LAST DAYS

(See also Christ’s Return and Presence; Conclusion of the System of Things; End of the World; Final Part of the Days; 1914; Time of the End)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

angels’ duties during: w87 5/15 11-12

“anxieties of life” during (Lu 21:34): w03 12/15 23-24; w88 10/15 5-6

appreciation for Awake! articles on: g96 2/22 30

attitude toward people during: w03 7/15 15-20

avoiding complacent attitude during: w03 12/15 20-21

beginning: w13 11/15 10; g 4/08 6; re 105-106; w86 2/15 5; tp 70-74

1914 recognized as turning point: w09 3/15 16-17; pc 29-30; g 4/07 4-5, 8; re 106, 190; w04 2/1 20; jt 7; g99 3/8 32; w98 9/15 32; ct 178; rs 239-240

“seven times” (Da 4): lff lesson 32; it-1 134-135; bhs 217, 220; w86 11/1 4-7; tp 70-73

belief that we are living in: w25.07 17-18

Bible usage: it-2 205-206; nwt 1702

Jewish system: it-2 206

link with apostasy: it-2 206-207

childbearing during: w08 4/15 18-20; w88 3/1 21-22

Christian congregation during:

identifying features: dp 286-305; jv 705-706

needed guidance provided through: w16.03 21

organization: w89 9/1 12-15, 18-22

willing workers (Ps 110:3): w87 8/1 27-28

Christ’s presence: it-2 676-679; w08 1/1 7-9; w08 2/15 21-25; w92 10/1 17-18

commission of remnant during:

twofold work: w86 1/1 19

‘conclusion of system of things’ (Mt 24:3): w15 8/15 15-16; nwt 1695-1696; w08 2/15 21

contrast with earlier times: ijwbq article 185

coping with uncertainty during: w23.04 17-19

discussion: lff lesson 32; w19.10 8-13; it-2 205-207; wp17.2 16; bhs 94-100, 102-104; bh 86-92, 94-95; g 4/08 3-9; w06 9/15 3-7; wt 175-183; kl 98-107; rs 234-243; tp 69-85

divine providence during: w08 10/15 11

effect of commercial system during: g92 3/8 21-24

end: w23.09 27; bt 16; w19.10 8-9; w08 5/15 15-16; g 4/08 7

‘you know neither day nor hour’ (Mt 25:13): w12 9/15 23-27

evangelizing during: w19.10 9-10; it-1 771

events during, with regard to Jehovah’s purpose: tp 67-68

expectations of end:

coping with disappointment: w11 1/15 31-32

early Christians: w97 9/1 21; g95 6/22 5-6; w89 10/1 30-31

examples of unfulfilled: g95 6/22 3; g93 3/22 3

keeping in expectation (Hab 2:3; Zep 3:8): w15 8/15 14-18

premature, not false: w13 1/1 7-8; w97 9/1 21-22

why so many: g93 3/22 3-4

Witness expectations: w13 1/1 8; w97 9/1 21-22; g95 6/22 8-9

foreshadowed by—

days of Noah (Mt 24:37-39): w24.05 9; it-2 677-678; w16.08 10; w06 5/15 21-22; w05 10/1 23; w03 5/15 6-7; w03 12/15 14-19; w99 10/1 6-7; w99 11/15 19; w97 3/1 11-12; w92 12/15 30; w89 10/1 12-14; rs 341; w86 1/1 10-15; w86 9/15 4-7

days of Noah, Lot (Lu 17:26-32): it-2 273, 677; jy 218-219; w05 10/1 23; w03 12/15 20; w97 12/15 11-12; gt chapter 93; w89 6/15 8-9

days of Noah, Lot (2Pe 2:4-10): w90 4/15 10-21

“generation” (Mt 24:34; Mr 13:30; Lu 21:32): it-1 918; w14 1/15 31; kr 11-12; w10 4/15 10-11; w10 6/15 5; w08 2/15 23-24; w08 4/15 29; w99 5/1 10-12; w97 6/1 28; w95 11/1 10-21, 30-31; w88 10/15 4; w88 12/15 12-13; g88 4/8 13-14

chart: mwb18.03 5

length not calculable: w08 2/15 25

link with nearness of end: w97 1/1 12-13; w97 5/1 29

understanding clarified (1995): w97 6/1 28; w95 11/1 10-21, 30-31

understanding clarified (2008): w10 4/15 10-11; w08 2/15 23-24

harvest period: kr 51-52, 54, 87-92, 95; re 125-126; w88 1/1 11, 16, 18; ws 68-70

