Herbert W Armstrong

WE have seen that the "Beast" of Revelation 13 is the ancient Roman Empire. That it had a "deadly wound" in 476 A.D. which was "healed" in 554 A.D. and "continued" exactly 1260 years as the Holy Roman Empire, going into the "bottomless pit" of virtua ...

Mrs. Armstrong and I have just returned from two weeks complete rest at the beach, where we spent eleven days in fasting and prayer. We had both been hitting a pretty hard pace, and sometimes one just has to stop and take time out and recuperate. We return now, greatly refreshed and renewed, not onl ...

Question: "In the May Plain Truth in the article on the twelve apostles you used Matthew 10:5-6 to prove the twelve apostles were not commissioned to take the Gospel to the Gentile nations, and that Paul was commissioned to that responsibility, If Paul was the one to take the Gospel to the Gent ...

Many have regarded the feast days merely as Old Testament customs - archaic curiosities from way back in "Bible times." But God's festival celebrations are always up to date. Here's how to keep them in the 20th century. Sometimes it's hard for certain people to see the Bible as up to date. To ...

Greetings from Pasadena! Once again, it is good to hear from so many of you and feel the continuing trend toward unity and stability after our upsets of recent months. Also, I am very encouraged by the continuing growth in our overseas Work. Mr. Colin Adair sent in a report a few days ago that incom ...

The time has come to disclose the real hidden facts about the hydrogen bomb - the facts no government authority can reveal to you because they do not KNOW! The UNKNOWN quantity about the terrifying hydrogen bomb is WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN! After all, THAT'S what we all want to know! Will it be us ...

Question: A few days ago my children asked me a question about the birth of Jesus, which they had been reading. I could not answer it and would appreciate your help. My children want to know why Jesus was laid in a manger - yet the Wise Men saw Him in a house. How could this be? ...

LOCKED up in the Holy Land and Middle - East is the possible answer to the world's number one question: "Will there be a World - War III?" Here's a startling revelation of the true significance of the localized Jewish - Arab strife; and also the sputtering all over UNO Conferences of t ...

Learning Whether God Answers Prayers: WHERE is the one TRUE Church today? That is the question that still haunted my mind in the late spring and the summer of 1927. During that six months' diligent research, I had run the gamut of disillusionment, doubt, confusion, frustration - and finally, the S ...

Before His ascension into heaven, Jesus Christ told His disciples, "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: BUT TARRY [wait] ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be ENDUED WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH." That power was GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT, which was sent to establish the Church o ...

Real happiness is a rare commodity today! Does your life reflect the very joy of Jesus Christ? There goes a happy man! How I wish I were like him! This is often the silent thought of people when they see another person who simply radiates real happiness. This or a similar thought often strikes new m ...

After Napoleon's downfall events began to fall into place for the emergence of the German people as dominators of the European continent. The period from 1814 to 1945 was a fascinating era in European history. The German nation again surfaced and became the dominant continental European power. It ...

Do you have God's Holy Spirit? Do you realize your great NEED for it? Here's an article about YOU - and also to announce baptizing tours to be sent this summer from Ambassador College. There is a real, literal, spirit Personality in heaven at the controls of this universe. He is GOD. If He is ca ...

With the sudden appearance of the receiver on the Ambassador College campus last January 3rd and the resulting confusion, it became vital for the Church to create a swift and authoritative method of communication. Thus, the "Telephone Network" for the Worldwide Church of God was born. Now, in hours ...

GOD Will allow you to enter completely into His tabernacle service only after you have spent seven days and nights in your duties at the door," Moses told Aaron and his sons. "Do exactly as you have been told, or you may have to pay with your lives." (Leviticus 8:1-4, 31-36.) A week later the elders ...