And you, O son of man​—prophesy, and strike palm against palm, and ‘A sword!’ should be repeated for three times. The sword of the slain ones it is. It is the sword of someone slain who is great, which is making an encirclement of them.

In agreement with this ancient pattern of action, the unchangeable God Jehovah will not permit any who are not his approved servants in our day to escape his encircling executional “sword.” Once it goes into operation that symbolic “sword” will not come to rest until it has annihilated all practicers of wickedness, including those who boast in their self-righteousness. Even Christendom’s kings will not be spared. The fact that the religious clergy have anointed kings to reign “By the Grace of God” means nothing to the Supreme Sovereign. The claims of such rulers to exemption from execution will be rejected by the agency that Jehovah will use as his executional “sword.” That executional agency will consist primarily of God’s Son Jesus Christ and hosts of mighty spirit creatures, angels. (Rev. 19:11-21)