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  • Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
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GREAT TRIBULATION

(See also Armageddon; Day of Jehovah)

act of God: g86 8/8 7-8

angels participate: wp17.5 8; w87 5/15 14

beginning: w22.05 16; w19.10 15; w15 7/15 15-16; kr 223, 226; w13 7/15 3-5

“day and hour” (Mt 24:36): w16.07 14

once held to be 1914: w13 7/15 3-4

being ready for: w23.06 8-13; w23.07 2-4, 6-7; mwb20.08 3; kr 230; w11 3/15 24-28; w11 10/15 5; w07 12/15 11-15; jd 38-41, 156-157; w03 12/15 19-24; km 11/03 1; w97 3/1 9-14

charts of events: kr 224-225; w13 7/15 4-5

comes “as a thief in the night” (1Th 5:2): w23.06 8-9; w86 10/1 17-18, 20

conditions during: w19.10 16; jy 258; w13 3/15 23

date of: w98 9/15 10-16; w95 11/1 11, 15-20; w87 2/1 29

benefits of not knowing: w12 9/15 24-25; w12 12/15 18

no need to know: bt 16; kp 14; w98 11/15 17-19; w98 12/15 30

not known: w08 2/15 25; g 4/08 4-5; w06 2/1 22-23, 26

set: w98 11/15 16-17

“day of Jehovah”: w02 5/1 19-20; w97 12/15 17

Joel 3: w98 5/1 19-25

Malachi 4: w95 4/15 15-25

day of vengeance: it-2 1149-1150

destruction final: w88 6/1 31

direction during: w22.02 6

discussion: ijwbq article 115; it-2 1126-1127; nwt 1699-1700; w09 3/15 18-19; w00 10/15 15-16

events before: kr 224; w11 8/15 21; w86 2/15 5-6

gathering of nations (Re 16:14): re 230-233; rs 48-49; ws 19-20

“saying, ‘peace and security!’” (1Th 5:3): w23.02 16; w23.06 13; w23.10 21; w19.09 9-10; w19.10 9; kr 222-224; w13 11/15 12-13; w12 9/15 3-4; w10 7/15 5; g 4/08 7; w04 2/1 20-21; wt 182; w97 6/1 9-10; w86 10/1 18-20; tp 5-7, 85

final sealing of 144,000 (Re 7:1-3): rr 180; w16.01 23; w15 3/15 15; kr 224; w13 11/15 13; w10 9/15 28; w07 1/1 30-31; w07 12/15 16; re 115-116, 277

events during: w23.10 21; ijwbq article 115; w22.05 16-17; mwb22.11 11; mwb20.08 3; rr 64, 66, 69-70; w15 7/15 15-19; kr 224-225; w13 7/15 4-5; w12 4/15 22; w10 7/15 3; w08 5/15 15-16; w07 12/15 16; re 277; wt 182-183; w99 5/1 12-13; w97 4/1 14-16; w96 4/1 18-20; w96 8/15 19-20; kl 106; w94 3/1 19-23; w93 5/1 23-26; w86 10/1 20

heavens darkened for entire period (Re 6:12, 13): re 109-110; w88 10/15 17

disgusting thing stands “in a holy place,” “where it should not be” (Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14): w13 7/15 4-5; w99 5/1 15-18

Babylon the Great destroyed: w22.05 16; w19.09 10-11; w19.10 14-15; rr 69-70, 168-170; w15 7/15 15-16; kr 223, 226; w13 7/15 4-5; w13 11/15 13; w12 9/15 4-5; g 11/12 12-13; w10 9/15 28; w09 3/15 18; re 256-258, 267-276; w97 4/1 14-15; w96 8/15 19

tribulation “cut short” (Mt 24:22; Mr 13:20): w19.10 15; w15 7/15 16; kr 223, 226; w13 7/15 5; w10 9/15 28; w99 5/1 10; w96 8/15 17-18

flight to safety (Mt 24:16; Mr 13:14; Lu 21:21): w15 7/15 16; w12 4/15 26; w11 1/15 4; w99 5/1 18-19; w96 6/1 14-19

judgment message proclaimed (Re 16:21): w20.05 15; w19.10 16; rr 66, 198; w15 7/15 16; w08 7/15 7; re 234

