Publication title: Five more were, in the course of years. Volume II, The Time Is at Hand, was released in 1889; Volume III, Thy Kingdom Come, 1891 ; Volume IV, The Battle of Armageddon, which was originally called “The Day of Vengeance,” appeared in 1897; Volume V, At-one-ment Between God and Man, in 1899; and finally Volume VI, The New Creation, in 1904.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 31
Publication Title: The Battle of Armageddon, of 1897, pp. 613, 614:
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 69
Now too for the first time it was revealed that as a result of the “war in heaven” beginning in 1914 Satan had been cast out of heaven and must confine his operations to the earth till Armageddon. It was learned later that Jehovah purposes to make a great and lasting name for himself at the battle of Armageddon and that this battle is not a fight between capital and labor, as had been previously thought, or by any human parties and nations, but that it is God’s fight against the entire organization of Satan, invisible and visible.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 109
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 man- kind from evil and bring everlasting blessings to all the nations of the earth . . .
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 119
Well, of course, there was real comfort in these lectures for persons of good will, but, at the same time, Judge Rutherford was convinced that this was the time for apostate religion to be thoroughly exposed so that those who really loved God might come out and take their stand before Armageddon brought an end to these false systems.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 122
It had been recognized as early as 1923 that these sheep were an earthly group who appear in the world’s “time of the end,” and in 1932 that this class of sheep had been prefigured in the prophetic drama of Jehu and Jonadab, wherein King Jehu pictured Christ Jesus and the remnant of his spiritual brothers, whereas Jonadab represented the class of persons of good will associated with Christ in his destruction of apostate religion and who were destined to live on earth after Armageddon.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 140
This striking talk presented Scriptural arguments to show that Armageddon survivors with the hope of life on earth would be privileged to share in the procreation mandate first issued to Adam and Eve in Eden.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 145
All the major nations of the world were now committed to one side or the other in their fight for spremacy, but as for the New World society, The Watchtower of February 15, 1942, from which we have just read, made this one meaningful comment:
There are several indications that the Lord still has a great work to do before the final battle of Armageddon. To this end it is necessary that his people be in proper condition to fight on as one.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 195
Now it was clear from Revelation 7:8 that the international security beast formerly the League of Nations would be revived after World War II and a period would follow in which the good news must be preached before the end at Armageddon.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 200
Here, then, is the “Go ahead” signal from the Highest Authority to keep going on in his “strange work” of witness no matter what happens before Armageddon comes and desolates the earth of the “goat” class.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 251
For many years it had been the view of The Watchtower that the faithful men of old who served God faithfully before Jesus’ time would be raised from the dead even before Armageddon to join in organizing Jehovah’s modern-day people and to share in shouldering the remnant’s responsibility of representing the Lord Jesus Christ in the capacity of overseers of the flock of God on earth.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 252
Thursday the vivid prophetic portrayal of the “New World Society Attacked from the Far North,” drawn from Ezekiel 38 and 39, held the audience of 112,700 enraptured at the evening session. In no uncertain terms the Society’s vice-president sounded the alarm of Armageddon.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 265
The sign of the nearer approach of the battle of Armageddon is now before our eyes.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 266
He has shaken all the nations by the preaching of the good news of the Kingdom in all the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and the desirable things of the nations have come in already, and an untold number of them will yet come in before Jehovah consummates the great shaking by fighting the battle of Armageddon and totally removing the quaking heavens and earth of the Devil’s organization….
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 267
Concluding, informal remarks by the president that evening, followed by a song and prayer, brought the assembly to a close, his parting, loving admonition being no matter how small the unit or how great the assembly, the New World society will travel right on through the battle of Armageddon under Jehovah’s protection.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 267
In full recognition of their responsibility before God and their fellow men, Jehovah’s witnesses therefore rounded out four decades of Kingdom service and confidently entered a fifth, determined to assist even greater numbers to hasten their flight to safety before Armageddon should catch them unawares.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 270
Publication title: The outstanding releases were Volume II of the New World Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, Qualified to Be Ministers and You May Survive Armageddon into God’s New World.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 274
At any rate the chiliastic doctrine of the Witnesses-who believe that the second coming of Jesus Christ has long since been an historical fact, that His invisible reign will soon be transformed into His visible kingdom on earth, and that all existing forms of the state are therefore satanic and doomed to perish in the approaching Battle of Armageddon-has had an immense appeal to people who live under the more totalitarian and tyrannous forms of government.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 281
It strongly asserted their determination to serve and preach God’s kingdom in love, peace and unity and without letup, like our faithful brothers behind the Iron Curtain, until Jehovah himself brings the witness work to a world- smashing finale by his own act of testimony at Armageddon.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 290
By his heavenly kingdom, which Jehovah God gave to the once “lowliest of men,” Jesus Christ, in 1914, the God of heaven will have his will come to pass in the coming battle of Armageddon and also afterward in the endless new world. With a deepened appreciation of how God accomplishes his will the Assembly applauded the president’s announcement of the title of the beautiful new 384-page book, “Your Will Be Done on Earth.”
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 291
No vacuum will follow its complete end at Armageddon, for God’s everlasting new world of righteousness will glorify heaven and earth after Armageddon, and forever His will shall be done on earth in a paradise state as it is done in the holy heavens above.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 291
Well, that is amazing! Certainly, whatever turn events may yet take before Armageddon, Jehovah’s witnesses have undeniably demonstrated their place in the divine purpose.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 295
In harmony with their determination to minister to God continually day and night, their year text for 1959 was taken from Revelation 16:15, in which the glorified Jesus Christ warns of his coming to the battle of Armageddon and says to his followers at Jehovah’s spiritual temple: “Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments.
Jehovah’s Witness In The Divine Purpose. 1959. p. 295
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