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Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
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MANKIND

(See also Evolution; Human Body; Races [Mankind])

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

angels in comparison: w25.05 2; w21.08 2-3

angels’ love for: w25.05 4-5

atonement needed: it-1 211

Bible:

book for all mankind: wp24.1 6-7; lff lesson 5; pc 13-17; g 2/09 8-9; w98 4/1 10-20; ba 3-30; g89 3/22 13; w86 4/15 3-7; w86 8/15 30

influence on mankind: gm 8-10

biological clock:

afternoon lull: g87 4/22 29; g87 7/22 29

use in planning day: g90 6/8 15-16

blood:

prohibition applies to all mankind: it-1 345-346

bloodguilt: re 224-225; w95 11/15 15-16

creation: ijwbq article 173; it-1 528; it-2 303; lfb 10-11; w11 1/1 6-7; w11 2/15 9; bm 4; ct 97-100; pe 72-73

Adam: ijwbq article 71; it-2 246, 1005-1006, 1024-1025; wp17.4 5; w09 9/1 12-13; w89 8/1 10-12; rs 87; g88 12/8 26-27

Bible reflected in Hindu writings: vi 4

complementary Genesis accounts: gm 94-95

God’s motive: hl section 3

in God’s image: ijwbv article 27; lff lesson 6; wp19.1 10; wp18.2 12; it-1 44-45, 1184; it-2 223-224, 247-248, 304, 962, 1005; wp17.2 15; hl section 3; g 5/13 15; g 8/13 8; w11 2/15 9; g 12/09 12; w08 10/1 15; w05 7/1 4-5; w02 2/15 4; w02 6/1 9-10; w00 11/15 25; w97 2/1 9-10, 12; w97 7/15 4-5; w94 4/1 25; g92 1/22 6-7; g88 12/8 27; Lmn 13-14

“male and female” (Ge 1:27): w23.12 18

masterpiece: w93 1/1 4

men and women made for each other: w07 1/15 3

not by evolution: g 1/14 13; pe 72; g88 12/8 26-27

peace of mind from accepting: w08 2/1 4-5

soul: it-2 1005; wp17.4 5; vi 9-10

“wonderfully made” (Ps 139:14): g 5/11 3-8; w07 6/15 21-25

dancing appears innate: g 5/11 29

death: ijwbq article 167; lmd Appendix A page 29; wp19.3 8-9; od 192; wp18.2 13; it-1 596-598; wp17.4 4; bhs 65-67; w14 1/1 3-7; w14 9/15 25; bh 61-63; g 6/14 8-9; g 8/13 9; g 12/07 3-9; w05 8/15 3-7; w02 6/1 3-8; w99 10/15 6; g99 7/22 12; rs 98-104

inability to accept that death ends all: g88 7/8 4-5

not intended by God: wp19.3 6-7; it-1 596; w15 3/1 4; bhs 64, 69; bh 59-60; w12 11/1 6-7; g 12/07 7; g 5/06 7-8; w99 4/15 4-9; rs 98, 245-246

degenerating: it-2 303; g 11/11 8

desire for happiness on earth: op 6-8

disunity: g93 12/22 3-6; w87 5/15 11

bridging cultural differences: g97 4/8 30; g96 7/8 3-8

solution: g93 12/22 14-15

“dust” (Ge 2:7): w94 9/1 8

“dust” (Ps 103:14): w25.08 16, 18; w94 9/1 8-13

earth designed for: g21.3 5

enemies of: it-1 726-727

“enslavement to corruption” (Ro 8:21): it-1 596-597, 1197

end: it-1 1140; it-2 123, 249; w12 3/15 23; wt 187-189

freedom given by God: w92 3/15 8-10

free will: ijwbq article 44; it-2 304; lvs 239; w17.01 12-16; bhs 121; bh 113-114; w10 9/1 14; lr 207-208; w01 5/15 4-5; dg 10-12; w00 10/15 14-15; wi 16; g90 10/8 6-7; rs 428; g89 4/8 17-18; tp 44

God’s care for: wp20.3 4-5; wp19.2 14-16; w11 2/1 17; w11 10/1 5; w10 5/1 3-6; rk 3; w07 1/15 21-23; g 11/06 9; dg 3-31; rs 147, 395

