In 1966, as God began to call me into His truth, I had the opportunity to meet with my United States Congressman from Ohio. I had applied to attend the United States Naval Academy and all applicants were required to have a personal interview with their Congressman in the final stages prior to acceptance. At the end of the interview, he asked me if I wished to ask him any questions. Here was a highly respected, long-time member of Congress giving me the opportunity to ask him any question on my mind.

I had only one.

I was learning about the soon-coming, world-ruling, supernatural government to be established at the Return of Jesus Christ. With this on my mind, I asked the Congressman his opinion of one world government, if it was in the hands of men. His answer was immediate and emphatic, “I do not believe it would work, but if I did, I would shout it from the housetops.” He went on to express various concerns.

This made a lasting impression. I have never forgotten my conversation with this congressman of over 30 years’ experience in the federal government.

This anecdote from my booklet {@555}How World Peace Will Come!{/@} is now more relevant than ever. Nearly six decades have passed since that meeting, but the congressman’s conclusion remains true: One world government in the hands of men is an impossibility!

Each nation has its own interests. The world’s superpowers naturally gravitate toward nationalism—prioritizing their own interests, often to the exclusion of others.

Because of this, conflict is inevitable and seen in every corner of the globe in the form of full-scale warfare, trade wars and border disputes. Even within the world’s great countries, unity cannot be achieved!

The real reason why mankind cannot get along—why the world is plagued by ever-increasing division, confusion and chaos—is understood by few.

The Restored Church of God preaches the same gospel—meaning good news—that Jesus Christ preached. We understand the Kingdom of God will soon come and bring real solutions to problems humans cannot solve on their own.

The apostle Paul preached the same gospel. But this gospel is hidden from the masses—unknown to all but a few! Notice what Paul wrote the Corinthians: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (II Cor. 4:3-4).

Much is being said here! First note the world is “blind” to the truth of the gospel because it is “hid”—meaning covered up in Greek! Solutions evade every nation, let alone the world collectively. Because of this, world peace cannot be achieved.

Now notice why! This passage clearly states the “god of this world” is deluding the masses. Think. This could not be speaking of the God of the Bible, “who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (I Tim. 2:4). Rather it is the unseen super deceiver, Satan the devil.

Soon Satan will be banished from Earth, paving the way for unprecedented unity and prosperity. War and strife will immediately cease—“nation shall not lift up sword against nation” (Isa. 2:4).

This will be possible because, as explained in the previous verse, God “…will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem” (vs. 3).

Returning to the discussion with my congressman, I ultimately declined the appointment, instead choosing to attend Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. It provided the foundation for leadership training in the Worldwide Church of God, the predecessor to The Restored Church of God.

Featured prominently on campus were the following engraved words: “the word of god is the foundation of knowledge.”

The Word of God remains the foundation of knowledge in the Church of God today and will soon be the foundation of knowledge for the entire world. Right knowledge will soon replace wrong knowledge and the world will collectively look to the true God instead of the false “god of this world” for the first time in 6,000 years.

You now understand why division, confusion, and strife unrelentingly plague mankind—and, even more importantly, how it will end.