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01.11.1948

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69

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322

Turnul de veghe

The Marriage in Heaven

Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză

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PUIlLTSHED

SEMU10NTHLY

By

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

b

TRACT

SOCIETY

117

Adams

Street

Brooklyn

1,

N.Y.,

U.S.A

OFFICERS

N.

H.

KNORR,

President

GRANT

SUITER,

Secretary

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

tau~ht

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

•

baiall

5

¢:I.J.

THE

BIBLE

CLEAHLY

TEACHES

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

onl~'

true

Gou,

from

everlasting

to

evt'rlasting,

und

Is

the

:lInker

of

hpa\'en

and

earth

and

Giver

of

life

to

hIs

crt'atures;

that

the

',,"ord

or

Logos

was

the

be;:lnning

of

his

creation

and

his

aCli\'e

agent

in

ctelltlll~

ail

other

thin~s;

and

that

the

creatut'e

Luci

fer

rebelled

a;:ainst

,Teho\'ab

unu

l'ai~eu

tbe

Issue

of

His

unh

ersal

so\'ereignt~·:

THAT

GOD

created

the

ellrth

for

man,

made

perfect

man

for

the

em'th

and

placed

him

upon

it;

that

mall

~'ielded

to

unfaithful

Lucifer,

or

Satnn.

anu

Willfully

disohe~'ed

Gou's

law

and

was

sentenced

to

death:

thut

h~'

reason

of

Adam's

wrong

act

ull

men

are

born

silllwrs

and

without

the

right

to

life;

THAT

THE

LOGOS

WliS

lua<le

human

us

the

man

Jesus

und

suf

fert'll

death

In

order

to

pro<luce

the

ran"Olll

or

re<lelllllth'e

prit'e

for

ohedient

men;

that

God

mised

up

Christ

Jesus

divine

and

exalted

him

to

heaven

above

e\'er~'

other

creature

and

clothed

him

with

all

power

amI

authorit~·

as

head

of

Gou's

new

capital

organization;

THAT

GOD'S

CAPITAL

OltGA:\IZATIO:\

is

a

Theocrllc~'

calleu

Zion,

and

that

Christ

Jesus

is

the

Chief

Ol1i('er

thereOf

and

is

the

rl~htful

Kln~

of

the

new

worhl;

that

the

faithful

anointc<l

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

ZIOn's

thlillrcn,

memhers

of

.Teho\'lIh's

or':;lI111zution,

and

are

Ilis

witnesses

who~e

duty

and

/ltll

i1t'!:e

it

is

to

testify

to

Jehovah's

SU/lrt'ulUC~'

and

declare

his

purposes

towal'li

mankind

as

expressed

in

the

BillIe;

THAT

TIl1'~

OLD

WOHLD,

or

SaWn';,

uninterrupted

rule.

ended

A.D.

101-1.

and

Christ

Je..us

has

been

placed

b~'

,Tehomh

upon

the

throne.

has

ousted

Sutun

from

heal'l'n,

ant!

now

proceeds

to

vinrllcate

His

name

and

establish

the

"new

earth";

THAT

THE

HELIEF

ami

bies~lll;;s

of

the

peoples

can

cOllie

only

by

Jeho\'ah's

Idn;;dolll

und!'r

ChriSt.

Wilidl

has

be!:un;

that

llis

nt'xt

great

act

is

to

dpstroy

~atan's

or!:anlzatlOn

an(1

e"talJlIsh

rl~ht('ou~ness

eompleteJ~'

III

the

eal'th,

unt]

that

unller

the

Kill;:,;u\U

the

people

of

~oo(l,"

III

SI1I'\'I\

In~

AIlIla"et!<Ion

II

111

cal

ry

uut

tIle

divine

mandate

to

"fill

the

eal'th"

\\"lIh

1'1<:1Itl>0\1"

ot"L:.prlll~,

and

that

the

hl1llJan

dead

in

the

gra\'es

\\"111

lJe

nll~rt!

to

0PIlortunltles

ot

li:e

on

earth,

"SETTING

THE

)lARK"

TESTDlO~Y

PEIUOD

Humane

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interested

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eternal

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of

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good-Will

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nghtrous

new

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Ezekiel,

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