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30/10/2024

AN EARLY RESTORATION OF PARADISE NEEDED!

PARADISE, the original perfect garden home of mankind, is no myth, no fairy tale. It is unlike the theory of evolution, which was taught in ancient Babylon, later taught by pagan Greek philosophers of the fifth and fourth centuries before Christ and recently revived in these last few centuries.

Paradise, where all was beautiful, peaceful, happy, healthful and life-sustaining, was a real parklike residence that was early lost to mankind. For almost six thousand years now mankind has been trying to exist outside and away from that garden home of pleasure and delight.

The effects of this are seen in both the condition of the earth and the condition of mankind today. As the world situation of our generation worsens and becomes more threatening, one thing becomes plainer, becomes more certain: If the human family is to survive, Paradise needs to be restored early to this earth. Nothing could be better or more desirable for all mankind.

It seems almost too good to be true​—that Paradise in all its grandeur will be restored, yes, be made earth wide, and that a numberless crowd of right-hearted persons today living shall still be here on earth when this marvelous restoration begins. Why, that would mean entering into an opportunity to live forever on a paradise earth in complete peace, health and happiness! But this hope was held out to us by no one less than YESHUA/JESUS CHRIST.

Paradise is no more a myth or legend than He is. The proof of history is overwhelming that he was on earth as a perfect man nineteen centuries ago. Eyewitnesses and personal companions of His have left us written testimony of what he said and did​—his blameless life, his unjust, violent death and his miraculous resurrection from the dead.

THE NEED OF (THEOCRACY)GOD'S RULE!

Restoration of Paradise to mankind is assured, is guaranteed! This is no thought to be scoffed at by fanatical believers in the theory of evolution or other unbelievers. Even they themselves will have to admit that something needs to be done before very long if the human family is to survive to the end of this twentieth century and into the twenty-first century of our Common Era.

All such doubters and disbelievers will have to agree that this earth needs to undergo a transformation to a Paradise state if what they may call “the human species” is to enjoy existence much longer. If it were left to mankind itself, even in this scientific, nuclear, space age, to bring this about, the case would be hopeless.

Mankind has already gone too far in polluting and ruining his natural environment, and no reversal of the trend is possible, even with the world organization of the United Nations for international cooperation. However, the sorely needed restoration of Paradise to our earth does not rest with deteriorating mankind and disintegrating human society.

The guarantee of this lifesaving transformation comes from a loving Creator, God! This is the only alternative. Man’s rule of the earth cannot do it! People’s rule (democracy) cannot do it! Wealthy persons’ rule (plutocracy) cannot do it! Technical experts’ rule (technocracy) cannot do it! God’s rule (Theocracy) can do it!

Theocracy will not be defeated in its purpose toward mankind and mankind’s earthly residence. Let none of us be fooled any longer by the false philosophies of self-conceited men but let us all face the fact: Mankind started out under Theocracy! Mankind, at its perfect beginning in Paradise with an unsubdued earthly globe outside, was not absolute ruler of all that it surveyed. Mankind had a ruler higher than whom there is no one. That ruler was mankind’s Creator, God, the Maker of heaven and earth and the Planter of Paradise. He is The Theocrat.

From the start he was mankind’s Theocratic Ruler. He rightly laid down the rule for mankind’s living in the Paradise of Pleasure. He set before mankind its tasks. The Theocratic Ruler had a beautiful purpose concerning mankind’s realm, the earth.

This purpose was conceived within his own Self. It was his moving idea during the six creative days in which he was making the earth ready for being inhabited by mankind under just the right and perfectly balanced conditions. It is set out in the thought that he expressed, of which we read: (Genesis 1:25-28) "[AND GOD WENT ON TO MAKE THE WILD ANIMALS OF THE EARTH ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS AND THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS AND ALL THE CREEPING ANIMALS OF THE GROUND ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS. AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. THEN GOD SAID: "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS, AND LET THEM HAVE IN SUBJECTION THE FISH OF THE SEA AND THE FLYING CREATURES OF THE HEAVENS AND THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND ALL THE EARTH AND EVERY CREEPING ANIMAL THAT IS MOVING ON THE EARTH." AND GOD WENT ON TO CREATE THE MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN GOD'S IMAGE, HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM. FRTHER, GOD BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID TO THEM: "BE FRUIFUL AND BECOME MANY, FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT, AND HAVE IN SUBJECTION THE FISH OF THE SEA AND THE FLYING CREATURES OF THE HEAVENS AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS MOVING ON THE EARTH.]"

THE RESTORED PARADISE!

YAHWEH created the earth as a planet under his feet, as his figurative footstool. Through his prophet Isaiah, God foretold that he would ‘glorify the very place of his feet.’ (Isaiah 60:13) "[TO YOU THE GLORY OF LEB'ANON WILL COME, THE JUNIPER TREE, THE ASH TREE, AND THE CYPRESS TOGETHER, TO BEAUTIFY THE PLACE OF MY SANCTUARY THE PLACE FOR MY FEET]." With the aid of the inspired Bible, we can look, as if by a powerful telescope, a thousand years into the human future. What a rapturous sight greets our eyes! The entire earth glows with impeccable beauty produced by the greatest Gardener in the entire universe. Paradise will have been restored earth wide to mankind! Yes, the divine Supreme Being who started off man’s existence in a garden paradise has man’s greatest happiness in mind. What a loving Creator indeed for mankind to have, of whom it is no extravagance of speech to say, “God is love”!

