DELIVERANCE INTO A RIGHTEOUS NEW WORLD - God's Servants Attacked

God's Servants Attacked

Having destroyed false religion, the political elements turn on Jehovah's servants.  Satan, "God of the land of Magog" in prophecy says:  "I shall come upon those having no disturbance, dwelling in security."  Thinking that they are easy prey, he attacks them with "a numerous military force . . .,like clouds to cover the land."  (Ezekiel 38:2, 10-16)  Jehovah's people know that this attack will fail because they trust in Jehovah. 

When Pharaoh and his armies felt that they had God's servants trapped at the Red Sea, Jehovah miraculously delivered his people and destroyed Egypt's armies.  (Exodus 14:26-28)  During the "great tribulation," when the nations feel that they have Jehovah's people  trapped, he again miraculously comes to the rescue:  "In that day . . .my rage will come up into my nose.  And in my ardor, in the fire of my fury, I shall have to speak."  (Ezekiel 38L18, 19)  The climax of the "great tribulation" will then be imminent!

At some point after the "great tribulation" begins, but before Jehovah executes his judgment upon the rest of the world, supernatural events will occur.  Note the effect they will have.  "Then the sign of the Son of man [Christ] will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."  (Matthew  24:29, 30)  "There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, . . .while men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth." -Luke 21:25, 26.  (This is no joke, it will happen. And don't forget Jehovah's time is not the same as ours, so we need to be awake spiritually)

Next time: DELIVERANCE IN A RIGHTEOUS NEW WORLD - "Your Deliverance Is Getting Near"

That Watchtower, 1997