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** Thy Kingdom Come (Studies in the Scriptures Vol.3) (1908) p.228 ***

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That the deliverance of the saints must take place some timebefore 1914 is manifest, since the deliverance of fleshly Israel,as we shall see, is appointed to take place at that time, and the angrynations will then be authoritatively commanded to be still,and will be made to recognize the power of Jehovah’s Anointed.Just how long before 1914 the last living members of the body of Christ willbe glorified, we are not directly informed; but it certainly willnot be until their work in the flesh is done; nor can wereasonably presume that they will long remain after that work is accomplished.With these two thought in mind, we can approximate the time of the deliverance.

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** Thy Kingdom Come (Studies in the Scriptures Vol.3) (1937) p.228 ***

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That the deliverance of the saints will take place some timeafter 1914 is manifest, since the deliverance of fleshly Israel,as we shall see, is appointed to take place thereafter, and the angrynations will then be authoritatively commanded to be still,and will be made to recognize the power of Jehovah’s Anointed.Just how long after 1914 the last living members of the body of Christ willbe glorified, we are not directly informed; but it certainly willnot be until their work in the flesh is done; nor can wereasonably presume that they will long remain after that work is accomplished.With these two thought in mind, we can approximate the time of the deliverance.

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*** Thy Kingdom Come (copyright 1891) (1904 edition — Millennial Dawn, vol 3) p.342 ***

So, then, if we measure backward down the “First Ascending Passage” to its junction with the “Entrance Passage,” we shall have a fixed date to mark upon the downward passage. This measure is 1542 inches, and indicates the year B.C. 1542, as the date at that point. Then measuring down the “Entrance Passage” from that point, to find the distance to the entrance of the “Pit,” representing the great trouble and destruction with which this age is to close, when evil will be overthrown from power, we find it to be 3416 inches, symbolizing 3416 years from the above date, B.C. 1542. This calculation shows AD. 1874 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years B.C. plus 1874 years AD. equals 3416 years. Thus the Pyramid witnesses that the close of 1874 was the chronological beginning of the time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation — no, nor ever shall be afterward. And thus it will be noted that this “Witness” fully corroborates the Bible testimony on this subject…

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*** Thy Kingdom Come (copyright 1891) (1910 edition — Studies In The Scriptures, vol. 3) p.342 ***

So, then, if we measure backward down the “First Ascending Passage” to its junction with the “Entrance Passage,” we shall have a fixed date to mark upon the downward passage. This measure is 1542 inches, and indicates the year B.C. 1542, as the date at that point. Then measuring down the “Entrance Passage” from that point, to find the distance to the entrance of the “Pit,” representing the great trouble and destruction with which this age is to close, when evil will be overthrown from power, we find it to be 3457 inches, symbolizing 3457 years from the above date, B.C. 1542. This calculation shows AD. 1915 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years B.C. plus 1915 years AD. equals 3457 years. Thus the Pyramid witnesses that the close of 1914 will be the beginning of the time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation — no, nor ever shall be afterward. And thus it will be noted that this “Witness” fully corroborates the’ Bible testimony on this subject…

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*** Live Forever (1982 edition) pp.178-180 ***

[Men of Sodom and Gomorrah will be resurrected.]

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8 Will it be more difficult for some of the resurrected dead to learn and practice righteousness than it will be for others? When Jesus Christ was on earth, he showed that it would be. Most of the persons to whom he and his disciples preached did not listen. They rejected Jesus as the Messiah, even after hearing his preaching and seeing him perform miracles. When sending out his disciples to preach, Jesus said of a city that would reject their message: “Truly I say to you, it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city.” –Matthew 10:15.

9 By saying this, Jesus showed that at least some of the unrighteous people of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah will be present on earth during Judgment Day. Although they had been very immoral, we can expect that some of them will be resurrected. (Genesis 19:1-26) Jehovah in his mercy will bring them back so that they will have an opportunity to learn about his purposes. But Jesus’ words also show that some of the unrighteous ones to whom he and his disciples personally preached will be present during Judgment Day. They, too, will be resurrected and be given further opportunity to learn God’s purposes. For whom will it be more difficult to accept Christ as king at that time? For the people of ancient Sodom or for those who had rejected the preaching of Jesus and his disciples?

10 It will be more difficult for those who personally rejected Jesus. Speaking of Capernaum, one of the cities where he performed miracles, Jesus said: “If the powerful works that took place in you had taken place in Sodom, it would have remained until this very day. Consequently I say to you people, It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom on Judgment Day than for you.” (Matthew 11:22-24) Yes, during Judgment Day it will be even more difficult for those from Capernaum to admit their mistakes and to accept and serve Christ as king than it will be for the people of ancient Sodom to learn righteousness.

11 So it will be easier for certain “unrighteous” resurrected ones to learn about God and serve him than it will be for certain other “unrighteous” ones. (Matthew 12:41, 42) What, then, about the “righteous” who are resurrected-persons such as Abraham, Isaac, Job, Deborah, Ruth, Daniel and others? Before their death they all looked forward to the coming of the Messiah. How glad they will be during Judgment Day to learn about him, and that he is ruling in heaven! So it will be much easier for these “righteous” persons to practice righteousness at that time than for any of the “unrighteous” to do so. –Acts 24:15.

