Herbert W Armstrong

IF you have his MARK, you must suffer the Seven Last PLAGUES!! Is he a mysterious superman world dictator, yet to appear?... Is he the Antichrist... or a government... or the Catholic Church? The most important question of the hour is: "What, or who, is the BEAST, the IMAGE of the Beast, and th ...

During His ministry, Jesus Christ taught obedience to God as He preached the good news about the coming government of God on earth. "Repent ye, and believe the gospel" was the essence of Jesus' message (Mark 1:15). Over and over again the Bible emphasizes repentance from sin. And sin is ...

Acute marital strains can build up when husbands and wives do not share the same religious beliefs. "We ought to obey God rather than men," the Bible teaches in Acts 5:29. Yet the inspired apostle Paul commanded, "As the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own ...

Solomon once admonished: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which... gathereth her food in the harvest" (Proverbs 6:6-8). The tiny ant is indeed a remarkable creature. In fact, the social organization and food-gathering abilities of ants are utterly amazing. Con ...

JOSHUA NOW LEADS ISRAEL, AS SOON as Moses and Joshua left the tabernacle, where God had instructed them concerning things to come, Moses hurried to his tent. He was to write down the matters that were to be made into a song to teach to Israel. (Deuteronomy 31:22.) The Way to Happiness. Later, Moses ...

Jesus Christ said, "By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned" (Matthew 12:37). Just how will God judge your words? If someone were to describe the type of conversationalist you are, would he use the words tactful, kind and considerate? Or would he be inc ...

Many kid themselves that they are converted and safe in Jesus Christ when they are not. They go along complacently - hurtling toward the lake of fire. This could be your case! HAVE you ASSUMED that you are SAFE in Jesus Christ? You need to check up and see! To be converted means to be CHANGED from t ...

Here's how you can properly rejoice before God at the Feast of Tabernacles. A feast is made for laughter," wise King Solomon observed (Eccl. 10:19). Obviously, then, the great God, possessor of heaven and earth (Gen. 14: 19), enjoys laughter and joy a great deal. He commands seven annual feas ...

In the beginning God had a plan. That plan is still being worked out under the active leadership of Jesus Christ. Each year, the Church of God pictures the divine plan of salvation by the observance of seven annual holy days. Writing to the Church of God at Ephesus, the apostle Paul said: "For ...

We often hear it said that words are cheap, but they are not always so. The truth of the matter is that some words have exacted a high price - not so much in monetary currency as in the currency of an uneasy conscience, an undying quarrel or a family feud. As long as words remain unspoken, we are ma ...

Many a school boy has heard of Odin, the great Norse hero. But how many realize that Odin was a real king of Denmark? That he founded the kingdom of Denmark in the days of David, king of Israel? That he visited Solomon's temple? of that Odin was the first Danish king to cross the Atlantic — as did ...

Diplomatic forces now at work give the Vatican an opportunity to play an important new role in an Arab Israeli settlement and, simultaneously, increase Roman Catholic influence in the Holy Land. One of the long-festering issues of the Middle East is the problem of who governs Jerusalem and its relig ...

This article was written in Israel, where I visited many of the sites associated with David's life Bethlehem, David's birthplace, and the surrounding hills where he tended his father Jesse's sheep. The wilderness where he fled from Saul. The cities of the Philistines where David sought refuge ...

"But, Uncle Ivan," 9 1/2-year-old Debbie Ellison scolded, "you shouldn't clean your garage on the Sabbath!" "Young lady," her uncle answered impatiently. "this may be your Sabbath, but it isn't mine, so I'll do as I please!" "But it's God's Sabb ...

Jerusalem - one of the most historically interesting cities of the - past - one of the most fascinating cities today. Here also revealed is Jerusalem's future! FROM the Mount of Olives, the panorama of Jerusalem is one of earth's most inspiring skylines. Picture the sun setting over the modern c ...