NRS12—MODO No.767Jan. '79

1. THE LORD SAID THINGS WOULD "WAX WORSE & WORSE"! (2TIM.3:13.) UNTIL AT THE VERY END THERE WILL BE "A TIME OF TROUBLE SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD!" (DA.12:1; MT.24:21.) BUT THEN THERE IS A NICE LITTLE PROMISE AFTER THAT: "NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE!"—AFTER THAT, THERE WILL NEVER BE A TIME OF TROUBLE FOR US AGAIN! HALLELUJAH!

2. THE WORSE IT GETS‚ THE CLOSER WE ARE TO THE END! THE WORSE IT GETS, THE MORE THE SIGN THAT OUR JOB IS ALMOST OVER. THE WORSE IT GETS, THE GREATER PROOF THAT WE HAVE NEARLY FINISHED THE JOB, & THAT SOME OF US MAY BE SOON GOING TO OUR REWARD! PTL!

3. I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE MARTYRS—WE'VE ALREADY HAD A FEW. I BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SUFFERING. SOME OF US HAVE ALREADY HAD A LITTLE SUFFERING & A LITTLE PERSECUTION, A FEW TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS, [MOVING] FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, SPENDING TIME IN JAIL, ETC.—MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING:

4. "DAD, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY BETTER PROSPECTS FOR US THAN THAT?" WELL, AT THE END OF HIS LONG LIST OF PROMISES IN MATTHEW 19:29 & MARK 10:29-30, THE LORD SAID IF YOU FORSAKE ANYTHING FOR JESUS, "YE SHALL RECEIVE 100-FOLD (100 TIMES AS MANY!) IN THIS LIFE! WITH PERSECUTIONS!"

5. "AND JESUS ANSWERED & SAID VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE IS NO MAN THAT HATH LEFT HOUSE, OR BRETHREN, OR SISTERS, OR FATHER, OR MOTHER OR WIFE, OR CHILDREN, OR LANDS, FOR MY SAKE, & THE GOSPEL'S BUT HE SHALL RECEIVE AN HUNDRED FOLD NOW IN THIS TIME, HOUSES, & BRETHREN, & SISTERS, & MOTHERS, & CHILDREN‚ & LANDS‚ WITH PERSECUTIONS; & IN THE WORLD TO COME ETERNAL LIFE." (MK.10:29‚30.)—ALL THIS & HEAVEN TOO!

6. A HUNDRED HOUSES!—I'VE LIVED IN NEARLY THAT MANY! A HUNDRED MORE LANDS!—WELL, WE'RE STILL MOVIN'! A HUNDRED FATHERS & MOTHERS IN THE LORD!—I'M SURE WE HAVE THAT MANY TODAY! WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF BROTHERS & SISTERS!—AND IN OUR FAMILY YOU GIRLS CAN HAVE A HUNDRED HUSBANDS!—HA!—ESPECIALLY YOU FFers!—EVERY BOY IN THE FAMILY IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO YOU IN THE LORD!

7. AND I DON'T HAVE JUST A HUNDRED WIVES‚ OR EVEN 1,000!—I'VE GOT SOLOMON BEAT!: —I'VE GOT THOUSANDS!—EVERY WOMAN IN THE FAMILY WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE MY WIFE!—AND YOU ARE IN THE LORD'S LOVE!—I'VE MADE LOVE TO AT LEAST A HUNDRED & TO THOUSANDS IN THE SPIRIT!—JUST SEND ME YOUR … PHOTO!—& SMILE!—FEEL‚ IT?—BUT THEN HE SAYS!

8. "WITH PERSECUTIONS!" I DON'T DOUBT THAT, FOR THE LORD WANTS TO PUSH US OUT OF OLD WORN–OUT FIELDS & INTO NEW COUNTRIES REACHING NEW PEOPLE IN NEW LANGUAGES TO NEW ENDS OF THE EARTH! THE LORD PROMISED HE WOULD BE WITH US TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH—"EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD"! (MT.28:20.) IT'S TRUE BOTH WAYS: TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH & THE END OF TIME!

