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world is the very opposite of that selfish and ambitions
human scheme. Such scheme seeks realization by harsh,
brutal might, by the destruction of millions of lives and
peaceful homes, by the forcing of the common people con
trary to their conscience and personal free choice, and, for
shame! by the cooperation of organized religion to persuade
the subjected peoples that such “new order” is according to
the will of Almighty God. Set up by such means and ways
and for such purposes, that man-made “new order” can
never be the expression of the will of a God of truth and
justice. Neither can it last or endure, for it stands in the
way of the glorious new world of righteousness, and it poses
as a counterfeit substitute for God’s promised kingdom.
Doomed to failure, it will perish!
Not by human wish and power and effort shall this be,
but by the almighty power and decree of the great Ruler of
the universe. He is the great Authority on questions affect
ing the universe, including our earth and the nations and
people thereon. He is the One Source of dependable infor
mation that satisfies the longing of honest hearts for the
truth. His revealed Word, the sacred Bible, is His means
or channel for bringing this unerring information to the
teachable persons who seek righteousness and life. He is
the One Interpreter of his own prophetic Word. He brings
to pass in our day the conditions and events which fulfill
and make clear the hidden meaning of the prophecy, and
then he opens the eyes of the searchers of his Word to see
the agreement or correspondency between prophecy and the
hard facts in evidence today. (2 Pet. 1: 20, 21) Therefore,
to the great Ruler of the universe all credit, honor and
thanksgiving are due for all the revealed information on
the new world which will completely transform the lives
of humankind on earth.
Great upheaval is under way on earth. On the one hand,
there are new methods of atomic warfare, modern means
of travel and communication, startling discoveries of sci
ence, and, on the other hand, there are flashes of truth
exposing the unfounded “new order” schemes of religion.
As a consequence, great changes are under way. The need
of a new is admitted; the old must pass out. However,
humans are prone to cling to the old, because accustomed to
it, notwithstanding it has been to their hurt. The few selfish
men who have reaped profit, advantage, power and control
from the old, prefer it and try to stop or control any move
ment toward the new. For their selfish interests they offer
things which they call new, but which are merely camou
flaged with modern names and dress and are underneath the
same old things. Careful investigation discloses that there
are forces stronger than man which prevent him from setting
up a truly new system of things. Man can change only the
surface appearance of a few things on the earth, and can
make them look new for only a short time; he cannot con
trol the things which are higher than man and unseen to him.
However, the One who sits upon the throne of the universe
has said: “Behold, I make all things new . . . Write: for
these words are true and faithful.”—Rev. 21: 5.
Man’s talk about a “new world” by human accomplish
ment is very recent and is really designed to check man’s
progress and freedom. Already nearly six thousand years
ago the Creator foretold the building and coming of a grand
new world and that it would liberate obedient men from

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deception, oppression and death. And why, in the early
dawn of man’s existence, did the Creator of perfection
foretell of a coming new world? For an answer to that
question it is necessary to review the facts concerning the
world which the Creator originally made, as well as the
facts concerning the world that now exists and which is
responsible for the present distress.
TWO PARTS TO ORIGINAL WORLD

The word “world” as used by the great Creator is not
limited to the earth and the things visible to man. The in
spired Scriptures of truth show that a “world” includes the
heavens, or things higher and unseen to man, as well as the
earth. It includes the invisible and visible together, the
invisible dominating and affecting what is visible to the
human eye. Let there be no confusion on what Seripturally
constitutes the two parts of a world. “Heavens” here does not
refer to the celestial stars and planets of stellar space, nor
does the “earth” have reference to this physical terrestrial
globe that swings through an annual solar orbit. In a sym
bolic sense, the “heavens” and the “earth” of a world are
made up of intelligent creatures rather than inanimate
objects, the heavenly part being composed of invisible crea
tures, while human creatures make up the visible earthly
part. That this definition and explanation of what const!
tutes a world is no cunningly devised fable, but is according
to the holy Scriptures, we shall see from a careful study
of the Bible.
The world that God created originally, and as man first
knew it, was made up of visible and invisible elements. The
superior part, the “heavens”, was composed of spirit crea
tures, spirit sons of God, all perfect, glorious and holy, all
organized in an orderly manner for God’s service. Some
were given positions as seraphim, others as cherubim, and
still others as angels or “messengers”. All of these countless
myriads of glorious spirit creatures made up God’s universal
organization, and all were in harmonious agreement with
Him and subject to His direction.—Ps. 80:1; 99:1, A m .
S ta n . V er., margin.
In the orderly arrangement of that original world, God
placed an invisible princely one, an “anointed cherub”, over
the visible earthly part for the purpose of caring for and
watching out for the welfare of man. Concerning this one,
it is recorded: “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;
. . . Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have
set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou
hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
(Ezek. 28:13,14) Altogether different from these spirit
creatures who made up the “heavens” of that first world
were Adam and his helpmeet, Eve, who were “of the earth,
earthy”. (1 Cor. 15:47) “There are heavenly bodies, and
there are earthly bodies, but the beauty of the heavenly
bodies is of one kind, and the beauty of the earthly bodies
is of another.” (1 Cor. 15:40, A n A m er. T ran s.) Thus it
was that the original world was made up of two parts, both
perfect and righteous.
But did it remain pure and virtuous in its integrity?
Did that first world continue as a part of God’s universal
organization, submissive to Jehovah’s sovereign domination?
The tragic facts that followed and which are now a part of

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