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  • How Can We Maintain “a Waiting Attitude”?
    The Watchtower—2013 | November 15
    • 13. Why are angels holding back the winds of destruction?

      13 Read Revelation 7:1-4. While we wait for the fulfillment of 1 Thessalonians 5:3, powerful angels are holding back the destructive winds of the great tribulation. What are they waiting for? One key event is described by the apostle John​—the final sealing of the anointed “slaves of our God.”a Once that final sealing has been completed, the angels will unleash the winds of destruction.

  • How Can We Maintain “a Waiting Attitude”?
    The Watchtower—2013 | November 15
    • a For a discussion of the difference between the initial sealing of members of the anointed and their final sealing, see the January 1, 2007, issue of The Watchtower, pages 30-31.

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