EARTH
(See also Atmosphere; Climate; Ecology; Equator; Geology; Global Warming; Greenhouse Effect; New Earth; World)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abuse: w09 1/1 18; w08 8/1 3-4; g03 11/22 3-4; g97 1/8 3-4; g96 1/8 3-5; g93 1/22 3-11; w90 7/1 3-4; w90 10/1 5; g90 3/22 28; g88 7/22 29; g87 7/22 3-9; w86 7/15 27
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g97 7/8 32; g96 8/22 30
deforestation: g23.1 9, 11; g 12/09 14; g05 1/8 5-6; g05 7/22 7; g03 6/22 3-6, 10-11; g03 12/22 26-27; g98 4/22 28-29; g98 5/8 3-6, 11-13; g98 7/22 29; g98 12/8 28; g97 3/22 4-7, 9-13; g96 1/8 6, 8; g93 1/22 4-5; g91 1/22 15; g87 7/22 6-8
depletion of natural resources: g05 1/8 3-9; g05 12/22 29; g03 2/22 28-29; g99 5/8 29; g99 10/8 31
end of abuse: g93 1/22 9-11
fears of island nations: g00 5/8 28
highlighted at Flower Expo (Japan, 1990): g91 5/22 26
loss of ecosystems (Brazil): g01 2/8 29
major factor: g91 11/8 12-13
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005): g 7/08 12
moral pollution: g93 1/22 11; w90 7/1 5-6
“ruining the earth” (Re 11:18): mrt article 55; w15 5/1 6-7; w14 9/1 3-5; w11 5/1 8; w08 8/1 5-6; re 173-175; w93 3/1 5-6; g93 1/22 11; w91 4/1 6-7; w90 7/1 3-6; g88 4/8 11-12; tp 15-17
scientists issue warnings: mrt article 55; w10 8/1 3-4; w01 5/15 3-4; kl 105; g95 10/8 31; g93 10/22 11; g91 1/22 31
State of the World reports: w93 3/1 5-6; w90 10/1 5; g90 2/8 31; g87 7/8 29-30; g87 7/22 3-4
UNEP reports: w07 5/15 3; g04 2/8 31
Worldwatch Institute: g93 11/8 28
age: ijwbq article 173; w15 6/1 5
anointed inherit: it-1 1201; w09 2/15 7; w08 5/15 3; w06 8/15 6; w04 11/1 11; w86 1/1 31
axis (tilt): it-1 667; lc 6; g 2/09 5
regulation by moon: g94 7/8 4; g93 9/22 28-29
Bible’s description scientific: ijwbq articles 78, 82; it-1 668, 786; nwt 11; g 11/07 8; la 12; g97 7/8 27; g96 2/8 9-10; pr 11-12; w92 5/15 5; w90 2/1 5-6; gm 99-100, 103-104
“four corners” (Isa 11:12): ijwbq article 154
shape: ijwbq article 154; wp18.1 6; ip-1 412; ba 18-19; rs 63
‘suspended upon nothing’ (Job 26:7): ijwia article 4; lff lesson 3; wp20.1 7; wp18.1 6; w16.09 31; w15 6/1 5; w11 7/1 26; w05 4/1 7; ba 19-20; g97 7/8 27; pr 11-12; si 95; g90 8/8 14-15
biosphere: w14 9/1 5
capacity: w10 3/1 22; g01 9/8 28
food production: it-2 792; g 11/10 30; g97 1/8 10; tp 105-106
resurrected ones: it-2 792; rs 340; tp 105-106
carbon and oxygen cycle: w20.05 22; w13 10/15 9; lc 8; g 2/09 8
collision with comet or asteroid: g 9/12 5; g99 1/22 24-27; w98 6/15 4; g98 12/8 22-23
asteroid near miss (1989): g89 8/8 28
comments by astronauts: w08 6/1 13; g95 11/22 10
continents: g02 11/8 30
creation: lff lesson 6; it-1 526-528, 545-546; lfb 8-9; w08 9/1 27-28; my stories 1-2; ct 91-92; si 14; g88 12/8 24-27; Lmn 12-14
Bible’s description scientific: g21.3 10
