Micah 5:6-9:

And the remaining ones of Jacob must become among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of a forest, like a maned young lion among droves of sheep, which, when it actually passes through, certainly both tramples down and tears in pieces; and there is no deliverer.

⁷ Referring to this, the article “Ruler out of Bethlehem,” in the Watch Tower issue of December 15, 1928, said:

This may be taken as an indication that some of the remnant will be on earth even after Armageddon is fought and will then have some more work to do in the name of the Lord and to his praise and glory. The people, having passed through the great and terrible trouble, will no longer look to men for help nor watch for the sons of men to bring them aid and comfort but will turn to the Lord and gladly hear his Word. Some creatures will have the privilege, as the Lord’s agents and messengers, of bearing the message of peace to the people.

The remnant of the Lord, according to this prophecy, will go on to triumph in the strength of Jehovah. A lion is a monarch among the beasts of the forest, and none can stand before him. The flocks of sheep are without power against a strong and young lion amongst them. Thus the faithful remnant of God is described by the prophet. These shall be amidst the nations of many people strong and vigorous in the name of the Lord to help those that want help and to point out God’s method of destroying those that resist.​—Page 376, paragraphs 35, 36.

8. Treating this matter further, what did the Watch Tower issue of March 15, 1929, go on to say?

⁸ Treating this matter further, the Watch Tower issue of March 15, 1929, page 88, paragraph 41, went on to say the following:

Even the great multitude class must be led to the living fountains of water. (Rev. 7:17) The Lord may use the remnant to thus help them. There will be many others who will be humbled by Armageddon, and they will be ready to hear. After Armageddon some of the remnant may be used by the Lord to bear witness and to aid those who need to be taught, and this they may do before actually being taken into the courts of everlasting glory. It is certain that the work of the remnant now is to proclaim the glad tidings as God’s duly appointed witnesses.

9. However, has the remnant had to wait until after Jehovah gains the victory at Har–Magedon before becoming like a “dew” and like a “maned young lion” with respect to peoples of the nations?

⁹ However, the remnant of spiritual Israelites have not had to wait until after the “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har–Magedon in order to be as a “dew” of refreshment to people seeking to worship “the God of Jacob” at his spiritual temple. (Rev. 16:14, 16) No, the remnant have not had to wait until after Jehovah gains the victory at the climax of that final war before they could become like a “maned young lion” among the nations. Like the prophet Isaiah when having his vision of Jehovah at His temple, they have responded to Jehovah’s question, “Who will go for us?” Promptly after World War I ended in 1918, they said: “Here I am! Send me.” (Isa. 6:8) In obedience to the divine command, “Go,” they have gone forth to the peoples of all the nations.

10. In proclaiming what message of Jehovah has the remnant been like a lion among the nations?

¹⁰ Thus they have preached the message of the established kingdom that will bless the “sheep” class and that will destroy the “goat” class. (Matt. 25:31-46) In proclaiming “the day of vengeance on the part of our God” they have been like a lion for boldness, advising the adversaries of God’s established kingdom that they will be destroyed at Har–Magedon by Jehovah’s Warrior King, Jesus Christ, “the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah.”​—Isa. 61:1-3; Rev. 5:5.