Bible Truth News

  The old Worldwide Church of God published the following: Do you put off doing things that need to be done? You need to know the causes — and some practical, effective solutions — for this problem!  … You’re probably familiar with procrastination — all of us fall into it, and fairly easily, from time to time. And the effects can be devastating: You can be robbed of happiness and peace of mind, harm your relationships with others and, yes, even keep yourself out of God’s Kingdom!  Does that last statement sound shocking? It shouldn’t! Procrastination — putting things off — can be a deadly, sinister enemy. How?  Christ’s parable about the 10 virgins (Matt. 25:1-13) addresses this problem. All the virgins wanted to meet the bridegroom, but only five were wise. The others had neglected to bring along a supply of oil (symbolic of the Holy Spirit) for their lamps. They had procrastinated by placing more importance on some thing else. As a result, they were not allowed to ...

What Is Now Prophesied! Herbert W Armstrong       Will the next two decades bring human extinction—or the dawn of a new world of peace and incredible achievement?    SUDDENLY this world has become different! It was never like this before. Look at the change in the last 80 years—then look at the change in the last 10. What will another 10 years be like?    When I was a boy, our family transportation was a horse and buggy. Horse-drawn streetcars had just been replaced. Telephones were rare, hanging on walls. Only a few downtown streets in cities were paved. Automobiles were a curiosity—we called them horseless carriages. They were steered with a stick instead of a steering wheel.    Gaslights dimly illuminated city streets. A man, riding horseback, rode past with a lighting stick to turn them on at dusk and again to turn them off at dawn. Our home was dimly lighted by kerosene lamps.    No man had ever flown. ...

"About 3466 years ago God performed an amazing miracle when He freed a slave people from Egypt and made them a nation in their own right. The crossing of the Red Sea was another tremendous miracle that the God of Israel performed. Each year, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread we commemorate the deliverance of our people Israel from Egypt, particularly with the Night to Be Much Observed when they first came out of Egypt with a high hand. We look to that event because it is a type of our own spiritual lives, our coming out of this world and our exodus out of Satan’s world into the Promised Land of God’s Church. The Feast of Unleavened Bread concluded with this climactic event – the crossing of the Red Sea! Just as the first Exodus occurred in 1446 B.C., it is also going to occur again with the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the Kingdom of God on this Earth. Once again, the remnant of Israel is going to cross the Red Sea, but this time on a far more massive scale. The ...

  "GTA popularized a belief that true Christians would not necessarily go to a particular place of safety when the tribulation would come upon us - that we probably would be protected where we are. It is a heresy that we will be protected in our homes. What kind of character could I acquire locked in my own home - what lessons could I learn? Ultimately it became popular back then to laugh and scorn those who believed in a literal place of safety - they were said to be petrified. However, nobody in the anti-place of safety clique ever attempted to explain away the scriptures about the place of safety. They condemned dogmatism - you mustn't be dogmatic and avoid the issue completely. Now the people of God can only be impressed with some of the most precious promises contained within the Word of God. They are full of hope. Many will most likely try to camp out in their living rooms - they will not survive for 3 1/2 years. People think protection is in their own hands. GTA had peo...