9. BUT HOW CAN HE BE WITH US IF WE DON'T GO? THE ONLY REASON MOST OF US ARE GOING TO GO IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO! WE ALL HAVE A TENDENCY TO TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, TO GO THE EASY WAY, TO THE EASIEST PLACES FIRST. BUT WE'RE VERY RAPIDLY RUNNING OUT OF EASY PLACES, & PRETTY SOON THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING LEFT BUT THE HARD PLACES! BUT WE'RE SOON GOING TO BE THANKFUL FOR THEM! AMEN? PTL!

10. SO IT MAY BE A HARDER YEAR, A LEANER YEAR, MORE DIFFICULT & LESS NUMEROUS IN SOME WAYS, MAYBE WE'LL NOT BE THE SAME QUANTITIES, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE QUALITY. MAYBE WE'LL NOT HAVE THE SAME BIG COUNTRIES‚ BUT WE'RE GOING TO REACH MORE LITTLE COUNTRIES NOT THE BIG PEOPLES BUT MORE LITTLE PEOPLES.

11. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN MORE PLACES & REACHING MORE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAN WE EVER HAVE BEFORE! BECAUSE THE LORD'S GOING TO DRIVE US THERE WITH PERSECUTION, IF HE HAS TO! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO, WHETHER WE WANT TO GO OR NOT! THE LORD IS GOING TO SEE TO IT THAT WE GO ANYWAY!—BECAUSE HE WANTS EVERY TONGUE & TRIBE & NATION TO HEAR.

12. MAYBE THEY'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. MAYBE YOU HAVE TO GO THERE IN PERSON TO EXPLAIN IT, PTL? SO I SEE AHEAD WHAT I FEEL & WHAT THE LORD HAS SHOWN: THERE MAY BE DARKER DAYS AHEAD, ROUGHER ROADS & EVEN HEAVIER LOADS. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER & REACH PEOPLE WE'VE NEVER REACHED BEFORE!

13. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE END OF OUR JOB!—AND THE WORSE THINGS GET, THE BETTER THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE SOONER! PTL? THAT 'S WHY THE LORD WAS SO SPECIFIC IN HIS PROPHECIES IN THE WORD OF THE EXACT LENGTH OF THE DAYS OF THE ENDTIME.

14. HE GIVES THE EXACT 3 & 1/2-YEAR LENGTH OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD OVER & OVER AGAIN IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY MISUNDERSTAND IT!: 3–&-1/2 YEARS (DA.7:25; 9:27; 12:7), 42 MONTHS (RE.11:2.), 1260 DAYS (RE.12:6)—& MANY OTHER PLACES. HE GIVES IT SO MANY TIMES IN SO MANY WAYS—DAYS, MONTHS & YEARS—SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE!

15. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE COUNTING THE DAYS! THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU GOING, TO KNOW IT IS NOT GOING TO BE MUCH LONGER! THAT OUGHT TO HELP KEEP YOU GOING THIS YEAR, TO REALISE THAT PERHAPS THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR JOB IS BEHIND YOU!

16. WHAT IS THIS YEAR?—1979!—WHAT DID THE LORD SHOW US, OR HOW DID WE INTERPRET IT, THAT THE RISE OF THE ANTICHRIST WOULD BE WHEN?—SOMETIME IN THE '80s! WELL, IF 1993 IS THE END, THEN THE 3-&-1/2-YEAR TRIBULATION HAS TO BEGIN IN 1989, WHICH MEANS THE 7-YEAR ANTI-CHRIST WORLD GOVERNMENT HAS TO BEGIN TO RULE & REIGN OVER THE EARTH IN 1985!

17. IF THE END IS GOING TO BE 1993—LET'S SAY IT MIGHT BE JANUARY OF 1993. SO IF YOU TAKE 7 YEARS FROM 1992, YOU'VE GOT SOMETIME IN 1985 THAT THE ANTICHRIST IS GOING TO TAKE OVER & BE THE SUPREME RULER OF THE EARTH!—AND IF HE IS GOING TO TAKE OVER COMPLETELY LOCK, STOCK & BARREL—TOTALLY—BY 1985 HE'D BETTER GET WITH IT PRETTY QUICK!

