That day of Jehovah’s anger is the foretold “great tribulation,” including Armageddon, “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 1, 1971 p. 31
Questions From Readers
● Can it be stated flatly that only baptized witnesses of Jehovah will survive Armageddon?—A. S., U.S.A.
It would be misleading to answer this question with either a simple “Yes” or a “No.” The Scriptural answer of necessity must be a “qualified” one, and it is easy to see why.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 15, 1971 p. 63
It seems clear that at the time of the destructive war of Armageddon God will preserve them on the basis of the family merit of the Christian parent, even though the children are not yet dedicated and baptized.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. January 15, 1971 p. 63
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The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. February 1, 1971 p. 96
“Well, Don, we are considered the grandfather and grandmother of our Christian brothers here. They use those same endearing terms when speaking to us. Even though we have passed the age of fifty years, we still have years ahead of us to use for the work remaining before Armageddon. Jehovah has certainly blessed us.”
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. March 15, 1971 p. 190
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The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. April 1, 1971 p. 224
FOR many persons in Christendom the thought of God’s becoming angry seems strange. In fact, they object when Christian witnesses of Jehovah tell them that God is going to express his anger in the worldwide war of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 15, 1971 p. 357
Shortly, these will be closely associated with Christ Jesus in heaven in bruising the head of the serpent, Satan the Devil, after God’s war at Armageddon. Thus these “sons of God,” with Christ Jesus, the foremost “Son of God,” will be revealed.—1 Pet. 4:17; 1 Thess. 4:16; 2 Thess. 1:7, 10; Rev. 2:10; 16:14-16; 19:11–20:3; Rom. 16:20; John 1:34.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. July 15, 1971 p. 431
In 1897 the book The Battle of Armageddon, (at first entitled “The Day of Vengeance”) published by Jehovah’s witnesses, said that this trouble would be “more general and widespread, and more destructive, as the machinery of modern warfare signally suggests. Instead of being confined to one nation or province, its sweep will be over the whole world, especially the civilized world, Christendom.”
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 1, 1971 p. 468
They trust that Jehovah God will soon bring a speedy end to all wickedness in his war of Armageddon. (Rev. 16:13-16)
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 15, 1971 p. 490
The only remaining question is this: On whose side of the issue will you be when God finally brings the struggle to a dramatic close in the battle of Armageddon now drawing near? Will you be found an integrity-keeper? Concern yourself with that question now, because your eternal destiny depends on it.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. August 15, 1971 p. 491
By that time the nations will have reached the field of the final battle, that is to say, the critical stage of world developments spoken of prophetically as the “place that is called in Hebrew Har–Magedon [Armageddon, AV].”—Rev. 16:14-16.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. October 15, 1971 p. 623
Just as Jehovah made a great name for himself at the Red Sea, he will again make a name for himself at the coming war of Armageddon.
The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. November 1, 1971 p. 653