In the 1930's Herbert W. Armstrong (1892 - 1986) began to claim that the true gospel message, which Jesus promised would be published in all the world, was coincident with his message and his alone. He further claimed that his organization, which later became to be known as the Worldwide Church of God, was of Divine origin. He taught that the true church ceased to exist in 70 A.D. and was instantly restored through him in the 1930's. In order to believe such an aberrant claim, one must disregard the writings of all the of all the early church fathers and all the reformers; one must conclude that none of the martyrs after A.D. 70 and before 1930 were true Christians, and that the only true Christians in the modern era would be Armstrong's disciples!