KINGDOM
(See also Appointed Times of the Nations [Gentile Times]; Christ’s Return and Presence; Covenants; Kingdom Interests; New Earth; New Heavens; New System of Things; 1914; Signs; Thousand Year Reign)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
accomplishments: w74 345-346; w67 31; w66 620, 622-625; kd 18-19, 22-28
advancing interests of:
with self-sacrificing spirit: km 10/85 1, 8; w75 495-496
advocating:
Jehovah’s Witnesses: kc 141-150; yb75 234-237
not seditious: yb73 162
apostles’ expectations: hs 107-108; ad 1003
appreciation for: w75 21-22; w69 80-81
demonstrating: w71 132
attitude of early third-century church “fathers”: w84 12/1 12
Augustine’s comment on: w84 12/1 6-8
Bible definition: g79 1/22 27
blessings to earthly subjects: ce 236-244, 246; w83 4/15 16-21; uw 82-83; ku 25-31; sm 59-60; g83 4/8 10-11; w82 11/1 4-6; km 1/82 1; w81 1/15 17; w81 6/1 8-9; kc 5-6, 10-11, 21-26, 176-183; tr 53-54, 103-112; g81 1/8 9-10; w80 1/15 14-15; hp 188-190; w78 3/1 30-31; fl 183, 188, 190; w77 581-582, 586; go 183-191; lp 167-181; w76 196; w76 260-261; yy 189-191; w75 261-262; fu 21-23; gc 23-28; g75 4/8 13-14; w74 291-294; w74 377-378; ts 133-143; g74 4/8 9-15; g74 6/22 10-11; g74 8/8 11; g74 9/8 23; g74 10/8 17, 21-22; w73 78-79; tp73 7-8, 43-45, 101-110; g73 4/22 18-21; g73 10/8 27-29; g73 11/22 12; w72 495-496, 580-582; g72 5/22 17; g72 7/22 12-13; g72 10/8 18-19; g72 10/22 15-16; w71 5; w71 36-37; w71 100-101; w71 245-246; te 90; g71 4/22 25-27; g71 10/8 23-25; w70 199, 239-240, 628-630; sv 25-30; g70 10/8 15, 24-25; w69 131-136, 359-360; is 182-187; g69 10/8 12, 14, 17-18, 20-23, 26; w68 679; g68 4/8 27-28; g68 11/22 15-16; w67 456; yl 15-16; g67 6/8 8; g67 7/8 27-28; g67 9/8 18; w66 166-167; g66 4/22 26-27; g66 10/8 23-25; g66 12/22 8; w65 244-245, 360; im 379-383; ms 167-170; g65 12/8 10; w64 241-242; w63 626-628, 677-679; wg 25-31; g63 4/22 27-29; w62 101-102, 255, 616-619; tc 10-19; g62 10/8 25-27; g61 10/8 25; w59 240-242; g59 5/22 8; w55 442-444; w52 168-169; lg 265-269; ew 55-59; w39 142-143; g31 3/4 378-382; g31 5/13 540-543
benefits today: g84 4/8 10-11; w78 1/15 20, 22-23
control over natural upheavals: kc 24
education: w85 1/15 16-18
everlasting life: ce 240-241; w84 8/15 4, 7
exhilarating work: w82 8/1 16
freedom from boredom: w83 11/15 4-7
freedom from serious accidents: lp 180; g77 6/8 5
freedom from sin and death: w85 1/15 16
freedom from want: ce 238-239; g82 1/8 11; w79 1/1 6
good environment: lp 158-162
happiness: g77 7/8 12
health: ce 239-240; w79 1/1 7; go 8-10
justice: ce 246; w84 6/15 5-8; g79 3/8 13
mankind’s needs to be filled by: w82 10/15 4-7
