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Nv- 7TmwsWdg P5 P2 rn Luher UNLEASHED Racsm Anarch & Secuarsm Marijuana What They Aren’t Telling YouA personal message from the Editor in Chief 2Tomorros WordNovemberDecember 2017 TomorrowsWordorg w ftn st f s hav had ths say, “Expin is th bst tah.” Bt is it Expin is tainly n way t lan, and f any it is a s tah. This is bas xpin is ftn painfl, and w gnally d nt want t pat what is painfl. Hwv, s ppl nv s t lan! Thy ntin t pat th sa istaks v and v again. Y pbably knw sn lik that. What abt y y lan f xpin, a y sn wh “nv ss t lan” Whth y a y an’t, th qstin ains Is xpin th bst tah is th a btt way If s, wht is it Th a any ways t gt bnd in this lif. Y an gt bnd by a bad invstnt, a bad latinship, a bad v. S hildn litlly gt bnd whn playing with aths, ftn aft thy w tld nt t. Hw any tns yng adlts lan th vy painfl lssn that dinking and diving is a bad binatin that dgs and igatts lad t lng-lasting bndag in th f f painfl additins and halth pbls W all gt bnd at n ti anth, bt is th a way t liit pains Thankflly th is! Blif in d is nt as ppla as it n was. awinian vltin has plad Hi in th inds f any, and if th is n d, vy an is lft t hislf t dtin ight f wng. isins bing nsqns that a ith psitiv ngativ. What any fail t aliz is th latinship btwn thi disins and nsn al laws. As Mss insttd, “I hav st bf y lif and dath, blssing and sing; thf hs lif, that bth y and y dsndants ay liv” tny 31. If d is falling in pplaity, vn s is th bk that H inspid. Whil th Bibl is still sn by any t ntain gd advi and ft in tis f tbl, it n lng ais with it th sa aa f athity it n did. And th Tn andnts it ntains a ftn nsidd th Tn Sggstins. Bt that attitd, sadly, is why any gt bnd. Whn w bak th andnts, thy bak s! Can the Ten Commandments Teach Us? Mst in Wstn wld hav had f th Tn andnts, bt hw any ally knw what thy say Ths wh d knw what thy say ftn pik and hs whih ns thy ag with—, t pt it anth way, whih ns thy d t ag with. Inially, s f th gatst dnis f th nd t kp all tn a th vy ns wh ah and ptst whn nnts ntaining th a takn ff pbli gnds! Thy pbably apt th ands against d, adlty, and dishning n’s pants. Thy pbably ag that it is nt gd t wship th gds, stal, vt, at last in pinipl. Bt what abt th Sabbath andnt Stpping bak, n st wnd, what is th pps f th Tn andnts What nntin d thy hav with xpin and with th st f tah xpin ight b Again, xpin is ftn a painfl tah. S is it th bst n It is asy t gniz that aking a bad finanial disin has nsqns. Hwv, th nntin btwn xpin and ml disins is ftn vlkd. nsid th svnth andnt, “Y shall nt it adlty.” Hw any think thy an bak this and and nt gt bnd wld is littd with bkn hats, bkn hs, and hting, nfsd hildn d t th vilatin f this sht d. All this pain ld b avidd if individals diligntly byd this What s the Best Teacher? How Your Subscrpon Has Been Pad Tomorrow’s World has no subscrpton prce t s made possbe by the tthes and offerngs of Lvng Church of God members and by others who have chosen to become coworkers n procamng Chrst’s true Gospe to a natons Donatons are gratefuy acknowedged and may be taxdeductbeVolume 19, Issue 6November-December 2017 NovemberDecember 2017Tomorros Word3 andnt. Hw any individals st b bnd by its vilatin bf w gt th pint Baking this andnt hts and daags vyn invlvd—spially hildn. Th pps f th andnt is t tll s that n