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II" I~e de.i,,, of Jehovah', WitnelSe5 thot you
become better acquain ted with them. You may
hoye me' Ihem as neighbors, fe llow employ"e.
or in (my of Ihe doily offo;" of life. You may
hove s.. en them on Ih" .I,eel offering th eir magotine. 10 po .... "by. Or, you may hove ,poken
briefly with them 01 your door.
ACluaity, Jehovah', Witn .... ", are intere,ted
in you and your wellore. They wonl 10 be your
friend. and 10 'ell you more about Ihem.elve.,
their beliefs, their organization, and how they
fe,,1 cboul people and Ihe world in which all of
u. live. To oc<:ompli,h this purpose they hove
prepared thi, brochure for yov.
In mo.t way. Jehovah'. Witnes,es Ofe like
everyone
They hove t heir problems-----economic, phy.ical, emotional. They make mi.toke.
at time., for they are not perfect, or in.pired. or
infallible. Bu t they try to leorn from their e"peri ence. and diligently .tudy the Bible to make
needed correction., They hove mode a commitmen t to God, a dedication to do hi. will, and
they apply them.elve. to fulfill it. In all their
octivitie. they .eeK guidance from God'. Word
and hi. holy .piri t,
It i. of vital importance to them that their
belief> be based on the Bible and not on mere
human .peculotion. or religious creeds. They
fe,,) a. did Ihe apo.!le Pou I when he e"pre.sed
him.elf under in.piration: "let God be found
true, though every man be found a liar." tRo mons 3:4, " New World Tron.lotion") When it
come. to teaching. o ffered as Biblical truth, they
strongly endoroe Ihe cour.e followed by the
Beroeon. when Ihey heard the apo.tle Paul

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Bible quotation. in this brochure are from

thi, tron.lotion, unle" olherwi.e .toted.

prcgch : "Thcy rccciycd Ihc wgrd wilh Ihe grcgl esl eggerness gl mind, cgrefully exgmining Ihe
Scriplure~ dgily gS tg whelher Ih" ~,, things werc
so." (Acts 17,11) Jchgyoh's Witnesses belieye
Ihot all religiou~ leoc hings should be subiecled
10 Ihis te,l 01 agreement with the Scriptures,
whether the tcoching is offercd by Ihcm or by
lomcone else. They invile you, urge you, to do
this in your discunions with them.
From Ihi, il is opporent that Jchoyah's Wil neues belien in the Bible as Ihe Word of God.
They consider its 66 books to be inspircd and
historicolly accurote. What is commonly called
the "New Testamenl" they refer to as the Chris
tian Greek Sc:riplu,cl, and the "Old Testament"
they call the Hebrew Sc:.ipturel. They rely on
both the Greek and the Hebrew Scriplures, and
toke them literally except where the exprellionl
Or ,ellings obyiously indica te that they are figurative or symbolical. They undentond thai many
of the prophecies of the Bible hoye been ful filled, others grc in the course of lul~lIml!nt, and
slil1 others awai t fulfillment.

They believe the Bible

is God's word

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Jehovah's Witnelles? Yes, tha i illhe way they

refer to tMemlelvcl. 1\ is a descriptive nome, in.
dicaling that they bear witnell concerning Jehovah, his Godship and his purposes. God, Lord,
Creotor- like Presidenl, King, Generat--ore
titles and may be applied 10 several diffe rent
personages. But "Jehovah" is a personal nome
and relers to the Almighty God and Creator
of the universe. This is shown 01 Psalm 83:18,
according to the "King James Version" of the
Bibl,,: "That men may know thgt thou, whose
ngme alone is JEHOVAH, arl the most high over
all the earth ."
The nome "Jehovah" lor "Yahweh," as the
Roman Catholic "Jerusalem Bible" and some
modern ICholars prefer) appears 6,961 times in
the griginol Hebrew Sc:riplures. Mosl Bibles do
not show it as such, bUI substitute "God" or
" Lord" for it. Howlver, even in these Bibles 0
person can usually tell where Ihl original He-

brew Scriplur~s use Jehovah, because in those

ploces the substituled wo,d, me written in large
and small capitals, thus: Gon, LORD. Severol
modern translotions do use either the name Jehovoh Or Yohweh. Hence, Ihe "New World
Tronllo tion" read., 01 Isaiah 42,8, "10m Jehovoh. Thol is my nome."
The Scriplurol occount Ihol Jehovoh', Wilnene. drow on for Iheir nome is in Ihe 43rd
chapter of Isoioh. There the world "ene is
viewed as a courlroom dromo: The gods of the
notions ore inviled 10 bring forth their wilnesses
10 prove Iheir doimed coses 01 righleoulness, or
to hear the witnesses for Jehovoh's ,ide ond
ocknowledge Ihe truth. Jehovoh there declares
10 hi, people, "Ye ore my witnesses, soi th Jehovoh, ond my ,e,von! whom I hove cho,en; thai
ye may know and believe me, and understond
Ihot I am h"" b",fo,,,, me Ihe,e was no God
formed, neither shaillhe'e be oft"" me. I, ev"," I,
om Jehovah, and besides me Ihere is no soviour."
-Isoioh 43:10, 11, "Ame,ican Siandard Version."
Jehovah God hod wilnesse. on eorth during
Ihe Ihousonds of yeo" befo'e Ch'i'l_ Afte, liSl'
ing some of those men 01 foith in Hebrew, chopler 11, Heb'ew. 12,1 says, "So, then, becouse
we have so greot 0 cloud of witn",,,e, surround
ing us, lei us also put off every weight and the
sin thol easily en tangles us, and lei us run wi th
endurance Ihe race Ihat is set before us." Jesus
said before Pontius Pilote, "For Ihis I have been
born, ond for Ihis I have come inlo the world,
Ihot I should bear witness 10 Ihe Irulh." He is
called "Ihe faithful ood true witness." Wohn
18:37; Revelolion 3,14) Jesus laid hi, disciples:
"You will receive power when Ihe holy spiril
arrives upon you, and you will be wilnesses of
me bolh in Jerusalem and in all Judea and
Somorio and to the mosl dislanl part of the
eorlh."-Acls 1,8.
Hence, the more Ihon 2,000,000 pe rsons 10day who are lelling Ihe good news of Jehovah',
kingdom by Christ Jesus in more Ihon 200 londs
feel Ihat Ihey properly refer 10 Ihem,elves e,
lehovah's Witnesses.

