All the prophetic evidences, viewed in the light of the physical facts, prove that the world has ended, which means that Satan’s organization has reached its fulness; that God has set his beloved Son upon his throne (Psalm 2: 6), which means that Christ Jesus has assumed his great authority and begun his reign; that Satan has been expelled from heaven and that all the forces are now gathering for Armageddon, which is the great battle of God Almighty against Satan and his organization; and that the Lord has come to his temple, which means that the Lord is gathering to himself his faithful servant class. To this class the Lord gives commandment to proclaim the great message of God’s truth to the nations of earth as a witness and then Armageddon shall quickly follow and that shall be the final trouble upon earth.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 1, 1928 p. 4
The witness to his name must be done before Armageddon because it is God’s announced purpose that it shall be done. There would seem to be no reasonable cause for giving such testimony after Armageddon
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 1, 1928 p. 4
Literature put forth by the “prisoner” class shows that they are expecting the rise of an individual Antichrist; then the sudden, visible appearance of our Lord and the Armageddon battle, at which time the saints will be taken up to heaven. According to our understanding they will be sorely disappointed. Antichrist will be destroyed, Armageddon will come and the remnant will be taken, but Christ will not appear in the flesh or be visible to human eyes.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 15, 1928 p. 30
The Scriptures make it emphatic that Armageddon is God’s fight.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 15, 1928 p. 56
Armageddon will bring knowledge to all creation that Jehovah is God, and that Christ Jesus his beloved Son is King of kings and Lord of lords.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 15, 1928 p. 56
The people of earth who survive the great battle of Armageddon must be convinced in God’s own way that it is a manifestation of his power and the time of the presence of his Kin, whom he has placed upon his throne.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. January 15, 1928 p. 57
We also know that the forces are rapidly gathering for Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. May 15, 1928 p. 158
It is the time in which the people must be told the meaning of the Flood, the meaning of the destruction of the Egyptians, and why the battle of Armageddon is just ahead.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. June 1, 1928 p. 167
It takes place before Armageddon; and following the change of stewardship the remnant, the faithful Servant class, go forth with boldness and fearlessness in representing the Lord and testifying to his name.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. July 1, 1928 p. 199
Undoubtedly Isaiah refers to the battle of Armageddon, the battle of God Almighty, and to the destruction of all opposers to God’s kingdom which will take place.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. July 1, 1928 p. 199
Satan well knows that the battle of Armageddon is rapidly approaching.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. July 15, 1928 p. 215
Who does not know of Hermon and its snows, of the great mountains of Lebanon, of which Hermon is the southern guard; of Gilboa with its sad associations with Saul and Joatha; of Megiddo, known in later days as Armageddon; of the mountains of Bashan, and those of Horeb in the south?
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. July 15, 1928 p. 216, 217
It is that which it still wants, and for which it will fight, and which will lead it to the battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. August 1, 1928 p. 234
The great battle of Armageddon, which is now just ahead, will result in the complete destruction of all of Satan’s wicked organization that now oppresses mankind.
Following the great conflict of Armageddon Christ will take full charge of earth’s affairs as its invisible Ruler.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. August 15, 1928 p. 249
The anointed now see that there is a deadly conflict between the two organizations and that the climax thereof will be reached in Armageddon when the evil organization of Satan shall fall never again to rise.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 1, 1928 p. 261
The work of thus stowing notice or giving the witness to the name of Jehovah is but the prelude to the great battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 1, 1928 p. 262
Ezekiel was a young man, just turning thirty years of age, and his vision may well be said to set forth the visions as seen by the young men, described by the Prophet Joel, and which visions, resulting from God’s lightnings and rain, are seen just preceding the great battle of Armageddon and the destruction of Satan’s organization.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 1, 1928 p. 263
The whole picture therefore is that of God’s mighty organization, moving into action just preceding the great battle of Armageddon, and upon which and through which God rides and presides.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 1, 1928 p. 263
Joel records a commandment given which shows that it applies in “the day of the Lord’s vengeance”and just before the great battle of Armageddon begins.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 1, 1928 p. 264
Sixth: That because Satan will not surrender his wicked rule over the nations and peoples of the earth, Jehovah of hosts with his anointed executive officer Christ Jesus will press the conflict against Satan and all of his forces of evil, and henceforth our battle-cry shall be, THE SWORD 0F JEHOVAH AND OF HIS ANOINTED that the great battle of Armageddon soon to begin will result in the full restraint of Satan and the complete overthrow of his evil organization, and that Jehovah will establish righteousness in the earth by and through Christ the new ruler and will emancipate mankind from evil and bring everlasting blessing to all the nations of the earth;
