The Bible Answers Short Questions From Our Readers - Plain Truth Staff - November 1957

Plain Truth Staff

Has God Allotted 6000 Years for Man's Self-Rule? Yes! The world does not understand what is taking place today because it does not know about the 7000-year PLAN OF GOD. God has allotted approximately 6000 years for humanity to go its own way. These millenniums of human civilization are nearly over. God is about to intervene in world affairs by sending Jesus Christ. Not until He returns will we have 1000 years of peace. The pattern for this little-understood plan is given in the first two chapters of Genesis. It is the WEEK of seven days. As God originally set time in motion, man is given six work days followed by a day of rest. In Hebrews 4:4, 11, the seventh day is mentioned as a type of the peaceful rest - 1000-year rest - that will follow the present age of human labor and futile struggle to master the earth. The millennium, then, is compared with a "day" of the week... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library