In the restored Paradise, mature men and women in flawless human perfection dwell together as loving brothers and sisters. (Isaiah 9:6) "[FOR A CHILD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US; AND THE RULERSHIP WILL REST ON HIS SHOULDER. HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELLOR, MIGHTY GOD, ETERNAL FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE]". Thousands of years previously, in a divinely inspired description of his realm, God spoke these impressive words to his chosen people: "[THIS IS WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS: "THE HEAVENS ARE MY THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS MY FOOTSTOOL. WHERE, THEN, IS THE HOUSE THAT YOU COULD BUILD FOR ME. AND WHERE IS MY RESTING PLACE?]" The sheer glory of his “footstool,” the Paradise earth, should appropriately correspond to the glory of his throne in the invisible heights.

At the time of earth’s creation, those who were attendant upon God’s throne in the celestial realm considered the earthly scene below. How enraptured they must have felt as their eyes contemplated its glorious brilliance! How could they refrain from spontaneously bursting into song? (Zephaniah 3:17) "[JEHOVAH YOUR GOD IS IN YOUR MIDST. AS A MIGHTY ONE, HE WILL SAVE. HE WILL EXULT OVER YOU WITH GREAT JOY. HE WILL BECOME SILENT IN HIS LOVE. HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SHOUTS OF JOY.]" (Psalm 100:2) "[SERVE JEHOVAH WITH REJOICING. COME INTO HIS PRESENCE WITH JOYFUL SHOUTING.]" The pleased and happy Creator inspired his earthly scribe to portray an accurate description of the heavenly scene, saying: “The morning stars joyfully cried out together, and all the sons of God began shouting in applause.” (Job 38:7) "[WHEN THE MORNING STARS JOYFULLY CRIED OUT TOGETHER, AND ALL THE SONS OF GOD BEGAN TO SHOUT IN APPLAUSE?]" How much more so will the angelic sons of God cry out in joy, to God’s glory, when Paradise is restored!

YAHEWH'S ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE REGARDING THEEARTHATTAINED!

It is indeed heartwarming for us to be reassured by the inspired Holy Scriptures that the grand attainment of a paradise earth was the objective at which Jehovah God aimed from the very beginning. This joy-inspiring, praise-evoking culmination of God’s purpose for this earth is just the right thing to be expected of a God who goes on from glory to glory with no failure in displaying his excellency. All praise to him! (Psalms 150:1) "[PRAISE JAH! PRAISE GOD IN HIS HOLY PLACE. PRAISE HIM IN THE EXPANSE OF HIS STRENGTH.]" (Isaiah 45:18) "[FOR THIS IS WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS, THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS, THE TRUE GOD, THE ONE WHO FORMED THE EARTH, ITS MAKER WHO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IT, WHO DID NOT CREATE IT SIMPLY FOR NOTHING, BUT FORMED IT TO BE INHIBITED: I AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE.]" (Revelation 21:3-5) "[WITH THAT I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE THRONE SAY: "LOOK! THE TENT OF GOD IS WITH MANKIND, AND HE WILL RESIDE WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE. AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM. AND HE WILL WIPE OUT EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, AND DEATH WILL BE NO MORE, NEITHER WILL MOURNING NOR OUTCRY NOR PAIN BE ANYMORE. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.]"

RESURRECTED ONES ASSIST IN RESTORING PARADISE!

After Armageddon, how will the earth be populated?
Though the Armageddon survivors will be relatively few in number, it will not be entirely by childbearing on their part that the earth will be fully populated. Yahweh will also ‘glorify the place of his feet’ by restoring to life those who are in the memorial tombs and who come under the benefits of Christ’s ransom sacrifice. These, in turn, will have the privilege of sharing in the delightful work of transforming our earthly globe into a surpassingly beautiful paradise. (Acts 24:15) "[AND I HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD, WHICH HOPE THESE THESE MEN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO, THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RESURRECTION OF BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS.]"

The Armageddon survivors will ever keep in mind the soul-stirring words of the Lord Jesus Christ on the occasion when he was moved to say: (John 5:28-29) "[DO NOT BE AMAZED AT THIS, FOR THE HOUR IS COMING IN WHICH ALL THOSE IN THE MEMORIAL TOMBS WILL HEAR HIS VOICE AND COME OUT, THOSE WHO DID GOOD THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF LIFE, AND THOSE WHO PRACTICED VILE THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF JUDGEMENT.]" What an hour that will be when the human dead in their memorial tombs begin to hear the voice of the Son of God saying words similar to those addressed to Lazarus, whose co**se lay in the tomb at Bethany, (John 11:43) "[WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE: "[LAZARUS, COME OUT!]"

THE FIRST RESSURECTION

Who will likely be the first ones to be resurrected to renewed life on earth, bringing what delight to Armageddon survivors? Who will likely be the first ones to be resurrected to renewed life on earth under the Thousand Year Reign of Jesus Christ and in response to his command? It would reasonably be the “other sheep” who died during the last days preceding the end of this system of things. They will experience an earlier resurrection. (John 10:16) "[AND I HAVE OTHER SHEEP, WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD; THOSE TOO I MUST BRING IN, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPHERD.]" They would probably have the least difficulty in adjusting themselves to the new world.​ (Matthew 25:34) "[THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS RIGHT: "COME, YOU WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE WORLD.]" (John 6:53-54) "[SO JESUS SAID TO THEM: "MOST TRULY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOURSELVES. WHOEVER DRINKS MY BLOOD HAS EVERLASTING LIFE, AND I WILL RESURRECT HIM ON THE LAST DAY.]"

