END OF THE WORLD

(See also Armageddon; Conclusion of the System of Things; Day of Jehovah; Final Part of the Days; Great Tribulation; Last Days; Time of the End)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

appreciation for Awake! articles on: g96 2/22 30

Bible prophecies: w12 9/15 3-7; g95 6/22 4-5

comments by Pope John Paul II: w98 2/15 32

discussion: ijwbq article 109; mrt article 33; wp21.2 4-6; w15 5/1 3-5; g 11/15 14-15; w13 1/1 4-8; g 9/12 3-9; w10 8/1 3-8; w09 5/1 16-17; w04 2/1 20-22; lr 238-243; g95 6/22 3-12; g86 12/8 5-11

early Christians’ expectations: g95 6/22 5-6; w93 6/1 15; w89 10/1 30-31

end, not of earth, but of “world” (Mt 24:3, KJ): mrt article 33; g86 12/8 5-7

experience of couple who feared: w10 8/1 8-9

false expectations: g93 3/22 3-4; g86 8/8 29

end to come despite: w13 1/1 7-8

keeping in expectation (Hab 2:3; Zep 3:8): w15 8/15 14-18

meaning of term: ijwbq article 109; wp21.2 4; w15 5/1 3-5; w11 3/1 8-9; g93 3/22 9; g86 12/8 7

misconceptions: g 9/12 3-4; w06 8/15 4; g86 12/8 6, 10

nearness: w25.03 16; mrt article 33; wp21.2 7-9; w15 5/1 6-8; g 11/15 15; w13 1/1 6-7; w10 8/1 6; w00 1/15 12-13; w97 8/15 14-15; w95 11/1 20; g95 6/22 10-12; jv 709, 715-716; g93 10/22 10-11; rs 97-98

predictions: w10 8/1 4; g95 6/22 3; g93 3/22 3-4

previous times believed to be:

Black Death: g04 5/22 4; g97 11/22 3; g88 4/8 3

survivors: w15 5/1 8; w03 12/15 18-19; w02 3/1 31; rs 240; w86 1/1 14-15; tp 86-93; g86 12/8 8-11

preparing to be: wp21.2 10-12; w19.10 17-18; w10 8/1 7-8; km 6/08 1; w06 5/15 21-25

where to be when end comes: w09 5/15 6-8

watchfulness regarding: w05 9/15 18-19; w03 12/15 14-24; w93 6/1 14-15

‘you know neither day nor hour’ (Mt 25:13): w12 9/15 23-27

when: ijwbq article 109; mrt article 33; wp21.2 7-9

whether by climate change: mrt article 58; g 9/12 6

whether by cosmic disaster: g 9/12 5; g99 1/22 24-27; g98 12/8 22-23

whether by disease: g 9/12 6

whether by extinction of species: g 9/12 7

whether by fire: ijwbq article 141; w13 1/1 5; g97 1/8 26-27

whether by nuclear war: mrt article 111; g 9/12 7; rs 112-113

whether by supervolcanoes: g 9/12 5

Witness expectations: w13 1/1 8; w97 9/1 21-22; g95 6/22 8-9

“world” that ends: it-2 1210; w15 5/1 5; g 11/15 14; w13 1/1 5-6; w10 8/1 5-6

Quotations

it now takes an active imagination not to think about human endings: g95 6/22 10