evidence of Creator: cl 51-53; g21.3 5; lc 4-10; ph 21-22; pc 10-11; g 2/09 3-9; w08 9/1 27-28; w07 2/15 4-7; dg 5; g00 10/8 8-9; ct 22-24; rs 85-86
founding (Job 38:4-6): w01 4/15 4-5
“in the beginning” (Ge 1:1): it-1 526-527, 667; g 9/06 19
“pedestals” and “cornerstone” (Job 38:6): it-1 514; w01 4/15 5
“very good” (Ge 1:31): it-2 602; lv 172; w08 1/1 14-15
curse on ground: it-2 1095; w04 1/1 29
removed: it-2 300, 1095; w13 8/1 15; w04 1/1 29
deep drilling (Germany): g95 5/8 10-12
desertification: g97 2/8 14-17
designed for life: g23.1 7; g21.3 5; w20.05 20, 22; ph 21-22; g 2/09 3-9; w08 9/1 27-28; w07 2/15 4-7; g00 10/8 8-9; ct 22-23; g95 4/22 28; rs 116
oceans: w04 9/15 8-9
discussion: it-1 666-669; w07 2/15 3-8
distance from sun: g 2/09 4; ct 23
“divided” in days of Peleg (Ge 10:25): it-1 673; it-2 595; w04 1/1 31
Earth Simulator supercomputer (Japan): g03 8/8 28-29
energy:
geothermal: g05 3/8 8; g02 8/8 13-15
hot dry rock technology: g86 11/8 31
sun: w86 1/15 16
“foundations of”: it-1 867
future: w11 12/1 10; w08 8/1 3-4, 6-8; w08 9/1 28-29; w08 10/1 8-10; g 5/08 10-11; g 1/06 6-9; w00 4/15 8-18; w00 10/1 5-6; w98 6/15 3-8, 32; g96 1/8 12-14; g93 1/22 9-11; sh 373-375; rs 112-117; yp 306-308; w88 6/15 6-7; w88 9/15 3-4, 7; g87 7/22 3-9; tp 35-36; g86 12/8 3-11
astronomers’ view: w10 1/1 22; w08 4/1 10-12; g 4/08 4
chart: g86 12/8 10
‘covenant of day and night’ (Jer 33:20): ws 98-99
end, not of earth, but of “world” (Mt 24:3, KJ): mrt article 33; g86 12/8 5-11
endures forever: ijwbq article 70; mrt article 33; w11 12/1 10; w10 1/1 22; w08 8/1 31; w88 9/15 3; w88 12/15 5; g86 12/8 7
“inhabited earth to come” (Heb 2:5): w09 8/15 11
Jehovah ensures: g 5/08 6; w95 3/15 31
not destruction: ijwbq articles 70, 141; mrt article 33; g 12/14 15; w12 2/1 4-5, 25; w08 4/1 10-12; w90 9/15 6; w88 12/15 5
not destruction by cosmic disaster: g99 1/22 24-27; g98 12/8 22-23
not destruction by fire: ijwbq article 141; mrt article 41; w13 1/1 5; g97 1/8 26-27
with heaven, to ‘pass away’ (Mt 24:35; Mr 13:31; Lu 21:33; Re 21:1): w08 4/1 12
gathering of “things on” (Eph 1:10): w06 2/15 24-25
gift from God: w20.05 20, 22; w07 2/15 8; g95 11/22 8-11
Greek words: it-1 667; it-2 1205
Hebrew words: it-1 667; it-2 1205
erets: w06 8/15 5; w86 1/1 31
hope of life on: w22.12 2-7; w21.01 19; lff lesson 2; wp18.2 12-13; it-2 249; lvs 234; w15 1/15 17; lv 204-205; w12 3/15 23; w09 4/1 11-12; w09 8/1 23; w09 8/15 3-16; w00 10/1 4-7; w98 2/15 17-22; jv 168; w90 2/15 13; w88 9/15 7
Bible Students’ view: w19.09 27-28; w09 8/15 14-15; w98 2/15 19; jv 161-163
Christendom’s view: w09 8/15 12-13
historical developments: w09 8/15 13-16; re 120, 122, 152; w98 2/15 19-20
natural desire: op 6-8
Jehovah’s concern for: g93 1/22 9-11
Jehovah’s footstool: it-1 848; ip-2 391
to be glorified: w89 8/15 15-20
