The Warrior-King Triumphs at Armageddon - Jesus' Fellow Warriors

 Jesus is not alone in fighting the battle.  John tells us: "Also,  the armies that were in heaven were following him on white horses, and they were clothed in white, clean, fine linen."  (Revelation  19:14)  The fact that the horses are "white" denotes righteous warfare.  "fine linen " is appropriate for the King's horsemen, and it glistening, clean whiteness indicates a pure righteous standing before Jehovah, Who, then, make up these "armies"?   Doubtles, they include the holy angels. It was early in the Lord's day  that Michael and his angels hurled Satan and his demons out of heaven.  (Revelation12:7-9)  Further, "all the angels" will attend upon Jesus as he sits on his glorious throne and procees to judge the nations and people of the earth.  (Matthew 25:31, 32)  Surely, in the decisive war, when God's judgments are executed to a finalty, Jesus will again be accompanied by his angels.

What, though, of God's servants here on earth?  The John class will have no active part in the fighting at Armageddon; neither will its loyal companions, those peoples out of all nations who have been streaming to Jehovah's spiritual house of worship. These peaceable humas have already beaten swords into plowshares.   (Isaiah 2:2-4) Yet, they are very much involed!  As we have already noted, it is Jehovah's seeming defenseless people that are victoriously attacked by Gog and all his crowd. That is the signal for Jehovah's Warrior -King, supported by the armies in heaven, to start fighting a war of extermination against those nations.   (Ezekiel  39:6, 7, 11; compare Daniel 11:44- 12:1.)  As spectators, God's people on earth will be most interested.  Armageddon will mean their salvation, and they will live for eternity as having been eyewitnesses of Jehovah's great war of vinidication.

Does this mean that Jehovah's Witnesses are against all governmwent?  Far from it!  They obey the apostle Paul's counsel:  "Let every soul be in subjecdtion to the superior authorities."  They realize that as long as the present system lasts, those "superior authorities" exists by God;s permission for maintain a measure of order in human society  Thus, Jehovah's Witnesses  pay their taxes, obey the laws, repect traffic ordinances, comply with registrations, and so forth.  (Romans 13:1, 6, 7)   Further, they follow Bible principles in being truthful and honest; show love of neighbor, building a stong family unit; and training their children to be exemplary citizens. In this way they pay back not only "Caesars"things to Caesars, but God's things to God." (Luke 20:25; 1 Peter 2:13-17)  Since God's Word shows that the governmental powers of this world are temporary, Jehovah;s Witnesses  prepare now for the fuller life, the real life, soon to be enjoyued  under Christ's Kingdom rule.   (1 Timothy  6:17-19)  Though they will have no part in overturning the powers of this world, the Witnesses experience reverential awe at what God's inspired Word, the Holy Bible, says regarding the judgment Jehovah is about executed at Armageddon. -  ISAIAH 26:20, 21; HEBREWs 12:28, 29. 

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