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~ewatchtower poblisiied semimontiily by its mission watch tower bible 0 tract society 117 ada s street brooklyn n.y u s a officers j f rutherford president w e van amburgh secretary ~reat and all thy children shall be tau~ht of jehovah and shall be the peace of thy children _11l1ioh 54 i 3· the scriptures clearly teach that jehovah is the only true god is from everlasting to everlasting the maker of heaven and earth and the giver of life to his creatures that the logos was the beginning of his creation cnd his actin agent ill the creation of all things that the logos is now the lord jesus christ in glory clothed with all power in heaven and earth and the chief executive officer of jehovah that god created the earth for man created perfect man for the earth and placed him upon it that man willfully disobeyed god s law and was sentenced to death that by reason of adam s wrong act all men are born sinners and without the right to life that jesus was made human and the man jesus suffered death in order to produce the ransom or redemptive price for obedient ones of mankind that god raised up jesus divine and exalted him to heaven above every creature and :lbove every name and clothed him with all power and authority that jehovah s organization is a theocracy called zion and that christ jesus is the chief officer thereof and is the rightful king of the world that the anointed and faithful followers of christ jesus are children of zion members of jehovah s organization and are his witnesses whose duty and privilege it is to testify to tile supremacy of jehovah declare his purposes toward mankind as expressed in the bible and to bear the fruits of the kingdom before all who wlll hear that the world has ended and the lord jesus christ has been placed by jehovah upon his throne of authority has ousted satan from heaven and is proceeding to the establishment of god s kingdom on earth that the relief and blessings of the peoplt s of earth can come only by and through jehovah s kldgdom under christ which has now begun that the lord s next great act is the destruction of satan s organization and the establishment of righteousness in the earth and that under the kingdom the people of good will that survive armageddon shall carry out the divine mandate to fill the earth with a righteous race salvation testi~ony period his journal is published for the purpose of enabling the people to know jehovah god and his purposes as expressed in the bible it publishes bible instruction specifically designed to aid jehovah s witnesses and all people of good will it arranges systematic bible study tor its readers and the society supplies other literature to aid in such studies it publishes suit· able material tor radio broadcasting and tor other means ot publlc instruction ill the scriptures it adheres strictly to the bible as authority for its utterances it is entirely free and separate from all religion parties sects or other worldly organizations it is wholly and without 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salvation the theocracy will contldue despite the season of the year all theocratic publishers will offer to the public first a combmatlon of the book salvation and the booklet government and peace on a contnbutlon of 25c as ill the dally march around jencho portable phonographs will not be left ill idleness but will be used from house to house to run the latest recording announcldg the book salvahon the informant will offer you more detailed mformation concerning the period at this notice you will prepare to do your part during this testunony reporhng at the end of the month s campaign how effective your intensive activities have been memorial competent person present to deliver a brief discourse immedlat ly precedldg the partakmg of the emblems that short article appeanng ill the march 15 1939 issue of the watchtower should be read before those assembled before partaking since the breakmg of the bread and dnnkmg of the wine both picture the death of jesus it follows that both emblems should be served together at partakrng and not separately the emblems should be unleavened bread and real red wme jesus and his apostles used real red wine m symbol of his blood and the anomted remnant should follow their lead a report of the celebration should be made to the society as instructed in the informant in preparation therefor the article memorial suggested above will be studied with profit yearbook for 1940 saturday march 23 after six p.m is the date for 1940 for the yearly feast in celebration of jehovah s name and to the sacrifice of the lamb of god chnst jesus his theocratic kmg each company therefore should assemble after six p.m of march 23 and the anomted ones thereof celebrate the memorial their companions the j onadabs berng present as observers if there is no the 1940 yearbook of jehovah ~tne$8ell presents a comprehensive report of the past year s world-wide activities of these publishers of j ehovab s theocracy by christ you will marvel at the most interesting and most successful service year yet even with opposition increasmg nations bemg swallowed up by dicta· tors and wartime restrictions bemg generally applied curtailing conhnued on page 15

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announcing jehovah s kingdom ol lxi january 1 1940 no.1 rejoice in his salvation my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation ps 13 5 j ehovah is the almighty the rock the eternal king the fortress the deliverer the power of salvation his salvation is for the righteous that is to say for those who believe on him and who joyfully obey god s commandments the end of the willful transgressor is destruction but the salvation of the righteous is of the lord he is their strength in the time of trouble ps 37 39 the man who looks to another source for salvation is a fool and by his action declares there is no almighty god jehovah the fool hath said in his heart there is no god ps 14 1 2 these are days of peril when the wicked one is endeavoring to destroy all men and that wicked one acting through his earthly agents is seeking specifically to destroy those who have devoted themselves to jehovah the ever-increasing woes upon the peoples of earth cause many to desire to find a way of escape there is but one means of escape from disaster and that is the way which jehovah god has provided for those who love him and who prove that love by gladly serving him during the past year the people of god have been beset on every side by enemies being warned by the lord that much opposition would be shown to those engaged in his service and much persecution upon such faithful ones by the enemy the faithful have been greatly comforted by the text for the year 1939 they shall not prevail against thee as we enter upon another year our confidence is wholly in jehovah and in view of the perils that threaten the text for the ensuing year and to which attention of those who love righteousness is directed is this to wit my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation 3 being positively informed that this and other scriptures recorded long ago were written for the learning aid comfort and hope of the faithful on earth just preceding the final destruction of satan s organization rom 15 4 it will be well to give consideration to the year text and to the context that we may have comfort and hope undoubtedly psalm 13 is a prophecy recorded for the aid and comfort of god s people at the present time and which prophecy is now being fulfilled upon the people of earth who are wholly devoted to jehovah and to his king it is a song composed and sung by david the man after [god s own heart and who was a type of the greater david christ jesus the beloved son of god the psalm therefore applies to the feet of him isa 52 7 because such are a part of the christ the psalm appears to apply to the actual experiences through which david the king was required to pass it was not written by the shepherd lad but by the mature man who had been cruelly persecuted by the opponent whom david mentions as mine enemy it must have been written after david had killed goliath and after king saul had been stirred to malice by reason of the praise which the women had bestowed upon david in preference to saul and after jonathan had become the real friend and lover of david it was after that time that saul becomes david s enemy continually 1 sam 18 29 saul spoke of david as mine enemy 1 sam 19 17 david s companions and associates referred to saul as thine enemy 1 sam 24 4 2 sam 4 8 jonathan declared that david s enemy would be cut off which was also a prophecy 1 sam 20 15 note that verse 4 of psalm 13 refers to mine enemy and those that trouble me and which must have reference to those who connived with and supported saul in his persecution of david such as doeg the edomite saul s chief herdsman 1 sam 19 19 also 21 7 22 6-10 the persecution which saul heaped upon david put david in a position where he appeared to have been forsaken by jehovah as his words indicate ps.13 1 such experiences filled david s heart with sorrow and david realized that he was in great danger that persecution of david was done in a malicious endeavor to cut david off from the kingdom that also was prophetic similar persecution began against christ jesus the greater david immediately following his anointing like persecution has been heaped upon god s anointed people especially since a.d 1922 saul was the one to whom david refers as my strong enemy 2 sam 22 1-8 pst 18 17 those prophetic pictures made long ago are being fulfilled in this day and psalm 18 17

