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A SUMMARY OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO
THE BEGINNING OF THE "NEW EARTH".
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QUESTION 1:
 

ANSWER 1:

When was mankind's opportunity of repentance and salvation through the "good news" of The Christ finally "brought to a finish"?  (Rev 10:7).

After the events of the "sounding" (voicing) of the seventh angel but before the blowing of the  seventh "trumpet" and the outpouring of the seventh "bowl" of the anger of God "upon the air".  (Eph 2:2.  Rev 16:17).

ANSWER 2:

What does it say in Revelation of great importance that will occur sometime after the "sounding" but during the period of blowing the seventh "trumpet"?

That the "the kingdom of the world" will have become "the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will rule as King forever and ever."  (Rev 11:15).

ANSWER 3:

With what final event will Almighty God bring His anger to a finish?

The outpouring out of His anger "upon the air"     upon "the commander of the spiritual powers of the air (satan and his demons), the spirit now at work among God's rebel subjects".  This will cause cities of the nations to fall.  (Eph 2:2 NEB.  Rev 16:17-19).

ANSWER 4:

When will the "Day of God" described in 2 Peter 3:10 NEB & RSV begin?

When unGodly men and their false teachings and traditions are "burnt up" by the Spirit "fire" of the Lord's Judgement upon them.  (2 Peter 3:7.  See Page 865A).

ANSWER 5:

When will the anger of the "Day of God" come to an end?

When the calamitous "woe" of the seventh "trumpet" and the seventh "bowl" of the wrath of God have destroyed those ruining the earth.  (Rev 11:18.  16:17-21).

ANSWER 6:

When and how will Jehovah reward those who have already died and those still on earth of His sanctified anointed* sons?

After the events of the "sounding" of the seventh angel, but during the  period of the seventh and "last trumpet". (Rev 10:7 to 11:14)  (See Page 20/11/85). During this "last trumpet" as described in 1 Corinthians 15:51,52 and Revelation 11:15-19, such ones will have the promised gift of immortal incorruptible spirit life ascribed to them by Almighty God.

ANSWER 7:

Are these final calamities intended to bring men to their senses?

No.  They are intended to remove those contemptuous of God from among the living. (2 Esdras 9:7-12 NEB). The "good news" has already accomplished its purpose. What remains for the inhabitants of the earth is the giving of glory to God out of fear of the final calamities taking place on earth.  But giving glory to God out of fear does not have the same value or benefits as giving glory to God through the exercise of faith in the "good news" of The Christ.

Of anointed* sons of heavenly "Mount Zion" it is written: "Arise, O woman, shed forth light, for your light has come and upon you the very glory of Jehovah has shone forth. For, look! darkness itself will cover the earth, and thick gloom the national groups; but upon you Jehovah will shine forth, and upon you His own glory will be seen. And nations will certainly go to your light, and kings to the brightness of your shining forth."  (Isaiah 60:1-3).

22/11/85.