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The modern hislory of Jehovah'. Witn" .."

haped up <> linl" mor"

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100 years

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In

the early 1870'. an inccnspfl:uous Bible study

began in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
which is nOW' a port of Pi'tsburgh. Charles Toze
Runell was the prime mower of the group. In
July 1879, Ihe first inue of Ihe magazine "Zion'.

Walch Tower and Herold of Chri,I's Presence"

appeared. 8y 1880 score. of congregotions hod
spread from thaI one ,,,,all Bible study iolo

nearby state. In ISBI Zion'. Walch Tower

lrocl Society was formed. and in 1884 it wa.
incorporated, wilh RuneU as president. The So-

ciety's nome was ro'er changed to Walch Towe.

Bible and Troe! Society. Many were w;lneuing
from haule to hau$(' offering Bible literature.
Fifty persons were doing this full time in 1888
--now the number world wide exceeds 100,000.
By 1909 the wor~ hod become international,
and the Society's heodql.lcrters was moved to ill
pre$ent location in Brooklyn, New York. Printed
sermon. were syndicated in newspopers, and by
1913 these were in four language. in 3,000
newspape .. in Ihe United States, Canada and
Europe. Booh, booklets and tracts hod been
distributed by Ihe hundrws of millions.
In 1912 work began 0' the Photo-Drama of
Creation. By motion pidues with sound i' cov ered from eorth's creation to the end of Christ'.
I ,ooo-yeor reign. Showings storted in 19'-4, with
3:1,000 seeing it doily. It was a pioneer In motion
picture. with sound.

the year 1914

A erucic) lime was drawing dose. In 1876 the
Bible sludent Charles Tozc Ruucll contributed
the article "Gentile Times, When Do They End?"
10 Ihe "Bible E~ominer," published in Brooklyn,
New York, which loid On pQgl! 27, October iuvCt,
"The seven limes will end in A.D. 1914." The
Gentile Time. i. the period Je.vs referred to 01
"the oppoillted limes of Ihe notions." Iluke 21:
241 Not all that wo, expeded to happen in 1914
did happen, but il did mark Ihe end of the ~n
tile Timel cnd W(II (I year of speeial significonce.
Many historians and commentators agree that
1914 wOI (I turning point in human history. The
following quotes show this,
"The lo.t completely 'normal' year in history
WO$ 1913, the year before World War I begon."
-Editorial in the "Times.Herold," Washington,
D.C., March 13, 1949.
"Ever since 1914. everybody COnlciou! of
trends in the warld has be.n deeply troubled by
what has seemed like Q fQled ond predelermined
march toward ever greater disosler, Many serious people hav .. com.. 10 fe .. 1 Ihol nolhing can
be done 10 averl Ih .. plunge loward ruin ."
-lI.. rtrQnd Ruuell, New Yark "Tim.., MagQlin .. ," Sept.. mber 27, 1953.
"Th.. whole world really blew up about Warld
War land w.. still don'l know why. Before Ihen,
men Ihoughl thQt ulopio was in sight. There was
peace and prosperity. Then everything blew up.
We've been in a .tOI" of ,u'I><',,<I,,<I unionuli""
ever since. ___ More people have bHn killed in
th is century than in all of hislory."- Dr. Walker
Percy, "American Medical News:' November 21,
1977.
More than 50 yea($ after 1914, Gcrmon
otatcsmon Konrad Adenauer wrote: "Se.:urity
and quiet have di.oppeared from the lives of
men since 1914."_"The West Porker:' Cleveland. Ohio. January 20. 1966.
The Society's first president, C. T. Russell, died
in 1916. and was succeeded the following year
by Joseph F. Rutherford, Many changes took
place. A companion magazine to "The Watch-

A turning point
in human history

lewer," called Ihe "Gelden Age," wos inlro _

dvced. (Now tolled "Awoke!," wilh 0 cirevlalian
of 8,300,000 in 34 longuoge . ) Door_lodoor
witne"ing received greoler emphosis. To dislinguill, Ihemselves from Ihe denominalion, 01
Chri,le ndom, Ihe.e Chri,lion. e mbraced Ihe
nome jehovoh's Wilne"e, in 1931. Thi. nome
i. based on Isaiah 43: 10-12.
The rodio was used e"lensively in Ihe 1920',
and 1930's. By 1933 Ihe Sociely wos using 403
ro dio ,Iolion, 10 broadca.1 Bible 1,..;lure. laler,
the u.c ollhe rodio woo lorgely reploced by in creased house _lo_hou,e vi,its by Wi tne ..e. wilh
porloble phonograph. and recorded Bible lolk<.
Home Bible .Iudie, were slorled where Ihere wos
irllere,l.

court victories

A signal service
to civil liberties

During the 1930'. and 1940', there we re

marlY orresl. 01 Witne"e< for doing Ihi, work,
and court ca,e, were fovgh t in Ihe inter est of
preserving freedom of 'peech, pre.s, assembly
and worship. In Ihe Uniled Sla te., appeals from
lower caurl' re.ulled in tne Wi tnesses' winning
43 ca.e, before the Supreme Court 01 the United
Slole,. Similarly, favorable jvdgme nl' have been
obtained from high courts in other land,. Concerning Ihese court viclorie., Professor C. S. Bro derl, in his book "These Also Believe," said of
Ihe Wi lnesse,: "They have performed a ,ignal
service to democrocy by Iheir fight to preserve
Iheir civil righI>, lor in Ineir struggle Ihey have
done much 10 ,ecure Iho,e righl> for every mi nori ly group in America_"

special training programs

J. F. RUlherford died in 1942, and was succeeded in Ihe pre.idency by N. H. Knorr. A
concerted program of training began. In 1943
a special training "hool for mi"ionories, called
the Walchlower Bible 5<hool of Gilead, wa,
estobli.hed. From Ihat time onward groduoles
from Ihi, School have bee n .enl 10 166 coun I"e. of the earth. New congrega tion, have

sprung up In countries ",here there hod been

none, and branches edabli.hed internatianotty
now number mare than 90. Recently. <pec,al
courses have been establi,hed fa. training cangr"9ation elders, branch personnel and those
enlla9ed futt time (as pioneersl in the witne .. ing
wo.k.
N_ H. Knarr died in 19n. One of the lost
organizationol changes in which he shored be fore his death was the enlargement of the Governing Body, located at the headquarters in
Brooklyn. In 1976 admini,trative responsibilities
were divided up and as,igned out to var,ous
committees mode up of members of the Governing Body. Its I B currcnt members hove each been
devoting their full time to the wilne"ing wo rk
for 35 years or more .