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seewatchtower.specifically refers to the deliverance of the antitypical david class from the antitypical saul class my strong enemy god s anointed people now appreciate the danger in which they are placed and by faith they adopt and utter the words that david uttered to wit he delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me ps 18 17 they prevented me [from service to jehovah in the day of my calamity but the lord was my stay he brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me ps 18 18 19 these consoling words are now a means of strength which god administers to his faithful people on the earth it mav be well to call attention here to the other enemies of david during his reign because these were also typical the rebellion of absalom caused david to flee from jerusalem again there was that prototype of the traitor judas iscariot whose name was ahithophel the gilonite who for some time acted as david s counselor or confidential adviser and who became unfaithful turned traitor and joined in a conspiracy against the king 2 sam 15 12 concerning that traitor counselor david wrote wickedness is in the midst thereof deceit and guile depart not from her streets for it was not an enemy that reproached me then i could have borne it neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me then i would have hid myself from him but it was thou a man mine equal my guide and mine acquaintance we took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of god in company he hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him he hath broken his covenant the words of his mouth were smoother than butter but war was in his heart his words were softer than oil yet were they drawn swords ps 55 11-14 20,21 such is a description of those who enter into a confidential position with the lord s people and then betray them to the enemy 6 psalm 109 likewise applies to such manifestly the lord caused these things to be recorded as a warning to the feet members of christ and to notify them that they would be assaulted in like manner by the enemy in the last days of their earthly journey fulfill~e~t brooklyn n y the prophecy is in course of fulfillment therefore in correspondence with the typical experiences of david the fulfillment of psalm 13 5 comes to pass after a.d 1922 and comes to pass upon the anointed feet of him it was in that year that the holy spirit was poured out upon all the faithful ones then in the organism of flesh joel 2 28 29 the fulfillment applies even !liter than that and during and after a.d 1929 at which time the antitypical goliath s fear-inspiring power over god s anointed remnant was killed by the stone of the kingdom truth identifying the higher powers as jehovah and christ jesus and after the seven last plagues had been poured out 1 sam 17:40-54 rev 15:1 16:1 psalm 13 5 applies even later to wit after 1931 when the antitypical jonathan class was first seen by the remnant to be foreshadowed by the prophecy at ezekiel 9 4 and which identification was followed later bv the revelation of the same earthlv class as the modern jonadabs 2 ki 10 15-23 that identification was made more complete in the year 1935 a.d when it was revealed by the lord to his people and caused to be publicly proclaimed that the great multitude is an earthly company the other sheep of the lord which are gathered to the lord before armageddon rev 7 9 john 10 16 it was at that same time at the washington d.c convention that the idolatrous practice of flag saluting was publicly mentioned at a meeting of god s people held on the 3rd day of june 1935 and which laid the basis for more trouble thereafter the modern-day philistines were identified and made known to the people of god thus the physical facts that have come to pass locate the beginning of the fulfillment of the prophecy and the pre ent-day fact show that the prophecy is yet in course of fulfillment the prophecy therefore has a peculiar interest to all who have covenanted to do god s will danger 8 looking again at the prophetic type it is ob served that david was in danger of death by violence not a death of peaceful sleep due to the mheri ted condemnation that came through adam s sin but 11 danger of death at the hands of his mortal enemy saul and his allies in wiclcedness ps 13 3 davi was therefore in need of protection and deliverance that he might he saved from being cut off from the throne to which he had been anointed by jehovah v the feet of him that is of the greater david christ jesus are those of the anointed remnant the witnesses of jehovah who are commissioned and sent forth to declare tht name of the almighty god and to announce his king throughout the earth u a witness and warning tci the people because of tllei r faithfulness in the performance of duty as corn jehovah caused prophecy to be written and recorded by holy men of old which prophecy must have fulfillment in god s due time the fulfillment and revelation thereof to man is for the good of the man of god that he may be thoroughly equipped for the difficulties he must meet 2 tim 3 16 17 2 pet 1 21 rom 15 4 when god brings to pass upon his antitypical people the experiences that exactly fit the typical then we may know that 1

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january 1 1940 seewatchtower 5 manded by the lord jehovah s witnesses are continuously set upon by their mortal enemy the devil and his wicked agents on the earth who have conspired together to cut off the remnant from the kingdom and from becoming a part of god s holy nation ps 83 1-4 these faithful servants are now greatly in need of protection deliverance and salvation not from death the result of inherited sin but from destruction at the hands of the enemy the salvation needed is from destruction of jehovah s faithful witnesses and their companions the j onadabs which destruction is threatened by the combined enemy and particularly the religious element and which the enemy is maliciously and desperately trying to carry into execution the text for last year informed god s people that the enemy should not prevail against them although they would fight against them while the persecution increases with faith in god and full confidence in him and his king those who truly serve the lord now can confidently look to the lord for protection and say my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation enemies the invisible enemies of those who are devoted to the great theocrat and his government by christ jesus are to wit satan the devil the arch enemy and a host of wicked spirit creatures operating with satan against god and against all who love and obey jehovah those invisible enemies moved against david and in doing so used saul and his supporters in an effort to destroy david likewise today the devil and his wicked spirits move to destroy j ehovah s witnesses and their companions and in this wicked warfare the antitypical saul class the visible ones who do the bidding of the devil join in the conspiracy to bring about such destruction of god s faithful people 11 the antitypical saul class is the man of sin the son of perdition made up of the roman catholic hierarchy and other malicious religionists including those who were once in line for the kingdom and who now form the evil servant class 2 thess 2 3 a.r.v matt 24 48-51 all of these who together compose the man of sin the son of perdition work together and induce many simple-minded dupes who are now influenced and controlled by the wicked demons to join with them in this malicious conspiracy such visible leaders hide themselves behind a refuge of lies and resort outwardly at times to fair speeches by which they deceive the simpleminded all such fear man but do not fear god 12 saul s edomite herdsman doeg whose name means fearful spied upon david and gave information to be used to the destruction of david likewise the modern-day saul class have their spies who 10 seek for information to bring about the destruction of the faithful servants of god such spies mingle with god s faithful servants pretend to be friendly and do this in order to find something that