However, suddenly, there came an end to World War I. It did not lead on, as Bible students expected, into world revolution and anarchy or the battle of Armageddon.

Man’s Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand!  1975. p. 98

Publication title: Even the paradise to which the apostle Paul referred in 2 Corinthians 12:4 was understood to be that paradise, ‘the restored earth.’—See paragraph 2, page 648, of the book The Battle of Armageddon, published in 1897.

Man’s Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand!  1975. p. 135

And a National Observer European correspondent, viewing the prevailing mood in Paris and London, writes of “this, the winter before Armageddon.”

Awake! February 22, 1975 p. 29

Any who fail to see this, says the Egyptian Gazette, face deadly consequences. It adds: “Clearly a new outlook is needed: one that sees beyond . . . mere ethno-national interests and conflicting ideologies which are placing world human interests in dire danger. The very tools that have so far been the main history-formers—the sword, the gun and the bomb, the implements of imposition—must be abandoned for those of discussion and cooperation if Armageddon is to be avoided.” But the Armageddon of which the Bible speaks cannot be avoided by mere discussion and cooperation among men

Awake!  March 22, 1975 p. 29

“Waiting for Armageddon,” observes Time magazine, has been “turned to profit.” Some California land speculators have arranged for those who fear the worst to purchase membership in a secret mountain hideaway for $12,500 plus annual dues of $300.

Awake!  October 22, 1975 p. 31

Both Jesus and the apostle Peter drew parallels between the flood of Noah’s day and the end of this present wicked system of things. Jesus described the end as a “great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.” That tribulation will culminate in the “war of the great day of God the Almighty,” Armageddon.—Matt. 24: 21, 37-39; 2 Pet. 3:3-13; Rev. 16:14, 16.

Awake! December 22, 1975 p. 11

One thing yet remains to be done after the war at Armageddon, and with swiftness it is accomplished!

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  June 15, 1975 p. 376

Could it be that events in the Middle East are shaping up for what the Bible calls “Har–Magedon” or “Armageddon”? (Rev. 16:14, 16)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  July 1, 1975 p. 387

What Will Armageddon Really Mean for Mankind?

THE word “Armageddon” keeps showing up in the news. “On to Armageddon” headlined the New York Times editorial page when India exploded her first nuclear device last year. “Oil Armageddon,” “economic Armageddon,” “the winter before Armageddon” and similar expressions have also appeared during recent months.

The ultimate disaster—that is what flashes through the minds of most persons who hear the word “Armageddon.” Many of them envision in its wake a charred, radioactive cinder of an earth, with few, if any, survivors.

But is that what Armageddon really means? Does it spell only bad for the future? The answer may surprise you.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

The source of the word “Armageddon” is the Bible book of Revelation.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

The prophecy includes these significant words: “They called the kings together at the place called, in Hebrew, Armageddon.”—Chap. 16, vss. 13 to 16, Jerusalem Bible.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

There is no actual geographical location, past or present, that is specifically named Armageddon.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

Therefore, the events associated with Megiddo point to Armageddon as symbolizing a confrontation far more significant than any that occurred there in Palestine in ancient times. The full Hebrew expression is Har Meghiddohn, meaning “mountain of rendezvous” or “mountain of assembly of troops.” Armageddon, then, must refer to the situation to which all the kings or governments of the world “rendezvous” against a common adversary.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

Section heading: WHY ARMAGEDDON?

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 515

That is why the war at Armageddon is a must. Political nations are powerless to break the stalemate. Moreover, they stand now at Armageddon, aligned against and refusing to yield sovereignty to God, whose time has come to exercise his Kingdom rule for the common good of all mankind.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 516

That is why the Bible says that God the Almighty will act decisively at Armageddon: “[His kingdom] will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite.” For those aligned against God’s kingdom, Christ Jesus predicts that this will mean “great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.”—Dan. 2:44; Matt. 24:21; see also Jeremiah 25:31-33.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 516

Section heading: BENEFITS OF ARMAGEDDON

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 516

Did the horrors of World Wars I and II, for example, clean up the bad system of things and provide the foundation for a righteous world? God’s war at Armageddon is the best thing that could possibly happen to our globe, because it will do just that! Only Armageddon can clear the way for a righteous earthly state where man-made causes of sorrow, pain and death will be permanently removed.—Rev. 21:1-4.

The word “Armageddon,” then, should not cause fear or dread to well up, but, rather, anticipation and hope, both for it and for what lies beyond it.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 1, 1975 p. 516

Let us make it our decision to look heavenward and to put the kingdom of God and its concern first in our lives. If we do this, we are assuring ourselves of countless blessings, indescribable blessings, both material and spiritual, for ourselves now and also, after Armageddon, eternal life in God’s new system of things. That is something that all the money in the world cannot buy.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.  September 15, 1975 p. 567