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| + | a cuvântului lui Iehova, așa cum a fost anunțat de slujitorul său Daniel. Tot așa, la sfârşitul timpurilor Națiunilor, întronarea lui Cristos Isus a fost o justificare a cuvântului lui Dumnezeu rostit de sfinţii săi profeţi. La venirea lui Cristos la templu, el a făcut cunoscut credincioșilor săi imitatori numele lui Iehova și înțelesul lui și de atunci acești credincioși au apreciat faptul că privilegiul și datoria lor principală este de a face cunoscut numele lui Iehova pe întreg pământul și de a declara lucrările Lui și de a continua să îi cânte laude. - Isa. 12: 2-6.}} |
| − | cation of Jehovah’s word as announced by his servant
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| − | Daniel. Likewise at the close of the Gentile times the | |
| − | enthronement of Christ Jesus was a vindication of
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| − | God's word as spoken by his holy prophets. Upon
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| − | the coming of Christ to the temple he made known
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| − | to his faithful followers the name of Jehovah and ‘its
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| − | meaning, and since then these faithful ones have ap-
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| − | preciated the fact that their chief privilege and duty
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| − | is to make known the name of Jehovah in all the
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| − | earth and declare his works, and to continue to sing
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| − | forth his praises.—Isa. 12: 2-6.
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| − | #7 Jehovah will now make known to all creation his
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| − | own supremacy and that he doeth at all times accord-
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| − | ing to his own sovercign will. ‘*And all the inhab-
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| − | itants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he
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| − | doeth according to his will in the army of heaven,
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| − | and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can
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| − | stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?’?’
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| − | (Vs.35) The present-day earthly rulers consider
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| − | themselves to be very important and able to provide
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| − | for, feed and rule mankind, They are arrogant and
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| − | wise in their own conceits. This proves that Nebu-
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| − | chadnezzar when restored to his reason did not pie-
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| − | ture the earthly present-day rulers. These self-eon-
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| − | stituted earthly rulers utterly ignore the Word of
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| − | God and they are as nothing, as declared by his proph-
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| − | ct. ‘Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket,
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| − | and are counted as the small dust of the balance:
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| − | behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
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| − | And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts
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| − | thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.’’—Isa. 40: 15, 16.
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| − | 78 No creature can properly say to Jehovah, ‘‘ What
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| − | coest thou??? because his power is supreme and abso-
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| − | lute, Having purposed a thing he will do it regard-
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| − | less of all opposition, and he will accomplish his pur-
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| − | pose in his own duc time. It was his will that Satan
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| − | and all of his army should remain in heaven until
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| − | the end of the waiting period, when he would send
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| − | forth Christ Jesus to rule. (Job 1:6; Ps. 110: 1, 2)
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| − | it was God’s will that the rcbel army should then be
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| − | ousted from heaven, and this was promptly done by
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| − | Christ Jesus. It is his will that Satan’s organization
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| − | shall be blotted out of existence. It is Jehovah’s will
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| − | to destroy all carthly ruling faetors which now form
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| − | a part of Satan’s organization, and in all these things | |
| − | his will shall be done. He will spare only those of
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| − | good will and shield them in the time of the battle of
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| − | the great day of God Almighty. (Jer. 25:31-36;
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| − | Matt. 25:31-46) Ilis will shall be done and ‘‘none
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| − | can stay his hand’’, At the present day the earthly
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| − | ruling powers, acting wrongfully, try to interfcre with
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| − | the giving of the testimony which Jehovah through
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| − | hrist has commanded shall be given by his witnesses
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| − | on the earth, and by so doing these earthly rulers are
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| − | saying to Jehovah, ‘‘What doest thou?’’ but they
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| − | shall certainly be brought low and learn that Jehovah
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| − | is supreme. Armageddon will demonstrate that the
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| − | power of this evil world is as nothing.
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| − | She WATCHTOWER. 57
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| − | 2? The rightful overlordship of earth eame into the | |
| − | hands of Christ in 1914, as the deerce states. ‘‘ At the
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| − | same time my reason returned unto me,’’ said Nebu-
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| − | chadnezzar. This proves that Nebuchadnezzar did
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| − | not there picture the earthly rulers who at that time
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| − | went stark insane and who continue in that insane
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| − | condition. ‘‘At the same time my reason returned
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| − | unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine
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| − | honour and brightness returned unto me; and my
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| − | counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was
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| − | established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
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| − | added unto me.’’—Vs, 36,
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| − | 80 Nebuchadnezzar there represented regal power
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| − | exercised by Christ Jesus. Then was set up the royal
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| − | court of Christ Jesus. ‘‘And again, when he [Jeho-
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| − | vah] bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world [in
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| − | 1914}, he {Jchovah] saith, And let all the angels of
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| − | God worship him.’’ (Heb. 1:6) Then followed the
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| − | awakening or resurrection of the faithful followers of
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| − | Christ Jesus who had died and who must await God’s
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| − | due time to be resurrected. These were awakened out
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| − | of death and gathered unto Christ and made a part
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| − | of his organization or royal courts. ‘‘And when he
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| − | had taken the book, the four beasts and four and
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| − | twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every
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| − | one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours,
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| − | which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a
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| − | new sony, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,
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| − | and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain,
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| − | and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of
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| − | every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation;
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| − | and hast made us unto our God kings and priests:
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| − | and we shall reign on the earth.’’ ‘And the seventh
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| − | angel sounded ; and there were great yoiees in heaven,
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| − | saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
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| − | kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall
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| − | reign for ever and ever.’’—Rev, 5: 8-10; 11: 15.
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| − | 31 Christ Jesus is the righteous and rightful over-
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| − | lord of the earth. His is the capital organization of
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| − | Jchovah and is therefore the new eedar tree, to which
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| − | the people must look for hope. In harmony with this
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| − | Jchovah caused Ezckiel to write: ‘‘Thus saith the
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| − | Lord God, I will also take of the highest branch of the
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| − | high eedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the
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| − | top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant
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| − | it upon an high mountain and eminent: in the moun-
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| − | tain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it
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| − | shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a
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| − | voodly eedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of
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| − | every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof
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| − | shall they dwell. And all the trees of the field shall
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| − | know that I the Lord have brought down the high
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| − | tree, have exalted the low trec, have dried up the green
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| − | ‘ree, and have made the drv tree to flourish: I the
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| − | Lord have spoken, and have done it.’’—-Ezek, 17: 22-
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| − | 24; see Vindication, Book One, page 232.
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