EARTH
(See also Creation; Ground; International Geophysical Year; Land; Planets; Solar System)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abuse:
ability to recover from abuse: g79 9/22 9-10; g75 12/22 4-7
ability to recover from nuclear explosions: w77 471
extinction rate of animals and plants: g78 10/22 30
man’s abuse of: g74 10/8 6, 15-16
pollution: g81 11/22 3-12
pollution of atmosphere: g83 9/22 27
ruining (Re 11:18): g82 9/22 3-11; w81 6/1 26; g81 11/22 3-12; g80 11/22 5-6, 12-14; g79 9/22 4-7; go 34-35; g75 12/22 8-11; w72 355; g72 7/8 29; w71 561; w71 626; g71 4/22 24-25; g71 7/22 29; g70 1/22 31; w69 725; g69 2/22 31; w68 627; rl 25-27; g68 2/22 29; g68 10/8 11-12; g68 10/22 30; g68 11/8 8-9; g68 11/22 3-14; g68 12/8 30; g67 12/22 30-31; g63 11/8 26; g60 9/22 21-24; yw 46; w57 466-467; g57 8/8 17-20; g57 10/22 4-6; g56 9/8 10-12; g55 7/22 8-13; nh 328-329; g50 12/22 3-8
acres per person: ts 134-135; g70 10/8 19; w68 261; g67 9/8 5-6; g63 6/8 10
area required for world population at one location: g75 4/22 30
age: ce 26; g68 6/22 30; w65 741; w56 723-724; g56 11/22 8; nh 34-35; bn 21-22; g52 2/8 13-20
ancient Greek view of: w80 10/1 11
Armageddon’s effect: g75 8/22 27-28; w63 626-627; mg63 34; wg 25-31; w53 605; w51 180-181; w35 196, 302
asteroids inside orbit of: g77 1/8 30
astronauts:
comments on earth: gh 66-67; g75 3/8 30; g74 8/22 29; g73 4/22 30; g73 5/22 13; w69 390; g69 11/22 7
readjustment to gravity: g79 1/22 29
atmosphere: ce 134-137; g85 3/8 23; lp 12-13; gh 61; g75 4/8 8; g73 7/8 5-6; g71 4/22 5-6; w68 424; g68 11/22 15; g63 10/8 6-7; g63 12/8 29; g62 2/22 30; g61 6/8 8; g53 11/22 20; g52 7/8 8-12; g47 9/8 8; g45 8/29 6-10; g44 4/26 21-22; g31 1/7 229; g30 5/28 547-550
pollution of: w85 11/15 4; g83 9/22 27
presence of hexachlorobenzene (HCB): g81 5/8 29
aurora borealis: g70 4/8 19-20; g69 1/8 9-11; g69 3/22 16; g60 12/22 29; g58 6/22 15; g49 7/8 13-15; g44 4/26 22; g31 4/1 428
belts above surface: g72 7/8 29
radiation belts: g61 10/22 6
benefits of sun: w60 376; ew 35-36; g47 12/8 22-24; g36 9/23 816
Bible’s description of planet: ce 199-202; w82 12/15 5
cataclysmic past: g65 11/8 7-8; g63 6/22 10-11; pa 10-12, 43; nh 98; g52 8/8 17-23; w51 180; g47 6/8 9-10
climate: g75 10/8 30; g69 5/8 16; g64 2/22 12; g63 10/8 7; g54 2/22 21-23; g54 5/22 12; g54 8/8 18-19; nh 52; g50 10/22 9-12; g47 7/8 28
continual phenomenon: g71 2/22 18
core: g76 9/22 17, 19
inner and outer: g78 1/8 12; g69 3/22 13
creation: ce 25-37; gh 58-59; yy 10, 12; w71 43; ad 476; g71 1/8 5; w70 119; g64 5/8 7; w63 256, 459-460; g63 4/22 4-7; g63 5/22 31; g63 10/8 6-9; w62 165, 426; w61 390-391; ns 14; g61 5/22 23; pa 9-17; w56 723-724; nh 34-53; bn 21-22; w50 423; ew 35-36; w44 180; tf 54-68
crust: g78 1/8 12; g76 9/22 17-18; g74 5/8 16
curse on ground: w75 664-666; g75 12/22 6-7; po 63, 71, 82; pm 16-18; ad 1595; w52 166-167; w51 638-639; el 44, 280; tf 106
cycles: lp 81-85
earth-atmosphere electrical cycle: g77 10/22 16-19
nitrogen cycle: lp 83
oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle: lp 14, 82; g76 6/22 11
water: ce 201-202
deepest hole drilled: g84 12/22 29
deserts:
spread: g84 9/22 29; g84 10/8 30; g83 1/8 30-31; g80 8/22 6; g79 9/22 5-6; g77 7/8 30; g76 6/8 30
designed for human life: ce 129-141; w81 2/15 4; g81 2/22 12-13; lp 17-23; w76 681-682; g76 4/22 6-8; g76 9/22 16-19; g75 12/22 10; w73 163-164; g73 7/8 5-7; w72 291-294; g70 8/22 24; w68 424; g63 10/8 6-9; w62 298; w61 448; g61 10/22 8; w56 230; g52 6/22 7-8; ew 35-36; w42 333; w32 44
discussion: ce 129-141; ad 475-477
distance from sun: ce 131-132; lp 10; yy 10; g72 2/8 9; g69 7/8 9; g67 8/22 12; g63 1/22 20; g62 8/22 18
“Earth Day”: g70 6/8 29
earthquakes help determine structure of: g76 9/22 16-17
effect of—
Flood: po 76; is 37-41; w68 421-422
sunspots: g78 1/8 19-20
electrical ring once feared: w55 511; g52 7/8 12-13; g41 10/15 25; g39 2/22 23-27
endures forever: su 9-12; g75 8/22 27-28; w74 4; tp73 38-39; w72 658-659; w67 167; qm 163-164; im 314; ms 166; g62 7/8 27-28; w61 100; w60 230; w59 25-29, 56-57; w58 763-764; yw 37-47; w57 254-255, 735; g57 9/22 6-7; qm55 163-164; lf50 21-25; ep 364; w40 74; w30 140-141
energy from inside the: g80 2/22 12
energy from sun: g78 2/8 12-15; g75 8/22 16
equator: g61 11/22 22; g31 4/1 424
evidence of Creator: ce 129-141; w81 2/15 4; lp 11-12, 17-23; gh 59; g76 6/22 8-10; g75 4/8 8-9; w71 613; nc 4-5
filling the earth: g83 8/8 10-11; gh 158-159; ts 134-135; g74 6/22 10-11; tp73 108-109; g70 10/8 20-21; is 186-187; w65 246
food potential: w83 2/15 27; g78 10/8 21; yy 13-14; g75 7/22 30; ts 135-136; g74 10/8 5; tp73 109; g72 10/22 5-6; g72 12/22 8-11; ad 1400; g71 11/22 20; g70 10/8 19-20
four corners of: fm 78-79
Christendom’s view: w84 2/15 4
“global greenhouse warming”: g84 1/8 29
gravitation: g69 3/22 13-14; g60 12/8 20-21; g32 8/17 707-710; g31 9/30 850-852; w30 25
‘hangs upon nothing’ (Job 26:7): ce 199-200; w75 133; g60 11/22 22; w59 589; w55 133-134; nh 22-23, 39; bn 23-24; w30 25
Hebrew words: ad 476
ice cap: g59 2/8 18-19; g55 8/8 13-15; g48 1/22 21-23; g47 1/22 12-16; g47 7/8 28
International Geophysical Year: g58 6/22 13-16; g55 8/8 13-15
Jehovah’s interest in: w80 11/15 22-26
Jehovah’s purpose for: su 31-33; w83 10/1 8-10; g82 9/22 10-11; w81 11/15 8-9; w78 8/15 6; go 5-16; lp 25-37, 179-181; g76 4/22 3-15; w74 291; w74 377-378; w74 660-662, 669; po 35, 40-41, 45-46, 48-49, 54-55, 61-62, 64, 188, 190; g73 5/22 15; w72 4; pm 9-10, 14-15, 18; g72 9/8 3-4; w71 36-37; w71 615-617; nc 9-10, 13; g71 8/22 11-12; w70 229-230, 233; fm 291; w68 260; w67 585; yl 14-15
Jehovah sustains: lp 77, 81-85
knowledge of, incomplete: g74 1/22 13; g70 10/8 15-17; g69 10/22 20
land area: g70 10/8 19; g69 9/8 24; w68 261, 542
land sinking: g75 10/22 30
layers below surface: g45 8/29 5-6
life on earth unique: g81 2/22 10, 12
likened to a well-kept home: ce 130-131; lp 17-19, 23-24
magnetic field: g79 6/22 18-19; g78 1/8 18-20; g77 6/22 17-18; g76 9/22 19; g69 3/22 13-14; g69 7/8 11-13; g69 9/8 18-20