God’s dealings with: w99 8/15 14-15; g86 2/22 9-11

final test after Millennium: w23.08 18-19; w22.05 19; w22.09 23-24; rr 230-234; w17.06 29-30; bh 215; w06 5/15 6-7; re 291-292; w05 5/1 20; wt 189, 191; w91 6/1 9; gt chapter 133; w87 1/1 27-28; tp 53-54; ws 182-184, 187

God to reside with (Re 21:3): ijwbq article 145; w13 3/15 23; re 303

intervention: g 11/06 6-7; w03 10/1 4-7

progress impeded at Babel: it-2 202

regeneration: it-2 248

restoration: cl 246; w10 5/1 4-6

salvation secondary to sanctification of Jehovah’s name: w25.05 28; it-2 17-18; w88 1/15 17-18

salvation secondary to vindication of Jehovah’s sovereignty: w17.06 23-24

“subjected to futility” (Ro 8:20): it-1 1139-1140; w03 9/1 10-11; w99 8/15 29

use of “the Word” (Joh 1:1): w86 11/1 31

why possible: it-1 817; it-2 18-19, 760

God’s purpose for: w23.10 20; w23.11 5; w22.12 3-6; lff lesson 25; wp19.3 6-7, 10; wp18.2 12-13; w17.02 4-5; wp17.4 15; lfb 238-239; wp16.4 15; bhs 29, 38; hl sections 8, 10-11, 20; pc 19-20; g 12/09 9; g 12/08 3-9; w07 1/15 23; w07 10/1 16-17; w06 7/1 5; w04 4/15 4; wt 61; la 20-21; w99 4/15 7-9; gu 8, 11-12, 14, 16; g99 2/8 4-6; w98 7/15 15; kl 72; pr 20-31; w89 8/1 10-27; pe 8-14, 44-45, 73-74; rs 243-246; w88 9/15 6-7; g88 10/8 25-27; g87 1/22 11-12; Lmn 14, 22

added feature: pe 126

development: tp 55-68; je 4-5

not life in heaven: w10 2/1 5

reflects God’s glory: it-2 962-963

use of anointed: it-2 606, 687-688; w12 1/15 30

Greek word: it-2 303

Hebrew words: it-2 303

honored by Jehovah: w21.08 3, 5

hope for: g21.1 12-13; it-1 1139-1140

insignificance compared to universe: g92 3/22 11

issue of integrity: w25.05 30; ijwbq article 120; cl 123-125; w19.02 3-5; it-1 1210-1211; w16.04 15; bhs 125-127, 129-132; bh 51, 116-117, 119-124; w09 4/15 4-7; bm 9; w08 12/15 4-6; w06 8/15 21-22; w06 11/15 4-7; jd 33; w03 1/15 4-6; lr 208-211; kl 73-79; rs 364, 428-429

Jehovah’s qualities reflected in: ph 17-20

Jesus becomes “Eternal Father” of (Isa 9:6): cf 23, 189; w14 2/15 12; g 12/06 5-6; lr 192-193; ip-1 131; w87 4/1 18; ws 161-169

legends of a golden age: g 5/08 10; kl 72; sh 36-39

length of existence: rs 93-94

life span: it-2 252; g 8/13 6-9; g 5/06 2-9; w04 11/15 3-4; g95 10/22 3-8; rs 245, 247; g88 10/8 23-24; tp 20; g86 10/22 21-22

effect of exercise: g99 7/22 6; g98 10/22 28; g87 2/22 22; g87 6/22 29; g86 7/8 30-31

increase in life expectancy: wp19.3 5; it-2 252; g99 7/8 3; g99 7/22 3-4; g99 12/8 7; g95 10/22 3-4; g95 11/22 28; g88 10/8 23-24; g86 10/22 20-22

women: g94 2/22 28; g87 7/8 29; g87 9/22 29-30; g86 8/22 30

made little lower than angels (Ps 8:5): w21.08 2-3

moral capacity: w20.05 23; g89 11/22 10; tp 44

conscience: it-1 500-501; it-2 474-475; lvs 17-18; lv 15-17; w07 10/15 20-21; w05 10/1 12; w00 5/1 16

written on heart (Ro 2:15): it-2 964-966

need for—

divine government: wp21.2 6; it-2 160-161; w03 1/15 4-5; wt 51-53; w00 10/15 13-14