oneness of language: go 5-6, 9; w74 42-44; w73 530; ka 49-50; g71 2/22 10
one set of laws: go 7-8
‘pain is no more’ (Re 21:4): w80 4/15 4-6; w80 8/15 29; g78 1/8 6, 9
Paradise restored: w85 1/15 18-19; ce 236-237; w83 10/15 6-7
peace: w84 11/15 7
peace among men: w85 10/15 4-7; ce 241-242; w78 4/1 6
peace with animals: ce 242-244; w83 10/15 7; g83 1/8 28
perfection: su 189; uw 190; lp 171-175; w75 309
population control: g83 8/8 9-11
resurrection: ce 244-246; w79 1/1 7-8; w79 6/15 18-21; go 11-13
“river” and “trees of life” (Re 22:1, 2): su 188-189
security: g83 1/8 11-13; w79 1/1 7
summary: g84 10/22 9-10
talking with resurrected forebears: w83 11/15 6-7
unity: w85 1/15 19-20
weather control: go 8-9
capital organization: w75 490-492; w59 334; mn 22; w58 238; w57 275; qm55 348-349; nh 166, 228, 340; w50 237, 447-448; w44 276; ch 13
charts:
ways in which to proclaim: uw 101
what God’s Kingdom will do: kc 25
why the UN has failed; why God’s Kingdom will succeed: w85 10/15 5
Christendom’s rejection of: w84 12/1 14-15; w81 4/15 9-13; w74 614-615; hu 8-9; w73 615-616, 620; dy 12-13; w72 625-627; dn 18-22; w66 657; w64 238-239; g64 8/22 7; w63 621-622; bf 502-503; wg 21-23; w62 615; tc 8-9; w60 627; sw 23; w59 141-144; w58 732; w56 613; w53 433-434; nh 245-246; rm 291-301; w46 310-316
clergy’s failure to preach: w84 1/1 14; g81 10/8 10
compared with congregation of God: uw 115; w60 697-700; w47 168-169
counterfeits: w82 9/15 17-18; g61 4/22 21; g60 2/22 7-8; w59 579; jp 111; w58 629-631, 649-650; g54 7/8 9-12; lg 257; g52 7/22 17-18; w50 517; g47 9/8 11-12; w42 154
covenant with David: w85 1/1 29-30; w84 6/15 30-31; w79 12/1 18-20; sl 102-107; po 125-129, 136, 142; ad 1000
declaring abroad (Lu 9:60): w85 12/15 10-15
desirability of: w85 11/15 3-5; kc 5-6, 10-11; w79 1/1 3-5; w71 165-167
destruction of world political rulership: w83 5/15 8-9; w79 1/15 8-12, 15-19; w78 6/15 12-15; go 64-70
discussion: w85 1/15 15-20; w84 9/15 8-9; w84 11/15 6-7; w83 1/1 8-16, 22-24; w83 4/15 8-9; w83 5/15 8-9; uw 78-86; g83 4/8 9-11; g83 7/22 14-15; w82 3/15 14-19; w82 4/1 20-25; w82 5/1 8-19; w82 9/15 12-22; g82 8/22 7-11; km 4/82 1, 3; w81 5/15 17-27; kc 5-185; w80 1/15 9-21; w80 10/1 26-28, 30; w80 12/1 22-27, 30-31; hp 151-158, 160; w79 1/1 4-8; w79 1/15 3-7; w79 7/1 17-19; g79 1/22 27-28; km 6/79 1, 7; w78 1/15 6-7, 12-20, 22-25; w78 3/1 16-31; w77 580-584; w75 361-363; w75 685-697; g75 4/8 11-14; ad 996-1005; te 159-162
earthly representatives: go 162; sl 361-364; ts 131-132; w70 629; sv 29
effect of Kingdom rule on family: km 2/79 1, 8
establishment: w82 5/1 12-15; kc 127-139; w78 3/1 23; go 65-67; w75 621; sl 243; og 24-25; ka 210; pm 71-72