18. THEN THE AC HAD BETTER GET MOVING PRETTY SOON, BECAUSE HE'S ONLY GOT ABOUT 5 OR 6 MORE YEARS TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP! I'M CONVINCED HE IS ALREADY BUSY DOING IT BEHIND THE SCENES! BECAUSE IF HE IS GOING TO BE THE WORLD DICTATOR IN ONLY 6 YEARS FROM NOW, HE MUST BE ALREADY ALIVE & WORKING AT IT!

19. HE MUST RIGHT NOW ALREADY BE WELL ON HIS WAY TO WORLD POWER! FOR A MAN WHO IS TODAY UNKNOWN, TO MAKE IT TO BE THE WORLD DICTATOR OF THE EARTH WITHIN ONLY 6 MORE YEARS WOULD BE QUITE A RECORD!—SO HE'D BETTER START SOON! HE MUST ALREADY BE VERY BUSILY PLOTTING & PLANNING HOW TO TAKE IT ALL OVER!

20. IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK! IF THE RED DRAGON OF REVELATION 12:3 & THE RED BEAST OF REVELATION 13 ARE TODAY'S REDS HIS COMING ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE ALREADY VERY WELL ON THEIR WAY TO TAKING OVER THE WORLD! SO, I DON'T SEE HOW HE CAN VERY LIKELY BE ANYTHING BUT A RED!—AND YET, I DON'T SEE HOW HE COULD BE THAT SMART WITHOUT BEING A JEW!—OR A MUSLIM!

21. THAT'S WHY THE FAMILY HAS GOTTEN SO WELL ON ITS WAY, SO MANY OF US ARE JEWS! I LOOK AROUND ME & I SEE QUITE A FEW MORE BESIDES MYSELF! DON'T BE ASHAMED OF IT! WHEN THEY ARE GOOD, THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD!—IT'S ONLY WHEN THEY'RE BAD THAT THEY'RE HORRID!

22. SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE FOR THIS COMING YEAR & THE FEW MORE YEARS YET TO COME! DO YOU REALISE THAT 1985 IS NOW ONLY 6 YEARS AWAY? CAN YOU REMEMBER 6 YEARS AGO?— CAN YOU REMEMBER 1973 CLEARLY?—DOES IT SEEM A VERY LONG TIME AGO?—YET IT WAS 6 YEARS AGO!—BUT IT SEEMS ALMOST LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN 6 YEARS AGO WE WERE IN LONDON!

23. 1973 WAS THE YEAR WE FIRST STARTED PUTTING MO LETTERS ON THE STREETS! THAT WAS THE YEAR WE FIRST FOUND OUT WE COULD SELL'M! WE WERE LIKE THE OLD SONG: (SINGS:)

"HO, MINNIE STARTED MOOCHING AT THE AGE OF TWO,

SHE MOOCHED ALL THE WAY TO LENNOX AVENUE!"

—SHE GAVE IT AWAY UNTIL SHE FOUND OUT THAT SHE COULD SELL IT! FOR YEARS WE WERE GIVING'M AWAY BEFORE WE FOUND OUT WE COULD SELL'M!

24. '73—THAT WAS THE YEAR WE FIRST FOUND OUT WE COULD SELL'M! IT WAS A BIG BOOST IN HELPING THE FAMILY GET REALLY ROLLING, THANK THE LORD! IT HELPED US SURVIVE, PAY THE BILLS & PIONEER! BUT IN MANY PLACES THOSE DAYS OF OPEN LITNESSING ARE FAST APPROACHING THE END! THEY'VE ALREADY ENDED SOME PLACES!

25. ANYHOW‚ IN THE "70 YEARS PROPHECY" & A NUMBER OF OTHER INTERPRETATIONS OF DIFFERENT PROPHECIES & REVELATIONS PUT TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT IT ADDED UP TO: THE 2ND COMING OF CHRIST ABOUT 1993!