“harvest of the earth” (Re 14:15): kr 88-89; w10 9/15 26-27; re 211-212; w88 12/15 22

wheat and weeds (Mt 13): it-1 1041; it-2 207, 756; mwb18.02 3; w13 7/15 12-14, 19; w10 3/15 21-23; w10 6/15 5; g 2/07 8-9; w93 11/1 32; ws 68

injustice during: w07 8/15 22-24

Jewish view: w99 12/1 4

judgment period: w94 1/1 3; w89 5/1 19

light toward which Christians move during: w07 10/15 12-15

marriage during: w08 4/15 16-18

meaning of term: bhs 220; g 4/08 3; g 4/07 8-9; w06 9/15 3; rs 234

nearness of end: w25.03 16; w19.10 8; w15 5/1 6-8; g 11/15 15; km 5/05 1; w01 2/15 15-17; w00 1/15 12-13; w99 6/1 6-7; w97 8/15 14-15; w95 11/1 20; jv 709, 715-716; g93 3/22 10-11; rs 97-98; w86 2/15 5-6

attitude toward seeming delay: w18.07 21; w15 8/15 15-18; w11 1/15 31-32; w11 3/15 3-5; w04 10/1 23; w01 8/15 28-29; ip-2 103-104; w00 6/1 15; w00 9/1 13; w99 11/15 30; w97 1/1 12; w97 8/15 16-17; w97 9/1 22; w94 12/15 16-17

curiosity about date of end: w87 2/1 29

guarding against impatience: w88 10/15 4-5

not calculable: w08 2/15 25; g 4/08 4-5; w06 2/1 22-23, 26; w98 9/15 10-16

not putting off: w11 3/15 5; w05 9/15 18-19

not tiring out: w95 12/1 13-14

proper view: bt 16; kp 14; wt 175-183; w98 9/15 15-20; w98 11/15 17-19; w98 12/15 30; w90 6/1 7; w89 10/1 30-31

Paul’s description (2Ti 3:1-5): ijwbq article 185; g21.1 11; w18.01 22-23, 27-28; bhs 98-99; bh 90-91; w94 4/15 8-18

contrast between world and Jehovah’s servants: w18.01 23-31

not prime proof last days have arrived: w94 4/15 11

reworded to apply to new earth: w24.01 6

pope’s (John Paul II) view: w86 2/15 7

previous time believed to be:

Black Death: g97 11/22 3; g88 4/8 3

purpose: rs 241

religious developments during: tp 81-83

sexual immorality during: w03 12/15 16

sign of: ijwbq article 111; mrt article 68; w22.07 3-4; wp21.2 7-8; lff lesson 32; wp20.2 8-10; mwb20.04 2; wp18.2 7; it-2 679, 941; wp16.2 11-13; w15 5/1 6-8; bhs 95-100; jy 256-265; w14 2/1 5-6; bh 88-92; nwt 16-17; g 10/12 26-28; ph 27-28; w09 12/1 8; bm 22; pc 29-30; w08 8/1 5-6; w08 10/1 6-8; g 4/08 5-6; w06 9/15 4-6; w05 10/1 4-7; g05 7/22 11; w04 2/1 20; my story 98; kp 3-8; lr 244-249; wt 177-181; dg 19-21; g00 4/8 9-11; w99 5/1 8-24; w98 9/15 7; w97 4/1 4-11; w95 4/15 16-17; w95 11/15 5-6; kl 99-106; g95 4/22 3-8; g95 6/22 10-11; w94 2/15 8-21; w93 3/1 4-7; w93 5/1 11-12; bp 21-25; pr 27-28; g93 3/22 5-8; g93 5/8 27; w92 5/1 6-7; w91 4/1 4-7; w91 7/15 4-5; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 8-9; w90 4/1 24-25; si 179-180; gm 134-148; pe 148-154; rs 234-239; br78 14-16; w88 10/1 3-7; w88 10/15 3-7; w88 11/1 5; g88 4/8 3-14; w86 2/15 4-6; w86 5/15 5; w86 11/1 3-4; tp 74-85; Lmn 24-25