might be used against the faithful such spies like the meaning of the name of doeg are fearful of men but they do not fear god they fear men may not think as highly of them as they desire to be thought of and hence they are led to do things in the presence of other men which they think might bring to them praise and approval such spies serve the devil for selfish gain and are held to their leaders of the saul class by ties of religion otherwise stated they are religionists and followers of religious leaders some specific examples of these are the dupes of the roman catholic hierarchy who attempt to break up the meetings of god s faithful people and such as police officers who act at the behest of the roman catholic hierarchy or members of that priesthood and such organizations designated as the american legion the christian front the christian mobilizers the coughlinites and other similar dupes and agents of the hierarchy thus it is seen that the lord foretold this combination of enemies who would conspire together to bring about the destruction of those who serve god and this conclusively proves that such enemies are the offspring of the devil-john 8 44 18 working together with and playing into the hands of the aforesaid agents of the hierarchy are also the rebellious ones pictured by absalom who claim to be in line for the heavenly throne these do not see the existence of the theocratic kingdom because they are blinded by self-interest and are moved with ambition for positions more favorable to them and they try therefore to discredit the servants of jehovah by which means they hope to exalt themselves to more favorable positions than they now occupy the modern-day-absalom rebels against the kingdom are supported in their work by those who attempt to counsel and advise the kingdom class and which false counselors were pictured by ahithophel the j udean counselor who betrayed his chief the name ahithophel means brother of disguising or dissembler by his act of treason against the king he prophetically foreshadowed judas 113cariot who betrayed the lord jesus christ the greater david and he also foreshadowed the modern-day judas or traitor class this conclusion is fully supported by the words of jesus at john 13 18 21 and also those words of jesus serve to apply psalm 55 to judas and to his antitype the judas class of the present time h the horde of enemies against jehovah and his king and kingdom were further foreshadowed by the philistines and their allies the philistine giant goliath was survived by other monstrosities to wit,

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6 seewatchtower brookly i y 1 ishbi-benob and 2 saph another giant and 3 goliath s brother and 4 the twelve-toed twelve-fingered giant of gath 2 sam 21 15-22 all of those wicked giants fell by the hand of david and those who were companions with or servants of david that entire wicked combination above mentioned prophetically pictures the roman catholic hierarchy the nazis the fascists the communists the totalitarian-monstrosity organizations which now fight against the theocracy which government or theocracy is now represented on the earth by jehovah s witnesses and their companions these faithful representatives .of the lord have a commission from jehovah to advertise the theocratic government and this commission they must fulfill and by doing so they draw upon their heads the wicked persecution and assaults from the combined enemy aforementioned thus the prophetic picture shows the antitypical david class the feet of him [the greater david christ jesus together with their companions in action and that all such servants of jehovah god are in great danger and in need of protection deliverance and salvation the faithful now see and appreciate this prophetic picture given for their warning the cry of david unto jehovah as set forth in the 13th psalm prophetically foretold the cry of the faithful servants of jehovah and the companions who are now on the earth everywhere on the earth today the persecution of jehovah s servants increases this is clearly in fulfillment of the words of christ jesus applying to the present time and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name s sake matt 24 9 these faithful servants of jehovah are now beset by the combined enemy and are often arrested and thrown into prison they are ill-treated and abused and some of them cruelly put to death the combined enemy now surrounds those servants of the lord all of whom are in danger and that danger is ever increasing some of the lord s little ones come to the point of almost despair and it is for the comfort of those who are weak in faith that these precious promises are recorded in the scripture this is the time therefore for all the lord s servants to fully trust in and have complete confidence in jehovah and his king 1 all of jehovah s servants with anxiety look to jehovah and christ,jesus for help and many of them wonder how much longer they must endure the assaults heaped upon them by the enemy they pray unto god words to this effect consider and hear me 0 lord my god lighten mine eyes lest i sleep the sleep of death lest mine enemy say i have prevailed against him and those that trouble me rejoice when i am moved ps 13 3 4 16 the experiences through which david passed exactly fit the conditions and experiences that now surround and beset the faithful servants of jehovah on the earth those servants of the lord now call to mind the words of jesus which apply to them at the present time but he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved matt 24 13 it these words were spoken by the ~faster to aid and comfort those who are undergoing trying experiences the test is now upon god s people jesus was put to the severest test and proved faithful his servants called to follow in his footsteps must be subjected t6 a like test and being thus forewarned they are forearmed and they put their trust wholly and completely in the most high mercy 18 jehovah heard the cry of david and showed his mercy toward his servant the man after [his own heart david while suffering at the hands of his persecutors said to jehovah but i have trusted in thy mercy ps 13 5 the faithful servants of almighty god do not trust in vain for the mercy of jehovah it is written his mercy endureth for ever toward his servants 2 chron 20 21 which keepest covenant and shewest mercy unto thy sen ants that walk before thee with all their hearts 2 chron 6 14 one who covenants to do the will of almighty god and who because of natural imper fections stumbles but rises up again and goes for· ward and who continues in that way with a pure heart may confidently expect to receive the mercy of the lord for as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him like as a father pitieth his children so the lord pitieth them that fear him for he knoweth our frame he remembereth that we are dust but the mercy of the lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto chilo dren s children to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them ps 103 11 13 14,17,18 ig because one claims to be a servant of the lord does not mean that he shall obtain mercy at the hand of jehovah the scriptures show that god s mercy is extended to those who faithfully serve him also unto thee 0 lord belongeth mercy for thou render est to every man according to his work ps 62 12 the mercy of god is not extended to the wicked that is to those who continue willfully in wrongdoing god puts in the mouth of his anointed the prayer and the faithful ones speak the words of the prayer concerning those who willingly persecute god s faithful servants let there be none to extend mercy unto him neither let there be any to favour hif fatherless children ps 109 12 10 one who has covenanted to do the will of god and who has received a knowledge of the truth and

