REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Twenty Two - A First-Century Plague - Conclusion

 Was there a figurative plague during those days? Yes, indeed! it came as a result of the relentless preaching of the newly anointed Christians. Through them, Jehovah invited those Jews who would listen to repent and enjoy blessings from him. (Acts 2:38-40; 3:19) The individuals who responded received his favor to a remarkable degree. But to the ones who refused the invitation, the first-century Christians became like a swarm of locusts.  Starting in Jerusalem, they spread throughout all Judea and Samaria. Soon they were everywhere, tormenting the unbelieving Jews by publicly proclaiming Jesus' resurrection, with all that this implied. (Acts 1:8; 4:18-20; 5:17-21, 28, 29, 40-42; 17:5, 6; 21:27-30)  That plaguing continued until the "fear-inspiring day," in 70 C.E., when Jehovah brought the Roman armies against Jerusalem to destroy it. Only those Christians who in faith called on the name of Jehovah were saved.  -JOEL2:32; ACTS2:20, 21; PROVERBS 18:10.

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