26. I'M NOT SAYING I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE I'M RIGHT—I COULD BE WRONG! BUT LET'S JUST SUPPOSE THAT MY ESTIMATES‚ GUESSTIMATES & INTERPRETATIONS ARE CLOSE TO BEING CORRECT: 6 YEARS FROM NOW BELOVED, THE ANTICHRIST WILL NOT BE BEGINNING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD‚ BUT HE'LL HAVE ALREADY TAKEN OVER THE WORLD! SO HE MUST BE GOING TO BEGIN PRETTY SHORTLY!

27. I SEARCH THE NEWSPAPERS DAILY FOR SIGNS OF HIM! EVEN THE EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM & THE NEW CREDIT SYSTEM THEY ARE WORKING ON ARE BEGINNING SIGNS OF HIS SOON ARRIVAL.—FIRST THEY HAD TO GET IT TOGETHER ECONOMICALLY WITH THE EEC‚ THEN MONETARILY WITH THE EMS. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE UNITED EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM WORK WITH THE ECUs EUROPEAN CURRENCY UNITS—"EURO–UNITS" FIRST—BEFORE THEY CAN HAVE A UNITED CREDIT SYSTEM (6 LETTERS EACH!—666?!)

28. ALL OF THESE ARE SIGNS POINTING TO THE END! THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN & HOW THEY ARE GOING TO RUN THE WORLD WHEN THE TIME COMES. BELOVED‚ IT'S ALMOST OVER! THIS IS ALMOST THE END! THE ANTICHRIST HAS TO APPEAR WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MONTHS, WEEKS OR DAYS (2TH.2:3:) IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP & TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD BY 1985!

29. THE CAMP DAVID AGREEMENT HAS FALLEN FLAT ON ITS FACE! THE PARTICIPANTS KNEW THIS PEACE EFFORT WAS FINISHED BEFORE LAST YEAR'S CHRISTMAS TREES GOT DRY! THEY KNEW IT EVEN WHEN THEY WENT TO CAMP DAVID! THEY KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK.

30. IT WAS ALL A BIG POLITICAL DEAL FOR CARTER!—IT'S REALLY FUNNY HOW HE HAS MADE SUCH A FLOP OF EVERYTHING—POOR FELLOW! "THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD ARE WISER IN THEIR GENERATION THAN THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT!" (LK.16:8.) HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CHRISTIAN‚ A CHILD OF LIGHT, SO MAYBE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR WHY HE'S SO DUMB! FINALLY HE GOT DESPERATE BEFORE THE END OF 1978:

31. HE HAD TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A GREAT POLITICAL INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS VICTORY, SO HE LOOKED AROUND FOR SOMETHING DESPERATELY‚ & HE GRABBED CHINA IN DESPERATION, & RECOGNISED RED CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME! SO NOW HE'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED RED CHINA. WELL, THAT HASN'T SETTLED ANYTHING EITHER!

32. THE SHAH IS STILL MOVING FROM RESORT TO RESORT! (SEE "THE SHAH'S LAST RESORT!"—NO.733.) YOU'VE HEARD THE LATEST NEWS, I'M SURE: HE LEFT IRAN, BUT APPOINTED A NEW GOVERNMENT & A COUNCIL OF REGENTS TO REPRESENT HIM IN HIS "TEMPORARY" ABSENCE. EVEN THOUGH THE U.S. SAID, "OH NO, NO! IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN," & THE SHAH SAID, "NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN," THE LORD SAID IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!—AMEN?

33. FRANCE HAS THROWN A TEMPORARY MONKEY WRENCH INTO THE EURO-UNITS, BUT I STILL BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!—AND SO DOES THE EEC! THE DEVIL TRIES TO FIGHT A LOT OF THINGS THAT GOD HAS SAID ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, & HE TRIES TO KEEP THEM FROM HAPPENING IN ORDER TO MAKE GOD OUT A LIAR! BUT THEY'LL HAPPEN, SOONER OR LATER. GOD'S DELAYS ARE NOT DENIALS, SO SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT.

34. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER!—PTL? (FAMILY: AMEN!) WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FURTHER TO GO! ACCORDING TO THOSE PROPHECIES, IT SOUNDED LIKE I WOULD HAVE ABOUT 10 MORE YEARS TO LIVE: I MIGHT LIVE TO BE 70.—I DON'T KNOW. AT THE RATE I'VE BEEN GOING LATELY, IT SEEMED A BIT QUESTIONABLE! A FEW TIMES LATELY, I WONDERED IF I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT! BUT I DECIDED I BETTER STAY FOR YOUR SAKES.

35. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARADE INTO THE CLUBS A DOZEN STRONG WITH EVERYBODY EXCLAIMING. "HERE COMES THE FAMILY OF LOVE!" THOSE DAYS ARE OVER! THEY WERE GREAT DAYS WHILE THEY LASTED! WE HAD A LOT OF FUN & WE WON A LOT OF SOULS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY NOW, MORE [PERSONALLY].

36. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREATER MAIL MINISTRY THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD BEFORE! YOU CAN HIDE YOUR WITNESS IN AN ENVELOPE! YOU CAN MAIL IT UNDERCOVER!—IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING, THE ENVELOPE IS CALLED A COVER!—HA! YOU CAN SECRETE YOUR WITNESS UNDER A COVER & EVEN SEND IT ACROSS BORDERS, THROUGH IRON CURTAINS, BAMBOO CURTAINS, OIL CURTAINS, THROUGH WHATEVER KIND OF CURTAINS THERE ARE!—FFing UNDER COVERS TOO! HA!

37. BY MAIL WE CAN REACH SOULS WE COULD NEVER REACH IN PERSON! BUT YOU NEED TO START GATHERING MORE NAMES & ADDRESSES OF YOUR DAILY ACQUAINTANCES, CONTACTS FRIENDS, RELATIVES, BACKSLIDERS, FISH, PEOPLE YOU MEET.—AND GET FROM THEM THE NAMES & ADDRESSES OF THEIR FRIENDS.

38. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO DO IT:—"OH, YOU LIKE THAT LETTER?—YOU LIKED WHAT IT HAD TO SAY?—WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO SEND YOU SOME MORE?—JUST GIVE ME YOUR NAME & ADDRESS & I'LL BE HAPPY TO!" MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT THEMSELVES, MAYBE THEY WOULD BE ASHAMED TO DO IT THEMSELVES, BUT:

39. "AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO SEND SOME TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO WRITE THAT PERSON YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT YOU'RE BURDENED ABOUT‚ & SEND HIM SOME OF THESE LETTERS?—MAYBE HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT FROM YOU, MAYBE YOU'RE AFRAID TO TALK WITH HIM. BUT I CAN JUST SAY, "A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF YOURS TOLD ME ABOUT YOU, & I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW I FOUND THE SOLUTION IN MY LIFE. I'VE FOUND THE WAY TO HAPPINESS, & HERE IT IS IN THIS LETTER!"

40. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE OF A MAIL MINISTRY—FEMALE‚ TOO!—FFing & MAIL MINISTRY BY MALES & FEMALES! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE [PRIVATE] WITNESS THAN WE HAVE HAD BEFORE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?—THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN WITNESS. I'VE HEARD MANY STORIES FROM MANY MISSIONARIES WHO WITNESSED BEHIND MANY CURTAINS!

41. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION THEY WERE MASSACRING CHRISTIANS BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS!—BUT YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THAT ANYMORE, DO YOU? YOU HEAR ALL ABOUT HITLER & [THE] 6 MILLION JEWS! …

42. THOSE WERE DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF RUSSIAN COMMUNISM! THEY DIDN'T HESITATE TO SLAUGHTER CHRISTIANS! YET THERE WERE MANY CHRISTIANS WHO SURVIVED & WITNESSED & CARRIED ON & DISTRIBUTED THE GOSPEL & THE SCRIPTURE DESPITE SEVERE PERSECUTION!

43. ONE GROUP OF CHRISTIANS‚ 10 OR 12 MEN, USED TO MEET AT NIGHT IN A CELLAR BY CANDLELIGHT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH COPIES OF THE SCRIPTURES, SO THEY WOULD COPY THE SCRIPTURES BY HAND, A PAGE–AT-A-TIME!