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january 1 1940 shewatchtower 7 who then willingly does violence to god s anointed cannot hope for mercy at the hands of the lord the scriptures make plain this matter concerning those once in line for the kingdom who do violence to god s organization because by so doing they treat christ and his blood as a common thing heb 10 26-29 t1 jehovah extends his mercy to his anointed the man david was subject to natural weaknesses as are other men but his heart was always right and pure toward god he was god s anointed servant and never willingly departed from the way of righteousness david trusted in the mercy of jehovah and he received mercy at the hand of jehovah and therefore david s words concerning the mercy of god apply to the class whom david pictured namely the feet of him [christ jesus the greater david he is the tower of salvation for his king and sheweth mercy to his anointed unto david and to his seed for evermore 2 sam 22 51 22 jehovah saved david from his enemies and granted salvation to him in mercy there were those who forsook saul and took their stand with david and served with him and they also received salvation in mercy 1 sam 22 1 2 1 chron 12 1-22 so likewise jehovah grants salvation in mercy to the remnant who are of the antitypical david class and to the companions of the remnant who are the antitypical jonathan class those who are of jehovah s organization and those who put themselves under that organization and who continue faithfully to serve god may confidently expect to receive the mercy of the most high 23 why did god extend mercy to david and deliver him and save him from his enemies t for the same reason that he in mercy grants protection deliverance and salvation to the remnant and their companions and that is for his name s sake jehovah s name is called upon the anointed remnant and the jonathan class become companions of the remnant in declaring jehovah s name the individuals who make up these classes are not of first importance but are only of secondary importance god does everything for his name s sake it is his great name that is involved and must be vindicated the words of jehovah addressed primarily to israel apply with full and complete force and effect to those now in a covenant to do the wi ll of god and who trust in his mercy therefore jehovah says concerning those of spiritual israel and his companions and in behalf of whom he exercises mercy but i had pity for mine holy name which the house of israel had profaned among the heathen whither they went therefore say unto the house of israel thus saith the lord god i do not this for your sakes 0 house of israel but for mine holy name s sake which ye have pro faned among the heathen vhither ye went ezek 36 21,22 2 today god s mercy is extended to the remnant who because of natural weaknesses commit unintentional wrongs but it is not extended to those who resort to lies against god s organization and who do wrong against his organization but do not repent and turn entirely away from wrongdoing and then seek the face of the lord for forgiveness david said i have trusted in thy mercy and so likewise those who follow in the footsteps of the greater david christ jesus trust in the mercy of jehovah and receive the sure mercies of david isa 55 3 they receive god s mercy because they continue in a perfect heart devotion to jehovah and in the faithful actual service of the great theocrat and his king they are faithful in declaring god s name as they are commissioned to do they are faithful to protect god s organization who saves 2 those who practice religion rely upon their religious organization to provide for them protection and salvation such are doomed to complete disappointment and their end is destruction those of the evil servant class are also religionists who rely upon their own ability to develop character that will insure them the protection and salvation from j ehovah god they too will be sorely disappointed the evil servant class often deceive themselves to the point of advocating universal salvation falsely claiming that the love of god provides salvation for the devil himself and this they do in the face of god s plain declaration all the wicked will [god destroy 26 jehovah god is the source of life he grants salvation only to the obedient ones through jesus christ salvation belongeth unto jehovah ps 3 8 a.r.v jehovah grants salvation by and through christ jesus and there is no other name given under heaven whereby men can be saved acts 4 12 21 those devoted to jehovah in the language of god s prophet truly slly behold god is my salvation lsa.12 2 truly in the lord our god is salvation jer 3 23 salvation is of the lord jonah 2 9 if a person believes that the bible contall1s god s word of truth then that person must surely say that there is no means of salvation aside from jehovah christ jesus the king is the greater david and is the anointed of jehovah god and is the agent by whom jehovah sends salvation and who saves his people from the disaster that armageddon brings upon the world to those who are devoted to jehovah and who continue in faith and faithful to him and hu kingdom he says behold thy king cometh unto thee he is just and having salvation zech 9 9.

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8 1ffiewatchtower brookly k y i i salvation is not for the wicked at any time far from the lawless is salvation for thy statutes have they not sought ps 119 155 rother-ham salvation is only inside jehovah s theocratic government and those who oppose the theocracy cannot receive salvation those who are not wholly for the theocracy are against jehovah and his king surely those in this day of god s enlightenment granted to his people who trust in jehovah and christ jesus must see that the theocratic government is of paramount importance because that government vindicates jehovah s name and they must also see that unless one who claims to be the servant of jehovah god now fully and entirely supports the theocracy he cannot expect salvation from the terrors and destruction of armageddon nor can such unfaithful one expect salvation to life the vindication of jehovah s name shall now be accomplished and it is his government by christ jesus that accomplishes this vindication therefore jehovah says i bring near my righteousness [for vindication of my name it shall not be far off and my salvation shall not tarry and i will place salvation in zion [god s capital organization for israel my glory isa 46 13 28 addressing his words to zion jehovah says thou shalt call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise lsa 60 18 let those who desire salvation and who have put their trust in the religious systems give heed to the infallible word of almighty god and utterly disregard the speech of men this is the day of jehovah and of this time jehovah says in that day shall this song be sung in the land of judah [not babylon nor any part of the religious systems of the world or elsewhere we have a strong city salvation will god appoint for walls and bulwarks open ye the gates that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee trust ve in the lord for ever for in the lorn jehovah is everlasting strength lsa 26 1-4 so god set up the cities of refuge to which the unintentional manslayer might flee for protection from the executioner s hand num 35 9-34 and which cities of refuge picture the salvation under god s organization from destruction that shall fall upon the world at armageddon it is in that organization that those who will foilll the great multitude now find shelter and protection and which shall be to their salvation from disaster at armageddon the ark which noah built at the command of jehovah also pictured god s organization which furnishes protection and salvation to those who place themselves under god s organization s now all nations of earth are in distress and perplexity it is clearly to be seen that the wicked demons under the command of satan are b sieging or obsessing and taking possession of the minds ot both those who rule and those who are ruled religion practiced by the roman catholic hierarchy and others has been the means for the demons to seize control of the people upon the faces of multitudes now is seen the expression of the demons only ttl demons could induce persons who were once quiet and considerate people to now resort to such wicked deeds as those committed by the roman catholie hierarchy and their dupes in their attempts to breal up peaceable assemblies of persons who corne to· gether to worship god in spirit and in truth let the reasonable and sensible persons who believe the bibl is goel s word have in mind now what the apostle of jesus christ said to those who practice religion to wit i perceive that in all things ye are extremely devoted to the worship of demons acts 17 22 dwglatt not since the days preceding the flood has there been such a manifestation of demons and demon in· fluence as that now exercised upon the people coiicerning this very time jesus gave full warning but as the days of no e were so shall also the coming of the son of man be matt 24:37 multitudes of persons are yet held in subjection to the religious systems and particularly to that wicked system ruled by the roman catholic hierarchy of authority and are blinded by such religion and know not the right way to go many of these desire protection and salvation let all such then depart from the religious teaclnngs of men and demons and look to follow and obey the word of jehovah god which is man s only true guide ps 119 105 the religious systems can fur· nish neither protection nor salvation to anyone from the terrors now upon the world and fro~1 the dif.· aster that is about to corne upon the world at arma· geddon to those of sincere heart who truly deslf his salvation jehovah now says behold r~y s f ·· ant whom i have chosen my beloved in whom m soul is well pleased i will put my spirit upon hill and he shall shew judgment to the gentiles lilutions and in his name shall the [nations trust matt 12 18 21 salvatio whe~1 12 salvation means deliverance from the world disaster at the battle of armageddon and the grant· ing of life everlasting to the faithful obedient ones under the kingdom of jehovah salvation or deliv· erance was foreshadowed by what carne to david and to his companions they were delivered from king saul who pictured the man of sin class the son of perdition and that deliverance to david and his companions came at the battle of gilboa which battle pictured armageddon 1 sam 31 1-10 david and his companions were saved from the traitor ahithophel and that wicked one when his