att hw appaling tptatin ay appa, th slts f ating n that tptatin will nt b gd. Vilating sh a law is a tibly bad disin. Th andnts a intndd t hlp s ak gd disins, bt thy a nt nly abt “.” Thy a th fndatin f any hanis sity. Vilating th ats nfsin and dishany. nly thgh lv and patin an w all b happy. Th fist f f th tn instt s hw t spt at, and this is wh it all bgins. Apat f d, n individal, ivil, lltiv han athity has th ability t at a d f ndt that will sssflly bing hany t sity. All w hav t d is lk and s t gniz th ality f this. Whil y ay kp all f ths andnts, y nighb ay kp nin nn. ivil athitis nf ls, bt a any f s ttally satisfid with th jb thy a ding Ths ls vay f jisditin t jisditin, as ds th nfnt f th. Th last six andnts giv s th fndatin f lving nighb. This tw-pat divisin— lving d and lving fllw han bings—is fnd in Matthw 223–4. We Need the Whole Book S why nt jst hav th Tn andnts and lav it at that Why th st f th Bibl This akabl bk vals hw t apply ths andnts and th vall pps f ankind. And th Bibl als xplains th slts f vilating th andnts, ths instting s in a btt way than laning by xpin. Th Pvbs f th Bibl a intndd t giv knwldg, ndstanding, and wisd Pvbs 12–6. Thy a spially ditd t th yng, wh a inxpind in lif, and a intndd t shw th hw t avid painfl xpins. Thy aknwldg that tptatin is a pbl, bt thn g n t xplain th slts f yilding t it Pvbs 1–14. Insttin is availabl, bt as stdnts w st apt and intnaliz that insttin. Th pbl is nt with th tah, bt with th stdnt! Taking insttin f sn wis and knwldgabl is th bst tah, and in this way, xpin an b a gd tah. Mh f th Bibl is histial and vals th slts f ging th way that ss ight t a an, bt th nd slt f ding what nly sms ight, in ppsitin t d’s ditin, is dath Pvbs 1412. S ppl bjt t th viln fnd in s stis in th Bibl, sh as in th bk f dgs. This bk hnils what happnd whn th natin f Isal jtd d and fllwd th way f th natins and th. Ths ways st hav bn vy appaling t th, bt th nsqns w disasts and painfl. Ths biblial histial ants tah s thgh th xpin f ths hw t ak wis disins. Thi pain, hatah, and sffing ds nt nd t b s, if w will stdy, intnaliz, and apply in wn livs th lssns dd f bnfit. As it tlls s in 1 inthians 111, “Nw all ths things happnd t th as xapls, and thy w wittn f adnitin, pn wh th nds f th ags hav .” Listig t th wh td s is th bst way t lan. Lig fm th xmpls f ths, laning f thi painfl xpins, is als a gd tah. Laning f w xpins, thgh stis fftiv, is t th bst tah! T lan abt th way f lif d hlds t f y, a fa lss painfl lif, y an d bklt titld Th T mmdmts. This s shws in dtail what d’s intnt f ankind is, and why all ten f His andnts st b kpt. Most in our Western word have heard of the Ten Commandments, but how many reay know what they say?5 Martin uther Uneashed ty f f t tity f R, t’s w tity is t w, s iti w ys sts ist ivs 10 Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Stis w t fit i t w tis, t it tis sis s! 12 Sins of Racism, Anarchy and Secuarism! T it tts is i isi ti i ts—ti tt ws si Wt is t ti? 16 The Bafour Decaration Turns 100 Bitis itvti i t isty f t wi tis t it t w ty t 18 Marijuana What They Aren’t Teing You! Wi t ts v iz i , w is tki t ti t sk t it tis k t t fts? 23 ’Tis the Season 24 an We reate Another Earth? 