REMNANT
(See also Anointed Christians)
meaning of term: ad 1385; w60 102; pa 190; w45 118; pr32 10
Jewish
Bible usage: ad 1385
first century C.E.: w83 8/15 18; w78 7/1 19; w74 695, 698-699; w70 53, 681-682, 715; w67 140-141; bf 430; ns 282-283, 288; w58 154; w51 664, 677; w49 73; w46 213-214; w45 117-119; w44 295
return from Babylon: w84 11/15 26; su 85; w82 7/1 17-18; w72 172-173, 746-747, 750; pm 56-58, 247-248; ad 1385; kj 299-300, 340-341; g70 3/8 28; w68 688-689; w65 312, 378; w64 79-80; w63 517, 555; bf 212, 248-249, 258-259, 271-272, 293, 341-346, 364-375, 557; w58 147, 688; pa 114-117; w57 593; w55 82, 747-748; sr55 130-131; nh 134-138; lg 212; w51 664; w47 123; w46 213; w42 172; w40 77
Modern-Day Spiritual
ambassadors: w82 10/1 24-25; w81 6/15 27-28; w76 749-750; ka 76-81; ad 63; li 307-311
angelic care: w82 12/15 24-25; hs 159-160; w74 760-762; ad 78; w51 368-369; w32 330; pr32 274-275; w30 263
application to, of Paul’s illustration of a symbolic olive tree (Ro 11): w83 8/15 16-24
Armageddon survivors: w81 7/15 24-25; go 181-182; w76 383-384; w74 765-766; w73 623; ka 401, 406, 411; dy 26; ns 364-365; w60 313; yw 347-348; sr55 61, 322; w53 568, 751, 758; nh 321, 338; w48 330-331; w43 232; w42 133; wl 107-108; w40 155; w38 247; w37 368; w35 199; g34 5/9 507; pp 329; pr32 164; v-2 330; w31 41, 232-233, 264; v-1 115-116, 337-341; lt-1-30 34; lt-2-30 138, 174
“great crowd” bid them farewell: w79 6/15 30-31
question as to whether they will witness earthly resurrection: w80 2/15 23-24; w79 6/15 31
attack by Gog: w85 7/1 25-26; w80 3/1 23; sl 255-263; kj 358-362; w61 192; ns 369-372
becomes a “mighty nation” (Isa 60:22): w84 3/15 17-19; su 152-159
“be glad, you nations, with his people.” (Ro 15:10): w81 6/15 25-30
Bible usage: ad 1385
birth of the royal nation on a newborn “land” (Isa 66:8): w83 3/15 25; w82 7/1 18-26; w65 393; w60 463; w59 383; w57 275; w55 267; w53 567-568; nh 223, 267; w43 39; w42 116
“branches” of “the true vine” (Joh 15): w83 8/15 23; yb79 260-261; w78 12/15 24, 26-27
calling: w73 731-733
captivity to modern-day Babylon: w82 7/1 18; w80 11/15 26-27; w79 9/15 19; w76 661; yb75 109-111; kj 207-208, 313, 315, 324, 379; fm 239; w67 111-113; w66 553, 558-559; bf 504; w59 383; jp 74-83, 91-92; w58 730-731; w55 266-267; qm55 317; sr55 118, 136, 156; w53 566; nh 216-223; w51 665-666; rm 307-310; w46 37-45, 214-215, 230; w45 21-22; w43 312; ch 215; w35 231, 291-296; w31 243-244
“captivity” to wild beast (Re 13:10): fm 335-336
“caught away in clouds” (1Th 4:17): w79 6/15 25-26, 29-30; w64 415-416; sr55 108-109; el 232; w49 232; w36 85
“children” of: w66 559-560; w58 668; w57 605; sr55 322
cleansing: w76 447; pm 110-113; kj 323-328; w52 722; w46 26; w41 84-85; w39 232; v-2 272-274; v-1 268-269
commission: w84 12/15 20; w82 10/1 26-27; w78 7/1 21; w77 758, 763; or 109; kj 171-181, 189-190; qm 378; ns 321; w60 436-437; w53 569; w51 215-219; w45 3-4, 10-12; w42 295; w39 211-219; w36 234
