TIME OF THE END
(See also Appointed Times of the Nations [Gentile Times]; Christ’s Return and Presence; Conclusion of the System of Things; Final Part of the Days; Last Days; 1914; Signs)
1914 recognized as a turning point in human history: ce 227-229; w82 11/1 7; w80 10/15 14-15
attitude of apostates toward: w84 12/1 18
beginning: w85 2/1 11-12; w82 5/1 13-15; w81 8/1 23; w80 10/1 25-30; w79 6/15 28; w76 94; w75 749-750; w74 356-358; g73 1/22 8; kj 57-58, 73, 356; w70 686; fm 47-48; g68 2/8 30; g68 10/8 5-6; w67 102; w65 148; w63 685; bf 462; g60 3/22 4-8; pa 178-183; w54 709-712; nh 247-248; lg 253-255; w49 330-332; w40 232
chronology to fix: w85 2/1 11-12; yb75 37; po 174-177; ts 156-159; w73 645; g66 10/8 19; g63 5/8 6-7; w60 625-626; g60 3/22 5-8; pa 173; w52 270-272; el 68-70; w49 327-330; tf 238-239
not Pentecost 33 C.E.: w80 10/1 19-24
discussion: w84 5/1 5-7; w84 10/1 3-7; w84 11/15 3-6; ad 1600-1601; g60 3/22 4-8; pa 178-185; w54 709-712; lg 249-255; w51 400-408; el 205-214; w49 323-326, 331-335
economic problems: g74 1/22 8
evidence indicates we are deep in the: w84 11/15 23-24
“final part of the days”: w85 7/1 18-28
first mention in Watchtower: w79 7/1 5; w40 232; w38 35
‘flight not in wintertime’ (Mt 24:20): w70 46; nh 273; w52 51; w51 336-337; g48 8/8 25; w42 203; w41 364; s 28
‘flight not on Sabbath’ (Mt 24:20): w70 46; w61 679; w55 241; nh 273; g48 8/8 25-26; jh 358
“great tribulation” (Mt 24:21): w80 8/15 19-20; w80 10/15 13-16; w78 8/15 31; po 184-185; ad 1615-1616; km 1/68 4-5
Jewish system of things: w83 8/1 24; uw 178; w80 10/1 20-23; hp 142-144; w79 6/15 27-28; w74 680-683, 693-694; po 172-173; fm 48-49; g64 2/22 6-7; w52 339-340; w51 681; w50 406-408; w46 245
judgment period: g64 2/22 7; w63 595-596; bf 467; g63 11/8 27; g62 5/8 8; w60 53-55; w59 157-159; w58 120, 658; w57 602; w56 679-680, 758; w55 200-201, 695-696; sr55 159-169; g53 10/22 26; w52 341-350; lg 285-287; w48 227-228; w47 197-201; g36 7/29 689-690
length: w85 2/1 23-24; w81 8/1 22; w63 622; mg63 34; wg 23; pa 178; w52 542-543; w51 400
marked days during: go 121-147
meaning of term: w81 8/1 22; w58 636-638; pa 174; gr 26-29; w54 709-710; el 206-207; ci 85-86; w33 68
need for watchfulness: w84 12/1 3-8, 10-19; w78 10/1 13-19; w73 56-58; g71 11/22 4
“normal” life during: w78 8/1 18-19, 22-23
pre-Flood world: po 72-73, 173
sign of last days: sm 41-43; w82 4/15 8-9; g82 4/8 13; go 148-159; te 175-178
acting upon the sign: w85 2/1 19-24
as days of Lot: g83 10/8 9-11; w80 12/1 20-21; w78 10/1 10-11; w77 200-201; w76 441-442
