Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 11
throughout the whole world and who are seeking consolation,
truth and comfort. These will be found; there
is no doubt of that, because, as Paul said, "Jehovah
knows those who belong to him."
Jehovah God's Good Shepherd, Christ Jesus, is doing
the gathering work today, and he has assigned to
his people in the earth the work of preaching the good
news of the incoming new world. This good news attracts
the meek to God's Word, and that draws them
closer to Jehovah. Having come to this unwalled village,
trusting in God and having confidence in his
Word, they are not afraid of what might happen to
them. They are sure of protection. Was not God able
to protect the congregation of Israel from being engulfed
in the landslide that covered up the unfaithful
opposition? Was not God able to preserve Noah
and his family through the flood? So, then, is Jehovah
God not able to preserve those who have come into
this unwalled village? He certainly is! For according
to the vision of Zechariah, "I will be . . . a wall
of fire round about her, and I will be the splendor
within her." So, then, those who have come to the
Lord's organization, Jerusalem, recognize Jehovah
as their God and Jerusalem as his organization and
feel safe because God is their protector. They need
not depend on the walls or bulwarks that nations of
this world set up to protect themselves, because "Jehovah
knows those who belong to him".
The glory of this entire organization, the Jerusalem
which is above, his woman, is Jehovah himself;
for he said, "I will be the glory in the midst of her."
In these last days of the old world, it is Jehovah God
who has built up this organization and brought about
Theocracy's increase. Its growth and splendor are not
due to any man or earthly organization. It is he who
through his Son is gathering together the "other
sheep" by the hundreds of thousands, making a great
city. Jehovah gives it his blessing and protection.
These people in the great city are not idle, but they