companions: su 141-142; w64 85; w58 157; sr55 299-300; w53 634; w52 114; w47 79; w42 294; s 123; w37 152, 243-253; w35 364-365
compromise in fear of enemy: yb75 119; pm 99-100, 110-113; ns 313; jp 91-92; w58 77; sr55 111, 116; nh 217; w47 265; w46 24, 26; w39 232; w33 280
‘dead on broad way’ (Re 11:8): w83 7/1 19; kc 144; ns 313-314, 320-321; w60 436; jp 79; sr55 118-120, 320; nh 217; w52 722; w46 24-25; w40 221-223
deliverance (Lu 21:28): w78 3/1 28-29
deliverance from captivity: w82 7/1 18-26; w74 508; w74 731-732; w73 167; w73 221-223; ka 315; w72 173, 724-725; pm 161-162, 172, 293, 348-350; kj 208, 300-301, 325-332, 342-343, 346, 354, 380-381; w69 415; fm 239, 314-315; w68 696-697; w67 214; w66 690; w64 81-83, 109-111; bf 504-505; w61 659, 753; w60 250-251; jp 84-90; yw 334; w55 267-268; sr55 119, 138, 295; w53 493, 633-634; nh 265; w51 666-668, 748-749; w49 300-301; w47 123, 265; w46 24-26, 39-40, 214-215; w45 22; w43 310; w42 199; wl 357-358; rg 220-240; w39 243-252; w35 260, 264, 294, 297; pp 30; pr32 10; v-2 299; w31 310; v-1 19-21
discussion: w83 7/1 18-22
evidence of anointing: w80 3/1 11-12; w76 665-666; w75 106-107; w55 663-664
evidence of God’s approval: w85 3/1 15-16; su 152-159; w82 7/1 24-27; yb75 121-122; w74 557-558; w74 621; hu 22-23; w73 221-223; w73 459; ka 355-357; pm 243-245; kj 309-311, 318-323, 326-334, 379-382; w68 406-407
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45-47): w84 12/1 16-17; w81 3/1 24-30; tr 120-121; ka 342, 345-357; w72 755; or 8-10; w71 462-463; w71 750, 754; w69 200; w68 656; w67 560; qm 380-381; w66 558; w61 410; ns 297-300, 325, 330-331, 375; g61 1/22 8; w60 436; pa 193; sr55 208-217; nh 259; w43 214; w38 169; w37 45, 52
“faithful steward” (Lu 12:42-44): w81 10/1 19-31
“farmers” and “vinedressers” for: w78 7/1 23, 28-30
follow example of Micaiah: w76 664-665
fruits of labors now enjoyed: nh 325-326, 329
gathering: go 153-154; w72 173; pm 159-160, 232; w70 54, 383, 726-727; w68 146-148; w66 691; ns 362-363; w59 383; sr55 142-143; w53 470; nh 257-258, 267; el 226-227; w46 156, 201; w42 67-69; w33 245, 327-328; pp 42-43; v-2 269
since 1935: w80 2/15 20-21
‘happy is the one who arrives at the 1,335 days’ (Da 12:12): yw 337-339; w54 337-339; w51 435-436; w39 381; w33 280; pp 128
healing of: w57 568-569; hn 27; sr55 320-322; nh 223-227; w52 259; w51 302-304
history: w73 394-401; ka 185-193, 232-240, 245-246, 250-252
holy spirit: w80 10/1 29-30; w76 662-667; hs 146-150, 160-162; w61 432-433; w60 102-103; w57 687; w52 255-256; el 140-143; w45 10-11; w44 234; w42 294; w33 293; pp 165-166
Israel of God:
“all Israel will be saved” (Ro 11:26): w84 9/15 10-20
Jehovah’s protection: w74 753-755, 758-759
judgment: w82 3/15 17-18; bw 133-135; w77 751; im 365-367; w64 724-725, 729-730; bf 466-467; ns 316; w60 54; w56 679; w55 695-696; sr55 117-118, 207-208, 304-305; w53 281-282; w51 209-213; rm 324; w47 197-200; w46 125; w42 3; w41 84-85; w35 298-299; w34 118, 149; jh 176, 217; g30 8/6 729-734