announced: hs 145; w74 331-334; w71 68-69; w71 467-468; w71 560; w70 686-687; fm 310-311; w66 622-623; kd 23-25; w63 587-590; bf 463, 505; ns 305; g61 6/22 7; jp 102-104, 107-109; w56 614; w55 623; w53 121; nh 206-207; w52 260-261; w30 343
Daniel’s vision of: w77 393; go 101-107
described: w85 2/1 11-12, 17; w60 461-462; w59 314-315; pa 175-176; w56 615; w53 439-440; nh 210-212; w51 493-494; w45 68-69; w35 189-190
physical facts in evidence: ce 223-227, 229-231; tr 83-84, 86-93; ts 161-163; w69 67-72; is 121-134; yb69 291-293; ev 174-176; w66 618-619; kd 15-16; w64 365; w63 5; bf 503; g63 5/8 6-7; w62 103, 620-621; tc 20-24; w61 620; nu 20; g61 4/22 21-22; g61 5/22 6-7; w59 239, 335; mn 23-24; pa 179-184; w56 614-615; nh 246-262; lg 254-260; w51 335-336; el 206-214; w35 60-61
time: kc 135-139; tr 93; w78 3/1 23-26; go 72-89; sl 41-42, 102-104, 190; w74 236-237; w74 356-358; w74 398; w74 622, 630; po 174-177; ts 155-156, 159-160; hu 25; w73 645; ka 164-165, 228-229; w72 180, 351-352; pm 331, 368-369; kj 232-235, 346, 353-354; w69 72, 724-725; fm 263, 284; w67 445, 752; w66 617-618; kd 12-15; im 324-325; w64 77, 80, 745; w63 134, 685; bf 453, 457, 461, 503, 505; g63 5/8 6; w62 103, 254, 620-622; tc 20-24; w61 620; nu 19-20; g61 6/22 7; w60 461; w59 239, 335; mn 23; g59 5/22 6; w56 614-615; qm55 348; sr55 100; w53 123, 438-439; lg 141; w51 493-494; w43 38-39; w35 60-61
why tribulation followed: ts 163
“from the founding of the world” (Mt 25:34): w85 2/1 23; w83 8/1 27; w74 288
‘fruits of the kingdom’: w78 12/15 23-24; w72 91; w69 51; w62 239-240; ns 322; w57 563; w48 285; w43 38; w42 213; w30 197-201
government: w83 4/15 8-9, 16-18; w82 5/1 9-11; w82 5/15 6-7; kc 8-11, 29-30; tr 75-77, 103-105; w80 1/15 9-21; hp 152-158, 160; w78 1/15 14-18; w78 3/1 21-31; w77 580-582; w75 239; w75 260-262; w75 622-623; og 24-29; g75 3/22 5-6; g75 4/8 11-14; w74 5; w74 106-108; w74 625, 629-630; w74 712-713; w73 389; w73 634; w72 580-583; pm 224-225; g72 10/22 16; w71 3-5; w71 165-167; w71 198; w71 281, 286; w71 568-571; w71 635; te 159; g71 10/8 22-25; w70 196-197, 287, 620-621; sv 9-13; g70 3/22 8; g70 10/8 24; w69 131-132, 235; fm 367-369; is 181-182; g69 10/8 11; w68 764-765; g68 12/22 7-8; w67 585-586; ev 173; g67 3/22 7; g67 9/8 18; w66 617-618; kd 13; g66 10/8 22; w65 622; ms 301-302; gv 19-20; w63 47, 134-135; ln 19-20; w62 327, 613-615; tc 6-10; g62 10/8 24-27; g61 4/22 20-21; w60 131, 699; w59 334; mn 21-23; w56 582-583; g56 2/8 25-26; nh 244; lg 138-139; w50 235; w44 276; w41 266-267
earthly administration: go 5-16; w74 292-293; ts 131-132
why needed: w85 1/15 10-15; w85 11/15 3-5
handed over to Jehovah: uw 190; w82 5/1 19; w80 12/1 30-31; w77 744; w75 623; og 29; w74 604; ts 131; ka 147-148