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january 1 1940 .tffiewatchtower 9 counsel was rejected went and hanged himself just as judas iscariot did after betraying christ jesus 2 sam 17 1-23 they were saved and delivered from the rebel absalom at the battle in the wood of ephraim in which absalom was killed 2 sam 18 6-17 david and his companions were saved from the philistines at the battles of perazim and gibeon in which battles jehovah fought for his anointed king and his army the battle of gibeon particularly pictured jehovah s strange act of vindication at the battle of armageddon at which time that is the battle of armageddon those who are devoted to god will receive deliverance and salvation at the battle of armageddon salvation and deliverance will come to the anointed remnant and to their companions at which time all the enemies will be destroyed down to the lowest earthly member of the devil s organization that great destruction will immediately follow the time when the earthly representatives of satan shall proclaim peace and safety that battle of the great day of god almighty will strike down all the enemy rapidly is that day now approaching it appears that quite soon the religious head of the earthly irganization of satan thinking that god s witnesses are done for will proclaim peace and safety the witnesses of jehovah seemingly forsaken may wonder how long it is until the end and they say how long shall mine enemy be exalted t and [conlltiue toj say i have prevailed against him and those that trouble me rejoice when i am [removed ps 13 2-4 jehovah by christ jesus will exercise fils almighty power against the enemy proving that .j ehovah is supreme and this will follow immediately after the completion of the proclamation of jeho ah s name and kingdom in the earth ex 9 hi and suddenly when the proclamation of peace and safety is made l thess 5 3 his act 33 .jehovah s act of salvation is certain at his ap[luintecl time and all those who remain faithful and true to the great theocrat shall be delivered the faithful may confidently rely upon such deliverance therefore the faithful will not now be discouraged by the increasing woes upon the world and the persecution of themselves but they will lift up the head with gladness because there is overwhelming evidence that the day of deliverance is near h for his name s sake jehovah will save and deliver his faithful people and he saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor then·fore his arm brought salvation unto him [as represented by his faithful people on the earth at armageddon j and his righteousness [the vindication of his namej it sustained him for he put on righteousness as a breastplate and an helmet of sal vation upon his head and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloke according to their deeds accordingly he will repay fury to his adversaries recompence to his enemies to the islands he will repay recompence -isa 59 16-18 u describing his act of vindication the prophet of jehovah records was the lord displeased against the rivers twas thine anger against the rivers twas thy wrath against the sea that thou didst ride upon thine horses war steedsj and thy chariots of salvation tthou didst march through the land in indignation thou didst thresh the heathen in anger this jehovah does for his faithful people thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people even for salvation with thine anointed thou woundedst the heacl out of the house of the wicked by discovering the foundation unto the neck selah hab 3 8 12 10 u of necessity the woes upon the world must increase until the final climax at armageddon it is clearly to be seen that the enemy is surroundmg god s people on every hand they should therefore keep in mind the words of jesus concerning this time and when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads j for your redemption [deliverance draweth nigh luke 21 28 it the time arrives when there is a great calamity upon the earth and no more opportunity to carry the message to the people but jehovah having supplieu his people abundantly with spiritual food for their strength they can say as his prophet records although the fig tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labour of the olive shall fall and the fields shall yield no meat the flock shall 1 cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls yet i will rejoice in the lord i will joy in thl god of my salvation hab 3 17 18 see the watchtou er 1935 page 202 at that time the makers of images who bow dovid to idols and who wor~lllp demons and who compel flag saluting shall go to eonfusion together 1 hey shall be ashamed and alsl confounded all of them they shall go to confuslon together that are makers of idols isa 45 16 u the disastrous result upon the enemies the prophet of jehovah describes in these words lift up your eyes to the heavens and look upon the earth beneath for the heavens shall vanish away hke smoke and the earth shall wax old like a garment and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner [die like gnats young s translation like a louse h ebrew but my salvation shall be for ever and my righteousness [vindication of ,t ehovah s name shall not be abolished isa 51 6 39 at that great battle for the vindication of j ehovah s holy name to those who are devoted to the great theocratic government it is said ye shall not

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10 1iliewatchtower jehovah s name and proves his word true the remnant and their companions continue to rejoice and go forward sounding with the mouth and by the use of recorded speech the praises of jehovah and his government by christ jesus 03 this time of rejoicing was pictured by the deliverance of the israelites from egypt with the sea in fron.t of them and the great army of egypt the devii s agent behind them the situation looked de perate for moses and his host of israelites but they trusted in jehovah and when jehovah s mighty han~l delivered them moses and those with him with great joy joined in the song the lord is my strength and song and he is become my salvation ex 14 30 31 15 1,2 xow by faith the people of god see the da of deliverance near and at the climax of the battl of armagedcloll they will greatly rejoice and sing rrhe lord is my strength and song and he is becume my salvation 00 for the comfort and hope of his people jehovuh long ago caused to be recorded many prophetic pictures some of which are here mentioned yhen kmg jehoshaphat and all the people with hun beheld the destruction of ammon moab and tl:at rellglous crowd of mount seir-ites the lord made them rejoice then they returned every man of judah and jerusalem and jehoshaphat in the t orer ront ot them to go again to jerusalem with joy for the lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies and they came to jerusalem with psalteries ami harp and trumpets unto the house of the lord 2 chron 20 27 28 so likewise armageddon will witness t!w end of the enemy then will the iaithful behold thl destruction of the enemy for in one hour 1 slw made desolate rejoice oyer her thou he~l en and ye holy apostles and prophets for god hath u c ng-t:d you on her rev 18 19 20 that w111 be a ~line at great rejoicing as foretold by the lord .j rs 1 chj l~t and after these things i heard a great voice of mllch people in heaven saying alh·iula salylltiull and glory and honour and power nnto tht lord onr god for true and righteous are his judplle lb 1 0 he hath judged the great whore which did corn lt the earth with her fornication and hath aven1yed thl blood of his servants at her hand and i hea~d a it were the voice of a great multitude and as the voicl of many waters and as the voice of might thunderings saying alleluia for the lord go~l c:i1li11putent reigneth rev 19 1 2 6 who rejoice ol ~ow n~ed to fight in this battle set yourselves stand ye still [after having gone through to the finish of god s strange work and see the salvation of the lord with you 0 judah and jerusalem fear not nor be dismayed to morrow go out against them for the lord will be with you 2 chron 20 17 rejoice what this calendar year may bring forth we do not know with