WORLD
(See also Civilization; Earth; New System of Things; Satan’s Organization)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abortion: w85 1/15 10; g85 7/22 5; g83 11/22 3; g82 3/8 16; w81 1/15 12; w80 11/1 3
American Movement for World Government:
goals: w82 11/15 26
ancient world of Noah’s day: su 46-53; w75 747-749, 752
atheism increases throughout: w82 8/1 23
avoiding worldly desires: w83 6/15 17-21
basis for confidence in a better: w82 11/1 4-6; g76 6/22 8-12
belongs to Christians (1Co 3:22): w71 351-352
Bible view as to whether there will be a nuclear holocaust: g83 12/22 4-7
Catholic students express desire for “world free of injustice, discrimination, and hate”: w78 2/1 8
changes in fifty years: w74 262-263; w69 525-530
Christian separateness: w83 10/15 19-20; uw 161-168; sj 7; w80 4/1 30-31; w80 6/15 5-7; cj 47, 49-50; w77 637-639; w74 54-55; w74 733-734; w73 137-140, 146; tp73 120-121, 124-131; w72 588-589; g72 12/8 20; w71 559-564; kj 348; w70 494-501; g70 8/22 5, 7-8; g70 9/22 23-24; w67 518-520; li 303-307; w65 421-423; ms 198-202, 353; w64 32, 50, 247, 377-378, 428, 518, 533-534, 536; g64 4/22 27; w63 48-49, 121-122, 684-687; ln 22-23; g63 4/8 6-7; g63 11/8 11; w62 517-519, 651, 659-660; g62 1/8 5-9; g62 4/22 16-19; w61 395, 400-405, 517-520; g61 1/22 27-28; g61 10/8 28; w60 497-502; w58 4-7; w57 534-536; g57 10/8 25-26; w56 17, 647; g55 8/8 6-8; w53 495-496; w46 263-270; ow 19-20; w35 221; w33 132-137; w30 297
benefits: w80 6/15 10; w75 697
discussion: w85 4/1 10-15
early Christians: w80 6/15 6-7; w78 1/15 28
comments on future of:
Pauling, Linus: w76 696
conquest of, by faith (1Jo 5:4): w79 2/1 16-26; yb74 253; w73 659; ad 562; g61 3/8 27-28; w57 73-76
conversion: w74 615; hu 9; w73 689; w70 746-748; w65 180; w64 235, 237-238, 617; w60 485-488; w58 241-244; w53 73; w44 165-166; tf 270; g41 2/19 17; w30 283; ph30 57; g30 5/14 535-536
coping with what one sees in an imperfect: w77 573-575
crime:
increase: g85 7/22 29; g83 2/22 30-31; g81 6/22 29; g81 7/8 11; g78 9/22 30
crisis: w84 3/15 4; g84 5/8 29; g81 5/8 5-10; g80 2/8 3-4; w75 12; sl 7, 10-15; g75 2/8 3-9; w74 550-551; w74 656; g74 3/22 3-6; g74 4/8 6, 31; g74 5/22 29; g74 7/8 31; g74 7/22 5; g74 10/8 16, 29; g74 11/22 16-17, 20, 29; g74 12/22 29; g73 10/8 3, 5-15, 20-22, 30
darkness of, spiritually: w74 560-561
day of reckoning for: w83 11/15 27-28; w82 4/1 28-30; w79 1/15 8-12, 15-19, 22-23
debt: g83 2/22 30; g75 6/8 11
decline of civilization: g83 5/22 14-16; w82 5/15 4-5; g74 6/8 29
destruction of: hp 140-150; g80 6/8 8-10; bw 177-180, 185-186; go 178-182; sl 291-292; w74 3-4; w74 664-666, 668; tp73 37-45; g73 10/8 22-25; g73 11/8 6-7
deterioration of world conditions: g85 7/22 3-6; g82 8/22 29
discussion: ad 1671-1674
disunity: w84 3/1 16-18; w82 12/15 16-17; g79 2/22 3-4, 7, 10-11; w77 627
economy: w83 10/15 27; g83 4/22 3-11, 29; w81 11/15 10
factors in “the worst worldwide economic crisis in a half century”: g84 5/8 29
‘elementary things of the world’ (Ga 4:3; Col 2:8): w85 7/15 11, 13; w71 415-416; w60 415-416
“end of the world”: w81 11/15 3-7; hp 140-150; g77 11/22 27-28
expanding deserts: g84 9/22 29; g84 10/8 30
extinction rate of animals and plants: g78 10/22 30
fear:
causes for: g83 1/8 8-11
