GREAT CROWD
(Formerly called Great Multitude)
(See also Mixed Company; Other Sheep)
adornment for King Jesus Christ (Pr 14:28): ws 71-72
benefits from Abrahamic covenant: w98 2/1 18-20; w89 3/1 27
benefits from Christ’s high-priestly services now: w95 6/1 30-31
benefits from new covenant: jr 176-177
Bible Students’ view: w19.09 27-28; jv 161
book of life contains names: w22.09 16
characteristics: mwb19.12 2; it-1 996-997; re 124
‘all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues’ (Re 7:9): w19.09 30-31; w95 2/1 19
“come out of the great tribulation” (Re 7:14): it-2 1127; rr 179-180; re 126; w03 12/15 18-19; wt 121-126; w95 2/1 19; w95 2/15 13-17; rs 315; ws 164-166
“crying with a loud voice” (Re 7:10): re 122-123
“God will wipe out every tear from their eyes” (Re 7:17): re 126-128
led to “fountains of waters of life” (Re 7:17): w22.09 16; w21.01 16-17; it-1 997; w10 9/15 29; w08 9/15 28; re 126-128
no hunger, thirst, or heat (Re 7:16): w21.01 16-17; re 126-127
“no man was able to number” (Re 7:9): w93 5/1 17
“palm branches in their hands” (Re 7:9): re 122; w96 7/1 24; w95 2/1 17-18
“robes” (Re 7:9, 13, 14): w21.01 16; it-1 653; jr 176; w06 11/1 26; re 122, 126; w95 2/1 15-17; w95 2/15 11
‘sacred service in temple’ (Re 7:15): w23.10 29; w21.01 16; it-2 1081; re 124, 126; w02 5/1 30-31; w00 11/15 13-14; w96 7/1 20-21; w95 2/1 18; jv 167
“standing before the throne” (Re 7:9): w19.09 27-28; it-1 997; re 123-124, 296; w99 12/1 17; w95 2/1 13, 15; jv 167
“tent over them” (Re 7:15): it-2 1084; w08 9/15 28
cleanness: w99 3/1 20; w89 6/1 11, 19-20
comments by Sir Isaac Newton: jv 160
conquerors: re 304-305
declared righteous: it-1 606; jr 176; w08 1/15 25; w98 2/1 20; w86 2/15 13
discussion: w21.01 16-17; w19.09 26-31; it-1 995-997; w08 1/15 24-28; re 119-129; wt 120-127; w01 5/15 14-15; w95 2/1 9-19; jv 159-171
envoys for Christ: ws 70-72
‘feed on’ Jesus’ flesh and blood (Joh 6:48-58): w87 6/15 19; w86 2/15 15-20, 30-31
firstfruits of “other sheep”: re 203
gathering: w15 11/15 24-25; kr 52, 54; w95 2/1 13-15; jv 170-171; w86 8/1 31; tp 82-83; ws 49-50, 68-72; je 10
growth: w19.09 29-30; w15 11/15 24; re 125; w97 1/1 10-11; yb88 254-255
“harvest of the earth” (Re 14:14-16): re 211-212; w88 1/1 11, 16; w88 12/15 22
main part of ‘faithful slave’s’ commission: w93 5/1 17-18
organizational adjustments: jv 214, 216-217; w88 3/1 12
prophecies foretelling: w88 1/1 16
urgency: jv 170
“given ones” from among: w92 4/15 16-17
healing after Armageddon: g99 6/8 10; w91 12/15 12
holy spirit: w02 2/1 21; w96 6/15 31
hope: w21.01 19; w15 1/15 17; w91 12/15 11-13
not heavenly: w19.09 28-29; rs 167-168
identified: w22.05 16; w21.01 14; it-1 996-997; re 120-124; wt 120-121; w99 12/1 11-12; w95 4/15 31
resurrected anointed may have assisted: w07 1/1 27-28
increase in responsibilities: kr 123; w97 5/15 17-20
