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 On one occasion, Jesus told his disciples: "I came  to start a fire on the earth." (Luke 12:49) Truly, he did ignite a fire.  By his zealous preaching, Jesus made God's Kingdom the paramount issue before the Jewish people, and this sparked heated controversy throughout the nation. (Matthew 4:17, 25; 10:5-7. 17, 18) In 1919 Jesus' spiritual brothers on earth, the small band of anointed Christians who had survived the trialsome days of  World War I, set light to a similar fire in Christendom. In September  of that year, Jehovah's spirit was remarkably in evidence as his loyal Witnesses assembled from near and far at Cedar Point, Ohio, U.S.A. Joseph F. Rutherford, recently released from prison and soon to be completely exonerated, boldly addressed that convention, saying: "Obedience to the command of our Master, and recognizing our privilege and duty to make war against the strongholds of error which have so long held people in bondage, our vocation was and is to announce the incoming glorious kingdom of the Messiah." That is the primary issue-God's Kingdom!

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