How delightful it will be for the Armageddon survivors when they see resurrected those of the “other sheep” who died during the generation before the “great tribulation”! (Matthew 24:21) "[FOR THEN THERE WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION SUCH AS HAS NOT OCCURED SINCE THE WORLD'S BEGINNING UNTIL NOW, NO, NOR WILL OCCUR AGAIN.]" With clear powers of identification, the Armageddon survivors recognize them, welcome them, and with them proceed to renew their united service to the Most High God!

BY SURVIVING ARMAGEDDON, WHAT MAY YOU WITNESS?

By being one of the Armageddon survivors, you may witness the resurrection of the first one of your own earthly relatives. How could the emotional effect of this upon you be otherwise than that upon the parents who saw the Lord Jesus restore their 12-year-old daughter alive to their yearning arms? (Mark 5:42) "[AND IMMEDIATELY THE GIRL ROSE AND BEGAN WALKING. (SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.) AND AT ONCE THEY WERE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH GREAT ECSTASY.]" Ah, indeed, unspeakable joy will be yours at the resurrection of the dead from Hades and the sea. (Revelation 20:13) ''[AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD IN IT, AND DEATH AND THE GRAVE GAVE UP THE DEAD IN THEM, AND THEY WERE JUDGED INDIVIDUALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS.]" Oh, what a glorious tomorrow that will be, a tomorrow that will soon be here!

“PRINCES IN ALL THE EARTH”

By the exercise of his power to resurrect the human dead for whom he laid down his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice, MESSIAH SON OF DAVID will be able to bring about the fulfillment of(Psalms 45:16) “[YOUR SONS WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR FATHERS; YOU WILL MAKE THEM PRINCES THROUGHOUT THE LAND]”- This psalm is prophetically addressed to MESSIAH SON OF DAVID as the installed King. This psalm emphasizes that MESSIAH SON OF DAVID will become a father to THE REMNANTS down here on the earth and that he will install His sons as “princes in all the earth."

Think of such ones who are in line for resurrection under the Messianic Kingdom. Look! Can we believe our eyes? There is Abel, the first human martyr, and Enoch, who kept walking with the true God. There, too, is Noah, the ark builder. There are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, forefathers of the nation of Israel. There are Moses (of the priestly tribe of Levi) and David with whom the everlasting covenant for the Kingdom was made. And there, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and all the other Bible-writing Hebrew prophets down to the last of them, Malachi, and, of course, John the Baptizer and also Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus. On one occasion Jesus said to the Jews that they would “see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but [they themselves would be] thrown outside.” (Luke 13:28) "[THERE IS WHERE YOU'RE WEEPING AND THE GNASHING OF YOUR TEETH WILL BE, WHEN YOU SEE ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND ALL THE PROPHETS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BUT YOU YOURSELVES THROWN OUTSIDE.]"

The “great crowd” of earthly survivors of “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” will be favored with the privilege of literally seeing the resurrected “Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets” back here on the Paradise earth and in royal service under the Kingdom of God.

How soul-stirring it will be for you who survive the end of this present evil world to compare notes with Noah and his immediate family, “eight souls,” who survived the end of the first world in the global Deluge in 2370 B.C.E.! No one else to all eternity will have had experiences like yours and thus be able to serve as a Witness of Jehovah God in this outstanding, unrepeatable regard. (2 Peter 3:5-7) "[FOR THEY DELIBERATELY IGNORE THIS FACT, THAT LONG AGO THERE WERE HEAVENS AND AN EARTH STANDING FIRMLY OUT OF WATER AND IN THE MIDST OF WATER BY THE WORD OF GOD; AND THAT BY THOSE MEANS THE WORLD OF THAT TIME SUFFERED DESTRUCTION WHEN IT WAS FLOODED WITH WATER. BUT BY THE SAME WORD THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH THAT NOW EXIST ARE RESERVED FOR FIRE AND ARE BEING KEPT UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND OF DESTRUCTION OF THE UNGODLY PEOPLE.]"

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28/10/2024

HOW LONG SHALL THE EARTH REMAIN?

Is it God’s purpose to destroy the earth and all living things on it? What does the creator say, the one who brought into existence energy and matter, the one who originated the laws on which our existence depends? (Psalms 96:10) "[DECLARE AMONG THE NATIONS: "JEHOVAH HAS BECOME KING!": the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously]” (Isaiah 45:18-19) "[FOR THIS IS WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS, THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS, THE TRUE GOD. THE ONE WHO FORMED THE EARTH, ITS MAKER WHO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IT, WHO DID NOT CREATE IT SIMPLY FOR NOTHING, BUT FORMED IT TO BE INHIBITED: "I AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU SHALL LEAVE FOREVER?

YAHWEH'S will be not for THE EARTH to be INHIBITED BY PEOPLE who have NO REGARD no for its OWNER and LITTLE LOVE for one another. Majority of BELIEVERS have BELIEVED A LIE that we shall be AIRLIFTED TO HEAVEN; -Although the FIRST HUMAN COUPLE disobeyed YAHWEH, thus proving to be UNFIT TO LIVE FOREVER, YAHWEH'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE did not CHANGE; it must be FULFILLED (Isaiah 55:11) "[SO MY WORD THAT GOES OUT OF MY MOUTH WILL BE. IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ME WITHOUT RESULTS, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER IS MY DELIGHT. AND IT WILL HAVE SURE SUCCESS IN WHAT I SEND IT TO DO.]"