44. SECRETLY IN A DARK SHUTTERED CELLAR, WITH JUST ENOUGH LIGHT TO WRITE OUT COPIES OF PAGES THAT SOMEBODY HAD TORN OUT OF A NEW TESTAMENT, THEY COPIED THEM BY HAND‚ SO THEY COULD HAVE COPIES FOR THEMSELVES & TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR FRIENDS & FAMILIES.

45. THERE'S GOING TO BE A FAMINE FOR THE WORD OF GOD! IN OUR EARLY DAYS, WE WARNED & WARNED YOU TO MEMORIZE THE WORD‚ BECAUSE SOME DAY YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIBLE! IT'S EVEN GETTING DANGEROUS TO CROSS A BORDER NOW WITH A BIBLE, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE RADICAL SECTS!

46. SO‚ ALTHOUGH THE DAYS ARE GETTING ROUGHER, THEY ARE ALSO GETTING SHORTER! PTL! MAYBE THAT'S WHY IN THE ROUGH WINTERTIME, THE LORD LETS THE DAYS BE THE SHORTEST. IT'S IN THE SUMMERTIME, BEAUTIFUL SUMMER, WHEN THE DAYS ARE THE LONGEST. SO, THOUGH ROUGHER, HARDER GROWS THE WAY & LIFE SEEMS DARKER DAY BY DAY, & THE LOAD SEEMS HEAVIER EACH STEP OF THE WAY, YOU ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END! PTL?

47. YOUR JOB IS ALMOST DONE, & IT WON'T BE LONG NOW, THANK THE LORD! EVERY SIGN POINTS TO IT, THERE IS EVERY INDICATION, INCLUDING THE PRESENT PERSECUTION. I DON'T THINK THIS PERSECUTION IS JUST GOING TO WANE & THEY'LL FORGET ABOUT IT‚ AS LONG AS OUR ENEMIES CAN KEEP WHIPPING IT UP.

48. BUT IF THEY TRY TO GET TOO ROUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THE LORD IS GOING TO DO?—HE'S GOING TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT, & IT'LL BE A LOT WORSE THAN US!—HE ALREADY HAS SOME PLACES! EITHER MORE TERRORISTS, OR DEPRESSION, OR POLITICAL PROBLEMS OR "NATURAL" DISASTERS & CATASTROPHES, ETC.! GOD HAS WAYS OF SHAKIN'M LOOSE FROM US!

49. SO YOU CAN THANK THE LORD THAT THE JOB IS ALMOST DONE, & WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE END OF THE ROAD! PTL! THERE'S AN OLD SONG WE USED TO SING (SINGS):

"THERE'LL BE LIGHT IN THE SKY

FROM THAT PALACE ON HIGH

WHEN I COME TO THE END OF THE ROAD!

SWEET RELIEF FROM ALL CARE

WILL BE WAITING ME THERE

WHEN I COME TO THE END OF LIFE'S ROAD!

WHEN THE LONG DAY IS ENDED

AND MY JOURNEY IS O'ER,

I SHALL REST IN HIS BLESSED ABODE!

THERE THE ONES THAT I LOVE

WILL BE WAITING FOR ME

WHEN I COME TO THE END OF LIFE'S ROAD!"

50. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER OLD SONG MY MOTHER USED TO LIKE ME TO SING TO HER, & IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS—TO CHEER YOU UP A BIT!: (SINGS:)

"WHEN MORNING DAWNS, FAREWELL TO EARTHLY SORROWS!

FAREWELL TO ALL THE TROUBLES OF TODAY!

THERE'LL BE NO PAIN, NO DEATH IN GOD'S TOMORROW

WHEN MORNING DAWNS & SHADOWS FLEE AWAY!

51. HOW LITTLE THEN THESE TRIALS OF LIFE WILL SEEM,

HOW LIGHT THE HEAVY BURDENS WE HAVE BORNE!

THE DEEPEST SORROW LIKE A PASSING DREAM

WILL BE FORGOTTEN IN THAT BLESSED MORN!—

WHEN MORNING DAWNS, FAREWELL TO EARTHLY SORROW!

FAREWELL TO ALL THE TROUBLES OF TODAY!

THERE'LL BE NO PAIN, NO DEATH IN GOD'S TOMORROW

WHEN MORNING DAWNS & SHADOWS FLEE AWAY!

