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: 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: 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): 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
day of vengeance: it-2 1149-1150
destruction final: w88 6/1 31
discussion: 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
final sealing of 144,000 (Re 7:1-3): w16.01 23; w15 3/15 15; w13 11/15 13; w10 9/15 28; w07 1/1 30-31; w07 12/15 16; re 115-116, 277
“saying, ‘peace and security!’” (1Th 5:3): w19.09 9-10; w19.10 9; kr 222-223; 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
events during: 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; w93 5/1 23-26; w86 10/1 20
“Assyrian” attacks Jehovah’s people (Mic 5:5): w13 11/15 20
Babylon the Great destroyed: w19.09 10-11; w19.10 14-15; 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
battle of Armageddon: kr 228; w13 7/15 5-6; w97 4/1 15
celestial phenomena (Mt 24:29-31; Mr 13:23-27; Lu 21:25-28): w15 7/15 17; kr 226
“chosen ones” gathered (Mt 24:31; Mr 13:27): w19.10 17-18; w16.01 26; w15 7/15 18-19; kr 227-228; w13 7/15 5; w94 2/15 21
“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
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
“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
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
Gog and hordes attack Jehovah’s people (Eze 38): w20.05 15; w19.09 11-12; w19.10 17; rr 186-188; w15 7/15 16-19; 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
heavens darkened (Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24; Lu 21:25): kr 226; w94 2/15 17-20
heavens darkened (Re 6:12, 13): re 109-110; w88 10/15 17
Jesus comes (Re 2:16; 3:11; 22:7, 20): w10 9/15 28
Jesus comes, arrives (Mt 24, 25; Mr 13:26, 35, 36; Lu 21:27): w15 7/15 17; kr 226; w13 7/15 7-8, 24; w98 9/15 16-18; w94 2/15 20-21
judging of sheep and goats (Mt 25): w15 3/15 27; w15 7/15 17-18; kr 226, 228; w13 7/15 6-7; w10 9/15 28-29; w99 5/1 13; w95 10/15 22-24
judgment pronounced: kr 226
“sign of the Son of man” (Mt 24:30): w94 2/15 19-20
signs in sun, moon, stars (Lu 21:25): w15 7/15 17
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: 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 111; w90 3/15 9
year not known in advance: w95 11/1 11
Jewish view: w99 12/1 4
looking forward to: 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
parallels in—
Jerusalem’s destruction (607 B.C.E.) (Eze 3, 5, 7): rr 69-70
preaching during: w19.10 16; rr 66; w15 7/15 16
revelation of Jesus Christ: w93 5/1 21-26
survivors: 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: 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 “interior rooms” (Isa 26:20): 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: w18.09 26-27; cl 73-74; 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: 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
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