Despite all their howling when the war of Armageddon in the great day of God the Almighty strikes, there will be no deliverer.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 1, 1969 p. 13
What will this worldwide disorder of things come to? It will come to the situation that the Bible calls Armageddon. (Rev. 16:16)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 1, 1969 p. 16
According to the Scriptures there are only 144,000 who are invited to this “upward call,” to be associated with Christ Jesus in heavenly glory. But the Bible shows that there is a “great crowd” of people today who will survive the battle of Armageddon into the new order of things wherein mankind will receive life everlasting in perfection, and under Christ Jesus’ direction man will be able to bring this earth to a paradise condition.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 1, 1969 p. 21
He has given plenty of time for his Adversary to marshal all the degenerates in heaven and earth in opposition to His righteous purposes, and then He will show His power, not only at Armageddon when the earth is cleansed of wickedness to make way for the Kingdom rule, but finally at the end of the 1,000-year rule of Christ when wickedness is finally stamped out forever according to Jehovah’s great purpose. (Rev. 20:7-10)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 15, 1969 p. 45
To illustrate the harmony that would prevail in Jehovah’s organization, Jesus likened it, in John 15:1-10, to a vine with branches. Jehovah is the Great Cultivator, Jesus is the vine and those coming into spiritual union with him are the branches. Clearly this necessitates a recognition of Jehovah’s organization in the earth today. This vine is a productive one bearing fruit that will last through Armageddon.—Heb. 13:7, 17.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 15, 1969 p. 51
By assuring them of the existence of a loving, all-wise, just and almighty God, whose name is Jehovah; that he is fully aware of what is taking place and will shortly make an end of all detestable things at Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. February 1, 1969 p. 87
The evidence shows that the setting up of the kingdom of God took place in the heavens in 1914 C.E. But, as to the action that God’s kingdom will take in the near future, in the war of Armageddon or Har–Magedon, God goes on to say: “It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms [existing at the time of the end], and it itself will stand to times indefinite.”—See also Revelation 16:14, 16; 19:17-21.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. February 15, 1969 p. 103
If you are ever in doubt as to what pattern in dress you should follow, take another look at Peter’s picture of the Christian woman and ask yourself, Which will survive Armageddon, a style of hair braiding or the quiet and mild spirit?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. February 15, 1969 p. 116
Storms are sure to threaten one’s building work. Not just the impending storm of Armageddon that is hovering on the world’s horizon but, more presently, the storms of personal difficulties and crises that arise in the life of each individual builder.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 1, 1969 p. 137
Will his hopes and prospects for the future be able to weather these storms of a personal nature and, ultimately, the storm of Armageddon?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 1, 1969 p. 137
So in our day, on a far vaster scale, the destroying forces of Armageddon will bring disaster to all who have built on a sandlike foundation, being led by their own desires and reasonings or those of other imperfect men.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 1, 1969 p. 141
This foreshadows that Jesus Christ and his heavenly hosts will deliver all those engaging in true worship by destroying their nationalistic opposers at the battle of Armageddon.—Rev. 16:14, 16.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 1, 1969 p. 157
Such may hope to survive Armageddon to enjoy endless life in an earth-wide sanctuary of praise.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 1, 1969 p. 157
There is more to married life than working and providing the necessary things for each other in a material way. There are married couples who have plenty of food to eat, money to spend for essentials and relaxation, a comfortable home in which to live and friends with whom to associate, who find themselves unhappy and just tolerating each other, hoping that something will change their unhappy state or waiting for it to work out after Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 15, 1969 p. 175
They have made this decision so that they may have greater freedom to serve Jehovah and may be able to serve him more fully without distraction. Some have decided to remain single through the final troubled years of this old system until after Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 15, 1969 p. 177, 178
Rather, the white robes in their case represent a temporary standing before God—one that will tide them safely through Armageddon’s judgment execution upon a wicked world and bring them into Christ’s thousand-year reign of peace.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 15, 1969 p. 182
As we make advancement and quicken our pace just this side of the battle of Armageddon, we may find it somewhat difficult to get everything necessary into our schedules.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 1, 1969 p. 204
If we keep right on making steady advancement, one day soon we will have the grand privilege of going through the coming features of the great tribulation, and then looking around us to see that there is nothing left of the Devil’s wicked, vicious system of things. It will have just melted away in the heat of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 1, 1969 p. 207
For many years, yes, since the close of World War I in 1918, the Gentile nations have been warned that they are on the march to Armageddon for the “war of the great day of God the Almighty.” (Rev. 16:14, 16)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 15, 1969 p. 245
They are simply asking for destruction. They will get it—at the climax of this universal dispute at Armageddon. (Rev. 19:11-21)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 15, 1969 p. 246
Will he laugh triumphantly over us after gaining victory at Armageddon?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 15, 1969 p. 246
Without the Bible we would know nothing about Jehovah, not even his name, which occurs 7,199 times in the New World Translation, not counting the abbreviated form of “Jah.” Without the Bible we would not know of Christ’s ransom sacrifice, the nearness of Armageddon, or the requirements that must be met in order to live forever in or under God’s Kingdom rule.—John 3:16, 36; 17:3.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 15, 1969 p. 250, 251
Thus when the final destruction comes at the war of Armageddon, those who have this abundant spirituality will be saved into the new order.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 1, 1969 p. 287
Jehovah permits their continuance for a few years more so that sheeplike persons from all nations may come out of this system of things before its Armageddon end.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1969 p. 302