Jehovah’s purpose for: ijwfq article 44; lff lesson 6; wp18.2 12-13; it-1 667-668; bhs 208; w14 6/1 16; w14 9/1 5-6; bh 27-36; g 12/14 14; fg 10-11; w11 4/1 16-17; w11 7/1 4-7; w10 1/1 22-23; w10 12/1 25; ph 24-26; rk 15; w08 4/1 10-11; w08 9/1 27-29; g 12/08 7-8; g 12/07 10; w06 2/15 16; w06 5/15 3-7; w06 8/15 5-7; g05 4/22 10-11; w04 2/1 12; w04 10/1 4-6; my stories 71, 115; ip-2 88-90; g99 6/22 10-11; w98 6/15 6-8; rq 10-11; jv 168; pe 8-14, 44-45; rs 116; br78 12, 14; g86 12/8 4
“fill the earth” (Ge 1:28): rs 116; g88 4/8 27
how attained: lfb 238-239
not just a testing ground: w11 7/1 4-5; w00 10/1 3
video Why Did God Create the Earth?: lff lesson 25
junk in orbit: g 4/10 30; g 4/06 29; g01 9/22 28-29; g97 3/22 29; g93 10/8 29; g91 9/8 29; g89 5/22 29; g88 1/22 29; g87 3/22 29-30
land area: rs 340
life on earth: g00 11/22 11-12
abundance: cl 55; lc 10; g 2/09 3; ct 28; g87 1/22 3
biodiversity conservation treaty (1992): g94 7/22 29
biodiversity threatened: g01 11/22 3-6, 8-9; g93 1/22 6-8
deep underground: g89 4/22 29
effect of death of oceans: g89 9/22 31
interdependency: g01 11/22 4
moon essential to: g93 9/22 28-29
ocean floor: g 7/14 3; g05 10/8 28; g00 11/22 4-6, 8-11
origin: it-2 246; g 1/15 4; lf 4-7, 22-23; g87 1/22 4-9
smallest: g03 1/8 29; g00 11/22 10-11; g90 3/22 29
sun ideal for: lc 5
support systems in danger: g87 7/8 29-30
survival despite human damage: mrt article 25; g23.1 2-15
unique conditions: w20.05 20, 22; g 2/09 3; w08 9/1 27-28; w07 2/15 4-5, 7; ct 22-23; g95 4/22 28; w88 1/15 7
unknown species: g 6/12 28; g95 5/22 28
magma formation: g88 1/8 31
magnetic field: w13 10/15 8; lc 6-7; g 2/09 6
effect on bird migration: g88 4/22 30
effects of fluctuations: g88 9/8 29
magnetic pole: g86 6/22 30
meek (mild-tempered) inherit (Ps 37:11; Mt 5:5): w18.09 19; w17.04 11; w09 2/15 7; w09 3/15 11; w06 8/15 3-7; w04 10/1 3-7; w04 11/1 10-11; w03 12/1 13-14; ol 30; w00 10/15 16-18; w97 10/1 19-20; w91 10/15 10-11; g89 1/22 3, 12; w86 4/15 12-13
being ready: w22.12 28-30
“earth” means globe: w06 8/15 5; w86 1/1 31
misconceptions: w06 8/15 5
who “meek” are: it-1 1201; w09 2/15 7; w08 5/15 3; w06 8/15 6; w04 11/1 11; w86 1/1 31
moon’s effect: lc 5-6; g 2/09 4-5
regulation of earth’s tilt: cl 52; w07 2/15 5; w04 7/15 9; g01 3/22 18; g94 7/8 4; g93 9/22 28-29
tidal forces on land: g93 2/8 29
tides: g94 7/8 4
motions: g 2/09 5
mountains: g94 10/8 16-18
nitrogen cycle: lc 9; g 2/09 9; ct 79-80; w93 6/15 11
orbit: lc 5; g 2/09 4-5; ct 23
plate tectonics: g02 3/22 4; g00 11/22 4-5; g88 1/8 31
precession of the equinoxes: it-2 1240; w88 1/15 7
reconciliation of “things upon” (Col 1:20): w09 1/15 28-29
rotation: lc 6; g 2/09 5; w01 4/15 6
rate of slowing: g88 5/22 29
seasons: w04 7/15 8-9
self-cleaning mechanisms: g 9/15 16; g 1/13 3; g99 1/22 31; g99 4/22 29; g96 4/8 29; g96 12/22 29; g90 5/8 10-11
