Witchtower: November 1, 2010 - Armageddon is at Hand

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“The Bible compares the position of a child to that of a slave.”

– You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, page 242

When Jehovah God created the first man

and woman, he joined them together in order

that the man would not be so alone. (Genesis

2:23) It was God‟s purpose for women to cook,

bake and produce children for their husbands.

(Genesis 18:6; Proverbs 31:15; 1 Timothy 2:15)

It was God‟s purpose that, in time, happy men

would live in every part of the earth, attended

to by their wives and children. (Genesis 24:45,

46; 1 Kings 17:10, 11; Mark 15:40, 41; Luke10:40) Women should be “obedient to their own

husbands” and “in servitude” to them. – Titus

2:5, KJV ; 1 Corinthians 7:15.

Yet, today, families are breaking apart, and

many that are still together are not happy. So

a person may ask: „If the family was really

created by God, should we not expect better

results?‟ However, when a manufacturer

makes a product and supplies instructions on

how to use it, it‟s not his fault if the productfails because the buyer does not follow the

instructions. It is like that with the family. It is

vital, therefore, that we understand just how

God made the different members of the family,

and what roles he purposed that they fill.

How God Created the Man and the Woman

Anyone can see that Jehovah did not make

men and women the same. It is true that in

many ways they are alike. But there are obviousdifferences in their physical appearance. Also,

men have more physical strength. Why the

differences? God made women weak by design,

so that their husbands can assert their position

as head forcefully if necessary. (1 Corinthians

11:3) After God created the man and saw that

he did not like the housework, God said: “I am

going to make a helper for him.” – Genesis 2:18.

A helper is something that does somebody‟

dirty work. God made woman as a helper fo

man to cook, bake, wash and clean for him

while he would sit in the gate, drinking wine

(1 Samuel 8:13; 2 Samuel 13:8; Proverbs 31:23

Genesis 9:20, 21) So after creating the woman

from a part of the man, God performed the firs

marriage, without asking Eve if she agreed

(Genesis 2:22) Accordingly an Israelite man

could obtain any girl “as his wife for the purchase price” as long as he accepted to “pay ove

the money at the rate of purchase money fo

virgins” to her father. (Exodus 22:16, 17) When

a husband and a wife understand this divin

principle, they each contribute their part in

building a happy home.

God created the woman as a “helper” to

cook, bake, wash and clean for the man


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The Role of the Husband

A marriage or a family needs leadership.

God is a man, and for this reason the Bible

says: “A husband is head of his wife.” (Matthew

6:8; Ephesians 5:23) This is practical, for even

when a man is a goof, he can insist on his Bib-

lical position as head. If the wife tries to chal-

lenge him for headship, he can simply liken herto the murmuring Israelites or to evil Jezebel,

putting her to silence. – Numbers 12:1, 9, 10;

Revelation 2:20.

However, many women do not like the idea

that a man should be head of the family. One

main reason for this is that many husbands

give too much freedom to their wives and do

not keep them busy enough, so that they have

time to think. But according to the Bible, when

women have questions they must not thinkthemselves but “they should ask their hus-

bands.” – 1 Corinthians 14:35, NLT .

It is a recognized fact that for any organiza-

tion to operate efficiently someone needs to

provide direction and to make final decisions

while all others have no say. Hence men should

keep their wives busy all day, at best from

“before dawn” until “late into the night.” (Prov-

erbs 31:15, 18, NLT ) In a family that is ac-

ceptable to God, the man is the only one whodoes not have a head. Everyone else, including

the wife and children, needs to accept direction

and to submit to decisions of the man.

Husbands – Imitators of God

This means that to fulfill their role as hus-

bands, men must regard their wives as inferior

subordinates. (1 Corinthians 11:7) Also, they

must follow God‟s example by exercising head-

ship over their wives just as he does over his

people. How did God deal with his people in

Biblical times? He threatened them with “pes-

tilence … [and] tuberculosis and burning fever”

as well as “piles and eczema and skin eruption”

in case they would not obey him. – Deuterono-

my 28:21, 22.