That kingdom will break in pieces and destroy all the kingdoms pictured in the metallic image and bring them to an everlasting end at Armageddon! That kingdom is speeding on its mission. At Armageddon the Kingdom Stone will strike the symbolic image with crushing impact, destroying every nation, whether it be of a socialistic, communistic or democratic type, also the so-called neutral nations being included.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1969 p. 305
On the contrary, both will meet their end at Jehovah’s appointed time—the battle of Armageddon. Daniel’s words (11:40-45) describe the approach of “the king of the north” to Armageddon and his position there at Armageddon, it being that of one in opposition to the anointed people of God and the “great crowd” of companion witnesses. At Armageddon Jehovah God will confuse “the king of the north” and “the king of the south” and cause them to fight against each other, as well as all of their on-hangers and supporters to fight against one another in self-ruin, suicidally.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1969 p. 307
His “lot” means his portion on earth in the New Order of things after Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1969 p. 308
19. (a) Does “the king of the north” succeed in his ultimate aim of destroying “the king of the south”? Why? (b) Name one of the methods Jehovah God will use to annihilate the two ‘kings’ at Armageddon?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1969 p. 307
Possibly you have felt this way if you are a Christian who is conscious of his responsibility to proclaim the good news of God’s kingdom and to warn of God’s coming war of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1969 p. 339
When it is over it will be possible for survivors to look back to our day and clearly see that Jehovah’s witnesses were doing the right thing by proclaiming God’s kingdom and the battle of Armageddon, just as that can now be seen of Jeremiah’s preaching.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1969 p. 339
It is at the coming “war of the great day of God the Almighty,” the battle of Armageddon, that the revelation of Jesus Christ will take place, as that is the time when he comes to bring “vengeance upon those who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news.” (Rev. 16:14; 2 Thess. 1:8)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1969 p. 341
But survival through the battle of Armageddon is only one of many benefits that can be expected for fighting indifference and persecution with endurance.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1969 p. 343
If you are one who formerly studied God’s Word with Jehovah’s witnesses, you well know the abundance of Bible evidence proving that since the year 1914 this whole system of things has been in its “time of the end” and is facing complete destruction soon at the universal war of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 1, 1969 p. 395
People who were only just old enough to understand what was happening to the world in 1914 are now approaching seventy years of age. Yes, the numbers of that generation are dwindling fast, but before they all pass away this system must meet its end in the war of Armageddon. Surely this highlights what a very short time now remains to return to Jehovah.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 1, 1969 p. 395
We will undoubtedly enjoy these things in God’s new order after Armageddon, so why not enjoy these clean and wholesome things now?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 15, 1969 p. 427
One who had spent many years in that service and still rejoices in it put it this way: “Even if there were no new order after Armageddon I wouldn’t have wanted to miss serving God here because just being here now is a sufficient reward in itself.”
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 15, 1969 p. 437
By means of this work you offer to people the prospect of everlasting life in God’s new system of things after Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 15, 1969 p. 441
Either that of ruling with Christ for a thousand years or gaining entry into the post-Armageddon “new earth” in which God will wipe out every tear from human eyes and there will be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying nor pain.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 15, 1969 p. 441
To sustain our zeal we must also keep in mind the presence of the day of Jehovah. Yes, the awareness of Armageddon’s nearness will also serve us as a warning and help us sustain our burning Christian zeal, as we stimulate our brothers.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 1, 1969 p. 470
For that we must look to the one anointed by Jehovah God, namely, his own Son Jesus Christ. He will clear away all obstructors to peace in the “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 15, 1969 p. 487
Some will ask, Will that blessing be lost when all of the temple class are eventually united with Christ Jesus on his heavenly throne, after Armageddon? Not according to what John saw in vision.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 15, 1969 p. 500
Reasons were given showing why the now-approaching “great tribulation” first begins with the destruction of Babylon the Great and ends with Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. September 1, 1969 p. 521
It is, then, Satan the Devil, “the god of this system of things,” who has blinded Christendom’s religious leaders, and he has accomplished this by and through his hordes of invisible demonic forces who are leading this wicked system toward Armageddon, the battle of God Almighty.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. September 1, 1969 p. 530
Such ones will receive divine protection through God’s war of Armageddon, which will rid the earth of all blasphemers and profaners of His name.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. September 15, 1969 p. 552
With the prospects of being ushered soon into God’s new system of righteousness, prospective Armageddon survivors can today affirm their determination: “I will exalt you, O my God the King, and I will bless your name to time indefinite, even forever.”—Ps. 83:18; 145:1, 2.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. September 15, 1969 p. 552
The Kingdom message has not failed to cause a sharp and conclusive division between the “upper,” righteously inclined people and those bent on hurtling their way with the crowd into Armageddon destruction.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. October 1, 1969 p. 595
Till this year, after more than half a century, the nations have refused to do so. What will this mean shortly for all mankind? This: the outbreak of the “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at the world situation called Har–Magedon or Armageddon. (Rev. 16:14, 16) That war will remove all human obstructors to peace.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. October 15, 1969 p. 622
45. (a) How have Jehovah’s witnesses already conformed to Isaiah 2:4? (b) How will this feature of the prophecy continue to apply after Armageddon and Satan’s abyssing?
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. October 15, 1969 p. 624
Because it is so late, it is the time of all times for us to keep alert to what is taking place in the world’s speedy approach to the unavoidable climax, the destruction of Babylon the Great and the war of Armageddon, and at all times to act as observant, understanding Christian witnesses of Jehovah God.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. December 1, 1969 p. 733
Only as disciples of Christ can they expect to survive the war of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. December 15, 1969 p. 757