of nuclear holocaust: g84 4/8 29; g84 9/8 29
of terrorism: g84 4/8 29
food production: g78 12/22 29
consumption exceeds: g81 2/22 30
“founding of the world”: w85 2/1 23; su 119; w74 287-288; w74 626-627; g74 7/8 28; ka 272-274; w71 703-704; ad 13, 1672; w70 476-477; g67 10/22 28; im 296; w64 52-53; bf 590; mg63 8
friendship with (Jas 4:4): w85 5/15 11; cj 148-150, 156; w76 114-116; tp73 127-130; w72 475
future for: w82 11/1 3-6
Gandhi’s view of a world based on nonviolence: g84 4/8 3-6, 8
“God loved the world so much” (Joh 3:16): w82 5/1 21; hp 110; g78 11/8 27; gh 116-123; tp73 167; w64 523; w59 61-64; w58 70; nh 115; w45 355; wl 116-118
governments:
failure: g85 7/22 3-6; w84 1/15 24; w84 3/15 5-8; w83 1/15 11; w82 5/15 3-5
aion: ad 41, 1566-1568, 1671; qm 165; w64 42, 286; g64 11/22 27; mg63 8-9; g56 10/8 26; qm55 165; w50 385; w49 325; w46 244
ge: ad 1671; qm 165; qm55 165; w50 386
kosmos: w83 10/15 16-17; ad 1671-1674; qm 165; w64 42, 48-52, 286, 704; mg63 8-9; w59 61; g56 10/8 25-26; qm55 165; w50 385-386; ew 54; w49 325; ge 11; ow 18
oikoumene: ad 40, 1671; w67 544; qm 165; qm55 165; w50 385-386
hatred of Christ: w84 10/1 9; w74 522; w73 649-654, 657
hatred of Christians: w84 10/1 9; su 176-177; w83 5/1 12; w82 12/15 12; w73 656-661
Hebrew word: ad 1671; w45 298-299
history:
what it reveals: lp 135
human predictions for: kc 7; w80 10/15 10, 13, 15-16; w79 2/1 15; g79 4/22 29; w77 434; g76 12/8 29
Club of Rome: g79 4/8 30
economic disaster predicted: w77 207
Global 2000 Report: g83 4/8 3; w82 11/1 3
soaring number of the elderly: g82 11/22 29
hunger: g84 9/22 29; w83 4/15 3-7; g82 8/8 29; g81 11/22 29; g80 8/22 5-6; g78 2/8 4-7
report of U.S. Presidential Commission on World Hunger: g80 8/8 30-31
illiteracy: g84 6/22 29; g81 11/8 30; g80 1/22 29; g78 5/22 30; g75 7/8 31
infant mortality rates: g83 5/22 31
insecurity: g78 12/8 4-8
international finance: g79 4/22 29
lack of gratitude: w76 583
lack of wisdom: w84 3/15 26
“light of the world” (Mt 5:14): w84 6/1 21-22; w82 5/1 21; w80 2/15 14-15; w80 6/1 8-9; w78 3/15 11; w74 477-479
list of countries exporting arms to: g84 12/8 29
moral breakdown: g83 5/22 14-16; g83 10/8 3-11
comments on: g81 5/8 5-10; w79 8/1 3-4; g76 6/22 4-5; w72 261-262; g72 3/8 30-31; g72 7/22 29; g71 6/22 31; g71 8/22 31; g71 9/8 30; g71 10/8 17
need for international cooperation: w76 583
new system of things: su 188-189; g84 10/22 9-10; w83 4/15 16-20; go 5-16; w60 163-164, 269-281; pa 212-226; w57 109-112; w56 424; g53 12/22 25-26; w51 424-426; w50 173; ge 19
“no part of the world” (Joh 17:16): w84 10/1 9-19; w83 10/15 19-20; uw 161-168; w80 6/15 5-7; tp73 120-131
not longing for things of: su 167-171, 173-174
“not using it to the full” (1Co 7:31): w83 10/15 16-21; w75 91
“passing away” (1Jo 2:17): w84 10/1 13-14; w83 10/15 17-18; w78 8/1 20
peace movement: g83 8/22 3-5
percent of population living in “free” nations: g77 3/8 30
political division: go 37-39
political rulership:
pictured by “cedar in Lebanon” (Eze 31): w77 300-314
population: g83 11/22 29; g80 8/22 29; g79 10/22 13-16; g78 5/22 31; g78 12/22 29; g75 2/8 3-5; g75 5/8 31; g74 1/22 7; g74 4/8 6-7; g74 6/22 3-4; g74 7/22 5-6; g74 11/22 16; ka 282; tp73 108; g72 7/8 26; g72 10/8 11; g71 1/8 30; g70 10/8 18-21; w69 713; fm 240-241; g66 2/22 31; g66 6/8 30; w65 7, 238; yb65 9; g65 1/22 29; g65 8/22 30; w64 234; g63 11/22 30; g62 11/8 30; g61 5/22 29; g61 7/22 4
