Chapter Twenty-Seven/God's Kingdom Is Born!

 THE sacred secret of God has been unlocked. (Revelation 10:7) Jehovah's Kingdom by his Messiah is now a dynamic reality. It rules!  Its presence spells doom for Satan and his seed and glorious victory for the Seed of God's heavenly organization. The seventh angel has not finished blowing his trumpet, however, for he has much more to reveal to us about the third woe. (Revelation 11:14) The signs described in Revelation chapters 12 to 14 will help us to broaden our appreciation of all that is involved in that woe and in bringing God's sacred secret to a finish. 

John now sees a great sign-one of outstanding interest for God's people. In introduces a thrilling prophetic vision, the meaning of which was first published in the March 1, 1925 issue of the Watch Tower in an article entitled "Birth of the Nation" and then again in 1926 in the book Deliverance. This brilliant flash of Bible understanding became a historical marker in the advancement of Jehovah's work. So let John describe the drama as it starts to unfold: "And a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars, and she was pregnant. And she cries out in her agony to give birth." - REVELATION 12:1, 2. 

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