They will also rejoice as their Messianic King fights at Armageddon to save his loyal nation into his righteous new world. (Revelation 19:1-7, 11-16)
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“Despite all the difficulties, we felt happy because Jehovah was with us. It was almost as if he had sent his angels to keep the bombs away from us. (Psalm 34:7) Yes, our joy was great. But our joy will be greater after surviving Armageddon.”
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All need to be concerned about learning and speaking the pure language, for only those doing so will survive Armageddon.
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“Truly I tell you today,” Jesus replies, “You will be with me in Paradise.” This promise will be fulfilled when Jesus rules as King in heaven and resurrects this repentant evildoer to life on earth in the Paradise that Armageddon survivors and their companions will have the privilege of cultivating. Matthew 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:27, 32-43; John 19:17-24.
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This coming expression of God’s anger, which the Bible calls Armageddon, will unquestionably demonstrate that he does indeed exist.
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As the people of Jerusalem scoffed at Jeremiah, so Christendom scoffs at Jehovah’s Witnesses today. The Witnesses’ warning of a coming destruction at Armageddon is dismissed as worthless. ‘God is not interested in the earth,’ says Christendom. ‘Let him run heaven; we’ll run the earth. And if Armageddon comes, it won’t be in our generation. We’ve heard that story before. We’re not going to be taken in by that!’
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God and his heavenly Field Marshal, Christ Jesus, will do this by executing judgment on the materialistic nations at the final war of Armageddon.—Revelation 16:14, 16; 19:11-21.
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Today, a much greater warning of Armageddon’s destruction is being sounded, with overwhelming supporting evidence. (Revelation 14:6, 7, 17-20)
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We know which way world events are moving, and Armageddon looms on the horizon.
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All nations are now being gathered to the war of the great day of God the Almighty at Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14, 16)
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Jesus foresaw the events that have taken place since 1914, events that would be a prelude to Armageddon, with which “the conclusion of the system of things” terminates. (Matthew 24:3-14)
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With it, all seeking life in his promised new world may serve him in unison before all the nations are consumed in the fiery expression of divine wrath at “the war of the great day of God the Almighty,” commonly called Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14, 16; 2 Peter 3:13)
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Similarly today, “a great crowd” of Jesus’ “other sheep” gathered out of all nations will survive Armageddon into God’s new world. (Revelation 7:9; John 10:14-16)
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Stay Awake: Amid prophetic words about God’s war of Har–Magedon (Armageddon), it is said: “Look! I [Jesus Christ] am coming as a thief.
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With Armageddon now so near, the anointed remnant of the “royal priesthood,” or “spiritual house,” are determined to stay spiritually awake.
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Jesus will accomplish this removal of all wickedness in the war that is called in the Bible Har–Magedon, or Armageddon.
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Under the direction of Jesus and his associate kings, the survivors of Armageddon will clean up the ruins left by that righteous war.
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Think of it! Under Jesus’ loving attention, the entire human family—Armageddon survivors, their offspring, and the thousands of millions of resurrected dead who obey him—will grow toward human perfection.
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◆ What will be the happy privilege of Armageddon survivors and their children?
◆ Who in addition to Armageddon survivors and their children will enjoy Paradise, and in what sense will Jesus be with them?
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Christendom rested her hopes in the League of Nations, but it was overturned even without the coming of Armageddon.
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The Bible speaks of the elimination of wickedness as “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Armageddon.—Revelation 16:14, 16.
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Though his rule will be from heaven, its beneficial results will be enjoyed by all those living on earth—both the survivors of the war of Armageddon and the millions upon millions who will subsequently be raised from the dead.
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Armageddon has always been, in my thinking, the day after tomorrow. (Revelation 16:14, 16)
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He provided the ransom sacrifice. He is now a heavenly King and as such will soon destroy God’s enemies at Armageddon
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These ungodly men will be destroyed at what the Bible calls the battle of Armageddon—which, as this magazine has often shown, will take place soon. (Revelation 16:14, 16)
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What happens to the faithful when the ungodly men perish at Armageddon? They survive right into Judgment Day.
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In support of this, the Bible tells of “a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues” that would appear on earth before Armageddon.
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Today, obeying Jesus’ words opens the way for many to be declared righteous with a view to surviving Armageddon and attaining perfect human life in the new world.—Revelation 21:1-4; compare James 2:21, 25.
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Because of this, the great crowd as a group will receive a favorable judgment. Its members “come out of the great tribulation,” surviving the destruction at Armageddon of those who love the darkness.—Revelation 7:9, 10, 14.
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‘Oh, I believe this is the truth,’ you may say. But how strong is your faith? Ask yourself: ‘Is Jehovah’s heavenly Kingdom as real to me as a human government is? Do I recognize and fully support Jehovah’s visible organization and its Governing Body? With eyes of faith, can I see that the nations are now being maneuvered into final position for Armageddon? Does my faith compare favorably with that of the “great cloud of witnesses” mentioned in Hebrews chapter 11?’ —Hebrews 12:1; Revelation 16:14-16.
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That rapidly approaching event includes “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har–Magedon, or Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14-16)
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Hence, each of us must brace himself to endure until this world goes down in utter defeat at Armageddon.
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Our dedication to Jehovah was not on the understanding that we would serve him for just a short time and then Armageddon would come. Our dedication was forever. God’s work for us will not end with Armageddon’s battle. However, it is only after we have accomplished the work that is to be done before Armageddon that we shall see the grand things to come beyond that great war.
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Such ones need to keep in mind the hope of surviving Armageddon.
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Though this prophecy has a spiritual fulfillment now, the Armageddon survivors will see it literally fulfilled.
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The needs of the Armageddon survivors will be very different from the needs of those who will be resurrected.
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On the other hand, because of their unique experience of surviving Armageddon, miraculous repair is what many of the great crowd will need and will receive.
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Such miraculous healing will logically take place among Armageddon survivors relatively soon after Armageddon and well before the resurrection begins. (Isaiah 33:24; 35:5, 6; Revelation 21:4; compare Mark 5:25-29.)
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How well such early restorative action by Jesus comports with the role of the Armageddon survivors as the foundation of the new earth!
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No doubt the Armageddon survivors will help to clean up the earth and thus provide pleasant locations where dead ones will be resurrected. Funerals may be replaced by welcoming sessions for those brought up in the resurrection, including our own loved ones who have gone down into death.
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15. (a) What work of healing did Jesus do when he was on earth, and why? (b) What will be the health needs of the Armageddon survivors, and why are they different from those who are resurrected?
16. (a) When may miraculous healing of the Armageddon survivors take place, and with what result? (b) In what hope will we continue to rejoice during the Millennium?
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□ When will miraculous healing of Armageddon survivors likely take place?
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