his war of Armageddon into God’s new world. (Matt. 24:14; Rev. 16:14, 16) To the very doors of mankind God has sent these witnesses with assurance that he has not forgotten. Their message declares that soon Christ will crush the serpent, Satan, and “break up the works of the Devil.” (Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:8) Following that victorious Armageddon fight, the King of kings will subdue all enemies, including Adamic death, and bring in a paradise of peace and happiness to the extremity of the earth. (1 Cor. 15:25, 26; Ps. 46:9; 72:7) Even the dead in God’s memory will get their promised resurrection. No longer will the Devil or devilish men oppress the lowly, for “the meek ones themselves will possess the earth.” (John 5:28, 29; Ps. 37:11) “Look!” Jehovah says, “I am making all things new.”—Rev. 21:5.

WHO REMEMBERS GOD?

Since Jehovah’s purpose is clear and his patience is to our advantage, there is no cause to think that he has forgotten man. The question is, Who will remember God and survive Armageddon? Jehovah says: “Wicked people will turn back to Sheol, even all the nations forgetting God.” (Ps. 9:17) Therefore it is important to remember the words of the prophet Malachi and consider our own standing with God. Malachi wrote: “At that time those in fear of Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name. ‘And they will certainly become mine,’ Jehovah of armies has said, ‘at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. And you people will again certainly see the distinction between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and one who has not served him.’” (Mal. 3:16-18) Soon no one will ask the railroad man’s question, “How is it . . . bad people seem to have it good?”

When Armageddon’s fury breaks in this generation, God will remember those who have served him, just as he remembered to save righteous Noah and his family at the time of the Flood. We have the assurance recorded in his own Word: “God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love you showed for his name.” (Heb. 6:10) We have every reason for confidence in that statement. The evidence shows that Jehovah made provision for man’s deliverance; that he gave believing men his laws to guide them and set a real hope before mankind. Moreover, in spite of the fact that most men have forgotten Him, the Bible shows that God will soon remove the oppressor, restore perfect life to obedient men and resurrect the dead. These are some of the blessings in store for those who remember Jehovah God now and honor his name.

Will you do so?

Living One’s Faith

✔ The Catholic column of the São Paulo, Brazil, newspaper Diário da Regiāo of June 15, 1962, urged Catholics to take their religion more seriously and proclaim it to others. Pointing to a modern-day example, it said: “We see in this respect the Jehovah’s Witnesses getting thirty times as many conversions as the Catholics. And why? Because each Witness is an apostle who sacrifices himself for the belief he professes; because he is not undermined by that false shame that the majority have to go from house to house advertising his faith.”