When Armageddon begins, there will be no more opportunity for his witnesses to engage in such work.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 1, 1938 p. 6

 

Jehovah has been long-suffering, abiding his own good time when he will
bring the issue to a final settlement. That day is at hand, and soon at Armageddon God, through Christ, will destroy the religious systems that work fraud and deceit, sweep away the hiding place of lies, and then completely wreck every part of Satan’s organization.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 1, 1938 p. 10

 

The temple which Ezekiel saw in vision must be erected or reared up before Armageddon, the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 1, 1938 p. 12

 

The very purpose is that observers may know that Jehovah has a people on earth who are entirely devoted to him and who delight to be his witnesses.  God will especially protect and shield his people during that battle at Armageddon.-Ezek. 36: 23.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 1, 1938 p. 12

 

The raising up of the temple before Armageddon  would indicate a witness work to be done in the name of Jehovah.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 1, 1938 p. 14

 

As to the others of mankind, they were left to themselves n so far as surviving the time of trouble or Armageddon was concerned. Such persons were not consecrated; and as the servants of the Lord believed and preached that such persons would get ‘restitution blessings’ after Armageddon, and that then would be the proper time to look after them, so they reasoned Why bother about them now? That well described the attitude of the Jews toward the people of Nineveh in the time of Jonah.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 15, 1938 p. 22

 

With the coming of the Lord Jesus as King in the year 1914 the whole world was under the dominating control of Satan, he operating chiefly through hisreligious agents, and the people were in the dark as to the means of escape or fleeing to a place of safety and being protected at Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 15, 1938 p. 24

 

It was not then understood to be a definite effort to make known to the people of good will that God would provide security and protection for them during Armageddon and that such would form the “great multitude”.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 15, 1938 p. 24

 

During the World War there was a great agitation amongst the people, and man of those who had consecrated to do the will of God thought there would be no letup of that war but that it would lead straight on without a stop to the climax at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 15, 1938 p. 26

 

As Jonah was later given the opportunity to carry the message to the heather of Nineveh, so were Jehovah’s witnesses awakened, in 1919, and thereafter given the opportunity of bearing the testimony to the non-Judah class, that is to say, tho those persons of good will who form the great multitude.  This world of proclaiming the message must be done before the wrath of God is expressed completely at Armageddon, and this fact is a further corroborative proof that the Lord’s people are engaged properly in his service in now carrying forward vigorously the work in which they are engaged. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  January 15, 1938 p. 27

 

The Lord revealed to his people the meaning of the parable of the sheep and the goats, showing how the “sheep” only would be spared by Jehovah when his wrath is expressed at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 35

 

The war was over then, it is true, but the woes thereof continued and the people of good will learned from Jehovah’s servants that Armageddon is in the near future and that it will be far greater in trouble and distress to mankind than the World War. It was about that time that Jehovah’s witnesses began to see and to appreciate as never before that Armageddon will be the expression of God’s wrath, and, learning this, they transmitted the information to the people in general.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 38

 

By doing as instructed the people of good will toward God have the promise of God that they may safely pass through the great storm of Armageddon and enter into the calm of the kingdom.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 38

 

The great tribulation of Armageddon is not for the purpose of inflicting punishment on Jehovah’s people on earth, but Jehovah’s witnesses have a duty to perform in connection with Armageddon that must be performed.  The impending disaster of Armageddon demands the setting up a watchman in behalf of the people of good will. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 39

 

Armageddon is certain to come, and the witnesses of Jehovah must not only
inform themselves, but inform others, that they may have the opportunity of finding the way to escape.  Not only will Armageddon vindicate Jehovah’s word  and name, but it will also avenge the faithful remnant upon the “goat” class, and will at the same time make the way clear for those who will form the great multitude to walk in the light of the Lord.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 39

 

The people of good will were in great distress until they saw the hand of the Lord being manifested in these trouble- somedays, and, seeing their privilege of serving Jehovah God, they proceeded to do so by fleeing to the “city of refuge”, that is, to God’s organization, and thus they are made glad, and they look forward with hope of being spared by Jehovah during the expression of his wrath at Armageddon and being brought safely into his fold for ever.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 40

 

Likewise Jehovah heard the cry of his people while suffering restraint and imprisonment, and he heard because those prayers were in accord with God’s will to have his name proclaimed throughout the earth before the final expression of his wrath at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 41

 

It is not at all necessary to find that the forty days referred to means a period of similar length in the fulfillment of the prophecy, but rather that it was a definitely stated time; and so in the antitype, the message of the Lord has fixed a definite time when “Christendom” shall be overthrown, and that time is at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 44, 45

 

Reasons for Armageddon

Prophesying of the approaching battle of Armageddon, which will bring about the destruction of “Christendom” and, in fact, the destruction of the whole world organization, Jehovah God caused his prophet Isaiah to assign the reasons therefor in these words: “Behold, the Lord taketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattered abroad the inhabitants thereof.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 1, 1938 p. 46

 

Judgment will be completed with the climax at Armageddon, and then there will be no religionists to thus rebuke. Therefore the foregoing texts apply at the present time, before Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 52

 

Likewise Jehovah will not spare “Christendom” at Armageddon nor desist form his expression of wrath at that time, but in that destruction he will not include those of good will who now turn to him and form a part of the great multitude; and this he will do because they obey his admonition to ‘seek righteousness and meekness’, and flee form the devil religion and “refuge of lies”.-Isa. 28:15, 17

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 52, 53

 

This shows that while the kingdom message is being preached to the people before Armageddon, Jehovah opens the way for those of good will to come out, take their stand on his side, and form the “great multitude”. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 53

 

For the sake of those repentant ones, who arc thus marked, Jehovah does not destroy “Christendom” until a later time, and the reason is, that those of good will may be informed, learn of God’s kingdom, and seek righteousness and meekness, that they may be sparked at the execution upon “Christendom” at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 53, 54

 

The selfish ones were daily expecting to get away to heaven, that they might occupy some high position. But now, it being revealed and shown that more work must be done before Armageddon and that this work must be done in the face of opposition by the antitypical Assyrians, that is, the political, religious element, such work would be very hard on the proud ones.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 54

 

Seeing that God has set a day for Armageddon, at which time he will afford opportunity for some to be spared, and that God has given opportunity to the remnant to now preach or carry the message of truth to those of good will that they might be of the saved class, it appears to the faithful as a great and blessed privilege of serving God, and this makes the faithful to rejoice.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 55