man’s eternal home: g69 4/22 11; w67 167; im 172-173; w59 27; g59 4/22 23; w58 421-423, 761-762; yw 33, 41-42; w49 21-23; ci 348-349; w40 75
man’s figurative mother (Job 1:21): ad 1186; w49 122; wl 164
Hindu Rig-Veda has similar concept: dt 5
mantle: g76 9/22 18
map (ancient habitable earth): bi4 856; ep 113
meek inherit (Ps 37:11; Mt 5:5): w78 2/1 28-29; w74 377-378; w74 662; g71 7/8 27-28; w66 451-452; w59 479; w58 139; mk 3-31; w40 151; w34 69; jh 36-37
mineral resources: g74 11/22 16
misconceptions: w84 2/15 4-6; g81 12/8 3-4; w80 10/1 11; hp 140; w79 2/1 15; g69 4/22 11; yb63 231-232; w62 454-455; w60 614; nh 46; bn 23-24; w51 420-421; w30 25
moon:
distance to: g72 10/22 4; g69 11/8 30; g69 11/22 4
effect on earth: gh 59; g75 3/8 30; g60 12/8 20-22; g54 10/22 15; g46 11/22 18; g31 4/1 426-427
pigeons sense position of: g79 6/22 19
motions: ce 132-133; gh 59; g72 10/22 4-5; g69 8/8 20; w67 550; g67 8/22 12; g62 2/22 3; w61 113; g59 4/22 20; g56 3/22 23; w55 133; w50 403; g40 12/25 15; g34 12/5 154; g31 4/1 428
mountainous area: g69 5/8 11
never dying off our earth: w83 10/1 8-10, 17-18, 31
number of different kinds of earth-dwelling creatures: w83 11/15 7
oceans’ coverage of: g76 4/8 9
orbit: ce 131-132
organisms per square foot: g70 1/22 4
ownership of: w74 593-599
ozone layer: ce 135; g80 2/8 30; g78 2/8 21-22
Paradise: ce 232-244, 246; tr 111-112; lp 25-37; g75 12/22 3-12; po 48-49, 54-55, 61, 64; w71 615-617; ad 1396-1397; te 179-182; nc 9-14; g71 4/22 22-27; w69 135-136; is 184; w68 259, 261-262; g68 4/8 27-28; g68 10/8 20; w67 138, 431; ev 177-187; w65 234-235, 244-245; im 381-383; ms 167-170; w64 134; g64 6/22 28; w59 75-76; g59 2/22 5-8; g59 8/22 27-28; pa 17, 220-226, 240-241; w56 758; lg 169; w48 159-160; ep 365-366
perishable: w71 480
population: w85 8/15 10; w83 10/1 17; g83 11/22 29; w82 4/1 20; g78 5/22 31; g78 12/22 29; g60 7/22 30
at the time of Jesus Christ: g83 8/8 5
capacity: w85 8/15 10; g75 4/22 30; tp73 108; ad 1400; g70 10/8 18-19; w68 260-261, 542; g67 9/8 12; w61 197; g60 12/8 30-31; g59 6/22 3-4; g51 9/8 12, 16; g50 5/22 8; g46 2/27 2; mk 29-30; g34 1/31 282
chart showing modern growth in world population: g83 8/8 8
increase per year: g83 11/22 29; w79 1/1 3
number who have ever lived on: w82 4/1 20; ad 1400
population explosion: g83 8/8 3-8
problem: g79 10/22 13-16
poverty: g79 6/8 29-30
prayer for God’s will to take place on: w78 8/15 6
problems facing: g83 8/8 3-4
quasi moon: g71 11/22 30
realm of Kingdom: kc 5-6, 9-11; w64 633; pw 30; w59 25, 530-531; yw 38; w55 446; lg 138
rotation: ce 132-133; yy 10; g71 2/22 18; g63 10/8 6
rulership: ce 196-198; go 5-16; w59 100-114, 240-242; yw 81-127; w34 69; jh 36
seasons: ce 132-133
seismic waves: g76 9/22 16-17; g74 5/8 16-17
shape: ce 200-201; g77 12/22 17; ad 475; is 13; w67 671-672; w62 751; g62 12/22 29; w59 589; w55 134; bn 24
size: ad 475; g70 5/22 19; g69 1/22 16; w68 202; w66 197; g62 12/22 29; w59 28; yw 44; g58 2/22 10; g57 4/8 3-4; g51 9/8 12-13; w50 374-375; g44 4/26 21-22; g31 4/1 428; w30 59