WHERE DO YOU DESIRE TO LIVE FOREVER?

Where is it that humans normally want to live forever? It is where they have become used to living here on earth. Man was made for the earth and the earth for man; it was the will of YAHWEH for man to live forever before sin entered in man (Psalms 104:5) “[HE HAS ESTABLISHED THE EARTH ON ITS FOUNDATIONS; IT WILL NOT BE MOVED FROM ITS PLACE FOREVER AND EVER]." Since the earth was made to last forever, then man also should live forever. (Palms 37:29) “[THE RIGHTEOUS WILL POSSESS THE EARTH, AND THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER ON IT]." Surely, a loving God would not create human, with a desire to live forever, and then make it impossible for them to fulfill that desire (Psalms 133:3) “[IT IS LIKE THE DEW OF HER'MON THAT DESCENDS ON THE MOUNTAINS OF ZION. THAT IS WHERE JEHOVAH DECREED HIS BLESSING-LIFE EVERLASTING]."

WHAT FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE PLANET EARTH?

WHAT does the future hold you as one of the billions of persons now living on planet earth? Would you like it to be a life of peace and security, among people who really love one another? Survival has become a major concern in our times. But what confronts mankind is far more awesome than nuclear war. It is an account with the creator Himself. Threats of nuclear war have raised serious doubts as to whether there will be any future at all for the vast portions of the human race.

Apart from nuclear war, scientists warn of possible global disaster from the way the universe is being abused. Pollution of the air we breathe forests are being decimated at an appalling rate. Water supplies are being polluted often with deadly chemicals. Violence, crime is making people prisoners in their own homes. Political and social unrest make life hazardous. Where then can anyone find a sound basis for expecting to enjoy a life of security?

By virtue of the fact that Yahweh is the earth’s creator, the entire planet belongs to him, and its factors rests in his hands (Deuteronomy 10:14) “[LOOK, TO JEHOVAH YOUR GOD THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HEAVENS OF THE HEAVENS, AND THE EARTH WITH ALL THAT IS IN IT]."

(Psalms 89:11) “[THE HEAVENS ARE YOURS, AND THE EARTH IS YOURS; THE PRODUCTIVE LAND AND WHAT FILLS IT- YOU HAVE FOUNDED THEM]." The problems of mankind are not beyond God’s ability to handle. The one who had the wisdom and power needed to create the earth and the fascinating life forms on it, can also give them a cleaned-up start if that is his will (Isaiah 40:26) “[LIFT UP YOUR EYES TO HEAVEN AND SEE. WHO HAS CREATED THESE THINGS? IT IS THE ONE WHO BRINGS OUT THEIR ARMY BY NUMBER; HE CALLS THEM ALL BY NAME. BECAUSE OF HIS VAST DYNAMIC ENERGY AND HIS AWE-INSPIRING POWER, NOT ONE OF THEM IS MISSING]." (Psalm 104:24) “[HOW MANY YOUR WORKS ARE, O JEHOVAH! YOU HAVE MADE ALL OF THEM IN WISDOM. THE EARTH IS FULL OF WHAT YOU HAVE MADE]."

SHALL THE GARDEN OF EDEN BE RESTORED- EARTHWIDE?

THE GARDEN OF EDEN, was “[A PARADISE OF PLEASURE]" and in that sense it will be restored (Genesis 2:8) “[FURTHER, JEHOVAH GOD PLANTED A GARDEN IN EDEN, TOWARD THE EAST; AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED]." The original PARADISE covered a limited area of the globe. But YAHWEH purposed that its boarders were to be extended outward, all around, by the growing human family until PARADISE involved the entire earth and make it with exquisite natural beauty. YESHUA's/JESUS's words to the sympathetic evildoer who died alongside him at Calvary assured the man that he would be resurrected when the restoration of PARADISE is well along and he will then notice the delightful change in the earthly scene. (Luke 23:43) “[AND HE SAID TO HIM: "TRULY I TELL YOU TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE]." What will the restored GLOBAL PARADISE be like? How will it be different from the original GARDEN OF EDEN? I know you thirst to know the answers to this questions; let us dig deep into scriptures to unmask the answers.

God knows how much we as His creation need a righteous government that will make it possible for all people to enjoy a full and happy life. As a result, the Bible tells of a government under God’s direction. You should be aware that this promised government by God is the main message of the Bible. One may ask, “Where does the Bible speak of God’s government?” It does so, for instance (Isaiah 9:6-7) “[FOR A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN TO US, A SON HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US; AND THE RULERSHIP WILL REST ON HIS SHOULDER. HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, ETERNAL FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. TO THE INCREASE OF HIS RULERSHIP AND TO PEACE, THERE WILL BE NO END, ON THE THRONE OF DAVID AND ON HIS KINGDOM IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH IT FIRMLY AND TO SUSTAIN IT THROUGH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, FROM NOW ON AND FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF JEHOVAH OF ARMIES WILL DO THIS]."

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27/10/2024

YAHEWH'S ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE REGARDING THE EARTH ATTAINED!