“land of the Decoration” (Da 11:16): w60 124, 153; w59 570; yw 200, 298
“let him return to the days of his youthful vigor” (Job 33:25): w57 603; sr55 320-321; wl 286-287
liberation from Babylon the Great: w82 7/1 18-26; w80 2/15 18-19; w80 11/15 27; w78 7/1 22-23, 29-30; w76 662-663
list of Scriptural and prophetic designations applying to: w81 3/1 27
love for “other sheep”: w82 12/15 19-20
loyalty to God: w82 3/15 17-19; w73 740-741; pm 350-355
make God’s name known: su 147; w82 3/15 24-27; hs 148-150; po 179; ka 238-240
maturity: w60 436-437; nh 326-327
mercy shown: w76 157-158; w76 179-180, 183-189; pm 139-140; w58 730-731; w56 751; w53 754; w47 123; w45 21-26; w42 187; w40 7; w34 132
name on forehead: bf 466-467
need for alertness: w74 432
nucleus of organization: su 149; w82 2/15 26; w62 204; g61 1/22 8; w58 434; sr55 317-318; w53 600
number remaining: yb86 41; yb76 31; ka 283; yb73 30; yb68 287; yb67 320; w66 25, 122; li 148-149; yb66 41; w65 26, 200, 688; yb65 35; w64 236; w62 26; yb62 42-43; w61 19, 148, 663, 721; ns 345, 364; yb61 30; w60 23, 698; w59 23; w58 30; w57 28; w56 27; w55 31
ordination: w85 9/1 18-21, 26; w55 663; el 139-142; w47 311-312; w45 10-11
outpouring of holy spirit in 1919: w76 662-663
“Owned as a Wife” (Beulah land) (Isa 62:4): w65 393; w55 267; w53 606; nh 231-232, 239, 322; w44 42-43
persecution: w83 8/1 25-26; po 178-179; ka 189-190; w72 198, 280; pm 73, 370-374; kj 62-63, 82-83, 91-92, 300, 315, 318-319, 326; fm 64-68, 120-124, 160, 169, 266-267, 269-276; w62 46-47; ns 312-313, 325; jp 75-83; w58 103; sr55 110; w53 493, 691-694; nh 216, 251-252; rm 309; w47 373-374; w46 26-27; w45 21-22; w44 263-264; w39 75; pp 72
dragon’s war against (Re 12): w76 753-757
pictured by (see also the following and other persons or groups by name)—
Aaron: w70 460-461; w65 369, 392, 394
Benjamin: sr55 327; g50 6/22 25-26; w45 254, 300; w40 235-236; s 97, 101; w37 37-38, 68
David: sr55 247-250; w47 373; w44 4; w41 67; w40 3-5; w38 277-281; w35 279; w31 116-119
David’s army commanders: sr55 249-251
eagles: w74 750; w55 158; el 232-235; w39 205-206; lt-1-30 134
Elijah: w67 594-595; w65 494; ns 312-314
Elisha: w74 406-407
Esther: w80 2/15 12, 16, 19, 21; w79 3/15 20-21; w60 437; sr55 257; w50 191; w46 22; w34 166; fa 40; w33 248; pp 66, 125, 183; w32 313-314; pr32 17, 23, 27, 180, 241-242; w31 148, 150-151
Ezekiel: w83 12/15 16-18, 22-24; w81 2/1 21-22, 24; w72 155, 188-190, 197-200, 252-255, 278-280; kj 53, 58-72, 78-92, 275-278, 286, 290-292; w49 144; w41 206; w38 11, 63, 76-78, 143-144, 236; w37 44, 303, 336, 350; w36 316; w32 179; v-2 130, 202-222; v-3 193; v-1 23, 28-29, 36, 42-46, 121-124
“four angels” (Re 9:15): w81 3/1 18; fm 238-240
Gideon: w50 166; w44 159; w35 4, 25
Gideon’s band: w50 180; w42 191; w35 4
good figs (Jer 24): w78 1/1 16
Habakkuk: w49 95; w35 132, 300
Haggai: pm 49-52