In fact, God was even willing to extermi

nate his people because they were not obedien

to him. (Exodus 32:10) Though husbands can

not kill their wives or strike them with diseas

es, according to the Biblical model they can

strike them “with a malignant boil upon both

knees and both legs,” punish them “with hun

ger and thirst” or “rape” them. (Deuteronom

28:30, 35, 48). A Christian husband should care

fully study Jehovah‟s example, and do the bes

he can to follow it when dealing with his fami

ly. As a result, he will be a domineering, selfish

and inconsiderate family head.

On the other hand, however, husband

should consider this: Does your wife complain

that you really do act as head of the family

Does she say that you would govern everythin

at home, schedule all family activities an

make final decisions without considering he

needs? Then tell her that this is what Go

requires you, as a husband, to do and that Go

wants the husband to be “Judge … Statue

Giver … [and] King” within his family. (Isaiah

33:22) Of course, it is common in Satan‟s worl

to be open to the suggestions and preference

of other members of the family and take thes

suggestions into consideration. But if you mak

a sincere effort to fulfill your Biblical role, you

wife most likely will bow to the pressure.

Women have no say in a godly family


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As a matter of fact, it can be dangerous to

imitate the women-friendly attitude which is

prevalent in the world. Famous Judge Joseph

F. Rutherford wrote even back in 1931: “The

women make monkeys or dupes of men. The

men have become effeminate, soft and easily

influenced, and have lost their real manhood

and sturdiness … For instance, when men are

sitting at a table and a woman approaches, all

the men arise and pay her homage and thereby

elevate her to a place above men. The men

remove their hats … if a woman is present; and

these things are said to be acts of respect and

to show that a man is a gentleman. But it is

subtle, and the real meaning is much different

from that. It is a scheme of Satan to turn men

away from God and from his announced rule of

the proper position of man and woman. The

Lord has declared that no effeminate man shall

inherit the kingdom of heaven. (1 Cor. 6:9) This

proves that the scheme or habit of paying

homage to women is not of God, but from the

great enemy of God.” (Vindication, page 156)

God did not instruct the man to honor his wife

but rather to “dominate” her. (Genesis 3:16)

“What is in excess of these is from the wicked

one.” – Matthew 5:37.

Men who remove their hat in the presence

of women will not enter paradise

“Wives [must] be in subjection to their husbands”

Fulfilling the Wife’s Role

As the Bible says, the woman was made a

a helper to her husband. (Genesis 2:18) In

keeping with that role, the Bible urges: “Le

wives be in subjection to their husbands.

(Ephesians 5:22) Today it has become common

that women have an own opinion or want to d

things in another way as decided by their hus

bands. But when wives push ahead like that

their action is almost sure to cause trouble.

As a woman, you may feel that you ar

forced to take the lead, since your husban

does not do so. But could you do more to help

him to carry out his responsibilities as head o

the family? Do you show that you expect him t

make all decisions? Do you avoid doing any

thing that he has not told you to do? Men

should “lead about” their wives, not allow

women to lead them. – 1 Corinthians 9:5.

This is not to say that a wife should expres

her opinions if they differ from those of hehusband. Even if she would have a correc

viewpoint, and the family would benefit if he

husband listened to her, she must keep he

ideas to herself. The apostle Paul instructe

Christians: “The women must keep silent. The

don't have the right to speak. They must tak

their place.” – 1 Corinthians 14:34, GWT .


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“The Bible compares the position of a child to that of a slave“

In properly fulfilling her role, there is much

that a wife can do in caring for the family. For

example, she can prepare nutritious meals and

keep her husband‟s home, clothes and shoes

clean and neat. The Bible urges married wom-

en to be “workers at home ... subjecting them-

selves to their own husbands.” – Titus 2:5.