It is indeed heartwarming for us to be reassured by the inspired Holy Scriptures that the grand attainment of a paradise earth was the objective at which Jehovah God aimed from the very beginning. This joy-inspiring, praise-evoking culmination of God’s purpose for this earth is just the right thing to be expected of a God who goes on from glory to glory with no failure in displaying his excellency. All praise to him! (Psalms 150:1) "[PRAISE JAH! PRAISE GOD IN HIS HOLY PLACE. PRAISE HIM IN THE EXPANSE OF HIS STRENGTH.]" (Isaiah 45:18) "[FOR THIS IS WHAT JEHOVAH SAYS, THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS, THE TRUE GOD, THE ONE WHO FORMED THE EARTH, ITS MAKER WHO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IT, WHO DID NOT CREATE IT SIMPLY FOR NOTHING, BUT FORMED IT TO BE INHIBITED: I AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE.]" (Revelation 21:3-5) "[WITH THAT I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE THRONE SAY: "LOOK! THE TENT OF GOD IS WITH MANKIND, AND HE WILL RESIDE WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE. AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM. AND HE WILL WIPE OUT EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, AND DEATH WILL BE NO MORE, NEITHER WILL MOURNING NOR OUTCRY NOR PAIN BE ANYMORE. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.]"

RESURRECTED ONES ASSIST IN RESTORING PARADISE!

After Armageddon, how will the earth be populated? Though the Armageddon survivors will be relatively few in number, it will not be entirely by childbearing on their part that the earth will be fully populated. Yahweh, will also ‘glorify the place of his feet’ by restoring to life those who are in the memorial tombs and who come under the benefits of Christ’s ransom sacrifice. These, in turn, will have the privilege of sharing in the delightful work of transforming our earthly globe into a surpassingly beautiful paradise. (Acts 24:15) "[AND I HAVE HOPE TOWARD GOD, WHICH HOPE THESE THESE MEN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO, THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RESURRECTION OF BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS.]"

The Armageddon survivors will ever keep in mind the soul-stirring words of the Lord Jesus Christ on the occasion when he was moved to say: (John 5:28-29) "[DO NOT BE AMAZED AT THIS, FOR THE HOUR IS COMING IN WHICH ALL THOSE IN THE MEMORIAL TOMBS WILL HEAR HIS VOICE AND COME OUT, THOSE WHO DID GOOD THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF LIFE, AND THOSE WHO PRACTICED VILE THINGS TO A RESURRECTION OF JUDGEMENT.]" What an hour that will be when the human dead in their memorial tombs begin to hear the voice of the Son of God saying words similar to those addressed to Lazarus, whose co**se lay in the tomb at Bethany, (John 11:43) "[WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS, HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE: "[LAZARUS, COME OUT!]"

THE FIRST RESSURECTION

Who will likely be the first ones to be resurrected to renewed life on earth, bringing what delight to Armageddon survivors? Who will likely be the first ones to be resurrected to renewed life on earth under the Thousand Year Reign of Jesus Christ and in response to his command? It would reasonably be the “other sheep” who died during the last days preceding the end of this system of things. They will experience an earlier resurrection. (John 10:16) "[AND I HAVE OTHER SHEEP, WHICH ARE NOT OF THIS FOLD; THOSE TOO I MUST BRING IN, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPHERD.]" They would probably have the least difficulty in adjusting themselves to the new world.​ (Matthew 25:34) "[THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS RIGHT: "COME, YOU WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE WORLD.]" (John 6:53-54) "[SO JESUS SAID TO THEM: "MOST TRULY I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN AND DRINK HIS BLOOD, YOU HAVE NO LIFE IN YOURSELVES. WHOEVER DRINKS MY BLOOD HAS EVERLASTING LIFE, AND I WILL RESURRECT HIM ON THE LAST DAY.]"

How delightful it will be for the Armageddon survivors when they see resurrected those of the “other sheep” who died during the generation before the “great tribulation”! (Matthew 24:21) "[FOR THEN THERE WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION SUCH AS HAS NOT OCCURED SINCE THE WORLD'S BEGINNING UNTIL NOW, NO, NOR WILL OCCUR AGAIN.]" With clear powers of identification, the Armageddon survivors recognize them, welcome them, and with them proceed to renew their united service to The Most High God!

BY SURVIVING ARMAGEDDON, WHAT MAY YOU WITNESS?

By being one of the Armageddon survivors, you may witness the resurrection of the first one of your own earthly relatives. How could the emotional effect of this upon you be otherwise than that upon the parents who saw the Lord Jesus restore their 12-year-old daughter alive to their yearning arms? (Mark 5:42) "[AND IMMEDIATELY THE GIRL ROSE AND BEGAN WALKING. (SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.) AND AT ONCE THEY WERE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH GREAT ECSTASY.]" Ah, indeed, unspeakable joy will be yours at the resurrection of the dead from Hades and the sea. (Revelation 20:13) ''[AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD IN IT, AND DEATH AND THE GRAVE GAVE UP THE DEAD IN THEM, AND THEY WERE JUDGED INDIVIDUALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS.]" Oh, what a glorious tomorrow that will be, a tomorrow that will soon be here!