 

Today “Christendom” need expect nothing in the way of a “sign” save the sending by the Lord of his servants or witnesses to preach the kingdom of heaven and the warning of the coming destruction of Satan’s organization at Armageddon, even as Jonah preached to the Ninevites both for the benefit of Nineveh and for that of Israel.  In this part of the prophecy Jonah pictured the disgruntled and peeved ones, and also the religionists of “Christendom” toward whom God is long-suffering and continues to send his witnesses to preach to them that “millions now living will never die” and that such millions will be those who flee to God’s kingdom before Armageddon.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 57

 

Jehovah’s purpose now in holding back the execution of his wrath upon “Christendom” and causing his witnesses to go forth and proclaim the kingdom message and the day of his vengeance is for the purpose of permitting the people of good will, whether they be politicians, commercial men, or common people, to hear the message, repent, and flee from the Devil’s organization and find refuge in the Lord. This work God commands must be done and completed before Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 59

 

Fourth: That we, having been invited to enter the Lord’s chariot by the Greater Jehu, through the medium of the publications of Jehovah ‘a organization on earth, including the book Riches (Pages 77 and following; page 354), have entered, and now pray that we may be found worthy to ‘witness his zeal for Jehovah’ at Armageddon (2 Kings 10:16) ;

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  February 15, 1938 p. 64

 

These prophecies, being understood, therefore have brought consolation to Jehovah’s anointed, because they inform them that there is a big work to be done, which they are privileged to have a part in if they are faithful, and that this work shall result in the vindication of Jehovah’s name.  All who come over the”highway”, as above mentioned, must be informed before Armageddon, and this work Jehovah has committed to his anointed remnant, giving them the privilege to carry the “fruits” of his kingdom and bear them to others that they might know that he is the Almighty God. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  March 1, 1938 p. 80

 

The faithful ones then began to see that the period of time of ‘preparing the way of Jehovah’ dates from 1879 on down to 1918f; that the Lord came to his temple in 1918, after casting Satan out of heaven, and from and after that time till the battle of Armageddon is “the day of his preparation”, as foretold at Nahum 2:3.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  March 15, 1938 p. 92

 

Such is the hope of the “little flock”; but the Jonadabs, or “other sheep”, do not have that hope. The Jonadabs do not expect to die; their hope is to find protection during the expression of God’s wrath at Armageddon and that they may live for ever upon the earth, and that means that they would do violence to God’s Word and put themselves in jeopardy by partaking of the Memorial emblems.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  April 1, 1938 p. 104

 

Since Jehovah has been pleased to reveal to his people the meaning of his prophecies uttered by Ezekiel with reference to the marking of the people of good will in the forehead, and that those obedient ones may be spared slaughter at Armageddon, it has seemed good and very appropriate to many of the anointed that such class study for the younger children should be set up, that is to say , Sunday schools, and the the children should be taught separately, while the grown-ups are having their study in a separate hall or while the publishers are out in the field going from door to door with the kingdom message.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  April 15, 1938 p. 117

 

Ezekiel’s vision of the man in linen doing his work foreshadows that Satan’s organization will be destroyed at Armageddon, not by outraged labor, socialists, or anarchists, but by the righteous organization of Jehovah God.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  April 15, 1938 p. 123

 

Jehovah has provided the ways and means and has sent his witnesses into all nations of “Christendom”, and in the autumn of the year 1937 a united witness work was given in seventy-one different nations of the earth. The preparation of the people for the great battle of Armageddon progresses.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  April 15, 1938 p. 127

 

The gathering of the remnant to Zion, God’s organization, is not for rest and idleness, but to be prepared for work and to do the work of bearing testimony of Jehovah, and continuing this up to the time of Armageddon.  God’s anointed people, therefore, must be completely and distinct from Satan’s organization.  The gathering of the remnant of Zion began after Satan’s organization was cast out of heaven; and after that the cry speaks of Babylon as being still in existence, showing that the cry, in fulfillment of the prophecy, must go forth at the present time and before the battle of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  April 15, 1938 p. 127

 

Jehovah’s approval and blessing upon those people foreshadowed his blessing upon.the Jonadabs and their children who are taught and who obey Him now and who may therefore look for protection at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 1, 1938 p. 133

 

Such  being the rule in regard to the irresponsible children of the anointed parent who gives spiritual instruction to the child in the way the Lord has commanded, it may seem to the Lord to protect and hid the ‘holy children’ with the parent during Armageddon. (Zeph. 2:3) According to this promise of the Lord the children of the Jonadabs who have received instruction at the mouth of their parents may have favorable consideration of the Lord at Armageddon because the parents have obeyed the instruction from the Lord and have been diligent to transmit his Word to their children. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 1, 1938 p. 133

 

Armageddon, which is near at hand, will witness the destruction of the ‘goats’. The ‘sheep‘, or obedient ones, will find protection and salvation in the Lord.  All the obedient ones must be witnesses to the name and to the kingdom of Jehovah God, and in this witness work the anointed must take the lead, and all who love God and his kingdom must follow in the same way.  God has commanded that just preceding Armageddon a world-wide witness must be given among the nations to the people of good will, that they may be warned of what is about to come to pass and that they may flee to the kingdom as the only place of safety.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 1, 1938 p. 139

 

Jerusalem is the name applied to God’s organization, symbolized by his “woman”. (Isa. 54:6, 7) Now according to the prophecy of Zechariah Jehovah “shall choose Jerusalem again”.  This marks the time of Jehovah’s organization in giving brith to her children, and this means that all such will be taught of God in the temple and will have great peace and be prepared for the time of Armageddon and what shall follow.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 1, 1938 p. 141

 

While being used to mark those who will be taken through the fiery trouble of Jehovah’s battle at Armageddon, the remnant is also used by Jehovah to announce the destructive part of his program.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 1, 1938 p. 142

 

The chief part of their equipment has been provided and furnished them since being gathered to the temple. That equipment is not for the purpose of providing a condition or place of rest in idleness, but that all of the temple company may be engaged in the work of carrying out the purpose for which they were selected; and since they are the ones taken out for the name of Jehovah, then it is certain that their work is that of making proclamation of Jehovah’s name and which must be done immediately preceding Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 15, 1938 p. 152