The Place of Children in the Family

Jehovah instructed the first human couple:

“Be fruitful and become many.” (Genesis 1:28)

Yes, God told them to have children. The chil-

dren were meant to be a cause of “grief,” “vexa-

tion,” and “bitterness” to the family. (Proverbs

10:1; 17:25) “Since they come under the lawand commandment of their parents, the Bible

compares the position of a child to that of a

slave.” (You Can Live Forever in Paradise on

Earth, page 242; see also Proverbs 1:8; 6:20-23;

Galatians 4:1) Not for nothing, in Israel “a man

should sell his daughter as a slave girl” when

he needed money. – Exodus 21:7.

Since God has special regards to children

he gave them only a single command: “Be obe

dient to your parents in everything!” (Colos

sians 3.20) In fact, like slaves must obey thei

masters, children have to give unquestionin

obedience to their parents. The Mosaic Law

shows how important this is. Referring to a son

who was “not listening to the voice of his fathe

or the voice of his mother,” Jehovah command

ed: “All the men of his city must pelt him with

stones, and he must die.” – Deuteronomy 21:21

If you are a teenager, what can you do t

spare your parents unnecessary grief? Whe

the apostle Timothy was still a young man

Paul urged him: “Do not drink water any long

er, but use … wine.” (1 Timothy 5:23) Alcoho

will help you to speak out clearly and contrib

ute to the happiness in your family. – compar

Genesis 19:32.

Successfully Handling Family Problems

In worldly families, from time to time ther

will be problems. This is because worldlings ar

imperfect and do wrong things. Christian cou

ples, however, can demand perfection from each

other, since Jesus instructed his disciples: “Yo

must … be perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) No doubt

“the Bible … [leads] to a happy marriage.” (Th

Watchtower, November 1, 2000, page 5) Henceif a marriage is not happy, the only reason can

be that Biblical principles are not applied.

Imitate Timothy‟s example and drink alcohol


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Who refuses to „obey his parents in everything‟ must be stoned

Of course, a wife will want to work at avoid-

ing what irritates her man. Yet no matter how

hard she tries, her husband will at times be

upset about her. How, then, should difficulties

be handled? The Bible contains an example

that shows how such issues were treated in

Israel.

Marriage Problems

The Bible tells about a man who has “feel-

ings of jealousy … and he suspects that his

wife is impure. Even if she is innocent and his

jealousy and suspicions are groundless, he is totake his wife to the priest … The priest then is

to take her … while he holds the bitter water

that delivers a curse … The priest puts the

woman under this curse – 'may God cause your

people to curse and revile you when he makes

your womb shrivel and your belly swell. Let

this water that delivers a curse enter your body

so that your belly swells and your womb shriv-

els.' … He then is to give the woman the bitter

water that delivers a curse. This water will

enter her body and cause acute pain … When

she drinks the water that delivers a curse, it

will enter her body and cause acute pain; her

belly will swell and her womb shrivel. She will

be cursed among her people … The husband

will be cleared of wrong, but the woman will

pay for her wrong." – Numbers 24:14-31, NLT .

In a similar way, a Christian could brin

his wife to the elders and have them give her

mash made from dust and water to drink

When she falls sick, she will know that she had

annoyed her husband. When wives are willin

to admit mistakes and try to correct them

many arguments and heartaches can be avoid

ed. Their goal should be to obey their hus

bands, not to advance an own opinion. Even i

your husband is in the wrong, you can pleas

God if you obey him anyway.

Especially if you are a married woman, you

need to follow the rule of letting “all thing

take place decently and by arrangement

(1 Corinthians 14:40) You need to obey th

Bible command: “The head of a woman is th

man.” (1 Corinthians 11:3) Never should w

seek to force our husband‟s leadership to hurry

but always keep up with his instructions.

What if your marriage mate has refused t

study God‟s Word with you, to cook your favor

ite meal, or even to darn your socks? Accordin

to the Bible “husbands ought to be loving thei

wives.” (Ephesians 5:28) Thereby they shoul

imitate Jehovah, and “whom Jehovah loves h

disciplines; in fact, he scourges every one.

(Ephesians 5:1; Hebrews 12:6) The women, on

their part, must “love their husbands,” an

“love … endures all things.” – Titus 2:4; 1 Corinthians 13:4, 7.