causes: ijwbq article 185

charts of features: w06 9/15 7; g 1/06 8-9; w05 10/1 6; kl 102; w93 3/1 5; tp 78-79

comments by Nigerian scholars: g86 10/8 29

composite: g93 3/22 5-6; g88 4/8 12-13; tp 77

deterioration of people: ijwbq article 185

discussion for Hindus: op 12-17

discussion for Muslims: gu 24-25

dual fulfillment: it-2 679, 693, 941; jy 257-258; w99 5/1 12-13; w97 4/1 5-6; w95 11/1 31; w94 2/15 11-13; w94 4/15 10; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 8-9; w90 10/15 17; w88 10/1 3; tp 75-77

effect of big business: g92 3/8 24

events individually not necessarily greater in number or magnitude: g88 4/8 4

events seen but not experienced by everyone: w11 10/15 4-5

first-century fulfillment: w07 4/1 8-11; w03 1/1 8-9; w99 5/1 8-12, 14-15; w97 4/1 5-6; w96 8/15 16-18; w95 11/1 10-15, 31; w94 2/15 9-11

Greek word tote (then): w94 2/15 10, 20-21

heeding the sign: w88 10/15 4-6

improvement of some conditions no disproof: w93 3/1 6-7

keeping alert to: w11 3/15 4-5; w05 9/15 18-19; wt 177-178; w98 9/15 4-6

recognizing the sign: w08 2/15 23

understanding clarified (1994-1996): w99 5/1 8-13; w96 8/15 15-20; w95 10/15 18-28; w95 11/1 10-21, 30-31; w94 2/15 16-21

understanding clarified (1999): w99 5/1 15-20

whether conditions must get far worse: w15 8/15 15-16

why needed: w88 10/15 4

why unrecognized: w05 10/1 7

sign of, by part:

blasphemers (2Ti 3:2): ijwbq article 185

“critical times” (2Ti 3:1): mrt article 99; g20.1 15; w97 12/1 4-5; g95 4/22 4; w94 4/15 8-9, 11

“deadly plague” (Re 6:8): w14 2/1 7; re 97; gm 142-144

“disgusting thing” (Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14): w13 7/15 4-5; w99 5/1 14-20; gt chapter 111; w90 3/15 8-9

dishonesty: ijwbq article 185; w86 11/15 11

disloyalty: w06 9/15 5

disobedience to parents: w06 9/15 5; g97 8/8 6; kl 103-104; g95 4/22 5

“disturbances” (Lu 21:9): wp25.1 5; mrt article 68

earthquakes: mrt articles 40, 99; wp20.2 8; wp18.2 7; it-1 670; bhs 97; bh 89-90; g 10/12 27; w11 5/1 4; w08 10/1 7; w06 9/15 4-5; re 104-105; w05 10/1 6; g02 3/22 9; g02 11/8 30; w98 9/15 7; w92 5/1 7; w91 7/15 5; w89 3/15 7; gm 141-142; rs 236; w88 10/1 5; w88 10/15 3; w87 1/15 21-22; g87 9/22 30; g87 12/22 27; w86 5/15 5; g86 2/22 25

false form of godliness: ijwbq article 185; w06 9/15 6; w97 9/15 6; kl 104-105; g95 4/22 6

false prophets: gm 146; rs 237; tp 81

family distress: g95 4/22 5; w92 10/15 4-7

fear: it-1 818-819; g05 8/8 9-10; w95 10/15 5-8; w94 7/15 4-5; rs 237-238; w88 10/1 6-7; w88 10/15 3; g88 4/8 8

“fearful sights” (Lu 21:11): mrt articles 68, 86, 99

fierce men (2Ti 3:3): ijwbq article 185; w06 9/15 6; g00 4/8 9; kl 104; w88 4/15 21

food shortages: mrt articles 51, 60, 66, 85, 99; wp20.2 9; wp18.2 7; it-1 810; bhs 96; bh 89; g 10/12 27; w11 5/1 5; w08 8/1 5; w08 10/1 7; w06 9/15 4; re 95-96; w05 10/1 5; g05 11/22 4-9; w98 9/15 7; g98 7/22 29; w97 4/1 6-7; w97 4/15 32; w95 8/1 4-5; kl 102-103; g95 4/22 8; w93 10/1 21; w91 7/15 5-6; gm 139-141; rs 235-236; w88 10/1 6; g88 4/8 9-10; g87 3/8 8-9; w86 1/1 6-7; w86 1/15 3-5; w86 5/15 5; tp 14-15