“PRINCES IN ALL THE EARTH”

By the exercise of his power to resurrect the human dead for whom he laid down his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice, MESSIAH SON OF DAVID will be able to bring about the fulfillment of(Psalms 45:16) “[YOUR SONS WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR FATHERS; YOU WILL MAKE THEM PRINCES THROUGHOUT THE LAND]”- This psalm is prophetically addressed to MESSIAH SON OF DAVID as the installed King. This psalm emphasizes that MESSIAH SON OF DAVID will become a father to THE REMNANTS down here on the earth and that he will install His sons as “princes in all the earth."

Think of such ones who are in line for resurrection under the Messianic Kingdom. Look! Can we believe our eyes? There is Abel, the first human martyr, and Enoch, who kept walking with the true God. There, too, is Noah, the ark builder. There are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, forefathers of the nation of Israel. There are Moses (of the priestly tribe of Levi) and David with whom the everlasting covenant for the Kingdom was made. And there, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and all the other Bible-writing Hebrew prophets down to the last of them, Malachi, and, of course, John the Baptizer and also Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus. On one occasion Jesus said to the Jews that they would “see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but [they themselves would be] thrown outside.” (Luke 13:28) "[THERE IS WHERE YOUR WEEPING AND THE GNASHING OF YOUR TEETH WILL BE, WHEN YOU SEE ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND ALL THE PROPHETS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BUT YOU YOURSELVES THROWN OUTSIDE.]"

The “great crowd” of earthly survivors of “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” will be favored with the privilege of literally seeing the resurrected “Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets” back here on the Paradise earth and in royal service under the Kingdom of God.

How soul-stirring it will be for you who survive the end of this present evil world to compare notes with Noah and his immediate family, “eight souls,” who survived the end of the first world in the global Deluge in 2370 B.C.E.! No one else to all eternity will have had experiences like yours and thus be able to serve as a Witness of Jehovah God in this outstanding, unrepeatable regard. (2 Peter 3:5-7) "[FOR THEY DELIBERATELY IGNORE THIS FACT, THAT LONG AGO THERE WERE HEAVENS AND AN EARTH STANDING FIRMLY OUT OF WATER AND IN THE MIDST OF WATER BY THE WORD OF GOD; AND THAT BY THOSE MEANS THE WORLD OF THAT TIME SUFFERED DESTRUCTION WHEN IT WAS FLOODED WITH WATER. BUT BY THE SAME WORD THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH THAT NOW EXIST ARE RESERVED FOR FIRE AND ARE BEING KEPT UNTIL THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND OF DESTRUCTION OF THE UNGODLY PEOPLE.]"

A SYMPATHETIC EVILDOER REMEMBERED

When Jesus remembers the sympathetic evildoer, what privilege will the Armageddon survivors and others then alive have? What hope is entertained regarding the resurrected evildoer?

Doubtless, by then the restoring of Paradise to earth will be well under way. The malefactor who was impaled on Calvary alongside Jesus and who said in recognition of the sign above His head, “Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom,” will be resurrected to earthly life in the restored Paradise. (Luke 23:42) "[THEN HE SAID: "[JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR KINGDOM.]"

It will be the privilege of the survivors of Armageddon and the others then alive to welcome him back from the dead. They will teach him fully about the now reigning King, Jesus Christ, toward whom he showed deep sympathy on Nisan 14 of the year 33 C.E. The Lord Jesus Christ will not fail to remember him sometime during His reign of a thousand years. No doubt that sympathetic, resurrected evildoer will demonstrate his appreciation for the reigning King, Jesus Christ, to whom he owes his resurrection, by proving his faithfulness to the Universal Sovereign, Jehovah God. Then he would be counted worthy to enjoy living in the Paradise new world to all eternity along with the rest of restored, obedient humankind.

LIFE IN THE GLOBAL, RESTORED GARDEN OF EDEN

In the restored Paradise, everyone is a friend to everybody else. The bonds of the worldwide family relationship are felt to the depths of each one’s soul. All understand one another. They are speaking a common world language. It is likely mankind’s original language, which everybody on earth spoke for the first 1,800 years of human existence​—from Adam’s creation in 4026 B.C.E. until Peleg’s day (2269 to 2030 B.C.E.), for “in his days the earth [that is, earth’s population] was divided.” (Genesis 10:25) "[TWO SONS WERE BORN TO EBER. THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS PELEG, BECAUSE IN HIS LIFETIME THE EARTH WAS DIVIDED. THE NAME OF HIS BROTHER WAS JOKTAN.]" (Genesis 11:1-2) "[NOW ALL THE EARTH CONTINUED TO BE OF ONE LANGUAGE AND OF ONE SET OF WORDS. AS THEY TRAVELED EASTWARD, THEY DISCOVERED A VELLEY PLAIN IN THE LAND OF SHI'NAR, AND THEY BEGAN DWELLING THERE.]"

WHAT WILL BE OBSERVED ABOUT THOSE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN HANDICAPPED?

And look! The once lame are walking, yes, skipping about for joy. Lost arms and legs have been miraculously restored. The previously blind see, the deaf hear, the dumb speak and sing for sheer joy. (Isaiah 35:5-6) "[AT THAT TIME THE EYES OF THE BLIND WILL BE OPENED, AND THE EARS OF THE DEAF WILL BE UNSTOPPED. AT THAT TIME THE LAME WILL LEAP LIKE THE DEER, AND THE TONGUE OF THE SPEECHLESS WILL SHOUT FOR JOY. FOR WATERS WILL BURST FORTH IN THE WILDERNESS, AND STREAMS IN THE DESERT PLAIN.]" Unsightliness about human form and figure disappears. Human masculinity is beautifully balanced by human femininity. (Genesis 2:18) "[THEN JEHOVAH GOD: "IT IS NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO CONTINUE TO BE ALONE. I AM GOING TO MAKE HIM A HELPER FOR HIM AS A COMPLIMENT OF HIM.]" Human perfection glorifies Jehovah God, the Creator of the perfect human body.

