The experiences of Italy resem­ble those of all other countries, and it seems evident that Armageddon will be pay day all round.

Consolation.  January 7, 1942 p. 20

 

Oddly enough, the Lord’s way of cleansing the earth and making it a fit place in which humans may live forever is by the extermination in Armageddon of the “completely useless, totally no good”, but it is the Lord himself that de­cides who are the “goats”, to be de­stroyed, and who are the “sheep”, to be spared; and that decision is based, not on employment or unemployment, but as to whether or not they really sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in the earth. 

Consolation.  January 7, 1942 p. 22

 

But Cassidy may come back, sometime after Armageddon, when such things as submarines will not even be remembered or come into mind any more.

Consolation.  January 7, 1942 p. 23

 

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Consolation.  January 21, 1942 p. 2

 

Armageddon will come along and put an everlasting end to it .

Consolation.  January 21, 1942 p. 24

 

The figures are on a scale of men 465 feet tall, with faces 60 feet long. Lincoln’s nose is 18 feet long, his mouth 22 feet wide, the pupil of his eye 4 feet in diam­eter, and his forehead 17 feet from eye­ brow to hairline. It is doubtful if any of these huge statues survive Armageddon; and, anyway, Borglum wasted his time. 

Consolation.  January 21, 1942 p. 28

 

“Because the Presbyterian Church papers have been making false accusa­tions against J.w’s, and we won’t lie down to such lies; so we are personally visiting all leaders and officials of the land, like yourself, with this Kingdom News answering the charges, because now is the time for everyone to finally decide whether he will be on the side of Jehovah or of the world; Armageddon is very near.”

“How do you know this is Armageddon?”

“I didn’t say this was Armageddon. That is where false statements come in, by misinterpreting our words. I said Armageddon is very near.”

“I don’t see how you can say that; I see no evidence that this is so, and many, many men who have come and gone have thought Armageddon was in their time; and many men who have more learning than you or I see no proof for this-all the great writers and students.”

Consolation.  January 21, 1942 p. 29

 

“They may be humble to you, but not before Almighty God; and we know for a certainty that Armageddon is going to take place in our lifetime, because the Scriptures reveal such, and Paul said that true Christians would observe the times and seasons and not be in dark­ness. So those who don’t see these things don’t understand the Scriptures. There’s no doubt whatsoever that Armageddon is impending.”

Consolation.  January 21, 1942 p. 29

 

The Mooreheads contend that in the article “Armageddon Incorporated” (September 17, 1940) “Reverend” High attack e d and ridiculed Jehovah’s wit­nesses, and in it printed a picture of the Mooreheads beneath which was the caption : Witnesses look like average Americans, as, in fact, they are. A typical Louisville family of witnesses.”

Consolation.  February 4, 1942 p. 7

 

And there is still an older empire, which has existed from the beginning of creation, and will forever ex­ist, and which will come into its own in the earth at Armageddon, Jehovah’s everlasting kingdom. 

Consolation.  February 18, 1942 p. 3

 

Shortly his reign will end in something that will be eternal, however, i.e., eternal destruction, from an angry God at Armageddon.

Consolation.  February 18, 1942 p. 5

 

After seven days Emperor Hirohito placed in his infant son’s hand several names, selected by the court historian, so hat the “son of heaven” might have a his name, and it turned out to be Tsugunomiya Akihito, which means “The wise and successful princes.” It is a doubtful appellation, in view of the near approach of Armageddon.

Consolation.  February 18, 1942 p. 5

 

As Jehovah’s Field Marshal, Christ Jesus will destroy all Jehovah’s enemies at  Armageddon, now impending. 

Consolation.  February 18, 1942 p. 6

 

There are now multitudes of persons on earth who are hearing truth, and those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and who obey Jehovah God’s righteous law of His Theocratic Government and who, by His grace, survive the battle of Armageddon shall live and shall not die, if they continue obedient.

Consolation.  February 18, 1942 p. 18

 

Actually it is the way of the big Devil and the little devils, all working together to prevent  the people of the world from learning the truth “To us there is but one God” ( 1 Corinthians 8:6), not three, nor more, nor less. And regardless of what the theologians have told you about Jehovah, and their ability to order Him around as they please, if you want to survive Armageddon you had better begin right away to believe Jesus’ statement, “My Father is greater than I,” and stop listening these American and European Shintoists that are leading people straight to destruction.