self-restoration: w98 6/15 4-5
forest regrowth: g23.1 10; g98 5/22 28
shape: g05 12/22 22
size: ct 22-23
calculated by Arabs (9th century C.E.): g 4/12 17
calculated by Eratosthenes (200 B.C.E.): g04 6/22 13
soil: g23.1 4; g90 5/8 10-11
soil loss: g05 1/8 6; g90 3/22 11; g86 9/22 8-11; g86 12/22 30
structure: g00 11/22 4-5
subduing the earth (Ge 1:28): w22.12 28-29
sunlight decline: g05 2/22 29
survey on earth’s revolution around sun: g89 6/8 28; g89 11/8 30
symbolic: it-1 668-669; w08 4/1 12
‘a third burned up’ (Re 8:7): re 133-134
‘bowl poured into’ (Re 16:2): re 221, 223
“burned up” (2Pe 3:10, KJ): w88 12/15 5
“fled away” (Re 20:11): re 296
“followed the wild beast” (Re 13:3): re 191
“former earth” (Re 21:1): w23.11 4; re 286, 301; w90 9/15 6
‘four winds blow upon’ (Re 7:1-3): re 113-115
“harvest of” (Re 14:15): kr 88-89; w10 9/15 26-27; re 211-212; w88 1/1 11, 16; w88 12/15 22
‘heavens and earth that are now’ (2Pe 3:7): it-1 669; w00 4/15 11
“new earth” (Isa 65:17; 66:22): it-1 1061; mwb17.02 7; w12 3/1 19; ip-2 381-383; w00 4/15 10-11; w90 3/1 9
“new earth” (2Pe 3:13): it-1 1061-1062; w10 7/15 5; w06 5/15 5; w00 4/15 11
“new earth” (Re 21:1): ijwbv article 33; it-1 1062; it-2 249; re 301; w00 4/15 12
“reserved for fire” (2Pe 3:7): ijwbq article 141; it-1 834; wp17.1 14; w13 1/1 5; w12 2/1 25; g97 1/8 27; rs 113-115, 436
“swallowed up the river” (Re 12:16): w22.05 6-7; bt 164; mwb19.12 8; kr 151; w09 1/15 32; re 185-186; w88 12/15 14
two-horned beast out of (Re 13:11): w22.05 10; re 193
“vine of” (Re 14:17-19): it-2 1156; w09 2/15 4; re 212-215; w88 1/1 18
“will be discovered” (2Pe 3:10): w10 7/15 3-5; w97 9/1 22-23
“will pass away” (Mt 24:35): w95 11/1 15, 20-21
‘woe for earth and sea’ (Re 12:12): re 183
temperature measurements: g 8/08 5
unique: w20.05 20, 22; w15 9/15 19; g 2/09 3; w07 2/15 4-5, 7; g00 6/22 28; g95 4/22 28; rs 85
in universal history: ip-2 391; ws 184
value of goods and services: g98 8/22 28
water: g23.1 3-5; g 2/09 6-7; w08 6/1 13; g05 1/8 6-7, 9; g97 8/22 3-11; g93 11/22 29
amount: it-1 327; g97 8/22 3; gm 111-112; g86 11/22 4
climate control: g 2/09 6-7; g89 9/8 6
cycle: mrt article 79; cl 52-53; w20.05 21-22; it-1 483, 786; lc 8; w09 1/1 14-17; g 2/09 8; w08 6/1 13; w08 9/1 27; w05 4/1 7; w05 11/15 16; g04 2/8 14-17; g97 8/22 7; gm 99-100
depletion: g86 11/22 5-7
distribution: g97 8/22 4; gm 111; g86 11/22 5, 7
natural purification and preservation: g23.1 4
pollution: g23.1 6, 8; g17.6 5; g97 8/22 8; w90 7/1 3-4; g90 9/22 9-10; g89 7/22 2-9; tp 16; g86 11/8 31; g86 11/22 8-11
wilderness areas: g03 11/22 29; g95 9/8 29; g90 2/8 29
Quotations
greatest of all cosmological scientific puzzles: g95 11/22 9
most beautiful thing to see in all the heavens: g95 11/22 10
provides enough to satisfy man’s need but not greed: w14 9/1 6