Gog and hordes attack Jehovah’s people (Eze 38): w22.05 17; w22.10 16-17; w20.05 15; w19.09 11-12; w19.10 17; rr 186-188; w15 7/15 16-17, 19; w14 11/15 27; kr 227; w12 4/15 22, 26; w12 9/15 5-6; w09 3/15 18-19; w07 8/15 26; w03 6/1 15-22; w02 10/1 16; dp 283, 285; w97 4/1 15; w96 8/15 19-20

king of the north attacks Jehovah’s people (Da 11:44, 45): w20.05 15-16; rr 183; w15 5/15 29-30; dp 282; w93 11/1 21

‘kings of entire inhabited earth’ attack Jehovah’s people (Re 16:14, 16; 17:14; 19:19, 20): rr 183

“Assyrian” attacks Jehovah’s people (Mic 5:5): rr 183; w13 11/15 20

during attack, Jehovah’s people ‘enter inner rooms’ (Isa 26:20): w23.07 7; w14 11/15 27

celestial phenomena (Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24, 25; Lu 21:25, 26): rr 198; w15 7/15 17; kr 226; w94 2/15 17-20

Jesus comes, arrives (Mt 24:30; Mr 13:26; Lu 21:27): rr 179-180, 198; w15 7/15 17; kr 226; w13 7/15 7-8, 24; w98 9/15 16-18; w94 2/15 20-21

“chosen ones” gathered (Mt 24:31; Mr 13:27): w19.10 17-18; rr 198-199; w16.01 26; w15 7/15 18-19; kr 227-228; w13 7/15 5; w94 2/15 21

“faithful and discreet slave” appointed over all master’s belongings (Mt 24:46, 47): od 20; w13 7/15 24-25; w13 12/15 16

judgment of sheep and goats (Mt 25:31-46), deserving ones marked on forehead (Eze 9:4): rr 179-180; w15 7/15 17-19; kr 226; w13 7/15 6-7; w10 9/15 28-29; w99 5/1 13; w95 10/15 22-24

battle of Armageddon (Re 16:16; 17:14; 19:11-21): w22.05 17; w22.09 21; rr 180; kr 228; w13 7/15 5-6; w97 4/1 15

events following:

Satan and demons abyssed (Re 20:1-3): w22.05 14; w12 9/15 7; re 287-288

marriage of the Lamb (Re 19:7-9): w22.05 17; w15 7/15 19; w14 2/15 10; re 276-277

Millennium begins: w22.05 17; w05 5/1 19

anointed ‘bring the many to righteousness’ (Da 12:3): w22.09 22

faith during: w21.11 20-25; w91 9/15 16-18

faithfulness during: w19.10 14-19

foreshadowed by—

Flood (Mt 24:37-39; 2Pe 3:5-7): w95 2/15 13

Jerusalem’s destruction (66-70 C.E.) (Mt 24:3, 21, 29): w15 7/15 14-15; w13 7/15 4-5; w96 8/15 19-20; w95 2/15 13-14

guidance after anointed taken: w19.10 18

“immediately after,” “after that tribulation” (Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24): it-2 1127; w94 2/15 18-20

Jehovah’s justice and righteousness: w22.02 6-7; cl 258-259; w98 8/1 13; w98 8/15 20

Jerusalem (66-70 C.E.): it-2 47-48, 1126-1127; w15 7/15 14-15; w07 4/1 10-11; w99 5/1 11; w97 12/15 14-16; w96 8/15 16-18; w95 2/15 13-14; w95 4/15 16; w95 11/1 10-11, 14-16; w94 2/15 11

