Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Friday, September 28 Jehovah's zeal is drawing close.
An the earth shall be devoured But not without warning from
with the fire oj my jealousy. the God of love and mercy. In
For then will I turn to the this time of the end he has
peoples a pure language, that kept his promise and turned a
they may all cal! upon the "pure language" to the peoples
name of Jehovak, to serve him who long for truth and rightwith
one consent [skoulder]. eousness. He has not left him­
-Zeph. 8: 8, 9, AS, margin. self nameless, but has revealed
The gathering of the nations his identity in order that the
and th(> assembling of the king- people may know to whom to
doms, with their United Na- turn through Christ. He has
tions and political blocs within through the theocratic organithe
framework of that U.N. zation of his anointed witnessorganization,
are nearing the es been clearing up the Bible
final stage. The time for the truth and purifying their
entire earthly system of things speech. So now they talk and
to be consumed in the fire.-::-o_f_..,.Ii_v_e the pure language. W 9/15
Saturday, September 29 knowledge of the truth and en-
Take your part in SUffering couraged by the ancient examevil
for the good news accord- pies, they are confident that
ing to the power of God. Jehovah God will sustain them
"T' 1 8 NW to the end. Living up to the
-'" lm. :,. name of their God will con-
Though Jehovah's witnesses tinue to mean arrests, cruelties
corotinue to be persecuted and and injuries inflicted at the
they know that the storm of hands of demonized men. It
persecution will not abate, by will mean even the loss of life
continuing to live up to the to some of the faithful; but
name they can stand fast and this does not dismay them.
weather the storm. Far from The threat or even the danger
rebelling against reproaches or of loss of life does not stop
persecution, they do not even them or slow them down. They
become discouraged. They are believe with all their heart,
sure, by reason of the re- soul. mind and strength Jesus'
proaches upon them, that they words: "Whoever loses his soul
are serving God in the foot- for my sake will find it." W
steps of Jesus. Armed with 5/15
Sunday, September SO care, in his custody. They arc
Happy is that slave, if ki8 handed over as a trust. Furmaster
on arriving finds kim thermore, would it not be
doing so! I tell you truthfully, strange if Christ had more
He will appoint him over all than one "faithful and discreet
his belongings.-Luke slave"? Suppose he had two,
1" '8 L' NW or more, and each contended
'" :., ,'I",' he had the rulership over the
Jesus Christ is the invisible belongings. Th(>re would be
Head of this "faithful stew- confusion; and God is not the
ard" or slave, and all must rec- author of confusion. There is
oguize it. His most vital King- only one Most High Jehovah,
dom interests on earth are not one Lord Jesus Christ, one
just passed over or simply holy spirit. There are not two
given away to the slave class Christs, and neither are there
to do with just as they wish. two anointed companies. So
No, it is not like that at all. today there is only one "faith­
The "belongings" are still those ful and discreet slave" class
of Christ Jesus, the Master, entrusted with his belongings.
and he puts them in the slave's W 8/1