printing facilities expand

The history of Jehovah's Wit,esses in modern
limcs has becn filled with dramatic evcn ls. From
the one smolt Bible study in Pennsylvonia back
in 1870, the Witnesses by this year 1978 havc
grown to over 2,000,000, in more than 200
lands. All ti terotu.e was, ot first. printed by commcrcial firms; thcn, in 1920, some tilcraturc by
the Witnesses was produced i, rcnted factory
buildings. But from 1927 muc. more titeroture
began to be turned out in thc cight-.tory foctory
building in Brooklyn, New Yore, owned by the
Watchtower Bible and Tract Soc.iety of New
York, Inc_ This has nOw expand~d into a comple><
of six buildings, and there art other buildings
nearby in Brooklyn to house the 1,800 worker.
needed to operate the pub'is~ing facilities. In
addition to this, a combination iarm and factory
housing 600 workcrs is ap<!rat~d nea, Wallkill
in upstote New York. 11 handles printing of the
"Watchtower" and "Awa kel" magazines and
produccs foad fat oil 2, 400 vciunlary wo'kers;
these receive a monthly allowance of $20 each
to covcr incidcn tal cxpenses.

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international conventions
In 1893 the first maior COllVentton wo. held in
Chicago, IIlinoi., U.S."". II wal attended by 360,
Dnd 70 "<!w ones were boptiled. The 1011 big

single inlernolionol convention We, held in New

York eily in 1958. II vied both the Yankee Sta
dium and the thene~ilting Polo Ground . Peak
ottend,;mce we. 253,922, new one, bopliled
numbered 7,136. Since then intemo tionol can
venlian. hove been held o. (I le"cs of olsembhes
in mony count,i", . In 1978 the in lernotionol can -

venlia" leries involnd 100 (lilemb li",. in lome

45 coun tries.

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Jehovoh's Witn"" believe in Almighty God,

Jehovah, Creator of th. heavens and the earth.
The very uis'enc. of the inlricolely designed
wonders in the universe surrounding us reasOnobly argue. that a supremely intelligent and
powerful creolor produced il 011. Just as Ihe
work. of men and women refle<:t their qualities,
so do Ihosl! of Jehovah God. The Bible 'elll us
thot "hil invisible quoliliu Or. dearly seen from
the world's crea tion onword, because they ore
perceived by Ihe things mode." Also, withoul
voice or words, "Ihe heovens ore dedo.in; the
glory of God,"-Romons 1,20; Psolm 19: 1-4.
People do nol mold cloy pots, or mo~e televilion leis and computers, withoul " purpose.
The e;:Irln cnd its treations of plant and animgl
life gre fgf more mgrvelous. The structure of Ihe
human body with its trillions of cells i. beyond
gur understanding_ven the brain wilh which
we think is incomprehensibly wonderfull II men
have a purpose in bringing forth their compOtatively insignificant inventions, liurely Jehovah
Ggd hgd g purpose in his owesgme creotig"sl
Proverbs 16:4 soys thai he does: "herything
Jehovah has mode for his purpose."
Jehovah mode Ihe egrth lor 0 purpose, os h
staled to the first human poir: "Be fruitful ond
become many ond fill the eorth ... have in sub
jed ion the fish of the sea and the flying creatures
01 the heovens and every living creature thai is
mov;ng upon the earth." (Genesis 1:28) Because
they become disobedient, this couple foiled to
fill the earth with righteous families who would
lovingly core for the earth and its plonts and
animols . But their failure does not make Jehovoh's purpose foil. Thousands of years loler it
was written: "God, the Former of the earth ...
did not create it simply for nothing." He "formed
it even to be inhabited." It is not to be destroyed,
but "the earth endures for ever." IIsaiah 45,1 B;
Ecdesiastes 1:4; "The New Engli.h Bible") Je hovah', purpose for the earth will be realized:
"My own counlel wiliitand, and everylhing Ihot
is my delight I sholl do."-Isaiah 46:10.

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H"nc", J"hovoh', Wilne"." b<!li"v" Ihel Ih"

earth will remain forever, and Ihol all persons,
living ond d"od, who will fil in wi lh Jehovah's
purpose for a b<!oulified, inhebited earth, moy
live on it forev"r. All mankind inh"ril"d imp".feel ion from Adam and Eve, and, hence, ere
sinne... lRomon, 5,12) The Bib le ,,,,II. u., "Th",
wog"s sin pays is deolh." "The living are consciou. Ihol Ihey will die; but e. for Ih" deod,
they 0'" con$Ciou. of nolhing 01 011." "The soul
Ihol is sinning- it itself wilf die." (Ramon, 6,23;
Eccie,io,t". 9,5; EzekiellB,4, 20) Th en how can
Ihey live again 10 .hore in Ihe eorlh ly ble.. ing.?
Only through Ihe ransom sacrifice of Ch.isl
Je'us, for he ",id: "10m the re.urrection end
Ihe life. He that " x" "is"s foilh in me, "ven
though he diu, will come 10 life." "All Iho,e in
the memorial lomb. will hear his voic" and come
oul."_John 11,25; 5,28, 29; Molthew 20,28.
How will , hi. come about? II i. explained in
" the good news of Ihe kingdom" Ihol Je.u.
slorted to proclaim while On eorlh. (Matthew
4,17-23) Bul lodoy Jehovah'. Witnesses ore
preaching Ihe "good new," in a very .poxiol
way .

h'" gnnd news~

fhey wan. ~Tnll to hear
When Jesus was on eorlh his disciples come 10
him and asked, "Whol will be Ihe 'ign of your
p,,,.ence and of th" conciusion of Ihe system of
Ihing'?" He replied Ihot Ihe.e would b<! wo ..
involving many nolio ns, fomin"', p",lilenc"s,
earthquakes, on increo,ing of lowle .. ne .., false
religious leochers mi,leoding many, his true fol lowe" b<!ing hated and P""""cuted, and Ihe love
of .ighleousness would cool off in many person .
When Ihe.e things weuld . Iorl 10 happen, it
would indicate Chrisl'. invisible p.esence and
Ihol Ih .. heavenly kingdom would be at hand.
Thi. would be news, good news! So Jesus added
thes" words as a parI of Ihe .ign, "Thi. good

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neWI of Iho kingdom will be preached in all the

inhobiled eorlh for a witness 10 oiliho nolions;
and Ihen Iho Ind will como." ~ -Mollhew 2.:3-