Consolation.  March 4, 1942 p. 3

 

He then declared that if the United States en­tered the World War, Japan would fight the United States and that would mean “Armageddon and total destruction of our culture and civilization”, He doesn’t understand that Armageddon is an act of God, but he still remembers something of what he learned in Oregon.
Consolation.  March 4, 1942 p. 6

 

The purpose is to desolate Jehovah’s servants and to bring about the desolation or destruction of aJl the people at Armaged­don, thus desolating all the earth.

Consolation.  March 4, 1942 p. 16

 

As  result the Lord’s “other sheep” are being gathered to the side of Him and His THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, and they shall form the “great multitude” out of every nation, kindred, people, and tongue, and they shall survive the battle of Armageddon and gain everlasting life on earth in the “new world.”

Consolation.  March 4, 1942 p. 17

 

Prisons are an invention of the Devil and will all disappear at Armageddon.  Death not prison in “hell”, “purgatory,” or any human prison, is the Scriptural penalty for disobedience. 

Consolation.  April 1, 1942 p. 26

 

P.S. Since writing the foregoing article, “Theocratic Press,” the press has suspended printing until, perhaps, after Armageddon, when the present powers of evil will have given way to THE THEOCRACY. 

Consolation.  April 1, 1942 p. 30

 

Thus is demonstrated the official attitude of the Travancore State to the message of Jehovah’s Kingdom, and evil triumphs-until Armageddon. 

Consolation.  April 1, 1942 p. 30

 

That great war is described in Revelation chapter sixteen as great day of God Almighty”, or battle of “Armageddon”.

Consolation.  April 15, 1942 p. 17

 

Armageddon, which will soon be fought, will completely wreck every wicked organization, invisible and visible. 

Consolation.  April 15, 1942 p. 17

 

The wise persons of good will toward God are taking heed thereto and fleeing to God’s organization for refuge before Armageddon breaks. 

Consolation.  April 15, 1942 p. 17

 

Having the geography in mind will immediately associate Kishon with Megiddo. Megiddo auto­matically suggests to one’s mind Armageddon.  Then the river Kishon, the hill of Megiddo, the vapors dramatic episodes there taking place and in which God’s people are involved, unconsciously associate themselves in one’s mind with Armageddon, thus helping to locate fulfillment. (Judges 4 and 5)

Consolation.  April 29, 1942 p. 27

 

Those who sighed and cried for the hostility shown to Jehovah’s witnesses at the time of the Theo­cratic Assembly have the opportunity of receiving the “mark” of Divine approval on their foreheads before Armageddon breaks. (Ezekiel 9)-Frank R. Freer.

Consolation.  May 13, 1942 p. 13

 

This stacks up still higher the pile of stones of testimony which have been piled in the midst of the antitypical Jordan river as Jeho­vah’s people, under the leadership of the Greater Joshua, Christ Jesus, pass through the midst of the people that are rushing down the broad way that ends in the Dead Sea of destruction at Arma­geddon.

Consolation.  May 13, 1942 p. 16

 

The last jeer then was cut off by the icy waters of the Flood, picturing the impending battle of Armageddon, which will sweep away all laughter and life itself from those who have mocked God’s purposes. 

Consolation.  May 27, 1942 p. 5

 

Newly interested woman: “I can’t see that it is fair and just for God to destroy the pro little innocent children in the Armageddon slaughter mentioned at Ezekiel 9.” J.w.: “Children often grow up to be as big rascals as their godless parents.  God cannot allow anyone, adult or child, to pass through Armageddon who might mar the purity and perfection of the ‘new world wherein dwellers righteousness’.  Remember, Hitler was once an innocent little baby.” Newly interested woman: “Hitler should have been strangled at birth.  If he had died as a child, look what a lot of misery would have been prevented.” J.w.: “You have answered your own question.  That is exactly what God is going to do in Armageddon, nip evil in the bud by destroying all creatures on earth who are not devoted to Him, to prevent affliction rising the second time.”

Consolation.  June 10, 1942 p. 23

 

Who warn the people of the danger of Armageddon.

Consolation.  June 10, 1942 p. 25

 

That destruction of Satan’s organization, of which organization “Christendom” is most prominent on earth, will take place in the great battle of God Almighty, the battle of Armageddon; and, with the fraudulent and wicked rule of Satan forever destroyed, righteousness will pre­vail in the earth forever; and then Christ, the great King invisible to mankind, will rule the world in righteousness, and His visible representatives on the earth will carry out His rule of order for mankind’s welfare.

Consolation.  June 24, 1942 p. 24

 

On October 13, 1940, the Hierarchy adopted more violent action, and, until Armageddon, will get away with it.

Consolation.  June 24, 1942 p. 29

 

It is indeed consoling to reflect on the words of The Watchtower, “Jehovah will balance the books at Armageddon.”

