"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept." Matthew 25:1,5

"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." Matthew 13:25

"Go, and gather the elders of Israel together…." Exodus 3:16

"…they took Him even as He was in the ship.... And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, carest Thou not that we perish? And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still...." Mark 4:36-39

Good morning, friends; and truly a good morning it can be to you!

Recently we have been discussing the kingdom of God for the here and now, and the how of being born into this kingdom in order that man may enjoy his spiritual birthright here and now, even the goodness and riches of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ for this world, for the present time. Man has been taught to believe in a future life, and that all the goodness of God must be waited for until sometime after we are dead. I too include in my teachings that of a future life, for the simple reason that it is clearly found in the Bible; but I rejoice in the opportunity of setting before many people of this day that wonderful truth which has been kept back from the people down through the ages of this terribly dark stygian night, during which Christ said no man could work (Jn. 9:4).

Just why couldn't anyone work? Naturally, during the night it is common for man to sleep. When we are asleep we don't do much work, do we? In fact, our Lord went so far as to say that even all of the virgins would slumber and sleep (Matt. 25:5); or, rendered by some translators, "nod," or "drowse." The virgins symbolize the very elect for which He went to Calvary's Cross to yield up His life. It is that virgin number out of His household of faithful followers that, in symbolic language we are told, He is going to "marry." And in His parable, even this number He predicted would nod and drowse throughout the night of spiritual darkness, not being capable of performing any effective work. And that sad fact we observe throughout the world: that after the first few centuries of the Christian era, there has been next to no real progress made in Christianizing the balance of the nations, neither in bringing the Christian nations into a fuller understanding of the glorious truths that our Lord did teach. But much to the contrary, we see Christian nations apostatizing, rapidly slipping back into the primitive barbarism common to pagan philosophies in the bygone ages of darkness when idolatry reached an astonishing degree.

This sad estate of present Christendom is entirely due to the fact that while men slept, an enemy sowed the tares (Matt. 13:25). Now that the tares have grown, Christendom has eaten thereof to the extent that it is sick, so that even its virgins nod and drowse, even slumber deeply, and the light of many of their lamps has gone out completely.

Again I ask you, just why is this? Dare we to be honest with ourselves? Recently I have been trying to answer the question for you. And I feel certain that if you will stop to give it very serious thought, you will agree with me in this basic fact which is utterly inescapable: it is because we have eaten of the tares which the enemy sowed. Therefore are we sick; therefore is man preparing to destroy himself. I believe we could best describe the nature of this tare seed by looking at it in its primary and basic aspect, namely, that of being born into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. It makes little difference to what land of Christendom we travel, or to which one of its churches we go; almost without exception, we find that the people believe they have been born anew into the kingdom of Jesus Christ when they put their name on the church roll or go through some minor ceremonial rite. That is, they believe in the church, or the organization created by man, as constituting a virtue or a power, through invisible or mystical means, giving them a new birth or life and inheritance in the kingdom of Jesus Christ in a dim and distant future tomorrow, in an unknown world with harps of gold idly strummed on streets of crystal glass. And all this to be realized after death! But as to their own earthly lives here and now, there simply is no change!

Absolutely nothing has taken place except, perhaps, an inner resolve to attend church, at least occasionally. But their natures remain the same, their lives are unchanged, their concept of things has not changed. Thus we see that nothing pertaining to the person has been affected or changed in the slightest iota, except perhaps that deep within has arisen a stronger assurance that sometime in the dim and distant future, following death, the person may have the privilege to enter into a measure of glory! Therefore, life goes on precisely the same way as it was before, and God has openly declared that the imagination of man's heart is perpetually contrary to the Will of God. Therefore, because the field of Christendom is overloaded with the tares sown by the enemy, we have now witnessed many nations of so-called Christendom openly rejecting Christ and denying God, and sinking down into the barbarism of maninvented philosophies. The struggle for existence has increased apace, and grimmer grows year by year. All of this because "while men slept, an enemy sowed the tares." Christendom has eaten thereof, and is now sick unto death!

Therefore, hear The Voice of Tomorrow, which today makes plain the truths of God as originally delivered through His Prophets, and by the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

God said unto Moses, "Go into Egypt and gather the elders of Israel" (Ex. 3:16). God made it plain to Moses that in order for His Chosen People to enter and dwell in the land of promise given to their fathers, it was essential that they be gathered together and led out of Egypt, into the land of promise. In order to do so, they had to give the boot to Pharaoh, reject his orders, and turn their backs on Egypt and everything which pertained thereto, and set their faces like a flint towards the land of promise and their Redeemer, even the ever-living Yahweh Who led them out by a mighty hand. Hear The Voice of Tomorrow, which declares with emphasis that every one of the promises given to the ancient fathers is the very promise of God Almighty unto any and every individual born since that time, who will in a good heart believe unswervingly in God and hear His Voice and strive to obey it; and in so doing, necessarily turn one's back upon the ways of the world, and with resoluteness set one's mind to living for God and according to His Word.