WHAT WILL BE OBSERVED ABOUT THE FORCES OF NATURE, FOOD SUPPLIES, THE ANIMAL CREATION, AND HOW THE EARTH SHALL BE USED?

The whole earth is becoming one global beauty spot. From no part of the earth is there any report of drought or of rainfall in ruinous downpours or of destructive cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, and tornadoes. (Mark 4:37-41) "[NOW A GREAT VIOLENT WINDSTORM BROKE OUT, AND THE WAVES KEPT THE CRASHING INTO THE BOAT, SO THAT THE BOAT WAS CLOSE TO BEING SWAMPED. BUT HE WAS IN THE STERN, SLEEPING ON THE PILLOW. SO, THEY WOKE HIM UP AND SAID TO HIM: "TEACHER, DO YOU NOT CARE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO PERISH?" WITH THAT HE GOT UP AND REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE SEA: "HUSH! BE QUIET!" AND THE WIND ABATED, AND A GREAT CALM SET IN. SO HE SAID TO THEM: "WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID? DO YOU NOT YET HAVE ANY FAITH?" BUT THEY FELT AN UNUSUAL FEAR, AND THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER: "WHO REALLY IS THIS?" EVEN THE WIND AND THE SEA OBEY HIM.]"

All the forces of nature are being brought into a perfect balance for making the whole earth an exquisite place in which to live. There is no lack of food anywhere, for the earth is yielding its produce to the full. (Psalms 72:16) "[THERE WILL BE AN ABUNDANCE OF GRAIN ON THE EARTH; ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS IT WILL OVERFLOW. HIS FRUIT WILL FLOURISH AS IN LEBANON. AND IN THE CITIES PEOPLE WILL BLOSSOM LIKE THE VEGETATION OF THE EARTH.]" Peace and security obtain worldwide for both man and animal, just as Jehovah states: (Isaiah 11:9) "[THEY WILL NOT CAUSE ANY HARM OR ANY RUIN IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, BECAUSE THE EARTH WILL CERTAINLY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF JEHOVAH.]" (Isaiah 11:6-8) "[THE WOLF WILL RESIDE WITH THE LAMB, AND WITH THE YOUNG GOAT THE LEOPARD WILL LIE DOWN, AND THE CALF AND THE LION AND THE FATTENED ANIMAL WILL ALL BE TOGETHER; AND A LITTLE BOY WILL LEAD THEM. THE COW AND THE BEAR WILL FEED TOGETHER, AND THEIR YOUNG WILL LIE DOWN TOGETHER. THE LION WILL EAT STRAW LIKE THE BULL. THE NURSING CHILD WILL PLAY OVER THE LAIR OF A COBRA, AND A WEANED CHILD WILL PUT HIS HAND OVER THE DEN OF A POISONOUS SNAKE.]"

In this way the earth will be made a delightful place in which to live and carry on the worship and service of Jehovah God, the Creator and Owner of the earth. It being his property by right of creation, it deserves to be used in a way that pleases him and that glorifies him. (Isaiah 35:1) "[THE WILDERNESS AND THE PARCHED LAND WILL EXULT, AND THE DESERT PLAIN WILL BE JOYFUL AND BLOSSOM AS THE SAFFRON.]"

How will redeemed mankind view everything on earth, and what music will be heard?Refreshingly new​—that is what everything on earth is for redeemed humans who were never inside the Paradise Garden of Eden where human life started out in beautiful perfection! (Revelation 21:5) "[AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH; FOR THE FORMER HEAVEN AND THE FORMER EARTH HAS PASSED AWAY, AND THE SEA IS NO MORE. I ALSO SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD AND PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND. WITH THAT I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE THRONE SAY: "LOOK! THE TENT OF GOD IS WITH MANKIND, AND HE WILL RESIDE WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE HIS PEOPLE. AND GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM. AND HE WILL WIPE OUT EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, AND DEATH WILL BE NO MORE, NEITHER WILL MOURNING NOR OUTCRY NOR PAIN BE ANYMORE. THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.]"

What delightful music, instrumental and vocal, will then be heard​—all of it praising Jehovah! (Psalms 150:3-6) "[PRAISE HIM WITH THE SOUNDING OF THE HORN. PRAISE HIM WITH THE STRINGED INSTRUMENT AND THE HARP. PRAISE HIM WITH THE TAMBOURINE AND THE CIRCLE DANCE. PRAISE HIM WITH RINGING CYMBALS. PRAISE HIM WITH CRASHING CYMBOLS. EVERY BREATHING THING-LET IT PRAISE JAH. PRAISE JAH!]"

LIFE IN THE PARADISE NEW WORLD!