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In Thomsolv., rllnl world happenings 010

bcd, but whal thly .ign'fy, nomely, Chri,t',
presence, is good. Therefore, Jesus laid: "As
those thing, 110.110 occur, raise you"el~, erecl
and lift your heodsup, because your deliveronco
i, gelling near." (luke 21 :28) Thesl Ihingl
ITorted TO occllr in Ihol widoly heroldod year,
1914! It marked the end of the Gontil" Timn
and Th" beginning of Ih" tran.ilion period from
hllman rille to Ihe 1,000year (millenniol) reign
of Chrill.
Thot Ihere was to be a Iron,ition period is
indicaled by Ihl I100h Psalm, verses land 2,
and Rovolotian 12:7-12. Thoro it i, ,hawn thai
Chrisl would ,i' 01 God'. righl hand in h"ovon
IInlil the lime for his second coming. Then war
in hooven would rOlul1 in Soton's being tO,t 10
earth, woe on earth, and Chri., waliid rul" in
tho midll 01 his enemies for a period nol uceed
ing one generolion. The complele end of wicked
ness wOlild comi by means of a "greol I.ibulo
tion," culminoling in Iho war 01 Hor-Magedon
and followed by Chrill" 1,000-yeor reign 01
poace.-Malthew 24:21, 33, 34; Revelation 16:
1.-16.
"Bill know Ihi.," Ihe Bible says, "thaI in Iho
lasl days crilicol timos hard to deal wilh will be
here. For mon will be love., of Ihemselves, lovers
of money, lOll-assuming, hOllghty, blasphemers,
dilOb.dienl to porenTI, IInlhonkflll, disloyol,
having no noilirol aRedion, no' open to any
ogreomont, .Iondere." witholll selfconlrot,
fierce, wilholll love of goodnoss, betrayetl,
headstrong, puRed lip wilh pride, lovers 01 plea
III'es rather than lovers of God, having a form
of godly devOlion bllt proving fot,e 10 ils powo.;
ond from th.,e Ilirn away:' (2 Timolhy 3:1.5)
Now, .omo may argue thai thele things havi
happened before in hllman history.
However, as the hillarian. and cammlnto
tOrJ lay, there hal nevor bun a lime on eorlh
like Iho ono e~plrienced from 1914 onward.

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BUT "Your deliYelonc.
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The woel hove been for more exlensive Ihon

ever before, Moreover, as 10 ol~er feoturel of
Chrilt's "Iign" of Ih, losl dOyl, t~ese focts
should be consilkred, The eorlh -wide proc lomo
lion of Chr;II', pruence and kingdom hal been
of a mognitud. unprecOl'den led in ~isloty. Perseculion for preaching hal never eqlKllOl'd Ihol
.ililOl'd upan Jehovah', Wilneuu, Many ~un.
drOl'dI of Ihem w..e r~uled in Hiller'. concen _
Irol ion campi. To th;i day Ihey ore under bon
in mony counl,;", and in other. Ih.y are or
relied, impri.oned, lorlu red and killed. Thi. il
all parI of Ihe "Iign" Jesus gave.
AI farelald 01 Revelolion 11, lB, 'The nol.on.
have become wrothful' ogo;nst Jehovoh's foilh,
ful wilnellll, and thil indicolel Iho l J.hOVClh'l
"own wrolh" will be exprelled Clgoinll thOle
nolionl. Thil some scriplure 10yi Ihol God will
"bring 10 ruin Ihose ruining the eorth," N....
before hal Ihere been a time in human hislory
when Ihe eorlh'. copacily for suSloining life hOI
been threOlened. How , now it is differ.nll
Many scientilts ho.e warned thot if mon con
linues 10 poltute Ihe eOrlh, il will become un
inhobitobl . Bul J.hovoh "formed it even 10 be
inhobi led," and he wilt gel rid of Ihe polluterl
be lore Ihey complete Iheir ruin of the eorlh,
_hoioh 45,18.

earthly blessings
under the kingdom
The thoughl of personl li.;ng on eorl" 01 .ubjecrs of God'i kingdom moy seem slronge 10
many Bible believen who think of olithoM soved
os being in heo.en. The Bible IhoWI thaI only a
limiled number go to heoven, ond that Ihole who
will
farev .. on earlh will be a great c'owd
of unlimiled number. IRevelotion 14 ,1-5; 7,9;
Psolm 37.1 1, 29) That God's kingdom under
Chr;l t will roll t~e earth and reign over ;, illhow"
by 0 prophecy in Ihe Bible book of Doniel.

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Christ', kingdom i, tn ere repre,ented c. a

stone ~~t Irom Jehovah', mountain -like sOvereignly. II ,I'ike, and deslroys on image that
repre",nh powerful notions 01 earth, and "Ihe
,lone I~ol struck Ihe image . . . become a lorge
mou nta:n and Ii lied Ihe whole earth." The proph
ecy conlinue" "In Ihe days of those kings Ihe
God 01 heaven will sel up a kingdom that will
never b~ brought to ruin. And the kingdom il.elf
will not be poued on to any other people. It will
crulh and pul on end to all these kingdoms, and
it it,elf will ,land to limes indelinite."- Doniel
2,34, 35, 44.
ft i, Ihil kingdom and Ihe Scripturally IUp'
ported hope 01 everlosling Iile on a clear.ed
and beoutified earth that Jehovah', WitnelSu
wilh to lell you about. Hundred. of thoulond.
now Jiving and many, many million, now in their
groves will have opportunity to dwell therein
loreyer. Then, under the 1,OOOyeor reign 01
Chri., Jesus, Jehovah', original purpose for <re aling Ihe eorlh and pulling the /irsl human pair
On il will be realized. Thil earthly paradise will
never become boring. JUII os Adom WOE onigned
work in Ihe Garden of Eden, .0 humonkind will
hove ch~lIenging project. in coring lor the eorlh
and Ihe plonl ond onimollile on it. They ",,011
long en;oy the work of their liondl."---Gene.i.
2: 15; I.oioh 65,22, "Revi.ed Stondord Version."
Mon~ scriptures could be presenled to show
the conditions that will elli.t when the prayer Ihol
Je.u. loughl u. i. on.wered: "LeI your kingdom
come. Lei your will toke place, as in heaven, olso
upon eOrlh." (Matthew 6,10) However, lellhis
one suffce for nOw , "I heard a loud voice Itom
Ihe Ihrone soy: 'Look! The ient of God is wilh
mankind, and he will reside with Ihem. and they
will be hi. people . And God him.elf will be with
them. A,d he will wipe oul eyery lear from their
eyes, and deolh will be nO more, neilher will
mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The
former things hoye paned away.' And Ihe one
seated on Ihe throne .oid, 'Lookll om making all
things new.' AI.o, he says, 'Write, because these
word. ore faithful and true.' "-Revelation 21,
3-5.

