SIGNS
(See also Christ’s Return and Presence; Final Part of the Days; Last Days; Time of the End)
Christ’s presence: w83 5/15 16-18, 21-23, 25; w80 12/1 5; w78 1/15 8-10; w78 3/1 28; w77 394-395; w77 750-751; gh 148-149; w75 633-635; w74 398-400; ka 165-169, 205
discussion: ad 1500-1501
“final part of the days”: w85 7/1 18-28
Greek word: ad 1500; im 334, 339
Hebrew word: ad 1322; im 293
Hezekiah’s day: ad 1560; w68 179-180
Isaiah and sons: w80 11/15 16, 19; w66 753-756; w59 150; w58 687-688; pn 59; w30 69
Jesus Christ: w71 405-406; w64 575-576; w59 150; w58 686-687, 690-691; nh 239; pn 59
last days: ce 223-226; g82 4/8 13; w80 10/1 27-29; te 175-178
acting upon the sign: w85 2/1 19-24
as days of Lot: w78 10/1 10-11
as days of Noah: su 50-52; w78 10/1 9; w75 10; km 7/75 2; w70 267-268, 274-275; w67 135-136; w61 631; g61 7/8 8; w59 11; g58 2/8 7; sr55 289-290; g55 4/22 5-8; g54 4/22 25; g53 10/8 26; w51 618, 679; el 224
as lightning: w74 750
beginning: w85 2/1 11-12
chart on features: tp73 82-83; w71 69; w54 712; w52 276
clergy disbelief: w79 11/1 28
composite sign: w80 12/1 5-6; hp 144-149; w75 633; ka 293; is 128-129, 134; w66 39-40; ms 451-455; gn 20-21; g63 6/22 27-28; w61 236, 626-632; g59 2/8 7; pa 178, 185; gn54 20-21; ms53 337; g53 10/8 25; w52 276; lg 253-255; w51 332-337; na46 20-22
‘discreet virgin’ class (Mt 25:2): w85 2/1 17-19
discussion: w85 2/1 8-24; ce 223-227, 229-231; w84 4/15 4-6; w84 10/1 3-7; su 21-29; yb84 3-5; w83 2/15 3-7; uw 178-179; ku 9-16; w82 4/15 8-9; w82 5/15 12-26; g80 2/8 23-24; go 148-159; g73 10/8 20-22
disgusting thing that causes desolation: w85 10/1 8-13; w82 5/15 15-16; w61 630-631; w60 88-89, 250; w59 573-574, 597-599; yw 206-211, 280-282, 334; w54 442-446; g54 7/8 9-12; w53 559-564; nh 275; g53 10/8 26; w52 275; rm 89-90; na46 24-25; dr 24-29; w42 56; w41 298-299, 307-308
disobedience to parents: w84 10/1 5-6; w83 6/15 3-7; g80 2/8 24; g68 10/8 10; g60 1/22 16; g59 1/8 28; pa 184; g58 10/8 24; g56 2/22 4; g56 5/8 5-8; g56 9/22 8; g56 11/22 16; g54 2/8 11-12; g52 7/22 7; w49 27-30; g49 2/8 25-28
earthquakes: ce 225; w84 5/15 25; g84 8/8 29; g84 10/22 6-7; w83 5/15 3-7; w82 4/15 9; g82 7/8 16; kc 113; tr 87; g81 1/8 11; g81 5/8 9; w80 10/15 15; hp 148-149; g80 2/8 23; g80 10/8 20-21; w79 6/15 11; w78 1/15 10; g77 1/8 15-16; g77 2/22 11; w75 634-635; w74 72-74; w74 243; g74 5/8 17-19; tp73 83; g73 10/8 21; w72 339; g72 10/8 16; w71 69; w71 406; w69 69; is 127-128; g68 10/8 9; w67 198; ev 164; g66 10/8 17-18; g65 5/22 29; g65 10/8 16; w64 678; w63 671; bf 503; g63 6/8 23; w62 132; g62 10/22 29; w61 628; g61 2/22 7; g60 12/22 12-15; w58 635-636; pa 183; gr 24; g57 9/22 16; w56 614; g56 3/8 7; nh 249; g53 10/8 25; w51 201-204; g46 11/22 17-18; tf 290; g43 11/10 21-23; g39 11/15 18; g35 8/28 750; w30 28