52. SO TRUST IN GOD, HOWEVER DARK YOUR WAY!

NO MATTER WHAT HARD TURNS THE ROAD MAY TAKE!

HOLD TO HIS HAND UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAY,

WHEN IN HIS LIKENESS WE SHALL THEN AWAKE!

WHEN MORNING DAWNS, FAREWELL TO EARTHLY SORROW!

FAREWELL TO ALL THESE TROUBLES OF TODAY!

THERE'LL BE NO PAIN, NO DEATH IN GOD'S TOMORROW

WHEN MORNING DAWNS & SHADOWS FLEE AWAY!"

53. HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU, LORD! HALLELUJAH! (ABRAHIM: THE LORD GIVES THESE SONGS TO COMFORT YOU AND YOUR FATHER.) WE'LL SOON BE AT THE END OF THE ROAD!—AND THE END OF THE ROAD FOR US WILL BE JUST THE BEGINNING! THANK YOU, LORD! HALLELUJAH! (DAD SINGS: )

"WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN

WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE!

WHEN WE ALL SEE JESUS,

WE'LL SING & SHOUT THE VICTORY!

HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU, LORD!

54. WELL, IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR MARIA & I TO SING YOU OUR PROMISED CLOSING SONG, IF SHE CAN STILL MAKE IT! THIS IS HER 7TH MONTH WITH TECHI! THESE ARE SOME VERSES THOSE CHURCHES SO OFTEN SING, BUT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SINGING! THEY FREQUENTLY TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN, BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY MEAN WHAT THEY'RE SINGING! AND YET THERE ARE MANY OF THE OLD SONGS THAT HAVE BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS IF THEY WOULD ONLY MEAN THEM WHEN THEY SING!

55. LIKE THAT OLD SONG "IN THE GARDEN"—THAT IS WHERE MOST CHRISTIANS WANT TO STAY! THE "GARDEN" IS SUPPOSEDLY LIKE THE SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP OF A NICE CHURCH MEETING OR THE SPIRITUAL GARDEN OF THE CHAPEL!—THAT'S WHERE THEY ALL WANT TO STAY!—BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LAST VERSE SAYS? I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE INTERPRET THIS THIS WAY, OR BRING OUT THE TRUE MEANING & MESSAGE OF THIS LAST VERSE!—SEE IF YOU CAN CATCH ON AS WE SING IT: (DAD & MARIA SING A LOVELY HARMONISING DUET TOGETHER!:)

56. "I'D STAY IN THE GARDEN WITH HIM‚

THOUGH THE NIGHT AROUND ME IS FALLING,

BUT HE BIDS ME GO,

THROUGH THE VOICE OF WOE!

HIS VOICE TO ME IS CALLING!

AND HE'LL WALK WITH ME

AND HE'LL TALK WITH ME‚

AND HE'LL TELL ME I AM HIS OWN!

AND THE JOYS WE'LL SHARE,

AS WE TARRY THERE—(POINTS FORWARD LIKE OUT TO THE MISSION FIELD)

NONE OTHER‚ HAS EVER KNOWN!"

(ABRAHIM: "THESE WORDS ARE KISSED OF LOVE TO YOUR FATHER!") DO YOU GET THE MESSAGE?

(SINGS THE INTERPRETATION: )

57. "I'D STAY IN THE GARDEN WITH HIM,

BUT THE NIGHT AROUND ME IS FALLING!

SO HE BIDS ME GO, THROUGH (WHAT VOICE?) THE VOICE OF WOE!"—(THAT'S TROUBLE!)

"HIS VOICE TO ME IS CALLING!

AND HE'LL WALK WITH ME" (WHERE?—AS I GO!)

AND HE'LL TALK WITH ME,

AND HE'LL TELL ME I AM HIS OWN!

FOR THE JOYS WE'LL SHARE,

AS WE TARRY THERE (ON THE FIELD!)

NONE OTHER HAS EVER KNOWN!"