“great crowd” gathered (Re 7:9-17): tp 82-83

hatred: mrt article 97; g 10/12 27-28

haughtiness: g95 4/22 4

holy spirit poured out (Joe 2:28, 29): w98 5/1 14-15, 18

horsemen of Revelation 6: mrt article 106; w14 1/15 28; w14 2/1 6-7; re 89-99; w94 2/15 12; w88 10/15 10-12; g88 4/8 3, 5-11; g87 3/8 8-9; w86 1/1 4-7; w86 1/15 3-6

illustration of talents (Mt 25): w15 3/15 19-24; w04 3/1 15-18; w99 5/1 22-23; w87 2/1 17-18; w87 8/1 16-17; ws 56-58, 60-72

illustration of ten virgins (Mt 25): mwb18.03 7; w15 3/15 12-16; jy 260-261; w04 3/1 14-15, 17-18; w99 5/1 21-22; gt chapter 111; w90 4/15 8-9; ws 38-44, 46-55

illustrations (Mt 24:45–25:46): w15 3/15 19-20

inflation (Re 6:6): mrt article 53

lawlessness: mrt article 114; g 2/08 8-9; g95 4/22 8; w92 10/15 32; w90 6/15 4; w89 11/15 7; gm 144-145; rs 237; w88 10/15 5; w87 6/15 21; tp 17-19

love growing cold (cooling off) (Mt 24:12): w17.05 17-18; g 3/06 5; g98 10/22 3-4; gm 146; w88 10/15 5; tp 81-82

love of money: ijwbq article 185; w06 9/15 5; kl 103; g95 4/22 4; w94 4/15 13-14

love of pleasures: w18.01 25-26; w06 9/15 6; g00 4/8 10; g95 4/22 6; w88 6/15 17; g86 10/22 19

love of self: w06 9/15 5; g00 4/8 6-7, 10; w94 4/15 11-12; w89 6/15 10-11

natural disasters: ijwbq article 157; w93 12/1 3-4

no natural affection: ijwbq article 185; w18.01 29; g 10/12 28; w11 5/1 7; w09 7/15 12-13; g 10/09 30; w06 7/15 27-28; w06 9/15 5; g97 8/8 6-7; kl 104; g95 4/22 5; w90 11/15 11; g89 3/22 28; w87 1/15 23; g86 12/8 29

“not open to any agreement” (2Ti 3:3): mrt article 70

peace and security declared (1Th 5:1-4): w23.02 16; w23.06 13; w19.10 9; kr 222-223; w13 11/15 12-13; w12 9/15 3-4; g 4/08 7; w04 2/1 20-21; wt 182; w97 6/1 9-10; w94 8/1 6; g88 4/8 14; w87 5/15 17-19; w87 9/1 18-19, 23; w86 10/1 18-20; tp 5-7, 85

peoples coming to Jehovah’s worship (Isa 2:2-4; Mic 4:1, 2): w13 11/15 11; wt 6-7

persecution of true Christians: rs 238

pestilences: ijwbq article 176; mrt articles 39, 68; w22.12 17; wp20.2 9; it-2 617; bhs 97; bh 90; g 10/12 27; w11 5/1 6; w08 8/1 5; w08 10/1 7; w06 9/15 5; w05 10/1 5-6; g05 12/22 10-11; g04 5/22 12-13; w98 9/15 7; w97 4/1 7; g97 11/22 3-10; kl 103; g95 4/22 8; g94 9/22 31; w91 11/15 7; gm 142-144; rs 236-237; w88 10/1 5-6; g88 4/8 10-11; w86 1/15 5

preaching good news of the Kingdom: wp20.2 9; w19.10 9-10; wp18.2 7; it-1 771, 988; w15 5/1 7; bhs 99-100; bh 92; g 10/12 28; w11 3/1 3-9; w11 5/1 9; w09 3/15 16-18; w06 2/1 22-26; w06 9/15 6; w03 12/15 18; w00 1/15 13; w97 4/1 8; kl 105-106; w91 4/1 7; g91 5/22 27; gm 147-148; rs 238; w88 1/1 20-29; g88 4/8 12; w86 5/15 5; ws 115

pride: ijwbq article 185; w18.01 28

ridiculers (2Pe 3:3; Jude 18): it-2 808; w10 7/15 6; w06 12/15 16-17; w98 6/1 3-4; w97 3/1 18-19; w97 9/1 20-21; w88 10/15 5