evil slave: ka 357-362; jp 71-73; w58 464; w55 206; nh 238; w52 78; w44 298-299; w43 211-219; w37 168-169; w36 357; w33 19-24; v-1 149
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45): w85 2/1 21; im 339-340; w61 631; ns 367-368; w60 432-444; jp 68-69; w58 486, 696; pa 193; w56 692-693; qm55 353-356; w54 532-533; nh 259-262; w52 76-83; lg 199-200; w50 227-235; w44 3-12; w43 211-219; v-1 141-142
false prophets: g81 12/8 14-15; ka 320-322; g66 4/8 8; w61 629
“fearful sights and from heaven great signs” (Lu 21:11): g85 3/8 3-8; kc 113-114; km 7/75 2; w74 40; w68 750-751; w65 261-262; w64 678-679; g63 6/22 27-28; w61 628-629, 648
food shortages: ce 224; g85 1/8 12-13; w84 12/15 25; g84 10/22 6; w83 4/15 3-7; w83 5/15 23-24; w82 5/15 14-15; kc 122-123; tr 88-89; g81 1/8 11; w80 10/15 10; hp 145, 149; g80 2/8 23; g80 8/22 11; w78 10/1 17; g78 2/8 4-7; w75 634; g75 2/22 8; w74 195-197; w74 243; ts 162; tp73 82; g73 6/22 3-6, 10-11; g73 10/8 5-7, 21; w72 339, 615; g72 10/8 15; w71 69; w71 406; w70 270; w69 70; is 124-126; g68 10/8 8-9; w67 199; ev 165; w66 40; g66 10/8 18, 30; w65 236-238; g64 8/22 30; bf 503; g63 7/22 31; w62 132; g62 3/8 11; g62 11/8 29; g62 12/8 29; w61 627; g61 2/22 7; g60 5/22 19; pa 181-182; g58 4/8 16; w56 614; g56 2/8 3; g54 4/22 31; g54 9/22 3; g51 5/8 5-6; w50 398; g47 5/22 3-7; g46 1/30 11-12; g46 7/31 14-15; g43 3/17 23; g43 11/10 20-21; g34 10/24 40-48
form of godly devotion: w84 10/15 4-7; lp 105; g76 2/22 30; g68 10/8 11; g65 10/8 23; w61 632; w59 561-564; w58 358; pa 184-185; g57 4/22 13-16; w56 36-39, 658; g56 12/22 5-7; w55 165-168; g55 4/22 5-8; w53 553-555
four horsemen (Re 6:2-8): w85 2/1 15; w83 5/15 16-26
fulfillment dual: w85 10/1 9-10
fulfillment upon Jerusalem (70 C.E.): w85 10/1 8-12; w83 8/1 24; uw 178; w80 10/1 15, 17, 20-23, 25-26; hp 142-144; g80 9/8 16-18; g77 3/8 16-20; sl 22; w74 682-683; po 172-173; ka 294-304; tp73 79-80
gathering of chosen ones: w85 2/1 16-17; w84 9/15 14-15; ka 328-329; im 337-339; w64 109-111; sr55 142-143; w53 470; nh 257-258, 267; el 226-227; w46 156, 201; w42 67-69
increasing of lawlessness: ce 225; w84 12/15 25; w83 6/1 3-7; tr 89; g81 1/8 11; g81 5/8 9-10; w80 10/15 10, 15; g80 2/8 23; w78 10/1 4; w75 635; g75 11/22 15; w74 99-101; w74 244; tp73 83; g73 10/8 10-11, 21-22; g72 10/8 16; w71 406; w70 270-271; w69 70; is 131-133; g68 1/8 18-19; g68 7/22 30; g68 10/8 3-4, 9-10; w67 199-200; ev 166-167; g66 8/22 8; g66 10/22 29; g66 11/8 4; w65 294; g65 11/8 16; g64 4/8 9-12; g64 8/22 13-16; g64 9/22 30; w61 629-630; w60 99; g60 4/22 5-7; g60 10/22 30; g60 11/8 29-30; w58 252-254, 351, 383; pa 184; g58 6/8 31; g58 8/8 31; w57 11; g57 4/8 31; g56 8/8 5; g55 2/22 30; g55 3/22 24; g55 4/22 5-8; g55 9/8 14-16; g54 10/8 13; g52 7/22 6; g51 8/8 5; g50 10/8 9-12; g49 10/8 16; g47 4/8 13; g46 3/13 31; g45 5/9 24, 26; g44 9/13 22; g42 1/7 28; g42 2/4 15; g42 4/29 7; g38 6/15 27; g37 1/27 274
