support from many different sources. Some churches are supported by government taxes. Some take up offerings every Sunday morning. Others ...