Report from Ufa, Russia. Reprint from Zine Magazine:
A girl we met last week, after watching our "Family presentation" video, told us about a book she had recently read, called "Rozy Mira." In English that means "Roses of the World." It was written in 1959 (in Russian), and before its publication the writer was put in prison for his writings. But he asked his wife to print the book at a time when there would be more freedom to do so, and so the book was printed in 1991.
This girl told us of a lot of things that were in the book, but in general, it contained visions this man had about the future. He saw and described visions of the Endtime, the rise of the Antichrist, and the Millllennium. It was quite similar to the way it's descrlbed in the Bible.
He also talked about "the organization" which would start in the sixties or seventies. He didn't know the name of these people, so he called them "Roses of the World." He said they'd be all throughout the world, trying to make the world a better place and a better society. He said they would be people from different nationalities, religions, backgrounds, and professions, and that they would teach people about the end of the world. They'd do something that is a cross between a theater play and drama and comedy, with music and action, and that it would glorify God and lead people to Him. He said that they would write music and songs, and would sing.
He also said they would give a lot of attention to raising children, and that they would do it in a good way, teaching them to love God and others. He also said that they would have something like a council (a group of people at the top) and a leader who was not young, not even middle-aged, but an old man, and they would have some sort of meetings. He said that in the Last Days they would be persecuted and would have to go underground, and also that they would be purged--some members would leave and others would join them.
How about that?! This girl actually decided to tell us all about this after she heard all our answers to her questions, and realized that what we believe is much the same as what she'd been reading about.
(End of report from Ufa.)