Using Reliable Resources

How great a change in circumstances Jehovah's "woman" experiences!  Jehovah says: "Instead of your proving to be one left entirely and hated, with nobody passing through, I will even set you as a thing of pride to time indefinite, an exultation for generation after generation.  And you will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings you will suck; and you will be certain to know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and the Powerful One of Jacob is your Repurchaser." -Isaiah 60:15, 16.

For 70 years ancient Jerusalem is off the map, so to speak, "with nobody passing through."  But starting in 537 B.C.E., Jehovah repopulates the city, making it "a thing of pride."  Similarly, toward the end of the first world war, the Israel of God experienced a period of desolation in which they felt "left entirely."  But in 1919, Jehovah repurchased his anointed servants from captivity, and since then he has blessed them with unprecedented expansion  and spiritual prosperity.  His people have sucked  "the milk of the nations," using the resources from the nations for the advancement  of true worship.  For example, wise use of modern technology has made possible the translation  and publication of Bibles and Bible literature in hundreds of languages. As a result, hundreds of thousands each year study the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses and come to know that Jehovah, through Christ, is their Savior and Repurchaser. -Acts 5:31; 1 John 4:14.

Next time: Organizational Progress

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, Volume II, 2001