god s people time is no more his people do know however that all the surrounding conditichls point to the near approach of armageddon when the great issue of supremacv and vindication of jehovah s name will be settled for all time they confidently look to jehovah for his mercy and protection and they know that salvation belongs alone to jehovah and that those who trust in his mercy and continue faithfully to obey god shall receive protection deliverance and salvation h for some time the roman catholic hierarchy in the lead of the religionists have put forth their strong efforts to prevent the jonathan class from hearing the truth in this wicked effort they have received the aid and help of the evil servant class which class continue to say with sarcasm where is the great multitude t that combined company of religionists that go to make up the man of sin the son of perdition continue to blaspheme the name of almighty god by holding forth to the people that salvation may be had from the religious systems and through character development those enemies ridicule the faithful witnesses of the 10st high who carry the message of the theocratic government to the people who desire salvation the enemy derides the faithful witnesses of the lord and heaps contempt upon them and at the same time shames the counsel that is given to the poor in spirit the j onadab class many of whom are vet held under the relibrious system and who cry a~d sigh because of the abominations there done to the enemy jehovah says ye have shamed the counsel of the poor because the lord is his refuge ps 14 6 for some time many of god s people have said and say oh that the salvation of israel [spiritual israel were come out of zion ps 14 7 let all such who have hope and who look for salvation now rejoice because the day of deliverance is at hand by faith we now see the climax of armageddon and like david con tmue to say but i have trusted in thy mercy my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation ps 13 5 02 mark this that the saved ones now say my heart shall rejoice and all those who now trust in the mercy of god and rejoice from the heart proclaim the truth for out of the abundance of the heart the mo~t speaketh matt 12 34 having a heart appreciation of the salvation which vindicates .0 there is now no joy in the world for those who are against the theocracy on the contrary a great cloud of blackness hangs over the earth and the peo· pie are held in gross darkness hehglous systems bring no comfort or joy to the people the efforts of the commercial element to turn the people to re-

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january 1 1940 ~ewatchtower 11 ligion bring neither comfort nor joy to mankind but on the contrary increase their woes amidst all of the darkness strife war and confusion and the everincreasing activities of the wicked demons the faithful people of jehovah god trust in his mercy and rejoice and have every reason for increasing joy because of his faith in jehovah david wrote fy heart shall rejoice in thy salvation he wiote this as god s prophet for the benefit of the present-day faithful people of god david manifested his joy in the coming salvation of jehovah likewise the remnant of jehovah s witnesses and their companions now by faith see the ever-increasing evidence that deliverance and salvation are at hand and by faith their joy increases and they continue earnestly and zealously to publish to the world that salvation will come to those and those only who trust in and who obey jehovah and his king concerning the faithful anointed it is written in thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness [vindication shall they be exalted ps 89 16 mark this that their joy is solely in thy salvation that is the salvation that belongs only to jehovah as the feet of christ jesus the royal one the faithful remnant now publish salvation isa 52 7 and joyfully and with full confidence in the theocratic government they proclaim to those who vill hear vhosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved rom 10 13 joel 2 32 as for their companions the prospective great multitude these rejoice and with zeal engage in proclaiming the name of jehovah and his theocratic government as the means of protection deliverance and salvation behold them now oming from every nation and people and tongue and with a loud voice saying salvation [be ascriljed to our god which sitteth upon the throne and unto the lamb therefore are they before the throlll of god and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them rev 7 10 15 _a regardless of what the ensuing year may bring forth and of the burdens that may come to those who have devoted themselves to jehovah let all such at all times keep this before them that salvation is by jehovah s theocratic government and that government is here and christ jesus has taken his power and reigns now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our god and the power of ills christ rev 12 10 ft many centuries ago faithful men such as david and others of the prophets set their heart upon the theocratic government because of their faith m that government and its king and their love for jehovah and the fessiah those men endured all manner of persecution and affliction and dicd in faith waiting for the coming of the king the kmg is now here the theocracy has begun to function with confidence we look for the early return of tho~0 faithful men of old and then they will enter into the service and joy of the lord in fullness those who are now on the earth and who are vholly devoted to god and his king need to wait only a very short tullc but in that time thev must endure hardness as ~o d soldiers of the king keep iii mind the admollltlon of christ jesus he that endures to the end shall be saved we know that the day of deliverance is near we fully trust in the mercy of our god and diligently strive to obey his commandments and proclaim his name and kingdom therefore all of goel s people may throughout the coming days have constantly in mind these words my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation inheritance n the typical picture made with the nation of israel jehovah s priests occupied a position of responsibility toward bm he makes first the best provision for them god s provision for occupancy of the land by his priests as well as by those who are not of the priesthood was portrayed in the vision given by jehovah to his prophet ezekiel concerning the division of the land and the location of its inhabitants chapter 45 the land here is not the literal earth rather it pictures the position and condition in which members of god s orgamzation are placed to his disciples jesus said in my father s house are many mansions [dwelling places 1 i go to prepare a place for you john 14 2 allotment of the land as described in ezekiel s prophecy clearly refers to the same thing the faithful disciples of christ jesus are made members of jehovah s royal priesthood l pet 2 9 i ezekiel s vision referred to the time when jehovah s people on earth his faithful witnesses would be dehvered from the religious enemy orgal1lzatlon and its power and would be restored to god s favor and brought mto his theocratic organization receiving an allotment tllerem jehovah s government or kingdom is a theocracy the organization of the theocracy as disclosed m the scriptures may be stated thus the almighty god whose name alone is jehovah and who is the supreme one is the creator and builder and organizer his only begotten and beluved son christ jesus is jehovah s executive officer whom jehovah makes the king of the world by the grace of jehovah and by his selection there are associated with christ jesus in the kingdom 144.000 who are taken from among men and begotten of god s spirit as children of jehovah god these are antitypical levites and must serve hlm m his spiritual temple when anointed of his spirit for temple

