This issue marks the 10th anniversary of World News and Prophecy. It is hard to believe that we have published 100 issues and that a decade has swept by.
Each issue of WNP is assembled from contributions of writers and editors scattered around the world. I am amazed at the manner in which we can do editorial work in the Internet age. The entire publication is put together by people who are separated by thousands of miles. WNP is a product of the age of the Internet.
I was curious about the topics we covered in that first issue. Would our analysis hold up 10 years later? Were our topics dated, that is, so narrow in focus as to be without lasting value? It has been years since I looked at the first issue, so I went to our online archives at www.wnponline.org. Here is what I found.
Our lead article asked, "Why World News and Prophecy?" A critical
point was made. "We will do our level best to rightly divide the word of
truth...The material is presented to help stimulate your thinking and motivate
you to watch and pray.
"In times like these, it is easy to fall into the attitude of, 'My master is delaying his coming' and 'begin to beat [our] fellow servants' (Matthew 24:48,49). The person who falls into this frame of mind, and action, will not be prepared for the return of Christ (Matthew 24:51).
"Contrast the attitude of 'my master is delaying His coming' with, 'Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing' (Matthew 24:42,44-46).