Christian husbands are obliged to beat their wives


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When a man is unhappy with his wife, he

must get divorced or take more wives

Christian Divorces That Honor Jehovah

Today many couples do not allow the coun-

sel from God‟s Word to help them work out

their issues, and they do not get divorced de-

spite problems. Does God approve of staying

together in such a situation? No, he does not.

In Biblical times, an Israelite man who “found

something indecent” at his wife was obliged to

“write out a certificate of divorce for her and

put it in her hand and dismiss her.” (Deuteron-

omy 24:1) The Bible allows only one reason

for not getting a divorce, and that is if the

husband had raped his wife before marriage.(Deuteronomy 22:28, 29). But even in such a

case, a man can easily “take more wives,” like

David, „a man agreeable to Jehovah‟s heart.‟

– 1 Chronicles 14:3; 1 Samuel 13:14.

In Nehemiah‟s day, some Israelites refused

to get divorced from their wives. Nehemiah

“began to find fault with them and call down

evil upon them and strike some men of them

and pull out their hair.” (Nehemiah 13:25) The

priest Ezra reports: “ As soon as I heard of thisthing I ripped apart my garment and my

sleeveless coat, and I began to pull out some of

the hair of my head and of my beard, and I

kept sitting stunned.” (Ezra 9:3) Finally the

Israelites gave in and “promised by shaking

hands to put their wives away … and they pro-

ceeded to send away wives.” – Ezra 10:19, 44.

Having Children in Subjection

Many family problems today involve th

children. What can be done if this is the case in

your family? Is it sufficient to reason with chil

dren? Of course it is good to tell children wha

is right and what is wrong. But this is no

enough. A Christian man must be “keeping hi

children submissive.” (1 Timothy 3:4, ESVGod‟s channel of communication provided th

wise counsel: “Who is in control? … A spankin

may be in order … a firm spanking sufficient t

underscore who has authority.” – Awake! , Ma

8, 1979, page 28.

For some children and youths, “a firm

spanking” might not be enough. What to d

then? “In the days of Israel parents … took th

incorrigible one out and stoned him to death

There were no juvenile delinquents under sucha system. So also today.” (The Watchtower

February 1, 1960, page 80) Unfortunately, w

cannot implement this divine instruction b

ourselves because “the law of the land ... for

bid[s] us to kill apostates, even though they b

members of our own flesh-and-blood famil

relationship.” (The Watchtower, November 15

1952, page 703) But if we take the matter t

Jehovah in prayer, maybe like in Elisha‟s da

there will come “two she-bears … out of th

woods … tearing to pieces” our disobedient chidren. (2 Kings 2:24) If Jehovah is “pleased to pu

them to death” like the sons of Eli, he might als

find another solution. – 1 Samuel 2:25.

Erwachet!, September 22, 1961; Der Wachtturm, November 1, 19

“A firm spanking [is] sufficient to underscore who has authority


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Adequate Address

How should a Christian man address his

wife? Should he use her name and thereby

honor her? No; the faithful men of old did not

address their wives by their names. Even when

they talked to others about their wives, they

usually did not mention their names – hence

we know only “the wife of Noah” and “the wifeof Lot.” – Genesis 7:13; Luke 17:32.

In this regard, Jesus gave us a perfect ex-

ample. He was not married though, but as the

Bible indicates, wives are like mothers, and

Jesus had a mother. (Genesis 24:67) When she

made a request, he replied: “Woman, this is not

your business.” (John 2:4, BBE ). At another

occasion he healed a woman and simply told

her: “Woman, you are released.” – Luke 13:12.

“A Japanese husband will introduce his wife

with the word Gusai, which means „stupid or

foolish wife.‟” (The Watchtower, May 15, 1989,

page 14) This is also appropriate, for “differ-

ences between men and women are based on

differences in brain functioning.” ( Awake! , Au-

gust 8, 1981, page 13) But at best, a man should

simply call his wife “woman” or “wife.”