soil: ce 138-140
erosion: g80 3/8 21-24
sovereignty: su 14-17, 113; im 164; w64 628; pw 18-19
space junk circling: g84 9/22 30
steam deep in: g78 1/8 10-12
Stevenson’s (Adlai) comment on spaceship earth: g83 8/8 3-4
subduing: lp 50-51; w65 246; w60 315; w59 29, 590-591; g59 8/22 28; yw 45-46, 350-352; g57 9/22 6; w48 159-160
symbolic: w79 11/1 19; go 181; g77 11/22 27-28; w76 35-36; sl 297, 305-306; w72 238-240; pm 71-74; w71 479; w71 511-512; ad 477; fm 319; qm 163-165; w66 498-499; w65 295; ms 166-167; w64 55, 721; w63 756; bf 531; w58 422; pa 211; w56 421; qm55 163-165; w53 606-607; ms53 108; nh 286; lg 261-262; w51 326; w43 173; w38 302; ch 36; bg 23; v-2 340-343; le32 47; lt-1-30 87
‘burned up’: w74 665-666; ka 27-29; w67 166; g62 7/8 27-28; w60 230; w58 422; w57 254-255; g57 9/22 7; w55 440-441; w30 330
“end of the world” not end of: w81 11/15 4-7
“former earth” (Re 21:1): g78 1/8 4-5
new earth: su 105-112; g84 10/22 9-10; w83 3/15 25-26; w83 10/1 9-11, 13; w82 7/1 26; w82 11/1 5-6; w81 11/15 6-7; kc 177-178; w80 4/1 3, 6; w80 4/15 4-5; g80 1/22 14; bw 185-186; g79 6/22 14; w78 10/1 12; g78 1/8 4-5; lp 29-31
righteous: w57 255; w56 424; ms53 108; nh 71, 83; w45 309
spiritual estate of Jehovah’s people (Isa 11:9): w85 1/1 14
“stored up for fire” (2Pe 3:7): su 52; bw 177-179
wicked: su 111; w57 255; w56 421-423; w55 441; ms53 108; nh 94, 99, 106-112, 284-285, 297; rm 303; w49 19-21; tf 284
temperature:
center of earth: g78 1/8 12
if there were no sun: g78 2/8 15
polar temperatures: g82 2/8 31
theory of continental drift: g77 6/22 16-21
theory of destruction of, by gravity proved false: w76 71
threat of nuclear holocaust: g82 9/22 3-4, 6-8
tilt on axis: ce 132-133; ad 476; g67 12/22 9-10; g63 10/8 8-9; g58 1/22 12; w50 423; ew 35-36
unique: ce 129-141
water: ce 137-138; g81 11/8 27; g80 5/8 26; g76 1/8 12; g75 6/8 8; g73 7/8 6-7; w71 350; ad 475; g71 4/22 8; g70 5/22 24; g70 8/22 24; g70 10/8 18-19; is 37; g69 4/8 23; g69 11/8 12; g66 3/8 8; g63 10/8 7, 10; w61 447-448; ns 58
canopy: bw 172; w68 419-420; w64 54-55; w63 768; g63 6/22 11; pa 10-13, 42; g57 2/8 25-26; nh 97-98; tf 57-66, 134-135, 138-139
cycle: ce 201-202
volume: g44 4/26 21; g31 4/1 428
weather during 1983: g83 8/22 29
weight: g79 9/8 30; w71 43; w71 613; nc 4-5; g70 5/22 19; w61 113, 426; g46 12/22 27
zone of life: g71 4/22 5
Quotations
a population of 40 to 50 billion: w76 195
by far the most inviting object they [astronauts] could see: ce 129
if we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago: g81 11/22 4; w79 8/1 7
it seems as if such particular and precise conditions could hardly have arisen at random: ce 131
the earth is the wonder of the universe, a unique sphere: ce 129
the most beautiful thing to see, in all the heavens: g83 8/8 3
we are only now beginning to appreciate how strange and splendid it is: ce 129
we were looking at a world that was just the way God made it without those boundaries that we see on maps (commander of space shuttle Columbia): g83 4/8 9