heavenly: w85 2/1 11-12; w84 11/15 7; w82 5/1 9-10; kc 9-10; w74 690; w74 735-736; ts 160; g74 8/22 27; w73 616; w71 4-5; w70 196; w67 239, 752; g67 6/8 27; ms 302; gn 15; w64 361; w63 47; ln 19; g61 4/22 21; w60 460; w59 530-531; g59 5/22 5; w54 630; gn54 15-16; lg 136-138; ki 284, 290; w30 323
communication with earth: ts 132
“heavenly Jerusalem” (Heb 12:22): w85 2/1 11-12; w83 3/15 22-23
identified: w85 12/15 11; yl 12-13; w66 618; kd 13-14; gn 15-16; w63 47; ln 19-20; g61 4/22 20-22; w60 313-314, 460, 699-700; yw 348; w55 446; w54 630; w52 477; lg 136; w50 237; ke 37-45
importance: w85 12/15 11-12, 15; tr 128; w75 622-623; yb75 151-152; og 28; w74 376; w69 230-231; g67 6/8 27; gn 17; w64 230-231; w63 587; w62 101, 253-254; g61 10/8 28-29; w60 632-635; g59 5/22 5; w54 630-631; lg 142-143; w50 235; w44 276-277; ci 103-109; w38 19; g35 6/5 561; pp 171; g31 3/4 379; w30 196-197, 326-327
“inherit the kingdom” (Mt 25:34): w85 2/1 22-23; w83 1/1 14; go 163-164, 166; w74 626-627; g74 8/22 28; w73 495; ka 272; w59 50; w55 446; w53 125; el 241-242; w49 151-153
issue worldwide regarding God’s: w83 1/1 8-16, 22-24
Jehovah’s universal: w85 12/15 10-11; w80 12/1 30-31; pm 224, 376-378
Jewish belief regarding: g79 1/22 28
keys of the: w82 2/15 20-21; w79 10/1 16-29; w77 440; g77 3/8 28; hs 122, 124; ad 990; w67 412-413; w66 123-126; im 88, 94, 98, 251-253; w64 362; ns 249, 278-279, 286, 288; w58 462-463; pa 147-149; w57 565-566; hn 20-22; g56 2/22 26; w55 614-615; w50 197; g50 4/8 25-26; w49 91-94; g48 8/22 24-25; ki 269-275; rw 44-45; tf 272-275; g37 7/28 689; ch 198-202; g35 1/2 209; ke 22-24
‘kingdom drawn near’ (Mt 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; Mr 1:15): kc 68-77; ts 128, 155; ad 1002-1003; w67 748; w61 617; nu 12-13; g61 4/22 19; w60 200, 632; w59 210; yw 134; w53 118; lg 140; ki 226-229; w43 38
Kingdom heirs: kc 78-86
Kingdom of God: ad 997-1005
“kingdom of the Son of his love” (Col 1:13): w80 10/1 26-28; w78 3/1 17-20; w73 458-459; w60 700; nh 206; w47 166-167
King Jesus Christ: w85 10/15 4-7; w81 12/15 4-7; kc 73-76; tr 53-54, 103-104; hp 153-156; w79 1/15 6-7, 12, 18-23; w78 1/15 6-7; w78 3/1 23; w77 585-589; go 90-107; w76 239-240, 242-246, 251; w75 262; g75 4/8 12-14; w74 68-70; w74 106-108; ts 127-128, 130, 160-161; w73 61; w72 171, 180-181, 580-581, 627, 631; dn 22-23, 29-30; w71 5; w71 198; w71 238-246; w71 281-282; w71 635; ad 923; kj 232-235, 354, 356-357, 364-365; te 159-162; w70 237-238; g70 10/8 24-25; w69 131-132; g69 10/8 12-13; w68 679; w67 752; w66 134-136; w65 265-266, 619-622; ms 302-304; gv 15-20; w64 743; g64 1/8 28; g64 4/8 27-28; w63 134-135, 551, 615; bf 503, 626; wg 7-8; w62 36, 42-45, 101, 392-395, 559; wr 14; w61 524, 617-618; nu 13-16; w60 131, 551; w59 236-242; qm55 348; w52 633; gw 25