inheritance: w00 9/1 22-23
inquiry by one of the 24 elders (Re 7:13): re 124-125
judgment: re 296
liberty for: w19.12 12-13; w87 1/1 26-27
Memorial:
why attend: w22.01 21-23; w21.01 17-18; it-2 270; bh 208; w86 2/15 15
why not partakers: it-2 270; w10 3/15 26-27; w06 2/15 22-24; w90 2/15 20; w88 2/1 30-31; w86 2/15 15
ministers: it-2 408-409
ministry treasured by: w90 7/15 20
molding by Jehovah: w99 2/1 18-19
never die: w99 4/1 19; ie 30; w90 5/1 28
“new song” (Ps 96:1): re 201; w88 12/15 20
not—
144,000 in heaven: it-1 996
Gentile Christians: it-1 996
heavenly class: wt 121
in new covenant: ws 114
not abandoned when anointed taken to heaven: w24.02 2-7
“other sheep” include (Joh 10:16): w95 4/15 31
overseers appointed from: w95 7/1 21-25; w92 4/15 31; w87 8/1 18-19
prospective princes during Millennium: w89 9/1 21-22
relationship to “chieftain” (Eze 44-48): rr 158-159, 221; w99 3/1 16-17
relationship to “seven stars” (Re 1:16, 20; 3:1): w10 9/15 27; w07 4/1 27; re 136; w89 4/1 12
peace enjoyed by: w87 3/15 12-15
privileges during last days: w97 5/15 17-19; w95 7/1 21-25
“say: ‘Come!’” (Re 22:17): w10 2/15 16-17
privileges during Millennium:
become sons of King Jesus Christ: w89 9/1 21-22
possibly having children: w03 12/15 18-19
princes: w89 9/1 21-22
training for: w89 9/1 21
welcoming resurrected ones: w89 9/1 22
promise of, fulfilled: w22.06 20-21
racial unity: w88 5/15 15
ransom benefits: w91 2/15 18
relationship with anointed: w24.09 21; w22.01 22; rr 134-135; w15 3/15 27, 29; w10 3/15 27-28; w09 10/15 15-17; w02 2/1 22; w99 3/1 15; w95 7/1 15, 20-25; jv 171
assist in work: w09 2/15 27-28; w08 1/15 25-26; w07 4/1 24-25; yb04 5; w99 3/1 16; w97 5/15 13, 17-20; ws 50-51, 53
love between: w89 1/1 26-28
organized with: w89 9/1 13-15, 19-20
trained by remnant: w08 1/15 26; w07 6/1 29; w97 5/15 19-20
relationship with Jehovah: w86 2/15 12-13
knowing Jehovah: ws 117-120
requirements: wt 121-126
baptism: it-1 254
holiness: w86 5/1 16-18
preaching: w88 1/1 28-29
role in fulfillment of prophecies during last days: ws 50-53
role in Jehovah’s organization: jv 214, 216-217
sharers in ‘the joy of their master’ (Mt 25:21, 23): ws 68-72
training for life under God’s Kingdom: w22.12 5-6
understanding clarified (1935): w21.01 14-15; w19.09 28-29; kr 52-54, 63, 177; w06 2/15 29; re 120, 122; w01 5/15 14-15; ip-2 255; w95 2/1 13-15; w95 5/15 20; jv 166-167, 169-170, 261; sh 358-359; w88 3/1 12; w87 5/1 28-29; je 10
discussions at Brooklyn Bethel: jv 166
effect on Witnesses: w21.01 14-15; w15 2/15 32; jv 83-84, 170, 443-444; yb93 96
steps toward: re 120, 122; w01 5/15 14-15; ip-2 253-255; jv 163-166; w86 5/15 14
unity: om 156-157
unity with Jehovah and Jesus: w86 2/15 12-13, 19-20
“Way of Holiness” (Isa 35:8): ws 129, 132-135
whether anyone is now part of: w86 8/1 31