The World Is an Armed Camp - Herbert W Armstrong - December 1981

Herbert W Armstrong

Never before in human history have conditions existed that better fulfill Joel's prophecy: "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong" (Joel 3: 10), Note the prophecy has two parts, First there is an explosive growth in weapons; second, this growth allows the weak to become strong, Today's incredible arms trade involving the weaker Third World countries matches the condition described by Joel almost exactly. The worldwide arms trade has indeed been explosive. Worldwide arms exports zoomed 60 percent in the decade 1966-76, and took off at a 25 percent per year clip in the last half of the 1970s. More than $20 billion of arms are traded worldwide. The official figures may even be on the low side because some of the arms trade is hidden in civilian export statistics. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library