GREAT TRIBULATION

(See also Armageddon; Tribulation)

at proper time: w77 235-236

attack on God’s people during: w84 4/1 19-20; w84 6/15 24; su 187; w82 10/1 27; w80 3/1 23; w80 5/15 27; w80 7/1 17-18; w80 10/15 23; w80 11/15 27; w75 88

chart “What Must Precede Execution of Judgment”: w85 5/1 6

collapse of world’s systems not necessary as a prelude to: w76 441-442

comes at an ‘unlikely’ time: w76 441

countdown to: su 183-189

“cut short” (Mt 24:22): w82 11/15 4, 7; w70 51-56

“day and hour” (Mt 24:36; Mr 13:32): uw 176-177; go 157-159; w75 9-10; w75 280-281, 284

discussion: w82 4/1 26-31; w80 10/15 11-16; w77 40-49; w77 233-236; w73 759; w70 41-56

global aspect: w78 8/15 31; w77 233-236; w76 435-436

“goats” destroyed: go 170-171

“great crowd” come out of (Re 7:14): w83 7/1 23; w83 10/1 10-13, 16-18; uw 104-105; w80 8/15 19-20; go 172-173

Jerusalem (70 C.E.): w78 8/15 31; w77 41-42, 44; go 148-150; w76 435; w70 45-49

‘keeping Jehovah’s day close in mind’ (2Pe 3:12): uw 176-183

modern-day fulfillment: w80 10/15 13-16; w78 8/15 31; w76 435-436

need to worship Jehovah before outbreak: w81 11/15 16-21

no mourning for those destroyed: w77 345

outbreak a surprise: w76 441; w76 688-689

outbreak ends opportunity for salvation: w79 10/1 28-29

pictured by—

ancient battles: bf 564-565; sr55 204-205, 286-287; w51 616; w50 511-512; w49 102-103; w46 74-75; w45 62, 381; w41 100; w40 8-9; w39 6-8, 132-139; s 92-96; w38 293-294; w36 28-30, 39-43, 245; jh 19; v-3 84-96

destruction at Red Sea: sl 366-369; w65 403; sr55 125

Flood: ku 17-18; w65 165-166; w64 240; g64 10/8 25; w61 235; w60 55; sr55 290-293, 351; aa 30; w51 687; ge 21; w43 124-126; w42 307; ci 66, 290-296; s 320-330; w38 308; w36 93-94; ch 103; wn 57; w34 282

four winds: w80 8/15 18-19; w78 10/1 12-13; sr55 171-172; w48 361

Sodom’s destruction: g80 11/8 28; g64 10/8 25; sr55 364-365; w51 678; w40 204; s 74

premature expectations concerning: w79 7/1 29

proper view of setting dates for: w76 440-441; w75 280-281, 284

protection during: w80 8/15 19-20; w78 1/15 23-24; w77 49; w74 171-172

reasons for facing with confidence: w77 40-49; w73 755-757, 759-760

rulers to drink from the “cup of the wine of rage” (Jer 25:15): w79 9/15 21-29

“saying, ‘peace and security’” before (1Th 5:3): su 185-186; uw 182; g83 8/22 6-8; g83 12/22 7; w82 5/1 18; w81 11/15 11-17; w78 4/1 5; w76 442; w76 710-711

seeming delay prophetically indicated: w85 5/1 3-5

sequence of events before outbreak: w85 5/1 5-7

sequence of events following outbreak: w80 3/1 18-19, 23-24

set time for, but only time period known: w85 5/1 3-5

some occupations come to an end during: w84 7/15 18

spirit of self-sacrifice needed during: w78 8/1 20-21

survivors: w83 7/1 22-23; w83 10/1 10, 17-18; w82 4/1 30-31; w82 9/15 14-15; w82 11/15 7; w80 2/1 27-28; w79 8/1 7-8; w78 9/1 23-24, 30-31; w77 237-242; go 181-182; lp 140-142; w72 245

“this generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w85 5/1 4, 7; w83 10/1 19; uw 176; ku 15; w78 10/1 31; go 151-152, 156

“time of distress” (Da 12:1): go 122-123, 177-179

to sweep “from nation to nation”: gh 184

what is destroyed: go 176-182

when it begins: w85 5/1 3-4; w85 10/1 16, 18; w84 7/15 17; w81 11/15 13; w80 10/1 25; w80 10/15 17, 23; w79 2/1 26; w77 42; go 176-177; w75 88

who will not survive: w82 4/1 26-30

why date not given: go 158-159; w76 442; w75 11

why not yet begun: w85 5/1 5-7

worshipers of wild beast destroyed: w83 10/1 15-16