Isaiah: w80 7/1 7-8; w56 466; w51 205-219; w45 10; w41 187; w38 236; w37 335-336; w34 135
Isaiah’s sons: w80 11/15 16, 19; w58 691-692, 696-698; pn 59; w33 279; pp 122
Israelites: w80 2/15 21; qm55 351; nh 160; w46 70, 215; w43 250, 291; w40 62, 279; w39 36-37, 56-60, 67-77, 83-92, 99-109; w37 148; w34 117, 285; jh 39; w33 100
Jeremiah: w80 2/1 18, 22-23, 26-28; w80 3/1 21-24; w79 8/1 9, 11, 18; w79 9/1 17-23, 28-31; w79 9/15 25-27; w79 11/1 18-19, 22, 25-27; w78 1/1 12, 18; w77 750-764; w59 39-44; sr55 61; w42 36-37; w41 184; w39 9-10, 310; w38 3, 5-9; w37 250, 260, 314, 330; sa37 5; w36 133-139; w33 134-135
Jew (Zec 8:23): su 146-147; w60 438; w59 531; w58 157; sr55 299; w53 634; w52 250; w47 79; w37 251
Jews in Mordecai’s day: w79 3/15 21; w50 191; pr32 17-18, 33, 153-161; w31 149, 153, 229-232
Job: w66 554; w61 490-491; w57 597-606; sr55 318-322; w53 703; w51 297; wl 172, 185-188, 221-222, 352-358, 370; w41 245; w39 168
John the apostle: w83 12/15 19-20; w82 12/15 25; fm 258, 260; w61 32; w58 57; w41 14, 126, 291; w40 68, 254-255; w39 11; w38 30, 92, 157, 301; w37 60; w36 382; ch 293; w35 332; w32 7; w31 43; lt-1-30 11
Jonah: sr55 152, 156; w48 112; w43 358; w38 20, 36-37, 41-44
Joseph: sr55 327; w45 254; w43 302; w40 236; s 97; w37 37, 249
lampstand: pm 205
Lazarus: g59 5/8 28; w51 148; rm 312; wl 360
Levites: w61 87; w55 696-697; w38 234; w37 9
locusts: w79 7/15 16-18; w61 717-720
man in linen: w83 12/15 16-17; w72 46-48; ns 332; g60 4/8 27-28; sr55 210-211; w52 678; w48 362; w47 276; w45 364; s 141-142; w38 14, 143; w37 366; w36 254, 261, 313; ch 95, 124-125; w32 232; fw 57-58; w31 260-263; v-1 99-105
Micah: w81 7/15 14
Mordecai: w71 175; w60 437; sr55 257-259; w50 191; w47 77; w34 165-166, 216; fa 39-40; w33 248; pp 66; pr32 17, 27, 45, 61-63, 68-74, 94-95, 101, 152-153, 180; w31 148, 151, 166
Moses: ns 312-314
Naomi: w72 77; w60 437; w44 351-352; w35 267; w34 166, 216; w33 248; pp 66; w32 292, 296-297, 308-313, 324-325, 359; pr32 195, 211-213, 219-233, 235-236, 241, 247-252
Noah’s wife: w74 666-668
older brother of prodigal son: su 162-163; w65 471, 486, 490-491
Ruth: w80 2/15 16; w72 77; w60 437; w46 22; w44 382; w43 300; w39 166; w34 61, 166; fa 50; pp 66, 183; w32 312-313, 326; pr32 241, 255, 316
seven thousand (1Ki 19:18): ns 294, 296-297, 321
Shulammite girl: w80 4/15 17, 23; w64 495; w57 727-728
“ten slaves” (Lu 19:13): w73 715, 717-721
tents of Judah: pm 336-337; w64 656, 660-662
two witnesses (Re 11:3): yb75 103-104; pm 44-47; fm 264-268; w64 654; ns 313-314, 316, 320-321
vineyard of foaming wine (Isa 27:2): w85 10/15 10-11
young man with measuring rope (Zec 2:1, 2): pm 154-155, 157-161; w51 5-6; w33 243; pp 35-36
