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 When Noah heard Jehovah's warning message, he proved that he had faith by building the ark. (Read Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20) Similarly, people who hear the good news about God's Kingdom must act on what they hear. (Act 3:17-20) Peter called Noah "a preacher of righteousness." (2 Peter 2:5) However, as discussed in the preceding article, we do not know whether Noah led a preaching campaign to reach everyone living on earth before the Flood. Today we are involved in a global preaching work, and we endeavor to have a zealous share in it. Still, try as we might, we cannot possibly reach everyone on earth with the good news before the end comes. Why not?

Consider what Jesus said about the scope of our preaching work. He foretold that the good news would be preached "in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations." (Matthew 24:14) That prophecy is being fulfilled today as never before.  The Kingdom message is published in more than 1,000 languages, and by means of the jw.org website, it is available to the majority of the world's population.

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