Our World Held Captive by the Devil

Dear Good News Magazine Subscriber,

The September-October Good News is now at our three printing plants and should be printed and mailed any day now. For several years we've been printing the magazine in three different regions of the world (the United States, South Africa and Australia), which allows us to save a considerable amount of money on postage and shipping costs for distributing the magazine to our readers in nearly every country of the world.

The September-October cover theme is "A World Held Captive: Soon to Be Set Free!" This issue focuses on the themes of the biblical Holy Days that fall in September and October of each year and foreshadow major coming prophetic events.

This lead article summarizes the saga of human history—that mankind has been deceived and taken captive by Satan the devil, leading to the enormous suffering and problems that plague our world, but that the human race will soon be delivered from that captivity by Jesus Christ at His return.

Two other articles in this issue also focus on major events prophesied in the Bible. One, which ties in with the above article, is "Coming Soon: The Magnificent Millennium." It covers the prophesied return of Jesus Christ and establishment of God's Kingdom on earth. Another, "Ezekiel's Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones: What Does It Mean?" explains the meaning of this little-understood prophecy.

We certainly hope you'll read these articles as an encouraging reminder of the wonderful events they picture for us and the entire human race!

Another article, "The 'American Century': What Was Really Behind It?" describes America's startling ascent to superpower status in the 20th century and what Bible prophecy reveals about the nation's rise and what lies ahead. Another addresses the question, "Could Jesus Christ Return Tomorrow?" (hint: Not quite, and here's why).

Meanwhile, our "God, Science and the Bible" feature discusses significant discoveries this summer at the site of the ancient Philistine city of Gath that support the biblical account of Samson's death in a Philistine temple and confirm the occurrence of an earthquake mentioned by the biblical prophets Amos and Zechariah.

This issue will be mailed to 362,000 subscribers, with many thousands more reading or downloading it online. We appreciate the faithfulness and generosity of those who make it possible to share this wonderful good news with a world that truly is held captive to suffering and spiritual darkness. We hope you'll join us in praying that this message of good news—of hope and God's coming Kingdom—will fall on fertile ground!

Warm regards,
Scott Ashley
Managing Editor

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