32 Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goas 31 stis Asws 34 tts t t it 35 Tvisi iti 273, t f itt wit t it, tt t i ffi t y wit t etters@TomorrowsWordorg nited States x 38 ltt, N 87-8 74 844-7 Austraasia x 3 l, A 7, Astli 8-8383- anada x 4 Mississg, N M 84-4 New Zeaand x 77 tl tt Akl 4 8 88 Phiippines x 4 At t st ffi 3 z ity, Mt Mil 3 73-7-4 South Afria ivt g X3 isit, , 88 7 8--44 nited Kingdom x 88- tt N 8 /x 44 844-8-3 W st y ivy W t t, t sll ilig list f y t wt t iv t gzi, -il s tt t Rgil ffi st y cm rc crm P2 Did the Protestant reformers bring about a return to pure New Testament Christianity? Were the reformers led by God’s Holy Spirit? The truth contained in this series is astonishing Martin Luther Unleashed THE REFORMATON SERES S hking and sbing tths hav t light in this sis. W hav land that “histnd” has ndgn s dil hgs sin th ti f ss hist and His Apstls. F athnti histy, w hav sn that pg nis and taditins w intdd int th pfssing histian hh sn aft th dath f th iginal Apstls. W fnd spiitl pti, pw plitis, and wldliss dinating in th ling athli hh ding th “ak” Ags. In nt installnts, th al facts abt Lth’s aly lif and fstatins—his blli against athity and th nd f bdin—hav bn disssd. W hav sn that tilism and plitis w th giding fs in th Lthan fatin. Last iss, w disssd th painfl pisd f Lth’s hypitial invlvnt in th an Pasant Wa and his anting appal t th pins t “smit, stgl and stb” th in th na f d. Nw w will disss th fth gwth f Lthanis, and Lth’s ntind lian n pis and plitis. The Growth of utheranism ivisins and sandals plagd th Ptstant ap ding Lth’s lat yas. Th mis f pins and plitil pw ight gaant that th fd ligin wld b twadly aintaind in tain titis. Bt thy had n pw t lans th faith and als f sbjts, n w thy abl t ak f n spiit th waing fatins that s withi th Ptstant vnt. ing ths yas bgan a ntvsy btwn th an and Swiss fs nning th t aning f hist’s instittin f th Ld’s Spp, as it was nw alld. This ntst asd a lstig bh btwn th Lthan and Rfd hhs—a bah w will xain flly in a lat stin. PART 5 r Te roe eforio Nv- 27Tomorrow’s Word5 y Roderik Meredith 3-6Tomorrow’s WordNv- 27 wW RTTANT RRMATN – ART V Manwhil, in anay 13, th p snt a all t th an pins f a it t t in Agsbg. H ppsd that th findly adjstnt f ligis diffns shld b th piay bjt f its tings. Th Ptstants thf ppad a phnsiv statnt f thi blifs and f thi itiiss f th Ran athli dtin and pati. It was hifly dawn p by Lth and Mlanhthn, th latt ding st f th atal nsttin. Th “Agsbg nfssin,” as it was alld, is vy iptant t ndstand. It is th ffiil sttmt f th psitin f th Lthan hh, and has aind th basis f thi dtins t this day. Lt s nti Rginald Walk’s shlaly say f th Lthan psitin as st fth by Mlanhthn with Lth’s advi in this d “His pps was t shw that th Lths hd dptd i vitl d sstil spt fm th thli hh, vn f th Ran hh, as vald in its ali wits. That gmt is xpssly affid, and any anint hsis a aflly pdiatd by na. n th th hand, Zwinglian and Anabaptist psitins a ngtially jtd. Th sl athity f Sipt is wh xpssly asstd. Th papay is nwh atgially ndnd. Th nivsal pisthd f blivs is nt ntind. Yt Mlanhthn gav a thghly Ptstant tn t th nfssin as a whl. stifiatin by faith is adiably dfind, th Ptstant nts f th hh ad vidnt; invatin f saints, th ass, dnial f th p, nasti vws, and psibd fasting jtd” Walk, Rginald F. A tli Histy f th thli hh, Nwan Pss, 144. p. 32. Protestants Acknowedge Their Unity with Roman System Nti fist f all that this nfssin affis th ity f th Lthans