 

The destruction that shall come upon “Christendom” at Armageddon will be the greatest that has ever affected the world.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 15, 1938 p. 159

 

Satan is the one responsible for the sufferings and calamities that befall the people; and he causes his clergymen to tell the people that these calamities come upon them from God, because of their unfaithfulness to “Christendom’s” church organization. Such is Satan’s scheme to turn the people away from the true God, to the end that Satan may have them all on his side at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  May 15, 1938 p. 160

 

Ezekiel had a vision of this, and wrote: “And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.” (Ezek. 11:23)  Supporting this, another prophet wrote describing the battle at Armageddon, and then adds: “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east.” (Zech. 14: 4)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  June 1, 1938 p. 172

 

Concerning the end of the world, the setting up of the kingdom, and Jehovah’s battle at Armageddon, the commandment is given that the faithful covenant people of God must bear testimony thereof to the people.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  June 1, 1938 p. 173

 

The “great multitude”, by reason of coercion ex-ercised by unfaithful shepherds, and by reason of fear, is held for a long while in “prison cells” of Satan’s organization. Before the Armageddon battle they are released from these prison cells and brought into the “outer court” or place of refreshment and blessings of God’s organization: “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Rev. 7:16, 17)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  June 1, 1938 p. 174

 

All of these shall fall at Armageddon, and Jehovah’s forces are moving into position for the attack. (Jer. 25:15,16)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  June 15, 1938 p. 191

 

Likewise Christ Jesus knows in advance of the attack of Satan’s forces that will be launched against God’s people at the battle of Armageddon, and the Lord Jesus, through his angels, transmits that warning to his faithful people now on the earth and which warning is also transmitted to their companions.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 1, 1938 p. 200

 

In the spring of 1926, however, came the publication of the book Deliverance, definitely and emphatically setting forth that there would be a final conflict between the two opposing organizations and this would be fought at Armageddon, and this greatly stirred up the enemy. The conflict began to increase all over the earth where God’s people were proclaiming the message of truth.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 1, 1938 p. 201

 

Like the combined enemies of Judah, so now the combined elements of Satan’s organization began to march on to the assault of God’s devoted people assembled at Armageddon, ‘the place of troops.’

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 1, 1938 p. 203

 

They continuing to seek the face of the Lord, he revealed to his people through The Watchtower in the latter part of 1928 that some of the faithful of the remnant of spiritual Israel might be spared and carried through Armageddon and, in order to be faithful, they must be wholly submissive and obedient to God and Christ Jesus, the “higher powers” in fact.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 15, 1938 p. 211

 

Now these modern-day combined enemies march to Armageddon, where the Lord has assembled his troops, with the determination to annihilate those who are devoted to Jehovah. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 15, 1938 p. 218

 

Jehoshaphat, as he thus prayed to God, stood in the temple court on Mount Zion.  Today Jehovah’s remnant are standing at “Armageddon”, which means “the mountain of assembly of troops”. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 15, 1938 p. 218

 

The faithful people of good will now on the earth, and who stand with the anointed, are in fact “builders” who, by God’s grace being taken through the great conflict at Armageddon, will make the name of Jehovah and his King to remain alive in the earth.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 15, 1938 p. 219

 

The living saints on earth thought God would avenge the blood of his faithful martyrs or witness promptly with the coming of A.D. 1914, at the establishment of the kingdom of God; but that time came and passed, and they saw that God’s wrath did not begin until after that date and that their blood would be fully avenged in the battle of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  July 15, 1938 p. 221

 

As it was then, so it is today, as the battle of Armageddon draws near.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 229

 

With Armageddon staring the faithful right in the face, they know that they do not need carnal weapons of war, nor any like equipment, because they are not to employ any such.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 230

 

They know that at Armageddon, the battle of the great day of God Almighty, Jehovah will perform his “strange act” and thus magnify his name, and his faithful servants are now determined to pro- claim his name from this time until that battle is fought.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 232

 

So likewise today Jehovah’s witnesses have full faith in Jehovah and in Christ Jesus and they are certain of the Lord’s victory over the enemies and, knowing that Armageddon will soon be fought, that it will be the scene of victory, and they engage in the Lord’s service, and with full confidence they push forward in doing the witness work.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 232

 

From The Watchtower December 15, 1928, the Lord began to make known to his people on the earth that he would take some of them through the battle of Armageddon, and then they began to have a better understanding; and so they began to sing of Jehovah’s mercy and his lovingkindness, which will preserve his people who are builded up into Zion, where God has placed his name, and that he will use these to have a part in the vindication of his name before and at the battle of Armageddon and beyond that time.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 235

 

Jehovah’s battle at Armageddon is approaching.  It will permanently ruin the business of false prophets and prophetesses. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 236

 

The King is present. War in heaven between Christ and Satan was fought following A.D. 1914, to 1918, and Satan and his hosts were defeated and cast out of heaven. Thus Christ Jesus conquered, and he goes on to conquer at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 1, 1938 p. 239

 

All these prophecies are written for the benefit of God’s people, and they describe the situation as it will be at Armageddon: “So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all that see them shall flee away.  And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.”-Ps. 64:8, 9

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 244

 

The result was the direct “act of God”, foretelling God’s “strange act” that he will cause to come upon the  enemy at the battle of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 245

 

Whether they did or not, the picture definitely discloses the present-day conditions, and shows that there is no mistake. God maneuvered the forces then, and he will do it at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 245

 

With the beginning of Armageddon Satan’s organization is therefore certain to be divided against itself. (Matt. 12:25)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 246

 

In the type they went mad, and, blinded by their madness, the men of Ammon and Moab slew one another. That part of the picture foretells what shall take place at Armageddon, and the Devil will be unable to prevent it, even if he tries.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 246

 

Reference to the “watch tower” does not call attention to the Watch Tower Society; or to the magazine by that name, but does emphasize the fact that at Armageddon the faithful remaining and their other companions who survive will view the great and marvelous act of Jehovah God performed through Christ Jesus, and that then they shall behold the enemies destroying one another, and being in “the watch tower”, that is to say, in an exalted position in God’s favor and secure from harm, they will observe the Lord’s complete victory to the vindication of his name.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 247

 

