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Publication date

1/1/41

Volume

62

Number

1

Publication page

2

The WatchTower

Drama of Vengeance (Part 3)

The Watchtower Magazines

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Street

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N.Y.,

U.

S.

A.

OFFICERS

J.

F.

RUTHERFORD,

President

W.

E.

VAN

AMBURGH,

Secretary

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

taught

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

-

IJaiah

54:I3.

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

Is

the

only

true

God,

Is

from

everlasting

to

everlasting,

the

Maker

of

beaven

and

earth

and

tbe

Giver

of

life

to

bls

creatures;

that

tbe

Logos

was

the

beginnIng

of

bls

creation,

and

his

actlye

agent

in

the

creation

of

all

things;

that

the

Logos

Is

now

tbe

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

dis

obeyed

God's

law

and

was

sentenced

to

death;

that

by

reason

of

Adam's

wrong

act

all

~n

are

born

sinners

and

without

the

right

to

life.

THAT

JESUS

was

made

human,

and

tbe

man

Jesus

suffered

death

in

order

to

llroduce

the

ransom

or

redemptive

price

for

obedient

ones

at

mankind;

that

God

railled

up

Jesus

divine

and

exalted

hIm

to

beaven

above

every

creature

and

above

every

name

and

clotbed

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

rIght

ful

King

of

tbe

world;

that

tbe

anointed

and

faltbful

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

chIldren

of

Zion,

members

of

Jehovah's

organiza

tion,

and

are

his

witnesses

whose

duty

and

privilege

It

is

to

testify

to

the

supremacy

of

Jehovah,

declare

his

purposes

toward

mankind

as

expressed

In

the

Bible,

and

to

bear

the

fruits

of

the

kIngdom

before

all

who

will

bear.

THAT

THE

WORLD

has

ended,

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Cbrlst

has

been

placed

by

Jehovah

upon

bls

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

peoples

of

earth

can

come

only

by

and

tbrough

Jehovah's

kingdom

under

ChrIst,

wbicb

has

now

begun;

that

the

Lord's

next

great

act

is

the

destruction

ot

Satan's

organIzation

and

the

establlshment

of

righteousness

in

the

earth,

and

that

under

the

kingdom

the

people

of

good

wlll

that

survive

Armageddon

shall

carry

out

the

divine

mandate

to

"fill

the

earth"

with

a

righteous

race.

"EHUD'S

SWORD"

TESTIMONY

PERIOD

This

midwinter

period

of

speCial

actlVlty

will

run

through

the

entire

month

of

Februnry.

The

title

thereof

calls

attention

to

the

zeal,

energy

and

fearlessness

with

whICh

Ehud

used

his

dagger

against

King

Eglon,

and

which

qualIties

all

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of

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Theocracy

will

exercise

likeWise

during

this

Period.

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opens

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year's

three-month

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and

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(Part

3),

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1-26

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I,

1941.

Week

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Febrnary

9:

"Drama

of

Vengeance"

(Part

3),

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Z7-47

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January

1,

1941.

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sects

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