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*** Live Forever (1989 edition) pp.178-180 ***

[Men of Sodom and Gomorrah will NOT be resurrected]

8 It will truly be a grand privilege to be resurrected on earth during Jehovah’s great Judgment Day. However, the Bible indicates that it will be a privilege that not all will enjoy. Consider, for example, the people of ancient Sodom. The Bible says that the men of Sodom sought to have sexual relations with “the men” who were visiting Lot. Their immoral behavior was so extreme that even when they were miraculously struck with blindness, “they were wearing themselves out trying to find the entrance” of the house to get inside to have intercourse with Lot’s visitors. –Genesis 19:4-11.

9 Will such terribly wicked persons be resurrected during Judgment Day? The Scriptures indicate that apparently they will not. For example, one of Jesus’ inspired disciples, Jude, wrote first about the angels that forsook their place in heaven to have relations with the daughters of men. Then he added: “So too Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, after they in the same manner as the foregoing ones had committed fornication excessively and gone out after flesh for unnatural use, are placed before us as a warning example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.” (Jude 6, 7; Genesis 6:1, 2) Yes, for their excessive immorality the people of Sodom and of the surrounding cities suffered a destruction from which they will apparently never be resurrected. –2 Peter 2:4-6, 9, 10a.

10 Jesus too indicated that the Sodomites may not be resurrected. When he spoke of Capernaum, one of the cities where he performed miracles, he said: “If the powerful works that took place in you [Capernaum] had taken place in Sodom, it would have remained until this very day. Consequently I say to you people, It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom on Judgment Day than for you.” (Matthew 11:22-24) Jesus here was emphasizing the reprehensibility of the people of Capernaum by saying that it would be more endurable for the ancient Sodomites who, in the minds of his Israelite audience, were totally unworthy of a resurrection on Judgment Day.

11 Surely, then, we should do everything we can to live our lives so as to merit a resurrection. But it may still be asked: Will it be more difficult for some of the resurrected dead to learn and practice righteousness than it will be for others? Well, consider: Before such “righteous” persons as Abraham, Isaac, Job, Deborah, Ruth and Daniel died, they all looked forward to the coming of the Messiah. How glad they will be during Judgment Day to learn about him, and that he is ruling in heaven! So it will be much easier for these “righteous” persons to practice righteousness at that time than for any of the “unrighteous” who are resurrected to do so. –Acts 24:15.

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*** Watchtower 1989 January 1 p.12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" ***

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The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.

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*** Watchtower 1989 January 1 p.12 "The Hand of Jehovah Was With Them" ***

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The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our day.

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*** The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (book) 1968 pg.9 ch.1 Grand Blessings from God Near at Hand! ***

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Also, as reported back in 1960, a former United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, declared that our time is "a period of unequaled instability, unequaled violence." And he warned: "I know enough of what is going on to assure you that, in fifteen years from today, this world is going to be too dangerous to live in."

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*** The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (book) 1981 pg.9 ch.1 Grand Blessings from God Near at Hand! ***

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Also, as reported back in 1960, a former United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, declared that our time is "a period of unequaled instability, unequaled violence." Based on what he knew was then going on in the world, it was his conclusion that soon "this world is going to be too dangerous to live in."

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*** The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (book) 1968 p.88-89 ch.10 God’s Kingdom Comes to Power in the Midst of Its Enemies ***

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11 During and after World War II widespread food shortages added to the distress. Shortly after the war Look magazine observed:

"A fourth of the world is starving today. Tomorrow will even be worse. Famine over most of the world now is more terrible than most of us can imagine. . . . There are now more people hunting desperately for food than at any other time in history."

More recently, the book entitled "Famine-1975!" [by W. & P. Paddock, 1967, pp. 52, 55, 61.] said concerning today’s food shortages:

"Hunger is rampant throughout country after country, continent after continent around the undeveloped belt of the tropics and subtropics. Today’s crisis can move in only one direction - toward catastrophe. Today hungry nations; tomorrow starving nations.

By 1975 civil disorder, anarchy, military dictatorships, runaway inflation, transportation breakdowns and chaotic unrest will be the order of the day in many of the hungry nations."

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*** The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (book) 1981 p.88-89 ch.10 God’s Kingdom Comes to Power in the Midst of Its Enemies ***

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11 During and after World War II widespread food shortages added to the distress. Shortly after the war Look magazine observed:

"A fourth of the world is starving today. Tomorrow will even be worse. Famine over most of the world now is more terrible than most of us can imagine. . . . There are now more people hunting desperately for food than at any other time in history."

More recent reports have shown that a constant lack of adequate food, resulting in chronic malnutrition, has become the "major world hunger problem today." The London Times reported:

"There have always been famines, but the scale and ubiquity [presence everywhere] of hunger today is on a totally new scale. . . . Today malnutrition is said to affect more than a thousand million people; perhaps as many as 400 million live constantly on the brink of starvation."-June 3, 1980.