love of the greater number will cool off: w84 12/15 30; w67 735-736; w61 630; g60 8/8 29-30; yw 325; w56 245; w55 59; w53 760; nh 250-252; w51 432
lovers of money: g81 7/8 22-23; g68 10/8 10; g65 10/8 5-6; w61 632; w60 357-360; w58 340-342, 601; w57 208-209; w56 312-313; g56 2/8 6; g55 10/8 3, 6-7; w54 131-132; g53 12/22 13-16
lovers of pleasures: g80 2/8 24; g72 1/22 26; g68 5/22 7, 10; g68 10/8 10-11; g60 1/22 16; g59 7/22 3-4; w56 312, 743; g52 11/8 3-4
men faint out of fear: ce 225-226; w83 7/15 3-5; w83 9/1 27; g83 1/8 8-9; w82 1/1 15; w82 7/15 10; kc 116; tr 89-90; g80 2/8 24; w78 1/1 29; w75 635; w74 656; w71 69; w69 30, 70-71; is 129-131; g69 2/22 30; w68 752-753; g68 10/8 11; w67 200; ev 168; gn 21; w61 629; g61 5/22 6; g61 11/8 29; w60 240; g60 3/8 3; pa 183; g58 1/22 5-6; g58 3/22 3-4; w55 131-132, 485; w54 756; gn54 21; nh 261-262; g48 5/8 10-11; g45 3/28 17; en 9-23
men lovers of themselves: g80 2/8 24; w63 163-164
no natural affection: w84 10/1 3, 6-7; g81 8/8 14-15; w75 327; w65 205; g64 10/8 30; g63 4/8 13-16; w57 10; w56 511; w55 60, 228; w52 406
not open to any agreement: w84 11/15 4-6; g81 4/8 24-25; g60 12/8 23-26; g56 2/8 9-12; g50 8/8 19
“peace and security” (1Th 5:3): w85 10/1 18; w56 206; w55 339; w54 380; w53 699; tf 344-345; w40 243-251, 259-267
people taking “no note” (Mt 24:39): g82 4/22 15
persecution of true Christians: w83 8/1 25-26; g80 2/8 23; w78 10/1 8; w72 340; yb69 291-292; w67 103-104; im 326; gn 23-24; bf 503; w61 629; ns 314; jp 77-78, 81-83, 180-185, 206-207, 242-244, 281-282; w57 245-254, 260-264; w56 209-219, 233-236, 483-484; w55 36-40; gn54 23-24; nh 250-252; g53 10/8 26; g52 3/22 9-11; g40 8/21 17-18
pestilences and diseases: ce 225; g84 10/22 7; w83 5/1 3-4, 6-7; w83 5/15 24-25; w83 8/1 25; w83 9/1 27; kc 124-125; g81 1/8 11; w80 10/15 15; hp 145-148; w78 8/1 29; w77 359; w77 395; w75 634; w74 131-133; ts 162; w73 753; tp73 82; g73 10/8 20-21; g72 10/8 16; w71 69; w71 406; g71 3/8 4; is 126-127; g68 10/8 9; w66 40; g66 10/8 18, 31; gn 20-21; g65 8/8 11; w64 678; bf 503; w61 628; g61 5/22 6; g60 3/22 19; pa 183; w56 614; g56 7/22 21-24; gn54 20-21; nh 249; lg 254; g47 6/22 9-12; ni 15-16; tf 290; g43 11/10 18-20; w30 28
pope’s comment on: w83 2/15 7
preaching of “this good news of the kingdom” (Mt 24:14): w85 2/1 9, 14, 18, 24; ce 230-231; w84 12/15 30; yb82 258; tr 93; w80 10/1 28-29; w80 12/15 30; g80 2/8 24; w78 1/15 10; w78 10/1 6-7; go 153-154; w75 635; w74 4; po 174; ka 307-308; tp73 83, 87; g72 10/8 16; w71 69, 80-82; w71 466; w69 72; w68 715; yb68 291-292; g68 10/8 12; w67 103-104, 751-758; gn 22-23; g64 2/22 7; w63 588-590; w62 132; w61 78, 205, 630; w59 158; g59 2/8 7; pa 185; gn54 23; w53 498; nh 252-259; g53 10/8 26; g45 3/28 17
preoccupation with eating and drinking: g81 8/22 23-24
reason Jesus gave “sign”: w74 398-400