chart showing modern growth in world population: g83 8/8 8
countries with declining growth: g76 12/8 29
countries with “zero population growth”: g76 12/8 29
four countries have half world’s population: g76 12/8 29
growth rate: g84 4/8 29
increase per year: g83 11/22 29; g80 8/22 6; w79 1/1 3
threat of overpopulation: w84 11/15 3
when population reached a billion: g83 8/8 5
post-Flood: po 84; w56 422-423; nh 101-115; rm 91-119; w50 173; ki 74
poverty: g79 6/8 29-30; g78 10/8 3
pre-Flood: su 46-47, 50; w80 8/15 3-4; po 70-75; w64 55; w63 691; ns 45-64; w56 421-422; nh 84-100; rm 75-76; w50 173; ge 20-21; fd 8-9
“present wicked system of things” (Ga 1:4): w85 1/15 10-15; w64 55; g64 4/8 9-11; w63 692-694; w62 163-164; g62 10/8 20; w59 453-456, 515-516; w58 165-166; w56 422-424; w51 618; w50 405-406; w46 251; tf 285
destruction: w60 269-270, 627-630; sw 24-31; w59 112; pa 203-211; w56 423-424; nh 290-299; lg 249-260; w50 173; el 257-266; w46 244-245; w31 171-173
ruler of: g74 10/22 8-9; ad 1674; w68 135-137
pressures on youths: w79 4/1 21-26
problems of: w83 2/15 3-7; w83 10/15 27; g83 4/8 3-8; g83 8/8 3-4; w82 11/1 3; kc 6-7; g81 9/8 30; w80 10/15 15-16; w79 1/1 3-4; w79 2/15 13; w79 8/1 3-4; yb79 3-4; w76 583; gh 141; g76 6/22 3-5; g76 11/8 29; w75 259-262
book Is The World Going Down?: sm 4
discussion: g85 7/22 3-6; w84 1/15 24; w84 3/15 5-8; w84 11/15 3-6; g84 5/22 10-11
failure to solve problems: sm 5-6
food production in face of increasing world population: w83 4/15 6-7
proper attitude toward: g81 5/22 12-14; w71 636-637
question as to whether World War III can be prevented: g81 6/8 5-11
solution: g85 7/22 6-8
proper view of nations’ ‘survival’ through crises: w76 441-442
“reconciling a world” (2Co 5:19): tp73 179; w72 375-376; ad 1379-1380
refugees: g83 10/22 3-6, 10-11; g79 9/8 29
religious population: w80 5/15 21
richest countries: g76 11/8 30
“ruler of this world” (Joh 12:31; 16:11): tr 60
Satan’s: w83 9/15 28-29; w80 6/15 5-7
organized into various parts: w83 9/15 28-29; w80 6/15 5-6
saving the: w83 8/15 3-8
scientists warn regarding environment: g84 9/8 31
self-destructiveness: w79 2/15 13
spirit of the world: w83 10/15 12-15, 19; w79 6/1 10-11; w73 136-138, 146; tp73 128-131; w71 630; w69 169-171; w67 57, 553; w66 760-762; w64 31, 731; w63 745-750
spiritual failure: g74 8/22 30
Third World nations:
conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka: g77 1/8 20-23
trade: g75 11/8 30
traffic accidents “a worldwide epidemic”: g80 3/22 29
traits exalted by: cj 154
unemployment: g82 8/8 30; g82 12/8 29
unity:
discussion: g79 2/22 3-15
unworldliness: w83 10/15 16-26
violence in:
discussion: w83 7/15 16-26
to bring about social changes: g76 12/22 27-28
wars cover: g82 9/8 29
number of nations involved in current wars: g83 6/22 29-30
water shortage: g83 11/22 29
weather during 1983: g83 8/22 29
“wisdom of this world” (1Co 3:19): w83 2/1 22; w79 8/1 19; g72 9/8 27-28; ad 1662
“without spot from the world” (Jas 1:27): w85 4/1 10-15; w84 10/1 14-19; w83 10/15 19-20; cj 47, 49-50
world citizenship: w76 167