God: w13 12/1 3-7; w13 12/15 16

mercy: it-2 376-377

ransom: cl 138-139, 141-142; it-2 735-736; w15 4/1 12-14; w11 3/1 16; w10 6/1 8-9; w10 8/15 13-14; w01 11/15 4-5; ct 156-157; rq 6-7; kl 63-66; w91 2/15 11; w90 3/15 4; pe 61-62; rs 28, 306-308

salvation: w15 3/1 3; w08 3/1 3

needs and wants: w16.07 7; re 73

not sons of God by birth: it-2 997; wt 184-185; rs 303-304

one family: w04 1/1 31; w89 2/15 8-9; rs 27; w86 4/15 5-6

comments by Christopher Columbus on American Indians: g89 4/22 27

DNA indicates one male and one female ancestor: ct 98; g86 8/8 30

UNESCO declarations: g90 12/8 6

perfected: it-2 606-607; wt 96-98, 188-189; w00 6/15 5-7

‘brought to righteousness’ (Da 12:3): w22.09 22

Jesus the example of: w89 9/1 11

variety: it-2 607

preexistence not Scriptural: rs 161-162; g86 6/8 22-23

problems: g22.1 3-15; g19.1 3-5; w17.11 24; w02 6/15 3-4; tp 10-12, 14-20

comment by Stephen Hawking (physicist): g 6/07 30

ethnic strife: g93 12/22 3-6

global anarchy menacing: w87 5/15 11

human nature: w90 11/1 3-7

individuals lack control over lives: g94 6/22 29

injustice: g 7/12 7; w89 2/15 3-4

root causes: g19.1 4-5

solution: mrt article 28; w06 5/15 28; w02 6/15 4-7; w94 4/15 4-7; op 3-29

whether religion is at root: w04 2/15 4-7

whether science can meet: g93 4/8 3-5

why good deeds and meditation cannot solve: op 22-23

why unsolvable by man: mrt article 96; hl section 7; w94 4/15 3-4; w90 10/1 6; g90 10/8 8-9; w87 5/15 15-16

races: ijwbq article 147; scl 109; g 4/14 14; w11 7/1 23; g 11/09 22-23; g93 8/22 3-11; g90 12/8 4-6; rs 300-305

responsibility toward God: g86 12/8 8-9

rulership of, by Devil: rs 153, 364-365

similarity to animals:

life cycle: w97 2/15 10-11

sin inherited: w25.08 22-23; ijwbq article 167; wp19.3 9; it-2 964-965; w14 9/15 25; hl section 9; w10 6/1 8-9; lr 124-125; w90 11/1 4-5; rs 306-308

spiritual need: w24.12 6-7; it-2 247-248; g 12/09 12-13; g 12/08 5-6; w05 7/1 4-7; w04 2/1 3-7; w03 7/15 7; g96 8/8 28-29; sh 28, 72-74; g89 1/8 4

superiority over animals: g21.3 7; w07 6/15 23; g03 3/8 10-11; w99 6/15 17-18; g98 6/22 3-11; w96 4/1 13-14; g92 1/22 6; w88 3/1 4; g87 1/22 3, 11-12

brain: ct 54-55, 57, 65-66; g88 6/8 11

consciousness of future: ct 69-71

ethics: w04 12/1 3

hands: g88 6/8 5-6

language: it-2 201; g03 9/22 8-9; w99 6/15 17; ct 55-61; g88 6/8 11

mathematics: ct 61

music: g99 10/8 5; w86 10/15 21

upright posture: g 5/11 3-4

symbolized by sea: re 113, 135, 183, 189, 223, 286, 301

world of: it-2 1206; w87 5/1 30-31

alienated from God: it-2 1209-1210; lr 140-141; w00 7/1 11

founding of: w22.09 14; it-1 15; w13 1/1 12; ia 10

Quotations

all peoples are a single family and have a common origin: g93 8/22 9; rs 27

all races are descended from the same first man: rs 27

all races are one species: si 339

Mesopotamian plain is oldest home of man: it-2 304

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