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wn~'s

hey lise to

....n i "011

Chrislians ore commanded 10 "moke disciples

of people of all the nolions," bullhis doe! not
neOn thot they ore 10 use pressure or convert
olh ..." by fon:e. le,u,' commislion was to "Iell
good news 10 the mel'k ones," to "bind up the
brokenhearted," to "comfor' all the mourning
ones." (Matthew 28;19; Isaiah 61,1. 2; Luke 4,
18, 19) Jehovah's Witnesses seek 10 do this by
declaring the "good news" 'ro'l1 the 8ible. Like
the prophet Ezekiel of old, 1ehovoh'.\ Witnesse,
lodoy try to ~nd those who "or. sighing and
grooning over 011 the detestable things that ore
being done."-Elekiel 9,4.
The bell. known way they use 10 find IhQle
who are distressed by present conditions i, by
going from house to houle. nus they make a
positive eflorl 10 reach Ihe public, jusl as Jesus
did when "he wenl journeying from city to city
end from villoge 10 .illoge, preoching and de cloring the good news of Ihe ~ingdom of God_"
His early di5Ciples did li~ewi$e. [luke 8,]; 9,] -6;
10,1-9) Today, where it is p<mible, Jehovoh',
Wiln" ..". end"",v", 10 c(lil (II .. o~h home ... v.. ,nl
I mel a year, seeking to COnverSe wilh the house
~older for a few minules on some local or world
lopic of interest or concern. A scripture or two
may be offered for consideration, and if in leresl
i hown by Ihe householder the Wilnen may
arrange 10 call back 01 a canvenienl lime for
furlhe, discu"ion. Bibles and literalure explain
ing Ihe Bible are mode a.oiloble, and, if Ihe
householder desires, a home Bible sludy is can
dueled wi thoul any charge. During 1978 on
,.erolle of more Ihon one and a quarter million
eible sludies were so conducted regulorly
Inroughoul the world.
Anolher way in which Ihe "good neWI of the
kingdom" is told to othe" il tnrough meetings
held 01 local Kingdom Halls. Th~ Witnesses concivet meetingl there weekly. l>Ie meeting il 0
public lecture on 0 subject of current in terest.

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Another i. a study of some Biblical theme or

prophecy, Ulinglhe "Watchtower" magazine as
soyrce maleriaL A third meeting i. a school for
training Witnesses 10 be beller proclaime'l of
Ihe "good newl," and a fourlh i, devoted 10 di
cussinglh. wilnening wo.k in Ihe locoll...ilory.
Also, o ... ce a week Wilnesses ossembl. in privot.
hamil, in small groyps, fOf Bibl. studies.
All lhe'e meeling' are open to Ihe public. No
colledio.... are .v.r 10k..... Such "...Iingl a re
benerociol for oiL Th. Bible says, "W. ough l 10
see ~aw lOch of '" may best OrOull alhers to
love and active goodn.ss, nOI staying away from
au. meeti ... gl, 01 lome do, bul 'Olh.r .ncourog
i... g one anal her, aillhe more because you see Ihe
Day drawing neo ." Priwele study end .esearch
or. necenary, bUI """'... g wilh othe.. i. stimu
lating: "As iro ... lharpe ... 1 iran, so on. man sharp.
ens Ihe wils of onOlher."-Hebrews 10:24, 25;
Proverbs 27,17, "The N.w E... glish Bibl. "

III

Kingdom Holl.,

p(O,~,ol

in dni,n, 0 plo, for Bibl. diullion

The Wilnessu 01$0 moke good use of open ings for lolking oboul Ihe "good news" 0$ Ihey
come in contocl with other people in their doily
live,. II may be a few words e~chong\!d with a
neighbor, or with a fellow traveler on a bus or
plane; a longer lalk with 0 friend or relative; 0
discussion with (I fellow worker during lunch
hour. Much of Ihe witnessing thot Jesus did when
he wa~ on earth was of this kind-os he wolked
along the seashore, or .01 on 0 hill.ide, or while
eating 01 sameone's home, Or (It a wedding, or
on 0 r. hing boot on the Seo of Golil ... H.
taught in the ,ynagogues and at the temple in
Jerusolem. Wherever he was, he found opportunities to tolk about God', kingdom. Jehovah'l
Witnesses endeavor to follow in his footsteps in
this regard olso.- 1 Peter 2:21.

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preaching by example
None of these woy. of leliinO you the "good
news" would be meaningful to you if Ih" one
telling yo" did not apply Ihe leochings to himself. To soy one thing and do onolhe, i, hypoc-

rilY, and religious hypocrisy h(ls turned millions

owoy from Ihe Bible. The Bible i. not rightly
blamed. The scribe. and Pharisees hod Ihe He brew Scriptures, but Jesus denounced them oS
hypocrite . He spoke of their reeding from the
low of Mo.es, then odded to hi. disciples: "All
Ih .. things they 'ell you, do on:! ob.erv", but do
nol do oo,ding 10 their deed., for they s"y but
do not perform." (Matthew 23:3) A Chri,'ion',
being on example of right I,virg says mo,e thon
1'101,10 of sermonizing. This was pointed oul to
Chri.tion wive. who hod unbelieving hu.bends:
" They may be won without 0 word through the
conduct of their wive., becou ... of hoving been
eyewi tne ..e. of your eho.te conduct."- I Peter

3:1, 2.
Therefore, Jehovoh', Witne,.". try to recom mend t he "good news" to ohe" in this woy
olso, by being exemplory in n,e Christion con_
duct thot they recommend to olhers. They try to
'do unto othe" o. they would hove other. do
unto them: (Motthew 7: 12) ney try to be this
woy with 011 men, not ju,t with fellow Witne ."s
o r friend. or neighbors Or ,elolives. Being imperfect, they do not olwoy, .ucceed 100 percent.
But il is the de.ire of their heorl. to do good unto
011 persons, nol only in tellin;) them the good
news of the kingdom, but olso in extending 0
helping hond whenever po"ible.- Jome, 2: 14-

17.

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In Ih.i, own lomily

lilo, OS woll as in
ith orho,
pooplo, tho Wiln .....
oin,o,oly t.., to do

'OnlO'" ...

tho thi"'ll' t .... t they

ad.o,elo

loot .....