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 278, 279
Now the nations of birth failing to take their stand on the side of Jehovah but holding to Satan, God will overthrow Satan and his organization in the great battle of Armageddon and all the nations and tribes of the earth shall see it.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 284
While all the nations will be involved in Armageddon it will not be fought between nations, as the great World War was fought.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 284
Arrogant, cruel and wicked beyond description, Satan thinks he can defeat Jehovah and therefore prepares for the great battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 284
Jehovah will no longer permit Satan to exercise his blinding influence over the peoples of the earth. The great battle of Armageddon is necessary to teach all creation that Jehovah is the true God and besides him there is none. Some vision of the battle of Armageddon is given in God’s Word.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 284
As to the far-reaching effect of Armageddon God’s prophet Jeremiah says: “A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 284, 285
Jesus declares that when this witness work is done Armageddon shall follow, and he describes it as a time of tribulation such as the world has never before known and will never again know.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 285
The prophet, further describing Armageddon and what shall follow thereafter, says: “They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 285
The battle of Armageddon, now near, and which shall shake the earth from center to circumference, is all-essential to awaken the people to the fact that only Jehovah can satisfy their righteous desire.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 285
War will not cease until Satan is bound and shorn of his power, and this will be done in the great battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 285
By and through his anointed and faithful Son, Christ Jesus, Jehovah will, in the great battle of Armageddon, destroy Satan’s organization, and will then establish the world in righteousness, which shall endure for ever.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. September 15, 1928 p. 285
Jehovah’s prophecies and the physical facts making the fulfillment thereof show to his anointed that the great battle of Armageddon is rapidly approaching.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. October 1, 1928 p. 291
Manifestly the time for this is after Satan is cast out of heaven and when he is hurrying on to the battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. October 1, 1928 p. 292
The truth and light that God sheds upon his Word today is strong corroborative evidence that we are in “that day” when the forces are gathering for Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. October 1, 1928 p. 293
God says to the remnant: “Hide thyself for a little moment until the indignation be overpast.” Manifestly “the little moment” is the “short time” that the Devil knows that he has to prepare and fight the battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. October 1, 1928 p. 294
This is in accord with what took place after Gideon and his little band surrounded the Midianites and which foreshadowed the distress during Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 357
The Scriptures abundantly show that the battle of Armageddon is the battle of God Almighty against Satan’s organization. (Hab. 3:1-15) It is also made clear from the Scriptures that Armageddon will be fought “in that day” so frequently mentioned by the prophets. We are now in that day, and all indications are that we are approaching the great battle of God Almighty. It is “in that day”, that is to say, in the close proximity of Armageddon that the ’altar and pillar in the midst of Egypt and at the border thereof’ will be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 358, 359
They are witnessing of him and his name and conceding his expression of vengeance in Armageddon, which is just ahead.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 359
Then follows the battle of Armageddon, which will bring deliverance to the people, and the knowledge of the great Savior will bring them relief and everlasting blessings.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 360
Following the giving of this witness and following the battle of Armageddon, in which God will smite Egypt (the world), he will heal the peoples of the world and bring them the blessings they have so long desired.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 360
Does the pyramid of Gizeh say anything about the battle of Armageddon and the preparation therefor?
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 361
Not so with Satan, the adversary of God and man. He feels that his rights and his domain are being invaded, and since 1918 he is fostering anti-kingdom movements and is gathering all the kings na kingdoms of this world in hostile array against the Lord’s kingdom and prepares to fight the final and determining battle, Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 362
Jesus predicted that this proclamation of the established kingdom would be carried on before Satan’s empire would meet its full end in the battle of Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 363
The outcome is that the people who sit in the gross darkness that now covers the earth, and who sit in the region and shadow of death which the battle of Armageddon threatens, see great light, blessed light.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 1, 1928 p. 365
This maybe taken as an indication that some of the remnant will be on earth even after Armageddon is fought and will then have some more work to do in the name of the Lord and to his praise and glory.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence. December 15, 1928 p. 376