• “My Great Rage Will Flare Up”
    Pure Worship of Jehovah—Restored At Last!

    • What Warnings Has Jehovah Given?

      13. What warnings has Jehovah given?

      13 Jehovah is “slow to anger” and has given ample warnings that he will destroy those who oppose him and threaten his people. (Ex. 34:6, 7) Jehovah used such prophets as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Christ Jesus, and the apostles Peter, Paul, and John to warn of a great climactic battle.​—See the box “Jehovah Warns of the Coming Great Battle.”

      14, 15. What work has Jehovah done, and why?

      14 Jehovah had these warnings recorded in his Word. He also ensured that the Bible would become the most widely translated and distributed book in history. Throughout the earth, he has raised an army of volunteers who help others learn how to make peace with God and who warn of the coming “great day of Jehovah.” (Zeph. 1:14; Ps. 2:10-12; 110:3) He has motivated his people to translate Bible study publications into hundreds of languages and to spend hundreds of millions of hours each year talking about the promises and the warnings found in his Word.

      15 Jehovah has had all this work done “because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” (2 Pet. 3:9) What a privilege we have to represent our loving, patient God and to play a small part in spreading his message! Soon, however, time will run out for those who do not pay attention to the warnings.

  • Jehovah Warns of the Coming Great Battle
    Pure Worship of Jehovah—Restored At Last!
    • Ezekiel declaring a warning from Jehovah.

      TEACHING BOX 18A

      Jehovah Warns of the Coming Great Battle

      The Bible contains numerous prophecies that warn of a climactic battle in which Jehovah will wipe out all who oppose him and his people. Listed here are just some of those prophecies. Notice the similarities in these warnings, and note that Jehovah has ensured that all mankind has the opportunity to hear them and to act.

      DAYS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

      EZEKIEL: “‘I will call for a sword against [Gog] on all my mountains,’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.”​—Ezek. 38:18-23.

      JEREMIAH: “[Jehovah] will personally pass judgment on all humans. And he will put the wicked to the sword.”​—Jer. 25:31-33.

      DANIEL: “The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will . . . crush and put an end to all these kingdoms.”​—Dan. 2:44.

      FIRST CENTURY C.E.

      JESUS: “There will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning.”​—Matt. 24:21, 22.

      PAUL: “Jesus . . . with his powerful angels . . . brings vengeance on those who do not know God.”​—2 Thess. 1:6-9.

      PETER: “Jehovah’s day will come as a thief, . . . and earth and the works in it will be exposed.”​—2 Pet. 3:10.

      JOHN: “Out of [Jesus’] mouth protrudes a sharp, long sword with which to strike the nations.”​—Rev. 19:11-18.

      MODERN TIMES

      The Bible is the most widely translated and distributed book of all time

      JEHOVAH’S MODERN-DAY SERVANTS . . .

      • Distribute billions of copies of Bible literature in hundreds of languages

      • Spend hundreds of millions of hours each year preaching

        Two of Jehovah’s Witnesses conducting a Bible study with a couple.