It'"~IC. itoal

....good
ht

vallie of II.

news~"

YOIII" .00l11l1ll1ll'.~
In this modern world we often heor the opin ion e x prened, "The principle. of Chri.tianity Ore

iust nol practicol. They iv.1 will not work in !aday'. comptex lociely." Howe , er, in a reported
CO"vflr5otion between the Hindu leader Mahatma
Gondhi and Ihe former Briti,h Viceroy of Indio,
Lord Irwin, " very djfferent ."ntiment was ex pressed. lord Irwin c.ked Gandhi whot he

Ihough t would solve the problems between Great

Britoin and Indio. Gandhi picked up a Bible ond
opened il to the fi ft h chopler of Mollhew and
.aid: "When your country and min e .holl '01'"
together on the teachings laid down by Ch,i,t in
Ihi. Sermon on Ihe Mount, we . holl hove solved

the problem. not only of our countries but those

of the whole world."
Thct .ermon s~oks of seeking spirituality,
being mild -tempered, peocecble, merciful, 0
lover of righteou.nen.1t condemn. not only mur_
der but being wrothful with other!; not iust
cdultery but lustful thoughts oS well. It speak.
cgoin. t irresponsible divorce cction. that break
up homes and victimize children. It tells us: 'love
even those who dislike you, give to the needy,
.top iudging others unmercifully, treat other! a.
you would like to be treated: All these cdvice.,
if applied, would yield tremendous benefit . The
more pe ..ons in your community who practice
th ..... , the bootl.r you, community b.co ..... ol
Jehovah', Witneue. c'e on influence in thi.
direction. The Bible teaches them to respect
marrioge. Their children are trained in righ t
principles. The importance of the family i
t ressed. United familie. cre a boon ta your Com.... unity, even to your nolion. History i. filled with
uamplu of world powers crumbling when fom ily ties weokened and immoral ity increosed. The
more individuals and familie. thot Jehovah's

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Witnenel ;nnYence to liye by 'hr;!I;on principlel,

rhe lell delinqYencr and immorality and crime
you w;1I have in you r corrmunityl
One of rhe big problems plogying commu
nities and notion, i, racial pnojydi,e. In COlliros l.
rhe ope)!tle Peter said, "I perClive rhol God ;1
not portiol, bY I in eye...,. notion the man th at
fears him and work. righ t.OUln," il occeptobl'
to him." And Paul wrote: "Ther. ;, neither Jew
nOr G...k, the re il neith.r slaY. nor freemon,
th....1 n.ilh.r mole flor femol.; for you are all
on. pertOn ;fI union with Chrilt JeIYI." {Adl 10,
34, 3.:51 Gololiofll 3,28) Jehoyoh'l Wiln ....' oc
cept thi . All roce, ofld colorl I; ve ond work
togeth.r 01 Iheir world headquorters, at the
bronchn, and in the conllregotions.
In Africa cerloin Iribes cOflnol mix together
withoul dashes. Howeo." ifl Ollemblie' of Jeho
ooh', Wilne..e. Ihere, people 110m mony differ
en t tribe, ea r and .Ieep and wOflhip logether in
compl.le harmony and "'arm fellowship. Goy
efflment officials are omond whofl they see th is.
An exam pl. of Ihe unifying effect of Iru. Chri,
tiani ly Was comrr'l<!nted en by Ih. New York
"Am.terdom News" of Aygull 2, 19.:58. The
comm.nt wo. inspired by observiflg Ihe inter
nOTional onembly of th e Witne ..e. pr.viously
menl;oned-the one in New York cily where
a ., a quarter of a million ollornbled.
" Everywhe .... NegrOfls, whites and Ori..,tclll, from all statiofls ifl lif. ond 011
pam of the world, mingled io~oully and
fr ..ly. . . . The woflhiping Witnes~
from 120 londs hoye lived and won.hiped
togethe. peocefuHy, "'owing Americans
how ""';Iy it can bit dOrM . . . . The os5Cl'mbly il a shining e~omple of how peo_
ple can work and lin together."
Many may lOY that t~e principle. of Chris
lioni ty are not practical lor thi s modern world.
Howeyer. what el.e hal 'Harked, or will work?
Chrillion principles can be of feol value if ap
plied to your community 'ow, and they will be
Ihe OOSil for Ufliting all 'n~tionl, 'ribe. and pea
pie,' OKIrlh wide under the rule of God's kingdom
o.er monkind.-Re.elotiQtl 7,9, 10.

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All races and colors

work together

Christianity is practical.
What else has worked?

_ht-i." WOI"ldwid ..
OI"gallizatioll :md wm"k
There o,e ,,"ve,ol links used in directing t~ ..
work of witnessing in th .. more thon 200 land,
whe ... it i. being dOlle. Th .. ove,oll direction
come. from th .. Governing Body 01 Ih" world
h"odquorle" in Brooklyn, New York. From th",e
,epre'enlotive, ore , e nt oul eoeh ye or to 15 Or
more "zone," to confer with the bronch ,ep.e
,,,nIOI;ye. in eoeh zone. In Ihe branch office,

the, ..

Ore

bronch committ.... , 01 from th,.." To

.even me mbers to ave .,.... th .. work in Ih" londs

under their juri,diction. Mony of th e branches
hove focilitie. for printing. some operOling hi g h
.peed rotory p""''''. The country or or.." serve d
by eoen bronch i, divided into di, triel., and Ihe
di,trich, in turn, ore divided into ,;"vils. Each
circuit ha. in il abau T 20 cangre gaTian,. A d i,!rid over,eer pre.ide. al 0 "cin;uiT oembly"
lor Ihe,e congregol ion< Twice a year, a ' he
vi.its the circuits in hi. di.lricl in rolalion . The'e
i, a circuit oYe"ee" and he vi.i!> each cong,e
galion in hi, circuit u.ually Iwice a year, o .. i,l
ing the Wi tne sse , in orgonizing and doing Ihe
preaching work in the te"itory o"igned to that
congrega Tion.
The local congregation with i" Kingdom Holl
i, thc center for lelling the "good new," in your
community. The Oreos under eoch congregotion
are mapped out in .moll territorie,. The,e are
a"igned to individual Wilne"e. who endeavor
10 visi t and ,peak with the pe ople in eoch home
therein. Each congregation, consisting of from a
few t o ,orne 200 Wilne .. "" ha. elder< a<signe d
to loo k ofler Yoriou. dutie . The individual proclaimer of Ihe "good new<" i, th .. vital one in
the organization o f J"hovoh'. Witne"e< . Every
one of the Witne, ..." whethe' se,ving 01 th e
world headquarters, or bronche ., or in congr ..
gotion., doe, this Aeld work of pe"onally telling
o The ' . about God'. kingdom.