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12 iffie watchtower brookly y service they are in line for jehovah s royal priesthood and proving faithful they are made priests of god and of christ and shall reign with him a thousand years see l~evelation 7 4 14 1,3 j 1 6 20 4,6 christ jesus is the head thereof or the high priest of jehovah god such is a brief description of the capital organization of jehovah god to which in scripture the name zion applies the official or capital organization zion is the new heaven of righteousness it is not visible to human eyes and the earthly remnant thereof yet on earth must be changed from human to spirit in the first resurrection the scriptures further disclose that the theocracy will have visible represenrotives on the earth who shall perform the duties of governors under the direction and supervision of the theocratic king in times of old such men were fathers unto god s people they proved their faithfulncss unto jehovah god and shall have a better resurrection and be made the children of the christ and also be made his representatlves on the earth these visible representatives of the theocratlc kmg are designated princes in all the earth according to psalm 45 16 princes here means governors rulers or stewards 25,000 levites prince the sanctuary and the priests prince 5 o o the city diagram of the allotments in the holy poi tion twenty-five thousand foursquare ezcklel 45 1 reads moreover when ye sj:all divide by lot the land for mhentance ye shall offer an ob!atlon unto [jehovah an holy portion of the land the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds [cubits and the breadth shall be ten thousand this shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about this holy portion of the land occupied the central position in all the land of god s restored people thereby picturing how the lives and interests of all the people will move about jehovah s organization which is zion his royal house it is jehovah god who docs the selectmg as stated at deuteronomy 16 6 the place which [jehovah thy god shall choose to place his name in allotment of the land is also given consideration in ezekiel 47 verses thirteen to twenty-two and in chapter 48 verses eight to twenty the allotment of persons and things in the holy place is descnbed in this manner of this [oblation of land there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length and five hundred in breadth square round about and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof and of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand and the breadth of ten thousand and in it shall be tilt sanctuary and the most holy place ezek 45 2 3 th i was the area of ground on which the temple of jehoval stood and the ground for the temple oceuplcd the centel of the tract of land hence the portion of the land abcl l described is for the priests to occupy the holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary which shall come near to minister unto [jehovah and it shall be a place for their houses and an hoh place for the sanctuary ezek 45 4 only the levites of the family of aaron were priests all other levites were servants or ministers at the temple of jehovah god jehovah locates the antitypical levites at a convenient point for service and the [portion of land five and twenty thousand of length and the ten thousand of breadth [immediately north of the portion assigned for the sanctuary and the priests shall also the levltes the ministers of the house have for themselves for a possession for twenty chambers ezek 45 5 jehoyah god has provided an everlasting abode iii his orgamzatlon for the chri tians here pictured by the nonpriestly levites the mam fold foresight and wisdom of jehovah is thrilling even thl most minute things he has provided for instance undt the law covenant arrangement made with the natlon oj israel the levites were located iii forty-eight dlfferc:nt cities six of which were called cities of refuge um 35 l-s three of those cities were on one side of the river jordan and three on the other side of it it was the duty of till levitcs in the cities of refuge to glve mformatlol1 aid and comfort to those who fled thither seekmg refuge llkc i~l it is the duty of the antitypical levites or christians to gl l mformatloll aid and comfort to those who now seek jehovah s theocratic organization this they must do by glvlllg them a mark in the forehead that is to say givlllg them intelligent information as to what such must do 1i1 ordel to have jehovah s favor god through his prophet ezekiel especially commands that those of the antltyplca levltc class must go through the land proclalmmg the me i1ge 01 jehovah s theocratic kmgdolll under christ and thus put .1 mark upon the foreheads of those of good wdl to art od and who are seeiong the way of jehovah it is thl lu 01 pc rsons who are thus marked and who thereafter 011:l 1:1 and abide iii tl:e city that are spared and taken througjl till great trilulatlon ezek 9 6 zeph 2 3 in the outer court of the temple seen in vision by el.ekil 40 17 the levites are assigned thirty chambers however in the assignment of the territory to the le ltes god specifies twenty chambers for them and that would seem to signify that god divides the levltes up mto twenty courses of service at the temple there will be dl l~lons 0 l courses of service but the levites will all be together mont territory and no longer scattered about iii forty-eight c ltlc as formerly in the allotment of the land showing the ultimate condition of their location all the antltypic al levlte the called chosen and faithful ones taken out ly j r:lovah from all nations peoples kindreds and tongues as a peo!jlc for his name by his grace will finally be gathered up and brought into ills heavenly city or great orgalllzatlon allotment of land is made for the city and ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad anu five and twenty thousand long [from east to wes over

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akuary 1 1940 %ewatchtower 13 against r v side by side with the oblation of the holy portion [for the temple it shall be for the whole house of israel ezek 45 6 thus the temple was not in the city but the temple and the city were separated from each other by about eight thousand cubits since the city zion is not mentioned in this vision it seems that the city here described is not zion the invisible kingdom but that it pictures more the earthly representation of god s heavenly invisible government consideration is given to this city also in chapter 48 15-17 30-35 both the city and the temple were in the holy oblation of land the temple being iii the upper or northern portion and the city in the southern the entire holy oblation of land twenty-five thousand cubits square is a picture of god s universal organization called jerusalem while zion jehovah s royal family composed of christ jesus and his church is pictured in the land allotted to and occupied by the temple and which is also occupied by the priests the city mentioned at ezekiel 45 6 is said to be named jehovah-shammah the wonder or renown of j ehovah see ezekiel 48 35 margin the earthly representatives of jehovah s kingdom will be the resurrected faithful prophets and witnesses before christ and these are designated at psalm 45 16 as princes m all the earth and their position is shown in god s organization ezekiel 45 7,8 states and a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion and of the possession of the eity before [in front of the oblation of the holy portion and before [in front of the possession of the city from the west side westward and from the east side eastward and the length shall be over against one of the portions from the west border unto the east border in the land shall be his possesslon in israel and my princes shall no more oppress my people and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of israel according to their tribes the word prince in this text manifestly applies to an entire company and refers to the resurrected faithful prophets who were faithful witnesses before the day of christ and who as a company christ will make rulers in all the earth christ is king of these earthly representatives and jehovah god is the great king over all the fact that there shall be no more oppression as these verses say shows the kind of men j ehoi ah will install in office as officials rulmg the earth they 11111 be righteous and their rule will be righteous instruction is given concerning these earthly rulers thus saith the lord god let it suffice you 0 princes of israel remove violence and spoil and execute judgment and justice take away your exactions from my people saith the lord god ezek 45 9 this prophecy indicates what the princes in all the earth will do righteousness will be maintained the commerce of satan s organization is wicked and oppressive in god s kingdom everything must be done in nghteousness ye shall have just balances and a just ephah and a just bath the ephah and the bath shall be of one measure that the bath may contain the tenth part of ,m homer and the ephah the tenth part of an homer the measure thereof shall be after the homer and the shekel hall be twenty gerahs twenty shekels five and twenty hekels fifteen shekels shall be your maneh ezek is 10-12 there will be no juggling with the medium of exchange nor changes of measures big business with its military organization for its protection and for the oppression of the people will never agam exist the righteous representatives of the kingdom on earth will instruct the people in righteousness and will require all to deal righteously the measures and weights will be m harmony with the divine rule which jesus declared good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over luke 6 38 jehovah s righteous government will not tolerate insubordmation on .the