One who knows what the Bible indicates about the near future might even rationalize: “The business will soon be destroyed at Armageddon anyway, so why work hard to perpetuate it?”

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 1, 1972 p. 269

Rather than be curbed at Armageddon or later, it is wise to develop and display understanding with respect to authority so we will be the kind of persons Jehovah wants in his new order of righteousness.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 1, 1972 p. 273

● What is the “new earth,” and who will serve as its foundation?

The “new earth” is a new and righteous human society on this very planet; the “great crowd” of Armageddon survivors will be the basis for this society organized under the “new heavens.”— Pp. 238, 240.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 1, 1972 p. 287

Yes, there are many wonderful privileges and blessings available to those who reach out for these service privileges this side of Armageddon and untold blessings after Armageddon in Jehovah’s new system of things.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. May 15, 1972 p. 307

As we approach the universal war of Armageddon it is vital to stay close to Jehovah’s mighty organization. Jehovah’s witnesses by means of 27,254 congregations throughout the world are bound together in love and unity.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1972 p. 333

The Government today de-registered the Singapore Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses on the ground that its continued existence is prejudicial to public welfare and good order in Singapore. The doctrine of the sect and nature of its propaganda are based on its claim that ‘Satan’ and its dispensation, are responsible for all organised Government and religion. The result of the impending ‘Armageddon’ will be the destruction of everyone except Jehovah’s Witnesses who will inherit the earth. By virtue of this doctrine the sect claims a neutral position for its members in wartime. This has led a number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the National Service to refuse to do any military duty. Some of them even refuse to wear uniforms.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1972 p. 345, 346

“On the other hand, is it considered prejudicial to a country for Jehovah’s witnesses to point out what the Holy Bible says at Revelation 16, verses 14-16, that the great war of God is coming and that it is called ‘Armageddon’?

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 1, 1972 p. 347

That “day of vengeance” will see its reality in the coming great tribulation that culminates in the “war of the great day of God the Almighty,” the battle of “Armageddon,” when God expresses his vengeance toward all those who have rejected his goodwill and lined themselves up against him, his kingdom, and his righteousness.—Isa. 61:1, 2; Rev. 16:14, 16.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 15, 1972 p. 373

The fact that they are survivors of the “great tribulation” indicates that they must have been gathered together during the “year of goodwill,” before the “day of vengeance” of God broke in all its fury in the great tribulation that culminates in the battle of Armageddon.—Rev. 7:14; Matt. 24:3, 21, 22.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. June 15, 1972 p. 376, 377

Truly, Jehovah is bringing his congregated people into an organizational condition in which they will be able to ride out Armageddon into God’s new order under divine rulership. Ah, yes, divine rulership! We are for it and we trust that you are too!

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. October 1, 1972 p. 607

Publication title: Please send me “The Nations Shall Know that I Am Jehovah”—How? for which I enclose 50c. Send also the gift booklet Rescuing a Great Crowd of Mankind Out of Armageddon.

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. November 1, 1972 p. 672

“In 1932 I arrived in Córdoba and rented a room in Salta Street. From there I began to work the city; I covered it twice in the two years I was there. Those who manifested interest would order all the new literature, and some visited me at my home, among these, a judge, C. de los Ríos. He would come and spend many hours with me and I would answer his questions, using the Greek Bible as my dictionary since I didn’t have a Greek-Spanish dictionary. I contacted Natalio Dessilani and Armando Menazzi, who were among the first publishers there; Armando Menazzi later became a pioneer. At that time we thought that Armageddon was imminent and so I did all that I could to place literature everywhere. There were those who said, as some still say today, ‘Why place literature when the people don’t pay any attention to it?’ But Brother Rutherford said: ‘You place the literature and leave the results in Jehovah’s hands!’

1972 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  1971.  p. 56

Meantime the Society had arranged for an international convention in Lucerne, Switzerland, in August of that year 1936. Ninety persons from Czechoslovakia enjoyed that wonderful occasion. However, the Roman Catholic bishop of Lucerne did his very best to prevent the public from hearing Brother Rutherford’s lecture on “Armageddon.”

1972 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  1971.  p. 133

After acknowledging the cruel treatment meted out to Jehovah’s witnesses, Ramón Alberto Ferreras, a political prisoner, in his book “Preso” (Prisoner) on page 140 states: “The Armageddon of final judgment, the excellent things which the righteous hope for in the beyond, the catastrophes that await humanity according to the revelation, and other Biblical or theological themes were heard in the cells of sections A and B while the group of witnesses headed by a man named Montás of San Cristobal, were there.”

1972 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  1971.  p. 157-158

At the present time (May 1971) nineteen families with sixty-one members are serving with ten congregations in Nicaragua. For many families with small children it took a great deal of faith to uproot themselves and come several thousand miles to a completely new environment. One Canadian congregation servant consulted with his family, and they decided that there were two principal things they wanted to do before Armageddon: serve where the need was greater and pioneer. Now they are happily doing both. There is still room for many more to enjoy these privileges.

1972 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  1971.  p. 194

Within two years the young men had worked their way to her hometown of Chiayi. Upon hearing that one of them was staying at a doctor’s house in a nearby town, she let it be known that she would like to meet him. Soon the two visited her and she recognized Ochiai. An earnest discussion got under way, lasting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a break for a simple meal. Miyo Idei says, now almost forty years later: “I was astonished at the things I was learning from the Bible. Amazed at their knowledge, I recall asking them two questions: ‘If such big things are to happen, why do the world rulers ignore God’s kingdom?’ and ‘When will Armageddon come?’”

1972 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  1971.  p. 214

By that time the nations will have reached the field of the final battle, that is to say, the critical stage of world developments spoken of prophetically as the “place that is called in Hebrew Har–Magedon [Armageddon, AV].”—Revelation 16:14-16.

When All Nations Collide, Head On, With God.  1971.  p. 26