pictures applying to or including remnant: w85 2/1 17-18; w85 10/15 10-15; w76 660-665; w74 506-509; w73 715, 717-721; ka 169-183, 188-205; pm 359-360; fm 260-261; w68 671; w67 433, 442; w66 575-576; w64 656-657; ns 304-305, 312-316, 328-330; w60 437; w58 697, 730-732; yw 328; w53 600; nh 266; w45 85, 87-88, 314; w44 174; w43 175, 382; w42 5-7, 139, 271; w41 174, 276; w40 100, 102-103, 292, 334-335, 358, 363; rg 114; w39 29, 40, 72-73, 89, 222, 237-238; s 113; w38 32, 79, 141, 286, 296; w36 3-12, 78, 184, 222, 328, 349; ch 88, 119; w35 24, 74, 101; w34 133, 292, 312; jh 74; w33 131, 291; pp 45, 56, 99-101, 156-159, 270; w32 103; v-2 29, 38; fw 47; lt-1-30 190-193, 202; lt-2-30 171-174
“priests of Jehovah” (Isa 61:6): w78 7/1 23-26
readjustment among “other sheep” after departure of: w81 5/1 27
relationship to—
“Jerusalem above” (Ga 4:26): w85 10/15 30-31
universal organization: w85 10/15 30-31; w72 78-80; w62 352; w57 275; qm55 349; nh 165-166; w51 748-749; w45 4
repentance: yb75 119; jp 91-92; w58 77; sr55 119, 156; w52 725-726, 732; w46 26, 230; pp 30
replacements for unfaithful: w76 158-159; w75 108
at this late hour: w82 2/15 30-31
questions for those recently claiming to be of: w82 2/1 28-29; w75 107-108; w73 731
requirements: w73 199-200
restoration work: w78 7/1 16-17, 21-27, 29-31
resurrection: w81 4/1 25; w79 6/15 22-31; w74 254-256; w74 558-559; w73 251-252; fm 150, 192; w64 724-725; g64 1/8 27; bf 511; w58 241, 522; pa 232; g57 3/8 26; g55 9/22 7-8; w54 277; nh 320; lg 129, 203, 279; w51 383; el 230-231; w46 124; w44 106, 122; w41 140-141; w34 25; g32 1/20 255
revival for work: w79 6/15 29-30; w78 7/1 21-27; yb75 120-122, 124; w74 506-508; w73 251-252; w72 278; pm 102-106, 114-115, 157-161, 172-173; kj 82-85; fm 277-280; w68 697; w64 81-82; w62 47-48; w61 717-718; ns 320; jp 91-100; w57 603; qm55 316-321; sr55 295-296; w53 470, 493-494; nh 255; wl 286-287; rg 220-240; w31 101, 115-120; v-1 27, 110
“sackcloth” (Re 11:3): yb75 103-104; pm 44-46; fm 264-265, 270-271; jp 75, 79; qm55 312; sr55 116-117; nh 217-218
sealing: w80 8/15 18-19; w78 3/1 7; w72 636; w70 383; fm 80-83; sr55 172-173; w38 302; lt-1-30 88
those not sealed: w78 3/1 7-8
seed of Abraham: w84 9/15 16, 19; w83 8/15 18, 24; w80 4/1 26; po 180-181; ns 281, 361
‘signs and miracles’ (Isa 8:18): w80 11/15 16, 19; w66 756, 758-759; w59 150; w58 690-692, 696-699; w46 315; pn 59-62; w43 216-217
spiritual priesthood: w78 7/1 23-26
spiritual prosperity: w84 3/1 19-20; w61 659; ns 369; w59 80-87; w58 135-136; w55 754-758; sr55 295-298; w53 600, 633-634; w52 722-725; w46 21, 231
spiritual security: w74 723, 731-732; w74 753, 755, 758-761, 765
stewardship of God’s Word: w85 11/1 28
symbolic garments: w78 7/1 29-30
temple building: w72 751-752
testing in 1918: w60 436; w58 730-731; sr55 110, 304; w39 243; pp 269-275; w31 86, 102
unity: w84 3/1 22-26
urgency of message: w78 7/1 17-18; w77 759-760
valley of dry bones (Eze 37:1-14): w84 3/1 19-20; w83 7/1 18-20; w76 662-663; pa 188-191; sr55 136-137, 156, 320; w48 379; g46 9/22 24-25; w44 11-12; v-2 278-293
“watchman” class: w81 2/1 20-26; w80 7/1 5-8, 10-11, 15-18
whether restoration prophecies applying to, also apply to the Paradise earth: w83 12/1 31