As Jehovah brought about the destruction of that combined enemy host that went against Judah, so he will cause the destruction of Satan’s cohorts at Armageddon, and concerning which he says: “And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth : they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried ; they shall be dung upon the ground.”-Jer. 25:33.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 248

 

Likewise Jehovah will fight for his people at the battle of Armageddon, and they will be delivered and be entirely safe.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 248

 

Corresponding with that prophetic picture, the result at Armageddon is described in these words: “And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock [now composed of yes-men, politicians, and commercial giants, and suchlike] to escape.”-Jer. 25: 35.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 248

 

The spoiling of the enemy, and the disgrace to which all such shall be reduced at Armageddon, are pictured by the birds and beast gorging themselves on the bodies of the slain. (Ezek. 39:17-21; Rev. 19:17-21)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 249

 

It was, therefore, first the “valley of Jehoshaphat”, meaning “Jehovah-judged”, for there Jehovah adversely judged the enemy; and foreshadowed that immediately preceding the Armageddon battle Jehovah adversely judges the nations composing Satan’s visible organization, and this he does in vindication of himself.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 249

 

Unquestionably there will be much service of blessing Jehovah’s name after Armageddon is fought, and all the surviving ones, both of the remnant and the faithful men of old, the prophets, and the great multitude, will join therein together.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 250

 

Likewise following the battle of Armageddon the survivors will turn from proclaiming the day of vengeance of our God and will vigorously engage in the constructive service of the Lord. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 250

 

The Judeans, returning to Jerusalem with joy, were filled with gladness because Jehovah had vindicated his word and his name.  It will even be so following Armageddon, when these who survive will return and praise Jehovah, having seen the result at Armageddon: “Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies; and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.” -Ps. 92:11.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 250

 

Thus is foretold that the survivors of Armageddon will go unto the temple organization of Jehovah and forever praise his name.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 250

 

After Armageddon they will rule no more, but all the earth will be presided over by Christ Jesus, the Prince of Peace, and his visible rulers will be the faithful men who in centuries past have proved their faith to Jehovah and who shall be resurrected and made princes in all the earth. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 250

 

In the prophetic picture here considered the Jonadabs or people of good will have been shown only indirectly or by inference, but at this point they are represented by “all the kingdoms of those countries”, which fear God both before and continuously after Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  August 15, 1938 p. 251

 

(22) Saul’s counterpart will be destroyed by Jehovah God by and through Christ Jesus, the great Executioner of Jehovah, at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 263

 

The picture, therefore, shows that the religionists, under the leadership of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, fight against the modern-day Philistines, Communists and anarchists, and particularly will this be true at the beginning of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 264

Today as the battle of Armageddon draws near, it appears to many that Jehovah’s witnesses are in the camp of the antiGod crowd, and they are accused of being in that crowd because Jehovah’s witnesses are against religion, which dishonors God’s holy name.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 264

 

To be sure, no man can say precisely what day or year Jehovah’s battle at Armageddon will be fought, but it is easy to be seen that now conditions among the people are such as to indicate that a great crisis is near.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 269

 

His day of vengeance is here, and his terrible battle at Armageddon is near and certain to fall upon “Christendom”, and that within an early date. God’s judgment is upon “Christendom” and must shortly be executed.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 270

 

The time is here when God’s people must make it plain to all that the nations are marching to battle at Armageddon and that the only hope of the people is the kingdom of God. It is a great privilege to be permitted to make this announcement. It is the truth; and the truth will bring hope and courage to the people.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 270

 

They have taken their stand against the Lord and against his anointed, and for this reason God will not permit them to stand in the day of his battle at Armageddon.-Rev. 12:17; 17:14.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  September 1, 1938 p. 271

 

This clearly pictures that, although some of the Jonadabs or “other sheep” may be killed at the hand of the enemy before or during Armageddon, yet many of the “other sheep” of the Lord, pictured by the house of Jonathan, will be spared and live through Armageddon and the Executioner for Jehovah will not act against them.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 292

 

This does not mean that none of the “great multitude” company or Jonathan class will survive Armageddon ; but rather it means that some of the Jonathan class may die, while others survive, as hereinbefore stated.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 293

 

When Jehovah in the near future executes the “man of sin”, “the son of perdition,” and all the supporters thereof, which He will do, that will appear to be a very strange act to all persons who are out of harmony with Jehovah God.  That will be the beginning of Armageddon, and it will continue until all the enemies are destroyed. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 293

 

Likewise the “other sheep” will remain true and faithful to Christ and the remnant of his body to the very end, although some of them may fall at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 293

 

Jonathan was not resisting God’s strange act against Saul, but was warring against the crowd that was reproaching God’s holy name; and the fall of Saul, and the end of his reign, which cleared the way for David to become the rightful king, was there picturing the beginning of the battle of Armageddon, which beginning of the “strange act” will be against religionists and religion.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 294

 

Likewise at Armageddon, no modern Philistines, the political crowd, and none of their followers of the monstrosity, the “state religion combine”, can gain any favor of Christ Jesus, the Greater David, by burning the “great whore”. (Rev. 17:16,17)  Nor did the Philistines intend to help David by fighting against Saul, but their purpose was to reproach God’s name. This is proved by a later attempt by the Philistines to destroy David. (2 Sam. 5:17-25) This shows that, after the fall of the religionists and religion at the beginning of Armageddon, the political, commercial, and radical “state religion” crowd, pictured by the Philistines and particularly by Goliath, will be against Jehovah’s witnesses.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 294

 

The sparing of the lives of Jonathan’s descendants for many generations may well picture that, while some of the great multitude may die before Armageddon is over, yet the Jonathan class, that is to say, those who go to make up the great multitude, as a class, will survive Armageddon, and which class may, after Armageddon, “be fruitful and multiply,” and their offspring have a particular blessing at the hands of the Greater David.  Also it may show that the dutiful and obedient children of the Jonadabs, or Jonathan class, who today are obedient to righteousness, may be spared during Armageddon and then, going on in faithfulness to Jehovah and his King, will forever have the Lord’s blessing.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 295

 

It is certain that these prophetic pictures are recorded to show that there now is a people of good will toward God, and that these  must go to the Greater David, Christ Jesus, and put  themselves under his command, and this they must do and will do before Armageddon is over.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 296

 

It appears that at the battle of Gilboa, which pictures the beginning of Armageddon, Saul played a part in that picture which represented God’s anointed at the beginning of the battle of Armageddon, even though Saul himself at that time was rejected of God.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 296

 

Personalities do not and must not enter into the matter, and here both Saul and Jonathan appear clearly to have played parts in the prophetic picture which will have fulfillment at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 296

 

Viewing the matter as a prophetic picture, it shows that at the beginning of Armgeddon some of the anointed remnant may “die with their boots on”, that is, be slain by some of the “other sheep”, the great multitude, pictured by Jonathan, may be slain in like manner by the same enemy, and which would be a demonstration of their integrity toward God and an answer to Satan’s false charge against Jehovah and his servants on the earth. The dying of such faithfully doing their duty will cause a lamentation on the part of those who survive, but they will “sorrow not as others”.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 296

 

How are the mighty [the anointed of the remnant, and Jonathan, the great multitude] fallen in the midst of the battle [the early part of Armageddon]!

