Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

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ship of the King of heaven, Christ Jesus, who they
know now rules in the heavens. He was placed upon
his throne by Jehovah God and made ruler in 1914.
A GREAT CROWD ANNOUNCING THE KINGDOM
What a marvelous thing has happened! Today we
find a great crowd of people who have listened to the
message of the Kingdom and who are saying, "Praise
Jah, you people, because Jehovah our God, the Almighty,
has begun to rule as king." (Rev. 19: 6, NW)
Yes, the time has come for the vindication of Jehovah's
name, and those who have fled from the Babylonish
organization recognize that Jehovah has become king
by placing his Son upon the throne to rule in the
midst of his enemies. 'l'his is a day in which to rejoice.
In the early days of the church Jehovah God
through his holy spirit or active force gave power to
the apostles to perform miracles, and this attracted
many people to the message and to what the apostles
were saying. However, these special or miraculous
gifts came to an end with the death of the apostles,
and "'c do not see them in operation at the present
time.
You will remember the account in Acts 14 where
the apostles Paul and Barnabas were preaching the
good news and they had performed a miracle. After
seeing the marvels done by these men, the people
wanted to make them gods; for they thought that the
gods of heaven had comc down to the earth and had
become men. "However, when the apostles Barnabas
and Paul heard of it, thcy ripped their outer garments
and lcapcd out into the crowd, crying out and saying:
'Men, why are you doing thcse things 1 We also are
human creatures having the same infirmities as you
do, and are declaring the good news to you, for you
to turn from these vain things to the living God, who
made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all
the things in them." (Acts 14: 14,15, NW) Paul and
Barnabas did not take credit for doing this miracle