58. DO YOU GET THE MESSAGE?—IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO STAY IN THE GARDEN. IT'S OUR JOB TO GO? "I'D STAY IN THE GARDEN, BUT HE BIDS ME GO!"—AND HOW DOES HE MAKE US GO?—"THROUGH THE VOICE OF WOE!"—HE STIRS UP A LITTLE TROUBLE FOR US HERE & WE MOVE THERE, THEN HE STIRS UP A LITTLE TROUBLE FOR US THERE & WE HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE—& SO WE KEEP GOING.

59. DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE HERE IN ONE PLACE FOREVER! I'LL BE THANKFUL IF WE MANAGE TO LIVE HERE A FEW MONTHS. IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN & YOUR MOUTHS SHUT! WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT & PUT OUT A FEW MORE LETTERS & GET A LITTLE MORE WORK DONE. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY PRAY & CLING TO THE LORD.

60. IF THE ANTICHRIST IS GOING TO RULE THE WORLD ONLY 6 YEARS FROM NOW‚ WE ARE DEFINITELY CLOSER TO THE END THAN WE WERE 10 YEARS AGO, THAT'S FOR SURE!—THAT MEANS MOST OF THE JOB IS BEHIND US‚ IF WE'VE ONLY GOT 6 YEARS TO GO!

61. THE LORD SAID THAT SOME OF US WILL WITNESS DURING THE AC's REIGN, EVEN DURING THE TRIBULATION & RIGHT ON UP TO THE VERY END! THINK OF THAT!—THERE WILL STILL BE SOME OF US AROUND TILL JESUS COMES! THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP US ALL! SO THANK YOU, LORD! BUT FOR THOSE WHOM THEY DO STOP, WELL, PG! YOUR JOB IS OVER!—AT LEAST WHERE YOU ARE!—YOU'LL HAVE TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.

62. IF THEY STOP ANY OF YOU ENTIRELY, WELL, HALLELUJAH!—THEN YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR EARTHLY TASK?!—YOU CAN COME ON OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE & HELP US "MINISTERING SPIRITS" FINISH OURS—HA! (HE.1:14.) PTL! TYJ!—AMEN?—THE HAPPY ENDING!

63. (PRAYS: ) LORD, WE'RE ENTERING NOW A NEW YEAR. TONIGHT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST DAY, & WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, LORD, TO MANY GREATER THINGS. BUT SOME OF IT MAY BE GREATER PERSECUTION & GREATER HARDSHIPS & GREATER DIFFICULTIES, GREATER LOADS, GREATER TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS, FOR YOU SAID "WITH PERSECUTIONS."

64. WE LOOK BACK ON SOME GREAT YEARS, LORD! WE LOOK BACK AT THE TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PAST, & WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE & WE THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. WE BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE US & MAKE US A GREAT BLESSING, BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS & IN DIFFERENT PLACES WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE BY ENTIRELY NEW MINISTRIES, LORD, & ENTIRELY NEW IDEAS IN ENTIRELY NEW PLACES & WAYS.

65. BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO KEEP GOING, LORD, & THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP US ALL! PTL! WE JUST THANK YOU FOR HOW MUCH YOU HAVE HELPED US TO ACCOMPLISH ALREADY, & WE' THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME BY FAITH FOR HOW MUCH YOU ARE GOING TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEW YEAR. BLESS & KEEP THY CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD, LORD.

66. WE KNOW THAT SOME WILL SUFFER & SOME WILL HAVE TO DIE FOR THEE & THY GOSPEL. YOU PROMISED IT, LORD, BUT YOU SAID, "GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN‚ FOR SO PERSECUTED THEY THE PROPHETS WHICH WERE BEFORE YOU!" (MT.5:12.) SO WE THANK YOU, LORD, EVEN FOR THE PERSECUTION WHICH GETS US ON THE GO & HELPS US TO GO ON & FINISH THE JOB IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY'RE WAITING & HUNGRY & RECEPTIVE & WE'RE NEEDED‚ LORD.

67. GET US OUT OF THESE COUNTRIES WHERE WE'VE SATURATED & WORN OUT OUR WELCOME! HELP US, LORD‚ IN JESUS' NAME, WE ASK FOR THY GLORY—AMEN!

Copyright (c) 1998 by The Family

Copyright (c) 1998 by The Family