The mighty One on the white horse wore a crown, denoting his authority and that he ‘whose right is to rule’ had come. (see Ezekiel 21:27.) The King is present. War between Christ and Satan was fought following 1914, to 1918, and Satan and his hosts were defeated and cast out of heaven. Thus Christ Jesus conquered, and he goes on to conquer at Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 73, 74
The living saints thought God would avenge the blood of his faithful martyrs or witnesses promptly with the coming of 1914; but that time came and passed and they saw that God’s wrath did not begin until after that date and that their blood would be fully avenged in the battle of Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 79
Before Jesus came to earth God foretold by one of his prophets that he would gather his people together and complete the servant before Armageddon is fought. (Ps. 50:5)
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 84
God’s due time for Armageddon had not arrived, and hc slopped the World War.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 84
The primary purpose of the apparent delay of Armageddon is announced to be that the servant class might be completed and sealed in their foreheads and sent forth to do the work God has commissioned them to do.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 86, 87
This could hardly be said to mean that the great multitude could not be located until Armageddon. The facts are that according to their own testimonies they have had much tribulation ever since they came to a knowledge of the truth.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 90
Both in the denominational “prisons” and outside thereof there are those who have side-stepped any participation in any work that would bring the reproach of Christ upon them. It seems necessary for the Lord to preserve them unto the “great tribulation” of Armageddon in order that they might be put to the supreme test.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 95
That time will come either before or with Armageddon; and then it will be that the class foreshadowed by Samson, and who have been blindly led amongst the hypocrites, will pull down the structure on their own heads and die rather than deny the Lord.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 95
Millions of that resolution, together with the supporting argument given in a public discourse entitled “All Nations Marching to Armageddon”, were freely distributed amongst the peoples of earth, and the servant class of Jehovah did the work.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 113, 114
The vision says that the eagle is heard to say: “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound !” It was in that same year that God’s people saw clearly that the battle of Armageddon would be the battle of God against Satan, and not a melee between contending forces of mankind. (See Watch Tower, January 1, 1925.)
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 134
Had it not been for their evil influence so exercised today there would be millions of people praising God and hailing Christ as earth’s rightful King, and doubtless Armageddon would be unnecessary.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 158
The Prophet Isaiah himself did not live to see the destruction of the city of Jerusalem; therefore these prophetic words must apply to God’s servant class whom Isaiah pictured, and this proves that the servant must continue and the witness to the name of Jehovah must go on until Armageddon, when the name of Jehovah shall be completely vindicated.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 186
“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 OF 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 blessings to all the nations of the earth;
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 222, 223
“Them that fear thy name” is another class mentioned and seems clearly to mean those who shall hear the message of truth and turn to the Lord before and during Armageddon and be forever on earth. Mal. 3:16,17; 4:2,3; Ps. 115:13; 145:19.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 226, 227
The time arrived for Jesus to do that very work, and it must have afforded him great joy to thus vindicate his Father’s name before the hosts of heaven. That work, however, could not serve to vindicate the name of Jehovah before earthly creatures. That vindication will take place at Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 241
The reason is to turn the people away from God before Armageddon is fought. Satan sees that his time is short, and his purpose and attempt to turn people away from God is to get all on his side. The proclamation of the voice from heaven at this point of the Revelation ends, which indicates that the woes of the peoples of earth will continue and will reach a climax in Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 245
Satan, knowing that his time is short to prepare for Armageddon, spreads himself and struts about and sends his agents forth as messengers of light in his attempt to turn all the people away from God. He has drawn together the clergy and their allies, Big Business and big politicians, and these together boast of what the world organization has done and will do.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 275
They well know that these books enable the people to understand the truth and that God’s kingdom is at hand, and therefore, as instruments of Satan’s beastly organization, they attempt to turn the people away from God and hold them under Satan’s organization preparatory for Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 276
Thus they induce the people to worship the Devil and the ‘‘beast’‘, which is Satan’s organization. Seemingly they are totally blind to the fact that they are marching on to Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 277
They now misrepresent God’s Word and claim that the “wild beast” will make lasting peace; whereas the Scriptures show that there can be no peace until the “wild beast” is completely destroyed, which God will do in Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 278
In the World War every nation on earth was either directly or indirectly affected. The war having ended, Satan seeks to bring all the nations into his makeshift, the League of Nations, which is another hurried effort to prepare for Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 281
In A. D. 70 the “wild beast”, acting through its head the Roman Empire, caused the Jews to fall by the sword. It killed James the brother of John with the sword, and by the sword of war killed God’s “two witnesses” in 1918. Likewise shall the “beast” be killed in Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 283
But before her final drinking and destruction God will have an announcement made of her fall, and a testimony given concerning his purpose to destroy her finally at Armageddon.
Light-Part I. 1930. p. 326