as days of Noah: g83 10/8 9-10; w80 12/1 20-21; w78 10/1 9; w75 10; km 7/75 2; w70 267-268, 274-275; w67 135-136; w66 327; w61 631; g61 7/8 8; w59 11; g58 2/8 7; sr55 289-290; g55 4/22 5-8; g54 4/22 25; g53 10/8 26; w51 618, 679; el 224
as lightning: w74 750
chart of events: tp73 82-83; w54 712; w52 276
chosen ones gathered: w85 2/1 16-17; im 337-339; w64 109-111; sr55 142-143; w53 470; nh 257-258, 267; el 226-227; w46 156, 201; w42 67-69
clergy disbelief: w79 11/1 28
composite: w80 12/1 5-6; hp 144-149; w75 633; is 128-129, 134; w66 39-40; ms 451-455; gn 20-21; g63 6/22 27-28; w61 236, 626-632; g59 2/8 7; pa 178, 185; gn54 20-21; ms53 337; g53 10/8 25; w52 276; lg 253-255; w51 332-337; na46 20-22
‘discreet virgin’ class (Mt 25:2): w85 2/1 17-19
discussion: w85 2/1 8-24; ce 223-227, 229-231; w84 4/15 4-6; su 21-29; yb84 3-5; w83 2/15 3-7; uw 178-179; ku 9-16; w82 5/15 12-26; g80 2/8 23-24; go 148-159; g73 10/8 20-22
disgusting thing that causes desolation: w85 10/1 8-13; w82 5/15 15-16; w61 630-631; w60 88-89, 250; w59 573-574, 597-599; yw 206-211, 280-282, 334; w54 442-446; g54 7/8 9-12; w53 559-564; nh 275; g53 10/8 26; w52 275; rm 89-90; na46 24-25; dr 24-29; w42 56; w41 298-299, 307-308
disobedience to parents: w84 10/1 5-6; w83 6/15 3-7; g80 2/8 24; ad 1032; g68 10/8 10; g60 1/22 16; g59 1/8 28; pa 184; g58 10/8 24; g56 2/22 4; g56 5/8 5-8; g56 9/22 8; g56 11/22 16; g54 2/8 11-12; g52 7/22 7; w49 27-30; g49 2/8 25-28
earthquakes: ce 225; w84 5/15 25; g84 8/8 29; g84 10/22 6-7; w83 5/15 3-7; w82 4/15 9; g82 7/8 16; kc 113; tr 87; g81 1/8 11; g81 5/8 9; w80 10/15 15; hp 148-149; g80 2/8 23; g80 10/8 20-21; w79 6/15 11; w78 1/15 10; g77 1/8 15-16; g77 2/22 11; w75 634-635; w74 72-74; w74 243; g74 5/8 17-19; w72 339; g72 10/8 16; w71 69; w71 406; w69 69; is 127-128; g68 10/8 9; w67 198; ev 164; g66 10/8 17-18; g65 5/22 29; g65 10/8 16; w64 678; w63 671; bf 503; g63 6/8 23; w62 132; g62 10/22 29; w61 628; g61 2/22 7; g60 12/22 12-15; w58 635-636; pa 183; gr 24; g57 9/22 16; w56 614; g56 3/8 7; nh 249; g53 10/8 25; w51 201-204; g46 11/22 17-18; tf 290; g43 11/10 21-23; g39 11/15 18; g35 8/28 750; w30 28
evil slave: ka 357-362; pm 363-364; w65 144; w61 409-410; jp 71-73; w58 464; w55 206; nh 238; w52 78; w44 298-299; w43 211-219; w37 168-169; w36 357; w33 19-24; v-1 149
“faithful and discreet slave” (Mt 24:45): w85 2/1 21; im 339-340; w61 631; ns 367-368; w60 432-444; jp 68-69; w58 486, 696; pa 193; w56 692-693; qm55 353-356; w54 532-533; nh 259-262; w52 76-83; lg 199-200; w50 227-235; w44 3-12; w43 211-219; v-1 141-142