benefits of Kingdom “everlasting”: w80 12/1 31
Shepherd-King: w85 12/15 11-13
language:
languages in which Kingdom is proclaimed: g84 12/8 3-4; w83 1/1 12; w79 11/1 24
law of the Kingdom: w78 1/15 18-20
“least” in: w78 4/1 30; w73 436; g65 5/22 27-28; w52 287; lg 187; w47 331-333
“let your kingdom come” (Mt 6:10): w85 11/15 3; w82 5/1 9-11, 16-19; kc 5-13, 21-22, 29, 36, 45; g79 1/22 27-28; w78 8/15 5-6; w75 261; w64 229-231, 239-242; w59 25-26; yw 38-40; g56 2/8 25-26; g56 9/22 6-7; w52 477; lg 141-142, 163; w51 493-495; w43 371, 380
loyalty to: w82 3/15 14-19; w80 1/15 16-21
members: uw 110-111, 115-116; kc 9-10; tr 76-77; w80 12/1 30-31; hp 156-158; g79 1/22 27-28; w78 3/1 21, 27-28; go 110-115; w75 687-690; g75 4/8 11-12; w74 106-108; ad 1422; g69 10/8 13-14; w68 765; g67 6/8 28; g61 4/22 22
confidence in: hp 158
relative positions: w61 32; w43 45; w33 356
selecting: tr 78-79; w78 1/15 17; w71 568-571; g69 9/22 27-28; w68 765-767; gn 15-16; g65 5/22 28; w58 461-464; w54 630; w44 293-294, 296; ki 290; w30 323
misconceptions: w84 12/1 14-15; w83 4/1 15; w81 5/1 27; w81 9/15 15; kc 8-9; w80 1/15 5-6; w74 296-297; w73 689-690; w70 196-199; w60 635, 698-699; w58 627; w56 581-582; w55 622; w53 114, 438; ta 280; ke 38-40; kw 55-56
nations having a king today: w79 1/15 3
nations shaken by preaching of: w75 361-363
need for: w85 11/15 3-5; ce 189-191
“new heavens”: w83 3/15 24-25; w83 10/1 9-10; w75 261; sl 322-323, 355-358; ad 732-733; g70 3/8 28; w61 241
not in heart: w79 7/1 18-19; w73 689-690
number of references to:
by Jesus and his disciples: w80 1/15 5
frequency of word in Matthew: w61 606; w60 632; g59 5/22 5
in Gospels: w79 7/1 17
opposition to: w85 2/1 12; sl 253
parables concerning: kc 96-104; w75 589-604; w42 230-231; ci 105-108; w39 150; s 181
people who do not want rule of: w71 99-100; w71 132
pictured by—
city (Heb 11:10): kc 50-51; w58 101
copper mountain: pm 224-225
David’s kingdom: w85 12/15 11-12; w71 744; w66 615, 617; kd 7-8, 11; w64 232-233; ns 258-259
Jerusalem: kc 130-131; go 56-57; ts 157-160; w72 631; pm 128-130, 278; dn 29; w70 625-626; sv 20-22; w67 612-613; w66 182, 615, 617; kd 8, 11; g65 6/8 27; w64 232-233, 651-652, 759; w63 103; bf 453, 457; w59 213; w58 634; yw 94; gr 21; lg 135-136; w51 181-182; w44 41
male child (Re 12:5): w82 7/1 16-17; w81 5/1 21-22; w80 1/15 10-11; w78 3/1 24, 26; po 177; ad 1334; fm 303-305; w66 239; im 166; w62 151, 728; w60 461-462; pa 175; w53 439-440; nh 210; lg 141; rm 299-300; w35 189-190; w33 220-221; w32 45-47, 86; w31 324; lt-1-30 235-236