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 297

 

The faithful men of old, whom the Lord will “make princes in all the earth”, and the great multitude who survive Armageddon, will be the only righteous ones then on the earth. And they will doubtless be united and see each other in the flesh before Armageddon ends. Will those righteous ones who survive Armageddon fulfill God’s man date, to wit, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth” with a righteous people?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 298

 

The “vine tree”, “Christendom,” by readily joining with Satan’s organization in the World War, thereby became scorched, or burned, and it is withered, and the fire of Jehovah’s battle at Armageddon will completely annihilate it.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 300

 

Before Jesus came to earth God fore- told by one of his prophets that he would gather his people together and complete the servant before Armageddon is fought. (Is 50:5)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 301

 

Satan got into violent action in A.D. 1914, and when he was cast out of heaven he was so angered against God’s organization, and particularly the remnant thereof on earth, that he would have completely wrecked everything in connection with the human race.  God’s due time for Armageddon had not arrived, and he stopped the World War.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 301

 

When Armageddon is fought due notice thereof will have been brought to the attention of the enemy and of the people and of the prominent ones of the enemy’s organization.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 301

 

When Armageddon begins, that restraint will be removed, because the witness work in the earth will then be finished.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 301

 

The primary purpose of the apparent delay of Armageddon is announced to be that the servant class might be completed and sealed in their foreheads and sent forth to do the work God has commissioned them to do.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 1, 1938 p. 302

 

The destructive work of the flood pictured Armageddon and the great destruction it will bring about and upon the earth, and the part played by Noah in offering clean animals in sacrifice, as above stated, foreshadowed Christ Jesus and his reign of blessedness after Armageddon, concerning which it is written: “For the Lord shall comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.”-Isa. 51:3.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 308, 309

 

Satan’s organization is called “Babylon”, which has always opposed Jehovah and worked unrighteousness and which at Armageddon will be destroyed, and then when the Lord has destroyed that wicked organization the earth will be at rest. For the comfort of those now who love and serve Jehovah God, as well as those who remain on earth after Armageddon, Jehovah says: “And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The Lord bath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.”-Isa. 14:3-5, 7.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 309

 

Noah’s sons were born a short time before the flood; and likewise the Greater Noah, Christ Jesus, a short time prior to Armageddon, brings forth the “other sheep” or Jonadabs that form the “great multitude”.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 309

 

The flood and the devastation nit wrought therefore pictured Armageddon and its destructive results, which will be brought about by Jehovah acting by and through Christ Jesus.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 310

 

Without any question of doubt that deluge was a type of Armageddon; and Armageddon, with its world-wide destructive forces, will likewise be an expression of the wrath of Jehovah God against all persons, not only by reason of being condemned to death by inheritance, but by having added to that condemnation by willingly going after the Devil and willfully reproaching the name of Jehovah God and Christ Jesus.  Such have knowingly and willfully disregarded and spurned, and today continue to disregard and spurn, the word of God and the warning of Jehovah which he sends to them through his witnesses. The deluge was typical, and Armageddon, in its great destruction there to be wrought, will constitute the fulfillment of that type.

Furthermore the prophetic picture shows God’s provision for those who escape the wrath of Armageddon, and who find protection and complete safety under the Lord’s organization.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 311

 

Inside or under the protection of Jehovah’s organization such faithful ones may be safely carried through that expression of God’s wrath at the battle of Armageddon. (Zeph. 2:1-4)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 311

 

That baptism, which provided safety and salvation for some and destruction for others, appears to be referred to by the words of John to those who came to him for baptism, to wit: “He [Christ] that cometh after me is mightier than I, …he shall baptize you with the holy [spirit] and with fire” (Matt. 3:11, 12) The “fire” baptism evidently refers to the fire of Armageddon, which immersion will be the destruction of all of the Devil’s organization, and protection to those who find refuge in Jehovah’s organization.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 312

 

The wrath of God at Armageddon is an expression against those who defame and reproach the name of Jehovah God, and who support the Devil, and God furnishes protection only to those who joyfully obey and serve him, and these find refuge in Christ Jesus; and salvation is for none other, because it is written plainly in the Word of God: ‘All the wicked God will destroy’ (Ps. 145 : 20) ; and furthermore, ‘They that believe not on Christ Jesus, upon them the wrath of God abideth.‘-John 3: 35, 36.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 312

 

The declaration of Jehovah set forth in the foregoing text of Genesis 8:21 is further proof that the flood and the attending results were typical, foretelling God’s purpose to bring his wrath upon the earth by the hand of Christ Jesus and thus executing the wicked who have advanced beyond the point of inherited sin; and also that would be the last affliction upon the human race, hence “affliction shall not rise up the second time”, as God declared. (Nahum 1: 9) Armageddon will be the fulfillment of that prophetic picture and will be the expression of Jehovah’s wrath and will be the affliction that shall be upon all who are against God. It will be the greatest tribulation, never before equaled, and never again shall come to pass.-Matt. 24:21.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 312

 

That the experiences of Noah and the attending circumstances of the flood constituted a prophetic picture of Armageddon is made clear by the words of divine authority set forth at Luke 17: 26, 27, 30: “And as it was in the days of No’e, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that No’e entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 312

 

That seems clearly to refer to the comfort and rest that will come when Armageddon has ended and Christ reigns in righteousness, and hence the offering of the sacrifice by Noah is a further part of the prophetic drama.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 312

 

