SERVING WITH THE WATCHMAN

Over the millenniums the great Adversary, Satan the Devil, has wickedly sought to discredit the testimony of God's witnesses.  As "the father of the lie,"  this "great dragon . . ., the original serpent,"  has been  "misleading the entire inhabited earth."  He has been relentless in his warfare against those who "observe the commandments of God,"  especially in these last days. -John 8:44; Revelation 12:9, 17.

Some 4,000 years ago, after the Flood of Noah's day, Satan raised up Nimrod, "a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah."  (Genesis 10:9. 10) Nimrod's greatest city Babylon (Babel), became a center of demonistic religion.  When Jehovah confused the language of Babel's tower builders, the people were scattered around the earth, and they carried their false religion with them.  Thus Babylon became the source of worldwide empire of false religion, named Babylon the Great in the book of Revelation.  That book foretells the doom of this ancient religious system. -Revelation 17:5; 18:21.

Next time: A Nation of Witnesses

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