Consolation.  June 24, 1942 p. 29

 

But both of them are against the holy covenant, The Theocracy, the reign of Christ Jesus as earth’s rightful ruler for and in behalf of Jehovah God; and while they are still fighting, and the Axis powers continue to prosper, along will come Armageddon and for ever put an end to all war, not by placing all power in the hands of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, but in the hands where it belongs.

Consolation.  July 8, 1942 p. 15

 

They rejoice in their Kingdom privileges of feeding the Lord’s “other sheep” and helping them to take their stand with Jehovah’s Theocratic organization before Armageddon breaks all its fury.

Consolation.  July 8, 1942 p. 20

 

A person saluting the flag will be slain at the Battle of Armageddon, thereby incurring eternal spiritual death.

Consolation.  July 22, 1942 p. 6

 

You may ask: Does that mean that God and Christ are sending the calamities upon the peoples of the earth? The answer is, No; but it does mean that Satan is responsible for these sorrows and troubles, because he knows at his time is short before the final war of Armageddon, and therefore his effort is to drive the people away from God by inducing them to believe God is responsible for all their woes.

Consolation.  July 22, 1942 p. 17

 

The next great act of Christ Jesus will be that of leading His forces against the Devil and his demons in the battle of Armageddon.

Consolation.  July 22, 1942 p. 17

 

May Armageddon arrive soon! May it be the Lord’s will that you become one of the anointed ones.

Consolation.  July 22, 1942 p. 20

 

The un-American Legion and the priest will get theirs at Armageddon.

Consolation.  August 5, 1942 p. 22

 

Jehovah’s “strange work” is now “functioning”, and soon, at Armageddon, His “strange act” will convince everyone of Jehovah’s existence. 

Consolation.  August 19, 1942 p. 8

 

Cover Page: Regeneration for Armageddon survivors on earth

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 1

 

Be assured that it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in Armaged­don than for Oaklyn, and especially the school board of Oaklyn, and all those who have had a part in throwing our children into the “fiery furnace”.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 6

 

Those, however, who do not receive the “heavenly calling” , but who now seek righteousness and meekness and during the battle of Armageddon are hid and preserved to live forever on the cleansed earth thereafter, such ones are not thus “born again”, or “born from above”. They gain life, not in the spirit, but in human perfection on the Paradise earth. (Zephaniah 2:2, 3) Surviving Armageddon and continuing obedient under the heavenly kingdom of God, they experi­ence regeneration by the “Everlasting Father”, who is Christ Jesus, the King­ Father, who blesses and bestows upon the obedient and faithful earthly ones the right to everlasting life as earth’s joyful inhabitants.-John 8:51; 11:26; Isaiah 45:12, 18; Matthew 19:28; Isa­iah 9:6,7.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 18

 

George McKee [left], 22 year-old Witness, wanted to be a Methodist preacher . , . heard the “truth” when he was a high school senior . . . now despises the word “religion” . . . looks forward to Armageddon to get a new band to replace a knuckle broken in a fight at Drumright in 1940. 

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 20

 

The witnesses believe that the Battle of Armageddon, which they say is not far distant, will be the end of the reign of Satan.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 23

 

Those who have come in since 1932 are the “great multitude”. They will “inherit the earth”, which will be made perfect after the Battle of Armageddon.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 24

 

The Battle of Armageddon will be fought between the hosts of Christ and the hosts of Satan, Witnesses believe.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 24

 

Men will shout ‘peace and secu­rity’ and then the Battle of Armageddon will begin.”

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 24

 

Before the Battle of Armageddon, they believe, of the old prophets, in­cluding John the Baptist, David and Moses, will come to life on this earth. They will lead the children of God to safety.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 24

 

Publication title: By reading such great will be your reward of comfort of mind, learning of Jehovah’s purpose to soon extend over earth the Theocratic government of righteousness which will bring lasting peace to all who survive Armageddon.

Consolation.  September 2, 1942 p. 32

 

Armageddon will be filled with terrible reprisals for those who have lightly or mercilessly taken the lives of their fellow men. 

Consolation.  September 16, 1942 p. 11

 

Such persons in a covenant or solemn contract to “obey God rather than men” cannot consistently ascribe supremacy and salvation to any flag of any nation without making themselves ame­nable to everlasting destruction due to be meted out shortly at the battle of Armageddon. The divinely inspired Scriptures declare that salvation comes from Jeho­vah God alone. (Psalm 3:8)

Consolation.  October 14, 1942 p. 7

 

One who willingly punishes such faithful ones of Jehovah God must answer for such before Jehovah God, who will recompense all His enemies, and all those punishing His servants, with everlasting annihilation at Armageddon.-2 Thessalonians 1:6, 8, 9.

