You May Survive Armageddon Into God's New World - Continue

 "Inspired to write"? Yes; for its very writers confessed that they did not write of their own accord. Peter, a writer of two books of the Holy Scriptures bearing his name, reminds us: "You know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture springs from any private release. For prophecy was at no time brought by man's will, but men spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit." (2 Peter 1:20, 21 NW) King David of the ancient nation of Israel, who wrote many songs or psalms, showed where and how he got his information, saying: "The spirit of Jehovah it was that spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue. The God of Israel said to me the Rock of Israel spoke." 2 Samuel 23:2, 3 NW) That is why the Bible tells the truth and give us information we can get from no other source. That is why it, above all other books, is worthy of our enjoyable study and of our fullest confidence. The more we know of it the more healthy we join in the confession to its great Author: "Your word is truth." -JOHN 17:17, NW.

We need not be filled with fear, dread and horror as we take up an examination of Armageddon and what will follow. Now matter how terrible that war will be, we can know its righteous purpose, and always we can let it ring in our inner consciousness the cheering though: "I may survive Armageddon into God's new world!" This thought is no self-deceiving dream. The same inspired Word that unerringly foretold many centuries ago the very situation that we face up to in this generation also drew many pictures, staged many prophetic dramas and presented many direct prophecies of the ones to be protected all through the war of Armageddon. 

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