The Pre-Arise, Shine Era - TCOG

The Pre-Arise, Shine Era

A single event in history is much like a penthouse at the top of a sky-scraper. Both are separate units in themselves but neither can exist without many previous levels of development. The exquisite penthouse, the pride of the entire building, can not become a reality until many under-lying stories precede it. All significant historical events, like the penthouse, are in themselves a product of past experience.

So it is with the significant day of June 13, 1903. On that historical day, the previous levels of development had run their course and the time had come for the fulfillment of one of the most important events of the last days Church of God. Before prophecy could become a reality, the groundwork of the upcoming predicted event first had to occur.

It is in this light that a historical account of what has become known as the "Christian Union" and the "Holiness Church at Camp Creek" can be justified in the historicity of the Church of God. They are not the predicted event itself but they are the necessary "stories of history" for the "penthouse." Because of the importance' of knowing the background of the "arise, shine" of the last days Church of God, they are included in the history of the Body of Christ.

Reference "HISTORY Y POITY" Revised 1985. Copy rights 1977 by the White Wing House Publishing Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S.A.