world domination: go 49; w71 614-615; nc 6-8; fm 356
world government:
comment by Arnold Toynbee: g83 4/8 9
discussion: w80 1/15 9-21; w78 3/1 16-31; go 5-36, 64-70
need for: w84 3/15 10; w83 4/15 17; g83 8/8 8; w76 167; w76 267
world-power changes foretold:
by Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image: w78 6/15 12-15; go 45-63
youths’ view of: g76 6/22 3-6
Quotations
basic challenge is to create a world authority to keep the peace: hp 151
events are out of control: w84 3/1 16
faces greater danger than at any time since the Second World War: g80 5/22 29
facing a world where it is difficult to be optimistic: w82 5/15 13
God is the only key to understanding the world: g80 5/22 24
human race inhabits not so much a planet as a nightmare of its own making: g82 8/22 29
insane with hate: w79 1/1 3-4
international situation is characterized by a profound crisis pervading almost all spheres of human activity: w84 3/15 4
like a ricocheting bullet as it careens from disaster to disaster: su 75; w81 11/15 10
men have forgotten God: w83 12/15 14
mugging, burglary, assassination of police have brought a semianarchy to many cities: w80 10/15 15
never before have we been placed on the narrow edge between catastrophe and survival: g82 10/22 29
nobody is running the world anymore and keeping a semblance of order: w84 3/15 14; w83 12/15 14
no Government in the world appears capable of coping with the economic problems of our time: w81 11/15 10
no one fully understands the present situation: w80 10/15 16
not only unbalanced, but mad: w79 1/1 3-4
occur to you the world seems to be an awfully dangerous place these days?: w83 8/15 3
people now understand that we are in a mess: w84 1/15 24
situation is very serious looked at from any angle—environment, peace and war, unemployment, socially and in the sense of values: w84 1/15 24
some form of world government must be established: w77 434
something is dreadfully wrong with the whole world: w80 10/15 13
there is a possibility of a collapse of credit, or bank failures: w80 10/15 15-16
things really are getting worse: w84 6/1 31
throughout the past years we have witnessed the most barbarous forms of aggression and violence: w84 3/15 26
today’s world has reached a stage which, if it had been described to preceding centuries, would have called forth the cry: “This is the Apocalypse!”: w83 12/15 14
we are perilously near to a new international anarchy: w84 3/1 16; g83 1/22 29
we have never governed it in total peace: g82 10/8 17
we live in a possessed world: w79 2/15 13
world events mirror those on the eve of World War I: g84 4/8 29
world faces much greater dangers than at any time since the Second World War: w80 10/15 15-16
world in which all nations live a little bit closer to Armageddon: g81 9/8 30
world is becoming ungovernable: w81 1/1 23
world is desperately in need of a messiah: w80 10/1 18
world is falling apart: w84 6/1 31
world is getting worse: w81 11/15 10
world more dangerous than it has ever been in its history: w82 5/15 13
world seems to have gone mad: w81 8/15 18; w81 11/15 12
world seems to have reached a stage where no one is in control: w80 10/15 15
world’s great religions an obstacle to world peace: w81 3/1 23