‘flesh saved’ (Mt 24:22): w13 7/15 5; w99 5/1 10; w97 12/15 15-16; w96 8/15 17-18

not final fulfillment: it-2 1126-1127; jy 258; w99 5/1 12-13; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 9

year not known in advance: w95 11/1 11

Jewish view: w99 12/1 4

looking forward to: mwb22.11 11; w19.10 18-19

nearness: wp16.2 11-12; km 5/05 1; w01 2/15 15-17; w00 1/15 12-13; w97 8/15 14-15; w95 11/1 20; sh 371-372; w86 2/15 5-6; g86 12/8 10

attitude toward seeming delay: w15 8/15 15-18; w11 1/15 31-32; w11 3/15 3-5; w04 10/1 23; w01 8/15 28-29; ip-2 103-104; w00 6/1 15; w00 9/1 13; w99 11/15 30; w97 1/1 12; w97 8/15 16-17; w97 9/1 22; w94 12/15 16-17

link with “generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w14 1/15 31; w10 4/15 10-11; w97 1/1 12-13; w97 5/1 29

not putting off: w11 3/15 5; w05 9/15 18-19

not tiring out: w95 12/1 13-14

Witness expectations: w13 1/1 8; w97 9/1 21-22; g95 6/22 8-9

not man-made: tp 34-36

revelation of Jesus Christ: w93 5/1 21-26

survivors: w22.05 16; w21.01 16-17; w13 7/15 6; re 113-129; w02 3/1 31; w95 2/15 13-17; w92 5/1 14-19; op 26-28; w87 5/15 19-20; tp 35-36, 86-93; g86 12/8 8-11

being “good” not enough: op 27

challenges facing: w22.02 7; w89 8/15 14-15

disabled ones: w18.09 27

faith needed: w07 12/15 16-20; w91 9/15 17-18

“flesh” to survive (Mt 24:22): w13 7/15 5; w11 1/15 4; w10 9/15 28; w97 2/15 29; w96 8/15 15-20; w96 12/15 30; w92 5/1 17

go into “inner rooms” (Isa 26:20): w23.07 7; w16.01 9; w14 11/15 26-27; kr 230; w09 5/15 8; w01 3/1 20-21; ip-1 278-279, 282-283

“great crowd” come out of (Re 7:9, 14): it-2 1127; re 126; w03 12/15 18-19; wt 121-126; w95 2/1 19; rs 315

Jehovah’s organization: w89 9/1 19

like Noah: w03 12/15 18-19; w95 2/15 13; w91 9/15 17; w89 10/1 11, 13-15; w86 1/1 14-15, 26

need never die: w99 4/1 19; w95 2/15 16-17

not dependent on foreknowing date: w95 11/1 14-17

preparing for survival: w19.10 17-18; km 6/08 1; w06 5/15 21-25; w05 1/15 19-20

protection during: w23.07 7; cl 73-74; w21.03 30; w18.09 26-27; w10 4/15 11; jr 190-191; w06 5/15 23-24; w98 8/15 19; w96 3/1 14; rs 315

receive soul as spoil: jr 112-113

unanswered questions: mwb22.11 11; w98 8/15 20; w91 9/15 17-18

victory celebration: w07 12/15 28; w03 6/1 22; w02 5/1 20

where to be at outbreak: w09 5/15 6-8

whether some anointed will survive: w13 7/15 5; w90 8/15 30-31; w90 12/15 30

symbolized by—

“four winds” (Re 7:1): w13 11/15 13; w07 12/15 16; re 113-115; w87 12/15 7

“great earthquake” (Re 6:12): re 104-105, 108-113

“time of distress” (Da 12:1): w20.05 16; dp 289; w92 5/1 14-19; w87 7/1 19-20

trust in Jehovah during: w22.02 6-7

understanding clarified:

1969: w99 5/1 16; w94 2/15 17-18

1994: w94 2/15 16-21

1996: w96 8/15 17-18

1999: w99 5/1 15-20

2013: w13 7/15 3-8

why necessary: tp 37-42

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