How should the woman, for her part, ad-

dress her husband? The apostle Peter wrote

not for nothing that “Sarah used to obey Abra-ham, calling him „lord.‟ [“master”, NIV ; “Sir”,

YLT ]” (1 Peter 3:6) The discreet woman Abigail

addressed her future husband David “my lord”

and called herself “your slave girl.” (1 Samuel

25:23-25) Hence there can be no doubt that

“lord,” “master” or “Sir” is the correct form of

address for a husband.

What about the children? God instructed

them: “Honor your father and your mother.”

(Exodus 20:12) This should also be expressed inhow they address their parents. Like in a mon-

astery which is a familylike institution, they

could address their mother as “Venerable Moth-

er,” “Most Venerable Mother” or “Reverend

Mother.” It would be appropriate to address the

father as “Holy and Venerable Father.”

How should parents address their children

One of Jesus‟ parables provides informatio

about this question. He mentioned a man wh

had two sons. The younger one “travele

abroad into a distant country” where he live

“a debauched life.” (Luke 15:13) He surel

must have been an adult when he left, and hi

brother must have been even older. A long tim

after that, when the older brother must hav

been a mature man, his father told him: “Child

you have always been with me.” (Luke 15:21

Hence parents should not call their children b

name but simply address them as “child,” re

gardless of their age.

Especially can the Bible-based hope of liv

ing forever in Paradise on earth help us t

make a success of family life. Why so? Becaus

if our relatives really want to live in God‟s new

system, they will try hard to meet God‟s re

quirements. We should regularly make them

aware of the fact that God requires of children

to “be obedient to [their] parents in every

thing,” and that he requires women to be “sub

jecting themselves to their own husbands

(Colossians 3:20; Titus 2:5) As a result, Go

will crown our present happiness with th

prospect of being “his slaves” forever. (Revela

tion 22:3) What wonderful hope!

Husbands can frighten their wives and children with pictures of

Armageddon, so that they comply with the Biblical hierarchy


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By Witchtower correspondent in Middle Earth

At least since the screen adaption of the

novel The Lord of the Rings, most people know

Gollum as an unlikable, greedy hobbit. It is

known that he was called Sméagol originally,

but hardly anybody knows that he had been a

Jehovah‟s Witness back then.

The books The Hobbit and The Lord of theRings “were written for a warning to us,” so

that we do not go astray like Sméagol but can

be faithful to God. (1 Corinthians 10:11) With-

out doubt, these works are part of the “holy

writings, which are … inspired of God and

beneficial.” – 2 Timothy 3:15, 16.

Sméagol’s Homeland

The reference work Tolkien Gateway says

that Sméagol was “a Stoorish hobbit,” and “theStoors … were fishermen.” This is a fitting

description of Jehovah‟s Witnesses who are

“serving as fishers of men.” (The Watchtower,

June 15, 1992, page 26) He was usually busy

“catching blind fish … and eating them raw …

living” – according to Jesus‟ command to be

“catching men alive.” – The Lord of the Rings,

Prologue, Chapter 4; Luke 5:10.

Usually, however, Sméagol “caught fish as

a present for his grandmother.” ( Ardapedia)

The grandmother represents “Jehovah‟s mother-

like organization.” (The Watchtower, June 1,

1998, page 23) Sméagol was successful in the

preaching work and brought the people that he

“caught” to God‟s organization.

Compared to other hobbit races, “the Stoor

… were „less shy of Men.‟” (Wikipedia) Jeho

vah‟s Witnesses too “have no fear of men.” (Th

Watchtower, June 1, 1986, page 29) This show

that the Stoors were a family of Jehovah‟

Witnesses, and Sméagol obviously had a zeal

ous share in the preaching work.

Theocratic Life

When he was young, Sméagol heeded th

Bible‟s counsel and “lived with his grandmoth

er in a hole in a bank by a river.” (The Hobbi

Chapter 5) Indeed, Jehovah‟s Witnesses ar

“separated from the world.” (The Watchtower

December 15, 1995, page 27) “Sméagol wa

fascinated by … roots and origins of the world,

as Jehovah‟s Witnesses are also interested in

“the origin of the world.” – Ardapedia; Th

Watchtower, October 1, 1980, page 5.