false prophets: g81 12/8 14-15; ka 320-322; g66 4/8 8; w61 629
“fearful sights” (Lu 21:11): kc 113-114; w65 261-262; g63 6/22 27-28; w61 628-629, 648
food shortages: ce 224; g85 1/8 12-13; w84 12/15 25; g84 10/22 6; w83 4/15 3-7; w83 5/15 23-24; w82 5/15 14-15; kc 122-123; tr 88-89; g81 1/8 11; w80 10/15 10; hp 145, 149; g80 2/8 23; g80 8/22 11; w78 10/1 17; g78 2/8 4-7; w75 634; g75 2/22 8; w74 195-197; ts 162; w72 339, 615; g72 10/8 15; w71 69; w71 406; w70 270; w69 70; is 124-126; g68 10/8 8-9; w67 199; ev 165; w66 40; g66 10/8 18, 30; w65 236-238; g64 8/22 30; bf 503; g63 7/22 31; w62 132; g62 3/8 11; g62 11/8 29; g62 12/8 29; w61 627; g61 2/22 7; g60 5/22 19; pa 181-182; g58 4/8 16; w56 614; g56 2/8 3; g54 4/22 31; g54 9/22 3; g51 5/8 5-6; w50 398; g47 5/22 3-7; g46 1/30 11-12; g46 7/31 14-15; g43 3/17 23; g43 11/10 20-21; g34 10/24 40-48
form of godly devotion: w84 10/15 4-7; lp 105; g76 2/22 30; ad 1032; g68 10/8 11; g65 10/8 23; w61 632; w59 561-564; w58 358; pa 184-185; g57 4/22 13-16; w56 36-39, 658; g56 12/22 5-7; w55 165-168; g55 4/22 5-8; w53 553-555
four horsemen (Re 6:2-8): w85 2/1 15; w83 5/15 16-26
“from heaven great signs” (Lu 21:11): g85 3/8 3-8; kc 113-114; km 7/75 2; w74 40; w68 750-751; w64 678-679; w61 628-629, 648; w60 218-219; yw 320-323
fulfillment dual: w85 10/1 9-10; w80 10/1 15, 17
fulfillment on Jerusalem (70 C.E.): w85 10/1 8-12; w80 10/1 17; g80 9/8 16-18
lawlessness increasing: ce 225; w84 12/15 25; w83 6/1 3-7; tr 89; g81 1/8 11; g81 5/8 9-10; w80 10/15 10, 15; g80 2/8 23; w78 10/1 4; w75 635; g75 11/22 15; w74 99-101; w74 244; g72 10/8 16; w71 406; w70 270-271; w69 70; is 131-133; g68 1/8 18-19; g68 7/22 30; g68 10/8 3-4, 9-10; w67 199-200; ev 166-167; g66 8/22 8; g66 10/22 29; g66 11/8 4; w65 294; g65 11/8 16; g64 4/8 9-12; g64 8/22 13-16; g64 9/22 30; w61 629-630; w60 99; g60 4/22 5-7; g60 10/22 30; g60 11/8 29-30; w58 252-254, 351, 383; pa 184; g58 6/8 31; g58 8/8 31; w57 11; g57 4/8 31; g56 8/8 5; g55 2/22 30; g55 3/22 24; g55 4/22 5-8; g55 9/8 14-16; g54 10/8 13; g52 7/22 6; g51 8/8 5; g50 10/8 9-12; g49 10/8 16; g47 4/8 13; g46 3/13 31; g45 5/9 24, 26; g44 9/13 22; g42 1/7 28; g42 2/4 15; g42 4/29 7; g38 6/15 27; g37 1/27 274
learning war no more: ce 229-230
love of the greater number cooling off: w84 12/15 30; w67 735-736; w61 630; g60 8/8 29-30; yw 325; w56 245; w55 59; w54 443; w53 760; nh 250-252; w51 432
lovers of money: g81 7/8 22-23; g68 10/8 10; g65 10/8 5-6; w61 632; w60 357-360; w58 340-342, 601; w57 208-209; w56 312-313; g56 2/8 6; g55 10/8 3, 6-7; w54 131-132; g53 12/22 13-16