Consolation.  October 14, 1942 p. 7

 

He also finds “war” mentioned in the last book of the Bible, Revelation, and chapter 19 mentions the war which is just ahead at Armageddon. The person has the name “Armageddon” come to his mind because mentioned so often in the news these days, and he looks it up in the concordance and finds it occurs just once in the Bible, at Revelation 16:16; and reading the whole text he notes that the nations are gathered to that place for the last fight of this world. 

Consolation.  October 14, 1942 p. 26

 

In August of the same year Marshal Mitchell was burning grass with a blowtorch, when his clothing caught fire and he died of the burns. One less bigot left to be slain at Armageddon.

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 2

 

What did the police do to quell these outrages?  Arrested seven of the mob victims, yawned, and said the incident was closed! In these three cities the local police made no arrests of mobsters, no charges, no arraignment before court; but rest assured that in these three blots on America during those three dark days these mobsters were identified, charged and convicted before the great Bar of Justice in Heaven, and that sentence has been passed, and shall be duly exe­cuted at Armageddon.

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 4

 

Jehovah God, by the execution of His righteous judg­ments at Armageddon, will ring down the final curtain on this revived Inquisi­tion against His servants in Little Rock, Arkansas!

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 10

 

Nearly a hundred Witnesses spent the night in their city of tents, “pulling stakes” early next morning for their respective territories, determined to continue the fight against demonism until Jehovah’s Armageddon victory cleanses the earth of all workers of violence.

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 12

 

Above all, the stench of mobocracy against Jehovah’s servants reaches to the high heavens, will be traced to its source, and for ever extinguished at Armageddon!

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 15

 

When Jehovah’s Executioner makes inquisition for blood at Armageddon, He will find bloodguilt upon these three cities because of their officials. 

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 16

 

Will Little Rock, Springfield and Klamath Falls continue following in the footsteps of typical Sodom and Gomorrah, mobbing God’s servants, ‘not having even ten righteous therein,’ and thus suffer fiery destruction at Armageddon, or will they repent as did the great city Nineveh, and spared? Time holds the answer. 

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 16

 

The Devil in his wrath at being cast out of heaven is responsible for such storms and woes before the battle of Armageddon. (Revelation 12:12)

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 16

 

Every field of human knowledge and progress of civilization has been turned into the channel leading to the grand climax, Armageddon!

Consolation.  November 11, 1942 p. 25

 

The house of Beelzebub is not divided against itself yet. It is still united in its oppression of the people, in increasing their woes, and, whether they know it or not, their ultimate destruction at Armageddon.

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 19, 20

 

The dictators’ spiritual guide at the Vatican, by telling his political paramours that Jehovah’s witnesses are but the ‘most insignificant of sects’, that they are disturbers of the peace (the Vatican’s), that they are enemies of the State, and by persuading the dictators to clamp down on these “pestiferous witnesses”, has caused the totalitarians to fight against God.  With their lives they shall pay at Armageddon!

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 20

 

It was in Eden that Satan laid the foundation for present-day teachings and doctrines which will for ever pass away in impending Armageddon.

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 22

 

It is a solemn and heart searching thought that Christ Jesus does not take away the sin of this present evil world, which world is to be destroyed at Armageddon, and that He tasted death only for those that believe on and obey Him, and it is for those, and for those only, that He gave His human life as a ran­som.

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 22

 

That means that if any identified with the Roman Catholic Hierarchy or with the religious politicians or with the religious Big Business crowd are to obtain salvation, they must hail The Theocracy and take their stand as and with Jeho­vah’s witnesses now before Armageddon. [353]

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 25

 

The clergy’s teachings would be the cause; the people’s blindness would be the effect. The further effect would be destruction at Armageddon.

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 27

 

If one is speaking of the blessings to be enjoyed under the Kingdom in the earth after Armageddon he might wish to discuss the divine mandate to multiply and fill the earth with a righteous race, the princes as the visible rulers, the privilege of beautifying the earth, etc. 

Consolation.  November 25, 1942 p. 27, 28

 

It is for the purpose of eliminating the wicked that Armageddon is fought by Jehovah’s great Warrior-Executioner.

Consolation.  December 9, 1942 p. 11

 

In Armageddon Almighty God will completely obliterate all of these, and the sooner they go, the better fro the Japanese.

Consolation.  December 9, 1942 p. 19

 

When religion is finally overthrown, at Armageddon, those who support it to the end will ‘partake of her plagues’, that is, suffer the same fate.

Consolation.  December 23, 1942 p. 5