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream tree (Da 4): w82 5/1 14-15
Solomon’s rule: w79 8/15 5-8; w75 83; fu 21-23
split Mount of Olives (Zec 14:4): w78 3/1 26; pm 374-379
stone (Da 2:34, 45): w82 5/15 6-7; g82 8/22 9-10; w81 5/15 27; kc 35-36; w78 1/15 7; w78 3/1 26; w78 6/15 15; go 64-70; sl 312-319; pm 375-376; w71 620-622; nc 19-23; w70 627; sv 23-25; w64 237; w59 314-315; yw 126-127
preaching of, in first century: w80 10/1 28; hs 96-98, 123-126; w74 685
princes: w81 12/15 17; w79 1/15 22; w79 6/15 18; w72 581-582; w59 334; w53 441-442; lg 138-139; w50 237; ci 180-183; wh 47-49
proper attitude toward opposers of: km 6/82 3
purpose: w83 5/15 8-9; uw 81-83; w82 5/1 11, 17-19; kc 21-26; g79 1/22 27-28; w75 80-86; ts 131-133; w71 99-101; w71 131; w70 589-590; g70 3/8 15; yl 24-25; g67 3/22 7; g67 6/8 28; w66 55; gn 16-17; g64 4/22 27; w62 101; w61 528; g61 4/22 22; g61 6/22 7-8; w60 633; w58 243; w56 518-519; qm55 348; w54 630-631; lg 142-143; el 277-287; w44 276; w43 250-251; w38 19; w30 326-327
reaching out for: kc 46-55
reality of: w85 1/15 16-20; g83 7/22 14-15; km 10/83 1, 7; kc 9-11; hp 159; w71 166-167
refuge: w75 605-608; w75 685-697
relationship to Jehovah’s universal sovereignty: w78 1/15 7, 24-25
religious confusion about: w79 7/1 18-19
repentance with regard to: w75 750-751
sacred secret: fm 254-256, 285-288
scriptures misinterpreted:
Luke 17:21: kc 8-9; ad 1002-1003; w70 196; g61 4/22 20; w60 699; w56 582; ta 280; ke 38; kw 55
Romans 14:17: w78 3/15 18; w73 187; w73 458-459; w52 476-477; w51 493
seeking first: w85 12/15 10-11; w84 9/15 8-9; km 12/84 1, 4; uw 87-94; w81 10/15 21-22; kc 12-13; w78 1/15 22; w78 8/1 22, 25-26; w78 10/1 26; w78 11/1 17-18; w75 565; yb75 8, 62; fu 26-27; w74 250; w74 653-655; g74 8/8 5-7; w73 437-438; w72 135-136; g72 10/22 16; kj 358-359; w70 199; w68 138-139; yb67 187-188, 194-195, 220, 268-269, 300-301; yl 14; g66 8/8 26; w65 327, 522-528; g64 10/8 29; w62 341, 622; tc 25; w61 529, 587, 647, 727; g61 6/22 6-7; w60 633-635; w59 131, 396-407, 715; w54 507-508; lg 143; w51 22-23; w48 247-248; w44 278-283; w43 171; w41 105
Jesus’ example: w85 12/15 10-11, 13-15
“seizing” (Mt 11:12): ts 105-106; w72 90-92
“signal” (Isa 62:10): ad 1501; w58 693; sr55 138-139; nh 282-283; w51 753-754; w49 53; w48 23-24; g42 6/24 17-18
sowing with Kingdom in view: w80 6/15 11-16
“stronghold” (Zec 9:12): w73 30-31; w72 630-631; pm 275, 277-278; dn 27, 29
subjects: w85 1/15 17-20; g83 7/22 15; km 10/83 1; kc 9-11; w79 1/15 4, 22; g79 2/22 14-15; w72 583; w71 571; w67 456; ev 174; w66 198, 625; kd 28; w63 47, 135-136; ln 20; w60 131; w59 594, 596; g59 5/22 6; pa 218; w56 519; lg 138-139, 263-265; el 275-276; ew 55-59