lovers of pleasure: g80 2/8 24; g75 3/22 29; g72 1/22 26; ad 1032; g68 5/22 7, 10; g68 10/8 10-11; g60 1/22 16; g59 7/22 3-4; w56 312, 743; g52 11/8 3-4
lovers of themselves: w83 2/1 5; w82 7/1 3; g80 2/8 24; g79 4/22 3-6; w78 8/1 16; w63 163-164
men “faint out of fear” (Lu 21:26): ce 225-226; w83 7/15 3-5; w83 9/1 27; g83 1/8 8-9; w82 1/1 15; w82 7/15 10; kc 116; tr 89-90; g80 2/8 24; w78 1/1 29; w75 635; w74 656; w71 69; w69 30, 70-71; is 129-131; g69 2/22 30; w68 752-753; g68 10/8 11; w67 200; ev 168; gn 21; w61 629; g61 5/22 6; g61 11/8 29; w60 240; g60 3/8 3; pa 183; g58 1/22 5-6; g58 3/22 3-4; w55 131-132, 485; w54 756; gn54 21; nh 261-262; g48 5/8 10-11; g45 3/28 17; en 9-23
no natural affection: w84 10/1 3, 6-7; g81 8/8 14-15; w75 327; w65 205; g64 10/8 30; g63 4/8 13-16; w57 10; w56 511; w55 60, 228; w52 406
not open to any agreement: w84 11/15 4-6; g81 4/8 24-25; g60 12/8 23-26; g56 2/8 9-12; g50 8/8 19
“peace and security” (1Th 5:3): w85 10/1 18; w84 5/15 6; su 185-186; uw 182; g83 8/22 6-8; w81 11/15 11-17; tp73 89; w56 206; w55 339; w54 380; w53 699; tf 344-345; w40 243-251, 259-267
people taking “no note” (Mt 24:39): su 50-51; w82 5/15 17-18; g82 4/22 15; w78 10/1 9
persecution of true Christians: w83 8/1 25-26; g80 2/8 23; w78 10/1 8; w72 340; yb69 291-292; w67 103-104; im 326; gn 23; bf 503; w61 629; ns 314; jp 77-78, 81-83, 180-185, 206-207, 242-244, 281-282; w57 245-254, 260-264; w56 209-219, 233-236, 483-484; w55 36-40; gn54 23-24; nh 250-252; g53 10/8 26; g52 3/22 9-11; g40 8/21 17-18
pestilences and diseases: ce 225; g84 10/22 7; w83 5/1 3-4; w83 5/15 24-25; w83 8/1 25; w83 9/1 27; kc 124-125; g81 1/8 11; w80 10/15 15; hp 145-148; w78 8/1 29; w77 359; w77 395; w75 634; w74 131-133; w74 358-359; ts 162; w73 753; g72 10/8 16; w71 69; w71 406; ad 1296; g71 3/8 4; is 126-127; g68 10/8 9; w66 40; g66 10/8 18, 31; w65 148; gn 20; g65 8/8 11; w64 678; bf 503; w61 628; g61 5/22 6; g60 3/22 19; pa 183; w56 614; g56 7/22 21-24; gn54 20-21; nh 249; lg 254-255; g47 6/22 9-12; ni 15-16; tf 290; g43 11/10 18-20; w30 28
pope’s comment on: w83 2/15 7
preaching of “this good news of the kingdom” (Mt 24:14): w85 2/1 9, 14, 18, 24; ce 230-231; w84 12/15 30; yb82 258; tr 93; w80 10/1 28-29; w80 12/15 30; g80 2/8 24; w78 1/15 10; w78 10/1 6-7; go 153-154; po 174; g72 10/8 16; w71 69, 80-82; w71 466; w69 72; w68 715; yb68 291-292; g68 10/8 12; w67 103-104, 751-758; gn 22-23; g64 2/22 7; w63 588-590; w62 132; w61 78, 205, 630; w59 158; g59 2/8 7; pa 185; gn54 23; w53 498; nh 252-259; g53 10/8 26; g45 3/28 17
