Mystery of the Ages.PDF - Blow the Trumpet

I have spoken, during the past 20 years, to many heads of governments overEurope, Asia, Africa, South America. In China, I believe the Communist heads ofgovernment believe that communism, once it gains control of the earth, will solve allproblems and evils. But many kings, emperors, presidents and prime ministers I haveconferred privately with now realize the problems are beyond human ability to solve. Andthis I said plainly to many leaders of the People's Republic of China.The problems and evils are of a spiritual nature. And a carnal mind without God'sSpirit cannot come to grips with spiritual problems.The many decades and centuries of ancient Israel PROVED THAT! Until Israel,God withheld knowledge of the right ways of human living from mankind. To Israel Godgave his statutes and judgments, as well as his spiritual law. But these perfect laws didnot, without God's Holy Spirit, solve the nation's problems!God could say: "I am GOD. Take my word for it." But God gave PROOF, throughIsrael, that WITHOUT the Holy Spirit, MAN IS HELPLESS! They even had GOD toappeal to. But they did not have his Spirit within them.Let this point be emphasized. When the first man, Adam, rejected the tree of life,and took to himself the knowledge of good and evil, he limited his power and ability todo good to the level of his human spirit. There is good as well as evil in human nature.Good is a spiritual attribute, not a physical or material action. Had Adam taken of the treeof life, the Holy Spirit of God would have entered him and joined with his spirit, unitinghim with God as a son of God. The Holy Spirit meant more than spiritual knowledge ofgood. Not the hearers of the law (good) but the doers of the law are justified (Rom. 2:43).Love is the fulfilling of the law, but not human love. It requires the "love OF GOD...shedabroad in our hearts by the Holy [Spirit]" (Rom. 5:5).God revealed his law to the nation Israel. One of the purposes of this nation wasto prove by human experience that man without the Spirit of God within him cannot berighteous.So, at this point, let us cover a brief synopsis of the actual history of the nation,and of the gentile nations of the world.A most important declaration and promise was given to the people of Israel, asrecorded in Leviticus 26. Again I quote from my book The United States and Britain inProphecy, starting page 110:The Pivotal ProphecyIn this central prophecy, God reaffirmed the birthright promise--but with conditions--forthose of Moses' day! The birthright tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were then with theother tribes--as one nation. Obedience to God's laws would bring the vast national wealthand blessings of the birthright not only to Ephraim and Manasseh, but the wholeNATION would automatically have shared them at that time.Notice carefully that two of the Ten Commandments are mentioned for emphasis.These were the main test commandments! They were the test of obedience, and of faith inand loyalty to God. God said: "Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image...to bowdown unto it: for I am the Lord your God. Ye shall keep MY sabbaths..." (verses 1-2).