supporting: km 6/79 1, 7; w73 721
teaching appreciation for: w70 213-214
theme of Bible: w80 1/15 9; w66 179-180; w65 656; g65 8/8 6; g65 8/22 7-8; w64 406
“this good news of the kingdom” (Mt 24:14): ce 230-231; tr 93; w80 10/1 28-29; w75 681; w73 681-683, 687-688, 690, 693; ka 297-298, 307-308; w72 366-367; or 3-7; pm 100-101; w71 78-82; w71 302, 308; w71 466; w71 753-754; w70 45, 51, 174-175, 407, 462-463, 660-661; g70 3/8 15-16; w69 72, 214; fm 316; w68 8, 10-11, 31, 715; yb68 6-11; g68 10/8 12; w67 748-758; w66 215, 623; kd 24-25; gn 24-28; w64 242, 745; w63 47-48; bf 462-466; ln 20-21; w62 101-103; w61 238-239, 585-586, 594-595, 630, 690; g61 6/22 7; w60 487; pa 177, 185; w56 262, 747; w55 621-628; w54 634; gn54 25-27; nh 254-257; lg 141; w44 260
being “girded for”: w77 17-19, 24-25
different from preaching of Christendom’s missionaries: w80 10/1 28-29
discussion: w83 5/15 25-26; km 4/82 1, 3; km 6/82 1, 3; km 12/81 1-2; w80 12/15 17-22; yb77 3-5
extent of preaching before end: w78 10/1 6-7, 12
importance of preaching: su 158-159; w78 6/15 26; w78 12/15 23-24
increase in proclaimers since 1918: yb82 4-6
Kingdom service encouraged in the 1914 Watch Tower: w77 13
ministers of: w82 1/1 16-21
part of sign of last days: w85 2/1 9, 14, 18, 24
pointing to Kingdom as real solution: km 1/79 1, 4
preaching instructions of Jesus: w85 12/15 14-15
preaching with boldness: uw 169-175
to have “no end”: w77 10; w77 287
understanding is revealed progressively: w81 12/1 18-26, 28-29; w79 7/1 26-29; w64 361
unity among proclaimers of: w84 3/1 18-26
use of term: w83 4/15 8-9; w83 5/15 8-9; g79 1/22 27; w63 537; g61 4/22 20; w59 50; w55 446; w53 125; ms53 226; w46 248; g44 4/12 16; nd 23
“vine” of Messianic (Joh 15:1-5): w78 12/15 19-24, 26-27
Watchtower has emphasized Kingdom for over 100 years: w79 7/1 17-19
Wells’ (H. G.) comment on: g81 10/8 10
when the Kingdom comes: w82 5/1 12-15; kc 105-114, 116-140
who enter (Mt 7:21-23): w78 12/1 14-15
why so long in coming: w78 1/15 15-16
“will not be brought to ruin” (Da 7:14): uw 86
Quotations
early Christians preferred the Kingdom of God to any kingdom that they might serve on earth: sj 12
early Christians viewed themselves as citizens of the Kingdom of God: w82 2/1 7
kingdom is a divine act, not a human accomplishment: w80 1/15 8
more than thirty years since I have listened to a minister attempt to explain the Kingdom: w80 1/15 9
theologians rediscover the Kingdom of God as the main theme of the New Testament: w80 1/15 9
the silence of most Christians about the Kingdom of God is one of the greatest tragedies of our time: w79 7/1 18