The Great Crowd of Other Sheep Praise God and Christ

 

THE young man was 18 years old when he got baptized in 1926,  His parents were Bible Students, as Jehovah's Witnesses were known at the time.  They had three sons and two daughters, whom they raised to serve Jehovah God and imitate Jesus Christ.  As was true of all Bible Students back then, this sincere young man partook of the bread and wine each year at the Lord's Evening Meal.  However, his entire outlook on life was changed by a history-making talk entitled "The Great Multitude."  That talk was given in 1935 by J.F. Rutherford at a convention in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  What was revealed at that convention?

In his talk brother Rutherford identified those who would make up the "great multitude" (King James Version), or  "great crowd," mentjioned at Revelation 7:9.  Until then, this group was thought to be a secondary heavenly that was less faithful.  Brother Rutherford used the Scriptures to explain that the great crows are not chose to live in heaven, but they are  Christ's other sheep who will survive "the great tribulation" and live forever on earth. (Revelation 7:14)  Jesus promised: "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those too I must bring in, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd."(John  10:16) These sheeplike ones are loyal Witnesses of Jehovah who have the prospect of living forever in Paradise on earth.(Matthew 25:31, 33, 46) Let us seehow the flash of spiritual light changed the lives of many Jehovah's people, including that 18-year-old brother. - PSALM 97:11; PROVERBS 4:18.

Next time: The Great Crowd of Other Sheep  Praise God and Christ - A NEW UNDERSTANDING CHANGED THOUSANDS OF LIVES

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