PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
PROPHECY<br />
IN TODAV'S<br />
WOR<br />
~WS<br />
A 5 the world careens around the<br />
.l'\.. calendar into the new year, the<br />
prospects for world peace look<br />
grim. 19<strong>67</strong> threatens to be a continua·<br />
tieD of 1966, only more so. Yet world<br />
peace is comjng - in a manner <strong>and</strong> at<br />
a time few expect!<br />
This decade has become the age of<br />
WAR - guerrilla war, undeclared war<br />
(which is war nevertheless), <strong>and</strong> the<br />
threat of nuclear war. Few realize that<br />
the greatest prophet who ever lived<br />
Jesus Christ of Nazareth - revealed<br />
that j1lst before wo rld peace breaks out<br />
all over the earth the world today would<br />
be exactly as we find it. " And ye shall<br />
hear of wars <strong>and</strong> rll1t10fS of wars,"<br />
Jesus said. "For nation shall rise against<br />
nation <strong>and</strong> kingdom against kingdom<br />
..." (Mat. 24:6, 7). And then<br />
would come The Wonderful World<br />
Tomorrow! But look for a moment at<br />
today's world.<br />
The V ietnam Fixation<br />
The biggest <strong>and</strong> most publicized war<br />
today is the growing conflict in Vietnam.<br />
This interminable struggle now threatens<br />
to spi ll over into northeast Thail<strong>and</strong>.<br />
But other potential " Vietnams" are<br />
brewing elsewhere in the world. Never<br />
have "rumors of war" been so prolific<br />
as right now.<br />
The Middle East is once again a<br />
swirling, seeth ing cauldron of charged<br />
emotions. The Arab-Jew crisis has again<br />
come to the fore. Jordan, other Arab<br />
states are incensed at Israel's recent puni.<br />
tive raid on a Jordanian border vi llage.<br />
r raq, Syria are in a war of words over<br />
a vital oil pipeline. While they argue,<br />
20 percent of Europe's oi l supply is<br />
shut off.<br />
At the southern tip of the Arabian<br />
peninsula, the ugly situation in Aden<br />
grows worse by the day. Nasser·trained<br />
PIP Photo<br />
Elements of the rag-tag Angola n rebel army ot reveille. Portuguese government<br />
is attempting to quell insurrections in all three of its African possessions.<br />
agents have turned Aden <strong>and</strong> its surrounding<br />
area into a l<strong>and</strong> of terror. The<br />
British insist they wi II pull out of Aden<br />
by 1968. But who will take their place<br />
<strong>and</strong> fill a dangerous vacuulTI of power?<br />
It is obvious for all to sec that any<br />
government which takes over is doomed<br />
to collapse into the h<strong>and</strong>s of Arab<br />
extremists.<br />
1968 is definitely the deadline for<br />
peace in Aden ~<br />
In Africa<br />
Across the strategic B{lb e/ lvI<strong>and</strong>eb<br />
sea gate from Aden, seri ous conflict is<br />
developing in East Africa. T he Somali<br />
Republic, flexing its muscles with Soviet<br />
arms, is coveting the territory of tiny<br />
Prench Somalil<strong>and</strong>. "SeI f·determination<br />
for all Somali peoples" is the slogan -<br />
or rather the verbal disguise for agg<br />
ressIon.<br />
The Somalis are openly dem<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
huge slices of Ethiopia <strong>and</strong> Kenya.<br />
Other Somali kinsmen live in these two<br />
areas. The situation has now become so<br />
serious that a total trade <strong>and</strong> communi·<br />
cations break has developed between<br />
Kenya <strong>and</strong> Somalia. Along their border<br />
is a strip of "no-man's·l<strong>and</strong>" fifteen<br />
miles wide!<br />
The U ni ted States has promised Ethi·<br />
opia jet fighte r planes to counterbalance<br />
Soviet MIG·19s on their way to Somalia.<br />
In almost every new world conflict the<br />
big powers are drawn in, seemingly<br />
often against their will!<br />
An entire issue of The PLAIN TRUTH<br />
couldn't begin to explain all of Africa's<br />
equall y serious threats to peace. One is<br />
the Rhodesian crisis.<br />
Another fi nds Portugal engaged in<br />
a three·front guerrilla war in its African