That being true, then, we may expect in this connection to gain some information as to what will be done following Armageddon to carry out that divine mandate to “fill the earth”.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 313

 

Since the divine mandate embraced Noah and his sons, would that mean that the surviving remnant of the body of Christ, who are on the earth at the conclusion of Armageddon, should now or immediately following Armageddon put forth an effort to fulfill he divine command by bringing children into the earth?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 313

 

For this reason it appears that the divine mandate to “multiply and fill the earth” does not apply to the spirit-begotten ones, that is, to the remnant, but that such as were pictured by Noah, the faithful ones who inherit the kingdom with Christ Jesus, are included in and associated with Christ Jesus, “the everlasting Father,” who administers life to all who receive life after Armageddon, including those who were raised form the dead.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 313

 

Children thus properly instructed until they reach the age of personal responsibility will be equipped to choose to serve God and his kingdom, and, if they do so, and if they continue to seek righteousness and meekness, they will doubtless be of the great multitude class, the “other sheep”, that will be protected and may be safely carried through Armageddon, even as Noah’s sons were carried over the flood by being under the protection of the ark.

Many children, because of the evil day and the power exercised by the evil one and his dupes, grow up in wickedness, refuse instruction in righteousness, and continue in wickedness. What is the status of such children, and what protection will they have during Armageddon? and what, if anything, will be their relationship to the divine mandate relative to the filling of the earth?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 313

 

Jehovah God’s commandment to his executioner, which commandment applies at Armageddon, is, to wit: “Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women; but come not near any man [the world man here manifestly applies to both sexes] upon whom is the mark.” (Ezek. 9:6)  The flood being a type of Armageddon, it appears that in the antitype, that is, Armageddon, God makes no exception, no favor to those who refuse to believe on him and obey his commandments.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 313, 314

 

The very purpose of the deluge was to clear off the earth the violent, wicked generation that refused to give heed to God’s warning; and that flood was a type of Armageddon. The very purpose of Armageddon is to clear off the earth a similar class of wicked ones who refuse to hear God’s warning given at the present time and who continue to defame God’s name.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 314

 

Satan has actually succeeded in turning almost all men away from God, and that particularly applies to those now on the earth. Such persons have taken their permanent stand against God and have aligned themselves on the side of the Devil, and these are certain to suffer destruction at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 314

 

22.  Compare the situation in Noah’s day with that of the present time, as justifying both the flood and Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 315

 

34.  In relation to Armageddon and a part in the fulfillment of the divine command here being considered, what is the status of children that refuse or ignore instruction in righteousness?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 315

 

Note that this was after the World War had ended and Satan had been cast out of heaven and had begun to prepare his forces for Armageddon. (Rev. 12:12; 16:13-16)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 316

 

The so-called “Mother’s Day” was observed in America first in 1914, the very year that Satan’s world ended and when he knew his time was short to get ready for Jehovah’s great battle at Armageddon.  To induce the people to bestow special honor and worship upon mothers would be one step toward turning the people away form the worship of God; and this is one of his means of preparing for the battle at Armageddon.  In all the churches today much is made over “Mother’s Day”, but in not a single one of them are the people ever told that God is the Father, and that the “mother” is his organization, and that all honor and worship are due to Jehovah God.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  October 15, 1938 p. 319

 

Armageddon will clear the earth of unrighteousness, and thereafter those who live must be on the side of God and Christ his King. The Scriptures appear to clearly show that the survivors of Armageddon will be those Jonadabs who henceforth ‘seek righteousness and meekness’and who form the “great multitude”. (Rev. 7: 9-15)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 323

 

The entire number will doubtless be but a few millions, a small number compared to the mass of humanity now on earth. But there is no need to be appalled by the great world-wide destruction of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 323

 

But the fact that a great multitude of persons do maintain their integrity toward God and arc carried over Armageddon conclusively disproves and nullifies Satan’s wicked challenge and will be a vindication of Jehovah’s name and his word. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 323

 

If millions survive Armageddon and are wholly devoted to God and his King, Christ Jesus, what may those few millions do under the direction of Christ Jesus toward ‘filling the earth’ within a few short centuries?  Within the millennial reign of Christ Jesus will the divine mandate be completely fulfilled? Members of Noah’s family pictured the Jonadabs or great multitude, the survivors of Armageddon who will receive life everlasting on the earth from Jehovah as a gracious gift ministered to them by Christ Jesus, the Greater-than-Noah. Seeing that God’s mandate was and is given only to righteous men and the survivors of Armageddon are the ones who have obeyed God in seeking righteousness and meekness, is it not both reasonable and Scriptural that Jehovah will use that righteous great multitude to carry out and perform his mandate to “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth”?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 323

 

If in obedience to the divine command the Jonadabs or great multitude will marry and rear children after Armageddon, would it not be Scripturally proper for them to begin doing so immediately before Armageddon? and should the Jonadabs now be encouraged to marry and rear children? No, is the answer, supported by the Scriptures.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 323

 

These scriptures support the conclusion that the beginning of the ‘filling of the earth’ is not due before Armageddon; and in further support thereof mark the words of Jesus, which definitely seem to discourage the bearing of children immediately before or during Armageddon: “And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days !”-Matt. 24:19.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 324

 

Children born before Armageddon are brought into the world while Satan’s wicked, oppressive organization affects the lives of all on the earth, and there is but one way of finding protection and safety for such children, as well as others, and that is to devote themselves to God and his kingdom and find refuge in the organization of Jehovah under Christ.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 324

 

It would therefore appear that there is no reasonable or Scriptural injunction to bring children into the world immediately before Armageddon, where we now are.
The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 324

 

Adam and Eve failed to raise up a righteous generation because they both sinned before beginning to exercise the function brining children into the world.  After Armageddon the willful violators of God’s law will all be gone from the earth, and the survivors, being righteous, by God’s grace, and being thus counted by him, may then fulfill the divine mandate. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 324

 

It was proper for perfect Adam and Eve to multiply, and it appears it will be in full harmony with the divine will that the Jonadabs or great multitude shall marry and multiply after Armageddon. The counsel concerning marriage as set forth in 1 Corinthians the seventh chapter certainly did not apply to perfect Adam and Eve; and after Armageddon, and the complete manifestation of the kingdom, such counsel would not apply to the survivors, that is, to the Jonadabs composing the great multitude.  Neither wold the counsel recorded at 1 Timothy 5:11, 14 apply to such.