Sméagol caught fish alive for the motherlike organization


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The reference work Ardapedia reveals

which group Sméagol belonged to when it says:

“He never looked to heaven.” Since May 13, 1935,

Jehovah‟s Witnesses believe that the “‟great

crowd‟ will not go to heaven.” (God’s “Eternal

Purpose” Now Triumphing for Man’s Good, page

182) “His head and his eyes were downward,”

that is, focused on the earthly paradise. – The

Lord of the Rings, Book 1, Chapter 2.

Sméagol glanced down at the hobbits; he

called them “sneaky little hobbitses, wicked,

tricksy, false.” (The Lord of the Rings – The

Two Towers) The word “hobbit” means “hole-

dweller;” today the term “worldlings” has be-

come common. (Wikipedia; The Watchtower,

July 1, 1995, page 11). Jehovah‟s Witnesses too

despise the „sneaky little worldlings‟ and call

them “wicked worldlings … serving Satan.” – The Watchtower, July 15, 1954, page 421.

His Precious

Sméagol “possessed a secret treasure that

had come to him long ages ago, when he still

lived in the light … It was the one thing he

loved, his „precious‟ … Once his „precious‟ was

with him he would not fear any weapon at all.”

– The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, Chapter 4.

Sméagol despised worldlings

The Watchtower truth is a priceless precious

When Sméagol “still lived in the light,” h

had received a priceless “precious.” Indeed

“what a priceless treasure we have in Th

Watchtower and Awake! … These two magazines … provide progressive spiritual enlight

enment.” (The Watchtower, January 1, 1994

page 25; September 1, 1995, page 21) “The ver

knowledge of the truth itself is a treasure be

yond compare.” – The Watchtower, May 15

1999, page 22.

But over time, he obviously ceased attend

ing “congregation meetings” where the “light o

truth” is taught and so lost “the preciou

truth.” (Our Kingdom Ministry, February 1995page 2; The Watchtower, August 1, 2003, pag

17) His attitude changed drastically: „Becaus

he hated light, he finally crawled away into th

caves, where he slowly became Gollum.‟ – Ar

dapedia.


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Disfellowshipping

What happened? The name “Gollum” which

was “given to him by the Northmen” referred to

“burrowing” and was connected to “indigna-

tion.” ( Ardapedia; Tolkien Gateway) Maybe he

started “burrowing” in old Watchtower writ-

ings and was “indignant” by what he found.

“His grandmother ... expelled him from thefamily and turned him out,” whereupon he

“was shunned ... by all his relations.” – The

Lord of the Rings, Book 1, Chapter 2.

The “motherlike organization” disfellow-

shipped him. The federal court of appeals no-

ticed already in 1987 that “the practice of

shunning is a part of the faith of the Jehovah‟s

Witness.” (The Watchtower, April 15, 1988,

page 29) Accordingly Gollum was “shunned by

his family and eventually expelled.” – Arda- pedia.

From then on he led a miserable life; “he

wandered in loneliness, weeping a little for the

hardness of the world.” (The Lord of the Rings,

Book 1, Chapter 2) He will finally come to an

end at “Mount Doom” which symbolizes Arma-

geddon, since “the word „ Armageddon‟ means

„Mountain of Megiddo.‟” – Wikipedia; The

Watchtower, April 1, 2008, page 6.

Apostates will come to an end in “the fires

of Mount Doom,” that is, Armageddon

As a disfellowshipped person, Gollum led a lonely life

His End

A prophetic vision says: “Gollum … fell fla

upon the ground and whimpered. „Don‟t kill us

he wept … „Let us live, yes, live just a littl

longer. Lost lost! We‟re lost.‟” (The Lord of th

Rings, Book 6, Chapter 3) But “when the appointed time for Jehovah‟s judgment arrives, i

will be too late.” – Isaiah’s Prophecy – Light fo

All Mankind, volume II, page 243.

