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"Letters to Jessica"
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"Letters to Jessica"
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AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank the people who helped make this book possible. For encouragement, for companionship on the journey out of the domain of darkness, and for the use of the computer room and the Desktop Publishing equipment, my heartfelt thanks to Steve Tanner; to his wife Jacque who made wholesome lunches; and to his children for welcome breaks from the tedious hours of typing, editing and printing.
George Friebot of the American Medical Missionaries Society provided the Desktop Publishing components at cost and made available the offset press and other equipment. Alvin Whitehouse ran the press and made many suggestions which improved the appearance of the final product. Art Davis proofread the pages.
But most importantly, our Creator gave us life and a green and beautiful world perfectly designed to support mankind. We can breath the air, drink the water, and eat the food. It was He who revealed His Kingdom in answer to prayer giving hope of salvation from a wicked and perverse world order.
Finally, whatever errors and mistakes there may be are entirely the fault of the author...
Preface
Mankind has had in its possession reliable facts about the Kingdom of God for close to three thousand years. Its remoteness in time has caused that Kingdom to pass into the realm of mythology. But, the truth is that at a certain time and at a certain place there existed a people numbering in the millions who were ruled by the God-King, Yahweh. The significance of this period of history can not be overemphasized.
The name of those ancient people was Israel. For more than three hundred years the Israelites had nothing that could be identified as a legislature or an executive. After generations in Egypt under Pharaoh and while surrounded with nations who were ruled by human kings and princes, these Israelites did something never done before or since. When the Creator of Heaven and Earth offered them a covenant, they accepted. He would be their God-King and they would be His people.
Unless we feel deep down in our bones that the Kingdom of God really did exist on earth and in history, every bit as much as Greece, Rome, Spain, and England, then we're going to miss the point of the Bible. The Bible is the story of the Kingdom of God; what led up to it, how it was rejected by a later generation, and how it was reactivated and given to King Jesus, the Messiah.
The Kingdom is still here today. It sits majestically in our very midst awaiting the return of the chosen people, Israel. Under the new arrangement anyone can be naturalized, or born again, as an Israelite. But, a great many people want nothing whatever to do with a God-King who leaves no room for man's rule. These people have blocked the gates of the Kingdom. They will not go in themselves and they will not let others pass who would.
Some are now taking the Kingdom by force. They are storming the barricades and overrunning the ranks of the enemy. They have taken up the armor of God; the belt of truth, the coat of integrity, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit. To further that struggle each copy of this book is intended to be a Truth-bomb and recruiting manual for the forces of good.
Once it is realized that the world system of nation-states is the domain of darkness, the thing from which Christians are to turn, the rest follows naturally. From this simple but profound truth, plus a glimpse of the Kingdom, has come what you are about to read.
Robert Bissett
January, 1989
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