with th Ran athli hh. Stss is givn t th fat that Ptstant and athli a ssntially hh— systm f blif. Rfn t th sl athity f th Sipts is by this ti mittd. Th Ptstant dtins f jstifiatin by faith l and jtin f th athli saantal syst a th ly l pits f diff. Instad f advating a tn t th blif and fith and pti f ss hist and th t Apstli hh fndd by Hi, th fs nw stss th ity f Ptstantis with th pg philsphis, blifs, and patis f th ptd Rm thli systm. As w hav sn, th Rish hh had nw stayd s f fm th thigs d ptis f hist d th Apstls s wld sm pssibl. Yt, ti and again, w will s th Ptstants stssing thi “nity” with this pbat syst. In spit f th niliaty tn f this nfssin, it was jtd by hals V, and th athlidinatd it. Thy dd th plt statin f th athli faith pnding a gnal nil within a ya Hass, Ldwig. Th Pid f th Rfmti, Aian Tat Sity, 183. p. 123. uther Now Urges War Faing pnitiv ass and th lss f hh ppty thy hd sizd, lvn itis nitd with ight Ptstant pins in fing th Shalkaldi Lag as a dfns against th p Alzg, hanns. Ml f ivsl hh Histy. 188. pp. 24–241. It is intsting t nt at this jnt that Lth n again hgd his pliy f th sk f xpdiy. H had fly hld, with Sipt Rans 13, that it was a sin t pps th p any lgally nstittd athity Walk, p. 3. Bt nw h gd th t ply vil t dfnd his dtins. “Th Ptstant pins, tgth with tain ipial itis f Sth any, nitd in th Lag f Salald t sist th abitay pdings f th p in his ffts t sh t th nw pinins. Lth, wh had hitht ppsd st t ms, nw dlad that histians w bnd t dfnd thi pins whn nlawflly assaltd. Th lag stngthnd itslf by an allian with Fan, nak, and th ks f Bavaia. Th titis f th p w again thatnd by an iptin f th Tks nd Slian. nd ths istans, it was ipssibl t ay t th ass f pssin whih had bn slvd pn at Agsbg. Adingly, th pa f Nbg was nldd in 132, whih pvidd that ligis affais shld b lft as thy w ntil thy ld b Nv- 27Tomorrow’s Word7 RTTANT RRMATN – ART V aangd by a nw dit a gnal nil” Fish, g P. Histy f th histi hh, Sibn’s, 188. pp. 3–36. F th pa f Nbg, th sitatin f th Ptstant titis aind sbstantially th sa f sval yas. Bt any nlightning vnts tk pla within Lth’s ap as th “fits” f his tahing ba appant. And in my ass, Lth’s st t an imml t as bing “xpdint” t his as is t b bsvd. uther Condones Bigamy Phaps th st tstanding xapl f Lth’s willingnss t lt his stdds in d t adat his pinly ptts is th wll-knwn as f Philip I, Landgav f Hss. Philip’s nstant adltis ad hi anxis as t his salvatin, and h bgan t asn that phaps a snd aiag t a attativ wif wld b th sltin t his pbls. H appald t th ld Tstant in an attpt t jstify this, with tivatin bhind his “asning” stngthnd by his aqaintan with an attativ svntn-ya-ld daght f a lady in his sist’s t. It will b hlpfl at this pint t inld xtats f a plt ant f this att by histian ls Mihlt. In it, w find qtd th dit answ f Lth and his assiats t th Landgav’s appliatin Th st walik angst th Ptstant hifs, th ipts and hli Landgav f Hss, asd it t b psntd t Lth, that th stt f his hlth qid him t hbit with m th wif. Th insttins givn t Bs f ngtiating this att with th thlgians f Wittbg ff a is ixt f snsality, f ligis apphnsins, and f daing fanknss. Th appliatin f th Landgav f Hss asind xtm mbssmt t Lth. Th whl f th thlgians at Wittbg assbld n th asin, t fa a ply, in whih thy dtind pn ffting a mpmis with th pin. Thy dd t his qst f pmissi t tk sd wif, bt pn nditin that sh shld nt b