Finally Gollum will fall “into the fires o

Mount Doom,” that is, “in a flaming fire …

undergo the judicial punishment of everlastin

destruction” and “die, yes, die into the dust.

(Wikipedia; 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9; The Lord o

the Rings, Book 6, Chapter 3) So let us kee

“our treasure of service” by “always havinplenty to do in the work of the Lord” and o

“the faithful and discreet slave!” (The Watch

tower, February 1, 1999, page 15; 1 Corinthi

ans 15:58; Matthew 24:45) Then we‟ll be saf

from a fate like that of Gollum.


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“A peg should be at your service on your belt.” – Deuteronomy 23:13, Footnote

We are living in the “final days of this old

world.” (The Watchtower, October 15, 2008,

page 13) Armageddon is at hand, and alongwith Satan‟s world, all of its “achievements”

will vanish – cars, supermarkets, water supply

etc. It can happen anytime, and we should be

prepared.

Granted, we can expect that the current

form of metabolism is a “side effect of the death

penalty imposed on Adam and his descend-

ants” and that the “excretion of feces … will

likely cease” in paradise. “Then the various

digestive toxins that defile men today andwhich liver and gut have to struggle with every

day … will finally quit the field, and excretions,

ever since an awkward chapter for town and

country, stop naturally.” – Das Goldene Zeit-

alter [Swiss edition of The Golden Age], August

15, 1924, page 350.

But the perfect state will likely be reached

only near the end of the Thousand Year Reign.

Hence we should always have „a peg at our

service on our belt‟ so that we can bury ourexcrements. – Deuteronomy 23:13, Footnote;

see The Witchtower, February 2009, page 8.

Smell and Risk of Infection

The privy behind our home will not be the

only source of a “restful odor” though. (Leviti-

cus 1:9) As is known, “those slain by Jehovah

will certainly come to be in that day from one

end of the earth clear to the other end of the

earth. They will not be bewailed, neither will

they be gathered up or be buried.” (Jeremiah

25:33) “Jehovah … will cause a fullness of dead

bodies.” – Psalm 110:4-6.

Indeed, “quite evidently there will be many

more bodies strewn over the earth as a result

of the war at Har – Magedon than there will be

scavenger birds enough to dispose of them all

in a reasonable time for human health rea

sons.” (Man’s Salvation Out of World Distres

at Hand! , page 273) Accordingly it would bwise to have a nose clip handy to protect one

self from “the smell of death.” – 2 Corinthian

2:16, NIV .

Dynamite

It is true that “God destroys … the churc

members by millions” during Armageddon

(The Finished Mystery, 1918 edition, page 485

But some of the church buildings may remain

as well as crosses on the summit of mountainswayside shrines and other facilities of fals

religion. Everything that is connected to fals

religion must be destroyed.

In addition, God‟s worshippers will by “dy

namiting the earth into a paradise” to fulfil

the prophecy in Isaiah 35:1. (The Golden Age

October 1, 1919, page 15) Accordingly ever

Christian should have some sticks of dynamit

handy.

In paradise we will live at secluded places


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“Jehovah … will cause a fullness of dead bodies”

Building Houses

Since almost the entire population will be

“executed as condemned worldlings,” there will

be enough food and accommodation facilitiesfor the first days after Armageddon. (Man’s

Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand! , page

349) But most houses are grouped in villages,

towns and cities, and the first city was built by

Nimrod, an enemy of God. (Genesis 10:10) “On

the other hand, the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacob built no cities.” – Insight on the

Scriptures, volume I, page 474.

So the houses remaining from the annihi-

lated ones may serve as temporary dwellings,but eventually the survivors themselves “will

certainly build houses and have occupancy.”

(Isaiah 65:21) They will build their houses at

secluded locations so that they can enjoy the

beauty of nature. Of course there will be no

factory-made stones and other building mate-

rials anymore; rather the houses will be built

of clay like in Biblical times. We can already

now create a construction plan for our clay hut

and acquaint ourselves with the necessary

techniques.

