REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Four - An Awesome Mystery Solved -Conclusion

" The wild beast . . . was"   Yes, it had existed as the League of Nations from  January 10, 1920, onward, with 63 nations  participating at one time or another.  But, in turn, Japan, Germany, and Italy withdrew, and the Soviet Union was dropped from the League.  in September 1939 the Nazi dictator of Germany launched World War II.  Having failed to keep peace in the world.  The world, the League of Nations virtually plunged into an abyss of inactivity.  By 1942 it had become a has-been.  Neither before  this nor at some later date-but right at that crucial time-did Jehovah interpret to his people the full depth of meaning of the vision!  At the New World Theocratic Assembly, Presiden Knorr could declare, in line with the prophecy, that  "the wild beast . . . is not. He then asked the question, "Will the League remain in the pit?"  Quoting Revelation 17:8, he answered: "The association of worldly nations  will rise again." That is just how it proved to be-in vindication of Jehovah's prophetic Word!

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