An Attack Coming From the North

"I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT"

On the day of Pentecost  33 C.E., about  3,000 men and women got baptized as disciples of Jesus Christ.  They immediately began sharing the truth about Jesus with others.  Did Jehovah bless their zealous activity?  Woithout a doubt!  "Many thousands" became obedient to the word about the Christ. - ACTS 2:41; 21:20. 

How many thousands had become believers?  The Bible does not not say, but even by the end of the first century, the number  of believers  must have been far fewer than 144,000.  At that time, Jehovah was selecting men and women to be heirs of the heavenly Kingdom., but the majority  of the anointed have been chosen in modern times. Still, the remarkable  growth in the first century is prood that Jehovah  had poured out his spiirt on those early disciples. - ACTS 2:16-18.

Is there evidence that Jehovah has poured out his spirit on his servants today? Definitely!  Consider these facts:  According to available  records, in 1919 there were fewer than 6,000 publishers of the good news worldwide.  Even so, Jehovah blessed the preaching work. and since 1983 far more than 144,000 people have gotten baptized as Jehovah's Witnesses every year!  Surely this is evidence that Jehovah has been fully fulfilling his promise about his servants: "I will pour out my spirit"! - JOEL 2:28, 29.

Next time: An AttacK Coming From the North! - WHAT HAS CHANGED?

From the jw.org publcations