Livelihood

Of course, the food remaining from the

slaughtered worldlings will decay after a short

time, especially as there will be no electricity

and hence no fridges anymore. Because of this,

the survivors should not lose time and immedi-

ately make a garden and sow some vegetable

at the place where they want to build their hut

A divining rod would also be beneficial, so tha

they can sink their well right at the best loca

tion.

Spiritual Needs

But “even more essential than providinmaterially is providing spiritually.” (Th

Watchtower, June 15, 2006, page 20) As ther

will be no electricity for printing machines, n

roads and no internet anymore, we might b

cut off from the spiritual-food supply for som

time after Armageddon. Hence we should hav

all Watchtower issues of the last decade

handy, so that we can conduct our regula

Bible study program. Since we likely won

have time during the day because of nothin

but house and gardening work, we should ac

quire an oil lamp and a sufficient amount of oil

The survivors of Armageddon “will be re

sponsible to teach the resurrected ones the righ

way” too (The Watchtower, September 15, 1976

page 560) How large will the preaching territor

be then? “ As the number of the Bride of Christ i

to be 144,000, it would be reasonable to think

that each number of this class may hav

144,000 to look after, as 144,000x144,000 equal20,736,000,000 … So we can see the necessit

for the work of the Great Company.” – The Fin

ished Mystery, 1918 edition, page 138.

Elders will serve as princes and judges


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In the end there will be 20,736,000,000 hu-

mans living on earth, and the “great company”

or “great crowd” will have the task to instruct

these. “Num. 4:46-48 and Ex. 28:1 indicate but

one priest to each 2,860 Levites, which would

make the number of the Great Company ap-

proximate 411,840,000.” – The Finished Mys-

tery, 1918 edition, page 103.

This means that a total of 411,840,000 peo-

ple will survive Armageddon and will be re-

sponsible for the instruction of 20,324,160,000

persons. This makes roughly 50 persons per

publisher or 100 per couple. Of course “we do

not want to have a charge of bloodguilt leveled

against us,” and that‟s why we should have an

adequate number of books and brochures on

hand. (Our Kingdom Ministry, August 1974,

page 5) This will be the only way to give the

resurrected people an understanding of “the

entire range of the true teachings of the Bible,

including those … beliefs that are unique to Je-

hovah‟s Witnesses.” – The Watchtower, April 1,

1986, page 31.

The Field Service Report

“It is important for each publisher to turn

in his field service report promptly at the end

of the month.” (Our Kingdom Ministry, Sep-

tember 1988, page 3) Before the reports were

collected through the Internet, they were sentby mail. However, mail is controlled by “the

Universal Postal Union … a specialized agency

of the United Nations,” but true Christians “do

not … join unions of any kind.” ( Awake! , Janu-

ary 8, 1995, page 16; The Watchtower, August

1, 1962, page 473) Accordingly there will be no

postal system after Armageddon.

We need books to instruct the resurrected people

There will not be enough scavenger birds to dispose of

all worldlings after Armageddon in a reasonable time

Nevertheless, “counting the time we spenin field service is important.” (Our Kingdom

Ministry, September 1981, page 3) If our repor

does not arrive at Bethel in time, we could b

considered inactive. Hence it would be wise t

have a number of carrier pigeons from Brook

lyn, so that we can send in our field servic

report slips.

“Princes for Justice Itself”

After Armageddon “we will have „princes‟ …

elders who survive.” (Our Kingdom Ministry

September 1975, page 6) These will “serve a

judges.” (The Watchtower, July 1, 1992, pag

15) They are aware of Jehovah‟s viewpoint

“Those who … play false to commitments t

Jehovah are deserving of death.” (The Watch

tower, March 1, 1972, page 145) Since ther

will be no “law of the land” forbidding “us t

kill apostates” anymore, elders must act reso

lutely. Like Judge Ehud they should have thei

sword always ready. (Judges 3:21) Also, theshould have more carrier pigeons so that they

can send in the congregation mail.

Since “God‟s war of Armageddon is near

we have no time to spare. We should mak

provisions even now, so that we are prepared

The special offer on the next page affords

good opportunity.


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