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*** Hebrews 1:6 ***

[As published in New World Translation, 1961, p.1293]

6 But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God’s angels worship him."

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*** Hebrews 1:6 ***

[as published in New World Translation, 1971, p.1293]

6 But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: "And let all God’s angels do obeisance to him."

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*** Watchtower Publications Index 1930 - 1985 ***

[Only these two references under the subject Greber, Johannes]

Greber, Johannes

w83 4/1 31

w62 554

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[A more complete list of references to Greber found in Watchtower Literature]

[The complete text of the following citations is available]

w55 10/1 603 Part 3: What Do the Scriptures Say About "Survival After Death"?

w56 2/15 110-1 Triumphing over Wicked Spirit Forces

w61 1/1 30 Was There a Resurrection?

"The Word" — Who Is He? According to John (1962) page 5

w62 9/15 554 "The Word"-Who Is He? According to John

Make Sure of All Things: Hold Fast to What is Fine (1965) page 489

Aid to Bible Understanding (1969) page 1134

Aid to Bible Understanding (1969) page 1669

w75 10/15 640 Questions from Readers

w76 4/15 231 Insight on the News

w83 4/1 31 Questions From Readers

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*** Watchtower 1998 December 1 p.14 Defending Our Faith ***

4 Second, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been targets of false accusations-barefaced lies and twisted presentations of their beliefs. As a result, they have been the object of unjustified attack in some lands. Further, because they seek nonblood medical treatment that is in harmony with their desire to obey the Bible’s command to ‘abstain from blood,’ they have wrongly been labeled "child murderers" and "a suicide cult." (Acts 15:29) But the fact is that Jehovah’s Witnesses place a high value on life, and they seek to obtain the best available medical care for themselves and their children. The accusation that numerous children of Jehovah’s Witnesses die each year as a result of refusing blood transfusions is totally unfounded. In addition, because Bible truth does not have the same effect on all family members, Witnesses have also been accused of breaking up families. Yet, those acquainted with Jehovah’s Witnesses know that they highly regard family life and try to follow the Biblical commands that a husband and wife love and respect each other and that children obey their parents whether they are believers or not.—Ephesians 5:21-6:3.

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*** Awake! 1994 May 22 p.2 Page Two ***

[See also Watchtower quotes regarding shunning]

Youths Who Put God First 3-15

In former times thousands of youths died for putting God first. They are still doing it, only today the drama is played out in hospitals and courtrooms, with blood transfusions the issue.

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*** United in Worship (book) 1983 Table of Contents ***

1. Unity in Worship—What Should It Mean for You?
2. Magnify Jehovah as the True God
3. Keep a Firm Grip on the Word of God
4. The One to Whom All The Prophets Bore Witness
5. Freedom Enjoyed by Worshipers of Jehovah
6. The Issue That All Creation Has to Face
7. What We Learn From God’s Permission of Evil
8. ‘Wrestling Against Wicked Spirit Forces’
9. Power of the Resurrection Hope
10. A Kingdom “That Will Not Be Brought to Ruin”
11. ‘Keep On Seeking First the Kingdom’
12. The Meaning of Your Baptism
13. A Great Crowd Before Jehovah’s Throne
14. ‘I Make a Covenant With You for a Kingdom’
15. How Does Jehovah Direct His Organization?
16. Listen to Counsel, Accept Discipline
17. “Have Intense Love for One Another”
18. We Need to Practice Godly Devotion at Home
19. What the Mosaic Law Means to You
20. Life and Blood—Do You Treat Them as Sacred?
21. “They Are No Part of the World”
22. Continue to Speak God’s Word With Boldness
23. Keep Close in Mind Jehovah’s Day
24. Jehovah’s Purpose Attains Glorious Success

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*** Worship the Only True God (book) 2002 Table of Contents ***

[ This online discussion deals with the missing chapters]

1. Unity of Worship in Our Time—What Does It Mean?
2. Magnify Jehovah as the True God
3. Keep a Firm Grip on the Word of God
4. The One to Whom All The Prophets Bore Witness
5. Freedom Enjoyed by Worshipers of Jehovah
6. The Issue That All Creation Has to Face
7. What We Learn From God’s Permission of Wickedness
8. ‘Wrestling Against Wicked Spirit Forces’
9. The Power of the Resurrection Hope
10. A Kingdom “That Will Never Be Brought to Ruin”
11. ‘Keep On Seeking First the Kingdom’
12. The Meaning of Your Baptism
13. A Great Crowd Before Jehovah’s Throne
14. How Does Jehovah Direct His Organization?
15. Listen to Counsel, Accept Discipline
16. “Have Intense Love for One Another”
17. Practice Godly Devotion at Home
18. “They Are No Part of the World”
19. Continue to Speak God’s Word With Boldness
20. Keep Close in Mind Jehovah’s Day
21. Jehovah’s Purpose Attains Glorious Success

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