There appears to be no reason why Armageddon would dissolve the marriage tie of the Jonadabs which existed prior to Armageddon, and which persons survive Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 325

 

If the marriage tie of the Jonadabs who survive Armageddon is not dissolved by Armageddon, how will that relationship be made to cease?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 325

 

Will the offspring born to the Jonadabs come under the redemptive provision made through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus? Yes, the children born to the Jonadabs before Armageddon, just as all those raised out of death, would necessarily come under the divine provision of redemption.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 325

 

As heretofore stated in The Watchtower, the Scriptural evidence strongly supports the conclusion that the faithful men of old specifically described at Hebrews eleven will be resurrected immediately before or during Armageddon and by the Lord made “princes in all the earth”. (Ps. 45:16) Aside from such faithful ones, will the others who have died before Armageddon be awakened, and brought back to the earth before the rebuilding of the earthly organization is well progressed? or will paradise be re-established before the dead are awakened?  The Scriptures do not specifically state at what time the awakening of the dead to resurrection unto judgment will begin.  Certainly the Scriptures do not support the conclusion that the general resurrection of those unto judgment, that is, the mass of those who have died, will begin immediately after Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 325

 

Verse three of that Psalm refers to Armageddon, and says: “When mine enemies are turned back [(Hebrew) shuwb], they shall fall and perish at the presence.” At Armageddon Jehovah’s presence is made manifest through his faithful Field Marshal, Christ Jesus, and there the enemies of God, engaging the Lord in battle, will be turned back in defeat and shall perish. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 328

 

When the fight is on at Armageddon, the Lord will completely defeat the enemy and Jehovah will maintain his right and cause in accomplishing that fact. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 328

 

The next verse shows that the Lord endures for ever and that before his judgment of the world in righteousness he cleans out these wicked ones for ever and this he does at Armageddon. “But the Lord shall endure for ever; he hath prepared his throne for judgment: and he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.”- Ps.9:7,8.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 328

 

That the oppressors find their end when turned back at Armageddon, note the following: “The heathen [nations] are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.” (Verse 15) They set a net for God’s people, and they get in it and are destroyed at Armageddon: “The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.” (Verse 16)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 328

 

During the time of the resurrection there will be no “nations” to be turned or returned into hell, because those nations will be destroyed at Armageddon. Thus it is seen that the ‘turning of the wicked into hell’ is by destroying them at the battle of Armageddon, and does not mean the turning of them back into the grave from which they are supposed to come during the thousand-year reign of Christ. Manifestly the conclusion set forth in Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 5, page 361, concerning the return of the wicked into hell is wrong.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 329

 

Surely that was not written for the enlightenment or benefit of human creatures that will be on the earth at the end of the millennial reign of Christ, but, on the contrary, we are definitely informed that the Psalm was written aforetime particularly for the instruction of God’s people on the earth now just preceding Armageddon. (1 Cor. 10:11, Romans 15:4)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 329

 

Now Armageddon approaches and is near, at which battle God will, as he has said, destroy the opposers.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 329

 

These faithful witnesses know that Armageddon is near and that Jehovah will permit his people to see the destruction of their enemies; hence they say: “The God of my mercy shall prevent me [from being destroyed by the enemy]: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.”-Ps. 59:10. 

While the witness work of the Lord’s “strange work” is in progress the Lord, by his prophet, puts these words in the mouth of his faithful servants, to wit: “Slay them not [now, prematurely, but wait until after they have been humiliated], lest my people forget [God’s strange work, which is now in progress according to his purpose and which must be completed before the slaughtering takes place] : scatter them by thy power [which shall be made manifest at Armageddon] ; and [then] bring them down, O Lord our shield.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 330

 

In harmony with this prayer they will be consumed at the battle of Armageddon: “And at evening [just before the consuming act at Armageddon, as represented by vicious, hungry dogs, who prowl about] let them return [not at the end of the millennial reign of Christ, but return from their hiding place where they hide during the light of day, which is the practice of dogs; hence they are said to return to pursue their wicked prowling], and let them make a noise like a dog [that is the DD’s who are mad and hungry because they have no spiritual food themselves from the hand of the Lord], and go round [hunting and seeking whom they may devour, even as their father the Devil does] about the city.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 330

 

The prayer of David is a prophecy foretelling these present-day conditions and of God’s purpose concerning the wicked ecclesiastical dogs’ being consumed at Armageddon.  Their destruction will not wait and be brought about at the end of the thousand-year reign of Christ, but clearly as the Scriptures set forth, it will take place at Armageddon, and that will be their final end. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 330

 

Their judgment is described at Revelation 20:12-15, and that judgment would be climaxed by the test imposed by Satan at his release from the abyss at the end of the thousand years, Neither the faithful men of old, described in Hebrews eleven, nor the Jonadabs that are carried over in Armageddon, would be included among those who make up “the rest of the dead”.  It is plainly written of the faithful men of old that they get a better resurrection.  The words at Acts 24:15 are: “There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.”  “The just” here mentioned include the members of the body of Christ, and must include the faithful prophets described at Hebrews eleven, and the faithful Jonadabs who died immediately prior to or during Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 331

 

If this question and answer applies exclusively to the 144,000 (Rev. 7:4-8; 14:1-3), then the question still remains unanswered concerning those who are carried through Armageddon and who remain on earth as human creatures. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 331

 

The words of Jesus in answer to their question, therefore, would have no reference to and would not include the “great multitude” class that survives Armageddon and who the Scriptures show would have the privilege of carrying out the divine mandate to “fill the earth”.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 331

 

The answer of Jesus, therefore, would not apply to the period of time during which the Jonadabs, surviving Armageddon, may marry, “be fruitful” and “fill the earth”. This conclusion is fully supported by what appears hereinbefore, showing that the great multitude will, during the thousand-year reign and under the direct supervision of the Lord Jesus Christ, the righteous overlord, “fill the earth”; that then paradise will be fully established, and then “the rest of the dead” shall be brought forth. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 332

 

Before God permits his mandate to be carried out the earth must be cleansed by clearing out the wicked, and this is done at the battle of Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

The flood, which cleaned the earth of the wicked, was a type of Armageddon. The battle of Armageddon, the antitype, will clear the earth of the present-day wicked. As only righteous Noah and his family, eight in all, were carried through the flood, in the antitype only the remnant and the great multitude who learn righteousness will be carried through Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

The faithful Jonadabs or “great multitude”, pictured by Noah’s family, find refuge, protection and safety under the organization of the Lord, or antitypical organiztion, and which “other sheep or great multitude will be carried over the deluge of fire of Armageddon.  Those survivors of Armageddon, counted righteous by reason of their faith and obedience to God and Christ, are regenerated by Christ and receive life from him, “the Everlasting Father.”