pblily gnizd. “Y highnss,” thy stat in thi answ, “will, f y wn ad, adily sggst t yslf th diffn whih xists btwn laying dwn a law t b nivsally plgatd, and n t sv a pivt d gt xigy. W annt pblily intd giv santin, as by a law, t a pissin f aying a plality f wivs. W ipl y highnss t flt pn th dang in whih that an wld b plad wh shld b nvitd f having intdd int any a law sh as this, whby divisins wld b instantly atd angst failis, and a sis f tnal lawsits ais. Y highnss is f a fil stitti; y slp littl, and it is qisit t adpt vy gat ptis i y s. Th gat Sandbg fqntly xhtd his sldis t bsv hastity, tlling th that nthing was s dtintal t thi psit as th plass f lv. May it plas y highnss t xain sisly th vais nsidatins invlvd in this att; th sandal, th labs, th as, th gif, and waknss, whih, as has bn shwn t y, a invlvd in it. If, hwv, y highnss is ttly dtind pn aying a snd wif, w a f pinin that it ght t b dn stly. Signd and sald at Wittbg, aft th fast f Saint Nihlas, in th ya 13.—Matin Lth, Philip NSTEAD OF ADVOATNG A RETURN TO THE BELEF AND PRATE OF JESUS HRST, THE REFORMERS NOW STRESS THE UNTY OF PROTESTANTSM WTH THE PAGAN PHLOSOPHES, BELEFS, AND PRATES OF THE ORRUPTED ROMAN ATHOL SYSTEM8Tomorrow’s WordNv- 27 wW RTTANT RRMATN – ART V Mlanthn, Matin B, Antny vin, Ada hn Lning, Lstin Wintft, ynisis Mlanth” Mihlt, ls. Th Lif f Lth, Witt by Himslf, 18. Tanslatd by Willia Hazlitt. pp. 21, 23. Lth’s nsl t ak a “st sin” f this att was t g nhdd. His spsibility f advising th Landgav t bk d’s lw was nw t xat its plty. Whn th nws bgan t lak t, Lth nw advisd th Landgav t bak th f d’s mmdmts! Now uther Counses a ie “Thgh an attpt was ad t kp th affai pivat, that sn pvd ipssibl. Lth ld nly advis ‘a gd stng li’, bt Philip was anly ngh t dla ‘I will nt li’” Walk, p. 38. Th sandal slting f this pisd did gat daag t th Ptstant as. Thghtfl n w bginning t wnd wh Lth’s dtin f “ga l” ight lad. Bt th ain pint t b is that Matin Lth—pfssing t b a svant f d—had kwigly and dlibtly advatd that a an shld bk tw f d’s andnts. In th anti, th dtiatin f als ntind thgh all lasss f Ptstant sity. “Th Ptstants had alady bgn t lax in th svity f thi dan and pati. Thy pnd th hss wh dbahis w wnt t b aid n. ‘Btt,’ bsvd Lth, ‘wld it hav bn that th dvil had nv bn banishd, than that h shld tn in svnfld stngth’ 13 Sptb, 14” Mihlt, p. 2. uther’s Death Th s f Ptstantis was nw fily in th hands f th Lth pis, and, with nstant thats f th athli Lag, thy ntind t hld n t th gnd gaind ths fa. Th athli nil f Tnt pnd in 14. With vais intptins f wa, it was t ntin t t in igla sssins ntil 163. Its pps was ainly t invstigat and la p s f th abss that had ld t th Rfatin. Th slt was a nsvativ fatin withi th athli hh, bt alng stitly Rm lins, f s. Sn aft this nil bgan its sssins, and at a ti whn th p had ad pa with th Tks and his th nis, and nw sd ady f a fsh assalt against th Ptstant pins, Lth ad a tip t Eislbn, his bithpla. In viw f th sbsqnt histy f any, it will b wll t nt that Lth’s final sn was a ailing attak against th wish ppl. H ss t hav bn pssssd with th sa viis htd and jlsy f th ws as lat haatizd th l f Adlph Hitl. Alzg dsibs this tndny Asnding th plpit f St. Andw’s hh, in Eislbn, f th last ti, Lth n alld dwn th vngan f havn pn th ws, a a f ppl wh h had s njstly and vilntly assaild in his ali witings, that his fllws aft his