ridiculers: w81 2/15 23; w67 166-168; w61 632; w58 351; pa 185; g58 1/8 3-4; w56 423; w55 439; w54 711; w53 645; nh 293; w50 36; el 224; w49 198, 219; w48 357, 363
separation of “sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25:31-46): w85 2/1 19-23; w84 2/15 17; su 113-120; w83 8/1 26-27; w83 11/15 26; kc 153-156; tr 96-97; w80 2/15 20-21; w74 625-628; g73 7/22 5-6; w69 101-102; im 341-344; gn 23-24; w61 49, 632; ns 358-359; w60 54; w59 50-51, 158-159; pa 200-201; sr55 159-169; gn54 24; w52 341-342; w51 368; el 236-246; w49 147-157; w47 201; de 28-36
signs in sun, moon, and stars: w75 276; ka 322-326; w69 30; g69 2/22 24; w68 751-752; w61 631; w58 552; ms53 340; nh 257-258; g45 3/28 17
“this generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w85 5/1 4, 7; ce 226-227; w84 3/1 18-19; w84 5/15 4-7; su 28; g84 10/22 7; w83 7/15 6-7; w83 8/15 30; w83 10/1 19; ku 15; w82 5/1 15; kc 140; tr 94-95; g81 5/8 10; w80 7/1 4; w80 10/15 31; g80 10/8 29; w75 632, 635; gc 22; g75 7/8 29; g73 4/22 19; g72 10/8 15; w69 101; is 128-129; w68 42; g68 10/8 7, 13-14; w67 262, 751; ev 161, 171-172; w66 325-326; g66 10/8 18-19; w62 131-132; g62 9/22 27-28; w61 236, 239, 626; w58 240-241; pa 185; ms53 337; w52 542-543; w51 337
wars: w85 1/15 13; ce 224; g84 10/22 5-6; w83 4/1 3-7; w83 5/15 22-23; kc 112-113, 119-121; tr 86-88; g81 1/8 10-11; g81 4/8 25; g81 5/8 7-8; w80 10/1 28; w80 10/15 14-15; hp 145-147; g80 2/8 23; w79 2/15 13; w79 8/1 4; w78 1/15 9; w78 7/15 19; w78 10/1 4; w75 274; w75 633-634; w75 684; g75 10/8 13; ts 162; tp73 80-82; g73 10/8 16-17, 20; w72 339; g72 10/8 15; w71 69; w71 406; w70 269-270; w69 69-70; is 122-124; g68 10/8 8; w67 197-199; ev 162-165; w66 618-619; kd 15; g66 6/8 4; g66 10/8 17; im 321-322; gn 20-21; g65 5/22 5; w64 678; bf 503; w61 626-627; g61 2/22 6-7; w58 323-324; pa 179-180; g55 5/8 3-4; gn54 20-21; g54 12/22 10; nh 246-249; g53 10/8 25; g47 9/8 4-7; g46 6/19 29; ni 15; g39 2/8 25; g38 6/29 13; w30 28
who read the sign aright: w85 2/1 8-24
without love of goodness: g80 2/8 24
without self-control (violent): w85 12/15 21; w84 11/1 3-7; g60 1/8 3-4; g60 7/8 16-19; w57 397-403; w56 743; w54 668-669; w47 135-136
meaning of term: ad 1322; w66 37
Moses performed: ad 1180-1181; w68 639-640; w65 370; w48 261; w40 314-315, 333-335, 350, 364; jh 38-50; w33 99-105, 115-118
of Jesus’ Messiahship: w85 2/1 8
of Jonah (Mt 16:4): w82 11/1 31; w58 147, 687; sr55 148-158; w53 118; w51 144; w49 213
of Son of man: w84 12/1 16, 19; go 152-155; km 7/75 2; w74 748, 750-751; ka 326-328; ad 1531-1532; w66 37-40, 286; im 334-335; w55 446-447; w54 374; w53 120; nh 258-259; w51 599-600; w49 215-216; tf 293-299; w32 46-47
remnant serve as: w80 11/15 16, 19; w66 753-756; w59 150; w58 690-692, 696-699; nh 239; w46 315; pn 59-62; w43 216; w39 263-264
“sign” of Jehovah’s sovereignty: sl 125-126