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

2.  How will Armageddon affect conditions upon the earth?

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

3.  Compare the situation immediately after and since the flood with that following armageddon, as suggesting what can and will be done to “fill the earth”.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

8.  In what respects, after Armageddon, will the situation be more favorable for carrying out the divine command to “multiply and fill the earth”? 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 1, 1938 p. 333

 

11.  Will children born to the Jonadabs before and after Armageddon come under the divine provision of redemption, and why?

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The Scriptures were written long ago for the instruction, learning and admonition those creatures on the earth near the complete end of the “present evil world”, and those Scriptures now God is making clear to those who diligently seek righteousness.  The evil world shall end at Armageddon; and Armageddon is near.

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This they must do particularly just preceding the exercise of Jehovah’s supreme power at Armageddon.-Ex. 9:16.

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Not only do they disobey God and the commandments he has given, but they viciously persecute Jehovah’s witnesses, who are faithful in declaring the Word of God, and thus they prove themselves to be instruments of the Devil and workers of iniquity. Their end is destruction at Armageddon.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  November 15, 1938 p. 344

 

The Devil and wicked men have corrupted the earth and made it a place of violence; and all such God declares he will destroy at Armageddon. The prophetic words of Jehovah now are concern- ing the earth: “Behold me! creating . . . a new earth.”  (Isa. 65:17, Roth.)

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Armageddon will clear the earth of all wickedness, and only those who are devoted to God and his kingdom under Christ will survive that terrible destruction. The great multitude now begin their praise of God and Christ Jesus before Armageddon comes, and they serve God and Christ, continuously singing their praises. (Rev. 7:9, 10, 15)  Following Armageddon the righteous great multitude will proceed to marry and multiply that they may carry out the divine mandate to “fill the earth”. 

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This would suggest that Jonadabs should not be anxious to marry now, but with hope and confidence look forward to the time after Armageddon when they may have children with the assurance that they can rear such children without fear of the child’s dying as a child. 

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“Jerusalem,” that is, Jehovah’s organization, which will include the righteous people of the earth after Armageddon, therefore, must be without sorrow. Judas Iscariot was a willful, deliberate sinner, and was accursed of God.

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Jerusalem was first destroyed in 606 B.C., which pictures the destruction at Armageddon.

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That God through Christ Jesus will bring great punishment upon the nations at Armageddon because they have broken the everlasting covenant is made certain: “The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for the Lord hath spoken this word.  The earth mourneth and fadeth away; the world languisheth, and fadeth away; the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”-Isa. 24:3-5

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 1, 1938 p. 361

 

Some of that crowd must pay the penalty to balance the account. The punishment that came upon Jerusalem clearly pictures the coming execution of wrongdoers at the battle of Armageddon, and in that destruction the wild beasts will be used manifestly because the beasts have been unjustly treated and wantonly slain by men in defiance of God’s excessed law.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 1, 1938 p. 362

 

Undoubtedly Armageddon will witness the righting of all wrongs, and which will include the balancing of the account for the wrongs done to the dumb creation.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 1, 1938 p. 363

 

It will be a happy state then, after Armageddon and when the kingdom is in full sway, to see all creation dwelling together in peace and rendering praise to the Lord.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 1, 1938 p. 363

 

The following scriptures figuratively refer to the earthly condition of God’s people on earth today, yet they also correctly reflect the coming actual earthly condition or state of creatures that shall obtain after Armageddon: “And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.

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43.  What change of situation in this respect will come with and after Armageddon?

44.  Point out scriptures figuratively referring to the present earthly condition of God’s people as well as reflecting actual conditions to obtain after Armageddon. 

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Therefore says Jehovah: ‘If I bring a sword upon the land, none of the wicked shall be delivered. When his battle at Armageddon is due to begin, then Jehovah will send Christ Jesus and his mighty army and will give command for the sword to go through the land.

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Likewise those others now living upon earth who are counted righteous because they are in Christ Jesus and faithfully following in his footsteps will not be hurt by the great trouble or battle at Armageddon.

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Jehovah executed drastic punishment upon ancient Jerusalem, and now he says “how much more” will he so do to “Christendom”, which Jerusalem foreshadowed. Jehovah would have it definitely understood that at Armageddon he will spare no part of Satan’s organization.

The words of Jehovah spoken to Ezekiel, however, show that there will be some taken through the time of trouble at Armageddon aside from his anointed “servant” class. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 1, 1938 p. 368

 

It will not do to wait until after Armageddon to give the warning, because then it will be too late.  The “strange work” of the Lord must be completed before Armageddon, and that “strange work” is to proclaim the truth against all forms of religion, which are an abomination in the sight of God, and is to make known to the people that all salvation is of Jehovah through Christ Jesus his King. 
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God permits the Devil to put forth every effort at his command to gain his end, and the Devil fails, and this will be completely made known at Armageddon.

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If they will avert the great calamity of going into captivity to Satan’s organization and therefore falling at the battle of Armageddon, they must follow closely the Word of God as set forth by his prophets and which Word was written for the special aid and comfort of the Lord’s temple class, of which Christ Jesus is the Head and Chief Corner Stone.   

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 15, 1938 p. 380

 

The words (at Ezekiel 43:8) “I have consumed them in mine anger” are prophetic words of what Jehovah will do in his slaughter at Armageddon to these defilers, just as he did to the ancient kings of typical Israel. 

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 15, 1938 p. 381

 

Everyone here is talking about the probability of war in a few days, and all sorts of preparations are being made. People are standing in groups in the streets conversing in anxious tones, and some of the women are in tears because their menfolks have been called up. But we rejoice as the GREAT WAR (Armageddon) approaches, and we thank our Father for our little part in his great organization, in every privilege of daily going in service to him. May we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in that.

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence.  December 15, 1938 p. 383