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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 88, 13 April 1923, Page 11

PROCLAMATION! O URLD LLAULKS i War has not made World Safe for Democracy More disorders predicted unless Leaders accept Spiritual King RESOLUTION Adopted by the In:ernational Bib c Students' Ass ciatinn in Conference at Ce^ar Point, Ohio, U.S.A.. Septemhe 10th, 1922 ; also by the Bible S.ud ats of Auitralia and New Zealand. fFIHE International Bible Students in convention assembled deem 5. That all of the world's present organisation constitutes the a , t ' . .i j ,i_. . .T ... r visible part of Satan's empire or organisation, and that Satan s Kit a duty and privilege to send this message to the.nations of ™« l mu8 t now fall before the forward march of the King of earth> - glory; ' As a body of Christians consecrated to obey and follow our international ' confe rences and all agreements or Lord arid Saviour Jesus Christ, we are opposed to engaging m t t resu i ting therefrom, including the League of Nations cornwar, revolution anarchy, or violence m any form; and we are » compacts, must fail, because God has decreed it opposed to fraud and deception being practised upon the people by tp-"^"" i > the misrepresentation of the Word of God or otherwise. We ™s > _ earnestly desire peace, prosperity, and the blessing of the people 7. That-all efforts of the denominational church organisations, with life, liberty, and happiness; and we hold that the only means their clergy, their leaders and their allies, to save and re-establish by which this can be accomplished is by an"d through the reign of the order of things in the earth and to bring peace and prosperity Christ. . : must of necessity fail, because' they do not constitute any part of » , „,.' ■. „ i i t - i i ■»■» IJ.-H j the kingdom of Messiah; In the liffht of the Word of God, and particularly of fulfilled °, , . j . .t, w v w n, i« t prophecy, we submit the following as a true statement of the facts «• That, on the contrary, during the World War the clergy of p TJ': V , ■. om r. t . nc . 8 these various church denominations were disloyal to the Lord Jesus relat»ng to present cond.t,ons.- .^.^ wrongfully unm Wlth big bußineS s and 1. That the rulers of earth have frequently blasted that the bjg politicians to further the World War; they preached men into World War was fought to make the world safe for democracy.. the trenches and falsely and blasphemously told them that their which claim has proven a delusion and a snare; ieath upon the battlefield would be counted as a part of the 2. That the international conferences at Paris, Washingtor icarious atonement of Jesus Christ; Genoa, and The Hague, participated in by the financiers and states 9- fhat they further repudiated the Lord and His kingdom and men, #nd approved by the denominational clergy of the world, held s howed their disloyalty by voluntarily uniting themselves, with for the purpose, as announced, of establishing peace on earth, have s a t an 's organisation and boldly announcing to the world that the failed to bring forth the desired result; League of Nations is the political expression of God's'kingdom on 3. That all the nations of earth are now in distress and per- earth, which announcement so made by them was in utter disregard plexity, as the Lord foretold they would be at this time, and that of the words of Jesus and the apostles; the entire social and political structure is threatened with complete 10 . We further hold and testify that this is the day of God's dissolution; and the leading statesmen and rulers of the earth, ven g eance against Satan's empire, visible and invisible; being aware of this fact and of their inability to establish peace and the re . establishment of the o]d world or order an prosperity, are frantically calling upon the denominational churches j ssibilit . that the time is here for the establishment" of the to save, the world from disaster; . kingdom of God. through Christ Jesus; and that all the powers and 4. That it is the desire of all the nations and peoples of earth or g an j sa tioiis that do not willingly submit to the righteous reign o£ that they might dwell in peace and enjoy life, liberty, and hap- the Lor( j wi jj be destroyed; piness; 12. That if the politicians would faithfully represent the 5. That the people are being misled by those who are attempt- p eo pl e> an d big business would cease exploiting the people, and ing to bring about this desire through international conferences t^& c l er g Y 'would tell the people the truth concerning God's arand agreements in fthe form of the League of Nations and like ran g e ment, and the people would cease from strife, the kingdom compacts. o f Messiah would be established by Him without further trouble We therefore call upon the nations of earth,.their rulers and or distress; but failing thus to do, greater trouble must shortly leaders, and upon all the clergymen of all the denominational follow; churches of earth, their followers and allies, big business and big ]3 i^ &t f or this reason there is ntfw impending and about to politicians, to bring forth their proof in justification of the position fall upon the nations of earth, according to the -words of Christ taken by them that they can establish peace and prosperity on j esuSj a g re at time of "tribulation Mich as was not since the beearth and bring happiness to the people; and their failing in this, g i nn j n g o f the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be-again"; we call upon them to give ear to the testimony that we offer as and j t j s t jjj s impending trouble that the rulers and mighty men of witnesses for the Lord, and then let them say whether or not our ear th see coming, testimony is true. , . But we hold and declare that Messiah's kingdom is-the complete Relying, upon the Word of God and His providential dealings panacea for all the ills of humankind, and will bring peace on earth with mankind through Jesus Christ, we as His witnesses hold and and good will to men, the desire of all nations; that those who testify as follows, to wit: • yield themselves willingly to His righteous reign now begun will l.^That the World War came in 1914, "and was followed by be blessed'with lasting peace, life, liberty, and endless happiness, great famines, pestilences, and revolutions in various parts of the Therefore we bring ■'to the peoples of earth God's message'of earth exactly as-foretold by the Lord; good tidings contained in the Bible, His Word of truth, and we 2. That 1914. marked the legal ending of the old world, and publish to'them this'message of peace and everlasting salvation-r----there Christ the rightful King took unto Himself His power as to wit, that the* King of Glory, the Deliverer of man, is invisibly k ino ..' present and has begun His reign; that the, old world, under the 0' , _ _. . . . . .11 „ ' control of Satan, has ended and is being rapidly broken in pieces, 3. That the Lord Jesus Christ is now present invisible to man, t(j ke way for ever l ast i ng kingdom of righteousness now and proceeding with the work of establishing His kingdom, for being set upj and that millions of people now living on (krth/'i£ which kingdom He taught His followers to pray; obedient to the laws of that kingdom, will continue to.live and 4. That Satan, long the god of this world, has deceived the never die; and we call upon all nations, peoples, kindreds a«d statesmen, financiers, and the clergy, by inducing them to believe tongues who love righteousness and'hate iniquity to recognise and that by international agreement or other combined efforts they can freely ackowledge that Jehovah is the only true God and that His bring the desire of all nations; beloved Son Christ Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords, ;; This Proclamation has been forwarded to the Financial, Politca! and Ecclesiastical Leaders of the World./ : ;

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