00.4 Author's Preface

PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION

During the years that have intervened since the first and second editions of this book were printed, the world has seen chaos, confusion, and conflict such as never, since the days of Adam, had swept over the earth. Political upheaval, social disorder, economic stress, global war, spiritual darkness - these tokens of the confusion wrought through sin have caused men’s hearts to fail them for fear.

Yet, as we send out this third edition of "God’s Plan of the Ages," we are forcefully impressed with the fact that the message of God’s inspired Word, which these chapters seek to proclaim, meet man’s need today, even as it did many years ago or six millenniums ago, when Adam’s sin brought sorrow and suffering and death upon all mankind.

Therefore, this third edition is sent out with the reiterated prayer that it may lead many souls to Him, to Whom are known "all his works from the beginning of the world" (Acts 15:18).

- Louis T. Talbot