“roaring of the sea” (Lu 21:25): w95 10/15 8; w88 10/1 4, 6-7

“ruining the earth” (Re 11:18): mrt article 55; w15 5/1 6-7; w11 5/1 8; w08 8/1 5-6; re 173-175; kl 105; g95 10/8 31; w93 3/1 5-6; g93 10/22 11; g92 3/8 21-22; w91 4/1 6-7; g91 1/22 31; w90 7/1 3-6; g88 4/8 11-12; w86 7/15 27; tp 15-17

separation of fine and unsuitable fish (Mt 13): it-1 1179; jy 111; kr 107; w08 7/15 20-21; w92 6/15 20-21

separation of sheep and goats (Mt 25) once held to be: mwb20.04 2; it-1 1183-1184; w15 3/15 26-27; jy 264-265; w13 7/15 6-7; w95 10/15 23; w93 5/1 19-20; gt chapter 111; w90 5/15 8-9; tp 82

separation of wheat and weeds (Mt 13): it-2 1056; w13 7/15 12; w10 3/15 21-23; g 2/07 8-9; wt 178-182; w97 7/1 31

‘signs in sun and moon and stars’ (Lu 21:25) once held to be: w95 10/15 8; w94 2/15 17-20; w88 10/1 6-7

slanderers (2Ti 3:3): ijwbq article 185

war: wp25.1 5; mrt articles 68, 99, 111; scl 112; wp20.2 8; wp18.2 7; bhs 95-96; bh 88-89; g 10/12 26-27; w08 5/15 13-14; w08 8/1 5; w08 10/1 6-7; g 4/07 8-9; w06 9/15 4; re 93-95, 250; w05 10/1 4-5; w03 1/15 3; g02 1/22 4; g99 9/22 3; g99 12/8 4, 6, 10-11; w98 6/15 32; w98 9/15 7; w97 4/1 6; w96 9/15 32; w95 4/15 16; w95 10/15 5-6; kl 99-100, 102; g95 4/22 7; g95 11/22 28; w93 3/1 4-5; gm 136-139; rs 234-235; w88 10/1 5; w88 11/1 5; g88 4/8 5-9; w86 1/1 6; w86 1/15 3-4; w86 5/15 5; tp 10-12, 76-78, 80; Lmn 24-25

wickedness “from bad to worse” (2Ti 3:13): ijwbq article 185; w14 1/15 29-30

“wild beasts of the earth” (Re 6:8): gm 144-146

without love of goodness: g95 4/22 6

without self-control: w17.09 3; w06 9/15 5

‘woe for earth and sea’ (Re 12:12): kr 22; ct 177; w96 4/1 17-18

survivors: w03 12/15 18-19; rs 240; tp 86-93

symbolic earthquakes during: re 104-113

transitional period: br78 15

violence during: mrt article 52; w03 12/15 16-18

Quotations

20th century mankind’s most bloody and hateful: w96 4/1 19

20th century the Age of Barbarism: w01 2/1 13

20th century wars more bloody and destructive than any other age: g02 5/8 9; kl 100; g95 4/22 7

a major epoch is coming to an end: g93 5/8 27

famines, ethnic conflicts, social disintegration, terrorism, pollution, and drug trafficking are no longer isolated events. Their consequences travel the globe: g95 2/22 28

ideological underpinnings of world are collapsing: g93 5/8 27

no other century equals the 20th: w99 8/1 11; w98 6/15 32

our era is the first in which prophecies of doom stem from objective scientific analyses: g88 4/8 8

Satan’s century: w03 1/15 3; w96 1/15 3; g95 10/8 28

signs of an emphatic ending: w98 9/15 5-6

to accept the possibility of doomsday merely requires access to the television news: w86 11/1 3

war came and the world changed—utterly: w96 4/1 19

we have seen the triumph of evil: w03 1/15 3

why had the 20th century turned into an age of horror or evil?: g94 11/8 11

world is at a historic threshold: pe 15

world is getting far more violent (2024): mrt article 111

world is more stressed, worried, sad, and in pain than we’ve ever seen: g20.1 15