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Repor!s of !hi, aC!IYI!y ul!imalely reach !he

world heodquor!en, and on annual "Yearbook"
is compiled and published. Also, a char! ;s published eac~ year in !he January 1 illue of "The
Wo!c~!ower." Theie Iwo publications offer de
toiled reports of eoc~ year's accomplishments
in bearing witness to Jehoyoh and his kingdom
under eh rist Jesus. The " 1979 Yearbook" repOrts
that for 1978 mare than 2,000,000 Witnesses,
from 42,255 congregations, spent in excel! of
307,000,000 hours proclaiming the "good
news." During the 1978 se",ice year, 95,052
new ones were baptized. literature placed totoled into the hundreds of millions of copies .

11I.sHolis ohell ask."

by interested persons
Certain questions come up more often than
others. A few of such are considered here.

If God illoY., why dotl he penn i!

widedllftl?

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God does permit wickedness, and millions On

earth willfully make a practice of it. for inItonce, they declare wars, drop bomb. on children, scorch the earth, cause famines. Millions
Imoke and get lung cancer, practice adultery
and get venereal disease, use alcohol to ucel!
and get cirrhosis of the liyer, and so an. Such
persons do not truly wanl all wickedness
stopped. They only wanl the penalties for it eliminated. When they reap what they have .own,
they cry aut, "Why me?" And they blame God,
01 Proverbs 19:3 layl: "A man's own folly
wrecks his life, and then he bears a grudge
against the lord." ("The New Engli.h Bible")
And if God stopped their evildoin" they would
protest their lass of freedom to do itl
Jehovah's main reO.on for permitting eyil is
to answer Satan's challenge. SQlon the Deyil
said that God CQuid nol put men on eQrlh

who would be true to Hi" under tesl. Uob 1:

6 12; 2: 11 01 Jehovoh 01 OWl Solan to remoin
to hove opportunity to prove his chollenge.
(Compare Exodus 9:16.1 Soton continues to
bring woes now, to turn men oga inst God, os
he tries to prove hi5 challenge. (Revelotion 12:
121 However, Job kepi integrity. Jesus did. True
Christions do now.-Job 27:S; 31 :6; Motthew
4:1-11; I Peter 1:6, 7.

._,

I would like 10 believe in an earthly parodise where people live forever, but isn't that too good 10 be

NOI occording to the Bible. It SeemS 100 good

to be lrue only because man kind hos known Ihe
bod for so mony cenluri~ Jehovoh created Ihe
eorlh ond told monkind 10 fill il wilh righ teous
men and women who wculd Care for ils plont
and animal life and preserve its beauty inslead
of destroying il. ISee poges 12 and 17.1 Rothe r
thon that promis.ed paradise being lao good to
be '",e, Ihe present sorrowful slate is too bad
10 continue. Parodise will reploce il.
Foith in Ihese promise, is nol a nwtler of
credulity. "Failh follows Ihe thing heard." By
studying God's Word, its wiodom becomes
opporen! end foith grows.- Reman. 10: 17; Hebrewsll,l.

How can I answer people who

scoff and say that the Bible is a
myth and is un5Cientifk?
Biblical archoeology confirms much of the
Bible's hi.toricol occurocy. True "ienee harmonize. with the Bible. The following foci. Were in
the Bible long before they were discovered by
.ecular .cholo .. : Ihe order of stoges through
which the earth possed in its development, Ihot
the earth is round, that it hangs in spoce on
nothing ond thot birds mi<lrate.--Gene,i, chop.
I; Isaiah 40:22; Job 26:7; Jeremioh 8:7.
The inspiration of the eible is shown by ful
filled prophe<:ies. Doniel fcrelold in advance Ih e
rise and the fall of world powel$, ond Ihe lime
when the Messiah would come and be put to
deolh. IDoniel chaps. 2 ond 8; 9 :24-2n Todey
s,ill other prophecies are being fulfilled, identifying Ihe ... as the "lost days." (Motthew chap.

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24; 2 Timotby 3:1 -51 Sucb foreknowledge i. not

within man'. power. (hoioh 41,23) For more
confi.motion, .ee the Wotch Tower books "I.
Ihe Bible Reolly Ibe Word of God?" and "Did
Mon Get He.e by Evolu-ion or by Creation?"

How can I be-come able to a nswer

questions on tt,. Bible?

You musl .tudy the Bible and medilote on it,

at the some time Dsking fo r God's .pi.il to direct
you. (Proverbs 15:28; Luke 11 :9-13) "If anyone
of you i. locking in wisdom," Ihe Bible soys,
"leI him keep on Dsking God, for he give. gen_
erously fa all and w ithon .eprooching; C1nd il
will be given him_" Womes 1 :5) A lso, there a ..'
Bible sludy aids wo.th consulling_ Usually help
f.om olhers is nee-ded, <n when Philip studied
with Ihe Ethiopian_ (Act. 8: 26-351 Jehovah'.
Wilne..es condud Bible >ludi", f.ee of charge
with inte.ested persons in Ihei. homes. Feel free
to request tbis .ervice.

There was opposition to Jesus' p.eoching, an d

he soid that his followers elsa would be opposed.
When some were impre ..ed with Jesus' teaching, religiou. opposers retorted: "You have nol
been mislKl also, have you? Nol one of the
rulers or of the Pharisees has put faith in him,
has he?" Uohn 7:46-4B, 15:201 Man y who
advise you not to study with the Wilne..es o .e
either uninformKl or prejudiced_ Study with the
Wilne ..es and see for )'ourself whelher your
Bible understanding increa,es (W not.- Matthew
7:17-20.

In doing Ihis they follow Jesus' examp le. He

went to the Jew . The Jews hod thei. Own religion, but in many way. it hod turned a way
from the Wo.d of God. (Matthew 15:1 -9) All
nalions have religions 01 some kind, whe the r
so-called Christian Or non -Christian. II is vita ll y
important for persons 10 hold belie" Ihot con
form 10 God's own Wo.d, and Ihe efforts of Ihe

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Why do ma ny owose Jehovah's

Witnesses one! !till me not to stvdy
with them?