Figuratively speaking, man needs no spiritual obstetrician in order to be born into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. For, as I stated in the last message concerning the 24th verse of the 5th chapter in John's Gospel, the Lord Jesus said that "he who hears My word and believes Him that sent Me, is passed out of death into life; and has that eternal life now." That is being born anew through the power and the grace of God us-ward. That is being born anew, whether or not the person has ever seen a priest or minister. But Christendom at large has not been born anew, for the simple reason that they have looked to an organization by man, instead of to the power of Jesus Christ. Because they have looked to man, they have continued to be as man, because man is all there is to it. But when we turn our backs to man and to the things of his world, setting our face towards Jesus Christ, and looking to Him and Him only, yielding up our citizenship in this world (ruled over by Lucifer), then and then only are we received into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. That is a spiritual kingdom on this earth for the here and for the now, for you and for everyone who will receive it.

Before we can enter into citizenship in a new country, we leave the old one behind. Therefore, it is utterly impossible to be born anew into the kingdom of Jesus Christ so long as we demand our full right to citizenship in this carnal world ruled over by Lucifer. We must turn our backs upon it – we must give the boot to Lucifer and to all that he stands for. When we are willing to leave all of that behind, then and then only are we eligible for the new citizenship; and that comes about through the regeneration wrought by the Spirit of God within the human heart, commencing from the moment that man gives up his worldly citizenship in order to receive the new citizenship of the glorious kingdom of Christ.

That is why God sent Moses to gather the elders of Israel in order to leave Egypt behind, in order to receive citizenship in "the land of promise" given their fathers. And for the selfsame reason did the Voice of God speak to me out of the glory saying, "Call My people together." And with emphasis did the Voice repeat, "Call My people together!" Why call them together? Hear The Voice of Tomorrow: you have been "called" together that you may be instructed clearly to fully turn your back upon the ways of the world, that in truth and reality you may now commence to enjoy the goodness of God and the glories of His kingdom for human beings upon this earth here and now. There is also another reason, even a greater reason; therefore hear The Voice of Tomorrow which today makes plain the events that are to come, even tomorrow's events.

There is a great storm to arise which shall grow in intensity and destructive power until the entire world, as we know it, has crumbled into the tempest. Therefore, said the Voice to me, "Call My people together," in order that you may be prepared for that morrow through citizenship in the kingdom of Jesus Christ – not the kingdom in the mists of an unknown world after death, but an ever-present kingdom here and now. And those who are in that kingdom now will have the protective power of God Almighty to shield them in the days that the great storm breaks into open fury. Hear The Voice of Tomorrow: the fury of that unleashed tornado will not come to an end until, and except through, the personal and bodily return to earth by our Lord. And that day is very close to hand; in fact, much nearer than you dare to believe. Already we see the dark clouds upon the world horizon and we hear the deep rumblings of the angry thunder. Hear The Voice of Tomorrow: it is not in Vietnam, it is not in Berlin, nor in Panama, it is not in Santo Domingo nor on the borders of China or Russia where the tempest will break; but look to Palestine and the area close by, where the interests of His Chosen People are concerned – there is where the flaming spark shall flash to light up into an all-consuming, lethal fire.

That is why the Voice calls His people together to hear The Voice of Tomorrow, and to become fully prepared through the absolute knowledge of citizenship in the kingdom of Jesus Christ here and now. For unless you have that citizenship in the glorious kingdom of our Lord, then your anchor will not hold when the waves lash high and your frail boat rapidly fills with water as the Lord is asleep on a pillow in the stern of the boat. That is the picture of Christendom today: furiously pulling at the oars, straining every nerve and muscle, but with the Lord and Redeemer soundly asleep on a pillow in the stern of the ship of state (Mk. 4:37-38). And unfortunately, it is also the very situation with the individual Christian of today who pants and is ready to collapse from the strenuous struggle in what we might call the "rat race" for existence, and for the almighty dollar. They are sure they are good Christians, and they have hopes of inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, sometime after death in an unknown world and under conditions of which they have no idea. But The Voice of Tomorrow calls you to repentance; it strives to shake you into awareness; to thoroughly awaken you to the folly of your struggle while the Lord is fully asleep on a pillow in the back of the little boat of your own personal life.

Hear The Voice of Tomorrow: just so soon as you understand the foolishness of your struggle, and fully awaken the Lord to come to the helmsmanship of your little boat of life, then will you immediately find yourself at the land to which you are wishing to go. That is the wondrous kingdom of Jesus Christ for the here and for the now; and immediately you will step ashore to its full enjoyment.

That is the twofold reason He wants His people called together: that you may now commence to enjoy the fruits of the glorious kingdom He has prepared for you, and that you may be fully prepared against the raging storm which is soon to break upon every slumbering virgin of Christendom.

Our Lord said that there would be signs in the sun, in the moon and in the stars just previous to the last man-created storm breaking upon the world, which time of terrific tribulation He would personally come to halt. Do you know the full meaning of the Greek word rendered "signs," and thus what He actually referred to? Do you know that these "signs" He referred to have been fulfilled in the moon and in the stars, commencing in 1964 (a reference to the various rockets sent into space and to the moon)? And that thus this is one of the great astonishments of the century? Our churches are asleep (as Christ predicted they would snore through the "night" of a great darkness), and most of our priests and ministers do not understand the Greek; therefore our people have not been warned!

Signs in the Moon and Mars is an amazing treatise.

"To be forewarned is to be FOREarmed...."