Revelation - What It Means for You Today - BE FULLY INVOLVED IN THE WORK JEHOVAH HAS GIVEN US

 Revelation chapter 12 then indicates that God's people would receive some help from an unexpected source.  It would be as if "the earth" swallowed up "the river" of persecution.  (Revelation 12:16) This is exactly what happened.  At times, the more stable elements of Satan's world such as judicial systems, have come to the rescue of God's people.  Time and again, Jehovah's servants have won court cases that have allowed them a certain measure of freedom.  How have they used this freedom?  They have made full use of any opportunites to do the work Jehovah has given them. (1 Corinthians 16:9) What does this work include? 

Jesus prophesied that his people would declare the "good news of [God's] Kingdom throughout the earth before the end would come.  (Matthew 24:14) In doing so, they benefit from the support of an angel, or a group of angels, described as having "everlasting good news to declare to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people." - REVELATION 14:6.

The good new of the Kingdom is not the only message that God's people are to declare.  They also need to support the work of the angels who are described in Revelation chapter 8 through 10.  These angels  announce a series of woes for those who reject God's Kingdom. Thus, Jehovah's Witnesses have been declaring a judgment message. likened to "hail and fire," revealing God's judgments on the various elements of Satan's wicked world. (Revelaton 8:7, 13) People need to know that the end is near so that they can make drastic changes in their lives and survive Jehovah's day of anger.  (Zephaniah 2:2, 3) But this message is not popular.  Declaring it calls for courage on our part. During the great tribulation, the final judgment message will become more hard-hitting. - REVELATION 16:21.

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