part of anyone but all must obey the theocracy ezekiel 45 13-15 says this is the oblation that ye [earthly rulers shall offer [the lord the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley concerning the ordinance of oil the bath of oil ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor which is an homer of ten baths for ten baths are an homer and one lamb out of the flock out of two hundred out of the fat pastures of israel for a meat [meal offering and for a burnt offermg and for peace offerings to make reconciliation for them saith the lord god these verses describe the amount that shall be brought in for various offerings all of which offerings are to make reconciliation for them salth the lord that is reconciliation for the people all the people will be required to recognize god s kingdom and accept these resurrected faithful prophets or servants of god as the representatives of the kingdom on earth and that the earthly princes are their representatives to treat with the heavenly royal priesthood and in behalf of the people who seek reconcl1iation with god the prophecy also shows that the people will be required to contribute something toward such recollc111ation and that such contributions will be their full obedlencl and co-operation the people will receive their instruction from the visible princes and these instructions they will be required to obey ezekiel hears further instructions concerning these rulers and it shall be the prince s part to give burnt offerings and meat [meal offerings and drmk offermgs in the feasts and in the new moons and m the sabbaths il1 all solemnities [m all the appomted feasts r v of the house of israel he shall prepare the sm offermg and the meat [meal offering and the burnt offermg alld the peact offerings to make reconciliation r v atonement for the house of israel ezek 45 17 the fact that jehovah gives such specific instructions regarding the duties of the prmces mdicates that he by and through christ jesus gives special recognition to these faithful men who of old maintamed their integrity and who died faithful to god and that he will resurrect them as perfect men and make them repre· sentatives of the kingdom on earth these men will be the visible representatives on earth of zion which is god s organization isa 32 1 the peoples of earth will be required to act through these earthly representatives of god s organization a grand inheritance for these princes i the vision of ezekiel does not at all mean that an earthly temple will be built at or near present-day jerusalem for the use of the people there will be no reason for the erect ion of such a building what this vision really means is that it is a prophecy which will be fulfilled in j ehova11 s due time it is a vision of god s organization in operation showmg

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14 1iliewatchtower brooklyn y the assigned positions of those who have to do with the orgamzation that god s temple is clean is shown by ezekiel 45 18 thus saith the lord god in the first month in the first day of the month thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary it was on the tenth day of the month when ezekiel was given the vision therefore the vision in substance says that this in visible temple will yet be constructed by jehovah to begm operations at god s own appointed time after bemg brought together the faithful disciples of christ jesus arc made clean through the merit of christ jesus shed blood and are made living stones for jehovah s temple l pet 2 5 all who are brought into the temple and made a part of it mus be of this cleansed condition letters greater the battle greater the victory dear brother rutherford gathered in assembly here in new orleans louisiana 225 of your brethren at the time of our zone assembly wish to take this opportumty to send to you our deep gratitude and warm chnstian love we are grateful to our heavenly father for the marvelous and nch supply of spiritual food he has provided for us through the columns of the watchtower at a time when darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people when there is a famine in the land not for bread and water but for the hearing of the word of the lord and wben the devll s totalitarian crowd are desperately seektng the destruction of all wbo support the theocracy we appreciate that the greater the battle the greater the victory and this we see in this priest-ridden section in our zone six months ago we had in louisiana zone one 142 regular publlsbers 100 irregulars 302 associated and a peak of publisbers for one month of 187 now there are 197 regular publishers 190 lrregulars 500 associated and a peak of 260 publishers the increase is largely made up of those sincere persons of good will wbo have come out of the catholic system your fearless stand before satan s wicked crowd is an incentive to your fellow warriors to faithfully perform the task set before them we wish to mform you that we are wholly and unreservedly for the theocracy and will remain loyal regardless of all opposition may jehovah our heavenly father continue to richly bless you and keep you is our daily prayer elgbt new companies bave been formed since october last your fellow witnesses in the theocracy louisiana zone one jehov ah s loving·kind!iiess and i wisb to assure you dear brother that i am now wholly and wholeheartedly united with you the society the lord representative on earth and aj others of like precious faith in every land with fervent and warmest greetmgs i am your brother in his service j b egede nigena 100 percent for the channel dear brother rutherford christian geetmgs in the name of our king christ jesus we wish to thank you for sendmg brother howlett to visit the different compames m this part of the country we believe that brother howlett s visit was timely fully under the direction of the lord there bas been so much confusion created by tbose letters that o r oyle sent to the different brethren throughout tbls particular area enclosed you will find the waukegan [ill company s pledge of loyalty to tbe watchtower bible and tract society also tv you as tbe society s president our company iii loo-percent for the chankel tbat has been used to dispense the meat in dul season to the household of faith pledge of loyalty we the undersigned wish to express our appreciation and thanks to jehovah s theocratic arrangement on eartb the watch tower bible and tract society we deem it a privilege and honor to serve jehovah and to ba t a part m the vindication of his name we declare ourselves wholeheartedly for j ebovah and hi kmg christ jesus standmg firmly in the bellef thnt tbe w atcli· tower bible akd tract society is still bemg used to make clear to his anomted the trt:ths whlcb are being revealed fron his vast storehollse of treasures the bible [signed edward j monahan lnms holcomb esther monahan dora sebei erman zephyr tuttle marge monail gladys sabine bob ~10 aha michael j kohr wt:ra monaibn lv la s harter j a k ~10n ahai fred aebly betty holcomb jessie aebly agnes anderson clara holcomb bringing enemies to shame dear brother rutherford i take tbls chance to show my gratitude and appreciation of jebovah s lovmg-kindness which he has extended to me owmg to my first association with one who was once enlightened of the knowledge of god but who bas shamelessly and openly jomed tbe pollutions of this world and become a willing tool of satan the house-to-bouse wltnllssing was entirely foreign to me but now seeing the forces of satan in entire shape and that the lord has graciou5ily extricated me from such a tool of the devil and a demon in human form who strictly launched his activities m vilifymg and dlsdaldldg the lord and his people and the method and means jehovab is using in performance of his strange work now i thank jehovah for enjoymg the grandest prl i!ege of the field service witb his people the article drama of vmdication disclosing the fulfillments of joshua s prophecy whieh the lord recently caused to be discussed m seven consecutive issues of the watchtower is really a permanent blessmg from the lord and has enabled the lord s people to more fully locate and identify the forces of satan and the achan class the book salvahon i.s also a bountiful gift of j ebovah thls is the lord s doing it is marvellous in our eyes dear brethren at tbe enj of december last the uctlvltlcs of jehovah s witnesses were reported to tbe pnest-m-charge of the bonda mission of the church of england in inyanga district iii suuthern rhodesia tbe priest was so desirous to know what message j ehovah s witnesses are delivermg to the people iii bl district he sent for them to visit him at tbe mission station on sunday mornmg iii order to find out for himself what was ~omg on thp company servant brother j obnson chl haya noah porno and several others accepted the m ltatlon

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