Why do the Witnesses ca ll o n

pet"$DnS who hcJv. thei r own ....
ligion?

Witne"e. 10 o ..i.t them in doing this con.lilule

a showing of neighbor love.
Do Witnesses believe Ihal their
religion is the o nly righl one?

Anyone who is serious aboul his religion

.hould Ihink Ihol it is Ihe righl one. Olherwise,
why would he or .he be involved in il? Chri,
lions are odmoni,hed: "Make .ure of alilhing.;
hold fa.1 10 whal is fine." (1 The..alonion. 5,
21) A person should make .u .... Ihot hi, beliefs
can be supported by Ihe Scriplures, for Ihere is
only one Irue fai lh. Ephe'ians 4,5 confirms Ihis,
menlianing "one Lard, one faith, one bopli.m."
Jesus did nol agree wilh Ihe modern, relaxed
view Ihol Ihere are many roods, many .... ligians,
all leading to solvolion. In,leod, he .aid, "Nor
row is Ihe gale and cromped Ihe road leading
of! into life, and few are Ihe ones finding il."
Jehovah's Witnesses believe Ihol they have
found il. Otherwise, Ihey would look for on
other relig ion.--Moflhew 7:14.
Do they believe lhell the y o re the
only ones who will be 5CrI&d?

No. Many millions Ihat have lived in cenlurie.

po.1 and who were nol Jehovah'. Wilne..es
will come bock in a resurrection and have on
opporlunity for life. Mony now living moy yet
lake a .Iand fa. Irulh and righleou,ness before
the "great I.ibulotion," and Ihey will gain sol
valion. Moreaver, Jesu. said Ihal We ,hould nol
be judging one another. We look allhe oulword
appearance; God loob 01 the heorl. He See,
accurately, judge. mercifully. He has commifled
judgmenl inlo Je.u.' hand., nol ours.-Mollhew
7,1 5; 24,21.
What finonciol contributions ore
expected of those o!tending meelings of Jehovah's Witnesses?

.n'

Regard ing money contribulion., Ihe opo.tle

Poul ,aid, "LeI each One do jusl os he has re o
.olved in hi, hearl, nol g.udgingly 0. under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
(2 Co.inlhian, 9 ,7) At the Kingdom Hall. and
convenlion audiloriums of Jehovah's Wilne,ses
nO COlieclion. ore eve. laken. Boxes are placed

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.0 thot it i. conv~ni~nt for ony who wi.h to contribute to do '0. No one know. whot oth~ ..
gin. Some gre oble to giv~ more thon others;
.om~ mgy not be gble to give anything. Jesu.
showed the right view when he comm~nt~d on
the Ireg.ury box gt tho t~mple in JeruJalem and
tho.e contributing: it is one's obility to give gnd
the .pirit of giving that count, not the gmount
of money.--tuke 21,1-4.

If I * ome 0". of Jehovoh',

Witnft5eS, would I be u peded to
preac h al they do?

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Wh en one becomes filled with th~ knowledge of the promised egrthly parodise under
Christ', kingdom, one wont! to shore it with
others. You will too. It is good newsl-Ach 5,
-41 , -4 2.
Doing th is is an importont woy of showing
that you ore g disciple 01 Jesus Chri,t. In the
Bible Jesus is called "the fgithlul ond true witnen." When on earth he preoched, saying, "The
kin gdo m of the heovens hos drawn near," ond
he sent out his disciples to do the some. (Reveloti on 3,14i Motthew -4,17; I Q,n later, Jelu.
co mmanded his followers: "Go therefore and
ma ke d isciples of people of all the notions,
... tea ching them." He also foretold that, before the end, "this good news of the kingdom
will be pread-led in all the inhabited "'orlh for
a wit nn. 10 gil the nalions."-Motthew 28,
19, 20; 24:,...
Th ere gre many Wgys of declaring this good
news. Conv~rsgtion with friends and gcqugint_
oncn often open. the way to do so. Some do
il by wri lina 1.. " .." nr hy It<ina Ih .. 1~I~rhon~.
Others mail literature contg;ning materiol that
they th in k gn ocqugintgnco would be npeciglly
interes ted in. Out of a desire to min no one,
Wit nesses go from door to door with the melsag . You moy wish 10 oCtompany one of them.
Th e Bibl e contoin, thi, worm invitotion, "The
spirit and the bride keep on saying, 'Cornel'
And let onyono hearing 'oy, 'Com",I' And let
a nyone thirsting come; let onyone that wishe.
to ke life's wo ler free." (Revelation 22, I n Telling
others gbout the pgrodise egrlh gnd ih bl~uingl

is to be done willingly, o~t of 0 heorl filled with

o desire to shore this good news.
We ore sure that you ha,"" other questions about
Jehovah's Witne..es and their beliefs. Pe rhops
some of them are controveniol in nolure. We
would like 10 onswe. them. Spau is limited in
this brochure; $0 we invi:e you to ask them of
Witnesses locally, ei the. 01 their Kingdom Holl
meetings o. when they ",sit you in your home.
Or, you moy send your queslions 10 Walch
Tower Society, 01 the branch office neo.e.t 10
you; see the list below.

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OUR INVITATION TO YOU

W. Itave enjoyKIlalking 10 you through the
pagel of Ihi$ broelture. We hope that you hove
'njoy.d learning more obovt Jet.o~ah. WIt1IMSe5. PIecne accept OUI' /n,hotloll 10 .wI uti
at our Joeol Kingdom Hall.
how our meetings
are cGnducted. See how _ endta,or 10 s.hore
with GIlt... lhe good news of a paradise earth
und-tr Chri,,', kinpm.
God has ptamised it. "Th.,. ani new heaven.
and a n_ IOrth thai _ are owoiting occon:fing
to hil ptamise, and in these rigtIf.ovsnHl ill to

s..

dwell." (2 Peter 3,13) Nine_n c:enturifl hove

possed. Th. waiting period opp aod-oel its end.
Wo,lG _dilion ignify this.

n...

fulfillment of
Jesus' promise draws neo" ...... theM thingl
stort t:> tv,. tais. you",,,",. erect and lift your
he-ods up, because your delivemnce i. glltiing
neer.'_ Luk. 21,28.
"AI you behold the doy drawing near," the
opedle Paul said, "consider 0ftI' anotfler 10 in.
cit. te lav. ond fi". works, not fvnaking the
gQlh .. ring of ourselves togelher."
10,
204, 25) Our invitation 10 you is, Heed Pour. ad
vi by assembling wilh u~

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