How wonderful it will be to live in an earth in which human life abounds to the full and where all the stages of the dying process due to the original sin of Adam will have been effaced! (John 10: 10) "[THE THIEF DOES NOT COME UNLESS IT IS TO STEAL AND SLAY AND DESTROY. I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE.]" Yes, it will be an earth wherein every approved human creature radiates the image and likeness of Jehovah God with which the first man Adam was created! (Genesis 1:26-27) "[THEN GOD SAID: "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS, AND LET THEM HAVE IN SUBJECTION THE FISH OF THE SEA AND THE FLYING CREATURES OF THE HEAVENS AND THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND ALL THE EARTH AND EVERY CREEPING ANIMAL THAT IS MOVING ON THE EARTH. AND GOD WENT ON TO CREATE THE MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN GOD'S IMAGE, HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.]"

The earth will then no longer be an eyesore to the seraphs, to the cherubs, and to the radiant angels of heaven. When they turn lovable faces toward the earth, peering down at it adorned with paradisaic beauty, they will have only praise and gratitude to express to the One whose countenance they have the privilege of beholding directly​—Jehovah, the Universal Sovereign (Matthew 18:10) "[SEE THAT YOU DO NOT DESPISE ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES, FOR I TELL YOU THAT THEIR ANGELS IN HEAVEN ALWAYS LOOK UPON THE FACE OF MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.]"

A HAPPY, ENDLESS FUTURE ON A PARADISE NEW EARTH!

It is within the realm of possibility and of likelihood that, some day in the future, the names of all those anointed People who have made their “calling and choosing” to the heavenly Kingdom sure and who have been blessed by this supernal resurrection will be published in full for the information of the human family in their earthly Paradise. (2 Peter 1:10) "[THEREFORE, BROTHERS, BE ALL THE MORE DILIGENT TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND CHOOSING SURE FOR YOURSELVES FOR IF YOU KEEP ON DOING THESE THINGS, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS EVER FAIL]." (Psalms 87:5-6) "[AND ABOUT ZION IT WILL BE SAID: "EACH AND EVERY ONE WAS BORN IN HER." AND THE MOST HIGH WILL FIRMLY ESTABLISH HER. JEHOVAH WILL DECLARE, WHEN RECORDING THE PEOPLES: "THIS IS ONE WHO WAS BORN THERE.]" Thus, the absence of the 144,000 spirit-begotten anointed disciples of Jesus Christ from the earthly Paradise will be fully understood to the satisfaction of everybody and with a wholehearted rejoicing over them and together with them.

YAHWEH'S ACCOMPLISHMENT REGARDING HIS “FOOTSTOOL”? THE NEW WORLD SHALL NEVER END, AND THE PROPHETIC SONG THAT SHALL BE FULFILLED?

Happy shall be the endless future for all who remain in unbreakable devotion to YAHWEH, the ideal Sovereign of all the universe. The comfortably filled Paradise earth shall be a suitable place, a creditable place, as a “footstool” upon which God’s feet may figuratively rest. Yes, for all eternity YAHWEH will have glorified ‘the very place of his feet,’ and all mankind will be in unswerving subjection to him! (Matthew 5: 34-35) "[HOWEVER, I SAY TO YOU: DO NOT SWEAR AT ALL, NEITHER BY HEAVEN, FOR IT IS GOD'S THRONE; NOR BY EARTH, FOR IT IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF HIS FEET; NOR BY JERUSALEM, FOR IT IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.]" (Acts 7:49) "[THE HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS MY FOOTSTOOL. WHAT SORTS OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME? JEHOVAH SAYS, OR WHERE IS MY RESTING PLACE?]"

The new world will be a world without end because “to the abundance of the princely rule and to peace there will be no end.” (Isaiah 9:7) "[TO THE INCREASE OF HIS RULERSHIP AND TO PEACE, THERE WILL BE NO END, ON THE THRONE OF DAVID AND ON HIS KINGDOM IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH IT FIRMLY AND TO SUSTAIN IT THROUGH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, FROM NOW ON AND FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF JEHOVAH OF ARMIES WILL DO THIS.]"

Then, the prophetic song of the heavenly angels at the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judea in 2 B.C.E. will be fulfilled: “Glory in the heights above to God, and upon earth peace among men of goodwill.”​ (Luke 2:13-14) "[SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY ARMY, PRAISING GOD AND SAYING: "GLORY IN THE HEIGHTS ABOVE TO GOD, AND ON EARTH PEACE AMONG MEN OF GOODWILL.]"

THE “GREAT CROWD” OF “OTHER SHEEP” APPRECIATION AND HEARTFELT DESIRES

Those who belong to the “great crowd” of the Fine Shepherd’s “other sheep” appreciate the soul-stirring words of promise of Paradise restored. It is their privilege to be associated with God’s organization now and to be zealously engaged in the work foretold by the Lord Jesus Christ, the preaching of the good news of the Kingdom in all the inhabited earth for the final witness. (Matthew 24:14) "[AND THIS GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE INHABITED EARTH FOR A WITNESS TO ALL THE NATIONS AND THEN THE END WILL COME]." (Mark 13:10) "[ALSO, IN ALL THE NATIONS, THE GOOD NEWS HAS TO BE PREACHED FIRST.

Our sincere, heartfelt desire should be to maintain our integrity unsullied throughout all eternity, to the everlasting glory and vindication of the Universal Sovereign, Jehovah God, and under the royal rulership of his only begotten Son, JESUS CHRIST who is enthroned in heaven and MESSIAH SON OF DAVID Who is enthroned on earth as THE SINGLE
SHEPHARD of the "OTHER SHEEP "or "THE GREAT CROWD, Hallelujah!