dath w nfsd at th vy ntin f his alignant dnniatins. In his fist paphlt against th, h alld pn histians t tak th Bibl f Lther his deathbed by as aa t EdNv- 27Tomorrow’s Word9 RTTANT RRMATN – ART V th, t bn thi bks and synaggs with pith and bistn, and t fbid thi wship nd pnalty f dath; and in his snd, ntitld “f Sh Haphas,” h dsibs th at th vy tst as “yng dvils dd t hll,” wh shld b divn t f th nty Alzg, p. 21. Ths, whn w ad f th atitis ittd against th ws by Hitl’s Thid Rih, w ay b indd that sh an attitd was akably displayd in th fnd f an Ptstantis. Lth hislf was nhappy and wthd ding his last nths. istbd by th tibl stat f ality t whih his dtin f faith l had bght th inhabitants f Wittnbg, h wt his wif in ly, 14, “Lt s g t f this Sd” Alzg, p. 2. It was whil pspts w ths dakning that Lth did n a visit t Eislbn, th twn in whih h was bn, n Fbay 18, 146, in nsqn f an attak f ht-diss pplxy. His last yas had bn fa f happy. His halth had lng bn wthd. Th qals f th fs, t whih h had ntibtd his fll sha, distssd hi. Abv all, th fil f th p pahing f jstifiatin by faith aln gatly t tansf th sial, ivi, and plitial lif abt hi givd hi Walk, p. 3. Ths it was vn appant t Lth that his dtins had in lag as fild t s m t ld livs m sistt with spiitl piipls. H ftn had pids f dspndny in his last yas, whn h sisly wndd if h w nt dagging any sls with hi t tnal ndnatin Pl, Alfd. Th titl Rfmti i my, F d Switzld fm th Bith f Lth t th th f lvi. Sibn, 112. p. 132. Aft Lth’s dath, th Ptstant pins sffd a ilitay dfat at th battl f Mhlbg, in 14. Th p gantd an itim, whih was ssntially a vity f th athlis, ntil anth sssin f th nil f Tnt ld b alld. The Reformation Settement Bt in 14, th Lthan pin Mai f Saxny nitd with Hny II f Fan t inflit a shing dfat n hals V. Th Lthans nw dandd fll ligis fd and th ight t kp ll lsistil ppty sizd ths f Alzg, pp. 2–28. A pis alld th Pa f Agsbg was finally ahd in Sptb 1. It pittd ah pin t dtin whth athliis Lthanis shld b pfssd in his tity. N hi was givn his sbjts. All lsiastial pptis sizd bf 12 w t b taind by th Lthans; all sizs sin that ti w t b tnd. ly athliis and Lthanis as dfind in th Agsbg nfssin w pittd in any. All th dviatinists w t ntin t b pnishd as “htis” Walk, p. 382. Thf, in 1, th divisin f any btwn athli and Lthan was ad pannt. In aft yas, th st sis hallng t this stat f things was ad in th Thity Yas’ Wa 1618–1648. In th s f this tibl wa, btwn th pins f th thli Lg and ths f th Ptstt i, naly hlf th pplatin f any is said t hav pishd by th swd, fain, th plag. Bt, by th Pa f Wstphalia, it finally ndd in lativly th sa ligis divisin f any as had bn didd pn in th Pa f Agsbg. Ths, ligis hatd, plitial divisin, and nasing wa ntind t fllw in th wak f th Lthan f. Th dlin in pbli als was als a ntiabl fat, as w shall s. Th plitil and ligis lli f Lth with th m pis plad th dstiny f his as in thi hands f th fist. And this ligis patitis, in tn, ppad th way f th stg til stt in any—a stat that in nt tis bathd h f th wld in bld nd Kais Wilhl II and Adlph Hitl. Bf analyzing th dtins and patis f th Lthan vnt and th ltiat slt f this ligis phaval, w will fist nt th s f th Rfatin in th lands, sh as Switzland, Fan, and England. Sin, hwv, all athitis ag that th “pi v” in th Ptstant ap was Lth REQUEST YOUR FREE LTERATURE Where s Gods True Church Toda? PROTESTANT REFORMATON NTN N A