preoccupation with eating and drinking: g81 8/22 23-24; w75 281
reason Jesus gave “sign”: w74 398-400
ridiculers: su 50-52; w82 9/1 18; w81 2/15 23; w80 8/1 19; bw 169-173; w67 166-168; w61 632; w58 351; pa 185; g58 1/8 3-4; w56 423; w55 439; w54 711; w53 645; nh 293; w50 36; el 224; w49 198, 219; w48 357, 363
ruining the earth: g82 9/22 3-7, 10-11; w81 6/1 26; g81 11/22 3-12; g80 11/22 5-6, 12-14; g79 9/22 4-7; g75 12/22 8
separation of “sheep” and “goats” (Mt 25:31-46): w85 2/1 19-23; w84 2/15 17; su 113-120; w83 8/1 26-27; w83 11/15 26; kc 153-156; tr 96-97; w80 2/15 20-21; w74 625-628; w69 101-102; im 341-344; gn 23-24; w61 49, 632; ns 358-359; w60 54; w59 50-51, 158-159; pa 200-201; sr55 159-169; gn54 24; w52 341-342; w51 368; el 236-246; w49 147-157; w47 201; de 28-36
signs in sun, moon, and stars (Lu 21:25): kc 114; w69 30; g69 2/22 24; w68 751-752
sun, moon not give light; stars fall (Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24, 25): w75 276; ka 322-326; w61 631; w58 552; nh 257-258; g45 3/28 17
“this generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): w85 5/1 4, 7; ce 226-227; w84 3/1 18-19; w84 5/15 4-7; su 28; g84 10/22 7; w83 7/15 6-7; w83 8/15 30; w83 10/1 19; ku 15; w82 5/1 15; kc 140; tr 94-95; g81 5/8 10; w80 7/1 4; w80 10/15 31; g80 10/8 29; w78 10/1 31; w75 632, 635; g75 7/8 29; g72 10/8 15; w69 101; is 128-129; w68 42; g68 10/8 7, 13-14; w67 262, 751; ev 161, 171-172; w66 325-326; g66 10/8 18-19; w62 131-132; g62 9/22 27-28; w61 236, 239, 626; w58 240-241; pa 185; ms53 337; w52 542-543; w51 337
wars: w85 1/15 13; ce 224; g84 10/22 5-6; w83 4/1 3-7; w83 5/15 22-23; kc 112-113, 119-121; tr 86-88; g81 1/8 10-11; g81 4/8 25; g81 5/8 7-8; w80 10/1 28; w80 10/15 14-15; hp 145-147; g80 2/8 23; w79 2/15 13; w79 8/1 4; w78 1/15 9; w78 7/15 19; w78 10/1 4; w75 633-634; ts 162; w72 339; g72 10/8 15; w71 69; w71 406; w70 269-270; w69 69-70; is 122-124; g68 10/8 8; w67 197-199; ev 162-165; w66 618-619; kd 15; g66 6/8 4; g66 10/8 17; im 321-322; gn 20-21; g65 5/22 5; w64 678; bf 503; w61 626-627; g61 2/22 6-7; w58 323-324; pa 179-180; g55 5/8 3-4; gn54 20-21; g54 12/22 10; nh 246-249; g53 10/8 25; g47 9/8 4-7; g46 6/19 29; ni 15; g39 2/8 25; g38 6/29 13; w30 28
who read the sign aright: w85 2/1 8-24
without love of goodness: g80 2/8 24
without self-control: w84 11/1 3-7; g60 1/8 3-4; g60 7/8 16-19; w57 397-403; w56 743; w54 668-669; w47 135-136
term: go 121-122, 125; w69 296